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THE HINDU DELHI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Amidst a tragedy, an opportunity The road to radicalisation The raging bushfires give India and Australia a chance to deepen their dialogue, including on energy Oversimplification of factors that push an individual to engage in acts of violence will lead to poor policymaking in 1955, Prime Minister Robert Men­ zies decided that Australia should aiming at cognitive change concentrate their not take part in the Bandung Afro­ efforts on a single aspect without taking into Asian conference. By distancing Aus­ account a host of factors. There is also no sta­ tralia from the ‘new world’, Menzies tistical correlation between the number of (who would later confess that Occi­ people admitted to such programmes and Amitabh Mattoo dentals did not understand India) the number of people who emerge ‘deradi­ alienated Indians, offended Prime Akshat Upadhyay calised’, as admitted tacitly by Khan’s super­ Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and left visors at the Healthy Identity Intervention The writer David Horne once de­ Australia unsure for decades about Programme at Belmarsh prison, where he scribed Australia as “the lucky coun­ its Asian identity. India and Australia Whenever there are acts of violence, there is was incarcerated for eight years. try”, with its abundance of natural should bring this chequered past to a an urgency to label them as acts of terror. resources, good weather, and its rela­ closure, and herald a new united The basis for categorisation of violent acts as Process of radicalisation tive geographical isolation from the front for the Indo­Pacific. terrorist acts include the type of weapons The second issue is how the process of radi­ turbulence of the world. Today, with Nearly a decade ago, when I decid­ used in the killings, the beliefs of the ac­ calisation is perceived by analysts and aca­ wildfires burning more than 12 mil­ ed to be the inaugural director of the cused, the number of people killed, etc. Ca­ demics. Most consider radicalisation as a li­ lion hectares of land, destroying na­ “While the Indian Ocean Dipole may have triggered the drought that is related Australia India Institute at Mel­ tegorising violence is important, but if it is near process where the individual goes tive flora, killing thousands of wild to the bushfires, the campaign against fossil fuels is sure to intensify in the bourne, it was seen as a giant leap of done without due thought or diligence, it through a number of stages. The most com­ animals, including endangered spe­ days to come.”Firefighters in Australia's Meroo National Park. * NYT faith. I had not visited Australia be­ could end up harming the affected state or mon model is the one designed by the New cies, and displacing residents and fore and had little knowledge of the community and lead to vastly different poli­ York Police Department, which believes that tourists, Australia is confronted with sil fuels and the export of coal is sure A few years ago, the Australia­In­ country. My friends warned me that I cy imperatives. Three attacks last year, one radicalisation has four steps. The first stage, a dystopian vision, where “apoca­ to intensify in the days to come. dia Institute at the University of Mel­ was literally going “Down Under”, in the U.K. and two in the U.S.’s military facil­ pre­radicalisation, assumes an individual to lypse becomes the new normal”, to As two economies with a great sta­ bourne, in partnership with the Syd­ soon to become irrelevant and mar­ ities, illustrate this point clearly. be a blank slate, at best, or an eager receptor, borrow the title of a recent op­ed by keholding in fossil fuels, it is critical ney­based Lowy Institute, ginal to all policy issues in India. At at worst. This is followed by self­identifica­ Nobel laureate, Paul Krugman. for India and Australia to ensure that commissioned one of the most com­ school, my teenage daughters were Complex reality tion where he or she realises the uniqueness their dialogue on energy acquires prehensive surveys of Indian public told they risked being bashed up in The stabbing at London Bridge in the U.K., of his or her identity. Then comes the stage Dialogue on energy momentum. This will require a joint opinion on key foreign policy issues school and college, and my extended and the shootings at Joint Base Pearl Harbor­ of indoctrination and, finally, jihadisation. At this moment of crisis, and while scientific task force to disinter the lat­ and critical challenges of gover­ family was astounded. But today I Hickam and Pensacola Naval Air Station in Conversely, a major element of a person the tragedy of the bushfires is still un­ est evidence linking climate change nance. Indians ranked Australia in have no doubt that it was one of the the U.S., were all quickly characterised by committing murder in the pursuit of an al­ folding, New Delhi and Canberra and extreme climatic events with fos­ the top four nations towards which best decisions of my life. With not sections of the media and by analysts as leged political objective is what I call ‘radica­ have a rare opportunity: to translate sil fuels and to study the promise and they feel most warmly. Only the U.S., one unpleasant experience in the ‘lone wolf’ attacks. The reality is more com­ lising cumulatives’, an aggregation of fac­ their rapidly converging interests potential of “clean” coal technology. Singapore and Japan ranked higher. country, as a family we have found plex. Though all three cases are still under tors, structural and causal, that may push and coalescing of values into a for­ Both countries must simultaneously Today, Indians feel warmer towards Australians open, friendly, fair, ac­ investigation, news reports establish the fact him to do this. Of course, the final cognitive midable partnership for the 21st cen­ strengthen the International Solar Australia than towards European cepting and generous, and the coun­ that Usman Khan, the London Bridge attack­ step of actually committing violence cannot tury. When I co­chaired the Australia Alliance and the search for other al­ countries and BRICS nations. try a model of good governance. er, was not a lone wolf . Khan, a radical be prejudged accurately every time. India Leadership Dialogue last ternative green fuels. Apart from being two English­ In her account of India­Australia preacher, had been arrested earlier in a ma­ The final issue is that of the divide bet­ month in Melbourne, the breadth The Leadership Dialogue also re­ speaking, multicultural, federal de­ bilateral relations, historian Meg jor counterterrorism operation. He had ween the state and the family. The state’s and depth of the relationship was cognised that we are living through a mocracies that believe in and respect Gurry relates how Arthur Tange, spent eight years in prison, before being re­ coercive institutions do not directly interfere evident, as was the scope for the fu­ period of immense turbulence, dis­ the rule of law, both have a strategic High Commissioner to India and one leased in December 2018, for plotting to into familial structures and hierarchies, ture in diverse areas, including the ruption and even subversion. For in­ interest in ensuring a free, open, in­ of Australia’s most formidable diplo­ bomb the London Stock Exchange. The at­ where the likelihood of influencing factors is grand challenges facing our planet. stance, the near overwhelming pre­ clusive and rules­based Indo­Pacific mats, wrote in 1965 to his Foreign Mi­ tack in the Pearl Harbor military base in Ha­ very high. A significant number of attacks Clearly, as a consequence of the sence of an illiberal, totalitarian region in which the principles of so­ nister, Paul Hasluck, that there was waii was also classified as a lone wolf attack, have been carried out by second generation bushfires, the debate on global China, increasingly unilateralist, in­ vereignty and territorial integrity are fertile ground between the two coun­ but since the attacker’s motive seemed to or later generations of immigrants. The pa­ warming, climate change and fossil terventionist and mercantilist and ensured. In addition, Indians are to­ tries, but “no one seems to know have been non­political, it may be classified triarchal nature of the immigrants’ families fuels is going to intensify in the willing to write its own rules, is the day the largest source of skilled mi­ what seed to plant”. More than 50 as homicide. Mohammad Al­Shamrani, who may be one of the reasons behind this phe­ weeks ahead, even while scientists single biggest challenge to our two grants in Australia and the economic years on, there are not only many was training to be a pilot at the Naval Air Sta­ nomena and this needs to be investigated grapple with the new evidence. Aus­ countries. Not even our thought relationship, already robust, could seeds waiting to be planted, but also tion in Pensacola, Florida, and carried out further. However, the state’s right to intrude tralia’s celebrated novelist Richard leaders of the future or political re­ potentially be transformed if the pro­ ripe fruit ready to harvest. the third attack, seems to fit the profile of a into the family has been limited by a number Flanagan concluded in a powerful, if presentatives today, especially in mise of the Peter Varghese and Anil While Australian Prime Minister lone wolf. Al­Shamrani had professed anger of regulations that afford all citizens the right controversial, essay: “Australia today Australian universities and demo­ Wadhwa reports, commissioned by Scott Morrison, who postponed his towards the U.S. for its policies against Mus­ to privacy and considerable autonomy. This is ground zero for the climate catas­ cratic institutions, are sanitised from the two governments, is realised. In visit to India because of the bush­ lims. His family said that he had never shown dilemma of finding the right balance bet­ trophe.” As evidence, he pointed out Beijing’s surveillance or longer­term Canberra, there is considerable sen­ fires, will be missed at the Raisina any inclination towards extremism or vio­ ween security and autonomy needs to be that the Great Barrier Reef “is dy­ grand designs. sitivity to India’s concerns over the Dialogue, one hopes that one imme­ lence. And no group claimed responsibility delved upon. ‘Prevent’, the U.K.’s disastrous ing”, the “world­heritage rain forests Fortunately, in New Delhi there is Regional Comprehensive Economic diate decision that be will taken by for the attack. attempt at involving civil society and local are burning”, giant kelp forests have a near consensus within the political Partnership while there is still hope New Delhi and Canberra is to elevate In the first case, by labelling Khan a lone communities in its fight against terrorism, disappeared, “numerous towns have leadership and the strategic com­ that there is an early conclusion of a the ‘two plus two’ format for talks wolf, many discounted the influence of an has shown that this is a major issue for civil­ run out of water or are about to, and munity that the Australia­India rela­ bilateral Free Trade Agreement. from the secretary level to the level extremist organisation’s concerted efforts at ised societies. No society can benefit by over­ now the vast continent is burning on tionship is an idea whose time has of foreign and defence ministers. recruiting individuals to its cause. The focus simplifying the factors that push an indivi­ a scale never before seen.” well and truly come. From water An important partner That should signal that New Delhi re­ of counterterrorism programmes are on in­ dual towards violence. Oversimplification Mr. Flanagan is not alone; environ­ management to trauma research to After more than six decades charac­ cognises Canberra as important a dividuals and do not take into consideration will mean that we will be left with poor pol­ mental activism has gained ground skills and higher education, from terised by misperception, lack of partner as Washington and Tokyo. overarching structural factors in play; an in­ icies. throughout the country, and while maritime and cybersecurity to coun­ trust, neglect, missed opportunities dividual who is getting radicalised because the Indian Ocean Dipole may have terterrorism, a world of opportuni­ and even hostility, a new chapter in Amitabh Mattoo is Professor of Disarmament of propaganda on the Internet is simply Akshat Upadhyay is a serving officer of the Indian triggered the drought that is related ties awaits the two countries if they India’s relations with Australia has Studies at JNU and honorary Professor in the called “self­radicalised”. A majority of pro­ Army and author of ‘Coercive Diplomacy Against to the fires, the campaign against fos­ can work in coordination. well and truly begun. Consider this: Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne grammes on counter extremism or terrorism Pakistan’. Views are personal

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Mr. Y. B. Chavan, Home Minister, sion to assassinate top Iranian mili­ ing transparency on the subject. who is meeting the princes to­morrow [Ja­ tary commander Qassem Soleimani A third strand of domestic opposi­ nuary 8] in what is described as the final has faced brickbats abroad for the tion to Mr. Trump’s agenda in West round of talks, explained to his colleagues risks that it poses to peace in West Asia comes from the American pu­ the trend of the discussions he had with Asia and beyond. But there is also lit­ blic. Last weekend, anti­war protests them some days ago. It is learnt that a firm tle doubt that in embarking on this swirled through communities across decision has been taken by the Committee adventurist path of antagonising Teh­ the U.S. Protesters numbering from a to introduce legislation abolishing privy ran, the American President has dri­ few hundred to more than a thou­ purses during the Budget session of Parlia­ ven a deeper wedge between politi­ sand called for an end to the hostility ment. The main question that is now engag­ cal constituents at home. against Iran and Iraq. This begs the ing the attention of the Government is the question: what is the exit strategy Mr. modus operandi in regard to actual aboli­ Deepening fear and anger Trump and his team have in mind for tion. There is a proposal to pay compensa­ First, in invoking the spectre of na­ their West Asia strategy, one that tion to the princes in instalments. 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The princ­ week designated all U.S. forces in­ Iran with crushing sanctions, and fi­ es, however, are not quite happy over this volved in the “martyrdom” of Solei­ nally by killing Soleimani. mode of payment since they are not sure mani as “terrorists”. Every one of that the Government would continue to ho­ them could now potentially find More hostility towards the U.S. nour its commitments till all the instalments themselves in the cross hairs of the The White House appears to have ex­ are cleared. inevitable reprisal that will originate ponentially multiplied hostility from an angry Iranian regime. against itself from Baghdad as well — Second, Mr. Trump’s strike against as the strike against Soleimani was at Iran has deepened the sense of angst the Baghdad airport, U.S. personnel A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JANUARY 8, 1920. and hostility on Capitol Hill, where in the country might be considered partisan bickering has already polar­ targets of the Iranian regime. It was The Congress Programme. ised lawmakers over the impeach­ thus entirely unsurprising that the ment of the President in an election Iraqi parliament voted to have U.S. Mr. A. Rangaswami Iyangar B.A. B.L., Editor, year. Now the House is formulating a troops withdraw from their country “Swadesa Mitran” writes: — The unique se­ response to Mr. Trump not notifying within an unspecified time frame. quence of events which have been crowded it in advance of the drone strike that Saudi Arabia may also have been dis­ into the past fortnight in the history of India killed Soleimani. The Speaker of the pleased with the strike, however can hardly be ignored by any thinking In­ U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy ironic that may seem, particularly gi­ dian and it may be useful to take just a curso­ Pelosi, and her Democratic col­ ven the intelligence that Soleimani ry survey of them with a view to indicate the leagues will do so via a war powers was in the process of taking forward immediate work that looms before Indian resolution — even if there are slim proposals to de­escalate tensions bet­ Nationalists. That the Indian National Con­ chances of the Republican­con­ ween Riyadh and Tehran. gress Session of the year forms one of the trolled Senate passing any such bill Mr. Trump may have won himself greatest landmarks in the political history of into law. Mr. Trump could only conti­ a reprieve from the negative publici­ the country can admit of no doubt. Although nue so far without running afoul of ty associated with his impeachment the moderates have re­christened their in­ the 1973 War Powers Act. The Act re­ by the House of Representatives last significant gathering by the pompous name quires that the President inform Con­ month. However, if he sees military of the National Liberal Federation, it is evi­ gress within 48 hours of introducing adventurism on foreign soil — mis­ dent that under the guidance of the new­ military forces into armed conflict sions that at best have a hazy strateg­ born, though lukewarm, political enthu­ abroad. Second, it bars the president ic denouement — as a legitimate siasm of Sir. P.S. Sivaswami Iyer and the out from committing armed forces to any means to divert attention from issues of date political oratory of Babu Surendra foreign action lasting over 60 days in domestic politics, he may well be Nath Banerjea, it is hardly likely to carry the without Congressional approval. Al­ opening the door to forces that are country along the path of national progress ready questions of presidential pro­ genuinely beyond his control. with anything like the fire of the genuine na­ priety have been raised regarding Mr. tional movement that animates the whole Trump’s decision to make the White [email protected] country. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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F ROM PAGE ONE ‘Examine plea on notes with Centre invites foreign envoys to Srinagar slogans in J&K’ Five months after scrapping Article 370, they have been asked to assess situation

Legal Correspondent Suhasini Haidar ponse will be a joint one, New Delhi Peerzada Ashiq common to us all,” said one The Supreme Court has NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR of the diplomats. asked Solicitor­General Five months after its deci­ Tushar Mehta to look into a sion on Article 370, the go­ Seek more access petition seeking a court­ vernment has invited the Asked why there has been no monitored CBI investiga­ first group of Delhi­based di­ confirmation for the pro­ tion into an alleged ex­ plomats to travel to Srinagar gramme as yet, a diplomat change of ₹30 crore worth and assess the situation told The Hindu that the notes allegedly stamped there, and is now awaiting a group of Ambassadors were Offering support: JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, left, with with separatist slogans at response from them. not satisfied to undertake the CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday. * PTI the Reserve Bank of India Unlike the controversial visit on the same terms as the (RBI) branch in Jammu. visit of the Members of Euro­ MEPs delegation was taken Appearing before a pean Parliament (MEPs) de­ on, and wanted more access None held for violence Bench led by Chief Justice legation in October, which to their own contacts on the of India Sharad A. Bobde was invited by a British busi­ ground as well as a wider on Tuesday, the petitioner­ nesswoman and a think tank range of areas to visit. on JNU campus in­person, Satish Bhard­ in Delhi, this visit is being or­ “Our response will depend waj, said a ‘separatist ganised completely by the on how much flexibility the Scores of JNU alumni, in­ leashed by masked hoo­ group’ called Kashmir government, including the Trouble brewing: Clashes broke out in Srinagar after a teenage student was run over by a police government shows and cluding Prakash Karat, Sita­ dlums in JNU. Actor Deepika Graffiti made a statement Ministries of External Af­ vehicle on Tuesday. * NISSAR AHMAD whether there will be a ba­ ram Yechury and Kanhaiya Padukone visited the cam­ on Facebook that they fairs, Home Affairs and De­ lance of views taken into ac­ Kumar, all past JNUSU presi­ pus to express solidarity stamped the currency fence. Gulf countries, members of the visit will be organised by According to diplomats count.” dents, staged a protest out­ with those attacked and notes with the slogans in the UN Security Council, the Army. Several interac­ from at least four of the After the last visit, at least side the campus on Tues­ spoke to Ms. Ghosh. August 2013. Arrangements in place UNHRC and others to visit tions are scheduled at the countries invited, none of one British MEP had ex­ day, demanding action Protests continued in soli­ Mr. Bhardwaj said that According to sources in Del­ Kashmir and government Badamibagh Cantonment whom agreed to be identi­ pressed his unhappiness. against the masked goons darity with the students, in­ to his best knowledge and hi and Srinagar, security and agencies have organised for area. fied, the invitation has been Officials said a wider range responsible for Sunday’s at­ cluding one in Kathmandu, according to media re­ hotel and travel arrange­ them to meet with various ci­ However, it is unclear discussed at a meeting of all of interlocutors had indeed tack. Mr. Yechury said the led by JNU alumnus and ports, the notes were “de­ ments are in place for the vi­ vil society groups, journal­ whether the first batch of vis­ European Union (EU) mis­ been planned, and different attack was not a fight bet­ former Nepalese Prime Mi­ faced” with “seditious and sit, expected as early as this ists, sarpanchs, municipal itors will go to Jammu and sions in Delhi, but they have agencies had been asked to ween two groups, but a pre­ nister Baburam Bhattarai. anti­India” slogans. The week. councillors as well as local Kashmir as originally not yet confirmed their prepare lists well in advance planned attack to terrorise “JNU alumni in Nepal come group had even posted a vi­ The Hindu has learnt that businessmen there. planned on January 9, and acceptance. for the diplomats’ visit, the student community. out in large numbers to ex­ deo of it on YouTube. The the invitation has been ex­ Officials have already con­ whether all invitees, particu­ “The proposal [from the which had been due to take “The targeting of JNU start­ press solidarity with their notes were exchanged at tended to about 20 Ambassa­ tacted many of the interlocu­ larly those from the Euro­ government] is being dis­ place shortly after the MEP ed with the appointment of alma mater. JNU is not only the Jammu branch of the dors and senior diplomats tors expected to meet the de­ pean Union countries, will cussed by EU members. We delegation in October, but this V­C,” the general secre­ a university, it is an idea of RBI, he claimed. from the European Union, legation, and the logistics of attend. have decided that our res­ couldn’t be held. tary of the CPI(M) said. freedom, creativity, critical A growing number of ce­ thinking &resistance to in­ lebrities have come out justice,” Mr. Bhattarai said against the violence un­ in a tweet. JNU professor Chandrasekhar Modi calls up Trump to 4 Nirbhaya case convicts quits panel to review data convey New Year greetings to be hanged on Jan. 22 I have lost faith in govt. after violence at university, he says Readout doesn’t mention U.S.­Iran stand­off

The convicts can still move a declined to entertain her. Special Correspondent was not attacked but I could Special Correspondent no details. The call follows a curative petition before the Delhi Chief Minister Ar­ NEW DELHI see the mobs attacking peo­ NEW DELHI conversation between U.S. top court against their con­ vind Kejriwal tweeted: C.P. Chandrasekhar of the ple on the campus. If this Prime Minister Narendra Secretary of State Mike Pom­ viction and death penalty. “There is some sense of sa­ JNU’s Centre for Economic can happen at JNU, it can Modi spoke to U.S. President peo and Minister for Exter­ Once the curative petition, tisfaction after the issuance Studies and Planning on happen anywhere else. I Donald Trump to extend nal Affairs S. Jaishankar a the last judicial resort availa­ of death warrant against the Tuesday said he had re­ have been at JNU as a stu­ him New Year greetings, the few days after the U.S. mis­ ble for redressal of grievanc­ convicts in the Nirbhaya signed from a government dent as well and never has Ministry of External Affairs sile strike in Baghdad that es in a court of law, is dis­ case. It took seven years. panel set up to review the such a situation arisen. A on Tuesday said in a state­ killed Iranian General Qas­ missed, the convicts can This system will have to country’s economic statisti­ masked mob ran riot with ment that made no mention sem Soleimani. In what ap­ seek a pardon from the Pre­ change. Such a system must cal data as he did not “trust the police standing as spec­ of the growing U.S.­Iran peared to be some diver­ sident. be put in place which en­ the government to come up tators,”he said. stand­off. gence between New Delhi During the Tuesday hear­ sures that rapist are hanged with a robust and transpa­ C.P. Chandrasekhar “I used to be part of sever­ “The Prime Minister stat­ and Washington, Mr. Jaish­ ing, advocate Vrinda Grov­ within six months”. The Na­ rent plan to restore the cred­ al statistical committees set ed that India­U.S. relations, Narendra Modi ankar wrote on Twitter that er, who was appointed as tional Commission for Wo­ ibility of the statistical sys­ prove the quality of data up by the government, but which are built on trust, mu­ during the conversation he amicus curiae to assist the men said the verdict would tem which has been amid criticism of the govern­ now, with the government tual respect and under­ Mr. Trump “expressed sa­ had “highlighted India’s court in the case, said both act as deterrent to crime undermined in the recent ment over political bringing in the National Pop­ standing, have grown from tisfaction” with the relations stakes and concerns” in Mukesh and Vinay wanted against women. The Con­ past”. interference. ulation Register , which is a strength to strength. He ex­ and spoke of “further dee­ West Asia. But the State De­ to file a curative petition be­ gress welcomed the deci­ The Statistics Ministry Professor Chandrasekhar, statistical issue that will then pressed his desire to conti­ pening cooperation”, it said. partment readout claimed fore the top court. After the sion, saying that it would had constituted a Standing who lives on the JNU cam­ be linked to the National Re­ nue to work with Mr. Trump According to a White that Mr. Pompeo had dis­ court reserved its order give peace to the victim’s fa­ Committee on Statistics, pus, said that after Sunday’s gister of Citizens I cannot be to enhance cooperation in House release, the two lead­ cussed “Iran’s continued around 3 p.m., the mother mily and the country. The chaired by former Chief Sta­ violence, he had lost faith in part of such an ‘umbrella all areas of mutual interest,” ers “also reviewed regional provocations and threats to of convict Mukesh came cry­ BJP said the decision would tistician Pronab Sen, to im­ the government. “My house committee,’” he said. the statement said. security matters”, but gave the region”. ing towards the court room empower women and urging the judge to show strengthen people’s faith in mercy. The court, however, the judiciary. Kin denied ‘90% of promises in BJP manifesto fulfilled’ nod to visit Ministry projects Govt. has tackled issues that previous regimes were scared of taking on, says Home Minister Shah Mufti’s grave slower GDP growth Special Correspondent tos as a road map for the go­ rat, with the BJP in disarray Special Correspondent NEW DELHI vernance,” he added. and the earthquake that hit Srinagar Experts, however, feel that 2018­19 when it grew by Alluding to the achievement The Home Minister’s re­ the State. He asserted that Family members of the late it may be difficult to achieve 2.9%, while ‘Electricity, Gas, of several of the BJP’s ideo­ marks are also important in Mr. Modi had removed three Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, the projected 5% growth gi­ Water Supply and Other logical goals within six the backdrop of the protests demons — appeasement, cas­ former Chief Minister and ven the rising oil prices and Utility Services’ sector is ex­ months of the second Modi over the proposed imple­ teism and dynasty politics — patron of the Peoples De­ expected decline in govern­ pected to grow by 5.4% as government assuming pow­ mentation of a National Re­ that had infested the coun­ mocratic Party (PDP), were ment expenditure. compared to a growth of 7% er, Union Home Minister gister of Citizens (NRC) fol­ try’s governments in the denied permission to visit “The achievement of the in 2018­19. Amit Shah said his party has lowing the passage of the past. the leader’s grave on his annual 5% growth will be “The key news in the first given sanctity to the election Citizenship (Amendment) “People have appreciated fourth death anniversary challenging given the global advanced estimates...is the manifesto by fulfilling almost Act late last year. While the it and re­elected him for pol­ on Tuesday. tensions, rising oil prices fall in the nominal GDP 90% of the promises made in BJP manifesto for the 2019 itics of performance.. What Sayeed’s granddaughter and expectation of a decel­ growth to 7.5% in FY20 as it. Mr. Shah was speaking at election mentions a future will happen and how will it Iltija Mufti alleged that she eration in government ex­ compared to the previous an event to release a book on On target: Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the release implementation of the NRC, happen, what will people say was stopped from stepping penditures given stress on peak of 13.8% in FY13. This Prime Minister Narendra of a book on the Prime Minister in New Delhi on Tuesday. * PTI Mr. Modi declared at a public — these kind of questions outside her residence in the revenue front. These fall translates into a fall in Modi entitled meeting in New Delhi that no have been removed from the Srinagar’s Gupkar Road. factors will limit the growth tax revenues and an in­ Karmayoddha. zenship to refugees, taking a of the manifestos has in­ discussions had taken place system...teh Modi govern­ “Despite fulfilling all the rates in Q4 too,” Ranen Ba­ crease in the fiscal deficit “You pick the manifesto of clear stand on the Ram Jan­ creased. Media persons also on the issue within the ment has never taken a deci­ formalities and informing nerjee, Leader­Public Fi­ which are detrimental to the BJP and you can see 90% mabhoomi issue, removing started looking at it. On government. sion to please the people. the authorities in advance, nance and Economics, PwC growth,” DK Srivastava, of the work promises in it triple talaq — people were some issues, when I tried to Earlier it used to be like that the Special Security Group India said. As per the ad­ chief policy adviser, EY In­ has been done. There have scared to touch them. But deflect questions, they re­ ‘Challenges faced’ because they wanted to get stopped me. No one was al­ vance estimates, agricul­ dia, said. He said crude pric­ been issues that the govern­ Modi has taken a stand on mind me that it is written in Mr. Shah also went into de­ the people's votes. But Mr. lowed to meet me. I was ture, forestry and fishing es are expected to go up ments were scared to take the issues with clarity and re­ our manifesto. Narendra Mo­ tails of the challenges faced Modi has taken the decisions pushed and sustained sector will grow by 2.8% al­ further putting pressure on up. Be it scrapping of Article solved them,” said Mr. Shah. di has created a new culture by Mr. Modi when he be­ that would be good for the bruises too. Is this a sign of most at the same pace as in the fiscal deficit. 370, Article 35a, giving citi­ “In one way, the sanctity that people see the manifes­ came Chief Minister of Guja­ people,” Mr. Shah said. normalcy,” Ms. Iltija said. Convict’s Justice at last: Nirbhaya’s family mother pleads Family will find peace: Congress Mother says hanging will restore women’s faith in law for mercy This will empower women and strengthen people’s faith in judiciary, says BJP Press Trust of India Though late, the One of the six accused, Press Trust of India P ress Trust of India New Delhi/Ballia <> then people’s faith on family has got Ram Singh, allegedly com­ New Delhi New Delhi The hanging of the convicts mitted suicide in the Tihar judiciary.” justice ... no one can An hour before a Delhi The Congress on Tuesday Delhi Chief Minister Ar­ in the Nirbhaya rape case Jail in 2013. say that he was court directed that the four welcomed the issuance of vind Kejriwal said the is­ will restore women’s faith in convicts in the 2012 Nirb­ death warrants against the suance of death warrants had law, the victim’s mother said denied a chance to Plea for convict haya gang­rape and mur­ four Nirbhaya case convicts, fulfilled a long­term wish of on Tuesday. be heard ... It is a big An hour before the court is­ der case be hanged on Ja­ saying it would give peace to the people of Delhi. “I hope The victim’s grandfather, relief for the family sued the death warrants nuary 22, the mother of her family and the country, people who misbehave with residing at her native village Nirbhaya’s grandfather against the four convicts, the one of them, Mukesh but rued the delay in justice women learn from this, that bordering Bihar, said, mother of one of them, Mu­ Singh, pleaded with the delivery. they will not be spared and “Though late, the family has paramedic student, was kesh Singh, pleaded with the court and Nirbhaya’s moth­ The convicts — Mukesh, 32, ter changing so many laws, af­ totally done away with...but the law will take its own got justice.” gang­raped and assaulted on court and Nirbhaya’s mother er to forgive her son. Pawan Gupta, 25, Vinay Shar­ ter the Verma committee re­ appellate jurisdiction in a se­ course in their case,” Mr. Kej­ Thanking the judiciary, he the intervening night of De­ to forgive her son. While the judge refused ma, 26, and Akshay Kumar port, still it took seven years.” rious crime like Nirbhaya, riwal told news channel AAJ said that though the court cember 16 and 17 in 2012, in While the judge refused to to entertain her plea, Nirb­ Singh, 31, — will be hanged on Ms. Dev also called for should be time­bound,” the TAK during his town hall took almost seven years to a moving bus in south Delhi entertain her plea, Nirb­ haya’s mother said; “I had January 22 at 7 a.m. in Tihar making appellate jurisdiction Mahila Congress chief said. meeting. complete the entire process, by six persons, before being haya’s mother said: “I had a a daughter too.” jail, a Delhi court said on time­bound. “I heard so­ BJP leader and Union Mi­ People’s faith in the judici­ “No one can say that he [the dumped on the road. daughter too.” The convict’s mother Tuesday. mewhere that the govern­ nister Prakash Javadekar ary will now be restored and convicts] was denied a She died on December 29, The convict’s mother en­ entered the courtroom to­ Welcoming the order, Con­ ment has said it will remove tweeted: “Justice delivered to the issuance of death war­ chance to be heard.” 2012, at Mount Elizabeth tered the courtroom to­ wards the end of the hear­ gress spokesperson Sushmita the right to appeal in a se­ Nirbhaya. A Delhi court’s ver­ rants act as deterrent to crime “It is a big relief for the fa­ Hospital in Singapore, wards the end of the hearing ing, holding her sari in a Dev told PTI, “I feel justice rious heinous crime. I feel dict to execute 4 convicts will against women, NCW chair­ mily,” he said. where she was shifted for in the case, holding her sari gesture of begging. delayed is justice denied. Af­ right to appeal should not be empower women and streng­ person Rekha Sharma said. Nirbhaya, a 23­year­old treatment. in a gesture of begging.

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THE HINDU DELHI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 NEWS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SC Bar flays 12 injured as NSUI, ABVP violence on AASU plans protest against PM JNU campus Students say they will oppose Modi’s visit to Assam for opening ‘Khelo India’ workers clash in Ahmedabad

Legal Correspondent Special Correspondent they are allowing Bangla­ Northeast,” he said. NEW DELHI New Delhi deshis to come to Assam”. He said there were 33 dis­ NSUI leader admitted to hospital with wounds on the head The Executive Committee The North East Students' Or­ “CAA is communal, it is a tricts in Assam and seven of the Supreme Court Bar ganisation (NESO) and the protector of illegal Bangla­ were exempted from CAA as special correspondent Association (SCBA) on All Assam Students’ Union deshis. Anti­CAA movement they fell in the Sixth Sche­ Ahmedabad Tuesday condemned the (AASU) said on Tuesday that is not anti­national because dule (tribal) areas. “If CAA is At least 12 persons, includ­ violence against Jawaharlal they would protest if Prime it is a national movement. not good for seven districts, ing NSUI general secretary Nehru University (JNU) Minister Narendra Modi vi­ CAA is against the Constitu­ how is it good for the rest of Nikhil Savani, were injured students on the campus by sited the State for the Khelo tion. We will continue our Assam?” Mr. Bhattacharya in a clash between NSUI and an armed and masked mob India Games 2020, sche­ The All Assam Students’ non­violent agitation against asked. ABVP workers here on on January 5. duled from January 10. Union is at the forefront of the new law till it is Tuesday. The resolution coincid­ The two influential stu­ protests against the CAA. scrapped,” he said. Burden of migrants Mr. Savani sustained se­ ed with several senior la­ dents’ unions demanded Mr. Bhattacharjya said the NESO Chairman Samuel B. rious head injuries and was wyers gathering at the Su­ scrapping of the Citizenship tacharjya, adviser to the AA­ AASU and the NESO were Jyrwa and Secretary­General admitted to V.S. Hospital in preme Court lawns to read (Amendment) Act, saying SU, said at a press confe­ non­political bodies and “we Sinam Prakash Singh said the city. Late at night, the out the Preamble to the they could not allow “illegal rence in Delhi. are not aligned with any pol­ the new law will only add to Ahmedabad police regis­ Constitution as a mark of Bangladeshis” to flood the itical party; we are fighting the burden of illegal infiltra­ tered a First Information Re­ More violence: A screen shot from video footage shows ABVP protest against the Citizen­ region and rule over indige­ Sonowal’s betrayal for the nation, for the coun­ tion on the Northeast, which port (FIR) naming Bharatiya and NSUI members clashing in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. * PTI ship (Amendment) Act, the nous people. The two student bodies ac­ try, for the motherland.” has taken the brunt of such Janata Yuva Morcha presi­ National Register of Citi­ “The Khelo India events cused Assam Chief Minister “All political parties have migrants from 1947 to 1971. dent Rutvij Patel, former University (JNU) in New Del­ the incident. The ABVP zens and violence commit­ starts in Assam from January Sarbananda Sonowal of be­ betrayed and failed the peo­ “Sonowal was given a man­ president Pradipsinh Vaghe­ hi. ABVP members, armed maintained that NSUI mem­ ted against students and 10. We welcome the sport­ traying the people of the ple of Assam. A class X stu­ date by the people of Assam la and 70 others. with sticks, allegedly came bers came to its office and peaceful protesters across spersons and others but if State by supporting the new dent was killed but the with the hope that he will “We have filed an FIR and down heavily on the NSUI turned violent. the country. The SCBA Prime Minister Narendra legislation. Centre and State govern­ implement the 1985 Assam launched a probe,” a police workers. Gujarat Congress presi­ called the masked perpe­ Modi visits, there will be Mr. Bhattacharjya asked ments, the PM and Home Mi­ Accord under which any ille­ officer from Zone I said. As the clashes continued, dent Amit Chavda demand­ trators “anti­social ele­ protests, but in a non­violent whether the Prime Minister nister Amit Shah are mum. gal immigrant, irrespective The clash occurred when the police resorted to a ba­ ed that an attempt to murder ments”. It condemned the manner. Do not treat North­ and Home Minister Amit They switched off street­ of religion, who entered In­ the NSUI workers tried to ton­charge to disperse the case be filed against ABVP inaction of the Delhi police east people as second class Shah will allow illegal Pakis­ lights and killed them, can dia after 1971 has to be de­ stage a protest in front of the crowd at Paldi. and Bharatiya Janata Yuva in the face of the brutalities citizens; we oppose the tanis to enter Gujarat you believe this? We need ported,” Mr. Bhattacharjya ABVP office against the vio­ NSUI national president Morcha workers as Mr. Sava­ against the students. CAA,” Samujjal Kumar Bhat­ through the border “the way help, save Assam, save said. lence at Jawaharlal Nehru Neeraj Kundan condemned ni was brutally assaulted. Factional feud in AGP over ‘Start NRC HC seeks report on AMU violence appeal process citizenship Act intensifies Two­judge Bench orders NHRC to submit the findings of the probe in a month in Assam soon’

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The group later decided to Special Correspondent complaint submitted to it. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT GUWAHATI hold the meeting in a nearby Ghaziabad Reacting to the order Mr. GUWAHATI An Asom Gana Parishad hall. “The CAA is an open in­ The Allahabad High Court Khan said, “We didn’t want The All Assam Minority (AGP) faction supporting vitation to Bangladeshis to has issued directions to the NHRC probe per se, but re­ Students’ Union (AAMSU) Prafulla Kumar Mahanta come and settle down in As­ National Human Rights lief is that the HC has kept has asked the Centre to staged a protest at the party sam,” Mr. Mahanta said. Commission (NHRC) to sub­ the matter before itself after provide national identity headquarters here on Tues­ Though the other faction, mit a report in one month inquiry.” cards to everyone included day after the founder­presi­ headed by AGP president on the alleged police aggres­ Explaining why he didn’t in the National Register of dent of the party was denied and Minister Atul Bora, has sion in the Aligarh Muslim want an NHRC probe, Mr. Citizens (NRC) published space in the building to hold Security personnel standing said that it was against the University on December 15. Khan told The Hindu that on August 31 last year. a meeting. guard in front of the AGP CAA, it is on the same page Listening to the criminal We have not looked into the are termed by the petitioner the body had not been The AAMSU said the go­ The AGP, an ally of the rul­ head office in Guwahati. * PTI with the BJP on the issue. writ petition filed by advo­ video footage, which is said as violation of human rights, found useful in similar cas­ vernment should imme­ ing BJP in Assam, has been Phani Bhushan Choudhu­ cate Aman Khan, the two­ to be available with the peti­ also amounting to commis­ es. diately start the appeal divided on the issue of the Ci­ Mahanta, along with his sup­ ry, a Minister in Mr. Bora’s judge Bench of Chief Justice tioner and compact discs, sion of cognisable crime. “We have the Manipur process for the 19.6 lakh tizenship (Amendment) Act. porters, found the party camp, said: “It was not a par­ Govind Mathur and Justice which are placed on record The narration of facts cer­ case regarding fake encoun­ people excluded. A memo­ While the party leadership headquarters locked in the ty meeting and thus had no Vivek Varma said, “The facts by the respondents along tainly demands a probe.” ter where the Supreme randa has been submitted has sided with the BJP on the morning. The administra­ significance.” He urged Mr. of the instant case indicate with the counter. However, The HC said for the purpose Court observed that the to the Registrar­General of law, the section led by Mr. tion deployed security per­ Mahanta not to indulge in ac­ alleged violation of human the photographs annexed of the inquiry, the Commis­ NHRC was not up to the India and the Joint Secre­ Mahanta is opposed to it. sonnel as the situation tivities that may harm the rights and negligence in the with the petition reflect cer­ sion should treat the memo mark, using the term ‘tooth­ tary (Northeast), Ministry Protests erupted after Mr. seemed to go out of control. party. prevention of such violation. tain serious happenings that of the petition for writ as a less tiger’.” of Home Affairs. Scholars condemn violence on campus They demand an impartial inquiry

Special Correspondent nuary 5 that will hold the New Delhi perpetrators of the attack As many as 181 scholars, wri­ accountable. ters, activists and film­mak­ The solidarity statement ers, including Romila Tha­ garnered 8,747 signatories, par, Prabhat Patnaik and which included a wide Anand Patwardhan, have range of scholars, writers, condemned the attack on and members of civil society students and teachers at the from all over the world. Jawaharlal Nehru University The statement pointed in Delhi on January 5 and ex­ out that masked goons (al­ pressed solidarity with legedly belonging to the them. ABVP) attacked unarmed JNU students and faculty ‘Unconscionable’ “with rocks and rods while In a statement released on the police looked on.” Tuesday, they demanded “At a time when protests that the Registrar Pramod all over the country are em­ Kumar and the University phasising the need to pro­ Vice­Chancellor Mamidala tect the Indian Constitution Jagadesh Kumar take moral and the basic principles of responsibility for their “fai­ liberty, equality and the lure to guarantee the safety right to freedom of speech, of their students and facul­ the unprecedented attack ty.” They said such a “total on JNU students and faculty breakdown in campus safe­ is unacceptable.” ty is unconscionable.” The statement said: “We They demanded prompt are forced to conclude that medical aid to those injured the administration and the and a fair and impartial in­ police were complicit in fa­ quiry into the events of Ja­ cilitating the attack.” CPI MP submits privilege notice against Amit Shah

Special Correspondent New Delhi Binoy Viswam, Rajya Sabha member of the CPI, has sub­ mitted a privilege notice against Union Home Minis­ ter Amit Shah, accusing him of misleading Parliament and the people with his “contradictory statements” on the National Register of Citizens. Binoy Viswam In a letter to the Rajya Sabha Secretary­General, la Maidan, Prime Minister Mr. Viswam highlighted the Narendra Modi said the go­ different statements made vernment had not yet taken by Mr. Shah in Parliament a decision on a nationwide and outside. NRC. On November 20, the Mi­ Following Mr. Modi’s nister, in a reply to a starred comment, Mr. Viswam said, question in the House, said the Home Minister changed the NRC would be reimple­ his stance and in a television mented in Assam when it interview on December 24, was implemented across the he said, “There is no discus­ country. At a rally in Ram Li­ sion on it right now.” CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Iran threatens to ‘set ablaze’ the places ‘U.S. likes’ TNA cautions Gotabaya against ‘majoritarianism’ Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami says they will target places backed by U.S. as crowds chant ‘Death to Israel’ ‘President’s policy statement regressive’ Associated Press a central square in Kerman, a Agence France-Presse desert city surrounded by Meera Srinivasan TEHRAN/Kerman mountains that dates back to COLOMBO The leader of Iran’s Revolu­ the days of the Silk Road. Sri Lanka’s main Tamil par­ tionary Guard Corps threa­ Speaking in Kerman, Mr. ty on Tuesday urged Presi­ tened on Tuesday to “set Salami praised Soleimani’s dent Gotabaya Rajapaksa ablaze” places supported by exploits, describing him as not to “regress into naked the U.S. over the killing of a essential to backing Palesti­ majoritarianism”, that in top Iranian general in a U.S. nian groups, Yemen’s Houthi the past gave rise to a con­ airstrike last week, sparking rebels and Shia militias in flict, resulting in armed hos­ cries from the crowd of sup­ Iraq and Syria. As a martyr, tilities spanning over three porters of “Death to Israel!” Soleimani represented an decades. M.A. Sumanthiran Hossein Salami issued the even greater threat to Iran’s Addressing Parliament, warning before a huge crowd enemies, Mr. Salami said. Jaffna district legislator and measure of self­governance. gathered in a central square “We will take revenge. We the Tamil National Allianc­ Referring to several past in­ in Kerman, the hometown of will set ablaze where they e’s (TNA) spokesman M.A. itiatives towards a political General Qassem Soleimani, like,” Mr. Salami said, draw­ Sumanthiran said the equal solution to the Tamil nation­ as they prepared to bury ing the cries of “Death to Is­ status of peoples belonging al question, the Tamil par­ him. rael!” Israel is a long­time re­ to different races, religions, liamentarian said PM Ma­ Mourners in Kerman gional foe of Iran. languages and cultures is hinda Rajapaksa assured dressed in black carried pos­ not dependent on their res­ India at least thrice — when ters bearing the image of So­ 13 plans pective numerical strength. he was President earlier — leimani, a man whose slaying According to a report on “This principle must be ack­ that he would “implement prompted Iran’s supreme Tuesday by the semi­official nowledged if our democra­ the 13 th Amendment in full leader to weep over his cas­ Tasnim news agency, Iran cy is to survive and indeed and build upon it so as to ket on Monday as a crowd has worked up 13 sets of flourish, and not regress in­ achieve meaningful said by police to be in the plans for revenge for Solei­ to naked majoritarianism. devolution. millions filled Tehran streets. mani’s killing. The report qu­ In grief: Coffins of General Qassem Soleimani and others, who were killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike, surrounded by mourners Regretfully, in his address to In his January 3 address, Although there was no inde­ oted Ali Shamkhani, the Se­ during a funeral procession in the city of Kerman on Tuesday. * AP Parliament on 3rd January President Rajapaksa sought pendent estimate, aerial cretary of Iran’s Supreme 2020, the President has ar­ constitutional and electoral footage and Associated Press National Security Council, as Cultural sites ticulated such a regressive reform for “a strong execu­ journalists suggested a tur­ saying that even the weakest U.S. denies Iran’s Zarif Germany, position,” he said, interven­ tive and legislature” and so­ nout of at least 1 million, and among them would be a “his­ ing in the debate on Mr. Ra­ vereignty of the people. He the throngs were visible on toric nightmare” for the U.S. won’t be hit, NATO move japaksa’s inaugural address. pledged to “always defend” satellite images of Tehran ta­ Solemani will be buried la­ visa to attend UN meet Referring to the Ceylon the unitary status of the ken on Monday. ter on Tuesday between the says Pentagon out soldiers Citizenship Act of 1948, “a country, and “protect and The outpouring of grief graves of Enayatollah Talebi­ Agence France-Presse NA. So far there has been no rank majoritarian act” that nurture the Buddha Sasana was an unprecedented ho­ zadeh and Mohammad Hos­ Associated Press Tehran official confirmation from Associated Press denied Indian origin Tamils whilst safeguarding the nour for a man viewed by sein Yousef Elahi, two form­ WASHINGTON Iran’s Foreign Minister said Washington that it has re­ BERLIN citizenship, the Sinhala only right of all citizens to prac­ Iranians as a national hero er Guard comrades. The two The Pentagon on Monday on Tuesday he has been in­ jected Mr. Zarif’s visa Germany moved 35 sol­ Act of 1956, and the two re­ tice a religion of their for his work leading the died in Operation Dawn 8 in distanced itself from Presi­ formed by UN chief Antonio application. diers serving in Iraq to publican “majoritarian” choice.” He made no refe­ Guard’s expeditionary Quds Iran’s 1980s war with Iraq in dent Donald Trump’s as­ Guterres that Washington His remarks came as Iran neighboring Jordan and constitutions enacted in rence to war­affected Tamil Force. which Soleimani also took sertions that he would has denied him a visa for a held funeral processions on Kuwait on Tuesday, while 1972 and 1978, Mr. Suman­ community’s demand for The U.S. blames him for part, a 1986 amphibious as­ bomb Iranian cultural sites trip to UN headquarters in Tuesday for one of its top NATO said it was also shift­ thiran said it was only after power devolution. the killing of American sault that cut Iraq off from despite international pro­ New York. military commanders killed ing some of its troops out the ‘Black July’, the brutal However, welcoming Pre­ troops in Iraq and accused the Gulf and led to the end of hibitions on such attacks. “What we know is that in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq. of the country. anti­Tamil pogrom in 1983, sident Rajapaksa’s proposal him of plotting new attacks the bloody war that killed 1 Defense Secretary Mark the U.S. State Secretary Mr. Zarif later took to Germany has a small that India intervened to for a new Constitution, Mr. just before his death on Fri­ million people. Esper said the U.S. will “fol­ (Mike Pompeo), in a call to Twitter, saying the rejection contingent of some 120 sol­ “turn the tide”. Sumanthiran said consider­ day in a drone strike near Meanwhile, the EU, whose low the laws of armed con­ the Secretary General of the violated the terms of a 1947 diers in Iraq, though the able drafting work had been Baghdad’s airport. Foreign Ministers will hold flict.” When asked if that UN, said: ‘We did not have agreement on the travel of majority are not stationed 13th Amendment done during the predeces­ Soleimani also led forces emergency talks on the crisis ruled out targeting cultural time to issue a visa for Mo­ representatives of UN mem­ in Taji and Baghdad but el­ The subsequent constitu­ sor government’s tenure in in Syria backing President on Friday, said it was in both sites, Mr. Esper said point­ hammad Javad Zarif and we bers to and from the sewhere. tional amendment — popu­ office, with the full partici­ Bashar Assad in a long war, Iran and Iraq's interests to edly, “That’s the laws of will not issue a visa’,” Mr. Za­ headquarters. The NATO has around larly known as the 13 th pation of all parties . “We and he also served as the “take the path of sobriety armed conflict.” rif said. But he said “denying me a 500 troops in Iraq — mostly A mendment that came out still have some distance to point man for Iranian prox­ and not of escalation”. Mr. Trump first raised “The Secretary General visa... pales in comparison from Canada, Spain and of the Indo­Lanka Accord of go, and that is the direction ies in countries like Iraq, Le­ Saudi Arabia — an oil­rich the prospect of targeting responded by saying that it to” US sanctions and Turkey — who are helping 1987 — acknowledged diver­ we must continue in if the banon and Yemen. U.S. ally seen as vulnerable cultural sites in a tweet on is Iran’s right to take part in threats, as well as the “co­ to train and build Iraq’s se­ sity in the country and led country is to prosper. Any Soleimani’s remains and to Iranian strikes — also ap­ Saturday and reiterated this session,” Tehran’s top wardly assassination” of Ira­ curity forces so they can to the creation of provincial deviation from that path will those of the others killed in pealed for calm after a “very that view to reporters the diplomat said, quoted by se­ nian general Qasem Solei­ combat the Islamic State councils to help minority spell doom to us all,” he the airstrike were brought to dangerous” escalation. next day. mi­official news agency IS­ mani last week. group on their own. communities exercise a said. ELSEWHERE Sanchez wins Parliament ISI confiscates Austria’s Kurz returns as Weinstein hit vote to remain Spain PM books on with new sex Zia ul Haq world’s youngest govt. head assault charge Coalition with Podemos ends deadlock Press Trust of India Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Karachi NEW YORK Madrid He is heading a coalition govt. with the Green Party Arrest warrant in Japan A Pakistani novelist and Harvey Weinstein was hit for Carlos Ghosn's wife Spain’s Parliament on Tues­ New York Times columnist Agence France-Presse Mr. Kurz’s People’s Party with new sex crimes charg­ TOKYO day confirmed Socialist said on Tuesday that secur­ VIENNA (OeVP) and the Greens es in Los Angeles on Mon­ Prosecutors in Japan on leader Pedro Sanchez by a ity agents raided the offices The leader of Austria’s con­ agreed last week to govern day just as his high­profile Tuesday obtained an arrest razor­thin margin as Prime of his publisher here and servatives Sebastian Kurz together after the last admi­ trial in a separate case warrant for Carole Ghosn, Minister for another term at confiscated all the copies was sworn in on Tuesday as nistration with the far­right opened in New York, kick­ wife of former Nissan chief the helm of the country’s of his book about the coun­ the world’s youngest demo­ fell apart in a corruption ing off proceedings key to Carlos Ghosn, who last first­ever coalition govern­ try’s former military dicta­ cratically elected leader, at scandal. Both the OeVP and the #MeToo movement. month jumped bail and fled ment since its return to de­ tor Zia ul Haq. the head of a coalition with the Greens made key gains The case in California the country for Lebanon, mocracy in the 1970s. Mohammad Hanif, the Greens following the col­ in September’s snap polls. stems from a two­year where he was reunited with Mr. Sanchez, who has Pedro Sanchez whose much­acclaimed A lapse of his previous alliance President Alexander Van probe into allegations from his wife. AFP stayed on as a caretaker pre­ Case of Exploding Man- with the far­right. der Bellen reminded the several women that the dis­ Putin meets Assad in mier, won 167 votes in the what would be the first coa­ goes is a parody about the Vowing to “protect the cli­ new government that “citi­ graced Hollywood mogul surprise Syria visit 350­seat Assembly com­ lition government in Spain former dictator killed in a mate and the borders”, the Sebastian Kurz zens have great expectations assaulted them in Los An­ DAMASCUS pared to 165 against, with a since the country returned plane crash in 1988, 33­year­old has become of you,” adding that “trust geles and Beverly Hills. Russian President Vladimir decisive 18 abstentions by to democracy following the blamed the Pakistani spy Chancellor of the Alpine ceremony with his predeces­ must be rebuilt”. According to the char­ Putin met his Syrian Catalan and Basque separa­ death of longtime dictator agency, the Inter­Services country’s first government sor Brigitte Bierlein, Mr. The government aims to gesheet, Weinstein alleged­ counterpart Bashar al­Assad tist MPs. Francisco Franco in 1975. Intelligence (ISI), for the to include the Greens, an ar­ Kurz said it was “good to be please both parties by push­ ly went to a Los Angeles on Tuesday during a surprise He plans to form a minor­ Spain has been without a raid. However, an ISI offi­ rangement called “exotic” able to continue working for ing for Austria to be carbon hotel on February 18, 2013 visit to Damascus, his first ity coalition government proper government for cial described Mr. Hanif’s and “unlikely” by Austrian Austria” and promised: “We neutral by 2040 and also and raped a woman after since the start of the nearly with hard­left party Pode­ most of the past year after claim as a cheap attempt to media. will strive every day to give continuing previous strict pushing his way into her nine­year war. AFP mos this time around, in two inconclusive polls. gain popularity. Speaking at a handover our best.” anti­immigration measures. room.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12827 (set by Arden) SUDOKU FAITH Log on to crossword.thehindu.com for more puzzles 12 Large boat, slow in movement 3 He breaks the bar — hauled up (5) to halfway house (5) Commitment to dharma

13 Outstanding round, green right 4 Long before Julius Caesar’s The dictum of the sastras, “Satyam Vada, Dharmam Chara,” away (7) last words, crew oddly leaves spells the fundamental rule for ethical and moral living and (7) 15 Once past, the odds go with is applicable to all beings at all times. One who always cattle (4) 5 Hawking — quietly he kept gun speaks the truth and follows the path of righteousness is sure to find much inner peace and happiness though it 18 One Moslem leader following outside (7) another (4) might not be the kind of happiness that is dependent on ma­ 6 With wife lived at a resort, it’s terial prosperity and a life of comfort, pointed out Sri B. Da­ 20 Church worker finds damp a bore (5,4) modhara Dikshitar in a discourse. patch (7) 7 It stops blood, a complaint (6) In the Mahabharata, when the Pandavas begin their exile, 23 Crude can rise and suddenly on many occasions, Draupadi and Bheema often feel anger 8 Hold light to cover lines on slip initially (5) and frustration at their fate. They go to the extent of blaming both sides (6) Yudhishtira for the way he has handled the game of dice that 24 Julius Caesar didn’t know how has resulted in this life of hardship for all of them. Is it not a to manage or placate her (9) 14 Block a row with some fancy metalwork (9) clear case of blatant cheating that has pushed them to a cor­ 26 Sailor on board, used by the ner? Hence she cannot help questioning the dharma which cook (9) 16 Groups start fighting, is supposed to protect them. fighting’s endless (8) Duryodhana who constantly flouts dharma is happy in 27 Market place empty in Indian his kingdom and leads a comfortable life while their lot is to city (5) 17 State law to check expensive drug (8) suffer. But, as far as Yudhishtira is concerned he does not 28 Chinese cat goes for cock, Solution to puzzle 12826 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku view what has happened as an unfortunate event. In his in­ ■ ACROSS perhaps (3) 19 Club sandwiches — butter ner self he is happy and at peace with himself. He under­ makes a pattern (7) 1 Can be caught behind wicket, 29 All remedies work in Ireland stands that fluctuations in fortune are very much the es­ in short (5,6) (7,4) 20 View from top to bottom, sence of life. His very strength is his commitment to honesty 7 James Bond, perhaps gets reading in between lines (7) and truth and he has upheld dharma and not swerved from essential information (3) ■ DOWN it at any cost. He tells Draupadi that ends can never justify 9 Girl’s husband is from Dublin 21 Put a lid on booze (6) the means. When Rama is denied the throne and also faces (5) 1 Said to be conceited exile, the impact of the rude shock hits all who find it most 22 Kid under wheels of an acid 10 Twitter has made changes — Caledonian on the wall panel unfair to Him. But Rama, who is committed to dharma, ac­ (8) carrier (6) it’s a monotonous task (9) cepts it with remarkable equanimity. In contrast, Ravana, 11 Wild shrubs over time grow in 2 Tight nighties — what do you 25 Material quietly put face up with all his atrocities leads a life of prosperity. But it is ulti­ wilderness (9) call them? (8) (5) mately the order of dharma that is finally established.

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one to work smarter and live better is a very human thing to do. With In­ A ‘joint pact’ Ironing out differences between the ternet connectivity spreading across the globe, the geographical rele­ vance of doing work in one place between baby has become irrelevant. Sixty per­ generations, as a new decade rolls on cent of the people at the consulting boomers and firm I run don’t come to work; they How can inter-generational remote­work. This way, as an em­ ployer, I am able to get people with millennials collaboration be achieved at the specialised skills, from other parts workplace of the 2020s? Find out what of the country and even abroad. There is great scope for Born in the 1970s, I am not a digital the groups in question may have to say native, but it is a world I have adapt­ knowledge transfer about this ed to, and would not want to trade between the two sides for anything else. And, I certainly Prince Frederick would not want to set the clock Liffy Thomas back.” y virtue of having arrived early on enerations are not planets Resolution #2: "We will try to the scene, the baby­boomers have a swirling around in their sepa­ understand their unique needs” Bdistinct advantage. Time should be Grate orbits. They intersect, in­ We believe there should be an ef­ able to give them a greater insight into the fluence and change each other’s fort to understand the younger gen­ inter­generational workplace dynamics. course. erations, but without bringing them Jairam N. Menon, 65, is serving his third An organisation’s health depends under undue scrutiny. Ganesh Chel­ extension, because a leading corporate he on how various generations syner­ la, who specialises in executive is employed with, wants to put this gise their strengths. To achieve this coaching and, was born in the early advantage to use. end, every generation should know 1960s, and therefore belongs to the “It’s not usual for the company to give every other for what it is, and this younger section of baby­boomers, extensions but mine was an exception,” may require sifting facts from thinks millennials are “being treated says Menon, who has been asked to play a assumptions. like laboratory specimens. It has multi­generational mentoring role, The younger generations, which been going on for a decade.” Ganesh besides the main mandate, which is about consist of the millennials and gener­ explains: “There is an undeniable helping write the company’s history. ation Z, have to be particularly freed need to have a proper understand­ At 64, Lt. Col. John Chenetra, who has of the prism of assumptions through ing of younger generations, because worked with many corporates since his which they are often seen. Some of they represent the future and there­ retirement, says baby­boomers, and the these assumptions have already os­ fore define the context. For its sur­ younger generations, particularly the sified into unhelpful beliefs. vival and success, every organisa­ ones that have started entering the So, let them speak for them­ tion has to adapt to the future. workforce, fit in with each other, like a selves, launching into certain unflat­ However, it has realise that the con­ dovetail joint. tering assumptions about them. text younger generations help Chenetra, who is currently chief create, defines the older generations operating officer at Verifacts Services Pvt. The Voice of the Younger too,” says Ganesh. “At the end of the Ltd., explains that an opportunity for ILLUSTRATION: Generations SREEJITH RAVIKUMAR day, it is about creating an organisa­ two­way mentoring is readily present. In Assumption #1: “They are rolling tional culture that will be responsive the mad hurry to learn hard tech skills to stones” to the unique needs of all genera­ stay relevant, employees from the While it is indeed true that we tions, and ties them together as a younger generations usually tend not to want to try out different roles, and successful unit.” It should be a cul­ lay equal emphasis on learning life skills. define meaning largely by new ture that would allow ev­ Having baby­boomers in their midst can learnings and experiences, we ery generation to ea­ ensure the right balance. In the tech­ would want job­hopping to happen sily adapt to wired world, there will always be on our terms. In other words, we organisational structures must be from 42 countries, and 3,009 Gen­ quired. Gen­Z is called the YouTube systems that something that millennials and would want the job market to be sta­ looking a lot flatter than they did on­ Zs from 10 countries”, put our views generation, and together with the are put in generation Z can teach baby boomers ble, and we should be in a position ly a couple of decades ago. It is a on this question in perspective. millennials, they are called “the DIY place for S. Srikrishnan moved to academia to choose and leave organisations structural shift that these generation While showing that 71 percent of the generation”. The phenomenal rise the larger after two decades in industry, and is and not the other way around. And, may be getting accustomed to. In millennials viewed social media in a of information technology is making good. now senior professor business as regards leaving organisations, contrast, millennials and generation positive light, the Deloitte survey it possible for people to pick up cer­ analytics at Loyola Institute of contrary to popular belief, we are Z are born into such a corporate brought out the nuances that form tain skills, often with minimal gui­ Business Administration. He not internally programmed to fly the world, and are therefore at home the youngsters’ assessment about dance. As digital natives, they may says that with some humility, organisational nest, every two or functioning in structures that have being digital and connected. Sixty­ have it in their DNA to make opti­ learning can move both three years. Listen to what a millen­ only a few hierarchical markers. four percent of the millennials said mum use of this situation. Having ways. nial­professional has to say about “Millennials respect hierarchy. It is cutting down screen time would said that, the older generations can’t “We are a learning this. “Millennials and generation Z important to have a hierarchical lead to benefits on the health front, be far behind in adoption of new company, and it’s not would not want to leave an organisa­ structure. Without that, there can’t as it would mean taking up outdoor technologies. In fact, it is a world we uni­directional. So tion that is growing, offers stability, be learning. It promotes progress, as activities. The Survey further disco­ have created, for better or for even as we handhold, and provides learning opportuni­ it provides employees with the mo­ vered that four out of every 10 Mil­ worse, that younger generations are we veterans learn as ties,” says Shradha Puri, corporate tivation to reach the next level. Mil­ lennial­respondents wished they born into. For example, the do­it­ much, if not more head, human resources, Hitachi Sys­ lennials don’t mind hierarchical could turn their back on social yourself culture has existed, in vary­ from the youngsters tems Micro Clinic. structures, but they would want the media. ing forms and degrees, earlier. The as they are learning Assumption #2: “They don't organisation to be flat in its style of As the seniors in the midst, the ol­ world of music provides a ready ex­ from us,” says value hierarchy” functioning,” says Shradha. der generations — the baby boomers ample: In the 1980s, music bands Menon. The desire to have flatter organi­ Assumption #3: “They see the and generation X — would make two were able to circumvent the elabo­ Baby boomers say sations is born out of the necessity world in pixels” resolutions that would promote in­ rate and difficult process of music millennials make of having to meet challenges posed The majority of us do have a vi­ ter­generational collaboration at the production by making copies of great teams to work by changing market realities. Conti­ brant online­social life. It is particu­ workplace. their songs and albums through do­ with provided one nual changes and uncertainties in larly true of many Gen­Zs, the smart­ it­yourself cassette­making technol­ shows a lot of patience the business environment require phone generation. However, we are The Voice of the Older ogy. In other words, there is a lot in in understanding their organisations to be leaner and swif­ not blind to what we are missing out Generations common than we often believe, and unique needs. ter, ensuring greater flexibility in re­ on, by staying online longer than we Resolution #1 “We will focus on generations adapt to changing situa­ “You need to win their porting and decision­making sys­ should, and are often remorseful the similarities” tions. Here is a generation­Xer who respect and demonstrate tems. The reality of distributed about the time wasted in this man­ Essentially, all generations are si­ explains this. Kiruba Shankar, social that,” says Menon. teams is also promoting such flexi­ ner. A few findings from The De­ milar, in that they make the most of media entrepreneur and digital­ bility. For the older generations — loitte Global Millennial Survey 2019, given circumstances, and make the marketing professor, says, “Adapt­ baby boomers and generation X — which quizzed “3,416 millennials necessary adaptations whenever re­ ing to something that will enable

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Reuters for six consecutive quarters N IFTY 50 New Delhi to 4.5% in July­September, PRICE CHANGE The government is likely to despite a 135­basis­point cut Adani Ports...... 384.80...... 4.60 cut spending for the current in interest rates by the Re­ Asian Paints...... 1724.40...... 17.25

Axis Bank ...... 725.75...... 2.50 fiscal by as much as ₹2 tril­ serve Bank of India (RBI) Bajaj Auto ...... 3037.95...... 0.30 lion (₹2 lakh crore) as it faces since February 2019. Now, Bajaj Finserv...... 9095.65...... 52.95 one of the biggest tax short­ even the RBI seems to have Bajaj Finance ...... 4007.65...... 10.95 High inflation adversely impacts the economy’s allocative Bharti Airtel ...... 445.10...... -4.55 falls in recent years, three go­ become more worried about efficiency and retards growth, says Mr. Das. * PRASHANT NAKWE BPCL...... 461.00...... -8.15 vernment sources said. inflation rising. It kept its key Britannia Ind ...... 3036.60...... 14.55 Asia’s third­largest econo­ lending rate on hold on De­ Cipla ...... 468.60...... 1.85 Coal India ...... 205.70...... 0.00 my, which is growing at its cember 5, though it slashed Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2884.20...... 5.35 slowest pace in over six years its growth forecast for the ‘Reaction to Operation Eicher Motors...... 20803.80...... -56.65

GAIL (India)...... 124.45...... 0.10 because of lack of private in­ current fiscal to 5%, which Grasim Ind ...... 742.30...... 5.30 vestment, could be hurt would be the lowest in a de­ HCL Tech...... 584.25...... 2.25 further if the government cade. Even a surprise corpo­ Twist as expected’ HDFC ...... 2415.05...... 30.95

HDFC Bank...... 1260.60...... 19.65 cuts spending. rate tax rate cut announced Hero MotoCorp ...... 2348.05...... -20.10 But with a revenue short­ by Finance Minister Nirmala RBI has carried out three rounds so far Hindalco ...... 208.85...... -0.45 fall of about ₹2.5 trillion, the Sitharaman earlier this year Hind Unilever ...... 1920.70...... 5.25

ICICI Bank ...... 522.90...... -2.80 government has little choice failed to spur private invest­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT agricultural markets to im­ Mumbai IndusInd Bank ...... 1461.65...... -7.75 to keep its deficit within ”ac­ A question of money: The Centre is likely to keep the fiscal deficit under 3.8% of gross ment in the economy. prove supply chain manage­ Bharti Infratel ...... 238.25...... -4.50 ceptable limits”, the first offi­ domestic product while letting it slip from its earlier set target of 3.3% for the year. * REUTERS The Centre is likely to Reserve Bank of India Go­ ment which could result in Infosys ...... 727.90...... -10.95

Indian OilCorp...... 124.55...... -0.35 cial, who did not want to be keep fiscal deficit under 3.8% vernor Shaktikanta Das said bringing down the gap bet­ ITC ...... 235.35...... 0.25 named, told Reuters. cording to government data. nearly half the ₹3.1 trillion it “When the private invest­ of GDP, sources said. It is on Tuesday that the mar­ ween the price paid by end JSW Steel...... 265.25...... 1.00 The Centre has spent A ₹2 trillion reduction would spent in September. Lack of ment has slowed so much, likely to announce additional ket’s reaction to the simulta­ customers and the price re­ Kotak Bank ...... 1670.85...... 18.30

L&T...... 1320.50...... 3.75 about 65% of the total expen­ be about a 7% cut in total demand and weak corporate this will definitely drag down borrowing of ₹300 ­500 bil­ neous buy­sell of govern­ ceived by farmers. M&M ...... 526.65...... 2.15 diture target of ₹27.86 trillion spending planned for the earnings growth in the eco­ growth further,” said Rupa lion for the current year to ment bonds was on He highlighted a survey Maruti Suzuki ...... 7073.60...... 31.20 till November but reduced year. In October and Novem­ nomy led to lagging tax col­ Rege Nitusure, chief econo­ match the revised fiscal defi­ expected lines. conducted by the RBI in Nestle India Ltd...... 14290.75. .. -125.90

NTPC ...... 120.55...... 1.65 the pace of spending in Oc­ ber, government spending lections this year. Analysts mist at L&T Financial. cit, two sources in the go­ The simultaneous buy­ 2018 covering farmers, trad­ ONGC ...... 125.75...... -0.50 tober and November, ac­ increased by ₹1.6 trillion, said growth will be hurt. Economic growth slowed vernment said. sell of government bonds, ers and retailers in 85 man­ PowerGrid Corp ...... 191.70...... -1.40 known as Operation Twist, dis spread across 16 States, Reliance Ind ...... 1524.60...... 23.10

State Bank ...... 318.40...... -0.60 was conducted to bring which found that the diffe­ Sun Pharma ...... 446.40...... 6.45 down long­term interest rence between retail prices Tata Motors ...... 184.70...... -0.95 rate while allowing short that consumers paid and Tata Steel ...... 476.10...... 2.85 Reserve Bank to tap market supply for SBI pegs TCS ...... 2205.85...... 5.40 term rates to inch up. The mandi prices that farmers Tech Mahindra ...... 777.10...... 6.70 FY20 GDP move was aimed at address­ received varied across crops Titan ...... 1159.95...... 1.35

UltraTech Cement...... 4242.10...... 85.00 ing liquidity, which is assy­ and centres. “The average UPL...... 595.05...... 10.10 specialised supervision, regulation cadre growth at 4.6% metric — abundant at the share of farmers in retail Vedanta ...... 156.00...... 5.45 shorter end but not on the prices of major primary Wipro ...... 255.20...... 3.05 Internal promotions to still account for 65% of category headcount, says circular SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT longer end. The move will food items varies between YES Bank...... 45.05...... -0.10 Mumbai Zee Entertainment ...... 267.75...... 6.25 help in monetary transmis­ 28 and 78%. It is lower for MANOJIT SAHA stress testing and the like, decided to reorganise its reg­ State Bank of India (SBI) on sion. The central bank has perishables and higher for Mumbai lateral recruitment will be ulation and supervision de­ Tuesday lowered its eco­ so far carried out three non­perishable items. High­ The Reserve Bank of India resorted to. Lateral recruit­ partments. It merged the nomic growth projection rounds of simultaneous er share of retail prices go­ EXCHANGE RATES has decided to recruit 35% of ment will not be used to fill three regulatory depart­ for the current financial bond buy­and­sell via open ing to farmers augurs well I ndicative direct rates in rupees a unit the specialised supervisory positions that carry out on­ ments (department of bank­ year to 4.6%, from the 5% market operations. for the rural economy, except yen at 4 p.m. on January 07 and regulatory cadre from site supervision of regulated ing, non­banking and coop­ projected in November. To a query from reporters which in turn, could help CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL the market while the remain­ entities. According to norms, erative bank) into one and The Central Statistics Of­ on the sidelines of an event, sustain domestic demand,” US Dollar...... 71.63...... 71.95

Euro ...... 80.08...... 80.44 ing 65% will be recruited via lateral induction would nor­ did likewise for the three su­ fice (CSO) on Tuesday Mr. Das said that the pro­ he said. British Pound...... 93.96...... 94.39 internal promotions. mally be at Grade C level and pervisory departments. pegged the country’s GDP gramme was “on expected He also said that the man­ Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 66.07...... 66.37 In an internal circular, the on contract basis. Laterally As a result, there is only growth for 2019­20 at 5%, lines”. date given to RBI on main­ Chinese Yuan ...... 10.32...... 10.37

Swiss Franc ...... 73.80...... 74.13 central bank said that direct recruited officers will have a one supervisory department an 11­year low. In the third such open taining price stability, finan­ Singapore Dollar ...... 53.08...... 53.32 recruitment in the Special­ tenure of three years, exten­ which looks after supervi­ The SBI report, auth­ market operation in as ma­ cial stability and economic Canadian Dollar...... 55.17...... 55.44 ized Supervisory and Regu­ The Specialized Supervi­ dable up to a maximum of sion of banks, NBFCs and ored by Soumya Kanti ny weeks, the RBI had on growth was not only impor­ Malaysian Ringitt ...... 17.50...... 17.59 latory Cadre (SSRC) will be at sory and Regulatory Cadre five years. cooperative banks and only Ghosh, Group Chief Eco­ Monday bought ₹10,000 tant from a macroeconomic Source:Indian Bank Grade B level. will comprise officers in “The shortfall of officers one regulatory department nomic Adviser, SBI, said, crore of three long­term se­ perspective, but also for the “Out of the total vacancies Grade B to Executive Direc­ with specialised skills will be for these three. The move “We now believe that the curities while selling a simi­ objective of inclusive in the grade, 35% of the va­ tor level, the circular said. filled up by taking expertise was aimed at dealing more RBI projection of a 5.9­ lar amount of three short­ growth. BULLION RATES CHENNAI cancies will be filled up RBI said in case there was on inward deputation or as­ effectively with potential sys­ 6.3% GDP for FY21 could be term bonds. “Persistently high infla­ J anuary 07 rates in rupees with pre- through market recruitment a shortfall in filling up any signing some of the special­ temic risk that could come on the higher side. We In his opening remarks at tion adversely impacts the vious rates in parentheses while 65% of vacancies will vacancy in the specialist ised back office jobs to exter­ about due to possible super­ could be now staring at a the ‘Third Suresh Tendulkar economy’s allocative effi­ Retail Silver (1g) ...... 51.2...... (52.2) be filled up through internal groups in research, data ana­ nal experts,” it said. visory arbitrage and infor­ sub 6% growth for 2 suc­ Memorial Lecture’, Mr. Das ciency and impedes 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3863...... (3896) promotions,” RBI said. lysis, model development, On November 1, 2019, RBI mation asymmetry. cessive years.” emphasised on reform of growth,” he added. ₹104.34 crore Amid slowdown, Rolls­Royce EoI, share pact India must create 70 mn jobs to refund to for Air India RCom upheld delivers 25% more cars in 2019 get GoM’s nod achieve $5 tn economy by 2024 Legal Correspondent The company sold a record 5,152 cars in over 50 countries Press Trust of India 140 mn jobs needed in next decade, says Shanmugaratnam NEW DELHI New Delhi In a relief to Reliance Com­ Lalatendu Mishra A Group of Ministers (GoM) SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT munications (RCom), the MUMBAI headed by Union Home Mi­ Mumbai Supreme Court on Tuesday Despite a slowdown in the nister Amit Shah on Tues­ The country needs to signifi­ upheld an order by the Te­ global economy and trade day approved the Expres­ cantly increase employment lecom Disputes Settlement wars gripping the world, ul­ sion of Interest (EoI) as well and productivity levels to and Appellate Tribunal tra luxury car maker Rolls­ as the share purchase achieve a $5 trillion econo­ (TDSAT) to the government Royce Motor Cars delivered agreement for Air India’s my by 2024, Tharman Shan­ to refund ₹104.34 crore to 25% more cars in 2019 as privatisation, a senior go­ mugaratnam, Senior Minis­ the telecom company. compared to the previous vernment official said. ter of Singapore, a A Bench led by Justice year, indicating that the sup­ The EoI and the share renowned economist and a Rohinton Nariman con­ er rich are not impacted by purchase agreement would political personality, said on firmed the tribunal’s deci­ the economic downturn. be issued in January for the Tuesday. India’s productivity growth needs to be about 7­8% per year, sion of December 21, 2018, In 2019, the company de­ bidders, he said. Pointing out that job says Mr. Tharman, who met PM Modi on Monday. * PTI while rejecting the conten­ livered a total of 5,152 cars to This performance is of a different magnitude to any previous Last year, the Air India growth and productivity im­ tion of the Department of customers in over 50 coun­ year’s sales success, says CEO Torsten Müller­Ötvös. Specific Alternative Me­ provement are critical, Mr. dollar economy by 2024. But effort to transform its socie­ Telecom (DoT) that RCom tries, a record in its 116­year chanism (AISAM) approved Shanmugaratnam said, “To dwindling economic growth ty and economy. And it is go­ is under liquidation and history. In 2018, it delivered company had touched near­ Müller­Ötvös, CEO, Rolls­ the re­initiation of the pro­ achieve a $5 trillion econo­ has made the task much ing to take some time be­ continuously defaulting on 4,107 units, which was also a ly three­digit numbers in an­ Royce Motor Cars, said: cess for the Centre’s 100% my by 2024­25 and to ensure tougher than thought cause it is starting from a spectrum deferred pay­ record that year. nual sales in India. “This performance is of an stake sale in Air India along unemployment does not earlier. heavy legacy of the past,” he ments. While the company did In India, Rolls­Royce mo­ altogether different magni­ with Air India Express and keep going up, India will Productivity growth said. “There is consequently not disclose the India num­ dels are priced between tude to any previous year’s the carrier’s stake in joint have to create something needed to be in the order of “Job growth and produc­ logic and merit in the con­ bers, a spokesperson put the ₹6.21 crore and ₹11.35 crore. sales success. While we cele­ venture AISATS. like 140 million jobs over the 7­8% per year, he said, while tivity growth are fundamen­ tention of RCL/RTL (RCom) year­on­year volume growth The company has show­ brate these remarkable re­ While Air India’s net loss next decade — half of that in delivering the Third Suresh tal. “It is critical particularly that the Union unreasona­ for the India market at 73%. rooms in Delhi and Mumbai, sults, we are conscious of in 2018­19 was around the first half of the decade.” Tendulkar Memorial Lec­ for India because you have bly refused to refund the Industry sources placed where most of its customers our key promise to our cus­ ₹8,556 crore, its current to­ Prime Minister Narendra ture at the Reserve Bank of the largest young population excess amounts," the court the sales at 25­30 units cur­ are based. Commenting on tomers, to keep our brand tal debt is around ₹80,000 Modi has announced the India. in the world... much larger concluded. rently. A few years ago, the the global sales, Torsten rare and exclusive.” crore. aim to achieve a $5 trillion “India is making a major than China’s,” he added. Reliance Retail shares trade at 33% premium ‘Mindset to blame for poor response to NPS’ in unlisted market, foxes analysts Only 10 lakh employees covered, people’s view needs to change, says PFRDA M ini Tejaswi try, has a mandate to add five and NPS currently covers on­ RIL itself valued the firm at ₹375 per share, but unlisted market sees it at ₹500 Bengaluru lakh new NPS subscribers ly a miniscule number of in­ It’s not the money people and 75 lakh Atal Pension Yo­ dividuals and corporates, Piyush Pandey the unofficial market for un­ must put into it, but a certain jana (APY) subscribers by while a large population of Mumbai listed stocks told The Hindu. mindset of individuals and March 2020. small, medium, and micro Shares of Mukesh Ambani­ Reliance Retail shares corporates that makes Na­ NPS currently has a total enterprises and thousands led Reliance Retail are trad­ were trading at peak of ₹900 tional Pension System (NPS) subscriber base of 3.25 of start­ups are yet to be part ing at a 33% premium or at a share in the unlisted mar­ a less­preferred saving op­ crore, (with ₹4 lakh crore un­ of the pension market. ₹500 a share in the unlisted ket before the swap ratio was tion, according to the Pen­ der investment as on Decem­ The PFRDA is currently in market compared to the va­ announced by parent RIL. sion Fund Regulatory and ber 31) which includes Cen­ the process of creating a stra­ lue of ₹375 a share arrived at India’s largest organised Development Authority tral and State Government tegy to approach each of by the swap ratio announced listed retailer, Avenue Super­ (PFRDA). employees (66 lakh), em­ these companies directly by parent Reliance Indus­ marts, which owns and oper­ For instance, some 7,000 ployees of Central and State through HRs or through pu­ tries Ltd. for its retail arm. ates D­Mart stores is valued corporates in the country autonomous bodies, corpo­ blic campaigns. On December 25, RIL pro­ at ₹1,13,950.50 crore based are currently registered with rates, NRIs (6,000) and indi­ “Most of us don’t think of posed a swap ratio of 4:1, RIL holds 99.95% in Reliance Retail and about 35 lakh equity on Tuesday’s closing price of PFRDA, but only 10 lakh em­ viduals. retirement and old age. But which implied investors shares circulate in the unlisted market. * MOHAMMED YOUSUF ₹1,815.15. RIL holds 99.95% ployees are covered under tered companies are covered APY now has a subscriber the reality is our income will could get one share of RIL in Reliance Retail and about the NPS. under NPS. This is too low a base of two crore — mostly stop one day. As per studies, for every four shares held in of RIL is valued at ₹3,16,904 around one­fourth of RIL’s 35 lakh equity shares circu­ Supratim Bandopadhyay, coverage and has to im­ people from the unorgan­ on an average, Indians live 17 Reliance Retail, valuing the crore, or about one­third of total valuation. However, late in the unlisted market. whole­time member, prove. We see people’s ised sector including labour­ to 18 years after retirement. retail business at ₹2.4 lakh the total valuation of the there is great demand for Re­ Last week, RIL launched PFRDA, said, “We have do­ mindset as the major ers, farmers, construction But sadly, most of us decide crore then. company. “The premium liance Retail shares and e­commerce arm Jio Mart for zens of individual corporates impediment.” workers and daily­wage to save only when we are in At the current asking that Reliance Retail is quot­ there is no seller for it even grocery deliveries, in which employing multiple lakhs of The PFRDA, which is cur­ workers. According to Mr. the 45­50 age bracket. This price of ₹500 for one Re­ ing in the unlisted market at ₹500 a share,” Sandip Gi­ segment global e­tailers such employees in our country. rently in the process of con­ Bandopadhyay, the pension mindset has to change and liance Retail share in the un­ defies logic as its own pro­ nodia of Abhishek Securi­ as Amazon and Flipkart However, only 2­4% of em­ ducting pension awareness segment is yet to see quan­ we have to learn to save be­ listed market, the retail arm moters have valued it at ties, which deals in shares in compete. ployees of these 7,000 regis­ campaigns across the coun­ tum growth in the country fore we spend,” he said.

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Toro’s evolving relationship as col­ PEOPLE laborators and friends. The two met in 1997 on Mimic on which The man Doug only worked three days as a The rise of Ritviz fill­in bug creature. “He remem­ bered me; five years later, we did Millions of YouTube views, a couple of film projects… the first Hellboy movie where I his growth has been rapid behind the played Abe Sapien, a supporting character... but we bonded more during that film and had esta­ blished a non­verbal dialogue bet­ ween the two of us; very little has to be said when he’s directing me. That is when he quickly became my favourite director. He is someone who understands all of his actors, MASK and knows what buttons to push.” Doug describes doing an encom­ Touted as ‘the most famous actor you passing one­camera shot for Hell­ have never seen’, Doug Jones shines in the boy, in which he had to deal with three different props. “I tried to go otherworldly side of Hollywood, through the action of picking up having starred in The Shape Of Water, each prop and dealing with it and doing what I had to do,” he starts Pan’s Labyrinth and the series laughing as he continues, “and Star Trek: Discovery Guillermo says, ‘God, Dougie, you’re boring me to death!’ so dating, because this is a that’s all I had to hear.” franchise with so much le­ But it was Pan’s Labyrinth which gacy, that I didn’t want to marked a turning point in their re­ get this wrong,” he starts, lationship. “In the film industry, pe­ T he advent of high-speed Internet and streaming platforms “I wanted to make sure ople talk about that relationship of over the last decade has changed the indie music scene in this could help create a trust between the two of us where I the country. It significantly reduced the cost of production new species of alien that would do anything the man says and marketing. After receiving this nourishment from would be everything the and he knows that [laughs] and he technology, independent music has spawned some writers hoped for: charm­ trusts me. For him to trust me with sensational talent. EDM and hip-hop composer Ritviz ing, witty, smart and with a role like The Fawn and The Pale Srivastava, 23, from Pune, is one such. his own full plate. Saru is a Man in this passion project for him The number of YouTube views of his latest song is a good measure of his popularity. ‘Liggi’, released on Actor Doug Jones very emotional being as well — he hardly had any budget to make December 22, has been watched over 3.6 million times. * BRUCE SMITH as logical.” it and he had to just pull favours Last November, Ritviz was a part of the line-up for the Coming up with Saru’s phy­ from people — but we all knew we OnePlus Music Festival in Mumbai, with international pop sique was extremely fulfilling for had a piece of art on our hands. sensations Katy Perry and Dua Lipa, and National Award- ring roles in the Guillermo Del Toro Doug, who wanted Saru to be diffe­ That said, to trust me with that was winning composer Amit Trivedi. On Instagram, his follower- Divya Kala Bhavani universe of films such as Hellboy rent from any other character he na find there?’ and, as far as my fu­ extraordinary, and I even got on count is 109k; on YouTube it is 473k. and Hellboy II: The Golden Army , has played — a big challenge, given ture’s future goes, I am sitting in the that ride with him through awards Ritviz acknowledges the fortune of being an It is 12.30 a.m. in Los Angeles when Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape Of Wa­ he has worked in the sci­fi world for commander’s chair when we make season that year: the Golden independent musician in the digital era. “The platform for Doug Jones sits down for a Skype in­ ter, as well as 2007 Marvel film Fan­ over 30 years. “When I saw the first that jump.” Globes, the BAFTAs and the an indie musician now is immense. You can afford to get an terview with us . Despite being in tastic Four: Rise of the Silver Sur­ designs and saw those hoof boots — Oscars.” audience to follow you and make them understand what between shoots for the new season fer. After the physically and his feet actually move like those of Beguiled by Guillermo Moving forward, Doug finds him­ your music is all about.” Reaching too many people in a of Star Trek: Discovery , he has the emotionally taxing work of The an antelope — and when I put those The actor’s physicality continues to self drawn to more humanesque short span has a few catches, though. One: there is energy of a lithe teenager. It is a lit­ Shape Of Water, he had decided to shoes on for the first time, it place him as a real Hollywood pro­ roles; he expresses an unconven­ pressure to hasten one’s work. “For instance, I took nine tle jarring seeing the actor in his “hang up his rubber bits”, but changed my posture and I felt like I ponent in a time VFX can only do tional dream role too. months after ‘Udd Gaye’ [Ritviz’s most viewed song on ‘sans prosthetics state’; the world is when a call came in asking him to was walking around like a super­ so much. And this understanding of “I would love to be in a Hallmark YouTube]. And, people kept asking about the release of the used to seeing him with frayed gills, speak with the producers of a new model and my arms started natu­ character embodiment has made Christmas movie, playing the dad next one.” Two: “The audience can build an image of you distorted eyeballs or alien anato­ Star Trek project, he knew it was rally flowing behind me.” Doug a ‘director’s actor’ if his years­ offering his daughter some sage ad­ very quickly.” mies. But it is a comfort that not time yet. On what we can expect for sea­ long collaboration with Guillermo vice while wearing an ugly Christ­ Ritviz trained in Hindustani classical music. At five, his throughout the interview, he On Star Trek: Discovery , Doug son 3, Doug says, “At the end of sea­ del Toro is anything to go by. mas sweater,” he laughs. mother, a music teacher, started teaching him Khyal, a speaks just as much with his hands portrays Kelpian slave­turned­com­ son two, we jumped into the future In 2018, The Shape Of Waterwon genre of classical singing. At 10, he learnt Dhrupad (another major style) under Pandit Uday Bhawalkar. When as he does with his face. mander Saru, a much­loved charac­ and I think [the production team] Academy Awards, including for T he second season of Star Trek: Discovery he was 13, he started electronic music production. Even in The 59­year­old actor is quite lit­ ter in the Star Trek franchise. has let it out that we go about 900 Best Director and Best Picture. The currently airs on Zee Cafe; all episodes on his second EP, Yuv, one can spot this classical-EDM hybrid. erally, ‘the most famous actor you “When you’re given a new spe­ or 1,000 years into the future, so film marks yet another stepping Netflix. Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Pan’s Labyrinth are on Netflix “My content, the soul of my songs, is very Indian. But have never seen’, with major star­ cies to help create, it’s very intimi­ the big mystery is ‘what are we gon­ stone in Doug and Guillermo del the way I present it is in a Western format,” he says. This fusion, Ritviz says, was not planned. “It happened organically. This influence [of EDM] had taken place early on. Growing up, I used to listen to a lot of VH1. I was F OOD REVIEW absorbing all the music that I was hearing. And, at one point, I was trying to put them together.” ness — unlikely bedfellows, At the moment, Ritviz is working on two Bollywood film but a match made in heaven. projects. “I have always wanted to explore the area of The Cantonese Duck Pan­ films,” he says. But this is an area that would affect his Dr Jekyll and cakes were juicy and com­ independence. Film music, sometimes, asks the artiste to forting. We enjoyed the Truf­ work within a boundary. For Ritviz, who dislikes restrictions, fle Perigord Roll (veg) with this will be a test. He says it depends on the collaborations. black rice that had a pop of “I would like to get a brief of what the movie is about. And, Mr Hyde honey mustard, a modern I would let my mind wander. If a director says he wants very specific things, I won’t be the best fit.” sushi — not necessarily for PRAVEEN SUDEVAN the purists, but nevertheless Naval Satarawala Chopra delicious. Among the mains, Delhi’s latest ‘it’ the Nasu Aka Miso (diced Nege & Ju, has a unique res­ miso aubergine) and Barley PLACES taurant concept: By day it’s a spot, European by Chicken served with Thai stylish European bistro and day, Asian by night Curry Sauce, stood out. at night it transforms into a Skip: At lunch, they serve Milan times slick Asian food inspired enhancing the experience of avocado three ways, and I den. They change not just the space. chose the version with crab. the menu but everything bet­ Do try: By day, I would re­ Whilst the avocado serving it ween lunch and dinner, the commend the Allium self was generous and good, art, the tables, the chairs, Mousse Tart, which is a clev­ a restaurant of this calibre even the entrance. I am al­ er interpretation of various shouldn’t be serving shred­ ready calling this one the root vegetables foamed into ded crab sticks with the dish. hottest restaurant openings a tart, served with the jui­ Poached fresh crab may have of 2020. ciest Peruvian white aspara­ elevated it. At the helm of the kitchen gus and crispy garlic. At dinner, I’d skip the Yel­ is Ravi Kant Shukla, a chef Also a winner was the lowtail Carpaccio, which was who I am sure will be talked Truffle Bianco Pizza – simple flaccid and the wrong tem­ about a lot, but for now he is to look at, but a mouthwater­ perature. The desserts failed the most talkative chef in ing combination of provo­ to impress — a lot of effort town! He and his team man­ lone, Parmesan, mozzarella must have gone into them, age to switch gears between The finishing touch (Above) Chef Ravi Kant Shukla , (left) the and Scamorza, and truffle but none of them would I or­ services like experienced food, (right) the outdoor seating * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT oil. The lobster from their der again. D anbro, a bakery and cafe by two Italian chefs, Davide race car drivers — it is no Grills section was excellent — Go with: A first date at Quaglini and Carlos, in collaboration with pastry chef Anjali mean feat to cater to com­ a spoon to eat it). The barten­ just perfect for a place sure perfectly cooked, succulent, lunch, someone you want to Mohan, is now open in Kailash Colony. The chefs promise to pletely different cuisines and ders make an effort to re­ to soon be a haunt for ladies served in the shell. It packed impress at dinner; otherwise bring authentic European flavours to us in Delhi. Muffins, do so authentically from the commend drinks to suit your that lunch. a smoky punch. with your posse. tarts, brownies, cupcakes, spaghetti bowls, pizzas, all form same kitchen — but they pull palate. By night, the alter ego, Ju, At night, we started with Spacebar: 75 covers over a part of the menu. There's place to sit and eat, and a it off with aplomb. The vibe: By day, it has takes over, and the transfor­ the crunchy spicy okra, 2,500sq feet variety of breads — Ciabatta, Baguette, Chia seed, Nege & Ju’s bar is also a that Williamsburg feel, up­ mation is astounding. Dark, served with a yuzu tofu foam How much: ₹4,000 for multigrain bread, focaccia — to pick from, and a keto menu as well. great revelation. Choose bet­ market, trendy. Off­white sexy, velvety and myste­ dip – a clever, well balanced two sans cocktails. ween cocktail stools and a rent cocktail lists at lunch walls, European artwork, rious, making you desirous dish. What blew us away was Getting there: Nege & Ju, A t A­20 Kailash Colony, upward of ₹90 lovely open air patio at the (try the Paloma, a mezcal and lilting swing music. The to explore the food. The ed­ the Avocado and Cured Pa­ 9 and 10 Lodhi Market, next back, a delightful place to based drink) and dinner (the indistinct hum of the chatter gy DJ music and mood light­ paya Carpaccio, which was a to Lodhi Sports; do not fol­ soak in the sun. Again, diffe­ Risky Sour is delish; I wanted coasting under the music is ing too play a crucial role in dance of crunch and creami­ low Google Maps. C ontact us at [email protected]

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CONCERT F&B EXHIBITION GIG FILM Carnatic music Kebab special Sculpture Starika & Friends live Documentary on Gandhiji IHC is hosting Laya Madhuram, a talavadhya Singh Sahib Restaurant, an eatery serving North An ongoing solo show titled, Shelter, by Kolkata- The Piano Man, Gurugram, is hosting Starika & Ahimsa: Gandhi – The Power of the Powerless, an concert based on a rare 72 melakarta thala that Indian cuisine in Eros Hotel has launched a kebab based artist Pintu Sikder showcases his latest Friends, a collaboration of a few seasoned English documentary will be screened this will be presented by percussion expert T. R. menu with rum. On till 20th January, it offers work on sculptures. Using the medium of musicians from Delhi, tonight. The band evening. Directed by filmmaker Ramesh Sharma, Dhandapany, this evening. It will be followed by kebabs such as Banjara Tandoori Kukkad, textured sheets with brass nuts to show surfaces comprising Starika on lead vocals, Sohaib Ahmed the film documents the impact of the Gandhian a fusion concert Swara Sangamam, featuring Peshawari Prawn, Kasoori Machhi, Anjeer Paneer impacted by modernisation, Sikder explores the on the guitar, and Fidel Dely on the drums. philosophy of non-violence worldwide, and vocalists and percussion instrumentalists from Tikka, Peanut Challi Kebab, Jaitooni Subz Seekh, tussle between cultivation and industrialisation Starika covers songs of multiple genres, ranging features interviews with world renowned both Hindustani and Carnatic styles. Kumbh ki Galouti, and more. on limited land resources. from RnB, Soul & Blues to Rock and Metal. scholars, biographers and civil rights activists. Venue: Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre Venue: Eros Hotel - New Delhi, Nehru Place Venue: Triveni Kala Sangam, Mandi House Venue: 32nd avenue, Sector 15 Part 2 Venue: C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC Time: 7 p.m. T ime: 12 noon-3 p.m.; 7-11:30 p.m. Time: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Time: 9 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. Time: 6 p.m.

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ward and flipped to the sides — paired with the engine and the Room enough Innova style — to make more second to the rear axle, adding room. A low loading lip and po­ in power when required — mak­ wered tailgate make it easy to ing it an all­wheel­drive MPV. Nikhil Bhatia forward (via buttons on said load luggage. Combined power is rated at seat) for more space. At full ex­ Those seated up front have it 197hp. The large Toyota builds What you see here is the big tension, the middle seats make to spare rather good too. The seats are speed with grace and manages daddy of Toyota MPVs. It’s for a great place to unwind after big on comfort, get heating and to mask its two­tonne­plus bulk called the Vellfire and — at near­ a long day at the office. cooling, and, as an added plus, well. It is quite at ease with a ly 5m long, 1.85m wide and 1.9m The large windows add to The Toyota Vellfire is a mountain of an MPV that does not fit the the front passenger seat comes full house and it is also possible tall — it is an MPV so large it the feeling of space, and what is typical description of a luxury vehicle with a powered leg rest too. to drive the Vellfire in pure EV makes the Innova Crysta look good is that they come with full­ Seat memory, an easy access mode for short distances; this, positively mid­sized. The Vell­ length sun blinds. Other fea­ seat entertainment unit, which system (it automatically moves however, requires gentle inputs fire is a mountain of an MPV, but tures of note include a second­ is something you would just ex­ the seat backwards for ease of on the accelerator or the engine you can make what you want of row sunroof, 16­colour mood pect to be there. And not to be entry) and a heated steering will kick in. Of the other things, the way it looks. As with all oth­ lighting and dedicated climate picky, but the retractable trays help make the driver’s life ea­ the Vellfire rides a bit firmer er MPVs, what really matters is control for the rear cabin. Ho­ for the middle­row seats are sier. There is also lots of space than you would like and noise what it is like on the inside. wever, there are some curious quite small, though the fold­out for small items. insulation isn’t at par with, say, The moment the powered omissions in our test car, like cupholders do work well. But for all its gizmos and a German luxury car either. sliding rear doors open, you are the lack of any charging points Moving to the third row, the practicality, the Vellfire’s inte­ The question is, would you con­ greeted by corridor levels of at the back, as well as a rear­ seating position is comfy, and rior still feels like a Toyota inte­ sider the Vellfire over a like­ space between the front and given the abundance of cabin rior. The dashboard is easy to priced luxury SUV or sedan? middle­row seats — and that is room, it is immensely easy to navigate and there is generous You see, the Vellfire will come SPECIFICATIONS with the seats in their regular reach a knee­room compro­ use of soft­touch materials, but to India as a full import this settings. It is a bit of a step up L/W/H: 4935/1850/1895mm mise with the middle­row pas­ many of the buttons feel plas­ year, which means prices will into the Vellfire, but the journey sengers. There is no shortage of ticky and some even look dat­ be in the range of ₹85­90 lakh in is well worth it. The middle WHEELBASE: 3000mm head and shoulder room either, ed. The after­market touch­ (estimated, ex­showroom). row is made up of two XXL­ GROUND CLEARANCE: and the seats are wide enough screen infotainment system Image­conscious buyers will sized captain seats that seem 165mm for three, though the centre doesn’t do it any favours either. scoff at the idea of spending big more like La­Z­Boy recliners split — they are split folding For an MPV as large as the on an MPV (let alone one from ENGINE: 4-cyl, 2493cc, than regular seats. Finished in seats — can be bothersome to a Vellfire is, it is surprisingly easy Toyota), and broadly speaking, petrol cushy, high­grade leather, they middle occupant. Reclining to drive. The high seating and the Vellfire is not the sort of offer excellent support all POWER: 152hp at 5700rpm backrests, fold­down armrests, large glass area provide a great vehicle that fits the typical de­ around and get a huge range of dedicated AC vents and sun­ view, and what also helps break scription of a luxury vehicle. TORQUE: 206Nm at 4400- adjustments. A section of the blinds for the rear windows just the ice is the surprisingly light However, those who want 4800rpm armrest flips open to reveal a make it more welcoming. Ac­ steering. It is easy to place the space and comfort above all control panel for all manner of ELECTRIC MOTOR POWER cess though isn’t the easiest — Vellfire and even U­turns don’t else, and also value the peace of seat settings, from backrest an­ (F/R): 143hp/68hp the aperture is quite small des­ require any special effort. mind that comes with buying a gle to the angle and length of pite the MPV’s size — but even The powertrain’s easygoing Toyota, will actually find a great ELECTRIC MOTOR TORQUE the powered leg rests to seat (F/R): 270Nm/139Nm so the third­row experience is nature also helps. The Vellfire match in the Vellfire. If anyth­ heating and cooling; there is no among the best in the business. makes use of a hybrid power­ ing, it is at least worth a good massage function though. COMBINED OUTPUT: 197hp Luggage room too isn’t an is­ train that comprises a 150hp, look. For all you know, it could Those seated on the left can GEARBOX: e-CVT Value for money It could just be the luxury car you didn’t know you sue. The third row seats can be 2.5­litre petrol engine and a just be the luxury car you did even move the co­driver seat AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA wanted * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT slid forward, or dropped for­ pair of electric motors — one not know you wanted.

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THE HINDU DELHI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Saini and Shardul prove too hot for Sri Lanka Regular match­practice The two pacers restrict the visitors to 142; Rahul, Dhawan, Shreyas and Kohli take India past the finish line in style helped, says Shardul SL IN INDIA laugh, however, removing Perera off the very next de­ Ashwin Achal livery. The batsman could Indore not get to the pitch of the India made short work of ball, yet went through with the insipid Sri Lankans, the stroke. Shikhar Dhawan cruising to a seven­wicket tip­toed inside the long­off victory in the second T20I at fence to pull off a good the Holkar Stadium here on catch. Tuesday. From here, Sri Lanka Chasing a sub­par 143­run crumbled in quick time. Jas­ target, India rode on handy prit Bumrah took his first, contributions from K.L. Ra­ and only, wicket with a clev­ hul (45, 32b, 6x4), Shikhar er slower ball, while Shardul Dhawan (32, 29b, 2x4), Thakur picked up three in Well begun: With K.L. Rahul giving India a bright start, one over. Shreyas Iyer (34, 26b, 3x4, Sri Lanka’s total proved inadequate. * VIVEK BENDRE 1x6) and skipper Virat Kohli Bumrah struggles (30 not out, 17b, 1x4, 2x6) to Ashwin Achal 170­180 run pitch. It was not Bumrah, playing his first get the job done with 15 balls Indore difficult to score runs at any match in four months, was to spare. Fast bowler Shardul Thakur stage,” Shradul said. not quite at his best. He Rahul was especially good stated that regular match­ Sri Lankan coach Mickey started proceedings with a with the drive, dispatching practice has helped him Arthur blamed the batting wide down leg, and conti­ Lahiru Kumara and Lasith sharpen his white­ball skills. for the defeat. “We played nued to struggle with his di­ Malinga with a straight bat. Shardul picked up three too many shots, without ro­ rection. A wild slog off spinner Wa­ wickets — all in one over — in tating the strike. There were The Gujarat fast bowler nindu Hasaranga, however, India’s comfortable victory too many dot balls. If you get was most disappointing in ended his stay. over Sri Lanka in the second regular singles and twos, it the 20th over, bowling over­ T20I here on Tuesday. puts the bowlers off their pitched deliveries to No. 8 Sedate Dhawan “Playing two continuous rhythm,” Arthur said. batsman Hasaranga. years of domestic cricket and His partner Dhawan, who is While Bumrah eased his IPL has helped me with the Udana unlikely fighting to keep his place in way back into international white­ball. The more you Arthur stated that injured the side, was more sedate in cricket, Saini hit his straps. his approach. He was not play, the more you learn. left­arm fast bowler Isuru Dance of delight: Navdeep Saini is cock­a­hoop after castling Danushka Gunathilaka. * VIVEK BENDRE He bowled at great pace, And recently, our bowling Udana is unlikely to feature quite fluent, but stuck consistently touching the coach Bharat Arun has been in the third T20I. “It was un­ around long enough to Blue. Sri Lanka was ham­ unsettled during his 21­ball early on when Shreyas shot of great ingenuity. A re­ 145­kmph mark. make a mark. The Delhi very helpful too,” Shradul fortunate that Udana could pered by an injury to left­ stay, before Saini disar­ picked the wrong end to at­ verse­sweep to a length ball Saini finished with two southpaw moved to 32, be­ said. not bowl today. Udana was in arm speedster Isuru Udana, ranged his stumps with a tempt a run­out. outside off from Kuldeep for 18 in four overs, effec­ fore Hasaranga trapped him The Mumbai cricketer ad­ great pain in the dressing who landed awkwardly on yorker. The visitors depend­ Perera got going with a sailed into the stands, earn­ tively applying the brakes on leg­before on a review. ded that the Holkar Stadium room. We hope to get him his knee while fielding. Uda­ ed heavily on Kusal Perera, mighty slog­sweep off Wash­ ing appreciation from even the Sri Lankan scoring rate pitch favoured batsmen, ready for our next tour, but When the television um­ na, the leader of the pace who came to the crease at 54 ington that went for a six. the partisan home crowd. and walking away with the which made Sri Lanka’s total even that looks a bit of a pire declared Dhawan out, pack, was forced to walk off for two. Perera was lucky Not long after, he executed a Kuldeep had the last Man­of­the­Match honours. the crowd cheered, as Virat the field and did not bowl in of 142 inadequate. “It was a stretch,” Arthur said. Kohli, the main attraction, the chase. SCOREBOARD walked in. After winning the toss, In­ The captain had an easy dia did well to restrict Sri SRI LANKA (1b), Lahiru Kumara (not out) 0 ton 4­0­29­1, Kuldeep 17.1). task ahead of him, with In­ Lanka to 142. The Sri Lankan Danushka Gunathilaka b Saini (0b); Extras (b­1, lb­1, w­4): 6; 4­0­38­2. SRI LANKA BOWLING dia needing 57 from 52 balls. batsmen fired in spurts, but 20 ( 21b, 3x4), Avishka Total (for nine wkts. in 20 INDIA Malinga 4­0­41­0, Kumara 3.3­ Kohli patiently went about failed to get a big one. Open­ Fernando c Saini b Washington overs): 142. K.L. Rahul b Hasaranga 45 0­30­1, Dhananjaya 2­0­15­0, his business, picking up sin­ er Avishka Fernando started 22 ( 16b, 5x4), Kusal Perera c FALL OF WICKETS (32b, 6x4), Shikhar Dhawan lbw Shanaka 4­0­26­0, Hasaranga gles and twos initially. impressively, striking a cou­ Dhawan b Kuldeep 34 ( 28b, 1­38 (Avishka, 4.5 overs), 2­54 b Hasaranga 32 (29b, 2x4), 4­0­30­2. ple of perfect cover drives. 3x6), Oshada Fernando st. Pant (Gunathilaka, 7.4), 3­82 Shreyas Iyer c Shanaka b Ku­ Toss: India. b Kuldeep 10 ( 9b, 1x4), Bha­ (Oshada, 11.3), 4­97 (Perera, mara 34 (26b, 3x4, 1x6), Virat Fireworks Man-of-the-Match: Navdeep nuka Rajapaksa c Pant b Saini 9 13.2), 5­104 (Rajapaksa, 14.5), Kohli (not out) 30 (17b, 1x4, Shreyas provided the fire­ Lovely yorker Saini. (12b, 1x4), Dasun Shanaka b 6­117 (Shanaka, 16.6), 7­128 2x6), Rishabh Pant (not out) 1 works, smashing Hasaranga Avishka fell in spinner Wash­ Bumrah 7 (8b), Dhananjaya de (Dhananjaya, 18.2), 8­130 (1b); Extras (b­1, lb­1): 2; Total India won by seven wickets for two fours and a six in the ington Sundar’s first over — Silva c Dube b Shardul 17 (13b, (Udana, 18.5), 9­130 (Malinga, (for three wkts. in 17.3 overs): with 15 balls to spare and take a 16th over. The 51­run third­ a mishit falling in the safe 2x4), Wanindu Hasaranga (not 18.6). 144. 1-0 lead in the three-match wicket stand between hands of Navdeep Saini at out) 16 (10b, 3x4), Isuru Udana INDIA BOWLING FALL OF WICKETS series. Shreyas and Kohli sealed the mid­off. His partner Da­ c Saini b Shardul 1 (2b), Lasith Bumrah 4­0­32­1, Shardul 4­0­ 1­71 (Rahul, 9.1), 2­86 Third and final T20I: January issue in favour of the Men in nushka Gunathilaka looked Malinga c Kuldeep b Shardul 0 23­3, Saini 4­0­18­2, Washing­ (Dhawan, 11.2), 3­137 (Shreyas, 10, Pune, 7 p.m. Stokes mops up South African tail, inspires England to series­levelling win Setback for Shaw

ENGLAND IN SA Stokes took the last three SCOREBOARD Special Correspondent Prithvi Shaw suffered from wickets in the space of 14 Mumbai rotator cuff and labrum inju­ Agence France-Presse balls to clinch the victory. He Prithvi Shaw has been all but England — 1st innings: 269. Stokes 0, K. Rabada (not out) 3; ry to his left shoulder while Cape Town finished with three for 35. ruled out of the limited­over South Africa — 1st innings: 223. Extras (b­4, lb­2, nb­5, w­2): 13; fielding on day one ( January Ben Stokes produced an ex­ South Africa defied the Total (in 137.4 overs): 248. leg of India­A’s tour of New 3, 2020) of the Paytm Ranji plosive spell of bowling as England bowlers for most of England — 2nd innings: 391/8 Zealand after hurting his decl. Fall of wickets: 1­71, 2­123, 3­ Trophy match between England beat South Africa by the day. Only three wickets 129, 4­164, 5­171, 6­237, 7­237, shoulder in the field during Mumbai and Karnataka,” 189 runs inside the last hour fell before tea as South Africa South Africa — 2nd innings: P. 8­241, 9­241. Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy loss stated Jay Shah, the BCCI Malan c Stokes b Curran 84, D. of the fifth day of the second defended grimly after start­ England bowling: Anderson 18­ against Karnataka last week. Elgar c Buttler b Denly 34, Z. secretary. Test at Newlands on Tues­ ing the day on 126 for two af­ 9­23­2, Broad 23­8­37­1, Bess A BCCI statement on Hamza c Buttler b Anderson 18, The BCCI medical panel is day. The win levelled the ter being set an improbable 33­14­57­1, Curran 16­4­37­1, Tuesday ruled Shaw out of K. Maharaj lbw b Anderson 2, F. 438 to win. Denly 18­4­42­2, Root 6­0­ the two warm­up games, hoping for Shaw to recover four­match World Test du Plessis c Denly b Bess 19, H. 11­0, Stokes 23.4­8­35­3. just in time for the two four­ Championship series. Opening batsman Pieter van der Dussen c Anderson b scheduled for January 15 and South Africa was bowled Malan, making his debut, Man-of-the-Match: Stokes. 17 before the three unofficial day games against New Zea­ Broad 17, Q. de Kock c Crawley b land A, starting January 29. out for 248, with the last made 84 before he fell to Denly 50, V. Philander c Pope b England won by 189 runs to ODI series that starts on Ja­ wicket falling when only 8.2 Sam Curran with the second The juggler! Zak Crawley pouches Anrich Nortje on the Stokes 8, D. Pretorius c Root b make it 1-1 in the four-match nuary 21. His replacement is yet to overs were left in the match. new ball. second attempt, off Ben Stokes’ bowling. * REUTERS Stokes 0, A. Nortje c Crawley b series. “Team India batsman be announced. IN BRIEF Kyrgios outlasts Tsitsipas Riders find the going tough Langer to take a break SYDNEY In Brisbane: Group F: Canada Australia coach Justin Langer ATP CUP bt Germany 2-1 [Felix Auger­ Sebastian Buhler has a consistent run is taking a break and will not Aliassime lost to Jan­Lennard Reuters travel to India, where his Struff 6­1, 6­4; Denis Shapova­ DAKAR RALLY SYDNEY senior assistant Andrew lov bt Alexander Zverev 6­2, McDonald will lead the side A well­behaved Nick Kyrgios 6­2; Shapovalov & Auger­ K. Keerthivasan NEOM in the three­match series ODI earned a hard­fought 7­6(7), Aliassime bt Kevin Krawietz & series, starting January 14. PTI 6­7(3), 7­6(5) win over World Andreas Mies 6­3, 7­6(4)]. Dakar Rally continues to be a No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas in Australia bt Greece 3-0 [John tough puzzle to crack for India-B and India-C the ATP Cup on Tuesday. Millman bt Michail Pervolara­ most of the riders for the register wins Australia took the tie, with kis 4­6, 6­1, 7­6(1); Nick Kyr­ third successive day here on gios bt Stefano Tsitsipas 7­6 CUTTACK John Millman winning the Tuesday. (7), 6­7(3), 7­6(5); Chris Guc­ India­B registered a 35­run other singles against Greec­ Not just the dust and cione & John Peers bt Markos rocky terrains, the naviga­ win over India­A in their e’s Michail Pervolarakis 4­6, Kalovelonis & Petros Tsitsipas Women’s Challenger Trophy 6­1, 7­6(1). 6­3, 6­4] tion proved to be tricky for contest here on Tuesday. The results: In Perth: Group D: Russia bt everyone as a particular The scores: On Tuesday: In Sydney: Group C: Britain bt Norway 3-0 [Karen Khachanov waypoint created a lot of India­B 139/4 in 20 overs (V. Moldova 3-0 [Cameron Norrie bt Viktor Durasovic 6­2, 6­1; confusion for the riders, and Vanitha 30, Smriti Mandhana bt Alexander Cozbinov 6­2, Daniil Medvedev bt Casper Ru­ many riders lost time look­ 34, Sneh Rana 2/26) bt 6­2; Dan Evans bt Radu Albot ud 6­3, 7­6(6); Teymuraz Ga­ ing for the way. India­A 104/7 in 20 overs 6­2, 6­2; Jamie Murray & Joe bashvili & Konstantin Kravchuk The Hero MotoSports (Priya Punia 34, Deepti Salisbury bt Radu Albot & bt Rudd & Durasovic7­6(4), Team Rally riders, too, Sharma 33, Anuja Patil 2/19, Alexander Cozbinov 6­2, 6­3]. 6­4] Sushree Dibyadarshini 2/18). found the going quite diffi­ Belgium bt Bulgaria 2-1 [David Italy bt USA 3-0 [Stefano Tra­ On Monday: India­C 123/7 in cult, but they seem to be get­ Making the most of it: The best rider for Hero MotoSports Goffin bt Grigor Dimitrov 4­6, vaglia bt Taylor Fritz 7­6(3), 7­ 20 overs (Shafali Verma 38, ting the hang of it. Team, Sebastian Buhler is 22nd overall as per the provisional 6­2, 6­2; Steve Darcis lost to 6(1); Fabio Fognini bt John Isn­ Deepti Sharma 2/20) bt rankings. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Dinitar Kuzmanov 6­0, 6­3; er 6­4, 7­6(5); Fognini & Si­ The best rider for Hero India­A 113/6 in 20 overs Sander Gille & Joran Vliegen bt mone Bolelli bt Austin Krajicek turned out to be Sebastian (Priya Punia 25, Deepti drigues whose results won’t There were mini­canyons Dimitrov & Alexandar Lazarov & Rajeev Ram 6­4, 6­7 (5), Buhler. He had a really con­ Sharma 34 n.o.). 3­6, 6­4, (10­7)] 10­3]. sistent run to finish on 26th have any bearing on the ov­ that were really dusty but af­ position in the stage and erall results, rode without ter that the track really India colts enter final any pressure to finish 17th. opened up and I got into a DURBAN 22nd overall as per the pro­ Buhler was quite happy good rhythm. Just before the India under­19 qualified for visional rankings. refueling point, I lost my the final with a 120­run win The best rider for Hero with his finish. “I enjoyed to­ point a bit and lost some over New Zealand in the the other day, Paulo Gon­ day’s race a lot. It has a very Quadrangular Trophy on calves had a technical issue. fast nice tracks and the bike time in getting back on Tuesday. India will meet He stopped at the 30th km was also running perfectly. track. I made a few mistakes South Africa in the final on as the bike didn’t start that At around 400km, there was today but happy to make it Thursday. forced him to spend around a waypoint that was very dif­ to the finish.” The scores: India under­19 five hours to sort out the is­ ficult to find. The Stage four on Wed­ 252/7 in 50 overs (Siddhesh sue. At the time of filing re­ “A lot of riders got con­ nesday is not going to easy Veer 71, Tilak Verma 59, port, it is learnt that he fused and lost time. I think I as riders have to negotiate Shashwat Rawat 39, hasn’t finished the race. am riding good and hope to 453 km offering equal parts Shubhang Hegde 26 n.o.) bt continue in the same way.” of sandy stretches and gra­ New Zealand under­19 132 in vel. 35.5 overs (Jesse Tashkoff 29, Braving a wrist injury Santosh said he was hope­ B. Wheeler­Greenall 50, C.S. Santosh braved a wrist ful of finding a good rhythm (The writer is in Saudi Sushant Mishra 3/35, A. Pulling through: Nick Kyrgios prevailed over injury and tough conditions in the coming days. “Today Arabia on the invitation of

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TV PICKS NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 6 Champions ignite Olympic dream a.m. & 9 a.m. Senior Women’s T20 : Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 10.45 Campriani and Abhinav found that sport was not just about competing hard and winning a.m. I­League: DSport, 2 p.m. GENERAL Theme song ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), Already, the Grammy award­ 7.30 p.m. Kamesh Srinivasan winning composer, Ricky IN BRIEF NEW DELHI Kej, has volunteered to make It is a project that goes a theme song for the project beyond sport. It was started and did the recording during by the three­time Olympic the India visit of the athletes. champion Niccolo Campria­ There are two more com­ ni of Italy, and has been sus­ petitions ahead in Wroclaw tained by the country’s only and Pilsen where the ath­ individual Olympic cham­ letes will get a chance to pion Abhinav Bindra, achieve the MQS and be elig­ through his Foundation. ible to compete in Tokyo Verstappen to stay on at The common link bet­ Olympics. Red Bull until 2023 ween the two Olympic cham­ On a mission: Niccolo Campriani and Abhinav Bindra with the refugees, among others, during a Former World champion, PARIS pions is air rifle, and also training stint in Bengaluru. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Campriani, who had also Max Verstappen will stay on they were coached by the won the silver in air rifle in at Red Bull until 2023, the same set of experts — Gaby laboration with Swiss Immi­ the air rifle and 3­position mum qualifying score for To­ the London Olympics, apart team and the driver Buehlmann and her hus­ gration Authorities and gold medals in the Rio Olym­ kyo in the Asian Champion­ from his three gold, has put announced on Tuesday. Third band Heinz Reinkemeier. started training them in air pics in 2016, did know about ship in Doha. his own aspirations to de­ in the drivers championship Gill fined 100% match fee After being engrossed rifle, with 500 days to for To­ a refugee team. He was keen Mahdi and Khaoula also fend the Olympic titles, in last season, Verstappen, 22, kyo Olympics, at he World to make his contribution. training the three. He be­ PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tweeted: “the best is yet to about winning in sport all visited Bengaluru in Decem­ caught­behind decision Archery Excellence Centre NEW DELHI come...very proud and happy their lives, the two cham­ The Olympic Channel is ber, and were trained in a lieves that the next Olympic from the same umpire. that @redbullracing will stay pions found that sport was in Lausanne. making a five­part series on special range, with the likes champion would continue Shubman Gill has been my home until 2023...Our not just about competing The target was to help the the project of Campriani, of two­time World Cup gold with the cause. fined 100% of his match fee Shorey docked 50% goal is to fight for a World hard and winning. three learn a new sport and Taking Refuge, projecting medallist Apurvi Chandela Already, Abhinav Bindra, for dissent against an on­ Championship together.” AFP get to feel the Olympic at­ the power of sport and its and coach Rakesh Manpat. who is a member of the ath­ field umpire during the Senior Delhi batsmen Remarkable power mosphere. ability to transcend borders They got to experience In­ letes commission of the In­ Ranji Trophy match bet­ Dhruv Shorey was fined 50 World Cup winner In a tough life, sport had the They had to achieve the and connect the world. dian culture apart from get­ ternational Olympic Com­ ween Punjab and Delhi in per cent of his match fee for Daniele De Rossi retires remarkable power to heal Minimum Qualifying Score After getting a taste of ting full body assessment mittee (IOC), has shown the Mohali last week. violating the BCCI’s code of BUENOS AIRES the wounds. Campriani of 595 to be eligible to parti­ competition in the Italian and customised high­perfor­ way by generating the funds In the second innings, conduct with “gross misbe­ Former Italy international cipate in the Olympics. Daniele De Rossi announced chose three refugees, Khaou­ and German championships, mance training plans at the to make the project an inspi­ Gill again showed displea­ haviour” during the fourth­ his retirement from football la, Mahdi and Luna, in col­ Campriani, who won both Mahdi achieved the mini­ Abhinav Bindra Foundation. ration for everyone. sure while protesting a round fixture. on Monday, six months after joining Argentine giant Boca Juniors. De Rossi played only Poor start seven matches, scoring once, Sindhu is a medal prospect: Jwala Inter Milan holds onto top spot but said he needed to return by Indians home for family reasons. De Lukaku double seals win against Napoli Rossi spent 18 years at Roma Says it will be tough for India in Tokyo 2020 before leaving the club at the MALAYSIA MASTERS SERIE A points with Juventus after 18 Napoli four minutes before end of last season. He played BADMINTON games, but ahead on goal the break. 117 times for Italy from 2004­ Press Trust of India difference. But Lautaro Martinez ad­ 17 and won the World Cup in Sports Reporter Kuala Lumpur Agence France-Presse Inter’s three goals all ded the third after the hour 2006. AFP Chennai Lakshya Sen failed to qual­ Milan came from mistakes from mark, following another Former Indian badminton ify for the main draw while Romelu Lukaku scored Napoli. mix­up in the Napoli de­ star Jwala Gutta sees a tough the pair of Satwiksairaj twice as Inter Milan held on Lukaku broke through on fence, to give Inter its first time for India in the Tokyo Rankireddy and Chirag to top spot in Serie A on 14 minutes with a powerful win at the Stadio San Paolo Olympics to be held later Shetty crashed out in the Monday with a 3­1 win over solo run through the Napoli since October 1997. this year, but backed P.V. first round as the Indian Napoli to keep the pressure defence, with goalkeeper The results: Sindhu to be a strong medal shuttlers got off to a poor on Juventus. Alex Meret fumbling the se­ Serie A: Lecce 0 lost to Udinese prospect if she could find start at the Malaysia Mas­ Antonio Conte’s Inter cond into goal in the 33rd 1 (De Paul 89). some form leading into the ters, a Super 500 tourna­ ended its 23­year wait for a minute. Napoli 1 (Milik 39) lost to In­ event. ment, here on Tuesday. league win in Naples to stay Polish striker Arkadiusz ter Milan 3 (Lukaku 14, 33, Mar­ Sindhu, who won the Lakshya lost to Den­ in pole position, level on Milik pulled a goal back for tinez 62). World championships last mark’s Hans­Kristian Sol­ year in August, has had a se­ berg Vittinghus 21­11, 18­21, DeMar DeRozan stars in date run since then and Encouraging young talent: Jwala Gutta, left, and N. Eshwar, 14­21 in a men’s singles Bucks’ win over Spurs would be looking to get right, felicitate S. Ruthika, second from left, and Abinaya qualifiers clash that lasted LOS ANGELES things back on track. Raghupathy. * S.R. RAGHUNATHAN 49 minutes. DeMar DeRozan scored 25 “I don’t think it is going to points as San Antonio Spurs be better than the last time. piring Stars program, three Ruthika, a class X student, Biggest upset scored a 126­104 upset of the It will be difficult because I young women athletes were created a new meet record The biggest upset of the NBA­leading Milwaukee haven’t seen any great per­ felicitated by Jwala and Casa­ by clocking 12.35s in 100m at day for India was the ous­ Bucks on Monday. formances. Being a sport­ grand executive vice­presi­ the South Zone athletics ter of the World No. 12 Other results: Indiana Pacers sperson, I am hoping let’s be dent N. Eshwar at an event championships in Udipi, men’s doubles duo of Sat­ 115 bt Charlotte Hornets 104; positive (on getting a medal) here on Tuesday. Karnataka. wik and Chirag, who Orlando Magic 101 bt but I wouldn’t be surprised if The three athletes re­ Brooklyn Nets 89; She also won a gold at the fought hard before going Philadelphia76ers 120 bt we don’t have any medals. ceived a sponsorship of ₹2 National Junior athletics down to World No. 19 Ong Oklahoma City Thunder 113; That’s what I feel,” said Jwa­ lakh each to support their championship in Guntur. Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Washington Wizards 99 bt la. sports training and develop­ Malaysia. Suhitha Maruri is current­ Boston Celtics 94; Denver “If Sindhu is training real­ ment requirements. The India pair lost 15­21, Nuggets 123 bt Atlanta ly hard and if I see some re­ S. Ruthika, a sprinter ly ranked No. 3 in the All In­ 21­18, 15­21 against the low­ Hawks 115; Utah Jazz 128 bt sults now... yeah, of course, from Chennai, Suhitha Ma­ dia Tennis Association girls’ er­ranked local pair in a New Orleans Pelicans 126; she is a medal prospect,” the ruri, a tennis player from under­14 category. first round duel that lasted Dallas Mavericks 118 bt Arjuna Awardee added. Bengaluru and Abinaya Abinaya Raghupathy is 52 minutes. Chicago Bulls 110; Raghupathy, a roller­skating the winner of Tamil Nadu The results (first round): Sacremento Kings 111 bt Three athletes felicitated sportsperson from Coimba­ roller skating championship Men’s qualification: Hans­ Strike! Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku fires in his second goal. * AFP Golden State Warriors 98. AGENCIES As part of the Casagrand As­ tore were the three winners. from 2013 to 2018. Kristian Solberg Vittinghus bt Lakshya Sen 11­21, 21­18, 21­ 14; Liew Daren bt Shubhankar Dey 21­15, 21­15. Doubles: Ong Yew Sin & Teo Smoke delays unlikely during Shedding pseudo­light on a non­problem Ee Yi bt Satwiksairaj Ranki­ reddy & Chirag Shetty 21­15, 18­21, 21­15. Australian Open: Tiley The five­day Test format is fine, leave it alone Women’s doubles qualifica­ tion: Siti Fadia Silva Ramad­ sure the growth of the game and pre­ tained individual competition within it­ hanti & Ribka Sugiarto bt Tennis Australia chief says players’ safety is top priority serve its essence. self. A team, to quote Mike Brearley, Pooja Dandu & Sanjana San­ works by dint of differentiation. You tosh 21­15, 21­10. Agence France-Presse should consider delaying as scheduled. The closest False debate need the attacking batsman, and the Sydney the tournament, as a last re­ fires are several hundred ki­ Four days versus five is a false debate. defensive one; you need the wicket­tak­ Smoke from bushfires is un­ sort, if conditions did not lometresfrom the city,” he Gideon Haigh, quoting the Kingsley ing bowler, and the one who has a hold­ Prajnesh loses likely to delay the Austra­ improve. said, while stressing that BETWEEN WICKETS Amis character ‘Lucky Jim’ got it right ing job. The range is wide, the possibil­ lian Open tennis Grand But Tennis Australia the health and safety of when he said that it “merely sheds ity of surprises ever present. to Daniel Slam, organisers said on chief Craig Tiley said he did players, staff and fans was a suresh menon pseudo­light on a non­problem.” Nine­ Test cricket is not an extension of the Tuesday, insisting they have not see this as likely. priority. ty eight overs in a day when teams are white ball game, and it would be a SPORTS BUREAU pulled out all stops to pro­ “There has been a lot of “There will be meteoro­ n the one hand, Joe Root, Michael struggling to bowl 90? Unlikely. A mere shame to shorten it for mere financial BENDIGO (AUSTRALIA) tect the health and safety of speculation about whether logical and air quality ex­ OVaughan, Shane Warne, Mark Tay­ 58 overs lost overall? Come on! More reasons. Already the long innings, the Prajnesh Gunneswaran players. the smoke from the bush­ perts on site to analyse all lor. On the other, Virat Kohli, Sachin matches per series? (what happened to grinding defence is becoming a thing of was beaten 6­4, 7­6(4) by With the opening major fires will affect the Austra­ available live data and as­ Tendulkar, Nathan Lyon, Ricky Pont­ rest and family time?). the past; the only current batsman to Taro Daniel of Japan in the of 2020 due to start at Janu­ lian Open,” he said. sess in real­time the air ing. The first lot supports four­day Test The spinner will be denied a fifth­day play over 500 deliveries in an innings is second round of the ary 20, Melbourne has been “All the information we quality at Melbourne Park, matches; the second opposes it. wicket which seems like part a conspi­ Cheteshwar Pujara (in the Ranchi Test $162,480 Challenger tennis blanketed by haze in recent have at the moment, with and we always work closely Test cricket hasn’t always been racy to drive him out of the game. That against Australia a couple of years ago). tournament on Tuesday. days from blazes burning to qualifying coming up next with our medical personnel played over five days, with 90 overs a alone should ensure the proposal is Test cricket must produce Test bat­ The 122nd­ranked Praj­ the east —part of Australia’s week, is that the forecast is and other local experts.” day, six balls an over bowled over­arm. thrown out of the window when the smen and Test bowlers, and the ICC is nesh collected five ATP bushfire crisis that has left good, we don’t expect any Melbourne Park has There have been timeless Tests, three­ ICC’s Cricket Committee sits down to failing if it does not provide the proper points and $1,560. 25 people dead. delays and we’ve imple­ three roofed stadiums and day and four­day Tests, four­ball and discuss it. challenge, and remains content with The results: Novak Djokovic, presi­ mented additional mea­ eight other indoor courts, eight­ball overs. Wickets were once left In any case, bilateral Tests can be white ball players who do not have to $1,465,260 ATP, Doha, Qatar: dent of the ATP players sures to ensure the Austra­ the chances of major delays uncovered. Bats have changed, the played over four days, as South Africa work as hard with the fifth day off. Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): council, said organisers lian Open will be able to run appear minimal. height of stumps has changed, the laws have done against Zimbabwe, or En­ Wesley Koolhof (Ned) & Ro­ have been amended. gland against Ireland. It would be inter­ Results aren’t an issue han Bopanna bt Marco Cec­ So why not give in to television, and esting to see if England and Australia Results aren’t an issue. There have been chinato & Lorenzo Sonego administrators with dollar signs in their play an Ashes Test over four days. fewer and fewer drawn Tests over the (Ita) 6­3, 6­2. $162,480 Challenger, Bendi­ eyes? Someone has calculated that in Many Tests end on the fourth day be­ years – in the last decade over 80 per­ go, Australia: Singles (second the current eight­year cycle, 335 days cause there is a fifth day available. This cent of matches have produced results, round): Taro Daniel (Jpn) bt would have been freed up if four­day is not as mystifying as it sounds. The ex­ as opposed to the 64 percent in the Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6­4, Tests had been played. tra day calls for changes in the ap­ 1990s and 54 in the 1980s. The format is 7­6(4). To make it all sound cozy and gener­ proach. The fifth day’s 90 overs is not fine, leave it alone. ous, one official has said that it would merely mathematical, it is psychologi­ Perhaps when a team in the top half mean cricketers get to spend more time cal. The richness of the game reveals it­ of the ICC rankings plays one in the bot­ Rain ruins with the family. No one believes him, self, as does the character of the tom half, the Test can be of four days’ though. players. This might be a romantic view, duration. Just a thought, it needs work. play But the important question is: why but what is sport without romance? In­ The problem with Test cricket is not fix it if it ain’t broke? terestingly, players (especially current that it is played over five days, but that it NEW DELHI: For the second The only real issue here is financial: ones) are in favour of five days. And is not being marketed well or made day running, play was television wants more money while fans have no complaints. more competitive. washed out by rain in the those hosting Tests which end in four Test cricket is a peculiar sport, and That’s a completely different debate; ITF grade­3 junior tennis days want to save the final day’s expens­ its charm lies in its peculiarity. Part of tinkering with the essence of the game tournament at the CLTA es. Television’s response is understan­ this lies in its duration, in the fact that is not the answer. Complex on Tuesday. dable – after all, they are in it to make teams break for tea, and in the manner Still, with Kohli placing Test cricket Referee Leena Nagesh­ money, but the International Cricket it is a series of individual contests with­ above all, and five­day Tests at that, we kar rescheduled the first Council needs to remember that they in the framework of an overall contest. know the direction the world’s best bat­ round matches of boys and Tough time: Though Melbourne has been blanketed by haze, the organisers said they have all are not in it to make profit, but to en­ No other team sport has such sus­ sman wants to go in. girls for Wednesday. plans ready to protect the health and safety of the players. * GETTY IMAGES CM A ND-NDE YK