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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2019 NEWS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Love, betrayal and caste oppression in an Unnao village
Rape victim was promised marriage Umesh Bajpai, said they were “First and foremost, I being falsely implicated, and want those who burned my and attacked when she pursued case demanded a probe by the sister to be shot dead in an Central Bureau of ‘encounter’. If they [govern Omar Rashid ographed the act. In her Investigation. ment] don’t do it and show Unnao complaint, the woman al Shivam’s mother, Saroj laxity in getting me justice, I Overshadowing the emotion leged that after the initial in Trivedi, insisted that her son will commit suicide in Yogi’s al farewell to the Unnao rape cident of rape, Shivam conti was innocent and falsely [Chief Minister Yogi Aditya victim, who was laid to rest nued to rape her by giving charged in the rape case and nath’s] durbar,” she told The beside the graves of her false promises of marriage the murder. Hindu. grandparents on Sunday, is a and threatened to make the On December 5, when the Family members say the tale of love, betrayal and video public. woman was set ablaze victim was walking to the caste oppression in a tiny vil According to the com around 4.15 a.m., Ms. Trivedi railway station to catch a lage in Uttar Pradesh. plaint, Shivam even lived said her son and husband train to Rae Bareli to inquire As in most cases of rape, with her in a rented room in were asleep at home. from the court how Shivam the victim and the main ac Rae Bareli for a short while, “At 5.13 a.m., Shivam’s was granted bail in just two cused had known each other and allegedly prepared false friend called him for a run. andahalf months. since they were in school. In marriage papers to mislead He was preparing for a police While Shubham, the prad- an FIR lodged in March, the her. job. At 5.30 a.m., he put on han’s son, was not arrested woman accused Shivam Tri his clothes and left home. for the rape, Shivam was put vedi, 24, and Shubham Trive Diff erent versions The police came at 6 a.m. behind bars on September di, 25, of raping her at gun However, the victim’s family and asked about him. After 19. However, he was granted point in a fi eld in Rae Bareli and villagers give diff erent that, the police went to the bail by the Allahabad High last December. The FIR was versions of the events. Her Sad, familiar end: Family members and relatives carrying the body of the rape victim for burial at Unnao on Sunday. * PTI location near our borewell in Court on November 25 and registered only after a pro sister said the victim never search of him along with my released fi ve days later. tracted struggle by the family pressured Shivam to marry father is a blacksmith. InspectorGeneral of Pol of marriage. where the dominant Brah nephew,” she said. Over the past one year and and the intervention of a lo her and her father said the “For this reason, the mat ice, Lucknow, S.K. Bhagat Even as the victim was bu min families live. more recently after his re cal court. boy’s family had agreed for ter got entangled. The talks told presspersons on Thurs ried amid a large contingent The families of Shivam Seeking justice lease on bail, Shivam and his In the sequence of events marriage, but the village [of a compromise] were al day, after the woman was set of police as a crowd includ and Shubham, the rape ac But outside their thatched associates had threatened described in the FIR, the vic pradhan did not allow it be most fi nal. But the pradhan ablaze that prima facie it ap ing leaders of the Samajwadi cused, their fathers Ramkish hut, the victim’s griefstrick the victim with dire conse tim said Shivam had fi rst cause of caste diff erences — said this marriage won’t hap peared that the woman knew Party and Congress looked or Trivedi and Harishankar en sister, her face covered in quences if she did not with “lured her in a love trap” and the victim’s family belong to pen. This clash continued Shivam, who “physically ex on, an eerie quiet enveloped Trivedi (the pradhan’s hus a dupatta, was determined to draw the rape case, her sister raped her. He allegedly vide a backward caste and her due to that,” the father said. ploited” her on the promise the other end of the village band) and a fi fth associate ensure justice. alleged.
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Vijaita Singh across the country by the Na Special Correspondent New Delhi tional Investigation Agency NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra (NIA) and the State police Countries in South Asia Modi meets Shourie in Pune hospital Modi asked the top police of forces. The bulk of such ar should take steps to resist PUNE fi cers of the country to use rests, 127, were made by the terrorism that poses a chal Prime Minister Narendra social media eff ectively and NIA in 28 cases. lenge to prosperity and Modi met former Minister promote the good work Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta peace in the region, Prime Arun Shourie in a hospital in done by the force. gave a presentation on radi Minister Narendra Modi Pune on Sunday evening and The Prime Minister and calisation to propagate Khal has said in a letter to the spent nearly 15 minutes with Home Minister Amit Shah istani activities. Secretariat of the South the former BJP leader. Senior addressed the annual allIn The NIA and the Punjab Asian Association for Re doctors of Ruby Hall Clinic in dia conference of Directors police have registered nearly gional Cooperation the Bund Garden area of the General and InspectorsGen 10 cases in the past three (SAARC) in Kathmandu. city said the Prime Minister eral of Police organised by High-level meet: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home years for alleged attempts to “SAARC has made pro arrived at 6 p.m. Chief the Intelligence Bureau in Minister Amit Shah at the conference of DGPs in Pune. * PTI create “communal dishar gress, but more needs to be cardiologist Parvez Grant and Pune on December 6 and 7. mony” in Punjab on direc done. Our eff orts at greater neurosurgeon Sachin Gandhi Maharashtra DGP S.K. vernment offi cial who at bility, threat from radicalisa tions from Pakistan. collaboration have repeat took Mr. Modi to Mr. Jaiswal gave a detailed pre tended the meet. tion in the digital era, and edly been challenged with Shourie’s room. PTI sentation on steps taken to At the meeting held on the evidencebased policing.” New universities threats and acts of terro improve the image of the premises of the Indian Insti There was no exclusive The Home Minister an rism. Such an environment Sonia not to celebrate police by using social media. tute of Science Education session on women security nounced the government’s impedes our shared objec birthday today and Research, Pune, the of or safety, an offi cial said. plans to set up an All India tive of realising the full po NEW DELHI Direct interaction fi cers brainstormed on sev A detailed discussion was Police University and All In tential of SAARC. It is criti Congress president Sonia “The Prime Minister eral policing issues. also held on the threat posed dia Forensic Science Univer cal that all countries in the Gandhi will not celebrate her stressed using Twitter, Face According to a govern by the Islamic State (IS) in In sity, and underscored the go region take eff ective steps birthday on Monday in the wake of the recent rapes and book and YouTube to regu ment press release, “The dia. vernment’s resolve to initiate to defeat terrorism and the concern over women’s larly inform the public about conference deliberated on a The IB and the Telangana changes in the Indian Penal forces that support it,” he security, sources said. Ms. the good work done by the gamut of policing and secur police apprised the dele Code and Code of Criminal said in the letter written on Gandhi turns 73 on Monday. police and focus on improv ity issues, including border gates of the arrests of ISin Procedure (CrPC) to make the occasion of the 35th The Congress president is ing its image. The message protection, the linkage of spired modules in the past them more conducive to to Charter Day. saddened by the rising was to directly interact with narcotics and terrorism, up few years. So far, 155 IS mem day’s democratic setup, the SAARC was set up on De incidents of rape and assault the public,” said a senior go gradation of forensic capa bers have been arrested press release said. cember 8, 1985, in Dhaka. on women in various parts of Ever since its beginning, the country, sources said. PTI the organisation has faced diffi culties, mainly because ‘Redeploy police for of IndiaPakistan hostili women’s security’ States may put Centre on mat on GST ties. The regional body, NEW DELHI which is headed by the Se Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on cretariat, has failed to hold Sunday wrote to Union Home Move cutoff date for ending compensation from 202122 to 202627: Baghel its annual summit after the Minister Amit Shah asking him November 2016 summit in Nistula Hebbar to withdraw security ing compensation, extend States voicing concerns that Islamabad was cancelled NEW DELHI personnel from VIP security ing it from 202122 to 2026 due to the lower GST collec following the terror attacks duties owing to the scarcity Ahead of the crucial Goods 27,” said a source. tions, the compensation cess on the Pathankot airbase of police resources, in the and Services Tax (GST) might not be enough to pay and the military hub in Uri. wake of the recent rapes Council meeting on Decem States apprehensive for losses arising out of the The latest meeting of the across the country. PTI ber 18, where States are like Many States expressed ap tax system. SAARC Foreign Ministers ly to put the Centre on the prehensions about not get took place in New York on Delhi gurdwaras to mat on not being paid their ting their compensation on Shortfall in collection September 26, on the side open ‘1984 stores’ dues, Chhattisgarh Chief Mi time or at all, with some al The government had budget lines of the UN General As NEW DELHI nister Bhupesh Baghel has leging that they had to incur ed for ₹ 6,66,343 crore in GST sembly, when Indian and The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara written to Prime Minister Na debts to meet the expenses collections for the fi nancial Pakistan Ministers S. Jaish Management Committee will rendra Modi asking that the predicated on GST compen year 201920, of which only ankar and Shah Mahmood open shops to rehabilitate Bhupesh Baghel cutoff date for ending com sation monies. “The Centre about 50% has been collect Qureshi delivered speech families affected by the anti-Sikh riots. The “1984 pensation to the States be ing owing to the delay and needs to respond to us, oth ed so far, with just three es separately. Stores” will be opened at 10 moved from 202122 to inadequate compensation. erwise we will have no op months to go for the fi nan The problems were historic gurdwaras and 202627. “The government is saying tion but to pass resolutions cial year to end. The Centre most recently highlighted employ the family members Sources in Raipur said Mr. that since rates kept chang in our Assemblies demand had targeted ₹ 1,09,343 crore by Dr. Jaishankar, who of the riot victims, committee Baghel had said the same at a ing, the GST collection has ing that compensation be ex compensation cess collec pointed at the lack of opti president Manjinder Singh recent meeting with the NITI not been what was project tended,” said a senior offi cial tions, of which it has so far mism about Pakistan and Sirsa said. “These stores will Aayog in New Delhi, and ad ed. In that situation, the in Raipur. collected ₹ 64,528 crore. The argued that India’s ‘neigh be operated on the co- ded that Chhattisgarh, as a Centre needs to relook at at Earlier in the week, the December 18 meeting is set bourhood fi rst’ policy was operative model.” PTI producer State, was suff er least the cutoff date for end Centre had written to all the to be an explosive aff air. not meant for Pakistan. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Hong Kong marks 6 months of protests FBI presumes shooting at U.S. Organisers say 8,00,000 joined rally, biggest since recent polls; police arrest 11 people & seize weapons Navy base was an act of terror Reuters On Saturday, two leaders HONG KONG of the American Chamber of Vast crowds of blackclad de Commerce in Hong Kong On social media, he charged that ‘Americans are antiMuslim’ monstrators thronged Hong were denied entry to the Kong on Sunday in the lar neighbouring Chinese city of Associated Press dent at Pensacola, where gest antigovernment prot Macau, without explanation. PENSACOLA members of foreign militar ests since local elections last The FBI is working under ies are routinely trained by month that boosted the pro Lam under pressure the presumption that a fatal the U.S. democracy movement seek Ms. Lam says she has heard shooting at a Florida naval Earlier in the week of the ing to curb controls by the people but has not of base carried out by an avia shooting, Alshamrani host China. fered concessions despite a tion student from Saudi Ara ed a dinner party, where he It was the fi rst time since resounding win for prode bia was an act of terrorism, and three others watched vi August that the Civil Human mocracy parties in local elec the agency said on Sunday. deos of mass shootings, Rights Front — organiser of tions two weeks ago. They All international students another U.S. offi cial said. millionstrong marches ear secured almost 90% of 452 at the Pensacola base have The U.S. has sought Saudi lier in the year that paralysed district council seats in a re been accounted for, there assistance to piece together the Asian fi nance centre — cord turnout. have been no arrests, and information about the gun had received authorities’ At Sunday’s protest, the community is under no Mohammed Alshamrani man and his motive. permission for a rally. It esti chants of “fi ve demands, not immediate threat, special Alshamrani opened fi re mated turnout of 8,00,000 one less” rang out, referring agent Rachel L. Rojas said. A gunman visited New York Ci inside a classroom at the while police said 1,83,000. Show of strength: A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask waving a fl ag during a march, to demands ranging from Saudi commanding offi cer ty, including Rockefeller base, killing three people Chants of “Fight for free organised by the Civil Human Right Front, in Hong Kong on Sunday. * REUTERS Lam’s resignation to an am has ordered all students Center, days before the and wounding two sheriff ’s dom! Stand with Hong nesty for detainees. from the country to remain shooting and are working to deputies, before one of the Kong!” echoed as demon stood on guard, restrained as na, but many fear Beijing is suff rage”, a reference to de “I will fi ght for freedom at one location at the base, determine the purpose of deputies killed him. Eight strators, from students to protesters yelled “dogs” and tightening the screws. mands for an open vote on until I die because I am a offi cials said. the trip, said the offi cial, on others were also hurt. professionals and the elder “cockroaches.” the city leader, currently the Hong Konger,” said June, a Additionally, authorities condition of anonymity. The offi cial said one of the ly, marched from Victoria The former British colony Universal suff rage unpopular Beijingbacked 40yearold mother. believe the gunman made The FBI and others had three students who attended Park towards the fi nancial of 7.4 million people revert “It’s Christmas time soon but Carrie Lam. Police said they arrested social media posts, in which said they were trying to de the dinner party recorded area. ed to Chinese rule in 1997. It we’re not in the mood to ce China blames the six another 11 people, aged 20 to he talked about U.S. support termine whether the gun video outside the classroom As darkness fell, some is governed under a “One lebrate anymore,” said Law months of unrest on interfe 63, confi scating weapons in for Israel and charged that man, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Al building while the shooting protesters spraypainted an Country, Two Systems” for rence, a 23yearold student. rence by foreign govern cluding army knives, fi re Americans are antiMuslim, shamrani, 21, of the Royal was taking place. Two other tiBeijing grafi tti on a Bank of mula guaranteeing freedoms He held a poster saying: ments including the United crackers, bullets and a semi a U.S. offi cial said on Sunday. Saudi Air Force, acted alone. Saudi students watched China building. Riot police not allowed in mainland Chi “My 2020 wish is universal States and Britain. automatic pistol. Investigators also believe the Alshamrani was a fl ight stu from a car, the offi cial said. Sunni leaders back Hariri Suu Kyi gambles reputation in Rohingya case to return as Lebanon’s PM OIC will call on the ICJ tomorrow to The spectacle of Ms. Suu Kyi standing up in court on announce steps to restrain Myanmar behalf of the nation might Formal consultation to designate the premier begins today play well at home but she Agence France-Presse the International Court of risks suff ering a fatal blow to Reuters class blamed for state cor backed Shi’ite group Hezbol Yangon Justice (ICJ) over the Rohin what remains of her global BEIRUT ruption and steering Leba lah, on a new Cabinet. From democracy champion gya crisis. Her supporters reputation. “If she’s only go Lebanon’s leading Sunni non into the worst economic Grand Mufti of Lebanon, to defending Myanmar are printing off Tshirts, or ing to use the visit to demon Muslim politician, Saad al crisis since the 197590 civil Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, against genocide charges, ganising rallies and even strate defi ance and continue Hariri, reemerged as a can war. informed Mr. Khatib that a the shock decision by civilian signing up to VIP tours to to defend the indefensible, didate for Prime Minister on Under the country’s pow “consensus has been leader Aung San Suu Kyi to The Hague to off er their then it only widens the im Sunday when businessman er sharing system, the PM reached to name Mr. Hariri face the UN’s top court risks backing. passe,” Yangonbased ana Samir Khatib withdrew his must be a Sunni Muslim. Mr. Prime Minister”. further damaging her image Political parties and some High stakes: A woman on a motorcycle riding past a huge lyst David Mathieson said. candidacy to lead a govern Hariri has continued to gov Formal consultations to overseas and deepening the rebel groups have fallen over billboard of Aung San Su Kyi and three Ministers. * AFP On behalf of Organisation ment that must tackle an ern in a caretaker capacity. designate the PM will take siege mentality at home. themselves to give their sup of Islamic Cooperation, a 57 acute economic crisis. There were diff erences place on Monday. President “We stand with you,” pro port, in a country where the and in Muslim countries, Ms. Critics say “The Lady” has nation grouping, Gambia Mr. Hariri quit as Prime between Mr. Hariri, who is Michel Aoun must designate claim billboards across Rohingya garner little sym Suu Kyi’s reputation lies in become an apologist for a will call on the ICJ on Decem Minister on October 29, aligned with Western and the candidate with the maxi Myanmar, sporting beaming pathy and are widely regard tatters with multiple awards murderous military intent ber 10 to announce mea prompted by mass protests Gulf Arab states, and his ad mum support among Leba portraits of the Nobel lau ed as illegal immigrants. and even an honorary citi on wiping out the country’s sures to prevent any further against an entire political versaries, including the Iran non’s 128 lawmakers. reate as she prepares to face Yet overseas, in the West zenship revoked. Rohingya Muslims. genocide by Myanmar. ELSEWHERE France may delay reform Iran hopes to use Russian Kim has much to lose timing as strikes continue fund to counter U.S. sanctions through hostility: Trump Will fi ght until plan is dropped: CGT N. Korea conducted new weapons test
Reuters lippe will present a detailed ‘Budget of resistance’ with $5 bn from Moscow in the works Agence France-Presse PARIS Washington No segregation of men & outline of the reform, which The French government has aims to end special regimes Agence France-Presse ment that the budget of President Donald Trump women at Saudi eateries Tehran RIYADH said it would see through under which some workers 4,845 trillion rials ($36 bil warned on Sunday that Women in Saudi Arabia will planned pension reforms can retire in their early fi f Iran’s President Hassan Rou lion), was devised to help North Korea’s Kim Jongun no longer need to use but tried to assuage union ties and replace them with a hani announced on Sunday Iran’s people overcome diffi had “everything” to lose separate entrances from men anger with promises of a unifi ed system with equal a “budget of resistance” culty. “We know that under through hostility towards or sit behind partitions at gradual introduction of the rights for everyone. against U.S. sanctions target the situation of sanctions the U.S., after Pyongyang restaurants in the latest new system that has Ahead of a meeting of mi ing the country’s vital oil and pressure, people are in said it had carried out a ma measure announced by the sparked nationwide strikes. nisters on Sunday after sector, backed by a $5 billion hardship. We know people’s jor new weapons test. government as part of its Transport systems were noon, several cabinet mem Russian investment. purchasing power has de “Kim Jongun is too smart reform push. AP paralysed for a fourth day bers off ered to soften the Mr. Rouhani said the aim clined,” he said. and has far too much to on Sunday as unions at state reforms. “I want the state was to reduce “hardships” The budget would benefi t lose, everything actually, if Donald Trump Air strikes kill 5 pro-Iran railway SNCF and Paris pu budget to be balanced, but in Iran where a shock fuel Hassan Rouhani from a $5 billion “invest he acts in a hostile way,” Mr. fighters in Syria: monitor blic transport system RATP let’s not be dogmatic ... the price hike last month trig ment” from Russia which Trump tweeted in response relationship” with Mr. Kim. BEIRUT Air strikes by unidentified extended their strike against calendar is open to discus gered nationwide demon which it aims to squeeze to was still being fi nalised, said to the unspecifi ed test. Both leaders have met warplanes have killed five the changes. “I am deter sion,” Finance Minister Bru strations that turned deadly. zero in a campaign of “maxi Mr. Rouhani. The announcement of Sa three times since June 2018, proIran fighters in Syria's mined to take this pension no Le Maire said. After unilaterally with mum pressure”. “We hope that $5 billion turday’s test came just but with little progress to eastern province of Deir Ezzor reform to its completion,” Hardline CGT union lead drawing from a 2015 nuclear Iran has suff ered a sharp in capital will enter the hours after the U.S. Presi wards denuclearisation. near the Iraqi border, a U.K. Prime Minister Edouard er Philippe Martinez said it deal between Iran and world economic downturn, with a country, either through dent said he would be “sur Pyongyang has set a Decem based war monitor said. The Philippe told Journal du Di- would fi ght until the govern powers last year, the U.S. im plummeting currency send plans that have already been prised” by any hostile ac ber 31 deadline for the U.S. strikes targeted “positions of manche newspaper. ment completely dropped posed sanctions on Tehran, ing infl ation skyrocketing. fi nalised or which will be fi tion from the North, to make new concessions to Iranian forces”, it said. AFP On Wednesday, Mr. Phi the plan. including on oil exports, Mr. Rouhani told Parlia nalised next year,” he said. emphasising his “very good kickstart stalled talks.
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Vidya Bala borrowed money for shorter shorterterm borrowings be bank goes into liquidation. icallyimportant banks (identi money and reinvest (not with time frames from large institu cause there is no fresh money The insurance cannot help fi ed as SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI standing the risk of lower in f you thought debt funds tions? Did you know this can (à la Ponzi)? when you need to withdraw Bank, by the RBI) to keep terest) than losing it. Remem were a bad idea earlier lead to what is called assetlia Or, did you even realise that for your monthly needs. some emergency money. ber, corporate deposits are N. Sreekanth this year, then the DHFL bility mismatch and can spell having ₹ 1 lakh as bank deposit Forget the poor depositors These banks are supposedly unsecured, and you will not saga in June 2019 would doom when the money tap insurance (yes, PMC Bank has and savers. If you consider too big (whose assets account have fi rst right when a compa Interest on home loan I have given you a shock about from such institutions sudden it too) means nothing because yourself smart and are there for more than 2% of GDP) to ny goes defunct. Q. My wife and I are the joint owners of our corporate deposits. If you ly run dry? you can’t get your money fore investing in equities, did fail. That also means if they do selfoccupied house property. But I have then consoled yourself saying And the NBFC can become when you want? The insu you know that the power of at fail, the government is expect Some checks taken the home loan on my own. Can I claim there are still banks, the PMC bankrupt when it is un rance kicks in only when a torney you give your broker ed to act; failing which the en If you are a demat account hol the entire interest of up to ₹ 2 lakh on the Bank episode would have bro able pay back its can be misused, to move/mis tire fi nancial system can der, you don’t need multiple home loan as deduction in my IT return? ken that thin confi dence left. appropriate your shares and collapse. demats, you only need to BINOY P.P. After the PMC Bank epi even pledge them for the brok If you are a regular corpo monitor carefully. Make sure A. In order to claim deduction of interest sode, a friend of mine mocked er’s own needs? This is what rate deposit investor, diversifi your broker has a process of under Section 24 of the Act, you must be that even equities look safer allegedly happened in the Kar cation matters much more. regularly communicating with an/the owner of the house property and the than banks as they can at least vy Broking case. While the recent event of you on your settlement. Regu housing loan is to be availed in the name of be liquidated any time. But he It is simply not possible to DHFL may have shaken your larly open the eCAS state the owner/s. In your case, though the said it too soon as the plight predict events such as these. faith in the system, in general, ment mails you receive from ownership is held in a joint manner, loan has been availed only in your name. Therefore, of the risktakers in the So, you can only do what is NBFCs have higher disclosure NSDL or CDSL or open an ac interest wholly paid by you towards the equity world just got in your control — that is, norms than companies. The count with them to check if housing loan during the assessment year can worse. For no fault of stick to the basic princi additional disclosures they are what is refl ected there match be claimed as a deduction under Section 24 theirs, equity investors ples of investing dili required to make with respect es with your brokerage ac up to ₹ 2 lakh. It is also necessary that the who had a broking ac gently. Here are to liquidity and assetliability count. In case of any discre interest and principal repaid by you in the count with Karvy some of them. mismatch (please do your pancies, write to the said assessment year is confi rmed by the Broking are now reading about this, there is no depositories and the regulator lender in the form of an interest certifi cate in left wondering if Diversify other choice) provides some SEBI through SCORES. order to claim deduction under Section 24. they indeed hold If you have depo cues. The credit ratings alone With all this too, your mo all the shares they sits in cooperative won’t do any longer. ney may not be safe. LTCG on inherited shares actually own. banks, or are testing As a general thumb rule, if You only reduce your risk. I Q. I would like to know the period for which waters with small you are a senior citizen need had a neighbour commenting longterm capital gains tax is calculated on Did you know? banks, make sure you ing regular income, invest fi rst that it was so much easier the sale of shares where the cost and date of Who would have do not park a chunk of in post offi ce, Vaya Vandana when people invested in real acquisition is not known. I had inherited thought a marquee len your savings and invest Yojana and RBI bonds before estate instead of complex fi shares from my father by demat transfer der of home loans like ments there simply be jumping into corporate nancial products. My reaction from his account after he expired. Some of these shares were inherited by him from his DHFL, that too, several de cause interest rates are deposits. was: What was DHFL into? grandfather in physical mode and converted cades old (don’t tell me you higher. You need a large pu And in general, for all cor How did PMC Bank lose? into demat form later. However, we have no don’t trust vintage), would blic or private sector bank to porate deposit investors, a Where did the pledged share clear records of the date of purchase or the have reached the endgame, add to it. If you are already time frame of over three years money from Karvy Brokers purchase price. If I now sell these shares, going into bankruptcy? Did with a large private or public is risky as it is hard to predict go? And real estate is a haven what is the period for which the longterm you know that NBFCs gave bank and hold several lakhs, what can happen to even a indeed! gains will be calculated? loans to you for a longer time consider holding additionally sound company. (The author is Founding I personally felt I could consider the share frame (like home loans) but in any of the domestic system It is better to take out your Partner — PrimeInvestor.in) value as on 31.1.18 as the acquisition cost. Or, should it be the cost on the day of transfer to my account? Please advise DR. NIKHIL S. GOKHALE A. Transmission of shares in the event of inheritance from an ancestor poses a very unique situation after the introduction of The name’s Bond, Bharat Bond longterm capital gain tax levy on listed equity shares/securities. In cases where cost of acquisition is not known, the act spells out Conservative investors, including retirees, can consider investing in these bond ETFs that fair market value on the date of acquisition by the ancestor needs to be Dhuraivel Gunasekaran NSE and BSE. Through demat you transact on the exchanges. ties are backed by government, considered as the cost of acquisition. The Union Cabinet has recently accounts, investors can buy In India, most debt ETFs are ensuring safety of capital. However, in cases where both are not approved launching a bond and sell units at the prevailing thinly traded which makes ETF Bharat Bond ETFs provide a known, it is advisable that closing prices as ETF (Exchange Traded Fund). market prices. Edelweiss MF transactions cumbersome. good opportunity to retail in on 31.01.2018 for such shares for which Called the Bharat Bond ETF, plans to launch a fresh tranche Liquidity in an ETF is mostly vestors to participate in the cor securities transaction taxes (STT) was paid on acquisition be considered. In your case, when this fund will track the index in both ETFs, once a year. The determined by corpus and mar porate debt market while tak your father/grandfather purchased shares in comprising debt securities of older threeyear and 10year ket makers. Normally, a large ing the lowest credit risk. The physical form, STT would not have been paid. Public Sector Undertakings tranches, will continue to be asset size in an ETF implies the buy and hold strategy mitigates In such cases, the shares will be treated as a with the highest credit rating. available with shorter residual likelihood of more active trad the interest rate risk too. The regular capital asset and fair market value as Edelweiss Mutual Fund is maturity in the secondary mar ing in the exchanges. Since the yields off ered in these ETFs are on 01.04.2001 can be considered. However, launching the NFO (New Fund ket. It may also be launched as Bharat Bond ETFs are expected more or less equal to the rates longterm capital gains will be taxable at Off er) which is open for sub a further fund off er (FFO). to collect a large corpus, there off ered by the PSU banks on regular rates with indexation benefi ts. scription between December 12 Edelweiss MF charges an ex could be ample liquidity availa their deposits of similar tenure. Q. This refers to your reply to the query of and 20,2019. ETFs are passively pense ratio of 0.0005% for ma ble in these ETFs. Market mak Conservative investors includ Mr. Subir Mukhopadyay in the edition dated managed mutual funds that naging the Bharat Bond ETF. ers are authorised participants ing retirees, whose investment October 21. I am also a very senior citizen and aim to generate a similar return This is the cheapest among MF appointed by AMCs to keep the horizon matches the tenure of in my case, the company from which I retired as that of the index they follow. schemes and ETFs in India. A price of the ETF at any point in the available bonds, can con pays the insurance premium of ₹ 6,500 per ETFs are traded on the BSE and lower expense ratio helps earn time close to the fair value of its sider investing in these bonds. year for hospitalisation expenses only. I NSE. The AMC plans to mop up higher returns than a scheme portfolio. SEBI has mandated Bharat Bond ETFs are treat spend about ₹ 6,000 per month on buying medicines for me and my wife. Based on your about ₹ 7,000 crore from the with a higher expense ratio. multiple market makers for ed at par with debt mutual reply, I assume that I can claim the balance of NFO, sources say. The bonds held are AAArated. Instruments with this rating are these ETFs to ensure liquidity. funds where the sale of units af ₹ 43,500 under Section 80 D by enclosing all Unlike existing ETFs in India, Series to track index seen having the highest degree of safety. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK To incentivise market mak ter 36 months from the date of the bills given by pharmacies. Kindly the Bharat Bond ETF will have a Bharat Bond ETFs will track the ers for making the market more purchase qualifi es for long confi rm. defi ned maturity date just like index constituted by the NSE. index is April 15, 2023; hence, it ment, if you invest in the ETFs liquid, SEBI allows AMCs to term capital gains tax; the gain S.GANESAN bonds and fi xed maturity plans Each of the ETF series will have is same for the ETF too. during NFO and hold till matur spend ₹ 20 crore for such activi is taxed at 20% with indexation. A. In this case, the company is paying for of mutual funds. On maturity, a specifi c index to track. Similarly, Bharat Bond ETF– ity, you will get an annualised ties. This will enable active par hospitalisation expenses per year directly. It investors will get the invest Bharat Bond ETF–April 2023 April 2030 will track ‘Nifty Bha yield of 6.59% and 7.52% in the ticipation of market makers. Points to note is assumed that this amount is not deducted ment proceeds along with re will track ‘Nifty Bharat Bond In rat Bond Index–April 2030’ as ETFs maturing 2023 and 2030, Second, units of Bharat Bond Any deterioration of credit from the pension receivable by you. There is turns. Edelweiss MF is launch dex–April 2023’ as benchmark. benchmark. This will measure respectively. ETFs are now eligible for repo quality of the bonds held in the no question of claiming deduction for health ing two series of Bharat Bond This index that measures the the performance of portfolio of Note that these returns are transactions. Though the cor basket of the index may lead to insurance, as the premium is not being paid ETFs — one matures in April performance of portfolio of AAArated bonds issued by 12 indicative and not guaranteed porate bonds repo market in In capital erosion for investors. by you. You may claim up to ₹ 50,000 2023 and the other after 10 AAA rated bonds issued by 13 PSUs. The total number of con by the MF or the government. dia is at a nascent stage, there is Considering the higher allo towards actual medical and healthcare years (ie April 2030). Only government owned entities. stituents in the index is 50. Post the NFO period, inves a chance that market makers cation to a few issuers, invest expenses incurred for self and wife. (The author is a partner, GSS & Associates, growth option is off ered here. The total number of consti NHAI, IRFC and Power Grid tors can buy these ETF units on can use their holding in Bharat ments may also be exposed to Chartered Accountants, Chennai) These ETFs will invest only tuents in the index is 99 as it Corporation are the top three the exchanges. According to Bond ETFs to raise funds. concentration risk. One needs a in AAArated bonds issued by holds diff erent series of bonds issuers comprising 45% of the Edelweiss, the indicative yield The bonds held are rated the demat and broker’s account to PSUs maturing on or before the from the same issuer. For in index weightage. The maturity (Yield to Maturity) of each ETF highest grade of AAA. Debt in transact in the ETFs. Anyway, Readers can send in queries on personal fi nance maturity of the ETFs. The ETF stance, the index holds 10 se date is April 15, 2030. Since series will be displayed on the struments with this rating are the fund house is planning to and investing to [email protected]. Our will hold the bonds till maturity ries of bonds issued by PFC. these ETFs have a defi ned ma AMC’s website daily. considered to have the highest launch a fund of funds (FoFs) experts who write on personal fi nance will answer and coupons received from The REC, NABARD and PFC are turity structure, it would be ea degree of safety for timely ser scheme. These FoFs enable in these queries. Moneywise will not give specifi c those bonds will be reinvested the top three issuers compris sier to predict the returns that Trading volume is key vicing of fi nancial obligations. vestors to participate in the un recommendations for investment in a particular mutual fund scheme, share or fi xed deposit. in the fund. Post the NFO pe ing 45% of the weightage in the they are likely to deliver at ma Liquidity or the trading volume Such instruments carry the derlying ETFs without a demat riod, ETF units will be listed on index. The maturity date of the turity. As per the NFO docu plays an important part while lowest credit risk. These enti or a broker’s account.
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To-dos (MHL) is not a familiar term in Indian educational institu It is high time education institutions took some tions. Most education admi concrete steps to nistrators and educators Step out prevent student have never felt the need for suicides. Here are some promoting MHL among suggestions: teachers and students. Very ● Educators should be recently, while discussing its aware of the mental importance with a group of health needs of school teachers, I noticed students. that they did not seem to of the ● They should promote have a clear idea of what it is mental health literacy and the need for it. I wasn’t and improve the mental surprised because only a few health of students. years ago, I came to know ● They should create a about its signifi cance while student-friendly going through an article re spiral campus. lated to it. MHL includes “the ability ● They should teach help-seeking skills. to recognise specifi c disor Promoting mental health literacy ders; knowing how to seek ● Institutions should be mental health information; among students and educators is humanised. knowledge of risk factors and the right step towards addressing ● Mental health causes, of selftreatments, professionals should be and of professional help the rising suicide rates in higher available on campus for available; and attitudes that education institutions counselling students promote recognition and ap who need help. propriate helpseeking”. ● Steps should be taken Educational institutions b AlberT P’Rayan to reduce academic should take steps to enhance stress. the MHL of students as well Of late, the number of sui her death, and the case is be as educators. This will help cides in the (Indian Institute ing investigated by the Cen everyone understand their of Technology) IITs and oth tral Crime Branch. Hopeful mental health and enhance er higher education institu ly, the public will come to wards students is also a their helpseeking and self tions has been on the rise. know the real cause of her al cause for some students’ management skills. Accord This year, three IIT Hydera leged suicide. Some IIT mental stress. According to a ing to some research, those bad students committed sui sources say that she was a source from an IIT, some stu who have high levels of MHL cide, and it was reported that bright student and therefore dents being labelled ‘slow seek help for mental health in their suicide notes they academic pressure could not learner’, ‘not fi t for IIT’, ‘not issues more compared to had mentioned ‘academic have driven her to take her IIT stuff ’, ‘good for nothing’, those with low levels of MHL. pressure’ and ‘depression’ as own life (if we assume that it etc. by the faculty members Educators, teachers and
reasons for their decision to is a suicide). Why did the GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK aff ect the selfesteem of the others who are in constant end their lives. Four cases of meritorious student decide students. touch with students should suicides were reported at IIT to commit suicide? Was she lyse the causes of suicides in health problems such as de Every year, over 10 lakh and some of them are forced Research shows that have MHL and know how to Kharagpur, and the institute subjected to any form of higher education institutions pression and psychological candidates prepare for IIT to discontinue their studies. around 20% of students in identify the students who was criticised for its failure to mental torture or harass and to suggest measures to distress, lack of helpseeking JEE and only around 9,500 According to the data higher education institutions struggle with depression and prevent students from taking ment? Was she not prepared tackle the issue. skills and access to profes students are admitted to the shared by the Ministry of Hu have mental health problems help them come out of it. such extreme steps. Many to face challenges? Did she sional counselling. IITs. When parents push man Resource Development, due to various factors. Stu Those who require assis- more cases of suicides in oth not seek help from anyone? Triggers The myths that engineer their children to achieve un 2,461 students (both UG and dents’ poor mental health tance for overcoming suici- er higher educational institu Should the education system What are the causes of climb ing and medicine are the top realistic goals and when the PG) dropped out of various can aff ect their studies, ca dal thoughts may contact the tions have been reported in be blamed for the rising ing suicide rates among stu courses preferred by aca children fail to fulfi l their pa IITs during the past two reer and lives. What mea State’s (Tamil Nadu) health the recent past. number of suicides in higher dents? There could be so ma demically brilliant students, rents’ dreams, the seed of de years. We can imagine the sures should be taken to deal helpline 104 or suicide pre- Very recently, a fi rstyear education institutions? Many ny reasons, but some the best brains go to IITs and pression is sown in their trauma experienced by the with students who have de vention helpline of NGOs postgraduate student of Hu such questions have been common ones include un AIIMS or other top medical young minds. Some students dropouts and others who are pression, anxiety, suicidal such as Sneha 044- manities and Development raised and, unfortunately, realistic expectations of pa colleges, and all IITians get are able to crack highly com not able to cope with aca thoughts, addiction, and so 24640050; Vandrevala Studies at IIT Madras, alleg some questions remain rents, peer pressure, aca placed in top companies and petitive exams, thanks to vi demic pressure and un on? Promoting mental health Foundation 18602662345; edly committed suicide. She unanswered. demic stress, attitude of are paid high salaries, make gorous coaching, and get friendly campus environ literacy among educators and Roshni 040-66202000 was found hanging in her The purpose of the article faculty towards students, un some parents nurture un seats into the IITs, but are ment that pushes them into and students is important. hostel room. It is said that is not to unravel or unlock healthy competition, career realistic dreams and push unable to cope with academ the pool of depression. T he writer is an academic, the girl had mentioned that a the mystery behind the issues, feelings of rejection, their wards to make their ic pressure. As a result, they The negative attitude of Awareness columnist and freelance writer. professor was the cause of death of the girl, but to ana discrimination, mental dreams come true. are subjected to depression some faculty members to Mental Health Literacy [email protected]
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fi lled, it is important to revamp FREEPIK second year, plus trying to become friends with you are red fl ags. It the exam to suit the end. The accommodation allowance. is a tricky balance to strike, but a good therapist two most important skills for questions in 120 minutes put tre ledge of legal concepts even be EQ... ENGAGE keeps things professional while staying Application mode: Online ) budding lawyers include com mendous time pressure on fore they enter the law schools. empathetic. Deadline: December 11 Krithvi shyam prehension and critical reason students. This section will now test stu http://www.b4s.in/edge/ODI1 3. They don’t have time for you:Constantly ing skills. Law schools also man Further, students will no lon dents’ ability to deduce conclu In past editions of this column, when we discuss taking calls during sessions, getting interrupted b Shastri Research Student date that students possess these ger be required to cram facts for sion from a given set of premis mental health, we always stress on the impor frequently by offi ce staff , or not putting in the ef Fellowship for Doctoral two skills to cope with the teach the General Knowledge (GK) sec es. The section would continue tance of getting help. Often, this might mean fort to explain concepts to you suggest that Students ing methodology adopted by tion as questions in this section to have propositions and a set of turning to mental health professionals — psychol maybe this person has too much on their plate to most law schools. In the recent will be asked only on current af facts to which the said proposi Shastri IndoCanadian ogists, psychiatrists and so on. invest his/her energies in helping you. years, the professors at National fairs, rather than static GK topics tion has to be applied. Institute is off ering this But what if you took a chance on meeting a psy 4. Their experience and specialisation do Law University (NLUs) have felt such as history, geography, With less than 200 days for fellowship to the doctoral chologist and left feeling ambivalent? not gel with what you are looking for:Thera that CLAT has failed to test these science and so on. the Dday, it is important for the students enrolled in a full The fact is, meeting a psychologist is like meet pists practise diff erent types of therapy, the most skills, and has instead tested the The English section in CLAT CLAT Consortium to release the time PhD programme in India ing a doctor — sometimes, you fi nd yourself want common of which is CBT, or Cognitive Behaviou memory quotient of law aspi 2020 will comprise of only com sample paper and detailed sylla or Canada. This fellowship ing to seek out a second opinion. ral Therapy. They also tend to have specialisa rants. In short, CLAT has not suc prehension passages with a view bus at the earliest. aims at providing an Not all psychologists are built alike, and it is im tions — for instance, working in the area of anxie ceeded in testing students’ real to test their understanding of the educational and portant that the professional you meet establish ty, depression, obsessivecompulsive disorder, aptitude to pursue law, resulting passages, contextual meaning of Tips transformative cultural es a good rapport with you, because that forms child psychology, and so on. It is important to in a mismatch between selected words and inferences drawn Read newspapers, especially experience to the current PhD the basis of your therapy. This does not mean you fi nd a therapist who has knowledge or experience students and law school from the passages. the editorial section. This ha students. 1 and your counsellor have to be friends (quite the of working with the issues you are grappling with, requirements. Instead of testing the arith bit will strengthen your compre opposite, in fact!), but it means that you are com using a therapy you are comfortable with. Eligibility: PhD students metic aptitude of candidates, the hension skills, enhance your enrolled in India and Canada, fortable with this person, believe that they under 5. It is a gut feeling: Sometimes things just Changes focus of the math section will be vocabulary. studying in a university/ stand you, and trust them to help you get to a bet don’t “feel” right, though you are unable to pin CLAT Consortium has proposed on testing data interpretation Exposure to varied questions institution recognised as ter place. point just why that is. That still is a perfectly ac to substantially reduce the num skills of students, which is more on logical reasoning is vital. member institutions of SICI 2 ceptable reason to look for another therapist. You ber of questions in CLAT from relevant for law aspirants. Read issuebased current af and are preferably from the Red fl ags are under no obligation to continue with a thera 200 to 120150 questions. This is Logical Reasoning (LR) sec fairs, rather than merely me age group of 2135 years, can 3 Here are some signs that you and your psycholo pist, if you do not want to, no matter how many a welcome move and brought re tion will place more emphasis on morising random facts. apply. gist may not “click”: sessions have been completed; and therapists are lief to students as cracking 200 critical reasoning skills. This sec Practise comprehension pas 1. They pass judgement on you: Here you well aware of this. Prizes and rewards: Selected tion will include a variety of sages of varying diffi culty candidates will receive a 4 are, bravely deciding to be vulnerable and open It is not always possible to ascertain in the fi rst :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: questions to determine students’ levels. fi nancial award of CAD 560 up to another person about your issues, and your session itself whether things will work with your ability to reason through an ar Keep a calm mind and quickly per week for up to six months. The CLAT Consortium has therapist acts like those annoying aunties you are therapist. And in the event that they don’t, it is gument logically and make an adapt to your study strategies always trying to avoid? Yes, therapists are meant important not to give up — you would put in the Application mode: Online realised that it is rather 5 objective decision. 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b Arathi Mini Neha was in class VII and struggled to study in a mainstream school. She The year is coming to an end and for some of us, this also had a low selfesteem, gradually might be a chance to look back with pride at turned into a recluse, and refused to everything we have achieved. However, for others, this might not be the case. If the year was filled with talk. She was assessed and found to troubles and failures, then, it is time to start the new have dyslexia. She came to Madras year with better focus and mindfulness. Here are two Dyslexia Association (MDA) for help, apps that will help you. and hugely benefi ted from the thera Stop, breathe & think py. Today, Neha is a designer, pho It is important to destress, sleep well and build tographer and is into digital market confidence in life to live ing as well. She is also a confi dent better. This app helps with speaker and often gives talks on top such meditation sessions. You ics associated with dyslexia. can also track your mood While Neha was lucky to have every day, thus ensuring your found the right source of help, many emotional wellbeing. There students with dyslexia still suff er are meditation sessions for without proper diagnosis and thera beginners and experienced py, mainly owing to lack of people, apart from yoga and awareness. acupressure videos. The Discussions and deliberations led lessons help reduce stress, to a group of educationists empath sleep better, tame anxiety etic to this cause to come together, and breathe mindfully. It also and philanthropists joined them. includes mindfulness techniques developed specifically for college students. Thus was born MDA in 1992. D Chan bit.ly/2sJ3TS6 drasekar, Founder and President, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Soulvana sheds light on the learning disorder, Empower them: Identify their strengths. and what schools could do to be With sessions on meditation and healing, Soulvana helps users find relief from more inclusive. anxiety and stress and Overcoming the develop strong mental Could you throw light on what dys Can dyslexic students pursue regu health. It also connects users lexia is and what we should be lar careers? Also, what extra ef with thousands of people looking out for, in terms of fi rst forts do they have to put in, com who are part of the app to noticing the signs? How diff erent is pared to others? discuss and hold sessions on it from other learning/develop improving mental health and mental disorders? Dyslexic children are very intelli discussing mindfulness. Dyslexia is a learning disability challenge gent, but their intelligence is focused Soulvana comes with guided that occurs in one out of every six onto the creative side. If they are meditation sessions, sound schoolgoers, irrespective of the eco supported and encouraged to pur therapy and advice from the nomic, language and geographic sta Born with high IQ, dyslexic children suff er sue a regular career in areas of their best therapists and teachers tus. These children are intelligent from learning problems. But institutions strength, they can supersede. Ho from across the world. with an IQ of 85 and above, but have D Chandrasekar wever, if they are forced to take up bit.ly/2DFv5n0 diffi culty in reading, spelling, writ like the Madras Dyslexia Association are careers that are unrelated to their ing, and speaking. This can be easily trying to help, as much as possible. entrance exams, and so on. strength, they are bound to fail, remediated using multisensory much like anybody else. Hence, it is admissions) techniques. The earlier one does it, Are mainstream schools equipped important that they choose careers b MSc Advanced Computer Science with Big Data the better it is, as the gap between and has learning diffi culty, then it is There is no treatment for this; they to cater to dyslexic students? that suit them. their achievement and active poten dyslexia. are given many coping strategies and Some time back, most of the Institution: The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow tial will be minimal in the early stag they must be given more opportuni mainstream schools had no facilities What are some of the biggest chal Eligibility: Minimum secondclass honours degree or es. Hence, it is important to address At what age does it fi rst appear? ties to work in the area of their to cater to them. But due to increas lenges for dyslexic students? international equivalent in computer science or this condition as soon as one notices One can start suspecting from the strengths. It is not diffi cult for them ing awareness, many schools have One of the biggest challenges is another numerate discipline (for exampe, math, this. age of three to fi ve itself. However, to continue with their regular started to come forward to look after being accepted by their parents, physics, engineering). Some programming or One can start noticing this even at the confi rmation that the child is routine. these children. MDA has been help community and in schools. Once database experience is normally required. Other the age group of three to fi ve, by dyslexic will take place only at the ing schools to set up resource rooms that is taken care of, most challenges disciplines who have signifi cant programming looking at the developmental miles age of eight. Dyslexia is a lifelong Does being a dyslexic categorise in the respective campuses. They are can be overcome. Parents need to experience must contact the institution to discuss tones. Unremediated dyslexic chil condition. Though this condition one as a special student? also empowering the teachers by spend more time with the children applying for this course. The English language dren become social delinquents and does not begin in midlife, it is possi The Government of India has providing training. Teachers and pa and identify their strengths, and use minimum score of IELTS 6.0 (with no component cause major social problems. Hence, ble that this remains unnoticed till brought dyslexia as a disability un rents need to be sensitised, and it these strengths to help children below 5.5). it is not just an educational problem. the person is an adult. der the Rights of Persons with Dis would also be benefi cial if the identi overcome dyslexia. Fee: £18,100 Children who come here (to MDA) abilities Act 2016, and hence, wha fi cation and remediation of dyslexia https://www.strath.ac.uk/courses/ have learning diffi culties due to mul What does the therapy involve? tever special provisions and is a part of the curriculum for B.Ed. Any selfhelp technique for those postgraduatetaught/advancedcomputerscience tiple reasons. If the child has learn Children with dyslexia will be concessions are available to other having learning disabilities? withbigdata/ ing diffi culty with an IQ of less than weak in executive functions such as disabled people are extended to :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Madras Dyslexia Association has 70, it could be due to underdevelop punctuality and tidiness. If they are those with dyslexia too. In this way, developed a reading application b Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in There are a number of Fashion ment of the brain. If the child has an trained in these areas, they will ex these children are considered spe successful people with called MDA Avaz Reader, an assistive IQ between 7085, it can be due to cel. There are a number of successful cial. They are off ered special provi device for dyslexic children. Such dyslexia such as industrialists, Institution: Indian Institute of Art and Design multiple reasons such as autism, people with dyslexia such as indus sions while they appear for public devices and applications that help businessmen, sportspersons, Duration: Depends on the course. down syndrome, slow learning, and trialists, businessmen, sportsper exams in the state and central children to read, write and spell, will artists, builders and designers. Eligibility: For undergraduate courses, candidates so on. If the child has an IQ above 85, sons, artists, builders and designers. boards, and also in a number of joint be the best technique. who have passed their class XII exam (or equivalent) in any stream are eligible. Those who are appearing for their class XII exam in the current academic year or are awaiting their results may also apply. ETCETERA Institution: Amity University, ) Gurugram Blackboard For undergraduate courses, candidates who have Eligibility: Candidates who have The Hindu EDGE invites teachers to passed their undergraduate exam (or equivalent) in Disruptions in a any discipline, as well as those who are appearing b Scholarships for MBA acquired 80 percentile or send in their contributions on issues aspirants more in CAT/MAT, or those and challenges they face. The article for it in the current academic year or are awaiting with a GMAT score of 500 or should be about 500 words. Please results may also apply. Graduates who have appeared more. email it to Fee: Depends on the course; application fee is shared space for CAT, MAT or GMAT can Prizes and Rewards: The course [email protected] ₹ 2,000. avail of this scholarship. It is of fee of the MBA programme is www.iiad.edu.in Noisy or not, distractions in a classroom can break the fered to encourage merito waived off to the extent of rious students to pursue high scholarship off ered. train of thought of not just students, but teachers too er education and aid the Deadline: Jan 15, 2020 fi nanciallyweak students to Application: Online pursue their career of choice https://www.amity.edu/guru in higher education. gram/
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Available in January Francesca’s Getting to know the 2020 at ₹ 799 picks (Penguin Random Cartiers House India) cause I knew only part of the history was in the trunk. Susanna Myrtle Lazarus Discovering lost correspondence Where did your travels take you? From starting out as an apprentice to a between generations of ● In India, I followed my great grand
minor Parisian jeweller, LouisFran father Jacques Cartier’s footsteps. On GETTY IMAGES çois Cartier spent twoandahalf de her ancestors led his trips to meet the maharajas, he * cades building his business. His hum Francesca Cartier would sketch royal jewels in order that ble beginnings as a metalworker’s son he might come up with new designs India connect could not be further from the glamour Brickell to record their for remounting them in a more west associated with the family name now. history in her new book ern fashion. It was a moment of real ex From the Maharaja of The brand counts royalty like Queen citement to see the jewels that Patiala’s necklace (seen here), Elizabeth of England and Princess of matched the sketches, such as a stun containing 2,930 diamonds, Monaco, Grace Kelly, as patrons. Actor The book also covers later genera ning diamond aigrette that he’d seen in to the Maharaja of Elizabeth Taylor received her iconic tions, including Brickell’s grandfather the palace of Baroda. In Sri Lanka, I vi Kapurthala’s emerald turban ruby and diamond set while she was in ( Jacques’s son), who kept Cartier in sited sapphire mines; in London, Paris ornament, the pieces created the pool! There are no less takers for the family until 1962. While the luxury and New York, I met many elderly de were quite extraordinary. the jewellery maker’s work today. At a maison is now owned by Switzerland signers and craftsmen who’d worked Christie’s auction in June this year, Car based Richemont, Brickell took on the under my family. It was surprisingly tier pieces may have accounted for on role of an independent researcher, moving. ly 5% of the lots, but brought in a quar choosing to tell the “human story, with ter of the $109 million value. their weaknesses, talents, anxieties, Did anything surprise you? This is where Francesca Cartier loves, losses and dreams”. After a ● How the Cartier women played such * LA COLLECTION PRIVÉE Brickell begins her book, The Cartiers: launch at the Victoria & Albert Mu a critical role in the growth of the busi The Untold Story of the Family Behind seum in London last week, she will be ness. Strategic marriages helped keep Post-war style the Jewelry Empire. A search for more travelling to America this month, and the fi rm afl oat in the diffi cult early The geometric, symmetrical Champagne at her grandfather Jean will be speaking at Jaipur Literary Fes days, and later helped it to expand. shapes of Cartier’s Art Deco Jacques Cartier’s 90th birthday had led (Clockwise from above) Brickell, a Tutti tival at the end of January. Another interesting discovery was just jewels suited women’s new, to a treasure that has defi ned her life’s Fruttistyle parrot brooch, Kate Edited excerpts from Brickell’s ex how important a market India was. and more assertive, stance. work for more than a decade now. In Middleton in a Cartier tiara, the Cartier clusive email interview with Weekend. The Great Depression was terrible for The sautoir necklaces and the cellar, instead of the bubbly, she brothers with their father, Alfred (in a luxury brands, and one of the reasons bandeau tiaras were also found a battered old trunk, covered in beret), and the Cartier Crash watch What was the kind of research Cartier survived when their western designed to work with post faded stickers from Parisian railway designed by JeanJacques * JONATHAN that went into the book? clients reined in spending was because war fashions. stations and exotic Eastern hotels. “In JAMES WILSON, CARTIER FAMILY ARCHIVES AND ● Reading through the of commissions from the maharajas. side were hundreds of longlost family GETTY IMAGES letters was an enor letters and documents, everything mous job in itself, as What was your writing from birth certifi cates to love letters to elite — like Princesse Mathilde Bona he agreed, for the sake of securing the they were in both process? jewellery designs to old war telegrams. parte, niece of Emperor Napoleon. He family business. French and En ● I spent a long time research They essentially told the story of four well knew that even a visit to the store Pierre got the Americas (and an glish, and many had ing. But I was also bring generations of Cartiers, and the evolu by such patrons would pique interest. American wife), where he handled hardtodecipher ing up two young tion of the jewellery business the fami His son, Alfred, took the Cartier transactions such as the “cursed” handwriting. I children, so I had ly had founded back in 1847,” she says. name across the Channel to London, Hope diamond, and sold to heiress talked about other distractions The narrative is interspersed with laying the foundation to expand. His Evalyn Walsh MacLean for $1,80,000. them at length as well. In fact, I often quotes from corresponding letters, three sons — LouisJoseph, PierreCa One of his most prized deals was ex with my grand took them with me on research and JeanJacques’ recollections. Of mille and JacquesTheodule — took changing a pearl necklace worth more father, and spent holidays. But a couple of years course, there are over 100 photo care of the Paris, New York and Lon than a million dollars at the time, for a many hours recording ago, I came to realise that I could graphs of the family, sketches, and the don branches respectively. LouisJo townhouse on Fifth Avenue, New York, his memoirs. I travelled be turning over stones forever — Tutti Frutti jewels they created. She writes about seph’s innate need to experiment led which remains the fi rm’s American all over the world, track each time I made a new discov Jacques called them the how LouisFrançois and the fi rm sur to Cartier coming out with their fi rst headquarters even today. Jacques’ ing down as many peo ery, it just opened up a whole Hindou jewels — mixed vived “revolution, a disastrous econo men’s wristwatch in 1911. His strategic mandate included Britain and the co ple linked with the fi rm new avenue of research possibili carved rubies, sapphires and my, a coup d’etat and fi re” all within a arranged marriage — to the grand lonies, leading to a clientele of mahara of old as I could, to try to ties. I needed to get on with the emeralds in combinations dozen years. Most remarkable were his daughter of designer Charles Freder jas who kept the fi rm afl oat during the fi ll in the picture and writing or this story would never that were groundbreaking for marketing techniques: he courted the ick Worth — was not to his liking, but Great Depression. triangulate the story, be make it out into the world. the time.
DOWN MEMORY LANE An Emperor’s gift of stone Functional art Reshmi Dey, who hand- Long after the immortal love between compound even after closure and mouth-blows glass hours to lament over the death of sculptural pieces, now has Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, lovers his beloved Sitara Begum, the wife of a noted local lawyer, in the a line of jewellery over the centuries have a fascination 1930s. for meeting at the iconic Taj Mahal He was arrested one night while Sunalini Mathew loitering on the Taj platform facing the Yamuna and later sentenced to Last week Reshmi Dey demonstrated and just a day’s imprisonment by a talked about the art and craft of glass blow kindhearted Munsiff Magistrate. ing at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ustad Bismillah Khan played the Delhi, in an event called The Story of Czech shehnai one night near the east Glass. Her work stood with eight Czech ernmost minaret during the an companies, as she, along with Jiri Pacinek, nual Sharad Purnima (harvest one of that country’s wellknown glass moon) fair at the Taj and drew en makers, gave a glassmaking demo in her thusiastic response from people, mobile studio. among them lovelorn couples of Dey discovered glass when an expartn R.V. Smith course. er ordered in some glassware from Firoza No less a person than Maulana bad, a hub of India’s glassmaking industry. The bejewelled lady: (top) A model The sudden death of the ghazal Azad was fascinated by the roman She says she was mesmerised: “The light, showcasing earring; Reshmi Dey maestro Rajendra Mehta in Mum tic appeal of the Taj. Maulana the refl ection, the refraction. I still remem * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT bai at the age of 85 vividly brought Azad, few know, was a keen sitar ber there was a teal vase and a fi ne hand to mind his 1960s ghazal’s memor player. On one memorable visit to engraved smokey fl ower vase.” That was in dia at the time”) that supplied home deco able lines: “Jab aanchal raat ka leh the Taj he played his sitar as he 1999, and she was 25. rative pieces to Ebony, Good Earth and to raye/Aur sara alam so jayey/Tum watched the monument by moon Dey, who grew up in Tinsukhia, Assam, The Next Store. In 2017, she started her mujhse milne, shamma jala kar/Taj light. It was a thrilling experience and Kolkata, and dabbled in the hospitality Chattarpur, Glass Sutra. Mahal mein aa jaana”. It was in the for the scholar – statesman who, in industry that was just opening up in the Over the years, she has studied interna same vein that Yesudas sang his fa an ecstatic moment, felt as though area, boarded a train to Delhi in 1995, look tionally, doing projects with architects mous lyric, “Jab deep jalaein aana/ one of the four minarets was kiss ing to do her MBA, much to the horror of such as Manish Banker from Pune, or with Jab shaam dhale aana”. Both com ing his hand in a mystical union in her family, “because Delhi was this big, art curators. positions have the same theme of an ethereal setting. It’s better to bad place”. Born to a conservative govern The wall at Surajkund’s Taj Vivanta is lovers’ meetings after the evening hear about it in his own words, ex ment employee father and a mother who hers, as is the installation at Le Meridien, fades away and the solitude of tracted from the book Sallies of wanted her to strike out on her own, she Gurugram. She also does table pieces, can night envelops the world — at the Mind: English translation of Ghu says her whole aim in life was, “To fi nd my dlestands and a lighting range, with jewel Taj and elsewhere too. However, Recreating the magic (Clockwise from top) Artists dressed up as Shah bareKhatir. self, create my own identity, see what I lery, her latest addition. Gappei meaning Tesu and Jhainji, like Baaz Bahadur Jahan and Mumtaz pose in front of Taj; (below) the iconic monument “Once I happened to visit Agra was capable of.” amalgamation in Japanese, includes and Roopmati, as erroneously be * SANDEEP SAXENA, V.V. KRISHNAN in those (tumultuous) days of the Once she determined that she’d neckpieces, earrings and rings. lieved, don’t meet at the Taj but in freedom struggle. It was the month work with glass the rest of her Glass, she says, connects with Malwa. velorn man goes to the monument while her father was lying restless of April and nights brought waning life, she trained at the Centre for her: “It has strength, fragility, The Taj Mahal is no doubt the at midnight he would meet Mum pining for Mumtaz in the Khawab moonlight. Late into the night, the the Development of Glass Indus transparency, translucence. It greatest embodiment of love and taz Mahal and a lovebegone wo gah (sleeping quarters) at the Agra moon would peep through the veil try, Firozabad, and also at the doesn’t break easily, unlike so it is believed to strengthen the man could hope to meet Shah Ja Fort. This was also portrayed in the of darkness. I had made special ar factories there, “at a time when what people think. It’s kind of bond between lovers over the cen han. There are more such old 1970s fi lm, “Jahanara”. rangement for going to the Taj with people wouldn’t even send their like a woman.” As she pre turies. Gossip says that Shah Jahan wives’ tales, including the one At the fagend of the 19th centu my sitar. I would sit on its roof with sons to the area.” The men would pares to create a piece and Mumtaz Mahal meet there about how Jahanara Begum, the ry the wife of a British Major used my face towards the Jamuna. As look at her strangely, be called Hands of a even now on Amavasya (moonless) Mughal emperor’s eldest daughter, to meet her lover, a Lieutenant, at moonlight began to spread itself, I cause she’d be the only wo Craftsperson, nights. This theme was depicted in would go secretly at night the Taj. Both were shot dead one would start a tune and lose myself man in the workshop. She Heart of an Artist, M. Sadiq’s fi lm “Taj Mahal” too. to meet her lover, a dot night by the Major who surprised in it. I don’t have expression to tell remembers an incident a tree, 9 ft x 6 ft, The belief is also there that if a lo ing poet, at the Taj, them while they were making love. what magical experiences the when the then principal out of glass and The incident was recorded in a imagination then brought before director introduced her to crochet (“I love now out of print book. “Murder at the eyes,” exclaimed Maulana one of Firozabad’s promi how both the the Taj Mahal”, which once used to Azad. nent industrialists, saying glass and the be the prized possession of the All this comes to mind as a belat she was a promising stu yarn are fl uid”), Queen Mary Empress Library in ed tribute to Rajendra Mehta as so dent. “I still remember him she says she sees Agra Cantonment. meone croons, “Jab anchal raat ka saying, ‘Does she make it in herself as a glass The lure of the Taj is such that, lehraye…Taj Mahal mein aa jaana”. her kitchen?’” blower, a designer, despite all the security, lovers do What a beautiful tribute by the Despite the scepticism, she an artist and a craft manage to steal in there from time maestro to the memorial of love of started her venture in 1999, sell sperson all in one, to time to seal their bond of a heartbroken emperor for his ing her gold to start a small stu with a mission to take aff ection. dear departed consort! dio with ₹ 33,000 (“There glass as a material to Lovecrazy Mashooq Ali Khan The writer is a veteran chroni- was no studio culture in In the people. managed to often get into the Taj cler of Delhi
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ter birthing. She was clear and deter mined from the beginning,” she says. Back to Kalki says she loves water and “the idea of relaxing in a warm pool is kin der both on the mothertobe and the babytobeborn.” “If the mother is stressfree, the baby will also be born stressfree. What better can you ask for?” she says. “My mother brought me into the BASICS world through natural birth at home Actor Kalki Koechlin is excited about three decades ago. It was 5 am, there was no electricity, my dad was hold bringing her fi rst baby into the world ing a kerosene lamp. It was quite rus through the water birthing method tic and also the environment at Auro ville was diff erent with lots of naturopathy and alternative living Sabharwal. styles. It seemed appropriate for my What people need to understand is parents,” says Kalki. “You cannot WHAT IS WATER BIRTHING? that labour is not a disease that re avoid the legacy in motherhood,” she It is also referred to as quires medical intervention but a nat laughs. hydrotherapy, where the baby ural process that requires medical as Though pregnancy is born through normal vaginal sistance, she says. and motherhood birth with no or reduced use of Dr Sabharwal strongly believes changes parents’ medication such as epidurals or that every woman deserves a nat lives, it is impor drugs to speed up ural option and needs to be in tant for every per contractions. formed about alternative ways to son to keep living a give birth. In the last 16 years, 100 regular life, insists When a woman starts getting labour pain, she gets into a odd women have chosen to have Kalki. “The baby of All set Kalki Koechlin * GETTY IMAGES/ bath tub (not deeper than two water births in her clinic. “These course is going to ISTOCK AND SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT feet) or the infl ated baby pool are mostly young and wellinformed be a crucial part of that has warm water independent women who are pro our lives, but it does to deal with parenthood.” controlled at 36 to 37 degrees natural remedies,” she adds. not mean that She had morning sickness in the C (the normal body Kalki, who has been we stop eve beginning, and felt weak from even temperature). with her through rything the smallest activities. her pregnancy, she else in “My work commitments made me Soma Basu Currently in the third trimester of The buoyancy in water is said says, is a motivat order anxious and I lost weight in my fi rst her pregnancy, Kalki is expecting her to reduce the pain and length ed and engaged trimester,” she says. But, she adds, of labour, making it less “If I do not remain active, I will only fi rst child with her partner Guy momtobe. when you know a new life is being traumatic and more relaxing be snacking and doing Google search Hershberg, an Israeli classical pianist. “She has read created inside you, you go back to the for the mother. es on babies and pregnancies,” says With January 26, 2020, as the expect enough ma basics and become much more con Kalki Koechlin, over a phone call from ed date of delivery, Kalki plans to take The mother remains in water terial and scious about how you want to be. If Mumbai, after a sevenhour work day. multiple alternative classes in hypno till the child is born. The post has you have a bad day, the baby goes “I am rehearsing for a play right now and music therapy, prenatal yoga, partum blood loss is less than friends through the bad day too with you; if and it keeps me engaged,” adds the swimming and exercises for a month a traditional delivery, and who you scream, the baby hears you 35yearold actor, who has essayed at the naturalist and holistic centre damage to the perineum is opted scream, so you become much more roles in Gully Boy, Margarita with a nestled in greenery. “I want to be minimised. for aware of how you want to treat your Straw, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, away from city life, noise and pollu It is considered a peaceful wa self and others.” Waiting and many more. tion and be in the calming lap of na transit for the baby who’s been In between her good and bad Soon, she will be part of the allwo ture during my pre and postdelivery in amniotic fl uid for nine days, what keeps Kalki happy and man cast in Rehaan Engineer’s stage weeks,” she says, explaining why she months and so there is no positive is her work and music, adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle chose this unconventional way of immediate shock of air. as well as conversations with Vanya, set to début as Sounding Va- birthing. her gynaecologist, midwife It is recommended for nya at the Serendipity Arts Festival in and mother. She says women who are fi t Goa on December 15. Going natural and have no highrisk the book What to Ex- “After that I will head straight to Kalki is perhaps the fi rst Bollywood factors such as pect When You’re Ex- the Assagao Birthing Centre run by actor who has opted for water birth, hypertension and pecting by Heidi Mur Ursula Corinna Stahlhofen (a German says her Mumbaibased gynaecologist diabetes and are not koff and Sharon Mazel midwife). My partner and I will take Dr Sheetal Sabharwal, who set up Tu carrying twins. also helped. individual and joint classes with her lip Women’s Health Care Centre, In “And of course, I have to understand how labour and con dia’s fi rst water birth clinic, in 2003. Water birthing as a technique been extremely lucky to have tractions work, basic requirements “Water birthing is not uncommon ov is largely assisted by midwives. the most loving, caring and sup during delivery such as what and how er the world, but it has not picked up A few doctors in Mumbai, portive boyfriend,” she says and adds, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru to pack, and things after postbirth, in India because a woman’s journey “As Dday draws closer, it is natural to are now encouraging the like breast feeding and bathing the ba of pregnancy is essentially governed become anxious. But I am not think natural water birthing process. by, the registration, vaccinations...” by the entire family in our society, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ing too much, just taking it one day at she says. and fears and doubts linger,” says Dr a time.”
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W I IN INDIA P.K. Ajith Kumar THIRUVANANTHAPURAM It was the World T20 cham pion West Indies that turned up at the Greenfi eld Stadium on Sunday night. Not the side that has been playing plenty of insipid white ball cricket of late. Kieron Pollard’s men proved too good for India in front of a full house in the se cond T20I. They won by eight wickets with nine balls to spare. They not just ended their losing streak to India in the shortest format, but also en sured that the third match of the series in Mumbai would be the deciding one. The visitors’ confi dent chase of a challenging total was anchored by Lendl Sim mons, who remained unbea ten on 67 (45b). His fi rst wicket stand of 73 with Evin Lewis (40, 35b) gave them the perfect start, and his 61 run partnership for the un broken third wicket with Ni The architect: Lendl Simmons took West Indies home with a superb innings. * R. RAGU cholas Pooran, who played an eyecatching cameo (38 him — an uncapped player Hetmyer in the covers off the His unbeaten 33 off 22 balls and Kohli’s upper cut turned not out, 18b), gave them the then — in last year’s IPL auc impressive legspinner Hay will do a world of good to the into a comfortable catch at perfect fi nish. tion. Coming in, rather sur den Walsh. He could not confi dence of the young man short thirdman. Mixed emotions for Dube prisingly, as early as the make use of the dropped who has been under some Interestingly enough, it Brilliant catch fourth over, at the fall of K.L. catch by Pollard off the fi rst scrutiny. was Kesrick Williams who Delighted to bat well, but disappointed with the result Shimron Hetmyer, too, de Rahul’s wicket, he smashed ball of that over. It was a disappointing took the Indian captain’s lighted with his strokeplay 54 off 30 balls. Dube’s dismissal brought night with the bat for India’s wicket, but there was no ‘no M.R. Praveen Chandran me calm down. I got the mo team and back ourselves to before his promising knock His maiden international Rishabh Pant to the middle big three, though. Rahul was tebook’ celebration this THIRUVANANTHAPURAM mentum after hitting a six win the series,” he said. was ended by a brilliant run fi fty — in only his fi fth match and the wicketkeeper, who caught at deep squareleg time; he just put his fi nger on Shivam Dube has fond me and then I was playing my ning catch by India captain — mattered to India on this had shown glimpses of form trying to slogsweep leftarm his lips, demanding silence. mories of Thiruvananthapu natural game. I always back Pleased as punch Virat Kohli at longon. That night, when its stalwarts at at Hyderabad in the last spinner Khary Pierre, Rohit On this night, that wasn’t ram. It was here two months my ability to clear any West Indies legspinner Hay sensational bit of fi elding the top of the order failed to match, ensured that India Sharma was bowled in his at the only command from the ago that he played a couple ground and it is my den Walsh was pretty wasn’t the norm, but an ex click. Sending him in at No. 3 ended up with a decent total. tempt to paddle Jason Holder Windies that worked. of matchwinning knocks strength,” he said. pleased with his game ception for India. turned out to be an inspired against South AfricaA. Pro changing spell in the middle In the fi fth over, Washing move. SCOREBOARD moted to No. 3 in the second Dropped chances overs, which restricted the ton Sundar had dropped T20I against West Indies, The Mumbai allrounder was Indians to a manageable to Simmons off Bhuvneshwar Dube fl ays Pollard INDIA 124 (Rahul, 3.1 overs), 256 (18b, 4x4, 2x6); Extras (w4, Dube emerged with fl ying happy with his perfor tal. Kumar at midoff and that After an average eff ort in the Rohit Sharma b Holder 15 (18b, (Rohit, 7.4), 397 (Dube, 10.3), nb1): 5; Total (for two wkts. in colours, scoring a 30ball 54. mance, but disappointed He said it was a “great would prove costly. The off PowerPlay (42 for one), it was 2x4), K.L. Rahul c Hetmyer b 4120 (Kohli, 13.2), 5144 18.3 overs): 173. that his knock didn’t help feeling” to play a part in the spinning allrounder from his assault on West Indies Pierre 11 (11b, 1x4), Shivam Dube (Shreyas, 16.2), 6164 (Jadeja, FALL OF WICKETS Under pressure the team win. Dube said the victory which has kept the Chennai was having a horrid skipper Kieron Pollard in the c Hetmyer b Walsh 54 (30b, 3x4, 18.6), 7167 (Washington, 19.4). 173 (Lewis, 9.5 overs), 2112 Dube revealed that he was dropped chances early on in series alive. time on the fi eld for the se ninth over that gave the In 4x6), Virat Kohli c Simmons b WEST INDIES BOWLING (Hetmeyer, 13.4). “nervous” and “under pres the visitors’ innings were Walsh said he worked cond match in a row. dian innings the impetus it Williams 19 (17b, 2x4), Rishabh Cottrell 40271, Pierre 20 INDIA BOWLING sure” at the start of his in crucial. really hard to fi nd his way in He redeemed himself a bit badly needed. He pulled two Pant (not out) 33 (22b, 3x4, 111, Holder 40421, Williams Chahar 3.30350, Bhuvnesh nings, and it was Rohit Shar He, however, backed the to the team. “It has been a by beating Lewis and having short ones over the legside 1x6), Shreyas Iyer c King b 40302, Pollard 20290, war 40360, Washington 4 ma who helped him calm his Men in Blue to bounce back rollercoaster ride for me. I Walsh 10 (11b, 1x4), Ravindra him stumped, but that boundary and then sent a full Walsh 40282. 0261, Chahal 30360, Dube nerves. and win the series. “The put in a lot of work. I did well Jadeja b Williams 9 (11b), Wash WEST INDIES 20180, Jadeja 20221. wasn’t enough to stop the ag toss above the ropes on the “I got the opportunity to dropped chances were cru in the Caribbean Premier ington Sundar c & b Cottrell 0 Lendl Simmons (not out) 67 Toss: West Indies. MoMatch: gressive Windies toporder off side. Twenty six runs (1b), Deepak Chahar (not out) 1 (45b, 4x4, 4x6), Evin Lewis st. Simmons. bat at number three which cial. It is part of the game. League (CPL) and it obvious from racing to the target. came off that over. (1b); Extras (lb3, nb2, w13) Pant b Washington 40 (35b, West Indies won by eight wick- was a big deal for me. There They also dropped some. ly caught the selectors’ eye. I Earlier, Shivam Dube He, however, did not last 18; Total (for seven wkts. in 20 3x4, 3x6), Shimron Hetmyer c ets with nine balls to spare to was some pressure. We had a good total today bowled a lot in the nets and showed why Royal Challen long after that stunning bit of overs): 170. Kohli b Jadeja 23 (14b, 3x6), level the three-match series 1-1. “Rohit bhai asked me to but we failed to grab our it helped me here,” said gers shelled out ₹ 5 crore for fi reworks. He holed out to FALL OF WICKETS Nicholas Pooran (not out) 38 Third T20I: Dec. 11, Mumbai. back my ability and helped chances. We have a good Walsh.
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India’s count now stands Patel (women’s 50m back Singh Saini (men’s 66 kg); Su SAG at 252 (132 gold, 79 silver, 41 stroke); men’s and women’s In chika Tariyal (women’s 57kg); L. Press Trust of India bronze), far ahead of Sri Lan dia (4x200m freestyle); Nirupama Devi (women’s 63kg). KATHMANDU ka (197 medals) and Nepal Apeksha Fernandes (women’s Silver: Gayatri Tokas (women’s Swimmers and wrestlers (165). 200m butterfl y). 52kg); Vishal Ruhil (men’s Silver: Anand Shylaja (men’s 73kg). continued their domination Meanwhile, India now has as India put on a command 400m freestyle). Bronze: Mihir Tennis: Gold & silver in men’s, a total of 15 boxers aiming for Ambre (men’s 200m butterfl y) ing performance to leave riv women’s and mixed doubles. the gold medal thanks to se Fencing: Gold: men’s epee, al countries far behind in the Squash: Gold: Tanvi Khanna ven more pugilists sealing fi men’s sabre and women’s foil. South Asian Games here on (women). Silver: Sunayana S. nal places on Sunday. In ka Handball: Gold: Indian women. Sunday. Kuruvilla (women); Harinder Pal baddi, the Indian men and Silver: Indian men. Singh (men). Bronze: Abhay The swimmers picked up women’s teams reached the Wrestling: Gold: Sakshi Malik Singh got a bronze. seven gold, two silver and fi nals. (women’s 62kg); Ravinder Shooting: Gold: Shravan Kumar, two bronze while the wres Memorable moment: Shooters Divyansh Singh Panwar, Prominent Indian medal win (men’s 61kg); Pawan Kumar Ravinder Singh and Sumit Ra Elavenil Valarivan and Saurabh Chaudhary, who fi nished the tlers clinched all the four yel ners: Swimming: Gold: Kusha (men’s 86kg); Anshu (women’s man (men’s 10m air pistol season as No. 1 in their respective events in rifl e and pistol, low metals on off er to help gra Rawat (men’s 400m frees 59kg). team); Shravan Kumar (men’s with the Golden Target award in Munich on Saturday. NRAI India add 38 medals (includ tyle); Supriya Mondal (men’s Judo: Gold: Sushila Devi (wo 10m air pistol). Bronze: Ravin president Raninder Singh is also seen. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ing 22 gold and 10 silver) on 200m butterfl y); Srihari Natraj men’s 48 kg); Vijay Kumar Ya der Singh (men’s 10m air pis On a roll: Sakshi Malik proved unstoppable en route CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Day 7 of the regional Games. (men’s 50m backstroke); Mana dav (men’s 60kg); Jasleen tol). to the gold. * FILE PHOTO Stenson fends off Rahm’s challenge Messi breaks La Liga hat-trick record Comes up with a spectacular 259-yard approach shot and an eagle on the 15th Juventus stumbles against Lazio
“I blocked a couple of Juventus. H ERO CHALLENGE putts today (hitting a putt E URO LEAGUES The results: Premier League: Ashwin Achal right of intended starting Agence France-Presse Aston Villa 1 (Grealish 45+2) Nassau line), and I can’t stand that London lost to Leicester 4 (Vardy 20, Henrik Stenson delivered un feeling. I’d much rather hook Lionel Messi broke yet 75, Iheanacho 41, Evans 49); der pressure to clinch the He the hell out of a putt than hit another record, hitting his Newcastle 2 (Shelvey 68, Fer nandez 87) bt Southampton 1 ro World Challenge title at Al some kind of block,” Woods 35th La Liga hattrick as Bar (Ings 52); Norwich City 1 (Tet bany Golf Course here on said. celona beat Real Mallorca 52 tey 27) lost to Sheffi eld United Saturday. Stenson (18under He will now make the long to keep pace with Real Ma 2 (Stevens 49, Baldock 52). overall) held fi rm despite a journey to Melbourne to cap drid at the top of the table on Serie A: Lecce 2 (Falco 60, Ta late surge from Spain’s Jon tain the USA team in the Pre Saturday. banelli 70) drew with Genoa 2 Rahm, who eventually fi n sident’s Cup. A trio of vintage Messi fi n (Pandev 31, Criscito 45+5pen); ished one stroke behind the ishes contributed to fi ve Sassuolo 2 (Berardi 7, Djuricic champion. ONE Bahamas Fund stunning Barca goals, the 36) drew with Cagliari 2 (Joŗ o best of them arguably be Pedro 51, Ragatzu 90); SPAL 0 As part of ongoing relief ef lost to Brescia 1 (Balotelli 54); Woods fourth Holding fi rm: Hero World Challenge host Tiger Woods and longing to Luis Suarez, forts following Hurricane Torino 2 (Zaza 22, Ansaldi 72) Tournament host Tiger Hero MotoCorp Chairman Pawan Munjal present the winner’s whose brilliant backheel Dorian, the Hero World Chal bt Fiorentina 1 (Caceres 90+1). Woods carded a disappoint trophy to Henrik Stenson on Saturday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT capped a freefl owing move, lenge contributed $184,500 La Liga: Eibar 0 lost to Getafe 1 ing threeunder 69 to take to the ONE Bahamas Fund. involving seven diff erent (Angel 67); Real Betis 3 (Joa the fourth spot. “Walking down the 16th, I Defending champion The tournament made a do players. quin 2, 11, 20) bt Athletic Bilbao This was Stenson’s fi rst tit saw that Jon had fi nished 17 Rahm, meanwhile, put him nation of $500 for each bir The Argentinian etched 2 (Williams 44pen, Berchiche le since the 2017 Wyndham under, so I knew that three self into contention with a die, $1,000 for each eagle his name into history books 75); Real Valladolid 0 drew with Championship. The 43year pars would most likely close birdieeaglebirdie run bet and $2,500 for each holein again after pulling clear of Real Sociedad 0. old Swede took home the the deal,” he said. ween the 14th and 16th. He one made by the 18 profes Cristiano Ronaldo’s 34 Liga Bundesliga: Union Berlin 2 (An winner’s cheque for $1 Stenson was relieved to could only manage pars in sional golfers in the fi eld. trebles to stand alone. dersson 33, 50) bt Cologne 0. Saturday: La Liga: Levante 2 million. get his hands on the trophy, the next two holes, and nar The scores: 270: “Unbelievable,” said Henrik Sten (Roger 11, 20pen) lost to Va Stenson made the big after a sustained period of rowly missed out. Any disap 271: coach Valverde. “It was a ce son (69, 67, 68, 66); Jon lencia 4 (Roger 45+3og, Ga move with an eagle on the poor results and injuries. pointment is unlikely to last 272: lebration of the Ballon d’Or.” Rahm (70, 66,69,66); Pa meiro 57, 59, Torres 88); Barce par5 15th hole, crushing a “I just haven’t played to for long as Rahm is set to get 274: Italian champion Juventus trick Reed (66, 66, 74, 66); lona 5 (Griezmann 7, Messi 17, spectacular 259yard ap more than probably 75% of married in a few days. suff ered its fi rst defeat of the Family time: Messi poses with his children and his sixth Ballon Tiger Woods (72, 66, 67, 69); 41, 83, Suarez 43) bt Real Mal 275: * AFP proach shot to within inches my capacity in the last cou Woods raised hopes by Justin Rose (69, 70, 71, 65), season with a 31 loss against d’Or before dismantling Mallorca on Saturday. lorca 2 (Budimir 35, 64). Justin Thomas (69, 69, 67, 70). of the pin. He then kept his ple of years. This is good taking the sole lead after Lazio in Rome blowing open Serie A: Lazio 3 (Luiz Felipe cool and completed the task gratifi cation for the patience making birdie on the se (The writer is in Nassau the Serie A title race. pion remains second in the matches. 45+1, MilinkovicSavic 74, F. by making par in the last and hard work that we’ve venth, but a bogey on the on invitation from Hero Mo- Maurizio Sarri’s eight table, two points behind Thirdplaced Lazio clawed Caicedo 90+5) bt Juventus 1 three holes. done,” he said. 14th derailed his run. toCorp) time reigning league cham leader Inter Milan after 15 to within just three points of (Cristiano Ronaldo 25).
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TV PICKS Manvir helps NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 8 Kerala looks for encore, Delhi wants revenge a.m. Goa stun Ranji Trophy: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 9.30 a.m. The encounter between the two last year was a thoroughly onesided aff air Hyderabad Big Bout League: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 7 p.m. ILeague: DSport, 7 p.m. R ANJI TROPHY due to an injury, the home ISL ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), team looks to have lost some 7.30 p.m. A . Vinod of its experience all of a V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM THIRUVANANTHAPURAM sudden. HYDERABAD I N BRIEF It is the start of a long season, Hyderabad FC suff ered yet the grind for the prestigious Strong enough another reverse at home, Ranji Trophy. But, professionals Robin Uth as substitute Manvir Singh Kerala, which made the appa and Jalaj Saxena, along fashioned FC Goa’s 10 win knockouts of the premier side Vishnu Vinod, Sandeep in the Hero ISL at the GMC championship over the last Warrier, Basil Thampi and Balayogi Stadium here on two years, has raised hopes the much improved K.M. Asif Sunday. among fans but will have to should be able to make Goa now has 12 points put its best foot forward as it amends. from seven matches while takes on Delhi at the St. Xa Skipper Sachin Baby said: Hyderabad continues to vier’s Stadium from Monday. “We have been pitted against languish at the bottom The encounter between some of the best teams in the with four points. the two last year was a tho Manav wins Challenge country, but we are hopeful Manvir, who came on in Series U21 title roughly onesided aff air, of making the knockout stage the 62nd minute, showed with Kerala completing an MARKHAM (CANADA) for a third time in a row.” fi ne opportunism when he Manav Thakkar beat upset within three days. And The teams (from): positioned himself well for Argentina’s Martin Bentancor as the two sides face off in Kerala: Sachin Baby (Capt.), Ro- a freekick off Brandon Fer 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 on Sunday Elite Group A and B once bin Uthappa, Jalaj Saxena, Vish- nandez from the right. here to become the first again, the former champion nu Vinod, P. Rahul, Mohammed Indian paddler to clinch U-21 should be on the lookout for Azharuddeen (wk), Salman Ni- Heading home men’s singles title in an ITTF revenge having done well in zar, Akshay Chandran, Sijomon Realising that the tall Giles Challenge Series event. the recent Vijay Hazare and Joseph, Sandeep Warrier, Basil Barnes was right in front, Manav joins Harmeet Desai, Syed Mushtaq Ali Thampi, M.D. Nidheesh, K.M. Manvir leapt in the air and Asif, S. Midhun and S.K. Monish. G. Sathiyan and Soumyajit tournaments. headed the ball which hit Delhi: Dhruv Shorey (Capt.), Ghosh in the list of Indians to the turf and bounced into win an ITTF U-21 men’s Sound core Nitish Rana, Kunal Chandela, Anuj Rawat (wk), Jonty Sidhu, the top, right corner, leav singles title. PTI With established stars Virat Dalal, Navdeep Saini, Pra ter the Mushtaq Ali tourna “It is a redsoil wicket and chief coach Dav Whatmore Lalit Yadav, Shivam Sharma, Vi- ing Hyderabad FC custo Kohli and Ishant Sharma on deep Sangwan and Shivam ment. But, head coach Bhas I think Saini will be our best having put the side through kas Mishra, Tejas Baroka, Pra- dian and captain Kamaljit National duty and Shikar Sharma a sound nucleus that kar Pillay said on Sunday that bet,” he said. some strenuous preparation. deep Sangwan, Navdeep Saini, Singh stunned. Dhawan on the injured list, can spur the rest of the team. his young side was fully Kerala, in contrast, has With Sanju Samson, in Pawan Suyal, Kunwar Bidhuri, The result: Delhi is led by Dhruv Shorey The team, however, has geared up for the fourday been training at the venue ducted into the Indian side, Hiten Dalal and Shivank Vash- Hyderabad FC 0 lost to FC and has in Nitish Rana, Hiten had little time to prepare af match. over the last 12 days, with and Rohan Prem, sidelined isth. Goa 1 (Manvir 68).
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After Vinil Poojary missed gency in the second half, 21-10, 21-18; Amit lost to Graeme Smith is all set to I-LEAGUE Communication & The results: Sachin Rawat 12-21, 12-21; become Cricket South Africa’s Though Bagan crafted sev a sitter, Ceesay jumped high creating quite a few oppor Information Technology set (CSA) director of cricket, Y .B. Sarangi eral moves, it found the to put a corner kick into the tunities. However, it was un up a title clash in the men’s Amit & Abhinav Prakash bt Final: Rajnigandha Achievers 8 KOLKATA according to CSA president Churchill backline, led by Bagan post in the 28th mi done by poor fi nishing in team championship in the Pankaj Pandey & S.C. Tiwari (Daniel Otamendi 4, Basheer Chris Nenzani. Smith will have Willis Plaza’s brace enabled the effi cient duo of Robert nute. what was its fi rst home out interministry badminton 21-10, 21-9; Abhinav bt Pankaj Ali 3, Ravinder Mang) bt Army just a couple of weeks to put Churchill Brothers register a Primus Jr. and Abu Bakr, dif Bagan pulled one back ing. tournament, organised by 21-12, 21-10). Polo and Riding Club 5 (Angad a selection panel and convincing 42 win over Mo fi cult to get past. when Gonzalez converted a Churchill widened its lead Central Civil Services Otamendi, Basheer Ali star Kalaan 2, Akhil Sirohi, Gaurav coaching staff in place before hun Bagan in their ILeague In the eighth minute, an penalty to reduce the margin when Israil Gurung’s fl oater Cultural and Sports Board, for Rajnigandha Achievers Sahgal, Naveen Singh). the first of a four-Test series contest at the Kalyani Stadi alert Jafar Mondal, under the fi ve minutes later. from the right was headed at the AIIMS Gymkhana. Semifi nals: Rajnigandha 7 against England gets um on Sunday. Churchill bar, thwarted an The results: Daniel Otamendi and home by the towering Bakr (Otamendi 3, Basheer 2, underway in Centurion on Churchill’s second victory attempt from P.M. Britto, Shooting home Men (semifi nals): Delhi Audit Basheer Ali guided in the 76th minute. Kuldeep Singh Rathore 2) bt December 26. IANS helped it leapfrog Gokulam who dashed menacingly but Churchill, however, restored bt Ministry of Defence 3-0 Rajnigandha Achievers to an Though young Bagan sub Jindal Panther 5-1/2 (Simran Kerala to the top of the table found the custodian make a the twogoal advantage in (Rajiv Sharma bt Amit Yadav 85 victory over Army Polo B angur Cements stays stitute Subha Ghosh grabbed Shergill 3, Phil Seller, handicap on better goal diff erence. timely interception. Mondal the 37th minute when Plaza 19-21, 21-11, 21-11; Himanshu and Riding Club (APRC) in solid on day one a chance to reduce the mar 1 1/2). The visitors went ahead as was again in the thick of ac shot home a longranger that Saroha bt Prashant Sharma the fi nal of the Crown Vet KOLKATA gin, it was not enough. early as the second minute. tion when Fran Gonzalez a fumbling Bagan ’keeper 21-16, 21-14; Himanshu & Baroda Cup 10goal polo APRC 6 (Gaurav 3, Angad 2, Bangur Cement (Kamal The result: Churchill Brothers 4 tournament at the Jaipur Dawda Ceesay beat a defen and V.P. Suhair made an at Debjit Majumder failed to (Plaza 2 & 37, Ceesay 28, Bakr Tushar Sharma bt Amit & Naveen) bt Ascension 4 Mukherjee, Sourendra Dutta, Polo ground on Sunday. Amarnath Banerjee, Ayan der near the left fl ag to send tempt off Bagan’s second save. 76) bt Mohun Bagan 2 (Gonza- Praveen 21-19, 21-18). (Abhimanyu Pathak 2, Salim Chatterjee, Suman Sengupta in a precise cross and Plaza corner. Bagan showed more ur lez 33, Subha 90). Ministry of Communication & Basheer Ali was adjudged Azmi, Siddhant Sharma). and Sabyasachi Sadhukhan) led with 78.78 Victory Points after the fifth round of the team event of the Winter Mumbai Falcons Sonia Chahal gets the better of Sakshi Chaudhary National bridge on Sunday. NATIONALS with a 32 verdict. weight (48kg): Monika (Rly) bt clinches two races Meanwhile, the young Jyo K. Bina Devi (Pol) 5-0; Fly Stan Rayan ti Gulia won a tough encoun weight (51kg): Jyoti Gulia (Rly) bt Ritu Grewal (Har) 5-0; Ban X I RACING LEAGUE delay to the qualifying event KANNUR ter against Ritu Grewal in a and the races. He has coached both Sonia bout which appeared to turn tamweight (54kg): Meenaku- mari Devi (Pol) bt Meenakshi S ports Reporter Chahal and Sakshi Chaud Earlier, Saturday’s events a bit ugly at one stage. Ritu (Rly) 4-1; Featherweight CHENNAI had to be cancelled due to hary in Haryana’s Bhiwani adopted a noholdsbarred (57kg): Sonia Chahal (Rly) bt Mumbai Falcons, represent logistical issues. Boxing Club, but Jagdish strategy — even throwing Sakshi Chaudhary (Har) 3-2; ed by Kush Maini and Mikkel The results (Provisional): Singh was not willing to bet some illegal punches — in the Lightweight (60kg): Pavitra Jensen of Denmark, won Race One: 1. Bangalore Racing on the outcome of the fi ght 51kg fi nal. In the end, Jyoti, (Rly) bt Shashi Chopra (Har) two of the three races while Stars (Arjun Maini/ Oliver between the two in the the 2017 World youth cham 3-2. the Bangalore Racing Stars fourth Elite National wo pion who adopted an inside Light welterweight (64kg): Luka Doncic stars Webb) 27mins, 23.458secs; 2. tandem of Arjun Maini and Mumbai Falcons (Kush Maini/ men’s boxing championship fi ghting strategy, won a un Pwilao Basumatary (Rly) bt An- for Mavericks Oliver Webb of England Michel Jensen) 27:24.018; 3. here on Sunday. animous verdict and a gold kushita Boro (Asm) 3-2; Welter LOS ANGELES took the honours in the oth Blackbirds Hyderabad (Vitan- “They are both almost A real thriller: In the championship’s most-awaited bout in her maiden senior weight (69kg): Lalita (Raj) bt Slovenian sensation Luka Meena Rani (Rly) 5-0; Middle er as the curtains came tonio Liuzzi/ Gosia Rdest) equal, it will be a close bout,” between equals, Sonia, left, beat Sakshi 3-2. * S.K. MOHAN National. Doncic put his name weight (75kg): Nupur (Har) bt down on the inaugural fran 27:28.969. Race Two: 1. Mum- said the Dronacharya Awar The victory will off er her a alongside that of NBA icon K.A. Indraja (Ker) 4-1; Light chisebased XI Racing bai (28:02.222); 2. AD Racing dee a few minutes before the the way. Sonia was taller but pressure on her senior. chance to fi ght against M.C. Michael Jordan on Saturday Delhi (Gaurav Gill/ Raghul Ran- heavyweight (81kg): Bhagya- League at the MMRT, here 57kg fi nal at the Mundayad Sakshi appeared stronger. But Sonia recovered well, as he scored 26 points in the gasamy) 28:21.637; 3. Banga- Mary Kom in the Boxing Fed bati Kachari (Rly) Shaily Singh Dallas Mavericks' 130-84 rout on Sunday. lore (28:25.847). Race Three: indoor stadium. Sakshi used her left jab to threw some hard left jabs eration of India’s trials, for (UP) 5-0; Heavyweight (above of New Orleans Pelicans. His However, the event was 1. Mumbai (27:59.175); 2. Ban- In fact, it was as close as it good eff ect in the opening and followed it up with a the Olympic qualifi ers, 81kg): Kavita Chahal (Pol) bt 18th straight game with at far from smooth with nume galore (28:03.838); 3. Hydera- could get. The bout, bet round and in the next, she couple of right hooks. In the which will be held in Delhi Anupama (Har) 5-0. least 20 points, five rebounds rous issues cropping up bad (Luizzi/ Akhil Rabindra) ween the two counter virtually stalked Sonia end, she won the champion later this month. Team: 1. Railways (53 pts), 2. and five assists tied him with with various cars forcing a 28:28.382. punchers, was a thriller all around the ring, putting ship’s mostawaited bout The results (fi nals): Light fl y Haryana (30), 3. Police (29). six-time NBA champion Jordan for the longest such streak. RACING The results: Utah Jazz 126 bt Memphis Grizzlies 112; New Ace Ace Ace delivers in feature event York Knicks 103 lost to HYDERABAD: Mr. M. hd. 1m, 28.03s. ₹ 16 (w), 5, 6 and 13 & Ashok Kumar Gupta. Trainer: T. CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY Indiana Pacers 104; Call Of The Blue for Salarjung Cup Ramachandra Rao’s Ace Ace Ace (p), SHP: 16, FP: 55, Q: 22, Tla: R.H. Sequeira. 7 MEMORIAL CUP (1,200m), 3 ridden by Akshay Kumar won the ACE Philadelphia 76ers 141 bt H YDERABAD: Call Of The Blue ap (6) Kiran Naidu 56.5, 6. Sree Sree 54, 7. Charlie Brown (1) Koushik 295. Favourite: Rhine. Owner: Mr. yo & over (Cat. I), (Terms): T. Chandrasekhar Reddy Me INDIAN NAVY ROLLING CHAL- ACE ACE (Akshay Kumar) 1, Amaz Cleveland Cavaliers 94; peals most in the Salarjung Cup Sree (5) Aneel 56.5, 7. Ashwa Cal 53.5 and 8. Hope Is Eternal (3) A.K. Jaiswal. Trainer: L. D’Silva. morial Cup, the main event of the LENGE TROPHY (1,400m), 5 ing Response (Koushik) 2, Titus (2,000m), the main event of the vari (1) Gaurav Singh 55.5, 8. Spir Ajeeth Kumar 51.5. 5 Houston Rockets 115 bt races held here on Sunday (Dec. OSMAN SAGAR PLATE (DIV. II), yo & over, rated 20 to 45 (Cat. (Kiran Naidu) 3 and Be Sure (Na races to be held here on Monday itual (2) P. Trevor 55 and 9. Tough 1. CALL OF THE BLUE, 2. THE Phoenix Suns 109; Dallas 8). R.H. Sequeira trains the win (1,100m), 3yo & over, rated III): BAYRD (A. Imran) 1, Rutilant khat Singh) 4. 2, 1/2 and 23/4. 1m, (Dec. 9). And Go (9) Afroz Khan 52.5. GREAT GATSBY, 3. 3 Mavericks 130 bt New ner. Jockey Akshay Kumar rode 20 to 45 (Cat. III): FLAMINGO (Rafique Sk.) 2, Vijay’s Empire 11.55s. ₹ 11 (w), 6, 7 and 8 (p), SHP: MEGATOP PLATE (1,100m), 1. SPIRITUAL, 2. TOUGH LADY, 3. RULETHEWORLD FAME (Akshay Kumar) 1, Incredu (Gaurav Singh) 3 and Wood Bridge Orleans Pelicans 84. AFP three more winners on the day. 22, FP: 70, Q: 38, Tla: 201. Favour maiden 2yo only (Cat. II), SREE SREE SREE lous (R.S. Jodha) 2, Aristocrats 1 CROWN TREASURE PLATE CRACK REGIMENT PLATE (Akshay Kumar) 4. 1, 11/4 and 1/2. ite: Ace Ace Ace. Owner: Mr. M. (Terms), 110 p.m.: 1. Charcoal (5) GREENER PLATE (DIV. II), 7 (1,400m), 4yo & over, rated Charm (Surya Prakash) 3 and 1m, 27.11s. ₹ 14 (w), 7, 9 and 8 (p), Ramachandra Rao. Trainer: R.H. Kuldeep Singh 55, 2. Elegant 1 (1,200m), maiden 2yo only Buzz Light Year (Abhay Singh) 4. 4 (1,200m), 4yo & over rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 415: 1. King HORUS (A. Im SHP: 29, FP: 390, Q: 188, Tla: Sequeira. Stroke (1) Nakhat Singh 55, 3. (Cat. II), (Terms): 3/4, 2 and 1. 1m, 6.77s. ₹ 6 (w), 6, 20 to 45 (Cat. III), 245: 1. Running Maker (1) Surya Prakash 60, 2 . ran) 1, Queen Daenerys (Rafique 1,279. Favourite: Bayrd. Owners: Greek Soul (8) R. Ajinkya 55, 4. 24 and 9 (p), SHP: 120, FP: 225, Q: Fire (4) Kiran Naidu 60, 2. Rose Semper Fidelis (7) Kuldeep Singh Sk.) 2, Cheltenham (Ashhad As M/s. P. Ranga Raju, M. Madhukar, CHAITANYA RATHAM PLATE Appenzelle (4) Kiran Naidu 53.5, 134, Tla: 577. Favourite: Flamingo Eternal (7) Santosh Raj 58.5, 3. 59, 3. Lockhart (3) Ajeeth Kumar bar) 3 and Lacrosse (Akshay Ku G. Raghunandan Chary & Krishna 8 (DIV. II), (1,400m), 4yo & 5. Beautiful Luv (6) Ashhad Asbar Fame. Owners: Mr. S. Prasad Raju Magic Street (3) Rohit Kumar 57, 56, 4. Evon Von Brando (2) mar) 4. 3, shd and 3. 1m, 13.70s. Raj Sri Raj Vellore. Trainer: D. over, rated up to 25 (Cat. III): 53.5, 6. Bedford (3) P. Trevor 53.5, & Mr. Sanjay R. Goyani. Trainer: 4. Limousine (6) Irvan Singh 55, Nathan Evans 55, 5. Rahil (5) Go ₹ 6 (w), 5, 11 and 8 (p), SHP: 31, FP: Netto. ROYAL AVENGER (Ajit Singh) 1, 7. Belle Springs (7) Akshay Kumar Prasad Raju. 5. Hurricane (1) Abhay Singh 54.5, pal Singh 55, 6. Digger (9) Gaurav 43, Q: 39, Tla: 147. Favourite: Khan Sahib (Gaddam) 2, Patron 53.5 and 8. Classy Dame (2) B.R. OSMAN SAGAR PLATE (DIV. I), 6. Moka (9) Akshay Kumar 53.5, 7. Singh 54.5, 7. Guiding Force (8) Horus. Owners: Dr. Prabhakar Saint (Jitendra Singh) 3 and Royal Kumar 53.5. RAJA NARASIMHA RAO ME- (1,100m), 3yo & over, rated Story Teller (5) Jitendra Singh 53, Suraj Narredu 54.5, 8. Raajneeti Chowdary Tripuraneni, M/s. G. 6 Dancer (Akshay Kumar) 4. 31/2, 1. BELLE SPRINGS, 2. BEDFORD, 3. MORIAL CUP (1,200m), 3yo & 20 to 45 (Cat. III): HER LEGACY (N. 8. Just Like That (2) Ajeeth Kumar (6) Irvan Singh 54, 9. Royal Green Raghunandan Chary & Alluri Ajay 4 shd and 1/2. 1m, 28.96s. ₹ 19 (w), 6, ELEGANT STROKE 52 and 9. Smarty (8) Gaurav Singh (4) Ajit Singh 53.5, 10. Dandy Man over, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II): Rawal) 1, California Beauty (B.R. 13 and 8 (p), SHP: 67, FP: 784, Q: Kumar. Trainer: D. Netto. SOVET PRIDE (Akshay Kumar) 1, Kumar) 2, Top Saga (Akshay Ku TRIBUTE PLATE (DIV. I), 51. (12) Akshay Kumar 52.5, 11. 398, Tla: 1,579. Favourite: Patron 1. STORY TELLER, 2. LIMOUSINE, Heaven Can Wait (11) Afroz Khan CHAITANYA RATHAM PLATE Victory Parade (A. Imran) 2, Yours mar) 3 and Stepper (G. Naresh) 4. Saint. Owners: M/s. Pratik Jain & 2 (1,200m), 3yo & over (placed (DIV. I), (1,400m), 4yo & over, Forever (Suray Prakash) 3 and 43/4, 2 and 3/4. 1m, 6.11s. ₹ 7 (w), 1st, 2nd or 3rd since July 1st 2019 3. MAGIC STREET 52.5 and 12. Once More (10) Na 2 Rahul Jain. Trainer: L. D’Silva. khat Singh 52.5. rated upto 25 (Cat. III): DIESIS Gorgeous Lady (Kunal Bunde) 4. 8, 9 and 5 (p), SHP: 36, FP: 46, Q: Jones holds on to win not eligible), rated 20 to 45 (Cat. GREENER PLATE (DIV. I), DREAM (Akshay Kumar) 1, Rhine 1, 1/2 and 51/2. 1m, 12.31s. ₹ 14 (w), 40, Tla: 125. Favourite: Her Leg Jkt: ₹ 2,372 (145 tkts.), Runnerup: III), 140: 1. N R I Vision (7) Suraj (1,200m), 4yo & over, rated 1. DANDY MAN, 2. GUIDING FORCE, second Australian Open 5 3. ONCE MORE (Irvan Singh) 2, Dance All Night 5, 5 and 7 (p), SHP: 13, FP: 24, Q: acy. Owners: M/s. Sanjay R. Goy 133 (1,103 tkts.), Mini Jkt: 537 (127 Narredu 60, 2. Apollo (4) Nathan 20 to 45 (Cat. III), 315: 1. Somer (Rohit Kumar) 3 and Negress Prin 9, Tla: 61. Favourite: Victory ani & S. Prasad Raju. Trainer: tkts.), Tr (i): 42 (878 tkts.), (ii): 79 SYDNEY Evans 55.5, 3. Latest News (1) set (5) Ajit Singh 60, 2. Crimson FLIRTING VISION PLATE cess (A. Imran) 4. 23/4, 81/2 and Parade. Owners: M/s. Y. Damodar Prasad Raju. (335 tkts.), (iii): 78 (678 tkts.). Matt Jones joined an elite Kiran Naidu 55, 4. Tremendous Fire (1) Rohit Kumar 59, 3. His Ex (1,200m), 3yo & over, rated Desire (10) R. Ajinkya 55, 5. Break 8 few by winning his second cellency (6) Aneel 57.5, 4. Human up to 25 (Cat. III), 445: 1. Dazzling The Ice (8) Nakhat Singh 54, 6. Touch (8) Irvan Singh 57.5, 5. Best King (5) Afroz Khan 62, 2. Most Australian Open on Sunday, Minnelli (3) Akshay Kumar 54, 7. Friend (3) Jitendra Singh 54.5, 6. Wanted (6) C.P. Bopanna 62, 3. resisting big pressure from Sweet Brandy (5) Kuldeep Singh Farmville (2) Kuldeep Singh 52.5, Glendale (3) Akshay Kumar 61.5, Anthony Joshua South African Louis 54, 8. Acadian Angel (9) N. Rawal 7. Tammana (7) Ashhad Asbar 4. Rasika (8) R. Ajinkya 61, 5. Sun India wins 3-Nations tournament 52.5, 9. My Dream (2) Gaddam 52.5, 8. Ursula (4) Rafique Sk. 51.5 Oosthuizen to clinch victory Dancer (9) Ajit Singh 61, 6. Coun 51.5 and 10. Let It Be Me (6) Afroz and 9. Southern Meteor (9) try’s Pet (10) Suraj Narredu 59, 7. reclaims crown hockey tournament after fi n gandeep Kaur scored for In by a shot. The 39-year-old Khan 50. Gaurav Singh 51. Brave Syera (7) Aneel 58.5, 8. Ad Diriyah (Saudi Arabia): HOCKEY Jones joins the likes of Aaron 1. LET IT BE ME, 2. MINNELLI, 3. N 1. HUMAN TOUCH, 2. HIS EXCEL- Golden Faraska (1) N. Rawal 58.5, ishing top of the points dia in the 53rd minute to Baddeley, Jordan Spieth and R I VISION LENCY, 3. SOUTHERN METEOR 9. Lion Heart (4) R.S. Jodha 58 Britain’s Anthony Joshua table. cancel out Abigail Wilson’s and 10. Dumbledore (2) Rafique Press Trust of India Robert Allenby among his TRIBUTE PLATE (DIV. II), SALARJUNG CUP (2,000m) 3 reclaimed his World heavy India had seven points 15thminute strike. However, 3 (1,200m), 3yo & over (placed 6 yo & over, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. Sk. 50. weight crown from Andy Canberra from four matches, ahead of Wilson scored again in the contemporaries to have won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd since July 1st 2019 II), 345: 1. Exclusive Blue (6) 1. COUNTRY’S PET, 2. GLENDALE, two Stonehaven Cups. not eligible), rated 20 to 45 (Cat. Kuldeep Singh 60, 2. Pentagon (2) 3. BRAVE SYERA Ruiz, outclassing the Mexi The Indian junior women’s Australia on goal diff erence, 56th minute to give her team Japan's Takumi Kanaya, the III), 210: 1. Spice Up (3) C.P. Afroz Khan 60, 3. Call Of The Blue Day’s best: CALL OF THE BLUE canAmerican in a unani team tasted its fi rst loss of with New Zealand fi nishing victory. SPIRITUAL — DANDY MAN world's top-ranked amateur, Bopanna 60, 2. Troubadour (7) (4) Akshay Kumar 56.5, 4. On My Double: mous points victory on Sa the competition on Sunday, third with only three points Abhay Singh 58, 3. Tough Lady Way (5) Ashhad Asbar 56, 5. The Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8; Mini Jkt: 5, 6, 7 & The result: Australia 2 (Abigail and Australian Aaron Pike (4) Surya Prakash 57.5, 4. Hashtag Great Gatsby (8) Nathan Evans 56, 8; Tr (1): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): 3, 4 & 5; (iii): turday. He regained his IBF, going down 12 to Australia, from four matches. Wilson 15, 56) bt India 1 (Ga- ended tied for third. AFP (8) Deepak Singh 57, 5. Free Way 6. Ruletheworld (7) Suraj Narredu 6, 7 & 8; Tla: all races. WBA and WBO titles. AFP but still won the 3Nations In Sunday’s match, Ga gandeep Kaur 53).
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DELHI THE HINDU 22 SPORT MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Suryakumar Yadav confi dent his time has come Has shed his tag of inconsistency with his performances of late CRICKET format while waiting for the So far this season, Surya Premier League over the last callup to India’s squad in the has excelled at it. He fi nished couple of seasons have justi Amol Karhadkar shortest format. the Vijay Hazare Trophy with fi ed his talent. MUMBAI “It is a little diffi cult when an average of 113, the highest If there is an award for the you see there’s a lot of white in the tournament. The styl Never in doubt best performer with the bat ball cricket around (in India’s ish righthander continued “Obviously I used to hear this this season in whiteball calendar) and your name is in the same vein in the Mush a lot. But I never doubted my cricket, Suryakumar Yadav doing the rounds. But at the taq Ali Trophy. His tally of skill. I never had that ques will be a prime contender. end, you have got to stay in 392 was the third highest tion mark in my mind, ki Mumbai may not have won a the present. If it has to hap while his strike rate of 169 boss kyun nahi kar raha hai, title in both the interState pen, it will anyway, in a few was the secondbest among kaise karega, kar sakta hai tournaments so far but the days or weeks or months,” batsmen with 250 runs in the ki nahi (why isn’t he doing it, captain has been in such Surya told The Hindu. tournament. how will he do it, whether he scintillating touch that fans Ever since making his First will succeed or not). I backed and experts alike are confi Job at hand Class debut in 2010, Surya — myself in any situation,” Su dent that an India callup is “For now, the challenge is to just like his Mumbai senior rya said. just around the corner. play Ranji games, lead the Rohit Sharma in the fi rst half “Whatever opportunity I Still, as he enters the Ranji team well, perform with the of his international career — got — be it T20s, oneday or Trophy season, Surya has a bat and help the team recov has lived with the tag of “ta Ranji Trophy — I just tried to touch of uncertainty in his er from an average season lented but inconsistent”. But enjoy the game as much as mind. Not about his game — last year. The thoughts of an the maverick who stresses possible. Keep batting, keep he feels he has never been as India callup in T20 do keep that he has “calmed down scoring runs and rest eve clear as this all through his crossing my mind , but having taken to meditation rything will fall in place. Of career — but the fact that he you’ve got to keep that aside since off season” hopes that course it has taken a lot of has to balance the art of lead and focus on the job at his performances in domes time. Even I know that. But In fi ne form: Even as he waits for an India call-up in the shortest format, Suryakumar Yadav is keen to do well in the Ranji Trophy. ing Mumbai in the redball hand.” tic cricket and the Indian the time has come.” * VIJAY SONEJI
Warne awaits a big pay day IOC set to call the Manchester City condemns shots in PSPB tennis Press Trust of India star Ravindra Jadeja was a ‘racist gesture’ during derby Melbourne talented uncapped player SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Bhambri in its ranks, he may Shane Warne was given a back then, whom Warne NEW DELHI not compete as he is still re miniscule stake in IPL had backed to the hilt IOC, packed with the lead covering from a leg injury. Police arrest a 41-year-old following the incident franchise Rajasthan Royals terming him a “rockstar”. ing players of the country, GAIL will have two strong during the league’s “We were the including Ramkumar Rama players — Saketh Myneni Agence France-Presse old man for the same. However, Solskjaer inaugural edition in 2008, underdogs, we were the nathan, Sumit Nagal, Rohan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth. Manchester “Police were called to a insisted it is the individual a deal that could least favoured, no one gave Bopanna, Divij Sharan, Riya The women’s team has four Manchester City pledged to report of a supporter concerned, rather than potentially fi nd the us a chance to win. It was Bhatia, Prarthana Thom time National champion take a zero tolerance making alleged racist City as a club, who should legendary spinner laughing the fi rst ever year of the bare and Mahak Jain, looks Prerna Bhambri and Sneha approach against gestures and sounds bear the brunt of any
his way to the bank in the Shane Warne. * GETTY IMAGES IPL of franchise cricket set to dominate the 39th edi devi Reddy. supporters found to have towards players during the sanctions. coming days. where owners bought tion of the Petroleum Sports EIL, OIL and HPCL will be subjected Manchester Manchester City and “Why don’t we educate According to the Herald wanted to run it; I was the players and players went Promotion Board (PSPB) in the other teams in the fray. United players to racist Manchester United derby,” him instead? It’s not City’s Sun, Warne was paid onestop shop,” Warne was into auctions. terunit tennis meet to be Host BPCL has only nomi abuse after the derby said Greater Manchester fault, it’s his. Nothing to do $657,000 and given an quoted as saying by the Rajasthan Royals held at the DLTA Complex nated the veteran players. defeat on Saturday. Police in a statement. with Man City as a football ownership of 0.75 percent Australian paper. franchise is currently here from December 9 to 13. On Monday, the men’s United midfi elder Fred “A 41yearold man has club,” said the Norwegian. for every year he played Warne, who has also worth $200 million and ONGC has the country’s team quarterfi nals will pit was hit by objects thrown been arrested on suspicion “He’s been caught on after coming out of been a coachcummentor Warne, according to the best woman player, Ankita EIL against OIL and ONGC from the crowd as he of a racially aggravated camera and he should retirement in 2008. and then Brand report, believes that the Raina, who won a double against HPCL. prepared to take a corner public order and remains never be allowed into a “Part of my deal (was) Ambassador of the Royals, valuation will be doubled crown in the $25,000 ITF IOC and GAIL have been in the second half and in custody for football ground again, it’s because I had retired from led an unheralded bunch in next couple of years. women’s tournament at So given a bye and will play in footage on social media questioning.” unacceptable.” international cricket and I of players to an unlikely “Three per cent of $400 lapur, but does not have a the semifi nals directly. appears to show a City fan United manager Ole The incident comes after came out (of retirement), triumph during the million is all right,’ said quality second woman The veterans’ competi mimicking a monkey at the Gunnar Solskjaer said both England’s Euro 2020 they asked me to be the inaugural edition of IPL Warne, which eff ectively player. ONGC has Vishnu tion will also begin with Brazilian. Fred and Jesse Lingard had qualifi er against Bulgaria in captain, coach and run a back in 2008. means that he could earn Vardhan, V.M. Ranjeet and three quarterfi nals while de Later on Sunday, British been “aff ected” by the October was twice halted cricket team the way I In fact, current India up to $12 million. Vijay Kannan in the men’s fending champion OIL re police arrested a 41year alleged abuse. due to racist abuse. event. Though it has Yuki ceived a bye. Manas Roy Krishna is ISL Russia’s fate to emerges be decided in champion Hero of the Month WADA
NEW DELHI: Fourth seed Ma Press Trust of India meeting today nas Dhamne won the un Guwahati Agence France-Presse der12 boys’ title in the Ed Fiji international Roy Krish Lausanne die Herr international na was awarded the ISL He Russia will discover on junior tennis tournament, ro of the Month for Novem Monday whether it will be organised by IMG Acade ber after some scintillating banished from sporting my, in Bradenton, Florida, performances for his team competitions, including US, on Friday. ATK. the Olympic Games, for Manas, trained by Adi The striker saw off stiff four years when the World tya Madkekar and Kaifi Af competition from the likes AntiDoping Agency (WA sal in Pune and also of Jamshedpur FC’s Sergio DA) holds a crunch meet groomed at Impact Acade Castel, Odisha FC’s Aridane ing here. my in Bangkok, defeated Santana, FC Goa’s Mourtada WADA’s Executive Com Maxwell Exsted of the Unit Fall and Bengaluru FC cus mittee is expected to ap ed States 36, 60, [106]. todian Gurpreet Singh prove a recommendation However, Manas and his Sandhu. by its Compliance Review Nepal partner Aarav Sam The 32yearold, who has Committee that Russia be rat Hada were beaten 76 his roots in India, scored handed a fouryear suspen (5), 62 in the doubles fi nal three goals in as many Roy Krishna. sion after accusing Moscow by the Korean combination games and also recorded an * FILE PHOTO: H. VIBHU of falsifying laboratory of Se Hyuk Cho and Minse assist as ATK remained un doping data handed over ok Maeng. beaten throughout the Salt Lake Stadium — also to investigators earlier this Manas was part of the November. the home ground to ATK, year. Such a heavy sanc International Tennis Feder Krishna becomes the se before featuring in a tough tion would see Russia ruled ation (ITF) team from In cond successive ATK player away draw with Odisha FC. out of next year’s Tokyo dia, along with Rushil to win the Hero of the He capped off November Olympics and the 2022 Khosla and Pari Singh. Month Award this season af with another goal in front of Winter Games in Beijing. The results (fi nals): ter strikepartner David Wil his home crowd that turned Russian government of Under12: Boys: Manas liams bagged the same title out to be vital for ATK. fi cials would be barred Dhamne bt Maxwell Exsted in October. Krishna equalised almost from attending any major (US) 3-6, 6-0, [10-6]. Doubles: Se Hyuk Cho & Min- Krishna started the with the last touch of the events, while the country seok Maeng (Kor) bt Aarav month in emphatic fashion game with ATK trailing 21 would lose the right to Samrat Hada (Nep) & Manas with a brace and an assist against Mumbai City FC, host, or even bid, for Dhamne 7-6(5), 6-2. against Jamshedpur FC at making it 22. tournaments. Three cheers for Diya Chitale TABLE TENNIS gold, three silver and fi ve bronze medals. Sports Bureau The results (fi nals): Boys: JAMMU Youth: S.F.R. Snehit (TS) bt After starring in Maharash Shreyaans Goel (Del) 11-4, 11-6, tra’s triumph in the junior 11-5, 11-7; Doubles: Chinmaya girls’ team championship, Somaiya & Deepit Patil (Mah) bt Raegan Albuquerque & Mandar Mumbai teenager Diya Chi Hardikar (Mah) 11-6, 11-2, 11-9. tale added a double crown to Juniors: Payas Jain (Del) bt her kitty on the concluding Yashansh Malik (Del) 11-8, 9-11, day of UTT 81st junior and 11-9, 11-7, 11-7; Doubles: Aa- youth National table tennis darsh Chetri & Payas bt Alberto championships here on Lrruata & H. Jebo (Miz) 6-11, 3- Sunday. 11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-8. In the fi nal of junior (u18) Girls: Youth: Diya Chitale (Mah) girls singles, Diya thrashed bt Surbhi Patwari (Ben) 12-14, Swastika Ghosh in an all 11-8, 19-17, 11-6, 11-6; Doubles: Surbhi & Poymantee Baisya Maharashtra fi nal 116, 112, Way to go: Diya Chitale became the second player after (Ben) bt S. Selenadeepthi & 119, 115. Minutes later, the Karnataka’s Archana Kamath to be crowned the youth and Kowshika Venkatesan (TN) 9- 16yearold, who trains ex junior National champion in the same edition. 11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4. tensively in Germany, ward * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Juniors: Diya bt Swastika Ghosh ed off Bengal’s Surbhi Patwa (Mah) 11-6, 11-2, 11-9, 11-5; ri’s challenge 1012, 118,1917, chana Kamath to be had partnered Swastika to Doubles: Yashaswini Ghorpade 116, 116. crowned the youth and ju clinch the sliver in the junior & Anargya Manjunath (Kar) bt Diya became the second nior National champion in girls’ doubles fi nal. Diya & Swastika 8-11, 13-11, paddler after Karnataka’s Ar the same edition. Earlier, she Maharashtra bagged fi ve 11-8, 14-12. CM YK