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WINDOWS MAHARASHTRA IMPASSE Pak testfires Opp. uproar over ‘missing’ nuke-cabable 8 jawans swept NCP chief meets by avalanche in missile with Siachen Glacier Sonia, says will Farooq as session begins 650 km range AGE CORRESPONDENTS AGE CORRESPONDENT Islamabad, Nov. 18: NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, NEW DELHI, NOV. 18 Pakistan on Monday NOV. 18 hold more talks successfully test-fired a The Winter Session of nuclear-capable surface- An Indian Army’s patrol AGE CORRESPONDENT Parliament began on to-surface ballistic mis- party consisting of eight NEW DELHI, NOV. 18 Monday on a stormy note sile which is capable of men was struck by an Uddhav defers as a united Opposition delivering all types of avalanche on Monday at The deadlock in targeted the government warheads up to range of around 20,000 feet in Maharashtra govern- his Ayodhya visit by raising the absence of 650 kilometres, bringing Northern Siachen Glacier. ment formation contin- Mumbai: A day after former Jammu and a number of Indian Army sources in Srinagar ued on Monday as the sec- the NCP core commit- Kashmir chief minister cities under its range. said that the jawans are ond meeting between tee resolved to form an Farooq Abdullah, a Lok The test-firing of the reported to be buried NCP chief Sharad Pawar alternative govern- Sabha MP, from the Shaheen-I missile by the under heaps of snow and and Congress president ment in Maharashtra, Lower House, and later Pakistani military took efforts to rescue them Sonia Gandhi remained Shiv Sena chief Udd- walked out of the House place amidst Indo-Pak are underway. The Siach- inconclusive with the hav Thackeray has put over the issue. tensions over New Delhi en Glacier in the Karak- Maharashtra leader say- off his November 24 Dr Abdullah’s could not revoking J&K’s special orum range is known as ing that the two parties visit to attend the House as he has status. the highest militarised need to hold further talks Ayodhya, a been in preventive cus- According to director zone in the world where on the future course of Sena leader tody under J&K’s Public general inter services soldiers have to battle action. However, leaders said on Monday. Safety Act at his Srinagar public relations Major frostbite and high winds. in the Congress who are PAGE 2 residence after Article 370 General Asif Ghafoor, in the know of develop- was revoked by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers arrive on the first day of the the launch of Shaheen-I ments, claim that most of Centre in August. The Winter Session at Parliament House on Monday. — PRITAM BANDYOPADHYAY missile was held as part the contentious issues Gandhi, Mr Pawar said, issue was raised on of a training exercise have been sorted out but “We have discussed in Monday by Trinamul Hour Congress’ Lok “aimed at testing the the final decision of giv- detail the political situa- Congress MP Saugata Roy Sabha leader Adhir operational readiness of ing letters of support will tion in Maharashtra. We as the members began set- Ranjan Chowdhury Modi praises conduct of Army Strategic Forces only be taken with the will keep an eye on the tling into their seats. launched a blistering Command”. agreement of the NCP. situation in “Sir ... Dr Farooq attack on the government The Pakistani missile The delay in govern- Maharashtra. Congress Abdullah yahan par nahi for barring MPs from vis- NCP, BJD in Rajya Sabha test came days after ment formation has and NCP leaders will hold hain (Sir, Dr Farooq iting J&K while allowing AGE CORRESPONDENT mark 250th session of the India conducted the first brought a sense of rest- further talks on the Abdullah is not here),” Mr members of the European NEW DELHI, NOV. 18 Rajya Sabha, where past night trial of Agni-II, its lessness amongst Cong- future course of action.” Roy said immediately Parliament to visit disruptions had hindered versatile surface-to-sur- ress MLAs in Maharas- Senior Congress leader after the House assembled Srinagar. In a significant develop- the passage of crucial leg- face medium range htra with a party MLA, A.K. Antony was also pre- for the day. As Question “Our leader Rahul ment, PM Narendra Modi islation, Mr Modi said nuclear-capable missile speaking on the condition sent in the meeting. Hour continued amid Gandhi was not allowed to was all praise for Sharad Monday the Upper House that has a strike range of of anonymity, saying On Sunday the Shiv angry protests by the visit (J&K), several MPs Pawar’s NCP and Naveen was vital for checks and 2,000 km. The intermedi- “staking claim to form Sena had claimed that it Opposition MPs (with were sent back... Whereas Patnaik’s BJD for raising balances in a democracy, ate range ballistic mis- the government is inex- has the support of 170 many Congress members bhade ke tattu (hirelings) points effectively but but a distinction must be sile has already been plicable”. MLAs in the 288-member trooping into the well) from Europe were taken never rushing to the Well made between “checking” inducted into the armed Addressing a press con- Assembly. When asked and even Shiv Sena lead- there. Isn’t it an insult to of the House. and “clogging”. forces. — PTI ference after meeting Mrs ■ Turn to Page 4 ers protesting, in the Zero ■ Turn to Page 4 Speaking at the land- ■ More on Page 2 ■ More on Page 11 Bobde takes Trinamul Congress MP Mimi Gotabaya sworn in Chakraborty arrives on the first day of the Winter Session charge as at Parliament House in New Delhi on Monday. India’s 47th at Buddhist temple — ASIAN AGE Colombo, Nov. 18: Mr Rajapa- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ksa’s swear- Chief Justice who was sworn in as Sri ing-in cere- Citizenship Bill: PARMOD KUMAR Lanka’s new President mony took NEW DELHI, NOV. 18 on Monday at an place at Ru- Naga bodies call ancient Buddhist tem- wanweli Justice ple, thanked the Seya, considered sacred for 18-hr bandh Sharad Sinhala majority for to Buddhists all over the Guwahati: Bogged down by Arvind their overwhelming world, in the ancient the BJP’s stand to push the Bobde was support and reached north central town of Citizenship (Amendment) on Monday out to the jittery Tamil Anuradhapura, around Bill, the Joint Committee on sworn in as and Muslim minorities 200 kms from Colombo. Prevention of Illegal Immig- the Chief by promising to protect In his short speech, rants Nagaland has called Justice of them though many of Mr Rajapaksa said, “I for 18 hour bandh from India. He was adminis- them did not vote for knew I would win the Tuesday, while deputy CM tered the oath of office him. presidency with sup- of Meghalaya Prestone by President Ram Nath The former defence port coming only from Tynsong on Monday Kovind at Rasht-rapati secretary, credited with the Sinhala majority. I claimed that Union home Bhavan’s Durbar Hall. helping end the long told the minorities to minister Amit Shah would Justice Bobde, 63, the civil war against LTTE, join me. I did not be visiting Shillong soon to 47th Chief Justice of stormed to victory on receive their support. hold a consultation with all India, will serve till Sunday, trouncing his But I will make sure the stakeholders. April 23, 2021 — a tenure nearest rival Sajith that I will be President Full report on Page 3 of over 17 months, or 522 Premadasa by 13 lakh for everyone.” — PTI days to be precise. votes. ■ More on Page 11 In a first, CJI Bobde COUNTERPOINT shared the dais in court- room number one with Chief Justice of Jamaica Police stops march by JNU Bryan Sykes and senior- most judge of Bhutan’s Supreme Court, Justice students, lathicharges them Kuenlay Tshering. BHASKAR HARI the first day of the Seated with Justice SHARMA Winter Session on B.R. Gavai and Justice NEW DELHI, NOV. 18 Monday demanding a Surya Kant, CJI Bobde total rollback of the hos- started holding the court Around 100 students of tel fee hike. at 11.30 am. JNU, including the stu- In anticipation of the The first mentioning dents’ union president march, Section-144 had before the bench was for and other office bear- been imposed outside a plea for an urgent ers, were detained and JNU campus on Monday hearing on the bail of some were injured morning and around 800 jailed former finance when Delhi Police lathi- police personnel and 10 minister P. Chidam- charged them and companies of Central baqram. Senior counsel stopped them at many Armed Police Force Kapil Sibal made the places as they marched were deployed. mentioning. towards Parliament on ■ More on Page 13 WEATHER Max: 27OC Min: 14OC Trump: Will ‘strongly consider’ RH: 48% Rainfall: 10% testifying in impeachment probe Forecast: Sunny Washington, Nov. 18: President Donald Trump Even though I did nothing wrong, and ASTROGUIDE on Monday said he is don’t like giving credibility to this No Vikari: Dakshinayana “strongly” considering Due Process Hoax, I like the idea answering a challenge & will, in order to get Congress Tithi: Kartika Bahula from Opposition Saptami till 3.32 pm focused again, strongly consider it! Democrats to testify in — Donald Trump, Star: Ashlesha till 9.19 pm his own impeachment US President Varjyam: 10.34 am to 12.06 pm investigation. After the Speaker of Durmuhurtam: 8.41 am the Lower House, Nancy phony Impeachment idea & will, in order to to 9.25 am and Pelosi, upped the ante by Witch Hunt. She also get Congress focused 10.44 pm to 11.36 pm suggesting that Trump said I could do it in writ- again, strongly consider Rahukalam: 3 pm to 4.30 pm come forward to tell the ing,” Mr Trump tweeted. it!” “truth,” the Republican “Even though I did It was unclear what SUNSET TODAY 5.26 PM President said he was nothing wrong, and kind of testimony the SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.47 AM keen. don’t like giving credi- President had in mind. MOONRISE TOMORROW 11.47 PM Ms Pelosi suggested bility to this No Due — AFP MOONSET TODAY 12.40 AM “that I testify about the Process Hoax, I like the ■ More on Page 11 PAGE Culture+ 5 THE ASIAN AGE TUESDAY | 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI SaMaPa festival Sonal Mansingh’s Appa Deepo to blend styles

Bhava: Women in Buddha’s life Shailaja Khanna ong before she earned her Padma aside Vibhushan and Sharon Lowen became a Rajya LSabha member, Dr Sonal andit Bhajan Sopori’s Sopori Academy of Music and Mansingh was at the fore- Performing Arts’ (SaMaPa) eagerly awaited annual festi- dance without frontiers front of classical Indian Pval in Delhi will be held this week in two venues: dance performing artistes November 19-20 at the India Habitat Centre, and November 22- motivated to engage with 24 at Kamani Auditorium. In its 15th year, the festival is pri- Buddhist themes. marily dedicated to classical music, but also has a dance per- ■ Princess Yashodhara, Similarly, her explorations formance. As usual, there is an eclectic mix of old and young, of consciousness raising and some interesting artistes who have never been heard Nartaki, Sujata and that expanded interpreta- before in New Delhi. The festival commences with a tabla solo tions of iconic women by Banaras gharana exponent Deepak Sahai: Elder son of late whose stories inform the pandit Sharda Sahai, the lineal “khalifa” of the Banaras gha- Amrapali each have Indian psyche have also rana, Deepak Sahai is rarely heard on Delhi stages. He is fol- been pioneering. lowed by Piu Mukherji from Kolkata singing light classical their life stories Her recent production was Sonalji’s introduction the Spirit of the Forest if laborative process. Over music, and the concluding concert is by the sitar duo Hafiz Appa Deepo Bhava weaves with the strength and she conceives. An engag- the two-three months Bale Khan and Rais Khan, from Hubli, Karnataka; again good succinctly framed in the together the warp and understanding she conjec- ing vignette of village life needed to create the artistes who are rarely heard in Delhi. weft of both these threads. tured Yashodha, as she depicts Sujata and her music, she spoke of the Belonging to the Dharwar branch of the Kirana gharana, context of the pleasures Princess Yashodhara, contemplated the aban- husband in their daily valuable and beautiful the family maintains the instrumental tradition of the Kirana Nartaki, Sujata and doned ornaments brought activities both before and experience of working gharana that is today largely forgotten with the profusion of and preoccupations of Amrapali each have their to her by his charioteer: after awareness of the with Sonalji, a masterful the vocal tradition of the gharana. Brought into prominence life stories succinctly “If you had confided in me lotus blooming and the storyteller who could com- by Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, and carried forward by Sawai their lives. Each framed in the context of before leaving on your birth of her son. municate the stories and Gandharva and his disciples Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and the pleasures and preoccu- quest, I would not have Reminded of her vow, she ideas behind the composi- Vidushi Gangubai Hangal, today the Kirana gharana is popu- contributes to raising pations of their lives. stopped you”. mistakes Gautama tion in a complete form lar for its vocal tradition. But an older instrumental tradition, Each contributes to rais- Each vignette was intro- Siddhartha for a vana- with clear images. set up by Ustad Bande Ali Khan, one of the great “beenkars” important issues and ing important issues and duced elegantly through devata who accepts her More than the abstract (veena players) of his time, is acknowledged as the founder of understanding that fur- Sonalji’s offstage narra- offering. The narration mood of a raga, the the Kirana gharana. He was born in Kirana in 1826. ther Gautama Sidd- tion, ensuring that the goes further to share that nuances of emotion to be The next day starts with a vocal recital by Waseem Ahmed understanding that hartha’s path toward essential concept at the the bowl was thrown in brought out in the music Bhat from Kashmir. The artistes who follow are coincidental- enlightenment and his core of each episode was the river with the vow that required several back and ly both from Kolkata: Debasmita Bhattacharya, sarodist from further Gautama teachings for us to follow. highlighted. Before he would achieve enlight- forth sessions to match the Senia Shahjahanpur gharana, and vocalist Ruchira Framed in a classic Nartaki begins, the audi- enment in days if it float- visions and shape details Panda, disciple of the iconic Pandit Manas Chakraborty of Siddhartha’s path dance-drama format enri- ence is reminded that the ed upstream — which it in the music. Sonalji and the Kotali gharana. Debasmita is one of the few lady sarodists ched by Sonalji’s sensibili- court dancers in the times did and he did! Saskia emphasised full today of quality (the sarod has always been regarded as an towards enlightenment ties, each story was clearly of Lichchavi city-state The culminating episode commitment from both instrument for men, though of course there have been rare etched by her Shri republics were highly of Dr Sonal Mansingh’s sides as this kind of pro- well known exponents like Vidushi Sharan Rani and Zarine and his teachings for us Kamakhya Kala- respected for their literary concept, direction, narra- duction takes more collab- Daruwalla Sharma in the past). Ruchira Panda has carefully peeth Repertory and philosophical knowl- tion and choreography oration than it generally maintained a musical tradition set up two generations ago by to follow. group dancers as edge as well as perform- was her portrayal of the would in the West where Pandit Tarapada Chakraborty, and is a vocalist to look out for. she, naturally, ance art. An observation beautiful court dancer and either music or dance Truly this looks like being an evening to look out for. appeared as Nartaki that this Nartaki shares musician, Amrapali. As would be created first November 22 will feature Pandit Ajay Pohankar from and Amrapalli. In the past, with her entourage is so with the introduction to rather than developed side Mumbai, who admitted he was “happy to sing in New Delhi, I recall Sonalji’s tour de profound in its simplicity Nartaki, Sonalji shared by side. Their orchestra- and wished there were more such opportunities for him to force solo performances that it inspires sanyasi the high level of respect tion techniques produce a perform in New Delhi”. He is followed by Pandit Bhajan on such themes and here Siddhartha to give up held by such a court more melodic content, Sopori, who the city of New Delhi is proud to call its own. A we saw her effortless elan extremes and follow the dancer of the time, enti- devoid of electronic instru- representative of an old musical lineage from Kashmir, portraying court dancers “Middle Path”. tled along with the Raj ments. The soundscapes of Pandit Bhajan Sopori has worked ceaselessly to take forward while offering her stu- Nartaki’s entourage Guru to the right of a fire, cooking, a baby cry- his musical heritage to a younger generation. dents of Bharatanatyam relaxes and plays on the royal umbrella. A deeply ing, et al were accompa- Pandit Vishwambhar Nath Mishra is an unusual musician the opportunity to share banks of the river experienced human being nied by minimal percus- — currently head of the Department of Electronics the stage with her and the Niranjana. When Nartaki with a compassionate sion, highlighting the Engineering, IIT (BHU), the professor is also the mahant of Chhau-trained artistes. joins them and asks for her heart and power of obser- awareness of every sound the famous Sankat Mochan Mandir, a hereditary position his Collaborative interac- veena, the maid first over- vation, Amrapali was aus- that was present. As this ancestors have held for generations. (Incidentally, the Sankat tions with Mayurbhanj tightens the string to the picious for the city-state was the second time Saskia Mochan Annual Festival is the only six-night, all night classi- Chhau go back several breaking point and then republic of Vaishali. and Shubhendra have col- cal music and dance festival in the country.) decades, so the inclusion leaves the replaced string Receptive to the laborated with Sonalji, I Chatting with mahantji, he shared that though his “taalim” of Chhau-trained male too loose to make a sound. advances of Ajatashatru, look forward to the third. (training) in pakhawaj from his illustrious grandfather dancers in the concept and Sonalji’s Nartaki then King of Magadh before his As this production trav- Pandit Amar Nath Mishra was of the highest degree (Pandit choreography added ener- tunes it herself, comment- successful and bloody els to Bhutan next and I Amar Nath Mishra, a highly innovative player, had even gy to the festivities of ing that, “Neither too tight attacks on her beloved think Mongolia thereafter, accompanied Ustad Allaudin Khan and the like), he had Princess Yashodhara and nor too loose, maintaining Vaishali, she rejects the it will serve as a fine intro- stopped his pakhawaj practice since 1980 after his grandfa- Prince Siddharta’s mar- balance is the key”. This victorious conqueror to duction and/or reinforce- ther’s death. He resumed playing after some 40 years, only riage celebrations and the happened to be within have the Order of Nuns ment of diverse audi- because he felt he should impart his knowledge to the younger other episodes. The trio of earshot of the meditating created by the Buddha in ences’ appreciation of sig- generation and had started teaching pakhawaj. His first solo Seraikella Chhau-trained Buddha-to-be practicing accepting her renuncia- nificant women in the life performance in Delhi will be on November 23, at 6.30 pm. dancers were well mat- extreme austerities nearby. tion. The stark post-battle of Gautama Siddhartha The next concert is by the ever-popular Vidushi Malini ched while the Mayurbh- Sujata, the third signifi- images and succinct pres- Buddha. Om Mani Padme Awasthi, who laudably has the ability to re invent her singing anj-trained artiste took on cant woman in the life of entation of this and earli- Hung. at the different stages she adorns. Her vast repertoire makes the role of Prince the Buddha, the er stories were compli- her concerts always a delight. The evening ends with Abhay Siddhartha with the added Enlightened One, then mented by aesthetic and Sharon Lowen is a Rustom Sopori, who is a very innovative musician. His modi- flavour of Odissi in the offers kheer, which is now frequent costume changes respected exponent of fied santoor gives a much richer dimension to his concerts. choreography. accepted by Siddharatha, and an excellent musical Odissi, Manipuri and The concluding day of the festival features an unusual per- From marriage to the abandoning extremes to score. Mayurbhanj and cussion ensemble of young tabla players from six gharanas of birth of son Rahul coin- follow this Middle Path The exceptionally fine Seraikella Chau whose tabla: Ajjrara, Banaras, Delhi, Farrukhabad, Lucknow and ciding with Siddhartha’s enabling him to soon supporting music was four-decade career in Punjab. All six artistes are disciples of legendary representa- realisation of the truth of reach enlightenment. composed by Pandit India was preceded by 17 tives of these gharanas so the concert promises to be interest- human suffering in Usually, we only see Sujata Shubhendra Rao and years of modern dance ing. Sitarist Pandit Kushal Das of the Maihar gharana will be Samsara and his depar- portrayed at the moment Saskia Rao de Haas. I was and ballet in the US and followed by the concluding performance of the festival by vet- ture to seek enlighten- of offering, but here a totally struck by the quali- an MA in Dance from the eran kathak duo Vidushis Nalini and Kamalini. ment, we see a seamless charming backstory has ty of the music before see- University of Michigan. What stands out in this lineup of artistes is the careful precis of this chapter in been conceptualised. ing their names in the She can be reached at blending of different styles of music, of veterans with able the life of the Buddha. A childless Sujata prom- credits. I asked Saskia sharonlowen.work- younger artistes and the relatively wide range of instru- What made this unique ises an offering of kheer to afterwards about this col- [email protected] ments, including a rare pakhawaj solo.

Shailaja Khanna writes on music, musicians and matters of music Maya: The yoginis of Seema Kohli at Sunder Nursery What temples did you medi- Water and the touch of it Seema Kohli tate at? I am venerable so I learn The temples where I have from you meditated upon are Mitawli The jackals, tigers, dogs, Bharat S. Tiwari Padwali, Beraghat- dragonflies and snakes Jabalpur, Ranipur Jarial, Splitting the Sahastra with Mahadeva Pani near a volcanic explosion meanwhile Bhopal, the opposite side of Opening a thousand lotuses Assi ghat in Banaras, the Not only within me but in Gwalior caves: Now there is you too “Thou who bearest the man- turn on canvas, inks, mixed no Yogini site in so many I decapitate my analytical ifold world of the visible mediums, ceramics, print- places where I have meditat- mind and the invisible; making, and her perform- ed, visited. They may be Allowing the flow of Who boldest the universe in ances. Her every work — a now totally bereft of any intuition to enter Thy womb! feminine mysticism of idols or rituals. But you can You are the energy Thou who severest the ancient myths and mytho- see her khel of the Maya, rendering, controlling the thread of the play we play logical figures of India — is who is playing. She just operating yogini. upon this earth! a delight for the eyes, and of wants to play. She exists. Who lightest the lamp of course the soul of lovers of You just have to feel her Where should the seeker of wisdom; who bringest joy to sacred feminine art. Her lat- energy — it’s the connect yoginis go and what should the heart of S’iva, Thy Lord! est work A Circle of Our and affiliation with the they read? O Thou, the Queen Empress Own — first in 10 years in Teamwork Arts, said, she has come, and a circle flesh and blood.” Why 64 yoginis? energy which is still around A seeker who seeks the of holy Kas’i! Divine her hometown New Delhi — “Seema interprets age-old that isn’t limited but is in The exhibition is open for [64 yoginis, or perhaps 81 us of course in the spaces of Shakti has to firstly have an Annapurna! opened at Sunder Nursery concepts into a contempo- fact eternally relevant. The viewing till February 16, or 40, these are but a num- worship but also every- intrinsic desire to under- Be gracious unto me and — an amazing avatar of rary form. Her sculptures forms and names may 2020, from sunrise to sunset. ber, an auspicious figure, where. stand Shakti, and then a grant me alms.” rejuvenation that New transcend time and are change over the ages but the expanding, esoteric or exo- I have meditated in Bhuli desire to understand what — Shankaracharya sings to Delhi can’t be thankful quintessentially Indian in energy of the female yogini A conversation with the teric.] Bhatyari in the ridge near comprises this energy. Once Maya, mother of the world, enough to Aga Khan Trust form and narrative.” will perpetually endure artiste: Yogini, the collaborator, my house — now that’s a the desire has been fired, through his philosophical for Culture — is a body of Bhavna Kakar of Latitude with her balance of softness the energy sparking cre- Sufi site but I feel the same then you set out to visit the writings: “Hymn to sandstone and bronze sculp- 28 said, “Seema is brilliant and strength. The sculp- What is yogini? ative movement and orches- connection with that space sacred abodes, they can be Annapurna”(Translation tures. Building on her pre- in her oration and brought tures created show this Yogini, to me, is energy. trating the affairs of this where probably the Sufis everywhere, forests or tem- by Swami Nikhilananda). vious work in which she in a lot of elements from everlasting, plural natural She is part of that transient universe: Four is once walked, sang and con- ples alike. channels the divine femi- her ongoing research on the of the feminine divine and omnipresent “Shakti”. A a generic term, an auspi- nected with the higher pow- he best thing about nine, Kohli has imagined a yogini cult.” When this inspire the viewer, no mat- whole, through which cious number, from the divi- ers which I call Shakti. Feel What is the easiest way of learning and appre- space to celebrate the lega- author asked about the ter what gender, to under- everything is expanding. sion or multiplication of this poem of mine: going through your current ciating is that one cy of Indic female deities venue, she said, “The venue stand the interconnected For me they are the arms of eight. We have visited many work? Tcan start it whenev- revered collectively in tem- is spectacular and lends nature of all things.” Devi Durga, completing all yogini sites, which had 21, “I spark of as breath er one realises the lack of it. ples from the 8th to the 12th itself to the artwork!” Art historian Dr Seema Her tasks. They are like 40 or 42 yoginis. In Jabalpur, Flow in your blood. Through my social media Art is one such element Century CE. Visiting from Mumbai, Bhalla found the yoginis arms of Durga, hence frag- Beraghat there are 81 yogi- Through your veins. profile. where this applies most sci- The Sundar Nursery was Kalpana Shah of Tao Art representing every woman ments of a whole. Born nis but it’s still called a In your soul. entifically: To both the thronging with art lovers, Gallery finds the show not in flesh and blood. She said, from Shakti, the primordial Chauth Yogini. This is what I exist. The writer is an artiste and you. Seema in a thankfully less polluted just one exhibition but the “They are bringing them goddess. I understand from the texts I am. interior designer Kohli knows the science of evening. When asked, “How, embodiment of artiste out from the realm of ritu- The yoginis, the collabora- that I have read and sites I am all around you. with a passion for art and is becoming a mas- as an art lover, you see this Kohli’s entire journey thus alism. The women of real tors, each is with her own that I have visited. It could I am within you. photography and ter, applying it in her show adding to the art of far. She said, “The title aptly world, not of stone just to be energy, and together they have arisen from the idea of I connect with you Hindustani literature thoughts gracefully and in India?” Sanjoy K. Roy of represents the full circle revered, but celebrated in manifest Shakti. Ast-Lakshmis. Wind and the sound of it and culture c m y k c m y k MIND POWER JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE AYRTON SENNA PAGE A politician thinks of the next election. I have no idols. I admire work, 6 A statesman, of the next generation. dedication and competence. Edit THE ASIAN AGE TUESDAY | 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

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Sri Lanka comes full Subhani circle with Gota win espite the lack of pre-polling data on trends and exit polls, it was clear that Gotabaya Rajapkasa would be a shoo-in, his closest challenger Sajith Premadasa, leader of the United National Party, Dhaving none of the clout or even the numbers needed to block the return of the Rajapaksa clan to the Sri Lankan presidency. It was equally clear that in the Tamil-dominated north as much as the Muslim-centric eastern provinces of Sri Lanka, the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as seventh executive President of the island nation was certain to set off ripples of fear. While political figures across the spectrum brace for a return of the politics of intimidation and targeted killings of critics through the notorious “white van” disappearances, the remnants of Tamil Tiger sympathisers believe a replication of the brutality that marked the government of Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2005-2015 is very much on the cards. “Gota” Rajapaksa’s overwhelming victory may mirror developments across the world, which marks the rise of powerful yet divisive figures to political office, ultra-nationalist leaders that ordinary people are drawn LETTERS to, in the belief that it takes a strong hand to lead their nations into a mythic golden era of prosperity. This is more so in a Sri Lanka that was OUT OF WILDERNESS lulled into a false sense of security, led to The rise and rise of believe that the threats posed to the While some questions nation’s fabric were well and truly over Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s remain on Gotabaya with the end of the 30-year separatist vio- success in the presidential lence unleashed by the Liberation Tigers of Rajapaksa’s electability Tamil Eelam. Indeed, the Easter Sunday elections in Sri Lanka going forward, due to bombings came as a huge shock, as much of Lanka’s Rajapaksas marks the return of the the status of his dual an eye-opener for the authorities as to the Rajapaksa family to US-Sri Lankan populace after 10 years of inertia. citizenship remaining The other factor in play was that while good offices to bring Prime Minister, Ranil power after being in the Mahinda Rajapaksa was voted out in 2015, them around. Wickremesinghe, did wilderness. Mr unresolved, Mahinda’s over a litany of corruption charges, none of Mr Rajapaksa has oversee the reintegra- return, possibly as which could be proven that were raised by already said he will not tion of some 11,500 Tamil Rajapaksa’s nationalist Prime Minister in due outgoing Prime Minister Ranil Neena Gopal go forward with the UN Tigers, accused of all campaign with the course, is not Wickremesinghe, the UNP leader’s own Human Rights Council- manner of atrocities, indifferent record of governance and directed probe that the back into society. India promise of security and a diminishing clout even among the Colombo Pax Indica government agreed to in would like to see no fur- vow to crush religious elite ensured that the revolving door would bring the Rajapaksas back 2014, on the military’s ther vilification of the extremism has found into play. war crimes against the Tamils, some closure on While some questions remain on Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s electability Tamils. Whether New the fate of the “disap- favour in the Buddhist going forward, due to the status of his dual US-Sri Lankan citizenship ri Lanka’s new they believe will deliver Delhi will now mount a peared”, and a rehabili- majority country, but will remaining unresolved, Mahinda’s return, possibly as Prime Minister in President on the security front, but diplomatic campaign on tation of the war-devas- due course, is not. Gotabaya it is also a vote for the Mr Rajapaksa’s behalf to tated north, the rebuild- be a concern for Sri With that, Sri Lanka, has in fact, come full circle. Much is being made of Rajapaksa, representative of a fami- vilify the Tigers and jus- ing of their homes and Lanka’s Tamil and Muslim repeated overtures to India by the Rajapaksas, that is clearly powered by sworn in on ly that the outgoing gov- tify the campaign to their lives, that has seen minorities. While Prime the realisation that Sri Lanka, caught in a China debt trap, needs India by SMonday against the ernment accused of cor- eliminate the LTTE, a far greater presence of its side for strategic reasons, especially when the first family counters symbolic backdrop of ruption but failed to remains to be seen. an intrusive Sri Lankan Minister Narendra Modi charges of human rights violations on thousands of Tamil innocents who the Bodhi tree in the indict on corruption While it is fairly well military than before. lost no time in greeting perished in the war against the LTTE. China’s rising heft, both militarily spiritual capital of charges, and have now known how the younger Tamil anger and unease and diplomatically is not easily countered. By Delhi or Colombo. Anuradhapura, was entrusted, with giving a Rajapaksa crafted the must be assuaged, even him and offering an As for the man on the street, the country may have voted for a leader sending out a strong much needed boost to strategy that closed off if it means revisiting the invitation to visit India, it who gets things done, but whether it will countenance the return of message of thanks to the the economy. Sceptics the Tigers’ arms supply unresolved issues of will be a tall order to dis- Rajapaksa cronies riding roughshod over civil freedoms as before powerful Buddhist cler- are already saying it will and cut off the terror devolution of powers to remains open to question. gy which had thrown its be no easy task in a group’s eastern wing, the northern provinces sociate the island nation weight behind his presi- deeply divided nation, thereby crippling the — however watered from its pro-China tilt. dential campaign. still coming to terms LTTE war machine, few down — and doing noth- But in stressing that he with the Easter Sunday know how closely he ing to imperil the liveli- N.J. Ravi Chander Ayodhya: SC review advisable would be a President for bomb attacks that worked with the hoods of fishermen and Bengaluru all Sri Lankans, within claimed the lives of Manmohan Singh gov- restoring the farmlands, t least one party to the Ayodhya dispute, in which the mosque side hours of winning an some 240 people and ernment and the Indian taken by the military, in lost the title suit when the Supreme Court delivered its verdict on unprecedented mandate placed a huge question Navy as well as the largely agri-centric SAVE THE FUTURE ANovember 9, has announced its decision to seek a review of the with 52.25 per cent of the mark over the largely Washington in blocking north. judgment. The courts are known not to easily grant a relook, but in this vote on Sunday, Mr prosperous and forward- off all escape routes for Mr Rajapaksa has sig- THE PROTESTS at JNU have case, arguably the most complex title dispute in Independent India, the Rajapaksa may have looking Muslim busi- Prabhakaran and his nalled that he wants to raised the issue of the cost of avail- Supreme Court would be wise to accept that there might be room for mod- been demonstrating that ness community, that family. And this includ- take the blueprint he ing higher education, and it con- ification. unlike when he called the Islamic State sees as ed shutting down a play used to transform cern not only JNU but is relevant The Ayodhya judgment seems full of glaring self-contradictions. After the shots in his previous a soft target. by one of his trusted lieu- Colombo city into a mag- for the whole country. Higher edu- accepting practically everything the mosque side argued, it has given the avatar as the powerful That the former soldier tenants to reach out to net for big ticket invest- cation in public universities is sub- title to the temple side in an unbelievable reversal of logic. defence secretary in his would tap into the inse- India and plead for safe ment, to be replicated sidised, and even students will not The court accepts the Babri Masjid stood for 464 years until its 1992 brother and former curity fuelled by the passage, if not asylum, across the country. And reject the idea of periodic, reason- demolition by lawless mobs led by top BJP and VHP leaders. It also President Mahinda blasts — and the percep- for the Tiger leader. while that is a challenge, able increases. But in JNU, they accepts that archaeological evidence doesn’t support the motivated pro- Rajapaksa’s government tion of an inept Gotabaya may not it is in his management were raised 300 per cent in one go. paganda that the mosque was built on the remains of a destroyed Hindu in 2005-15, and decimat- Maitripala Sirisena- have the polished charm of the neighbourhood, Higher education should be afford- temple. And yet the court awarded the title to the Ram Lalla deity. ed the violent, secession- Ranil Wickremesinghe of a Mahinda who can particularly India as able to most students, especially While doing so, it didn’t bother questioning that the deity’s “next” friend ist Tamil Tigers, he government’s massive single-handedly draw part of the “greater fam- those from the weaker sections. We (speaking for the deity) was related to the VHP, which was instrumental must win the trust of the intelligence failure and the crowds and is slated ily”, and his own “neu- should focus on the lives of stu- in the “criminal” act of the mosque’s destruction. moderate Tamils and its mishandling of the to be inducted as Prime trality” vis a vis China dents in JNU, because they are our Under our constitutional system, while all Indians are bound to accept a Muslims who voted economy — to win votes Minister by April next and India, that acknowl- future. The government should not Supreme Court judgment, even when it appears strange, the court should overwhelmingly for his in the south, was a year — or even earlier, edges for the first time, play politics with education. be ready to admit it may have been in error, at least in part, if not wholly. rival, Sajith Premadasa. given. But in the eastern but he is a master strate- the debt trap posed by Arif Mahfooz Pro-mosque entities, even if they accept the November 9 verdict without The deeply divisive fig- provinces where the Sri gist who has already Chinese investment in Newari, UP demur while being deeply disappointed, are unhappy about accepting as ure, who once revelled Lanka Muslim Council sent out strong feelers to Sri Lankan ports like “restitution” five acres of land to build another mosque. Accepting the in the monikers “Hitler” prevails, Mr Rajapaksa the Narendra Modi gov- Colombo and other pro- verdict must not entail accepting the restitution, no matter how well- and “Terminator” for has simply cut no ice. ernment, not once but jects, including in his INEFFICIENT GOVT intentioned. his demonstrable ability Similarly, given that the several times in the past hometown of Hamban- to silence critics with Tamils remain the six months. tota, that has adversely IT IS very unfortunate and sad that enforced disappearances biggest holdout against If his inner circle of impacted the Sri Lankan as per the statement of Union through the ubiquitous the powerful Rajapaksa advisers are to be economy, that he will be finance minister Nirmala “white vans”, secured family, and that the believed, his blueprint really tested. 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aulana Fazlur Rehman the religious rhetoric used by the cles about the establishment. But tions, the MMA had disintegrated grounds. This strategy had paid off has packed up his dhar- speakers at the Azadi march. But at the same time, as it appears, he and religious parties had lost their for the PTI from the time of the 2014 na in Islamabad and one of the key factors that held the also wants a renewed relationship attraction. dharna to the 2018 elections, result- Mmarched on to yet anoth- participants together was the way with the establishment. And that, Whether or not the maulana has ing in electoral success. The er ambitious protest phase, i.e. the they were provided with a religious too, has a background. been successful in conveying the maulana might be thinking along Muhammad so-called “Plan B”. Not many are orientation to understand the con- The maulana has remained con- message, his political agitation was similar lines. He has already threat- optimistic about the plan, which temporary political scenario. cerned about the establishment’s certainly meant to regain the glory ened that he will launch “Plan C” if Amir Rana entails blocking some major high- The maulana’s religious rhetoric engagement with the clergy without of 2002, which he believes is not pos- his demands are not accepted. ways of the country. However, the remained focused on two narra- taking him on board. He may have sible without a good working rela- The maulana has full potential to maulana has somewhat succeeded tives: first, that the government conceived it as a deliberate move by tionship with the power centres. He become a populist leader, but like View from Pakistan in conscripting himself as a rele- has come under the influence of an the establishment to create a rift also realises that the religious par- Prime Minister Khan, there are con- vant actor in the existing political “Ahmadi lobby”; and second, that within the religious leaders of the ties’ slogans have lost their attrac- straints on him becoming a milieu, besides mobilising the this lobby is part of a Jewish-led country. The establishment’s short- tion, and groups like the TLP are Pakistani Viktor Orban or hyper- young cadre of his support base. international conspiracy against lived romance with the Tehreek-e- gaining more support. nationalist Narendra Modi. Class- The problem with the religious Pakistan. A religion-based oratory Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) — a Barelvi While the establishment feels based distinctions have emerged Azadi march support base is that it can be in such gatherings is understand- religio-political party that secured comfortable dealing with religious strongly in Pakistan in recent years, mobilised only through using reli- able; however, knowing their tar- around two million votes in the last actors, the maulana also knows the and each class wants a populist gious sloganeering and blending it geted audiences, the maulana and election — added to the maulana’s tricks of manoeuvring. The reli- leader of its own sort. Imran Khan with existing political contexts. At his deputies did it on purpose. grievances. However, his electoral gious parties have comparatively capitalised on the salaried and ser- sways towards the onset, the core demands of the In his early speeches, the defeat proved to be the last nail in better organisational structures vices-based classes, and the maulana Azadi march were linked to the res- Maulana also mentioned the estab- the coffin. The major religio-politi- and institutions, which help them can emerge as a populist leader of ignation of Prime Minister Imran lishment’s intervention in cal parties, that were united under mobilise their support bases at any low-income groups, which are a trib- Khan and the holding of new elec- Pakistan’s politics, but gradually the banner of the Muttahida Majlis- time. They have street power and a al, rural and urban transaction. The populism of a tions. But gradually, the maulana softened his stance on the subject. i-Amal, secured reasonable repre- religious cause as well, but what the maulana has narratives to offer and and other leaders of the JUI-F start- He has been employing and exploit- sentation in Parliament in 2002 and maulana has learned from Prime exploit the religious cadres’ griev- ed to mix up things with religious ing anti-establishment sentiments formed the government in two Minister Imran Khan’s strategy is ances and identity crisis. religious kind issues. The mainstream media and since long, mainly due to a growing provinces, are in search of the same that political activism cannot neces- political analysts somehow ignored resentment amongst religious cir- glory. 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Censorship isolates Ayodhya judgment: About faceless dissenters, then tries judges and the moral of Ram Katha to demonise them

Many a time it happens crowds. The only one to go structure it was, at Ayodhya, that a division bench unscathed was the temple of was demolished for wealth. It Serapis, the presiding deity of was an act of vandalism to Huma Yusuf dictates the Alexandria. Gibbon rebuts the subjugate. It is heartening that Sudhanshu Ranjan order/judgment in open claim that the Roman empire top leaders of both court and both judges earlier persecuted Christians, communities, including Prime sign. Thus, no “The learned Origen… declares Minister Narendra Modi, licked in most express terms… that people into shape. There were particular judge is the the number of martyrs was no victory rallies or festivities riday last week introduction of national author. But it is very inconsiderable… His by Hindus. This is the leitmotif marked the Day of identity databases enable unprecedented so far authority would be alone suffi- of the Ram Katha, which spurns the Imprisoned states to link dissenting arring some dissent It reminds one of the as Constitution Benches cient to annihilate that formi- hatred or ill-will for anyone. FWriter, observed voices in exile to their from expected quar- Federalist Papers written by dable army of martyrs, whose Tulidas’ Ramcharitmanas is annually by the writers’ nuclear or extended fami- ters, the unanimous Alexander Hamilton, James are concerned. relics, drawn from the most totally free from any hint of association PEN ly members back home, verdict of the five- Madison and John Jay under part from the catacombs of communalism though his time International to express and continue to apply indi- judge Constitution the pseudonym “Publius” to Rome, have replenished so was not free from such rancor. solidarity for writers who rect pressure. Take the Bbench of the Supreme Court on canvass for the ratification of Article 142 has been invoked many churches, and whose George Grierson, in his “Notes have been harassed, PTM-linked activist whose the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri the US Constitution. Perhaps with an alarming frequency, marvelous achievements have on Tulsidas” which appeared in detained, prosecuted or father was arrested after Masjid dispute has been univer- they did not reveal their identi- which has been subjected to been the subject of so many vol- 1893 in the Indian Antiquary, killed for expressing their she relocated to the US. sally hailed for putting the final ties because they had to appeal searing criticism. But in this umes of holy romance… extols Ramcharitmanas as the views. The day offered yet The previous sense of lid on the centuries-old litiga- to the 13 states of the US which case, it has allotted five acres of Dionysius… in the immense embodiment of Indian culture another opportunity to security afforded by for- tion, which caused tremors in had to ratify the Constitution, land as a recompense for the city of Alexandria, and under and he was mesmerised to such reflect on the growing chal- eign citizenships or dual Indian politics. However, it and bylined authorship would construction of a mosque, the rigorous persecution of an extent that he wrote that lenge to free expression, nationalities is also evapo- appears that some supporters of have revealed their states and invoking this extraordinary Decius, reckons only ten men even if the whole of Indian and emphasised why this rating as Western states the Babri Masjid may not allow created doubts in the minds of jurisdiction. Though some and seven women who suffered culture is destroyed and the should matter to everyone clamp down on immigra- peace to have its way. Though other states that there might be Muslims have fulminated, for the profession of the Ramcharitmanas is saved, it — not just writers. tion and demonise asylum every party to the litigation had some hidden agenda of the terming it as condescension, Christian name.” The Church alone will resurrect Indian Each year, PEN high- seekers. Western democra- publicly professed to abide by three states to which they they should appreciate the ges- branded Gibbon anti-Christian. culture. Vincent Smith laments lights the cases of five per- cies that have championed the verdict, they have taken a belonged (Hamilton: British ture. Their anguish is under- The Portuguese ravaged tem- that historians did not secuted writers. This year’s free speech are consuming somersault. On the other hand, West Indies, Madison: Virginia, standable but calm cogitation is ples in Goa after they estab- ruminate over the list included a Mexican themselves with hate poli- serious infighting is brewing and Jay: New York). However, expected at this crucial junc- lished their rule by 1520. Bishop contributions of Tulsidas and investigative journalist tics, and have little capaci- among sadhu-sants claiming to now the authorship of most of ture. Dume wrote to the King of just ignored him. Tulsidas talks who has been repeatedly ty (or moral authority) to represent Hindus over the man- the papers has been estab- The court has also rightly Portugal on January 12, 1522 of hunger and poverty: “The threatened and previously defend the outspoken from agement of the construction of lished. Similarly, in the present recorded that all historical that service to God required privation of the poor wretch detained after publishing a around the world as they the temple. It is hoped that Lord judgment, it is conjectured that wrongs cannot be redressed by razing temples and erecting who starves for want of food book on child sex traffick- crack down on their own Ram is unshackled from the Justice D.Y. Chandrachud the court. But so far as the churches in their place, and and nourishment will not be ing; a Sri Lankan writer dissenters. Just think of clutches of the so-called faithful authored it, but the record is Ayodhya dispute is concerned, only those who convert to removed by drawing a picture who published a short story the weak global response and peace finally prevails. silent. In India, most of the it acquired a gargantuan pro- Christianity would be allowed of Kalpataru (the wish-fulfilling about child abuse in a to journalist Jamal Khas- The Supreme Court has tried ancient literature is aupau- portion as the court, for long, to stay. All Hindu temples in tree) or the Kamdhenu (the Buddhist temple; a hoggi’s murder, or the its level best to cut the Gordian resheya (godised) as the author shuffled out of the controversy. Goa were demolished by June celestial cow with unbounded Ugandan academic who sense of isolation inculcat- knot without hurting anyone. is unknown. Even the Vedas History is replete with 28, 1541 by Miguel Vaz, who was capacity to fulfill all needs) on was detained for “cyber ed by the UK’s denuncia- For the first time, the name of are aupaurusheya. Writers instances of barbarism, vandal- blessed by Francis Xavier for the walls. The satisfaction of a harassment” after posting a tion of IS bride Shamima the judge who had authored the often concealed their names. ism and rankling injustices. carrying out the task. However, good meal is known only to him poem on Facebook criticis- Begum — a citizen of judgement has not been men- Had Kalidasa not mentioned his Since ancient times, temples Muslim invaders targeted tem- who eats it, even if he should ing the country’s President; Bangladeshi origin, prom- tioned. Many a time it happens own name in two of his plays — have been invaded to plunder ples for riches. Mahmud not say a word; but mere talk a Turkish journalist who ptly deemed an outsider. that a division bench dictates Malavikagnimitram and wealth. Christian mobs demol- Ghazni raided India 17 times. day and night about six covered Army operations Salil Tripathi, chair of the order/judgment in open Vikramorvashiyam — people ished pagan temples and made He broke the idols of Somnath varieties of eatables will do him in the country’s Kurdish PEN’s Writers in Prison court and both judges sign. would not have known that a off with the accumulated when he could not get the no good.” The Ramayana has area, now facing terrorism Committee, wrote of imp- Thus, no particular judge is the playwright called Kalidasa ever wealth. Edward Gibbon has desired wealth about which he approximately 300 versions in charges; and an Egyptian risoned writers, “they will author. But it is unprecedented existed. The protagonist tells written that “in almost every had information. Temples were India and abroad. Some poet who wrote the lyrics to not be silenced, their read- so far as Constitution Benches the actress that they are going province of the Roman world, repositories of gold and jewels. countries other than India have a song criticising the gov- ers will not be silenced.” are concerned. Thus, the judg- to enact Kalidasa’s play an army of fanatics, without Whenever he faced a financial more than one version. For ernment that went viral Tripathi’s conflation of the ment is unanimous as well as Malavikagnimitram. authority and without disci- crunch, he invaded to pillage. instance, Myanmar has two weeks before last year’s silencing of writers and anonymous; the court has spo- Another coruscating feature pline, invaded the peaceful Invaders targeted mostly versions: Ramavattu and presidential election. their readers must be ken. The author was not smit- of the judgment is that after a inhabitants; and the ruin of the wealth. In 1739, Nadir Shah Ramathagyan. But everywhere These cases are a chilling more widely deployed. ten by the virus of ambition to long time the court has made a fairest structures of antiquity took back the booty that he had Ram is love, compassion, reminder of the global One challenge of denounc- be remembered by posterity for very constructive use of Article still displays the ravages of plundered on 700 elephants, sacrifice and other virtues dimensions of the chal- ing censorship is that peo- penning a historic judgment 142 of the Constitution, which those barbarians…” Most of the 4,000 camels and 12,000 horses. personified. It is not to lenges to free speech and ple think this is a state and closing an acrimonious gives the power to do “complete pagan temples in the Roman After his return, he abolished humiliate or belittle anyone. the resistance — often vio- activity that only affects chapter of history. It serves the justice” to the Supreme Court empire had been destroyed by taxes for three years in Iran. lent — to increased trans- the sub-group of those who cause of justice better if judges in any matter or cause pending the end of the fourth century However, there is no evidence The writer is a senior TV parency. They highlight speak out, whether writ- are faceless. before it. In recent decades, CE by the menacing Christian that the temple, or whatever journalist and author the sweep of authoritari- ers, journalists, academics anism and majoritarian- or activists. Once voices of ism worldwide, and the dissent are thus isolated growing ease with which and marginalised, they dissenting voices can be can be demonised. Those tracked and silenced. who don’t routinely speak An interesting aspect of out begin to wonder: did Time to embrace and nourish our rivers PEN’s lists is the number they deserve it? Can they of writers who are dual be trusted? And what does soil is reduced. The plant may ment area is that of a 35-km Today, all our rivers are in danger. nationals or live outside it matter to me? look green, but it suffers in valley. No, catchment should We have to look at how to revive these their native country (last It’s therefore essential many ways. If we change this, be all along the way. rivers. Otherwise, in a few years, we year’s short list featured a that censorship is recast Tamil Nadu and Karnataka People think because of won’t be drinking from bottles, we will Swedish-Eritrean journal- as a way of controlling Sadhguru can manage their water situa- water there are trees. No, be bathing from bottles. ist who has been impris- society at large. The free- tion. because of trees there is Half the nation is already in a position oned in Eritrea for 18 dom afforded to writers is We need to pay more atten- water. All along the river, where they don’t start their day with a years for criticising the merely a gauge of the tion to the Cauvery river wherever the land belongs to bath because there is no water. The country’s President; the power equation within a itself. The Cauvery is maybe the government, we must do legacy we are leaving our children is Mexican journalist on this country, a hint at the 40 per cent of what it was 50 years ago. afforestation immediately. Wherever it such that no matter what you have, you year’s list went into self- nature and quality of Almost all our rivers are going through belongs to a local farmer, the govern- will not be able to live well. The choice exile for security reasons). information flows, service ater is a resource that has to this, which is a disaster waiting to ment must move from agriculture to we have now is to consciously correct This fuels the perception delivery, wealth distribu- be managed. This has been unfold. horticulture. this or let nature do it. If nature does it, that dissenters can contin- tion and accountability. ignored in recent times. We I have rafted down the Cauvery from If you show the farmer the economics it will do it in a very cruel way. ue to speak out from Broader constituencies Whave not really looked at Bhagamandala to the Krishna Raja of this move, that by planting trees and For thousands of years, these rivers “abroad”, lessening the must recognise how cen- how we can practice agriculture in a Sagara Dam and the Brindavan having horticultural crops he will earn have embraced and nourished us. The urgency to protect free sorship skews the public way that conserves water. In Tamil Gardens in Karnataka — a distance of more than he can by ploughing the time has come when we have to expression within each record, data, national nar- Nadu, we are still largely flood irrigat- over 160 km. In this entire distance, it is land, he will naturally take to it. If you embrace and nourish our rivers. country’s borders. ratives and social cohe- ing, which is the cruellest way of using only in the first 30 to 35 km that there is ensure this on either side for a mini- But this is untrue. sion for generations. The water. any forest vegetation. mum of a kilometre — if we can do Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, an Individuals’ ideas and world’s imprisoned writ- There are more efficient ways to prac- After that, there is just agriculture. more than a kilometre it will be great — internationally renowned spiritual activism can be effectively ers must be a matter of dis- tice agriculture today. If you put so How will a river flow with this? Unless in 15 years, the Cauvery will have at leader, is a visionary, humanitarian, tracked through their tress for all of us. much water in one place, the soil gets there is forest, there will be no river least 10 to 20 per cent more water flow- author, poet and speaker. 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It then 6.57 megabytes in makes a connection the App Info section MS UPDATES Continuing from last year’s Microsoft Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC), the $99 Logitech Adaptive Gaming Kit hopes request to “set up a VPN of the Android to bring gaming accessibility to estimated 80% of special-needs gamers. connection that allows it settings. TIKTOK OWNER to monitor network traf- TERMS ON fic.” Finally, it seeks per- EYES MUSIC mission to add a widget to other apps, the app is free DATA PRIVACY the homescreen. to plaster ads in a variety In fact, approving the of aggressive and annoy- STREAMING BIZ San Francisco, Nov. 18: VPN connection — a stan- ing ways. It displays full- Bengaluru, Nov. 18: Microsoft said on Monday it dard requirement for page ads across the TikTok owner Beijing was updating the privacy pro- Encryption helps child some legitimate ad block- screen. ByteDance is in talks visions of its commercial ers — allows the app to It delivers ads in the with big music labels — cloud contracts after run in the background at default browser. It Universal Music, Sony European regulators found its all times. includes ads in notifica- Music and Warner Music deals with European Union Combined with the per- tions. And it places ads in — for global licensing institutions failed to protect predators, says Interpol mission to display over the homescreen widget. deals to include their data in line with EU law. songs on its new music The EDPS, the EU’s data subscription service, the watchdog, opened an investi- Financial Times report- gation in April to assess New statement aims at increasing pressure on tech firms TOP 10 ANTI-MALWARE ed on Sunday. whether Microsoft’s contracts San Francisco, Nov. 18: keep them safe, including ByteDance is looking with the European The international police SECURITY CONCERNS from hackers and repres- (BY MARKET SHARE) to launch its music Commission and other EU organization Interpol sive regimes,” said a streaming as soon as z Echoing a joint letter z Both the UK and Symantec z An OPSWAT report from institutions met data protec- plans to condemn the spokesman for Facebook, 13.56% next month, initially in tion rules. It raised concerns spread of strong encryp- last month from the Australia have recent- which was among the tech January 2014 had Avast with a emerging markets such about compliance in October. tion in a statement top law enforcement ly passed laws moving companies in Lyon for the ESET 13.2% market share. By June as India, Indonesia and In a statement on its website Monday saying it protects officials in the US, UK in that direction, conference. “It will also 12.84% 2017, Avast had amassed a Brazil, before a future addressing the issue, child sex predators, three and Australia, the larg- though it is weaken the online security whopping 20.48% of the market, opening in the United McAfee Microsoft said: “We will people briefed on the mat- er group will cite diffi- unclear of over a billion people.” thanks to its 2016 acquisition of States, the FT reported 12.21%. increase our data protection ter told Reuters. culties in catching how Facebook, owner of AVG. on.ft.com/37brU3U, cit- responsibilities for a subset of At the group’s conference child sexual predators widely WhatsApp and Instagram, ing people familiar with processing that Microsoft in Lyon, France on Friday, moved to the front of the Bitdefend the matter. as grounds for compa- they are er 10.77% z Avast's fall in the rankings engages in when we provide an Interpol official said a political fight this year by triggered a steady shift at the In addition to on- enterprise services.” version of the resolution nies opening up user being announcing plans to make demand music, communications to wield- Kaspersky top. The leading spot switched The company, the only major introduced by the U.S. its popular Messenger 7.66% ByteDance’s app will cloud provider to offer such Federal Bureau of authorities wielding ed. communication service hands three times in the past include a library of terms in the European Investigation would be court warrants. encrypted end-to-end, so Avast year, from Avast to McAfee in short video clips for lis- Economic Area and beyond, released without a formal that neither Facebook nor 6.98% March 2019, then to ESET in teners to search through expects to offer the new provi- vote by representatives of law enforcement can view June, and then to Symantec in and synch to songs as sions to public sector and the roughly 60 countries in include mechanisms in the requiring companies to be content unless they have Cylance August. they listen, the report enterprise customers in early attendance, the sources design of their encrypted capable of hacking their access to one of the end- 5.95% added. z OPSWAT said its report 2020. — Reuters said. products and services own users, both of which point devices. Webroot ByteDance has not Echoing a joint letter last whereby governments, act- are anathema to major US- Because Messenger has should not be used to make given a name to its 5.88% month from the top law ing with appropriate legal based global providers been one of the most valu- decisions “on which anti-mal- music app yet and pric- enforcement officials in authority, can obtain including Apple and able sources of informa- Malwareb ware vendors are the best or to ing remains unclear, the United States, United access to data in a readable Google. tion about child predators, ytes 5.8% compare these vendors in terms although it is expected Kingdom and Australia, and useable format.” Both the United Kingdom the step provoked the of quality or performance,” but to cost less than the $10 a the larger group will cite Interpol did not respond and Australia have recent- October joint letter from Sophos month charged by difficulties in catching to a request for comment ly passed laws moving in three of the “Five Eyes” 3.62% instead be used only as informa- Spotify Technology SA, child sexual predators as Sunday. The FBI referred that direction, though it is intelligence alliance, tional points. Apple Inc and others in grounds for companies questions to Interpol. unclear how widely they which also includes the US, according to the opening up user communi- The cooperative law are being wielded. US skir- Canada and New Zealand. report. The company cations to authorities enforcement association is mishes have been fought in Tech activists, pointing to was not immediately wielding court warrants. best known for helping sealed court proceedings, past abuses of “exceptional available for comment. “Service providers, appli- countries assist one anoth- without major congres- access” for governments, — Reuters cation developers and er in catching suspects out- sional action. have been alarmed at the device manufacturers are side their jurisdictions. Interpol joining the polit- political and legal trend, developing and deploying The new statement will not ical fray is notable because and that accelerated over products and services with have the force of law, but the group includes Russia the weekend. If an interna- encryption which effec- instead aim at increasing and other countries with- tional company provides AIRPODS PRO tively conceals sexual pressure on tech out rules against mass sur- hacking capability under exploitation of children providers. veillance or spying on the legal system in one BEATS GALAXY occurring on their plat- It could provide greater political minorities and nation, they say, other forms,” a draft of the reso- political cover for more activists. countries will demand and lution seen by Reuters countries to pass laws or “This proposal will get the same access, poten- BUDS IN AUDIO said. regulations barring endanger people who rely tially across borders. 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True Wireless earphones are all the rage as we head to the end of the decade and it seems like wired audio is on its way out. Though there are true Dai crypto seeks to change ‘stablecoin’ game wireless audio products avail- able all across the price seg- ment, don’t assume the more While some Argentinian savers desperate to avoid inflation are using it, Oxfam aid agency is testing it expensive one is the better. This isn’t always the case. The London, Nov. 18: Some are them instead in the by its users. Britain’s Financial Port Vila. recently launched Apple backed by dollars. Others blockchain contracts run NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY Mariano Conti, head of Conduct Authority said it Another larger version AirPods Pro, for example, by gold. But this “stable- by algorithms. That, sup- smart contracts, said he did not use the term “sta- of the trial is planned in needs deeper pockets than the coin” isn’t tied to any porters say, offers the ben- z The Cayman Islands-registered Maker hoped the foundation blecoin,” given stability Vanuatu next year, Hart Galaxy Buds, but according to major asset — it’s backed efits of stablecoins — Foundation, run from Copenhagen, oversees the could cease to exist within was purely an aspiration, said, spread across multi- Consumer Reports, people by another cryptocurren- instant transactions and technology. two to three years. and that a thorough case- ple islands. Dai is also prefer the latter in terms of c y. steady value — while “The purpose is to boot- by-case analysis was need- attracting attention in audio quality. Stablecoins, such as avoiding governance z Mariano Conti, strap the system until it’s ed. inflation-hit Argentina. Though the new AirPods Pro Facebook’s Libra, are a risks. head of smart no longer needed,” said Stablecoins like Dai Data is scarce, but a offers better audio quality new breed of cryptocur- It is gaining some trac- contracts, said Conti, who is based in present a new front for Telegram messaging than the older AirPods, they rencies that aim to escape tion: the Oxfam aid he hoped the Buenos Aires. But risks regulators as they strive group for Dai users in the apparently do not offer the the wild price swings that agency is testing it for dis- foundation could exist in the governance to tame the fast-moving country has doubled in same level of high-end audio make bitcoin unworkable tributing aid on a Pacific cease to exist model. world of cryptocurren- size to over 450 members as the Galaxy Buds. It is possi- for commerce. They base island, while some within two to Flaws in smart con- cies, experts said. in recent weeks, the ble that AKG gives the Galaxy their value on more stable Argentinian savers des- three years. tracts, for instance, could “The regulators are try- Maker Foundation’s Conti Buds an edge thanks to its underlying assets, typical- perate to avoid inflation leave it vulnerable to ing to fit the existing said. decades of experience in ly traditional currencies are using it. z MakerDAO exploitation and the theft framework onto these new Reuters spoke to five acoustics. or commodities. How regulators treat Dai says an “emer- of assets stored on the technologies,” said Phil users in cities across the “The Echo Buds, Amazon's But Dai, in a major could help shape how, and gency shutdown” blockchain, said Timothy Angeloff, a lawyer at country, who said Dai new noise-cancelling true divergence from others, if, cryptocurrencies can mechanism Stranex, co-founder of Clifford Chance in offered a chance to protect wireless headphones, didn't uses a volatile digital cur- evolve from speculative guards against Luno, a crypto exchange Washington who has their savings against the score quite as well in our tests, rency — ethereum — to use to a de facto money of in London. worked on stablecoins. peso’s falling value. but they're solid performers maintain a steady value. the internet. But their attacks. MakerDAO says an “My mom and I started and far cheaper at $130,” This might appear to response is still unclear. “emergency shutdown” HOW’S IT FARED IN to save a part of our Consumer Reports said. "And defy common sense, but Reuters is tracking the by ethereum cryptocur- the blockchain,” said mechanism guards THE REAL WORLD? money in Dai,” said while the AirPods Pro sound its advocates say the way emergence of contenders rency locked in publicly Rune Christensen, against attacks. Should Better than many cryp- Romina Sejas, a law stu- far better than Apple's earlier it works — with “smart to bitcoin — the “altcoins” viewable contracts that founder of the protocol users seek to take over the tocurrencies used mainly dent in the western city of models, they still don't meet contracts,” blockchain- — as they attract increas- are stored on the that Dai runs on, protocol, it says, the shut- for speculation. Mendoza. “We can’t save the audio quality of our top based covenants with ing attention from blockchain. MakerDAO. “Anyone can down would be triggered Oxfam has tested Dai our money in pesos. Every pick for true wireless sound, terms set in code - means investors, regulators, Many stablecoins are go and do a real-time to protect collateral and this year for distributing month we have inflation. the Samsung Galaxy Buds, Dai will always keep a sta- companies and individu- trusted because their audit.” return funds. aid in the Pacific island We have to be creative to which also sell for around ble value while offering als. The fourth in the value is underpinned by WHO’S IN state of Vanuatu, prone to survive to the decisions of $130.” transparency. series looks at Dai. central bank currencies. CONTROL, THEN? HOW DO natural disasters. It gave our politicians.” There was still, a lot to be Stablecoins like Libra Users trust Dai, on the Dai is not yet entirely REGULATORS Dai to around 200 people Dai’s decentralisation appreciated about the Apple and Tether are in global HOW DOES other hand, as the decentralised. The SEE IT? and 30 vendors on one of made it an attractive alter- AirPods Pro. The AirPods still regulators’ sights, partly IT WORK? ethereum that is locked in Cayman Islands-regis- It’s unclear. Vanuatu’s 80-plus islands, native to other stable- offers above-average sound because of concerns over Like bitcoin, Dai hopes the contracts always tered Maker Foundation, Cryptocurrency-backed building a mini Dai-based coins, said Jose Villar, a quality, combined with active how the companies to power a digital econo- exceeds the value of Dai run from Copenhagen, stablecoins fell outside the economy. “It allows us to software program manag- noise cancellation, and a behind them manage the my where people can in circulation. oversees the technology. scope of a G7 report last control more, and interact er in Buenos Aires. transparency mode to let reserves that back them. bypass banks and other When Dai’s value strays The foundation, also month that said their abil- economically more direct- “All others, there is some ambient sound in. The Dai, launched in 2017, financial firms to transact too far from the dollar, bal- headed by Christensen, ity to keep a steady value ly with each other — and entity behind that can be a AirPods also offers superb seeks to dodge such con- directly with one another. ancing mechanisms kick develops code and other in the medium term was more quickly — after a bank, and we don’t know integration with other Apple cerns by giving up control Its workings are complex. in to guide it back. “With a projects it hopes will questionable. United disaster,” said Oxfam’s who is really behind products including iPhones, of the ethereum coins its Dai is effectively pegged decentralised stablecoin, allow Dai and MakerDAO States regulators declined Sandra Hart, speaking them.” iPads and the Macbooks. value is tied to, locking to the dollar, and backed you can see everything on to be entirely controlled to comment on Dai. from Vanuatu’s capital — Reuters Call to exempt banks from deposit cover NITI mulls health care system for middle-class TUESDAY | 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Overleaf ■ Amidst rocketing prices & distress sale by farmers MFs raise cash levels by quick Over 63% of onion `60K cr, shift counters RAVI RANJAN PRASAD Motilal Oswal Financial BITES MUMBAI, NOV. 18 Top pick Services. As Infosys share price buffer stock rots As the earnings season Company % of total Market % of saw a big drop in October % progressed, stocks of share value equity over an anonymous INDICATORS automobile, oil & gas, capital (` Cr) AUM whistleblower complaint. Sensex 40,284.19 -0.18 SANGEETHA G healthcare, PSU bank and Technology’s weight hit a HDFC Bank 11.88 80031.29 6.84 Nifty 50 11,884.50 -0.09 CHENNAI, NOV 18 consumer-focused compa- 17-month low of 8.2 per nies became the top picks ICICI Bank 22.7 67920.88 5.80 cent in the MF industry. S&P 500 3,120.91 +0.01 While onion prices have of fund managers in RIL 5.21 48361.21 4.13 As a result, the sector Dollar (`) 71.84 +0.09 been going through the October 2019 while tech- INFOSYS 13.64 39828.4 3.4 slipped to the fifth posi- Pound Sterling (`) 93.03 +0.64 roof and had hit Rs 100 a nology, capital goods, pri- L&T 18.63 38501.01 3.29 tion in sector allocation of kg in some markets, 63 per vate banks, NBFCs, AXIS Bank 18.5 38408.3 3.28 mutual funds from second Euro (`) 79.40 +0.29 cent of the onions kept in cement, metals and tele- in August 2019. SBI 13.69 38163.19 3.26 Gold (10gm)* (`) 38,775▼85 -0.21 the government’s buffer com stocks were avoided Oil & gas’ weight stock had to be wasted as by them. HDFC 9.1 33452.01 2.86 increased for the fourth Brent crude ($/bbl)* 62.19 -1.75 it became unusable. This Mutual funds in total ITC 9.62 30459.61 2.6 successive month to hit an IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.479 -0.614 is as huge as 36,334 tonnes. invested Rs 3,485.52 crore Kotak Bank 8.93 26850.1 2.29 all-time high of 8.7 per US 10-Yr T-bill yield 1.845 +0.600 In a monthly update, the in equities and Rs TCS 2.75 23445.84 2.00 cent. The sector is now at the third position in sec- Department of Consumer 40,023.10 crore in debt NTPC 16.98 20567.47 1.76 * As of 9:30 pm IST Affairs said that “as on instruments in October, as tor allocation–it was at October 30, 2019, 20,965 per Sebi data. Bharti Airtel 8.76 16822.22 1.44 the seventh position 12 metric tonnes of onion According to capital Bajaj Finance 7.01 16362.31 1.40 months ago. has been disposed out of market data aggregator Maruti Suzuki 4.95 11309.05 0.97 In terms of value Drawback rates the buffer stock of 57,299 stock of 57,000 tonnes has they are exported in con- tributed the buffer stock Prime Databasethe , SUN PHARMA 10.83 11258.15 0.96 increase month-on- metric tonnes of onions, been disposed off, while 25 tainers, they lose their on time and brought down mutual fund industry’s BPCL 9.7 11082.35 0.95 month, six of the top 10 while the rest is unfit for per cent of it has been rot- moisture and become the prices,” an expert said. cash level increased in stocks were from the HUL 2.34 11023.84 0.94 for gold, silver human consumption/ ten due to the short shelf unfit for consumption in Moreover, it will take October by Rs 59,899 crore, financial sector: SBI, Axis weight loss”. life of the commodity. two weeks,” he added. around one month to dis- indicating caution as the Indus Bank 10.52 9574.42 0.82 Bank, ICICI Bank, jewellery raised That means, out of the Still, 1,525 tonnes is left in Meanwhile, the govern- tribute the imported benchmark indices HCL TECH 5.91 9329.74 0.80 Bandhan Bank, ICICI buffer stock of 57,299 the central buffer stock, ment has announced its onion and till then prices touched record highs. Source: Prime Database Lombard and HDFC. The government has increased tonnes, 36,334 tonnes of he had said. plan to import one lakh will remain high. The top 10 equity hold- Reliance Industries’ duty drawback rates for gold onion were found to be “This is a huge quantity, tonnes of onion to control The prices have been ings by value, of the mutu- Technologies. value increased by Rs and silver jewellery, which would unfit for human consump- especially when we have the price rise. going up since September. al fund industry, included “The month saw a 3,850 crore, with the stock make Indian exports more com- tion. This is 63.4 per cent such a shortfall and price The onion will be While the ministry had HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, notable change in sector gaining 9.9 per cent. petitive. The drawback rates of the total stock. rise in onion. While we do imported by MMTC and termed that the prices Reliance Industries, and stock allocation of Notably, the stock saw net have been raised to Rs 372.9 per However, the ministry had not know how these supplied by Nafed across had risen due to flood- Infosys, Larsen & Toubro, funds. On a month-on- buying by 8 of the top 20 gram for gold jewellery from Rs claimed last week that onions became unfit for the country between triggered disruption in Axis Bank, SBI, HDFC, month basis, the weight of funds, according to 272 per gram, according to a only 25 per cent of the human consumption, the November 15 and Maharashtra and ITC and Kotak Mahindra automobiles, PSU banks, Motilal Oswal. Finance Ministry notification. stock was rotten. government should have December 15. Karnataka, several Bank. The other big hold- oil & gas, healthcare and Stocks exhibiting maxi- Similarly, for silver jewellery, it In the first week of taken steps to preserve it “By taking care of the reports found that farm- ings by value included consumer increased, mum decline in value has been raised to Rs 4,332.2 November, Union Food or dispose off before they buffer stock and disposing ers in some parts of the TCS, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, while that of technology, month-on-month were per kg from Rs 3,254. and Consumer Affairs became unusable,” said an of on time, we could have country were dumping Bajaj Finance, Maruti capital goods, private Infosys, IndusInd Bank, Minister Ram Vilas agri exporter. lowered the import quan- onions on the roads due Suzuki, Sun Pharma, banks, NBFCs, cement, Century Textiles, Paswan said that much of Onions have a short tum considerably. Nafed to unsustainably low BPCL, HUL, IndusInd metals and telecom mod- Aurobindo Pharma and Homebuyers the onions from the buffer shelf-life. “Even when could have very well dis- prices. Bank and HCL erated,” said a report by Interglobe Aviation. file over 1,800 cases under IBC Major recovery for SBI, SC stays SAT Call, data to cost more from order that Sebi ICICI from Essar verdict lacks power to Dec. as Voda, Airtel hike rates FALAKNAAZ SYED the system, secured finan- New Delhi, Nov. 18: Faced "To ensure that its cus- government and positive MUMBAI, NOV. 18 cial creditors would have a with intense competition tomers continue to enjoy outcome of the proposed recovery amounting to 89.8 bar auditors and unprecedented statu- world class digital experi- legal remedy, including a The recent Supreme per cent on the admitted tory dues, Bharti Airtel ences, Vodafone Idea will review petition before the Court’s landmark judge- claim of Rs 45,559 crore. New Delhi, Nov. 18: The and Vodafone Idea on suitably increase the apex court. ment on Essar Steel case “As per the October 2018 Supreme Court on Monday announced a hike prices of its tariffs effec- Following the apex court Homebuyers have filed 1,821 will see healthy recoveries resolution plan, secured Monday stayed an order in mobile phone call and tive December 1, 2019," judgement, Bharti Airtel cases against builders under the for several banks, includ- financial creditors will of the Securities data charges from Dec- Vodafone Idea said in the too raised similar con- IBC since June 2018, Minister of ing State Bank of India recover 92 per cent of their Appellate Tribunal ember, saying the increase statement. cerns. State for Corporate Affairs (SBI), ICICI Bank, Axis exposure of Rs 42,000 crore (SAT) which had held was warranted for viabili- The company at present "The telecom sector is Anurag Singh Thakur told the Bank, Bank of Baroda and to Essar Steel while opera- that markets watchdog ty of their business. provides monthly mobile highly capital intensive Lok Sabha. These are the num- Punjab National Bank, tional and unsecured cred- Sebi does not have the Ina statement, Vodafone services at a starting price with fast changing technol- ber of cases pending before the which would boost their Q3 itors make very low recov- power to bar auditors. Idea announced plans to of Rs 24 without data, and ogy cycles that require NCLT as on Sept.30. He said the earnings. eries of 2 to 4 per cent,” A bench comprising raise tariffs for the first plans with data service continuing investments. It Centre is aware of the problem Several financial creditors said Sameer Bhise, Analyst Justices Arun Mishra time in three years. Soon reported a consolidated starts from Rs 33 onwards. is, therefore, extremely of pendency at the tribunal due had a high provision cover at JM Financial. and Indira Banerjee also after, Airtel, too, issued a loss of Rs 50,921 crore—the Airtel monthly plan starts important that the indus- to high number of cases being of almost 100 per cent on “Significant non-per- issued notice on the similarly worded state- highest ever loss posted by at Rs 24 onwards, while a try remains viable to sup- filed by homebuyers. their exposure to the steel forming loan recoveries appeal filed by the ment. any Indian corporate—for scheme with data begins port the vision of Digital company. Essar are to be made by Securities and The two, however, did not the second quarter ended from Rs 35. India. Accordingly, Airtel Steel has been a ICICI, Axis, SBI and Exchange Board of quantify the increase in September 30, on account Vodafone Idea has last will appropriately increase bad loan for the Secured we remain con- India against the SAT's rates but said that the hike of liability arising out of week said that its ability to price offerings in the banking sector financial structive on these September 9 order. will be effective beginning the Supreme Court order continue as a going con- month beginning Dec- Idea Payments since March creditors will names. Healthy The SAT, in its order next month. in the adjusted gross rev- cern is dependent on ember," Bharti Airtel said. 2016, hence, recover 92 per cent recoveries are which set aside the ban Vodafone Idea last week enue (AGR) case. obtaining relief from the — PTI Bank headed for most of the of their exposure also expected for on audit firm Price loan recovery of `42,000 crore Bank of Baroda, Waterhouse (PwC), had liquidation will flow to Essar Canara Bank and noted that the Sebi does through their Steel Punjab National not have the power to The RBI said Aditya Birla Idea profit and loss Bank,” added Bhise. bar auditors. Dearth of risk management Payments Bank is headed for liq- provision write- SBI has the highest Earlier, the Sebi had uidation post-application by the backs and recoveries from exposure to Essar Steel and challenged SAT's deci- company for voluntarily winding written-off accounts. would, thus, benefit the sion to quash a two-year up. “We advise that on a volunt- The Supreme Court of most from this ruling. ban imposed on PwC in professionals raises concern arily winding up application by India (SC) had pronounced SBI’s admitted claims by connection with the Rs Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank, last week that the resolu- the Resolution Profess- 7,800-crore Satyam MADHUSUDAN SAHOO The concerns come on Pacific Representative, gies to identify, assess, the Bombay High Court has pas- tion of Essar Steel would ional stood at Rs 13,220.91 fraud. NEW DELHI, NOV 18 the back of the financial Professional Risk manage, control and sed an order on Sept. 18, 2019,” proceed as per the pro- crore, and the CoC alloca- On January 10, 2018, turmoil at PMC Bank, fol- Managers’ International reporting on the present RBI said. HC has appointed Vijay posed resolution plan of tion stood at Rs 11,872 the watchdog slapped a As the PMC Bank debacle lowed by a few corporate Association (PRMIA). and forward-looking risks. kumar V. Iyer, Senior Director of October 2018. The SC stated crore, SBI which translates two-year ban on Price has fuelled a nationwide defaults, which triggered a “In a competitive world “It has been observed Deloitte India as the liquidator. that the ultimate right of to 89.8 per cent recovery. Waterhouse (PwC), an debate, the minuscule debate about the safety where businesses are that the board of directors distribution of claims lies Essar Steel account was arm of Pricewater- presence of qualified risk and soundness of the rewarded for high growth, is ultimately responsible with the Committee of fully written off by SBI. houseCoopers India, management profession- Indian financial system. the risk management for defining risk policies creditors (CoC). ICICI Bank’s admitted from auditing any listed als have raised concerns at Experts feel better risk often takes the back seat. and strategies aligned to Essar steel was one of 12 claims is around Rs 2,290 company in connection India’s financial institu- management has become Therefore, discussion on corporate business and systemically large NPAs crore while the CoC with PwC's role in the tions like banks, non-bank- a pressing priority now. risk management comes goals,” said a top official of Prestige buys the RBI had directed banks approved Rs 2,100 crore Satyam scam. ing finance companies, “Percentage of employ- to the fore at the time of a a public sector bank. to refer to NCLT in August and assets sold to The tribunal had and co-operative banks. ees in the risk and compli- crisis, and practices in It may be noted that on 28.9% in DB’s 2017. Financial creditors Edelweiss ARC was at Rs quashed the order but The average number of ance function in independ- this regard should be top August 30, 2019, the gov- had an exposure of Rs 1,700 crore with CoC partly allowed disgorge- risk management officials ent decision making in of the agenda for financial ernment has allowed the 49,500 crore, while opera- approving Rs 1,560 crore. ment of the Rs 13 crore engaged in an Indian bank any Indian bank is typical- institutions,” he added. boards of public sector Mumbai project tional creditors’ exposure On the NCLT list 1, which fee from the auditors is estimated at less than ly less than one per cent; In the financial world, banks to appoint Chief Bengaluru-based Prestige was Rs 19,700 crore. inludes Essar, the bank has concerned. one per cent of total pay- globally this is upwards of risk management broadly Risk Officers and pay Estates has bought 28.99 per It means that in the case made more than 90 per cent —PTI rolls against the global 3 per cent,” says Nirakar refers to the policies, them market related cent stake in a commercial proj- of Essar Steel’s exposure to of the provisioning. average of 3 per cent-plus. Pradhan, Director & Asia processes, tools and strate- salaries. ect in Mumbai of DB Realty. The deal value was not disclosed. Last month, Prestige Estates Projects Ltd on announced a joint venture with DB Group to Lubricant industry faces Kodak moment from EVs develop a large hotel and con- vention centre project at Aero City in the national capital with ANDREW MARC NOEL & Eastman Kodak’s demise board as maybe they did.” million tonnes last year, is of fluids engineered specif- an investment of Rs 2,000 KELLY GILBLOM when it failed to grasp the With the current crop of supposed to be flat for the ically for the high-tech crore. NOV. 18 potential of the digital electric cars in circulation, “foreseeable future” due to powertrains of hybrids camera in the 1970s. attention has largely been the impact of EVs, the and EVs. Total SA The $146-billion lubricants For decades, lubricant on battery performance growing use of synthetic launched two brands of Printed & Published by industry is at risk of suf- makers have been pre- and design, with lubri- lubricants and economic lubricants for EVs last T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan fering the same fate as occupied with squeezing cants an afterthought. pressures, according to year, while Petronas Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at Kodak, thanks to the rise of more fuel efficiency from Some EVs use standard research from energy con- announced its own EV BFL Infotech Ltd, C-9 Sector 3, Noida- electric vehicles. combustion engines and greases found in combus- sultant Kline & Company. brand this year. 201301. Published at 219, N D Tiwari From Volkswagen AG to increasing the mileage tion engines, according to Other oil majors, who are Like Castrol, Fuchs has Bhawan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, Lutz Lindemann, Chief fighting the effects of the created a dedicated inter- New Delhi-110002. Nissan Motor Co., carmak- between oil changes. EVs Editor: T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI ers are switching to bat- present a new set of chal- tronics on-board and being hauling BP Plc’s line-up of Technology Officer at push to de-carbonise on national team of managers Registration number 30074/09, Air sur- tery-powered models that lenges to their piston coun- compatible with non-metal Castrol lubricants for the Fuchs Petrolub SE. multiple fronts, have also and researchers solely charge Re 1. © All rights reserved. use fewer greases than terparts that typically use materials like plastics. EV market. “I’d like to There are signs the pres- focused on creating new focused on developing and Reproduction in whole or in part with- combustion vehicles. With 40 different oils. They need “I’m very conscious of think we’re trying to sure is already poised to products. Royal Dutch marketing lubricants for out written permission of The Editor, demand expected to a grease that can cool and the world changing,” said address and prevent a affect companies. Demand Shell Plc, the largest global EVs, Lindemann said. Financial Chronicle ® is prohibited. decline from 2025, lubri- lubricate the motor, while Dave Hall, a 30-year indus- Kodak moment and not for automotive lubricants, supplier of finished lubri- cant makers are wary of also protecting the elec- try veteran who is over- just lock it away in a cup- which reached about 20 cants, has developed a line — Bloomberg PAGE Financial 10 TUESDAY | 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

■ NITI mulls health AIBEA says banks waste a huge sum on this NCLAT rejects Realty space gets Tata plans to care system for Call to exempt banks Dhanuka’s bid $14 bn foreign PE cut jobs middle-class for Orchid across New Delhi, Nov. 18: NITI Pharma flows in five years European Aayog is mulling build- from deposit cover ing up a healthcare sys- New Delhi, Nov. 18: The RITWIK MUKHERJEE formance — saw commer- tem for the middle-class FALAKNAAZ SYED NCLAT has rejected the KOLKATA, NOV. 18 cial real estate segment operations which is still not covered MUMBAI, NOV. 18 bid of Dhanuka emerge as the bigger draw under any public health- Laboratories for the debt Indian real estate attracted for investors. Several other BARBARA LEWIS care system, the govern- The All-India Bank RBI plans college of supervisors: Das ridden Orchid Pharma, nearly $14 bn of foreign pri- large developers are also LONDON, NOV. 18 ment think-tank said on Employees’ Association and vacated the order vate equity (PE) between keen on listing their com- Monday. The healthcare (AIBEA), the oldest and the M u m b a i , which for three years passed by the Chennai- 2015 and Q3 2019, says the mercial assets under Tata Steel plans to cut jobs system would exclude largest bank union, has Nov. 18: hoodwinked the regulator bench of NCLT, which latest Anarock data. As REITs, said Shobhit across its European opera- those covered under the asked Finance Minister The with cooked up books- had earlier approved its high as 63 per cent (nearly Agarwal, MD & CEO — tions as it wrestles with Ayushman Bharat Nirmala Sitharaman to Reserve something the annual resolution plan. $8.8 bn) of the total foreign Anarock Capital. excess supply and high scheme that mainly exempt the deposits of pub- Bank is in inspection by the RBI The appellate tribunal investments backed com- An additional infusion of costs, the company said on caters to the bottom 40 lic sector banks and com- the process supervisors could not observed that the mercial real estate. The res- $1.6 bn between 2015 and Q3 Monday. per cent population of mercial banks from deposit of setting notice and take preventive approved resolution idential sector attracted 2019 was a mix of foreign Following a weekend Shaktikanta the country. insurance cover. up a ‘college Das action. value, which stood at Rs just $1.5 bn of foreign PE in private equity and funding interview in the Financial India has low level and Arguing its case in a letter of supervi- The RBI has already cre- 1,146.04 crore, proposed the same period, trailing by Indian developers or Times with the group’s very fragmented risk to the finance minister, the sors’ to augment the super- ated a unified department by Dhanuka behind even the retail sec- investors who collaborated European Chief pooling, with household AIBEA said that as on visory skills of its key per- of supervision and a uni- Laboratories was lower tor which saw cumulative either at project or entity Executive, Henrik Adam, out-of-pocket funding at March 31, 2019 there were a sonnel, governor fied department of regula- than the liquidation inflows of $1.7 bn. levels. For instance, in 2018, Tata confirmed it was 64 per cent of total expen- total of 2,098 banks covered Shaktikanta Das has said. tion from November 1 this value of Rs 1,309 crore of In stark contrast, domes- Canada’s CPPIB and planning to announce job ses dominating the over- by the Deposit Insurance The development can be year, which will strength- the company. tic PE funds pumped nearly India’s Phoenix Group cuts across the European all system financing, Scheme — 19 public sector attributed as a response to en the oversight of com- “The upfront payment $2.4 bn into Indian real together invested nearly business, which employs NITI Aayog said at the la- banks, 21 private banks, 46 the massive scam at mercial banks, cooperative alleged to be less than the estate since 2015, of which $100 mn into a mall project around 20,000 people. unch ‘Health System for foreign banks, 20 payment Punjab & Maharashtra banks and NBFCs, Das has ‘Liquidation Value’ of Rs nearly 71 per cent (nearly in Bangalore. No numbers have been a New India: Building Bl- and small finance banks, 51 Cooperative (PMC) Bank, said. — PTI 1,309 crore,” said the $1.7 bn) went to the housing Agarwal said that of the made public. Indian- ocks — Potential Path- regional rural banks while a NCLAT-bench headed by sector. This was a period of total $14 bn foreign invest- owned Tata Steel, which ways to Reform’ report. whopping 1,941 co-operative Chairman Justice S. J. considerable stress for the ments in Indian real estate launched a transforma- The report was rele- banks were covered. DICGC (Deposit Insurance 8,49,000 crore of which Rs Mukhopadhaya. Earlier, residential segment; domes- between 2015 and Q3 2019, tion program in June to ased by NITI Aayog Vice- However the premium and Credit Guarantee 3,77,500 crore or 44 per cent the Chennai-bench of tic funds invested heavily nearly $8.8 bn went into strengthen its European Chairman Rajiv Kumar received for FY19 from com- Corporation) but the claim are covered by deposit National Company Law into a sector plagued by commercial realty, followed business, has operations in the presence of Bill mercial banks was Rs 11,190 ratio is NIL because there is insurance. But in the case of Tribunal (NCLT) had issues like delayed/stalled by $1.7 bn in the retail sec- including steelmaking in Gates, the Co-Chairman crore while from the premi- no possibility of any bank 19 Public Sector Banks, the approved the Resolution units, low sales and fairly tor and $1.5 bn into the the Netherlands and Wales of Bill and Melinda um collected from co-opera- being liquidated and forcing total deposits were at Rs 72 Plan submitted by lower yields. This made housing sector. Logistics & and downstream opera- Gates Foundation. tive banks was Rs 850 crore. the situation of claiming lakh crore of which only Rs Dhanuka Laboratories exiting investments with warehousing drew over $1 tions across Europe. NITI Aayog Adviser A total premium of Rs the insured amount.” 22 lakh crore or 30 per cent on its order dated 25 and substantial gains difficult. bn, and the remaining There will be no plant Alok Kumar said the 12,040 crore was received for “Because of these reasons, are covered by deposit 27 June, 2019. The commercial real investments went into closures but the aim is to report intends to prepare FY19. But there were no as on March 31, 2019, the insurance. Admittedly, the amount estate segment, on the mixed-use developments. shield the company the road map to build a claims paid for commercial Deposit Insurance Fund of “In view of the above we offered in favour of other hand, delivered a The reverse played out against the “huge number health system in the banks while 15 co-operative DICGC is Rs 97,350 crore submit to the government stakeholders including comparatively stellar per- with domestic funds — of of challenges” it faces, the medium- to long-term. banks were paid Rs 37 crore including a surplus of Rs that the deposits of public the ‘Financial Creditors’ formance in the last five the total $2.4 bn they invest- company said. —PTI for FY19. 87,890 crore. The claims set- sector banks and commer- and the ‘Operational years. Steady demand and ed in this period, housing “We are working hard on C. H. Venkatachalam, tled so far since 1962 is only cial banks which are cov- Creditors’ is being much rising rentals gave foreign drew the lion’s share of our plans to be opera- General Secretary AIBEA Rs 5,120 crore and that too ered by Section 45 of the less than the investors a decisive edge. $1.7 bn (or 71 per cent); tionally cash positive,” said, “Year after year, public for the co-operative banks” Banking Regulations Act be ‘Liquidation Value’, such Moreover, the overwhelm- commercial came next Adam said, adding that sector banks and all com- added Venkatachalam. exempted from the coverage 'Plan' cannot be accepted. ing response to Embassy with approx. $600 mn and the company was aiming ‘Recategorise 23 mercial banks are required The total deposits of co- of DICGC cover,” wrote — PTI Office Parks’ REIT launch retail drew just $40 mn of for “a fundamental to pay huge premium to operative banks are Rs AIBEA. — and its superlative per- domestic funding. change”. A company spokesman confirmed more offences Adam’s comments origi- nally made to the Financial Times. under cos law’ Steel making in Europe Indian Wood Govt takes cover in fastest India has high incidence has come under strain New Delhi, Nov. 18: A from international compe- government-appointed tition and high energy high level panel has pro- Products costs, putting large num- posed recategorisation growing economy theme of mobile ad frauds bers of well-paid jobs of 23 more offences to invest under threat. under the companies FC BUREAU replying to questions in the SANGEETHA G with almost a fifth of the European steelmakers l aw. NEW DELHI, NOV. 18 Lok Sabha whether the CHENNAI, NOV. 18 marketers being unclear of blame China for the extent The committee has in Kashmir government has analysed their ad fraud budget and of a surplus in the market, suggested amendments Despite reports pointing to reasons for economic slow- Mobile ad frauds are becom- majority of them believing but the world’s biggest to 46 penal provisions, RITWIK MUKHERJEE economic slowdown grip- down in the country; analy- ing a major challenge for that fraudulent activities steelmaker says it has “so as to either remove KOLKATA, NOV. 18 ping almost all sectors, the sis of impact of GST and if marketers. Among Asian will only increase. Brand made its own deep cuts to criminality, or to government on Monday put any study has been con- countries, India leads in safety on mobile is the capacity. restrict the punishment Even as the debate over up a brave face and main- ducted on impact of the mobile ad frauds. biggest concern today and Britain last week to only fine, or to allow the actual socio-political tained that India remains implementation of the for- Marketers find mobile ad this benchmark report announced that Chinese rectification of defaults situation on ground zero the fastest growing econo- eign trade agreement. fraud as their biggest threat. clearly demonstrates that steelmaker Jingye has through alternative in Jammu & Kashmir my in the world. Sitharaman said India’s Indian marketers spend this needs immediate signed a provisional deal methods”, an official continues, The Indian The government has gross domestic product nearly 20 per cent of their addressal. Marketers will to buy British Steel, which release said on Monday. Wood Products (IWP) Co brought in major reforms (GDP) growth during 2014- advertising budget on ad need to be extra cautious to went into compulsory liq- The proposals are Ltd, the century old to boost investment climate 19 averaged 7.5 per cent, fraud, a survey by Mobile attacks such as ad injec- uidation in May. aimed at further de-clog- largest manufacturer of in the country for becom- which was the highest Marketing Association ad injection and cookie tions, data fraud, cookie The agreement is politi- ging of the criminal jus- branded Katha (catechu) ing a $5-trillion economy, among G-20 countries. found. fraud. stuffing, etc. Marketers cally resonant ahead of tice system in the coun- in India, has decided to Finance Minister Nirmala “A number of steps are Major types of ad frauds Attribution fraud occurs must understand the poten- British elections as job try, it added. shell out Rs 20 crore, in Sitharaman said in being taken by the govern- are cookie stuffing, adware when one party takes credit tial of technologies such as opportunities have beco- As per the committee’s the first phase, to come up Parliament on Monday. ment to strengthen the econ- traffic, data fraud and ad for conversions that it didn’t Blockchain that can help me a major issue. If con- report submitted to with a state-of-the-art “During the last five omy that includes merger of injection. influence. This includes: solve issues related to fraud firmed, the rescue could Corporate Affairs manufacturing facility in years, the government has banks and tax concessions There are mainly three cookie stuffing, human-gen- and create security and save thousands of jobs. Minister Nirmala Jammu, purely on busi- implemented major to industries. By 2025, India classes of fraud and India is erated inflation, device transparency in mobile ArcelorMittal, the Sitharaman, 23 out of ness reasons (on the avail- reforms to build the invest- will be a five trillion dollars at high-risk of all the three. hijacking etc. marketing ecosystem,” said world’s biggest steelmak- the 66 remaining com- ability of raw materials), ment climate in the coun- economy”, Union Minister These include, traffic frauds Almost 95 per cent of the Moneka Khurana, Country er, has idled a series of poundable offences much to the pleasure of try for becoming a $5 tril- of State for Finance Anurag that seek to boost impres- Indian respondents felt that Head, MMA India. plants across Europe. under the Companies the Modi 2.0 government. lion economy. Introduction Thakur said earlier during sions, clicks or other web- lack of penalties and trans- Marketers view In an emailed statement Act could be recate- In fact, the company is of the Insolvency and the Question Hour. site activity counts. parency in industry regula- blockchain as a potential on Monday, Tata Steel said gorised. already in the process of Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in “Several banks have been Misrepresentation frauds tions were giving rise to ad technology in fighting challenging market condi- Such offences could investing in the new plant 2016 is a significant step merged with bigger banks attempt to falsify site or ad- fraud. Lack of data sharing against fraud and trans- tions had been made “wo- then be dealt with in- and commercial produc- towards cleaning and and ultimate aim of the gov- specific info and these and large number of mid- parency issues. However, rse by the use of Europe as house adjudication tion would commence strengthening the financial ernment is to keep four include ad stacking or dlemen are also a cause to only 37 per cent respondents a dumping ground for the framework wherein very soon, latest by the system of the country,” she strong banks and ensure device hijacking, falsified ad fraud risks. in India are aware of world’s excess capacity”. these defaults would be fourth quarter of the cur- said in the Lok Sabha. increased economic activi- device/ location/cookie- “In India, the awareness blockchain and its applica- The company’s subject to a penalty rent fiscal, top company The finance minister was ties,” Thakur said. level info, domain spoofing, on ad fraud risks is very low tion to fraud prevention. European transformation levied by an adjudicat- officials said. program launched in June ing officer. The overall market of aimed to develop “a sim- — PTI Katha, a vital ingredient pler and leaner organiza- for pan masala, is esti- tion, capable of sustain- mated to be nearly Rs ably financing high levels 2,000 crore, which is dom- Iconic Jawa rides in Perak bike at `1.95 lakh of investment”, Tata said. inated by the unorgan- Changes will include ized sector. At present, MICHAEL GONSALVES motorcycle brand, with 90- per cent stake in the compa- The Jawa Perak bobber is streamlining supply ‘Frequent FDA IWP has a market share PUNE, NOV. 18 year-old legacy, was brought ny Classic Legends, the bal- powered by the BS6-compli- chains and using technolo- of 35 per cent in the back to India last year by ance 40 per cent is held by ant 334cc, single-cylinder, gy to improve efficiency, as organised segment. With After the successful launch launching the first range of Anupam Thareja, Founder liquid-cooled, DOHC engine well as seeking to cut visits slow down the implementation of of two motorcycles the pop- new heritage premium of Classic Legends and which develops 30hp and employment costs. GST and e-Way Bill, the ular Jawa and Jawa 42 mod- motorcycles Jawa and Jawa Boman Irani, Chairman and 31Nm of torque. Tata’s quest to boost unorganized katha sector els, Classic Legends has 42 priced with the starting MD at Rustomjee Group. The Perak’s engine is profitability follows a pharma exports’ is expected to shrink rap- expanded its portfolio by price of Rs 1.55 lakh Rs 1.64 “We have received a good slightly larger than that of European anti-trust deci- idly in the coming years introducing the third model lakh respectively. response from the market,” the Jawa and the Jawa 42. sion to block a joint ven- DC CORRESPONDENT and the organized sector called Jawa Perak priced at With its mid-range bikes, Ashish Joshi, CEO at This increased capacity is a ture with Germany’s HYDERABAD, NOV. 18 is expected to eat into this Rs 1.95 lakh at Delhi show- the Jawa brand primarily Classic Legends told result of a larger bore, with Thyssenkrupp. large market, said Bharat room to boost sales. competes with the archrival leader in the country. Financial Chronicle with- the stroke remaining — Reuters Indian pharmaceutical Mohta, Director, IWP. Jawa, the iconic Czech Royal Enfield the segment While Mahindra has a 60 out disclosing volumes. unchanged. companies, over the last few years, have witness- ed frequent inspection from US FDA and other European regulatory bodies due to its alleged lax standards in the Common sense wins in India bankruptcy case production facilities across the country. Now, ANDY MUKHERJEE tribunal’s appellate authori- There was interest among its own unique challenges. through a lengthy in-court to happen in Indonesia, in a stark admission, ty had inexplicably jumped potential buyers, particular- In residential real estate, it’s Getting the bankruptcy by utilizing its where a Jakarta commer- Dr Reddy’s Labs’ Two-and-a-half years after into the fray and ordered ly for steel plants, because the homeowners’ interest distribution right fixed capacity. A lender cial court declared Managing Director G.V. the Indian central bank that more of global metals demand was that makes creditor coordi- has to continuously make Canadian insurance firm Prasad said that such took the highly unusual ArcelorMittal’s money be stabilizing. But with missed nation difficult. In telecom, ArcelorMittal’s `420 billion for Essar new loans to stay in busi- Manulife Financial Corp.’s inspections and subse- step of directing banks to given out to unsecured oper- deadlines, lengthy litigation the difficulty comes from Steel were meant almost entirely for ness. Without the trust of Indonesian unit bankrupt quent observations not put 12 large corporate ational creditors and less to and suspected fraud holding exorbitant government the financial markets, its in 2002, and followed it up only slows down the debtors into bankruptcy, the secured financial lenders. back asset sales, liquidation demands for spectrum fees. financial lenders: sharing equally enterprise value very rap- two years later by holding growth of pharma expo- most closely watched of the India’s $200-billion-plus has emerged as The danger of with operational creditors would idly falls to zero. Early liq- Prudential Plc’s local busi- rts from the country, “distressed dozen” cases bad debt mess is starting to the default a voluntary have meant 61% recovery for banks uidation is the best possi- ness insolvent. A higher but also hurt the compa- has finally been resolved. attract serious global capi- option, with only bankruptcy fil- ble outcome for an insol- court had to reverse those nies’ possibility to With the Supreme Court tal from pension and sover- 15 per cent of Column ing by `9 bn Operational vent lender’s creditors rulings. attract business from in New Delhi clearing the eign funds. Had expected closed insolven- Vodafone Idea `51 bn claims III* seeking to extract value, By setting right the bal- Operational China due to the raging decks for the sale of Essar recovery rates of 90 per cent cy cases ending in a resolu- has everyone from investors claims I* but it’s also the scenario ance between secured and trade war between the Steel India Ltd., the Ruia shriveled to 60 per cent, pri- tion plan. to the government worried. that poses the biggest risk unsecured lenders, the world’s largest two family has accepted defeat. vate equity funds assem- A lot has changed in The mobile operator posted to stability of the existing Essar judgment has scored economies. Control of the 10 million- bling this stock of patient India’s corporate distress a $7.1 billion quarterly loss, financial system. a win above all for common “It (effect of frequent tonnes-a-year integrated money to take over secured landscape between 2016, the worst in India’s corpo- `138 bn The current law can’t sense. The verdict will rate history. Operational solve this dichotomy. rekindle hope in the inspections) is quite plant in western India will lenders’ exposure would when India promulgated its claims II** `495 bn A new complexity is that Rather than overburden- integrity of India’s bank- significant (on India pass to ArcelorMittal, have fled. Thankfully, the bankruptcy law, and now. Financial pharma exports). Part of which will pay banks Rs court restored the power of For one thing, global creditor institutions them- claims ing it, India must keep the ruptcy process, but it will the slowdown is that. 420 billion ($5.9 billion), or the creditors’ committee to demand for steel - and steel selves — from shadow bankruptcy tribunal take a lot more work to Lot of companies' 90 per cent of their claims. decide who gets what. assets — is starting to sag. lenders to small deposit- focused on what it can allay concerns about its approvals have stalled This final episode of a It’s been a costly delay. That isn’t all. With practi- taking banks — are becom- actually handle. A recent effectiveness. because of warning let- drawn-out legal saga, in When the Reserve Bank of cally all sectors of India’s ing insolvent, prompting *Accepted by resolution professional example of overreach is This column does not ters. That has affected which the Ruias made mul- India referred large cases to economy facing a demand India to extend the bank- **Accepted by adjudicating authority the start of an insolvency necessarily reflect the the new product intro- tiple attempts to hold on to new bankruptcy tribunals, funk, there’s trouble every- ruptcy law to nonbank ***Accepted by appellate tribunal plus some petition against Aviva Plc’s opinion of the editorial state taxes and duties Source: Bloomberg ductions and growth,” their prized asset, was a it was hoping to solve 25 per where from real estate and lenders as well. This quick local life insurance joint board or Bloomberg LP he said in a press br- nail-biter. At the last cent of the country’s bad- roads to power and telecom. fix would further weigh on its case load. A steel plant venture for not paying its and its owners. iefing on Monday. moment, the bankruptcy loan problem in 270 days. Each industry comes with a system creaking under can preserve value landlord. Such things used — Bloomberg No mercy PAGE Chilean President Sebastian Pinera vows no impunity for security forces that use excessive World 11 force and violate rights of protesters THE ASIAN AGE TUESDAY | 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI HK protesters flee campus Gotabaya sworn Relief to demonstrators as court rules face mask ban unconstitutional in Lankan Prez Colombo, Nov. 18: Form- Hong Kong, Nov. 18: As er defense secretary Gota- Iran’s enemies have night fell in Hong Kong, AIRLINES SLASH baya Rajapaksa was swo- always supported police tightened a siege on rn in as Sri Lanka’s presi- Monday at a university FARES OF PLANES dent on Monday and sabotage and campus as hundreds of appealed to minority anti-government protest- Tamils and Muslims who breaches of security. ers trapped inside sought TO HONG KONG voted against him to give to escape. Protesters adv- Sydney, Nov. 18: Several their support. — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei anced on the police from Asian airlines have cut Rajapaksa, who is cred- Iranian supreme leader outside the cordon, while flights to Hong Kong for ited with helping end the others emerged from the the coming weeks, an country’s long civil war, campus, their trademark industry scheduling publi- comfortably won Satur- Gotabaya Rajapaksa umbrellas at the fore. cation showed, as anti-gov- day’s presidential elec- IN BRIEF Police in some places ernment protests in the tion. But minorities fear- other groups to preserve swooped in to subdue pro- city grow increasingly vio- ed his election because of their religious and cultur- testers and make arrests. lent and disrupt daily life. allegations of human al identities. CA football party It wasn’t clear if any of The latest schedules rights violations against According to Sri Lan- those inside Hong Kong showed cancellations from him dating from the war. kan history books, the shooting kills 4 Polytechnic University PT Garuda Indonesia Chief Justice Jayantha Ruwanweli Seya temple Fresno: Four people were escaped. (Persero) Tbk, India’s Jayasuriya administered was built by warrior King killed and six more wounded Hong Kong’s work week SpiceJet Ltd, Malaysia’s the oath of office to Dutu Gemunu after when ‘unknown suspects’ started with multiple AirAsia Group Bhd, South Rajapaksa at the ancient defeating an invading sneaked into a backyard protests that disrupted Korea’s JejuAir Co Ltd Ruwanweli Seya Budd- Tamil king from present- filled with people at a party traffic, and schools and Jin Air Co Ltd and the hist temple in north-cen- day South India. in central California and fired remained closed because Philippines’ PAL Holdings tral Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa was secre- into the crowd. The shooting of safety concerns. There Inc and Cebu Air Inc. “We knew from the tary of the defense min- took place about 6 pm on was a temporary lull in the The cuts come as Hong beginning that our major- istry in a government led the Fresno’s southeast side, pitched battles for control Kong police on Monday ity Sinhala people will be by his brother, former where people were gathered of the polytechnic campus Tear gas is fired by police as protesters attempt to escape the campus of the Hong fired tear gas at protesters the biggest factor in our President Mahinda Raja- as the emphasis shifted trying to escape a besieged victory,” Rajapaksa said paksa, and is credited to watch a football game, Kong Polytechnic University in the Hung Hom district of Hong Kong on Monday. — AFP Fresno Police Lt. Bill Dooley from battering the protest- university, while others in an address to the with playing a crucial said. A total of 10 people ers with tear gas and also criminals. They have sider anti-mask laws the protests had hardened armed with petrol bombs nation. role in ending the sepa- were shot, with three found water cannons to waiting to face the consequences of unconstitutional in gener- and broadened into a awaited an expected opera- “Even though I knew I ratist civil war by ethnic dead in the backyard. A for them to come out. their acts,” said Cheuk al, but in this case, the law resistance movement aga- tion to oust them. could win the presiden- Tamil rebels. fourth person died at the For days, protesters have Hau-yip, the commander infringed on fundamental inst the territory’s govern- The unrest, raging for tial election with the sup- Mahinda Rajapaksa was hospital. Six others are fortified the campus to of Kowloon West district, rights further than was ment and Beijing. almost six months, and an port of the Sinhala people hailed as a warrior akin expected to survive and are keep police from getting where Polytechnic is locat- reasonably necessary. Activists see the extradi- escalating Sino-US trade alone, I made a special to Dutu Gemunu, and recovering at the hospital. in. Cornered by authori- ed. Many protesters wear tion bill as an example of war has pushed the Asian request to Tamil and Gotabaya Rajapaksa add- All the victims were Asian ties, they were trying to “Other than coming out masks to shield their iden- Hong Kong’s eroding financial hub into reces- Muslim people to be part- ressed the nation stand- men ranging from ages 25 to get out. to surrender, I don’t see, at tities from surveillance autonomy under Beijing’s sion for the first time in a ners in that victory. But ing before what is said to 35, police said. Officers repelled one the moment, there’s any cameras that could be used rule since the 1997 han- decade. their response was not to be the king’s statue. attempt on Monday morn- viable option for them,” he to arrest and prosecute dover from colonial power Airport Authority Hong my expectation,” he said. In his speech, Rajapaksa ing with tear gas, driving a said. them. The ban has been Britain. Kong reported declines in “But as your new presi- also pledged to prioritise Indonesia police few hundred protesters Cheuk said police have widely ignored, and police The head of a nationalis- October of 13% in passen- dent I ask you again to national security follow- back onto the campus. the ability and resolve to have charged protesters tic Chinese newspaper gers and 6.1% in the num- rally around me as true ing suicide attacks this link blast to IS The give-and-take has end the standoff peaceful- with wearing masks. said Hong Kong police ber of inbound and out- Sri Lankans for the sake past Easter Sunday that Jakarta: Indonesian anti-ter- played out repeatedly dur- ly so protesters should not The protests started should use snipers to fire bound flights — the steep- of the future development killed 269 people, and to rorism officers shot dead ing the city’s months of ‘try their luck’. peacefully in early June, live ammunition at violent est falls since the unrest of our country.” follow a neutral foreign two suspected bomb makers anti-government unrest. Protesters won on a legal sparked by proposed legis- protesters. began. It said a growing Rajapaksa said he will policy. during a raid on the week- The protesters want to front when the high court lation that would have “If the rioters are killed, proportion of travellers maintain Sinhala and “We want to remain end and arrested more than avoid arrest. The police struck down a mask ban allowed criminal suspects the police should not have were using Hong Kong as a Buddhism as the coun- neutral in our foreign a dozen as authorities linked want to pick up as many as imposed by the govern- to be extradited to the to bear legal responsibili- transit point rather than a try’s primary culture and relations and stay out of a suicide bombing last week they can. ment last month. The mainland. But by the time ty,” Global Times editor destination. provide them with state conflicts among the world to an Islamic State-inspired “These rioters, they are court said it did not con- the bill was withdrawn, Hu Xijin stated. — AP — Reuters support, but will allow powers,” he said. — AP network, police said. A 24- year-old student blew him- self up outside a police sta- tion in the city of Medan in North Sumatra province last Rising floods threaten priceless art Wednesday, killing himself Pak test-fires and wounding six people. Police had initially declared the attacker to be a ‘lone wolf’, but a national police ballistic missile spokesman said the student along with 22 other suspects SHAFQAT ALI in the area had links to the with agncy inputs SINDHIS SEEK Islamic State-inspired ISLAMABAD, NOV. 18 Jamaah Ansharut Daulah. JAD has been blamed for a Pakistan on Tuesday con- AZADI FROM series of attacks in recent ducted training launch of years and was banned in Surface-to-Surface ballis- PAKISTAN Indonesia last year. tic Missile, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Karachi, Nov. 18: Thou- said. sands of Sindhis living New elections in In a post on social-net- across Pakistan held a working website Twitter, protest march from Bolivia uncertain the media wing of the Gulshan-e-Hadeed to the La Paz: Bolivians languished armed forces stated that Karachi Press Club to in long lines on the streets of Shaheen-1 was capable of demand a free La Paz to secure chicken, delivering all types of ‘Sindhudesh’ or a sepa- eggs and cooking fuel as warheads up to range of rate homeland. supporters of ousted 650 kilometers. The movement was con- President Evo Morales crip- Shaheen-1 capable of ceived by the Sindhi polit- pled the country’s highways, delivering all types of ical leader GM Syed, who isolating population centers warheads upto range of gave a new direction to from lowland farms. 650 KMs. Launch was Sindhi nationalism. He Presidency minister Jerjes aimed at testing opera- founded the Jeay Sindh Justiniano said the govern- tional readiness of Army Mahaz in 1972 and gave ment of interim president Strategic Forces the idea of ‘Sindhudesh’. Jeanine Anez had estab- Command (ASFC) ensur- The protesters on lished an “air bridge” to sup- ing Pakistan’s credible motorbikes, cars and ply La Paz, using planes to minimum deterrence. other vehicles waived red bypass barricades on high- The launch was aimed flags of ‘Sindhudesh’. ways surrounding the high- at testing operational The protest was organ- land capital. He said officials readiness of Army ised by Jeay Sindh Qaumi hoped to do the same with Strategic Forces Mahaz, a nationalist other cities cut off from sup- Command (ASFC) ensur- political party in the plies. Bolivia remained in ing Pakistan’s credible Sindh province of limbo one week after minimum deterrence, the Pakistan, demanding a Visitors walk at the sunset along Riva degli Schiavoni waterfront promenade in Venice. A week of unprecedented flooding devastated the city, Morales, a charismatic leftist ISPR added. separate country called submerging homes, business and cultural treasures. — AFP and former coca farmer, The Pakistani missile Sindhudesh. resigned over allegations of test came days after India The party was founded vote-tampering. Lawmakers conducted the first night in 1995 post the death of have yet to agree on a date trial of Agni-II, its versa- GM Syed. for new elections. Morales tile surface-to-surface JSQM Chairman Sunan fled to Mexico, but his sup- medium range nuclear- Qureshi and other nation- Will consider testifying in hearing: Trump porters from largely coca- capable missile. alist leaders addressed farming regions demanding The Agni-II missile has the protesters and dem- Washington, Nov. 18: Impeachment Witch Hunt. tion that Trump pressured Even so, his lawyers that Anez resign from her a strike range of 2,000 km anded their right for free- President Donald Trump She also said I could do it Ukraine to dig up dirt on a negotiated strict limits on post. and is an intermediate dom. The protesters said on Monday he is in writing," Mr Trump political rival to help his what kind of questions range ballistic missile. It noted Sindh is an inde- "strongly" considering tweeted. 2020 reelection chances. could be put. In dozens of has already been induct- pendent nation forcefully accepting a challenge from "Even though I did noth- During the lengthy probe instances, Trump then ed into the armed forces. occupied by Punjabis of opposition Democrats to ing wrong, and don't like led by special prosecutor said he could not "recall" LEAKED CABLES The Pakistani missile Pakistan. — ANI testify in his own impeach- giving credibility to this Robert Mueller into accu- the facts. test took place amid bilat- ment investigation. No Due Process Hoax, I sations that Trump The Mueller report ulti- eral tensions between ■ After the speaker of the like the idea & will, in worked with Russians to mately found that Russian SHOW IRAN’S India and Pakistan after The ‘Sindhudesh’ lower house, Nancy Pelosi, order to get Congress boost his 2016 election agents sought to influence New Delhi abrogated the movement was con- upped the ante by suggest- focused again, strongly chances, the president the US election but that GRIP ON IRAQ provisions of Article 370 ceived by the Sindhi ing that Mr Trump come consider it!" Donald Trump refused a face-to-face meet- there was no evidence of Beirut: The New York Times of the Constitution to political leader GM forward to tell the "truth," It was unclear what kind ing and instead answered collusion with the Trump and The Intercept say they revoke Jammu and the Republican president of testimony the president to the idea of him appear- questions in written form. campaign. — AFP have reviewed hundreds of Kashmir’s special status Syed, who gave a said he was keen. had in mind. ing before the House pages of purported Iranian and bifurcated it into two new direction to Ms Pelosi suggested "that His defense team would Intelligence Committee intelligence documents that union territories. Sindhi nationalism I testify about the phony likely be highly resistant delving into the allega- detail Iran’s massive influ- ence in neighbouring Iraq. They say the unprecedented leak of 700 pages of Iranian intelligence cables shows Tehran’s efforts to embed Abe’s approval rating takes a beating itself in Iraq, including pay- ing Iraqi agents working for the United States to switch Tokyo, Nov. 18: Japan sentiment. A monthly reception at a five-star hotel the Hotel New Otani, which sides. Vanessa Gezari of The Prime Minister Abe Yomiuri Shimbun poll con- in central Tokyo in April, start at 11,000 yen per head, Intercept says her publica- Shinzo’s approval rating ducted late last week which he and his wife according to the hotel’s tion received the documents has taken a hit in the past showed an approval rating attended, adding that atten- website. They say if Abe from an unknown source and month, a media poll shows, of 49% for Abe’s cabinet, dees each paid $46 admis- subsidised the admission, it that “we still don’t know amid opposition accusa- down 6 points from the sion fee. “Neither my office may violate the Political who they’re from”. Monday’s tions that his office may October poll, and falling nor the party’s supporters Offices Election Law and article about the documents have violated political below 50% for the first organisation contributed Political Funds Control comes amid growing anti- spending laws. time since February. The funding towards admission Law. “Abe has said that his Iran sentiment expressed by Allegations that his polit- disapproval rating rose to for guests or myself at the office sponsored the recep- Iraqi anti-government pro- ical office sponsored a 36% from 34% last month, dinner event,” Abe said, tion, so it’s mandatory that testers. It also comes at a party for supporters are with 45% of respondents adding that his office held it keeps records of the time of widespread anti- the latest in a string of gift- citing “lack of trust in the no record. event for bookkeeping pur- government pro-tests in Iran. giving scandals that have prime minister” over the Opposition parties say poses. It shows his office There was no immediate brought down politicians party-funding allegations. that the admission price had no intention to keep comment from Iraqi or across Japan in recent Abe confirmed that 800 was much lower than that such records,” a CDP mem- Iranian officials. — Agencies Abe Shinzo months, eroding public guests attended the dinner of other receptions held at ber said. — Reuters Suspended PAGE Former Bangladesh pacer Shahadat Hossain has been suspended from the ongoing National Cricket League Cricket 14 for assaulting teammate Arafat Sunny THE ASIAN AGE TUESDAY | 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Bumrah injury is a concern for Mumbai It just seems to be Mumbai, Nov. 18: Former a common trend in India pacer and Mumbai Indians’ Director of England to use Cricket Zaheer Khan on Monday said concerns Warner’s name to over fitness of Jasprit spike book sales. Bumrah and Hardik Pandya prompted the — Tim Paine, Aussie skipper hits team to trade in Trent out at Ben Stokes Boult and Dhawal Kulkarni from Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals respectively. SHORT TAKES While Pandya had a back surgery earlier this Oz player banned year, Bumrah too has been out of action due to for online post issues in his back. “This year is going to be Melbourne: Australian wicket- different because we have keeper-batsman Emily Smith had some challenges in was Monday handed a one-year terms of injuries. Hardik ban under cricket's anti-corrup- Pandya to start with, had tion code for posting her team a back surgery, Bumrah line-up on Instagram an hour has been out of action before its official release. with a few back issues Nine months of the strict penal- and Jason Behrendorff ty was suspended, meaning the has also had a back sur- Hobart Hurricanes player effec- gery,” Zaheer said in a tively cannot pad-up for three video message. months, ruling her out of the “So that was one of the rest of the season. concerns and the trades The 24-year-old was found (Boult and Kulkarni) guilty of putting the team line- were reflection of what up on her personal social media was the planning for the account before its scheduled upcoming season. We release for their clash against thought that we needed Sydney Thunder on November An artist paints cricket-themed mural on the walls of Eden Gardens ahead of the first pink ball day-night Test between India and Bangladesh, in Kolkata. The historic Test more strength around the 2. Despite the game being begins on Friday. — AFP bowling department and washed out, she was still pun- hence the trades with ished. Cricket Australia’s code Capitals and Royals,” he prohibits “disclosing inside added. information to any person (with Mumbai Indians or without reward) where the released 10 players last participant knew or might rea- week while retaining 18. sonably have known that such “In terms of domestic tal- disclosure might lead to the ent as well, the trend at information being used in rela- MI has been of spotting tion to betting in relation to domestic talent and going any match or event”. for it. But this is going to — AFP be the end of the cycle as well. The dynamics of the big IPL auction (2021 edi- PM Imran tells tion) work differently,” Riot of colours said Zaheer. — PTI Sarfaraz to focus Karachi: Prime Minister Imran As series moves from red ball to pink, cricket experts say Khan has advised sacked Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Garg to lead Ahmed to focus on domestic D/N Test will be challenging for batsmen and fun for bowlers cricket to get back to the national team. New Delhi, Nov. 18: Former India colts vs Khan, the patron-in-chief of Indian cricketer Madan Lal on Pakistan Cricket Board and a Monday said that the pink ball former captain, also backed the Test between India and Afghanistan appointment of Misbah-ul-Haq Bangladesh will be a challenge as head coach and chief selec- for the batsmen but it will be fun New Delhi, Nov. 18: tor. “I don’t think the perform- for the bowlers. Mumbai left-hander ance and form of a player “Pink ball test will be a chal- Yashasvi Jaiswal head- should be judged by T20 crick- lenge for batsmen but bowlers lined a strong India U-19 et but through Test and One- will have fun. If the ball is mov- squad that will take on day cricket. He can come back ing, the only thing that they will Afghanistan in the first to the national team, he should have to do is spot the area where two games of the five- focus on domestic cricket,” to pitch the ball. But the bats- match one day series. Khan said when asked about men might struggle. I think bats- The Indian team, led by Sarfaraz. The wicketkeeper- men should go easy initially. Priyam Garg, is prepar- batsman was removed as cap- They will have to spend time on Ajinkya Rahane is already ing for next year's U-19 tain and dropped from the the wicket so that they are able dreaming about the historic pink World Cup and various team in all three formats by the to adjust,” Lal said. ball Test! — Twitter combinations are being PCB last month after Pakistan India trounced Bangladesh in tried out currently. The were whitewashed 0-3 in a T20 the first Test by an innings and I think batsmen five-match series will be series at home by a weak Sri 130 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the played at Lucknow's Lankan team. Regarding the two-match series. should go easy Ekana Stadium on appointment of Misbah as head Lal is also very optimistic initially. They will November 22, 24, 26, 28 coach and chief selector, Khan about the day-night Test as he have to spend time on the and 30. — PTI said, “It is a constructive move called it a ‘really good move’. Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal to appoint Misbah as he is an “My view for the day-night test wicket so that they are (MCA), Tilak Varma honest and unbiased personali- is very positive, we will have to able to adjust. (Hyderabad CA), Arjun ty who has loads of experience do something for our Test crick- Azad (UTCA behind him. Misbah will turn out et. Our top officials should think — MADAN LAL, Chandigarh), Priyam to be a good choice and of the revival of Test cricket. Former India cricketer Garg, Captain (UPCA), Pakistan will improve.” — PTI Having a pink ball is a really Shashwat Rawat (Baroda good move,” he said. are thinking. If there are certain CA), Kumar Kushagra “Australia is already playing points which need to be (wicket-keeper) (JSCA), and other countries will also Bangladesh players during a training session in Indore on Monday. They will be travelling to Kolkata for addressed, you can sit and sort it Divyansh Joshi (CA RAJAT IS start playing. So, it is good that the second Test, a Day/Night affair, on Tuesday. — AP out easily but why should crick- Mizoram), Manav Sutar we are also playing and it will be et suffer... I believe it is very easy (RCA), Ravi Bishnoi exciting to see the match,” he three days. And I don’t think ment. Bangladesh have been ignation, several other members to solve the issue.” (RCA), Kartik Tyagi BACK AS DELHI added. that the visiting team can stand playing Test cricket for around a also stepped down from their “If a situation arises, I will see (UPCA), Akash Singh The former cricketer also stat- in front of India. Their batting decade and if you are not being respective posts. what I can do. But I know I can (RCA), Atharva ed that Bangladesh are not a line-up is very poor,” he said. able to play, then it is your weak- Reflecting on the same, Lal sort out the issues. I am confi- Ankolekar (MCA), CRICKET BOSS very good team as the first Test “When you are playing a Test ness,” Lal added. said: “I am very disappointed dent that I can handle Delhi Vidyadhar Patil (KSCA), New Delhi: Rajat Sharma match only lasted for three days. match, you will have to stand on Delhi and District Cricket because I have played for this cricket. It is okay that they have CTL Rakshan assumed the charge of the “We are playing against the wicket and it is very disap- Association president Rajat association and today, these kept me out. I love this game and (Hyderabad CA) and office of president of Delhi and Bangladesh. They are not a very pointing that this team is not Sharma on Saturday resigned kinds of things are happening. I I know how to do it,” he added. Kruthik Krishna (wicket- District Cricket Association good team. The match ended in showing that kind of tempera- from the post. Soon after his res- don’t understand what people — ANI keeper) (KSCA). (DDCA) on Monday after ombudsman Justice (Retired) Badar Durrez Ahmed put his and other officials’ resignations on hold and asked them to con- tinue in their respective roles. Smith welcomes talks India women continue domination “In deference to the orders of Hon'ble Ombudsman, I have Providence (Guyana), Nov. assumed the charge of the 18: The series already in office of President, DDCA with around mental health their pocket, India women immediate effect. I would continued their domination request you all to cooperate Brisbane, Nov. 18: It’s great that stress levels to the team over the West Indies women with me in running the affairs of Premier Australian bats- management, helping in by notching up a five-run the DDCA in an efficient, hon- man Steve Smith is glad those better understanding of win in the rain-truncated est and transparent manner,” that mental health of conversations their well being. fourth T20 International Sharma said in a statement. cricketers is in focus are happening and “We fill out daily how here. “In the light of present devel- after some of his compa- we’re feeling, how we India women now lead the opments, no meeting of the triots took breaks to deal we’re trying to keep slept... the sleep gets a five-match series 4-0 after Apex Council can be convened with their issues, which guys as mentally big red every now and sealing the series in the without my concurrence. I he feels, are compounded again. We fill out a well- third game here. In the would, therefore, urge all of you by “hectic” playing and physically fresh ness thing every day. The rain-marred fourth T20 to neither convene nor hold or schedules. as they can be. coach and psych (psy- International which was attend any meeting of the Apex Star all-rounder Glenn chologist) and head of reduced to a nine-over-a- Council which has not been Maxwell and the lesser — STEVE SMITH, team performance look side affair, India women convened by me or has been known Nic Maddinson Aussie batsman at our markers daily and made 50 for the loss of convened without my concur- and Will Pucovski it’s upon us to be honest seven wickets after being rence,” it added. announced breaks from in the way we go about sent into bat. Sharma further added that international cricket to happening and we’re try- that as well,” he said. Pooja Vastrakar (10) was there is no Apex Council meet- deal with their mental ing to keep guys as men- “...if there’s a change the lone Indian to reach ing scheduled for Tuesday. issues and got support tally and physically fresh in behaviour, if you’re double digit score. Hayley “I have also learnt that notice from Cricket Australia. as they can be,” he said. feeling ill or not sleeping Mathews (3/13) scalped for a meeting of the Apex “It is a pretty hectic India captain Virat well or feeling a bit off, three wickets for the hosts, Council has been sent to few schedule nowadays,” Kohli had also touched they’re aware of it. That while Afy Fletcher (2/2) India’s Anuja Patil bowled a brilliant spell against West Indies in the fourth T20. — BCCI select members for a meeting Smith was quoted as say- on the subject, lauding can sort of start a con- and Sheneta Grimmond to be held at 7.30 pm on ing by ESPNCricinfo. Maxwell for his admis- versation. Why is your (2/10) picked up two wick- ners and they did not disap- Henry (11) top-scored for BRIEF SCORES 19.11.2019 to discuss certain “It’s bloody tough to sus- sion and recalling the sleep bad? “What’s going ets apiece. point her as off-spinner the home team. The fifth India Women 50 for nine agenda items which have been tain it for long periods of time he struggled with on? Why are you feeling The Indians then bowled Anuja Patil (2/8), Deepti and final T20 of the series in nine overs (Pooja rendered infructuous on time, particularly I think “end of the world” a bit off today? It’s good and fielded with discipline Sharma (1/8) and Radha will be played here on Vastrakar 10; Hayley account of the aforesaid order for the fast bowlers. It’s thoughts. Smith said in that they do that. It’s to restrict the West Indies Yadav (1/8) kept the Thursday. India women had Mathews 3/13 bt West passed by Ombudsman. There extremely difficult what the Australian dressing good for guys’ mental women to 45 for five in their Windies on a tight leash defeated West Indies Indies Women 45 for five is, therefore, no point in holding they put themselves room players are now health and well being as nine overs. India skipper throughout to ensure the women 2-1 in the three- in nine overs (Hayley the said Apex Council meeting through. It’s great that notifying details of their well,” he added. Harmanpreet Kaur com- win. match ODI series that pre- Mathews 11, Chinelle Henry tomorrow.” — ANI those conversations are sleeping patterns and — PTI pletely relied on her spin- Mathews (11) and Chinelle ceded the T20s. — PTI 11; Anuja Patil 2/8). Great job PAGE Andy Murray will do a ‘great job’ when he continues his comeback from injury at next week’s inaugural Davis Sport 15 Cup Finals in Madrid, British captain Leon Smith said THE ASIAN AGE TUESDAY | 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

FORMULA | ONE Verstappen wins Kings rule Boston crazy Brazil race It’s not for me to ■ Sacramento snap Celtics’ ten-game victory streak Sao Paulo, Nov. 18: Max A podium! A bit weird blame them, it’s Verstappen underlined not being there after the Los Angeles, Nov. 18: his potential as a champi- race, but still extremely for them to Bahamian guard Buddy on of the future with a happy. Today’s race was recognise it. Hield scored a season-high commanding victory for just unbelievable — the 35 points and the Red Bull in an astonish- one-stop strategy was — Ferrari team boss Mattia Sacramento Kings ing and crash-hit difficult, but it paid off. Binotto on Charles Leclerc and snapped the Boston Brazilian Grand Prix at Sebastian Vettel’s collision Celtics’ 10-game NBA win Interlagos. — CARLOS streak with a 100-99 home The 22-year-old SAINZ triumph on Sunday. Dutchman on Sunday McLaren driver Sacramento center twice passed newly- SHORT TAKES Richaun Holmes sank two crowned six-time world first podium finish was decisive free throws with champion Lewis confirmed by the race Beierlorzer is 13 seconds remaining to Hamilton in a thrilling stewards, more than two give the Kings their fifth contest that had two safe- hours after the race. new Mainz coach win in seven games after ty car interventions and The highly rated young an 0-5 start. saw the Ferraris of Spaniard came home “Thank God we were Sebastian Vettel and fourth on the road for AGE CORRESPONDENT able to pull off this win. Charles Leclerc clash and McLaren, but was promot- NEW DELHI, NOV. 19 Definitely needed this retire, before clinching ed to third when six-time win,” Hield said. the eighth victory of his world champion Lewis Master Cristiano is favourite to “We’ve got to stay locked career. Hamilton was penalised win the Jawaharlal Nehru in and stay focused and be His third win this sea- — and then made to wait Memorial Cup, the feature event ready for every challenge son also made up for his while his own race was at the Delhi races on Tuesday. every night. disappointment in last investigated. The first race will begin at 2.15 “We know what we’re year's race in Brazil when Finally, the stewards pm. doing. We’re going to try he looked certain to win said he and McLaren had SELECTIONS to take it one game at a before a late accident not contravened any regu- 1st race: The First Prime time and we’ll be fine.” wrecked his hopes of vic- lations in the use of Drag Minister Plate Div-I (1200 mts) Boston fell to 10-2, hav- tory. Reduction System (DRS) 1. Master Becket, 2. Leaves, 3. ing not lost since their sea- He made the most of under yellow flags during Victorious King son opener three-and-a- pole position and finished the race — to the delight 2nd race: The First Prime half weeks ago at a dominant winner ahead of the team’s long-suffer- Minister Plate Div-II (1200 mts) Philadelphia. of his former Red Bull ing fans and Sainz’s many 1. Ashwa Vijeta, 2. Warrior The Celtics, led by team-mate Pierre Gasly admirers and supporters. Thrive, 3. Actionable Jaylen Brown’s 18 points, now with Toro Rosso. The result secured 3rd race: The Jawaharlal Nehru saw the end of their McLaren their first podi- Memorial Cup (1200 mts) longest win streak since Podium for Sainz um since both Jenson 1. Master Cristiano, 2. Go My taking 16 in a row early in Button and Kevin Girl, 3. Master Jefferson the 2017-18 campaign. Carlos Sainz’s patience Magnussen were classi- 4th race: The Chacha Nehru Hield’s three-pointer and determination was fied in the top three at the Plate Div-I (1000 mts) with 1:52 remaining gave repaid in more ways than 2014 Australian Grand 1. Niche Organic, 2. He Is Sexy, the Kings a 96-95 lead. one on Sunday when his Prix. — AFP 3. Delhi Queen Boston’s Jayson Tatum 5th race: The Chacha Nehru answered with a jumper Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart (left) scrambles for the ball against Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield Plate Div-II (1000 mts) but Hield, who went 14-of- (right) during the first half of an NBA game on Sunday. — AP 1. Osculate, 2. Proven Right, 3. 24 from the floor, struck Magic Queen again with a fadeaway had the victory. points and 10 rebounds for Rajon Rondo scored 15 Also, Denver’s Jamal 6th race: The Bal Diwas Plate only for Boston to answer Serbian swingman the Celtics. points and Anthony Davis Murray scored 39 points (1100 mts) on a Daniel Theis dunk, Bogdan Bogdanovic had added 14 as the Lakers and Paul Millsap added 23 1. Race Ka Raja, 2. Miss Zachary, giving the Celtics a 99-98 12 points and 10 assists for King James posted their 11th win in to lead the Nuggets over 3. Truly Magestic edge with 52 seconds the Kings while Serbian their last 12 games since a host Memphis 131-114 for Day’s best: Race Ka Raja remaining. forward Nemanja Bjelica Elsewhere, LeBron season-opening loss to the their fifth win in six road Holmes was fouled going added 12 points and 14 James scored 33 points as Los Angeles Clippers. contests. Jaren Jackson for a rebound by Boston’s rebounds for Sacramento. the Los Angeles Lakers Trae Young scored 31 led the Grizzlies with 22 Marcus Smart and sank Boston guard Kemba cruised to a 122-101 win points and Cam Reddish points. Dressel of US two free throws to put the Walker added 15 points over the struggling added 13 as the Hawks lost Tobias Harris scored 27 Kings ahead by the final and nine assists, Smart Atlanta Hawks. their third straight game. points to lead six wins three races margin. had nine assists, Brown The Lakers jumped out Atlanta was blown out in Philadelphia players in Smart missed a jumper grabbed eight rebounds, to a 25-point lead in the Los Angeles for the second double figures as the 76ers Washington: US swim star for the win at the final Tatum had 14 points and first quarter and never night after losing by 49 rolled to a 114-95 triumph McLaren driver Carlos Sainz of Spain (third from right) Caeleb Dressel won two indi- buzzer and Sacramento Theis contributed 14 looked back. points to the Clippers. at Cleveland. — AFP holds the third place trophy. — AP vidual events and helped a relay victory Sunday for the Cali Condors in an International Swim League (ISL) meet. The EUROPEAN FOOTBALL 23-year-old American, who won VETTEL, LECLERC CALLED two relay gold medals at the Rio Olympics, won a record eight medals at this year's Investigation of Ex-UEFA president Platini TO EXPLAIN COLLISION World Championships, six of them gold, after taking Sao Paulo, Nov. 18: Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto seven gold medals in the 2017 has called drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc worlds. The reigning world racist chants on slams VAR as ‘load of crap’ to a clear-the-air meeting after their collision wrecked champion in the 50- and 100- the team's hopes at the Brazilian Grand Prix. meter freestyle and butterfly The Hague, Nov. 18: And examine whether Rome, Nov 18: Former A triple Ballon d’Or win- The pair, who collided while fighting for fourth place dominated for the second day Dutch prosecutors said it can be established UEFA president Michel ner, Platini had been on Sunday, were forced to retire from the race, leaving in a row at the University of Monday they were who were involved,” Platini has slammed the expected to succeed Sepp Ferrari embarrassed and pointless and the drivers Maryland pool in suburban investigating racist the Dutch federal pros- use of VAR technology, the Blatter as FIFA president in arguing about who was to blame. College Park, even though it chants that caused a ecution service for the introduction of which he 2016 but fell spectacularly “There will be time (for us all) together at Maranello to was the Los Angeles Current second division match Oost-Brabant region has always opposed, as a from grace a few months understand what happened,” said Binotto, in the wake that rallied for a 495-489.5 vic- to be halted. said on Twitter. total nightmare, in an earlier. of a tempestuous race won with authority by Red tory in the overall meet. Dressel The referee briefly It was looking at interview on Italian televi- The former France cap- Bull’s Max Verstappen. won the 100 free in 45.69 sec- suspended Sunday’s “visual material” to sion. tain was suspended by “It’s not for me to blame them, it’s for them to recog- onds, defeating runner-up and game between find the culprits, it “It would take half an world football’s governing nise it.” Cali teammate Kacper Excelsior Rotterdam added. hour to explain why it does- body in 2015 over a contro- Speaking to reporters in the aftermath of a costly race Majchrzak by 0.79 of a second, and Den Bosch and Dutch Prime Minister n’t solve problems,” the for- versial payment of two mil- for the scarlet scuderia, Binotto said he needed time to and took the 50 fly in 22.21, Excelsior winger Mark Rutte said the mer France international lion Swiss francs (1.8 mil- take stock and review the crash, on lap 66 of the 71-lap with Tom Shields of the Current Ahmad Mendes incident was “really told the “Che tempo che fa” lion euros, $2 million) that race. second by 0.51. Dressel, Moreira walked off the terrible”. late-night talk show on Rai he received from Blatter. Both cars were damaged and forced to retire in the Majchrzak, Mallory Comerford pitch. “There is no place for on Sunday. Michel Platini Platini has always insist- incident, which came after a Safety Car restart when and Melanie Margalis won the Moreira said he heard racism in this country. “It shifts them. I’m ed he did nothing wrong. Vettel closed the door on a challenging Leclerc.— AFP mixed 4x100 free relay in monkey noises and Well done to the refer- against VAR. I think it’s a the Champions League. “At FIFA, they did not 3:18.56, downing New York by songs about “Black ee,” Rutte said. load of crap and unfortu- Meanwhile, the former want me as president,” he 2.48 seconds. — AFP Pete”, a traditional The Dutch football nately we will not go back.” Juventus star believes he continued. Dutch Christmas-time association said the The 64-year-old has could still play a role in “I wanted to defend foot- character that appears incident would be always been against the use football after his four-year ball and I was the only foot- in blackface and investigated. The of VAR which he refused to suspension from the sport baller who could become Narain hopeful attracts accusations of chants were “down- consider after he became ended in October. FIFA president.” racist stereotyping, right disgusting,” Jan UEFA chief in 2007. “At 64, I have the opportu- Platini added that he no END OF GP Dutch media reported. Bluyssen, competition European football’s gov- nity for one last adventure, longer had any contact “We are working with affairs manager of the erning body has now also but I have no room for error with either Blatter or cur- of racing revival police to see what association, told NOS introduced the use of the and I have to think about rent FIFA president Gianni CAREER FOR exactly happened... Radio. — AFP video replay technology in it,” he said. Infantino. — AFP Chennai, Nov 18: Motorsport in India has LORENZO been stagnant over the past decade and country's first Valencia: Jorge Lorenzo ended NATIONAL KARTING Formula 1 driver Narain an incredible 18-year Grand Prix Karthikeyan hopes the career with an emotional upcoming X1 Racing Valencia race, helping the League provides a much Repsol Honda Team to clinch Mumbai’s Ashi emerges AOA will launch needed boost to the strug- the Triple Crown alongside gling sport. another dominating Marc “Motorsport in India has Marquez win. For the third year been stagnant over the last in succession the Repsol Honda supreme in Girls’ Class grassroot mission 10-15 years. There are some Team celebrate the end of a one-make series which are MotoGP season with the Triple Hyderabad, Nov. 18: Guwahati, Nov. 18: The pare a detailed action plan around... This (X1) could Crown after winning the Riders, Bengaluru’s Sawan Assam Olympic and connect with the field be one of the first steps and Teams and Constructors Satyanarayanan, Association (AOA) will to spot the talented you know there are experi- Narain Karthikeyan Championships. Marquez made Mumbai’s Ashi Hanspal launch a new programme sportspersons,” the state- enced drivers quick work of the riders ahead and Delhi’s Jashmehar called ‘Grassroot Olympic ment said. in the league and they should be doing it. of him as the lights went out on Jubbal stole the honours — Mission Talent The Chief Minister can learn from experi- It should help grassroot the final race of 2019, moving in Round 2 of the Sodi Hunt’ to identify the underlined the need for a enced drivers before they levels of motorsports grow. into second place on the third Kart Sprint of the JK sports talent in the state sporting culture in the start going international,” “Taking the sport to the lap. With just Fabio Quartararo Tyre FMSCI Naional and groom them, Assam state to promote sports the 42-year-old told PTI in masses is another objec- ahead of him, Marquez method- Karting Championship chief minister Sarbananda among youth. an interaction. tive. So...With these two in ically cut the gap from almost a 2019, winning their Sonowal said on Monday. In this regard, he said “...This X1 league will mind, the package has second to just two tenths in five respective categories in The decision was taken AOA will organize sports revolutionise motorsport been created and we hope laps. Striking at Turn 11, Hyderabad late on during the executive com- events in five categories the way we see it in India. to deliver,” Marquez only needed one Sunday. mittee meeting in presence covering players from 10 And it has a mix of local he added. chance to move to the front Sawan Satyanarayanan of Sonowal, who is also the years to 60 years of age in and international drivers Former F1 drivers and quickly amassed an insur- came up with a power- President of the the state. and young drivers will be Vitantonio Liuzzi and Alex mountable lead. A 12th victory packed performance to Association, an official Sonowal stressed on exposed at a very early Yoong, some women driv- signs off Marquez’s 2019 season claim the Senior release said. developing a strong net- stage on what to ers including Alice Powell, matches the number of wins he Category title, taking Aashi Hanspal on top podium in Grils’ Class with sec- A committee under the work of grassroot level expect before going Indian rally ace Gaurav achieved in 2014 season. just 9:13.764 minutes to ond placed Muskaan Jubbal, Kadambari came third. chairmanship of Vice sports organisations and abroad,” said, Karthikeyan Gill apart from Earning 420 points across the complete the 12 laps. Chairman of the suggested organising cul- who owns the Chennai Karthikeyan will be partic- 19 races of 2019, Marquez Adheet Prashar of championship to be held In the Girls’ Class, Ashi Association and Minister tural performances by team, added. ipating in the league which becomes the first rider in histo- Hyderabad finished sec- in Chennai in the third reigned supreme, post- of State for Health Pijush local artists at the launch He said if the package is slated to start from ry to score more than 400 ond (9:16.366) while week of December. ing a time of 10:57.406 Hazarika was also former of the field sports events. was right, the league could November 30 at the Buddh points in a single season. With Ashwin M Nair of Akshay Hoover, Hari minutes to finish the during the meeting. Sonowal also suggested to do what Formula One has International Circuit, New his 95th premier class podium, Cochin clocked 9:17.070 Gopal Nayak and Pramil race. Muskan Jubbal fin- “The committee will discontinue the member- not done to India. Delhi. he draws level with Mick to take the last place on Singh, who finished with ished second (10:57.839) interact with grassroot ship of office bearers, who “See...If the package is The second leg will be Doohan as the second most the podium. fourth, fifth and sixth, while Kadambari of level sports organizations, remain absent for three put together right, we all held at MMRT race track prolific Honda podium finisher All three have qualifies were also handed drives Nagpur (11:04.767) came clubs, sports organizers. consecutive executive com- believe it is and what F1 near Chennai on December in premier class. — Agencies for the final round of the in the finals. third. — Agencies The committee will pre- mittee meetings. — PTI has not done to India, this 7 and 8. — PTI High five PAGE Tennis star Rafael Nadal confirms as the year-end world number one for the fifth time after the ATP Games 16 releases its season-closing rankings on Monday THE ASIAN AGE TUESDAY | 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI ■ Tsitsipas beats Thiem RONALDO ROCKS to win ATP Finals title We’re through to Greek God! the finals of a major Paris, Nov. 18: Cristiano London, Nov. 18: Stefanos I can’t sum up my tournament for an Cristiano scores Ronaldo scored his 99th inter- THE RESULTS Tsitsipas battled back from emotions right now. It’s national goal as reigning cham- a set down against 11th straight time. pions Portugal secured their Dominic Thiem to win the amazing to be remem- Kosovo 0 bered as the 2019 You’ve got to place at the Euro 2020 finals on England 4 ATP Finals title on Sunday, 99th Portugal Sunday with a 2-0 victory away (Winks 32, Kane 79, emphatically staking his champion. It is a believe in these to Luxembourg, while France Rashford 83, Mount 90+1) claim as the leader of the dream come true and ended their qualifying cam- next generation of aspir- the best way to end players. paign with victory. Bulgaria 1 ing global superstars. this match. — Fernando Santos, Portugal coach goal as holders Bruno Fernandes struck the (Bozhikov 56) The Greek 21-year-old, — STEFANOS after booking Euro 2020 finals spot opening goal on 39 minutes Czech Republic 0 who won, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2, 7-6 before Ronaldo tapped in a (7/4) is the youngest cham- TSITSIPAS scrappy second late on to clinch Serbia 2 pion since Lleyton Hewitt after winning the seal Euro 2020 second place in Group B behind in 2001 and the fourth first- ATP Finals (Tadic 9-pen, Mitrovic 56) SHORT TAKE winners Ukraine, who drew 2-2 Ukraine 2 time champion at the sea- in Serbia. (Yaremchuk 32, Besedin son-ending event in as the tournament, with Cash prize for Para Finals spot Iranian striker Ali Daei holds 90+3) many years. Tsitsipas’s figures espe- the world record with 109 inter- It is Tsitsipas’s third title cially striking — 44 service Worlds medallists national goals scored in 149 Luxembourg 0 of the season and comes a games won out of 47 lead- appearances between 1993 and Portugal 2 year after he was crowned ing into the final. New Delhi: Sports Minister 2006. “All records must be bro- (Fernandes 39, Ronaldo champion at the Next Gen In an inevitable tie-break Kiren Rijiju on Monday felicitat- ken and I will beat that record,” 86) ATP Finals in Milan. Tsitsipas saved a set point ed the medal-winning Indian said Ronaldo. He has charmed the at 5/6 but Thiem clinched para-athletes with cash awards Portugal became the 17th Moldova 1 crowd at London’s O2 his second set point with a for their best-ever performance nation to qualify for next (Milinceanu 56) Arena all week and earned powerful serve that the at the recently-concluded year’s multi-host tourna- Iceland 2 his place in the final with Greek returned into the World Para Athletics ment, which kicks off in (Bjarnason 17, Sigurdsson an impressive straight-sets net. Championships in Dubai. Rome on June 12, joining 65) win against six-time cham- India clinched a total of nine the likes of world champi- pion Roger Federer. TSITSIPAS BREAKS medals — two gold, two silver ons France, Spain, Italy and Andorra 0 “I can’t sum up my emo- But Tsitsipas regrouped and five bronze and also England. Turkey 2 tions right now,” said and within minutes secured 13 quota places at the Portugal knew they (Unal 17, 21-pen) Tsitsipas. “It’s amazing to Thiem, who beat his oppo- Tokyo Paralympic. would book their place at be remembered as the 2019 nent in three sets in the India have won a total of 23 Euro 2020 with a win or Albania 0 champion. It is a dream Beijing final last month, quotas across sports for the by matching Serbia’s France 2 come true and the best way was under pressure, spray- 2020 Paralympics. result from their (Tolisso 9, Griezmann 30) to end this match. ing a forehand wide to con- Sandeep Chaudhary and Sundar game in Belgrade. “I did get nervous at some cede first break of the Singh Gurjar, who claimed the But they were points in the match but I match. coveted gold medal in the made to work hard The visitors made a quick managed to forget about Tsitsipas held with ease men’s javelin F64 and F46 by a Luxembourg start on the pitch, though, as how I felt and I had and then produced a fore- events respectively, were hand- team ranked 96th Bayern Munich midfielder momentum in the tie- hand down the line to ed a cash prize of `20 lakhs in the world that Tolisso headed Griezmann’s break which was really break again, with Thiem each. notably held France free-kick into the bottom cor- tight. threatening to unravel. Sandeep had set a new world to a 0-0 draw in 2018 ner. “My fighting spirit and Tsitsipas had won 12 out of record in F44 with a throw of World Cup qualify- The Barcelona star slotted in me constantly trying to 14 points in the set. 66.18m, while Sundar won his ing. the second himself on the half- push myself to do better Thiem, who like Tsitsipas second consecutive World title hour mark, before the dead rub- got me there in the end.” plays with a single-handed with a throw of 61.22 m. FRANCE SIGN OFF ber petered out in the second Defeat is a bitter disap- backhand, stemmed the Javelin thrower Sumit Antil and WITH WIN period, with Olivier Giroud pointment for Thiem, who tide but could make little high jumper Sharad Kumar, who Later on Sunday, world going closest to a third by strik- won five titles this year, impression on his oppo- bagged silver medals in the F64 champions France ing the post. including the Indian Wells nent’s serve and lost the set event and T63 event respective- wrapped up top spot in The other games in the group Masters, and reached a sec- 6-2. ly, were given `14 lakhs. Group H as goals from saw Turkey, who had also ond successive French Thiem was rocking again The five bronze winners — Corentin Tolisso and already sealed qualification, Open final. at the start of the deciding Vinay Kumar Lal (men’s 400m Antoine Griezmann sealed beat Andorra 2-0, while Iceland There was little to choose set. He saved two break T44), Yogesh Kathuniya (men’s a 2-0 win over Albania in edged to a 2-1 victory at between sixth-seed points in the first game but discus throw F56), Mariyappan Tirana. Moldova. Tsitsipas and Austria’s looked increasingly shaky Thangavelu (men’s high jump The French national England rounded off an world number five Thiem and was broken to trail 1-2. T63), Nishad Kumar (men’s high anthem was roundly booed impressive campaign with a 4-0 in the first set as a total of The Greek was now well jump T47) and Ajeet Singh before kick-off as retribu- thrashing of Kosovo. Goals five break points went beg- on top but out of nowhere (men’s javelin F46) were hand- tion for the error that saw from Harry Winks, Harry ging. Thiem was level at 3-3 after ed a cheque of `8 lakhs. — PTI the Andorran anthem Kane, Marcus Rashford and Both players had Tsitsipas put a backhand played instead of the Mason Mount ensured England impressed on serve during wide. — AFP Albanian one when the finished at the Group A sum- teams met in September at mit, having scored 37 goals in the Stade de France. just eight matches. — AFP I AM NOT 100 PERCENT: RON Lisbon, Nov. 18: Cristiano Ronaldo admitted on Sunday that he is not at “100 percent” after reacting angrily to twice being substituted by Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri earlier this month. “I wasn’t 100 percent and I’m still not,” he said. “In the last three weeks, I have played at a slightly reduced capacity. Portugal’s “But when it comes to sacrificing myself for my club and my national Cristiano team, I do it with pride.” Ronaldo (left) cele- Sarri said Ronaldo had a “little knee problem” after replacing him brates with teammate during Juventus’ 1-0 win over AC Milan last weekend, despite media Diogo Jota after scoring reports that the five-time Ballon d’Or winner had left the stadium against Luxembourg in before the end of the match. their Euro 2020 Group B “I don’t like to be replaced, no one does,” added Ronaldo. “I tried to Shreyasi Singh poses with her qualifying match in help Juve even when injured.” Juventus are back in action with a visit to fifth-placed Atalanta in gold medal on Monday. Luxembourg on Serie A on Saturday. — AFP SHREYASI Sunday. — AP TRAPS GOLD FIFA WORLD CUP | QUALIFYING AT NATIONALS All eyes on Srikanth New Delhi: Reigning Commonwealth Games champi- India face Oman on Shreyasi Singh won the women’s trap crown at the after Saina withdraws ongoing 63rd National Shooting Championship for shotgun Gwangju (Korea), Nov. in do-or-die game events at the Dr. Karni Singh 18: Back in form after a KOREA OPEN Shooting Range here on string of below-par per- Muscat, Nov. 18: Winless in ● After three draws Monday. formances, Kidambi four games so far in an and a defeat, India Shreyasi, representing Bihar, Srikanth would look for increasingly disappointing got the better of Rajeshwari another good outing campaign, the Indian foot- are fourth in the Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas poses with the trophy after Kumari of Punjab in the top while Saina Nehwal ball team faces higher- Group E table with winning the men’s singles final match of the ATP World final, which also had the likes of pulled out of the Korea ranked Oman in a do-or-die three points while Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday. — AFP seasoned shooters Shagun Masters World Tour World Cup qualifying Oman are second Chowdhary and Seema Tomar Super 300 tournament, round match here on among others. which starts with the Tuesday. with nine points The 28-year-old shot 42 out of qualifiers here on A first half strike from from four matches 50 birds to claim the brightest Tuesday. Sunil Chhetri gave India BOPANNA PULLS OUT medal on offer, while After going through a hopes of beating Oman in a loss will virtually send Rajeshwari managed 38 hits to tough phase since his the first leg in Guwahati in India out of reckoning as settle for silver. final finish at India Open September but it ultimate- far as the 2022 World Cup OF TIE AGAINST PAK “I am very happy, specially after this year, Srikanth boost- ly turned out to be so-near- qualification is concerned. having lost so many Trap finals. ed his confidence with a yet-so-far as the Gulf If India lose, they will New Delhi, Nov. 18: My new coach Daniel Di Spignio semifinal appearance at nation struck twice in the trail Oman by nine points Senior player Rohan DAVIS CUP was behind me today and I felt the Hong Kong Open last final 10 minutes to outwit and have only three match- Bopanna pulled out of “It’s disappointing not that was the difference and I week. the home side. es — maximum nine points India’s upcoming tie to have Rohan in the side. was feeling much stronger and It was his first appear- Oman are coming into — left to play in this second against Pakistan due to a But we want him to pro- confident today. Hope I can ance at the last four stage this match after an round of the qualifiers. shoulder injury, paving tect his shoulder. He carry on this form in the days to since the India Open and emphatic (4-1) win over Even the runner-up sides the way for Jeevan needs shots (injection) for come,” said Shreyasi. the Indian ace would Bangladesh on November from the eight groups are Nedunchezhiyan’s inclu- treatment. We have an This was Shreyasi’s fourth indi- look to continue the good 14. India, on the other not guaranteed an auto- sion in the playing squad. able replacement in vidual career National title but run when he opens hand, are struggling after matic spot in the third Bopanna, who under- Jeevan. He has done well her first in women’s trap. against Hong Kong’s an impressive goal-less round of the qualifiers. went an MRI scan on on the Tour and we will Rajeshwari had earlier topped Wong Wing Ki Vincent in Kidambi Srikanth draw against Asian cham- A draw against Oman Monday, communicated have a good left-right the qualification rounds with a the men’s singles. pions Qatar as they needed will also make it difficult his unavailability to non- combination,” Rajpal score of 118 out of 125 while Overall, world number late equalisers in their for India to qualify for the playing captain Rohit said. Shreyasi qualified fourth with a 13 Srikanth enjoys a 10-3 Lucknow next week. Shi Yu Qi this year and identical 1-1 draws against next round. Their last Rajpal. Bopanna is country’s score of 112. head-to-head record With Saina’s withdraw- seventh overall. The lower-ranked Bangladesh three matches — all to be The 39-year-old was top doubles player. Now Pragati Dubey of Madhya against Wong Wing Ki, al, there is no Indian par- Indian has lost five times and Afghanistan. played next year — are expected to be paired the two best-ranked play- Pradesh who had shot 110 in who is on a comeback ticipation in women’s with his only success After three draws and a against Qatar (at home on with veteran Leander ers are not available for qualification and had to come trail after suffering the singles. Among other against the Chinese com- defeat, India are fourth in March 26), Bangladesh Paes for the doubles rub- the tie. Divij Sharan is through a shoot-off to get personal tragedy of los- Indians in the fray, world ing at the Denmark Open the Group E table with (away, June 4) and ber of the November 29-30 also unavailable because through to the six-woman final, ing his father in August. number 16 Sameer last year. three points while Oman Afghanistan (at home, tie. of his wedding reception. won bronze with a finals score World number 9 Saina, Verma will take on top Subhankar Dey, who are second with nine June 9). But getting a least Left-handed Nedunchezhiyan has of 31. who has made early exits seed Chinese Shi Yu Qi had claimed the points from four matches. a point against Oman may Nedunchezhiyan was been knocking on the Rajeshwari did win gold on the in a series of tourna- in the opening round, SaarLorLux Open last Qatar are on top with 10 prove crucial as it will named as one of the three doors of the Indian Davis day though, claiming the team ments recently, decided while his elder brother year, will need to fight it points from four matches. make it easier for India to reserves in the eight- Cup team for some time gold in Women’s Trap along to skip the event but she Sourabh Verma will face out against Olympic An upset win over Oman get an automatic third member squad by consistently perform- with Punjab teammates Inaya is likely to feature at the a qualifier. champion and second will certainly keep Igor round berth for the 2023 announced by the AITA ing on the ATP tour. Vijay Singh and Prabsukhman Syed Modi International For Sameer, it will be seed Chen Long of Stimac’s side in the hunt Asian Cup qualifiers. selection committee. — PTI Kaur. — PTI World Tour Super 300 in his third meeting with China. — PTI for a next round berth but — PTI