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Opinion NEW DELHI TIMES North Korea purloins Russian technology to add teeth to its Military Caliber system. But this in no way implies that the launches of May 2019 that resembles The Iskander systems of Russia has two existing By NDT Special Bureau ◆ Korean technologies in all its actualities Russian technologies significantly highlight versions- the "9M723" and the "9M723-1" @NewDelhiTimes have copied all aspects of the so-called North Korea’s intention as well as calibre that could carry several types of conventional Iskander system. Substantial difference does in cloning ballistic missiles and to produce warheads ranging from nuclear to chemical [email protected] surfaces in the successful missile launch solid-propellant rocket motors. warheads. espite holding an isolated stance, The similarity with the Russian The North Korean missile most closely D North Korea has advanced its military "9M723"-series missile of the resembles earlier versions of the "9M723E", capabilities with the claimed launch of a new domestic versions of North Korea the export version of the Russian missile and missile that strongly resembles an existing augments the possibilities of it it is still unidentifiable which warheads the Russian system in the month of May. acquiring the plan for a "9M723"- domestic version of North Korean missile series missile, or an actual carries. Despite the speculated similarities On 4 May 2019, North Korea launched between the Russian missile system and a new ballistic missile and at least four missile, from Russia or from an intermediary. its Korean counterpart, visible differences multiple rocket launch system (MRLS) do exist around the TVC vane housings guided munitions from a little-used test at the rear of the North Korean missile as facility and training site on the Hodo The missile launch indicates that North Korea could then have used it doesn’t have the six cylindrical features Peninsula identified as Kowon-up, north of visible around the TVC vane housings on Photo Credit : Shutterstock the plans or reverse-engineered Wonsan. Additionally, on 9 May, two more the Russian missile. missiles that resembled the export variant of claimed to be carried out by Pyongyang that the missile to replicate the design and to the "9M723" missile used in the Iskander raises suspicion of modification by North begin production of a domestic version. The North Korean missile does not appear system were launched from a site north of Korea. to have the outer thrusters or the controllable the city of Kusong, along with an unknown Speculations could also lead to think of a fins. The modification of the design has, to number of MRLS rockets, in the presence of North Korea has been deriving success in probability of North Korea procuring the a greater extent even augmented the range Kim Jong-un, the nation’s head. military technology despite being not in "9M723"-series missiles from Russia either of the May test missiles as it has shown good terms with the world at large, as it has in kit form or as assembled missiles, and re- reported ranges of 220 km, 270 km, and 420 North Korea claims to have successfully tooled on its existing flight-tested systems. engineering it to pave way for the May 2019 km; such distances falling within the range launched new missiles on 4 and 9 May 2019, launch. of the "9M723" series. that per speculations and analysis turns out The first flight test of the new missile’s be a close variant of the export "9M723" launched on 4 May augments the probability This possibility could be backed by the North Korea’s May launches to a greater missile used in the Iskander system by Russia of its success that appeared to be unusual on fact that in November 2016, Russia began extent showcase it augmented capabilities in 2006. Several speculations surface national North Korea’s part but is in continuation of modernising its Iskander systems, replacing in missile technologies, that could hold the and international media as the external the apparent success on its first test of the "9M723" missiles with second-generation potential to disrupt international peace and appearance of the North Korean missiles in "Hwaseong-15 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile "9M723-1" missiles, thus generating a surplus augment security threats to its near enemies many aspects resemble the Russian Iskander (ICBM)" in November 2017. The missile of the older missiles. in particular and the world in general. Christian victims of Muslim oppression rot in Thailand him down to avenge the supposed insult to office in Bangkok has done little to assist blames the problem on “domestic failures ◆ By Tarek Fatah Author & Columnist, Canada Prophet Muhammad. Parvez or his family despite evidence that in Pakistan, especially social and legal his life is in danger. discrimination and persecution, often @TarekFatah The images were shocking. Videos of mass violent, against religious minorities … [email protected] demonstrations and processions led by In fact, it is alleged that the interpreters The domestic political system is unstable, Mullahs where the crowd chanted: hired by UNHRC to translate the verbal corrupt, and dominated by the military. T he country code of 66 on the incoming submissions of the refugee claimants Religious minorities suffer; not just call was unfamiliar, as was the number. “Gustakh-e-rasool ki aik hi sazaa are Pakistani Muslims in Bangkok who Christians, but Ahmadis, Hindus and others purposely relay incorrect versions that as well.” Usually I ignore such calls as they invariably Sar tann se juda! Sar tann se juda| include deliberate contradictions which led are threats from the worldwide network of to a rejection of 100% of the cases so far. Will Canada, the United States or Europe my fans or duct-cleaning companies worried TRANSLATION: There is only one about the air I breathe. punishment for insulting the Prophet.

But on that day, I took a chance. The other Sever the head from the body! Sever the option was to continue listening to the head from the body. Fourth of July monotone drone of President Donald Trump reading from what was once Over the last week, I have had long called ‘idiot cards’ (today’s teleprompters) conversations with Parvez over the plight of about airports in the year 1775. his immediate family and relatives who also had to run for their lives. They are among The voice on the other end was subdued. I more than 1,500 Pakistani Christians who could detect a bit of tepidness in the soft- are living in horrible conditions, not allowed spoken man who introduced himself as to work and constantly hunted down by Thai Faraz Parvez, a Pakistani Christian currently police who simply imprison them in squalid conditions with no light at the end of the living in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo Credit : Shutterstock tunnel of despair. I wrote to the UNHRC office in Bangkok open its doors to fleeing Pakistani Christians? For the next 10 minutes I heard the story of to obtain clarification about the hiring of Will the UNHRC investigate allegations of a this young man, who had fled Pakistan after On Tuesday alone, Thai authorities arrested interpreters hostile to the refugee claimants, corrupt system in Bangkok? 51 Pakistani Christian asylum seekers. Islamic political parties and Mullahs had but have not heard back from them. announced a 20-million-rupee ($160,000) For Faraz Parvez and his Christian community reward to anyone who would behead Parvez “They took everyone — men, women, Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato stuck in Bangkok’s ghettos and prisons, I hope for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad old people, young children,” a Pakistani Institute and a former special assistant to they do. of Islam. Christian asylum seeker who was privy to President Ronald Reagan, has written about the incident via a phone connection told the the conditions of these abandoned Christians. If not the Canadian government, surely Later that day, Parvez would send me posters Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN). Canada’s churches should speak up for their with his photograph plastered across many “They even took sick old people who can’t Bandow writes about “… backstreet fellow Christians. cities, including Lahore and the capital walk anymore.” neighbourhoods (of Bangkok where) Islamabad, outside mosques and government impoverished Pakistani Christians” live “hoping The power of prayer alone will not help offices, urging ordinary Muslims to hunt The United Nations Human Rights Council to gain religious asylum elsewhere.” He them. www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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Editorial NEW DELHI TIMES Modi irradiates loopholed Defence Procurement problematic presence of middleman or agents is the resultant of an investigation launched June, 2019. Other investigations into Pilatus ◆ By Dr. Ankit Srivastava in the field. The laws governing the defence by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 2016 are also being carried out by Ministry of Chief Editor sector of India forbid the use of middlemen or into Pilatus for the suspected participation of Finance’s Directorate of Enforcement and @AnkitNDT agents by military vendors to secure contracts a middleman in the PC-7 procurement. The Income Tax Department, per the Ministry [email protected] per the successive editions of India’s Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). W ith the world at large progressing with positive speed and the concept of Under the Defence Procurement Procedure globalization seeing its frutation with the (DPP), all the defence material suppliers spread of co-operative and collaborative are obliged to sign an 'Integrity Pact' that networks worldwide; among the civic, outlines that any deal would be terminated economic and political spheres, the defence if this rule regarding the use of agents is sector of any nation in the modern era breached at any stage of the contract, even becomes the top-priority so as to ensure after it was concluded. In case of occurrence national and international security, as well as of breach of 'Integrity Pact', vendors are also to facilitate defence trade between nations. obliged to make a complete refund of the In lieu with PM Narendra Modi's commitment materials procured. of augmenting India's defence capabilities In a recent move under the Defence so as to step ahead with his dream of Procurement Procedure (DPP), the Indian positioning India in the top-notch list of Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced global powers, India has never shied away a one-year trade ban on Pilatus- a Swiss from strengthening its defence sector under aircraft manufacturer. The one-year trade his governence. ban on Pilatus per the notice issued by the Not only the advanced assortment of arms Ministry of Defence (MoD), published on and ammunition of India speaks of its defence 15 June, 2019, is a follow up of earlier trade calibre, but also its cordial strategic defence suspension with Pilatus. partnership with major powers like the US and The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of India Russia throw positive light on India’s intention 15th June notice added that the investigation of Defence. The move definitely showcases and the Swiss aircraft manufacturer, Pilatus of augmenting its defence capabilities, without was launched after the MoD “received reports India’s sternness when it comes to adhering to entered into a contract that was signed in compromising on its ethics as it respects all of engagement by agents” by Pilatus for laws and regulations, especially when national 2012 and featured the sale of 75 Pilatus PC-7 international conventions. assistance in the sale of basic trainer aircraft. security and security of defence personals as Mk II tandem-seat basic trainer aircraft to well are kept into account. India with its strict measures and determined the Indian Air Force. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spirit of its national leader, has never subsided of India as part of its inquiry into suspected to take stern and targeted measures, when Under the contract Pilatus was to make the misconduct in defence procurement activity The action taken by the Ministry of Defence any possibility of occurrence of fault line required delivery between 2013 and 2015. by Pilatus has filed a First Information shows India’s intolerance towards breach of surfaces the defence milieu. One of the The overall contractual value of the deal Report (FIR) after which the MoD issued contract and regulations, and passes a message major problems haunting the defence arena between the firm and the Ministry of Defence the notice stating the suspension of business of warning for other defence suppliers to check of the country is the identification of the was about USD 1 billion. The ban on Pilatus ties with Pilatus for a year starting from 15th their moves. UN Kashmir report is a half-baked document Hides more than it reveals innocent minorities in Pakistan) but have integration into the mainland. India’s handling India has aspirations to be a global power and ◆ By NDT Bureau volunteered to the conflict zone for pelting of Kashmir during earlier regimes used to be is on an impressive growth track. This issue @NewDelhiTimes stones on the army, lured by petty hundreds clumsy, but no more. will be closed within a year once the special from Pakistani agents or dalals. status bestowed under article 370 and 35A are [email protected] The Kashmiri political leaders who posed removed. India is on the right track. The human rights forum in the UN is now themselves as moderates while being on report released recently on Kashmir, hijacked by half-baked Islamists. The pay-rolls of Pakistan have been booked, and The UN report could be interpreted to A apparently compiled by the UN Office demeaned entity is no more the august the source of their terror-funding snapped. mean that Kashmiri Pandits who lived on of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, forum it once used to be. Despite Pakistan’s The leaders used young students for stone- that land for centuries and were driven out says that accountability of Indian troops in unwanted and uncalled interferences in pelting while sending their own children by the fundamentalist forces of political the region is “non-existent”. The last report, Islam don’t have any human rights; only the compiled by its earlier head, turned out to militants indulging in violence have. be the rant of a committed Islamist who was from the Arab land, schooled in Islamist The UN fails to appreciate that in Kashmir thoughts and wrote the report literally under it is a clash of civilisation, of two religious’ the dictation of a Pakistani mullah settled in systems – one too exclusive, intolerant Canada for implementing Islamist radical of other faiths and hell-bent on religious agenda. conversion while the other too inclusive, Later on, he admitted to compiling the report tolerant and liberal. Unfortunately, the UN without taking the ground reporting into sides with the former. The human rights account. The report points out that no reports of the UN that totally ignores the security personnel in the seized region, true grievance of the locals will be a stale accused of torture and other abuses, have document then. been prosecuted in civilian courts “since ... the early 1990s”. The reason is obvious because Pakistan has mastered the art of evoking for decades the army personnel have been fake sympathy for Kashmiris. Islamabad too humane while militants have chased and must mind its own business and stop its publicly heckled them on road. interference, infiltration and terror-funding in Kashmir. That itself will be a great help to The report slammed Delhi’s use of pellet Photo Credit : Shutterstock Kashmir in the form of incursions of abroad for higher education and a better the Kashmiri cause. guns and pedalled the statistic of blinding terrorists and terror-funding, the Indian future. Now Kashmiri people see through over 1,200 people from mid-2016 to the end government has been successfully dealing their nefarious designs. The constant instigator- India has by and large tackled positively of 2018. with the Kashmir issue with sagacity. It Pakistan is also too impoverished to fund with the issues related to Kashmir, and now It ignored the fact that affected people has adopted a more inclusive path for Kashmiri terrorists. Good times are coming Pakistan should take a back foot, stopping were never dragged from their homes (like mainstreaming the Kashmiris through their for Kashmiris at last. its hypocritical stance.

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International NEW DELHI TIMES Russia’s currency deal with India & China Holds potential to challenge CAATSA response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea currencies of Russia and China respectively, ties between the countries as early in the ◆ By NDT Bureau in 2014 as well as its alleged interference in between the two countries through mutual 1960s and 1970s. @NewDelhiTimes the 2016 US Presidential election. settlements from 2020. The payment method also includes the application of In September 2018, a payment equivalent [email protected] Despite the threat of CAATSA, India “gateways” to circumvent the international to about USD40 million was transferred in and China have indicated a continuing Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial the two currencies as payment for the mid- outh Asian nations and influence over willingness to procure materiel from Russia Telecommunication (SWIFT) banking life upgrade of one Indian Navy ‘Kilo’-class S it has been directly or indirectly and the recent move of signing complex messaging system. The payment method submarine. In October 2018, the Russian the apple of discord between the global deals with Russia’s VTB Bank and its will enable Russia to sustain high levels of export agency, ‘Rosoboronexport’ entered powers, especially between the US and counterparts from both the countries that international military sales. into a deal with the public-sector Syndicate Russia. Because of augmenting geostrategic in all possible ways will facilitate defence Bank in New Delhi, under which the Indian importance of India and China, diplomatic trade between Moscow and New Delhi, and Russia is an important defence trade partner bank was to pay Russia’s Sberbank in rupees relationship with these countries forms Moscow and Beijing, highlights the same. of China, as with defence acquisitions from and rubles with direct bank transfers for the centre stage of both Russia and the US Russia worth between USD1.5 billion and purchases. foreign policies. One of the chief concerns USD2 billion a year owning to China’s of relationship with India and China is purchase of the "S-400E Triumf" system Russia has been a very important strategic governed by defence ties and defence trades. and "Sukhoi Su-35" fighter aircraft from partner of India in the arena of defence Despite facing the threats of potential Russia, in the near future is to witness an trade, and New Delhi recently has entered sanctions from the US, New Delhi and upward hike. The purchase attracted China into several defence deals with Moscow to Beijing have never shied away from the first-ever imposition of CAATSA in cement the tie between the countries. India manuring its defence and trade ties with September 2018, by the US that resulted in a has been engaged in a negotiation of a deal Russia, that in a way aid the countries to prohibition on foreign exchange transactions to procure defence equipment from Russia maintain a level of autonomy from the under the US jurisdiction, a prohibition on worth about USD20 billion, including a US monopoly. In the pool of augmenting transactions with the US financial system as USD5.5 billion deal signed in November pressures from the US, even the gravity well as a denial of export licences. The sanctions 2018 to procure five Almaz-Antey "S-400E of the Countering America’s Adversaries have nor curbed China’s intent of procuring Triumf" self-propelled surface-to-air missile Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which addition "Su-35s" or the "Sukhoi Su-57" from systems and a USD3 billion contract signed was signed into US law in August 2017, has Russia to augment its defence calibre. in March 2019 to lease another Project not subsided the move of India and China to 971 ‘Akula’-class nuclear-powered attack Photo Credit : Shutterstock The move of engaging in a financial manure their defence trade ties with Russia. submarine. Both China and India are important defence transaction in the national currencies for The aim of the CAATSA is to discourage trade partners of Moscow, and the contracted arms delivery has strengthened ties between The deals raise the suspicion of bittering countries worldwide to engage in defence deal will enable payments for defence New Delhi and Moscow as well, as the deal the US- India defence ties as well because relationship with Russia. Additional US law equipment to proceed in local currencies will enable central banks of both the nations the purchase of "S-400" from Russia holds enacted in 2018, provides an opportunity to of these nations, ditching requirements for to transact in ruble and rupee as well as potential of bringing India under the chief US security partners to mend the ties the US dollars and also the need to support other currencies like euro, thus escaping CAATSA sanctions, thus augmenting the and escape the CAATSA through potential such contracts through traditional letters mandatory payment in US dollars. The probability of forcing India as well to breathe waiver if they procure to reduce their defence of credit. Under the deal, the VTB bank of agreement signed between India and Russia the heavy air of coercion by throwing the deals with Russia. The US integrated the Russia and the Merchant Bank of China will is not first of its kind as examples of such positive defence relationship of India and CAATSA into its legal framework as a facilitate payment made in ruble and yuan, the deals do surfaces in the history of diplomatic the US on bumpy roads. Decentralization move by “Gab” threatens Neo-Nazi groups presence process of transferring its group feature to “Feuerkrieg Division (FKD)” from “Gab” group AWD had also maintained a presence ◆ By NDT Bureau the new platform. In addition, the new “Gab” platform projects the possibility of the reason on the old version of “Gab” since April @NewDelhiTimes offers users more functionality through a of the move to be the transition by “Gab”. 2019, expanding its presence in France and mobile app. The probability range of the disappearance Germany in the same month and a branch in [email protected] of AWD and FKD from “Gab” varies from it Australia in June 2019. “Gab” in the new transition uses “ActivityPub”, being a voluntary decision, a forced removal an open, decentralised protocol, supported he social media platform “Gab” recently of the groups or a resultant of the “Gab” The move by “Gab” came as a major halt T by ‘iOS’ and ‘Android’ apps thus enabling witnessed an important change in its transition. to the organisation as its presence on the “Gab” to re-establish itself on Google working mechanism as it saw a transition platform was reduced to negligent. Other Play and the App Store, where users can from being a centralized to an open and extreme-right groups like the “Nordic download ‘iOS’ apps such as ‘Roma’ or decentralized platform thus affecting several Frontier”, a pan-Scandinavian neo-Nazi ‘Tootle’ and log in to “Gab” through those criminal and terrorist organisation tooling group with 2,500 followers, the “Base”, an apps. The move is an extension, as in on it, in the negative. Launched in 2016 by international neo-Nazi network styled as February 2019, “Gab” launched its own web Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Andrew Torba, ‘survivalism and self-defence group’, the browser extension called “Dissenter” which “Gab” has advanced as a ‘free speech’ social UK-based “Britain First”, “For Britain”, is separate from the “Gab” social network, network. Its claim deems defeated by its and the “English Defence League”, the US- and creates an alternative comments section perception in popular imagination to be a based “American Identity Movement”, and on any website visible only to those who ‘far-right social network’ instead of ‘free the Europe-focused “Generation Identity” have downloaded the extension. Several extremist groups have showed their speech’ social network. continue with their presence in the platform active presence on “Gab”, and the Europe- for targeting recruitment. Since July 4, when “Gab” changed its The transition has created several outcomes, focused neo-Nazi group FKD has been a platform to become an open-source, it has the most significant being the disappearance prominent one which after the move has In the long run the changes made by “Gab” offered its users a choice of either setting of neo-Nazi groups from the site. witnessed an exit. up an account on the central server at could offer more benefits for extreme-right “Gab.com”, or to set up their own “Gab” The disappearance of the neo-Nazi The FKD had set-up its UK branch on 13 groups and users as the new decentralised server with the help of source code, under groups from the “Gab” has raised several June to add to its central account and briefly format would make it difficult to trace, the control of users. Per the information speculations over the move dragging it into used the “Gab” new version for some time possibly providing room for more robust provided by “Gab”, the source code is based the realm of uncertainty. The uncertainty period, before disappearing from 11 July. presence online to extremist groups. It will on that of “Mastodon”, another open-source, surrounding the disappearance of two Despite the move, two FKD supporters still even obstruct law enforcement agencies decentralised social media platform. “Gab” militant neo-Nazi groups under the banner uphold a presence on Gab’s central server. abilities to keep a check on extremist announced on 5 July, that it was also in the of “Atomwaffen Division (AWD)”and the Apart from FKD, the US-focused neo-Nazi content. www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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International NEW DELHI TIMES International Political Scenario of the Week ◆ By NDT Bureau property damage of transport infrastructure of “right to return” demonstrations. Amidst in Lebanon more widely, as the Islamic like street lights and signals are likely. clashes between protesters and security State-linked Al-Battar Media Foundation @NewDelhiTimes has urged for lone actors to carry out attacks [email protected] during protests. Also, protests involving hundreds of Palestinian Algeria refugees are likely to continue in Beirut and around major Palestinian refugee camps Protests demanding the immediate resignation across Lebanon (Sidon, Bourj el-Barajneh, of the government are likely to continue, Rashidieh, and Al-Bass) in the week ahead marking the 22nd consecutive week of following the governments’ stricter rules on protests across Algeria. hiring foreign workers without permits.

Protests are likely to be further encouraged Poland in the case of an Algerian victory in the final LGBT activist group Teczowy Bialystok has of the Africa Cup of Nations which will take organised the first pride parade in the history place on 19 July. This is widely indicated of Bialystok city for 20 July. Counter- by social media posts, which have been demonstrations will be organised by associating the performance of Algeria’s members of far-right organisations. Minor football team with the protest movement. violence is to erupt amidst demonstration Photo Credit : Shutterstock and counter-terrorism in the city. Chile Israel personals there is also an elevated risk of rockets being fired into southern Israel, United Kingdom In lieu with the long-standing land dispute With the release of the policeman accused of threatening business and transportation between indigenous Mapuches, private killing an Ethiopian-Israeli man in Haifa on For a call for the UK to remain in the disruption in Sderot and Ashkelon. landowners, and the Chilean state, the 15th July, there is a high likelihood of violent European Union, anti-Brexit campaigners Mapuche leaders have called for a protest protests involving hundreds of individuals Lebanon announced plans to stage a march on 20 march on 24 July in Temuco, capital of from the Ethiopian Israeli community in the July in London, ahead of the appointment the southern Araucanía region demanding week ahead. A heightened security presence While Parliament discusses the Lebanese of the new Prime Minister. The hundreds justice over the killing of a Mapuche by is very probable, particularly around the draft 2019 budget, protests are likely in of thousands of peaceful demonstrators police in 2018. Knesset, the justice court in Haifa, and central Beirut. Protests will most likely be will assemble on Park Lane and march Machash (Police Internal Investigations focused around the parliament building and along Piccadilly, St James Street, Pall Mall, The Temuco city centre and other regions Department) representation offices. Also, the finance ministry near Nejmeh and Riad Trafalgar Square, Whitehall, and Downing are to attract hundreds of protesters likely to large protests are likely in the week ahead el Sohl squares. Violence between protesters Street to reach Parliament Square. It will be cause traffic disruption and confrontations near the Gaza barrier as thousands of and security forces is unlikely. Terrorist similar in nature to earlier protest of March between protesters and police. Risk of Palestinians are set to rally for the 67th week attacks against protesters and security forces attended by around one million people. Afghanistan: From troubled history to reconciliation one is allowed to meet him or to talk to him”. about 3,500 personnel, and Afghanistan’s in providing support to the militant group, ◆ By NDT Bureau “In fact,” he concluded, “the life of a British loss range between 14,05, 000-20,84,500 Taliban, and now Washington speaks aloud @NewDelhiTimes Agent is no better than a political prisoner.” people. America’s campaign objectives in about Pakistan’s central role in Afghanistan. Afghanistan have boiled down to just one: [email protected] The century from British invasion and eight to leave Afghanistan at the earliest. All these years, Afghanistan has suffered decades thereafter witnessed Afghanistan he Afghan cauldron that has boiled for becoming the theatre of war for three T eternity now nears a cool off phase, as superpowers in succession: England, Soviet the world prays fervently for a permanent Union, and the USA. Moreover, Afghanistan end to the turmoil. The current talks between turned out to be the graveyard of mighty the Taliban and the US have shown positive empires. signs. After the British, Afghanistan became a The latest visit of the US Representative war zone for the USSR which invaded Khalilzad to China en route to Washington Afghanistan for securing access to the blue indicates that things are moving fast towards waters. The US and its stooge Pakistan an early Afghan reconciliation. The Afghans stubbornly resisted the Soviets. The Soviet will certainly heave a sigh of huge relief that designs came unstuck after nine years (1980- has been overdue for over a century. 89) when they had to eventually leave Kabul in 1989. The United States rushed The Afghan nation has suffered a history in to fill the vacuum left by the Soviet of gratuitous devastation, from the middle departure. Under the banner of ‘Operation of the nineteenth century when the British Enduring Freedom’, the US commandeered Army forayed into the Indus region in contingents from over 20 entities — 1839, even though the expedition turned NATO, EU countries, New Zealand, even Photo Credit : Shutterstock out to be a disaster. The British caused Montenegro, and Lithuania-to fight the Pakistan has endeavoured to keep the because of lack of will and ability to ravages but Afghan rulers somewhat fundamentalist Taliban. But because of the Afghan cauldron boiling by providing a safe overcome internal differences as in the clawed back to exercise control. By 1900, local militant infrastructure, Americans had sanctuary to Taliban within its territory. absence of fight with foreign intruders, Amir of Afghanistan had regained much to assiduously built-in connivance with ‘treachery’ among themselves highlights of the powers and authority to treat the Pakistan over a decade to bleed the Russians It must apologise to the Afghan people for the their inadequacy of building a stable British Agent at Kabul with humiliating who came to haunt them. After thirteen years of interference in their affairs, for the government since the overthrow of its condescension. years of inconclusive fighting, in 2014, countless innocent Afghans who have been monarchy. The threats from the Taliban only the US changed its banner to ‘Operation killed without reason, without proper graves, fuelled the internal clashes. Afghanistan today Fakir Iftikharuddin, who served as British Freedom’s Sentinel’. The US is yet to get and without the dignity of remembrance. It is redeeming all the wrongs of centuries gone Agent at Kabul from 1907-10 complained over the Afghan muddle as the US-led coalition must wash its hands over Afghan affairs and by, irrespective of the source of its perpetration to the British government that his life was forces still remain mired in Afghanistan let them live in their own way. The US has and the world at large needs to allow Afghans “very unpleasant and uncomfortable ... no even after 18 years (2001-19). It has lost complained all along of Pakistan’s complicity to live in peace within the comity of nations.

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Delhi/NCR NEW DELHI TIMES Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi University tightens Delhi schools celebrate one year anti-ragging and move towards of “Happiness curriculum” anti-harassment measures sanitation workers ◆ By NDT Bureau in Delhi @NewDelhiTimes [email protected] ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes aking moves towards ensuring safety T and security of students against [email protected] ragging and harassment, the University of Delhi has decided to employ two joint aving said, “It feels dejected to control rooms, one each in North and South H hear about the deaths of sanitation Campus, from July 20 to July 27 to ensure workers” Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister that the anti-harassment and anti-ragging of the National Capital, on 15th July said measures are implemented strictly. to provide the sanitation workers with the safety kits that would be provided free of The move comes after the meeting held cost to them. between senior varsity staff members, officials from Delhi Metro, DTC and Delhi Police, who decided for the implementation schools operated by the Delhi government. of anti-ragging and anti-harassment measures. ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes As per the statement issued, “The first 50 [email protected] minutes of each school day will be dedicated to the festival with all students of the Delhi government schools taking part in it.” o mark the successful functioning T of the “happiness curriculum” in the first year of its launch, the Directorate of Lakhs of children from Class I to VII will Education of Delhi has organised a 15-day form a part of the activities related to the “Happiness Utsav” across all its schools, festival, held during the assembly session Photo Credit : Shutterstock said Manish Sisodia, Education Minister. and the first period, every morning. ‘Nataks’ (dramas), poetry recitation and exhibitions While speaking at a workshop organised by will form a part of the programme. Delhi Jal Board at Talkatora Stadium, he The programme that began on 16th July, said, “We are concerned about the lives of was launched across all 1,031 schools of sanitation workers and will give free safety the directorate to celebrate the first year Invitations have been advanced to dignitaries, of the ‘happiness curriculum’ along with alumni and parents to witness the festival kits to those working in Delhi so that no The control room for the South and North its positive impact on the students of the that will conclude on July 31. mishaps happen.” The workshop witnessed Campus have been allotted helpline active participation of around 4,000 number as 011-24119832 and 011-27667221, sanitation workers. SDMC signs MoU with IIT Delhi respectively. The workshop was organised in order to Among other safety measures, the varsity enhance the skills of the sanitation workers for a leachate treatment plant has decided to employ a police picket in in the National Capital along with creating every college and apart from these measures awareness among them about the use of the students can register their complaints these safety kits. Vice-Chairman of DJB, in the regard in any complaint box in their Dinesh Mohaniya said, “There are around college or on the anti-ragging helpline 12,000 sanitation workers with DJB and number at 18001805522. around 4,000 joined the workshop.” The University officials said, “The measures DDA to create a “smart would be implemented with the new session and will aim towards smooth induction of hub” at Southwest students in the new session.” Delhi’s Dwarka Textile Fairs India 2019 ◆ By NDT Bureau showcases developments in @NewDelhiTimes the textile sector [email protected] ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes eaturing components of a smart city, F along with a hangout zone, the Delhi [email protected] Development Authority is to develop a smart hub at Delhi’s southwest region, Dwarka. he entire supply chain partners T from fibre to fashion showcased the smell that comes out from rotting garbage developments in their requisite field at the The focus will be laid on a socio-cultural ◆ By NDT Bureau centre similar to Delhi’s India Habitat at landfills and has fungus, bacteria and triple shows during the three-day exhibition Centre, said a senior DDA official. @NewDelhiTimes harmful chemicals, percolating down to ‘Textile Fairs India (TFI) 2019’. More than irreversibly contaminating the groundwater. 250 manufacturers and suppliers from India, [email protected] Spread over 21.15 hectares across sectors China, Japan and Hong Kong took part in Ramesh Verma, Additional Commissioner the event. 10 and 11 of Dwarka, the project will have n an attempt to combat the problem of of SDMC said the civic body has proposed In a first, the event came up with TFI commercial centres apart from several I seepage of black, foul-smelling toxic the plan with an estimate of around Rs. 25 Fashion Design Awards, for the fashion restaurants and multiplexes but will not liquid from the garbage, a Memorandum lakh. design competition organised by TFI in include a residential component. of Understanding (MoU) has been signed collaboration with fashion choreographer between the South Delhi Municipal Corporation Prasad Bidapa. Mr. Bidapa said, “India is one A “recreational green area” spread across (SDMC) and a team of scientists from the He further said, “The Indian Institute of of the most technologically forward countries 5.8 hectares with an amphitheatre, a Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Technology team will pick up groundwater in the production of man-made textiles. …, we herbal garden, children’s play area, a small for a leachate treatment plant at the “green- samples from nearby villages - which still produce the world’s best fabrics.” butterfly park, and splash pools will also be capped” Okhla landfill. use handpumps and borewells to extract developed alongside the commercial area, groundwater for various uses - to analyse The event is a great opportunity for young said the officials. Leachate is the black toxic liquid with a foul their level of contamination.” designers in the industry, he further added. www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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Delhi/NCR NEW DELHI TIMES Nursing School Delhi traffic police launches of EDMC to be upgraded to Nursing e-challaning and payment facilities College: Delhi of Police (traffic) said, the system will also ◆ By NDT Bureau help increase prosecutions. With this, more ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes than 1,000 new hand-held devices have been brought in, that are equipped with 4G @NewDelhiTimes [email protected] technology and are GPS-enabled. [email protected] he Delhi traffic police, with its new This will help keeping a database of T e-challaning and payment facilities, evidences at the traffic police control room. he East Delhi Municipal Corporation that has been launched on 19th July, has T (EDMC) Standing Committee meeting, made it easy for the traffic violators to pay During the launch of the system, Delhi Police on 18th July, nodded for a proposal to their fines online without having to go to the Commissioner Amulya Patnaik said, upgrade EDMC’s only nursing school, traffic police headquarters. “Enforcement of traffic discipline has Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia nursing school been our priority and the launch of the at Swami Dayanand Hospital to a nursing The move will not only make violators clear e-challaning system will help our teams step college. their dues but will also ease for an integrated up prosecution. In the months to come, we data management. will be integrating technology with policing Located at Shahdara’s Dilshad Garden, the to increase enforcement and also help Swami Dayanand Hospital is the largest Kannan Jagadeesan, Joint Commissioner citizens.” Photo Credit : Shutterstock health institution of the civic body with a 370-bed facility catering about 20 lakh L-G triggers off patients a year, a majority of which are Teacher training curriculum from Delhi’s trans-Yamuna areas and six e-governance regarding transgender issues neighbouring western UP. The move came, acting upon the guidelines initiatives in the laid by the Union Ministry of Health and initiated by government: Delhi Welfare for the upgradation of each nursing National Capital school to a nursing college. Sandeep Kapoor, ◆ By NDT Bureau Chairperson of the Standing Committee said, @NewDelhiTimes “The diploma course in general nursing and ◆ By NDT Bureau midwifery being offered by such schools [email protected] @NewDelhiTimes will now become a BSc Nursing degree course.” [email protected] he Aam Aadmi Party- led government T in the National Capital has initiated An EDMC official has said that the move nil Baijal, Lieutenant Governor of towards creating awareness among the will incur an additional cost of Rs 2 crore A Delhi, on 18th July, rolled out six key teachers in schools about the transgender Keshav Puram DIET centre. The move was, annually. e-governance initiatives led by the Delhi issues. in a first, launched in northern part of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), that aim at as it caters to a big population of transgender making the organisation “paperless”. Acting in line with the move, it has launched a people. ASI constructs training curriculum for teachers in one of the District Institute of Education and Training The curriculum will provide teachers to meet rainwater (DIET) centres, of the total nine centres run the members of transgender community to by State Council of Education Research and understand the problems with their access harvesting units in Training (SCERT). The initiative, nodded by to health-care and education services. Also, the Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) a monthly workshop and lectures will be Qutub complex of the SCERT, was launched at north Delhi’s organised by the centre for the transgenders. ◆ By NDT Bureau DMRC to expand its @NewDelhiTimes [email protected]

Initiating the move, Anil Baijal, the L-G n line up with the move to recharge said, “Delhi has been grappling with huge e-rickshaw service I groundwater level in the National population growth which poses challenges Capital, the Archaeological Survey of in the development activities of Delhi. The ◆ By NDT Bureau India (ASI) is setting up four rainwater DDA is the most crucial organisation for harvesting units inside the parking lot of @NewDelhiTimes the development of Delhi and information Qutub Complex making Qutub Minar, technology measures will improve the [email protected] the 13th century minaret in Mehrauli, and credibility of the people in view of surrounding structures, as a reserve for transparent governance.” n a move for a seamless regulation levelling up the groundwater. I and mechanism for the movement E-mutation of properties is among other and parking of e-rickshaws, the Delhi Metro A senior ASI official said, “We have divided such initiative launched by him, meant to Rail Corporation has tied up with private the parking lot into four zones and ensuring ease the process of changing the name of the operators to start e-rickshaw service of its all the water gets collected at a single point property owner after sale/ purchase or transfer own. in each of the zones and seeps down through of property or after the death of the original bore wells being dug there.” owner through a click of button, online. The corporation, with this move, will ease the commuters to book and make an and Gurgaon but in the National Capital it The online process for the same is limited has been limited to some parts of Dwarka The four units with a capacity of 20 kilolitres e-payment for the e-rickshaw ride through a each, will together incur a cost of Rs 30 lakh. to residential properties but will soon mobile application that will be created. in southwest Delhi so far. A DMRC official commence for industrial and commercial said, “These e-rickshaws will operate on The project is likely to be finished by August- properties, said a senior DDA official. Also, it is making efforts to offer payment fixed routes and not run parallel to metro end, following which the construction of five through Delhi Metro Smart Card. The corridors or on main roads. other points inside the garden of the Qutub Other major services turned online, include e-rickshaws will have a GPS-enabled complex will take place. physical tracking of files, record management, system installed in them to ensure safety of The e-rickshaws will only provide connectivity online monitoring for court case, call centre the passengers. between metro stations and nearby Similar water conservation plans will also and staff quarters, aiming to make DDA catchment areas, where other vehicles such be developed by the ASI at other heritage citizen-friendly by incorporating digital The tie-up between the two has already been as feeder buses may not be available for last sites like Mehrauli Archaeological Park, tools. there at its stations in Vaishali, Faridabad mile connectivity.” Hauz Khas, Red Fort and Tughlaqabad Fort.

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Neighbourhood NEW DELHI TIMES Pakistani journalists hold Afghan radio station closes protests to denounce censorship down following Taliban threats akistani journalists held nationwide faced increasing pressures, said Pakistani he head of a local radio station in P protests on 16th July to denounce journalists have seen severe restrictions T eastern Afghanistan says it was shut rampant censorship by the country’s powerful in the past, including shutting down of down after repeated threats from the area’s security services, massive layoffs due to newspapers, imprisonment of journalists Taliban Commander. budget cuts and months-long delays in payments and direct censorship. of their wages. “But what we are witnessing today in the Ramez Azimi, Director of the Samaa station The rallies, dubbed Day of Protests, were form of pressures from the state institutions in the city of Ghazni, the capital of eastern spearheaded by the Pakistan Federal Union ... news blackouts and self-censorship, is far Ghazni province, says he received phone calls as well as written warning notes Photo Credit : Shutterstock of Journalists, which said that journalists, worse,” Abbas said. He told The Associated Press on 16th July, purportedly from the Taliban Commander. who face the roughest phase in the that the station was closed four days ago. It Abbas, it was announced, will receive the country’s history, have decided to “fight the was its third closure in the past four years. Azimi says the Taliban, who control several unprecedented censorship.” prestigious Committee to Protect Journalism’s districts in Ghazni province, threatened them 2019 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, because three of the station’s 16 employees 16th July was only the “beginning of a “recognizing extraordinary and sustained denied the insurgents had threatened Samaa. protest movement,” said Afzal Butt, Union achievement in the cause of press freedom.” are women. The Taliban are against women’s President. rights to education and work. Credit : Associated Press (AP) “Zaffar Abbas is the embodiment of journalistic courage, which is why the board is so pleased to honor him with the Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award,” said Kathleen UN court rejects Pakistan's Carroll, chair of the CPJ board. “Every day he fights to deliver facts to Dawn’s readers argument in Indian spy case in the face of pressure, obstacles, and blockades from the institutions in Pakistan he United Nations' highest court ordered case's review but that "the right of defense of that would much prefer to go about their T Pakistan to stay the execution of an the accused should receive close scrutiny." business without scrutiny from the press or alleged Indian spy and undertake a full Photo Credit : AP Photo "The review and reconsideration of the the public.” review of his case, after agreeing with conviction and sentence of Mr. Jadhav, in Journalists and press freedom advocates India's contention the man's rights had been order to be effective, must ensure that full say that the Pakistani military is pressuring Cyril Almeida, a prominent journalist violated in a case that has been a source of weight is given to the effect of the violation media outlets to quash critical coverage associated with Dawn, was charged with friction between the nuclear neighbors. of the rights" in international conventions, while the newly elected government is treason after he published an interview with International Court of Justice President Yusuf said. slashing its advertising budget, squeezing a Nawaz Sharif in which the former Prime Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said the panel of key source of revenue for private newspapers Minister accused the Pakistani military of As the case was being considered, the U.N. judges (15-1) found that Pakistan violated and TV stations. aiding the militants who carried out the 2008 court had ordered Pakistan not to execute international law by not providing Kulbhushan Mumbai attacks. Jadhav, and extended that to now include Jadhav access to consular assistance or the In the last few months, hundreds of Islamabad's review of the case. "The court Ashraf Khan, President of the union of ability to choose his own Defense Attorney. journalists have been laid off as media considers that a continued stay of execution journalists in the port city of Karachi, Jadhav was arrested by Pakistan in 2016 after houses came under financial constraints constitutes an indispensable condition for said authorities are using the country’s allegedly entering the country from Iran, and after government advertising was drastically the effective review and reconsideration of cybercrime law as a tool to crackdown on convicted of espionage and sabotage by a reduced. the conviction and sentence of Mr. Jadhav," social media freedoms. Pakistani military tribunal and sentenced to Yusuf said. At the rallies, journalist wore black bands death in 2017. and held banners demanding an end to Authorities are also asking social media censorship, economic woes for those platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to India had denied that Jadhav was a spy and working in the media and abuse of media suspend accounts and take down pages for a asked the world court to order his release, laws to curb free expression. variety of reasons, Khan said. arguing his rights were violated in breach of an international treaty. The court rejected Abbas maintains these are among the worst Authorities control “even minute details of Pakistan's contention that Jadhav wasn't of times for the media in the country. the media content these days, and dictate entitled to those rights, as "an individual who will be the face of print and electronic “Unless journalists and owners of media suspected of espionage." media,” Butt said. outlets unite for a joint struggle, all the gains It did not, however, order Jadhav's return to that were made during the last few decades India or annul the military court's decision There was no immediate comment from will be lost,” he said. the government. Zafar Abbas, an editor as India had wanted. Pakistan and India Photo Credit : AP Photo of the leading Dawn daily which has Credit : Associated Press (AP) are bitter regional rivals that have fought The court's rulings are final and legally three wars since gaining independence binding, and Indian External Affairs Ministry from Britain in 1947. The nuclear-armed spokesman Raveesh Kumar said "we EU gives counterterror countries each claim the Himalayan territory expect Pakistan to implement the directive of Kashmir, and their forces regularly immediately." "This landmark judgment exchange fire there despite a 2003 cease-fire. validates India's position on this matter support package to Sri Lanka fully," Kumar said. "We will continue to Both sides claimed victory after the court's work vigorously for Jadhav's early release judgment. "This is a clear, clear win for and return to India." Pakistan," Pakistani Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan told reporters outside Pakistan's Foreign Ministry reiterated it the courtroom. "Pakistan has in fact been believes "this is a clear care of Indian state very clear from the outset that they will terrorism," but indicated it would comply consider the review and reconsideration." with the court's decision. Meantime, Indian Prime Minister Narendra India and Pakistan routinely accuse each Modi tweeted that "we welcome today's other of harboring terrorists. verdict." "Truth and justice have prevailed," "Pakistan, as a responsible member of Photo Credit : Shutterstock Modi said. "Congratulations to the ICJ for a the International community, upheld its he European Union says it has agreed An EU statement says the European officials verdict based on extensive study of facts. I commitment from the very beginning of T to provide an 8.5 million euro ($9.6 expressed solidarity with Sri Lanka over the am sure Kulbhushan Jadhav will get justice." the case by appearing before the honorable million) package to help Sri Lanka battle bombing of three churches and three hotels. court for the provisional measures hearing terrorism following Easter Sunday bomb It says the package will be channelled As a remedy to the rights violations, the despite a very short notice," the ministry attacks that killed more than 250 people. through the United Nations Development U.N. court ordered Pakistan to "take all said in a written statement. "Having heard Program and the United Nations Office on measures to provide for effective review and the judgment, Pakistan will now proceed as It says EU officials held talks with Sri Drugs and Crime. reconsideration including, if necessary, by Lanka’s acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs, enacting appropriate legislation." Yusuf said per law." Ahmed A. Jawad, about the suicide attacks. Credit : Associated Press (AP) it was up to Pakistan how to carry out the Credit : Associated Press (AP) www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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North America NEW DELHI TIMES Plan to slow Western Wildfires would clear strips of land he Trump administration is proposing of land. The breaks could also fragment as right of ways for pipelines, said Marlo several years, she said. T an ambitious plan to slow Western wildlife habitat. Draper, the Bureau of Land Management’s The plan comes after President Trump last wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or supervisory project manager for the Idaho An environmental group calls it an ill- December issued an executive order calling revegetating large swaths of land along Great Basin team. conceived and expensive plan that has no on the Interior Department to prioritize 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of terrain scientific backing to show it will work. reducing wildfire risks on public lands. in the West. They won’t prevent fires, but they should A U.S. Geological Survey report issued reduce the costs of having to battle major The plan that was announced this summer This proposal doesn’t include U.S. National last year found that fuel breaks could be an blazes because fuel breaks reduce the and presented at public open houses, Forest Service lands. Most states have their important tool to reduce damage caused by intensity, flame length and spread of fires including one in Salt Lake City this week, own separate plans for fire prevention, which wildfires, but the agency cautioned that no and keep firefighters safe, Draper said. would create strips of land known “fuel sometimes include thinning of forests. scientific studies have been done to prove It cost about $373 million over the last breaks” on about 1,000 square miles of land These fuel breaks are a useful tool if their effectiveness and that they could alter decade to fight 21 fires that were larger than (2,700 square kilometers) managed by the used along with other wildfire prevention habitat for sagebrush plants and animal 156 square miles (404 square kilometers) U.S. Bureau of Land Management in an area methods that can keep firefighters safer communities. on lands managed by the bureau in Utah, known as the Great Basin in parts of Idaho, and potentially help out in broad scopes of Nevada and Idaho, according to a report Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada land because they are long and thin, said explaining the proposal. and Utah. Lenya Quinn-Davidson, the area fire adviser The estimated cost would be about $55 “It gives us a chance to get in front of it and for University of California Cooperative million to $192 million, a wide range that put fires out more quickly,” Draper said. Extension. They can especially helpful by providing perimeters for prescribed burns. illustrates the variance in costs for the Western wildfires have grown more lethal different types of fuel breaks. Some would But they must be in the right places and because of extreme drought and heat don’t stop fires, she said. completely clear lands, others would mow associated with climate change and by down vegetation and a third method would housing developments encroaching on David Peterson, an Ecology Professor at replant the area with more fire-resistance the most fire-prone grasslands and brushy the University of Washington and former vegetation. Photo Credit : AP Photo canyons. Many of the ranchers and farmers federal research scientist, said the plan will It would cost another $18 million to $107 The Bureau of Land Management says it has who once managed those landscapes are likely produce mixed success slowing down million each year to maintain the strips and done about 1,200 assessments of fuel breaks gone, leaving terrain thick with vegetation fires. But Peterson said the plan will not help ensure vegetation doesn’t regrow on the since 2002 and found they help control fires that can explode into flames. with extreme fires that produce embers and strips of land. about 80 percent of the time. flames that jump over these fire breaks. He The proposal is out for public comment and said the risk of fragmenting important habitat Wildfire experts say the program could help The strips of land that would be 500 feet or pending environmental review. If approved, and harming animals like sage grouse is real. slow fires, but it won’t help in the most less would be created along highways, rural some of the land could be cleared as soon extreme fires that can jump these strips roads and other areas already disturbed such as next year while other projects could take Credit : Associated Press (AP) A bad year for Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo' jailed at Transgender murders right whales: 2 'Supermax' Prison in Colorado in Honduras could oaquin Guzman, the convicted Mexican Richard Reid, Boston Marathon bomber spell backlash from more found dead J drug lord known as "El Chapo," has Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Ramzi Yousef from been transferred to a "Supermax" prison the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in LGBT+ communities off Canada in Colorado from which no one has ever New York. he murder of three transgender escaped, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said in T women in Honduras this month has he Canadian government says two a statement. T more rare North Atlantic right whales raised fears that a push for LGBT+ rights in the country has prompted a backlash. have been found dead in the country’s Guzman was sentenced to life in prison plus waters, worsening a disastrous year for the 30 years on 17th July, in a federal court in Bessy Ferrera, a 40-year-old LGBT+ rights marine mammals. Brooklyn after a jury convicted him of drug activist, was gunned down by unknown trafficking and engaging in multiple murder assailants early on July 8 in the capital Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the causes conspiracies as a top leader of the Sinaloa Tegucigalpa. of the animals’ deaths aren’t yet known. Cartel, one of Mexico’s largest, most violent Santi Carvajal, a trans TV show host, was drug trafficking organizations. Officials say a necropsy will take place for shot on July 5 and died a day later in the one of the animals on 20th July, in Quebec. northern city of Puerto Cortes, and a third Before he was finally captured in 2016, That whale was spotted in the Gulf of St. trans woman was killed in the city of El Guzman twice escaped maximum-security Lawrence. Negrito on July 3, local media reported. prisons in Mexico. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender "We can confirm that Joaquin Guzman people encounter persistent abuse and is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of The Colorado Supermax prison is nicknamed harassment in Honduras where gay marriage Prisons at United States Penitentiary (USP) "Alcatraz of the Rockies" after the San is illegal and gangs rule lawless city Administrative Maximum (ADX) Florence, Francisco prison whose inmates included the neighbourhoods. located in Florence, Colorado," the U.S. gangsters Al Capone and George "Machine Twenty-one LGBT+ people have been Bureau of Prisons said in its statement. Gun" Kelly, as well as Robert Franklin murdered since January, according to Stroud, known as the Birdman of Alcatraz. The Bureau of Prisons declined to comment Cattrachas, a local watchdog group, further. Like other prisoners, Guzman will likely compared to 18 in the same period last year. be confined for around 23 hours a day to a More than 300 gay and trans people have Guzman was whisked away early on 19th solitary cell that has a narrow window about been murdered since 2009, according to the Photo Credit : AP Photo July, from a secret location in New York, on 42 inches (107 cm) high and angled upward group funded by the Arcus Foundation. his way to the Supermax prison in Florence, so only the sky is visible. The other whale was first seen off Glace Bay, his Attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, told the Trans people are being "kidnapped and killed Nova Scotia, and was identified on 19th July. Denver Post. He will be able to watch TV in his cell, and with gunshots, kicks and punches," said Ferrera's sister, Rihanna Ferrera Sanchez, Right whales number only about 400, and will have access to religious services and The prison is about 115 miles (185 km) who ran as the first ever trans candidate for eight of them have been found dead off educational programs. south of Denver and opened in 1994. It has office in Honduras' 2017 elections. "There Canada this year. about 375 inmates. Special restrictions are used to ensure that has never been so many attacks of hate." inmates cannot exert influence or make The governments of the U.S. and Canada are Activists last year mounted legal challenges Guzman joins a long list of notorious threats beyond prison walls. Prisoners both working on new protections to shield to bans on gay marriage and adoption, but criminals there. They include "Unabomber" cannot move around without being escorted. the animals from threats like fishing gear the spate of murders has many fearing for and ship strikes. Ted Kaczynski, Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Head counts are done at least six times a day. Moussaoui, Terry Nichols from the 1995 their lives. Credit : Associated Press (AP) Oklahoma City bombing, "Shoe Bomber" Credit : Voice of America (VOA) Credit : Voice of America (VOA)

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Africa NEW DELHI TIMES Congo soldiers, police to enforce Kenya's President launches Ebola emergency measures Africa's largest wind farm ongolese soldiers and police will disease before. Health workers have faced C enforce hand-washing and fever misinformation and even deadly attacks that enya’s President has launched what checks now that the deadly Ebola outbreak have hampered the critical work of tracing K officials call Africa’s largest wind has been declared an international health contacts of infected people and deploying an farm, a project that is reducing electricity emergency, authorities said. experimental but effective Ebola vaccine. costs in a bid to attract investors to East Africa’s commercial hub. Soldiers and police will “force” people who The declaration quickly led to fears among resist taking the key steps to help contain some Congolese authorities and residents President Uhuru Kenyatta has said Kenya the disease that has killed more than 1,600 that governments might close borders or is the only African nation to reach the goal people in the past year, said the outbreak take other measures that could hurt the of making renewable energy 75 percent of response coordinator at Congo’s Health local economy. Congo’s Health Minister its energy mix. The ‘Lake Turkana Wind Ministry, Dr. Aruna Abedi. has resisted the characterization of the Power’ project, which first connected to the outbreak as a health emergency. Rwanda’s national grid last year, is expected to provide Project Chief Executive Rizwan Fazal has government said surveillance measures at the 17 percent of the country’s energy. said electricity from the wind farm already border would be tightened.One Congolese, has helped to significantly reduce the cost of 25-year-old Clovis Mutsuva, told The The wind farm officially launched on 19th power. Associated Press that while the declaration July, is expected to significantly reduce might bring in needed funds to help contain reliance on costly diesel-powered generators. Credit : Associated Press (AP) the outbreak, any border closures would make locals “more unhappy.” A lot of key local merchandise such as fuel comes from South Africa’s President accused Photo Credit : AP Photo Kenya and neighboring Uganda, Mutsuva “It’s not possible that someone refuses to said. “This scares us because Goma risks wash their hands and have their temperature becoming isolated from the rest of the of misleading Parliament checked at a very critical moment in this world,” added Katembo Kabunga as some South African corruption watchdog he was not guilty of the accusations and calls outbreak,” Abedi told reporters in Goma, people in the city received vaccinations. A said President Cyril Ramaphosa on the public protector to allow the President the city of more than 2 million people where “deliberately misled” Parliament about a hearing. a first Ebola case was announced early this While the risk of regional spread remains a campaign contribution, a setback for a A political analyst and researcher at the week. The major regional crossroads is on high, the risk outside the region remains low, leader who has vowed to address sprawling University of the Western Cape, Ralph the Rwanda border and has an international WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus graft allegations that forced his predecessor Mathekga, said Ramaphosa should be careful airport. said after the announcement. Last month from office and sparked national outrage. saw the first confirmed cases in Uganda about how he handles the watchdog’s report, The World Health Organization’s rare and a case just 70 kilometers (43 miles) The report was released as that former saying it might hurt the President further if emergency declaration on the night of 17th from the border with South Sudan, where a President, Jacob Zuma, abandoned his he loses at court. July for the second-worst Ebola outbreak in recently ended civil war badly weakened the testimony to a high-profile state commission “This report gives a lot of ammunition history came after a WHO expert committee health system. The international emergency probing wide-ranging allegations of graft not only to his detractors within the ANC declined on three previous occasions to “should not be used to stigmatize or penalize in government and state-owned companies. but to the Economic Freedom Fighters recommend it, to the impatience of some the very people who are most in need of our Zuma, who denies the allegations against as well, as they will exploit it to take him health experts who for months had expressed help,” Tedros said. WHO has estimated him, asserted he was being treated unfairly. on,” Mathekga said, referring to a populist alarm. “hundreds of millions” of dollars would be But a deal was quickly reached for him to opposition party that along with the leading needed to stop the outbreak. return at some point in the future. Congo’s increased use of soldiers and police opposition Democratic Alliance had filed could bring objections from some residents Some aid groups say they hope the The outcry over years of alleged corruption complaints alleging wrongdoing. and health workers in an outbreak taking declaration will spark a radical shift in Ebola during Zuma’s stay in office has shaken Separately on19th July, Zuma abruptly cut place in what has been called a war zone. response efforts to help address community both the economy of South Africa, the most short his appearance at the state inquiry and resistance. The medical charity Doctors developed in sub-Saharan Africa, and public This outbreak is like no other, unfolding in a his lawyers said the former President would Without Borders said the outbreak is still not support for the ruling African National turbulent part of north-eastern Congo where no longer participate. But soon afterward under control. Congress. The party has been in power dozens of rebel groups are active and wary since the end of the harsh system of racial the commission chair, Deputy Chief Justice communities had never experienced the Credit : Associated Press (AP) segregation known as apartheid 25 years Raymond Zondo, said an agreement had ago. been reached to allow Zuma to return at a Sudan urged to ensure Justice later stage. The commission has no power to prosecute but other authorities could follow up on its for raped Women Protesters findings. udanese women were a driving force immediately available to comment. The Zuma began his nationally televised S during months of protests that ousted military council has previously denied that testimony this week by calling the graft veteran autocrat Omar al-Bashir, but the rape took place. allegations part of an international sexual violence they endured risks being From students and academics to housewives intelligence conspiracy that began more than forgotten with the signing of a power- and street traders, women came out in force 25 years ago to assassinate his character. He sharing deal, women's rights activists said Photo Credit : AP Photo to protest against al-Bashir's 30-year rule, threatened to expose “spies” if the pressure on 18th July.Action must be taken to address Now the ANC faces an internal struggle before he was replaced by the military in on him went too far. scores of rapes committed during a deadly between allies of Ramaphosa and Zuma, April. crackdown by security forces in June and who led South Africa from 2009 to 2018 Zuma has been questioned about his close ongoing sexual harassment on Sudan's But the protests didn't stop as demonstrators when he resigned under party pressure and relationship with the wealthy Gupta family streets today, they said. "There has been demanded the ruling military council was replaced by former Deputy Ramaphosa. and allegations that they exerted influence much recognition for the role that women swiftly hand power to civilians, leading to over cabinet appointments and the awarding The current President has repeatedly vowed have played in Sudan's revolution, but now a crackdown on June 3 in which at least of lucrative state contracts. to fight corruption and win back public no one is addressing the sacrifices we have 128 people were killed, according to the confidence. The report by South Africa’s A defiant Zuma told supporters that he made," said Hala Al-Karib of the Strategic opposition. The Health Ministry put the public protector, a constitutionally created had been the target of many assassination Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa. death toll at 61. office that probes alleged misconduct in attempts because he has a lot of information "We have numerous cases of rape committed Sides agree to investigation state affairs, said Ramaphosa “deliberately about spies who infiltrated the ANC by security forces, but still the same misled” lawmakers late last year about during apartheid. He was once the ANC’s The military and an opposition alliance perpetrators are out on the streets of Sudan a 500,000-rand ($34,000) campaign Intelligence Chief. signed an accord on 17th July aimed today, harassing and intimidating women — contribution from the CEO of a local at leading the North African nation to “I know a lot about spies, that was my job,” and nothing is being done to stop them," she company, Africa Global Operations, democracy with elections in three years. he said. “I have never played around with said from Khartoum. formerly Bosasa. The report called on the The two sides also agreed to launch an that information. But if people now want me national Director of public prosecutions to Military council denies charges independent investigation into the violence. to uproot them, I will.” investigate further. 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South America NEW DELHI TIMES Brazil’s Bolsonaro: Make South America Great Again razilian President Jair Bolsonaro “We can’t allow what’s happening in but Mercosur has not done so, because the B urged his South American colleagues Venezuela to happen to another country,” center-left government of Uruguay opposes to borrow a slogan from Donald Trump he said about the crisis-torn nation that doing that. and focus on making their own nations was suspended from Mercosur in 2017 for great rather than emphasizing regional failing to uphold democratic norms amid an Turning to trade, the Mercosur leaders brotherhood. intensifying crackdown on dissent. agreed on 17th July, to try to speed up the implementation of the free-trade “We don’t want a ‘Great homeland,’” the “How can a country as rich as Venezuela agreement with the EU. The deal, which far-right Bolsonaro said at a meeting of the reach this point? We all know that all of came amid global trade tensions and rising Mercosur trade bloc, using a frequent slogan this was born out of populism and the protectionism, has been hailed as a way to of Venezuela’s late socialist leader Hugo irresponsibility of a power project on a integrate the blocs into a market of some 800 Chavez to refer to the regional integration of country that knew no bounds ...,” Bolsonaro million people. But it must still be ratified by South America. said. the legislatures of the countries involved and it has raised concerns about competition on “We want every country in South America The United Nations estimates that more both sides of the Atlantic. to be autonomous, democratic, and that each than 4 million Venezuelans have fled their Photo Credit : AP Photo country can be great. Just like Trump says country’s economic and humanitarian crisis The French government recently said it The European Commission has said it would that he wants to ‘Make America great again,’ in recent years in what has become the was not yet ready to ratify the pact, saying also remove most tariffs on EU exports to I want to make Brazil great, Paraguay largest exodus in modern Latin American Brazil must “respect its commitments” to Mercosur, cutting more than 4 billion euros great, Bolivia great, Uruguay — all of our history. protecting its rainforest. Before the deal ($4.5 billion) worth of duties each year. countries.” was finalized, French President Emmanuel The commission says the agreement is Dozens of nations say Venezuelan President Macron had said France would not sign if particularly important for industrial sectors The meeting of the Mercosur group — Nicolás Maduro won a new Presidential Brazil did not continue within the Paris like cars and car parts, machinery, chemicals Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay term in an illegitimate election last year. climate agreement. and pharmaceuticals. Mercosur hopes to — comes after the bloc’s June 28 signing Juan Guaidó, head of the opposition- benefit with more exports of its agricultural of a trade deal with the European Union dominated congress, has won recognition “We hope it benefits all of the citizens of products, including beef, poultry and sugar. following two decades of negotiations. as the country’s rightful leader from more our countries,” Uruguayan President Tabaré than 50 nations, including the United States, Vázquez said. “It’s a clear sign to the world that Mercosur Bolsonaro’s sought to strike a marked but he has been unable to wrest power from must be an open and dynamic bloc,” Macri difference with the center-left politics that Maduro. The deal would integrate nearly a fourth said. “It must have clear rules for businesses dominated Mercosur until a rightward shift of the world’s gross domestic product and and investments.” in politics left the region more polarized Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay also more than $100 billion in bilateral trade of than it has been in decades. recognize Guaidó as Venezuela’s leader, goods and services. Credit : Associated Press (AP) EU is preparing Dutch Supreme Court upholds for more Venezuela sanctions Srebrenica deaths liability he European Union is preparing to T impose more sanctions on Venezuela he Dutch Supreme Court upheld on worst massacre since World War II. “I can understand their reaction because I targeting officials who are accused of being T 19th July, a lower court’s ruling that don’t think it’s fair,” De Bruijne told The Dutch Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld- involved in torture and other human rights the Netherlands is partially liable in the Associated Press outside the court. “It’s Schouten said the government accepted the violations. deaths of some 350 Muslim men who were not a fair thing. If people make mistakes — ruling. murdered by Bosnian Serb forces during the and Dutchbat made a mistake — so be it, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini 1995 Srebrenica massacre. “We want to express again our sympathy that’s fine. I mean, I’m human I can make said in a statement on 16th July, that it is to the relatives of the victims,” she said in mistakes. But to say you made a mistake but The Netherlands’ highest court ruled working with the U.N. to make sure that a statement. “The Srebrenica genocide must it’s like 10%, that’s not fair.” that Dutch United Nations peacekeepers human rights are respected in Venezuela never be forgotten.” evacuated the men from their military base following reports of abuses by the security Dutch judgments in the case have been forces. near Srebrenica on July 13, 1995, despite The 350 men were among 5,000 terrified hailed as internationally significant in knowing that they “were in serious jeopardy Muslim residents of the Srebrenica area who establishing that governments can be held of being abused and murdered” by Bosnian took shelter in the Dutch peacekeepers’ base liable if the peacekeepers, they send on the Serb forces. when the region was overrun by Bosnian U.N. missions fail to protect civilians during Serb forces commanded by Gen. Ratko armed conflicts. Mladic, who was convicted of genocide by a U.N. war crimes tribunal in 2017 for The Supreme Court did not follow legal masterminding the massacre that left some advice from its own Advocate General, 8,000 Muslim men and boys dead. Mladic who issued a non-binding advisory opinion has appealed. earlier this year calling the 2017 Dutch judgment “irrational” and saying it “cannot The Supreme Court said that relatives of be upheld.” the slain men are eligible to claim 10% of their financial damages because the court The case revolves around the role played by estimated that the men would have had a the outnumbered and outgunned Dutch U.N. Photo Credit : AP Photo 10% chance of survival if the Dutch troops peacekeepers stationed in the Srebrenica Presiding Judge Kees Streefkerk said “the had allowed them to remain inside their enclave in eastern Bosnia as Mladic’s state did act wrongfully” and told relatives of compound. The estimate was lower than Bosnian Serb forces overran the area. Photo Credit : Shutterstock the dead they can now claim compensation the lower court’s previous ruling of 30%, from the Dutch government. meaning that the potential compensation It focuses on some 350 men who were among Mogherini said that “the EU is ready “They are responsible and they will always is lower. “The Dutch government is the 5,000 terrified Muslims who took refuge to start work towards applying targeted have a stain,” Munira Subasic, one of the responsible for genocide,” said relative in the Dutch battalion’s base near Srebrenica measures for those members of the security relatives who brought the case, said angrily Kada Hotic. “One percent or 10%, it does but were expelled by the peacekeepers as forces involved in torture and other serious of the Dutch. “We know what happened; we not matter - they are responsible.” part of a mass evacuation. violations of human rights.” don’t need this court to tell us.” She added: “We don’t care about money, we The Dutch forces improvised a funnel of The EU has had measures in place since The ruling upholding a 2017 appeals court wanted justice.” vehicles and troops through which the 2017, including an embargo on arms and judgment was the latest in a long-running Muslims left the base. As they did, Mladic’s on equipment for internal repression. It also legal battle by a group of relatives known The relatives found support from Remko de forces picked out the men, took them away slapped 18 officials with travel bans and as ‘The Mothers of Srebrenica’ to hold the Bruijne, a veteran of the Dutch peacekeeping and later killed them. asset freezes. Dutch government accountable for the force, known as Dutchbat, who attended the deaths of their family members in Europe’s hearing in The Hague. Credit : Associated Press (AP) Credit : Associated Press (AP)

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Opinion NEW DELHI TIMES Iran and its prospects for Democracy allowed Khomeini to crush dissent within unarmed Camp Ashraf residents occurred any resident’s human rights despite much ◆ By David Kilgour Iran. By 1986, several thousand PMOI in 2009, 2011 and 2013, resulting in more contrary propaganda in western media from Author & Lawyer members had relocated to a desert in Iraq than 100 deaths, seven hostage takings and Tehran. between the two armies, where they fought scores injured. The worst was done by Iraq against the Supreme Leader until the war in concert with the IRGC’s Quds force in finally ended in mid-1988. Sept. 2013, resulting in the murder of 52 ore than 80 million Iranians at home or defenceless women and men. All residents That summer, Khomeini’s religious decree M living across the world are remarkable had been forcibly relocated earlier from against political opponents resulted in the in myriad ways. Their civilization goes back Camp Ashraf by an ill-advised U.N. Working massacre of approximately 30,000 prisoners, thousands of years and includes King Cyrus Group to “Camp Liberty” near Baghdad mostly from the PMOI. Members of his the Great (600-530 BCE), one of antiquities airport, where they faced repeated missile “Death Commission” today continue to hold most enlightened leaders anywhere. and rocket attacks from Tehran’s proxies. senior positions in Iran’s government. Unfortunately for Iran and the world, the Photo Credit : Shutterstock Since 1979, the regime’s terror activities In 2016, thanks to the people and government movement to establish modern democratic Shirin Ebadi, Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize- abroad have included interventions in Syria, of Albania, survivors moved to Turana and governance in the country collapsed in winning human rights lawyer, called last Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Yemen. One later to a facility outside the capital now 1953, when a U.S./U.K.-backed coup year for a U.N-monitored referendum to of its mass murder attempts was against the known as Ashraf 3. ousted the elected Mohammad Mossaddeq achieve peaceful regime change by enacting Free Iran gathering near Paris in June, 2018, government. International support for the PMOI has grown a “secular constitution based on the universal attended by political leaders from across incrementally since 2003 to a point that in July, declaration of human rights.” To encourage The ensuing Shah Pahlavi dictatorship was the world. One of those awaiting trial is 2019 at the formal opening of Ashraf 3 fully 47 this initiative, she called for sanctions that overthrown by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Assaddollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat- nations were represented by political, religious “weaken the regime, but do not hurt the Khomeini in 1979, who built a religious terrorist posted in Vienna. In March of the and other civil society leaders. people themselves.” fascism, which became one of the most same year, Albanian security neutralized a inhuman regimes on earth and continues plot to bomb a PMOI new year’s event in Given an upcoming October national Similarly, PMOI interim leader Maryam holding absolute power over Iranians today. Tirana. election, Canada’s small delegation was led Rajavi’s ten-point platform calls for, among Iran’s PMOI political party broke from by former prime minister Stephen Harper, other features of democratic governance, free Camp Ashraf 1 was established by about Khomeini soon after the revolution; by 1981, but last year’s one in Paris had good M.P. and fair elections, gender equality, separation 3000 PMOI supporters in 1986 in an Iraqi its supporters were enduring his full wrath. and political representation from both the of church and state, rule of law, regional peace desert following their expulsion from France On June 20, 1981, the Islamic Revolutionary Liberal and Conservative parties. and a nuclear weapon-free Iran. after its government reportedly made a deal Guard Corps (IRGC) fired on a peaceful with Khomeini for the release of French The large U.S. political delegation comprised David Kilgour, a lawyer by profession, street demonstration in Tehran organized nationals held by Iran. When the U.S.-led mostly Republicans, but Democrats, including served in Canada’s House of Commons for by the PMOI and comprising about half a coalition invaded Iraq in 2003, all Ashraf former senator Joe Lieberman, were also almost 27 years. In Jean Chretien’s Cabinet, million persons. weapons were seized and the coalition present. Americans soldiers who helped he was secretary of state (Africa and Latin The Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), provoked by agreed to protect all residents. In 2009, protect Ashraf 1 until 2009 spoke eloquently; America) and secretary of state (Asia- Khomeini but initiated by Saddam Hussein, Washington violated this commitment so did former American diplomat Lincoln Pacific). He is the author of several books witnessed enormous human losses on both in transferring protection to the Iraqi Bloomfield. He stressed that the PMOI and co-author with David Matas of “Bloody sides, including the lives of many Iranian government of al-Maliki, who soon proved residents of Ashraf 3 residents are clearly not Harvest: The Killing of Falun Gong for child soldiers sent to certain death. The war a puppet of Tehran. Iraqi military attacks on members of any cult and have not violated Their Organs.” Bangladesh should balance ties with China, India The economy of Bangladesh, as per the Bangladesh is the only country directly India has been too magnanimous in solving ◆ By NDT Bureau World Bank estimates, grew by an average affected by the Rohingya issue as it spends many problems with Bangladesh through @NewDelhiTimes of 6.3 percent annually over the last decade, its natural resources. The refugees have truly talks, including the exchange of enclaves, reaching 7.3 percent in 2017-18, even become a burden on Bangladesh. Weighed water sharing and connectivity-the basic [email protected] outstripping Pakistan's. down by the natural concerns, Bangladesh is geopolitical necessities for development keen to solve the Rohingya crisis. since the independence of Bangladesh from n July 6, 2019, Bangladesh Prime With rapid development, Bangladesh needs Pakistan in 1971. O Minister Sheikh Hasina concluded her better infrastructure, more investment Hasina reportedly discussed the issue with three-day official visit to China. This was her and technological support. For Dhaka, the Chinese leadership. China has been Hasina has Bangladesh's economic interest first visit to China since she got re-elected China constitutes a single-window facility playing an active role in resolving the at the top of her mind. That precludes her in January. She met Chinese President Xi providing not only loans and technology Rohingya issue since 2017, especially by intentionally not choosing to side with China Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang and signed transfer but also the construction of encouraging dialogue and consultation or India. Bangladesh naturally desires amicable as many as nine agreements with China for infrastructure in transportation, power between Myanmar and Bangladesh. To ease ties with all neighbours. deepening cooperation in power, technology, distribution and telecommunication sectors. socioeconomic tensions in Bangladesh, Confrontation with New Delhi will no way China promised 2,500 tons of rice for the benefit Bangladesh which is surrounded by refugees but such contributions can’t flow India on three sides. On the contrary, wooing continuously. The invisible strings attached neighbours away from India-be it Nepal, to such offerings are too costly. The rice could Bhutan, Sri Lanka or now Bangladesh – has only act as a sweetener to secure Dhaka’s been a long-practiced strategy of Beijing. support, especially for the construction of China should not repeat the story with the BCIM Economic Corridor. Bangladesh under the alibi of sharing its fruits. India is naturally concerned about China's increasing influence on Bangladesh. China Chinese President Xi talked of boosting would explain away Hasina's just-concluded cooperation in the digital economy and visit as a reflection of her pragmatic foreign Photo Credit : Shutterstock jointly building the 'Digital Silk Road'. policy. Hasina is not hesitant to inch closer investment and culture. She assured the China has been a beacon of development Hasina has a similar blueprint of a ‘Digital to China but should be aware of what China Chinese leadership of Bangladesh's sincere for all countries in the region, especially Bangladesh’. Besides, educational, cultural, has done to Sri Lanka in Hambantota and cooperation in promoting the China- those in South Asia. Hasina has on youth and media exchanges and support Pakistan in Gwadar. proposed ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ and the numerous occasions expressed admiration for counter-terrorism and law enforcement ‘Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) for China’s development path. Both China potential were also discussed. China perceives Hasina as a pro-India Economic Corridor’. and Bangladesh, as developing countries, are trying to accelerate socio-economic political leader since she has spent her six Bangladesh’s penchant for Chinese help is Bangladesh has written a financial success development and improve people's standard years of exile in India when young. However, well known but it should exercise requisite story tooling on Hasina’s undiluted of living through bilateral cooperation based throughout her three consecutive terms as precautions to ensure that its sovereignty commitment to boost its economy. A closer on complementarity and mutual respect. the head of government, Bangladesh has is not compromised the way it was done at economic tie with China is the natural remained independent of the influence Hambantota and Gwadar. China will always corollary and constitutes the main goal and China has stood solidly behind Myanmar on of the biggest neighbour India to build try to project itself as Bangladesh’s most thrust of all her diplomatic manoeuvres. Rohingya matter on all international platforms. "Shonar Bangla" (Golden Bengal). trusted partner. www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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Think - Tanks NEW DELHI TIMES Belief aids to climb the ladder of Success Success is not an overnight phenomenon; it realise that this will put them on the path that success. The self-belief of an individual is ◆ By Dr. Pramila Srivastava is, in fact, a long, tedious and tiring process they choose to be on. Success requires that not set in stone, it can always change, it can @PramilaBK one believes in their actions the most, more always rise and fall, in accordance with the than what they feel is in their luck, more weight of circumstances but, in the end, it [email protected] than what they feel is in their destiny – all is crucial that this element of self-belief is that is entirely and completely in their heart. maintained in the longer run. n order to succeed, we must first believe "I that we can.” For most people, belief comes naturally, Losing faith in one’s capabilities never reaps an inborn trait that helps in having natural Nikos Kazantzakis helpful results as negative feelings of self- leadership skills but for many people, belief doubt are quick to follow, which ultimately All of us are on a daily struggle to be must be inculcated and developed by a long- affects the focus that one has. Once this path successful so as to be able to establish drawn process and for this purpose, the only is disrupted, it becomes difficult to reach the ourselves in society. Success means the Photo Credit : Shutterstock method that works is the clear visualisation end of the journey and be successful. achievement of a long-awaited goal that is that goes through a number of phases so as of your goal and your achievements. The built on the firm ground of belief. This belief to reach its final destination. In this entire focus must be on one’s strengths, values, Therefore, in the face of hardships, one stems from all that defines an individual, all process, there are moments where one and the ultimate belief that you are in touch must always believe that they can overcome that makes an individual and all that drives almost gives up, and there are moments with your reality, every day, which makes it anything that they set their heart onto by an individual to the sense of fulfilment of when the faith that one holds is challenged easier to phase out all the negative thoughts patiently dealing with the circumstances purpose. The route to success is not one and feelings of self-doubt often cloud that pull you back and gives you the courage at hand. When one lacks self-belief, the that has shortcuts; it is a longer route, full the person’s judgement. When we start to step forward. fear of unknown situations and failures of speed bumps and potholes that makes an doubting ourselves, we start questioning constantly clouds our judgement and does individual value the journey they are on. all that surrounds us; we question the path Perhaps the most important thing that is to be not allow us to venture out of our comfort The more difficult the path becomes, be that we are on and the next step is to quickly kept in mind is that there must determination zone to embrace the new opportunities, thus rest assured of what is waiting at, the end is lose patience and make decisions that do along with self-belief. Self-belief always has hampering our journey to success. going to be worth the tumultuous journey. not always prove favourable to us. The an element of enthusiasm and faith in one’s determination to stay on the difficult path self, there has to be the determination and However, when the going gets tough, the But what keeps an individual going in the is what makes the core value of our belief perseverance that success can happen only tough, most definitely, get going, with belief face of hardships? What makes someone system. when there are challenges, and challenges in their hearts and determination in their not give up? It is the belief that they can can only be overcome when there is belief. minds knowing that the path that they have overcome anything that they want. This Successful people become successful chosen to fulfil their dreams and achieve belief may originate from how individuals primarily because they believe in what they Therefore, the entire concept of success is their goals is not going to be an easy one perceive themselves, and it can largely be do – their ideas, their thoughts, their words. related to belief, determination, and faith, the but realising that the only way to reach the because of the support of our loved ones and Every action done by them is because they perfect amalgamation of all these important ultimate destination is by believing that they their constant encouragement. understand the consequences and they fully elements is what opens up the road to can reach the destination. Nepal’s Clean Everest Mission substantiates NAM’s principle of Environmental Conservation protection and safekeeping, as envisioned different camps sites above the base camp of the Non-Aligned Movement has been ◆ By International Institute for Non - Aligned Studies by the Non-Aligned Movement. and six tonnes from the areas below by the firm and even in the past, the government team of 20 Sherpa climbers. The day of the had taken several considerable steps to @iinsNAM The Nepal Government officially controls conclusion of the mission is itself historic protect the natural beauty of the mountains. the Mount Everest and its systematic and [email protected] as the day marks the commemoration of the In 2014, the Nepalese Government imposed well-planned mission has removed nearly 11 first summit of Everest by Edmund Hillary rules for the climbers to bring back along tonnes of rubbish in current season within the epal, in lieu with its commitment of and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. with them 8 kgs of garbage on a compulsory time span of two months. The government N moving in the direction of clean and basis apart from their own trash. sustainable order aligning itself with the campaign under the title ‘Everest Cleaning No less than a total of about 3,000 kilograms principles of the Non-Aligned Movement in Campaign’ with estimated budget of about of solid waste has been collected from the Mt. The Clean Everest Mission of the Nepal all possible ways, has been taking effective 23 million Nepalese rupees was flagged on Everest. Out of the collected garbage about government has earned the support of steps to safeguard the beauty and importance 14th April 2019 with an aim to bring back 1,000 kgs were flown to Kathmandu using several governmental and non-governmental of the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest substantial trash from the Mount Everest, Nepali Army helicopters and were handed agencies. which in recent years has been moving in that has attracted several international over to recyclers for proper disposal. The The short-term aim of the government is to the direction of being the “world’s highest tourists to the region. The country has taken rest 2,000 Kgs were sent to Okhaldhunga. bring back the estimated trash, but they are dumping ground”. several consolidated steps to safeguard its Before the disposal mechanism the wastes equally aware of the presence of more trash environmental and cultural heritage. were “showcased” in Namche town and re- The Member-States of the Non-Aligned covered in snow and that would get exposed exhibited in Kathmandu on 5th June, 2019 With the boom in tourism comes its own Movement have always iterated its only with the rise in temperature. on the occasion of World Environment Day after-effects and with the rising number commitment to protect the environment and before getting recycled. Staying true to its commitment of being a of climbers coming to Nepal to track and Nepal’s Clean Everest Mission adds wings NAM Member-States, Nepal aims in the traverse the difficult journey to the mountain to this very commitment. The campaign The move not just spread a message of long-run to bring back everything in its top of the tallest peak has more or less aimed at collecting 5,000-kg of garbage commitment and dedication but also aided in innate state. resulted in overcrowding the region not just from Base Camp area, 2,000-kg of garbage inciting the feeling of responsibility towards (in arrangement with with their presence, but also with garbage. from the South Col region and 3,000-kg the environment on the international front. The probability and amount of trash to be from Camp II and Camp III area. News from Non-Aligned World) found amidst the scenic and picturesque Nepal’s commitment towards the principles www.iins.org landscape of Mount Everest in the past few Nepal vehemently understood the importance years has only augmented, positing a serious of a clean-up mission as the feedbacks Subscription Form threat not only to Nepal, but to the world at received from the climbers returning from Name :...... large. the 8,850-metre-high mountain was moving Address :...... it towards the direction of becoming an Mobile / Phone :...... Taking responsibility of the ill-impacts of embarrassment and a great setback for its heightened tourism in the region in general Date of Birth :...... tourism industry. 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Technology & Health NEW DELHI TIMES Babies growing up with animals, build stronger immune system opposite direction: that exposure to certain infections than those whose dogs went out exposure had fewer instances of asthma and ◆ By Smt. Maneka allergens and bacteria early in life, before every day, suggesting that when animals are allergies, compared with those that had no Sanjay Gandhi asthma develops, may protect children allowed to bring in more dirt and microbes exposure to farm animals. from asthma. Since 2005, URECA has from outdoors, it helps strengthen babies’ @ManekaGandhiBJP tracked newborns who are at high risk for immune systems faster. In a 2010 study, done in the University developing asthma, because at least one of California, researchers discovered Research at the University of Alberta, meet so many mothers who won’t let parent has asthma or allergies, for 7 years. that homes with dogs had a far greater published in the journal Microbiome, shows I their children walk barefoot in the Their findings were published in 2017, in the abundance of bacteria than those with no infants exposed to dirt and bacteria from house or the park, won’t let them touch Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. pets. The scientists then researched whether snails, won’t let them grasp mud or go out furry family pets, especially dogs, showed the dog microbe-rich house dust would in the hot rain of the monsoon, won’t let Of the 442 children, 130 (29%) had asthma much higher levels of two types of gut protect mice against allergens. It did. In them near any animals and refuse to keep a at age 7. The children who didn’t have it microbes associated with lower risks of 2016, the scientists went ahead to examine pet because it might bring in bacteria. Their had, strangely enough, higher levels of obesity and allergic disease. the faeces of 308 babies less than a year old. cockroach, mouse, and cat/dog bacteria children wear socks throughout the year, 746 infants, in the Canadian Healthy Infant The results, published in Nature Medicine, in the dust samples, collected from the have no idea what a plant is, apart from the Longitudinal Development Study between showed that babies with the highest risk of children’s homes, during the first 3 years of cut flowers they see in vases at home. 2009-2012, also showed that those who developing allergies and asthma lacked dog life starting at 3 months. exposure. And they are sicker than most children. grew up with dogs had lower rates of asthma “Our observations imply that exposure and more diverse groups of microbes in In the latest study, scientists from the For decades paediatricians warned mothers to a broad variety of indoor allergens, their guts. The study also suggests having University of Gothenburg, Sweden looked that if they wanted their children allergy-free bacteria early in life may reduce the risk of pets in the house could reduce the chances at another angle: if having more than one pet they should keep animals out of the house. developing asthma,” says URECA principal of a mother passing on a strep infection would increase the benefit. investigator. The microbes that pets carry during birth, which can cause pneumonia in By the early 2000s, a number of studies into the home from outdoors, could mature newborns. They looked at data from two previous showed the opposite - that exposure to baby’s developing immune system and train studies. One of them had tracked 1,029 pets in the very early stages of life confers it to fend off assaults from allergens. children from infancy to age 8. 49% of protective benefits and prevents the children, who had not had pets at home development of allergic rhinitis, asthma Researchers at Kuopio University Hospital during their first 12 months of life, had and eczema. Of the nine studies analysed in Finland, writing in the journal Pediatrics, allergies. This fell to 43 per cent in children in 2011, six detected lower levels of IgE say that babies who grow up in homes with a who, as babies, had lived with one pet, and antibodies and 15 to 21 per cent less eczema dog or a cat — have a lower risk of allergies 24 per cent for children who had lived with in children who had been exposed to cats or than children who live pet-free. Their study three pets. Two of the children had lived dogs as soon they were born. found that living with household dust from with five pets – neither of them had allergies. homes with a dog, prevented infection with Allergies have been on the rise since the a common respiratory virus that is thought Photo Credit : Shutterstock In another study, tracking 249 children from 20th century. Even in a country where to increase the risk of childhood asthma. birth to 9 years of age, the rate of allergies was nutrition levels are higher, like the USA, Scientists at the University of San Diego The researchers followed 397 children, born Knight Lab, which is doing one of the largest 48 per cent for children with no pets in their first 8-10% of children have asthma, according year, 35 per cent for children with exposure to to the Centers for Disease Control and in Finland between 2002 -5, and found that studies on microbes in humans, has found babies who grew up in homes with pets were that living with dogs provides the body one pet, and 21 per cent for children who had Prevention. Asthma is a chronic lung disease lived with two or more pets. that inflames and narrows the airways. It 44% less likely to develop an ear infection protective benefit. Nearly a thousand species causes recurring bouts of wheezing, chest and 29% less likely to receive antibiotics, of microbes live inside the human gut and This proves that more exposure to pets tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. compared with pet-free babies. Overall, they play an important role in the health of means more immunity Studies have found Conventional wisdom says that reducing babies who lived with a dog were 31% the human by bolstering the immune system. that children who grow up on a farm with allergenic substances at home will help more likely to be healthy in their first year Each species has a different impact and, livestock have a lower risk of allergies. lessen asthma symptoms. than babies without a dog; kids from homes without exposure to a diversity of bacteria, To Read Full Article : https://www. with cats were 6% more likely to be healthy the body doesn’t learn how to differentiate newdelhitimes.com/babies-growing-up-with- However, the Urban Environment and than those in cat-free families. The study between dangerous and harmless bacteria. animals-build-stronger-immune-system Childhood Asthma (URECA) study, funded found that children with pets were healthier This theory has emerged after more than To join the animal welfare movement by the National Institute of Allergy and overall. But this varies: the children who a dozen studies showed that children born contact [email protected], Infectious Diseases (NIAID), points in the grew up with indoor dogs only had more into families with significant farm animal www.peopleforanimalsindia.org Cyberattacks inflict deep harm at technology-rich schools ver six weeks, the vandals kept coming, Schools are attractive targets because they Superintendent Mark Porter said teachers "Why this little school in Akron, Ohio? Why O knocking the school system's network hold sensitive data and provide critical had to do things differently but adapted was it a target?" Kendrick said. "It has really offline several times a day. public services, according to the FBI, which quickly. opened my eyes to how data of any kind is said in a written statement that perpetrators marketable, sellable." There was no breach of sensitive data include criminals motivated by profit, "I heard a little grumbling at the beginning files, but the attacks in which somebody juvenile pranksters and possibly foreign and then the comment was, 'I guess we'll In September, the FBI issued a public deliberately overwhelmed the Avon Public governments. Attacks against schools have have to go old school,'" Porter said. "And service announcement warning the growth Schools system in Connecticut still proved become common, the FBI said, but it is they went back to work and did it the way of education technologies and widespread costly. Classroom lesson plans built around impossible to know how frequently they they probably did it just a few years ago." collection of student identification data access to the internet had come to a halt. along with other information including occur because many go unreported to law Schools with few or no employees dedicated enforcement when data is not compromised. academic progress and classroom activities "The first time I called the FBI, their first to information security often are surprised to "could have privacy and safety implications question was, 'Well, what did it cost you?'" find themselves as targets. if compromised or exploited." said Robert Vojtek, the district's Technology The 2,000-student Coventry Local School Director. "It's like, 'Well, we were down Malicious use of the data could lead to District in Ohio had to close schools in May for three quarters of a day, we have 4,000 bullying, tracking, identity theft and other as staff worked to fight a virus of that had students, we have almost 500 adults, and threats, it said. infected the network. The FBI helped to teaching and learning stopped for an entire guide the district through the recovery and day.' So how do you put a price tag on that?" Penalties can be severe. Students suspected offered assistance on best practices. of involvement in disruptive cyber pranks The kind of attacks more commonly often have been hit with felony charges. The school system did not have cybersecurity reserved for banks and other institutions Photo Credit : AP Photo insurance, said Kelly Kendrick, the district's holding sensitive data are increasingly And in March, Olukayode Lawal, a Attacks often have forced districts to pull technology director, and her three-person targeting school systems around the country. Nigerian man living in Smyrna, Georgia, the plug on smart boards, student laptops department is still working to debug devices The widespread adoption of education was sentenced to 10 months in prison and and other internet-powered tools. affected by the attack. technology, which generates data that ordered to be deported for his role in an email scheme that used tax information from officials say can make schools more ofa Schools in the Florida Keys took themselves FBI officials told the district that the Connecticut school employees to falsely target for hackers, also worsens an attack's offline for several days last September attackers apparently did not obtain sensitive claim tax refunds. effects when instructional tools are rendered after a district employee discovered a information, but that it was clear they were useless by internet outages. malware attack. Monroe County schools after data of some kind, she said. 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Entertainment & Lifestyle NEW DELHI TIMES Johnny Clegg, anti-apartheid musician in South Africa, dies ohnny Clegg, a South African musician Africans during apartheid when images of millions of people around the world," Quin called himself an "outlier" in an interview J who performed in defiance of racial the then-imprisoned Mandela were banned. said. "He played a major role in South Africa that mused about mortality. barriers imposed under the country's Mandela was released in 1990 after 27 years getting people to learn about other people's The performer was diagnosed with cancer apartheid system decades ago and celebrated in prison and became South Africa's first cultures and bringing people together." in 2015, and the grueling treatment included its new democracy under Nelson Mandela, black president in all-race elections four The musician performed as late as 2017, two six-month sessions of chemotherapy died on 16th July. He was 66 and had years later. high-kicking and stomping during a tour and an operation. pancreatic cancer. Political opposition leader Mmusi Maimane called "The Final Journey" while his cancer "I don't have a duodenum and half my The Grammy-nominated and British-born said Clegg "wrote our SA story when our was in remission. stomach. I don't have a bile duct. I don't singer sometimes called the "White Zulu" country was at its worst and at its best." have a gall bladder and half my pancreas. died peacefully at home in Johannesburg The Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir It's all been reconfigured," he told reporters with his family there, according to Clegg's said it was "devastated" by Clegg's death and in 2017. In that interview, Clegg recalled manager, Roddy Quin. called him a "music icon and a true South how he performed "Asimbonanga" while on "He fought it to the last second," Quin told African." Fellow musicians posted similar tour in Germany in 1997 and experienced a the South African Broadcasting Corporation. tributes on social media. "huge shock" when Mandela, beaming and dancing, unexpectedly came out on stage Clegg's multi-racial bands during South Clegg learned about Zulu music and dancing behind him. Africa's white minority rule attracted an as a teenager when he hung out with a international following. He crafted hits Zulu cleaner and street musician called "It is music and dancing that makes me at Photo Credit : AP Photo inspired by Zulu and township harmonies, Charlie Mzila. He later explored his idea peace with the world. And at peace with At a concert in Johannesburg that year, Clegg as well as folk music and other influences. of "crossover" music with the multi-racial myself," Mandela said to the audience. He said that "all of these entries into traditional bands Juluka and Savuka at a time of bitter asked Clegg to resume his performance and South Africa's government said in a culture gave me a way of understanding conflict in South Africa over the country's urged the audience to get up and dance. statement that "his music had the ability to myself, helping me to shape a kind of white minority rule. unite people across the races .... Clegg has African identity for myself, and freed me At the end of the song, Mandela and Clegg, made an indelible mark in the music industry Clegg recorded songs he was arrested for up to examine another way of looking at the holding hands, walked off stage. and the hearts of the people." and "never gave in to the pressure of the world." "That was the pinnacle moment for me," apartheid rules," his manager said. One of his best-known songs was In December, Clegg told South African Clegg recalled. "It was just a complete and "Asimbonanga," which means "We've The apartheid-era censorship also restricted news channel eNCA the "toughest part of amazing gift from the universe." never seen him" in Zulu. It refers to South where he could perform, yet Clegg "impacted my journey will be the next two years" and Credit : Associated Press (AP) Disney goes High-Tech to draw Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff’s fans to new 'Lion King' collaborate for “War”, remakes of Disney classics such as "Beauty "It's like 'tell it to me again.' When you hear the first ever film to be and the Beast," "Aladdin" and Favreau's it at different points in your life, you are "The Jungle Book." different. You are hearing it with new ears shot in Arctic Circle and different perspectives." Remaking a well-known movie is "tricky," ◆ By NDT Bureau Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger acknowledged Movie critics, however, gave a mixed @NewDelhiTimes Photo Credit : Shutterstock to reporters at the European premiere for reception to the new "Lion King." Sixty alt Disney Co. has taken a high-tech "The Lion King" in London. "But we feel percent of reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes [email protected] W route to remake animated classic great about where we are with this film and website were positive. Many said it was "The Lion King" with the look of a nature with the remakes in general." visually impressive but tame in terms of A fter a long wait, the wish of movie documentary, an update it hopes will characters and storytelling. buffs will come true with Hrithik "When you are dealing with something like lure audiences to a new version of a film Roshan and Tiger Shroff collaborating for 'The Lion King,' which we consider a crown considered a masterpiece the first time. A-list voice cast the first time for “War”. jewel, there's a challenge to that," he said. The re-telling of the 1994 tale about the lion Besides using new technology, filmmakers Even the harshest detractors predicted the The movie has come out to be the first ever cub Simba, which opens in theaters around revise storylines to make them feel relatable film would generate massive ticket sales film to be shot in the Arctic Circle. Hrithik the world this week, was created with to modern moviegoers, he said. given the widespread adoration for the Roshan and Tiger Shroff will be seen computer animation, gaming technology and original and an A-list voice cast that includes pitted against each other, in a first, for the Cast members said classic stories deserved a Beyonce and Donald Glover. virtual reality, plus live-action filmmaking re-telling for different eras. movie, commended to be the biggest action techniques, director Jon Favreau said. Box office experts have said it has a shot at entertainer of 2019. "You wouldn't say to your grandmother topping the $2.8 billion hauled in by 2009's The goal was to provide a "photo-real" look 'don't tell me that story when everybody Starring Vani Kapoor as well, the film is "Avatar," the highest-grossing movie of all time. for expressive animals and African vistas, came from Texas to Oklahoma,'" said Alfre produced by Yash Raj Films and is set to hit Favreau said. "Lion King" follows recent Woodard, who voices the lioness Sarabi. Credit : Voice of America (VOA) the theatres on October 2. Netflix reaches out to domestic Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says market with Bollywood biggies using prosthetics for long gets tiring ◆ By NDT Bureau ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes @NewDelhiTimes [email protected] [email protected]

ttempting to reach out to the domestic porting a grumpy old man’s look- with A market, American streaming giant S a long beard, spectacles, a head scarf Netflix has expanded its Indian slate with and a prosthetic nose, for his upcoming an announcement of five new original series film “Gulabo Sitabo” that disguises him to stepping into the worlds of scary gangsters, Photo Credit : Shutterstock remain nearly unrecognisable, megastar prosthetics for his look in movie like “Paa”, deadly zombies, daring friends and stand- Anushka Sharma-backed “Mai” and Shah Amitabh Bachchan says he does not mind that gained him much applauds. up comics. With the scheduled launch of Rukh Khan’s “Bard Of Blood” followed using prosthetics for a role, but it gets tiring “Sacred Games: Season Two” on August 15, by zombie drama “Betaal” are some of the when used for long. The movie, “Gulabo Sitabo” written by the entertainment site has a store of content projects that have raised curiosity with other “Piku” famed Juhi Chaturvedi and directed over the next months with Bollywood international series including, “Orange Is The Big B said in his blog that he feels by Shoojit Sircar, also stars Ayushmann biggies like Anushka Sharma and Shah New Black”, “13 Reasons Why”, “Midhunter”, “prosthetics do a very good and successful Khurrana and is slated to hit the theatres on Rukh Khan. “The Crown”, “Glow” and “Queer Eye”. job”. Earlier, Amitabh Bachchan has used April 24, 2020.

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Sports NEW DELHI TIMES Big hits decided 'World Cup Champions' not the scorecard xpecting the first 500 total in limited- Having dismissed England for 241 in reply two group matches against India and New eyeballs to England's run to the semifinals. E overs history, Cricket World Cup to their own 241-8, the Kiwis didn't raise the Zealand became knockouts. England won English cricket compensated by marketing organizers reprinted the scorecards that issue of wickets being the logical tiebreaker. both convincingly and got its swagger back. the men's tournament to British Asians, are sold to fans at venues in England. The They graciously accepted that the rules were Then defending champion Australia was who backed their teams, packed stadiums, original designs only catered for totals of up the rules. But no rules are set in stone, and beaten in the semifinals, and New Zealand booed Aussies pair Steve Smith and David to 400 runs. the International Cricket Council ought to was edged in the final to salvage a four- Warner, and generated much of the best correct them. Coach Gary Stead suggested year mission to take advantage of home atmosphere. They also wrought the question Then in the week after the tournament began, the trophy be shared next time. conditions and win the World Cup title for of why has Pakistan been playing its home the British weather turned cold and wet. The the first time. internationals in silent solitude in the United flat, dry pitches that had seemed like strips Different rules came into the spotlight on Arab Emirates, and not in England? of batting paradise for three years turned soft 15th July when Simon Taufel, a five-time England's legacy in the home of cricket is and tacky, and bowlers came back into the world umpire of the year, pointed out that shaky. Cricket's popularity has been on the reckoning. the on-field umpires erred in the last over wane in England for years. Sport England of the regular game in awarding six runs says the number of people aged over 16 who No team got close to setting a batting record. to England, including the four accidentally play cricket at least once in two weeks has There were only four totals above 350, deflected from Ben Stokes' bat , instead of fallen by 20% in the last three years. topped by England's 397-6 in a mismatch five. And Stokes should not have been on against Afghanistan. strike for the next delivery. Taufel said the Most of the current team was inspired by Yet at the climax of the 46-day saga, in "error of judgment ... influenced the game" England's drought-breaking triumph in the the craziest and most dramatic final ever , but not the outcome. 2005 Ashes series against Australia. But that was the last time the England men's it was batsmen and their biggest hits that Photo Credit : AP Photo That was one of England's two late strokes team was on domestic free-to-air television determined the champion on 14th July at Those relentlessly upbeat fans also made of luck. Nine balls earlier, Stokes was caught until 14th July, when Sky TV agreed under Lord's. up for the lack of variety that teams from on the boundary by Trent Boult, but the New pressure to share the final with a domestic Scotland, Zimbabwe, and Ireland once Tied after 100 overs, and tied again after Zealand fielder's momentum made him step broadcaster. Viewership peaked at 8.3 million, offered the global tournament, until they the first ever Super Over - a sequence of six back onto the boundary pads. Instead of comparable with the 2005 Ashes. were given little hope of qualifying. extra deliveries for each team - what finally Stokes being dismissed, he got six runs. Slashing the teams from 14 to 10 was separated England and New Zealand after Unfortunately, the rest of the tournament supposed to reduce mismatches and increase 8 hours, 45 minutes of a slow-burning final England, the No. 1-ranked side and pre- was broadcast locally on pay TV and competitiveness, but the tournament became was England slapping 26 balls either to or tournament favorite, saved its best until last mainly on the inside of the sports pages, predictable quickly. over the boundary compared with New in the round robin, also. At self-inflicted risk especially while the Women's World Cup Zealand's 17. of missing the semifinals, England's last of soccer was drawing millions of British Credit : Associated Press (AP) Pro Kabaddi League 2019 to raise the sport fervor for the next few months ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes [email protected]

ro Kabaddi League, sponsored by P Vivo, is a first significant initiative of Mashal Sports that has taken the Kabaddi to another level of professionalism. Launched in 2014, the indigenous sport of Kabaddi is all set to mark the dates on the Pro Kabaddi League Calendar of July to October. each team facing the other twice, giving With the ‘Telugu Titans’ in first clash of the way to the top six teams in the play offs. tournament with ‘U Mumba’, the league is Providing the home team with adequate rest, set to begin on July 20, at the Gachibowli a four- day break will be given to the home Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, to be team before and after their home legs. followed by another clash between Patna Pirates and defending champions Bengaluru The first match of the day will be held at Bulls in the evening. 19:30 PM IST, followed by the other one at 20:30 PM IST, in case of a doubleheader A total of twelve teams including Telugu while the clash will begin at 19:30 PM IST, Titans, Bengaluru Bulls, U Mumba, Haryana in case if only one match is scheduled. Steelers, Patna Pirates, Puneri Paltan, Bengal Warriors, UP Yoddha, Contact New Delhi Times Jaipur Pink Panthers, For Complaints & Suggestions Tamil Thalaivas, Dabang +91-9999331600 Delhi K.C. and Gujarat & Fortunegiants will struggle For Advertisements to win the title of the +91-9999337800 seventh season of the tournament. A-2/59, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029 The seventh season of the Pro Kabaddi League Visit us at : twitter@NewDelhiTimes will cater to the double facebook.com/newdelhitimes round-robin format with Printer and Publisher: Dr. (Mrs.) Pramila Srivastava, on behalf of Dr. Ankur Srivastava, Printed at Sudhir Printers, 151, Desh Bandhu Gupta Market, Karol Bagh, Delhi - 110005, Published at A-2/59 Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi-110029. Ph.: 26102520, 26105846 Fax: 26196294 Email: [email protected], Vol. 29, No. 25 Editor : Dr. Ankit Srivastava www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper