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P-5 P-8 P-11 Briefs BJP wins 16 Assembly seats Fadnavis credits allies for win, in by-polls, leading in 1 Thackeray plays hard ball Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) ing the next government with New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Five the party’s Subhash Rai pipped the the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha se- Chief Minister Devendra Fad- the support of all our allies,” months after its landslide victory in BSP’s Chhaya Verma to the post in cured the Poklok Kamrang seat. The navis on Thursday credited Fadnavis asserted. the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP on Jalalpur. In Bihar, the Rashtriya Jana- BJP secured victory from Himachal all the Bharatiya Janata Party At a separate media briefing, Thursday won 16 Assembly seats and ta Dal won the Simri-Bakhtiarpur Pradesh’s Dharamshala and Pach- allies for its victory in the Thackeray reminded the BJP was leading in one in the bypolls held and Belhar seats, the AIMIM’s Qam- had seats where it had fielded Vishal Maharashtra Assembly elec- of the pre-Lok Sabha elections in 51 Assembly constituencies across rul Hoda won in Kishanganj and the Nehria and Reena Kashyap, respec- tions even as ally Shiv Sena understanding of a 50:50 power- 17 states. The Congress, which was ruling Janata Dal-United in the Na- tively, defeating an Independent and President Uddhav Thackeray sharing formula, including shar- decimated in the general elections thnagar constituency. Independent Congress candidate. played hard ball by saying ing the post of Chief Minister. in May, bagged 11 seats in the by- Karnjeet Singh alias Vyas Singh won Independent candidate Chakat “there is no hurry to form the “There is no hurry to form elections held on October 21. in Daraundha. Aboh won from Khonsa West con- government.” the government,” Thacker- In Uttar Pradesh, where by-elec- In Gujarat, the home state of Prime stituency in Arunachal Pradesh’s de- “I am thankful to the people ay said, indicating that he tions were held for 11 Assembly Minister Narendra Modi and Home feating Independent candidate Azet of the state for reposing faith would consider all options seats, the BJP won 7, its ally Apna Dal Minister Amit Shah, 6 seats were at Homtok by a margin of 1,887 votes. in us again, and all the allies after the final results are de- got 1, and the Samajwadi Party won stake, out of which the BJP bagged The Congress secured victory in for working hard for this vic- clared. Earlier on Thursday, 3 seats. The ruling BJP won the Gan- Kheralu and Lunawada seats and three of the four seats in Punjab - tory,” said Fadnavis, taking Sena MP Sanjay Raut had goh, Iglas, Lucknow Cantt, Govind was leading in Amraiwadi while the Phagwara, Mukerian and Jalalabad care to downplay his party’s raised the similar demand of Jacqueline Fernandez’s will soon be seen Nagar, Manikpur, Balha and Ghosi. Congress won the remaining 3 - Tha- - defeating two BJP and a Shiromani prominence. 50:50 power-sharing ratio as in action thriller Drive The candidate of its ally Apna Dal rad, Bayad and Radhanpur, where its Akali Dal candidates, respectively. Though the BJP’s tally has was decided with the top BJP Rajasthan bypolls: Cong wins won from Pratapgarh. candidate Raghubhai Merajbhai De- However, the party faced defeat in fallen this time, there is no leadership. “There will be no Samajwadi Party’s Tazeen Fatma, sai defeated Alpesh Thakor, who left the Dakha seat to the Akali Dal. substantial increase in the change in the situation. Even Mandava, RLP bags Khinvsar a Rajya Sabha member and wife of the Congress to join the BJP. In Rajasthan, Congress’s Rita strength of the opposition the post of Chief Minister has Jaipur, Oct 24 (IANS) Congress’ Rita senior party leader and Lok Sabha In Assam, the BJP won the Ra- Choudhary defeated BJP’s Sushila parties, Fadnavis said, add- already been decided with Chaudhary on Thursday registered a huge member Azam Khan, won from the tabari, Rangapara and Sonari seats Singra from Mandawa seat but the ing that peoples’ expectations the Sena leaders. There will victory in the Mandava bypoll trouncing Rampur seat, defeating BJP’s Bharat in Assam while the All India United party faced defeat from the Rashtriya may have increased. be a ‘Maha-Yuti’ government her BJP rival Sushila Seegda by a margin of Bhushan. Samajwadi Party’s Gaurav Demoratic Front won the Jania seat. Loktantrik Party in Khinwsar seat “We accept the verdict of soon,” Fadnavis said, dismiss- 33,704 votes, Election Commission officials Kumar secured victory in Zaidpur The BJP won Martamrumtek (BL) where Narayan Beniwal defeated its the people. There is little ing speculation that the Sena said here. seat, defeating BJP’s Ambrish, and and Gangtok (BL) in Sikkim while Harendra Midha. doubt that we would be form- might explore options. On the other hand, BJP alliance RLP’s Narayan Beniwal won the Khinvsar seat against his Congress rival Hirendra Mirdha. BJP to stake claim to form Speaking to media, Rita Chaudhary said, “The warm blessings, love and regard of government in Haryana people of Mandava helped me register Chandigarh, Oct 24 (IANS) Janata Party (JJP), which broke win here,” adding that workers’ hard work The ruling BJP in Haryana, away from the state’s once helped in attaining this huge victory. which failed to cross the half- major regional party Indian She also gave credit for her victory to Chief way mark in the 90-member National Lok Dal (INLD) ow- Minister Ashok Gehlot. Assembly, will present its case ing to family disputes, won 10 to form the government late seats. “The way these trends BJP’s Art 370 pitch fails to excite Thursday evening, it is learnt. are showing, it is clear people voters in Hry, Maha Chief Minister Manohar Lal voted for change,” Mr Chau- Khattar will be meeting Gov- tala told NDTV, adding, “The New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The loud nation- ernor Satyadev Narayan Arya keys to the next government alistic pitch which resulted in a landslide for here to stake claim to form the will be in the hands of the JJP.” the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha elections has government. Dushyant Chautala was, not been as effective in the Assembly elec- The BJP won 40 seats, but however, noncommittal on tions of Haryana and Maharashtra. all its state ministers lost, bar- whether his party would sup- Although it is still early days, but it will also ring two, including Anil Vij port the BJP or the Congress PM Narendra Modi being welcomed by Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari and BJP National Working Presi- raise questions on having the concept of a dent J.P. Nadda, as he arrives to address BJP cadres during victory celebrations at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi on Oct 24, 2019. and state party chief Subhash in forming a government in working President in J.P. Nadda, as these were Barala. However, the rival Con- case of a hung Assembly. Nine the first elections fought on his watch. Amit gress won 31 seats, while less others, comprising indepen- Shah, as BJP President, has seen the emer- Sonia Gandhi makes mark, old nia Gandhi, who took over as than 12-month-old Jannayak dents, have also won. gence of one of the most powerful political and interim Congress president election machinery ever seen in the country. in August this year, did not While Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guard to the forefront campaign at all and her only Goa CM must revisit RSS shakha, Home Minister Amit Shah made repeated New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) paigned for two days in the with good news. Though rally scheduled for Maha- and boisterous references to abrogation of Punjab Chief Minister Amarind- BJP ruled state. Congress Congress could not form rashtra was also cancelled. re-learn value of mother: Opp Article 370 in J&K and cross-border Balakot er Singh has hailed the results of General Secretary Priyanka the government, the results Rahul addressed rallies strikes during election campaigning, the elec- the Haryana and Maharashtra Gandhi Vadra, who is in are encouraging,” said K. C. in Nuh and Mahendragarh Panaji, Oct 24 (IANS) The environment clearance in tion results where the BJP has not been able to assembly polls and bypolls in Rae Bareli, said, “I am re- Venugopal, General Secre- in Haryana and Congress Goa opposition on Thursday the National Green Tribunal, repeat its previous performance shows clear- Punjab saying “We really won ally happy for both the tary of the Congress. When won both the seats. The raised the pitch against Chief saying Mhadei “is more than ly that fatigue may be setting in on such issues the show, with a little more ef- states. We are also happy Rahul decided to quit as the supporters of the former Minister Pramod Sawant a (a) mother to us”. and economic and agrarian issues raised by fort, we would have won”. about the fact that here in party president after the Lok Congress president say if day after the Ministry of Envi- However, former deputy the Opposition may be getting more traction The party did not cam- UP our vote percentage has Sabha election verdict, the Rahul had campaigned ronment and Forests (MoEF) chief minister and Goa For- with the electorate. paign much in Haryana. increased.” “Sonia Gandhi party was hard put to find a more, the Congress would granted an environment ward Party President Vijai Faced with a clear loss of face in Haryana, Only Rahul Gandhi cam- taking centrestage has come replacement. However, So- have won more seats. clearance to the controversial Sardesai reuked Sawant say- the BJP has managed to get around 40 seats Kalasa-Banduri water diver- ing: “He has said Mhadei is compared to a much higher tally of 47 in the sion project over the Mhadei more than the mother. In our previous term. river in Karnataka. Mhadei, puranas, it is said that mother Punjab bypolls: Congress or Mandovi, originates in Kar- is everything. In our spiritual- BSE 39,058.83 nataka and meets the Arabian ity, there is nothing above the Sensex Sea in Panaji in Goa, while mother. “But the CM says it NSE 11,604.10 wins 3 seats, SAD bags 1 briefly flowing through Ma- (Mhadei issue) is bigger than Chandigarh, Oct 24 is considered an Akali bas- margin of 26,116 votes. following the demise of harashtra. The river is known the mother. What is this? What Forex Rates (IANS) In the bypolls held tion, Congress candidate The Jalalabad seat was sitting Congress MLA Ra- as the lifeline of northern Goa, is Vande Mataram about? I feel in Punjab on October 21, Raminder Awla defeated vacated by SAD President jnish Babbi. reason why the state is oppos- the CM needs to go back to the Indian Rupees the ruling Congress on SAD nominee Raj Singh Sukhbir Badal, while the Chief Minister Ama- ing the Kalasa-Banduri water RSS shakha again.” Thursday won three seats Dibipura by a margin of Dakha seat was vacated rinder Singh hailed the diversion project. The Tribunal hearing the US Dollar 71.05 -- Jalalabad, Mukerian 16,663 votes. by the Aam Aadmi Par- Congress victories, partic- After the announcement over two-decade old dispute and Phagwara -- while the Congress’ Indu Bala ty’s H.S. Phoolka. ularly in Sukhbir Badal’s of environment clearance by between Goa, Karnataka and British Pound 88.11 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won from Mukerian by de- BJP’s Som Parkash va- self-proclaimed strong- Union Minister for Environ- Maharashtra over Mhadei emerged victorious in Da- feating BJP nominee Jangi cated the Phagwara seat, hold of Jalalabad, saying ment and Forests Prakash Ja- river water sharing had, in Euro 78.08 kha. In Dakha, Congress Lal Mahajan by a margin while Mukerian went to it was a total rejection of vdekar on Wednesday, Sawa- its award in August 2018, al- candidate Sandeep Sand- of 3,440 votes. the polls following the de- the negative agenda of the nt first said he was not aware lotted 13.42 thousand million Qatar Riyal 19.51 hu, a confidant of Chief In Phagwara, Con- mise of sitting Congress Akalis, who continued to of the development, but later cubic feet (TMC) from the Minister Amarinder Singh, gress nominee Balwind- MLA Rajnish Babbi. BJP’s indulge in petty politick- insisted that as Chief Min- Mhadei river basin (includ- Saudi Riyal 18.94 lost to Akali Dal’s Man- er Singh Dhaliwal won Som Parkash vacated ing in the wild hope of re- ister he would not led down ing 3.9 TMC for diversion UAE Dirham preet Singh Ayali by 14,672 over BJP nominee Rajesh the Phagwara seat, while gaining the confidence of the interest of the state. He into the depleted Malaprab- 19.34 votes. In Jalalabad, which Bagha by a comfortable Mukerian went to the polls the people. threatened to challenge the ha river basin) to Karnataka. Indian Horizon 2 City Friday, October 25, 2019 New Karnataka Speaker to India improves its global 'Ease make fresh call on rebel MLAs of Doing Business' ranking New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) India's overall competitiveness." to insolvency, taxation and other New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Solici- of the apex court orders, and illegal untary and genuine, and if not, he flagship programme 'Make in In- "The government turned to the areas. "India has jumped from tor General Tushar Mehta, here on and unconstitutional. Stressing that will not accept such resignations. dia' and other economic reforms Doing Business indicators to show 77th to 63rd rank in the Ease of Thursday, told the Supreme Court defection is the biggest evil in elec- Appearing for disqualified MLAs, have been credited to have im- investors India's commitment to Doing Business Rankings released that new Karnataka Speaker Vish- tions, Dhavan said could the Speaker senior advocate V. Giri told the proved the country's global rank- reform and to demonstrate tan- just now by the World Bank," weshwar Hegde Kageri had no diffi- ignore material before him, which Bench the order passed by then ing in the 'Ease of Doing Business' gible progress. In 2015, the govern- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal culty in hearing aggrieved MLAs and made it obvious that something was Speaker couldn't be interfered index of the World Bank to 63rd ment's goal was to join the 50 top tweeted. "Congratulations to PM taking a fresh call. "We have no dif- wrong with the resignations. Rajeev with on procedural irregularities position. Accordingly, the annual economies on the ease of doing @NarendraModiji for the path ficulty in hearing them all (disquali- Dhavan also raised issue related to but it could be interfered with on index report -- Doing Business business ranking by 2020." breaking improvements in India's fied MLAs) and take a fresh call," absence of disqualified MLAs from the ground of violation of natural 2020 -- released by the World Bank As per the report, the administra- business environment for nation's Mehta told a Bench of Justices N.V. party meetings and their presence justice. Senior Advocate Giri also showed India as being amongst tion's reform efforts targeted "all of prosperity and job creation," he Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna in hotels hobnobbing with BJP lead- questioned the hurry to decide the the top 10 improvers, stating that the areas measured by Doing Busi- said. Commenting on the jump by Murari. Mehta was representing the ers. Arguments will continue on disqualification petition. Appearing "Given the size of India's economy, ness, with a focus on paying taxes, India in the rankings, Deloitte India office of the Speaker. Friday. Under the scheme of Con- for Kumaraswamy, senior advocate these reform efforts are particularly trading across borders, and resolv- Chairman Shyamak Tata said: "It is The top court was hearing the plea stitution, a lawmaker had a right to Rajeev Dhavan said resignation was commendable". ing insolvency". commendable that in the last four of 17 Karnataka MLAs, challeng- resign and the Speaker should ac- a privilege granted to MLAs subject The report released on Thursday "The country has made a sub- years the ranking has improved by ing their disqualification. In July, cept that, Mehta submitted. "Under to the Speaker's call. Stressing that said: "Prime Minister Narendra stantial leap upward, raising its 79 positions. This puts India in the then Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar the scheme of the Constitution, as I defection is the biggest evil in elec- Modi's 'Make in India' campaign ease of doing business ranking rank of the most favoured invest- disqualified them, rejecting resig- have read, a legislator has the right tions, Dhavan said could the Speaker focused on attracting foreign in- from 130 in 2016 to 63 in Doing ment destinations, indicating an nations tendered by them. Those to resign. Except the contingency ignore material before him, which vestment, boosting the private sec- Business 2020." Last year, India environment that encourages for- MLAs had remained absent from the provided in Article 190(3), there is made it obvious that something was tor -- manufacturing in particular jumped 23 places to the 77th posi- eign investors to become part of House on July 23 when former Chief no room for resignation being re- wrong with the resignations. Rajeev -- and enhancing the country's tion on the back of reforms related the Indian growth story." Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy put the jected," Mehta said. Article 190(3) of Dhavan also raised issue related to confidence motion to vote. The dis- the Constitution envisages that the absence of disqualified MLAs from qualified legislators had moved the Speaker or the Chairman of the legis- party meetings and their presence in top court, challenging the Speaker's lature has to only ascertain whether hotels hobnobbing with BJP leaders. Festival sales dip 40% in retail action saying it was in gross violation the resignation of a lawmaker is vol- Arguments will continue on Friday. stores, footfall down 60% 'Blunt', 'superficial' injuries to New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) As a traders have lost every hope, the jew- last few quarters. Although the gov- consumption slowdown grips the ellery sector feels, may be 'Dhanteras' ernment off late has announced a slew economy, even festival season sales would help jewellery along with uten- of measures to enhance liquidity and (September-October) have taken a sils and kitchen equipment sales," boost demand, so far the steps have crew of Army chopper massive hit this year, with sales down Khandelwal told IANS. He also noted not born fruit. around 40 per cent compared to a that the overall sentiment in the mar- Khandelwal also puts a significant New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Medical while carrying nine crew members year-ago period. The Secretary Gen- ket is marked by "slowdown". Fur- part of the blame of decline in offline examination conducted upon all nine and passengers including Lt Gen eral of the Confederation of All India ther, as per Khandelwal, most of the retail sales on the heavy discounts on persons, including Northern Army Singh. It was force landed in a gen- Traders (CAIT) says the major reasons retailers did not even fill their inven- the online platforms. Although the of- Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, on eral area in Mandi near Poonch town for decline in sales are cash crunch of tory ahead of the festival season, as fline market is going through a lean board the Army chopper that 'force of Jammu and Kashmir. consumers and the mass shift to the done traditionally. "People have not phase despite festivals, major online landed' in Jammu and Kashmir on The aircraft was being flown by online markets on the back of "deep" increased their inventory this year for platforms claim significant rise in Thursday have revealed that injuries an Army pilot Lieutenant Colonel B. discounts. Speaking to IANS, he said the festival season. Generally, traders sales during their festival sales where- sustained by them are 'blunt' and S. Nambiar, while his co-pilot was that the footfall in the brick and mor- fill their inventory before two months, by they offer discounts and offers. 'superficial' in nature, said sources. a Naval pilot. The first respondents tar shops including malls has taken a with a hope that the sales will rise, as CAIT has been protesting against the Army sources further confirmed after the incident were local villag- hit by around 60 per cent in compari- prices then remain subdued," he said. "deep discounts" for long and has re- quoting doctors, that none of the ers in the Mandi area. As per sources, son to last year Referring to the lack of sales, he cently asked the government to check crew members have sustained frac- dent was visiting units in the Poonch they came forward to help the in- He was however, of the view that mentioned that around 70 per cent whether the online platforms violate tures or back injuries as had been in Jammu and Kashmir when the jured crew and passengers, before an sales may witness a spike on 'Dhanter- investment by retailers on inventory the norms for foreign direct invest- earlier suspected. Earlier, it was chopper developed a technical snag. emergency team was rushed to the as', October 25. "So far in comparison for Diwali has become "dead" invest- ment (FDI). Following which the gov- suspected that the chopper's co- The bruises suffered by the Army spot. The Dhruv is a twin-engine five- to last year, sales are down 40 per cent ment. Consumption slowdown in the ernment has sought replies from the pilot, on deputation from the Navy, commander are minor in nature and ton class advanced light helicopter (during the festival season). Although country has been witnessed over the major platforms. had sustained a serious back injury there is no danger to his life, said indigenously developed by the Hin- while a technician had suffered a sources. A computed tomography dustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). leg fracture. (CT) scan was also conducted upon In September, a single-engine HAL Kolkata, B'luru to be surveyed As per sources, Northern Army him to rule out any grievous injuries. Cheetah helicopter had crashed in Commander Lieutenant General The chopper, a Dhruv Advanced Bhutan while on a training sortie kill- Ranbir Singh, who escaped with 'fa- Light Helicopter belonging to the In- ing an Indian Army pilot and a Bhuta- for 'Doing Business' report cial bruises' in the force landing inci- dian Army developed technical snags nese captain on board. New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The India is a large and diverse country. corded a jump of 14 positions against World Bank will cover Kolkata and "From this coming year, the cit- its rank of 77 in 2019, and it will be Bengaluru from next year for seeking ies of Kolkata and Bengaluru would placed now at 63rd rank among 190 the final decision from UPRERA is money", said a homebuyer, Varuna inputs for its 'Ease of Doing Business' be included in the list of cities sur- countries. As per the World Bank re- Trouble mount now awaited. Several attempts were Gupta. Another investor, Anil Khadse report. It presently covers respon- veyed. So, the respondents would port, India has improved its rank in made to contact Raju Chadha, but said, "The project in which the plot dents from Delhi and Mumbai only now be drawn not only from Delhi 7 out of 10 indicators and has moved s for Raju Chadha; he proved elusive. July this year, Raju was booked in 2013 is nowhere near and inclusion of two more metros is and Mumbai but also from Kolkata closer to international best practices. Chadha received 36 per cent of assets completion. Despite reminders, the expected to reflect a better picture and Bengaluru,"she said. The Centre Significant improvements have been home buyers including Suncity, Wave One and the developer is silent and not responding. of ground realities. Finance Minister has informed the state governments registered in 'Resolving Insolvency', liquor in the demerger of the Wave The developer is deliberately avoiding Nirmala Sitharaman said that the of West Bengal and Karnataka in this 'Dealing with Construction Permits', approach UPRERA group between him and Ponty Chad- calls or reminders on plot status and is government had urged the World regard and hopes to ensure India 'Registering Property', 'Trading ha's heir, Manpreet Chadha. retaining the booked amount without Bank to include more cities for the finds its place in the first 50 coun- across Boards' and 'Paying Taxes' in- New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Dreams The separation, it seems, has left any reasons". With this development, Ease of Doing Business survey given tries in this key ranking. India has re- dicators. and hopes of over 2,000 home buyers the home buyers of Suncity stranded the Suncity project will be cut down by have been shattered as Raju Chadha- and scared for their investments with around 30 per cent affecting thousands led Suncity Hi-tech Infrastructure in thousands of customers unclear on of homebuyers adversely. Praveen Ghaziabad has failed to deliver houses builder's intention of completing and Singh, a home buyer who booked the Party satraps back in action as even after a long delay. Thousands delivering the project. "No develop- property in 2013 says, "The builder has of stressed buyers have knocked the ment is seen at the site. Since Suncity failed to property as per the agreement doors of the RERA authority for seek- has not started any development in and there is no response from their Congress hopes to march ahead ing refunds and cancellation. Sources this area, I am afraid that they do not side". The builder was given the licence said almost every customer has filed have any intention of developing the under the hi-tech township in 2004-05 New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Ig- Singh Hooda, who was sidelined by While chalking out pre-poll strat- complaints against the developer and plot and plan to dupe investors of their but no development. nored by the select coterie of Rahul Rahul for the past couple of years. egies, including the crucial by-elec- Gandhi, the old satraps of India's In Maharashtra, the party gave tions at 54 seats, Sonia Gandhi gave grand old party are finally back at more importance to its ally Sharad importance to senior leaders(and the Congress nerve centre. Among Pawar, the regional satrap consid- CMs) in decision-making, especial- them, Ahmed Patel, the man widely ered the most influential leader in ly in the selection of candidates. credited for Congress' major wins Maratha politics. Besides, several "Ms Gandhi and Ahmed bhai in 2004 and 2009 general elections, congress leaders who had a limited were courteous enough to accept al- seems to be a key player in the influence on the ground were side- most all the suggestions from Chief party's gradual revival. Patel(70), lined. The party even ignored its Ministers Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan), the National Treasurer of the Party prominent TV panelist Sanjay Niru- Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh) and along with a few other veterans, was pam who was at loggerheads with Captain Amarinder Singh (Punjab) given liberty to strategise party's key the Maharashtra party leadership. while finalising the list of candi- moves in Haryana and Maharashtra In Haryana too, Sonia Gandhi dates or while implementing other Assembly polls, under the new in- made several changes. One was re- strategies in their respective states. terim President Sonia Gandhi. moval of its state chief Ashok Tan- These veteran leaders with decades After Thursday's election results, war. Sources said to pacify Hooda, of experience are really capable of which show an improved tally for Patel had convinced Sonia Gandhi countering BJP's every move... see the Congress, a general impression to remove the state party chief Tan- Thursday's overall results..I feel one at 24 Akbar Road was that if Sonia war, once said to be close to Rahul can say the party is now on a revival Gandhi had taken the charge much Gandhi. Kumari Selja, who like mode," said a prominent Congress earlier, Haryana would have been Hooda, was also against Tanwar for leader and a sitting Lok Sabha MP. swept by the Congress and that his several whimsical decisions, was According to him, Sonia Gandhi's Maharshtra could have done much brought in as the state chief. Ahmed decision in appointing veteran better. Sources said that Ahmed Pa- Patel ensured that Selja, a former leader Subhash Chopra as President tel re-connected Sonia Gandhi with Union minister, and Hooda worked of the Delhi unit would also bring The Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh being presented a dividend cheque of Rs.231.69 crore for the the old guard, including former as a team in smoothly managing the promising results for the party in financial year 2018-19 by the CMD, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Shri M.V. Gowtama, in New Delhi Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Assembly polls. the forthcoming Assembly polls. Indian Horizon Friday, October 25, 2019 City 3 Mobile, fashion Green crackers dominate online to make Diwali pollution free

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) square metre. Ways to the festive sales Delhi Police have ensured spot should be clear and "no risk" for all asthma pa- wide to reach in any emer- New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The festive The installed base of 4G smartphone tients this Diwali as they gency and there should month of October brought a big cheer handsets will go up by 1.3 per cent to have not issued a single not be any doubt of catch- for those serving the mobile, fashion 72.9 per cent. Non-4G Smartphone in- license to any ordinary or ing fire. After giving NOCs, and consumer electronics industry as stalled base is still above 30 per cent of gunpowder firecracker the Fire department again sales in these categories saw a massive total smartphones in use. The smart- seller. All the permissions sends the applications to boost on various e-commerce plat- phone industry in India is not impacted have so far been given only the DCP office. The DCP forms. According to industry analysts, by economic slowdown and is, in fact, for 'green firecrackers'. office then reviews the ap- mobile once again ruled the roost, ca- moving towards a record festive quar- Confirming the facts to plications and sends them tering to nearly 50 per cent of all online ter this year. Apple is in for a bumper IANS, Joint Commissioner to the licensing unit after sales during the month. festive season sales and Samsung India of Delhi Police Licensing giving its consent. There- "Smartphones led all the other cat- is targeting business worth Rs 3,000 Unit Subhashish Chaud- after, the licensing unit egories in terms of wooing the users. crore by selling over 2 million smart- hary said: "In all 15 districts gives final permission to People thronged online platforms for phones online this month. of Delhi, total 97 sellers had sell the firecrackers. The new smartphones that came bundled Chinese smartphone makers like applied for license to sell all data suggests that if ev- with attractive offers," Faisal Kawoosa, OnePlus, Xiaomi , OPPO and Realme firecrackers. To the date erything goes according to Founder and Chief Analyst, techARC, are also expecting record growth on- (October 23) 57 shopkeep- norms than pollution level told IANS. Consumers delayed their line. Other than smartphones, fashion ers were issued licenses in Delhi on Diwali will be as mobile purchases for the festive sale and consumer electronics were among with a condition to sell on low as comfortable to any season, indicating the strong "value the top gainers as the demand surged eco-friendly green crack- asthma patient. Chaudhary shopping" proposition of festive days. from smaller cities and towns this year ers. These all licenses are said: "This is the first time The online festive sales on e-com- -- indicating that the consumer spend- temporary". According to the data, ri Garden, Raghuvir Nagar, No Objection Certificate to when no one is allowed to merce platforms such as Amazon In- ing has only increased in the country "These apart, 14 fire- out of 97 requests maxi- Kirti Nagar etc.). The least all who fulfil the criteria. sell gunpowder firecrack- dia and Flipkart will lead to an addi- despite slowdown fears. cracker seller in Delhi al- mum 21 permissions were number of licenses (10) Delhi Fire Service Direc- ers. All will sell the green tion of six million new 4G smartphone According to Forrester, TVs and ready have permanent li- given in the East Delhi dis- were issued in Outer Delhi tor Vipin Kental told IANS: crackers that will help to user base in the country, according to smart speakers are the categories to cense. Permanent licenses trict which includes Preet district. There is a stringent "We received 97 new ap- reduce the probability of techARC. The online festive season will watch this year, especially with Mo- are issued for a period of Vihar, Anand Vihar, Laxmi procedure to issue licenses plications for temporary pollution". Asked about the see users upgrading to 4G smartphones torola, Xiaomi, and OnePlus launching five years while temporary Nagar, Shakarpur, Pandav for firecrackers. Shopkeep- licenses. We have issued idea of selling green fire- from existing 2G and 3G devices and an new TV models to cater to customers licenses expire only in 10 to Nagar, Ganesh Nagar etc. ers send their requests to NOC to 79 applicants after works, he said: "The green estimated 10 million smartphones are looking to upgrade their current sets. 15 days. But all the license 17 licenses were given to the Station House Officer founding them perfect for fireworks are the result of to be sold during the festive season. "We expect around 20.2 million TVs holders, irrespective to the North Delhi -- Sadar Ba- of their areas. The Deputy the criteria". The Director the research conducted "We expect existing 2G and 3G smart- to be sold in India in 2019; 30 per cent nature of permission, will zar, Civil Lines, Timarpur, Commissioner of Police further said that we issue by the Petroleum and Ex- phone users to take advantage and up- to 35 per cent of these will be sold on- have to sell only green fire- Kotwali, Chandni Chowk office then gives its con- license only after physical plosive Safety Organisa- grade to the latest commercially avail- line due to pricing and products with works in Delhi. They can- etc. While 13 licenses were sent over the applications. visit to the spot. The shop tion which falls under the able technology in smartphones," said better specifications," said a latest For- not sell gunpowder crack- granted in West Delhi (Raja Thereafter, the Fire Service area should be accord- Union Petroleum Ministry. Kawoosa. rester report. ers," Chaudhary said. Garden, Tilak Nagar, Rajau- Headquarters issues the ing to the norms i.e. nine Presently. 'Indigenous platforms to increase Thousands turn India's defence exports' 'Tribals' in UP to usurp New Delhi, Oct 24 enous equipment which only been inducted into industry experts, continu- (IANS) Finding buyers for are competitive in the in- the domestic armed forces. ous order availability and indigenously-developed ternational market, both Defence Minister Rajnath robust marketing of indig- ST job quota platforms is a major chal- in terms of technology and Singh had said in Ben- enous products is crucial New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) use of reservation quota, UP tificates. I cannot predict the lenge for India in its quest price, is needed. galuru in September, after to the growth of exports. Several thousand government Scheduled Caste (SC) and exact numbers of such cases, to increase defence ex- "Marketing of defence taking a sortie on a Tejas "As on this date, defence jobs, under the reserved quota, Scheduled Tribe (ST) Commis- but it seems to run into thou- ports, experts said here on equipment is a big area LCA, that India is now in offsets by foreign original were usurped in Uttar Pradesh, sion chief, Brij Lal, has finally sands, considering the long pe- Wednesday. At present, on which India needs a position to export the equipment manufacturers in connivance with local ad- instructed the District Magis- riod of time. On Monday, I held Indian defence exports to develop. In advanced aircraft. The acid test of to the tune of USD 10 bil- ministration officials includ- trates to verify ST certificates of a meeting with top government comprise of components economies, heads of state marketing a defence prod- lion is pending. ing the District Magistrates. In three major Scheduled Tribes - officials in Gorakhpur and have that are mostly used by actively promote arms ex- uct in foreign countries These offset obligations several instances, which have Kharwar, Gond and Chero. instructed them to probe the foreign original equipment port of private industries. is passed only if our own are being fulfilled and the come to light now, candidates Speaking to IANS, Brij Lal racket," said the former IPS manufacturers for building India needs to catch up on forces begin using indig- industry is set to grow. of Other Backward Classes said that he received several officer who was also UP's for- larger platforms. this," LK Behera, research enously developed equip- However, marketing of (OBCs) converted themselves complaints wherein members mer Director General of Police In the year 2018-19, the fellow, Institute for De- ment," Dr RK Tyagi, Direc- indigenously developed into Scheduled Tribes to ex- of the OBCs falsely procured (DGP). On the role of political Indian defence exports fence Studies & Analysis tor, Indigenous Defence equipment is a huge chal- ploit the quota under ST cat- certificates to declare them- executive in the racket, Brij Lal stood at Rs 10,745 crore. (IDSA) told IANS. At pres- Equipment Exporters As- lenge. The acid test of mar- egory. The racket flourished in selves as SC or ST candidates. said that in 2004, the then Chief As per industry experts, the ent, most of the exports in sociation, told IANS. "For keting a defence product in UP during the rule of Samajwa- "Obviously the objective was Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav target of Rs 35,000 crore, the defence industries are exporting these products foreign countries is passed di Party (SP) and the Bahujan to avail the quota in different passed a government order set for the year 2024, is from the private sector. In- need to be competitive in only if our own forces be- Samaj Party (BSP), which dom- sectors and regions. At this proposing shifting of several achievable given the pace digenously developed plat- the international market," gin using indigenously de- inated politics in India's largest moment, I can't rule out the OBCs into the SC/ST category. at which the sector is grow- forms like the Tejas Light added Behera. As export- veloped equipment," Dr state in the last two decades. involvement of DMs who are The order, however, had no le- ing. However, in order to Combat Aircraft (LCA), the ers of components, India RK Tyagi, Director, Indig- Concerned with the mis- empowered to issue SC/ST cer- gal sanctity as it required. further increase the vol- Pinaka multi-barrel rocket is no doubt a part now of enous Defence Equipment ume of defence exports, launcher and the Akash the global supply chain of Exporters Association, told the development of indig- surface-to-air missile have defence industries. As per IANS. 'Nirav Modi's done incalculable harm to India's diamond elite'

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Ni- tions, their deep rooted inter- views and scores of documents he established in the ritziest of rav Modi might have flown the connections, mostly through that include corporate filings, neighbourhoods - but he'd also coop and might or might not be marital alliances, maintained public documents, client pre- done it with illegal funds", the extradited to India but has done the opacity of the sector as sentations, newspaper articles author adds. These illegal funds incalculable harm to India's compared to other trades like and highly confidential internal were drawn through Letters of diamond elite, says a new book textiles or gold. But now that a presentations and communica- Undertaking (LoUs) obtained on the man accused of defraud- fugitive has emerged from their tions. by Modi's companies from ing the state-run PNB of over Rs midst, it remains to be seen if His own interactions with the Brady House of the Punjab 14,000 crore in his attempt to their communal ties will hold Modi, Lal writes, "Revealed National Bank (PNB) in Mum- build a global luxury brand. up or if it will be every man for a most complex character - a bai for over a decade and blew "In many ways, the reasons himself," the book says. creation of multiple cultural into what Lal describes as the for what was once the success "Together, Nirav Modi and settings, the loss of a parent "perfect storm" on January 16, of the closely knit diamond elite (his uncle) Mehul Choksi may at a young age and an intense 2018 when a representative of of India have started to become have wanted to create India's drive to prove a point and make Modi's firm requested such a its biggest stumbling block," first luxury brand to go inter- a mark. If merely his backstory document. When bank officials Pavan C. Lal, an Associate Edi- national, but the manner in made him interesting and checked the system, they found tor with the Business Standard which they executed their busi- sought after, then news about no history of such transactions. newspaper, writes in the very ness and financed their work how he had siphoned away bil- An LoU can be issued only appropriately titled "Flawed" has done far more damage to lions from a state-run bank put after the entire loan amount (Hachette/pp 198/Rs 399). the jewellery industry than him right under a magnifying sought has to be matched with "Long described as a circle of can be comprehended," the glass. Not only had Modi man- collateral - which was not be- a few heavy hitters across one author writes. Painstakingly aged to do what no other Indian ing done over the years thanks The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan or two ethnic groups control- researched, the book is based jeweller had done - plant flags to the connivance of two bank lighting the lamp at the Curtain Raiser of “Global Bio-India Summit 2019”, in New Delhi on October 24, 2019. ling the business for genera- on hundreds of hours of inter- across the world through stores officials. The Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ms. Renu Swarup and other dignitaries are also seen. Indian Horizon Friday - October 25, 2019 South 4

AIADMK wrests 2 It’s even-steven for rivals CPI-M, seats in TN, Cong re- Cong in Kerala tains 1 in Puducherry Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 24 campaign, said they have rejected the (IANS) It’s even-steven for traditional politics of hate this time too. political rivals CPI-M and Congress, Leader of Opposition Ramesh which won 2 seats each in the Kerala Chennithala, who led the UDF cam- Assembly bypolls on Thursday, while paign, said the results are a proof that IUML retained its Manjeswaram seat. the voters have rejected both the Left The ruling CPI-M-led Left Demo- and the BJP. cratic Front wrested the Vatiyoorkavu “The victory at Aroor for the Con- and Konni seats from the Congress, gress comes after almost five decades. but lost stronghold Aroor for the first The BJP has been routed and we, the time in half a century. UDF, will introspect on what hap- And on expected lines, the Con- pened in Vatiyoorkavu and Konni,” gress-led United Democratic Front said Chennithala. (UDF) retained Ernakulam and its State Congress President Mulla- ally Indian Union Muslim League pally Ramachandran said the results (IUML) retained Manjesweram. clearly show there was a tacit under- Chennai/Puducherry, Oct 24 (IANS) The ruling parties In the 140-member Kerala Assem- win either. The silver lining for the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) standing between the Left and the in Tamil Nadu - AIADMK - and Puducherry - Congress - bly, the CPI-M-led LDF has 93 seats, Congress is its candidate Shanimol candidate M.C.Kamurdeen won the BJP. emerged victors in the Assembly bypolls held on October 21. the Congress-led UDF has 45 seats Usman wresting Aroor Assembly Manjeswaram Assembly constitu- “If not for that, how do you explain The AIADMK candidates won the Vikravandi and Nangu- and the BJP has 1 seats. constituency from the CPI-M after ency by 7,923 votes. the BJP candidate getting less than neri Assembly seats while Congress party won the Kamaraj The outcome is a shocker for the almost five decades. Aroor was rep- This is an improvement on IUML’s 15,000 votes as compared to the last Nagar seat in Puducherry. AIADMK’s R. Muthamilselvan won Congress as it lost two prestigious resented by CPI-M’s A.M. Ariff since 2016 performance. Its Abdul Razack polls in Vatiyoorkavu. And where from Vikravandi, polling 113,428 votes while his DMK rival N. seats. In Vatiyoorkavu, Thiruvanan- 2001. In her first election win, Usman had defeated his nearest BJP rival have those votes gone? The Congress Pugazhenthi had polled 68,646 votes. thapuram mayor V.K.Prasanth of the defeated Manu C. Pulickal by 2,079 K.Surendran by a slender margin of will sit down on October 27 to discuss In Nanguneri, AIADMK candidate V.Narayanan polled CPI-M, trounced former Congress votes to become the first woman MLA 89 votes. The bypoll was necessitated where we lost out,” said Ramachan- 94,802 votes while his Congress rival Ruby R. Manohar had legislator K.Mohankumar by a margin from the UDF in the present Assem- by Razack’s death last year. dran. State CPI-M secretary Kodi- polled 61,991 votes. The bypoll in Vikravandi was necessi- of 14,465 votes. And in Konni, CPI- bly. The BJP has no reason for cheer in yeri Balakrishnan said the political tated following the death of DMK legislator K. Rathamani in M’s K.U.Jenish defeated P.Mohanraj In Ernakulam, where a heavy Kerala. Not only did it lose its number situation that prevailed during the June, while the Nanguneri seat fell vacant after Congress leg- by 9,953 votes. downpour on polling day resulted in two position in Vatiyoorkavu, but in Lok Sabha polls has changed to one islator H. Vasantha Kumar got elected to the Lok Sabha and The Congress’ lose in Konni is a low voter turnout of just 57.90 per Thiruvananthapuram its candidate favouring the Left. “The RSS has no resigned. A total of 35 candidates were in the fray in the two being blamed on party MP Adoor cent, Congress’ T.J. Vinod won but and district President S.Suresh gar- scope and space in Kerala politics. If seats. Speaking to reporters, Chief Minister K.Palaniswami Prakash who has represented the with a reduced margin of 3,750 votes. nered a mere 27,453 votes down from you compare the bypoll results to the said the alliance led by the DMK won the Lok Sabha elections seat since 1996. The party had shot Vinod later said: “I dedicate this 43,700 that Kummanem Rajasekher- Lok Sabha poll results, we have come because of their “false promises”. “But now the people have down Adoor Prakash’s candidate to victory to my voters. The margin has an got in 2016. back strongly in all the five constitu- realised that and have voted for the AIADMK.” field P.Mohanraj instead. However, to do with the heavy rains on the poll- Thanking the voters, Chief Minis- encies. We will examine what hap- This victory is a forerunner for the next Assembly elections the strongman ensured he didn’t ing day.” UDF’s second biggest ally ter Pinarayi Vijayan, who led the Left pened in Aroor,” said Balakrishnan. for the ruling combine, he added. The poll reversal is a setback for the DMK and Congress as they lost the seats held by them. This defeat comes close on the heels of the DMK-led alliance winning 38 Lok Sabha seats IITM team develops simple technique out of 39 in Tamil Nadu in the general elections held in April. In Puducherry, the Congress retained the Kamaraj Nagar Assembly seat.Congress’ A. John Kumar won the polls with 14,782 votes, defeating his nearest rival and AINRC party to produce graphene platelets nominee S. Bhuvaneswarane, who managed 7,611 votes. The seat fell vacant after Congress legislator V. Vaithilin- Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) Indian Insti- University of Manchester. was quoted as saying in the statement. single layer of graphene with a pen gam was elected to the Lok Sabha in April this year. tute of Technology Madras (IITM) on The idea of graphene is, however, The IITM researchers suspended would require the pen to be pushed by Thursday claimed its researchers have not new. The history of this two-di- graphite in a lubricant liquid contain- a large car in fifth gear. shown a simple route to producing mensional honeycomb shaped car- ing sodium cholate to prevent the In addition, it conducts electricity Congress retains graphene platelets from graphite. bon spans more than a century of graphite particles from clumping to- 13 times better than copper, forms an “They have found that when graph- worldwide research. Graphene is the gether and subjected the suspension excellent barrier layer and has an ex- ite is suspended in an appropriate building block of the more commonly to machining of mild steel using oscil- tremely high surface area -- six grams Ernakulam assembly fluid and subjected to intense shear- known graphite; a one millimetre- lations of a carbide tool. of graphene could cover an entire ing force of machining, the layers of thick sheet of graphite is made of 3 As Subbiah had expected, the oscil- soccer field, a property that makes it seat graphite separate into graphene plate- million layers of graphene. lations trapped the graphite to pro- extremely useful in applications like lets,” a statement from IITM said. “Superior quality graphene is com- duce graphene flakes as a byproduct catalysis. Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 24 (IANS) Congress candidate The research was led by Sathyan monly prepared by the exfoliation of the lubricant with thicknesses in the The IITM team’s experiments and present deputy mayor T. J. Vinod has won the Ernakulam Subbiah, Associate Professor, Depart- method,” said Subbiah. range of a few nanometers - a nano- showed that increasing the time of assembly seat. This has been the sitting seat of the Congress ment of Mechanical Engineering and Subbiah looked at exfoliation from metre being one billionth of a metre; machining induces defects and disor- for a while now, but the margin of victory has come down his research student Wazeem Nishad. an unconventional angle. “Graphite is to put this in perspective, a single hu- ders in the layers. from over 21,000 votes to around 4000 votes. Graphene -- an allotrope to use the a lubricant because it is made of layers man hair is about 60,000 nanometres “We are now focusing on controlling “I dedicate this victory to my voters. The margin has to do technical term -- is a form of carbon of carbon that slide over one another. in diameter. “Graphene is considered the stresses and machining param- with the heavy rains on the polling day,” said Vinod. that shot into fame in 2010 through The lubricating action itself would a super material of the century,” said eters to produce defect-free few-layer Heavy rains on polling day on Monday saw the votes cast the Nobel Prize it earned for Sir Andre shear the layers off, and cause separa- Subbiah. It is one of the strongest ma- graphene,” said Subbiah on future di- from over 71 per cent in 2016 to 57.90 per cent this time. The Geim and Sir Kostya Novoselov of the tion of the 2-D graphene sheets,” he terials known; puncturing a pristine rections of his research. CPI-M had fielded Manu Roy as an independent candidate. CPI-M wrests Book on yoga exercises unveiled Vatiyoorkavu seat in Bengaluru from Congress Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IANS) Yoga, mantras (hymns) and has healing Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 24 (IANS) CPI-M candidate and which gained global popularity after capabilities, including aura healing, Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V.K. Prasanth on Thursday won the United Nations in 2015 declared chakra balancing and positive affir- the prestigious Vatiyoorkavu Assembly constituency in Kera- June 21 as the International Day of mations,” said a statement from the la by a margin of 14,251 votes, poll officials said. Yoga, continuous to fascinate and publishers. “The victory has been possible due to the work of the Pina- evoke interest among the common Akshar claims to have 500,000 rayi Vijayan government and what really mattered here was man as well as the aficionado. students worldwide, trained about the candidate,” said Prasanth. Grand Master Akshar became the 3,000 teachers and set up 20 yoga The bypoll to the Vatiyoorkavu constituency was neces- latest spiritual guru to unveil his academies in his name. “My goal sitated after incumbent legislator K. Muraleedharan, son of book “Yoga Namaskar”, here on is to touch 5 million lives and train late former Congress Chief Minister K. Karunakaran, vacated Wednesday, to unravel the yogic se- 5,000 teachers by offering a blend the seat after he won the Vadakara Lok Sabha seat earlier in crets of the majestic Himalayas. of ancient Himalayan teachings and 2019. The BJP, which finished in second place in Vatiyoor- Published by Dorling Kindersley- present wellness exercise,” said Ak- kavu in the last two polls, was pushed to third place, while the Penguin Random House, the 296- shar.Published by Dorling Kinder- Congress came second. page book documents seven yoga sley-Penguin Random House, the namaskars -- a gesture with hands 296-page book documents seven Poll results show setback folded in the Indian tradition, with the ancient science all over the world “Yogis must grow and evolve in yoga namaskars -- a gesture with 290 asanas (postures). and share its fruits with everyone. practice daily to become complete. hands folded in the Indian tradition, The seven namaskars are: Surya According to the book, the yogic The more they fill with teachings with 290 asanas (postures). for BJP: Kerala CM Namaskar (sun salutation), Chandra process is more than a physical or and practices of yoga, the closer they The master has set up the World Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 24 (IANS) The results of the Namaskar (moon salutation), Prithvi mental practice and is a deep-rooted are to perfection,a asserted Akshar. Yoga Organisation, a non-profit, two state Assemblies - Maharashtra and Haryana, that Namaskar (earth salutation), Vayu culture that nourishes the soul. The book also has wealth of in- to ensure that Yoga remains in the went to polls on Monday, clearly indicate that its a setback Namaskar (air salutation), Agni Na- To connect with the five tattvas formation on beneficial yogic pro- spotlight. It works for upliftment of for the BJP, said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan maskar (fire salutation), Akash Na- or elements, nature, physical and cesses. Endowed with mystical arts, the yogic community with the aid of here on Thursday. “The BJP has suffered a setback from its maskar (universe/space salutation), metaphysical is the endeavour of any Akshar has capacity to convert nega- experts from diverse sectors. often projected statement of one party rule. This has not and Jal Namaskar (water salutation). spirit. Through the yogic postures, tive energy into positive energy. Akshar shared his experience of happened in Maharashtra and Haryana as the results in- “The book is the first part of a se- the flow of prana (life), the stillness Armed with meditation techniques, yoga with sports personalities, like dicate. Elections to the two states took place a few months ries, which will reveal the secrets of of dhyan (meditation) and the fo- he is familiar with parallel life and Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, after the Lok Sabha polls and it is not according to the yoga the way to attain spirituality,” cus of dharana, any individual can transcendence. wrestling champions Geeta and Bab- BJP’s expectations,” said Vijayan. said Akshar, adding he would spread evolve to a higher spiritual plane. “Akshar is empowered by special ita Phogat, among others. Indian Horizon 5 Nation Friday, October 25, 2019 Short Takes Modi asks party workers to INLD wiped out, but Chautala connect with old BJP workers 42 students injured after clan survives in Haryana Varanasi, Oct 24 (IANS) Prime and para-military forces who do not Nepal school balcony collapses Minister Narendra Modi, on Thurs- come home for festivals. We must Chandigarh, Oct 24 (IANS) Haryana’s Aditya Devi Lal from Dabwali in Sirsa day, asked party workers to make a greet them on this occasion and sa- regional outfit, the Indian National district, but he lost the seat to Con- Kathmandu, Oct 24 (IANS) At least 42 students were list of old and senior party workers lute their sacrifice and valour,” Modi Lok Dal (INLD), which won 19 seats in gress’ Amit Sihag. injured when the balcony of a school in caved in Nepal’s and establish a connect with them. said. the 2014 assembly elections, has been Dushyant, a business administration Tarakeshwar municipality, authorities said. “Draw up a list of very old party A party worker asked the Prime virtually wiped out in this election. graduate from California State Univer- The incident took place at the Bidya Kunja English Board- workers in your area. Visit them and Minister about the Kashi Vishwa- However, its less than 12-month-old sity, parted ways with the INLD in De- ing School on Wednesday, reports The Himalayan Times. organise a get-together with them. nath Dham project and how he de- defected Jannayak Janata Party (BJP) cember 2018 after a bitter vertical split The school authorities said that the injured, aged be- Meet them in times of happiness cided to start it. emerges a key player in the next gov- in the party and the Chautala family. tween six and 12 years, were admitted to a hospital in Ba- and distress. You should ask them “I did not start it - it is Baba Vish- ernment formation by winning at least Former Member of Parliament Du- sundhara. One of them suffered serious injuries, while 39 about the history of the party and wanath’s blessings that are tak- 10 seats in a 90-member assembly. The shyant’s father, Ajay Chautala, is the were discharged after first aid. how they worked. Their stories will ing the project ahead. About 300 INLD won the lone seat. elder son of four-time Chief Minister “Children were watching a football match when the give you inspiration and encourage families gave up their houses for the Interestingly, the original party di- and INLD President Om Prakash Chau- balcony caved in this afternoon. The balcony, which was you to work harder because they project and a large number of tem- minished, but the third and fourth tala. around nine feet above the ground, was constructed only have worked when no one knew ples have emerged in Baba’s darbar. generations of its founder and former The INLD, which ruled the state last year,” Navin Dangol, founder of the school, told The about the party and its ideology,” This is the new Kashi that is emerg- Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary the last time from 2000 to 2004, was Himalayan Times. Meanwhile, a police official said the bal- he said. Modi was interacting with ing,” he said. Party workers thanked Devi Lal survived by winning their re- divided owing to difference between cony caved in “under the weight of students”. party workers in Varanasi on the the prime Minister for bringing the spective seats. Ajay and Abhay Chautala. Their father eve of Diwali on Thursday evening Ganga closer to the Vishwanath The Chautala clan who won the elec- remained with the younger son Abhay. through video conferencing. temple through the project. tions are Abhay Singh, Dushyant, Nai- Abhay, however, turned down for- Struck by storm, naphtha carry- The Prime Minister began the in- The Prime Minister said that na and Aditya Devi Lal. mer Chief Minister and Congress lead- teraction with ‘Har Har Mahadev’ temples were centres of faith and Dushyant Chautala, the great grand- er Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s offer of ing tanker drifts towards Panaji and greeted his party workers in he wanted the city to emerge as a son of the late Devi Lal, who led the joining hands in forming the govern- Bhojpuri. health centre too. Replying to an- newly formed JJP won from Uchana ment. Panaji, Oct 24 (IANS) An unmanned tanker believed to “This is a time of festival and other worker’s question, Modi said Kalan in Jind district by defeating sit- “My party shall never support Con- be carrying a cargo of naphtha, anchored at the Mormugao millions take leave to be with their that all party workers must cre- ting legislator Prem Lata, 59, wife of gress,” Chautala told the the media. Port Trust in South Goa, has begun to drift towards the families. I cannot take leave but I ate awareness about the welfare former Union Minister Birender Singh. “The Congress is the party that shores of the state capital, after strong winds and a rough am connecting with you through schemes launched by his govern- His party contested all 90 assembly hatched the conspiracy to frame IN- current caused its anchor line to break on Thursday. Naph- technology. There are also many ment and ensure that the benefits seats. LD’s chief Om Prakash Chautala and tha is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture. who work in army, police, NDRF reach the poorest of the poor. So is his estranged uncle and Devi senior leader Ajay Chautala in a cor- According to the Indian Coast Guard, the Port Trust au- Lal’s grandson Abhay Singh Chautala, ruption case and got them imprisoned. thorities are in the process of stopping the 3000 ton capac- who retained Ellenabad seat in Sirsa. We can never forgive the party for such ity tanker, before it drifts further towards Panaji, and tow it ‘Chautala should consider Dushyant’s mother Naina Chautala conspiracy against our senior leaders. back to its berth at the major port. won from Badhra in Bhiwani district We can never support Congress, whose “Mormugao Port is handling the incident. We are closely on JJP ticket. leader (Bhupinder Singh Hooda) is fac- monitoring the situation,” Indian Coast Guard spokesper- how BJP treated allies in Goa’ The BJP fielded Devi Lal’s grandson ing corruption charges,” he added. son Akshay Jain told reporters. Panaji, Oct 24 (IANS) The reputa- alliance, on Thursday, said that the vote A red alert has been issued in Goa in view of heavy rains tion of BJP leadership for breaking their counting trends in Maharashtra and and rough winds over the last 48 hours. promises made at the party’s highest Haryana indicate that people cannot be decision-making level, should weigh on fooled by speeches and slogans alone. Congress wins Jhabua, the mind of Dushyant Chautala, whose Commenting on the Assembly elec- BJP-Shiv Sena trudging ahead Jannanayak Janata Party is emerging as tion results in Haryana, in which the the kingmaker in Haryana, former Goa BJP has fared below expectations, Chitrakote bypolls in Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai said Sardesai said: “My advice to him here on Thursday. Still smarting from (Chautala)... You have to observe the Bhopal, Oct 24 (IANS) Victory in the chief Rakesh Singh, former Chief Minis- Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party and being dropped from the Goa cabinet in Goa situation and take an appropriate by-elections in the tribal belt of Jhabua ter Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the leader the Shiv Sena were in a leading position in Maharashtra as July this year, Sardesai, whose Goa For- decision. Even at the highest level the in Madhya Pradesh and Chitrakote in of the opposition in the Assembly Gopal per the Election Commission of India (ECI) figures of the ward continues to be a part of the NDA BJP breaks its word. Chhattisgarh has given the Congress Bhargava between them made nearly results of 164 constituencies declared till 1700 hrs on Thurs- some reason to cheer after the humiliat- 20 trips to Jhabua. Bhargava kept mak- day. The BJP had won 52 seats and was leading in another ing show in the Lok Sabha election. ing statements that forced the election 50, while ally Shiv Sena bagged 39 seats and notched leads SC order on AGR weakens Kantilal Bhuria of Congress won the commission to book him for provocative in another 17. The Opposition Nationalist Congress Party Jhabua ST seat defeating Bhanu Bhu- campaign. put up a spectacular show by winning 29 seats and leading ria of BJP by over 27,000 votes and Raj- Kantilal Bhura has won the Lok Sabha in 25 more, while ally Congress won 24 and was ahead in telcos, say broking houses man Benzam won the bypoll from the elections five times and has also been a the vote count in 22 more seats. New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The age charge (IUC) and roaming Naxal-affected Chitrakote constituency, Cabinet minister in Madhya Pradesh. Among the smaller parties and independents, the Ba- Supreme Court decision had revenue will only be allowed from reserved ST seat by 17,862 votes against So, why is the Congress overjoyed over hujan Vikash Aghadi had won one and was leading in weakened the telecom sector’s gross revenue for the calculation Lachhuram Kashyap of the BJP. his election as an MLA now? At the party two seats, and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen prospects, and Reliance Jio could of AGR, and that telcos will have Bhuria, former PCC chief and former level the factionalism seems to be one of bagged two seats. The Prahar Janshakti Party won 2, Kranti- be well placed to capitalise on to pay interest and penalties as Union minister sustained the lead right the reasons. kari Shetkari Party, Samajwadi Party and Swabhimani Shet- rivals’ ability to invest in 5G, fol- well on the contested amount. through the 25 rounds of counting. Bha- Secondly, the party that was one seat kari Party bagged one each. lowing penalties and change of Though the court has not laid nu Bhuria who headed the youth wing of short of touching the halfway mark in the Among the independents five were declared victorious definition of adjusted gross rev- down a deadline for the payment the BJP fought gamely. Bhanu, however, Assembly has done that with Bhuria’s and were leading in eight other constituencies. Maharash- enue (AGR), Broking houses on of dues, telcos could be provided said the Congress won the election with win. At 115 seats the Congress just needs tra voted for a new 288-member Assembly on October 21, Thursday said. “We expect the a six-month time to calculate the ample help from the administration. The one member’s support from outside for the results of which are being declared today government to provide relief to final impact,” it said. Congress workers had done little to de- majority. There are four independents, this debt-ridden sector and hence “We understand the telcos still serve any credit, especially after two suc- two BSP and one Samajwadi Party mem- positive tailwinds,” Bank of Amer- have the option to appeal. But if cessive defeats of the father and son duo ber backing Kamal Nath’s ministry. Gujarat bypolls: Congress does ica-Merrill Lynch said in a report. the telcos were to eventually pay in a span of six months. The BJP which has 108 members will The broking house said Indian as per the ruling, the potential Jhabua exposed the cracks in both the need some solid work to dislodge the MP well, gives BJP a jolt telcos received negative decision payments could be $3 billion for Congress and the BJP. government. There is talk about Bhuria on 14-year AGR definition, re- Airtel and $4 billion for Vodafone- The Jyotiraditya Scindia faction which also being handed the mantle of the PCC Ahmedabad, Oct 24 (IANS) Gujarat results on Thursday garding calculation of licence fees Idea,” the report said quoting the has been at odds with Kantilal Bhuria chief again. He had been the PCC chief threw up a surprise, with the opposition Congress poised owed to the government. amount from a media wire num- wanted a previous MLA Xavier Meda to from 2011 to 2013 before being forced to evenly with the ruling BJP in the six Assembly bypolls. BoA-ML also said Bharti had bers. In a setback to telecom ser- be fielded at Jhabua. Former Chief Min- quit in the wake of the party’s defeat in Alpesh Thakor, who quit the Congress to join BJP last partly factored a contingent liabil- vice providers, the Supreme Court ister Digvijaya Singh and Chief Minister the Assembly elections in 2013. month, was poised to lose his seat while his aide Dhavalsinh ity. “We find Reliance Industries’ on Thursday allowed the Centre’s Kamal Nath, however, insisted on Kan- He also lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elec- Zala was defeated from his constituency. subsidiary Jio well placed to capi- plea to recover Rs 92,000 crore tilal who had just lost the Lok Sabha tion with the factionalism in the party Turncoats Alpesh Thakor was set to lose the Radhanpur As- talise on competitors’ weakness. AGR from them. A three-judge elections to G.S. Damor in May. Damor at its peak. In any case he did not need sembly bypoll in Gujarat, while Zala lost the Bayad seat. Tha- Jio could end up having a first Bench upheld the definition of had also defeated Kantilal Bhuria’s son to be elected as legislator to be the PCC kor had won the Radhanpur seat on a Congress ticket in 2017. mover advantage on 5G, if these AGR formulated by the Depart- Vikrant in the Assembly elections in chief. His appointment as PCC chief Earlier in the day, the Congress was leading on four seats penalty payments impact incum- ment of Telecom (DoT). November last. Considering that it was could widen the rift between the Scindia while the BJP was ahead on two seats. The BJP had held four bent telcos ability to invest,” it said. It said the service providers strange that Congress should have in- faction and the rest. of the seats and the Congress two. Morgan Stanley said the apex would have to pay penalties and sisted on Bhuria senior. The ruling Congress’ victory in Chitra- The Amraiwadi seat, which earlier in the day saw the Con- court had ruled in favour of the interests to the DoT. The Bench Scindia never campaigned in Jhabua kote Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh on gress consistently ahead, witnessed the BJP making gains after government on the AGR issue. made it clear that there would through the past one month. The ruling Thursday, came less than a month after the 17th round. BJP’s Ajmalji Thakor won the Kheralu seat, de- “While the fine print of the rul- no further litigation on the issue faction got Meda to propose Bhuria’s the Dantewada result. Congress candi- feating Congress’ Thakor Babuji Ujamji by 29,091 votes. ing is not available yet, the news and it would fix a time-frame for name as a candidate and campaign for date Devti Karma had won the by-poll in “The credit for my victory goes to party workers,” Thakor flashes have been stating that calculation and payment of dues him. The BJP’s campaign also looked Dantewada on September 23 defeating said after his victory on Kheralu. The Gujarat Congress chief adjustments to interconnect us- by the telcos lacklustre and purposeless. The state BJP BJP’s Ojasvi Mandavi. Amit Chavda attacked the BJP, saying the ruling party “has failed on all fronts”. Prominent Congress leader Rajeev Satav thanked voters of Gujarat for their support. “Congress has won three out of EU deploys observer mission for SL prez polls six assembly seats,” he said. He termed the win significant as Gujarat was the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Colombo, Oct 24 (IANS) the bloc’s long-term commit- presidential election confirms of reform and national recon- al process, the Colombo Page and Home Minister Amit Shah. In response to an invitation ment and partnership with our continuing engagement ciliation.” Matias said: “It is a reported. The core team was In the 2017 state elections, the Congress under Rahul Gan- by the Election Commission Sri Lanka, Colombo Page re- and commitment in support great honour for me to lead joined by another 30 long- dhi had given the BJP a tough fight, winning around 70 seats, of Sri Lanka, the European ported on Thursday citing an of democratic processes in this EOM... I am hopeful that term observers who were to the BJP’s around 100 seats. Union (EU) has deployed a official statement as saying. the country,” Mogherini was our observation will provide deployed across the country, “We accept decision of people,” said Jitu Vaghani, state BJP mission to observe the island Federica Mogherini, High quoted as saying in the state- an important contribution to and will for the election week chief, after the results. nation’s presidential election, Representative for Foreign Af- ment. “I am confident that this election and, through its be joined by additional 30 In Tharad seat, the Congress’ Rajput Gulabsinh Pirabhai, scheduled for November 16. fairs and Security Policy/Vice- the deployment of an EU follow-up, to efforts to further short-term observers. won defeating BJP’s Patel Jivrajbhai Jagatbhai, with a margin The EU has had a long his- President of the European EOM under the leadership of strengthen the electoral pro- A record 35 candidates have of 6,372 votes. In Bayad, Congress candidate Patel Jasubhai tory of accompanying the Commission, has appointed Chief Observer Marisa Matias cesses and institutions.” filed their nominations for the Shivabhai defeated Dhavalsinh Zala of BJP by 743 votes. electoral process in Sri Lanka Marisa Matias, an MEP, as will contribute to an inclusive, The EOM core team of nine island nation’s eighth presi- In Amraiwadi, BJP’s Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel was ahead of and has deployed Election Chief Observer. credible and transparent elec- EU election analysts arrived dential election, with incum- his Congress rival Patel Dharmendra Shantilal by over 5,000 Observation Missions (EOM) “The EU values its partner- tion. This election is impor- in Colombo on October 5 and bent President Maithripala votes. In Lunawada, the BJP’s Jigneshkumar Sevak was ahead on five previous occasions, ship with Sri Lanka. Deploy- tant for Sri Lanka to continue will stay in the country until Sirisena’s term coming to an of the Congress’ Gulabsinh Chauhan by over 13,000 votes. the last in 2015, which reflects ing an EOM for the upcoming making progress on its path the completion of the elector- end in January 2020. Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Friday, October 25, 2019 Indian Horizon Potential danger, !"" ft above Indo-Pak border BY RK ARORA Drones with 10-kg payloads were used by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies to AK-47 he drone technology is a double- rifl es, counterfeit currency and narcotics at Tarn Taran. Unmanned aerial vehicles Tedged sword. To the utter shock of the Indian security agencies, (UAVs) or drones are among the major growing technologies that have benefi cial Chinese-made drones with 10-kg pay- loads were used by Pakistan’s intelli- applications in security and other logistical employment, but at the same time, they gence agencies to drop AK-47 rifl es, are being misused by terrorists and smugglers. counterfeit currency and narcotics at Friday, October 25, 2019 Tarn Taran in Punjab. legal activities.Unlike military drones security agencies.The India-Pakistan The arms and ammunition were that can cost more and look like small border is one of the most dangerous dropped by drones that came from aeroplanes, small-use drones can be borders of the world. The world is passing across the Pakistan border in 10 sor- obtained for a few hundred dollars. I had argued in an article that ties spanning over eight days. The aim Criminals have used drones to drop “Pakistan-based drug syndicates was to carry out 26/11-like terror at- drugs into prisons. may now adopt the measures of their through major changes tacks in Punjab and Jammu and Kash- Mexican smugglers have fl own Mexican counterparts with the con- mir.This dangerous plan was revealed them above the border to spy on the struction of elaborate and sophis- and every country has when the Punjab police seized a movement of patrolling federal offi - ticated tunnels underneath India- drone during its probe into the weap- cers. The dreaded terrorist organisa- Pakistan border along with the use of to take note of it ons seizure. tion, ISIS, used them to drop crude drones to circumvent India’s border The Punjab police recovered this tive of the rising popularity of UAVs bombs on American and allied forces security infrastructure. Worst of all, The American relationship with all countries drone, which used to drop arms and among the civilian population, com- in Iraq and Syria. in any future war with Pakistan, the ammunition in Punjab, on the basis bined with expanding technologi- Although the Director-General of metastasizing nexus of criminality of the world after the Second World War has of information provided by the Kha- cal capabilities, there are signifi cant Civil Aviation (DGCA) has recently and terrorism will create a second listan Zindabad Force (KZF) terrorists challenges to regulating the use of notifi ed certain clauses in the context front for India’s security forces. been recklessly and unnecessarily expanded. arrested from Tarn Taran on Septem- UAVs. These challenges can be placed of the use of UAVs, there are gaps in Given the sophisticated nature of ber 22. An attempt was made by the into three broad categories. appreciation and understanding re- the threat, the only way to effectively America wished to feel that it has every coun- terrorists to burn the drone. Punjab First, where should UAVs be al- garding the use of UAVs, among other secure India’s border with Pakistan Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder lowed — or not allowed — to fl y? This security agencies. from drug traffi cking and weapons try `s support and acknowledgment of its su- Singh, has urged the Central Govern- includes the diffi culty in identifying Registration of drones remains a smuggling is to conceptualise and put ment to alert the Air Force and the the proper airspace for the different problem and even more problematic in place an omni-directional border periority, either as an ally or as a dependent Border Security Force about the pos- uses and sizes of UAVs. will be the UAVs which are smuggled security with a mix of air and under- sibility of drones being used to supply The second problem is about who into India whose identifi cation and ground detection system.” identity. Sometime they received due atten- weapons from across the border. should be allowed to use UAVs — and accountability will always pose a chal- Now, there should be no doubt that He also requested Union Home more specifi cally, who is responsible lenge for security agencies. drones can be used by smugglers to tion from America, but they were not sure of Minister Amit Shah to handle the for damages from drone use. As UAVs The long-term solution to iden- keep a watch on border guards and drone problem at the earliest. He increase in physical size and technical tification of UAVs can be by manu- their positions so that at an appro- the reality that the alliance they had formed tweeted, “Recent incidents of Paki- capability, the level of skill required to facturing drones indigenously. But priate opportunity, they can smuggle stan-origin drones dropping consign- operate them safely has increased. the main concern remains the easy their consignment. with all other countries of the world was re- ments of arms and ammunition is a Due to its smaller size, made of availability of knowhow and simple Terrorists and smugglers are begin- new and serious dimension on Paki- plastic body and use of electric bat- technology which make it a pre- ning to employ UAVs for transporting ally needed or not. America also believed in stan’s sinister designs in the after- teries, it is nearly impossible to de- ferred tool for terrorists and other their logistical and surveillance needs displaying its worldwide power and a stage math of the abrogation of Article 370.” tect drones by conventional radars. anti-national elements. by modifying the UAVs for carry- This is a serious issue which needs Traditionally, radar technologies are The real threat would emanate ing payload so that these can deliver reached in which, someone of Japanese to be thoroughly investigated. Actu- used to detect fl ying objects in the from UAVs operated by criminal- across the border without any physi- ally, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) sky, but technologies are often not minded individuals with the inten- cal hindrance. origin had the courage enough to write that or drones are among the major grow- suitable in this case. tion of causing harm to vital and The biggest question now is: how ing technologies that have many ben- The reason is simple: for many security installations. It will be dif- well are our border guarding forces “history had come to standstill” that meant efi cial applications in security and years, radar technology and software fi cult to control them as not only prepared in face of this new emerg- other logistical employment, but at was specifi cally made to avoid small could the toy UAVs be modifi ed, but ing threat? Till now, their tactical America had every country of the world as the same time, they can pose a sig- objects, such as birds, and view them drones could also be made out of planning and obstacle system was nifi cant threat to the very purpose as noise. Most commercial drones components using ‘do-it-yourself’ based on ‘man-oriented negotiation’ its subordinate ally and gave it a treatment for which they were invented. The are constructed of plastic and are kits. UAVs could easily be innovated of land-based boundary, but this new Punjab incident is an example of this diffi cult to detect electronically be- from commonly available material in tool has now made military strate- which they thought was appropriate for that challenge.The use of UAVs was start- cause of their small size. They also combination with electronic compo- gists and policy planners scratch their ed with the beginning of the Cold War fl y low in relation to the ground. All nents. In such an unregulated envi- heads in dealing with the new security country`s circumstances. This was indeed by the superpowers for the purpose these factors make it a favourite tool ronment, the potential of this threat threat from drones. of security and surveillance.Irrespec- for carrying out terrorist and other il- is still to be fully appreciated by the IANS the general impression of the world that no one is going to change its status of America dominating the entire world, but as soon as Investment elixir: Structures, design and access BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE can facilitate the fl ow of capital by The non-alignment of the incentives of nifi cant liquidity provision isn't lim- the gold from their wallet disappeared and s the focus continues to be on clear demarcation between the roles the equity and debt holders, especially ited to just bond trading desks but America started borrowing from other coun- Aadditional steps to provide of the various stakeholders is much with a view on the cash fl ow profi les has includes any asset that might utilise further impetus to the Indian needed.However, for structures to been one of the most signifi cant factors structures mentioned above. Such tries, the situation and the impression of the economy, the microstructure of the succeed in the long-run, the govern- of an exacerbated credit issue within market-making businesses will pro- fi nancial markets assumes signifi - ment must be cognizant of "security the Indian credit spectrum.Addition- vide market liquidity and, most im- world started changing and their commit- cance. From a fi nancial market per- design" needs. "Security-design" re- ally, beyond structures and security portantly, price transparency. spective, the focus must now be on fers to the fi nancial instruments that design, market access needs to be im- But, for such market-making en- ment to maintain armies all over the world "structures, security design, and mar- allow capital to be invested in invest- proved for Indian investments. terprises to be successful, stable ket access". Mainly, further acceler- ment opportunities. Improving market access involves policy regimes will be a must.A quick proved so expensive that America soon be- ating capital fl ow must be the prime The one key lesson from the credit broadly two components: Greater look at the sectors much affected by objective. issues that have plagued the credit global participation in Indian markets credit constraints such as real estate, came indebted. The views held about Amer- "Structures" refers to fi nancial ve- sector in India is that standard fi nan- and market makers to warehouse risk or thermal power indicates that the hicles that provide and improve capi- cial securities such as bonds, loans and provide liquidity. Both parts go problems emanate from two core ica earlier and the wars America had fought tal access to businesses. Real Estate and equities haven't been able to hand in hand towards creating mar- issues, namely, of corporate gover- Investment Trusts (REITs) and Asset create the transparency required for kets with great depth and liquidity, nance and most critically over-invest- in the Far East and the Middle East proved so Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) effective implementation of projects thereby providing the much-needed ment due to a lack of price discovery. are very signifi cant moves. Now is the and corporate governance standards. price discovery. A market that can signal low returns expensive that even an alliance with NATO time to expand the theme of aggrega- Indian regulators, investors and The recent talk about including In- within a short time or indicate over- tion vehicles across the spectrum to a project developers need to seriously dian bonds in global benchmark indi- investment in certain areas will assist could not retain its prestige. History changed wide variety of assets such as natural think about creating standardised ces is what will precisely lead to great- follow-on investors, both in the equity gas pipelines, transmission assets, new securities that can align the in- er market access. Inclusion of Indian and credit space, make much more totally and the U.S.A inspite of its alliances large-scale container businesses etc. centives of the various parties in- sovereign debt in global benchmark informed decisions. had no alternative but to withdraw from al- REITs and ARCs at a fundamental volved, especially with a view towards indices will imply considerably more Effective "structures, security de- level, allow the operator and creator immense clarity regarding the cash capital in Indian bonds, thereby gen- sign and market access" will allow the most every important position held. Now, of assets to access capital providers. fl ow profi les at both corporate and erating liquidity and hence allowing ecosystem in India to signal any im- When successful, both sides benefi t project levels. greater participation by both inves- pending issues. Essentially, reducing American policy has completely changed immensely: operators through access For India to generate the next phase tors and market makers. the time lag between sectors getting to low cost and ample funding while of growth, "transparency of cash fl ows" Higher liquidity in sovereign debt overheated or unattractive and inves- and the people`s opinion in the U.S.A says the investors get access to assets will be a vital component, if not the curve across the term structure entails tors gauging the same is dependent in through which to earn returns. most important one.Therefore, when a deep and liquid benchmark curve no small extent on frameworks that that it should not send its land forces out India should now look at structures designing the standardised structures of which to price corporate credit.As allow expedited information delivery. like REITs across capital expenditure under reference or vehicles of invest- mentioned above, the liquidity provi- As we move forward, robust struc- anymore. Therefore, inspite of all the chang- heavy sectors. There is virtual una- ments, signifi cant attention is needed sion will require more participation of tures that generate information with nimity on the scale of investment that towards creating the "securities" that market makers in India to warehouse alacrity are the need of the hour. es and efforts made, the economic recovery India requires. Hence, structures that will allow ownership of the "structures". risk and provide liquidity. More sig- IANS of the U.S.A and Europe has become a diffi - cult task and the economy remains still frag- Vendetta politics Þ res up support for Opposition ile.Of course, the mental attitude of the west he perceived politics of vendetta had been facing the wrath of enforce- helped him score a strong political unleashed by the BJP led central ment agencies like the ED and the CBI point. MNS chief, Raj Thackeray, to dominate the world has not changed. Now T government by using enforce- and Opposition parties had been cry- who was aligned with the Opposi- ment agencies against opposition ing foul that they are being targeted tion, was also called for a long round they have started inviting countries like India leaders, has failed to pass muster with unfairly for political reasons. of questioning by the ED. to join them as an ally and on the other hand, the electorate with the big winners NCP Chief and Maharashtra po- The biggest victory margin in Hary- in the election results being Sharad litical heavyweight Sharad Pawar ana was of Congress heavyweight Bh- the economy of China is growing much faster Pawar, Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal said that the people did not like the upinder Hooda, who has been facing of the NCP in Maharashtra, Bhupin- arrogance and frenzy of power with multiple land related cases including than expected and their achievements have der Singh Hooda of the Congress in slogans like “Ab ki baar 220 ke paar”. the ones linked to Robert Vadra.Kul- Haryana and Samajwadi Party’s Azam He said power comes and goes but deep Bishnoi, son of former Haryana created a sort of chaos in the minds of Amer- Khan in Uttar Pradesh. there is a need to remain ground- CM, Bhajan Lal also won the election. If anything, the cases of corruption ed.” Pawar’s confi dant, Praful Patel He recently had a hotel in Gurgaon ica, India and Japan. The world once again against the Opposition may have had also had many controversies of un- that was attached by the enforcement the effect of evoking sympathy and derworld links in the run up to the Chavan, who was also mired in mul- authorities.Azam Khan of the SP who in South-Asia has become uncertain and the consolidating the support base. Elec- elections.Many Opposition bigwigs tiple controversies, won by 97,000 was facing multiple enforcement ac- tion results for Haryana and Maha- won big in Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar, votes. Maharashtra CM Devendra tions from the central agencies and alliances are trying to be stronger, but the rashtra assembly pleasantly surprised Sharad Pawar’s nephew facing mul- Fadnavis won by 30,000 votes.When UP government had some relief as his the Opposition leaders who had the tiple cases including money launder- Sharad Pawar was summoned by the wife, Tazeen Fatma won the Rampur Himalayan Silk Road and its impact on the last laugh and would be feeling vindi- ing won by a monstrous 1.65 lakh ED in Mumbai before the elections, assembly by election. cated by the electoral victories.They votes. Former Congress CM Ashok there was a huge mobilization which IANS defense of every country in South-Asia have become a matter of concern. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon Friday, October 25, 2019 OP-ED 7 Time for Europe to close ranks against Iran’s threats Why Britain is a BY BOBBY GHOSH The attack on the world’s oil supplies demands a unifi ed response ar brinkmanship. Iran’s breach he scales are fi nally falling of enrichment limits gives the force for good in Tfrom European eyes on Iran. pressing Trump to ease his “maxi- cions that the president was look- JCPOA’s signatories cause enough In a joint statement last mum pressure” campaign against ing for an excuse to go to war with to impose their own economic Monday, Germany, France and the Islamic Republic. In recent the Islamic Republic. sanctions. These may not add the world Britain held the Islamic Republic weeks, Macron has taken the lead, What next for the Europeans? much bite to the American sanc- BY DOMINIC RAAB responsible for the recent attacks proposing a package that includes France’s president remains keen tions, but the symbolism would on Saudi Aramco facilities, add- a $15 billion (Dh55.17 billion) line to play intermediary, but Khame- be useful. his week, I will join the Prime Min- ing that “no other explanation is of credit. nei’s treatment of the last world For Iran, the loss of European Tister in New York, where he is lead- plausible”. Meanwhile, the Europeans have leader to try — Japan’s Shinzo Abe indulgence leaves only the two ing the UK delegation to the United At the United Nations General adopted an indulgent attitude to- — should temper Macron’s op- other JCPOA signatories, China Nations’ annual General Assembly. As we Assembly in New York, European wards Iran’s atrocious behaviour timism. Even as Abe was visiting and Russia. But the regime in Teh- make progress in our Brexit negotiations, leaders used their meetings with — its attacks on oil tankers in Tehran with hopes of opening dis- ran has long known not to expect we are also taking our vision of a truly President Hassan Rouhani to pile the Arabian Gulf, its defi ance of cussions, the Iranians engineered too much material support from Global Britain to the UN — leading by ex- on pressure. France’s President European Union (EU) sanctions an attack on a Japanese-fl agged those quarters: ample as a force for good in the world. Emmanuel Macron urged him to lying”.This reaction is, to say the against giving material assistance oil tanker. To rub it in, Khamenei That is why Iran has never pres- The government is making progress meet President Donald Trump. least, uncharitable. Since Trump to the genocidal regime in Syria, embarrassed his guest by claim- sured them to try to save the nu- on Brexit negotiations, with the Euro- Rouhani, under strict instructions pulled the US out of the JCPOA even its brazen capture of Eu- ing, in a tweet, that Abe agreed clear deal with the urgency it has pean Commission President, Jean Claude from his boss, Supreme Leader Ali last year, the European signatories ropean nationals for use as hos- with the Iranian view of the US. brought to bear on the Europeans. Juncker, stating plainly “I think we can Khamenei, demurred. have given every appearance of tages. They expressed only mild The supreme leader is not man It cannot have escaped Iranian have a deal”. Meanwhile, Liz Truss, the He trotted out the usual precon- wanting to honour their end of the reproach at the regime’s breach for subtlety, and he will need a attention that neither Beijing nor Trade Secretary, has been in Tokyo, pav- ditions for talks with the United bargain with Iran. First, they urged of uranium-enrichment limits im- more forceful demonstration that Moscow has bent over to create a ing the way for a free-trade deal with Ja- States — a return to the 2015 Joint Europe-based companies to keep posed by the JCPOA. the Europeans will no longer tol- special purpose vehicle to circum- pan and the wider Asia Pacifi c region. Comprehensive Plan of Action investing in Iran, even invoking a But given the regime’s pen- erate his hostile behaviour. vent American sanctions. We want to be good European neigh- (JCPOA) and an end to sanctions European Union statute forbid- chant for escalating provocation, The quickest way to do this is If the loss of western sympathy bours and buccaneering global free trad- — even though these were already ding them “from complying with it was bound to test the limits of to join the US effort to protect the now compels a desperate regime ers. But Global Britain is about more a dead letter. the extraterritorial effects of US European sympathy, and then to sea lanes and oil infrastructure in to demand more of its eastern and than Brexit or even free trade, important To make matters worse for Teh- sanctions”. When that failed, they go a step too far. That happened and around the Arabian Gulf. Brit- northern friends, it will almost though they are. Under Boris Johnson, we ran, British Prime Minister Boris created a workaround, a “special with the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s ain is already signed up for some certainly meet with more disap- intend to reinforce Britain’s role in the Johnson endorsed Trump’s view purpose vehicle” to protect trade most important oil installations — of the naval duties, and Johnson pointment. Chinese President Xi world as a good global citizen — and the that Iran should make a new deal with Iran from the sanctions.They which were in effect an assault on has said he’s open to helping Sau- Jinping and his Russian counter- UN is a great place to start. with world powers, covering not [European countries] should also the world economy. di Arabia guard its infrastructure part Vladimir Putin may criticise We will trade more liberally, including only its nuclear ambitions — the signal an end to their tolerance for Trump may have helped the from Iranian attack. Trump’s abrogation of the nucle- with the poorest countries held back by remit of the JCPOA — but also the regime’s nuclear brinkman- European change of heart by The other Europeans should ar deal, but Chinese and Russian Western protectionism. We will lead on other threats that it poses. ship. Iran’s breach of enrichment his repeated offers of talks with follow suit and close the Western companies have little enthusiasm climate change In response, Iran professed to be limits gives the JCPOA’s signato- Rouhani — without precondi- ranks against the Iranian threat to run the gamut of American — - Dominic Raab upset with the Europeans, accus- ries cause enough to impose their tions. His fi ring of Iran hawk John to commerce and trade.They and hopefully, European — eco- Next year, we will host the UN Climate ing them of lacking the “strength own economic sanctions.The Bolton as national security adviser should also signal an end to their nomic sanctions on Iran. Change Summit, bringing the world to- or willpower to counter US bul- Europeans also haven’t stopped also eased any lingering suspi- tolerance for the regime’s nucle- COURTESY : GULF NEWS gether in Glasgow to demonstrate our leadership on climate change. We’ve got an impressive story to tell. After all, Brit- lations?” overall 45 per cent sup- ain was the fi rst country to legislate to end Israeli policies drive partisan wedge in US ported reducing aid to Israel while our contribution to global warming, so BY JAMES J. ZOGBY 34 per cent were opposed. that we leave the environment in a better so wobbly as that of their leaders. The partisan split was dramatic state for the next generation. uch to the consternation “Liberal” members remain up- — with Democrats favouring cut- And our innovative approach to green Mof Western liberals, Israe- set at Netanyahu’s: opposition to ting aid by a 64 per cent to 11 per technologies such as electric vehicles and li President Reuven Rivlin Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran; cent margin, and for Republicans renewable energy will help lead the way. has invited Prime Minister Ben- his illiberal alliance with Israel’s it was 19 per cent supportive of We want to bring that experience to bear jamin Netanyahu to take the fi rst ultra-religious parties whose cutting aid and 64 per cent op- with our international partners — from crack at assembling a new govern- policies run counter to the more posed. Among white voters it was Brazil to Indonesia — because we know ment. Their concern is both mis- secular views of Reform and non- 43 per cent-40 per cent, while this is a global challenge that demands placed and mistaken. Misplaced, religious American Jews; and his among non-white voters it was 50 international action. because the odds are slim that Ne- virtual “marriage” with Donald per cent-17 per cent. In New York, I will speak alongside hu- tanyahu will be able to form a gov- Trump. Only 21 per cent of “born- man rights lawyer and UK Special Envoy, ernment. And mistaken, because While these matters have con- again” voters supported cutting Amal Clooney, about the new Media Free- their hope that a victory for Benny tributed to the US partisan divide, aid, but 53 per cent of voters not dom Coalition we’ve set up with Canada. Gantz would help undo the dam- the major factors driving Demo- describing themselves as “born- The fi rst wave of 26 countries has signed age done to Israel’s image among cratic voters attitudes toward Is- again” favoured aid cuts. A simi- up, committing to protecting media free- Democrats is wishful thinking. rael have more to do with the very lar break out was recorded when doms in their own countries, speaking While Gantz’s Blue-White party policies that all major parties in Is- the attitudes of younger and older out against abuses, and standing up for edged out Netanyahu’s Likud rael will continue to pursue — the voters were compared. oppressed journalists around the world. party, winning 33 seats in the next very policies that the Democratic The bottom line here is that Amal Clooney is convening a high-level Knesset as compared with Likud’s establishment appears loathe to while the attitudes of liberal me- panel of legal experts to advise countries 32, because Netanyahu’s bid to condemn (recall that in 2016, the dia and political establishments on how to strengthen their legal protec- form a government has been lishments toward Israel may be Democratic pollster who worked party establishment would not toward Israel may be shaped by tions for journalists. This international supported by a larger number of shaped by their animus toward for Blue and White when he allow mention of “occupation” their animus toward the person team will turn these lofty ideals into na- Knesset members (55 to Gantz’s the person of Benjamin Netanya- breathlessly proclaimed that the or “settlements [colonies]” in the of Benjamin Netanyahu, it is the tional laws that will protect journalists on 54), he was the one tapped to cob- hu, it is the polices pursued by the post-Netanyahu period would be party platform). polices pursued by the Israeli the ground. ble together a governing coalition Israeli government that are driv- “a tremendous opportunity for In polling we conducted be- government that are driving voter Global media defence fund of 61 members. ing [US] voter attitudes. Israel to reset its relationship with fore Trump was even elected, we attitudes. So, unless a new Israeli And when journalists come under as- The dysfunctional drama that However, no matter the out- Democrats.” found among all voters a notice- government ends its abusive be- sault, we’ll be there to defend them defi nes Israeli politics will now come, whether new elections or Before I allow my liberal friends able downward slide as we mea- haviour toward Palestinians and — with a Global Media Defence Fund be on clear display. As I noted last a government of betrayal, what’s to indulge themselves in more sured support for Israel (61 per their rights, the partisan split will backed by pounds 3 million of UK fund- week, the only way for any govern- clear from this election is that Is- fantasy, it’s important for them to cent), support of Netanyahu (38 continue.The result may be a ing. Working with Unesco, the fund will ment of 61 Knesset members to rael has moved so far to the right, consider two critical facts: per cent), and support for Israeli growing divide not only between train journalists, help keep them safe, and be formed will require that either no one should expect any signifi - First, all of the prospective con- colonies (25 per cent). In each in- large segments of American soci- provide legal assistance in some of the party leaders betray their prom- cant change in Israeli policy to- tenders to the post of prime min- stance there was a partisan divide ety and Israel, but also between most dangerous places journalists work ises to their voters, or that individ- ward the occupation or Palestin- ister share similar approaches to — with Democrats less supportive the base of the Democratic Party’s — whether it’s reporting on the Taliban ual newly elected members betray ian human rights. And because the occupied territories. All will: of Israel, Netanyahu, and Israeli voters and their leaders. This is from Afghanistan or tracking cartel vio- their pledges to their leaders. it is precisely Israeli policy that is continue colony expansion; in- policies (in that descending order) why a number of leading con- lence in Mexico. What might also change the the determinant factor behind the sist on maintaining control over than Republicans. tenders for Democratic Party’s When we leave the EU, we will also re- calculus of government forma- US’ deep partisan divide toward the Jordan Valley and extending Furthermore, it is important presidential nomination — Ber- inforce our sanctions legislation to hold tion is if Netanyahu is indicted Israel, that will not change either. Israeli sovereignty to this area to note is that driving the divide nie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, those who commit serious abuses of for corruption and his “faithful” This being the case, when the and many of “settlement [colony] is not so much party loyalty as it and Pete Buttigieg — have begun human rights to account — by barring break ranks and either join the New York Times editorialises, as blocs”; maintain the annexation is demographics. For example, to speak, albeit hesitantly about them from entering the UK and freez- opposition or elect a new leader they did below, it’s more liberal of what Israelis refer to as “East Je- two of the major component de- conditioning aid to Israel on its ing their assets such as bank accounts. to replace Netanyahu. Even then, wishful thinking than fact-based rusalem”; and keep the strangula- mographic groups making up behaviour in the occupied lands. That will provide a layer of UK account- they will face the wrath of some analysis:“At the same time, ele- tion hold over Gaza. In fact, some the Democratic base are younger Back in 1992, the presidential ability against those who target journal- voters if in the process of doing so ments of the Democratic party of the positions of Benny Gantz, voters and “people of colour.” campaign of then-candidate Bill ists, whistle-blowers and human rights they betray their pledge to remain have grown increasingly suspi- “the liberals’ hope,” are more For Republicans, it’s white “born- Clinton operated with the mantra campaigners with impunity in their own united with their religious party cious of Israel, if not hostile to it. harsh than those of Netanyahu. again Christians”. “it’s the economy, stupid” — in countries. coalition partners. Mr. Netanyahu’s exit, should it Second, while the Democratic A recent poll conducted by You- order to be constantly reminded As well as championing these causes, If one or another of these be- materialise, may halt this danger- Party’s establishment, including Gov Blue for Data for Progress of the importance of that issue in the UN General Assembly is also an op- trayals do not occur within a few ous shift and provide a new Israeli the majority of its Congressional brings home this point. When vot- the election. Borrowing from that, portunity for the international commu- months, Israel will be headed to government the opportunity to delegation, will be inclined to wel- ers were asked “Do you support I would offer this mantra to my nity to come together to defend the inter- yet another election — the third reclaim broad bipartisan sup- come the downfall of Netanyahu or oppose the US government re- liberal friends: “It’s Israeli policy national rule of law, by calling on all its in a year!While the attitudes of port in the United States.”Much for several reasons, the views of ducing foreign and military aid to (not personalities), stupid.” members to play by the rules. liberal media and political estab- the same came from a US-based the Democrats’ voter base are not Israel based on human rights vio- COURTESY : AL-JAZEERA COURTESY : GULF NEWS Why Conservatives will lose the UK general election LEO MCKINSTRY Tory optimists cling to the belief tion could be badly misplaced. The rhetoric about a wave of indigna- ismatic showmanship may not be set by encroachment into the La- ritish Prime Minister Boris that there is route to salvation, even idea of an impending surge for the tion spreading across the country. enough.In reality, Johnson’s party bour heartlands that backed Leave BJohnson seems trapped in if Johnson is forced by parliament Tories may be nothing more than One survey yesterday showed that could face heavy losses. There are in the referendum. a political vice constructed to sign up for an extension to Ar- wishful thinking. Indeed, for all the 60 per cent of voters backed the Su- no fewer than 68 Conservative After all, it is estimated that by the Remainer Parliament. Hav- ticle 50. This lies in an appeal to the government’s demands for an early preme Court’s decision, compared constituencies which could fall on around fi ve million Labour vot- ing lost his Commons majority country through a general election, contest, the Conservatives are in a to 29 per cent who were opposed. a swing of less than four per cent, ers supported Brexit in 2016, a rich and been savaged by the Supreme which could sweep him back to precarious position. The same is true of a no-deal while 22 marginals have majorities electoral pool from which the To- Court, he now faces the grim duty power on a robust Brexit platform. Two opinion polls this week put Brexit, the cherished holy grail of of less than 1,000. The Tories could ries could draw, helped by discon- of applying to the European Union The theory goes that in such a Johnson’s party on just 27 per cent, fundamentalist Leavers. All opinion face a wipeout in Scotland at the tent over Jeremy Corbyn’s far-Left (EU) for a further delay to Brexit un- campaign, he would be able to with barely any lead over the op- polls have revealed that this policy hands of the nationalists, especially leadership. less he either resigns or swiftly se- exploit the public mood of disil- position. Theresa May went into commands the support of less than because their popular former lead- But this ignores the fact that the cures a deal. lusion with the chronic failure of the 2017 General Election with a a third of the electorate, so it hardly er Ruth Davidson has now resigned. Labour vote has powerful, tribal The former option would be a di- Westminster to implement the ref- lead of over 20 points, which soon represents “the will of the people”. Further south, the Liberal Demo- solidarity. “I’ve been Labour all my saster, opening the way for a hostile erendum result.According to this evaporated under the pressure of The case for an imminent Tory crats are advancing once more after life,” is the phrase that canvass- caretaker government. The latter upbeat narrative, Boris’s popularity events. Boris is of course a far bet- victory really breaks down when years of retreat. With its clear stance ers will constantly hear during an step appears increasingly unlikely. will be all the greater if he makes ter communicator and showman the mechanics of an election are on Brexit, Jo Swinson’s party is now election. In 2017, there was excit- Not only have negotiations in Brus- a pact with Nigel Farage’s Brexit that May, but even his charismatic analysed, for it is hard to see where a huge threat in the affl uent Tory able talk about a massive switch of sels stalled, but moderate Labour Party, fi ghting jointly on the theme showmanship may not be enough. there will be a single gain for the suburbs across the country. Con- Labour voters to the Tories in the MPs would be reluctant to help of the British people versus the es- Nor is there much evidence of a government.Boris is of course a far servative strategists believe that north and the midlands, but the him, particularly after the explosive tablishment. But the high hopes in- growing public clamour against better communicator and show- losses to the Liberal Democrats and change never materialised. scenes seen in the parliament.Yet, vested in an imminent general elec- the elite, contrary to all the eager man that May, but even his char- the Scottish Nationalists can be off- COURTESY : AL-JAZEERA The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily refl ect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon Friday, October 25, 2019 International 8

WORLD SNIPPETS Essex lorry deaths: 39 victims Over 2,400 arrested in US attack threat only a were Chinese nationals ongoing Chile protests London, Oct 24 (IANS) The 39 ised crime groups who may have the formal identification process Santiago, Oct 24 (IANS) Chiles national human rights bluff: Iran people who were found dead in a played a part”. of the 38 adults and one teenager institute has said that the number of arrested people refrigerated lorry container in the Police said the tractor unit, the “could be a lengthy process”. nationwide had risen to more than 2,400 people, fol- Tehran, Oct 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s re- UK’s Essex county, were all Chi- front part of the lorry, came from The stowaways slowly froze to lowing a sixth day of massive anti-government protests cent threat of a possible military attack on Iran is nothing nese nationals, it was revealed on Northern Ireland and picked up death in “absolutely horrendous” in various cities. but a “bluff”, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said Thursday. the trailer from Purfleet. conditions after they tried to reach On Wednesday, the National Institute of Human on Thursday. The revelations come as the po- According to a report in The the UK on a cargo ferry from Zee- Rights said that 898 of the arrests occurred in the capi- The threat seems more like a “bluff to cover their cha- lice in the UK continued to ques- Daily Mail, the police were fo- brugge in Belgium. tal city of Santiago, where close to 100,000 protesters grin” for their failed policies, Hatami was quoted as saying tion lorry driver Mo Robinson, 25, cussing on whether Robinson The migrants were huddled gathered on Wednesday at the Plaza Italia, while 1,512 by the Press TV. who was arrested on suspicion of knew he was picking up immi- inside the super-chilled sound- took place in the rest of the country, reports Efe news. On Monday, Trump said that if Iran does something, murder and as Belgian authorities grants from Purfleet docks on proofed container for at least 15 Of the total 2,410 detained, 1,565 were men, 442 they will be hit as they have never been hit before, Xinhua have also released details about Tuesday night. hours by the time the door was women and 274 minors, although age and gender reported. the trailer which was found early The Belgian Federal Public Pros- opened by Robinson on Wednes- could not be determined in some cases, according to The Iranian minister warned the US against making the Wednesday at Waterglade Indus- ecutor’s Office said it had opened day. the institute. mistake of taking measures against Iran. trial Park in Grays. a case which would focus on the UK Prime Minister Boris John- The protests have left more than 18 dead, including “If they make a mistake, they will receive a response that It had arrived in Purfleet on the organisers and others involved in son said it was an “unimaginable four foreigners, five of which were allegedly caused by will make them more ashamed than the previous measures River Thames from Zeebrugge in the transport. tragedy and truly heartbreaking”. security officers. which brought about humiliation to them,” Hatami said. Belgium, reports the BBC. The lorry was moved to a secure A vigil will be held at 6 p.m. on The institute said 535 injured have been reported The Iranian armed forces stand fully ready to protect the Officers in Northern Ireland site at Tilbury Docks on Wednes- Thursday outside the Home Office since October 17, when protests over the steep hike in nation and the country’s borders, and will give “a crushing have also raided two houses and day so the bodies could be “recov- to “call for urgent action to ensure Santiago metro prices turned into violent clashes and response” to any threats or excessive demands, he added. the National Crime Agency said ered while preserving the dignity safe passage” for people fleeing mass civil unrest nationwide. It added that 210 of the it was working to identify “organ- of the victims”. Essex Police said war and poverty. injuries were caused by firearms. Iran urges NAM to support Palestinian cause Spain begins process of moving Man killed in burning Tesla as Franco’s remains Tehran, Oct 24 (IANS) Iran has urged member states of futuristic doors wouldn’t open the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to support the Pales- Madrid, Oct 24 (IANS) Spanish au- three representatives from Spain’s San Francisco, Oct 24 the police. It was not the this crash, and know that tinian cause, Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. thorities on Thursday began arriving socialist government, including the (IANS) Omar Awan, a crash that killed him, his high speed collisions can “It is of great importance that the NAM countries main- to oversee the process of transferring justice minister, Dolores Delgado. 48-year-old anesthesi- family’s lawyers said, result in a fire in any type tain and strengthen their united front and do not allow former dictator Francisco Franco’s All those allowed inside have to ologist, died inside his but the car’s futuristic of car, not just electric the Zionist regime (of Israel) and its enablers to succeed remains from the grandiose mauso- pass through strict security controls Tesla Model S in South design features. vehicles,” the company in their aim of relegating the Palestinian question to the leum where he was interred over four and metal detectors to ensure that Florida after he crashed “Fire engulfed the car said. margin,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif decades ago, to rebury them in a more nobody takes in hidden camera or it into a palm tree and and burned Dr Awan In May 2018, US safety was quoted as saying. modest cemetery next to his wife. audio devices and the tomb itself the police could not beyond recognition -- regulators launched in- Zarif made the remarks at a meeting of the NAM Min- Once Franco’s remains are re- will be cordoned off by a tarpaulin rescue him owing to ve- all because the Model vestigation into a crash isterial Committee on Palestine held in Baku, the capital moved from the basilica at the Valley screen. hicle’s futurist handle S has inaccessible door in Utah that occurred of Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, Xinhua reported, citing Tas- of the Fallen, a colossal monument The process of removing his re- design. handles, no other way to when a Tesla Model S nim news. hewn into a mountain in the coun- mains is expected to take around one According to the open the doors, and an plowed into a fire de- “The extremist and unilateral policy pursued by the Unit- tryside some 50 km north of Madrid, hour, although it could be delayed “wrongful death” lawsuit unreasonably danger- partment vehicle while ed States coupled with its contempt for international law they will be transffered by helicopter depending on the state of the coffin. that was filed by Awan’s ous fire risk,’ the lawsuit it was on “autopilot” has had a devastating impact on the Palestinian people,” to the Mingorrubio cemetery in El First, funerary specialists must re- family, the vehicle’s door read. mode. Zarif said. “The (US President Donald) Trump administra- Pardo, where it will be buried next move the 1,500 kg concrete slab cov- handles were retracted Awan eventually died The infamous Tesla tion is aiding and abetting the aggressive Israeli regime in its to his wife, Carmen Polo, in a private ering the military dictator’s tomb. and did not ‘auto-pres- of smoke inhalation and Model 3 sedan crash expansionist behavior which seeks to undermine the status ceremony, reports Efe news. Then they will assess the state of ent’ when the police of- did not have any internal with a semi-truck that of the Palestinian issue,” the top Iranian diplomat added. The process of removing the coffin the remains. Franco’s body was laid ficer arrived to the scene, injuries or broken bones happened in March in from the tomb itself is to be overseen to rest inside a sealed zinc coffin Newsweek reported on from the impact of the Florida was triggered only by a small group of funerary spe- encased within a larger outer casket Wednesday. crash. when the Autopilot Saudi Arabia appoints new cialists, 22 of Franco’s relatives and a made of wood. Awan was driving be- Meanwhile, Tesla said system failed to detect tween 120 to 145 kms per in a statement that it was the driver’s hand on Foreign Minister hour when he hit a palm deeply saddened by the the steering wheel. The ‘Sharif diagnosed with acute tree. The car caught crash. “We understand crash killed the 50-year- Riyadh, Oct 24 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has named Prince fire and got filled with that speed is being in- old Tesla driver Jeremy Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud as the country’s new Foreign smoke, witnesses told vestigated as a factor in Beren Banner. Minister, replacing Ibrahim al-Assaf, who was appointed ITP, to recover in a week’ last December, media reports said. Lahore, Oct 24 (IANS) The medical supremo was taken to Services Hos- Arab News reported of the appointment citing royal de- board treating former Pakistan Prime pital from the National Accountability US adults who strongly disapprove crees published by Saudi Press Agency on Wednesday. Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday Bureau’s (NAB) Lahore office late Mon- Prior to his appointment as Foreign Minister , Prince confirmed that the PML-N supremo is day night after a decline in his platelet Faisal served as the Saudi Ambassador to Germany from suffering from acute immune throm- count. Nawaz Sharif received transfu- of Trump shine on Twitter March 2019. bocytopenic purpura (ITP) and would sions of mega units of platelets at the San Francisco, Oct 24 per cent of all tweets from guided Machine Learning Before that, he was an Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign recover in a week’s time. A doctor said hospital the next day. The government (IANS) Only 22 per cent US adults. They create 25 model to classify each of Affairs and senior adviser at the Saudi Embassy in Wash- the treatment has been started after the officials, as well as his party leaders, had Americans actually use per cent of tweets mention- these 1.1 million tweets as ington from 2017-2019. diagnosis was confirmed, reports The told the media that he was in a stable Twitter, but among them ing national politics. related to national politics He had also served in various capacity in both private Express Tribune. He added that the ail- condition after he underwent the treat- those who disapprove of US Taken together, strong or not. The prevalence of and public sectors from 2001 to 2019, including as rep- ment was treatable in Pakistan and in- ment. However, his condition deterio- President Donald Trump disapprovers and strong tweets mentioning nation- resentative of Boeing Industrial Technology Group, vice travenous treatment has commenced. rated on Wednesday evening after his dominate the conversa- approvers of Trump gen- al politics from US adults chairman of and later as board chairman of Alsalam Aero- “He does not have aplastic anaemia platelets count again fell sharply to a tions on national politics on erate 97 per cent of all who strongly disapprove space Company and from 2001-2013. and his haemoglobin and WBC count life-threatening level of 7,000. the social media platform, tweets mentioning nation- of Trump is tied to two He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the (white blood cells) are normal. Plate- Punjab Health Minister Yasmin says a new report from the al politics from US adults factors. First, this group Saudi Military Industries Corporation and chairman of the lets are low though,” said the docto. Rashid also met the former premier Pew Research Center. This on Twitter. The survey makes up a larger share of Executive Committee in 2017. He added that Sharif’s bonemarrow at the hospital and claimed in a news group -- those who disap- involved 2,427 respon- Twitter users than of the Amongst the other decrees, Saleh Mohammed Al- was also functioning normally and is conference that “Nawaz was satis- prove of Trump -- gener- dents with public Twit- general public. The share Othaim was appointed deputy head of the Saudi Data and making blood as it should in addition fied with the treatment”. The former ates 80 per cent of all tweets ter accounts. Collectively, of US adults on Twitter Artificial Intelligence Authority, whilst Abdullah bin Sharaf to a normal level of reticulocytes. premier had been shifted from the from US adults and 72 per the participants produced who strongly disapprove Al-Ghamdi was appointed head of the Saudi Data and Arti- Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan Mus- Kot Lakhpat jail (where he is serv- cent of tweets mentioning more than 1.1 million of Trump (55 per cent) is ficial Intelligence Authority. Tariq Abdullah Al-Sheddi was lim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz ing seven-year imprisonment in Al- national politics, said the tweets over the course of seven percentage points appointed head of the National Data Management Office, Sharif filed a petition in the Islamabad Azizia case) to NAB’s Lahore building study released on Wednes- the study period - June 10, higher than the share of the and Essam Abdullah Al-Waqit was appointed director of High Court (IHC) seeking his brother’s following his arrest in the Chaudhry day. Those who strongly ap- 2018-June 9, 2019. The Pew general public that holds the National Information Centre.\ bail on medical grounds. The PML-N Sugar Mills case. prove of Trump produce 11 Research Center used a this view (48 per cent). UK govt denies division over Death penalty for 16 over B’desh student murder Thai King fires officials for Dhaka, Oct 24 (IANS) A Ban- the court,” the plaintiff’s lawyer Mahmudul Hasan, told Efe news ‘extremely evil’ conduct Brexit plans gladesh court on Thursday sen- Shahjahan Saju told reporters af- that when he was traveling in an Bangkok, Oct 24 (IANS) Thailand’s King Vaji- tenced 16 people to death for the ter the verdict was delivered by ambulance to the hospital with ralongkorn has fired six officials for “extremely London, Oct 24 (IANS) The UK government has dis- murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a the tribunal. “The court asked the his sister, she recounted how evil” conduct, just days after stripping his royal missed reports of disagreements within Prime Minister teenager who was burnt to death Feni district magistrate to realize “the attackers pressed her to consort for “misbehaviour and disloyalty against Boris Johnson’s Cabinet over how to move forward with in April after she had filed a sex- the fine from each accused and withdraw the complaint, but she the monarch”, it was reported. the Brexit process, it was reported on Thursday. ual harassment complaint against hand it to Nusrat’s family as com- rejected it”. Hasan had recorded The six include a woman, a senior police official The Downing Street has indicated that Johnson would her teacher at a religious school. pensation,” he said. the testimony of his sister with and two royal guards, the BBC reported, adding seek a snap poll in December if the European Union (EU) SM Siraj-Ud-Doula, the ma- The incident took place on April the mobile phone. that they were accused of “exploiting their official proposes delaying the present October 31 Brexit deadline drasa principal who orchestrated 6 as she attended the seminary in He said the family was satisfied positions for their own or other people’s gain”. until January 2020, the BBC reported. the attack on the 19-year-old, was her hometown Feni, a small town with the death penalty verdict. Police lieutenant general Sakolket Chantra of However, some Ministers were understood to want to fo- among those sentenced to death. 160 km away from Dhaka, to sit in “But we are feeling a sense of the Royal Household Bureau was named as one of cus on getting the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement All the 16 convicts were present at her final examinations. insecurity because the accused the six people sacked. Bill through Parliament instead. the Women and Children Repres- She was lured to the rooftop of threatened (us) openly in court. “They have severely breached disciplinary con- But Downing Street sources have insisted there were no sion Prevention Tribunal in Feni the building, where her attack- We expect Prime Minister (Sheikh duct for their evil actions by exploiting their offi- splits in the Cabinet’s strategy. district during the hearing. ers wearing burqas asked her to Hasina) to ensure our security as cial positions for their own or other people’s gain,” The question of how to move forward with Brexit follows The Tribunal also imposed a withdraw the sexual harassment she had promised,” he said. the BBC quoted announcements in the Royal Ga- Tuesday’s key Commons votes, where MPs backed the fine of 100,000 taka ($1,190 ap- complaint against Doula. When Nusrat’s murder sparked pro- zette as saying. Prime Minister’s deal at its first Parliamentary hurdle but proximately) on each convict, re- she refused, she was doused tests across Bangladesh with Ha- “They also didn’t comply with royal regulations, rejected his plans to fast-track the legislation. ports Efe news. “All the accused with kerosene and set on fire, sina pledging to bring the perpe- which has brought severe damage to the royal af- have been sentenced to death by the BBC reported. Her brother, trators to justice. fairs.” Indian Horizon Friday - October 25, 2019 Business 9 India up 14 ranks to 63rd in World Bank ‘Doing Business’ list

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) India all the reforms recorded worldwide. cess of construction permits, re- promoting reorganization proceed- jumped 14 ranks to 63rd position in Their efforts focused primarily on duced the time and cost of ob- ings in practice. India also made the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ the areas of starting a business, taining construction permits, and resolving insolvency more difficult list released on Thursday and was dealing with construction permits, improved building quality control by not allowing dissenting credi- also among the top-10 progress- and trading across borders, the re- by strengthening professional certi- tors to receive as much under reor- making countries according to the port said. fication requirements, it added. ganization as they would receive in multilateral agency in terms of ease “India, which has conducted a Mumbai has streamlined the pro- liquidation. This reform applies to of doing business. remarkable reform effort, joins the cess of obtaining a building permit both Delhi and Mumbai,” as per the The World Bank report said: “Do- list for the third year in a row,” the and made it faster and less expen- World Bank report. ing Business acknowledges the 10 report said. sive to get a construction permit. Commenting on the jump by In- economies that improved the most It noted that starting a business According to the World Bank, dia in the rankings, Deloitte India on the ease of doing business after in India has been made easier by India made trading across borders Chairman Shyamak Tata said: “It is implementing regulatory reforms. abolishing filing fees for the Sim- easier by enabling post-clearance commendable that in the last four In Doing Business 2020, the 10 top plified Proforma for Incorporating audits, integrating trade stakehold- years the ranking has improved by improvers are Saudi Arabia, Jordan, a Company Electronically (SPICE), ers in a single electronic platform, 79 positions. This puts India in the Togo, Bahrain, Tajikistan, Pakistan, electronic memorandum of asso- upgrading port infrastructure, and rank of the most favoured invest- Kuwait, China, India, and Nigeria.” ciation, and articles of association. enhancing the electronic submis- ment destinations, indicating an These economies implemented This reform applies both to Delhi sion of documents. environment that encourages for- a total of 59 regulatory reforms in and Mumbai, it said. “Resolving insolvency, India eign investors to become part of the 2018-19 - accounting for one-fifth of Delhi has streamlined the pro- made resolving insolvency easier by Indian growth story.” Kolkata, B’luru to be surveyed for Maruti Suzuki’s Q2 net ‘Doing Business’ report profit down 39% on weak

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The given India is a large and diverse key ranking. ing Taxes’ indicators. demand World Bank will cover Kolkata and country. India has recorded a jump of 14 The recovery rate under resolv- Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) Weak half year (April-September) FY 2019- Bengaluru from next year for seek- “From this coming year, the cit- positions against its rank of 77 in ing insolvency has improved sig- demand environment dented auto- 20 have to be viewed in the context ing inputs for its ‘Ease of Doing ies of Kolkata and Bengaluru would 2019, and it will be placed now at nificantly from 26.5 per cent to 71.6 mobile major Maruti Suzuki India’s of exceptionally weak demand en- Business’ report. be included in the list of cities sur- 63rd rank among 190 countries. per cent. The time taken for resolv- second quarter earnings, as the vironment,” the automobile major It presently covers respondents veyed. So, the respondents would As per the World Bank report, In- ing insolvency has also come down company reported a drop of 39.4 per said in a statement. from Delhi and Mumbai only and now be drawn not only from Delhi dia has improved its rank in 7 out of significantly from 4.3 years to 1.6 cent in its net profit for the period. “This year, the automobile indus- inclusion of two more metros is ex- and Mumbai but also from Kolkata 10 indicators and has moved closer years. Finance Minister Sithara- Accordingly, the company’s try has seen a significant decline pected to reflect a better picture of and Bengaluru,”she said. to international best practices. man noted that the country needs net profit for the quarter fell to Rs in sales owing to several factors. ground realities. Finance Minister The Centre has informed the Significant improvements have to improve further on starting 1,358.6 crore compared to the same One of the main factors is increase Nirmala Sitharaman said that the state governments of West Ben- been registered in ‘Resolving Insol- (new) business which is very criti- period previous year, largely on ac- in the cost of acquisition of the car government had urged the World gal and Karnataka in this regard vency’, ‘Dealing with Construction cal. The Finance Ministry and the count of lower sales volume, higher due to various reasons coming to- Bank to include more cities for and hopes to ensure India finds its Permits’, ‘Registering Property’, Industry ministry would work to- sales promotion expenses and high- gether like implementation of more the Ease of Doing Business survey place in the first 50 countries in this ‘Trading across Boards’ and ‘Pay- gether to improve this. er depreciation expenses. stringent safety and emission (BS6) However, cost reduction efforts, norms, increase in vehicle insur- higher fair value gains on invested ance expenses and hike in road tax- surplus and reduction in corporate es in many states.” Petrol, diesel prices fall again after a day of no change tax rate aided the company to off- According to the company, lower New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Af- According to the IOC website, 68.42 in Kolkata, Rs 69.24 in Mum- set some of the impact. availability of finance and increased ter a day of no change, the prices the price of petrol fell on Thursday bai, and Rs 69.77 in Chennai. Besides, the company’s net sales down payment requirement have of petrol and diesel fell again on in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and In the international market, the declined by 25.2 per cent to Rs affected the affordability of custom- Thursday, an Indian Oil Corpora- Chennai to Rs 73.17 per litre, Rs crude oil registered a fall in its 16,120.4 crore from Rs 21,551.9 ers to own cars. tion (IOC) data revealed. 75.82, Rs 78.78, and Rs 75.99, re- price after a rise in the previous crore reported for the same period The company’s off-take during The oil marketing companies spectively. two sessions while the Brent oil during the previous year. the quarter under review has been reported no change in the price of The diesel prices also fell in the continued to trade above $60 per “The results of the company for lower by 30.2 per cent to 338,317 petrol and diesel on Wednesday. four major metropolitan cities. It fell to Rs 66.06 per litre in Delhi, Rs barrel. the quarter (July-September) and vehicles. SC order on adjusted Dal prices in Delhi to be kept under gross revenue includes Jio dues: COAI Rs 85 per kg New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Delhi try, NAFED, Mother Dairy, Kendriya Supreme Court’s upholding on government has been asked to check Bhandar, the Delhi Government and Thursday of the Department its price monitoring centres for puls- senior officials of the Department of Telecom’s (DoT) decision es due to a mismatch between the of Consumer Affairs. “Delhi govern- to collect past dues of around prices reported by them and the Cen- ment was advised to check its price Rs 92,000 crore from telecom tral government, it was announced monitoring centres as there is a mis- firms like Airtel and Vodafone on Wednesday. match between the prices reported Idea also includes Reliance Jio, The Centre is also taking steps so by them and those available with the though the amount owed by that dal prices do not exceed Rs 85 Union Government,” the Consumer them is not large, according to per kg in Delhi and tomato prices are Affairs Ministry said. Some key deci- the Cellular Operators Associa- profit on the sale of fixed assets, cut by Rs 2-3 by Mother Dairy. sions were taken at the meeting to tion of India (COAI). dividend, interest and miscel- This was communicated to Delhi reduce the prices of pulses. Kendriya The apex court on Thursday laneous income. government representatives at a re- Bhandar indicated that they are sell- ordered a number of telecom The Telecom Disputes Settle- view meeting by the Centre to moni- ing tur dal at Rs 86 per kg and can carriers to pay the government ment and Appellate Tribunal tor prices of pulses, tomatoes and bring the price further down. Nafed as much as Rs 92,000 crore ($13 (TDSAT) has said in 2015 that onions. The standing committee held has been directed to offer the pulses billion) in dues, which includes the AGR includes all receipts, a meeting on Wednesday under the to Delhi government at prices not ex- penalties and interest. except capital receipts and rev- chairmanship of Secretary, Consum- ceeding Rs 82 per kg. Nafed has also “The Supreme Court or- enue, from non-core sources er Affairs, Avinash K. Srivastava to been directed to sell milled pulses to der includes Jio although the such as rent The tribunal ruled review the price and availability situ- Kendriya Bhandar, Safal & NCCF at a amount owned by them is not that AGR should include, apart ation of these three commodities. rate between Rs 80-85, not exceeding very large compared to other from license fees and spectrum The meeting was attended by rep- Rs 85 per kg for retailing. On toma- operators,” COAI Director user charges, also rent, divi- resentatives of the Agriculture Minis- toes, the review panel was informed General Rajan Mathews said dends and profits on the sale try, NAFED, Mother Dairy, Kendriya prices not exceeding Rs 82 per kg. up to Rs 2 to 3 at all of its 400 retail that prices are on a downward trend. without specifying the amount of assets. The Supreme Court Bhandar, the Delhi Government and Nafed has also been directed to sell outlets across Delhi from Thursday. Mother Dairy is selling three different owed by Jio. has asked 8 carriers to pay the senior officials of the Department of milled pulses to Kendriya Bhandar, Mother Dairy has also been asked to varieties of tomatoes in Delhi priced According to sources, howev- amount. Reliance Communi- Consumer Affairs. Safal & NCCF at a rate between Rs bring hybrid variety of tomatoes with at Rs 30, Rs 40 and Rs 55 at present. er, out of the Supreme Court’s cations which has dues of Rs “Delhi government was advised to 80-85, not exceeding Rs 85 per kg for shelf life of up to 15 days to augment Onion prices have also started moder- estimation of Rs 92,000 crore, 16,000 crore has shut shop and check its price monitoring centres as retailing. supplies.This was communicated to ating with the arrival of kharif onions. Jio’s dues stand at Rs 13 crore. exited already. Airtel has a debt there is a mismatch between the pric- On tomatoes, the review panel was Delhi government representatives Nafed has been directed to enhance While Jio entered the market of Rs 1.06 lakh crore and Voda- es reported by them and those avail- informed that prices are on a down- at a review meeting by the Centre to their supply to consuming centres in- in September 2016, Airtel and fone Idea (which have merged) able with the Union Government,” ward trend. Mother Dairy is selling monitor prices of pulses, tomatoes cluding Delhi. Further, Mother Dairy Vodafone and Idea have been have a debt of Rs 1.15 lakh crore. the Consumer Affairs Ministry said. three different varieties of tomatoes and onions. The standing committee and Safal will be provided additional operating over the last 10 years Broking firm Morgan Stanley Some key decisions were taken at in Delhi priced at Rs 30, Rs 40 and Rs held a meeting on Wednesday under stock for retailing in Delhi by up to 4 in the Indian telecom market. said that if the telecom firms the meeting to reduce the prices of 55 at present. the chairmanship of Secretary, Con- trucks daily which will immediately The row has been on since were to eventually have to pay pulses. Kendriya Bhandar indicated The Department of Consumer Af- sumer Affairs, Avinash K. Srivastava have an impact on prices. Nafed in- 2005 when the COAI chal- as per the ruling, the potential that they are selling tur dal at Rs 86 fairs has asked Mother Dairy to fur- to review the price and availability formed that post elections in Maha- lenged the government’s meth- payments could be $3 billion for per kg and can bring the price further ther cut their tomato prices so as to situation of these three commodities. rashtra, the supplies from Maharash- od of adjusted gross revenue Airtel and $4 billion for Voda- down. Nafed has been directed to of- provide additional relief to consum- The meeting was attended by rep- tra to consuming states are being (AGR) calculation to include fone Idea, the report said. fer the pulses to Delhi government at ers. They agreed to reduce the rate by resentatives of the Agriculture Minis- augmented. Indian Horizon Friday - October 25, 2019 Business 10

Xiaomi sells over 5 lakh Mi Complaints disclosure not needed TVs during festive sale Bengaluru, Oct 24 (IANS) Xiaomi before probe: Infosys on Thursday announced that it has achieved a record breaking sale of Bengaluru, Oct 24 (IANS) Info- have accused its Chief Executive over 5 lakh Mi TVs in 24 days starting sys on Thursday said before con- Officer (CEO) Salil Parekh and September 28. clusion of the investigation of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) According to the company, this generalised allegations in the com- Nilanjan Roy of unethical practices milestone is achieved across Diwali plaints, a disclosure under Regula- for many quarters. “Parekh and With Mi on mi.com, Flipkart, Ama- graded smart band in the country. tion 30 of Listing Obligation and Roy have been resorting to unethi- zon and all offline channels. Mi TV Mi TV 4X 65-inch has been priced Disclosure Requirement Regula- cal practices for many quarters, is the highest-selling TV on Amazon at Rs 54,999. The Mi TV 4X 50-inch tions was not required. “The dis- as evident from their e-mails and and Flipkart during the shopping will cost Rs 29,999 while the 43-inch closure made on October 22, 2019 voice recordings of their conversa- festival. During the same period, Mi Mi TV 4X model will be available for was to respond to multiple media tions,” said the complainants, who TV was also the highest selling TV Rs 24,999. The Mi TV 4A 40-inch TV inquiries and reports. The compa- called themselves ‘ethical employ- across Amazon and Flipkart. will cost Rs 17,999. ny undertakes to continue making ees’ in a 2-page letter to the city- “Our Smart TV business was born The new Mi TVs features a rede- timely disclosures as required un- based IT behemoth’s board of di- in 2018 and it has flourished well in signed version of “PatchWall” based der Regulation 30 of LODR Regula- rectors on September 20, a copy of India. In a short span of time of three on Android 9 Pie, and have in-built tions,” said Infosys in a statement which has been accessed by IANS. months since inception, we became Netflix and Amazon Prime streaming to the BSE. In the statement, Nilekani said, rchand Mangaldas is conducting The software engineers charged the #1 Smart TV brand in India services. The series is also the first On Wednesday, BSE demanded “One Board member received the investigation into the anony- that Parekh and Roy directed them and have continued our streak for in the world to come with Google’s the global software major why it two anonymous complaints on mous whistleblower complaints, to cook the account books to show five consecutive quarters,” Eshwar “Data Saver Mode” that allows up to did not disclose whistleblower in- September 30, 2019 one dated Infosys said. “While dealing with more profits in the treasury by tak- Nilakantan, Category Lead - MiTV, three times more content streaming, formation to the bourse, following September 20, 2019 titled “Dis- these complaints, the company ing risks and making changes to Xiaomi India said in a statement. data counter for individual apps and the clearly defined whistleblower turbing unethical practices” and evaluates the requirements of policies. The whistleblower asked Last month, the company unveiled an ability to cast locally and wire- disclosure norms. BSE demanded the second undated with the title, various regulations including dis- the auditors to properly check deal a new range of Next-Gen smart TVs, lessly to the TV without the need for the clarification after the com- “Whistleblower Complaint”. Ac- closures under Regulation 30 of proposals, margins, undisclosed along with a water purifier and up- an Internet connection. pany’s chairman Nandan Nilekani cording to the company’s whistle- SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, as upfront commitments extended admitted in a statement to the ex- blower regulations, Nilekani said amended (“LODR Regulations”),” and revenue recognition. At 12:08 change on October 22 that whistle- Infosys placed both the complaints Infosys said. pm, Infosys shares were trading blower complaints were indeed before an audit committee on Oc- A few anonymous employees were trading 1.38 per cent lower at Tripura to get 2 more received. tober 10. Law firm Shardul Ama- of global software vendor Infosys 641.75 rupees. Eom/371 words border haats after India improves its global ‘Ease of B’desh nod Agartala, Oct 24 (IANS) After a continuous persuasion by the Doing Business’ ranking wait of over two years, Dhaka has Tripura government officials and finally issued a no objection cer- Chief Minister Biplab Kumar New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) India’s join the 50 top economies on the ease ness Rankings released just now by tificate (NOC) to set up two more Deb,” he added. “The Bangladesh flagship programme ‘Make in India’ of doing business ranking by 2020.” the World Bank,” Commerce Minister border “haats” (markets) along the government has issued NOC to set and other economic reforms have As per the report, the administra- Piyush Goyal tweeted. India-Bangladesh border in Tripu- up two more border haats in Ka- been credited to have improved the tion’s reform efforts targeted “all of “Congratulations to PM @Naren- ra, an official said on Thursday. malpur and Raghna in northern country’s global ranking in the ‘Ease the areas measured by Doing Busi- draModiji for the path breaking im- Currently, four border haats are Tripura along the Bangladesh bor- of Doing Business’ index of the World ness, with a focus on paying taxes, provements in India’s business envi- functional along India-Bangladesh der,” an official of Tripura govern- Bank to 63rd position. trading across borders, and resolving ronment for nation’s prosperity and border in Tripura and Meghalaya. ment’s Industries and Commerce Accordingly, the annual index re- insolvency”. job creation,” he said. “The Bangladesh government Department told IANS. port -- Doing Business 2020 -- released “The country has made a substan- Commenting on the jump by India has issued NOC to set up two more According to the official, two by the World Bank showed India as tial leap upward, raising its ease of do- in the rankings, Deloitte India Chair- border haats in Kamalpur and more border haats are also pro- being amongst the top 10 improvers, ing the private sector -- manufactur- ing business ranking from 130 in 2016 man Shyamak Tata said: “It is com- Raghna in northern Tripura along posed at Radhanagar (Ghosh- stating that “Given the size of India’s ing in particular -- and enhancing the to 63 in Doing Business 2020.” mendable that in the last four years the the Bangladesh border,” an official khamar) in southern Tripura and economy, these reform efforts are par- country’s overall competitiveness.” Last year, India jumped 23 places ranking has improved by 79 positions. of Tripura government’s Indus- Belchara in western Tripura. These ticularly commendable”. “The government turned to the Do- to the 77th position on the back of re- This puts India in the rank of the most tries and Commerce Department two proposed locations would be The report released on Thursday ing Business indicators to show inves- forms related to insolvency, taxation favoured investment destinations, in- told IANS. The official on condi- finalised after the joint visit of In- said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tors India’s commitment to reform and other areas. dicating an environment that encour- tion of anonymity said that the dia and Bangladesh government ‘Make in India’ campaign focused on and to demonstrate tangible progress. “India has jumped from 77th to ages foreign investors to become part officials of India and Bangladesh officials. attracting foreign investment, boost- In 2015, the government’s goal was to 63rd rank in the Ease of Doing Busi- of the Indian growth story.” had earlier identified 1.92 acres The first border haat was set and 1.36 acres of land at Raghna up on July 23, 2011 at Kalaichar and Kamalpur respectively under (India)-Kurigram (Bangaldesh) in North Tripura and Dhalai districts. the West Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Biocon net plunges 39% in Q2 to Rs 216 crore “Now after completing few other Subsequently, three more haats formalities including acquiring of followed in Meghalaya and Tripu- Bengaluru, Oct 24 (IANS) Bio- nually to Rs 1,572 crore from Rs the land, the Union Commerce ra in 2015. The Indian government tech major Biocon on Wednesday 1,322 crore in the like period a and Industries Ministry would re- has been spending on an average reported a Rs 216 crore consoli- year ago. lease around Rs 3.25 crore for each Rs 3.5 crore to develop the infra- dated net profit for the second Sequentially, revenue rose 7 border haat.” structure and necessary facilities quarter (Q2) of fiscal 2019-20, per cent to Rs 1,572 crore from Rs The official said that the issue for each border market. registering a 39 per cent decline 1,466 crore a quarter ago. of setting up of new border haat Experts and various studies have from Rs 355 crore in the same pe- Earnings before interest, de- was raised with Bangladesh Prime shown that the border haats have riod a year ago. preciation and ammortisation Minister Sheikh Hasina during not only increased the livelihood The city-based company, how- (Ebitda) increased 12 per cent her visit to New Delhi earlier this of the people living in the border ever, said the net profit a year ago annually to Rs 441 crore from Rs month. areas, but has also helped control included Rs 171 crore exception- per cent to Rs 216 crore from Rs BSE, the city-based pharma com- 394 crore year ago but declined 4 “The NOC was issued by the cross-border troubles, including al income. 206 crore a quarter ago. pany said consolidated revenue per cent sequentially from Rs 462 Bangladesh government after a illegal trade. Sequentially, net profit rose 5 In a regulatory filing on the from sales grew 19 per cent an- crore a quarter ago. Microsoft, Jio empowering small businesses in India: Nadella

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Mi- its first quarter of fiscal year oped by Jio through the Mi- crosoft is empowering small 2020. crosoft Azure platform, Indian businesses in India in their “In India, we’re bringing the start-ups will have access to Cloud journey with Reliance power of Microsoft Cloud to efficient and affordable cloud Jio, the company’s CEO Satya millions of small businesses infrastructure and platform Nadella has said. through our partnership with services, enabling them to de- Reliance Industries (RIL) in Jio, one of the largest mobile velop innovative products and August announced partner- carriers in the country,” Nadella services faster and more cost- ship of its subsidiary Reliance added. effectively. Jio Infocomm with Microsoft in According to Mukesh Ambani, Small and medium business- the technology space, including Chairman and Managing Direc- es in India also will have ac- creation on cloud solutions. tor of Reliance Industries (RIL), cess to a range of cloud-based As per the partnership, Jio will by working together to devel- productivity, collaboration and leverage the Microsoft Azure op innovative and affordable business applications includ- cloud platform to develop inno- cloud-enabled digital solutions ing Office 365, enabling them to vative cloud solutions focused built around Jio’s world-class compete more effectively in the on the needs of Indian busi- digital infrastructure and Mi- Indian marketplace, the com- nesses. crosoft’’s Azure cloud platform, pany said. The Microsoft CEO “Organisations today need a “we will accelerate the digitiza- said the company is re-imagin- distributed computing fabric to tion of the Indian economy and ing customers’ data estates with meet their real world operation- make Indian businesses glob- the cloud era with new limitless al sovereignty and regulatory ally competitive”. capabilities. needs,” Nadella said during the Jio will set up data centres in deploy its Azure platform in 7.5 MW of power, are being set “Every Fortune 500 customer “Azure AI now has more than company’s earnings call after locations across India, consist- these data centres to support up in the states of Gujarat and today is on a cloud migration 20,000 customers, and more posting $33.1 billion in revenue ing of next-generation com- Jio’s offerings. The initial two Maharashtra. These are tar- journey, and we are making it than 85 per cent of the Fortune with $10.7 billion in net income pute, storage and networking data centres, which can house geted to be fully operational in faster and easier,” said Nadella. 100 companies are using Azure (an increase of 21 per cent) for capabilities, and Microsoft will IT equipment consuming up to 2020. Due to the solutions devel- AI in the last 12 months,” he in- Sports Indian Horizon 11 Friday, October 25, 2019 Elbow Wishes pour in as Wriddhiman Saha turns !"

surgery ends Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) gud work. Have a great year ahead Keep Stretching - Keep Catching Goes about his job quietly and Wriddhiman Saha, who made a wit loads of success nd happiness. #TeamIndia.”Teammate R Ashwin keeps to himself. No showboating. Nishikori’s comeback to international cricket May God bless u always,” Saha’s took to Twitter to write: “Many Fan. Proud.” in the just concluded Test series Bengal Ranji teammate Manoj more happy returns of the day Another fan tweeted: “Happy tennis season against South Africa after a gap Tiwary wrote on Twitter. popsy. @Wriddhipops.” birthday Saha g..Keep rocking.” of around two years, celebrated “Happy Birthday, @Wriddhipops Meanwhile, sports journalist Another fan congratulated him his 35th birthday on Thursday. May you catch lots of wickets Debayan, who has followed Saha and called him the best wicket- On the auspicious day, not just and even more luck & happiness since his early days, also wished keeper in the world at present. teammates, but also his fans throughout the year. Have a the Kolkata stumper and tweeted: “Happy birthday, @Wriddhipops flooded Twitter with birthday great day,” India opener Mayank “Happy birthday @Wriddhipops ! ..The best wicket-keeper in the appreciation as his efforts behind wishes. Agarwal also wished his India Simply the best behind the stumps, World currently...,” he tweeted. the wicket had left even his “Many many happy returns of teammate.The BCCI also shared but more importantly, having seen In the recently concluded teammates amused. Skipper Virat the day 2 our Superman behind d a picture of the stumper and said: him from close quarters, a down series against the Proteas, which Kohli also hailed him as the best in stumps @Wriddhipops. Keep up d “Happy Birthday @Wriddhipops - to earth and simple human being. India won 3-0, Saha drew a lot of the world at present. ISL: FC Goa begin in style, thrash Chennaiyin 3-0 Samson gets Margao (Goa), Oct 24 (IANS) FC regained their rhythm to pose a call-up for Goa struck the right chords on the serious threat to the Chennaiyin Tokyo, Oct 24 (IANS) Japanese field to ease past Chennaiyin FC defence. In the 19th minute, Ferran T#$Is against tennis ace Kei Nishikori has 3-0 in their first game of the Indian Corominas picked up the ball from undergone a surgery on his right Super League 2019-20 season at the midfield and released Seiminlen B’desh elbow following which he will not Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Doungel into the box. be taking part in any competition Wednesday. Chennaiyin goalkeeper Vishal this season. Last year’s runner-up FC Goa Kaith was on to the ball in a flash The 29-year-old, who turned were a step ahead of their opponents before Goa’s new signing could pro in 2007, said following May’s in all areas of the field and were the pounce and take a shot. French Open he had swelling and better team overall. New signing Goa’s intent in the attacking fluid in the elbow and confirmed Seiminlen Doungel scored on his third was rewarded at the half hour Monday that he would be receiving debut to break the deadlock in mark. Manvir Singh beat his marker surgery to address the issue, the 30th minute. All-time ISL top- and crossed into the box from the reports Xinhua news agency. scorer Ferran Corominas struck right flank. The striker’s cross took On Tuesday evening, he in the 62nd minute to double the a double deflection off Eli Sabia underwent surgery at a hospital lead while substitute Carlos Pena and Doungel before rolling into in Tokyo.The Shimane Prefecture- added a third in the 81st minute the net.The hosts remained on born star, currently ranked 8th in to consign an unimpressive top of the game and refused to sit the world, will begin post-surgery Chennaiyin to a defeat.The hosts back after taking the lead. Brandon rehabilitation on Thursday, were quick to get on the ball and who first went close when Dragos ditch Seriton Fernandes challenge Fernandes’ piledriver just before according to his management spray passes around right from the Firtulescu was fed through on the prevented a catastrophic start for half-time had Vishal Kaith well company. start. However, it were the visitors goal in the 12th minute, but a last- the hosts.Sergio Lobera’s men soon beaten but the ball flew just wide. It said he would likely return to full training in the earlier part of Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) December, with an aim for him Saina Nehwal through to second Shivpal Singh wins javelin The Indian national selectors to return to the pro circuit next named the T20I and Test season. round in Paris gold in Military World Games squad for the series against Despite Nishikori hoping to play over Jelle Maas and Robin Bangladesh on Thursday and at one of the indoor competitions Tabeling of the Netherlands. at the ongoing 7th CISM Military World skipper Virat Kohli has been in Europe ahead of the November Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Games in China. rested for the T20I series and 10-17 Association of Tennis Kashyap and Sameer Verma all Shivpal, who is serving in the Indian Rohit Sharma will lead the Professionals Tour (ATP) Finals, he crashed out of the Super-750 Air Force, threw 83.33m to clinch the team in his absence. said that the pain in his elbow was event with defeats in their top honours. While Sanju Samson is the hampering his performance. respective first round matches The 24-year-old had won the silver big inclusion in the squad, In September, Nishikori, the on Wednesday. medal at the 2019 Asian Championships Rishabh Pant has still been only male Japanese tennis player Srikanth was beaten 21-15, held in Doha with a personal best throw retained as the primary ever to be ranked inside the top 5 7-21, 14-21 by second seed of 86.23 metres. keeper. The Test team sees in singles, heard from his doctors Tien Chen Chou of Chinese Meanwhile, Gurpreet, who is no major change as Kuldeep that he would not be able to swing Taipei in a continuation of currently serving the Indian Army, won Yadav has retained his place. a racket for about four weeks. what has been another bleak bronze in the men's 25m center fire Samson’s name has been After bowing out of the US year for the former world No. 1. pistol event with a score of 585. doing the rounds in recent Open in August in the third round, His chances of turning The 31-year-old, who hails from times and with the World Nishikori, who beat Rafael Nadal around the poor run look Amritsar, had won two gold medals at T20 up next year, the team to win the bronze medal at the Paris, Oct 24 (IANS) Saina unlikely in the next two the 2010 Commonwealth Games held management as well as the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Nehwal beat Hong Kong’s tournaments as he has been in India. selectors are looking to keep Janeiro, announced in a Twitter Cheung Ngan Yi 23-21, 21-17 drawn against Japanese Earlier, Aneesh Pillai (Disabled Men's options open as Pant is yet post on October 15 that he will in 42 minutes to advance to the world No. 1 Kento Momota Shotput IF1 event), Virender (Disabled to cement his place in the part ways with longtime coach second round of the French in his first round matches at Wuhan, Oct 24 (IANS) Indian javelin Men's Shotput IF5 event) and Anandan team in the limited-overs Dante Bottini. Open here on Wednesday. the China Open and Hong thrower Shivpal Singh on Thursday Gunasekaran (Disabled Men's 200m format. Nishikori, who added Michael Former world No. 1 Saina Kong Open. won the gold medal while Gurpreet IT1 event) had also won the gold medal The fact that Samson stole Chang to his coaching staff in and the men’s doubles pair of Sameer went down fighting Singh clinched the bronze in shooting in the ongoing tournament. the headlines with a brilliant 2014, did not announce any Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and in a close contest against double century against Goa changes in this partnership.In his Chirag Shetty were the only Kenta Nishimoto of Japan, in the ongoing Vijay Hazare time away from the tour he has Indians to record wins as the losing 22-20, 18-21, 18-21. Will be following FIH Olympic Trophy also helped his case. missed playing in the Rakuten others continued their poor Kashyap lost 11-21, 9-21 Shivam Dube has also been Japan Open in Tokyo and the run.Rankireddy and Chirag against Ng Ka Long Angus of given another opportunity Shanghai Masters in China. recorded a 21-16, 21-14 win Hong Kong. qualifiers closely: SV Sunil even though it is unlikely that Bhubaneswar, Oct 24 (IANS) While the he will get a game. Indian men's hockey team eagerly await In the Test team, Kuldeep Barcelona struggle in #-% their challenge against Russia in the FIH after complaining of shoulder Olympic qualifiers to be held at the Kalinga pain ahead of the Ranchi Stadium here on November 1 and 2, the Test against South Africa is victory over Slavia Prague team will keep a close eye on the qualifying fit and is back in the squad. tournament's knockout stage, received a pass from Masopust in matches which begin this weekend. Even Wriddhiman Saha is reports Efe news. the area and, with two defenders Nemesis Pakistan will take on 2018 men's fit and in the team after he Barca employed a high press converging on him, managed to World Cup runners-up the Netherlands injured his ring finger on the at the start of the contest and poke the ball just inside the right on October 26 and 27 in Amsterdam and third evening of the final Test the strategy paid dividends post past Ter Stegen in the 50th Spain will play against France in Valencia against the Proteas. immediately when Messi stole minute. on October 25 and 26. India’s squad for T20I the ball and then scored off a That goal and a chance for India's bugbear from the 2016 Rio series against Bangladesh: pass from Arthur in the third Nicolae Stanciu four minutes Olympics Canada too will be vying for an Rohit Sharma(Capt), Shikhar minute. later finally lit a flame under Olympic berth when they take on Ireland Dhawan, KL Rahul, Sanju But instead of building on that Barcelona, who scored the final at home in West Vancouver on 26 and 27 upset. We have seen such results in the Samson, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Prague, Oct 24 (IANS) FC early momentum, Barcelona goal of the match when Messi November 2019. past," he added.The Indian team during Pandey, Rishabh Pant(wk), Barcelona jumped to an early suffered through a lengthy sent a free kick into the area and "It's going to be a great weekend of their recent tour to Belgium underwent Washington Sundar, Krunal lead over Slavia Prague on a stretch marked by poor midfield a shot by Suarez from a tight hockey with Pakistan taking on the joint training sessions with the Dutch Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, goal by superstar forward Lionel play and a lack of attacking angle took a lucky bounce off the Netherlands and Spain taking on France. national team which SV Sunil, India's Rahul Chahar, Deepak Messi, but the Spanish-league presence up front. chest of Olayinka and went over Canada, who gave us the woes back in most experienced striker, described as Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, giants struggled the rest of the Meanwhile, defensive lapses the goal line in the 57th minute. Rio Olympics will also be playing for an 'high intensity training'. Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur way in a narrow 2-1 victory in forced star goalkeeper Marc- Less than 20 minutes later, Olympic spot when they take on Ireland. "We got to see the level of intensity they India’s squad for Test series Champions League group-stage Andre Ter Stegen to impose his Messi could have put the Anything can happen in such crunch (the Netherlands) brought to their training against Bangladesh: Virat action. presence for the first time in the game out of reach but missed games and all teams will come prepared sessions. We monitored their GPS tracking Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma, The patchy performance on 20th minute by saving a shot by what was surely one of the to win a berth for the 2020 Tokyo to see the kind of energy they bring into Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar both sides of the field at Sinobo Slava left back Jan Boril. More easiest chances of his career Olympics," stated SV Sunil, India's vice- every drill and every interval. They looked Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Stadium in the Czech capital heroics were then needed from from inside the six-yard box to captain, who has been entrusted with the in good nick. One can never take their Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman on Wednesday night will likely the Barcelona net-minder later give Slavia new life.Down the responsibility of Vice captain for the FIH opponents lightly especially when an Saha (wk), R Jadeja, R Ashwin, be a cause of concern for the in the first half to stop attempts stretch, the hosts were closer to Olympic Qualifiers. "We will be watching Olympic Qualification is at stake and a Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed five-time champions, who by Lukas Masopust and Peter netting the equaliser than Barça these matches together as a team activity first-hand glimpse of the Netherlands Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant nevertheless find themselves Olayinka.The hosts continued were to scoring an insurance and I don't think we can predict a clear training ahead of their Qualifier against Sharma, Shubman Gill, atop Group F with seven points to be a threat after the break and goal, but the visitors managed winner simply because these are Olympic Pakistan showed that they were not taking Rishabh Pant and closer to a berth in the were finally rewarded when Boril to hang on for a 2-1 win. Qualifiers and any team can create an their opponents lightly. Entertainment Indian Horizon Thursday - October 24, 2019 12

Indian Idol: 'I’m sure the guy didn’t mean it in an inappropriate way,' Dabangg 3: 'I want all Aditya Narayan reacts to Neha Kakkar being forcibly kissed the critics to critcise it,' The 11th season of Indian Idol 11, hosted by Aditya Narayan, was After judge Vishal Salman Khan jests at the Diwali 2019: enjoying a smooth run on televi- sion until recently. Things went Dadlani, host trailer launch Amitabh topsy-turvy when a contestant forcibly kissed Neha Kakkar, who Aditya Narayan Yesterday, the trailer of Da- is the co-judge of this singing re- bangg 3 was launched with Bachchan to host ality show. The contestant arrived has responded to Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, on the stage and asked Neha if she Saiee Manjrekar, Arbaaz Khan, a starry bash could recognise him. Although she the incident where Prabhu Deva, Nikkhil Dwivedi couldn't recognise the guy, Kakkar and Bhushan Kumar in atten- after two years? went ahead and gave him a hug, a man forcibly dance. It was a fun launch and however, the contestant got car- Salman, being his goofy self, Amitabh Bachchan has been in the ried away. He kissed her and Aditya kissed Neha was at his wittiest best. It so news of late for many reasons. Now, was quick to push him away from Kakkar. happened that while at the trail- reports suggest that the Bachchans are the singer. This incident left Neha he must have an immense love for er launch, Arbaaz was heaping gearing up for a big, fat Diwali bash in shock and her co-judges, Vishal the judge. "You can’t really fore- nothing more than a peck on the praises that his brother, Salman this year. We know that the Bachchan Dadlani and Anu Malik, had a simi- see these things. It’s not a normal cheek else I am sure there would had given inputs into every- Diwali bash is one of the biggest and lar reaction. Vishal reacted strongly thing. Judges have come on stage have been dire consequences. I thing, right from scripting to best in the country. Mumbai Mirror to the incident and revealed that a thousand times. I am sure he would say he is lucky on that mat- creative decisions. And Salman script and logic. In recent times, has reported that Amitabh Bachchan he suggested to call the police but didn’t mean it in an inappropriate ter. And Neha being a kind woman, Khan was rather in a mood to however, Salman films such as will host the party at his sprawling Neha let the guy off the hook. way. I understand what it is to have I think even she didn’t take it in an take potshots at critics at the 'Bharat', 'Tubelight' and 'Race bungalow, Jalsa. It will be held on Oc- After judge Vishal, host Aditya fans who are obsessed. I know this inappropriate way. But of course, trailer launch of his upcoming 3' have performed far below ex- tober 27, which is main day of Diwali. has responded to this incident. In man has a tattoo of Neha on his we will be careful. Neha is not just film Dabangg 3. pectations at the box-office de- A-listers of Bollywood like Shah Rukh an interview with Times Of India, hands. So in some way, this man important to our show, she is one "I have worked on the script spite also being heavily panned Khan, Ajay Devgn and Kajol, Akshay the Tattad Tattad singer men- must have immense love for her. of the leading female singers of of this film so, I want all the by critics. Salman will hope to Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, Karan tioned that he tried to safeguard You kind of feel for them as well. our country. We have to be careful critics to criticize it. This film turn the tide in his favour once Johar, Sanjay Dutt, Ranbir Kapoor and Neha, however, what happened But you need to make them aware about everything and anything." is for the critics (laughs). If we again with 'Dabangg 3'. Alia Bhatt will reportedly be in atten- next, was not in his hands. Narayan of where to draw the line," said What do you think about this get bashing for this film then it Meanwhile, apart from Hindi, dance. revealed that the guy had a tattoo Aditya. The 32-year-old further shocking incident? Tweet @bolly- will be not only in Mumbai but 'Dabangg 3' is being released of Neha Kakkar on his arms and mentioned, "Thankfully, there was wood_life and let us know. Chennai and Bangalore and the in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. Here's what entire country. But if people Asked why he took so much of will appreciate the film then, it time to go pan-India with the will also resonate in the entire release of his films, Salman Sunny Singh said Throwback Thursday: Ahead of Housefull 4, Saand country," said Salman, while in- said: "We earlier released 'Prem teracting with the media at the Ratan Dhan Paayo' and quite on choosing an Ki Aankh and Made In China release, check out past launch of the trailer in Mumbai a few films but from there Diwali releases that rocked the box office on Wednesday evening. (South), we used to collect Rs 1 unconventional Co-star Sonakshi Sinha, who or 2 crore. But this film comes Apart from the general audience, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - Rs 208 lections. was also present at the event, under the genre of heroism and Diwali is also one of the favourite crore After the success of Maine Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Rs 120.35 crore chimed in agreement, "Films larger-than-life story, which the movie festivals of filmmakers as they love Pyaar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun The last directorial film of leg- which get a bashing from critics South is crazy about. We have Sunny Singh is receiving a great to release their big-ticket films dur- and Hum Saath Saath Hain, film- endary filmmaker Yash Chopra become a super-duper hit at the accepted their films like 'Baa- response on his upcoming film Ujda ing this festive weekend and capi- maker Sooraj Barjatya collaborated featured SRK, Anushka Sharma and box office." hubali', 'KGF: Chapter 1' and Chaman which has a unique sto- talise on the national holidays. This with Salman Khan for Prem Ratan Katrina Kaif. The romantic drama (Also Read:Salman Khan on 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy'. ryline and the actor has been seen in year we have three films - House- Dhan Payo. The superstardom of received immense love from the Dabangg 3: Usually, sequels They have been huge hits here. I the most unconventional role of his full 4, Saand Ki Aankh and Made Bhaijaan and the family appeal viewers and was a box office suc- don't fare as well as the first think they are open to releasing career. It's a great deal for an actor In China as Diwali releases and we turned out to be a Diwali treat for cess. film, but this one should be the their films here and I hope that who's at the early stage of his career hope that all three turned out to be the fans. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil - 112.48 crore biggest of the lot our films will also do well over as he's coming up with an unusual hits. From the past one decade we Golmaal Again - Rs 206 crore Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Salman's jibe at the critics there." 'Dabangg 3' is directed story where he'll be seen in a different have witnessed how most mega- The blockbuster jodi of actor Ajay Bachchan and Anushka Sharma's was in reference to the fact that by Prabhudheva, and produced avatar. His upcoming film looks as ex- budget ventures have turned out Devgn and director Rohit Shetty Ae Dil Hai Mushkil released during his films have traditionally been by Salman Khan and Arbaaz citing as his previous films and Sunny to be money-spinners courtesy the delivered the Diwali blockbuster in Diwali 2016 and despite clashing blockbusters at the box-office Khan under their banners of Singh talks about the hustle behind national holiday and extended Di- 2017 in the form of Golmaal Again. with Shivaay, the romantic drama but have been panned by crit- Salman Khan Films and Arbaaz the preparation of 'Ujda Chaman'. wali weekends. So, for you, we have Despite facing competition from turned out to be a profitable affair. ics for their lack of cohesive Khan Productions. Talking about the same Sunny Singh shortlisted some of the biggest Bol- Secret Superstar, the horror-come- Son of Sardaar - Rs 105.03 crore shared, "Ujda Chaman has helped me lywood blockbusters, which turned dy stood out a clear winner and is Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt gain more confidence in my own skills as out to be firecrackers during the still Ajay Devgn's biggest hit. starrer Son of Sardaar was comic Zoya Hussain featured in the re- an actor because it's such an unusual sto- festival of lights. Here they are... Happy New Year - Rs 205 crore relief for all the viewers and with cently released film, Laal Kap- Laal Kaptaan: ry. Several people asked me to not go for Krrish 3 - Rs 240 crore Farah Khan's multi-starrer di- solid collections, at the box office taan, with Saif Ali Khan, Deepak ‘Wasn’t such an unconventional role at such an Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka rectorial venture Happy New Year it brought a smile on the face of the Dobriyal and Manav Vij. The film, early stage in my career but I had a posi- Chopra starrer Krrish 3 was one of featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika makers as well. unfortunately, tanked at the box intimidated by tive feeling when I saw the movie. Work- the most anticipated films of 2013 Padukone and Abhishek Bachchan Shivaay - Rs 100.33 crore office. Navdeep Singh's directorial ing on the movie was super exciting for and due to its humongous buzz, it opened to mammoth collections The directorial venture of Ajay followed the story of a Naga Sadhu Saif Ali Khan's me, the whole process was a full-fledged opened to mind-boggling numbers of Rs s 44.97 crore on its first day. Devgn took a good start at the box and his tumultuous journey full of persona’ Zoya learning experience, from adapting my at the box office. The superhero After such an opening, we were ex- office but due to mixed-reviews, it drama, revenge, and deceit. Com- character's walking style and emotions as venture raked in Rs 240 crore and pecting the film to cross the Rs 250 underperformed later. Though it ing back to Zoya and her portrayal Hussain talks a balding man, to the prosthetics which is still the biggest Diwali hit of all- crore mark but negative reviews managed to be a decent success at in the film, she played an impor- took about 2.5 hours on a daily basis." time. and word-of-mouth hampered col- the ticket windows. tant character opposite Manav Vij. about her With Laal Kaptaan, Hussain did feel some sort of pressure because co-star her 2017 film, Mukkabaaz, was further revealed why she did Laal Malaika Arora fed the FIRST piece of her birthday well received by audiences and Kaptaan, her equation with Saif critics alike. In an exclusive con- Ali Khan on the sets, her takeaway cake to THIS special person versation with us, Zoya Hussain from the film and much more. Radhika Apte on changes in quality Malaika Arora had the time of her life of content over a period of time

speak about the quality and radical on her 46th birthday bash. changes in content over a period of her close set of buddies friends because, for the quoted as saying by the time across various platforms and and the ones who have first time in the last six- leading daily. what drives audiences towards it, been associated with her seven years, she was pres- At the party, Malaika she expressed "A lot of things have for the longest time. Yes- ent in the city on her spe- was heard saying that led to this change. Firstly, change terday, we saw all the in- cial day. The gup doesn't she decided to celebrate is inevitable and so things must side pictures and videos end here. Malaika's beau her birthday with family change. Then, a lot of people who from Malla's party, pop- Arjun Kapoor was among and friends because, for are now part of the industry have ping up on the internet. the first ones to turn up the first time in the last not been from the industry previ- What else happened at the at a suburban-five star six-seven years, she was ously. We have writers, produc- actress' birthday bash? hotel, where the party present in the city on her ers, directors from different back- We've got you covered. was held. And he was special day. grounds and cultures and they have As per a Mumbai Mirror also among the last ones Coming to the best different kinds of stories to tell." report, Malaika Arora had to leave. Kareena Kapoor part of her bash, Malaika Furthermore, she added "A lot of been ideating and plan- Khan, Karan Johar and fed the first piece of her them have personal stories to tell. ning her grand birthday their friend stuck togeth- birthday cake to son Ar- For example, Nawazuddin (Sid- party for a month. "Her er and so did Shanaya haan. Malla danced her diqui), Ayushmann (Khurrana) and buddies worked their Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, heart out to Kaun Nachdi Rajkummar (Rao) have no previous schedules around to be and Ananya Panday. Ak- while Arjun grooved to ties to the industry and so the au- there. Everyone who has shay Kumar and Twinkle Proper Patola from Na- Hailed for her unconventional dience relates to them. They want been associated with her Khanna, on the other maste England. Around craftsmanship and variety of proj- to watch them play different kinds over the decades was on hand, were present at the 1:30 am, Shah Rukh Khan ects, India star Radhika Apte is the of roles. Also, because of the digi- the guest list,” a source do for a while. "Her bud- marked his entry. He set breakthrough artist in the film fra- tal revolution, people are watching was quoted as saying by dies worked their sched- the dance floor on fire ternity. Her amazing screen pres- content from all over the world and the leading daily. ules around to be there. when he grooved to Chai- ence and her skills bring emotions to have developed an appetite for such At the party, Malaika Everyone who has been yya Chaiyya (Dil Se) with life and her inclusive understanding content. In India, a large population Malaika Arora's 46th dance, and friends. The was heard saying that she associated with her over Malla. That and lots more of the audience has marked her as still does not watch digital content, birthday bash was all Munni Badnaam Hui star decided to celebrate her the decades was on the happened at the 46th one of the most elevated actresses. which is why films are so big in our about glitz, glamour, had one hella night with birthday with family and guest list,” a source was birthday bash of Malaika. Recently, Radhika was asked to country."

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