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DELHI THE HINDU 12 NEWS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE F ROM PAGE ONE Congress won’t let nation forget note ban: Sonia SC ruling in Ayodhya ‘PM and his colleagues never took SP gives birthday twist to land dispute today responsibility for the faux pas’ demonetisation anniversary Presently, the Centre, under ries. Travelogues, writings Special Correspondent sighted measure, the nation New Delhi the Ayodhya Act of 1993, is and the Skanda Purana and its people will ensure Special Correspondent The then Chief Minister LUCKNOW holding the acquired land, mentioned Ramjanmabhoo­ On the third anniversary of that they are held accounta­ of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh which includes the disputed mi as a place of special reli­ demonetisation on Friday, ble,” Ms. Gandhi said. The Samajwadi Party (SP) Yadav had provided finan­ area, as a non­partisan, stat­ gious significance to the Congress president Sonia “The Prime Minister and on Friday found an unusual cial help to the family, pro­ utory receiver. The judg­ Hindus. They said Mughal Gandhi made a scathing at­ his colleagues have stopped way to mark the third anni­ jecting the birth of the boy ment will come after a ma­ Emperor Babur had demol­ tack on the Centre and said speaking about demonetisa­ versary of the demonetisa­ under stressed conditions rathon 40­day hearing. ished the temple to build the party would ensure that tion since 2017, hoping that tion of high­value currency as the human consequence The five judges took less the mosque. “the nation never forgets or the nation will forget. Unfor­ notes. of the decision to suddenly than a month to deliver the Senior advocate Rajeev forgives the Tughlaqi blun­ tunately for them, the Con­ The party celebrated the demonetise high value judgment. The Bench, other Dhavan argued that the der”. Her son and former gress will ensure that neither third birthday of a child who notes by Prime Minister Na­ than Chief Justice Gogoi, Muslims had exclusive title Congress chief, Rahul Gand­ the nation nor history, for­ was born weeks after the de­ rendra Modi. comprised Justices S.A. over the land, and the Hin­ hi, described it as a “terror gives or forgets. Because un­ cision of demonetisation in “It’s not like notebandi Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud, dus were given only pre­ attack” that destroyed the In­ like the BJP, we serve in the November 2016 while his (demonetisation) did only Ashok Bhushan and S. Ab­ scriptive rights to enter and dian economy. ‘National Interest’.” Youth Congress members protesting outside the Reserve Bank mother was standing in a bad things. Notebandi gave dul Nazeer. CJI Gogoi is retir­ pray at Ram Chabutra. They In a statement, Ms. Gand­ “Demonetisation is per­ of India in New Delhi on Friday. * SANDEEP SAXENA queue outside a bank to a chance to a boy to be born ing on November 17. sought restoration of the hi said the Prime Minister haps the single most appro­ withdraw cash. in a bank. Such a big accom­ Though the deadline was property to what it was and his colleagues had never priate metaphor for the BJP’s year high, shave two full per­ ‘what governments should A cake was cut and a plishment,” Mr. Yadav said October 18, the lawyers prior to December 1992. taken responsibility for the ill­conceived governance centage points off GDP not do’,” she said. birthday song was played at in a sarcastic dig at the go­ wrapped up arguments ear­ Mr. Dhavan said the idols “faux pas” that claimed over model,” said the Congress growth and ensure that In­ “It’s 3 years since the De­ the SP headquarters here in vernment. ly and the Bench reserved were placed surreptitiously 120 lives, took away liveli­ chief and claimed that the dia’s international rating monetisation terror attack the presence of the boy, BSP supremo and former verdict on October 16. by Hindus in the intervening hoods and proved a death note ban neither brought out moved from ‘stable’ to ‘nega­ that devastated the Indian Khajanchi, and his mother. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister The main argument of night of December 22­23, knell for India’s medium and black money, lowered mili­ tive’.” economy, taking many lives, Mayawati also targeted the the Hindu side was that faith 1949. No direct evidence small businesses. tant attacks or put an end to wiping out lakhs of small bu­ Birth near ATM queue central government on the and belief that Lord Ram was there to show that the counterfeit currency. ‘Herculean blunder’ sinesses & leaving millions Khajanchi, which means third anniversary of demo­ was born exactly under disputed land was the birth­ ‘Short-sighted move’ “What it did instead, was “It is now widely acknow­ of Indians unemployed. treasurer in Hindi, was born netization, tweeting that the what was the central dome place of Lord Ram. The find­ “No matter how much the to wipe out over one crore ledged as a herculean blun­ Those behind this vicious at­ while his mother was stand­ ill­effects of the “hurriedly of the Babri Masjid — before ings of the archaeological Modi government may try jobs from the economy (and der by independent econo­ tack have yet to be brought ing in a queue outside an taken” decision had been it was demolished by kar se­ excavations did not show and evade responsibility for still counting), take the un­ mists and taught across the to justice,” Mr. Gandhi ATM in her native Kanpur unveiled in various forms vaks on December 6, 1992 — one structure but several this ludicrous and short­ employment rate to a 45­ world as a cautionary tale of tweeted. Dehat district. over the past three years. was consistent across centu­ constructions. Ayodhya verdict: Modi Uddhav slams BJP on power sharing Low conviction CJI meets U.P. Chief rate hinders Secretary, DGP appeals for calm, unity Regret going with ‘Sena has no time to talk to us’ bonded labour wrong people, The Supreme Court has con­ stay on the High Court’s pro­ Special Correspondent did not receive his calls. elimination ‘SC ruling should be accepted by all’ he says Mumbai sistently held that the duty nouncement and let media­ “While they (Sena) had no of a judge is to deliver judg­ tion take over. The petition Special Correspondent Ahead of the verdict, the special correspondent Maharashtra caretaker CM time to talk to us, they were Special Correspondent ments and leave the law and found the Supreme Court in NEW DELHI/lucknow Congress Working Commit­ Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis on Fri­ talking to the Congress and New Delhi order concerns to the State two minds initially. Prime Minister Narendra tee meeting has been res­ Shiv Sena chief Uddhav day said the BJP was NCP thrice a day,” he said. From lack of awareness and police machinery. An A split verdict saw Justice Modi on Friday appealed for cheduled to Saturday in­ Thackeray on Friday shocked at Shiv Sena chief Meanwhile, the Congress among workers and em­ example of the Supreme R.V. Raveendran favour the calm and unity on the eve of stead of Sunday. slammed the BJP for trying Uddhav Thakeray’s claim has moved more than half of ployers to low conviction Court’s firm position that pronouncement of the judg­ the verdict of the Ayodhya The party's highest deci­ to prove him a liar and said that all options to form a go­ its newly­elected MLAs to rates, the Central and State judges should deliver judg­ ment as per schedule. He land dispute case and said sion making body is expect­ he regretted going with the vernment were open. Jaipur, alleging poaching at­ governments’ efforts for ments, unmindful of the reasoned that “people of the judgement should not ed to adopt a resolution on wrong people. Though he Blaming the Shiv Sena for tempts by the BJP. Senior eliminating bonded labour “consequences” of their ver­ the country are not so im­ be seen either as victory or the verdict. So far, the par­ did not call off the alliance, the ongoing crisis, Mr. Fad­ Congress leader Vijay Vadet­ are facing many challenges, dict, is found in the annals mature as to not accept a defeat for anyone. ty's official position has Mr. Thackeray asked if lying navis said he had called Mr. tiwar alleged that ₹25 crore according to government of the Ayodhya case itself. judgment”. But his col­ The Supreme Court has been that all the concerned was acceptable in Hindutva Thackeray to sort out the to ₹50 crore had been of­ officials who attended the league on the Bench, Justice listed the Ayodhya judge­ parties should respect the and demanded to know how deadlock, but the Sena chief fered to the party MLAs. National Human Rights September 2010 event H.L. Gokhale, was appre­ ment for Saturday morning verdict of the country high­ the BJP would form the go­ Commission’s seminar on The event dates back to Sep­ hensive that the judgment at 10.30 a.m. Following the est court. vernment in the State now. bonded labour here on Fri­ tember 2010, and concerns would lead to “consequenc­ announcement, Mr. Modi The Sena chief spoke soon not have been able to do sev­ including CM post. He (Shah) day. a petition filed by Ramesh es” and ordinary people put out a series of tweets ad­ Schools shut in U.P. after CM Devendra Fadnavis eral works in the State with­ agreed and said both parties While inaugurating the Chandra Tripathi to defer may suffer. Justice Gokhale dressing the fact that the Amid enhanced security, submitted his resignation out Sena. will adjust when the other’s one­day seminar, Union La­ the scheduled pronounce­ felt the apex court would be verdict was due. He appre­ schools have been declared and addressed the press. “In five years, I took up CM is in chair. I agreed to bour and Employment Mi­ ment of the Ayodhya judg­ blamed if “passions rise” af­ ciated the fact that the SC closed in Uttar Pradesh, Del­ Speaking at the Shiv Sena people’s issues, which led to that. Then Amit Shah came nister Santosh Kumar ment by the Allahabad High ter the verdict. Faced with a had, in the past few months, hi and Rajasthan on Satur­ Bhavan, Mr. Thackeray criticism that we are in go­ to Matoshree and Devendraji Gangwar asked why, when Court at 3.30 p.m. on Sep­ split verdict, the Bench heard the matter everyday, day. Colleges, educational countered Mr. Fadnavis in vernment as well as opposi­ was conveyed this decision. social evils like sati could be tember 24. Mr. Tripathi had stayed the pronouncement noting that people were an­ institutions and training detail. tion at the same time. But I But he (Fadnavis) said I will abolished in the country, claimed the judgment of the judgment on Septem­ xiously awaiting the verdict. centres will be closed in Ut­ didn’t care for criticism and face problems in my party if bonded labour couldn’t. He would lead to communal ber 24 and referred the case He also said all parties to the tar Pradesh will be shut till ‘Accused of lying’ worked for the people,” he I say right now that CM post said that the increasing cas­ tensions. He had sought a to a larger Bench. case, civil society and socio­ Monday, the government “I was hurt because this is said. He went on to elaborate will be shared. That is why es of bonded labour need­ cultural organisations had said. the first time Balasaheb’s son the discussion that hap­ he did wordplay and used ed serious attention. in the last few days said the Chief Minister Yogi Adi­ (himself) has been accused pened between the two par­ the words, ‘sharing of posts Discussing the impact of SC verdict should be res­ tyanath on Friday evening of lying. Maharashtra knows ties when the alliance was and responsibilities.’ It was the Bonded Labour System Government ends SPG pected and accepted with appealed to the people not what Thackeray family is. formed. He mentioned that definitely decided to share (Abolition) Act, 1976, NHRC calm. to view the Ayodhya verdict Devendra Fadnavis has ac­ Sena was offered the post of CM post.” member Justice P.C. Pant “All also appealed for as a matter of “victory or cused me of lying. Even if deputy CM but when Sena He further said, “I consid­ said implementation was protection for Gandhis peace and unity, which is a defeat.” Amit Shah and company ac­ refused, BJP chief Amit Shah er Devendra Fadnavis my the real problem. sentiment that should pre­ Calling for peace and har­ cuses me of lying, people called Mr. Thackeray and friend. That's why I support­ NHRC Registrar (law) Su­ Ms Vadra refused to take the The SPG was set up in dominate once the verdict is mony, Mr. Adityanath asked know who is lying and who asked him what he wants. ed him but did not expect rajit Dey said: “One of the security for the other 78 vi­ 1985 after the assassination out,” said the Prime Minis­ people to not pay heed to tells the truth,” he said, “I told him (Amit Shah) I this from him... I can't be basic bottlenecks is with re­ sits. On most such tours, she of Prime Minister Indira ter. rumours. while mentioning BJP would want equal sharing of power seen as someone who lies.” gard to conviction.” shared her travel plan at the Gandhi. 11th hour, rendering it im­ Former Prime Minister possible for the SPG to de­ A.B Vajpayee continued to pute officers for her securi­ have SPG cover from 2004 Gandhis’ lives put in ty,” the official said. when he demitted office till ‘Sidhu-Imran friendship was the key’ Since May 2014, she had his death in 2018. levelled allegations against During his tenure that be­ danger, says Congress SPG officers that they were gan in 1999, Prime Minister Visitors praise collecting her personal and Vajpayee’s government con­ former cricketers ‘PM, Shah driven by political vendetta’ confidential information ducted a major review of the Entry fee waived on two days and sharing with unauthor­ SPG’s operations, and de­ for shrine link Sandeep Phukan ised persons. “She even cided to withdraw SPG pro­ Kallol Bhattacherjee New Delhi threatened the top officials tection to former Prime Mi­ Vijaita Singh Mehmal Sarfraz The Congress on Friday ac­ New Delhi/Lahore of the SPG to drag them into nisters P.V. Narasimha Rao, Dera Baba Nanak cused the Centre of endan­ legal action. The SPG has, H.D. Deve Gowda, and I.K. The Nijjars, a doctor couple India and Pakistan conti­ gering the lives of Congress from time to time, coun­ Gujral. Last month, the from Batala in Punjab can­ nued to spar over proced­ president Sonia Gandhi, her tered such allegations by Centre replaced SPG cover not thank enough the friend­ ural issues, hours before son Rahul Gandhi and clarifying that it confines its for former Prime Minister ship of two former cricketers the inauguration of the daughter Priyanka Gandhi work to strictly the official Manmohan Singh with the — Sidhu and Imran — which Kartarpur corridor while Vadra and accused Prime charter,” the official said. CRPF. according to them has made Pakistan’s Foreign Minis­ Minister Narenda Modi and possible the opening of a ter in a last­minute gesture Home Minister Amit Shah of corridor linking revered Sikh declared a waiver of entry being “blinded by personal shrines in India and fees for two days for the In­ revenge and political ven­ Sonia Gandhi Moody’s lowers India Pakistan. dian pilgrims. A decorated gate ahead of the inauguration of Kartarpur detta” to remove the securi­ Dr. S.S. Nijjar had come Speaking to a group of Sahib corridor in Gurdaspur. * ANI ty cover provided by the learning. It has been a privi­ with his wife Dr. Satinder Nij­ Indian media persons, Special Protection Group lege. All the best for a great outlook to ‘negative’ jar to catch a glimpse of the Shah Mahmood Qureshi, “It’s a reasonable be no requirement for the (SPG) to the Gandhi family. future,” he tweeted. facilities at Dera Baba Nanak the Foreign Minister of Pa­ amount. This is not to gen­ entry fees on November 9 Senior leaders of the par­ At a press conference, The agency further said mains one of the fastest­ in Gurdaspur district. It is kistan explained that the erate a fund but to main­ and 12. Mr. Qureshi told re­ ty indicated to The Hindu Congress communication while the government’s growing major economies in here that a grand passenger $20 entry fees to be paid tain the facility. There will porters that India revoking that all options were open, chief Randeep Surjewala steps to support the econo­ the world, something reaf­ terminal building is coming by every Indian pilgrim be services provided and the special status of Kash­ including moving court said until August 29 this my should help reduce the firmed by the International up as part of the Kartarpur would be utilised in main­ for that there will be some mir on August 5 was unfor­ against the Centre’s move. year, there were as many as depth and duration of the Monetary Fund (IMF). corridor, a project that has taining the infrastructure funds required,” Mr. Qu­ tunate. He referred to the The Centre replaced the four written communica­ growth slowdown, a pro­ “Government of India has withstood animosity and in and around the famed reshi told reporters, while decision as the “annexa­ SPG cover at Rahul Gandhi’s tions from the SPG to Mr. longed financial stress noted that the Moody’s In­ tensions between the two Gurudwara at Kartarpur. announcing that there will tion of Kashmir”. 12, Tughlaq Lane residence Gandhi about possible among rural households, vestors Service has today nations. with the Central Reserve threats to him from terro­ weak job creation, and a changed the outlook on the “This dream project to Police Force and sent anoth­ rists groups like the Khalis­ credit crunch among non­ Government of India’s rat­ connect the two Sikh shrines and a memorandum of un­ Nanak to catch a glimpse of “People are buying land er CRPF team to Sonia tani groups, Islamist terror banking financial institu­ ings to ‘negative’ from ‘sta­ has been pending for de­ derstanding was signed bet­ Kartarpur Sahib, around 3.5 to build hotels and guest Gandhi’s 10, Janpath resi­ outfits and Naxals. “What tions, had increased the ble’ while keeping the fo­ cades. 99% this became pos­ ween the two countries for km from the zero point at houses, keeping in mind the dence to work out modali­ has happened in the past 60 probability of a more en­ reign­currency and sible due to the friendship visa­free access to pilgrims. the border. tourist flow in the coming ties. Mr. Gandhi, however, days for the SPG cover to be trenched slowdown. local­currency long­term is­ between Navjot Singh Sidhu Similar sentiments were “They should allow us to days. The land here is selling reacted to the development removed?” he asked. “Moreover, the prospects suer ratings unchanged at and Imran Khan,” Dr. Nijjar echoed by other visitors. visit on Aadhaar card, I am a at an extremely high rate,” by thanking the SPG that “Mr. Modi and Mr. Amit of further reforms that Baa2,” the government said. “Only Sidhu made this possi­ poor farmer, I neither have a the tea seller said. was in­charge of their secur­ Shah are blinded by perso­ would support business in­ statement said. “However, Mr. Sidhu was a special in­ ble, this was in the works for passport nor $20 to give as On Saturday, Prime Minis­ ity for the past 28 years. nal revenge and political vestment and growth at India continues to be among vitee on August 18, 2018, to several years, now they permit fee,” he said. ter Narendra Modi will flag vendetta in withdrawing the high levels, and significantly the fastest growing major the swearing­in ceremony of should allow us to visit Nan­ As per the MoU, the pass­ off the first delegation to Gu­ Rahul thanks SPG SPG cover,” party general broaden the narrow tax economies in the world, In­ Prime Minister Imran Khan. kana Sahib in Pakistan also,” port is the requisite docu­ rudwara Kartarpur Sahib in “A big thank you to all my secretary K.C. Venugopal al­ base, have diminished,” it dia’s relative standing re­ Pakistan’s Army Chief said Ravinder Kaur. ment for travel and India has Pakistan. brothers & sisters in the SPG leged. added. mains unaffected,” it added. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa had protested the $20 permit fee The delegation led by who worked tirelessly to Chairman of the Parlia­ The government added that told Mr. Sidhu that Pakistan Passport concerns being charged by Pakistan. Punjab CM Capt. Amarinder protect me & my family over mentary Standing Commit­ IMF support the fundamentals of the hoped to build the corridor. Surender Singh, 65, a farmer Dara Singh, who sells tea Singh includes former Prime the years. Thank you for tee on Home Affairs Anand In its rebuttal to Moody’s economy remain robust, After initially rejecting the from Sri Ganganagar in Ra­ in the vicinity, said the land Minister Manmohan Singh your dedication, your con­ Sharma told The Hindu the downgrade, the govern­ with inflation under check offer, the NDA government jasthan, doesn’t have a pass­ price had sky­rocketed in the and Union Minister Hardeep stant support & for a jour­ decision puts the Gandhis at ment statement said it re­ and bond yields low. in India set the ball rolling, port. He came to Dera Baba past year. Singh Puri. ney filled with affection & risk.

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Naga outfits dismantle BJP leader denies charge that action was born out of a desire for revenge offices ahead of accord Special Correspondent ween her son’s article and GUWAHATI NEW DELHI Dismantling of offices and the MHA’s decision. “Aatish’s messes of extremist groups Writer Aatish Taseer has mother has also always been has started in Nagaland called the plan of the Minis­ an Indian citizen. And, his ahead of the signing of the try of Home Affairs (MHA) to right to live here was never final Naga accord, which is revoke his Overseas Citizen­ questioned until he wrote an expected soon. On Thursday, ship of India (OCI) status an article that the Home Minis­ the National Socialist Council act of “reprisal” for an essay ter [Amit Shah] did not like,” of Nagaland-Unification he had written criticising Ms. Singh tweeted. (NSCN-U) closed down its Prime Minister Narendra office and messes at Modi. ‘Concealed fact’ Athibung in Peren district in In an article in the U.S.­ According to the records, the presence of village based Time magazine, pu­ did not initially reveal their not disclosed in his OCI ap­ Mr. Taseer, a British passport elders, civil administration blished on Friday, Mr. Taseer motivations behind this ac­ plication that one [of] his pa­ holder, was granted a Person officials and police and said that in sending him into tion, they have now stated rents is Pakistani, which dis­ of Indian Origin (PIO) card in Assam Rifles officers. “exile”, the government was their reasons for removing qualifies him from getting 2000 and then granted OCI Norms eased for onion imports reacting to an article, also in my OCI: ‘concealed the fact the OCI card, irrespective of in 2016 after PIO cards were Indian family to be the same magazine in May that his late father was of Pa­ whether he wrote an anti­ phased out. deported from Israel Special Correspondent buffer dwindling to 1,500 issuing import tenders was 2019, which had referred to kistani origin.’ But it is hard Modi article in the Time ma­ The government has said JERUSALEM NEW DELHI tonnes, officials said. relaxed, a statement said. Mr. Modi as the “Divider in not to feel, given the timing, gazine,” he tweeted on he concealed the fact that his Four members of an Indian The decision to immediately The tight supply was “Officials of MMTC, Chief” of India. that I was being punished for Friday. biological father, who was a family, including two import a “substantial caused mostly by late rains NAFED, the Department of Mr. Modi had subsequent­ what I had written.” British passport holder, was children, detained in Israel for amount” of onions was ta­ destroying the early kharif Agriculture and the Depart­ ly dismissed the criticism, BJP’s foreign affairs de­ Tavleen Singh sees a link also Pakistani, which dis­ staying illegally are likely to ken at a meeting chaired by harvest and disrupting stor­ ment of Consumer Affairs saying, “Time magazine is fo­ partment chief Vijay Chauth­ Mr. Taseer’s mother and se­ qualified him. be deported soon after the completion of formalities, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gau­ age and transport, even as have been directed to visit reign, the writer has also aiwale, who has traded nior journalist Tavleen In 2016, the Modi govern­ officials said, amid a ba on Friday. last season’s rabi stocks ran Turkey and Egypt on an ur­ said he comes from a Pakis­ barbs with Mr. Taseer on Singh, who raised Mr. Taseer ment amended passport crackdown on illegal The National Agricultural out. The Centre’s efforts to gent basis to take stock of tani political family. That is Twitter for the last few days, single­handedly, and had not rules so that single mothers migrants. Tina and Minin Cooperative Marketing Fed­ increase the supply by ban­ the supplies and facilitate enough for his credibility.” denied the accusation that been legally married to his could apply for their chil­ Lopez and their two minor eration of India (NAFED) ning exports and setting imports,” it said. Until No­ Mr. Taseer wrote in the the government’s action father, the half­Pakistani and dren without reference to bi­ children were arrested on had a 55,000­tonne buffer stock limits for retailers and vember 30, the phytosani­ latest article: “I had expect­ came from a desire for re­ half­British Punjab (Pakis­ ological fathers, but has not Thursday, according to a stock. The continued high traders failed to tame prices. tary and fumigation norms ed a reprisal, but not a sever­ venge. “What Aatish Taseer tan) governor Salman Ta­ extended that to OCI re­ report. PTI prices have resulted in this The mandatory time for have also been liberalised. ing. While the government has not admitted that he has seer, also drew a link bet­ quirements yet. Finance Secretary, CEA Goyal lays out nuts and bolts of RCEP decision admit to slowdown At a briefing for Union Cabinet, he denied that India tried to scuttle the pact

They were grilled by House panel Nistula Hebbar reasons are some that are al­ to­trigger safeguard me­ putes,” said a government NEW DELHI ready in the public domain – chanism along with a review source. Plainly what this Sobhana K. Nair Commerce Minister Piyush like the threat of circumven­ clause at a periodicity of means is that without adeq­ New Delhi Goyal has briefed the Union tion of Rules of Origin due to three, as India’s experience uate safeguards, the RCEP Finance Secretary Rajiv Ku­ Council of Ministers on the tariff differentials, where with free trade agreements could end up being an FTA mar and Chief Economic country’s decision not to countries take advantage of (FTAs) has been that it often with China through the back Adviser Krishnamurthy join the Regional Compre­ tariff differentials given to leads to huge import surges door with a huge trade defi­ Subramanian conceded to a hensive Economic Partner­ another country, and not of­ that impair the domestic in­ cit on the Indian side. parliamentary panel on fi­ ship (RCEP). dustry due to dumping. The effort was, say go­ nance, headed by BJP MP On Wednesday, while he N EWS ANALYSIS vernment sources, to ask the and former Minister of State did go into the political as­ MFN issue RCEP to consider the Indian for Finance Jayant Sinha, pects of the decision, it was Most significantly, an exclu­ position, and when that was that the country is going also to make his colleagues fered to it. Also, a long­stand­ sion of Most Favoured Na­ not on, with other member­ through an “economic slow­ Krishnamurthy Subramanian aware of the minute techni­ ing request of India that the tion (MFN) obligations was countries going ahead with down”. Union Finance Mi­ cal issues behind the action. base rate of customs duty be sought in the investment signing, Prime Minister Na­ nister Nirmala Sitharaman least two other panel mem­ changed from 2014 to 2019, chapter, i.e., India has given rendra Modi felt there was has so far avoided the use of bers from different parties Long-standing reasons as the RCEP, even if signed in MFN status looking at its no option but to keep out of word ‘slowdown’. confirmed the exchange. Mr. Goyal has emphatically 2019, would be ratified only strategic interests. the agreement. Mr. Subramanian made a Revenue Secretary Has­ denied that India had put in by 2022, which means that “It cannot be anyone’s The government will go presentation, in which he mukh Adhia, Disinvestment any last minute deal break­ the 2014 base rate would be case that what India gives to ahead with individual FTA said all is well with the eco­ Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pan­ ers to scuttle the pact. In­ hugely outdated even for the its strategic allies or for geo­ negotiations with the U.S. nomy and it is growing at dey, Expenditure Secretary stead, the reasons were said take­off point of the agree­ political reasons will be and the European Union, around 5%, which is far bet­ Ajay Narayan Jha and NITI to be of long­standing and ment. handed out to all RCEP coun­ but, clearly, these efforts ter than many other coun­ Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant at­ had been consistently on the A request was also made tries, including those with would be informed by the tries. According to multiple tended the day­long negotiating table. Among the for tariff lines to be on an au­ whom India has border dis­ RCEP experience. sources, the presentation meeting. drew sharp questions from In the post­lunch session, MPs across parties. Mr. Sin­ Mr. Kant made a presenta­ ha, the chairperson, told tion on the way ahead to Mr. Subramanian not to give reach the government’s goal “simplistic explanations”. of a $5 trillion economy by The MPs pointed out that it 2025. “Significantly his pre­ was wrong to blame the glo­ sentation highlighted the bal downturn entirely be­ pitfalls that the government cause there were patches in faces to reach the target. global economy which were While he did not concede still doing well. that the target is unrealistic, what we understood from ‘Pushed hard’ the presentation is that the “They were not willing to government has many miles accept that there is a crisis to go before it reaches in the Indian economy. anywhere close to the goal,” They were pushed very another Opposition MP hard by the committee said. Mr. Kant said the In­ members. Finally, when dian agriculture is practical­ they were asked point blank ly stagnant, growing at 1% whether there is a crisis or and it needs to grow at 4% not. Mr. Rajiv Kumar and for the target. Mr. Subramanian conceded Finance Ministry officials that, yes, there is a slow­ also acknowledged the im­ down,” an Opposition MP, pact of demonetisation on who was present at the the economy and the lag ef­ meeting, told The Hindu. At fect of the GST.

Jharkhand Opposition announces alliance

Special Correspondent PATNA After several meetings, the Opposition par­ ties in Jharkhand on Friday formally an­ nounced an alliance for the Assembly elec­ tions to 81 seats. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( JMM) will contest in 43 constituencies, the Congress in 31 and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in se­ ven. Congress’s State in­charge R.P.N. Singh made the announcement at a briefing, along with JMM leader Hemant Soren. However, no RJD leader was present. Asked about the absence of a RJD repre­ sentative, Mr. Soren said, “Some questions of the RJD remain to be addressed and they will be done soon. It is very difficult to meet im­ prisoned RJD leader Lalu Prasad ji often but we’ll sort out those issues amicably.”

Manjhi to go it alone Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) presi­ dent and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said his party would contest the 2020 Assembly election in Bihar alone as the allies, RJD and Congress, were taking deci­ sions in the grand alliance on their own. Earlier, he had said his party would con­ test the Jharkhand Assembly election inde­ pendently. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Brazil braces for release of ex-President Death of student triggers Lula may be freed after SC overturns rule requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing first appeal outrage in Hong Kong Agence France-Presse years and 10 months for cor­ Curitiba ruption. He was sentenced Lawyers for Brazilian leftist to almost 13 years in jail in Protesters blame police, hold vigil for 22­year­old icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva February in a separate cor­ on Friday filed a request for ruption case and still faces Agence France-Presse wrongdoing in relation to his release from prison fol­ another half dozen corrup­ Hong Kong Mr. Chow’s death. The lead lowing a Supreme Court rul­ tion trials. Thousands in Hong Kong officer in the case, Superin­ ing that threatens to deepen Mr. Lula, 74, has denied all held vigils on Friday night tendent Ewing Wu, again in­ political divisions. the charges, arguing they for a student who died from sisted on Friday that the pol­ Dozens of supporters out­ were politically motivated to a fall during recent clashes ice were not at fault. side the federal police head­ keep him out of the 2018 pre­ with the police, triggering “As for the allegations that quarters in the southern city sidential election that was fresh outrage from the pro­ police chased the deceased of Curitiba where Mr. Lula won by far­right President democracy movement. or that we pushed him and has been held since April Jair Bolsonaro. Although the precise caused him to fall, the police 2018 cheered and waved “I’m coming for you, wait chain of events leading to 22­ Protesters offering prayers at hereby make a solemn state­ “Free Lula” signs as lawyer for me!” Lula’s girlfriend, Ro­ year­old Alex Chow’s fall last the car park where Alex Chow ment again that nothing of Cristiano Zanin exited the fa­ sangela da Silva, tweeted af­ weekend is unclear and dis­ was found unconscious. * AP the kind happened,” Mr. Wu cility after speaking to the ter the Supreme Court an­ puted, his death on Friday told reporters. “At this stage, popular ex­President. Bursting with joy: Supporters of jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrating nounced its decision. morning was the first stu­ freedom fighter in Hong we are investigating the Mr. Lula is among several outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia on Thursday. * AP If he is freed, Mr. Lula’s dent fatality during the five Kong,” Joshua Wong, a pro­ cause of Chow’s death in­ thousand convicts who criminal record will prevent months of demonstrations. minent pro­democracy cam­ stead of investigating police could be freed after the Su­ years in cases involving peo­ request and we will speak to cial battle continues, our fo­ him from resuming his polit­ Protesters have made al­ paigner, said on Twitter. officers,” Mr. Wu said. preme Court’s decision late ple able to afford expensive (federal judge) Carolina Leb­ cus is to get the legal case ical career. He was the foun­ leged police brutality one of “The atmosphere in Hong The Hong Kong govern­ on Thursday to overturn a lawyers. bos,” Mr. Zanin told repor­ nullified.” der of the Workers Party their movement’s rallying Kong is like a ticking bomb,” ment expressed “great sor­ rule requiring convicted cri­ Many of those affected by ters, adding he hoped their Mr. Lula, who led Brazil (PT). That could change, ho­ cries and have seized on the added Lo Kin­hei, a local row and regret” on Friday minals to go to jail after los­ the 6­5 ruling are political request could be expedited. through a historic boom wever, if the Supreme Court death. At the spot where Mr. pro­democracy councillor over the incident. In Beijing, ing their first appeal. They and business leaders caught Mr. Lula was “very se­ from 2003 to 2010, earning were to decide in a separate Chow fell, thousands and activist. “HKers don’t the Foreign Affairs Ministry would remain free until they up in a massive corruption rene” and the Supreme him the gratitude of millions case that Justice Minister Ser­ queued for hours to lay flow­ trust the police will give us declined to comment direct­ had exhausted their rights to probe dubbed the ‘Car Wash’ Court ruling had given him of Brazilians for redistribut­ gio Moro, who convicted Mr. ers, light candles and write the truth.” ly but said “eliminating dis­ appeal their conviction — a that began in 2014. “hope that there could be ing wealth to haul them out Lula when he was a judge in condolence messages. “To­ The police have repeated­ order” was Hong Kong’s process critics say could take “We have already filed the justice,” he said. “Our judi­ of poverty, is serving eight 2017, had been biased. day we mourn the loss of a ly denied any allegations of most urgent task. IN BRIEF No agreement on China tariff Trump asked Mauritius elects incumbent to pay $2 mn rollback, says U.S. President in damages Prime Minister for 5-year term Agence France-Presse Will continue and 9 seats respectively, the Trump contradicts Beijing’s claim from earlier this week New York election commission said. A New York judge on to work toward Two seats on the island of Iran earthquake kills five, Agence France-Presse complete rollback, because Thursday ordered Donald progress: Jugnauth Rodrigues were won by the leaves 300 injured Washington TEHRAN they know I won’t do it.” Trump to pay $2 million for Organisation of the People U.S. President Donald Chinese Commerce Minis­ using his former charity to Reuters of Rodrigues (OPR) party. An earthquake rocked PORT LOUIS northwestern Iran before Trump said on Friday that try spokesman Gao Feng an­ further his political and bu­ Mr. Jugnauth, 57, became dawn on Friday, killing at he has not agreed to rollback nounced on Thursday that siness interests. Mauritius’ ruling Militant So­ Prime Minister in 2017 when least five people and injuring tariffs on Chinese imports, U.S. and Chinese officials Justice Saliann Scarpulla cialist Movement (MSM) has his father stepped down more than 300 in crumbling dampening recent optimism had “agreed to rollback the of the New York Supreme won more than half of the from the post, and has alrea­ and collapsed buildings. The for a major de­escalation in additional tariffs in stages, as Court told him to pay the seats in Parliament, securing Pravind Kumar Jugnauth dy introduced a minimum 5.9­magnitude quake struck the U.S.­China trade war. Donald Trump progress is made towards a damages to a group of non­ incumbent Prime Minister wage to try and improve about 120 km southeast of Mr. Trump’s remarks ap­ (final) agreement.” profit organisations. The Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a prosperous Indian Ocean is­ wealth distribution. “I have the city of Tabriz, the Iranian peared to push back against “They would like to have “They would like to make civil law suit accused Mr. five­year term, the final elec­ land of 1.3 million people. obtained a clear mandate to Seismological Centre said. Beijing’s claims this week a rollback. I haven’t agreed a deal much more than I do,” Trump of using the Trump tion results showed on MSM won 38 of the 62 continue to work towards Some 40 homes were that the two sides had to anything,” he told repor­ Mr. Trump said, adding that Foundation funds to settle Friday. seats up for grabs while its progress and development levelled by the quake and agreed to remove tariffs in ters at the White House. the initial agreement will be lawsuits, promote his Thursday’s vote was dom­ rivals, the Labour Party and in this country,” he told his over 200 head of cattle stages as part of a partial “China would like to get so­ signed “in our country,” pos­ Trump­branded hotels, inated by calls for fairer dis­ the Mauritian Militant Move­ supporters after the count in killed. AFP deal announced last month. mewhat of a rollback, not a sibly in Iowa. and for personal spending. tribution of wealth on the ment (MMM), garnered 13 his constituency.

Iran claims In Presidential election, local is the national in Sri Lanka’s east it shot down Voters are viewing the poll under two lenses — their suffering during the civil war years and soon after, and the local, communal contradiction ‘foreign’ drone

Meera Srinivasan cal dynamic of this multi­eth­ church blast were Tamils. backing Mr. Rajapaksa. tankudy, the choice is not all some like him are backing Agence France-Presse BATTICALOA nic district. “Thankfully, the tensions According to locals, this that straightforward. Anura Kumara Dissanayake Tehran Hardly any election­related Ties within the communi­ didn’t spiral into violence. camp has been trying to tap Partly because a former of the leftist Janatha Vimuk­ Iran shot down an uniden­ poster is visible in Batticaloa ty were complex to start While things appear calmer on the Tamil­Muslim hostili­ governor of the province thi Peramuna (JVP), knowing tified drone that “infiltrat­ town, much like the rest of with, as Tamils (mostly Hin­ on the surface, the mutual ty, with an openly anti­Mus­ A.L.A.M. Hizbullah, said to well that his chances in this ed” near Bandar­e­Mah­ Sri Lanka, since the Election dus and Christians) and Ta­ suspicion between Tamils lim rhetoric and assurances have considerable local sup­ contest are slim. shahr port on the Gulf Commission banned ban­ mil­speaking Muslims — the and Muslims is very much of more powers to Tamils . port, is running for Presi­ While voters think about coast on Friday, Iranian ners and cut­outs last month. two identify as separate eth­ there,” said Kanthavel Kan­ “Whether it is Tamils or the dent. Moreover, many Mus­ retaining democratic space media reported. IRIB, a All the same, voters appear nic groups in Sri Lanka — in deepan, a social worker in small Sinhalese community lims are disillusioned with or building an alternative state broadcaster, aired a all set for the November 16 the province compete for li­ Batticaloa town. here, there are many who the Rajapaksas — associated force, they also emphasise six­second video purport­ presidential poll, going by mited local administrative Conversations with many For many voters, there is a can’t stand the Muslims. with hardliners behind the the need for a more funda­ ing to show the intercep­ the many pocket meetings powers and resources. residents indicated that vo­ lingering discomfort with They tend to be drawn to anti­Muslim violence in the mental shift in the long­term. tion of the drone by an Ira­ here, where voters are And then, when Batticaloa ters are using two predomi­ Gotabaya Rajapaksa. that sort of message,” said a past few years — as well as A local inter­religious nian anti­missile battery. thrashing out positions. suffered a suicide bombing nant lenses this poll season. private sector employee in the current government that group has held at least 12 Units acted “in response Residents of Batticaloa in the serial blasts that shook One, based on their suffer­ the incumbent government. Trincomalee, requesting neither prevented the Easter pocket meetings in the run­ to a violation of our air­ district, and those in neigh­ Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday ing during the civil war years The other, is the lens of anonymity. “But they are a blasts nor tackled the subse­ up to the poll. space by a drone (that) in­ bouring Trincomalee and this April, local relations and soon after. For many vo­ the local, communal con­ minority. Most people who quent orchestrated attacks “We don’t name any can­ filtrated”, IRIBNEWS said, Ampara – which together faced a risk of serious dete­ ters, there is a lingering dis­ tradiction. A few local Tamil stand for democratic rights that targeted Muslims. didate but encourage partici­ citing Brig. General Alireza form Sri Lanka’s scenic East­ rioration, especially since in­ comfort with prominent can­ politicians, including rene­ are backing Sajith,” he said. “It is time to think of a pants to vote for the leader Sabahi Fard, commander­ ern Province along the east vestigators traced the attacks didate Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a gade LTTE­members ex­ leader who will be good for who might give us some in­chief of aerial defence. coast — consider this election to Zahran Hashim, an Isla­ war­time Defence Secretary Chief Minister Sivanesathu­ Muslim votes the whole country, not just space and freedom to dissent IRNA quoted provincial crucial. Not only because mist radical from Kattankudy and brother of former Presi­ rai Chandrakanthan or ‘Pil­ Sri Lanka’s two main Muslim us,” said A.L.M. Sabeel, se­ or agitate...we have to conso­ governor Gholamreza Sha­ they get to choose a new na­ town here. It led to an instant dent Mahinda Rajapaksa. layan’– said to command parties have aligned with Mr. cretary of the Kattankudy lidate democratic forces with riati: “Unknown drone... tional leader, but also be­ perpetrator­victim binary in They are likely to back his some local support – and Vi­ Premadasa this election, but Mosques’ Federation and a urgency,” said Fr. Rajan Ro­ (belonged) without doubt cause the poll’s outcome the district, since almost all main opponent in the race, nayagamoorthy Muralitha­ for residents of the predomi­ member of the local urban han, of the local St. John’s to a foreign country.” might impact the delicate lo­ the victims at the Zion Sajith Premadasa, fielded by ran or ‘Karuna Amman’, are nantly­Muslim town of Kat­ council. And that is why church.

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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT chairman, there are public the numbers at the firm. N IFTY 50 financial institutions MUMBAI issues cumulatively worth “You have to ask him or PRICE CHANGE Nearly half of the govern­ ₹25,000 crore in the pipe­ you can ask God,” Mr. Tyagi Adani Ports...... 386.15...... -4.30 Global borrowing costs may rise: BPCL Asian Paints...... 1794.85...... -32.10 ment­owned listed compa­ line, but lack of confidence told reporters on the side­ Axis Bank ...... 725.50...... -9.25 nies are yet to comply with in the market is acting as a lines of the conference. Bajaj Auto ...... 3245.55...... -20.30 the minimum public share­ deterrent for companies to “Investors should draw Special Correspondent Bajaj Finserv...... 8818.85...... -14.05 MUMBAI Bajaj Finance ...... 4159.45...... -66.40 holding norms that stipulate go ahead and launch the in­ their own conclusions. Wha­ Bharti Airtel ...... 369.15...... -2.60 that at least 25% stake should itial public offer (IPO). tever we have to do, we are Credit rating agency Moo­ BPCL...... 502.75...... -10.45 be held by the public, said “My view is that this has to doing. Whatever is the out­ dy’s has downgraded the Britannia Ind ...... 3158.00...... -65.80

Cipla ...... 462.50...... -9.35 Ajay Tyagi, Chairman, Secur­ be kick­started with some bit come, you would know,” he ratings outlook for top oil Coal India ...... 209.25...... -3.25 ities and Exchange Board of of confidence building and added. PSUs — Indian Oil Corpora­ Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2822.10...... -48.95 India (SEBI). this I feel that the govern­ On Wednesday, Mr. Nile­ tion Limited (IOCL), Hindus­ Eicher Motors...... 21689.65. .... 265.70

GAIL (India)...... 127.05...... -5.05 “Out of 91 listed PSUs (pu­ ment divestment of PSUs in kani had said that the soft­ tan Petroleum Corporation Grasim Ind ...... 774.00...... -3.85 blic sector undertakings), 45 the remaining part of this ware services company op­ Limited (HPCL), Bharat Pe­ HCL Tech...... 1150.10...... 1.65 PSUs don’t meet the 25% mi­ Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mahindra AMC (left) and SEBI year... should come in a big erates with the highest troleum Corporation Limit­ HDFC ...... 2233.20...... -17.80 nimum public shareholding chairman Ajay Tyagi at a CII event on Friday. * PAUL NORONHA way in the market,” Mr. Tyagi integrity, and that “even God ed (BPCL), Oil and Natural HDFC Bank...... 1255.60...... -8.10

Hero MotoCorp ...... 2646.95...... -13.90 norms so they actually need said. can’t change the numbers of Gas Corporation Ltd. Hindalco ...... 203.85...... -1.35 to come forward and in­ should be done. We have the current 25% limit. Inci­ this company.” (ONGC), Oil India Limited Hind Unilever ...... 2086.40...... -51.85 crease the liquidity in the conveyed to the government dentally, the capital markets ‘Infosys probe on’ Interestingly, the state­ (OIL) and Petronet LNG Li­ ICICI Bank ...... 489.45...... 10.90

IndusInd Bank ...... 1422.80...... 40.90 market and have more of pu­ also,” he added. regulator mandated the cur­ The SEBI chairman said that ment from the Infosys chair­ mited (PLL) — besides IT ma­ incorporates expectation of Bharti Infratel ...... 218.30...... -11.15 blic listing,” Mr. Tyagi said This assumes significance rent 25% minimum public a regulatory probe is on in man came even as the com­ jors Infosys and Tata Con­ support from the Govern­ Infosys ...... 708.15...... -11.95 while addressing a capital as the government, in the shareholding norm way back the Infosys matter while pany is yet to receive the sultancy Services to ment of India, through Indian OilCorp...... 134.05...... -1.80

ITC ...... 260.50...... -5.35 market seminar organised Union Budget early this year, in 2010, with which nearly making light of the recent report by an external law ‘negative’ from ‘stable’. ONGC, will also be down­ JSW Steel...... 250.00...... -2.65 by industry body CII. proposed increasing the mi­ half of the PSUs are not yet statement by Infosys Chair­ firm that has been appointed This, after it changed the graded if we downgrade the Kotak Bank ...... 1600.25...... 16.25 “This is something which nimum public holding in all compliant. man Nandan Nilekani that to look into the allegations outlook on India’s Baa2 so­ rating of ONGC and the so­ L&T...... 1423.00...... -12.05

M&M ...... 580.00...... -0.35 can be done and I think listed entities to 35% from According to the SEBI even God could not change made by the whistle­blower. vereign rating to negative vereign,” said Mr. Halan, Maruti Suzuki ...... 7200.55...... -86.60 from stable. lead analyst for Indian oil Nestle India Ltd...... 14471.30. .. -239.95 “Ratings of IOCL, BPCL and gas firms at Moody’s. NTPC ...... 117.40...... -2.15 and OIL incorporate our ex­ According to Kaustubh ONGC ...... 138.30...... -3.75 PowerGrid Corp ...... 191.65...... -2.55 Bank credit growth pectation of support from Chaubal, Moody’s Vice Pre­ Reliance Ind ...... 1445.50...... -13.10 Rupee, stocks fall after Moody’s the Indian government. sident — Senior Credit Offic­ State Bank ...... 316.00...... -2.15 Therefore, a downgrade of er, “Ratings for Infosys and Sun Pharma ...... 422.10...... -18.50

...... improves further the rating of the sovereign to TCS are constrained to no Tata Motors 169.05 -2.45 Tata Steel ...... 397.95...... -5.15 changes outlook to negative Baa3 from Baa2 will result in more than two notches TCS ...... 2129.95...... -55.40 Deposits also clock healthy growth downgrade of the respective above the sovereign rating. Tech Mahindra ...... 771.35...... 1.65 Titan ...... 1156.75...... -10.45 Economists expect more rate cuts to help tackle slowdown Baa2 ratings of these compa­ Therefore a sovereign rating UltraTech Cement...... 4147.25...... -40.15 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT last two months viz. since nies,” Vikas Halan, a Moo­ downgrade will also result Mumbai UPL...... 555.85...... -21.85 the start of festive season. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT equities also , with bench­ Sun Pharmaceutical, Vedan­ dy’s senior vice­president in downgrade of the A3 rat­ Vedanta ...... 155.50...... -5.45 Mumbai Wipro ...... 256.40...... -3.25 The pick­up in credit de­ Credit growth on year­on­ mark indices losing nearly ta, ONGC, TCS, HUL and ITC said. ings of Infosys and TCS.” YES Bank...... 68.95...... 2.50 mand, that started a few year basis, however, re­ The rupee and equities mar­ 1% each. all lost more than 2% each BPCL Director­Finance N. Zee Entertainment ...... 287.50...... 1.75 fortnights ago, continued mained in single digits — at kets came under pressure af­ The 30­share Sensex, on Friday. Vijayagopal told The Hindu, SBI, HDFC Bank even in the 15­day period 8.9% compared with the ter rating agency Moody’s which touched an intra­day Foreign portfolio inves­ “This may lead to a marginal Moody’s also revised the rat­ E XCHANGE RATES ended October 25, latest da­ 14.6% during the same pe­ revised the country’s rating high of 40,749, closed at tors continued to buy Indian increase in our borrowing ing outlook for six financial I ndicative direct rates in rupees a unit ta from the Reserve Bank of riod of the previous year. outlook to negative. While 40,323.61, shedding 0.81%. shares and were net buyers costs from the global mar­ institutions, including State except yen at 4 p.m. on November 08 India (RBI) showed. Deposit growth was also revising the outlook, Moo­ The broader Nifty ended at on Friday at ₹932 crore. kets. We are not planning to Bank of India and HDFC CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL According to the data, healthy in the fortnight end­ dy’s has affirmed India’s so­ 11,908.15, down 0.86%. Economists at Bank of raise any funds from inter­ Bank following the change US Dollar...... 71.09...... 71.41

Euro ...... 78.41...... 78.76 commercial banks extended ed October 25 which saw re­ vereign rating at Baa2. “The news that Moody’s America Merrill Lynch said national markets soon.” in outlook of the sovereign British Pound...... 91.05...... 91.46 loans worth ₹49,154 crore source mobilisation of After opening weak lowered India’s outlook to more interest rate cuts by “Although the Baa1 rating ratings. EXIM India, HUD­ Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 64.96...... 65.25 during the fortnight, which ₹40,340 crore, taking the against the dollar, the rupee ‘negative’ from ‘stable’ not the RBI was the only way to of ONGC does not incorpo­ CO, IRFC and Hero Fincorp Chinese Yuan ...... 10.18...... 10.22

Swiss Franc ...... 71.30...... 71.62 improved the year­to­date year­on­year growth to dou­ depreciated 33 paise, or only capped upside but also address the slowdown. rate any uplift because of are the other four financial Singapore Dollar ...... 52.30...... 52.54 growth rate to 0.7% com­ ble digits after two fort­ 0.46%, against the dollar, to triggered sharp decline in Pointing out that the pre­ support from the Indian go­ institutions which also saw Canadian Dollar...... 53.88...... 54.13 pared with the 0.2% in the nights — at 10.3%. close at 71.28, the lowest the benchmark in the latter sent slowdown was cyclical vernment, it is constrained change in outlook to Malaysian Ringitt ...... 17.19...... 17.27 previous fortnight. Improvement in credit closing level for the Indian half,” said Ajit Mishra, vice rather than structural, the at no higher than one notch ‘negative’. Source:Indian Bank After remaining in the ne­ growth will be heartening unit since October 16. president, Research, Reli­ economists said with the Re­ above the sovereign rating. The rating outlooks for gative zone for several fort­ for policymakers and the The rupee, now at three­ gare Broking, adding that serve Bank of India and Fi­ Therefore, a downgrade of Bank of India, Canara Bank, B ULLION RATES CHENNAI nights, loan growth changed RBI, which cut interest rates week low, has fallen 47 paisa further profit taking is likely nance Ministry taking multi­ the sovereign rating will also Oriental Bank of Com­ N ovember 08 rates in rupees with pre- vious rates in parentheses trajectory four fortnights by 135 bps between Febru­ against the dollar this week. to be witnessed in the com­ ple measures, a shallow result in downgrade of the merce, Syndicate Bank and ago. Banks extended loans ary and October to revive The weakness of the cur­ ing sessions. recovery is expected in early rating of ONGC. Further, the Union Bank of India were Retail Silver (1g) ...... 47.7...... (49.2)

22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3633...... (3658) of over ₹1.5 lakh crore in the demand and boost growth. rency market slipped over to Sensex heavyweights like 2020. rating of HPCL, which also maintained ‘at stable’.

Bank of IDBI Bank Q2 net loss RBI ups limit Baroda Q2 on borrowings net jumps 73% narrows to ₹3,459 crore from MFIs Provision coverage improves to 91.25% SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Press Trust of India Mumbai SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Mumbai Bank of Baroda reported a Mumbai The Reserve Bank of India 73.2% jump in its net profit IDBI Bank on Friday report­ (RBI) on Friday increased to ₹736.68 crore in the se­ ed a loss of ₹3,459 crore for the household income li­ cond quarter ended Sep­ the second quarter ended mits for borrowers of tember 30, compared to September 30 as provisions NBFC­MFIs from ₹1 lakh to ₹425.38 crore a year ago. for bad loans stayed elevat­ ₹1.25 lakh for the rural Asset quality improved ed. This compares with a areas, with an aim to with gross non­performing loss of ₹3,602 crore a year strengthen credit to those asset (NPAs) ratio falling to earlier. in the bottom of the eco­ 10.25% or ₹69,968.95 crore The bank — which is un­ nomic pyramid. at the end of September der the prompt corrective Similarly, the limit has 2019, from 11.78% or framework of RBI — has been increased from ₹1.6 ₹55,121.37 crore a year ago. made a provision of period grew by 25% to ₹1,631 lakh for urban or semi­ur­ Provisions for bad loans ₹3,544.93 crore for bad crore, while net interest ban areas to ₹2 lakh, the and contingencies rose to loans in the reporting pe­ margin improved by 53 ba­ RBI said in a circular. ₹4,209.16 crore for the riod compared with sis points to 2.33% for the The limit has been in­ quarter, from ₹2,429.54 ₹5,481.64 crore a year ago. second quarter as com­ creased after taking into crore a year ago. Fresh slip­ Gross NPA ratio improved pared to 1.8% a year ago. consideration the impor­ page was at ₹6,001 crore to 29.43% for the quarter The bank’s management tant role played by microfi­ and provision for NPAs was from 31.78% a year ago, and attributed the losses to ac­ nance institutions (MFIs) in at ₹3,425 crore. The bank 29.12% as on June 30, 2019. celerated provisions to the delivering credit to those in said it had received ₹7,000 Fresh slippages stood at tune of ₹3,425 crore, which the bottom of the econom­ crore towards preferential ₹2,059 crore while recover­ helped the lender to im­ ic pyramid and to enable allotment of equity shares ies and upgrades were to the prove provision coverage ra­ them play their assigned from the government dur­ tune of Rs 1,759 crore. tio to 91.25% from 68.72% role in a growing economy, ing the quarter. Net interest income for from a year ago. it said. M&M profit skids 26.5% to ₹1,213 crore Company says liquidity crunch coupled with high rates impacting demand

Special Correspondent consumer finance rates due MUMBAI to non­transmission of repo Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. rate reduction, was impact­ (M&M), which declares its fi­ ing demand. nancial results along with its “The Indian auto indus­ 100% subsidiary Mahindra try, in particular, is undergo­ Vehicles Manufacturers Ltd., ing a challenging period with reported a 26.5% drop in its all industry segments declin­ standalone net profit to ing for two consecutive quar­ ₹1,213 crore for the second ters for the first time in the quarter ended September last 15 years. Despite such a 30, 2019 compared with a challenging environment net profit of ₹1,649 crore in leading to a volume drop in the year­earlier period. both its segments, the com­ Revenue from operations pany, with strong emphasis dropped by 15% to ₹11,076 on cost management, en­ crore from ₹12,989 crore. sured the EBITDA drop was Total number of vehicles done well. During the quar­ revenue from operations of in line with the revenue de­ sold stood at 1,10,824 during ter, we had a market share ₹23,936 crore compared cline,” it said. the quarter against 1,41,163, growth in every segment. with ₹25,431 crore , down Commenting on the re­ down 21%. Tractor sales Though the overall profit 6%. Profit after tax was down sults, Reliance Securities dropped by 6% to 68,359 un­ was down, we maintained to ₹368 crore compared with said, “Looking ahead, we ex­ its against 73,012 units . Ex­ the operating margin. Com­ ₹1,709 crore, down 78%. pect M&M to face tough busi­ ports slumped 21% to 10,540 pared to the industry, we The company said the In­ ness situations in near term units from 13,377 units. have done well in terms of dian economy continued to on account of turbulence in Pawan Goenka, MD, M&M market share, top­line and cope with suppressed con­ BS VI transition, competitive said, “Under the current cir­ bottomline.” sumer sentiment and a con­ environment in domestic cumstances, when the entire For the quarter, the com­ tinuing liquidity crunch SUV space and slowdown in industry is affected, we have pany reported consolidated which, coupled with high tractor industry.” CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 16 BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Ashok Leyland net dips Mutual fund AUM rises 7.4% to ₹26.33 lakh crore Profit plummets 93%; auto sector slump hits performance Inflows into equity, liquid funds robust Special Correspondent CHENNAI Press Trust of India to higher retail participation Commercial vehicle manu­ New Delhi and robust inflows in equity facturer Ashok Leyland Ltd. Mutual funds’ asset base in­ schemes and liquid funds. reported a 92.6% dip in stan­ creased to ₹26.33 lakh crore Open­ended equity dalone net profit to ₹38.87 at October­end, a rise of schemes witnessed an infu­ crore for the second quarter 7.4% compared with the pre­ sion of ₹6,026 crore, while ended September 2019, ceding month, on the back there was a small outflow of from ₹527.74 crore a year of robust inflows into equity ₹11 crore in close­ended earlier. and liquid schemes. equity plans, taking total Revenue from operations The 44­player industry equity inflows to ₹6,015 slumped 48.43% to logged an assets under man­ crore last month. In Septem­ ₹3,929.50 crore due to a agement (AUM) of ₹24.5 ber, net inflow in such drop in total industry lakh crore in September­ schemes stood at ₹6,489 volume. end, according to data from crore. “The industry has wit­ the Association of Mutual Himanshu Srivastava, se­ nessed a 53% decline in vol­ Funds in India (AMFI). nior analyst manager, re­ umes. Volumes for Ashok Mutual funds witnessed search, Morningstar Invest­ Leyland also witnessed a sig­ grammes initiated early this devan, whole time director an overall inflow of ₹1.33 ment Adviser India, said, “A nificant drop in this quarter; year have yielded benefits and chief financial officer, lakh crore last month after series of steps taken by the despite this, we have been and are reflected in the re­ Ashok Leyland Ltd. witnessing a redemption of government in the recent able to achieve an EBITDA sults,” Mr. Hinduja added. “These initiatives have ₹1.52 lakh crore in Septem­ times to boost domestic eco­ (earnings before tax, depre­ gained momentum and have ber. Of these, liquid funds nomy had improved senti­ ciation and amortisation) Focus on cost reduction helped us achieve a sizeable alone witnessed an impres­ ments and helped the mar­ margin of 5.8%,” said Dhee­ “We commenced our pro­ reduction in costs. We are sive over ₹93,200 crore last kets to surge. raj G. Hinduja, chairman, ductivity drive and cost re­ closely watching the deve­ month. “This has helped inves­ Ashok Leyland Ltd. “Some duction programme well in lopments in the industry,” Fund managers attribut­ tors slowly gain confidence of the cost management pro­ advance,” said Gopal Maha­ Mr. Mahadevan added. ed growth in the asset base and get back to investing.” MRF to raise ₹102 crore Tea industry looks to Infosys applies to RoC in via debenture route start-ups for marketing ex-CFO matter Board declares interim dividend Entrepreneurs share tricks of trade PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Special Correspondent 16.22% to ₹220.36 crore. To­ new delhi CHENNAI tal income increased to Special Correspondent IT firm Infosys on Friday Tyre major MRF Ltd. has de­ ₹4,042 crore from ₹4,005 KOLKATA said it along with some cur­ cided to raise ₹102 crore by crore. The board has de­ Close on the heels of the Tea rent and former executives issuing non­convertible de­ clared an interim dividend Board of India hosting a has submitted applications bentures (NCDs) on a priv­ of ₹3 per equity share. meeting of young tea entre­ with the Registrar of Com­ ate placement basis, in one In a note, the company preneurs to hear their suc­ panies (ROC) in the matter or more tranches. said corporate assessees cess stories, the Tea Associa­ related to severance agree­ The board of directors, at were given the option to ap­ tion of India broke new ment with former CFO Ra­ its meeting held on Friday, ply for lower income tax ground by inviting a tea jiv Bansal. have approved raising of rate with effect from April, 1 start­up to its annual general “The company (along funds by way of issuance of 2019. MRF was in the pro­ meeting, to learn new ways with certain current and NCDs on private placement cess of evaluating the im­ of marketing the age­old former key managerial per­ basis, aggregating to an pact of availing the said op­ brew. Kausshal Dugarr sonnel) have submitted ap­ amount not exceeding ₹102 tion and accordingly, no Speaking as a guest of ho­ plications with RoC, Karna­ crore in one or more tranch­ effect in this regard has pre­ nour, Kausshal Dugarr, foun­ to achieve, he narrated the taka... for compounding of es, said the company in a sently been considered in der and CEO of Tea Box, said seven­year­old start­up’s ex­ certain alleged offences regulatory filing. the measurement of tax ex­ that the Indian tea industry perience in successful mar­ that pertain to matters re­ During the second quar­ pense for the quarter, the was facing the challenge of keting of its tea through sto­ lating to the severance ter, the standalone net profit company said in the note. rising costs amid stagnant ry­telling, product agreement executed with of the company for the se­ Shares of MRF gained values. innovation and bringing to a the former CFO of the com­ cond quarter ended Sep­ 1.49% to close at ₹64,422.25 Pointing out that value­ halt the tradition of treating pany in October 2015,” In­ tember 2019 dipped by on the BSE on Friday. realisation was not difficult tea only as a commodity. fosys said in a filing. 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Subha Rao group of 10­12 interested people, we or­ ganise a two­three day tour of weaving Last October, singer and voice artiste clusters,” says the managing director. Chinmayi Sripada shared a video on Te­ “We’ve done several trips (Salem­Rasip­ langana’s Gollabhama saris, which are uram­Vanavasi or Puttapaka­Pocham­ known for their intricate weaves and pally­Koyyelagudem, home to Andhra’s everyday motifs — of milkmaids (golla­ single and double ikats) where we’ve in­ bomma) carrying pots on their heads or troduced weaving, sungudi­knotting playing kolaatam. The 11­minute You­ and Athangudi tile making. If Kanchipu­ Tube short, which has since racked up ram is the preferred place for silk, we over 49,500 views, explored a weaving take them to Kumbakonam and Thiru­ cluster in Siddipet, one of the places buvanam for cottons. Trails are such a where the “Telangana government has great way to learn about what you wear. been pushing the cause of handloom”. Despite my background in textiles, “Less than 90 km from Hyderabad, it there is so much knowledge gathering. was like entering a time capsule [wo­ For example, the commonality in usage men at charkhas, men on looms, and of motifs and patterns, like how Kan­ silks and cottons in multi­hued piles],” chipuram and Bishnupur use similar re­ she says. presentations of the fish and horse.” Co­ There’s not only a demand to buy the optex organises such tours on reques . products, but also to hear its story, see ₹2,500 to ₹3,000 a day, inclusive of its place of origin, and meet the people transportation and food; who create it. Catering to this burgeon­ [email protected]. ing market now are a slew of textile walks. Once undertaken by design stu­ H E N D A M A N G A L A M Sreejith Jeevan, Rouka dents who wanted hands­on expe­ C Since the 2018 floods decimated weav­ rience, designers looking to source ma­ ing clusters in Kerala, Jeevan has been terial, or families wedding shopping, working closely with those in Chenda­ today these have evolved into curated mangalam. “In Kerala, the fabric is sim­ weaving holidays. The South, with its ple, but what goes into it is complex. A rich history of handloom, which chang­ lot of people are keen to see the origin es every 100 kilometres, offers an intri­ and process after seeing our materials. cate map. So, I take them to the clusters from WEAVING where I source; they look around, ob­ Down country roads serve, and buy from the weavers,” says “[Weaving] clusters are small villages in the designer, who just launched a line of the interiors. They are green and se­ holidays aren’t just for the saris and separates that reinterpret Ker­ rene, and on a walk, all you hear is the ala’s kasavu sari, woven by the women sound of the shuttles from pit looms,” of the Society: 648 cluster. “These trips shares Sashikant Naidu. The Hydera­ are eye­openers. Many believe that bad­based designer, who works exten­ weaving is about the loom; they don’t sively with weavers, says he began his HANDLOOM hunter know the pre­weaving processes — the career thanks to such walks. “I went off washing and starching, where people on my own and discovered talented work between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. Not ma­ clusters about 10 years ago, in Ilavaram, In a year that’s been about sustainable fashion and ny know that one mundu comes into be­ K U M B A L A N G I Peteru, Rajolu and Bhattiprolu of Gun­ nurturing craft, why not consider going back to the ing after six people have worked on it. tur district [in Andhra Pradesh], well­ Even in a documentary, you don’t get to known for the thickly­woven, seven­ source? Textile warriors make a case for immersive Vijayalakshmi understand their issues first­hand. “I’ve see weavers for the living, breathing pe­ yard Guntur saris, in the counts of 60s experiences and rediscovering the loom Malani Nachiar, Ethicus so far led two trips [of 10 people each] ople they are.” and 80s.” The co­founder of the Pollachi­based or­ to Kanchipuram, and several individual Today, from day trips to short packag­ ganic cotton brand was drawn to textile ones. Every time, I include a weaving Ramesh Menon, Save the Loom es, the tours, led by lovers of handloom, cades ago,” she says. “But if I wanted to trails after she did one in Bengal (2016) component. I also make it a point to vi­ Combining fashion, art, craft and tex­ explore the ethos of weaving, in con­ do one now, I’d probably find more po­ and Kutch (2017). Today, she organises sit some of the temples nearby, because tiles, Menon’s STL Tours (under the um­ junction with the local culture, food and werlooms than handlooms.” Recalling a customised outings at her weaving that gives people an idea about the mo­ brella of Save the Loom, the non­profit sources of inspiration, such as architec­ recent trip to Dharwad and Belgaum in centre. “We just had a group of children tifs [from gopurams to the kodi visiri that had rallied to weavers’ help in the ture. For example, a trip to Kanchipu­ Karnataka, she laments that there we­ come in from a nearby school. This was (creeper)].” For instance, a trip to Thiru­ aftermath of last year’s Kerala floods) ram would also feature temple tours (to ren’t many looms remaining, and the the youngest batch we’ve hosted, so we buvanam will help you understand the brings in a mix of fun and education­ draw a parallel between the mankolam only people wearing the traditional ilkal kept things really basic. They touched practise of kattichaayam, where they .“Weaving tourism not only brings sen­ motif and the sacred mango tree at the saris were the elderly women in the ba­ the cotton, learnt its texture, and even dye the sari differently, after tying por­ sitivity to an urban population — about Ekambaranathar temple or the lions zaar. We speak with designers and tex­ sang a handloom song. Design students tions of it. “When you go on these holi­ the craft, its people and where it origi­ that stride down sari borders and along tile warriors who’ve gone on these trips, and textile enthusiasts get a more in­ days, you get to meet the people who nates — but also supports the village the walls of the Vaikunta Perumal and those who organise them. depth one, with details of the warp and weave your garments, and see how, in economy.” Menon organises two holi­ temple). weft, the organic farming process, the just three rooms, they create such a rich days. The first is curated around Kera­ Ritu Kumar, designer cleaning and spinning of cotton, along tapestry on fabric, while leading a hand­ la’s five main centres: Balaramapuram A numbers game The design maven, renowned for her with a short trip to the village to see to­mouth existence. Despite this, they (rich silks and kasavu), Chendamanga­ One of the challenges (to reconnect use of handloom, still remembers a 10­ where it all begins.” Among those are so generous [offering food and lam (fine cottons), Kuthampully (with a with our tradition) is the dwindling day textile trail she did with Deborah who’ve been part of the trail is New drink],” says Mohan . “If the group is Tamil influence, seen in its bright co­ number of clusters. Deborah Thiagara­ Thiagarajan, to Chirala and Machilipat­ York­based fashion designer Donna Ka­ deeply passionate about textiles, I also lours and motifs, like checks), Kasargod jan, founder of DakshinaChitra, the liv­ nam. “I remember waking up before P O L L A C H I ran. ₹2,000 per day, including lunch; take them to the state­run zari making (a Mysuru tradition brought down by ing history museum, remembers put­ dawn and watching the printers roll out Ethicus.in unit in Orikkai, near Kanchipuram.” Ap­ the Saliyar community) and Kannur (ex­ ting together a trail in which designer fabrics soaked in myrobalan liquid and proximately ₹2,000 for a day trip, with port­quality linens). The second is to Ritu Kumar also took part. draping it over rice roots to dry — the opener, and made us appreciate the ge­ Sreemathy Mohan, textile lunch; Facebook.com/textiletrails Kanchipuram, with visits to the looms “It was a research trip, and we drew start of kalamkari’s three­week print­ nius of that area and its control over ve­ researcher of national­award winners, and a detour up an itinerary that began in Madras ing, painting and dyeing process, and getable dyeing,” she reminisces. “Go on Last year, Mohan did a 12­week field TN Venkatesh, Co-optex to Puducherry. From ₹25,000 onwards and included Kanchipuram, Kalahasti, one of the most recognised printing a textile trip. See its roots, where it work project for DakshinaChitra, Revis­ The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ (airport to airport); Savetheloom.org Salem, Rasipuram, Karur, Bhavani and schools from India. The long process of comes from, who makes it.” iting Real Madras Handkerchief. As part Cooperative Society is on a revival and — With inputs from Erode. It was a vibrant scene two de­ Machilipatnam kalamkari was an eye of it, she visited the artisans in Chirala to innovation path. “Whenever there is a Surya Praphulla Kumar

PEOPLE Scatting through an alaapana Meditative rock Pick one artist you really admire. singing is evident in even just the how she used to compartmentalise Punjabi Sufi­folk musician Rabbi Shergill is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. I like his rich collection Mumbai-based of songs and how he performed them before four tracks in her latest EP Leftov­ the different facets of her life as a all set to perform in the city tonight the audience. I can rattle off a long list of Carnatic-Jazz singer ers. The songs were written at diffe­ musician and lawyer, while the lat­ Madhur tankha singers who have inspired me: Abida Parveen, rent points of time since the end of ter was a reaction to life in a busy Aditi Ramesh will whose song Mann Lago, is one. 2017 upto as late as June this year. city. The outro however, is a little Strumming his guitar thoughtfully as he perform in Delhi “The first song, “Origin”, is a tri­ bit of a surprise. A passage from the walked through deserts and glides along on a Your own guru? bute to my Carnatic roots, telling Bhagavat Gita, it talks about the boat, Rabbi Shergill, in his music video from tonight 2005 became the heartthrob of the Rock does not have the guru-shishya people not to forget their roots,” idea of cooking and sharing the parampara...this traditional teacher-disciple Vangmayi Parakala subcontinent with “Bullah Ki Jaana”. As an Aditi says. She starts off with a foot­ food, “and that those who cook for concept seen in our Hindustani classical music. tapping alaapana, but easily trans­ themselves only are fed with sin,” independent musician and urban balladeer, he is happy to return to his home city’s So whatever I have imbibed is through my own Like many of us who are pushed to forms that into scat singing — as the she explains. initiative — listening to the radio, playing the learn an extra curricular when in lyrics emerge, it’s Swaminatha Pari­ Initially, the EP was supposed to neighbouring Gurugam as he performs live at DLF Cyberhub's sixth anniversary. The artist, guitar. I learnt songs on my own. Those who I school, Aditi Ramesh was nudged palaya, a Muthuswami Dikshitar be a three­track compilation only. known for his appearances at different seasons looked up to also include Bruce Springsteen, into Carnatic classical musicduring composition in Adi that she’s A technical pre­requisite while of MTV Unplugged will perform his hit tracks Bob Dylan. her growing up years in the U.S. singing. uploading, meant she needed a Bulla ki Jaana, Tere Bin, Challa, Bulleya. He Later, just as many of us leave “At the end of 2016 is when I was She’s quick to clarify that she’s fourth track. After initial panic, Ad­ does a quick chat with us. Your link with Delhi? these skills behind when high quitting law. I started going to jazz not entirely comfortable with term­ iti stumbled upon this passage, I am a typical Dilliwala. I grew up in the school and college pressures jams [in Mumbai], where people ing this fusion. “I have nothing which says summed up the very tit­ You were one of the pioneers of the city. Wherever I go to in the city seems so mount, Aditi too let music go for a could go jam with the house­bands. against the word, but I think that le of Leftovers well. The album art Sufi-rock blend... familiar. Even its ugliness is something I am so used to seeing. What bothers me is how degree from NALSAR University of I tried a few times, and embar­ it’s perhaps overused and comes too shows the four members of her I cannot say that I pioneered it. I think the pollution level has increased drastically. Law. She was working as a lawyer, rassed myself, but I loved it. It with a certain tag. My music takes band eating a meal together. After noteworthy names like Lucky Ali, I wear a mask whenever I have to move until one day she realised there was made me start listening to [jazz] inspiration from different styles all, it’s something they do before Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sufi rock around. a gradual build up of “a feeling a and teaching it to myself,” Aditi, that organically flow into each oth­ each practice, and before each gig. Junoon the Pakistani band, and frustration of losing all that learn­ who will be performing at the 1AQ’s er,” she says. Colonial Cousins had made The Amphitheatre, DLF Cyberhub, ing”. She wanted to slow down, Under the Banyan Tree series of The next two tracks, “Folders” Aditi Ramesh and city­based musical their presence in this kind of Gurugram, 7 p.m.w onwards and find a way to keep a day job monthly concerts, recalls. and “Don’t Be Rude” are more per­ multimedia outfit Dastaan Live will music. while revisiting music and practis­ How she brought this in, into her sonal everyday experiences — the perform at Gallery 1AQ tonight, 7 p.m. onwards; tickets on Insider.in at ₹1,500 ing it every day. decades­old practice in Carnatic former of explaining to a flatmate Contact us at [email protected]

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DANCE ART CUISINE CARNIVAL FILM Arangetram Mixed-media Rampuri special Africa festival Classic weekend Shubhanu Nrithyakshetram, a dance institute Veteran theatre director Ebrahim Alkazi’s early Blooms, a multi-cuisne restaurant at Eros Hotel, Hauz Khas Social in collaboration with P(art)icle This weekend, Sunset Cinema Club is all set to which provides Bharatanatyam training in art works titled Opening Lines: The Artworks of in association with chef Suroor Khan, is hosting a Collective is hosting the Spirit of Africa festival, a launch a rooftop cinema experience at Select Thanjavur style is hosting two dance E.Alkazi is on display at Shridharani Gallery. 10-day Rampur Food Festival. Rampur is a town two-day cultural event. The festival, which Citywalk, with a string of popular Hollywood arangetrams this afternoon. Arushi Gulati and Curated by Ranjit Hoskote, the show presents a in Uttar Pradesh popular for its Nawabi cuisine, begins today, is all about introducing African classic movies. This evening, the club will screen Janya Goel, both disciples of Aparna Rajaraman considerable body of Alkazi's paintings and which is influenced by so many cuisines, culture: dance, music, literature, curios, clothing Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall. Balaji will be presenting their debut on-stage drawings in several media, which have never including Mughlai, Afghani, Lucknowi, Kashmiri and other artefacts and cuisine, through curated Tomorrow’s film is Pulp Fiction, directed by Bharatanatyam performance. been on public view. and Awadhi. events, to Delhi-ites. Quentin Tarantino. Venue: C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC Venue: Triveni Kala Sangam, Mandi House Venue: Eros Hotel, Nehru Place Venue: Social, Hauz Khas Village Venue: Second Floor, Select Citywalk, Saket Time: 2 p.m. Time: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Time: 12 noon-3 p.m. and 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Time: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Time: 7:30 p.m.

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Whenever you spot Henry Bala wants to be as contemporary, Golding and Michelle Yeoh You gotta have faith relevant and commentative as pos­ together in a film you can’t sible. References in the film are as help but think of Crazy Rich recent as Gully Boy (2019) in popu­ Asians. That hangover looms Last Christmas offers a familiar but forgettable feel­good lar culture, keto in dietary fads and for a bit over Last Christmas message with unpalatable saccharine sweetness TikTok in social media obsessions. as well but by and large, the The details are highly amusing and season’s spirit takes over, as it perceptive of a rapidly changing is very consciously meant to. small­town India. Yet, if you take a The Paul Feig outing, for step back and look at the larger pic­ which Emma Thompson ture, the film falls into the same old shares credits for story and traps of predictable character arcs, screenplay, has got very little pseudo and shallow gender repre­ by way of surprise and eve­ sentation (or advocacy, if the film rything you’d expect in a con­ insists), and a stretched out, didac­ ventional holiday film. tic climax. If the film can sidestep The way­too­early­for­ clichés in its details, it’s only fair to Christmas seasonal offering expect more from the bigger narra­ comes with a familiar but en­ tive choices, in which case the film tirely forgettable feel­good falls short by a mile. message, that however bro­ Bala details how hair loss, like ken you might be, you will other physical appearances that do Belying expectations Ayushmann Khurrana in the film mend in the end. That hope not align with conventional and * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT and healing is all. So Kate marketable beauty, can have an (Emilia Clarke), who can’t overpowering effect on people’s seem to get anything right in lives and self­esteem. It’s one thing life, becomes a bumbling elf to preach ‘love yourself’ to others Hollow film combed of a saleswoman in Santa’s but a whole different task to eter­ (Yeoh) Covent Garden store nalise it. With male pattern bald­ during Christmas. A chance ness, you could be both a victim as over with humour meeting there with the per­ well as cushioned by patriarchy. sonable young Tom (Golding) But women, one could argue, have helps her find her personal it worse, whether it is their skin co­ While nailing the linguistic details, Bala falls salvation and get a grip on lour, size or hair loss. Bala tries to herself. juxtapose these two scenarios. Bal­ into the old traps of predictable character arcs Then there’s Kate’s larger mukund or Bala (Ayushmann Khur­ and shallow ‘woke’ arguments Yugoslav refugee family in rana), the once cocky teen with a London, with mom Emma head full of hair, is putting up a fe­ Thompson putting on a very rocious fight against premature tracked embodiment of a world­ bothered to include her holistically. obvious, practised, thick ac­ balding at 25. view. Her character’s purpose is to She only comes in to preach and cent. Here, no one gets along Latika (Bhumi Pednekar), a convey: beauty does not guarantee make a point. It doesn’t help that with anyone. There’s anxiety, Winter wonderland There is barely any chemistry or fire between the two protagonists strong­willed lawyer, has always happiness/looking good is not all Pednekar’s cosmetically darkened anger, depression, panic at­ * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT been comfortable in her dark skin, fun and games/we all have insecur­ skin keeps changing in tone tacks, fights and arguments. even as she was bullied by Bala in ities/there’s a reason why people through the film, almost as a con­ It’s about these damaged and Michael when it could any chemistry and fire bet­ facile and the film feels delib­ school. While Bala’s insecurities are shallow. When all of this is con­ stant reminder that it’s not her nat­ souls, their lost dreams and have been anybody else? ween the two. It gets too erately ‘woke’, for the heck of and discrimination comes from his densed in one scene and not so­ ural skin colour. Pednekar, by no dented relationships that Despite the likeable leads — cheesy and saccharine sweet it. Worst is the lead up to the own sense of vanity, Latika has to mething you slowly glean as a cha­ means, is irreplaceable for the cha­ eventually do get repaired. the charm of Golding and for comfort, at least for my climax. toughen up to grapple with societal racter study throughout, that’s an racter of Latika. A parallel, autumnal ro­ warm, open smile of Clarke — own consumption. Specially The narrative device used judgement. Despite Bala being this indicator of what kind of film Bala Apart from observational de­ mance involving Santa (Yeoh) the film’s repartee just refus­ when it comes to some ma­ is embarrassingly juvenile, in obnoxious and deceitful chap, the is — one where most of the film is tails, Kanpuriya Hindi, lingo and unfurls as well. It gives the es to sparkle. There is barely nipulated moments and the same league as a blind Ni­ film lays the red carpet for him to reserved for silly humour and les­ one­liners, and amusing pop cul­ film its one and only one ori­ seemingly profound but de­ rupa Roy in Amar Akbar An- eventually come­of­age but is least sons come as ‘moral of the story’. ture references, the film’s appeal ginal, genuinely funny mo­ cidedly shallow talk of how thony suddenly finding her interested in Latika’s journey or On the opposite end of Pari’s lies in its supporting cast including ment when Kate describes Last Christmas being special is overrated and vision all over again thanks to struggles. She becomes a mere character is Latika. The film could Saurabh Shukla, Seema Pahwa, Santa’s brief romantic inter­ Director: Paul Feig being human is very hard. Sai Baba. At least Manmohan yardstick for morality and determi­ have either done away with her or Sunita Rajwar, Dheerendra Kumar lude in the store as a Scandi­ Starring: Emilia Clarke, Henry And dialogue which reads Desai could pull off the silly to nation, and ultimately a prop to Gautam and Abhishek Banerjee. navian short film. Then, in Golding, Michelle Yeoh, like Shekhar Kapur’s faux some sublime effect with make a point. With the characters’ Every balding man has a funny (or tune with the title, there is Emma Thompson philosophical tweets of yore: sheer chutzpah. With Feig the one­tracked worldviews, it’s clear Bala embarrassing) anecdote or two, George Michael bringing Storyline: Kate, who can’t how one must be good to quick, magical resolution gets that the film wants to actively com­ Director: Amar Kaushik but when you pit it against other along the requisite dose of seem to get anything right in one’s self because no one else plain bland and boring and ment and eventually preaching on Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, discrimination and insecurities, as nostalgia with all these sto­ life, becomes a bumbling elf has the power to make us eminently laughable. As does a stage (literally, as is the case with Bhumi Pednekar, Yami Gautam, the film does, hair loss pales in ries playing along his popu­ of a saleswoman in Santa’s happy. Alright! the entire film. No wonder Ayushmann Khurrana’s brand of Javed Jaffrey and Saurabh comparison. If you wish to make a lar, and some unheard, songs store during Christmas. A There’s a deliberate at­ Last Christmas hasn’t stayed public interest cinema), while pre­ Shukla film rooted in intersections, you chance meeting there with that appear to have been ran­ tempt to bring in immigrant on with me even for a day af­ tending to get into the complexi­ Storyline: Bala tries every cannot abandon other perspec­ the personable young Tom domly and meaninglessly politics, Brexit, the poor and ter having watched it, when ties of vanity. remedy possible to fight tives. That’s more like hiding be­ helps her find her salvation premature balding until a wig strung together as the back­ and get a grip on herself the homeless into the picture December 25 is still more Tiktok celebrity Pari Mishra (Ya­ hind a combover than accepting ground score. Why Wham but things can’t rise above the than a month away. mi Gautam), is yet another one­ changes his life your baldness.

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In Rajkot and Mushfiqur Rahim joined Bangladesh in the middle ov­ routed Pakistan by 10 wick­ contrast, Pakistan is strug­ Yuzvendra Chahal deserved each other at the wicket at ers was crucial, discussed ets in to wrap up their gling and has now lost five of his first wicket on Thursday 83 for two in the 11th over. the job he and Chahal had Twenty20 series 2­0 on Fri­ its last six. long before he actually The game hung in the ba­ carried out. “We did a very day in emphatic fashion. “Really proud of the boys claimed it. lance at that stage. Bangla­ good job in the middle overs After being sent in to bat, with the way we applied He had thoroughly de­ desh had a platform to build to pull things back,” he said. Iftikhar Ahmed’s 45 was the ourselves in the last couple ceived Liton Das in his first on, and a good partnership “After the first 6­7 overs it only resistance by Pakistan of weeks. Each time we turn over, the batsman stranded could have pushed the total looked like they would get in a repeat performance of up at training, we are im­ out of his crease, swiping at close to 180. close to 170­180, but it was poor batting against quality proving ourselves and that thin air, looking silly. All that important for us to pick bowling, led by Kane Ri­ is very important,” said cap­ was left was for the wicket­ Intervention wickets in the middle overs chardson who took three tain Finch. “We are growing keeper to complete what are Then Chahal intervened, re­ while taking the pace off the wickets. as a team and hopefully frequently referred to as the moving both batsmen in the ball.” Chasing Pakistan’s 106 for some big things to come.” formalities. Except these space of six balls, a double eight, Finch (52) and War­ The scores: Pakistan 106/8 in things are not always gua­ blow that crippled Bangla­ All praise ner (48) whacked five sixes 20 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed 45, ranteed; nothing is. desh. Washington was full of and eight fours between Mitchell Starc 2/29, Kane Ri­ Rishabh Pant had gath­ Afterwards, the visiting praise for Chahal. “He bowls them as they raced to the chardson 3/18, Sean Abbott 2/ 14) lost to Australia 109/0 in ered the ball in front of the captain, Mahmudullah Ri­ in the middle overs, takes 2­3 finish line without loss in 11.5 overs (Aaron Finch 52 n.o., wicket, contravening Law yad, was asked if Sarkar and wickets and changes the di­ just 11.5 overs. David Warner 48 n.o.). Toss: 27.3.1, and so the umpire Rahim had been too eager to mension of the game com­ The win here has the host Australia. called no­ball. And on Das attack Chahal. pletely,” he said. batted. The free­hit went for Would they have been “He is very experienced four, as did the ball after. In­ better off playing him out in this format and he knows sult to injury. and going after the rest? “It what to do to get wickets in At the end of that over, was not that we were trying the middle overs. The way Pant walked over to Chahal, to dominate Chahal,” he he changes his pace — he stretching out a hand in said. knows what the batsman will apology. Chahal patted him “The way Mushi got out try and do and which bat­ on the back of the head, as if (slog­sweeping), that is one sman is going to hit where. to say it was OK. He knew he of his strong shots. We know was not done yet. that Chahal is their strike The composure bowler. In the middle overs “Different batsmen will have The best we didn’t think about wheth­ different plans but he is very Over these two matches, er he was a strike bowler or clever. He knows what to do; Chahal has been the best their main bowler. We were he is very calm and com­ bowler on show by a dis­ thinking about how little risk posed.” That composure tance. we can take against him or came to the fore on Thurs­ He has been India’s big­ find a gap. We didn’t bat day. gest threat with the ball, Ro­ against him with a negative It is one reason why India hit Sharma’s primary wicket­ mindset.” will travel to Nagpur with the Masterly show: Yuzvendra Chahal’s ability to pick up wickets changes the dimension of the Hit­man: Australian pacer Kane Richardson was the taking weapon. In the se­ Washington Sundar, series still alive. game. * VIJAY SONEJI tormenter­in­chief with a three­wicket haul. * GETTY IMAGES Ball should be made for the conditions, Malan, Morgan blast England to big win not vice versa: Dukes owner Dilip Jajodia Clutch of records as New Zealand capitulates Agence France-Presse six. It’s as good as it gets.” fered any further resistance the square­leg boundary for N. Sudarshan on pink and vice versa. We Napier Between them, the two while Matt Parkinson took another six. BENGALURU have proved that we can pro­ A whirlwind century by Da­ left­handers hit 13 sixes and four for 47 for England and It was a much­needed After much reluctance, India duce a white ball that can wid Malan in a record­break­ 16 fours with Mitchell Santn­ Chris Jordan finished with confidence booster for En­ will finally play its first­ever last 50 overs. The ICC has ing stand with Eoin Morgan er and Trent Boult the only two for 24. gland who won the first day/night Test at the Eden continuously tested it in as­ saw England crush New Zea­ New Zealand bowlers to es­ Malan is only the second match in the series and was Gardens against Bangladesh sociate tournaments. There land in the fourth Twenty20 cape with a run rate below England player to score a then outplayed in the next later this month. But more has been a lot of misinforma­ by 76 runs here on Friday to 10 an over. T20 century after Alex two. than the cricketers, all eyes tion that has cost the game a level the series with one New Zealand started the Hales, who needed 60 balls The scores: England 241/3 in will be on the SG pink ball lot of money because of the game remaining. run chase at a fast clip reach­ to reach his hundred. 20 overs (Tom Banton 31, Da­ that will be used for the very use of two balls. The ICC Malan was unbeaten on ing 54 in the fifth over when He advanced from 61 to 89 wid Malan 103 n.o., Eoin Mor­ first time. feels it wants to go back to 103 and Morgan out in the fi­ Martin Guptill was dismissed in a brutal attack in an Ish gan 91, Mitchell Santner 2/32) bt New Zealand 165 in 16.5 ov­ one ball and it is possible. nal over for 91 as England for 27 and wickets fell regu­ Sodhi over when he belted Keeping a keen eye will be ers (Martin Guptill 27, Colin posted an imposing 241 for larly after that. three sixes, two fours and a Dilip Jajodia, the India­born Does the pink ball need extra Munro 30, Tim Southee 39, three and then rolled New Only Tim Southee (39) two, and reached his maiden owner of British Cricket Balls care, say in Indian Chris Jordan 2/24, Matt Parkin­ Limited, the company that conditions? Zealand for 165 with 19 balls and Colin Munro (30) of­ century pulling Boult over son 4/47). manufactures the Dukes remaining. The ball has to be made for ball, used in England and The overwhelming victo­ the conditions, be it any co­ West Indies. Jajodia main­ ry set up a winner­takes­all lour, and not the other way tains that he is in no hurry to finale in the fifth and final round. I am for a bespoke penetrate the Indian market, Clearing the air: Dilip Jajodia, seen here holding a pair of game in Auckland on * approach and I believe the despite words of apprecia­ Dukes, believes the pink balls can last 80 overs. N. SUDARSHAN Sunday. pitches around the world are tion from Virat Kohli and R. Malan’s 48­ball century different. The ball is basical­ Ashwin during India’s tour top which is a bright colour There is a suggestion to start was the fastest T20 hundred matches early in order to ly the same but with diffe­ of England in 2018. and preserve it through pol­ by an Englishman, his 182­ ish. Other than that, the minimise the dew factor... rent touches for different run stand with Morgan is the The 74­year­old, during a seam colour is different. It’s It’s strange. Administrators conditions. So we have a ball highest by an England pair personal visit to the city, black but it is the same are happy to adjust their for England, ball for Austra­ and the 241 total is an En­ spoke on the various facets thread. So there is no diffe­ game to suit the ball. It lia and so on. gland record. Morgan’s 21­ of pink ball cricket. Excerpts: rence. A bowler should feel should be the other way We can do it for India, too. ball 50 is also an England How different is a pink ball very comfortable. round. The ball supplier But it has to be given a prop­ record. from the regular red and How does the pink ball should be prepared to cater er chance. I understand “The message is always white? counter the dew factor? to the game. there are difficult considera­ the same, play aggressively The basic construction is ex­ Because of the surface con­ There are doubts if a pink tions. We are patient. It took and back yourself,” Malan actly the same but just paint­ nection, it has to be water re­ ball can last 80 overs... us 30 years to get into Aus­ said. ing the ball pink won’t do it. sistant. That’s very impor­ Take the white ball. It has the tralia. If you believe in so­ “It’s not very often you It’s the leather which is treat­ tant. And as long as you keep same leather, a pigment and mething, you have to put have days like that when ev­ ed differently. We dye drying it and keep it in good a protection. If a protection your head down and keep ery time you have a hack at In full flow: Dawid Malan’s 48­ball century was the fastest T20 hundred by an Englishman. through, put a pigment on nick, it is fine. works on white it will work going. one it lands safe or goes for * GETTY IMAGES Satwik­Chirag Injuries dominate a goalless draw Anand shares in semifinals India to host 2023 men’s third spot

Press Trust of India ISL hockey World Cup Sports Bureau Fuzhou (China) Stan Rayan Bucharest Satwiksairaj Rankireddy KOCHI Women’s event to be held in Viswanathan Anand bat­ and Chirag Shetty beat Li Despite raising the tempo — tled back from a surprise Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen 21­ and hopes — late in the se­ Spain and the Netherlands loss to leader Anton Koro­ 19, 21­15 in the quarterfinals cond half, Kerala Blasters bov to outplay Levon Aro­ of the BWF Super 750 had to be content with a goal­ UTHRA GANESAN 2023. The other bidders for nian and eventually shared event here on Friday. less draw against Odisha FC NEW DELHI the women’s event were the third spot after six in the Hero Indian Super India will become the first Germany (2022), Malaysia rounds of Grand Chess League at the Nehru Stadium country to host consecutive and New Zealand (2023). Tour Superbet rapid and Sandeep wins here on Friday night. World Cups after being While the preliminary blitz chess here on But the match should have awarded the hosting rights rounds, quarterfinals and Thursday. javelin with a gone the Blasters’ way, for for the men’s 2023 edition. crossover matches will be In the sixth round, the home side was denied a The International Hockey split equally between the Anand drew overnight new WR penalty in the 35th minute Federation (FIH) announced two hosts, the semifinals, leader Anish Giri (4) to when its young star Sahad the decision on Friday third­place playoff and final reach 3.5 points. Korobov Abdul Samad was brought following recommendations will be in Spain. moved to 4.5 points after Press Trust of India down inside the box. of a Task Force formed to beating Wesley So. DUBAI It was an evening marred assess the bids. The venues across the The results (rapid format): Sandeep Chaudhary and by injuries. The men’s event will be two nations will be decided Sixth round: Anish Giri (Ned, Sumit bettered their World Already struggling with held from January 13­29, by the hosts. Spain last 4) drew with Viswanathan records on their way to the many of its leading players 2023, and the women’s hosted the women's World Anand (3.5); Fabiano Caruana Cup in 2006, while the (USA, 3.5) lost to Vladislav gold and silver medals res­ on the injured list, Blasters Heady duel: Kerala Blasters’ K.P. Rahul and Shubham Sarangi go for a high ball.* ISL/SPORTZPICS event from July 1­17, 2022. Netherlands staged the Artemiev (Rus, 3); Levon Aro­ pectively in F64 javelin suffered another setback India edged past Belgium nian (Arm, 3) drew with Shak­ event of the World Para with its Brazilian defender Ogbeche, and with Came­ moved. Visibly upset, head Samad, went over. and Malaysia, who had tournament in 2014, the Dutch winning the title both hriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 2.5); Athletics Championships Jairo Rodrigues limping off in roon’s Raphael Messi Bouli — coach Eelco Schattorie had a Ogbeche’s arrival, in the expressed interest in hosting Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 2) drew times. on Friday. the third minute. By the had just two foreigners on word with the referee during 77th minute, raised hopes. the men’s World Cup, and with Le Quang Liem (Vie, 2); Sandeep threw the jave­ 23rd, the teams’ strikers — the field for a major part of the break. And Blasters’ best chance was the only candidate Break­up of games for the Wesley So (USA, 2) lost to An­ lin to 66.18m to erase his Odisha’s Aridane Santana, the game while Odisha had The Blasters looked stron­ came in the 85th minute with opting for the 2023 window. women’s World Cup: ton Korobov (Ukr, 4.5). mark of 65.80m in F44 ca­ the joint leader in the ISL five. ger and combined better in Ogbeche’s headed attempt The women’s event will Preliminary phase: two pools Fifth round: Anand bt Aro­ each in the Netherlands tegory, while Sumit’s scorers’ list this season, and Shortly after the half­hour the second half, going all out inside the box floating to­ be hosted jointly by Spain nian; Artemiev bt Giri; Mame­ (including the Dutch) and dyarov drew with Korobov; Le 62.88m bettered his own Blasters’ Raphael Messi Bouli mark, Samad was on a smart for the elusive goal shortly af­ wards K.P. Rahul. Rahul pro­ and the Netherlands — the Spain (including the Spanish); Quang Liem lost to Caruana; F64 distance of 60.45m. — suffered a collision while run, dodging past his mark­ ter the hour mark. But Raju first time the event will be duced a strong shot but Od­ Quarterfinals: two crossover Karjakin drew with So. Though the F44 and F64 rising for the ball, and had to ers. But he was brought Gaikwad’s shot was just wide isha goalkeeper Francisco held across multiple matches and two quarterfinals Fourth round: Korobov bt are combined here, the re­ be replaced. down inside the box by de­ of the post and a couple of Dorronsoro smartly pushed countries — in 2022. The FIH each in the Netherlands and Anand; Giri bt Le Quang Liem; cords are counted accord­ The home side — which fender Narayan Das. The minutes later, K. Prasanth’s away the danger. had proposed two windows Spain; Semifinals, bronze Caruana bt Karjakin; Aronian ing to the classification of started without its captain Blasters screamed for a pe­ attempt from the edge of the The result: Kerala Blasters 0 for both events — 2022 and play­off and final: in Spain. drew with Artemiev; So bt the athletes. and top scorer Bartholomew nalty but the referee was un­ box, after a nice cross from drew with Odisha FC 0. Mamedyarov.

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THE HINDU DELHI SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019 SPORT 21 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Chinki Yadav clinches India’s second Olympic quota Garud passes away Special Correspondent Bengaluru Indian team added 11 more medals on the day, including six gold Sports journalist Yogesh Ga­ rud, 45, passed away here on A SIAN SHOOTING Munich and Rio The results: Team: 1. Korea 1751; 2. China Thursday night. He is sur­ respectively. Mixed trap: 1. Kuwait 34 (147 1751; 3. Thailand 1748; 5. India vived by his wife and a AR); 2. China-A 32 (144); 3. Chi- 1735. Sports Bureau After shooting 292 over­ daughter. He worked with Qatar nese Taipei-A 42 (141); 4. Ka- 50m rifle prone: 1. Wan Xian- night in the precision stage, Kannada daily Prajavani be­ Chinki Yadav won India’s zakhstan-A 39 (143); 10. In- gyan (Chn) 627.2; 2. Lee Eunseo fore moving to Vijaya Karna- Chinki shot 296 out of 300 dia-A (Rajeshwari Kumari, (Kor) 625.1; 3. Nur Suryani Mo- second Olympic quota in taka as Sports Editor. Later in the rapid fire section to Kynan Chenai 74) 138; 16. India hamed Taibi (Mas); 4. Tejaswini style, as she qualified for secure the 11th Olympic qu­ (Kirti Gupta, Manavjit Singh Sawant 621.9; 5. Anjum Moud- he became a freelance jour­ the 25­metre sports pistol ota for India for Tokyo Sandhu) 135. gil 621.6; 6. Kajal Saini 621.3. nalist. He was also a part of Yogesh Garud. event with 588, two short of 2020. It was the second in Men: 25m standard pistol: 1. Team: 1. India 1864.8; 2. China various television panel the eventual gold medallist the event behind the Asian Yao Zhaonan 578; 2. Udhayveer 1862.4; 3. Korea 1855.5. discussions. its former secretary. Naphaswan Yangpaiboon Games gold medallist Rahi Sidhu 577; 3. Han Daeyoon Junior men: 25m standard pis­ Garud also served the SWAB and the Press Club of Thailand, in the Asian Sarnobat. (Kor) 572; 4. Vijayveer Sidhu tol: 1. Nikita Chiryukin (Kaz) Sports Writers Association of of Bangalore condoled Ga­ shooting championship in 572; 15. Gurpreet Singh 561. 568; 2. Lee Gunhyeok (Kor) Bangalore (SWAB) and was rud’s demise. The health of the Indian Doha, Qatar, on Friday. Team: 1. India 1710; 2. China 567; 3. Harsh Gupta 565; 5. Dil- team was evident as Rahi 1709; 3. Korea 1705. shaan Kelley 562; 9. Harsh- Even though she even­ and Manu Bhaker, compet­ 50m rifle prone: 1. Konstantin wardhan Yadav 553. tually placed sixth in the fi­ ing in the MQS section, shot Malinovskiy (Kaz) 625.1; 2. Lliu Team: 1. Korea 1690; 2. India nal, qualifying for the final 589 and 584 respectively. Gang (Chn) 623.8; 3. Lli Xin- 1680; 3. China 1663. was itself enough for Chinki miao (Chn) 623.6; 5. Subhankar Youth men: 10m air rifle: 1. Ru- to bag one of the four Olym­ Gold in men’s 25-metre Pramanick 622.5; 7. Tarun Ya- drankksh Patil 249.0 (620.7); 2. pic quota places on offer in dav 621.5; 10. Sanjeev Rajput Srijay Ranjanbabu 248.8 In men’s 25­metre standard 621.1. (624.7); 3. Liu Xiyang (Chn) the event, as two Chinese pistol, Udhayveer Sidhu Team: 1. China 1868.9; 2. India 225.7 (621.1); 7. Paarth Makhija and two Koreans had alrea­ bagged the silver, and to­ 1865.1; 3. Korea 1860.5. 141.7 (625.6). dy won the quota. gether with brother Vijay­ Women: 25m sports pistol: 1. Team: 1. India 1871.0; 2. China veer and Olympic Gurpreet Naphaswan Yangpaiboon (Tha) 1858.0; 3. Thailand 1806.6. Impressive progress Singh, clinched the team 36 (590); 2. Gundegmaa 10m air pistol: 1. Naveen 241.2 Otryad (Mgl) 33 (587); 3. Zhang (578); 2. Kim Junhyun (Kor) It was a culmination of im­ gold as well. Jingjing (Chn) 28 (585); 6. 238.2 (572); 3. Yang Shuqiang pressive progress through The juniors continued to Chinki Yadav 16 (588); 21. Annu (Chn) 220.1 (564); 4. Monu Ku- the season for Chinki, as excel, as the Indian team Raj Singh 575; 27. Neeraj Kaur mar 198.2 (573); 10. Naved she had shot 580, 570, 571 added 11 more medals on 572. Chaudhary 559. and 584 in the four World the day, incuding six gold, MQS: Rahi Sarnobat 589; Manu Team: 1. India 1710; 2. Thailand Making it count: Chinki Yadav, who won the Olympic quota in Cups in Delhi, Beijing, to take the tally to 35 so far. Bhaker 584. 1691; 3. China 1685. women’s sports pistol. Dominant South Zone retains JK Bose Trophy SJAM takes all titles in table tennis

Special Correspondent NAGPUR South Zone bagged its fourth straight title, with a nine­ wicket win over East Zone, on the last day of the JK Bose Trophy cricket tournament here on Friday. South remained unbeaten in the four­team league, de­ feating West, North and fi­ nally East. South’s Ashwin Achal was adjudged the man­of­the­series. Sports Journalists Associa­ tion of Mumbai (SJAM) swept the table tennis event, win­ ning the team, singles and doubles titles. SJAM’s Amol Karhadkar emerged the best We are the best! The South Zone cricket team is a happy bunch after winning all its matches to player clinching the singles claim the JK Bose Trophy for the fourth straight time. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT gold, winning the doubles with Ashwin Ferro and play­ Achal 31 n.o.); North 45 in 15.3 Amol & Ashwin Ferro bt R. 12-10, 11-4, 11-7. ing a crucial part in the team overs lost to West 46/3 in 6.4 ov- Kaushik & Karthik Lakshmanan Golf: Putting: 1. Sports Writers triumph. ers. 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8). Singles: Association of Bangalore (SWAB- The scores/results: Cricket: JK Table tennis (all finals): AC Bali Amol Karhadkar (SJAM) bt K. B) (Ramesh Kote, Vijeth Kumar, Bose Trophy: East 64 in 16.3 ov- Trophy: Team: SJAM-A bt Keerthivasan (TNSJA) 11-4, 10- Hardik Worah); 2. TNSJA-A (C. ers (Hardik Worah 3/11) lost to SWAB-A 2-0 (Amol Kardhakar bt 12, 11-4, 13-11; Doubles: Amol & Santhosh Kumar, Dipak Ragav & South 68/1 in 7.2 overs (Ashwin Ashwin Achal 11-3, 11-6, 11-7; Ferro bt Kaushik & Anand Vasu Krishna Kanta Chakraborty).

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Aldridge on song in Spurs’ victory

Agence France-Presse Los Angeles San Antonio Spurs defeated Okla­ homa City Thunder 121­112 in the NBA on Thursday behind 39 points from LaMarcus Aldridge, who connected on 19 of his 23 shots from the floor. In Phoenix, Miami Heat's Jim­ my Butler scored 30 of his 34 points in the first half and Goran Dragic added 20 in the second half to fashion a pulled off a 124­ 108 victory over Phoenix Suns. Celtics notched a win over Hornets The results: Charlotte Hornets 87 lost to Boston Celtics 108; LA Clip- pers 107 bt Portland Trail Blazers 101; San Antonio Spurs 121 bt Okla- homa City Thunder 112; Phoenix Suns 108 lost to Miami Heat 124. Ridhima Dilawari wins fourth title of season Press Trust of India Noida

Ridhima Dilawari claimed the fourth title of the season when she won the 14th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Noida Golf Course on Friday. Dilawari, who carded a one­ov­ er 73 for a total of three­under 213, was six shots ahead of Tvesa Malik and Amadeep Drall, who were tied second. PTI CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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S YED MUSHTAQ ALI TROPHY SCORES AND SCHEDULE

Spin is a dying art: Dilip Doshi G roup A 49) bt Kerala 137/8 in 20 overs overs (Shubman Gill 48). Hyde­ overs v Pondicherry. Match Uttarakhand 132/6 in 20 ov­ (Rohan Kunnummal 34, Sachin rabad won by 2 runs via VJD abandoned. Former India spinner says T20 faces competition from The 100 ball cricket ers (Tanmay Srivastava 39, Sau­ Baby 32, T. Natarajan 3/25, G. Method. Group E: Nagaland 69/6 in 16 rabh Singh 26) lost to Karnataka Periyasamy 3/36). Chandigarh 167/5 in 20 overs overs lost to Saurashtra 73/1 in ANANT KAUR 133/1 in 15.4 overs (Rohan Ka­ Tripura 102/8 in 20 overs (Shivam Bhambri 106) bt Hima­ 10.2 overs. NEW DELHI other out.” dam 67 n.o., Devdutt Padikkal (Saurabh Das 30 n.o., Darshan chal 84/4 in 11.3 overs (Prashant Delhi v Gujarat, Jammu & Doshi, who played 33 53 n.o.). Nalkande 3/25) lost to Vidarbha Chopra 40, Amit Kumar 28). Kashmir v Sikkim, Jharkhand v When Dilip Doshi, with an Tests and 15 ODIs, also Bihar 97/7 in 20 overs (MD 103/1 in 12.3 overs (Faiz Fazal 54, Chandigarh won by 9 runs via Odisha. Matches abandoned. experience of 238 First Class feared for the future of Tests. Rahmatullah 44 n.o., K.V. Sasi­ Akshay Kolhar 45 n.o.). VJD Method. Saturday’s Matches: Group A: matches, says spin bowling “Only Test cricket brings out kanth 3/20) lost to Andhra 98/0 Rajasthan 171/4 in 20 overs Maharashtra 104/6 in 15 ov­ Baroda v Karnataka; Bihar v Goa; faces extinction, the cricket great players. Their tech­ in 11.5 overs (Hanuma Vihari 46 (Manender Singh 77, Ankit Lam­ ers (Kedar Jadhav 27, Azim Kazi Services v Uttarakhand. world ought to take notice. nique is proper and there is n.o., Ashwin Hebbar 52 n.o.). ba 49, Mahipal Lomror 25, Sul­ 44, Krishnakant Upadhyay 3/12) Group B: Manipur v Tripura; Ra­ “Spin is a dying art. You some grace. In limited overs Baroda 149/9 in 20 overs tan Karim 3/33) bt Manipur 74/9 bt Railways 96/8 in 15 overs jasthan v Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pra­ have slow bowlers but few cricket, it is sledge hammer­ (Deepak Hooda 34, Swapnil in 20 overs (Priyojit Singh 55 (Harsh Tyagi 28 n.o., T. Pradeep desh v Vidarbha. 27). orthodox spinners. ing from the first ball till the Singh 50, Vishnu Solanki 25) lost n.o., Tanveer Ul­Haq 4/7). Group C: Arunachal Pradesh v Group D The advent of T20 has put last. That is not good for the to Goa 152/6 in 19.4 overs (Adi­ Group C Punjab; Chhattisgarh v Hima­ tya Kaushik 36, Suyash Prabhu­ Haryana v Meghalaya. Match a fear among the spin bow­ game. Test cricket is proper Arunachal Pradesh 47/4 in 6 chal; Chandigarh v Maharashtra; dessai 60 n.o., Darshan Misal 27, overs lost to Chhattisgarh 52/1 abandoned. Hyderabad v Railways. lers. Grounds have become meal and limited­overs is Atit Sheth 3/29). in 4.5 overs (Shashank Chandra­ Mizoram 77 in 19.3 overs (Ta­ Group D: Assam v Madhya Pra­ smaller, bats have become street food.” Group B kar 32 n.o.). ruwar Kohli 26, Siddhesh Lad 5/ desh; Meghalaya v Pondicherry; heavier and this is creating Giving credit to Sourav Tamil Nadu 174/5 in 20 overs Hyderabad 149/7 in 20 overs 13) lost to Mumbai 78/0 in 8.1 Bengal v Mizoram; Haryana v fear in the minds of the bow­ Ganguly for backing players (B. Aparajith 35 retd. hurt, Di­ (Tanmay Agarwal 42, Ambati overs (Jay Bista 54 n.o.). Mumbai. lers who want to flight the outside his zone, Doshi said, nesh Karthik 33, Vijay Shankar Rayudu 34, Akshath Reddy 47, Bengal 3/0 in 0.3 overs v As­ Group E: Delhi v Odisha; Gujarat ball. “Nowadays it is more about 25, Shahrukh Khan 28, M. Mo­ Sandeep Sharma 3/11, Siddarth sam. Match abandoned. v Jammu & Kashmir; Jharkhand “Kuldeep Yadav is a spin­ the 11 best players being hammed 34 n.o., Basil Thampi 3/ Kaul 3/44) bt Punjab 97/4 in 14 Madhya Pradesh 3/0 in 0.4 v Saurashtra; Nagaland v Sikkim. ner and unless he spins the picked, irrespective of the balls he cannot stay in the State they are from. In our game,’ said Doshi, speaking time it wasn’t there. at an event to launch Wi- “M.S. Dhoni wouldn’t zards — The Story of Indian Dilip Doshi with author Anindya Dutta. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT have featured in the team Spin Bowling, a book auth­ when I was playing. A player ored by Anindya Dutta. from The 100 ball cricket. bring sponsorship but I am from Jharkhand or Bihar The T20 format may have “It’s going to be adding not sure if it will improve the never would have made it. become popular with the more to the same stuff being game though it has come to The first captain to bring In­ modern audience, but Doshi dished out in the limited­ov­ stay. Both cannot exist. dianness in the team was said it faced competition ers cricket. I know it will Eventually one will drag the Ganguly after Tiger Pataudi.” Abhishek, Sindhu to skip Vaishnavi bags Naveen do the a double ’trick for PNB Syed Modi tourney Sports bureau Chandigarh Special Correspondent Among the men, the In­ KOLKATA: Abhishek Singh NEW DELHI Vaishnavi Adkar won the dian challenge is much and Naveen Antil struck under­18 and 16 girls’ titles Like last year, World cham­ stronger in the presence of three goals apiece in Pun­ in the AITA Super series ju­ pion P.V. Sindhu will be the K. Srikanth, B. Sai Praneeth jab National Bank’s com­ nior tennis tournament notable absentee when the and defending champion Sa­ prehensive 11­0 victory ov­ here on Friday. In the boys’ main draw action of the Syed meer Verma, seeded three to er Naval Tata Hockey section, Sushant Dabas Modi International badmin­ five. China’s Shi Yuqi is the Academy in a Pool C match took the under­18 title, ton championship opens at top seed, followed by Hong of the 123rd Beighton Cup while Deep Munim was Lucknow on November 27. Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus. hockey tournament at the crowned the under­16 In Sindhu’s absence, last SAI Complex here on The in­form men’s dou­ champion. year’s runner­up Saina Neh­ Friday. bles combination of World The results (finals): Boys: wal will be the only worthy The results: Pool A: Indian Oil No. 9 Satwiksaijraj Rankired­ Under­18: Sushant Dabas bt home challenger to the wo­ Krishan Hooda 6­4, 6­2. Un­ 6 (Gurjinder Singh­2, Karaj­ dy and Chirag Shetty are winder Singh, Roshan Minz, men’s singles title. der­16: Deep Munim bt Sukh­ seeded second behind Chi­ Arman Qureshi, Bharat Chik­ preet Singh Jhoje 2­6, 6­3, Saina, struggling with na’s Han Cheng Hai and kara) bt B.N. Recreational form and fitness, is seeded 6­3. Zhou Hao Dong. Girls: Under­18: Vaishnavi Club 2 (Amarjeet Ekka­2); third behind China’s He Pool B: Canara Bank 9 (Prad­ Adkar bt Vanshika Choudhary Bingjiao and Canada’s Li Mi­ han Somanna­3, Nikkin Chan­ In women’s doubles, 7­5, 6­2. Under­16: Vaishnavi dana­2, Manjeet­2, K.P.D. Kai­ chelle. where the top three seeds Adkar bt Sanvi Ahluwalia 7­5, bulira, Pruthviraj Gowda) bt Also in the hunt is the are from China, Ashwini 6­3. Bishalakhi Sports Academy 1 Olympic champion Carolina Ponnappa and N. Sikki Red­ (Sanjib Saha); Pool C: Punjab Marin, seeded four and de­ dy are seeded eighth. In National Bank 11 (Abhishek fending champion Han Yu, mixed doubles, Indians are Anjan Mitra Singh­3, Naveen Antil­3, Ga­ seeded six. not seeded. gandeep Singh­2, Shamsher no more Singh, Sumit Toppo, Sukhjeet Special Correspondent Singh) bt Naval Tata Hockey KOLKATA Academy 0. Ramkumar, Purav in Former Mohun Bagan se­ cretary Anjan Mitra passed away early on Friday here Mackenzie doubles final following a bout of illness. He was 72 and is survived slots five in I NDIANS ABROAD $54,160 Challenger, Kobe, Ja­ by his wife and daughter. pan: Singles (quarterfinals): Bagan called off its prac­ Sona Polo’s win Sports Bureau Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) bt Ramku­ tice session on Friday as a Kobe, Japan mar Ramanathan 6­2, 6­3. mark of respect for Mitra, Doubles (semifinals): Purav NEW DELHI: Second seed Yuichi Sugita who served as the club se­ Chris Mackenzie Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan proved a hard nut to crack cretary for more than two scored five goals in driving bt Toshihide Matsui & Yosuke Sona Polo to a 11­5 win over for Ramkumar Ramanathan Watanuki (Jpn) 6­3, 6­4. decades. Cavalry­Krishna in the as the Japanese cruised to a The club won several 6­3, 6­2 victory in the quar­ $15,000 ITF men, Meshref, prominent titles, including semifinals of the Maharaja Kuwait: Singles (quarterfi­ three National Football Sir Pratap Singh Cup 14­ terfinals of the $54,160 Chal­ nals): Valentin Royer (Fra) bt goal polo tournament at lenger tennis tournament in Adil Kalyanpur 6­1, 6­0. League crowns and the I­ the Jaipur Polo ground on Kobe, Japan, on Friday. League, during his tenure Doubles (semifinals): Kai Weh­ as secretary. Friday. In the other semifi­ Ramkumar, who collect­ nelt (Ger) & Adil Kalyanpur bt nal, Jindal Panther beat ed 15 ATP points and $1460 Soichiro Moritani & Kento Ta­ “It is one of the saddest Sahara Warriors 7­6. for the quarterfinal entry, keuchi (Jpn) 1­6, 6­4, [10­3]; days of my life. We re­ The final will be played made the doubles final with Quarterfinals: Kai Wehnelt & mained friends for life. He at the Jaipur Polo ground at Purav Raja. Adil Kalyanpur bt Hong Kit was like a younger brother 2.30 p.m. on Sunday. In the ITF men’s Futures Wong & Pak Long Yeung (Hkg) to me,” said the present se­ The results (semifinals): Jin­ in Kuwait, Adil Kalyanpur 6­4, 3­6, [11­9]. cretary S.S. Bose. dal Panther 7 (Daniel Ota­ lost singles quarterfinals ea­ $15,000 ITF men, Maputo, mendi 3, Simran Shergill 2, sily, but made the doubles fi­ Mozambique: Salim Azmi, Naveen Jindal) bt Sahara Warriors 6 (Chris nal with Kai Wehnelt of Doubles (semifinals): Benja­ Mackenzie 5, Satinder Gar­ Germany. min Lock & Courtney John Lock cha). The results: (Zim) bt SD Prajwal Dev & Rishi Sona Polo 11 (Gerardo $54,160 Challenger, Knox­ Reddy 6­4, 7­6(5). Mazzini 5, Abhimanyu Pathak ville, US: Doubles (pre­quar­ $15,000 ITF women, Cancun, 3, Padmanabh Singh 2, Sunjay terfinals): Marcos Giron & Alex Mexico: Singles (pre­quarter­ Kapur) bt Cavalry­Krishna 5 Lawson (US) bt Sriram Balaji & finals): Chisa Hosonuma (Jpn) (Ravi Rathore 2, Vishal Chau­ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 7­5, bt Ramya Natarajan 2­6, 7­5, han 2, Angad Kalaan). 6­4. 6­1. Set­pieces: the element of thrill ISL on Thursday against Mum­ set pieces. My players knew bai City FC came from what to do but still, they did Nandakumar Marar corner­kicks. not. If you do not do as I say, MUMBAI Lenny Rodrigues adjusted then I need to change you. I Set­piece goals often bring to trap the ball bouncing will not close my eyes (to an element of thrill in win­ near off a corner­kick from mistakes),” reacted a furious ning matches. Brandon Fernandes for the Jorge Costa, the MCFC FC Goa coach Sergio Lob­ first goal, trapping and firing coach. era credited assistant coach home on the turn with his Mumbai City netted twice and fellow Spaniard Jesus right before the defenders in the second half, one from Tato for his players acquir­ could close in. a corner­kick taken by Mo­ ing this art. “Our assistant Amrinder Singh in goal hammed Larbi. The ball was coach, Tato, is very good could only hope to cover the floated way beyond the with these situations and angles during the next two range of FCG defence helps us during the match,” FCG set­piece executions. bunched in front of the goal­ he said. Mourtada Fall at the far post mouth towards defender Both Tato and Lobera and away from defenders Sarthak Golui, whose reac­ were part of the coaching headed a free­kick towards tion was precise and set­up at FCG last season as the other post for Hugo Bou­ planned, a looping header well. The former, in fact, mos to nod home strongly. into the net near the far started his ISL career as a post, over a flummoxed player in FC Pune City in Clever tap-in goalkeeper Mohammed Na­ 2016 as a striker, apart from Carlos Pena’s goal, the waz. an earlier stint outside Spain fourth, was a clever tap­in More goals from free­ for Morocco club Moghreb from a narrow angle to guide kicks and corner­kicks in the Tetounan. a curling Edu Bedia free­kick ISL games ahead will force Three out of four goals from near the corner flag. defenders to be more careful scored by the orange jerseys “We worked on defending during clearances. CM YK