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NEARBY Economics Nobel for Abhijit, two others If the media keeps They were awarded “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty” quiet, terrorism
T.C.A. Sharad Raghavan NEW DELHI Contemporaries will end: Doval The Royal Swedish Academy 13 dead in cooking gas of Sciences has decided to recall JNU days cylinder blast in U.P. award the 2019 Sveriges Riks Kallol Bhattacherjee ‘The judiciary treats terror cases MAU (U.P.) bank Prize in Economic New Delhi on a par with ordinary crimes’ At least 13 people died and 15 Sciences in Memory of The Jawaharlal Nehru Un were injured in an explosion Alfred Nobel, popularly iversity community rejoiced Special Correspondent caused by a leak in a cooking New Delhi gas cylinder at a house here called the Nobel Prize in Eco on Monday as Professor Ab on Monday. The building in nomics, to Abhijit Banerjee, hijit Banerjee of MIT was de National Security Adviser Walidpur collapsed while two Esther Dufl o, and Michael clared joint winner of the No Ajit Doval said on Monday adjoining houses were Kremer “for their experi bel Prize in economics. that the “approach of the extensively damaged. The mental approach to alleviat Teachers recollected his judiciary to treat terror explosion occurred around ing global poverty”. campus presence and acti crimes on a par with ordin 7 a.m., said the police. While Dr. Banerjee and Dr. vism during the last prime ary crimes” was one of the
NORTH Ī PAGE 5 Dufl o are both affi liated with ministerial tenure of Indira major challenges. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD the Massachusetts Institute Gandhi in the early 1980s Quoting the former Brit of Technology, Dr. Kremer is when JNU was rocked by stu ish Prime Minister, Margaret Skills university to with Harvard University. The dents’ protests. Thatcher, on the need for a come up in Delhi three will equally share the “He was extremely well change in the media policy, NEW DELHI prize money of 9 million read by the time he came to he said: “If a terrorist takes Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Swedish krona (about JNU and had interest in many action and the media is on Monday announced that $916,798/₹ 6.53 crore). other disciplines,” said Pro quiet about it, terrorism will the Delhi Cabinet has cleared “The research conducted fessor Janaki Nair. who was a end.” a proposal to start a Delhi by this year’s laureates has campus friend of the Nobel He was speaking at the in Skills and Entrepreneurial considerably improved our laureate during 198183. augural session of the Na come and depose... It is dif University. The concept of ability to fi ght global pover tional Conference of Chiefs fi cult for any ordinary citi the university, he said, came ty,” the Royal Swedish Acade DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 3 of AntiTerror Squads/Spe zen to come to a court of law up as the Delhi government my of Sciences said in a re cial Task Forces, organised and depose against dreaded found that students come out lease. “In just two decades, by the National Investiga Jaish or LashkareTaiba ter of the formal education their new experimentbased They then showed that viate it,” said the technical investments,” the paper ad tries, there is often a stark tion Agency (NIA). rorists... I want to compli system with a BA, B.Sc. or MA approach has transformed these smaller questions paper, accompanying the an ded. “On credit, growing evi diff erence between the tech Union Home Minister ment the NIA on withstand degree and do not fi nd jobs. development economics, could be best answered nouncement. “For example, dence indicates that microfi nology and practices used by Amit Shah was scheduled to ing these challenges.” CITY Ī PAGE 2 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD which is now a fl ourishing through carefully designed on schooling, strong evi nance programmes do not companies in the same eco speak at the session, but He also pitched for a fi eld of research.” experiments among the peo dence now shows that the have the development ef nomy and sector. That is, in opted out due to “unavoida strong perception manage ple who are the most aff ect employment of contract fects that many had thought developing economies, some ble reasons”. ment in fi ghting terrorism. Contempt case against Reliable answers ed. This thought process has teachers is generally a cost [they would have] when companies use the latest Explaining the challenges “The media is a very impor Gurumurthy dropped The laureates have, since the resulted in what are called eff ective way to improve stu these programmes were in technology and practices, in investigating terror cases, tant organ to fi ght terro NEW DELHI mid1990s, sought to intro randomised control trials, dent learning, while the im troduced on a large scale.” while others use outdated Mr. Doval said, “The ap rism. Why do terrorists kill? The Delhi High Court on duce a new approach to ob previously used in the pure pact of reduced class size is Dr. Banerjee and Dr. Du production methods. proach of the judiciary is to As Margaret Thatcher said if Monday closed the contempt of court proceedings against taining reliable answers sciences and in clinical drug mixed, at best.” fl o, who are married to each treat terrorism cases on a a terrorist takes action and CONTINUED ON Swaminathan Gurumurthy, about the most eff ective trials, to be deployed in the “On health, poor people’s other, have had a long histo Ī PAGE 12 par with ordinary crimes; the media is quiet about it, LEADERS RECALL NOBEL editor of weekly magazine ways to combat global pover social sciences. investment in preventive ry of conducting research to they apply the same bench terrorism will end. They do COUPLE’S INDIA WORK Thuglak, for retweeting an ty. Rather than focussing on “As a result, we now have care has been shown to be gether, often collaborating Ī PAGE 13 mark and standards... build it for publicity, because then article against a sitting Delhi bigpicture questions, they a large number of concrete very sensitive to the prices of with Dr. Kremer as well. INDIAN ECONOMY ON SHAKY ing up the cases... Where do only you can terrorise peo High Court judge. divided the issue into small results on specifi c mechan health products or services, One of the major fi ndings GROUND: ABHIJIT Ī PAGE 15 you get the eyewitnesses in ple.” ECONOMICS OF POVERTY NATION Ī PAGE 9 er, more manageable and isms behind poverty and giving a strong argument for of Dr. Banerjee and Dr. Dufl o terror cases? Very few ... DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD measurable questions. specifi c interventions to alle generous subsidies to such was that in developing coun Ī EDITORIAL and secondly, who will dare CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Restored mobile lines recharge residents of Kashmir ‘FASTags will work as Prosecute LeT operatives, 40 lakh postpaid lines back after 72 days Aadhaar to track vehicles’ U.S. tells Pak. Peerzada Ashiq would die and my son might Gadkari appeals to States to adopt tech Srinagar not come to know about it. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Hundreds of Kashmiris were Who would have performed special correspondent Washington able to reconnect with rela my last rites?” Ms. Mukhta, NEW DELHI Pakistan must prevent mili tives living outside the State in her 70s, said. Union Minister Nitin Gadka tant groups from operating on Monday, as mobile servic ri on Monday called FAS on its soil and prosecute es were restored for 40 lakh Surgery postponed Tags — a device to make au top LashkareTaiba opera postpaid numbers. The Khaliq Rashid, 62, a resident tomatic payments at toll tives along with its leader moves come after 72 days of of the old city, had post booths — the equivalent of Hafi z Saeed, the U.S. has communication blackout. poned his heart surgery for Aadhaar for vehicles, which said, ahead of the Financial For Khursheed Joo, a car the lack of communication in will allow the government to Action Task Force’s crucial penter from Srinagar’s Bagh the Valley. “We postponed track their movement Nitin Gadkari decision on whether or not wanpora, walking several ki the surgery because it would across the country. to blacklist the country. lometres to the Deputy have been impossible to get The government has al ways. Users of the State Alice Wells, head of the Commissioner’s offi ce to get in touch with the family back ready announced that FAS Highways, too, could avoid State Department’s Bureau in touch with his son work home in case of any even Tags will be mandatory for long queues and benefi t of South and Central Asian ing in Qatar had become rou tuality or help,” his relatives all vehicles on all National from seamless travel, he Aff airs, also welcomed the tine. said. Highways from December 1. said. “Cameras at toll booths arrest on Thursday of the However, on Monday, Mr. For students, who are due On Monday, speaking at will take photos of passen top four leaders of the Joo’s wife Mukhta Begum to sit for annual examina the One NationOne FASTag gers in a vehicle, which will LashkareTaiba/Jamaatud was able to talk to her son af tions later this month in the conference, the Minister ap be useful for the Ministry of Dawah (LeT/JuD) on ter more than two months. Valley, the move has come as pealed to all the States to Home Aff airs as there will be charges of terror fi nancing. “It was a painful period. I a major relief. “We can get in adopt the technology so that a record of a vehicle’s move They had been identifi ed am ageing. My son would call touch with friends and share the entire system could ment,” Mr. Gadkari said, ad as Professor Zafar Iqbal, me twice a day. It was my li notes,” said Ryan Ahmad, a come under the National ding that it was an equiva Yahya Aziz, Muhammad feline, and then it suddenly Class 10 student. Electronic Toll Collection lent of Aadhaar. Ashraf and Abdul Salam. stopped [on August 4]. There programme of the Ministry CONTINUED ON Ī At ease again: A street vendor busy on his mobile phone in Srinagar on Monday. * NISSAR AHMAD were days I cried. I felt I CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 of Road Transport and High CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 PAGE 12 Full court reference for Higher food Sourav Ganguly all set to be elected BCCI president prices push Jaitley, Sushma today up infl ation Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah will be the cricket governing body’s secretary Legal Correspondent would be the Attorney Gen Special Correspondent posts. Ganguly will be offi years. He has been a CAB of NEW DELHI eral of India, other top law of Special Correspondent Mumbai cially declared BCCI presi fi cebearer for more than fi ve A full court reference will be fi cers, lawyers, friends and New Delhi Former India captain Sourav dent at its AGM here on Oc years. held on Tuesday for former family of the departed souls. Retail infl ation accelerated Ganguly is all set to become tober 23. The other key members of Union Ministers Arun Jaitley Swaraj and Jaitley died this for the second consecutive only the second internation Ganguly did not give up the BCCI’s governing body, and Sushma Swaraj, who year a few months ago. month, touching a 14month al cricketer to be elected pre hope after Brijesh Patel called the Apex Council, will were both Supreme Court la Swaraj, as a Supreme high of 3.99% in September. sident of the Board of Con emerged the clear favourite be Jay Shah, son of Union wyers before they turned to Court lawyer, was part of the The rates were driven up lar trol for Cricket in India during informal parleys Home Minister and BJP pre politics. A full court refe legal defence team of George gely by quickening food (BCCI). Batting legend Sunil among BCCI full members sident Amit Shah, and Arun rence is held for departed se Fernandes during the Emer prices, offi cial data released Gavaskar and off spinner on Sunday. Singh Dhumal, brother of nior lawyers and judges of gency period in 1975. She on Monday showed. Shivlal Yadav too were BCCI Fifteen years of interna Anurag Thakur, Minister of the apex court as a mark of served as the Union Minister Growth in the Consumer presidents for the conduct of tional cricket (19922007) State for Finance and Corpo respect and remembrance of External Aff airs in the fi rst Price Index quickened in IPL and nonIPL activities in thrust him into the limelight; rate Aff airs. Shah will be for their service and contri Narendra Modi government. September from 3.28% in 2014, but they took charge later, he connected with his come the secretary and Dhu bution to the court and the Jaitley was the Additional the previous month. Infl a following Supreme Court fans as an IPL player and as a mal the treasurer, posts that legal profession. Solicitor General of India in tion in the food group accel orders. New innings: Sourav Ganguly, N. Srinivasan, Rajeev Shukla and media personality. will make them members of
The reference would have 1990. He led the Bofors scan erated to 4.7% in September The Maharaja of Vizianag Jay Shah, right, at the BCCI offi ce. * PRASHANT NAKWE His tenure may end after the IPL Governing Council. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dal probe as ASG. He was the — the highest since Decem aram, Lt. Col. Pusapati Vijay 10 months as he will run into and all the judges of the apex Union Law Minister in the ber 2017 — up from 2.96% in Ananda Gajapathi Raju, was perience in administration Cricket Centre here on Mon the Lodha Committee’s re ENTERING BENGAL POLITICS court assemble in the cour Atal Bihari Vajpayee govern August. But housing saw in the fi rst cricketer to be elect and is the president of the day. When the nominations commended compulsory THROUGH BCCI? Ī PAGE 6 troom of the Chief Justice of ment and handled portfolios fl ation slowing to 4.75% in ed to the post in 1954. Cricket Association of Bengal closed at 3 p.m., there was cooling off period after being A FRESH CHALLENGE Ī PAGE 18 India at 10.30 a.m. In atten from Defence to Finance in September from 4.84% in The 47yearold Ganguly, (CAB), fi led his nomination no other applicant; the same an offi cebearer for two con A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS dance in the open court the fi rst Modi government. August. who has over fi ve years’ ex for the BCCI’s top post at the was the case with fi ve other secutive terms, totalling six Ī EDITORIAL CM M ND-NDE YK