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NEARBY Five-judge Nation in the last phase of India-China trade Bench to hear talks deadlocked Aadhaar pleas militancy: Union Ministers Legal correspondent Decision on market access deferred NEW DELHI A five-judge Bench of the Mob attacks society Praise Kashmir civil society for condemning attack on Amarnath pilgrims ARUN S Supreme Court will hear a after help claims assault New Delhi bunch of petitions challen- NOIDA Peerzada Ashiq Trade talks between India ging the constitutionality Tension erupted in a Noida Srinagar Militants and China remained dead- of the Aadhaar scheme, residential society in Sector Two Union Ministers, locked with neither side primarily whether there is 78 on Wednesday morning Jitendra Singh and Hansraj came on bikes willing to offer concessions a violation of the right to when a mob barged into the Gangaram Ahir, who praised to end the impasse, official privacy as it requires cit- premises and vandalised the Kashmir civil society for Preliminary inquiry by sources said. izens to part with their bio- property following condemning the attack on security agencies has Recent bilateral talks on metric details to access allegations of a domestic Amarnath pilgrims, said on revealed that the Gujarat- issues relating to farm welfare and benefits. help being beaten up and Wednesday that “India is in registered bus carrying products, which took place Attorney General K.K. held hostage by a family. The the last phase of militancy.” pilgrims returning from the in the backdrop of the milit- Venugopal for the Centre residents, however, alleged “We are here on behalf of Amarnath cave shrine was ary standoff in the Doklam and senior advocate Shyam that the help, Johra (28), had Prime Minister Narendra the “target” of the militants, area of the India-Bhutan- Divan joined forces on stolen ₹10,000 from a house Modi to express our solidar- who possibly came on China tri-junction, failed to Wednesday and made an and ed the premises when ity. The common youth of motorcycles. The bus was make any headway, said the urgent mention before a enquired about the same. Kashmir is keen to be part of attacked twice within a trade officials. China de- Bench led by Chief Justice DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 the development journey led distance of 75 metres, with ferred taking a decision on of India J.S. Khehar for set- DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD by the Prime Minister,” said Ready to go: Sadhus gather to go to Kashmir to oer worship two groups of militants grant of market access to In- ting up a Constitution Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister at the Amarnath shrine in Jammu on Wednesday. * PTI raining bullets on it from the dian rice, pomegranate, Bench to hear the petitions of State, Prime Minister’s Of- front and right sides. Seven okra and bovine meat, while at the earliest. fice. kill Kashmiriyat. After many shutdown over the pilgrims from Gujarat were India opted to stick to its Mr. Venugopal submit- He said the unanimous years everyone in Kashmir is incident. killed and 21 injured. Ī PAGE 11 ban on imports of apple, “India has an alarming ted that the scheme condemnation “clearly in- on the same page on some- Meanwhile, three Hizbul pear, milk and milk trade deficit that in our view touched the lives of mil- dicates that there is no place thing. We all believe this [the Mujahideen militants were products from China, the emanates from obstacles to lions and its validity re- for such acts in the Valley.” “I attack] is not what Kashmir killed in an encounter at sources said. The details of market access in China,” quired immediate adjudic- hail and appreciate the wide- stands for,” Ms. Mufti re- Budgam. Two of them be- It’s inhuman, the talks will soon be shared Foreign Secretary S. ation by an appropriate spread condemnation. portedly told the Ministers. longed to Srinagar, which with the Embassy of India in Jaishankar said in a speech larger Bench. Earlier there used to be a se- was a militancy-free zone for says Deoband Beijing, they added. in Singapore on July 11. The Chief Justice then CBI books Ranchi I-T lective condemnation,” Dr. ‘Nationalistic rhetoric’ 12 years. The Valley wit- The discussions were Pointing out that negoti- said the hearing would be- principal commissioner Singh said. Reacting to Dr. Singh’s re- nessed clashes, stone-throw- Islamic clerics belonging to held with visiting officials ations on the long-standing gin on July 18. NEW DELHI Refusing to name the marks, separatist leaders ing and curfew-like restric- Darul Uloom Deoband, one from the General Adminis- boundary dispute also still The Supreme Court had The Central Bureau of group behind the attack, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz tions during their funeral. of the most influential and tration of Quality Supervi- continue, Mr. Jaishankar referred the case for hear- Investigation on Wednesday which left seven pilgrims Umar Farooq and Yasin Ma- The police identified the widely followed Islamic sion, Inspection and Quar- had said, “When the leaders ing to a Constitution Bench conducted searches at 23 dead, Dr. Singh said, “No lik, said in a joint statement: slain militants as Aaqib Gul, seminaries in the Indian antine of China (AQSIQ) – of the two countries met at in October 2015. locations in connection with one should jump to any con- “Resorting to nationalistic a resident of Srinagar’s Gori- subcontinent, have the body “in charge of na- Astana, they reached con- But it has been in limbo an alleged case of corruption clusion. Let’s wait for defin- rhetoric, denial of ground pora area, Sajid Ahmad condemned the terror attack tional quality, metrology, sensus on [the point that]... ever since, despite several against Tapas Kumar Dutta, ite inputs from the security realities and degrading the Gilkar of Srinagar’s Malar- on the Amarnath Yatra. They entry-exit commodity in- India and China must not al- reminders from the peti- Ranchi-based principal agencies.” resistance leadership will atta, and Javaid Ahmad said the attack was “full of spection, entry-exit health low differences to become tioners. This is the first commissioner of the Income- The Ministers met Gov- not help in changing the Sheikh from Budgam’s barbarism and cruelty, quarantine, entry-exit an- disputes. This consensus time the Centre has form- Tax Department and three of ernor N.N. Vohra and Chief grave situation in Kashmir Beerwah. inhuman and unacceptable” imal and plant quarantine, underlines the strategic ma- ally joined the petitioners’ his colleagues and others. Minister Mehbooba Mufti, for the better.” and “it must be condemned import-export food safety, turity with which the two side to mention the case besides security agencies, A number of tour and SRINAGAR YOUTH IN in the strongest possible certification and accredita- countries must continue to for an early hearing by a PAGE 2 NORTH Ī and discussed the security travel bodies condemned MILITANT RANKS Ī PAGE 11 terms.” They demanded that tion, standardisation, as approach each other.” larger Bench. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD situation. “The collective re- the attack, with tourist hot- MODI’S POLICIES CREATED SPACE the attackers be brought to well as administrative DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES sponse showed no one can spot Pahalgam witnessing a FOR MILITANTS: RAHUL Ī PAGE 11 book. Ī page 11 law-enforcement.” CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 Bitcoin trade ‘Sasikala Srinivasan, Shah trying may come paid bribe to under SEBI jail ocial’ to stall reforms: CoA ‘Disruptive atmosphere at SGM’ Yuthika Bhargava Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Bengaluru Krishnadas Rajagopal The government is consid- Karnataka DIG (Prisons) D. NEW DELHI ering the introduction of a Roopa has accused her Armed with audio record- regulatory regime for vir- seniors in the Prison De- ings, the Supreme Court-ap- tual or crypto currencies, partment of accepting a ₹2 pointed Committee of Ad- such as Bitcoin, that would crore bribe from AIADMK ministrators (CoA), led by enable the levy of the interim general secretary former Comptroller and Goods and Services Tax on V.K. Sasikala to give her Auditor-General Vinod Rai, their sale. preferential treatment at launched a no-holds-barred The new regime may the Bengaluru Central attack on former BCCI pres- Drawing ak: N. Srinivasan possibly bring their trading Prison. ident N. Srinivasan and and Niranjan Shah. under the oversight of the In the report submitted Saurashtra Cricket Associ- stock market regulator, Se- on Wednesday to Director- ation representative Niran- disbursal policy and discus- curities and Exchange General and Inspector- jan Shah, accusing them of sion on the core principles Board of India (SEBI). General of Police R.K. using their influence over and policies in tune with the The idea is to treat such Dutta, she accused DG State cricket associations to Justice Lodha Committee re- currency in a manner sim- (Prisons) H.S. Sathyanaray- stall reforms in Indian forms endorsed by the ilar to gold sold digitally, so ana Rao of accepting the cricket. court. The CoA said sub- that it can be traded on re- bribe to provide Sasikala In its fourth report to the stantial consensus was gistered exchanges in a bid VIP treatment. The report court, the CoA detailed the reached among the Board to “promote” a formal tax alleged that Sasikala was al- “manifestly disruptive” at- members prior to the SGM. base, while keeping a tab lowed to install a makeshift mosphere of the Special However the presence of on their use for illegal kitchen in her cell and was General Meeting (SGM) held “disqualified” office-bearers activities such as money provided with an inmate as on June 26. On the agenda of the BCCI like Mr. laundering, terror funding a cook. Mr. Rao said, “Let were issues like the revised Srinivasan and Mr. Shah and drug trafficking. the official concerned in- text of the BCCI Constitu- turned the tide and hardly vestigate the matter. The tion, the new Conflict of In- any headway was made. BITCOIN AFFORDS ANONYMITY onus is on Ms. Roopa to terest Rules, appointment of Ī PAGE 10 REPORT ON PAGE 15 prove the charges.” Ombudsman, the new funds CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10

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K. Raju Scientists have tracked a crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf for ten years and will monitor the breakaway berg Kodaikanal Human rights activist Irom Jonathan Amos closely. The new Larsen berg progeny can get wound up Sharmila submitted papers ne of the biggest icebergs is probably in the top 10 in a gyre in the Weddell sea for her marriage with her Oever recorded has just biggest ever recorded. The or can be despatched north long-time partner Desmond broken away from largest observed in the on currents into the Coutinho at the sub-regis- Antarctica. The giant block satellite era was called B-15. Southern Ocean, and even trar’s office in Kodaikanal is estimated to cover an area It came away from the Ross into the South Atlantic. here on Wednesday of roughly 6,000 sq. km, a Ice Shelf in 2000 and The Larsen C shelf is a morning. quarter the size of Wales. An measured some 11,000 sq. mass of floating ice formed Ms. Irom and Mr. U.S. satellite observed the km. Six years later, by glaciers that have flowed Coutinho (who is a British berg on Wednesday while fragments of this super-berg down off the eastern side of citizen) spent two hours at passing over a region known still persisted and passed by the Antarctic Peninsula into the office completing the Rights activist Irom Sharmila of Manipur, with her British as the Larsen C Ice Shelf. New Zealand. the ocean. formalities to register their partner Desmond Coutinho at the sub-registrar’s oce in Scientists were expecting In 1956, it was reported Scientists think Larsen C marriage. Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday. * G. KARTHIKEYAN it. They had been following that a U.S. Navy icebreaker is now at its smallest extent However, Sub-Registrar the development of a large Giant split: A rift across the Larsen C Ice Shelf that had grown had encountered an object since the end of the last ice Rajesh said that he could not Ms. Irom is given a registra- arrested and force-fed crack in Larsen’s ice for over longer and deeper is seen during a survey in 2016. * REUTERS of roughly 32,000 sq. km. age some 11,700 years ago, grant permission for their tion date. The police and through a tube to prevent a decade. The rift’s propa- That is bigger than Belgium. and about 10 other shelves marriage immediately as per central agencies, the source her ending her life, a crime gation had accelerated since become a hazard to “The rift was barely But there were no satellites further to the north along the Hindu Marriage Act. As said, are keeping a close under Indian law. 2014, making an imminent shipping. An infrared sensor visible in these data in at the time to verify the the Peninsula have either the marriage was inter-reli- watch on her movements. She formed a political calving ever more likely. on the American space recent weeks, but the observation. collapsed or greatly gious, they would need to Ms. Irom is known for her party, the People’s Resur- The more than 200 agency’s Aqua satellite spied signature is so clear now that retreated in recent decades. register it under the Special 16-year hunger strike which gence and Justice Alliance, metre-thick tabular berg will clear water in the rift it must have opened Shelf spawns icebergs The two nearby smaller Marriage Act, which re- she ended in August 2016. and herself contested the not move very far, very fast between the shelf and the considerably along its whole It has been known also for shelves, Larsen A and quires a 30-day notice She had vowed not to eat, Manipur elections. in the short term, but will berg on Wednesday. The length,” explained Prof. the Larsen C Ice Shelf itself Larsen B, disintegrated period. drink, comb her hair or look After she lost, getting just need to be monitored. water is warmer relative to Adrian Luckman, whose to spawn bigger bergs. An around the turn of the Sources said that the po- in a mirror until the Armed 90 votes, she had moved to Currents and winds might the surrounding ice and air Project Midas at Swansea object measuring some century; and a warming lice had asked the registrar Forces (Special Powers) Act Kodaikanal to live with her eventually push it north of — both of which are sub- University has followed the 9,000 sq. km came away in climate very probably had a office to inform them before was repealed. She had been partner. the Antarctic where it could zero. berg’s evolution most 1986. Many of Larsen’s role in their demise. NYT

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Agency seizes ₹3.5 crore in cash and ve kg of gold from his premises Press trust of india lives have been hit hard due Lucknow to bad law and order and Special five Kolkata-based busi- Bahujan Samaj Party su- crime against women, Ms. Correspondent nessmen and entry operat- premo Mayawati on Tues- Mayawati said the Rae NEW DELHI ors, in the case. day demanded a CBI probe Bareli incident was being re- The Central Bureau of In- The agency alleges that into the recent killing of five garded as a “massacre” by vestigation (CBI) on Wed- the principal commis- Brahmins in Rae Bareli, BJP Ministers also. nesday conducted sioner entered into a crim- days after accusing the Yogi searches at 23 locations in inal conspiracy with the Adityanath government ‘Govt doing politics’ connection with an al- then additional CIT (Ran- with failing to do justice in She also flayed the leged case of corruption chi), ITO (Tech.), and an- the incident. Adityanath government for against Tapas Kumar other official in 2016-17 to She also demanded ad- “doing politics” in such is- Dutta, Ranchi-based prin- get assessment files of cer- equate security and finan- sues as well. cipal commissioner of the tain assesse companies cial assistance to the next of “This incident has agit- Income-Tax Department transferred from Kolkata kin of the deceased. ated Brahmins and they are and three of his colleagues and Hazaribagh to Ranchi Her demand came after on warpath to seek justice and others. for providing undue fa- party MP S C. Misra visited whereas Adityanath govern- During the raid, the vours to them “in lieu of the village to meet the af- ment’s attitude towards it is agency seized ₹3.5 crore in bribes”. fected families to help them Mayawati just like the one it had at the cash and five kg of gold The accused assesses get justice and submitted a time of Saharanpur clash,” purportedly from the had been charged with report to her. “The killing of five Brah- she said. premises of Mr. Dutta. Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Jharkhand) Tapas heavy tax liability. “It was mins is like a step towards On June 26, a village head “The searches were car- Kumar Dutta (L) being detained by Central Bureau of further alleged that the To raise in Assembly jungle raj... The Yogi gov- was among three persons ried out at 18 locations in Investigation (CBI) ocials for further investigation after principal commissioner The BSP supremo has asked ernment appears to have beaten to death by a mob Kolkata and five in Ran- a raid in Ranchi on Wednesday. * PTI has already issued favour- her MLAs to raise the mat- totally failed in doing justice while two others were chi,” said a CBI official. able orders in the case of ter along with other law and with the bereaved families,” burnt alive after heated ar- The case also involves a The CBI has named the ficials and six private per- private companies and order issues effectively in the BSP chief said in a press guments over the owner- probe into the affairs of principal commissioner, sons, including a huge bribes paid,” said the the ongoing Budget session release. ship of a plot of land in Apta entry operators. three other Income-Tax of- chartered accountant and official. of the State Assembly. Claiming that people’s village here.

Six districts bag award for population stabilisation

Six panchayat samitis, 3 hospitals also honoured

Special correspondent gistered a decrease of 7% in 2001- JAIPUR 2011 to reach 21.44% against Six districts of Rajasthan bagged 28.41% in the period between 1991 awards for their achievement in and 2001. “We need to strengthen population stabilisation at a func- our efforts to further reduce the tion marking ‘World Population population growth rate,” he said. Day’ here on Tuesday. Six panchayat samitis, three Fertility rate government hospitals and three Mr. Saraf said the total fertility private hospitals were also awar- rate in Rajasthan had also re- ded at the function. gistered a decrease from 2.9 per Collectors and other officers woman in 2012 to 2.4 per woman from Jhalawar, Pratapgarh, Hanu- in 2016. Citing figures of the Na- mangarh, Bhilwara, Jaisalmer and tional Family Health Survey-4, he Churu districts received the said the State government was tak- awards from Medical and Health ing steps to increase the gap Minister Kalicharan Saraf. between children's birth and pro- Mr. Saraf said the population mote the use of family planning growth rate in the State had re- methods. Kovind to visit Jaipur today

Press trust of india State BJP spokesperson Anand Jaipur Sharma said. NDA’s presidential nominee Ram Mr. Kovind will be accompan- Nath Kovind will be in Jaipur on ied by Union Information and Wednesday. Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah He will be reach Jaipur post Naidu. noon and will meet State BJP MPs Mr. Kovind and Mr. Naidu will and legislators at Chief Minister jointly address party MPs and Vasundhara Raje’s residence, MLAs, party sources said.

Panwar takes charge as skill university V-C

Mohammed Iqbal JAIPUR Former civil servant Lalit K. Panwar took charge as the first Vice-Chancellor of the country's first skill university, run by the Ra- jasthan government, at Jamdoli near here on Wed- nesday. Mr. Pawar earlier served as chairman of the Ra- jasthan Public Service Commission.

33-acre campus The Rajasthan-ILD Skill University will soon start functioning from a sprawling 33-acre campus of the Institute of Leadership De- velopment near the fam- ous Sisodia Rani Garden at Jamdoli. Rajasthan also has a private skill university -- Bharatiya Skill Develop- ment University -- based on the Swiss Dual System, functioning from the Mahindra special economic zone near Jaipur. Mr. Panwar, an IAS officer of the 1979 batch, holds a doctorate degree in tourism. He served at different positions in the State and at the Centre, including as the Union Tourism Secret- ary and Director, Public Relations.

New courses Mr. Panwar said Rajasthan would soon emerge as the “skill capital” of India with two specialised universities in place. “The two universities will offer new courses under different trades. The training will be highly technical and advanced [so as] to serve the growing needs of the economy,” he said.

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Odisha MLA stirs row Tripura tribals stage novel protest Staff Reporter Berhampur Wednesday. The video did the rounds A video clip of Malkangiri of local TV channels and Protesters demanding separate State block national highways, rail lines for the third day MLA Manas Madkami being WhatsApp groups. Mr. carried through an ankle- Madkami said his support- Syed Sajjad Ali Agartala Tripura. Police eventually were "desperate" to get their government. the State government will deep stream by supporters ers had carried him as a persuaded the men to put own State. Two senior IPFT leaders not step into this trap," said surfaced on social media on token of love and affection. The ongoing agitation by the on clothes and disperse. The IPFT has virtually cut met Tripura Governor Tath- a leader of the ruling CPI Indigenous People’s Front of off Tripura from the rest of agata Roy on Tuesday to (M), which has blamed the Tripura (IPFT) for a separate Constitutional rights the nation with blockades at seek his intervention in the BJP for backing the tribal tribal State took a shocking The incident comes as a all highways and railway matter. party. turn on Wednesday as sev- sharp reminder of a similar lines. An IPFT delegation led by eral of its supporters staged stir by hundreds of Karbi Train services were can- Reluctant to use force Mr. Debbarma met Union a naked demonstration at men at Diphu in Assam on celled for the third consec- Senior police officers at two Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Champaknagar near April 22 this year. utive day on Wednesday. blockade points on the na- Singh in New Delhi in May Agartala. The tribals had deman- IPFT chief Narendra tional highway are in talks last year to demand a separ- Around 14 male support- ded safeguarding of their Chandra Debbarma has said with IPFT leaders to end the ate State. ers of IPFT staged the Constitutional rights. they would call off the protest. The State govern- The IPFT wants conver- protest while holding up IPFT leaders said they blockade if the Centre con- ment is visibly reluctant to sion of Tripura Tribal Areas flags and shouting for the had no idea about the naked venes a bipartite meeting use force. Autonomous District Coun- creation of 'Twipraland' — protest, but said it was car- with them or a tripartite "The IPFT is trying to cil into a full-fledged State land for indigenous tribes in ried out by young men who meeting involving the State goad the security forces, but called Twipraland.

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Anand Senkumar brickbats and Dispute Tribunal did not ap- and the culturable area of police custody Thiruvananthapuram bouquets in almost equal portion the waters of the each State in the basin. The KOCHI Former Kerala police chief measure. He was chastised inter-State river on the basis culturable area in the basin The judicial first class T.P. Senkumar is in the spot- on social media for becom- of “settled principles of on Karnataka side is 5,522 magistrate court here sent light again. This time for an ing a town crier and poster equity”. th.ha. and that of Tamil actor Dileep to police alleged remark on the relat- boy for the Hindu right Appearing before a Bench Nadu is 2,891 th.ha. custody for two days on ively ‘high birth rate’ in the wing. He was equally hailed led by Justice Dipak Misra on He argued that the Wednesday. The actor was Muslim community. as a truth teller and patriot. the second day of the hear- tribunal should have given arrested in connection with State Police Chief (SPC) State BJP leaders called on ing of separate appeals filed due weight to the climatic the abduction and assault of Loknath Behera has set in Mr. Senkumar as the contro- by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu factors, hydrological cycle, a woman actor in Kochi. motion a Crime Branch in- versy raged. and Kerala against the Bone of contention: A le picture of Cauvery water owing engineering factors and geo- vestigation against his pre- tribunal’s final order on wa- from Karnataka into the Mettur dam. * E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN graphical positions in the Mahadayi row: Karnataka decessor for making a state- Denies charge ter sharing in 2007, Karnata- basin while assessing the CM writes to Parrikar ment that had the potential T.P. Senkumar The visit prompted Leader ka’s counsel and senior ad- lakh acres for irrigation util- same agreement,” the senior needs of each State. BENGALURU to trigger a communal divide of the Opposition Ramesh vocate Fali Nariman said the ising 566 tmc of Cauvery lawyer added. Mr. Nariman said the Karnataka Chief Minister — an attempt to foment dis- cast him in the centre of a Chennithala to caution the water-sharing arrangement water. When Tamil Nadu objec- tribunal should have first ad- Siddaramaiah has written to cord between people of dif- raging political controversy. officer from becoming a tool decided by the tribunal did “There was no examina- ted to Mr. Nariman’s line of judicated the shares of the his Goa counterpart Manohar ferent faiths. The observation drew nain the hands of the Sangh not keep in view the equity tion, whatever, of the needs argument, Justice Misra ob- States by the “principles of Parrikar requesting a tional attention when Parivar. as also the farming families. of different riparian States served: suitable apportionment, tentative date to hold a Interview to weekly Dushyant Dave, senior law- Mr. Senkumar told The Mr. Nariman argued that keeping in view the equity as “Every State is part of our without reference to any di- meeting of the Chief A Malayalam weekly had at- yer who famously defended Hindu that he had not given at the time of the 1924 agree- also the farming families,” nation. We do not want versions/utilisation made by Ministers of three riparian tributed the controversial re- Mr. Senkumar for free in the any interview to the weekly. ment for water-sharing, Mr. Nariman submitted. States to quarrel”. party States”. States to help resolve the mark to Mr. Senkumar in Supreme Court, told a news The reporter had surrepti- Tamil Nadu was entitled to Mr. Nariman continued “It would then have be- Mahadayi river water row. The what it claimed was a pub- channel that he would not tiously recorded a private develop only 21.38 lakh ‘Don’t quarrel’ that the “real shares” of come apparent as to move comes in the wake of lished transcript of the inter- have appeared for the conversation and reported it acres for irrigation. “After breaching the 1924 each riparian State should whether or not any party Maharashtra CM Devendra view the officer had given to former SPC had he known of out of context. He had However, even as the 1924 agreement, that very State be determined on the basis State had appropriated in ex- Fadnavis responding its reporter soon after his re- his “saffron inclinations”. served the publication a agreement continued, the [Tamil Nadu] demanded of needs by taking into access of its equitable share in positively to the proposal. tirement. The comment has The remark earned Mr. legal notice, he said. State had developed 28.2 more water using the very count the contribution of the waters,” he contended. A.P. Assembly building should KCR pulls up MLA for Payyannur Kerala woman gives tense after be inspired by Kohinoor: Naidu misbehaving with ocer fresh clashes birth in autorickshaw Staff Reporter Asks him to apologise to woman Collector Special Correspondent Denied admission in govt. hospital VIJAYAWADA KANNUR London-based architecture Special Correspondent his regret and anguish over A tense situation prevailed Staff Reporter hospital, they decided to re- firm Foster+Partners has Hyderabad the incident.” Mr. Rao asked in and around Payyannur Thrissur turn home. But Sukanya submitted the final designs Telangana Chief Minister K. the MLA to tender an un- following clashes and ar- A tribal woman, who was gave birth to a girl in the for the buildings of Andhra Chandrasekhar Rao on Wed- conditional apology to the son involving cadres of the denied treatment in a gov- autorickshaw on the way Pradesh’s capital city Amara- nesday expressed anguish Collector. He also warned Communist Party of India ernment hospital at home. vati. The designs will be ap- over the alleged ‘rash beha- the MLA that he would be (Marxist) and the Sangh Vadakkethara near Pazhay- proved in the next two days viour’ of the MLA from Ma- suspended from the party if Parivar on Tuesday. annur on Tuesday night, No medical aid after making the changes Cue from history: The Kohinoor was found in a mine in Guntur habubabad, Shankar Naik, he failed to mend his ways. Tensions escalated on gave birth in an The attitude of the hospital suggested by Chief Minister district. Above, one of the designs suggested by the architects. towards a woman District Mr. Naik tendered an apo- Tuesday evening when CPI autorickshaw. authorities has come in for N. Chandrababu Naidu. Collector at an official event logy to the Collector. (M) and RSS workers en- Sukanya, wife of Rajesh criticism. It is being alleged Two iconic structures the Kohinoor diamond was justice is the greatest happi- on Wednesday. gaged in bomb throwing of the Kumbalakode Mattin- that the hospital authorities presented were those of the found in a mine here (Kollur ness.” While the MLA denied Second time and other acts of vandal- mukal Malayan colony, did not provide any medical High Court and the As- in Guntur district) while The Assembly building, any wrongdoing and said he This was the second time ism. Eight DYFI workers reached the hospital at 11 aid or ambulance to take the sembly. The High Court Buddhist stupas are found on the other hand, should respected the Collector, the that the Collector had com- were injured and offices of p.m. woman to another hospital. building is designed in the across the State. be inspired by the historic officer declined to comment plained about the MLA. the BJP and the RSS were The hospital authorities Panchayat authorities shape of a diamond while Mr. Naidu, however, sug- Kohinoor, he said. The on the episode. A release is- On earlier occasions too, attacked. The situation was asked the couple to go to and the police arrived at the the Assembly looks like a gested that the architects in- Telugus had lost a great dia- sued by Mr. Rao’s office government employees under control and no fresh some other hospital as no spot and took the mother Buddhist stupa. The archi- terchange the designs. He mond. They would be happy said: “Chief Minister has have threatened to go on incident of violence was re- doctor was available. and child to the Govern- tects apparently took a cue said: “The Buddhist stupa to see their Assembly build- taken the MLA to task for his strike in protest against Mr. ported on Wednesday. the As the couple did not ment Medical College Hos- from the region’s history — signifies happiness and ing resemble the Kohinoor. misbehaviour. He expressed Naik’s behaviour. police said. have money to go to another pital, Thrissur.

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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Yogi govt stops funding of graveyard walls Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Uttar Pradesh Budget makes no mention of boundary walls; Akhilesh govt had allocated ₹400 crore

Omar Rashid opment of minorities and ₹800 crore to develop infra- Lucknow with the purpose of bringing structure in the three holy Carrying on from Prime Min- the minority into the main- cities under the Prasad Ornamental sh ister Narendra Modi’s con- stream of the country, efforts Yojana. hatchery in Jhajjar soon troversial comparison are also being made to re- The government allotted CHANDIGARH between “shamshan and move the critical gaps ₹1 crore for setting up a Gita The Haryana government has kabristaan” during the cam- present in the minority dom- Shodh Sansthan in Mathura. decided to set up a modern paigning for the 2017 Uttar inated areas,” UP Finance A Krishna Sanghrahalaya ornamental fish hatchery in Pradesh Assembly elections, Minister Rajesh Agarwal said would also come up in the Jhajjar district at a cost of the Yogi Adityanath govern- in his budget speech. city, while ₹3 crore has been ₹13.68 crore. “This will be ment, in its first budget reserved for a Ramayana the first-of-its-kind project in presented in the Assembly Hindutva bent conclave. the country,” Agriculture and on Tuesday, has stopped the The Hindutva bent in Mr. “Our government has cre- Fisheries minister Om funding of boundary walls of Adityanath’s first budget was ated schemes for the main- Prakash Dhankar said here on graveyards. also apparent through its fo- tenance of the cultural and Wednesday. PTI The 2017-2018 UP budget cus on promoting Hindu reli- historical sites as well as to presented in the House bears Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Finance gious and cultural sites un- promote tourism,” Mr. Agar- Cotton growers alerted no mention of boundary Minister Rajesh Agarwal in Lucknow on Tuesday. * RAJEEV BHATT der religious tourism and wal said. against pest attack walls of graveyards, which “cultural heritage” with no The BJP government also Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) CHANDIGARH was under ‘Minority Welfare’ ation on religious grounds from ₹2,029 crore last year. mention of other historic or expressed its commitment to Cotton growers in Punjab heading in previous budgets. under the previous SP gov- The Adityanath government heritage monuments such as promote cultural tourism in Forecast for Thursday: Heavy to very heavy rain likely at isol- were on Wednesday Under the previous Sama- ernment, Mr. Modi, during a has, however, increased the the Taj Mahal. the state by introducing the ated places over west Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa, Himachal cautioned against Jassid pest jwadi Party government led rally in Fatehpur in Febru- funds for scholarship and The government has alloc- Lok Malhar and Sawan Jhula Pradesh, Uttarakhand, east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, attack and were asked to stay by Akhilesh Yadav, ₹200 ary, had said that if a kab- fees reimbursement for ated ₹1,240 crore for the programmes in Gorakhpur Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, alert and monitor their crop crore was allocated for the ristan (graveyard) was being minority students to ₹941 Swadesh Darshan Yojana and Ayodhya, respectively, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gu- jarat and central Maharashtra regularly. Incidence of Jassid construction of boundary built in a village, a shamshan crore, while allotting ₹18.41 through the Ramayana Cir- while also dedicating ₹200 has been noticed in some city rain max min city rain max min wall of graveyards. In his fi- (cremation ground) should crore for setting up women’s cuit, Buddha Circuit and crore for a Sanskritic Kendra Agartala...... 56.6.... 32.0.... 25.0 Kozhikode ...... 0.2.... 32.6.... 24.4 fields by the entomologists of nal budget in 2016-17, Mr. Ya- also be constructed. hostels for minority com- Krishna Circuit schemes in in Varanasi and allotting ₹20 Ahmedabad...... 8.9.... 29.0.... 24.0 Kurnool...... 1.9.... 32.8.... 25.2 Punjab Agricultural University dav had increased it to ₹400 The overall budget for munity students in minority- Ayodhya, Varanasi and crore for the construction of Aizawl ...... 2.... 26.6.... 12.4 Lucknow...... 7.5.... 30.5.... 24.2 (PAU). PTI crore. minority welfare has also populated areas. Mathura. a Kailash Mansarovar Allahabad ...... 95.8.... 27.3.... 25.1 Madurai...... —.... 37.6.... 27.1 Bengaluru...... 1.6.... 28.5.... 21.0 Mangaluru...... —.... 30.7.... 23.0 Evoking alleged discrimin- been reduced to ₹1,695 crore “...for the all-round devel- The budget also provides Bhawan in Ghaziabad. Bhopal...... —.... 29.7.... 24.6 Mumbai...... 0.4.... 32.1.... 27.4 Police nab gangster Bhubaneswar ...... —.... 32.2.... 25.9 Mysuru...... —.... 29.9.... 20.5 after exchange of fire Chandigarh ...... 4.4.... 29.0.... 24.7 New Delhi ...... 24.7.... 33.2.... 26.0 FEROZEPUR Chennai ...... 19.8.... 31.7.... 24.0 Patna ...... 1.... 30.8.... 25.3 A gangster, wanted in over Coimbatore...... —.... 29.7.... 23.1 Port Blair ...... 40.... 29.4.... 23.8 SC transfers plea of disqualied Cabinet clears widening of Dehradun...... 112.2.... 25.7.... 23.2 Puducherry...... 21.2.... 30.5.... 23.1 two dozen cases of murder Gangtok...... 15.... 20.3.... 16.3 Pune ...... 0.9.... 29.5.... 22.0 and robbery, was arrested Manipur-Myanmar road Goa ...... 3.... 31.0.... 24.9 Raipur ...... —.... 30.5.... 24.3 after exchange of gunfire in a Guwahati ...... —.... 32.5.... 25.3 Ranchi...... 41.5.... 29.5.... 21.0 MP minister to Delhi High Court Hubballi...... —.... 28.0.... 22.0 Shillong...... 14.5.... 23.1.... 15.8 village here, the police said Hyderabad ...... 0.7.... 32.4.... 23.5 Shimla...... 28.8.... 21.4.... 17.0 on Wednesday. While Allocates ₹1,630 crore for highway Imphal...... 8.1.... 29.4.... 21.6 Srinagar ...... 20.2.... 25.3.... 18.5 Gurpreet Singh was nabbed, Jaipur...... —.... 33.4.... 26.8 Trivandrum ...... 0.2.... 32.1.... 24.0 Ashok Kumar managed to Kochi...... —.... 31.0.... 25.2 Tiruchi ...... —.... 35.2.... 28.4 Apex court requests high court to hear matter from today Special Correspondent Bangkok will be a reality Kohima...... —.... 25.0.... 18.0 Vijayawada...... 1.... 33.7.... 26.2 escape with some locals in New Delhi due to this vitally import in- Kolkata...... 39.6.... 30.5.... 25.8 Visakhapatnam ...... 30.... 34.9.... 25.0 the operation in village Legal Correspondent Court later in the day for the eral had said he has chal- The Union government on ternational project,” Mr. Particulate matter in the air you are breathing Yesterday Kohala in Ferozepur district’s New Delhi constitution of a bench. lenged the disqualification Wednesday approved a Gadkari said at a press CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Mallanwala block on Tuesday. PTI The Supreme Court on Wed- The apex court requested by the Election Commission ₹1,630 crore road project in conference. Ahmedabad...... —.....— ...— ...... — ...... —...... — In observation made at nesday transferred a petition the Delhi High Court to hear for the 2008 assembly polls Manipur, which is a vital Bengaluru ...... 9 ...42..64 ...... —...... 70 ...... * 4.00 p.m., Jodhpur, Chennai...... 3 ...23..44 ...... 68 ...... — ...... * recorded an overall air Junior engineer, 2 others filed by Madhya Pradesh the matter from Thursday before the High Court, which link in providing road con- Difficult terrain Delhi...... 13 ...64..74 ...... 72...... 96 ...... * quality index (AQI) score * of 144 held in bribery case minister Narottam Mishra and asked it to conclude the had refused an urgent hear- nectivity up to Thailand and Landlocked Manipur, with Hyderabad ...... 63 ...19..10 ...... 46...... 78 ...... indicating a moderate KOTA challenging his disqualifica- hearing before the voting for ing on the aspect that he be Malaysia, Road Transport almost 90% of the area un- Kolkata ...... 16 ...80..40 ...... —...... 50 ...... * level of pollution. * The Anti-Corruption Bureau tion by the Election Commis- presidential poll. Earlier in allowed to vote. and Highways Minister Nitin der difficult terrain, has Lucknow ...... 12 ...53..59 ...... 63 ...... — ...... In contrast, Gurgaon, Mumbai ...... 8 ...16..78 ...... 58...... 73 ...... * Haryana recorded a on Wednesday caught a junior sion which rendered him un- the day, the apex court had He argued that disqualific- Gadkari said. only road transport as a Pune ...... 13 ...27..75 ...... 37...... 40 ...... * healthy AQI score of 30 engineer of the Rajasthan able to vote in the upcoming agreed to hear his plea after ation does not mean that he The Cabinet Committee means of mass transport Vishakhapatnam...... 7 ...10..52 ...... 45...... 38 ...... * Watershed department Presidential election. his counsel mentioned the can be barred from voting. “I on Economic Affairs gave its system. The project will be Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good red-handed while she was A bench of Chief Justice matter before it. have the right for hearing nod for upgradation and developed with Asian Devel- SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, accepting a bribe of ₹25,000 J.S. Khehar and Justice D.Y. and voting in the presidential widening of 65 kms of the opment Bank (ADB)’s loan making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air Chandrachud asked senior election,” Mr Rohatgi said. particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues from a contractor, an official Urgent hearing Imphal-Moreh Section of assistance under the under and monuments. said. Along with the engineer, advocate Mukul Rohatgi, ap- Mr Rohatgi said he has chal- The BJP leader had ap- National Highway 39 in Ma- the South Asian Sub-Re- NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by the secretary of the pearing for Mr. Mishra, and lenged the order of the Mad- proached the top court nipur. “This road project till gional Economic Coopera- reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. department and a gram senior advocate Kapil Sibal, hya Pradesh High Court re- against the Madhya Pradesh Moreh in Manipur will touch tion (SASEC) Road Con- CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause panchayat sarpanch were representing Congress fusing an urgent hearing to High Court order refusing to the Mynamar border nectivity Investment dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. allegedly involved in leader Rajendra Bharti op- his interim prayer to allow give him urgent hearing on through which we can go to Program which aims at im- PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, demanding a bribe of posing his plea, to appear him to vote in the Presiden- his plea seeking permission Bangkok and further to In- proving road connectivity in nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced ₹45,000 from the contractor before the acting Chief tial election. to vote in the election to be donesia and Malaysia. So, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease were also arrested, he said. PTI Justice of the Delhi High The former Attorney Gen- held on July 17. road link between India and and India (BBIN). (Individual pollutant data for various cities are averages for the previous day)

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IN BRIEF A harrowing time for para swimmer in Berlin

Pavan Dahat Rijiju to lead Central NAGPUR team to ood-hit States She had to take a loan from NEW DELHI Enrolment of Muslims in Bengal a cooperative society to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju participate in the Para will lead a high-level Central Swimming Championship team to assess the rescue in Germany. She faced and relief operations in the varsities abysmally low, says survey some awkward moments flood-affected areas of the in the German capital due north-east. During the three- to lack of money and al- day tour, beginning Thursday, Lack of education at primary and secondary levels is seen as one of the main reasons leged ignorance of officials the delegation will visit accompanying her. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh Suvojit Bagchi ies of higher education. However, the visually and Manipur, where more KOLKATA In Jadavpur University, for challenged 26-year-old than 15 lakh people have The percentage of Muslim example, of the total number went on to win a silver been marooned by flood students in leading State and of 8,329 students enrolled in medal in Berlin earlier this water. PTI Central universities of West the 2015-16 academic year, month. Bengal is abysmally low, re- only 50 (0.6%) were Muslim. Kanchanmala Pandey, a BJP leader held for fake vealed the sixth All India Sur- The premier Kolkata-based resident of Nagpur, swims posts on social media vey on Higher Education centrally-funded Indian Stat- in the S11 category. She KOLKATA (AISHE) for the year 2015-16. istical Institute (ISI) could en- won the medal in the 200- A BJP leader was arrested by The report, prepared by the rol only eight (1.08%) Muslim metre Individual Medley in the Criminal Investigation Ministry of Human Resource students out of an intake of the Para Swimming Department of the West Development (MoHRD), was 740 in 2015-16, says the Championship. Bengal police on Wednesday released on Monday. AISHE report. The Rabindra for allegedly putting out fake Among the elite institu- Bharati University, which en- A nightmare posts on social media. In his tions that could not enrol rolled a massive 46,522 stu- However, slip-ups by offi- posts in April during the Ram any Muslim student in 2015- dents in 2015-16, had only cials accompanying the In- Navami celebrations, Tarun 16 are the Presidency Univer- 2.34% Muslim students, and dian contingent and the In- Sengupta, IT cell in-charge sity in Kolkata, Visva Bharati the University of North dian sports authorities from Asansol, claimed that in Shantiniketan, the Indian Bengal in Siliguri had 2.6% ensured that Ms. Pande’s two IPS officers from the Institute of Technology-Khar- Need for better representation: A le photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Muslim students. journey to the medal was a minority community were agpur, the West Bengal Uni- meeting Muslim students after giving them scholarships. * PTI nightmarish experience. deliberately targeting Hindus. versity of Teachers’ Training, Aliah and Gour Banga “The SAI (Sports Author- Education Planning and Ad- OBC category by the institu- of State for Minority Affairs network of volunteers, Meanwhile, the Aliah Univer- ity of India) had given Onam celebrations in ministration in Kolkata, the tions. “That is unlikely as the Giasuddin Molla did not stated that owing to “the sity in Burdwan and the Uni- sponsorship money to the Kerala from September 3 Indian Institute of Informa- number of Muslims is indic- deny that Muslims were fail- higher population share of versity of Gour Banga in the PCI (Paralympic Commit- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM tion Technology in Kalyani, ated under a separate ing to make it to the insti- Muslims in rural areas, the Malda district enrolled the tee of India) and we had re- Kerala Tourism’s State-level the Kazi Nazrul University in column for all other institu- tutes of higher education in overall literacy rate [69.5%] maximum number of ceived letters assuring us Onam celebrations are to Asansol, the West Bengal tions,” said an expert associ- the State. “In a few places, of Muslims is substantially af- Muslim students. Aliah Uni- that it was a fully commence on September 3 in State University in Kolkata, ated with similar surveys in the number of Muslim stu- fected.” Moreover, govern- versity, funded by the West sponsored tour. But the 14 districts of the State and and the Bidhan Chandra the State. dents is very low and we are ment data indicates that the Bengal Minority Affairs and PCI later told us that they end with a colourful Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya in A little over 27% of trying to figure out the reas- dropout rate of students Madrasah Education Depart- could not give us any pageantry in the State capital Mohanpur. Amity, a private Bengal’s population is ons,” he told The Hindu. from primary and secondary ment, had 6,656 Muslims out money as their account on September 9. The State- university, also has no Muslim. In nearly all of the A 2016 report on the schooling is higher among of a total of 6,772 students. was blocked. I had to take a level inauguration of the Muslims among the 1,140 stu- State’s universities and insti- status of Muslims published Muslims. Many feel that it is The Gour Banga Univer- loan of ₹5 lakh,” Ms. celebrations is to be held at dents enrolled in it. tutes of higher education, in 2016 by the Pratichi Insti- the lack of education at the sity enrolled a little over 27% Pandey said. the Kanakakunnu palace However, it is not clear the percentage of Muslims tute founded by Nobel Laur- primary and secondary Muslim students. However, Sports Minister Vijay premises here. The celebrat- from the AISHE report if stands between 0 and 3%. eate Amartya Sen and Asso- levels that stops Muslims Gour Banga has only about Goel on Monday sought a ions will be held in 30 venues Muslims are listed under the The West Bengal Minister ciation SNAP, a social from making it to universit- 2,500 students. report from the Paralympic in the city and suburbs. Committee of India. Concern over rave Sunanda death probe: Centre’s stand sought parties in Tollywood Citing inordinate delay, Subramanian Swamy moves Delhi HC for court-monitored investigation Press Trust of India Affairs (MHA), the CBI and Ishkaran Singh Bhandari, “Neither his [Mr. Tharoor’s] Artistes association asks its members to remain cautious NEW DELHI the Delhi police on the plea. who had filed the petition, party is in power nor he is a The Delhi High Court on The court fixed the matter alleged that many pieces of minister any more.” Special Correspondent Wednesday sought to know for hearing on July 20. evidence had been It said that before passing HYDERABAD the Centre’s stand on BJP Dr. Swamy has alleged destroyed. any order it needed to hear Alarmed at reports of ‘rave’ leader Subramanian that “inordinate delay” has “This matter is of national the opposite parties, there- parties expanding their Swamy’s plea for a court- been caused in the investiga- and international interest as fore, the Additional Solicitor- tentacles to Hyderabad from monitored probe by the CBI- tion “which is a blot on the the victim was about to dis- General (representing the Mumbai, the Movie Artistes led Special Investigation justice system.” close about alleged corrup- MHA) should be informed Association (MAA) has sent Team into the death of Con- Pushkar was found dead tion in cricket. She had also about the matter before the out a terse message to its gress MP Shashi Tharoor’s in a five-star hotel in Delhi on called for a press conference next date of hearing. members, asking them not wife Sunanda Pushkar. the night of January 17, 2014. Sunanda Pushkar before her death to disclose The plea, which was filed to take the first step that A Bench of Justices G.S. about the same,” Dr. Swamy last week, has sought setting could draw them into a web. Sistani and P.S. Teji, which ‘No evidence recorded’ into Pushkar’s death is at the submitted. He alleged that up of a multidisciplinary At a press conference did not issue notice in the Dr. Swamy, who was arguing stage of FIR and no evidence the Congress MP was influ- Special Investigation Team here on Wednesday, promin- matter, said it needed to in person, submitted in the had been recorded so far. encing the investigation. headed by the CBI to probe ent Telugu film industry per- hear the Ministry of Home court that the investigation He, along with advocate To this, the court replied, the case. sonalities sought the help of the media in spreading the message in its entirety. MAA president Sivaji Raja said the Reaching out: Telugu movie artistes association members Telugu Film Industry (TFI) Naresh, Shivaji Raja, Suresh Babu, Allu Aravind and Srikanth in had always been working for Hyderabad on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the good of society. “There are about 30,000 counselling to those who “Something is just not people directly employed in needed help. right and this is clearly an the TFI. It is not right for “Our initiative is brief and evil that needs to tackled by around a dozen of them to subtle, but it comes with a getting at the roots. Hydera- bring disrepute. We will fight strong message that we need bad will lose its charm if this it,” he said. to keep ourselves, our chil- continues unabated. We do The proactive steps being dren, our Hyderabad and not want a bad image for an taken included launching an our State clear and free from industry that is considered awareness campaign among this menace. Rest assured progressive across the coun- the 768 MAA members and that the core group in the try. We are happy at the way their families in general. But government is closely track- the government and the en- it would focus on those in ing every move of all those forcement departments are the high risk group, said pro- involved — be it a peddler or going about the job,” said ducers Allu Arvind and D. a drug abuser,” said Mr. Mr. Suresh Babu. Suresh Babu, and provide Arvind. Six arrested Woman locked up for for Meerut attack 15 years in Goa rescued

Staff Reporter Two brothers, wives arrested MEERUT The Meerut police on Wed- Special Correspondent rogation on Wednesday, the nesday arrested six people PANAJI family produced a certific- associated with senior The Panaji Women’s Police ate issued by the State- Bahujan Samajwadi Party Station on Wednesday arres- owned Institute of Psycho- (BSP) leader Yaqub ted four family members on logy and Human Behaviour Quraishi two days after his charges of unlawful confine- (IPHB) in 2008, which de- daughter Najma allegedly ment of a 45-year-old wo- scribed the woman as suf- barged inside a girl’s school man. She was rescued late fering from moderate disab- in Meerut along with a on Tuesday from a locked ilities related to whip and eight other men room in her maternal home “undifferentiated schizo- to beat up classmates of in the Candolim village in phrenia”. her daughter Ramsha, who north coastal Goa, after The police said a senior had complained to the nearly 15 years of doctor at the IPHB would class teacher that Ramsha confinement. now trace her medical re- had bunked classes for two Sub-inspector Reema cords of the past and treat days. Naik told The Hindu on Wed- her accordingly. The police booked 10 nesday that Mohandas Ver- The woman was rescued people, including Najma, lekar and Ravindra Verlekar, with the help of activists under several sections of two brothers of the victim from Bailancho Saad, a local the IPC. Sunita Verlekar, were arres- woman’s collective, after Meerut Senior Superin- ted on bailable charges some village activists alerted tendent of Police (SSP) along with their wives, Anita them through an email. Manzil Saini told media Verlekar and Amita Ver- “The brother, who lived that six people were arres- lekar, respectively, and were in the same house with his ted in the case based on released on personal bonds. family, used to give her food the CCTV footage provided The victim is being taken through an opening in the by the school. care of at a State-owned san- door,” a lady constable who Najma is yet to be arres- atorium, Ms. Naik said. was involved in the rescue ted. During the police inter- operation said on Tuesday. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Game of chicken in the high Himalayas With no thaw in sight, much will now depend on wider geopolitical factors. But the costs of conict are high

terdependence in northeast Asia optimal outcome for Beijing, which imply that the Sino-American equa- prefers a wider prole in the sub- tion will maintain its complex sta- continent. Sorrowful song bility. More broadly, American From Delhi’s vantage point, cal- grand strategy remains focused on culating India’s relative position is Even as relief is rushed for the Assam oods, the Eurasian heartland threat from less straightforward. Too be sure, Russia rather than a rimland chal- policymakers have successfully longer-term measures must be taken up zorawar daulet singh lenge from China. Japanese Prime navigated the uncertainty around ssam’s Bihugeet songs celebrate the many colours Minister Shinzo Abe’s bilateral en- Indo-U.S. relations after the inter- nother face-o at the Him- counter with Chinese President Xi lude of suspense since January this of the Brahmaputra and its life-sustaining char- alayan border has surprised Jinping at the G20 summit was also year. The bilateral relationship is Aacter, with stirring renditions by Bhupen Haz- Afew. Since 2010, nearly 2,500 instructive. Mr. Abe is reported to stable and poised to grow. The on- arika in praise of the grit of its people in their most chal- Chinese “transgressions” have have responded positively to Chi- going Malabar exercises involving lenging moment — when the river turns furious during been recorded on the Line of Ac- na’s Belt and Road Initiative. Japan- the Indian, Japanese and U.S. the monsoon and oods the plains. That season is once tual Control (LAC), the undened ese ocials noted that Mr. Abe held navies in the Indian Ocean also of- again upon the State, and the death toll has crossed 40. border between India and China. a “very friendly” meeting with Mr. fer psychological comfort to Delhi Lakhs have been put o their normal stride, with tens of But this is not a typical stand-o. Xi and Beijing had shown “goodwill in the backdrop of the continental The point, or area, of discord is un- GETTY IMAGES from the top level” towards Japan. stand-o in the north. Some ob- thousands displaced from their homes. The deluge has related to the India-China territ- lower Chumbi valley. probable given the crescendo of servers, however, exaggerate the circled vast parts of the Kaziranga National Park, dis- orial dispute. The present stand-o There are two broad schools of rhetoric surrounding the crisis. The calculations geopolitical setting and impute a persing its wildlife into towns. There are dramatic im- is near the India-China-Bhutan tri- punditry. One argues that the unre- Rolling back the opponent’s posi- In sum, while China’s eastern front wider dimension to Indo-U.S. ties ages of a rhinoceros walking through the streets. A re- junction, and in an area where both solved Himalayan dispute, China’s tion is also unviable because it remains a zone of geopolitical com- that might have faded since the turn to normality must now await abatement of the China and Bhutan hold competing sensitivity over Tibet and the ensu- would produce an escalation, petition, Chinese leverage in East Obama period. Further, with the rising waters, and the drafting of a comprehensive relief territorial claims. ing security dilemma is the main whether in the local Sikkim theatre Asia has reached a threshold where U.S. inclined to resist Iranian and plan by the Assam government with help from the cause of recurring friction; the or along a wider front on the 3,488 it can blunt a containment posture Russian inuence in Afghanistan The signicance other claims that wider geopolitics km LAC. Some commentators have from the U.S.-Japan alliance. As and further west, a Himalayan Cold Centre and the specialised units of the disaster re- According to the External Aairs and threat perceptions have con- been thinking in highly tactical Chinese scholar Long Xingchun War would be a distraction from sponse forces. Yet, short-term measures can have no Ministry’s June 30 press release, In- verted the frontier into an arena of terms where India’s local military condently opines, “Though the more pressing geopolitical chal- lasting impact on the Brahmaputra’s course each year, dian involvement is aimed to pre- competition to keep the other side advantages are deemed to provide U.S. and other Western countries lenges elsewhere. as several factors inuence its tendency to overrun its vent China from changing the o balance. Ideally, conict man- the ingredients of a compellence have the intention to contain China The situation in the subcontin- banks in the June-July season. Studies done after the status quo by building a road on ter- agement strategies should seek to posture. However, unlike in the through supporting India, they ent is equally complex. Given 2012 oods, which aected some 2.3 million people, ritory claimed by Bhutan, India’s address both these levels of the In- eight disputed pockets of the LAC have a wide range of common in- Pakistan’s unabated proxy conict show that the river’s course from the Himalayan ranges closest ally in the subcontinent. By dia-China dynamic. But with the where brinksmanship can be enter- terests with China.” The West is unin Kashmir, an escalation with upholding the rights of its ally, In- level of mistrust and animosity at tained, coercing the People’s Liber- likely to “unconditionally stand on China will truly bring the two-front has been bringing lots of sediment, raising its bed above dian actions are intended to convey record highs, it seems improbable ation Army (PLA) in an area where the side of India”. When combined situation back into play after dec- the level of the plains. The Brahmaputra has the second the importance Delhi attaches to its that either side is interested in reas- Beijing is convinced of its sover- with the strategic depth that China ades. On the other hand, the rest of highest sediment transport per unit of drainage area in special relationship with Thimphu surance gestures. The indivisibility eignty and India’s own territorial enjoys because of a stable strategic the neighbourhood would prefer a the world. With aberrant climate and intensive mon- as well as to signal that it intends to of the object of discord — in this stakes are not even at play would al- equation with Russia, the interna- stable India-China equation. Each soonal ows, ooding poses a major challenge. preserve its traditional military ad- case China’s territorial claims and most certainly involve erce repris- tional environment from Beijing’s of India’s neighbours has adopted a Assam receives a massive amount of rain every year, vantages in the overall Sikkim sec- India’s conception of security in als in the form of vertical or hori- eyes seems comfortable and a far dual track foreign policy where and an estimated average of 230 cm is recorded in the tor. the Northeast — makes an exit ramp zontal escalation in military and cry from the isolation China faced special or friendly ties with India Beijing’s motivations have been or de-escalation dicult. As it other domains. So we are left with a in the lead-up to the 1962 war or are supplemented by geo-eco- Brahmaputra basin. Combined with the characteristics speculated to range from big power stands today, both sides have dug in prolonged stand-o with little pro- even the 1967 border crisis. nomic linkages with China. A Sino- of the river — it enters the State as a single channel but bullying as part of a general pattern their heels and signalled a commit- spect for a thaw. Much will now de- Ironically, the reasons for Chi- Indian conict disrupts this trian- has a wide, braided course later and shrinks near Guwa- of China’s approach to its periment to their respective positions, pend on wider geopolitical factors na’s reluctance to escalate the crisis gular dynamic and impels these hati before expanding again — such high precipitation phery, and driving a political the Chinese more explicitly and and how each side evaluates its rel- emanate from its strength and states to make choices they would produces aggressive oodwaters. Its course has been wedge between India and Bhutan, through a urry of ocial pro- ative position in the international rising international prole. Out- rather not make. This sub-regional studied extensively after the 2012 oods, providing in- to more mundane operational nouncements. environment. break of hostilities on the Him- reality cannot be wished away by sights into how remote sensing can help identify the anxieties in a sector where India The Chinese seem to exude alayan border would taint China’s India, or for that matter China. has traditionally held the higher Breaking the stalemate more condence on this front. image and undermine the interna- It should be clear that both coun- most vulnerable areas and where remedial measures ground. What makes the crisis par- Where do we go from here? By in- Beijing’s relationships with its main tionalism surrounding the Belt and tries have much to lose in an armed could work most eectively. Considering that the As- ticularly dangerous compared to terposing itself in close proximity rivals, the U.S. and Japan, seem to Road discourse. It would also fuel clash and a new Cold War in the re- sam elections in 2016 were strongly centred on environ- previous episodes on the border is to Chinese border guards, India has be stabilising. While Washington is anti-Chinese sentiment in India, gion. Hopefully, the virtues of re- mental concerns, and the BJP-led government in the the absence of an agreed denition created a stalemate that can only be a divided entity today, the relation- which both Washington and Tokyo straint would be obvious to both State has earlier spoken against big dams, getting a sci- of what is at stake. For China, it is broken via one of three ways: one ship with China has robust bipar- would almost certainly prot from. Delhi and Beijing. entic understanding of the ooding phenomenon to about “territorial sovereignty”; for side backs o, either side tries to tisan support with little traction for Even on a sub-regional level, a con- inform policy is vital. On the ground, previous attempts India, it is about “security implica- dislodge the other by force, or quiet a new adversarial posture. Dense ict with India would steer China tions” emanating from a potentially diplomacy allows both sides to save economic interdependence and a further towards an irredentist Zorawar Daulet Singh is a Fellow at the at nding solutions appear to suer from lack of atten- deeper Chinese foothold in the face. The rst scenario seems im- renewed awareness of security in- Pakistan as its sole partner, a sub- Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi tion to longer-term measures, such as better river management. The focus of civil society has been conned to immediate relief and rehabilitation. The government, on its part, must go beyond the necessary restoration of Don’t y into the same storm infrastructure such as embankments, bridges, buildings and communications structures. Relief measures If the mistakes of the past are a guide, the purpose of the Air India sale bid should shape the rules will have to sensitively handle the tensions around identity conicts between those claiming ethnicity vis-à-vis point its own directors and con- that in such an adverse climate, it has now grown to around 150 air- tinue to have a say in running the was not condent it could play a craft, it has lost trac and market settled Bengalis. Also, Kaziranga needs better protec- business. Put o by the substantial useful role. leadership to competition. tion. Several wild animals have died in the oods, bring- degree of control the government The then Disinvestment Minis- ing back memories of the dreadful losses of 2012, when wanted to retain in the airline after ter, Arun Shourie, claried that the A level playing eld over 500 hog deer, 19 rhinos and 22 sambar perished. the disinvestment, several poten- Tata group, Air India’s erstwhile If the mistakes of the past are a tial bidders stayed away from the owner before its nationalisation in guide, the sale’s purpose should puja mehra sale, including, possibly the wor- 1953, could proceed with its bid guide the sale’s rules. Air India’s thiest contender. Plus, in a sale car- without a partner. But the Tatas too debt, now about $8 billion, is grow- ir India’s disinvestment, rst ried out through competitive bid- withdrew, forcing the government ing unsustainably. It was bailed out Coach Shastri attempted by the Atal Bihari ding, reduced interest can impact to abort the disinvestment. with $5.8 billion of taxpayer money The manner of his appointment was odd, AVajpayee government, is be- the valuation. If the government was eager to in 2012. The sale’s purpose should ing revived. The sale bid the last retain its hold over Air India, the be to compensate taxpayers for

but his credentials are sound time was a op, shelved prema- Doomed from start GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO private airline owners were shouldering the burden of keeping turely after all the bidders were The sale’s stated purpose was to books. The Hindujas’ bid was anxious that foreign airlines the national carrier aoat. Air In- avi Shastri’s appointment as the Indian cricket either disqualied or dropped out. bring on board a strategic partner already under re from the Opposi- should not gain control over it. dia’s disinvestment could deliver team’s head coach was a foregone conclusion The many factors that were and who would turn around Air India. tion over allegations related to the Both the motives succeeded. The this if it results in reduced govern- Rever since the strained equation between skipper may still be at work against the sale But the sale’s rules were loaded Bofors arms scandal. After study- back story of how the mood against ment interference and increased Virat Kohli and the then coach, Anil Kumble, forced the are not widely understood. Unless against candidates with a proven ing Air India’s nancial records, foreign airlines was whipped up competition. Remember, most tax- latter to resign. Kohli has always had a comfortable overcome, they may again en- track record — foreign airlines. the group presented to the govern- was retold at a public meeting by payers are also yers. working relationship with Shastri, who was the team danger the sale. Lufthansa, Swissair, Emirates, Brit- ment a whole set of conditions on Mr. Shourie. A Delhi-based cham- Competition in the air travel director from 2014 to mid-2016, a phase during which In May 2000, bids were invited ish Airways and Air France-Delta in management control, threatening ber of commerce wrote to the market will not increase if Air India for a 40% stake in Air India, with a combination were among those to to withdraw if these were not met. Prime Minister lobbying against gets acquired by a private airline in India emerged as the number one Test team besides cap of 26% on foreign investment. have expressed interest formally in The government barred the Hindu- foreign investors being allowed to India. The rules should provide for- qualifying for the 2015 World Cup semi-nal in Aus- The airline had reported losses for buying the stake. However, a bid- jas from pursuing its bid, leaving a acquire more than 25% stake in Air eign airlines a level playing eld. tralia. Yet, the manner in which the latest transition was six straight years, had $70 million ding rule that required foreign air- sole bidder: the Singapore Airlines- India, as this was the rule in the Sharp scrutiny of objections can eected has left much bitterness. It raises the question debt on its books and was fast los- lines to team up with a local part- Tatas combine. U.S., China, Thailand and Mexico. expose and thwart hidden vested whether a captain should have such overwhelming in- ing trac. More than 18,000 work- ner forced them to opt out. Private airline owners who had Senior parliamentarians had sent interests. uence in picking the team’s coach. There is no doubt- ers were on its rolls for a eet of just Singapore Airlines, which had also so far orchestrated resistance to similarly-worded recommenda- Selling only a part of the govern- ing that it was Kohli’s view that prevailed on who should about two dozen planes. Its em- expressed interest formally, roped the sale from the background, now tions. The comparison sought to be ment’s holding will not free Air In- ployee-aircraft ratio, 750, was in the Tatas to proceed with its bid. openly pointed out that the major- drawn was unfair. Under Indian dia of the ills of public ownership. be out of the reckoning and who in. This does not reect among the worst. Singapore Air- Those who remained in the fray ity stakeholder in Singapore Air- law, investors owning fewer than The government will have to exit well on the three parties involved in picking the coach — lines, in contrast, had 91 employ- had their expressions of interest lines was a foreign government. 26% shares cannot move special the airline cleanly and completely. the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Committee ees per aircraft. Ineciency, typ- evaluated; those ineligible were The unmasked attack made Singa- resolutions, a restriction that did The reform demands political of Administrators and the Cricket Advisory Committee ical in a government-controlled set disqualied. In the end, the con- pore Airlines pull out. The airline not apply in the countries the let- courage, economic wisdom and featuring eminent former players such as Sachin Ten- up, was bleeding Air India. Yet, the test was down to two bidders — the said in a statement that the intens- ters cited. After the sale was business-like shrewdness. dulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman. With quantum of stake on oer made it Hinduja group and the Singapore ity of opposition to the privatisa- scrapped, private airlines our- clear that the government inten- Airlines-Tata joint venture. Both tion from political groups and the ished. Although Air India’s eet — Shastri billed as the favourite, a seemingly token selec- ded to retain a crucial stake, ap- were invited to inspect Air India’s trade unions had surprised it and which includes its subsidiaries — Puja Mehra is a Delhi-based journalist tion procedure was undertaken, with Virender Sehwag being one of the candidates to have been interviewed on Monday. Subsequently it was stated that the CAC LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. would check with Kohli, but the CoA stepped in on Tuesday and ordered an immediate announcement. A saron agenda? our system is governed on themes has been the ght hygiene products for to the “betis” of both rural products for free, or What started as speculation on the wires, followed by a It is unrealistic to expect a the lines of communalism against terror, a message women attract a hefty 12%. and urban India being subsidise supply by the PDS secular foreign policy from and continues to attribute a that even the Prime Minister Data that only 12% of saved. The objective of or in government schools. It denial, became a fact when a BCCI mail arrived in the in- a government that is guided communal angle to every articulates during his women use sanitary initiatives such as ‘National should also be ensured that boxes of cricket correspondents at 10.58 p.m. and sustained by the step taken by the numerous overseas visits. napkins show that much Iron Plus’ initiative that was such a scheme should not The manner of Shastri’s appointment does appear Hindutva ideology and at a government. How is the But surprisingly, in India, needs to be done. Apart started to address iron become a scam perpetrated odd, but there is no denying his credentials. His com- time when every facet of life UAE’s gesture of giving land terrorist activities continue from reducing the tax deciency among all age by politicians and their kin. mentary stints tend to overshadow his days as a in the country is becoming for a temple linked to a unabated — an inexcusable bracket on these essential groups — as anaemia leads K.R. Unnithan, doughty cricketer, when he excelled as a promoted- saronised. A foreign policy Hindutva agenda, and why incident being the attack on products, there should be a to poor reproductive health Chennai opener and a tight left-arm spinner. A former India cap- founded on an illusory can’t a Prime Minister tweet pilgrims during the move to promote the use of — will not be reached if notion of past glory cannot and thank a government of Amarnath yatra. The eco-friendly material in the essential products are taxed The next coach tain, he has Test hundreds across the globe, including eectively respond to the another nation if it is doing government has virtually manufacture of these at 12% under the GST. The One’s personal attitude, one in the West Indies, a mighty force during his playing dynamic and fast-changing something in favour of the failed in ensuring the safety products. The stigma GST Council was created to especially the ability to days in the 1980s. He is an astute thinker of the game geopolitical environment people of a religion endemic and security of pilgrims around such products must revisit rates based on the manage a spectrum of and, most importantly, it helps that he has Kohli’s con- and will prove to be to India? Why can’t the despite intelligence inputs be tackled so that people impact they create. So why players, is a fundamental dence, for now. It is heartening that Shastri has among disastrous. The chinks in Prime Minister wear saron about attacks in crowded are made aware of the the inaction? requirement for being a his support cast Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan as bat- the BJP government’s and a rudraksh while and public spaces. The benets that such products Archana Venkata Madhva Raj, good cricket coach. Ravi Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu ting and bowling consultants, respectively. Dravid is a foreign policy are already visiting a temple in Nepal? wounds in Jammu and have in ensuring the well- Shastri is one such gure, visible in fast-deteriorating Foreign tours by Indian Kashmir need a healing being of girls and women respected within the team, legend and Zaheer has always been a ne mentor to ties with almost all leaders are for the country’s touch and a dialogue with (“Getting GST right”, July ■ If the writer was genuinely which is important for the young bowlers. It is good that the trio got a contract till countries in the welfare and not to full all players in the Kashmir 12). concerned about the well- team’s harmony. the 2019 World Cup in England, as it will allow better neighbourhood (“Paint the personal agendas. If that tangle is a must, failing Medha Anand, being of women, she should He may not have a sharp strategising. India embarks on an overseas season later united colours of India”, had been the case, why is which the situation will only New Delhi have worked to ensure the cricketing mind, but the this month with a tour of Sri Lanka and another of July 12). the Prime Minister getting be aggravated further. supply of the product for ability to bond well with the South Africa towards the year-end. Having got his way Manohar Alembath, such an overwhelming S.K. Khosla, ■ A social campaign such as free or at a subsidised price. players is more important Kannur, Kerala Chandigarh in the appointment of the coach, there will be immense response abroad? “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” Many political parties (‘Sport’ page – “Shastri Tushar Harit, is ne, but the same promise several freebies — conrmed as head coach”, pressure on Kohli to deliver, both as a player and as the ■ India is a land of diversity Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh GST impediment government needs to from grinders, TVs, bicycles July 12). captain. The road ahead is a challenging one — and it is and the world knows this It is a harsh and sad reality understand that ensuring to laptops — but not one of Nagarajamani M.V., time to end the whisper campaign against Kumble un- fact. Therefore, it is strange Terror unabated that when bindis and better access to personal the most essential items for Hyderabad leashed by sections of the team and the BCCI. that a certain class of Ever since the BJP came to bangles are tax-exempted in hygiene products for women. State governments more letters online: intellectuals still thinks that power, one of its central the GST regime, personal women will eventually lead should procure such www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 OPED 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Too early to settle the Aryan migration debate? With genetic data currently available, it is dicult to deduce the direction of migration either into India or out of India during the Bronze Age

chromosome) is associated them (those who live in U.K. with the haplogroup R1a, an and U.S.) carry R1a, not that indication of the arrival of 17.5% of Indians carry R1a! Bronze Age Indo-European speakers. However, India is a Genetic affinities nation of close to 4,700 eth- Indian genetic affinity with nic populations, including so- Europeans is not new inform- K. Thangaraj cially stratified communities, ation. In a study published in G. Chaubey many of which have main- Nature (2009; 461:489-494), tained endogamy (marrying scientists from CSIR-Centre On June 17, The Hindu pub- within the community) for for Cellular and Molecular lished an article by Tony thousands of years, and these Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Joseph (“How genetics is set- have been hardly sampled in and Harvard Medical School tling the Aryan migration de- the Y chromosome analysis (HMS), U.S., using more than bate”) on current genetic re- led by Silva et al., and so do 5,00,000 autosomal genetic search in India and stated not provide an accurate char- markers, showed that the An- that “scientists are conver- acterisation of the R1a fre- cestral North Indians (ANI) ging” on the Aryan migration quencies in India (several tri- share genetic affinities with to the Subcontinent around bal populations carry Europeans, Caucasians and 2000-1500 BC. This conclu- substantial frequency of hap- West Asians. However, there sion was mainly based on the logroup R1a). is a huge difference between results obtained from the pa- Equally important to un- this study and the study pub- ternally inherited markers (Y derstand is that the Y chro- lished by Silva et al., as the chromosome), published on mosome phylogeny suffered study by CSIR-CCMB and March 23, 2017 in a scientific genetic drift (lineage loss), HMS included samples rep- journal, BMC Evolutionary and thus there is a greater resenting all the social and Biology, by a team of 16 co- chance to lose less frequent linguistic groups of India. It authors including Martin P. R1a branches, if one concen- was evident from the same Richards of the University of trates only on specific popu- Nature paper that when the Huddersfield, which com- lations, keeping in mind the Gujarati Indians in Houston ILLUSTRATION: DEEPAK HARICHANDAN piled and analysed Y chro- high level of endogamy of the (GIH) were analysed for ge- mosome data mainly from Subcontinent. These are ex- netic affinities with different Pitceathly and colleagues was absent in Indian patients other study published in The gests that both Indian ances- ago (Genome Research, 2015; the targeted South Asian pop- tremely important factors ethnic populations of India, it from University College of with neuromuscular diseases American Journal of Human try components (ANI and 4:459-66). Moreover, there is ulations living in the U.K. and one should consider before was found that the GIH have London and CSIR-CCMB has (of mitochondrial origin). Genetics (2011; 89:731-744) by ASI) are older than the pur- evidence which is consistent U.S. However, anyone who making any strong conclu- formed two clusters in Prin- analysed 74 patients with This mutation was earlier re- Mait Metspalu and col- ported Indo-Aryan invasion with the early presence of understands the complexity sions related to Indian popu- cipal Component Analysis neuromuscular diseases (of ported in Europeans, sug- leagues, where CSIR-CCMB 3,500 YBP (years before several R1a branches in India of Indian population will ap- lations. The statement made (PCA), one with Indian popu- mitochondrial origin) living gesting that these three famil- was also involved, analysed present). As well as, consist- (our unpublished data). preciate that Indians living by Silva et al. that 17.5% of In- lations, another an independ- in the U.K. and found a muta- ies might have mixed with 142 samples from 30 ethnic ent with the results of pair- The Aryan invasion/migra- outside the Subcontinent do dians carry R1a haplogroup ent cluster. Similarly, a recent tion in RNASEH1 gene in the local Europeans; high- groups and mentioned that wise genetic distances among tion has been an intense not reflect the full diversity of actually means that 17.5% of study (‘Neurology Genetics’, three families of Indian ori- lighting the importance of “Modeling of the observed world regions, Indians share topic of discussion for long India, as the majority of them the samples analysed by 2017; 3:3, e149) by Robert D.S. gin. However, this mutation the source of samples. An- haplotype diversities sug- more ancestry signals with periods. However, one has to are from caste populations West than with East understand the complexity with limited subset of Eurasians”. of the Indian populations and regions. Tony Joseph responds: al. study is that its weeks before my article was sets are clear and consistent spread that we observe does We agree that the major In- to select samples carefully for conclusions about the published, this is what Prof. and also fit well with the need an explanation. But the dian R1a1 branch, i.e. L657, is analysis. Otherwise, the find- Under-representation There is a technical point in chronology of multiple Richards said about the lower-resolution data that problem with proposing not more than 5,000 years ings could be biased and A recent paper by Dhriti Sen- suggesting that the South migrations into South Asia sample: “It’s true that some has been collected in the ‘Out of India’ as that old. However, the phylogen- confusing. gupta and colleagues (‘Gen- Asian populations included are not dependent upon the of the 1000 Genomes Project past (e.g. for R1a explanation is the following: etic structure of this branch With the information cur- ome Biology and Evolution in the “1000 Genomes precise percentage of R1a (1KGP) sequences that we distributions). By putting it is not as if the ‘Out of cannot be considered as a de- rently available, it is difficult 2016’; 8:3460-3470), showed Project” under-represent the population — they remain analysed for genome-wide everything together, we feel India’ hypothesis is new; it rivative of either Europeans to deduce the direction of that the South Asian popula- complete genomic diversity robust whether the R1a and Y-chromosome data the sketch of the big picture has been around for or Central Asians. The split haplogroup R1a migration tions included in the “1000 of the Subcontinent and, percentage is 12.5 % or 17.5% were sampled from Indians that we propose is very well decades. But the rejoinder with the European is around either into India or out of In- Genomes Project” under-rep- therefore, the 17.5 % R1a or 22.5 %. The precision of in the U.K. and U.S., and lack supported, even though makes no reference to a 6,000 years and thereafter dia, although the genetic data resent the genomic diversity frequency the ‘BMC the percentage or the tribal groups, which might there will certainly be a huge single peer-reviewed genetic the Asian branch (Z93) gave certainly show that there was of the Subcontinent. Tribes Evolutionary Biology’ study impugned under- well be an issue for a amount of further analysis study that makes a serious rise to the South Asian L657, migration between the re- are one of the founding pop- arrived at may not be representation would have detailed regional study of needed to work through the case for ‘Out of India’. which is a brother branch of gions. Currently, CSIR-CCMB ulations of India, any conclu- precise. been an issue if the study the Subcontinent (our regional details.” If the hypothesis were lineages present in West Asia, and Harvard Medical School sion drawn without studying That a sample under- were to make detailed mtDNA database was much The second argument that tenable at all, shouldn’t Europe and Central Asia. are investigating a larger them will fail to capture the represents the complete conclusions about, say, how larger). But we are simply the rejoinder makes, as there have been many peer- Such kind of expansion, uni- number of samples, which complete genetic information genomic diversity of India the Bronze Age migrations looking at the big picture summed up in its last reviewed papers by now versally associated with most will hopefully throw more of the Subcontinent. could be said of virtually any spread across different across the region (what was paragraph, is that ‘Out of making the case and fleshing of the Y chromosome lin- light on this debate. Marina Silva/Richards et study whatsoever, including regions in India. Since it is the role of Palaeolithic, India’ is a possible out the details? eages of the world, as shown al. argued that the maternal the studies that the authors not doing that, under- Neolithic and Bronze Age explanation for the genetic in 2015 by Monika Karmin et K. Thangaraj is with the CSIR- ancestry (mtDNA) of the Sub- of the rejoinder have done. representation ceases to be a settlement, primarily) and spread that we observe. This Tony Joseph is a writer and former al., was most likely due to Centre for Cellular and Molecular continent is largely indigen- The point about the Marina material issue. the signals we describe is helpful insofar as it editor of ‘BusinessWorld’. Twitter: dramatic decline in genetic Biology, Hyderabad, and G. ous, whereas 17.5% of the pa- Silva/Martin P. Richards et In an email to me on May 29, across the five 1KGP sample accepts that the genetic @tjoseph0010 diversity in male lineages Chaubey is with the Estonian ternal ancestry (Y four to eight thousand years Biocentre in Tartu, Estonia

FIFTY YEARS AGO JULY 13, 1967 The hunted ones Police swoop down on rebel hide-outs Implementation of terror designations Police to-day [July 12, Naxalbari (Siliguri)] arrested 72 “rebels”, mostly tribals, in a surprise early dawn raid on the Hatigisha needs to be constantly challenged group of villages in Naxalbari, the main hide-outs of the ex- V. Sudarshan tremists. Huge quantities of weapons were also seized during The designation on June 26 of the raid. This was the first major action against the rebels fol- Hizbul Mujahideen leader lowing the recent decisions of the West Bengal Government on Syed Salahuddin as a ‘Spe- police measures in Naxalbari. But in to-day’s raid none of the cially Designated Global Ter- ring leaders could be traced. There was no resistance from the rorist’ by the U.S. set o a fresh rebels. Among the houses searched was that of the 34-year-old round of signalling. Pakistan’s Khokan Mazumdar alias Abdul Halim, one of the “big four” of Interior Minister Chaudhry the “rebel high command”, who it is believed, escaped into Nisar Ali Khan spoke up in sup- the outlying jute fields. But he left behind his red card issued port of Salahuddin. New Delhi by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) signed by the Sec-

REUTERS pinned its hopes on the desig- retary of the State Committee. nation choking Salahuddin’s movements and his nancing. The day after Salahuddin was so A HUNDRED YEARS AGO designated, both the United States and India put the develop- JULY 13, 1917 ment in perspective in the joint statement, after Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi had met President Donald Trump. It en- Books without paper: Edison’s nickel substitute. larged the scope of cooperation on terrorism to include CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The period is very timely for the prophecy that the books of standing shoulder-to-shoulder against, among other terrorist CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC entities, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, D-Company the future will not be printed on paper but on pages of nickel and their aliates. CONCEPTUAL FAQ or steel. The reason has nothing to do with the paper famine Exactly how much all this will aect the situation on the caused by the war, but with the fact that the world’s forests Veblen good cannot last for ever. The prophet in this case is Thomas A. ground is uncertain. But considering that Salahuddin was em- Economics Oceanic games boldened enough to participate soon thereafter in a long and Edison. The inventor of the phonograph said to an inter- viewer: “By an electro-chemical process I can make sheets of indulgent television interview, where he leisurely promised A good for which demand China’s growing military strength has lent greater steel, copper or nickel that will absorb printer’s ink. Of the more terrorist attacks and pooh-poohed any deleterious eect increases when its price three metals I consider nickel to be the best substitute for pa- the American characterisation might have, boasting that he increases, and vice versa. weight to Malabar naval exercises per. It is possible to produce a sheet of this metal one twenty- could source any kind of arms to further his activities, the di- Luxury goods like dia- thousandth of an inch in thickness and make it cheaper, culties ahead for New Delhi cannot be overstated. monds, whose appeal de- Dinakar Peri countries fielded carriers maritime patrol aircraft tougher and more flexible than ordinary book paper”. As he pends on their exorbitant for the exercises. India’s and are keen on improving said this Mr. Edison strolled over to one of the shelves and re- Masood, Haz Saeed precedents price, are an example. It is What is Malabar? sole aircraft carrier INS their submarine hunting turned with a book with a thickness of about two inches. Salahuddin has obviously made a careful study of the eect of named after American Malabar is an annual milit- Vikramaditya will join U.S. capabilities in the warm such designations. The Jaish-e-Mohammed, for example has economist Thorstein ary exercise between the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz waters of Bay of Bengal. been on the U.S. State Department’s list since December 2001; Veblen. Veblen goods are navies of India, Japan and and Japan’s largest heli- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC as has been the Lashkar-e-Taiba. For over a decade and a half, considered exceptions to the U.S. held alternately in copter carrier JS Izumo. Why is China concerned? CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC despite being designated terrorists, both Masood Azhar of JeM the law of demand, which the Indian and Pacific China has always viewed DATA POINT and Haz Saeed of LeT have thrived, as have their organisa- states that the demand for Oceans. It began in 1992 as What is its importance? Malabar as a grouping to tions. Meanwhile, the attacks in Jammu and Kashmir continue. a good must decrease as its a bilateral exercise With China’s growing mil- contain it and the fears It is also established that most terrorist organisations have or- price increases, and vice between India and the U.S. itary strength and its in- have been exacerbated ganic linkage with other similar organisations. Salahuddin is versa. Some economists and permanently expan- creasing presence in the with Japan being included able to function without any impediments from both disagree, saying that the ded into a trilateral format Indian Ocean, Malabar has and Australia keen to join Rawalpindi, the headquarters of the Pakistan Army, where he law applies only to goods with the inclusion of Japan assumed greater import- as well. maintains his house, as well as from Muzaarabad, where the that are truly identical. in 2015. Malabar 2017, ance as it is a platform to In September 2007, the interview was conducted. Cheap diamonds, for in- which began on July 10, is improve interoperability Navies of Australia, Japan Where this leaves the intention in the Modi-Trump joint stance, may be an inferior being held in the Bay of between the navies. Some and Singapore joined India statement that “(the) leaders stressed that... terrorist safe good in the eyes of the Bengal. of the drills which will be and the U.S. in the Malabar havens (must be) rooted out in every part of the world” is open consumer when compared This year is also wit- honed during the exer- exercises. China had is- to interpretation. Safe havens are areas where terrorists are to expensive diamonds; nessing the largest parti- cises are submarine famili- sued a demarche to New able to operate in assuredly secure circumstances, recruiting, hence they are not truly cipation to date with 16 arisation, high-value unit Delhi questioning the in- training, planning, raising funds and carrying out attacks. All comparable. ships, two submarines and defence, air defence exer- tent behind the war this Salahuddin and people of his ilk are able to do with such over 95 aircraft taking part cises, anti-submarine war- games, which forced India ease. from the three countries. fare, surface warfare exer- to abandon the expansion Yet, the intentions of such designations cannot be in doubt. The 10-day games will cises and communications at that time. Australia has It is the ecacy with which they are implemented that needs CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC have two phases, an initial exercises. been keen to join the to be constantly challenged. Is Mr. Trump going to lean on harbour phase in Chennai There is special focus games on a permanent Pakistan heavily enough? Can that alone be the central plank MORE ON and a sea phase later on anti-submarine warfare basis, which has so far not in India’s war on terrorism? China, Pakistan’s biggest backer, THE WEB 3 which will be held over an (ASW) operations in the fructified due to India’s re- has repeatedly stymied diplomatic eorts to have terrorists in- area of 5,00,000 sq. miles backdrop of increasing luctance. Canberra had re- imical to India proscribed by the United Nations. All this un- Who will win the spread across the Bay of submarine forays by the quested for observer derlines a certain inadequacy in the strategy. If the cat isn’t Wimbledon Women’s Bengal and the northern Chinese Navy. Both India status at this year’s games catching the mice, it may well be time to change the method by singles? Indian Ocean. In another and the U.S. operate the which was rejected by which the mice need to be caught. http://bit.ly/LadiesSingles first this year, all three Boeing P-8I long-range New Delhi. 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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE India must move back: China Man held for ‘bid’ to India-China trade Foreign Ministry says stand-o can be ended at an early date if this happens join Islamic State talks deadlocked Atul Aneja ution of the Kashmir dispute BEIJING between India and Pakistan, Stopped at Turkish border, deported India’s goods trade deficit that bovine meat was being China on Wednesday sig- in the wake of the recent ex- with China, which had bal- exported to many countries nalled its intent to end the change of fire across the Line Staff Reporter made in Chennai in the looned to $52.7 billion in from those areas. The stand-off between Indian of Control (LoC), Mr. Geng New Delhi name of Mohammed Ismail 2015-16 from just $1.1 billion Chinese side is, however, and Chinese troops in the said: “China is willing to play A 32-year-old man was ar- Mohideen and went to Tur- in 2003-04, eased margin- learnt to have said that since Doklam area at an early date, a constructive role in im- rested by Delhi police’s Spe- key again within a month in ally to $51.1 billion in 2016- the visiting AQSIQ officials if Indian forces withdraw to proving relations between cial Cell for trying to cross March, this time alone. “He 17. were those dealing only what it called the “Indian India and Pakistan.” the Turkey border to enter again tried to cross over but During the discussions with plant quarantine, India side of the boundary”. Syria allegedly to join the Is- this time, his fake identity with the AQSIQ officials, In- ought to raise the bovine Adopting a less harsh tone Kashmir issue lamic State. He was depor- was caught and he was de- dia’s animal husbandry de- meat issues with the officials than in the recent past, Significantly, he also high- ted from Turkey and on July ported,” said Mr. Kushwaha. partment is learnt to have overseeing animal when it had characterised lighted the Kashmir dispute 1 reached the Indira Gandhi He managed to get under raised the issue of lack of quarantine. India’s alleged intrusion into A le photo of the Nathu La border. * AFP/ FILE PHOTO outside its bilateral context, International Airport from the radar of security agen- market access for Indian Incidentally, in January, Chinese territory as a “be- by pointing out that it had at- where he was arrested. cies even though he had bovine meat in China. China China had reportedly trayal” and insisted that the pass of Indian border troops The stand-off is happen- tracted the attention of the According to the police, been questioned once. An is yet to lift the import ban agreed to lift this prohibi- withdrawal of Indian forces of the mutually recognised ing near the western tri-junc- “international community”. Shahjahan Velluva Kandy, official said since his name on India’s bovine meat that tion after their officials in- was a “precondition” for border line into China’s ter- tion of India, Bhutan and Besides, Mr. Geng flagged resident of Kannur in Ker- did not crop up during in- it had first imposed in 1990 spected certain abattoirs in talks, the Chinese Foreign ritory. This is different in China. the exchange of fire across ala, had gone to Malaysia in terrogation of other IS sus- in the wake of incidence of India and expressed ‘satis- Ministry on Wednesday said: nature from the frictions that “The Sikkim tri-junction is the Line of Control (LoC) as a February 2016 and later to pects, he managed to slip Foot-and-Mouth Disease faction’ with the conditions “We once again require India happened in the undefined basically the watershed factor undermining “re- Turkey in June the same out on a forged document. (FMD) in India. The Indian there. The discussions are to withdraw the border sections of the boundary. between the Amo (also gional stability”. year along with his wife and The police claim to have side, in the recent talks, had said to have also turned troops to the Indian side of The Sikkim section has spe- called the Torsa river) and “Both India and Pakistan children. “He tried to cross also arrested the man who pointed out that India — awkward when the Chinese the boundary and properly cial historical background the Teesta rivers in the are important countries in over to Syria but was sent had helped him get a fake through a strong FMD con- side brought up the issue of settle this dispute at an early and this is the only defined Chumbi Valley, so it is clear, South Asia. The conflicts oc- back to India on the same passport from Tamil Nadu. trol programme — had en- India’s ban on Chinese milk date.” boundary between China and parts of it have been curred near the Line of Con- suspicion in February 2017,” The man is a resident of sured FMD-free regions, and and milk products. Responding to remarks by and India. And this is differ- settled. Since 1960, when trol, Kashmir. This will not said Deputy Commissioner Chennai, said the officer. the former National Security ent from the undefined this was discussed, both only harm the peace and sta- of Police (Special Cell) As the police had been Adviser Shivshankar Menon boundary in the east, sides have constantly said bility of the two countries Pramod Singh Kushwaha. monitoring Kandy, his de- during an interview with The middle, and west,” he said. that this boundary is not but also the peace and tran- An official in the security scription was shared with Five-judge Bench to Hindu, Chinese Foreign Min- “According to the 1890 such a problem. But the tri- quillity of the region.” establishment said that he several security agencies istry spokesperson Geng convention, the boundary junction remained to be The spokesperson hoped was examined when he re- which helped them identify Shuang said the current face- has been defined and both settled, and that is a part of that “the relevant sides can turned to India; his moves that Mohammad Ismail was hear Aadhaar pleas off was different from the Chinese and Indian govern- the issue,” Mr. Menon said. do more things that are con- were being monitored by in fact Kandy. past. ments have recognised this. Separately, asked to com- ducive to the peace and sta- the security agencies. The police said that he Mr. Divan, along with advoc- utory provision making it “China has pointed out And this convention is effect- ment on whether China was bility of the region and avoid The accused then al- had been radicalised by a ates Vipin Nair and P.B. mandatory to link Aadhaar many times the illegal tres- ive for both countries.” ready to engage in the resol- the escalation of tensions”. legedly got a fake passport man in Kerala. Suresh, submitted that the with PAN. During the hear- case had come up for hearing, Mr. Venugopal high- ing on July 7 before a three- lighted two judgments of judge Bench led by Justice J. the court — M.P. Sharma of Centre seeks Chelameswar, who had re- 1954 and Kharak Singh of No liquor ban for Arunachal, Andaman marked orally that the con- 1963 — both of which held time for law stitutionality of Aadhaar that Article 21 of the Consti- scheme should be decided tution, including the right to Considering geographical quirks, they deserve parity with Sikkim and Meghalaya, observes Bench on NGOs “once and for all” and prob- privacy, was subject to reas- ably by a nine-judge Bench. onable restrictions. Krishnadas rajagopal tion from the 500-metre no- areas in Himachal Pradesh, way liquor sales till Septem- Legal Correspondent Mr. Venugopal suggested NEW DELHI liquor zone ban after the liquor could be sold outside ber 30, 2017. NEW DELHI Right to privacy that it had to be first de- The Supreme Court on Wed- court took into consideration 220 metres from the However, the court had The Centre on Wednesday The hearing had com- cided whether the petitions nesday allowed Arunachal their hilly terrain and also highways. denied Tamil Nadu any re- sought four weeks to con- menced on July 7 with should be referred to a Pradesh and Andaman and the fact that 82% of its area lief. It dismissed the State’s sider framing a law to sys- Justice Chelameswar enquir- Bench of nine judges for Nicobar Islands to join the was forest land and over Excise licence request to reduce the no-li- tematise the accreditation, ing why the court had not hearing and a decision. club of Sikkim and 90% of its liquor shops In a further partial relief, the quor zone from 500 metres fund utilisation and audit heard the main plea on the Recently, the Centre had Meghalaya, both of which would be closed if the ban court had also taken note of to 100 metres and held that of nearly 30 lakh NGOs and constitutionality of Aadhaar termed Aadhaar a “trans- enjoy full exemption from was imposed strictly in its the fact that excise licence the ban would start from voluntary organisations in despite a Bench led by him, formational homegrown IT the court’s ban on sale of li- original form. period varies in different April 1 itself. The ban was the country, and possibly way back in 2015, having re- project.” quor within 500 metres of Arunachal Pradesh ar- States and extended beyond ordered to prevent drunk vesting the authorities with ferred the question whether It had said that the funda- National and State Highways. gued that it had lost 50% of April 1, 2017. In such States, driving, one of the major penal powers to handle a person can voluntarily mental right of identity and A Bench led by Chief its revenue following the the court had extended the killers plaguing Indian roads. cases of default. shed his right to privacy by various e-governance initiat- Justice of India J.S. Khehar December 15, 2016 ban, ear- deadline for phasing out the On July 11, the court how- Appearing before a enrolling for Aadhaar to ac- ives of the government to took note of the geographical marking 500 metres along- licences to September 30, ever upheld the Chandigarh Bench Additional Solicitor- cess government welfare provide food security, liveli- quirks of Arunachal Pradesh side highways as liquor-free 2017. administration’s move to de- General Tushar Mehta said services for hearing by a hood, jobs and health to the and the islands and con- zones. The State said 80% of This had benefited States notify highways within city the decision had to be Constitution Bench. The “teeming masses” cannot be cluded that they “deserved its roads are national like Telangana and Andhra limits as major district roads. taken at the highest level. court had on July 7 taken sacrificed at the altar of parity” with Sikkim and highways. Pradesh, where the excise li- This spelt relief for hotels, In April, the Bench sugges- note of the enactment of the right to privacy of an “elite” Meghalaya. In March, though confirm- cences were valid till Octo- pubs and restaurants serving ted a separate law after Aadhaar Act giving the few who had neither ap- ing its ban, the court had lation of 20,000 or less. The ber 1 and June 30, respect- liquor and may open doors perusing the draft scheme statutory status. It plied for Aadhaar nor Hilly terrain however reduced the liquor- court had reiterated that li- ively. for more States and Union guidelines from the gov- had recently upheld a stat- wanted one. On March 31, the north-east- free zone along highways quor vends should neither The court had clarified Territories to denotify ernment appointing the ern States of Sikkim and from 500 metres to 220 be accessible nor visible that there would be no ban stretches within their city NITI Aayog as the nodal Meghalaya got a full exemp- metres in areas with a popu- from the highways. So in in these two States on high- limits. agency for NGOs. Srinivasan, Shah trying to stall reforms: CoA Bitcoin — to ban or not to? ED records statement Mr. Srinivasan was present SGM by prevailing upon Currently, the crypto-currency is neither illegal nor legal in India of Misa’s husband as the chosen representative other attendees (who may of the Tamil Nadu Cricket have been otherwise willing Yuthika Bhargava Association and Mr. Shah to facilitate the reform pro- New Delhi He had failed to appear on Monday was nominated by the Saur- cess) to either support the Crypto-currency, planned to ashtra body. cause of such disqualified be brought under a regulat- Special Correspondent The CoA complained that persons or remain silent,” ory regime, is a digital cur- NEW DELHI the very fact that State and the report pointed out. It rency which allows transact- The Enforcement Director- member associations were asked the court to pass or- ing parties to remain ate (ED) on Wednesday re- able to appoint persons dis- ders to “injunct” these dis- anonymous while confirm- corded the statement of qualified by the Supreme qualified persons from “in- ing that the transaction is a Misa Bharti’s husband, Court itself was a violation terfering with the valid one. It is not owned or Shailesh Kumar, in connec- of the true intention and functioning of the CoA.” controlled by any institution tion with the ongoing spirit of the court’s orders The report suggested that – governments or private. money-laundering probe for transparency in cricket. these disqualified persons There are multiple such through some shell compan- The ability of these dis- would want to stall reforms currencies — Bitcoin, Eth- ies. qualified persons to find a because accepting changes ereum and Ripple are some The ED had earlier asked Misa Bharti place in the SGM as repres- now, after opposing the of the popular ones. Cur- him to appear on Monday, entatives of member associ- Lodha Committee for over a rently, they are neither il- but he could not make it. through the shell companies ations ensured that “they year, would mean that the legal nor legal in India. “One The agency had ques- allegedly controlled by are effectively able to do in- removal of Anurag Thakur bitcoin today is worth as tioned Ms. Bharti on Tues- them. directly what they have and Ajay Shirke as BCCI much as 60 grams of gold. day in the case for over The agency alleged that been prohibited by the Su- president and secretary, re- The market cap for all seven hours, days after it four shell companies al- preme Court from doing dir- spectively, by the Supreme crypto-currencies has just conducted searches on her legedly of the Jain brothers ectly.” Court, was fully justified. crossed $100 billion, with in the meeting chaired by Bitcoins were in the news disincentivise those inter- premises and that of her had bought 1.2 lakh shares Terming the behaviour of While the CoA described most of the increase coming Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently when during the ested in taking speculative husband and their com- of Mishail Packers and Print- the BCCI members as “ab- BCCI Joint Secretary Amit- in the past few months. On last month,” the official told two global cyber ransom- risks, but it was pointed out pany, Mishail Printers and ers in 2007-08 at ₹100 per horrent”, the report men- abh Choudhary as one of April 1, the total market cap The Hindu. ware attacks — WannaCry it will impede tax collection Packers Private Ltd., in the share unit. The company’s tioned how Mr. Shah was the few people who tried to was just over $25 billion, rep- A proposal to ban such and Petya — attackers sought on gains made in such activ- national capital. shares were later allegedly even included as an “in- encourage attendees to ac- resenting a 300% rise in just currency altogether was also about $300 in bitcoin as ities and that regulating the bought back by Ms. Bharti at vitee” to a Special Commit- cept reforms, the report over 60 days,” said a senior considered at the meeting, ransom. Crypto-currency currency instead would sig- Money laundering ₹10 per unit. tee in the June 26 SGM meet- mentioned how BCCI Treas- government official. but found few takers among can also be used for a lot of nal a boost to blockchain The directorate’s probe re- According to the ED, a ing. urer Anirudh Chawdhry “re- “The discussion on top officials from the Minis- legal activities depending on technology, encourage the lated to the charge sheet chartered accountant and “From an audio record- mained a mute spectator, whether crypto-currencies tries of Finance, Home Af- which retailers accept such development of a supervi- filed by the Serious Fraud mediator, Rajesh Agarwal, ing of the SGM, it appears lacking the courage or con- should be banned or regu- fairs and IT as well as SEBI, currency. sion ecosystem and promote Investigation Office against had given ₹90 lakh in cash that such disqualified per- viction to speak in favour of lated has been on for some the Reserve Bank of India, “Banning will give a clear a formal tax base,” said an- one Surendra and his to the Jains for investing in sons were able to effectively implementation of time. The pros and cons for the State Bank of India and message that all related other official privy to the brother Virendra Jain, for al- Mishail Packers and Printers hijack proceedings at the reforms.” both aspects were put forth NITI Aayog. activities are illegal and will development. leged money laundering as share premium. EC told to consider life Documentary on Amartya Sen lands in censor row ban on convicts CBFC objects to the use of words such as ‘Gujarat’, ‘cow’, ‘Hindu’ and ‘Hindutva’ in The Argumentative Indian Legal Correspondent A civil servant could be ban- Special Correspondent beeps out these words”. Mr. cussion on the issue. “The Opposition is being Harvard University Sugata NEW DELHI ished from service for life, Kolkata Ghosh said there was no way film has not been made by muzzled. Now, if somebody Bose and Cornell University The Supreme Court on Wed- but a politician was allowed A major controversy erup- he could mute these words, me. I am the subject of the of Dr. Amartya Sen’s stature Professor of Economics nesday questioned the Elec- to make a comeback after ted on Wednesday with the which means that the docu- film. Whatever has to be said cannot express himself Kaushik Basu have also been tion Commission’s silence serving his sentence and the Central Board of Film Certi- mentary cannot be released will be said by filmmaker Su- freely, what hope does the interviewed in the docu- on a plea for a permanent subsequent six-year ban fication (CBFC) objecting to as scheduled in certain halls man Ghosh,” he said. common citizen have,” Ms. mentary film. Speaking to ban on convicted law- period prescribed under the the use of words such as ‘Gu- in the city. The filmmaker Banerjee said on social me- The Hindu Prof. Sugata Bose makers, in place of the pre- Representation of the jarat’, ‘cow’, ‘Hindu’ and said he would seek redress Mamata’s stand dia. said there is nothing in the valent six-year bar. People Act. ‘Hindutva' in a documentary with the CBFC and if re- However, soon after the mat- Veteran actor Soumitra film, which can be objec- A Bench led by Justice “Why not a life-long ban on Nobel laureate Amartya quired take recourse to law ter came to light there was Chatterjee described the tionable to anyone. Ranjan Gogoi wondered for them [lawmakers]?” the Sen titled The Argumentative Amartya Sen so that the film was passed widespread condemnation role of the CBFC as “sadism” George Baker, member of why a constitutional author- court asked. Indian. without any restrictions. in the State. Chief Minister while writer Nabanita Dev the CBFC and MP said that ity should feel constrained Counsel for the Commis- Film-maker Suman Ghosh earlier this week, he was Professor Sen tried to Mamata Banerjee described Sen said such acts malign there must be some reason to present its views on the sion said it was not within told presspersons that after told the documentary could steer clear of the contro- it as an attack on the “voice the image of India as having why the censor board has issue before the Supreme its powers to legislate. That a screening at the regional be released with a “U/A cer- versy saying that he did not of the Opposition”. no freedom of expression. raised objections to the use Court. was in the Parliament’s do- office of the CBFC in Kolkata tificate only if the film-maker want to take part in the dis- “Every single voice of the Eminent historian from of certain words. The Bench compared the main. “We are not compet- politician to a civil servant. ent authority,” he said. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 NEWS 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Militants on bikes targeted bus, say police Army vice chief can make emergency buys The Gujarat-registered vehicle was attacked twice within 75 metres, and security forces rushed there hearing gunshots Vijaita Singh U.S. says will fight ‘Deciencies in war preparedness found’ New Delhi terror with India A preliminary inquiry by the WASHINGTON Dinakar Peri March, 19 contracts worth security agencies has found The United States on NEW DELHI ₹12,000 crore were signed, that the Gujarat-registered Wednesday emphasised on To address critical shortages of which 11 were for am- bus carrying pilgrims return- the need for religious in defence preparedness, munition alone. ing from Amarnath Yatra was freedom while condemning the government has given The government also the “target” of the militants, the attack on Amarnath the vice chief of the Army realised that there should be who possibly came on mo- pilgrims. A statement issued Staff full financial powers self-sufficiency for the ser- torcycles. The bus was at- by the Office of the Press for emergency procurement vices in emergency pur- tacked twice within a dis- Secretary of the White House of critical spares and am- chases and cannot be on an tance of 75 metres with two described Monday's attack as munition in specified areas. ad-hoc basis, said the of- groups of militants raining “cowardly” and pledged “After the Uri attack in ficer. “Now, they have deleg- bullets on it from the front support to India's fight September last year, there ated these powers to use and right side. Seven pil- against terrorism. “An attack was a review which found whenever required.” grims from Gujarat were on religious freedom is an critical deficiencies in pre- killed in the attack and 21 attack on the most paredness to fight a short, For want of time injured. fundamental right of liberty,” intense war of 15 days. Another officer explained the release said. “The United Emergency powers were that as the procurement was Exchange of fire States strongly condemns the given to the Vice-Chief to under the revenue stream Hearing the gunshots, an ar- cowardly terrorist attack on handle critical deficiencies and for in-service equip- moured vehicle of the CRPF religious pilgrims in the State in 46 types of ammunition ment, there was no need to and the Special Operations of Jammu and Kashmir,” the and certain spares for 10 go through the Defence Ac- Group (SOG) of the J&K po- statement added. types of weapon platforms. quisition Council (DAC). lice rushed to the spot and There is no restriction on This would ensure there engaged in an exchange of In chorus: Pilgrims chant religious slogans as they head for the Amarnath cave shrine from Jammu on Wednesday. * PTI Modi’s policies created the amount,” a senior Army were no time delays typic- fire with the militants, a pre- space for militants: Rahul officer said on Wednesday. ally encountered in capital liminary report of the CRPF commander” Abu Ismail and senior Home Ministry injured. Among them six rorists or the vehicle they NEW DELHI The emergency powers procurements. said. he was supported by a official. persons died while the rest used. Stepping up his attack on PM were initially given for a Emergency financial The militants then fled to- Pakistani and two local On the day of the attack, a are being treated. The bus The CRPF is the largest Narendra Modi, Congress three-month period up to power would accelerate the wards Arwani village, 1.5 km militants. J&K police spokesperson had was on way to Jammu from Central force deployed in the vice-president Rahul Gandhi December and was further procurement process and it away, and before disappear- said that “terrorists initially Baltal and was not part of the Valley for counter-insur- on Wednesday accused him of extended up to end of was likely to be extended to ing in the bylanes, opened Bus stuck attacked a police bullet-proof convoy.” gency operations and pursuing policies that created March. the Navy and Air Force very fire on a CRPF camp at Has- The bus got a flat tyre bunker at Batengoo. Police CRPF Director-General providing security to the Am- space for terrorists in During this period ending soon. anpura. between Pampore and Bijbe- retaliated. Thereafter the ter- R.R Bhatnagar told The arnath Yatra. Kashmir. He also said that the In a fresh report to the hara. They stopped there for rorists fired on a police naka Hindu that the earlier re- The Home Ministry has Prime Minister’s pursuit of Home Ministry on Wednes- over an hour giving an op- (checkpost) near Khanabal ports of a checkpost being asked all the security agen- short-term political gains day, the J&K police said the portunity to terrorists to which returned fire. A tour- fired upon were “incorrect.” cies deployed in the Valley to from the BJP-PDP alliance in attack was planned by plan the attack on the bus, ist bus was hit by bullets in He said it was dark and none implement “security plans the State has cost the country Lashkar-e-Taiba “operation teeming with tourists, said a which about 18 tourists were of his men could see the ter- with full vigour.” dear. Mr. Gandhi also tweeted, “Modi’s personal gain = India’s strategic loss + sacrifice of innocent Indian Deoband PTI Srinagar youth in militant ranks blood.” condemns 2 Amarnath pilgrims die of cardiac arrest attack Two shot dead in Budgam, rst since city turned militancy-free zone in 2005 SRINAGAR Two Amarnath pilgrims on Staff Reporter Peerzada Ashiq Wednesday died of cardiac MEERUT Srinagar 2 soldiers die arrest near the cave shrine, Islamic clerics belonging to The encounter in Budgam, officials said. With this, the Darul Uloom Deoband, in which three militants in Pak. ring death toll has climbed to 18 one of the most influential were killed on Wednesday, in the ongoing 40-day yatra and widely followed Is- began around 8 p.m. on Special Correspondent in the south Kashmir lamic seminaries in the In- Tuesday. The three were Srinagar Himalayas. This includes dian subcontinent, have trapped in a house during a Two soldiers were killed as seven pilgrims killed in the condemned the terror at- cordon operation in the Red- Pakistan troops violated Anantnag terrorist attack on tack on the Amarnath bugh area. “They were en- ceasefire along the Line of Monday night. While Rajender Yatra. gaged in a gunfight till morn- Control in Kupwara’s Keran Prasad, 64, a sadhu from “Deoband is against ter- ing. The house was blasted sector on Wednesday. Jharkhand, was found dead rorism. We had in 2008 is- with improvised explosive Srinagar-based Army inside a tent in Poshpathri, sued a fatwa against terror. devices. All the three bodies spokesman Colonel Rajesh Ashok Mahadev Belwan, 63, We condemn such terror were recovered from the Kalia told The Hindu that from Maharashtra apparently attacks in the strongest debris,” said a police official. the two soldiers were killed died of a cardiac arrest at possible terms. This was One self-loading rifle in firing around 2.20 p.m. Panjtarni. PTI completely inhuman,” said (SLR) and a pistol were re- Preliminary reports sug- Ashraf Usmani, spokesper- covered from the encounter gest that Pakistani snipers Send ‘gau rakshaks’ to son of the seminary, site. The police are verifying Pitched battle: Protesters clash with police during the fired at pickets. fight terrorists: Shiv Sena adding that the fatwa stood if the SLR was a snatched funeral procession of a slain militant in Srinagar. * NISSAR AHMAD CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC MUMBAI for all times to come and service rifle. The Shiv Sena took a dig at was relevant for all kinds of The slain militants were clared a militancy-free zone were imposed in the city to prayers were held for Sheikh the Prime Minister and the terrorism. Another Deo- Aaqib Gul, a resident of Srin- with no local armed militant keep protesters at bay. Major in Budgam. Protesters were BJP over the terror attack on band scholar and cleric agar’s Goripora area, Sajid figuring in terror activity. In clashes broke out when the seen marching on the city Amarnath pilgrims, asking its Nadeemul Wajdi said, Ahmad Gilkar of Srinagar’s the past one year, the police militant’s body reached roads at Hyderpora and per- senior ally to send ‘gau “Killing of innocents like it Malaratta, and Javaid Ahmad figures suggest that 11 youths Nowahatta. formed the funeral of Gul on rakshaks’ to fight terrorists in happened during the at- Sheikh from Budgam’s from Srinagar have turned to Locals alleged that secur- the roadside. Demonstrat- the Valley. The Sena on tack on the Amarnath Yatra Beerwah. militancy. ity forces used pellet shot- ors’ attempt to go to Hurriyat Wednesday said in an is condemnable. Islam A resident of the old city, guns on the mourners. chairman Syed Ali Geelani’s editorial in party mouthpiece never allows such acts of Ground reality Gilkar, who was a known Scores of protesters were in- residence was disallowed by Saamna that the Centre brutality.” It was in 2005 that two milit- protester and booked under jured. the security forces. merely condemned such He added, “The people ants from Srinagar, Ibrahim the Public Safety Act (PSA) Earlier in the day, several Youths were seen unfurl- attacks on Twitter instead of who were killed were on a Dar and Ishfaq Ahmad on several occasions, had areas witnessed spontan- ing the banners of Hizb com- bringing the terrorists to pilgrimage. This [the at- Rather, were killed in an en- joined militancy just 10 days eous shutdown and mander Burhan Wani and book. Seven pilgrims from tack] was completely inhu- counter on the city outskirts. ago. stone-throwing. split faction head Zakir Gujarat and Maharashtra were man and unacceptable. Since then, Srinagar was de- Curfew-like restrictions Four rounds of funeral Mussa during these funerals. killed in the attack.PTI

A long game in Kabul, Still counting banned note deposits: Urjit say experts RBI Governor faces aggressive questioning from Parliamentary Standing Committee members

Special Correspondent Nistula Hebbar In his nearly three-hour MP Naresh Agarwal threat- tee also said that Mr. Patel NEW DELHI NEW DELHI deposition, Mr. Patel said the ening a walkout over what chose not to comment on India should not consider Reserve Bank of India Gov- RBI had deployed 59 count- he termed unsatisfactory an- Finance Secretary Hasmukh deploying troops in Afgh- ernor Urjit Patel on Wednes- ing machines, with a plan to swers. Former Prime Minis- Adhia’s deposition that the anistan under any circum- day told the Parliamentary either rent more machines ter Manmohan Singh did not RBI Governor had been in stances but should step up Standing Committee on Fin- or buy them. ask any questions or inter- the loop on demonetisation. other diplomatic engage- ance that the final figure of Members of the commit- vene as he had done in the A Congress MP said the ments, said leading stra- demonetised currency de- tee said that Mr. Patel did not previous two meetings. objectives of demonetisation tegic experts. posited in banks had not reply when an Opposition had not been achieved. “In- “We should pretty much been arrived at and counting Rajya Sabha member sar- Monetary policy cidents of terror have gone continue to do what we are “is still on”. castically asked if “a final Mr. Patel gave details of the up, after stone pelting there doing. What we do most ef- Mr. Patel had been asked count could be available by Urjit Patel RBI’s monetary policy and is bullet pelting now, since fectively, which is not pro- to appear before the com- May 2019 [when the next the progress of the digitisa- you haven’t been able to jected, is to persuade other mittee which was examining Lok Sabha elections are how much currency came tion project. He said that count the notes you don’t international players to demonetisation and “trans- due]”. “Balance sheets are back,” a member said. whatever currency shortage know how much fake cur- continue to remain en- formation towards digital ready by June 30 and it is Sources said Mr. Patel was there at “beginning of rency has been deposited, gaged in Afghanistan be- economy and banking sector quite difficult to believe that faced aggressive question- the year” had eased. and as for digitisation, call cause that’s a project of in India”. there is no assessment of ing, with Samajwadi Party Members of the commit- drops are common,” he said. long duration. That requires great deal of persist- ence, perseverance and commitment in the long Why just veg-only term. And that’s the long I was just a boy when said game that we are playing,” said Jayant Prasad, former menu, MPs ask Air India Ambassador to Afgh- graft took place: Tejaswi anistan and Director Gen- Press Trust of India ciding not to serve non-ve- eral of the Institute for De- Special correspondent ent] Amit Shah and [PM] New Delhi getarian food for economy fence Studies and Patna Narendra Modi to create a A parliamentary panel on class passengers on its do- Analyses. He was speaking Under mounting pressure to fissure in the grand alliance. Wednesday raised concerns mestic flights was raised on Wednesday at the re- step down, Bihar’s Deputy But the alliance is united and over Air India’s decision to during the meeting,” panel lease of the book The Great Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav will continue to be,” he said. stop serving non-vegetarian member and Congress Game in Afghanistan: Rajiv said here on Wednesday that Party sources said Mr. Ya- food to economy class pas- leader K.C. Venugopal said. Gandhi, General Zia and the the corruption charges dav and Chief Minister Nitish sengers on its domestic “The panel will seek an Unending War by Kallol made against him went back Kumar did not speak to each flights. explanation from Air India Bhattacherjee. to the days when he was just other at the Cabinet meet- The panel would seek an on what basis such a de- The book details the ef- a young boy. ing, though they were seated explanation from the airline cision was taken,” he told forts to set up a coalition “In 2004, I did not even next to each other. on the measure. PTI after the meeting. government in Kabul after have a moustache… how can Tejaswi Yadav There were some tense The matter was discussed Mr. Venugopal had also the withdrawal of the So- a 13 or 14-year-old boy do all moments when security per- at the meeting of the depart- served as Minister of State viet Union. While India this?” the 28-year-old son of dubbed the charges a “con- sons accompanying Tejaswi ment-related Parliamentary for Civil Aviation in the pre- should increase training Rashtriya Janata Dal chief spiracy and political ven- Yadav got into a scuffle with Standing Committee on vious UPA regime. and provide hospitals, Mr. Lalu Prasad asked pressper- detta” by the BJP against him mediapersons. The BJP said Transport, Tourism and The loss-making airline Prasad said, “Boots on the sons while emerging from a and his family. “It was or- it reminded one of the Lalu Culture. had undertaken it as a cost- ground is a complete no.” State Cabinet meeting. He chestrated by [BJP presid- era. “The issue of Air India de- cutting measure. 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Associated Press Washington ‘Probe is no President Donald Trump de- Liu Xiaobo’s breathing clared on Wednesday that witch hunt’ has failed, says hospital his eldest son was “open, BEIJING transparent and innocent”, Associated Press China’s cancer-stricken Nobel a day after Donald Trump Jr. WASHINGTON laureate Liu Xiaobo suered revealed his eagerness to Breaking with the U.S. Pres- respiratory failure as his hear damaging information ident, the lawyer Donald condition worsened on about Hillary Clinton from Trump picked to lead the Wednesday, his hospital said, the Russian government in a FBI declared on Wednesday amid anger over his meeting last year with an at- that he did not believe a treatment by the authorities torney from Moscow. special counsel investiga- and control over information Defending his son’s con- tion into possible coordina- about his health. The hospital duct, the President again tion between Russia and the said Mr. Liu’s family declined dismissed the ongoing Rus- Trump election campaign to have him put on articial sia investigation as the was a “witch hunt.” ventilation. AFP “greatest Witch Hunt in Christopher Wray, the political history”. Mr. former Justice Department Boy dies of allergy after Trump responded after Don- official whom Mr. Trump cheese forced on him ald Trump Jr. disclosed a nominated last month, also LONDON series of emails on Tuesday told senators at his confirm- A 13-year-old Indian-origin that marked the clearest sign ation hearing that he would boy, Karanbir Cheema, with a to date that Mr. Trump’s never let politics get in the dairy allergy died here in the campaign was willing to con- way of the bureau’s mission. U.K. after suering a severe sider election help from a The FBI’s work will be reaction to a piece of cheese long-time U.S. adversary. driven only by “the facts, allegedly forced on him by a The President’s attorney, the law and the impartial schoolmate during a school Jay Sekulow, said in an inter- pursuit of justice,” he said. break, prompting the view with NBC’s Today Mr. Scotland Yard to launch an Trump Jr. did not violate any investigation. PTI laws by accepting the meet- little differently,” Mr. Trump ing. He said the President Jr. said. Gunmen kidnap Afghan had not been aware of Mr. Democrats in Congress A trusted insider in Moscow circles bus passengers, kill 7 Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meet- voiced outrage and insisted HERAT ing and didn’t find out about the messages showed clear Afghan authorities on his son’s email exchange un- collusion, with California Veselnitskaya is seen as one who could win key high-prole court cases that matter to the Russian govt. Wednesday recovered the til “very recently”. Representative Adam Schiff, bullet-riddled bodies of the top Democrat on the NEIL MacFARQUHAR Congress to repeal sanctions was Minister of Transporta- tion compiled by the Russian Asked about possible links seven passengers kidnapped Defends action House intelligence commit- ANDREW E. KRAMER against Russian tion of the Moscow region state prosecutor that was between Ms. Veselnitskaya by gunmen in Farah a day As the emails reverberated tee, declaring that “all of the Moscow businessmen. for more than a decade, and damaging to Hillary Clinton. and the Foreign Ministry, earlier, in an attack blamed across the political world, campaign’s previous denials When American prosecutors But lawyers and others in whose son was caught up in Maria Zakharova, the Min- on Taliban insurgents, police Mr. Trump Jr. defended his obviously now have to be accused a senior Russian offi- Moscow’s legal community the New York money laun- ‘Attacked U.S. sanctions’ istry’s spokeswoman, said it said. This came after the actions in an interview with viewed in a different con- cial’s son of laundering $14 called her a trusted insider, dering case. It is not known exactly what had “nothing to do” with her Taliban closed a highway. AFP Fox News, blaming the de- text.” million by investing in Man- one who could be counted The elder Katsyv is now a Ms. Veselnitskaya said in the efforts. But in Russia, lines cision to take the meeting on Yet Republicans who hattan property and other on to argue and win import- vice-president of Russian roughly 30-minute meeting. between career, loyalty and Iran appoints female the “million miles per hour” stand the most to lose polit- assets, she was called to de- ant high-profile court cases Railways, a state-owned rail- Donald Trump Jr. said she government service tend to CEO to lead airline pace of a presidential cam- ically from Mr. Trump’s Rus- fend him. that matter to the govern- road monopoly that is the spent much of the time at- blur more than in other TEHRAN paign and his suspicion that sia ordeal did not join in the When Moscow regional of- ment and to one senior, well- country’s largest employer tacking U.S. sanctions. Ms. countries. Iran has appointed a female the lawyer might have in- condemnation. Senate Ma- ficials battled Ikea over the connected official in and one long dogged by cor- Veselnitskaya has denied She built her career in the CEO to lead its national formation about “under-re- jority Leader Mitch McCon- Swedish retailer’s expansion, particular. ruption allegations. that, at the behest of Russian sharp-elbowed struggle for airline Iran Air for the rst ported” scandals involving nell said he was confident she took on their case. The junior Trump has said officials, she discussed com- land as the Moscow suburbs time since it was established Ms. Clinton. Mr. Trump Jr. Senate investigators would Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Earned her status he accepted the meeting, promising material with expanded. In recent years, in the 1940s. The state- said the meeting “really “get to the bottom of Russian lawyer, who met Ms. Veselnitskaya, 42, which included two high- members of the Trump cam- she had become the public owned IRAN daily reported went nowhere” and that he whatever happened”. And with Donald Trump Jr. last earned her status as the go- ranking aides of his father’s paign team. face of Moscow’s efforts to on Wednesday that the never told his father about it Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine year to discuss possible com- to lawyer for the Moscow re- campaign, after an email Dmitri S. Peskov, the reverse international travel Transport Minister appointed because there was “nothing Republican on the intelli- promising material on the gional government. For from an associate had said spokesman for President and financial sanctions on Farzaneh Sharafbani, 44, who to tell”. gence committee, cautioned Democrats, has been widely years, she has been a lawyer that someone advertised as a Vladimir Putin of Russia, told key Russian figures linked to holds a PhD in aerospace “In retrospect, I probably that the emails were “only depicted as a one-issue activ- for the Katsyv family, whose “Russian government attor- reporters that the Kremlin an alleged $230 million tax engineering. AP would have done things a part of the picture.” ist consumed with getting patriarch, Pyotr D. Katsyv, ney” would deliver informa- had never heard of her. fraud. NYT China sends PLA unit to man overseas base China to downsize army Now, Malta in biggest troop cut to legalise Deployment of troops in Djibouti in the strategic Indian Ocean region is likely to spark concerns in U.S. gay marriage Press Trust of India Jun Zhengping Studio, a Press Trust of India countries after friendly nego- Djibouti base, which Beijing Chinese social WeChat ac- Associated Press Beijing tiations, and accords with China says is more of a logist- China will downsize its 2.3 count run by the newspa- VALLETTA China has dispatched the common interest of the ical and resting centre than a million-strong People’s Lib- per, published an article on The predominantly Roman People’s Liberation Army people from both sides, the military base, was under eration Army to under one Tuesday on structural re- Catholic island nation of (PLA) personnel to man its PLA navy said. The base will construction since 2011. million as the world’s largest form in the military, saying Malta is set to legalise gay first overseas military base at ensure China’s performance It is the first such base be- military effected its biggest “the old military structure, marriage, joining much of Djibouti in the strategic In- of missions, such as escort- ing set up by China. The troop reduction in history to where the army accounts Western Europe by repla- dian Ocean region, a move ing, peace-keeping and hu- second base is coming up in bolster its navy and strategic for the vast majority, will be cing the traditional “you likely to spark concerns in manitarian aid in Africa and Gwadar, Pakistan, which missile forces, the official replaced after the reform.” are now husband and wife” the U.S. West Asia, the report said. links up with China through media reported. “The reform is based on declaration in civil cere- Ships carrying Chinese the $50 billion China- The massive troop reduc- China’s strategic goals and monies with “you are now military personnel departed Joint drills Pakistan Economic Corridor. tion is part of the restructur- security requirements. In spouses.” Zhanjiang in southern Chi- The base will also conduct In March this year, Hong ing of the PLA and evenly the past, the PLA focused on The Catholic Church in na’s Guangdong Province on overseas tasks, including mil- Kong-based South China proportion the army and ground battle and home- the country had opposed Tuesday to set up a support itary cooperation, joint exer- Morning Post had reported other services, the PLA land defence, which will un- the legislation, which the base in Djibouti, located in Stronger vigil: A ship carrying Chinese military personnel departs cises, evacuating and pro- that China plans to increase Daily, the official newspaper dergo fundamental Labour government prom- the Horn of Africa, state-run a port in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, on Tuesday. * AP tecting overseas Chinese and the size of its marine corps of the Chinese military, re- changes,” the report said. ised to introduce as its first Xinhua news agency emergency rescue, as well as from 20,000 to 1 lakh per- ported. The PLA will in- “This is the first time that law after winning a second reported. der on constructing the base The establishment of the jointly maintaining security sonnel for overseas deploy- crease the numbers of other active PLA army personnel term last month and which Shen Jinlong, commander in Djibouti, and conferred PLA Djibouti base was a de- of international strategic ment, including at Gwadar services, including navy and would be reduced to below both Opposition parties of the PLA navy, read an or- the military flag on the fleets. cision made by the two seaways. and Djibouti. missile forces, it said. one million,” it said. support. Ex-Brazil President Turkish media reel under crackdown ‘guilty’ of corruption About 160 journalists are in jail while over 150 media outlets have been shut down

Sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in jail Associated Press ATHENS Reuters A satirical cover for a polit- BRASILIA ical news magazine was all it Former Brazilian leader took to see its editor eventu- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ally sentenced to more than who rose from childhood two decades in prison. poverty to become a two- Cevheri Guven, editor in term President, was con- chief of Turkey’s Nokta victed on corruption magazine, fled while out on charges on Wednesday in bail late last year, smuggling the first of five graft trials he his family out of a country faces. he says is rapidly descending He was sentenced to nine toward all-out dictatorship. and a half years in prison. He took refuge in Greece, He will remain free on Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva where he applied for polit- appeal. ical asylum. The ruling marked a stun- government and throwing Mr. Guven is far from ning fall for Mr. Lula, Brazil’s the country’s political sys- alone in feeling the full force first working-class Presid- tem into disarray. of the Turkish government’s ent, who left office six years wrath against press critical ago with an 83% approval Beach apartment of President Recep Tayyip rating. The former union Judge Sergio Moro found Mr. Erdogan, particularly after leader won global admira- Lula guilty of accepting 3.7 last year’s failed coup at- Muzzling voices: Ranked 155th out of 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index, tion for transformative so- million reais ($1.2 million) tempt. About 160 journalists Turkey fared marginally worse than it had the previous year. * AP cial policies that helped re- worth of bribes from engin- are currently in jail, while duce stinging inequality in eering firm OAS SA, the more than 150 media out- tion of limitless freedoms in freedoms and its media necessary assessment,” he Latin America’s biggest amount prosecutors said lets, from broadcasters to the press. If the media ab- members.” said. “I want you to know country. Former U.S. Presid- the company spent refur- newspapers and magazines, uses all kinds of freedoms to that those you know as being ent Barack Obama once la- bishing a beach apartment have been shut down, leav- cause turmoil in the country Erdogan’s insistence members of the press are belled him the most popular for Mr. Lula in return for his ing thousands unemployed. or to cause provocations, Asked at the end of last mostly people who aided politician on earth. help winning contracts with Mr. Erdogan bristles at ac- then there is the judiciary week’s G20 meeting in Ham- and abetted terror.” The verdict represented state oil company Petroleo cusations he is muzzling the for them too,” he said on burg, Germany, about the Pressure on Turkey’s me- the highest-profile convic- Brasileiro. press, saying authorities are Wednesday, addressing for- media situation, Mr. Er- dia is nothing new. Ranked tion yet in the sweeping cor- Federal prosecutors have simply rooting out criminals. eign investor representatives dogan again insisted that 155th out of 180 countries in ruption investigation that accused Mr. Lulaof master- He disputes figures from in Istanbul. “The judiciary those arrested had been de- the 2017 World Press Free- for over three years has minding a long-running cor- rights groups about the will work for them too. tained for criminal activity. dom Index, Turkey fared rattled Brazil, revealing a ruption scheme that was un- number of imprisoned Nowhere in the world can “Journalists commit marginally worse than it had sprawling system of graft at covered in a probe into journalists. there be limitless freedoms. crimes too and when they the previous year, when it top levels of business and kickbacks around Petrobras. “There can be no ques- The West does the same to do the judiciary makes the was ranked at 151. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Special Correspondent reflected in the large one- nessed a sharper slowdown, Centre reforming gas market: Pradhan NIFTY 50 NEW DELHI sided, and systematic infla- with the reading easing to PRICE CHANGE Inflation measured by the tion forecast errors that have 4.54% from 5.46%. Special Correspondent NEW DELHI ACC...... 1705.95...... 55.15 Consumer Price Index (CPI) been made,” Mr. Sub- “The trends in the overall Adani Ports...... 373.85...... 1.15 slipped below the central ramanian said. consumer price index and in Petroleum Minister Dhar- Ambuja Cements...... 261.00...... 5.85 bank’s lower tolerance level “Clearly, this low number food prices were expected, mendra Pradhan on Wed- Asian Paints...... 1133.70...... 1.95

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Bosch ...... 24187.30. .... 329.55 (CEA) Arvind Subramanian I am sure, all policy makers outcome of demand and and said they will receive a BPCL...... 683.70...... 5.40 to hint at the need to reboot will reflect upon very, very supply factors. Demand is “red carpet welcome” if Cipla ...... 539.95...... 1.50 monetary policy assump- carefully,” he said. subdued and supply is buoy- they did. Coal India ...... 253.45...... -1.05 tions including ‘systematic ant. That is why there is a “The Government of In- Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2690.10...... -1.15 Dharmendra Pradhan Eicher Motors...... 28258.50. .... 127.60 inflation forecast errors’ he ‘Deflationary trends’ sharp downward trend.” dia has brought in a mod- GAIL (India)...... 369.85...... 6.60 had red-flagged earlier. Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal In the IIP, mining and ern, progressive, investor- market in India through a HCL Tech...... 854.00...... 3.35 “The number of 1.54% is Disconcerting numbers: Industrial output slowed for the Economic Advisor, in the De- quarrying witnessed a sharp friendly and world class gas trading hub and it was HDFC ...... 1639.95...... -2.80 historically low and reflects second consecutive month. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK partment of Economic Af- slowdown in May, contract- policy for the next bidding working towards a 30,000- HDFC Bank...... 1681.25...... 0.85

Hero MotoCorp ...... 3718.75...... -29.55 the firm and ongoing consol- fairs tweeted: “I share ing 0.89% from a growth of round,” Mr. Pradhan said. km national gas grid. Hindalco ...... 200.60...... -0.05 idation of macro-economic largely driven by a 1.17% con- “This low, heartening @arvindsubraman’s con- 3.23% in April. Manufactur- “We call it the Hydrocar- “I would only add that we Hind Unilever ...... 1131.65...... 25.20 stability,” Mr. Subramanian traction in food prices. (CPI) number is consistent cerns about deflationary ing activity also slowed to bon Exploration Licensing have opened up 2.8 million Indiabulls HFL ...... 1107.65...... 22.55 said soon after the data was Growth in the Index of In- with our analysis for some trends. Policymakers should 1.21% from 2.35%. “The sub- Policy or HELP.” We have in- square km. of area for your ICICI Bank ...... 292.35...... 2.70

IndusInd Bank ...... 1577.00...... 16.30 released. “The last time we dustrial Production (IIP) time now — and which will follow real data rather than dued growth in manufactur- troduced a series of reforms investment, and I extend Bharti Infratel ...... 420.30...... 10.45 saw such inflation — accord- slowed for the second con- be fully elaborated in the error prone forecasting mod- ing is worrying as some of in exploration and produc- the commitment of the Gov- Infosys ...... 972.35...... -3.00 ing to a slightly different CPI secutive month, with con- forthcoming Survey — of a els.” the major sectors like capital tion sector in India in the ernment of Prime Minister Indian OilCorp...... 392.60...... 5.10 series (IW) — was in 1999 and sumer durables’ production paradigm shift in the infla- Inflation in clothing and goods, automobiles and tex- last three years,” he added. Modi that you will receive a ITC ...... 328.85...... -1.55

Kotak Bank ...... 956.65...... -2.10 before that in August 1978.” contracting by 4.55% in May, tionary process to low levels footwear slowed to 4.17% tiles have shown degrowth,” Mr. Pradhan also said the red carpet welcome if you L&T...... 1739.55...... -1.55 Retail inflation slowed for following April’s 6.05% of inflation, a shift that I from 4.4% in May, while the A Didar Singh, Secretary government was in the pro- decide to invest in it,” Mr. Lupin ...... 1140.60...... 0.65 the third straight month, contraction. think has been missed by all, fuel and light category wit- General of FICCI said. cess of reforming the gas Pradhan said. M&M ...... 1376.70...... -13.45

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ONGC ...... 162.85...... 2.60 PowerGrid Corp ...... 214.00...... 2.05 Telecom policy to be Reliance Ind ...... 1511.10...... 16.75 Reliance Jio admits to systems breach in plaint State Bank ...... 287.65...... 4.10

Sun Pharma ...... 562.40...... -1.40 Tata Motors ...... 461.00...... 4.05 app-driven, says Sinha Police say early investigation signals Aadhaar data safe, Jio declines to comment on the issue Tata Motors DVR...... 274.35...... 2.80 Tata Power ...... 83.05...... 0.05 Reuters the ‘Magicapk’ website ap- mit to data breaches. Tata Steel ...... 559.10...... 2.25 MUMBAI TCS ...... 2439.45...... -36.35 ‘Outsiders roped in to get more inputs’ peared to be “unauthentic.” On Tuesday, police in the Tech Mahindra ...... 387.30...... 2.10 India’s Reliance Jio In- Many local news outlets western state of Rajasthan UltraTech Cement...... 4191.25...... 40.00 Special Correspondent focomm Ltd, which is look- contradicted these claims. detained a man on suspicion Vedanta ...... 259.90...... 2.30 NEW DELHI ing into reports of a major They reported being able to of involvement in the Wipro ...... 263.80...... 0.60

YES Bank...... 1515.45...... 0.65 India’s New Telecom Policy, leak of user data, has filed a cross reference and confirm breach, which cyber security Zee Entertainment ...... 510.10...... 3.65 which is expected to be un- police complaint alleging the veracity of the data on analysts say could be the first veiled next year, will be ap- “unlawful access to its sys- numerous Jio customers large-scale leak from an In- EXCHANGE RATES plication-driven as com- tems,” a police officer in- known to them. Experts say dian telecoms firm. The of- Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit except yen at 4 p.m. on July 12 pared to the National volved in the investigation India has inadequate data ficer involved in the matter CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL Telecom Policy 2012 which said on Wednesday. protection laws that do not declined to give further de- was connectivity-driven, US Dollar ...... 64.34...... 64.66 The complaint is the tele- mandate companies or agen- tail on the investigation, but Euro ...... 73.69...... 74.06 Minister of Communications com company’s first official cies to notify clients if their said preliminary evidence in- British Pound...... 82.78...... 83.19 Manoj Sinha said on acknowledgement of a sys- Under attack: The complaint is the telecom rm’s rst ocial personal data has been dicated the widely-used Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 56.69...... 56.97 Wednesday. tems breach. Jio has so far acknowledgement of a systems breach. * REUTERS breached. Advocates for “Aadhaar” numbers of Jio Chinese Yuan ...... 9.48...... 9.53

Swiss Franc ...... 66.82...... 67.15 The policy has to focus on denied media reports and stronger data protection laws customers were not com- Singapore Dollar ...... 46.58...... 46.81 the end users and look at to run live applications had user accounts of a leak. quest for comment on called ‘Magicapk,’ which was say this results in data leaks promised in the leak. Canadian Dollar...... 49.74...... 49.98 newer opportunities for ex- set the tone for a new policy. The officer involved in the Wednesday. subsequently taken down. often going unreported. The case was registered Malaysian Ringitt ...... 14.95...... 15.04 panding the availability of The ministry, he said, had investigation said Jio filed the Jio, headed by India’s “There is a clear stigma at- under Section 66 of the In- Source:Indian Bank telecom services, he said. decided for the first time to complaint on Monday in ‘Magicapk’ website richest man Mukesh Am- tached to being hacked, or formation Technology Act, He pointed out that the involve a large pool of ex- Navi Mumbai, where it is Several local news sites re- bani, rubbished the web- data being stolen,” said which deals with any unau- BULLION RATES CHENNAI advent of high-speed data perts from outside the de- headquartered. ported late on Sunday that site’s claims and said its sub- Akash Mahajan, a web secur- thorized access to a com- July 12 rates in rupees with previous rates in parentheses services and enhanced user partment to get more inputs Jio, part of conglomerate names, telephone numbers scriber data was safe and ity consultant in Bengaluru, puter network, and Section expectation of getting real from citizens and stakehold- Retail Silver (1g) ...... 39.50. ....(38.60) Reliance Industries Ltd., did and email addresses of Jio maintained with the highest adding this is why compan- 379 of the Indian Penal 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2,640. ....(2,623) time on-demand bandwidth ers for the new policy. not respond to a Reuters re- users were visible on a site security. It said that data on ies in India often do not ad- Code, which deals with theft.

Enrol traders Nod for Bangladesh JIN pact for GST by Agreement involves promotion, protection of investments Aug. 15: Modi

Special Correspondent Special Correspondent New Delhi NEW DELHI In a bid to boost bilateral in- Prime Minister Narendra vestments between India Modi on Wednesday gave a and Bangladesh, the Cabinet deadline to all Chief Secret- on Wednesday gave its ap- aries to get all traders re- proval for the Joint Interpret- gistered under the Goods ative Notes ( JIN) on the and Services Tax (GST) re- Agreement between both gime by August 15. the nations for the Promo- “The Prime Minister tion and Protection of urged all Chief Secretaries Investments. to work expeditiously to- The JIN would impart wards ensuring that all clarity to the interpretation Jump-start: JIN would impart clarity to the interpretation of traders register under the of the existing agreement the existing pact between the two nations. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK GST regime, and this task is between India and completed before August Bangladesh for the Promo- voured Nation treatment, ex- With increasing Bilateral 15,” a statement from the tion and Protection of propriation, essential secur- Investment Treaty disputes, Prime Minister’s Office Investments. ity interests and Settlement issuance of such statements said, after the Pro-Active The JIN includes inter- of Disputes between an In- is likely to have strong per- Governance and Timely pretative notes to be jointly vestor-and a Contracting suasive value before Implementation (Pragati) adopted for many clauses, Party, an official statement tribunals, the statement meeting. including, the definition of said. said, adding that such pro- The PM also took stock investor, definition of invest- Joint Interpretative State- active approach by States of the flood and other nat- ment, exclusion of taxation ments, in general, play an can foster a more predict- ural calamities in North- measures, Fair and Equit- important supplementary able and coherent reading of Eastern States in his review able Treatment, National role in strengthening the in- treaty terms by arbitration of the infrastructure pro- Treatment and Most Fa- vestment treaty regime. tribunals. jects on Wednesday. Economy can absorb higher rates: Yellen ‘U.S. healthy enough to withstand slow wind down of Fed’s huge bond portfolio’

Reuters House lawmakers specific- WASHINGTON ally to that section of the re- The United States is healthy port in her testimony. enough to absorb further Ms. Yellen’s appearance gradual rate increases and comes as the Trump admin- the slow wind down of the istration mulls whether to re- massive bond portfolio accu- place her when her term mulated by the Federal Re- ends in February. serve during the financial By her testimony, the eco- crisis, Fed Chair Janet Yellen nomy is currently on an even said in prepared testimony keel, near or beyond full em- to be delivered to Congress ployment and the Fed is Wednesday morning. steadily moving rates higher. The reduction in the balance Adding jobs sheet, which will begin In what may be one of her slowly as the Fed reinvests last appearances on Capitol only a portion of the hold- Hill, Ms. Yellen depicted an Parting shot: The Trump administration is mulling whether to ings that mature each economy that, while grow- replace her when her term ends in February * REUTERS month, will mark the final ing slowly, continued to add exit from crisis-related jobs, benefited from steady $4 trillion in securities are grown too large, and who policies. household consumption and likely to begin “this year.” want policymakers to be One potential issue: the a recent jump in business in- Ms. Yellen will present her guided more closely by a Fed wants to keep policy ac- vestment, and was now be- latest economic summary to mathematical rule for setting commodative to continue ing supported as well by the House Committee on interest rates. supporting the recovery, but stronger economic condi- Financial Services, after In a report released last may be approaching a “neut- tions abroad. which committee members week the Fed compared its ral” rate faster than expec- The Fed “continues to ex- will question her. current policy to that pre- ted. Estimates of the infla- pect that the evolution of the Her appearances before scribed by a variety of such tion-adjusted neutral rate economy will warrant the House panel have some- rules —pointing out that the have been falling, and by gradual increases in the fed- times involved sharp ex- choice of a rule itself in- some accounts may be near eral funds rate over time,” changes with lawmakers volved judgments that would zero. Ms. Yellen said the Fed Ms. Yellen said, while reduc- who think the Fed’s influ- lead to vastly different out- expects estimates of the tions in the Fed’s more than ence over the economy has comes. Ms. Yellen referred neutral rate to rise over time. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF UDAN ‘unites’ rivals HDFC Realty eyes ₹250 crore turnover Air Odisha, Air Deccan Plans to expand in brokerage aggregation, commercial and land businesses Lalatendu Mishra Mr. Goel said the commer- MUMBAI cial brokerage and land-re- Regional airlines join hands to import aircraft spares With its different business lated business would be the verticals finding traction, focus area of growth in the Somesh Jha HDFC Realty, the real estate next five years. NEW DELHI advisory and brokerage com- Tata Steel divests 50% While the government is up- pany of the HDFC Group, is ‘Better margins’ stake in Tata Elastron beat about the prospect of eyeing a top line of ₹250 “This business, which is now NEW DELHI bringing the hinterland crore in five years, a top contributing 35% revenue..., Tata Steel has divested its closer to the mainstream company executive said. will grow to the size of 55- entire 50% stake in Tata with its regional connectiv- “In the last five years we 60% in five years. In com- Elastron SA to its joint ity scheme, few would have have grown from ₹12 crore in mercial space, the volumes envisaged that UDAN would 2012 to ₹35 crore last year,” are much larger and includ- venture partner for €0.368 Growth plans: Commercial brokerage and land-related help bring rival airlines to- said Vikram Goel, CEO, ing land it will become 55% million. “Tata Steel’s entire business would be the rm’s focus area of growth. equity stake in 50% joint gether in the quest to ac- HDFC Realty. to 60% of our whole busi- venture viz. Tata Elastron SA quire new aircraft. “We started commercial crore turnover in five years,” research, strategic advisory ness. And the margins are al- has been divested to Elastron Air Odisha and Air Dec- and land related business Mr. Goel said. “Expansion and real estate due diligence ways better in commercial.” SA,” according to a can, who won the bid to op- two years back. The broker- will happen in brokerage ag- among others. HDFC Realty is now look- regulatory ling. The total erate flights on regional age aggregation distribution gregation, commercial and From helping in buying ing for more business from consideration from sale is routes, have joined hands to network was started about land businesses.” and leasing of commercial its broker distribution net- €0.368 million and in the get a sweeter deal on aircraft six months back and now we The firm provides services and office space, it is also work that will give it volume. previous scal, Tata Elastron imports and informed the are ready for rapid growth.” in all aspects of real estate in- into residential real estate This network, which now SA reported a turnover of Directorate General of Civil “Looking at the business clude consulting, valuation, brokerage as well as land has 7,000 broker members €19.8 million. PTI Aviation (DGCA) that they On course: In March, the Centre awarded ying rights on that we have on hand and portfolio management, cor- transactions including from across India, will ex- plan to induct the 19-seater 128 routes connecting 70 airports to ve airlines. the future work we will get, porate leasing, development providing valuation services pand to 1,00,000 in five BoB to raise ₹3,000 cr. Beechcraft 1900D aircraft we can go to about ₹250 solutions, real estate market and project planning. years, Mr. Goel said. via Basel III bonds for flight operations under <> For uninterrupted ures” are in existence since NEW DELHI the scheme for regional con- air connectivity, 1990s. The Centre, in March Public lender Bank of Baroda nectivity, sources said. we need aircraft this year, awarded flying Paytm may is set to raise up to ₹3,000 While Air Odisha will im- spares on standby rights on 128 routes connect- Magma Fincorp to trim crore through Basel III port five aircraft, Air Deccan ing 70 airports to five air- Sanjay Arya, compliant bonds. “The will get three planes to com- CEO, Air Odisha lines — SpiceJet, Alliance Air, buy stake in nance committee of our mence operations by TruJet, Air Deccan and Air bank approved today September this year. Both Aviation analysts said the Odisha Aviation — in the first BigBasket tractor portfolio: ocial issuance of AT-1 capital the rival airlines have collab- collaboration of both the re- round of bidding of the bonds compliant with Basel orated to import aircraft gional players on aircraft UDAN scheme. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA III capital regulations... for a spare parts — seen as a spares bodes well for the in- Fares under the scheme NEW DELHI Looks to grow loans for used, commercial vehicles faster minimum amount of ₹500 unique arrangement in the dustry. “Air Odisha and Air are capped at ₹2,500 for an Alibaba and SoftBank- crore with greenshoe option aviation network — for the Deccan synergizing core op- hour’s flight and airlines get backed Paytm is believed Special Correspondent such as a good monsoon and HYDERABAD and total issuance not to Beechcraft 1900D aircraft. erations and maintenance subsidy from the govern- to be in discussions to pick farm yield. The repayment is exceed ₹3,000 crore,” “We plan to induct min- makes both strategic, finan- ment for losses incurred as a up minority stake in online Asset finance company only twice a year. according to a ling. Raising imum five Beechcraft 1900D cial and management sense result of lower fares. Air grocery retailer, BigBasket Magma Fincorp wants to Mr. Banerjee, in an inter- of funds will be in single or to commence operations un- since core commonalities Odisha has won the rights to for about $200 million, ac- pare its tractor loan portfo- action with reporters, said multiple tranches. PTI der the UDAN scheme by exist with both operators in operate 50 routes and Air cording to sources. lio and focus on growing the other measures being taken September,” Air Odisha chief the aircraft they operate and Deccan has bagged 34 The due diligence is on used and commercial by the company to rein in Andhra Bank to raise up executive officer Sanjay Arya the routes they intend to routes through a bidding and the deal could be final- vehicle loans business faster, NPAs include deploying pre- to ₹1,000 cr. via QIP said. “The negotiation with fly,” said Mark D. Martin, process. Both the airlines ised in the next few weeks, as part of an overall strategy dictive tools, an independ- NEW DELHI the leasing firm is over.” founder and CEO at Martin will connect the most num- sources privy to the devel- to return to a path of healthy ent team of managers to State-owned lender Andhra “We have made an ar- Consulting India. ber of unserved and under- opment said. growth. monitor the quality of loan, Bank plans to raise ₹800- rangement [with Air Dec- served airports among the They did not wish to be The plan is to reduce the engaging a credit bureau to 1,000 crore through a can] to induct aircraft spares Code share alliance five airlines selected to oper- identified as discussions share of tractor loans from map portfolio behaviour. qualied institutional for running smooth opera- “Consider this arrangement ate flights under the UDAN are still on and the deal has the existing 27% of the port- Kaushik Banerjee The measures come in the placement (QIP) in the next tions for the next three years more as a micro version of a scheme. not been signed yet. folio to 20% in three years, wake of the company having ve months to fund growth, since we have a common air- code share alliance between The five airlines are man- When contacted Paytm president and CEO (Asset pendence on a single sold ₹678 crore of NPAs and a senior bank ocial said. craft type. To provide unin- two airlines where one dated to start flight opera- declined to comment, Finance) Kaushik Banerjee product. Of the asset finance having taken a hit on its bot- The lender is looking to close terrupted air connectivity, chooses shared services as tions under the scheme by while BigBasket said: “This said here on Wednesday. portfolio of ₹11,500 crore, tomline last fiscal. Post the the QIP issue by December, we need aircraft spares on opposed to setting up two the end of September, failing is completely untrue.” the share of car loans was cleaning of the balance which would bring down the standby. You cannot afford monolith operating entities.” which the carrier will lose With people becoming Tractor loans 35%, while commercial sheet, the company was left government’s shareholding to have planes grounded,” Mr. Martin called for a re- their licence to start services comfortable buying even The company will continue vehicles and used vehicle with NPAs that were only 7-8 in the bank below the 60% Mr. Arya said. duction in the average cus- on the selected route. milk and bread online, on- to disburse tractor loans loans accounted for 8% and months old. The situation mark, the ocial, who did Air Deccan founder G.R. toms clearing time for air- Alliance Air, SpiceJet and line grocery segment is since there is good growth about 24% respectively. with regard to bad loans was not wished to be identied, Gopinath did not respond craft spares and parts, TruJet have already started projected to witness a potential in the segment, he Tractor loan repayment, improving, he said, adding said. The government’s owns immediately to multiple which he said, has not come flights on various routes un- strong growth over the said. The decision to trim is unlike that of a car, is de- that the collection efficiency 61.26% in Andhra Bank. PTI calls and a text message. down as “archaic proced- der the scheme. next few years. to ensure against over dependent on various factors was better now.

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TV PICKS Wimbledon: SS Select 1 & 1 Murray has no answer to Querrey Federer waltzes HD, 5.30 p.m. Hockey: FIH World League Semifinals (Men), STAR The 24th seed is the rst American to reach the last four of a Grand Slam since Roddick in 2009 Sports 2 & 2 HD, 3.15 p.m. & into seminals 5.30 p.m. IN BRIEF Dismantles Raonic with vintage stu

Mukund Padmanabhan the next set and then doing London this once more to wrap it up In a masterclass that was an 6-2. arresting mix of science and Raonic, whose powerful poetry, a tranquil Roger Fe- serve was not easy to deal derer waltzed into the with, was at his best during Wimbledon semifinals by the third set, when Feder- dismantling the big-hitting er’s first serve percentage Milos Raonic in straight sets had slipped to 68. Fending 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(4). off Federer’s challenge on Halep wanted Raonic, who had de- his serve, the Canadian got match-point replayed feated Federer here last year himself into a position to LONDON and had won both of their earn five break points, Simona Halep believes the last two meetings, found which he failed to convert. match-point in her himself up against a differ- Each time, it was enough Wimbledon quarterfinal ent man, someone who re- for Federer to put in what defeat to Britain’s Johanna sembled himself a decade or seemed like a faint hint of Konta should have been so ago. extra effort to pull out an replayed after a fan screamed This was a vintage Fe- ace or come up with a out, causing the Romanian to Dashing British hopes: Sam Querrey, backed by a prodigious serve and piercing groundstrokes, derer victory fashioned with groundstroke winner to pre- check her stride and shot. “I made light of a two-one decit to dump defending champ Andy Murray out of Wimbledon. ever-so-casual backhand vent being broken. thought he’s going to repeat * REUTERS flicks, drop shots with out- Level and 6-6, it was the point. I think it’s normal rageous angles, and passing Raonic who went up first to repeat the point when Mukund Padmanabhan this was not enough to pre- went on to drop his serve in ican to reach a Grand Slam worse than it was earlier shots that threaded the leading 3-0 with two mini- someone is screaming like London vent a 0-2 scoreline. the third, a gap he levelled semifinal since Andy Rod- (“the whole tournament I needle. breaks, before Federer took that,” said Halep. AFP A fumbling start, a middling Tight and unable to get a only much later in the dick in 2009. was a little bit sore”), he said With the victory, Federer things in hand once again middle, and an exceptional proper feel of the ball, Quer- match. At the post-match press he had his chances in the is only one of the Big Four to with a big forehand and a end — Sam Querrey showed rey was down 4-1 and it His aggression seemed as conference, Murray gra- match and the opportunity remain in the tournament, service return winner. Centre Court different facets wasn’t until the end of the if it may pay off in the tie- ciously dismissed searching to wrap it up in three sets. with Djokovic, Nadal and After that, there was no of his game as he defeated set that he found a semb- breaker, but a horrendous questions on whether his hip Of the last two sets, he Murray crashing out. stopping the champion, the top-seeded Andy Murray lance of rhythm, by which fluff of a lob that could have had contributed to the col- said, “It felt like he hardly Yet to drop a set this tour- who en route to the victory, in five sets (3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, time it was much too late. been put away with a table lapse of his game in the last misses any first serves. He nament, Federer stepped up produced a passing fore- 6-1) and dashed British tennis racquet resulted in a two sets. was acing me every time, he the heat in the first set when hand down the line that sent hopes on a day when the sun Warming up loss of confidence and Mur- Suggesting his hip was no was dictating.” it was level 4-4 to reel off the a quiver of astonishment returned to Wimbledon. By the second set, the big- ray racing to a 5-1 lead and next two games. He then through the audience and, Pliskova is new World No.1 Having never been in a hitting American was begin- then winning it 7-4. stamped his authority on after a couple of points, set after Halep’s loss Grand Slam semifinal before ning to warm up. But he was By the beginning of the the match by breaking up a semifinal with Tomas LONDON and having lost seven times not good enough to prevent fourth set, the various A painful exit Raonic in the first game of Berdych. Karolina Pliskova became the to Murray (against one win in Murray going up 4-3 with a strands of his game that new World No. 1 on Tuesday 2010), the American came break, leaving a cheerful Querrey was trying to pull AGENCIES shortly after he had called — despite tumbling out of into the match widely under- audience and some com- together had come to form a LONDON for a medical timeout. Wimbledon in the second estimated. But the man who mentators to conclude the tight and satisfying knot. Three-time Wimbledon “The intensity and the round and never having won took out Novak Djokovic at match would be over in His service had gotten champion Novak level of pain was not a Grand Slam. The 25-year- Wimbledon three. even better — he did not Djokovic’s painful year decreasing. It was only old Czech will jump up from last year But Querrey, who kept his drop a single point off his continued as he retired increasing as the days third to the top of the post- continued composure right through the first serve in the set — and with an elbow injury went by,” he said. Wimbledon rankings after his giant- match, broke twice in suc- the ball was coming off the during his quarterfinal “Unfortunately, today was World No. 2 Simona Halep killing ways, cession, frustrating Murray, strings of his backhand, re- against Czech Tomas the worst day,” he said. lost in the quarterfinals. AFP backed by a who looked beseechingly, as garded as his weaker stroke, Berdych on Wednesday. Marin Cilic defeated prodigious if asking for advice, at his with a sweetness and accur- The second-seeded Gilles Muller, the serve and support staff and, on at least acy that left Murray swinging Serbian had lost the conqueror of Rafael then, as his confidence grew, a couple of occasions, at air. opening set and was Nadal, 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-5, 5-7, piercing groundstrokes led smashed his racquet on his Quickly, it was apparent down a break in the 6-1 in another last-eight by a sharp crosscourt fore- shoe. the match could go only one second when he walked clash. The Croat reached hand. After sealing the second way and it did, with Querrey to the net and shook his his first Wimbledon Murray, who came into set with a backhand taking the last two sets 6-1, opponent’s hand. The semifinal, having lost in the match with a pro- crosscourt winner, Querrey 6-1 to become the first Amer- retirement, with the score the quarterfinals in his nounced limp that was inex- at 7-6(2), 2-0, came last three visits. plicably visible only in between points seemed un- hindered by the injury THE RESULTS Henin tips Serena to reaching for drop shots and come back and rule again scrambling side to side. His LONDON serve, significantly slower Men: Quarterfinals: 3-Roger riela Dabrowski (Can) bt Nikola Justine Henin tipped her old than it was last year, was Federer (Sui) bt 6-Milos Raonic Mektik (Cro) & Ana Konjuh (Cro) rival Serena Williams to come probably affected by the hip (Can) 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(4); 11-Tomas (7-6(5), 6-2. back after her pregnancy and injury, which led him to pull Berdych (Cze) bt 2-Novak Henri Kontinen (Fin) & Djokovic (Srb) 7-6(2), 2-0 retd. reign supreme once again. out of a couple of exhibition Heather Watson (GBr) bt Ivan “We could have a lot of matches in the run up to 7-Marin Cilic (Cro) bt 16- Dodig (Cro) & Sania Mirza (Ind) surprises with Serena coming Wimbledon. Gilles Muller (Lux) 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(4), 6-4. back after having a child. It The first set began with 7-5, 5-7, 6-1; 24-Sam Querrey Girls’ doubles: First round: Zeel certainly won’t be easy. But Murray serving to love and it (USA) bt 1-Andy Murray (GBr) Desai (Ind) & Lulu Sun (Sui) bt when she wants something, was another three points be- 3-6, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-1. Maria Lourdes Carle (Arg) & usually she gets it!” Henin fore Querrey got on the Mixed doubles: Third round: Naho Sato (Jpn) 6-7(4), 6-3, In sublime form: Roger Federer was at his irrepressible best said. AFP scoreboard with an ace. But 10-Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Gab- 6-3. against Milos Raonic. * REUTERS

Australia canters to an eight-wicket victory SCOREBOARD INDIA VS AUSTRALIA Taking it to India: Punam Raut c Bolton b 1-0-8-0. Perry 106 (136b, 11x4), Smriti India faces New Zealand in virtual quarternal Australia: Nicole Bolton c Mandhana c Healy b Gardner 3 Sushma b Poonam Yadav 36 the next level! (10b), Mithali Raj c & b Beams win its final league match (48b, 6x4), Beth Mooney run Special Correspondent WORLD CUP 69 (114b, 4x4, 1x6), Harman- Motivating and guiding the against New Zealand to make out 45 (68b, 5x4), Meg Lanning Chennai preet Kaur st. Healy b Schutt 23 players off the ground is PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the knockout stage. (not out) 76 (88b, 7x4, 1x6), (22b, 1x4, 1x6), Veda Krish- Press releases and the responsibility of the Bristol Ellyse Perry (not out) 60 (67b, Australia, England and namurthy (run out) 0 (0b), 8x4); Extras (lb-1, w-9): 10; platitudes often come Coach. India’s semifinal prospects South Africa have qualified Sushma Verma b Schutt 6 (8b), together but the one suffered a setback after Aus- Total (for two wkts. in 45.1 “The captain is the for the semifinals. Jhulan Goswami b Perry 2 (3b), issued by the BCCI, titled tralia cantered to an eight- overs): 227. leader and the gladiator on Other scores: Shikha Pandey (not out) 7 (5b, ‘The Committee of wicket victory, riding on a the ground. Any team is At Derby: England 284 for nine 1x4), Deepti Sharma (not out) 5 Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Bolton, Administrators hails the superb batting show by its always built around the in 50 overs (Tammy Beaumont (2b, 1x4), Extras (w-5): 5; Total 15.4), 2-103 (Mooney, 22.3). CAC coach top order in the ICC Wo- leadership qualities and 93, Natalie Sciver 129) bt New (for seven wkts. in 50 overs): recommendation’ on men’s World Cup here on India bowling: Jhulan 5.1-1- professionalism of the Zealand 209 in 46.4 overs (Su- 226. Wednesday, is in a league Wednesday. 27-0, Deepti 10-2-44-0, Shikha captain. He is the Face of zie Bates 44, Amy Satterth- Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Smriti, 3.2 of its own. Put in to bat, opener 6-1-16-0, Harmanpreet 6-0- the team. The coach has to waite 35, Katie Perkins 43 n.o., overs), 2-166 (Mithali, 40.3), 3- Sample this: “A coach is Punam Raut’s fighting cen- In her element: Punam Raut smashed 11 boundaries and was at 38-0, Ekta 10-1-55-0, Poonam provide backroom Alex Hartley three for 44). 203 (Punam, 46.2), 4-204 a mentor to a team. He is a tury and skipper Mithali ease against the Australian spinners while scoring a century. Yadav 8-0-46-1. support.” At Taunton: Sri Lanka 101 in (Veda, 46.3), 5-208 (Harman- friend and an elder buddy. Raj’s 69 helped India post Her eort, however, went in vain. * STU FORSTER/ GETTY IMAGES 40.3 overs (Shabnim Ismail preet, 47.3), 6-211 (Jhulan, Toss: Australia. He has to actively It is time the world’s 226 for seven. three for 14, Dane van Niekerk 48.1), 7-220 (Sushma, 49.3). Player-of-the-match: Meg contribute to building up richest cricket body gets In reply, Australia over- skipper Meg Lanning (76 not foundation with a 62-run four for 24) lost to South Africa Australia bowling: Schutt 10-0- Lanning. the morale and harmony its act together, especially hauled the target with 29 out) and Ellyse Perry (60 not opening stand in 15.4 overs. 104 for two in 23.1 overs (Laura 52-2, Gardner 10-1-48-1, Jonas- in the dressing room. its communication wing. balls to spare, scoring 227 for out). Beth Mooney (45) and India is now fourth with Wolvaardt 48 n.o., Mignon du sen 10-1-38-0, Perry 10-0-37-2, Australia won by eight wick- two, courtesy fine batting by Nicole Bolton (36) laid the eight points and will have to Preez 38 n.o.). Beams 9-0-43-1, Villani ets with 29 balls remaining. The Cricket Advisory Committee has outlived its utility It is not respected by the captain, called to heel by the Committee of Administrators and then seemingly acting as BCCI surrogate

truth by speaking its opposite denied on if you are the one making the buck, then come to terms with the manner in Bedi and Ajit Wadekar were appointed ent in the game. He knows his job. Tuesday that Ravi Shastri was the you need to be the one we pass it to. which the present sometimes treats the to the post, the decision was made by Kumble was badly done by, and there is choice as head coach (he had told us The CEO of the BCCI was in both Eng- past. They are not unaware of this, since the BCCI. For later coaches, a “search” no guarantee at this point that Shastri last month that there was no Kohli- land and Jamaica with the Indian team. they were the present once, and got committee was formed, with initially will retain Kohli’s support till the World Kumble split). Communication is clearly Could he not get an appointment with their way too then. The wheel turns in- Sunil Gavaskar and then Gavaskar and Cup two years away. Cricket is a funny not a strong point; lack of it also saw a the Indian captain to find out where he evitably, and mercilessly. Shastri recommending their choices. game, and cricket politics is funnier bunch of officials land up for a Special stood? In any case, Kohli had been For months, after the CAC was ap- In order to appear scrupulously fair, still. The essential difference between BETWEEN WICKETS General body in Delhi which had been pushing for Shastri from the time he in- pointed by the cricket board to give it- applications are invited now, and an oc- the two coaches is that Shastri is more suresh menon called off. dicated that Kumble was not his man. self some credibility, the three members casional word dropped in a player’s ear flexible. More significant than the choice of So why all the drama? Hadn’t these folks did not know what they were supposed to give the candidates some domestic He might not have got the support Friday is Bastille Day. Two centuries Shastri was the manner in which the heard of the telephone? The CoA did to do. In 2015, they met exactly once. heft. staff he wanted. After all, if the captain ago, the storming of that prison marked Committee of Administrators (CoA) fi- well to pull the plug on the soap opera. There was no job description, no to-do is entitled to his coach, then the coach the turning point of the French Revolu- nally put an end to the Cricket Advisory The message — from the Indian cap- list, no salary, nothing. Then someone Supporting actors is entitled to his staff. The CAC went tion. It is a day awaited with trepidation Committee’s (CAC) ridiculous delaying tain, and now the CoA — is clear. The had the bright idea of asking the com- Virender Sehwag had the role of sup- beyond its remit by having its own men by the Board of Control for Cricket in In- tactics and forced it to make the CAC has served its purpose (whatever it mittee to pick the coach, just to give it porting actor this time. Phil Simmons in place. Perhaps as a counter to a dia which suspects it might signal the announcement. was) and needs to be disbanded. Kohli something to do. saw the writing on the wall and decided strong Shastri-Kohli partnership that end of its absolutism too. For over a told the three wise men that he could The longer the threesome — Sachin he wouldn’t even bother to get on Skype might brook no opposition. year now, it has been refusing to comply Soap opera not have the coach chosen by them Tendulkar, Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman to press his case. He had better things to The CAC has behaved exactly like the with the Supreme Court’s orders, and This, just as everybody was wondering while the CoA made it clear that they — remained in their sinecures, the more do at midnight local time than to play BCCI — created more power centres to the court might just have run out of pa- how many episodes remained in the could not behave like irresponsible su- they began to function like the BCCI it- an extra’s role in a drama whose de- keep in check the growing player power. tience when the case comes up on soap opera called “Finding the Coach.” perstars. self, often unprofessionally and some- nouement had no suspense. In any case, it has clearly outlived its Friday. The toothless, pointless CAC had, on It is not difficult to sympathise with times reeking of politics. All this is unfair on Shastri, a straight- utility — not respected by the captain, The acting board secretary, who has Monday, passed the responsibility onto the CAC, though. Here are three of the Should the choice of the coach be- talking professional who understands called to heel by the CoA and then built a reputation for pointing to the the captain. Perhaps the argument was, finest to play for India now having to come such a soap opera? When Bishan that a big heart often trumps natural tal- seemingly acting as BCCI surrogate. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 16 SPORT THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF ‘Current Test team can be best-ever’ Alameda has an edge I am looking forward to my stint with India, says Ravi Shastri over her rivals HYDERABAD: Alameda has an 1. AMOROUS WHITE, 2. GEORGE Press Trust of India edge over her rivals in the Okai CROSS, 3. SKETCH OF BEAUTY We are both former Okai Okai Plate (1,100m), the main New Delhi <> RAMBO PLATE (1200m) (Div. event of the extra day’s races here captains and there I), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 on Thursday (July 13). 6 Newly-appointed coach Ravi will be arguments, (Cat. II), 3.25: 1. Rebellion (8) P. Sai Dawson to seek HAVOC PLATE Shastri on Wednesday said but we need to look (Div. II) (1,100m), Kumar 60, 2. Kireeti (8) P. Koushik Warne’s advice the current Indian cricket 1 maiden 3-y-o only (Cat.II), 12.50 60, 3. Dublin (1) N. Rawal 57, 4. p.m.: 1. Brookwood (7) Aneel 56, LONDON team, with efficient pacers at at the bigger picture. Symbol Of Glory (4) G. Naresh 57, 2. Exclusive Striker (2) B.R. Kumar 5. Columbus (7) CP. Boppanna England’s Liam Dawson plans its disposal, could go on to Shastri, 56, 3. Far Sight (10) Deep Shanker on his spat with Ganguly 55.5, 6. Garib Parwar (11) Ajeeth to get in touch with former become the country’s best- 56, 4. Kohinoor Legend (4) A.S. Kumar 55, 7. Kiss N Chase (10) Hampshire teammate Shane ever Test outfit in the coming need to spend time with the Pawar 56, 5. Starlight (12) Kiran 54.5, 8. True Pearl (2) Sameerud- Warne in a bid to help Nadu 56, 6. Dione (6) Kuldeep din 54, 9. Gunner (9) A.S. Pawar years. captain (Kohli) and take Singh 54.5, 7. Jasmine Garden (5) 53.5, 10. Undu Undu Undu (6) An- cement his Test place. By his The 55-year-old former things forward.” Ajit Singh 54.5, 8. Kohinoor Lucy eel 53.5 and 11. Golden Angel (5) own admission, left-arm skipper sounded upbeat Shastri said he was looking (8) N. Rawal 54.5, 9. Marina Del Deepak Singh 52.5. spinner Dawson accepts he about the times ahead. forward to the challenge of Rey (3) P. Trevor 54.5, 10. Plat- 1. KIREETI, 2. REBELLION, 3. inum Claasz (11) Deepak Singh GARIB PARWAR may not be the most “It can be a better Test coaching India. 54.5, 11. Sweet Pistol (9) K. Sai naturally talented player. team than any Indian team “I have always relished a Kiran 54.5 and 12. Sweetie Pie (1) PLACERVILLE PLATE (1,200m), 4-y-o & over, rated upto 30 Dawson, who took the we have had. This is a team challenge and I am looking C. Umesh 54.5. 7 1. MARINA DEL REY, 2. EXCLUSIVE (Cat. III), 4.00: 1. Avantika (6) winning wicket in England’s you can travel with (any- forward to my stint with In- STRIKER, 3. BROOKWOOD Deep Shanker 61.5, 2. Back to first Test win over South Business (8) K. Mukesh 60.5, 3. where). There is a battery of dia. When you are asked to RAZEEN PLATE (1,200m), 3 & Africa at Lord’s, Warne played Man Of The Series (15) Ch. K. pacers which can do well in open the batting in overcast 2 4-y-o only, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. Chary 60, 4. Magical Skill (5) CP. a handful of matches all conditions and take 20 conditions, it is a challenge. I III), 1.20: 1. Eternal Angel (2) Han- Boppanna 59.5, 5. Golden Image together for south coast wickets. Their age is such am used to challenges, bring nam 60, 2. Jumeira Express (5) Ch. (2) G. Naresh 58.5, 6. General Sa- K. Chary 60, 3. True Hymn (7) county Hampshire. AFP that they are playing at the on another one,” Shastri lute (9) C. Umesh 58, 7. Ikigai (7) Sameeruddin 60, 4. Negress Pearl Ajeeth Kumar 58, 8. Nelly (14) right time,” said Shastri from said. (4) Deep Shanker 59.5, 5. Warrior Kiran Naidu 55.5, 9. Symbol Of London. Asked about his frosty re- Supreme (6) C. Umesh 59.5, 6. Gold (13) B.R. Kumar 55, 10. Abra- Treasure Striker (8) Ajeeth Kumar cos (12) K. Sai Kiran 54, 11. Divine He said skipper Virat Kohli lationship with Sourav Gan- 59, 7. Sam The Brave (1) P. Trover was yet to reach his peak and guly, a member of the Cricket Heights (1) Rafique Sk. 53.5, 12. 58.5 and 8. Gladiator Royale (3) G. Icing On The Cake (16) Uday Kiran that the next few years would Advisory Committee (CAC) Naresh 57.5. 53, 13. Sefarina (11) Deepak Singh 1. ETERNAL ANGEL, 2. SAM THE 52, 14. Aalishaan (10) Md. Ismil define him in the true sense. that appointed the coach, BRAVE, 3. WARRIOR SUPREME “Kohli is a champion crick- Shastri played down the bit- 51.5, 15. Cannon Hope (4) Kunal HAVOC PLATE (1100m), (Div. I), Bunde 51.5 and 16. Ice Mummy (3) eter, he has not yet reached ter spat. 3 maiden 3-y-o only (Cat. II), Nakhat Singh 50. his peak. The next five or six “We are both former cap- 1.50: 1. Amazing Response (6) Donnarumma to extend 1. MAGICAL SKILL, 2. GENERAL SA- years will define the real tains and there will be argu- Deepak Singh 56, 2. Desert Moon LUTE, 3. AVANTIKA deal with AC Milan (5) K. Sai Kumar 56, 3. Face The Virat Kohli,” Shastri said. ments, but we need to look at Facts (4) Ajeeth Kumar 56, 4. Free OKAI OKAI OKAI PLATE ROME Asked about seasoned the bigger picture. He (Gan- 8 (1,100m), 3-y-o & over, rated 58 AC Milan goalkeeper Eagle (11) Kuldeep Singh 56. 5. Ko- campaigners M.S. Dhoni and guly) asked some very good hinoor Prince (7) A. S. Pawar 56, to 78 (Cat. II), 4.35: Alameda (7) P. Gianluigi Donnarumma, Trevor 60, 2. Red Rambble (3) Go- Yuvraj Singh’s future, Shastri questions during my inter- 6. Proud N Arrogant (2) Aneel 56, regarded as the greatest 7. Rapidamente (3) Hannam 56, 8. pal Singh 59.5, 3. King Of Pop (4) said, “2019 (World Cup) is a view. We need to move on. Nakhat Singh 58.5, 4. Western prospect in his position in Univision (10) Sameeruddin 56, 9. long way to go. They are both Individuals don’t matter, and You Can I Can (9) N. Rawal 56, 10. Wind (2) Ajeeth Kumar 58.5, 5. Net world football, has agreed an champion cricketers. We will we should all work in the New State (12) C. Umesh 54.5, 11. Champ (8) Rohit Kumar 57.5, 6. extension to his contract Ashwa Raftar (1) B.R. Kumar 56.5, deal with it when the time ar- best interest of Indian Rose Petal (8) G. Naresh 54.5 and keeping him at the San Siro 12. Withrosemakeup (1) Ajit Singh 7. City Of Warriors (5) K. Mukesh rives. I am just getting into cricket. It should take the Positive feeling: New coach Ravi Shastri is quite upbeat about the present Indian side under 54.5. 54.5, 8. Preciosa (9) Deepak Singh until 2021, the club 54.5, 9. Commanding Boy (11) N. the dressing room again, so I centre-stage.” skipper Virat Kohli. * FILE PHOTO: PTI 1. RAPIDAMENTE, 2. NEW STATE, 3. announced on Tuesday. “We YOU CAN I CAN Rawal 53.5, 10. Rubyonrails (10) continue together! AC Milan Aneel 53.5 and 11. Vallee Secrete RAMBO PLATE (Div. II) (6) Kuldeep Singh 53.5. and Gianluigi Donnarumma 4 (1,200m), 5-y-o & over, rated 1. ALAMEDA, 2. KING OF POP, 3. have reached an agreement 26 to 46 (Cat.II), 2.20: 1. Khoshgel PRECIOSA Chandimal named (10) Md. Ismail 60, 2. The Blue (7) to extend the goalkeeper’s Hyderabad monsoon season RIYAHI PLATE N. Rawal 58.5, 3. Manogamini (4) (1,100m), 4-y-o contract through to 2021,” Special Correspondent ence on Tuesday. (Deccan Derby), 3, 8, 9 (Mel- A.S. Pawar 57.5, 4. Brilliant (8) K. 9 & over, rated upto 30 run and read a statement on the HYDERABAD Mukesh 56, 5. Lavender (5) Nakhat not won (Cat. III), 5.10: 1. Vijays Sri Lanka Test captain bourne Racing Club Trophy), 16, Singh 55.5, 6. Time Is Luck (11) P. Delight (15) P. K. Gaddam 60, 2. club’s website. AFP Of the 734 horses sta- Stakes for the Hyderabad tioned here, 525 will parti- 17, 23 (Golconda St. Leger), 24. Sai Kumar 55.5, 7. Act In Time (9) Chinese Thought (10) G. Naresh Agence France-Presse Race Club’s (HRC) monsoon B.R. Kumar 54.5, 8. Gangadhar (6) 59.5, 3. Space Ship (1) B. Dileep 58, cipate, including 209 two- 4. Rose Eternal (11) Deep Shanker Colombo season, commencing on July WINTER SEASON’S IMPORT- G. Naresh 54, 9. Perfection (3) year-olds, under the charge ANT RACES: November 20 (Gol- Hannam 54, 10. Western Express 57, 5. Beauty Flash (14) Ajit Singh Sri Lanka appointed two 20, have spurted from last of 21 ‘A’ licensed trainers (2) Aneel 54 and 11. Hunter’s Pride 55, 6. Rohini (13) Uday Kiran 55, 7. conda 1000 Guineas), 27 (Ju- Ryuzaki (4) Sameeruddin 54.5, 8. new captains on Wednesday year’s ₹14.55 crore to ₹16.52 and 32 jockeys/apprentice (1) Sameeruddin 52.5. to replace Angelo Mathews, crore. venile Million), December 3 1. WESTERN EXPRESS, 2. PERFEC- Dear Friend (5) Kiran Naidu 53.5, riders. TION, 3. LAVENDER 9. Penthesilea (7) K. Mukesh 53.5, who resigned after his side’s These will rise further (Mayor’s Million), 11 (Golconda THE RACE DATES WITH IM- 2000 Guineas), 25 (Deccan Ju- FRIENDLY FIRE PLATE 10. Surprise Party (3) Nakhat humiliating home series de- with the division of races. Singh 53.5, 11. Whisper (9) A.S. PORTANT EVENTS IN BRACK- venile Million), January 3, 2018 5 (1,100m), 3-y-o & over, rated 42 feat to bottom-ranked Zimb- Apart from the country’s Pawar 53.5, 12. Shivalik Arrow (8) ETS: July 20, 21, 28, 31, August (Golkonda Oaks), 8 (Byerly Turk to 62 (Cal. II), 2.55: 1. Crown Royal (13) Gopal Singh 60, 2. Atlas Star Ajeeth Kumar 52, 13. Royal Striker Tamim denies hate crime abwe. highest stakes: horse ratio 6, 7 (Hazara Stud Golconda Ju- Million), 9 (Golconda Million), (2) Rohit Kumar 51, 14. Cannon Dinesh Chandimal will offered of ₹3.17 lakh per (5) K. Sai Kiran 58.5, 3. Green Im- behind Essex exit venile Million), 13, 15 (K. 17 (Hyderabad Juvenile Mil- age (6) P.K. Gaddam 58, 4. Movie King (6) Kunal Bunde 50.5, 15. Car- nival Express (16) K. Sai Kiran 50.5 DHAKA lead the Test side while Upul steed, trophies will be worth Mahipathi Rao Memorial Mil- lion), 18 (Darley Arabian Mil- Moghual (10) Sameeruddin 58, 5. Tharanga will captain in lim- ₹32.17 lakh. Without Makeup (4) Ajit Singh 58, and 16. Steyn Memories (12) N. Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal lion), 20 (Governor’s Cup), 21 lion), 22 (Qutab Shahi Million), Rawal 50.5. ited-overs matches, Sri Due to the monsoon’s 6. Always Together (8) B. Dileep rejected rumours on (Nizam’s Gold Cup), 27, 28 28 (Golconda Derby Stakes & 57, 7. Miracle King (12) A.S Pawar 1. CHINESE THOUGHT, 2. SHIVALIK * AFP Wednesday that he quit Lanka Cricket (SLC) said. Dinesh Chandimal. early onset, an extra day has (Deccan Fillies Championship Youngsters Million), 29 56.5, 8. Princess Hina (9) Ajeeth ARROW, 3. WHISPER English county cricket club The reshuffle caps a tur- been added on Thursday Stakes), September 3, 4 (Dec- (Kakatiya Million), February 12 Kumar 56.5, 9. Amorous White (11) Day’s best: MARINA DEL REY bulent period for the belea- Sri Lanka’s cricketers in the ( July 13) while the season K. Mukesh 56, 10. Breezeofthe- Double: ETERNAL ANGEL — Essex because of a hate crime can Colts Championship Stakes, (Godolphin Barb Million), 19 ALAMEDA guered Sri Lankan side, aftermath of their 3-2 series concludes on October 24, south (3) Aneel 55, 11. Torremoli- targeting his family and said 10 (President of India Gold (Bhagyanagar Novice Handicap nos (2) Rafique Sk. 55, 12. Sketch Jkt: (i): 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5; (ii): 5, 6, 7, 8 & it was down to personal whose loss to Zimbabwe fol- loss at home to Zimbabwe HRC Chairman R. Surender Cup), 11, 17 (Chief Minister’s Million), 26 (Alcock Arabian Mil- Of Beauty (7) B.R. Kumar 54.5 and 9; Tr: (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): 4, 5 & 6; (iii): reasons. The 28-year-old lowed a fitness and coach- on Monday. Reddy said at a press confer- Cup), 18, 24, 25, October 2 lion). 13. George Cross (1) C. Umesh 54. 7, 8 & 9. opening batsman cut ties ing crisis and an early de- Sri Lanka Cricket man- with Essex after just one parture from the ager Asanka Gurusinghe match, but dismissed Champions Trophy. said the team had hit rock MOTORSPORTS GOLF suggestions his sudden “Mathews tendered his bottom but would bounce departure was because of an resignation a short while back. “After losing to Zimb- alleged attack against his ago this morning,” said SLC abwe, we have to go up. This Chennai to host Gaurika takes one-stroke lead wife and son. “Some media chief Thilanga Sumathipala side is too good to keep go- Special Correspondent reported that we were the said. “We want to regroup ing down,” Gurusinghe said. The 18-year-old from Hary- Bengaluru target of attempted hate and restructure and move Its first challenge starts Asian road racing ana, who finished runner-up crime. This is really not true,” forward.” on Friday, when Chandimal Gaurika Bishnoi maintained last week by a single shot, the Bangladesh vice-captain Mathews said he took the will lead the side in her fine form on the Hero picked up two more strokes said on his Facebook page. PTI blame for Sri Lanka’s recent Colombo for the one-off Women’s Pro Golf Tour, before a bogey on the final woes, and was making room Test against Zimbabwe. fth round shooting two-under-69 to hole reduced her advantage. Ex-Renault team boss so his successor could pre- “I am going to put my take a one-stroke lead on the Vani also endured an takes over at Sauber pare the side for the World heart and soul into the Sports Reporter like to announce that Round opening day of the eighth leg eventful front nine but a bo- CHENNAI PARIS Cup in 2019. team,” Chandimal said. 5 will be held at the Madras at the Clover Greens course gey-free back stretch kept her Formula One team Sauber “There were times when I Tharanga, who will take Chennai will host the fifth Motor Race Track in Chen- near here. Vani Kapoor, fresh within touching distance of appointed Frenchman wanted to step down, but I over in Twenty20s and round of Asian road racing nai from September 22 to from her time at the Ladies the leader. Frederic Vasseur to replace did not want to let the team ODIs, said there was much championship instead of 24. European Thailand Champi- Ankita Kedlaya (amateur), Monisha Kaltenborn as its down at that time because room for improvement fol- New Delhi. “Originally slated to be onships, was in second place, Amandeep Drall and Tvesa new team principal on there were no replacements lowing the embarrassment held at the Buddh Circuit in with a three-way tie for third. Malik, who won the seventh Wednesday. Kaltenborn was as such,” he told reporters. against Zimbabwe. ‘Slight change’ New Delhi, the venue is not Gaurika began with a hat- leg, were tied for third after the only female team “But I feel this is the right “As a team we did not The organisers in a state- available due to circum- trick of birdies before stum- returning cards of even-par principal in F1 and left Sauber time. The team’s interests perform well,” he said. ment said, “there has been a stances outside of the cham- bling on holes five and six, 71. Neha Tripathi was one suddenly in June after supercede my interests. My The team remains slight change to the 2017 cal- pionship’s control.” double bogeying the former shot further behind in sixth. differences of opinion with honest opinion is that there plagued by fitness prob- endar, specifically pertain- Chennai last hosted the and dropping another shot The scores (top six after round the new owners. Vasseur are candidates who can take lems, with up to 20 players ing to the Indian leg of the championship in 2013 and on the latter. She recovered one): 69: Gaurika Bishnoi; 70: himself left Renault under over the reins.” battling injuries in the past series (Round 5). currently four Indian riders with a pair of birdies before Vani Kapoor; 71: Ankita Kedlaya similar circumstances in the Mathews bore the brunt year, said chief selector “The FIM Asia road ra- are part of the champion- another bogey saw her make (A), Amandeep Drall, Tvesa Ma- Gaurika Bishnoi. winter break. AFP of the criticism levelled at Sanath Jayasuriya. cing championship would ship in various categories. the turn at one-under. lik; 72: Neha Tripathi. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

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FAITH THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12058 (set by Skulldugger) SUDOKU 15 American funk caused when 7 Bluecoats beginning to go off not-all-there chap for a kiss (8) Spirit of service (Republican) trafficked in The esoteric teaching about the true nature of the jivatma voodoo regularly (7) 8 Moderate central European nation's leaders have secret and its eternal relationship with the Lord as that of servant 18 Doubt she could have done the meeting, reportedly (8) and master is skilfully interwoven in the Ramayana. The jiv- crime (7) atma who realises the significance of this bond is inspired 21 Spirit modern, say folks (5) 11 African's exclamation of with the yearning to serve the Lord who is the embodiment surprise on encountering of all auspicious qualities that the human mind can recog- 23 Furbelow in the Antipodes! North American country (5) nise — perfection, compassion, prowess, goodness, etc, and (4,5) even much more beyond all these. Lakshmana, Vibhishana 25 One particular interesting 15 Little women, they can't get and Bharata, for instance, seek Rama’s feet knowing that stimulation out of lots (7) any littler! (8) their true worth is fully realised only when involved in selfless service to the Lord, pointed out Sri V. Kar- 26 Sanction for animals initially 16 Alderwomen losing heart and unakarachariar in a discourse. lacking (7) turning to drink (8) Each of them desires this cherished reward of acceptance 29 Wormhole dened whimsically by the Lord to serve Him in their respective subservient as "back of beyond" (6,2,7) 17 Cool mountain lodges brought roles. The spirit of service inherent in Lakshmana is re- up rst class heater (8) vealed when he literally clasps Rama’s feet and seeks per- ■ DOWN mission to serve Him and Sita during their stay in the forest. 1 Animal appendage that's small 19 Turn off to open up? On the He promises that by doing so there will be no taint to the and oddly crusty (4) contrary (8) dharma He upholds. His desire to serve Rama will be ful- filled and He will also benefit by his service. The way shown 2 Operating these days... and 20 Mate ends it when he's Solution to puzzle 12057 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku by Vibhishana is also somewhat similar. formerly (4) overwhelmed by extremely He is frank about his position. “Ravana treated me as a cheerless feelings (5) ■ ACROSS 3 Perturbed but not tense, vile slave and put me to shame before all. His sharp words 9 Cunning hens catching bus — is recombined but not mixed (8) 22 Felt tense, but came back pierced my heart through and through. So, I have cast be- this even possible? (3,4,6,2) 4 Buchanan centre and content as bug (6) hind me wife and child, wealth and luxury, and sought 10 Musical instrument master left courthouse gutted by accident refuge with Rama.” in that place (7) (6) 24 Colt's sound when partially Vibhishana teaches the way by which the hurdles that 12 Activity favoured by posses discharged by tavern yard (6) prevent one’s efforts from seeking refuge with the Lord have and cougars! (7) 5 They are used to clean locks! to be overcome. Bharata, in his state of total renunciation, is (8) 13 She might save our sphere, 27 Animal raised in grass (4) the very embodiment of nobility and is steadfast in his ser- amazingly (9) 6 My heartless Italian vice to the Lord in thought, word and deed. The privilege to 14 Point westwards to Michigan grandmother's radical alias 28 Turned over threepenny bit serve the Lord has to be diligently earned by each one city (5) (6) for fencing material (4) through selfless love, devotion and admiration for Him.

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Lights, camera, action! The Ultimate Table Tennis League, beginning at the Nehru Indoor Stadium

in Chennai on Thursday, should help the Indians improve their image. * M. VEDHAN. K. Keerthivasan different countries ranked in in the League, including the CHENNAI the top 50 in the men’s and country’s leading and up- It is being touted as the pan- women’s sections will be coming players, have been CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC acea for all the ills of the contesting against each suitably rewarded. table tennis events. maining league games, semi- Preparations are afoot to the spectators, one can ex- sport. Players, coaches and other, representing six differ- UTT’s rules and regula- The ITTF World Tour-In- finals and the final will be get the venue match-ready. pect a decent turnout. Thursday’s match ț officials have said that the ent clubs. tions too have left nothing to dian Open it conducted in held in Mumbai. The ranking of players will Sharath Kamal, India’s star RP-SG Mavericks vs Ceat-Ultimate Table Tennis And the prize money of ₹3 chance, covering everyone February this year in New not be affected whether they paddler, admitted that table Falcons TTC, 7.30 p.m. League beginning here on crore gives us an idea of the from players to umpires and Delhi stands testimony to its One table only win or lose as it is an unoffi- tennis infrastructure across CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Thursday will take the image financial might of the tourna- officials. professionalism. There will one Tie everyday cial tournament, but it could the country “is not great,” of Indian table tennis to a dif- ment and the massive show UTT organiser 11Even Most of the league from 7.30 p.m. It could even well open a window of pos- with only a handful of qual- He, however, ended on a ferent level. that will be on view over the Sports Private Limited is re- matches have been slotted in go beyond 10.30 p.m. as only sibilities for all paddlers, es- ity centres. hopeful note: “If UTT cannot The reasons are not far to next eight days. garded highly for its profes- the city; Chennai will host one table has been assigned pecially the Indians. He insisted that a lot needs address that problem, noth- seek. Several paddlers from All the 24 Indian paddlers sionalism in conducting eight, Delhi five while the re- for the nine matches. With entry being free for to be done on that front. ing can.”

Kashyap, TENNIS CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Anand to Indian women beat Prannoy Passionate fan unveil Ramkumar battles Chile for rst win advance trophy past Klahn Press Trust of India Calgary Special Sports Bureau Vishnu Vardhan bt Mu Tao Correspondent Commonwealth Games Winnetka (USA) (Chn) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3). Doubles CHENNAI champion P. Kashyap and (quarterfinals): Francis Casey H.S. Prannoy registered Ramkumar Ramanathan Former World chess Alcantara (Phi) & Karunuday straight-game wins to ad- battled past Bradley Klahn champion Viswanathan Singh bt He Yecong (Chn) & vance to the second round of the US 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(9) Anand will unveil the Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul of the $65,000 Canada in the first round of the trophy of Ceat-UTT along (Tha) 7-6(3), 2-6, [10-3]. Grand Prix badminton $75,000 Challenger tennis with league promoters here. tournament here on $15,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Vita Dani and Niraj Bajaj on Recovering from an in- Tuesday. Thailand: Pre-quarterfinals: Thursday. jury, Kashyap, seeded 16th, Despite dropping serve Naomi Cheong (USA) bt Anand will then meet defeated Peru’s Daniel La four times, and breaking his Dhruthi Venugopal 6-0, 7-5. all teams participating in Doubles (quarterfinals): Torre Regal 21-11, 21-9, opponent’s serve only the league before the first Chieh-Yu Hsu (Tpe) & Dhruthi while second seed Prannoy twice, Ramkumar pulled tie between RP-SG Gritty show: Captain Rani, left, celebrates with Preeti Dubey Venugopal bt Watsachol beat Mexico’s Job Castillo through in the battle of wits Mavericks and Falcons TTC after the latter’s 38th minute goal. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Sawasdee & Dolavee 21-13, 21-15 in another that lasted two hours and 42 at Nehru Indoor Stadium Tumthong (Tha) 6-1, 6-3. Press Trust of India men’s singles match at Mar- minutes, as he tackled the here. breakthrough when Rani Johannesburg kin MacPhail Centre. tie-breaks with competence. $15,000 ITF women, Telavi, Along with Anand, and Preeti worked in tan- Preeti Dubey scored the Among others, Sarang The results: Georgia: First round: Alexan- Indian TT stars and Arjuna dem. The duo drove into the dra Walters (Aus) bt Shweta match-winner as a gritty In- Lakhanee eked out a 21-9, $75,000 Challenger, Win- Awardees G. Jagannath, V. rival striking circle and Rana 6-1, 7-5. Doubles (pre- dia defeated Chile 1-0 to 17-21, 21-7 win over local netka, USA: First round: Chandrashekhar, S. Raman Preeti produced the finish- quarterfinals): Martina Col- enter the quarterfinals of ing touch with a quick nick shuttler Eugene Chan, Ramkumar Ramanathan bt will also be present on the Bradley Klahn (USA) 3-6, 7-6 megna (Ita) & Shweta Rana bt the FIH Women’s Hockey to put the ball past the while Abhishek Yelegar inaugural day of Ceat-UTT. (4), 7-6(9). Anastasia Bovolskaya (Rus) & World League (HWL) Semi- Chilean goalkeeper. saw off Vietnam’s Hoang Lana Kentchiashvili (Geo) 6-3, final, here on Wednesday. Nam Nguyen 21-15, 21-5 and €43,000 Challenger, Bastad, India mounted pressure Sweden: Doubles (pre- 1-6, [10-4]. Preeti’s 38th minute goal on Chile with consistent at- Karan Rajan Rajarajan beat quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & $15,000 ITF women, Sharm El ensured India earned its first tacks and Rani got another Croatia’s Zvonimir Durkin- Akshay and jak 13-21, 21-10, 21-13. Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Sheikh, Egypt: First round: Ru- win in the tournament after shot on goal, only to be Markus Eriksson & Milos Sun kissed: An elderly lady follows the progress of Philippe The results: First round: P. tuja Bhosale bt Andrina Peer a goalless draw against denied. Sekulic (Swe) 4-6, 6-4, [10-6]. Gilbert, Chris Froome, Marcel Kittel and others during the Avdesh Kashyap bt Daniel La Torre (Sui) 7-5, 6-0; Y. Pranjala bt South Africa and a 4-1 loss to Soon after, Renuka Yadav 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday. Kittel won in a Regal (Per) 21-11, 21-9; H.S. $25,000 ITF men, Shenzhen, Oleksandra Andrieieva (Ukr) USA. found herself on the bench * Prannoy bt Job Castillo (Mex) China: Pre-quarterfinals: 6-2, 6-1. sprint nish while Froome retained the yellow jersey. AP crash out In the 19th minute of the with a yellow card, forcing 21-13, 21-15; Sarang Lakhanee second quarter, Anupa Barla Sports Bureau India to start the fourth bt Eugene Chan (Can) 21-9, brilliantly stole the ball from quarter with 10 players. Nairobi 17-21, 21-7; Abhishek Yelegar a Chilean player, set up a India will take on Argen- Delhi’s youth national bt Hoang Nam Nguyen (Vie) counter-attack and found tina in its final Pool ‘B’ champions Akshay Nain 21-15, 21-5; Karan Rajan Raja- Rani in the striking circle match on Sunday. (400m) and Avdesh Nagar rajan bt Zvonimir Durkinjak but the striker missed the The results: India 1 (Preeti (1500m) crashed out after (Cro) 13-21, 21-10, 21-13; Lu- post by inches. Dubey 38) bt Chile 0. the heats at the IAAF World cas Corvee (Fra) bt Harsheel India finally made a Ireland 2 bt Poland 0. under-18 athletics champi- Dani 21-11, 21-7. onships here on Wednes- day. Akshay had clocked 48.56s in the Youth Nation- als in Hyderabad in April but he could manage just a 50.24 in his heats in Nairobi while his teammate Manish also fell after clocking 50.78. Avdesh, who broke the meet record in Hyderabad clocking 3:57.26s, was nearly 13s slower while finishing 10th in the boys’ metric mile. D. Jyothika Sri of AP also bowed out after finishing fifth in the girls’ 400m heats in 57.15s.

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IN BRIEF Mao’s notes Juno peers into Jupiter’s Great Red Spot sold for Scientists hope the NASA exercise will help unlock the mystery of what forces drive the mammoth cyclone ₹5.84 crore

Reuters mission at JPL. Mr. Levin said continuously monitored Press Trust of India LOS ANGELES the storm is believed to be from Earth since about 1830. London A NASA spacecraft in orbit powered by energy oozing Once wide enough to A collection of exception- Diana up against Soviets around Jupiter began trans- from Jupiter’s interior com- swallow three Earth-sized ally rare handwritten notes in Wonder Woman 2 mitting data and images on bined with rotation of the planets, the famed Jovian by Chinese communist re- LOS ANGELES Tuesday from humanity’s planet, but the precise inner weather system has been volutionary Mao Zedong Wonder Woman 2 will be a closest brush with the Great workings are unknown. shrinking for the past 100 was auctioned in the U.K. period film, with Diana Red Spot, a flyby of the co- years and may eventually for £704,750 (₹5.84 crore), battling the Soviet Union lossal, crimson storm that Different depths disappear altogether. about 10 times its estim- during the 1980s. DC has fascinated Earth-bound Some of the most valuable Still, the spot remains the ated price. Entertainment President observers for hundreds of data from Monday’s flyby is most prominent character- The autographed manu- Geoff Johns is developing the years. expected to come from an in- istic of the solar system’s scripts, written a year be- script of the sequel with The Juno probe logged its strument designed to peer largest planet, a gargantuan fore Mao’s death in 1976, director Patty Jenkins, close encounter with into the red spot at six differ- ball of gas — mostly hydrogen reveal his deep interest in reported The Wrap. Wonder Jupiter’s most distinctive fea- ent depths, Mr. Levin said. and helium — 11 times the classical Chinese literature, Woman has earned $16.9 ture on Monday evening Pa- The churning cyclone diameter of Earth with more Sotheby’s auction house million worldwide till now. PTI cific time as it passed about ranks as the largest known than twice as much mass as said in a statement. 9,000 km above the clouds storm in the solar system, all the other planets As Mao’s health deterior- of the mammoth cyclone. Close encounter: An artist’s conception of the Juno spacecraft ying past Jupiter. * NASA/AP measuring about 16,000 km combined. ated, his sight was failing But it will take days for in diameter with winds Monday’s encounter with and he struggled to read. readings captured by Juno’s analysed. Scientists hope the why it appears to be gradu- Jupiter as a whole. “This is a clocked at hundreds of kilo- the Great Red Spot was the Therefore, Di Lu, a literary array of cameras and other exercise will help unlock ally dissipating. storm bigger than the entire metres an hour around its latest of 12 flyby missions expert and a scholar was instruments to be delivered such mysteries as what Astronomers also believe Earth. It’s been there for outer edges. It appears as a currently scheduled by the appointed to read to him. to scientists at the Jet Propul- forces are driving the storm, a greater understanding of hundreds of years. We want deep, red orb surrounded by NASA for Juno, which is to Because Mao was having sion Laboratory (JPL) in Pas- how long it has existed, how the Great Red Spot may yield to know what makes it tick,” layers of pale yellow, orange make its next close approach trouble articulating words, adena, California, and much deeply it penetrates the plan- clues to the structure, mech- said Steve Levin, the lead and white. to Jupiter’s cloud tops on Lu asked him to write his Postage stamp marks longer still for the data to be et’s lower atmosphere and anics and formation of project scientist for the Juno The red spot has been September 1. thoughts down as notes. Thoreau’s 200th birthday CONCORD CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The U.S. Postal Service marked the occasion of Henry David Thoreau’s 200th birth Family united ‘Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen’ anniversary on Wednesday with a new postage stamp honouring the writer, singer gives U.N. a new song philosopher and naturalist. Fans will gather at Walden Pond, where Thoreau lived Pikotaro to promote sustainable development goals and worked, to read aloud from his classics. AP Associated Press Tokyo Japanese comedian Pikotaro has adapted his catchy song, ‘Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen’, to promote the United Na- tions’ sustainable development goals. The original went viral last year after pop star Justin Protesters disrupt Bieber tweeted that it was Woody Allen concert his favourite video. BERLIN Kazuhito Kosaka is known Topless activists interrupted a by his stage name Pikotaro. concert by Woody Allen in Germany, calling for an end to Trademark outfit the “culture of silence” In his trademark leopard-liz- around sexual abuse ard design outfit, Pikotaro allegations against him. was a bit reserved at an ap- Allen’s adopted daughter pearance on Wednesday Goofy steps: Japanese comedian Pikotaro, right, and Foreign Dylan Farrow has said that alongside the more conser- Minister Fumio Kishida strike a fun pose. * AP she was abused by the U.S. vatively dressed Foreign director when she was seven Hello, daddy: Fiona, a baby Nile hippopotamus, born on January 24, 2017, swims with her father Henry, right, as her mother Bibi, Minister Fumio Kishida. <> Pikotaro-san’s project in which every cit- years old. AFP left, watches in a pool at Cincinnati zoo in the U.S. It is their rst time together as a trio. * AP/CINCINNATI ZOO The PPAP star beamed at popularity would be izen needs to help. the invitation to accompany extremely eective “Pikotaro-san’s popularity the diplomat to New York would be extremely effective to boost public and pledged to do his ut- to boost public recognition,” Scientists discover most for the awareness cam- recognition Mr. Kishida said. Japan’s ‘Black Widow’ paign. The U.N. version, Fumio Kishida Pikotaro said it would be “SDGs”, debuts on Monday. Japanese Foreign Minister a challenge to achieve all the smallest star known In the original PPAP song, goals. Pikotaro mimics stabbing a York? Me? Are you sure?” he But he was happy to ac- Located about 600 light years away admits to killing partner pen into an apple and a asked half-jokingly. cept the Foreign Ministry’s pineapple while singing The U.N. action plan sets appointment to the promo- Press Trust of India best possible candidate for But Kakehi later tells the court, “I don’t remember” simple English lyrics and goals in fighting poverty, cli- tional role and to help by do- London detecting Earth-sized plan- dancing to a catchy beat. mate change and other ing what he does best. Scientists have discovered ets which can have liquid Agence France-Presse work quoted her as saying At first, Pikotaro seemed global challenges. “Something easy that en- Tokyo the smallest star in the uni- water on their surfaces, on Monday that the crime unconvinced. “Do you mean Mr. Kishida says he needs courages people to watch verse — slightly larger than such as TRAPPIST-1, an ul- A one-time millionairess, was just “an issue of the U.N., one that is in New to boost awareness for the and follow.” Saturn in size — which may tracool dwarf surrounded dubbed the “Black Widow” money”. possibly have Earth-sized by seven temperate Earth- over the untimely deaths of But on Wednesday, Ms. planets with liquid water in sized worlds, researchers lovers and a husband, ad- Kakehi appeared to step Mahatma its orbit. said. mitted poisoning her last back from those statements. Four ways to shrink Researchers from Univer- “Our discovery reveals partner at her trial this week “I don’t remember (what I sity of Cambridge in the U.K. how small stars can be. Had in a multiple murder case said)”, she testified, accord- memorabilia identified the star located this star formed with only a that has gripped Japan. ing to the Mainichi daily. your carbon footprint about 600 light years away. slightly lower mass, the fu- Chisako Kakehi, 70, has Ms. Kakehi’s lawyers have to be brought It is called EBLM sion reaction of hydrogen in become notorious over ac- Chisako Kakehi * AFP argued she is not guilty of J0555-57Ab. its core could not be sus- cusations she did away with murdering Isao Kakehi on A car-free lifestyle is a crucial step back to India The star is likely as small tained, and the star would a number of elderly men she million) in payouts over 10 the grounds of diminished Indo-Asian News Service as stars can possibly be- instead have transformed was involved with, drawing years. Her trial began in late responsibility. Kyoto District Agence France-Presse New Delhi come, as it has just enough into a brown dwarf,” said Al- comparisons with the spider June, but this week she Court said last year that Miami mass to enable the fusion of exander Boetticher, Mas- that kills its mate after stunned the court by telling medical examinations found Researchers in Sweden have A rare 1931 pencil portrait hydrogen nuclei into he- ter’s student at University of copulation. judges it was true she had that Ms. Kakehi had early- identified the top four of Mahatma Gandhi and a lium, researchers said. Cambridge. Ms. Kakehi is on trial for murdered her fourth hus- stage dementia but was fit to things people can do to re- collection of his handwrit- The star was identified by the murders of three men band in 2013. stand trial. duce their carbon footprint, ten letters that went under Gravitational pull WASP, a planet-finding ex- and the attempted murder If convicted for murder but warned on Tuesday the hammer at the So- With a size just a sliver lar- periment run by several uni- of another, all to allow her to A matter of money she could face the death these steps are rarely pro- theby’s auction here on ger than that of Saturn, the versities. collect on insurance “I was waiting for the right penalty. Ms. Kakehi moted in the public sphere. A plant-based diet is an Tuesday have been bought gravitational pull at its stel- This star is smaller, and policies. timing as I wanted to kill him shrugged off the prospect on The report in the journal eco-friendly choice. by noted Indian business- lar surface is about 300 likely colder than many of Prosecutors suspect she out of deep hatred,” the Monday, saying “I’d be Environmental Research Let- man Cyrus Poonawalla, times stronger than what the gas giant exoplanets that used cyanide to rid herself Asahi newspaper quoted her happy to die if you give me a ters described a “missed op- chooses to have one less popularly known as the humans feel on Earth. have so far been identified, of her lovers, amassing a reas saying on Monday. drug now,” according to the portunity” to let people child would provide the vaccine billionaire. The discovery is also the researchers said. ported one billion yen ($8.8 The Fuji television net- Asahi newspaper. know the most effective same level of emissions re- Mr. Poonawalla founded steps they can take reduce ductions as 684 teenagers the Serum Institute of India carbon dioxide emissions, a who choose to adopt com- in 1966, today one of the primary driver of global prehensive recycling for the world’s largest vaccine warming. rest of their lives,” it said. makers by volume, produ- Vintage wines made in underwater cellars These four steps were cing 1.3 billion doses annu- Green food identified from an analysis ally. Mr. Poonawalla “We found there are four ac- of 39 peer-reviewed papers, bought the picture for Bandol winemakers have teamed up with a diving school for a year-long experiment tions that could result in carbon calculators, and gov- £32,500 (nearly Rs 27 substantial decreases in an ernment reports that calcu- lakh), saying he wanted to Agence France-Presse ageing process slows or stops It wouldn’t be much use to individual’s carbon foot- late how individual lifestyle bring the historic and rare Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer altogether, making underwa- submerge wines with a less print: eating a plant-based choices may reduce green- work back to India. Divers scavenging in ship- ter storage excellent for con- promising future.” diet, avoiding air travel, liv- house gas emissions. “I am absolutely de- wrecks slumbering at the servation and explaining The results of similar ex- ing car-free, and having lighted to have acquired bottom of the North Sea why shipwreck wine perimentation elsewhere in smaller families,” said lead Focus needs change this beautiful signed image since the Second World War emerges so well. France — in western Brittany author Seth Wynes of Lund When researchers looked to and to have the opportun- were disappointed not to and in the southwest — re- University in Sweden. see which anti-carbon ac- ity to bring a work of such find dazzling troves of gold Smooth texture main largely confidential. tions were promoted in Ca- historical value back to In- and jewels. Master sommelier Gisele But Philippe Faure-Brac, Fewer cars, less smoke nadian textbooks and gov- dia. “Mahatma Gandhi is As consolation, not only Marguin took part in a blind who was named the world’s “For example, living car-free ernment communications in one of the most respected did they get some decades- tasting, comparing the un- best sommelier in 1992, re- saves about 2.4 tons of CO2 the United States, Australia, and revered figures in the old wine, but the wine came derwater Bandols with the called: “Twenty years ago equivalent per year, while Europe and Canada, they world and considered to be with a bonus: it was better same wines stored in a tradi- we had the privilege of tast- eating a plant-based diet found a general focus on the father of our nation, than equivalent vintages tional cave. ing bottles of white — Sanc- saves 0.8 tons of CO2 equi- “incremental changes with and so to have such a rare selling for top dollar in lux- The underwater Bandol erre and Pouilly — off the valent a year.” much smaller potential to and intimate depiction of ury caves. had “a nice texture in the coast of Noirmoutier (west- reduce emissions.” him at work, and signed by Among the latest to test mouth, a good structure, ern France) that were placed Avoiding airplanes For instance, commonly the great man himself, is the benefits of a deep soak Deep soak: A diver picks a bottle from an underwater cellar in and notes of very ripe dark in oyster beds” for a few Avoiding airplane travel promoted government an incredible honour and are Bandol winemakers in the Mediterranean sea o Saint-Mandrier, France. * AFP fruit... even chocolatey,” she months. saves about 1.6 tons of CO2 strategies included changing an absolute pleasure,” Mr. southern France who said. They were “exceptional equivalent per trip. light bulbs and comprehens- Poonawalla said in a state- teamed up with a dive school kept in a cellar for compar- the regional wine However its “secondary bottles in their complexity ive recycling. Researchers ment. for a year-long experiment. ison purposes. association. aromas are not sufficiently and conservation”. Smaller families said these steps are respect- The pencil portrait was Choosing a tranquil sec- Submersion in deep wa- The underwater condi- present” — suggesting that The approach can be used By far the biggest action was ively eight and four times drawn by artist John Henry tion of a marine park off the ters “preserves the acidity tions — total darkness and the wine would benefit from with reds, whites and roses, having one less child saves less effective than a plant- Amshewitz. Riviera, they submerged 120 because there’s not much constant temperature — are more time with Davy Jones. but Mr. Tari said red wines an average of 58.6 tons of based diet. None of the Ca- It features Gandhi fo- bottles of Bandol wine to a light, there’s absolutely no thought to initially accelerate “It’s a wine of the future,” are especially enhanced by CO2-equivalent emission re- nadian textbooks men- cused on writing some- depth of 40 metres, leaving air, it’s relatively cool and the the ageing process, adding she said. long submersion. ductions per year, the re- tioned limiting family size as thing and is inscribed with them there for a year. temperature is constant,” complexity to the wine. “I think that this only can So far underwater wines port said. a way of reducing one’s car- the words “Truth is God/ Another 120 bottles were said Guillaume Tari, head of Over longer periods, the be done with great vintages. have not gone to market. “A U.S. family who bon footprint. 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