VIJAYAWADA � TUESDAY � FEBRUARY 21, 2017 � `4.00 � PAGES 16 � LATE CITY EDITION GULF NEW HOTSPOT, ARMS HUGE INCREASE IN WEST ASIA INDIA TOPS ARMS PURCHASE Countries in the West Asia and Gulf monarchies saw their ■ India is the largest importer of weapons in the world, 7.7% SALE ON A 26-YEAR HIGH shares jump from 17 per cent to 29 per cent, much more accounting for 13% of total purchase. Saudi Arabia is next than that of Europe (11 per cent, down seven points), the ■ The US is top weapons exporter with 33 per cent market share, With big buys in the Gulf, global arms trade has Americas (8.6 per cent, down 2.4 percentage points) and and along with Russia, China, France and Germany accounts for RISE IN GLOBAL IMPORTS reached the highest point ever since Cold War era Africa (8.1 per cent, down 1.3 points) almost 75 per cent of global exports of heavy weapons COMPARED TO 2007-2011 PERIOD

CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUPATI ■ MANGALURU ■ WARANGAL ■ DHARMAPURI CBI books its ex-chief AP Singh for graft Controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi, Emaar scam accused Pradeep Koneru also named; raids conducted in Hyd, Delhi, Chennai

EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ New Delhi the nexus between Qureshi and the pub- mar, whose complaint was also attached lic servants including Singh,” a CBI offi- with Singh’s letter, alleged that Qureshi IN a first, the CBI on Monday conducted cial said, adding that the FIR was regis- took “huge money” from different per- ‘HYD dog is coming to Delhi’ searches at the residence of its former tered on a complaint from the sons for obtaining undue favours from chief Amar Pratap Singh after register- Enforcement Directorate. public servants and politicians holding EmaarscamaccusedPrasadKoneru’ssonPradeep’sBBMchats with Moin Qureshi ing a case against him for allegedly fa- Singh, a 1974-batch IPS officer, headed high offices. are revealing as are the latter’s chats with AP Singh and Satish of VANPIC companies vouring controversial meat exporter the agency between November 30, 2010 The ED has appended 22 BBM messag- Moin Qureshi. Agency sources said a and November 30, 2012 during which a es which were exchanged between Singh Pradeep: Madhu, dad and I are Moin: Sir, please look into the issue I Regular Case (RC) equivalent to an FIR in number of high profile cases like the 2G and Qureshi even after the retirement of in Delhi tomm, can we meet spoke to you yesterday.... police parlance has been registered scam and coal scam were being probed. the former CBI Director. In its complaint boss tomm. against Singh, Qureshi, his employee The CBI has based its RC on the com- to the CBI, the ED has also attached 18 AP Singh: I dont know Asif well enough Aditya Sharma besides owner of Trimax plaint forwarded by the Director, ED Kar- BBM messages allegedly exchanged be- Moin: GD afternoon to request him directly but I know group of companies Pradeep Koneru and nal Singh, who alleged that in the course tween Moin and Raghini Brar, daughter people who know him well. But Pradeep: Boss in Europe back somebody has to brief what the other unknown persons. of investigation in a Foreign Exchange of Singh. on 22nd. HYD dog is coming to The CBI conducted searches at the Management Act (FEMA) case against “The data record including BBM mes- problem is in detail. I can fix the Delhi, same fit as dad, Shit, premises of the four accused persons in AMQ Group of companies owned by sages obtained from Income Tax contains meeting for Thursday. best place to go meet boss, is four cities — New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Amar Pratap Singh Qureshi, it transpired that the business- various nefarious transactions indicat- Europe. Chennai and Hyderabad. Besides Singh’s man was acting as a middleman for some ing therein that Qureshi has been liaison- Moin: U be careful new guy coming. residence, the other premises searched The four accused persons have been public servants. ing and obtaining illegal money from Moin: ok sir included those of Sharma, Qureshi’s booked under various sections of the Pre- In his letter, the ED chief attached various public persons for getting their Satish: JD?? Who sir not understand. company and that of Pradeep Koneru in vention of Corruption Act and 120-B records of Blackberry chat messages ex- work done, through public servants. Be- (This was in April, 2013 and the But this new guy is additional charge Hyderabad. Koneru is also being probed (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal changed between Singh and Qureshi to sides, these public servants have also ob- dog referred to in the chat was only. One more permanent guy will by the CBI in connection with the dispro- Code. “Qureshi was obtaining money allege that cognizable offences were com- tained illegal gratification/pecuniary then CBI JD Lakshminarayana, come nxt month as per my info. Is it portionate assets case against YSR Con- from various persons for getting favours mitted by the two in collusion with each gain either themselves or by their rela- who was probing Emaar case) correct... gress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy. from public servants. The RC will probe other. ED Assistant Director Arun Ku- tives,” the ED complaint alleged.

‘Thanks to all,’ FinMin sitting on info on Karti’s reads letter from slain RTI foreign bank accounts: Swamy EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE pore for past several years. En- activist’s shirt @ New Delhi forcement Directorate (ED) has already found that Karthi’s com- SETTING off a political bomb, pany Chess Management re- EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Nellore senior BJP leader Subramanian ceived two lakh dollars from Swamy on Monday released a list three Maxis Group subsidiaries “IPPATI varaku sahakarinchi of 21 ‘secret’ bank accounts alleg- after (his) father Chidambaram andariki krutagnatalu (thanks to edly held by Karti Chidambaram, illegally approved FIPB clear- all who supported me),” read a son of former Finance Minister ance,” he alleged. Rest of the ac- letter police recovered from the P Chidambaram, and his compa- counts, Swamy claimed, are at Blames his pocket of P Veerabhadraiah, the nies. Claiming the details were various foreign banks like Bar- partymen RTI activist who was found dead unearthed a few months back clays in Monaco, Standard Char- Karti has to be on a railway track here in the wee during a probe by the DG (Inves- tered in Singapore, HSBC in UK, prosecuted under hours of Sunday. tigation) of Income Tax depart- Deustche Bank in France, UBS in Veerabhadraiah, who was vo- ment in Chennai, he said ‘no ac- Switzerland and Wells Fargo in Section 13 (1)(d) cal about irregularities in the tion has been ordered yet by the California among others. (iii) of Prevention Red Cross Society of Nellore dis- Finance Ministry’. Swamy’s claims, if proven of Corruption Act trict and the Government Cancer Swamy claimed that Karti held true, could come as a major blow along with his Hospital managed by the body, a personal account in the Metro to Chidambaram family as Karti father Mr P stuck to his convictions despite Bank, UK (No 16714313) for the has not declared any foreign bank Chidambaram. death threats. last several years and he had not accounts in the affidavit filed Instead, the BJP in He had lodged complaints with declared the same in his annual with the Election Commission the RS has tried to the Society’s chairman and Dis- statements filed with the IT de- when he contested the Lok Sabha push through an trict Collector R Muthyala Raju partment till date. “His company elections in 2014. Subramanian Amendment Bill thrice over the past few months, Advantage Strategic Consulting, Swamy also lashed out at ‘cer- to delete this very however, no action was taken WEAVING HOPES which received kickbacks in tain’ BJP leaders who are trying section, so that based on the allegations. theAircel-Maxis scam, has four to dilute the Prevention of Cor- they can go scot- Speaking to Express, one of his Actor-cum-politico and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan with weavers in Vijayawada on Monday | P RAVINDRA BABU | P5 accounts in OCBC Bank in Singa- ruption Act. free close friends said three members of the Red Cross Society, one of whose properties were raided by IT sleuths, were involved in mis- appropriation of funds sanc- tioned by the government. Though it is mandatory to obtain KONASEEMA FESTIVAL CANCELLED approvals from the Society to Intoxicated by ganja, topper make any purchases including EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Kakinada nath Committee’s visit and road dals and flying squads comprising equipment, Government Cancer widening & development works police and revenue officials have Hospital authorities spent the EVEN as the state Election Com- have also been halted. As March 31 been set up to keep a check on the staggered into AU girls’ hostel funds as per their whims. mission announced the dates for is the deadline for several govern- district. “The offenders who have politi- the MLC elections and the Election ment schemes and programmes, it Special videographing teams too cal support threatened him with Code of Conduct came into force, is unlikely that the projects will fin- have been deployed to capture on Six EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Visakhapatnam dire consequences if he spoke up the East Godavari district adminis- ish on time. camera any wrongdoing in the against them,” the friend said, tration on Monday cancelled the To monitor all election-related mandals. District BC Corporation students A meritorious student of Andhra University shocked all on his campus adding that he feared the post- Konaseema Festival which was activities in the district, an election ED and deputy collector M.Jyothi suspended when he swayed into the girls’ hostel of his college intoxicated by ganja. mortem report would be tam- scheduled to be held from February control room has been set up near has been appointed District Nodal The varsity’s authorities scuttled to the biotechnology student’s room All six students pered with to protect the activ- 24 to 27. the Collectorate. Code enforcement Officer and will look into code vio- to seize the recreational drug, what tumbled out of the closets was the caught for the ist’s killers. Along with this, Justice Manju- teams were appointed at all 64 man- lation allegations. startling realisation that many students had turned into addicts. possession of All six students caught for the possession of weed were on Monday ganja were on suspended from the university with immediate effect, following a disci- MONEYBALL Monday plinary committee meeting. suspended from The student, who was caught at the girls’ hostel hails from a family the Andhra of daily wage labourers, had topped EAMCET and secured a seat in the university with biotechnology department of the Andhra University Engineering Col- immediate lege. Many students confessed that ganja and other sedatives like fortwin Daily wager’s son auctioned for `3 crore in IPL effect, following injections were easily available on the campus and nearby areas. Uni- a disciplinary versity authorities are now working to ensure that no drug enters the ASHOK VENUGOPAL @ Chennai territory.The most money they’ve Ranji debut, that too on the hal- committee college premises “We plan to take up special psychological classes for come across are the few lakhs lowed turf of the Eden Gardens. meeting held at the students whom we suspect are getting attracted to ganja and other PEOPLE, when they come across their son made playing Ranji and Then it all came crashing down. Richie rich University sedatives. We will also keep tabs on the entry and movement of outsiders sums of money they find difficult Tamil Nadu Premier League. “I Soon after that, Natarajan was Other uncapped Indians who had a big pay day on the campus, especially at hostels, while conducting frequent checks,” to comprehend, often subcon- am feeling really excited,” Natar- reported for a suspect action. university registrar V Uma Maheswara Rao said. sciously break it down into units ajan says. “I never dreamt that I “This was a very depressing pha- Basil Thampi : E85 lakh - GL Visakhapatnam agency area is notorious that they can imagine. When will be bought for such a big se for me,” he says. “I felt distre- for ganja cultivation. Tribal farmers culti- Thangarasu Natarajan’s mother price.” In the IPL auction on ssed, I lacked motivation and al- K Gowtham : E2 crore - MI vate the crop on over 5,000 acres of forest heard the figure (`3 crore) that Monday Natarajan went to Kings most lost interest in the game. land, according to officials of the Prohibi- Aniket Choudhary: E2 crore - RCB her son would be making for XI Punjab, 30 times more than But something from within told tion and Enforcement Department. Weed is donning the Kings XI Pun- his base price of `10 lakh. me not to give up. I went to the Mohammed Siraj : E2.6 crore - SRH smuggled to different parts of the country jab jersey in IPL-10, she He grew up playing tennis TNCA Academy and they sup- including metro cities from here. Some of must have instinctively ball cricket and moved to ported me and under Sunil Sub- PACERS IN DEMAND the tribals, especially women, smuggle and thought ‘that’s 50 lakh Chennai as a 19-year-old ramaniam at the academy, I recti- supply ganja. samosas’. to play fourth division fied my action. The TNCA picked Ben Stokes : E14.5 crore - RPSG “The ganja is packaged in 50 gram pack- For Natarajan’s par- cricket. In less than five me for Ranji this season.” Tymal Mills : E12 crore - RCB ets and sold for around `50-`100 each. New ents — his father is a dai- years, he was making his FULL COVERAGE: 14 customers are rarely entertained,” said a ly wage worker in a saree Kagiso Rabada : E5 crore - DD senior police officer of the city police task making unit near Salem force. Bhupesh Nagar, Allipuram, Kob- I am not sacred of expectations. I know pressure will be Trent Boult : E5 crores - KKR while his mother sells there, but the TNPL has given me a fair idea about how barithota, Railway station area and a few snacks in a roadside stall to go about the process in the T20 format Pat Cummins: E4.5 crore - DD other areas have been identified as “ganja — crores are unfamiliar T Natarajan, Tamil Nadu pacer hotspots”. FORECAST ALMANAC TODAY Sunrise 06.30 hrs Morning clouds Tuesday: 21/02/17 Year: Durmukhi Aayanam: Uttaraayanam Rituvu: Sisira Rutuvu Sunset 18.12 hrs Masam: Maagha Paksham: Krushna Paksham Tithi: Dasami 04:42 pm MIN MAX Moonrise 02.04 hrs Nakshatram: Moola 03.15 pm Durmuhurtham: 09:02-09:48 am Varjyam: WEATHER 0 0 01:29-05:15 pm Rahukaalam: 03:23-04:49 pm Yamagandam: 09:36-11:03 am WATCH 22 C 38 C Moonset 13.40 hrs

02 VIJAYAWADA TUESDAY 21�02�2017 Fake NGO dupes 15,000 SHG women of L4.5 cr ‘Global Giving’ of Guntur does a vanishing trick after collecting money

Scam in a EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @Vijayawada she was asked to pay `3,000. After being ap- nutshell pointed as super coordinator, she had Over 500 women’s self-help groups (SHGs) formed more than 120 SHGs in East Goda- from across the State have allegedly been vari, West Godavari and Krishna districts cheated by Global Giving, a Guntur-based and collected money from them for the 6 NGO. Global Giving started its operations training programme. month at Nallapadu village in Guntur in October She alleged that more than 15,000 women tailoring 2016. of 500 groups were cheated by Global Giv- programme The NGO had formed hundreds of self- ing. On February 12, Sireesha was invited help groups with 30 members each. It had to a conference in New Delhi. The NGO Hundreds of reportedly collected `4.5 crore from SHG told her that sewing machines would be SHGs with 30 women by promising them to pro- given to the members at the confer- members each vide training in tailoring. Each ence. Accordingly, she went to formed SHG member had paid `3,000 for New Delhi along with some Glo- the tailoring programme of six- bal Giving employees. month duration. Global Giving The employees fled leaving had targeted poor and lower her alone on reaching New Del- A3,000 middle class women using so- hi. Then Sireesha had realised collected from cial media platfor ms like that she was cheated by the NGO. each member Facebook. She returned to Vijayawada with The NGO promised to provide a the help of police. Sewing sewing machine worth `7,000 and `1 lakh On Monday, about 35 affected women machine and loan to the members after the successful members of Self-Help Groups of Kandrika J1 lakh loan completion of the training programme. Af- in the city approached the local corporator RICH CULTURAL FARE promised to ter collecting the money,the office-bearers seeking justice. Later, a complaint was each member of the NGO vanished. lodged with Nallapadu police in Guntur. Students present a cultural programme at Kreedotsav, a State level sports meet, at Makineni Basavapunnaiah Stadium in Vijayawada on Monday | EXPRESS The scam came to light only on Sunday Nallapadu police registered a case under NGO office- after Ch D Sireesha, who was appointed as sections 406 and 420 of IPC against the fake bearers vanish ‘super coordinator’ of a large number of NGO for duping women SHGs. after SHGs, lodged a complaint with the police. Special police teams have been formed collecting According to Sireesha, after seeing a post to nab the founders of Global Giving, who money on Facebook, she contacted the NGO and are at large. GGH reels under severe staff shortage

Staff EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @Guntur According to official records, the wings need three assistant professors status GGH has a bed strength of 1,166. The each. The posts have been lying vacant POOR patients are feeling the pinch of number of staff nurses working in the for quite sometime. acute shortage of doctors and medical hospital is 170. There are also about 100 About 300 staff nurses are also re- staff at Guntur Government Hospital nurses working on contract basis. As quired to provide quality medical serv- 1,166 (GGH). No steps have been taken to in- per the Medical Council of India ices to the poor patients visiting the Bed strength crease the GGH staff strength and fill norms, the hospital with the bed hospital. vacant posts despite several represen- strength of 1,166 requires 675 Admitting staff shortage, Dr tations to the State Government in this staff nurses. G Subba Rao, principal of regard. The budgetary allocation for Dr Y Ramesh, Resident Guntur Medical College, said: 270 the hospital has also not been in- Medical Officer, said: “We are “The staff position is some- No. of nurses creased to enable it to offer quality arranging extra beds if the what better now as the GGH medical services to more number of number of inpatients is high- got 10 professors newly. An- patients. er than the total bed strength other 15 assistant professor About 4,000 patients from different of GGH to ensure that the pa- posts are still vacant.” 15 parts of Guntur and neighbouring dis- tients do not suffer due to the People are hopeful that the govern- tricts visit the GGH a day on an aver- shortage.” ment will increase the staff strength No. of vacant age. The number of patients visiting About 15 assistant professor posts and enhance the budgetary allocation asst professor the hospital goes up to 5,000 on Sun- are still vacant. General medicine, an- to the GGH to offer quality medical posts days and holidays. esthesia, gynecology and a few other services to the poor patients.

TDP activist booked under SC Digi Dhan Mela lays emphasis CRDA Commissioner busy The thatched houses which were reduced to ashes in a major fire at Katkuru in West Godavari district on Sunday night | EXPRESS Act for abusing constable on cashless transactions meeting officials in London Eluru: Devarapalli police on Monday regis- Guntur: A Digi Dhan Mela was organised at Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Capital 70 houses gutted in agency village tered a case against mandal TDP president the police parade grounds in the city on Region Development Authority (APCRDA) Sunkara Durga Rao for abusing a cop in the Monday. Union Civil Aviation Minister P Commissioner Ch Sreedhar during his visit name of caste. Constable Midiam Ganga- Ashok Gajapathi Raju underlined the need to London, met top officials of London raju caught P Satyanarayana, a tipper to promote cashless transactions in a big Stock Exchange, along with Deputy High EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @Eluru ran helter skelter to save their lives. driver, in a drunk driving case. Having learnt way to promote transparency and Commissioner of Trade, Hyderabad, Penumalla Srinu, Venkata Ramana and G Srini- about it, Rao phoned Gangaraju, an ST, and strengthen the economy. e-payment will Abhilash Puzhakara, and discussed about ABOUT 70 thatched houses were gutted at Katkuru vasa Rao who could not come out of their houses village in Velairpadu mandal on Sunday night. Ac- soon after the fire broke out, sustained burns. They abused him. Satyanarayana left the police also help increase the tax revenue, besides raising funds through Masala Bonds. He cording to villagers, the fire broke out in the house were shifted to Jangareddigudem government hos- station along with the tipper at Rao’s combating corruption, he said. Assembly also discussed with the officials of of Kodi Kannayya, a daily labourer. The flames pital. Fire tenders from Velairpadu, rushed to the instance. Based on a complaint by the cop, Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, Social Transport for London about sharing its spread to neighbouring villages within no time fol- village and extinguished the flames. About 70 fami- a case was registered against Rao and the Welfare Minister Ravela Kishore Babu, expertise for development of Amaravati lowing explosion of an LPG cylinder in the house. lies were rendered homeless. All the fire victims are driver under Section 353 of IPC and the SC, District Collector Kantilal Dande, and AK Transport System, according to a press Most of the villagers who were asleep, woke up and labourers. The loss was estimated at `70 lakh. ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. ENS Jain, adviser, NITI Aayog, were present. ENS release issued here on Monday. ENS

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VIJAYAWADA TUESDAY 03 21�02�2017 Govt to present general budget on March 8 Guv to address members of both Assembly, Council on March 3; police force to be deployed to ensure smooth conduct

Where is the EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE go ahead resolving the issues,” he ob- space? @ Vijayawada served. Earlier in the day, Legislative Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasa- Only vehicles of CM, THE budget session of the AP Legisla- da Rao along with his deputy Mandali Ministers and tive Assembly will be held from March Budda Prasad and Legislative Council Leader of 3 to 28. According to sources, the ses- Chairman A Chakrapani inspected Opposition, sion will start with Governor ESL Nar- the Assembly block. Assembly Speaker simhan addressing the members of After going round the chambers and and Deputy both the Legislative Assembly and peshis, the Speaker made some sugges- Speaker, Council Council on March 3 and the House will tions to the officials. He also convened Chairman and Vice- be adjourned to March 6. It is learnt a meeting with the officials and direct- Chairman to be that Finance Minister Yanamala Ram- ed them to make arrangements for allowed inside the akrishnudu will present the budget on transport and accommodation. premises due to lack March 8. Speaking to mediapersons, he said of sufficient parking Public representatives attending the that as the government decided to hold space session of the AP Legislative Assem- the AP Legislative Assembly and Leg- bly and Council to be held from March islative Council session in the capital Separate parking first week for the first time in the Leg- city from March first week, Police and lots to be arranged islature Secretariat block on the General Administration departments for vehicles of the premises of the Interim Government and Capital Region Development Au- remaining public Complex (IGC) will have to park their thority (CRDA) officials are making representatives vehicles at some distance as the police va Rao, who reviewed the security ar- due to lack of sufficient parking space necessary arrangements. officials have decided to allow the ve- rangements for the maiden Assembly on the premises of the Assembly block As the Legislature Secretariat staff Police to arrange a hicles of only VIPs inside the premises session, along with the officials on and will allow vehicles of only VIPs. in Hyderabad have already been in- `Dharna Chowk’ due to lack of sufficient parking Monday, said that the department is We will allot alternative parking area structed to shift to the new location nearby the space. ready to deploy the required forces to for vehicles of the remaining public along with files and records by the end temporary ensure smooth conduct of the representatives,” he added. of this week, the officials are now fo- Secretariat to allow Parking space only session. “As it being the initial journey from cusing on providing accommodation people to protest for a select few at IGC “However, we could not allow the ve- the new capital city,naturally we will to the public representatives as well as Director General of Police N Sambasi- hicles of all the public representatives face some problems. But, we all should the staff. ‘Brahmotsavam’ TRACKING MOVEMENT 38-yr-old woman at Buddha Vari GPS on police Rakshak vehicles soon Sivalayam from files cheating case A step EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Vijayawada Feb 22 to 28 towards smart THE police Rakshak vehicles will be against sub-inspector policing turned into e-Rakshaks, in a week, by EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE installing Global Positioning System @ Vijayawada 20 Rakshak (GPS). Cheating cop EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Vijayawada vehicles in city Even as the city police failed to track SI befriended SRI Kanyaka Parameswari Anna Supposed to be the movements of Rakshak vehicles, the THE police are on the lookout for SI Satram Committee will organise department got feedback that the Rak- victim in 2010 Gudipudi Sandeep (38), who is accused on night annual ‘Brahmotsavam’ at Bud- shak vehicles are not working effective- while both of of cheating Duddi Padmavathi (38) on patrolling dha Vari Sivalayam at Brahmin ly.Similarly, oral complaints have been them were the false promise of marriage. working at State Street, One Town in the city from GPS helps track received from the public that the Rak- Padmavathi lodged a complaint with Bank of India, February 22 to 28. the movement of shak vehicles are not arriving on time the women police station of Vijayawa- Guntur Addressing a press conference vehicle round- during the occurrence of street fights, da against SI Sandeep of Kosuru in here on Monday, committee presi- the-clock especially at night food courts. Victim was in a Guntur district on February 1. Police dent Bayana Hareswara Rao said There are 20 Rakshak vehicles in Vi- relationship with have registered cases under IPC 376, that to mark ‘Maha Sivarathri’ on Move comes in jayawada, which are supposed to be on 406, 506 and 420. Assistant Commis- the SI as she was February 24, celestial wedding the wake of night patrolling. According to senior po- sioner of Police for women police sta- confident that he for the processional deities of negative lice officers from the City Police Com- tion, V V Naidu said that Sandeep is would marry her Bhramaramba Malleswara feedback missionerate, they are unable to track absconding and has switched off his Swamy will be organised in a received from the movements of Rakshak vehicles and clock,” a senior police officer told ‘Ex- on Rakshak duty will sleep in the night, The SI threatened mobile. “Police launched a manhunt grand manner. public are doubtful if or not the Rakshak staff press’, requesting anonymity. for they will be monitored through the to upload her for him and he will be arrested soon,” On February 26, city police are properly delivering their duties. There were instances wherein the GPS and questioned in case of derelic- photos and Naidu said. commissioner Gautam Sawang “We have feedback from random pub- Rakshak vehicles failed to reach the tion of duty,” the police officer added. videos on social According to Padmavathi, Sandeep will flag off the annual ‘Rathotsa- lic that Rakshak vehicles are not per- spot when street fights occurred near According to a Deputy Commissioner media when she befriended her in 2010 while both of vam’, the celestial chariot proces- forming effective patrolling, especially food courts at Benz Circle and Food of Police, real-time monitoring over pa- insisted on them were working at State Bank of sion of Sri Durga Malleswara at food courts. To set right this issue, we Junction. “But soon, no Rakshak vehi- trolling by Rakshak vehicles will be marrying her India, Guntur. Padmavathi stated that Swamy from Ratham Centre. are installing GPS for the Rakshak vehi- cle can cross their respective station done from Operational Command Con- she was in a relationship with Sandeep ‘Kolatam, ‘Puli Veshalu’ and cles to track their movement round-the- limits or no police personnel assigned trol Centre. as she was confident that he would ‘Lambada’ dances will be held marry her.But, later he went for police during the ‘Rathotsavam’. The recruitment and was selected as SI. temple officials are expecting Sandeep then married another woman large number of devotees for the Ruling TDP benefiting pvt players, allege YSRC councillors in 2011. Padmavathi said that the SI fete. I seek immediate threatened to upload her photos and Kalyan Ratha and Pushpa Yag- suspension of the videos on social media when she in- am to the processional deities of EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE and nail. Few days ago, the Naval Band palli Kalakshetram,” asked YSRC SI. He had forced sisted on marrying her. Bhramaramba Malleswara @ Vijayawada The YSRC councillors said they troupe performed at the audito- floor leader B Punyaseela. me to get a divorce On Monday, speaking to the media, Swamy,Bhadrakali Veerabhadra will raise the issue at the next rium. The third edition of StartAP Moreover, the corporation has from my husband she sought immediate suspension of Swamy and Ganga Parvathi Sam- AS the Vijayawada Municipal Cor- council meeting to be held on fest was conducted on a grand reportedly drafted a proposal to and promised to the SI. Padmavathi was married and etha Vasantha Malleswara poration (VMC) is contemplating Tuesday. Interestingly, the VMC scale at the auditorium. reduce the annual rental hike marry me has a child, while she was in a relation- Swamy will also be held in con- the idea of entrusting the mainte- had renovated the auditorium at “The ruling TDP councillors from 33 per cent to 15 per cent. ship with the SI. Due to family dis- nection with the festival. nance works of Tummalapalli Ka- an estimated cost of `7 crore dur- have drafted a maintenance plan The decision, taken soon after putes, she was living separately from Committee vice-president Nan- lakshetram to private companies ing ‘Krishna Pushkaralu. and kept it in the agenda. How ruckus in the last council meet Duddi Padmavathi, her husband and took divorce in 2017. dipati Narayana Rao, V Prasad, and agencies to garner more rev- Since then, many government could they do so? Is the corpora- over the property tax arrears of A victim According to Padmavathi, Sandeep M Venkata Subba Rao and D enue from it, the Opposition YSRC and other private programmes tion that inefficient to look after Vastralatha (shopping complex), had forced her to get a divorce so that Shankar Rao were present. is all set to oppose the move tooth were held at the auditorium. the maintenance of the Tummala- may attract more criticism. they both can get married.

LED THERE BE L IGHT EXPRESS CAMPAIGN Special counters for sale of subsidised FOR SWACHH VIJAYAWADA LED bulbs from February 23 We at Express believe in giving voice to citizens and that has State are realising the benefits of always been our guiding principle. this programme through reduced As Vijayawada, at the heart of the electricity bills to the extent of `150 State administration, expands, to `400 per year when two LED bulbs inviting global attention, it is time distributed already at free of cost are we, the people, join hands to used,” said Ajay Jain. make the city Swachh in every To further increase penetration by sense of the term. It’s towards energy efficiency appliances, the this objective that Express will be State government has initiated a your platform every Sunday. Write unique scheme which is first-of-its to us about the problems in your kind in India, wherein consumers colonies and we will be the bridge will be given a choice to purchase between you and civic authorities. commonly used energy efficient ap- Nothing gets things moving like pliances such as LED bulbs, LED raising your voice and we promise tube lights and energy-efficient ceil- to make you heard. So join the ing fans, on payment of only bulk Express campaign for a better procurement price plus nominal dis- Vijayawada! tribution charges, through kiosks and counters set up at various places Email: LED lamps light Vijayawada city | EXPRESS across the State. expressvij@ As of now, the prices of the bulbs, newindianexpress.com EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Vijayawada Monday. tubes and ceiling fans that are sold in Appraising the Chief Minister on these unique counters are approxi- IN yet another initiative to promote LED tube lights which are being pro- mately `70, `230 and `1,100 (up front energy-efficiency, the State govern- posed to be sold to consumers on out- price) respectively which are very ment has decided to make available right purchase basis, Energy Princi- cheap and most competitive when the energy efficient LED tube lights pal Secretary Ajay Jain said that compared to open market prices. at affordable prices to consumers they would be made available to the The scheme is open to all consum- through the counters to be set up at consumers for `230/- per tube light ers and they will be entitled to re- various locations in the State. as against the market price of `500. ceive up to 10 LED bulbs, three LED Chief Minister N Chandrababu The luminosity of these high qual- tube lights and two energy-efficient Naidu will launch the programme at ity lights is better than the conven- fans on easy monthly instalment the AP Secretariat at Velagapudi in tional lights and have a three-year (EMI) and four energy-efficient fans Guntur district on February 23. free replacement warranty in case of on upfront payment basis. “AP should set an example by be- any technical defects. However commercial and indus- coming the first incandescent and trial consumers are entitled to re- electrical bulb-free State in the coun- Govt bent on saving power ceive these energy-efficienct equip- try” Chief Minister N Chandrababu “The energy efficient measures tak- ments as per their requirement upon Naidu said in an interaction with top en up in the State so far are yielding providing relevant documents, an of- officials of the power sector on good results. The households in the ficial press release said on Monday. The State government should cooperate with the Centre to construct Dugarajapatnam port Varaprasad Rao, Member of to provide jobs to the locals Parliament

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PROTEST MODE Will teach TDP a lesson in 2019 Naidu directs officials to release polls if promises not met: Kapus L425 crore for irrigation projects Jeedipalli , Gollapalli waters to be used to solve drinking water crisis in Chittoor, Anantapur Satyagraha EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Kakinada tricts of the State on February 26. Our Deeksha leader,Mudragada Padmanabham will KAPU Reservation Porata Samithi participate in the ‘Satyagraha Deek- Water works EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Vijayawada Kapus to organise Joint Action Committee on Monday sha’ at Kurnool as he will be visiting Satyagraha CM calls for said that they would undertake Kapu the district on that day,” Yesu Dasu setting up of CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Deeksha on Satyagraha Deeksha on February 26 to said. directed the officials to immediately February 26 to put Water Resources put pressure on the government to in- “Government is thinking that by us- Corporation to release of `425 crore for the early com- pressure on the clude Kapus in the BC list. ing force and various repressive meth- pletion of small and medium irriga- government to ensure release of “As the State government has de- ods, they can put a full stop to our funds for tion projects. He also asked the officials include Kapus in nied permissions to Kapu movement. Kapu Reserva- to set up ‘Water Resources Corpora- irrigation the BC list Satyagraha Pada Yatra tion movement wouldn’t be tion’ to ensure flow of required funds projects from Ravulapalem to stopped until the government for irrigation projects. The protest Antarvedi in January last, announces BC status for Ka- Reviewing the progress of Polavar- programme to be Directs officials our Kapu JAC leaders have pus & other sub-castes. If this to complete am and other irrigation projects with be conducted in all now decided to conduct Kapu Reservation government doesn’t fulfil its the officials at the Interim Govern- movement wouldn’t Polavaram 25 Lok Sabha & 175 one-day state-wide Satyag- election promises, Kapus will ment Complex in Velagapudi on Mon- Assembly be stopped until the spillway raha Deeksha on February government teach a lesson in the 2019 earthworks by day, the Chief Minister told the offi- constituencies 26,” Kapu JAC state conven- elections,” JAC leaders cials to expedite the works and ensure across 13 districts of announces BC February 26 and er Vasireddy Yesu Dasu ex- status for Kapus & warned. completion of all the small and medi- the State spill channel plained. Kapu JAC leaders other sub-castes “Though Deputy CMN works by May 31 um irrigation projects in the coming K Tataji, N Vishnu Murthy, Chinarajappa is enjoying his two seasons. Pula Subbaiah Veligonda project, tenders for construction of Kalangi Though Deputy CM Vasireddy Yesu Dasu, N Chinarajappa is A Rama Krishna, K position and power because J160 crore When the officials informed that so Tarakarama project in Vizianagaram, reservoir at an estimated cost of Rs 340 Chakradhar and other lead- Kapu JAC state of the caste equations, he is far they had distributed `160 crore Thotapalli reservoir, Galeru-Nagari, crore. enjoying his compensation ers met here at Ramanayya convener behaving like a Chief Minis- against `422 crore towards the com- Handri Neeva, Madakasira, Pothired- Giving fresh weekly targets to the position because of distributed to peta-Vasireddy Yesudasu’s ter’s parrot and giving state- pensation of Vamsadhara project dis- dypadu, Gandikota, Balaji reservoir, contractors of Polavaram project, the caste Vamsadhara residence and discussed the ments against the Kapu com- placed families, the Chief Minister in- Mallemadugu and Swarnamukhi Naidu wanted them to complete the equations, he is project displaced future course of action for Kapu reser- munity,” JAC leaders criticised. They families structed the officials to complete projects. He directed the officials to uti- spillway earthworks by February 26 behaving like a vation movement. They called for me- stated that the TDP government was payment of compensation by Febru- lise 6 tmcft of water from Jeedipalli and spill channel works by May 31. Chief Minister’s dia conference and announced Kapu intentionally creating hurdles to the Tenders to be ary-end. At the same time, he also and Gollapalli projects to meet the Water Resources minister Devineni parrot and giving Satyagraha Deeksha. reservation movement by imposing called for wanted the officials to come up with drinking water needs of Chittoor and Umamaheswara Rao, special chief sec- statements against Section 30 of Police Act and 144 sec- construction of proposals for linking Nagavali and Anantapur districts. retary of Finance Ajeya Kallam, Chief the Kapu Upping the ante tion. “The government should know Kalangi reservoir Vamsadhara rivers. Directing the officials to complete Secretary of CM G Saiprasad, chief community, they “This protest programme will be con- that these restrictions won’t stop us at an estimated The Chief Minister enquired from land acquisition for Purushothapat- secretary of water resources Shashi alleged . ducted in all 25 Lok Sabha & 175 As- from achieving our goals,” the JAC cost of J340 cr the officials about the progress of nam stage- I works by the end of this Bhushan Kumar and others were sembly constituencies across 13 dis- leaders added. Chintalapudi lift irrigation scheme, week, he also asked the officials to call present. Man wanted in Andhra for lottery fraud arrested in Kerala

Pakistan EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Hyderabad According to police, Sudhamani, laiman Kutty is maintaining bank through the Whats App messages of connection the complainant-- a 26-year-old staff account with HDFC bank received his phone numbers, it is revealed A Kerala-based fraudster who con- nurse at Asian Institute of Gastroen- maximum amounts from the com- that the accused in conspiracy with On thorough nived with handlers in Pakistan in terology in Panjagutta, received a plainant. His tower location is ema- one Nasir of Kerala and Muneer and interrogation of defrauding victims across the coun- phone call in November last inform- nated at Cherpulassery of Kerala. Faisal of Pakistan. Police have seized the accused and try was arrested by Hyderabad po- ing her of winning Rs 50 lakh under Based on the tower locations of the 124 debit (ATM) cards from the ac- INTERVIEW going through lice investigating into a complaint Airtel Cellular company’s lucky lot- accused, Cyber Crime team went to cused and 107 bank passbooks were the WhatsApp lodged here. The accused has been tery. She was asked to pay Rs 8,000 Kerala and arrested the accused,’’ recovered from the accused. messages earlier arrested by Kerala police towards changing pin code. On mul- said the deputy Commissioner of Po- “The accused regularly receives recovered from twice and is wanted Andhra Pradesh tiple occasions she paid money to the lice (DCP), CCS, Avinash Mohanty. calls from phone which are originat- ‘Over 40 pc engineers his phone police in Chitoor. tune of `5.34 lakh to the caller and on The accused was brought to Hy- ed in Pakistan and alleged to be be- numbers, it is The Cyber Crime Police of Central growing suspicious she later ap- derabad to be produced before the longed Muneer and Faisal. The revealed that the Crime Station (CCS), Hyderabad ar- proached police and registered a Court. During the probe, it was re- fraudsters Muneer and Faisal took trained by APSSDC accused rested Sulaiman Kutty, a resident of case on January 31. vealed that the accused was arrested care of the mediator and Hawala connived with Cherpulassery in Palakkad district “During the investigation, the in- by Malappuram Police in two simi- racketeer Nasir not to reveal his one hawala of Kerala for collecting money from vestigators identified the tower loca- lar cases of maintain fraudulent phone number to the accused or his got jobs since 2015’ racketeer Nasir people on the pretext of a fraud tions of beneficiaries who received bank accounts. On thorough inter- original address. Sulaiman could not from Kerala and called Airtel Lucky lottery. amounts from the complainant. Su- rogation of the accused and going reveal the phone number or the ex- two Pakistani Police found out that Sulaiman act address of the Hawala racketeer In an interview with Express, APSSDC Director T Lakshmi sheds Kutty received 10 per cent commis- Nasir. However efforts are being con- light on the training modules and the objectives behind nationals The accused regularly communicates with Muneer and Faisal of Pakistan over sion for acting on behalf of his han- tinued to trace the address of Nasir. the initiative. Excerpts Muneer and Whats App. The accused regularly receives calls from phone which are Faisal dlers while his only contact was one originated in Pakistan and alleged to be belonged Muneer and Faisal Police from Chittoor of AP are also Nasir, a hawala racketeer, from trying to nab the accused in a similar What is the main intention be- Kerala. Avinash Mohanty, DCP case,’’ the DCP said. hind conducting these training classes in engineering colleges Narrow the skill gap and how are they scheduled? Initiative launched in 2015 WEAVING DREAMS The main intention is to improve with app development the employability skills of stu- programme dents. In order to achieve this, the students are being trained in var- To improve the employability Pawan in poll mode, to launch website on March 14 ious aspects, based on their aca- skills of students demics. The programme was ini- Category Improvement tially launched o n ly fo r Programme, Skill EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE MLC seat under governor quota wan Kalyan said it was a symbol engineering students in 2015, but Improvement Programme, @ Vijayawada for the community. Pointing out of common man with no caste, soon expanded to degree, poly- Project Improvement at the worn-out hands of the eld- creed or religion. He claimed technic and school students in ru- Programme & Digital Literacy REITERATING his decision to erly women weavers, Jana Sena that he is promoting handloom ral areas. contest the 2019 elections, Jana chief said politician should have products and not cool drinks or Programme are the training Sena party chief K Pawan Kaly- empathy and understand the other commercial products be- How has the journey been up modules an has said the party’s policies plight of such people. “All their cause it gives him utmost satis- until now? 5,271 Engg students on various issues like agricul- life, they have worked hard to faction. Lambasting both the It all started with an app develop- trained so far ture, land acquisition and capi- weave the cloths we wear. They TDP and TRS governments for ment programme in 2015, which tal city will be announced on are also no different from the shying away from fulfilling the received good response from stu- 2,158 Recruited by various March 14, the third formation mothers of the politicians. At promises made during the last dents. As many as 650 pupils from companies day of the party. least benefits like pension and election, he stressed on the need across 13 districts of the State The actor-politician said the healthcare should be extended to of a mechanism to monitor the took part in the two-week train- Training to be provided for party website would be launched them. The state government implementation of the promises ing session then. Later, in the app degree, ITI and on the occasion to elicit public should take up the issue,” he made by political parties. contest, 26 students were selected schoolchildren in future opinion on the party’s policies said. Pawan Kalyan, who was and got recruited by Logic Sure. and based on the feedback, party wearing a light-coloured Khadi PK flays govts’ doublespeak Taking this as an inspiration, we election manifesto for the 2019 Pawan Kalyan offers lemon juice to Padmasali Sadhikara Sangam president KAN kurta and pyjama, called upon Pawan lashed out at both the designed other programmes to de- ing students, from first to final election would be formulated. Murthy to break the fast in Guntur on Monday | P RAVINDRA BABU people to wear handloom clothes state and central governments velop the skills among engineer- year, in Category Improvement Addressing a public gathering at least once in a week. Stating for their attitude on the Special ing students. We initially trained Programme, Skill Improvement at ‘Chenetha Aikya Garjana - had no voice in the State Assem- elections and Jana Sena party that farmers and weavers should Category Status issue. “When the final year students. Later, to Programme, Project Improve- Satyagraham’ organised by the bly,will get representation in the will always support weavers never be neglected, he said he seeking votes, you speak a differ- bring a systematic change, we ment Programme and Digital Lit- Andhra Pradesh Padmashali Sa- House after the 2019 elections. community,” he said. would remain the brand ambas- ent language, now you speak a started including students from eracy Programme. Thousands of dhikarika Sangham at Bible “I have not come to politics for Pawan Kalyan’s announce- sador for handloom products till different one. It is your moral re- first year to final year and students from across the State en- Mission Compound near Guntur power, but for social transforma- ment is in tune with the demand his last breath. sponsibility to tell people that faculty. rolled for these programmes. on Monday, the Jana Sena chief tion. I will always stand by the of weavers associations for po- Pointing out at the red gamcha why you are not keeping your Now, we are also offering training said he would work hard to see oppressed, suppressed and ne- litical representation. (red coloured cloth used as tow- word. Make it clear to them and What made you to concentrate to faculty in order to create a that weavers community, which glected. I will definitely contest They are also demanding an el) he wore around his neck, Pa- let the people decide,” he said. on final year students? structured working atmosphere The final year students would where the students, faculty and generally focus on campus place- skill trainers are interconnected. RELIEFINSIGHT ments and neglect the project We got a team of master trainers works, fearing to write codes. So, from various industries and com- they approach private agencies panies to train the students and and buy the projects. Against this also a group of mentors to moti- backdrop, we designed a training vate them. Centre may agree to reduce qualifying mark for NEET module in which the students must write the coding and submit What is the fee structure and the assignments on time. This are there any free courses? Other EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Vijayawada dorsed the matter to the officials of the helps them become efficient and All the training modules and proposals in Medical Council of India (MCI). TS-EAMCET on May 12 land plum job. project works are paid services the pipeline UNION Health Minister JP Nadda re- Though Andhra Pradesh first raised and the students have to pay ad- Centre expresses its sponded positively to reduce qualifica- the issue of reducing the NEET-PG How many students have been ditionally to get into these pro- EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE willingness to tion marks in the NEET-2017 Post Grad- qualification marks, the Centre’s deci- @ Hyderabad trained so far and recruited? grammes. However,the course fee upgrade some more uation examination. He also promised sion will be beneficial to the students of As many as 1,365 final year stu- is quite nominal when compared hospitals in the to enhance the number of NEET-2017 all 29 states. TELANGANA State EAMCET exam for this year will be held on dents were trained in 2014- to any other private insti- exam centres in the State. A clarity regarding the reduced May 12 and the results will be released on May 22. 15 and 3,906 students in tutes. As we have to spend State as super Following the allocation of only two marks will come up before the com- Online applications for the exam will be accepted from March 3 2015-16. Of them, 2,158 huge amount on master specialty hospitals examination centres — one each at Vi- mencement of the first phase of to April 3 and those who wish to revise their applications can do so students landed jobs in trainers and training Vijayawada and jayawada and Visakhapatnam —the counselling. between April 7 and 20. various companies i.e., modules, we decided Anantapur hospitals State government sought the Centre to The Union Minister also promised to The examination fees for SC/ST students is `250 and for general 40 per cent. not to go for free pro- already developed allot more test centres for the conven- set up another test centre for NEET in category students is `500. Hall tickets can be downloaded between g rammes, but as super specialty ience of medical course aspirants from Tirupati, he informed. May 1 and 9. What are the new eventually to en- hospitals Rayalaseema region. Responding to the construction of All While the Engineering exam will be held between 10 am and 1 p r o g r a m m e s courage SC/ST Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas, India Institute of Medical Sciences pm, the Agriculture and Medical exam will be held between 2:30 scheduled for students, we are State urges Centre who called on the Union Health Minis- (AIIMS) near Mangalagiri in Guntur and 5:30 pm. Preliminary key will be released on May 13 and any 2016-17? offering training to arrange virology ter at New Delhi on Monday, got an as- district, the Union Minister said that questions regarding the same can be raised till May 18. From this aca- free of cost for laboratory in Guntur surance from the latter. they already invited world-famous ar- Applications will be accepted after April 3 too with added fees. demic year, them. and trauma care Later, Srinivas told newsmen that chitectures and will take up further Students can send in their applications till April 12 with a fine of the APSS- centre in Nellore Nadda assured to slash the qualification steps after consulting the State `500, till April 21 with a fine of `1000, till April 29 with `5000 and D C i s marks for the NEET PG exam and en- government. till May 8, with a fine of `10,000. t r a i n - Once BJP forms the government in UP, it will ban all slaughter houses. It will form anti-Romeo squads and take steps to curb growing clout of land grabbers — AMIT SHAH, BJP president 0� ���������� TUESDAY, FOR SP, MODI IS A TERRORIST UMA’S JIBE AT PRAJAPATI SP’S LUCKY CHARM 21 FEBRUARY, 2017 As the battle for UP gets fierce, so does the war of Over the last couple of days, BJP leaders have got Pooranmasi Dehati is believed to be the lucky words. Minister and Samajawadi Party national an easy handle to beat the ruling Samajwadi Party charm for the Samajwadi Party. It is said that spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary on Monday in Gayatri Prajapati. Senior BJP leader and Union Dehati’s victory ensures an SP government in UP. courted controversy by calling Prime Minister minister Uma Bharti asked SP MP and Akhilesh’s He won thrice from Nebua Nauraiyya seat and Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit wife Dimple Yadav to clear her stand on the likes saw the SP form the government in 1989, 1993 Shah terrorists. “They are doing the politics of of Prajapati. “Dimple should spell out the level and 2002. Dehati lost the election in 2007 and terrorism in a democracy. They want votes by and nature of punishment which should be Mayawati became CM. In 2012, when Dehati won terrorising people,” he said while talking to the handed out to Prajapati and many other like him from Ramkola, the SP again came to power. media. The BJP condemned his statement. who have flourished under the SP rule,” she said. —Namita Bajpai

SPEWING VENOM Tempers flare up over Akhilesh’s below-the-belt jibe at Bachchan; Modi, Maya coin new acrimonies for each other in no-holds-barred attack Is this ass bad ass it can get? UP rhetoric plunges to new depths

SANTWANA BHATTACH ARYA rallies in great numbers. Venkaiah Naidu thought it fit to urged the PM to take a pledge on so potent it seemed to overshadow Prompted by the same logic, @ New Delhi Well, on Monday no milk of hu- lambast the UP CM at a special the Ganga and clarify if his con- the sparring over power supply. Akhilesh tried turning the alle- man kindness was flowing from briefing. stituency, Varanasi, gets 24-hour And, therein lay the reason why gation on ‘religious’ discrimina- UTTAR PRADESH is nearing the Akhilesh at Milkipur or from Akhilesh had said, “Ek gadhe electricity, whether it is Ramzan Congress leaders withdrew their tion in power supply into a devel- halfway mark with three phases Mayawati in Sultanpur, or the ka vigyapan aata hai, main is or Diwali or Christmas. plans of knocking on the Election opment issue, and carried on into of polling over, two days to go for Prime Minister in Bundelkhand sadi ke sabse bade mahanayak se The PM had said at a Sunday Commission’s doors with a com- his even more audacious dig on the fourth, February 23, and three or Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli. kahunga ke ab aap Gujarat ke rally: “Gaon mein qabristan ban- plaint against the Prime Minis- Gujarat tourism. more phases thereafter. Much is Ugly sparring was at its height gadhon ka prachar mat kariye ta hai to shmashan bhi banna cha- ter’s remarks. “The commission Meanwhile, the PM shifted at stake for the big gamers in the with each declaring the other a (an advertisement of Gujarat fea- hiye; Ramzan mein bijli aati hai to should take suo motu notice. Why gear and trained guns on Maya- contest — Narendra Modi-Amit loser. The temperatures are rising tures donkeys; I would like to tell Diwali mein bhi aani chahiye.... should the Congress have to draw wati in Bundelkhand, making it Shah, Akhilesh Yadav-Rahul so high it seems to be driving the the superstar — that’s Bachchan, Bhed bhav nahin hona chahiye (If (the EC’s) attention,” asked Anand seem like a BJP vs BSP battle. As Gandhi and Mayawati. They may winter from the northern plains. the brand ambassador of Gujarat a graveyard is built in a village, a Sharma. The Congress, it seems, if the SP-Congress combine has lose much more than just the Akhilesh took a rather below- tourism — not to advertise the cremation ground should also be felt a trip to Nirvachan Sadan already crashed out. election, if they do not win. the-belt snipe at film icon Amita- donkeys of Gujarat).” Akhilesh constructed; if electricity is sup- would give the PM and the issue Rahul, who made a harangue Hence, verbal volleys are flying. bh Bachchan for his Gujarat tour- also gave it back to Modi for alleg- plied during Ramzan, it should extra mileage, help “communal- against ‘notebandi’ his single tar- And such is the confusion over ism ad (the target obviously was ing a communal bias by his gov- also be given in Diwali. There ise the polls”, and thus indirectly get point, said the voters better Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at an which way the voters are swing- Modi-Shah) and Union informa- ernment in power distribution should be no discrimination).’’ help BJP consolidate Hindu votes beware so as not to get divided to election rally at Pathartal village, near ing — they are gathering in all tion and broadcasting minister during the festival season. He But the Gujarat “ass” jibe was in a still open contest. help anyone win an election. Allahabad, on Monday | PTI

MODI’S ATTACK MAYA’S RETORT AKHILESH’S BARB VENKAIAH’S REPLY Modi is defining BSP Demonetisation was An advertisement of He is disturbed hence BSP is no longer Bahujan Samaj wrongfully... The prime done to ensure the Gujarat features donkeys; I using such language... He Party... it is Behenji Sampatti minister has compelled ‘Dalit ki beti’ did not would like to tell the is insulting people of Party now. Those who deposit me to define Narendra have funds to campaign superstar... not to Gujarat. I don’t know from wealth for themselves, can Damodardas Modi as in a ‘hawai jahaj’ advertise the donkeys of where this donkey comm- they solve your problem? ‘Mr Negative Dalit (helicopter) Gujarat ent came in between Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Man’ Mayawati, BSP chief Akhilesh Yadav, UP CM Venkaiah Naidu, Union minister

IN FULL THROTTLE MAHA CIVIC POLLS Once bitten in Bihar, Corporation, zilla Modi still not shy in UP parishad victories

Will NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow key for BJP’s plans change Bundel- WITH the UP elections reaching the halfway mark, khand, there now seems to be clarity about the issues raised by ABHIJIT MULYE @ Mumbai tors have moved to the BJP. Un- says Modi each party and their narratives to back them up. So, like most of the other corpora- while the ruling Samajwadi Party is selling its ‘Kaam WINNING the elections to the tions, the Congress and the Hitting the Bolta Hai’ slogan and the BSP is underlining the nega- 10 Municipal Corporations NCP have joined hands in campaign trail tives of its two rivals, the BJP’s electoral strategy is a and 25 district councils (Zilla Thane. However, they are un- in water-starved tried and tested one: leverage Brand Modi. Parishad - ZP) — termed as likely to benefit from the alli- Bundelkhand, After starting rather tentatively, Narendra Modi is mini-Assembly elections — is ance due to infighting among Narendra Modi now going full throttle. At each rally, he delivers retorts crucial for the Bharatiya Ja- several factions. The Shiv Sena on Monday and repartees designed to become talking points in both nata Party (BJP) in Maharash- might emerge stronger in the promised to social and traditional media. He started off in Western tra as it would keep political city. transform it like UP with his SCAM acronym, standing for, he said, Sa- ambitions of its ally Shiv Sena Another major factor that Kutch in Gujarat. majwadi, Congress, Akhilesh, Mayawati. It left the in check and would also might help the BJP in the nine Mineral-rich BJP’s rivals scrambling to come up with a fitting retort smoothen up its road ahead. Municipal Corporations ex- Bundelkhand, the next day. In Awadh, he sought to take the sting out Mumbai, Thane, Ulhasna- cept Mumbai is the newly in- he said, can of Akhilesh and Rahul Gandhi’s UP ke ladke pitch by gar, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, troduced system of multi- change the claiming to be ‘Uttar Pradesh ka god liya beta.’ The NAMO WAVE Nashik, Solapur, Amravati, member civic wards. The BJP “fate” of UP, he quips are seemingly random but are designed to seize Akola and Nagpur are the 10 had introduced a similar sys- claimed. A BJP supporter dances at the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Parivartan Sankalp rally at Phulpur the agenda. municipal corporations that tem in the recent municipal in Uttar Pradesh on Monday | PTI Political analysts believe the PM’s sharp comments, would vote on Tuesday. The council polls in the State and such as his ‘kabristan-vs-shamshan’ comment in Fateh- Shiv Sena holds the emerged as the larg- pur on Sunday, serve to deflect attention from his de- mayor’s post in est seat gainer. Par- monetisation policy. Said one analyst, “At a time when Mumbai, Thane Voting ty leaders are ex- the BJP is facing the public’s wrath in the aftermath of CM campaigns for rape accused and Ulhasnagar, percentage pecting a similar BJP-Apna Dal demonetisation, he has been able to turn the discourse while the Mahar- The key to power effect in the munic- alliance would around by selling the move as a war on cheats.” ashtra Navnirman appears to be the ipal corporations form next Before the first shot was fired in anger in these elec- minister, but doesn’t share dais Sena (MNS) is in percentage of except Mumbai. government in tions, there were those who believed that the PM would power in Nashik. voting. If there is a In Mumbai, the Uttar Pradesh, desist from investing too much of himself in this elec- The BJP, Congress significant rise in BJP is banking on while the tion because doing so had cost him dearly in Bihar last AMETHI: Uttar Pradesh Chief arate cases of gang-rape and at- and Nationalist the percentage of the reorganisation Samajwadi year. But Modi has not held back. He remains among the Tearful Prajapati Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Mon- tempt to rape another woman Congress Party voting, it can skew of the electoral Party, the busiest campaigners in this election. Having already day addressed an election rally and her minor daughter. (NCP) control two wards. The battle in Congress and UP CM Akhilesh Yadav’s the equations of addressed around 20 rallies in the first three phases of colleague and rape here, campaigning for party col- Opposition parties have made corporations each, power. Mumbai is centred the BSP are the election, not to mention seven Partivartan rallies league and rape accused Gayatri it a big issue with BJP targeting of which the BJP is around Shiv Sena’s accused Gayatri Prajapati merely trying before the polls were announced, this is as much a Modi Prajapati who is contesting from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her confident of wrest- core strength - the to salvage was seen wiping tears just campaign as Bihar was. The PM’s pitch is also carefully Amethi. Prajapati, a minister poll campaign in Rae Bareli for ing power in Solapur and Am- issue of Marathi Manoos. After their face before leaving the stage calibrated to suit the specific geography. The selection who has been booked on the di- the Congress-SP alliance, saying ravati from the Congress and the reorganisation, 112 of 227 during the election rally in Narendra Modi of issues for each rally is very carefully done keeping rections of the Supreme Court, it was unfortunate that she was Pimpri-Chinchwad from the wards are dominated by Mar- in mind the local connect. Amethi. Akhilesh did not however, left the dais when seeking votes for those accused NCP, all while strengthening athi voters, while 69 are domi- make any reference to his Akhilesh arrived. of “rape and murder”. its position in Nagpur and nated by non-Marathi (Gujara- controversial cabinet Party sources said the CM did Akola. The biggest fight would ti, north Indians and Muslims) colleague in his speech. not want to share the stage with Prajapati moves SC be in Mumbai though. voters. The BJP is eyeing a ma- Prime Minister Prajapati and had asked the or- After the 2014 Assembly elec- jor share of these Gujarati and Narendra Modi ganisers of the rally to ensure Gayatri Prajapati on Monday tions, where the BJP emerged north Indian votes, apart from with other that he was not present when he moved the Supreme Court alleg- as the single largest party with trying to make inroads into BJP leaders at spoke. Akhilesh, in his election ing that the rape case was politi- just 13 short of majority, the po- some of the Shiv Sena’s long- a Parivartan rally at Gauriganj in Amethi dis- cally motivated as the complain- litical equation in the State has held bastions like Goregaon The SC had to intervene to trict, did not make any reference ant was affiliated to the BJP. changed. In Nashik, where the and Borivali. Moreover, the Sankalp rally get the FIR registered to his controversial cabinet col- Seeking a stay on his impending MNS had an absolute majority, Shiv Sena and the MNS are at Phulpur in against Gayatri Prasad Uttar Pradesh Prajapati. ‘Goonda raj’ is league during his speech. arrest, he claimed that false alle- most of its corporators have likely to split the Marathi votes. on Monday | PTI prevailing all over UP On the directives of the Su- gations were levelled against joined either the BJP or the To counter this, the Shiv Sena preme Court, UP Police has filed him. On February 17, the SC had Shiv Sena. Same is the case targeted non-Marathi voters Narendra Modi, Prime Minister an FIR against Prajapati, a senior directed the UP Police to lodge an with Pimpri-Chinchwad, where with radio jingles in Hindi and SP leader, in connection with sep- FIR against Prajapati. PTI a major chunk of NCP corpora- campaign material in Urdu.

MANIPUR VOTE Congress vows free Wi-Fi, jobs for 3 lakh youth LUCKNOW: BJP’s personalised letters RAE BARELI: PRASANTA MAZUMDA R @ Imphal Free Wi-Fi and Internet will be 16-year-long hunger strike de- ‘Swear by Mother In a bid to forge stronger ties with the electorate of Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has Ganga’ provided to Imphal municipal manding its c o m p l e t e started sending them “personalised letters” to seek their support. The letters, WITHDRAWING the “draconi- corporation area and the service withdrawal. which the saffron party calls “family voter slip” are duly signed by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister an” Armed Forces (Special Pow- will be later expanded to other While promising to upgrade Akhilesh Yadav on Monday ers) Act (AFSPA) from Manipur, areas, including the headquar- infrastructures of schools and candidate of the Assembly constituency concerned in a bid to impart a personalised touch. In all, 3.5 crore ‘personalised’ letters are being sent to the contested Prime Minister providing free Wi-Fi and Inter- ters of the hill districts to make colleges, the Congress asserted Narendra Modi’s claim about net connectivity, according top Manipur fully digital,” Chief that it would work to achieve 100 voters. priority to the creation of three Minister Okram Ibobi Singh per cent literacy by 2022. “If vot- discrimination in power supply during Ramzan and lakh jobs for educated youth over said while releasing the party ed to power, the Congress will GONDA: Campaign vehicles damaged Diwali in Uttar Pradesh and asked him to swear by the next five years through skill manifesto on Monday. promote local entrepreneurs Four persons received minor injuries and two campaign vehicles of a BJP candidate “mother Ganga” if there was any disparity. The development and urging the Cen- The Congress’s promise to and investment in the state were damaged as group of locals indulged in stone pelting in Parna Bagulaha village. Chief Minister claimed that he has ensured 24-hour tre to provide Constitutional strive for the repeal of AFSPA through the notified Manipur Window panes of two vehicles, including an LED van, were damaged in the incident. power supply in Varanasi. safeguards for the territorial in- from the whole of Manipur has Start Up Policy… Development tegrity of the State were some of been a long-standing demand of of sports is one area where the PANAJI: FIR against BJP candidate BANDA: ‘Smile off Modi’s face’ the promises which the ruling the people. Earlier, the Ibobi gov- State has future potential. Be- Congress in Manipur has made ernment had withdrawn it from sides making all district sports Police on Monday filed an FIR against BJP candidate Pandurang Madkaikar for Rahul Gandhi on Monday claimed that the coming in its election manifesto. seven Assembly segments in Im- complexes functional, facilities distributing coupons from a departmental store run by a trust to voters, together of Samajwadi Party and Congress for the “To ease overcrowding, satel- phal Valley. Iconic activist Irom at schools and local levels will be violating the model code of conduct during the just-concluded Assembly Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls has wiped the smile lite towns will be developed. Sharmila had undertaken a Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh extended,” said its manifesto. elections in Goa. off Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s face. Nothing is worse for a developing nervous system, which cannot stand the strain of too

continuous an effort or of an activity that is Mirra imposed upon it and not freely chosen Alfassa

08 VIJAYAWADA, TUESDAY 21�02�2017 THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS

OPINION INDIAN EXPRESS IS NOT AN INDUSTRY. IT IS A MISSION. SMRITHI ADINARAYANAN Educationist and co-founder of Anaadi Foundation, — Ramnath Goenka Coimbatore Email: [email protected]

TIME TO An explainer of the Mother of Auroville’s vision for education and how it is REDEFINE relevant to today’s schools in India CASTE ast week, the case of Rohith Vemula took another turn. Over a year after EDUCATION the Dalit scholar of University of Hy- Lderabad committed suicide, the Gun- IS NOT JUST tur (his home town) collector’s office filed a report saying his mother, Radhika, ABOUT MATH brother and sister were not Dalit as stated AMIT BANDRE in their caste certificates but instead they belonged to the caste of Rohith’s father, he success of Sarva Siksha Ab- school regularly.The lack of in- life. Cultivating the vital di- and the dedication of the indi- they learn,” says Mother. hiyan in enrolling almost 98 frastructure to encourage mension helps children devel- vidual to his eternal principle. Alcoholism, focus on daily which comes under the OBC category. per cent of all children of sports to maintain a healthy op character, have a better un- According to the Mother, this wages and substance abuse This development is significant as one of school going age has shifted the body also impacts academic derstanding of what happens need not be necessarily reli- prevent rural parents from par- the cases filed after Rohith’s death was focus of education to the ques- participation. Encouraging ru- around them and develop gious: The notion of god can be ticipating in their child’s edu- under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atroci- T tion of quality. The need for ral schools to support sports resilience. replaced by the philosophical cation. Research reveals that ties) Act against the University’s Vice emphasis on quality has been and creating playgrounds in In recent times, we see a notion of Truth and the discov- active involvement of the par- Chancellor, a Union Minister and others. recognised by both education- villages can have a significant strong push to understand cog- ery would be equally valid. ents in the educational process ists and the government. Last impact on the health of chil- nitive functioning and improve Schools in many parts of ru- can enhance student motiva- Another case is of abetment of suicide. year’s Draft National Educa- dren. A key reason for children the cognitive capabilities of ral India are plagued by lack of tion. The Mother says that chil- The police investigating the cases had tion Policy has a strong empha- dropping out at 10-11 years is learners. Education being teachers, low teacher attend- dren learn from observing so far claimed no progress as the Guntur sis on pedagogy, learning out- child labour, born out of a ne- largely a mental activity, Moth- ance and poor teaching quality. their parents and warns of how officials hadn’t resorted back on Rohith’s comes and teacher training. cessity to earn livelihood. er mentions that the system The District Information Sys- negative traits in the parents caste status. Now, the officials have not Quality has to be measured While Mother supports physi- Modern should develop the following tem for Education (DISE) re- can have a disastrous influence against a vision of the meaning cal activity, she discourages mental capabilities in the port states only 41.3 per cent of on children. Parents should only denied the Vemulas their Dalit iden- education and purpose of education. In parents from keeping a child places great learner: Concentration and re- rural schools have regular achieve a right balance of love, tity but have also charged them with ob- other words, what does it mean constantly engaged with work. importance tention, ability to grasp com- teacher attendance. More wor- care and attention so that the taining false caste certificates to attain to say that a child is educated? On the vital dimension, she on subjects plexity and richness, thematic rying than poor subject matter child develops a strong person- benefits and gave them 15 days to respond In this context, the educational stressed on psychological well- like science, organization of concepts, pow- expertise is the approach of ality. She is highly critical of vision of Mirra Alfassa, known being and refinement of the er of discrimination and men- teachers towards students. parents who are too anxious to the notice. This development has gen- language and as the Mother, which she imple- aesthetic sense to enable a child tal calmness that makes one Mother did not consider the about their children. maths while erated anger amongst the supporters of mented at Sri Aurobindo Inter- to choose what is beautiful and receptive to inspiration. teacher as an instructor but as Mother’s vision is of an inte- there is less the family. For one, the imposition of the national Centre of Education harmonious and avoid degrad- Curriculum must be local- a facilitator who awakens a gral education where every di- father’s caste identity on his children de- has much to offer. ing influences. She stressed on emphasis on ised according to the surround- love for learning. A child must mension of the child is culti- Mother felt a holistic educa- psychological well-being and life skills that ings to facilitate better under- not be forced into the shape de- vated and allowed to find full spite the family’s socio-cultural reality— help students they lived among other Dalits—reflects a tion must focus on the simulta- refinement of the aesthetic standing. A striking feature is sired by the parent or teacher. expression. True education neous development of five di- sense to enable a child to choose cope with that she does not support a re- With education becoming re- must embrace all aspects of life patriarchal world view. But further, it mensions of an individual: what is beautiful and harmoni- challenges ductionist approach of simpli- sult-oriented and standardised, and enable a child to under- raises the question of what caste is. physical, vital, mental, psychic ous and avoid degrading influ- they face fying content into digestible schools impose tight curricula stand the world around them. It Is it an aspect of birth as inalienable as and spiritual. She envisioned ences. Character development in life capsules. Rather, there must be and strict timetables. This should support him in discov- one’s blood type or is it both ‘heritable’ as an educational system that bal- is not to be done by coercion an intermingling of high causes a great deal of stress ering his own aspiration and well as reinforced by social experience? ances these dimensions and but by kindling in the child an achievers and slow learners so and a hurry among the teach- vision for life in harmony with serves as a platform to enhance aspiration for a higher life. that the latter gradually grow ers to “finish the portions”. his nature and orientation. Experts say the law indicates that in in- the learner’s potential. Modern education places great in understanding of the subject “Don’t try to pump into the This, over time, integrates the ter-caste marriages, the child may choose In the current context, chil- importance on subjects like sci- and rise up to the complex students mere data and infor- personality and brings a dy- his or her caste. Yet, the Guntur district’s dren from rural India suffer ence, language and maths while content. mation. Don’t give them so namic and constructive force move smacks not only of insensitivity from malnutrition and diseases there is less emphasis on life Mother’s vision of psychic much work that they may not and purpose to thought, action and willful ignorance of how caste is due to lack of hygiene. This skills that help students cope and spiritual education focuses get time for anything else. Let and life. (With Shyam prevents them from attending with challenges they face in on discovering one’s purpose the students understand what Krishnakumar) practiced in our society but also of an in- sidious convenience for the powers that be. There is a narrative that dismisses the distress of Rohith through a misdirection Traded with India Palmyrenes were Palmyra’s queen by questioning his caste. The Guntur col- ERASING THE PAST cowboys on the frontier, lector’s report has only strengthened that Palmyra was mentioned in so to speak, but they The ancient city’s most Apart from murdering narrative in the process, ensuring that records that date back to were also participating famous citizen was Queen innocent humans in Syria, in an empire-wide marginalised communities trust the sys- about 3,800 years but only Zenobia, wrote Kristin Iraq and the world over, IS during the 2-3 A.D., the city practice of embellishing Romey in National tem meant to guarantee social justice a their city with grand is also on a mission to kill became a hub for trade. The Geographic. Zenobia little less. buildings. There are few history. The terror outfit city, which was controlled cities in the Roman leveraged the city's wealth has razed monuments A beautiful oasis by Romans over the years, Empire that and political chaos across in Palmyra, one of traded with Persia, China provide such an the Roman Empire to briefly An oasis in the Syrian desert, and also India. The abundance of wrest control of the eastern Syria’s most important Palmyra contains the inhabitants managed evidence for Roman provinces of Egypt, WHERE DO THE historic sites, since it monumental ruins of a great to survive in the middle cultural change Syria and Palestine and took control of the city city that was one of the most of a desert by and negotiation incorporate them into a CHILDREN PLAY? in 2015. Historically, how important cultural centres of constructing reservoirs Maura Heyn larger Empire (269-273 hange, we are told, is the only con- significant is Palmyra? the ancient world, says UNESCO and irrigation channels A.D.), Romey adds stant. Rapid advances in technology, particularly over the past few dec- MAILBAG Cades have changed our lives for the Write to: [email protected] better, empowering us in ways un- thinkable barely a generation ago. This has also led to changes in the way we Of smiling, caning Bill to regulate wedding expenses offends individual freedom work, play and interact with each other. The proposed Bill to regulate mar- Cong supports triple talaq for votes More reefs in mouths of rivers? Gone are the days when one could drop in riage expenses reminds one of the Union Minister Ravi Shankar Pras- This is in reference to the snippet on friends and relatives without warning and classrooms aphorism, “The road to hell is paved ad has challenged the Congress to Another Great Reef (TNIE, Feb. 20). for a cup of tea, and knew the family his- with good intentions.” Austerity is clarify its position on the practice It is really strange that scientists a great virtue, no doubt. But in a de- tory of most of our neighbours. Gone are of triple talaq which has done great discovered a one thousand kilome- ecently, the media reported an instance where a class VII stu- mocracy, the very notion of the gov- injustice to Muslim women. I don’t tre long and 9,300 sq km reef at the the days when one stayed in a job till you dent was ‘badly thrashed’ by the principal. Later, the boy need- ernment trying to impose austerity think the Congress will take a stand mouth of the Amazon river in mud- retired, not needing to constantly worry ed to be hospitalised. The principal was charged under section on the citizens by official diktat of- on the issue because the party will dy waters. Perhaps, this discovery about staying relevant. Our urban sprawls 324 of the IPC. The place of corporal punishment, in modern- fends individual freedom. Does the not displease the Muslim funda- may lead to further discoveries at may have brought us closer physically, day schooling is increasingly being questioned. Will corporal author of the Bill want to create a mentalists who are in favour of the the mouth of other rivers flowing R punishment tame the shrews? I have my doubts, as I’ve been at marriage inspector raj in the coun- but they have also made us increasingly practice and also because of the into Pacific and Indian oceans as the receiving end of this method, on numerous occasions as a try? Will the Members of Parlia- fear of losing Muslim votes. The they are relatively calm oceans un- insular. Overwhelmed by the frenetic student. ment set an example by adhering to Congress has been supporting a like Atlantic ocean. pace of change, many sections of our so- Once, I was caught laughing in class and was asked to stand the proposed ceiling of `5 lakh cruel practice for votes! G V Subba Lakshmi, Vizag ciety have started pining for the simpler, outside the class by the teacher. I obeyed the hurt teacher’s which itself is arbitrary and unre- A Srikantaiah, Bengaluru slower days of yesterday. When the world command. Standing outside, I noticed with terror, more disci- alistic? If the lawmaker wants to Dhoni the leader will be missed Kerala’s civil service officers Pune franchise Supergiant’s deci- was far more predictable. plinary action fast approaching me, as I caught the sight of the stop extravagant weddings, she principal, a priest, on his daily rounds. Promptly, he enquired should kickstart a debate on radi- The column State Pulse (TNIE, Feb. sion to axe Dhoni as the captain and Now we all know that to bring back the about the incident that earned me the punishment. Before I cally altering the tax regime—tax- 20) succinctly states the story of replace him with the much younger past is impossible. But that hasn’t stopped could complete my narration, the principal had gripped my ear ing expenditure instead of income. ‘non-committal’ civil service offic- Aussie Steve Smith has come as an people from trying. The Taliban, which between his thumb and the index finger and rotated it. After V N Mukundarajan, T’puram ers, for not taking bold decisions unpleasant surprise to cricket buffs. ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, letting go of my ear, which had by then turned crimson, a due to the Damocles sword of vigi- The decision brings the curtains lance and CBI hanging over their down on Dhoni’s innings as skipper wants to do just that. So do most of the steady slap on one of my cheeks caught me completely una- Stalin responsible for violence wares and squirming in pain, more psychological than physi- The Editorial, In the climax, rebel heads. Having worked as Chief of in international as well as domestic people who voted Donald Trump to power. cal, of having been punished in loses the plot rightly fixes the re- Finance and Chief Vigilance officer cricket. His astute leadership quali- During confusing times, it is easier to front of my classmates. sponsibility for the unpalatable a public sector company for three ties are worthy of being imbibed by cling furiously to ancient social norms, BACK TO SCHOOL On other occasions in high turn of events in the Assembly on years, I have seen officers reluctant corporates. mores and practices, and vehemently re- school, I have had to kneel in front leader of Opposition M K Stalin. to take decisions as they are sure N J Ravi Chander, Bengaluru DR GEORGE JACOB that they will receive a letter imput- ject those that don’t ‘fit in’. Politicians of the whole class for ‘indiscipline’ C R Narayanan, Cuddalore Email: [email protected] of assorted kinds, till I identified ing motives and the intelligence who tap into that mood are more than another offender from among my Film fraternity supports actress wing might swing into action. happy to exploit it, promising to protect not-so-disciplined classmates, who It was heartening to see the whole G M Rama Rao, Vishakapatnam us from these predatory ‘outsiders’. would take my place relieving my paining knees. Malayalam film industry support- Create more compost sites After school, I moved on to college to do the now defunct pre- ing the actress who was allegedly Which is why our global village is grow- Fallen leaves can be put to good use degree course. While attempting to listen to a zoology teacher, molested. But it was surprising to ing increasingly xenophobic. This is not as compost and so, creation of com- this time a severely malnourished nun, a classmate passed see the ruling coalition taking this THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS post sites should be encouraged. a pessimistic view, or a lament for days of around an extremely funny cartoon of the nun, which made condemnable act as nothing unu- This is a bio-degradable way of con- Chairman of the Board: Manoj Kumar Sonthalia yore. Because one cannot halt progress, me smile. Since the principal’s ‘dual-attack’, I had mastered the sual and pretending all was well. trolling leaf litter. Editor: G S Vasu art of making sure smiles didn’t progress to laughter. Elizabeth Koshy, email and those who can’t adapt must inevita- D B N Murthy, Bengaluru Published by R K Jhunjhunwala on behalf of bly perish. “I know we’ve come a long To the nun, my smile meant breached discipline. 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‘What action have you taken on Kapur panel report, which investigated the killing of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi by Nathuram Godse?’ asks RTI watchdog

EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE Karamchand Gandhi to the PMO, tion” and necessary action to for- tion taken on the recommenda- tasked with investigating the any links with Godse. other than the conspiracy to mur- @ New Delhi the Central Information Commis- mulate appropriate policy to tions of J L Kapur Commission,” conspiracy behind the gunning In his directive, the informa- der by Savarkar and his group sioner, Sridhar Acharyulu, said a build archives of records regard- said the commission. down of Mahatma Gandhi on tion commissioner cited an arti- (Noorani, AG (March 15-28, 2003). THE Central Information Com- copy of the Kapur report is avail- ing Gandhi’s assassination, in- Set up in 1966, the one-man January 30, 1948 by Nathuram cle by noted historian and lawyer “Savarkar and Gandhi”.),” he mission (CIC) on Monday direct- able with the Indian Law Insti- vestigation, trial, punishment, commission comprising Supreme Godse, and the subsequent inves- A G Noorani in an English daily said. Earlier, responding to a peti- ed the Prime Minister’s Office to tute. He also recommended that official correspondence, and ac- Court Justice Jivanlal Kapur was tigations and police case. and said the court had earlier ex- tion moved by Ashutosh Bansal, disclose what action it has taken exhaustive archives on Mahatma Godse was said to be linked to onerated Hindu Mahasabha lead- Information Commissioner on the recommendations of the Gandhi be built in the national Hindu Mahasabha, led by Veer er Veer Savarkar for want of cor- Sridhar Acharyulu had said that JL Kapur Commission report on archives of India, similar to the The petition should be transferred to the PMO for “information” and Savarkar, and the Rashtriya roborative evidence in support of along with Nathuram Godse’s M a h a t m a G a n d h i ’ s one made following the recent de- necessary action to formulate appropriate policy to build archives of Swayamsevak Sangh, which was the approver’s confession. statement all other relevant records regarding Gandhi’s assassination, investigation, trial, assassination. classification of files pertaining temporarily banned for a year af- “However, Justice Kapur’s find- records related to the assassina- punishment, official correspondence, and action taken on the Transferring an RTI applica- to Subhash Chandra Bose. recommendations of J L Kapur Commission ter the killing. Godse was hanged ings are all too clear. He conclud- tion of Mahatma Gandhi tion seeking records related to “The petition should be trans- at Ambala Jail on 15 November ed: ‘All these facts taken together should be “pro - a c t ive l y the assassination of Mohandas ferred to the PMO for “informa- Central Information Commission 1949. The RSS continues to deny were destructive of any theory disclosed.”

TORTURE IN JAIL Child trafficking Man acquitted racket busted with in 2005 Delhi blasts rues 12 alleged links to top years lost

AISHIK CHANDA @ Kolkata According to CID estimates, FAYAZ WANI @ Srinagar some 30-40 children have been THREE months after a traffick- trafficked so far to various parts MOHAMMAD Hussain Fazili, 42, ing racket of newborn childen at of the country and to nations who was recently acquitted in a Bengal nursing home shocked such as United States, Singapore, 2005 Delhi blasts case after under- the entire nation, another major France and Spain. CID states that going 12 years imprisonment in child trafficking module with al- `3-5 lakh was charged per child Tihar jail, says he got justice at leged links to the central power trafficked abroad in the name of last but not before violation of corridors and alleged involve- adoption. The rates for local his religious belief in custody ment of West Bengal BJP Mahila adoption were less, at around Rs where he was forced to drink Morcha general secretary Juhee 1-3 lakh per child. urine and eat human waste and Chowdhury was busted in north The state investigating agency rats were put inside his Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district. has claimed that Juhee took trousers. Primary school teacher-turned Chandana to meet top WCD offi- “Who will return 12 years of alleged child trafficker Chandana cials at North Block in New Delhi my life? Will police officials in- Chakraborty, owner of three chil- on February 10 and was again volved in framing me be held ac- dren’s homes in the district, and supposed to meet them on April countable?” he questions. her aide Sonali Mondal were ar- 20 with regard to adoption proce- CRICKETER DRIVES CAR ONTO PLATFORM Though there is no denying the rested by the state CID and pro- dures of 17 children. A Howrah- Twenty five-year-old Harmeet Singh Baddhan (inset), an Under-19 World Cup cricket player, rammed his Hyundai sedan into the platform in Andheri station, fact that he got justice at last but duced in court, which sent them Delhi Rajdhani Express ticket in Mumbai, on Monday morning. The station was buzzing with people rushing to board trains. No one was injured | PTI he says it was delayed justice. to 13-day police custody on Chandana and Juhee’s name dat- “Despite being innocent I had Monday. ed April 19 is in CID’s to spend 12 years of the prime of Interrogation of Chakraborty possession. my life in Tihar jail,” Fazili told has revealed the name of Juhee “A host of documents and New Indian Express at his resi- Chowdhury, who CID claims was clearances are needed for one sin- dence in Buchpora area of Srina- instrumental in securing clear- gle adoption. Apart from clear- gar. On February 16, a Delhi court ances with regard to adoption di- ances from district Child Welfare Shurhozelie takes over as Naga CM acquitted Fazili along with an- rectly from North Block in New Committee (CWC), child details other Kashmiri, Mohammad Delhi, often allegedly bypassing are needed to be uploaded online PRASANTA MAZUMDA R @ Imphal replace T R Zeliang, who pledged their support for Rio. Rafiq Shah of all charges in 2005 many of the legalities. Cases un- and approvals from CARA and stepped down on Sunday in the But soon they changed their po- Delhi serial blasts case. At least der Sections 370 and 370A (hu- Ministry of Women and Child ENDING days of speculation face of stepped up protests by sition and threw their weight 67 people were killed and over 220 man trafficking) of IPC have Development are needed. How- Bets matter! and uncertainty, MLAs of Na- some tribal organisations behind the old guard Liezietsu. injured in the serial blasts in the been booked against the BJP ever, Juhee Chowdhury bypassed galand’s ruling Democratic Al- which called an indefinite In 2015, Rio had made an abor- national capital on October 29, “God willing and with full leader at Jalpaiguri Kotwali Po- all legalities. We suspect officials liance of Nagaland (DAN) on bandh demanding his ouster tive bid to topple the Zeliang 2005. “I was innocent and had lice Station. in North Block may have known support, I will do my best Monday chose Shurhozelie for going ahead with civic elec- government. Later, he and some nothing to do with the blasts yet CID has claimed that Juhee about the trafficking module,” a to see that we work toget- Liezietsu as the next chief min- tions with 33 per cent reserva- other NPF MLAs were suspend- I was punished for no fault of was instrumental in securing top state CID official said. her to bring back normalcy ister. He will take oath on tion of seats for women. ed by the party. mine,” Fazili says. clearances from Central Adop- Though Juhee could not be to our land and society. A Wednesday. Other than Liezietsu, the Nagaland’s lone Rajya Sabha For 12 years, he could not see tion Resource Authority (CARA) reached as her phone is switched lot of damage has been DAN legislators unanimous- name of Zeliang’s friend- member, KG Kenye, said: “Na- his family members including and Ministry of Women and off, her father Rabindranath done to the fair name of ly elected him to don the post of turned-bête noire and three- galand needs to be guided by an his parents even once. Child Development (WCD) in Chowdhury told media that Nagaland and our econo- CM soon after he was elected time former chief minister experienced leader like Liezi- “We belong to a poor family North Block by producing fake though many people came to seek my has been adversely aff- the leader of NPF Neiphiu Rio was doing the etsu at this juncture”. It was and my parents and family mem- documents and exerting her help, Juhee never extended help ected in the last few wee- Legislature Party. An NPF in- rounds for the CM’s post. Ini- Kenye who had pitched Liezi- bers could not afford to bear the influence in lieu of a hefty in any wrongdoing. ks. But I hope good sense sider told Express that 58 MLAs tially, over 40 MLAs, who had etsu for the CM’s post. Liezietsu expenses of travel to Delhi to amount per trafficked child, The issue came to light after will prevail so that people in the 60-member House had sneaked out of the state and will have to seek re-election meet me in jail,” Fazili says. which was duly paid by Jalpaiguri CWC gave a written can come together,” signed in favour of Liezietsu. lodged in resorts near Kaziran- within six months of becoming According to him, from the Chandana. complaint to police. Shurhozelie Liezietsu said. The 81-year-old Liezietsu will ga in Assam last week, had Chief Minister. very first day of his arrest, he pleaded before the police officials and men interrogating him that he was innocent and had nothing to do with the 2005 serial blasts in Over 1,500 lawmaker queries yet to be answered Delhi. Action against Hafiz “However, despite my pleas YATISH YADAV @ New Delhi importance raised in the House Ministry of Health and Family Narendra Modi for their good and despite having no evidence has brought out the following: Welfare. work in promoting key pro- against me, they framed me and RAMA Devi, a BJP MP from Lal- the number of pending matters Of the Rajya Sabha’s 377 pend- grammes of the central kept me in jail for 12 long years,” ganj in Bihar, raised in the Lok under Rule 377 in the Lok Sabha ing queries, 85 remain to be ad- government. Saeed first step: MEA Fazili says. Sabha the issue of road construc- as of January 10, 2017 is 1,248 and dressed by MHRD and MoEF. Five priority programmes of It was on November 21, 2005, 24 tion in her state on February 24, the number of public matters This is not the first time that the Centre— Pradhan Mantri EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE the ‘terrorist’, with a $10 mil- days after the serial blasts in Del- 2016. M B Rajesh, a CPM lawmak- raised by way of special men- response delay has come to the Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMK- @ New Delhi lion US bounty on his head, hi that Fazili, who was then er from Palakkad in Kerala, tions in the Rajya Sabha is 377,” notice of the government. SY), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima under Islamabad’s anti-ter- 30-years-old, was arrested by Spe- raised the matter of MNREGA the letter said. In October 2015, the govern- Yojana, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya INDIA on Monday called the rorism act. cial Operations Group (SOG) of wages in his constituency on “Needless to say, these matters ment found that replies were Gram Jyoti Yojana, e–National listing of Mumbai terror at- “Hafiz Saeed is an interna- J&K Police. March 8 last year. Both queries of public importance need to be pending for more than two Agriculture Market and Standup tack mastermind and tional terrorist, the Giving details of his arrest, he have remained unanswered. replied to by ministries on an ur- years. India/Startup India — have been Jamaat-ud-Dawa mastermind of Mum- says, “At 8 pm on November 21, As per the rule, ministries are gent basis and before the second After writing a letter this identified by the government. (JuD) chief Hafiz bai terrorist attack policemen raided our residence required to respond to an MP’s leg of the session resumes dur- time round, the government Those found performing with Saeed under the and responsible for and we thought it was a routine query within a month. ing the current budget session,” has followed up with a meeting excellence in promoting these Anti-Terrorist Act unleashing a wave crackdown by security forces. However, no less than 1,248 is- it said. with senior officials of the min- programmes will be given the by Pakistan, a ‘logi- of terrorism against During the operation, policemen sues raised by MPs in the Lok The highest number of pend- istries concerned and advised ‘Prime Minister’s Awards for Ex- cal’ first step in rid- Pakistan’s neigh- took me to a separate room and Sabha and 377 in the Rajya Sabha ing queries, 223, are with the them to ensure that in cases cellence in Public Administra- ding the region of the bours through LeT began questioning me about Del- are piled up in the ‘in’ trays of Ministry of Road Transport and where there are several stake- tion’ on the occasion of Civil “twin meances of ter- Hafiz Saeed (Lashkar-e-Toiba) and hi blasts. Lat e r, t h e y various ministries. Highways, followed by 120 pend- holder ministries involved, at Services Day on April 21. rorism and violent JuD and their affili- took me along with them to their The Parliamentary Affairs ing with the Ministry of Human least an interim reply should be The awards are instituted extremism”. ates,” Ministry of Ex- camp and interrogated me. I told Ministry has now shot off a let- Resources Development (MHRD) forwarded to the lawmaker to acknowledge, recognise After months of strain In- ternal Affairs (MEA) Spokes- them that I belong to a poor fam- ter asking ministries to give pri- and 97 pending with the Ministry concerned. and reward extraordinary and dia and Pakistan are appar- person Vikas Swarup said in ily, who survive on shawl weav- ority to lawmakers’ queries. of Environment and Forests Meanwhile, bureaucrats will innovative work done by ently on the same page, at response to the n ew ing, and that I had never been to “A review of matters of public (MoEF). At least 85 are in the be honoured by Prime Minister districts. least when it comes to listing development. Delhi.”

EXPRESS READ HAVING A BALL NEW DELHI JHARKHAND

Motihari incident: NIA SC denies bail to Lajpat JNU seeks police Prajapati moves SC in Man kills family, sister- arrests key accused Nagar blast convict assistance for officlals sexual assault case in-law, then kills self The National Investigation The Supreme Court on Monday A Delhi High Court, while hearing Samajwadi Party leader and UP A man in Jharkhand’s coal town Agency (NIA) arrested Ranjay dismissed the interim bail or the pleas of several Jawaharlal minister Gayatri Prajapati moved of Dhanbad killed his wife, their Shah, a major accused in the parole in custody plea made by Nehru University (JNU) students the Supreme Court days after an two young children and his sister- Ghorasahan (Motihari) case in Naushad, the convict in the 1996 seeking copies of their mark FIR was filed against him in case in-law by giving them poison connection with planting of Lajpat Nagar blast case who is sheets and certificates, was of alleged rape and sexual before committing suicide on pressure cooker explosives on the currently facing life sentence in informed by the varsity that its harassment. In his plea, he has Monday. The body of Om Prakash, railway track in Motihari last year. connection with the case. SC officials would need police alleged that that it was a 36, was found beside a railway The agency arrested Shah from remarked that those accused of assistance to enter the politically motivated case as the track. The bodies of his wife Patna on Friday and produced such heinous crimes cannot administrative block. Refusing to complainant was affiliated to the Suman Devi; his sons Piyush and him before a designated court on expect leniency from the courts. issue any such direction, the court BJP. Seeking a stay on his Harshit, and his sister-in-law Nitu Saturday. The court has He had approached the top court asked JNU to provide the names impending arrest, he claimed that Kumari were recovered from his remanded Shah in eight-day NIA with the plea to attend his and details of the students false allegations were levelled house at Barora in Baghmara custody. The latest development daughter’s wedding. The 1996 named by it in the FIR filed against him. On February 17, the area. In a signed letter, he said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee throws a ball during Khel brings the total number of blasts had killed 13 persons and against students blocking access SC had directed the UP Police to domestic troubles forced him to Samman 2016-2017 in Kolkata on Monday | PTI arrests made in the case to six. left more than 38 injured. to the varsity’s admin block. lodge an FIR against Prajapati. take the step. Beijing -1 -6 LS Los Angeles 17 11 LC Colombo 30 22 LC Melbourne 23 14 SNY 1,000 Dhaka 31 22 SNY Moscow 2 -2 LS GLOBAL Dubai 20 14 SNY New York 5 4 LC Cargo trains to run from China to Europe WEATHER Hong Kong 19 16 TC Singapore 30 24 TDS LR: Light RainHR: Heavy Rain Islamabad 18 7 SNY Tokyo 10 1 SNY in 2017 in an e�ort to boost its exports TDS:ThundershowerLC: Light Cloud SNY: Sunny London 13 10 TC Washington 11 7 LC

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JERUSALEM JUBA SAN FRANCISCO TEHRAN TAIPEI LONDON DHAKA Rockets attack southern Famine declared in war Uber investigates sexual Iran launches advanced Spain deports Taiwanese Oxford may open foreign B’desh arrests man behind Israel for the second time torn South Sudan harassment charges rockets during training to China, sparks protests campus thanks to Brexit secular blogger’s death In the second such incident this South Sudan’s government said Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has An Iranian semi-official news Taiwan’s foreign ministry has In a break from its 700-year-long Bangladesh police on Monday month, at least two rockets fired Monday that the country’s over ordered an “urgent investigation” agency has reported Monday that protested Spain’s decision to history, the UK’s University of arrested an absconding death row from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula hit three-year war has led to famine in into allegations of sexual the country’s elite Revolutionary deport more than 200 Taiwanese Oxford is considering opening its convict, who had fled to Malaysia, southern Israel on Monday, but parts of the nation, while nearly harassment made by a former Guard has launched sophisticated telecom fraud suspects to China. first-ever foreign campus in France for the gruesome murder of caused no damage, the army said. five million people- half the female employee of the company rockets during military exercises. The action by Spain is the latest in order to continue receiving EU secular blogger Ahmed Rajib “Earlier today, projectiles population- is going hungry. Isaiah in the US against her supervisor. Tasnim, an agency considered instance of a government moving funding post-Brexit, a media Haider in 2013. Dhaka launched from the Sinai Peninsula Chol Aruai, the chairman of South “There can be absolutely no place close to the Revolutionary Guard, to deport Taiwanese to the self- report said Monday. As part of the Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) hit an open area in the Eshkol Sudan National Bureau of for this kind of behaviour at said the launch of “smart and governing island’s rival. Chinese plans, British Universities would counter-terrorism unit arrested Regional Council,” said an army Statistics, said some parts of the Uber... Anyone who behaves this advanced” rockets came during an authorities say they should try the relocate” degree courses and study 34-year-old Redwanul Azad Rana, statement. Daesh had claimed northern Greater Unity region “are way or thinks this is OK will be annual three-day manoeuvre cases because their citizens have programmes and create joint a former student at the country’s responsibility for the first attack. classified in famine, or... risk of it”. fired,” Kalanick tweeted Sunday. Monday in Iran’s central desert. been swindled out of millions. degrees and research laboratories. top North South University.

FIGHTING TERROR Worldwide arms Russia ASIA imports and exports (23%, over the last five R S down 1 Main recipient region GLOBAL E in the world years (2012-2016) T 2 points) Pak moves R have reached a O of record level since P global X 5 heavy artillery ARMS TRADE 1950 – highest level imports E 4 43% since the Cold War 1 accounted for by P 3 O Asian countries in towards 7.7% rise compared China HIGHEST SINCE T terms of volume to the previous (6.2%, Afghan border 2007-2011 period, up 2.4 of the according to a points) global COLD WAR imports report by The 13% The United accounted for by Stockholm States (33% France Germany International Peace India, dwarfing China market share, (6.0%, down (5.6%, down Pakistan Research Institute up 3 points) 0.9 points) 3.8 points) Demand heavily driven from 75%of global arms exports accounted for by these five 202% the Middle East and Asia countries import boost by Vietnam, which puts it in the top 10 importers MIDDLE Jump in the share increase in Saudi Arabia, the United MAIN EXPORTERS: of Middle East and arms imports Arab Emirates and Turkey The United States MAIN EXPORTERS: EAST 17% to 29% the Gulf monarchies 245%by Qatar are The US’s main customers and France Russia and China Pak Army Chief, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa

ISLAMABAD

AMID reports that Pakistan has moved heavy artillery towards the Afghan border, army chief N Korea slams Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa Monday Aggressive detention on cards said “enhanced security arrange- ments” in the border region were Malaysia, calls aimed at combating terrorism. The US Homeland Security Dept releases memo outlining new guidelines to ‘aggressively detain, After a string of terror attacks deport’ illegal immigrants; Secy Kelly to hire 10,000 enforcement agents, 5,000 border patrol officers in the country, Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery to- for joint probe wards the Pak-Afghan border in WASHINGTON US border had seen an additional Trump explains Chaman and Torkham districts, surge of 10,000 to 15,000 per month the Express Tribune reported, cit- THE US Homeland Security Depart- from 2015 to 2016. The memos leave in Sweden blunder KUALA LUMPUR ing security officials. ment has drafted sweeping new guide- place one directive from the Obama Swedes have been The move came just two days lines aimed at aggressively detaining administration, the Deferred Action scratching their heads NORTH Korea and Malaysia on Monday locked after the military targeted the and deporting immigrants living in for Childhood Arrivals programme, and ridiculing President horns over the investigation into the killing of camps of Tehrik-e-Taliban Paki- the US illegally, according to a pair of which allows young people who were Donald Trump’s leader Kim Jong-Un’s brother, as footage stan’s (TTP) Jamaatul Ahrar (JA) memoranda signed by DHS Secretary brought into the country illegally as remarks that emerged of the moment he was fatally attacked faction on the Torkham border John Kelly. children to stay and obtain work suggested a major in a Kuala Lumpur airport. opposite Mohmand and Khyber The memos dated Friday seek to permits. incident had happened Malaysia’s probe has put five North Koreans tribal regions. Pakistan alleges implement President Donald Trump’s The programme has protected in the Scandinavian in the frame for the airport that the group, which claims to be broad directive to crack down on il- about 7,50,000 immigrants since its country. Trump now assassination of Kim Jong- behind the recent wave of terror- legal immigration. Kelly outlines inception in 2012. Trump has previ- says he was referring to Nam, but Pyongyang said it ist attacks, has found “safe ha- plans to hire thousands of additional ously indicated his desire to end the something he saw on had no faith in the investiga- ven” in Afghanistan. enforcement agents, expand on the programme, but at his press confer- tion and demanded a joint television. During a Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff priority list for immigrants marked ence last week indicated that he probe into the alleged assas- rally in Florida on (COAS) Gen Bajwa said security for immediate removal and enlist lo- would “show great heart” towards sination. The diplomatic Saturday, Trump said measures along the border with cal law enforcement to help make ar- the programme. The memos were confrontation gathered pace “look what’s Afghanistan were part of efforts rests, according to a person briefed reported first by The Washington Post Monday when Malaysia re- Iran, North to defeat terrorism which is a on the documents, who confirmed the and other news organisations. A “Wind of Change” depicting US President Donald Trump happening last night in called its envoy to North Ko- Sweden” as he alluded Korea to common threat to both countries. details to The Associated Press. White House official said the White paraded in Nice for the 133rd edition of the Nice Carnival | AFP rea and summ o n e d Army spokesperson Major Gen- “The surge of illegal immigration House has raised objections with the to past terror attacks Pyongyang’s ambassador boost ties eral Asif Ghafoor said General at the southern border has over- documents and is working with DHS ‘Hundreds of Texans voted improperly’ in Europe. It wasn’t Kang Chol for a dressing Bajwa chaired a high level secu- whelmed federal agencies and re- to finalise the policy. Under the draft clear what he was down. But an unbowed Kang Officials from rity meeting at army’s headquar- sources and has created a significant guidelines, Kelly seeks to “expedi- Officials in Texas acknowledge that hundreds of referring to and there hit back. “It has been seven both countries ter in Rawalpindi. Ghafoor quot- national security vulnerability to the tiously hire” 10,000 more enforcement people were able to bypass voter ID laws and were no high-profile days since the incident, but say Iran and ed the army chief as saying that United States,” Kelly wrote. He said agents and 5,000 border patrol improperly cast ballots in the presidential election, situations reported in there is no clear evidence on North Korea “enhanced security arrange- that apprehensions on the southern officers. IANS reported Fox News Sweden on Friday the cause of death and at the want to ments” along border are to “fight moment we cannot trust the strengthen terrorists of all hue and colour”. investigation by the Malay- relations. Parl “Pakistan and Afghanistan have EXCUSED IN AUS sian police”, he told report- speaker Ali fought against terrorism and ers in the Malaysian capital. Larijani said, shall continue this effort togeth- The Malaysian response to “We have always er,” Bajwa said. PTI the ambassador’s press con- been after Muslim schoolboys can refuse to shake hands with women ference was equally blunt, stability of with Foreign Minister Ani- relations with Pak rejects report on ‘read fah Aman saying North Ko- North Korea” book on india’ advice MELBOURNE by the principal that some students making awards that some Muslim and tolerant attitude towards a rea’s complaints were based would not shake their hands because students may place their hand across diverse Australian community,” he on “delusions, lies and half-truths”. Any sug- After days of silence, Pakistan MALE Muslim students at a public of their Muslim faith, according to their chest instead of shaking hands,” said. “Principals are best placed to gestion that the investigation had a political Army on Monday dismissed as school in Australia can refuse to The Australian newspaper. a New South Wales Department of know the needs of their local school motive was “deeply insulting to Malaysia”, he “disinformation” a media report shake hands with women to adhere to The New South Wales (NSW) Education spokesman said. communities when implementing said. Pyongyang has also criticised Malaysia that said army chief Gen Qamar their faith. Education Department has confirmed “Department of Education this requirement,” he said. for carrying out a post-mortem examination Javed Bajwa urged officers to read The Hurstville Boys Campus of the school had an “agreed protocol” requires its schools to recognise and Such literal adherence to the Ha- without North Korean permission. a book about how India Georges River College in Sydney regarding handshaking. “At the respect the cultural, linguistic and dith in a government school setting CCTV footage aired on Monday gave the first succeeded in keeping the military recently hosted an awards ceremony school’s 2016 presentation day, the religious backgrounds of all students, has surprised many in the Muslim public glimpse of the moment Jong-Nam was out of politics at which female presenters were told principal explained to invited guests with the intent to promote an open community. P TI attacked at Kuala Lumpur airport. Agencies

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���������� 1� TUESDAY 21�02�2017 TCS announces G16K crore share buyback Move expected to put pressure on other cash-rich IT firms such as Infosys and Wipro to follow suit

ENS ECONOMIC BUREA U the total paid-up equity share exchange mechanism,” it added. the company as it will lift stock back of the underperformance of @ Bengaluru/Chennai capital. The decision is subject to TCS’ decision follows that of value. According to Sarabjit Kour the stock. Also, the buyback will approval by shareholders. For Cognizant earlier this month, Nangra, vice-president (research- take out a part of cash out of the IN a move that is likely to put this, a special resolution will be which announced a $3.4-billion IT) at Angel Broking, the buy- books. This will enhance the pressure on other major IT firms held through postal ballot, the buyback. There is a buzz that In- back is a good indication of the overall return on equity as the such as Infosys and Wipro, infor- company stated. “The buyback is fosys might also announce a buy- under-valuation of the stock in proportion of the low-yielding as- mation technology major the proposed to be made from the back, even though the company the markets. “It is also good given set (cash) will be reduced in the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) shareholders of the company on has not confirmed this. that the cash yields are running balance sheet and, hence, will re- board on Monday cleared a share a proportionate basis under the Experts say buybacks will low and the earning yield in IT ward shareholders,” she added. buyback programme to purchase tender offer route using the stock boost the market positioning of industry has improved on the Echoing similar views, Sunil S 5.61 crore equity shares of the Kumar of Motilal Oswal Securi- company at Rs2,850 apiece. This N Chandrasekaran named TCS chairman ties said that the buyback would is a 13.7 per cent premium to the be a boost for TCS. “I personally BharatQR code to boost stock’s current value. On Mon- Tata Sons chairman-designate Natarajan Chandrasekaran who will believe that whatever bad news day, the TCS scrip ended at take over as Tata Sons’ chairman on Tuesday, will also hold the had to come for the sector has `2,506.5 apiece on the BSE, up 4.08 chairmanship of the group’s crown jewel Tata Consultancy Services. passed. One doubt, though, is retail e-payments per cent from the previous close. TCS has received a letter from Tata Sons, nominating about (US President) Donald In a filing to the BSE, the Tata Chandrasekaran as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Trump’s moves. Unless he de- ENS ECONOMIC BUREA U group company said that the the company in place of Ishaat Hussain. In another development, cides to rub salt on IT companies’ grown card networks in the number of shares being bought TCS has named V Ramakrishnan as chief financial officer. wounds, I don’t see any problem @ Bengaluru world and BharatQR code ini- back constitute 2.85 per cent of for the sector,” he noted. tiative is yet another transfor- IN line with the government’s mational step towards building policy to boost digital economy, a less-cash economy at an insig- ON TRACK the world’s first inter-operable nificant cost,” said A P Hota, payment acceptance solution, managing director, NPCI. Microsoft, Flipkart forge strategic deal the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Speaking at the launch of on Monday launched BharatQR, BharatQR, RBI deputy gover- or quick response platform, to nor R Gandhi said granting li- ENS ECONOMIC BUREA U “Combining Microsoft’s cloud simplify digital transactions. cences to payment service pro- @ Bengaluru platform and AI capabilities with BharatQR, developed by Mas- Flipkart’s existing services and tercard, Visa and National Pay- MICROSOFT and Flipkart en- data assets, will enable Flipkart ments Corporation of India tered into a strategic partnership to accelerate its digital transfor- (NPCI) which is the umbrella Goodbye PoS? to expand e-commerce in India mation in e-commerce and deliv- retail payment system of India, BharatQR, developed by on Monday. While announcing er new customer experiences,” will eliminate the need for card- the collaboration, Microsoft CEO said Satya Nadella. swiping machines. Mastercard, Visa and Satya Nadella said that this was “The vision at Flipkart has With this, customers need National Payments a move towards empowering been about transforming com- not depend on the merchant to Corporation of India, is every Indian organisation with merce in India through technol- swipe the card using a machine. expected to eliminate technology. ogy because technology is the Instead, whether its payment the need for card-swiping Listing Under the terms of the agree- best option for creating a mean- through Visa, RuPay or Master machines ment, Microsoft Azure will func- ingful change in society. Technol- card, merchants will operate process of tion as the official cloud platform ogy is a great leveller. We are con- through one common QR code. for Flipkart, which will add a lay- stantly thinking about how to This code can be scanned by er of advanced cloud technolo- take e-commerce to another 500 any smartphone through apps viders cannot be a ‘tick box three rail gies and analytics to the e-com- million people,” said Binny linked to the payment gateways. exercise’ and there had to be merce giant. Bansal. The firm plans to lever- The main feature of the app is proper criterion established for In another revelation the Mi- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (left) and Flipkart Group CEO and co-founder Binny age artificial intelligence, ma- it can be operated via multiple granting these licenses. firms begins crosoft CEO said that 2000 new Bansal interact in a news conference in Bengaluru on Monday | PUSHKAR V chine learning and analytics ca- payment gateways. This follows Referring to the demands for start-ups have adopted the Micro- pabilities in Azure, such as the government’s bid to popu- easing licenses in the payment ENS ECONOMIC BUREA U soft cloud in the last one year. A IOT, advanced analytics and cog- Flipkart CEO and Co-founder, Cortana Intelligence Suite and larise NPCI-monitored BHIM sector, he said, “There is an im- @ New Delhi significant number of these start- nitive services. They are also us- Binny Bansal pointed out that Power BI, to optimise its data for App to provide an alternative to plied suggestion that this sector ups are driving innovation, using ing Microsoft’s bot framework to now this combined strength of e- innovative merchandising, ad- private digital wallets. needs to be freed of licensing WITHIN three weeks of the Microsoft’s advanced cloud serv- create chat bots and AI powered commerce and technology will vertising, marketing and custom- “RuPay has emerged as one mechanism. We differ from this Budget announcement, the fi- ices in areas such as- big data, products and services. improve customer experience. er service. of the most successful home- idea.” nance ministry on Monday be- gan the process of listing three rail public sector undertak- ings (PSUs) — IRCTC, IRFC Lost `100-cr and IRCON. The government Natural gas price at three-year low currently holds 100 per cent Automobile trends stake in these t h r e e PRAMOD THOMAS @ Kochi was 80 mscmd from the KG basin nario will happen in the case of hit due to companies. of Reliance, the output is less natural gas as well,” she added. Maruti Suzuki Swift emerged as the most popular car for the second The government is consid- EVEN as natural gas prices in than 10 mscmd and even this is According to a Reliance spokes- consecutive year in 2016 as per a study conducted by Droom, an ering divesting a portion of India are set to increase from set to go down further. The pro- person, the drop in gas produc- e-commerce portal for purchase of pre-owned vehicles. note ban: the paid-up equity share capi- April, domestic production of duction by PSU companies are tion is due to natural reasons. Here’s a look at the trends tal through an IPO and has gas is on the wane. Production also not picking up. India is “Soil and water were mixed in sought Expression of Interest has fallen from 34,575 million locked into an expensive long- the gas field, which was made it Nestle (EoI) from merchant bankers standard cubic metres (mscm) in term contract for LNG imports difficult to explore gas. Some of HIGH DEMAND White is the by March 16. The Department 2013-14 to 31,138 mscm in 2015-16 from Australia in the Kochi ter- the areas, which were considered most preferred ENS ECONOMIC BUREA U of Investment and Public As- – the lowest in three years. Dur- minal so much so, there are no as gas reserves earlier, were not Most popular car colour @ New Delhi set Management (DIPAM) is ing the period, total consumption takers for this gas,” said Sudha reserves at all.” Maruti Suzuki Swift scouting for merchant bank- increased from 52, 302 mscm in Mahalingam, former member, The production of gas during White 44% CONSUMER goods major Nes- ers to manage the initial pub- 2013-14 to 52,448 mscm in 2015-16. Petroleum and Natural Gas Regu- 2016-17 (till December 2016) is Most popular Silver 21% tle said on Monday that it lost lic offering (IPO) of the three In the same period, imports of latory Board. According to her, 23,087 mscm. Imports were 18,755 Luxury car `100 crore sales revenue due to PSUs, which are under the ad- liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the country will have to learn to mscm. In all, India had consumed Audi A4 Grey 13% demonetisation. ministrative control of the 17,728 mscm to 21,309 mscm. pay for LNG imports as hope of 41,843 mscm of gas in FY17. “We took an impact in No- Black 6% Rail Ministry. These figures indicate that In- increased domestic production is “Currently, majority of the gas Most preferred vember. If you look on overall In his 2017-18 Budget speech, dia’s dependence on LNG imports minimal. “We import four out of requirement in the country is Bike Red 5% impact, it would be difficult to Finance Minister Arun Jait- will on widen in the future. crude barrels required. Same sce- met by domestic production. But, Bajaj Pulsar put it but roughly the last ley said that the government Experts say that low output the situation is changing fast and Beige 3% quarter I met a loss of about will put in place a revised from domestic players such as India is locked into an we may find a trend reversal in Most preferred Brown 2% of a billion on sales (`100 mechanism and procedure to ONGC, Oil India and private sec- expensive long-term the future. The imported gas will Superbike crore) because of demonetisa- ensure time-bound listing of tor Reliance Industry’s KG-D6 contract for LNG imports be always expensive as we have to KTM Duke Blue 2% tion,” said Nestle India Chair- from Australia identified CPSEs on stock ex- block have gone against the coun- factor in the cost of transporta- Golden 2% man and Managing Director changes as the it will foster try’s ambitions of producing tion,” said M P Sukumaran Nair, Suresh Narayanan. Sudha Mahalingam, former Most preferred greater public accountability more gas domestically. director, Centre for Green Tech- Purple 0% According to him, the sector member, PNGRB scooter and unlock their true value. “Though the initial promise nology and Management. will take another six months Honda Activa Others 2% “The shares of Railway pub- to recover from the impact of lic sector enterprises like the government’s move to IRCTC, IRFC and IRCON will EXPRESS READ scarp old high-value notes. be listed in the stock exchang- Cars by Cars by fuel type Nestle, which follows Janu- es,” Jaitley had said. transmission CNG has the least contribution in the ary-December financial year, The government has under- Ambuja Cement Q4 net State Bank of India website gets a new avatar Cars with manual total cars sold while petrol takes the lead had reported a decline of 8.66 taken strategic sale of stake in profit jumps 85% transmission are and diesel being the second best option per cent in its standalone net profitable PSUs to help boost The State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday announced rebranding of still preferred profit to `167.31 crore for the state revenue and bridge the Ambuja Cement on Monday its website as bank.sbi. According SBI, the new domain name bank. over automatic fourth quarter, while its net 59% fiscal deficit, but has repeat- reported a 85.24 per cent sbi is the highest domain protocol known as generic top level domain cars sales were up 16.17 per cent to edly fallen short of its disin- increase in its consolidated net (gTLD), an official statement said. The SBI group having presence in 52% `2,261.28 crore. vestment targets in the past. profit of H205.70 crore for the insurance, mutual fund and card may also go for such Generic Automatic The firm is looking to diver- Its target of `72,500 crore for fourth quarter. Part of the Swiss top-level domain (gTLD). With this, SBI has become the first 16% 44% sify into new segments like the next fiscal is even more cement giant LafargeHolcim, the banking organisation in India to use a gTLD for its online presence. premium coffee business, pet ambitious, which it will hope company has clocked a net profit 34% 2015 care, skin health and cereals to meet with the proposed list- of H111.04 crore in the year-ago 2016 while it looks at 2017 as a “year ing of these three PSUs. period, Ambuja said in a BSE GrabOnRent to raise $5 mn in Series A funding of aggression”. It is also filing. Its total income from planning consolidating its GrabOnRent, an online product rental service on Monday said it offerings and adding new The shares of Railway operation increased almost plans to raise $5 million or H33crores in series A funding to fuel H 7% categories so as to continue public sector enterprises two-fold to 4,936.20 crore during expansion plans. The company announced the launch of its services 4% the quarter under review, as with double digit growth. like IRCTC, IRFC and in Hyderabad on Monday, and said it has served more than 8,500 Manual IRCON will be listed in against H2,384.84 crore in the customers in Bengaluru alone. “There has been a tremendous rise in 84% Petrol Diesel CNG the stock exchanges corresponding quarter of the last the renting economy and we have collaborated with over 400 fiscal, Ambuja said in a BSE filing. TODAY’S STOCK PICK Arun Jaitley vendors in the two cities.” said Shubham Jain, CEO, GrabOnRent. Source: Droom Current Price A266.95

No wrongdoing in Panaya deal, says Vishal Sikka in a letter to staff Target Price A300 MARICO ENS ECONOMIC BUREA U @ Chennai clearly designed to tarnish our Bansal walked out of a February tions in the stories, “but they still LIMITED reputation, and they specifically 15, 2015 meeting where board get published. As we’ve said be- We believe the worst is over for AMID allegations of illegalities target our employees, including members were asked to approve fore, we take every whistleblower Marico in terms of on Infosys’ acquisition of Israeli myself, to the point of harass- a proposal to buy Panaya. complaint very seriously, and demonetization led volume software firm Panaya for $200 ment. They create a false alter- These (media) speculations are clearly Bansal later resigned from the there is due process to investigate de-growth in Q3FY17. We million in 2015, the company’s nate-reality out of events and designed to tarnish our reputation, and company and was a reported paid any complaint that comes to us.” CEO Vishal Sikka on Monday dates, with embellishments that they specifically target our employees, `23.02 crore severance pay, salary According to Sikka, the allega- recommend to Buy Marico for a wrote to employees claiming are calculated to mislead and sen- including myself, to the point of and other benefits to Bansal in tions are “orchestrated by people share price target of INR 300, there were “no wrongdoings” in sationalize,” he wrote in an email harassment. 2015. Infosys founders led by N R who are hell-bent on harming the valuing it at 37x Dec-2018 EPS. the deal. communication addressed to Vishal Sikka Narayana Murthy early this reputation of the company, and — Motilal Oswal Securities Limited “Once again today, some news- employees. month raised red flags over the its employees”. He said that these papers have carried false and ma- Sikka’s letter comes amid re- severance pay to Bansal saying allegations would not go unchal- Disclaimer: The views and recom- licious stories about our compa- ports that Infosys’ former chief that the company violated corpo- lenged. “We will take every step mendations made above are of the ny; this time it is about the financial officer Rajiv Bansal was rate governance norms. to strongly defend the company individual analyst or broking compa- acquisition of Panaya. These not in favour of acquiring Pa- Sikka said that Infosys has cat- in the face of these unfair and un- ny, and not that of The New Indian speculations and fabrications are naya. A report on Monday said egorically denied these allega- warranted attacks.” Express. 12:30 am 12:30 am 7:10 pm Onthe UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE Manchester City vs Monaco Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid Delhi vs Ranchi TUBE Live on Ten 2, 1 HD Live on Ten 1 Live on Star Sports 2, HD 2

���������� 14 TUESDAY 21�02�2017 Pacer-friendly game BOARD AFFAIRS Express takes a look at talking points of the player auction for the tenth edition of IPL... Members � � � � � Fast forward On top again Bonanza time No takers Afghan high move SC Unusually this This is the fifth Once again, It was also strange It is rare associate season, pace straight time that uncapped players to witness some of players to get deals, over ICC bowlers bagged an all-rounder has were the biggest the big names, but two, and that some of the biggest topped the list winner. They especially Indians too from ATREYO MUKHOPADH YAY deals. In fact, seven (Shane Watson in became a part of with years of Afghanistan, were @ Chennai of the top 10 buys of 2016, Yuvraj Singh in the player auction experience, go picked. It's perhaps the auction were 2015 and 2014 and for the first time in unsold. Among the a new high for a A number of BCCI members are speedsters (eight, if Glenn Maxwell in 2013, and since prominent names to country that was of the opinion that the proposed pace bowling all- 2013). But can then, their stocks miss out were Ishant non-existent in the new ICC revenue model will af- rounder Ben Stokes Stokes shrug off the have been steadily Sharma and Irfan cricketing map a few fect the board’s well-being and is counted). pressure? on the rise. Pathan. yeas back. their appeal to file an application regarding this was accepted on Monday by the Supreme Court. IN BIG LEAGUE Some not-so-famous players from foreign shores who have made the cut This means these associations can approach the court to explain their stand on the matter. � � � � � The BCCI lawyer Kapil Sibal’s BILLY NICHOLAS BEN ROVMAN RASHID argument was members’ view on STANLAKE POORAN LAUGHLIN POWELL KHAN this should be heard because if His dismal T20I The WI stumper- Isn't a stranger, Yet another man Afghan player has the BCCI’s share of ICC profits is debut against Lanka batsman made his since he was drafted from Caribbean made history by reduced, the units will suffer. The a few days ago T20I debut in 2015, by CSK in 2013. The making waves with becoming the court-appointed committee’s notwithstanding, the and has only three Australia pacer was his big-hitting. Has a costliest player (COA) lawyer countered that this should not be entertained since tall Oz pacer games since. But, the second-most T20 average of from associate none had submitted compliance (204cm) made Pooran has made a economical quick in 25.33 with strike- nations, having letters. The bench still allowed heads turn with his case for himself the Big Bash League rate of 199.37. Adds been snapped up by the state bodies to file their ap- blustering pace. with a career strike- (6.09). Sold to flexibility with SRH for 4 cr. The ` plication. Although there is lack rate of 143.29. Sold Sold to RCB for Sunrisers for `30 medium pace. Sold leg-spinner is known of clarity over the number of to MI for `30 lakh. `30 lakh. lakh. to KKR for `30 lakh. for his googlies. state associations who have moved court, sources said Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand are among them. “Members should be allowed to hold a meeting to discuss rami- fications of the proposed revenue Stokes of fortune at player auction structure, which ignores the BC- CI’s interests. It’s fair that mem- bers express their views on this. England all-rounder, paceman Mills earn big bucks as Indian stars Ishant and Irfan go unsold; Afghan Rashid roped in for D4 cr So we want the court’s permis- sion to hold a formal meeting. Let the court decide the COA’s role in this. The BCCI’s annual income will go down by over 200 crores Auto driver's son to stardom per year in the new model,” said a member of an association that VISHAL VIVEK @ Hyderabad with 41 kills, he was selected in the has approached the court. Irani Trophy Rest of India squad, They want the BCCI represent- The big LIKE most kids in the country, a and then for India A. Siraj now ative at the April ICC meeting to crorepati young Mohammed Siraj used to wants to use his IPL chance to oppose the new model and take a club trade his bag and books for bat make the India squad. "It will defi- strong stand, which might mean and ball after school. Sometimes nitely be a great platform to show threatening to pull out of Cham- Stokes & Mills he would be confronted by his an- my talent as my dream is to play pions Trophy. Their problem is, were the top gry mother who demanded he be for India," he says. the COA decides who attends the buys. A look more like his studious elder broth- So what is he going to do with meeting. The previous one was at some of the er. On Monday, he fulfilled her de- that money? Siraj has a debt to pay attended by Vikram Limaye, one others in the mands and then some more, fetch- off first. His father Mohammed of the four COA members. `1 Cr league Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani after the auction in Bengaluru on Monday | VINOD KUMAR T ing in IPL-10 auctions, what his IT Mohammed Siraj with his parents Ghouse used to drive an auto-rick- “Although Limaye also op- professional brother would take a shaw around the city all day for posed the new model, it appears Kagiso few years to earn. chance to play for Charminar money to spend on his cricketing that the COA supports an equali- Rabada VIVEK PHADNIS @ Bengaluru while he was the second highest over- Siraj was bought by current IPL Cricket Club in a two-day game. gear. His mother was a housemaid tarian model,” said a member of (SA)`5 cr for all after Delhi Daredevils’ Yuvraj champions and his home fran- He was so unprepared that he did till an year ago. "Now it is my turn another association. “They don’t Delhi AS the bids went on and on for English- Singh, bought for `16 crore in 2015. chise Sunrisers Hyderabad for a not even have proper shoes for the to make them happy as they have know finer points of how things Trent Boult men Ben Stokes and Tymal Mills, it RPS owner Sanjiv Goenka said of windfall — `2.6 crore. His IPL en- game. But that was a point from struggled a lot," says an emotional in ICC work. We want a dialogue (NZ) was clear that the teams knew what Stokes: “He is a complete player and we try is another step in a journey where he never looked back. Siraj. "I am looking to buy a big, with the COA and explain why they were doing. They were out to get have been lacking this genre of player. that has defied belief. Less than When he got his Ranji chance, new house in Hyderabad for my we shouldn't accept the Manohar `5 cr for these guys to balance the team with the He is the hero we were lacking. It was three years ago, the right-arm pac- he grabbed it with both hands, family." And maybe now, he hopes, formula. Considering the the vol- Kolkata hope that they have the winning com- a conscious strategy because we are er was yet to play with proper surprising everyone with pace his father can stop driving his au- ume at stake, this is important Pat bination for IPL 10. reinforcing our core. Our intention cricket ball and was still stuck in and bounce. After being joint-third to-rickshaw. for the BCCI’s financial health.” Cummins All-rounder Stokes was picked up for was to focus on the first 14 games.” tennis-ball games. Then he got a on the leading wicket-takers' list [email protected] [email protected] (Aus) `14.5 crore by Rising Pune Supergiants, Also, Steve Smith was made captain `4.5 cr for while Mills was bought by Royal Chal- of RPS instead of Mahendra Singh Delhi lengers Bangalore for `12 crore here on Dhoni. Asked if he was part of the de- Monday. While marquee player Stokes cision, Goenka said: “Smith, (Stephen) Mills was picked up at 24 times his base price. Here are a few other cases... Rashid went up from his base price of `2 crore, Fleming have all been part of the deci- Khan (Afg) Mills was one who earned the big sion. It was a collaborative decision. As `4 cr for bucks from a base price of `50 lakh. we identified the gaps, Stokes was our Hyderabad Another highlight was Afghan cricket- number one pick.” ers Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan The other stiff battle was fought for Chris being picked. Both Nabi and Khan Mills, who eventually went to RCB. Woakes were bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad, With the exit of Mitchell Starc, it was (England) for `30 lakh and `4 crore respectively. clear that the Bengaluru franchise `4.2 cr for Thangarasu Krishnappa Aniket Mohammed Murugan Basil The latter's price made him the costli- wanted an able replacement. That is Natarajan Gowtham Choudhary Siraj Ashwin Thampi Shukla presence Kolkata est associate player in the world. why they spent more than 75 per cent of their allowed purse on just one play- Tamil Nadu | Karnataka | Rajasthan | Hyderabad | Tamil Nadu | Kerala | Nathan There will be totally fresh auctions raises question next year, with the possibility that a er. RCB Chairman Amrit Thomas said: pace bowler off-spin, all-rounder pace bowler pace bowler leg-spinner pace bowler Coulter-Nile few may be retained. But that did not “We needed to get a first eleven and HIS name didn't feature on the (Aus) `3 crore, `2 crore, `2 crore, `2.6 crore, `1 crore, `85 lakh, stop the teams from making expensive were in search of a bowler. Mills is a list of BCCI officials declared `3.5 crore Punjab Mumbai Bangalore Hyderabad Delhi Gujarat buys. After an expected dull start to the great buy and he suits the conditions "disqualified" for IPL auction by for Kolkata proceedings, things got a bit interest- in Bengaluru. We would have done 30 times more 20 times more 20 times more 13 times more 10 times more 8.5 times more the court-appointed committee Karn ing when it came to all-rounder Pawan whatever was required to get him. than base price than base price than base price than base price than base than base price of administrators (COA). But Ra- Sharma Negi, who went to RCB for `1 crore. Starc’s exit was in the interest of eve- of `10 lakh of `10 lakh of `10 lakh of `20 lakh price of `10 L of `10 lakh jeev Shukla's presence raised (India) Last year, he was in the big league with rybody and as per regulations.” eyebrows and questions. `3.2 cr for a purse of `8.5 crore. There were some surprises like mar- Chairman of the IPL govern- Mumbai But, then it came. The bidding for quee player Ishant Sharma (base price ing council formed by the de- Stokes was a bitter battle, with Delhi `2 crore) not getting picked up. posed BCI regime, Shukla has T Natarajan Daredevils and Mumbai Indians doing Mumbai Indians picked up some of Afridi ends international career PCB to host PSL final in Lahore resigned from UP cricket associa- (TN) the initial tug of war for him. RCB then the lesser known players. “We have tion for completing nine years. SHARJAH: Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided `3 cr for jumped into the game and so did Sun- kept disappointment aside. It is not Petitioner Aditya Verma men- Afridi announced his retirement from international to go ahead with its plan of conducting the Pakistan Punjab risers Hyderabad and RPS. Quite clear- just about picking up big players. We tioned this to a letter to the COA, ly, no one was going to let him go so are happy with the players we bought cricket, ending an illustrious and sometimes Super League (PSL) final at the Gaddafi Stadium in without naming Shukla. Several easily. In the end, it was RPS who and we have a strategy. We have backed controversial 21-year career. The 36-year-old star had Lahore despite a spate of terrorist attacks in the BCCI members were surprised bagged him. He thus became the most youngsters,” said Nita Ambani. already quit Tests in 2010 and ODI cricket after the country. The decision was announced by PSL why he wasn't "disqualifed" and expensive foreign player to be bought, [email protected] 2015 World Cup but still skippered the T20 team. chairman, Najam Sethi, in Dubai. others were. ENS

CHALLENGER SER I E S � AUSTRALIA IN I NDIA Double century against Lyon & Co was fun, but don’t write them off: Shreyas

RAHUL RAVIKUMAR @ Chennai “It was really fun, considering Lyon’s their main spinner, “Lyon’s their main spinner, We’ve plans for each the way I split my innings up. It and he’s taken many and he’s taken many interna- Oz player: Rahane SHREYAS Iyer likes to start his took me time to realise that I’d international wickets. I tional wickets. I realised that day with music. “It’s something gotten to a double ton. It happened realised that while facing while facing him. He was really Pune: Ajinkya Rahane says the that I’ve being doing over the so fast. I was scoring in rhythm.” him. He was really quick quick through the air, and wasn’t Indian team is well prepared years. Whenever I wake up, I put Among the ball-wielding vic- through the air, and wasn’t giving our batsmen time to step to counter the mental on some songs, generally ones tims of Shreyas’ onslaught, Nath- giving our batsmen time to out and play shots. He also made disintegration tactics of the step out and play shots. He with good beats. It helps me re- an Lyon and Steve O’Keefe were use of bounce to keep us on the visiting Australians and has a also made use of bounce to plan for each and every player lax,” he states. the ones who suffered the most keep us on the back foot. back foot. Last Saturday, after the 22-year- amount of statistical bruises. “Even from an overall per- of the touring party. “We don’t old woke up to an earful or two of While the Australian spin Shreyas Iyer, India A batsman spective, their best squad is know whether they will sledge Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd — spearhead was carted around for here. They defeated Pakistan at us or not. For us, we have a his favourites — he decided that 71 runs in the 80 balls he sent board instead of a three-day clash home, and they’ll be having a plan for everything against Australia too had to be introduced down to Shreyas, his tweaker ap- didn’t come as a surprise at all. good amount of confidence. Not them,” the prolific batsman to his daily routine. prentice leaked 73 more off 67. Despite putting to sword half to mention that they too got said after a team practice Face Shreyas’ music till Sun- The two were also at the receiving of Australia’s spin contingent quite a few runs on board (Aus- session at the MCA stadium day they did, in the form of an end of all of Shreyas’ seven sixes even before the start of the real tralia made 469/7 in the first in- here on Monday. “We cannot unbeaten, 210-ball 202 (his first- and more than half of his 27 examination, Shreyas feels that nings). Their bowling over these reveal what the plan is, class best). Even the top-order boundaries. That Lyon’s and scratching their names off the three days may not have been up whether skill-wise or sledging- batsman’s nutshell of those two O’Keefe’s resultant economy rates ‘potential threats’ list is the last to the mark, but they’re still a wise. But we know that days came appended with an un- — 5.61 and 4.20 — would have felt recourse that India should opt force to reckon with.” Australians are pretty good at intentional reference to music. more at home on an ODI score- for. Shreyas Iyer is congratulated by David Warner after his double ton on Sunday [email protected] playing mindgames.” Dale Steyn @DaleSteyn62 shweta roy @shweraroy REHAN PONCHA @RehanPoncha Plenty hours spent on strategies going into IPL Stokes = 14.5 crores Mills = 12 crores Nobody Huge payday for cricket,they deserve the success. auction & interesting watching it unfold. Always would have believed us if we said we’ll buy What about the poor athlete who retired today, tough for those not bought... Stay strong! the English 70 years later. #IPL #IPLAuction unable to afford his sport ? #IPLAuction

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TENNIS TABLE TENNIS Tsonga pips Kid from Japan Goffin to win Rotterdam shoots for stars

SWAROOP SWAMINAT HAN @ New Delhi

AT the Rio Olympics, Kanak Jha ensured that the already overworked Google servers logged in more hours. Just who was this table-tennis playing, Indian sounding 16-year-old US kid at the Olympics? The mys- tery grew when quite a few peo- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ple opined he was a future champion, someone capable of A F P @ Rotterdam taking on the Chinese in future It’s unbelievable, the skills big-ticket events. In 2014, he Harimoto (in pic) has for JO-Wilfried Tsonga engineered a had already set a record by be- someone so young. Given comeback to defeat David Goffin coming the youngest-ever play- that I was facing the 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday and earn er to compete in a men’s World youngest finalist, I didn’t the first Rotterdam World Tennis Cup. While he didn’t win a sin- want to make history in a title of his career. The French gle match at both those tourna- wrong way (laughs). sixth seed, who lost the 2011 final ments, his talent was there for Dimitrij Ovtcharov, to Robin Soderling, took just un- all to see. World No 5 der two hours to beat Belgian It’s a little absurd to ask him third seed Goffin, playing his sec- Action from the match between Jaypee Punjab Warriors (L) and Uttar Pradesh Wizards at Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi on Monday. Warriors won 1-0 to step aside (he doesn’t turn 17 ond final in as many weeks after until June 19) but the sport losing in Sofia last Sunday to seems to have already found its ers four times his age and three Grigor Dimitrov. Tsonga earned next prince. Meet 13-year-old times his size. It was the natu- his fourth win over Goffin, who Tomokazu Harimoto, who, on ral progression when he be- at least had the consolation of Saturday, outwitted A Sharath came the youngest world jun- knowing he will be the first Bel- Semis going, going, gone for Punjab Kamal, the best Indian player ior champion. Throughout the gian man to crack the top 10 after by a country mile, in the semi- India Open here, he was turn- his efforts in Rotterdam. finals of the ITTF India Open. ing heads with logic-defying Defending champs out of knockout reckoning despite win, coach defends under-fire Sardar A few hours earlier, he was performances. Ovtcharov was Nishikori loses in final busy working his magic against never troubled by Harimoto SWAROOP SWAMINAT HAN Standings lapses at the back. last 12 months, but the coach was the 38-year-old Austrian Robert but he liked what he saw. “It’s Japanese top seed Kei Nishikori @ New Delhi Team P W D L Pts The 64-year-old, who won sil- having none of it. “His role with Gardos. The age difference was unbelievable, the skills he has lost a sixth successive final when ver with the Australian team in our team hasn’t changed much so vast, you could make a case for someone so young,” he said he was defeated by Ukraine’s Al- LEICESTER City and Chelsea Dabang Mumbai 9 6 1 2 33 the 1976 Games, blamed it on in- over the last few years,” he said. for saying Gardos first held a after the final on Sunday. The exandr Dolgopolov 6-7 (4/7), 4-6 in are two clubs who have found out consistency. “As a team, we’ve “He’s an outstanding leader, a paddle two decades before his German did not do anything Kalinga Lancers 10 5 1 4 28 the Buenos Aires clay court title about the fickle nature of the been too inconsistent throughout competitor and someone who has opponent was even born. He different but did feel the pres- match. The World No 5 had lost in league structure. Kings one year, Delhi Waveriders 9 3 2 4 23 and that’s not allowed us to get the desire to make an impact for found Dimitrij Ovtcharov — sure of a different kind while the Brisbane final in January to paupers next and vice versa. any sort of platform.” the side. I’m happy to have him as the World No 5 — too hot to han- approaching the match. “Well, Grigor Dimitrov which followed Closer home, one team has so UP Wizards 9 3 3 3 23 Fronting up to the media is a captain for my team.” dle in the final. That, though, the whole media was writing 2016 defeats in deciders in Basel, far gone down the way of the Fox- Punjab Warriors 10 4 0 6 22 difficult task after a long, hard Wizards did squeak through to isn’t the story. that Dima is going to playing Toronto, Barcelona and Miami. es. Jaypee Punjab Warriors, who season, but Dancer was forth- the finals weekend in Chandi- Child prodigies come along against the youngest finalist beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards 1-0 Ranchi Rays 9 2 3 4 18 right in his opinion. “In the end, garh, but coach Roelant Oltmans too often but only the ones tru- ever. I didn’t want to make his- Maiden title for Harrison here in a Hockey India League we put ourselves under too much said his side will have to work on ly destined for greatness step tory in a wrong way (laughs). It group match on Monday, were the pressure (and left ourselves with a few issues, including trying to up to the next level. He, though, was a special match.” Ryan Harrison of USA captured champions last year. This edi- simply haven’t met them.” a lot to do in terms of qualifying score more goals when presented seems to have been marked for Harimoto, born to Yu, a his first ATP title, winning all 12 tion? Fifth and out of contention Like most teams struggling for for the finals weekend). Our best with clear-cut opportunities. that from a very young age. former Chinese youth national break points he faced to defeat for the knockout stages. It’s not form and rhythm, they were just two games of the tournament [email protected] When he was 3 years and 4 player, and Ling, who competed Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili been their season at all, and too leaky at the back, an issue were our ninth and tenth games. Remaining league fixtures: Feb 21: Delhi months old — a time when at the 1995 World Champion- 6-1, 6-4 and win the Memphis coach Barry Dancer admitted as they failed to address. Some of The scoreline against Kalinga in Waveriders vs Ranchi Rays; Feb 22: Uttar most parents try to wean their ships for China, is awfully quiet Open. Harrison, ranked 62nd, will such at the post-match press con- their scorelines don’t make for our last game (they lost 7-0) did Pradesh Wizards vs Dabang Mumbai. kids away from diapers — Ha- off the court. But he already jump into the top 50 for the first ference. “The tournament as a good reading. 4-10 (Dabang Mum- not show that.” rimoto was taking part in age- knows what he wants to do at time since July 2012 by taking the whole has been disappointing bai), 1-6 (Delhi Waveriders), 0-7 He, however, jumped to the de- Teams who have qualified for finals group tournaments back home. home in Tokyo when the 2020 matchup of unseeded 24-year-olds from our perspective,” he said. and 5-7 (Kalinga Lancers)... a nar- fense of Sardar Singh. Questions weekend: Dabang Mumbai, Kalinga Lancers, A rapid rise followed and be- Olympics comes around. “Gold at the indoor hard court event. “We had lofty ambitions, and rative emerges from all those col- have been asked of him over the Uttar Pradesh Wizards. fore long he was beating play- medal,” he smiles.

FULL OF PEP Manchester City face tricky test at home against Monaco in CL last 16... Aizawl beat East Bengal Harika in last 8, Padmini misses out Lahiri slips to finish tied 64 � Man City vs Monaco Live on Ten 2 @ 1:15 am AIZAWL: Aizawl FC ended East TEHRAN: Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika made it to PACIFIC PALISADES (CALIFORNIA): Anirban Lahiri Bengal’s unbeaten run in the the quarterfinals of World Women’s Chess had a forgettable as he carded 76-73 in the final two I-League with a solitary goal win in a Championship after defeating Sopiko Guramishvili of rounds to plummet to tied 64th at the Genesis 10th round match here on Monday. R Georgia 3.5-2.5 in the second set of tie-break games Open. Lahiri, who was tied 7th after 37 holes after Laldanmawia struck in the 58th here. Padmini Rout turned out to be luckless in the rounds of 70-67, dropped a whole lot of shots in minute to hand Aizawl three points tie-breaker against Tan Zhongyi of China and both third and fourth rounds and ended way back in from the match. squandered away a point lead before bowing out. a tie-with World No 1 Jason Day (70-70-75-71).

EYE ON THE TARGET Man City Monaco Three successive wins have lifted Monaco have been rampant City to second place in the this season, powering to the Tokyo in mind, Saniya targets World Cup glory Premier League table, eight Ligue 1 summit with a tally of points below leaders Chelsea, but 76 goals that is unsurpassed in ANMOL GURUNG they remain a work in progress. Europe’s five major leagues. @ Chennai February 24 in New Delhi. Hav- gaining experience in the nation- NRAI interested in ing spent hours polishing her al and international circuit, Olympic quota event DURING the Asia Olympic skills behind the scenes, the Saniya, who idolises Olympic Monaco have averaged 2.92 goals per league game, Shooting qualifiers early last Meerut girl is gunning for a posi- champ Chiara Cainero, is deter- NEW DELHI: The National Rifle 2.92 scoring four or more on no fewer than 10 occasions. year, Saniya Shaikh had scripted tive result yet again. mined to help bolster the swell- Association of India is looking a highly positive tale. Saniya’s “I have been working hard for ing profile of skeet. “Our level at the ISSF World Cup as a stepping stone to prepare a They’re (Monaco) very strong in attack and have young talents instinctive dexterity with the this. This is a fresh start so I’m has really gone up. We never had that are doing really well this year. Falcao (Radamel) is back and shotgun came to the fore as she hopeful that I can bring my best a coach like Falco in the past. strong bid for hosting a he’s a great player even if he had trouble in recent seasons. That caught the eye of many. Gunning game,” says the 24-year-old. The pointers that he gives are vi- qualifying event for the 2020 happens in a footballer’s career. We must be attentive not to allow down escaping pigeon clays with Shooting comes naturally to tal. He instills confidence in us. Olympics in Tokyo. “It’s a way them space and to play our football. aplomb, she was close to achiev- Saniya. Her dad is a former na- All the shooters are positive.” for us to showcase to the ISSF ing an unexpected Olympics quo- Saniya Shaikh tional-level shooter while her With the Tokyo Olympics in (International Shooting Sport Kevin De Bruyne, Man City midfielder ta for India. grandfather was a revered hunt- mind, Saniya is looking to pick Federation) that we are very, Unfortunately for Saniya, she It was such a performance that er. In fact, her cousin Sheeraz her events wisely, to hit a consist- very capable of hosting the Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid � Live on Ten 1 @ 1:15 am missed out on the finals. everyone was lauding coach En- Shaikh is also part of the nation- ent run. “I discussed with the tournament smoothly. Our “Having gotten past tough nio Falco, the force behind Sani- al team. When her father intro- coach. I will not participate in all target is to host a successful Match Background Bayer Leverkusen qualifiers, I was crushed to miss ya & Co. It was a shot in the arm duced her to the sport at 13, it the World Cups. I will try to im- tournament so that we can have lost all four out on the finals. I had gun mal- for skeet, a discipline which was was easy for her to fall in love prove my scores/average in the build a bid for holding a quota Atletico Madrid, twice runners- last-16 ties; function then. But post that once condemned to obscurity in with the sport. “I already had a events that I participate in. It event for the Tokyo Games,” up to city rivals Real in the past Atletico Madrid event, I sat down and had a chat the country. platform. I had all the facilities. doesn’t happen overnight, it Raninder Singh, NRAI chief, three years, renew acquaintances with my dad. Looking at the big- Fast forward, the India No 1 is So I just need to put my head takes patience. Next year will be have lost on their said. In the upcoming with Bayer Leverkusen in ger picture, I felt I had done well. geared up for her next interna- down and work hard. I’m blessed important as the Olympic quali- last three visits to tournament, a total of 50 Germany. Atletico prevailed on I was highly encouraged by that tional assignment — the ISSF that my family, especially my fa- fiers will start,” she signs off. 4 Germany. countries will be represented penalties on that occasion. performance,” she recalls. World Cup, which will start from ther, is really supportive.” After [email protected] by 452 athletes. PTI

SIDE EFFECTS Aspiring sportspersons likely to find less takers with SBI merger

VISHNU PRASAD @ Chennai dreds of sportspeople, offers Currently, we have a policy best players, an experience he best players in the country at that scholarships to young athletes of making 1% of all hiring on reckons greatly helped his jour- time. It will indeed be a great THE SBI’s proposed merger with and sponsors tournaments, are the sports quota. But I don’t ney to the top. Though Pradeep shame if future footballers are its five associate banks may have sure to make their chances of do- know if a big bank like the quit SBT to play professionally, deprived of that chance,” he got a lot of its current employees ing so a lot more harder. SBI will have the same he remains grateful for the help. added. worried, but stakeholders in In- “Currently, we have a policy of policy. This will definitely “When we were coming up, a job Currently SBT has U-19 cricket dian sports are worried for a dif- making 1% of all hiring on the hit future sportspeople’s in SBT was a huge deal for us,” and football teams, mostly made chances of finding a job. ferent reason. sports quota. But I don’t know if Pradeep says. up of college kids. The bank gives While professional leagues a big bank like the SBI will have Sanmeet Singh, SBP official “There was a time when the allowances to these kid for every have sprouted across the country the same policy. This will defi- backbone of the Indian football day that they train, with opportu- in multiple sports, finding a sta- nitely hit future sportspeople’s team came from SBT, as did most nity everpresent to make the step ble job through the sports quota chances of finding a job,” said of India’s best players, Pradeep of the Kerala football team dur- up to the senior squad. The loss remains the aim of most Sanmeet Singh, secretary, Cen- was spotted by SBT while playing ing the early 2000s when it was at of structures like this will make sportspersons barring cricketers. tral Sports Committee of SBP. in the Santosh Trophy and was its best. When I first started, be- the Indian sporting scene all the And the demise of five banks, Take the case of former India given a job. That enabled him to ing with SBT enabled me to train more poorer. who between them employ hun- footballer NP Pradeep. Once one train with some of the country’s The SBT team will be one of several to be affected by the merger with and learn from some of the [email protected] The risk of running out of rare earth metals has led China’s Zhejiang province may have been a to a surge in interest in mining the deep seas. But real life Jurassic Park about 65 to 145 fears have also mounted about the environmental million years ago, according to scientists impact of disturbing areas of ocean floor. who found many dinosaur fossils.

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ONE MISSED CALL FILE Gen-next Losing smartphones Records are meant to be broken... smartphone India’s successful launch of a record 104 satellites on February 15 into orbit has been lauded for frugality by may up symptoms of China. Reports also said it should be a wake-up call for China’s space industry. Express looks at the mission... batteries in Launcher Foreign satellites A total of 88 PTSD in youngsters PSLV-C37 Out of 101 co-passenger satellites, 96 belong to small satellites the offing the US. The remaining 5 are from Israel, belong to Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Switzerland, UAE. Height US-based Teenagers tend to get as stressed on losing phone 44 m 1 � 8 LEMUR satellites of Spire Global Inc, USA. company Planet POWER EXTREME Inc. They are as they are likely to after separating from parents � PEASS satellite of the Netherlands. Diameter named ‘Doves’ LOS ANGELES: Scientists, including one of Indian origin, may have just found a 2.8 m � DIDO-2 of Switzerland and their LONDON: Three of four young adults are likely to exhibit solution for one of the biggest stumbling constellation will symptoms such as fidgeting and scratching of stress similar Number � BGUSat of Israel blocks to the next wave of rechargeable to those seen in people with post traumatic stress disorder of stages be used to image batteries — small enough for cell phones (PTSD), upon being separated from their smartphones, re- � Al-Farabi-1 of Kazakhstan the earth at low and powerful enough for cars. 4 cost. searchers say. 2 � Nayif-1 of UAE. Sri Narayan and Derek Moy from the The findings showed that young adults tend to get as University of Southern California (USC) Lift-off mass stressed on losing their phone as they get separating from in the US have developed an alteration to parents, suggesting the growth of a ‘nascent digital culture’ 320 Dove: They act like line scanner for the planet, creating a unique data the lithium-sulphur battery that could where youngsters are becoming more dependent than ever on tonnes stream that helps solve the world’s toughest challenges and triggers make it more than competitive with the their phones. (XL) industry-changing opportunities. industry standard lithium-ion battery. “We are in the middle of a nascent digital culture, with The lithium-sulphur battery, long children being born into the world of smart devices. The re- Variants thought to be better at energy storage ca- sults support that humans form attachment toward their mo- Indian satellites pacity than its more popular lithium-ion 3 bile: they seek the proximity of the mobile and show stress 3 India’s three satellites included earth- counterpart, was hampered by its short response upon separation,” researchers from the Hungarian PSLV-G mapping Cartosat-2 satellite (main payload) cycle life. Currently the lithium-sulphur 79% Academy of Sciences and Eotvos Lorand University in Hun- PSLV - CA and nano-satellites INS-1A and INS-1B. battery can be recharged 50 to 100 times gary, were quoted as telling dailmail.co.uk. PSLV - XL - impractical as an alternative energy A recent survey For the study, appearing in the journal Computers And Hu- Cartosat-2: Weight 714 kg source compared to 1,000 times for many found that 79 man Behaviour, the team conducted experiments on 87 smart- Mission life: 5 years. rechargeable batteries on the market. per cent of phone owners aged between 18 and 26 in Budapest. First flight The solution devised by Narayan and smartphone Each participant was kept in a room attached to heart moni- Moy called the “Mixed Conduction Mem- September 20, he imagery from the Cartosat-2 series satellite will be useful for owners have tors. They were given a laptop and a simple computerised brane,” or MCM, is a small piece of non- 1993 cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land theirs at hand maths test to complete, with assistance from the calculator on 4 T porous, fabricated material sandwiched use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, for all but two their phone. between two layers of porous separators, water distribution, creation of land use maps, change detection to bring of their waking Half of them were told to switch off their mobiles but keep � soaked in electrolytes and placed between Payload out geographical and man-made features and various other Land hours. There them close, the rest had them removed and placed in a cup- the two electrodes. fairing Information System (LIS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) are now more board, while some were given different smartphones. The membrane works as a barrier in applications. active mobile The analysis showed that those separated from their phones reducing the shuttling of dissolved were more likely to display heartbeat patterns often associ- � polysulfides between anode and cathode, accounts than PS4 is the people on the ated with PTSD. a process that increases the kind of cycle One in three of those left without a mobile exhibited dis- fourth and strain that has made the use of lithium- planet. And final stage Records broken youngsters in placement behaviour, such as fidgeting and scratching, which sulphur batteries for energy storage a particular are are telltale signs of stress and 20 per cent were drawn towards The mission beat the previous record held by Russia (Dnepr rocket), challenge. the cupboard. � The MCM still allows for the necessary becoming more which in 2014 had catapulted 37 satellites in a single launch. Interestingly, the presence of an unfamiliar mobile de- PS3 is the movement of lithium ions, mimicking dependent on creased the effects of separation from their own mobile, simi- third and the process as it occurs in lithium-ion their phones. It also broke ISRO’s previous national record set in June 2016, after it had larly to the calming effect of a stranger on children who are penultimate launched 20 satellites, including 13 from the US, in a single mission. batteries. This novel membrane solution separated from the caregiver, the researchers said. stage 5 preserves the high-discharge rate capa- bility and energy density without losing � Radio antennas: Satellites communicate a capacity over time. PS2 is the few times daily with ground stations. In At various rates of discharge, the re- FACT OF THE MATTER second stage addition to sending images, it also gathers searchers found that the lithium-sulphur of PSLV and health data. batteries that made use of MCM led to 100 powered by per cent capacity retention and had up to the Vikas four times longer life compared to batter- Bad effect of additive liquid engine ies without the membrane.

INSIDE STORY � PS1 is the common food additive found first stage of Ain chewing gums, chocolates PSLV and and breads may significantly re- provides the duce the ability of small intestine launcher the cells to absorb nutrients and high thrust 6 Optics and block pathogens, a new study has that is sensors: The main warned. “Titanium oxide is a required for camera captures common food additive and people lift-off images of Earth at have been eating a lot of it for a 3 to 5 metre long time, but we were interested � resolution. Each in some of the subtle effects, and Strap-on ‘dove’ we think people should know about them,” said Gretchen Mahler, a professor at Boosters continuously Power: Solar panels capture the sun’s rays to the Binghamton University in the US. “There has been previous work on how photographs the power the satellite, generating electricity that titanium oxide nanoparticles affects microvilli, but we are looking at much earth’s surface, is stored in batteries. The solar panels are lower concentrations,” Mahler said. “We also extended previous work to show that these nanoparticles alter intestinal function,” she said. The study was pub- completing orbit in spring loaded, remaining folded into the lished in the journal NanoImpact. roughly 90 mins satellite body before deployment.

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