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VOL 12 ISSUE 18 ● NEW YORK ● MAY 11 - MAY 17, 2018 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 www.theindianpanorama.news Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces probe for Trump scraps the Iran nuclear laundering $4.9 bn to India: Reports deal, calling it ‘embarrassment’ World Bank denies reports Sharif Iran will remain in N-deal, says Rouhani laundered US$ 4.9 billion to India European leaders call on Washington to let them carry on with pact ISLAMABAD (TIP): In further WASHINGTON (TIP): US President trouble to Nawaz Sharif, Donald Trump on Tuesday, May 8, pulled out Pakistan's top anti-corruption of the landmark nuclear deal with Iran, an body on Tuesday, May 8, ordered a Obama-era accord which he has repeatedly probe against the embattled criticized. former Prime Minister and others "It is clear to me that we cannot prevent Nawaz Sharif is now facing a for allegedly laundering USD 4.9 Iran's nuclear bomb. The Iran deal is defective probe for allegedly billion to India, media reports at its core. Therefore, I am announcing today laundering USD 4.9 billion to India said. contd on Page 32 that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal," Trump said. Moments later he signed a fresh set of Israel attacks Iranian targets in Syria sanctions against Iran and warned countries JERUSALEM (TIP): In the largest operation in Syria since the against any cooperation with Iran on its signing of disengagement agreement in 1974, Israel said, May 10, it nuclear weapons program. Ever since his has struck almost all of the Iranian infrastructure on Syrian soil election campaign, Trump has frequently during the overnight raids in retaliation to a barrage of rocket fire criticized the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, on its territory by Iran. The Israel Defense Force claimed that the also Trump has scrapped nuclear deal with Iran. But Iran's President Rouhani overnight clash, the largest-ever direct clash between the Iranian contd on page 32 says Iran will remain in deal and Israeli armies contd on Page 32 Ritzy Glitzy New York Indian Film Festival kicks off, TRUMP: WILL MEET KIM ON JUNE 12 IN SINGAPORE with celebrities in attendance Meeting with Trump MABEL PAIS/ BIDISHA ROY will be positive for Koreas, says Kim Jong-un WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald Trump today, May 10, announced that he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore for a historic meeting to discuss denuclearization of the Korean The much-anticipated meeting between US President Donald Peninsula. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place on contd on page 32 June 12 in Singapore

The Red Carpet.Jay Mandal's fabulous photograph says it all. From L to R: Consul General Sandeep Chakraborty, Mira Nair, Salman Rushdie, Aroon Shivdasani, Aasif Mandvi, Madhur Jaffrey and Sree Sreenivasan. Photo / Jay Mandal -on assignment

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The longest-running, most prestigious South Asian Film Festival in North America, NYIFF,kicked off on May 7 at the Village East Cinemas in the lower east side of Manhattan at 181-189, 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003. The Festival boasts 78 shorts, documentaries and feature films screened over the period of 6 days. The Festival continues until May 12 at the location. (Read more on page 3 and 16)

104-02, 120th Street, S. Richmond Hill, NY 11419 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 NEW YORK FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 JOIN OUR VISION: A Fundraiser for the Eye Foundation of America

NEW YORK (TIP): Join the Eye Foundation of America for an evening of music by Prasanna in support of its work fighting childhood blindness around the world. The Eye Foundation of America has worked towards eliminating avoidable blindness for 40 years, especially among children. Alongside our international partners, we're bringing eye care to those in the greatest need in an affordable, accessible manner. That's why we need your help to reach our fundraising goal of $500,000. Event proceeds will support several programs, including: eye screening for premature babies, providing glasses for school children, and developing a new children's eye hospital that will provide state of the art care for all children, regardless of a family's ability to pay. Our musical guest, Prasanna, is a world-renowned guitarist whose repertoire includes Indian Carnatic music, jazz, metal, and more. An acclaimed composer for Oscar-winning films like "Smile Pinki," Prasanna is a longtime co-collaborator with A.R. Rahman on films such as "Lagaan," continues to record solo and collaborative studio albums, and serves as educator and founder of the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music. Join Our Vision on May 23, 2018 for this memorable evening at Indian guitarist Prasanna has singular ability to perform traditional Indian classical Carnatic Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003. music on guitar. Tickets $300. Early Bird $250. Through April 25. https://www.facebook.com/EyeFoundationofAmerica/ Available online at https://bit.ly/2Go1G0m . @EyeFoundAmerica Eye Foundation of America http://www.eyefoundationofamerica.org/ #EFA #JoinOurVision THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 NEW YORK 3 THE 18TH EDITION OF NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF Aroon Shivdasani, the founding member and Executive & Artistic Director of IAAC calls it a day BIDISHA ROY

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The 18th edition New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) opened up with U.S. premiere of Ravi Jadhav's Marathi language film Nude (with English subtitles) at Village East Cinema on Monday, May 7. This year NYIFF, the flagship event of Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC),showcases four world premieres, two international premieres, six North American premieres, one U.S. premiere and 11 New York premieres from four South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka), as well as North America and the United Kingdom. The entire festival schedule comprises 78 films in 11 different languages (English, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Tulu, Konkani, Bengali & Assamese). The media was invited to cover the NYIFF kick-off press conference on Friday, May 4th at the Consulate General of India. In his welcome speech Consul General Sandeep Consul General Sandeep Chakraborty, Aroon Shivdasani, the founding member and Executive & Artistic Director of IAAC and Chakraborty highlighted the contribution of Aroon NYIFF Director Aseem Chhabra pose with film makers and actors at the Consulate Photo/ Jay Mandal -on assignment Shivdasani, the founding member and Executive & Artistic Director of IAAC. "What you have done is absolutely premiere of veteran NYIFF director Hansal Mehta's biopic on ● Networking events and nightly parties incredible. The scale and magnitude of the festival has reached Islamic fundamentalist Omar Saeed Sheikh, OMERTA. This ● Opening and Closing Night Red Carpets a new height because of your hard work and work of love. year's centrepiece slot will be Miransha Naik's Konkoni The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, India-US relationship has gone stronger because of people like language film JUZE (with English subtitles),making its North most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, you", he said. American premiere at NYIFF. documentary and short films made from, of, and about the Aroon Shivdasani, who announced her retirement from Indian subcontinent in the Independent, arthouse, alternate IAAC at the press conference, gave a brief history of the Additional highlights at the festival and diaspora genres. Seven days of screenings, post-screening journey of IAAC since its inception in 1998. "In 1998, Indian include: discussions, industry panels, award ceremony, special events, artists were invisible, unknown and unappreciated in North ● Tribute to late Shashi Kapoor and late Sridevi nightly networking parties, red carpet galas, media attention America. For last 20 years, we have been promoting, ● Merchant-Ivory Retrospective and packed audiences build an awareness of Indian cinema, showcasing and building an awareness of the invisible arts of ● Discovering the Film & Television Market in India Panel entertain & educate North Americans about the real India, and India through presentations of Indian film, dance, art, music, Discussion add to the amazing cultural diversity of New York City. theatre, literature and fashion," she said. ● Shooting Films in New York State Panel Discussion Aseem Chhabra, NYIFF Director gave the specifics of the ● The Inclusion Rider's Role in Diversifying Hollywood (READ RELATED STORY BY films. The festival will close on May 12 with the New York Panel Discussion MABEL PAIS ON PAGE 16) TECHNOQUEENS WIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP JERICHO, NY (TIP): TechnoQueens' - a Jr. First Lego League team comprised of six young and bright girls from Elementary Schools in Jericho, NY - goes on to win the Top Award in FIRST World Championship held in Detroit, Michigan in the week of April 27th. TechnoQueens represented Long Island in this World Expo with 55+ teams from Lto R: Sahana Patel, Ria Bhatia, Amneet Kaur, Aarna Tyagi, Risha other participating Bansal and Falak Doshi, Coach Rohit Bhatia countries and across the USA. This Rookie team won many hearts with their prominent presentation skills, impressing the judges with their sound research and engaged kids, families of other participating teams with their innovative model design. The team received the most coveted and voted upon 'Team Choice' Award, with each of the participating team casting their ballots on key aspects for their favorite team in the Expo. At the end of the first day of the Expo, Top 3 teams were chosen for the top spot and on another round of secret ballot votes - the winner was announced at the Awards Ceremony. Other 2 competing teams were from China and Taiwan. TechnoQueens exhibited all Core values of the program, creativity of their solution, outstanding Lego Model and 'ShowMe' team Poster. TechnoQueens won the 'Research & Discovery' Award for their Learning journey around Project Solution 'VillAquaTech' - bringing clean water to ideal and remote Village communities in the world. As part of the People Pipeline Campaign with WaterAid, the girls raised around 3000$ and were able to bring Clean water and Toilets to kids in school in Nicaragua. Helping Community and making an impact to the world, even if it's small, is a key proud part of TechnoQueens journey in this year's Aqua Adventure program. All this started in September 2017, when the girls started to come together through common friends and families from nearby schools in Jericho and decided to form their own team. Coach, Rohit Bhatia, father of one of the girls put the team together (Ria Bhatia, Amneet Kaur, Aarna Tyagi, Falak Doshi, Risha Bansal and Sahana Patel) and there's never been looking back since. Girls named their team as they believe Queens rule the world and so do they in this Technological-driven modern world! Read full story on www.theindianpanorama.news THE INDIAN PANORAMA 4 INDIANS ABROAD FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 Indian Origin Nitin Bawankule named new Google Cloud head, India Indian American Judge Nominated to Federal Judgeship

NEW YORK (TIP): President support of presidents from both Donald Trump nominated Diane parties. Gujarati, a prosecutor of Indian A graduate of the Ivy League Yale descent, to a federal judgeship on May University's law school, she has also 11th. She he had been former President been an adjunct professor at New York Barack Obama's choice for the position. University School of Law. The White House announced that Federal New York Eastern District Google on May 8th named Nitin Bawankule as the head of Donald Trump is sending the Court is located in the New York City Google Cloud, India nomination of Diane Gujarati, who is borough of Brooklyn. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA(TIP): Search engine giant Google on the Deputy Chief of the Criminal The federal prosecutor's office for May 8th namedNitin Bawankule as the head of Google Cloud, Division of the federal prosecutors for Southern District of New York, where India. the Southern District of New York, to started in 1999, is one of the most high- Bawankule, who has been associated with Google for more the Senate for confirmation as a profile jurisdictions in the US as it than six years, is currently the head of sales for Google verticals. District Judge on the Federal court for includes Wall Street as well as the He will report to Google Cloud Managing Director Rick New York's Eastern District, which state's capital Albany. Harshman, who heads the Asia Pacific operation of Google. covers parts of the city as well the Formerly headed by Preet Bharara, Bawankule has over 20 years of experience serving major suburbs on Long Island. the office had prosecuted several technology companies. Prior to his joining Google, he worked Barack Obama nominated her for the important people in finance, including with Dell, Motorola Mobility, Whirlpool and Godrej. judgeship towards the end of his term Diane Gujarati is the Deputy Chief of Rajat Gupta, Raj Rajaratnam and "Nitin brings with him an excellent mix of digital, technical in September 2016 but she was not the Criminal Division of the United Mathew Martoma for insider trading and consumer products sales experience. We are very excited to confirmed by the Senate requiring States Attorney's Office for the on Wall Street and also several have him join our team and take our India story to the next President Trump's renomination. Southern District of New York and is an important politicians like New York level," Harshman said. Her father, Damodar Gujrarati, is an announced nominee to be a United Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Bawankule completed his post graduate diploma in emeritus professor of economics at the States District Judge Rajat Gupta, one of the highest management from IIM Bangalore. He earned his bachelor's US Military Academy at West Point, finding candidates within its ranking Indian American business degree in engineering from VNIT Nagpur. which trains army officers. ideological spectrum who will be able leaders, was managing director of He has wide experience working in industries ranging from Her renomination by Donald Trump to win Senate support. consulting firm McKinsey and was Digital Consumer Electronics, Telecom, and IT. shows both her legal standing as well as She is expected to have a smooth sentenced to two years in prison and According to Bawankule, by 2020, the public cloud services the administration's difficulty in sailing in the Senate because of the fined millions of dollars. market in India is poised to reach $4.10 billion. "Business leaders across industries are increasingly adopting cloud technology because they understand it helps solve a number of real challenges - teams work better together, data Indian Origin TeenWins A* Star becomes useful to make smart decisions and companies create new value to stay competitive in a quickly changing economy," Bawankule said. While speaking at Google Digital Retail India 2020, he said, Talent Search Award in Singapore "By the year 2020, every fourth purchase in organized retail will be online." SINGAPORE (TIP): Vijayakumar Ragavi,18-year-old Indian origin Indian origin Village Girl Turned girl,has won this year's A*Star Talent Search award in Singapore for her Wellness Chef competes on study of genetic heart disease "hypertrophic cardiomyopathy". Chopped Chennai-born Vijayakumar Ragavi, now a Singaporean citizen, topped the NEW YORK CITY, NY(TIP): Dalia David, a simple farm girl list of 611 other students from from India has made it to "Chopped" (a reality cooking show on secondary and tertiary institutions Food Network) breaking the rules set by culture, becoming the according to reports. first Indian Wellness Chef to compete on the show and She has been awarded a cash prize, a showcasing the importance of mindful eating. sponsored trip to an overseas Dalia will be showcasing her talents on Food Network's conference and a trophy as well as a "Chopped" on May 15th at 9pm EST in the Episode "Plum certificate for winning the competition. Surprise". Ms Ragavi said she spent almost two She feels this episode is important because it represents the years studying and preparing for her 1st generation Indian immigrants who are pushing cultural award-winning project on hypertrophic norms and choosing careers that give them meaning instead of cardiomyopathy. Chennai-born Vijayakumar Ragavi, now a Singaporean citizen, topped the list of 611 taking on more traditional roles expected and chosen by their "It is estimated to be the most genetic other students from secondary and tertiary institutions family (i.e, doctor, pharmacist, engineer). She is honored to be heart disease in the world. People with Ms Ragavi designed a humanized student from National University of representing the young girls in Indian villages who have big the disease often suffer from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy model Singapore's High School for dreams. arrhythmia induced sudden cardiac that recapitulates the disease Mathematics and Science. About Dalia David death," Ms Ragavi said. phenotype. The subsequent findings set "I want to work in the field of stem Arrhythmia is a group of conditions the foundation for gaining insights into cell and regenerative medicine," she Dalia hails from a pineapple plantation in Southern India and where the heartbeat is irregular, too disease pathology and therapeutic said. spent her childhood on rice paddy fields surrounded by coconut slow or too fast. intervention. Her parents, Rajamanickkam trees and acres of banana trees. Coming from a farming family, At the talent search, Ms Ragavi's "I really didn't expect to win. I was Vijayakumar, who works at Hewlett- her meals came from the earth and at a young age she became research focused on stem-cell quite surprised since it was very Packard, and home-maker Rajendran aware of how food nourished her body and provided strength for technology, which allows for the unexpected, but I was happy that my Gomathi are very proud. the day. This has influenced her food philosophy greatly. Dalia's detection of genetic disease through parents were so proud of me," Ms A*STAR Talent Search is a 2006 purpose is to create meals for families that cater to their blood samples, rather than the typical Ragavi said. initiative, rewarding students who have personal eating style and improve their strength and vitality. method of performing cardiac biopsies. She will be pursuing a degree in performed well in scientific research. It Her food philosophy is simple; it should be healthy, delicious, Such biopsies are extremely difficult biomedical science at an overseas is part of the A*STAR Graduate and satisfy cravings. Specialties are plant-basedcuisine, gluten procedures which entail taking a small university next year. Academy (AGA)'s Youth Science free, & wellness focused food. piece of the heart so that it can be "I want to become a researcher in outreach to schools with the aim to Dalia is a trained Chef from the Natural Gourmet checked for genetic disease in the future and thought this would be good inspire & sustain a passion in science Institute and has studied Plant Nutrition at Cornell laboratory. exposure for me," said the Year 6 in the young in Singapore. University. Her goal is to make unique dishes that are both delicious and nutritious using local and organic ingredients. Her cooking style is one you would call "healthy global fusion" as east meets west is part of her intuition. FOR MORE NEWS, VIEWS & REVIEWS LOG ON TO She comes to you from the kitchens of Jean Georges' Spice Market, Pure Food & Wine, The James Beard Foundation, and as Catering Chef for LinkedIn HQ NYC feeding 400 people daily. www.theindianpanorama.news THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 INDIANS ABROAD 5 Indian Americans owned Indian American Democrat Aftab startups get Google Pureval wins Ohio District 1 primarya investment

OHIO (TIP): Indian American Aftab Pureval has won the Ohio District 1 Democratic party primary unopposed on May 8th.He will face Republican incumbent Steve Chabot in the general election on November 6. Pureval, the first Democrat to get elected as the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts in more than 100 years, is considered a rising star in the party. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (TIP): Google Pureval's father came to the United announced that it has made the first round of States from India. His mother had lived investments in two innovative companies owned as a Tibetan refugee in India before she by Indian Americans that have built next- moved to the United States, along with generation products to explore the possibilities her husband. of digital assistant ecosystem. Earlier, two other Democrats had also In a blog post by Sanjay Kapoor, vice president announced their candidacy from the of corporate development at Google, and Nick district: Robert Barr and Laura Ann Fox, vice president of product at Google, wrote Weaver. But both withdrew from the race that the company has made the first batch of as the primary approached. investments in four start-up companies, out of As the Hamilton County Clerk of which two - Go Moment and Pulse Labs - are Courts, Pureval is credited with ending owned by Indian Americans. nepotism. The two firms have been identified by Google "He is the right kind of moderate that I for investments because they are working on think fits the district and can help move projects that are synonymous with the the political center of gravity back to the company's vision to make the life of users much Many political observers believe if anyone can flip the seat, it is the 35-year-old Pureval. middle from its right-wing trajectory in easier than ever thought before. Washington," Cincinnati Mayor John president at the university. During his were victims of violence. Later he moved According to Google, it has been providing Cranley had told the Cincinnati tenure, he pushed the Ohio state to Washington, D.C., to join White & Case tools for developers, starting from Android to Enquirer. legislature for increased funding for LLP, one of the largest law firms in the Chrome to Action, to create products that enable Born and brought up in southwest higher education. country. a natural conversational experience to its users. Ohio, Pureval went to public schools and After college, Pureval went to Four years later, he returned to "To promote more of this creativity, we're received a bachelor's degree in political University of Cincinnati College of Law. Hamilton County where he worked as a opening a new investment program for early- science from the Ohio State University in There he worked in the Domestic Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the stage startups that share our passion for the 2005. He had served as a student body Violence Clinic representing women who Dept. of Justice. digital assistant ecosystem, helping to push new ideas forward and advance the possibilities of what digital assistants can do," says the blog Indian American Aakash Patel receives Indian American Aziz Ahmad wins post. Go Moment, a technology startup based in endorsement by Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Ohio state house District 7 Santa Monica, California, is founded by Indian American Raj Singh. Google was impressed Lopez-Cantera in County Commission race Democratic primary with its product Ivy, which is a smart texting platform for hotels and the hospitality industry. HILLSBOROUGH, FL OHIO (TIP): Indian Ivy is a digital assistant platform that works (TIP): Indian American American Aziz Ahmad as a personal assistant, communicating with Aakash Patel, who is running won unopposed in the hotel guests via text messaging - addressing for a seat of the Hillsborough Ohio House of some of the most frequently asked questions County Commission, has Representatives District 7 and services automatically, such as "What's the received the endorsement of Democratic primary held wifi code? "I'd like more towels" etc. Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez- on May 8th.In the The app is designed in such a way that it can Cantera. November 6 general also book restaurant reservations, spa The two have worked with election, he will face appointments and other revenue enhancing each other for more than a Republican incumbent services. Ivy is based on the IBM Watson's decade and a half. Thomas Patton. artificial intelligence technology. There are seven elected members on Patel had worked alongside Ahmad has been Pulse Labs, a Seattle-based technology the Hillsborough Board of County startup, offers UX testing solutions for the Commissioners. Patel is running from Cantera during the latter's running a campaign District 1. term in the Florida House of largely focused on three developers who use the voice ecosystems such as Representatives from 2004 issues: education reform, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Cortana. through 2012. Cantera worked with Patel in his activities related to the "common sense gun The tool offered by Pulse Labs helps Leadership Tampa Bay. policy" and healthcare. developers get UX feedback on voice Earlier, the Indian American had received the endorsement of Danny "As your applications that they are working on. Burgess, a member of the Florida House of Representatives. representative, I want to Developers and designers of voice applications "I had the opportunity to get to know Aakash Patel through his work help us innovate can use the platform to test what they've built with Leadership Tampa Bay and his service on their board of directors solutions to the issues we Aziz Ahmad, Democratic with real people and quickly acquire in-depth since 2014," Lopez-Cantera said. "Aakash has impressed me with his are facing in our Candidate, Ohio House of insights anduse that feedback to create a more drive, ambition and ability to apply his conservative ideals to communities every day," Representatives District 7 engaging user experience. encourage and mentor others in the business community and he says on his campaign website. "There is so much talent and Pulse Labs was founded in December 2016 by leadership roles. potential in this district. I have seen and heard inspiring Indian American Abhishek Suthan and Dylan "I strongly support his effort to become a member of the people all over the area talking and offering practical solutions Zwick. Hillsborough County Commission where I am certain he will work to that never see the light of day, because they don't reach the The new Google investment program will consistently apply his solid conservative principals in all that he does. proper faculties. It's time for a change, which starts with offer capital to provide additional financial I wholeheartedly endorse Aakash Patel, in his campaign to become the engagement in politics on all levels (local, state and federal)." resources for the development, hiring and next Hillsborough County Commissioner for District 1," he added. A teacher by profession, he says that the current educational management of selected startups. In addition to Patel thanked the lieutenant governor saying that he is extremely system is broken and needs immediate action to improve. this they will also get expert advice from Google honored to have his support. "Better education is the basis to solving our state and national staffs ranging from engineers, product "I am extremely honored to have the support of such a true issues" he says. managers, and design experts to fine tune their conservative friend as Carlos Lopez-Cantera. Having spent time Ahmad says that Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders are his platform. advancing individuals in leadership roles beside the Lt. Governor, I role models, and he really appreciates the efforts of Obama in The Google selected startups will be provided sincerely admire his strength and guidance across the state of Florida," addressing the healthcare issue. The candidate says he also access to upcoming features and tools, so they Patel said. "I sincerely thank Lt. Governor Lopez-Cantera for his admires the progressive mindset of Sanders, which questions can bring their products to market as quickly as endorsement of my campaign for Hillsborough County Commission." current system and creates ideas that can improve it. possible. Google team will also offer promotional Patel, who earned his bachelor's degree in political science and A resident of Strongsville, he is a Teach for America Corps support through Google marketing channels English literature from Florida State University, worked at The Tampa Member. He is also pursuing a master's degree in public and will also get exclusive access to the Google Bay Times' Tallahassee Bureau. administration and policy from American University. Cloud Platform. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 6 NEW YORK FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 New York’s attorney general Eric Schneiderman who was pursuing Donald Trump, resigns in the face of a scandal

NEW YORK (TIP): New York State Attorney General Eric term in November. Party primaries are on Sept. 13. Schneiderman abruptly resigned on Monday, May 7 night just A well-connected New York politico said legislators may hours after the New Yorker published a bombshell report forego naming a temporary replacement, leaving Underwood about his personal life alleging he was violent toward four in the job and allowing voters to decide who should fill the different women. Schneiderman, who did not respond to a office. Although there is already political pressure for the request for comment on this story,issued a statement saying he Legislature to choose this option, it would deprive legislators had merely engaged in sexual "role-playing." of the opportunity to reward a favorite and affect the shape of Schneiderman, who was elected in 2010, had been pursuing multiple upcoming races. Trump on several fronts - his personal business, the special The source familiar with the workings of the attorney counsel investigation into the 2016 election and on behalf of general's office predicted that, if Underwood remains in place, New York state against actions taken by the Trump she would continue Schneiderman's existing work. administration. "If it's Barbara Underwood, she's like a lawyer's lawyer," the Trump allies - including his son Donald Trump Jr. and source said, noting she has argued before the Supreme Court. counselor Kellyanne Conway - celebrated the news of "I imagine she would continue all the Supreme Court Schneiderman's downfall. actions, but I don't know how aggressive she'd be in terms of "Gotcha," Conway tweeted. Fall of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman going after new actions," the source said. Schneiderman's perch in the Empire State gave him became a reason for celebration for Trump camp As for the election, New York's statewide races generally jurisdiction over Trump's company. He first took on Donald lean Democratic, but Republicans are hoping Schneiderman's Trump in August 2013 when he sued Trump for fraud in Barbara Underwood, becomes acting attorney general. A new woes could give them an opening. Republican Manny conjunction with Trump University, a seminar series that the attorney general could be chosen by the state Legislature, with Alicandro, a corporate lawyer, launched a campaign shortly former attorney general called a "sham." Trump agreed to pay both houses meeting in joint session. Democrats, led by before the news broke. With Schneiderman out of the picture, a $25 million settlement to students of the program who had Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, have the majority and would more high-profile GOP candidates could also enter the fray. A brought their own lawsuit, claiming they had been misled with be able to pick Schneiderman's replacement. Multiple sources Republican victory would be a major boon to Trump. false claims that the costly courses would guarantee success in have told Yahoo News that the leading contenders include New Alicandro has criticized Schneiderman's attacks on the White the real estate business. York City Public Advocate Letitia James, Lt. Gov. Kathy House as attention-seeking gamesmanship. Since Trump took office, Schneiderman has been Hochul, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Kathleen Rice, state Sen. There are at least two Democratic prospects eyeing that race cooperating with Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's role in Michael Gianaris and state Sen. Jeffrey Klein. Heastie did not who aren't on the Legislature's shortlist - former gubernatorial Trump's election. That was a threat to Trump because the respond to multiple requests for comment. candidate Zephyr Teachout and ex-U.S. Attorney Preet president could pardon anyone indicted by Mueller but has no On Tuesday, the political buzz centered on James, who is Bharara. pardon power over state charges. In Albany, N.Y., known to be interested in the office and previously worked as Teachout gained notoriety in the state by mounting a Schneiderman had been pushing to change New York law to an assistant attorney general. As public advocate, a nebulous surprisingly successful progressive challenge to Gov. Andrew close a double-jeopardy loophole that might have prevented position, she is New York City's second-highest elected official Cuomo in 2014. In a tweet on Tuesday, Teachout said she is him from bringing charges in that situation. and one of the state's most prominent African-American "seriously considering running for Attorney General." Along with his work with Mueller, Schneiderman has filed a women in office. A source familiar with the workings of the Bharara was fired by Trump last year and has since emerged flurry of lawsuits against the Trump administration. This attorney general's office predicted James would be a vocal as a major critic of the White House on Twitter and in a blitz included suits against each iteration of Trump's travel opponent of Trump if she's tapped for the job. popular podcast. ban, the repeal of DACA and rollbacks in emissions standards. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks If Schneiderman's successor takes on Trump, that person Schneiderman's office filed amicus briefs with the Supreme during a press conference at the office of the New York may have the advantage of putting in a full day at the office. Court in cases involving the travel ban and LGBT attorney general, Sept. 13, 2016, in New York City.(Photo: Drew The report detailing the abuse allegations also claimed discrimination. Other states also joined many of these suits, Angerer/Getty Images) Schneiderman drank heavily and used prescription drugs. but Schneiderman often led the coalitions. "I think she would be aggressive and political in terms of Although all of the insiders who spoke to Yahoo News said It's not known if Schneiderman has been conducting its own going after Trump," the source said. they were stunned by the allegations, multiple sources who investigations into Trump's affairs. His office has not But any replacement picked by the Legislature will serve out worked with Schneiderman said he regularly showed up to commented. only the remainder of Schneiderman's term, which ends in work several hours late. "We just thought he was lazy," a source With Schneiderman stepping down, the solicitor general, December, unless that replacement runs for a full four-year said. (Source: Yahoo) Gujarat Day Celebrated THE GUJARAT DAY CELEBRATIONS IN PICTURES NEW YORK CITY (TIP): On May 2, the Federation of Mr. Yogesh Patel, MLA from Gujarat attended the event Indian Association of Tri-State and Gujarati Associations as a special guest and addressed the audience by from various states in the U.S. organized an evening to congratulating everyone and described the progress of celebrate 58th Gujarat Din at the Consulate General of Gujarat. Radhika Meganathan, author of "The Gurukul India in New York. This was the second year where this Chronicles" book was launched by the dignitaries group celebrated Gujarat Din at the Consulate including the Consul General. Ramesh Patel, Chairman of Generalwhich was attended by more than 175 invited FIA, Dr. Sudhir Parikh from Parikh World-wide media, guests, dignitaries and the leaders of community Pinakin Pathak, Chairman of Ohmkara, Vishnu Patel of organizations from the tristate area, Philadelphia and Gujarati Samaj of New York, Rupal Shah, Gujarati Samaj Baltimore. Honorable Consul General of India in New of Baltimore, Bhupesh Shah, Gujarati Samaj of Delaware York, Mr. Sandeep Chakraborty was the Guest of Honor for Valley in Philadelphia, Rajeev Desai, Vaishnav Parivar of the evening. Connecticut, Smita (Miki) Patel of India Performing Arts FIA President Srujal Parikh welcomed speech and Center and Arvind Patel of Rajbhog Foods were among the introduced Consul General Sandeep Chakraborty and supporting organizations who addressed the audience and felicitated him with a memento of Gujarat. felicitated by the Consul General Mr. Chakraborty. In his address, Consul General Chakrabortywelcomed The master of ceremonies Nishi Parikh, member of the and congratulated everyone on Gujarat Sthapana Divas Gujarat Sthapana Divas Committee did a marvelous job. and stated that "it is a proud moment that all organizations Local singers Umesh Patel and Foram Shah sang famous from the nearby states are here underone roof which is a Gujarati songs in their melodious voice which was biggest achievement and our endeavor should be a model applauded by all. Traditional Gujarati folk performances and principles of our Government to be inclusive and you in colorful costumes were wonderfully choreographed by all are the best carriers of this message. Gujarat inspires Smita (Miki) Patel of India Performing arts center and our country with richness of its culture, diversity, Priya of SBU Raas group in New York were among the architectural history and many other areas". highlights of the evening. Furthermore, he urged everyone to be a part of the biggest Event concluded with a vote of thanks from Dr. Tushar India Day Parade organized by FIA-Tri-State on August 19, Patel, committee member of Gujarat SthapanaDivas who 2018 at Madison Avenue in New York. extended his sincere appreciation to all supporters and An inspirational written message from Chief Minister community organizations for their help and support to of Gujarat Mr. Vijay Rupani was very well received by the make Gujarat Sthapana Divas a huge success. A delicious audience. The Chief Minister congratulated various and mouth-watering authentic Gujarati food was provided organizations from Gujarati communities and appreciated by Arvind Patel of Rajbhog Foods which was enjoyed by to celebrate Gujarat Divas under one roof by these all. organizations. (Based on a Press Release) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 MISCELLANY 7 MODI ON JINNAH By Dr. Mike Ghouse

rime Minister Modi has missed many opportunities to show his goodwill; he is yet to translate his 'good' Pintentions into 'outcomes.' The troublemakers from his party have presented him another opportunity to show his mettle and stop them from tearing the society apart. All he has to do is speak up about Jinnah's picture at Aligarh Muslim University. Whether it is good, bad or ugly, we have to have to preserve our history as a reference. Every society has portrayed evil and good simultaneously, and religious scriptures are full of such stories. Not a single religion has wiped the wicked men in their narration. Ravan is a part of our story. Should the man who abducted Ma Sita be removed from Ramayana? Hitler is one of the evilest men in human history for attempting to annihilate a whole race. How can such a man be a hero to Modi's organization, the RSS? Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi, and Godse's picture adorns the sacred halls of the parliament; does it mean Modi would have approved Godse to kill Gandhi? No, we cannot change or alter history, it is what it is, and we have to live with it. The rogues among us, the Indians are continually looking to brew trouble, while the Prime Minister remains silent or A terrible controversy rages over Jinnah's picture at Aligarh Muslim University tacitly approves the agitation. Sometimes I wonder, why didn't we heed Sanjeev Bhatt? the most important democracy in the world, his role is to build There are many Indians who have left India and gone on to When the Gujarat riots broke out, Mr. Bhatt said, Modi chose to cohesive societies and not allow destruction and chaos. It will become Citizens of other nations. Let's say if America and remain silent for three days and hinted to his men to go ahead damage India in the long haul. India are at odds, the American Indians will stand with the US, and do all the damage they can until he is forced to stop it. All Modi has to do is a tweet or hold a press conference they have to prove their loyalty to America and will go against Do you see a pattern here? When Dalit girls were raped and immediately after the incident- and say that he will not tolerate India. Should India strip all the civilian awards given to them hung on the tree, Modi did not say a word. When Kalburge, anyone messing with law and order, even if it were his because they are with the enemy now? I say no, what was done Gauri Lankesh, and others were killed in broad daylight, Modi ministers. If this man has good intentions, it is time to prove it. with good intentions should remain intact. did not say a word. When Akhlaq was lynched and murdered, He should try this method at least five times and see how Jinnah was a part of our independence movement, together, Modi did not say a word. The list is quite long, but the pinnacle quickly things will stop from spreading. we got the freedom. As Indians, we generally disagree with the of his silence came when the six-year-old Asifa and a four-year- No Indian should live in fear of the other; it is not good for partition, and Muslim Indians in particular, feel betrayed. That old girl were raped, he did not say a word for two days until the the county, we should not be spending our time battling out on is a part of our history, and we have to live with it. entire nation came together to compel him to speak. what you wear, eat, drink or believe. We should be spending As a civilized nation, we cannot remove Jinnah's picture. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in one of his books Six Glorious time on how to save farmers, create jobs so fellow Indians can Jinnah is part of India's history and will remain one. Will Modi Epochs of Indian History clearly explains why raping of have three healthy meals. India's prosperity is partially driven speak up and put an end to the chaos or does it help him to play Muslim women is justifiable and not to do so when the occasion by foreign direct investment and trade. If Modi does not dirty and stay silent? permits is not virtuous or chivalrous but cowardly.This idea is control and puts a stop to harassment, lynching, rapes and A few good videos: repulsive to the moderate majority of Hindus, but that is Modi's chaotic situations, India may face what apartheid South Africa 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R- indoctrination as a pracharak of the RSS. Is that the reason he faced once. There is no incentive for the investors to feel safe uF_T0sgw&feature=share chooses to remain silent when rapes tear up the nation? with their investments in India. Modi's friends will run away 2. https://www.facebook.com/ NationalMirror1/ If Modi were dumb, I would not complain, but he is not. with money; the average Indian will lose. videos/2009302016002489/ If Modi were deaf, I would not complain, but he hears If Modi does not reign on these, he will sink India. (The author is the president of the Center for Pluralism in everything. Some of his party members are raising hell over https://www.theindianpanorama.news /featured/modi-will- Washington, DC. He is committed to building cohesive societies Jinnah's photo at the Aligarh Muslim University. As head of sink-india-if-he-does-not-rein-in-the-rapists/ and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day). A LESSON IN WISDOM Men and women around him were also of kings and the noblest of men, was not even from Sri Rama, as he was always at deeply shocked, surprised and mystified at becoming even a treat for the Gods! the giving, and not the receiving end of fees or By Rishi Singh this strange invitation from the prince of The king of Sri Lanka was not only a great favors. Ayodhya. Ravana, true to his stature as a great ruler but also a great scholar. The scholar in But again, the Vedic pundit in him came to fter a long journey, Sri Ramchandra pundit in Vedic literature, true to the him rose to the occasion now and Ravana said, the fore. He said, "Sri Rama, knowing you very with his Vanara Sena, reached the tradition that as a Brahman, he should never "O Rama, I can and shall provide a solution, well, the only fees I solicit is that you stand by Asouthern coast of our vast land and decline an invitation to organize Divine since I do not wish to bear the blame for non- me when my life departs". beheld the expanse of water separating them worship, and true to his intense devotion to performance of Divine worship, but on one And thus it came to pass, that when Ravana from Sri Lanka. The search for Sita was over; Lord Shiva accepted the invitation. He came condition. I shall arrange to bring Sita here lay in his last moments Sri Rama was near Rama now knew where she was; it only with Hanuman to Sri Ram's place, much to the for the pooja, but you should permit her to him. It only reveals that ultimate comfort for remained to redeem her from Ravana, by consternation of everyone. return to my place after the function". everyone high or low is to have Divinity peaceful persuasion if possible or by war, if Soon the king of Sri Lanka made an All around, were astounded and speechless nearby at the moment of death. necessary. In line with our tradition of inspection of all arrangements, and turning at the clash of wit and fantastic words May old people instruct their family and seeking Divine help, before commencing any to Sri Rama, said, "O prince of Ayodhya, between the two great men and waited with friends to put a few droplets of Holy Ganga work, Sri Ram desired to consecrate and offer though you have made very satisfactory bated breath for Sri Rama's rejoinder. water on their dying lips towards divine worship to Shiva. Arrangements were soon arrangements, you are not qualified to install The noblest of men, simply and cheerfully salvation. As legend has it, the Holy Ganga completed, except finding a suitable priest to the idol of Lord Shiva in the absence of your accepted the offer, and the ceremony was descended from heaven upon prolonged and guide the function. Sri Ram thought for a wife. Our edicts declare that no person, completed in all solemnity. As per Indian deep penance of Maharishi Dadhich to revive while and then decided on the best person however high, can perform such ceremonies customs and traditions, after viewing the his ancestors by leading the Holy Ganga over available nearby - Ravana the king of Sri without his consort nearby". couple, Ravana said "Let victory be yours!" their ashes. Lanka. Without hesitation he asked Hanuman The mood of the entire assembly now though he knew well, those words meant his Lord Shiva had to be prayed for by to fly to Ravana's palace and request him to changed from confusion to curiosity - how own destruction. Maharishi Dadhich to break the fall of Ganga conduct the pooja. would Sri Rama react? The noble prince Here was human values surpassing all from the heavens as it would wash away the There was considerable shock and dismay smiled and calmly replied, constraints of Self. Only one more formality very Earth where it descended. among the assembly; to invite an enemy to "We have invited you for the flawless remained, that of honoring the priest. Sri Lord Shiva the benevolent then agreed to conduct a pooja, specially meant to conquer performance of the ceremony. You have Rama invited Ravana himself to suggest the catch the Holy Ganga in his locks before she and destroy him! Will Ravana accept such a pointed out a flaw in tune with your duty as a fees for the function. It was at this moment flowed down onto land. preposterous invitation? pundit; I thank you for it. I now invite you to that the greatest and the most crucial episode The above has multiple lessons for all of us, But Hanuman as a loyal soldier implicitly provide a solution, which also forms part of of Ramayana unfolded before an unbelieving few being persistence, perseverance, obeyed the royal command and flew to Sri your duty." This exposition of Dharmic audience. education, learning, contemplation, mutual Lanka to convey the message to Ravana. postures and privileges between the greatest Ravana, the king would not take any fees, respect, duty, wit, honor, morality, divinity. 8 THE INDIAN PANORAMA EDITORIAL FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 GUEST AS I SEE IT COMMENT It's not about the nuclear deal THE U.S. WON'T EASE THE TERMS OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN, AS THE TRUMP'S IRAN GOAL IS REGIME CHANGE IN TEHRAN The impact on India will be severe. The price of crude is WALK-BACK: already close to $80. Energy imports from Iran will become difficult and expensive. Fuel prices will go up. The Reserve DOUBLE By Chinmaya R. “Bank of India might have to increase interest rates to contain Gharekhan inflation and step in to check the fall in the rupee's value. All this might have a direct bearing on politics, given the fact that the WHAMMY FOR government was the beneficiary of low crude price for the first f - and that's a big if - the leaders of the U.S., China, South Korea and North Korea four years but may have to face consequences of inflation and Isucceed in concluding a deal on the attendant factors in its fifth", says the author. INDIA AFTER denuclearization of the Korean peninsula as well as on a peace treaty formally ending the this month. The Houthi rebels in Yemen will Korean War, they would be front runners for feel more emboldened to take on the Saudi-led CATSA the Nobel Peace Prize. That deal could coalition; of course, the Yemeni people will appropriately be called a Joint Comprehensive continue to suffer, as will the Syrian people, for ust when Indian diplomats were Plan of Action (JCPOA) if it lays down a years to come. Iran will more directly figuring out how to mitigate the impact detailed blueprint for denuclearization, with intervene in Iraq and render the possibility of Jof Countering America's Adversaries provisions of intrusive inspections. The only progress in the non-existent peace effort in Through Sanctions Act (CATSA) on its arms thing that could stand in their way is Iran. Afghanistan even more difficult. and oil trade with Russia, South Block has There should be little doubt that U.S. If the regime in Tehran does not collapse, another reason to burn the midnight oil. US President Donald Trump's real, but of the Washington-Jerusalem-Riyadh axis might President Donald Trump's intention to exit necessity undeclared, objective in look for an alternative course of action, not the Iran deal, and reimpose sanctions if withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal is a excluding military. In that case, the Nobel Tehran declines to renegotiate, could send regime change in Tehran. This goal is even Peace Prize will elude Mr. Trump. India's plans for the region in smoke. The more ardently desired by Israel and Saudi US goal in Iran is regime change Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctions will pretty much cover all areas of Arabia. Ever since Iranian President but which could not defeat public anger, established special relationship with Israel interest to India vis-a-vis Iran: petroleum, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made particularly frustration and rage. For these reasons, Mr. and its present Prime Minister, Benjamin ports, shipping and banking. The bright side provocative statements about Israel, Israelis of Trump is unlikely to listen to voices of reason Netanyahu. He has also made efforts to forge is that except for Saudi Arabia and Israel, all political persuasions have wanted to get rid or to appeals from his Western allies. He is intimate relations with the U.S. With both pretty much the rest of the world has not of the regime in Iran. The Saudis have openly equally not likely to grant exemptions from India has the upper hand, since it is they who taken kindly to Trump's attempt to redefine called for cutting off the head of the (Iranian) sanctions to any country engaging in any form want to sell expensive military hardware to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action snake. Thus, three important and powerful of trade and other transactions with Iran. His India. Under the circumstances, India has (JCPOA) to cover "responsible" behavior by states have a congruence of interests seldom administration will follow strict interpretation made a well-drafted two-sentence statement on Iran both externally and domestically. seen in recent times. of the guidelines regarding the sanctions the Trump decision. The first strikes a balance The world can be grateful that Tehran IRANIAN DISCONTENT: There have been regime. between Iran's right to develop nuclear energy doesn't have an impetuous leader like frequent and persistent reports in the Western IRANIAN RESTRAINT: Iran has shown for peaceful purposes as also the international Trump. Javed Zarif, Iran's chief negotiator media for several months about large-scale restraint, forsaking knee-jerk reaction. It did community's concern to ensure that its for the deal, has resolved to diplomatically demonstrations and protests by Iranian people not declare that the deal was dead, as it might nuclear program remains strictly peaceful. lobby with the other parties to the against the regime. Living conditions are well have done. It did not announce immediate The second sentence contains implicit agreement. Yet, Trump's explanation that difficult. Iran did not get the goodies that it resumption of uranium enrichment, which it disapproval of the American decision and Iran could emulate North Korea by expected after signing the JCPOA. Inflation is emphasized will be at the industrial level. It warns, again implicitly, against any strong negotiating denuclearization will find few high. The Iranian rial is trading at 75,000 to the has so far not called off International Atomic military action. For India, the question will takers for it is widely realized that Tehran dollar. People are angry with the government. Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections. Iran will also be: can it rely on the U.S. to honor even its would have to be suicidal if it were to show According to the well-researched work consult with the other signatories to the written word embodied in international signs of weakness. On the contrary, the US Democracy in Iran: Why It Failed and How It JCPOA for several weeks before taking any agreements? Mr. Trump wants to annul every may have lost North Korea's trust by going Might Succeed by American academic Misagh further action. This shows the maturity of single achievement of his predecessor - back on the Iran deal just as it lost Parsa, disaffection among the people has Iranian diplomacy. It remains to be seen how Obamacare, the North American Free Trade Palestinian support after Trump announced manifested itself in several forms. Hundreds of long France and others will stick to their Agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the the shifting of the US embassy to East mosques do not have imams and the position of continuing to adhere to the deal; Paris Agreement, and now JCPOA. India will Jerusalem. attendance at Friday prayers has dwindled they will eventually have to fall in line in some have to remain vigilant in dealing with this India needs to work with countries with a dramatically. Some are converting to way with the Americans, if not for political administration; it would not be prudent to shared interest in the JCPOA to ensure that Christianity and, according to Professor Parsa, then for economic considerations. For Mr. assume that it is a special case. Trump's exit from the Iran deal does not even to the Baha'i faith, which is the largest Trump, the Republicans are fully with him and FALLOUT FOR INDIA: The impact on harm its investments and plans for the non-Muslim community in Iran. Professor the Democrats will be too eventually. India will be severe. The price of crude is region. India and other countries on the Parsa states that there is massive corruption Will Iran live up to the American already close to $80. Energy imports from Iran same page must also engage with Iran to as well as economic inequality in Iran. All in calculation? For the present, Mr. Trump's will become difficult and expensive. Fuel discourage it from retaliatory malign all, he suggests that it is quite likely that there decision has strengthened the hardliners. prices will go up. The Reserve Bank of India behaviorthat may further muddy the waters. might be a revolutionary upsurge, though he is President Hassan Rouhani, regarded as a might have to increase interest rates to contain PM Modi will get the opportunity to discuss careful not to indicate any timeline for it. moderate, has no option but to take a defiant inflation and step in to check the fall in the the issue with like-minded leaders when he A DIFFERENT CALCULATION: It is this stance. The Iranian people, proud as they are of rupee's value. All this might have a direct meets them for two multilateral summits discontent that Mr. Trump might be counting their heritage, will stand behind their regime. bearing on politics, given the fact that the later this year. The problem for India is it on tapping. His calculation seems to be that the But there may come a time when their government was the beneficiary of low crude has no company like the Chinese Sinopec reimposition of severe sanctions would render hardships reach a stage when they might feel price for the first four years but may have to which has no business interests with a US life very difficult, almost unbearable, for the compelled to take to the streets. face consequences of inflation and attendant company and can thus escape sanctions. populace who might, in the absence of other In the meanwhile, Iran will even more factors in its fifth. 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Reproduction in whole or in part without Mohammad Jaffer/ SnapsIndia OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS Lovllien Kaurr, VP & Bureau Chief permission in writing from The Indian Panorama is prohibited. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 PERSPECTIVE 9 CAN THE BJP WREST KARNATAKA FROM THE CONGRESS? "Yes", says Muralidhar Rao; Rajeev Gowda says "No"; For Sandeep Shastri, "It's Complicated" | Yes | Muralidhar Rao voters remain steadfastly with the Congress. Achievements of the Congress The JD(S) and the Congress are two faces of the same coin. The BJP will win with a Hunger will soon be history due to the Anna Bhagya scheme. Mathru Poorna is transforming the health of women, majority during and after pregnancy,while ensuring healthier children. es, we will definitely wrest power from the Congress. Indira canteens help the urban poor access a nutritious meal The Bharatiya Janata Party's preparation, both at low cost. Dairy farmers received higher prices and children Yorganizationally and politically, points to a victory for get milk in schools. Farmers gained from a loan waiver, the party. We can also sense that the mood of the people in subsidized rental equipment, and farm ponds. An integrated e- Karnataka has changed. People have problems, which the State market increased farmer's income by 38% in 2015-16, according government has failed to address. Whether it is in the to a Niti Aayog report. agricultural sector, infrastructure, or urban management, Karnataka leads India in investment intentions and follow mismanagement has become a major issue. People have been through. The youth flock to Bengaluru, India's start-up capital. agitating for quite some time and their disillusionment with A quarter of jobs created in India were in Karnataka, as the ruling Congress is complete. The BJP leadership has reported in April 2016. Mainstays like IT and biotechnology War of words-Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi worked hard to mobilize public opinion against the ruling crossed revenues of $50 billion. With an average GSDP growth party.The BJP will continue to do what it has been doing in the of 8% over five years, people will be happy to stay with a alternative to the Congress. Yet politics often defies logic. rest of the country, which is to fight against the Congress. government that works. Karnataka was also witness to another trend during the same Issues in Karnataka Nightmare years of the BJP period: it has almost always gone against the national trend during Assembly elections. Karnataka seems set to negate one As far as the issues in the campaign are concerned, in the Voters have not forgotten the five nightmare years, which of these two trends, but the question is which one. last two years, the farm sector has been in the grip of an acute were marked by incompetence and instability, when the BJP The BJP is convinced that it will wrest Karnataka from crisis and the government has been unable to address and ran Karnataka. Three Chief Ministers took turns to defend the Congress and make a grand entry in the south on the arrest the problem of farmers' suicides. Close to 3,800 farmers corruption on a scale that shamed the State. B.S. Yeddyurappa strength of what it will term as an anti-incumbency vote. have committed suicide in the last five years. The government led his Cabinet colleagues, the Reddy brothers, Katta Jagadish, Even if one were to assume that there is anti-incumbency, has been insensitive to the issue. Even before the elections, we Krishnaiah Setty, Harta Halappa, etc. to jail. Mr. Modi's the BJP does not become the natural beneficiary of that. organized a special campaign for farmers, collected grains rhetoric and flood of falsehoods cannot cover up that sorry Opinion polls have pointed to the split of the anti- from them, and pledged to put an end to the crisis. track record, especially when the same crew is back helming Congress vote between the BJP and the JD(S). The BJP is Look at Bengaluru. It has become a city of crime. It is full of the BJP's election campaign. also heavily banking on its star campaigner, Prime potholes. It faced floods. Even the Lokayukta, P. Vishwanath A track record in abetting instability is also true for the Minister Narendra Modi, to help it. The dependence of Shetty, is not safe in his office and the attack on him JD(S). Widely regarded as untrustworthy, it is now confined to the party on the Prime Minister was evident in the last- demonstrated how law and order has deteriorated in the State. the Old Mysore region. It will garner at least 10 seats less than minute increase in the number of rallies that Mr. Modi Corruption, scams and scandals have added to people's its 40 in 2013. However, it has kept the BJP from gaining a was scheduled to address. Yet, the impact of his restlessness with the ruling party. The attitude of the State foothold in Old Mysore. The BJP's absence in Old Mysore campaign is still a matter of debate. government to terror groups, particularly in coastal areas, is means that in 10 of Karnataka's 30 districts, it is likely to win This is the first major test of Mr. Modi's capacity to appalling. More than 24 activists have been killed by only a handful of seats. Its old Hindutva laboratory, the coast, sway an electorate in a State Assembly poll south of the extremists. Not a single case has been pursued; arrests have rejected it in 2013, and will do so again, turned off by Vindhyas. But can the faction-ridden State unit of the not been made. The Congress's silence on the Popular Front of polarization. The BJP won nearly half of Bengaluru Urban BJP and an increasingly sidelined chief ministerial India, which should have been banned a long time ago, appears last time but will do worse now. It is in closely fought Mumbai- candidate take the possible momentum generated by the to indicate that the PFI enjoys protection from the Karnataka and Central Karnataka that the BJP is hoping to Prime Minister's whirlwind campaign to the ground and government. gain seats. While it may be aided here by the Karnataka Janata translate that into votes? More importantly, has the BJP We have been accused of associating ourselves with the Paksha and the Badavara Shramikara Raithara Congress pitched its campaign on appropriate and relevant State- Bellary brothers. This has been completely misrepresented. coming back to the BJP fold, the chemistry has gone all awry level issues and has its chief ministerial candidate Janardhana Reddy, who has been named in the FIR, has not owing to competing factions. In Hyderabad-Karnataka, it is inspired the electorate to favor the party? been given a ticket and we have not used him in the campaign. counting on the eight seats given to the Reddy family to help it, The ruling Congress has its visible strengths but could His brother is a sitting MLA. There is no case against him. but the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge and the fact that the well have peaked too early and lost the momentum in the Also, don't you think Chief Minister Siddaramaiah could have United Progressive Alliance granted 371(J) status to this crucial final week of the campaign. In the run-up to the taken action against the two brothers? Why didn't he? region will ensure that the Congress stays ahead. Dalit anger campaign, it was clearly setting the agenda, pushing the The BJP's promises at the BJP's injustice nationwide is reflecting across BJP on the defensive. In its Chief Minister, the party Karnataka. In contrast, Mr. Siddaramaiah has allocated found a campaigner who could bring together the diverse I think the promises made in our manifesto will persuade budgets in proportion to the population percentage of elements within the party to take on the opposition with people to vote for us. In the farming sector, we have spelt out Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. a conscious focus on the local. Yet, there are factors that the issues we are going to pursue. For instance, to address the Opinion polls show that Mr. Siddaramaiah remains the could halt this movement. The responsibility of debt crisis, we have declared a ?1 lakh loan waiver for farmers number one choice for Chief Minister. According to polls, defending the State government has virtually been left to rom nationalized banks and co-operative banks. voters consider the BJP to be the most corrupt party.A section the Chief Minister, with other Ministers busy managing Bengaluru is a hub for translating the global ambitions of of the Lingayats is expected to quietly vote for the party that their own small constituencies and contributing very India. Instead, we now see the city being associated with crime responded to their aspirations. The Supreme Court awarding a little to the State-wide campaign. and corruption. On the welfare front, we have conceptualized larger share of Cauvery water to Karnataka has marked Mr. The JD(S) question many programs for the people of Karnataka: free education for Siddaramaiah as a champion of the State's interests. He has all students in government colleges, for BPL families, also highlighted Kannada pride. A stable government which Further, the unhappiness of the electorate with the smartphones for women. We are working on a growth-centric has delivered to all sections and ensured inclusive growth is track record of the State government on the key issues of plan and that's our promise to the people of Karnataka. We will what the voters prefer. On May 15, the Congress will be back tackling price rise, generating employment, and get more than 150 seats. I have no doubt that a massive with a bang, setting the trend for 2019. controlling corruption is visible. A key strategy of the majority will come to the BJP. The Janata Dal (Secular) and (RAJEEV GOWDA IS A CONGRESS MP AND Congress to win over the Lingayats by recommending Congress are two faces of the same coin. Both are pursuing CHAIRMAN OF THE AICC'S RESEARCH them a minority religion status appears to have vote-bank politics and are family-driven parties. We will win DEPARTMENT) backfired. on the promise of development alone. The presence of the JD(S) as a key player in select (MURALIDHAR RAO IS A NATIONAL GENERAL It's Complicated | Sandeep Shastri regions has converted the electoral battle in several SECRETARY OF THE BJP) constituencies into a three-way fight. By carving out for (AS TOLD TO ANURADHA RAMAN) In several constituencies, the BJP, JD(S) itself a segment of the anti-Congress vote, the JD(S) is and the Congress are engaged in a three- surely eating into the BJP vote. Yet, the same could be NO | Rajeev Gowda way fight said about the anti-BJP vote, which, especially in communally sensitive areas, could be split between the The voters prefer a stable government he Karnataka electoral contest seems to be heading for a JD (S) and the Congress. The JD(S)'s efforts to be king- that has ensured inclusive growth photo finish and is fascinatingly complex and suspense- maker has led to a debate on whether Karnataka is once Tfilled. again heading for an Assembly with no party securing a rime Minister Narendra Modi belatedly descended on Contradictory trends clear majority. Karnataka in a desperate attempt to revive the BJP's (SANDEEP SHASTRI IS A POLITICAL Pcollapsing campaign. Unfortunately for him, the ground For the last three decades, Karnataka has never given a clear SCIENTIST AND THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR reality will demonstrate that Karnataka is not Gujarat. Mr. majority to the ruling party. This should make it easier to OF THE LOKNITI NETWORK) Siddaramaiah's inclusive welfare programs have ensured that make predictions. The BJP could argue that it is the natural (SOURCE: THE HINDU) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 10 SOUTH ASIA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 Moderate intensity earthquake hits northwest Pakistan INDIA SENDS 2ND RELIEF PESHAWAR (TIP): A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale today jolted parts of CONSIGNMENT FOR northwest Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, but there were no reports of any casualty or damage to properties, an official said. ROHINGYAS IN BANGLADESH The quake, which shook parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Punjab DHAKA (TIP): India has sent to and Islamabad, today evening 19:09 hours (local time), a Bangladesh its second relief Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) official said. consignment to help tens of thousands This is the third quake that shook the northwest of displaced Rohingya Muslims who fled Pakistani cities since yesterday. Myanmar following a military Two strong earthquakes with one measuring 6.4 on the crackdown, triggering one of the world's Richter scale yesterday had jolted parts of northwest worst refugee crises. Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, injuring at Over 600,000 Rohingyas have fled least nine children and causing panic among the residents. Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine state to The epicentre of the quake was on Afghanistan- neighbouring Bangladesh since August Tajikistan border region, at the depth of 187 km. when the military intensified The tremors were also felt in Islamabad, Malakand, crackdown against alleged militant Chitral, Peshawra, Swabi, Malakand, Kohat, Mardan and outfits of Rohingya Muslims. other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Indian Navy Ship INS Airavat sailed Last month, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted many from Vishakhapatnam and reached towns of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. (PTI) Chattogram port (formerly Chittagong) Port yesterday where Indian High Pakistan's top judge orders Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla handed over the relief consignment to probe into deadliest terror attack Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzel Hussain Chowdhury PESHAWAR (TIP): Pakistan's top judge has ordered the Maya. first official investigation into the country's deadliest Officials familiar with the terror attack, a massacre at a school that killed more than development said the 373-tonne 150 people in 2014, authorities said on May 10. consignment contained 104 tonnes of repatriation. Shringla said. Relatives of the victims mainly children have long called milk powder, 102 tonnes of dried fish, 61 Earlier, Bangladesh premier Sheikh India's foreign secretary Vijay for an accounting of the security and intelligence failures tonnes of baby food, 50,000 raincoats and Hasina engaged the foreign ministry to Gokhale, who was in Dhaka last month, that allowed Pakistani Taliban gunmen to storm the 50,000 pairs of gum boots. pursue a vigorous diplomacy with said "India has been fully supportive of school, run by the powerful military, in the northwestern "Another tranche containing 1 million countries having direct borders with the efforts being made to resolve the city of Peshawar on December 16, that year. litres of kerosene oil and 20,000 cooking Myanmar along with Russia and sought crisis, including early repatriation of No government or military official has ever been held to stoves is expected to arrive soon," enhanced Indian engagement in the displaced people". account for the security failings. Criticism of Pakistan's Shringla said. resolving the crisis. External Affairs Minister Sushma powerful armed forces, especially their counter insurgency He said India sent the relief in view of "We want India to mount pressure on Swaraj will pay a two-day visit to operations, is largely seen as a red line in the country. the specific needs of the "large number Myanmar so they quickly take back Myanmar from May 10 during which key Supreme Court chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar ordered of (Rohingya) women and children their displaced people," Hasina had told bilateral and regional issues, including the formation of a judicial commission to examine the living in the camps and the onset of a visiting non-government Indian the situation in the Rakhine state from attack during a court hearing in Peshawar on Wednesday, monsoon". delegation. where thousands of Rohingya Muslims Abdul Latif Yousafzai, advocate general of Khyber "We hope this will bring some succour She had warned that Rohingyas' had fled following violence last year, are Pakhtunkhwa province, told AFP. to the people living in camps," he said. longer stay in Bangladesh could create a likely to be discussed. The inquiry was set to be completed in two months, he Bangladesh has repeatedly sought security crisis, arguing that "when In December last, India had added. India's help to put pressure on Myanmar people remain frustrated and have no announced a development assistance of No official explanation of the timing was given. But the to resolve the Rohingy crisis. work, they could easily be indulged in USD 25 million for the Rakhine state. announcement comes after the newly formed Pashtun During a recent high-level visit of UN militancy". Earlier, India sent relief materials for Protection Movement (PTM) civil rights group has made Security Council, Bangladesh called "We understand that the influx of 300,000 Rohingyas in September last the issue a central demand in recent months, putting upon India as well as Russia, China and large number of refugees has created year under 'Operation Insaniyat' to renewed pressure on the government. Japan to play a stronger role for unprecedented challenges for the support Bangladesh in its humanitarian PTM is set to hold a massive rally in the sprawling port Rohingya's secured and dignified government and people of Bangladesh," efforts. (PTI) city of Karachi on Sunday, which is home to millions of ethnic Pashtuns and expected to draw thousands of supporters. SRI LANKA PRESIDENT URGES END TO Need to address Tamil Following the announcement, families of the victims cheered the decision, with some moved to tears. POWER STRUGGLE political issue: Lanka Ajun Khan, who lost his only son in the attack, told AFP he hopes the commission can uncover who was responsible COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka's president May 8 appealed to his prime President for the negligence that allowed the militants to execute the minister to end a bitter power struggle and said the coalition government had COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan President hours-long bloodbath. failed to deliver promised reforms. Maithripala Sirisena on May 10 underlined "We want the commission to probe the incident and place But Maithripala Sirisena suffered a new blow when 16 of his MPs joined the the need to address the concerns of the Tamil responsibility for the negligence and failure of the state to opposition. Sirisena told parliament that the coalition partners should commit minority in a political arrangement, saying protect our children," Khan said. to a reform agenda to revive the island nation emerging from a decades-long though the problem has ended militarily, but The investigation comes after a dramatic improvement ethnic war that claimed more than 100,000 lives. no solution has been given for its causes. in security across the country following several successful "This is not a time for parties to engage in a power struggle," Sirisena said Addressing Parliament on the ceremonial military offensives targeting extremist strongholds. after opening a new session of parliament. opening of a new session, he also called for The alleged mastermind behind the school attack was "Although we formed a coalition government in August 2015, we still have support from political parties in addressing killed in a drone strike in 2017, according to the Pakistani not politically matured to accept and work within this reality. Consensus issues faced by the Tamil minority Taliban, who have claimed responsibility for it. government is still a foreign concept to us." community in the war-affected North and The Pakistani state has also said it has hanged at least He urged the government dominated by Prime Minister Ranil East districts. four men involved in the attack, though the nature of their Wickremesinghe's United National Party (UNP) to work towards ethnic "Although the problem has ended role has not been made public. (AFP) reconciliation to rebuild the country. militarily, no solution has been given for its Tamil rebels who fought for independence for the island's ethnic minority causes," Sirisena said, referring to the 30- Blasts rock Afghan capital of were crushed in a military offensive that ended in May 2009. year-long civil war with the Liberation The military drive has sparked allegations that more than 40,000 Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which left Kabul, casualties feared civilians were killed by government forces in the final months of the war. over one lakh people dead. Sirisena said the government must address the causes of the ethnic conflict The LTTE, which led the separatist war for KABUL TIP): Three blasts hit the Afghan capital of and ensure a permanent political solution so that the nation of 21 million a separate Tamil homeland, was finally Kabul in rapid succession on May 10 and gunfire then people does not return to war. crushed by the Lankan military in 2009 with broke out, police and interior ministry officials said. Police His remarks came a day after he announced he will not retire at the end of the death of its supremo Velupillai said one blast was near a police station in the centre of the his term in January 2020 despite a previous pledge. That pits him against Prabhakaran. Referring to a main concern city and casualties were feared. A suicide bomber blew Wickremesinghe who also wants to contest the presidency. about land owned by Tamils being held for himself up at the entrance of the police station in central Sirisena told a public rally in the former war zone of Batticaloa on Monday military purposes in the former conflict Kabul in an area near foreign embassies and government that he had unfinished business and no longer intends to retire when his five- regions, the President said, almost 85 per offices, an interior ministry official said. (Reuters) year term finishes. (AFP) cent of the land had now been released. (PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT 11 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 12 US FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 Indian Origin Techie Srinivas Donald Trump personally Kuchibhotla's Killer Gets Life in Jail welcomes 3 Americans freed by North Korea back to the US

WASHINGTON (TIP): Donald Trump personally welcomed home three American detainees on May 10 after they were released by Pyongyang, seen as a diplomatic win for the US President ahead of his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The Americans -- Kim Dong Chul, While Purinton would be eligible for parole in 50 years, he was Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang Duk, likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. also known as Tony Kim -- were freed yesterday while Secretary of State KANSAS (TIP): A US Navy veteran was sentenced to life in jail Mike Pompeo was on a visit to the for killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla, the Indian Origin techie from North Korean capital to finalise the Hyderabad, in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas details of the summit. City last year. "Get out of my country!" Adam W Purinton had The trio had been jailed for anti- shouted before firing shots at Srinivas Kuchibhotla and his friend state activities and placed in North who were at a bar in the city of Olathe on February 22, 2017. Mr Korean labour camps. Kuchibhotla died after he was taken to a hospital, while his friend Trump and his wife Melania of their planned summit. success. It's never been taken this far, Alok Madasani was injured. Another man, Ian Grillot, who tried to entered the plane after it landed in the "Frankly we didn't think this was there's never been a relationship like intervene was also shot. Purinton was captured a day later at early hours of Thursday and a few going to happen ... it's a very this." another restaurant, where he had allegedly boasted of killing minutes later emerged with the three important thing to all of us to be able Trump has previously said the Middle Easterners, according to The Kansas City Star. Americans of South Korean origin to to get these three great people out," he release of the three Americans was The 52-year-old Purinton received the maximum punishment for wave to the media. said. part of working towards the the murder, and two sentences of 165 months each for the attempted Vice President Mike Pence and his Trump said he wanted to pay his denuclearisation of the Korean murders, the prosecutor's office said. wife Karen Pence were also on hand to "warmest respects" to the family of Peninsula. The shooting came a month after President Donald Trump was welcome the three men home. Otto Warmbier, the American who "Some great things can happen, and sworn into office in January 2017 and ignited international outrage Speaking to the media on the was released by the North Koreans in that's what we hope," he added. amid concerns of rising racial prejudice following the Republican's tarmac at Joint Base Andrews Air a vegetative state, only to die days Trump said yesterday that he would divisive election campaign. Force Base, Kim Dong Chul said his later. Asked if this was his proudest announce the location and the timing President Trump was also criticized for not speaking against the release felt "like a dream." achievement, Trump said that would of the summit in three days time. The incident. However, he raised the issue later in an address to the "We are very, very happy," he said. be "when we denuclearise that entire two leaders are expected to meet Congress. In January this year, Mr. Kuchibhotla's wife Sunayana The three former detainees earlier peninsula". sometime in June. Dumala was invited to Donald Trump's first State of the Union issued a joint statement thanking "It's a great honour. But the true US media said Trump scored a address. Hundreds of mourners marched through the Kansas City Trump for their release. honour is going to be if we have a diplomatic victory with North Korea suburb in memory of Mr Kuchibhotla and also honored Grillot, "We would like to express our deep victory in getting rid of nuclear releasing the three imprisoned who tried to save him. They held a vigil with Hindu, Christian, appreciation to the United States weapons," he said. American citizens. Jewish, Muslim and Sikh prayers. government, President Trump, Trump was also asked about the After their meeting with Trump, Secretary Pompeo, and the people of prospects of making a deal with the the three men were expected to go to Association of Indian Muslims of America the United States for bringing us North Korean leader. the Walter Reed Medical Center in home," the trio said. "I really think he wants to do Maryland for further evaluation and condemns police attack on AMU Students President Trump told reporters something and bring his country into medical treatment, CNN quoted MARYLAND (TIP): The Association of Indian Muslims of America that it was "nice" of the North Korean the real world," Trump said. White House Press Secretary Lindsay has condemned last week's police attack on students of India's Aligarh leader to release the three men ahead "I think this will be a very big Walters as saying. (PTI) Muslim University. We, an organization of Indian Americans, learned with much sadness that last week a contingent of policemen in the city of Aligarh attacked a large group of students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), at the campus of the university, causing serious injuries to ‘Maximum pressure’ many of them," an official release from the organization read. The organization said officers attacked students who were peacefully protesting against a recent communal incident wherein a group of Hindu extremists allegedly barged into the campus and committed campaign against N Korea violence over the display of a portrait of MA Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, in one of the University buildings. The portrait of Jinnah was installed in one of the university buildings after he became a member of the AMU Students Union in worked: White House 1938, said Kaleem Kawaja, the Executive Director of AIM. WASHINGTON (TIP): The Trump Moon Jae-In, Japanese Prime Korea. He pointed out that there are portraits of Jinnah displayed in the administration's "maximum Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese "The two leaders welcomed North main building of the Indian parliament and the High Court in Mumbai. pressure" campaign against North President Xi Jinping, who played a Korea's decision to release three In late 1948 after Mr. Jinnah's death, the Indian Constituent Assembly, Korea has worked, the White House "big role" putting pressure on North American detainees, and expressed the forerunner to the Indian parliament, passed a condolence motion has said, ahead of President Donald Korea. hope for joyful family reunions," said and conveyed it to the government of Pakistan. The significance of Trump's historic summit with North "They have all played a big role in a readout of the call. Jinnah's photograph in an AMU building is a similar historical Korean leader Kim Jong-un. the maximum pressure campaign. Trump would host Moon at the phenomenon that should not be misconstrued otherwise, Kawaja said. The White House statement comes But a lot of that is due to the fact that White House on May 22. He said that a large number of Indian Americans are very aggrieved a day after North Korea released the President has spent time Sanders said the President viewed at the outrageous and violent behavior of the police in abetting the three Americans who were detained developing relationships with those the release of three prisoners by illegal action of a bunch of extremists against the century-old AMU. in the country for months. individuals, and they've collectively North Korea as a positive gesture and "We categorically condemn this action of the Indian police and request "The President has talked about, been able to put pressure on North a step in the right direction from the the government of India to take appropriate action against the erring certainly, that the maximum Korea," Sanders said yesterday. North Korean leader. policemen and extremist Hindu activists," he said. The group said the pressure campaign has worked. We Trump told reporters yesterday "However, total denuclearisation way the law enforcement officers behaved reflected their partisan have seen North Korea make that the time and venue for his will remain the top priority," she attitude. progress since that campaign summit meeting Kim had been said. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard The release said police escorted protestors from the extremist group, started," White House Press decided and would be announced in called for building on the Hindu Vahini, to the main gate of the university before they entered the Secretary Sarah Sanders told three days, ruling out the momentum. university premises. It added that police also beat up AMU students reporters. Demilitarised Zone that divides the "The nuclear threat posed to us by violently despite the peaceful nature of their protest. Sanders said Trump had also been Korean peninsula as a venue for the North Korea is real, and the need to "At the same time police authorities are continuing to refuse to file very clear that some of the success meeting. denuclearise North Korea is urgent. cases against the extremist Hindu Vahini volunteers for illegal violent was due to America's key allies and Trump had spoken with Moon Jae- Historic progress has already been trespassing," the release said. partners like South Korea's President in to discuss Pompeo's visit to North made. (PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 US 13 Trump heralds capture of five CIA has a very important role in Islamic State commanders WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald monitoring China’s rise as a Trump said on May 10 that five "most wanted" leaders of the Islamic State terror group had been captured, an apparent reference to the capture of five commanders of the militant group by Iraq. global power: Gina Haspel "Five Most Wanted leaders of ISIS just captured!" Trump wrote in a post on Twitter, providing no WASHINGTON (TIP): Identifying further details. China as a major national security Iraq had described the capture of the Islamic challenge for the US, a top CIA official told State commanders as "some of the most wanted" lawmakers that the spy agency has an leaders of the group. The list did not include Islamic important role in monitoring China's rise State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Reuters) as a global power. "CIA has a very important role in Kim trying to set good monitoring China's rise as a global power," Gina Haspel, US President Donald Trump's conditions for meeting with nominee for CIA Director, told members of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee Trump: Pompeo yesterday. She is currently the acting director of WASHINGTON (TIP): North Korean leader Kim CIA. If confirmed, Haspel would be the Jong-un is trying to set good conditions for his first female head of the spy agency. meeting with President Donald Trump, US "China efforts to diminish US influence, secretary of state Mike Pompeo said on May 9. not only in the Pacific, but all around the He also said that the place and date for the world, China's unfair trade practices, and summit has been locked and would be announced China's overt and illicit efforts to steal US soon. technology and know-how and intellectual "I think that Chairman Kim is trying to set good property," she said. rule of law, Rubio said in his remarks. faceted challenge. conditions for the summit, right. We are having The CIA is raising its investment on "That consensus, by all accounts has Haspel responded saying China, Russia, good conversations, productive conversations. So, I each of these hard targets. been catastrophically wrong," he said. Iran and North Korea have very think the work that President Trump has done to "We have incredible expertise on China "Today China is undertaking a aggressive, offensive cyber programmes, put us in this place made this possible," Pompeo told at the agency. It is a very strong team. I'm comprehensive effort to supplant the both to steal secrets and in some cases, a group of reporters travelling with him. very proud of our analysts. It is a subject United States and to undermine us. And earn illicit money. Last month he travelled to Pyongyang secretly.At that a week doesn't go by that, either, the they've benefited from the greatest The CIA can, probably, make the biggest the time he was the CIA director. President asks for an expert briefing or transfer of wealth in history, through the contribution, in collection, about these Pompeo said that the meeting was very Secretary Mattis asks for someone to brief theft and the forced transfer of intellectual countries' activities and various groups productive and that they have set a date and place him on China issues," Haspel said property. They use unfair trade and other activities so that we can inform the US for the meeting. He hoped that the name of the responding to a question from Senator practices to undermine our industrial and government agencies that have to mount venue and date would be announced at the Marco Rubio. technical base," Rubio said. our defence," she said. "Everyone in the US beginning of next week. For decades, American foreign policy They gather and exploit data at an government has been struggling, as all "We are planning on it, will be a single day, but in towards China has been rooted in the unrivaled scale. They're building the most western governments are, on what is the the event that there is more to discuss, there'll be an belief that as they prospered, capable and well-funded military in world, most effective way to organise yourself for opportunity for it to extend into the second day as economically, they would embrace second to ours," he said, and asked if the cyber defence. We're still working on that, well," Pompeo said in response to a question. democracy, they would embrace the global CIA was equipped to meet this multi- but CIA has a big role," Haspel added. (PTI) He stayed in Pyongyang for about 13 hours, during which he met Kim. "We had a chance to talk substantively about what we intend to be on the agenda, and also how we're going to begin to coordinate in the days ahead Trump signs Holocaust property between now and the summit in a way both sides are confident that we will set the conditions for a successful meeting between the two leaders," he law that has angered Poland said. Describing the release of three Americans, who WARSAW (TIP): US President Donald from the Polish majority or from ethnic were on his plane, he said this is incredibly Trump has signed an act that Jewish minorities that made up significant exciting. "They seem to be in good health," he added. groups praise as helpful in their efforts to segments of prewar society _ including (PTI) reclaim lost property in Poland, but Jews and Ukrainians. which the Polish government says is "This position of the (US) Congress is Volcanic gases prompt discriminatory. not good because it wants some privileges The White House said on Wednesday for the Jews, for the Jewish community, door-to-door evacuation in that Trump signed the Justice for but not for the Poles. I think that the Uncompensated Survivors Today ( JUST) Poles who live in the US may feel hurt by Hawaii Act. It requires the State Department to that,'' Czaputowicz said in an interview report to Congress on what steps dozens with The Associated Press last week. PAHOA, HAWAII (TIP): Police went door-to- of countries in Europe have taken to He recalled that there were non-Jewish door in Hawaii to roust residents near two new compensate Holocaust survivors or their Poles who fought against Nazi Germany vents emitting dangerous gases in areas where lava heirs for assets seized under Nazi and then settled in the United States, has been pouring into streets and backyards for the German and Communist rule. leaving behind property that was seized past week. Authorities ordered nearly 2,000 The law does not give the US any by the Communist regime. residents to leave two communities in the mostly powers to act against any country and "Their property here remains without rural district of Puna on Hawaii's Big Island last does not single out Poland. But Poland is any settlement, and nobody speaks on Thursday. Some ignored the order and stayed to the only country in Europe that has not their behalf, only on the behalf of the watch over their property. passed legislation to compensate former Jews. That is not good because that But on Tuesday, the emergence of the two new owners for assets seized in the upheavals a case-by-case basis through courts, but divides our society,'' Czaputowicz added. vents prompted Hawaii County to issue a cellphone of 20th-century European history, and so far Poland has not passed Polish organizations have also lobbied alert ordering stragglers in Lanipuna Gardens to Warsaw sees itself as the key target of comprehensive legislation regulating the Congress members in past months asking get out immediately. Police followed up with the law. process, creating a situation that has them to oppose the act, efforts that personal visits. The Nazis' seizure of Jewish-owned been riddled by fraud and led to a sense of included a mass letter-writing campaign. "There were a number of people at their property in Poland during World War II, injustice. The World Jewish Restitution residences,'' Talmadge Magno, the administrator for and the murder of most of Poland's Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Organization said Thursday that it was Hawaii County Civil Defense, said at a news Jewish population, was followed after the Czaputowicz says he believes that the US grateful to Congress for passing the act briefing. There was no sign of holdouts in Lanipuna war by the Communist state's seizure of pressure through the JUST Act unfairly unanimously,and to Trump for signing it. afterward, he said. large amounts of property that was sets Jewish claimants above non-Jewish "This is a powerful statement of Edwin Montoya, 76, had planned to stay to care nationalized. Most of the original owners ones, creating tensions within Polish America's unwavering commitment to for animals and keep looters away from his family's of that property were not Jewish. society. supporting Holocaust survivors in their property in neighboring Leilani Estates. But he was Since the fall of communism, some He argued that Polish law treats all quest for justice,'' said Gideon Taylor, forced to evacuate after the new fissures emerged, claimants have regained lost property on Polish citizens equally, whether they are WJRO Chair of Operations. (AP) including one just a mile away. (AP) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 14 INDIA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 PM NARENDRA MODI ARRIVES IN NEPAL ON TWO-DAY VISIT Karnataka elections: Can Congress

JANAKPUR (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on May 11 on a two-day state visit to Nepal during which he will hold talks with the country’s top stop BJP’s march into south India? leadership to build mutual trust. Defence Minister Ishwar Pokhrel and Province 2 Chief MANGALURU/CHIKMAGALUR Minister Lalbabu Raut received Modi at the airport. (TIP): The Karnataka election is crucial This is the third visit of the Prime Minister to Nepal and for the Congress party—the polls will the first high-level visit from India since the formation of the decide whether the party can halt the new government in Nepal this year. march of the Bharatiya Janata Party In Janakpur, Modi will visit the 20th century Janaki (BJP) into southern India and whether it temple and offer special prayers. Later, Modi will be accorded is able to prevent its expansion to newer a civic reception by the Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City at territories. Barhabigha ground. If indeed the Congress manages a Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reached the verdict in its favour, it would be the first Janaki temple to welcome his Indian counterpart. time since its historic defeat in the 2014 Ahead of his visit, Modi said India would remain a general elections that the party has steadfast partner of the Himalayan nation in its quest for retained a state. Interestingly, no growth and development. incumbent government has been re- Describing his trip to Nepal as a reflection of his elected in Karnataka since 1985. government’s commitment to ‘neighbourhood first’ policy, At stake for Congress is also the Modi had said the Himalayan nation had entered a new era future of one of its last remaining and India would continue to support it. Source: PTI regional bigwigs, chief minister Siddaramaiah, and the fight for electoral Sridevi’s death: SC dismisses survival ahead of general elections next year. In the past four years, Congress has plea for independent probe been defeated by the BJP in over a dozen MODI SEES ‘THREAT’ IN ME, SAYS RAHUL states, drastically shrinking its political NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme footprint. Bengaluru (TIP): Congress president publicly declared his prime ministerial Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Prime ambition at an interaction here, Modi Court on Friday dismissed a plea Politically, one of the big bets of the Minister Narendra Modi saw a “threat” had wondered whether the country seeking an independent probe into Congress party in Karnataka is to in him, and the attack by him over his would ever accept such an “immature the death of Bollywood actor Sridevi. cement its support base among prime ministerial ambition was only and naamdar (dynast)” leader for the The actor had died on February 24 economically weaker sections, aimed at “distracting attention”. post. The Congress chief, who wrapped due to accidental drowning in her particularly through populist schemes up his campaign tour of Karnataka with Gandhi also hit out at Modi for raking a press conference, referred to a story hotel bathtub in Dubai. like the Anna Bhagya—a free rice up the issue of UPA chairperson Sonia about Gautam Buddha to claim the PM A bench of Chief Justice Dipak scheme. Gandhi’s foreign origin, saying “my had “anger” for everybody. “Modi has Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar “This government has worked for the mother is Italian” but she was “more anger inside him and he has got anger and D Y Chandrachud dismissed the people. It has offered relief to people Indian than many Indians”. “This for everybody not only for me. I attract plea filed by one Sunil Singh who sought an independent from poorer sections by providing election is not about Rahul. I have now that anger because he sees a threat in investigation into the death of the actor. several schemes like Anna Bhagya and learnt to deal with the PM. When he me. His anger is his problem, not my can’t respond, he distracts,” Gandhi He moved the top court after the Delhi high court had on health schemes. People always look for problem,” Gandhi said. He mocked the said responding to questions about March 9 refused to entertain his PIL to probe her death, change but we feel that Siddaramaiah is PM over visiting temples and called him Modi’s repeated attacks on him over his saying authorities in India and Dubai had already looked connected to the grassroots and an “election Hindu” who remembered prime ministerial ambition. into the incident. Source: PTI understands our problem,” said P.S. Hindu shrines only during polls. Training his guns on Gandhi after he Jagadeesh, a farmer and departmental Source: PTI PWD scam: Kejriwal’s nephew store owner at Pattangere village in Kadur assembly constituency of opinion that the trend of not returning bastion of the Congress party and so the arrested, AAP fumes Chikmagalur district. an incumbent should continue and a stakes are very high. It is a make-or- To craft its return to power, the change in regime should be sought. break election for the Congress. The NEW DELHI (TIP): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Congress in Karnataka is relying on the “Modi is doing very good work at the outcome of the Karnataka polls has the nephew Vinay Bansal was arrested on Thursday by an anti- votes of Dalits, who make up 17% of the centre. We also want to give BJP a potential to change India’s political map, graft body in connection with alleged financial irregularities in population, Muslims (11%) and Kurubas chance in the state because it can work particularly with respect to BJP’s entry a drainage project for the PWD, prompting AAP to allege a (8%), the community to which in tandem with the Union government,” in southern India,” said Muzaffar conspiracy to malign the party chief ’s image. Siddaramaih belongs. said Arun Patil, a salesman at a Assadi, former professor at Mysore While Bansal was sent to one-day judicial custody by a Delhi Voters in coastal Karnataka also feel jewellery shop in Puttur assembly University. court, his arrest triggered a political slugfest, with the BJP’s that with the Popular Front of India, a constituency of Dakshin Kannada “There is neither much anti- Delhi unit demanding Kejriwal’s resignation and Delhi Deputy pro-Muslim political outfit, deciding district. incumbency against Siddaramaiah nor CM Manish Sisodia alleging that the Centre was using Delhi that its political wing, Social Democratic Political analysts say that the stakes is there an outright vocal support in his Police and the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) only “to harass Party of India, will not contest elections are high for the Congress in this election favour. But under Siddaramaiah, the and trouble” AAP leaders and their relatives. in the region, Muslim votes could and that populist schemes floated by the state has been an experimental The ACB claimed Bansal was a 50 per cent stakeholder in further consolidate in the favour of the Siddaramaiah government could give laboratory for populist schemes for the Renu Constructions that was allegedly involved in financial Congress party. the party an edge. underprivileged and that can go in his irregularities in laying a drainage system. Source: The Tribune However, a section of voters are of the “Karnataka is the last remaining favour,” Assadi added. Source: Livemint Kovind becomes first Prez in 14 years to visit Siachen NEW DELHI (TIP): President Ram Nath combat readiness. Their determination and Kovind on Thursday visited Siachen Base dedication are worthy of the highest praise – Camp and addressed the soldiers posted there. and their allegiance to the defence of India is He also visited the Kumar Post. President an ideal for all our fellow citizens. Kovind is the second President of India to visit The bravery and valour of soldiers deployed Siachen. The previous visit was undertaken by in Siachen over the past 34 years, the President President A P J Abdul Kalam in April 2004. said, has given every Indian the confidence This makes President Kovind the first that our borders are safe and secure. The President to travel to Siachen in 14 years. President said he had come to Siachen to Addressing the soldiers, President Kovind iterate to the troops posted here that all said that as the Supreme Commander of the citizens of India and the Government of India Armed Forces and as the President of India, were always with them and supportive of their he has come among them carrying the families. gratitude of the entire country. The President The President also paid his respects at the noted that Siachen is the world’s highest Siachen War Memorial, which is a symbol of battlefield and it is difficult to live even a the sacrifice of 11,000 soldiers and officers who normal life in the extreme climate. In such a have been martyred since the Indian Army situation, it is extraordinary for soldiers to began Operation Meghdoot on the Siachen stay in a state of constant mobilisation and Glacier on April 13, 1984. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 INDIA 15 STUDENT SEEKS SWARAJ’S Supreme Court reserves judgement on HELP, SHE TELLS HIM TO REMOVE ‘INDIAN-OCCUPIED pleas challenging validity of Aadhaar KASHMIR’ FROM PROFILE

NEW DELHI (TIP): Marathon NEW DELHI (TIP): A medical hearings in the Aadhaar case, which student from Jammu & Kashmir in went on for 38 days spread across four Philippines who thought he was months, ended on May 10 with the scoring a point by listing his Supreme Court reserving its verdict on location as “Indian occupied petitions challenging the constitutional Kashmir” on Twitter discovered validity of the unique identification the perils of doing so when he ran project. into trouble, and sought the help of A five-judge Constitution bench, the external affairs minister who comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) respon-ded saying there is no place Dipak Misra, justice AK Sikri, justice called Indian-occupied Kashmir. AM Khanwilkar, justice DY Sheikh Ateeq, whose Twitter handle was @SAteEQ019, Chandrachud, and justice Ashok requested Swaraj to help him get a new passport and said he Bhushan heard over 30 petitions against needed one to get back to his “home, India” as his health was the Aadhaar Act and the Centre’s deteriorating. defence of the controversial law. “I am from J&K doing medicine course here in Philippines Besides the law itself, the petitions my passport got damaged I applied for new one 1 month ago I challenged government orders that argued the government could amendments to a money bill passed by request u pls help me to get it as i literally need to go home for made it compulsory for linking of bank completely destroy an individual by the Lok Sabha and can only make medical checkup ,” Ateeq tweeted on Thursday. He had asked accounts, mobile phone numbers, “switching off” the 12-digit unique recommendations that the lower house Swaraj for help earlier, on April 5. permanent account numbers and filing identification number. Kapil Sibal, can choose to accept or reject. The ruling “Dear ma’am @SushmaSwaraj I greatly need your help. Is of income taxes to the Aadhaar unique appearing for the West Bengal National Democratic Alliance has a there anything u can do to rush the process of my passport as it ID number. government, called it the most comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha, is damaged. I need to get back to my home, India. My health is The main thrust of the case brought important case to be decided by the SC but is in a minority in the Rajya Sabha, deteriorating and I cannot shoulder the expenses any more as by petitioners was that Aadhaar since independence; the key issue is and presenting it as a money bill helped I’m student (sic),” he said earlier. encroached on the privacy of citizens whether citizens can be deprived of the government skirt resistance in the Swaraj, who actively addresses people’s concerns on Twitter, because it enta-iled collection of their fundamentals rights including the upper house replied to Ateeq on Thursday saying she would have helped him fingerprints, iris scans and other details right to make their own choices, he said. P Chidambaram, appearing for had he belonged to Jammu and Kashmir, and that there was no of citizens with/without their consent. Gopal Subramanium, appearing for Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, said the place called Indian-occupied Kashmir. At the end of the hearings on SG Vombatkere, said that in the absence Lok Sabha speaker’s decision to declare Soon after, Ateeq corrected the location on his Twitter bio to Thursday, Attorney General KK of a comprehensive data protection the Aadhaar bill a money bill attained “Jammu &kashmir/ Manila”. Swaraj acknowledged the Venugopal remarked it was the longest regime, data retention covering the finality only as far as parliamentarians correction in a tweet that was shared minutes later and asked case in the SC’s history, behind only the entire population was a risky were concerned; it does not prevent the the Indian envoy in Manila to help the student. “I am happy you Kesavanand Bharti case dating back to proposition and it must be undertaken Supreme Court from judicially reviewing have corrected the profile. Jaideep - He is an Indian national the 1970s, which was heard by a bench of with substantive and procedural the speaker’s wisdom, he argued. from J&K. Pls help him,” the minister wrote. 13 judges and dealt with powers of the reasonableness Attorney general KK Venugopal made executive to amend the Constitution. Arvind Datar, appearing for Shanta the case that the Aadhaar law complied Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi The main thrust of the case brought Sinha, said the Act should not have been with the tests laid down in the right to by petitioners was that Aadhaar passed as a money bill; even if the Act is privacy judgment. It’s fair, just and a among 10,000 guests for encroached on the privacy of citizens upheld, the unique ID can’t be used for reasonable law with s adequate because it entailed collection of purposes other than distribution of safeguards, is in pursuance of a larger Lalu Yadav son’s wedding fingerprints, iris scans and other subsidies, he said. Aadhaar must be public interest, including preventing personal details of citizens revisited in light of the Supreme Court dissipation of social welfare benefits, and PATNA (TIP): Lalu Yadav had missed his son Tej Pratap with/without their consent. judgment that the right to privacy is a for prevention of black money and Yadav's engagement ceremony last month. The 69-year-old Shyam Diwan, appearing for fundamental right, Datar argued. A money laundering. And these are all veteran politician, serving time for the fodder scam in the petitioner Kalyani Menon, termed money bill can be introduced only in the legitimate state interests, Venugopal 1990s, reached home in Patna late on Thursday evening on a Aadhaar “an electronic leash” and Lok Sabha; the Rajya Sabha cannot make said. Source: HT three-day parole to let him attend his eldest son's wedding later this week. Tej Pratap Yadav is to marry Aishwarya Roy,the daughter of six-time Rashtriya Janata Dal lawmaker Chandrika Roy and a cabinet colleague of Lalu Yadav in many governments. The In one voice, political parties young couple had exchanged rings in the presence of some 200 guests at a Patna hotel. The wedding is at a much larger scale at the city's veterinary grounds. A member of the Yadav household said the guest list call for ceasefire in Kashmir runs into several thousand - another suggested it could touch 10,000 - and includes top political leaders from across the SRINAGAR (TIP): All mainstream parties of Jammu and country.Friends as well as political rivals alike. Kashmir, including the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who ended his party's grand and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Wednesday asked the alliance with Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Party and the Centre to declare “a unilateral ceasefire for the month of Ramzan Congress, is expected to set aside their political rivalry and and the period of the Amarnath Yatra.” make it to the wedding. So will Deputy Chief Minister Sushil “There was a unanimous decision of all the parties at the Kumar Modi, the senior BJP leader who played an meeting that the Government of India consider a unilateral instrumental role to get central agencies probe Lalu Yadav, ceasefire in view of the coming month of Ramadhan and sons Tej Pratap and Tejashwi and daughter Misra Bharti. Amarnath Yatra to extend relief to the masses. The parties When Sushil Kumar Modi hosted a reception for his son's suggested that the Centre offer the ceasefire as former Prime marriage, Lalu Yadav had made it a point to show up and spend Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did in [November] 2000,” Chief two hours to bless the newly-weds. Mr Modi is expected to Minister Mehbooba Mufti said after the meeting of all regional reciprocate that gesture. parties at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre here. But Lalu Yadav,who was received by his family at the airport She had called for an all-party meeting in the wake of growing The participants [of the meeting] wanted implementation of the and driven straight home, will have to be careful not to violate encounters and civilian casualties in street protests, especially in AoA, which they believed would positively change the situation parole conditions imposed by the jailors. the past 40 days, leaving 69 people, including 28 civilians and a in J&K.” In Patna, Lalu Yadav will have to stay home or the venue of Chennai tourist, dead. Senior BJP leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister the wedding and has been banned from speaking to the media, “Encounters and crackdowns are causing trouble to the Kavinder Gupta and Sat Sharma, were also present at the his party supporters or make any political statement. If he common man. Efforts must be made to maintain the meeting. The all-party meeting was attended by the National does, he can be hauled right away back to Ranchi's Birsa environment so that both Id and Amarnath Yatra are peaceful... Conference’s Ali Muhammad Sagar, the Congress’s G.A. Mir, the Munda central jail. "Lalu has been released on parole with his It’s important to retrieve the dialogue process,” she said. An all- CPI(M)’s M.Y. Tarigami, the Peoples Democratic Front’s Hakim hands and feet tied," Rashtriya Janata Dal's Shivanand Tiwary party team would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss Muhammad Yaseen, the Awami Ittehad Party’s Engineer Rashid had complained when he heard about the tough conditions. the outreach. Terming the Agenda of Alliance (AoA) “a and the Democratic Party Nationalist’s Ghulam Hassan Mir. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi promptly hit back, visionary document,” Ms. Mufti said, “The need of the hour is to Ramzan will start in Kashmir next week and the yatra will reminding him and other RJD supporters that the conditions go back to the document and seek its immediate implementation. begin from June 28 and will end on August 26. Source: HT had been imposed for good reason. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 16 NYIFF FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 2018 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) NYIFF is known around the world for its top-notch, out-of-the-box programming, and this year is no different. The New York audience is sophisticated, well-traveled, educated and discerning; as such, our content reflects what we think will resonate with the cinephiles of this cosmopolitan city and will keep them coming back for more." “ Aroon Shivdasani, Founder-Executive & Artistic Director, IAAC. We had to make some tough choices but I'm thrilled with our selections representing new independent Indian and South Asian cinema, as well works from the South Asian Diaspora" Aseem Chhabra, NYIFF Director

“ BY MABEL PAIS About NYIFF Best Film: BALEKEMPA The New York Indian Film he longest-running, most Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, JUZE prestigious South Asian Film most prestigious film festival LIGHT IN THE ROOM screening premiere of feature, TFestival in North America, NUDE documentary and short films NYIFF, kicked off on May 7 at the TAKE OFF made from, of, and about the Village East Cinemas in the lower Indian subcontinent in the east side of Manhattan at 181-189, 2nd Independent, arthouse, alternate Avenue, New York, NY 10003. Best Director: and diaspora genres. Six days of The Festival continues until May Atanu Ghosh (MAYURAKSHI) screenings, post-screening 12 at the location. Ere Gowda (BALEKEMPA) discussions, industry panels, The Festival boasts 78 shorts, Rahul Nair (LIGHT IN THE ROOM) Opening night award ceremony, special events, documentaries and feature films Chezhian Ra (TO-LET) nightly networking parties, red movie, Nude screened over the period of 6 days. Nishil Sheth (BHASMASUR) carpet galas, media attention and packed audiences build an Festival Highlights: awareness of Indian cinema, Best Screenplay: entertain & educate North The opening night red carpet took CHUMBAK Americans about the real India, place on Monday, May 7th from 6 pm CRD and add to the amazing cultural to 7 p.m. outside the Village East HER, HIM, THE OTHER diversity of New York City. Cinemas, preceding the U.S. THE HUNGRY premiere of Ravi Jadhav's Marathi For further information, visit JUZE www.iaac.us/NYIFF2018/index. language film NUDE (with English htm subtitles). Best Actress: The closing night red carpet will Sushama Deshpande (AJJI) take place from 5-6 p.m., May 12, once About IAAC Vinitha Koshy (LIGHT IN THE again outside the Village East ROOM) The Indo-American Arts Council Cinemas, preceding the New York Kalyani Mulay (NUDE) (IAAC) is a not-for-profit, premiere of veteran NYIFF director secular service and resource Parvathy (TAKE OFF) arts organization charged with Hansal Mehta's biopic on Islamic Bindu Raxidi (PADDAYI) the mission of promoting and fundamentalist Omar Saeed Sheikh, building the awareness, OMERTA, at 6 p.m. Best Child Actor: creation, production, exhibition, The centerpiece slot was occupied Mittal Chouhan (BHASMASUR) publication and performance of by Miransha Naik's Konkani Closing night movie, Omerta Kapil Garo (ISHU) Indian and cross-cultural art language film JUZE (with English Chandra Kiran GK (SUMMER OF forms in North America. The subtitles), making its North MIRACLES) IAAC supports all artistic American premiere at NYIFF on Ali Halji (NOBLEMEN) disciplines in the classical, May 10. Rushikesh Naik (JUZE) fusion, folk and innovative forms The entire festival schedule influenced by the arts of India. comprising of 78 films in 11 IAAC works cooperatively with Best Short: colleagues around the United languages (English, Hindi, Marathi, AL-WAR States to broaden their Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, HUMMINGBIRD collective audiences and to Tulu, Konkani, Bengali & Assamese), MAACHER JHOL (The Fish Curry) is available on the festival's website. create a network for shared JAAN JIGAR information, resources and The programming boasts four world MANDI (The Market) funding. premieres, two international Its focus is to work with artists premieres, six North American Best Documentary: premieres, one U.S. premiere and 11 and arts organizations in North ABU America as well as to facilitate New York premieres from four South BIRD OF DUSK artists and arts organizations Asian countries (India, Pakistan, from India to exhibit, perform Bangladesh & Sri Lanka), as well as CHILDREN PLAYING GOD and produce their works here. North America and the United LIMITLESS NAKED WHEELS For further information, visit Kingdom. Centerpiece, Juze www.iaac.us NYIFF 2018 paid tribute to two Indian film industry icons who About Qube Cinema,Inc. passed away in the last four months: Hollywood/Bollywood actor Shashi Qube Cinema, Inc., a provider of Kapoor and the India's first female end-to-end digital cinema technology and solutions, is the superstar Sridevi. Kapoor's tribute distribution partner for the comprised of two masterpieces festival. The company draws on Academy Award winner James decades of experience in cinema Ivory's: SHAKESPEARE WALLAH and provides a seamless digital and HEAT AND DUST. The festival environment for exhibitors, also screened AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF filmmakers and post-production A PRINCESS, starring New York companies with DCI compliant author and chef Madhur Jaffrey, as products that are flexible, part of its Merchant-Ivory reliable and cost-effective. Retrospective. To honor Sridevi's For further information, visit memory, NYIFF showcased the www.qubecinema.com actress' 2012 return to Bollywood in ENGLISH VINGLISH, shot About Qube Wire primarily in New York City. English Vinglish Photos / Courtesy NYIFF Filmmakers increasingly rely on Heat And Dust Qube Wire for secure and Additional highlights at Inclusion Rider's Role in from a list of nominated films for the awards ceremony on May 12, reliable movie content delivery the festival included: Diversifying Hollywood Panel On a par with the procedures of immediately following the closing to the festival. Discovering the Film and Discussion, Networking events and the Oscars and Golden Globes, the night film. Television Market in India Panel nightly parties, The NYIFF 2018 jurors send their decisions directly to To sign up for Qube Wire (Mabel Pais writes on the Arts and service, visit Discussion, Shooting films in New winners will be announced at the KPMG, who bring the envelopes for Entertainment, Social Issues, Health www.qubewire.com York State Panel Discussion, The awards night ceremony on May 12 the winning films and filmmakers to and Wellness, and Spirituality) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT 17 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 18 BOLLYWOOD FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 SONAM KAPOOR MARRIES ANAND AHUJA IN TRADITIONAL SIKH WEDDING ollywood star Sonam Kapoor on May 8 tied the knot with longtime beau BAnand Ahuja, a Delhi-based businessman, in a traditional Anand Karaj ceremony that was attended by family members and close friends from the Hindi film industry. True to her image of a fashionista, Sonam looked radiant in a red and golden Anuradha Vakil lehenga choli. The floral attire matched the brides blush, while the heavy jewellery elevated her royal look. Ahuja opted for beige bandhgala by Raghavendra Rathore. The couple got married in the Sikh ceremony at Sonams maternal aunts bungalow in Bandra, here. The wedding ceremony started around 12:30 pm and ended at around 1:20 pm. Father Anil Kapoor, mother Sunita Kapoor, brother Harashvardhan, Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Boney Kapoor along with daughters Janhvi and Khushi, Mohit Marwah among other family members attended the wedding ceremony. From Bollywood, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek and daughter Shweta were among the first ones to arrive at the venue. Other industry celebrities who attended the wedding were Karan Johar, Saif Ali Khan, who arrived with wife Kareena Kapoor and son Taimur, Karisma Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Jacquline Fernandez, Swara Bhasker, Javed Akhtar, designer Masaba Gupta, Ranveer Singh, Aamir Khan, wife Kiran Rao and elder son Junaid. The wedding ceremony will be followed by lunch, and later in the evening the newly weds will host a grand reception at a five star hotel for other relatives and Sonams industry friends. Sonam and Anand, who have been dating for the past two years, announced their wedding a week ago. The wedding was preceded by two-day long celebrations that included mehendi and sangeet functions. Source: PTI Cannes 2018: Desi girl Kangana Ranaut is a retro vision

angana Ranaut is truly a vision to behold at the Cannes Film Festival. The Queen actress made her debut at the film festival in a glamorous Kblack embellished saree by Sabyasachi. Kangana has accentuated her look with a teenmaniya necklace, crafted out of rose-cut diamonds, Colombian emeralds and basra pearls, as stated by the designer. Kangana's pictures were shared by Sabyasachi and the posts give a detailed description about her debut appearance at the Cannes. Speaking at the Indian Pavillion at the 71st edition of the festival, where she had a discussion with Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairman Prasoon Joshi on women in Indian films, Kangana said the times have changed and gender bias is not the norm anymore in the film industry. Asked if she is an exception, Kangana said, “I am not an exception. With the modernisation and the way the world has changed...the difference between men and women have changed. There is a certain equality that has come about in he system. People now question if actor and actresses put in the same effort, why can’t they be treated as equals?” She also talked about regional cinema: “We have four regional films that are being screened here. It is very endearing that our regional films - Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese - are getting such a platform and will be showcased here. Someone made a film for the first time in Lakshwadeep and it is getting such a grand platform as Cannes! The fact that filmmakers are now getting such wide platforms is great.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 HOLLYWOOD 19 PENELOPE CRUZ, JAVIER GOT EQUAL PAYCHECKS FOR CANNES MOVIE he entertainment industry has a long way to go when it comes to Tpay-disparity. However, that isn't the case with popular Hollywood couple Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem as the actress has revealed that the duo received equal paychecks for their new movie 'Everybody Knows.' According to a report, Cruz discussed her and Bardem's salary for the movie at its premiere at the 71st Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. When asked if the couple both received the equal paychecks for their latest movie, Cruz broke out a sly smile and replied: "Actually, yes." The Oscar - winning actress then spoke about how she works with her real-life partner, who she first collaborated with in 1992 film 'Jamon Jamon'. "We don't take the characters home at the end of the day. We have similar ways JORDIN SPARKS WALKS of work. The fact that we know each other and trust each other helps," Cruz RED CARPET 3 DAYS said. Cruz, 44, admitted that she had a AFTER GIVING BIRTH different approach to roles when she was younger."When I was in my 20s, I thought ust three days after giving birth to her first the more I would torture myself and the child, singer-actress Jordin Sparks hit the more I would stay in Jred carpet to promote her upcoming film ' character for months, Show Dogs'. the better the result Sparks, who welcomed her son Dana Isaiah would be. I learned Thomas Jr on May 2, was spotted donning a it's not really floral Saloni dress, Schutz shoes and Melinda related to that. I Maria jewellery at the movie's premiere. have a life and I At the premiere, Sparks, who is married to have a job. That Dana Isaiah, described the birthing process as allows me to 'miraculously beautiful'. jump from "Dana caught him with my midwife, Simona, reality to and when he handed him to me, I was absolutely fiction," overwhelmed with joy.He was and is everything she said. we imagined," she said. Source: ANI Selena Gomez has ‘moved on’ from Justin Bieber and is feeling ‘strong’ elena Gomez is proudly standing on The "Wolves" songstress, who prior to her own two feet. After dealing with Bieber dated The Weeknd for almost a year, Sthe fallout of yet another breakup from is "learning to appreciate" the single life, Justin Bieber, multiple sources tell E! News adds the source. "You can never say never the singer is in a much better place and with her and Justin, but at the moment they looking toward the future. We're told Gomez aren't in contact and she's feeling very strong has "completely moved on" Bieber and is and content," our insider says. "not interested in getting back together with Meanwhile, Selena's career only him anytime soon." continues to pick up speed. After attending The insider explains, "She respects him as Monday night's 2018 Met Gala, the pop star is a person but has decided she is much expected back in the recording studio as she happier doing her own thing. Selena rarely completes her third studio album. The first even talks about Justin anymore, and is fully source tells us, "Selena has been traveling open to dating." constantly and is putting a lot of her effort A second source says Selena, 25, and into her new music and projects with Coach Justin, 24, "aren't in contact." After things and Puma. She really wants to finish an between the celeb pair began to fall apart in album this year and is focused solely on March, the "Sorry" performer began making hits and keeping herself healthy." spending time with Instagram model Baskin Of course, Selena still experiences bouts Champion. Despite a whirlwind of self doubt every now and then. In an reconnection, it's safe to say Jelena is over Instagram video posted Wednesday, she for good. alluded to disliking photos taken of her at "Selena is going in a different direction the Met Gala. "Me when I saw my pictures with her life," the source shares with E! from MET," SelGo captioned a video of News. "She's had a lot of self-reflection time herself sprinting through a parking garage and it's been good for her. She's hanging out still wearing her custom Coach gown and with friends and taking it easy." full glam. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 20 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT 21 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 22 WORLD FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 Google suspends all ads related to Irish abortion Vladimir Putin, newly inaugurated, referendum reviews Russia’s ‘invincible LONDON (TIP): Google says it is suspending all advertising connected to Ireland's abortion referendum as part of moves to protect "election integrity." weapons’ on Red Square The internet giant says that from May 10 it will no longer display ads related to the May 25 vote on MOSCOW (TIP): Russia's Vladimir whether to repeal Ireland's constitutional ban on Putin watched advanced jets carrying a abortion. hypersonic missile he has touted as Google says the move is part of its global efforts to invincible scream over Red Square on protect election integrity. It applies to ads on Google Wednesday, days after the start of his and on YouTube, which it owns. fourth presidential term. Google's statement Wednesday follows a decision by Part of an annual event marking the Facebook to ban foreign advertisements for the Soviet Union's World War Two victory over referendum, amid concerns about North American the Nazis, Putin looked on as thousands of groups' influence. troops marched past him and columns of The role of online ads in elections is under scrutiny tanks rumbled across the famous square in after revelations that political consultancy Cambridge a show of military might reminiscent of Analytica harvested Facebook users' data to micro- those displayed during the Cold War. target political ads to select groups during the 2016 Putin reviewed the parade from a U.S. presidential race. (AP) tribune packed with Soviet war veterans, some of whom wore rows of campaign Britain says world should medals and clutched red roses. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in hold Donald Trump to his Moscow for talks on Syria, was also present, as was Serbian President word on finding new Iran Aleksandar Vucic. Hollywood actor Steven Seagal, who was given a passport by Putin solution in 2016, was also a guest. making clout, and deployed Russian forces Russia's most advanced fifth generation The authorities, backed by state media, in Ukraine and Syria, stoking tensions Su-57 stealth fighter, which has undergone LONDON (TIP): British Foreign Secretary Boris use the event to boost patriotic feeling and with the West. testing in Syria, also took part in the Johnson said the world should hold U.S. President show the world and potential buyers of As commander-in-chief, he has also at parade for the first time, as did an Donald Trump to his stated aim of finding a new military hardware how a multi-billion times donned military uniform himself unmanned armoured reconnaissance and solution to the Iranian nuclear threat. dollar modernisation programme is and been filmed at the controls of a infantry support vehicle, the Uran-9. Johnson, speaking to the British parliament, said it changing the face of the Russian military. strategic bomber and on the conning tower Armed with a 30mm automatic cannon, was now up to the United States to come forward with Putin, whose relations with the West are of a submarine in photo opportunities a machine gun, anti-tank missiles and a concrete proposals on Iran. (Reuters) on a hostile trajectory, has said he does not designed to boost his man of action image. rocket launcher, it looks like something out want an arms race while warning Weapons displayed on Red Square of a Hollywood science fiction film. UK foreign secretary Boris potential enemies that his country has included Russia's Yars mobile An unmanned de-mining vehicle, the developed a new generation of invincible intercontinental nuclear missile launcher, Uran-6, was also put on show, as were Johnson attacks Theresa weapons to protect itself just in case. its Iskander-M ballistic missile launchers, Russia's latest military drones and an "We remember the tragedies of the two and its advanced S-400 air defence missile armoured vehicle designed to support May customs proposal as world wars, about the lessons of history system, which Moscow has deployed in tanks on the battlefield dubbed "The which do not allow us to become blind. The Syria to protect its forces. Terminator" by its maker. 'crazy' same old ugly traits are appearing along 'INVINCIBLE MISSILE': The first An advanced Russian military with new threats: egoism, intolerance, public outing of the Kinjal (Dagger) snowmobile fitted with a machine gun, the LONDON (TIP): British Foreign Secretary Boris aggressive nationalism and claims to hypersonic missile, carried by advanced Berkut, built to bolster Moscow's Arctic Johnson has attacked Prime Minister Theresa May's exceptionalism," Putin told the parade. MiG-31K interceptor jets, was one of ambitions, also traversed the cobbled plan for a customs partnership with the European "We understand the full seriousness of several world premieres for Russian square. The Moscow parade was one of Union after the UK leaves the bloc -- the latest sign of those threats," added Putin, who weapons. Putin disclosed the Kinjal's many which took place across Russia on dissent within her Cabinet. complained about what he said were existence in March along with other Wednesday involving a total of 55,000 Johnson told the Daily Mail newspaper that the unacceptable attempts to rewrite history missile systems he touted as unbeatable, troops, 1,200 weapons systems and 150 war partnership idea was "crazy" and would create a while saying Russia was open to talks on describing how it could evade any enemy planes in 28 Russian cities. "whole new web of bureaucracy." global security if they helped keep world defences. Russian media have said it can Some politicians in former Soviet The comments come after May's Cabinet last week peace. hit targets up to 2,000 km (1,250 miles) republics and satellite states regard the failed to agree on a preferred option for Britain's Putin has sharply increased military distant with nuclear or conventional parade as crude sabre-rattling by a future customs relationship with EU. May's preferred spending over the 18 years he has warheads and that the missiles have resurgent Russia they say poses a threat to option is a partnership under which the UK would dominated Russian politics, handed the already been deployed in Russia's southern Europe's security. Russia dismisses such collect import duties on behalf of the EU for goods Russian military significant policy- military district. allegations as nonsense. (Reuters) arriving via British ports. Johnson tells the newspaper that May's idea is "totally untried and would make it very, very difficult to do free trade deals." (AP) Sweden allows mosque to call for UK airports to add explosive detection dogs to screen prayer in controversial move cargo STOCKHOLM (TIP): Swedish police agency. But Sweden's Social Democrats Busch Thor, who contested the decision, today granted a mosque permission to hold Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said that said "people shouldn't have to hear it in LONDON (TIP): British officials say dogs trained a weekly call for prayer, triggering ending segregation goes hand in hand with their homes." The police said the volume of to detect explosives are being deployed at airports to divisions among politicians and the public tackling unemployment and making sure the mosque's speakers was not allowed to screen cargo for possible devices. five months ahead of elections in a schools and neighbourhoods have high exceed a certain level so as not to risk The Department of Transport said on Sunday that country which has taken in waves of standards. "The entire society in Sweden is disturbing households nearby. each dog has been trained for 12 months to be able to asylum seekers in recent years. built on having different religions," he told They added the decision was based on detect small traces of explosives. They will be based in The police permit, which is valid for a TT. According to a poll conducted by the the nation's public order laws and not on airport cargo sheds to screen large volumes of freight year, has caused concern among some social research company SIFO and religion. as one additional layer of protection. politicians that it will exacerbate cultural published by the private broadcaster TV4 Vaxjo's mosque is the country's third to Aviation minister Elizabeth Sugg says the use of tensions, while others maintained a in March, 60 per cent of respondents said be allowed to hold a call to prayer, the dogs "will bolster our existing rigorous security neutral stance of the September 9 general they wanted to ban the Islamic call to following one in a Stockholm suburb and methods." election. prayer from mosques in Sweden. another in the nation's southeast. Dogs are already deployed at UK airports, including "Call to prayer will not strengthen The police said in their statement that Avdi Islami, a spokesman for the London's sprawling Heathrow Airport, to aid police in integration in (the southern city of Vaxjo), the mosque in Vaxjo will be allowed to hold Muslim community in Vaxjo, said identifying criminals and preventing drug transport but it will rather risk pulling the city the Islamic call to prayer, the Adhan, every thousands of Muslims visit the mosque and other illegal activities. (AP) further apart," city council Anna Tenje of Friday for three minutes and 45 seconds. every year and likened the prayer calls to the conservative Moderates told TT news Leader of the Christian Democrats Ebba ringing church bells. (AFP) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 WORLD 23 Spain takes tentative first Australian, 104, dies in assisted step to legalising suicide in Switzerland euthanasia MADRID (TIP): Spain's lower house voted on LIESTAL (TIP): A 104-year-old May 8 in favour of examining a bill on legalising Australian biologist who drew euthanasia, a first in the country even if there will international attention to his right-to-die likely be major opposition as it weaves its way case ended his life in Switzerland on May through parliament. 10, an advocacy group said. Lawmakers voted 173 against 135 -- and 32 Exit International, the group that helped abstentions -- to examine the bill, which was David Goodall carry out his wish, said the originally drafted by Catalonia's regional assembly. scientist was declared dead at 12:30 p.m. in This is the first time that a bill aimed at legalising Liestal, a town outside the city of Basel, euthanasia makes it past this first hurdle after where he had traveled to take advantage of previous attempts failed, a parliament Switzerland's assisted-suicide laws. spokeswoman told AFP. "My life has been rather poor for the last It seeks to modify part of article 143 of Spain's year or so. And I'm very happy to end it," penal code, which currently bans anyone from Goodall said Thursday in the room where causing or cooperating with the death of another he died shortly after. person suffering from "a serious, terminal illness or The British-born scientist said this week one that causes serious, permanent ailments that that he had been contemplating the idea of are difficult to endure." The bill would make it legal suicide for about 20 years, but only started for a person to cause or help cause the "reliable, thinking about it for himself after his peaceful, painless death" of another suffering from quality of life deteriorated over the last death and when the death is the "He answered those questions with great those problems if they "specifically, freely and year. appropriate time," he said. clarity, activated the process" while unequivocally" ask for it. He cited a lack of mobility, doctor's Hundreds of people _ some far more frail Beethoven's Ninth Symphony played in the Currently in Spain, people with incurable restrictions and an Australian law than Goodall, who used a wheelchair _ background, he added. diseases only have the option to refuse treatment. prohibiting him from taking his own life travel to Switzerland every year to take His last words before losing But according to an opinion poll conducted by among his complaints, but he was not ill. their lives. The best-known group to help consciousness were "this is taking an research firm Metroscopia in March 2017, 84 per Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, foreigners end their days in the Alpine awfully long time," Nitschke said, but "he cent of Spaniards are in favour of allowing people where the procedure is available for country is Dignitas, but others include Life died shortly thereafter." with terminal illnesses to be helped to die anyone who acknowledges in writing that Circle in Basel, Goodall's choice. Exit International said Goodall had "painlessly." Lawmakers from Spain's conservative they are taking their lives willingly _ Swiss law requested that his body be donated to ruling Popular Party and another from the regional without being forced. But the practice is Goodall took his life with an intravenous medicine, or his ashes sprinkled locally. party of Navarra voted against accepting the bill frowned upon by many doctors and some drip of pentobarbital, a chemical often "He wishes to have no funeral, no today. others who say it should be reserved for the used as an anesthetic but which is lethal in remembrance service or ceremony," the Centre-right party Ciudadanos, meanwhile, terminally ill. Goodall and his supporters excessive doses. A doctor put a cannula in group said in a statement. "David has no abstained, while all the other groupings in want the practice to be more accepted as a his arm, and Goodall turned a wheel to belief in the afterlife." parliament -- most of them left-wing -- voted in legitimate choice for elderly people in allow the solution to flow, Exit The Swiss federal statistics office says favour. sound mind. International said. the number of assisted suicides has been Now that it has passed the first hurdle, the bill On Wednesday, Goodall told a crowded Philip Nitschke, director of Exit growing fast: Nine years ago, there were will go through various stages in parliament -- with news conference that medically assisted International, said that before activating 297. By 2015, the most recent year different groups likely to present their amendments suicide should be more widely available. the drip, Goodall had to answer "several tabulated, the figure had more than tripled -- before it gets to the final voting stage in the lower "At my age, and even at rather less than questions so he knew who he was, where he to 965. Nearly 15 percent of the cases last house. (PTI) my age, one wants to be free to choose the was and what he was about to do." year were people under 65 years old (AP) Ex-head of Chinese insurance firm jailed for 18 Israel destroys Iranian years

BEIJING (TIP): Wu Xiaohui, the former infrastructure in Syria in largest chairman and CEO of China's Anbang Insurance Group, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement, a court said on May 10. Wu was also denied his political rights for four operation since 1974 years and 10.5 billion yuan ($1 billion) worth of his assets were seized, Efe news reported citing the JERUSALEM (TIP): In the largest Iran was truly the only country today that its commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem court. operation in Syria since the signing of represents extremism, not just Soleimani, of launching the attack at the All his illegal gains will be recovered. disengagement agreement in 1974, Israel ideologically but also in its willingness to Israeli Golan Heights. The trial of one of China's most successful today said it has struck almost all of the sacrifice its citizens, sacrifice its future for This is the first time that Israel has businessmen began in March and Wu pleaded guilty Iranian infrastructure on Syrian soil this same extremist ideology. directly accused Iran of firing on its to a fraud involving more than 75.2 billion yuan. during the overnight raids in retaliation to He also confirmed that no rocket landed territory. Wu was under investigation from June 2017 and in a barrage of rocket fire on its territory by in the Israeli territory. Defence sources here said that Israeli February was removed from his post as head of Iran. An army spokesman said that four of the operation targeted weapons storage, Anbang, one of the most important insurance The Israel Defence Force (IDF) claimed 20 rockets fired on Israel were intercepted logistics sites and intelligence centres used companies in China. that the overnight clash, the largest-ever by the iron dome anti-missile system and by elite Iranian forces in Syria. According to the prosecution, Wu used Anbang as direct clash between the Iranian and 16 fell within Syrian territory. Five Syrian air-defence systems were a fund raising platform and a channel to transfer Israeli armies, was a setback to Iran's The IDF "suffered no casualties", either also destroyed after coming under heavy customer premiums to line his own pockets. military capabilities by "many months". on the ground or in the air, and that no fire, they said, adding none of the Israeli He owned and controlled more than 200 Israel's Defence Minister Avigdor rockets fired from Syria made any impact warplanes were hit. Russia is reported to companies that were little known and which had Lieberman said that his army struck in Israeli territory, the spokesman said, have been informed in advance of the increased their participation in Anbang with "almost all of the Iranian infrastructure in adding that "all of our planes returned Israeli attack. There was no immediate investments to have absolute control over the group. Syria" overnight in response to a rocket home safely". word on Iranian casualties but according In 2011, based on Wu's decision, the company barrage at its military outposts in the It was the "largest such operation (by to reports in the regional media, there launched a new investment product and forged Golan Heights by Iran. Israel) against Iranian targets," it added. were several casualties as a result of the documents to obtain approval from China's Asserting that Israel does not want an "All targets that we engaged were Israeli strike and that explosions were Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). escalation, Lieberman said that Israel effectively destroyed, causing significant heard near the Syrian capital, Damascus. The CIRC set a limit on sales of the product, based won't allow Iran to turn Syria into a damage to the Iranians," the spokesperson The rocket barrage was fired from Syria on Anbang's financial statement, but Wu ignored it "forward base" against his country and said. at Israel at around midnight. and issued false financial reports to make people that, Israel has no desire to expand their The Agreement on Disengagement was The Syrian Observatory for Human believe in the group's ability to pay and raised much military presence to create new proxies an agreement between Israel and Syria, Rights reported a little later that Israel has more than allowed. Anbang is known for several and fronts. signed in May 1974, which officially ended attacked targets of the Syrian military on high-profile international acquisitions, including "If it rains on us, it will pour on them," the Yom Kippur War and the subsequent the outskirts of Quneitra in the Golan the purchase in 2014 of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in he said in a stern warning to Iran. attrition period on the Syrian front. Heights. Siren alerts were sounded soon New York. The CIRC took control of Anbang a year "I hope we finished this chapter and The Israeli military accused the Iranian around midnight in the north and centre of ago because the company struggled to pay investors everyone got the message," he said, adding Revolutionary Guards' Al Quds force and the Golan Heights in northern Israel. (PTI) after a wave of global purchases. (IANS) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 24 WOMEN FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 HOW TO FIND LOVE AFTER A PAINFUL BREAK-UP

break-up can leave you totally exhausted, both mentally and Aemotionally. Especially, if you have been with your partner for years and planned a future together. When life turns out to be is far from what you expected; you will be emotionally drained and confused. Falling in love again becomes a distant dream because HABITS THAT ARE MAKING getting over your past becomes your biggest challenge. Whether you’re going the online YOUR LIPS DARK route, or trying to meet someone veryone aspires to have pinkish, soft and lustrous lips. through more traditional methods – Whether you are a man or a woman, you should try to blind dates, church or synagogue Emaintain the skin and take special care of your lips. gatherings, taking a class or Take proper care for maintaining the lips by following the volunteering at something that’s natural remedies or treatments and at the same time learn important to you (and where potential about the reasons responsible for causing dark black lips. dates might also be hanging out) – here Not exfoliating your lips are some useful suggestions to guide your search. With the passing time, our lips start to lose its moisture Be honest and start to get dull and dry. So, it becomes very important that you exfoliate your lips frequently to maintain pink This does not, of course, mean pouty lips. revealing all the gruesome details about Smoking your marriage, your life, or yourself on a first date. But try to share truths about Another common habit that can lead to dark lips. Regular yourself in a positive light in the smoking transfers the tar and nicotine to your lips and beginning of any relationship. causes discoloration. So, it is suggested that you should Be upbeat avoid smoking to get rid of dark lips. Lack of moisturization This might be hard when you’re depressed, anxious and feeling hopeless Chipped and dry lips can also lead to discoloration of lips. about getting your life back on track. So, it is important that you retain the moisture of your lips But it’s still worth the effort. A positive something a little (or a lot) less risky can this person? And even harder, can you by applying a hydrating lip balm. If you are looking for an outlook, even for an evening, is more be adventurous – if you take yoga, ask yourself whether or not you’re just ideal lip balm, look for the ingredients like shea butter and likely to mean that your date will enjoy maybe try a different class. Even small going for someone who appears to be the cocoa butter. him or herself – and you may be changes in a routine can be exciting and opposite of your last partner? The Lack of lip care surprised to learn that so will you! scary – and the evidence is that they can search for an opposite is very common; Be yourself create changes in your brain’s chemistry but it frequently doesn’t work because, When it comes to skincare, we almost forget about our lips that will make you feel better and more unconsciously, you may have chosen which later results in dry and chapped lips. So, just like your Be upbeat even if you’re feeling down. open to other possibilities. someone who still has characteristics skincare regime, it is very important that you have proper It’s actually okay to share that you’re not Be careful like your ex. Or you may have ignored lip care routine too. You can also massage your lips with feeling quite up to par just yet, even on a other warning signs because you were almond oil before going to bed as it helps in regulating the first date. Or that you’re nervous. Just Try to make sure that you are still so focused on the ones you know can be blood flow and makes your lip luscious. don’t dwell on it. being honest and true to yourself, even problematic. Or you may have forgotten Skipping sunblock Be adventurous while you’re trying new things and new some of the good, early parts of the people. This can mean that you have to relationship, which really do not need to Just like your skin your, lips too need protection from the Try something you’ve never done check in with yourself on a regular be jettisoned along with everything that harmful UV rays. So, it is suggested that you opt for a lip before. It might be sky-diving, but even basis. What does your gut tell you about went bad. balm with SPF 30. FOOD CORNER EGG MASALA CURRY MAKHANA KHEER Ingredients Ingredients 4 Egg, boiled, 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste, 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder, Popped lotus seeds, 1/2 Cup 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder, 1/2 tsp Salt, 1 tsp Cumin Powder, 1 tsp Cashew nuts, 2 tsp Ghee, Coriander Powder, Rock salt, 1/2 tsp For Curry Cardamom, 3 Cups Milk, According to taste Sugar, 1 tsp Cumin Seeds, 1 Green Chilli, 1 Onion, finely chopped, 1 tsp Dry fruits, chopped. Ginger, chopped, 1 tsp Garlic, chopped, 1 tsp Turmeric Powder, 1 tsp Coriander Powder, 1 tsp Cumin Powder, 1 tsp Red Chilli Method Powder, 1 tsp Salt, 1/2 Cup Water, 2 Tomatoes, 1/2 Cup Water, 3 Tbsp Coriander Leaves, Roast the seeds and some cashew nuts on For Tadka a pan with a little ghee and season with rock salt. 1/8 tsp Hing, 1/4 tsp Methi Seeds, 1 tsp Mustard Seeds, 1 Kashmir Chilli, 8-10 Curry Leaves, 1 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder As soon as it cools, take 3/4th of the mixture and grind it in a blender with some cardamom. Mix them well. Add water and let it simmer. Method In a separate deep pan, bring to boil 2-3 cups of milk. Now add tomatoes, mix well and add more water. Mix Take boiled eggs in a bowl. Add ginger-garlic paste, red them thoroughly. Grind the mixture to get the perfect mix Add sugar, followed by the ground makhana mixture, and chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, cumin powder and of spicy gravy. Put the eggs into the gravy and mix. stir well. coriander powder. Mix the spices thoroughly. Now add coriander leaves and mix. Bring to simmer. Add the remaining roasted makhana and cashew. Take a pan of oil, put the eggs in the pan and saute. Take a Put hing, methi seeds, mustard seeds, kashmiri chilli, Continue stirring until it thickens. pan and add cumin seeds, green chilli and chopped onion. curry leaves and kashmiri chilli powder in a pan. Saute Saute them tilll golden brown and then add ginger, garlic, The kheer can be served either hot or cold, garnished well. Pour it over the curry along with coriander leaves turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, red with chopped dry fruits. and mix well. chilli powder and salt. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 HEALTH & FITNESS 25 WALNUTS MAY IMPROVE HEALTH BY IMPACTING GUT BACTERIA

alnuts may improve heart health and reduce colorectal Wcancer risk by impacting the gut microbiome—the collection of trillions of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, a study has found. Walnuts are just one in a line foods that contain dietary fibre and have interested scientists for their impact on the microbiome and health, said researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the US. Dietary fibre acts as a food source for gut microbiota, helping the bacteria to do their jobs—breaking down complex foods, providing us nutrients, or helping MASS VACCINATION MAY us feel full, they said. Diets rich in nuts, such as walnuts, NOT PREVENT EBOLA have been shown to play a role in heart LONDON (TIP): Mass vaccination programmes will not health and in reducing colorectal cancer, help prevent new Ebola virus outbreaks, a study has found. researchers said. Researchers from University of Kent in the UK analysed The study,published in The Journal of Holscher, an assistant professor at the collected at the beginning and end of the prospects for various Ebolavirus vaccines and found that, Nutrition, shows that consuming University of Illinois at Urbana- each period to assess secondary for the foreseable future at least, Ebolavirus outbreak control walnuts not only impacted the gut Champaign. outcomes of the study, including effects depends on surveillance and the isolation of cases. microbiota and microbial derived "It is about getting to the 'black box' of walnut consumption on faecal The findings come as the World Health Organisation has secondary bile acids, but also reduced that is all the microbes in our GI tract to microbiota and bile acids and metabolic announced a new Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic LDL-cholesterol levels in the adults in see how they are interfacing with the markers of health. Republic of Kongo. the participants. food we eat and having downstream Walnut consumption resulted in The study revealed that very high proportions of This in turn is beneficial for health effects," said Holscher. higher relative abundance of three potentially affected populations would need to be protected cardiovascular, metabolic, and "Some of those health effects are bacteria of interest: Faecalibacterium, by vaccination to establish herd immunity, which prevents gastrointestinal health, researchers hypothesized to be related to the Roseburia, and Clostridium. virus transmission within a population. said. "We found that when you consume metabolites bacteria produce," she said. The microbes that increased in The study identified that, in the critical phases of many walnuts it increases microbes that For the study, 18 healthy male and relative abundance in this walnut study Ebola virus outbreaks, the average infected individual produce butyrate, a beneficial female adults consumed diets that either are from one of the Clostridium clusters infects four or more other people, which enables the virus to metabolite for colonic health. So the included no walnuts or 42 grammes— of microbes, and there is increased spread rapidly. interaction of walnuts with the about a third cup or a palm-full of interest in those because they have the At this level, 80 per cent of a population would need to be microbiome is helping to produce some walnuts—for two, three-week periods. ability to make butyrate," Holscher said. immunised to prevent outbreaks, even if a highly effective of those health effects," said Hannah Faecal and blood samples were Source: PTI vaccine that protects 90 per cent of individuals after vaccination was available. Such vaccination rates are currently unachievable. In a vaccination trial during the West African Ebola virus epidemic, only 49 per cent of individuals who had been in Sauna bathing may reduce risk of stroke contact with Ebola virus patients could be vaccinated. Thirty-four per cent of contacts refused vaccination although they had been exposed to the disease. requent sauna bathing may There are currently no clinical vaccine candidates significantly reduce the risk of available that protect against all four human-pathogenic Fstroke, according to a long-term Ebolaviruses. It also remains unclear whether the available study. vaccine candidates provide the long-term protection that is In the 15-year follow-up study required for the sort of prophylactic mass vaccination published in the journal Neurology, programme that could prevent Ebola, which becomes people taking a sauna four to seven repeatedly introduced into the human population from times a week were 61 per cent less likely animal reservoirs. A large vaccination programme would to suffer a stroke than those taking a also be costly and impractical, the study points out. sauna once a week. Costs for current Ebolavirus vaccine candidates are "The findings are very significant and estimated to be in a range of USD 15-20 per dose, with some highlight the multiple health benefits of 462 million people living in the areas affected by Ebolavirus taking frequent sauna baths," said Setor outbreaks, many of them in very remote rural areas. Kunutsor from the University of Bristol In the absence of a realistic prophylactic mass vaccination in the UK. programme, the researchers conclude that clinical vaccine Stroke is one of the leading causes of candidates will need to be focused on health care workers disability worldwide, placing a heavy who are often involved in disease transmission, potentially in human and economic burden on combination with the vaccination of patient contacts. societies. Source: PTI The findings by researchers, including those from the Cambridge University, involved 1,628 men and PAGE SPONSORED BY women aged 53 to 74 years living in the eastern part of Finland. DR. SATISH AND GITANJLI ANAND Based on their frequency of taking traditional Finnish sauna baths (relative three sessions and 61 per cent among reduced stroke may include a reduction DR. SATISH ANAND humidity 10-20 per cent), the study those with four to seven sessions. in blood pressure, stimulation of Former Chairman, Board of participants were divided into three The association persisted even when immune system, a positive impact on the Trustees, AAPI National groups: those taking a sauna once a taking into account conventional stroke autonomic nervous system, and an E-Mail: week, those taking a sauna two to three risk factors, such as age, sex, diabetes, improved cardiovascular function, they [email protected] times a week, and those taking a sauna body mass index, blood lipids, alcohol said. four to seven times a week. consumption, physical activity and In a recent experimental study, the The more frequently saunas were socio-economic status. same group of scientists also showed GITANJLI ANAND taken, the lower was the risk of stroke, The strength of association was that sauna bathing has acute effects on Former President, India researchers said. similar in men and women, researchers the stiffness of the arterial wall, hence Association of Long Island Compared to people taking one sauna said. influencing blood pressure and cardiac (IALI) session per week, the risk was decreased The mechanisms driving the function parameters. E-mail: by 14 per cent among those with two to association of sauna bathing with Source: PTI [email protected] THE INDIAN PANORAMA 26 SCIENCE & TECH FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 NEW MESSAGE BUG CRASHES WHATSAPP, ANDROID DEVICES SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): A bug is being forwarded via messages, which when tapped, could send not just the WhatsApp Android app crashing but possibly even the entire Android device as well, the media reported. "As with any message bomb, it involves sending and receiving a specially crafted message with hidden SCIENTISTS TRAIN SPIDER symbols in between spaces. Tapping on a portion of the text will TO ‘JUMP ON DEMAND’ basically make the app 'expand' the hidden symbols, potentially overloading cientists have successfully trained a spider to jump the app and even the OS," SlashGear different distances and heights for the first time, reported on Sunday. Sunlocking the secrets of how some predatory species Such messages or "message bombs" catch their prey while hunting. are not new and not limited to Android. The study by researchers at the University of Manchester Even iMessage is not immune to bugs in the UK is the most advanced of its kind to date and first to that could send the app crashing. use three-dimensional (3D) CT scanning and high-speed, "There seem to be two variants of this high-resolution cameras to record, monitor and analyse a WhatsApp message being forwarded. spider’s movement and behaviour. One involves an ominous black dot that The aim of the research, published in the journal Nature comes with a warning on what will Scientific Reports, is to answer the question of why jumping happen if you tap on it, which most innocent" and does not come with a invisible symbols causes WhatsApp to spider anatomy and behaviour evolved the way it did. curious cats will do anyway," the report warning. The message includes special freeze. This improved understanding of spiders will help imagine added. Another "message bomb" which characters that do not display visibly but Facebook-owned WhatsApp has not a new class of agile micro-robots that are currently is causing the messaging platform to are used to change text behaviour. commented on the potentially disruptive unthinkable using today’s engineering technologies, crash is more "nefarious, looks too A superfluous amount of these bug so far. Source: IANS researchers said. “The focus of the present work is on the extraordinary jumping capability of these spiders,” said Mostafa Nabawy, lead author of the study. New tech purifies “A jumping spider can leap up to six times its body length Artificial intelligence from a standing start. The best a human can achieve is about water using sunlight 1.5 body lengths,” said Nabawy. “The force on the legs at take-off can be up to five times the cientists have developed a new weight of the spider - this is amazing and if we can system can predict technology that uses the sunlight understand these biomechanics we can apply them to other Sto purify water with near-perfect areas of research,” he said. The researchers trained the efficiency. spider, which they nicknamed Kim, to jump different heights school violence The idea of using energy from the sun and distances on a manmade platform in a laboratory to evaporate and purify water was environment. Kim belongs to a species of jumping arachnid WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have reportedly described by Greek known as Phidippus regius, or ‘Regal Jumping Spider’. developed an artificial intelligence philosopher Aristotle over 2,000 years Source: PTI system that can help predict which ago. students are at higher risk of By draping black, carbon-dipped NASA launches spacecraft perpetrating school violence. paper in a triangular shape and using it The researchers found that machine to both absorb and vaporise water, to study Mars quakes learning—the science of getting researchers have developed a method for computers to learn over time without using sunlight to generate clean water ASA on Saturday human intervention—is as accurate as a with near-perfect efficiency. blasted off its team of child and adolescent "Our technique is able to produce Nlatest Mars psychiatrists, including a forensic drinking water at a faster pace than is lander, InSight, designed psychiatrist, in determining risk for high-risk, and low-risk, according to two theoretically calculated under natural to perch on the surface school violence. scales that the team developed and sunlight," said Qiaoqiang Gan, an and listen for "Previous violent behaviour, validated in previous research. associate professor at the University at "Marsquakes" ahead of impulsivity, school problems and There were significant differences in Buffalo in the US. eventual human negative attitudes were correlated with total scores between the high-risk and "Usually, when solar energy is used to missions to explore the risk to others," said Drew Barzman, a low-risk groups. The machine learning evaporate water, some of the energy is Red Planet. child forensic psychiatrist at Cincinnati algorithm that the researchers developed wasted as heat is lost to the surrounding "Three, two, one, Children's Hospital Medical Center in the achieved an accuracy rate of 91.02 per environment. This makes the process liftoff !" said a NASA US. "Our risk assessments were focused cent, considered excellent, when using less than 100 per cent efficient. Our commentator as the on predicting any type of physical interview content to predict risk of system has a way of drawing heat in spacecraft launched on a aggression at school. We did not gather school violence. from the surrounding environment, dark, foggy morning atop outcome data to assess whether machine The rate increased to 91.45 per cent allowing us to achieve near-perfect an Atlas V rocket at 4.05 am Pacific time (1635 IST) from learning could actually help prevent when demographic and socioeconomic efficiency," said Gan. Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, marking NASA's school violence. That is our next goal," data were added. The low-cost technology, described in first interplanetary launch from the US west coast. said Barzman, lead author of the study "The machine learning algorithm, the journal Advanced Science, could The $993 million project aims to expand human knowledge published in the journal Psychiatric based only on the participant's interview, provide drinking water in regions where of interior conditions on Mars, inform efforts to send human Quarterly. was almost as accurate in assessing risk resources are scarce, or where natural explorers there, and reveal how rocky planets like the Earth Researchers evaluated 103 teenage levels as a full assessment by our disasters have struck. formed billions of years ago. students in 74 traditional schools research team, including gathering Researchers have launched a startup, If all goes as planned, the lander should settle on the Red throughout the US who had a major or information from parents and the school, Sunny Clean Water, to bring the Planet on November 26. minor behavioural change or aggression a review of records when available, and invention to people who need it. The Its name, InSight, is short for Interior Exploration using toward themselves or others. scoring on the two scales we developed," company is integrating the new Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. The students were recruited from said Yizhao Ni, a computational scientist evaporation system into a prototype of a NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know psychiatry outpatient clinics, inpatient at Cincinnati. solar still, a sun-powered water purifier. that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteor strikes. units and emergency departments. "Our ultimate goal, should research Solar stills have been around for a long “But how quake-prone is Mars? That is fundamental The team performed school risk support it, is to spread the use of the time. These devices use the sun's heat to information that we need to know as humans that explore evaluations with participants. Audio machine learning technology to schools evaporate water, leaving salt, bacteria Mars," Green said. recordings from the evaluations were in the future to augment structures, and dirt behind. Then, the water vapour The key instrument on board is a seismometer, called the transcribed and manually annotated. The professional judgment to more efficiently cools and returns to a liquid state, at Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, made by the students, as it turned out, were relatively and effectively prevent school violence," which point it's collected in a clean French Space Agency. Source: AFP equally divided between moderate- to said Barzman. Source: PTI container. Source: PTI THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 BIZ & FINANCE 27 WALMART TO OPEN 50 NEW SEBI splits post of CMD for listed firms STORES IN INDIA IN 4-5 YRS NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after announcing US$ 16 billion investment in India's largest online retailer Flipkart, Walmart Inc on May 10 said it will continue to grow its wholesale cash-and- carry business, adding 50 new stores in the next four-five years. "We currently have 21 stores and plan to open 50 stores in four to five years. Plans are on track," Walmart India President and CEO Krish Iyer said at a NEW DELHI (TIP): In sweeping changes to the way the select media roundtable called to explain listed companies constitute their Boards, markets regulator the Flipkart deal. SEBI has asked them to split the post of chairman and Walmart Chief Executive Doug managing director and have at least six independent McMillon said Flipkart, in which the US directors, including a woman. retailer is acquiring 77 per cent stake, The changes need to be put in place in phases, SEBI said, would continue to operate as a separate while setting a deadline of April 1, 2019 regarding the board-managed company with co- independent directors. The companies will have more time to founder Binny Bansal as the CEO. Walmart currently operates in nine Analysts believe that Walmart's split the CMD post, for which the deadline is April 1, 2020. Flipkart gives Walmart an online states and 19 cities and the future investment in Flipkart, whose 34 per The move comes after SEBI’s Board in March accepted 40 presence. So far it had been handicapped expansion is focused on more or less the cent market share in India's online sales of the 80 recommendations of the Uday Kotak panel on by India's retail policy that does not same geographies. is ahead of rival Amazon's 27 per cent, corporate governance. The panel had submitted its report to allow overseas companies to sell directly "We are not spreading thin. We are will boost the Indian e-commerce SEBI in October last year. to consumers (except in wholesale cash- continuing in same geographies but company's logistical operations and help Among the new rules, SEBI has enhanced disclosure of and-carry segment). primarily focus is on Punjab, Haryana, it move into new areas such as online related-party transactions and made mandatory secretarial Companies like Flipkart and Amazon Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, groceries. audits for listed entities and their material subsidiaries. operate as e-commerce marketplaces -- a Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Walmart is buying 77 per cent of Further, it has directed listed companies to have at least six segment where 100 per cent foreign Telangana," he said. Flipkart from existing shareholders, directors and at least one of them needs to be a woman. Also, direct investment (FDI) is allowed. At its 21 Best Price wholesale stores, including Japan's SoftBank, for US$ 14 it asked the top 100 listed companies to webcast annual "As we speak, we have a pipeline of 20 Walmart sells everything from fast- billion and investing US$ 2bn of fresh general meetings. stores and we expect to open five stores moving consumer goods to furniture to equity. Walmart India is a wholly-owned These regulations will come into effect in two phases. Most in the current year and then pick up other retailers and institutions. It could subsidiary of Walmart Stores Inc and of the changes will be effective April 1, 2019, and April 1, 2020, pace and eventually start opening 12-15 potentially use these Best Price stores as offers close to 5,000 items through its the SEBI said in a notification. stores a year," Iyer said. pickup and delivery points to service cash-and-carry wholesale format. Under the new norms, top 500 listed entities will have to For the cash-and-carry business, online sales made on Flipkart. Source: PTI ensure that the chairperson is a non-executive director from April 1, 2020. It will eventually lead to a split in the post of chairman and managing director. Source: PTI Oil prices jump after US walks MARUTI RECALLS 52,686 away from Iran nuclear deal UNITS OF SWIFT, BALENO

il prices rose more than 2% on May 9, with Brent hitting a 3-1/2- Oyear high, after US President Donald Trump abandoned a nuclear deal with Iran, likely curbing the OPEC member’s crude exports in an already tight market. Trump on May 8 pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran that was agreed in late 2015, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East and casting uncertainty over global oil supplies. NEW DELHI (TIP): Country’s largest carmaker Maruti Brent crude oil futures rose to a Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) will undertake a ‘service campaign’ session high of $76.75 per barrel, their for new Swift and Baleno models to inspect a possible fault in highest since November 2014. They were the brake vacuum hose. still at $76.73 per barrel at 0344 GMT, up The company said on Tuesday 52,686 customers of new $1.88, or 2.5%, from their last close. Swift and Baleno models, whose vehicles were manufactured US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) sanctions against it were lifted in return Exports to fall between December 1, 2017 and March 16, 2018, will be asked to crude futures were up $1.61 per barrel, for curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme, Iran’s exports of oil to Asia and Europe come in for the service campaign. or 2.3%, at $70.67 a barrel, close to highs with its April exports standing above 2.6 will almost certainly decline later this Starting May 14, owners of the vehicles included in this also last seen in late 2014. million barrels per day (bpd). year and into 2019 as some nations seek service campaign will be contacted by dealers for inspection In China, the biggest single buyer of This makes Iran the third biggest alternatives in order to avoid trouble and replacement of the faulty part. The inspection and Iranian oil, Shanghai crude futures hit exporter of crude within the with Washington and as sanctions start replacement will be done free of cost. their highest in dollar terms since they Organization of the Petroleum to bite. A total of 44,982 units of new Swift, which was launched in were launched in late May, at around Exporting Countries (OPEC), behind Despite this, it is not yet clear how February this year, and 7,704 units of Baleno will be covered $73.25 per barrel. Saudi Arabia and Iraq. strongly global oil markets will be under the service campaign. “The big event of the night was Walking away from the deal means affected. The United States buys no Brake vacuum hose is a rubber pipe that creates and President Trump’s cancelling of the that the United States will likely re- Iranian oil, while the other signatories of releases vacuum while applying brake but it has no impact nuclear deal made with Iran back in impose sanctions against Iran after 180 the agreement, Russia, Britain, France on braking and braking distance. 2015. Sanctions will therefore (likely) be days, unless some other agreement is and Germany, are opposed to ending the Service campaigns are undertaken globally by automobile re-imposed on Iran, which will reached before then. agreement, and may continue to buy companies to rectify faults that may potentially cause ultimately affect Iran’s oil exports,” said ANZ bank said Trump’s decision Iranian crude. Asia, by far the biggest inconvenience to customers. William O’Loughlin, investment analyst “puts into place a scenario that could see importer of oil from Iran, will likely Both the models are built on the same platform and share at Australia’s Rivkin Securities. the crude oil market tighten continue to take in some supplies as well, a common architecture. The Delhi-based company has not Iran re-emerged as a major oil significantly in H2 2018 and into next as it did during the previous round of termed the exercise as a recall but ‘a service campaign to exporter in 2016 after international year.” sanctions. Source: Reuters address a potential inconvenience to the customer’. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 28 ASTROLOGY FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018

Shree Ganeshaya Namah

Bejan Daruwalla is world's most famous astrologertoday. He appears regularly on world wide TV shows. Bejan who has been a professor in English, hasauthored a number of books on astrology. India'sPrime Minister Narendra Modi , on March 29, 2012,lunched one of Bejan's books, '2012- End of theWorld? Bejan contributes to a number of journals andnewspapers in many parts of the world which includeBerkley Communications (London) Times of India(Delhi, Mumbai, Bejan Daruwalla is available for astrological Kolkata, Chennai) and The IndianPanorama ( consultations. He can be reached at New York and Texas). Bejan's [email protected] predictionshave mostly been correct and and on phone 011-91-8141234275 people the world overrely on his predictions. www.bejandaruwalla.com WEEKLY HOROSCOPE MAY 14 - MAY 20, 2018 Aries: Leo: Sagittarius:

Ganesha says you rod the crest of This is a formidable phase in which you You continue on the practical plank and settle achievements and glory and now your push ahead hard and true. You are all fired down to working hard. There are a lot of finer attention shifts to the needs of the family. up to make inroads and are greeted with details that need your attention both at home and Children will bring happiness and parents, in- success in all your activities. You spend on at work and there is no time for fanciful thinking. laws, extended family, siblings call for your luxuries like there was no tomorrow; home There are appraisals at work and several key time. You also retreat from the cares of the and wardrobe renovation take a lot of your decisions to be taken if self-employed. This is a world into your private shell. It could be a farm time. You also make sensible investments valuable time and you can't squander it. Monies house, country home or even a quiet corner of and may buy property.There is money to be will have to be looked into, children's schooling, seclusion. But you need to get away and be by made on the markets too. It will be in your parents' and spouse's medical issues and several yourself. You need to think things over as they interest if you can guard against such matters hog your time and attention. have all been moving as fast as a Hollywood overindulgence in this period. thriller. Capricorn: Virgo: Taurus: You will be relating better to people and will be The bull - run in your life continues. There making several long-term plans. There are You make big purchases and fill your office and are new associations and, possibly, indications of travel, and conferences, home with works of art. You feel like doing up steaming sex. It may not last but will be gathering and conventions to attend. All this your place tastefully and that costs money well worth it while it does. You spend large will go a long way in bolstering your career. which you don't mind spending. You have new sums on the object of your affections and, You meet up with associates and party.There is perspectives to life and are faced with a string for a while at least, lose all balance and the danger of spiraling expenses and some ill- of possibilities. You have many options and sense of direction. You throw caution to health too. You may get into arguments, worry which to choose from; this is, of course, the winds and immerse yourself in your altercations and unnecessary disagreements a good problem to have. Exert caution against pet indulgence. Money and emotions and could lose your temper and say things you overindulgence and try to maintain a sense of remain in sharp focus this period and you would be better off not saying. proportion, and balance. also move up the ladder of success and fame. Aquarius: Gemini: Libra: In many ways, this can be a beautiful period. You need to make strong decisions and steer There will be better health, better prospects the boat in the right direction. You are There are many possibilities now, but it and better income, and you will cool off and energized and enthused to steer full steam also depends on how you tweak them. This not enter unnecessary argumentation. There direction. You achieve a lot and are single- period is full of hope and promise. There is a lot of entertainment on your plate minded and focused. The results are may be an end to your struggles and mental including a dash or romance. You are in love spectacular. You win applause and grow in confusion or they will just increase and with love and so any person or thing that suits several ways. There will also be happy times blow up in your face. It depends on you in the mood will become the object of your with friends and family. You should, once many and be healthy and more productive affections. You will pass through moments of again, watch your temperament closely. Try or get into needless emotional and psychic heightened emotions and this can be very not to slip into your dark moods. dilemmas and drown in their turbid waters. beautiful if you dare to share it with someone Cancer: Scorpio: close. Pisces: There is substantial growth in the last period. Luckily, you are brought back to the real You have reached a point in your life and in world just in time. Several domestic and You decide to take the family out and have your career where what you say is of work pressures mount and you are pressed some truly wonderful moments. If consequence and you are listened to with care. to solve them and sort out your affairs. You intellectually inclined, you do exceptionally Your innovative schemes and ideas win many will have to deal with finance, settlements well. There will be several visitors and some admirers and you also make money. There are and legal matters. You have the necessary even from overseas. So, a lot of your time will meetings, collaborations and all types of negotiating skills, but all this is a waste of be spend socializing and travelling to tourist expenses too. You spend time with the family time and a detour from what you really spots. Creative pursuits will be highlighted. It and there may be minor hospital expenses. want to do which is to ideate. There are is a happy period with no particular But, once again, luck is on your side and all is expenses and pressures of all types and you accomplishment or achievement but nothing, well that ends well. are pushed to find answers. also, to complain about. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 SPIRITUALITY 29

heshnag (the serpent god) comprises an important part of Hindu mythology. As Sthe reclining couch and the roofing canopy of the god Vishnu, it has been a god venerated by all and worshipped by many for centuries. SHESHNAG:THE It is considered to be the king of the serpent race and the ruler of the infernal regions called PATAL. God Vishnu sleeps over the bed of its coils during intervals of creation. SheshNag is also represented as one supporting the world on its hood. The Nags SERPENT GOD have three Kings, VAASUKI, TAKSHAK and from Devaki’s to Rohini’s womb, He became SHESH. Shesh is said to represent the known as Lord Sankarsana (ploughing) and ‘remainder’ when the universe is destroyed because of His strength, He is known as Lord and the power of creation (Lord Vishnu) rests Balrama. He was so powerful that he, single on its coils. handedly, at a very tender age, killed the great The Nags are dwelling in an underworld, demon, Asura Dhenuka, who was in the form called NAG LOKA, which is an immense of an ass. domain crowded with palaces, houses, towers Just before Rukmani’s marriage, Revati, and pleasure gardens. According to Varaha daughter of King Raivat of Aanart region was Purana, three of the lower worlds, PATAL, married to Balrama. For lifetime, Balramaji ATAL and SUTAL belong to the Nags. Their was always with Krishna and protected him. favorite places of visitations are the banks of He was elder to Krishna so he could not order river, IKSHUMATI, the NAIMISH forest on the him but whenever Krishna needed him; he shores of the GOMATI, the northern banks of never hesitated to give his service to him. the GANGA and the NISHAD land. They also He had contributed towards killing the dwell under the sea. These nags are not always demons and giants. Balrama had gone with the enemy of man and they even inter marry Krishna in the Dhanush Yagna organized by with them. Arjun of Mahabharata married a Kans. He supported Krishna in killing Kubal, Nag girl named Uloopi. the elephant. While wrestling, Balrama threw Sheshnag as Ananta, the Timeless Mushtik (trusted lieutenant of Kans) so badly that he was killed on the spot. Shesh Nag is the serpent with a thousand Jarasandh used to attack Mathura on and heads and is also called ‘ANANTA ‘, the off. Balrama, along with the army of the timeless, because it does not die with Yadavas used to fight with Jarasandh and send destruction of the universe. All serpents are him back every time. When Kalyavan came to of divine extraction, because they are the attack, even Jarasandh came with him. children of Kadru, who herself is the Balrama caught hold of Jarasandh with his descendant of Kashyap. The main city of Nags strong hands. Krishna asked Balrama to leave is Bhogvati (the city of pleasures), where him saying that there were many demons and Shesh appears like the White Mountain if Jarasandh is left alive then he will make an adorned with gems. The later Purana identify army of the demons. When Jarasandh will Shesh even with Krishna as Vishnu. Shesh is come once more with the demon’s army, many said to be the soul of Krishna’s brother more demons can be killed. So Balrama Balrama. Thus Shesh emerged from the body relieved him. Jarasandh had twenty-three of dying Balrama and entered the earth, armies with weapons. Slowly and gradually, where he received a warm welcome by all Balrama defeated them all. When Kalyavan other serpents. had encircled them – then Krishna ran in front Sheshnag’s Avatar as Lakshman of them and Balrama confronted his army. Krishna got Kalyavan burnt and Balrama In the Treta Yuga, Vishnu decided to defeated his army. descend on earth as Lord Rama, the seventh Balrama trained both Bhima and avatar of Lord Vishnu. Duryodhana in club-fighting. Eventually, his Lakshman–the younger brother. They were students faced one another in the final combat virtually inseparable. Lakshman was the of the Kurukshetra war. Because of this, younger brother and therefore had to obey Balrama chose to remain neutral during the every command his elder brother, Lord Rama, conflict. Eventually when Bhima (of greater gave. Lakshman carried out the task Rama quickly concluded his meeting with eighth son, and not to take any chances he was strength) defeated Duryodhana (of greater beautifully and is commended for his staunch Yama and received the sage with due courtesy. killing all the sons born to Devaki at birth. skill) by dealing a blow below the navel with devotion to Lord Rama. Lord Rama was Maryada Purushottam and Rohini got pregnant and after nine months, his mace (a move against the rules of mace In his avatar as Lakshman, Sheshnag stood by his words. In order to fulfill his eternal incarnation in the form of Balrama combat), Balrama threatened to kill Bhima. rendered unflinching service to God and brother’s promise, Lakshman went to the was born. Kans was informed that Devaki’s This was only prevented when Krishna received profuse grace. He exemplified the banks of the river Sarayu resolved on giving seventh child was dead. Balrama was growing reminded Balrama of Bhima’s vow to kill attitude of an ideal brother and self-sacrifice. up the world through penance. And reaches up at Nandbaba’s house. After one year Duryodhana by crushing the very thigh he When Lakshman was lying unconscious after Vaikunthah before Lord Vishnu waiting for Krishna was born. Both of them were exposed to his wife Draupadi. being hit by the Brahmastra in the battlefield, him. beautiful and attractive. Sage Garg had said at Today also there are many temples of Lord Rama said that he could get anything in Sheshnag’s Avatar as Balarama the time of naming ceremony that this child ‘Dauji’ (elder brother) where he is worshipped. this world but not a brother like Lakshman. will have infinite strength (BAL). That is why It is a common belief, he bestows materialistic Such was the love and devotion between the Balrama was the son of Vasudeva and he is called Balrama. Because he was drawn richness. two. Devaki. He was the elder brother of Lord Lakshman abandons life because Sage Krishna. He is said to be the incarnation of PAGE SPONSORED BY Durvasa appears at Rama’s doorstep and “Sheshnag” (Serpent God on whom Lord seeing Lakshman guarding the door, demands Vishnu rests). His weapon was a plough. He is ARISH K. SAHANI an audience with Rama. At the time, Rama also called ‘Haldhar’. He is a protector from was having a private conversation with Yama. desires, the divinity of strength or the Serving Since 1972 Before the conversation began, Yama gave strength of the divine, symbolizing duty, Please Call or Write for Your Insurance Needs Rama strict instructions that their dialogue honesty and simplicity. was to remain confidential, and anyone who In the Treta age (there are four ages Arish K Sahani (Father) entered the room was to be relieved of their according to Hinduism- Krita (Sat) Yuga, Treta life. Rama agreed and entrusted Lakshman Yuga, Dwapar Yuga and Kaliyuga) Balarama’s Shiv Sahani (Son) with the duty of guarding his door. When eternal incarnation was as Lakshman. Durvasa made his demand, Lakshman When Devaki was pregnant with the Priya Sahani Sood (Daughter) politely refused. The sage grew angry and seventh child, Lord Vishnu called upon threatened to curse all of Ayodhya if Yogmaya (divine illusion) and said, “Devaki’s 7 1 8 - 2 7 1 - 1 9 0 6 Lakshman did not immediately inform Rama seventh eternal embryo should be installed in [email protected] of his arrival. Lakshman, in a dilemma, Rohini’s (another wife of Vasudeva) body.” decided it would be better that he alone die to Yogmaya transferred the embryo to Rohini’s ‘If Hindus don’t maintain Hinduism, who shall save it? If India’s own save all of Ayodhya from falling under womb from Devaki’s womb. This was done to children don’t cling to their faith, who shall guard it? Indian alone can Durvasa’s curse and so interrupted Rama’s prevent Kans from killing him at his birth. meeting to inform him of the sage’s arrival. Kans was destined to be killed by Devaki’s save India, and India and Hinduism are one.’ CLASSIFIEDS THE INDIAN PANORAMA 30 FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018

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Please email resume at [email protected] or text or WhatsApp at 7574781577. Please no phone calls. Once we receive email or text or WhatsApp, will contact. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 32 TURN PAGE FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 contd from Page 1 registered as Republicans, less than half - 44 per cent - advocated been media reports citing the World Bank's Remittances and ending the US involvement in the deal. Another 28 per cent Migration Report of 2016. These media reports were incorrect. Trump scraps the Iran nuclear... wanted to remain, and the remaining 28 percent said they did The World Bank's Remittances and Migration Report is an known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA. not know. - Agencies effort by the World Bank to estimate migration and remittances France, Germany, and the UK regret the U.S. decision to 'US UNDERMINED COMMITMENT TO TREATY': numbers across the world, it said. leave the JCPOA. The nuclear non-proliferation regime is If we achieve the deal's goals in cooperation with other "The report does not include any mention of money at stake. members of the deal, it will remain in place... By exiting the laundering nor does it name any individuals," said the World - Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 8, 2018 deal, America has officially undermined its commitment to an Bank, which was issued after media reports cited its annual He had described the agreement, which was negotiated international treaty.Hassan Rouhani, Iranian President report for allegations that Sharif laundered US$ 4.9 billion from by then US secretary of state John Kerry, as a bad deal. 'WILL WORK COLLECTIVELY': We will work collectively Pakistan to India. I am deeply concerned by today's announcement that on a broader framework, covering (Iran's) nuclear activity, the In its annual report, the statement said that the World Bank the US will be withdrawing from the JCPOA & will begin post-2025 period, ballistic activity, and stability in the Middle- estimates bilateral remittances between countries using the reinstating US sanctions, says @antonioguterres. Full text East, notably Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. Emmanuel Macron, methodology summarized in the World Bank Working Paper 102 here: https://t.co/LqC2WFJfAC French President South-South migration and remittances by the authors of the - UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) May 8, 2018 'IT'S A HISTORIC MOVE': Israel thinks that Trump made a report. The World Bank also referred to a statement by the State The Iran nuclear deal was reached in Vienna in July 2015 historic move, and this is why Israel thanks him for his Bank of Pakistan which rejects estimates of US$ 4.9 billion in between Iran and the P5 (the five permanent members of the UN commitment to confront the terrorist regime in Tehran, and his remittances from Pakistan to India on September 21, 2016, and Security Council) plus Germany and the European Union. commitment to ensure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons. provides an explanation of the methodology used in the World Trump's decision would have global ramifications, straining Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister Bank report and the official remittances numbers. (Source: Iranian economy and heightening tensions in the Middle East. 'DECISION MISGUIDED': Donald Trump's decision to PTI) IRAN WILL REMAIN IN N-DEAL, SAYS ROUHANI: withdraw from the deal is misguided. I believe that the decision Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, to put the JCPOA at risk without any Iranian violation of the Trump: Will meet Kim on June... May 8, that Iran would remain committed to a multinational deal is a serious mistake. Barack Obama, former US President. nuclear deal despite US President Donald Trump's decision to (Source: PTI and agencies) Trump's announcement came hours after US Secretary of withdraw from the 2015 agreement designed to deny Tehran the State Mike Pompeo returned home from North Korea with ability to build nuclear weapons. Israel attacks Iranian targets in... three detained Americans. "If we achieve the deal's goals in cooperation with other Trump, who personally greeted the trio at the Andrews Air members of the deal, it will remain in place... By exiting the , was a setback to Iran's military capabilities by "many Force Base, praised Kim for their release ahead of their deal, America has officially undermined its commitment to an months". summit. international treaty," Rouhani said in a televised speech. Israel's Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that his "The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and "I have ordered the foreign ministry to negotiate with the army struck "almost all of the Iranian infrastructure in Syria" myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both European countries, China and Russia in coming weeks. If at overnight in response to a rocket barrage at its military try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!," Trump the end of this short period we conclude that we can fully outposts in the Golan Heights by Iran. Asserting that Israel tweeted. benefit from the JCPOA with the cooperation of all countries, does not want an escalation, Lieberman said that Israel won't Trump has struck a cautiously optimistic tone in discussing the deal would remain," he added. allow Iran to turn Syria into a "forward base" against his the prospects of reaching a deal during his upcoming summit The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is the full country and that, Israel has no desire to expand their military with Kim, saying he is hopeful a historic agreement can be name for the nuclear deal, struck in 2015 between Iran, the five presence to create new proxies and fronts. "If it rains on us, it brokered while also warning the talks could prove unfruitful. permanent members of the U.N. Security Council - the United will pour on them," he said in a stern warning to Iran. But the President saw the release of the three Americans as States, Russia, China, Britain and France - and Germany. "I hope we finished this chapter and everyone got the yet another reason for optimism as he prepares for the Rouhani added that Iran was ready to resume its nuclear message," he said, adding Iran was truly the only country today summit. "We are starting off on a new footing-I really think we activities after consultations with the other world powers which that represents extremism, not just ideologically but also in its have a very good chance of doing something very meaningful. are part of the agreement. willingness to sacrifice its citizens, sacrifice its future for this A lot of very good things have happened," Trump said as he Trump's announcement was hailed by Washington's same extremist ideology. greeted the three former prisoners. principal allies in the Middle East, Israel and Saudi Arabia, He also confirmed that no rocket landed in the Israeli The Americans-Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim both sworn foes of Iran. territory. (Source: PTI) Sang Duk, also known as Tony Kim-were freed yesterday by Under the deal, Iran curbed its nuclear activities in return for North Korea while Pompeo was on a visit to Pyongyang to the lifting of most sanctions imposed on the country. Pakistan's former Prime Minister... finalize the details of the Trump-Kim summit. Trump said he would reimpose economic sanctions on The summit, which has been in the works since Trump Tehran immediately. His decision puts pressure on his The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a press release accepted Kim's invitation to meet in March, will be the first European allies, who are key backers of the deal and reluctant said its Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal took notice of ever meeting between a sitting US president and North Korean to join the United States in reimposing sanctions on Iran. reports making rounds on news channels claiming that Sharif leader. US officials had also considered holding the summit at BANKING TURMOIL: Some Iranians had been cashing in allegedly laundered USD 4.9 billion to India, the Express Tribune the Korean demilitarized zone or in Mongolia, but ultimately their savings even before Trump's announcement he would pull reported. According to the media report, this incident is settled on the city-state of Singapore as the location. out from the international deal with Iran, straining a banking mentioned in the World Bank's Migration and Remittance Book Meanwhile, Kim Jong-un has said that the meeting with system weighed down by bad loans and years of isolation. 2016, the release said. However, details of the media report in Trump will be positive towards easing tensions on the Korean An official with Iran's biggest state-owned Melli Bank told question have not been mentioned in the brief statement issued Peninsula, Pyongyang state media reported on Thursday, May Reuters savings had declined by an unspecified amount, in Urdu, Geo TV reported. The statement claims that the amount 10. Kim made the remark to visiting US Secretary of State although he said this was a temporary phenomenon and that was laundered to the Indian Finance Ministry after which Mike Pompeo on Wednesday, May 9 the state-run Korean they would recover once the uncertainty over Trump's decision Indian foreign exchange reserves witnessed an increase and Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. passed. "When there is political uncertainty, its psychological Pakistan suffered as a result. Sharif is facing three corruption During the meeting with Pompeo, Kim described the impact on people causes a drop in savings. But it will pass after cases at the accountability court following the Supreme Court's planned summit as "historic" and "the excellent first step Trump's deadline," the official said before the announcement, verdict in the Panama Papers case. An NAB inquiry is also towards promotion of the positive situation development in declining to be named. A senior Iranian central bank official under way against him for alleged illegal expansion of a road the Korean peninsula and building of a good future". said conditions within the banking system had deteriorated in leading to his estate in Lahore's Jati Umra locality. This was Pompeo's second visit to the Asian country after the past year, and "we have still not passed the danger zone" but Once formulated, this will be the fifth case against the ousted his secret trip over Easter, when he also met with Kim, to added that the central bank had "all the measures ready to premier by the NAB. Earlier today, the accountability court finalize preparations for the summit, reports Efe news. prevent any crisis". sought more time from the top court to end the trial on "At the meeting, an in-depth discussion was made on the EU WILL STAND BY IRAN: Europe will stand by the references filed by the NAB against members of the Sharif practical matters for holding the North Korea-US summit and international nuclear accord with Iran, EU Foreign Policy chief family. Accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir, who its procedure and ways. Kim Jong-un reached a satisfactory Federica Mogherini said in a live press statement in Rome on presides over the hearings, has written a letter to the top court consensus on the issues discussed with the US state secretary," Tuesday. "The EU is determined to preserve it," she said. "We requesting for a second extension in the trial. Earlier in March, Yonhap News Agency quoted KCNA as saying. expect the rest of the international community to continue to the Supreme Court had granted a two-month extension to the This is the first time that the North Korean leader officially preserve it, for the sake of collective security." "The nuclear accountability court to wrap the proceedings. However, as the spoke of the meeting with Trump, which has been scheduled accord belongs to the whole of the international community," two-month deadline expires, the case is nowhere near its end, for the end of May or the beginning of June and will be the Mogherini added. "To the Iranian people I say: do not let anyone with the Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investments still first meeting in history between the heads of government of dismantle this deal, one of the greatest achievements of the untouched, the country's top anti-graft body is running out of the two countries. KCNA said Kim also "accepted an official international community." "I am particularly worried about time. The Supreme Court of Pakistan had disqualified Sharif suggestion of the US President for the release of Americans tonight's announcement of further sanctions," she said, adding last year, forcing the three-time prime minister to resign. Sharif who have been detained" and gave an order "on granting that the deal with Iran "is the culmination of 12 years of has dismissed the corruption charges as politically motivated. amnesty to them for their repatriation". The three Americans- diplomacy." The political future of Sharif, who leads the country's most -Kim Dong-chul, 64, Kim Sang-duk, 58, and Kim Hak-song, MOST AMERICANS REJECT MOVE: Less than one in powerful political family and his party, has been hanging in the around 60--who had been held prisoners in North Korea, were three Americans agrees with President Donald Trump's balance since then. If convicted, he can be jailed. World Bank all born in South Korea but later acquired the US citizenship. decision to pull the US out of an agreement to limit Iran's denies reports Sharif laundered US$ 4.9 billion to India Pompeo also delivered Kim a "verbal message" from Trump, nuclear program, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national opinion Meanwhile, the World Bank has denied as "incorrect" the adding Kim highly appreciated that the US President had shown poll released on Tuesday, May 8. media reports in Pakistan that cited its report to allege that "deep interest in settling the issue through dialogue". The poll, conducted on May 4-8, ahead of the President's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif laundered US$ 4.9 billion Details of Trump's message were not disclosed. announcement to end the deal, found that 29 per cent of adults to India. Pakistan's top anti-corruption body, National The North's media covered Wednesday's meeting extensively. wanted to end the deal with Iran and five other world powers to Accountability Bureau, on Tuesday ordered a probe against the The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea's ease sanctions and limit Iran's nuclear program. Another 42 per embattled former prime minister and others after reports of his Workers' Party, devoted the front page to the Kim-Pompeo cent said the US should remain in the deal, and the remaining 28 involvement in the money laundering emerged in the media. meeting, with relevant photos, including those showing the two per cent said they "don't know". Even among those who are The World Bank in a statement said, "In the past day,there have shaking hands. (Source: PTI / IANS) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 TRAVEL 33 RISHIKESH: HUB OF YOGA, MEDITATION AND SPIRITUALITY

ver since the Beatles rocked up at the There are all sorts of treks available near ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Rishikhesh, which can be categorised into Ein the late '60s, Rishikesh has been a easy,moderate and hard treks. Small treks can magnet for spiritual seekers. Today it styles be done in the adjoining villages and itself as the ‘Yoga Capital of the World’, with waterfalls while longer treks can be taken in masses of ashrams and all kinds of yoga and near-by mountains. Few famous treks which meditation classes. Most of this action is can be taken near Rishikhesh are Neer Garh north of the main town, where the exquisite waterfall trek, Kunjapuri trek, Neelkanth setting on the fast-flowing Ganges, Temple Trek, and Jhilmil Gufa Trek. Longer surrounded by forested hills, is conducive to treks which serve route from Rishikhesh are meditation and mind expansion. In the Gomukh (Gaumukh) Trek, Valley of flower evening, an almost supernatural breeze blows Trek, Tungnath-Chandrasheela Trek, Deoria down the valley, setting temple bells ringing Taal Trek, Hemkund sahib trek, Kuari Pass as sadhus ('holy' men), pilgrims and tourists Trek and Roop Kund Trek. prepare for the nightly ganga aarti (river worship ceremony). You can learn to play the DEVPRAYAG sitar or tabla; try Hasya yoga (laughter In Sanskrit, prayag means 'confluence' and therapy), practise meditation or take a punt Devprayag stands for 'holy confluence'. on crystal healing. Devprayag is the confluence of two holy But Rishikesh is not all spirituality and rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi to form contorted limbs; it's now a popular white- Ganga. According to religious scriptures, water rafting centre, backpacker hang-out Devprayag is one of the five important holy and Himalayan-trekking gateway. confluences. Rivers like Bhagirathi, Alaknanda & the mythological river NEERGARH FALLS Saraswati (flowing underground) meet to Rishikhesh is the home to many lesser- from the River Ganga. River Bhagirathi known waterfalls and the beauty of these originates from Gangotri and Alaknanda hidden treasures is that one has to take a trek originates from Badrinath, both of which are of few Kilometres to reach the falls. If you considered sacred destinations for Hindus wish to spend some quality time with your across the world. Devprayag is the last prayag family and friends amidst nature-rich of River Alaknanda. Religiously, the site is environs, you can definitely plan a waterfall very sacred and holds immense significance trekking in Rishikesh. among the Hindu followers. It is believed that The trekking to Neergadh Waterfall starts 3 Lord Rama and the King Dushratha did km away from Laxman Jhula on the penance here. Badrinath Highway. It is one of the most There is an ancient temple of Raghunathji frequented waterfalls as it is easiest to access. built above the confluence with massive Visit Neergarh Waterfall just after monsoon rocks. It is believed that the temple was built season and you will witness water cascading more than ten thousand years ago. There is a thousands of feet from the mountain top. small water spring called Baitalshila, which is There are small pools along the hike where a believed to have powers to cure leprosy. hiker can sit and enjoy the serenity of falls, Devprayag is also hugely blessed with divine while soaking the tired feet. You can also natural beauty and showers tourists with its consider taking a dip into the pool of fresh serenity. The place is accessible throughout water. the year and can be visited anytime. Try Trekking through Neergarh waterfall and avoiding Devprayag during monsoons, when passing by shallow pool will give you a feel the water level rises and there are chances of and touch of what the state of Uttarakhand is roads getting blocked due to landslides. all about. The best thing about this adventure Devprayag is a small town situated in Tehri activity is that it does not require any special Garhwal district in the state of Uttarakhand, skill to trek, owning to easy path and can be located on the Rishikhesh-Badrinath highway. undertaken by people from all age group. Vendors are also available here to sell the RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK beverages, which will cost slightly higher but Rajaji National Park is known for its a cup of tea in hand will be a good idea to pristine scenic beauty and rich bio-diversity. enjoy the surreal beauty of the place. A paradise for nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts, Rajaji National Park or Chilla NEELKANTH TEMPLE Park is just 25 km away from Rishikhesh. A Neelkanth temple is one of the most sacred normal safari by jeep usually takes 3 to 4 places of worship for Hindus. It is situated on hours to complete the 36 km stretch of safari a hill above Swargashram and located at a range and costs around Rs. 1200-1500 per distance of 32 km from Rishikhesh. person. It is carried out twice in a day; at 7 am Neelkanth temple is considered to be an apt in the morning and around 2 pm in the example of complete natural hill heaven that afternoon. Rajaji National Park is home to lies adjacent to mountain ranges of Nar- Asian elephants, deers, birds, tigers (only Narayan. Owing to its raw beauty & religious few), and antelopes such as the Nilgai, significance, both the devotees and nature langoors etc. This park is the first staging lovers visit the place round the year. The way ground for the migratory birds when they cross to the temple is quite exhilarating. There are Himalayas to enter India. The Himalayan pied steep & narrow roads taking above the hill, kingfisher, fire tailed sunbird & great pied which will add the extra spice of adventure hornbill can be spotted here. The safari in the amidst the beauty. There is river flowing on Himalayas. For adventure enthusiasts, it is a Rishikhesh offers a host of scenic locales for park is organised throughout the year, adding one side and mountain terrain is on the other much sought after option to escape the daily trekkers. its touch of special essence every season. Don't side. Road is very curvy and narrow with mundane life to find themselves in the lap of It gives the trekker a chance to witness the miss out on an early morning drive along the steep slopes. nature. Walking through verdant landscape, outstanding scenery of flowery green river stream which connects to Power House in lush greenery and waterfall, and breathing in meadows, dense forests, fascinating local Chilla. In addition there are many hotels and TREKKING fresh air really prove to be a refreshing communities and astounding landscape of the tourist complexes available around Rajaji Trekking is all about reconnecting yourself experience. Located in the lap of the Shivalik eastern part of the Garhwal Himalayan National Park at Haridwar and Rishikhesh, with nature and exploring the wonders of the Himalayas, the picturesque town of ranges. which makes it even more convenient to visit THE INDIAN PANORAMA 34 SPORTS FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018

Mumbai’s upward march Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Delhi continues, Knights stalled KOLKATA (TIP): Mumbai Indians produced a brilliant bowling and fielding performance after Ishan Kishan's batting pyrotechnics as the Daredevils, secure play-off spot defending champions thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders by 102 runs to stay in the hunt for a NEW DELHI (TIP): Shikhar playoffs berth in the Indian Premier League Dhawan and Kane Williamson here on Wednesday. shared an unbeaten 176-run stand Sent in to bat at the Eden Gardens, Mumbai to overshadow a breathtaking scored an imposing 210/6, riding on 19-year-old hundred by Rishbah Pant as Kishan's 21-ball 62, studded with five fours and Sunrisers Hyderabad sailed into six sixes, and then bowled KKR out for 108 in the Indian Premier League 18.1 overs. playoffs with a commanding Brothers Krunal and Hardik Pandya nine-wicket victory over Delhi returned with figures of 2/12 and 2/16, Daredevils. respectively, while all the other five MI bowlers Delhi’s total of 187/5 was a took a wicket each as they excelled as a bowling challenging target but Dhawan unit. (92*) and captain Williamson Chasing an imposing target of 211, KKR (83*) ensured Sunrisers suffered a batting collapse. Chris Lynn and sauntered home in 18.5 overs. Nitish Rana top-scored with 21 each while all Sunrisers’ brilliant performance the other KKR batsmen came a cropper. Their came after Pant’s maiden IPL highest partnership was 31 between Lynn and hundred, an epic 128 not out off Uthappa (14) for the second wicket. 63 balls which was not enough to KKR made a disastrous start to their run arrest his team’s slide. chase as Sunil Narine (4) was out on the second With just six points from 11 ball, top-edging a Mitchell McClenaghan short games, Delhi are now certain to delivery to Krunal Pandya. Lynn and Uthappa make another early exit from the were going strong but a horrible mix-up in the tournament. Sunrisers, who lead fourth over led to Lynn being run out as the the table with 18 points from 11 home side were reduced to 32/2. The two games, showed that they could wickets meant KKR were lagging behind in the not just defend small totals but powerplay overs as they could score just 47 also chase down stiff targets. Rishbah Pant plays a reverse sweep against Delhi Daredevils. from the first six overs. Dhawan, due for a big score, Earlier, Kishan smashed a 17-ball half- rose to the occasion with a fifty-plus score of the unstoppable as he toyed with special knock comprising 15 century as MI overcame a slow start to post sublime innings that was laced competition. arguably the best bowling attack fours and seven sixes made up for 210/6. Ishan tore apart KKR’s bowling, with nine boundaries and four Earlier, Pant helped Daredevils in the competition, single- his involvement in run-outs of hammering Kuldeep Yadav for four consecutive sixes. Williamson was not far overcome a poor start to reach an handedly giving a fighting captain Shreyas Iyer and Harshal sixes, en route to his 62 (5x4, 6x6). behind as he breezed to his sixth imposing total. Pant was chance to a struggling Delhi. His Patel (24). Source: PTI Source: PTI Rahane to lead India India should play day-night against Afghanistan in Test, it’s the future: Ganguly KOLKATA (TIP): The Indian cricket board may have refused to play a day-night Test in Kohli’s absence Australia later this year, but former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels the pink-ball BENGALURU (TIP): Virat Kohli’s much- contest is the future and the country will have hyped county stint paved the way for Karun to embrace it someday. “Day-night Test is the Nair’s comeback even as senior batsman way forward. Every country has to play day- Rohit Sharma was dropped from the 15-strong night Tests. India have reservations but that’s Indian squad announced here on May 8 for the the long term future for Test cricket,” said historic one-off Test against Afghanistan next Ganguly. month. India are one of the only two current Test- Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will lead the playing nations to have avoided playing pink- team in Kohli’s absence, the selection ball cricket at international level, Bangladesh committee, led by MSK Prasad, announced being the other one. after a meeting in which multiple squads were Even as Ganguly sounded critical of India’s picked. Rahane, however, has been dropped decision to avoid playing day-night Test, the from the ODI squad for England tour. He was former left-handed batsman said the Indian part of India’s 50-over squad during the South team had the potential to win pink-ball Test Africa tour. matches. “They are a good side, they will win Ambati Rayudu and KL Rahul were notable day-night matches also. It’s just a different under lights.” comebacks in the ODI squad for the England ball, I don’t think there’s any other difference. Ganguly also backed Kohli’s decision to tour, while young speedster Siddarth Kaul And they have such class players, they can skip the historic Test against Afghanistan. “I was rewarded with the ODI and T20 berths win,” he said. On Wednesday, former think since the side is Afghanistan, he has against Ireland and England for his consistent Australian skipper Michael Clarke had said chosen to play county cricket. If it had been IPL performance. that India refused to play a day-night Test in any other team, he would have not gone. It just Nair, only the second Indian to score a Australia because they felt they had a better shows how important the England tour is for triple-century, is making a comeback after 14 chance against Australia with the traditional him,” said Ganguly. months. The 26-year-old Nair scored 612 runs red ball. “Remember India have never beaten Ganguly said India were good enough to for Karnataka in the last Ranji Trophy with are scheduled for June 27 and 29. Surrey’s Australia in Australia. This is their chance beat Afghanistan without Kohli. “India will three hundreds. Nair has played six Test county game against Yorkshire at and that’s exactly what Kohli, Ravi Shastri beat Afghanistan without Virat. And matches, scoring 374 runs, but after his 303 Scarborough is scheduled from June 25-28. and all in Indian cricket would be thinking,” hopefully they can do well in England also.” against England at Chennai, his sequence of “Except Virat, all Test specialists are Clarke had said. The former India captain expressed scores read 26, 0, 23 and 5. playing. He is going for a cause as he wants to The Australian reasoned that the wickets surprise at the exclusion of Ajinkya Rahane Kohli has been named captain for the two- come well prepared for the England Test are flatter and spin-oriented during the day, from the ODI squad for the England tour. “I match T20 series against Ireland. series. He is very keen to do well in English while at night there’s little spin and a bit more am surprised Rahane is not in the team. He Interestingly,Surrey had officially announced conditions. It is a great opportunity for us to movement with moisture around. “They should have been in the team. He has been that Kohli would be available for the entire win the series,” chief selector Prasad said at a prefer to take their chances during the day. I moved around too much, he is a quality month of June, but the two T20 Internationals media conference. Source: PTI can understand why they do not want to play player,” Ganguly said. 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