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In the Shah Bano victim Shah Bano, Arif said in a statement. case, the Supreme Court had Mohammed Khan was on Khan, who will succeed delivered a judgment favouring &34&+5/ Sunday appointed the former Chief Justice of India P maintenance to an aggrieved Governor of Kerala, where the Sathasivam in the Kerala Raj divorced Muslim woman. he civilian population in BJP is eager to gain a foothold. Bhavan, has been a vocal crit- On April 19, 2017, the TJammu & Kashmir alone Besides Khan, who joined ! ic of the practice of instant Supreme Court had ordered has not been hit by the snap- the BJP in 2007, the Centre "# #$ % & ( )" triple talaq and calling for revival of criminal conspiracy ping of communication lines appointed three more party reforms in the Muslim per- charges in the Babri Masjid after the abrogation of Article leaders as Governors and sonal laws for long. demolition case against senior 370, it has also badly affected ! ! )" replaced incumbent Kalyan BJP’s Tamil Nadu chief Sagar Rao as the Maharashtra Khan’s speech in BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli intelligence gathering which Singh in Rajasthan. Singh Tamilisai Soundararajan, 58, Governor, while Parliament in 1985 in the wake Manohar Joshi and Uma has seen a sharp 70 per cent will now lose immunity from has been appointed the Soundararajan will succeed of the Shah Bano judgment Bharati. But the SC had clari- decline in the last three weeks. impacted the intelligence gath- site and indulging in stone-pelt- trial in the Babri Masjid demo- Governor of Telangana, and ESL Narasimhan in Telangana. extending the Rajiv fied that Kalyan Singh, who Intelligence gathering was ering network ing leading to law and order sit- lition case after he retires from former Union Labour Minister Reacting to Khan’s Gandhi Government’s initial was the CM of UP at time the the key reasons for the success Moreover, the informers uation, they said. This restric- the gubernatorial post on Bandaru Dattatraya, 72, has appointment as Governor, the support to it was much Babri Masjid was demolished of many recent anti-terror are not able to relay the intelli- tion is also followed to avoid Monday. been choses as Himachal Congress said it was an “entire- acclaimed. in 1992, could not operations in which top mili- gence due to restrictions on collateral damage in the present While BJP leader and for- Pradesh Governor, replacing ly expected decision” as the his However, when the Rajiv be brought in as an accused to tants were neutralised following communication and move- situation. mer Uttarakhand Chief Kalraj Mishra (78), who will recent statements were an indi- Gandhi Government made a face trial in view of the con- pin-point real time tip-off. ment. Similarly, the militants As regards the Pakistan Minister Bhagat Singh succeed Kalyan Singh as the cator of him getting rewarded U-turn under pressure from stitutional immunity granted Restrictions on movement are also not moving from one Army’s bid to stoke violence, Koshyari, 77, will be the new Governor of Rajasthan. by the BJP. Muslim clerics and brought a to Governors under Article 361 and communication have seen place to another which gener- officials said at least 10 infil- Governor of Maharashtra, Koshyari replaces Vidya “Congratulations to Arif Bill to nullify the Supreme of the Constitution. few anti-militant operations in ally gives away their location tration bids were foiled since the last three weeks. Officials in leading to encounters. This the revocation of Article 370 on the security establishment said phenomenon is more pro- August 5. However, these the perfect synergy among local nounced in South Kashmir attempts will increase in the police, paramilitary and the which is more urbanised and coming days as the ISI and the " * )! P Army led to neutralisation of densely populated due to over- Pakistan Army are determined nearly 140 terrorists, including whelming deployment of forces to push in large number of ter- the top leadership, this year so to ensure restrictions, sources rorists from across the Line of Harivansh hit out at Pakistan try has to raise issues related direct control, Harivansh said. far. The figure crossed the 200- said. Control (LoC)to carry out ter- for raising India’s internal to human rights? The world From the time of the mark last year again due to pin- Meanwhile, the security rorist strikes within the State, " # R issue and politicisation of the knows how they committed Karachi Agreement, the so- point intelligence, they added. forces are exercising maximum they said. Some spectacular L M # forum. genocide in a part of their own called AJK President and However, the local admin- restraint and local commanders terrorist incidents in other parts ! “We strongly object to the country and that country is Prime Minister istration, paramilitary forces were instructed to conduct of the country are also feared, raising of internal matter of now separate entity called have enjoyed only titular and police are now totally anti-militancy operations in officials said adding more than ! $ India in this forum. We also Bangladesh. power, that too at the pleasure focused on maintaining law and the night hours. The main rea- 100 Afghan fighters recruited % & reject to the politicisation of “Since they have raised of the Ministry of Kashmir order in sensitive regions of the son for this is to prevent peo- by Pakistan are poised to come %& ' ( this forum by raising the issues human rights issue of Affairs, he said. Kashmir Valley, which has ple gathering at the encounter in from across. which are extraneous to the Kashmir, I would like to state theme of this summit,” facts that Pakistan has occu- &34&+5/ Harivansh said. pied our part of Kashmir ) % “There is a need for known as Pakistan-occupied ' ' ndia on Sunday thwarted an Pakistan to end cross border Kashmir. ! Iattempt by Pakistan to raise terrorism and all kinds of “This Pakistan-occupied ! the Kashmir issue during the state support to the same in Kashmir comprises 2 areas, the ! *$ South Asian Speakers’ Summit the interest of regional peace so-called Azad Jammu & ! in the Maldives, saying and stability. Terrorism is the Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit ( Islamabad should end all state biggest threat to the entire Baltistan (GB) which Pakistan support to terrorism which is humanity today. Therefore, has illegally occupied through the “biggest threat” to human- unanimously we should not armed action in 1947. ! ity. The two sides had a heat- allow in this august gathering “Pakistan has kept people ""# ed exchange during summit any kind of circulated state- of this region guessing on * ' * held in the Maldivian ment to become a part of the their status. + Parliament where the repre- proceedings,” he said. As a constitutional entity, $ ( sentatives of the South Asian Pakistan Senator the so-called ‘AJK’ is unique. countries had gathered. Quratulain Marri objected to It has been given the trappings Pakistan’s Deputy Speaker Harivansh’s remarks and said of a country with a President, ! of the National Assembly that SDGs for women and a Prime Minister and a $ " % & * ' Qasim Suri tried to raise the youth cannot be achieved Legislature of its own. But the Kashmir issue during the dis- without human rights. so-called AJK is neither a , - ! cussion on Sustainable Harivansh hit back at country nor a province,” he . % L Development Goals.India Pakistan saying a country that said, as Marri was on her feet /. M( immediately raised a point of perpetrated a genocide of its again protesting India’s order after which the presid- own people has no moral right remarks. ing officer asked Suri to let the to speak on the human rights The Karachi Agreement ! ' Indian representative, Rajya issue. (April 28, 1949) truncated + 0% Sabha Deputy Chairman Raising a point of order POJK and brought more than % * ' Harivansh, to speak, but he did again, the Rajya Sabha Deputy 85 per cent of the land, strate- not pay any heed, leading to Chairman retorted: gically important for its con- 1(2, ( commotion. “Excellency, I would like to ask nectivity with China and con- In a strong response, what moral rights this coun- trol of rivers, under Pakistan’s &34&+5/ &34&+5/ ing slowdown in the economy. August totalled 75.80 lakh. As While Maruti saw a per the statement, Rs 27,955 pregnant and deaf-mute ad news for the Indian decline of 33 per cent, Tata crore has been released to Awoman was beaten black Beconomy continued to pile Motors sales figure collapsed States as GST compensation and blue by a mob over suspi- on. After the GDP for April- by 58 per cent and Honda for June-July 2019. “The cion of being a child-lifter in June 2019 quarter touched a Cars India Ltd (HCIL) report- Government has settled Rs Northeast Delhi, police said on six-year low at 5 per cent, the ed a 51.28 per cent decline in 23,165 crore to CGST and Rs Sunday. A resident of Southeast country’s Goods and Services domestic sales. 16,623 crore to SGST from Delhi’s Tughlakabad, the woman Tax (GST) collections in This is the second time IGST as regular settlement. is recuperating in hospital and August has dropped to during this year that the rev- The total revenue earned by is stated to be stable. 98,202 crore from over 1.02 enue collection from the GST the Central Government and Three people have been lakh crore in the previous slipped below the 1 lakh the State Governments after arrested for the assault on a com- month, and auto sales num- crore mark. First, it happened regular settlement in the plaint lodged by the woman’s ber for the same period has in June when the collection month of August 2019 is Rs family members. forcefully reflected the alarm- was 99,939 crore. However, 40,898 crore for CGST and Rs “We have arrested three it was 1.02 lakh crore in July. 40,862 crore for the SGST,” it persons, Deepak (27), B However, total GST for said. Shakuntala (52) and Lalit Kumar August was 4.5 per cent high- Gross GST collections (29), residents of Mandoli,” said er than the 93,960 crore col- during April-August stood at Deputy Commissioner of Police lected in the same month Rs 5,14,378 crore, up from Rs (Northeast) Atul Kumar Thakur. last year. 4,83,538 crore in the corre- The four-month pregnant Central GST collections sponding period of the last woman was beaten up by a mob stooT Integrated GST col- fiscal. This shows a growth of in Harsh Vihar lection stood at 48,958 crore 6.3 per cent during the five on August 27 over suspicion (including Rs 24,818 crore months of the current fiscal. that she was a child lifter, the collected on imports) during For 2019-20, the Deputy Commissioner of Police August this year, a Government proposes said. statement said. to collect Rs 6.10 lakh crore The woman’s family alleged It further said that cess from CGST and Rs 1.01 lakh that her in-laws had banished collection stood at Rs 7,273 crore as compensation cess. her from their Faridabad home crore (including Rs 841 crore The IGST balance has on August 18 and said she was collected on imports). been pegged at Rs 50,000 missing since then. “Somehow The number of GSTR 3B crore. The CGST collection in the woman reached Harsh Returns (summary of self- 2018-19 was Rs 4.25 lakh Vihar and was staying on a assessed return) filed for the crore, while compensation footpath. month of July up to end- cess was over Rs 97,000 crore. ! "#$
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that during a different part of exist or existed, leave a distinct from the skies frozen around Snout of the Gangotri glac- position of the ice cave the Holocene, before the earth’s signature in the form of glaci- the shoulders of a mighty peak ier marked by the prominent Gaumukh, has been constant- climate became as volatile as it er landforms. These landforms that appeared like the Shivling ice cave has been the celebrat- ly changing and the glacier has is today, the Gaumukh glacier can be the consequence of the – a personification of the Lord ed destination for explorers and retreated by about 1,100 metres must have been situated at glacier erosion or deposition. A Shiva”. Bhagirath visualised the pilgrims over the centuries, during the period of 61 years Gangotri. It is here, at Gangotri survey of the Bhagirathi valley, that if the whole glacier would for it is where, according to (1935 to 1996), that is, an that the sage Bhagirath is said them that Ganga originates. average retreat of eighteen to have practiced penance to The earliest photograph of the metres a year. A recent study, bring the Ganga to earth. snout is that of Samuel Bourne with the help of satellite images The ice cave has now published in 1863. Yet anoth- has revealed that the position moved at least sixteen kilome- downstream of the Gangotri melt all at once, the waters so er picture of the snout of of Gaumukh along the eastern tres upstream. Today, the glac- temple, has revealed the exis- released would cause havoc Gaumukh was published in limits has further retreated at ier may be receding, but the tence of numerous character- down below. In fact, it would be 1870. Griesbach, of the an average of about 15 metres glacial melt is still able to lead istic glacier landforms like disastrous. And he apparently Geological Survey of India vis- per year in 2001 and 2002. to a perennial flow. But for how glacier pavements, saw cut stated it as such. That, in due ited the glacier snout in 1889 Observations also show that n a recent trek to the long will this flow continue is trenches, link cavity system course, became the legend that and made a sketch of the snout Raktavaran Nala (melt water Omouth of the Ganga, one a matter to scientific prediction Ganga have been depicted by venture higher. and till deposits almost up to Lord Shiva held the river back front showing Gaumukh locat- stream from the Raktavaran was surprised to see markings and should be of concern to all Colebrooke and describe the On our trek from Gangotri Jangla, a linear distance of in his locks lest Ganga cause the ed on the western side of the group of glaciers) that had all along that indicated how the of us. first attempts to provide a reli- to Gaumukh, we came across about fifty kilometres from havoc. Legend further tells us snout. Dr Auden of the been flowing sub glacially till glacier has been receding over Legend has it that while able map of the area, starting several markings by geologists, the present snout position. that, “Ganga, when it finally Geological Survey mapped and up to 2002 has eroded away the the years. It was shocking that searching for his lost sheep, a from China, because it was from the past, that pointed Presence of so many charac- managed to come out of the photographed the glacier snout glacier ice on the eastern side despite scientific evidence that shepherd boy reached near a then believed that the source towards severe recession of teristic glacier land forms leaves intricate dark locks (or moraine in 1935 and has, since, been fol- and has now started flowing the glacier has indeed been glacier in Gangotri, the snout was north of the Himalayas and the Gaumukh glacier. This is no doubt in one’s mind that, at ridges) of Shiva which are as lowed by a number of teams along the valley wall by passing receding over the century, very of which exactly looked like the that the river was several hun- worrisome for the future health one time in the past - most like- fearsome and large as the from GSI and some other insti- the eroded glacier ice. little is being done to mitigate mouth of a cow, thus giving it dred kilometers longer than it of the Ganga. Let us delve a lit- ly during the last phase of Himalayas itself, was still so tutes in recent years. A com- Recent publications have the damage. the name Gaumukh. From actually is. One of the early tle deeper into what is causing glacial activity 10,000 years powerful that it went down to parative study of the pho- come out with the frightening Gaumukh is a glacier situ- then on, many saints, as well as maps was published in this and its effects. ago - Bhagirathi valley must the nether world before com- tographs of the snout taken, prospect of this glacier van- ated at an altitude of 4,023 pilgrims have considered it the Teiffenthaler’s three volume Glaciers are the conse- have been more glacierized ing on the surface.” Bhagirath's from time to time, shows that ishing from the surface of earth metres. Ringing the glacier are mouth of the holy river. set of a description of quence of the ice ages. than at present; and the metaphorical reference of the the position of Gaumukh has in the immediate future. lofty peaks, which are called the Gaumukh has been the subject Hindustan. Gangotri is men- Gaumukh or Gangotri glacier Gangotri glacier must have Shivling peak, moraine ridges been shifting from the western One publication has gone Gangotri group of mountains. of several expeditions and his- tioned first by British colonial cover of the Himalayas is the extended at least up to Jangla. and the water fall at Gangotri limits to the eastern limits of to the extent of giving 2035 as These include peaks like toric researches. officers since Fraser visited the consequence of the Quaternary The word Gangotri stands clearly indicates that, at the the snout expanse. the destiny day. The danger, Chaukhamba, Kedarnath, Even though pilgrims and place as the first European in Ice Age, and geologists have for Ganga + utri i.e. Ganga’s time of Bhagirath’s visit, the Birbal Sahni Institute of however, may not be that Thalay Sagar, Shivling, Meru ascetics must have visited 1815. His and other reports are reasons to believe that the ice descent. snout of the Gangotri glacier Paleobotany, Lucknow, has imminent. and Bhagirathi I, II and III. Gaumukh much before the rather brief; Hodgson’s account limit may have, once, extend- The glacier has become a must have been at and around dated the trees that are grow- In the words of Bhagirath, Gaumukh is connected with 19th century, no records can be is somewhat longer but for the ed beyond the southern limits part of the legend that speaks Gangotri town. ing over the old terminal “Ganga, one day shall be the Gangotri temple by a foot traced. most part only geographical. of the outer Himalayas. Since of the descent of the Ganga Obviously, there was no ice moraines at Bhojbasa, about 12 recalled to the heavens!” trail, about 15 kilometres long, The first recorded visit to However, these reports give us the last glacial cycle of the from the heavens, and can cave, as no mention of kilometres downstream of the Reading between the lines, it a popular trek among tourists, Gaumukh is dated May 31, a wealth of information. Quaternary Ice Age-about take pride of place, though Gaumukh has been made, and present Gaumukh to be about connotes the fact that Bhagirath while also being a pilgrimage 1817, by John Hodgson and After Fraser in 1815, 10,000 years ago, practically indirectly, of being the earliest the glacier apparently must 415 years old. This would realised, thousands of years route since millennia. James Herbert who traced the Hodgson followed in 1817 to every glacier has shown degen- explored glacier, in human his- have been in active phase. This mean that the terminal ago, that this glacial river hav- More than half a million glacial origin of the river. This visit Gangotri. The geograph- eration in mass and volume. tory, by Bhagirath about 5,500 view is held by the head priest moraines at Bhojbasa would be ing come from the skies (heav- years ago there was an unprece- is what they said about what ical knowledge of the natives at Same is true of the Gangotri odd years back. and other holy men around the about five hundred years old, as en) shall one day retreat to the dented rise in the number and they witnessed, that time was apparently accen- glacier also. In Skanda Purana, shrine of Gangotri. some time gap must have skies. intensity of glaciers in the A most wonderful scene, the tuated by mythical beliefs. Gaumukh glacier is a sys- Bhagirath is quoted to have Taking the three possible occurred between the vacation If we assume that this glac- Himalayas, which coincided Bhagirathi or Ganges issues Thus, Skinner reports that, tem with a glacierized area of said, “Then came down from snout positions, and different by the glacier and growth of ier will continue to retreat, say with a massive tectonic move- from under a very low arch at according to a statement of an about three hundred square the sky, Ganga the daughter of periods of time into consider- vegetation. at the rate of 15 to 18 metres a ment, uplifting the crust and the foot of the grand snow bed, inhabitant, the spot of conflu- kilometres. It is situated in the the snowy mountains, and ation, Jangla (10,000 years ago), Taking that as the base, year, as it is doing at present, the upper mantle of the earth, the river here is bounded to the ence of Bhagirathi and Jahnavi Bhagirathi valley of the Mahadev (Shiva) received it Gangotri (about 5,500 years Geological Survey of India even then it will take almost that drove the snowline, much right and left by high snow and near Bhairon Ghati, ten kilo- Uttarakhand Himalayas, and (Ganga) on his own head”. ago, based on secular retreat) teams have, more or less, reg- one and a half century for the further south than it is today, rocks, but in front the mass of meters below Gangotri, was comprises a cluster of more We may presume that and the present position at ularly since 1935, been moni- glacier, so to say, to go back to across the lesser Himalayan snow is perfectly perpendicular, considered narrow enough to than seven glaciers, most of Bhagirath was an explorer who Gaumukh, it can be concluded toring the snout of this glacier the skies. Are we prepared for ranges and the Shivaliks. This and from the bed of the summit leap over (whereas Skinner which merge or flow in to the did the journey as penance to that the glacier has vacated a and, as a part of the monitor- this eventuality? created the lofty feet of the we estimated the thickness a lit- measured sixty yards). The main trunk. Behaviour of this trace the source of this mighty total linear distance of 47 kilo- ing activity, map of the snout Himadri Range, the snow- tle less than 300 feet of solid first European travelers did glacier, since the last glacial river. What Bhagirath may in metres in about 10,000 years - front has been prepared at (The writer is an anthro- capped upper Himalayan frozen snow, probably accumu- not get farther than a few hun- activity, can be better illustrat- fact have stated, when he had the glacier would appear to various times. Comparison of pologist, author, traveler & ranges. These glaciers have lation of ages. dred metres beyond the village ed by referring to three distinct the view of the entire glacier have shown an average secular the snout positions between activist who also runs a public been feeding the river since The early phases in the and they report the natives' observations. from a point up in the moun- retreat of 27.5 metres per year, 1935 and 1996 has revealed that walking group called Been several centuries. It is believed exploration of the source of the opinion that it is impossible to Glaciers, wherever they tains, could be, “Ganga coming during the last 500 years. the glacier front, especially the There, Doon That?) -/0 / 1 )
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he State’s chief electoral Tofficer, Sowjanya, launched the Electors Verification Programme (EVP) here on Sunday. Speaking on the occa- sion at the secretariat, she said that the Election Commission of India is conducting electors’ verification programme from September 1 to October 15. The aim of this campaign is to ensure 100 per cent verification of voters list and making them error free. She appealed to the people of Uttarakhand to con- nect with the largest voters ver- ification campaign. Voters can check their and their family’s details on the voter card and verify the same. This can make the voters list 100 per cent error " $ For further information, free. To check one’s details, a $ one can make a call to the voter voter will have to use the voter helpline at 1950 or also use the card number of log in on $% " voter helpline mobile applica- www.nvsp.in. The voter should ! ! % $ % tion. then verify the name, date of Sowjanya further said that birth, sex, relation or relative’s % ! %( voter facility centres have also name, address and photo. In ) !) )$ been set up. Those attaining the case of error, one should mark * age of 18 years by January 1, the correct information for 2020 can register their names change in details or photo- ! here. After the voters verifica- graph. tion campaign, the voters list Informing about docu- will be published on October ments necessary for making the connection bill-anyone of these providing the mobile phone 15. Any complaints regarding said changes, the CEO that an can be uploaded. One should number, the voter will also be this can be lodged till Indian passport, driving also state the mobile phone able to receive regular SMS- December 15. After addressing license, Aadhaar card, bank number and e-mail address to based alerts. A family living in these complaints, the new vot- passbook, PAN card or latest receive services in the future. one place will be placed in one ers list will be published on ) & ) water/telephone/electricity/gas She further informed that on polling centre. January 1, 2020. $ - $ #$ $ ) . $ ""#$ $'$ $ 5/43 across the country who would any domain of life was to have this once in a lifetime 4&549 know the root cause and if the $ % 4&549 tudying in Class VIII at opportunity. root cause is treated properly, SDelhi Public School, He will be leaving for the tudents of various streams one can remove the stress for- ! Ranipur, Garv Saxena is among event on September 4, said his Sposed varied questions dur- ever. Citing examples of the ! $ n a meet organised by FICCI the two students from the State father Pankaj Saksena. Garv ing a motivational lecture real life heroes like PV Sindhu, $ IFLO and Trikon Society, of Uttarakhand who would be will be leaving with his parents series organised at Baba Farid the badminton world champi- Tourism secretary, Dilip talked about the single window witnessing the lifetime event of for ISRO tracking centre, Institute of Technology at on, she said there was no Jawalkar, discussed the partic- system. landing of Chandrayaan 2 Bengaluru by train for which Suddhowala in Dehradun. In shortcut to success in life ipation of women entrepre- FICCI FLO, Uttarakhand along with Prime Minister the fare shall be borne by the all, 500 students participated in which requires hard work and address, the registrar of the neurs of FICCI FLO in the chapter head Nazia Izzuddin Narendra Modi. Government. the hour-long interactive ses- passion along with a little bit institute, Bhupender Singh tourism department. said that the main objective of His letter of confirmation sion in which they came out of sacrifice was as exemplified Arora, said that a single Jawalkar discussed the this discussion was to encour- for participation has been sent with their anxieties. by Sindhu who abstained from thought could change the schemes being run by the age greater participation of from ISRO. Garv had partici- Representing Patanjali sugary foods, internet and course of one's life and stu- department, which women can women in tourism. Trikon pated in the online quiz contest ! ! Yogpeeth as a speaker, Radhika mobile phone for eight months dents must keep good compa- take advantage of. He also dis- Society head Neha Sharma by ISRO in which 20 questions students selected from the State "# Nagrath, said that the simplest as guided by her coach. ny to ward off negative cussed in detail the problems of also expressed his views on the were asked. He is one of the two and among 22 students from formula for stress busting in Giving his presidential thoughts and stress. women entrepreneurs and occasion.
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! ! During the past two years, addressing these issues, he said. P 2 3 work on such schemes costing The cooperation of the public more than 60 crore had been is vital in taking the nation , started in Balawala, Badripur, ahead on the path of happiness 4&549 Natthanpur and Nawada areas and cleanliness as envisioned 4&549 with work on schemes costing by the PM. hief Minister Trivendra 36 crore having been com- Speaking on the occasion, 5/43 CSingh Rawat and Bharatiya hief Minister unveiled the pleted. Rawat said that the Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal Janata Party State president Cfoundation stone for the Nathuvawala scheme will pro- ‘Gama’ requested the public to fter being appointed as and MP Ajay Bhatt have Nathuvawala drinking water vide water till 2050. Budgetary assist the Government in free- AGovernor of the State of expressed happiness at Bhagat scheme to be built at an esti- provision has also been made ing the State of polythene. Maharashtra, former Singh Koshyari’s appointment mated cost of 22.48 crore at for the Saung dam. After con- Uttarakhand Chief Minister to the post of Maharashtra Nathuvawala in Dehradun on struction of the dam, this entire and former MP, Bhagat Singh Governor. The veteran politi- Sunday. The scheme is to be area will get recharged. After 44&''/ 0 Koshyari, said that his appoint- cian has been active in politics executed under the World construction of the Saung dam, ment to the post was an hon- since his student days and Bank funded Uttarakhand water for the Rispana river will 75&075&/ 0 our not only for him but also also worked as a teacher and potable water programme for be arranged, he said, while for the State of Uttarakhand. journalist. semi-urban areas. stressing that the State : 75& Koshyari said this after being He was born on June 17, Addressing the gathering Government is undertaking :'/: $ felicitated by his supporters at 1942 to Gopal Singh Koshyari on the occasion, Rawat said various measures for revival of State guest house in Haridwar and Motima Devi at that work on the scheme will be rivers. 37'/4 on Sunday. Palanadhura Chetabgarh in complete by December 2020. Referring to Prime Speaking to the media Bageshwar district of Once functional, the scheme Minister Narendra Modi’s 7573:-: persons, Koshyari said that Uttarakhand. He holds a mas- will provide drinking water Mann ki Baat, Rawat said that Prime Minister Narendra ter's degree in English and supply for 16 hours daily. Water the PM had talked about con- 75&'5&%& Modi had honoured him and studied at Almora College of supplied through this scheme servation of water, e-payment, 3/++;& Uttarakhand by appointing Agra University, now SSJ cam- can be lifted up to 40 feet with- population control, freedom him Governor of pus of Kumaon University. out any pump. He said that from malnutrition and anti- :%+&7&;< Maharashtra. He said his During this period, Koshyari there was semi-urban drinking polythene campaign. The con- appointment was a message to was also a general secretary of - % 3 water scheme worth about tribution of every citizen is 4&&%;&B?B? the common man that pover- the students' union of Almora ) 1,000 crore for the whole State. important in effectively ty could not stop anyone College during 1961-62. He from coming forward in life has also represented the exec- Pradesh Kyun? and house of legislature of Uttar Assembly constituency and and be in the mainstream. He utive council of Kumaon Uttaranchal Sangharsh Evam Pradesh. In 2000, he was became the leader of the said it was a moment of pride University, during 1979-82, Samadhan appointed Minister of Energy, Opposition of the for him to be appointed 1982–85 and 1988-91. He joined the Rashtriya Irrigation, Law, and Legislative Uttarakhand Legislative Governor of a big State like He has had a successful Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Affairs of the newly created Assembly, till 2007. Maharashtra. career as a teacher and jour- took part in the struggle state of Uttaranchal. In 2001, In the 2007 Assembly elec- When asked about the nalist. He had worked as a lec- against the Emergency and he replaced Nityanand Swami tions in Uttarakhand, he was major challenges on getting turer at Raja Inter College, Raja was imprisoned in Almora as the Chief Minister of elected again from Kapkot this constitutional post, he Ka Rampur, Etah district, Uttar and Fatehgarh Central Jail Uttarakhand. He has also Assembly constituency. In said that he was always work- Pradesh for few years. Koshyari under the Maintenance of served as the State president of November 2008, he was elect- ing constitutionally in every is the founder and managing Internal Security Act (MISA), the BJP. As a result of his ed a member of the Rajya matter and was a law abiding editor of Parvat Piyush, a from July 3, 1975 to March 23, party's defeat in the 2002 Sabha from Uttarakhand and citizen having an RSS back- weekly published from 1977. Assembly elections, he remained a member till his ground. So, the constitution- Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand In May 1997, he became a resigned in March 2002 as the election to the Lok Sabha in al Sanskars were inbuilt in since 1975. He has also pub- member of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. However, he 2014 from Nainital-Udham him and he will continue lished two books, Uttaranchal Legislative Council, the upper was elected from Kapkot Singh Nagar constituency. doing that while administer- ing his duties as Governor. He said Maharashtra was which he would work on by ments. More opportunities State of Chota Kailash to the So, there is enormous scope centre of Bollywood and building a bridge between could be explored in devel- land of Vitthal, the religion for enhancing religious Indian cinema and had enor- Uttarakhand tourism and opment of the State, he said, was a common factor pre- tourism in Maharashtra, he mous tourism opportunities Maharashtra tourism depart- since he was going from the dominant in both the States. added. $% ( $ $# ) & % )$) # ' ) *$ % 4&549 (AIIMS) Rishikesh for post on the post-mortem report 4&549 Mandir, Race Course North, mortem. In the post mortem local police are further inves- Race Course South, Rest Camp n the murder case of a 32- report it was disclosed that the tigating the case. unicipal Corporation of and MKP. The second phase Iyear-old woman at Mata bullet was shot from behind. It is pertinent to mention MDehradun (MCD) will will be held from September 16 Mandir Road in Dharmpur The angle of the shot is also as here that the main accused- be starting an Information to 30. The third phase will be on August 29, the police have if she was lying on the bed and Ajay Verma alias Rinku Education and held from October 1 to 15. The still not been able to arrest the the shooter was standing. allegedly shot the couple result- Communication (IEC) based fourth phase will be held from main accused. According to the Sources further stated that ing in the death of Kamna and source segregation campaign. October 16 to 31. The fifth and sources, on the basis of suspi- district police have also posi- injury to her husband. The hus- This campaign will be con- the final step will be held from cion raised by the guardian of tioned two police personnel at band in his statement has ducted till September 14 and November 1 to 15. This imple- deceased, Kamna Rohilla, on the private hospital in alleged that three people came several activities will be carried mentation process is designed her husband, Ashok Rohilla, Patelnagar where Ashok and shot both of them at about out during this time. for 66 wards. and his family, the Rohilla Rohilla is undergoing treat- 12 AM. These activities will include It is pertinent to mention family is also under the lens of ment. He was shot on the Brother of the deceased ‘Swachhata Rath’, which is here that in order to take sug- the police. same night in his midriff but is woman has filed a complaint in schedule to be flagged off on gestions through an open plat- According to the sources, out of any immediate danger. Nehru Colony police station. Monday. Through ‘Har Ghar form from several stakeholders the body of deceased Kamna Police have also found the bul- Deceased woman’s family also Dastak’ door to door cam- MCD has conducted meeting Rohilla was sent to All India let lodged in the bed where suspects involvement of Rohilla paign regarding waste segre- in two phases. Institute of Medical Sciences Kamna Rohilla was shot. Based family in the murder. gation will be encouraged by In the first phase mer- local councillors, then source chant association, local busi- segregation activities will be nessman and non-govern- conducted at school level and mental organisations partici- ) lastly felicitation of rag pickers pated while in the second will be organised. phase local According to the informa- members of the councillor ( # tion provided by a representa- body were present. Most of the 4&549 These clocks cost about 9.5 and other Infrastructure tive of Ramky company, the suggestions were to conduct lakh. Development Corporation of awareness campaign will be awareness campaigns against 4&549 ly for those living in the moun- city and urged the team to focus fter more than a year taken According to officials, it Uttarakhand Limited (BRID- conducted in the wards with polythene usage in order to tains. This will surely bring peo- on critical issues being faced by Ain the process, the six was difficult to uninstall the old CUL) has earlier also done work the help of local representatives take support from the citi- eading a team from School ple back to their roots, just as it the current administration in clocks in the Clock Tower of machinery from Clock Tower. on strengthening the Clock and company employees. zens. Hof Planning and has happened in the neighbour- making the city truly smart. He Dehradun have started func- With new clocks and machinery Tower structure. For the beau- Parallel to this campaign phase However, some stakehold- Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, ing state of Himachal Pradesh. expressed the hope that with the tioning. After decades, the the sound of bell ringing has also tification of the tower premises wise source segregation of ers have raised concern on the associate professor and head of The team from SPA is on a younger generation taking inter- chime of the bell has also been started coming from the tower. MCD is planning a musical waste implementation will be work plan that MCD is making Department of Architectural visit to Dehradun to look at the est, it will be possible to restore restored albeit in an electron- Local shop owners have fountain. initiated. stating that authorities are not Conservation, Anuradha multi-layered cultural landscape the city to its past glory. ic version. The six clocks were praised MCD’s efforts stating It is also important to men- In the first phase that is to clarifying that what type of Chaturvedi said they were including sacred landscapes, cul- The book “Sals of the Valley: installed at Clock Tower on that it is good to see that the tion here that some heritage start from September 2 to 15, polythene and plastic is looking at the carrying capac- tural and pilgrimage routes link- A Memorial to Dehradun” by Friday night. For the preserva- clocks at clock tower are also experts even now raise their first five wards that are Mata banned. ity of Dehradun and Mussoorie ing numerous historic settle- Pradeep Singh was also released tion of old heritage clocks illuminated during the night. doubts about the uninstalling to save the valley from degra- ments, relict landscapes and his- on the occasion. The book is a ,mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ The chime of the bell ringing has procedure of the old clocks. dation. She said this during an toric urban landscapes associat- tribute to the Sal forests that sym- has announced to make a also been appreciated by the One expert further said that interactive session between the ed with settlement typologies bolise the strength and the per- museum at Municipal local citizens. MCD has no proper docu- State’s former chief secretary SK and modulated landscapes devel- manence of the virtues of the Corporation of Dehradun It is pertinent to mention mentation of heritage clocks Das and students from the oped during the 19th and early Dehradun valley. They form the (MCD) premises. here that mayor ‘Gama’ and and thus it can be presumed SPA at Natraj: The Green 20th century. The team will dramatic backdrop of the seven According to the informa- municipal commissioner Vinay that even if some parts of the Bookshop. focus on mainstreaming heritage stories in this anthology. Singh, tion provided by MCD officials, Shankar Pandey inspected the old clocks are missing MCD Chaturvedi said that there is management, sustainable con- whose family has lived in Chennai based company new clocks on Saturday. They will never be able to verify it. a need to look for a capital at a servation and development of Dehradun for over 300 years dis- Indian Clocks provided these also made it a point to ensure Emphasising on the fact that suitable place in the mountains cultural landscapes into gov- closed that he was in possession six electronic clocks. MCD that the loud ringing sound of these clocks have high value in which will take care of the ernment programmes. of a British document that cer- also took a separate power bells from Clock Tower do not antique market, he said that an migration problem, job oppor- Speaking on the occasion, tified Dehradun suitable to be line from Uttarakhand Power disturb people during night official enquiry should be con- tunities and rapid over-all devel- Das shared his experience with made the Capital of India at one Corporation Limited (UPCL). time. Bridge Ropeway Tunnel ducted in this matter. opment of the state, particular- the development agenda for the point. $! $$ $
4&549 becomes worse after rainfall. households in the area the ! expressed their unhappiness The small canal that earlier canal keeps getting blocked. He !! $ $ $$ $ regarding the fogging that is n this monsoon season when used to come under the juris- also said that some of the local $ ,/ being done by the MCD and Imore than 500 people have diction of irrigation depart- people are under the protection health department, stating that tested positive for dengue and ment now has been converted of politicians which is why ! % $ the fogging machine has only two have died in Dehradun so into a drain. The canal turned whenever people try to raise $$ $ worked in some far, citizens and authorities drain is blocked at several complaint regarding the matter ! parts of the area that also only have still remained apathetic to places due to garbage and con- they threaten to call goons. one or two times. People also the importance of sanitation at struction debris which in turn Another resident said that 0! said that the local councillor is various places in the city. causes water logging on roads. his home is under construction far from the reach of common Residents of Majra ward A local resident from the in the area, which is about a !! people. said that they have met officials ward said that he had filed mile away from an education- It is pertinent to mention at Municipal Corporation of complaints with the chief city al institute that is situated at here that Dharmpur MLA Dehradun (MCD) on multiple health officer Dr Kailash Joshi Brahmanwala. The road lead- the road a small canal emerges the road. As the road is already Vinod Chamoli promised to occasions but till date their who initially also sent few ing towards that institute is but it is filled with plastic filled with potholes the dirty look into the matter. complaints have not been taken workers of Nala Gang to clean filled with potholes which waste, stagnant dirty water and water then gets collected in The local councillor Aftab seriously. The area faces water the area, however due to the results in water logging situa- debris from left over construc- those potholes. Alam was however not avail- logging situation which encroachment activities of few tion. Moving further along on tion work which overflows on Local residents have also able to comment on the issue. ! "#$ 1 "
against animals that the coun- have triggered a debate on cruelty while other B-Town’s rights activists are now stress- 5 4/05 try has been witnessing lately. how India do not seem to reg- animal lovers like Sonam ing on the need to excogitate on The recent gruesome case ister animal cruelty as a key Kapoor, John Abraham and the issue of animal welfare. But hen humans act with of a stray dog, ‘Lucky’ dying issue. Malaika Arora too had raised this is not the first time that this Wcruelty we characterise after being mercilessly beaten Troubled by the incidents, their voice against the incidents topic has received widespread them as ‘animals’ yet the only up for taking shelter inside a actress-producer Anushka of cruelty against animals. attention and gained substan- animal that displays cruelty is residential complex and anoth- Sharma had even began a cam- With the country witness- tial prominence in media cov- humanity.” The quote aptly er case of a female dog being paign recently demanding ing rise in the number of ani- erage. sums up the cases of cruelty sexually abused in Mumbai stricter laws against animal mal abuse cases, the animal The appalling incidents –a
horse named Shaktiman dying have come across in this by an animal rights group in weeks after being hit over and region.” Maharashtra, Hyderabad and over with a stick by a BJP law- Sandhu further says that be Haryana in 2016 revealed con- maker during a protest in it dogs or cows, stray animals fining hens in small-wired Dehradun (Uttarakhand), a are mostly mistreated. People cages not only leads to a num- man mercilessly throwing a do not want any stray animal ber of deaths every year, but whimpering dog off the edge of to sit outside their house or also leaves them bleeding, with a tall building in Chennai inside residential complex even sores, cracked and deformed (Tamil Nadu) and a stray dog during rainfall. Cases of argu- feet owing to the wired floor of being tied upside down with a ments between residents are the cages. Some of them were tree and beaten mercilessly at also often reported when ani- also found to be missing feath- a group housing society in mal lovers allow dogs to sit ers and suffering from abra- Chandigarh—all three episodes inside residential complex or sions and skin irritations. happening in the year 2016 are feed them, he says. Yet another investigation in still afresh in people’s mind and “If someone is an animal several hatcheries and farms in had led to the demand of lover, his love for the animals Andhra Pradesh and Telangana tougher punishment for animal should not only be restricted to revealed cruel practices – abusers. petting his own pet or feeding which include incubation, sex- But after nearly three years the stray dogs, they should also ing, debeaking, burning, and several protests by various raise their voice against animal drowning among other atroc- animal rights activists and abuse,” he adds. ities – against chicks while NGOs demanding tougher In Chandigarh, around 157 they are still alive. laws for animal welfare, the challans have been issued till While the dreadful revela- plight of animals in the coun- July this year under the “The tions make our heart boil, try does not seem to improve Prevention of Cruelty to there has been no end to such even a little bit. Animals Act, 1960”. 7 challans cruel practices against ani- The animal rights activists were issued in January, 12 in mals. believe that lack of awareness February, 22 in March, 21 in Vikas Luthra, founder of among people and lack of April, 30 in May, 35 in June and Chandigarh based Furever effective laws in the country 30 in July. Friends, a group of animal has encouraged the occur- “While 157 challans have lovers says, “It has been a long- rences of incidents of animal been issued till July this year, time demand of animal rights abuse over the years. And, not more than 500 challans were activists and animal lovers to only dogs, the animals that are issued to the violators under strengthen the existing laws of prone to abuse and cruelty the Act,” informs Dharminder cruelty against animals. The also included horses, cats, mon- Dogra, Inspector, Society for animal abusers go scot-free keys, birds and livestock. the Prevention of Cruelty to due to paltry fines under the In India, one can get away Animals, Chandigarh. existing Act and zero convic- with inflicting inhuman torture He tells, “Maximum chal- tion in cases of animal cruelty. on animals by paying a fine of lans were issued regarding cru- The Government of India had anything between Rs 10 to Rs elty on chickens and horses. At proposed to amend the Act few 50. For, “The Prevention of most places, chickens are kept years ago but nothing has been Cruelty To Animals Act, 1960” in unhygienic conditions, done so far.” provides for a fine which shall cramped cages and are not fed Commenting on how the not be less than ten rupees but properly. In case of horses, animal cruelty cases are dealt which may extend to fifty challans were issued related to with, Vikas tells, “Most of the rupees in case of a first offence, overloading of horse drawn times, the police personnel do and in the case of a second or vehicles that ply in the city. not understand the cases of subsequent offence committed Most of such vehicles are over- animal cruelty. Due to lack of within three years of the pre- loaded and horses are subject- awareness, they do not know vious offence, fine shall not be ed to cruelty. Challans have also how to go about it and avoid less than twenty-five rupees but been issued to those horse cart registering such cases. Police which may extend to one hun- drivers, who were caught sell- generally focus on settlement of dred rupees or with imprison- ing fruits or vegetables by dispute between two sides ment for a term which may roadside while their horse when it comes to complaints extend to three months, or with silently bore the heat.” regarding animal abuse. Even both. “Few complaints of pets when either a case is registered In tricity including being kept in cages and not by police or a legal notice is Chandigarh, Mohali and given food were also received. sent by an advocate to animal Panchkula, the animal rights In such cases, we issue warn- abusers, such cases are not activists have been receiving ing to the concerned owner pursued further and does not several complaints related to and later, issue challan or take reach Court at all.” animal abuse on daily basis. the animal in our custody if “We receive about 16 -18 Recent bizarre cases included required,” he adds. calls a week from Punjab and a stray dog being beaten to Interestingly, the animals Chandigarh regarding com- death, a stray dog dying due to occupy an important place in plaints of animal abuse. Our acid attack, another stray dog our Hindu culture, which firm- counseling team of about eight beaten with iron rod, a crow ly believes that animals possess people which includes doctors, being killed and tied upside souls just like humans and police officials among others down to a tree to scare off other deserved to be treated well and focuses on the counseling of birds, a monkey being poi- to be allowed to evolve in their violators and making them soned, to name a few. own natural ways. aware about various laws and “Around four-five cases of Particularly, the cows are the punishment they may face cruelty against animals are respected and worshipped in for animal cruelty,” Vikas says. reported to me every week the country and strict laws are “Besides strengthening the from Chandigarh and Mohali,” in place against cow slaughter existing laws, the government says Inder Sandhu, an honorary and smuggling. Over the past should give special training to animal welfare officer of the few years, the country has police personnel to deal with Animal Welfare Board of India. even witnessed cases of lynch- the cases of animal cruelty,” he Sandhu, who is also the ing in the name of cow pro- adds. founder of Peedu’s People, tection but the stray cattle Notably, the Government working for animal rescue and searching for food in open of India is working on revising changing perceptions of people garbage dumps, cattle dying the unjust penalties under the towards stray animals says, due to accidents on roads and current laws and the statutory “The number of cases report- poor conditions at gaushalas advisory body-Animal Welfare ed everyday are just the tip of remain hardly a matter of con- Board of India- had recently set the iceberg as a large number cern. up a committee to strengthen of cases of animal cruelty that Cow lovers do turn up in the existing laws on animal occur daily go unnoticed and large numbers at gaushalas to welfare. are never reported.” pour their love and feed the Even as the animal rights “For instance, as per the bovine species on special occa- activists are pushing for law, 750 kg is the maximum sions like Gopashtami but they strengthening the laws on ani- weight allowed for horse drawn usually don’t bother about the mal cruelty, we must also make vehicles. Also, it is illegal to use food and protection of stray sure that our moral concerns draught and pack animals from cows. prompt us to act on indiffer- 12 noon to 3 pm during sum- In a survey report released ence towards animals. mer season. However, people last year, the Federation of the The next time you witness are not aware of such laws and Indian Animal Protection any animal being subjected to horses are forced to toil in all Organisations (FIAPO) had cruelty, do not forget to report weather extremes all day long,” stated that it investigated living the matter to the concerned he says. conditions and practices in authority because, “We must Talking about the nature of 179 gaushalas across 17 states speak for those who can’t speak cases of animal abuse, he tells, and found 154 (or 86 per cent) for themselves”. “Stray dogs being beaten up got bulls to impregnate cows 2 $ and killed, pets being kept in and extracted milk during lac- cage and not being taken care tation periods. of by their owners, dog fight- The investigation also ing, dog racing, abandoning found that many of the gausha- $ unproductive cattle, overloaded las ran as “dairies in disguise horse carts and donkey carts, with rampant malpractices M $ birds starved and confined to leading to severe suffering of ! wire enclosures at poultry bovines.” ! farms, illegal breeding of exot- Another survey made ic marine species, bovine shocking revelations about the $ species not being taken care of cruel practices against egg- $ at gaushalas (cow shelter) are laying hens and broiler chick- 0N some of the complaints that I ens in the country. 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&34&+5/ "A further 200 more tri- bunals will be set up by the / * * * eople left off the NRC are State of Assam by December Pnot "stateless" and will 2019. These Tribunals will be continue to enjoy all the rights set up at block level for the con- / * '* as before till they exhaust all the venience of appellants," * $/ ' remedies available under the he said. * ! * law, the Ministry of External Kumar said that anyone ( Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday. excluded from the list at this & % * - ' It said exclusion from the stage has a right to file an appeal / NRC has no implication on the within 120 days of receiving a ! $ '* ( rights of an individual resident notification of exclusion to the / * @ ! $ '* $ in Assam and that they will not designated tribunal. $ ! / ! be deprived of any rights or "All appeals and excluded % $ (7 entitlements which they have cases will be examined by this 1C, , ( enjoyed before. tribunal i.e. A judicial process. The MEA's comments This judicial process will com- afford such legal assistance. ed. came in the wake of commen- mence only after the appellate This is to enable people, espe- He said that the NRC is a taries in sections of the foreign period is over. Thereafter, any- cially the disadvantaged sec- fair process based on scientif- media about certain aspects of one still aggrieved by any deci- tions, to have access to the best ic methods. the final NRC which it said are sion of being excluded will have possible legal assistance," he "Inclusion in the NRC is a "incorrect". the right to approach the High stated. unique process, as it is based on The National Register of Court of Assam and then the He said that the updating 'application' rather than 'house Citizens (NRC) has been pre- Supreme Court," he stated. of NRC is a "statutory, trans- to house enumeration'. It pared to identify Indian citizens He also said that the Indian parent, legal process" mandat- means that any person in living in Assam since March 24, government will even assist in ed by the Supreme Court. Assam could have sought to be 1971 or before.Out of 3.3 crore providing directions on how to "This is not an executive- included in the list on the applicants, over 19 lakh people deal with such appeals. driven process. The process is basis of having documentation were excluded from the final "Through the District Legal being monitored by the to prove lineage from an enti- NRC published on Saturday. Service Authorities, the gov- Supreme Court directly and the tled person, i.e A person who "Exclusion from the NRC ernment has provisioned to government is acting in accor- was a resident of Assam as on has no implication on the enjoy all the rights as before till "It does not make the not be deprived of any rights or receiving applications for inclu- extend legal aid to the needy. dance with the directives issued March 24, 1971," he explained. rights of an individual resident they have exhausted all the excluded person 'Stateless'. It entitlements which they have sion, the Assam government is The State of Assam has assured by the court. The apex He also stated that it is a in Assam. "For those who are remedies available under the also does not make him or her enjoyed before," he added. establishing 200 more tri- provision of free legal assistance court of the land has itself set non-discriminatory process, not in the final list will not be law," MEA spokesperson a 'foreigner', within the legal The spokesperson also said bunals, in addition to the exist- to any person excluded from the deadlines for all steps that which leaves no room for bias detained and will continue to Raveesh Kumar said. meaning of the term. They will that to expedite the process of ing 100. the list and who is unable to have been taken so far," he stat- and injustice. &'( ' )* ) ':F N O * * &34&+5/ ! 6 &34&+5/ n an alarming trend, nearly one bat- 781! Italion of the CRPF deployed in the ealing a blow to the coun- Special Operation Zone(SOZ) of , Dtry’s wood work industry, Chhattisgarh has been found to be of a global body on the endan- Low Medical Category (LMC). health profile of the Force in one of the gered species has spurned A total of 22 battalions are deployed worst Naxal-hit states, Raju also advised India’s demand to lift interna- in the SOZ and as many as 894 per- the formations to stop of disbursal of tional trade restriction on sonnel have been found to be LMC. special Risk and Hardship Allowance to products made of sheesham The CRPF treats SOZ, such LMC cases. Each CRPF personnel and rosewood timber. Chhattisgarh as a "high conflict zone" deployed in the Naxal-hit States up to The 18th meeting of CoP of where every CRPF personnel is expect- the rank of Inspector is entitled to a Convention on International ed to maintain highest level of physical monthly allowance of Rs 17,300 and for Trade in Endangered Species of fitness and remain battle ready to be officers the amount is to the tune of Rs Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) inducted into intense counter Naxal 25,000 per month. The allowance was at Geneva recently refused to be operations at a very short notice. substantially enhanced by the Union convinced with India's con- LMC cases not only hamper the Home Ministry on March 8 this year fol- tention that the prized timber operational performance of each com- lowing the Pulwama hit by the Pakistani was available in abundance in pany but also become burden on the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad in the country and that the restrict- commandants who are engaged in which 40 paramilitary men were killed. ed trade has adversely affected relentless counter Naxal operations, a In his letter, the IG further said, "As livelihood of the poor farmers recent order issued by the Force said. you are aware , this is a special as well as over 50,000 artisans. "You are earnestly requested to allowance extended to CRPF person- Since 2016, the products recall all the LMC cases posted in the nel who are giving their best in the most made of Dalbergia genus Administrative Units of your sector difficult and high risk species, around 250 in total operating in SOZarea for the larger operations. including sheesham and rose- interest of the counter Naxal opera- The Commandant cannot detail wood have been enlisted in the tions," CRPF Inspector General GHP LMC cases for Naxal operations. Hence, Appendix-II of the CITES, a Raju said in a letter circulated to all the the LMC cases are not eligible to draw multilateral treaty to protect formations of the Naxal-affected States. risk allowance. Allowing them to draw undue favour to these (LMC) cases at which must be stopped forthwith to endangered plants and ani- Seeking to arrest the dwindling risk allowance amounts to extending the cost of the government exchequer, avoid audit objections in future." mals. Items falling under Appendix-II are subject to trade restrictions to check over- utilisation. + ,$ ) " ) $, -$Q* # The move has already hit hard India's handicraft industry. It has been observed that despite of having potential export of / ! $-E/ over Rs 1000 crores of handi- was fuelling an illegal trade, tions in the trade of common craft of this species only, export which was decimating species like D sissoo, which are ! organisation who had been 50,000 Prime Minister of Rs. 617 crores only could take Dalbergia populations. being managed and monitored &34&+5/ struggling from many years for Employment Generation place in 2017-18 due to this However, since all species through the management plans putting Agarbatti and other Programme (PMEGP) units increased control on trade, as of Dalbergia are not threatened, of forest areas and are protect- hadi and Village Industries items in the restricted catego- of agarbatti-making across per the government report. India had submitted that ed under the forest laws of KCommission (KVIC) on ry, says, "The effect of this boon the nation in the present fis- "Export market of rose- CITES should regulate the India, said the Ministry. Sunday welcomed the govern- from the Narendra Modi gov- cal. wood handicraft, a thriving trade of individual species India also pointed out that ment's decision to put restric- ernment has already started Expressing their gratitude sector has nearly crashed since based on their conservation the listing of Dalbergia in tions on imports of agarbatti reflecting. The price of Raw for Khadi and Village an international agreement status. In its proposal at the CITES Appendix II has and other similar products Agarbatti available to the local Industries Commission came into effect in 2017, reg- CITES meeting at Geneva adversely affected livelihood of amid reports of significant perfumers that had gone down (KVIC), they said unanimous- ulating the trade in all the 250 recently, India cited non- the several poor farmers as well increase in inbound shipments from Rs 70/kg in 2009 to Rs ly: "It was the Herculean effort rosewood species (under detrimental finding (NDF) as artisans (over 50000) in from countries like China and 48/kg in 2018, has been up by of KVIC Chairman that Dalbergia genus)," a senior in study carried out by Botanical India due to increased control Vietnam. at least Rs 5/kg, in less than a brought ray of hopes for Indian Union Environment Ministry Survey of India stating that of the trade. KVIC Chairman Vinai restricted category goods ufacturers supporting the gov- day of this notification. It will Agarbatti-makers, otherwise admitted. Dalbergia sissoo does not fall "Hence, we would like to Kumar Saxena had raised the require licence from the gov- ernment's move. create not less than 20 lakh jobs such amendment was a mirage Since then India along with into any threatened category urge the CITES Secretariat for issue during his meetings with ernment for import purpose. Subhash Bhatia, who heads in some months now." for us." Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh and is available in abundance reconsidering the opinion on Commerce and Industry "I was shocked to see that the Raw Agarbatti Corroborating similar Imports of agarbatti and have been jointly demanding both in wild and cultivated the proposal for de-listing Minister Piyush Goyal and in 2016-17, we had established Manufacturers' Association views, Bikram Singh Deka of other odoriferous preparations removal of trade restrictions on populations, a source in CITES Dalbergia sissoo from MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari 2,831 projects of agarbatti mak- (RAMA), said the price of raw Guwahati (Assam) and Bhavik stood at USD 17.75 million the Dalbergia sissoo, one of the Management Authority for Appendix II of CITES, while on August 29. Union MSME ing with the disbursement Rs agarbatti available to the local Sah of Ahmedabad (Gujarat) (about Rs 125 crore) during Dalbergia genus species. India, the body responsible for the proposal is considered dur- Minister Nitin Gadkari also 10.06 crore as margin money perfumers, that had gone down said that the recent amendment April-June 2019-20. It was USD In 2016, the Dalbergia implementing rules of the con- ing the CITES CoP-18 at shown his concern about heavy and created 22,648 direct from Rs 70/kg in 2009 to Rs of import policy of agarbatti 83.58 million (about Rs 585 genus species was brought vention said. Geneva, Switzerland. imports of these products. employment in this field. Sadly, 48/kg in 2018, has been up by and other odoriferous prepa- crore) in 2018-19 as against under the Appendix-II of the India had also argued that Export market of rose- "Import policy of agarbat- in 2017-18 and 2018-19, we at least Rs 5/kg in less than a rations would not only pave USD 84.95 million (about Rs CITES after several African the species grows at a very fast wood handicraft, a thriving ti and other odoriferous prepa- could establish only 279 and day of this notification. It will way for village industry units 595 crore) in the previous and Latin American countries rate and has the capacity to sector has nearly crashed since rations which operate by burn- 397 units respectively - which create not less than 20 lakh jobs involved in agarbatti-making fiscal. had raised concerns over a become naturalised outside its an international agreement ing...Is revised from free to has created a heavy loss in in some months. but would also check the Agarbatti imports from "considerable rise in interest in native range, it is even invasive came into effect in 2017, reg- restricted," the Directorate employment in the agarbatti- Bhatia, who hails from import dependency of Indian China dipped to USD 6.39 the wood of Dalbergia in inter- in some parts of the world. ulating the trade in all the 250 General of Foreign Trade making industry," Saxena said. Jabalpur and heads the Raw perfumers to a significant level. million in 2018-19 from USD national markets, primarily in Listing of Dalbergia genus may rosewood species (under (DGFT) said in a notification In a statement, KVIC quot- Agarbatti Manufacturers' Saxena further said that 8.53 million in the previous China". According to them, this create unnecessary complica- Dalbergia genus). on Saturday. Importers of ed responses of agarbatti man- Association (RAMA) - an KVIC would establish at least fiscal. 95: $ ;",/ -$
&34&+5/ itive impact on the Indian saw heavy rainfall in August.The monsoon. Twenty six per cent central India division consists of 788 89$ onsoon may have been of the country received "large 10 subdivisions covering states Mlate in arrival, but it has excess" rainfall in August, while of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, been more than generous dur- 22 per cent received "excess" Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh &34&+5/ tive change. While the rules ing the last two months, brin- rainfall. and Odisha. Madhya Pradesh, have been simplified, several ing in excess rains in major Twenty-three per cent of the Maharashtra and Gujarat also y 2022, the Central people friendly facilities have parts of the country. country received normal rainfall, saw heavy rainfall and flooding BGovernment Health also been added. According to data shared while 29 per cent recorded defi- in August. Scheme (CGHS) services "The scheme has the by the India Meteorological cient rainfall. The south India The month recorded 38 would be made available in 100 potential of becoming one of Department (IMD), nearly half peninsula and central India divi- per cent rainfall deficiency in cities from present 71 cities, the best in the world," he said of the country received 15 per- rent LPA is 89 cm, the average head of the IMD Pune said. sions of the India Meteorological the east and northeast division said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union many as 71 cities," said the adding that all positive reforms cent excess rainfall than normal rainfall in the period between He added that El Nino, the Division (IMD) saw 56 and 39 and one per cent deficiency in Minister of Health and Family Minister adding that more shall be incorporated in the in August. This is the second 1951 and 2000. phenomenon associated with per cent more rainfall than nor- northwest India division. East Welfare at the inauguration of cities will be covered soon. planning. In addition, he appre- consecutive month the country The overall rainfall depar- the heating of Pacific waters, mal respectively. and northeast division com- the state-of-the-art CGHS The new Bhawan is the ciated the new CGHS initiative recorded above normal rainfall. ture in the country from June 1 and that is also believed to have The south peninsula divi- prises states of the northeast Bhawan here at an event. CGHS Headquarters and hous- of calling telephonically and June recorded deficient to August 31 is zero per cent, K an impact on the Indian mon- sion comprises all states of India, Bihar, Jharkhand, West "The CGHS services which es the administrative section, inquiring about the health of rainfall at 87 per cent of the Sathi Devi, head of the National soon, has turned neutral. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Bengal, while northwest India started in 1954 from Gol the CGHS Card section, and a beneficiaries who are above 80 Long Period Average (LPA), Weather Forecasting Centre told Pai said there is a positive Andhra Pradesh and the union consists of Uttar Pradesh, Market in Delhi expanded to state-of-the-art modern and years of age. The Health while July saw above normal news agency PTI. September, India Ocean Dipole, a phe- territories of Puducherry, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu only 25 cities till 2014. well equipped Wellness Centre. Minister stressed on the need rainfall at 109 per cent of LPA. the last leg of the four-month nomenon associated with cool- Andaman and Nicobar islands Kashmir, Uttarakhand, However, in the last five years Dr Harsh Vardhan said for compassion and politeness August recorded rainfall at 115 rainy season, is expected to ing of the Indian Ocean waters. and the Lakshadweep. The Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and under the NDA Government that CGHS services have in the behaviour of doctors per cent of the LPA. The cur- receive normal rainfall, D Pai, This is believed to have a pos- states of Karnataka and Kerala Rajasthan. they have been extended to as undergone a remarkable posi- towards their patients. ! "#$ <
2="((# ",2( ;! 6 *) # ' # + <= Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir -:5/ Governor Satya Pal Malik inau- gurated the annual Ladakh -:+-7 from the NRC State n the run up to two key UN Festival, the four-day extrava- Coordinator's office said. Isummits on Climate Change, ganza aimed at promoting terating that the Centre must "The government must take India has raised the pitch for tourism and the region's rich Iensure no genuine Indians care that genuine Indians are finance and technology support culture, in Leh on Sunday. are left out of the NRC, West not left out and justice is meted to developing nations to achieve Malik said the Union Bengal Chief Minister Mamata out to all of our genuine Indian the Paris Agreement goals of Territory (UT) status for Banerjee on Sunday said she brothers and sisters," Banerjee keeping a global average tem- Ladakh "will open new doors The Governor said he and was "shocked" to find out that added. On Saturday, the CM perature rise this century well for employment and develop- his administration will always one lakh people of the Gorkha had expressed concern over below 2 degrees Celsius. ment in the region". work for development of community have been exclud- the exclusion of large number Union Minister for He said Ladakh's pristine Ladakh and observed that even ed from the list. of Bengalis from the register. Environment, Forest and 9% & $) * beauty, traditions, culture, lan- when he is not at the helm of The TMC supremo insist- Dubbing the updated final Climate Change Prakash . * / $ % guage and heritage would be affairs, he will continue to ed that "justice should be meted NRC as a "fiasco", she had said Javadekar said India, under the % $ * 4 protected. work as its goodwill ambas- out to all Indian brothers and ple had applied for inclusion in it exposed those who are try- leadership of Prime Minister ! 4$ B?1I Malik said Ladakh's exclu- sador. sisters". the register. Of them, 19,06,657 ing to gain "political mileage" Narendra Modi, was taking . * / 4 sive landscape and people, who Malik also welcomed the "Earlier I was not aware of were excluded, a statement out of the exercise. decisive steps in achieving are deeply rooted in their tra- large number of tourists who the full NRC fiasco. As more Nationally Determined ditions and culture, have always are presently in Ladakh and and more information is com- Contributions (NDCs), which is which India made four com- General Antnio Guterres will pulled him towards the region. wished them an enjoyable and ing in, we are shocked to see &%- the heart of the 2015 Paris pact. mitments, including reducing be held this month and the He said that like the major- comfortable stay in the region. that names of more than 1 lakh Javadekar spelt out the suc- greenhouse gas emission inten- United Nations summit hosted ity of them who follow tenets BJP MP Jamyang Tsering Gorkha people have been cess stories of India on Paris sity of its GDP by 33-35 per by Chile in December. of Buddhism, he is also a Namgyal expressed gratitude to excluded from the list," 9&0 NDCs to reduce national emis- cent below 2005 levels by 2030, He also said the Prime believer in Buddha's philoso- the Centre for granting UT sta- Banerjee said in a statement sions and adapt to the impacts under its NDC. NDCs embody Ministers ambitious renewable phy which preaches ultimate tus to Ladakh and to the issued by the Trinamool Guwahati: Citizens for Justice list of documents submitted by of climate change. efforts by each country to energy programme to create peace. Governor and his administra- Congress (TMC) leadership. and Peace, an NGO helmed by them to the NRC authorities", "In Chile, when we meet in reduce national emissions 175 GW by 2022 "is a huge suc- "Ladakh's pristine beauty, tion for their efforts in making "In fact, names of thou- rights activist Teesta Setalvad, CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad the next COP (Conference of and adapt to the impacts of cli- cess and India has already traditions, culture, language it possible. sands and thousands of gen- said on Sunday that those left out said in a statement. the Parties), we will be taking a mate change. reduced energy intensity by 22 and heritage will be protected "It was a long pending uine Indians, including those of of the NRC should immediate- "We hope the authorities stance that every country needs Referring to the per cent. His remarks are in line and people will benefit demand of whole Ladakh and CRPF and other jawans, fam- ly get hold of a copy of the exclu- make the documents available to follow their own commit- Governments ambitious Clean with the statementby the immensely from the UT status UT status will definitely lead to ily members of former sion order, which would enable at the earliest and clarify ments to reduce national emis- India mission, its efforts BASIC group of nations — which will open new doors for progress and prosperity of its President Fakhruddin Ali them to file appeals before tri- whether the deadline of 120 sions and advanced countries towards eliminating single use Brazil, South Africa, India and employment and develop- people," he said. Ahmed, have been excluded bunals in stipulated time. days starts after these docu- need to provide finance and plastic, harnessing solar and China — in which they urged ment," he said. The Central Government (from the list)," she said. The NGO also said that the ments are accessed," she point- technology support, that is most wind energy and, creating more developed countries to under- He said the Central abrogated special status of The updated National nitty-gritty and modalities for ed out. important to developing world, tree cover for protection of take ambitious actions to Government under the lead- Jammu & Kashmir under Register of Citizens (NRC), filing the appeals were still The updated National he told PTI here during his visit environment, Javadekar said reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) ership of Prime Minister Article 370 of the Constitution which identifies bona fide awaited. Register of Citizens (NRC), for a function on Friday. these will be highlighted in var- emissions and meet their Narendra Modi has always and divided the State into two Indian citizens in Assam, was Every excluded person will which identifies bona fide The nations under the ious UN Climate forums. finance commitments, includ- been considerate to aspira- Union Territories — Jammu & released on Saturday. need access to a "certified copy Indian citizens in Assam, was United Nations negotiated and A climate action summit ing by mobilising $100 billion tions of Ladakh and fulfilled Kashmir, and Ladakh — last A total of 3,30,27,661 peo- of the exclusion order and the published on Saturday. PTI adopted the Paris Agreement in being hosted by UN Secretary- annually by 2020. them as promised. month. PTI & 88 9<= > - #
Jammu: Asserting that the situation pening. Till date, 75 per cent of Khan said. in Kashmir is fast limping back to landlines were restored and cell The advisor said the biggest gift normal, Jammu & Kashmir phones in some districts also start- which the people of Jammu and Governor's advisor Farooq Khan ed working. More restrictions will Kashmir is getting in the coming Chennai: The Indian space agency on Sunday on Sunday said the number of be eased in the coming days," he months is 50,000 jobs which will be evening successfully completed the fifth and final active terrorists in the Valley had said. filled up in the next three months. lunar bound orbit change for the Chandrayaan-2 declined to 150 or 200 from thou- Khan said schools have opened "The recruitment process will spacecraft. sands earlier. in most parts of the valley. Though be 100 per cent transparent and According to Indian Space Research However, he said the terrorists the student attendance was thin based on merit without any dis- Organisation (ISRO), the spacecraft's maneuver would either have to go to jail or get earlier, it has also started picking up crimination," he said. began at 6.21 p.m. using its onboard propulsion prepared to face the consequences as "we are preparing for 9th to 12th On the reports that relatives of system for 52 seconds. "Pakistan is making attempts The terrorism was not easy to class state board of school educa- detained persons including former The orbit achieved is 119 km x 127 km. All on Kashmir since 1947. Expecting dealt with without the support and tion examinations shortly". chief ministers are not allowed to spacecraft parameters are normal. good from it will be the biggest mis- cooperation of the people which led "I want to assure the people of meet them, Khan termed it as a The next crucial operation is the separation of take and every citizen of the state to number of terrorists declining to Kashmir and Jammu that there is "false propaganda by vested inter- Vikram, the lander, from the spacecraft scheduled need to remain cautious," Khan 150 or 200 from thousands earlier," no need for concern in the new set ests" and said as per the jail man- on September 2 at 12.45 p.m. -1.45 p.m. told reporters on the sidelines of a the retired IPS officer, who is seen up for Jammu and Kashmir, which ual and law of the land, the relatives After Vikram's separation, there will be two function here. as being instrumental in breaking will come into effect after October of the detained persons are allowed de-orbital operations on September 3 and 4 so that Lauding the role of people in the backbone of militancy in the 31. You will witness large scale to meet them. it could soft land on the moon's south pole on helping the security forces to deal 1990s, said. development in every field, whether "The state administration is September 7 at 1.30 am-2.30 am. with terrorists over the past three Khan, who joined the BJP related to tourism or any other sec- functioning as per the law of the On July 22, the 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 was decades, he said "they are our eyes after his retirement as IGP, said the tor, with each passing day. land," he said. launched into the space by India's heavy lift rock- and ears as they know everything situation in the valley is fast limp- "Jammu people, who were not In response to another question et Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle- what is happening and where. ing back to normal. given due attention in earlier times, about restoration of mobile inter- Mark III (GSLV Mk III) in a text book style. "They will continue their coop- "No doubt that the people be assured that such a thing will net services in Jammu where the The spacecraft comprises three segments — eration and support like in the past faced some sort of communication never happen again. All the areas situation is peaceful, he said the the Orbiter (weighing 2,379 kg, eight payloads), which led to the successful tackling problem in the valley for sometime will witness equitable develop- facility would be restored in the the lander 'Vikram' (1,471 kg, four payloads) and 9"%0 of the terrorism in the state. but today nothing like that is hap- ment under the Union Territory," region in due course of time. PTI rover 'Pragyan' (27 kg, two payloads). IANS , , % + * - ) 7 Gaya: A group of men beat up a 40-year-old Kozhikode (Ker): Students of a on the social media, police told , farmer and hanged him from a tree leading to college near Parambra waved a PTI on Sunday. The case was his death, and assaulted his wife when she tried flag that resembled Pakistan's registered under various sections Vadodara: Physiotherapists currently on a protest to protect her husband in Gaya district on national flag during an election of IPC including 153 (wantonly march in Gujarat have sent an email to Prime Sunday, the police said. campaign on the campus and the giving provocation with intent to Minister Narendra Modi demanding the setting Siyasharan Yadav, a farmer of Sikandarpur police have on its own registered cause riot), 143 (unlawful assem- up of an independent national council for the pro- village under Paraiya police station area, was a case against them. bly) and 147 (punishment for fession and changes in a draft medical bill. attacked while he and his wife Soni Devi were The green colour flag, which riot). "The incident came to Some 800 physiotherapists from across the working in the fields, Sub-Divisional Police was similar to Pakistan's, was light after a video footage went country began a ten-day 254-km march on Officer Nagendra Singh said. waved as part of a college elec- viral. August 25 from Dandi in south Gujarat to "The attackers are said to have been six in tion programme organised by Further action would be Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad for several number. After severely assaulting Yadav, they the Muslim Students' Federation decided upon after a compre- demands, including rectifying issues concerning hung him from a tree using cloths, resulting (MSF). hensive probe," an investigating the profession in the draft Clinical Establishment in his death," Singh said. The leadership of MSF, the officer told PTI. (Central Government) Third Amendment Rules, Soni Devi tried to put up a fight and cried students' wing of the IUML "The logo of MSF was miss- 2019. The march will end at Sabarmati Ashram for help but nobody came, the police officer (Indian Union Muslim League), ing in this controversial flag in Ahmedabad on September 3. said adding that she suffered blows and however rejected the charge and which was also not proportion- "We have sent an email to Prime Minister watched helplessly as the attackers killed her claimed it was the outfit's official ate to the standard size," the offi- Narendra Modi for the formation of a central inde- husband. flag and not the Pakistan flag as cial added. Six college students pendent physiotherapy council. PM Modi had "An FIR has been registered on the basis was alleged. have been suspended from the established Gujarat State Physiotherapy Council of her statement. She alleged that the couple The case was registered after college in this regard and they when he was CM of the state. The email was sent had a feud with a neighbouring family for a video footage of the August 27 were absconding, the official after the physiotherapists' march reached Vadodara many years and she suspected their hand in incident at the Silver Arts and said adding that a search was on on Saturday," said march organising committee ! - ! )" the incident," the SDPO said. PTI Science College had gone viral to nab them. PTI chairperson Umashankar Mohanty. PTI 1 !
': %0.H- the decision on Article 370, the hotels, restaurants and shops department has no record of number of domestic tourist State Government had asked all closed for business. tourist arrivals in August. arrivals is not officially taken," mpty houseboats, vacant tourists in Kashmir to leave the A manager at a hotel here "We have no reports of any he said. Ehotels and deserted resorts Valley. According to officials in said the only business they had tourist arrival. There may have Stakeholders said the present a gloomy picture of the Tourist Department, about was of a few local visitors been a few of them, but we do chances of revival of tourism in Kashmir's tourism sector which 20,000-25,000 visitors were pre- putting up for a night or two. not have any records," Nisar the Valley were bleak this year. is going through one of its worst sent in the Valley, which was in "We have not seen tourists Ahmad Wani, director of "Summer season is our phases due to the prevailing sit- its peak tourist season. for the last few weeks now. tourism, Kashmir told PTI. peak season and now the win- uation after the Centre abro- Since then, the Valley is There were a few of them here Another official of the ter is approaching and it is con- gated provisions of Article 370 without tourists, which has even after the advisory by the department, on the condition of sidered a dull tourist season. of the Constitution and reor- brought the industry — government. But after they left, anonymity, said while the With the situation as it is, we do ganised the State into two believed to be the backbone of we have had no tourists here. department keeps no record of not see much chances of any Union Territories. Kashmir's economy — to its Only locals come for a night or the domestic tourists because of revival this year or till March," Kashmir has been facing knees. Sonamarg — considered two and then leave," he said. the advisory which asked the a travel agent said. unprecedented restrictions for as the gateway to Ladakh region According to official fig- visitors to leave, about 800 for- The famous Dal lake in nearly a month now, as normal — is a picturesque resort in cen- ures, 1.74 lakh tourists visited eign tourists have been regis- Srinagar, which otherwise is a life remains affected across the tral Kashmir's Ganderbal dis- Kashmir in June, followed by tered for the month. star attraction for the visitors, Valley with markets shut and trict and usually remained 1.52 lakh, including 3,403 for- "The state's CID registers is calm and the only activity public transport off the roads crammed with visitors. eigners, in July. the foreigners, so that number taking place there is of since August 5. However, the resort looks However, officials in the is officially available. But, since some locals trying their hands Days before announcing deserted with most of the Tourism Department said the there is a ban on tourists, the at angling. ! ! (;! )" ! "#$ > 8,, % * * - + 7 .& - * Bengaluru: Continuing to & * express doubts over the longevi- ty of the BJP Government in Karnataka, Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday said he asked his party men to * prepare for Assembly polls. Hitting out at the BS -:+-7 Yediyurappa-led Government, the former Chief Minister said, arrackpore BJP MP Arjun there was no administration in BSingh on Sunday received the State for last one month. serious head injuries as fresh “I have said, it is difficult for Mangaluru I have told our become Ministers, but they clashes broke out between the this Government to complete party men that first the by-elec- have not begun their work. So ruling Trinamool Congress .%%9 sector by targeting several for- three-and-half years. With the tions will come, after that there is no government for last and the BJP in Bhatpara- ward posts and civilian areas support of 17 Congress-JD(S) assembly election may also one month,” he alleged. Jagatdal-Shyamnagar belt of n Indian Army jawan around 12.00 pm Pakistan Army people (disqualified former leg- come, so all of you get ready.” Following the collapse of North 24 Parganas. Aattained martyrdom in fired mortar shells to target islators) if they (BJP) say they Absence of 17 Congress- Congress-JD(S) coalition gov- All hell broke loose in 3 < ) ) 3! 2 2 heavy exchange of firing along civilian areas,official sources will run the government, how JD(S) MLAs during the trust ernment, Yediyurappa was Barrackpore zone even as both & 5) ? 3 )" the Line of Control in Poonch said. long can it survive?” vote had led to the collapse of sworn in as the Chief Minister sides fought with bombs and sector on Sunday. In response, Indian Army Siddaramaiah asked. the HD Kumaraswamy headed on July 26, and subsequently he brickbats, thus forcing his party workers following the area after the elections. Half Till the time of filing the retaliated effectively causing Speaking to reporters in coalition Government in July, proved majority on the floor of police to lathicharge the ram- reports of clashes between the a dozen people have been report, the identity of the soldier, extensive damage to few launch- Mysuru he alleged all the 17 and helped BJP to come to the assembly on July 29. paging mob from both sides try- two parties was gheraoed and killed and many houses have who made supreme sacrifice in ing pads in the area. Congress-JD(S) disqualified power. More than three weeks after ing to attack and capture each attacked by the ruling party been burnt in the past three or the line of duty, could not be According to reports, MLAs have gone with the BJP The then Assembly Speaker he was sworn in as the Chief other’s party offices. men. “They not only smashed four months. ascertained. Pakistan Army was targeting for the sake of “power”. Ramesh Kumar had disqualified Minister, Yediyurappa had Things reached to such a my car but attacked my men A temporary truce had Confirming the report relat- forward areas to divert attention “With those who are not 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs under expanded his cabinet on August pass that Barrackpore and me. When we started a been arrived at a couple of ed to fatal injury suffered by one of the Indian Army so as to push committed to a party’s principles the anti-defection law, which 20 by inducting 17 Ministers, Commissioner of Police, Manoj protest demonstration against months ago after Verma took of the jawans, Defence PRO in heavily armed group of infiltra- and programmes, with those they have challenged in the and a week after that he allo- Verma, had to resort to fire in this unprovoked violence the charge as the new CP but things Jammu, Lt Col Devender Anand tors inside the Indian territory. who don’t have political values Supreme Court. cated portfolios to them. the air from his personal pistol police commissioner resorted to erupted once again on Sunday said, “one Army soldier attained Local villagers in Poonch if you form a government, how On getting relief from the Both Cabinet expansion late on Sunday noon, sources lathi-charge and he personally as the area witnessed continued martyrdom during ceasefire claimed, after a long gap both long can it survive?” he ques- apex court, some of them would and allocation of portfolios said even as Singh, who received hit me with a lathi on my head,” bombing and gun fights since violation in Poonch on Sunday”. the sides exchanged heavy firing tioned. be inducted into the cabinet as there after that saw appointment a fractured skull, told reporters Singh himself considered to be Sunday morning. Since August 15, fourth in the forward area. Large num- As the BS Yediyurappa-led per the arrangement agreed of three Deputy Chief Ministers that the he was selectively tar- a local strongman said. “No one can organise a Indian army jawan has lost his ber of people remained strand- BJP Government completed upon, BJP sources have said. had lead to discontent within geted and beaten up by the The saffron MP had been a democratic movement in life in Pakistan firing in the ed inside their houses due to one month in office last week, Responding to a question the BJP. Police Commissioner. four-time TMC MLA from Bengal. There is no scope for the region. In the last one month heavy exchange of firing. Siddaramaiah had claimed that whether the BJP Government Alleging that the Reports said that the skir- Bhatpara and switched over to Opposition parties to carry out along over 280 incidents of Indian Army Chief General it may last one year at the has taken off, Siddaramaiah Government has not been mish started near Feeder Road the BJP just before the general their programmes as the TMC ceasefire violations were report- Bipin Rawat had earlier visited most. sought to know if it existed at all. effective in addressing the at Shyamnagar from where elections only to defeat sitting will not let them do so,” Singh ed from across the line of con- the forward areas of Poonch on Claiming that it was diffi- “Where is the needs of those affected by violence spread like wild fire Trinamool MP Dinesh Trivedi. said adding while his party trol. Saturday to take stock of the pre- cult for the BJP Government to Government?” he asked. floods, Siddaramaiah said, they to other. The two sides had engaged men were attacked by the TMC According to ground vailing security situation and survive for long, Siddaramaiah “Yediyurappa headed the have not been able to manage Clashes started after the each other in a bloody turf war goons in presence of police the reports, Pakistan Army initiat- review operational readiness of on Sunday said, “Yesterday also single member cabinet for about the situation and relief work BJP MP who had come to meet ever since the central forces left CP personally beat him up. ed ceasefire violation in Poonch the units. during party workers meeting in 25 days.. Now 17 of them have “properly.” PTI + * % %+ ! /0 Guwahati: Doctors in Jorhat Medical College Sitamarhi (Bihar): Making a inmates whipped mobile Assam on Sunday called Hospital. mockery of jail rules, a murder phones out of their pockets and for a 24-hour ‘withdrawal of Borah said the assault on convict cut a cake and served clicked selfies with Tiwari, he medical services excluding Dutta is the third major inci- mutton curry to other inmates said. Rai said the revelry took emergency’ across the State dent of physical attack on doc- here on his birthday as the place in violation of the jail on September 3 in protest tors serving in tea gardens and ‘invitees’ recorded the celebra- manual and the entire episode against the killing of an elder- the number of such incidents tion on mobile phones, a video was captured on mobile ly doctor by associates of a is increasing. of which surfaced online fol- phones, the entry of which is patient who died at a tea gar- “As a mark of protest lowing which seven prison offi- banned inside the prison. den hospital in Jorhat. against these incidents and cials have been suspended. Tiwari, a sharp-shooter of Doctors will withdraw failure of the Government to In the undated video, Pintu the Mukesh Pathak gang, had their services from 6 am but the provide security to the doctors Tiwari, who is serving life sen- carried a reward of 50,000 on emergency in all hospitals will and convict the culprits, doc- tence for killing two engineers his head. He was arrested from remain open, President of the tors have decided to withdraw in Darbhanga, is seen sharing Patna three years ago. It was not Assam State Branch of the services for 24 hours,” he said. sweets with other inmates who clear when the birthday party Indian Medical Association, The IMA demanded that presented him with gifts and was held but the video was wide- Dr Satyajit Borah said. the government ensures exem- took selfies together on their ly shared on Saturday night, The Teok Tea estate doctor, plary punishment of the cul- mobile phones, Sitamarhi Jail leaving the jail authorities red- 73-year-old Dr Deben Dutta prits and beef up security mea- Superintendent Rajesh Kumar faced. Inspector General of was assaulted on Saturday by sures such as installation of Rai said. A platter of rice and Police (Jail) Mithilesh Mishra on garden workers following the surveillance cameras in all mutton curry was served at the Sunday ordered the suspension death of a person in the estate health establishments including gathering while some of the of seven prison officials. PTI ) ; - ) hospital. Dutta later died at the those in tea gardens. PTI ! - &-) @.8 & 1 %
%9%;/ Hitting out at Gandhi for his Rahjuji is making such state- statement that there had been ments?,” he said. Q* % R+(4 nion Home Minister and violence in Kashmir ever since The Union Home Minister UBJP president Amit Shah on the abrogation of Article 370, slammed the former Congress Solapur: Maharashtra Chief Thorat, MNS chief Raj Sunday sounded the bugle for Shah said: “Rahul Gandhi has president for not standing by the Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thackeray, NCP’s Ajit Pawar the Maharashtra Assembly polls said that violence has broken out Government in matters relating Sunday took a dig at the and Chhagan Bhujbal, had by making removal of Jammu & Kashmir after the abrogation of to national security. “Whenever Congress and the NCP over held a press conference, where Kashmir’s special status under Article 370. I would like to tell there are issues of national secu- their EVM tampering allega- they termed the Lok Sabha 370 of the Constitution as a you that after the abrogation of rity, the Congress takes a differ- tions by equating them with a polls results as “shocking”. major plank for the State Article 370 on August 5 an 6, not ent stand than the Government. “dim-witted child, who blames Raising concern over the use of Assembly polls to be held in $ 2 A single bullet has been fired nor I would like to ask him if it is not it on a faulty pen for failing in EVMs, they had also made a Maharashtra. - ( )" has a single tear gas shell been correct on the part of all the an exam”. pitch for reverting to the use of Addressing a public rally burst. No one has been killed in Opposition parties to raise above He was speaking here at problem with EVMs, but when ballot papers. organised at Solapur in western the Congress and NCP with being held in Maharashtra. any untoward incident.” their party affiliations and stand the conclusion of the second leg BJP wins in other places, they Meanwhile, Congress Maharashtra to mark the con- regard to the removal of Article Rahul Gandhi says the annul- Shah said that the Gandhi’s with the Government on issues of his ‘Mahajanadesh Yatra’, a blame it on the machines,” MLA Jaykumar Gore from clusion of the second phase of 370. Do they want the terrorism ment of Article 370 was a very statement there was no peace in of national security. mass contact programme Fadnavis said. Mann-Khatav segment in Chief Minister Devendra to continue unabated in the big blunder. Let the people of Kashmir after the removal of There are so many issues to launched on August 1. BJP “There is no problem with Satara, former NCP MP Fadnavis’ statewide tour country? Do they want Pakistani Maharashtra decide if it is abro- Article 370 was being used by fight the elections. Let us fight chief and Union Home EVMs, but certainly with your Dhananjay Mahadik, NCP “Mahajanadesh Yatra”, Shah terrorist continue to infiltrate gation of Article 370 was a Pakistani Parliament to criticise it out politically in elections. No Minister Amit Shah was also head,” he added. MLA Rana Jagjit Singh Patil dared former Congress presi- into the country and engineer blunder. Will you the people India. “Rahul Gandhi’s statement one is afraid of you. But, when present at the event. Ahead of the Lok Sabha from Tuljapur assembly seg- dent Rahul Gandhi and NCP acts of violence?”. decide? . Rahul Gandhi has to is being used by Pakistani for- it comes to the national securi- “The situation of Congress polls, NCP chief Sharad Pawar ment of Osmanabad district on founder-president to come clean Linking the abrogation of fight the State Assembly polls on eign minister to make a petition ty, why should there be differ- and NCP is like a dim- witted had said that if Sule does not Sunday joined the BJP in the on whether they supported or Article 370 with the Article 370. We have nothing to in the UN. I would like to ask ence of opinion? When we were child, who does not study at all win from Baramati, he will lose presence of Amit Shah. not the Centre’s decision to Maharashtra Assembly polls worry on this count, because the Rahulji as to which country you in the Opposition for many and fails in exam, but blames confidence in EVMs. The third phase of abrogate Article 370. “The peo- due in October this year, Shah people of this country are stand- are speaking. Pakistan is saying years, we always supported the it on a faulty pen. When NCP Recently, prominent oppo- Fadnavis’s ‘Mahajanadesh Yatra’ ple of Maharashtra want to said: “After the abrogation of ing by Narendra Modi like a the same thing that you are say- Government on issues of nation- candidate Supriya Sule wins sition leaders, including state will begin after the ten-day know as to what is the stance of Article 370, the first elections are hard rock.” ing. Should we not ask as to why al security,” he said. from Baramati, then there is no Congress president Balasaheb Ganesh festival. PTI - ( # ! 5 5+R167 * ,& Panaji: The Opposition Congress in turn all those people who are com- Goa on Sunday contested the BJP- pelled to use open spaces to answer Kolkata: A candidate of the were locked on a holiday. led state government’s claim that all their natural calls as criminals,pure- West Bengal Integrated Child Finding no other alterna- Imphal: The cabinet of Manipur Chief Minister village panchayat areas have become ly because Government has miser- Development Society (ICDS) tive, he took her to a lane adja- N Biren Singh has declared a drought-like sit- open defecation free. ably failed to provide them with ade- examination on Sunday was cent to the examination centre uation in the state owing to scant rain that have Leader of Opposition in the quate toilets,” Kamat said in a tweet. allegedly compelled to breast- and the baby was fed, he said. led to crop failures in over 70 blocks of the state, Legislative Assembly, Digambar Contesting Godinho’s claim that feed her baby in the open out- The man’s claim was cor- a government release said. Kamat, said the government has the government had installed ade- side due to lack of facilities for roborated by locals who helped The decision was taken on Saturday to seek “manipulated” facts and figures to quate number of toilets, including it inside the building. the couple. relief from the Centre, the statement by N create a “false picture” of acquiring community ones, in these areas, The incident took place at The young woman then Geoffrey, secretary to the chief minister, said. ODF status, which he said will Kamat said information provided to a school building in South 24 returned to the examination “Rain deficit this year has affected crops in affect the “image of Goa”, a popular the Assembly had “showed that a Parganas district’s Baruipur. centre and wrote the papers for over 70 blocks of the state. Villages that have wit- tourist destination. Panchayat huge number of houses lacked toilet The 21-year-old woman’s West Bengal ICDS Female nessed crop failures ranging between 33 per cent Minister Mauvin Godinho had said facilities”. “It is surprising that husband told reporters that Supervisor Recruitment 2019, and more than 50 per cent have been categorised all 180-odd panchayats have been Government has just ignored the baby started crying just her husband said. The exam as moderately and severely affected,” it said. officially declared as ODF. facts and figures to create a false pic- before the start of the exami- centre authorities, however, Prior to the Cabinet meeting, the chief min- “Goa declared 100 percent ODF: ture. This will severely affect the nation and she was told by the said all help was extended to ister chaired a high-level emergency meeting This is expected from the image of the state. I urge the guards that there was no the woman in the prevailing sit- with cabinet ministers, MLAs, top officials, Government which has mastered the Government to understand the arrangement for breastfeeding uation and she was guided to deputy commissioners of 16 districts and rep- art of manipulating facts & figures ground reality by reading various at the examination centre, as all an area within the compound resentatives of agricultural institutes to discuss to create fake feeling of Acche Din”. media reports in today’s local news- other rooms of the building of the school building. PTI the situation, it said. PTI “This announcement will now papers,” he added. PTI ! "#$ ! 7 / "' $/# !*( 8 67 4 ( 8 8 ,",6(& /1," '- 3 & * - + * 8* ? % ! ! ) ) $ (3 * @ ? # . $ ( P Q # ( 0 ,"2# . $S ? / % ( ) ecently, during a conversation, the line “Depression is a rich . man’s disease” was mentioned. 8122 . % # $ This was followed up by the fact $ ? ( that the poor do not have the Rmental bandwidth to get “depressed” as $ 4 ) ?S ? their concerns are almost always more about material things. This is patently : ( @ untrue and, in fact, a casual observation of suicide statistics across the world will ? 0 ) )S ( prove just that. Sure, a majority of farmer $ S . suicides, about which we often wring our ? @ % 4 5 hands, are due to financial stress but the very act of taking one’s own life, some- / ? ( times murdering even our loved ones, ? P )Q # requires a certain sort of psychological ) 0 stress. A very cogent argument can be made that to really reduce farmer suicides, 6 4 . ) ( one does not need financial bolstering as 117 much as sending an army of psychologists 0 ? $ ( to rural India. But we do not even have enough psychologists to cover major ? )S ! Indian cities, let alone our villages. (? ? It is estimated that about one in eight ) ? (( ( Indians needs some sort of mental health- $S ? care at some point in their lives. Only about 10 per cent of them receive help. And while der why someone like me, a do not have that kind of sup- This requires a new sort of ) 5 S not all help is needed from certified pro- child of privilege in this coun- port from their families. And thinking and the highest levels $ : 4 fessionals, there is a severe shortage of even try, would feel the way I did. I this is what must change, of policy-making. People must . $ ).) trained counsellors, particularly in educa- do not know frankly, despite whether it is a teenager or a 50- understand that this is a press- tional institutions. When it comes to issues while growing up, partic- year-old. Families need to ing problem because millions of 0 . trained clinical psychologists, there are just ularly around my parents’ sep- understand that if someone is Indians suffer mental illness. about a 1,000 doctors across the country aration. That is something I /7/'/%:7 7 actively seeking help, he/she Ergo, it is also important for ? with an extreme bias towards the large met- managed to deal with. My should be provided the support. those, who have been through ropolitan areas of Delhi-NCR and Greater career was fine. Yes, it could 75775& The problem should not be such problems, including $ ) Mumbai. An article that appeared in the have been better but really, in 0:E& %& 7 swept under the carpet and they myself, to talk and write about $ . $ Times of India, which talked about the hor- terms of everything, things must not insist that mental these issues to ensure that those ) $ 8ABC $ D ! rible statistics on mental health, mentioned were not bad per se and on the :%:7&'75& issues are a passing phase. going through clinical depres- that there are more Indian psychologists in face of it, if you had met me &'7;+/'5%& 7 While talking and under- sion realise that they are not . ? ( the UK and the US than in India. The num- back then, I was the same gre- standing why someone is going alone, they are not screwed up ) ber of social workers and nurses specialis- garious, talkative person you’d :)%:& through such problems is a start in the head or whatever else $ S ? ( ing in mental health is equally low. And see today. Yet, inside, I was in and friends and families make they are told. what about criminal psychologists, the types a horrible place with thoughts / '7/797/: ' 4 a difference, a mental health There is a lot of cutting- $S you see glorified in American and British of self-harm and killing myself. 7/ '%:& professional, often by virtue of edge research being done into ) ? ( ( crime dramas? Almost none. And it is not me alone, actor :)&''/: +'( being a new voice of support, a mental health issues, particular- " # ( One reason for this extreme shortage Deepika Padukone, too, opened new place to offload the issues ly post-traumatic stress disor- is that mental health issues are treated as up with the challenges she 75/'5';&& that one has and also someone der and the treatment of those $ 4 / D 8AAA ) 277C an embarrassment by many Indian fami- faced surrounding mental who will not judge, is the go-to problems with unconventional 4 . $ 4 > lies. They fear having a crazy person, who health. 44&''&47: remedy. Oversight is a mistake means such as MDMA and 6 ? $ will have to go to a pagalkhana. This would There is no reason to feel &7/ &N7& 7 that friends and families make, marijuana. Not only should stigmatise the family in society and nobody depressed and to go down the not necessarily deliberately but India catch up with such 4 $ would want to associate with them. But the rabbit hole of clinical depres- / && 7 just by virtue of being humans. research, we should establish : E @ / $ 4 : . truth is that for every severe case of men- sion. Being depressed is not ;940&7'( Sadly, the lack of support or more institutes that can deal . S tal illness, with outward symptoms, there about being unaware to express 5:3&E&$ understanding often worsens with these problems and do our # P Q are hundreds of cases of perfectly normal, joy or happiness when one matters and drives sufferers to own research. seemingly happy people who are deep in needs to, but yes, there is a %& 7+5&+75/' self-harm or worse, suicide. But most importantly, we . % / ? ? the throes of depression. This could be due sense, at least for me at that It is also important that the have to realise that we have a % . : )S $ ( to some traumatic event in the past; it could time, of extreme loneliness. '7/+++:34:3 Government promotes the problem when it comes to ) ( be due to unhappiness in love or due to And possibly the recalibration : 75&+/'7:) establishment of more institu- mental health and we have to one’s career and sometimes it could be due I had to make with my relation- tions and trains more mental help those who might have $ to nothing at all, really. And the reason I ships, particularly at a time 5&+75& health professionals. This has stopped by the wayside of life. know this is because I have been there when so many are facile or been addressed to a certain If someone says that he/she myself, down a dark hole of nothingness but purely transactional, helped. /:/7/&' extent in recent Budgets. needs help even if they do not outwardly, everything seems fine. The biggest help, however, However, the fact remains that verbalise it, do not ignore it. Be I was fortunate in the sense that I had was not just seeing someone but mental health still ranks low on there for them and direct them ) access to professionals and medication and having my mother ensure that the list of healthcare priorities to the help that they so desper- while it was not all about a switch in my I went to a doctor. And that in a country as large as India ately need. 9:/ * ;- + * head, I did, with help from others, snap support was critical because where basic healthcare needs (The writer is Managing * * back. But on the face of it, one might won- many people, who need help, are far more pressing. Editor, The Pioneer) * $ + # ( / ?"2 ) 3 ((( / ! * / P Q ( 3 (((3 (// ! !, . $/ (7 , ( , ! (/ 0 / ( ( !( / *( ( " $$ " 45$& * 6*(5 7$* 8$(59 $*5 (5"5$$ " " K - 4 K- K' % L K7 0 / ( 2 2 # 2 22 /"2 # ( 0 12 33 Boris Johnson had pledged a “no ifs, no buts” exit from the EU. And . ( ( he did precisely that by prorogu- Sir — This refers to the article, ' , ing Parliament for five weeks. " ( “Give a dog a bad name” (August This has shocked most Britishers # 31) by Hiranmay Karlekar. The 7 ! . H more so because the October 30 4 45 / . %5 6 writer has made a good case - 2M?(7 * $ deadline is just 60 days away and against the municipal culling of , nothing concrete has happened ( ( # stray dogs. It would really ' , ever since Theresa May left 10, 0 amount to an ecological disaster (5$ Downing Street. This would also ( if we try to exterminate these * ! mean that the lawmakers will natural scavengers or even pest 9 / $ 9 have less time to debate Johnson’s predators like rats. 0 (7 , Brexit plan. The best option for the # 2789 : ! Animal activists such as 4 * * UK is to stay put in the EU as it / ; :!/< *$ Maneka Gandhi had attributed L M ! , would be a win-win situation for # 2789 the same reason to the outbreak O * them and rest of the world. of plague in Surat in 1994. !, ( * E Bal Govind ; 8= < According to her, if stray dogs of / ! (3 Noida 6 " one area are killed, their space 0 $ ! $ ( would be filled by an equal num- (7 ! , ' ( ber from another area. 0 (% $ &*( + > For long, we have tried to ! ' + > ( manage this issue by brutally Sir — The Government’s move to putting the dogs down. That, too, merge various Public Sector with poorly trained workers. As Let me recall an inspiring charge at him. He soaked a piece Banks (PSBs) and reduce their ) . a win-win solution, activists have anecdote in this context. When of cloth with the medicine and numbers to 12 was unwarranted advocated sterilisation, which eminent educationist and free- tied it to one end of a long stick. and is aimed at deflecting atten- P emasculates the biting instinct in dom fighter Madan Mohan Holding the other, he applied the Sir — This refers to the editorial, tion from the economic slow- male dogs. But sterilisation pro- Malaviya was young, he once saw medicine to the dog’s ear from a “Brexit brink” (August 29). By down. It did not even think it fit Q / grammes for stray dogs in our a dog on the road, which was flail- safe distance even as it kept agreeing to leave the European to engage the bank unions before ( ( country are in tatters and ing in pain from an ear wound. howling. The burning sensation Union (EU), the British had inflict- making a structural shift. > need to be strengthened. We Moved by its plight, he rushed to soon subsided and the afflicted ed self-harm and with a massive Ravi must look for compassionate a veterinary doctor for medicine animal fell asleep. Relieved, divide between the people across Via email ( ways to handle the stray dog and determinedly went to the Malaviya left the place. society, no one knew exactly what problem instead of eliminating unapproachable dog in spite of CV Krishna Manoj was in store or what should be ! 9 ( them completely. the doctor’s warning that it might Hyderabad done. In this context, maverick **5$*(4( 5;9" )6(" ! "#$ 8 / "' $/# ="#2 ,( " * (2# L > ' )#$ ) P ) ! ) '> ! ) 3 $ L L ! *( * 6*
1( @2A + * - * S ) < * + ( $ ! ) 4 F ;)4F< emocracy is one of the cardinal princi- G9 ples of constitutional values guaranteed G879 Dto the citizens of India. The State, as a # F social institution, draws its contemporary pow- H ID) ers and sovereignty from its citizens. Constitutionalism demands electoral democra- # F cy and popular sovereignty, which in turn require ! 8B=A not just theoretical representation but also * equal representation. Since the end of the Cold $S War, the universality of elections and electoral % $ reforms has been institutionalised by democra- cy. ;% $< 17 O 92 A radical move was taken by the 3C ) Constituent Assembly by adopting the parlia- 2C ) ( $ mentary system of governance in India. It is also essential to understand that it was implement- # $ ( ed at a time when more than three-fourths of . the world’s population lived under autocratic 37 ( or partly free governments. It was still a dis- 21 ) tant dream for a majority of the world popu- # lation to exercise their civil liberties and to F F freely participate in political life. The success of Indian elections is not limited to just polit- ! ( ical liberalisation or democratic advancement. It has also played a vital role in the transfer of $ ) ( power from the entitled to the empowered. > A vibrant democracy requires timely reforms. The Constitution of India has put a 278= . cap on the maximum number of representatives $ 6 4 17 $ (Members of Parliament) elected to the Lok 6 $ ( Sabha at 550. In countries like the United /)/%+&%& 7&4 Kingdom (UK), there are 650 MPs, with each / B?21$75& . ( 0 one representing roughly 1 lakh individuals. In 4&+/%/77/: India’s present demography, each MP represents :&''3:9+4 about 24 lakh citizens if we divide 1.3 billion +&47:':%& ( among 545 Lok Sabha MPs. India is one of the 4 ( '9;'7 7/+ most disproportionately represented parliamen- :;+&%'( # tary systems in the world. The problem is not limited to this as the bigger elephant in the :+/7/++</7 $ $ 4 ) room is the issue of unequal representation. %/057&N 4 ? ( India is the second populous country in the 75&0&7 . 6 world and there is a growing need to exercise :75,':975 the number of Lok Sabha seats from Delimitation is not just a political istrative problem of gerrymandering, $ $ $ ;$$$< delimitation of constituencies to ensure equi- 4/E/4&(75&& 1981 to 2031 for 50 years. The popu- process, its an administrative action which is redrawing boundaries in a table representation. 3:9+4;& lation of India according to the 2011 backed with political intent. If imple- manner that it tilts the outcome of an Delimitation is the act or process of fixing Census is around 121 crore, out of mented in 2031, the process would election in favour of a particular 6 '9;'7 7/+ limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies / &'&/ 75& which 83.41 crore are registered vot- lead to some substantial problems. party or candidate. Democracy can be in a country or a province having a legislative ers. Keeping the 1971 Census with a Politically it might expand the North- easily hijacked as a legitimising tool ( 9%;&:)%' body. A delimitation commission is set up to ):%75& 54.81 crore population and a 27.4 crore South divide. There would be a sub- by undemocratic forces. The 2002 ? 6 undertake the exercise across the country. registered electorate as a yardstick to stantial increase in the number of MPs Delimitation Commission had politi- P Q ) There are multiple methodologies used for '77&'/ 75& demarcate constituencies to repre- from the States in the Hindi belt but cians as its members and this led to $ delimitation such as the Jefferson method, the 5/ 4/;&+7;97 sent today’s 1.3 billion people is not from those of the South as these charges of malpractices and manipu- Hamilton method, Quota method, Webster :7):%75:'& counter-productive to democracy. States have managed population con- lation being raised. P Q ? ; method, etc. India used the Webster method or :)75&':975' Given the 2026 timeline, fresh delim- trol better. With an upper limit on the maxi- ) 0 one-person-one-vote method. India redrew its 75&'&'77&' itation would be done after 2031 with 2018 already saw the southern mum number of representatives man- . S P) # Lok Sabha boundaries in 1952, 1963, 1973 and 5E&% 0&4 new census figures. This is expected to States coming together to express their dated by the Constitution, it is upon the 2002. The Indian Constitution has laid down cer- revamp the existing territorial bound- anger against the 15th Finance policymakers to look for alternatives. . Q< :9+7/: tain basic rules for delimitation and left out other aries of seat allocation to the States in Commission which determines the It can be adopting the presidential sys- ) : 7:+ actual procedural regulations to be decided by ;&77& Parliament. share of each State in the nation’s tem of governance or decentralising $ the Parliament. The idea of delimitation is to By making the provisions of Article resources. They claimed that the rich- power. The number of MPs in metro- ( have each MP represent roughly an equal 370 of the Constitution of India otiose, er and less populous States in South politan cities can be reduced substan- ; P number of voters. the Modi Government has given hints India end up contributing more than tially by empowering mayors or Q ."S Articles 81, 82, 170, 330 and 332 of the of addressing the delimitation issues of they receive. The success of urban strengthening municipal corporations. K# < # $ Constitution touch upon the constitutional the Legislative Assembly seats in the development programmes and start-up The process of defining the areas $ # provision of delimitations and electorate mat- Union Territory of Jammu and hubs in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and nature of such constituencies is % ; L ters. As per Article 82, delimitation shall be car- Kashmir (J&K). Non-applicability of has led to large foreign investments in important to ensure good governance 0S < ried out by such authority and in such manner People’s Representation Act of India in the region, which are all set to econom- and accountability. as the Parliament may, by law, determine. J&K has been a common hindrance to ically advance their contribution to the Underrepresentation of voices of the Article 81 (3) after the 42nd Amendment the delimitation of parliamentary seats national economy. people in the Parliament is a great ) ! provides that in this article, the expression pop- as recommended by the Justice Kuldip According to an IndiaSpend threat to our constitutional mandate. ) P Q ulation means the population as ascertained at Singh Commission. The Kashmir analysis of a Kotak Securities report While constitutions of countries like ; the last preceding census of which the relevant Valley, comprising the total area of on the demographic dividend of New Zealand and South Africa provide < / $ + figures have been published. The Constitution 15,953 sq km, had 46 Assembly seats India’s Gangetic belt, which includes explicitly for delimitation, in others like ;P (84th Amendment), Act 2001 under Section 3 as compared to 37 seats for Jammu Uttarakhand, UP, Rajasthan, Madhya India and Ireland, it is left to the Q 4 < extended the deadline from 2000 to 2026. This with a geographical area of 26,293 sq Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Parliament to make legislations. 2031 / . was done because States like Kerala, Punjab and km. There are wide disparities with Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, if is not far away and it is crucial for the ? $ %(/ Tamil Nadu would lose several seats as they had constituencies based on demography. India’s parliamentary seats were to be Government to start consultations ( brought down their fertility rates, whereas For instance, Gurez Assembly has re-allocated on the basis of population, with States and bring more legal clar- $ 8ACB poor family planning programmes had ensured merely 18,000 voters as against around the Gangetic belt would send 275 of ity in the matter. that the population in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar two lakh voters in Jammu West and 548 MPs to the Lok Sabha. It was also (Abhishek Negi is an Assistant $ ( ; 4 and Rajasthan continued to be high. This Gandhi Nagar constituencies. Kishtwar reported that around 33 per cent of Professor of Law at Dharmashastra . ) would have affected the representation of States region has only two Assembly seats members of the Lok Sabha will come National Law University and Adithya < in the Lok Sabha. with an area of 7,824 sq km, which is from three states — UP, Bihar and Anil Variath is a student of Master of ! " # $ Both the 42nd and 84th amendments froze half of the area of Kashmir. West Bengal. Then there’s the admin- Laws at the institute.) 6 R* % *
ber, if it is to function and hear martial.” reportedly 16,000 at last count, the come to this pass despite the SC Indian Babu! military criminal justice system is cases. However, as per the AFT If that were not enough, under chances of the case being heard thwarting all attempts by bureau- That the Government’s motives not harmed. Its long-term reper- website itself, there are a total of Article 33 of the Constitution a two and resolved within a reasonable crats to subvert the independence are clearly suspect as can be seen cussions on the morale of the only three judicial members, Judge Bench of the Supreme Court period of time are negligible, if at and working of the AFT through from the fact that, recently as forces are not difficult to envision. including the chairperson, and (SC) in its order of March 2018 has all. the Finance Act, 2017. In fact, the August 13, 2019, the advertisement Finally, there is little doubt that five administrative members taken away the right of High Also, if one did get an adverse AFT Bar Association filed a com- issued for appointment of admin- egos are at play here and that is appointed as on date. This implies Courts (HC) to hear writ petitions resolution, there is no other court plaint with the SC in September istrative members is blatantly in unacceptable. that only three Benches can actu- filed against the orders of the in the land that one can approach, 2016 for immediate filling of contravention of SC directions. In Criminal negligence of this ally function at present and with AFT. It has instead directly taken except for the highest, and that too appointments of judicial mem- a facile attempt at deception, it has kind cannot and must not be con- ( "( some members about to retire upon itself the burden of such lit- with permission of the Tribunal. bers that was taken cognisance of published this advertisement only doned, and those responsible must soon, it will be down to two func- igation, which in plain speak, Whether the SC will be willing to and converted into a Public in Hindi, unlike its other advertise- be held to account. What could be n an article titled tional Benches by October-end and given that it only entertains appeals hear the appeal remains a matter Interest Litigation (PIL). ments which are in English. more disgraceful than denying ‘Disempowering the Soldier’, none by December. Rest in Peace. that concern “point of law of gen- of conjecture given its policy on the In addition, there is another Moreover, there are uncon- justice to members of the armed Ipublished in The Pioneer on Well not quite, because what eral public importance” involving issue. If all of this does not count appeal pending in the SC on a peti- firmed reports doing the rounds forces who willingly sacrifice November 30, 2018, this author this horrific and wholly unjustified the case, casts doubts on which as a serious miscarriage of justice tion that was allowed by the Punjab that names forwarded for judicial everything for the nation? attempted to highlight the precar- state of affairs has done is to appeals it will hear. Ironically, this and a violation of human rights, and Haryana HC in 2012, accept- and administrative members by the This should not be a game of ious state of functioning of the impinge on the constitutional was done to ensure that members then what does? ing contentions that the AFT ought selection committee, early this one-upmanship or a battle of wills Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), rights of the members of the mil- of the armed forces receive speedy Thus what our Government not to operate under the defence year, have been held in abeyance by and while the Government fiddles, thanks to deliberate inaction on the itary community, serving and justice, something that most citi- has been able to achieve is to ministry but under the law min- the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) lives, careers and futures are being part of the Central Government. retired, leaving them completely zens can only crave. ensure that people from the armed istry. The rationale behind the peti- because they refused to consider destroyed on a daily basis. It also Since then, the situation has only disempowered. This is because So, in plain language, one is forces do not have the right to be tion was that this constituted a names of candidates who did not speaks ill of the state of our democ- taken a turn for the worse and has under our laws, the AFT is the only damned to perdition if one is a mil- heard, something which every clear conflict of interest since the meet the criteria set by the SC. racy and surely our military men now reached a stage where the channel available to military per- itary man or woman, unhappy at murderer, rapist or for that matter Defence Ministry was invariably While the blame for the delay in deserve better? Will Prime AFT, for all practical purposes, is sonnel to seek justice in matters the manner in which they have even Pakistani terrorist, Ajmal the first party in cases before the appointing members clearly rests Minister Modi or the SC please act likely to be dead before the year pertaining to “disputes and com- been treated by the Service, as all Kasab, took for granted. Utterly tribunal, and in addition, the with the Government, the SC, too, before it is too late. end. plaints with respect to commission, avenues to getting justice have been shameful for a Government that Defence Secretary was part of the held the last hearing on the PIL (The writer, a military veteran To recapitulate, each of the 17 appointments, enrollments and shut. While one can still approach supposedly lives and breathes committee to appoint members. more than a year ago. is consultant with the Observer benches of the AFT across the conditions of service”, as well as the AFT and file a petition, but if nationalism. When William Congreve wrote The military leadership is also Research Foundation and a Senior country require at least one judi- “appeals arising out of orders, the situation remains as it is, then What is most frustrating and that “hell hath no fury like a not beyond reproach for not ensur- Visiting Fellow with The Peninsula cial and one administrative mem- findings or sentences of courts- given the pendency of cases, reprehensible is that matters have woman scorned”, he hadn’t met the ing that an essential element of the Foundation, Chennai) 9 ! "#$
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TAppellate Tribunal Tlatest round of tariffs on per cent tariffs — this time on That cost could weaken an (NCLAT) has rejected the oil Chinese imports took effect roughly $160 billion of imports. already slowing US economy. ministry’s plea seeking $314 early Sunday, potentially rais- If those duties take effect, vir- Though consumer spending million (around 2,245 crore) ing prices Americans pay for tually all goods imported from grew last quarter at its fastest from insolvency-bound some clothes, shoes, sporting China will be covered. pace in five years, the overall Videocon Industries in unpaid goods and other consumer The Trump administration economy expanded at just a profit petroleum from the goods in advance of the holiday has been locked in a trade war modest 2 per cent annual rate, Ravva oil and gas fields in the shopping season. with China for more than a year, down from a 3.1 per cent rate eastern offshore. B The 15 per cent taxes apply spurred by its assertion that in the first three months of the The ministry had on - 2 ; ?! C-;?D 87B4 (4- to about $112 billion of China steals US trade secrets year. The economy is widely October 22 last year sent ) 0 Chinese imports. All told, more and unfairly subsidises its own expected to slow further in the Videocon a demand notice 4% than two-thirds of the con- companies in its drive to over- months ahead as income for payment of Government’s -;? 4 ! sumer goods the United States take the United States in such growth slows, businesses delay share of profit petroleum, imports from China now face high-tech industries as artificial expansions and higher prices which is calculated after all higher taxes. The administra- intelligence and electric cars. from tariffs depress consumer capital and operating cost is tion had largely avoided hitting To try to force Beijing to spending. deducted from the sale of oil consumer items in its earlier reform its trade practices, the Companies have already &34&+5/ segment, translating into a and gas. rounds of tariff hikes. Trump administration has reduced investment spending, total net outflow of 5,920.02 Videocon, which holds 25 But with prices of many imposed import taxes on billions and exports have dropped oreign investors pulled out crore during August 1 - 30. per cent stake in Ravva oil and retail goods now likely to rise, of dollars’ worth of Chinese against a backdrop of slower Fa net amount of 5,920 In July, overseas investors gas fields, had been admitted the administration’s move imports, and China has retali- global growth. crore from the Indian capital had pulled out a net amount of to insolvency and the resolu- threatens the US economy’s ated with tariffs on US exports. Americans have already markets in August even as the 2,985.88 crore from the cap- tion professional (RP) over- main driver: Consumer spend- The president has insisted turned more pessimistic in government rolled back ital markets. seeing the process approached ing. As businesses pull back on that China itself pays the tariffs. light of the trade war. The enhanced surcharge on FPIs Prior to the announce- the Mumbai-bench of the investment spending and But in fact, economic research University of Michigan’s con- last week. ment of enhanced super-rich National Company Law exports slow in the face of weak has concluded that the costs of sumer sentiment index, The withdrawal from the tax in the Union Budget for Tribunal (NCLT) against the global growth, American shop- the duties fall on US business- released Friday, fell by the capital markets (both equity 2019-20 in July, FPIs were net demand saying the company pers have been a key bright spot es and consumers. Trump had most since December 2012. and debt) in August is “con- buyers for five consecutive cannot be asked to part with for the economy. indirectly acknowledged the “The data indicate that the trary to the expectation” since months. FPIs had infused a net any money, including share of As a result of Trump’s high- tariffs’ impact by delaying some erosion of consumer confi- the Centre last week 10,384.54 crore in June, profit, during the moratorium er tariffs, many US companies of the duties until December 15, dence due to tariff policies is announced revocation of 9,031.15 crore in May, 16,093 period. ) " & A" have warned that they will be after holiday goods are already now well underway,” said enhanced super-rich tax on for- crore in April, 45,981 crore in NCLT upheld the RP’s ) P forced to pass on to their cus- on store shelves. Richard Curtin, who oversees eign and domestic equity March and 11,182 crore in plea, which was challenged 876#7B4 tomers the higher prices they A study by JP Morgan the index. investors imposed in the February into the Indian cap- before the NCLAT. O& " P 1 3 4 will pay on Chinese imports. found that Trump’s tariffs will Some retailers may eat the Budget, said Himanshu ital markets. A three-member NCLAT Some businesses, though, may cost the average US household cost of the tariffs. Target con- Srivastava, senior analyst man- “Concerns over slowing bench headed by chairperson decide in the end to absorb the $1,000 a year. That study was firmed to The Associated Press ager research at Morningstar. domestic economy, volatility in Justice S J Mukhopadhaya also % $! * higher costs rather than raise done before Trump raised the that it warned suppliers that it According to the latest the global markets and upheld the same and said that for their customers. September 1 and December 15 won’t accept cost increases aris- depositories data, foreign port- increased fears of global reces- the petroleum ministry could After Sunday’s tariff hike, tariffs to 15 per cent from 10 ing from the China tariffs. But folio investors (FPIs) withdrew sion due to escalating trade war not recover these proceeds * 87 per cent of textiles and per cent. many smaller retailers won’t a net amount of 17,592.28 tension between US and China during the moratorium period clothing from China and 52 per The president has also have the bargaining power to crore from equities and overshadowed the positive from Videocon Industries, * O& cent of shoes will be subject to announced that existing 25 make such demands and will pumped in a net sum of move of withdrawal of sur- against whom insolvency was import taxes. per cent tariffs on a separate pass the costs to customers. 11,672.26 crore in the debt charge,” Srivastava added. initiated in June 2018. &34&+5/ impacts with a lag of 2 to 3 quarters. We need structural acroeconomic data reforms like labour and land Mpoints and global trends market reforms to stimulate '!! $ -> %3" mainly from the US-China and sustain growth,” said V K trade conflict would drive the Vijayakumar Chief Investment equity markets in a holiday- Strategist at Geojit Financial ?: *,7 # ! shortened week ahead, ana- Services. lysts said. “The week ahead would be * Stock markets will be lackluster and there will be a &34&+5/ er in the financial sector space " 3 ! closed on Monday for ‘Ganesh dearth of triggers from the be it auditors, rating agencies, Chaturthi’. corporate side, therefore inter- &34&+5/ “Sebi would encourage he Government’s decision creditors, or bankers. “All well 3 ! Official data released after national triggers could be the adoption and usage of financial Tto consolidate 10 public capitalised well provisioned market hours on Friday driving factor,” said Jimeet ontinuing its efforts to bol- technology to further develop sector banks (PSB) into four banks to support $5 trillion 9 (= showed that India’s GDP Modi, Founder & CEO, Cster supervision and iden- and maintain an efficient, fair mega state-owned lenders will economy.” growth slipped to an over six- SAMCO Securities & tify non-compliance, regulator and transparent securities mar- act as a building block for The state-owned banks -/0" 3 ! %9%;/ year low of 5 per cent in the StockNote. Sebi plans to deploy data ana- ket ecosystem which also pro- achieving $5 trillion economy can now look forward to effi- June quarter of 2019-20, hit by Meanwhile, the govern- lytics and new generation tech- motes innovation in the secu- target, Finance Secretary Rajiv ciency gain, higher profit, 5& / tate-run Central Bank of a sharp deceleration in man- ment on Friday unveiled a nologies to deal with various rities market,” Tyagi said in his Kumar has said. better services to customers SIndia on Sunday said it will ufacturing output and sub- mega plan to merge 10 public challenges in the market. statement in the regulator’s “To support next level of and also more benefits to he merger of Indian Bank be offering repo-linked inter- dued farm sector activity. sector banks into four as part The watchdog has been annual report for 2018-19. growth, the country needed their employees, he said. T(Anchor Bank) and est rate (RLIR) on home and “The continuation of the of plans to create fewer and taking strict action against Besides, steps are being big banks. The mega merger For bigger banks, he said, Allahabad Bank will create a vehicle loan products with slowdown in GDP growth was stronger global-sized lenders erring entities, apart from steps taken to deepen the corporate announced on Friday aims to the government has provided robust amalgamated entity immediate effect. expected but the 5 percent as it looks to boost economic to protect investors and ensure bonds market, widen the pen- achieve that objective. We 0.25 per cent higher capital with a Pan-India presence, The lender said the exist- growth in Q1 is worse than growth. integrity of the market. etration of mutual funds across will now have six mega banks than required keeping in the said the MD and CEO of ing borrowers will also be expected...GDP growth fig- Deepak Jasani, Head of Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi the country and strengthen with enhanced capital base, mind their domestic system- Indian Bank, Padmaja given an option to switch over ures will pick up in Q3 and Q4 Retail Research, HDFC secu- has said that apart from the commodity derivatives size, scale and efficiency to ically important status. Chunduru. to the new repo-linked inter- benefitting from the low base rities said, “The announce- enhancing investor awareness market. support high growth that the Moreover, he added, the “Currently, we are in est rate at a fee, a statement of previous financial year. ment of PSU bank consolida- and improving access to the With various Sebi regula- country requires to break into Indian banks are having one strong position in South India said. “Also the rate cuts by the tion is welcome and a good securities market, the regulator tions, Tyagi said access to club of middle income per cent higher core capital whereas Allahabad Bank is Separately, the bank has RBI will act strongly in Q3 and first step in sustainably turn- would continue to strengthen information has increased, nations,” he told PTI in an requirement than the Basel III present in northern and east- also signed an agreement with Q4 since monetary policy ing around the PSU banks.” market supervision through leading to more transparency interview. norms. ern India. Further, the merger ECL Finance, a subsidiary of various steps such as technol- for informed decision making The consolidation will On the effective date of will lead to the emergence of Edelweiss Financial Services, ogy solutions being built to by investors. Overall gover- help create strong and globally merger, he said it would be a of strong globally focussed for co-origination of loans to achieve the objective of iden- nance has become conducive competitive banks with fixed after consultation with bank with a cumulative expe- micro, small and medium tifying non-compliance and for the protection of investors’ economies of scale and enable respective bank boards as had rience of over 266 years enterprise (MSME) customers. assisting in investigations. interests and overall market realisation of wide-ranging happened in case of Bank of (Indian Bank is in existence for This is the first co-origi- Deterring, effective and development, he added. synergies, he said adding that Baroda. 112 years whereas Allahabad nation partnership of the timely enforcement actions In 2018-19, the main thrust now they would have wider “There is a process which Bank is a 154-year-old Bank)” banks with an NBFC. against errant entities would of various policy measures reach, stronger lending capac- needs to be followed. There she added. “This partnership shall also be taken to maintain dis- were aimed at improving cor- ity and better products and are some regulatory approvals Post-merger, Indian Bank enable us to collaborate and cipline and the overall market porate governance, revisiting technology to serve customers which are required. Banks plus Allahabad Bank will harness technology, bring in integrity. the procedures followed in the of new India. have sufficient time for chart- emerge as the 7th largest PSB the best practices in credit “Going ahead, SEBI primary market, reviewing the Asked about the road map ing out smooth and seamless with a business of 8.08 lakhs underwriting finer pricing and endeavors to deploy data ana- risk management framework for future, he said the banking amalgamation date. It could crore (approx. 1.9 times of pre- render a far superior experi- lytics and new generation tech- for equity derivatives, devel- sector would be “technology happen from January 1 or merged Indian Bank); a ence in terms of turnaround nologies to understand and oping the mutual funds indus- driven, clean, responsive” and April 1 depending on their nation-wide presence spread time to customers,” the bank’s ! handle various challenges in try and promoting ease of there will be no gaming of sys- readiness. It would not be later over 6,100 branches and managing director and CEO "0"G ! 87B#8@4 ) the market. doing business, among others. tem by any of the stakehold- than April 1,” he said. around 43,000 employees. Pallav Mohapatra said. '. ;"- H@ /7)B?1PO:I(>I ?! 1 @ "0 "2 " -#87B ' *8 $ $3 % $ , 21 P 5,;( 4# ) $ &34&+5/ From August 27 to 31, &34&+5/ &34&+5/ automotive industries have 1,47,82,095 people filed online been household names in the * ver 5.65 crore income tax income tax returns, an increase three-day All India Media ndian companies are now UAE for decades. &34&+5/ Oreturns were filed by tax- of 42 per cent as compared to AConference (AIMC) - Iusing industrial zones such He said that Prime &34&+5/ &34&+5/ payers for the Assessment Year the same period of AY 2018-19. 2019 on “Digital as KIZAD in Abu Dhabi as a Minister Narendra Modi’s ational Health Forum, 2019-20 as the deadline ended It said that the I-T depart- Communication & base to expand across the recent visit to the UAE, where Nan NGO working in the tate-run steel maker Steel ife Insurance Corporation on August 31, showing a 4 per ment is actively interacting with Empowerment: Emerging Gulf Cooperation Council as he was decorated with the field of tobacco control, has SAuthority of India Ltd Lof India enters 64th year of cent rise in ITR filing over the taxpayers on social media to Opportunities and Key well as increase exports to Order of Zayed, would further requested the Centre to sup- (SAIL) is shutting down two of its incorporation on 1st previous year, according to the help them resolve their griev- Challenges” will be organised countries in the Middle East strengthen relationship and port Union Health Ministry’s its subsidiaries located in Uttar September, 2019. LIC has tax department data. ances and e-filing related queries in City of Lakes — Udaipur. and further afield to Africa, a increase trade between the decision to end manufacture, Pradesh and Jharkhand. played a significant role in Total number of income and getting accolades in return. Premier media advocacy top UAE official said Sunday. two nations, which already distribution, import and sale “SAIL has initiated actions spreading the message of life tax returns (ITRs) filed for AY The last date for submis- organisation Lok Samvad According to Falah stood at nearly $60 billion of e-cigarettes and ensure for closure/exit from certain JV insurance among the masses 2018-19 was 5.42 crore. sion of e-filing of ITRs for AY Sansthan that has the legacy of Mohammad Al Ahbabi, mem- annually. that such products are companies as well as sub- and mobilization of people’s The government had last 2019-20 was August 31. It organising three All India ber of the Abu Dhabi Al Ahbabi, who is also banned. sidiaries which are either non- money for people’s welfare. year extended the deadline for added that the peak filing rate Media Educators’ conference Executive Council, there has chairman of Abu Dhabi Ports, The NGO said that the performing or non-opera- In this journey, LIC has ITR filing for AY 2018-19 till per second was at 196 ITRs. along with NACC accredited been significant investment is of the view that both India Health Ministry’s decision tional. The closure action for crossed many milestones and August 31, 2018, while a spe- It also said that the infor- ‘A’ grade university — ML from India in Abu Dhabi and the UAE have extensive against e-cigarettes and sim- two subsidiary companies viz has set unprecedented perfor- cial extension till September 15, mation security team of I-T Sukhadia University, Udaipur Ports’ subsidiary Khalifa maritime pedigrees and a ilar such products is “correct SAIL Jagdishpur Power Plant mance records in various 2018 was given in this context department thwarted over through its Department of Industrial Zone (KIZAD). vision for the future that sees and laudable”. Limited and SAIL Sindri aspects of life insurance busi- to the taxpayers of flood-hit 2,205 malicious attacks on the Journalism and Mass “Some $90 million has the industry at the forefront of “...All other Ministries Projects Limited under Fast ness. In its 63 years of existence, Kerala. website aimed at disrupting Communication will host this been attracted in Indian global trade through harness- must support this move Track Exit Mode is in LIC has grown from strength to Nearly 50 lakh people filed services in the peak period. conference from September investment at the zone since it ing the latest trends and tech- Ministry of Health and progress,” the company said a strength be its customer base, their tax returns online on Out of the 5.65 crore ITRs 27 to 29 at Udaipur. opened in 2012. We believe nologies, from automation to ensure that such products report. agency network, branch office August 31, the last date for ITR filed so far, 3.61 crore have been Naresh Kumar, General this is a reflection of the pow- artificial intelligence. are banned and are not The two subsidiary com- network, new business premi- filing, the Central Board of verified. Manager (Corporate erful combination of Abu “Indeed, Maqta Gateway, included as legal products panies have filed application um and has a significant role in Direct Taxes (CBDT) data “A large number of tax- Communications), Power Grid Dhabi’s strategic location, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi under the COTPA (Cigarettes for closure under Fast Track spreading life insurance wide- showed. payers about 2.86 crore (79 per Corporation of India and also KIZAD’s logistics efficiencies Ports, has been testing inter- and Other Tobacco Products Exit Mode as per provisions of ly across the country. “The Income Tax cent) have opted for e-verifi- the member of the organising and the connectivity offered national blockchain solution Act) or the Drugs and Section 248(2) of the At the end of the FY 2018- Department has made history cation, mostly using Aadhaar committee said that during by Khalifa Port,” Al Ahbabi Silsal with MSC Cosmetics Act,” Mandakini Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 2019, LIC had 32 plans for sale with a quantum jump in the e- OTP. The I-T Department this conference, ‘Walkathon’ told PTI. Mediterranean Shipping Sinh (Managing Trustee) of 4 (1) of the Companies under Individual Business. The filing of ITRs with an all-time intends to carry out campaigns will be organised on September He said Indian companies Company to provide a seam- National Health Forum said (Removal of Names of the products satisfy different needs high record of 49,29,121 ITRs to increase awareness about e- 28, 2019 for promoting across the metals, food pro- less and secure link between in a letter dated August 27 to Companies from the Register of various segments of the filed in a single day on August verification of ITRs where ver- ‘Violence Free Society for cessing and packaging, phar- stakeholders across the trade the Health Minister Harsh of Companies) Rules, 2016. society. 31,” it said in a statement. ification is still pending,” it said. Children’. maceutical, construction and community,” he said. Vardhan. ! "#$ 99
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Sweden’s Foreign Minister was +:7&4:9 41??-/+:%&7&'$>B they weren’t authorised to brief The officials said the holding talks in Jordan on the media. Local residents airstrikes targeted a university Sunday, part of her attempt to %/+&'$':975:)75&/7+' demanded anonymity for fear in the city of Dhamar, which relaunch talks between Hadi’s of reprisals. the rebels, known as Houthis, Government and the Iran- facility used as storages for Abdul-Qader el-Murtaza, a The coalition faces wide- use as a detention center. backed Houthis and break the drones and missiles in Dhamar, rebel official, said there were spread international criticism Dhamar is located around 100 war’s long stalemate. “in accordance with interna- 170 captured Government for airstrikes that have killed kilometers, 62 miles, south of The rebels’ Health Ministry tional humanitarian law.” It fighters in the detention civilians and Sunday’s attack the capital Sanaa. said in a statement at least 60 said “all precautionary mea- center. was bound to trigger reactions The center is one of dozens people were killed in the sures were taken to protect “The targeted prison by human rights groups. of detention centers run by the airstrikes. Another 60 were civilians.” housed over 170 prisoners of Yemen’s civil war has Houthis in areas under their wounded. It said they have Mohammed Abdul-Salam, war, most of whom were sup- claimed tens of thousands of control in the conflict-weary been pulling bodies from the spokesman for the Houthis, posed to be part of a local lives, thrust millions to the country. site. ! $ # ! posted on his telegram account exchange deal,” he was quoted brink of famine and spawned Yemen’s bloody civil war The Saudi-led coalition ! H8 P graphic photos that showed as saying by the Houthi-run al- the world’s worst humanitari- erupted in September 2014, said it had hit a Houthi military ( A ) bodies under the rubble. Masirah TV. an crisis. ? 2# 22"( $ 2 ' 23 * , ! +: 4: The urgency follows Johnson’s announcement to 5: 0-: 0 phed into a broader anti-gov- ' $ ritain’s Prime Minister suspend Parliament from the ernment movement. * ! BBoris Johnson on Sunday week of September 9 until ore than a dozen flights Outside one airport termi- $ issued a stark warning to rebels October 14, depriving MPs of Mwere cancelled Sunday as nal, protesters set off fire extin-
(4 within his own Conservative crucial sitting days in which to thousands of pro-democracy guishers, piled luggage trolleys Party to fall in line with his scrutinise Brexit plans and activists blocked routes to into makeshift road barricades Brexit plans or risk a govern- triggering street protests by Hong Kong’s airport, a day after and smashed surveillance cam- ! ment led by Opposition Labour thousands across the UK on protesters and police fought eras before being driven away ! leader Jeremy Corbyn. Saturday against pitched battles in some of the by police. The warning came amid what has been branded a worst violence seen in the city “It’s out of our control,” said ( reports of secret Government “coup” by the British Prime since unrest began three Andy Tang, 26, returning to plans to de-select Tory MPs Minister. months ago. Australia from a week’s holiday who vote against Johnson in “Jeremy Corbyn has made At least 16 flights were in Hong Kong. “So there’s no ? order to block a no-deal Brexit, a historic decision to turn his cancelled, the airport’s website point getting annoyed about it.” " 5 4 as Opposition MPs plan urgent party into the anti-democratic, said, with the departure hall The airport is covered by legislation to be tabled when referendum-cancelling party. packed with a backlog of pas- an injunction banning pro- I ' $ the UK Parliament resumes That’s his decision. I think it’s sengers who had struggled to testers from entering — *1>? B>M* after its summer recess next totally wrong,” Johnson told make it to the terminals. imposed after a shutdown in ! Tuesday. ‘The Sunday Times’. Earlier, operators of the August which ended in ugly ! / Airport Express train sus- clashes — but protesters have ; $9' pended services after the sta- routinely ignored legal moves ( tion was besieged, while black- to ban their actions. clad protesters — hiding from On Sunday city sanitation ) ! # ! $ ) 0 CCTV cameras under umbrel- workers were seen clearing P las — built barricades at the bus debris and removing graffiti making mass arrests inside the mob,” Kwok Ka-ki, a pro- the air after being attacked by 7 ; % terminus and attempted to after a night of pitched battles city’s underground metro sta- democracy lawmaker, told AFP. a group of “violent protesters ! stop traffic on the main road between protesters and police. tions. Decrying the “horrifying” who attempted to once snatch ! ! leading to the facility. Hours earlier, a huge fire Video footage captured by police raid on the train car- police pistols”. / ' Stranded travellers were burned in the city’s commercial local media showed police riage, Amnesty International “Escalating violence and $ forced to abandon their lifts district as chaos ripped through charge a crowd cowering inside called for a probe into police (the) progressively lethal 4 * $ and drag their luggage along the centre of a city usually a train carriage — with one conduct. weapons of protestors, the safe- ' ( the airport road. renowned for its stability and man, drenched in pepper spray, “Violence directed at ty of police officers and... The 7 !! Sunday’s action is the lat- prosperity. crying in anguish as he tried to police... Is no excuse for officers public is seriously threatened,” ! ' + ! est in three months of increas- Hardcore demonstrators protect his female friend. to go on the rampage else- police said in a statement. ' ingly violent protests sparked Saturday hurled petrol bombs Officers made 40 arrests at where,” Man-kei Tam, director Some 31 people were + 0 $ initially by opposition to a at government buildings and one station. of Amnesty International, admitted to hospital with 4 , proposed law that would have police, who responded with Anger at police tactics Hong Kong said in a statement. injuries following the clashes, 7 / #3 O -P ( allowed extraditions to main- tear gas and water cannon swirled across social media. Police said officers also including five who remain in a ( ; ) land China, but which mor- laced with chemical dye before “The police are a licenced fired two warning shots into serious condition. R # : /A / " 7 # ) 8 * * 3'5/ 07: be removed from office only .&9'+&% $( $ 5$ Hezbollah chief Hassan through impeachment by the * $*7 Nasrallah said Saturday the 5:9'7: around 3 pm (local time) after resident Donald Trump has House of Representatives and 7 srael said it was returning fire group’s response to an alleged he was pulled over by traffic Pnominated prominent conviction by the Senate. Ion Sunday after anti-tank %* $5 & Israeli drone attack on the t least five persons were officials. He shot at the troop- Indian-American attorney Currently, Matthews is a +<: missiles were launched at its *$ " group’s Beirut stronghold had Akilled and 21 others injured er who stopped him and began Shireen Mathews as a judge of partner at Jones Day, the fifth- territory from Lebanon, raising %( /* been “decided”. when a gunman opened fire at shooting people at random, the US District Court for the largest law firm in the country, n Afghan asylum seeker fears of a serious escalation The pre-dawn August 25 random on Saturday in the sec- local media quoted Chief Southern District of California. in San Diego. Awho killed a man and with Hezbollah after a week of % $ attack involved two drones -- ond mass shooting in the US Michael Gerke of the Odessa If confirmed, Matthews Prior to joining the firm, stabbed several others in the rising tensions. one exploded and caused dam- state of Texas in a month, Police Department as saying. will be the first Asian Pacific Matthews served as an French city of Lyon sparked a “A number of anti-tank "(" *% 67& age to a Hezbollah-run media police said. The shooting - the The driver then began American woman and first Assistant United States row about immigration on missiles were fired from %5 centre and another crashed 38th mass killing by firearms in shooting at other people in sev- Indian-American to serve as an Attorney in the Criminal Sunday as new details emerged Lebanon towards an (Israeli without detonating due to tech- the US this year - occurred in eral other locations. At one Article III federal judge in the Division of the United States about his rampage. military) base and military spokesman called on Israelis nical failure. the West Texas cities of point, he abandoned his car Southern District, Attorney’s Office for the Investigators said the killer vehicles,” an Israeli army state- living within four kilometres Israel has not claimed Midland and Odessa. and stole a postal truck before National Asian Pacific Southern District of California. appeared to have psychological ment said. (2.5 miles) of the Lebanese bor- responsibility for the incident. The gunman, who was continuing his spree. He was American Bar Association Before entering government problems and had smoked “A number of hits have der to remain at home and pre- The attack in Lebanon white and in his mid-30s, was shot dead by police at a cine- (NAPABA) said. service, Matthews was an asso- large quantities of cannabis been confirmed. (Israel’s mili- pare shelters. came just hours after Israel shot dead by police at the ma complex. Article III judges “hold ciate with Latham and Watkins before stabbing a 19-year-old to tary) is responding with fire Tensions have risen in the launched strikes in neigh- Cinergy movie theatre after a “We have at least 21 shoot- their office during good behav- LLP in San Diego, the White death and injuring eight others towards the sources of fire and last week between Israel and its bouring Syria to prevent what chase. However, police did ing victims and at least five ior”, which means they have a House said in a statement. on Saturday afternoon at a bus targets in southern Lebanon.” enemy Hezbollah, the Lebanese it said was an impending not identify the shooter by his deceased,” Gerke told reporters. lifetime appointment, except NAPABA has applauded station in the Villeurbanne After the initial reports of Shia movement backed Iranian drone attack on the name. Three police officers were under very limited circum- Trump’s intent to nominate suburb. fire from Lebanon, a military by Iran. Jewish state. The gunman opened fire injured, he added. stances. Article III judges can Matthews. He was found in public records with two identities and three different dates of birth, , % # making him either 33, 31 or 27 )# 7 5 " , years’ old, prosecutor Nicolas > Jacquet told a press conference + in Lyon on Sunday. P2$2 "Q * "5 During “confused” inter- views with police, he said he :+:%;: $*" *&0?/111 > * E7/ /7< was Muslim “who had heard &5 *$B5(" 5(# & voices saying God had been Sri Lankan court on *(5& % 45- refugees over the past week in * ope Francis said on Sunday insulted and instructing him to ASunday banned two ultra- connection with the incident. Phe was late to his weekly kill,” Jacquet said, adding that nationalist Buddhist organisa- "* 9 (("%( fourth Rohingya refugee The latest to die was 36-year- -;9+ hours after Afghan security Angelus prayer because he had the case was being treated as a tions from demonstrating $ 6 *#5& B(5 Awas shot dead, Bangladesh old Nur Mohammad, who offi- forces said they had cleared been stuck in a Vatican eleva- criminal, rather than terrorist, against a major Shia holy day, +1'& 59(#$ * police said on Sunday, amid cers allege was a Rohingya he US and the Taliban are Kunduz of Taliban fighters, tor and had to be freed by fire- incident. the first on the island since the growing fallout over the mur- gang leader who arrived in Ton the brink of striking a who on Saturday launched a men. Jacquet paid tribute to deadly Easter Sunday suicide 6#" * 9*$#5 der of a ruling party official that Bangladesh in 1992 and was deal after 18 years of war, broad assault on the provincial “I have to apologise for three bus drivers and other bombings. sparked a violent backlash operating in the hills around Washington’s top negotiator capital in a bid to score a being late,” the smiling 82- members of the public who had Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said police had from locals. the refugee camps. said Sunday, ahead of a visit to repeat of a 2015 takeover. year old pontiff told crowds of succeeded in cornering the Gunasekera said Colombo information that two national- There has been an out- Local officials say Kabul where he was to meet Afghan forces, backed with faithful patiently waiting for man and persuading him to Magistrate’s court issued ist groups were planning to dis- break of violence in recent Mohammad was a drug traf- with Afghan officials. local and US air power, were him to appear at his study win- drop his knife and a meat restraining orders against the rupt the event in the capital, weeks at refugee camps in ficking kingpin involved in The apparent progress at able to stop the city falling and dow overlooking Saint Peter’s skewer before the police arrived two groups led by Buddhist where police and troops have southeast Bangladesh, where using refugees to smuggle yaba, the latest round of talks to con- repel the Taliban, but 20 troops Square. on the scene. monks who planned to disrupt stepped up security. nearly one million Rohingya a popular methamphetamine clude in Doha came even as the and five civilians were killed. “I was trapped in a lift for “I want to pay tribute to the a gathering in Colombo of It was not immediately live after fleeing crackdowns in pill, from across the Myanmar Taliban launched a broad The brazenness of the 25 minutes, there was a power actions of witnesses. Their Dawoodi Bohra, a Shiite sect. clear what the groups were Myanmar. At least five border. offensive on the city of Kunduz assault was highlighted by a outage but then the firemen courageous and controlled An estimated 25,000 planning, but nationalist Rohingya men have died in “He was arrested over in northern Afghanistan, and suicide bomber blowing him- came,” he said. intervention was decisive in adherents from around the groups have usually taken a clashes in the settlements — Faruk’s murder on Saturday. violence flared. self up and killing police “Let’s give a round of ending these criminal acts,” he world have been meeting in hardline stand against reli- allegedly over gang violence — We took him to find out his “We are at the threshold of spokesman Sayed Sarwar applause to the fire service,” he added. Sofiane, a 17-year-old Colombo since Saturday for a gious minorities in the while an Awami League official weapons in a hill when his an agreement that will reduce Hussaini as he briefed reporters said, prompting cheers and from the area, told AFP on 10-day religious event culmi- Buddhist majority nation of 21 was shot in the head in late accomplices fired on police violence and open the door for on the fighting. At least 10 oth- applause from the crowd. Sunday that the dead man was nating with Ashura. million people. August at Jadimura (on Sunday),” police Afghans to sit together to nego- ers were also killed, officials Italian television networks one of the first to try to reason It is one of the holiest days Sections of a key road near camp in the border town of spokesman Ikbal Hossain tiate an honourable and sus- said. In 2015 the Taliban over- that live-stream the Angelus with the knifeman. in Shia Islam and commemo- the main Shia Huseini mosque Teknaf. told AFP. tainable peace,” tweeted whelmed local forces and had been concerned that the The killer “stabbed him rates the 7th century martyr- have been shut to accommo- Police blamed Omar Rights groups have previ- Washington’s special envoy to briefly seized Kunduz, and it unprecedented seven-minute and then when he fell on the dom of Prophet Mohammed’s date the large number of pil- Faruk’s death on Rohingya hit- ously accused Bangladesh Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad. was only retaken by Afghan delay might have been due to ground, he continued,” Sofiane grandson. grims. men, and have shot dead three police of extrajudicial killings. His comment came just forces with US air support. health reasons. explained. 9+ ! "#$
o you know what trekkers and hik- ers find when they finish their sum- Dmits at major mountain ranges? A sense of tranquility, peace and victory, one may answer. However, in reality, it’s all kinds ;/P%/ %/%$ of plastic waste — that neither degrades nor gets disposed. When a few years ago, Paras Saluja, founder and director of Shayna O( ECOunified, reached the Everest base ' ! ! ! ! O ( C P camp, successfully completing his summit and saw plastic waste being dumped on the ! ! $ * 7 , “world’s most beautiful place,” a realisation $ (55- %/77+ * * hit him. He wanted to bar not the use of plastic, but the disposal of it, completely. ! ! But how? He wondered. Meanwhile, Vietnam was his next travel destination. $ During one of his walks through a food street, which was completely based on the !! use of plastic products, he “surprisingly” found out the next morning that there was- n’t a trace of filth of that plastic and all the @ * *( waste was very carefully disposed. It was 4 ! done through a van that took the rounds and collected waste. It was then recycled and used for miscellaneous purposes. An - Q epiphany then struck him — “if a small L/ @ * nation like Vietnam could so well and col- (3 lectively manage their plastic waste dispos- al, why cannot we despite being a country $ , with such a humongous population?” Today, his company uses plastic waste @ * !, materials and turns them into high perfor- $@ Q/ mance materials in the form of High ! Density Composite Polymer (HDCP) tiles ! and blocks. These tiles are weather-resis- @ * * tant, chip-resistant, acid-proof, durable and have better structural stability at a lower ! cost as compared to conventional materi- ! als in addition to reduced plastic dumping. * *( He says that generally, even the waste plas- '$ tic products, which are made from recy- $/ @ cling the polymers, are dumped in the land- fills eventually. They could be used for ! $M sometime but they do have an expiry date. - ( “I wanted to create something that lives for 50 years. And the kind of plastic that we use can be recycled thrice. So if the tiles are damaged after 50 years, they could be recy- O2 cled thrice post that too to manufacture new ones,” he says. And the bonus with these interlocking tiles is that they are “anti- ! microbial, antistatic and anti-bacterial.” % The Greater Hyderabad’s Municipal Corporation’s (GHMC) dog park was the first reflection of what they have been pro- panies have not realised it in years. And utors to our waste is the Jaivik Vasudha, a eco-friendly processes. The entire process The Rug Republic is fighting against envi- ducing. And it’s not just the concept that hence, it came to him that they could use startup by two young boys who went door is very clean. We don’t use any kind of ronmental degradation by recycling plas- the park is only meant for dogs, but also low-value plastic like Kurkure wrappers, to door collecting plastic waste from peo- chemical-based dyes to colour the t-shirt, tics into... carpets. Aditya Gupta, founder, ! C its bright green-pink-blue tiles on the pave- regular-use polythene bags, Parle-G biscuit ple’s houses and giving it to recycling busi- which is currently priced at 1,000. There tells us how they are making outdoor and $ ments, which enhances the park’s vibe. packets, etc. “These packets are usually nesses. We have been closely working with is no emission of pollutants which, unlike indoor art pieces while using minimum Paras tells us that out of the seven types of double or multi-layered which make them them.” other cloth processing companies, are let natural resources and now they have taken 0= polymers available for such use, they are even harder to recycle. The waste is collect- Well, there would be multiple resources into rivers and other water bodies.” another giant leap by using recycled utilising three types, which are also ed through various sources and then that we might be using in our daily lives The idea to bring this up hit Atiya bicycle tubes, PET yarns extracted from % coloured. The plastic waste is segregated heated and compressed with sand to be and routines. We do not even care whether when at a cultural event, she saw numer- recycled water bottles, recycled silk yarns, ! into three categories — Polypropylene (PP), fashioned into a brick,” he says. these will be available to us for the lifetime, ous plastic bottles being dumped in, out- and other multi-fiber textiles to create High-Density Polythylene (HDP), and Listing the differences between as they are exhaustible. However, waste is side and around the dustbin. “Which unique rugs and carpets. “They are also ! Low-Density Polythylene. They consist of cement-based bricks and these, he tells that something that would always be available would have ultimately ended up in land- cost-effective — though expensive than disposable cutlery, chairs and tables and these plastic waste-based bricks have the in abundance. It will never exhaust. Natural fills.” She believes that it’s been long that cotton, they’re cheaper than wool.” ! 0, toys; PET bottles and their caps; and milk “compressive strength, which is almost resources will. Atiya Rakyan, chief we have been using resources and throw- While Paras tells us that depending on !!% pouches, simultaneously. He says, “When twice as that of the cement-based ones. Rawcycle officer at Raw Pressery, who, ing them after use. And now is the time the size of the tiles, it may take about one $ % you recycle this kind of plastic, it natural- And, of course, emit less polluting chem- under their initiative #RawCycle, has col- to preserve that waste and use it to cre- kg of plastic waste to make four tiles or ly gives out some or the other colour. And icals and elements. “One great element lected 1.2 million plastic PET (polyethyl- ate non-perishable products. “Those bot- even two kg of plastic to make one, ! if we use particularly green or blue plas- about these bricks is that whatever wrap- ene terephthalate) bottles to recycle and has tles at weddings, which you think are of Durgesh points out that his product is like $ tic, it gives out green and blue colour. pers or packets or plastic waste we receive recently launched the first edition of t- no use after the water/juice is being con- using 1 for 50 years unlike other, usual However, we don’t go for pastel colours or is not even washed with water before its use. shirts, which are made of 95 per cent recy- sumed, are a raw material for me. It’s a ones ,which consume 1 for one year. 0P even white or yellow, since they fade out It’s directly put to use. Even if a wrapper cled plastic polyester and five per cent drift treasure. I can make a living out of it. We Well, plastic recycling costs are indeed L @ easily. Though we also produce red is dirty with mud, we wouldn’t use water spandex. don’t need to look at it as trash anymore. expensive but given their durability, they coloured-tiles if the demand be.” to clean it up. So we also have Seven waste PET bottles are used to It’s like gold in the dust,” says she, empha- last more. The problem is its initial cost, Another such organisation is the no-water-wastage policy.” make one t-shirt. Talking about the sising on the approach of designers, who which is high. And this leads to the ques- Dehradun-based Sustainable Green So where does he source the plastic process, she tells us that the bottles are “should be looking at other measures of tion that when there are other good qual- Initiative Foundation, which aims at pro- waste from? The non-profit organisation washed, crushed and then chopped into creating their fabric. We can’t just keep ity products available at cheaper prices ! ducing bricks with the use of low-value aims to be more inclusive in terms of cre- flakes. She says, “They are later melted at growing and exhausting cotton for fabric (though not eco-friendly), how can these plastic waste. Durgesh Raturi, founder and ating a space for a healthy environment. He 270 degrees and formed into chips and then anymore.” sustainable products get a proportionate director, tell us that multi-layered plastic says, “We source a lot of our waste from extruded into yarn. The yarn is then woven While some may choose to sweep the share in the Indian markets and takeover 7 packaging is highly problematic and com- ragpickers. And one of the major contrib- into the fabric and then, coloured using environmental warnings under the carpet, people’s utility choices? $ ! $ , F??/ ' 7 * * ( > 7 $ !! * ' $ F ' *$ , $ ! $ $ * / @ *, 3 ( : ; !*! (;7&% E/E $ ood, music and dance — there are sever- ' !B?( Fal things that connect Pacific Rim coun- tries. And it was to celebrate all this and more 1 7 that High Commissions of New Zealand, Lured back to her hometown, a famous horror writer Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji came discovers that the evil spirit who plagues her dreams is now $ together. At Namaste Pacific, the hosts donned wreaking havoc in the real world. Starring Victoire Du Bois, tiaras on their heads, sported multi-coloured Lucie Boujenah and Tiphaine Daviot, the series is slated to !%# $ traditional clothes with floral prints — in short release on September 13. — created an ambience that transported the ', C guests across the oceans to these countries. But the culture trip did not end here. ! ! Traditional masks and artefacts which dotted ! the walls gave an insight into the traditional wooden art as the smoothly-carved antiques ( hinted at the heritage of these places. Certainly 7 a treat for the eyes. : !3 5 ( The guests were enamoured and soaked $ themselves into each aspect of the culture with forming an international solar alliance for the + love. Fiji’s traditional dance form which also same. tells a story was accompanied by rhythmic To show their commitment to solar ener- clapping and drumbeats and created a festive gy and to highlight the theme of the event, atmosphere as the audience joined in to groove there were displays from the International , to the music. Solar Alliance, Pollinate Energy both of To add more charm to the evening, a cul- which are based in Australia, Nepal and India. tural performance by Aaradhna, a music band There were solar lanterns from Barefoot from New Zealand, followed. Interestingly, the College in Rajasthan which trains people in 7 ( 1 * singer was part Indian and part Samoan. A rip- rural areas about the use and consumption of After a young woman is accused of lying about a rape, two ,!( ple went around as she was the perfect solar energy. People seemed impressed by the female detectives investigate a spate of eerily similar attacks. The , embodiment of Namaste Pacific. The power- displays as they left their feedback. series is inspired by true events. Starring Toni Collette, Merritt ful lyrics of her song created a vibe that was The event broadened the concept of cul- Wever and Kaitlyn Dever, it releases on September 13. unmistakable as people sung along with the tural display of all the countries. Harinder @ band and waved their hands. Sidhu, the Australian High Commissioner ! Any country’s culture is steeped into its said, “Along with food and culture we also + 1 food and gives an insight into its history and have games like Rugby for people to try their After years of (/ $ tradition. Naturally an array took the guests hands at. It is something unique and unusu- slouching through on a delicious journey. The meat and vegeta- al.” life, 6-foot-1 teen bles dishes which were slow-cooked in an Paulias Korni, The High Commissioner Jodi resolves to con- earthen oven were the star of the evening, of Papua New Guinea was glad about this ! ! quer her insecurities which was clearly evident from the excitement improved relations with India and wanted to and gets caught up of the people queuing up for food. It marked strengthen it. “We have 800 languages and a in a high school love ! the exchange of culture, food, friendship and diverse culture like India. We can strength- triangle. Starring fun among the countries. en the bilateral and developmental issues and Ava Michelle, An exclusive station served Fiji’s nation- provide assistance in education, medicine, ( Griffin Gluck and al drink, Kava, a muddy, earthy beverage that gic region to collaborate with, said, “It is about water management and many others,” he Sabrina Carpenter, 5* , calms you and numbs your mouth and bringing forth the issues that concern us.” She added. The Pacific spirit, where like a fami- the film is slated to ( throat. further highlighted the theme of the festival ly, they collectively pooled in their resources release on The New Zealand High Commissioner — climate change and solar energy as they to stage the event was on display in its full September 13. Joanna Kempkers who feels India is a strate- impact the entire world. She stressed upon glory. & 91 ! "#$ +0 0 8 7 . H- O *( 5$ $ $ ;'57 -57
special attention was given electricity is affecting the health of the to various ambitious plans villagers as well the students whose of the Modi government in studies are constantly being inter- this year’s budget, which rupted. also included the A local student studying in tenth SaubhagyaA scheme. The scheme incor- class, Dilshada Bano, says, “Even porates electricity connection to all though there is electricity, we are not households in rural as well as urban able to make a good use of it due to areas by the year 2022. The scheme was such low voltage. The students of the launched back in 2017 and the initial class are unable to complete their deadline was December 2018. In homework on time because of which February, Jammu & Kashmir bagged the teachers scold them. Also, the the Saubhagya Excellence Award for future of the students preparing for 3 being the first state to achieve success- competitive exam looks grim.” This is ful implementation of the scheme. the major reason why so many students On October 17, 2018, Greater are giving up on their studies gradu- Kashmir, a Kashmir based English daily, ally. Although the state electricity 7 published a report quoting department has spent millions in Commissioner Secretary Power delivering electrical equipment to the ! (: Development Department (PDD), village, but due to high demand, the ! Hardesh Kumar that 100 per cent elec- low-megawatt transformers installed trification had been completed in six could not solve the problem. In a sit- $ districts of Srinagar, Badgam, Pulwama, uation like this, the availability of elec- Jammu, Samba, and Kathua whereas in tricity is considered as equivalent to ! $ 16 other districts, the work is in the final none. Due to high costs involved with phase. At the same time, he also solar power, the option is not available .<:0/ ;5%-9% /-9 . ./ informed that infrastructure had been to the villagers. built to connect 102 border villages of In this regard, village Sarpanch, e all know that a full the state to provide electricity connec- Ghulam Mohiuddin Vani, also consid- stop ends a sentence tion. By May 31, 6,337 villages of ers the electricity complaints of people Wgiving it a definite Jammu and Kashmir had received the being claimed and the reality is poles the broken poles has proved fatal for the completely valid. He says that in rela- meaning. In that sense, the connection under the Sahaj Bijli Har apart. local residents. tion to low voltage, he has raised their end of anything gives it full Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya), which is con- Even after the deadline had passed N&E& 75:90575&& The problems do not end here. To concerns to the high officials of the closure and creates a way for sidered as Prime Minister Narendra last year, the aim has not been achieved. /'&+&7//7<$3& meet high electricity demands, the department many times but nothing a new beginning. It’s a cycle of Modi’s dream project. Around 133.42 However, since the launch of the power supply system is modified, has happened except for their assur- life. There are so many end- crores have been approved out of Subhagya scheme, there has been great & :7;+&7: which would then lead to low voltage ance. Sarpanch says, “The village ings and beginnings in our which 53.24 crores have already been improvement in the situation but there %-&0::49'&:) and in turn creates trouble for the vil- needs at least 10 MW whereas only 6 life. Often, most of us prepare released. Also, 435.13 crores have been are many such areas where electricity lagers. Ladoran, a village located on the MW transformers has been installed for the various endings in incurred from the additional amount wires and pillars are yet to reach. From /749&7:'95+:3 North West Hills, which is 10 km away by the department due to which exces- our life, like — end of a par- of 875.03 crores. According to a geographical perspective, most areas E:+70&(75& from Kupwara, the district headquar- sive load on the transformer increas- ticular season, project, educa- Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti of the valley are located on mountain- ter, is also a victim of power misman- es and results in low voltage problems. tion, career, relationship, deal Yojana, DDUGJY and Saubhagya, ous regions, which are covered with '794& 7'&9 ;+& agement. The village has a population The issue can easily be addressed by and so on. 15,10,271 out of a total of 18,72,195 snow for more than half of the year. In 7::%+&7&75&/ of 3,200 people. But even today, the installing high MW transformers.” We may also sometimes households have been electrified. such areas, uninterrupted supply of electricity in the village is negligible. Apart from this, the difficulty reflect about the biggest end- Electrical connections have been pro- electricity is the biggest challenge. 5:%&3:-: 7/%&( Villagers have to make alternative that the villagers face can be fixed by ing — Death. Some endings vided to 8,861 additional households Several times, the snow storms badly +':$75&)979&:) arrangements even when the bulb is lit timely repairs of electrical wires and by are known and expected while since February 1. affects the power system. Besides that, due to low voltage. It was a challeng- replacing the wooden poles with the others are quite sudden. Most The figures from Jammu & the electric system is disrupted in 75&'794& 7' ing task to transport electric wires and proper ones. Though the department of the time, when an end is Kashmir’s electricity department reveal many areas because wooden poles &/ 0): poles to the mountainous village, but has nominated this village under the near, we usually get some that the power system is up to the mark have been used to support the electric they were installed successfully. DDUGJY last year, the villagers are yet kind of signals or maybe clues human beings, who are and the process of electrifying is being cables, which often crumble under :%&7/7/E&&N% However, the continued issue with low to receive its benefits. Let’s hope that to make us aware and help us aligned to the great values. implemented at a rapid pace. But on the heavy thunderstorm and rain. Many a voltage of electricity in the village has the flame of education does not burn meet it with grace and equa- We all know that every other hand, if we look at the ground time, there have been incidents when +::-'0/%O raised questions about the success of one day. nimity. problem generate a search for reality, the difference between what is the electricity current that runs through the state electricity department. Poor L- ! The current world sce- solutions, which leads to new nario presents an interesting knowledge, invention and view of multidimensional change. If look at today’s or many kids, heading ronment.” forces influencing human des- world scenario, we wonder back to school means Through the network, stu- tiny in the present time. On what could be the solution to Fmore than resuming class- dents have recovered 3.9 mil- one hand, we see amazing end all our sufferings? es and homework. It means get- . % lion pounds of food so far, wonders of science, technol- Moreover, one must remem- ting back to clubs and student Anderson says. “At any given ogy, information explosion ber that no situation can con- organisations focussed on sus- time, we work with 5,000 col- and development on several tinue forever and hence even tainability — everything from 0&7759 ;&0$ $ lege students,” as well as some other fronts of material life. problems escalate and come to composting and recycling to high school-age volunteers, On the other hand, we witness an end. reducing food waste and pro- ! * ! ( $ she says. the fast degeneration of val- So when will the end to all moting cleaner oceans and Educators say students ues, ethics, extreme levels of our problems begin? Well, waterways. $ who care about sustainability violence, hatred, corruption practically, it has already “Young people tend to be can have a huge impact, partic- and suffering on a daily basis. begun. Time, nature and the incredibly active in sustain- ness this year about sustainable ularly as they enter the work- Today, the world is riddled incidents in the world are all ability issues, much more than fashion. “We want people to force. with numerous problems of giving us a loud and clear sig- so many adults,” says April know more about where their “We’re seeing this manifest every kind — political con- nal about the impending Peebler, executive director of clothes are coming from. Fast in two ways,” says Jonathan flicts, economic recession, change. The end is here but it Heirs to our Oceans (H2OO), fashion can be really harmful Deutsch, professor of Food environmental hazards, is a benevolent and beneficial a Berkeley, California-based for the environment,” adds she. and Hospitality Management poverty, terrorism, natural one. It is the catalyst that will organisation that tries to help “We’re going to be the ones in the College of Nursing and disasters, inflation, social and open the door to liberation 12 to 17-year-olds from around living with the consequences of Health Professions at Drexel familial divides — the list of from all the sufferings. It will the world learn and advocate climate change, so it’s important University, in Philadelphia, troubles seems never ending establish a new world of puri- for the environment. “There’s a for us to take these steps,” Ono where the Food Recovery and even gets multiplying. ty, peace and happiness that lot of passion there and a says. Network has been active for Apart from the looming dan- every human soul has been strong desire to deal with the Perhaps the most famous years. gers of global warming, our yearning for. problems facing the environ- teen dedicated to the environ- “Students are very mindful world is precariously balanced Now is the time for every- ment that they are going to be ment is Greta Thunberg, the of their own impact, opting for on a stockpile of nuclear arse- one to realise that supreme inheriting.” Swedish climate activist, who reusable water bottles and cof- nals that can trigger a holo- almighty himself is changing Hannah Ono, 15, of inspired coordinated climate- fee mugs. But it’s taken to a caust of unimaginable magni- this old world into a new one. Boston, has already been advo- change strikes around the world much wider-reaching level in tude. He is honouring his supreme cating for the environment for last year. She arrived in New the case of students in profes- While we watch, hear and wisdom and blessings direct- years. In fourth grade, she and York on Wednesday and will sional programmes. Someone read about major scams, and ly to help us regain our orig- some friends started a petition speak at the United Nations studying to be a food service crime, there are numerous inal purity and virtues. He is asking Dunkin Donuts to stop Climate Action Summit, then manager in a hospital, for such incidents of violence awakening us to realise our using Styrofoam cups. “The join world leaders who will pre- example, who is launching and moral turpitude that true nature to manifest our Change.org petition drew sent plans to reduce greenhouse their career with a sustainabil- occur on a daily basis in indi- inborn divinity. We should 3,00,000 supporters and helped gas emissions. “We recruit teams of 14 they hang out in parks, and they dining halls, local shelters and ity-oriented mindset, really vidual lives. Similarly, hatred, thus not wait for the end, persuade the company to ditch Thunberg is taking a year interns from each school and see a lot of things. We provide food pantries to make sure moves the needle,” he says. jealousy, greed, ego, lust, intol- instead we should wait to fly Styrofoam cups by 2020,” she off school to pursue her the interns work with coaches the structure, tools and excess food is delivered to “They are making decisions erance and mistrust have and reach our magnificence. says. “My next petition is for the activism. Joelle Alley heads a to identify environmental prob- resources, but they are the ones those in need, instead of going about thousands of meals a day, seeped deep into the human Just remember, the old world city of Boston to ban Styrofoam California non-profit, lems on their campus and in identifying the issues and com- into the trash. and that adds up to a huge psyche influencing every is finally coming to an end containers. I just put it up a cou- EarthTeam, that offers a paid their community. Then the ing up with campaigns,” says “We coach and mentor stu- environmental impact.” thought and action. and a new one is being estab- ple months ago on Change.org, internship programme for kids kids come up with action cam- she. dents to help them build local Thunberg told political Beneath the turbulent lished. Now it is up to us and it has about 300 signatures interested in sustainability. She paigns to help solve the prob- Through the Food food recovery programmes,” and business leaders in Davos waves of change and disinte- whether to become a part of so far,” says Ono, a rising says the group starts each lems,” Alley says. Recovery Network, one of the says the organisation’s executive recently, “I don’t want you to be gration, the human conscious- this change towards the new sophomore at Phillips Academy school year by presenting their The kids “have a unique largest student-led movements director, Regina Anderson. hopeful. I want you to panic. I ness is awakening to the real- world by connecting with the Andover. programme to around 10 perspective on their families fighting food waste and hunger, “There’s an incredible amount want you to feel the fear I feel ity of a new world that is supreme or remain in an illu- She’s also one of a group of under-resourced high schools and communities, and often students at college campuses in of food waste on university every day. 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The emotional clash was fol- 7 0 ! >, A 10.6 pushed her to number two and a 10.1 lowed by tearful on-court inter- M2$B,> - to the top, eventually ending the stage as num- views, Osaka asking Gauff to join clash at Arthur Ashe Stadium pit- level." more aggressive and a little bit less entertaining sets while 13th seed .' %,- ber one. her with the microphone as they ted 21-year-old Japanese star Osaka Osaka next faces Swiss 13th than before." Gael Monfils is the highest-ranked '( She started the elimination rounds with a met at the net. against the American, who made seed Belinda Bencic, who was "It's true last year I had some player left in that quarter of the % * S1C?? bumper 10.4, which was followed by 10.0. "It was kind of instinctive a fourth-round Wimbledon run on handed a walkover when Anett tough matches. You never know draw after he outlasted Denis 0 ! ( The standing was not disturbed despite a 9 because when I shook her hand, I her Grand Slam debut. Kontaveit withdrew due to illness. what's better or worse," he said of Shapovalov in five sets. as her lead was pretty big by that time. saw that she was kind of tearing up Serena Williams, the 23-time Three-time champion Nadal his serene progress this week. Canadian teenager Bianca She briefly slipped to second with a 9.1, but a little. Then it reminded me how Grand Slam champion, called it returned from an extended rest to Cilic, the 22nd seed and 2017 Andreescu, seeded 15th, brushed "I've been through a lot with a humongous 10.8, soon after, firmly established young she was," Osaka said. "the future of women's tennis", dispose of 170th-ranked South Wimbledon finalist, took out top past two-time US Open runner-up injuries and have just taken every- Yashaswini's place at the top. "I wanted her to have her while Novak Djokovic labelled Korean qualifier Chung Hyeon 6- US hope John Isner in four tight Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-4 to thing I've learned from the past After confirming the quota, Yashaswini shot head high, not walk off the court Gauff "a new superstar". 3, 6-4, 6-2, having benefited from sets. extend her best Grand Slam run. couple of years and brought it into a perfect 10.9, extending her dominance and sad. I want her to, like, be aware that But Gauff, the youngest play- three days off after a walkover. "I've played quite a few times The 19-year-old, a winner at this year." securing the top prize with an effortless perfor- she's accomplished so much and er through to the third round here The Spanish second seed will with Rafa. When you play these top Toronto and Indian Wells this American qualifier Taylor mance. she's still so young." since Anna Kournikova in 1996, meet 2014 champion Marin Cilic guys you have to come up with season, improved to 30-4 for the Townsend continued her surprise Her two final shots were in the 9s, but impor- Osaka said the match was one struggled in her first match under for a place in the quarter-finals. your great tennis," said Cilic. year despite missing much of the run after reaching the last 16 for tantly, both were higher than those of the of her best since winning the the lights on Ashe. "I'm happy to be in the fourth Sixth seed Alexander Zverev clay and grass portion with a the first time at a Slam. Ukranian champion. Australian Open title. "She (Osaka) did amazing and round for one more time. It was a made it to the second week in New shoulder injury. Townsend, ranked 116th, fol- The brilliant performance saw Yashaswini "This is the most focused I've I am going to learn a lot from this good match," said Nadal, who York for the first time after fight- "I think everything is just lowed up her shock win over join Sanjeev Rajput, Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi been since Australia," Osaka said, match," Gauff said. quit with injury against Juan ing past Aljaz Bedene 6-7 (4/7), 7- clicking with me," said Andreescu, reigning Wimbledon champion Chandela, Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, telling Gauff: "Sorry for playing you "She's the number one player Martin del Potro during last year's 6 (7/4), 6-3, 7-6 (7/3). who had never gone beyond round Simona Halep by beating anoth- Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rahi Sarnobat and in this mentality." in the world right now, so I know semi-final. Andrey Rublev, a 2017 quarter- two at a major prior to this tour- er Romanian, Sorana Cirstea, 7-5, Manu Bhaker as India's other quota holders for The primetime third-round what I need to do to get to that "I'm trying to play a little bit finalist, beat Nick Kyrgios in three nament. 6-2. the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. !(
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nion Berlin pulled off perhaps the Ubiggest victory in their turbulent history, defeating Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at the Stadion An der Alten Foersterei on Saturday night. Dortmund came into the match heavily favoured to win and reclaim their place on top of the table but struggled to match Berlin's enthusiasm in sweltering conditions in the German capital. Union were 1-0 in the 22nd minute, with Marius Buelter scoring the side's first ever top-flight goal at home. Buelter latched onto a Berlin cor- ner which had been struck low and fast, hammering the ball into the bot- It was Union who would score he was proud of his side's performance to completing the video analysis tom right of the net. next, however, with Buelter grabbing and planned on letting them savour tonight or not." $ The goal stung Dortmund into a second by pouncing on a desperate the victory. Dortmund captain Marco Reus action, who equalised just two min- clearance from Dortmund keeper "We knew that it would be a real- said the entire team was to blame for + utes later through Paco Alcacer. Roman Buerki. ly difficult 90 minutes, when you want the loss. Dortmund coasted through the Sebastian Andersson added to take points off (Dortmund) you "We had plenty of opportunities remainder of the first half, dominat- another in the 75th minute to put the have to work hard and try everything. but the last pass seemed to fail us every /' ing possession and territory as they home side 3-1 up and seal their first And we did it," Fischer said. time," he said. ;4(9'$'$! went in search of what seemed like an ever win in the top division. "I think there might be a beer or "We simply didn't put in enough eymar is set to stay at Paris inevitable second. Union manager Urs Fischer said two tonight, we'll see if we get around tonight." NSaint-Germain after seeing 51.B '..( his desire to transfer back to Barcelona fail, according to press 79/ However two goals in as reports on Sunday. many minutes from Kostas "Se queda," Spanish for he's - ( alidou Koulibaly handed Manolas and Hirving Lozano staying, read the L'Equipe headline KJuventus a dramatic win shortly after Ronaldo had made on its front page with a photo of with a last-gasp own goal that it three brought Napoli back the Brazilian. /' kick onto the post. New sign- went in search of what seemed consigned Napoli to a painful 4- into the game, and Giovanni Di "Faces with the impossiblity of ing Renato Sanches was first to like an inevitable second. 3 Serie A defeat after his side Lorenzo sent the away fans completing his transfer to ice won for the first time the rebound but missed the It was Union who would had battled back from three wild with a close-range finish to Barcelona, Neymar had informed Nunder new ownership to goal. score next, however, with goals down to level the scores. set up a tense final nine min- his entourage he has decided to draw level on points with Later on Sunday strug- Buelter grabbing a second by The Senegal international utes. end the season at PSG," the daily leaders Paris Saint-Germain gling Monaco travel to pouncing on a desperate clear- shanked in Paulo Dybala's free- But with at least point said. on Sunday when they inflict- Strasbourg and Marseille host ance from Dortmund keeper kick under no pressure in the seemingly in the bag, Koulibaly Spanish sports newspaper ed a first defeat of the season Saint-Etienne. Roman Buerki. second minute of stoppage time made it a nightmare end for Mundo Deportivo carried similar on Rennes. Union Berlin pulled off Sebastian Andersson to hand Juve the three points in Carlo Ancelotti's men, who news, which comes just ahead of The 2-1 win moved Nice perhaps the biggest victory in added another in the 75th Turin on Saturday and put finished on the wrong end of a the transfer market deadlines in onto nine point after four their turbulent history, defeat- minute to put the home side Maurizio Sarri's side top with a 4-3 scoreline after winning by France and Spain on Monday. games, the same as Rennes as ing Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at 3-1 up and seal their first ever maximum six points, leaving the same margin at Fiorentina "Neymar's entourage admit it: well as champions PSG and the Stadion An der Alten win in the top division. Napoli with nothing to show for last weekend. it's finished," it said. Angers, who both won earli- Foersterei on Saturday night. Union manager Urs their Herculean efforts. The champions made light Neymar, 27, became the er in the weekend. The Dortmund came into the Fischer said he was proud of "It was a rollercoaster. We of the absence of captain world's most expensive player Parisians already have a signif- match heavily favoured to win his side's performance and lost control of the game and got Giorgio Chiellini, out with ante- when PSG paid 222 million euros icant advantage in goal differ- and reclaim their place on top planned on letting them distracted, so they managed to rior cruciate ligament knee ($ 264 million at the time) for his ence. of the table but struggled to savour the victory. equalise, but fortunately in the injury, and Sarri, who is battling transfer from Barcelona two years In the other early game on match Berlin's enthusiasm in "We knew that it would be end we still won," said Gonzalo pneumonia and was not on the ago. Sunday, last season's runners sweltering conditions in the a really difficult 90 minutes, Higuain, who spun Koulibaly bench. A scorer of 51 goals in 58 up Lille lost 2-0 at Reims. German capital. when you want to take points before slamming home Juve's Ironically it was Koulibaly appearances in his two seasons in On Wednesday, in their Union were 1-0 in the off (Dortmund) you have to superb second. whose injury-time winner had the French capital, Neymar has not first match after English petro- scored an own goal at a cor- The game was still goalless 22nd minute, with Marius work hard and try everything. "It is a very important vic- given Napoli there only victo- featured at all for his current club chemical billionaire Jim ner after 25 minutes. when Lille midfielder Yusuf Buelter scoring the side's first And we did it," Fischer said. tory. We have a lot to improve, ry in the Allianz Stadium under this season amid the uncertainty Ratcliffe's Ineos completed his The visitors dominated Yazici received a second yellow ever top-flight goal at home. "I think there might be a but we gave our all on the pitch former coach Sarri in April surrounding his future. purchase of the club, Nice lost the second half and won a card after 52 minutes. Buelter latched onto a beer or two tonight, we'll see and were eventually rewarded." 2018. He trained with PSG on at home to Marseille. penalty when Benjamin The visitors conceded a Berlin corner which had been if we get around to complet- Koulibaly's blunder undid Earlier Turkey midfielder Thursday, but coach Thomas That game was dominat- Bourigeaud and Hamari penalty for a foul on Moussa struck low and fast, hammer- ing the video analysis tonight all of Napoli's good work in Hakan Calhanoglu claimed AC Tuchel omitted him from the team ed by the over 10-minute sus- Traore sandwiched Youcef Doumbia, and after a delay for ing the ball into the bottom or not." fighting back from the dead Milan's first three points of the that beat Metz 2-0 in Ligue 1 action pension ordered by match Atal. Wylan Cyprien convert- video review, the winger con- right of the net. Dortmund captain Marco with less than half-an-hour left, season after scoring the only on Friday. officials as part of a crackdown ed from the spot. verted in the 73rd minute. The goal stung Dortmund Reus said the entire team was with goals from Danilo just 20 goal in a 1-0 win over newly- Efforts to negotiate a suitably on offensive chanting from Nice won the game two In the 90th minute, Remi into action, who equalised to blame for the loss. seconds after he came on as a promoted Brescia. lucrative transfer back to Barcelona French football authorities. minutes into added time. Oudin's cross flew into the just two minutes later through "We had plenty of oppor- substitute, Higuain back at The 25-year-old connected have seemingly floundered, with Nice started badly on Racine Coly, at the far post Lille net. Paco Alcacer. tunities but the last pass Juventus after loan spells at AC with a cross from Spanish PSG sporting director Leonardo Sunday at Roazhon Park. from a corner, scored the win- The visitors won a penal- Dortmund coasted seemed to fail us every time," Milan and Chelsea and winger Suso to head in after 12 saying on Friday there was "no Defender Gautier Lloris, ner with his knee. ty deep into added time, but through the remainder of the he said. Cristiano Ronaldo giving the minutes after Milan had lost agreement. It depends on the younger brother of In Champagne country, goalkeeper Pedrag Rajkovic first half, dominating posses- "We simply didn't put in reigning champions what their opener to Udinese last Barcelona" Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo, Lille finished with 10 men. pushed Jonathan Bamba's spot sion and territory as they enough tonight." looked like an unassailable lead. weekend. ! "#$ ! 9<
" # ! ' % 93 -/ 0'7: much of help in the wicket, we saw in the previous inning as -/ 0'7: Resuming at overnight 264 for five, owe my hat-trick to the cap- well there was a lot of bounce India lost Rishabh Pant (27) on the Itain," Jasprit Bumrah told an they were getting a lot of he incomparable Jasprit Bumrah opening delivery of the day. enamoured Virat Kohli after bounce, they were getting late became only the third Indian to Pant was cleaned up by Holder blowing away the West Indies movement as well. Tpick a Test hat-trick after (5/77) with an inswinger as the bats- with his heady cocktail of line "So, sometimes, when there Hanuma Vihari's maiden ton, power- man leaned for a drive. and length, pace and bounce. is so much of help you can get ing the visitors to a commanding posi- Thereafter, Vihari and Ravindra Known as much for his greedy, you can go for wickets, tion in the second match against the Jadeja played according to the situation infectious energy as for his you can try to be over aggres- West Indies here on Saturday night. to nullify any threat from the West incredible batting, Kohli was sive, that time you have to keep In a lethal opening spell on Indies bowlers. caught on the stump mic say- things simple, just try and Saturday, Bumrah (6/16) rattled the Vihari notched up his fifty in 96 ing, "What a bowler, man! bowl good balls and create West Indies by picking up the first five balls. What a bowler", after Bumrah pressure. That was the thing wickets, three of which came in succes- Jadeja (16) did all the hardwork but removed one the West Indies that was going on in my head," sive balls in the ninth over. gave away his wicket when it mattered, batsmen. Bumrah said. As a result, the hosts, trailing 0-1 top-edging a Rahkeem Cornwall Part of the credit for The leader of the team in the two-match series, were tottering (3/105) delivery to Bravo at mid-on Bumrah's hat-trick go to skip- asked the leader of the pace at 87 for seven at stumps on the second while going for a big slog. per Kohli, who insisted on a pack about understanding day. An over later, Vihari got a big review after Roston Chase, his among the fast bowlers. Bumrah made inroads into West reprieve when he was dropped by third victim, was initially given "Understanding is very Indies line-up in the seventh over by Campbell off Cornwall in the first slip. not out by the on-field umpire good with other pacers. There inducing an edge from John Campbell, To add to the West Indies' woes, Paul Reiffel. is a lot of communication that which Rishabh Pant accepted gleeful- Vihari picked up two boundaries in the The review was correct as goes on and off the field as well. ly. remaining balls off Cornwall's over. Bumrah became only the third When I am getting Bumrah was at his best as he picked Vihari, who scored 93 in Antigua, Indian to claim a hat-trick in wickets, some- up the wickets of Darren Bravo, reached his maiden Test ton in 200 Test cricket. body else' job at Shamarh Brooks and Roston Chase to balls, with the help of a single off Roach "Actually I didn't know, I that time is to register his name in the record books. in the 133rd over. was not very sure of the appeal, create pressure, He first had Bravo caught by K L Ishant was not to be left behind as I thought it was bat so I did- when somebody Rahul in the second slip and then had he followed his senior batsman by n't appeal so much, but it else is getting both Brooks and Chase LBW in the reaching his first Test half-century, off was a good review in the wickets my job is next two balls. 69 balls, with a single off Cornwall. end. So, I think, I owe to create pressure. Part of the credit for Bumrah's hat- After reaching the milestone, that hat-trick to the cap- "So a lot of trick must also go to skipper Virat Ishant started to play some loose tain," Bumrah said as communication Kohli, who insisted on a review after shots, which eventually led to his Kohli held the mic goes -- when there is Chase was given not out by on-field Bumrah came back to dismiss West boundaries. from the other end, as the duo frustrat- downfall. for 'BCCI TV' no help what we can umpire Paul Reiffel. Indies skipper Jason Holder. Together with Ishant (57 off 80 ed the West Indian bowlers for a long Mohammad Shami didn't trouble during an interac- do -- Ishant has played Bumrah, thus, joined Harbhajan West Indies trailed India by 329 balls), who scored his maiden fifty, time. The hosts needed 140.1 overs to the scorers as he nicked a Cornwall tion. more than 90 Test Singh and Irfan Pathan to register a hat- runs with three full days play remain- Vihari shared 112 runs off 28.3 overs bowl out the visitors. delivery to Jahmar Hamilton. It is not easy matches, Shami has trick in Test cricket for India. ing. for the eighth wicket. Coming on to bat at the overnight Vihari also ran out of patience and to sweep Kohli played a lot of Tests. Shimron Hetmyer (34) was cleaned Earlier, Vihari scored a career-best While Vihari looked rock solid, score of 42, Vihari stuck to his task and played a lofted shot, only to be caught off his feet, but "So lot of ideas up by Mohammad Shami before 111 off 225 balls with the help of 16 Ishant gave him the perfect support held one end together. by Roach for Holder's fifth wicket. Bumrah has come in and then we done that a few try to help each other if times in recent things are not going -/ 0'7: times, and the well, push each other. So second day of that's a good relation ndia's Hanuma Vihari dedicated 0 1(( the second going on and hopefully Ihis maiden Test ton to his late Test against we will continue," father, keeping a promise he made the West Bumrah said. to himself right after he lost one of 5 7 Indies was his favourites 13 years ago. one of those H " C Apart from remembering his decided that when I play internation- for the eighth wicket to frustrate the "When I was batting overnight moments. %" father, Vihari thanked bowler Ishant al cricket I want to dedicate my first West Indies for a long time. on 42, I did not sleep really well as In a lethal opening !! %" Sharma for batting, at times, better hundred to him," Vihari said after his "Happy that I got a century and my thoughts were obviously running spell, Bumrah (6/16) rat- $ than the recognised batsman at the career-best 111. credit should go to Ishant. He looked on how to get a big score today. I'm tled the West Indies by other end during their partnership The 25-year-old added, "Today more like a batsman today than me. really happy that I could get my first picking up the first five " C !! in the second Test against West is an emotional day and I hope he The way he was going, we kept dis- hundred, especially on those condi- wickets, three of which % Indies. is proud wherever he is and I'm real- cussing what the bowler was doing tions. It gives me a lot of satisfaction," came in successive $ The unassuming Vihari felt ly happy that I achieved that." and his experience really helped." Vihari said. balls in the ninth 0%" %" Ishant helped him keep his word. Together with Ishant (57 off 80 Vihari is gradually emerging as This one is for Dad (Headline) over. "Actually, my dad passed away balls), who scored his maiden fifty, a reliable man for crisis situations in Hanuma dedicates maiden Test "Sometimes * when I was 12 so ever since, I have Vihari shared 112 runs off 28.3 overs Test cricket. hundred to late father when there is so ! %H . % $ !
4&;< 115, which included 5-30 in England's first > innings of 67. ustralia's pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood is "I can't see why not unless we bowl a moun- Aconfident of doing well in the remaining two tain of overs in the next game, but the body's feel- ',) :5%' Ashes assignments, as he feels he is bowling well ing really," Hazlewood said when asked about the and hitting the right areas. workload pacers need to take in such a long five- harles Leclerc just held off Lewis Hamilton to win "The body's really good," Hazlewood was quot- day series. Cthe Belgian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday, ed as saying by www.cricket.com.au. On his bowling, he said: "It certainly feels like securing the first victory of his Formula One career and "I felt a lot better at Headingley than Lord's, I'm bowling well. Ever since I bowled at Worcester ending Ferrari's long wait for a win. just getting those miles into the legs in that first a few weeks back, I took it into Lord's and into Hamilton was within one second of Leclerc on the Test (back)," he added. Headingley." final lap, but the 21-year-old from Monaco held his nerve. Hazlewood did not play the first Test which The fourth Ashes Test starts from Wednesday "He was catching very quickly so I had quite a bit Australia won before returning to the squad in in Manchester after England rode Ben Stokes' epic of pressure," Leclerc said after his win. Lord's following a back injury. He was impressive 135 not out to level the five-match series 1-1 at He dedicated it to French driver Anthoine Hubert, in Headingley with a career-best match haul of 9- Headingley. who died on Saturday following a heavy crash during an F2 race held on the same track. Drivers paid their respects on Sunday. Moments C 9 -. after winning, Leclerc pointed to the sky and ;& 0+99 The UP side had the then to Hubert's momentum with them in name written P Yoddha produced a the early minutes of the sec- on the side of Udefensive master class to ond half. Shrikant Jadhav his car. outfox Bengal Warriors 32- produced an important two- Hamilton 29 in a Pro Kabaddi League point raid, taking out Rinku extended his match at the Sree Kanteerava Narwal, K Prapanjan in the championship Stadium here on Sunday. third minute and Yoddha lead because his Nitesh Kumar, with a went on to seal an All-Out in Mercedes team- High 5, was the star in UP's the 6th minute of the half to mate Valtteri defence as they tackled move to a two-point lead Bottas was Season 7's best raiding unit (19-17). third, finishing out of the match. UP's defensive pair of ahead of Bengal Warriors, the Nitesh Kumar and Sumit Ferrari's team in form, raced to a were in outstanding form, Sebastian Vettel. quick start with their raiding not allowing Maninder and ; ! 7.5#5 Ferrari had trio of Maninder Singh, K Prapanjan a chance to pick not won since Prapanjan and Mohammad up points while at the other former driver Nabibakhsh looking in form. end Baldev Singh, who - 4< Kimi The Bengal side went into secured a High 5, and Rinku Raikkonen's the match as the best raiding Narwal were equally impres- pening batsman Kusal Mendis hit a quick- victory at the unit in Season 7 (19.8 aver- sive for the Warriors' Ofire 79 to help Sri Lanka post 174 for four United States age raid points) and quick- defence. in the first Twenty20 international against New GP last October. ly moved to take a lead. UP moved to a three- Zealand in Kandy on Sunday. Vettel is 21 Monu Goyat's absence point lead with less than Mendis took charge after the hosts elect- races without a in the team meant the raid- three minutes remaining ed to bat first, building crucial partnerships win since last ing duties fell in the hands of after Bengal tried to play on including a 63-run third-wicket stand with season's Belgian an out-of-form Rishank the do-or-die situations. The Niroshan Dickwella, who made 33. GP as his miser- Devadiga and the raider defence ensured they Opener Kusal Perera made 11 before able form con- once again struggled to came in for Yoddha with 7 lenge, securing two touch- with the defenders, especial- remained focused to see UP falling to Kiwi skipper Tim Southee and num- tinued. impress on the mat. minutes remaining in the points in a do-or-die raid to ly Yoddha's Nitesh Kumar, Yo ddha through to an ber-three batsman Avishka Fernando was out "I gave it absolutely everything," Hamilton said. "It But Nitesh Kumar's two half to salvage the situation bring his team back into the who raced to a High 5. The important victory and for 10 as Sri Lanka slipped to 68 for two. was a difficult race. I got as close as I could but maybe Super Tackles kept the UP and the young raider more match. half ended with the Bengal avenge for their 31-point Mendis held firm to complete his fifth T20 I needed another couple of laps." side in the game. Ankush than rose up to the chal- Both teams traded blows side leading 13-12. defeat early in the season. fifty with a boundary off Colin de On the last lap, Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi Grandhomme and went on to register his crashed out but Leclerc kept his focus. career-best score in the shortest format. His "He had that win coming," Hamilton said of Leclerc, previous-best was 70. who had taken his third pole position of the season, with 29* * +$ " He survived a reprieve on 55 when Ish his teammate Vettel starting from second on the grid Sodhi dropped a tough catch at short fine leg ahead of Hamilton and Bottas. to add crucial runs in his 53-ball stay that was Ferrari topped all three practice sessions and all three ;& 0+99 ing out a draw, here on Replying to Green's total to the final on the basis of a Indian Green's hopes of tak- laced with eight fours and two sixes. sections of qualifying, with Leclerc beating Vettel in five Sunday. of 440, the Red team had better Net-Run-rate as it was ing lead and three points. Mendis was finally holed out at deep mid- of them in sunny and warm conditions. vesh Khan hogged the The day belonged to resumed the day's proceed- tied on two points with India He was finally caught by wicket off Southee, who returned figures of 2- But as is the often the case in Spa, which is locat- Alimelight with his maid- Khan, who produced a 56- ings at a precarious 404 for Blue (0.028) but took second wicket-keeper Akshay 20 from his four overs of pace. ed in the Ardennes forest, the weather can change en first class half-century in ball 64 in a last-wicket 73- nine. place. Wadkar to give Ankit The tourists suffered a blow when paceman quickly and temperatures cooled significantly, grey an incredible rearguard run stand with Sandeep It was a remarkable bat- India Red took the top Rajpoot his third wicket. Lockie Ferguson broke his thumb in training clouds rolled overhead, and drops of rain fell before action as India Red and Warrier (5 off 40 balls) to ting show as the Reds were spot with six points. In the second innings, on Saturday to be ruled out of the series. the race. Two hours later, the sun was out and the 7- India Green set up the lead the Red team to 441 all reduced to 368 for nine at Khan, who had hit five India Red crawled to 98 for The hosts have handed leg-spinner kilometer (4.3-mile) track - the longest in F1 - was dry Duleep Trophy title clash out for a slender one-run one stage. sixes on Saturday, added two 3 in 54 overs before play was Wanindu Hasaranga his first T20 cap at the again. against each other after play- lead. Green (0.057) advanced more to his kitty, dashing called off. start of the three-match series