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' 8 (*9303 With the support of the two independents, who on Monday arnataka Assembly Speaker resigned from the Ministry, the KKR Ramesh holds the key BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224- to the State political crisis after member House, where the he declared on Tuesday that the halfway mark is 113. If the res- resignation letters of 8 of 13 ignations of the 14 MLAs are rebel MLAs of the Congress accepted, the coalition’s tally and the JD(S) were not in cor- will be reduced to 102. rect format even as the At the same time, the Congress urged the Speaker to Congress sought the Speaker’s disqualify some of these law- intervention in disqualifying its makers under the provision of rebel legislators and accused the anti-defection law. The the BJP of using money power Speaker will meet five of the to lure its members after anoth- rebel MLAs during the next er MLA quit the party. week, giving breathing space to In a counter offensive after the ruling coalition. The 13 MLAs resigned on Saturday Karnataka Assembly session Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh them handed resignation let- dealing a blow to the 13- will begin on July 12. said, “First, I will hear them and ters. Out of 13, eight are not in month-old Government, a del- The issue reverberated in try to know what is on their the prescribed format under egation of Congress leaders both Houses of Parliament on mind. If there are complaints, the rules. met the Speaker and submitted Tuesday. While the Rajya Sabha only then I will go for public “We have written back to the petition seeking, under the could not transact any business hearing.” them. If they intend to resign, anti-defection law, disqualifi- due to disturbance by the Disclosing that he had they have to give it in the prop- cation of the rebel legislators in Congress members, in the Lok “written to the Governor that er format.” line with the decision taken at Sabha the Opposition party none of the rebel MLAs has The Speaker said he has a meeting of the Congress expressed dissatisfaction with met him”, the Speaker said, “He asked three of the five MLAs — Legislature Party on Tuesday. the Government’s response that (Governor) has expressed con- Anand Singh, Narayan Gowda The move comes a day ! " & resignations by MLAs in fidence that I will uphold con- and Pratap Gowda — to meet after all the Ministers in the '()) !*+ ,-*) P " Karnataka was an “internal stitutional norms. Out of 13 him on July 12 and the rest two Congress-JD(S) coalition * / & P 1 " 2 matter” of the Congress. resignations, eight are not — Ramalinga Reddy and Government resigned, paving As Congress leader Rahul according to law. I’ve given Gopalaiah — on July 15. the way for a Cabinet reshuffle Gandhi himself joined the slo- them time to present them- Meanwhile, another to accommodate disgruntled gan-shouting, the Congress for selves before me.” Congress MLA Roshan Baig legislators. the second day on Tuesday The Speaker said no MLA put in his papers. “Roshan The rebel MLAs, camping raised the issue of alleged sought an appointment with Baig’s letter reached today and in Maharashtra, however, destabilisation of the Congress- him since Saturday morning. “I I’ve send it to my Secretary,” the appeared undeterred by the JD(S) coalition in Karnataka by was in office on Saturday (July Speaker said. Congress’ disqualification the BJP by way of “poaching” 6) up to 12.30 pm. No MLA The JD(S)-Congress coali- move and said there was no and staged a walkout. sought an appointment or con- tion’s total strength is 116 question of them withdrawing L M Giving an interesting twist veyed that I should wait for (Congress-78, JD(S)-37 and resignations. " to the resignation drama, them. On leaving office, 13 of BSP-1) besides the Speaker. Continued on Page 4 , $$ # $ % ' ( ) % *'' . + , ! ' ' +- . - ' + ' 0 8:78945 1 * ' n a nationwide operation, the during her stint as UP Chief cases in which the searches are L M
! .48 *5 ICBI on Tuesday conducted Minister. continuing are being kept ' :*-45 (+" searches at around 110 places In April this year, the CBI secret till the operation is over. Rajagopal, the 71-year-old in 19 States/Union Territories, had registered an FIR in con- This is the second massive ' S President Donald Trump Powner of the famous including in Delhi, Mumbai, nection with the sugar mills search operation conducted by , Uon Tuesday launched a Saravana Bhavan restaurant Kolkata, Chandigarh, Jammu, scam case besides six prelimi- the agency in a week. A simi- fresh attack on India for impos- chain which has presence in Srinagar, besides 11 locations in nary enquiries in which the lar operation was carried out ! ing tariffs on American prod- Asia, US, Europe, Australia Lucknow and NCR in connec- probe is underway, the officials last Tuesday against a host of ucts and said it was “no longer and Africa, was on Tuesday tion with the sugar mills dis- further said. accused in banking fraud cases. "#$%$# * acceptable”, days after he held sent by a Chennai court to investment scam case during The search operation also The premises of KA ' . talks with Prime Minister Puzhal Central prison to begin Mayawati’s tenure as Uttar covers an FIR against former Duggal, the then CMD, BICL, 0 ( + Narendra Modi and agreed to life imprisonment for the mur- 2+3 Pradesh Chief Minister. Haryana Chief Minister Kanpur, and company secre- sort out the trade related issues. der of the husband of a woman The CBI has registered Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The tary KV Vajpayee are being * 2 Trump, championing his employee he wanted to marry. admitted to a hospital citing ill about 30 separate cases relating operation is underway at Krrish searched for alleged irregular- ' ' ‘America First’ policy, has been The man, whose rags to health. The SC on Tuesday to corruption, criminal mis- Builders in Jasola in the nation- ities in tendering process while ' a vocal critic of India for levy- riches story has become a folk- refused to entertain his plea for conduct and arms smuggling al Capital, they said. selling the properties of BICL. 3 4 * - ing “tremendously high” duties lore in Tamil Nadu and else- an exemption from jail sen- among others before launching The search operations were The cases in which search L M, on US products. “India has where, tried all tricks to get tence till his recovery. the pan-India search operation. conducted in Delhi, Mumbai, operations are going on also long had a field day putting himself saved from the The restaurant baron was The agency searched the Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar, include cheating of a Mumbai- & Tariffs on American products. ignominy of going to jail. brought to a Chennai court on premises of former IAS officers Pune, Jaipur, Goa, Raipur, based businessman who was '& No longer acceptable!” Trump However, the Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon in an ambu- Netram and Vinay Priya Hyderabad, Madurai, Kolkata, sold 980 acres of land worth 5' ( % tweeted on Tuesday. early on Tuesday refused to lance with an oxygen mask fit- Dhune and sons of former Rourkela, Ranchi, Bokaro, 11 crore in Chhindwara dis- ' ' Trump’s terse comment delay his surrender. ted in his face. Though he was MLC Iqbal Singh — Wajid Ali Lucknow, Kanpur and other trict of Madhya Pradesh on the * % % within a fortnight after his The SC had in May reject- carried to the courtroom on a and Mohammed Javed — in locations in Uttar Pradesh, basis of forged documents. ' meeting with Prime Minister ed his plea challenging the life stretcher, the judge was not the graft case relating to the Uttarakhand, Odisha, The CBI has taken over inves- 6% Modi on the sidelines of the term awarded by the Madras impressed by the theatrics and sugar mills disinvestment case, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, tigation into this case following % 74 G20 Summit in Osaka on June High Court and had directed ordered that he be taken to the officials said. Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, a directive from the Madhya . + 28 where the two leaders aired beneficiary developing nation him to surrender before the Puzhal prison. Netram also held the posi- Karnataka and Bihar. Pradesh High Court. ' their concerns over the bilateral under the key GSP trade pro- court in 100 days. Rajagopal got Continued on Page 4 tion of secretary to Mayawati Officials said details of Continued on Page 4 5 , trade disputes and agreed for a gramme from June 5 after meeting of their commerce determining that India has not ministers to sort out the issues. assured the US that it will pro- - ' Later this week, US vide “equitable and reasonable Commerce Secretary Wilbur access” to its markets. Ross and Energy Secretary The Generalized System . ' R Rick Perry are scheduled to of Preference (GSP) is the "$%& ' )%$* + address a major India centric largest and oldest US trade conference in Washington DC. preference programme and is 3 5+87 *+5" - cides has declined steadily. The 0*530 Though trade is an impor- designed to promote econom- global homicide rate, mea- tant part of the booming bilat- ic development by allowing he overall homicide rate in sured as the victims of homi- rime Minister Narendra eral relationship, a row over duty-free entry for thousands TIndia has decreased by 10 cide per 100,000 people, PModi in a letter to Chief market access and tariffs has of products from designated per cent over a period of six declined from 7.2 in 1992, to Minister Bhupesh Baghel has escalated in recent months, beneficiary countries. years till 2015 but the trend 6.1 in 2017, the report said. expressed his grief over the leading to fears of a protract- The Trump administra- increased “noticeably” in some In 2016, the female homi- demise of latter’s mother ed dispute. tion wants India to lower the northern states, according to a cide rate in India stood at 2.8 Bindeshwari Baghel. Before his meeting with trade barriers and embrace UN report. per cent. Percentage of women In the letter of condolence, Modi, Trump tweeted, “I look “fair and reciprocal” trade. The Global Study on and girls in India aged 15–49 the PM termed Bindeshwari a forward to speaking with Prime Last February, India Homicide 2019 published on who experienced physical vio- brave woman who coura- Minister Modi about the fact slashed the customs duty on Monday by the UN Office on lence (irrespective of perpe- geously fought the ailment that India, for years having put imported motorcycles like Drugs and Crime (UNODC) same time, the spatial variation million that have homicide trator) in the past 12 months even though she was being hos- very high Tariffs against the Harley-Davidson to 50 per said that about 4,64,000 people in the homicide rate shifted rates below 1 per 1,00,000 pop- was 18.9 while 33.5 per cent pitalised for a long period. United States, just recently cent after Trump called it across the world were killed in noticeably, with some States in ulation — rates that are even women experienced physical “Even though being from felt proud of your achieve- increased the Tariffs even fur- “unfair” and threatened to homicides in 2017, an increase the north registering an lower than the national average violence at least once in their rural background she always ments as you surge ahead in ther. This is unacceptable and increase the tariff on import of from 395,542 in 1992. increase in the homicide rate, (e.g. Tokyo: 0.3; Jakarta: 0,3; lifetime, it said. emphasized on education and political arena right from the the Tariffs must be withdrawn!” Indian bikes to the US. In India, the number of while some large States in the Seoul: 0,67; Mumbai: 0.9). The report noted that progressive social mobility. Your grass root level and have now India has raised tariffs on The Government on June homicide victims fell from south (e.g. Andhra Pradesh) Asia, which contains 60 per dowry-related killings of mother had dreamt big for become the Chief Minister of 28 items, including almond, 21 last year decided to impose 48,167 in 2000 to 46,460 in experienced a decrease,” the cent of the global population, women — which occur when you. I could understand very Chhattisgarh state,” he said. pulses, exported from the US in these duties in retaliation to the 2010, 44,373 in 2015 and report said. recorded the lowest rate of brides are killed or are driven well that she was your source of “The values inculcated on you retaliation to America’s with- US decision of significantly 42,678 in 2016. Males consti- It noted while some small- homicide in the world in 2017 to commit suicide after being inspiration in attaining the by her will last long and the drawal of preferential access for hiking customs duties on cer- tute less than 20 per cent of the er cities can have very high while the America’s region had subjected to continuous harass- great heights”, said the PM. guidance she had given to you Indian products. tain steel and aluminium prod- total homicide victims in 2016 homicide rates, larger cities the highest homicide rate, ment and abuse by the groom’s The PM further wrote will remain with you forever”, Trump has also criticised ucts. America, in March last in India, it said. tend to have homicide rates according to the report. family in an effort to extort “even though one had achieved Modi said. India’s high import tariff on the year, imposed 25 per cent tar- “In India, the overall homi- that are more closely in line However, because the glob- dowry payment or increased such height as you have, no one “The blessings of her for iconic Harley Davidson motor- iff on steel and a 10 per cent cide rate decreased by 10 per with national homicide rates. al population has risen faster dowry involving cash or goods is prepared for such an serving the people of cycles as “unacceptable”. import duty on aluminium cent over the period There are several large than the increase in recorded — are widely reported in irreparable loss as of losing a Chhattisgarh will always with President Trump termi- products. 2009–2015, from 3.8 to 3.4 per metropolises, particularly in homicide victims, the overall South Asian countries. mother”. you and I condole the sad nated India’s designation as a Continued on Page 4 1,00,000 population. At the Asia, with populations above 10 risk of being killed in homi- Continued on Page 4 “Your mother might have demise of her”, he added. !" #
' ! 7 - '! on the issue of collection of call However, the panel 8:78945 detail records of MPs. 5 % + observed that such irresponsible 8:78945 Gandhi, to October 31, the The report said the panel 7 remarks lead to erosion of val- birth anniversary of Sardar he Rajya Sabha Committee after examining the matter was ' . ues attached to these institutions rime Minister Narendra Vallabhbhai Patel,” Joshi said Ton Privileges looking into of the view that “if unautho- ' ' and strongly condemned the PModi on Tuesday asked BJP after the meeting. The ‘Yatra’ the alleged surveillance of rised collection of CDR of sit- ' * ( remarks of Sadhvi Prachi. MPs to undertake a 150-km- detail could be worked out by mobile phones of senior BJP ting members of Parliament ' In another matter of 2017, long ‘padayatra’ in their respec- the party and the MPs. leader Arun Jaitley and then causes any hindrance or B ' the parliamentary panel found tive constituencies between Sharing details of the pro- Leader of the Opposition in obstruction in their parlia- ' ' the Editor-in-Chief of October 2 and October 31, to posed programme, Minister '4 5 2013 said on Tuesday unau- mentary functions, it would B % ' 3 Sudarshan News TV Channel mark the birth anniversaries of of State for Parliamentary % thorised collection of call tantamount to breach of priv- 4 % % ' “guilty of committing gross Mahatma Gandhi and Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal % records of MPs amounts to ilege beside being a breach of - breach of privilege and con- Vallabhbhai Patel respectively, said the prime minister under- breach of privilege if it hinders privacy under the criminal 4 tempt of the House by his and to reach out to the public lined that these padayatras +0- L ' their functioning. It directed law.” A notice of breach of priv- * ' ' - offensive conduct” against then in villages. He suggested that should focus on villages and M ' the Delhi Police to pursue ilege was given by some mem- O L Rajya Sabha MP Naresh 150 groups should be formed in reaching out to public. “Modi ' % criminal case filed in the mat- bers of Rajya Sabha on alleged '0 1 M Agrawal. each Lok Sabha constituency to told MPs that 150 groups ter with “all sincerity” so that monitoring and surveillance of - % “The committee was of take up the 150-km walk. should be formed in each con- the guilty persons could be mobile phones of Arun Jaitley 4% the view that his sole intention Addressing a BJP parlia- stituency which will cover 150 punished and inform it about in 2013. ' N ' O ' was to take undue advantage of mentary party meeting, Modi km and the party MPs will be the outcome of the judicial pro- In another report tabled in ' ' the situation and hog the lime- also asked Rajya Sabha mem- part of these groups. The idea ceedings in the case. the house, the committee said * #$ - light by criticising Parliament bers to visit constituencies is to reach out to public and In its previous report, the the matter related to Hindutva and the member and get pub- where the BJP organisation seek their feedback on the panel had termed the unautho- leader Sadhvi Prachi’s “terror- licity in the process,” the panel was weak. Parliamentary Government’s work and their rised access of call data records ists in Parliament” remarks be a controversy by alleging there proceedings against Sadhvi Parliament, even though she did said in its report. Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi expectations from us,” he said. of Jaitley as not breach of par- allowed to rest, as pursuing it were one or two terrorists in Prachi. They gave a notice in not name any member. “The It also recommended to the quoted Modi as saying so in the Meghwal said Modi under- liamentary privilege. Following as ‘breach of privilege’ will not Parliament. She was apparent- this regard to then Rajya Sabha Committee felt that pursuing Information and Broadcasting second Parliamentary party lined that Gandhi and villages the opposition to the report serve any purpose. ly referring to MPs who were chairman Hamid Ansari, say- this matter of unwarranted Ministry to issue necessary meet here after BJP’s victory in will be the focus and MPs from several members of the The Privileges Committee against hanging of 1993 ing her remarks “violated the remarks uttered by Sadhvi guidelines to all TV channels the Lok Sabha polls. should discuss Gandhian House cutting across party lines, said the matter related to her Mumbai blasts convict Yakub dignity” of Parliament. Prachi, as a breach of privilege, for being cautious with regard “Modi told MPs that every- thoughts with the people. Modi the panel on privileges revisit- “terrorists in Parliament” Memon. The Rajya Sabha committee would serve no useful purpose,” to the telecasting and reporting one should carry out a 150-km- also suggested that plantation ed the report. The committee remarks be allowed to rest, as Following her remarks, observed that her remarks were the Rajya Sabha secretariat said the proceedings of the House long padayatra in their con- of trees, cleanliness and other heard the Delhi Police pursuing it as ‘breach of priv- many MPs from the Upper “unfair and had contemptuous in a statement. The panel also and to desist from re-telecast of stituencies during the period issues related to village can also Commissioner and also took ilege’ will not serve any pur- House, cutting across party undertone” apart from being a “recommended that the matter expunged portions of the pro- starting from October 2, the become part of the planned opinion of the Attorney General pose. In 2015, Prachi triggered lines, sought breach of privilege personal attack on Members of may be allowed to rest”. ceedings. birth anniversary of Mahatma marches, Meghwal said. 45 ! .8 R -! +- . + ' ' * + * + ,'- './0' +1. #' 4. C '+ .' 3 * 550- '5' 1 4:$"$#;:2"<2:( 8:78945 &<=$ 4:4%$#2< $# ' >:2 ##%$"$( 4 4A$ #< ' he National Investigation 8:78945 from 1,731 corporate donors highest corporate donors to the Between financial years 8:78945 &$<= $# (::2: ($% %4: 0 # , TAgency (NIA) has seized followed by Congress which BJP and the Congress with a 2012-13 and 2017-18, the BJP five fabricated hand grenades, "$<L <2 # <&4:#$< he ruling BJP got the lion’s received a total contribution of total donation amount of Rs 25 received the maximum corpo- ith information suspect- ! one timer device, three electric C-(&<=$ D% $( <. + Tshare of Rs 915.59 crore as Rs 55.36 crore from 151 corpo- crore,” the report said. rate donations of Rs 1,621.40 Wed to have been “com- ! circuits, explosive substance, donations from 1,731 corporate rate donors and NCP with Rs After Electoral Trust, the crore, constituting 83.49 per promised”, the Housing and * components used for making “While evading arrest as donors between 2016 and 2018. 7.737 crore from 23 corporate Manufacturing sector was the cent of the total corporate Urban Affairs Ministry has * < IEDs and rockets besides sev- absconder, he was a part of a This is over 16 times more than donors in financial year 2016- second highest donors, con- donations in six years. asked its officials to strictly fol- 3 ' eral incriminating material JMB module which intended to what the Congress received in 17 and 2017-18,” the report said. tributing a total of Rs 120 crore. According to the ADR low the IT Ministry’s online - . from Bengaluru. wage war against the democ- the same period. The ADR said electoral Real estate sector was the third analysis, during the period security advisory which ' . O #E The seizure was made from ratic set up of the State by con- According to the trusts were the biggest donors highest donors contributing a 2016-18 business houses donat- includes avoiding surfing of ' Soladevanahalli area in north spiring to commit terrorist Association for Democratic to the national parties, con- total of Rs 90 crore during the ed a total of Rs 985.18 crore, “inappropriate websites” and ' K % Bengaluru based on leads pro- acts,” the agency said. Reforms (ADR) that analysed tributing a total of Rs 488.42 same period. The BJP received constituting 93 per cent of the use of personal USBs in office . %- % vided by Jamat-ul-Mujahideen He and other JMB members the donations from corporates crore. The BJP got the most, at the highest donations from all total contribution to political computer. Last week, the gov- K , Bangladesh terrorist Habibur raised funds through dacoities in to national parties during the Rs 458.02 crore, followed by the 15 sectors including manufac- parties from known sources. ernment informed Parliament Rehman, arrested for his Bengaluru city in 2018, it said. period 2016-18, Prudent/Satya Congress (Rs 29.40 crore). turing (Rs 107.54 crore), real The ADR analysis said that over two dozen websites of ! involvement in Burdwan (West Following the seizure of hand Electoral Trust, Bhadram Janhit Prudent/Satya Electoral estate (Rs 88.57 crore), mining, donations from corporates to central ministries, departments & -. ! Bengal) blast case of 2014. The grenades and other material, a Shalika Trust, Cadila Healthcare Trust was the top donor to two construction, exports and national parties increased by and state governments were +( blast case had unearthed a fresh case has been registered at Limited, Modern Road Makers, of the national parties. “The imports (Rs 57.40 crore). 160 per cent between financial hacked till May this year, as per + larger conspiracy to carry out Soladevanahalli police Janta Nirvachak Electoral Trust, Trust donated a total of 46 The report says that Delhi years 2004-05 to 2011-12 information by Indian ' several attacks in India and station against Rehman and Apex Jewellers AB General times in two years, amounting was among the top in the list of and financial years 2016-17 Computer Emergency 0 #% ' Bangladesh. The hand other JMB cadres. Electoral Trust and Kakinada to Rs 429.42 crore. The BJP donors list which contributed to 2017-18. Response Team (CERT-In). ,-'. grenades seized in Bengaluru Two persons were killed in Seaports Limited were among declared receiving Rs 405.52 Rs 481.37 crore to these Between financial years In its written communica- B were fabricated for use in ter- a bomb explosion in a rented the top donors during this peri- crore in 33 donations while the political parties, followed by 2012-13 and 2017-18, dona- tion to all officials and subor- ' ' rorist activities in the state, the house in Burdwan on October od. The report says about 93 Congress was the recipient of Maharashtra (Rs 176.88 crore) tions from corporates to dinated offices, the HUA % agency said in a statement. 2, 2014. Later, it came to light per cent of the total voluntary Rs 23.90 crore of funds in 13 and Karnataka (Rs 43.184 national parties increased by Ministry said some malware % On June 25, the NIA had that those present in the house, contributions above Rs 20,000 donations from Prudent/Satya crore). 414 per cent, with a major drop and vulnerable issues have arrested Rehman from suspected to be JMB members, received by the six national Electoral Trust. Bhadram Janhit The ADR said during in the percentage of corporate come to the notice where secu- ' *, Bengaluru and he was later sent were preparing bombs, ammu- political parties between 2016 Shalika Trust was the second financial years 2016-17 and donations in financial year rity of information appear to be to police custody by an NIA nition/arms, and organising and 2018 came from corporates highest corporate donor to the 2017-18, the voluntary contri- 2015-16. Donations from cor- “compromised”. 5 ! & ! court. He was charge-sheeted terrorist training camps for a and business houses. BJP and the Congress, donat- butions of BJP and the porates to national parties It has also attached “Do’s ' . 5 ) as absconder in the Burdwan larger conspiracy to carry out “Out of the six national par- ing 10 times, a total amount of Congress above Rs 20,000 from reduced by 25.07 per cent and Don’ts” advisory received "@ ' blast case being probed by the terrorist attacks in India and ties, BJP received the maximum Rs 41 crore. Janta Nirvachak corporates was 94 per cent between financial year 2016-17 from the Ministry of federal probe agency. Bangladesh. donations of Rs 915.596 crore Electoral Trust was the third and 81 per cent respectively. and 2017-18. Electronics and Information Technology along with written communication issued on June 3 ( . !<(:>$E:2> <4:$
5 6 ! " # $ 8:78945 basis is the election of the new been no confusion among post and set an ideal which we was not accepted by then party Congress president being done. party workers." have followed," the veteran president Sonia Gandhi. On eteran Congress leader Who is doing it?" Dwivedi "What kind of committee is leader noted. March 30, 2018, he was VJanardan Dwivedi on posed. it where A K Antony has not In response to a question, replaced as AICC general sec- Tuesday questioned the selec- The credibility of the panel gone even once. To my knowl- he said, "Rahul Gandhi's resig- retary (Organisation) by Ashok tion process of a new party holding informal discussions edge, he is not attending that nation establishes an ideal that Gehlot. president and said Rahul about selecting a Congress meetings." other leaders in the party Making public a letter he *530 Gandhi should have formulat- chief would have been more if Meetings are being con- should follow." had written in 2014 to then ed a mechanism to suggest the it was set up formally, the vet- vened in the name of coordi- Dwivedi said had the party Congress president Sonia he Rajasthan Police has name of his successor as tech- eran Congress leader said. nation committee, which was worked on the principle of Gandhi, Dwivedi said he had Tsought permission from an nically he is still the party "There should have been formed for the Lok Sabha polls sacrifice, as shown by Sonia then suggested that the active Alwar court to investigate fur- chief. some mechanism which the which are over, the veteran Gandhi who resigned and now posts of general secretaries and ther the cow smuggling case Dwivedi, who held the all- present Congress president leader said. Rahul Gandhi, "it could have secretaries should be handed against the two sons of Pehlu important position of AICC Rahul Gandhi should have He said there is a myth that progressed and the present sit- over to the younger generation Khan, who was lynched two general secretary (organisa- formulated which could have an election is held for the uation would not have come to as they required extensive trav- years ago for allegedly trans- tion) for over two decades, said suggested a name for the new Congress president, as that has pass. el and work. porting the animals illegally. truck did not now belong to convention and norms should party chief and put before the been done on only four or five "But, those holding a Veterans should be given The Ashok Gehlot-led him. be followed in electing a new working committee for it to He cited the example of occasions in the 134-year his- position in the party is not other important positions, he Congress Government in The three have been party president. endorse," Dwivedi said. Sonia Gandhi forming a four- tory of party. ready to quit." said. Rajasthan had faced criticism charged under the Rajasthan "Who is selecting the new He said if Gandhi forms a member panel to look after Lauding Rahul Gandhi's "I maintain that in a party, Asked about a young a fortnight ago after a charge Bovine Animal (Prohibition Congress president? As far as formal panel, it can hold talks party affairs and take decisions decision to resign from the post organisation, society or coun- leader taking over as party sheet was filed against Khan’s of Temporary Migration or I understand the Congress with party workers and leaders when she had gone abroad for of Congress president, he said, try in which the voice of inde- chief, Dwivedi said, sons, Irshad Khan (25) Aarif Export) Act. Pehlu Khan’s party's constitution, Rahul across the country before sug- her treatment. "Till the time you are ready to pendent thinking is not heard, "The idea of suggesting a Khan (22), and a truck opera- name was dropped in the Gandhi continues to be the gesting a name for the post of "But, where is such a com- leave something, you will not healthy democracy cannot pre- young leader can be made tor, Khan Mohammad, in the chargesheet as he has died, party president. Probably, on Congress president. The mittee now? Who constituted get anything back." vail and democratic principles applicable in case of Congress cow smuggling case. police said. that basis, some fresh appoint- Congress Working Committee it?" Dwivedi asked, adding, "This country is for those cannot be safeguarded," he president too, but you cannot Gehlot had then respond- Pehlu Khan and his sons ments have also been made," he (CWC), the highest decision- "There would have been cred- who are giving. Mahatma noted. be rigid on this. The issue of ed that the police could rein- were thrashed by a mob on the said. making body of the party, ibility, if there was a formal set Gandhi, Vinobha Bhave could Dwivedi said he had quit as acceptability has to be seen. vestigate aspects of the cow suspicion of cow smuggling on "If he (Gandhi) continues could then ratify the appoint- up and a committee was have become anything, but Congress general secretary on You can have young leadership smuggling case, registered Aprli 1, 2017. He died at a hos- to be the party chief, on what ment. formed. Then there would have they chose not to accept any September 15, 2014, which on other positions." when the BJP Government pital in Alwar on April 3. They was in power. were on their way to Haryana’s Alwar Superintendent of Nuh district from Jaipur when Police Anil Paris Deshmukh the cow vigilantes stopped two said on Tuesday the police of the vehicles on the Jaipur- ) * 7 7 8 7 filed an application in the court Delhi national highway. 8:78945 Modi conveyed to the UAE countries and also for peace, Crown Prince, it said. of additional chief judicial The Rajasthan police had Foreign Minister his resolve to prosperity and stability in the During the call on with the magistrate on Saturday, seeking registered a case against the ( rime Minister Narendra step up cooperation with the region. PM, Sheikh Abdullah con- permission to further investi- people who allegedly lynched PModi on Tuesday discussed Gulf country in key sectors Prime Minister Narendra veyed felicitations of the UAE gate the cow smuggling case. Pehlu Khan and thrashed his ways to take India-UAE ties to such as trade and energy. Modi reiterated his strong com- leadership on the resounding “Certain aspects will be companions. Six men were ( ( new heights with the Gulf Recalling the warmth and mitment to work with the UAE victory in the elections. further investigated. His sons named in the FIR, which also nation's Foreign Minister, who hospitality extended to him leadership to take the relation- He also extended an invi- have said that they were going mentioned around 200 uniden- From Page 1 The trial court found invited the Indian leader to visit during his previous visits to the ship to higher levels in all tation to the PM to visit UAE, to sell the animals in Tapukara tified people. The murder case which Rajagopal guilty and sen- his country. UAE, the prime minister spheres of cooperation, includ- a Ministry of External Affairs (in Alwar) and the truck oper- A separate case was also culminated in the life impris- tenced him to 10 years United Arab Emirates expressed happiness at the ing in trade and economy, statement said. ator claims that he had sold the registered then against Pehlu onment of Rajagopal took imprisonment in 2004. Foreign Minister Sheikh growth of bilateral relations energy, tourism and people-to- The Prime Minister vehicle to someone else before Khan and others under the place in 2001. The restaura- Though Rajagopal challenged Abdullah bin Zayed, who held over the last five years, a state- people contact, the statement thanked the UAE President the incident had taken place,” Rajasthan Bovine Animal Act, teur who had married twice the lower court order, the talks with External Affairs ment from the PMO said. said. and Crown Prince of Abu Deshmukh said. which allows the transportation and was a grandfather took Madras High Court not only Minister S Jaishankar on The UAE foreign minister Modi also requested the Dhabi for conferring on him Earlier, the police had said of cattle only after getting per- the astrological advice to get upheld the sentence by the Monday, called on the Prime also outlined his country's foreign minister to convey his the prestigious Order of Zayed, the animals were being taken to mission from the administra- married for the third time lower court but increased the Minister and conveyed that vision to enhance bilateral best wishes for health, happi- which he said he was proud to Haryana. Also, Mohammad tion. Police had then booked 16 because he had been told by quantum of punishment to India-UAE relations have never cooperation for mutual bene- ness and all-round success to receive on behalf of 1.3 billion could be absolved from the people for illegally transporting his astrologer that it would life imprisonment. Rajagopal been better. fit of the people of both the the UAE President and the Indians. charges if it is proved that the 36 animals in six vehicles. bring him more luck and was in for another shock prosperity. The bride he chose when the Supreme Court too was Jeevajyothi, daughter of dismissed his appeal and one of his own employees. asked him to surrender to the The girl’s father, to save her court by July 7. from the prowling eyes of Tuesday’s drama was a last Rajagopal married her off to ditch attempt by the baron to a youth by name avoid going to prison and it too 3*5 cassette containing about 35 NFAI’s Director Prakash Santhakumar. ended in fiasco. The conviction minute footage of the film Magdum said, while receiving But Rajagopal was and sentencing of Rajagopal rare footage of an iconic `Vande Mataram’ along with the footage from Thakur and From Page 1 Sorcery accusations is also adamant of marrying her and has not affected the hotel chain AMarathi film “Vande two U-Matic tapes containing Jakatdar. The iconic Marathi “Dowry deaths constitute a one of the driver behind gender- threatened Santhakumar to in anyway as all the Saravana Mataram” (1948), in which rare footage of PL Deshpande film was directed by renowned unique category of deaths in related killings in the country. From Page 1 leave Jeevajyothi. When his Bhavan restaurants across legendary writer and play- playing harmonium. filmmaker Ram Gabale. the Indian Penal Code, which Data from India on homicide Many US companies like persuasions and threats failed Chennai and elsewhere func- wright PL Deshpande played “We are extremely delight- Considered a landmark film has been amended in recent resulting from sorcery accusa- Google, Mastercard, Visa and to yield any result, Rajagopal tioned in a routine manner the lead role along with his wife ed to receive this footage of a in Marathi, “Vande Mataram” is decades to deal specifically tions show that, albeit in small Amazon have raised concerns ordered his henchmen to fin- serving its famous delicacies Sunita Deshpande, is now part film that was considered to be based as the story was based on with dowry-related violence,” proportions, this phenomenon over the issue of data localisa- ish off Santhakumar and they including soft idli, vada, dosa of the Pune-based National lost. It is such a happy coinci- India’s freedom movement. the report said. still exists, the report noted. tion and its impact on their executed the murder. But the and sambar. Film Archive of India (NFAI) dence to discover this footage While renowned writer GD It added that available data “Although the data are not operational cost. police acting on a missing per- Perhaps the employees of collection. at a time when the birth cen- Madgulkar had written the on dowry-related killings from disaggregated by sex, it is like- In April last year, the son complaint filed by the eatery chain may serve the Dinesh Thakur, nephew of tenary of PL Deshpande and script, dialogue and lyrics for the the National Crime Records ly that women account for a Reserve Bank of India had Jeevajyothi solved the case and VIP prisoner in Puzhal Jail Sunita Deshpande and film his- Sudhir Phadke is being cele- film, while renowned compos- Bureau indicate that female large share of the victims,” it issued a directive on ‘Storage of arrested Rajagopal and eight of the same delicacies from torian Satish Jakatdar donated brated this year along with the er Sudhir Phadke composed dowry deaths account for 40 to said. The report also found that Payment System Data’. It had his accomplices in the crime. Wednesday. a Video Home system (VHS) producer of the film PR Bhide”, music for the film. 50 per cent of all female homi- son preference, which “contin- advised all system providers to cides recorded annually in ues to be deeply embedded in ensure that within a period of India, representing a stable Indian society, can make par- six months, the entire data 999 trend over the period from ents more likely to neglect relating to payment systems 1999 to 2016. their female infants and chil- operated by them is stored in From Page 1 “Despite legislation adopt- dren, “and even to commit a system only in India, for + ' ' 0 1 % ed by the Indian Government in infanticide”. effective monitoring. '$ 0 $ -5 1961 that prohibits the payment Further in South Asia, at India has also dragged the 4 ,- of dowry, the practice continues least one in five ever-married US to the World Trade ''87'' - ( 4 throughout the country and girls experienced partner vio- Organisation’s dispute settle- )1 dowry deaths continue to lence, with particularly high ment mechanism over the ,( ' . account for a substantial share rates in Bangladesh (47 per imposition of import duties on (-+ 4 , of all female homicides,” it said. cent) and India (34 per cent). steel and aluminium. & ' ( )
From Page 1 Earlier, the CLP meeting, Soudha, the State Secretariat, “There is no question of us the first after the present crisis for an hour after which they withdrawing resignation. We hit the Government, saw 20 submitted the petition to the have resigned voluntarily and MLAs, including the 11 who Speaker. have not indulged in any anti- had tendered their resigna- Noting that the act of party activity,” Congress MLA tions, absent. MLAs attracted provisions of S T Somasekhar told reporters. Congress sources said the anti-defection law, Two other rebel MLAs - seven MLAs had sought per- Siddaramaiah said along with Ramesh Jarkiholi and Byrati mission to skip the meeting cit- disqualification “we have also Basavaraj -- also echoed simi- ing health grounds among requested that they should not lar views. other reasons. be allowed to contest election Briefing media after meet- Emerging from the meet- for six years. I hope the Speaker ing the Speaker, State Congress ing, CLP leader and former will act according to the pro- president Dinesh Gundu Rao Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visions of the Act.” said according to the CLP asked the party MLAs who had He alleged the BJP in an decision, they submitted the resigned to come back or face anti-democratic way has been petition seeking action against the consequences. indulging in destabilising the the MLAs “who have resigned He alleged that these rebel democratically elected and have joined hands with the MLAs have “colluded with BJP Governments in Karnataka BJP to bring down the and at the behest of the BJP and other States. Government”. these people are trapped”. Siddaramaiah claimed ever The anti-defection law AICC general secretary KC since the coalition Government applies to them, he claimed, Venugopal, Gundu Rao, KPCC was formed in Karnataka, the adding further action will be Working president Eshwar saffron party had been “con- taken by the Speaker. “I hope Khandre, Deputy Chief tinuously and constantly” try- that they will be disqualified to Minister G Parameshwara ing to topple it. save democracy.” among others were present at Five times they have The Speaker, who was the meeting. attempted to destabilise the expected to examine the resig- However, the party has Government, this is their sixth nations submitted by the 13 decided not to seek disqualifi- attempt, they are trying to MLAs on Tuesday, later said he cation of seven-time MLA destabilise this Government, he had asked the Congress leaders Ramalinga Reddy, as he has said, as he alleged that the to place material evidence, if made it clear he was not quit- national leaders of party any, (in support of their peti- ting the party, Rao said. including Prime Minister tion) on July 11 and on hear- Congress leaders and Narendra Modi and Home ing them he would decide on MLAs staged a dharna in front Minister Amit Shah were the next course of action. of the Gandhi statue at Vidhana directly involved. !" # &' '2 P )*6 78 Washington: Pakistan is facing "Pakistan is facing signifi- revenue mobilisation strategy to icy will be key to correcting administration, a difficult busi- "significant economic chal- cant economic challenges on the broaden the tax base and raise imbalances, rebuilding reserves ness environment, inefficient lenges" due to a weak and back of large fiscal and financial tax revenue in a well-balanced and keeping inflation low, he and loss making state-owned * Q / unbalanced growth and that its needs and weak and unbalanced and equitable manner, he said. said, adding that an ambitious enterprises, amid a large infor- economy is at a critical juncture growth," David Lipton, First It will also require a strong agenda to strengthen institu- mal economy. where it needs an ambitious and Deputy Managing Director and commitment by the provinces tions and remove impediments "Without urgent policy bold set of reforms, the IMF has Acting Chair of the IMF to support the consolidation to growth will allow Pakistan to action, economic and financial said. Executive Board said. effort and effective public finan- reach its full economic poten- stability could be at risk, and Cash-strapped Pakistan, Last week, the IMF cial management to improve the tial. growth prospects will be insuf- which currently has a currency approved the 13th bailout pack- quality and efficiency of public In an accompanying report, ficient to meet the needs of a : ; reserve of less than $8 billion — age for Pakistan since the late spending, he said. the IMF said that Pakistan's rapidly growing population," enough to cover only 1.7 1980s. Observing that protecting economy is at a critical juncture. the IMF said. months of imports — The latest bailout package is the most vulnerable from the The legacy of misaligned The Fund-supported pro- approached the Washington- worth $6 billion, of which $1 bil- impact of adjustment policies economic policies, including gramme is expected to coalesce based International Monetary lion is to be disbursed immedi- will be an important priority, large fiscal deficits, loose mon- broader support from multilat- Hong Kong: Hong Kong's Fund (IMF) in August 2018 for ately and the rest in the next Lipton said that this will be etary policy and defence of an eral and bilateral creditors in embattled pro-Beijing leader on a bailout package after the three years. achieved by a significant overvalued exchange rate, excess of $38 billion, which is Tuesday said a China extradi- Imran Khan Government took A decisive fiscal consolida- increase in resources allocated fuelled consumption and short- crucial for Pakistan to meet its tion bill that sparked unprece- over. tion is key to reducing the large to key social assistance pro- term growth in recent years, but large financing needs in the dented political unrest "is dead" 9 The global lender last week public debt and building grammes, supporting measures steadily eroded macroeconom- coming years, it added. — but protesters immediately formally approved the $6 billion resilience, and the adoption of for the economic empower- ic buffers, increased external Pakistan has so far received dismissed her comments, from the legislative agenda, be very sceptical of the gov- loan to Pakistan, which is fac- the fiscal year 2020 budget is an ment of women and investment and public debt, and depleted billions in financial aid packages threatening more mass rallies. provoking outcry from the anti- ernment's sincerity," he told ing "significant" economic chal- important initial step, Lipton in areas where poverty is high. international reserves. from friendly countries like The international finance government camp. AFP. lenges on the back of "large" fis- said. A flexible market-deter- Structural weaknesses China, Saudi Arabia and the hub has been plunged into its Lam's words about the bill Lam has been under pres- cal and financial needs and Achieving the fiscal objec- mined exchange rate and an remained largely unaddressed, UAE during the current fiscal worst crisis in recent history by are "another ridiculous lie" sure to appoint an independent "weak and unbalanced" growth. tives will require a multi-year adequately tight monetary pol- including a chronically weak tax year. PTI a month of marches and spo- tweeted leading democracy judge as head of a public com- radic violent confrontations activist Joshua Wong, who was mission of inquiry into the between police and pockets of recently released from jail for police response to the protests. * hardcore protesters. his role in protests in 2014. But she rejected those calls < The rallies were sparked by "The bill still exists in the again on Tuesday, backing an a draft law that would have 'legislative programme' until existing police complaints body allowed extraditions to main- July next year." The Civil to investigate claims of excessive land China. But they have mor- Human Rights Front — which force. phed into a wider movement has organised some of the mass The anti-extradition move- ( calling for democratic reforms rallies — said it would ment has united an unlikely 0) 7 and a halt to sliding freedoms announce fresh protests over cross-section of Hong Kong London: The two contenders to in the semi-autonomous terri- the coming days. society, including major busi- Washington/London: In rare weeks will be on his terms, a replace British Prime Minister tory. With calls mounting for her ness, legal bodies as well as reli- public disdain for a British sentiment that could have Theresa May will be squaring off In a city unaccustomed to resignation, Lam has made few gious leaders, activists and jour- 1 Prime Minister, US President enormous political and diplo- in their only head-to-head such upheaval, police have fired public appearances in recent nalists. Donald Trump assailed pre- matic implications in London debate in the campaign. tear gas and rubber bullets weeks. Protesters are becoming Beijing: China demanded on States by helping to improve mier Theresa May for the and beyond. The television debate on while the parliament has been But on Tuesday she resur- increasingly creative — chat Tuesday that the United States the security and defensive "mess" she created over her "The good news for the Tuesday between front-runner trashed by protesters — as faced, agreeing to meet student forums and encrypted mes- "immediately cancel" a poten- capability (of Taiwan)," DSCA handling of the crucial Brexit wonderful United Kingdom is Boris Johnson and Foreign Beijing's authority faces its protesters and adding that she senger apps are buzzing with tial sale of $2.2 billion in arms said. negotiations with the EU and that they will soon have a new Secretary Jeremy Hunt comes most serious challenge since recognised the swirling eco- calls for the mass withdrawal of to self-ruled Taiwan, including It would not alter the even welcomed her impending Prime Minister," Trump tweet- after numerous events around Hong Kong was handed back to nomic, political and social chal- funds from the Bank of China battle tanks and anti-aircraft "basic military balance in the departure from office. ed as May's successor will be the country in which the candi- China in 1997. lenges facing the city. this Saturday to "stress test" the missiles, adding fuel to ten- region," the agency added, The US President's digital announced on July 23 after she dates took questions individual- On Tuesday the city's chief "I come to the conclusion organisation's liquidity. sions between the two powers. and Congress has been noti- tirade against the British Prime formally resigned last month ly from Conservative Party executive Carrie Lam admitted that there are some fundamen- Beijing has thrown its full It would be the first big- fied. US lawmakers have 30 Minister came hours after after failing to get the backing members. They are voting to her administration's attempt tal and deep-seated problems in support behind Lam, calling on ticket US military sale to the days to object to the sale but Downing Street reiterated the of Conservative MPs for her choose a new party leader who to introduce the bill was a Hong Kong society," she said. police to pursue anyone democratically-governed are unlikely to do so. UK's ambassador to the US divorce deal with the EU. will automatically become prime "complete failure", saying that Analyst Dixon Sing said her involved in the parliament island in decades, and comes Geng said the proposed Kim Darroch has May's "full "I have been very critical minister. Hunt's supporters have her government would not seek words would do little to defang storming and other clashes. as ties between Washington deal "seriously violates the support" following the leak of about the way the U.K. And expressed frustration at the reluc- to reactivate it in parliament. the protest movement. "Trust in Over the weekend its and Beijing are already one-China principle" and diplomatic cables highly criti- Prime Minister Theresa May tance of Johnson to take part in "There is no such plan. the government has sunk to ambassador to London said strained by their trade war. "grossly interferes" in the cal of Trump's presidency. handled Brexit," he said. direct debate, and hope that this The bill is dead," Lam said. such a record level that if there's the extradition bill was needed China has lodged formal country's internal affairs. Trump's devastating tweets "What a mess she and her debate offers a chance to turn the But she once against not a clear fulfillment of the to "plug loopholes", fuelling complaints through diplo- "China urges the US to... sent a clear message to London representatives have created. I contest around. But it comes late refused to buckle to demands to (key) demands, the majority of fears Beijing still wants the leg- matic channels expressing Immediately cancel the that Darroch, a career diplomat told her how it should be done, in the campaign: Ballot papers completely withdraw the bill the Hong Kong public will still islation to pass. AFP "strong dissatisfaction and res- planned arms sale and stop who was Monday branded an but she decided to go another have already gone out to the olute opposition" to the move, military relations with Taipei anti-Trump globalist by his way. I do not know the party's estimated 180,000 mem- foreign ministry spokesman to avoid damaging Sino-US foes back home, is no longer Ambassador, but he is not liked bers, and many people will 1 Geng Shuang said at a regular relations and harming peace welcome in the White House. or well....," Trump said. PTI already have voted. AP ! press briefing. and stability in the Taiwan He was dis-invited from a Q / The deal includes 108 Strait," he said. dinner with Trump, the Emir M1A2T Abrams tanks, 250 Taiwan has been ruled of Qatar and Treasury 0' Stinger portable anti-aircraft separately from China since Secretary Steven Mnuchin on missiles, related equipment the end of a civil war in 1949, Monday. Q / and support at an estimated but Beijing considers it a part Trump also took what cost of just over USD 2.2 bil- of its territory to be retaken - may be a final swipe at out- lion, according to the US - by force if necessary. going Prime Minister May, Washington: In a Twitter Defence Security Cooperation China has significantly accusing her of making a Washington: President Donald make as an environmental tantrum, US President Donald Agency (DSCA). stepped up diplomatic and "mess" of Britain's planned exit Trump is promoting what he is steward given his record, Trump on Tuesday renewed his The proposed sale "will military pressure on Taipei from the European Union -- a calling his administration's according to former environ- attack on the British ambas- contribute to the moderniza- since the election in 2016 of 28-member bloc Trump dis- "environmental leadership" mental advocates and former sador labelling him a "very stu- tion of the recipient's main President Tsai Ing-wen, whose dains. despite its sweeping rollbacks of federal regulators. pid guy" and a "pompous fool". battle tank fleet", improve its Democratic Progressive Party He also made clear that landmark environmental and Mustafa Santiago Ali, a The outburst comes after air defense system and "sup- refuses to acknowledge that the "special relationship" public health protections. former official in the the leak of sensitive diplomat- port the foreign policy and the island is part of "One under May's successor who Critics are calling it a creduli- Environmental Protection ic memos by Ambassador Kim national security of the United China". AFP will take over in a couple of ty-straining gesture aimed at Agency's Office of Darroch detailing the "unique- winning over voters worried Environmental Justice, said the ly dysfunctional" and "inept" about climate change and pol- White House is recognizing White House under the US lution. that "the majority of folks in the president. Trump's speech at the country are now beginning to "The wacky Ambassador White House on Monday after- pay attention to climate issues that the UK foisted upon the noon will focus on the admin- and environmental issues." United States is not someone istration's "practical approach He said administration we are thrilled with, a very stu- to addressing environmental officials are "trying to reframe pid guy," Trump wrote in a challenges while also support- the conversation to make peo- series of tweets about Darroch. ing a strong economy," Mary ple think they've done some- Trump also doubled down Neumayr, who heads the pres- thing to better protect them. in attacking May regarding ident's Council on And unfortunately they haven't Brexit, saying she "went her Environmental Quality, told done a single thing." He point- own foolish way-was unable to reporters in previewing his ed to EPA estimates that pro- get it done. A disaster!" remarks. posed rollbacks for fossil fuel He added: "He should Polls show increasing emissions will cause thousands speak to his country, and Prime numbers of voters are identi- of additional deaths annually Minister Theresa May, about fying the environment and cli- from air pollution. their failed Brexit negotiation, mate change as priorities, In the view of a former and not be upset with my crit- although the issues are a much senior EPA transportation icism of how badly it was han- bigger concern for Democrats engineer, Jeff Alson, the admin- dled." PTI rather than for Trump's istration's claims of environ- Republican base. ment leadership are "truly Trump has a tough case to Orwellian." AP !" # ' , K M+7 , K K
! 2# 341& !))456 # ( 7 = / & : ' ' %5 !% 6 ,5 7 8 6 % ( & 2 . % s public discourse on the fourth $ industrial revolution and Artificial & AIntelligence (AI) gathers momen- 4 tum, there is a need for a more focussed and a comprehensive look at the 5G- enabled systems. Also, there is an urgent /.6 need to take some hard decisions since 5G 2 9# networks will remain the basic tool for ensuring effective and efficient harnessing /.' of AI. In real terms, it is truly a 21st cen- : 4 * tury technology, which has the potential to change our lives or at least lifestyles. By itself, the fourth industrial revolu- /. % tion-driven AI is completely dependent on data and its linkages, communication and 4 # processing, particularly the speed of pro- cessing. It is often said that just as land was /. the raw material for the agricultural age, 44 6 iron was the raw material for the industri- .6 4 al age, data is the raw material for informa- tion age. It is, however, quite paradoxical % 4 0 that while Indians are virtually at the top of the ladder in IT capabilities, within the country, we have given this sensitive sub- ject little thought. Much more is desired. 3 % The result is that today, there is hardly any % 64 Indian company on the scene, which con- tinues to be dominated by Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft besides Baidu, Alibaba and Ten Cents from China. & 7;<<< AI is essentially developed through second, the computer can spot the European Union. electronic giant Huawei and in data mined from digital platforms. Such market differentials on a very As such, in addition to the the ensuing collateral damage, % voluminous data is analysed for various pat- small scale and execute trans- protection of our data, the the Defence Secretary of the UK, terns and trends and then turned into intel- actions, which would make most important issue is the Gavin Williamson, had to be /.' & 5 ligence. Thus, our economic and commer- money as per instructions. establishment of 5G networks. sacked. While the Chinese trade # $ cial data, whose ownership is genuinely Similarly, specialised algorithms The Chinese electronic giant war with the US is quite recent 5 Indian, is bound to get into foreign hands used in arbitrage trading can Huawei has emerged as a big and has been occupying head- whom we can call the AI superpowers. detect small differences in mar- 5+5-% player in this field. This con- lines only during the last few 6 Today, AI can play a significant role of reg- ket values to determine oppor- 4":8)80%O35+8 glomerate had been trying to weeks, they have already, ulating — from each item of our daily rou- tunities of profitability. The make inroads into India for smoothly and silently made sig- 3 tine to complexities of cyber warfare. Right emerging scenario is a combi- *0*7"P5.*9 over a decade, but had been nificant inroads into the from operating certain models of washing nation of software defined net- denied permission on grounds European markets. machines already equipped with a fuzzy logic works for AI, operating at 5th +4*+:4598 of security-related concerns. In For instance, during the system, to switching on the AC and lights generation (5G) speeds, for 5 75* -*08 fact, it is understood that at one last 10 years, their investment before you are back home or pre-heating the applications through IoT. Thus, time, an adverse advisory had in Europe exceeds over $320 bath or oven. These are all realities. Also, AI 5G is the medium, AI gives the )50+3*99=*++48 also been issued. But later, billions. It is hard to admit but 1 can direct a computer to take evasive action, command and IoT handles its +""B+48 after a few years, imports of their scale of operations takes in case of an attack, it can direct shutting of applications through enabled cheap computer hardware from them to the level of an econom- 5 7 a nuclear power plant in case of a comput- devices. 9*77805 5+ Huawei were permitted. When ic superpower with foreign er perceived threat. At this rate, in the near While we are thinking in .**595+58-% this company had applied for a policy and security implica- future, the Internet of Things (IOT) is bound terms of advanced technolog- manufacturing facility in 2013, tions in strategic areas. to take charge of our lives at some stage. ical applications, we have to :5+45 +48 it was denied. As the world is already in On the flip side, it can also very easi- realise that most of our com- ."3 +0=%:8 However, later, under the the midst of the fourth industri- ly tamper with driverless cars, traffic puter operations on Google changed circumstances in 2015, al revolution, we should not be lights and bring the entire city to a grind- and Microsoft are subjects of 4*)8(5)8 +45- permission was granted. But left behind. Accordingly, a deci- ing halt. In a situation like this, all opera- local US laws and, hence, vul- -8 -5+5)8 considering the geo-politics of sion on the establishment of 5G tions in cyber space, whether personalised nerable. Most vulnerable being our relations with China and networks has to be considered, or otherwise, will have to be secure and, the email traffic on the net, -38.+95++98 related security implications keeping in view our security and hence, encrypted. In future, advance which is also a subject of US +4"3(4+,3.4 along with vulnerability of our geo-political interests. In the area encryption techniques will ensure that our laws and can be legally inter- economy, caution needs to be of AI, all existing players are cyber space remain secure, for which, we cepted. As was brought out in "085-78-5087 exercised. Particularly so as in either US-based or Chinese and will have to have well-trained profession- the Congressional hearings of the long run, they have shown with our immense IT-related ! " # $ als in cyber security. This would also mean American technology entre- a propensity to virtually over- inherent strengths, it is high time the creation of additional jobs. preneur Mark Zuckerberg, not whelm the recipient. that we develop our own digital One of the most common examples of much could be achieved on the At the same time, we are search engines and do not end AI is that of high frequency trading in stock data leaks from Facebook. In also aware that despite severe up merely as a client state. ! % exchanges through computers, independent fact, the only thing Zuckerberg criticism, their contract for the (The writer is a retired Delhi of any human commands. Without any could offer was an apology, development of 5G networks Police Commissioner and former extraneous intervention, in a fraction of a which he also repeated before was awarded to the Chinese Uttarakhand Governor) ! & & 5 C 7G-H 5 ' : % % + 7*( O . ,5 %? ' 5 ,+ N ' ' ( P *Q! ' , , , , & $#: E(2: : #<( !2<=: $#: *, S K-= K0 * K7 + K. . /. & 0 as Paschimbanga. But the sugges- 1 & % tion was turned down by the then UPA Government. In 2016, it was Sir — This refers to the editor- - O ' ' reportedly proposed to rename S 2 ial, “Question is when?” (July 9). the State as Bengal in English, # * There is a message in the uned- ,98 Bangla in Bengali and Bangal in ifying Congress-Janata Dal 7 % ' ' ' Hindi. Finally, the State has now (Secular) coalition alliance: 0 8 . %- insisted on changing the name as & # 3 Always allow the single largest ,4 Bangla, which was turned down . party to form a Government. By ' ' by the Centre recently. not doing so, the door is left 5 ' #J The NDA Government is open for dissatisfied elements to C '1 ' , justified in rejecting the propos- create trouble in the long run. - ' N 5 O al as the name is “part and par- It’s unfortunate that the ' N ," % cel” of Bangladesh. There have / S Congress and the JD(S) are % ' % been many changes of names of fighting a desperate battle on two C ' % ,* % ' G#J #62H% Indian cities. But no Government P Q fronts — weaning away the % , 0 '5 G05H '#,E in India has thought of changing & rebels while protecting the exist- + % % ' ' ,6 the name of India as Bharat. It will ing flock, which is ready to flee ( % ' #2 #$J,+ be nice to rename India as Bharat. any time. If the resignation of all ' ' ' 1 , % ' '% 05, KV Seetharamiah S the 13 lawmakers — who have ' ' 7*, 1 + 5 ' ' Hassan & marked their exit — is accepted, 7*#, $,@@ # the Congress and the JD(S) '( ' , Government, which has a wafer- ,5 ' 3* % $: #$$<$A$< thin majority, could collapse. 1 , This because most MLAs, Sir — Both the Congress and the ' who have resigned, are of the JD(S) must accept that the alliance ! unanimous opinion on two the BJP of trying to topple the with 78 and 37 seats respective- Government in Karnataka has points: That Karnataka Chief State Government, dismissing ly — decided to join hands to been a failure. The Assembly S Minister HD Kumaraswamy has any talk of crisis. This is a clas- keep the BJP out. Well, the shoe must be dissolved and fresh elec- 4 been ineffective. During his ear- sic case of the pot calling the ket- is in the other foot now. The last Sir — On July 26, 2018, the West tions must be conducted. . lier stint as the Chief Minister, he tle black. In May last year, when one year, since the coalition Bengal Assembly had passed a Arun was efficient and managed to the BJP emerged as the single Government assumed power, has resolution unanimously to change Via email protect his flock. HDK 2.0 has largest party with 104 Assembly been traumatic. the name of the State as Bangla. 5 been a disaster. seats, the Congress and the KS Jayatheertha In 2011, a suggestion had come 7 ((:(2> 2<:G="$ 3E2" The Congress has accused JD(S) — both sworn enemies Bengaluru to change the name of the State !" # " " # $% ! - & & 3 H ! & - 3 & 3 ! CD ! 3 ( L ! L& ' % '5 ' &'& 7 > 7 9 : !" & 4S1 ' =1'> 7 7 * $ R S! : 2 ! !. = 4 :/ > ! 4S @A< @<77@<78 6 @<777@ 0 ! .=0!.> 1' = @< ! " ' 4 inance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first maiden Budget failed to excite the bourses. FThe Sensex fell 793 points, the biggest crash in a single day witnessed this year on Monday. The general feeling after the Budget was that no stim- : $ ulus package was provided to kickstart the econ- C! # 1' = omy. No specific announcements were made to >*5 = > lift the sagging economy. The only silver lining was that fiscal deficit target was brought down * from 3.4 per cent to 3.3 per cent for FY 2019-20. This indicates that the Government wants to focus . on macro-economic variables. The recapitalisa- $ 1' tion plan of 70,000 crore for public sector banks (D@<7E78@<787; % has been taken positively by markets as it was 1 . higher than what was expected. In addition, the announcement to cut the cor- %=1.> ( 4 porate tax rate from 30 per cent to 25 per cent for $ firms having an annual turnover of up to 400 crore, 1' which, in fact, covers 99.3 per cent of the country’s 4 companies, is welcome. This will provide the = > much-needed respite to organisations that are still grappling with Goods and Services Tax (GST) blues. +48(")80 8 + 0 This move will also benefit many foreign compa- 5-+0=5 (+" nies, which have set up manufacturing plants for *<87"8-+5. / C6 advanced technologies like semiconductors, lithi- *0<8+-"08 * != !> ! um batteries and solar charging infrastructure in *++0*.+5)8+" India. These firms will also be the recipients of tax B"085( . 4 =!.4>* exemptions and benefits, giving much boost to the 5 )8-+"0-,3+ ‘Make in India’ programme. :4598"BB805 ( = @<7F @<7;> . In a similar move, to encourage foreign com- cent of the total listed universe. also proposed to permit investments plans to help retail investors to invest in 1' panies, the Government relaxed regulations requir- (08*+0"5-8 The move to tax the super rich is made by FIIs/FPIs in debt securities issued securities and treasury bills. The Budget 4 ing foreign retailers to source a portion of their raw "B." -3+5" % straight out of Robinhood tales. The by infrastructure debt fund-non-banking has taken a step further to attract indi- ( 6 & . S materials locally. This will encourage retailers like +485 75* Finance Minister increased the 15 per cent financial companies (IDF-NBFCs) to be vidual investors towards bond markets. 1' @ A Apple, IKEA and Uniqlo to do more business in *0<8+5- personal tax surcharge on high income transferred and sold to any domestic To make the process of investing in trea- (D@<777@ 1' India. We may also consider opening up the avia- *0087= brackets. The new surcharge for incomes investor within the specified lock-in suries and Government bonds less G AA A tion, media and insurance sectors to foreign invest- ."003+5" % between 2 crore and 5 crore is at 25 per period. In addition, the Know Your cumbersome and easier for individual ments. The Government plans to offer an investment ""0 cent and 37 per cent surcharge will be Customer (KYC) requirements for FPIs investors, it was announced that inter- option in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), on the lines 08(39*+"0= levied to those who earn above 5 crore. have also been eased. These steps are taken operability between the Reserve Bank of of Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS). An ELSS The Government should look at incen- to ensure a positive, investor-friendly and India’s (RBI) depositories and the cap- % . C4 B0*8:"0<- offers investors a tax deduction of up to 1.5 lakh * 7"95.= tivising wealth generation instead of hassle free experience to FPIs as they have ital market regulator, the Securities and 1' *4 under Section 80C and comes with a lock-in peri- penalising the same. We should aim to always been a vital source of capital. Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) depos- * od of three years. This move will draw retail investors 70*:*.<-,+" develop as a creative and innovative econ- However, the Budget provided no itories will be introduced in consultation / .5 =.5> to Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) ETFs, :5 *.< omy and increase the number of entre- incentives to the mutual fund industry. with both these regulators. % # which have seen strong participation from institu- 5 )8-+"0-O preneurs. The overall economy has to be This sector, which channelises domestic At the moment, buying and selling of =04!@<7A> . tional and high net worth investors. It will also have +03-+%5+5- more encouraging. The Government savings into equity and debt markets, has Government securities is cumbersome as a more concentrated portfolio than an ELSS fund 5"0+* ++" should try to make more millionaires. been left high and dry. According to the investors do not get g-secs (Government 2 as the universe of companies available to it is small- .08*+8* In the second term, the present Association of Mutual Funds of India securities) deposited directly in the demat . @<78 er. Higher concentration can make performance of 8 )50" 8 +"B Government is trying to make domestic (AMFI), the industry was hoping that the account, like other equity instruments. these ETFs volatile — both on the upside and down- 50")87 markets more attractive to foreign Finance Minister would oblige some of Securities are issued in the Securities = > 1' side. Therefore, investors must weigh the merits of investors. India has always been a mar- their demands like the introduction of General Ledger account and from there, 1' % 75-.9"-308* 7 underlying investment, instead of investing in it just +0* -*08 .= ket that offers great promise of consump- debt-oriented tax saving schemes or it is a tedious process to get them trans- 4 for tax returns. tion but at the same time, it is marred by DLSS similar to ELSS; exemption from ferred to demat accounts of investors. 1' = The stocks markets were, however, spooked as corruption, poor regulatory frameworks dividend distribution tax or DDT; and The Government also proposed to > 4 S in a bid to give more teeth to the minority share- with constant corporate governance issues exclusive tax benefits for mutual fund deepen the market for long term bonds, holders, the Budget proposed to increase the min- and policy drawbacks. To win back retirement schemes. The introduction of including the deepening of markets for .5 4 $ imum public shareholding in listed firms to 35 per investors’ trust, it is important to create DLSS could witness more participation corporate bond repos, credit default =2'6 @<7A> cent from 25 per cent. If implemented, this will give an environment of improved disclosure from retail investors, who are risk averse swaps with a specific focus to infrastruc- 41' larger say to retail investors in influencing the ver- and transparency. Making auditors and and would be interested in investing in less ture sector. It plans to deepen the corpo- dicts of special resolutions, where till now because credit rating agencies more accountable risky instruments and at the same time rate tri-party repo market in corporate of higher shareholding percentage, promoters have for their actions will go a long way in mak- benefit from tax savings. debt securities by working with regulators 1' % 1' had their way. Besides, raising public holding to 35 ing equity markets safer. The current The same results would also be evi- like RBI and SEBI to enable stock * # per cent will lead to a supply of high-quality papers Budget is aimed at boosting India’s attrac- dent if sops are given for retirement exchanges to allow AA rated bonds as col- in the market and will provide an excellent oppor- tiveness to foreign investors as it propos- schemes. With a total penetration level of laterals. Since details of the proposal are tunity for investors waiting on the sidelines for fur- es a slew of reforms as also aims to increase just 11 per cent (equity 4 per cent, debt 7 still awaited, initial feeling is that the repos 4 % ther investment in stocks. This will also lead to a bet- the statutory limit for FPI investment in per cent), as compared to 114 per cent in with AA rated bonds as collaterals would . ter price discovery. a company from 24 per cent to sectoral Australia, 91 per cent in the US and 51 improve liquidity. # 4 However, this move may lead to MNCs — with foreign investment limit with an option per cent in the UK, India’s mutual fund The maiden budget presented by 4 . low public float to delist, and many companies with given to the concerned corporates to limit industry remains under-penetrated. The Sitharaman has been a mixed bag. *4 higher promoter holding — to come out with it to a lower threshold. Government has to give definite sops to Although, it was not very flashy, hopeful- .5= > * follow on public offerings to reduce their stakes. This The Government is also permitting the industry to channelise household sav- ly, it will be able to bring the much-need- may potentially squeeze liquidity in secondary mar- FPIs to subscribe to listed debt securities ings into it and give more options to retail ed long-term stability with plans focussed % kets. According to Centrum Broking, promoters in issued by real estate investment trusts investors. on the fundamentals. as many as 1,174 listed companies will have to offload (REITs) and infrastructure investment Although the mutual fund industry (The writer is Assistant Professor at their stakes to meet this requirement. This is 25 per trusts (InvITs). The Finance Minister has did not get DLSS, the Government has Amity University) $()
Congress-JD(S) coalition was on a At the State level, the first coalition stable because of a lack of a common shaky ground although the entire experiment was the Samyukta minimum programme, as suggested Opposition graced the occasion of Vidhayak Dal in 1967. The Jana Sangh by the Second Administrative Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in ceremo- was a partner. The BJP-BSP Commission. Second, defections are ny. Many believed that a beginning of Government collapsed within four encouraged where the role of the sorts was made in forging Opposition months in 1995 due to inherent con- Governor is important. The Sarkaria B088+"8:0" ( unity against the BJP juggernaut but tradictions. The BJP-BSP coalition Commission recommendations ultimately, it remained divided. Government in 1997 and 2002 also did should be implemented and the B' One of the reasons for the failure not last long. In Karnataka, the BJP- office of the Governor must be made ' "#$" ' of the Karnataka experiment was JD(S) coalition was formed in 2006 but free from political hold. Third, coali- ' because local leaders — of both the that, too, did not last long. tion has come to symbolise instabil- ,+ oalition Governments general- Congress and JD(S) — were at logger- The BJP-PDP coalition ity in India because the ruling party ly do not succeed in India. Why heads. Former Chief Minister Government in Jammu & Kashmir has to pander to the needs of the Cis it so? For multiple reasons, Siddaramaiah has been sulking, for his lasted for just three years — from 2015 coalition partners. It depends on the ' perhaps — both at the State and fed- bête noire, Kumaraswamy, got the top Congress and the BJP — too, have not the BJP provided the spine. The UPA to 2018. It was the BJP, which pulled competence of the Chief Minister or eral level. This has historically been post. Second, there were allegations that succeeded in coalition experiments ear- remained in power for a decade for a out of the coalition. There was a clear the Prime Minister to run the coali- proved not once or twice but numer- the BJP resorted to ‘poaching’ the leg- lier. While the Congress played the different reason as it allowed coalition divide between the Valley, where the tion. Political parties need to be clear ous times. The latest in series is the rul- islators. Third, the unnatural charac- game of supporting the coalition and partners to make money from their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was of each other’s expectations and % 1 ing Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) ter of the coalition, where a major party, pulling out at will, the BJP, too, has Ministries. strong and the Jammu region, where working platform. coalition in Karnataka. The HD the Congress, supported a minor experimented with coalition When anti-Indira forces came the BJP won many seats. Ultimately, the A coalition Government at the % Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka party, JD(S), was not conducive. Governments at some point or the together to throw the Indira Gandhi BJP felt there was no point in contin- State or federal level will be stable only ' Government is crumbling and this isn’t In the past one year, many times, other. Government in 1977, they could co- uing the experiment and quit the when national parties lead it. They will ' surprising. The culture of ‘Aya Ram, news emerged from Bengaluru that the Coalition Governments were exist despite a massive majority just for Government in June 2018 after three act as a glue and bind them. What is ,+ Gaya Ram’ continues despite stringent Karnataka Government was shaky. So, formed at the federal level in 1989, three years. The VP Singh years. The United Democratic Front happening is that political parties anti-defection laws in place. Horse- the collapse was expected sooner or 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2004- Government, which was supported in (UDF) in Kerala is holding primarily come together for power and that is the % trading, too, continues unabashedly. later for obvious reasons. This brings 2009 by several political parties. The an unusual manner by the Left and the because it is a coalition led by two only glue that binds them. There O Legislators are taken to resorts and are us to the larger issue as to why coali- first coalition Government, which Right in 1989, collapsed within months. minority interests — Muslims and should be a common bond among the kept in camps. tions do not succeed. They collapse completed its full-term, was the Atal The two United Front Governments Christians. partners or else it will be shaky. ' , Ever since the formation of the because of their inherent contradic- Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA-I that propped up by the Congress from out- Why then do coalition (The writer is a senior political com- Karanataka Government a year ago, the tions. Both the national parties — the remained in power for six years because side also collapsed within two years. Governments fail? Often, they are not mentator and syndicated columnist) !" # * +, Q4 : -" +"" + - /3+"' Current chargers at select and Development Chief, Y S petrol pumps (only four are in Kim also highlighted that +" + + The rating agency said infusion into public sector 41/ *" operation currently) with Hyundai is working on multi- delivering on fiscal consolida- banks and a temporary credit * *-* 0+ which Kona owners can charge ple technologies and with mul- +. / 0+ 1 tion and raising incomes will be guarantee facility to alleviate their vehicle to 80 percent tiple vendors so as to have a full extremely challenging for tight liquidity for NBFCs are . '% power in 15 minutes. Hyundai fleet of electric, plug-in and " "% P" India’s authorities, particularly measures that are credit posi- will also provide users with a hybrid vehicles by 2025. Newer since growth is likely to remain tive for the relevant entities and Level 2, wall charging point battery technologies that 8 + ! M; 2 ! (08*+80 "57* weak over the coming year, should encourage the flow of that will allow faster charging Hyundai is jointly developing M P ' L! =! >N 8:78945 Moody’s said. credit to the economy and from a regular home connec- with other Korean companies 3 !2 3 It said budget announce- support growth, Moody’s said. he country’s second-largest tion, charging the car entirely such as Samsung and LG eak growth Tcarmaker, Hyundai Motor in around six hours. If users should also make batteries Wprospects for India Limited (HMIL) today choose to use a regular wall more durable and have higher India will compli- launched their latest offering socket, the Kona’s battery will energy density. However, cate the for the Indian market and their take 15-19 hours to charge Hyundai is waiting to see how Government’s fis- first all-electric vehicle in India, fully. To further assuage cus- the Indian market reacts to the cal consolidation the Hyundai Kona. The efforts, weighing on Kona is the first electric the sovereign’s cred- vehicle offering by a it quality, Moody’s major international Investors Service brand in India, and to said Tuesday. assure customers that the The 2019-20 vehicle will not run out of Budget presented charge, has a certified @2; 2 in Parliament last range of 452 kilometers M 5 (A)B'(AN week projected to from a 39.2 kilowatt- *5C contain fiscal deficit hour battery, although C @2; 2 * + at 3.3 per cent of experts believed that the 2 8 D2 * 2 GDP, lower than 3.4 vehicle will have a real- + ;C * per cent estimated world range of between in the interim 250-300 kilometers. The Budget. It also pro- Kona, which is being par- jected a more grad- tially assembled in India ual decline in will be priced at 25.3 lakh and tomers, Hyundai Motors is Kona. The Kona has been Government debt. ments are credit positive for The hike in customs duties will be available at only 15 providing a three-year unlim- brought in at the current 12 per “Weak growth prospects public sector banks, non-bank on certain imported products Hyundai showrooms in 11 ited mileage warranty and a cent GST that electric vehicles for India (Baa2 stable) will finance companies (NBFCs), will increase the competitive- cities across India as the car- 160,000 kilometer, eight-year attract, however prices could complicate the Government’s infrastructure sector, property ness of domestic producers, maker estimates demand. warranty on the main battery drop if as proposed in the fiscal consolidation efforts, developers, some domestic pro- while new incentives for the Hyundai executives said which the company says will be union budget, GST rates for weighing on the sovereign’s ducers and securitisation trans- purchase of affordable homes that the carmaker has tied up good for 2000 full-charge electric vehicles drops to five credit quality,” Moody’s said in actions. will be credit positive for Indian with IndianOil corporation to cycles. per cent at the next GST a statement. The 70,000 crore capital property developers, it added. build by fast-charging Direct Hyundai Motor, Research Council meeting. % & ''()*+ (AAA
-E @ C 4 ; 9 = 4;9>C* C $)671 8 P" work but the final decision on ious DCCBs into a state coop- P *(-.(+/' ** ""+ "0+ the rollout will be taken by the erative bank because the small board. size of these institutions pose a +/+ 9,# Currently, Nabard takes major risk to them. (A)F')B 8:78945 banks including examination of 3+ around 20 days to inspect each “The entire portfolio of all NPA accounts exceeding + "- -"0+ bank but if the risk-based DCCBs gets affected whenev- 8:78945 ? < anks and select financial 50 crore by banks for any pos- supervision is implemented, er there is a calamity and that Binstitutions have reported sible fraud, he said in reply to 6 +/+ the exercise would take differ- poses huge financial risks to the he cost of a 2000 curren- 44,016 cases of fraud in the last a question raised by BJP leader :1: / + ent durations, based on the risk. system. We had suggested to Tcy note fell 65 paise or 18.4 11 years beginning 2008-09 R K Sinha. Bhanwala said Nabard, the states to consider amalga- per cent in 2018-19 compared involving amount of 1,85,624 Besides, the Government through it portal for elec- mating DCCBs,” he added. to the year-ago period, accord- ? crore, Rajya Sabha was has enacted Fugitive Economic 3*5 tronic submission of returns Kerala and Punjab have ing to official data. informed on Tuesday. Offenders Act, 2018 to deter (Ensure), has started collect- already initiated merger of Introduced after demon- 8:78945 “A picture is being painted The year 2016-17 wit- offenders from evading the he National Bank for ing data such as assets, bad DCCBs into a state co-opera- etisation in November 2016, that Government has targeted nessed reporting of 3,927 cases process of Indian law by TAgriculture and Rural loans, asset liability manage- tive bank and the proposals are 2000 notes are printed only by mid a backlash from for- FPIs by increasing surcharge of fraud involving amount of remaining outside the jurisdic- Development (Nabard) is ment and interest rates, pending with the RBI, he said. the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Aeign portfolio investors over FPIs only. It is totally false. 25,883.99 crore, which was the tion of Indian courts, he said. preparing a framework to among others from these Kerala has 14 DCCBs and 16 in Note Mudran Pvt Ltd (BRBN- over the new tax, the The surcharge has been increased highest in the last 11 years, The Act provides for introduce a risk-based super- cooperative banks. Punjab. MPL) — a wholly-owned sub- Government on Tuesday said it for all super-rich individuals and Minister of State for Finance attachment of property of a vision for all regional rural “So, the entire statistics on Bhanwala said sidiary of the RBI. is not targeting FPIs by raising non-corporate entities regardless Anurag Singh Thakur said in a fugitive economic offender, banks and district central co- which we base our probes and Nabventures, which is Nabard’s According to data provid- tax on super-rich individuals, of whether they are domestic written reply to the Rajya confiscation of such offender’s operative banks. inspection is available upfront subsidiary to finance startups ed by the Government to the and foreign investors have an investors or foreigner, FPI, FII. Sabha. property and disentitlement There are 45 regional rural on the portal. We are better in the farm sector, has short- Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, the option to convert into a corpo- The surcharge has not been In the following year, the of the offender from defending banks (RRBs) and 370 district prepared to carry on our listed 20 entities to invest in. selling price of 2000 note rate entity to avail of lower rates increased for companies — again number of such cases rose to any civil claim, he added. central co-operative banks inspections now. These will Nabventures has launched its from the BRBNMPL was 3.53 available to such category. regardless whether it is domestic 4,228 but the amount involved In addition, public sector (DCCBs) regulated by the ultimately pave the way for first fund with a targeted cor- apiece in 2018-19. Finance Minister Nirmala or foreign,” a top Government declined to 9,866.23 crore. banks have been advised to Nabard now. risk-based supervision of all pus of 500 crore and a green It declined 65 paise from Sitharaman in her maiden bud- source said. In 2018-19, 2,836 cases of obtain certified copy of the “Maybe in the times to cooperative banks in the next shoe option of 200 crore. 4.18 apiece in 2017-18. get hiked the surcharge on Sitharaman had in the fraud were reported involving passport of the promoters or come, risk-based supervision few years,” Bhanwala said. Nabard has already invested The data, provided by income tax paid by super-rich Budget proposed to increase the amount of 6,734.60 crore, he directors and other authorised which has been extended by Asked about the time line 200 crore in the fund. Minister of State for Finance individuals. surcharge, charged on top of the said. signatories of companies avail- RBI to commercial banks, will for implementation, he said it In FY19, Nabard’s assets Anurag Thakur in a written However, some 40 per cent applicable income tax rate, from During 2012-13, banks and ing loan facilities of more than also be extended to RRBs and is doable in three years. grew 20 percent to 4.87 tril- reply, showed that the selling of the FPIs automatically come 15 per cent to 25 per cent for select financial institutions 50 crore and, decide on pub- DCCBs. We are currently work- The number of RRBs has lion and the net surplus grew price of a 500 note was 2.13 under the higher tax rate as they those with taxable incomes of reported 4,504 cases with lishing photographs of wilful ing on this as an initial exper- come down to 45 from 56 fol- 14 percent to 3,365 crore. It in 2018-19, lower than 2.39 in have been investing as a non- between 2 crore and 5 crore, amount involving 24,819.36 defaulters. iment,” chairman HK Bhanwala lowing consolidation of nine borrowed 56,069 crore the same period a year ago. corporate entity such as trust or and to 37 per cent for those crore. The heads of these banks told reporters Tuesday. banks in FY19. through NCDs last fiscal and The selling price of 200 association of persons (AOPs), earning more than 5 crore. This The Government has taken have also been empowered to He said the development Bhanwala said Nabard has expects bond borrowing in note per piece declined to which in the Income Tax law takes the effective tax rate for comprehensive steps to reduce issue request for Look Out bank is laying the foundation also discussed with certain the similar range in 2.15 in 2018-19 compared to are classified as an individual those two groups to 39 per cent the incidence of frauds in Circulars (LOCs), he said. for such a regulatory frame- states on consolidation of var- FY20, he said. 2.24 in 2017-18. for the purpose of taxation. and 42.74 per cent respectively. !" # 7
2 7 4 " # 8 ' 8:78945 said the house belonged to all Monday too saying resigna- the members and they need to tions in Karnataka were the out- !2) 8 n a first, Congress leader maintain its high dignity. come of the resignation of O P IRahul Gandhi on Tuesday BSP MP Danish Ali was Rahul Gandhi, said the (*=* himself joined his slogan-shout- not being able to speak as Karnataka issue was an internal Kolkata: Amid a controversy drawn carriage aiming at assas- ing party members in the Lok Congress MPs continued their matter of the Congress. “The over history text book in state- sinating a British judge but ix children in Bihar’s Gaya Sabha over the issue of alleged protest. When the house came Congress cannot get its House run schools describing a section ended up killing two European Sdistrict are suspected to destabilisation of the Congress- in order, the Speaker allowed in order and is disrupting the of the freedom fighters as women, as their target was in have died of Acute Encephalitis JD(S) coalition Government the Congress leader in the Lower House,” Rajnath said. “extremists”, the West Bengal a different carriage. Chaki com- (AES) in a week, an official said in Karnataka by the BJP by house Adhir Ranjan Soon after this Congress Government on Tuesday mitted suicide before being on Tuesday. Of the 23 children “poaching”. The Congress, Chowdhury to have his say on MPs along with UPA announced formation of a com- arrested while Bose was hanged admitted to Anugrah Narayan which has been protesting since the issue. He said the BJP was Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and mittee to review the contents of when he was only 18 years old. Magadh Medical College and Monday, later staged a walk- targeting the Karnataka Rahul walked out and were fol- such books. Headed by educa- The freedom fighters who Hospital (ANMCH) from July out. In the Rajya Sabha too, the Government and wanted it to lowed by DMK members. tionist Jiban Mukhopadhyay, had sacrificed their lives for the 2 till date, six have died, a proceedings were disrupted by stop poaching of MLAs. BSP MP Danish Ali who the “textbook review committee” country were labelled as “extrem- health officer said here. the Congress on the issue. 2 9 Chowdhury said, “The pol- accused the Government of comprises headmasters and ists” in the text book in state-run ANMCH Superintendent In the Lower House, the 1 C ! 2!G itics of poaching should be “murdering” democracy asked senior school teachers, Education and aided schools, Saha told VK Prasad told IANS that the opposition party expressed dis- stopped. The politics of target- as to when was the Minister Partha Chatterjee said Speaker Biman Banerjee and deaths were suspected to be satisfaction with the last part of it with his party col- slogans “Down with dictator- ing should be stopped. Today it Government bringing anti- in the Assembly. produced a copy of it in the caused by AES. “However, Government’s response that leagues. It is, perhaps, for the first ship” (Tanashahi Band Karo), is Karnataka and tomorrow it lynching law as mandated by The panel was asked to sub- House. The speaker took the nothing is formed as of now as resignations by MLAs in time that the Congress president “Stop the politics of poaching” will be Madhya Pradesh.” the Supreme Court. mit its report to the education book from the Purbasthali North the reports are still awaited.” Karnataka was an “internal participated in the shouting (Shikaar ki rajneeti Band Karo “You (the ruling party) say The Congress and the department within three MLA and said he will look into Four children suspected to matter” of the Congress. protest in the house. Band karo). you have no role in (destabilis- TMC along with the CPI and months, the minister said. it. The education minister later be suffering from AES were in The Lok Sabha experi- The Congress tried to raise Birla said it was not correct ing government) in Karnataka. CPM did not allow the Immediately before the begin- announced in the House the for- critical condition, Prasad said. enced a repeat ruckus, trig- the issue in Lok Sabha during to bring posters in the house But when an MLA comes out Upper House to run in the pre- ning of the Question Hour, mation of the “Textbook Review More than 160 children died gered by the ‘exodus’ of ruling the Zero Hour, but was disal- and shout slogans to which one of Raj Bhavan, there is a car lunch session forcing two CPI(M) MLA Pradip Kumar Committee”. from AES in Muzaffarpur and coalition’s MLAs to the BJP’s lowed by Speaker Om Birla, of the members said “it is our ready for him, when he is at the adjournments. Saha said a chapter in the class Committee will take opin- surrounding districts of Bihar side with allegations of pur- who said the matter was dis- right”. “No, it is not your right”, airport, there is an aircraft The Upper House wit- 8 history text book described ion of students, parents and last month. Most of the dead chase of MLAs flying thick and cussed in the House on the Speaker cut him short. ready for him...The politics of nessed protests by members of several freedom fighters such as teachers on the contents of the children were under the age of fast in the state. Monday with a response from “The country is watching poaching and targeting must be Congress, TMC, CPI and Khudiram Bose and Prafulla books and ease of understand- seven years. According to the With Rahul also joining the Deputy Leader of House you. This is your House. Don’t stopped,” said Chowdhury. CPIM as soon as it reconvened Chaki as belonging to an extrem- ing of the language used in the Bihar State Health Department, sloganeering chorus in the house, Rajnath Singh. The Speaker make it the house of a civic To this Defence Minister at two pm after lunch break. ist (“santrashbadi”) branch. books, before drawing a con- more than 700 children have several Congress MPs entered also rejected an adjournment body,” Birla said. The Speaker Rajnath Singh, who had com- The House was finally In 1908, Bose and Chaki clusion and submitting its been affected by AES this time the Well of the house. Though motion on the issue. disapproved of slogan-shouting mented in the house on adjourned for the day. had hurled a bomb to a horse- report, the Minister said. PTI in 20 of the 38 districts. not raising the full-length slogan, The Congress members, and repeatedly asked members Rahul was heard repeating the however, continued to raise to go back to their seats. Birla ! P " @ ; 79"::: + P ' 7 5 ! island nation’s defence forces. ' I - OH Guwahati: The flood situa- .48 *5 The MDMK general secre- tion in Assam turned serious tary, whas been nominated as a P ' ,- ! , 8 (*9303 meet Governor Vajubhai Vala on Tuesday with over 62,000 ayapuri Gopalasamy, member of the Rajya Sabha as at the Raj Bhavan on people getting affected across Vknown as Vaiko, has an act of goodwill by the DMK JP in Karnataka has decid- Wednesday. eight districts. The Assam State alleged that both Tamil Nadu president M K Stalin said that 3*5 E2< #:# symbolise anti-India force. The Bed to stage a dharna here on BJP’s protest comes a day Disaster Management and the Tamil Eelam are in he would raise his voice for the <$( 2<$ (: E2 24:$ RSS attached more importance Wednesday, demanding the after Congress leaders,includ- Authority (ASDMA) said 145 danger as the BJP and the RSS Tamils and the formation of a aking a strong exception to to “Manu Smriti” than the resignation of Chief Minister ing AICC General Secretary villages are under water and have chalked out a plan to separate Tamil Eelam. Though Tthe Nagpur University’s <$4> E 24$<# (# # country’s Constitution. The HD Kumaraswamy, who it KC Venugopal and Congress 3,435 hectares of crop areas destroy the Tamils. He also Vaiko did not name the move to include “the contri- <2(4<;4: ( <$( 2<$ RSS considered national tri- claimed, has lost majority after Legislature Party leader Si have been damaged. lambasted the Congress gov- Congress for betrayal of Tamils bution of Rashtriya Swayam colour as inauspicious and it 14 MLAs of the ruling Siddaramaiah staged a dharna The situation could turn ernment for betraying the Sri in Sri Lanka, he came down Sangh (RSS) in nation-build- ; $=;2:. 2<=$: did not unfurl the national flag Congress-JD(S) quit. in front of the Gandhi statue, worse as the India Lankan Tamils in their fight for heavily on BJP for its efforts to ing” as a topic in its syllabus for $;(:<#><# J&& ! & ,' 3 -! - L C2 (PE2$E D % . < " " ' & 1 " + ! ' & effect of Williamson brought in the New Zealand to 50 in the 14th over with the skipper look- ing for a cemented partnership and an eventual century per- haps. Just as the Kiwis were ambling along, Jadeja surprised all to bowl Nicholls by, well, not turning, not twisting not any- thing actually as a straight ball went through the bat and pad to unsettle the stumps. It was quite an innocuous one from Jadeja ! but Nicholls was sent back at 28 from 51 balls and New Zealand were 69/2 in the 19th over, bringing in danger man Ross Taylor. First boundary after the 14th over came in the 28th when Williamson between mid and deep cover and hit the sec- I & ' ond one of the over on Chahal's last ball, bluffing Rohit Sharma on first slip despite being up and "97+0*BB"07 strength of the Indian bowlers, Test match ball caught at second rising before running away to G* .48-+80H especially spinners who the slip by a sharp Virat Kohli in a the boundary. It was an uphill Kiwis are naturally guarded classic dismissal and the other- battle with the bat for the Black near perfect effort BY about. The bowlers lived up to wise roaring scorer walked back Caps who kept much too quiet Indian bowlers was their skipper's expectation by for just 1 run in 14 balls to show till into the death overs. 4 Awashed away by the restricting the total to 235, even his disgust by throwing his bat The New Zealand 100 came ' Manchester rain as the as the New Zealanders struggled in the dressing room even as in the 27th over and the run rate & ! Duckworth Lewis system set up to somehow break the cordon. India capitalised with the ball was just above three with the a stiff target for the Indian bat- India lost the review on the doing things and the panic that Williamson-Taylor pair looking ters - 234 in 46 overs or 148 in very first ball of the innings the Black Caps were getting in to accelerate. Williamson got his somewhat died on him as he Neesham gave way after trying POSTER WIN 20 overs, whichever happens when Nicholls survived a scare. the grip of. Bumrah followed it 50 just then, fifth of the tourna- went down for a pick. to up the ante unsuccessfully and n opposition RJD legislator surprised one and due to the conditions. It was in The cloud cover made the up with a beauty but warhorse ment. It took him a slow build- Williamson, however, lost hit high into the skies only give Aall on Tuesday when he stood outside the the 47th over when New conditions trickier than usual Kane Williamson left it beauti- up, patience and a tailoring job concentration at 67 in 95 balls enough time to Dinesh Karthik main gate of Bihar Assembly with a poster in his Zealand were 211/5 that the and the first-ball review which fully, hoping the score would of 74 balls and four boundaries. and was snapped up by Jadeja to get underneath it at on the leg. hands, saying India will win the semi-final match light drizzle came threatening strayed just inches outside the move on from a dismal 1 for 1. In celebration, he scooped the off Chahal in the 36th over At 162/4 in the 42nd over, India of the ongoing World Cup against New Zealand permanence with a slow and leg stump as Bhuvneshwar The first boundary came off ball to the boundary over the when the Kiwis were at a slow were looking at a doable total. to be played at the Old Trafford in Manchester. steady fall. Kumar was up in the air appeal- Bumrah when Nicholls bringing head of Dhoni when Pandya, and low 134. The match, from The first six of the game Rahul Tiwary, a young RJD legislator known for A brilliant show with both ing. the score to 18. Williamson despite a groin stretch he had the Kiwi side, was looking for came off Taylor's bat and Chahal his love for cricket, displayed a poster with a sign the pacers and the spinners The review didn't go India's followed it up with a straight picked up earlier in the innings, big shots with the Indian arm was grimacing at the force of it, of India winning the World Cup match against giving India a winning chance way but all other things did, like drive off Bhuvneshwar in the bowling in. He also brought in doing the job to keep it down for that's when the drizzle started Kiwis, minutes before the Monsoon Session of the at the Old Trafford earlier in the two maidens at the onset mak- next over, showing signs of the the 50-run partnership in 73 an easy chase in the second making its way to the ground but state assembly started. "We wish that India win morning after Kane Williamson ing the batsmen look doubtful pitch easing out as also the pres- balls overall. innings. Taylor did not let off, hitting two the match against New Zealand. We are confident won the toss and elected to bat and in a bit of a panic. Martin sure nodes on New Zealand. This brought back Jasprit The runs weren't coming but more boundaries in Chahal's that India will play the final of the cricket World under cloudy conditions and Guptill scored the first run after Jadeja bowled his first of the Bumrah into his second spell in rain did, posing difficult queries last over, bringing in his 50 with cup and will win it," Tiwary, son of senior RJD threat of rain. two maidens and three balls but tournament in the 10th over of the 32nd over. It was an event- over the scoring rate of the the six. leader Shivaband Tiwary, told the media here. It was a brave decision to do that was his lone run in the the innings but was navigated by ful over with Dhoni putting Black Caps. A fifth gear was the Rain stopped play in the "We will cheer for the Indian team," he said. so, considering the elements, semi-final. Jasprit Bumrah took ease with one boundary and down a catch that would have need of the hour but the Indian 47th over when New Zealand Tiwary was not the only person who is cheering India's ability to chase and the him out on a typical full-length seven runs taken. The calming sent Taylor back as the ball bowlers refused to relent. Finally, were 211/5. for the Men in Blue before their semi-final clash against the Black Caps. There are dozens of other legislators also who are interested to talk, discuss and eager to know anything related with cricket, 4 ) particularly the Indian team. : PAKISTANI TURNS INDIA FAN exclusion. Only five bowlers is a pos- uhammad drives a taxi for a living in sible concern but from that perspec- MManchester, but just like any other Pakistani, 7 tive, bowling first isn't that bad a his heart too beats for the game of cricket. In fact, thing. India bats deep with this com- such is his passion that he even plays club cricket the showpiece, England overcame a must- bination," said cricketer-turned- on weekends and knows the Old Trafford ground win situation against India to keep their commentator Akash Chopra after inside out. But this edition of the World Cup has semifinal hopes alive. former India skipper Sourav turned this die-hard Pakistan fan into an Indian "I thought god was in England's Ganguly questioned Kohli's move. supporter. The reason is the discipline of the Men dressing room that day. Hope if we play "Like Sourav Ganguly, I admit in Blue. Speaking to IANS, Muhammad said that England next, he sits in ours," Shastri said I am surprised by the dropping of it was on the eve of the game between India and in a video posted by the ICC. Shami. He takes wickets upfront and Pakistan in Manchester during the group stages Shastri was lavish in his praise for the if you do, the death overs aren't as of the showpiece event that he became a fan of current tournament top-scorer Rohit critical. India batting very deep this Indian team. "I have been driving for a while Sharma, who has so far scored a World with Jadeja at 8 but it is a big call to in this area and when I came to know that the Cup record five centuries. leave out Kuldeep against a team he Indian team was staying at the Radisson Blu, I "Rohit is one of the greatest one-day has done well," tweeted celebrated happily walked up to the hotel thinking that my players. Whether he would have scored commentator Harsha Bhogle. proximity with a few hotel staff would help me runs in this competition or not, just see- "India's XI is slightly conserva- meet Kohli and some of the other stars. But my ing his record over the years... The three 8:78945 tive. Picking Bhuvi & Jadeja ahead own friends put their hands up and said that the double hundreds in ODIs of Kuldeep & Shami they've arguably Indian team was not willing to be distracted "No one has done that. He has been he Indian team management picked the better all-round players ahead of the big game. Disappointed as I was, I ; 9 P really consistent for India at the top. His Twas on Tuesday criticised on at the expense of the better bowlers, realised what the game meant to them. "I then form was no surprise. If he chooses a tour- social media after they did not but on a fresh pitch which has been went ahead to the Pakistan team hotel, even * .48-+80 nament like the World Cup to get that include right-arm pacer high-scoring in this comp that bat- though I was certain that I would once again be 5+4"3(4+("7:*- form in, as a coach, I will take it," Shastri Mohammed Shami in the playing XI ting depth could be precious," wrote asked to leave without getting a glimpse of the ndia coach Ravi Shastri felt god was in said. for the World Cup semi-final clash one of the Twitter users. players. After all, they too wouldn't wish to be IEngland's dressing room during their 5 8 (9* 7?- Rohit's form and consistency has against New Zealand at the Old "There are about 20 people sit- distracted before such a crucial game. But to my World Cup league stage loss to the hosts, 708--5 (0"" benefitted India. The opener entered into Trafford in Manchester. ting around me right now, nobody surprise, they were all over the place and I could but hoped he will on their side if they meet the semi-finals on the back of three Shami, who has picked up 14 has a clue why Bhuvi is playing just walk in, meet and greet whoever. I have never again, in the tournament final. +4*+7*=G7305 ( back-to-back hundreds. wickets in the four matches that he ahead of Shami. And they all know been more disappointed at meeting my heroes," If India beat New Zealand in first 98*(38-+*(89"--H, Picking Rohit's hundred in the open- has played so far, was not included the game," tweeted another user. he recollected. Muhammad says June 15 made semifinal, they will play the winner of the ing match against South Africa as one of in the playing XI. Instead, leg-spin- "Really surprised that Shami him realise why this Indian team is one of the second last-four clash between Australia 4"85B:89*= his best batting performances, Shastri said: ner Yuzvendra Chahal was includ- isn't in the squad for this crucial best in world cricket. Upset that Pakistan couldn't and England, in the summit showdown. 8 (9* 7 8P+%48 "It was a tough wicket. It was two-paced ed in the side in place of Kuldeep game," said another user on the make it to the knockout stages, Muhammad has India qualified for the semifinals as (against South Africa). So I thought it was Yadav. Shami also did not play in microblogging website. decided to support Kohli and boys as he wants table toppers following seven wins. -5+-5 "30- a special innings from Rohit because India's last league game against Sri "Is Shami injured or have we the trophy to stay in the subcontinent. England were the only team to get the bet- K 0*)5-4*-+05 among all the ODI hundreds he has got, Lanka on July 6. wilfully not picked the guy with 14 ; ; ter of Virat Kohli and his men. I thought that was one of his best," "Okay with Chahal over wickets in 4 games & the best strike Billed as favourites in the run-up to Shastri said. Kuldeep. Not so much for Shami's rate in the entire tournament?" 66 ● -() P( ()% ( %&% () - & )) )%( P( 3- )%4.5 - (+ #& ( !" # ' -! ! 3 - J L 87(*-+" unquestionably have the best pedigree of the sides left in the competition. fter seven weeks, 45 matches and Finch now has the opportunity to plenty of standout performances join the illustrious names of Allan Awith both the bat and ball, the Border, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting and four semi-finalists for the ICC Men's Michael Clarke by leading Australia to Cricket World Cup 2019 have been con- World Cup glory. Don't bet against it. firmed. On the face of it, the top four sides are as expected - with India, Australia Coming into the tournament as England and New Zealand going into hosts and the No.1 ODI side in the the tournament ranked the best four world, England have had to deal with ODI teams in the world. high expectations in their bid to win But as hosts England can attest to, their first-ever men's World Cup. the journey to reach the knockout stage The first objective of reaching the has not been plain sailing for all of the semi-final stages for first time since 1992 sides that remain in contention to be has been achieved, though, even if there crowned champions. were a few nerve-shredding moments Australia will now continue the along the way. defence of their 2015 crown against Eoin Morgan's troops prevailed in England at Edgbaston. their final two games against India and And as the race to reach the tour- New Zealand to book their last four nament showpiece at Lord's on 14 July place, taking their overall group stage draws to a close, here's a look at the tally to six wins from nine games. World Cup records of the Ashes rivals And while it has been 27 years since who are still in contention for silver- they last contested a World Cup semi- ware. final, England do have plenty of expe- rience of reaching this stage from when the competition was in its infancy. Despite arriving in England as the England progressed to the semi- defending champions, Aaron Finch final stages in the first five editions of and his men found themselves in the the tournament, only to see their chal- unfamiliar position of not being consid- K 8 P lenge go no further in 1975 and 1983 - ered frontrunners for the title. both times when they were the hosts. With much of the pre-tournament has taught us anything, it's that Australia safe in the knowledge that when they But when they have reached the hype focused around hosts England and are serial winners and they were the first have reached the last four in the past, final - in 1979, 1987 and 1992 - England India, Australia were still seen by many team to secure their qualification for the they have never missed out on the final. have finished runners-up to West Indies, as a side still in transition as they slipped knockout stages in the 2019 edition. And with five World Cup wins from Australia and Pakistan. This time the under the radar. Australia will contest the semi- 11 played, including a hat-trick of vic- hosts will be hoping its fourth time I " ; P But if the history of the World Cup finals for the eighth time and will do so tories between 1999 and 2007, they lucky. -*8+0 *+ C 2 87(*-+" times in the group stage. But far from buckling hat doesn’t kill you under pressure, Plunkett feels Wmakes you stronger and they have all the tools to deal Liam Plunkett says that's the with the expectation that story of England’s campaign at comes with being a world the ICC Men’s Cricket World number one side on home Cup 2019. soil. The hosts slipped up three "It's a matter of how you times in the group stages, deal with pressure, it's not a suffering defeats to Pakistan, bad thing that it's there," he Sri Lanka and Australia, who said. they face in a semi-final to "People can thrive on it, savour on Thursday at people step out there and Edgbaston. enjoy those moments. Other One consistent factor in people have played under those losses was the absence of pressure, they've played in Plunkett, 34, who claims set- IPL and competitions around backs have only served to the world. bolster England ahead of a "It's a World Cup but clash with Steve Smith’s five- you've got to enjoy it and deal time winners. with it as quickly as you can. “I think those defeats have "Whether that's from made us stronger,” he said. being involved in the first ball, “We had a few bad games it's just finding a way to deal and went away from our style with it and get involved in the of cricket, but I feel like we’ve 9 2 ; ; game as quickly as possible. caught that in time. "Australia is a game that “We’re back to playing start of the competition." tain Virat Kohli en route to a gets the juices flowing. We've our best brand of cricket and Plunkett featured at the crucial win and tying New performed really well in the we can still improve. 2007 tournament, with the 12 Zealand down in the final last two games. "I feel like we had a wob- years and 39 days wait for his group game. "Even though we were ble at the right time, a bit of next World Cup appearance Eoin Morgan's men have dominant in those games, we ; '; 9 P a blip, and it's made us bettered only by Shoaib Malik been irresistible in the format feel like we're stepping up a stronger. and Anderson Cummins. over the last four years but gear as well. We're in a good 87(*-+" THE BIG SHOW They averaged 54.22 for "How we're feeling right The Teesside product has having won 17 consecutive place." In Glenn Maxwell, Australia the first wicket in the group stage now going into this semi- been a key cog in England's run chases at home, they fell L2 he ICC Men’s Cricket boast by the far the quickest but crucially scored at 5.43 runs final, we'd have taken it at the attack, dismissing India cap- short batting second three 8&99(A)B TWorld Cup 2019 group starter to an innings at the 2019 an over, faster than every team stage has exposed 10 nations to *3-+0*95* World Cup. other than Sri Lanka, who shed every possible pressure, exam- The 30-year-old struck at wickets early on. "I think the game against India ining every nook and cranny of *)80*(87 195.45 in the first 15 balls of his Jonny Bairstow and Jason as well, where we didn't take early their method in the 50-over innings in the group stage - only Roy hold the key as the highest wickets and they were able to build format. B"0+4850B50-+ Pandya comes close - with Sri averaging ODI opening pair of an innings before exploding towards India, Australia, England Lanka and Bangladesh bearing all time to have batted more than the end, showed what we've looked :5.<8+%:5+4 and New Zealand have ridden the brunt. Indeed only Jos 20 times together. to improve since then." the wave and reached the final :5 -")80 Buttler had a lower dot ball per- 87(*-+" Taking consistent early wickets four on the strength of clear centage (27.84%) than Maxwell, THEY KEEP ON COMING was exactly what Australia were plans and outstanding individ- 8 (9* 7% who scored from two-thirds of It's not just in the early itchell Starc believes unable to do against South Africa at uals. *<5-+* * 7 the deliveries he faced. stages that England throw cau- MAustralia have already Old Trafford, as the Proteas top four While India face New England's middle-overs tion to the wind - they only have created the blueprint of how to scored 281 runs between them in a Zealand in the first semi-final * (9*78-4 bowling has been mixed so the eyes for the boundary through- beat England at this World total of 325/6. on Tuesday, and the second work of Maxwell and Alex out the 50 overs. Cup and has highlighted tak- "South Africa performance was- semi-finals looming in a day 3++08--87= Carey, who has broken out with Only West Indies (10.7%) ing early wickets as the key to n't our best - we got a couple of time, we look at the numbers 7")8+*595 ("B three half-centuries, takes on had a higher boundary rate in their mouth-watering semi- wickets but they had a partnership behind the Ashes rivals success even greater significance in the overs 11-40 than the hosts in the final. through the middle, whereas in the and areas of weaknesses that **0" B5 .4I semi-final. group stage, who hit 10.3% of The old rivals met at past few games we've been really could prove their undoing in balls they faced in that crucial Lord's during the group stage good at taking wickets in that peri- the knockout stages. 7*)57:*0 80, LACK BOWLING DEPTH period for four or six. of the ICC Men's Cricket od," added Starc. *.0"--+48 Australia's all-rounders have And with their tail scoring World Cup 2019, where "We were off it out there but underperformed with the ball, at a higher run-rate than any Australia set a target of 285/7 we're still in the World Cup semi- OPENERS VITAL (0"3-+*(8% meaning they haven't quite team in the world since the last and then skittled England for final which is no mean feat, especial- A fascinating factor over added up as a bowling unit yet World Cup - 6.19 an over - they 221 to complete a dominant ly given how a few people around the course of the league stage 9"-5 (+8*- at this World Cup. are an irresistible force with the 64-run win. the world were talking about this was the influence held by the " 9=4*7 Maxwell has bowled 32 bat in the right conditions. In that encounter, James team three or four months ago. success of opening partnerships overs without taking a wicket Vince was removed second "It's something to be proud of - or the lack of it. +4088"8 5 ( and while Marcus Stoinis has BRITTLE WITH THE BALL ball and the hosts were but there's a lot of work going for- Australia averaged 55 for *0+ 80-45- taken seven victims, his overall Cutting edge with the ball is reduced to 53/4 in their chase, ward to the semi-final and a lot to their first wicket, with wins economy rate comes in at a the main area in which England which is the sort of start that still take out of the South Africa over England, Pakistan and "B"08+4* shade over a run-a-ball. lag slightly behind the other Starc is targeting when the game." Bangladesh buttressed by the This has forced the likes of three contenders to lift the sides meet again at Edgbaston Starc isn't worried about taking dovetailing of Aaron Finch 5 +"+*9% Finch and Steve Smith to turn World Cup. this Thursday, with a place in on the hosts, as they look to move and David Warner. :4808*- their arm over and piled pres- They bowled more overs the final on the line. a step closer to winning a sixth ICC Across the group stage, sure on Jason Behrendorff, four than any other semi-finalist and "The blueprint, if you like, Men's Cricket World Cup. losing teams only had three :5 5 (+8*- of whose ten ODI appearances their strike-rate of 35.2 was from last time we played "To win a World Cup you've got opening partnerships of more have come at this tournament. dwarfed by India's 33.3, New England was to get early wick- to beat everyone," he explained. than 50 in total, whereas win- 4*7# It's a sore spot that will have Zealand's 33.8 and Australia's ets," explained the left-arm "Whether we play England in the ning teams had 12 century .8 +30= England's powerful middle- 33.9. seamer, who took 4-43 in that semi-final or the final, or play India stands and 10 more over 50. order salivating. And chasing totals has been game. in the final or whatever, you've got With Australia's batting -+* 7-* 7 a chink in the armour of Eoin "They'll get Jason Roy back to beat the good teams to win a line-up set to be rejigged after Morgan's men at this tourna- for the fixture, so we'll have a World Cup. the loss of Usman Khawaja to "08")80 A FORCE FIRST UP ment - having won 17 consec- few days now to discuss if we'll "It's a big game now in the semi- injury, separating Finch and Put simply, no-one does it utive run chases at home, they change anything but the way final and hopefully we can knock Warner early will be high on quite like England with the bat fell short three times in the we played England last time is them off and advance to another England's agenda on Thursday. in the Powerplay. group stage. a great blueprint. ' final." ● () (+ ) * )) )% ()+ - +)% 3- + )% ()% ( -) ) " ) ( +)% ) - )( + 6 !" # - - - ' 3 - & - L & 2 ! # " 74*<* ties on Monday announced that -+"4 ?- July 1 this year to June 30 next there will be three matches on July 26, year including first-timers angladesh cricket authorities on 38 and 31 at Premadasha orld Cup returnees Allen, Pooran and Thomas Monday announced they would International Stadium in Colombo. WFabian Allen, Nicholas who were part of the West Blet go head coach Steve Rhodes "We will shorty name an interim Pooran and Oshane Thomas Indies team which finished after a disappointing campaign in the coach for the Sri Lanka tour," Jalal have been handed West Indies ninth out of 10 teams in the World Cup. Yunus, the chairman of the media central contracts for the first World Cup. “We have decided to part ways committee of the BCB, told AFP. time while seven players have Meanwhile, 15 women — with the head coach by mutual con- Jalal confirmed that the BCB also been given all-format con- an increase of three — have sent. The decision will be effective planned a shake-up of other coaching tracts. also earned central contracts immediately,” Bangladesh Cricket staff and was unlikely to renew the The number of all-format including veteran all-rounder Board chief executive officer contract of pace bowling coach contracts for the men has now Stacy-Ann King, fellow left- Nizamuddin Chowdhury said. Courtney Walsh. He said there was no increased from four to seven hander Kycia Knight and new- They decision came a day after decision on renewal of the contract of with Darren Bravo, Shimron comers Shabika Gajnabi, Bangladesh returned home after Indian spin-bowling coach Sunil Joshi. Hetmyer and Keemo Paul Shawnisha Hector, Chinelle ending their campaign in the World Both Walsh and Joshi had been joining those in the Test and Henry, Natasha Cup eighth in the league phase with under contract with the BCB until the ODI formats — captain Jason McLean and only three wins in their eight match- end of the World Cup. Holder, Shai Hope, Alzarri Karishma es Walsh replaced former Joseph and Kemar Roach — Ramharack. Bangladesh’s three wins came Zimbabwean pacer Heath Streak in on the list.In total, 19 men This is the third against fellow strugglers South Africa, September 2016 on a three-year con- have been retained for year that CWI will West Indies and Afghanistan though tract while Joshi joined last year. the upcoming con- award central contracts they were competitive against major Bangladesh's bowlers strug- tract year which to West Indies men under teams India, Australia and New gled in the World Cup, leaking runs from three different categories. Zealand. 2,473 runs in eight matches, an Head coach Rhodes joined average of nearly 310 runs a game. !! Bangladesh in June last year and Chowdhury said they were yet All-Format Contracts: guided the team to their first ever title to make final decision about Darren Bravo, Shimron in a multi-team tournament in Joshi. Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Ireland just before the World Cup. "The decision on Joshi Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo He was contracted with will be finalised in our next Paul, Kemar Roach Bangladesh until the ICC World meeting later this month," he Red-Ball Contracts: Kraigg Twenty20 in Australia next year but said. Nizamuddin said Brathwaite, John Campbell, his inability to give the team the Bangladesh will offer a new Roston Chase, Shane expected results appear to have cost contract to South African bat- Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, him his job. ting coach Neil McKenzie and Jomel Warrican BCB confirmed coach Rhode fielding coach Ryan Cook. White-Ball Contracts: Fabian will not travel with the team to Sri "We would like McKenzie Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Lanka, where Bangladesh will play and the fielding coach to stay Sheldon Cottrell, three one-day internationals later this with us. But it does not Nicholas Pooran, month. depend entirely on us," he Rovman Powell, The Sri Lankan cricket authori- K I + said. Oshane Thomas. 5 :O 8:78945 original criterion for selection. at this year's edition in Guwahati ing Harsh Lakra while Sanjeet Kavinder Singh Bisht to claim the Gold. dominated CWG Bronze- mit Panghal rode on his (57kg), Duryodhan Singh Negi In the 57kg category, Asian medallist Naman Tanwar in the AAsian Championships Gold (69kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg), Championships Silver-medal- 91kg category. to get a direct entry, while Brijesh Yadav (81kg), Sanjeet list Kavinder edged Mohammed Satish Kumar did not have Commonwealth Games Silver- (91kg), and Satish Kumar Hussamuddin in a split verdict to enter the ring for the +91kg medallist Manish Kaushik edged (+91kg) joined him through to claim his place. bout with his opponent, Naveen past Shiva Thapa in India’s trials held at NIS Patiala last Kavinder had made a splash suffering an injury. eight-strong squad for the World weekend. in his maiden appearance at the India will be eager to Boxing Championships in Only the top two boxers last World Championships in improve upon their perfor- September. from each of the categories 2017 when he upset two-time mance from the last World Manish claimed the newly- were eligible for the trials with World Championships medallist Championships where they won created 63kg category spot in the their recent performances being Mohamed Flissi of Algeria to a Bronze through Gaurav team ahead of four-time Asian the criteria for selecting the advance to the quarter-finals. Bidhuri. medallist Shiva in the national face-off names, the Boxing In 75kg, Ashish Kumar out- The big event was to double trials for the big event to be held Federation of India (BFI) said in punched Prayag Chauhan to up as an Olympic qualifier but in Ekaterinburg, Russia from a statement. claim a unanimous victory. was stripped off that status after September 7 to 21. Manish claimed a split ver- Duryodhan Singh Negi defeat- the IOC decided to bar the Amit (52kg) was given a dict over the 2015 World ed Ashish Kulhari in the 69kg AIBA from conducting the com- place in the squad for winning Championships Bronze-medal- category in a split verdict. petition in the 2020 Olympics a Gold at the Asian list Shiva. Shiva had avenged his Brijesh Yadav re-asserted due to governance and financial Championships which was the 2018 India Open loss to Manish his supremacy in 81kg by beat- mismanagement issues. 5 K " + KL : 9" 7" had nothing to lose and I realised neither did I." even-time champion Serena Williams Halep, who ended the run of 15-year- is just two wins away from equalling old Coco Gauff on Monday, took the SMargaret Court’s Grand Slam titles match by the scruff of the neck once she record of 24 but she wobbled several times won the first set. in her Wimbledon quarter-final against Halep, the seventh seeded former Alison Riske on Tuesday. world number one, will face either Elina The 37-year-old, who recorded her Svitolina, the eighth seed from Ukraine, 97th success at Wimbledon to move sec- or Karolina Muchova of the Czech ond on the women's all-time list, came Republic for a place in the final. under enormous pressure from her fellow "I fought hard in the first set, even if American before prevailing in an engross- I was down 4-1," said 27-year-old Halep. ing contest, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in just over two "I knew I had to be strong, play hours. aggressive as much as possible and I did Williams will play either Britain's it great. French Open semi-finalist Johanna Konta "I have energy, I feel fresh, I feel or Czech veteran Barbora Strycova in healthy, I feel confident when I step on Thursday's semi-finals which will be her the court." 12th at the tournament. "It was really satisfying," said Williams, & whose clay court campaign was affected 4 & Wimbledon got its first 12-12 final set by a knee injury. tie-break on Tuesday when Henri Kontinen "I wouldn't have won that match a fate that befell world number one and John Peers defeated Rajeev Ram and couple of weeks ago." Ashleigh Barty at the hands of Riske on Joe Salisbury in a men's doubles match. Also joining her in the last four was Monday. The eighth-seeded pair won 7-6 (7/2), Romania's former world number one "I'm glad that I was able to come 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 13-12 (7/2) in four hours and Simona Halep, who fought back from 4- through," said Williams. 29 minutes. 1 down and three break points in the first "She beat so many great players. She The third round match was suspend- set to beat China's Zhang Shuai 7-6 was really so close to taking the win ed due to bad light on Monday and (7/4), 6-1. today." resumed Tuesday on the 1,750-seater For Halep — who aside from Williams Williams was constantly cajoling her- Court 12 show court. was the only player in the quarter-finals self and letting out roars of come on dur- The All England Club introduced a to have won a Grand Slam, taking the ing the match. final set tie-break this year as a means of French Open last year — it is her second Having sealed the match she turned eradicating marathon matches. Wimbledon semi-final. to the players box where she was support- In 2018, Kevin Anderson defeated Williams, whose total of 97 ed by older sister Venus and her husband, John Isner in the men's semi-finals in the Wimbledon wins compares to the 81 com- Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and second-longest match ever at the Slams, at bined of the other seven quarter-finalists, yelled, pumping her fists. six hours and 36 minutes. will look back on her win with some relief. "I was really pumped, it was for a The final set, which alone lasted for Riske converted all five of her break place in the semis at Wimbledon — that two hours and 50 minutes, was only decid- points while Williams succeeded with just doesn't happen every day and it's a long, ed at 26-24. six of her 16 opportunities. arduous road," said Williams. The second semi-final, in which However, she relied on her power to "I just had to just button up and play Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 10- keep her in the match. hard. 8 in the final set, took five hours and 15 In doing so she managed to avoid the "She was playing her heart out and she minutes.