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 Punjab and Haryana, are in the between. grip of hot and humid weath- The MeT Department said  +% ,%- er conditions. Most of the that many places in Uttar north India witnessed tem- Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, onald Trump stepped onto perature over 40 degrees Haryana, Chandigarh and DNorth Korean soil in a his- Celsius on Sunday and this year Delhi and east Madhya Pradesh toric first on Sunday as he met June has become the India’s witnessed hot and humid con- Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong third driest month in the past ditions which are expected to Un in a moment of high diplo- 50 years. The situation is persist for the next few days. matic drama on the world’s last expected to remain the same in Of the 686 districts, 315 Cold War frontier. the next few days. have recorded deficient rainfall; Moments after becoming The India Meteorological 175 large deficient and 129 nor- the only sitting US President to Department (IMD) on Sunday mal rainfall. set foot inside North Korea, predicted a low pressure area As per data, June had Trump brought Kim back over over northeast Bay of Bengal received only 85.7 mm rainfall the dividing line for a meeting which may intensify into a in 2009 while the year 2014 wit-   
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octors Day is celebrated to years and dealing with simple death of a younger person Drecognise the contribu- to life threatening accidents, I having no known medical tion of doctors to individual have yet to see the patient, problem or a medical problem life and communities. The friends and family of road traf- not known to the friends and date may vary from nation to fic accidents victim who own family. nation. In our country it is cel- the responsibility of an acci- When deaths occur sud- ebrated on July 1 which is birth dent. denly in the hospital then the and Death Anniversary of the On the contrary, they reaction can be understood most famous physician of blame others for the cause of by the medical staff. But it India Dr BC Roy. accidents and blame doctors becomes very difficult to The annual celebration is for any complication if it occurs understand when a person dies to spread awareness about the during treatment even know- either after fatal accidental contribution of doctors to the ing very well that the compli- injuries or after the complica- society. Although Doctors Day cation occurred due to his or tion of chronic medical prob- is supposed to be celebrated by her own mistake. lems after many days of hospi- patients to thank them but in I would like to cite the talisation. reality it is usually celebrated example of one my patients After the declaration of by doctors themselves in India. who was being treated for old death, family and relatives The medical profession is infected non-union of thigh become violent and, things go one of the riskier professions. bone fracture. wrong up to such an extent that Knowingly doctors are taking Infection got controlled, the people start using verbal risks of getting infected with fracture was healing and and physical force with mob dreaded infection like TB, patient was walking for past mentality, disturbing the work- AIDS, Hepatitis etc from four months with a plaster. ing of the hospital and damag- patients and getting post radi- However, he sustained a frac- ing hospital property or using ation cancer from radiation ture again and blaming me, the force or threatening the exposure in performing their started to threaten me with dire medical doctor with death. It duties. consequences. The matter was looks as if the people are prej- But taking that much risk brought to the notice of police. udiced or hostile to that doc- and working in odd conditions Most of these problems tor. and hours, they are being are very small in the beginning A study conducted by the rewarded with verbal and but they take alarming shape Indian Medical Association physical violence. Verbal and the outcome of the conflict found that 75 per cent of the aggression or violence is so becomes horrendous. Most of surveyed doctors had suffered common that none of the the times, the conflict is not some form of physical violence A hostile attitude of the rela- The third issue relates to the might have memories of many the service giver and the client. results, irrespective of profes- doctors can claim that he has because of the medical negli- while on duty. Most of these tives creates the problem. The payment while the fourth issue such abuses in their practice. But it is most important in the sion. Most of the problems can not encountered verbal abuse gence. assaults were by relatives of moment patients reach the is that the patients and all rel- There should be an under- doctor-patient relation, if we be sorted out with the accept- from the patient’s side for no But if conflict is analysed very ill patients admitted in emergency they presume that atives want to know about the standing that vandalism and don’t have bond of trust and able behaviour itself. fault. minutely then the reason turns ICU and emergency. doctor is not giving any atten- patient’s diagnosis, prognosis violence in a hospital or clinic faith between doctor and As I mentioned earlier, “No physician, however out to be mainly non medical The medical profession tion to them. and treatment approach in is a criminal offense and any patient then how can doctors behaviour of an individual is a conscientious or careful, can problem and rarely medical. demands hard work almost The prejudiced hostile atti- detail while also wanting every- civilised society should have work? Unfortunately the doc- very important to render the tell what day or hour he may If you analyse the incidence round the clock. These hard tude is root cause of the vio- thing to be fixed quickly. low tolerance for such heinous tors are always under the scan- service. That means doctors not be the object of some of the violence against the doc- working hours are already lence against the doctor. This None of them can under- acts. ner of suspicion by patients and not only needs medical knowl- undeserved attack, malicious tors, the cause is often mone- changing the mindset of prejudice hostile attitude is stand how much difficult it is Disputes between patients their relatives. edge but also has to maintain accusation, blackmail or suit tary-- either one doesn’t want younger generation, hence not increasing day by day in such for a doctor to fulfill the vari- and hospitals or doctors are not Modern medicine is nei- the good interpersonal relation. for damage.” to pay the pending hospital bills many boys and girls are inter- situation some time the mass ous expectations of many to be sorted out through vio- ther cheap nor 100 per cent Communication skill is an This paragraph from a during treatment or anticipate ested in joining the medical media act as a fuel in the fire. friends and relatives of the lence, but in a civilised society, effective in curing the disease important tool of the medical reputed journal from the USA, the hefty monetary compensa- field. Now even the children of There is hardly any day patients, particularly when there are avenues for dispute in all cases. Doctors are most care. written 135 years ago shows tion after the treatment. doctors are not interested to go that we do not hear or read and most of the smaller hospitals do redressal which should be used. of the time working in condi- The doctor has to deal that violence against doctors is Those who are well to do in the medical field specially see some such report in mass not have many staff and secu- I personally feel that the sit- tions of many uncertainties with the medical and non med- not new, and that it has been or well educated prefer the after witnessing such experi- media. The problem is preva- rity personnel to check these uation is pathetic and this kind because human body is work- ical problem. Hence doctor reported from all over the monetary compensation and ences of hard work only to face lent in almost every hospital. people. of the street justice is com- ing on dynamic principles not should have good behaviour, world, but the trend of vio- will take legal course. However, verbal and physical abuse. The situation becomes As Doctors Day was start- monly seen in the medical like the other sectors. knowledge and skill to deal lence against medical doctors with it comes to those who are It is apparent and para- quite difficult in emergency ed to celebrate the achieve- practice now. If the situation is The doctors are dealing with different kinds of prob- is rising rapidly in our coun- not well to do or well versed doxical situation in our coun- patients when patients are ments of the doctors by the not controlled, it will be a with the living and loving peo- lems. try, which is alarming. In 1996 with the medical or legal try where significant numbers being brought by hordes of patients their family and serious threat to medical pro- ple. The loss of loved one is But unfortunately doctors the 49th World Health knowledge, then incident esca- of patients are not even edu- people. Everybody expects that friends, in the current sce- fession. No one can say for sure more traumatising to any per- are also human like patient and Assembly declared violence a lates to verbal and/or physical cated and having no knowledge doctor should attend to their nario how can one expect such that he will not need medical son than the loss of other their relatives and it should major and growing global violence against the doctors. or experience of the medical patient and should leave others patients to celebrate the occa- help from womb to tomb. things like money or material. always be kept in mind. As health problem. The other causes of med- field. patients immediately which he sion? Many cases of abuse or The union health minister If you analyse the working there are certain responsibili- Several such incidents ical violence are the social and However such people are is attending. violence against the doctors are Dr Harsh Vardan has taken of the small private hospitals ties of doctors and other have been reported from India psycho-social problems. In the evaluating the knowledge, skill They get socked that doc- being ignored and rarely quick action to make a bill for they are not having enough healthcare workers, similarly, in the past however, this men- majority of the cases (60-70%), and efficiency of those doctors tor is not giving importance to reported by most of the doctors the violence against the doctors medical and non medical staff responsibilities also have to be ace has not been highlighted such violence takes the form of who are experts in their field to them because they think they especially in busy hospitals or a non-bailable offence with proportionate to the types of borne by patients and their rel- adequately earlier. either verbal abuse or aggres- allege that a particular doctor are VIP in their own way. The in the reputed hospitals think- minimum 12 year jail. services hospital renders. The atives. The recent violent act sive gestures and rest of them has treated the patient wrong- issue of medical treatment ing and understanding very Once it is passed and hospital services have many done in Kolkata has elicited turn out to be physical violence. ly. takes a backseat while their ego well that this will ultimately implemented, it will be a mile- components. (The author is an the attention of mass media It seems that these incidents are Most of the times, these takes the frontseat. Second harm the reputation of the stone for controlling this men- One is the medical com- orthopaedic and spine sur- and also of the political sys- either reactive or hostile. As violent acts are based on the thing which annoys such peo- doctor and/or the hospital. ace. The working of all pro- ponent and other is non med- geon, and the founding presi- tem.Being an orthopaedic sur- long as they are reactive, it can perception of patient’s family ple is the formalities of the hos- However, I am sure doctors fessions is based on the prin- ical component. Behaviour is dent of State Chapter of Indian geon with an experience of 40 be understood easily. Like the and friends rather than reality. pitals which have to be met. of my standing or experience ciple of trust and faith among first thing which influences the Orthopaedic Association)     .  & 01 R ! &  ./  3 N5  *  1O 
 

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The Uttar Century Pulp and mill will always remain to their work that the It was before leaving Kolkata at the end ic view of Doon Valley on one side and a along with his band of surveyors and assis- Pradesh Government, before the creation of Paper Mill were indebted to its employ- mill had progressed of 1832 that colonel George Everest asked for panoramic view of the Aglar River valley and tants, began his mission on April 10, 1802, Uttarakhand, also had many ambitious accorded a warm send ees and workers for considerably. leave to move part of his office up country snow bound Himalayan ranges on the other. with the first 7.5 mile baseline measurement plans for the site but they all remained in files. off on their retirement taking this paper busi- Wishing them well “to establish themselves at Mussoorie, where This sprawling 173 acre estate, located between Saint Thomas Mount in Madras and For years, this estate has stood as a rav- from the company here ness to great heights for their future, they he will hire an office and fix them until such amid scenic surroundings, is also known as another chosen spot to its south. This mea- aged legacy. Facing the snow capped on the weekend. with their sincere hard presented mementos time as the two northern sections of the Great the George Everest Estate and provided the surement alone took 57 days. Himalayan ranges on one side, the estate In the programme work. and shawls to the Arc are brought to a satisfactory termination”. vantage point for Everest, known as the “father It was with deep regret that in September offers a breathtaking view of the Doon val- organised to honour He further said employees who retired By the tenth of May he had taken up res- of Indian Geodesy”, from where he used 1843 Everest closed down his residence at the ley from the other side. the employees on their that in the present on the occasion. The idence at Hathipaon or the Park, an estate Arcadia Grant as a baseline to measure the Park, which had been his headquarters for ten This ruined estate now comprises the retirement, the long times, the industries representatives of var- which he had bought “at a very heavy cost” Himalayas. The significance of Everest’s consecutive seasons. Colonel Thatcher, on his main building and the observatory. When time employees shared also need to progress in ious labour organisa- from Colonel Whish, who had built the Park work, often described as the most remarkable retirement in 1861, bought Park Estate. He Everest, closed down his office here in their experiences of order to facilitate the tions also expressed House in the year 1829-30. achievement in the field of geography in Asia sold it to colonel Skinner of Skinners Horse, September 1843, he rented it out. Later, it was working in the mill. development of the their views on the Hathipaon Hill, 7089 feet above sea level, lies in the fact that he measured the Great an army regiment, who resold it almost at sold it to the well-known Skinner family and They also interact- nation. occasion. lies on the main ridge about three miles to Meridional Arc passing from Kanyakumari, once to John Mackinnon of local brewery then went to John Mackinnon, who died in ed with the new and As a result, while Various senior offi- the west of Mussoorie, within two miles of through central India, to the Himalayas, on fame some time before 1870. 1870 and left it to his sons, the famous brew- younger employees of the employees will be cials of the mill includ- the high point, Benog. In 1839, approval was which was calculated the mathematical In 1865, Mount Everest was named in the ers. the mill and exhorted happy, the nation will ing AK Mishra, Naresh received from the Government of India for spheroid of the country. honour of the great surveyor despite his objec- It was also once owned by Mussoorie’s them to remain dedi- also prosper, he said. Chandra and others setting up of a temporary observatory, and Everest’s spheroid is the base of official- tions. It was surveyed by his successor, Shah family and Dehradun’s Puran Singh cated to their work. Senior officers of were also among those also for a workshop. ly accepted heights of all Himalayan moun- Andre Waugh. A year after this, Everest family. For quite a few years, it has been with Addressing the the mill Vijay Dhiman who were present in The Park Estate was the home and lab- tains. One of the unsettled scientific questions passed away. The plan to develop Everest the state government.Everest’s years in gathering on the occa- and SD Bahuguna, the programme. oratory of Everest. The house is situated in a in the late 18th century was the exact nature House as an ecotourism destination has been Mussoorie will always be cherished by history.

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    R    $!#    1.*( erring individuals and house- holds. It is high time, the gov-   *%(-/& for investment in the state has he Ghaziabad Municipal ernment must frame stringent been created so that youth get TCouncilor and Bharatiya laws on water wastage, if hief Minister Kamal Nath employment. Nath said that for Janta Party (BJP) leader in future generations are to be Chas said that youth should me, politics is a medium of ser- municipal house has urged to saved,” said Vashishtha. give priority to society, family, vice. Through this, we are work- make ‘water wastage’ a penal With ground water environment and spirituality in ing on eradicating poverty, giv- offence. In a letter to the sec- extraction possible at just a their thinking and outlook. ing farmers the value of their retary, Ministry of Jal Shakti( button’s push in various cities Apart from focussing on hard work from the very first previously, Ministry of Water and towns, the overhead their career they must pursue day. Resources, River tanks get overflowing for sev- such work which gives them Our government is a gov- Development and Ganga eral hours a day with the spiritual peace and satisfaction. ernment that is pro-farmers, Rejuvenation), Rajendra Tyagi dwellers and residents simply Nath was speaking at the ‘Mind poor and youth. For the devel- asked the central government unaware of flowing water. Rock Youth Summit’ orga- opment of these sections and to frame regulation, constitute Barely 1 per cent of users nized by a private channel in the prosperity of the state, we multi tier implementation and install electronic alarm sys- Indore on Saturday. will implement such policies, enforcement mechanism to tems to know that the tank is Nath said that along with which will show the achieve- curb the wastage of precious, filled. “India has around job and business, youth should ments of the government in the fresh water. 24.95 crore households also think about building the coming year in every field. While petitioning (Urban: 8.08 crores and Rural: country and society. He said The Chief Minister said that Narendra Modi government 16.87 crores). that there should be a creative maintaining law and order is to issue directions under the An average household vision along with pervasiveness the responsibility of the gov- Environment (Protection)Act, comprising 4.9 persons store in our thinking. We work for ernment. 1986, to all states and Union water in at least a single 1000- our happiness but we will get The law is the same for all. Territories to make such water litre overhead tank. In 5 min- spiritual peace and our life will Legal action should be taken wastage an offence punishable utes alone, 3200 litres of fresh be meaningful when we work against anyone who violates it, with fine or even imprison- water is wasted. Assuming for the country, society and the no matter how big a person is. ment, Tyagi has urged it to set that only urban families have poor. He said that football, bad- up Task Forces, Monitoring and other agencies to check “Having travelled widely in tions and is worsening day by water by 2021,” said Akash overhead tanks installed, at The Chief Minister said minton, hockey and moun- Committees and other effec- wastage of fresh ground water my public life, I am pained to day. Already, massive ground Vashishtha, a lawyer and envi- least 60 per cent of such tanks that today there is a need to taineering have been his hob- tive measures for curbing the from overflowing overhead see that almost 50 per cent of water extraction is taking ronmentalist, working on var- get incessantly overflowing make revolutionary reforms in bies. In the Summit, the Chief incessantly overflowing water tanks or even otherwise,” Tyagi tanks installed on roof tops place illegally in various noti- ious legal issues related to with no check measures. the agriculture sector as 70 per- Minister felicitated brilliant from rooftop overhead tanks. has sought in the letter. have their check systems out fied, critical and semi-critical water conservation. In a careless discharge, cent of our population depends students for excellence in “The states and UTs ought Tyagi alleged that, over- of place, resulting in massive blocks of the Central Ground “In the absence of any estimated 48420000 cubic on farming. Union Public Service to be directed to issue appro- flowing of fresh water from water wastage, which other- Water Authority (CGWA). central regulation or policy, meters of water gets wasted The government has start- Commission, Madhya Pradesh priatethe overhead tanks in resi- wise could be saved and uti- The Composite Water the overflowing of overhead everyday, which is enough to ed working in the direction of Public Service Commission, directions and orders, in sync dential apartments and build- lized. Management Report prepared tanks has become a norm meet the water requirements agro-based industries in order to Central Board of Secondary with those issued by the cen- ings across the country, results “We are already late in by the Niti Ayog has clearly across the country and the of several thousand people in strengthen the agriculture sec- Education and Madhya tre, to all concerned local bod- in gigantic ground water acting. The situation has cautioned that 21 cities in local bodies and development a single day” added tor and double the income of the Pradesh Board of Secondary ies, development authorities wastage and loss of energy. assumed alarming propor- India will run out of ground authorities can’t act against the Vashishtha. farmers. An atmosphere of trust Education examinations.     
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The programme ing a helping hand to drug envisages inculcating respect abused. for the laws, practice disci- can register complaint against their dependence on drugs, he plants in the state, he said. He added that several pline and civic sense, and drug peddler through this said. Thakur further said that The Chief Minister said drug de-addiction centres develop empathy for vulner- mobile app. major part of the anti-drug that on the initiative of the have been opened in the state able sections of the society. The Chief Minister said strategy of the State State Government, meeting of and were being manned by    &(+,/ with his men and clashed with skirts of the steel city, was also Manohar Lal launched that the State Government is Government focuses on cer- Chief Ministers of neigh- professional people. the rival gang. Superintendents beefed up. Altogether, 18 mobile app on ‘Drug Free determined to curb the prob- tain drugs originally derived bouring states was held last He also administered oath he murder of a prisoner has of all the jails and SPs of con- extremists are lodged in the Himachal’ and ‘Nasha lem of drug abuse in the from plant sources such as year to chalk out joint strat- to the students regarding Tbrought the police author- cerned districts have been central jail for their involve- Nivaran toll free helpline- state. Drug abuse continues to cannabis and opium. egy to check the social evil of 'Student Police Cadet ities on the toes. Following a asked to tighten security. ment in different LWE-related 1908’. be a serious social The government has drug abuse. Programme'. prisoner’s murder by a fellow "We are concerned over cases. He also launched ‘Cyber problem across the state and taken stringent steps against He also appealed to the Later, the Chief Minister inmate at Ghaghidih Central the situation and have direct- Notably, the Ghaghidih Crime Police Station’ on the country as lives of thousands cultivation and eradication parents to keep an eye on also gave prizes to the winners Jail, the authorities have been ed the jail authorities to con- Central Jail lacks adequate occasion.He said that anyone of people were destroyed by of these drugs generating behavioural change of their of the half marathon. directed to strengthen the duct random checking of cells security. Jail sources revealed security arrangements in the and prisoner wards where that against a sanctioned prison. "We are taking the under-trial persons, facing tri- strength of 192, the jail has N) necessary security measures to als in extremism-related cases only 71 security personnel.         0  ensure that no clash between are lodged," said the official. Spread over 20 acres of the inmates take place inside Apart from this, he said, land, the Ghaghidih Central  + ! the prison," said a jail official. jail administration has been Jail has a prisoners' capacity of   He pointed out that before asked to initiate proper exam- 1,447. Presently, the central jail    taking any such decision, he ining of visitors and also jail has 16 CCTV cameras out of $  would try his best to keep all inmates. The senior prison which only four are opera- the prisoners and under-trials authority has also instructed tional where as the rest 12 have 1  at Ghaghidih jail itself. He jail administration to ensure gone out of order due to poor  O stated that he would even that the personnel, deployed at maintenance. request the district police to the watch towers of the jails, There have been frequent   ,%& '/ ,   provide an extra security cover keep extra vigil on movement clashes between undertrial inside the jail if the situation so of inmates. prisoners in the jail. Gangs, While a debate over the pro- arises. Elaborating on the latest owing allegiance to gangster posal of ‘one nation, one elec-   /*('/ The matter took an ugly steps, he said that he has also Paramjeet Singh and Akhilesh tion’ has gained momentum turn when Pankaj Dubey, a requested the SPs to keep in Singh, battled inside the jail on across the country, former tourist taking a selfie was lifer, was assaulted inside the contact with the jail adminis- March 20, 2008. While MLA and social activist Aswept away by the swift barrack by Manoj Singh (of tration for better co-ordina- Paramjeet was shot dead, Bibhudhendra Pratap Das current of the Ganga in Akhilesh Singh gang). Later, tion. Security of the Ghaghidih another convict, belonging to has urged the Election Rishikesh along with two of his Pankaj came out of the barrack Central Jail, located on the out- the rival group, was lynched. Commission of India (ECI) friends who jumped in to res- to adopt a system to elect the cue him. country’s Prime Minister and The body of Famill States’ Chief Ministers Thakker was recovered while    !      through direct voting so that the other two bodies have not development process would been found. remain unhampered. The police have launched In a letter to the ECI, Das the search operation for the  " # $ has placed this demand with two missing youths. On arguments recently. Saturday evening, a tourist “More than a decade, it is   (&/(,% is no criteria of education for +/36'-/ &/ ,/% from Gujarat was swept away marked that most of the States Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha. 33&1-4&/% &%3*% in the swift current of Ganga    . vide support to a State out of one election’ notion as “unre- have been run by Governments n protest against what it The congressmen also while he was taking selfie on  3 pity. In a federal structure, alistic”, “unconstitutional” and not formed by a single major- Itermed impractical amend- expressed annoyance at the &55*16!3&/  *%* , the along the bank of the Odisha has all rights to get “anti-federal”. “Our party does- ity party. As a result, develop- ments in the provisions of fact that though the govern- &(,$3*-%) river. ommunist Party of India assistances and all other sup- n’t support the notion,” he said. ment works have hampered Panchayati Raj act, the state ment has debarred those hav- On seeing him carried C(CPI) secretary D Raja on ports from the Union The CPI leader wanted to and law and order is being unit of Congress party organ- ing three or more children for C,)*5*$3*-%%( away by the current, two of his Sunday alleged that the BJP and Government. know why election was not deteriorating day by day. ised protest in all district head- contesting the panchayat elec- 3'-$*)(/&% friends also jumped into the the BJD have a tacit under- Is there any notion of held in the Jammu and This present system of elec- quarters on Sunday. The state tions but it has set up no time river to save him. standing between them and the destructive support that drives Kashmir when the BJP is tion, if continues, will definitely government in the recently limit for it in the amended act. $/*3&/** +/$3*$)# However, they too were latter needs to make the reason the BJD to provide constructive preaching for ‘one nation, one put a bad impact on democra- concluded special session of Vice President of state carried away by the strong cur- behind such a pact public support,” ridiculed Raja. He election’ notion. cy and extremists would have Vidhan Sabha had passed the Congress Surya Kant rent of the river. when the saffron party is mak- alleged that the BJP has been in Commenting on Modi’s an upper hand,” argued Das. Panchayati Raj amendment Dhasmana, former MLA educational qualification cri- The rescue team of State ing all efforts to redefine the efforts to redefine the Indian “Sabka Sath Sabka Biswas’ nar- To keep development bill. Rajkumar, general secretary teria, the senior leader of Disaster Response Force ‘Indian Nation’ in the line of the Nation in the line of the RSS rative, Raja said, “What is the process initiated by a PM in On the call given by the Godavari Thapli, Mahanagar Congress claimed that practi- (SDRF) fished out the body of RSS’ notion of Hindutva. notion of Hindutva or making meaning of such a notion when case of country and CM in case Pradesh Congress Committee President Lal Chand Sharma, cal problems would crop up. “ one Femil but the other two “There was tacit under- India a Hindu Country. “The attacks on minorities are on the of a State undisturbed, people (PCC) President, Pritam Singh, Sanjay Kishore, Prabhu Lal About fifty thousand panchayat youths identified as Kunal standing between the BJP and situation is going to be very rise and farmer suicides are should elect them by direct the Congressmen organised a Bahuguna, Sanjay Bhatt and representatives would be cho- Kasady and Janish Patel are the BJD before elections. It was worse during the second term increasing across the country.” vote. But the candidates to vehement protest and burned others took part in the protest. sen in Panchayat elections in still missing. proved after polls when the of the Narendra Modi Raja too alleged that the contest for the PM and CM the effigy of the state govern- Later talking to the media the state. It would be very dif- On Sunday morning the BJD announced to support a Government,” he said. economy of the county has posts should be from registered ment at Astley hall, in persons, the Vice President of ficult, especially in the pan- SDRF resumed its operation RS candidate of the BJP. The Raja, an MP, alleged that been very slow. There has been political parties so that entry of Dehradun on the day. the state unit of Congress chayats located in mountainous and searched the river but till BJD needs to make public the the BJP is pressuring regional negative growth in sectors like Independent candidates can The congress leaders par- party, Surya Kant Dhasmana areas to find enough number of evening no trace of the miss- reason behind such under- parties to come its line by industries, MSME and be avoided. ticipating in the agitation said said that the amendments people fulfilling the required ing duo could be found, said standing,” Raja said at a Press using Cetnral agencies like Agriculture, he said. Das argued further the that in the amendment, the made in the act clearly show educational criteria. the police. meet here. Enforcement Directorate and CPI State Secretary Ashis Prime Minister and the Chief state government has kept class lack of homework on part of Before imposing educa- The three friends were On Chief Minister Naveen CBI. When asked whether the Kanugo, who shared the dais, Ministers should not be ter- VIII as minimum educational government. He said that in tional qualification criteria, roaming in the Brahmpuri Patnaik’s assertion of providing BJD is also being pressurized by however said fear of action on minated for any reason before qualification for candidates of the clause of two children eli- the government should have area of Muni ki Reti in constructive cooperation to the BJP, he said, “You people chit fund scam has driven the completion of three years in reserved categories and class X gibility criteria, no cut off date conducted a survey to know Rishikesh during the time of the Central Government, Raja (media) should find out.” BJD to have tacit understand- tenure. for general category but there or grace period is kept. On the ground realities,’’ he said. the mishap. said, “The Centre doesn’t pro- He termed the ‘one nation, ing with the BJP. #$    !"  )

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( (     0 high-level Cabinet committees to address eco- ,/4&65-/                ,  nomic challenges and the low growth spurt. He BR77D7B! 3*)) 3             - also held a meeting on June 22 with leading economists to review the macro-economic sit- /& *%3&) 3             H5 7  & ,/&-5   (     uation of the country and to deliberate upon the economic policy roadmap for boosting growth +-4&/36!'*$ Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) in Though there is no specific indicator ly health, education and living stan- #            ,  3S and generating employment. * , &(  2011-12. These estimates had faced (like income or consumption) available dards — lacking such things as clean               ( The provision of monetary benefits to the &%$ / 5-/ many criticisms with the main com- in SECC data that suggests a family is water, sanitation, adequate nutrition or            poor is another important issue as committed - 3'&)5/& plaint being that the line was too low. BPL, there is no single number that primary education. However, the                   in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto. $& & %( In response, a new committee chaired captures all of India’s poor. Rather, multi-dimensional approach always        0  -   < G The Congress party had promised a minimum -3&/5* $) by C. Rangarajan was constituted in households are categorised according has many drawbacks as discussed ear- -          ,  3 income guarantee to the poorest 20 per cent, 3/% 5&/ *% 2012 to recalculate the poverty line. to multi-dimensional deprivation lier in the case of SECC data.      -         while the BJP had outlined plans for pulling peo- 3&$-,%3/6# The committee submitted its report in indicators like not having a proper The outdated Tendulkar poverty      @             ple out of poverty by promising proper housing July 2014. According to it, the new roof. estimates based on NSSO consumption for those living in mud huts or lacking shelter, 3&/&5-/&!3& poverty line was estimated at 4,800 a This allows welfare schemes to be survey for 2011-12 still remain the last  ,  3A 3  $        - $-% , &/  H5 7 -   58I      ,  and piped water connections to every village month for a five-member household in targetted for each of the inclusion cri- measure of poverty, which is used as a household by the next four to five years. The rul- &S+&%(*3,/& rural areas and 7,050 in urban areas teria of deprivation indicators. But the benchmark for most welfare schemes    H6=        6/I   ing party has also pledged to upgrade rural roads ,/4&6* %-3 for the year 2011-12. The revised esti- SECC data had many serious draw- and other fiscal transfers in the coun-         G and improve connectivity between India’s villages -%)6$/,$*) mate increased the poverty level in the backs, like not factoring in updates year try. ,                 ( and cities. The former Finance Minister of the (3 &-% country to 29.5 per cent and the num- on year with people complaining that Therefore, the consumer expendi-                6;;/ NDA government, Arun Jaitley, stressed that the '*$+-4&/36 ber of poor people to 363 million. they were either left out in the survey ture survey is not only a crucial data-           ) 5//. -  number of Indians who live in poverty would * & 3* 3&( However, the revised estimate of the or entrants falling under the margin in base on which poverty is estimated but     66   68         #  " ( drop to below 15 per cent over the next three ,3) -3& committee was not discussed much by the years that passed by. Due to these also the only database for estimating           -        ( years and to a negligible level in the 10 years after -%)6(3 & the government and the Tendulkar problems, the government has changed inequality. Unfortunately, unlike the       %   S  -S that. However, all these promises have been poverty line is still in use to estimate its identification mechanism now. employment-unemployment survey, made without any base value of the number of 5-/& 3* 3*%1 the poverty in the country. This indicates that there is a seri- there is not much discussion on avail-   *%&C,)*36 -S   -     # 3  +    0 poor people or plan to identify poor families as The NDA government had start- ous gap in poverty estimates in the ability of data as per the latest con- beneficiaries. ed using a new approach based on country, which is grossly neglected by sumption expenditure survey of NSSO,      6/I          In India, policy-makers and the government household level socio-economic and both policy makers and government. which was completed last year, around    H68 7            @#S use various methods to estimate the number of caste census (SECC) survey data col- Apart from some anecdotal evidence, July 2018. Without the availability of  $      S R (  S   A  poor in the country. Since Independence, the lected in 2011 to identify beneficiaries only latest poverty estimates are pro- reliable database after 2011-12, the lat-          S    poverty line is based on the minimum level of for many welfare schemes such as the vided by the 2018 global multi-dimen- est poverty estimates could not be         H5 7      consumption requirement to decide the eligibil- PM Ujjwala Yojna. The households are sional poverty index (MPI) published done.                ity criteria for those who can avail government ranked in three stages in this approach by the United Nations Development The re-elected Modi government               welfare schemes. The identification of eligible as (i) households meeting exclusion cri- Programme (UNDP). is planning to launch many new wel-             ( ( families is crucial as the welfare schemes should teria (like motorised vehicle, kisan The Oxford Poverty and Human fare programmes for the poor, which        3 S           only benefit the deserving while also ensuring credit card etc) are automatically Development Initiative (OPHI) noted would be identified only from at least           that people in need should not be excluded. The excluded; (ii) households satisfying that India had made remarkable nine-year-old data. There is an urgent requirement to release the consumer #           7  latest poverty line is based on the Tendulkar inclusion criteria are included (man- progress in tackling poverty as its rate Committee methodology that includes the ual scavengers, households without has reduced drastically from 55 per expenditure survey data as soon as pos- 7             poverty line basket of both food and non-food shelter etc.) and (iii) the remaining cent in 2005-06 to 28 per cent in 2015- sible with new poverty estimates. This     ?              items, which was estimated at 4,050 a month households are identified through a 16. However, India still had 364 mil- will not only help in policy-making but   B            ./   for a five-member household in rural areas and seven-item binary scoring criteria lion poor in 2015-16, the largest for any also provide a true picture of impor-           4,950 in urban areas for the year 2011-12. The using deprivation indicators like house- country, although it is down from 635 tant poverty numbers and status of    S     %  $  B  committee estimated 21.9 per cent poor people holds with only one room, female- million in 2005-06. The MPI looks at inequality in India.     ,  (270 million) in the country from the consumer headed households with no adult male how people are being left behind (The writer is Fellow at the Institute expenditure survey data collected by the National member between 16 to 69 years of age. across three key dimensions — name- for Human Development, Delhi) 78)"                    957 .4:         

been striking work in recent weeks, Dismal doctor-patient ratio at eat or catch sleep, back-to-back 7.1 per cent and South Africa 8.8 per confidence among doctors and pre- drawing our attention towards their public hospitals surgeries are a norm for doctors in cent. China is expected to scale up vent violence in hospitals. The pro- plight in an inadequately resources The World Health Organisation India. A study conducted over 533 its healthcare spending to 6.5 to 7 per vision of security personnel at every healthcare system. The recent (WHO) advocates a minimum doc- doctors in India found that over 50 cent of its GDP by 2020. Even much hospital, including at the entry episode of attack on doctors in a tor patient ratio of 1:1,000. However, per cent had uncontrolled hyperten- smaller neighbouring nations spend points of sensitive sections such as Kolkata hospital was not a one-off in India there is just one doctor to sion, implying that they had sus- much more on healthcare than emergency wards and ICUs, is very //* !'//&% case. Attacks on doctors by kin of cater to the needs of roughly 1,613 tained high blood pressure even after India. Maldives spends 13.7 per important to prevent the possibility &33*%1+$& patients are highly common. A people, giving us a dismal doctor taking BP medication. This clearly cent, Afghanistan 8.2 per cent and of mob violence. Strict rules to limit study conducted by the Indian patient ratio of 0.62:1000, according points to the high levels of stress in Nepal 5.8 per cent. entry of attendants and the develop- ( 3"   !#",!/# 4.7 Medical Association a few years to government estimates of 2017. As the lives of doctors who are highly According to official estimates, ment of a standard operating proce- /"     ago found that a whopping 75 per for the public sector, a study found overburdened and constantly under public per capita expenditure on dure for each staff member to deal  , +BRBR#  ne of the most conspicuous cent of surveyed doctors had suffered that there is just one government pressure to deliver, given the fact that health stood at around 1,112 in with such situations can help keep 3  
  images of the media coverage some form of physical violence doctor for every 10,189 people while they are responsible for saving lives. 2015-16. In contrast, the US spends the hospitals better prepared for Oof the Muzaffarpur while on official duty. Pertinently, a the nurse-patient ratio was a meagre Lack of safety at workplace further over $10,000 per capita on health- managing any signs of aggression   5 T  encephalitis tragedy involved a majority of these assaults are report- 1:483. Inadequate numbers of pub- makes the medical profession haz- care. This comparison clearly tells us and violence.   prominent TV anchor thrusting her ed from ICUs or Emergency Rooms lic hospitals imply that high patient ardous. the reason for the kind of epidemics At the same time, we must not   " mike on the face of an on-duty doc- where critically ill patients are admit- inflows and overburdened emer- Poor healthcare spending is the we have in India. Unless, spendings forget the importance of proper    #&   tor and almost heckling him. The ted. gency and trauma centres are a root of the problem take a major leap, not much is like- communication with patients and     anchor’s demanding of answers from The poor doctor-patient ratio, norm rather than an exception. Low public spending on health- ly to change in the near future. their attendants as well as a compas- a serving doctor about the poor state shortage of resources and support Long queues of patients waiting on care has been a major concern in Unfortunately, being the face of sionate approach while dealing with   
! of the public hospital is as ignorant medical staff and inadequate infra- the roads under the open sky are India for years. This is also at the root healthcare, doctors often end up death. Not only must all due consent      !  as it is unfortunate. Doctors in structure are well-known problems often found outside public hospitals. of most problems bedeviling our becoming an easy target or scapegoat be taken only after fully explaining  "    India are often blamed for the rot in bedeviling the Indian healthcare A visit to the All-India Institute of health indices. India spends merely for the larger policy level problems the state of the patient to the kin, !  our public healthcare system and system. It is the inadequacy of the Medical Science (AIIMS) will tell 1.5% of its GDP on healthcare which in Indian healthcare. they must also be kept regularly "   
 find themselves at the receiving end healthcare system to address the dis- you how poor people from distant is among the lowest in the world. In Measures to prevent violence updated about the status. of public anger. Negative often cal- ease burden of an entire country that parts of the country travel to the contrast the BRICS nations, which needed urgently Counselling of patients and compas-     U lous media coverage (as highlighted must be blamed for the problems in national capital and wait for days to are economies of comparable scale, Even as comprehensive efforts sionate treatment can also help in "  by the above example) does no healthcare delivery. Doctors are be able to avail medical treatment for put significantly higher priority on are needed to scale up healthcare pre-empting unrest. " # good either. themselves a victim of this rot, not critical illnesses. healthcare. Brazil spends around delivery and accessibility, some mea- (The writer is MD of a leading I    J Across the country, doctors have its cause. Long gruelling shifts, no time to 8.3 per cent of GDP on health, Russia sures are urgently needed to restore healthcare company) #$    !" &;

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 '  others. Tribunals are being established   %&'(&)* are expected Infrastructure Leasing & Minister of State for Finance at various state headquarters to figure in the upcoming Agreement (BTIA), but the Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS) and Corporate Affairs Anurag and area benches also,” it said. s the GST completes two meeting between India and talks are stalled since May said in a statement. Thakur will preside over the The goods and services Ayears in operation, India the European Union (EU) on 2013 due to differences on During the meeting, event alongside key secretaries tax (GST) was implemented Inc on Sunday said it is time for July 4 in Brussels, sources said. several matters. IL&FS board reviewed the and officials of various depart- through a gala ceremony held the tax reform to leapfrog to its The officials of both the Deliberations of issues such progress on divestment of all ments, the finance ministry in the central hall of Parliament second phase by bringing elec- sides may discuss these issues as the country’s draft e-com- domestic and foreign assets said in a release on Sunday. at the midnight of June 30, tricity, oil & gas, real estate and as part of their Trade Sub- merce policy, data protection outlined in its resolution The introduction of GST was 2017 and came into effect from alcohol under its ambit and Commission meeting. norms and price control on framework. a game changer for the Indian July 1, 2017. converging the rate structure The other matters which some medical devices like coro- The board has decided to economy as it has replaced multi- The Government said GST into 2-3 slabs. could come up for deliberations nary stents in the meeting constitute a six-member layered, complex indirect tax has integrated India into a sin- “GST 2.0 will take the Indian include phase II of India’s would assume significance as empowered committee, structure with a simple, trans- gle common market by break- economy to the next growth Faster Adoption and several multi-national firms including four directors Vineet parent and technology-driven tax ing barriers to inter-state trade level,” CII President Vikram Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and have allegedly raised concerns Nayyar, C S Rajan and Bijay regime, it said. and commerce. Kirloskar said. Batting for a sin- Electric Vehicles (FAME) on these matters. Kumar to discuss and finalise ! '                  
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1   !  B,  introduce the new return sys- taxes and reducing transaction India, CII said building on the market access for alcoholic icy has proposed setting up a resolution with lenders.   C,1!,D    ,6  @+  &,1!, tem on a trial basis from July costs, it will enhance ease of milestones of the past two years, beverages, and rules pertaining legal and technological frame- The board decided to                 1 and on mandatory basis from doing business and provide an it is time to implement GST 2.0. to cosmetic sector. work for restrictions on cross- empower the panel to take nec- &  &     
  *<   ;     October 1. impetus to ‘Make in India’ “While we acknowledge The main objective of the border data flow and has also essary steps to enhance enter- “Sahaj & Sugam returns for campaign. that the teething troubles relat- FAME scheme is to encourage laid out conditions for busi- prise value of assets under small taxpayers are proposed,” During the course of the ed to GST implementation faster adoption of electric and nesses regarding collection or divestment. it said. past two years, the Government may have been resolved, we hybrid vehicles by way of processing of sensitive data “This committee is formed 0 &/  6 " With regards to single cash brought in various changes in now need to move forward to offering upfront incentive on locally and storing it abroad. in view of positive response ledger, the Government will the GST system both with achieve the underlying objec- purchase of electric vehicles The European Union is received from financial insti- rationalise the ledger in such a regard to quantum of taxes and tive of GST framework of cre- and also by way of establish- seeking greater market access tutions to the framework out-        manner that earlier 20 heads inclusion and exclusion of ating a simplified indirect tax- ing necessary charging for its alcoholic beverages and lined, by Prudent Norms for are merged into 5 major heads, items (goods and services). ation system,” Ficci President infrastructure. have raised concerns over high resolution of stressed assets it added. There is only one cash At the event, a book on Sandip Somany said. “The main aim of the duties in Indian states. issued by RBI on June 7 earli- 91-5 8::1 ; ledger for tax, interest, penal- ‘GST for MSME’ will also be The industry body claimed meeting is to find more ways to The two-way trade er this year,” it said. ty, fee and others. released. it is generally observed that enhance trade and investments between the two regions have After the Supreme Court   %&' A single refund-disbursing The Central Board of when members of the Advance between the two sides,” the increased to $115.6 billion in quashed RBI’s guidelines on (&)* mechanism will come into play Indirect Taxes and Customs’ Ruling Authority are officers of sources said. 2018-19 from $101.5 billion in stressed assets, released in wherein the Government which officers who have put in hard state tax and central tax India and the EU are 2017-18. February 2018, the central he sanctions refund disburses all work in the implementation of departments, they tend to be a already negotiating a compre- European countries, bank on June 7 came out with TGovernment four major heads of refunds GST will be awarded ‘GST revenue-bias while interpreting hensive free trade pact, offi- including Germany and revised norms which gave is working on a namely CGST, SGST, IGST and Commendation Certificates’ the provisions of the GST law cially dubbed as the Bilateral France, are among the top ten more room to lenders for res- proposal to cess, the ministry said. by Thakur, release said. and pronouncing a ruling. Trade and Investment investors in India. olution of bad loans. extend tax bene- fits to retail investors in its two exchange   *        <*  "9V "  traded funds - CPSE and Bharat-22 ETF. retail investments in ETFs and   &     The Department of also encourage household    .,/*$ alone account for more than ranked lower, with Pakistan Also, with Switzerland Investment and Public Asset savings. 50 per cent of the aggregate ranking 82nd, Bangladesh putting in place an automatic Management (DIPAM) has Currently, investments   & *1   :  ndia has moved down one foreign funds parked with the 89th, Nepal 109th, Sri Lanka information exchange frame- written to the Central Board of made in ELSS MFs are eligi- Iplace to 74th rank in terms Swiss banks, while the top-10 141st, Myanmar 187th and work with India and various Direct Taxes (CBDT), seeking ble for tax deduction of up to of money parked by its citizens account for nearly Bhutan 193rd. other countries, the famed their opinion on whether equi- 1.50 lakh under section 80C    %&'(&)* claimed by businesses vis-a- and enterprises with Swiss two-thirds. This is the first time in the secrecy walls of Swiss banks ty linked saving scheme (ELSS) of the I-T Act, with a manda- vis the returns filed banks, while the UK has The top-15 countries last four years that the funds are said to have crumbled. benefit under section 80C of tory three-year lock-in he GST Network has devel- by the supplier. retained its top position, as per account for nearly 75 per cent linked to Pakistan in Swiss India will start getting this Income Tax Act can be extend- period. Toped a system whereby Discrepancy in GSTR-3B data released by the central of all foreign money in Swiss banks have slipped below that automatic data from this year, ed to retail investors of these The Government, current- SMSes are being sent to pro- (summary returns) and GSTR- banking authority of the banks, while the contribution of Indians. while it has already been get- ETFs, an official has said. ly, has two exchange-traded moters, directors and propri- 1 (supplies return), and gener- Alpine nation. of the top-30 is almost A number of other major ting information on accounts As per the plan chalked out funds — CPSE ETF and etors automatically in case of ating e-way bill but not filing India was ranked 73rd last 90 per cent. countries also saw their funds where proof of illicit funds can by the DIPAM, retail investors Bharat-22 ETF — listed on default in payment of tax, fil- returns, are also the parameters year, after jumping 15 places The top-10 countries also falling in Swiss banks amid a be furnished. in CPSE and Bharat-22 ETF domestic exchanges. ETFs ing of returns or mismatch in based on which alerts are from its 88th position a include Bahamas, Germany, global clampdown against the The funds officially held would be given option to enjoy function like a mutual fund ITC claims by the business generated. year ago. Luxembourg, Cayman Islands erstwhile banking secrecy by Indians with banks in tax breaks just like investors in scheme and have underlying entities, its Chief Executive “This information we are An analysis of the latest and Singapore. walls in the Alpine nation. Switzerland now accounts for ELSS mutual funds. However, assets of government-owned Prakash Kumar said. also showing to the taxpayer on annual banking statistics Among the five-nation The funds, described by only 0.07 per cent of the their investments would be companies. He further said that once their dashboard. We started released by the Swiss National BRICS block of emerging SNB as ‘liabilities’ of Swiss total funds kept by all foreign locked-in for three years. Separately, it has also kick- the GST system generates “red sending (SMSes) to promoters Bank (SNB) shows that India economies, India is ranked the banks or ‘amounts due to’ clients in the Swiss banking These investors can also started work on launching an flag” alerts, the information is because maybe the promoters remains ranked very low when lowest while Russia is ranked their clients, are official figures system, almost same as the choose to not opt for ELSS cat- ETF consisting of stocks of also shared with the revenue do not know. It may be the it comes to money parked by the highest at 20th place, fol- disclosed by Swiss authorities level seen at 2017-end after a egory and can continue to state-owned banks, insurers department to alert taxmen to accounts guy or CFO who Indian individuals and enter- lowed by China at 22nd, South and do not indicate the exact modest increase from 0.04 trade in their units freely. and financial institutions this take appropriate steps. checks the dashboard. So we prises in Swiss banks, includ- Africa at 60th and Brazil at quantum of the much-debat- per cent a year before that, as “We have written to the tax fiscal and has invited bids from “Wherever there is a dif- send it to promoters,” ing through their India-based 65th place in terms of amount ed alleged black money held in per an analysis of the latest department seeking their opin- advisors to explore its ference between GSTR-3B and Kumar said. branches, while accounting of money parked by their res- famed safe havens of figures compiled by the SNB ion on whether ELSS benefits feasibility. GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and e-way Once the alerts are gener- for just about 0.07 per cent of idents and enterprises at the Switzerland. (Swiss National Bank) as on can be extended to CPSE and The plan to launch a finan- bill, reminder SMSes now go ated by the system, the SMSes the aggregate funds parked by end of 2018. The official figures, dis- 2018-end. Bharat-22 ETF,” the official cial sector ETF comes on the not only to the authorised sig- are sent to the promoter and all foreign clients of The countries ranked closed annually by India was placed at 75th told PTI. back of the government seeing natories, but also to the pro- directors three days after the Switzerland-based banks. higher than India also include Switzerland’s central bank, position in 2015 and 61st in If the CBDT, which is the huge investor demand for two moters of businesses and due date of filing of monthly In comparison, the top- Mauritius (71st), New Zealand also do not include the money the year before, though it used apex decision making body existing ETFs. It has raised directors on board. GST sys- Goods and Services Tax (GST) ranked UK accounted for (59th), the Philippines (54th), that Indians, NRIs or others to be among the top-50 coun- for direct tax matter, gives 32,900 crore through two tem automatically sends these returns. more than 26 per cent of the Venezuela (53rd), Seychelles might have in Swiss banks in tries in terms of holdings in concurrence, then DIPAM tranches and an additional SMSes three days after last The system sends SMS total foreign funds parked (52nd), Thailand (39th), the names of entities from dif- Swiss banks till 2007. The would work out a final plan and fund offer of Bharat-22 ETF, date of filing of returns,” alerts to promoters and direc- with Swiss banks at the end of Canada (36th), Turkey (30th), ferent countries. country was ranked highest at an announcement may be and 38,000 crore in five Kumar told PTI in an tors of business and helps them 2018. Israel (28th), Saudi Arabia It has been often alleged 37th place in the year 2004. made in the 2019-20 Budget to tranches of CPSE ETF in the interview. to rectify the mistakes as many Among the top-ranked (21st), Panama (18th), Japan that Indians and other nation- The total money held in be unveiled on July 5. domestic market. The five system generated times the promoters are not jurisdictions, the UK is fol- (16th), Italy (15th), Australia als seeking to stash their illic- Swiss banks by foreign clients Though extending ELSS The government had raised “red flags” include default in aware whether the returns are lowed by the US, West Indies, (13th), UAE (12th) and it wealth abroad use multiple from across the world fell by benefits to the existing ETFs about 85,000 crore from CPSE payment of tax and non-filing being filed timely and cor- France and Hong Kong in the Guernsey (11th). layers of various jurisdictions, about 4 per cent to CHF 1.4 would not add to the disinvestment last fiscal. For the of GSTR-3B, and mismatch in rectly by the officer concerned, top five. However, several of India’s including tax havens, to shift trillion (about 99 lakh crore) Government’s disinvestment current fiscal, the target is the input tax credit (ITC) he said. 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It also Sthe power sector Tbe presented later this week, in a row on expectations of $1.14 billion in May in terms of said that the investment result- by state-owned CIL will be the decisive factor for continued economic reforms. deal value, according to a ed in the e-commerce sector declined by 2.6 per equity markets going ahead and Foreign portfolio investors report by Grant Thornton. capturing 20 per cent of PE val- cent to 80.9 million investors are likely to be in a (FPI) invested a net of There were 48 PE deals ues, while this deal alone tonnes in the first ‘wait and watch’ mode ahead of 2,272.74 crore in equities and worth $1.138 billion in May, accounted for 18 per cent of two months of the the mega event, analysts said. 8,111.80 crore in the debt seg- while in the corresponding total PE deal values. ongoing fiscal, However, markets may see ment, taking the total net month of last year, there Apart from start-up and e- Government data showed. previous fiscal. some upmove following the investment to 10,384.54 crore were 53 such transactions commerce, energy and banking This comes amid coal SCCL is a Government trade truce announced by the in June, according to the (research), Morningstar. banks continue to be dovish, worth $1.18 billion, said the sectors also witnessed big-tick- imports rising 12.9 per cent to coal mining company jointly US and China at the G-20 sum- depositories’ data. So far in 2019, the FPIs FPI inflows will continue. As report. et investments of over $50 mil- 235.2 million tonnes (MT) in owned by the Centre and mit over the weekend, they “The net inflows in June have invested a net cumulative of now, there are no signs of a “Despite witnessing a fall of lion. FY’19 over 208.2 MT import- Telangana. added. emphasises that investors amount of 87,313.22 crore stance reversal,” V K 87 per cent in M&A (merger Grant Thornton India ed in FY’18. The Centre had earlier said Besides, progress of mon- expect the continuation of since January, the data showed. Vijayakumar, chief investment and acquisition) deal values Director Pankaj Chopda said, The country’s top dry-fuel that no power plant was facing soon, rupee and crude oil economic reforms under the Except January, FPIs have strategist at Geojit Financial and 27 per cent drop in M&A “May being the month of elec- miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) had fuel shortages, adding that movement will also be tracked (Bharatiya Janata Party) BJP- been net buyers in 2019 till now Services, said. deal volumes, PE deals tion results, the uncertainty in supplied 83.1 MT of coal in none of the thermal power by participants. led Government which would and have invested a net Commenting on the out- remained on par with the activ- deal landscape is expected to April-May period of FY’18, plants have reported any loss of According to Vinod Nair, propel economic growth. 9,031.15 crore in May, 16,093 look, he said, “The FPI into ity recorded in May 2018,” it soon fade away in the coming according to Government data. generation due to supply con- Head — Research, Geojit However, the low quantum of crore in April, 45,981 crore in Indian equity will depend on added. months.” In May, coal dispatch by straints. Financial Services Ltd, “auto net inflows suggests that March and 11,182 crore in the outcome of Budget to be During the month, start- Another term for the gov- CIL dropped 4.9 per cent to Coal India, which accounts and metal sectors are likely to be investors are not yet investing February into the Indian cap- presented on July 5th. ups accounted for more than ernment will only increase the 40.6 million tonnes from 42.7 for more than 80 per cent of subdued due to low demand with full conviction and are ital markets (both equity Presently, there is no valuation half of the total PE investment expectations to streamline the MT in May 2017-18. domestic coal output, is tar- and benign raw material prices. adopting a wait-and-watch and debt). comfort in the market and the volumes and topped the invest- existing reforms and intro- Coal supply by SCCL also geting more than 8 per cent Government seems to have stance before the Budget “FPI investment, though monsoon has been well below ment value chart capturing 52 duce new reforms making it dropped by 2 per cent to 9.4 growth in production at 660 hectic task ahead- to support scheduled on July 5,” said trending down post March, the long-term average, which per cent and 29 per cent, conducive for renewed deal MT in April-May 2018-19, million tonnes in 2019-20 com- growth and maintain fiscal pru- Himanshu Srivastava, senior continues to be positive. 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All the pas- yatra early Monday tioned at the base camp to notorious criminals in its area days. senger vehicles,which were part morning. detect presence of any explosive and police officials should “We must be prepared to of the convoy, were fixed with The first batch of pilgrims material and to prevent any work pro-actively to prosecute pre-empt any crime against Radio Frequency Identification also reached Srinagar late possible militant strike. them, Uttar Pradesh Chief girls and should not allow any (RFID) tags to track down the Sunday evening under tight The Amarnath shrine Minister Yogi Adityanath said such activities to discourage movement of vehicles during security arrangements. board authorities have throw on Sunday. them from pursuing their the yatra period. The pilgrims were accord- open both the traditional “It is only when a criminal studies. Identify hotspots and Since early morning, the ed warm welcome at different Pahalgam-Chandanwari route is prosecuted, public will start The Chief Minister was increase police patrolling in pilgrims, camping in the yatri locations by the local district and Baltal route for pilgrims. trusting the police. So police on a two-day visit to those areas,” he said. niwas, were upbeat. Singing police and state administration Before the first batch of pil- should not only prosecute Saharanpur and Moradabad. The chief minister also praises of lord shiva and chant- authorities. grims was flagged off the entire criminals but also publicise “We need to bring the asked officials to ensure safety ing religious slogans large num- After flagging off the yatra, route of the yatra was sanitised their punishment,” he told offi- crime rate in the State to its of stray cattle. ber of women and young pil- Advisor KK Sharma said that by the road opening parties of cials during a review meeting lowest level. For this, we must “Our society is very sensi- grims embarked on the pil- coordinated efforts have been the CRPF and Indian army on law and order here. increase foot patrolling. tive about cow and any damage grimage. put in place by the concerned patrolling along the 300 km Adityanath, during the Though we have improved on to cow will have long-term The yatra was flagged off agencies to ensure long Jammu-Srinagar National meeting that also discussed crime rate in western Uttar impact on social harmony. by Advisor to the Governor KK smooth and safe conduct of the rity and where ever it is possi- gency during the yatra period”. highway. development in Moradabad, Pradesh, there is a need to do Ensure that cow shelters are Sharma, in the presence of yatra. ble we are relying on electron- The State Government is The State police has also set Rampur, Bijnor, Sambhal and better. fully functional and no cow is senior State Government/ ‘’Amarnath Yatra is a very ic surveillance including Drone expecting the pilgrim traffic to up special security check points Amroha districts, directed offi- “Senior officers must hold taken to any slaughter house,” police officers soon after per- significant annual event. I cameras’ to keep a hawk’s eye pick up in the coming days. So in the city of temples to pre- cials to upgrade technology to Janta Darbar for at least one he said. forming traditional prayers appeal to pilgrims to undertake on the suspected movement of far over 2 lakh pilgrims have vent any untoward incident improve monitoring and hour everyday and address the He directed officials to here at the base camp. Local the yatra without any worries miscreants. registered themselves for the during the yatra period. screening of probable crimi- problems of the common man,” increase vigil on activities relat- politicians, cutting across party on their mind. “we have made “We have also introduced yatra this year. The security forces would nals. he said. ing to illegal mining, illegal lines, also attended the cere- elaborate security arrange- Radio frequency tags to track The Shrine Board author- be facing enormous challenge “Use better technology to “Only by resolving the slaughter-houses and other mony and prayed for incident ments to ensure safety of pil- down the movement of vehicles ities have also made elaborate of securing 400 km long yatra prevent criminals from com- problems of public, we can crimes. free and safe pilgrimage in the grims during the yatra peri- during the yatra period”. He arrangements for ‘spot’ regis- route along the Jammu mitting crime. There is no reduce crime against women, “We should not only book coming days. od”,he added. said, “we have also stationed a tration to facilitate rush of pil- Srinagar National Highway need to wait for the criminal to be it eve-teasing, dowry deaths, people involved in illegal min- Chairman of the Shri A senior CRPF officer sta- motorbike squad of CRPF grims. and especially areas of South commit any crime. Identify domestic violence and others,” ing, but also initiate action to Amarnath Shrine Board tioned at the yatri base camp jawans equipped with first aid Inspector General of Kashmir to prevent any terror him, foil the criminal activity,” he said. confiscate their assets created Governor Satya Pal Malik is said, “we have beefed up secu- facilities to handle any emer- Police, Jammu range, MK strike on the yatra. he said. Adityanath asked the offi- by illegal means,” he said.  8"  5  5 )!)     

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BJP district pres- continued at Ghatal and said. entire concrete structure but the blast is an example of Department which was inves-   1/3) D employee, who doesnt per- prompting the ruling how they are accumulating tigating the case however form properly, would be sent on Trinamool Congress bombs imported from would not come to any imme- ripura Chief Minister Biplab voluntary retirement,” he said point fingers of accusation at Jharkhand to dominate the diate conclusion. “We are prob-  P  &      3 TKumar Deb on Sunday sent while addressing a rally of the BJP. Birbhum district,” TMC ing the case and the materials a stern warning to non-per- Tripura Karmachari Samiti here. The midnight blast strongman and district presi- have been sent for forensic    3    Social Media Day Banerjee media for spreading fake news forming Government Noting that there were occurred amid reports of ongo- dent Anubrata Mondal said test,” a senior official said -) 3 said the social media should against her party much to the employees at all problems with work culture in ing post-election violence com- demanding a thorough probe adding all angles would be be used for the good of the benefit of opposition BJP. levels, saying anyone not found various Government offices, ing from various districts. into the incident. probed. pparently aware that the mankind instead of spreading Reacting to her tweet her to be working properly would the chief minister advised The blast comes a day after “Meghdoot Club where the BJP refuted TMC’s claim Asocial media was being fake news. “Today is World senior party member Firhad be sent on “voluntary retire- employees to perform proper- a TMC leader was shot dead by blast took place is controlled by saying the blast was the upshot used by a group of unscrupu- Social Media Day. Social Hakim said “the BJP has a ment”. ly, if they wanted to save their alleged BJP men at Bandel in the BJP and it is the proof of of the infighting within the lous politicians to mislead media should be used for the team of IT workers. “I worship my work and jobs. The BJP-IPFT Howrah district some 35 km how they have been bringing Trinamool Congress. “The club voters by spreading untrue good of mankind. It must not They have spent crores on take my job seriously. I want Government in ths state, after off Kolkata. explosives from Jharkhand to does not belong to the BJP. It reports Bengal Chief Minister be misused by anyone to developing this team which everyone to perform properly. assuming office in March, 2018 Though no casualty was create trouble in Bengal,” is a general club where the peo- Mamata Banerjee on Sunday spread dangerous fake news often spreads unsubstantiated If you want to do Government had introduced a new employ- reported from the blast spot the Mondal said. ple from all walks of life come cautioned the people against and misinformation,” she news. The people should job, do it properly. Thousands ment policy. intensity of the blast was such Sources said the intensity and mingle,” a local BJP leader using social media for spread- tweeted. remain alert against such news of youth are unemployed. So, if The Government had also that its sound could be heard of the blast matched that of the said adding they were ready to ing false information. Banerjee had for quite that created dissension in the you dont want to perform, taken action against some from 2-3 km away, locals said Khagragarh explosion that took be probed. Twitting on the world some been blaming the social society.” leave the service. “Anyone from employees for absence from adding the major portion of the place on October 2, 2014. Elsewhere in continuing the chief secretary to a Group- work and negligence of duty. %?       &  &   " - &      1';      &(( farm products, unemployment etc. “We will also demand a fix pay for he Congress in Gujarat is plan- youths and raise the issue of deteri- "? & 49. Tning to put the State Government orating law and order,” Doshi said. on mat in the forthcoming Budget MLAs of Congress would meet    4*  +3% guarding the nation’s interests. He also session of the Legislative Assembly by Tuesday morning to chalk out a highlighted Navy’s significant role in raising issues pertaining to farmers final strategy to take on the BJP gov- efence Minister Rajnath Singh on implementing India’s ‘Act East Policy.’ and the “corruption” in procure- ernment, he said. DSunday visited the Indian Navy’s Singh was briefed about Long Range ment of farm products, and unem- Meanwhile, the BJP has also indigenously designed stealth frigate, Maritime reconaissance aircraft P8i. Later, ployment. geared up to blunt the Congress attack INS ‘Shivalik’ and Submarine ‘Sindhukirti’ the Defence Minister left for New Delhi In a bid to put pressure on the in the House, BJP chief whip Pankaj here. accompanied by Chief of naval staff BJP government, the party Sunday Desai said. On the second day of his two-day visit AdmiralKarambir Singh by a special flight. organised a “tractor yatra” to highlight Deputy Chief Minister Nitin of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) here On Saturday, Singh and Andhra “farmer woes and corruption in the Patel, who handles finance portfolio, he was apprised on the operational readi- Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan farm sector”, which set out from will present the Budget on July 2, an ness of the Command and other relevant Reddy reviewed the ongoing infrastruc- Gandhidham in Kutch Sunday and is official release said. aspects of maritime and coastal security in ture projects and proposals of the Indian expected to reach Gandhinagar The Budget session, having 20 sit- the Eastern Seaboard at the Command Navy at the ENC, an Andhra Pradesh gov- Tuesday, when the session com- tings, will conclude on July 25. headquarters, a defence release said. ernment release said. mences, said Congress spokesperson Owing to the Lok Sabha elections Addressing the naval personnel, he The Union Minister, who arrived here Manish Doshi. held in April-May, the state govern- lauded the patriotic fervour of the sailors by a special aircraft, held a meeting with He said the party would take on ment, in February, had presented a in the Indian Navy in maintaining constant the chief minister and officials of the state the government on the issues like cor- ‘vote-on- account’ instead of a full vigil against maritime threats and safe- and district administration. ruption in procurement of certain budget.  + *&  & && *   
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Replying to a query on the only way forward to herald Jammu and Kashmir here on Sunday to highlight the The protesters also urged BVijayvargiya, who Was Talking to reporters after incident, the legislator said, peace in Jammu and Kashmir imbroglio, which he described water crisis in the city with the State Government to take released on bail in an assault coming out of the jail here, the “Several thoughts were going and hoped that the Centre as “political” in character, some resorting to various art measures to ensure no garbage case on Sunday, said he did not 34-year-old MLA said, “Let me on in my mind since the past would soon take an initiative would be a major initiative and music forms to draw the was dumped in water bodies. regret the incident but would tell you that the action we took few months... I had to take this to start a dialogue in this towards lasting peace in the attention of the Tamil Nadu “Government must ensure try to follow Mahatma on that day was taken thought- step after much contemplation. regard with Pakistan and all region. Government to the issue. complete transparency and Gandhi’s path of non-violence fully and with full responsibil- This was unusual. We should the other stakeholders. “The NC has constantly Popular Tamil numbers accountability in all schemes while raising public issues in ity.” always work with love and Abdullah also wished a around the table and hoped been maintaining that Indo- such as ‘Why this Kolaveri di?’ related to waterbories, water future. “A woman was being non-violence.” blissful pilgrimage to those that the process of dialogue Pak bonhomie will usher in a came in handy for the agitators supply,” the statement added. The first-time MLA was pulled by her legs in the pres- “We do not have any visiting the holy cave shrine of would be initiated by India and new era of peace and prosper- who modified the lyrics and Meanwhile, a report from caught on camera assaulting ence of police. The poor and remorse about it (incident) Amarnath at a height of 3,880 Pakistan, “sooner the better”. ity in our state. Animosity can crooned it to convey their Erode district said AIADMK municipal officer Dhirendra helpless family was being evac- because India is a democratic metres in the south Kashmir He recalled that former achieve nothing but destruc- demands including steps to MLA N Thoppu Singh Bais with a cricket bat on uated in the rainy season. nation and public is supreme in Himalayas. prime minister Atal Bihari tion,” the former Union min- restore water bodies in the Venkatachalam took out a pro- June 26 while opposing the Earth moving machines were a democracy,” he stressed. “The process of dialogue Vajpayee had initiated talks ister said. state. Civic activists, students cession to the District demolition of a dilapidated pressed into service to demol- The BJP MLA also accused should be initiated with all with Pakistan even after hos- On the commencement of and senior citizens participat- Collectorate along with around house in Ganji Compound ish the house. municipal officials of ignoring shades of opinion in Jammu tilities between the two neigh- the 46-day-long Amarnath ed in the protest organised by 1,000 people and submitted a area of the city. “I did what I felt right at public representatives on legit- and Kashmir, as also with bouring countries in a bid to Yatra from here, he said the pil- Arapoor Iyakkam, an NGO. petition to Collector C He was arrested four days that point of time. I did it imate issues related to common Pakistan to achieve the larger improve the relations. grimage was a symbol of com- “Every drop of sewage Kathiravan demanding imple- ago and a Bhopal-based court thoughtfully. I do not have any people. objective of peace in the state,” “The beneficiaries of the munal harmony and hoped water must be treated, water mentation of the comprehen- on Saturday granted him bail. regrets for that,” he said. “The officials forget that he said on the sidelines of a dialogue will be the people of that it would further foster the bodies must be restored, sive water supply scheme by the He walked out of the jail “We will try to follow they get their salaries by taxes function at Lakhanpur in Jammu and Kashmir, who bonds of amity and brother- enchroachments must be State Government for Sunday morning. Gandhiji’s path in future. I paid by the public from their Kathua district. have been bearing the brunt of hood. removed, and bring a compre- Perundurai constituency. Akash, son of BJP general pray to God that I should not hard-earned money. In a bid to The former Jammu and the hostilities,” Abdullah said Abdullah said he would be hensive Groundwater Talking to reporters, the secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, be given another opportunity please their seniors, the officers Kashmir chief minister said while exuding confidence that visiting the Amarnath Yatra Regulation Act,” Arappor former minister said he would said the step (of assaulting a to pick up the bat. I also appeal become so arrogant that they history stood testimony to the the Indo-Pak talks would lead base camp in a few days to Iyakkam said in a statement. meet Chief Minister K civic official with cricket bat) to all the youths that they treat the public like insects, fact that all contentious issues to the culmination of violence oversee the arrangements for A demand for a system Palaniswami on Monday and was taken “thoughtfully and should put forward their point which cannot be tolerated by were sorted out by sitting in the state. the pilgrimage. to precisely record rain water submit a petition in this regard. with full responsibility”. of view by walking on us,” he added.

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They forget that whelms the whole economic serves this purpose and final- coconut, stems and leaves of (Panchatanmatra) — akash the feverish growth of unac- system and the society. ly enables the aspirant to sacred trees, mainly mango (the vast space), vaayu (air), counted money, the collu- Today we are witnessing realise the ultimate reality of tree, etc., and some other items tejas (fire), op (water) and sion of bureaucrats with con- fall of many governments, life. are required. prithvi (earth) in their rudi- tractors to cheat the law and empires, kingships and Worshipping processes in When the worshiper mentary, uncompounded state. the exchequer, lack of devo- democracies across the world. the Hindu mythology consist chants the hymns, embracing The subtle body (Sookshm tion to work and the loss of The reason behind their col- of a series of steps and each the depth of his heart and sharir) of a man is composed integrity in public life can lapse is because the values and step is spiritually significant in completely realises the mean- of these five subtle elements. make even the most meticu- aims of both the leaders and advancing the purpose of ing of their lyrics, a kind of The subtle body covers the lous economic plan seem to people are not clean. The purifying the mind and mak- heavenly emotion is devel- source of consciousness or be inefficient. If the work of seed of difficulties in our ing it turn inwards, which oped in him/her. And the soul (Atma), which, as per the implementation proceeds at a system is the lack of aware- finally result in the attainment water in the pitcher repre- Hindu Vedanta philosophy, slovenly pace, if political ness and practice of values of supreme spiritual enlight- sents this heavenly emotion. In lies deep inside the heart. parties collect funds in all such as cooperation, honesty, enment of the aspirant. this celestial zone, the worship- According to the Vedanta phi- sorts of devious ways and if serving, self-examination and From the Puranas, we per might feel that the gods losophy, when a man dies, his the moral authority of our self-discipline. This is main- find that when the gods and have taken cherished forms. soul exits the body. leaders gets increasingly erod- ly because since childhood we the demons churned the Usually, a fruit is placed at When the hymns associat- ed, not the best of plans or have been taught to compete ‘Kshirode’ sea nectar, which the top of the pitcher, which ed with Ghatasthapan are budgets can improve the eco- fiercely in order to succeed immortalises one who drinks symbolises knowledge and chanted with complete concen- nomic situation. In such an rather than to develop indi- it, had evolved from the deep wisdom. When a truth seeker tration, where one fully realis- atmosphere, it is only the vidual talents to complement sea. The gods were in search unravels the mystery in his es the meaning of her/his exis- vocal, combative and the each other; to possess and of a fitting vessel which could matter of search and gets to the tence, the worshipper experi- clever, who gets the benefit accumulate more as a means hold this immortalising bottom of the truth, s/he expe- ences the appearance of the from the planning. of security rather than shar- Amrit. Lord Biswakarma, the riences ethereal emotions of gods. It is, therefore, necessary ing our resources and realis- chief engineer of the gods, was joy. Spiritually, when, through Thus, for true worship, to see what collaborative ing that security comes when called and urged for an imme- knowledge, wisdom and true the worshipper must be in a efforts can cultivate and inter- there is unity, a sense of diate solution of the problem. devotion, the worshipper state of complete awareness of nalise the values and to belonging among everyone in He thought seriously over the reveals herself/himself to the his subtle body. With this reform the institutional the society. matter and then built an god, celestial emotions devel- serenity in the background mechanism so that the plan is This ignorance towards extremely powerful pot by op in the worshipper. Only and a sense of peace with the properly executed and the values brings sufferings to taking a part of energy from then is the worshipper regard- inner self, when the worship- benefits of the plan can reach humanity due to which vices each god. This sacred power- ed ideal or fit to worship. per offers flowers and other the poor people. It does not are created bringing further ful container was given the Head is the centre of all knowl- offerings to the gods in the generate system, which impels misery to our lives. It would name Kalasa, as it was built by edge. Generally, a green pitcher, he feels, as if, he is plac- every individual, family or thus be wrong for politics to taking Kala or part, energy coconut, with a part of the ing those in the void of his own group to maximise its own use religion, culture and eco- from the gods. This is, possi- stem attached to it, is the fruit heart, which is believed to be gains, unmindful of what nomics for selfish ends or to bly, some feasible background which is placed on the top of the abode of all gods and god- happens to the rest. As our satisfy one’s own hunger for for the pitcher (ghat) to be the pitcher. It has the shape of desses. This is what we call system stands at present, it power. Instead,it should learn considered as a sacred vessel. the head and the stem attached worshipping the god in the reproduces inflation, pollu- its lessons from ethics and Generally, a pitcher is made of are first welcomed to take arises — why should a pitch- From the spiritual point of as if representing the flame of ideal sense. tion, consumerism and social economics of people’s welfare earth. In many cases, howev- their places inside the sacred er be installed to welcome the view, the pitcher represents knowledge (Shiksha). (This article is based on the violence in an environment of and use the power it has er, it is also made of metals powerful pitcher. When an deity? 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Their young the journey several times reports. myself) of our history. It’s dis- ed it.” Sunday. Bahraini dinars (USD 265,000) between September and children, Prince George, 5, through her charity work. Harris, 54, who was born gusting. Now using it for debate Harris officially launched The 92 were among 138 each. November and according to Princess Charlotte, 4, and The couple will meet in the US to an Indian mother time at #DemDebate2? These her campaign in January for the sentenced to prison terms and The verdict was swiftly some UK media reports, the Prince Louis, 1, are expected to Pakistan’s president, Arif Alvi, and a Jamaican father who are my people not her people. US presidential election next the revocation of their citizen- condemned by the Bahraini Duke and Duchess of remain in the UK. and Prime Minister Imran were both immigrants, has Freaking disgusting,” the crit- year. ship after being convicted of opposition, while human rights Cambridge is expected to “The upcoming royal visit Khan, a close friend of Princess directly confronted critics ic tweeted. If elected, Harris would trying to build a Bahraini ver- group Amnesty International undergo hostile environment is a reflection of the importance Diana, who had visited the before who have questioned The viral tweet by right- create history by becoming the sion of Hezbollah, the Iran- decried a “mockery of justice” training before the week-long the UK attaches to its relations former cricketer turned politi- her black heritage. wing personality Ali Alexander, first woman in the White backed Shiite militia active in and “mass arbitrary denatural- trip in view of the terror threat with Pakistan. The two coun- cian and his then wife, Jemima Harris, Senator from has also gone by the name Ali House. Lebanon. isation”. in the region. tries enjoy historical links Khan, in Lahore in April 1996 California, was the target of Akbar, The New York Times Lily Adams, the campaign “The appeals court over- The opposition Bahrain The details of the tour are which both sides wish to and again in May 1997, short- birtherism-like attack, the lat- reported. communications director for turned the decision to strip the Institute for Rights and yet to be unveiled but the strengthen further,” said ly before her death, to help raise est jabs to racism faced by for- The tweet was however, re- Harris, dismissed the attack, 92 people of their citizenship,” Democracy (BIRD) said the palace confirmed that the visit Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, funds for a cancer centre Khan mer President Barack Obama, tweeted by President Trump’s explaining that people, includ- a judicial source told AFP. mass sentencing was “the is being undertaken on the the High Commissioner for built in Lahore. William and CNN reported. son Donald Trump Jr. ing President Trump, used “But their prison terms largest single incident” since request of the Foreign and Pakistan to the UK. Kate may also visit the centre. “Birtherism,” promoted by Trump, a valuable similar rhetoric to question remain the same,” the source the Bahraini government began Commonwealth Office (FCO). “The people of Pakistan The FCO travel advisory some Republicans, including Republican surrogate as his Obama’s birthplace. Obama added. revoking nationalities of oppo- “The Duke and Duchess of still cherish and fondly recall on its website warns that “ter- President Donald Trump father faces a bruising 2020 was born in Hawaii. The Court of Cassation, nents in 2012. Cambridge will undertake an the visits of Her Majesty The rorists are very likely to try and before he assumed the presi- race, posted the tweet of unver- “This is the same type of Bahrain’s highest court, will Since 2012, Manama has official visit to Pakistan this Queen to Pakistan during 1961 carry out attacks in Pakistan”. dency, was a movement that ified information, then asked racist attack his father used to issue a final verdict, but the stripped the nationalities of 990 autumn, at the request of the and 1997,” he said. “Foreigners, in particular denied former President his more than three million fol- attack Barack Obama,” Adams timing of that decision is not people, including 180 this year, Foreign and Commonwealth William and Kate’s tour of westerners, may be directly Obama was a natural-born US lowers: “Is this true? Wow,” the told CNN. known. the institute said. Office. Further details will be Pakistan, which is a member of targeted,” it notes. 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Nevertheless, that must concerns he wanted to carry out anniversary of the former British province. single family has ruled the to an electoral official at a The explosion took place The Metropolitan Police always be our ambition and the a terror attack in Britain. colony’s return to China. In a statement issued here West African nation -- with Catholic school where voting on Friday in Anhui Maiqi Assistant Commissioner, in a reason I believe the UK has the The three terrorists, includ- A large crowd filled a park on Sunday, the Counter most opposition parties taking was taking place in Lome. Chemical Co, Ltd in Bengbu, statement following the inquest best counter terrorism machine ing Rachid Redouane and in front of the legislature and Terrorism Department (CTD) part after boycotting 2018 par- The previous councillors they said. that concluded on Friday, wel- in the world is our absolute com- Youssef Zaghba, drove a van into chanted “Thank you” to the of Punjab Police said during the liamentary polls. elected in local elections in A company worker got comed a ruling by the Chief mitment to getting better at what pedestrians on the bridge before police, who have been criticized crackdown, “twenty-one terror- The first polling booths Togo governed for 14 years trapped while cleaning an Coroner that found that the UK’s we do. And we will,” he said. stabbing people with 12-inch for using tear gas and rubber ists belonging to Daesh (ISIS), opened shortly after 7:00 am from 1987 -- despite being under construction storage police and investigative author- Basu announced that his knives in a 10-minute rampage. bullets during clashes with LeJ and TTP have been arrest- (0700 GMT), with queues elected on five-year terms. tank and fire-fighters were car- ities had not missed clues that team will be examining the full But in delivering his con- demonstrators that left dozens ed during the last one month forming outside by 6:30 am at Councillors were later rying out a rescue operation, could have helped thwart the ruling of Mark Lucraft, the clusions, Chief Coroner Lucraft injured on June 12. from Multan, Bahawalnagar, a high school in the capital replaced with “special delega- they added. attacks led by Pakistani-origin Chief Coroner, to determine said: “My finding is that the pre- A protest march has been Bahawalpur, Toba Tek Singh, Lome. tions”, tasked with organising The storage tank ringleader Khurram Butt. what lessons we could learn. attack investigations of MI5 and called for Monday, the third in Gujranwala and Sialkot. “I came to fulfil my civic new elections, whose positions exploded during the “With regards to the inves- “We have already identified SO15 (the Metropolitan Police’s three weeks, this one on the It said a huge quantity of duty,” said voter Kayi Sassou, in were often filled with figures operation, killing the worker tigation itself, and with the ben- and made many improvements counter-terrorism command) 22nd anniversary of the han- weapons, explosives, maps of her seventies. “I want just two hand-picked by the govern- and one fire-fighter on efit of hindsight, we know cer- and this work continues,” Basu were generally thorough and rig- dover of Hong Kong to China different places and a large sum things for this country: peace ment. the spot, and injuring nine tain things could have been said. orous. On all the evidence and on July 1, 1997. Activists have of money have been recovered and change.” The country’ 3.4 million other first responders, the state- done differently. But after care- His statement came as rel- in the final analysis, I am not also said they will try to disrupt from them. It said the arrested Atutu Lawson also looked eligible voters are called to run Xinhua news agency ful consideration, the Chief atives of the victims of the ter- persuaded that investigative an annual flag-raising ceremo- terrorists wanted to target law forward to “lots of changes in elect 1,527 municipal council- reported. Coroner found that the pre- rorist attack two years ago crit- opportunities were lost which ny attended by senior Hong enforcement agencies personnel the neighbourhood,” noting it lors to six-year terms, renew- All injured have been sent attack investigation was icised the security authorities for could realistically have saved the Kong and mainland Chinese in these areas. had no market and that many able twice, in 117 towns. to hospital, it said. nonetheless thorough and rig- not doing enough to keep lives of those who died.” officials in the morning.  >/.   O  ' P  ""  " " !     $-)- - back. convicts.  /3I -/-$$-J community leader in the camp. 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Moroccan city of Casablanca started the fire and called the National Party (UNP) are President made his announce- The death sentences have been on Sunday leaving “many police,” he said. opposed to the capital punish- ment. commuted to life terms which injured”, authorities and camp “We don’t know if we’ll be ment, as President Maithripala “I have discussed it with at usually lasts 20 years. residents said. allowed to return.” Authorities Sirisena attempts to end a 43- least four parties in parlia- The last hanging came in Illegal but tolerated by said the fire broke out amid year moratorium on death ment and all of them are June 1976 when Siripala alias authorities, the Oulad Ziane “plastic tents and debris” but penalty to start executing drug opposed to the capital punish- Maru Sira, a noted criminal camp near the coastal city’s was later brought under control convicts. ment. 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I’m just The Australia wicket-keeper's pulled Lockie Ferguson for four to got his right hand to an edge off and pace spearhead Mitchell Starc feels stoked to be playing a part in this group innings of 71 against New Zealand overtake his previous ODI career Jason Behrendorff. the loss to India in their third tie was the and continue to contribute,” he said. was the highest by an Australian No best of 55 not out, set against India But Carey made no mistake turning point in the reigning champi- Starc credited captain Aaron Finch 7 in an ICC Men’s World Cup and at The Oval three weeks ago. when the next Williamson edge ons’ impressive run in to the semifinals. for providing the team with the calm- his stand with Usman Khawaja of One of the hallmarks of the came, off Mitchell Starc in the first Australia, who are the only team to ness even when things aren’t going in 107 was Australia’s highest in the all-conquering Australia sides of over of his second spell. And he have qualified for the semifinals, have their favour. World Cup for the sixth wicket. the past was their resilience and did excellently not to spill the top- won seven of their eight games. They “A big part of our victories is our That Australia also broke their a belief they could recover from edge that Ross Taylor launched crushed trans-Tasman rivals New calmness and I think that's probably led seventh-wicket World Cup record any position. Steve Waugh, a high into the azure north London Zealand by 86 runs on Saturday to con- by Finchie (Aaron Finch). He’s been fan- earlier in this tournament against pivotal figure that era of success, sky off Pat Cummins. Carey solidate their position at the top of the tastic as a captain. I think there’s a real West Indies, shows how deep they was even moved to claim that barely had to move but he did points table. sense of calmness around the whole have had to dig to maintain their Carey is a hybrid of two fine left- have to wait … and wait. “Since the India game, we’ve taken group, not just from the bowlers but impressive progress to the semi- handers from his generation: the Jockeying for position beneath the wickets through the middle fairly reg- from Finchie to all the fielders. finals. two Michaels, Bevan and Hussey. white ball as it hurtled down to ularly, and whether it’s attacking more “Even when things are not quite Carey, who was named Player +      J7:         High praise indeed. Bevan and earth, he fell forward with ball or I think the biggest part was the exe- happening for us, it’s of the Match, only made his ODI Hussey both had the game-sense, safely in gloves and a wry smile cution,” Starc said after the victory still very calm. We debut 18 months ago and also con- came in to replace Glenn Maxwell. Bangladesh and Pakistan. steely temperament and 360- of relief across his face as it lift- against New Zealand. still know what tributed handily in that 15-run win When the opportunity has to Usman Khawaja had 32 when degree vision to shape or finish ed from the Lord's turf. Australia’s only loss in the World we want to do. It at Trent Bridge — and he needed to. come play a more natural, aggres- Carey came to join him and as if countless games. He was not the only Cup has come at the hands of India, who goes back to the Coming in at 79/5, he made 45 sive game, Carey has done that too to show that this noted big-hitter With the keeping gloves, Australian smiling by the end. defeated the five-time champions by 36 execution. It’s from 55 balls. At Lord’s against the with punchy late-innings efforts from South Australia was not Carey had a mixed evening. Two  :2!;   runs and Starc believes that loss marked that clearness as Black Caps, it was 92/5 when he against England, India, totally becalmed, Carey overtook chances to dismiss Kane  6)22?A7/ the improvement in their game. a whole group “We were all probably a little bit off out on the field in that Indian game. I think the turn- is what’s probably ing point was probably that Indian game instilling that con- where we had a good chat as a bowling fidence in the group and a batting group and we've just bowler to execute /R &      continued to improve as a whole group what they want to of players from that game.” do,” Starc said. Talking about the win against New Zealand, the 29-year-old left-arm  )&&( pacer said the best is yet to come H  P7//?3, for Australia. ostility. Fear factor. “We’ve always spoken about HControl. Wicket-tak-   )&&( most.” peaking towards the back end of ing ability. Pakistan looked down and the tournament, and we’re still Everything a potential ICC acer Wahab Riaz says his out after defeat to old rivals India searching for that perfect perfor- Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 Pteam is not reading too but can now reflect on three suc- mance,” Starc said. champion team could wish to much into the parallels being cessive victories over New “We’re not quite there yet. possess from a pace attack, drawn with Pakistan’s victorious Zealand, South Africa and We’re showing glimpses of what Pakistan’s resurgent side have in 1992 World Cup campaign plucky Afghanistan in a thriller we are capable of with the ball and abundance. despite experiencing a similar at Headingley. with the bat and in the field, but we It is little wonder Sarfaraz resurgence. Wahab, 34, was left out of have still got room to improve, Ahmed’s outfit are given endless Imran Khan led Pakistan to Pakistan’s preliminary squad for and that’s exciting for this raucous support from their army their first and only World Cup the tournament but, like his group. of fans when they have fast- victory 27 years ago and the team, he has bounced back and “We’ve got to play bowling trio Mohammad Amir, exact pattern of wins, losses and is relishing forming part of a our best game in the Shaheen Afridi and Wahab Riaz to washouts is being followed in pace unit firing on all cylinders. semi now and swoon over. this summer's showpiece. “It’s very pleasing the way we hopefully bet- On a day of glorious sunshine But Wahab, who took 2/29 are bowling as a team, particu- ter that in the at Headingley, a sea of green and was unbeaten on 15, says the larly the way Shaheen has final, and banged their drums, blew their relentless mentality of his team improved,” he said. that’s what horns and generally made a is behind its remarkable resur- “Shaheen was under pres- tournament cacophony of noise as improving gence. sure after his first game against play is all Pakistan chalked up their third “We don’t really talk about Australia but he has come back about,” he straight victory in the competition 1992 that much. The first thing and taken some important wick- added. with a nail-biting three-wicket is in this team, everybody has the ets for us. Starc’s win in a cliffhanger of an encounter same purpose. That’s where we “Amir we already know is 5 for 26 with Afghanistan. started off and where we remain. one of the best bowlers in the against “It was a great win for us,” “The turnaround is due to world who swings the ball both New Sarfaraz said at the presentation the motivation and the ambition ways. That puts pressure on the Zealand ceremony. “Thank you all the of the team to win this World batsmen to play him. It’s a good was a fans, they cheered every ball.” Cup. Everybody wants that. combination right now, we are record- The Afghans elected to bat Obviously, this will be the last trying to take wickets and that breaking after winning the toss and the World Cup for Shoaib Malik and is putting the team in a great third career fever-pitch atmosphere in the !H  H,&     
+&      this is the time we are needed the position.” World Cup stands proceeded to reach a five-wicket crescendo at the fall of every wick- 0/41 from his full compliment of However, it is never wise to a skier at extra cover off Imad and against the same team at last year's haul. Just five et. 10 overs. predict the predictable when it the middle-order batsman made Asia Cup. players are now Even close calls were greeted It is hard to imagine a better comes to the Pakistan cricket him pay by smashing 18 runs in the “We fought really well, the ahead of his by ear-splitting “ooohhhs” and three-pronged pace attack in this team, and the rank outsiders were same 46th over bowled by skipper boys gave 100 per cent but in the haul of 46 World “ahhhhs” from the Pakistan throng World Cup and the statistics lend leaping and dancing in delight Gulbadin Naib. end we missed an opportunity to Cup wickets, with who heavily outnumbered the weight to the theory. when Sarfaraz was run out for 18 By the time six runs were win the match,” said a disappoint- none coming opposition fans. Amir has bagged 16 wickets in to leave his side staring defeat in the needed off the final six balls, vic- ed Gulbadin. close to the mes- The apple of the crowd’s eye on seven matches at an impressive face at 156/6 and with 10 overs tory for Pakistan was pretty much “Credit to Pakistan, they con- meric 12.97 aver- this occasion turned out to be 19- economy rate of 4.95. The 6-foot- remaining. assured. trolled their nerves. We missed out age he boasts year-old quickie Shaheen, who 6 Afridi is not far behind in the fru- The Pakistanis rarely seem to “We knew it was not an easy again. You can face a lot of these with the ball.   grabbed the spotlight by picking up gality stakes, having claimed 10 vic- wear the tag of favourites well and target,” said Sarfaraz. “Their situations but we are working But the    &  4/47 from his 10 overs. tims at 5.23 while Wahab’s 10 wick- it was then a case of cometh the bowlers used the conditions very harder and harder. The matches we 2015 Player of    Wahab provided good back- ets have come at a rate of 6.15. hour, cometh the man as Imad well. Everyone chipped in for us, have lost, we have improved. the &
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Australia are performing Q4   ! ) R well, there’s only a couple of 4I $    weeks left and they’re the ones to beat.” Boult was effusive in his praise for still definitely feel that this New I still think they will walk into the bowls well and doesn’t take wickets, pace counterpart Starc, the IZealand side can make history and semi-finals thinking they can beat and I think that’s what was happen- tournament’s best bowler so win it all. anyone on their day. ing in the early stage of the tourna- far. Two losses at this stage will be Kane Williamson has obviously ment, but in the last few games you Boult was joint leading tough to take but they have been so been the class act with the bat, but have seen him at his wicket-taking wicket-taker in the 2015 good for so long and have so many it is too easy to say we have become best. tournament with 22 wickets, 
 <  experienced players that I am sure reliant on him. You saw how successful and how alongside Starc. But this they will pull through. Guys like Ross Taylor and skilled he is at the death and he will time Starc overshadowed It is a bit tighter now, but I still Martin Guptill have been too good be a proper threat at the back end of him and is leading the wick- think they will feel pretty confident. for too long to be overlooked like this World Cup. et-takers list with 24 scalps Even if every result goes against that. Fair play to Australia, you can see ahead of second-placed them, their net run rate should still Taylor in particular cannot be they are a confident side. Lockie Ferguson of New put them into the semi-finals. ignored, he is a fantastic player and Those series wins against India Zealand, with 17. The nature of this New Zealand his record has been amazing for an and Pakistan before the World Cup “He’s (Starc) six foot team for an extended period of extended period of time now. boosted morale and when you are seven, bowls 157kph and time now has been to stay pretty con- These are too high-quality bats- bringing guys like David Warner and swings it both ways! He’s a stant, to not panic. men, two consistent and proven per- Steve Smith, with all the experience classy bowler. He was used They will understand that they formers who they can rely on. and success that they have had, into very nicely with short spells have played some really good crick- Along with Kane, those three are a winning team it is always going to to be aggressive. He’s had a et in this tournament. the key for the game against New be a potent combination. stellar campaign so far,” the They have only lost two games, Zealand and the rest of the batsmen At the start of the tournament Kiwi left-arm pacer said. and those were against two teams need to be complementary pieces. they maybe hadn’t quite found their +      *     &      Boult, however, said it that have played some very good It is about partnership batting, balance — but with Marcus Stoinis was special to grab a hat-  /+(1 (,,.)+ cricket. building an innings and under- back fit, and with Nathan Lyon and   )-%(-% Lord’s on Saturday. finals, have consolidated trick at the ‘Home of Cricket’, 6 " )   The only question mark for standing what a par score is. Jason Behrendorff completing the With his swinging full- their position at the top his second in ODI cricket. them will be the surfaces they were That is what Usman Khawaja bowling attack, I think they have eaking nicely” and histo- pitched deliveries, Boult sent with 14 points from eight “It would have been nice playing on. It looks like across the and Alex Carey did so well for found an XI they are happy with. Pry firmly behind them, back the well-settled Usman games. if it was in the first over but board the surfaces are getting lower Australia at Lord’s and New Zealand But for all Australia’s brilliance, five-time champions Khawaja (88 off 129 balls), “Australia turn up for any bowler dreams of getting and slower. would do well to learn from them . India remain my favourites to win it Australia are the team to beat Starc and Jason Behrendorff, World Cups. They have a three wickets in a row. To do That makes it more difficult for The bowling unit have looked all.They are a team that can not only in the World Cup, says New while giving away just two good record in them and it at the ‘Home of Cricket’ in batting and those partnerships are pretty good though. Bringing in Ish survive but thrive in these conditions. Zealand pacer Trent Boult. runs in the last over to they’re peaking nicely. They front of a good crowd against going to become more important, I Sodhi was a big call but I think it was They understand how to bat on these In a repeat of 2015 final become the first Kiwi to grab produced the complete per- Australia was pretty cool,” he am sure that will be a big focus the right one and even Kane bowled slower wickets. between the trans-Tasman a hat-trick in the World formance and they were too said. against England. quite a lot. The bowlers have done a And, more than any other team, rivals, pace spearhead Boult’s Cup. good for us,” said Boult, “It's a pretty simple game They will need to call on all their great job, and the wickets have they have four strike bowlers they can historic hat-trick went in But his efforts proved who returned with figures of plan. I wanted to disturb the nous to get through against the hosts. assisted that. call on — they look the most com- vain as Mitchell Starc’s (5/26) futile as New Zealand were 4 for 51. woodwork and it was nice to But even if they don’t win against However, Trent (Boult) is the plete team and will be tough to stop. brilliant five-for guided the shot out for 157. By virtue of “There are some quali- see the stumps light up. 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er,” he said. Federer starts on Tuesday against South Africa’s Lloyd Harris, who is making his Wimbledon debut. Nadal, meanwhile, arrives in London on the back of a 12th Roland Garros title. His 18th career major also meant he moved within two Slams of Federer’s all-time mark for the first time. The Spaniard, ranked two but — much to his irritation — seeded three was champion in 2008 and 2010. He is now trying to join Bjorn Borg by achieving the Roland Garros- Wimbledon double for the third time. Nadal was desperately close to a third title in 2018. Having failed to get past the last-eight since 2011, the Spaniard was only defeated in an epic semi-final by Djokovic, 10-8 in the final set. ,& "  &        Nadal starts his campaign against Japan’s world number 258 Yuichi Sugita.  )-%(-% 2011, 2014 and 2015 wins, becoming After that looms a possible titan- the lowest-seeded player to take the ic clash with Nick Kyrgios, who ovak Djokovic, Roger Wimbledon trophy since Andre Agassi shocked him in 2014, in the second NFederer and Rafael in 1992. round. Nadal are set to tighten their pri- Since then, he has been rejuvenat- It’s been 17 years since anybody not vate stranglehold on Wimbledon as ed, going on to claim a third US Open named Djokovic, Federer, Nadal or rivals struggle to keep afloat as they bid and seventh Australian Open title. Andy Murray captured the Wimbledon to dethrone the sport’s A-list stars. The only blip was a rain-hit semi- title. World number one Djokovic is the final exit to Dominic Thiem at Roland That long-distant honour went to defending champion and chasing a fifth Garros, a loss which ended his attempt Lleyton Hewitt in 2002. title at the All England Club. to become just the second man to hold The problem for the chasing pack Federer, promoted to second seed, all four Slams at the same time twice. in 2019 is their record at the tourna- can win a ninth crown while two-time Federer, chasing a 21st major, first ment as well as various frailties in body   H  
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 +     had captured the 2018 title to add to his ly became better because of one anoth- 12 months ago. shleigh Barty goes into rance given how often the top AWimbledon buoyed, unlike spot has changed since her era her predecessor Naomi Osaka, of dominance ended. by being world number one and Nevertheless Williams — who with several of her major rivals claims she is over the knee woes 4 &  struggling. that saw her pull out of her The engaging 23-year-old match with sister Venus at the Australian — who emulated Italian Open and then make an compatriot Evonne Goolagong early French Open exit — Cawley by becoming number believes Barty could be in for a . R !  one last weekend — has yet to long run as number one. get beyond the third round at “I think so,” said Williams. Wimbledon. “I think she has a great  &)--/*.-%3& Argentina were all at sea in their opening 2-0 However, by winning the game. I think she’s really even- defeat to Colombia and needed a Messi penal- Birmingham tournament last tempered. She’s just really chill. or the last dozen years, Argentina has been ty to salvage a 1-1 draw with Paraguay. weekend Barty showed she has She’s had a really good year.” Fwaiting for global superstar Lionel But in the 2-0 win over Qatar that quali- the strengths to add the grass Williams is still chasing the Messi to lead their football team to a fied Argentina for the knock-out rounds, and court Grand Slam to the French elusive 24th Grand Slam title major international trophy. the quarter-final victory over Venezuela by the Open she won on clay and that would put her alongside But when the the country needed same score, Messi became an increasingly become the first Australian Australian Margaret Court, but the five-time Ballon d’Or winner most, peripheral figure. women’s champion since she was not talking up her Messi failed to emulate the feats of He admitted as much after the Venezuela Goolagong Cawley’s second suc- chances. Diego Maradona in 1986 — when match, saying: “I’m not at my best level, M        %>:.   : + F &   cess in 1980. “I just haven’t had enough for some he almost single- I’m not playing how I hoped I would. With 37-year-old seven- match play, quite frankly,” she handedly won the World Cup. I’m not having my best Copa America.” time champion Serena Williams said. Four times Messi has Messi turned 32 during the tour- finally showing signs of age, “I finally feel like I found lined up with Argentina in a nament and while he doesn’t appear + , "  Osaka looking exposed through some good results in Paris. major final — the 2014 close to retirement, it cannot be too poor form and two-time “I’m just going to do the best World Cup and Copa many years away. He plays deeper  )4(-/ tially at fault for the first and third all put the ball in the net, only to Wimbledon singles champion that I can now that I’m here,” she America in 2007, 2015 and than he used to, passes more and is scores. But in Salvador he guessed be denied by a linesman’s flag. Petra Kvitova still easing back to said, adding with a smile: “I 2016 — but every time they more selective with his runs. He also oalkeeper Pedro Gallese the right way for the first shoot- “It’s a bitter and sad feeling. top form after an arm injury, know how to play tennis.” have lost. rests more than he used to and took Gsaved Luis Suarez’s spot- out penalty to deny Barcelona We had high hopes to qualify, but defending champion Angelique Osaka, for her part, says she He has often come under an eight-month break from the kick as Peru beat Uruguay on forward Suarez, after which Peru’s simply couldn’t,” said Uruguay’s Kerber may be the biggest threat is much more in the frame of criticism for failing to repro- national team following the World penalties on Saturday to reach the own penalty-takers were faultless. captain Diego Godin. to Barty. mind she was when she won the duce his Barcelona form Cup in Russia, only returning in Copa America semi-finals, where “I’m very proud of our team, “We lacked a goal. We tried, Barty, who took an uncon- Australian Open earlier this when wearing the sky blue March in a 3-1 friendly defeat to they will face Chile. Edison I can’t really put it into words,” we looked for it... (But) three were ventional route to becoming year than the stressed-out play- and white jersey of the nation- Venezuela. Flores scored the decisive said Peru captain Paolo Guerrero. disallowed.” world number one by taking a er who exited the French Open al team. Now, ahead of a mouth- Tuesday’s semi-final in penalty as Peru, who were “A lot of people said we Brazil beat Paraguay on spot- time off to play cricket, insists in the third round. watering Copa semi-final against Belo Horizonte looks tailor made thrashed 5-0 by Brazil in don’t have the fortitude and guts. kicks on Thursday and champi- she feels no pressure. The 21-year-old says the hosts Brazil in Belo Horizonte, for the Messi of old. Brazil have their previous match, qual- But we showed today on the pitch ons Chile did likewise to knock- “The only pressure is that number one spot she held ear- Argentines are simply waiting for yet to concede a goal in the com- ified for the semi-finals for that we could take them on out Colombia on Friday. that I put on myself,” she said. lier this year had been a mill- Messi to turn up. petition but despite victories the third time in the last head-on. In the only match to feature “To make sure that I do every- stone round her neck. “This is the match for Messi to of 5-0 over Peru and 3-0 four editions of the “Peru has hunger, Peru is a any goals, Argentina defeated thing correctly and prepare as Kerber may have lost in the appear,” screamed Ole newspaper’s against Bolivia, they looked Copa. warrior, Peru has guts.” Venezuela 2-0 on Friday. best that I can to try and play a Eastbourne final to Karolina online edition after Argentina beat ponderous and lacking imag- It was a remarkable It was the third Copa quar- Peru will face Chile in the good tennis match, try and play Pliskova but the German will be Venezuela 2-0 to secure the Brazil ination in the 0-0 draws against turnaround for Gallese, ter-final to finish goalless and second semi-final in Porto Alegre well, to enjoy myself.” delighted if like last year that is semi-final. Venezuela and Paraguay. who was the villain of that head to penalties after Uruguay on Wednesday, a day after hosts Whilst Barty says she did the launching pad to winning at Ironically, at this tournament, The semi-final promises to be a tight thumping by the hosts, gifting had three goals ruled out for off- Brazil take on Argentina in Belo not know what else the draw the All England club. Last year while Argentina’s performances have affair, in which a moment of Messi magic Brazil their second goal by clear- side during normal time. Horizonte. Copa winners in 1939 held for her, Williams claimed she lost in the Eastbourne semi- been improving steadily, Messi has, if could be enough to settle it. Argentina is wait- ing the ball straight to Roberto Giorgian de Arrascaeta, and 1975, Peru lost to Chile in the not to even know the Australian final only to go on and win anything, become less influential. ing and praying for just such a moment. Firmino, while he was also par- Edinson Cavani and Suarez had semi-finals four years ago. was number one. Wimbledon.