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Shah Faesal Chairman of Association (JKCA) CEO Staunch political rivals Peoples’ United Front, Bukhari and administrator assembled in the lawns of Muzaffar Ahmad Shah, Justice Prasad.  # Farooq Abdullah’s fortified President of Awami National Continued on Page 4 Gupkar road residence and Conference.  " ) sent an unequivocal message Farooq Abdullah also that when it came to protecting appealed to the people of  "* the special status enjoyed by the Jammu & Kashmir to keep State, they stood shoulder to peace and calm in the Valley.       shoulder. “I also appeal to both the Burying their own political countries, India & Pakistan    fter fuelling hopes and differences, the representatives not to take any step that may Afrenzy about taking some of mainstream political parties accelerate the tension between spectacular decision on the along with the Congress the two countries,” he said. !! "  status of Jammu & Kashmir, resolved to protect and defend The situation remained curtailing Amarnath Yatra, the identity, autonomy and the tense in the Valley and former     and deploying thousands of tightlipped about the outcome special status of the State India all-rounder Irfan Pathan, troops in the Valley, the Modi of the high-level meeting that against all attacks and !    "#$   %           who is the mentor of Jammu & t a time when Peoples’ Government is expected to took place in Parliament com- onslaughts — whatsoever.   &         '       Kashmir State teams, along ADemocratic Party (PDP) discuss its option to deal with plex, it is understood that the After chairing the all-party with age-group aspirants, left Chief and former Chief the troubled State in a crucial situation in Kashmir and meeting, National Conference Reading out the text of the Farooq Abdullah also said tives will also apprise them of for their respective homes after Minister Mehbooba Mufti is Cabinet meeting on Monday strategies to tackle it was dis- president and Member of resolution passed during the the political parties in this the ‘unwholesome’ conse- ongoing Under-16 and Under- busy forging unity among morning. cussed in threadbare. Parliament from Srinagar, meeting he said, “Modification, meeting resolved to seek audi- quences, both short and long 19 trials in Srinagar have been mainstream political parties Ahead of that meeting, The possibility of the Farooq Abdullah, flanked by abrogation of Article 35-A, ence with the President of term, bound to follow the postponed due to prevailing in Kashmir, the Anti- Home Minister Amit Shah Union Cabinet taking some PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti 370, delimitation or trifurcation India, the Prime Minister and ‘unconstitutional’ violation of security situation in the Valley. Corruption Bureau (ACB) has chaired a high-level security important decisions on and PDP patron Muzaffar of the State would be an aggres- also other leaders of the polit- these guarantees. The repre- The State administration asked her to explain her posi- and intelligence meet on Kashmir seemed very much Hussain Baig, told reporters, sion against the people of ical parties to apprise them of sentatives of the political par- has issued an advisory for all tion before it regarding the ille- Sunday. The hour-long meet- on the cards with Prime “During the all-party meeting Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.” the current situation and make ties also resolved to remain tourists and Amarnath Yatris to gal appointments in Jammu ing was attended by National Minister Narendra Modi it was unanimously resolved Ironically, there was no an appeal to them to safeguard united and stand together for leave the Valley due to a poten- and Kashmir Bank. Security Adviser Ajit Doval, telling his party MPs to be pre- that all the parties, will be unit- reference on the prevailing the legitimate interest of the safeguarding the identity, tial terror threat. The ACB is currently Union Home Secretary Rajiv sent in Parliament from ed in their resolve to protect security situation emerging people with regard to the con- autonomy and special status of Pathan was in Srinagar to investigating complaints of Gauba and other senior offi- Monday to Wednesday. Modi and defend the identity, auton- along the Line of Control due stitutional guarantees given to the State. oversee the trials for the U-16 financial irregularities and ille- cials. The additional secre- was addressing them at the omy and the special status of to regular incidents of “unpro- the State by the Constitution of The all-party meet was (Vijay Merchant Trophy) and gal appointments in the Jammu tary of Jammu & Kashmir end of the two-day conclave of the State against all attacks and voked” ceasefire violations by our country.” also attended by former Chief U-19 (Cooch Behar Trophy) and Kashmir Bank. also met Shah. the BJP MPs. onslaughts what so ever”. the Pakistan army. “The political representa- Minister Omar Abdullah, and prune the list of probables. Continued on Page 4 While senior officials were Continued on Page 4      "       #              R   $                “If the Bill cannot be amended in the present situa- wo separate mass shootings ollowing the assurance of tion, it was also requested that Twithin 24 hours left 30 FUnion Health Minister as per section 4 (3) (g) Director people dead and several others Harsh Vardhan, the resident AIIMS, New should be injured in the US States of doctors of All India Institute of made ex-offico member of the Texas and Ohio, including one Medical Sciences (AIIMS) NMC at least in its 1st term,” thought to be a hate crime, the called off their four-day long read the letter. latest in a string of such inci- strike on Sunday. However, Dr Harsh Vardhan tweet- dents in America that have the Safdarjung resident doctors ed, “Today morning, I have met shocked the nation. are yet to resume non-essential RDA representatives of The first shooting took services. Safdarjung and AIIMS. I have place in the southern border The move came after the clarified their doubts and mis- town of El Paso in Texas, where Health Minister assured the understanding related to NMC a 21-year-old gunman opened delegation of Resident Doctors’ bill. I have explained to doctors fire at a crowded Walmart Associations (RDA) of AIIMS that NMC Bill is one of the store, killing 20 people and and Safdarjung hospital that biggest reform in the medical wounding 26 others on their concerns over the “The Health Minister Providers). “We were also education sector which is Saturday. National Medical Commission explained the objectives of assured by the Minister that would a blessing for 130 crore Hours later, a man killed (NMC) Bill will be duly bringing NMC Bill 2019 at representatives of RDA and population of the country.” nine people before being shot                   addressed. length and assured us that the students unions AIIMS (New “I have appealed doctors to dead by police in Oregon dis-     P         In a communique to the apprehensions... Will be duly Delhi) will be consulted before call off the strike so that trict, a historic neighbourhood AIIMS director, the RDA said addressed while drafting the framing of regulations of the patients should not get any dif- known for its nightclubs, bars, during a meeting, the Union regulations by the NMC once NMC bill under section 57 of ficulty in availing healthcare art galleries and shops, in   Minister assured them of it is constituted,” the AIIMS the Bill,” the AIIMS RDA said. facilities,” the Health Minister Dayton, Ohio early Sunday,  ! addressing their concerns while RDA said in the communique. “In this regard, a GBM of tweeted. police said. “The shooter is drafting the regulations of the It referred to section 14 (1) RDA-AIIMS was convened and After a governing body deceased. There are 9 others   NMC. The Minister also told para (2), admissions into its executive committee con- meeting of the RDA AIIMS, also deceased. At least 16 oth- # $ them that the representatives of undergraduate courses at veyed that decision of with- the executive committee decid- ers went to area hospitals with  the AIIMS RDA and students’ AIIMS New Delhi, section drawing on the strike and ed to withdraw the strike and injuries,” Dayton police said. union will be consulted while 15(5) admissions into AIIMS resuming of all services by the resume all services with imme- At least 26 others were  &'" Bhopal: Four persons were drafting the regulations of the New Delhi vide Exit Test and resident doctors with immedi- diate effect. injured, said Dayton Mayor. killed and five others were seri- commission. section 32 (Community Health ate effect,” read the letter. Continued on Page 4 Detailed report on P11       ously injured in a road accident, when a jeep collided with a pas-  %  &  senger bus in Niwali area of '    (   Barwani district on Sunday. ()  *       The road accident report-     ' ) edly occurred on Sunday morn- ing. The incident is reported to    now most of the cuts which get into cash loss. So to avoid     be in Niwali police station area have happened are in front-end that, dealers have been cutting of Barwani district. A jeep col- round two lakh jobs have sales jobs but if this (slowdown) down on costs other than man- fter a series of desertions lides with bus. In the incident, Abeen cut across automobile continues, then even the tech- power...Till March this year Aby party leaders and los- the jeep's testicles flew away and dealerships in India in the last nical jobs will be affected none of the dealers went for any ing the coalition Government four people in the jeep were also three months as vehicle retail- because if we are selling less manpower correction because in Karnataka, the Congress killed on the spot. ers take the last resort of cut- then we will also service less, so we thought this was a tempo- has finally decided to convene According to the informa- ting manpower to tide over the it is a cycle.” rary slowdown and it will soon the crucial Congress Working tion received, the passengers in impact of the unprecedented When asked how many recover,” he said. Committee (CWC) meeting the incident jeep were on their sales slump, according to jobs have been cut across the However, he said, “The this weekend to find a suc- baton since she was newer to way to Pansemal when the industry body FADA. dealerships in India, he said, way the first quarter has cessor to Rahul Gandhi to lead the party as compared to her Gayatri passenger bus on its With no immediate signs “Close to about two lakh.” panned out despite good elec- the party. sibling Rahul, who has ruled way to Indore collided with the of recovery, the Federation of “It is a guesstimate that our tion results and the Budget, the The party on Sunday out the possibility of a Gandhi jeep near the parked valley. The Automobile Dealers members have already cut 7-8 degrowth continued. It is clear announced that CWC will meet family member succeeding him Niwali police station on the spot Associations (FADA) feared per cent of the jobs in most of now that a proper slowdown on August 10 and sources said Karan Singh on Sunday launched rescue operations that the job cuts may continue the dealerships as the degrowth has hit us. Now dealers have finding a new party chief is in said Priyanka will be a “unify- after receiving information with more showrooms being has been very high,” he added. resorted to cutting manpower.” top on the agenda. The meet- ing force” and will enthuse about the incident. The five shut in the near future and Around 2.5 million people Terming manpower as ‘the ing would be the first since cadres if she takes on the man- injured were rushed to the sought immediate Government were employed directly across 271 cities in the 18- reach.” most precious resource of deal- Rahul had announced his deci- tle of party president. Last hospital through ambulances. intervention such as reduc- through around 26,000 auto- month period ended April this Elaborating reasons for ers’, Kale said, “That is the last sion to quit as the party chief. month, Singh had said he was According to the informa- tion of GST to provide relief to mobile showrooms operated by year, he added. taking the drastic step of cut- thing we try to cut down. The meeting comes after “aghast” at the disorientation tion received, the condition of the auto industry. 15,000 dealers. Another 2.5 Stating that more dealer- ting jobs, he said the ‘margin of When the slowdown started we several top party leaders such into which the party has fallen all those injured in the accident “The majority of job cuts million are indirectly employed ships have closed in the past error’ in the business in the past first decided that we should go as Shashi Tharoor, Amarinder following Rahul’s resignation, is said to be very critical. The have happened in the last three in the dealership ecosystem, he three months, Kale said, “We few years has really gone down for stock reduction. Most of Singh, Anil Shahstri, Karan and urged the working com- death toll is feared to rise. months...It started around May added. are collating the figures with cost almost doubling in OEMs have supported us. Singh amongst others voiced mittee to meet immediately Police said, all the occupants of and continued through June The two lakh jobs cuts in again...In a few cases some the last three to four years. While cutting other variable concern over lack of clarity over under the chairmanship of for- the hurricane jeep are resi- and July,” FADA President the last three months are over (dealers) have gone for closure “The margin that we earn expenses that we can, we did the leadership issue and opined mer prime minister dents of Ambada Salkheda and Ashish Harsharaj Kale told and above the 32,000 people of outlets, not the main outlets overall as a business has not not touch manpower till March that Priyanka Gandhi was the Manmohan Singh and take were on their way to visit PTI. who lost employment when but those which were put up gone up. Therefore, if we go and almost mid-April.” need of the hour. Priyanka has necessary decisions. Toranmal when the accident He further said, “Right 286 showrooms were closed anticipating some geographic into a degrowth situation we Continued on Page 4 said she is not ready to take the Continued on Page 4 took place. SR    !" #$#%& '()* 

      .     12$4 #&*/ (1 /!)4% 2$4 1( 56 ) 12.4% 1 81+   / 0      Bhopal: Kolar police have that accused could facilitate booked a woman for duping a job provided Rs 2.5 lakh to the Bhopal: The TT Nagar police ..  # 3000 cash were burgled at knife person to the tune of Rs accused in November 2015. have nabbed three miscreants  .  . #   point. 1.5 lakh in connection with The victim was never      -    has been taken as part of the who robbed a man of mobile The police registered a case facilitating government job ; facilitated with the job and   process of verification of dec- phone and cash on July 1 near   #  # under section 392 of the IPC accused woman posed as accused refused to refund the he eight-month-old Kamal larations made by the 230 law- Hanuman temple; police recov- and started investigation. Victim Congress party worker. money after which a com-     .   / TNath Government in makers as well as some candi- ered robbed valubables and      provided the registration num- Police said that the victim plaint was lodged by the vic- Madhya Pradesh is facing trou-   !    dates who lost. The exercise of scooter used in the robbery. ber of the scooter as Anand Shrivastava provided tim. During the period when ble as 15 legislators in Madhya   verifying details in the poll affi- According to the police, /    MP04SJ0104 and based on the Rs 1.5 lakh to the accused came in contact with the Pradesh have been summoned    # davits by matching them with acting on a tip off, regarding / !/  information the miscreants were Asha Jain in the name of accused and till the time she by the Income Tax Department information given in their miscreants with a stolen mobile 0"   ! traced and nabbed. The scoot- facilitating government job refused to return and facilitate over discrepancies related to income tax returns is being car- phone were nabbed and when er used in the robbery was also that never happened and later job she borrowed money apart the income and assets declara- ministers. For now, the legisla- ried out in pursuance of the they were questioned they con- .     ! seized by the police during the she refused to repay the from the money demanded tions made by them in their tors have been exempted from Supreme Court guidelines. fessed robbery along with his  #/ / investigation. money. for facilitation of the job. election affidavits for the 2018 making personal appearance Official sources said that two accomplices. .. . During the investigation In his complaint, with the The police have registered Assembly polls. before the IT officials. They can based on the response from the The three miscreants were when the miscreants were Kolar police the victim stated a case under section 420 of the The MLAs are from the send their representatives for legislators, the department will identified as Mahesh Dhanwade quizzed they confessed that are that in the year 2015 he came IPC and have started further ruling Congress its ally Bahujan submitting their detailed expla- prepare a detailed report of (38), Neeraj Sonawane (26) and been booked for attempt to liquor addicts and spent money into contact with the accused investigation. The victim used Samaj Party and the BJP which nations about the discrepan- their income and assets and Navneet Murane (34). murder while Navneet has been on liquor and luxurios life. The woman Asha Jain. She intro- to work with a private firm is the main opposition in the cies, which run into crores of send it to the Election The nabbed miscreants booked for transportation of modus operandi of miscreants duced herself as a Congress and provided money four state assembly. Among the rupees. Commission. Action as per have been booked by different liquor illegally. is to target people moving alone party worker and claimed to years ago and for the past four politicians summoned by the A former Samajwadi Party the tax laws will be initiated police stations of the city for On July 1 the miscreants and rob them at knife point. The have contacts with big shots of years the accused escaped department is a serving minis- member, who lost the 2018 against them if the verification attempt to murder, robbery, robbed Ajay Choudhary of three have also been booked for the party and could help the with excuses and later refused ter in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, has also unearths large scale tax evasion gambling and transportation Arjun Nagar near Hanuman extortion by TT Nagar police. victim in getting government to return or facilitate job for cabinet and two former state been summoned. The action or benami property. of liquor illegally. Neeraj has temple. A mobile phone and Rs SR job. The victim after assuring the victim. SR *  '            . !.      +,(   N4 1( ( &&/12 (%#& .: $ %* 2$  .      -  the further investigation. After .#1!/ +& 4&/ # (!** &.)&"O the initial investigation police iplani police have nabbed a have registered a case under Pdrug peddler near sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS      -    # Nagar include unique artifact      -  (   was given that instructions Nizamuddin colony and recov- Act. on book art, robotics, 3D- had been issued to ensure    #    ered drugs worth 20,000 from The source of the drugs tudents of Sagar Public    # Printing, The Earth Summit, hief Secretary Sudhi lighting arrangement in all his possession on Saturday. and their scheduled delivery to SSchool Rohit Nagar and The TED talks, relationship CRanjan Mohanty has said   public buildings and monu- Police said that acting on a the customer in the state cap- Gandhi Nagar commenced its  between technology and soci- that the families of freedom ments of national importance tip-off regarding a man carry- ital and nearby areas would be multifarious Spectrum and   % ety in the fields of communi- fighters, Kargil martyrs and   on the night of August 14th and ing drugs was nabbed near probed. Imaginarium with great enthu-   cation, space research, rockets, families of jawans who lost  #   15th. Nizamuddin colony and when The accused was on his siasm and jubilation. The  '  sustainable Bio-Filtration their lives in terrorist attacks Information about the he was searched 2 kg of way to deliver drugs to cus- exhibit focused on ingraining Plants, food impurities and its should be invited with full ) instructions issued regarding Cannabis was recovered from tomer but was nabbed before an imaginative attitude Chemistry, Biology, Geography, impact. The pre-primary honour to attend the *   preparations for Independence his possession. he could deliver the drugs. amongst Sagarites to make Social Studies and Languages – Sagarites toddlers depicted the Independence Day celebra- Day celebration in the dis- The accused was identified Police said that the accused them creative, aesthetic, tech- Hindi, English, Sanskrit. The ocean world and sea animals by tions. tricts, development blocks, as Lakhan Ahirwar and he is a was alone when he was carry- nological yet informative with exhibits presented by students a social message to save them Mohanty also gave instruc- homage to martyrs at Shaurya panchayat headquarters, urban resident of Sehore who failed to ing the drugs or he was helped their working and non-work- were based on application and save water it is precious for tions to promote plantations on Smarak. bodies and educational insti- provide details of the drugs by accomplice would be inves- ing model. models and quiz format show- life. Independence Day. He was The Chief Secretary sought tutions was also given in the recovered from his tigated. Involvement of the As many as 500 teams of casing sharing of knowledge. Sagarites showcased their addressing a meeting held at information about the meeting. possession. nabbed accused in other crimes both schools comprising of The exhibit was witnessed by creativity by creating exhibits the Mantralaya on Saturday arrangements of seating, traf- Additional Chief Secretary After the accused spotted in the state capital would be over 3000 Sagarites from students, parents, guests and under the supervision of their regarding preparations for the fic, broadcasting of the cere- Forest KK Singh, Additional police he tried to escape but investigated. Classes Nursery–XII partici- faculties. respective mentors as guides upcoming Independence Day mony, medal felicitation and Chief Secretary Panchayat and was chased and nabbed and Kotwali police Sehore pated in the exhibit displaying Key attractions of using waste materials spreading celebrations. prize distribution. Rural Development Gauri when his bag was checked would be contacted to check over 2000 creative and innov- Spectrum at Sagar Public the message of 3 R - reduce, In the meeting it was Mohanty said that arrange- Singh, Additional Chief drugs weighing 2 kg were the crime records of the ative array of models on School, Rohit Nagar include - recycle and reuse and dis- informed that the main func- ments for barricading, drink- Secretary Sports and Youth recovered. accused and his involvement in Science, Social Science, Sagar Saga, The World of Greek played social messages of save tion in the capital Bhopal will ing water and toilet etc should Welfare Veera Rana besides Police said that the details drug trafficking and informa- Mathematics, Computers, Literature, Alley to Science the environment, Go Green be held at 9 am at Motilal be ensured at the officers of all departments and of procurement and delivery of tion of accomplices which help Humanities, Art & Craft, and Mathematics whereas in just like traffic lights by plant- Nehru Stadium. Prior to this, venue. representatives of the Army the drugs would be searched in in drug trafficking. Commerce, Accountancy, Sagar Public School Gandhi ing saplings, save water etc. the Chief Minister will pay In the meeting information were present in the meeting.    )+,     Q'

     -      +$  $#  -)   he Minister for Minorities        ' * R TWelfare Arif Aqueel gave )/ )   /    send off to 296 Haj pilgrims,   who left for Jeddah from Bhopal      -  Embarkation point on Sunday. Committee Janab Abdul Kalam     Two flights taking Haj pilgrims Qasmi, Janab Hafiz Abdul inister for Public   #  took off directly for Jeddah Hafeez, President Masajid MRelations PC Sharma (Saudi Arabia) at 9.35 am and Committee and Member of the attended ‘Aapki Sarkar-Aapke       11.35 am. State Haj Committee Janab Dwaar’ programme held at Haj pilgrims, who are going Amir Aqueel, Janab ward number 24 of Bhopal on       for Haj-2019 through Madhya Abdul Mughni Khan, Janab Sunday. He heard grievances of #   Pradesh Haj Committee, were Mohammad Aslam of Seoni, people and directed officials for taken to the Raja Bhoj Airport, Janab Mohammad Abrar, Janab its immediate redressal.  Bhopal by special buses from the Haj Mohammad Sharma told people that Haj Transit Camp for the first Adif Khan of Chhindwara, the state government is com- and second flight. Janab Ali Hussain Shivaam of mitted to resolve each and Sharma further mentioned “Aapki Sarkaar-Aapke Dwaar’ The first group of Haj pil- Bhopal, Janab Sabir Khan of every problem of common that attention will be also paid programme. grims proceeded from the Haj Vidisha and Mohtarma Nazma man. towards development of area PR Minister Sharma will House for the airport at 4.00 am, Ansari. Janab Syed Babar He said that people need along with the redressal of take part in birth day pro- whereas the second group left Hussain, Nayab Shahar Mufti of not visit tehsil, district and state problems under the pro- gramme of famous singer Late the Haj House at 5.45 am Janab Bhopal Janab Hasseb Ullah, level offices now to get their gramme. Development works Kishore Kumar in Khandwa in Hafiz Mohammad Siraj-ul- Secretary Mutawalli Committee problems redressed. Under the will be done on priority. the evening on Monday. He will Hasan Mujaddi reached the air- of Bhopal Janab Shadab ‘Aapki Sarkaar-Aapke Dwaar’ Corporators Shabista Zaki participate in Shahi Sawari port to conduct special prayer. Rahman, Janab AR Anjum and programme, officers of every and Yogendra Singh Chouhan after darshan of Mahakaal in Haj Pilgrims were given Former Corporator Janab Syed level will reach at the doorstep along with eminent citizens, Ujjain on Monday, August 05. send off by Shahr Qazi Janab Shahid Ali were present on the of common man and redress residents and all the officers of He will return to Bhopal late in Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadwi Sahab, Mufti-e Shahar and Member of Madhya Pradesh Haj occasion. their grievances. the district were present at the the evening. $4 $ &.&/ (1 .&!$**     !? 11 . 1( $..$!*4% #. =>&$ .>1*/ $8 -#$$4 $ &    $*$. 1)&4 (1 /$!%#& (1  &$ . "12214 2$4 Bhopal: Bajaria police has arrest- two years. Police found that the    ed a man for sexually assaulting girl was six year old when her      -  his 8-year-old daughter for the mother died and she started to past two years in Dwarika Nagar; sleep with her father and was      -  ples of sub-standard quality, overnor Lalji Tandon met victim was sexually assaulted aware of the ill intents her father 13 of misbranded, 3 Gpeople of various sections threatening her of life after her as having and became victim of n the ongoing campaign Adulterant, 72 of confirm of society on Sunday at Raj mother died around a year ago. the heinous act. Iagainst the adulteration, quality and one of prohibitive Bhavan and heard their griev- According to police, the The victim was afraid of her action under the National level. ances. He also gave instructions accused is a resident of Dwarika father as he had threatened her Security Act (NSA) has been During the campaign, the to the officials in connection to Nagar with his two children the of life. On Friday she braved to taken against two traders, Food Safety Officers has the Raj Bhavan and office 8-year-old victim and her 12- tell the atrocities to her elder Hardik S/o Dwarikadas seized 3000 kg flour in Guna, working. year-old brother and victim faced brother who knew that helpline Mahajan of Khargone district 119 kg vanaspati (visible like The Governor Tandon said atrocities in the house from her numbers and NGO workers and Ummed Singh Rawat S/o ghee) in Ujjain and 125 kg that the doors of the Raj father. After receiving the infor- could help him. Police have reg- Hukum Singh Rawat of namkeen of substandard Bhavan are always open for the mation police rescued the girl istered a case under section 376 Gwalior district. quality in Hoshangabad dis- common man. He instructed while the accused father escaped of the IPC and section of POCSO Total 1884 samples of trict on Sunday. that whoever wants to meet and was later nabbed by the Act. milk, ghee, paneer, milk The Pradeep Masala him should be given permis- police. The accused was produced products, adulterants and Factory of Adhaartaal sion easily. He said that Raj In the initial investigation in the court and was sent under food items have been taken Industrial Area of Jablapur Bhavan is meant for common police found that the victim girl judicial custody. During the till now under the campaign has been sealed due to the man. He directed that efforts lived in inhumane conditions as investigation police found that being conducted from July irregularities. should be made to make pre- the accused father used to phys- the girl was not aware what she 20. 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     -  tra.      Ravindra Shinde along he legendary singer of with playback singers Amrita TBollywood Kishore Kumar Natu and Aparna Nagarkatti      -  studied. man. In this book with his was remembered on his birth- performed beautifully at the ( The Shape of Things to years of experience, he has day with a melodious musical show. This orchestra is the he popular collection of ' Come: Author Markandeya marked his priorities for India night Yeh Shaam Mastani. A attraction of this time with Tnew books was released in Katju: This book by former in the times to come. musical concert was organised almost eighteen musicians. Swami Vivekananda Library #'  Supreme Court Judge Chanakya's View: Author at Ravindra Bhavan here on The singers performed as here on Sunday. It is a must Markandey Katju shows the Pawan K. Verma: Adi Sunday many as 30 solo and duet look for the book lovers of the   aspect of India that is changing Shankaracharya: Hinduism's A well known singer songs of Kishire Kumar leav- city. There are 22 books in this from an agricultural society to Greatest Thinker, and Raj Ravindra Shinde of ing thr audience mesnerised. collection. a modern, industrialized coun- Sabha MP K Pawan K Verma gave tribute to legendry singer The event began with the Some of the books that Indian Pharma by Katherine try. But to make this completely This book is a collection of arti- of Bollywood Kishore Kumar. famous track 'Yeh Shaam have been put on display Eban, Relentless: An successful, he has given a sci- cles written by him in the past. He performed in a musical Mastani'. The concert was includes, Chanakya's View: By Autobiography by Yashwant entific mission for National In this book, he has put his night Yeh Shaam Mastani. much enjoyed by the audiences Pavan K Varma, The Shape of Sinha and more. Reconstruction as needed thoughts on the biggest chal- This programme was and many people took the Things to Come: An Notably , Pakistan The today and said that we have to lenges facing a huge country organised by the Directorate of pleasure to go back in the old Impassioned View by Balochistan Konandrum change our centuries-old think- like India. Culture. times. The audiences were Markandey Katju, Resurgent Author: Tilak Devashar: In his ing. Swami Vivekananda It is to be noted on the awestruck by the performance India: Politics, Economics and third book on Pakistan, Tilak Resurgent India: Author Library Manager Yatish Bhatele occasion of the birthday of of the artists. Governance by Bimal Jalan, Devashar has studied why Bimal Jalan: In the book writ- said that these books were put Kishore Kumar in Bhopal for !         O0 The songs took the audi- Pakistan: The Balochistan Balochistan is a troublesome ten by former Governor of on display on Sunday. the last two years, the pro-   P     3 ( ences back in the era of black Conundrum by Tilak issue for Pakistan. In this book, Reserve Bank of India, Bimal Members can reserve them gramme has been started with '  '  /  /      and white movies. There were Devasher, Democracy, the separation of Baloch from Jalan, he has said that despite and members will issue on next the objective to encourage and songs like Phoolon ke rang se, Interrupted: The Emergency Pakistan and the annexation of being the fastest growing econ- Saturday. New books are bring to light the talented this tradition has been estab- environment for artists Ek Ajnabi Haseena, Chudi 1975-77, Bottle of Lies: Kalat Princely State by Pakistan omy in the world, India has not released every Sunday in the artists who will sing the tracks lished with the intention of engaged in the continuous nahi ye and many more pre- Ranbaxy and the Dark Side of in 1948 and its history is deeply been able to reach the common library. of Kishore Kumar. Generally, providing a better forum and smooth music through orches- sented on the show. 01*@ .4%4%:  +$* /$4"& N ( #& -!*  $14> %$ )& (1 2&/ $  +$* !.&!2 1 &.# -$4$A ." &&4&/ Bhopal: A discussion and film this, they seek justice for them- screening 'If She Built A selves and their communities      -  Dare'. After this, by presenting formers. After this, the artists Nation- Agar Wo Desh Banati' and share their thoughts about the songs 'Kukrin Do Buri Kin presented a dance to Dev was held at Daylogg how a country should be. nder Uttaradhikar series Do' and 'Woh Mado Indra Deepawali. Coworking here on Sunday. It is to be noted that Ufolk singing and tribal Chicholi Aati' respectively, the After paddy harvesting, this The documentary of 60 Maheen Mirza is a cinematog- dance were performed at audience present in the audito- dance is performed when paddy minutes is directed by Maheen rapher committed to cinema Madhya Pradesh State Tribal rium was mesmerized. is offered to the ancestors and Mirza. The script was written that is born of collective prac- Museum here on Sunday. The artists then wrapped up deities are worshiped along with by Richin. In this documentary tice. She has made fiction and The programme started their singing by presenting the the ancestors. The artists, with Maheen has showcased the documentary films across the with Mansharam (Harda) per- songs 'Limbka Libo Libo do their dancing skills, brought stryggle of rural women as they country. forming 'Korku tribal singing' Limbca' and 'Dolara Khichada some pages of this tradition to strive for a livelihood in their Rinchin writes stories and along with his fellow artists. This Do Udare'. During the recital, the audience on stage. This iwn town. Maheen focussed on film scripts. She works in singing performance focused Ramrati, Annu, Jamunabai and dance can also be considered a the villages of Chhattisagrh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya on the Sawan festival 'Dular' of Punebai accompanied in symbol of prosperity. Raigarh and nearby. Pradesh on socio-political the Korku tribe. In this presen- singing. During the presentation, As mines and power plants issues especially with the anti tation, about six women artists Later, Vansingh Bhai Mansingh on the dhol, Ramu appear and grow monstrous mining peoples’ movement. brought the festival of Dawn to Chamayda (Baroda) performed bhai on the big clarinet, Arvind proportions around them, For over two decades she has the audience with their singing 'Rathwa Tribal Dance' along on the dholak and Jaffaria on the rural, adivasi women from the been a part of the women’s and skills. with his fellow artists. Artists thali accompanied the dancers. villages of Raigarh, queer movement. In this presentation, the started the dance presentation Vansingh Bhai Chamayda has Chhattisgarh critique the grand They are both part of performers recited the rituals of with a dance centered on Holi. been honored with many pres- plan of development of the Ektara Collective, a strong pro- swinging from the singing medi- In this presentation, Vansingh tigious accolades and awards. country. Many of them have ponent of the independent cin- um during the Dular festival to Bhai Chamayda presented Holi- Vansingh Bhai Chamayda has been cheated of their land and ema movement. immersing them in the river centric dance to the audience on given many enthralling perfor- compensation, their relation- Later, a question and with their singing. The artists the attractive rhythms of pea- mances of Rathwa tribal dance ship with the forest and envi- answer session sas also held started the performance by pre- cock feathers and musical on various art platforms of the ronment severed. wherein Maheen answered dif-  )  35 (3/  /      senting the song 'Odhni Kocha instruments with fellow per- country. As they grapple with all ferent doubts of the viewers. SR  '   R     +       3  agement system. be established to Parking lots, 12     “The progress work to set Shopping Malls, Markets,   ,  up, the ICCC is underway. Residential colonies, urugram district will soon  Once this centre became oper- Educational institutions,   Ghave an Integrated ational the entire district can be Government Hospitals, Police Command and Control Centre   3 seen on just a single click. The Stations, Police Posts, Bus (ICCC) to monitor incoming 5  command centre will be con- Stands, Railway Stations, Public 3+4 4 outgoing traffic and traffic nected to CCTV cameras and places, Government offices and   hold ups. The ICCC is being set      will enable automated chal- Business Centers.   # up by the Gurugram ,:    lenging to defaulters. It will The work for the project,   Metropolitan Development     ensure certainty of law and estimated to cost 62.77 crore,  #  Authority (GMDA). The enforcement,” said Amit Khatri, has been awarded to IL&FS ICCC, CCTV Surveillance 0 - -- the Deputy Commissioner Technologies Ltd. It will be    System integrated with intelli- (DC) Gurugram. completed in 9-12 months in a gent traffic systems and     The ‘Optical Fibre phased manner.        various other Smart City appli-     Backbone network’, shall be In order to e-connect all cations. -   created under this project for areas of Gurugram to the uspecting fidelity of his wife, The development authori- Gurugram City. This network ICCC, a city-wide fibre net- Sa 58-year-old man alleged- ty has started installing CCTV backbone will create a robust work has been planned that will ly stabbed her in south Delhi’s cameras. It expects that in a including CCTV-based public network infrastructure that function as the backbone for all Sangam Vihar area after a fight year, it will set up an optical safety and adaptive traffic man- can provide all kind of net- Smart City initiatives. on Saturday morning. The fibre backbone network with- agement system, smart parking working requirements for city- The fibre network accused suspected her of being in the GMDA boundaries. system, water supply manage- wide CCTV project as well as will stretch over 600 km, in a relationship with a younger The ICCC will be the nodal ment system, pollution moni- connectivity for various Smart covering 115 sectors in man, police said on Sunday. point for all online data relat- toring, property tax manage- City applications. Gurugram and Manesar, an /6 2 &  2 ) (   O  P       Investigations revealed that the ed to Smart City applications, ment system and asset man- The connectivity shall also official added.   -  ! /      accused is jobless and have an alcohol addiction. He often argued and picked up fights 3        1   with his wife and children over 5   P   $4%.& 1( $.&& %$4% petty issues, a police official      tified as Jagadhir alias Bholi (25) said.    court’s order, the woman shot not be allowed to leave the  of Daultabad village in The 56-year-old injured a video in front of the Indian National Capital Region $ &.&/ 4 $2$ $%$ Gurugram. woman was rushed to a near- he Delhi High Court has Consulate in San Francisco, (NCR) without the permission youth was killed over old According to the police, by hospital and is stated to be Tgranted bail and complaining that the man of the court and the appeal Arivalry in Pataudi on On Saturday night around 9 am out of danger, police said. The suspended the seven years’ who attacked her in India may be heard expeditiously.        police team while he was Saturday night. A case in this Nitin Fauji a resident of couple have three sons who sentence awarded to a man for has been granted bail. The court said it finds seen moving in Abul Fazal regard has been registered Daultabad village along with were at home at the time of the digitally raping an American In the video, the woman force in the contention of the he Delhi Police has arrest- Enclave and at around 10 pm against five people under rele- Jagadhir, Mania of Khalilpur vil- incident. woman who recently shot a said, “Last month I was noti- woman’s counsel and directed Ted a 38-year-old gangster on Saturday. His body search vant sections of the Indian lage and Khati of Telpuri village The sons managed to lock video outside the Indian fied that the man who vicious- that the man shall not leave from southeast Delhi’s Jamia led to recovery of a country Penal Code (IPC) at the Pataudi were going to a restaurant in a their father inside a room and Consulate in San Francisco, ly attacked me, who I had to the NCR without its permis- Nagar area, who is member of made pistol and a live car- Police Station, said the police. car for dinner, the restaurant sit- immediately rushed the injured alleging that she was denied fight to make sure he was con- sion. notorious Abdul Naseer tridge”, The Additional DCP The victim has been iden- uated in Dharuhera, Rewari. woman to a nearby hospital, a assistance there. victed of his crime and he was It also directed Panwar Gang. The arrested person said. senior police officer said. On The incident dates back sentenced in India, has been not to contact or get in touch was identified as, Ible Hassan During interrogation, the way, they called up police to 2013, when Delhi resident given bail on his appeal.” with the complainant alias Dilshad (38) a resident of Hassan told the police that he and reported about the inci- Rajiv Panwar sexually assault- She further gave details of woman in any manner and if Abul Fazal Enclave in Jamia was earlier a grocery vendor dent, the officer said. ed the US national who was the unfortunate incident of he does so, she or the prose- Nagar and a native of Hapur but jumped into crime world During interrogation, staying as a tenant in his 2013 and added “you don’t cution may move an appro- district in Western Uttar for easy money and was first the accused told police that house in South Delhi with her give bail to convicted crimi- priate application for the pass- Pradesh said, Additional time arrested in year 1999 and he suspected his wife of having husband. She filed a complaint nals that are sentenced”. ing of the appropriate and DCP (Southeast) Kumar later joined Abdul Nasser an illicit relationship with a against him in June 2013 and “I come here to the San necessary orders in this Gyanesh. gang and started doing extor- 23-year-old man who also Panwar was convicted of rape Francisco consulate, where I regard. An application was Hassan was previously tion, gambling and land grab- lives in the same locality, the by a trial court here in need to have these forms also filed on behalf of the arrested in four murder cases bing of disputed properties in officer said. February 2019. He was sen- notarised so that (Delhi) high woman that she be implead- and was previously involved Trans Yamuna area, police Even a day before the inci- tenced to seven years’ impris- court knows who my attorney ed as a party in the appeal. To in 16 cases. After coming out said. dent, the accused fought with onment. is and I am on board, and I am this, the high court said the on bail in June this year, he In 2014, due to enmity his wife. However, the issue was When someone rapes a again denied service and assis- proceedings have been was planning to lead the gang with Naseer Gang, accused sorted after the children inter- person using their finger or tance from the consulate in launched by the state govern- in absence of Abdul Naseer, Hassan along with his gang vened. But on Saturday, the fingers it is termed as digital India, now San Francisco they ment on the complaint of the who is absconding and has members murdered one Akil accused again fought with his rape. tell me now that I need to go woman who was not a party reportedly gone underground Mama at Jafarabad area. In wife, following which he Panwar challenged the and get it notarised locally before the trial court. after a case under stringent this case Akil’s brother Zahid stabbed her with a kitchen trial court’s verdict in the then have to go to Sacramento It said the woman was not Maharashtra Control of was the eyewitness. Zahid knife, he added. high court which, on July 5, and get the notary verified,” required to be Organised Crime Act had threat to his life and was A case of attempt to mur- granted him bail on furnish- she said in the video. impleaded as a party in the (MCOCA) was registered provided PSO by the Delhi der was registered and the ing a personal bond of Justice Chander Shekhar appeal but she has a right of against Naseer by Delhi Police, however in 2015, accused husband was arrested, 25,000 and said as the dis- of the high court, while sus- audience and hearing and Police. Hassan alongwith his associ- the officer said. posal of the appeal may take pending the sentence, said would be heard and granted “There was a specific ates put chilli powder in the The weapon of offence has some time, the substantive the man has spent over five permission to intervene and information about movement eyes of PSO and eliminated also been recovered, police sentence of the appellant is months in custody. assist the prosecutor and this of the wanted criminal and the eyewitness Zahid, a police said. Two of their sons are mar- suspended during the pen- Advocate Karuna Nandy, court within the legal para- accordingly a police team was official involved in probing ried and the younger one is 23- dency of the plea. representing the woman, sub- meters during the course of tasked to bring him to justice. criminal cases registered year-old, they added. Upset with the high mitted that Panwar should the hearing. Hassan was arrested by the against Hassan said.   5    !" #$#%& '()*  " #$  ""  *    %4    *%*5         -  B  C the-art technologies, engaged against jamming by aircraft the targets at different ranges 4164 radars, defence sources said. ndia successfully conducted and altitudes," an official state- 1160 2 QRSAM uses solid-fuel Itwo back-to-back flight tests ment said. propellant and has a range of of its state-of-the-art quick The entire mission was 6,9:,1 25-30 km, the sources said. reaction surface-to-air missiles captured by various electro-  12 1; The first trial of the (QRSAM) against live aerial optical tracking systems, radar 61;<,62, QSRAM was conducted on targets from a base in Odisha systems and telemetry systems. June 4, 2017, they said. on Sunday. The all-weather and all-ter- ;9631 On February 26, 2019, two The Defence Research and rain QRSAM system has been ,11;,62 rounds of trials were success- Development Organisation developed for the Army, with fully carried out on the same (DRDO) successfully test-fired search and track on the move day. the two missiles from the inte- capability having a very short with indigenously-developed The two missiles were test- grated test range (ITR) at reaction time. phased array radar, inertial ed for different altitude and Chandipur near here. Defence Minister Rajnath navigation system, data link conditions. The test flights had "Two missiles were tested Singh has congratulated the and RF seeker," it said. successfully demonstrated their against two live targets meeting DRDO on achieving the sig- The missile, which can be aerodynamics, propulsion, complete mission objectives nificant milestone, the state- mounted on a truck and stored structural performance and of engaging the targets. ment said. in a canister, is equipped with high manoeuvring capabili- QRSAM, with many state-of- "The systems are equipped electronic counter measures ties, the sources added.  &  6     7  &  &    8/  ) "    & & 7 3    &&$   87$9   &   /      said, also focused on proper     conduct by MPs, and Modi in rime Minister Narendra this context mentioned his       +  he Nepal Government on PModi asked BJP MPs on own long tenure in govern- TSunday annulled the citi- Sunday to shun any negativity ment, earlier as Gujarat chief !  ! " Q&- + zenship of eight people of and work with a positive mind- minister and now as prime Indian origin on the ground set so as to win over even those minister. that they procured the citizen- who did not vote for the party. He asked the MPs to stand !! # $%  "    ship certificate through forged In his address at the con- in queues with public and documents. cluding session of the two-day speak appropriately.  - earnings from tilling rice fields     Pakistan police was his men- The decision to cancel the training programme for over Modi chose to sit among amount to about 3,00,000 tally challenged brother. citizenship certificates of the 380 party lawmakers, he also the MPs in one of the back n Indian farmer, who ($4,306). ays after an Indian nation- "Two persons in civil dress eight individuals was taken in referred to the next Lok Sabha    !  rows during the meeting. Areturned home after failing Rikkala had previously Dal was arrested in Pakistan had come to our house yester- a cabinet meeting, officials election, scheduled for 2024, 3   &   BJP vice-president Vinay to find a job in Dubai, on lived in Dubai and worked as allegedly for "spying", a man day (Saturday). They showed us said. The eight persons are and told them to nurse their  $ 2 Sahasrabuddhe conducted a Saturday ended up winning a driver. from Madhya Pradesh on pictures on their mobile phone. identified as Ashok Shah, Binde constituencies in a way that  /6  (3 session on self-development over $4 million in raffle, the An inhabitant of Sunday claimed the arrested The person seen in the picture Mahato, Rajendra Mahato, they can retain them on the  :)  !%  for the lawmakers while tickets of which he bought Jakranpalli village in person was his "mentally-chal- is Raju, who is my mentally Danadevi Mahato, Sushil strength of their work and    Defence Minister Rajnath with the money borrowed from Nizamabad district, Rikkala lenged brother" who has been challenged elder brother," said Mahato, Rajeshwar Mahato, conduct, sources said. Singh spoke on the party's his wife. has two daughters. He has missing for the last two Dilip Pindare. Ramkishor Mahato and He cited his own clean itics, in the interest of their con- contribution to the country. Vilas Rikkala, who is been buying raffle tickets in the months. Dilip said his father Rajkumar Mahato. record to urge the members of stituencies and the nation, A book titled "Sanskritik presently in Hyderabad, was UAE for two years, including However, Khandwa dis- Lakshman works as a farm Meanwhile, Rastriya Janta Parliament to keep their per- Joshi said. rashtravad ke shilpi" (Architects the winner of the Dh15 million the Dubai Shopping Festival trict police said they had no labourer. Party-Nepal (RJP-N) joint gen- sonal and professional conduct A BJP MP said Modi spoke of cultural nationalism), a col- ($4.08 million) Big Ticket raf- raffle tickets while he worked information about any such He said Raju had been eral secretary Rakesh Mishra above board, according to MPs like a "guardian" and touched lection of BJP president Amit fle, the Gulf News reported. in the UAE. person missing from the dis- mentally challenged since the told PTI that the government who attended the meeting. on issues related to political, Shah's speeches on personali- Rikkala left the UAE 45 After his job efforts failed, trict. past 15 years, and it was com- should properly investigate the The Prime Minister asked ideological as well as personal ties ranging from Chanakya to days ago at the end of his failed he borrowed 20,000 from his Police in Pakistan's Punjab mon for him not to return matter before taking such deci- the MPs to give ample time to aspects of their lives. party founder Syama Prasad effort to hunt for a job in wife and gave the money to his province had last week claimed home for one-two months. sion. their families but shun “pari- Turning his attention to the Mookerjee, was also released. Dubai. friend Ravi, who works in Abu to have arrested an "Indian "We don't have money and "I doubt whether the gov- varvaad” (dynasty politics), next Lok Sabha polls, he asked Shah, who is the Union On Saturday, he was Dhabi. Ravi bought three tick- spy", Raju Lakshman, in the our family couldn't afford treat- ernment had accumulated suf- they said. MPs to identify booths where Home Minister, did not attend informed that he has won the ets under Rikkala's name. town of Dera Ghazi Khan. ment for his mental illness," he ficient evidence that Indian The Prime Minister asked they did not fare well and the meeting as he remained huge prize money. "My wife, Padma, is the Speaking to PTI, Dilip claimed. nationals were granted the MPs to focus on people's work to strengthen their pres- busy with official work related According to the report, reason for the celebration," Pindare, a resident of Indawadi Dilip also said that Raju Nepalese citizenship certifi- participation and pro-people ence there. to Jammu & Kashmir, the Rikkala and his wife do farm Rikkala was quoted as saying village in Khandwa district, has had dropped out of school cates. policies, while overlooking pol- His speech, the sources sources said. jobs in India and their annual by the report. claimed the person arrested by after he failed in class five.

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" &/&4$*. $. and rapes" in that state, the gist Prashant Kishor. recognised party by 2020. &"&& $ *&& ( 12 -5 L1 $ )!+*" )& .14 $ & @414 1 party's Jharkhand unit chief "The poll bugle (in The JD(U) has emerged as  &5333 .! ) .&/ 1 &"&& $ *&& ( 12 && 14& +! #. 1!.)1@&4 4$! & Salkhan Murmu said. Reacting Jharkhand) will be sounded by the second largest party in the #& -5 14"& &/ &((1 . $ & $4/ $ !4G!& .$4"& 14 $.#2 to this, the Jharkhand unit of Nitish Kumar on August 25 at assembly polls held in BJP- +&4% 2$/& 1 + 1+&$ .&&2. 1 #$& $*&/ .12& From Page 1 BJP. Leaders of the party have with settling the leadership the BJP said the party expects Ranchi, five days after the ruled Arunachal Pradesh. It has 2$4. &$2 *&$/& . H #$  4& &.. 4 &*#5 Tharoor on his part on cited indecision and confu- question are likely to top the that the JD(U) would side with launch of a Nitish Lao also made inroads in Nagaland. Sunday said the party should sion within the rank and file of agenda, sources said. appoint an interim president the party after Rahul’s resigna- According to the Congress and then hold internal elections tion as a reason to quit. constitution, if an exigency      to senior leadership positions A host of leaders holding arises then the senior-most /9( '    which would allay all concerns. party positions, a majority of general secretary should deal “When we spoke with them in the middle-level, had with the routine tasks of the     R   Rahul, he said there should be resigned after Rahul quit to Congress president and then a culture of accountability. If enable restructuring of the the working committee should '   '   Rahul has done this, then it is party. name an interim president From Page 1 ments in the Bill. According to relevant for everyone. Top Congress leaders have until a new president is elect- From Page 1 is also expected to suspend taining calm. The leadership They said the AIIMS them, if not amended, the Bill This principle is not just for been pondering over who ed. Accordingly, it was decid- mobile internet services in said the need of the hour’s calls administration also assured will lead to deterioration of one person,” Tharoor said could succeed Rahul and sev- Many names have been ed that boys need to be sent parts of Kashmir Valley and for well considered response to them that the strike period, medical education and degra- addressing a Press conference eral rounds of meetings have doing the rounds as possible back home,” Pathan told PTI on other parts of the State. On the the situation. CPI(M) leader August 1 to 3, would be con- dation of healthcare after the second annual meet of taken place, but a decision on choice for Congress president, Sunday. political front, Jammu & Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, sidered as “on duty”. services. All India Professionals’ his successor has not been with a debate generated with- Earlier in the day, the Kashmir National Conference DP(N) chief Ghulam Hassan The NMC Bill provides The fraternity is opposing Congress (AIPC) which he taken yet. in by some party leaders to Indian Army said it has offered on Sunday also convened a Mir and PDF chief Hakeem for setting up of a National section 32(1), (2) and (3) of the heads. AICC sources said the install a young leader to lead to allow Pakistan to retrieve the political affairs committee Mohammad Yasin on Sunday Medical Commission in place Bill saying it will encourage The party is undergoing a CWC will also deliberate to the party. Mumbai Congress dead bodies of the intruders, a meeting to deliberate on the said the Government’s decision of the MCI for development quackery by providing licence deep crisis and elected repre- restructure the party at all lev- chief Milind Deora on Sunday day after it foiled an attack by prevailing situation in the State. to deploy additional forces in and regulation of all aspects of to practice modern medicine as sentatives at national and State els. The crucial meet is likely to proposed the names of Sachin the neighbouring country’s Party leadership unanimously Kashmir and security adviso- medical education, profession community health providers level including Karnataka and deliberate on the way forward Pilot and Jyotiraditya Scindia Border Action Team (BAT) impressed upon the ry issued asking tourists, yatris and institutions. Doctors are for persons other than those Maharashtra have quit the for the party in the wake of for the post of party’s national on a forward post along the Government of India to clear and outside State students to demanding certain amend- possessing MBBS degrees. grand old party to join ruling Rahul quitting. Issues related president. LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s the air on current Kashmir leave Kashmir immediately, Keran sector. conundrum. The party leader- has triggered panic and con- Meanwhile, the State ship called for urgent measures fusion among people in the #$ 2$ #$& *&/ 1 $//14$* %&4& $** "12) .&. .)&"$* (1 "&. $14$* 14(& &4"& ) &./&4 1!& $4/ $ K:=JJ &*#> 4$%$ administration, after issuing to infuse confidence among the Valley.  333 /&)*12&45 -! %&4 #& 1& $** )& .144&* 1( #& $@.$4  2 0$ 11G +/!**$#: (1 2& #&( 1!& ** 6# !%!.:M .$/ #& an advisory to the tourists and locals. The party leadership in In a joint statement both the $21.)#& " $4/ 1!%#>$*@4% + $4/ & 1 ..5 !.$14 .!/&4.: 4.& 2$ +/!**$# $4/ $ 4$14$* "$ & O. .)1@&.)& .145 Amarnath pilgrims, have large- a marathon four hour meeting leaders said, “The panic esca- 1,23 #& &4 &: $*@. 1( .12&#4% .!/4% 4 #&   4  4$%$ : )$   2&  2& 4.& #& * $14 4.  14 ly managed to ensure their safe expressed concern over the lated since Kashmir was already # 1!%# $ .& &. 1( /&".14.: L+%M 14 #& $ . %$44% #$& $*.1 +&&4 $.@&/ 1 *&$& #& $ &4/ $ 1/ $4/ ! %&/ #2 41 $! /$ #$/ $/.&/ $ *4&. 1 return to their native places. uncertain and uptight situation tense for the past few days after 4"*!/4% *$4/4% #1!.$4/. 1( % 1!4/: " &$4% +1# "14(!.14 "$2)!. $4/ %1 #12& $4/ 41 1 1 $@& $4 .&) #"# 2$ *&$/ 1 @&&) ($ &. ( 12  4$%$ 4 "#&"@ Students of NIT, Srinagar were in the State especially in the the Centre ordered the deploy-  11). 4 #& 3$**& $4/ "! $*4% $4/ )$4" 4 #& 3$**&5 #& #%#> &! 4 ** (! #& 1 /& 5 01**14% /&& 1 $14 4 #& *$ $4/ 1 /& $. 2$ 4$# )*% 2. $4/ 1! .. also dispatched to their home Kashmir region. The leaders ment of 100 companies of addi- #& 2$ $4# ,$ $: #& 1 #$. *&&* 2&&4% "$2& $2/ ( &.# #& /&)*12&4 1( $//14$* .!$14 4 $22! H $.#2 5 !.#&/ 1 #& $ )1  $(& #& H State via train on their arrival unanimously asserted that the tional troops in the Valley. 4/"$&/  $. ) &)$ 4% 1 .@ 2.#&. +&&&4 .&"!  (1 "&.  11). $4/ 1#& .&).: #& & #$& #& $*.1 ! %&/ 1/ 1 ($"*$& $/24. $14 $.@&/ #&2 1 in Jammu on late Saturday party will fight any infringe- Massive build-up of security !4(1*/ .12& 1!%# /&".14.: 1( 4/$ $4/ $@.$4 $*14% #& +&&4 !21! . #$ #& &4 & 2$ #1*/4% 1( ..&2+* &*&"14 4 #& "! $* #& .$ 4 #& $&5 4 night. The State administration ment upon the special consti- forces, curtailment of the #"# "1!*/ #$& ($ > &$"#4% +1 /& # #&  2 (1*4% $4 #$& )*$4. 1 /1 $$ #  "*& $& + #& &$ >&4/5 . 0 /$: #& 4/$4  2: "4% is also expected to enforce cer- tutional position of the State. Amarnath Yatra and unprece- 2)*"$14. (1 #& (!! & 1( #& $$"@ + - 14 $ (1 $ / )1. 6: #"# %&. &"*!.& %#. 2$ 4$# )*% 2. $4/ 1! .. 4&**%&4"& 4)!.: #$/ .$/ tain restrictions on the move- Party leadership also asserted dented advisories issued to the  1!+*&/ $&5 1"$* 2&/$ . $*14% #& 4& 1( 14 1* B 1C 4 1 #& $&O. &./&4. 4 "144!& 1 *&$& $.#2 3$**&: $@.$4>+$.&/ & 1 .. & & ment of political leaders and in that the party is ready to go an tourists, yatris and other civil- $+! # .&& $* )1..+*& & $4 .&"1 : @**4% (& 1 .&&4 1& 42&4 81+. $4/ *$4/5 #&  4/$ .$/ 14 !4/$ #$  #$. )*$444% 1 $ %& #& 14%14% order to prevent mass assem- extra mile to defend the State’s ians, all created an atmosphere 1!"12&.: +! #& 1& 42&4 4 !/& .5 #& 4/$4  2 #$. )1*"$* )$ &. 4 #& 3$**& #$& &/!"&/ . 2$2!2 ($ & 14 2$ 4$# ,$ $5 #&  2O. bly of people may impose interests both inside and out of heightened insecurity and #$. ) &(& &/ 1 @&&) $ %# */ 14 $.@&/ . $@.$4 "1!4& )$ . 1 $.&/ ) 1&.. 14 #& )1..+*& (*%#. "144&"4%  4$%$ 1 /."*1.! & ) 12)&/ #& H restrictions in certain vulner- side parliament. The leadership fear and gave rise to the specu- . 1)14.5 #& ($" #$ $@.$4 $)) 1$"# #&2 + $.4% #& 21& ( 12 #& &4 & $4/ 1&/ &*# 1 !4/& I:5 L 4/$ $/24. $14 1 $.@ )*% 2. $4/ (*$%. $4/ $@& )1..&..14 1( 1 &.. $4 .!"# 21& 1 4@& #$. (! #& &/!"&/ #& ($ & ( 12 1! .. 14 0 /$ 1 "! $* #& able pockets across Kashmir also urged the people to forge lation about some major deci- #$. !))&/ #& $4& $(&  &./&4 14$*/  !2)O. 1((& 1 2&/$& 4 +1/&. #"# $ & *4% 14 #& # #& .)&"$* .$!.5 4 J:65  . #1*/4% 2$2!2 .$ 4 #& 3$**& $4/ *&$& Valley. To contain rumor mon- unity in these trying times. sion in the offing regarding the 4/$4 ./& 1( #& 15 #& - #! ./$: $ /&*&%$14 "12) .4% ($ & $ K:I6 (1  4$%$ > &*# 22&/$&*5 gering the State administration They necessitated for main- J&K’s special status.” #& $.#2 /.)!& . .12&#4%    !" #$#%& '()*  3

  '   R &  / "     MQ      which it has no connection. '      That is the cause of the panic,”   R fter Union Civil Aviation a notice from the Home #& & $** 1& 42&4 (!4"14$ &. AMinister Hardeep Singh Secretary and the Divisional -14/ . && 4$*? 1/ Puri advice to cap on airfare to Commissioner had said. ** +& +1!4/ 1 /&)1. %(. #& and from Srinagar, the nation- On Friday, the DGCA New Delhi: Israel greeted India al carrier Air India on Sunday asked airlines to operate extra &"&& #*& /."#$ %4% #& /!&. on friendship day with a Twitter announced reduction of fares flights to and from Srinagar to message that featured the song for flights in and out of fly out Amarnath pilgrims ‘yeh dosti’ from Bollywood Srinagar, with Srinagar-Delhi from the valley. Airlines such blockbuster Sholay, drawing an tickets priced at Rs 6,715 and as Air India, IndiGo and equally warm response from Delhi-Srinagar at Rs 6,899 till Vistara announced that given Prime Minister Narendra Modi August 15. the turmoil, they were tem- who asserted that the bond The fare drop came barely porarily waiving off cancella- between the two countries is an hour after the Air India said Srinagar before August 15 or Yatra pilgrims and other Also, as per the web portals tion and rescheduling charges “strong and eternal”. it is capping ticket prices to and changes the date of his journey, tourists to cut short their stay of all domestic airlines of the for flights to and from Jammu “Happy #Friend- from Srinagar at Rs 9,500 till he/she will be given a full and return amid threats of ter- Srinagar route, most of the tick- & Kashmir. Vistara, GoAir and shipDay2019 India! May our Independence Day in view of refund for his ticket and no ror attack in the region. ets have been sold out. IndiGo have waived off can- ever strengthening friendship the prevailing situation in charge will be imposed in case Domestic airlines IndiGo, The Kashmir Government cellation and rescheduling & growing partnership touch Jammu & Kashmir. Puri has of a change made in travel dates. SpiceJet, GoAir and AirAsia had on Friday issued an advi- charge fee for flights to or greater heights,” the asked all the Airlines to rein in Despite the Director- have hiked their fares between sory asking Yatris and tourists from Jammu & Kashmir till Israeli embassy said in a tweet the surging Air Fares for pil- General of Civil Aviation the Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 to return home as soon as pos- August 9.Air India also took to = "    tionary and sanction for the on Sunday. grims returning from (DGCA) directives not to range. The usual rates on sible. “Unnecessary panic is Twitter announcing that it will same is refused later on, the The message had the Hindi Amarnath dham. increase airfare to/from Srinagar-Delhi route are Rs being created by linking this to give a full fee waiver on he Centre plans to open an same have to be deposited in the lyrics “yeh dosti hum nahi According to information Srinagar, airfares have surged 3,000-3500. Moreover, flights all kinds of other issues. A pure rescheduling or cancellation T“Uphaar Sangrahalaya” treasure wallet. But the gifts todenge” (We will not break given by Air India, if a passen- very steeply after the State from Srinagar to Jammu have security measure is being for all flights to or from (Gift Museum) where all the received by the Government this friendship) of the song ger cancels his flight from Government asked Amarnath also spiked up to Rs 16,000. mixed up with issues with Srinagar till August 15. Government functionaries will functionaries from near relatives from the 1975 movie “Sholay”, be bound to deposit the gifts and friends under the specified starring Amitabh Bachchan, they receive while discharging rules need not to be deposited Dharmendra and Hema their duties. The guidelines to with the Upahar Sangrahalay. Malini, and emoticons con- -   this effect have been framed The decision regarding dis- veying that Israel loves India. and the same are expected to be posal of articles deposited in the It had a short montage on shortly notified. Uphaar Sangrrahalay will various meetings between IAS and IPS officers have reportedly be taken by the Joint Modi and his counterpart

    to take prior permission from Controller General of Accounts Benjamin Netanyahu, with the the Government before accept- (Administration) of the strong music from the song playing in ing gifts valuing more than Rs room. All articles received in the the background. Modi 1 ;/6 5,000. The bureaucrats are even Upahar Sangrahalay will report- responded with a tweet in required to inform the edly be valued at the earliest by Hebrew saying India and Israel Government if they accept a board consisting of the Joint have proved their friendship      ;,6,::; gifts of over Rs 25,000 from Controller General of Accounts, over time. <6,6:1 their relatives or friends. Deputy Controller General and “Thank you and wishing a n a move to ensure that ben- ,:=P,4 As of now, the Prime Accounts Officer of the Happy Friendship Day to Iefits of various welfare 166391,3122 Minister, his Council Of Administration in consultation Israel’s wonderful citizens and schemes of the Modi :,1 Ministers and senior officers with the Customs Appraiser. my good friend Netanyahu. Government reach the target-  1261 ::161 are bound to deposit the gifts And the value assessed by the “India and Israel are time test- ed sections of the society, the 1=,91 they receive in foreign coun- Board would be treated as the ed friends. Our bond is strong BJP has asked its Ministers to :1,2, ,< 6 tries in the Government’s trea- fair price of the articles. and eternal! May the friendship hold monthly dinner meet- ? 6 sure trove — Toshkhana. The proposal said, “Upahar between our nations grow and ings with party MPs and 631,-9,:%&4%$; According to the draft rules Sangrahalay articles such as prosper even more in the times update them about the prepared by the Ministry of jewellery etc which are not like- to come!” he said.  schemes. 6162 Finance and circulated to all ly to be required for use or for Both Modi and Netanyahu A decision to this effect ,66616;- ministries and departments, a display as laid down in Rule 14 are known to share a great #,1626P,1<63 was taken on the first day of the 61,-:1 strong room called Upahar of these rules, may be sold at chemistry which is visible in BJP’s two-day training ;2 Sangrahalaya would be estab- their book value to anybody bilateral meetings. Netanyahu, programme for its MPs lished in the office of the (an individual, a firm, a com- who failed to form a coalition on Saturday. Controller General of Accounts pany or an association of per- after the April polls, plans to visit Parliamentary Affairs ly basis, he said. Since the BJP where Government func- sons), by Accounts Officer India ahead of the repeat elec- /6 3   6 3 !       P  /6  #  !%  Minister Pralhad Joshi said all came to power in 2014, it has tionaries will be bound to (Administration) Where an tions in September. Modi visit-    party MPs from both Lok been consistently engaging its deposit the gifts they receive article has been in the Upahar ed Israel in July 2017, the first by Sabha and Rajya Sabha have MPs to spread words about var- from “domestic/unknown” Sangrahalay for more than two an Indian Prime Minister in 70 been divided in groups of 20- ious achievements of the gov- sources. These rules will apply years, it should be re-valued by years. During the historic visit, 25 MPs each. ernment and the welfare to every person appointed to a the Board before it is sold by the warmth between Modi and $     The Ministers will invite schemes begun by it. civil service or posts (including the Accounts Officer.” Netanyahu, also known as Bibi, them on dinners and will dis- After the tabling of the a civilian in Defence Service) in The proposal said the assis- was apparent. PTI cuss the Government’s working Union Budget also, the party’s connection with the affairs of tance of the a Scheduled Bank and its various welfare schemes, top brass had asked its MPs to the Union Government. would be necessary for dispos- he said. The first such meetings discuss its key initiatives with The proposal states that al of gold and diamond articles      were held at several Ministers’ locals in their respective con- that the officers should not and approval of the Board residence on Saturday, stituencies. The BJP had also accept any gift in case where should be obtained in cases he added. asked its MPs to carry out sanction of the Government is where it is proposed to sell arti- This exercise will not be ‘padyatra’ in their respective refused under the Central Civil cles at reduced price. It said arti- 8  5& restricted to the periods during segments to inform voters Services (Conduct) Rules. In cles which are neither needed parliament sessions alone but about various welfare schemes case the gifts have been accept- for any presentation or dispos- would be continue on a month- of the Government. ed by the Government func- al should be sold by e-auction.     The leading manufacturer of infant milk substitutes and he Union Health Ministry infant foods has been found to Thas asked the Indian sponsor research in hospitals            Council of Medical Research namely Cloudnine Hospital, (ICMR) to probe into the alle- Bengaluru, Institute of Child gations against the Indian arm Health, Kolkata, Manipal     expects normal monsoon in acreage at only 223.5 lakh of Swiss food giant, Nestle, for Hospital, Bengaluru, Sir Ganga August and September due to hectare and pulses in 105.14 lakh allegedly sponsoring research Ram Hospital New Delhi, elayed and deficient mon- favourable weather conditions. hectare. As per the Agriculture in five Indian hospitals in vio- and Calcutta Medical Research Dsoon have raised concerns According to ICRA, nn Ministry’s latest ministry data, lation of a law that protects and Institute, Kolkata, as per over the outlook for agriculture terms of the major regions, rice — the main kharif crop — promotes breastfeeding. the BPNi. yields, food prices and rural sen- substantial deficit was record- has been planted in 223.53 lakh The move followed after an “On examining the ICMR timents. As per the Investment ed in the case of the South hectare so far in the current NGO Breastfeeding Promotion Clinical Trial Registry main- Information and Credit Rating Peninsula (19 per cent below kharif season of the 2019-20 Network of India (BPNI), tained by the ICMR, BPNI con- Agency (ICRA) report on LPA), as on July 31, 2019. crop year (July-June), down wrote to the Ministry com- firmed that Nestle India ‘South West Monsoon 2019- Moreover, the deficit stood at from 255.48 lakh hectare a year plaining that the Nestle had Limited, a producer of infant Update’, the overall volume of 11 per cent below LPA, 8 per ago. Sowing of kharif crops violated the infant milk sub- milk substitutes and infant rainfall during June-July 2019 cent below LPA and 5 per cent begin with the onset of south- stitutes, feeding bottles and The IMS Act bars financial foods, is sponsoring research,” was considerably below normal, below LPA, respectively, in the west monsoon and harvesting infant foods act, also known as inducements, pecuniary bene- said the BPNi letter. at 90.8 per cent of Long Period case of the North-East India, subdivisions received normal regions. Moreover, some dis- from October onwards. the IMS Act which prohibits fit, and funding of seminars, However, the Nestle Average (LPA), led primarily by North-West India and Central precipitation on a cumulative tricts in Assam and Bihar have Similarly, acreage of puls- direct and indirect sponsorship educational courses, contests, spokesperson said that the significant shortfall record- India. “As many as 14 subdivi- basis till July 31, 2019, where- reported heavy flooding in the es was down at 105.14 lakh of health workers by product fellowships or research for “Clinical study for the purpose ed in June 2019. Weak El Nino sions received deficient rainfall as three subdivisions recorded recent weeks which may also hectare as against 113.74 lakh manufacturers. health workers by companies of scientific information is not conditions over Pacific Ocean -- Gangetic West Bengal; excess rainfall,” it said. This is dampen the outlook of crop hectare, while that of coarse Nestle, however, has denied manufacturing baby products prohibited under the IMS Act. coupled with cyclone Vayu in Jharkhand; West Uttar Pradesh; likely to have an adverse impact output in these areas,” said cereals at 136.17 lakh hectare as the allegations stating that the listed under the IMS Act. The IMS Act does not dis- Arabian sea impeded the Uttarakhand; Haryana, on agricultural output and ICRA adding that temporal against 145.16 lakh hectare in trials were being conducted According to the BPNi courage or prohibit dissemina- progress. Chandigarh and Delhi; incomes in those regions. distribution has been the said period. after following all the norms. complaint, Nestle India Ltd is tion of scientific information.” While the India Himachal Pradesh; Odisha; Moreover, some districts in unfavourable with a low 26 per The coverage of oilseeds In a letter dated August 2, listed as the primary sponsor In a statement, the Meteorological Department Gujarat region; Saurashtra and Assam and Bihar have report- cent of instances of normal was also less so far as 149.49 lakh Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and source of monetary or spokesperson said the objective (IMD)’s latest data, India Kutch; Marathwada; Telangana; ed heavy flooding in the recent rainfall across the sub-divi- hectare was covered so far this instructed ICMR director gen- material support to five hospi- of the clinical study was to recorded 453.3 mm rainfall as Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and weeks, which may also damp- sions on a weekly basis. kharif season when compared eral Balram Bhargava to tals conducting the research encourage science-based against the normal of 489.3 Karaikal; South Interior en the outlook of crop output As per Agriculture with 157.39 lakh hectare a year “ensure that all trials in future titled “Multicentric research and all Institutional mm, a deficiency of 7 percent Karnataka; and Kerala and in these areas. Ministry’s latest data, area sown ago. Among cash crops, area are screened for any infringe- Observational Study to Ethics Committee approvals so far. As many as 12 sub divi- Mahe,” the ICRA said. “This is likely to have an to almost all kharif (summer) under sugarcane and jute ment of IMS Act”. ThePrint has Observe Growth in Preterm had been obtained from the sions are faced deficient rain- “Notwithstanding sub- adverse impact on agricultur- crops was lagging so far due to remained lower, while cotton seen a copy of the letter. hospitalized infants”. participating sites. fall across the country. IMD stantial weekly variation 19 al output and incomes in these deficit rains and floods, with rice acreage remained higher so far. :;  '       *  < 6     9

. =!   cial mismanagement and sources, the CZA officials will formity with the provisions of administrative irregularities, have to delegate powers by the the Wildlife (Protection) Act,  R    ealising that ‘handing over the Ministry may have hastily government to exercise powers 1972. However, given the Rthe control’ of unruly Delhi announced its plans to han- for establishment matters of the strained relations between the Zoo, also known as National dover the management to the Delhi Zoo. BJP-led Centre and the Kejriwal 1&  Zoological Park to the Central CZA, but now it has dawned Formation of a society is Government in Delhi, the trans- Zoo Authority (CZA) will not upon it that such a step is full another option. But it means fer to the later will, in most like-    tified persons were booked for be an easy affair, the Union of legal complications. lots of homework to be done lihood, might not happen murder by the CBI in the acci- Environment Ministry is now “For instance, operation before that can happen. They smoothly. he CBI is carrying out dent case. mulling various options — of the zoo (Delhi Zoo) by the explained,” the formation of the Delhi Zoo from time to Tsearches at the residence of On July 30, the car in from transferring it to the CZA will amount to conflict of society for management of the time had been in the news for expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep which the victim, who has Delhi Government to bringing interest,” as being regulatory Delhi Zoo and its registration all the wrong reasons. In Singh Sengar and other accused Sengar of raping her at it under the ambit of a society body, direct control in respect shall involve lots of works like January 8, 2019, in an explosive accused in connection with his residence on June 4, 2017, — for its better management. of Delhi zoo would interfere preparation of bye-laws of the affidavit filed before the Delhi the Unnao rape victim’s acci- was travelling was hit by an The Delhi Zoo is the only with efficient and unbiased society, legal vetting, concur- High Court, a panel led by then dent case, officials said on over-speeding truck in Rae zoo in the country under the performance of regulatory role rence of the Ministry of CZA member secretary DN Sunday. Bareli. Sengar, who is facing a Ministry however following of CZA in respect of matter Finance followed by consulta- Singh (who is retired now), The search operation is probe since last year, was allegation of rampant mis- concerning to Delhi Zoo,” said tion and preparation of the pointed out several irregulari- spread across at least 17 expelled from the BJP this management and irregulari- the sources. note for approval of the ties such as fudging of animal premises in four districts of week after the Uttar Pradesh ties in animal record, it had They cited certain provi- Government. death data, not carrying post- Uttar Pradesh - , government came under criti- decided to handover it to the sions under the Wildlife “All of these works are job mortem in case of unnatural Banda, Unnao, Fatehpur, they cism for not providing enough statutory body, CZA. Protection Act 1972, which of the Wildlife Division and not animal death, concealing of said. security to the victim. Sources in the Ministry does not allow the CZA to and norms in operation of assigned a regulatory func- of the CZA.” The last option will animal deaths, and mysterious The premises of other Two of the victim’s aunts admitted that while in a bid to operate a zoo. As per the sub- zoos. “And since CZA has to tion, the CZA cannot operate be to ask the Delhi Government nature of deaths among others. accused in these districts are were killed, while she and her get ‘rid’ of the Delhi Zoo fol- section (A) of Sec 38 C the regulate operation and man- a zoo,” they pointed out. to operate Delhi Zoo, which the The panel had sought action also being searched. 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The first casualty of the disrup-             /$ -/    B$ C tion in rainfall is agriculture as an estimated harmful chemicals like arsenic, 41,554 households in 1,503 vil- Rejuvenation for overseeing all spending will increase both 49 per cent of India’s farms depend solely on nitrate and fluoride. An even lages and 971 urban neighbour- water-related issues. The water supply and the net area   . 1        9 S (  = # ( rain for irrigation. According to the Economic graver food crisis looms on the hoods across India, jointly con- Government has identified 1,592 under irrigation,” says Dr                    P( Survey 2017-18, farmers without access to irri- horizon because when irrigation ducted by the National Council blocks in 256 districts facing Biksham Gujja, former head of  (  Q              gation lose nearly 14 per cent of their income wells go dry, farmers use untreat- of Applied Economic Research acute water scarcity and over- water policy at WWF-    because of rainfall shocks. And among those, ed wastewater laced with indus- (NCAER) and University of exploitation of groundwater as International and founder of who are able to irrigate their fields, 62 per cent trial chemicals and human Maryland, the US, in 2004-05 prospective locations for rainwa- AgSri, a private organisation ;            >          = rely exclusively on groundwater. Since ground- sewage for watering their food and 2011-12. IHDS found that ter harvesting and water conser- promoting sustainable agricul-   " 2             $ water is replenished only through rain seep- crops, which eventually find only 44 per cent households had vation in the first phase. ture and water resources man-      D                ing into the ground, the vagaries of the mon- their way into our kitchens. It is access to piped water, with the fig- Other initiatives, including agement. He argues that the Jal soon lead to a vicious cycle of drought-rid- obvious that India is sitting on a ure going up by merely four per renovation and re-use of tradi- Shakti Ministry should instead            7 9    den fields and rapidly depleting aquifers across potential “water” bomb threaten- cent between 2004 and 2012. The tional water bodies and water- focus on developing tools and                   E 7    the country, with the depth of access to ing public health by unleashing IHDS findings also show a sub- shed development, are slated for technology for efficient hydro-                        ( groundwater plunging from 7.5 m in 1998 to a spectre of diseases among its stantial decline in the duration of the next phase. The Union logical management. 9.2 m in 2018. over-populated and under- water availability — from 5.3 per Budget 2019-20 also allocated On an optimistic note,      0              ( A 2012 World Bank report on ground- resourced habitations. cent in 2003-04 to 3.8 per cent in 9,150.36 crore for the National India’s relatively wet climate,     @F     @A5             water exploitation in India asserted that the How did India, venerated as 2011-12 — for households with Rural Drinking Water even in the most arid regions,                0       ( country recorded the highest dependence on a land of rivers and holy waters piped water in metro cities. Programme, marking a massive offers hope even in today’s water from aquifers globally. While 90 per cent since primordial times, achieve Consequently, households with- increase of 69 per cent over the dire situation. What is needed                    of this groundwater is used for irrigation, the this disconcerting status of a out indoor water sources spend allocation of 5,391.32 crore in is efficient and wider imple-      (             ( remainder is used to supply drinking water. nation riddled with water defi- precious time collecting water at 2018-19. mentation of programmes for            9       ( Highlighting over-exploitation of 29 per ciency and toxicity? “After 1990, an average of 80 minutes per day, Water conservationists and rainwater harvesting, develop- cent of groundwater blocks, the report pre- cities in India have grown rapid- extending to even three hours for experts are, however, not ment of water storage bodies         (            0  ( dicted a 60 per cent rise in this figure in 20 ly but without considering where about 10 per cent of these house- impressed, dismissing the Budget like ponds and reservoirs, pro-         7             years, with serious implications for agricul- the resources are coming from”, holds. How will the economy provisions as a “pipe dream”. motion of water re-use and      1:$S          tural sustainability, food security and econom- says Samrat Basak, Director of counter this time burden and Raman VR, Head of Policy at the recycling and better filtration ic growth. the World Resource Institution huge opportunity cost? NGO WaterAidIndia, posits that techniques for de-contaminat-  0                   ( However, the crisis is almost upon us (WRI) India’s Urban Water Compelled to take cogni- in 2017, the Ministry of Drinking ing potable water, across the        1           ( much before the World Bank’s deadline. In Programme. Reflecting on the sance of the water crisis, the Water and Sanitation itself esti- country. And these solutions                 June 2018, the NITI Aayog had predicted that social impact of the water crisis, Government decided to prioritise mated the need for 500,000 need to be enforced now — the the demand for potable water would com- VK Madhavan, Chief Executive water management in the latest crore for providing piped drink- time for long-term planning         1             ( pletely outstrip supply by 2030 in the absence of the non-profit WaterAid India, Union Budget, to ensure provi- ing water to all households. Even has run out!                   of any urgent action. Even more alarmingly, contends that soon young girls, sion of potable water throughout if States contribute half this Coleridge’s hapless mariner                 21 cities, including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai especially in rural areas, might the country by 2024 under the amount, the annual requirement survived the challenges at sea, and Hyderabad,would run out of groundwa- start dropping out of school en proposed “Har Ghar Jal” scheme. till 2024 would be over 60,000 presumably finding clean water ter as early as 2020, affecting 100 million peo- masse to help their families fetch Union Finance Minister Nirmala crore, to cover hardware, human at the end of his ordeal. But will ple and leading to an estimated six per cent water from increasingly remote Sitharaman also announced the resources, infrastructural, oper- the rising tide of India’s popula- ;    loss in GDP by 2050. water access points. 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In short, the top sternest possible punishment per- girl and then terrorised her and Bengaluru                wake up to the tragic plight of the court did everything in its power missible under law. her family. Unnao rape victim at the hands to try and ensure justice to the Having said that, the question Vani A   3; P    Q      of a powerful ruling party politi- victim and her tormented fami- is why did it take so long for the Secunderabad 1,9,61@32*;,2    !" #$#%& '()*  8 &  &  9(1 /7* + ,  , (*/7* 01(*  +  !0"  A    #           !. "    / * P+ . ! * #  . # * .  "   .  #+ ! !   *   "  !  ." !  * #*& .@ 2$4$%&2&4 #$. +&"12& ($.#14$+*&: L  =A. . 4&% $14 # #& 1& $** . $&% L=A#+     "  !    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In fact, it is a symptom of a much bigger       8         malaise — a rapidly evolving technology ecosystem with disparate and reactive attempts            ( at accountability and regulation.   ?          "      The reason why Governments around the   #         world and industries have become so con- # P Q    -     ( cerned about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in gen- 0     .    #      eral is because it presents vast economic and 7              social opportunities. AI systems (ie, comput-      8       ( er science that emphasises on the development         P Q      of intelligent machines to mimic certain fea-              tures of the human brain) have improved   #               mobility, fostered greater information-sharing                  culture and are fundamental to many functions and businesses today, including LinkedIn,     social media firms, search engine functions and                ( cab aggregators like Uber. However, with an                increase in the use of AI, multiple issues of    #              trust, privacy, bias, market dominance and   +             security have also arisen.                 #  On the issue of algorithmic bias itself,                 Chandrasekhar is right to the extent that var-                 ious technology companies have skirted these                 issues in the past and have been criticised for      7        being politically influenced or for using tech- nologies in a manner that is sometimes              ( beyond their control or are driven by hidden to consider and experiment with innovative their commitment to achieving “Trustworthy to control and correct for such bias in the     #          ( motives — often both. Further, due to price models so as to ensure that the economic gains, AI.” Most importantly, the EU guidelines deployment of any technology, including AI,              efficiencies and immediate benefits like lower social influence and security impact of AI is identified core ethical imperatives such as pre- or at the very least, opens our minds to the pos- $     (       prices and convenience benefits to consumers, positive for all. Thus, engaging and bringing vention of harm, respect for human autono- sibilities of over-reliance on such AI.                ( people tend to be “present biased” and are more all relevant stakeholders into the conversation my, fairness and explicability. Further, any regulation on AI will need to                  than willing to trade off future benefits (say pri- — academia, policy-makers and the wider Therefore, in India, before attempting to begin with the establishment of foundational      0           ( vacy or stronger redressal mechanisms among community — will be crucial to assessing the craft laws and regulations, officials and the concepts and building on the existing frame-                  other things) for present gratification (like challenges that lie ahead. public alike need to better understand in gen- works of law and governance before we move          0      lower prices and convenience). In this context, understandably, various eral the effect of AI and the impact of deploy- on to ethical and other challenges that may go               This common cognitive bias results in a Governments around the world, as also inter- ing its uses on individuals and the society in beyond the framework of the law. tendency to overestimate immediate utility and national organisations, have begun to weigh in general, while establishing clear policy objec- Policy will then need to take into account             discount future or invisible harms that may on the issues of regulating certain technology tives and governing principles. More impor- the scope of deployment of AI and the impact 0               accrue to communities later, much like the fall- companies and their use of AI. In India, con- tantly, policy discussions need to clarify the dif- of such deployment. In the clamour to regu- 1 S    /       ( outs of climate change or the impact Facebook versations around regulating AI and technol- ference or lack thereof between regulating tech- late technology companies, it must not be for-         0        ( on the 2016 US elections, or the impact on civil ogy companies have been conflated and there nology companies deploying AI unethically, gotten that there are differences in various       7        liberties, attributable to predictive technolo- is no clarity as to how this can be achieved. and behind regulating all kinds of AI indis- firms deploying AI and its varied uses. For         7          gy used for policing and facial recognition Further, discussions around technology regu- criminately. instance, there is a difference between AI used "                applications. Notably, allegations of AI lation in general have been scattered across reg- Further, regulations in this space need to on an OTT platform to present viewers with     ;               ( entrenching bias and discrimination are not ulators (depending on specific subject matter) be grounded on core principles of data priva- choices of certain kinds of movies over others                 limited to technology companies, they extend and are bereft of guiding principles, unlike cy, security, consumer safety, ethics and fair- and the one used to filter or moderate con-  +G? G                to Governments and State authorities as well. what has been done in several other countries. ness. It is instructive to note that at present, tent on a big social media platform that can Take the example of the discriminatory out- For instance, in Australia, following the there is no cogent and comprehensive data pri- lead to real world violence.                   comes of using AI in the US criminal justice release of a White paper on the governance of vacy law in India. Simultaneously, it must also A governance framework that does not #                ( system and for policing in Australia. AI by the Australian Human Rights be noted that the potential impact of certain engage in the nuances of technological uses and               Thus, there have been rising and com- Commission earlier this year, another kinds of AI, including on other human rights, the different kinds of biases — which exist in               pelling reasons to regulate technology firms, Australian federal Government agency, respon- goes beyond privacy, and impacts future of the offline and online world, in our thinking                 # particularly those, who rely on discriminato- sible for scientific research (CSIRO), released work and innovation, decision-making, and and in the software we build, in power struc-              ry and biased AI outcomes. However, adopt- a discussion paper on AI and ethics, propos- has a profound impact on our democractic tures and differing incentives, in our             #      ing the right governance framework is becom- ing a toolkit to assist stakeholders in applying processes and institutions. Governments and businesses — can be both          P Q $     ing increasingly difficult, both because AI tech- eight core principles. Similarly, in Europe, the In this context, it is crucial to remember misleading and misguided. In correcting for                    nologies are becoming more complex and are EU High-Level Expert Group comprising 52 that any meaningful policy discussion around discrimination and bias, unless we militate        #        being applied in a variety of different contexts experts on AI, including representatives from the regulation of AI and algorithmic bias in against absolute and simplistic understandings — from helping in procedural vetting of doc- academia, civil society and industry, recently India will first need to start by acknowledg- of technology and on drafting laws without 0              #  uments to content moderation. They present published its Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy ing that core socio-economic issues and bias- consulting the wider community, a law regu-                  twin capacities for enormous social develop- AI, following stakeholder consultation on es cannot be cured by technological advance- lating algorithmic bias may be more harmful            = ment and harm, often together. Therefore, draft guidelines. The EU guidelines were not ments. Acknowledging the inherent bias in our to the innovation ecosystem in India than no            before rushing to draft a law to “regulate algo- binding, but nevertheless offered stakeholders sociological understanding of the world, in our law at all. rithmic bias” in India, the need of the hour is a set of guiding principles to follow to indicate databases and existing jurisprudence, allows us (The writer is fellow at the Esya Centre)  ''    GvG„tyq„‰qˆ‘†‰qˆu ˆuq‚‚•s ƒ†uu“yxxuyˆs ‘„uˆ†qˆ‰y„xutu’u‚ †utus „ ƒyu‰xu•„uutƒ ˆu‰uqƒ‚u‰‰qssu‰‰  ƒqˆu‰qrˆ qtuq‰yuˆu„ˆ• s‘‰ ƒuˆrq‰uq„tqˆ ‘u sq†yq‚q„tƒu„ ˆ‰xy†

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SaaS ty of adequate funding and mature developments and influx of invest- with success. Oyo hotels and homes, they come up with a re-targetted and Consumer brands: Asia-Pacific players should focus on delivering mentorship, start-ups struggle to ment, close to 90 per cent of start-ups one of the most famous home- refurbished second gen product has one of the fastest growing mar- customised products for small busi- expand or even break even. They fail within the first year. One of the grown hospitality chains, started its and start exploring secondary mar- kets for apparel and retail sales. ness owners. The product should survive by adopting short-cut tech- primary reasons behind this is their global expansion by foraying into kets, they will lose out on the edge. Divisions should focus on this have the ability to function both niques, colloquially referred to as the (1)0 ,, insistence on catering to a local Nepal and Malaysia. It then spread Finding a secondary market is not region. 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?    state Disaster Management For the fifth consecutive Authority (SDMA) said in a day, island villages under @   12    Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Salman Taj Patil for taking constable, will also be probed,"   ' release. Devipatnam mandal of East Government on Sunday shunt- "one-sided decision" against he said. Power supply remained cut Godavari district remained in ed out the District Magistrate the villagers. He said another team will off while road and communi- darkness as power supply was ;  =  and Superintendent of Police of Directives have been issued be set up under Additional Amaravati: The continuing cation network were badly cut off. Sonbhadra, besides ordering to attach Agrawal and Patil to Chief Secretary (Revenue) heavy flood in Godavari river damaged in the two districts, it Consequently, as many as   #"   - sen to stay indoors. However, action against 13 other officials the Department of Renuka Kumar to look into the affected over 74,000 people in said. 17,632 people were moved to people living in low-laying areas after they were indicted in an Appointment and Personnel issue of land grabbing by "fake" parts of East and West Godavari As per preliminary esti- relief camps where over 35,000 t least six persons were bore the maximum of the heavy inquiry into the killing of 10 and the DGP Headquarters, societies in the last 60-70 years districts in Andhra Pradesh mate, damage to roads and food packets have been dis- Akilled in rain-related inci- rains that battered the metrop- Gond tribals last month over a respectively, he said. in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra. on Sunday with nearly 18,000 other infrastructure was 6.45 tributed for them on Sunday dents in Mumbai and elsewhere olis and adjoining areas. land dispute. S Ramalingam has been "Fake societies in of them being shifted to relief crore. afternoon, the release said. Maharashtra, even as the Indian While a slum dweller iden- Addressing a press confer- made the new District Sonbhadra and Mirzapur have camps, officials said. The heavy floods battered The Yedduvagu and Air Force (IAF) helicopters air- tified as one Mehaboob Mazar ence at his residence, Chief Magistrate of Sonbhadra, while grabbed more than one lakh A second warning signal at least six mandals in the two Siddaramvagu bridges in West lifted 58 people marooned in a Shaikh (20) was swept away in Minister Yogi Adityanath said Prabhakar Chaudhary is the acre of land. In 1972, then chief was issued at Sir Arthur Cotton districts with the impact more Godavari district remain sub- flooded village in Kalyan taluka swollen waters of a creek at FIRs have been registered new Superintendent of Police, minister Hemwati Nandan Barrage at Dowaleswaram as on East Godavari where 52,500 merged, cutting off trans- of Thane district and the NDRF Dharvi in north-central against against 28 people in this officials said. Bahuguna had constituted a water flow in the river, which people were affected, the portation to villages in the and the local fire brigade per- Mumbai, one Mala Bhumanna matter. Twelve primary mem- "The entire matter will be probe committee under has been in spate since last week SDMA said adding a total of region. sonnel rescued at least 850 Naagam (52) and her Sanket bers of Adarsh Krishi Sahkari probed by an SIT. The SIT will Mangaldev Visharad. However, following heavy monsoon rains, 21,568 were hit in West Rice (25 kg to each affect- stranded people from inundat- Bhumanna Naagam (26) were Samiti, Umbha, who are alive, be headed by DIG SIT J no action was taken as a num- crossed the 13 lakh cusecs Godavari. ed family), kerosene, edible oil, ed low-lying areas of Kurla and electrocuted in their home near will also be booked for grab- Ravindra Gaud, and will have ber of Congress leaders were mark on Sunday morning and In all, people in 280 villages potatoes and redgram daal have Santa Cruz in Mumbai and Raje Sambaji school at Santa bing gram sabha land. Additional SP Amrita Mishra involved," Adityanath said. almost the entire quantum was in both the districts were facing been supplied for the flood vic- Vasai taluka in Palghar district. Cruz’s Golibar Rao in north- The disputed land in along with three inspectors. "The Government has being let out into the Bay of the brunt of the flood fury, the tims in the two districts, the The skies opened up in west Mumbai. Umbha and Saphi villages also DG SIT R P Singh will be mon- formed a six-member team Bengal. authority said. SDMA release said. Mumbai and several parts of A 14-year-old boy –Pavan be transferred back and regis- itoring the work of the SIT," the which will probe into the land However, there were no The famous Goshpada In West Godavari, officials Maharashtra for the second Prajapati – was washed away in tered in the name of gram Chief Minister said. grabbed by fake societies in casualties reported and teams of Kshetram on the banks of organised 47 medical camps in consecutive day, inundating the flood waters at Mori village in sabha, he said, while announc- "Action has been initiated Mirzapur and Sonbhadra and the National Disaster Response Godavari at Kovvuru was inun- the flood-hit areas to prevent railway tracks at several places Vasai taluka of Palghar district. ing that a Special Investigation against eight gazetted officials, then using it for their person- Force and the State Disaster dated, following which temples outbreak of communicable dis- and low-lying areas across the Two persons from Pune – iden- Team (SIT) will look into the including the district magis- al use. The probe report will be Response Force reached out to here were closed. eases. metropolis and adjoining areas tified as Nitin Shelar, (37) and matter. trate, superintendent of police, submitted in three months' the affected areas with essential The water-level touched 29 State Panchayat Raj and thus affecting the suburban Vaishakh Nambiar (38) – Adityanath said depart- additional SP, three circle offi- time," he added. In July, 10 peo- supplies and food. metres at Polavaram dam con- Minister Peddireddi train services and road traffic. drowned at a waterfall in Satara mental proceedings have been cers, ARO co-operative and ple were killed and 28 injured All required measures have struction site, but all access to Ramachandra Reddy spoke to Being a Sunday, normal life in western Maharashtra. The initiated against Sonbhadra ARO (Revenue Department). in the clash after a village been taken by the Collectors of the project remained cut off as Collectors of the Godavari in Mumbai remained by and two deceased had gone for pic- District Magistrate Ankit Seven non-gazetted officials, headman and his supporters these two districts and the sit- the main approach Kademma districts and reviewed the sit- large unaffected as sizeable sec- nic along with others when the Kumar Agrawal and including three inspectors, one opened fire on a group of trib- uation was under control, the sluice bridge submerged. uation. PTI tions of Mumbaikars had cho- mishap took place. Superintendent of Police SI, two head constables and one als over a land dispute. PTI (              2  )  ?   '        5  ;/  P! 4!       Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala cial custody. Venkitaraman had (35), Bureau Chief of Patna: Bihar Chief Minister alumnus of the university, Prasad's RJD launching a bar- IAS officer Sriram allegedly driven the car in an Malayalam daily "Siraj" while he Nitish Kumar on Sunday referring to its centenary cel- rage of ridicule on the chief Venkitaraman, arrested after intoxicated state and knocked was riding a motorcycle in the lamented that his fervent ebrations held in October, minister. Bengaluru: Facing flak for decided to pay the penalty of Rs the car driven by him fatally down K Mohammed Basheer early hours of Saturday. PTI request for grant of central sta- 2017. "That was, however, a dif- presenting a basket of fruit 500," the mayor said in a state- knocked down a journalist, was tus to Patna University two At that programme two ferent occasion. Today we are wrapped with banned plastic to ment Saturday. on Sunday shifted to the years ago was dismissed by years ago, Kumar said, he had here to celebrate the centenary Karnataka Chief Minister B S The Mayor, however, "remand cell" in the '     Prime Minister Narendra repeatedly requested Modi, of the library of Patna Yediyurappa recently, the city pointed out that there was no Government Medical College Modi denying the institution who shared the dais with him, University," Kumar said recol- Mayor Gangambike clause in the rules for penalis- Hospital here from a private much needed help. "with folded hands" to consid- lecting that the vice president Mallikarjun has said she 'vol- ing those using plastic though health-care facility, police said.  3$      He said he is hopeful now er the demand for a central sta- was also present at that pro- untarily' paid a fine of 500 for there was such a provision Amid tight security and that the university will get its tus to the university. gramme as the chief guest. the violation. against traders. high drama, Venkitaraman, Alappuzha(Ker): Kerala PWD in IAS and IPS). They consid- due as Vice-President M "But my plea was turned Turning towards Naidu, After the photo of her pre- She also said there was a who got himself admitted to the Minister G Sudhakaran, er themselves as God. Venkaiah Naidu is present at down," Kumar said. whom Kumar has known since senting the basket went viral, proposal to impose fine on the private hospital soon after the known for making controver- They are human beings," the programme held to observe The prime minister, who the days they were cabinet Gangambike was criticised end users of plastic products accident on Saturday, was sial statements, on Sunday Sudhakaran told reporters the centenary of the library of had spoken afterwards, had colleagues in the Atal Bihari because there is already a ban and it would be incorporated in brought out in a stretcher with criticised IAS and IPS officials, here in response to queries the varsity. dismissed the request stating Vajpayee government, Kumar on plastic ban and several the law. a face mask and shifted to the saying there were many peo- regarding the accident involv- Later in his address, Naidu that the idea of granting cen- said, "Now that you are among traders in the city had been "In order to spread medical college hospital after ple like arrested IAS officer ing the civil service officer. said he would talk to Union tral status to universities had us, I hope something would be penalised in the past for stor- awareness among masses being produced before a mag- Sriram Venkitaraman in the Observing that one should HRD Minister Ramesh become obsolete and Patna done to give this university its ing and using the plastic prod- about the problems posed by istrate. civil service. not have a notion that the Pokhriyal and find out if mea- University would do better to due. The state government is ucts. polythene bags, I decided to The 33-year-old officer was Venkitaraman was arrest- character of a person would sures could be taken to accord avail of the opportunities at doing its bit. But had the "My photograph of gifting pay the penalty even before this seen lying motionless on the ed Saturday after a car he was improve if he cleared IAS central university status to it. hand given the government's Centre agreed to take it over, a basket of dry fruits wrapped clause is incorporated in the stretcher with his spectacles driving in an allegedly inebri- examination, the minister said, Had his request been thrust on making institutes of it would have made a world of with a plastic cover to the plastic ban bylaw," the mayor on. The IAS officer was shifted ated condition fatally knocked "It is only an exam." The IAS accepted two years ago, the higher learning world class. difference." chief minister went viral in the said. to the Government hospital down a journalist in officer, who was allegedly glory of the institute which was The development had The chief minister said social media. Gangambike rued that the after charges that "five star Thiruvananthapuram. drunk, rammed his car into a once considered "the greatest come barely a couple of Bihar is the land of scholars Being the first citizen of the plastic ban was in place since treatment" was being given to "I had said earlier also bike, killing K M Basheer, not just in the country, but the months after Kumar returned like Aryabhatta and Chanakya city, I did not wish to send 2016, yet it had not been effec- him in the private hospital, that there are similar type of bureau chief of a vernacular whole of Asia", could have to the NDA and it had led to ancient seats of learning like across a wrong message to the tive in curbing the polythene despite being remanded to judi- people (who drink and drive daily. PTI been restored, said Kumar, an opposition parties like Lalu Nalanda. PTI people of the city. Hence, I menace. PTI        O  = %   B          1           

  Kochi: Experts from different The meet aims to recognise fish,Abdussamadsaid. The participants, including to put pressure on the  & #/  research institutes in the coun- micro-level ecological factors of Apart from El Nino, various    former Union Information Information Commissioners try would gather at the Central the ocean that influence the bio- oceanographic phenomena     Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi directly so that people cannot Marine Fisheries Research logical cycle of oil sardine, said such as increase in the sea sur- M  N and activist Anjali Damania, exercise their right to infor- Banda: Irked by his wife cele- a complaint by his wife. Institute (CMFRI) here on E M Abdussamad, principal face temperature, upwelling and decided to go public and organ- mation,” Galgali said. brating passage of the anti-triple In her complaint, Mufeeda Tuesday to analyse the reasons scientist of the CMFRI. fluctuations in ocean produc-   #"   - ise a movement against the RTI AAP spokesperson Preeti talaq bill by the Rajya Sabha, a said her husband reached her for the fluctuating existence of He said recent investigation tivity are considered crucial amendment bill. Memon Sharma charged that Muslim man allegedly gave her home and "divorced" her oil sardine in the southern of the CMFRI had indicated factors affecting the life-cycle of ctivists and people from Gandhi said that the the amendment had been made instant triple talaq and expelled instantly pronouncing "talaq" Arabian sea. that climate change, especially oil sardine. Avarious walks of life on changes made in the original so that the Government could her from his house in Fatehpur thrice in front of her parents. The national-level sympo- El Nino-La Nina episodes, has A multi-disciplinary Sunday staged a protest against RTI Act without the necessity control the Information district near here, said police. The Parliament on July 30, sium would try to identify the a significant impact on the oil approach is essential to analyse the Right to Information were wrong and that the Commissioners by giving them "Mufeeda Khatun, a resi- had approved the bill that factors affecting this marine sardine. these aspects to generate a (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Bill Government was not giving post retirement benefits “In dent of Jigni village under makes instant triple talaq a species along the south-west Based on this, CMFRI had refined view on this enigmatic passed last month by both the “concrete answers” as to why it effect, the right to information Bindki police station celebrat- criminal offence, with the Rajya coasts and find ways and means issued an advisory that avail- fish species, he said. The sardine Houses of Parliament, a legis- had amended the Act. environment is being ed the successful passage of the Sabha passing the contentious to address the issue, a CMFRI ability of sardine from Kerala resource is highly susceptible to lation that empowers the Anjali Damania said that destroyed,” she said. anti-triple talaq bill in Rajya legislation. press release said here Sunday. coasts this year would decrease frequent and heavy fluctua- Union Government to fix after the amendment, “ the bat- Senior journalist Hemant Sabha. This angered her hus- Lok Sabha had passed the Experts working in the drastically depending on the tions, but specific causative tenures and the salaries of tles have started and now we Desai said that the Centre was band Shamsuddin who expelled Muslim Women (Protection of areas of climate change, intensity of El Nino. agents for this remain an enig- information commissioners. need to fight the battle at all resorting to politics using her from the house on August Rights on Marriage) Bill last oceanography, fishery biology The collapse experiencing ma to the researchers, fisher- At a meeting held the Air levels”. RTI activist Anil Galgali Enforcement Directorate and 3 after giving hr instant triple week. With the Rajya Sabha also and socio-economics would today endorses the CMFRI men and managers, he said, India Modern School of Kalina said that the government made CBI, while another journalist talaq," said Bindki's Circle approving it, the practice of engage in a panel discussion to findings. However, micro-level adding that the discussion on a in north Mumbai, the partici- changes in the Constitution by Ravindra Ambekar said that it Officer Abhishek Tiwari on instant divorce by Muslim men set a way for the future course analysis is required to identify multi-disciplinary approach pants adopted a resolution to ignoring the provisions and was wrong to expect anything Sunday. has been rendered punishable of research on fluctuating trend how various oceanographic and would lead to a better under- fight against the RTI amend- rules. “The government is a from the politicians by the The police have registered with a jail term of up to three of oil sardine on a multi-disci- climatic parameters affect the standing of the reasons behind ment "at all levels". conducting a new experiment people. a case against Shamsuddin on years. PTI plinary platform. biology of the the situation. PTI $<   3   /     6  Madurai: Days after a food vis- delicacy, unlike many other Several local people laud- halal." a-vis religion wrangle involving towns of Tamil Nadu and fur- ed the hotel for its initiative and Preferring only halal meat food aggregator Zomato,a ther linking it to a communi- said it was a step in the right is "my right, faith and choice restaurant here has kicked up ty that was tied to vegetarian direction. and this cannot be linking reli- a row by naming a chicken del- food has exposed their inten- When contacted on the gion to food," he said. icacy after 'Iyers', a Brahmin tions, he said. twin issues, Vice President of "There is a right to religion caste,while another hotel in On a Pudukottai hotel say- the Tamil Nadu Thowheed in food, only thrusting religion Tamil Nadu won support by ing it won't serve anyone who Jamath, Abdul Rahman, said on matters related to food is not announcing it will not serve linked food to religion, he linking the Brahmin commu- correct. No one can dictate those who link food to religion. asked "what about the demand nity to a non-vegetarian deli- what the other person should Though the restaurant here for halal tagged food..?, please cacy was a wrong step. eat and must not eat." has apologised for naming a tell me if this is not an attempt "Knowing fully well that Asked about the dish as "Kumbakonam Iyer to link religion to food?" Iyers do not eat non-vegetari- Pudukottai hotel's new slogan Chicken," it has raised ques- Also, he wondered why an, if you name a non-vege- he said, "I don't know its inten- tions on the reasons behind it that hotel came up with this tarian dish after them, what tion, but this appears to be and a Hindu outfit alleged that slogan now and not before the does it mean ?" he asked, aimed at promoting and sup- Jaipur: The bodies of a man and Netata village, he said. "cheap publicity" was a key dri- Zomato episode. adding nothing should be done porting harmony." a woman were found hanging They were missing since last ving factor. of Tamil Brahmins. alleged the labelling was noth- The hotel at Pudukottai, to hurt the sentiments of any Zomato had on July 24 from a tree in a village farm in Thursday, he said, adding that The hotel tendered an The town is popular for its ing but a cheap publicity stunt. about 110 kilometers from caste, community or religion. refused to resolve the com- Amer area here on Sunday, both were married to someone apology and removed the pro- distinct coffee flavour and the "You are hurting them and here, has put up a board saying On the claim that the plaint of a customer about police said. else and had children. motional content on social generic term "Kumbakonam you are playing with their sen- "No food to those who look at demand for halal tagged food being assigned a Muslim deliv- It appears to be a case of Priyanka's husband had media after Brahmin associa- Coffee" is used by many hotels timents and this may incite religion (in food)., food has no was linked to religion, he said: ery executive for his food order. suicide, however, no note was lodged a complaint against tions and Hindu outfits strong- to mean the authentic taste of trouble, which is completely religion." "We say the name of God, it is "Food doesn't have a reli- recovered from the bodies, Sub- Hanuman for running away ly protested against it. the region, a favourite beverage avoidable. This is a cheap pub- Also the hotel condemned a prayer and then the meat is gion. It is a religion," the com- Inspector, Amer Police Station, with his wife, the officer said. Kumbakonam is a town in among Brahmins of the dis- licity stunt," he told PTI. what it called "bigots," who cut properly to drain out the pany had tweeted in response Mahesh Chandra said. The bodies were handed Thanjavur district, the hub of trict. Choosing the town's name, chose to link food to religion blood and make it clean and fit to the customer's request for The deceased were identi- over to family members after the Cauvery delta in Tamil Hindu Tamizhar Katchi which is not very popular for on the background of the for consumption...This is a sci- change of the rider as he was a fied as Hanuman Meena (30), post-mortem and further inves- Nadu, with a sizable population leader Rama Ravikumar any specific non-vegetarian Zomato controversy. entific method and this is 'non-Hindu'. and Priyanka Meena (24), of tigation is on, he added. PTI    !" #$#%& '()*  )

A ' "   (   #  = # &     7 & # A . *   ! 5  !    Mumbai: Mumbai Congress away from the procedure to pick Lucknow: The condition of the chief Milind Deora on Sunday the new Congress chief, we Guwahati: Expressing concern Unnao rape victim who was proposed the names of Sachin must respect his decision," over pendency of cases, Chief critically injured along with her Pilot and Jyotiraditya Scindia for Deora added. Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi lawyer after their car was hit by the post of party's national pres- When asked if the Congress said on Sunday that more than a truck in Rae Bareli on July 28 ident. will accept a non-Gandhi as the two lakh cases are in courts for is stable, doctors attending to Deora told PTI he agreed party chief, the former Lok 25 years, while over 1,000 cases her at a hospital here said on with Punjab Chief Minister Sabha MP said the contribution have not been disposed of even Sunday. Amarinder Singh that the new of the Nehru-Gandhi family to Hyderabad: At least 12 people, after five decades. King George's Medical Congress president should be the party was unmatched. including some women died Speaking at a public func- University Trauma Centre in- young, capable and possess elec- "We are standing at such a and four others were injured tion here, Justice Gogoi said charge Dr Sandeep Tiwari said, toral, administrative and organ- regarding the new president, crucial juncture in history that after the three-wheeler in though the judiciary faces crit- "The condition of both the isational experience, and a pan Deora said Congress must we have to depart from con- which they were travelling was icism for the huge number of Unnao rape survivor and her India appeal. respect the faith 13 crore voters ventional political routes. It is hit by a lorry in Mahabubnagar pending cases, it is not entirely lawyer is stable." "In my view, Sachin Pilot have reposed in the party by tak- their (Nehru-Gandhi family) district on Sunday, police said. responsible for the delay as the Yesterday, the rape victim and Jyotiraditya Scindia have all ing decisive steps. decision to stay out of the lead- The incident happened executive also has some respon- had developed pneumonia. these qualities and can provide "It is high time we, as a party, ership race and we must respect atKottapalli village in Midjil sibility in the justice delivery  6   6  )1        Because of pneumonia, strength to the organisation and made a collective call on our it," he said. mandal of the district when the mechanism.      1  -    1      she has fever and is also being vigour to the opposition space," leadership. In my opinion, we On general secretary lorry rammed into the over "In India, we have a little given medication to control he said. need to put our best foot for- Priyanka Gandhi's possible can- crowded three-wheeler vehicle over one thousand 50-year-old pending criminal cases, about 45 judges. This is my dream. It her blood pressure. She is He added that he was ward, enthuse the cadre and didature for the top job, Deora coming from opposite direc- cases and above two lakh 25- lakh are petty offences. should be carried out by my suc- being given oxygen through a "unequivocally ruling myself once again attract the attention said, "Priyanka Gandhi is excep- tion, they said. year-old cases," he said. Justice Gogoi said he had cessor Chief Justice (of India) tube inserted in the windpipe, out" adding that "I know my of the electorate," he said. tionally talented. It is the fami- The deceased were labour- The CJI said, out of about 90 addressed the chief justices of and I don't see why he cannot Tiwari said on Saturday. strengths and capabilities and I He said the delay in electing ly's decision to not be involved ers and were returning home, lakh pending civil cases, more various high courts on July 10, change the face of Indian judi- He stressed that KGMU is am willing to work with anyone a new congress chief was hurt- with the office of the Congress police said adding the vehicle than 20 lakh are at a stage during which he requested them ciary," Justice Gogoi said. fully equipped to provide best in the best interest of our party". ing the party. president. We must respect this was at least carrying 16 in it where summons have not been to "go after" the 50-year-old and On the trial courts, the CJI treatment to the two patients. Deora said Pilot or Scindia "India's single largest oppo- and move on." when the incident happened. served yet. those pending for 25 years. said already around 4,000 posts She and her lawyer suf- should be made interim presi- sition party has a huge respon- When asked if the leader- Telangana Chief Minister "This is about 23 per cent of He instructed Gauhati High have been filled of 6,000 vacan- fered critical injuries in the dent at least, and be publicly sibility towards strengthening ship vacuum hurt the Congress K Chandrasekhar Rao the civil cases in the country. In Court acting Chief Justice Arup cies and 1,500 more will be filled truck-car crash; her two aunts backed by the Gandhi family. the world's largest democracy," in Karnataka and Goa, Deora expressed shock over the road criminal cases, the figure is Kumar Goswami to clear such up by the end of this year. were killed. One of the aunts "Unless of course, the he said. Speaking about the said many of these events could accident. worse. Out of 2.10 crore (pend- long pending cases in Assam as "As far as the high courts are was a witness to the rape of the Gandhi family disagrees with upcoming assembly polls in have been avoided if the party Rao conveyed his heartfelt ing) criminal cases, the total soon as possible. concerned, out of 1,079 posts all woman in 2017 when she was my assessment," he added. some states, including had a strong and decisive cen- sympathies to the family mem- pendency at the summoning He also expressed hope that over the country, 403 are vacant. a minor. To a query on what if the Maharashtra, Deora said, "We tral leadership. "We do not have bers and instructed the officials stage is over a crore. the Centre will accept his pro- I have requested the chief justices The victim and her lawyer party decided on someone other have crucial elections coming up the luxury of time," Deora said concerned to offer best medical "If summons have not been posal to raise the retirement age (of the high courts) to send their are under round-the-clock than the two, he said, "If the in October and further delay can about the need for the Congress facilities to the injured, an offi- served, how do my judges start of high court judges to 65 years recommendations.... Make good observation, doctors said. party collectively decides on impact our prospects adversely." to act fast. Responding to a cial release said. the trial? This is my question to from the current 62. recommendations," he said. The Supreme Court someone else, I will respect its On Rahul Gandhi's s deci- question on whether he Meanwhile, a group of peo- the executive. The responsibili- "The immediate result - In Assam and other North will pass orders on Monday wisdom. But I will be surprised sion to quit, Deora said it was favoured polls for the post of ple including family members ty of summoning solely lies there will be a freeze of retire- East states, there is no case whether the woman should if the party or public disagrees unfortunate and added that the Congress president, Deora said and relatives of the deceased with the executive arm of the ment for three years. In these which is 50 years old, but there be moved to AIIMS hospital with my assessment." Congress leader did his best for a call on this would have to be staged a protest demanding jus- government," Justice Gogoi said. three years, we can try and fill are 106 cases which are pending in Delhi for better Responding to a question the party. taken by the party's working tice, including a compensation He said out of the total up the 403 vacancies by good for 25 years, Gogoi said. PTI treatment. PTI on the party's indecisiveness "If he has decided to stay committee (CWC). PTI for those killed. PTI /6  3          !/   O  = 3        "#   #"    Apparently advised by elec- strategy is full of possibilities for Chennai: A police complaint well known television face of the tion strategist Prashant Kishor the Government to perform has been lodged by a BJP BJP in debates, said in his plea ithin days of Bengal Chief — who is professionally direct- but on the other hand if this is spokesperson against Bishop that Sargunam's remarks were WMinister Mamata ing the Trinamool Congress not handled and followed up Ezra Sargunam for his alleged being circulated in the social Banerjee launching her public and Banerjee’s image-makeover scrupulously then you are in for provocative and abusive remarks media and sought action. relation portals “Didi ke Bolo” drill — the TMC supremo had trouble as it will not take long for against Prime Minister His online complaint was (Tell Didi) and “Amar Gorbo after much trumpet blast the popular faith in you to die Narendra Modi in a Tamil news registered in the Abiramapuram Mamata” (Mamata My Pride) in launched the portal Didi ke down,” he said advising the channel's digital platform. Police Station on Sunday and a an apparent bid to assuage pop- Bolo.com and a helpline where Chief Minister to take care of the The Bishop, a well known receipt with acknowledgement ular feeling by reaching out to the people were asked to regis- follow-up exercise. evangelist of the Evangelical number was given under the the masses, one of her key ter their complaints to enable the “I will request the Chief Church of India, made the Community Service Register Ministers Subroto Mukherjee on Chief Minister to directly inter- Minister to take up and follow remarks in an interview of him (CSR). The crux of Sargunam's Sunday said things could vene and solve their problems. up each and every case to redress by Cauvery News's digital plat- allegation in the interview boomerang if not followed up In fact the nodal office at the them otherwise things may form which was streamed a appeared to reflect accusations scrupulously. State secretariat Nabanna, had boomerang,” the Minister said. few days ago. Prime Minister Modi faced Mukherjee a senior leader received humungous response Mukherjee is credited with In his complaint, Narayanan about a decade ago when he was known for not speaking out of from the masses with thousands bringing Banerjee, a firebrand Tirupathi, BJP's Tamil Nadu the Gujarat Chief Minister. turn and sans insinuations said of complaints pouring in since young leader into the Congress unit spokesperson, detailed the When the anchor pointed “Didi ke Bolo is a good gesture the launch of Didi ke Bolo. and fetching her a ticket to con- allegations made by Sargunam out that none of the allegations to reach out to the masses and “A complaint not reaching test her first parliamentary elec- and sought the Bishop's arrest against Modi were proven in a address popular issues but at the the Chief Minister is one thing tions from Jadavpur con- and prosecution under IPC 504 court of law, the evangelist in same time it is a risky move too and the issue officially reaching stituency whence she defeated (intentional insult with intent to his repartee used a particular because if you do not follow up her but not getting redressed the Marxist heavyweight provoke breach of the peace). word which is also seen as and redress popular grievances immediately is another" said Somnath Chatterjee to enter >             6    The senior functionary, a untenable. PTI then you will be in trouble.” Mukherjee. “On one hand this the lower house in mid-eighties.         6:'1 6    099/1  /(60(*0 ,(>191/ /( ( + &  . /8  

)  3     Q  -       " .   addressed by fans, would be lowers to work tirelessly for Pradeep Ranganathan and  1+   ready with the party and making him the Chief actor Jayam Ravi. By Sunday plans in time for the next Minister while they them- morning, the trailer drew a Barpeta (Assam): Three suspected he Tamil chauvinists in Assembly election scheduled selves should not aspire for viewership of over one mil- Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party will hold a Day-long members of the Jamaat-ul- TTamil Nadu film industry for 2021. But the DMK and anything. It is an open secret lion. protest across the state on August 9 to highlight the Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were has chosen an innovative style other outfits are not that nothing would be print- There is a big fight among alleged "poor law and order" situation in the State. arrested from different parts of to lampoon superstar humoured by the moves of ed in Murasoli without the starts of the Tamil film indus- The party workers will be staging demonstrations Barpeta district, police said on Rajinikanth’s political dreams. Rajinikanth. An unsigned concurrence of party chief try to grab the political space all over the state on August 9 in which all party MPs, Sunday. While Kamal Haassan, the article published in ‘Murasoli’, MK Stalin. vacated by J Jayalalithaa, the MLAs and office bearers of its different wings will be Police nabbed two sleeper cell other superstar, who tried to the DMK’s mouthpiece in The latest attack on former Chief Minister, who participating, said SP national spokesperson Rajendra members and one linkman of JMB break into the world of poli- October 2018 had lambasted Rajinikanth is a film Comali breathed her last in 2016. Chaudhary. on Saturday night, a senior officer tics with an outfit named and lampooned Rajinikanth (Tamil for Joker) which por- Vishal and Joseph Vijay are "There is complete jungle raj in the state. In every said. Makkal Neethi Maiam had to for his political dreams. trays the political dreams the ones in contention for the district, there has been a spurt in the crime graph. The The three have been identified as make a hasty retreat following The article was in hilariously of the protago- chair while there are others SP workers are being targeted in every district. The Mustafizur Rahman (25), Shafiqul the drubbing he received in response to Rajinikanth's let- nist who was in coma for 16 too waiting in the sidelines to BJP leaders are giving patronage to criminal elements Islam (29) and Danesh Ali. They were Last week, four more suspected the Lok Sabha election held ter to his fans and followers years. Though the movie try their luck. Interestingly, in the state," said Chaudhary in a statement. produced before a court which sent jihadis were arrested from different on April 2019, Rajinikanth that those who are after power maker, a staunch Dravidian Stalin and other Dravidian The statement listed a series of demands, includ- them to eight days police remand. parts of Barpeta and adjoining has not yet announced the and wealth would not have activist, is silent about the nationalists are silent over ing the shifting of the Unnao's woman rape accused Barpeta Superintendent of Police Chirang districts. name of the party he propos- any place in his scheme of character, the teaser of the the entry of film actors born and BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to a jail outside Robin Kumar said Rahman and They were identified as Hafizur es to launch. things. The Murasoli article movie released on Saturday in Tamil Nadu while they are the state, allocation of land to tribals of Umbha vil- Islam are trained JMB cadres, while Rahman, Yakub Ali, Sariful Islam and What is known is that asked how was it possible for makes it clear that Rajnikanth opposed to any kind of polit- lage in Sonbhadra district and entering their names Ali is the linkmen of all jihadi activ- Hanif Ali. They were arrested for “Thalaivar”, as Rajinikanth is Rajinikanth to expect his fol- is the target of director ical move by Rajnikanth. in revenue records. PTI ities in the district. jihadi activities, police said. PTI  7 6        8 

Siliguri (WB): The vicious "Since there is a huge Bangladesh. cattle smuggling besides it is an talks between the BSF and the tackle the menace. cycle of cross-border cattle demand for cattle in "A cattle smuggler becomes easy earning of all the stake- BGB were concluded in Dhaka Brigadier Jalal Gani, smuggling along the India- Bangladesh, smugglers never a trader once he is in holders in the entire chain. during which it was mutually Commander of the North West Bangladesh border has snow- lose a single chance to cross Bangladesh and pays taka 500 "The price difference is decided to enhance coopera- Region, Bangladesh, said that balled into a major challenge over to the neighbouring coun- per animal as Customs duty such that it is a profitable trade tion to better check crime and smugglers are poor people who for the BSF which always try where they earn easy after smuggling of cattle from even if a cattle is auctioned smuggling of cattle and nar- indulge in the illegal activity remains on the receiving end. money. The demand and sup- India," he said. thrice," the official said. Porus cotics across the 4,096 km just to sustain themselves and On July 11, a BSF soldier ply chain has to be broken," the Bangladesh generates border and unfenced gaps are frontier shared by the neigh- not to lead a lavish lifestyle. lost his hand and suffered seri- official said, adding that these income at three stages from this favourable conditions for the bours. The BGB, however, has "Regarding the killing of ous injuries in a bomb attack by criminals often open fire at the vicious cycle of cattle smug- smugglers. accepted that cross-border smugglers by the BSF, this is Bangladeshi cattle smugglers BSF, killing or injuring the gling. Smuggling of cattle, drugs smuggling cannot be stopped our request that we should fol- along the India-Bangladesh officials deployed at the border. First, they get revenue at and narcotics, leather, arms completely at the Indo-Bangla low the law of the land. Killing border in West Bengal. According to officials, tens the entry of the animal in and ammunition has been a frontier as it sought greater is not the solution," the com- According to an official of thousands of cattle are esti- Bangladesh, second in meat major challenge for the Border cooperation from the BSF to mander said. PTI who spoke on the condition of mated to be smuggled to water currents are favourable the animals to the other side of export and third is the indus- Security Force (BSF) and the anonymity, cattle smugglers Bangladesh annually through for the smugglers who prefer the border where their accom- tries related to it like textile. Border Guard Bangladesh from India are treated as the porous India-Bangladesh sending the cattle after sunset plices wait for the livestock. The factors contributing to (BGB) — the border guarding traders once they cross over to border in West Bengal. to avoid detection. The demand for cattle in cattle smuggling include the forces of the two countries. Bangladesh. Floating banana stems are As per the modus operan- Bangladesh is always high and supply and demand chain, Since it is a source of "All these smugglers need hugely popular for illegally di, the smugglers place the it peaks ahead of Eid festivities. unabated movement of cattle income for the government of to do is to furnish taka 500 per sending cows, oxen and buf- heads of the bovines between The official said that from hinterland to border Bangladesh, the BSF does not animal to the officials in faloes across the border into two strong banana stems and Bangladesh does not treat cat- areas. get any support from the BGB Bangladesh afterwards they Bangladesh using the flow of tie them together before they tle smuggling from India as a The implementation of to stop cattle smuggling. are free to sell it to whoever river. are pushed in the deep water, crime as cattle trade is a legal non-lethal strategy by the BSF Last month, the 48th bi- they wish," he said. Vast rivers with strong allowing the currents to take source of income in also contributes to the rise in annual Director General-level  ?    !" #$#%& '()*

 BC   DA;E  1         he country will need to grow Tby 9 per cent every year for @1      five years continuously and raise aggregate investment rate to 38    ' ' per cent of GDP to achieve     ket where telecom prices are set Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s at very low levels and popula- target of turning India into a $5 ndustry body CII on Sunday tion is high. Instead, the CII trillion economy, Ernst & Young  0 +   7 / Iurged the government to recommended use of dol- (EY) has said. lower the base price for 5G lar/MHz/revenue or In its latest edition of    is estimated to grow at 7 per spectrum, saying the high price dollar/MHz/GDP as a metric Economy Watch, EY said cent in 2019 and 7.2 per cent of such radiowaves will halt for comparing spectrum price assuming India grows by pro- he current slowdown in in 2020. The Asian accelerated growth of the sec- across markets. jected 7 per cent in the current Tthe Indian economy is Development Bank had also tor and deter adoption of tele- “The population level of fiscal year ending March 31, cyclical and growth will pick up lowered India’s GDP growth com services by the masses. the country does not translate 2020, the size of the economy in one or two years, former RBI forecast to 7 per cent for the The Confederation of Indian into proportionate revenues, will grow to $3 trillion from Governor Bimal Jalan said on current year on the back of fis- Industry (CII) cautioned that resulting in lower cash flows for $2.7 trillion in the previous Sunday. cal shortfall concerns. participation of Indian telecom mobile operators,” the CII said. year. Jalan further said the gov- Asked why the private sec- companies may be severely con- Further, the approach of It will have to grow by 9 per ernment has already tor still not investing, Jalan said, strained in the upcoming auction relying on last auction prices cent in each of the five subse- announced many reforms, and “It may be due to post-demon- for 5G spectrum due to low aver- worked only when there were quent years to take the size of it is now a question of imple- etisation effect or may be they age revenue per user, and added no distortions in the auction the economy to $3.3 trillion in deficient capacity utilisation.” FY19, it said. aggregate investment. After mentation, particularly in were waiting for (Lok Sabha) that high reserve prices could process, said CII, adding that FY21, $3.6 trillion in FY22, Historically, India’s average “If the inflation rate is adding central PSU’s capital terms of investment. election results.” further subdue this. ground-up valuation of spec- $4.1 trillion in FY23, $4.5 tril- ICOR during the three-year lower than 4 per cent on an expenditure of 2.4 per cent of “The slowdown in the On overseas sovereign bor- In a representation sub- trum is a better approach. lion in FY24 and $5 trillion in period from FY17 to FY19 has average and if the exchange rate GDP in FY19, the Centre’s con- growth is cyclical. In one or two rowings, he said they should be mitted to the government, the “Also, this approach of FY25. averaged 4.23. The highest depreciation is higher than 2 tribution to the investment years, I am sure, there will be long term. CII made a case for a lower 5G inflating the auction prices to “Assuming an inflation rate achieved investment rate in per cent per annum, reaching increases to 4 per cent of GDP, a turnaround,” he told PTI in “The government has spectrum reserve price, the arrive at the reserve price has- of 4 per cent which is the tar- India was 39.6 per cent in the size of $5 trillion would be which is 12.6 per cent of the an interview. already announced that it (over- auction for which is expected n’t been followed in all cases by get inflation rate as per the FY12. delayed even beyond these tar- total investment. Jalan also pointed out that seas borrowings) will be for 5- to be held later this year. the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Monetary Policy Framework, a EY said achieving such get years.” “This can be substantially the situation today is very dif- 20 years, it should not be for “India’s telecommunication Authority of India) in the past. real growth rate close to 9 per levels would be consistent with While the central govern- improved. The center may ferent from 1991 when the short term,” the former chair- sector has achieved global Where in some case, the TRAI cent would be required to the requirements of our demo- ment plays a four-fold role in therefore provide a policy country faced a severe eco- man of the Expenditure recognition for the speed of its has reduced the reserve price increase the size of the Indian graphic dividend. determining the overall invest- framework to induce the state nomic crisis on the external Management Commission said. growth and has the lowest tar- even when the market prices in economy to $5 trillion by FY25. In China, average saving ment rate through its bud- governments and the private front. Finance Minister Nirmala iffs in the world, ensuring access the preceding auctions were This implies a nominal growth and investment rates of close to getary capital expenditure, sector to uplift their investment “India is in a very strong Sitharaman in the Budget for for poor users and in remote higher,” the CII said. rate of 13 per cent, assuming an 45 per cent have been main- spending through PSUs, poli- rates,” EY said. position today, unlike in 1991. 2019-20 had announced that geographies. High reserve prices It urged the government to average annual depreciation tained for a long period. cy initiatives inducing private “Furthermore, if the central If you look at our inflation rate, the government would start of spectrum will halt this accel- relook the base prices for 5G of the rupee viz-a-vis the US$ Total investment is the investments and coordination government can successfully it’s quite low. If you at look at raising a part of its gross bor- erated growth and deter uptake spectrum by valuing them at 2 per cent,” it said. sum of public investment, with state governments, the reduce its revenue deficit, there our reserves, it’s quite high,” he rowing programme from exter- of telecom services by poorer ground up, using models which In FY19 (2018-19), the household investment and Centre’s share in country’s would be room for higher cap- asserted. nal markets in foreign curren- sections of society,” the CII said factor in the current financial gross investment rate, estimat- investment by the private cor- aggregate investment was quite ital expenditure with the same Last month, the IMF and cies. in a statement. stress of the sector. ed at 31.3 per cent, was able to porate sector. small at 1.6 per cent of GDP in fiscal deficit. It can also induce Asian Development Bank Asked what were the The association has ques- Highlighting the financial deliver a real growth rate of 6.8 Raising the growth rate to FY19. additional investment through (ADB) had cut India’s growth biggest risks for the Indian tioned the current spectrum difficulties being faced by the per cent. The implicit incre- 9 per cent in FY21 would As per actuals from the the CPSEs while keeping in forecast, citing global and economy, Jalan, also a former pricing model arguing that industry, the CII noted that mental capital-output ratio require uplifting the investment Controller General of mind, the overall constraint of domestic headwinds. member of Parliament, said he using the metric of dollars per since 2016, high competition in (ICOR) was 4.6, it said. “This rate to close to 38 per cent of Accounts (CGA), this consti- resources in the form of savings According to IMF’s latest thinks unemployment is a very megahertz per population is the market had led to lower is relatively high because of GDP as against 31.3 per cent in tuted only 5.1 per cent of the in the system.” projection, the Indian economy important problem. “inappropriate” for Indian mar- realisations. 1 &$.&. 41 2. (1 /@  $ A $C=          &>4.! & . (1 .&4%    ual and relatively lower than the tries and sectors, including report had said the Indian repo rate revisions, it said real estate, to pick up in the economy is in the throes of a he Reserve Bank is expect- The CII said the RBI coming times and register sub- broad-based slowdown—sharp 8    '  !) .#1) $ 0 Ted to cut the policy rate by should cut cash reserve ratio stantial growth in the latter part contraction in auto sales, slow- 25 basis points, for the fourth (CRR) by 50 bps which will of the calendar year,” he added. ing investments and subdued time in a row, on Wednesday to release around Rs 60,000 crore In its June policy review, exports.     prohibited the Appellant from     General Insurance Corporation give a boost to the economy at into the system. while reducing the rate for the “In our view, the RBI should evicting the ‘Corporate Debtor of India in 2017 opened its a time when key indicators “This along with infusing third time in a row, the RBI had ideally front-load a 50bps rate he National Company Law (Sterling Biotech) from ‘A’ n a bid to promote IFSC as an IFSC Insurance Office (IIO) at point towards a slowdown, liquidity in the banking system signalled more easing as it cut at its forthcoming meeting TAppellate Tribunal Wing premises of Lakshmi Iattractive destination for IFSC Gandhinagar in Gujarat, opined experts. will also reduce the burden on looked to support an economy on 7 August, but the RBI gov- (NCLAT) has stayed eviction of Towers,” said NCLAT. investment for global re-insur- the first and only IFSC so far. The industry also expects banks’ resources, given the fact growing at the slowest pace ernor’s recent interview suggests Sterling Biotech from its However, it also said that ers, the government has relaxed Opening an office at IFSC the six-member Monetary that currently, the credit-deposit since the BJP first came to a more measured approach. premises as the debt-ridden “So far as the question as to norms for setting up shops at would allow global players to Policy Committee (MPC) ratio is hovering at a high of 77- power in 2014. Hence, a 25bps rate cut looks company was going under the who is the owner of ‘A’ and ‘B’ Gandhinagar international cater to the needs of customers headed by RBI Governor 78 per cent,” it added. Finance Minister Nirmala more probable,” it said. insolvency resolution process Wings premises of Lakshmi financial services centre. outside the jurisdiction of the Shaktikanta Das to take steps to Industry body Assocham Sitharaman will meet heads of Shanti Ekambaram, and was under the moratorium Towers and whether the The notification of Finance domestic economy. improve liquidity situation and said that economy requires public as well as major private President — Consumer period. Appellant has any right over the (No. 2) Act, 2019, has paved the Such centres deal with also ensure transmission of funding at a cheap rate for fur- sector banks on Monday to Banking, Kotak Mahindra A two-member bench said property, such questions way for reduction of the Net flows of finance, financial prod- rate (repo) cuts to borrowers by ther investment to boost the review the flow of credit to Bank too opined that the cen- headed by NCLAT Chairman are not required to be deter- Owned Funds (NOF) require- ucts and services across bor- the banks. growth rate and to speed up the important sectors of the econo- tral bank is likely to cut the Justice S J Mukhopadhaya mined in the proceeding under ment for the opening of ders. The Monetary Policy transmission effect because the my, including MSME, automo- repo rate by 25 bps. upheld the order passed by the the ‘I&B Code’.” branches of foreign re-insurers Finance Minister Nirmala Committee (MPC) will meet inflation is well contained. bile and housing sectors, accord- “It will be important to Mumbai Bench of the National NCLAT also said if Sterling in International Financial Sitharaman in her budget during August 5 to 7, 2019 for “Addressing the liquidity ing to an official statement. study the policy narrative to get Company Law Tribunal Biotech is saved during the liq- Services Center (IFSC) to Rs speech, announced the gov- the Third Bi-monthly problem of NBFCs, a rate cut Generally, the finance min- a direction of likely future (NCLT), which had asked Srei uidation proceeding or if it is 1,000 crore from Rs 5,000 ernment’s intent to make India Monetary Policy Statement for will help in boosting the eco- ister holds a review meeting action by the RBI, liquidity Infrastructure Finance, a finan- sold to a third party along with crore. a hub for aircraft financing and 2019-20. nomic growth and consumer with heads of public sector measures, any other structur- cial creditor, to hand over the the employees then, in such The significant reduction leasing activities by leveraging Managing director and spending that may increase banks and financial institu- al changes etc. Suffice it to say possession of the A and B wing case, one may move before the in NOF requirement with the business opportunities available CEO of Union Bank of India the demand for passenger and tions, but this time the ministry that inflation will be the cen- premises of Laxmi Towers. Competent Court of law for amendment in the Insurance in India’s financial Special Rajkiran Rai G said that the commercial vehicle,’ it added. has also invited major private- tral theme balanced with the The appellate tribunal appropriate decision. Act 1938 is expected to attract Economic Zones (SEZs), MPC is likely to cut rate by 25 When asked for expecta- sector lenders. need to boost growth,” observed that although Sterling Besides, the appellate tri- global re-insurance companies namely, IFSC. basis points. tions from the MPC, Ashish R. Puravankara, Ekambaram added. Biotech, which is presently bunal also said that “the operating in financial centres Besides, the government “At this point of time we Anshuman Magazine, CBRE’s Managing Director, While inflation continues going through liquidation, is Liquidator cannot sell the assets like Singapore, Dubai, Hong has provided several direct tax need growth impetus. I am sure chairman and CEO for India, Puravankara Limited said it is to remain within the RBI’s not the owner of the premises of the premises in question.” Kong, Malaysia, London etc. To incentives to an IFSC including they will reduce rates,” he said. South East Asia, Middle East very encouraging to hear the comfort zone, key indicators it cannot be ejected or dis- Resolution Professional of set up branches in IFSC in 100 per cent profit-linked Industry body CII in a and Africa said in the light of RBI Governor’s advisory to like automobile sale and almost turbed during the moratorium Sterling Biotech had moved India. deduction in any ten-year block statement said the central bank increasing investor confidence banks to pass on the benefit of flat growth in the eight core period as the company has to NCLT against the financial The above amendment is within 15 years and exemption started its interest rate easing and consumer spending, the the rate cuts announced in sector industries showing signs remain as a going concern. creditor to return the posses- thus expected to increase the from dividend distribution tax cycle in February 2019, taking economic sentiments are cur- June, down to the industries. of a slowdown. “We hold that the sion of B Wing premises of number of foreign re-insurance among others. cognizance of the headwinds to rently looking up. “For real estate sector a India’s economic growth Adjudicating Authority Lakshmi Towers and restrain players in IFSC, Gandhinagar Together, these steps will growth and inflation reading India’s retail inflation mar- reduction in the cost of funds rate slowed to a five-year low (NCLT) has rightly directed the Srei Infrastructure Finance and lead to on-shoring of inter- lead to the creation of aspira- remaining below the RBI’s tar- ginally accelerated, following means that we can pass that on of 5.8 per cent in the January- Appellant to hand over the pos- from taking any action in rela- national insurance transac- tional jobs in insurance and get of 4 per cent. the third consecutive policy to our customers directly, March quarter of 2018-19, due session of ‘B’ Wing premises of tion to A Wing premises, which tions, a senior finance ministry aviation finance and contribute However, the transmission rate cut by RBI to 25 basis which will be encouraging for to poor performance in the Lakshmi Towers and rightly had allowed it. official said. to making IFSC a global finan- of the rate-cuts to the end-con- points, he said. the sector at large,” he said. agriculture and manufacturing State-owned reinsurer cial and IT services hub. sumers has remained very grad- “We expect several indus- Edelweiss Research in a sectors.    4.!& 1( 24&4"& "     +$%. 441$& @'  A#    $@*/& . 4& ($"& $$ /     $% 1   4& . /    3           0@ +.  he UGC has    Trecommended    the granting of overnment tenders worth Institution of yundai Motor India sold Gover 25,000 crore were Eminence (IoE) Hover 16,200 units in the either cancelled or modified status to Odisha- utility vehicle segment in July and re-issued after the based Kalinga to take a lead over Maruti Department for Promotion of $       1)   ( ! 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M&M sells seven mod- MDC received “Innovative from 16 countries. ‘Made in India’ products,” the and Kharagpur were also rec- Minister of India, Ramesh els in the UV segment like XUV NStakeholders Interface” During the said conference official said. ommended for the same . Pokhariyal Nishank, Minister, 500, Scorpio, Bolero and Thar. award at the SCOPE Corporate deliberations took place on The government issued the KIIT is the only institute in HRD and Naveen Patnaik, MSI on the other hand Excellence Awards 2019 at the future of minerals and order on June 15, 2017, to pro- Odisha and among seven pri- Chief Minister of Odisha. reported sale of 15,178 units in New Delhi today. metals worldwide. The seminar mote manufacturing and pro- vate universities in the country In addition to KIIT, the UV segment last month. Its Shri Sumit Deb, Executive also helped to understand the duction of goods and services to be recommended for the IoE Samanta, an academician- UV portfolio comprises mod- Director (P&A) received the global commodities market for in India and enhance income status. “For this (recommen- turned BJD MP, also set up els like Ertiga, Vitara Brezza award on behalf of NMDC minerals and metals, high- and employment in the dation) Dr Achyuta Samanta, KISS (Kalinga Institute of and S-Cross. from BP Singh, IAS, Former lighting the inter-linkage country. Founder, KIIT... has given the Social Sciences) for tribal stu- “Hyundai has strong posi- Governor of Sikkim and between mineral development A tender worth 8,000 credit to PM Narendra Modi, dents.At present 50,000 indige- tion in compact SUV segment Former Home Secretary, and economic growth, the crore was withdrawn and re- Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, nous students are provided with Creta. 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     ' >   ' )  '' Idlib: The chief of Hayat Tahrir government agreed to a truce in accused Turkey of dragging its     S 3\SRS  al-Sham, the main jihadist group the northwestern region of Idlib feet in implementing the deal,    crew were rescued. derstorms and rain-triggered in Syria's northwestern Idlib, on condition that a Turkish- which provided for a buffer journalist in the Gulf Coast     A third ferry, which was landslides amid a tropical on Saturday refused any with- Russian buffer-zone deal is zone of up to 20 kilometres (12 Astate of Veracruz has been     escuers recovered more not carrying any passengers, depression more than 1,000 drawal from a future buffer implemented, according to state miles) between the two sides, free shot dead just days before he Rbodies in rough seas where also capsized in the Iloilo Strait kilometers (620 miles) off the zone after a truce went into effect news agency SANA. of heavy weaponry. was scheduled to testify before      : three ferry boats capsized after but its five crewmen survived, country's eastern coast. in the area. Most of Idlib province and "We will not change our state authorities about threats       being buffeted by fierce winds Balilo said. Classes and work were sus- "What the regime could not parts of Hama, Aleppo and position, neither at the request of of violence against him. and waves off two central Survivors recounted how pended in metropolitan Manila take militarily or by force, they Latakia — which currently hosts our friends or our enemies," The state attorney's office   ,:    Philippine provinces, bringing the sky suddenly turned dark on Friday and Saturday amid will not get through peaceful some three million residents — Jolani insisted, refusing any idea said in a statement that Jorge the death toll to 31 with three midway through their trip, fol- heavy rains and flooding, means or through negotiations are controlled by the HTS. of a demilitarised zone. Celestino Ruiz Vázquez was missing, the coast guard said lowed by strong winds and rain which caused intense traffic and politics," said Abu Mohamed The region is supposed to be Air strikes on the Idlib found dead at his home short- authorities next Tuesday. He Sunday. that battered their ferries. jams in low-lying areas of the al-Jolani. "We will never with- protected from a massive gov- region stopped on Friday after ly before midnight Friday after alleged that Actopan Mayor Coast guard spokesman Authorities wondered why capital. draw from the zone." ernment offensive by the the government's truce police responded to a call alert- Paulino Domínguez Sánchez Armand Balilo said the dead a third ferry was allowed to sail About 20 typhoons and Jolani made his comments Turkish-Russian deal, but it has announcement but the fighting ing them to gunshots at the res- was behind the threats. were mostly passengers of two about three hours after two storms batter the Philippines during a meeting with reporters come under increasing fire by since late April has killed 790 idence in Actopan, 60 kilome- The Committee to Protect ferries that flipped over in other ferries overturned almost each year, making the archi- organised by the former Al- Damascus and its backer civilians in regime and Russian ters (37 miles) south of state Journalists says Ruiz Vázquez sudden wind gusts and pow- at the same time at noon in bad pelago that lies on the Pacific Qaeda affiliate group Hayat Moscow since the end of April. attacks, the UK-based Syrian capital Xalapa. was the third journalist killed erful waves Saturday off weather. typhoon and earthquake belt Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The Government of Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Ruiz Vázquez was sched- in a single week, and the 10th Guimaras and Iloilo provinces. Forecasters have warned of one of the world's most disas- On Thursday the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has monitor says. AFP uled to give statements to killed this year, in Mexico. Sixty-two other passengers and heavy monsoon rains, thun- ter-prone countries.(AP) 72 07 1 P    4 5   6 #G Damascus: A Syrian pro-gov- Saturday at the base, saying it Phnom Penh: Khmer Rouge 'brother month. Cambodia. ernment newspaper is report- killed an undetermined num-   O number two' Nuon Chea died on Sunday The reign of terror led by "Brother The UN-backed court sentenced him ing 26 soldiers, including seven ber of soldiers. It said the blast aged 93, a spokesman for the Cambodia tri- Number 1" Pol Pot left some two million to life in prison last year after he was found officers, have been killed in an was caused by a technical error bunal where he was convicted of genocide Cambodians dead from overwork, starva- guilty of genocide against the ethnic explosion blamed on a techni- while transporting ammuni-  A  and crimes against humanity told AFP. tion and mass executions from 1975 to Vietnamese and Cham Muslim minority cal error in central Syria. tion. "We can confirm that defendant Nuon 1979. group. Al-Watan quoted a military The Britain-based Syrian Chea... Passed away this evening on 4 But Nuon Chea, considered the Khmer His lawyers had informed the court that official as describing Saturday's Observatory for Human    was agreed, 61 percent of all the August 2019 at Khmer Soviet Friendship Rouge's chief ideologue, was not arrested Nuon Chea would appeal, but prosecutors explosion at the Shayrat air Rights, an opposition-linked EU states' MEPs have changed. hospital," said Neth Pheaktra, spokesman until 2007. are now expected to ask the Supreme Court base in the Homs province as group that monitors the war, ritish Prime Minister Boris Such a fundamental shift illus- for the tribunal. He and other senior members of the chamber to terminate his case following his severe. put the death toll at 31. It said BJohnson's Government has trates the need for a change of The cause of his death was not given ultra-Maoist group were put on trial at the death, according to a court official. The official news agency the cause of the explosion was urged EU leaders again to drop approach. but he had been in hospital since early last Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of AFP SANA reported an explosion unclear. AP their opposition to renegotiat- "Mr Barnier needs to urge ing the terms of Brexit, claim- EU leaders to consider this if ing recent European elections they too want an agreement, to required a change of approach. enable him to negotiate in a A = '   '    +   Johnson, who took office way that finds common ground late last month, says he wants with the UK. to leave the European Union "Otherwise, no deal is    eighth round, began on But despite a rapid con- that enables withdrawal," reduced to as low as 8,000 from Sydney. with a deal but insists the cur- coming down the tracks." Saturday with no end date clusion to the conventional Khalilzad tweeted on Friday as the current level of around An Afghan official hinted rent terms are unacceptable Former prime minister Theresa he US and the Taliban were issued publicly. phase of the war, the Taliban he arrived in Doha after talks 14,000. last week that the government and if necessary Britain will exit May quit after delaying Brexit Tthrashing out elements of a A Taliban source told AFP have proved formidable insur- with Pakistani Prime Minister In exchange, the Taliban of President Ashraf Ghani was on October 31 with no agree- twice while she tried unsuc- deal to bring a close to efforts had been made to gents, bogging down US troops Imran Khan in Islamabad. would abide by a ceasefire, preparing for direct talks with ment at all. cessfully to get the divorce Afghanistan's 18-year conflict organise a direct meeting for years. "Our presence in renounce Al-Qaeda, and talk to the Taliban, the details of which In an article in the Mail on terms she struck with Brussels at the second day of renewed between US envoy for Washington is hoping to Afghanistan is conditions- the Kabul administration. have yet to be announced. Sunday newspaper, Johnson's through the British parliament. talks in Doha on Sunday. Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad strike a peace deal with the based, and any withdrawal will "After 19 years, President "We have no preconditions Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay But the EU has refused to The US, which invaded and Taliban co-founder Mullah Taliban by September 1 -- be conditions-based." Trump has made it very clear to begin talks, but the peace said European Parliament elec- reopen the deal, the result of 17 Afghanistan and toppled the Baradar, who heads the move- ahead of Afghan polls due the In another sign of progress, that his desire is that we devel- agreement is not without con- tions in May had changed the months of tough negotiations. Taliban in 2001, wants to with- ment's political wing. same month, and US presi- the Afghan government has op a diplomatic resolution that ditions," Ghani wrote in Pashto political dynamic and urged Johnson has ramped up draw thousands of troops and The men have met previ- dential elections due in 2020. formed a negotiating team for permits us to reduce the on his Facebook page on Friday EU leaders to amend the man- preparations for leaving with- turn the page on its longest ever ously, as recently as May. US President Donald separate peace talks with the resources that are located ahead of the talks. date of their chief negotiator, out any agreement. war. But it would first seek A coalition led by Trump told reporters at the Taliban that diplomats hope there... While simultaneously "We want a republic gov- Michel Barnier. However, some British law- assurances from the insurgents Washington ousted the Taliban White House on Friday that could be held as early as later ensuring that Afghanistan ernment not an emirate," he "The political realities have makers have vowed to stop that they will renounce Al- in late 2001 accusing it of har- "we've made a lot of progress. this month. never again becomes a platform said, a challenge to the Taliban changed since Mr Barnier's him, fearing the economic con- Qaeda and stop other militants bouring Al-Qaeda jihadists We're talking". The Washington Post where a terrorist can strike the which has insisted on reverting instructions were set," Barclay sequences of severing ties with like the Islamic State group who claimed the September 11 "We are pursuing a peace reported Thursday that an ini- United States," US Secretary of to the "Islamic Emirate" name wrote. Britain's closest trading partner using the country as a haven. attacks against the US that agreement not a withdrawal tial deal to end the war would State Mike Pompeo said Afghanistan bore under its "Since the last mandate overnight. The talks, now in their killed almost 3,000 people. agreement, a peace agreement see the US force in Afghanistan Sunday during a visit to rule.    !" +#$#%& '()* ? A:%5"= "56 1 #    !   89:;< +  

  

runal Pandya's two last-over sixes after KRohit Sharma's char- acteristically sublime 67 lift- ed India to 167 for five against West Indies in the second T20 International here on Sunday. Rohit scored his runs off 51 balls, setting India up for a challenging total before Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja propped up the innings by smashing 20 runs in the final over, which was bowled by Keemo Paul. In the process, Rohit became T20 internationals'  "   # !      .& &.5 ! 4% #. @41"@ 1( most prolific six-hitter, going        @       past Chris Gayle with 106 L 4 #& 1)&44% %$2&: maximums. He struck six 1# #$ 2$ 14 !4/$ 1# #$/ # 1 .&.5 4 fours and three sixes in the +&"$2& #& 21. ) 1*(" !4/$: #& .2$.#&/ $41#& match. .>#& 4  # && 1 *&$/ #& $** # Sent into bat, India were 4& 4$14$*. #*& #. I .&.5 & S&$*$4/A. " Q off to a quick start as they .@))& 3 $ 1#* $$4&/ $ 4 !)** #$. 5 reached 50-run mark in the )1*& )1.14 $214% 4/$4. 1# $. 14& 1( 4/$A. seventh over, with Rohit 4 #& .#1 &. 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Keemo Paul gave West ."1 & 4&&/&/ (1! .&. 1 #&*/ #& 1) .)1 # =J tury in his comeback Test saw "He knows exactly what he's try- Indies their first break- %1 )$. $*&A. &"1 / $ #& !4.: #*& 1#* &4& &/ #& Australia compile a potentially match- ing to do, exactly what the opposition through when he bowled .$  1( #& # &&>2$"# %$2& # ===5 winning lead in the Ashes opener at are trying to do... he analyses every ball Shikhar Dhawan with the Edgbaston on Sunday. and it's like a computer, he spits out the Indian scorecard reading 67 Ashes-holders Australia, bidding answer," added Waugh, now a mentor for one in the eighth over. end, Kohli's deputy Rohit third man fielder Kieron to win their first Test series away to to the Australia squad. Two quite overs followed then smashed Carlos Pollard. England in 18 years, were 356-5 at tea England captain Joe Root brought as Indian captain Virat Kohli Brathwaite for a six and four Sheldon Cottrell then on the fourth day — 266 runs ahead himself on to bowl his part-time off- joined Rohit, who broke the as India's hundred came up had the big one, sending — with the hosts a bowler down in the breaks and deployed Joe Denly's occa- shackles with a six over deep in the 13th over. Kohli's middle stump cart- absence of James Anderson. sional leg-spin in a desperate bid for midwicket, Sunil Narine It took a fine catch from wheeling for a 23-ball 28 Smith made 142 following his 144 wickets on a sluggish pitch. being the bowler, and then Shimron Hetmyer to bring with a perfectly-executed in the first innings of the match — the Wicketkeeper Wade, playing as a brought up his 17th half-cen- an end to Rohit's stay in the yorker and performing his former Australia captain's first Test specialist batsman, with Australia cap- tury in this format with a sin- middle -- he hit one high up trademark salute celebra- since the end of a 12-month ban for tain Tim Paine behind the stumps, gle to long-off. in the air off Oshane Thomas tions. his role in last year's ball-tampering reverse-swept Root to complete a 70- Nicely getting under- with just over six overs left in By that time tough, scandal in South Africa. ball fifty. neath the flight of left-arm the Indian innings. Kohli became the highest Matthew Wade, in his first Test for Wade was given out lbw to Broad spinner Khary Pierre, Kohli Rishabh Pant (5) per- run scorer among Indians in nearly two years, was 86 not out after by Wilson on 69 but his review showed got going with a neat six. ished quickly, top-edging T20 cricket, including putting on 126 for the fifth wicket with the ball going over the top of the Well settled at the other Oshane into the hands of domestic tourneys. Smith. stumps. Only three times have a side made The new ball, however, did even- more than 150 in the fourth innings tually give England the wicket they to win a Test at Edgbaston. craved. Smith is just the fifth Australia Chris Woakes, on his 6      batsman to score a hundred in both Warwickshire home ground, got a innings of an Ashes Test, following delivery to deviate in the air outside off Warren Bardsley (1909), Arthur stump, with Smith edging an intend-    that,” Bhuvneshwar said at the senior pacer. Morris (1946/47), Steve Waugh (1997) ed drive to wicketkeeper Jonny post-match press conference. “He has bolwed really well. and Matthew Hayden (2002/03). Bairstow. enior pacer Bhuvneshwar “When young players like   ,  , The most important thing is, he Having reached lunch on 98 not The match was in the balance SKumar is happy with the com- Navdeep Saini does well and  3     has proved in different stages. He out, Smith went to three figures in style when Australia resumed on 124-3, a ing up of bright prospects like Khaleel (Ahmed) does well, you      plays so much of cricket, in IPL when he cover-drove England pace- lead of just 34 runs, with Smith 46 not Navdeep Saini and says he’s always want to always talk to them. You and for India A. So when he came man Stuart Broad for his 10th four in and Travis Head unbeaten on 21. ready to guide the youngsters want to make them comfortable. B  C   : , into the (senior national) team he 147 balls faced. Smith, cleared of concussion after when they come in to the nation- That is the first thing I want to do    ,    was very confident.” being hit on the head by a Ben Stokes al team. and I always guide them,” he Asked about the switching .   bouncer on Saturday, has now scored The 29-year-old Bhuvneshwar added.  5 ,   from ODI cricket to T20 format, He celebrated by removing his bat- more than 1,000 runs in his past 10 took two wickets for 19 runs to Bhuvneshwar was all praise for    he said, “Not really mental adjust- ting helmet and waving his bat joyous- Ashes innings. play an important role in India's Saini who starred in the India’s win ment because T20 and ODI are the ly towards the Australia changing England were once more looking four-wicket win against the West with figures of 3/17 in his India 0- 5    same, not the same format but you room. to Broad, who took 5-86 in the first Indies in the first T20 debut match.   0     have to bowl deck bowling in ODI And while there was applause innings, to lead their attack in the International here on Saturday. “Just before coming into the     , and T20 as well. from a packed crowd, there were also absence of Anderson, their all-time “As a senior player you always team he played for India A against “It is only that T20 is a short- renewed chants of "Crying on the telly, leading Test wicket-taker. want to perform. Even you could West Indies A in West Indies. That     er format and when you go to we saw you crying on the telly" in a ref- Lancashire paceman Anderson not perform you have to con- is why he did well. When you do L "+  / ODI, it takes more load on the erence to the emotional press confer- only managed four overs in Australia's tribute to the team. That is the first well at international level, it gives body. This is something we always ence Smith gave in Sydney after he was first innings 284 before breaking down thing I want to do and luckily I did you a lot of confidence,” said the !    3  3 take care of.” sent home from South Africa. with a calf injury.

   practice in professional sport,” said "   Moroe. ttis Gibson and his entire ( ,7  Former West Indian player and OSouth African coaching team coach Gibson was appointed South and management staff have lost African team coach in 2017. His con- their jobs, Cricket South Africa be appointed, who would take Moroe would appoint an interim tract was due to expire next month. >  "  (CSA) announced on Sunday. charge of all aspects of the nation- management team for the tour of Gibson said during the recent The decision, taken during a al team, including the appointment India as well as an interim selec- Cricket World Cup that he was keen board meeting last week, follows a of a coaching staff, the captain or tion panel and captain. to continue in the job but his  -  disastrous South African World captains and medical and admin- Faf du Plessis, the current cap- prospects plummeted when South Cup campaign in which the istrative personnel. tain, was on Saturday night named Africa were among the first teams to ewis Hamilton regained his Proteas finished seventh of the 10 The team manager will report South African Cricketer of the Year be eliminated from contention for a Lmomentum in the drivers’ teams. directly to a Director of Cricket, a and it would be a surprise if he was World Cup semi-final place. world championship with a mem- The clean-out comes shortly new position. replaced. Van Zyl, 57, played in one unof- orable strategic victory on Sunday before a tour of India next month Former South African player Sunday’s statement said none ficial Test during South Africa’s when he overcame young rival during which South Africa will Corrie van Zyl, currently in charge of the current team management, years of isolation and in two one-day Max Verstappen to triumph in a play their first three Test matches of cricket pathways at CSA, will be including coaches, would be internationals in 1992 following the tense and thrilling Hungarian in the new world Test champi- acting Director of Cricket until a retained. country’s return to official interna- Grand Prix. onship. full-time appointment is made. “This change will herald an tional cricket. He had a brief spell as The 34-year-old defending In a statement, CSA said a The statement said Van Zyl exciting new era for the SA cricket South African coach between 2009 five-time champion started third on football-style team manager would  1      and CSA chief executive Thabang and will bring us into line with best and 2011. the grid in his Mercedes and, after stalking the 21-year-old Dutch tyro for most of a fascinating tac- tical contest, finally swept into the $ $4$ &&*& . *1.& 1 lead on lap 67 of a stirring 70 laps. 2   *  1 Hamilton’s record seventh win $2* #$*$$. in Hungary and 81st of his career      wrecked Red Bull’s hopes of turn- ( -     Kandola widened the gap Turkey last month. ing Verstappen’s maiden pole posi- between the two teams when he tar India grappler Vinesh “The biggest positives from tion into victory and increased his was ninth in the second Mercedes he Haryana Steelers played helped Haryana carry out an all SPhogat has bagged her wrestling against strong oppo- lead in the title race to 62 points and Alex Albon 10th for Toro Ttheir heart out, but went out of the Tamil Thalaivas team third consecutive Gold in nents are it forces me out of my before the sport’s European sum- Rosso. down 28-35 to the Tamil in the eleventh minute. women’s 53kg category after comfort zone, makes me push mer break. “What a drive, what a strategy,” Thalaivas in the Pro Kabaddi Naveen and Vinay backed winning the Poland Open my limits, and teaches important Verstappen, who led most of said Hamilton’s race engineer Peter League in Patna on Sunday. up Kandola with a few raid wrestling tournament in lessons! Happy with my perfor- the race before his tyres faded, Bonnington. “Only you could make Vikash Kandola bolstered points as the Haryana Steelers Warsaw. mance at the #PolandOpen came home 17.796 seconds behind that work today.” the Haryana team after making ended the first half with a nine- The 24-year-old pre- Excited by this start as a 53 kg in second and clocked a record race Mercedes matched Red Bull’s a return to the side, but the point lead at 19-10 vailed 3-2 over local wrestler wrestler, now onwards and fastest lap for the Hungaroring after strategy until gambling with a late Thalaivas found a way to main- The Tamil Thalaivas tried to Roksana in the final of the upwards,” Vinesh tweeted. a late pit-stop. additional pit-stop that left tain their lead in the last few fight back through a tackle competition. “As always, thank you to Four-time champion Sebastian Hamilton with 20 laps to make up minutes of the match. point and a few raid points, but Vinesh had earlier beat- everyone out there for the con- Vettel was third for Ferrari ahead a 20-second deficit on fresh tyres The Haryana Steelers got off raiders Kandola and Naveen en Sofia Mattson of Sweden, stant stream of good wishes, of team-mate Charles Leclerc, — a move that worked with to a great start through fantas- ensured that Haryana stay in the the Rio Olympics Bronze love, and support A big thank Carlos Sainz of McLaren and Pierre Verstappen complaining to his tic raids by Kandola and Naveen lead. Dharmaraj Cheralathan medallist, in the quarterfinals you to my coach Woller Akos, Gasly in the second Red Bull. team before he lost the lead “my in the opening minutes of the tackled Ajay Thakur in the 26th of this international tourna- physio Rucha, @IndiaSports, Kimi Raikkonen was seventh tyres are dead”. match. minute as the Haryana Steelers ment. @FederationWrest, and for Alfa Romeo ahead of Hamilton’s “They rolled the dice and it Vinay pulled off a brilliant took a five-point lead at 24-19. The top Indian woman @OGQ_India. Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas worked for them, unfortunately,” raid point in the sixth minute However, the Tamil wrestler had stood atop the “I thank god for the oppor- who had been forced into an early Red Bull team boss Christian and Sunil scored a tackle point Thalaivas gained momentum podium at Grand Prix of tunity. #lookingforward pit-stop after a first lap incident. Horner told Verstappen. in the next minute which helped thereafter and clinched raid and Spain and at the Yasar Dogu #makeeverydaycount British rookie Lando Norris “But you drove your heart out.” Haryana take a four-point lead. tackle points quickly. International at Istanbul, 2       1   #1YearToGo,” she added. 2  ? 2   @# 8A <# 8A

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In poultry work as the primary source depend on pills & supplements to truth, benefits of a non-vegetarian of iron in the body. Iron is highly need your daily requirement of diet cannot be denied because there important not only to keep blood nutrition & minerals. Eating non-veg are many benefits to including high- deficiency at bay but also to ensure is better than taking pills which can quality sources of meat in your reg- smooth functioning of the brain. cause harmful side effects. ular diet. Apart from iron and calcium, All the non-vegetarians out there If we place a meal constituting of non-veg foods are also rich in min- are usually quite broad minded & not red meat, white meat, eggs, etc. an , erals like Zinc, Selenium and B vit- offended just because someone hap- before a non-vegetarian, the person’s amins, which are vital for smooth pens to be a vegetarian. Plus the mouth will immediately start drip- functioning of the different systems problem of eating at restaurants ping out water of immense hunger of the body. where utensils for veg & non-veg and the stomach of that person will Calcium is a very important might be mixed is not a problem. growl to its fullest. It’s due to the lip- mineral for human body as it works Whether you attend social gathering smacking taste of non-vegetarian as the main constituents of the or professional dinners, you don’t dishes. For a non-vegetarian, meat is skeletal system as well as the teeth. have to stress whether they will pro- like heavenly food. 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Looking at the statistic, .14 1 +& $4 $"1 it is evident that India holds a very minus- $. 4&& 1 "#$4%& cule part of the international art market. 2.&*( 1 (1 214& And to be statistically accurate, the share 1 ($2&5 %&4!4&* is less than 0.5 per cent. The need, hence, is to broaden the art (&** 4 *1& # #& market in India to help artists get more /$  &  /  % " $(5 #$A. #1 .&& value and recognition in the global art 5M scene. And an auction is a perfect way to #& $"1 $. *$. allow the market evaluate an artist’s worth. reserve price has to be less than the esti- Even though the painting appears to .&&4 4    Or so believes Ashish Anand, MD and mated price. He says, “The reserve pricing be highly powerful and represents some- CEO of DAG Modern, which holds anoth- is a price where you are willing to sell some- thing that might take one by storm if s/he  1))1.& $4%$4$ er fund-raising for 115 years of Charity thing. In an auction like this, if a painting dwells deeper into its concept, its dark $4$!: #.  Gala, for the Taj Public Service Welfare is of 10,00,000, so it could potentially sell theme wouldn’t make someone want to "1>.$ 5 Trust. He tells us that a very few Indian even for 2,00,000. So literally, it can be sold look at it everyday in their homes. A vis- artists are known outside India and even on any price. And if there is not much com- itor and art connoisseur, Ravi Bajaj, says, in the country, not many people are aware petition, the painting could also sell at “The writer might have created this mas- O(   of the senior and accredited artists. He says,    O  2,00,000.” terpiece to surely create something pow-   #  “Introducing these respected masters to   !   So what is it that sells a painting, even erful. However, it’s too dark. For an auc- buyers is very critical. They are a part of /1 )  if it is a mere sketch, for lakhs? As per his tion, it’s not something that gives a happy  our heritage and culture. They reflect the  -    observations over the years, he says the rep- vibe. Personal emotions are also important. #  art traditions in India. And what better than   0  utation of the artist and quality of work are I like more colour and brightness rather   C auction houses to preserve their legacy?” Krishna was born and how Vasudeva had chosen the most. “The people are willing than the dark demons that seem to be hid- ( While SaffronArt and Christie’s had carried the infant in a basket on his head 3 3    to pay big prices because of the value of the den here in this mysterious but brilliant art-   already been creating space for more in order to save him from the wrath of       artist’s work. Else, who will pay 45,00,000 work.” artists to gain prominence and become Kansa. However, the only difference here for a painting? But since the name under To the contrary, however, cartoonist    household names, DAG, he says is also fol- is that a woman carries the basket on her -     the painting is Amrita Sher-gil’s, the paint- and painter, Gopi Gajwani, who has also    lowing the auction route to make them vis- head. The artist here tries to point out that    3  ing will definitely sell. But even such names been a close friend to Das, says that every  #   ible in the global art sphere. Also, he says, while everyone celebrates Krishna’s birth, become huge with time and not just in an painting has a story. “It narrates the  C9'  “the demand is increasing for these works no one mourns the death of a girl child who 0    0 instant. So if one finds anything from MF framework of the artist through its visual. ' >'  by people who are interested in collecting was sacrificed to ensure that Krishna Hussain, even his sketch will have a lot of Sunil was a very good friend of mine and art. So why not?” could live. Pal, here, represents the margin- 5 :   value. It is because of the rarity and antiq- I absolutely adore his work. They have a    The auction, to be held on August 9, alised voice of women while alluding to     -  uity of their works that they sell,” explains meaning and try to say something that is 2  puts on display 25 paintings from 20th cen- their strength. he. imperative to understand. I think this is a  #   C tury contemporary artists. So what is the criteria for selecting the   5     As we proceed further, we come very powerful painting,” he adds.  The first painting at the display, as one paintings? Ashish says that the artworks by     3, across artist Sunil Das’ Untitled painting, Ashish, upon this, says, “Not every takes a walk through the exhibition, is artist the most established artists and that of high which strikes at one glance due to its var- painting is meant for every person. This is    P Khemraj’s Asha Hans, priced at quality are usually chosen. “We also ensure  -   O ious mysterious entities like strong hors- not for the one who doesn’t want to look    CP 15,00,000 to 20,00,000. The painter that the works that we have are of differ- -  :    es, sensuous bulls and shadowy women. at it everyday. Different paintings are for L '   uses ink and gold on ivory and through a ent styles and on disparate subjects, which The painting highlights a woman in white different people and not all of them can series of squirrel’s back-like textured lines, can fall into a comprehensive range. The    0    attire ahead a dark background, whose own it. Das’ painting is dark yet beautiful $4% /&$* # he intertwines a range of figures, which are paintings here range from 2,00,000 to “eyes could easily transfix the spectator.” It and strong.”      $+11 1)". .!"# placed with intimate proximity to each 45,00,000,” says he. brings one in the presence of such a Among other artists displayed are FN other. It is said that the painting showcased While the Untitled sketch painting by  0  woman, whose smouldering eyes hold Souza, GR Santosh, Shobha Broota, PT $. 2&4. !$* human angels rising in unison to reach the Amrita Sher-gil, with its starting price of allure, anguish and desolation. One can Reddy, J Sultan Ali, Jamini Roy, Shanti #&$*# $4/ numerous golden-headed deities. 40,00,000 to 60,00,000 stands to be the sense how her body has been consumed Dave, Bimal Dasgupta, Madhavi Parekh, 12&4A. .$4$> Moving further, one of the most strik- most expensive of the lot, the least expen- by time, her unabashed gaze and a proud Ved Nayar, SH Raza, Sohan Qadri, Natvar 14 # 1!%# #. ing paintings, is Gogi Saroj Pal’s Aag ka sive ones are by Krishna Reddy and Pooja demeanour imbues her with a sense of dig- Bhavsar, KH Ara, Sakti Burman, Rabin     (*2.: $"1 Dariya, priced at 7,00,000 to 10,00,000. Broota, priced at 2,00,000 to 3,00,000 nity, claiming her space outside the dark Mondal, Avinash Chandra, P Khemraj and The very first glance at the artwork might each. Talking about the criteria for the and the shadows. The woman in the paint- Anupam Sud.   !" teleport one back to the stories of how Lord reserve pricing, Ashish explains that the ing, though, looks invincible. ; 3)'  . 41 $&2)4% 1 + &$@ %&4/& .& &1)&.5 4/ #& 1((& . !. .12& &$*>*(& &$2> ven before I sat for the inter- )*&. 1 &2)#$..& #& 4&&/ (1 view, director Nikhil Advani F006 Efired his first salvo, “Yes, how %&4/& >+$.&/ &G!$*5 do I help you?” I asked him about his 6    L#& & . $ *$/ #1 2$4$%&. forthcoming film, Batla House. He #& (4$4"&. 1( #& #1!.&: "1 )1> counter questioned, “How old are "   /0"-     $& (4$4"& $4/ #& (4$4"& 1( 1! you? Where were you when the operation Batla House happened?             "1!4 5 #& $. 4 #& &(&4"& And when 26/11 happened?” As I 4.  &$ *& 5 #& "#$4%& . was about to respond, he said, “Ask   ,  &2 / /1) #$))&44%:M .$/ #& $"1 $ $ the people of Delhi about this, their ) 12114$* &&4 1( #. (1 #> reaction will tell you everything.” lab hai Surgical Strike, matlab keep- "124% (*2:    5 He told us that if you ask about ing India Safe. Fark sirf itna hai ki the 26/11 incident from humare borders shahar ke andar hote & $. &(& 4% 1 04$4"& Mumbaikars, they will share their hai.’ (Encounter means surgical 4.&  2$*$ #$ $2$4: #1 experiences like ‘they were at office strike, which in turn means keeping #$. "12& 1 *&$/ )1.14. 4 #& working or probably sleeping at India safe. The only difference that %1& 42&45 home’. When Nikhil asked the peo- lies is, we have borders within our ple of the capital about the incident, cities). “We have used the word he got similar reactions. So, as a res- encounter very loosely and often !2  6 ident of Mumbai, who was there dur- misinterpreted it. We asked proof for A couple’s caustic, increasingly jarring interactions over a   ing the attacks, he could easily relate surgical strikes, not bothering about Mumbai evening strain their relationship until it threatens to to their reactions.” the soldiers and pilots, who have break at its fraying seams.  There is no denial of the fact gone on that mission. Infiltration is Starring Khushboo Upadhyay, Rohit Kokate, Himanshu that the incident had shaken people not happening only on the borders, Kohli, the arthouse drama releases on Netflix on August 9. " &..>.4%&  #  to the core. “I was in great shock too, it is happening with our own peo- &! 4. 1 #& $"4% 11. # $4 the moment I got to know about the everyone started saying that the reach the door of the Batla House ple and within our cities. $))&$ $4"& 4 2 $ &O. .& &. incident. I knew about Batla House students are terrorists and the police building and nobody knows what How has this film enriched his      but was not aware of the aspects and is corrupt,” he said. At its core, the happened inside the door or that the journey as a director? Nikhil said When a dad-to- dimensions of the case. So when film talks of truth getting lost. He said police just went in because at the after a long contemplative pause, “It be learns he’s actual- #&  $22>444% .4%& Ritesh (Shah, writer of the film) came that we labelled five students as ter- time, there were six bomb blasts in has certainly increased my patience ly a sextuplet, he sets # #& +% 1"$* $4%& %!&.. 4 to me with the script, the first thing rorists without any evidence and also Delhi and they had the pressure of level. I did Kal Ho Na Ho, Salaam- off on a wild journey .&$.14 1 1( #& #12& .& &. I said was, yaar Ritesh, Dilli police! forget that the lost truth is connect- arresting somebody, so they just went e-ishq and , to meet his long-lost #$ &! 4. 14 1&2+& 5 4/ He then told me to at least read the ed to a police commissioner (Sanjeev and picked up those boys. Was it all because I wanted to prove it to family. Actor Marlon &.: .#& .4%.5 script first. ‘We need to change the Kumar Yadav), who has been award- that? I have shown everything.” The everybody that I am still relevant. Wayans stars as all mindset of people like you’, he said. ed six times for his bravery but we film is kept open for interpretations But I soon realised that I have start- the six siblings. $ & .$/ #$  $4/& $. I read it and asked him to show me are calling him a murderer without because even though the court has ed making films for all the wrong Among others, %$2& 1 +& .** $4/ #$& (!45 everything that he has not included giving a second thought to it. He is passed the judgement but people are reasons till I made D-Day and the slapstick comedy $ & )*$. "#*/ &4O. in it,” said Nikhil. He wanted to know the film’s central character. Nikhil appealing it, so nobody knows the everything changed.” He then made film stars Bresha Webb and Michael Ian Black. It releases on 3 #1.  "@*&. #1 every single detail of the incident so told us, “Most people will say that truth. “At the end, we are showing two more films, which he feels if he August 16 on Netflix. that he could decide whether he because the film is made on Sanjeev what the court accepted but it hasn’t made, he wouldn't have been #$. $ /(("!* ($2* *(& wants to do it not. He was curious Kumar Yadav, it would show his was very important to tell the as patient. “Batla House has taught 1((>." &&45 to know the reason why one part of side only. But no, that’s not the another point of view also,” me that it takes quite an effort and 1 $ & 81@&/ #$ the story was kept out. And, after he case. I want to showcase every he added. time to write a good script, research The drama features a Victorian fantasy world filled with #&O. .! &  $4/& knew everything, he met people who side of the story.” Recalling a Making a film on a real and get the material tog00ether. I am mythological immigrant creatures. Feared by humans, they are $. 4& 1!. #*& reported from the field when the funny incident, Nikhil said, life incident is nothing less enriched as a director because today forbidden to live, love or fly with freedom. But even in dark- encounter had taken place. He “He called me up one day and than a challenge. Because it I realise I am very much satisfied ness, hope lives, as a human detective and a faerie rekindle a .4%4% # #25 describes how the incident was said ‘yaar wo Sumo (car) nhi is a linear story, it might get with what I have done. Most people dangerous affair. The city’s uneasy peace collapses when a string 4 $4 interpreted differently by different thi humare paas, Qualis confusing but, Nikhil said, have said ‘yaar I have spent the of murders reveal a monster no one could imagine. The thriller 4.$% $2 )1.: people depending on which side of thi, wahi use karna.’ “Because Ritesh is a good whole time googling about Batla releases on August 3 on Amazon Prime.  $4/& "$**&/  L#& the story they were, either the police (We did not had writer, we have tried to House’,” Nikhil said. He has under- 21. .)&"$* &)& &4"& or the students. “I told Ritesh that we Sumo car, we separate the threads stood the importance of figuring have to tell the second side of the had Qualis, of the characters to things out before jumping to the 1( 2 *(&5M #& .$/ story as well, ye ek tarfa nhi ho sakta please use that avoid any confu- conclusions. .#&O. +&&4 $ ($4 1( (this can’t be one sided). So we took only in the sion.” Emphasising “I now know that I will have to $ & .4"& "#*/> people’s view into account and film). on how engrossing do other things like making a show #11/5 rewrote the whole script,” added he. The direc- the story is, he said and producing a film for my daily The excitement with which tor said guess- that one won’t be bread and butter but personally I Nikhil was narrating the story made ing, “During the able to reach for should tell the stories that I want to it quite evident how important this incident, there their phones in the and not compromise on it,” he film was for him. “I feel that one must have been cinema hall while added. needs to have multiple perspectives some evidence watching the film. (The film releases on to be able to tell a story accurately. that the police The film has a mes- August 15.) When the encounter happened, followed to sage, ‘Encounter ka mat- ; 3)'  -?3    !" #$#%& '()*

very third year, the temperature in the Thar Desert rises to 50 Edegrees due to famine or drought. The rural population is dis- turbed but locals do not get distract- -D/DD0H1 ed. This is the reason why Thar is the only desert in the world where there is density of life in abundance. The bio- = 4         N '        F  diversity has never depleted even in complex geographical and meteoro- ' G    F  ' G N      '         logical conditions and in fact, has found the possibilities of life by always               ' '   *C 8*6= adjusting itself to the conditions. There will be shortage of water in a water or by building dams to block single village or region in the desert, Gandhi, late Anupam Mishra, wrote doldrums. There could be a crisis of desert but this is nature’s way of deal- rivers. where there is no traditional source of some of his experiences seen in the water when there is disruption in sup- ing with it. This is a region where salty The exercise of pulling under- water. Did you know that the names construction process of ponds and the ply of through canals and pipelines. water is extracted from beneath the ground water from heavy capacity- of villages are based on the sources of wastage caused due to it in his book There is no reason why the old water earth and sweet water pours from the powered pumps and through pipelines water. They have — Bera, Beri, Nadi, — Aaj Bhi Khare Hai Talaab (The sources can’t be restored; it is only a sky. But dense rainfall can make the from the place of origin developed the Sagar, Hala — prefixed to them. A vil- Ponds are Still Relevant). He wrote, lack of will. Lately, the government, desert a swamp with the entire area culture of tap water, which made lage’s name is kept without it meaning “Hundreds and thousands of ponds civil society organisations and media becoming a saline lake. Every living humans forget the value of it. Still there ‘water stagnation’. In the last five to six did not appear from oblivion. There establishments have started taking care organism has adapted its life accord- are people, who walk miles just to fetch decades, the government’s plans for were some who was commissioned to of the traditional sources, harvesting ing to the available resources, while a jar of water. A person who has been providing water to the people are mak- work for these ponds and there were rain water, organising the society to maintaining the possibility of life by saving wealth and resources for the last ing them forget the traditional water many who actually constructed hun- spread awareness on water crisis and mutually cooperating with other seven generations is least concerned sources as well as making them eye- dreds and thousands of them. But in are driving a campaign to build hun- species. Mankind created unique trea- about the availability of water needed witnesses to their own methods of the last few decades, they have been dreds and thousands of units of these sures of water storage for themselves, for existence. wasting water. From Barmer to treated as a complete waste especial- water sources. By combining manpow- their animals (especially cattle) and for Will the next seven generations Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Churu, Nagaur, ly by technologically advance people.” er and hydropower, the society has the future generations, life has been have water and air to survive? By see- Jodhpur, Pali, Jalore to the foothills of Perhaps this is a time shift. The new opportunity to revive the traditional arranged to move ahead smoothly. In ing tap water, the people were so fas- Aravali, Sikar in Jhunjhunu, old Johad generation that measures the world water sources. To rejuvenate these, to    some areas of India, where there is cinated that they forgot the precious — community owned traditional har- with a snap of a finger has seen these hand over these priceless treasures into more rainfall than the Thar Desert, treasures of water harvesting passed vested rain water storage — ponds, water sources being turned into the hands of the future generation, there is scarcity of drinking water, down to them by their ancestors. Even rivers, streams, kunds (small ponds), garbage dumps in the villages. They there is a need to raise thousands of while the people of the desert avoid the after seeing that they were looted in baavdis (step well) — all have turned aren’t aware of the traditional water hands again so that the coming 3     situation by utilising water as if it was front of their eyes, they remained into ruins. The villagers have filled sources that was so prevalent in the seven generations could live with the treasure of their ancestors. silent. Imagine the thousands of years them with soil and garbage. They have olden times. This generation is least four million species of living Time changed, developments took of indefatigable hard work that went become places of illegal mining. The concerned about the sources. Due to beings.  . " !"$* (1 1(("&>%1& . 1 &$*.& #& place, humans tried to control nature into making these precious treasures. courtyard of the house, well known for lack of communication between the L 3 "  through technology. To make life To provide water, our government its cleanliness, is now used to get rid two generations in regard to knowl- 2)1 $4"& 1( .) !$* $4/ 41 *& #& more convenient and prosperous, we spends money at a faster pace than a of dead animals and trash. A genera- edge and culture, the gap has widened. . &.. 1( 2$4$%&2&4 1& )1& #&2 #*& have developed ways that by a sim- flowing river, making directionless tion that drank water only from these As things are evolving now, nature ple gesture, our needs are made policies and schemes, which give less traditional water sources, today only is changing and weather patterns are 1 @4%: .$. , -     available at our disposal; whether water and more troubles. talks about how waste these become. changing too. The water crisis in the it is by storing under- There isn’t a A follower of desert has started knocking. The he topic of ‘management innovative trends, one must ground Mahatma method of harvesting Twithout stress’ in the cor- have resilience through such rainwater is in porate world has quite popu- pressures. A lack of this would lar and is nowadays being dis- affect one’s health and happi- cussed in most seminars and ness and a tranquil state of plenaries held across the globe. mind. It’s a known fact that corpo- If one plans, organises and rates spend millions and in manages the above factors some cases even billions to properly, one can sustain an find that magical technique of atmosphere of growth and can management without any kind achieve success for himself of tension. But still no compa- and for all the members of the ny has found that technique. team. If not, one is bound to Why? fail in life, business, adminis- After lot of brainstorming tration and organisational and following a pragmatic work. Now, in order to attain approach, it can be said that success in achieving the goal of the art of stress-free manage- life, we must add two Ms, Ps, ment is mainly about using Ss and Ts to the above list as eight Ms, seven Ps, six Ss and well. These are — moral val- five Ts in an organised, useful, ues, meditation, purity, peace- profitable and peaceful man- ful and calm personality, spir- ner so as to ensure the maxi- itual study, soul-conscious- mum possible satisfaction of ness, truthfulness and trustee- all concerned. The eight Ms ship. are — men, money, material, If we practise meditation, machine, marketing, mutual there would be no mental ten- dvertising is dead, long connection, mutual relation sion and that is why it is usu- live advertising’. If one and means. 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The six Ss — skill, stan- It should, therefore, be creative’ has gone from a dard, strategy and speed, remembered that meditation monopoly to a constant tug of .$. 3    salesmanship, system and and management have an inti- war of ‘who’s winning the cam- structure and social good. And mate connection. They very paign pitch’. The advent of the finally the five Ts — time and much go hand in hand. One digital economy has changed sense, technology or tech- who can manage well can also everything, from how brands niques, teamwork, treatment of meditate well and the vice create, communicate and sell. each other and the habit of giv- versa of it is also applicable. So The bells of the ad-pocalypse conversations with everyone that things have changed a lot ing thanks. Now, in order to be there is tension at many places have been ringing loud. from agency heads of legacy and the old ways are dying, what a good manager, one has to because there is management Or have they? This is how I agencies like Ogilvy and Leo I have heard has been extreme have a good judgement of all without meditation. And in see it, the business is growing. I’d Burnett, founders of new-age optimism on both the craft as these factors and the abilities disturbed atmospheres, many say it’s booming! Everyone content companies like Pocket well as the scope of advertising. of innovation, intuition, entre- might find it difficult to med- from Facebook to Google and Aces and Kommune, marketers Because the power of an idea is preneurship and enthusiasm. itate as well. There is thus the Amazon are in the advertising and communicators from plat- so much stronger if it has more One should have the qualities need to follow good principles business. What the influx of dig- forms like LinkedIn and Twitter tools in its arsenal. What it has of farsightedness, global think- of management in order to be ital has done is break down all along with focussing on areas also opened up is the questions ing, humility, integrity and able to facilitate easy medita- norms and barriers that had like talent, legal and many other and responses we get from so humour. Since competition tion at workplaces. This would been created over decades in the aspects that play such a crucial many listeners, most of whom has been ever-increasing and automatically bring in a stress- industry. The clear-cut demar- part in shaping the industry are in their early days in the there are rapid changes in free environment and lifestyle cations between creative, media today. The insights I’ve gotten industry or even trying to figure technology and emergence of for everyone. and beyond have been shaken over what I like to call “casual a way to get into it, de-clutter- up and what we have now is an chats over coffee that just seem ing their minds about the many industry where it is not just the to have a recording device non-existent barriers and open- traditional advertising agencies around” have been both eye- ing it up to the possibilities and that are the players but everyone opening and jargon-breaking. journeys brought forth but the from new-age digital first cre- Because what a podcast allows guests on the show is what I like ative shops, creators, publishers, one to do is to have a much to call the brightest part of the platforms and even brands more open conversation than if narrative. themselves have turned around over years. The availability of co-founder Rohit Raj), with no ing and participating in this you have a camera on someone’s So while the world order has and said, “Why can’t we do digital tools has enabled anyone prior knowledge of the advertis- change in the dynamics. face, which in so many ways puts been broken down, it’s a whole things the way we believe this to have the ability to become a ing industry, its history, rules and So when IVM Podcasts a person on guard. What it also new and happy day. Because world allows us to, rather than creator and in doing so make systems to start and grow an brought upon the opportunity to allows is for people to be more advertising as we know it might how it’s always been?” content that is not just relevant advertising agency without ever host a podcast on the advertis- casual and stay away from jar- be dead but what’s in its place is E-commerce has allowed to today’s audience but rather having worked in one. I’m a ing industry itself, it was an gon that many a time creates a a much bigger and exciting new age brands to start, create more than relevant for brands to product and student of the pros incredible opportunity for me to barrier for people from outside than ever. Long live advertising. and distribute their products want to engage with their cus- of the digital disruption of the have conversations with people the pond to really gather what’s (The author is the content without having to build out tomers through them. It’s also advertising industrial complex. from all sides of the spectrum. going on. chief and co-founder of The large-scale distribution models enabled people like me (and my I’ve been on the sidelines watch- Over the last 36 weeks, I’ve had And while everyone agrees Glitch.)   #   B     C L: 

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atwiksairaj Rankireddy and     Chirag Shetty on Sunday created Shistory by becoming the first       Indian pair to win a BWF Super 500 badminton tournament, stunning  - reigning world champions Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen in the final of aiwan shuttler Chou Tien-chen Thailand Open here. Tclinched the men's singles title at ! 3'          +   India’s top men’s doubles duo of the Thailand Open badminton tour- Rankireddy and Shetty posted a hard- nament on Sunday, in a thrilling final fought 21-19, 18-21, 21-18 win to against Hong Kong opponent Angus claim its biggest career title after bat- Ng Ka Long. '      tling for an hour and two minutes Both players collapsed after against the third seeded Chinese third-seed Chou eked out victory 21- combo. 14, 11-21, 23-21 in a 67-minute +   This was not only their first tri- match at Bangkok’s Indoor Stadium umph at Super 500 level and above but Huamark. also the most prestigious doubles title “I love you guys, thank you,” the    for India since the inception of the 29-year-old winner told the crowd in ranking system. an on-court interview. ustralia’s Nick Kyrgios overcame a mid-match meltdown This achievement will also propel Former world champion and Aand his rival’s shoe repair delays to defeat Greek top the current World No 16 Indian com- hometown favourite Ratchanok seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and reach the ATP Washington Open bination into the top 10 for the first Intanon was denied a third Thailand final. time, making it the first-ever Indian Open title later on Sunday when The 52nd-ranked Aussie hammered 19 aces, saved a men’s doubles duo to enter the elite Chinese top seed Chen Yufei defeat- match point and often played to the crowd in a dramatic bracket. ed her 22-20, 21-18. and emotional 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9/7) victory over Tsitsipas, This was the first final of the 2019 In women’s doubles, Japanese whose broken shoes caused two third-set delays. season for the unseeded Indian pair, seventh seeds Shiho Tanaka and Tsitsipas, who becomes world number five on Monday, doubles Silver medallist at the 2018 Koharu Yonemoto fended off Du Yue fell behind a set and a break, took advantage of Kyrgios los- Commonwealth Games. and Li Yinhui, the eighth seeds ing control with racquet slams and call complaints to force During the thrilling summit clash from China, in three close games. a third set, only to fall in the tie-breaker. against the World No 2 Chinese team, Kyrgios will play for the $365,390 (328,851 euro) top Rankireddy displayed brilliant antic- prize against 10th-ranked Russian Daniil Medvedev, who ipation and extraordinary placements We just were steady and did not rush eliminated German lucky loser Peter Gojowczyk 6-2, 6-2. from the front court, while Shetty con- things to give them a bigger lead. The 24-year-old Aussie beat Medvedev this year in trolled the backcourt effortlessly. “We just stuck to our plan of keep- Rome in their only prior meeting. Li and Liu had earlier this year ing the shuttle low and not hurrying Kyrgios, who improved to 4-1 against top-10 rivals this beaten the Indians at Australian Open. through the points. I think that real- year, seeks a sixth career ATP title and his first since “When we played them at the ly worked and that helped us get the Acapulco in March. Australian Open, we lost to them very lead at 8-6.” “It’s probably one of the best tournament weeks of my closely. We understood they were Intelligent rotation of the shuttle life,” Kyrgios said. under pressure today but we had combined with Rankireddy’s power- Medvedev, 23, seeks his fifth ATP title after taking his none since we were very excited to play ful smashes flummoxed the world’s most recent crown at Sofia in February. our first final,” said Rankireddy. second-best pair whose every come- Italy’s 62nd-ranked Camila Giorgi, a 2018 Wimbledon “I have some shoulder issues so we  3 )3         P      back was thwarted by the ever-alert quarter-finalist seeking her third WTA title, and 79th- had decided that I would play more Indians. ranked American Jessica Pegula advanced to the women’s from the front and Chirag from the Although Li and Liu After the interval, Li on, the Indians never looked back and Even when Li and Liu tried to pro- final at the US Open tuneup tournament. back. I was focussing more on the ser- narrowed the gap further and Liu surged ahead to kept their composure to maintain the long the rallies in an attempt to tire out vice and the net,” he added. down to 19-20, the Indians 13-11, but the Indians lift- edge till the end. the Indians, Rankireddy and Shetty Kyrgios excited the crowd throughout with such flam- Rankireddy and Shetty started managed to win the crucial ed their game and drew Even though the Chinese pair were up to the task and never relin- boyant moves as underhand serves, between the legs shots attacking from the word go and after point to wrap up the first parity at 13 apiece. fought back and at one stage reduced quished their advantage, converting and leaping drop shots. Other times he would just swat away. breaking away from a tied 3-3, they game. The Indians then overtook their the gap to 18-19, the Indians looked on their first match point to get the “He was on fire in some moments,” Tsitsipas said. moved ahead to open up a 10-6 lead, In the second game, the opponents to make it 16-14 and then in no mood to climb down and went monumental victory. “It felt like sometimes he didn’t care at all. It’s proba- but their Chinese opponents kept Rankireddy and Shetty managed to climbed to 18-16 before the Chinese on to pocket two consecutive points “It’s the biggest title we have won bly his plan to put you out of focus.” breathing down their necks and made take an upper hand at the beginning pair won five consecutive points to to seal the match in their favour. so far in our career. Right now I am Kyrgios admitted, “I’ve always been able to play high it 14-14. as they moved up to a 6-2 lead, but the take it to the decider. Rankireddy said, “Well, we kept out of words after playing in a final level tennis. I just need to be more consistent. I have to be It was a closely-fought affair after Chinese soon bridged the gap to 5-6 Rankireddy and Shetty were slow our calm all throughout the tourna- and beating the current world cham- mentally tougher.” that and the Indian pair could take a before catching up with them at 11- off the blocks in the third game but ment. Even when we were down 1-4 pions. I am extremely happy,” said It was the Greek star’s first match against Kyrgios, who slight edge only at 20-18. 11. managed to make it 6-6. From there- in the third game, we didn’t lose hope. Shetty after the win. is of Greek and Malaysian heritage. Each man won 91 points, hit 58 of 91 first serves, won 48 of 58 first-serve points and 16-of-33 second serve points. “His serve was just unreal first set. I couldn’t do any- 5 !    5     thing with it,” said Tsitsipas. “I haven’t seen anything like it.”

 -  Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Champions League just weeks Sane, who limped off in the   "    Oleksandr Zinchenko. later. 10th minute holding his right US teen Coco Gauff, the 15-year-old who electrified anchester City drew fired The jubilant celebrations On the evidence of this leg after collapsing while chas- Wimbledon with a fourth-round singles run last month, cap- Mthe first shot in their bat- from City's players and fans hard-fought contest, which fea- ing a long pass. tured her first WTA title on Saturday in women’s doubles. tle for supremacy with rivals showed inflicting an early psy- tured both flashes of quality Sane was playing on the Gauff and partner Catherine McNally, who combined Liverpool on Sunday as they chological blow on Liverpool and signs of rustiness, there will day reports claimed his agents to win last year’s US Open junior women’s doubles title, snatched the Community Shield was a moment to savour, regard- little to separate the two teams had agreed a contract with defeated Hungary's Fanny Stollar and American Maria with a 5-4 penalty shoot-out win less of the supposed warm-up as they go head-to-head for the Bayern Munich, who are keen Sanchez 6-2, 6-2 to hoist their inaugural WTA trophy. after a 1-1 draw at Wembley. status of the glamour friendly. major prizes once again over to sign the Germany winger. The teens jumped into each others arms and later hugged Raheem Sterling gave City With City installed as the next 10 months. City's victory was a well- in celebration of the breakthrough milestone triumph. a first half lead before Joel favourites to win the title for a Retaining the Community time riposte for Guardiola, Gauff defeated idol Venus Williams in the first round Matip grabbed a late equaliser third successive season and Shield trophy they won 12 who this week hit back at at Wimbledon and rescued two match points on the way to for Liverpool in the annual Liverpool expected to present months ago would improve Klopp's claim that the champi- beating Polona Hercog in the third round before eventual curtain-raiser to the English the strongest challenge to Pep City's belief that they can repeat ons live in a transfer "fantasy champion Simona Halep eliminated her. top-flight season. Guardiola's side, their meeting last season's remarkable silver- land". Gauff, in her first post-Wimbledon singles appearance, In the shoot-out, City keep- on the eve of the season was a   =        (    ware haul, but Liverpool could Guardiola gave a debut to qualified for the Washington main draw but lost her first er Claudio Bravo saved from window into what to expect take encouragement as well Spain midfielder Rodri, who match 6-4, 6-2 to Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas. Georginio Wijnaldum, with this term. rivals' 97, City went on to won earlier in the campaign. after they finished strongly joined from Atletico Madrid McNally, a 17-year-old American who made only her Gabriel Jesus driving in the After pipping Liverpool to complete an unprecedented But Jurgen Klopp's men enough to have won. for a club record £63 million fourth WTA appearance in singles, took her first three tour winning kick after successful last season's Premier League domestic treble by adding the didn't dwell on that painful The only dark cloud for (69 million euros) in the close- match wins to reach the semi-finals, where she lost 7-6 (7/5), efforts from Ilkay Gundogan, title with 98 points to their FA Cup to the League Cup they near-miss as they won the City was an injury to Leroy season. 6-2 on Saturday to Italy’s Camila Giorgi.  -  I   ngland forward Jadon Sancho   !  Escored a goal and set-up anoth- er as Borussia Dortmund beat   , Bayern Munich 2-0 on Saturday to   Nadal could face a chal- deny the German league and cup    lenge in the second round after champions a fourth straight Super efending champion Rafael a bye, with a possible match Cup title. hina’s Zheng Saisai surprised seventh-seeded DNadal heads the field for against Australian Alex de Sancho, 19, fed Spain forward CMaria Sakkari 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 on Saturday to line the ATP Montreal Masters that Minaur — winner of the Paco Alcacer for Dortmund’s open- up a title clash with second-seeded Aryna starts on Monday with Novak Atlanta title last weekend. er just after the break before clinch- Sabalenka at the WTA tournament in San Jose, Djokovic and Roger Federer Second seed Thiem has ing the victory and his side’s first California. opting out of the key US Open purposefully left it late for the trophy since 2017 with a clinical fin- Unseeded tuneup. hardcourts, preferring to stay as ish within the final half an hour of Zheng knocked With Djokovic and Federer long as possible on European play. off her third seed- putting a return to action on clay by entering both Hamburg “We absolutely wanted to win ed opponent of hold after their dramatic and Kitzbuehel. this match, it was very difficult,” said the week, after Wimbledon final, 33-year-old Thiem, beaten by Nadal in Dortmund coach Lucien Favre. downing eighth- Nadal will be seeking to retain the last two Roland Garros “Bayern were very strong and seeded American the title he earned last year in finals, has a special goal driving had a lot of possession but we Danielle Collins Toronto, when he beat rising him when he lands in fran- defended well and stayed very 6    $     1     and fourth-seeded star Stefanos Tsitsipas in the cophile Canada. compact. US teen Amanda final. “I’ve never won a match in “We knew that we had to go on The home side, who finished with quick step-overs. Anisimova in a The Greek is back, taking Canada, I’d like to change that.” the counter-attack and we did that second in the league last season, had The teenager fed striker three-set quarter- the fourth seeding behind a pair !   #    he said. very well.” a good early chance. Alcacer at the edge of the box who final marathon on of fellow young guns in num- + P      “I’m just hoping to play Bayern, who pipped Favre’s Portugal winger Raphael beat Neuer with a low shot for a 1- Friday night. ber two Dominic Thiem of well. side to the Bundesliga title last sea- Guerreiro broke down the left 0 lead on 48 minutes. On Sunday, Austria and Germany’s beach resorts with his family “Canada is a big goal — I’m son and lifted the German Cup, flank and cut-back to find captain Dortmund’s lead was doubled Zheng will be Alexander Zverev, seeded third. prior to picking up the racquet really hoping to get a win there.” were without World Cup winning Marco Reus inside the penalty with 22 minutes to go from a clin- seeking a first Federer and Djokovic aren’t once again. Thiem will open his cam- left-back and new signing Lucas box. ical counter-attack. WTA singles title scheduled to resurface until Nadal, meanwhile, is pacing paign against either Canadian Hernandez due to a knee problem. Reus’s effort was then well Sancho was free once again on when she takes on the Cincinnati Masters starts on himself after another season Denis Shapovalov or Dortmund’s big name summer saved by Neuer after less than a the right wing, he burst into the box Sabalenka, the world number 10 who defeated fifth- August 12, giving them one marred by injury, insisting Frenchman Pierre-Hugues arrivals of winger Thorgen Hazard minute of play. beyond Bayern’s back-four and seeded Croatian Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-3. tournament prior to the August despite the pleas and induce- Herbert. and Julian Brandt, as well as defend- Bayern’s best opportunity of the nutmegged the experienced Neuer Sabalenka, of Belarus, reached her first final 26 start of the US Open at ments of Cincinnati officials Third seed Zverev, who er Mats Hummels, returning the first half fell to Kingsley Coman 10 to make it 2-0. since she won the Shenzhen Open in January. Flushing Meadows, the final that he won't decide whether to won the title here two years ago club after three seasons in Bavaria, minutes later. Influential Sancho left the field She and Vekic traded six service breaks in the Grand slam of the year. play there until he sees how he with a win over Federer in the were also ruled out due to injuries. He found himself unmarked in with 10 minutes to play after seem- first seven games before Sabalenka pocketed the Federer has been training feels after Montreal. final, will open against either Bayern captain Manuel Neuer the box but his toe-poke shot was ing to be hurt following an off-the- set. on hardcourt at home in “Depending on what hap- Briton Cameron Norrie or said errors proved costly. saved by Marwin Hitz low to the field challenge by Joshua Kimmich. Sabalenka broke twice more in the second set Switzerland after falling to pens in Montreal, I’ll take a Hungarian Martin Fucsovic. “We gave Dortmund the match right. Bayern coach Niko Kovac to capture the match in just under 80 minutes, after Djokovic in a dramatic five-set decision on Cincinnati,” he Tsitsipas will bid to better by making too many mistakes,” Bayern’s inability to make the brought on Portugal midfielder the players combined for 14 double faults and 10 final at the All England Club said. his 2018 finals showing but Neuer said. most of the ball in first 45 minutes Renato Sanches and France World service breaks. three weeks ago, in which the “Cincinnati is still an must first get past either home- “We made the mistakes all on came back to bite them almost Cup winner Benjamin Pavard late- “I don’t know, I just hit the ball as hard as I Swiss great held two match option. But I want to arrive well grown Milos Raonic, the 2013 our own, we gave them possession immediately after the break. on but they were unable to find the could and everything was going in,” Sabalenka said points. prepared and ready for the US finalist, or American Taylor and that’s why we conceded the Sancho attacked down the left goals to retain the title and the early- of the key to her victory. “Probably was a lucky day Djokovic has been pictured Open, the last major of the sea- Fritz, runner-up to de Minaur goals.” drawing four Bayern defenders season bragging rights. for me.” relaxing at various European son.” in Atlanta.