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VOL 7 ISSUE 28 ● DALLAS ● JULY 12 - 18, 2019 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 www.theindianpanorama.news House Passes Bill to Remove Per Invites articles and advertisements for India's Independence Day special edition. Country Cap on Green Cards Articles may please be emailed to WASHINGTON (TIP): On July 10 the [email protected] U.S. House of Representatives passed by August 5, 2019. H.R. 1044, the bipartisan Fairness for Advertising space may please be booked by August 4. Creative High-Skilled Immigrants Act. of the advertisement / advertising Eliminating employment per country matter for designing an caps will create a first-come, first-served advertisement may please be green card system, putting talent and emailed to [email protected] skills first. by August 6. The Bill was passed by the 435-member For any question, please call 646-247-9458. House by an overwhelming majority of 365-65 votes. 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THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 US FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 Indian American Illinois Student Awarded 'Sea of Protesters' on Boston Boren Scholarship Sivaguru has Common Protests Immigration Laws been awarded BOSTON (TIP): Hundreds of people $20,000 to or more gathered on Boston Common study Arabic for the 2019- Friday, July 12, for an immigration 20 academic protest and a candlelight vigil, an year at Qasid Associated Press report said. Institute The sea of demonstrators was protesting the status of immigration laws in the U.S. ahead of expected raids this weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At the vigil, participants also planned to honor the lives of CHICAGO, IL (TIP): University of immigrants who have died fleeing to Illinois undergraduate student the U.S. Barghav Sivaguru is among 244 The Boston rally was part of a series students nationwide awarded David L. of events across the country by "Lights Boren Scholarships. for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human The National Security Education Concentration Camps." Program selects undergraduate An ICE operation to arrest thousands students to add international and of undocumented immigrants in major language components to their cities is scheduled to begin Sunday educations by studying overseas in after it had been postponed by Hundreds rally in Boston against Trump's immigrant policies world regions critical to U.S. interests. President Donald Trump over two In the 2019-20 academic year, Boren weeks ago, two senior officials with the the report said. targeted in the operation, the unnamed Scholars and Fellows will live in 39 Department of Homeland Security Officials not authorized to discuss officials said. countries throughout Africa, Asia, confirmed to NBC News. the matter publicly also told The The raids are expected to target 10 Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, The raids, which are sparking Associated Press it's possible the cities that were previously revealed, Latin America and the Middle East, outrage and concern among immigrant operations could start later. though some of the cities may change studying 30 different languages. advocates and opposition from Still, activists ramped up efforts to before Sunday,a source told NBC News. Sivaguru, of Mahomet, Illinois, and Democrats, will take place over prepare by bolstering know-your-rights Previously named cities were Atlanta, a graduate of Mahomet-Seymour High multiple days and include "collateral" pocket guides, circulating information Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, School, has been awarded $20,000 to deportations, The New York Times first about hotlines and planning public Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San study Arabic for the 2019-20 academic reported, citing two current and one demonstrations. Vigils outside of Francisco and New Orleans. year at Qasid Institute. A senior double former homeland security officials detention centers were set for Friday,to In New Orleans, any operations were majoring in communication and who were not named. In those cases, be followed by protests Saturday in put on hold due to severe weather. The political science, Sivaguru was named ICE agents might detain people who Miami and Chicago. city tweeted that it confirmed with ICE a member of the Senior 100 Honorary. were not initially targeted but At least 2,000 immigrant families, that enforcement would be suspended He has served as a peer mentor at the happened to be there during the raids. including many who face final through the weekend as the region LAS Life + Career Design Lab, as a The final details of the operation deportation orders yet remain in the braced for the first hurricane of the project manager in Illinois Business "remain in flux" for security reasons, country illegally, are expected to be season. Consulting, and as a member of the Program in Arms Control and Domestic and International Security. In summer 2018, he worked as an intern at the Middle East Institute in Former Pharmacy Owner Washington, D.C., editing scholarly articles analyzing politics and international relations in the Middle Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently East and policy papers discussing regional counterterrorism efforts. Indian National Dispensing Opioids Extradited to Germany ALEXANDRIA, VA. (TIP): A former Chowdhury pleaded guilty to medications that were not authorized by any for Raping a Minor pharmacy owner of South Asian origin unlawful distribution of Schedule physician, and were not dispensed to any of NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian pleaded guilty July 10 to fraudulently filling the customers, in order to enrich himself national was extradited to Germany and dispensing thousands of prescription II controlled substances outside through illicit profits generated by ACP-1 July 5 by Deputy Marshals and medications, including opioids, outside the the usual course of professional and ACP-2. transferred to German law usual course of professional practice. practice, and also agreed to Furthermore, on several occasions, enforcement custody for raping a According to court documents, Latif forfeit $500,000 as proceeds of Chowdhury dispensed Schedule II controlled minor, according to a release by U.S. Mohamed Chowdhury, aka Gulam Latif substances in the names of minors, Immigration and Customs Chaudhury, 28, operated, managed, directed, his illegal conduct. He faces a including children as young as 7 and 8-years- Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and and controlled two now-defunct pharmacies maximum penalty of 20 years in old, outside the usual course of professional Removal Operations (ERO). known as Alexandria Care Pharmacy LLC prison when sentenced on practice. During the execution of a search On April 7, a citizen and national of (ACP-1) and Alexandria Care Pharmacy September 27. warrant, a loaded Colt .38-caliber firearm India, lawfully admitted into the U.S. Store #2 LLC (ACP-2). that belonged to Chowdhury was located in as a visitor, with authorization to Chowdhury has never been qualified to permission, to carry out his scheme. plain view on the pharmacy department remain until Oct. 6, 2019, had his visa serve as a licensed pharmacist and has no Chowdhury admitted to fraudulently shelves. cancelled by the U.S. Department of medical qualifications. Nonetheless, between billing health insurance benefit programs, Chowdhury pleaded guilty to unlawful State. The Indian national was found August 2015 and February 2016, Chowdhury including Medicare and Medicaid, for refills distribution of Schedule II controlled to have been wanted in Germany for fraudulently operated ACP-1 and ACP-2 by of prescription medications that were not substances outside the usual course of the rape of a minor, and it was personally filling and dispensing thousands delivered to customers even though his professional practice, and also agreed to discovered that he may have been of dosage units of medications, including pharmacies received payment for these forfeit $500,000 as proceeds of his illegal residing in the New York City opioids, without a licensed pharmacist on- prescriptions. Chowdhury also submitted conduct. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 metropolitan area. Read full story on site. Chowdhury used the identities of fraudulent health insurance claims in the years in prison when sentenced on www.theindianpanorama.news licensed pharmacists, without their names of pharmacy customers for September 27. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 INDIANS ABROAD 3 Indian American Sabih Two Indian American Researchers Khan Named Apple's Senior Vice President Receive Presidential Early Career Award of Operations CHICAGO (TIP): Two Indian Americans are among six researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign who were named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. Gaurav Bahl. Mechanical engineering and science professor and chemistry professor Prashant Jain are the recipients of the prestigious award. Bahl's research focuses on systems Sabih Khan, a 24-year Apple veteran, will that incorporate both optical and lead Apple's global supply chain as senior mechanical elements - particularly vice president of Operations mechanisms where light interacts with photonic devices via radiation pressure, CUPERTINO, CA (TIP): Apple on gradient force, electrostrictive pressure June 27 announced that Sabih Khan, a and photothermal effects. 24-year Apple veteran, has been named Jain investigates artificial to the company's executive team as photosynthesis through light-matter senior vice president of Operations. interactions in nanoscale materials. He Khan has played an important role in has affiliations with the department of delivering each of Apple's innovative physics, the Materials Research Chemistry professor Prashant Jain (left) and Gaurav Bahl. Professor of Mechanical products to market since the late 1990s, Laboratory and the Beckman Institute. engineering (right) are recipients of the prestigious award leading key product operations and supply chain functions. He continues to report to Jeff Williams, Apple's chief Indian American Bid Goswami Indian American operating officer. Surgeon honoured with In his new role, Khan will be in charge of Apple's global supply chain, Announces Retirement as Columbia Carnegie's 2019 Great ensuring product quality and Immigrant Award overseeing planning, procurement, Men's Tennis Coach manufacturing, logistics and product Jindal is a fulfillment functions, as well as Apple's professor in supplier responsibility programs that the protect and educate workers at Department of production facilities around the world. Surgery and Division of "Sabih leads our Ops team with Global Health heart," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. at the "He and his entire worldwide team are Uniformed committed to delivering unmatched Services experiences to our customers, treating University of Over the past 37 the Health workers everywhere with dignity and years, Goswami Sciences respect, and protecting the has laid the environment for future generations." foundation for the future success of NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American Indian American Columbia tennis Surgeon Rahul M. Jindalhas been Named 2019 Tenured honoured with Carnegie's 2019 Great NEW YORK(TIP): A legend in the 1977-2012. In all, Goswami has guided Immigrant award. Professor in MIT world of college tennis, Columbia Columbia to 13 NCAA Tournament Every Fourth of July since 2006, School of Science Tennis Alumni and Friends Head Coach appearances, advanced to the Sweet 16 of Carnegie Corporation of New York Bid Goswami retired from his post at the the NCAA Tournament three times and honors Andrew Carnegie's legacy by Ankur Moitra is the conclusion of the 2019 season after an achieved the first top-five national celebrating the wide-ranging Rockwell illustrious 37-year career. ranking in program and Ivy League contributions of immigrants who International Career Upon his retirement, Columbia's men's history. He has coached players who enrich the communities and culture, Development tennis head coaching position will be received a total of four All-America strengthen the economy, and invigorate Associate renamed the Bidyut K. Goswami Head honors as well as seven Ivy League the democracy. Scottish immigrant Professor Coach of Men's Tennis as an endowment Player of the Year recipients, 46 All-Ivy Andrew Carnegie rose out of poverty to was established in his name in 2007. League doubles players, and 69 All-Ivy become one of the greatest contributors A former touring pro, Goswami League singles players honors. Goswami to American industry and philanthropy. BOSTON (TIP): An Indian succeeded another ex-touring pro at was named the first-ever Ivy League Jindal is a professor in the American is among Eight MIT faculty Columbia, Paul Gerken, in November Men's Tennis Coach of the Year in 2015. Department of Surgery and Division of members who are granted tenure in 1982. He was a member of the Indian Additionally,Goswami led the Lions to Global Health at the Uniformed Services five science departments. MIT granted Davis Cup squad in 1974-75 and won the the Sweet 16 of the Intercollegiate University of the Health Sciences, the tenure to eight School of Science Indian National singles title in 1979 and Tennis Association (ITA) Indoor Team Maryland-based federal health faculty members in the departments of the doubles title in 1978. A native of Championship four times. Columbia is professions academy that trains future Biology; Chemistry; Earth, Assam, in the foothills of the Himalayas, the only Ivy League school to ever reach military medics. He has also served as Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Goswami earned a bachelor's degree in the Sweet 16 round in the history of the commissioner of the Governor's Office Mathematics; and Physics. Ankur business from St. Xavier's College of tournament. His 13 Ivy League titles on Service and Volunteerism in Moitra works at the interface between Calcutta University in 1973 and rank as the second-highest total won by a Maryland and as commissioner to the theoretical computer science and competed for St. Xavier's in tennis from head coach in Columbia Athletics Montgomery County (Maryland) machine learning by developing 1970-73. After leaving the tour, Goswami history behind fencing coach George Human Rights Commission. Awarded algorithms with provable guarantees became a club professional and served as Kolombatovich, who won 17 men's titles the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2013. and foundations for reasoning about the director of tennis at the Westchester and eight women's championships in 33 Read full story on their behavior. Read full story on Country Club in Rye, New York from years from 1979-2010. www.theindianpanorama.news www.theindianpanorama.news THE INDIAN PANORAMA 4 TRIBUTE FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 Connecting the Dots of AISSF: Dr. Santokh Singh -Motivator of Sikh Youth the street from him in Parel. His cousin and an untiring servant of the Panth, Sardar Khazan Singh with his loving wife, Harnam Kaur, kind of took me in as theirfamily member in their homefor a By Dr. Bhai Harbans Lal part of my stay in Bombay. I moved out only when Khazan Singh was transferred to Bawa Glass Co., in Dr. Santokh Singh, the Calcutta. chief founder of All It is on account of that proximity that Santokh Singh and I were together every India Sikh Students evening either at his place or with Federation, passed Khazan Singh. There, our conversations were totally about AISSF, Sikhi and the away in Bhopal on May Sikh youth. Often, we spent the 18. He was 96 years old. weekends at Vihar Lake on the invitation of Sardar Amrik Singh Bhandari. Bhandhari Sahib was Dr. Santokh r. Santokh Singh was one of the Singh's brother-in-law and a very well-regardedmembers of contractorthere building roads. Dthe All India Sikh Students Most evenings and weekends, together Federation (AISSF). Firstly,he was one of wevisited activemembers of AISSF in the founders and, then, he continued to the area as well as the supporters of be one of the motivators of the AISSF AISSF in the greater Bombay Sikh family. What is praiseworthyof him is community. Our contacts mostly that he excelled many others in carrying Dr. Santokh Singh (1923-2019) included the Sikh philanthropists, out his AISSF mission. Not only, that he management of the Khalsa College served AISSF throughout his college Some of these women were carrying ophthalmology until 1954. Following the Bombay as well as the leadership of the days, as is usually expected of the AISSF their children. completion of the highest level of major gurdwaras in the area. We visited leadership, but he continued to be the One of those womenjumping in the training and all specialization in with everybody as much as we AISSF motivator throughout his well was a sister of Santokh Sigh. Later, ophthalmology that was available in couldsince we needed their patronageto professional life, and without any I remember our addressing her with the India, he dedicated full time to medical promote our mission of bringing Sikh slowdown until his last days on this title "Zinda Shaheed" meaning a living teaching and practice. After serving at youth of Bombay closer to Gurmat. Our earth. martyr. She was among very few who several teaching posts in Bombay and visiting team often included late Sardar Gwalior, Santokh Singh moved to Bhopal Sohan Singh Sokhey, sometime late where he progressed through several Professor Dalip Singh of Khalsa college teaching positions until becoming the Bombay, and for a period late Master Dean of the Gandhi Medical College. Ajaib Singh. Before he retired, he also held the Expansion of AISSF Branches position of the Director, Medical Education, and, finally the Advisor in Outside Punjab Ophthalmology, Govt. of Madhya To the credit of Dr. Santokh Singh is Pradesh in India. the formation of several branches of During the same period (1967-1968), Dr. AISSFin the central and western India. Santokh Singh served as the Visiting He founded the Bombay branch of AISSF Professor at International School of in 1947, and Gwalior branch of AISSF in Ophthalmology in London, UK. 1954. Dr. Santokh Singh guidedthe Sikh It is on account of his long students in Bhopal to found AISSF professional career that one meets his branch in 1959. The Bhopal AISSF students everywhere in the world. All of became the Madhya Pradesh AISSF in them now miss him profoundly. 1978 under the presidentship of Sardar My Reminiscence with Santokh Attinderpal Singh. The Madhya Pradesh AISSF is known Singh for itsyearly Sikh youth training camps It is in Bombay,that I had a pleasure of or retreats of AISSF. The camps were Santokh Singh's continued association mostly held in the Daata Bandi Chorh Left to right: Dr. Santokh Singh, Sardar Sarup Singh, Sardar Gurmeet Singh and Bhai Harbans Lal for over two years. Before, I moved to Gurdwara in Gwalior. They were well Koliwada townshipI lived almost across subscribed and continued uninterrupted survived in the well for several daysand Thoa Khalsa Birth was later recovered alive from the Santokh Singh was born in the infamous well. historicSikh village of Thoa Khalsa. I remember the story well as Ialways During the riots of 1947, in Thoa asked her (cannot recall her name) to Khalsa, the neighbors turned lootersand share with me more and more of her attacked the Sikh villagers. They flashed memories of the awful ordeal. Please do clear signs of molesting Sikh women of visit this well when visiting Pakistan. It the townin spiteof the Sikhs paying is still kept alive by the villagers as a ransoms in advance. memorial of that unforgettable event. As a consequence, the visibly out Santokh Singh, the numbered Sikhs resorted to sacrificing their own womenfolk to save them from Ophthalmologist disgrace and injury of molestation. A Santokh began his medical college in courageous Sikh woman, Maan Kaur, led Lahore in 1944 and completed his 93 remaining Sikh women to jump into medical degree in Bombay in 1949. Also, the village wellin order to commit mass in Bombay, he continued his successive An honest tourist guide showing the well which, in 1947, was full of Sikh women and children. suicide in order to save their honor. post-doctoral fellowships in CONTD ON PAGE 5 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 TRIBUTE 5

CONTD FROM PAGE 4 Dr. Raghbir Singh, inspired his sister to join Kuldip Kaur of Gandhi Memorial National College Ambala Cantt in promoting the All India Sikh WomenStudents' Federation. The idea of the women's' wing of the Federation was promoted in Punjab by Kuldip Kaur, a student in the Gandhi Memorial National College. Kuldip was first inducted in the Executive Committee of AISSF to promote the separate wing of the Sikh woman students. This new organization took birth in Ambala in 1948 and expanded to Bombay and Bhopal under Dr. Santokh Singh's urging. The idea was taken to Bhopal by Dr. Santokh Singh. AISSF leadership in the history. Dr. Santokh Singh is 6th from the left in front row. Bibi Ramnik Kaur of the medical college was elected as Bhai Jodh Singh was the Chairman of the Reception the first President of this wing. She added several Sikh Committee of the earlier Sikh Educational Conference girls to the fold of the AISSF over time. Then the units held in Kanpur, India. I presided over the Sehajdhari of the women wing were established at Bombay, Sikh Conference on that occasion in 1953 and got Calcutta, Chandigarh, Bathinda, Mohali, Patiala, further acquainted with thedistinguished leadership of Amritsar, Jullundur, Jammu-Kashmir, etc. Later, when Front cover of the conference. I found everyone supportive of the idea Bibi Ramnik Kaur moved to Chandigarh, the women's the Sikh of establishing the Sikh University. Bhai JodhSahib wings of the AISSFexpanded their activities. Bibi Students’ was particularly supportive of the idea, but we were Upkar Kaur of Karnal (martyr June 1984), Prof. Gurdip Bulletin dated March1960 struggling to come up with the path leading to that goal. Kaur, Bibi Rapinder Kaur,and others played a Bhai Sahib supported the idea of bringing the issue remarkable role. until 1983 when the Blue Star attack on Sikh to the attention of the Sikh Educational Conference. To Unfortunately, the women wing of the AISSF did not institutionsforced the Sikhs to suspend all public our great satisfaction, the 38th Sikh Educational flourishon account of the local cultures which did not programs. Conference held at Bombay unanimously passed the permit young girl students to take time off and move It is only in 1990 that the Sikh youth retreats were resolution toward the establishment of the Sikh around on their own. resurrected as the Gurmat Retreats under the University. AISSF Abroad sponsorship of Madhya Pradesh Kendri Singh Sabha. The Sikh Educational Conference at Bombay was Even though I was living then in the USA, I had the very successful. Malik Hardit Singh presided. The During his visiting Professorship in London, Dr. opportunity to teach in those retreats twice on the Abhinandan Granth with golden binding was presented Santokh Singh guided the AISSF branch in the UK. The invitation of Dr. Santokh Singh. It is in one of those to Bhai Vir Singh. Both Santokh Singh and I found first UK branch of AISSF was founded by Sardar Gurmat retreats that I first met the Sikh activist of ample opportunities to meet with Bhai Vir Singh when Gurcharan Singh and Sardar Kashmira Singh. USA, Dr. Rajwant Singh. He was around 13 years old he was in Bombay. Gurcharan later moved to Canada and led there the then and he had enrolled as a trainee in one of the Sikh Because of the large population of Sindhi community World Sikh Organization of Canada. Similarly,Sardar Youth Retreats. in Bombay, significant attention was paid to enhance Harbhajan Singh was another untiring worker of the Dr. Santokh Singh was the Founder Pattern of Guru the relationship of Sehajdhari Sikhs and Nanak AISSF London. He later migrated to the USA to take up Nanak Medical Center at Gurdwara TT Nagar Bhopal. Panthis with mainstream Sikhi. Along with Dr. a job with the World Bank. This Medical Center is now a full-fledged multi- Santokh Singh, we continually cultivated relationships Dr. Raghbir Singh, a colleague of Dr. Santokh Singh specialty facility. Similarly, Santokh was the Founder with the Sindhi communities of the Greater Bombay. was active in supporting the Sikh students in London, Pattern of Hazuri Singh Welfare Trust which is actively We attended the Sindhi managed gurdwaras and I often and then in Delhi. There were others from the medical involved in the betterment of Siklighar Sikhs. spoke there on Gurmat. We were pleased that the Sindhi professions but I do not recall the names. Eventually, Dr. Santokh Singh retired from teaching community responded. They attended the educational butcontinued to serve the Sikh Youth Retreats as a conference in large numbers as well as they actively senior guide as well as their inspiration. He also participated in the conference. promoted and contributed in theperiodical, Singh Bhai Mangal Das, governor of Bombay inaugurated Sabha Patrika,published by the Kendri Singh Sabha of the conference. He emphasized the need to imbibe the Madhya Pradesh. I often read his editorials and teachings of Guru Nanak and follow Guru Nanak articlesin that magazine. I was also a guest speaker of byserving humanity. I remember him complimenting the Singh Sabha during my visits with Dr. Santokh Bhai Vir Singh for his spiritual poetry. Singh. Mohamad Ali Chagla, an Ismaili Muslim who felt Sikh Students' Bulletin proud to be a mureed of Guru Nanak spoke at the conference and emphasized the need for expanding When in Bombay,I inaugurated the publication of the Sikh schools and the Khalsa College of Mumbai. The Sikh Students Bulletin, the official organ of AISSF. On same Mr. Chagla was later the Indian Ambassador to the instance of Dr. Santokh Singh and others, I accepted the USA in 1961. AISSF-UK at Khalsa Jatha Gurdwara at Sinclair Road, London. Top to be theEditor-in-Chief of thatmonthly publication. TM Advani, Principal of Hind College forcefully (L to R)- Name not remembered, Paramjit Sandhu, Kashmir Singh Every month I composed the Bulletin and took it to Dr. spoke for the establishment of Guru Nanak University. (VP of AISSF) Dr. Santokh Singh, Gurcharan Singh (President), name not known, Surjit Singh Gupta. Sitting- Manmohan Singh Santokh Singh for his going over the contents before the His proposal aroused loud jaikaras, the Sikh way of Lamba, Harbhajan Singh (Secretary), name not known. Bulletin was published. expressing enthusiasm. WM Wadmani was recognized After I left for the USA, Sardar Bharpur Singh and with an award for hismelodious kirtan. Bhai Hari Ram The AISSF UK units known to be active at one time or Sardar Surjit Singh of Jullundurtook over the Safari won a similaraward in Sikh Poetry. the other included the AISSF branches at Leicester, editorship. Thepublication work was moved to Delhi All India Sikh Women Students Federation Southall, London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Reading, under the care of Captain Kanwar Harbhajan Singh etc. The UK circle of AISSF held several small scale (1936-2011). He continued to publish the Bulletin until Gurmat training retreats in different parts of England. he moved tothe USA in 1985 to found therethe The first such camp was held at Oxford in 1976. There International Institute of Gurmat Studies. was one held in Malaysia as I recall. Sikh Educational Conference Bombay 1954: Several of the senior Federationists had moved Sehajdhari Sikh Representation and Resolution on Sikh abroad. The prominent among them were: S. Harcharan University Singh, S. Ganga Singh Dhillon, S. Shahbeg Singh, Dr. During the period when both Dr. Santokh Singh and I Gurbaksh Singh, Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, Dr. were in Bombay, the 38th Sikh Educational Conference Tarlochan Singh, S. Kuldip Singh of Sikh Youth of the Chief Khalsa Diwan was held there. Acouple of Federation, Yogi Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, S. Sewa years earlier, AISSF had passed a resolution towards Singh, Dr. Narinder Singh Kapani, Bhai Harbans Lal, the establishment of a Sikh University. Accordingly, I Prof. Mohinderpal Singh, S. Manohar Singh Marco, S. began to work on the project during my AISSF Ajit Singh Bagha, Prof. Sher Singh Kanwal, Dr. presidential years. Gurcharan Singh Kanwal, Dr. Pargat Singh, Dr. Jasdev I went ahead and wrote an extensive article on the Singh Rai, S. Parminder Singh Bal, S. Parminder Singh need for a Sikh university in the forthcoming issue of Soch, S. Karamjit Singh Bhau, S. Satinderpal Singh, S. the Sikh Students' Bulletin. Dr. Santokh Singh and I Kabal Singh, S. Sukhminder Singh Cheema, S. formulated a resolution to be considered by the subject Fromleft to right: Sardar Narinder Singh Sethi now living in Balkaran Singh, Prof. Rajinder Singh and others. There committee of the forthcoming Sikh Educational Japan, Sardar Bhan Singh, Sardar Amar Singh Ambalvi, Miss are others that I may not recall now. The readers are Kuldip Kaur, and Bhai Harbans Lal. Sikh students in the back Conference in Bombay. row are the officials of the Ambala Circle of AISSF in 1948. invited to add to those in the list. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 6 INDIA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019

INDIA DOWNPLAYS AL-QAIDA CHIEF’S THREAT ON KASHMIR 10 Cong MLAs from Goa NEW DELHI (TIP): Downplaying Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s call to formally join BJP, allies jittery terror groups in Kashmir to inflict “unrelenting blows” NEW DELHI/PANAJI (TIP): A day on the Army and ensure after switching to the BJP, a group of 10 that India suffer sustained rebel Congress legislators from Goa on loss of manpower and Thursday officially joined the party at equipment, the government its headquarters in the national capital today said the terror group in presence of its Working President JP banned by the United Nadda. Nations (UN) had been Ayman al-Zawahiri Earlier, Goa Chief Minister Pramod issuing such threats now Sawant along with two of the legislators and then and security forces were capable of dealing met BJP President and Union Home with such threats. Minister Amit Shah in Parliament. In response to the al Zawahiri’s video message Ten Congress legislators, led by focusing on Kashmir, which surfaced yesterday, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Chandrakant Kavlekar, joined the ruling Raveesh Kumar said he did “not want to dignify” BJP, increasing its strength to 27 in the what the Al-Qaida terrorist had said. 40-seat house. “Such threats we keep listening to, and have been Talking to reporters, Sawant, who issued time and again. I don’t think we should take it reached the capital on Wednesday night seriously. The Al-Qaida is a UN proscribed with the defected Congress legislators, organisation, its leader is a UN designated terrorist said the declaration on dropping any BJP Working President JP Nadda with Chandrakant Babu Kavlekar and and we all know our security forces have the minister from the coalition partners in Pramod Sawant in Delhi. capability and are equipped to tackle such threats Goa would be taken by senior party and will not be cowed down,” he said. leaders and that the announcement induction of Congress legislators irrelevant. The al Zawahiri’s video was posted by the Al- regarding that would be made after his already making coalition alliance BJP sources also said that Revenue Qaida’s media wing As Sahab. Officials in the arrival back to the state. partner Goa Forward jittery. Minister and Independent legislator Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said they also had Sawant also said that the Congress Goa Forward leader and Deputy Chief Rohan Khaunte could also be dropped come a across the video and found it to be genuine. legislators had themselves expressed Minister Vijai Sardesai, who has blown from the cabinet along with Art and Source: The Tribune willingness to join the BJP. hot and cold against the performance of Culture Minister Govind Gaude, in The Congress, which emerged as the Mr Sawant as Chief Minister, on order to accommodate some Congress India continues to pursue single-largest party after the 2017 Thursday made emotional overtures to rebels into the ministry. Assembly polls in the coastal state, is the BJP's top and state leadership, "The final decision will be taken by extradition request of Zakir Naik now reduced to five legislators. pleading that the coalition cobbled Amit Shah, after discussing the issue The legislators who joined the BJP together in 2017 under the leadership of with the Chief Minister and the state NEW DELHI (TIP): India continues to pursue its along with Kavlekar are Atanasio then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar BJP president," a source said. request for extradition of Zakir Naik and it has been Monserrate, Jennifer Monserrate, not be tampered with. The Congress meanwhile dispatched informed by the Malaysian government that its Francis Silveira, Philip Nery Rodrigues, "Some people came together to form its Secretary in-charge of Goa A appeal is under consultation, the Ministry of Cleaofacio Dias, Wilfred D'Sa, Nilkant this government. The central figure Chellakumar to take stock of the External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. Halarnkar, Isidor Fernandes and (Parrikar) is no longer alive. He knew situation. Chellakumar who met the MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Antonio Fernandes. how the government was formed. Some remaining five legislators and state India is pursuing the matter not only through the The BJP-led state government people, including national leadership of Congress officials said, that the party Malaysian government but also through its High currently enjoys the support of three the BJP were also there," Sardesai said, would file a disqualification petition Commission. legislators of the Goa Forward Party adding that Goa Forward's support had against the 10 legislators. "We have requested for his extradition and time and three Independents. Besides, there not even "budged an inch" during Over the last two years, 15 legislators, and again not only through our consultation with the are five legislators of the Congress and political turmoil in Goa earlier this year, including 13 of the Congress, have Malaysian government but also through our High one each of the NCP and the which followed when Manohar Parrikar joined the BJP. Commission. We have asked them to expedite the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party in was bedridden with cancer. However, Wednesday's induction of 10 process. We have been told that it is under the House. After the 2017 polls, a hung Sardesai and his two other legislators, legislators has triggered outrage in a consultation and it is a process that will take time," Assembly emerged, with the Congress all of whom are ministers, face removal section of the BJP, especially senior he said in response to a question. winning 17 seats and the BJP 13. from the cabinet. While the three- leaders like former Speaker and state Naik, a 53-year-old radical television preacher, left The switchover is expected to have member strength of Goa Forward was President Rajendra Arlekar. "Most party India in 2016 and subsequently moved to Malaysia, repercussions on the current critical to the survival of the coalition in workers are deeply hurt and we will which has reportedly granted permanent residency composition of the BJP-led coalition the past, the fresh infusion of Congress fight out this wrong trend within the to him. Source: PTI government in Goa, with the fresh MLAs into the BJP makes their support party," Arlekar told reporters.

KARNATAKA CRISIS

NEW DELHI (TIP): The political crisis in Karnataka refuses to die down Kumaraswamy wants floor test, SC asks even after a week. Exactly seven days after the whole turmoil started with 13 MLAs of the JDS-Congress coalition resigning, Karnataka remains on the Speaker to not act on resignations boil. On Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister the matter will be considered by it on Kumaraswamy called for a floor tests, HD Kumaraswamy sounded confident July 16 and status quo as of Friday BJP also moved its MLAs to the Ramada and called for a floor test to prove the should be maintained. resort. The JDS has chosen the serene government's majority even though a As his government teetered on the surroundings of Nandi Hill on the city total of 16 MLAs of the coalition have brink, Kumaraswamy on Friday outskirts while its partner Congress resigned. announced that he would seek a trust opted for the Taj Yeshwantpur in Meanwhile, the Supreme Court vote and sought time from the Speaker. Bengaluru to horde its MLAs. restrained Karnataka Speaker KR Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar Friday Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi said, "BJP Ramesh Kumar from taking any decision said a slot would be allotted whenever uses money to bring down state on the resignation and disqualification the Karnataka Chief Minister opted for governments. They have been doing that. of 10 rebel MLAs. it. Speaker Ramesh on Friday said a slot We saw that in the North east as well." The Supreme Court on Friday asked would be allotted whenever The coalition government, which has Speaker Ramesh to not take any decision Kumaraswamy opted for it. been shaky since it came into being last on the disqualification or resignation of Four of the fourteen rebel MLAs from year after a post-poll arrangement in the the 10 MLAs whose resignations were Karnataka who are camping in Mumbai, Karnataka speaker KR Ramesh Kumar wake of a hung verdict, is facing a found not in the right order. on Friday visited the famous serious crisis now with 16 MLAs - 13 of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Siddhivinayak temple and offered On Friday all three parties moved the Congress and three of the JD(S) - Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said prayers to Lord Ganesh. their MLAs to different resorts. As resigning their assembly membership. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 INDIA 7

APEX COURT SEEKS AYODHYA India lifted 271 mn people out MEDIATORS’ REPORT IN WEEK

NEW DELHI (TIP): Four months after referring of poverty between 2006 the Ayodhya land dispute to a mediation panel headed by Justice FM Ibrahim Kalifulla, the Supreme Court today said it would commence day-to- day hearing from July 25 on cross-appeals in the case and 2016: UN report if mediation didn’t lead to an amicable solution to the vexed issue. UNITED NATIONS (TIP): India “We… make it clear that if this court comes to a lifted 271 million people out of conclusion that, having regard to the report of poverty between 2006 and 2016, Justice FM Ibrahim Kalifulla, the mediation recording the fastest reductions in proceedings should be ordered to be concluded, the the multidimensional poverty index court will do so and order for the commencement of values during the period with hearing of the appeals before it, tentatively, on and strong improvements in areas such from July 25, for which hearings, if required, will be as “assets, cooking fuel, sanitation conducted on day-to-day basis,” said a five-judge and nutrition”, a report by the Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India United Nations said. Ranjan Gogoi. The 2019 global Multidimensional The Bench asked the mediation panel to submit a Poverty Index (MPI) from the UN status report on the mediation proceedings by July 18 Development Programme (UNDP), when it intended to pass further orders. “We deem it the Oxford Poverty and Human proper to request Justice FMI Kalifulla (retd) to Development Initiative (OPHI) was inform us about the progress of mediation till date released on Thursday. and the stage at which the said process is presently The report said that in the 101 at,” it said. The dispute over 2.7 acres has been on countries studied–31 low income, 68 in 2016 than in 2006, while in attendance, housing, cooking fuel since 1961 when the Sunni Wakf Board took the middle income and 2 high income-- Bangladesh the number dropped by and assets. matter to the court. 1.3 billion people are 19 million between 2004 and 2014,” it In 2005-2006, the population in “multidimensionally poor”, which said. India living in multidimensional INDIA FOR QUICK COMPLETION means that poverty is defined not The report noted that of the 10 poverty stood at about 640 million simply by income, but by a number selected countries for which people (55.1 per cent) and this OF KARTARPUR WORK of indicators, including poor changes over time were analysed, reduced to 369 million people (27.9 health, poor quality of work and the India and Cambodia reduced their per cent) living in poverty in 2015- NEW DELHI (TIP): The external affairs ministry threat of violence. MPI values the fastest—and they 16. India saw significant reductions Thursday said India is fully committed to the The report identifies 10 countries, did not leave the poorest groups in number of people who are multi- Kartarpur Sahib corridor project and wants the with a combined population of behind. dimensionally poor and deprived in work to be completed expeditiously. The assertion around 2 billion people, to illustrate India’s MPI value reduced from each of the 10 indicators over this came after a section of media reported that India is the level of poverty reduction, and 0.283 in 2005-06 to 0.123 in 2015-16. time period. lagging behind in the construction of the Kartarpur all of them have shown statistically Noting the examples of pro-poor India reduced deprivation in corridor. significant progress towards reduction, where the poorest nutrition from 44.3 per cent in 2005- “We are fully committed to this project and want it achieving Sustainable Development regions improved the fastest, the 06 to 21.2 per cent in 2015-16, child to be expeditiously completed,” Ministry of External Goal 1, namely ending poverty “in report said Jharkhand in India mortality dropped from 4.5 per cent Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said at the all its forms, everywhere”. reduced the incidence of to 2.2 per cent, people deprived of weekly media briefing. He said the government is The 10 countries are Bangladesh, multidimensional poverty from 74.9 cooking fuel reduced from 52.9 per aware of the sentiments of people and pilgrims for Cambodia, Democratic Republic of per cent in 2005-06 to 46.5 per cent in cent to 26.2 per cent, deprivation in the Kartarpur Sahib. Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, 2015-16. sanitation from 50.4 per cent to 24.6 Kumar said the work on two important aspects — Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru and Mondol Kiri and Rattanak Kiri in per cent, those deprived of drinking the state of the art passenger terminal and the four- Vietnam. Cambodia reduced it from 71 per water reduced from 16.6 per cent to lane highway which is going to connect the zero The report said that within these cent to 55.9 per cent between 2010 6.2 per cent. point of the Kartarpur corridor to the national 10 countries, data show that 270 and 2014. Furthermore, people gained highway — will be completed in time. “One (should million people moved out of Ethiopia, India and Peru access to electricity as deprivation be completed) by September 2019 and the other by multidimensional poverty from one significantly reduced deprivations was reduced from 29.1 per cent to 8.6 October 2019. So the reports that we are slow on work survey to the next. in all 10 indicators, namely per cent, housing from 44.9 per cent is not the correct depiction,” Kumar said. The first “This progress was largely driven nutrition, sanitation, child to 23.6 per cent and assets meeting to finalise the modalities for the corridor by South Asia. In India, there were mortality, drinking water, years of deprivation from 37.6 per cent to 9.5 took place on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah 271 million fewer people in poverty schooling, electricity, school per cent. Source: PTI border on March 14. India bans pro-Khalistani group SFJ over ‘anti-national’ activities

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Union Cabinet on subversive activities," a senior MHA official dealing Wednesday announced to ban Sikh fundamentalist with the matter told CNN News18. organisation Sikhs For Justice(SFJ) under Section 3 of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for its alleged welcomed the ban, but also said that Punjab government anti-national activities, officials said. would have preferred if the SFJ was labelled as a terror Elaborating on the reasons for the ban, the gazette organisation and not just under Section 3 which makes notification by the government said, "Whereas the Sikhs membership of the SFJ unlawful. He termed the move for Justice has been indulging in activities prejudicial to as the first step towards protecting the nation from the internal security of India and public order and have "anti-India or secessionist designs" of the ISI-backed the potential of disturbing peace and unity and organisation. integrity of the country." Explaining the decision of not labelling the SFJ as a The SFJ, headed by Avtar Singh Pannun and terror organisation, MHA officials said, "As of now the Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, was formed in 2007, but has activities of the SFJ fitted the definition under Section 3 come to prominence only in the last 5 years as it started and not under Schedule 1 for declaring a terror advocating a separate Khalisatn state. It also started an organisation. We have to keep a standard of proof since online secessionist campaign, the ‘Sikh Referendum the matter will go to a tribunal." 2020’. The group's primary objective is to establish an Pakistan had, in April this year, claimed that it has 'independent and sovereign country' in Punjab. also banned the SFJ. But India’s Ministry of Home Home Ministry officials said 8 to 10 people comprise Affairs said they haven't received any formal the SFJ. However, it's online support is close to 2 lakh. communication from Pakistan in this regard. The "Present government is very clear that anything which government's decision comes just ahead of the next might simmer in future needs to be contained," a senior meeting on Kartarpur. Indian intelligence agencies have MHA official said. warned that Sikh fundamental organisations like SFJ Punjab Police has registered 10 different cases against plan to use the Kartarpur corridor to further their the SFJ and it's members, while the NIA is also probing found that the SFJ was providing money and logistical secessionist agenda by radicalising pilgrims who travel the group in one case. "In all 11 cases, investigators have support to local terrorists in Punjab to carry out to Pakistan. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 GUEST COMMENT Rudderless Congress: Party desperately needs strong leadership

ahul Gandhi made an impassioned worse phase for the Congress, which now tricks in the book and invent newer ones, he is more of a communicator than an speech in the Lok Sabha on desperately needs strong leadership to and that is par for the course in today's apparatchik or an organization builder, he RThursday, July 11, contrasting the steer it in the choppy waters of electoral power politics, which is devoid of all moral should leave the party in strong hands and plight of indebted farmers with pampered and structural turbulence. qualms. Opportunism is the hallmark of start touring the states where the BJP is businessmen who are regularly offered The split in the Congress legislature our day-to-day dirty politics and being less poaching his party leaders and elected lifelines and write-offs. No doubt, it struck party of the Goa unit is immensely opportunistic and hence less successful is representatives. A Nehru-Gandhi name a chord and would make Prime Minister significant. The Leader of the Opposition no virtue at all in this dog-eat-dog still is a political magnet, which can work Narendra Modi sit up and act. and nine other MLAs have quit the business. wonders for the party and his career. But a Parliamentary performance - Congress to join the BJP, reducing the Rahul Gandhi's sloganeering inside the leadership vacuum and an absentee leader interventions, speeches and sloganeering - party to just five MLAs in the state. Merely Lok Sabha over the defection of the are the worst that can happen to the is important, but more important is the blaming the split on the BJP would be to Congress MLAs in Karnataka does not Congress now. Also, the Congress deserves organizational integrity of a party within shirk the responsibility to guard one's make any difference. He has a a better leader in the Lok Sabha with a and outside legislative bodies. In post- flock and ring-fence it ideologically and responsibility to get a new party president pan-India appeal and a reasonable independent India, there has not been a organizationally.The BJP would try all the appointed at the earliest. If he believes that education. (Tribune, India) AS I SEE IT India is still a developing country because of inefficient management INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE CORPORATIONS CAN SOLVE INDIA'S PROBLEMS There is not a single Indian city that can provide potable water from its taps. In fact, a 2018 report from global advocacy group, WaterAid put India at the top of its list of countries with the worst access to clean water close to homes-163 million Indians By Ven Parameswaran live this way. 21% of communicable diseases in India are due to unclean water.

ndia today faces a water emergency of historic CHOICES: proportions, with an estimated 600 million people - 1. USE RIVER WATER: India has many rivers - Indus, Iabout half the population - grappling with either Brahmaputra, Ganges, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, severe water shortages or polluted water supplies. Narmada, etc. One river, Brahmaputra alone creates India has been independent since 1947, that is 72 years. enough water to meet the needs of the entire South If India has not been able to solve the water shortage, Asia and more. Can we not store the river water in India should be ashamed. reservoirs all over India? Can we not process it and I am not an engineer. I studied business purify for drinking? Can we not construct pipelines to administration, political science and international distribute its water all over India? I am not an relations. Let us apply our commonsense to determine engineer, and would like to know whether this is why India has failed. Indians have very high IQ and are practicable or not? highly educated. There is no shortage of all kinds of 2. DESALINATION OF SEA WATER: Singapore, engineers and scientists in India. I keep asking why India Women in an Indian town with pots waiting for their turn to Israel, All Arab countries in the Middle East located has failed. get water on deserts all have 24/7 running water made possible I keep wondering why India took 15 years to build the I can keep on enumerating several examples of failure thru desalination. India should be prepared to invest New Delhi metro. Why India did not test its nuclear bomb of the process from identifying the problem to completing and spend to solve the water crisis once and for all. in 1959 when Dr. Homi J Bhabha had equipped India to the execution. I firmly believe unless India changes its FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SOLVE MAJOR test. India tested in 1974, ten years after China tested. attitude towards management and efficiency,the delaying PROBLEMS: India is a nuclear power and has ambitious Why did India wait till China tested? process will continue. We have to find out why everything plans in Outer Space. The credit of the Government of India did not have modern airports for many years till is being delayed? Who is behind in the management of India is excellent. India can raise multi trillions of ten years ago. India kept talking about wanting to build DELAYING PROCESS? I cannot say it is the elected dollars by floating 50- or 100-year INDIA TREASURY modern airports. But why India took so long to build officials because irrespective of the parties, the common BONDS. In addition, the World Bank, the United modern airports in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, denominator is the DELAYING PROCESS. Of course it Nations and many nonprofit international foundations Bangalore, Hyderabad, etc.? is the bureaucracy at the local, district, state, and federal are ready to help India to solve its basic problems. If India has been building metropolitan rail levels. The bureaucracy in India is more powerful than India complains lack of resources, it is not an acceptable transportation in Bangalore for the past ten years or so, any Prime Minister or his government. The Prime excuse to delay process of decision and execution. and it may take another ten years to complete. Minister and his cabinet have become servants of the RECOMMENDATION: Prime Minister Modi must I keep wondering why India takes many years to decide. powerful bureaucracy. The bureaucracy prospers take full charge. He should create his own machinery After deciding, it takes many years to start executing. because of corruption. They cannot be separated. within his own Secretariat to invite the reputed private And it takes many years to execute. Why? Therefore, in my humble opinion, there is only one corporations of the world to solve major problems of India has not provided electricity throughout India. solution to solve major critical problems of India, be it India such as Water, Electricity, Building of Large Where there is electricity,power cut continues. Why only water shortage, electricity, building huge factories to Factories to produce consumer goods, Port Development, in India? manufacture consumer products on a par with China for Mass Transportation in Mumbai and other cities, India has built the best and the most modern luxury 5 export, etc. Eliminate Waste of Food production valued at 40 billion star hotels second to none in the world. These hotels were India cannot afford to waste its precious time listening dollars per year, etc. built by private corporations and within a short time. to ultra liberal economists and philosophers from the Water problem must be solved within the next five This proves that India can do it, if it wants. But when the London School of Economics, Harvard, Oxford, years. 1.2 billion people should have access to clean Government of India is responsible, all projects Cambridge and others. They had the chance to spoil drinking water for 24 hours , seven days. WILL PRIME getdelayed. The governments in India specializes in India for the past 72 years. This is not the time to criticize MINISTER MODI ACT? India cannot afford not to feed DELAYING PROCESS TO HELP CORRUPTION. The the past inefficient rulers of India. the 300 million poor when India is wasting 40% of its food delay is not due to lack of financial resource. The World Prime Minister Modi, who has the largest mandate production. Will Prime Minister Modi take charge and Bank found out that it costs more to build road in India after the recent election, should take full charge and solve this problem? than in the USA? Why? The World Bank approved loan control. He should be prepared to identify major (The author, an Indian American, is MBA from Columbia to India to build Mumbai-Pune highway. Why it started problems and make decision. For example, water School of Business, and Chairman, Asian American Republican executing only after ten years, paying interest on loans? shortage can be solved if India selects the best choice. Committee. He can be reached at [email protected]) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 PERSPECTIVE 9 Using ad spending to ‘reward or punish’ Indian media Government of India decides not to buy advertisements in three major newspaper groups he Indian government's decision to critical of the government that could have stop buying adverts in three major led to a ban on their own. Tnewspaper groups has drawn a "But we also have to understand that the spotlight on a system that critics say is media and state administration do not used by the state to control media coverage. share a very healthy relationship in Times of India, The Hindu and The Telegraph are the publications fallen It has been reported that prime minister Kashmir," he said. "The state has on and off out of Government's grace. Narendra Modi's administration had resorted to different means, including frozen all advertising spending with the freeze, estimated government spending could even be political ads - often by the economic sanctions and an [outright] ban publishers of the Times of India, The accounted for 15 per cent of all advertising government. Nobody really questions it or on publishing, to make Kashmiri media Hindu and The Telegraph, three of the revenues for the Times of India newspaper what it says about the state of Indian fall in line. country's highest circulation English- group and for the ABP Group, which media." Bhat said a nadir was reached in 2016 language outlets. The decision appears to publishes The Telegraph. Some of this In March, its creative "WANTED: when the government invoked a colonial have come after all three papers published comes in the form of government tenders JAWAHARLAL NEHRU" poster front page law to stop the Kashmir Reader going to articles or a series of articles that irritated for contracts, but a lot of it is to publicize was widely seen as mocking Modi for print, saying that the newspaper's coverage the central government. and extol the virtues of government blaming all India's recent troubles on of riots was itself "inciting violence". The government has strongly denied schemes, often accompanied by an image of Nehru, India's first prime minister, who "Bans on media in Kashmir have a direct using advertising expenditure to influence Modi himself. died in 1964. Two company executives told link to the conflict. It is a potent tool to stop editorial content, saying the existence of The administration went on an Reuters their advertising revenues from the world from knowing about the critical stories in Indian media is evidence advertising blitz in the 10 days before the government had been waning for situation in Kashmir," he said. enough that this does not happen. But campaigning rules kicked in for the May around six months. A spokesman for the BJP, Nalin Kohli, speaking to The Independent, Reporters general election, placing more than 160 "Once you don't toe the government line said the press in India remained fully free, Without Borders' Asia-Pacific bureau head, adverts in just three leading papers, of in your editorial coverage and you write pointing to the ample criticism against the Daniel Bastard, said: "Rewarding or which 93 were full-page. "Most featured a anything against them, then obviously the ruling party in newspapers and on TV punishing media outlets through the picture of Modi and highlighted only way they can penalize you (is) to choke news channels. "That's testimony to allocation or non-allocation of advertising government initiatives," the Reuters news your advertising supply," an ABP official freedom of speech," he said. "The by the government is common practice, agency reported at the time, but they also said. The government rejected the suggestion that the BJP is throttling free and an effective way to [make them] toe highlighted party-political campaign accusations and the Supreme Court press is ridiculous." their editorial line." issues, including that Modi was "putting decided against ordering an inquiry. But in his resignation speech as leader of He added that it was this political farmers first" and "national security is top The Times of India is the country's the opposition Congress party this week, leverage over the media that has seen India priority". largest circulation English daily, and the Rahul Gandhi cited the freedom of the under Modi constantly drop places in the In a nation where all political parties Times Group also publishes another major press as an example of a "capture of organization's World Press Freedom Index. invest in newspaper advertising, Modi's paper, The Economic Times. "There is a power" perpetrated by the BJP over India ranked 80th of 139 countries Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become freeze," one executive told Reuters. "Could national institutions. Gandhi argued that surveyed when the index began in 2002. "one of, if not the largest advertiser in the be (because of) some reports they were May's election, in which Congress was This year it ranked 140th, behind the likes country" in its own right, according to unhappy with." badly beaten, was not free and fair. of Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Bastard. To an outsider, the extent of Bastard claims the most clear-cut case of "A free and fair election requires the South Sudan. government advertising in India has to be the government withdrawing funding from neutrality of a country's institutions; an Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a senior MP seen to be believed, according to one Indian newspapers over their editorial coverage election cannot be fair without arbiters - a with the opposition Congress party, called American journalist who worked at comes in Kashmir, where two major free press, an independent judiciary and a the move "undemocratic and another leading English-language daily, regional papers that had been closely transparent election commission." Modi megalomaniac", telling parliament it The Hindustan Times. following separatist agitation in the valley had, Gandhi claimed, "marshalled every appeared to be "a message to media from "It's just considered normal here for full- were then "deprived of state advertising". institution [of the state] against the this government to toe its line". The scale of page adverts to be the front cover of a Rouf Bhat, a communications and media opposition" on his way to winning an government advertising in Indian newspaper - you'd have to turn the page to studies academic at the University of emphatic second term. "It is now crystal newspapers would be unthinkable in many get the real front-page stories underneath," Kashmir, told The Independent that The clear that our once cherished institutional developed nations. he said, preferring to remain anonymous Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader had neutrality no longer exists in India," he Reuters, which first reported on the due to the sensitivity of the issue. "These not published any single "scathing" story said. (Source: Independent ) READER’S WRITE AMERICA IS A LAND OF EXCEPTIONALISM enjoyed reading Ravi Batra's OPED where we are going, and that well-intentioned meddling in his prior re-election; and Putin POTUS even after Bob Mueller's Testimony titled AMERICA PERFECTED THE Communism and its light-weight sibling, won despite her: Hillary lost by cheating - if s/he embraces socialism or IMARCH FROM MAGNA CARTA TO Socialism, are WHOLLY INCONSISTENT Bernie Sanders of a "fair-fight," and got the communism. …. 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21 killed in Pak train collision Bangladesh’s first Hindu chief LAHORE/ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 21 passengers were killed and justice charged with graft more than 89 others injured on July 11 when an express train rammed into a DHAKA (TIP): Surendra Kumar The two account holders mortgaged 32 stationery freight train in Pakistan’s Sinha, Bangladesh’s former chief justice acres of land, owned by Santri Roy, in Punjab province, officials said. The and the first Hindu to hold the position, Savar against the loan applications, the Quetta-bound Akbar Express collided has been charged by anti-graft statement said. with the stationary freight train at commission for laundering about USD “Without any scrutiny, any analysis of the Walhar Railway Station in 475,000, nearly two years after he left the records and with disregard to banking Sadiqabad tehsil. country saying he was forced to resign, rules, the then manager of Gulshan The freight train was on the loop according to a media report. branch of the bank Zia Uddin Ahmed, line when the speeding passenger Sinha, who appointed 21st chief justice operation manager Lutful Haque and train instead of running on the main of the country in January 2015, was credit in-charge Shafiuddin Askary line entered the wrong track. charged by the Anti-Corruption prepared a loan proposal within hours,” In another accident, 13 persons Commission (ACC) on Wednesday along it said. were killed and 34 others injured after with 10 others for laundering money A day after the loan money arrived in a speeding passenger bus overturned from the then Farmers Bank in 2016, The the two accounts, two pay orders, each near Pakistan’s capital city Daily Star reported. worth Taka 2 crore, were issued from the Islamabad. The bus was going to He came under fire after the Supreme bank branch, it said. Lahore from Swat when the accident Court on August 1, 2017 released its On November 9, 2016, the pay orders took place at an interchange near verdict scrapping the 16th amendment to were deposited to Sinha’s account with Hassan Abdaal, about 45 km from the constitution that had empowered Sonali Bank’s Supreme Court branch, Islamabad, the police said. — PTI parliament to remove judges for the statement said, adding the ex-CJ misconduct or incapacity. branch manager Zia Uddin Ah-med, withdrew the money on different dates. 13 killed in road Following the verdict, Prime Minister First Vice President Shafiuddin Askary “Accused former chief justice accident in Pakistan Sheikh Hasina and senior ministers and Vice President Lutful Haque. Surendra Kumar Sinha misguided them, came down heavily on Sinha, with many They were charged with using fake used Ranjit Saha and took signature on ISLAMABAD (TIP): An over- of them calling for his resignation. credit papers to launder 40 million taka bank documents. They misappropriated speeding passenger bus turned turtle On October 2, 2017, the law minister (USD 475,000) and transfer it to the Tk 4 crore and the money is yet to be near Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad said the then chief justice would go on a account of Sinha. paid,” the statement said. on July 11, killing at least 13 people month’s leave from October 3 on health The other accused are one Shahjahan “For the ill purpose of his own benefit, and injuring 34 others, the police said. grounds. However, while leaving the of Tangail’s Sreehoripur village; Ranjit former chief justice Surendra Kumar The bus was going to Lahore from country for Australia on October 13 the Chandra Saha of the district’s Sinha, abusing his power and with the Swat when the accident took place on same year, Justice Sinha said he was not Jodunathpur village, his wife Santri Roy help of others, took a loan [using fake at an interchange near Hassan sick and was forced to resign. and nephew Niranjan Chandra Saha. documents] and transferred the money Abdaal, about 45 km from Islamabad. After he left the country, the Supreme According to the case, Shahjahan and to his account for misappropriation … The police said that over-speeding Court in a statement said Justice Sinha Niranjan opened two current accounts thus [he] committed offence under the caused the accident that killed at least was facing 11 charges including “graft with Farmers Bank’s Gulshan Branch on Money Laundering Prevention Act, 13 people and injured 34 others as the and money laundering”. November 6, 2016. 2012,” it added. driver lost the control while The accused in the graft case include The next day, each of them applied for On completion of enquiry, ACC negotiating a turn. the bank’s former MD AKM Shamim, loan. The two used the same residential Assistant Director Gulshan Anowar The injured have been shifted to Senior Executive Vice President and address in their bank documents, Pradhan filed a report to the three- nearby hospitals of Hassan Abdal, former head of Credit Division Gazi including loan applications. The ACC, member anti-corruption commission Texila and Wah. Salahuddin, First Vice President of during investigation, found that the which approved filing of the case. ACC Road accidents are common in Credit Division Swapan Kumar Roy, house is owned by Sinha, the statement Director Syed Iqbal Hossain filed the Pakistan, mostly caused by untrained Senior Vice President and former said. case with his office on July 10. — PTI drives, bad roads and poorly maintained vehicles. PTI Nawaz Sharif's US, Taliban talks end after rival Afghans daughter summoned by anti-graft court in agree on ‘roadmap for peace’ fake trust deed case KABUL (TIP): The US special envoy effort began late last year, with progress Zero civilian casualties ISLAMABAD (TIP): Jailed former for peace in Afghanistan wound up on on a counter-terrorism assurance, a The Taliban have refused to negotiate Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Tuesday the seventh round of talks he troop withdrawal, dialogue between with the government, denouncing it as a Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz has has held with the Taliban in Qatar, after rival Afghans and a ceasefire. US puppet, but in an effort to foster been summoned by an anti- signs of progress in efforts to end the Khalilzad, in a post on Twitter, said he Afghan reconciliation, a 60-strong corruption court to appear before it longest war the United States has ever was heading to China then back to delegation of citizens met the Taliban on July 19 for allegedly submitting a fought. The US envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington "to report and consult on the for two days of talks in Qatar from fake trust deed in the high-profile met Taliban officials briefly a day after a Afghan peace process". He did not Sunday. The two sides said in a joint Avenfield Apartments case. delegation of Afghan citizens and the elaborate. Taliban officials were not statement late on Monday they had The Avenfield properties case was militants agreed on a "roadmap for immediately available for comment. agreed to a roadmap and were both one of three filed by the National peace", in particular a joint call to end Senior Western officials and diplomats "committed to respect and protect the Accountability Bureau (NAB) last civilian casualties in the 18-year war. in Kabul who are privy to the talks, said dignity of people, their life and property year in light of the Supreme Court's "Khalilzad will now brief his bosses the US government was expected to and to minimize the civilian casualties verdict against Sharif in the Panama and they will make an announcement. make an announcement after a briefing to zero". Papers case. The seventh round has ended," said a from Khalilzad. "The stage is now being The two sides also promised to The case pertains to the ownership senior official privy to the talks. set for a political settlement between the guarantee the security of public of the Sharif family's apartments at The United States and the Taliban are US and the Taliban," said a senior institutions such as schools, hospitals Avenfield House, London. getting closer to a deal that is expected to western official who is privy to the and markets. But on Sunday, as the Accountability court Judge be centred on a US promise to withdraw negotiations. While a deal between the Afghan rivals sat down for talks in Qatar, Muhammad Bashir issued the notice troops in exchange for a Taliban promise United States and the Taliban might let Taliban fighters detonated a car bomb to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz not to let Afghanistan be used as a base the United States extricate itself from a outside a government compound in the (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam, for terrorism, officials say. war President Donald Trump is eager to central town of Ghazni, killing 14 and asking the 45-year-old political leader Last week, Khalilzad said the latest end, it might not bring peace between the wounding more than 100, including to appear in court on July 19. round of talks, which began on June 28, US-backed government based in Kabul scores of children in a school. PTI was the "most productive" since the and the militants. Reuters THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 WORLD 11

1 dead in Russian Vatican to dig up graves in search of plant blaze MOSCOW (TIP): A woman was killed and 13 persons were injured in teen who went missing 36 years ago a major fire at a power station in the Moscow region on July 11 that was VATICAN CITY (TIP): The Vatican put out by firefighters, the will dig up two graves on July 11 after an emergencies ministry and Russian anonymous tip-off that they may contain media said. the remains of an Italian teenager who “The open flames have been went missing 36 years ago. extinguished,” Interfax news agency Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a cited the emergencies ministry as Vatican employee, was last seen leaving saying. a music class aged 15, and theories have Earlier, huge flames could be seen circulated for decades about who took leaping into the sky and black smoke her and where her body may lie. belched from Thermal Power Station- Orlandi's brother Pietro, who has 27 in Moscow’s Mytishchi district. . campaigned tirelessly for the Vatican to The Mosenergo power generation open an investigation into her company said the fire broke out in a disappearance, will be present when the natural gas pipeline outside the graves are opened at the Teutonic power station and the facility’s power Cemetery. generating equipment was not The exhumation comes after the damaged. family's lawyer received a tip-off with a The blaze had spread to a picture of an angel-topped grave in the warehouse and nearby buildings cemetery, and a message which simply they are found, on the humidity, on the circulated in Italian media, the teen was including a youth hostel, Interfax read: "Look where the angel is pointing". presence of infiltrations, on possible snatched by a mobster gang to put said. — Reuters The small, leafy cemetery, located on actions of microfauna," he said. pressure on the Vatican to recover a the original site of the Emperor Nero It will be possible to say "whether a loan. 6 tourists die in circus, is usually the last resting place bone has been there 50 years or 150 Another claim often repeated in the Greece storm for German-speaking members of years". press was that she was taken to force the Catholic institutions. He expects to be able to determine the release from prison of Mehmet Ali Agca, NEA PLAGIA, GREECE (TIP): At Beyond St Peter's Basilica, in an area gender and whether or not the remains the Turk who attempted to assassinate least seven persons, including six off-limits to tourists, neat rows of belong to more than one person per Pope John Paul II in 1981. tourists, were killed and more than tombstones lie behind a wrought-iron tomb. Arcudi will extract material for The family braced for a possible 100 others injured when a violent, gate, some shaded by palm trees, others DNA analysis, regardless of his initial breakthrough last year, when human short-lived storm lashed northern bordered by pink roses. findings. remains were found at a Vatican Greece, felling trees and ripping off The tombs that will be opened belong "The DNA test will be done in any case, property in Rome. rooftops. to two princesses, buried in 1836 and in order to be certain and to exclude In 2017, conspiracy specialists were Witnesses said the storm had come 1840. definitively and categorically the chance driven into a frenzy by a leaked -- but and gone in a matter of minutes. The remains found within will be that any remains in the two tombs are apparently falsified -- document, Winds of over 100 kph were reported removed and examined on-site by Italian attributable to poor Emanuela," he said. purportedly written by a cardinal and on the Halkidiki peninsula, popular forensic anthropologist Giovanni Results could take up to 60 days, he pointing to a Vatican cover-up. with tourists in the summer. Arcudi. added. Five years earlier, forensic experts Two elderly Czech tourists were He expects to be able to roughly date "I've always hoped she's alive, and to exhuming the tomb of a notorious crime killed when strong winds and water the bones within about five hours, he find her alive," 60-year-old Pietro boss at a Vatican church uncovered some overturned their travel trailer. A said in an interview published by the Orlandi, whose mother still lives within 400 boxes of bones. woman and an eight-year-old from Vatican on July 10. the Vatican walls, told AFP on Enrico De Pedis, head of the Magliana Romania were killed when a roof "The state of conservation of the Wednesday. gang, was suspected of involvement in collapsed on a restaurant in the beach bones is what will determine the time "But if Emanuela is dead and is buried her kidnapping and some speculated the resort of Nea Plagia. And a man and a required. there, it's right that what has been youngster may be buried alongside him - young boy,both Russians, died when a "Much depends on the environmental hidden for so many years comes to light". - but DNA tests failed to find a match. — tree fell near their hotel. conditions, on the microclimate in which According to some theories widely AFP A seventh, unidentified victim’s body, was found in the sea later. — Woman shot dead by Reuters her 7-yr-old son in Freed Australian denies North Korean Vega rocket fails Mongolia spy charges, says no plans to return after takeoff in ULAN BATOR (TIP): A 39-year-old SEOUL (TIP): The Australian student blog, and the same goes for other media French Guiana woman was accidentally shot by her released last week after being detained outlets,” Sigley said in a Tweet on KOUROU (TIP): A rocket carrying seven-year-old son in western Mongolia, in North Korea said on July 9 Tuesday. a satellite for the United Arab police said on July 10. Pyongyang’s accusation that he was a Sigley went on to say “the whole Emirates failed shortly after taking The incident occurred in Govi-Altai spy was “pretty obviously” false, but that situation makes me very sad”, since he off from French Guiana on July 10 province on Tuesday, according to the his work in the country was probably would be unable to complete the master’s night, launch company Arianespace province's police department. over. degree he had been pursuing at said. Preliminary investigation leads Alek Sigley, 29, who was studying in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung University. “About two minutes after takeoff a investigators to believe that the boy the North Korean capital, had been “I am still very interested in North major anomaly occurred, leading to accidentally shot and killed his mother, missing since June 25 before he was Korea and want to continue academic the loss of the mission,” said Luce the police department said, adding that abruptly expelled from the country on research and other work related to the Fabreguettes, director of operations the boy's five-year-old sister was July 4 after Swedish officials helped country,” he said in another tweet. “But I in Kourou, on the northern coast of seriously wounded in the shooting, broker his release. currently have no plans to visit the the French territory in South reported Xinhua news agency. North Korean state media later issued country again, at least in the short term.” America. The investigation is still ongoing, the a statement saying Sigley had admitted His company, Tongil Tours, would be It is the first failure after fourteen police said, urging citizens to keep their to committing “spying acts” by working cancelling all tours to North Korea until successful launches of Vega— guns out of the reach of children. As of with foreign media, including NK News, further notice, Sigley added. “I may never Arianespace’s lightweight launcher— 2014, a total of around 47,000 guns were a website that specializes in North again walk the streets of Pyongyang, a since operations began at the Guiana registered in Mongolia as a legal Korea. city that holds a very special place in my Space Centre in 2012. property of individuals, with 94 per cent “The allegation that I am a spy is heart,” he wrote. “I may never again see “On behalf of Arianespace, I wish for hunting purposes, according to (pretty obviously) false. my teachers and my partners in the travel to express our deepest apologies to official data from the country's National The only material I gave to NK News industry, whom I’ve come to consider our customers for the loss of their Statistics Office. IANS was what was published publicly on the close friends. Reuters cargo,” Fabreguettes added. AFP THE INDIAN PANORAMA 12 BOLLYWOOD FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 ‘NO APOLOGY’, KANGANA RANAUT TO BE BOYCOTTED AFTER SPAT WITH REPORTER he Entertainment Journalists' Guild of India has decided to Tboycott Kangana Ranaut, a delegation from the group told producer Ekta Kapoor on Tuesday, two days after the actor's spat with a PTI journalist at a promotional event. Members of the Guild also demanded a public apology from both Kapoor and Ranaut, journalists present at the meeting said. Kapoor, who is producing Ranaut's upcoming film "Judgementall Hai BIPASHA: IF I GET Kya", agreed to issue the apology and expressed regret over Sunday's GOOD CONTENT, I incident, which has prompted a backlash against the star on social media, the journalists said. WON’T THINK ABOUT "We, as a guild, have collectively decided to boycott Ms Ranaut and not THE MONEY give her any media coverage," the ast seen on the big screen four years delegation said in its letter to Kapoor, ago in Alone (2015), Bipasha Basu adding that the boycott will not affect LSingh Grover is yearning to be a the film or the rest of the cast. part of content-driven projects even if it The journalists conveyed to the means less money. producer that they have decided to Talking about it, she told Hindustan "boycott" Ranaut from future events Times, “If they give me good content, I until the actor apologises for Sunday's won’t think about the remuneration. But incident. those kind of roles have not come to me The members said in the letter that yet. I think half of them probably avoid Ranaut had lashed out at PTI journalist me because they think I charge a bomb. Justin Rao even before he could But that’s clearly not the reality.” complete the question that he was The 40-year-old, who is best asking at the press conference to remembered for her roles in horror films promote the film on the pretext that he writing negatively about her film messaged her and spent three hours in like Raaz, Darna Zaroori Hai and Raaz 3D, was running a "smear campaign" "Manikarnika". her vanity van. He said he met the says she has been pigeonholed into the against her. The journalist denied the allegations actor briefly for an interview and there horror space despite having starred in Ranaut had also accused Rao of and the actor's claim that he personally were no personal messages. several films belonging to other genres too. KATRINA KAIF RECEIVES LUSCIOUS OFFERS FROM AD WORLD ince the last couple of releases, Katrina Kaif has been riding high on adulation. The actress got Srave reviews for her turn as a glamorous actress, Babita Kumari, who suffers from heartbreak and alcoholism in Zero (2018). In her latest release, Bharat, which saw her reuniting with Salman Khan after Tiger ‘Monogamy has to be a Zinda Hai (2017), the leggy beauty was praised for her turn as the fiesty Kumud. The movie also churned out a business of Rs 200 crore at the BO. Now, we hear that choice made every day’ the success of the Partition drama has fetched Katrina adhika Apte says she loves too more endorsements. many people at the same time on Currently the face of over a dozen ad campaigns, Rvarious levels and in various from eyewear to soft drinks, she will be adding more ways. brands to her kitty. Apparently, she has been The actor opened up about her approached by six new labels, who are willing to shell philosophy around love when she out a much bigger amount than her fees to get her on- appeared on an episode of BFFs with board. The products that companies want her as the Vogue Season 3, aired on Colors Infinity. ambassador for range from beauty and fitness to real According to a statement, when host estate, tourism and cars. Neha Dhupia asked Radhika about the Says a source close to the actress, “Apart from being ‘temptations’ on-sets, she said, “Of one of the most sought-after names in the brand world, course you get tempted. You don’t have Katrina is also a regular on most ‘search’ and to be an actor to be tempted. In life, you ‘popularity measurement’ lists, speaking volumes of meet so many people and there are so the kind of reach the star has. She appeals to a wide many wonderful people and you get demography of audience, and brands have seen a tempted. considerable boost in sales post her association. After “Sometimes it’s a physical attraction, Bharat, she has been approached in the F&B and sometimes it’s just admiration and that lifestyle spaces, all of whom are offering almost 40 per can be very potent also and I think that’s cent more than her brand fee. She is also the fastest- beautiful. Why would you not address growing Indian celebrity on social media, which that aspect of your life?” connects directly with millennials.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 HOLLYWOOD 13 ANGELINA JOLIE RETURNS TO HER WICKED WAYS IN DISNEY’S ‘MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL’ ngelina Jolie unleashes her wrath in the new trailer for Disney’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Sarah Jessica Parker AEvil.” “Don’t ruin my morning,” Jolie’s Maleficent barks when offered a bit of news about reports 'countless' cases Princess Aurora’s (Elle Fanning’s) plans to wed. She quickly shuts down the prospect of marriage, telling of on-set harassment Aurora that “love doesn’t always end well.” The sequel picks up several years after the events of arah Jessica Parker has spoken about 2014’s “Maleficent.” The relationship between Aurora “countless” incidents of men and the eponymous horned fairy gets even more Sbehaving inappropriately on film and complicated as new threats loom for the formerly TV productions, including one with a “big cursed princess who is next in line to become Queen movie star” that was only resolved after of the Moors. New alliances are formed in the her agent threatened she would walk off struggle to protect the magical realm and the the set. creatures that reside within. In an interview on the NPR show Fresh The new footage also shows Michelle Pfeiffer’s Air, the Sex and the City star commented character Queen Ingrith attempt to stake her claim as on the impact of the #MeToo campaign Aurora’s guardian. and said: “It really wasn’t … until about “You have done an admirable job going against your six or eight months ago that I started own nature to raise this child,” Queen Ingrith says to recognising countless experiences of men Maleficent. “But now she will finally get the love of a behaving poorly, inappropriately … I don’t real mother. Tonight, I consider aurora my own.” know why I either wasn’t courageous or Later in the clip, Ingrith tells Aurora, “Maleficent is more destroyed by some of the things that a threat to everyone. We will do our best to protect I was privy to, that I was on the receiving you.” Sam Riley and Lesley Manville are among end of.” returning characters, while Pfeiffer, Ed Skrein and Parker often felt intimidated, to the Chiwetel Ejiofor all joined the cast. Harris Dickinson extent that she did not feel able to confront is replacing Brenton Thwaites as Prince Phillip from her harasser. the first film. Mindy Kaling promotes body positivity, challenges idea of ‘perfect bikini body’

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indy Kaling in her latest social million Instagram followers to tag her but still doesn’t remember him media post has challenged the on their own swimsuit photos. ou only get one shot to make a other at the Valentino Couture Show in Midea of a perfect bikini body. Mindy has always been a promoter of first impression, but this was not Paris, Sabastian probably wasn’t The American comedian and actor positive body positivity.She even wrote Ythe case with actor Sebastian surprised when the Gwyneth didn’t shared a series of Instagram posts about the issue in her 2015 book 'Why Stan, who luckily had three recognise him, reported E Online. He absolutely rocking some stunning Not Me?'. She will produce an opportunities to introduce himself to joked on Instagram, “Also glad I got to bikinis. upcoming wedding-themed comedy set Academy-award winning actor, reintroduce myself to "IDK who needs to hear this, but in India, with Priyanka Chopra. Gwyneth Paltrow. The actors who had @gwynethpaltrow for the third time. We wear a bikini if you want to wear a Sharing the news, Priyanka wrote on starred together approximately three are in the same film... [shrug emoji]” bikini. You don't have to be a size 0. Instagram, “Two women with a times were not well-acquainted This wasn’t the first time that the 46- Swipe for my storytime and have a passion for telling good stories, just got surprisingly.In fact, the actor who plays year-old actor forgot something vital. great summer," the actor wrote in the the green light to THEIR story THEIR the character of Bucky Barnes in Most recently, she forgot that she caption. way. So proud of this incredible Avengers: Endgame said that he has met appeared in a small role in the Marvel In the pictures, the Late Nigh' actor partnership with @mindykaling and the renowned actor at about three film, Spider-Man: Homecoming. It was donned a pair of chic bikinis as she #dangoor! We are about to show you different spots but she isn’t familiar on Jon Favreau’s Netflix show, The Chef embraced her curves and encouraged what it means to be modern, global, with him. Show, where she was asked, “Remember others to do the same by asking her 4 and Indian. See you at the cinema!” So when the actors bumped into each we were in Spider-Man?” THE INDIAN PANORAMA 14 WORLD FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019

37 hurt due to turbulence on Air Iranian boats ‘tried to impede’ Canada flight OTTAWA (TIP): At least 37 people UK tanker in Gulf were injured when an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Sydney Revolutionary Guards deny blocking British ship in Strait of Hormuz encountered sudden and severe turbulence, the airline said. LONDON (TIP): Three Iranian vessels Flight AC33 was diverted to tried to block a tanker passing through the Honolulu’s international airport at Strait of Hormuz but backed off when around 6.46 am on Thursday confronted by a Royal Navy warship, the morning, reports the Canadian British government said on July 11, Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). raising the stakes in a test of nerves Air Canada spokesperson Peter between Tehran and the West. Fitzpatrick said 35 people sustained Britain urged Iran to “de-escalate the minor injuries. That number was situation in the region” after the British later updated to 37 by emergency Heritage oil tanker operated by BP was officials in Honolulu. approached. The incident took place The Boeing 777-200 was carrying 269 exactly a week after British Royal passengers and 15 crew members and Marines seized an Iranian tanker, which was about two hours past Hawaii London said was violating sanctions by when it hit “severe clear air” bringing oil to Syria. turbulence, Fitzpatrick said. The 1,000-feet Grace 1 tanker, capable of The turbulence happened at 10,973 carrying two million barrels of oil, was metres (36,000 feet) about 966 km halted by police and customs in Gibraltar southwest of Honolulu, said US with the aid of a detachment of British Federal Aviation Administration Royal Marines. spokesperson Ian Gregor. Iran condemned the detention as an A passenger said she was jolted “illegal interception,” but Gibraltar awake by the turbulence. officials said that the cargo was believed “We hit turbulence and we all hit to be destined for Syria, which is subject the cabinet broadcast by state TV. British allegation that Iran had sought to the roof, and everything fell to European sanctions. “HMS Montrose was forced to position block the ship. Iran’s Revolutionary down...People went flying,” she said. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani herself between the Iranian vessels and Guards denied they had impeded a British Another passenger, who was awake warned Britain on Wednesday of the British Heritage and issue verbal oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the on the plane, said he was “quite “consequences” of what he described as warnings to the Iranian vessels, which force’s Sepah news agency said. “There terrified” after the aircraft suddenly “a foolish act”. “I point out to the British then turned away,” a UK government has been no confrontation in the last 24 dropped. that you initiated insecurity (on the seas) spokesman said in a statement. hours with any foreign vessels, including The flight to Sydney is expected to and you shall grasp the consequences of it Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad British ones,” the Revolutionary Guards resume on Friday, Air Canada said. later on,” Rouhani said in comments to Javad Zarif dismissed as “worthless” the said in a statement. — Agencies IANS N Korea calls S Korea’s F-35 jet South Korea seeks US help in bitter purchases ‘extremely dangerous action’ trade spat with Japan SEOUL (TIP): South Korea is seeking process for Japanese shipments of SEOUL (TIP): South Korea’s US help in a bitter diplomatic row with South Korea, an export-reliant photoresists and other sensitive acquisition of American F-35 stealth fellow American ally Japan over its economy that is the world’s materials to South Korean companies, fighter jets will force North Korea to moves to tighten controls on high-tech biggest supplier of computer which need the chemicals to produce develop and test “special armaments” exports. The government said on chips and displays, sees the semiconductors and display screens to destroy the new weapons, North Thursday that Foreign Minister Kang used in TVs and smartphones. Korea’s state media said on July 11, Kyung-wha discussed the issue with US Japanese trade curbs as South Korea, an export-reliant citing a government researcher. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by retaliation for court rulings that economy that is the world’s biggest South Korean authorities are phone and conveyed Seoul’s view that ordered Japanese firms to supplier of computer chips and displays, “impudent and pitiful” for “talking Japan’s “undesirable” trade curbs could sees the Japanese trade curbs as loudly about reconciliation and disrupt global supply chains and hurt compensate aging South Korean retaliation for court rulings that ordered cooperation between the north and trilateral cooperation among the plaintiffs for forced labor during Japanese firms to compensate aging the south” while buying more countries. World War II. South Korean plaintiffs for forced labor weapons from the United States, an The ministry said Pompeo expressed during World War II. unnamed policy research director at an “understanding” of South Korea’s on Wednesday and told reporters he Japanese officials say such materials the Institute for American Studies of position and agreed to help facilitate would discuss the trade spat with Japan can be exported only to trustworthy North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign communication through diplomatic with US officials. trading partners, hinting at security Affairs said in a statement carried by channels among Washington, Seoul and His trip came a day after South Korean risks and illegal transfers of sensitive state news agency KCNA. Tokyo. “(Minister Kang) expressed President Moon Jae-in urged Japan to materials to North Korea, without citing “There is no room for doubt that the concern that Japan’s trade restrictions refrain from pushing the situation to a specific cases. delivery of ‘F-35A’,which is also called would not only inflict damage to our “dead-end street” and respond to Seoul’s South Korea has denied the claims, an ‘invisible lethal weapon’, is aimed companies, but could also disrupt global efforts to resolve the matter saying that an inspection of companies at securing military supremacy over supply chains and cause negative effects diplomatically. that process and export chemicals the neighbouring countries in the not only to US companies but also to the “I came because there are a lot of imported from Japan found no sign of region and especially opening a ‘gate’ global trade order,” the ministry said in a bilateral issues between South Korea illegal transactions that allowed them to to invading the north in time of press release. and the United States to be discussed in reach North Korea or any other country emergency on the Korean peninsula,” “This would not be ideal for the meetings with the White House and also affected by U.N. sanctions. the statement said. “We, on our part, bilateral friendship and cooperation the Senate and House,” South Korea plans to file a complaint have no other choice but to develop between South Korea and Japan and also Kim told South Korean reporters at the with the World Trade organization. It and test the special armaments to the three-way cooperation between Dulles International Airport. When raised the issue at a WTO Goods Council completely destroy the lethal weapons South Korea, the United States and asked whether South Korea would ask meeting in Geneva on Tuesday, calling reinforced in south Korea.” South Japan.” the United States to mediate in the trade on Japan to withdraw its tighter Korea took delivery of its first two F- Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of dispute with Japan, Kim said, “That restrictions, which it says have 35 jets in March, with more slated to South Korea’s presidential National issue will be discussed too.” repercussions for electronics products arrive this year. (Reuters) Security Office, arrived in Washington Tokyo last week tightened the approval worldwide. — AP THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 TRAVEL 15

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Valley with your beloved, rejoice the For that ultimate romantic splendid sunset from Bekal Fort, go for honeymoon: Stroll through the fragrant kayaking in Nombili River & coffee plantations, sail in coracle in rejuvenating couples’ spa at Rejuve, and Cauvery River, trek up to Abbey Falls, or take a spice plantation tour in Wayanad star gaze while camping overnight in DON’T MISS coffee estates Wayanad: Thusharagiri Waterfalls, DON’T MISS: Nagarhole National Thirunelli Temple, Banasura Hill, Park, Dubare Elephant Park, and Lakkidi View Point, Kabini, Papanashini Namdroling Monastery River, and Padinjarathara Dam Bekal: Kappil Beach, Fort Beach, and Hampi Valiyaparamba Backwaters Rejuvenate in your new life by reliving Silent Valley: Expansive forests the past glories and visiting this vibrant historical town of Karnataka. Hampi, Anamalai Trail: Topslip, located by the banks of Tungabhadra, is Parambikulam, and Valparai a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site. The rocky beauty is a mesmerizing place Topslip, Valparai, and Parambikulam to rejoice love and bliss.For that ultimate are another set of unique and offbeat romantic honeymoon: Explore the honeymoon destinations in India for the remnants of Vijayanagara Kingdom jungle loving couples. hand-in-hand and rejoice the spell- Snuggled at the Anamalai Hills, binding artwork & sculptures of more Topslip is a refreshing and lush green than 500 architectural splendors wildlife sanctuary. Located by the DON’T MISS: Monkey Temple, Anamalai Mountain Range, Valparai is Archeological Museum, Vijaya Vittala characterised by plush & expansive Temple, Royal Enclosure, Virupaksha forests, majestic valleys, and sizzling Temple, Queen’s Bath, and Riverside lakes. This divine stretch of land is Ruins adjacent to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve that boasts of its tranquillity, richness Lakshadweep and magic. If it is solemn happiness and some For that ultimate romantic intimate time amid breath-taking scenic honeymoon: Relax & rejoice in these splendor that the couples are looking for, natural wonders, spend some quality Lakshadweep is the place to be. time, and ooze out romance in the serene Surrounded by quaint islands, sun- & heavenly backdrops kissed beaches, and crystal clear DON’T MISS: Wildlife safari and lagoons, this picture-perfect island group animal spotting is an abode of sheer romance. The FOR A ROMANTIC STAY: We tropical climate is so suitable throughout recommend you to stay in Coimbatore the year. But October to February is ideal and make day trips to these national for a honeymoon. parks and wildlife sanctuaries. For that ultimate romantic honeymoon: Laze on the sparkling sandy beaches, take a romantic stroll, and Kodaikanal sunbathe on the pristine beaches of Kodaikanal is known for its charming Kalpeni, Kavaratti, and Minicoy islands. & cozy surroundings of oak & pine DON’T MISS: Snorkeling at Agatti forests and romantic weather. Perched in Island, scuba diving at Bangaram Island, the upper slopes of Palni Hills, this is a and fishing at Kadmat Island wonderful paradise for the newly married lovebirds. North Kerala: Wayanad, Bekal, For that ultimate romantic and Silent Valley honeymoon: Go for a fun-filled boating in the star-shaped Kodai Lake, trek upto the Kerala is quite a popular as a Pillar Rock, or spend some lovely time honeymoon place, but not every part of bathing in the Silver Cascade Falls this charming state is crowded with DON’T MISS: Lush green meadows, tourists and honeymoon couples. fruit orchards, and luxuriant Eucalyptus Northern Kerala, particularly Wayanad, forests Bekal, & Silent Valley, is an emerging name as a honeymoon destination in Khajuraho India for those in search of privacy & Khajuraho is amongst the most famous peace. Wayanad is a picturesque historical places in India. However, it is destination surrounded by lofty Western yet to be explored as a honeymoon Ghats, pristine valleys, plush forests, and destination. The sculptures & artwork sparkling lake. And there are numerous depicting romance & sensuality and the tourist places in Wayanad to cover on numerous statuettes reflecting love & your honeymoon. beauty will make the new love bloom in Bekal boasts of its vintage fort, full vigour. charming shoreline, and super amazing For that ultimate romantic weather. honeymoon: Hold hands and roam Silent valley is another enchanting but around these sculptures & temples to feel extremely unconventional honeymoon the romantic aura of the destination. destination. Located within the Nilgiri DON’T MISS: The Sound and Light Biosphere Reserve, it is known for plush Show depicting the story of the biodiversity, serenity, and wonderful Chandela dynasty. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 16 WOMEN FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 AMAZING TIPS TO FOOD CORNER PREVENT HAIR LOSS or many women, there are few things more alarming than a Fnoticeably sparser hairline or lackluster locks that seem to have lost their volume. While it’s normal to lose anywhere from 50 to 100 strands of hair a day,more than that can indicate an issue. The culprit is usually harmless and can be caused by anything from genetics to how you are styling your hair. Luckily, thinning hair is usually more of a cosmetic concern rather than a healthy one. Because this is an issue that increasingly affects women as they Vegetable Biryani get older, there are also a variety of products and tips that can help Ingredients combat hair loss in women. If you’ve noticed your hair seems to be 400 g Basmati rice, 7 tbsp ghee, 2 large Onions,sliced, on the thinner side lately, try using 1 tsp Black cumin seeds (shahi jeera), 8 cloves, 2 *1- some of the tips below to remedy inch sticks cinnamon, 1 whole piece Mace (javitry), ¼ the problem. If you don’t start tsp grated nutmeg, 3 tbsp Ginger paste, 3 tbsp Garlic seeing results within a few months, paste, 100 g Shelled green peas, 100 g baby potatoes, 100 a simple blood test by your doctor g Small cauliflower, 100 g French beans , cut into 1-inch can determine if the hair loss is pieces, 100g Carrots , sliced diagonally, Salt to taste, 1 caused by an underlying health tsp Black pepper powder, ½ cup yoghurt, 4 Black condition. cardamoms, 4 Green cardamoms, 2 bay leaves ( tej patta), ½ fresh mint leaves, finely chopped A few drops Avoid hairstyles that of rose water, A few drops of screw pine (kewra) water, pull on the hairline 2 tbsp Unsalted butter, Wheat flour dough, to seal the dish, 250g Yoghurt, 5-6 garlic cloves, crushed, ½ tsp Tight ponytails, cornrows, braids, Salt, ½ tsp chilli flakes and anything else that pulls on the small hairs that make up your Method hairline can cause hair loss. The the hair shaft, weakening the hair stimulating the hair follicles and Wash the rice and soak in water for half an hour. stress caused by these tight and causing hair loss. Always try to promoting regrowth in as little as Heat 4 tablespoons of ghee in a pan; fry the sliced hairstyles pulls too strongly on the stick to your natural style and color six months. If six months seems a onion in batches to a golden brown and remove delicate hairs of your hairline and as closely as possible if you are little long for results, you can also with a slotted spoon. hair loss/thinning can occur. If you experiencing hair loss or thinning use a hair-thickening spray in the Drain on absorbent, paper. do need to put your hair up in a or the problem will just get worse. If meantime that coats the existing In the same pan, saute half the black cumin seeds ponytail, use an elastic that doesn’t you regularly use chemical hair and gives the appearance of a till they begnin to sizzle. have metal like the Goody’s processing, make sure you treat more voluminous mane. Add 2 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick , half the mace, Ouchless line of hair products. It your hair to a deep-conditioning the mutmeg and peppercorns and saute till helps ensure your hair won’t get treatment at least once a week for Don’t skip the fragrant. tangled in the elastic and pull out optimal results. scalp massage Add the ginger and garlic pastes and saute for one your hair when removing your minute. ponytail. Peruse your pantry An easy way to incorporate a Add salt pepper and the vegetables and saute over Foods high in vitamins and scalp massage into your hair care a low heat for 1-2 minuttes. Ditch hair tools that minerals such as iron, zinc, and regimen is to perform it while in the Add salt , pepper and yoghurt and cook till the use high heat vitamin B12 can all help revitalize shower, after applying shampoo or vegetables are almost tender. thinning strands. Make sure your conditioner. Scalp massages have In the meanwhile, in a separate large pan, bring 8 Heat is always hard on hair. It diet includes plenty of leafy greens, been found to improve circulation cups water to a boil with 2 teaspoons of salt. causes bonds within the hair nuts, beans, fish, and lean meats. If to the scalp, stimulating hair Tie the remaining cloves , cinnamon stick , mace strands to fracture, causing brittle you’re having a hard time getting growth. By moving your fingertips and black cumin seed the black cardamoms and 2 hair that breaks and falls out. If enough nutrients in your daily diet, in a slow, circular movement green cardamom s in a piece of muslin to make a you decide to use a hair a good dietary supplement can help around the whole head, you’ll small bundle (potli),and add to the water with bay straightener or curling iron, make cover whatever your diet is lacking. reduce stress and promote hair leaves. sure not to leave it on one area of regrowth at the same time. Cook on a low heat for 15-20 minutes to allow the your hair for too long and move it Use hair products targeted spices to infuse the water with their flavor. every ten seconds or so. Also keep in to restore hair growth Consider essential oils Drain the rice and add to the pan and cook till mind that if you hear sizzling or Essential oils have long been half done .Remove from the heat and strain . burn your fingers, the heat setting Because thinning hair and hair touted for their natural benefits and Reserve the strained water. is too high and you are also burning loss is a huge cosmetic concern for they might just be the ticket to help Stir the remaining ghee into the rice and set your hair. Try to let your hair dry women, many companies are now your hair. Oils such as carrot seed, aside. naturally as often as possible and creating products specifically cypress, lavender, and rosemary - To assemble the biryani, spread half the fried when you do use styling tools, make aimed at restoring hair growth. just to name a few - all have onions at the base of a deep heavy -bottomed sure to use a heat-protecting spray This list of hair loss shampoos regenerative, soothing, and heatproof casserole. Spread half the rice over the that will lessen the damage the tools offers a variety of products that balancing properties that can onions. Spread a layer of the vegetables and the are inflicting on your hair. contain numerous oils and minerals improve the condition of the scalp chopped mint over the rice. that may aid in hair growth, destroy and promote hair growth. Because Cover with the remaining rice and top with the Be wary of chemical bacteria that can cause hair essential oils are increasingly fried onion. processing breakage and loss, increase blood popular as a healthier alternative, Sprinkle the rose water and the kewra water over circulation to the scalp, and more. these are easy to find online or in the rice. Just as heat is very harmful to the Consider a topical medication health stores. A few drops added to Dot the rice with unsalted butter. hair, so are a variety of chemical Minoxidil, the active ingredient your scalp during your scalp Pour in a cup of the strained water. processing treatments offered by in Rogaine, is an over-the-counter massage is a great way to enhance Cover with a lid and seal it with the dough. Place salons. Chemically straightening medication that can be applied to your massage’s effectiveness and on a hot tawa or griddle and cook on a low flame your hair, bleaching, and lightening the hair in liquid or mousse form. take advantage of all the benefits till steam begins to escape. your hair can all cause damage to The medication works by the oils have to offer. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 HEALTH 17 DIABETES CAN INCREASE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

eople with diabetes are at a higher risk of suffering heart Pattack, experts say and recommend routine health checkups and lifestyle modification to keep the condition in check. With 69.2 million people suffering from diabetes, India is among the top 10 countries in the world suffering from the condition, according to International Diabetes Federation's Diabetes Atlas. Apart from that, 36.5 million people suffer from pre-diabetes conditions. "Diabetes damages blood vessels, making a person more prone to cardiovascular diseases. It is strongly recommended that all GIVING UP ALCOHOL MAY people with diabetes have their heart disease risk factors checked BOOST MENTAL WELL-BEING as aggressively and routinely as people who have already had heart omen who quit alcohol may have an improved attacks," said Dr RN Kalra health-related quality of life, especially their Cardiologist, Medical Director and Wmental well-being, according to a study CEO of Kalra Hospital. unveiled on Monday. Dr Ajay Kumar Ajmani, "More evidence suggests caution in recommending Endocrinologist at BLK Super diabetes puts pregnant women at of heart failure. The effects of moderate drinking as part of a healthy diet," said Speciality Hospital said studies high risks of congenital gestational diabetes in the growing Michael Ni from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). have proven that diabetic patients malformations in the fetus fetus can be minimised by proper The study, published in the Canadian Medical are prone heart disease at a young including heart defects, genital antenatal care, strict sugar control, Association Journal, included 10,386 people from the age. "A new study has also revealed urinary defects, caudal syndrome lifestyle modifications, and care FAMILY Cohort in Hong Kong who were nondrinkers that people with undetected and multiple others defects. during delivery," the doctor or moderate drinkers between 2009 and 2013. diabetes have a higher risk of a Maternal diabetes also carries an explained. Moderate drinkers meant 14 drinks or less per week heart attack. Hence, routine health increased risk of fetal loss and Experts recommend regular for men and seven drinks or less per week for women. checkups to detect a diabetic major congenital malformations. check-ups, lifestyle modification The researchers compared their findings with data condition can help in reducing the High blood pressure during which includes regular exercise, at from a representative survey of 31,079 people risk of heart diseases as well," he pregnancy and preeclampsia are least 30 minutes brisk walk five conducted by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse said.Dr Archana Dhawan Bajaj, more common in women with days a week, nutritious diet, and Alcoholism in the US. gynaecologist, obstetrician and IVF diabetes, she said. quitting smoking and alcohol to The mean age of participants in the FAMILY Cohort expert at Nurture IVF Centre said "In severe cases, there may be risk keep diabetes at bay. Source: PTI was 49 years and 56 per cent were women. About 64 per cent of men were nondrinkers (abstainers and former drinkers) and almost 88 per cent of women were nondrinkers. Study finds possible link between Men and women who were lifetime abstainers had the highest level of mental well-being at the start of the study (baseline). For women who were moderate drinkers and quit sugary drinks and cancer drinking, quitting was linked to a favourable change in mental well-being in both Chinese and American eople who drink a lot of study populations. sugary drinks have a higher These results were apparent after adjusting for Prisk of developing cancer, sociodemographic characteristics, body mass index, although the evidence cannot smoking status, and other factors. establish a direct causal link, "Global alcohol consumption is expected to continue researchers said on Thursday. to increase unless effective strategies are employed," The findings of a large study in said Ni. France do suggest, however, that "Our findings suggest caution in recommendations limiting intake of sugar-sweetened that moderate drinking could improve health-related drinks may help to cut the number quality of life. Instead, quitting drinking may be of cancer cases in a population, the associated with a more favourable change in mental scientists said. well-being, approaching the level of lifetime Consumption of sugary drinks abstainers," Ni said. Source: PTI has risen worldwide in the last few decades and is linked to obesity, which itself increases cancer risk. The World Health Organization PAGE SPONSORED BY recommends that people should limit their daily intake of sugar to DR. SATISH AND GITANJLI ANAND less than 10% of their total energy intake, but also says a further DR. SATISH ANAND reduction to below 5%, or about 25 Former Chairman, Board of grams a day, would be healthier. Trustees, AAPI National Many countries, including E-Mail: Britain, Belgium, France, Hungary [email protected] and Mexico, have introduced, or are about to introduce, taxes on sugar with the aim of improving people’s drinks. It followed them for a The researchers also adjusted for GITANJLI ANAND health. Published in the BMJ British maximum of 9 years, between 2009 several confounding cancer risk Former President, India medical journal, this study analysed and 2018, to assess their risk for all factors, including age, sex, Association of Long Island data from 101,257 French adults - types of cancer, and for some specific educational level, family history, (IALI) 21% of them men and 79% women — types including breast, colon and smoking and physical activity E-mail: and assessed their intake or sugary prostate cancer. levels. Source: Reuters [email protected] THE INDIAN PANORAMA 18 SCIENCE AND TECH FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 NOVEL SYSTEM FOR ‘AUTOPILOT’ AIRCRAFT LANDINGS DEVELOPED cientists have develop a vision- assisted navigation system Swhich lets smaller aircraft land without assistance from YOUTUBE TO BE AVAILABLE ground-based systems. Automatic landings have long ON FIRETV AS been standard procedure for commercial aircraft, said AMAZON-GOOGLE SPAT ENDS researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in bout a year and a half after their spat, YouTube Germany. will be available on Amazon's Fire TV devices While major airports have the Awhile Amazon Prime Video will be available on infrastructure necessary to ensure Google's Chromecast and Android TV devices from the safe navigation of the aircraft, Tuesday. this is usually not the case at In 2018, YouTube was removed from Fire TV devices smaller airports. by Google, after Amazon had stopped sales of At large airports the Instrument Chromecast devices on its website. Landing System (ILS) makes it In April this year, Amazon and Google seemed to possible for commercial aircraft to not available for general aviation at The researchers partnered with have reached truce when they announced that in the land automatically with great smaller airports, which is a Technische Universitat coming months, the two companies would launch the precision. problem in case of poor visibility -- Braunschweig in Germany to official YouTube app on Amazon Fire TV devices and Antennas send radio signals to then aircraft simply cannot fly, they develop a landing system which lets Fire TV Edition smart TVs. the autopilot to make sure it said. "Automatic landing is smaller aircraft land without "The official YouTube app for Amazon Fire TV is navigates to the runway safely. essential, especially in the context assistance from ground-based launching today in India on Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Procedures are also currently of the future role of aviation," said systems. Stick 4K, both of which include the Alexa Voice being developed that will allow Martin Kugler, research associate at The autopilot uses global Remote. Also beginning today, the Prime Video app is automatic landing based on satellite the TUM. positioning system (GPS) signals to available for streaming to Chromecast, Chromecast navigation. A ground-based This applies for example when navigate. However, GPS signals are built-in devices, and Android TV devices," a statement augmentation system is required, automated aircraft transport freight susceptible to measurement Tuesday said. researchers said. and when passengers use inaccuracies, for example due to The official YouTube app will also work with Alexa. However, systems like these are automated flying taxis. atmospheric disturbances. With expanded Alexa voice controls, users can search, launch, and control their content by saying "Alexa, open YouTube" to get started. APPLE TO LAUNCH Users can also ask Alexa to play videos, pause, Over 1k Android apps resume, fast-forward and rewind, or skip to the next FOUR IPHONES IN video. Source: PTI gain your data even if Brighter, long-lasting 2020: REPORT smartphone screens in the offing denied permission pple is expected to launch four iPhones with significant cientists have developed a new technique that Aspecifications in 2020, a report has could make smartphone and TV displays said. Sbrighter, with better contrast and longer life. The Cupertino-based company is expected The pixels in many modern screens for TVs, to launch three iPhones with OLED screens, smartphones, tablets, and laptops are lit by little with display sizes of 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch, and devices called organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). 6.7-inch. The devices will also have 5G To ensure that it is possible to see the images from connectivity and advanced 3D sensing such screens on a bright sunny day, OLED screens are camera technology, news portal GSMArena covered with an anti-glare filter, said researchers at reported on Tuesday. Imperial College London in the UK. The fourth iPhone is expected to feature an However, because of the physics of how the anti- iPhone 8-like design and come without 5G glare filter works, half of the light generated by each connectivity or OLED panel, the report said. OLED pixel remains trapped within the display,which The new line-up would help the company sell halves the energy efficiency of the OLED. 195 million units in 2020, up from an The manufactures of these displays have therefore estimated 180 million in 2019, the report chosen to sacrifice energy efficiency to increase quoted a JP Morgan Chase note as saying. usability. esearchers from the International Computer Science Apple will also have its own 5G modem Now, a team of scientists at Imperial College London Institute (ICSI) in the US identified 1,325 Android apps that ready by 2022-23 which should reduce the has developed a new type of OLED that avoids this Rwere gathering data from devices even after people iPhone-maker’s dependence on Qualcomm, it shortcoming. explicitly denied them permission, news portal CNET reported added. on Tuesday. Serge Egelman, Director of Usable Security And Privacy research at the ICSI, presented the study at the Federal Trade Commission's privacy conference. He said the researchers had notified Google about these issues in September 2018, as well as the FTC. One of the apps mentioned by name was Shutterfly, which is used for editing photos. It had been gathering GPS coordinates from photos and sending that data to its own servers. In a statement, Shutterfly said: "Like many photo services, Shutterfly uses this data to enhance the user experience with features such as categorization and personalized product suggestions, all in accordance with Shutterfly's privacy policy as well as the Android developer agreement." The study published on the FTC website cited 153 apps, including Samsung's Health and Browser apps, which are installed in more than 500 million devices. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 BIZ AND FINANCE 19 INDIA TO OFFER AMNESTY FOR Walmart got a $10 billion COMMERCIAL TAX DISPUTES surprise after buying Flipkart Flipkart’s board recently authorized PhonePe Pvt Ltd. unit to become a new entity and explore raising $1 billion from outside investors at a valuation of $10 billion

hen Walmart Inc. paid $16 billion for control of WIndia’s e-commerce pioneer Flipkart Online Services Pvt. last year, the American retail giant got a little-noticed digital payments subsidiary as part of the deal. Now the business is emerging NEW DELHI (TIP): The Union government is set to as one of the country’s top open a three-month window for taxpayers to resolve startups, a surprise benefit for existing excise and service tax disputes on a “no Walmart from its largest-ever penalty, no interest, no prosecution” principle in a acquisition. new one-time scheme that aims to monetise a chunk of Flipkart’s board recently the Rs 3.75 lakh crore of disputed taxes stuck in authorized the PhonePe Pvt Ltd. various tribunals, according to two officials familiar unit to become a new entity and with the matter. explore raising $1 billion from The Union finance ministry,which is working on the outside investors at a valuation of details of the scheme, will announce it soon to fulfil as much as $10 billion, according to two objectives — augment its revenue in the current people familiar with the matter, financial year, and settle old legacy issues from the asking not to be named because the previous indirect tax regime — added the officials who discussions are private. The asked not to be identified. funding may close in the next Announcing a legacy dispute resolution scheme, couple of months, although the Sabka Vishwas, in the Union Budget last Friday, talks are not finalized and terms finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said: “GST could still change, they said. The (Goods and Services Tax) has just completed two unit would then become years. An area that concerns me is that we have huge independent with a distinct pending litigations from the pre-GST regime.” investor base, although Walmart- Digital payments in India are projected to reach $1 One of the officials cited above said that, even at a owned Flipkart would remain a trillion by 2023 from about $200 billion now, said Credit conservative estimate, the government can recover shareholder. Walmart and Flipkart Suisse Group AG. Beyond PhonePe and Paytm, Google about 40% to 50% of the amount currently under didn’t respond to emails seeking Pay, Amazon Pay and the soon-to-launch WhatsApp litigation to make up for any shortfall in indirect tax comment. collection at a time when the GST regime has not fully PhonePe -- which means “on the payments service will compete for customers. They’re stabilised. Source: HT phone” in Hindi and is pronounced taking advantage of India’s Unified Payment Interface, a “phone pay” -- has grown into one technology backbone that includes 140 of the country’s Maruti Suzuki cuts production of India’s leading digital payments banks and digital payments companies companies. Its volume and value of in June for fifth month in a row transactions have roughly quadrupled over the past year as earlier, according to the company. PhonePe in other operations NEW DELHI (TIP): The country’s largest car the country’s consumers adopt the The service gained momentum around the globe. Also unresolved maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has cut vehicle technology to transfer money by offering an array of services, are the future roles for Flipkart’s production for the fifth consecutive month in June, digitally to businesses and each including mutual funds, movie outside investors. Tiger Global according to a regulatory filing. other. PhonePe is gaining ground tickets and airline bookings. Management and Tencent Holdings The auto major said it slashed total vehicle on Paytm, which leads the field and Earlier this year, it began using Ltd. each hold board seats and production, including Super Carry LCV, by 15.6 per is backed by Warren Buffett. Bollywood star Aamir Khan in its equity stakes of about 5%, while cent last month to 1,11,917 units as compared to PhonePe is an “underappreciated advertising. Walmart holds about 80%. The 1,32,616 units in the year-ago month. asset,” Edward Yruma, an analyst “Globally, hardly any privately board will have to navigate the Total passenger vehicle production stood at 1,09,641 from KeyBanc Capital Markets, held fintech company has reached companies’ varied interests before units last month, down 16.34 per cent from 1,31,068 wrote in a recent research note. He PhonePe’s scale on both sides of any deal can be finalized. units in June 2018. estimated the business may be the network so rapidly,” Sameer The new funding is aimed at The auto major cut production of mini segment worth $14 billion to $15 billion, Nigam, PhonePe’s co-founder and helping PhonePe’s growth. The vehicles, including models like Alto, by 48.2 per cent to separate from Flipkart’s e- chief executive officer, said in a company plans to delve deep into 15,087 units last month as against 29,131 units in the commerce operation. statement, pointing to its 150 the country’s heartland, where year-ago period. The startup was founded in million plus customers and more rivals have yet to expand, with the Similarly, it slashed production of compact segment December 2015 by three friends than 5 million merchants. “That’s goal of reaching profitability, one cars like WagonR, Swift and Dzire by 1.46 per cent to who left Flipkart to get it off the why the strong investor interest.” person said. 66,436 units in June from 67,426 units earlier. ground. Within a year, Flipkart Walmart debated for months The market has vast potential. Production of utility vehicles witnessed a decline of founders Binny Bansal and Sachin whether to keep funding the Digital payments in India are 5.26 per cent to 17,074 units, as against 18,023 units in Bansal decided to acquire PhonePe, payments business internally or projected to reach $1 trillion by June last year. The company said production of vans realizing that solving payments whether to separate the operation 2023 from about $200 billion now, declined by 27.87 per cent to 8,501 units last month friction would make it easier for so it could raise outside funds. said Credit Suisse Group AG. compared to 11,787 units in June 2018. consumers to buy online. Less than After plowing nearly $300 million Beyond PhonePe and Paytm, The car market leader had cut total production by a year later, the Indian government into PhonePe, the U.S. retailer Google Pay, Amazon Pay and the over 18 per cent in May. Similarly, it had slashed made the unprecedented move to opted for the latter course. Alibaba soon-to-launch WhatsApp production by around 10 per cent across its factories in ban large banknotes to curb Group Holding Ltd. made a similar payments service will compete for April. corruption and boost digital decision when it split off its Alipay customers. They’re taking transactions. With this business, helping growth by advantage of India’s Unified “demonetization,” Paytm, PhonePe allowing it to work with a broader Payment Interface, a technology and other fledgling services range of merchants. backbone that includes 140 of the flourished. Walmart is still grappling with country’s banks and digital Cheap smartphones and cut-rate whether to bring in strategic or payments companies. wireless data plans have brought financial investors, according to “The market is getting bigger millions of Indians online in the one of the people familiar. While a and fintech startups are becoming years since, boosting the whole strategic investor would likely be innovative,” said Kunal Pande, industry. In June, the PhonePe app better for growth, senior Walmart partner, advisory services at reached 290 million transactions executives are concerned that such KPMG. “The accelerated growth in with an aggregate value of $85 backers typically want more voting many fintech areas is attracting billion, compared with 71 million rights, the person said. Walmart investor interest. transactions at $22 billion a year wants to use the lessons from Source: Bloomberg THE INDIAN PANORAMA 20 TURN PAGE FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 contd from page 1 Nationwide U.S Immigration... institutions and possible open the door for The deportations will be "collateral," meaning collaborations, as well as build relationships with trade House Passes Bill to Remove... "authorities might detain immigrants who happened to organizations and to make sure that we have a The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a letter to the be on the scene, even though they were not targets of connection for both New Jersey and India to grow members of the U.S. House of Representatives the raids." Also, ICE agents will be targeting at least businesses and have an ecosystem for Indian expressed hope that some inadequacies of this 2,000 immigrants who have been ordered to be deported businesses. legislation are addressed as the legislative process and will be carrying out this operation in at least 10 Mr. Wesley S. Mathews said that India's ties to the U.S. continues. "These quotas cause a significant amount of major cities. have been strong and remained unchanged, regardless uncertainty for employers that hire highly-skilled, of which party has been in the White House. But New highly-educated immigrant workers that were born in Take collective action against... Jersey has not had a similarly strong relationship at the India and China. Oftentimes, workers from these two as 'Safe Haven' for all illegal activities against India state government level. "Now, every decently-sized city countries wait for years, and in many cases, decades, to which are 'real and present danger.' in America has an Indian community and a receive their green cards. During that period of time, "In our own region, we have seen the mutation of population," Mathews said, adding there are also now these arbitrary caps on visa issuance hamstring the Dawood Ibrahim's criminal syndicate into a terrorist politicians of Indian descent. ability of employers to promote their immigrant network known as the D-Company. The D-Company's "We are also now becoming a wealthier diaspora workers to new roles within their companies. This illegitimate economic activities may be little known group that is the cement under the relationship. "And, policy is neither fair nor wise; eliminating these caps outside our region, but for us, such activities as gold while the relationship has relied largely on the people- would provide much needed relief for companies and smuggling, counterfeit currency, as well as arms and to-people ties in the state, the governor is anxious to do their workers", it wrote. drug trafficking from a safe haven that declines to more, Mathews said. The bill also establishes transition rules for acknowledge even his existence, are a real and present "We're planning a business attraction mission, (but) I employment-based visas from FY 2020-22 by reserving a danger" he said. hesitate to call it a business attraction mission, because percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or "The success of collective action to denude ISIL is a no New Jersey governor in an official capacity has ever exceptional ability), EB-3 (skilled and other workers) pointer that the Council's focused attention can and visited India," he said. and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals from other does yield results. A similar degree of interest in GITCC is planning the first US India Trade and than the two countries that get the largest number of addressing the threats posed by proscribed individuals, cultural Council healthcare Summit 2019 later this year such visas. But the bill has to be passed by the Senate such as Dawood Ibrahim and his D-Company,as well as to give shape to the economic relationship. We believe before it can be signed into law by the US president. proscribed entities, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad that Gov. Murphy is very excited to get to India. He The Society for Human Resource Management, who and Lashkar-e-Toiba, listed as affiliates of Al-Qaeda, wants a robust trip, all around the country.We wish him has supported this initiative since 2011 and reiterated under the 1267 sanctions regime, will serve all of us all success that support in a letter to congressional leaders in well", he further added. February, welcomed the move and strongly encouraged Ambassador Akbaruddin also strongly advocated for the Senate to consider and pass this legislation in the the need to sensitize the private and public enterprises F.T.C. Approves about$5 billion... same bipartisan fashion. involved in facilitating legitimate transboundary according to two people briefed on the vote, in what "This bill is an important first step in addressing financial flows and harness their support, so that they would be a landmark settlement that signals a newly workplace immigration issues. However, much work do not fall prey to malevolent objectives, in the vein of aggressive stance by regulators toward the country's remains to be done. SHRM, our 11,000-member advocacy Osama bin Laden's string of retail honey shops. most powerful technology companies, says a New York team, and our remaining members and partners will Times report published on July 12. continue to find ways to assist and work with Congress New Jersey Governor Phil... The agency approved the settlement in a 3-to-2 vote on taking important steps toward modernizing our Speaking to The Indian Panorama about the along party lines, with the two Democrats voting workplace immigration system", they said in a Governor's proposed visit, Mr. H. S. Panaser, a social against it, said the people, who would speak only the statement. activist and Global Marketing and Business condition of anonymity. Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Development Consultant recalled that it was in one of The deal still needs final approval from the Justice hailed the House Passage of the Bipartisan Fairness for the meetings organized for the then "candidate" for Department, which rarely rejects settlements reached High-Skilled Immigrants Act, saying it not only keep Governor that Phil Murphy met during the election by the agency. If approved, it would be the biggest fine families together but also help American companies campaign a group of 100 plus Indians. The meeting had by far levied by the federal government against a retain top talent. three generations of the community. Each and every technology company, easily eclipsing the $22 million one talked to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy. It seemed to be a imposed on Google in 2012. The size of the penalty family dinner. Mr. Panaser had spearheaded the event. underscored the rising frustration among Washington A visit to India was the talk then. Mr, Frank Pallone officials with how Silicon Valley giants collect, store was a big voice with Mr. Panaser at that event for the and use people's information. visit to make NJ and Indian States do direct trade. It was early August 2018 when Mr. Panaser and the Commissioner of Heath Dr. Shareef Elnahal interacted and initiated to make the Governor's visit to India a reality. This conversation between two healthcare professionals was very fruitful with NJ Choose and NJEDA. The selection of top professionals in the new administration was so open and people friendly could for more be vividly seen as all in administration working for As an original cosponsor, I'm glad to see that bringing results. both parties came together to resoundingly This primed Mr. Jose Lozano, President and CEO news, views pass the Fairness For High-Skilled Immigrants Choose NJ, Chair, Global Indian Trade & Cultural “ Council (GITCC), the Commissioner of health and Mr. Act, legislation that will strengthen business Tim Sullivan, CEO, NJEDA get together, along with and reviews, development and economic expansion in America" EDA Office of International Trade and Investment Mr. said Congressman Krishnamoorthi. "By leveling Wesley S. Mathews. 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Indian National GPR Engineering College Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Alumni Association North America Role in Conspiracy to Smuggle Foreign Chapter Conference held Nationals CHICAGO, IL(TIP): About one hundred members from G Pulla Reddy into USA Engineering College (www.gprec.ac.in) NEWARK, N.J (TIP): An Indian alumni and friends from all cities of the national, on July 9, 2019 United States, travelled to Chicago on wassentenced to 12 months and one weekend of July 7, 2019 to join the day in prison for his role in an GPREC Alumni Association North international conspiracy to smuggle America conference held at Fairfield foreign nationals into the United Marriott, 700 National Pkwy, States via commercial airline flights, Schaumburg, IL. New Jersey U.S. Attorney Craig This growing community of engineers Carpenito announced. and professionals from North America Bhavin Patel, 39, of India, region, enjoyed two such events in the previously pleaded guilty before U.S. past including the first grand District Judge John M. Vazquez to a inauguration of GPREC Alumni North Members from G Pulla Reddy Engineering College alumni and friends from all cities of the superseding information charging America Chapter in 2014 at Silicon United States him with conspiracy to smuggle Valley, CA & Washington DC followed by foreign nationals into the United one in Dallas in 2017. Apart from this States for private financial gain. special event the Alumni events were Judge Vazquez imposed the sentence previously held in NATA convention as in Newark federal court. well. According to documents filed Local Chicago chapter members Mr. Naveen Aduma and Mr. Achyut Kodali in this case and statements welcomed the guests and Mr. Siva made in court: Shankar Reddy form Washington DC Agents for the Department of metro area, conducted the all-day Homeland Security, Homeland program. The program started with a Security Investigations (HSI) speech by Mr. KV Reddy,President of the received information that a Association explaining the vision, smuggling operation run by Patel mission of the Association and the was attempting to find methods to distinguished members of the first batch Lighting Lamp Ceromancy bring foreign nationals from India from the institution Mrs. Surekha into the United States. The Nadella, Mr. Srinivas Chada, Mr. investigation revealed that the Venkatarami Reddy Yerrabolu(2nd smuggling organization recruited batch) & 3rd batch Mr. Raju Datla, Mr. Indian nationals and others to pay Nagendra Singamsetty, Mr. Veer Karri, fees in exchange for passage to the Mr. Venu Pajjuri, lighted the lamp and United States. remembered the GPREC founder Late Beginning in October 2013, an Sri G Pulla Reddy, his vison to provide undercover law enforcement officer affordable and quality professional posing as a smuggler began meeting education to all. with Patel in Bangkok, Thailand. The association recognized several Patel told the undercover law successful professionals and business enforcement officer that he wanted leaders of the community, including Mr. to smuggle Indian nationals into the Raju Datla & Mr. Veer Karri of Vistex, United States. On three different Mr. Venkat Pasula of R3 Technology, occasions, Patel or his conspirator Mrs. Malathi Karri from the State of Women in Engineering; Women Empowerment transported the Indian nationals to Wisconsin, Mr. Kiran Vankamamidi of The festive all-day program was filled with GPREC College atmosphere an airport in Thailand, at which Driscoll. concluded by Mr. Guru Charan Chitna for the weekend and concluded with a point the undercover law The afternoon program was packed with recognition and acknowledgements Tech Toast celebration honoring the enforcement officer would with fun and professional activities like to GPREC Chicago team members Mr. members worked in the formation of presumably use his contacts to speed connect, Technlogy and Ajit Gurajala, Mr. Rajeev Gunukula, Mr. GPREC Alumni North America Chapter. smuggle them into the United States Leadership Panel Discussion, and Anil Chitreddy, Sreedhar Babu. The (Photographs and Press release /Asian via commercial airline flights. Patel recognition of Women in Engineering. Schamburg/WoodField event center was Media USA) agreed to wire down payments for each individual to be smuggled into the United States and to pay a not providing any additional information balance of tens of thousands of ICE Raids Indian Restaurant in DC, at this time. We will continue our work to dollars for each individual once the protect and defend our communities, foreign nationals arrived in the especially at a time when immigrants are United States. SAALT initiates outreach effort being targeted, whether at workplaces Over the ensuing months, Patel and homes or at the border. arranged for six Indian nationals to WASHINGTON (TIP): South Asian volunteers to assist with an outreach An Indian restaurant in DC was raided be brought to Thailand for Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a effort to provide food and restaurant by ICE last week. Several Hindi speaking smuggling into the United States via national, nonpartisan, non-profit workers from the South Asian employees were taken to the Montgomery Newark Liberty International organization that fights for racial justice community with "know your rights" County jail in Maryland. Airport. Patel was arrested on Dec. 7, and advocates for the civil rights of all resources. The alert was prompted by Given the prospect of immigration 2018, upon his arrival at Newark. South Asians in the United States, issued community reports about an raids in the DC area, we are calling for In addition to the prison term, the following statement after getting immigration enforcement action volunteers to join us for an outreach Judge Vazquez sentenced Patel to community reports that ICE raided an targeting workers in the restaurant effort on July 13th and 14th. SAALT is one year of supervised release. Indian restaurant in DC. industry over the past week in DC. Out of seeking volunteers to help with outreach, "Earlier this week, we put out a call for respect for those directly affected, we are translation, and legal counsel." THE INDIAN PANORAMA 22 SPORTS FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 New champion awaits as England book final date with New Zealand

England entered the final of the World Cup after registering an eight-wicket victory over Australia in the second semifinal in Birmingham on Thursday

BIRMINGHAM (TIP): Hosts and top contenders England stormed into their England’s Chris Woakes (R) exults after dismissing Australia’s David Warner in Birmingham on Thursday. first World Cup final in 27 years after an eight-wicket thumping of their Ashes rival and defending champions Australia in the second ICC Cricket World Cup After World Cup exit, it’s time for middle-order semifinal in Birmingham on Thursday. At the Home of Cricket, Lord's, in London on Sunday, England will face overhaul; could be end of road for Kedar, Karthik New Zealand for the title. Whoever wins, a first-time world champion will emerge LONDON (TIP): A complete revamp of the brittle Indian on Sunday. middle-order is expected with stop-gap solutions like Dinesh While it is England's fourth entry into Karthik and Kedar Jadhav gone for good in the upcoming a World Cup final, New Zealand have Indian squads as focus will firmly shift from ODIs to the entered the title round for the second shortest format, keeping next year’s World T20 in mind. successive time after ending second best The policy from the time when Mahendra Singh Dhoni took to Australia in 2015. over as captain has been to prepare teams at least two years Chasing down a paltry target of 224 in advance for ODIs and may be around 18 months for T20s. after bundling out the holders for 223, India’s next big limited-overs assignment will be the World England raced home losing just two T20 in Australia next year and it will be happening after a gap wickets. of four years. On the face of it, England look The selection committee, led by MSK Prasad, will be in favourites to win the Cup. Following charge till the BCCI elections are held but it is expected that back-to-back setbacks in the league it will handle the transition phase with focus for the next 14 phase to Sri Lanka and Australia, months being more on the shortest format. England have bounced back, beating top A fragile middle-order with over-the-hill players like Virat Kohli tosses his bat in frustration after being declared LBW in sides on the trot: India by 31 runs, New Jadhav and Karthik, completely ill-equipped to handle the first semi-final againt New Zealand. Zealand by 119 and Australia by eight pressure situations outside the sub-continental conditions, wickets. has been the current team’s biggest weakness and the World hopes of the next decade and half, was given a game in New Back from injury,Jason Roy's presence Cup semi-final result was a disaster waiting to happen. Zealand and set aside. has given fellow opener Jonny Bairstow It was only human that the troika of Rohit Sharma, Virat However, the World Cup has been a lesson that players like the freedom to play his shots. Also Kohli and KL Rahul would have an off day in unison and too Karthik or Jadhav may have an odd Nidahas night or a working in England's favour is the form bad, that it happened on a knock-out day. rampaging evening in Pune but that would be more of an their bowlers led by Jofra Archer, who is The Indian ODI team’s nucleus was formed just after their exception than the rule. their leading wicket-taker with 19 scalps, defeat in the 2017 Champions Trophy final to Pakistan with Karthik of 2019 didn’t have the game for English conditions are in. two wrist spinners being match winners as the core and was persisted with on the basis of his wicket-keeping That said, New Zealand cannot be philosophy of coach Ravi Shastri and Kohli. skills, while Jadhav, despite lack of explosive power-hitting taken lightly. They have just beaten hot It gave India tremendous success in bilaterals even though abilities at the death, was heavily invested upon even after favourites India in the first semi-final. Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal didn’t exactly set the factoring in his dodgy hamstrings. While their bowling – swing and pace – World Cup on fire with their performances. For Dhoni’s game to succeed, one needs players like Jadeja matches man to man with the It was not that World Cup was the only event whene India and Pandya at the other end, who are much more than “bits Englishmen, it is the batting that they didn’t have a Plan B. They have not had a Plan B in place for and pieces”. But the team management certainly got it wrong fall behind on. two years. It didn’t matter till Kohli and Rohit would notch up as they tried to make specialists out of real “bits and pieces” Martin Guptill can't seem to find form. one hundred after other. players such as Kedar and Karthik. They are heavily reliant on captain Kane Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s waning abilities at the death It didn’t help that the five-member selection committee, Williamson and senior batsman Ross could be papered over despite the absence of a solid middle- with a cumulative experience of less than 20 Tests, couldn’t Taylor to post runs. That they keep doing order due to Hardik Pandya’s consistent at No.7 final always assert what it would have ideally wanted as it’s the match after match is credit to their assaults. captain who needs to be comfortable with the selected consistency. But, like it happened with Players like Manish Pandey and Shreyas Iyer were dumped players. However, with the World T20 approaching and Kohli India, the law of averages may catch up from the World Cup scheme of things without being given a making it clear that some introspection will be done, with them. proper run which could have boosted their confidence. significant revamp is expected even though the nucleus is What's your bet for Super Sunday? Young Shubman Gill, touted as one of the biggest batting expected to be intact. Source: PTI THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 ASTROLOGY 23

Shree Ganeshaya Namah

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The Indian Panorama brings you Weekly and Birthday Horoscope from the World's most trusted astrologer Bejan Daruwalla. Latest correct prediction: Modi's historic victory Weekly Horoscope - July 15 - July 21, 2019

ARIES: Ganesha says ideas flow out of the LEO: You will have to guard against making SAGITTARIUS: You are intelligent enough to cupboard in a deluge. You are at your enemies as you could be very forthright during see where you have faltered and wise enough to creative best and win the applause of all this period. Watch your tongue. There will also make the necessary changes in your life. You want those who hear you out. You are filled with be enormous expenses and you will shop till to be a success in life. Everyone wants it, but you wisdom and brilliant, zany solutions to you drop buying classy and expensive gifts for I dare say, and Ganesha agrees with me, are office problems. You resolve matters that love ones and pampering yourself too in the possessed with a desire to excel. You burn with a have so far seemed insurmountable. There process. Ganesha wishes you happy times scorching light that wants to make the planet are happy moments too with family and anyway! happy place. friends. VIRGO: The period has had many facets to it CAPRICORN: There are many things on your TAURUS: You are communicating with all and as it ends you are richer and wiser, thanks mind as the period unfolds. Your personal status, comers and reaching out with a vengeance. to all that you have been through. You have the perks and prestige that are your due, your You also work well in a team and are able to learnt many valuable lessons and are indebted professional desires and several other issues meet all deadlines and make substantial to Ganesha for having protected you and given crowd your mind. There are also many domestic profit. Your fantasies have takers now and you so much. You have had a fair share of the issues that need to be resolved. You start the people around you are finally beginning to happiness pie. You have had work, love, period well and are capable of taking many risks. see sense in whatever you are doing. laughter, passion, money, travel and a few Your ego is highly developed and you may think Ganesha wishes you well. Go with the flow discordant notes too but that is a part of the too highly of yourself. and nothing will block the ideas swarming package of life. AQUARIUS: This period the focus will be on out of your head. LIBRA: You are happy. Your cautious and money and making your life as secure as possible. GEMINI: There is a lot of fine tuning left conservative nature has been well fed with You are generally restless and are forever on the and many loose ends to tie up on the personal success and riches. Since you are ambitious, lookout for action. These in the media will do and professional fronts. Projects that you you make plans for the future. You are a plodder exceptionally well. Your creative outbursts will had embarked on in the middle of the period and no work is too small if it pays you well. You meet with monetary success. Towards mid-period, need to be completed now. You have lobbied thrive on hard, sustained toil that sometimes you could be lost in the throes of passion. You hard for them and now you have to go also becomes your undoing as people take many also look at spirituality with new eyes and through with them; you have to see that they advantage of your temperament and load you may go guru shopping. are completed and deadlines are met. As we with work that you are not really keen on. PISCES: There is more stability as the period all know, you are still working hard. SCORPIO: You have great determination and ends. You will display the fun-loving, generous CANCER: There is travel foretold and you stamina and look for both material and and passionate side of your personality. There have many new interactions with people. The spiritual goals. The next period promises to be will be improved ties at home, and family life mood is happy but along with it are many even better. It is party time and you go all out. will give you great joy and harmony. Your self- issues that still need solving. You need to You make time for friends and family all new belief is immense and you feel that you can do prioritise your commitment and take on only work is put on the backburner. Now, you just anything, that nothing is impossible. Many those that you feel you can fulfil. Sometimes want to have fun. However, despite all the good ideas crystallize into real-time action. You are you feel that you are over - stretched and may tidings, your mind is busy conjuring plans for inspired to do big things and you get along well snap like a worn out rubber band. future growth. with people.

Birthday Horoscope July 15 - July 21, 2019 to tie up loose ends. "Off with the old, on with the new" is an approach to follow. JULY 15TH: Ganesha says if you follow your JULY 17TH: You're in an advantageous intuition, you can't go wrong, even position where your career or status is concerning practical concerns. Imaginative concerned. Keep applying yourself. It's not JULY 20TH: Be willing to take a chance. Be conversations inspire. Idealism has its time to sit on your laurels. spontaneous. Doing so allows you to place now. JULY 18TH: If you give in to your feelings, combine your personal agenda with that of JULY 16TH: You can unobtrusively boost it's likely you'll overreach. Sidestep those adventurous friends. your career prospects and personal whose morals are questionable. Keep JULY 21ST: Spending and other financial reputation by staying discreetly on the discussions private, discreet. moves may have an unpredictable element sidelines. JULY 19TH: This is a good day to use your to them. If something doesn't feel quite psychological insights and visionary gifts right, don't do it. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 24 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019