RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008  the death toll in ceasefire vio- lations by Pakistan in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri ith security forces going since July to eight — six sol- Wall out to target the diers and two civilians. Pakistan-backed terrorists in Meanwhile, with tensions Jammu & Kashmir, Islamabad rising along the LoC amid has resorted to uninterrupted repeated ceasefire violations, ceasefire violations through the Indian Army has launched the years to keep the Kashmir a fresh drive to reactivate Village pot boiling. The Pakistani Defence Committees (VDCs) in Army has committed more the forward areas of frontier than 2,050 unprovoked cease- Rajouri and Poonch districts. aryana Chief Minister fire violations this year in The objective is to improve HManohar Lal on Sunday which 21 Indians have been human intelligence and revive said the National Register of killed, the Ministry of External most of the defunct committees Citizens (NRC) would be Affairs said on Sunday. to effectively deal with the implemented in the State. “We have highlighted our fresh threat emanating from “In Haryana, we will imple- concerns at unprovoked cease- across the LoC. ment NRC along the lines of He met them under his would also be used in the fire violations by Pakistan “Village Defence Assam,” the Chief Minister party’s “Maha Sampark NRC, he added. forces, including in support of Committee training organised said while talking to the medi- Abhiyan” ahead of the State Manohar Lal had previ- cross-border terrorist infiltra- at Naoshera to refresh their apersons after meeting Justice Assembly polls in October. ously too supported NRC tion, and targeting of Indian weapon training and intelli- (retd.) HS Bhalla, former chair- The Chief Minister said, implementation across the civilians and border posts by understanding and maintain imum restraint and respond to On Saturday, Pakistani gence gathering skills. Session man of Haryana Human Rights “Justice Bhalla has taken up country. Notably, the final NRC them,” Ministry of External peace and tranquillity along the unprovoked violations and troops engaged in heavy firing included firing practice & med- Commission in Panchkula near many assignments after his in Assam was released on Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Line of Control and attempts at cross-border ter- and mortar shelling on forward ical examination of the mem- here. retirement. He is also working August 31, leaving out 19 lakh Kumar said. International Border, Kumar rorist infiltration, he said. His posts and villages along the bers,” tweeted official Twitter Manohar Lal, who is seek- on NRC and will visit Assam people. Following this, several “This year they have resort- said. remarks come amid heightened LoC in Poonch district of handle of Nagrota based White ing his second term as the soon. We will implement NRC political parties had voiced ed to more than 2,050 unpro- Indian forces exercise max- tensions between India and Jammu & Kashmir. On Knight Corps on Sunday. Chief Minister met several in Haryana and have sought their dissatisfaction with the voked ceasefire violations in imum restraint and respond to Pakistan following the abroga- September 1, an Army per- Similar drills are expected imminent personalities includ- Bhalla’s support and sugges- final document. Meanwhile, which 21 Indians died,” he said. unprovoked violations and tion of provisions of Article 370 sonnel was killed when to be organised in several other ing Justice (retd.) HS Bhalla, ex- tion.” the Chief Minister also said the India has repeatedly called attempts at cross-border ter- in Jammu & Kashmir and the Pakistani army targeted for- forward areas of Poonch and Navy chief Admiral Sunil The State Government is Haryana Government will look upon Pakistan to ask its forces rorist infiltration, he said. bifurcation of the State into ward posts and villages in Rajouri districts in the coming Lanba and Lt Gen (retired) working on a fast pace on into the feasibility of setting up to adhere to 2003 ceasefire Indian forces exercise max- Union Territories. Shahpur-Kerni sector, raising days. Baljit Singh Jaiswal on Sunday. family identity card and its data a Law Commission. burdening the common people. “A bike is worth 15,000, but a challan is issued for 15,000,” he woman, who had been an said. Ainmate of the infamous In the 2014 Assembly polls, Muzaffarpur shelter home, was s many as 82 former MPs the BJP won 47 and went allegedly raped by four men in Aare yet to vacate their offi- on to form its Government. The a moving vehicle (car) in cial bungalows in Lutyen’s talks for a grand Opposition Congress could only win 15 Bettiah town of West Delhi despite a stern warning alliance with JMM, RJD, JVM seats in the 90-member Champaran district, police said by a Lok Sabha panel. The and Left parties in Jharkhand. Assembly. The Indian National on Sunday. authorities are planning to take Other members of the panel Lok Dal (INLD) had 19 legisla- The Muzaffarpur shelter action against these ex-MPs fter resolving the -shar- appointed by Sonia Gandhi for tors. Since then, the INLD has home had hit the headlines in covered their faces with masks under the Public Premises Aing arrangements with Haryana include Haryana split into two factions. 2018 after a social audit report but she could remove the (Eviction of Unauthorised Sharad Pawar-led NCP in Congress chief Kumari Selja, Targeting the Khattar highlighted that over 30 girls masks and identify them. Occupants) Act for speedy action may be taken against Maharashtra, the Congress is Congress legislative party leader Government, Hooda said, “This were allegedly raped at the While all the four persons eviction. them under the Public Premises now making efforts to stitch a and former Chief Minister Government showed hurry to Government-aided shelter belonged to the same family, According to officials of (Eviction of Unauthorised strong alliance in the poll-bound Bhupinder Singh Hooda and implement the amended Act home, run by an NGO. two of them were brothers, she Ministry of Housing and Urban Occupants) Act. States of Haryana and AICC general secretary State in- because it is an anti-people Bettiah town police station said. Over 30 girls were alleged- Affairs, most of the ex-MPs “Once the eviction order is Jharkhand. charge Ghulam Nabi Azad. Government...When we come SHO Shashi Bhushan Thakur ly raped at the shelter home run have vacated their official bun- passed, power, water and cook- At the backdrop of prevail- Congress leaders Deepa to power, we will reduce the said the woman was admitted by Brajesh Thakur, the chief of galows. But, 82 former MPs are, ing gas connections will be ing economic slowdown, unem- Dasmunsi and Devender Yadav fines.” Appealing to the people to a Government medical col- a state-funded NGO. The however, yet to vacate their snapped,” the source added.On ployment and job losses, the have also been made members to strengthen the hands of the lege on Saturday evening and alleged sexual exploitation of bungalows as per a recent list. August 19, the Lok Sabha Sonia Gandhi-led Congress is of the panel. Hooda is also the Congress, Hooda said only his a medical examination was the girls was first highlighted in Sources in the Lok Sabha Housing Committee headed by planning to announce similar chairperson of election man- party can get rid of “this anti- conducted by a team of doctors an audit report submitted by Housing Committee said this is C R Patil had ordered around sops which helped them to agement committee. people Government”. Hooda on Sunday, he said. TISS to the state’s social welfare not acceptable and that strict 200 ex-MPs, who did not vacate bounce back in State Assembly Launching the elections said if the Congress comes to It will be confirmed department. action will be taken against their bungalows, to give up the elections in Madhya Pradesh, campaign on Sunday Hooda power, it will increase the old whether she was raped only An FIR was lodged against such former MPs. “It was the facility within a week and dis- Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh last said the days of the “anti-peo- age pension, give pay scales to after getting the medical exam- 11 people, including Thakur, panel’s decision to ask ex-MPs to connect their power, water and December when Rahul Gandhi ple” BJP Government in its employees at par with those ination report, he said. on May 31, 2018. The state gov- vacate their official residences. cooking gas connections with- was head of the party. Haryana are numbered and enjoyed by Punjab Government The woman, in her police ernment had on July 26, 2018 Now, if some of them have not in three days. According to AICC sources said the party people have made up their employees and develop complaint lodged with the handed over the case to the done so, it is not acceptable. rules, former MPs have to vacate will also target the BJP mind to throw them out of Faridabad at par with Gurgaon.  Bettah town police station on CBI. On February 7, 2019, the Strict action will be taken against their respective bungalows with- Government both at Centre power in the upcoming In Jharkhand where the Saturday, alleged that four men Supreme Court ordered them,” the sources in the com- in one month of dissolution of and States over excesses com- Assembly polls. He said the party just settled the internal forcibly took her inside their authorities to transfer the case mittee said. the previous Lok Sabha. mitted in the implementation of “false promises” made by the squabbling with appointment of vehicle (car) while she was from Bihar to a Protection of Notices are being sent to President Ram Nath the amended in the amended BJP have been exposed before a new State chief Rameshwar passing through the area where Children from Sexual Offences these former Members of Kovind had on May 25 dis- Motor Vehicles Act. the people. Oraon, Congress is certain it she lives on Friday evening, and (POCSO) court in Saket Parliament, asking them to solved the 16th Lok Sabha Sonia has formed a six- Giving an example where a would not be able to take on the raped her in a moving vehicle, District Court complex in vacate their bungalows which with immediate effect on the member screening committee hefty challan was imposed on a BJP’s might in the Assembly t least 12 people drowned police said. Delhi, which would conclude had been allotted to them in recommendation of the Union for Haryana Assembly elections motorcyclist in Gurgaon for polls without an alliance tough Aand 17 others were rescued The men then dumped the the trial within six months by 2014, another source said. Cabinet after the Modi nominating senior party leader violations, Hooda said under the alliance with JVMP and after a boat carrying them to a woman in her locality after rap- holding preferably day-to-day “If they (ex-MPs) do not Government was formed for a Madhusudan Mistry as its the amended act hefty challans JMM was not rewarding in the tourist spot capsized in the ing her. All the four men had hearing. give up official bungalows, second term. chairman. The party has begun were being issued, which were Lok Sabha elections. swollen River Godavari in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, police said. The boat was carrying around 60 people, including nine-member crew, and a search was on for others. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over the incident. Chief Minister YS Jagan pen wells in Gujarat’s Gir forest Mohan Reddy expressed shock Ocontinue to pose threat to the over the grave tragedy and Asiatic lions with four of them, announced an ex-gratia relief of including a lioness, falling in one of 10 lakh each to the kin of the them on Sunday. Fortunately, rescue deceased. arrived in time for them. They are The boat, belonging to a recuperating from the injuries. private operator, was on its way The unused well was about 100- to the picturesque Papikondalu feet deep and was situated on a farm tourist spot in the middle of the in Manavav, and the four big cats, in river when it met with the acci- the 2-3 year age group, fell into it on dent, apparently on colliding Saturday evening, Sarasiya Range According to officials, there are have died between June 2017 and May with a large rock formation, at Forest Officer MR Odedra said. over 50,000 such wells that pose dan- 2018 while the number of deaths Kachchuluru in East Godavari “The farm owner alerted us. A ger to wild animals. stood at 140, including 60 cubs, for the District, about 200 km from forest department team managed to As many as 222 lions died, most June 2018 — May 2019 period. here, they said. rescue the lions and lioness after of them due to natural causes, in the Wildlife activists feel that open Twelve bodies have been working through the night. The well Gir forest region in Gujarat in the last wells are like death traps and such retrieved so far while 17 peo- was dry and the four had to be two years, the Gujarat Government incidents (falling of lions in wells) ple were rescued by the locals, dragged out with the help of residents had told the legislative Assembly reflect the fact that overcrowding in police said adding two teams of and equipment we had carried for the recently. and around Gir was harming Asiatic National Disaster Response purpose,” the forest officer said. Among them, only 23 lions died lions in more ways than one and that Force and State Disaster Last month, a lion had died after because of “unnatural” causes such as something had to be done to resolve Response Force, with a total of falling into a well at Kantala village in getting hit by trains or falling into this. 140 personnel, have been sent Tulsishyam Khambha range of the Gir wells between June 2017 and May Gir forest is the only abode of to the accident spot for rescue East wildlife division in Gujarat’s 2019. Asiatic lions. As per the last census of operations. Junagadh district. In a written reply a query by 2015, it is home to 523 lions. However, A special helicopter has The incident comes within a Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar, the State Government had recently been pressed into service from month after the State Government that it has taken care of the open well sidy up to 16,000 for construction of far 37,201 open wells have been cov- Forest Minister Ganpat Vasava had said that the number of lions has gone Rajamahendravaram for the had informed the State High Court problem by providing financial sub- parapet wall around the wells and so ered. stated that 82 lions, including 30 cubs, up to 600. rescue operation.

 igher Education Minister HJitu Patwari will attend the Cambridge Assessment Summit of Education - Anticipating the Future of iscreants targeted a Assessment Conference at Mhouse at RK Tower Cambridge University (UK) building and escaped with on 16 and 17 September. In the 19, he will call on the Deputy teachers and students of all valuables worth 1.5 lakh on conference, Patwari will Mayor of London Shri Rajesh government and private uni- Saturday; Koh-e-Fiza police exchange ideas with academi- Agarwal. During his UK stay versities and government col- have started investigation. cians from different countries. he will also hold discussion on leges in Madhya Pradesh. Police said that the victim On September 16, he will the possibilities of investment The Higher Education Mujeeb Ali had gone to discuss topics such as in the field of higher education Minister will be accompanied Abbas Nagar to meet his Cambridge University’s work- in Madhya Pradesh. It may be by Commissioner Higher friend and when he returned ing with the governments and in assessment can be used to noted that Head of Education Shri Raghavendra lock was found broken and universities, digital learning improve teaching in classroom'. Communication Skills Singh, Chairman of Madhya valuables were found burgled. and teaching, teacher develop- In the second session Cambridge University Steve Pradesh Private Universities On entering the house he ment programme and the “Curriculum-2040 what topics Macana has invited Patwari in Regulatory Commission MS found that belongings were Cambridge English Offer for can be taught and why” and in conference. Parihar, RGPV Vice Chancellor lying on floor and valuables Admission Testing at the the third session, he will hold It is noteworthy that a tri- Sunil Kumar, NCTI Member were missing. Triangle Building Cambridge a discussion with academi- partite MoU has been signed Secretaries Shri Sanjay Awasthi A complaint was lodged Assessment. Patwari will attend cians on the 'Use of technolo- between private universities of and Rashmi Sharma, by the victim with the Koh- various sessions the next day on gy to improve feedback in Madhya Pradesh, Department Marketing Manager of Tim e-Fiza police and in his com- September 17. teaching and learning process'. of Higher Education and Bank (South Asia) Apoorva plaint, he stated that he had In the first session, he will Patwari will visit Sheffield Cambridge University to Arya and Global Manager of gone to Abbas Nagar to meet take part in the discussion on Sports Complex in London on impart training in English lan- Teacher Development Shri Tim his friend in the afternoon 'How professional proficiency September 18. On September guage communication skills to Bangs at the conference. and when he returned after around 2 hours house was targeted and valuables were burgled. The victim claimed that gold and silver jewelry, household goods and 23000 cash were burgled. confessed to the police that The victim has claimed they went to the forest area in that the total loss in the bur- ll the four accused involved plan to loot and when they saw glary is around 1.5 lakh. in the murder of farmer of the farmer going alone on bike Based on the complaint after A Khudail village is traced by they stopped him snatched his the preliminary investigation Indore rural police. ASP Indore valuables bike and killed him in the police have registered a rural Dharamraj Meena told the forest so the victim do not reduce as forecast claims that been issued for Rajgarh, case under section 454 and The Pioneer that body of a recognize them. Khudail police day and night temperature Khargone, Badwani, Jhabua, 380 of the IPC and have farmer Anokhilal Patidar 54 recovered two bikes, knife, cut- ystems are active but have would be recorded around 26 Indore, Ratlam, Ujjain, started further was found in the forest of Indore headquarter Suraj sarpanch and fled away. During ter wooden stick and money Sweaken as movement and 22 degree Celsius on Dewas, Shajapur and investigation. Nayapura who was brutally Verma and ASP Mhow the investigation police arrest- from the accused. towards Uttar Pradesh and Monday. Sheopur. Police said that the murdered as the accused slit Dharamraj Meena. In the ed four youths Deepak son of Khudail TI Rupesh Dubey, adjoining regions which Met department told that The south Madhya CCTV footage of the nearby the throat of the farmer and investigation it was found that phoolsingh dabur 19, Mahesh SI P L Sharma, SI Rajesh Dabur would witness rainfall activ- the factors influencing weath- Pradesh and north Madhya installed cameras would be also absconded with the motor four youths reached village son of apasingh 25, Jitendra son and 11 constables were the part ities, said Weatherman on er in Madhya Pradesh are low Pradesh regions are less like- searched in the further inves- cycle of the victim. Tillor at the farm house of the of mangilal 21 and Santosh son of the team who disclosed this Sunday. pressure area over south east ly to receive rainfall activities tigation. Indore ADG Varun ex Sarpanch Mahesh Dangi of khumsingh dabur 21. blind murder.SSP Indore Rainfall faded away on Rajasthan and adjoining in the next week. The neighbours were not Kapur,Indore SSP and Tejsingh and enquired All the accused are from Ruchivardhan Mishra Sunday from State Capital North West Madhya Pradesh. On Sunday spell of heavy aware of the burglary. Ruchivardhan Mishra formed from them about the local Bhil community and resident announced a award to this which provided relief for Monsoon trough rainfall was not witnessed During the investigation a team under SP west Indore liquor shop around and in the of police station Uday Nagar police team who revealed the weekend goers. Dark and Jaisalmer, straight from except few areas. the domestic help and secu- Krishna Veni Desawatu, SP meanwhile stole the bike of district Dewas. The accused blind murder dense cloud cover remained Daltonganj Purlia, east from In the past 24 hours rity guard would be quizzed throughout the day but it Mizoram to Bangladesh. Manasa recorded highest in the further investigation. failed to On Sunday warning of rainfall at 24 cm while The police suspects that pour. heavy rainfall which was Mandsaur recorded 22 cm. burglary was committed in a The drizzle during the issued for around 32 districts Among other regions short period of time day on Saturday in the State was reduced to 17 districts. which recorded good rainfall which suggests that the Capital dipped the tempera- The warning for very are Nalkheda with 15 cm, miscreants were aware of ture making the weather con- heavy rainfall has been issued Survasa with 12 cm, the whereabouts of the vic- ditions cold. for 4 districts Alirajpur, Agar, Bhanpura with 11 cm, Garoth tim. The difference of day and Mandsaur and Nemuch while with 10 cm, Neemuch with 9 The victim works with night temperature would warning of heavy rainfall has cm and Rajgarh with 6 cm. cooperative department.

hard earned money to those organization where volunteers hairman of Sewa Sadan serve the needy person self- Ceye hospital Sant Siddh lessly. Dayaramani said that the Bhau reviewed pre arrange- philanthropist and the Urology ments of forth coming 95th surgeons assume Sant Urology camp in a meeting Hirdaram Nagar as a “Pilgrim held at Sewa Sadan eye hospi- of Service”. He further said tal here on Saturday. This camp since last 40 years over 25 will be organised from October lakh needy persons have been 13 to 23 2019. benefited from various welfare On the occasion Secretary activities run by the service Jeev Sewa Sansthan Mahesh Urologists from USA and India said that the surgeon from organizations of Sant Hirdaram Dayaramani, Managing Trustee have also been received. America are very experienced Sahib ji. of SSEH LC Janiyani, Trustees Permissions of foreign sur- and with full of sprit of service, Managing Trustee of SSEH AC Sadhwni, Tulsidas Adwani, geons to perform surgeries in therefore people should get lC Janiyani hoped that the staunch followers of Sant ji India have also been received benefits of their specialized selfless services of volunteers Tejumal Dhanwani, K.L. from Medical Council of India, services in large. Sant Sidhh will bring positive changes in Tewani, Murli Mulani and Delhi. Arrangements of Blood, Bhauji stressed the need of their life. Paramhansa Santji Mama Bhambharam were also Medicines, Surgical items, Cleanliness in the wards and and almighty God will bless mainly present. The proposed operating equipments have also hospital campus. He told the them. He also suggested the camp will be organised with the been made. Periodic mainte- volunteers that they should volunteers to keep the hospital financial assistance received nance of Central Oxygen sys- make all necessary arrange- campus clean. Staunch disciple from Jeev Sewa Sansthan and tem, Generators and Lifts have ments of required comforts of of Santji KL Tewani also spoke Jai Shiva Shakti Health and been done. On the occasion patients, so as they should not in the meeting. In the begin- Education Foundation Sant Siddh Bhau said that the face any difficulty. Mahesh ning Assistant Hospital Bangaluru. person attaining age of 50 Dayaramni said that Banguluru Administrator Bharti Janiyani It was told in the meeting years or more and they awake based Jai Shiva Shakti Health presented the detail of Pre that all required permissions at least twice for passing urine and Education Foundation will arrangements. Programme was have so far been received to in the night should get them- give financial contribution for conducted by Dr Poonam organize the camp. Consents to selves examined and operated the purpose. He said that the Parwani and vote of thanks was render free services of for prostate if needed. Bhau philanthropist donate their proposed by AC Sadhwani.

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These ipated enthusiastically in large teams raised social issues includ- numbers. ing women empowerment, free- Bhopal: To observe Hindi ence. The audience who came "Chained up with me, yes Yes, It is noteworthy that the dom struggle and issues after that, Divas, Karmyogi Creative to participate in this poem Duryodhana Bandh Me ”gave students from esteemed colleges human trafficking, farmers and Theatte Troupe organised a recitation also shared their the audience a sense of humor. from across the State participat- even other issues. poetry recital event. The event poems the most. Artists recit- During the program, senior ed in the fest. It was an inter col- Through the street plays the was held at KITE Studio. ing poetry include Amit Yadav, journalist Mr. Girija Shankar Ji lege fest where the students par- students tried to give out a social Poetry was recited by 15 Shivam Yadav, Akash and National School of Drama ticipated enthusiastically. Here on message and spread awareness artists from 5 states at Kite Chaudhary, Ram Prakash, graduate Mr. Pankaj Dube were Sunday the three day fest con- especially among the young gen- Acting Studio, in which poems Ashutosh Ram Tripathi, Jai specially present to increase the cluded with the colours and eration. Later, the Treasure Hunt of famous Hindi poets were Chauhan, Dhananjay Raj, morale of the artists. fizzy shades of young talent. was like an icing on the cake at recited. Ayush Tiwari, Mukesh Gaur, The 15-year-old artist from Four competitions marked the the event. The students were In this event poems of Prakash Tiwari, Anurag, across the country performed conclusion of Tooryanaad given various clues that they had famous poets Kedarnath Singh, Shivam, Kashmir Singh, under the Kite Yogi Free 2019. to break and search for the Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena, Rudraksha Dharma, Ankita Residential Acting Program The competitions included answer. Vinod Kumar Shukla, Barche, Jagdish Prasad Dubey, organized by Karmayogi Khichdi Hindi poetry recita- It was sheer pleasure to Ramavatar Tyagi, Bhavani Minakshi Barche, Nitish Dubey Creative Group, and all the tion, Treasure Hunt watch young students perform- Prasad Mishra, Ramdhari were the main ones. artists will receive one-year (Chakravyuh), Creative Writing ing so confidently and with Singh Dinkar, Amrita Pritam, The lines of Kedarnath training with Karmayogi Competition and Street Plays. unimaginable innovations that Jaishankar Prasad, Pash, Singh's poem Banaras "Spring Creative Group under the ‘Tooryanaad 2019’ and expressed Samiti Maulana Azad National The day began with Khichdi added zest in the conclusion of Mahadevi Verma, Nagarjuna, comes suddenly in this city, this guidance of director Nitish their love and respect for nation- Institute of Technology in the morning. There were Tooryanaad. The students Subhadrakumari Chauhan, city has been standing on one Dubey. The visiting artists are he technical college students al language Hindi that conclud- (MANIT), Bhopal to promote many students, who participat- enjoyed every bit of the pro- Ramashankar Rebel, Gopal leg for years, completely obliv- from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tof the State enthusiastically ed here on Sunday. Hindi among technical students. ed in the competition. These gramme and took pleasure of the Das Neeraj were recited. ious to its other leg" and the Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, showcased their immense talent Tooryanaad is organized Hindi Rajbhasha Samiti MANIT, young creative minds recited grand closure of Hindi The poems of the artists lines of Ramdhari Singh Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, in grand Hindi literary festival every year by Hindi Rajbhasha Bhopal had organized various their creations before the - literary fest. were shared with the audi- Dinkar's poem Rashmirathi Maharashtra. SR food materials that they con- various organic farmers and sume regularly. kitchen gardeners in and around o connect organic products The objective is to create a Bhopal. Besides, workshops and Tdirectly with people, 'Anant space for urban consumers to panel discussions on various Mandi' was organised on Sunday start “living” a healthy life and aspects of the importance of at Gandhi Bhavan. “adopt” sustainable living prac- organic food and variety of The objective of this pro- tices. agriculture, by experienced gram is to establish a culture Farmers of Bhopal, Dewas, organic farmers and entrepre- where people will be able to buy Itarsi, Hoshangabad, Vidisha neurs. and international companies, organic products from farmers Sihor and other districts will be The Bhopalites also enjoyed banks from every sector come and local producers and also participating in this market organic lunch meal with differ- mock interview and and provide jobs to new CAs. know about them. which will offer different types ent and delicious dishes. It was Agroup discussion was The event was organized ANANT, in collaboration of food items or eco-friendly followed by Harvest music and held for CA students at ICAI. by Secretary CA Ankur Jain with Go Rurban brings a Farm items. This programme pro- dance circles where in a lot of CA Mayank Agarwal, in which the enlightened CA Fest Ananat Mandi on Sunday. motes sustainable biography in visitors participated and took the Chairman, Bhopal branch of Sandeep Mukherjee, CA It aimed to promote the practice a unique way, and by irrigating pleasure of Anant Mandi Farm ICAI, said that Bhopal branch Saurabh Shrivastava, CA of organic farming and kitchen its energy, the society is moti- Fest. organized mock interview Amit Singhi, CA Navneet gardening in urban settings and vated towards development. In It is to be noted that from and group discussion for Garg, CA Parul Srivastava, to enhance the relationship of view of the increasing enthusi- now Anant Mandi will be organ- chartered accountants in CA Samank Mohbe, CA organic farmer producers and asm of the people, now this ised on the last Sunday of every which the new Bhopal qual- Anshul Agarwal and Mitali consumers. mandi will be held twice a month at Gandhi Bhavan. ified CA participated. Chatterjee was present in the It is a platform being creat- month. Polytechnic Square, Bhopal. This was held for the first interview panel. ed for the common urban crowd The day long event will From this time, Anant time in Bhopal with techni- Besides, The students to find healthy and sustainable comprised of different events. Mandi will be held twice a cal and H.R rounds and dif- preparing for CA exam will alternatives for food, as against There was a Mandi of organic month (second and last Sunday) ferent the rounds were held. have special mock tests. The the unhealthy and inorganic food products, being put up by at Gandhi Bhavan from 3 - 8 pm. The purpose of this pro- Institute of chartered gramme was to get CA to Accountants of India will practice for the upcoming organize CA Foundation, campus interviews in which Intermediate and Final participants received good Exams on November 2019. exposure. In the MAC inter- Keeping in view the view, participants were asked upcoming exams Board of questions on technical points Studies decided to arrange related to the syllabus. Mock Tests Series –I for the In the round, analysis preparation of exams to be related to personal aspects held on November 2019. The was done. After this, the par- Mock Tests are conduct by ticipants were made aware of the Bhopal Branch of CIRC the nuances and shortcom- OF ICAI. Mock Tests Series 40-year-old man commit- ings of their interviews so –I would be conducted on Ated suicide by hanging that they could make their ICAI Bhawan. with the ceiling at his BSNL highest contribution to the The mock Test will office at Idgah Hills under interview by fulfilling their Increase the morale of the Koh-e-Fiza police station area shortcomings in the upcom- students and its help to on Saturday. ing interviews. reduce the mistakes and rep- Police said that the ICAI organises campus etition of mistakes will be deceased Arjun Gohil was placements after its exami- nullified in the final exami- found hanging at his office and nations, in which national nation. was rushed to a nearby hospi- son behind the suicide. investigation. tal where he was declared It was found that the Few years ago his father brought dead. deceased left the house for who was working with BSNL In the initial investigation, office at around 11 am and office committed suicide by police found that the deceased when he failed to return till late jumping from the terrace of the committed suicide at his office in the evening family members BSNL office at TT Nagar and on Saturday which was a non- started to call him over mobile the deceased got job on com- working day. The deceased phone but received no response pensation basis. was Accountant with BSNL and later informed his co- Other employees of the and was posted in Idgah Hills workers and seniors and one of office who work with the office. the senior employee reached deceased when reached the During the investigation the office and found that Arjun office found that the door was police have not found any sui- was hanging with the ceiling. locked from inside and lights cide note or any reason behind The police have registered were on and when they broke the suicide. The family mem- a case under section 174 of the the door to enter the room bers failed to provide any rea- CrPC and have started further deceased was found hanging.

later when he was spotted chained with a study table shoka Garden police have which he was carrying at bus Anabbed two persons stop at Prabhat petrol pump egistration for procure- charged of cruelty to child and commuters informed child Rment of Kharif crops on assaulting two minors who help line and later police were support price is being started in used to study at study center informed. The two were taken the State from September 16. run by Zakaria Education to Ashoka Garden police sta- The registration process Society at Mayur Vihar on tion and later he was freed from will continue till 8 pm of Sunday. the chain. October 16. The two accused are The two when counseled The Minister for Food- Salman is the faculty for reli- by child help line revealed that Civil Supplies and Consumer gious studies and Mohammad they were beaten when they Protection, Pradyuman Singh of 1,815, paddy, A-grade at has said that landowners are Saad who runs the society and failed to study well. It was Tomar has urged the farmers 1,835, jowar at 2,550 and not required to submit docu- looks after Madarsa. found that the students weak in that they must get themselves millet at 2,000 per quintal. ments for registration. SHO Ashoka Garden studies were beaten. Accused registered within the time- After registration the complete The Sikmi and farmers police Umesh Yadav said that have been arrested, he added. limit. information of the farmer will possessing forest pattas will the two minors 10 years and 7 It was not for the first time He said that registrations be displayed on the mobile have to give a copy of the Sikmi years of Satnami Nagar in that boy tried to escape he had can be done at MP Kisan App, screen. contract and copy of the patta. Piplani and belong to families escaped from the Madarsa ear- e-procurement mobile app and Information of registra- Farmers have been pro- with poor financial condition. lier also. At the Madarsa to e-procurement centres. tion will be provided to the vided with bank account num- The minor used to escape avoid his escape he was chained Minister Tomar said that farmer via SMS and the print ber and OTP based modifica- Madarsa and return home by the faculty and other staff in registration is being done for out can be taken from the pro- tion facility in the mobile num- which he did in the past as he the past. paddy, jowar and millet in curement portal. bers. was not willing to study. In the The police have registered Kharif crops. Tomar informed that new Shri Tomar informed that same manner on Sunday he a case under section 75 and 82 This time, paddy common farmers will also be able to reg- the farmers can avail C.M. escaped with a iron study table of the JJ Act and section 342 will be procured by the state ister through mobile app. helpline 181 to resolve their with which he was chained and and 323 of the IPC. government at a support price Pradyuman Singh Tomar grievances and complaints.

Governor Tandon said it is amount of grant is available responsibility of the universities get the NAAC’s grading. of educational institutions will the responsibility of the Vice- with the UGC. The need is to to provide quality human The Chairman of NAAC also increase. Solution to meet Bhopal: Eithkhedi police have gation the police have regis- overnor Lalji Tandon said Chancellors to strive for the prepare a standard proposal resources. He said that with BS Chauhan said that an action the challenge of declining con- booked two persons for sexu- tered a case under section 376 Gthat the principle of devel- NAAC grading of universities. and submit it before the global competitiveness, we plan should be worked out by fidence of the society in edu- al assault and molestation of a and 354 of the IPC and start- opment is change only. The Vice-Chancellors will have Commission. Tandon said must also remember that we setting a time period for acad- cation system and environ- 27-year-old woman; victim was ed further investigation. Those who do not walk to do strong and innovative resources could also be mobi- should not go away from our emic quality. There cannot be ment is the priority of the pre- sexually exploited by one During the investigation it with time will be out of the work with accountability to lized through research work. roots. It was on the basis of any change in higher education sent day. He said that if the accused while his friend was found that the victim was mainstream. improve academic quality, con- He further mentioned that in progress in education that overnight. Efforts are needed Vice-Chancellors face chal- molested her. living at the house provided by He said that only those duct new experiments and this era of information revolu- ancient India was called Jagat for its solution by keeping in lenges with information tech- ASP Zone 4 Dinesh the main accused for the past educational institutions that research according to the time, tion, the channeling of high Guru. mind the challenges of educa- nology and innovations, then Kaushal said that the main one and a half year. After the meet the changing education- for filling up vacancies, to level knowledge has also Nearly half the world tion. the future of the university will accused GS Verma (50) facili- victim came into contact with al standards in the world will implement academic calen- become a medium of income. acknowledges India's contri- He said, if the new educa- certainly be brighter. He said tated house for the victim in the accused he lured her of be able to survive in future. dars, to give students the Scholarly lecture ideas and bution to education for thou- tion policy is implemented that producing better results which he used to sexually marriage and victim later The Governor said that employment oriented knowl- research can be expanded in sands of years. Make efforts to effectively, the pattern of high- within limited resources is true assault and exploit her in the moved to the house provided the need of the day is to set edge and to gather basic ameni- the world. Skill development make the younger generation er education system will change service to the nation. name of marrying her. by the accused but after around high standards of academic ties. The Governor said that the and conducting entrepreneur- aware of such Indian scientists. in just few years. Availability of The first technical session Verma has been booked for a year victim started to ask for quality. Strengthen the atmos- arduous Vice-Chancellors will ship based courses are also This will generate national resources will increase. The in the workshop was addressed sexual assault. One of Verma’s marriage which the accused phere of discipline. Use auton- get full protection and coop- important resources. A pri- pride and develop an educa- number of Vice-Chancellors by the Chairman of the NAAC friend Narendra Meena who would escape with excuses and omy for academic innovations, eration. In the absence of self- vate university in the state has tional system according to the will be doubled. The need is to Prof VS Chauhan and Vice- used to visit the house molest- later when she pressurized research and to mobilize motivation and results, the made efforts in this direction country. The Governor said be loyal and determined Chancellor of the Hari Singh ed the victim which she accused he refused to marry. resources. Tandon was address- accountability of the Vice- by setting up Atal Incubation that the NAAC by following the towards the efforts, he added. Gaur University Sagar Prof RP claimed in the complaint. Failing to persuade accused ing the workshop “Madhya Chancellors will also be fixed. Centre. Its associate institution formula of generosity, improve- The Principal Secretary Tiwari. In the second session, Meena was booked for to marry her victim then Pradesh ke Uccha Shikshan Tandon said that forget of the private sector is also pro- ment and eligibility in the Higher Education Hariranjan seven groups of Vice- molestation. The two are yet to lodged complaint with the Sansthano ki NAAC Grading what has passed and try for a viding venture fund of Rs 1,000 state, will guide the universities Rao said that special attention Chancellors were formed. be arrested. Verma runs a busi- police. ka Sutrpatra” held in a series of brighter future with new crore. for grading. He told the Vice- is being paid to the higher edu- Seven subjects were discussed ness while details of Meena are The victim also raised efforts to upgrade higher edu- vigour. He said that the budget Governor Tandon said Chancellors that the academic cation in the state. Autonomy in the group. Finally, all the under investigation, he added. complaint against accused’s cation at Raj Bhavan on of the government is limited. India is poised to become a environment and wide scale in the field of education is groups submitted the workshop Based on the complaint friend Narendra stating that he Sunday. Under many schemes, the super power. Therefore, it is the contemplation are necessary to increasing. The accountability report to the Governor. after the preliminary investi- used to molest her. SR

the campaign, launched by the MLA Girish Soni also quitoes. The campaign Chief Minister on September 1, shared pictures of him inspect- will conclude in mid ith Chief Minister and and save the city from dengue ing his home and his MLA November. WAam Aadmi Party (AAP) outbreak. office, apart from his visit to The number of dengue National Convenor Arvind Patparganj MLA and Madipur Assembly. cases recorded till September 7 graph," a senior DMRC official Kejriwal hitting the streets on Deputy Chief Minister Manish Wazirpur MLA Rajesh stood at 122, with 30 of these said. The passengers were told Sunday to spread Sisodia visited many residential Gupta, along with Neemdi reported in the current month ervices were briefly delayed to vacate the train for precau- awareness about vector-borne areas of his constituency and Colony ward councillor Neetu and 52 in August. Son a section of the Delhi tionary check, he said. "The pas- diseases among residents of the interacted with people Azad, visited different parts of Last year, 2,798 dengue Metro's Red Line on Sunday sengers were asked to board the he Delhi national Capital, the about the measures and pre- the constituency. cases and four deaths due to the after an overhead power line was train again after the necessary TGovernment AAP MLAs met people cautions that they need to take Kalyanpuri ward councillor disease were recorded by the hit by Chinese manjha at the check and there was a brief delay has formed a five- in their respective Assembly to prevent dengue and other and president of the AAP's SC- South Delhi Municipal Seelampur station, officials said. in services due to the incident," member committee constituencies and urged peo- diseases. ST Wing Kuldeep Kumar also Corporation (SDMC), which The incident took place in the the official said. to work on the ple to participate in the '10 MLA Parmila Tokas post- shared pictures of him check- tabulates data on vector-borne evening, following which the The Red Line connects 'Deshbhakti cur- Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute' cam- ed on Twitter pictures of her ing mosquito breeding at his diseases in the city. train was halted for a precau- Rithala in Delhi to Shahid Sthal riculum' to be intro- paign. visiting the Raipur Colony, home. Both the Delhi tionary check. (New Bus Adda) in Ghaziabad. duced in its schools More than 200 events were Mohammadpur village, RK Under the '10 Hafte 10 Government and the local bod- "At 4.35 pm, there was "Such flashing is not unusual to "redefine" the held across the city on Sunday Puram Sector 3, 12, in her R K Baje 10 Minute' ies have been making efforts to minor flashing observed in a when some external object existing narrative by MLAs, councillors and party Puram Assembly. Tokas said campaign, people have been raise awareness among the pantograph of a train approach- comes in between and train con- on nationalism, leaders, the AAP said in a she met residents and encour- requested to devote 10 minutes people on precautions to ensure ing platform of Seelampur sta- tinued its normal services after Deputy Chief statement. aged them to check mosquito at 10 am every Sunday for that there is no breeding of tion (Red Line) due to some a precautionary check without Minister Manish The MLAs impressed upon breeding in their surround- draining stagnant water that mosquito larvae in and around external object ('manjha' kite any evacuation," the DMRC Sisodia said here. the residents to participate in ings. could lead to breeding of mos- their houses. thread) hitting the OHE/panto- said in a statement later. The narrative is "current- ly limited to chanting 'Bharat mata ki jai'", Sisodia said and stressed that children must learn that nationalism means doing your bit for the country in everyday life. C Bhartia and Secretary Sisodia, who is also the General Praveen Khandelwal Education Minister of Delhi, he Confederation of All said that we are making all rejected suggestions that the TIndia Traders (CAIT) has efforts to make this campaign Aam Aadmi Party Government written a letter to Union a great success since single use was trying to ape the BJP agen- Minister for Environment plastic is a great danger for da ahead of the Assembly polls, committee of five members Prakash Javdekar, requesting environment and represent the saying "nationalism is neither including officials from SCERT, s part of Prime Minister him to clear confusion that pre- epitome of today's throwaway the BJP's nor the AAP's". education researchers ANarendra Modi's birthday vailed among traders' regarding culture. However, there is great Chief Minister Arvind and teachers has been formed celebrations, a bike rally to category of items that fall under confusion prevailing in the Kejriwal had announced last to work on the curriculum spread his social messages was single use plastic. markets about the category of month that his government will draft. flagged off here for his birth- The traders' body said that items that falls under single use introduce 'Deshbhakti cur- The chief minister is like- place Vadnagar in Gujarat, by is also not clear whether plas- plastic," they said, adding that riculum' in government schools ly to meet the team in the com- BJP MP Vijay Goel on Sunday. tic above 50 micron is allowed 98 per cent of single use plas- next year to create a class of ing week, he added. "When we The rally led by ace biker or not and if yes then what are tic is used by MNCs, corporate "patriotic citizens" announced the nationalism Raj Luxmi will cover a distance the alternatives available that manufacturers and big retailers "Many people have been curriculum introduction, I was of 1,200 Km crossing through could be promoted to replace either in their production line calling me saying that nation- told this is the BJP's agenda not four states to reach Vadnagar single use plastics. So far there or packaging of finished goods. alism is the BJP's agenda why yours. I was like -- can some- on September 20. is no guideline from the The traders are forced to is the AAP doing this," Sisodia body own patriotism? Goel felicitated Raj Luxmi Government on this issue and sell goods in whatever packing said. "The more I discussed and her fellow bikers at the flag therefore the trade, commerce they receive from the "Our definition of nation- about the idea I was told these off ceremony held at his resi- and Industry is in a dilemma. Manufacturer or source of ori- single use plastic immediately single use plastic, their business alism is very different. are citizenship etiquettes and dence in Ashoka Road. The The CAIT has urged that gin. Unless and until, these so that after 2nd October no activities will come to an end Patriotism is not just about not patriotic traits. This is former minister said Raj Luxmi suitable guidelines should be Companies are not compelled goods should be available in the which may also result in unem- chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' where the problem is. is an inspiration for the youth issued immediately to bring an to stop use of single use plas- market with such packing. ployment of all such people but doing your bit for the "We knew that and she was discharging an end to single use plastic in the tic either in production line or The trade leaders in the those working in these com- country. A child needs to learn the moment the word 'nation- important duty by spreading Country. "We have already in packing of finished goods, letter drew attention of panies. In this context, the that when somebody jumps a alism' comes, it will be seen in the prime minister's social extended its full support to call there will always be a occasion Javdekar towards tens of thou- Government should carve out red light or pays a bribe, he or a negative context but why messages related to Swachh of Prime Minister Narendra for usage of single use plastic at sands of industries across coun- some viable alternatives so that she is cheating the country and should we refrain from doing Bharat and shunning single-use Modi and launched a nation- the end of consumer. try engaged in plastic trade giv- these industries keep running that is what the curriculum will so," he said, adding the move plastic. mark the prime minister's wide campaign from 1st Therefore, immediate direc- ing employment to crores of their business activities and be all about," he told PTI in an has nothing to do with upcom- The BJP is celebrating 'seva birthday, which is on September this year. tions should be given to such people in the Country. employment is not disturbed," interview. ing Assembly elections in saptah' (week of service) to September 17. CAIT National President B manufacturers to stop using "In the event of stoppage of they added. Sisodia said a Delhi. weeks. All you have to do is pour out clean water wherever s part of Delhi you find it in your house or your AGovernment’s ‘10 Hafte 10 surroundings. It is as simple as Baje 10 Minute’ campaign, Chief that." Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Kejriwal also inspected his Sunday visited residential areas home and posted pictures of of the city, requesting people to him inspecting his own home check mosquito breeding in for the third Sunday in a row, as their surroundings. he replaced water from flower Highlighting the reason of pots. He tweeted "Today is launching this campaign, Sunday. I have just checked my Kejriwal said over 15,000 peo- home for dengue mosquito ple were diagnosed with dengue breeding spots. Have you in 2015 and 60 people lost checked yet? I will visit some of their lives. "Almost 2,700 cases you today to check whether you were reported in Delhi in 2018. have inspected your home yet. We were warned by doctors that Maybe I will visit your home, this year, there is a possibility of too." a sudden spike in cases because The chief minister on the dengue outbreak follows a Sunday visited areas in Gole cycle of 3-4 years. The Market, Kohat Enclave and Government started this mega Burari. He was accompanied by drive against dengue to prevent MLAs Jitender Singh Tomar vector borne diseases," he and Sanjeev Jha in Kohat added. Enclave and Burari areas respec- can save Delhi from dengue," he dengue mosquito and the pre- stood at 122, with 30 of these Explaining the rationale tively. "I am very happy that this do it, Delhi will be saved from campaign, the chief minister said. Following the directions of cautions residents must take to reported in the current month behind the stress on a weekly The Chief Minister also vis- campaign has been successful so the disease, he said in Tri Nagar. directed his colleagues in the the Chief Minister, the entire prevent dengue in Ballimaran. and 52 in August. Last year, inspection, Kejriwal said "The ited West Delhi's Tri Nagar far and dengue has been con- Deputy Chief Minister Cabinet to work towards Cabinet of the Delhi govern- Cabinet Ministers Kailash 2,798 dengue cases and four dengue mosquito's egg turns area, where he addressed resi- trolled for the time being. There Manish Sisodia also inspected encouraging mass participa- ment visited different parts of Gahlot, Rajendra Pal Gautam deaths were recorded by the into a full grown mosquito in 8- dent, claiming that data showed were many cases of dengue 3-4 his house and visited his con- tion in the campaign. the city to make people aware of and Gopal Rai also visited parts South Delhi Municipal 10 days. So if we allow clean the campaign was "successful" years ago. As per cycle of the stituency to ask people to follow "The nature of dengue is checking breeding in their of the city as part of the cam- Corporation (SDMC), which stagnant water to remain still for so far and cases of dengue were disease it was expected to recur the suit. Health Minister such that only individual fam- homes. paign. tabulates the data on vector- more than 7-8 days, it will def- on the decline. Under the cam- on big scale this year but data Satyendar Jain visited Paschim ilies can protect themselves Health Minister Satyendar The Delhi government is borne diseases in the city. Both initely increase the chances for paign launched on September 1, show dengue has significantly Vihar area of his constituency from harm. Therefore, there is Jain also visited at Pashchim planning to partner with over the Delhi government and the the mosquito to breed," he people are expected to devote 10 declined in Delhi," Kejriwal Shakurbasti to spread aware- no alternative to a mass move- Vihar and briefed residents 3,000 RWAs across the nation- local bodies have been making added. minutes at 10 AM every Sunday said. ness. The campaign gained ment against dengue. I have about the impact of stagnant al capital as part of the campaign efforts to raise awareness among "The good thing is that the for draining stagnant water that The dengue mosquito has a tremendous support from asked other Ministers of the fresh water. Minister Imran for more intensive inspections the people on precautions to solution to this is very simple. could lead to breeding of mos- range of 200 metres so if peo- celebrities like Kapil Dev, Javed government to visit residential Hussain, along with a group of in residential areas of the city. ensure that there is no breeding It will take just 10 minutes quitoes. The campaign will con- ple check their houses and Akhtar, Taapsee Pannu, among areas and encourage Delhiites to local residents distributed pam- The number of dengue of mosquito larvae in and every Sunday morning for 10 clude in mid November. encourage their neighbours to others. In the third week of the check their homes. Together, we phlets with information about cases recorded till September 7 around their houses.

Department (IMD) conveyed that while there has been very s many as one crore people heavy rainfall in the two states Aare affected and 1400 peo- over the past few days, the ple have died in rain-related intensity is likely to decline tragedies across the country from Monday. Party (NPP) too on Sunday and damages to property runs Senior officials of the accused the Centre of ignoring into thousands of crores in 14 Ministries of Home and the enior Congress leader and the "genuine concerns and States. Taking note of grim sit- Defence, as well as those from Sformer Jammu & Kashmir apprehensions" of the people of uation in the recent floods in the IMD, NDRF and Central Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Jammu and Kashmir following Rajasthan and Madhya Water Commission attended Azad has moved the Supreme the scrapping of Article 370 last Pradesh, the National Crisis the meeting. Court seeking permission to month. NPP chairman and Management Committee The Chief Secretaries and visit his home State to enquire former minister Harsh Dev (NCMC), headed by Cabinet other senior officers from the about the well being of his fam- Singh said it has already high- Secretary Rajiv Gauba, on state governments participated ily members. His plea is sched- lighted the concerns of the peo- Sunday reviewed the prevailing in the meeting through video uled to be taken up by a bench ple for protection of their lands flood situation and directed conference. of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and jobs through a memoran- that immediate assistance be According to the agricul- and Justices SA Bobde and S dum to Prime Minister provided to meet the crisis. ture ministry, it is estimated Abdul Nazeer on Monday. Narendra Modi and would According to the Home that 40 million hectares of Azad has sought a nod Yechury had moved the apex continue to agitate till the issue Ministry data, as many as one land (roughly 12 per cent of from the top court to visit his court to see his ailing party col- is addressed. crore people are affected in India's geographical area) is family members and relatives. league Mohammed Yousuf Meanwhile normal life floods. prone to floods. While floods He had tried to visit the State Tarigami, which allowed him remained affected in Kashmir As per the situation report occur in India every year, data after the abrogation of Jammu to pay a visit but with certain Valley for the 42nd consecu- pertaining to floods in India, for the last 65 years show that & Kashmir’s special status but conditions. tive day on Sunday as most of prepared by the Ministry of the scale of their impact, in was sent back from the airport The Supreme court had shops remained shut and pub- Home Affairs, as many as 136 terms of area affected and by authorities. on September 5, allowed for- lic transport was off the roads, people died and 170 villages are damage caused, has been errat- In his petition before the mer Jammu and Kashmir even as the weekly flea market affected in Gujarat while 150 ic. Between 1953 and 2017, for top court, he has also sought chief minister Mehbooba opened here, officials said. died, 6000 houses damaged Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Ministry, the Cabinet Response Force and the Army farmers, the overall damage to permission to check on social Mufti's daughter Iltija to meet The weekly flea market and 640 villages are affected in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Secretary took stock of the sit- have also been deployed in res- crops was Rs 1,11,225.621 crore conditions in the state after the her in Kashmir, where she is opened here on Sunday as sev- Madhya Pradesh. East Bihar, Odisha and among oth- uation, preparedness, rescue cue work. (nearly 30 per cent of the total clampdown imposed by the under detention following the eral vendors put up their stalls Rajasthan recorded 49 percent ers states. The data shows over and relief operations and It was informed by both damages) and 60,49,349 cattle authorities in the aftermath of revocation of the state's spe- on the TRC Chowk-Polo View above rainfall this while over one crore people affected directed that immediate assis- the states that due to extreme- dead. revocation of provisions of cial status. The top court had axis. west Rajasthan recorded 16 in 18000 villages in flood affect- tance, as sought by the states, ly heavy rainfall and the con- India suffered damages Article 370. allowed Iltija to meet her Most of the shops and percent more rainfall till date. ed states. As far as five lakh be provided to meet the crisis. sequent discharge of water worth Rs 37,82,47,04,70,000 Several opposition lead- mother in private but said that other business establishments MP recorded 54 percent more hectare crops have been affect- The NCMC has been from the Gandhi Sagar Dam in (Rs 3,78,247.047 crore) due to ers, including Congress leader as far as moving around in remained closed, while public rainfall this year. ed in floods. Several states informed that action to evac- Madhya Pradesh and other floods and heavy rains. Besides Rahul Gandhi, had sought to other parts of Srinagar goes, transport was off the roads According to flood situa- including Delhi, Himachal uate and rescue people and reservoirs in the two states, this, 1,07,535 people were visit Jammu and Kashmir, but she can do so subject to the across the valley, they added. tion report, this year, floods Pradesh and Uttrakhand have livestock has been taken by the there has been flooding in the killed, a total of 8,07,17,993 were not allowed to do so and permission from district Internet services remained have wreaked havoc in Assam, not submitted crops damage states and no loss of life has downstream as well as houses destroyed and an area were sent back from the airport authorities. suspended across all Kerala, Uttarakhand, data to the home ministry. been reported. Adequate upstream areas. of 466.335 million hectare itself. CPI(M) leader Sitaram The National Panthers platforms. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, According to the Home teams of the National Disaster The India Meteorological affected.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to activists Enakshi Ganguly and Professor Shanta hear on Monday pleas challenging abrogation Sinha have also filed a plea against the alleged of provisions of Article 370 — which gave spe- illegal detention of children in Jammu & cial status to Jammu & Kashmir, validity of Kashmir since the revocation of special status. imposition of President's rule and the related A plea of Rajya Sabha MP and MDMK restrictions imposed in the State. founder Vaiko is also listed for hearing, in which A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and he has sought a direction to the Centre and Jammu Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer will be & Kashmir to produce former Chief Minister also hearing a bunch fresh petitions, including Farooq Abdullah, allegedly under detention fol- the one filed by former Jammu & Kashmir Chief lowing abrogation of Article 370, before the court. Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad seeking permission In his plea, Vaiko has said that authorities to visit his family members and relatives.Azad, should allow Abdullah to attend a "peaceful and who had tried to visit the state twice after the democratic" annual conference, being organised abrogation of Article 370 provisions in Jammu in Chennai on September 15, on the occasion & Kashmir but was sent back from the airport of birthday of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister by the authorities, has sought a nod from the C N Annadurai. top court to visit his family members. The plea of CPI(M) Sitaram Yechury who Jammu & Kashmir People's Conference party had moved the apex court seeking to see his ail- led by Sajjad Lone has also challenged the abro- ing party colleague Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami gation of provisions of Article 370 and the valid- is also among the batch of petitions listed for ity of the state Re-organization Bill.Child right hearing. PTI

ences of the panel will soon be In 2015, the NCRPB had fixed. decided to include he National Capital Region In the recent past, h Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar edge base and trained man- ing, quantum cryptography, TPlanning Board (NCRPB) Shamli, Muzzafarnagar, and Pradesh, and Jind and Karnal power in the area. quantum communication, is expected to set up a com- Hapur districts of Uttar districts of Haryana. o ensure that the country is The third mission seeks to quantum metrology and sens- mittee of town planners and Pradesh and Faridabad, Jind According to NCRPB's Tready to meet scientific promote developments in the ing, andquantum enhanced other experts to carry out a and Karnal districts of website, National Capital Region and technological challenges of area of cyber physical systems, imaging will be based on the study for sustainable develop- Harayana have been included (NCR) is a unique example of the future, the Department of which includes artificial properties of quantum ment of “far-reaching” areas of in the NCR. inter-state regional planning Science and Technology (DST) intelligence, robotics, sensors, mechanics. national Capital region. The "In surrounding areas of and development, covering the will soon launch five technol- big data analytics, geographical The fifth mission aims to committee is also likely to Delhi like Noida, Gurugram, entire National Capital Territory ogy missions - Mission on information systems and produce digital maps across the study the reasons behind vari- Ghaziabad, there has been of Delhi, thirteen districts of electric mobility, Mission advanced materials. country to a scale of 1:500 with ation in population density of rapid development. The com- State of Haryana, seven districts methanol, Mission on pro- The electric mobility The aim is to give a fillip to the help of satellites and drones. the various regions of Delhi mittee will look into aspects of of State of Uttar Pradesh and moting research and develop- Mission seeks to promote long- the manufacturing sector The entire country would be and NCR. sustainable development in far- two districts of State of ment in quantum technology, term research and develop- through development of new mapped within the next two NCRPB officials said a reaching areas of NCR and Rajasthan, with the Nation cyber physical systems Mission tem, which was cutting edge, ment in all aspects of tech- products and services, creation years. recent board meeting of optimization of resources," offi- Capital as its core. and last but not the least the collaborative, inclusive, relevant nologies in the wake of climate of skilled human resources at Meanwhile, the DST under NCRPB reviewed the issue of cial also said. The NCR in India was Mission on digital mapping. and aligned to national prior- change concerns while Mission different levels, from technician the Union Science and constituting the expert com- The plan is to ensure equal constituted under the NCRPB DST Secretary Ashutosh ities. methanol envisages establish- to researchers and entrepre- Technology is also preparing a mittee . development in all areas which Act, 1985 with the key rationale Sharma told the reporters In this regard, the new ment of centres of excellence neurs. draft geospatial data policy Asked who will head the are part of the National Capital to promote balanced and har- here recently that the govern- missions would cover aspects for production and utilisation A mission on promoting which puts down in writing panel, the official said the deci- Region so that people don't monized development of the ment was working continu- ranging from electric mobility of methanol and dimethyl ether research and development in who can own geospatial data, sion has not been taken yet, need to move to surrounding region, and to avoid any hap- ously shape a seamless science, to quantum science and using various solid fuels and quantum technology and relat- how they can use it, and how adding that terms of refer- areas of Delhi, official said. hazard development. technology and innovation sys- technology. natural gas and develop knowl- ed areas of quantum comput- it can be shared. rounding air cannot hold fur- not repeated in the future. ther water vapour, sweat evap- Figures provided by the orates slowly, if at all. As a result ust when concerns are being WHO refer only to countries the body heats up. it is difficult Jraised about increasing inci- with medium and low eco- for the sweat to evaporate and dents of violence against doc- nomic status (where 80 per cent in high humidity conditions we tors, sometimes leading to of the global population live), so tend to sweat more. grievous hurt or murder by the that the real number could be The amount of water patients and their relatives, the even greater, considering that ith the monsoon showing vapour present in a column of World Health Organisation even in developed countries, Wno signs of withdrawal, air determines the Absolute (WHO) has brought to the fore one out of every 10 patients is north Indian plains are unlike- Humidity of air but this prin- other side of the picture by stat- the victim of medical mistakes. ly to get any respite from high ciple is not usually preferred by ing that more than 138 million patients are harmed during industrialised countries and is Dr Tedros Adhanom levels of humidity this week. meteorologists. "The concept of patients are harmed every year primary and ambulatory health approx 10 per cent and 15-30 Ghebreyesus, WHO Director- According to the India Relative Humidity is used by doctors' errors. care. The most detrimental per cent in acute care. 77 per General said that "we need a Meteorological Department whereby the amount of water On Tuesday, the WHO will errors are related to diagnosis, cent of all reported cases of patient safety culture that pro- (IMD), the humidity is expect- vapour present in air is calcu- celebrate the first World Patient prescription and the use of counterfeit and substandard motes partnership with ed to be high in the next 15 lated with respect to the Safety Day, with which it seeks medicines. Medication errors drugs are from developing coun- patients, encourages reporting days as due to high amount of amount of water vapour the air to raise awareness of this ongo- alone cost an estimated US$ 42 tries," said the study. and learning from errors, and moisture due to the low pres- can hold. During rainy season ing tragedy. It said that global- billion annually. Unsafe surgi- In fact, according to the creates a blame-free environ- sure area, coupled with tem- or conditions of high humidi- ly, at least 5 patients die every cal care procedures cause com- WHO, only errors related to ment where health workers peratures, leads to rise in the ty, the relative humidity is on minute because of unsafe care plications in up to 25% of erroneous medicine prescrip- are empowered and trained to humidity. the higher side which means air such as error in diagnosis, patients resulting in 1 million tions cost healthcare systems reduce errors." K Sathi Devi, Head of the cannot hold moisture further," errors in medicine prescriptions deaths during or immediately around the world some $42 bil- Following demand from National Weather Forecasting the IMD said. and treatments, and the inap- after surgery annually. lion (37 billion euros). the medical fraternity, Union Centre said that currently, there So far, the country has pressure will be ebbing from and minus 8 per cent respec- propriate use of drugs. In India, according to a "These mistakes occur Health Ministry has proposed is a low pressure area of north- received four per cent more Monday but the effect in like- tively. Of the 36 meteorolog- Errors in diagnosis, errors study published in BMJ journal because healthcare systems are Healthcare Service Personnel west Madhya Pradesh which is rainfall than normal. The south ly to remain for the next five ical sub-divisions of the IMD, in medicine prescriptions and in 2018, safety of patients in ter- not suitably designed to deal and Clinical Establishments causing good rainfall. This peninsula has received 10 per days. "Thereafter, we can expect more than three-fourths have treatments, and the inappro- tiary care hospitals was found to with these errors and learn (Prohibition of Violence and also attracts moisture from the cent more precipitation, while the withdrawal process of the received normal or excess priate use of drugs are the three be a big problem. "At least 62.9 from them," Dr Kumar said, Damage to Property) Bill 2019 easterlies. Several parts of the the central India division has monsoon to commence," rainfall. Sixteen sub-divi- main reasons why so many per cent of unsafe injections are while admitting that many that makes assault of medical north Indian plains have been recorded 23 per cent more Mohapatra said. sions have received patients harmed, WHO administered every year in India. medical facilities hide what professionals a criminal offence recording high levels of humid- rainfall. Mritunjay Mohapatra, The east and north India normal rainfall, while 11 have patient-safety coordinator Dr. Estimated risk of Hospital Care they did wrong, which often with imprisonment up to 10 ity, which is not a usual phe- Director General of the India divisions and the northwest recorded excess precipitation. Neelam Dhingra-Kumar said. Associated Infections(HCAI) is keeps them from taking steps years and fine extending up to nomenon in September. In Meteorological Department, India division have recorded Nine have received deficient Four out of every ten up to 20 times higher than to make sure these mistakes are 5 lakh. humid conditions where sur- said the intensity of the low deficient rainfall at minus 18 rainfall.            *             6                    (        (       #                (                       "            /           .  5   8     (   P( Q             (          B #            P( Q             ( here is a deafening silence that sur-                    rounds the ongoing fate of the *            * 8       beleaguered Uighurs, incarcerated                   -  in Chinese detention centres. This indifference is especially ironical C                   fromT the affluent Gulf sheikhdoms, who P( Q     (       (  /     ( themselves cry hoarse on issues like Palestine, .#                  Rohingya, Bosnia or even Kashmir, albeit, unsuccessfully. Countries like Saudi Arabia,  )  *  / *           who have used religion to legitimise their own        >,       / )    ( regime, political standing and global efforts                      pertaining to the matters of Ummah, are con- spicuous by their feeble and pusillanimous   (  =            ( stand against the Chinese for their treatment               ( .# #   /  of the Uighur Muslims. Even the theoretical-                     ly-powerful multilateral forum (world’s sec- ond-largest organisation with 57 member                (   ( countries representing 1.8 billion people) like                5          the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation                $  (OIC), which positions itself as “the collec- tive voice of the Muslim world”, has been  !  ! #  -   0!!#-1           equally fearful of slamming Beijing.    $ (/<     5          ( On the contrary, the OIC had incredu-               S  7   ( lously passed a resolution at the Abu Dhabi declaration to “commend the efforts of the    P( Q            ( People’s Republic of China in providing care    (       /           to its Muslim citizens.” Whereas voluble and nothing else can, it is the singu- expresses any concern with state have described the same as                  *  ( belligerent nations like Pakistan, who are vir- lar societal unifier that legit- actions like the Jamal Khashoggi “wartime concentration camps” tually surviving (economically and diplomat- imises the unwarrantedly gener- episode, Balouch insurgency or that are part of a “systematic cam- .#    (           ically) on the Chinese doles and bail-out pack- ous budgets of the Pakistani other human right issues in the paign of social re-engineering         .           ages, are expectedly mum on the Uighur military. The poison of the region. It is a mutually-beneficial and cultural genocide.”              #      affairs and are only selectively pitching Pakistani clergy emerges as the silence maintained by both China Reports of torture, forced                   ( Kashmir. Matters like the fate of the besieged pivotal cry for Pakistani and these nations that selective- sterilisation and political re-edu- and oppressed co-religionists like the Uighurs civil politicians. “Kashmir” is ly bury some issues like the bla- cation are commonplace, yet           P   Q  *-+  ( are not allowed to vitiate the “all-weather the ultimate weapon of distrac- tant Uighur exploitation, while there is not a twitch of condem-      *-+          *-3  *-4     friendship” with China. On the contrary, it was tion that can sway mood, deflect allowing for some others. nation from major Islamic                   left to the 22-odd countries, including attention and cobble together the Even when the United nations. Already, the Chinese Australia, Canada, , the UK, , semblance of a unified nation. No Nation forums were taking up have brazenly forbidden people        D       5      and the US among others, to joint- such tears are even pretended on the Uighur issue against China from practising Islam in certain    #  $              ( ly write to the United Nations Human the hapless Uighurs even though (often by Western powers on areas and banned elements of     -                 Rights Council (UNHRC) stating: “We also the situation, treatment and account of their own realpolitik religiosity like keeping fasts, call on China to refrain from the arbitrary Constitutional status of the considerations against China), wearing hijab, growing a beard or       5 <            detention and restrictions on freedom of Kashmiris and Uighurs cannot the visiting Saudi Arabian Crown even retaining “Muslim” sound-                      movement of Uighurs, and other Muslim and even be compared. Kashmiris are Prince Mohammad Bin Salman ing names. The Chinese                       minority communities in Xinjiang.” entitled to all Constitutional endorsed the Chinese “counter- Government has openly The undeniable reality is that a lot of pub- rights, guarantees and opportu- terrorism” strategy against the announced its five-year to              lic posturing, cause-espousal and haranguing nities as is applicable to others. Uighurs in Xinjiang by stating, “Sinicize” Islam via a virtual that is routinely done by Islamic countries is Clearly, realpolitik and com- “We respect and support China’s denouncement of religion. The only on account of convenience, selfish con- merce overrides all other consid- rights to take counter-terrorism ingenuous attempt to “guide siderations and not on account of morality or erations in the Middle East. and de-extremism measures to Islam to be compatible with conscience. As Pakistan wraps itself up as the China is the high-temple of safeguard national security. We socialism and implement mea- self-appointed custodian of the Kashmiris, its transactional relationships and is stand ready to strengthen coop- sures to Sinicize the religion” is embarrassing silence on the Uighurs and the flexing its “scale” muscle to eration with China”. He added for a barely concealed socio-cultur- state-sponsored complicity against its own extract its own pound of flesh. good measure that the Saudis al genocide that has escaped any Balouch populace or other minority denom- Beyond beholden or vassal oppose “interference by external tangible condemnation from    )  *       ( inations like Hindus, Christians and even the nations like Pakistan (owing to forces in China’s internal affairs.” Islamic nations. The sheer          sectarian “others”, like the Shias and the the $60 billion China–Pakistan Shortly thereafter, a multi- hypocrisy of silence surrounding  Ahmediyas among others, makes a mockery Economic Corridor investment) billion Saudi-Chinese oil deal and Uighur suppression exposes a           of its self-righteousness. Pakistan’s patent two- or pathologically anti-US coun- agreement to partake in the gar- potent combination of greed, fear                 facedness has earned it the ire of its own tries like Iran for whom China gantuan “One Belt, One Road” and insincerity that guides some              Islamic neighbours like Iran and Afghanistan. has a natural traction, others like initiative was promptly con- of these nations, who often Even though Pakistanis play up the rote Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait firmed. Independent bodies have shroud themselves with fake             ( “brother-Islamic-nation” card with both Iran and Qatar are engaged in very consistently called the bluff on emotions about issues that do not               and Afghanistan, the former fumes at the sec- high-stakes trade and commerce Chinese camps that forcibly host earn them either petrodollars or  ((+,(                 tarian intolerance that is “allowed” within with Beijing. That is perennially up to one million Uighurs in the wrath of countries like China. Pakistan, whereas the Afghans bristle at the at the risk of earning China’s ire, what the Chinese regime calls (The writer, a military        S     #S     -  active support that Islamabad bestows on should these countries speak “boarding schools”, “vocational veteran, is a former Lt Governor .  / 0-./1              Afghan-facing terror organisations. Whereas out against the Uighurs. centres” and even “re-education of Andaman & Nicobar Islands        2,+  334      “Kashmir” unites the polity of Pakistan like Reciprocally, China never centres”. Independent researchers and Puducherry)    5                                                (     (  # -./                         S      *                   6 -   -     / 06--/1          6--/           (  (  7           / 5   0/51              /                                                     (       #           $     and unrest in the Valley.      ! 8    $ 9 6  -  $         International opinion has always been counted in our diplo-     $  :     8) !  !   9 ;  Sir — Looks like Union Road matic stances and initiatives and 6   !7    5  9 . $       (   Transport and Highways it tends to be in our favour. But  % %         <  * Minister Nitin Gadkari will not there always exists the probabili- relent easily. Undaunted by ty of a tilt towards an abrupt ;                    opposition from BJP-ruled States change. Besides, we must also fac-               (  to the hefty road penalties, he has tor in the reality that ensuing                     boldly asserted that he is not socio-economic imbalances post afraid of street protests, explain- the abrogation of Article 370             6   ( ing, “My responsibility is to save would be onerous to tackle. The           2,,     (  the lives of 1.20 lakh people who sooner we move on to the next      .            die on road in accidents.” phase, the quicker we can put the He further reasoned that it is Kashmir episode behind us.       "         ( everyone’s responsibility to save R Narayanan                   people’s lives besides underscor- Navi Mumbai       %            ( ing “the duty of the State as well.” We can blame successive     S                   ( Governments for failing to stem   7               ( the rot at the “rogue” transport                      office but what about the way we Sir — This refers to the editorial, have chosen to drive? “Grudge wars in Andhra”                   ( Frankly, in India, one can (September 14). The house arrest       "    =        ( procure a vehicle, learn to drive of N Chandrababu Naidu and his               *      and get licence from a tout. It    son was unwarranted. Leaders could be a truck, a light com- have the right to take out rallies to       . $   * >,2?       mercial vehicle or a motorbike. express their dissatisfaction with                    Which means that just about them so they will by default    not prolong beyond a point. the Government. Resorting to     7              anyone can start driving on the drive carefully, learn to swim Restoring normalcy, even in cal- such tactics amounts to curtail- road in real traffic. quickly than sink. Along with ibrated stages, must be visibly ment of Constitutional rights.                     The dangers are immense, fear, Indians need to learn how Sir — Irrespective of its merits seen to be prompt and earnest. Shambhavi #                P  (   Q     for what one is driving has the to make the process of driving and demerits, a step at unravel- We cannot increasingly be cir- Via email            (     ability to kill. The working pre- a pleasurable one. ling the Gordian knot in Kashmir cumspect as the structure and sumption is not a scientific one: KS Jayatheertha has been taken. A pause should strategy are in place, built all these        That everyone’s life is dear to Bengaluru certainly be in order but it can- years as we countered militancy

               (                #           7     P#    Q C                  B F         (           #                6          =   (                                 3,  4,   #               G                #                 #    "                he Union Government has set up a com-            "    mittee to reform Power Purchase #             D  TAgreements (PPAs) to ensure power avail-               ( ability at competitive prices and make distribu-  "             tion companies (discoms) viable. A PPA is a con- tract between a generation company (genco) and  discom which lays down the terms of electrici- -              ( ty purchase by the latter from the former, includ-         .     ( ing the tariff, which is subject to approval by the  5           #    State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC).               0!'1     The Cabinet is also considering a new tar-                  iff policy which will inter alia require discoms   #              to pay a surcharge to the genco for delayed pay-                  ment, which would be equal to the commercial G               5 (( rate of interest. The Government has already                made it mandatory for discoms to open Letters of Credit (LoC) for getting supply from gencos          /           from August 1, 2019. However, State-owned gen-          (      cos are not covered by this dispensation.       R  SI The discoms would be allowed to recover                J only up to 15 per cent of under-recovered power                 supply cost from other consumers implying they                   need to absorb the remaining 85 per cent. Also,         they won’t get any grant or loan if they don’t                  reduce losses. When seen in juxtaposition with the extant           #        % 8   #              ( tariff policy environment as also the architecture of PPAs, the intended reforms and proposed mea-     /          ( sures are laughable.           D     /    On tariff policy, under directions from the             .      State governments, discoms sell electricity to poor              #    households and farmers at heavily subsidised the PPAs, the discoms had agreed to pay Tata Power Ltd (TPL) and Adani Power April 2017), finally directed CERC “to    rates, even free in some States. To make up for to the gencos 4 to 6 per unit which is Ltd (APL) with regard to their Ultra amend the PPAs to enable pass-through #              the under-recovery, they charge exorbitant rates almost double the cost of supply, about Mega Power Projects (UMPP) in of fuel price escalation subject to a cap”  !'     #      $      from industries and businesses; yet they contin- 2.4 per unit. At such high tariff, dis- Gujarat, these companies had commit- (order dated October 29, 2018).       C             ue to incur losses forcing the Centre to come out coms are incurring huge losses. Of the ted to sell at 2.26 per unit and 2.35 We see a typical syndrome of with packages to bail them out. Three packages total loss of close to 7,000 crore in the per unit respectively for supplies to dis- “head I win and tail you lose.” While,                       # (       have already been given since 2000, with the lat- last five years, an overwhelming 5,500 coms in the State. Both projects are on one hand, there are PPAs which est being Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana crore was on account of excess pay- based on coal; TPL is entirely on allow gencos to charge more from day                P  (UDAY) launched in 2015 and the fourth is in ments to the generators of renewable imported coal, APL uses 70 per cent one, even where the agreements were G      Q /        the offing as alluded to by Power Minister RK energy. domestic and 30 per cent imported coal. crafted to charge low tariff, those were          (      Singh. This prompted the new Unlike all other PPAs wherein subsequently altered to provide for esca-   In this backdrop, if discoms’ recovery of Government led by YS Jaganmohan increase in the cost of fuel is pass- lation (TPL and APL). 6              ( under-recovered power supply cost from others Reddy to set up a high-level commit- through, for supplies from these For the discoms being squeezed at                  # (industries) is restricted only to 15 per cent, their tee in July, to review those agreements UMPPs, the consumers were fully both the ends by having to pay more to         5          losses will multiply. with a view to bring down the tariff. But shielded. In fact, TPL/APL had arrange- gencos and compelled to charge less           7     5   Instead of allowing proper pricing of supplies the decision has been stayed by the ments in place to ensure that they got from preferred users (farmers and to households and farmers and curb theft (the Andhra Pradesh High Court (APHC). coal supplies at a fixed price all through poor households), any talk of making )  =                                = only logical way to cut under-recovery), the The issue is heading for a protracted the project life. them financially viable or reduce tar- Government wants discoms to absorb losses. Do legal battle and it will be some time These included TPL acquiring 25- iff burden on industries — as contem-                 they have Alladin’s lamp? Penalising them by before the proceedings get concluded 30 per cent equity in three Indonesian plated in the new tariff policy— is    ;               charging commercial rates of interest, insisting and final pronouncement from the mines. Likewise, Adani acquired a meaningless.                 3,, on LoC or denying them loans, for not reduc- Supreme Court comes. coal mine in Queensland, Australia in The Government should look at as      /   "           ing losses, amount to adding insult to injury. Meanwhile, investors in these pro- 2010. But, this turned out to be an illu- to why cost of supplying power is high;   $    )    5  /  Yet another factor adding to the woes of dis- jects (mostly foreign investors) have sion. especially aspects such as ‘gold plating’              $     coms is the unusually high price they are forced raised the pitch, arguing that any In 2012, TPL/APL petitioned the (a euphemism for claiming higher ( D  =            to pay to gencos under long-term PPAs which review will dent the sanctity of con- Central Electricity Regulatory investment than actual), over-invoicing   # .  .   6  5  8    account for nearly 86 per cent of the power sold tracts, thereby eroding their confidence Commission (CERC) seeking ‘compen- of fuel bills need to be seriously exam-       "     ) S   (of the balance, ten per cent is covered under in India as an attractive investment des- satory tariff’ — a sophisticated nomen- ined and remedial steps taken. For #                 short-term agreements and four per cent sold on tination. The countries from where clature for hike in tariff. They argued instance, PPAs should have a clause to trading platform). Herein, two extreme scenar- these companies come have taken up that following an order of the provide for cancellation of the contract                     ios are discussed to show how discoms and even- the matter with the Centre, which in Indonesian Government in September if any irregularity involving corruption    (     #     J tually the consumer and the taxpayers are taken turn, has asked the AP Government to 2011, fixing a Minimum Export Price is noticed. On the consumption side, C                B / for a ride. honour the PPAs. The way events are (MEP) of coal, they were forced to pay they should do away with subsidised or               ( First, in consonance with Prime Minister unfolding, it is unlikely that the issue more which should be compensated. free supply and bring down power theft           /S      Narendra Modi’s plan of giving a big push to will get settled in favor of discoms. This was instantly allowed by the to zero. Sans these reforms, there is no                 renewable energy, in Andhra Pradesh, promot- At another extreme, gencos had CERC and confirmed by the Appellate way of salvaging discoms and protect-                 ers of 139 power plants based on solar and wind agreed to charge from discoms low tar- Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) in ing industries and businesses from high "  energy had signed agreements with the discoms iff — using the Tariff-Based December 2016. tariff. 0         1 during the last five years under the erstwhile dis- Competitive Bidding (TBCB) method. The Supreme Court (SC) after ini- (The writer is a New Delhi-based pensation led by N Chandrababu Naidu. Under Under the long-term PPAs signed by tially rejecting the claim (order of policy analyst)                                   

ly remove Article 370 from India’s oil began to arrive in Pakistan it was 1970s when oil-rich Arab countries explained the endeavour as a jihad aware of their minority status vis à Pakistan’s birth, the state reinstat- Constitution and thus nullify the with the condition to gradually roll began enjoying windfall profits by the ummah against the godless vis the Hindus. ed the idea of the ummah. Just as ‘special status’ that the article pro- back the manner in which the state due to an unprecedented rise in oil Soviet Union. What’s more, it also In his 2011 book Pakistan In this idea had emerged in the 19th vided to India-Occupied Kashmir. and governments of Pakistan had prices, and when Saudi Arabia gave Zia the excuse to start defin- Search of Identity, Ali writes that Century to appease Indian Muslims The Saudi monarchy went advocated Islam —sometimes by successfully replaced Egypt as the ing himself as ‘Mard-i-Momin’. this is when some members of the who had suddenly became con- ahead with a $15 billion investment merging it with Islamic modernism most influential Muslim country. Former senator Rabbani is fading Muslim elite began to claim scious of their minority status, in deal with an Indian business giant, and sometimes fusing it with The Pakistani state’s thinking right in saying that this bubble has that the Muslims of India were a the 1970s, the shock of losing East whereas the UAE Government socialism. also began to transform after the burst — especially when the Saudi part of the larger Muslim universe, Pakistan because of ethnic divi- bestowed Indian Prime Minister After the Shia clerics came to country lost its eastern wing in monarchy is making some unprece- the ummah. In a 1997 essay “Ironies sions, reinvigorated the same idea Narendra Modi with the UAE’s power in Iran in 1979, Pakistan 1971. Pan-Islamist ideas and the dented political and social moves of History”, Alvi explains that the to (albeit artificially) lift Pakistan highest civilian award. could still not claim that foreign word “ummah” became a lot more to change the geopolitical and ide- idea of the ummah was proliferat- from its South Asian roots and n August 31 this year, for- The English weekly The Friday relations are above religious senti- common in the post-1971 state nar- ological complexion of the ed among India’s Muslims by 19th place it at the core of the larger mer chairman of the Senate Times had reported on August 9 ment as the state of Pakistan glad- rative, mainly to offset the creep- Kingdom. Century pan-Islamists, many of Muslim world. Oand long-time member of that Pakistani Prime Minister ly embraced militant Saudi proxies ing paranoia that Islam alone could Pakistan, on the other hand, is whom had the backing of the last This diluted Pakistan’s identi- the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Imran Khan was not happy with in Pakistan against the country’s not keep an ethnically diverse left lamenting that it was made a remaining caliphs of the Ottoman ty and the manner in which it Raza Rabbani was quoted in the Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s passive Shia minority, segments of which Pakistan together. proxy of the Arabs when they Empire. described itself as a Muslim major- media as saying it is high time for stance on Kashmir. But when, in eventually became Iranian proxies. The perception that there was needed to enhance their political Interestingly, according to ity state. It began looking for vali- Pakistan to pull out of the mid-August, news of Saudi invest- Nevertheless, there is nothing an ummah and Pakistan was an clout in the Muslim world through Christopher Jaffrelot’s The Pakistan dation from Arab monarchs to the Organisation of Islamic ment in India became common incorrect about what the Foreign important part of it was bolstered the ummah narrative. Paradox, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, extent of sometimes changing the Cooperation (OIC). He then added knowledge, and later, when Modi Minister says. Indeed, foreign rela- when Pakistan was made the Fact is, the roots of the idea of actually discouraged the whole way its South Asian Muslim ances- that the “bubble of an Islamic was bestowed with an award by the tions are almost entirely based on launching pad for an armed jihad an ummah run even deeper than idea of the ummah because he tors had practised their faith for ummah (global Muslim communi- UAE, Imran Khan didn’t say much. geopolitical and economic interests against the Soviet-backed regime in when the populist ZA Bhutto believed it diluted his idea of form- centuries, and adopting the behav- ty) had burst.” In fact, his Foreign Minister went of states. Yet, for over 40 years or Kabul. regime first floated the idea in 1974 ing a concrete Indian Muslim iden- iourisms of rich Arabs. Rabbini was echoing the to the extent of suggesting that so, the Pakistani state and govern- Saudi Arabia (along with the to get close to oil-rich Arab monar- tity. It is time to refigure Pakistani thoughts aired by many Pakistanis “international relations are above ments have been passionately lec- US) became the largest donor of chies. According to historian Muhammad Ali Jinnah, too, nationhood in the context of its — especially on social media sites religious sentiment.” turing their citizens about the financial and military aid to Mubarak Ali and celebrated soci- aired similar concerns when he rich South Asian heritage, especial- — who are incensed by the man- Of course, Pakistan was never notion of a “Muslim ummah” and Pakistan during this period. Their ologist Hamza Alvi, in the 19th refused to join the Khilafat ly now that India is digging exact- ner in which Saudi Arabia and the given this privilege by the same that Pakistan was at the core of it. reasons were geopolitical in nature Century, when the already deplet- Movement (1919-24) led by pan- ly the kind of hole that we once dug United Arab Emirates (UAE) react- Arab monarchies. In the 1970s The more immediate roots of but, of course, Saudi Arabia and ed Muslim rule in India complete- Islamists and the ulema. and then fell into. ed to India’s move to controversial- when Saudi/UAE jobs, money and this claim can be found in the mid- Pakistani dictator General Zia ly collapsed, many Muslims became Yet, some 25 years after (Courtesy: The Dawn)

Srinagar: Nearly two dozen terrorists are present in the city and its periphery and even openly threatening shopkeepers in some areas, raising serious concern in the security estab- Srinagar: With no internet and more computers were added to lishment, according to officials. mobile services in Kashmir for the centre and the network However, security forces over 40 days now, journalists in speed was also upgraded, bring- are taking all precautions to the Valley have been hard- ing some relief. ensure that the terrorists do not pressed as a make-shift media Irfan Ahmad said while use the situation to cause any centre set up here by the the addition of more computers flare-up as in the past incidents Government continues to be the and speed upgrade was a wel- of stone pelting by youths have only connection for many with come step, media persons are occurred during anti-militancy the rest of the world. still grappling with a number of operations, they said. The restrictions were problems. “After completing There have been only stray imposed across Kashmir on our assignments and capturing protests since the government the evening of August 4 — a day pictures, we have to first go to imposed severe restrictions on before the Centre announced our respective offices to select communication channels and the abrogation of Article 370 and re-size the pictures. Then movement of people after it as the Centre, it is estimated that a trigger for violent protests. provisions and bifurcation of copy them in a flash drive and announced its decisions to around two dozen terrorists Search-and-cordon operations Jammu & Kashmir into two head to the media centre to send abrogate the special status are well-entrenched within the and imposition of night restric- Union territories. them. This is so hectic,” he said. accorded to Jammu & Kashmir city limits, while their move- tions in the city area had ended Even though landline Mudasir said it has been the and split the state into two ment and visibility in rural in early 2000s and it had been phones have been restored early “longest-ever blockade” of ser- Union territories on August 5. areas have become a routine. declared as militancy free in this month, mobile services vices faced by journalists in the Restrictions have subse- The officials, speaking on 2012, they said. and internet — on any platform Valley and the Government quently been eased, but the sit- condition of anonymity, said The officials believe the — remain snapped. Harried “We often do not know through flyers at the airport. side the State. should at least restore broad- uation in Kashmir Valley seems counter-militancy operations terrorists have “a deeper game journalists are now demanding what is happening in the city The flyers would then con- “One often had to wait for band or leased-line internet “far from normal”, particularly have taken a severe hit ever plan” as the violence level has that the Government should at and information from other tact the offices of the media more than half-an-hour to get connections of media houses. with a high presence of terror- since August 5 when the come down despite their “heavy least restore broadband con- districts is hard to come by. We houses which would collect the a (computer) system. Then the “We have seen mobile and ists, they said. Government announced its presence”. At many places in the nections of media houses. have to rely on official versions drives from him. speed was so irritating that the internet suspensions, but never At many places in decisions on Jammu & Kashmir. city, including the highly secured “We have minimal contact of the events or incidents. Most media organisations, email would take ages to open,” before has it been this long for Downtown Srinagar, the ter- Only two operations have Civil Lines areas of Raj Bagh, with our head office. We are Reaching officials or sources especially TV channels, sent Firdous Ahmad, a local jour- journalists. It has been over 40 rorists have been seen roaming taken place since August 5 — Jawhar Nagar and Lal Chowk, often outside our offices here for especially in the other districts journalists from Delhi to the nalist, told PTI. days now that we have been freely and even warning shop- one in Baramulla on August 20 shopkeepers were threatened at assignments or something else is very difficult,” he said. Valley as their reporters were Journalists have to register deprived of the facilities. In an keepers to keep their shops and another chance encounter gunpoint to keep their shops shut and it is difficult for the head During the first few days incommunicado. themselves before making a era when government agencies shut and adhere to their diktats, in Sopore on September 9. and ensure a complete hartal. office or even our family to after the restrictions were Around a week later, the call from the cell phone and can monitor anything, why is it the officials said. The terrorists have erected The shopkeepers and some reach us in the absence of imposed, the journalists could state government’s Department more often than not, the wait- so difficult to restore internet Jammu & Kashmir Police blockades in certain parts of the media outlets have also been mobile phone services,” Irfan not file any stories except for the of Information and Public ing period would stretch for lines of media houses?” the chief Dilbag Singh did not rule city, including in areas adjoin- asked to keep their peripheral Ahmad, a senior photojournal- TV reports using the channels’ Relations set up a ‘Media hours because of the rush. journalist said. out the possibility of presence of ing Anchar Lake and Soura. CCTV cameras off, the officials ist, said. outdoor broadcast vans here. Facilitation Centre’ at a confer- “We have to write down our While the television chan- terrorists but said to claim that The officials said that the said. In the militancy-hit areas Another local journalist, In the absence of any medi- ence hall of a local hotel here. names on a register before mak- nels have outdoor broadcast they are roaming freely “is an administration has ensured of Shopian, terrorists burnt Mudasir, who works for a daily um to send the news-reports Four computers and a lone ing a call and then wait for our vans for their reportage, the exaggeration”. that there is no civilian death down an automobile workshop newspaper, said information across the country or outside, cell phone were available to cater turn,” Ahmad said. work of their stringers from From interactions with sev- till now and apprehends that as it was repairing vehicles on gathering has suffered due to the some journalists would send to hundreds of journalists — However, after frequent other districts across the Valley eral officials of the state as well any strong action may provide Saturday, they said. PTI communication restrictions. their reports on pen drives both local as well as from out- complaints by journalists, few has been hit. PTI Jammu: A 120-mm mortar shell, fired by Pakistani forces, was destroyed by the Indian Army in a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu: There should be a tions,” he said at a meeting at Poonch district of Jammu & Cuddalore (TN): A priest of the and illuminations. fresh socioeconomic survey in the BJP headquarters here. Kashmir on Sunday, officials famous Lord Nataraja temple at The grand decorations Jammu & Kashmir for the wel- Bhagat also appealed to said. The shell had landed near Chidambaram in this district had converted the holy atmos- fare of members of schedule Prime Minister Narendra Modi a house in the Balakot area of has been suspended for arrang- phere of the temple into a pri- caste communities, a senior for early implementation of Mendhar sector during cross- ing the recent marriage of a vate wedding hall and this had BJP leader said on Sunday, laws favouring schedule caste border shelling on Saturday Sivakasi-based businessman at hurt the sentiments of devotees, claiming that they were living (SC) communities in Union and was noticed by some vil- the shrine’s 1,000-pillar hall in they said. in “sub standard conditions”. territories of Jammu & lagers, who informed the Army, violation of “Agama sastras”. Though weddings were per- BJP state SC morcha pres- Kashmir, and Ladakh, which the officials said. Trustees of the temple, formed in the Pandiyanayakar ident Jagdish Bhagat also will come into being on They said Army experts including Ayyappan Sannathi in the temple, the claimed that the existing October 31. immediately rushed to the spot Deekshathar, told reporters 1000-pillar hall was used only for socioeconomic survey, which Hailing the Centre for and destroyed the unexploded that the priest had violated the the special festival occasions was conducted in 2011, was scrapping the special status to shell safely. “Agama sastras” (rules such as celestial marriage of the inexact. Jammu & Kashmir and its Pakistani troops violated Governing the poojas and deities and “Arudhra darshan”. “The fresh socioeconomic bifurcation into the two Union the ceasefire by targeting for- other temple rituals) and the As per Agama rules, the survey should be conducted as territories, he said people ward posts and villages at sev- industrialist family had con- place where celestial wedding is it is a must for improving the belonging to the SC communi- eral places, including Balakot, verted the entire hall into a lux- held should not be used for the living conditions of members of ty are victims of Article 370 that on Saturday, prompting strong urious wedding hall with marraige of humans, a priest of the SC community who are liv- proved a major hurdle in their and effective retaliation from flower decorations, festoons the temple said. PTI ing in sub-standard condi- overall development. PTI the Indian Army. PTI creation. Whatever jobs were there, they have been snatched said “let them touch Bengal and due to the economic slow- then see what happens.” down brought by the ttacking the BJP for impos- While the Bengal BJP pres- Government. You want to Aing a super emergency-like ident Dilip Ghosh said that his escape by insulting North situation in the country, Bengal party was determined to invoke Indians,” she said. Chief Minister Mamata NRC in the State after the Lucknow: Union Labour “Youths are looking Banerjee on Sunday called ouster of the State Government, Minister Santosh Kumar employment and examine the towards the government hop- upon the people of India to BJP legislator from Ballia in Gangwar has said there was no issue daily. I have understood the ing that it will do something unite and fight against the saf- Uttar Pradesh Surendra Singh dearth of employment oppor- problem,” Gangwar told good for them,” the Congress fron outfit so that their rights said lashed out at Banerjee for tunities in the country, but reporters on Saturday in Bareilly, general secretary said. and freedom guaranteed by the criticising NRC saying she was recruiters visiting north India his Lok Sabha constituency. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Constitution can be preserved more interested in preserving complain of lack of “quality “Recruiters who visit north Mayawati said such comments and protected. her vote bank than preserving people” to fill vacancies, draw- India complain of facing dearth are laughable. “After the dif- Tweeting on the occasion —Mamata Banerjee the interests of her motherland. ing flak from Opposition lead- of quality people for the posts ferent laughable statements by of International Day of He asked her to shift to ers who accused him of insult- they need to fill,” he added. different Union ministers on Democracy, Banerjee said “on Constitution guarantees.” through NRC. “Their (BJP) electoral politics in Assam, Bangladesh and become that ing people of the region. The Minister’s comments the serious issue of economic International Day of Banerjee’s Sunday’s tweet version of NRC is nothing but she said. “They are not only country’s Prime Minister. The comments came amid drew sharp reactions from slowdown, instead of removing Democracy today, let us once wishing the people good came a political vendetta on those mixing religion but also lin- He said “Mamata criticism of the Government Opposition with Congress leader unemployment in the country again pledge to safeguard the a couple of days after she who oppose their politics,” she guistic divide in the name of Banerjee`s bad days are about over India’s unemployment rate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra saying now it is being said that there constitutional values our coun- warned the Centre against said adding “in the guise of NRC which is dangerous for to come and she should change rising to a 45-year high of 6.1 the Government was trying to is no shortage of jobs, but of try was founded on.” bringing Bengal within the NRC the Government has the future of the country,” she her language. If she wants to do per cent in 2017-18, data of escape blame for the job losses competence, especially Lashing out at the Centre ambit of National Register for struck out the names of more said It was “for the sake of politics with the support of which was released in May. due to economic slowdown by amongst north Indians. for imposing a super-emer- Citizens. than 11 lakh Bengali Hindus, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Bangladeshi people, she should “The issue of employment such “insulting” comments. “This is extremely shame- gency-like situation she said “in In an earlier meeting on four lakh Muslims, one lakh Christians and others that I go to Bangladesh. It will be keep figuring in newspapers “Mr Minister, it has been ful and an apology should be this era of ‘Super Emergency’, we Thursday, she lambasted the Gorkhas and Bihari and UP have rejected NRC.” good if she becomes Prime these days. I am handling the more than five years for your tendered to the nation,” she must do all it takes to protect the Centre for subjecting the peo- wallahs.” On the BJP’s proposal of Minister of Bangladesh if she same Ministry for labour and Government. There is no job tweeted. PTI rights and freedoms that our ple of Assam to untold misery This was all a part of BJP’s involving NRC in Bengal she has courage for it.”

Srinagar: While schools, col- calling the school authorities, or 10th student. returning to normal,” said an leges and universities are func- the bus drivers in case of private The general demand of the official of the Higher Education Ayodhya: Senior BJP leader The remark by the BJP tioning normally in the Jammu schools. class 10th student for curtail- Department. Subramanium Swamy has leader comes just days after and Ladakh divisions of the two “In the present uncertain ment of the syllabus has not yet The opening of colleges claimed that the construction NDA constituent Shiv Sena Union Territories, the same situation, no one wants to take been accepted by the authorities. and universities is likely to have of the grand Ram temple in chief Uddhav Thackeray called cannot be said for the Kashmir a chance with the child’s safety Farooq Ahmad Khan, the a cushioning effect on the atten- Ayodhya will commence by for action by Prime Minister Valley where education has especially when mobile phones advisor on education to the dance of students in schools. November. Narendra Modi-led central taken the worst beating because are not working,” said Javaid Governor, has said all school It is, however, believed that He also stated that the government to enable speedy of the clampdown. Shah father of two school-going exams will be held in the Valley the authorities do not want any decision of the Supreme Court, construction of the grand Ram Authorities have opened children in Srinagar old city. even if their conduct is delayed student unrest to add to their which is hearing the Ram temple in Ayodhya. schools up to the 10th standard Submission of examination by some days. law and order problems. Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid The Shiv Sena chief had in the Valley, but the attendance forms for the 10th class has Khan also dispelled “We do not want anti- title suit, will be in favour of the said that with abrogation of of children in these education- already started in the Valley rumours of any mass promotion social elements to play with Ram temple. Article 370, which granted al institutions has been disap- even though the students said of students to higher classes on the future of our students by Swamy, who was in special status to Jammu and pointing so far. they had not covered all the top- account of the prevailing uncer- stoking passions through Ayodhya on a two-day visit, Kashmir, the Modi govern- “All the teaching staff have ics of their academic syllabus. tainty in the Valley. unfounded rumours. further said that the right to ment had shown that it was been attending their duty reg- “We have not yet been Colleges and universities, Institutions of higher learning worship is a fundamental right decisive in nature. ularly in the Valley’s govern- taught many topics in Physics, however, continue to remain in the Valley will start func- and cannot be taken away by He added that after the ment-run schools, though the Parents have been reluctant of mobile phone services. Chemistry, Biology and Social shut for the last 42 days. tioning after the situation anyone. Article 370 move, it was now attendance of children has not to send children to school as “During normal days we Sciences. How can we answer all “All colleges and universities improves further in the com- “The temple which is at the time for construction of Ram improved,” said an official of the they are unable to keep track of would keep a track of our chil- the questions unless they ignore will start functioning soon in ing days,” said another spot of Lord Ram’s birth can- Mandir and introduction of School Education Department. them because of the suspension dren through mobile phones by the untaught topics?,” said a class the Valley as the situation is fast Government officials. IANS not be removed,” he said. uniform civil code. IANS

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief supporting the amended pro- Minister Devendra Fadnavis visions. on Sunday expressed displea- “Earlier provisions in the sure over Shiv Sena leader and Motor Vehicles Act were not Shahjahanpur (UP): The SIT “The UP Government State Transport Minister stringent enough. There were probing the alleged rape of a must not register any case of Diwakar Raote’s “unilateral” instances where people threw law student by BJP leader rape against Chinmayanand announcement to keep on hold the fine amount at officials Swami Chinmayanand on and if it has been lodged, it the implementation of the because it was so low. There Sunday examined three male must be withdrawn,” he said. Centre’s amended Motor have been major accidents and friends of the victim, besides Omji claimed the girl stu- Vehicles (MV) Act which stip- complaints of traffic violations. some employees of her college. dent had met Congress presi- ulates steep fines for violation Such a strong deterrent is need- The victim’s friends who dent Sonia Gandhi and party of traffic rules. ed,” he said. were examined included the leaders Rahul Gandhi and Speaking to PTI, he also it should have been discussed The CM said the Act would one who was with her when she Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in indicated revision in the with me and the entire Cabinet,” be implemented notwithstand- was located in Rajasthan after Delhi and it was at their behest amount of fines to make it less the Chief Minister told PTI. ing differences over the quan- having gone missing from here that a zero FIR was lodged harsh on the common man, The amended Motor tum of fines. late last month. —Girl’s father against Chinmayanand. without compromising on the Vehicle Act was passed by “Maharashtra is going to He and the two others The law student had on “deterrent value” of the Act. Parliament in July-August this accept and implement the Act. were also present inside the car A beleaguered Saturday given a pen drive con- Days after Raote requested year, but its steep fines have There may be a difference of in which the girl had made her Chinmayanand, meanwhile, taining 43 videos to the SIT to the Centre to reconsider the been at the Centre of a debate, opinion about the fine amounts. video recording, narrating Union Minister the Supreme Court to order a got support from self-styled support her allegations after hefty fines under the amended leading to some states deciding Whether to reduce the fine about her ordeal. Chinmayanand. probe into it. godman Swami Omji who the sleuths asked her to submit provisions and announced to give breathing time to the amount, so that it is not a bur- The apex court-appointed The SIT also examined “From where have the threatened with rebellion by whatever evidence she had holding their enforcement, public before enforcing it. den of the common man, can Special Investigation Team two other college employees, screenshots and videos come to Hindu society if a case is reg- against the former Union min- Fadnavis said sometimes he had While Gujarat and be considered. It can be worked called them to the Police Lines who had been summoned on the social media? The screen- istered against the BJP leader. ister. The SIT, set up on Supreme to “cover” his colleagues from Uttarakhand have announced a out and fine amount can be here and recorded their state- Saturday but had failed to shots have been posted even on “If any false case is regis- Court orders, had taken the allied parties for certain deci- cut in penalties for traffic vio- revised to make it less harsh,” ments, official sources said. turn up for recording of their various social media platforms. tered against Chinamayanand, woman to Chinmayanand’s sions. lations under the Act, few states Fadnavis said. The SIT also examined the statements. These were given to the SIT by then crores of Hindus will hit bedroom on Friday morning “At times, some of my have adopted it in its entirety He, however, added that principals of girl’s alma mater The girl’s father, mean- my daughter. This is a con- the streets throughout the and had collected various pieces Cabinet colleagues, from allied while several others have put it such reduction in the fine — a law college and a post- while, termed the leakage of the spiracy,” he said. country and rise in rebellion,” of evidence. The special inves- parties, take decisions which I on hold. amounts must not “compromise graduate college — both locat- video footage given to the SIT He said he would inform the said Omji, who was also a con- tigation team had quizzed the have had to cover. Raote’s deci- Fadnavis went on to say on its deterrent value”. PTI ed on the campus of by his daughter as a “conspir- Supreme Court about it and seek testant in reality TV show student’s mother on Saturday, sion was about a policy. Hence, that he was “whole-heartedly” Mumukshu Ashram of former acy” and said he would request a probe in the entire matter. Bigg Boss. they said. PTI to him on Friday, the former Bengaluru: Arrested Congress my brother DK Shivakumar and outside the courtroom to top cop had reportedly wrote leader DK Shivakumar has too,” Suresh said in a press control the large number of to the CBI seeking a month’s appealed to his supporters not release. supporters who had gathered. he Central Bureau of time as he was on leave tend- to come to New Delhi to He said, “We request But even the heavy deploy- TInvestigation on Sunday ing to his ailing wife a senior express solidarity with him, in everyone to be in their respec- ment of security personnel sent letters to Bengal Chief IRS official herself. the backdrop of a large num- tive places in the state and could not stop the supporters Secretary, Home Secretary About the contents of the ber of them barging into a arrival of more people in Delhi from barging inside the court- and Director General of Police letters sent to the senior State court there on Friday, when he will cause inconvenience to room. seeking the whereabouts of Government officials, sources was produced in connection the administration and judi- Before being escorted out senior IPS officer Rajiv Kumar in the Agency said the CBI with a money laundering case. ciary.” of the court on Friday, even as the former Kolkata wanted to know through the Conveying this in a press “As law abiding citizen, its Shivakumar had reportedly Commissioner of Police con- letters that whether Kumar release, his brother DK Suresh our responsibility to maintain asked his supporters present at tinued to remain “untraceable was genuinely on leave, if so said Shivakumar has asked his smooth functioning of admin- the premises, to go back home. and uncontestable” even two when he applied for the leave, supporters not to come to istrative and judicial systems. The ED had in September days after the Calcutta High what was the reason for the Delhi on Tuesday when he is Therefore we request and last year registered the money Court lifted the shield against leave taken and when was he likely to be procuded in the expect everyone’s cooperation laundering case against arrest off him. supposed to join back. Special Court dealing with and support in this regard,” he Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, Informed sources in the Information was also sought cases relating to ED. added. an employee at the Karnataka Bengal Police said Kumar, about the reason of leave A Delhi court on Friday Shivakumar, 57, sitting Bhavan in New Delhi, and presently the Additional taken and the address he was had extended the custodial Congress MLA from others. Director General of CID who to be found during the leave interrogation of Shivakumar by Kanakapura assembly segment, The ED had filed the failed to present himself period. the Enforcement Directorate is in the ED custody since his PMLA case against him and before the CBI officials for the Meanwhile, senior CBI (ED) by four days till arrest on September 3. others based on a charge sheet second day on Sunday after counsel RJ Dastoor on Sunday September 17 in the case. On Friday, when (prosecution complaint) filed losing the protective cover rushed to Delhi to meet the “I request all party workers, Shivakumar was produced by the Income Tax Department against arrest on Friday, was top officials. “He has been supporters and well wishers of before the court on the expiry against them last year before a planning to file a Special asked to visit Delhi where Shri D K Shivakumar to not to of his 9-day custodial interro- special court in Bengaluru on Leave Petition in the Supreme legal consultations will take come to New Delhi on Tuesday gation by the agency, additional charges of alleged tax evasion Court. place for further steps tomor- (17.09.2019). forces from Delhi police and and hawala transactions worth After summons were sent row,” sources said. This request is on behalf of CRPF were deployed inside crores. PTI

Kota (Raj): Over 5,000 people and 200 NDRF, SDRF and civil houses and have climbed on were evacuated while many defense personnel have been rooftops to save themselves, he others remained stranded on deployed. added. Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister constituencies and may face Eshwarappa had said the BJP rooftops on Sunday as large Meanwhile, additional Meanwhile, the situation for Rural Development and defeat if they lose that, which is would not give tickets to areas were flooded in the city chief secretary and Kota district improved in downstream areas Panchayat Raj KS Eshwarappa, kind of a ‘Hijada’ (eunuch) Muslims to contest the elections due to discharge of 6.93 lakh in charge secretary P K Goyal, of Jhalawar district which were who ahead of the LS polls made behavior.” as they do not believe in the cusecs of water from Kota bar- along with divisional commis- flooded due to discharge of a controversial comment that Eshwarappa also claimed party. rage, officials said. sioner LN Soni and Kora range about 5 lakh cusecs of waster Muslims won’t be given tickets that in his constituency in On banning cow slaughter Schools have been closed IG Vipin Panday, visited the from Kalisindh dam in the dis- by BJP, on Sunday said patriot- Shivamogga, there were over in the state, he said, “Cow and Army, NDRF, SDRF and flood affected areas. trict. ic Muslims will vote for the saf- 50,000 Muslim voters and he slaughter is banned in a way, teams from Kota municipal Collector Agrawal too As the discharge was fron party while those who are has never gone to them seeking but it has to be done completely. corporation engaged in rescue reviewed the flood situation brought down to 2 lakh cusecs, pro-Pakistan will hesitate. votes. When there was BJP govern- operations in areas along the with officials. food waters receded. The senior BJP leader also “I told them (Congress ment in the past we had done river Chambal. The down stream localities “The flood situation is announced that the party-led MLAs) that in my constituen- it, but Congress government “Over 5,000 people have so in the city were the worst under control. No one in the government will ban slaughter cy, my community- Kuruba came to power and removed it. far been shifted to shelter affected by the deluge, as water district is reported trapped,” of cows in the state. vote is about 8,000-10,000 and I’m saying this in this meet- homes and safe places. reached even the second floor Jhalawar district collector “Every one has a wish for there is more than 50,000 ing, in front of holy seers that However, people are still of houses and people were Siddharth Sihag said. Akhanda Bharat, why it is not Muslim votes. I have till today this government will ban cow trapped in many areas and taking shelter on the third In Baran, district collector happening is because of fear not gone to a single Muslim slaughter, let there be no doubt.” efforts are being made to evac- floor of buildings to save them- Indra Singh Rao has declared that they (section of politi- saluting him for vote. I have Despite resistance from uate them with the help of selves, officials said. a holiday in schools on cians) may not get Muslim won by a lead of over 47,000 opposition, the then BJP Army and rescue personnel,” Sagar dam that a record 6.93 “The Army, administra- “The situation following Monday. votes..” Eshwarappa said. votes,” he said. “Why I’m saying Government led by BS Kota district collector lakh cusecs of water was dis- tion, NDRF, SDRF and civil release of 7.50 lac cusec water Bundi district collector Speaking at an event here, this-Journalists write down this. Yediyurappa in 2010 had got Muktanand Agrawal told charged from 19 gates of Kota defence teams are on alert to from Kota barrage is very seri- Rukmani Riyad Sihag also he said, “Before BJP govern- A rashtra bhakta (patriot) the controversial Prevention of reporters on Sunday evening. Barrage in a day. meet any eventuality,” he said ous and grave,” said assistant appealed the people to move ment came to power I hap- Muslim will vote for BJP, and Slaughter and Preservation of No causality has been He said more water is like- He also appealed to people fire officer, KMC, Devendra away from areas near Chambal. pened to meet couple of those who are pro Pakistan and Cattle Bill passed that pro- reported so far, he said. ly to be discharged from to ignore rumours of damage Gautam, who is engaged in the Meanwhile, Lok Sabha Congress MLAs who expressed rashtra drohis (traitors) will posed to replace the Karnataka The official said Kota was Gandhi Sagar dam which is to dams and said both Gandhi rescue operation. Speaker and Kota-Bundi MP desire to come to BJP, but hesitate to vote for BJP,” the Prevention of Cow Slaughter facing an unprecedented situ- currently overflowing at 1,314 Sagar and Kota Barrage are People are being asked to Om Birla remained in touch claimed that they have over Minister added. Ahead of the and Cattle Preservation Act, ation as it is the first time since ft and needs to be brought fully safe and secure. evacuate, but most of the them with senior state officials on the 50,000 Muslim votes in their Lok Sabha polls in April, 1964. PTI the construction of Gandhi down to 1,308 ft. Around 500 policemen are not ready to leave their flood relief operations. PTI Banerjee took out a rally in Nagpur: Two Naxals, each car- Gadchiroli Police said in a Bengaluru: Hitting out at the pointed to the largescale Attacking the BJP leaders Kolkata against the NRC in rying a reward of 4 lakh, release. BJP Government in the State destruction caused by the from Karnataka as coward for n Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Assam after the final list was were killed and at least five oth- “The firing continued for and at the Centre over the floods that hit several districts, not demanding central relief, he Ahas warned West Bengal released on August 31 which ers injured in an encounter about half an hour. We later delay in announcing flood relief especially in the northern parts said: “According to me none of Chief Minister Mamata left out 19 lakh people. with police on Sunday in found bodies of two Naxals, for Karnataka, senior Congress of the state. them has the courage. Our Banerjee to mend her ways or After the rally, the TMC Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli dis- including a woman. We also leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday “I have been in politics for Chief Minister Yediyurappa is get ready to meet the same fate chief had said that she would trict, an official said. found a carbine, a one-bore termed BS Yediyurappa as the 40 years, I had never seen such the most weakest Chief as former Finance Minister P never allow the Centre to con- The gun-battle took place rifle, several rounds of ammu- most weakest Chief Minister. large scale floods, coupled with Minister” Chidambaram who is current- duct a similar exercise in West in Narkasa forest area, located nition, binoculars, walkie- The Centre had not given drought in some districts, he The Congress leader also ly lodged in jail. Bengal. around 170 km from here in talkie set, a transistor, and even a single rupee since the said. As many as 103 taluks of alleged that BJP was trying for The MLA from Bairia Singh, however, said: “If east Maharashtra, when C-60 items of daily use,” the official floods caused havoc last month 22 districts were affected by another round of operation Assembly constituency Mamata wants to do politics by commandos, a specialised anti- said. despite a Central team visiting recent floods for which the State lotus (poaching of opposition Surendra Singh said the protecting the infiltrators from Naxal unit of State police, were He said that around four to the affected places and the Government has sought a relief MLAs), but expressed confi- Trinamool Congress supre- Bangladesh then she should combing the area, he said. five Naxals were apparently state government submitting a of 38,000 crore from the dence that none from Congress mo should “become the Prime the sidelines of a ‘krishi mela’. become the Prime Minister of On a specific information injured in the skirmish. memorandum putting the loss Centre. Around seven districts will leave the party. Minister of Bangladesh” as “It seems that Mamata is Bangladesh.” received by district SP Shailesh The slain ultras are identi- at 38,000 crore, he told were reeling under drought. Absence and resignation she was opposed to the forgetting that bad days are “In Bengal, lord Ram and Balkawde about a naxal build- fied as Lalsu alias Shantaram reporters here. Questioning as to why the of 17 rebel Congress-JD(S) National Register of Citizens approaching her. She should lord Hanuman respectively up in Gyarapatti area in Devrao Gawde, a resident of Stating that the central Prime Minister has not visited MLAs during the trust vote had (NRC). change her language and in form of Amit Shah and Yogi Dhanora taluka the security Dhanora and platoon party Government had sent back the the affected areas, he asked, led to the collapse of the HD “The statements made by behaviour otherwise she will Adityanath have appeared, personnel rushed to the spot committee member of compa- states memorandum, seeking doesn’t Narendra Modi have Kumaraswamy headed coali- Mamata Banerjee against the meet the same fate as Congress and in the next Assembly when they came under heavy ny no 4, and the woman cadre some clarifications, he asked any responsibility? He would tion Government in July, paving NRC show that she is backed leader P Chidambaram,” he elections, there will be a fire from a group of 20-25 as Samila from Bastar in what was the difficulty in have come if he had cared for the way for the BJP to come to by foreign forces,” Singh told said. change of power in the state,” ultras around 7:30 am, Chhattisgarh. PTI announcing interim relief and farmers and poor.” power. PTI reporters here on Saturday on On September 13, Mamata he added.

quity he largest lender State Bank Emarkets Tof India will be seeking will take cues clarifications from the Reserve nion Minister from global Bank whether it can offer long- UArjun Ram developments term home loans with fixed Meghwal on and wholesale rates in the beginning and Sunday said people inflation data convert the same into floating on their own this week, rates later, chairman Rajnish should avoid single while the Kumar has said. use plastic to help third tranche The move comes after the protect environ- of stimulus Reserve Bank has mandated ment. measures banks to shift all retail lending “Prime announced to floating rates that will be for the retail segment has normally choose fixed rates, as Minister (Narendra Modi) has Referring to the last public by the gov- determined by external necessitated the need for the that helps them better manage called for ban on single use speech by former president A ernment may benchmarks like the repo rate. clarity. their finances because of the plastic. Can we discontinue P J Abdul Kalam at IIM bolster senti- Kumar said there is a lack Kumar has clarified that certainty about the EMI out- single use plastic?. We have to Shillong in 2015, Meghwal said ment, ana- of clarity on how it can go from an asset liability man- goes. take oath that I will not use sin- the late leader had spoken lysts said. Investment Strategist at Geojit Nadeem, CEO, Epic Research ahead with the fixed rate prod- agement perspective, it is dif- Kumar said the bank does gle use plastic one day in a about the need to save the Finance Minister Nirmala Financial Services. said. ucts, after the RBI’s new regu- ficult to have a fixed rate prod- not have adequate liabilities week” the Minister of state for Earth. Sitharaman on Saturday On the global front, Factors such as movement lations on floating rates. uct for a long term like 30 years, linked to the floating rate heavy industries and public “It is the duty of the present unveiled over Rs 70,000 crore geopolitical tensions in the of rupee against the US dollar Hinting at the volatility in the maximum tenor of a home which makes such a floating enterprises said here. generation to follow his words of measures for exporters and Middle East ratcheted up after and foreign capital flows will the repo rate, he said some loan now from the bank now. product difficult. Addressing “Vision New to save the earth. We follow the the real estate sector, including Yemen’s Houthi rebels carried also influence trading senti- home buyers may want their Some private sector peers offer Speaking on the RBI-man- India 2022-Development ideas of APJ Abdul Kalam. But about Rs 30,000 crore new out drone attacks on two major ment in the market. loan rates to be fixed. up to 35 years of home loans dated systemic shift to external Through Technology for All” we do not follow his words. We spending in plans such as set- oil plants in Saudi Arabia, Meanwhile, global mar- For such buyers, it can depending on in the age of the benchmarked lending rates, conclave jointly organised by have to follow,” the minister ting up of a stressed asset fund, affecting more than half of the kets will also focus on the US offer a ‘fixed-floating’ product, borrower, though. he said SBI will have minimal his Ministry and the Indian said. as part of efforts to boost eco- Kingdom’s output and putting Federal Reserve’s interest rate wherein the rates are locked in At present, SBI has a float- issues with the same. Institute of Technology, Meghwal also mooted the nomic growth from a six-year upward pressure on global oil decision and Federal Open for an initial period of say five ing rate home loan product He said the industry leader Madras, he said an alternative idea of collaboration between low. prices. Market Committee (FOMC) to ten years, and then turns linked to its marginal cost of was the first to move on to the should be invented to replace corporates and academia on “The new measures Any spike in crude oil economic projections. floating. funds-based lending rate and it repo-linked loans and deposits single use plastic. tapping renewable energy at announced by the FM send the rates will affect the fiscal posi- Signs of easing US-China The need for making the recently withdrew one linked to since May, and has many of its “India is one of the signa- Chennai Airport and referred clear message that the govern- tion of net energy importers trade tensions boosted the product floating in the latter the repo rate. It does not have products aligned to the exter- tories of the Paris Agreement. to the example of the airport in ment is giving top priority to like India. Brent crude has domestic equities last week. part arises out of the bank’s a fixed rate home loan product nal benchmarks now. We have to protect the envi- Kochi, which uses solar power. reviving growth in the econo- been trading at USD 60 per During the last week, the inability to project the liabili- at present. However, he said such ronment and take suo motu “Why cannot we intro- my. The measures relating to barrel levels. Sensex advanced 403.22 points ty movements in the future, he As of now, under the mar- shifts make asset liability man- action to reduce carbon emis- duce this (concept) in Chennai, housing and export promotion Participants will also track or 1.09 per cent. On Friday, it said, adding typically, home ginal cost of funds based lend- agement “challenging” as there sion”, he said. Kolkata (airports) or in any like textiles will provide a big WPI inflation data scheduled closed at 37,384.99, up 280.71 loans are for about 30 years. ing, floating rate loans are re- lack of floating rate liabilities Members of the United other parts of the country? We boost to employment too since to be announced on Monday. points. It can be noted that the set as when the interest rates now. Nations negotiated and adopt- have to take some suo motu these are labour intensive “Going ahead, we have Jimeet Modi, Founder and repo rate at which the central fall or rise, but fixed rate loans About the impact of the ed the Paris Agreement in action and it can be done industries. important numbers such as CEO, SAMCO Securities and bank lends to the system is at are reset in 9-12 months. But mega bank mergers on SBI, he which India has made four under CSR activity”, he said. “The Rs 10,000 crore fund WPI inflation, food and fuel, StockNote, said markets are a nine-year low of 5.40 per cent. when the loans are linked to the said it will not impact the commitments, including He said companies can for providing last mile funding but we see trade war, global waiting for the festive season to Speaking to reporters here repo rate, the rates can change nation’s largest bank as SBI has reducing greenhouse gas emis- form a consortium to take up for stalled non-NPA, non- markets taking the spotlight. gauge how consumer spending over the weekend, Kumar said sharply, depending on how specified business model and sion intensity of its GDP by 33- the initiative and can collabo- NCLT (housing) projects needs The market is poised to follow pans out and whether there is the central bank’s recent guide- RBI acts on the rate front. target segments, and will con- 35 per cent below 2005 levels rate with institutions like IIT to be specially appreciated,” said the path of how global markets a change in sentiments at the lines on floating rate products Many mortgage borrowers tinue with the same. by 2030. Madras. V K Vijayakumar Chief respond and move,” Mustafa bottom of the pyramid.  WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook linkages to provide safeguard the interest by assistance to law enforcement in the current fiscal as against minority shareholders. agencies. 6.79 per cent last year. ith an aim to unearth While Securities and When contacted, a uto-makers Maruti Suzuki On the other hand, oreign portfolio investors Wfinancial irregularities Exchange Board of India Facebook spokesperson said: AIndia and Tata Motors’ Hyundai Motor India saw its Fturned net buyers in the first and other fraudulent trans- (Sebi) has announced a new “Facebook cares deeply about domestic passenger vehicle market share go up by 2.77 per- half of September, pumping in actions at listed companies, mechanism to reward infor- the safety of people in India market share declined in April- centage points in the April- 1,841 crore into the capital capital market regulator Sebi mants with up to Rs 1 crore and Nick’s meetings this week August this year, while August this year. The compa- markets, after remaining sell- is planning to set up a new cash for any credible inside provided opportunities to dis- Hyundai and M&M witnessed ny sold a total of 2,03,729 ers for the previous two whistle-blower mechanism information for providing acebook global executive cuss our commitment to sup- gain in the same period, as per units this fiscal as compared to months. for auditors and other ‘gate- information on insider trad- FNick Clegg has proposed a porting privacy and security in The US social media giant data compiled by industry 2,26,396 units. The latest inflows have keepers’ to report such cases. ing at listed companies, this is “prospective” mechanism for every app we provide and how has agreed to provide India body SIAM. Despite selling less this fis- been triggered by improving The proposed move not applicable to corporate WhatsApp to act on cases we can continue to work pro- with ‘meta data’ of any user of The country’s largest car- cal, the company’s market share investor sentiment on the back assumes significance in the entities and professionals such flagged by law enforcement ductively with the Government its platforms, including maker Maruti Suzuki India has risen from 15.59 per cent of easing US-China trade war wake of several auditors in the as auditors and lawyers. agencies, but the government of India towards these shared WhatsApp, that the govern- (MSI) saw its market share dip last fiscal to 18.36 per cent. and supporting macroeco- recent past decided to exit While there were sugges- has refused to budge on its goals.” ment lawfully identifies but has by over 2 percentage points “2019 is a milestone year nomic data, experts said. from their audit mandate tions from some quarters that demand for traceability of mes- A person aware of insisted it cannot look into during the period under review for Hyundai Motor India as we According to the latest after certain listed companies auditors, lawyers and consul- sages. WhatsApps’s position on the messages exchanged as they are and slip below 50 per cent in launched three products in depositories data, foreign port- failed to take remedial actions tants on behalf of their firms The issue of traceability has matter emphasised that the encrypted. the domestic passenger vehicle three different segments...The folio investors (FPIs) withdrew despite financial wrongdo- should also be allowed to been a flashpoint between the platform cannot read messages India is home to 400 mil- segment in April-August. new launches have led to a net amount of 2,031.02 ings having been flagged in avail the ‘informant mecha- government and WhatsApp, exchanged as they are encrypt- lion WhatsApp users and more The company sold 5,55,064 increase in customer traction, crore from equities but put in their auditors’ observations. nism’, Sebi was of the view and the Facebook-owned mes- ed. It is learnt that Clegg in than 328 million Facebook units this fiscal as compared footfalls in showrooms and 3,872.19 crore in the debt seg- Officials said most of that corporate entities were as saging platform has so far meetings with top authorities, users. Social media compa- with 7,57,289 units during market share,” Hyundai Motor ment during September 3-13, these auditor exits have taken such under a duty to report. resisted India’s demand for including Home Minister Amit nies in India have drawn flak April-August previous year. Its India Ltd National Sales Head translating into a total net place at a much later stage, Besides, lawyers are identification of message orig- Shah, National Security from the government in recent market share has come down Vikas Jain said. inflow of 1,841.17 crore into but a ‘confidentiality mecha- bound of confidentiality and inators, arguing that doing so Advisor Ajit Doval as well as IT past over instances of circula- from 52.16 per cent last year to Similarly, Mahindra & the capital markets. nism’ can help in cases of it would considered unethical would undermine its policy on Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tion of fake news, breach of 49.83 per cent in the April- Mahindra (M&M) sold 89,733 Prior to this, FPIs pulled financial frauds being report- for them to complain against privacy and end-to-end on September 12, reiterated the user confidentiality, unautho- August this fiscal. units this fiscal so far as com- out a net 5,920.02 crore in ed at an early stage by audi- their clients. encryption. US tech giant’s stance that it will rised data sharing by the apps Overall PV sales during the pared with 1,00,015 units in August and 2,985.88 crore in tors, independent directors “However, as far as gate- A senior government offi- abide by any lawful request for and concerns over privacy and April-August of the current fis- April-August last financial year, July from the domestic capital and others considered to be keepers such as auditors are cial told PTI that Facebook information by the Indian gov- data security. cal stands at 11,09,930 units as still its market share has risen markets (both equity and ‘gate-keepers’ or ‘conscience considered, a separate confi- Vice-President, Global Affairs ernment, but it cannot read WhatsApp in particular compared to 14,51,647 units. by 1.19 percentage points this debt). keepers’. dentiality mechanism is being and Communications, Nick messages exchanged on its has been under fire over users When contacted MSI exec- fiscal to 8.08 per cent from 6.89 “The markets have been Regulators and enforce- proposed,” a top official said. Clegg, during his meeting with platforms. misusing the platform for cir- utive director (marketing and per cent. largely positive on back of ment agencies have often The proposal is in early IT Minister Ravi Shankar Clegg told the officials that culation of fake news that have sales) Shashank Srivastava told Likewise, Kirloskar cooling US-China trade war. stressed that auditors, inde- stages as of now and a final Prasad last week mooted alter- the company can provide ‘sig- incited mob fury. The Indian PTI that while cars and vans (A Motor sold 53,977 units this fis- Besides, the July IIP came out pendent directors, investment decision would be taken only natives to absolute traceability nals’ and meta data such as who government has made it clear and C segment) have per- cal so far as against 67,051 at 4.3 per cent which could bankers, valuers and other after a detailed consultation of messages, including use of calls were made to and dura- that it intends to strengthen the formed well, there has been a unitsin the same period previ- have helped with the investor’s such entities have a greater process with all the con- ‘meta data’ and machine intel- tion, among others, of lawful- legal framework and make drop in sales of utility vehicles ous year. Its market share rose sentiments,” said Harsh Jain, responsibility to ensure com- cerned stakeholders, the offi- ligence for dealing with the ly identified users, a source social media platforms more (B segment). to 4.86 per cent from 4.62 per COO at Groww. pliance to regulations and cial added. issue, even offering to harness said. accountable under law. “This is because of con- cent earlier. straint in supply of Ertiga hav- Other players like ing a large waiting period,” he India, Skoda Auto, added. India saw their market shares Besides, there is a shift in increase marginally during consumer preference in SUV April-August this year. The government took mul- segment towards petrol where Honda Cars sold 51,569 tiple measures to make Air currently the company does not units as compared to 79,599 he Narendra Modi-led India competitive by way of have a variant, Srivastava said units last year, shrinking its TGovernment’s plan to sell bringing down debt and rais- adding that MSI plans to intro- market share marginally to debt-laden airline Air India is ing resources by selling land duce petrol variants of Vitara 4.64 per cent this fiscal as well on track but the sale may assets and other subsidiaries. Brezza and S-Cross BS-VI later against 5.48 per cent in the not mop up the targeted yield However, Air India’s net debt this fiscal. same period last fiscal. ndia’s apex realtors group said owing to its value erosion over peaked to 58,351.93 crore in Similarly, Tata Motors has Similarly, Ford India saw its Iit is disappointed with the gov- last several months since it FY19 from about 55,000 crore reported sales of 60,093 units market share go down mar- ernment’s measures to support decided to stop selling tickets in FY18. The national carrier ajaj Finserv offers Wallet this fiscal so far as against ginally to 2.7 per cent from 2.81 the sector, as it did not address on the platform of global tick- received an equity infusion of BCare, which will help cus- 98,702 units last year. Its mar- per cent in April-August last the key demands such as tax eting distribution company 30,520.21 crore from the gov- tomers block their credit cards ket share has fallen by 1.39 per- year. It sold 30,010 units this rebate and lower interest rate for Amadeus. ernment till date as a part of its and debit cards with a single centage points to 5.41 per cent year as against 40,799 units. home buyers and developers. In October last year, 2012 Turn Around Plan. phone call without any hassles. CREDAI’s National Travelport had announced that Last month,in a major The card protection plan gives Chairman Jaxay Shah said the it had “won competitive tender its GDS network. lines business shows its lack of admonition to state-run Air coverage upto 2 lakh at just fund created for completing the process undertaken by Air GDS is a globally connect- seriousness. Taxpayers are the India, Delhi High Court has 599. Emergency travel and stalled real estate projects will India for the sole provision of ed computerised reservation victims of this policy unlike directed national carrier to hotel assistance and as well as have limited impact as it distribution of its domestic network offering a one-point other airlines which go in for present its reasons behind its get free replacement of impor- excludes those projects which flight content in the airline’s access to airline bookings, hotel liquidation.” decision to shift domestic tick- tant identity proofs like your are either facing insolvency home market”. reservations as well associated The committee of secre- et-booking business “exclu- PAN card are also possible proceedings or become non- The national carrier had travel-related areas including taries (CoS) headed by Cabinet sively” on Travelport, and through it. performing assets (NPAs). decided to shift to Travelport car rentals. Secretary PK Sinha has given abdruptly discontinuing using Wallet Care offers instant “Last month, we had met the despite several senior officials Dr Sanat Kaul, Chairman the green signal to offload 95 the services of global ticket dis- card blocking facilities. People finance minister and made sev- raising objections against the International Foundation for per cent stake in the national tribution firm Amadeus. can report a loss 24X7 from eral demands to improve liquid- move. Joining hands with Aviation Aerospace and Drones carrier. Last year, the Centre In its order dated July 25 anywhere in the world by ity and boost demand in the real Travelport meant giving access said “Air India has been on the had invited bids to sell a 76 per the High Court ruled, “time is dialling the helpline number. estate sector. But, unfortunately to details of AI’s flyers to proverbial ventilator for long cent stake in the ailing airline, sought to file counter affi- Once a call is made to report our demands have not been Interglobe Technologies time. Divesting it’s saleable along with the transfer of man- davit. Let the counter affi- damage, fraud, or loss, all your met,” Shah told PTI on Sunday. Quotient, a strategic business assets and properties is not the agement control. davit be filed within four cards will be blocked at once. Reiterating the demand of unit of InterGlobe Enterprises answer to this mess. Reducing The divestment proposal is weeks. Rejoinder, if any be filed Along with carrying out your the association that has about which is the parent company of it’s vast GDS distribution net- presently with group of - within four weeks thereafter”. credit and ATM card block, 12,000 members, Shah said IndiGo, India’s largest airline by work to one vendor is shrink- ters (GoM), headed by Union The HC is slated to hear the you can ask for replacement of the Government should with- market share and Air India’s ing its catchment area of pas- Home Minister Amit Shah. It case on September 26. your lost PAN card too. draw its decision to ban sub- biggest competitor. sengers. The government pol- is understood the GoM will The court has given Air Pocket Insurance ensures vention scheme as it was for the It is understood Amadeus icy of appointing one CMD shortly take a final call on the India four weeks’ time to that small losses in life do not benefit of home buyers and managed about 50 percent of after another who have no timing, price and amount of respond to the judgement with keep adding up to make a big helped generate demand. Air India’s ticket sales through background in aviation or air- shares of Air India to be sold. relevant documents. dent in wallet.

sition in parliament to his threat He wants to renegotiate the "The talks tomorrow will be to leave the EU without a deal terms struck by his predecessor an important step forward as rime Minister Boris Johnson next month if his negotiations Theresa May, which MPs have part of that and they build on Pinsisted Sunday that "huge" fail. rejected, but EU leaders have so significant discussions that have progress was being made in On Saturday night, one of far refused. been happening at a technical work with our partners and United States has slapped crip- Brexit talks and declared Britain his Conservative MPs defected He told the Mail there was level." allies to ensure that energy pling sanctions on Iran as part would break out of the to the pro-European Liberal a "very good conversation" Johnson repeated that ran on Sunday dismissed US markets remain well supplied of a campaign of "maximum European Union just like the Democrats. going on about the key sticking "under no circumstances" would Iaccusations it was behind and Iran is held accountable for pressure" and the Islamic audi Arabia has temporari- comicbook hero Hulk. Former universities minis- point, the issue of the Irish bor- he delay Brexit. However, he drone attacks on Saudi oil its aggression," the top US republic has responded by Sly halted production at two The Conservative leader ter Sam Gyimah, who has called der. may have no choice after MPs installations, suggesting the diplomat tweeted. reducing its commitments to Aramco oil facilities that were made the comments ahead of for a re-run of the 2016 Brexit "A huge amount of progress last week passed a law to post- United States was seeking a Mousavi said the US alle- the nuclear accord. attacked by Yemeni rebels, meetings with European referendum, condemned is being made," he said. pone until January if he does not pretext to retaliate against the gations over the pre-dawn "The Americans have taken interrupting about half of Commission chief Jean-Claude Johnson for "veering towards Much of the opposition in get a divorce deal by the EU Islamic republic. strikes on Abqaiq and Khurais the policy of 'maximum pres- the company's total output, Juncker and EU negotiator populism". London to the current Brexit summit. "Such fruitless and blind in Eastern Province were meant sure' which has apparently the energy minister said Michel Barnier in Luxembourg Meanwhile former prime deal is focused on the so-called Twenty-one Conservatives accusations and remarks are to justify actions against Iran. turned into 'maximum lying' Saturday. on Monday. minister David Cameron, who backstop plan to keep open the rebelled to back the law and incomprehensible and mean- "Such remarks... Are more due to their failures," said The attacks "resulted in a In an interview with the led the failed campaign to stay Irish border. were expelled from the party, ingless," foreign ministry like plotting by intelligence Mousavi. temporary suspension of pro- Mail on Sunday newspaper, in the EU in 2016, accused It could keep Britain indef- leaving Johnson without a spokesman Abbas Mousavi was and secret organisations to The arch-foes were on the duction at Abqaiq and Khurais Johnson said he was "very con- Johnson in his memoirs of only initely tied to EU trade rules to majority in the House of quoted as saying in a statement. damage the reputation of a cusp of confrontation in June plants," Prince Abdulaziz bin fident" of getting a divorce deal pursuing Brexit out of political avoid frontier checks between Commons. One of the rebels US Secretary of State Mike country and create a frame- when Iran downed a US drone Salman, the energy minister at an EU summit on October ambition. British Northern and EU mem- was Gyimah, who becomes the Pompeo condemned Iran after work for future actions," he and Trump ordered retaliato- said in a statement carried by 17, in time for Brexit on October The turmoil comes ahead of ber Ireland. Lib Dems' 18th MP in the 650- Saturday's attacks, which said. ry strikes before cancelling the official Saudi Press Agency. 31. another crucial week, as the Brexit minister Steve seat chamber. knocked out half of Saudi Tehran and Washington them at the last minute. It led to the interruption of In an odd analogy, he com- Supreme Court considers the Barclay insisted "the backstop The 43-year-old was once Arabia's oil production. have been at loggerheads since In remarks published about 50 per cent of total pro- pared Britain to the comic book legality of Johnson's decision to needs to go", but fuelled spec- viewed as a rising star in the Yemen's Iran-aligned Shiite May last year when President Sunday, the commander of the duction, he added. character Hulk. "The madder suspend parliament earlier this ulation that an alternative might Conservatives and briefly ran Huthi rebels claimed responsi- Donald Trump pulled out of a Islamic Revolutionary Guard "These attacks resulted Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk month until October 14. be taking shape. against Johnson for the party bility for the drone strikes, but 2015 deal that promised Iran Corps' aerospace arm said in production suspension of gets and he always escaped, no Johnson was a leading "We can see a landing zone leadership. But he said Johnson Pompeo said "there is no evi- relief from sanctions in return Iran's missiles could hit US 5.7 million barrels of crude oil matter how tightly bound in he "Leave" campaigner in the ref- in terms of a future deal but had left moderates like him with dence the attacks came from for curbs on its nuclear pro- bases and ships within a range per day," the state-owned seemed to be -- and that is the erendum, and took office in July there is significant work still to a "stark choice... To accept a no Yemen". gramme. of 2,000 kilometres (about Aramco said in a separate case for this country," he said. promising to deliver Brexit no do," he told Sky News television deal Brexit or walk away from "The United States will Since the withdrawal, the 1,240 miles). statement. But Johnson is facing oppo- matter what. on Sunday. public life". were admitted, hospital spokes- woman Susan Staeger said. ong Kong riot police fired the same as what the French did major tragedy was averted AtlantiCare Regional Htear gas and water cannons to us last year'." Aon Sunday when an agile home's multilevel deck col- Medical Center in Atlantic at hardcore pro-democracy he waters for French fisher- The "Scallop Wars" in 2018, pilot successfully landed a Alapsed Saturday evening City said at least one addition- protesters hurling rocks and Tmen are being stirred up by when French and British fishing Pakistan International Airlines at the Jersey Shore during an al person was taken there. petrol bombs on Sunday, tip- uncertainty of what will happen vessels clashed over access to flight carrying about 200 pas- event weekend, trapping peo- The conditions of the ping the violence-plagued city if Britain leaves the EU without scallops off France's Normandy sengers onboard after one of its ple and injuring at least 22, remaining hospitalized people back into chaos after a brief lull a deal on October 31 and their coastline, was finally settled by engines caught fire minutes including some children, offi- wasn't known. in clashes. boats barred from British waters. the two sides in a deal last after take off. cials said. Photos and video on social Tens of thousands of peo- A no-deal Brexit would September. The Jeddah-bound flight No deaths were reported. media showed firefighters try- ple defied authorities to march likely end access for French While a Brexit deal would PK-759 was forced to make an The collapse happened ing to lift a piece of decking. through the streets of the city boats to British waters and, in help put a framework in place, emergency landing back to around 6 p.M. Saturday in Images showed multiple in an unsanctioned rally on France, fishing industry players Britain anticipates the possibil- Allama Iqbal International Wildwood during the annual levels of decking ripped away Sunday, the latest expression of fear this will not just increase ity of more clashes between Airport Lahore after one of its New Jersey Firemen's from the building and reduced a popular revolt that has raged tensions with rivals across the rival fishing vessels if the coun- engines caught fire during take Convention. to beams and splintered wood. for the last 99 days. Channel but between them- try pulls out of the EU with no off. "One of the engines of the It was unclear how many The decks appeared to have But the rally descended selves. agreement in place. The gov- aircraft caught fire during the people were on or under the been attached to a three-story into violence when small Sophie Leroy, whose ernment last week released a take off Sunday morning and decks at the time, or how many building and topped by a groups of hardcore activists -- Armement Cherbourgeois com- study of that scenario, code- the pilot alerted the control were firefighters, but authori- fourth-floor overhang. known within the movement as broadcast footage of direct clashes and largely ran pany operates three fishing ves- named "Operation Yellow ham- room about it and sought for ties said those who were The second and third lev- "braves" -- tried to attack the protesters tearing down and away when ranks of police sels off the northwest coast of mer", after a copy of the docu- emergency landing," an official trapped were quickly removed. els appeared to have pancaked city's main government com- burning a banner celebrating officers got close. France, says there have been ment was leaked to the press. of the airlines told PTI. The annual convention onto a first-floor deck. The plex. the upcoming 70th anniversary The clashes ended a almost daily checks of their One issue it addressed was He said the pilot success- attracts thousands of current overhang looked intact. Police fired repeated vol- of the founding of communist relative lull in recent days in boats by the British authorities. the possibility that EU vessels fully landed the plane and no and former firefighters to the Nearby resident Joann leys of tear gas and deployed China — as well as burning a the intensity of Earlier this month, her boats could illegally enter British passenger was injured. resort town. Firefighters were Devito saw the collapse from a water cannon trucks after Chinese flag. As evening set in, skirmishes between police and were stopped for what she waters, leading to "clashes The passengers were sent to likely among those hurt or deck across the street. Molotov cocktails and rocks protesters retreated, chased by protesters. described as an interminable set between vessels", "violent dis- Jeddah on another aircraft in the trapped. "I was sitting on the deck were thrown over security bar- riot officers and water cannon The once-stable interna- of checks 21 miles off the English putes" or even the "blockading afternoon while the plane has Cape May Regional Health up there, and I heard this riers surrounding the com- firing blue-dyed water. tional hub has been convulsed coast. of ports". So far this time around been grounded for repair work. System said 21 people were noise, so I turned and looked plex, which has become a fre- Some demonstrators built by weeks of huge, sometimes Her boats were also sur- the two sides have not actually PIA spokesperson taken there, at least three of and saw the whole thing cav- quent flashpoint in the ongo- barricades, set fires and van- violent rallies calling for greater rounded by 15 British fishing come to blows. But Leroy Mashhood Tajwar, however, them children. Eleven patients ing in," she said. ing protests. dalised subway stations but democratic freedoms and vessels, she said. "And they referred to what she called a "war claimed that the plane had not had been released by 10 p.M., "I saw two women running Local television networks the crowds avoided further police accountability. were saying, 'We are going to do of nerves" online. caught fire. including all the children who and screaming. It was horrible." (11 kph) north-northwest with water and shelter. maximum sustained winds of 60 "Hurricane Dorian has been mph (97 kph). classified as Category 5. I think the home. effrey Roberts lifted a mus- Weather forecasters said it it's Category Hell," said the sec- The coroner's office took Jtard-yellow curtain from the would likely become a hurricane retary-general, adding he was ore than 2,000 medically possession of the remains. An ground as he looked for pass- by The storm briefly shuttered horrified by the "level of sys- Mpreserved fetal remains investigation is underway. ports and other documents at a couple of small airports, sent tematic devastation." have been found at the Illinois A message left Saturday the site where his family's home people in damaged homes to The death toll from the home of a former seeking additional comment on once stood in Grand Bahama. seek shelter and threatened to hurricane stands at 50 and the Indiana abortion clinic doctor the discovery was not returned He then moved the cloth interrupt the distribution of number of missing at an alarm- who died last week, authorities by the Will County Sheriff's aside, picked up a pair of old, sorely needed supplies including ing 1,300 people, although offi- said. Office investigations depart- rusty pliers, and continued his food and water. cials caution the list is prelimi- The Will County Sheriff's ment. search. As the storm barely passed nary and many people could just Office said in a news release Klopfer, who died "We got to take what God the northern Bahamas, howev- be unable to connect with loved late Friday that an attorney for September 3, was a longtime gives us," Roberts said in refer- er, Roberts and others were ones. Meanwhile, detritus was Dr Ulrich Klopfer's family con- doctor at an abortion clinic in ence to Tropical Storm already returning to the task at piled high as Bahamians tacted the coroner's office South Bend, Indiana. It closed Humberto, which narrowly hand: resuming their cleanup attempted to continue salvaging Thursday about possible fetal after the state revoked the clin- missed the island over the week- and recovery efforts in com- what was left behind. remains being found at the ic's license in 2015. end as it continued on its north- munities devastated by On Saturday, Patrice Higgs home in an unincorporated The Indiana State ward trajectory well offshore of Hurricane Dorian two weeks stood barefoot in her backyard part of Will County in north- Department of Health had pre- Florida's east coast. ago. with grey mud caked on her feet. eastern Illinois. viously issued complaints By early Sunday morning, On Saturday, UN Secretary- She stared listlessly at the hori- The sheriff's office against the clinic, accusing it of the US National Hurricane General Antonio Guterres vis- zon as she occasionally pointed said authorities found 2,246 lacking a registry of patients, Center said the storm was locat- ited the island of Great Abaco to at some of her belongings that preserved fetal remains policies regarding medical ed about 137 miles (220 kilo- support humanitarian efforts remained tangled in the debris but there's no evidence medical abortion, and a governing body meters) north of Great Abaco in the wake of the storm, which and out of reach, including a procedures were performed at to determine policies. Island and was moving at 7 mph left thousands in need of food, cream-colored loveseat.? The Norwegian-flagged and excitement. migrants on 's shores. because the EU adhered to our ship, which had appealed for "We are very happy about Premier Giuseppe Conte's request to take the great share days for a port of safety, is oper- the news this morning. It week-old coalition now con- of the migrants." taly allowed a charity rescue ated by two humanitarian amazes us. This news amazes tains the center-left Democrats, Germany's interior minis- Iship to sail Saturday to a tiny groups, Doctors Without us," said Myriam Annie whose leaders have called for a ter said in a report published on southern island so that 82 Borders and SOS Mediterranee. Malang, one of the migrants. more humane policy on the res- Saturday his country is pre- migrants aboard could be trans- Ocean Viking carried out "We are arriving at a place cue boats. Italy's current and pared to take in a quarter of ferred to shore, but the coun- its first rescue, of 50 migrants where people understand and previous governments have migrants rescued off the Italian he Afghan Taliban try's foreign minister cautioned who were struggling in an listen to us. We are very happy insisted on more solidarity coast as the European Union Trescinded a months-long have fled to shelters and against interpreting the move as unseaworthy rubber dinghy to learn that we are disem- from fellow European Union tries to find a solution to repeat- ban on the International Nigeria has flown 600 of its cit- a sign the new government is launched by Libyan-based barking in Lampedusa." nations, saying the migrants set ed standoffs involving human- Committee for Red Cross outh African President Cyril izens back home after they easing a crackdown on human- migrant smugglers, on Malang said she had been out on their journeys seeking itarian groups' ships. (ICRC) working in areas under SRamaphosa has sent high- were targeted in the violence. itarian vessels. September 8. beaten while detained in Libya, asylum or better economic con- The Italian news agency their control Sunday and ranking emissaries on a mis- The mission, led by former Shortly before midnight, The others were rescued a common account of suffering ditions in Europe as a whole, ANSA said Germany, France, restored security guarantees sion to reassure African coun- minister Jeff Radeba, left South all the migrants had been trans- the next day. Among the among migrants waiting to not necessarily in Italy. and Italy were expected to take for those working for the tries after a wave of xenopho- Africa on Saturday and will ferred off the Ocean Viking migrants is a 1-year-old boy depart the northern African Italy's new foreign minister, about 24 migrants each, while organisation. bic attacks, the presidency said visit Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, after several days stranded at from Somalia. country on smugglers' boats. Luigi Di Maio, leader of the the other 10 would go to The militants and on Sunday. Senegal, Tanzania, DR Congo sea prior to being given per- "We just heard that we have She said she had fled con- coalition's senior partner, the Portugal or Luxembourg. the ICRC "consented to fol- At least 12 people have and Zambia, the presidency mission to sail to Lampedusa been assigned a place of safety, flict between English- and populist 5-Star Movement, cau- While Di Maio insisted lowing the old agreement been killed in the surge of mob said. island. we are now on our way" to French-speaking communities tioned against concluding his that Italy wasn't lifting the ban, on top of new promises in violence targeting foreign- Ramaphosa was jeered at Women, children and Lampedusa, Erkinalp Kesikli of in Cameroon. government was softening its championed by former Interior humanitarian aid leading to owned businesses and homes, on Saturday during his speech unaccompanied minors were Doctors Without Borders said The previous government, stance on private rescue boats. Minister Salvini, on docking by the Islamic Emirate granting mainly in and around at Zimbabwe ex-leader Robert put on an Italian coast guard earlier in the day after the ship under a rigid anti-migrant pol- "I believe there's a big mis- charity rescue boats, lawmakers ICRC permission of Johannesburg since the start of Mugabe's funeral in Harare vessel, while men were taken received a call from Italian icy led by right-wing leader understanding about a safe from the left praised the reso- resuming their activities," the month. before he apologised for the aboard a customs police boat, authorities about the permis- Matteo Salvini, banned charity port given to Ocean Viking," Di lution of Ocean Viking's situa- said Taliban spokesman Hundreds of economic attacks, which have been so all could be brought to sion. rescue boats from entering Maio told reporters. tion as a break with the previ- Zabihullah Mujahid in a state- migrants from neighbouring prompted by unemployment Lampedusa's dock. Migrants clapped with joy Italy's waters and disembarking "It was assigned a port ous government's hard line.k ment. Zimbabwe and Mozambique and poverty. BHOPAL | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 sport 12 SOURABH WINS VIETNAM OPEN

PTI n HO CHI MINH CITY USD 400,000 Korea Open World Tour Super 500 event ndia's Sourabh Verma reg- to be held from September 24 istered a thrilling three- to 29, Sourabh said: "I will Igame win over China's Sun head back home now and Fei Xiang to claim the men's depending on the condition of singles title at the USD 75,000 my body and the time Vietnam Open BWF Tour required to recover, I will Super 100 badminton tourna- take a call if I want to go to ment here on Sunday. Korea or not." Second seed Sourabh, who In the finals, Sourabh Fati lights up Barca has won the Hyderabad Open dominated the proceedings AFP n MADRID composure. and Slovenian International in the opening game as he "It's not usual that on his earlier this year, recovered jumped to a 4-0 lead early on nsu Fati, the 16-year-old first touch he scores, and on his from a mid-game slump to and kept moving ahead. He Astarlet from Guinea Bissau, second he sets up a goal," he beat Sun 21-12 17-21 21-14 in enjoyed a 11-4 cushion at the scored his second goal of the said. the summit clash which last- break and surged to a 15-4 season as Barcelona breezed to The defeat left Valencia ed an hour and 12 minutes. advantage after the breather. a 5-2 win against Valencia on with just four points from four "I am very happy with the Sun tried to recover but Saturday. matches, leaving new coach way, I played this week. I the gap was too wide to be Karim Benzema netted Albert Celades -- a former played three Japanese and bridged as Sourabh pocketed twice for Real Madrid as they Real Madrid assistant coach - these players have similar kind the first game comfortably. fought off a late comeback to - with a huge amount of work of style. Most like to attack and The Chinese came out all beat Levante 3-2 as Eden to do before the club play their the little differences in their guns blazing in the second Hazard made his La Liga debut. first Champions League group style is something you have to game, zooming to a 8-0 lead. Atletico Madrid retained game against Chelsea on figure out on the court. So it He lead 11-5 at the interval their place at the top of the Tuesday. was nice to beat them," and even though the Indian table, but only by one point - Real show frailties - Sourabh told PTI. tried to make a comeback, it from Real Madrid after their At a rain-drenched He beat three Japanese proved an uphill task as Sun first defeat of the season when Santiago Bernabeu, Benzema's shuttlers -- Kodai Naraoka, Yu roared back into the contest. they lost 2-0 at Real Sociedad goals came just six minutes Igarashi and Minoru Koga -- In the decider, Sun had a at the Basque club's newly apart in the first half before on way to his title win. slender 4-2 lead initially but refurbished stadium. Casemiro put Real 3-0 up. "The final was a tough Sourabh ensured he enjoyed With Lionel Messi still out However Levante, who had match but I am happy I could 11-7 advantage at the breather. and watching from the stands won their previous two outings, play my game and come out The Indian then maintained at the Camp Nou it was left to made a fight of it in the second victories. This title will give a his lead, despite the Chinese Fati take the plaudits. half as they pulled goals back boost to my confidence," the snapping at his heels. Fati, who became the third through Borja Mayoral and Indian said. match, the world no 38 Indian troubled by the drift from one Leading 17-14, Sourabh youngest scorer in La Liga his- Gonzalo Melero. It was a third career meet- said: "In the first game, I wait- side and he jumped into a The final was a tough match but I blasted off the next four points tory when he came off the Hazard also came off the ing between Sourabh and Sun. ed for his weak returns. I huge lead. But after the change to shut the door on his oppo- bench to net in a 2-2 draw at bench for the final half-hour to The duo has faced off twice realised his defence was a lit- of side in the decider, I went am happy I could play my game nent and win his third title of Osasuna this month, scored in make his first La Liga appear- this year at Canada and tle weak, so I looked to exploit back to the strategy that and come out victories. This title the year. the second minute, before pro- ance after a thigh injury had Hyderabad with the Indian that. He committed too many worked for me and I am The 26-year-old from viding the assist for Frenkie de interrupted the start of his coming up trumps on both the unforced errors and it helped happy I could win," added the will give a boost to my Madhya Pradesh had won the Jong's seventh minute goal. Real career following his 100 occasions. me. National champion. Dutch Open and Korea Open Barca coach Ernesto million-euro ($110 million) Talking about the final "In the second game, I was Asked if he will play the confidence last year Valverde marvelled at Fati's move from Chelsea. SINGLES Inter Milan top Serie A as KAUSHAL WINS MYANMAR IN’T’L SERIES TIME TO TURN THE PAGE: NEYMAR Juventus held in Fiorentina AFP n PARIS fans when he touched the AFP n MILAN, ball. eymar shrugged off a "It is not the first time I nter Milan reclaimed top spot in Serie Nhostile reception as he have been booed by every- IA after a 1-0 win over 10-man Udinese marked his return to action one," Neymar admitted. on Saturday as Juventus lost three play- for Paris Saint-Germain with "I played in Brazil away ers to injury in a painful goalless draw at a stunning injury-time win- from home, I was widely Fiorentina to complicate preparations for ner, and then insisted it was booed. I have played in finals next week's Champions League opener. time to move on from the and been booed, I have Stefano Sensi's diving header was saga of his aborted return to played here in France, away enough to seal a maximum nine points Barcelona. from home, and also been for Antonio Conte's Inter ahead of their The world's most expen- booed. European opener against Slavia Prague in sive player was booed and "It is sad but I know that, the San Siro next Tuesday. insulted by sections of the from now on, every game I But as Maurizio Sarri made his debut PSG support in the Ligue 1 play will be an away game." on the Juventus bench after recovering match against Strasbourg at One banner unfurled in Yangon: Indian shuttler Kaushal Dharmamer from pneumonia, the Italian champions the game in Florence, followed by the Parc des Princes. Portuguese, aimed at clinched the Myanmar International Series with a showed signs of weakness four days Miralem Pjanic with a muscular issue That seemed set to be the Neymar's father who is also come-from-behind win over Indonesia's Karono before their trip to Atletico Madrid. with Danilo later suffering cramps in the only story of the afternoon his agent, read: "Neymar Karono in a thrilling men's singles final here on Juventus are trailing two points heat. until the second minute of top of Ligue 1. He had not played for his Senior, sell your son in the Sunday. The 23-year-old from Mumbai, who had behind Inter Milan after three games and - 'Better than Ronaldo' - added time when, with the "I made it clear that I club since May and had been Vila Mimosa". won the Hatzor International in October last year, could be overtaken by city rivals Torino Ribery, 36, went off to a standing ova- game still goalless, the have nothing against the left on the sidelines in their Vila Mimosa is a district recovered after dropping the opening game to who host promoted Lecce on Monday. tion from the crowd at the Artemio Brazilian met Abdou Diallo's fans, nothing against Paris first four league games of the of Rio de Janeiro notorious outwit Karono 18-21 21-14 21-11 in a match that Napoli meanwhile warmed up for Franchi Stadium after an hour as his team cross with an acrobatic effort Saint-Germain as a club. campaign because of the for prostitution. Another lasted an hour here. A trainee of Uday Pawar European holders Liverpool on Tuesday earned their first point this season. that sent the ball arcing back Everyone knows I wanted to uncertainty surrounding his banner mockingly called Badminton Academy, Kaushal, who has been with a Dries Mertens double sealing a 2- Ribery "played better than Ronaldo," over his own head and in off leave. I am not going to get future. Neymar "Calimero", a refer- troubled by injuries for almost two years, is 0 win over crisis club Sampdoria, to move insisted Fiorentina's new owner Rocco the post, sealing a 1-0 win. into the details of what hap- However, having been ence to the always unlucky currently ranked 187th. up to fourth in the table. Commisso, as the former Bayern Munich It was a remarkable goal pened," he said after the resigned to a third season in Italian cartoon character. The reigning eight-time Serie A midfielder did well to neutralise Ronaldo, and a reminder of why PSG game. France, he was handed a Certainly not much was KAVINDER BISHT MOVES AHEAD champions are already missing injured who had scored four goals for Portugal in paid a world record 222 mil- "It is time to turn the start by coach Thomas going right on the field for Ekaterinburg (Russia): Asian silver-medallist captain Giorgio Chiellini, Mattia De European qualifiers this week. lion euros ($264 million at page. Today I am a Paris Tuchel here, and loud jeers the 27-year-old or for his Kavinder Singh Bisht (57kg) advanced to the pre- Sciglio and Marko Pjaca. Ronaldo failed to add to his tally with the time) to sign Neymar in Saint-Germain player and I greeted his name as the team, who had been held by quarterfinals with a hard-fought win over China's And Brazilian Douglas Costa pulled an acrobatic bicycle kick in the 85th 2017. It also leaves them two am going to give everything teams were read out. He was Strasbourg twice in the Chena Zhihao in the World Men's Boxing up with a hamstring problem minutes into minute flying over the bar. points clear of Rennes at the on the field." also regularly whistled by league last season. Championships here on Sunday The fifth seeded Indian left his rival with a bloodied face before the judges ruled 3-2 in his favour after an exhausting bout during which both the boxers managed to connect very few impactful punches. The 26-year- old Indian Air Force man, who was a quarterfinalist Barua's sensational charges divide Indian chess in the 2017 Hamburg edition and is among the strongest contenders for a medal this time around, NAVIN UPADHYAY n NEW DELHI met with State Chief Minister Raja said he had agreed that the state elations. stood out for his pace and endurance during Mamata Banerjee and brought to a press release be issued, saying Raja nominated a three- Sunday's bout. ndian chess bosses have her notice serious financial irreg- players' interest would be pro- member committee, compris- Iswung into action to contain ularities in conduct of state chess tected and the matter would be ing senior AICF office-bearers A. GR WRESTLERS CONTINUE STRUGGLE the damaging fallouts of the association. investigated. Narasimha Reddy (chairman), Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan): Ravi won India's first sensational corruption charges Barua's charges of corruption Stating that Chauhan creat- D.V. Sundar and Kishor bout at the World Championships before suffering leveled by Grandmaster are in sync with ·an allegation ed 'unnecessary emotions, Raja Bhandekar, to oversee the elec- a defeat by fall as the country's Greco-Roman Dibyendu Barua, a chess legend leveled by an office bearer of the said, "It is important that we in tion process, probe the com- wrestlers continued their disappointing show on in his own right, against the BCA that signature of a char- the AICF be seen as impartial till plaints made by Barua against Sunday here. The Olympic qualification was at Bengal Chess Association (BCA) tered account was forged to all allegations are verified and a Lahiri and submit a report with- stake in three categories but all three Indians cut a secretary, Atanau Lahiri. manipulate the accounts. chance is given to all parties. I see in three months. sorry figure as Manish (67kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg) The latest reaction of the All There are also serious alle- some members of the BCA have Senior chess players and and Ravi (97kg) exited without a fight. The four India Chess Federation (AICF) gation that Lahiri conducts all already called a meeting to ini- organizers are already wondering wrestlers in action on the opening day had not won in dealing with Lahiri, who has profitable tournaments under tiate action against Lahiri even how such grave charges could be a single bout and three of them did not even score been caught with his hands lit- Global Chess and all non-prof- before the AICF has done the probed by an in-house commit- a point but Ravi managed to win a bout against erarily in the till, shows .the itable ones under BCA. Lahiri is investigation." tee. Will inter-personal relation Chinese Taipei's Cheng Hao Chen. Federation has done a rethink on a partner and main signatory in When Barua first held the not influence decision making., tacking an alleged offender, Global Chess. Press conference on August 26, especially in a case where the ANJUM 3RD IN NATIONAL TRIALS who is also one of their own offi- In its first reaction AICF the AICF president phoned man being probed in also a New Delhi: Silver medalist cials. Laihri is a member of the secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan him up and expressed regret over member of the AICF. Was not an Anjum Moudgil swept the women's 50m Rifle 3 AICF trainer's committee and on August 30 issued a statement what had transpired in West expert from outside the cricket Positions (3P) national trials, winning the T7 trial at perceived to be close to the taking cognizance of Barua's Bengal. Sources said in his talk entrusted with the task of prob- the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range here on Federation bosses. complaint and promised to set with Barua the AICF boss also ing cases of corruption and con- Sunday. Anjum, thus, added to the T6 title she won Barua had accused Lahiri of up a three-member committee to disapproval of Lahri's conduct. flict of interest in cricket? in the same event on Saturday. With this, the routing huge amount of fund probe the charges. The tone of the AICF president's "This is eyewash. Why Punjab girl has won four trials in all in this outing, received from the state govern- "The AICF will initiate a statement clearly shows that the should they take three months to claiming both the T6 and T7 Rifle Prone events ment to his own chess promo- thorough enquiry into the affairs chess bosses are not with the probe such simple case which before landing both the women's 3P titles. Anjum tion company in a clear case of of Bengal Chess Association and Federation's secretary on this can be concluded in a few days. shot 460.2 in the T7 final to improve upon her 456, conflict of interest. Barua pro- its secretary Atanu Lahiri on the matter. The charges are based on docu- which she shot to win the T6 on Saturday. duced documents to show that charges leveled by Dibyendu Has Raja changed his mind? ments. If AICF was serious, it GILL MAKES MARK IN TURKEY Rs 23 lakh in cash was with- Barua. We will set up a commit- Was there a lobby which was try- could have appointed a commit- New Delhi: drawn from LahIri's comp[nay- tee soon to look into the matter." case. ment in which he virtually crit- ing to prevent the wheels of jus- tee of experts from outside and India's top rally driver Gaurav Gill won -Global Chess- in around 53 Stopping chess activity is Chauhan statement created icized Bharat Singh Chauhan tice from moving in the right decided the matter in one week," praise of his co-competitors by overcoming weeks. perceived as a serious offence by a flutter in the chess circle, accusing him for taking side in direction? said a Grandmaster. mechanical failures and a series of punctures Barua also accused Lahiri of us in AICF," the statement added. because Lahiri is seen as a blue- the matter and arguing for Raja directed the BCA to Incidentally, soon after before it ended in a heartbreak for him in the not allowing him to hold a youth Chauhan's letter also slammed eyed boy of the AICF bosses, impartial probe, hold its annual general meeting Barua raised red flag against gruelling , the first event of the FIA tournament and banning two of BCA's decision to stop nine-year- who allowed him to control the Rebuffing Chauhan for and conduct its elections under Lahiri conduct, the BCA meet- World Rally Championship 2 on Sunday. India top players, Grandmaster old Sneha Halder - the state and destiny of Bengal chess despite backing a serious issue tossed by the supervision of an AICF- ing decided to serve show cause Going into the final day with a top-five finish firmly Surya Sekhar Ganguly and Deep national U-9 champion - from presiding over an association India's foremost chess player, appointed committee in early notice to Lahiri and hold election in sight, the JK Racing ace underlined his mettle by Sen Gupta, from taking part in taking part in state-level tourna- which didn't even have a fulltime the AICF president Venkatrama October. The million dollar ques- in three months. finishing second in the first stage of the day.He Bengal Chess events.Lahiri also ments. president in the last three years. Raja said, the Federation should tion is: How can state associa- "The letter of the AICF continued in the same vein, taking the third place in barred under-9 national girls' The tone of Chauhan's state- It didn't take long before dif- act impartially in this matter and tion's election be held under president has clearly come as the next stage too, demonstrating phenomenal champion Sneha Haldar from ment was highly critical of ferences cropped up in the AICF Chauhan "went beyond the brief" Lahiri when he is facing such damper to the chess lover who speed and control to post spectacular timings to inch up the leader-board. playing in a tournament on dis- Lahiri's conduct and gave the over this issue.. On September 6, while issuing the press statement grave charges? The AICF has wanted stern action against AGENCIES ciplinary grounds. impression that the AICF was AICF president P.R. regarding the allegations lev- given no indication that the Lahiri and the likes of him," said Barua has reportedly also determined to do justice in this Venkatarama Raja issued a state- eled by Barua. probe will be completed before a senior chess player.  @ C@

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ir pollution is the cause for largely through strenuous enforce- Aprematurely killing seven mil- ment that European countries lion people across the globe every with similar standards often lack. year. It is strongly linked to So where would she travel for strokes, heart attacks, many kinds purer air? “Northern Canada,” she of cancer, premature birth and answered and “some remote parts dementia, among other ailments. of Scandinavia,” though she is Looking at these deadly conse- quick to add that the reliance of quences of air pollution, environ- rural areas on wood burning ment journalist and writer Beth said Gardiner, calling south Asia means they are not always the Gardiner took a world tour to “the global ground zero for air ideal choices. “There’s no place trace the level of pollution in the pollution.” India has 10 of the that’s perfect,” she sighs. Her lat- air. world’s 15 most polluted cities, est travel podcast, Get Outta Here Her world tour started with according to the World Health gives more details about her trip the diesel smell in her adopted Organisation. and how she calls clean air “a hometown of London. From New Gardiner penned the recent- birthright.” She says it can disap- Delhi, Beijing and Krakow, in ly released Choked: Life and Breath pear in a puff of smoke if the rules Poland, as well as Berlin to Los in the Age of Air Pollution, which that protect it are unravelled. At Angeles and California’s San is based on her experiences home and around the world, it’s Joaquin Valley, Gardiner trav- around the globe. The tour gave never been more important to elled the world to tell the story of her a firsthand look at the strug- understand how progress hap- this modern-day plague. From the gles of developing countries des- pened and what dangers might halls of power in Washington and perate to raise living standards still be in store. Her research the diesel-fogged London streets, without burning everything in shows us that we hold the power she took walks with her daughter sight, from fossil fuels to crop to build a cleaner, healthier future to Poland’s coal heartland and residues. She also covers success — in which breathing, life’s most India’s gasping capital. stories. The 49-year old Clean Air basic function, no longer carries “You could see the pollution Act has markedly improved air a danger. shimmering off the headlights,” quality in many American cities, he says that even it might not look like that, but they did some research work. He says, “However, our prepa- ration was collective. We all sat together and worked on how you pitch the idea to the clients, how you make presentations. We studied why certain advertisements worked    out and why others did not. I stud-  ied this it, in a way, revamped a lot of things too. And because of that, it gave me an opportunity to perform ?? in a way, in which I haven’t per- formed before.” The series shows how the two protagonists gain success and popu- E larity on the basis of their languages The series revolves around Srikant Tiwari, a O middle-class man who also serves as a world-class @ — Hindi and English. While the   content in English gets high spy. He tries to balance his familial responsibilities scores and is considered to be with those at the highly secretive special cell of the    ‘classy,’ the one in Hindi is seen National Intelligence Agency. @ as incompetent and old-fash- Starring Manoj Bajpayee, Priyamani, Sharb ioned. However, Neil doesn’t Hashmi, the thriller releases on September 20 on quite get this conflict between Amazon Prime Video. the two and how people are E illiam is not the villain exhausted him but the judged on the basis of that like everyone is perceiving Shaitan actor was in India due to his Ex-communicated RAW agent Kabir Anand Whim to be after watching fresh and quick to background. “I (played by Emraan Hashmi), a courageous analyst the trailer of MX Player’s Kiska Hoga answer why he have had it the and a sleeper agent take on a covert but disastrous Thinkistaan 2. Actor Neil chose the script. other way round mission in Bhoopalam says that his character is “I really enjoyed because I grew up Balochistan just a strict new head of the compa- reading it. I have mostly speaking when four ny who wants the work to be refined studied adver- English at home. Indian spies and perfect. tising in college. But it’s unfair to are captured. “That’s all. Though that’s how it It was some- define a coolness The mission was actually pitched initially — thing I knew. quotient on the soon turns negative. But they told me that he is And this was basis of what lan- south and just a person who is doing his job. the closest I guage one Kabir must There might be a few points where could have got speaks. However, face his the audience might get a ‘baddy’ to the world that kind of judg- demons from kind of vibe from me. My job was to of advertising, ment has reduced the past. try and make that as natural as pos- which I had considerably now. Directed by Ribhu Dasgupta and based on the sible. I was told that during a meet- someday I see many who eponymous book by Bilal Siddique, the series is set ing, like a strict boss, I cannot thought that I proudly own their to release on September 27 on Netflix. L sugar-coat my words to not hurt would be a language today. It’s your feelings. At the same time, I part of. Even not like they don’t would not even go out of the way to the directors understand English, Payton Hobart, a wealthy student from Santa make you feel bad. I just simply tell and producers but they prefer to Barbara, has known since he was seven that he’s going you that your ideas are not up to the of the show speak in the lan- to be the president of the United States, but first he mark. And now, it’s up to you to feel have come from guage they are com- has to navigate the most treacherous political land- bad,” he says and laughs that while an advertising back- fortable with. scape of all, Saint Sebastian High School. he was shooting this, it was quite ground and have Sometimes you also The comedy, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben relatable. “We have all experienced made the script so explain things in a better Platt, will release on September 27 on Netflix.

this in our work lives and especial- believable. There’s no way in your mother ly in the first five to six years of our faff. It’s all true,” he tongue. So why not say it jobs. It does hurt. But later, you says. that way? Also, we know realise that it wasn’t deliberately Of course, he has that communication is

mean. They just knew it wasn’t come a long way from key. The more lan- meant to work out,” says he. college to today. What guages we know, the The series spins narrative you study in college brain gets smarter and around two contrasting copy writ- ❝ does remain with you not suffer from ers and content creators, who work but is eventually a his- Alzheimer’s,” he chuck- at MTMC, a huge advertising tory. So what was les and reminds us that agency, and traces their journeys and Neil’s research work even the title of the a tiff between English and Hindi or better, some dig- show is designed as a content. ging into the histo- combination of both After a whole day of seemingly- ry? As he thanks the languages — endless interviews, an early morn- me for asking Thinkistaan — to give ing and an coffee-only meal had this question, them the equal status. an you recall actor Rani However, her voice broke as she a mindset that has been deeply CMukherjee’s character from got emotional. After a pause, she rooted, Rachana pointed out. Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: recollected her strength and She shared that as a transgender, Journey of a Woman (2007) where added, “They don’t ask other pro- her challenges have been greater. her financial constraints had fessionals, lawyers or doctors to She does not have other means of pushed her into becoming an change their job and seek for income and the society already escort woman? The struggles of something else. So why us? It’s a looks at her with disgrace. She her life and extreme stigma from means of living for us as well.” recalls one of the incidents where society took a toll on her mental The two didn’t aim to glori- a group of policemen had forced health. Her circumstances had fy the idea of this job but it was some transgender women to strip crushed her to a level where she quite evident on Kusum and and beaten them to death on the wasn’t ready to trust on anybody Ayeesha’s part that they want peo- road. She said, “The govern- and even warned her sister not to ple to change their mindsets and ment is expected to take care of indulge with strangers. respect their work as it includes us and ensure that we lead peace- The film, one of the firsts in services in return of money like ful lives but it is them who are the the Hindi cinema to have shown it happens in other professions. reason for this stigma around our how a woman’s circumstances A transgender sex worker gender and profession. Is this the force her into such professions, from Telangana, Rachana, agreed democracy that we chose to live was right in showcasing what with them. “It surprises me how in? How ironical this is!” happens to sex workers after sex work bothers people when we In films or even in real life, they enter the red-light world. are using our body as an invest- we have usually seen the escorts The dangers they go through are ment,” said she. in a depressed state because none innumerable. And it’s only rare Sultana Begum, sex worker of them enter this profession by that they are given protection by from Alwar, shared about her choice. But fact is many choose legal systems while they still early life. Her watery eyes spoke to stay in it with dignity. As remain at a high risk of facing volumes of how her struggles and another sex worker Sunita said, physical and verbal violence, tragedies had landed her where “My body, my business.” The stigmatisation, discrimination she was. She said, “The econom- firmness with which she deliv- and human rights abuse. The ic gains I have received from this ered those four words made it stigma lingering around their work has certainly empowered quite evident that she has chosen profession is so huge that they me. Working as a maid paid me to continue her line of work even might not even get the right med- 500 per month and here, I though she was thrown into it ical assistance despite being earned double the amount in 30 due to her life situations. She prone to various contracting minutes. Returning home the shared candidly that she is now degenerative diseases. Then there first time with cakes and pastries privileged enough to choose her is the added stigma of the sex in my hand made my children own clients. “If I like him in the trade. happy. However, the way this photograph, only then I go.” All A session at the India Habitat society treats my children is what of this hints towards a changing Centre, organised by Centre for to access social welfare and why can’t we looked at as profes- harassed by local goons in I don’t agree with. They taunt me scenario where sex work should Equity Studies and News Click, human rights due to stigmatisa- sionals like them?” Like second- Kolkata when she went there to by saying that I would forcibly be socially-acceptable like other Re-imagining Work and tion. A sex worker Kusum, who class citizens, she was not even become an escort. She shifted to push even my daughter into it. It professions. And when sex work- Labouring Bodies: Conversations was forced to enter the profession issued the ration card given her South India but stayed commit- is really disheartening.” ers demand respect and recogni- with India’s Sex Workers, focussed due to her financial instability, declared identity. ted to the profession. “Why does The profession has often tion for their profession, it is upon how sex workers face crim- said, “People used to call me by Nepal-based Ayeesha, a this profession bother people so been seen in a derogatory light upon us to lead that. The way we inalisation, are barred from form- derogatory words. They looked at member of National Network of much?” she raised her voice as due to society’s stringent patriar- (the society) lead it will govern ing trade unions and are unable my profession as a crime. Fact is Sex Workers, said that she was she questioned the audience. chal framework too. ‘Men rule’ is the change. (

bamboo baskets for their liveli- hood since many years. In the Bamboo Artisan Mela, 10,000 artisans will gather from all over the country. They will be receiving training on sustain- able development. Investors from all across the country will be informed about the bam- boo-based industry. Bamboo is abundant in each district of Jharkhand. Its abundance promises great potential for the people of the state in terms of employment. Also, it can be utilised in various ways rang- ing from agriculture to alterna- tive sources of energy. Demand for bamboo prod- ucts such as sofa sets, tables, bags and artistic materials for daily use has increased in recent times due to which its trade has also increased in the world. Ajit Sen, who runs an NGO, ESAF, says, “Bamboo is being produced in all the dis- tricts of the state, with maxi- mum production in Santhal Parganas. Apart from this, it is available in abundance in Godda, Sahibganj, Pakud, Dumka, Jamtara, Jamshedpur, Hazaribagh, Khuti, Gumla, Ranchi Ramgarh district. The artisans are being encouraged by Mukhyamantri Laghu Evam Kutir Udyog Vikas Board to become cultivators of the plant. There are about two hundred artisans in a cluster. There are around a 1,000 clusters at pre- sent in the state. A producer group has been created for the artisans. They are also given training to ensure efficiency. What is special about the bam- an you name a plant vision of ‘Green India’ is also lakh every year for the govern- boo products made in that rejuvenates barren being realised through bam- ment. Jharkhand is that there is Cland and which is con- boos. In Feng Shui, the plant is K Ravi Kumar, Secretary, demand for them in Europe t is now universally recog- sidered to be the most durable called the ‘divine plant’. Department of Industries, and in the Middle East. nised that the world eco- material on earth? An only Jharkhand, a tribal domi- Jharkhand, says that the gov- Since the demand for bam- Inomic situation, today, is plant that grows rapidly in any nated state, is also one of the ernment will ensure that the boo products is rising, the very critical. The crisis is the kind of environment? It’s bam- prominent states where bam- income of people living in artisans are being trained on result of a divorce between boo. Owing to its durability and boo is produced on a large rural areas gets doubled to lift modern methods of produc- present-day economic sys- ability to grow in any environ- scale. According to India State them out of poverty by the year tion to ensure maximum tems and ethics. It’s a fact that ment, the plant is believed to be Forest report, the Jharkhand’s 2022. Kumar also informs that employment. Bamboo artisans nobody would deny. a symbol of progress and pros- forest belt covers an area of efforts are being made to pro- Santosh Mahli, Kashinath Economic systems today not perity. Bamboo farming, which almost 23,478 sq km and vide employment to people Mahli, Joseph Mahli, Babita only avoid taking into consid- is also known as green gold, has approximately 2,520 million through forest based products. Kumari, Marshila Hembram eration the ethics but also gen- always proved to be profitable tonnes are produced. With the National Bamboo Mission and earn approximately 10,000 erate unethical trends. The every time. World Bamboo production of bamboo, the Jharkhand State Bamboo per month. The government is current world fiscal scene is Day was declared by the Thai Jharkhand government plans to Mission are working together also working towards increas- evidence of how our econom- Royal Forest Department in bring about positive changes in to promote the production of ing the income of the poor. ic thinking and our models of 2009 at the 8th World Bamboo the livelihood of the tribals increased all over the world. In tulda, Bambusa nutans and bamboo. Through the concept Moreover, several new types of planning and development Congress with an aim to create through various schemes. On view of the increasing demand, Bambusa balcooa — are also of ‘Green India’ for farmers and products have been added to have lost touch with reality. and increase awareness of bam- one hand, the emphasis is on Chief Minister Raghubar Das’s high in demand worldwide. sustainable development, the the existing ones through var- For example, the recent reces- boo globally. It is now celebrat- increasing its production, on government will be organising The crafts have become the government is working towards ious trainings. The tribals of sion and the fall in exchange- ed every year on September 18. the other hand, skill training is a two-day Bamboo Artisan main industry of Jharkhand, achieving more employment in Jharkhand will no longer have rate of currencies of some international monetary sys- Scientists believe that the being imparted to the artisans. Mela on World Bamboo Day in and about 500 types of prod- the bamboo-based industry. to migrate to West Bengal for developed countries. A little tem. plant, compared to other veg- They are also being motivated Dumka. ucts are made from it, which Among the Mahli tribe of employment. Bamboo will pro- thinking about the factors Further, we all know that etation, has 35 per cent more for self-employment. Half of India’s bamboo is are then transported to other Jharkhand, there are hundreds vide them employment at their that led to these two events there are presently two major oxygen. The concept of sustain- Today, the demand for found there. The bamboo states. Bamboo production and thousands of families who own residential places. concludes that it was because economic systems at work — able development and the Jharkhand’s bamboo has found in the state — Bambusa generates an income of 50 have been traditionally making the developed nations have capitalist and communist. The been spending way beyond former is based on competi- their means. tion, a drive for profits and the ith the easy availability of the Open discussion about bad habits won’t be revisiting the site, it’s best As per the International law of value of the goods. WInternet, the world has become can help them understand the need to close the account. Monetary System, constituted Social good, love and respect a global village and everything is of the hour. Also, the guidance at Bretton Woods, the parity for humanity and the less for- available at a single click. While the about ways to deal with cybercrime of national currencies of the tunate brethren have little or brighter side of this technological can be helpful to handle any fraud. The subject of cyber security member countries is deter- no place in this system. boon has made life easier, on a dark- Many a times children expose covers everything that can cause a mined as per the value of the Moreover, the system has only er note, it has intruded in our per- themselves to identity theft by dis- threat to humans and data. The US Dollar. Their parities been exhausting natural sonal space resulting in cybercrimes. closing personal information online. major areas covered here are — depend on the stability in its resources and threatening the If reports are to be believed, in 2018 Scammers can trick kids into disclos- application, information, disaster value. But ever since the US ecological balance. Bangalore registered the most num- ing their social security number and and network. All these aspects have Dollar began vacillating, the Thus, it is bound to rein- ber of cybercrime cases. A recent other details to commit identity certain techniques that are used for system of parities has been force an conflict between indi- survey reveals that the statistics are theft. Remind children not to reveal the application of these security upset. Now, in the system, as viduals and countries. It has grim. Almost 76 per cent of Indians too much information about them- systems, which are apt for home, it stands, the domestic policies divided the world in two have been victims of some form of selves, especially online. offices and schools. The application of major industrial countries, power blocs, tying up much of cybercrime and 60 per cent have Make sure your children know security also involves certain tech- especially the USA, highly the funds to armament, thus been victimised because of comput- about the online privacy. Many apps niques for scanning and processing influence the policies of devel- impeding developmental er viruses and malware. A tiny have privacy policies which dis- information that includes input oping nations. The levers of work. And as the communist minority, only 8 per cent do not close that the apps collect and share parameter validation, user/role power now stand firm in the form of economy is con- believe they will fall victim to cyber- their users’ information. Kids often authentication and authorisation, hands of a few developed cerned, it is often alleged that crime. Clearly, the overwhelming accept these without even going session management and auditing countries and are often used it is intensely repressive and majority of Indians considers cyber- through the terms and conditions. and logging. At disaster security to the detriment of developing indeed soul-less. Its discipline crime a significant threat. In India, Even if your settings are set to pri- level, risk assessment, establishing countries. Thus, creating is ruthless and it constitutes only 10 per cent of people feel safe vate, remember nothing is private. priorities, developing recovery crises due to huge losses in totalitarianism. Precisely, the online. Not only do many Indians Even the so-called private browser is strategies are a few parameters that foreign exchange suffered by result of the present econom- believe they will fall prey to cyber- not private. Let the children know play a key role. And at the network developing nations due to ic world order is that about criminals, the majority, approxi- that hackers could have access to security level, components like anti- change in the US Dollar rates. three-fourth of mankind lives mately 57 per cent, believe cyber- your so-called private information. virus and anti-spyware, firewall, The variation in exchange in poverty. The rem- criminals will never be brought to Unused accounts can be a rich intrusion prevention systems (IPS) rates, high interest rates edy thus lies in bas- justice. Internet, if used as a boon, source of personal information for and virtual private networks (VPNs), charged by private interna- ing the world eco- it is the biggest tool for information, cybercriminals. Sometimes kids cre- play a crucial role to secure remote tional banks, an unequal dis- nomic system on learning and connection. And when ate an account with their access. tribution of monetary love, humanity and used as a bane, can result in massive first and last name or While the researchers feel that a lot reserves, etc., are some social consideration. destruction resulting in loss of their birthday in the more have to be done to make other phenomena that For this, there is a need respect and even lives. children are found that from school to college, the user name. the internet a safer media point to the inade- for all countries to com- the most affected ones as today they dependency on the internet has not Cybercriminals but these basic security quacies and dis- mit to peaceful progress are able to access more information only exposed youngsters to quality Parents and teachers play a key can patch these parameters are enough crepancies of not only in their own than any generation before. content but has also raised a threat role which involves the right guid- data points for school children and the pre- lands but also world- to their innocence with explicit ance and discipline. It is important together and youngsters to have a sent wide. Global co-opera- content that is available at a single for them to guide them in terms of steal informa- secured exposure. tion to restructure the Mostly used by youngsters and click. While scrutinising it every do’s and don’ts of internet usage and tion from other (The author is the international monetary teenagers, use of this technological moment is not an easy job for par- developing a healthy disciplined sites that the managing director of system, basing it on bliss calls for strict cyber security to ents, the need for cyber security has environment so that kids don’t fall individual uses. Cambridge Montessori human relationship is keep the privacy intact. It has been become inevitable. prey to bad thoughts and habits. If you think you Pre-school.) thus the need of the hour.

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Oval on the third day of the match on While former captain Steve Saturday and were not helped by Paine’s Smith was at the crease, misjudgements. Australia retained a faint hope Joe Denly, who went on to score 94, sealing their first Ashes series should have been out lbw to Mitchell win in England since 2001. Marsh when he was on 54 but Australia But when Ben Stokes dived opted not to review the not-out decision. to his left at leg slip to catch Later on the skipper, who is the Smith for 23, giving Broad his team’s wicketkeeper, failed to review a third wicket of the innings, not-out decision against Jos Buttler after England knew they had an appeal for lbw, with replays showing removed the biggest obstacle in Nathan Lyon’s delivery would have hit their victory charge. the stumps. Buttler, then on 19, went on Smith, who scored an to score 47. astonishing 774 runs in just “I'm getting it wrong,” said a tetchy seven innings, was out for a Paine. score of less than fifty for the “I don't know what else to say. We’re first time in the series. having a mare (nightmare). We’ve got The Oval crowd gave him a it wrong.” standing ovation as he walked  “It’s fast,” he added. back to the dressing room in “It’s a tough job as I’ve said through- the September sunshine, with Jack Leach both finished with roared on by a cricket in June after a 12-month run-scoring feats. out the whole Test series. I’ve got a new Australia in deep trouble at 85- four wickets. packed crowd, ban for ball-tampering, had a His run haul put him fifth respect for umpiring, particularly in Test 4 in the post-lunch session. "A very good performance," who raised the good but has on the list of highest tallies in cricket because it’s a hard job.” Matthew Wade offered said Root. "I thought we were roof when he endured a torrid time in the an Ashes series behind Don When asked what he could do about hit Denly, for example. brave resistance, scoring 117 as brilliant. To bounce back from demolished Ashes. Bradman's two entries, it, he said sarcastically that he would The skipper said his team, guaran- man-of-the-match Jofra Archer a very difficult emotional week, Harris's off-stump The attacking batsman, who England's Wally Hammond and enrol in “umpiring school” when he teed to retain the Ashes urn, still had a cranked his speed up to 95 to come and play in the man- in the fifth over of was booed after his dismissal former Australia skipper Mark returned home to Australia. chance to win the series outright. miles-per-hour in the evening ner we have, the team has char- the Australian for his part in the cheating Taylor. Paine said after his side’s defeat in “The only thing that's been a bit sunlight, eye-balling the acter in abundance. innings. scandal, scored just 95 runs in Australia were seeking their the third Test at Headingley that he upsetting this Test match is our catch- Australian batsman in an "This was more of a tem- In his fol- 10 innings and was dismissed first Test series win in England would be putting someone else in ing and our referrals but that's not any- attempt to intimidate him. plate of how to play moving for- lowing over, by Broad seven times. for 18 years but only once charge of the team’s reviews. thing new,” he added. England captain Joe Root ward. It is a step in the right Broad ended Warner's dismissal brought before had they scored 399-plus During the closing stages of that He described his top-scorer Steve finally got his man, luring him direction. I am very proud of Warner's mis- Smith to the crease and he runs in the fourth innings to match, Lyon had a huge appeal for lbw Smith as a “freak” after he took a stun- forward as Jonny Bairstow everyone's effort throughout erable series, opened his account with a sweet win a Test match, against against Ben Stokes but the England vice- ning diving slip catch late on to see the whipped off the bails. the summer." with the opener drive through the covers for England at Headingley in 1948. captain was given not out and Australia back of Chris Woakes. Nathan Lyon and Josh - Broad strikes - edging to Rory four off Archer but this time he The tourists won the first could not challenge that verdict as they “Cricketers like him, I think Stokes Hazlewood went in successive Earlier, England added Burns in the slips could not find the magic. Test at Edgbaston and the had used up all their reviews. is the same, they’re just in the contest balls, meaning England fin- 16 runs to their overnight and departing for The exit of Smith, also fourth at Old Trafford while Their misery was compounded and in the game all the time,” he said. ished their season on a high two tally, with 11. banned over the ball-tampering Ben Stokes inspired England to when replays revealed that Stokes would “That's what makes great cricketers months after winning the one- Archer and Warner, scandal, led to one or two iso- victory in the third Test at have been given out. great because they're always in the con- day World Cup for the first Leach the last who returned lated boos but they were Headingley. Paine said it was sometimes diffi- test, they're always aware of what's hap- time. men out. to inter- drowned out by applause from The second match, at cult to judge from behind the stumps, pening. It was a pretty special catch.” Broad and left-arm spinner Broad then pounded in, national the crowd in appreciation of his Lord's, was drawn. saying he was not sure where the ball

ndia head coach Ravi Shastri Ihas made it clear that Rishabh ndia captain Virat Kohli has made it Pant will be "rapped on the Iamply clear that the youngsters drafted knuckels" if he keeps on into the squad ahead of the T20 World Cup playing rash shots like the one next year will have to prove themselves in he did against the West Indies the "four or five" opportunities they get. recently. Giving his own example, Kohli, who Shastri did not mince words made his India debut in 2008, said he never as he pointed out that the young expected to get a bagful of opportunities wicketkeeper-batsman has let in his early days as an international crick- the team down during India's eter. recent tour of the West Indies "We have 30 odd games (before T20 where he was dismissed first ball World Cup). From team's point of view, it in an ODI game. is very clear. Even when I got into the team "We'll let him be but at times it is not like I was expecting 15 opportu- when you see a shot, like the first nities. You get four to five opportunities and ball dismissal in Trinidad, if he you have to make the most of it. That is the repeats that, then he will be told. level we are playing at," Kohli told Star There will be a rap on the can sort out his shot-selection to step up and show how dev- Sports. knuckles, talent or no talent," the and decision-making, he will be astating he can be," Shastri said "I think individuals coming in need to head coach said. unstoppable. with captain Virat Kohli by his have the mindset (of limited opportunities) "As simple as that. Because "No one will even think of side. Kohli, on his part, said he because team definitely has that mindset. you are letting the team down, changing his style. Like Virat wants Pant to play according to forget letting yourselves down. said, reading the situation, situations. In a situation where you have match-awareness and shot- "The only expectation from the captain at the other end, a selection becomes crucial. If he Rishabh is that he read situations target to chase, the need of the can fathom that, he could be well," Kohli said. hour is sensible cricket," Shastri unstoppable. "We don't expect him to was quoted as saying in an inter- "It could take one game, it play the way you might be view with Star Sports. could take four games. He has thinking. It is about analysing a Shastri said Pant has played so much IPL cricket, he situation and dealing with it in unquestionable talent but if he will learn. It's time now for him your own way." E

Guys who grab the opportunity quickly, a single player and gave Delhi an they grab the opportunity. It is a delicate 11-point lead (20-9). balance to strike but it is important aveen Kumar was once again Sadly for Delhi, both Meraj because you only have 30 games (to figure Nthe hero for Dabang Delhi K Sheykh and Anil Kumar had to be it out)." C as they beat Gujarat substituted due to injuries. Besides the T20 World Cup in Fortunegiants 34-30 in a Pro Delhi secured their second Australia next year, the team is also Kabaddi League match here on All-Out in the first move of the sec- focussing on the World Test Sunday. ond half but the restart marked the Championship. Naveen Kumar picked up revival for last season's runners-up For the last two T20 International another Super 10 (13th consecu- Fortunegiants. series, including against the West Indies tive) as Delhi produced a com- Pankaj, playing in the left cor- and the ongoing one against South Africa, posed performance, despite being ner for Gujarat, ensured Naveen India have left out spinners Kuldeep closely challenged in the second he unlocked the Gujarat defence Kumar had no influence in the Chahal and Yuzvendra Chahal who have half by Fortunegiants, to pick up with a five-point raid in the ninth game, while Rohit Gulia produced made way for Rahul Chahar and five points and consolidate their minute to clinch an All-Out for a quick-fire Super 10 to inflict an Washington Sundar. The selectors have also stay at the top of the points table. Delhi. All-Out on Delhi (sixth minute of brought in batsmen Shreyas Iyer and The initial minutes of the The restart didn't bring good the second half) and reduced the Manish Pandey. match suggested it would be a fortunes for Fortunegiants, with margin. "Before we reach the World Cup, closely-fought encounter with both their raiders looking rather one- Sachin also got into the act for focus is on T20s and Tests. Youngsters are defences looking sharp. dimensional against a Delhi Gujarat as the team kept pace with being pushed in from time to time. It is very Ravinder Pahal pulled off two defence that was slowly growing in the Delhi side. important to settle the team combination successful tackles for the Delhi side stature. But Naveen's clinical Super and you will have to figure out the players while, at the other end, Ruturaj The first half ended with 10 and a dash by Vishal Mane on who will take the team forward," added Koravi was looking in form. Naveen claiming another two- Gujarat's Sachin was enough for Kohli. But Naveen had other plans, as point raid that reduced Gujarat to Delhi to pick up a victory