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/01+023' The message from Haryana and them so that crop burning can stop," the Punjab could be disconcerting for the bench had said. s Delhi's air pollution rises to alarm- Government of Prime Minister Narendra The bench said the farmers will not Aing levels, the infamous 'paddy straw' Modi, whose office has been actively do it on their own and they should be burning by the farmers of Haryana, involved in framing policies and taking given some kind of incentive to ensure Western Uttar Pradesh and Punjab has initiatives to help avoid the repeat of last that stubble burning stops. aggravated the ever-deteriorating pollu- year's dangerous spike in pollution lev- "Despite Apex court order nothing tion level in the national Capital and its els. was done by State Governments of peripheral areas. Holding authorities responsible for Punjab and Haryana for farmers. If On Friday, the Supreme Court-man- not taking abrupt steps for farmers to stop farmers are given compensation the dated Environment Pollution (Prevention stubble burning, Dr Baljit Bhyan, Former stubble burning will reduce with great and Control) Authority (EPCA) declared Horticulture officer in Haryana said that effect," said Rajendra Singh, former agri- a public health emergency, following government can encourage farmers by culture officer in Haryana and member which the Delhi Government decided to providing compensation and pushing of Haryana Vigyan Manch. shut all schools. The EPCA also banned farmers to decompose stubble. construction activities in Delhi and its "But that takes times and due to small peripherals till November 5. The odd- land pieces availability farmers oppose According to Chandar Veer Singh, an even vehicle rationing scheme of Delhi this practice. One major factor why Environmentalist, the farmers are not to Government will roll out from Monday. farmers don't decompose stubble is that be blamed for pollution in Delhi. "In The Pioneer carried out a fact check they fear the insect in rice may destroy Haryana and Punjab, stubble burning is in the fields of Haryana to know the rea- their next crop in field and decomposing yet to kick start. I agree there is a con- sons behind paddy straw burning by the stubble also takes time. Farmers also tribution, around 8-10 per cent, to pol- farmers year after year. oppose decomposing stubble as it requires lution by stubble burning but there are "Farmers prefer to burn stubble and machines which they cannot afford," said other reason that contribute most to rise pay penalty rather than weed out the stub- Dr Bhyan adding that Government in pollution level in Delhi which are bles. And the reason for this is that the should setup an institution to decompose neglected by the Government whole cost of stubble burning is cheaper as stubble. year," said Singh. penalty works out to be around 2,500 per "There are others method too to "In Delhi, why Government doesn't acre. But if they don't burn it then the utilise stubble in making of cardboards starts using water sprinklers. The stubble processing cost comes around and it can also be used to make gas and Government can use treated water and 6,000-7,000 per acre. The cost of stub- fuel but these are only on papers noth- with use of water tankers, treated water can ble processing includes rent of machin- ing have come so far practically," said Dr be sprayed over in Delhi on dust points ery, diesel charge and labour charges. Bhyan. including roads where most of the dust is However, farmers contend that access to found," he said. straw management equipment comes at J "Government can plant saplings and a higher cost than environmental com- K ' ) they can impound diesel vehicles over 10 pensation. Straw management equip- on a field as a farmer goes from harvest- the hiring of labour or renting of crop residue is so prohibitive that most Supreme court in its order in month year and petrol vehicles over 15 years, ment is beyond the means of a small and ing to planting the next crop. "These are machines. farmers are forced to set the stubble on of February this year, said that the which are in lakhs and still running on marginal farmer", said a farmer in the Bailer, the Mulcher and the Happy "Burning the residue, for most farm- fire," said Arvind Kumar, a farmer at stubble burning, the key reason for roads," said Singh adding that these things Kurukshetra but did not wish to be iden- Seeder. They costs in lakes each and no ers and particularly the smaller ones, is Pundri village near Kurukshetra. the rising air pollution in Delhi will reduce 70 per cent of city pollution. tified. single farmer can be expected to block the cheap and easy way out. It has some The farmers also complained and NCR, was not going to stop Moreover, the cost does not end at that amount of money. So, as mechani- benefits too like adding carbon to the top about the lengthy bureaucratic merely by issuing directions acquiring equipment only. Farmers say, cal solutions go, these machines need to soil and killing off pests and weeds. On processes to claim the subsidies for and asked Punjab and Haryana According to data from Punjab and running the equipment in the fields be shared to be affordable," said Inderjeet the other hand, there is the downside of the machines. "The fact that Governments to consider Central Pollution Control Boards, the State means spending additional money on Singh Ahlawat, leader of All India Kisan micronutrients being destroyed by the Government officials want us to granting some kind of sub- has recorded a whopping increase of 7,842 diesel and labour. Hundreds of thousands Sangh, Haryana. burning," said an expert on Environment. use expensive machines clear- sidy to the farmers. fires — from 12,027 on October 27 to of farmers in Haryana and Punjab, where The Bailer cuts the wastes and makes "Farmers need access to appropriate ly shows that they are far A bench compris- 19,869 on October 30. much of the region's paddy is grown, set bales which can then be sold, mostly as machinery and training to implement removed from reality and in ing Justices AK Sikri, Haryana recorded an increase of 476 their rice fields on fire to clear left-over fodder. The Mulcher cuts and spreads the change to discourage burning. Using crop Haryana 70 per cent owns SA Nazeer and MR cases — from 3,735 on October 27 to straw after harvesting paddy to make way wastes on the fields so that they serve as residue in a sustainable and eco-friend- land less than 10 acres," Shah said the court 4,211 on October 30. "There is a drop in for wheat. mulch and nourish the soil. The Happy ly manner could benefit all stakeholders," said Vijay Kumar, a was of the view that the number of stubble burning cases as According to farmers in Haryana, the Seeder plants the seeds of the next crop he said, adding that only 15 per cent of farmer in Madina vil- the problem of compared to last year. In Haryana, more rental cost of combine harvester is 3,500 in between the stubble left behind from rice residues can be used as fodder, fuel lage near Meham in stubble burning than 500 FIRs have been registered by the to 5,000 per acre which includes trans- the harvest and over time the stubble itself and industrial raw materials. Haryana. in Punjab and police against farmers involved in stub- portation charge. The cost of diesel is also becomes mulch. Other farmers Haryana is not ble burning," said Aditya Dabas, Deputy borne by the farmer. Four to five litre "The problem is that no machine has ) also complained going to stop on Director, Agriculture department in diesel needs per acre. If the cost of labour, universal application. The Happy Seeder ' about a sharp fall in the its own by mere- Karnal. crushing of straw cost and other costs has received the most attention, but it has Farmers in Haryana's Karnal, Kaithal, prices of their produce and ly issuing directions "In Karnal, to reduce stubble burning included, it will come around 6,000 to its limitations depending on the height of Kurukshetra and Ambala districts told the rising cost of diesel, and advisory. and create awareness, Government has 7000 per acre in Punjab and Haryana," the stalks. Also, it won't work if the next The Pioneer that stubble burning was widely used in tractors and "We ourselves are launched five farmer producer organisa- said Sewa Singh, a farmer and member crop is potato and not wheat," said largely because the subsidy for machines farm equipment. With their saying that this (direc- tion, 257 customer hiring centers opened of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in Ahlawat. wasn't covering the costs of the equipment incomes under strain, they tions and advisory) is and 1,000 farmers have been given subsidy Karnal adding that's was the reason the and the labor involved. It was still much said they have less capaci- not going to work... on farm equipments," said Dabas. Government incentive failed to attract I cheaper and easier to burn the residue. ty, and enthusiasm, to The farmers do not "Since last one and a half year, Karnal farmers. Farmers burn crop residue to plant "Farmers know about the repercus- address environmental have any cheaper Agriculture Department is organising next crop, mostly in the cycle of rice fol- sions of burning crop stubble and that's issues. method to deal with nuked-nataks, cultural events, camps in vil- ) lowed by wheat. The farmers are mostly why you won't come across a single the issue of stubble. lages and city to create awareness among There are three machines which can pressured for time between crops. farmer who really wants to continue with '& You consider granting farmers regarding stubble burning and be used to deal with the residual wastes Removing the residue is a cost involving the practice. But the cost of disposing of some kind of subsidy to profit of using machines," said Dabas. - . 3&7 ' ()* +, / && /01+023' pollution affected them and levels of AQI were reported their family in the past week, from Pusa (495), ITO (494), ver 40 per cent residents 13 per cent respondents said Mundka (493) and Punjabi Oof Delhi and NCR want one or more of them have vis- Bagh. to move to another city ited a hospital already while On Friday, the Supreme because of bad air quality 29 per cent said one or more Court-mandated while 16 per cent want to of them have visited a doctor Environment Pollution travel during the period, already. (Prevention and Control) according to a new survey. "44 per cent respondents Authority declared a public /01+023' The survey with over said they were having health health emergency, following 17,000 respondents from problems related to pollution which the Delhi government he Central Industrial Security Delhi and NCR region has but have not visited a doctor decided to shut all schools. TForce (CISF), the designated para- found that 13 per cent resi- or hospital and only 14 pc The EPCA also banned ' ) indicates that pollution was military for securing vital installations, dent believe that they have no people said they have had no construction activities in @(6(@6, down but the final figure will be including the airport and the Delhi option but to cope with rising impact of pollution on their Delhi-NCR till November 5. revealed on Monday," said Metro besides Government buildings pollution levels. health," according to the sur- The odd-even vehicle ollution levels of the millen- Kuldeep Singh, regional officer here, has issued masks to thousands of "Over 40 per cent resi- vey. rationing scheme of Delhi Pnium city of Gurugram (North zone) of the Haryana its personnel in view of the 'severe' cat- dents said they would like to The air quality in Delhi government will roll out from entered the danger zone due to State Pollution Control Board. egory air quality in the national Capital leave Delhi NCR and move remained under severe cate- Monday. the burning of crops in rural The officials also said due to region. somewhere else while 31 pc gory despite some parts of the An AQI between 0-50 is areas of the State. excessive use of firecrackers The paramilitary has provided said they would stay in Delhi city receiving rain on Sunday considered 'good', 51-100 'sat- Gurugram recorded 364 during Diwali and stubble burn- N95-grade masks to its personnel NCR and would equip them- "LocalCircles". 13 pc said they would stay morning. As per Central isfactory', 101-200 'moderate', cubic meters percolate matter 2.5 ing in rural areas of Haryana, the deployed for securing vital government selves with air purifiers, "While 16 per cent peo- here and have no option but Pollution Control 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very (PM 2.5), higher than normal air quality index (AQI) of the installations like the North and South masks, plants etc," according ple said they would stay in to cope with rising pollution Board(CPCB) data, the air poor' and 401-500 'severe'. days. millennium city of Gurugram blocks, the Indira Gandhi International to findings of the survey Delhi NCR but travel during levels," it added. quality index(AQI) of Delhi Above 500 falls in the 'severe Gurugram has two moni- also entered the dangerous zone. Airport, Delhi Metro stations, Red Fort done by online platform this period of toxic pollution, When asked, how the was 486 at 11 AM. Higher plus' category. toring stations at Vikas Sadan in On the other hand, some and other locations like the Central the Civil Lines and Gwal Pahari hospitals in Gurugram have Government Office (CGO) complex as to check air and noise pollution. even reported a 25 to 30 per cent also various government buildings. Haryana State Pollution rise in visits by patients due to Pollution levels in the national cap- ! #$ & ' $ ' ( $' Control Board (HSPCB) officials conditions linked to hazardous ital and satellite towns like Ghaziabad are preparing a report on the air quality after Diwali. and Noida on Sunday deteriorated and increase in pollution on Diwali Doctors have warned that air quality was recorded to be of && /01+023' NCR increasing overnight. The level and it will be available within even though the impact of air 'severe plus' category. of air pollution spiked on Diwali two or three days. pollution may not be immedi- CISF spokesperson Hemendra ith pollution level in the nation- night after firecrackers were being On Saturday, the maximum ately visible, it may have long- Singh said the force's Director General Wal Capital crossed dangerous burst by people despite a ban already level of PM 2.5, which has a per- term effects, especially for preg- Rajesh Ranjan has directed all com- mark; people took on social media to on place," said a twitter user. missible limit of 60 micrograms nant women and their unborn manders of units deployed in the suggest measures to curb pollution The pollution in Delhi, however, per cubic metre (μg/m ), babies. Delhi and national capital region to with some venting out their anger, did not stop some users from creat- increased to 365 μg/m . Last year "The increased pollution ensure that the masks are provided and saying that the Government has failed ing some very relevant and yet funny post-Diwali, the maximum PM caused by sulphur and charcoal are used by the personnel who remain to take timely action to prevent it. memes. 2.5 level was recorded at in the air forces less oxygen sup- in the open for hours as part of their #DelhiAirEmergency and "Nahi bachega mai idhaar, mar 361μg/m . ply to the mother who may get routine duties. #DelhiPollution were among the top jayega main," read the caption of an Also, the report of the asthmatic and bronchospasms as "The CISF personnel will wear trends on Twitter on Sunday. image showing actor Nawazuddin Gurugram's air quality index on she is not breathing pure oxygen. these masks till air quality improves. "What are we doing to this plan- Siddiqui from the Netflix series October 28 was at 377 (very This affects the oxygen supply to The force will also render medical et? Checked AQI for Delhi NCR "Sacred Games". poor level), a day after Diwali the baby in the womb as well assistance to its personnel deployed at today. It's beyond than what we can Several other users pointed to the festival. and may cause growth restric- Delhi-NCR having breathing troubles," ever think of. I can see only growing health risks of breathing toxic air. Meanwhile, the officials of tion. To protect yourself and kids Singh added. number of masks on people's face year "I'm saying this again, and I will, the department claim that this close all the doors and windows The CISF has over 25,000 person- by year," wrote another user. till things improve, we really need year the pollution levels will be of the room and use an air puri- nel deputed in the Delhi-NCR region Some users even criticised teenage to tackle #pollution in Delhi-NCR, decreased, "We are expecting fier," said Chetna Jain, Head, with the maximum, about 13,000, Swedish environment activist Greta should ask all employees to do work #DelhiAirEmergency," tweeted one or we're simply just raising a gen- lower air and noise pollution this Obstetrics & Gynaecology deployed to secure the facilities of the Thunberg for not tweeting anything from home till this situation user. eration with unhealthy lungs and a time, due to the ban on crack- Apollo Cradle Hospital, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on the rising pollution levels in Delhi. improves. It will help reduction in "Well, these are not fog, these are lifetime of breathing issues," wrote ers. The initial figure currently Gurugram. (DMRC). "All offices in Delhi and NCR pollution level to some extent. the blankets of smog engulfed Delhi- one user.
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P ! ! ! ! 1+ 83 + && /01+023' God that you all remain in good AAP wants to ask five questions health. Let's all come together to Union Environment Minister he Government was not to fight pollution," he said. Prakash Javadekar. && /01+023' exempt the electric vehicles from the odd- Tindulging in "blame game" He claimed that till a few "Having this portfolio it is even restrictions," it read further. but looking for solutions to years back, Delhi used to be his responsibility to answer the he Delhi Transport Minister on Sunday However, this year the CNG vehicles are pollution caused by stubble polluted all year long. question how his Govt. Is work- Tissued a notification saying that the elec- not exempted from the odd even scheme. burning, Delhi Chief Minister "But the people of Delhi ing to combat the air pollution tric vehicles/cars are exempted from the odd The odd even scheme was implemented in Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday, have taken several measures to situation in India," Atishi asked. -even scheme. This is to clear the confusion 2016. adding that the issue of pollu- battle pollution in the state. We "What the central govt has among the commuters, especially the e-car The Transport Minister also inspected tion should not be "politicised". have 24-hour electricity in Delhi done to curb stubble burning in users. The road rationing scheme will be the training and briefing of 5,000 Civil In a video message, Kejriwal and the diesel generators are no Punjab and Haryana. As per affi- rolled out from Monday to 15th November. Defence volunteers who will be deployed called on all neighbouring longer in use which has reduced davit filed by Central Also, women with children of 12 years age across the city at traffic intersections and red States and the Centre to "sit pollution considerably in Delhi. Government to the SC, it is and two wheelers are exempted during this light to generate awareness among the together" and deliberate on We have carried out afforesta- noted that they have distributed period. commuters about the road rationing scheme. how to prevent stubble burning tion on 600 acres of land, which only 63,000 machines as an "Odd-even restrictions shall be in place The scheme was implemented in the year as the air quality in the nation- has increased the forest cover in alternative to stubble whereas during the period November 4, 2019 to 2016. al Capital deteriorated to alarm- the state thereby reducing pol- total number of farmers is November 15, 2019 (except Sunday "Civil defence volunteers played an ing levels. Kejriwal further questioned stubble burning. lution," he said, listing out some approx 22 lakh," she said. November 10, 2019). As Delhi is a capital important role during the last Odd Even pro- "The media is telling us not the pace at which the Centre is The Chief Minister also of the initiatives. Atishi said according to the city and offices of Government of India as grammes in Delhi. They assist the traffic to play the blame-game. But I distributing straw management appealed to people to follow the He further said that the NASA satellite images all the well as Diplomatic Missions are located in police and guide the public. The Government want to tell them that we do not machines to farmers to stop odd-even road rationing Central Government has con- north Indian states are reeling Delhi, certain high Constitutional recognises and admires their role. To ensure want to play the blame-game. stubble burning. scheme beginning Monday. structed the East-West periph- around thick smog and the air- Functionaries as well as vehicles driven by better implementation of this scheme, jack- We are not blaming anybody, "Till now 63,000 machines "I urge people to use to car- eral highway outside Delhi, quality has reached emergency women have been kept outside the purview ets, placards and other relevant material has we are saying that all the peo- have been made available to pooling when they are not able which has stopped the trucks level. "Why central government of odd-even restrictions," said the transport been handed over to these volunteers, which ple should come together and farmers in Punjab and Haryana. to drive their car during this entering the capital in the night in last five days has not called Minister in the notification. is required for their duties during this road find a solution," he said. There are 27 lakh farmers in scheme. I will also be following to transport goods from one any emergency meeting on this "While considering exemptions to cer- rationing campaign," said Gahlot. "There should be no these states. How long would it the scheme strictly," he said. location to another. issue with all environment min- tain categories of vehicles, issue of enforce- Apart from this, the Government has politics. It is a matter of grave take to distribute these He advised people to use "We have done whatever we isters of all concerned states," ment on Delhi roads has been of paramount hired 2,000 additional buses to facilitate the concern for all of us, our health machines to all these farmers. masks when they have trouble could to reduce pollution in the she asked. concern. It is, however, noted that there are movement of commuters and Delhi Metro is at stake. What will we get For how long do we have to breathing. "I am sending you state in the rest of the year. The "My fourth question is only less than 1,000 non-transport electric will also have additional 61 trips during the by playing a blame-game? bear this pollution," he said. masks through school students, smoke from stubble burning when the central government cars registered in Delhi. There may not be road rationing scheme. Further, the stag- We are just saying that the Kejriwal called on all and I shall advise you to use has been causing pollution in will call an emergency meeting many enforcement issues if these cars are gered timings have also been implemented smoke in Delhi is due to stub- neighbouring states and the them when you are having Delhi from the last 20 days," he with all the environment min- kept outside the odd-even restrictions. for the all the Government officials exclud- ble burning and we have to stop Centre to "sit together" and trouble breathing. I am very said. isters of north Indian states and Their presence on Delhi roads is not like- ing the private companies. Some section of it collectively," he said in a deliberate on solving the pol- concerned about the two crore Addressing the media, I want to know the answer ly to cause any congestion and consequent officials will come at 9:30 am and others at video message. lution caused in Delhi due to people of Delhi, and I pray to senior party leader Atishi said today," she asked. pollution. It has, therefore, been decided to 10:30 am. (+ $ $$ $ ,$ && /01+023' ! ! $ ) $$ elhi Congress president taken any step to stem the tide DSubhash Chopra and sev- of pollution levels soaring high. eral other leaders of the party " Kejriwal Government && /01 declared in Delhi by the envi- were detained by the police on shown the same sort of enthu- +023' ronment pollution authority Sunday during a protest at siasm in implementing the due to non-tolerate levels of air Chief Minister Arvind odd-even scheme for control- fake advisory in the name pollution making Delhi a gas Kejriwal's residence against the ling air pollution in Delhi in the Aof Deputy Chief Minister chamber. In the interest of alarming levels of air pollution last five years, then people in Manish Sisodia were doing health and safety of children, in the national Capital. Delhi would have breathed rounds on the social media by it has been decided to keep all The protesters were clean air," he added. some unidentified person say- the schools and colleges in the detained after they attempted to Former MP Jai Prakash ing 'a health emergency has NCT of Delhi closed till sit on a dharna outside Kejriwal's Agarwal said that the fact that been declared by the December 8 and also educa- Civil Lines residence. Besides the Delhi Govt is once again Government due to which all tion minister decided to post- Chopra, former Delhi Congress resorting to the odd-even the schools and colleges should pone all the school and college president JP Agarwal, party scheme proves that vehicular be closed and mid-term exam- exams till December." spoke person Jitender Kochar pollution was a major con- inations has been postponed'. ters or news," Sisodia tweeted. The letter which was with and other senior leaders were tributing factor in fowling the However, Sisodia confirmed it The advisory was full of full of wrong sentence and detained and taken to the Civil air quality in Delhi. as a fake circular being circu- spelling mistakes and had spelling mistakes were Lines police station. Around 40 Ajay Maken accused the lated by his name. wrong address and pin code assumed to be drafted some protesters were detained and AAP and the BJP of indulging "Fake letter circulating on numbers. However, schools, students, said government offi- released subsequently, a Delhi in shadow boxing instead of social media regarding school, colleges and students got con- cials. Police officer said. taking some concrete steps to college closure till November fused with the fake letter doing "Official Notice has been "People are facing severe air ! $ ! ( ' & combat alarming pollution. 8. So far schools have been rounds in the social media sites issued to all the schools and pollution due to the inaction Maken said that Kejriwal was closed till November 5; any such as FaceBook (FB) colleges. Directorate of educa- and failure of the AAP gov- Chopra said during the demon- dread to come out of their ber of lung and respiratory trying to gain cheap political further decision shall be com- Instagram, Whatsapp and tion to issue necessary notifi- ernment in Delhi and the BJP- stration. Chopra said that Delhi homes due to air pollution. cases going up exponentially in mileage by blaming neigh- municated through proper Twitter. cation immediately and ensure ruled Centre as well as the city's has become a virtual "gas He said that hospitals in the last couple of weeks, as the bouring states for the spike in channels only. All are advised The circular read, "A due publicity is given to this," municipal corporations," chamber" and people now Delhi have witnessed the num- AAP Government has not air pollution in Delhi. not to believe on such fake let- health emergency has been the fake advisory read further. $) ' * + $ ,!!'- " ./ /$!+)$ 0 1 ! 0) && /01+023' Nagar and said that she had a quarrel with her mother after && /01+023' && 47-year-old woman was which she hit her mother on /01+023' Aarrested for allegedly the head and left the house," he six km long 'Signature killing her 81-year-old mother said the senior police official. TBridge' connecting he Police Control Room following a quarrel at her house "Another police team was Wazirabad to East Delhi will be T(PCR) unit of Delhi Police in west Delhi's Hari Nagar. sent to her residence at Hari completely closed for 10 days has reunited a kidnapped child The deceased has been Nagar to verify the details. from Monday due to the with his family in Ghitorni area identified as Santosh Bagga Meanwhile, a police official removal of temporary plat- on late Saturday night. (81) and her daughter Neeru along with Neeru reached the forms and tower crane. The According to Sharat returning from tuition in the Bagga, who works as an assis- house and found the body of decision was taken by the Delhi Kumar Sinha, the Deputy evening, three persons kid- tant personnel officer at a her old mother lying in a pool Traffic police following the Tourism Department and Tila will be highly congested," Commissioner of Police napped and took him away. power discom has been arrest- Mayapuri. of blood with injuries on her request of Tourism department. Transport Development read the advisory. It further (DCP), PCR, on Saturday Later on, they dropped him in ed in connection with the "On reaching spot, a body," said the police official. Delhi Traffic Police on Corporation (DTDTDC), read, "Thus, the general pub- night, the police team on Multi Nathupura village and fled. On killing. woman identified as Neeru "At the house, the blood Sunday also issued an adviso- Signature Bridge will be com- lic and road users who want to Purpose Vehicle (MPV) was the basis of information pro- According to a senior Bagga, was found in a hysteri- stained clothes of the accused ry asking the commuters to pletely closed from 4th go to trans Yamuna are patrolling near Ghitorni Gaon vided by the boy, his parents police official, on Saturday a cal state and was unable to Neeru were also found which avoid the said route. According November to midnight of 15th advised to use alternate routes- Metro Station where they were contacted who told that police control room (PCR) call speak properly. Police con- have been seized and taken into to the advisory, Signature November till the 12:00 am for Yamuna Bridge, Kashmere noticed a 10-year-old boy in a kidnapping case has already was received regarding an soled her and tried to calm her. possession. A case of murder Bridge will be completely closed the removal of temporary plat- Gate, Lohe ka Pul, Geeta distressed condition wander- been registered at Vasant Kunj abandoned woman with head Later, the woman told police has been registered and the from November 4 midnight to forms and cranes. Due to this Colony flyover, Vikas Marg, ing alone on the road. south police station. Later the injury sitting in front of a res- that she stays along with her accused was arrested," the November 14 midnight. the Old Waziarbad Bridge National Highway (NH-24) "During enquiry, the boy child was handed over to the idence at KhazanBasti, mother Santosh Bagga in Hari police official added. "As requested by Delhi Khajuri Chowk and Majnu ka to reach their destination." revealed that when he was family," the DCP added. ' !' (( ( 2 && /01+023' "Sought blessings for our Delhi family by offering Arghya && /01+023' housands of devotees paid to the rising Sun. May Chhath Tobeisance to the rising sun Maiya fulfil wishes of all, and n view of the severe air pol- on Sunday morning along the bless them with health and Ilution in the national Capital, ghats on the Yamuna banks and prosperity," Kejriwal said in a the Delhi Government issued water bodies in the city, mark- tweet. a health advisory on Sunday, ing the culmination of Chhath With Delhi going for asking people to avoid outdoor Puja. Assembly polls early next year, activities as much as possible, Many among devotees were the political parties -- AAP, BJP especially during the morning seen on ghats wearing mask to and Congress -- engaged them- and late evening hours. beat hazardous pollution and selves closely with the festival Air pollution had reached rain. However, the devotees celebrated by Purvanchalis, the the severe level and asked peo- were deprived a view of the ris- natives of Eastern UP and Bihar. ple to follow the dos and don'ts ing sun due to thick smog cov- Delhi BJP chief Tiwari vis- as mentioned in the advisory, ering the skyline of the city. The ited many ghats and offered Delhi Health Minister Satyendar 'Arghya' was offered around 'Arghya' to the rising sun. He Jain said in a statement. 6.35 am. As per the astrological also rendered Chhath songs in The advisory said the air The vulnerable population breathlessness, giddiness, timing of the sunrise, with pour- Bhojpuri, joining in the festivi- pollution might cause respira- was advised to strictly avoid cough, chest discomfort or ing of cow milk on the basket of ties. tory problems in healthy peo- outdoor activities, remain pain and irritation in the eyes. fruits and other items carried by The elaborate four-day- ple on a prolonged exposure indoors and keep activity lev- Using N95 masks, avoiding fasting women. long Chhath Puja begins with and pronounced respiratory els low. heavy traffic and polluted areas, Political bigwigs including 'Nahay-Khaye' with women or other serious illnesses for the Traffic police personnel, keeping doors and windows Delhi Chief Minister Arvind preparing traditional food with vulnerable population even on rickshaw-pullers and roadside closed in the morning and late Kejriwal and Delhi BJP president ! ) $ ) %&! emphasis on cleanliness. The fast a short exposure. vendors were advised to take evening were also advised by Manoj Tiwari, also attended begins on the third day when "The general public is, extra precautions. the Government. Chhath Puja offering "Arghya" matter of pride that the Chhath had to go far for Chhath but the set up over 1,100 ghats along the they visit ghats to pay obeisance therefore, advised to avoid out- The dos and don'ts asked It also asked people to use to the Sun god in the early festival was celebrated on such Government this time prepared river Yamuna as well as in parks to the setting sun. The fast is bro- door physical activities, espe- people to remain indoors and public transport, avoid dri- morning. The chief minister in a large scale in Delhi. ghats near their houses, he said. and other public places across ken with 'Arghya" to the rising cially during morning and late reschedule their outdoor activ- ving two-wheelers and other a series of tweets said it was a Earlier, Purvanchali people The Delhi government had the city. sun on the fourth day. evening hours," it stated. ities, consult doctors in case of vehicles, and stop smoking. !"#$% $) & 2#2*
/@979 and economic growth. # - , ing the US, China, Japan and The Prime Minister arrived Modi said there was oppor- Australia are its dialogue part- here on a three-day visit on rime Minister Narendra tunity for boosting cooperation ners. Saturday to attend ASEAN- PModi on Sunday presented in the maritime security sphere * ' The ties between India and India, the East Asia and the a brief blueprint for further and blue economy as well as in 0/ ASEAN have been on an RCEP summits. expansion of India’s multi-sec- areas of agriculture, engineer- upswing. The ASEAN region The annual ASEAN sum- toral engagement with the ing, digital technology and sci- along with India together com- mit, a grouping of 10 influen- Association of Southeast Asian entific research. 'C- prises combined population tial countries, is taking place Nations (ASEAN), one of the The Prime Minister also of 1.85 billion people, which is amid China’s aggressive behav- most influential groupings for welcomed convergence of is in interest of India,” Modi one fourth of the global popu- iour in the disputed South trade and investment globally. views between India and said in presence of leaders of lation and their combined GDP China Sea as well as in the In his opening address at ASEAN for cooperation in the ASEAN countries. has been estimated at over Indo-Pacific region. the India-ASEAN summit, the Indo-Pacific region. The 10-nation Association USD 3.8 trillion. Investment The 10 member countries prime minister said enhancing “India’s Act East policy is of Southeast Asian Nations from ASEAN to India has been of ASEAN are Indonesia, surface, air and maritime con- an important part of our Indo- (ASEAN) is considered one of over USD 70 billion in the last Malaysia, the Philippines, nectivity between India and 10 Pacific vision and ASEAN lies the most influential groupings 17 years accounting for more Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, nations of the bloc will signif- at the core of it. Integrated and in the region and India and than 17 per cent of India’s Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and icantly boost regional trade economically vibrant ASEAN several other countries includ- total FDI. Cambodia.
claimed by the police. They #234 5 %3 ;;; also claimed that two advocates "%" 3(( ** !!+ ! 0 From Page 1 were injured in police firing, but The Delhi Government was police said they fired in the air. $ also directed by court to provide Registrar General (RG) ** *'4 $5! ) (4! ( lump sum ex-gratia of Rs 50,000, Dinesh Kumar Sharma said a +! Hyderabad: Employees of Telangana State 25,000 and 10,000 respectively to closed-door meeting was held Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) contin- advocates Vijay Verma, Ranjit on Sunday morning by the chief ued their strike on 30th day on Sunday, a day !, *0) 3 !6 !, Malik and Pankaj Dubey who justice and senior most judges of 6'/@65B,,( deserving student missed out after Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao set received gunshot injuries, . the high court. on the chance to apply, the offi- final deadline for them to return to work. -/B' very well, so I feel that I would be During the hearing, Delhi “The meeting was also housands of students have cial said. The Chief Minister while announcing pri- spending time here in much peaceful Police told the bench that a attended by senior police officers Tfilled and submitted online Deputy Commissioner of vatisation of 5,100 TSRTC routes had asked atya Pal Malik, who was sworn in as way,” he said. Special Investigation Team (SIT) and additional chief secretary of applications for pre and post Srinagar Shahid Iqbal employees to return to work by November 5 Sthe governor of Goa on Sunday, said “People here are good. The chief of the Crime Branch has been the Delhi Government. After the matric scholarships at special Choudhary has instructed the midnight, failing which remaining 5,000 routes he successfully dealt with the issues in minister is talking less but Goa has a formed to look into the clash meeting, the court decided to kiosks set up by Srinagar National Informatics Centre will also be privatised. Kashmir, which is known as a “prob- name across the world,” and probe the matter. Police said hold a hearing at 1 pm. During administration, an official said (NIC) to set up these kiosks Joint Action Committee (JAC) of striking lematic place”, and looks to spend his he added. that four First Information the 1 pm hearing, the high on Sunday. and ensure that all students employees on Sunday ruled out calling off the tenure in the costal State in a peaceful Malik, 73, replaced Mridula Sinha Reports (FIRs) have been lodged court issued notices and sought These include students approaching these facilities are strike without the government meeting their way. who was holding the Goa governor’s in connection with the incident responses of the Centre, the from other districts and those accommodated and assisted demands. Jammu & Kashmir is peaceful now post since August 2014. under relevant sections, includ- Delhi Police commissioner and who have applied for minori- in all manners possible, he JAC convenor Ashwathama Reddy asked and is on the path of progress, Malik Chief Minister Pramod Sawant ing charges of attempt to mur- the chief secretary on the clash ty scholarships adding up to a added. He said the last date for employees not to be scared. He advised them to who was the last governor of the erst- was amongst the prominent digni- der. between lawyers and police. It total of over 7200 applications, submission of applications was be courageous and not to compromise on their while state said. taries who attended the swearing-in “The cases were registered also asked the police officers, the spokesperson said. extended up to November 15 self-respect. Bombay High Court Chief Justice ceremony. on separate complaints of the who were allegedly involved in He said some 65 comput- after the government took up Recalling that the employees had not Pradeep Nandrajog administered the Jammu & Kashmir ceased to be a district judge of Tis Hazari the clashes, to be present in the er-with-internet kiosks were set the matter with the Centre returned to work despite the earlier deadline set oath of office to Malik at the Raj Bhavan State from October 31 after the Centre court, two advocates, and a court at 3 pm,” said Sharma. up to ensure the facilitation of and requested for an by the Chief Minister, he said this time too here. withdrew its special status under Article Delhi Police constable who was Tension prevailed in all students approaching the extension. All Internet services nobody will join the duty. “I have come from Kashmir which 370 on August 5 and split it into Union injured in the incident. On the National Capital’s Tis Hazari facilities to register and apply remain suspended across He said the Chief Minister had no right to is known to be a very problematic place. Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, and complaint of the district judge, court complex on Saturday after- for the scholarships. Kashmir since August 4 — dismiss any employee. I have dealt there successfully and han- Ladakh. a case has been registered on the noon after a scuffle broke out The Srinagar administra- hours before the Centre Meanwhile, another TSRTC employee died dled all issues. Jammu & Kashmir is a On Thursday, Radha Krishna charges of obstructing public between lawyers and Delhi tion also approached the man- announced the abrogation of of cardiac arrest. JAC leaders said conductor peaceful and good place now which is Mathur and G C Murmu took oath as servant in discharge of public Police personnel over parking in agement of schools and colleges Article 370 and bifurcation of Ravinder of Warangal district died due to on the path of progress. the first Lt Governors of the Union functions, assault and rioting,” the complex. Around 21 vehicles in the district in order to Jammu & Kashmir into two depression. About 10 employees have died since The leadership there is non-con- Territories of Ladakh and Jammu & said police. including Police Control Room ensure that no interested or Union territories. the strike began on October 5. IANS troversial. They are doing their work Kashmir, respectively. “Two cases have been reg- (PCR) vans, prison vans and 12 istered against police personnel private bikes were set on fire and on the complaint of two advo- vandalized by lawyers. WhatsApp had informed WhatsApp snooping episode as the panel will seek to learn how 66'(! '* cates, including a woman, on the The lawyers also alleged R 666 the Indian Government in worrisome, Congress leader exactly the Government can charge of attempt to murder, vol- that the police had opened fired -. September that 121 Indian Anand Sharma, who chairs the ensure that. (!$-- ++ '& untarily causing hurt, wrongful on them in which two advocates From Page 1 users were targeted by the parliamentary standing com- “It is vital that as a democ- confinement, criminal intimi- have sustained bullet injuries. “I want to tell that Priyanka Israeli spyware Pegasus, but mitting on home affairs, said racy, India remains vigilant ((* * dation, theft and use of criminal Several police personnel includ- /// Gandhi also received a similar the Information Technology this issue will be taken up at the about the risk of our freedoms force on woman with intent to ing Additional DCP, North dis- message from WhatsApp Ministry has contended that the panel’s next meeting on being eroded by technological outrage her modesty. Another trict also sustained injuries in the around the same time,” information received was not November 15. means. We must not, at any **4 '+ + case was filed on the complaint incident. The agitated lawyers From Page 1 Congress chief spokesperson complete. The Home Secretary is price, become a surveillance of a police constable, who was also burned the prison locker Raising of the April inci- Randeep Surjewala said, Sources at WhatsApp said scheduled to brief the panel on State like China,” he said. Gwalior: Three civic injured in the incident, on the room and generator room in the dent by Malviya to rubbish the responding to a question about the messaging platform has the situation in Jammu & Meanwhile, West Bengal officials in Gwalior in Madhya charge of obstructing public court complex. According to Congress snoopgate claim has Praful and Mamata receiving now responded to the Kashmir in the next meeting. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Pradesh were suspended on servant in discharge of public police, around eight to ten police triggered a verbal duel between messages from the messaging Government’s last week’s query “In that meeting this issue will on Sunday said many people he Sunday after a video of State functions, assault, attempt to personnel sustained injuries in the two parties and the platform. Facebook-owned seeking an explanation on the also be discussed and we will has met here have raised con- Minister Pradyumn Singh murder, rioting and robbery,” the incident. “Jarnail Singh, Congress is now expected to WhatsApp has over 1.5 billion Pegasus spyware incident that seek details from the Secretary,” cerns over breach of privacy. Tomar entering a drain to said police. Advocate Rahul Station House Officer (SHO), counter it. The BJP’s reaction users globally, of which India allegedly snooped on journal- Sharma said. Dhankhar, however, clarified clean it went viral on social Mehra, representing the Delhi civil lines police station sustained came minutes after Congress accounts for about 400 million. ists and human rights activists Concerned about this that he was not aware of the media. Police, told the bench that one serious injuries and is said to be spokesperson Randeep Singh Priyanka received the mes- across the world, including development, Shashi Tharoor, information available with The video shows MP Food assistant sub inspector has been critical. Rajeev Bharadwaj, SHO Surjewala held a Press confer- sage around the same time India. who heads the parliamentary Mamata on the matter, drawing and Civil Supplies Minister suspended and another trans- of Kotwali police station, sus- ence and claimed, “The illegal when WhatsApp was sending Surjewala asked whether standing committee on infor- reactions from TMC secretary Tomar cleaning the drain ferred for alleged involvement in tained head injury and is under- spyware ‘Pegasus’ was used to similar messages to those whose those sitting in the echelons of mation technology, said the general Partha Chatterjee, who while standing in waist-high the clash. He said that 21 police going treatment. Harinder hack cell phones in the run-up phones were allegedly hacked, power are guilty of criminal panel would share its concerns. questioned “the Governor’s water after residents of Birla officials and eight advocates Singh, Additional DCP, North to the 2019 general elections. Surjewala claimed. offences and whether the He said he will consult other need to comment on everything Nagar repeatedly complained were injured in the clash. and the operator of DCP, North The BJP Government was fully This comes after WhatsApp Government knew of the ille- members by email on the mat- the Chief Minister has about the drain slush entering Lawyers, however, said are also among the injured aware of it. Despite repeated revealed last week that Indian gal spyware being deployed to ter. said”. their homes. more of their colleagues were police officials,” said the senior reminders from Facebook, the journalists and human rights spy on key persons. “In any case cybersecurity Meanwhile, the WhatsApp “The women residents injured than the number police official. Government didn’t act.” activists were among roughly “Shocking facts in is a major issue on our agenda had said it was suing NSO complained several times but .” 1,400 users globally spied upon #WhatsAppSpygate - Was the and we are definitely going to Group, an Israeli surveillance when no civic staff responded, by unnamed entities using an BJP Government spying on take this up under that rubric. firm, that is reportedly behind I entered the drain to clean it Israeli spyware, Pegasus. citizens and political leaders in And we will be seeking clarifi- the technology that helped on Sunday morning. #* %+ The messaging platform the run up to 2019 elections. cations from the Government,” unnamed entities hack into People are falling sick had said it sent special messages Did the Government know of Tharoor said. phones of roughly 1,400 users. because of drain water entering From Page 1 pollution, the Central Elaborating on actions to all the affected users stating the illegal spyware since May He said as the WhatsApp These users span across their homes,” The Ministry of Earth Industrial Security Force against farmers, Singh on that it had “reason to believe 2019? Are those sitting in ech- NSO issue has emerged in the four continents and include Tomar said, adding that he Sciences’ air quality monitor, (CISF) has issued masks to Sunday said against a total of they were impacted by this elons of power guilty of crimi- open it is important to ensure diplomats, political dissidents, would go out to more such SAFAR, said the city’s overall thousands of its personnel in around 49,000 cases of stubble attack to directly inform them nal offences,” Surjewala asked. that no other social media plat- journalists and senior govern- areas to carry out cleaning AQI reached as high as 708 view of the ‘severe’ category air burning last year, this year the about what happened.” Describing the entire form can be similarly used, and ment officials. works. PTI around 5 pm, which is 14 quality in the national capital state government has so far times the safe level of 0-50. region. received reports of 20,729 An AQI between 0-50 is Meanwhile, Punjab Chief cases, with more than 70 per them the Chief Minister’s post its strength... Why can’t the State. “The kind of means considered ‘good’, 51-100 ‘sat- Minister Amarinder Singh on cent of the paddy crop already ;;; for period of two and a half Sena man become the Chief being used by the ruling BJP isfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, Sunday said that the Punjab having been harvested, he said. years each. Raut writes that this Minister?. The people of the does not augur well for tradi- 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very government has acted against Singh on Saturday had From Page 1 and Water Resources Minister is a good alternative but it is not State want the Sena man as the tions of Maharashtra. I have full poor’ and 401-500 ‘severe’. An nearly 3,000 of its farmers for proposed a “stubble manage- The NCP and Congress Girish Mahajan said: “The possible because of the “arro- Chief Minister. The people of information about this. I don’t AQI above 500 falls in the burning stubble. He accused his ment bonus” of Rs 100 for a have for the past several days term of the current State gance” of the BJP. the State want those individu- talk without information.... ‘severe plus’ category. Delhi counterpart Arvind quintal of farming produce by been mulling over the need to Assembly will end on In the second option - als who lie should be made to Whoever has so far missed offi- Meanwhile, the Delhi Kejriwal of doing little beyond the Centre, while seekingits keep the BJP out of power in November 9. There is no need based on which the Sena sit at home. The people want cial machinery have not suc- Government on Sunday issued “playing” politics to address the intervention to chalk out an Maharashtra, an objective that to worry much about spokesperson appeared to have such individuals to be thrown ceeded and their plans have a health advisory to help peo- problem. inter-state strategy to curb the can be realised by extending Government formation. On his statement on Sunday, Raut out of politics. The politics of boomeranged on them. These ple fight the severe air pollution “Instead of addressing the menace of air pollution. Singh their support to the Shiv Sena November 9, Chief Minister says that if the BJP - being the lies has never succeeded in kinds of things could go on level plaguing the national cap- problem, Delhi Chief Minister further said that the enforce- which is showing clear signs of Devendra Fadnavis will meet single largest party -- fails to Maharashtra. Late Balsaheb four to five years in ital for the past few days. Arvind Kejriwal is playing ment teams has visited 11,286 breaking away from the BJP the Shiv Sena leaders. I am con- win the confidence vote in the Thackeray always believed in Maharashtra, but these things Delhi Chief Minister political games,” said Singh, fire incidents sites till and forming its Government fident that at the November 9, State Assembly, the Shiv Sena politics of truth,” the Sena do not work now”. Arvind Kejriwal said the issue asking what the AAP leader has November 1, 2019 and envi- with the support of the two a solution will be found to the can stake a claim to form a new spokesperson said. In another serious charge of pollution should not be done on the ground to resolve ronment compensation major Opposition parties in the stalemate between the BJP and Government in the State. Replying to a question, against the BJP, Raut said: “I “politicised” and called on all the issue. amounting to Rs 41.62 lakh has State. Sena over the formation of new “The combined strength of Raut said it was “mystery” as to have also seen one more thing: neighbouring states and the The Punjab chief minister been imposed in 1,585 cases Amid blitzkrieg unleashed Government in the State”. Shiv Sena (56), NCP (54), why BJP’s national president Some criminals and goondas Centre to “sit together” and said the state authorities have with FIRs registered in 202 by the Shiv Sena in the media Interestingly, Raut scotched Congress (44) and others goes Amit Shah had not intervened who are out of jail and enjoy deliberate on how to prevent initiated action against a total cases against defaulting farm- about its likely victory in the the speculation doing rounds in up to 170. In that case, the Shiv in the party’s impasse with the the patronage of the stubble burning as the air qual- of 2,923 farmers in 20,729 ers. According to some ongoing power struggle the social media since Saturday Sena can have its Chief Shiv Sena. “The issue of shar- Government, have for the last ity in the national capital cases of stubble burning experts, this level of pollution between the saffron alliance, night that as part of the emerg- Minister heading the ing of Chief Minister’s post on 10 days attempted to put pres- dipped to alarming levels. reported till November 1. is equivalent to smoking 33 cig- Chief Minister Devendra ing political “deal” being Government. The three parties a rotational basis had taken sure on our MLAs. But Keriwal said his govern- Punjab government expects arettes a day. In the highest pol- Fadnavis expressed hope that “reached” among the Sena, will have to prepare a common place in the presence of Amit goondagardi did not continue ment was not indulging in about 10 to 20 per cent decline lution reading yet this season, the impasse between the BJP NCP and Congress, Pawar minimum programme and run Shah. Uddhav Thackeray has for a long time. Even these “blame game” but looking for in the number of such cases the US embassy recorded PM- and Shiv Sena would soon end would become the Chief the Government. Like AB already spoken about what had goondas have gone into hiding solutions to pollution caused by this year as against 2018 as a 2.5 level of 802 at 1 p.m. The and a new Government would Minister of the State and Aditya Vajpayee ran the Government transpired in that meeting. now... I will expose all these stubble burning. result of the intensified drive by pollution level has been rising be formed soon. “I feel that the Thackeray would be the in New Delhi, the Sena will Had Amit Shah met Uddhavji, things in the near future. We Concerned over the level of it, he added. since 1 a.m. political impasse would end Deputy Chief Minister in the have to run the Government by the two leaders would have dis- have the details of how was the soon. Ultimately, all of us have new Government. “Sharad taking the two other parties cussed the issue and sorted out official machinery being mis- to work in the interest of the Pawar will not come to the along with it. This option is in the matters. But, Amit Shah’s used, who all the goondas were State. Currently, the unsea- State politics. His stature is big- the interest of Maharashtra,” silence is mysterious,” Raut meeting and what they were sonal rain-hit farmers are fac- ger than that of the Chief Raut writes. said. telling the MLAs concerned”. ing serious hardships. Under Minister’s post,” he said. Like in the past few days, Asked especially about Meanwhile, an SMS mes- the circumstances, it is essen- Raut’s comments should Raut slammed Chief Minister Amit Shah, Raut said: “Amit sage received by senior NCP tial that a new Government is be seen in the context of an Devendra Fadnavis for reneg- Shah is country’s Home leader and former Deputy formed at the earliest. In the article he has written in his ing on its promise of giving the Minister. Our relations with Chief Minister Ajit Pawar from interest of the State, I am opti- Sunday column in the Sena’s Chief Minister’s post to the Amit Shah are cordial even Raut, when the latter was talk- mistic that a new Government official mouthpiece Saamana, Sena for a period of two and a today”. He, however hastened ing part in a meeting of both will be formed in the State in which he has spoken about half years each and said that the to add that it was for the BJP victorious and defeated party soon,” Fadnavis said, while five political options for for- Sena deserved to have its man to initiate the talks. MLAs became a talking point talking mediapersons after mation of a Government in as it Chief Minister. “We have In remarks that may fur- in the State political circles. studying the situation and Maharashtra. Of the five spoken about sharing the Chief ther damage the already “Through this small message, holding a review meeting with options, he has stressed on two Minister’s post. The discussion strained relations between the Raut has indicated that he district in Akola on Sunday options: First, the BJP and can happen between the two Sena and BJP, Raut charged that wants to talk to me. I don’t morning. Sena should take four steps parties only on this issue. If the the ruling BJP was “misusing” know what he wants to tell me. Speaking separately to backward, come together and BJP does not agree to our the official machinery to estab- But, I will talk to Raut once I mediapersons at Nashik in form an alliance Government demand, then the Shiv Sena lish contact with MLAs and am through with the things on north Maharashtra, BJP leader in the State by sharing between will form the Government on form a Government in the hand,” Ajit Pawar said. !"#$% $-
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/01+023' US State Department on Friday Asia/Pacific Group tions related to designated entities ) $ $ also lambasted Islamabad for its on Money and individuals such as LeT and he US has said the Lashkar-e- failure in uniformly implementing Laundering (APG), its affiliates, which continued to TTayaba (LeT) and the Jaish-e- the Financial Action Task Force Pakistan has agreed make use of economic resources /01+023' Regrouping of the SIMI that went Mohammad (JeM) continued to (FATF) Action Plan on money to implement inter- and raise funds,” it said. underground over a decade back with the be a threat to India and slammed laundering and counter-terrorism national standards to The US report said Pakistan’s mergence of a new terror group arrest of top leadership could pose major Pakistan for granting legitimacy and the UN sanctions related to combat money laun- 2015 National Action Plan to Eunder the banner of Al Hind Brigade challenge for the security agencies and by allowing candidates affiliated designated entities and individu- dering, terrorism combat terrorism includes efforts comprising former leaders of banned out- forces which are already stretched due to with the LeT als like LeT and its affiliates, finance, and prolifer- to prevent and counter terrorist fit Students Islamic Movement of India the enhanced responsibilities in tackling front organisations to which continued to make use of ation finance but its financing, including by enhancing (SIMI) has set alarm bells ringing in the law and order situation in Jammu & contest the country’s last economic resources and raise implementation inter-agency coordination on security establishment as the outfit Kashmir and taking preventive measures general elections. funds. remained “very countering the finance of terror- aims to target right wing Hindu across the States in the wake of impend- The US has, however, not tar- The report said, “Regionally ple and security personnel. poor”. ism. leaders. ing SC judgment on Ayodhya. geted the LeT and JeM master- focused terrorist groups also Pakistan Government has “Pakistan criminalises ter- However, the Pakistani laws The outfit had in a post in its inter- The new outfit might also be getting minds who operate freely across remained a threat in 2018. For failed to significantly limit the LeT rorist financing through the Anti- relating to anti-money laundering nal communication network recently support of the sleeper cells of JeM in the Pakistan. Washington has not example, Pakistan-based Lashkar- and the JeM from raising money, Terrorism Act, but implementa- are essentially weak and the hailed the killing of Hindu leader hinterland which might be activated to even taken any action against e-Taiba — which was responsi- recruiting and training in tion remains uneven. In June groups and individuals banned by Kamlesh Tiwari in Lucknow last month foment major communal discord fol- American companies that are ble for the 2008 Mumbai attacks Pakistan, and “allowed candi- 2018, the FATF placed Pakistan on Islamabad can even access frozen as a new beginning. lowing verdict on the sensitive Ayodhya providing server services to these — and Jaish-e-Mohammad main- dates overtly affiliated with the its ‘grey list’ for deficiencies across funds from bank accounts. The development assumes signifi- issue, sources said. terror groups or uploading radi- tained the capability and intent to LeT front organisations to contest its AML/CFT regimes, specifical- The law designates the use of cance as the crucial verdict on the Following Centre’s decision to scrap cal contents online which are attack Indian and Afghan targets. the July general elections”, the ly citing concerns over Pakistan’s unlicensed ‘hundi’ and ‘hawala’ Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute Article 370 and bifurcate the erstwhile often used for radicalizing and In February (2018), operatives report said. failure to fully implement the systems as predicate offences to is expected to be delivered by the State of Jammu & Kashmir into the recruiting gullible minds into ter- reportedly affiliated with JeM In June, the FATF placed UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) terrorism and requires banks to Supreme Court before November 17. Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir ror fold, according to officials attacked an Indian army camp at Pakistan on the “grey list” for defi- and al-Qa’ida sanctions regime. report suspicious transactions to Initial assessments suggest the out- and Ladakh has rattled Pakistan as the from the covert agencies, adding Sunjuwan, in the state of Jammu ciencies in its Anti-Money “The FATF noted that UN-listed Pakistan’s FIU, the (Pakistan) fit could have linkages with the Al move negates Islamabad’s position that Washington also did not object to & Kashmir, killing seven.” Laundering and Countering entities, including the LeT and its State Bank’s Financial Monitoring Qaeda and Pakistan sponsored terror there is a dispute over the State. release of funds of LeT chief The LeT and the JeM, both Financing of Terrorism affiliates, were not effectively pro- Unit, it said. group Jaish-e-Mohammad, both of which Having failed to gain any support Hafiz Sayeed by the United sponsored by the Pakistan Army- (AML/CFT) regimes, including hibited from raising funds in “These unlicensed money have been seeking expand their footprint, from the international community on its Nations Security Council follow- ISI combine were responsible for the failure to implement the UN Pakistan, or being denied finan- transfer systems persisted especially in the wake of abrogation of opposition to the rescinding of the spe- ing a request from Pakistan a series of sanctions related to designated cial services,” the report throughout the country and were Article 370 of the Constitution that cial status of J&K, Pakistan has been seek- Government. terror attacks in India that include entities. said. open to abuse by terrorist granted special status to Muslim-major- ing to use its terror proxies to carry out “Country Reports on attack on Parliament, leading to The US State Department “Pakistani authorities failed financiers operating in the cross- ity Jammu & Kashmir, sources hits in the Valley as well as the Indian hin- Terrorism 2018’ published by the death of scores of innocent peo- said as a member of the to uniformly implement UN sanc- border area,” the report added. said. terland, sources added. 3 $$ <6 ! 1$ $ $ /01+023' respect of that device,” the proposed /01+023' tend to be near busy is indeed the most toxic in the law reads. roads. world followed with the unprece- f implemented, the draft legislation, The draft legislation also proposed s Delhi gasps for fresh air and Dr Prashant dented public health emergency IMedical Devices (Safety, a separate regulator under the Adoctors here equate bad air Saxena, Head Of declared in Delhi this year too. Effectiveness and Innovation) Bill, Directorate General of Health Services with new tobacco, a new research Department , pul- Worrisomely, over 660 million 2019 which has been put up for con- to monitor the medical devices sector. from King’s College London has monology and sleep Indians live in areas that flouting sultation within Ministries will ensure Currently, both drugs and med- just substantiated the fear as it medicine, Max Smart the standards of safe exposure to that pharma majors are bound to pay ical devices are regulated by the warned that high air pollution can Super Speciality PM 2.5. It is evident that air pol- compensation in case their implants or think tank Niti Aayog, patients suf- Central Drugs Standard Control cause extra heart attacks, higher Hospital, Saket said, lution has emerged as the single medical devices are found to have fering from adverse effects of faulty Organisation (CDSCO). rate of stroke and new asthma “there is no doubt that most hazardous threat to the adverse effects. medical devices and implants will be It has also proposed registration of cases particularly in children. Worldwide, an awareness of poor air quality poses a great health of Indians — especially The proposed law comes on the able to demand compensation from all medical devices in the National The study Personalising the the dangers of air pollution is threat to survival. We have seen a children whose underdeveloped heels of a controversy surrounding hip the manufacturer or the firm import- Register of Medical Devices before Health Impacts of Air Pollution, growing. The World Health substantial increase in the num- lungs put them at severe risk of implants marketed by US medical ing them. The draft legislation aims at being placed in the market and putting analysed data from British cities, Organization (WHO) estimates ber of patients complaining of res- respiratory disorders. device giant Johnson & Johnson, regulating all locally-made and import- an unique identification number included London, Birmingham, that air pollution kills 7 million piratory diseases like COPD, asth- Exposure to toxicants in the which was found faulty and toxic to ed medical devices. It has suggested (UID) to be displayed on the label of Bristol, Derby, Liverpool, people each year — equivalent to ma, bronchitis and their flare-ups. air is not only associated with res- patients using them. Affected patients a jail term extending up to three years a product. Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford 13 deaths every minute. “There is also an increase in piratory disorders but has wide had to move to court to get the com- or fine up to 50 lakh or both for plac- All foreign manufacturers “must and Southampton. Globally, says the WHO, more cardiac problems like heart attacks ranging and dreadful implica- pensation for the disability they suf- ing a medical device in the market comply with conformity assessment The study said, “Each year on than 90 per cent of children and chest pain etc. Associated tions including increased risk of fered due to the faulty devices. without a valid certificate of confor- requirement in accordance with the average, higher air pollution days under 15 breathe air that puts their allergic problems like nasal dis- cardiovascular diseases, neu- Currently, India does not have any mity, obtaining a registration and provisions of this Act, obtain a con- in London are responsible for 87 health at serious risk. The young charge/sneezing, headache, eye ropsychiatric complications, skin legal provisions to compensate patients without complying with conditions as formity assessment certificate and more cardiac arrests outside hos- are especially susceptible, because burning, sore throat etc have also diseases, as well as cancer. facing health problems due to faulty may be specified under the proposed register their device in the National pital than lower air pollution their lungs are still developing and been observed, especially in chil- Air pollution is also consid- medical devices. Act. Register of Medical Devices prior to days.” The researchers found that their breathing is faster than dren. Moreover, maternal expo- ered as an environmental risk fac- The draft law proposes a penalty “Any person who has suffered the commencement of export into roadside air pollution in adults’, so they take in more pol- sure can cause fatal growth retar- tor in the incidence and progres- of up to 1 crore and jail term extend- harm or injury as a result of any vio- India unless exempted from such Birmingham stunted lung growth lutants relative to their body dation, fatal deaths and retarded sion of diseases such as asthma, ing three years to the manufacturers or lation of any provision of this Act, rules requirement by the administration”. in children by 7.7 per cent, while weight. One of the most common growth of child post-delivery.” lung cancer, autism, Alzheimer’s importers for faulty medical devices or regulations, such person shall have The draft bill also has penalty pro- cutting air pollution in London by ailments that results is asthma. Dr Dharminder Nagar, Paras and Parkinson’s diseases. In short, having adverse impacts on patients. the right to seek compensation from vision including imprisonment for one-fifth would increase chil- Poorer children are still more Healthcare added, “Statistics have air is the new tobacco”, Dr Nagar As per the new regulatory frame- the manufacturer or other economic offences related to clinical trials and dren’s lung capacity by around 4%. vulnerable, since their schools repeatedly proved that Delhi’s air said. work proposed by the Government operator committing a violation in sale of medical devices. & ( . % O) $ P , 6 /01+023' the Shanghai Cooperation Uzbekistan in Tashkent. concessional line of credit of Organisation as the special This would be based on USD 40 million for procure- n an effort to further envoy of Prime Minister higher level of mutual trust and ment of goods and services by O$$ P Istrengthen defence ties, India Narendra Modi in Tashkent, respect between the two coun- Uzbekistan from India. and Uzbekistan have signed held talks with his Uzbek coun- tries and on their shared views The direct exchanges relat- /01+023' da have taken a hit. The CJI, three pacts on cooperation in terpart on Saturday. and approaches on a range of ed to training, capacity build- who hails from Assam, said that security ties after a meeting “Following the meeting, regional and international ing and education between the hief Justice of India (CJI) NRC is neither a “new or a between Defence Minister the two sides concluded a issues, including promoting armed forces on both the sides CRanjan Gogoi on Sunday novel idea” as it found expres- Rajnath Singh and his Uzbek memorandum of understand- regional stability and security has also witnessed a significant strongly defended the current sion as early as in 1951 and the counterpart Major General ing(MOU) on cooperation in and combatting extremism and upswing. exercise of National Register of current exercise is an attempt to Bakhodir Nizamovich the field of Military Medicine terrorism, the statement As regards the first ever Citizens (NRC) in Assam, say- update the 1951 NRC. Kurbanov. Singh is Uzbekistan between the armed forces of said. joint exercise, the defence min- ing it would be a base docu- “The NRC is not without on a three-day visit there end- the two countries. In the com- During the meeting, both istry said it will be conducted ment for future and was contestations. Let me take this ing on Sunday. ing days, the sides will contin- ! $ ( %& $ " sides expressed satisfaction at from November 4-13, 2019, at urgently needed as prior to it occasion to clarify. The NRC The two Defence Ministers ue discussions at the expert 2) " the enhanced level of defence Chirchiq Training Area near there was “guesswork” on the is not a new nor a novel idea. jointly presided over the cur- level to further enhance their engagement between India and Tashkent and will be focused number of illegal immigrants It founds expression as early as tain raiser of the first-ever exchanges in this sphere,” a learning of the two countries statement said, the two sides Uzbekistan. “This enhanced on counter-terrorism, an area in the State that had fuelled fear in the year 1951 and in partic- India-Uzbekistan army joint statement by the Defence were also signed, the statement will continue discussions at level of engagement is reflect- in which the two countries and a vicious cycle of violence. ular context of Assam in year exercise “Dustlik 2019.” Ministry said. said. the expert level to further ed in the first ever meeting of share a common concern. Justice Gogoi, who is head- 1985 when the Assam accord Incidentally, it the first visit by The MoU is a byproduct of The Defence Ministers enhance their exchanges in the Joint Working Group on In the exercise, an Indian ing an apex court bench which was signed. In fact, the current Indian Defence Minister to interactions emanating from agreed that the two sides would this sphere. Defence Cooperation in Army contingent will train is monitoring the process of NRC is an attempt to update Uzbekistan in more than 15 the MoU on Military continue to work together to The two Defence February 2019, visit of Defence along with Uzbekistan Army. NRC in Assam, was also criti- the 1951 NRC,” said Justice years. Education signed between the further raise their level of Ministers also witnessed the Secretary of India in March The exercise will enable shar- cal of “arm chair commenta- Gogoi, who was addressing a Giving details of the pacts two countries in October 2018, engagement in the defence first-ever exchange over a 2019 and the first-ever ing of best practices and expe- tors” who, he said, are not only gathering here during inaugu- inked, Defence Ministry said it said. Two Institution-to- sphere in keeping with strate- video-link between College of Defence-Industry Workshop riences between the armed far away from the ground real- ration of book ‘Post Colonial here on Sunday, Singh, who is Institution MoUs on training gic partnership between India Defence Management in organised in Tashkent in forces of the two countries ity but also present a highly dis- Assam (1947-2019)’ authored attending Council of Heads and capacity building between and Uzbekistan,” it said. Secunderabad, Telangana, and September 2019,” the state- and would lead to greater oper- torted picture due to which the by veteran journalist Mrinal and Governments (CHGs) of institutes of higher military In the coming days, the Armed Forces Academy of ment said. India has offered a ational effectiveness. state and its development agen- Talukdar. !"#$% $.
7 - - , ' Q" R () ,-5 9729# Chat Puja at Rabindra Sarobar does not carry a book on ‘dos * <1@ thousands of devotees on and don’ts’. He has always been B,,( day after Mamata Banerjee Saturday evening and Sunday partisan and does not check out Aaccused the Centre and morning broke open the gates on facts,” adding the Governor Kolkata: A day after West nspector General of Police, some other State Governments performed religious rites, burst was acting not like an impar- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata IJammu Zone, Mukesh Singh of taping her telephone a fresh crackers and polluted the waters tial person but an agent of the Banerjee claimed her phones on Sunday reviewed the secu- war of words broke out on even as the police disappeared BJP-led Central Government. were being tapped and sought rity situation on the eve of the Sunday between senior Bengal from the area. Incidentally referring to a a probe into charges of “snoop- first ‘Darbar Move’ under Government functionaries and Reminding the different kind of victimization ing” on activists and scribes, which offices including the Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. Government of its duties to Chief Minister Mamata Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Civil Secretariat— the seat of Reacting to reports of implement court orders the Banerjee had on Saturday on Sunday said many people he Jammu & Kashmir police inaction in complying Governor said “law should be alleged that the Centre and has met here have raised con- Government— will be with the orders of National obeyed by the people and some States including one ruled cerns over breach of privacy. reopened here. Green Tribunal banning Chhat implemented in right perspec- by the BJP had been taping her Dhankhar, however, clari- week that Indian journalists Singh chaired a meeting of Puja at environmentally sen- tive by the Government or telephone calls demanding a fied that he was not aware of and rights activists were among Jammu based officers of police, other government offices tion in Jammu. sitiveplaces like the pic- else there will be anarchy and probe into the matter. the information available with those globally spied upon by security and traffic, and closed in Srinagar on October He also issued detailed turesque Rabindra Sarobar no democracy,” adding when “Where is our freedom of Banerjee on the matter, draw- unnamed entities using an reviewed the deployment made 25-26 and will reopen here instructions to SSP Traffic city lake, considered “lung “the law wants you to pay speech? What independence do ing reactions from TMC Israeli spyware ‘Pegasus’. by different wings in and along with the Raj Bhavan on Jammu to improve the regula- ofKolkata,” the Governor taxes you have to pay it, when we have now that we cannot Secretary General Partha “Now that we are talking around the Civil Secretariat, November 4. tion of traffic system and pre- expressed doubts over the the law fixes a limit for you one even talk freely over the phone? Chatterjee, who questioned about the right to privacy, let Raj Bhawan and vital routes, a The officers present in the vent frequent jams in the city State Government’s intention should not cross it.” Somebody is listening to every- “the Governor’s need to com- me say that I have met here police spokesperson said. meeting briefed the IGP about during peak hours especially to comply with court orders. Reacting to his comments thing we say,” Banerjee said ment on everything the Chief many important people from Under the bi-annual the arrangements they have during the movement of “I have been informed about senior Trinamool Congress adding she used to think that Minister has said”. the field of politics, business, ‘Darbar Move’, the government made for enhancing the secu- VVIPs, the spokesman said. how for years many court orders leader and Minister Partho “WhatsApp messages can’t be Iterating that her calls were other functionaries who have of Jammu & Kashmir functions rity and law and order arrange- The IGP also directed juris- are not being implemented,” Chatterjee said “he is talking not intercepted but even that has- being tapped regularly by the told me that their privacy was for six months each in Srinagar ments during the functioning dictional Superintendents of Dhankhar said circuitously like a Governor but a BJP leader n’t been spared. Neither land- Centre, the Trinamool being compromised with,” the and Jammu. of ‘Darbar’ in Jammu, the Police of Jammu district to pro- accusing the Government for more so the State BJP president line phones nor mobiles Congress supremo alleged on Governor said on sidelines of This is the first ‘Darbar spokesperson said. vide necessary assistance to inaction in preventing the devo- Dilip Ghosh. It seems that Dilip phones are safe. It is total espi- Saturday that the Narendra a programme here. Move’ after the state’s bifurca- While briefing the offi- traffic police where traffic jams tees of Chat Puja from polluting babu is speaking behind the onage,” and “this is very seri- Modi-led Government was Asked about the CM’s alle- tion into UTs —Jammu & cers, Singh directed them to put are frequent for regulation of the 192 acre lake and garden area veneer of the Governor.” ous.” “fully aware” of the security gation against the Centre, he Kashmir, and Ladakh — which in their best for ensuring ade- traffic as and when the need replete with a variety of flora and Another Minister and She said that she would breach on messaging platform said, “I am not aware what spe- came into existence on October quate security and law and arises so that no inconvenience bird species. Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim request Prime Minister WhatsApp. cific information she has in 31. order arrangements during the is caused to the common man, Ignoring an National Green said “a Governor should also Narendra Modi to getthe mat- Facebook-owned possession, based on which The Civil Secretariat and functioning of the administra- the spokesperson said further. Tribunal ban on performing know his limits. It seems he ter probed.” WhatsApp had said earlier this she levelled the charges.” (22'*)("#*) 70 6'* Q* 2! (P , () $ *$'5 '4' 6F O Thiruvananthapuram: With criticism mounting the basis of recovery of NO Opposition Congress- led UDF against the State Government brochures from the accused. in Kerala on Sunday demand- and police over the decision to “Only if there is evidence, 6 +0 4 +* ( B'-(6 ed the resignation of Chief invoke UAPA on the student UAPA will be valid”, he said Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over activists, DGP Loknath Behera adding there have been sever- ongress general secretary slapping of UAPA against two Sunday directed two senior al instances earlier when the ,+30-(6D'36E friend at Sripur village when Cand Rajasthan incharge CPI(M) student activists who police officers to conduct an committee had denied per- three persons stopped his Avinash Pandey said on were arrested for allegedly dis- impartial probe and take mission to impose UAPA for Bihar Minister’s son was SUV and thrashed him and Sunday that the party would tributing pro-Maoists pam- appropriate action. lack of evidence. UAPA would Abeaten up by a group of his cousin with the hold Statewide protests from phlets, even as CPI(M) leaders Necessary instructions in be valid only if there was evi- people in Madhepura district butt of a November 5-15 over unem- level protest in Jaipur would be blamed the police for the deci- thisers. this regard have been issued to dence, he said. in the early hours of Sunday, revolver. ployment and against the also be held. sion. Describing UAPA as a ADGP Law and Order and IGP Actress Sajitha Madathil, police said. Raj Kumar alleged in his “wrong” economic policies of Pandey was here to attend a Chennithala told reporters ‘double-edged sword’, Law (North Zone), a press release who is the aunt of Shuhaib, said Bihar Sugarcane Industries complaint that he was the Centre. meeting of the State Congress that Vijayan, who also holds the Minister A K Balan, said it said. the police action to register Minister Bima Bharti’s son thrashed by relatives and men “An important meeting in ahead of the civic body elections. Home portfolio, should resign should not be used as a weapon “At present only a prelim- UAPA was ‘shocking’. Raj Kumar and his cousin of Sushil Yadav, a former New Delhi chaired by AICC He said the municipal elec- as there was no other option. to annhilate the innocent and inary investigation has been A group of 25 police per- Sanjay Kumar were beaten up village head. president (Sonia Gandhi) was tions were important for The student activists of activists working as per demo- done. All aspects of the case sonnel came to the house in the by a group of people near The Minister demanded held in which it was decided to ground workers of the party the CPI(M), in their early 20s, cratic norms. need to be taken into account early hours of Saturday and Bhatgama village of the the immediate arrest of those protest against the situation and the organisation, adding were arrested in Kozhikode When an FIR is registered, and evidence collected. Only searched the house. district, Superintendent of involved in beating her son. which has arose due to wrong that the Congress would make on Saturday morning under the lot of caution is needed. after a detailed probe will it be “He is not a Maoist. What Police, Sanjay Kumar She also demanded that strict policies of the Centre, includ- every effort to touch the max- Unlawful Activities Prevention “We will examine if in this clear if UAPA will stand in this has he done to attract UAPA?”, said. action be taken against the ing derailing the country’s imum number of people and Act (UAPA) for allegedly being case the FIR was registered as case,” the release said. she asked.Police did not find Both have been admitted culprits. economy, unemployment and win the polls. Maoist sympathisers and hav- per rules,” he told reporters. Meanwhile, Justice P S anything from the house, and to Chausa primary health cen- “Is it the way a child is undeclared emergency,” Pandey Chief Minister Ashok ing some pamplets and CPI(M)’s Kannur district Gopinathan, heading the gov- they only took his mobile tre for treatment, police said beaten up? Is there any ban to told reporters in Jaipur. Gehlot, Deputy Chief Minister brochures with them. secretary M V Jayarajan was of ernment-appointed UAPA phone was taken away, she adding that an FIR has been drive a vehicle on the “A countrywide protest will Sachin Pilot and Bahujan Samaj The parents of the two — the view that the Government committee for granting per- said.Allan’s mother Sabitha said lodged. road?,” Bharti, a JD(U) MLA be lodged from November 5- Party legislators who had Thaha Fazal and Allan Shuhaib would act and rectify the deci- mission for prosecution, told police had told them that her As per the FIR, Raj Kumar from Rupauli in Purnea 15,” the Congress leader said, recently defected to the —have rubbished police claims sion to arrest the students reporters in Kochi that UAPA son had Maoist links, which is was returning to his district told adding that memorandums Congress were also present in that they are Maoist sympa- under the ‘dreaded’ UAPA. cannot be imposed solely on not right. PTI home after dropping his reporters. would be presented and a State- the meeting. 9 - /0 80) $ 0 $ 0 Chennai: Vice President M Naidu further said “you to “political family planning,” Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday already found some solutions for them apparently referring to batted for cost-effective desali- but it has to be cost-effective likelihood of political implica- nation initiatives to fulfill the because converting saline water tions. " " country’s drinking water needs to potable water; sweet water is He indicated that they may Lucknow: Concerned over and favoured more research to a very good thing that will solve not feel so, since the initiative spike in air pollution, the Uttar Panaji: Satya Pal Malik was on address the issue. the the problem to maximum was only for the people’s wel- Pradesh Government on Sunday sworn in as the Addressing the silver possible extent but the question fare since resources like land Sunday warned that action will Governor of Goa.Chief Justice jubilee celebrations of the is at what cost and that is the and water were just the same be taken against those burning of the Bombay High Court National Institute of Ocean issue.” while population was on the garbage, polythene and stubble Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Technology here, he lauded the Noting that scientific rise alongside challenges in the field. administered the oath of office institution for its sustained research was on around the including climate “Stubble burning in the to Malik at Raj Bhavan. efforts in six key areas of blue biology and biotechnology for world on this issue, he said change.Hence, planning of field results in massive air pol- Malik had earlier served as economy including fisheries the nation to become a leader some of the countries that he families and the population lution. Therefore, farmers the Governor of Jammu and and aquaculture, renewable in those sectors and NIOT visited depended only on gains significance to take care should be encouraged and Kashmir, which has been bifur- progress. ocean energy, offshore hydro- can be a forerunner for achiev- desalination plants for its water of the future, he said. made aware of the conse- cated into two union territories. The leadership there is carbons, and marine biotech- ing the milestone, he said. needs. Naidu launched the quences of burning straw in Malik, 73, replaced non- controversial. They are nology. On NIOT’s technologies “We are a huge country “Coastal Flood Warning their fields. Officials should Mridula Sinha who was hold- doing their work very well, so These were all very impor- for societal applications like the with 130 crore population and System (CFLOWS-Chennai) ensure straw is mixed in the soil ing the Goa Governor’s post I feel that I would be spending tant for the progress of the desalination plants, he said, “I our requirement is also huge; App,” for Chennai developed by to make compost,” chief secre- since August 2014. time here in much peaceful nation, the Vice President said. am sure in the coming days, we have to focus our attention the Ministry of Earth Sciences. tary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari Chief Minister Pramod way. The blue economy will aid this process of desalination on future challenges along with Earlier, he viewed exhibits said in a directive to officers tute is forced to sleep in the Sawant was amongst the “People here are good. The in achieving the 14th of UN will get further impetus present challenges.” on the cutting edge and social- concerned. open. prominent dignitaries who CM is talking less but Goa has sustainable development goals, because I am worried that we Observing that the nation ly relevant technologies devel- Apart from this, arrange- In order to distribute blan- attended the swearing-in cer- a name across the world,” Malik which is “life below water”.It may face water problem and has a “galloping population,” he oped by NIOT and released a ments should be made to kets to the poor, he said time- emony. said on the occasion. states “conserve and sustainably water challenges.” said “...We are not focusing special postal cover to mark its ensure sprinkling of water at ly action should be taken for “I have come from Jammu & Kashmir ceased use the oceans, seas and marine Pointing to indications enough attention on popula- silver jubilee. construction sites, he said. purchasing blankets. Kashmir which is known to be to be a State from October 31 resources for sustainable devel- from some people that “there tion planning; family planning The vice president gave Keeping in view the He also directed the offi- a very problematic place. I after the Centre withdrew its opment,” he said. may be water wars across the and population planning.” away awards to student winners upcoming winter, Tiwari said cers to take effective steps for have dealt there successfully special status under Article 370 There is a need to give a globe,” he said and added “we In his characteristic witty of competitions conducted by sufficient arrangements of shel- the release of the funds soon for and handled all issues. J&K is on August 5 and bifurcated it strong thrust to research activ- must try to utilise available sea style, he said this issue was a the institution to mark NIOT’s ter homes should be made for bonfire in all the 75 districts in a peaceful and good place now into Union Territories of Jammu ities and innovation in the water and for that you need to “little sensitive,” for politicians silver jubilee. PTI the homeless so that no desti- the State. PTI which is on the path of & Kashmir and Ladakh. PTI areas of ocean energy, marine do more and more research.” who may feel that it could lead " 2 !## 0 ' $ $ O(P & 7(! Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Minister Shrikant Hazratganj police station in opened (during the SP put our Government in the too, should tell the people why Government and the Sharma. Lucknow. regime),” the minister said. dock alleging corruption, but her husband (Robert Vadra) Opposition were engaged in a According to Sharma, Adityanath had on “The process of invest- he should reply why his gov- grabbed land of farmers in Ahmedabad: Severe cyclonic blame game over the invest- UPPCL director (finance) Saturday recommended a CBI ment was carried forward in ernment prepared the ground Bikaner and Haryana.” storm Maha is likely to make ment of over 2,600 crore of the Sudhanshu Dwivedi and probe into the investment of 2016 and, on December 17, for corruption. Was not the The Minister’s response landfall along Gujarat coast State power corporation Praveen Kumar Gupta, the 2,631.20-crore EPF of the 2016, the trust’s secretary entire matter going on came after Priyanka Gandhi between Dwarka and Diu on employees’ provident fund in then secretary of the State UPPCL in DHFL.Incidentally, (Gupta) and UPPCL’s finance Akhilesh’s directions?” Sharma accused the BJP-led dispensa- the night of November 6 and scam-hit housing finance firm power employees trust and the DHFL promoters were also director (Dwivedi) were autho- asked. tion of investing the money of bring heavy to very heavy rains DHFL. UPPCL provident fund trust, recently grilled by the rised for this,” he said. “After The Samajwadi Party hit UPPCL’s employees in “dubi- till the next day, the India The Adityanath began the actual investment in Enforcement Directorate for this, from March 2017, the back at the BJP and dubbed the ous” companies. Meteorological Department Government accused the pre- the DHFL from March 2017 their alleged links with a front process to investment of the allegations “false”. “Whose interest was to be said on Sunday. vious Akhilesh Yadav dispen- without bringing the matter to company of Iqbal Mirchi, a for- EPF money in DHFL began.” “The ruling party, which is served by investing more than It is likely to intensify into hour,” said regional IMD direc- sation of “opening the gate of the knowledge of the power mer aide of fugitive gangster According to Sharma, a neck deep in corruption, is 2,000 crore of the employees’ a very severe cyclonic storm in tor Jayanta Sarkar. corruption” by taking the utility’s managing Dawood Ibrahim. committee was constituted diverting attention of the pub- hard-earned money in such a the next six hours before mak- “The storm will cause “dubious” decision of investing director. Detailing chronology of within two days after getting a lic. It is levelling false allega- company? Is it justified to play ing landfall, it added. heavy to very heavy rains in part of the Uttar Pradesh Power Sharma said the two offi- the investment decision, complaint of the “dubious tions due to politics of hatred,” with the future of the employ- “Severe cyclonic storm Saurashtra and south Gujarat Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) cials began investing the Sharma said: “During the investment” on July 10 this it tweeted. “BJP minister ees?” Priyanka Gandhi had Maha lay centered at 580 kilo- on November 6-7. It is moving employees’ provident fund UPPCL’s EPF in the Dewan Akhilesh Yadav’s regime on year. The report was submitted Sharma ji who has taken a asked in a tweet. metres southwest of Diu and towards Oman but will recurve (EPF) in DHFL. Housing Finance Corporation April 21, 2014, it was decided on August 29 and the govern- donation of 20 crore from Slamming the Congress 550 kms southwest of Veraval. towards Gujarat coast on The Samajwadi Party Ltd (DHFL) despite a clearance that if there are options of get- ment had initiated strict action DHFL must answer ‘yeh rish- and the SP, Sharma said: “It’s It is most likely to intensify into Monday,” Sarkar informed. accused the BJP of diverting the to deposit the money for a fixed ting more interest, the amount on the basis of its recommen- taa kya kehlaata hai’ laughable that the parties, a very severe cyclonic storm Officials said ports across attention of the public by blam- period in the Punjab National of EPF and GPF (general prov- dations.The Minister pointed (what is relationship is whose names are synonymous and make landfall between Saurashtra have been asked to ing party chief and former Bank (PNB). ident fund) can be invested out that the energy department called)?” with corruption, have levelled Dwarka and Diu on hoist danger signal number Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Gupta and Dwivedi have there (DHFL).” portfolio was with Yadav at that Taking a dig at Congress allegations against the Wednesday night or early two to warn vessels and fish- while the Congress demanded already been arrested and an “By taking this decision, time. leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Government of a Thursday morning with wind ermen have been advised not to the resignation of State Energy FIR was registered at the the gates of corruption were “He (Akhilesh) is trying to Sharma said: “She (Priyanka), ‘sanyasi’.” PTI speeds of 120 kilometres per venture into the sea. 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Mumbai: Senior Shiv Sena wouldn’t have worsened had exile to honour the word given Tax,” the Sena leader alleged. come together to form $ , leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday Chief Minister Devendra by his father to his step-moth- It is surprising that this Government. said the political impasse over Fadnavis visited Shiv Sena er, he pointed out. should be done by those who “The Shiv Sena will have its formation of new Government president Uddhav Thackeray’s “But in Kalyug, the BJP has still observe imposition of chief minister and the party , + in Maharashtra was like a residence ‘Matoshree’ “with a fulfilled a task of going back on Emergency by Indira Gandhi as should have the courage the “chariot stuck in the mud of large heart”, and begun talks its commitment,” Raut, who is a ‘black day’, he said. run the Government. Since Mumbai: Amid an impasse on discuss aid from the National arrogance”. soon after the Assembly poll the executive editor of Discussing five scenarios three different parties will be in Government formation in Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) In his weekly column in results were announced on ‘Saamana’, said in sarcastic amid the ongoing bitter battle power, there will be a need for Maharashtra due to a tussle to farmers affected by unsea- Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, October 24. remarks in the Marathi over sharing of power, Raut a ‘Common Minimum between allies BJP and Shiv sonal rains across the Raut dared the BJP to impose Deliberating on five sce- daily. said the BJP can form govern- Programme’ and taking every- Sena and unseasonal rains State. President’s rule in the state, say- narios that could emerge out of Admitting that govern- ment without the Shiv Sena, one along which will be in the destroying crops, Chief While the State ing such a step would be the the current political situation in ment formation is stuck on the but in that case it will lose the State’s interest,” he said. Minister Devendra Fadnavis Government announced a party’s “biggest defeat of the the state, he said the “best alter- issue of the Chief Minister’s trust vote as it needs 40 more “In the fourth scenario, will head to Delhi on Monday 10,000 crore package for century”. native” would be if the BJP and post, he said despite Devendra It is a strange coincidence MLAs (to prove majority in the the BJP and Shiv Sena could to meet Union Home Minister affected farmers, ally Sena as His remarks came against Sena come together and form Fadnavis declaring that he will that Fadnavis has no rival or 288-member House). come together out of compul- Amit Shah. well as opposition Congress the backdrop of the BJP’s stand the Government. return to the top post and contender for Chief Minister’s In the second scenario, sion, and both will have to take The BJP won 105 seats in and NCP called it inadequate that it will not share the Chief “But it is not possible Prime Minister Narendra Modi post in the BJP, he added. Raut said, like in 2014,the NCP some steps backward. The chief the Assembly polls, results of considering the several lakh Minister’s post and minister because of arrogance,” Raut endorsing his candidature, the Raut further said the could support the BJP in return minister’s post will have to be which were declared on hectares of crops that have Sudhir Mungantiwar’s com- said without taking any names. “wheels of the chariot are “agreements” made before for “posts” for Supriya Sule at shared,” Raut said. October 24, while the Sena got been damaged. ments that the state may head “Despite (BJP, Sena) con- stuck”. finalising the alliance are the Centre and Ajit Pawar in “This is the best alternative, 56. The State Government had for President’s rule if the new testing the elections in alliance “It is a mystery that BJP’s important. the state. but not possible due to arro- However, the two parties, earlier put the crop area Government is not in place by and getting mandate for gov- trouble-shooter Amit Shah has- “Fadnavis is not ready to However it is unlikely that gance,” Raut said. which fought the polls in damaged at 54.22 lakh November 7. ernment formation, the wheel n’t intervened to revive the give the chief minister’s post to Sharad Pawar will make the “In the fifth scenario, the alliance, have got caught in a hectares. Raut said the BJP, which of the chariot is stuck in the chariot,” Raut said. Shiv Sena for two-and-a-half “mistake” that he committed in BJP will have to break other par- stalemate over the chief min- Incidentally, earlier in the won 105 seats in the last mud of arrogance,” the Rajya “Political discussions have years. He on record agreed to 2014, he said. ties using threat of investigative ister’s post, with the Sena day, the Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP month’s state polls, would not Sabha member said. stopped as the situation in equal sharing of posts and Raut said in the third sce- agencies. But, considering how demanding equal division of Sanjay Raut had raised the have got more than 75 if it did Raja Harishchandra gave Maharashtra is similar to Delhi responsibilities and now denies nario, the Sena with its 56 voters have treated defectors, it the top post’s tenure and the “mysterious silence” of Shah, not have an alliance with the up his kingdom to fulfil a where politics revolves around this and attempts to form gov- MLAs, and the opposition will be difficult and will hurt the BJP rejecting it. who heads the BJP, on the Shiv Sena. commitment made in his only one person, rest all are ernment with the help of NCP and Congress with 54 and image of Prime Minister Modi,” Sources, however, said the deadlock over formation of He also said the situation dream while Lord Ram went to only for show,” he quipped. police, CBI, ED and Income 44 legislators, respectively, he added. PTI meeting with Shah will be to Government. PTI 4 2 P ,(,' rains. But, one should not companies should reduce their trict during October have Q + R undertake a study of the paper work and extend help to destroyed the crops of soy- mid the ongoing power situation from an the affected farmers. Like the abean, Jowar, cotton and Atussle between the saffron helicopter”. insurance companies, the Moong pulses in a big way”. He alliance partners, Shiv Sena A day after the Devendra banks should simplify their assured the farmers of imme- -#/ station SHO Chandrakant Chhath ghats under S Kamal president Uddhav Thackrey Fadnavis Government procedures meant for extend- diate relief. Gauri said. and Mufassil police Vadodara: A mob in Gujarat’s on Sunday picked a bone with approved 10,000 crore as ing help rto the farmers,” the After it approved 10,000 total of 30 people includ- The injured devotees have station areas of Begusarai Amreli district has been Chief Minister Devendra immediate relief to the farmers Sena president said. crore relief to the farmers Aing 18 children died in sep- been admitted to Hasanpur district. booked for rioting for demand- Fadnavis over the “too less” affected by the recent unsea- Uddhav hit out at the affected by the unseasonal arate incidents of wall col- primary health centre, he said. Four persons drowned and ing that a suspected man-eater relief of 10,000 crore sonal rains, Uddhav said the Centre for the delay in extend- rains on Saturday, the lapse, stampede and drowning In another incident, two one has gone missing in dif- leopard be put down, police announced by the latter for the Shiv Sena was with the farm- ing help to the affected farm- Maharashtra Government in different parts of Bihar dur- children aged seven years and ferent ponds on Saturday said on Sunday. farmers hit by the unseasonal ers in their hour of crisis caused ers in the state. “The Centre announced that it was writing ing the ‘Chhath’ festival that four years were killed in a evening in Bhagalpur district. The leopard had killed two rains and demanded that the by unseasonal rains. should rush its men and relief to the Centre for relief. As concluded on Sunday, police stampede that took place near Four bodies have been fished people near Sudavad village in affected farmers be given “It is water all over the material to farmers in many as 325 talukas have been said. Suryakund at Deo block. out while efforts are on to Bagsara tehsil recently, after 25,000 per hectare of place. The unseasonal rains Maharashtra. Prime Minister affected by the unseasonal Two women were killed in in the evening, find out the fifth one, which the forest department set destroyed crop immediately. have created a slush in their Narendra Modi should also pay rains. a wall collapse, two children Aurangabad District Magistrate official sources up 10 cages in the vicinity and Talking to media persons at agricultural fields but also in attention to the situation aris- Speaking at a Cabinet sub- died during a stampede while Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal said. managed to trap it on October Aurangabad after touring the their lives. The farmers need ing out of the unseasonal rains committee meeting held in 26 others, including 16 chil- said. Eighteen others including 31.While the leopard was being unseasonal rains-hit parts of help to tide over this crisis. The in the state”. Mumbai on Saturday, the chief dren, drowned in different dis- Official sources said the 10 minors also drowned in taken away by forest depart- Marthwada, Uddhav also took 10,000 crore relief announced Meanwhile, chief minister minister said that relief mea- tricts of the state since Saturday. stampede occurred as the Vishali, Purnea and Khagaria ment officials to a rescue cen- pot shots at Fadnavis, by citing by the Maharashtra govern- Devendra Fadnavis reviewed sures were being implemented The two women who turnout at Deo’s Surya temple districts during the festival, tre as per wildlife protocol, a oft-repeated statement during ment is too less. The State the situation in various parts of as quickly as possible in the observed the Chhath rituals for Chhath Puja was “beyond the sources saId. crowd of over 400 people his election rallies “Me Punha Government and the Centre Akola district in eastern affected areas. died and four others were the expectation” of the local Seven, six and five people assembled and obstructed their Yain (I will return as the Chief should immediately declare Maharashtra where “Without waiting for a injured when a portion of the administration. died in Purnea, Vaishali and work, an official said. Minister)” and comparing it wet drought in the state and unseasonal rains have played relief from the Centre, the wall of a Kali temple collapsed In drowning incidents, a Khagaria districts “The crowd demanded that with rains that lashed the state announce a relief of 25,000 havoc damaging standing crops State government is releasing this morning at Badgaon village 35-year-old man died after he respectively. the leopard be shot. They even during this year. “The recurring per hectare of damaged on huge tracts of agricultural 10,000 crore towards relief in Samastipur entered a pond at Khajuri vil- The ‘Chhath’ festival ended climbed on the cage in which rains seem to tell us: Me Punha crop”. land. work.We are also asking the district. lage in Samastipur district, on Sunday as lakhs of devotees it was kept. We had to resort to Yain. I dread such a prospect”. Uddhav also hit out at the Fadnavis, who surveyed insurance companies to speed The wall collapsed at Sarairanjanj BDO Gangasagar thronged the banks of the mild cane charge to disperse Taking one more jibe at the Insurance companies for the the situation in Lakanwada, up the insurance process so around 6.30 am, when the Singh said. Ganga and other water- bodies them. It took us six hours to get chief minister, Uddhav said: inordinate delay in clearing Chikalgaon and Maisapur vil- that the distressed farmers devotees were preparing to Three children drowned in across the state this morning the crowd to give way,” Amreli “The farmers have suffered crop insurance claims made by lages in Akola district, said: could get relief at the earliest,” leave the ghat after offering ponds while two others were and offered ‘arghya’ to the Superintendent of Police huge loss due to unseasonal the farmers. “The insurance “The rains that lashed this dis- Fadnavis said. ‘arghya’, Hasanpur police saved by the divers at separate rising Sun god. Nirlipt Ray said. PTI ' +89.: " 4 : ' ! ))2$$$ ## ) .9P 4 ( $ $ ( *'- , * 30//'N 4$!! $'' Jammu: Over 44,000 aspirants This rally is being con- ndia’s ambition to send men from three districts of Jammu ducted to provide employment Jammu: Ito the deep sea in a sub- region have registered them- to youth from three districts of Agra (UP): The National Security mersible vehicle appears to be selves to serve the country as Jammu, Samba and Kathua. Highways of India (NHAI) of forces one step closer to fruition with the Army on Sunday com- On the first day, 3,067 can- India has been fined 6.84 recovered ISRO successfully developing a menced a 10-day recruitment didates from Jammu district crore for polluting air due to a cache of design for its crew module, a rally in Samba district to pro- appeared for physical fitness consistent construction activ- arms and sphere shaped capsule. vide employment to the local tests, the officer said.He said ity in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, offi- ammuni- “The design for the youth. the vacancies are open for six cials said on Sunday. tion from manned submersible’s sphere This is the first major categories, including soldier The authority has also been a terrorist has been successfully devel- recruitment rally in the newly general duty, soldier technical, instructed to sprinkle water hideout in Jammu & oped by ISRO. Now it has to be created Union Territory and soldier technical nursing assis- wherever construction work is Kashmir’s Kishtwar certified and then we will go A three member crew can National Centre for Ocean the second in the past three tance (Army Medical Corps) being undertaken around Agra, district on Sunday, officials ahead with the fabrication,” be accommodated in the Information Services months after the Centre abro- and soldier technical nursing they said. said. Secretary, Ministry of Earth sphere, one of the key compo- (Hyderabad) are involved in gated Article 370 provisions on assistance veterinary, soldier A fine of 6.84 crore has No arrest was made dur- Sciences, Madhavan Nair nents of the manned sub- the initiatives. August 5.Earlier in September, clerk and soldier tradesman. been imposed on NHAI for ing the operation, the officials Rajeevan said. mersible vehicle. The submersible vehicle is a seven-day recruitment rally “The recruitment process causing air pollution through said.The hideout was Interacting with journalists “Work is already on for the expected to travel to a depth of by the Army in Reasi district is divided into several cate- construction activities, said unearthed in Sheri area of on the sidelines of the silver deep ocean mission and scien- approximately 6,000 metres saw participation of over 29,000 gories and rounds which Bhuvan Yadav, Regional Officer Mughal Maidan by a joint jubilee celebrations of the tific and technical work has under the sea for various stud- local youth. include physical fitness test, of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution cies such as the Agra search party of the Rashtriya National Institute of Ocean started,” he said. ies, whereas submarines can “As many as 44,117 aspi- medical test and written test. Control Board in Agra. Development Authority, Awas Rifles and Special Operations Technology here, the top offi- An MoU has already been reach only about 200 rants from Jammu region have The recruitment process is Also, directions have been Vikas and the PWD, have been Group of local police, they cial said that designing the signed between the ISRO and metres.This initiative is a part registered and likely to be totally computerised and is issued to Agra Nagar Nigam to instructed if they carry out con- said. sphere (intended to be built NIOT on development of the of the Deep Ocean Mission. screened for their physical and absolutely transparent,” Lt Col carry out mechanized sweeping struction activities, they have to During the search, a using titanium) involved com- module.NIOT is tasked with As part of the ambitious Rs medical fitness during the 10 Anand said.He said special work to help reduce air pollu- use dust suppressant, the offi- Chinese pistol, two maga- plex technology. aspects like electronics and 10,000 crore Deep Ocean days long recruitment rally in emphasis is being made to tion, he said. cial said. zines with two rounds, one “ISRO has developed the navigation for the manned Mission, India will also study Samba,” Jammu-based Army make all the prospective can- The anti-pollution board In addition, all the demo- AK magazine with 27 rounds, design and it will be sent to an submersible. climate change in the deep PRO Lt Col Devender Anand didates understand this process has also instructed brick kilns lition and construction waste 8.1 kg explosives, 10 international agency for certi- Also, multiple agencies, oceans.Studying climate said. so that they do not fall prey to around the city using old tech- rules have to be followed like electronic detonators and five fication,” he said, adding that including the Goa based change, marine biodiversity He said the recruitment touts. nology to switch over to Zig- sprinkling of water, establish- switches with battery used in the Indian space agency has National Centre for Polar and and survey for compounds like rally through Army recruit- “Selected candidates will be Zag technology to help reduce ing green cover, covering raw triggering improvised taken up both designing as well Ocean Research, Centre for hydrocarbons and minerals are ment office in Jammu com- inducted into the various arms air pollution. materials, among others, Yadav explosive devices were as fabrication -at a later stage- Marine Living Resources and part of the deep ocean menced at Samba and would and services of the Army,” he Various government agen- added. PTI seized. PTI of the sphere. Ecology at Kochi and Indian mission. PTI continue till November 12. said. PTI ) (:'- - * ** * <B- Lucknow: A BJP leader in rains in Meerut and nearby Index (AQI) above 400, which Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief statement in the leaked audio added.A purported audio clip- led by Siddaramaiah, had met Uttar Pradesh on Sunday areas, a community yajna of 40- falls in “severe” category, with Minister BS Yediyurappa on tape.Speaking to reporters here, ping of Yediyurappa expressing the Governor on Saturday and advised the Government to 50 villages was held and as soon seven of them in Uttar Pradesh, Sunday charged the Congress the Chief Minister denied hav- anguish against leaders at a submitted a memorandum to perform yajnas to please rain as it was over, rains started”. five in Haryana and one in with distorting his statement in ing said that he would give tick- recent party meeting in the President through him, god Lord Indra as many parts He said holding farmers Bihar, according to the Central a leaked audio clipping on ets to those who resigned and Hubballi over their opposition demanding dismissal of the of northern India have been responsible for the spike in pol- Pollution Control Board’s rebel MLAs, even as the said matters were being unnec- to giving tickets to disqualified Yediyurappa led BJP battling high pollution levels lution levels was “unfortunate”. (CPCB) Saturday 4-pm bul- Opposition party announced essarily distorted “to create con- Congress-JD(S) MLAs for the Government and removal of due to stubble burning and “Stubble burning has letin. State-wide protests over his fusion in the Supreme Court.” December 5 assembly bypolls in Amit Shah from the union bursting of crackers on Diwali. always been done, since those According to the bulletin, ‘confession’ on the BJP leader- “....There is no meaning to 15 assembly constituencies had council of ministers.Rejecting Sunil Bharala, the chair- items burnt are waste materi- the average AQI in Delhi was ship’s involvement in it. it... Demanding Amit Shahs surfaced on Friday.In the audio, Yediyurappas allegations on man of the State Labour al. It is a natural system prac- 399. During the same period, The Congress also said resignation is foolishness. This he can be heard saying that the distortion of his statement,state Welfare Council, said stubble tised by farmers. The attack on Fatehabad recorded the worst they would mention the mat- is false propaganda...People rebel Congress JD(S) MLAs, Congress chief Dinesh Gundu burning is an “age-old practice”. farmers over this is very unfor- average AQI at 493, while it was ter before the Supreme Court will teach a lesson (to the who were later disqualified, Rao argued that it was BJP’s A Supreme Court man- than in Delhi on Saturday. tunate,” he said. 428 in Patna and 422 in on Monday. Congress) in the by-election. were kept in Mumabi during internal meeting and the audio dated panel on Friday declared He said, “The Government Responding to those who Lucknow. Yediyurappa said those Yediyurappa said what he the final days of the coalition clipping would have been a public health emergency in should perform yajnas to please were questioning the scien- In Uttar Pradesh, who resigned (disqualified had stated in the clipping was government under BJP nation- released by someone who the Delhi-National Capital Lord Indra. He will set every- tificity of his statement, Bharala Ghaziabad had the worst aver- MLAs) had done so for their that the whole country was al President Amit Shah’s watch. attended it.Noting that Region and banned construc- thing right”. said, “It is their thought and age AQI of 453, followed by own reasons and the party did aware that the disqualified He had hit out at party Yediyurappa has agreed that it tion activity till November 5 as Barla said sprinkling water way of thinking. They do not Bulandshahr (446), Hapur not have anything to do with it. MLAs were in Mumbai. leaders for lack of support in was his voice, Rao said it was pollution levels have entered by helicopters will not end follow the Hindu dharam and (444), Greater Noida (438), “What has to be done next “What does Amit Shah “saving” the BJP government clear that it was a ‘conspiracy’ the “severe plus” category. pollution, rather “we must seek its culture. They do not believe Baghpat (435), Noida (432), our party will decide, our have to do with it..(distortion of and not recognizing their “sac- by him and the union Home According to official fig- divine intervention”. in scientific ways nor do they Lucknow (422), Kanpur (379), national president will decide- statement) is being done for rifice”, behind party coming to Minister to bring down the ures, the pollution levels in To back his argument, believe in yajnas.” Meerut (371) and Varanasi this is what I said, nothing else,” publicity. 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sweeping a society or revolutionary agree that — even though there was unemployment was low. came down and the Soviet Union col- ple to espouse middle-class ideals. So course-correction, not revolution. change is just around the corner is not really nothing revolutionary about the Commenting on the commotion, lapsed, these were revolutionary even when Communist economics The 2011 “Arab Spring” in various more than half a century old. Its roots uproar — the annoyance that trig- Neil Smelser, the American social events, almost at par with actual rev- began to crumble, middle-class aspi- Middle-Eastern countries, too, was are in the “counter-culture move- gered mass-scale agitation by young psychologist in 1968’s Essays in Social olutions such as the 1917, 1949 and rations and ideals brewing within exactly that — course-correction. ments” which emerged in the US and men and women in the late 1960s was Explanation writes that youthful 1958 Communist revolutions in these societies continued to grow. And what is happening today in, Europe in the 1960s. not only about the youth trying to rebellion against an institution takes Russia, China and Cuba and the 1979 Thus, as Pehe put it, Communist par- say, Hong Kong or Lebanon, may be In the 2008 issue of The Critical have a wild party in which portraits the place of rebellion against the revolution in Iran. Yet, there are those ties, too, began to embrace middle- exciting the Western media again but 6( Journal of Social Sciences, British soci- of Che Guevara, Chairman Mao father. He added that it was a “bio- who claim that the events that led to class values as a survival tactic. these are course-corrections as well. ologist Colin Barker writes that, and Karl Marx were simply situation- logical urge” of the adolescent to the fall of Communist regimes in So one can suggest, here, too, it Revolutions are rare. Course-cor- between 1968 and 1969, almost al props. assert him or herself. Eastern Europe were, again, more was the system readjusting or re-set- rections are not, even though many he “revolution” season is upon simultaneously, violent student riots Most economies in the post- The turmoil of the late 1960s in about a system correcting itself. ting itself. Of course, Western media are mistaken and sometimes peddled us again. Or at least the season broke out in well over a dozen coun- World World-II period enjoyed a sus- this context contributed to the In a May 25, 1987 article for The never stopped calling these as the as revolutions. The 1960s’ Pakistani Tin which many swear that rev- tries across the globe, including tained boom. This meant an expand- strengthening of various social and New York Times, the Czech journal- “democratic revolutions” of the cen- activist Lal Khan in The Other Story olution is “just around the corner.” Pakistan. ing urban middle-class and an influx civil rights movements and con- ist Jiri Pehe predicted a “major tury. They really weren’t, as the rise describes the movement against the Last week, large protests and riots hit There are plenty of quotes doc- of young men and women joining cepts. But it was really about a robust realignment of class power” in the of illiberal and authoritarian regimes Ayub Khan regime as a revolution. It various cities in Asia, Europe, South umented by the era’s media of youth colleges and universities, more than political-economic system correcting Soviet Union and its satellite commu- in many former Communist regions wasn’t for the reasons already dis- America and the Middle East. But, of leaders and activists claiming that ever before. itself after failing to accommodate the nist states in East Europe. Two years should suggest. cussed. It was course-correction by course, a riot or a series of riots do “revolution is just around the corner.” However, according to the histo- influx and aspirations of a whole new before the Berlin Wall came down, But the tradition of excitedly the system, as was the movement not make a revolution. According to the October 2016 edi- rian Michael Burleigh, in Blood and generation. Pehe wrote that more and more describing such readjustments as against Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977 Political turmoil in the shape of tion of Big Mouth, the British online Rage (2008), educational institutions That’s why, by the mid-1970s, members at the top of the region’s rul- revolutions (sometimes amping them and the Lawyers’ Movement against riots and protests is largely about a magazine of cultural criticism, “In the could not accommodate the influx “the revolution” was over. The system ing Communist parties were assum- up by giving them a colour) contin- General Musharraf. system correcting itself. And this self- 1960s, more people changed their and this led to some serious logisti- had successfully appropriated and ing “middle-class values.” ues in the Western media. And if there is to be a movement correction mechanism often goes trousers than ideologies.” The article cal issues, leaving the students feel- accommodated the new generation Many latter-day analysts have Starting with the so-called Velvet against the current regime, (given the through teething problems. Yet, goes on to ask, “Did people really ing agitated and disrespected. by building more educational insti- even gone to the extent of suggesting Revolution (1989) in the erstwhile recent rallies and calls for Prime activists and the media are always want a revolution or did they just This feeling spilled over and was tutions and then, from the late 1970s that, till the early 1970s, Communism Czechoslovakia, there was the Rose Minister Imran Khan to step down) misinterpreting such tumultuous want to throw the biggest party in his- expressed through various “revolu- onwards, offering more lucrative actually raised the living standards of Revolution (Georgia, 2003), Tulip that, too would be the system periods of self-correction as “revolu- tory?” Yet, most historians, political tionary” and “radical” ideas, even economic opportunities to young thousands of people in Communist Revolution (Kyrgyzstan, 2005), the correcting itself to adjust to newer tionary.” This perception that some scientists and sociologists studying though, as Barker points out in his graduates. countries. These lifestyle improve- Orange Revolution (Ukraine, 2005) realities. sort of a revolutionary awakening is the global turmoil of the late 1960s essay, the economy was booming and In 1990, when the Berlin Wall ments led to the desire among peo- and so on. Each one of these was (Courtesy: The Dawn) !"#$% 8$ 8
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The economies for investment. ing in a routine, bureaucratic “We are a large and diverse launched by his Government in have lowered the tax burden on DBT has saved over USD 20 India received USD 286 billion manner. Transformative nation. There are the central, the financial sectors in the last the middle class considerably. billion so far.” FDI in the last five years. This changes are arising due to State and local Governments. five years. We are now starting faceless tax In his address, Modi also is almost half of the total FDI ambitious missions undertak- In such a context, a direction- Hard-selling India as one of assessment so that there is no talked about cut in the corpo- in India in the last 20 years,” en. When these ambitious mis- al shift shows our commitment the most attractive investment scope for discretion or harass- rate tax rates. Modi said. sions are energised by the part- to reforms. The people and destinations globally, Modi also ment,” the PM said. “You would already have The Prime Minister also nership of people, they become Government came together to said the country has stopped There has been criticism by heard of India’s decision to cut referred to India’s dream vibrant mass movements. And, make the business environ- working in a routine, bureau- the Congress party that tax offi- the corporate tax rates. Our to become a five trillion dollar these mass movements achieve ment better,” the PM said. cratic manner and was under- cials in the Modi Government GST has fulfilled the dream of economy. miracles. Things that were sup- Modi said India was receiv- going “transformative changes” have been harassing business- economic integration of India. “When my Government posed to be previously impos- ing substantially more tourists in its march towards econom- es and political leaders critical We want to work towards mak- took over in 2014, India’s GDP sible have now become possi- in the last few years, which he ic and social development. of the ruling establishment. ing it even more people-friend- was about USD 2 trillion. In 65 ble,” he said. said, meant that “our efforts on The Prime Minister was In August, Finance minis- ly,” the Prime Minister said. years, USD 2 trillion. But in just The PM also elaborated on the ground are bearing fruit. speaking to a select group of ter Nirmala Sitharaman con- The PM said it was the best 5 years, we increased it to steps being taken by his The fact that India has better top business leaders at an event veyed to India Inc. That they time to be in India and that nearly USD 3 trillion,” he said. Government to improve ease of roads, better air connectivity, to mark golden jubilee of the will not face any harassment as many things such as foreign Modi said India has seen doing business in the country better cleanliness and better law Aditya Birla Group’s opera- a new system is being put in direct investment, ease of doing many success stories in the last and their impact reflected in and order is bringing the world tions in Thailand. place to make officials account- business, ease of living and pro- five years in various sectors and several ratings about the India to India.” In his address, Modi Modi also asserted that able for their actions. ductivity are rising while tax the reason for it is not only the growth story. also congratulated the Aditya India now has one of the most “In today’s India, the con- rates, red -tapism, corruption, Government but also the peo- “India has jumped 79 Birla group for its commend- people-friendly tax regimes in tribution of the hard working cronyism are on a decline. ple. “India has stopped work- places in the World Bank’s able work in Thailand, saying the world and that efforts are tax payer is cherished. One area “All of what I have said just it is creating opportunities and on to further improve where we have done significant now makes India one of the ( ( .) $ ) ' - ,- , prosperity for many in the taxation system. work is taxation. I am happy world’s most attractive " , " country. : ) ,' ) $ $ ) ( ": ;)) 1 3'/@#7/ force can be South Asia’s needing a multipronged strength, if supported by a suc- approach that leverages the ed by India, South Asia is cessful high-quality and job-rich advantages that the country Lmoving towards becoming growth strategy, leveraging all already has, she said. ,& centre of global growth and sectors of the economy in a bal- “The country has already an could contribute about one- anced way. The IMF paper says. excellent tertiary education sys- /01+023' of Bhopal-based Bhatia Global third of the world’s growth by Although policy recom- tem, built a on high value- Trading Limited (BGTL) which 2040, according to a latest mendations remain country- added services. So, in no way, tate Bank of India will auc- has a due of 177 crore . It will research by the International specific, for many South Asian should any strategy devalue that Stion NPAs worth 700 crore be among several other assets Monetary Fund (IMF). economies these should aspect,” she said. But it needs to this month to recover its dues is scheduled to be auctioned Notably, under the IMF’s include: further progress in be complemented with areas like from those borrowers. that day. As per Bank’s revised geographical division of the revenue mobilisation and fiscal manufacturing sector, wherein There will be three auc- Policy on Sale of Financial world, South Asia does not consolidation; greater trade India is below what would one tions in the month and the total Assets, SBI places accounts for include Afghanistan and Asia Ready for take Off? A sus- report. Previewing some key and foreign direct investment expect from a country with that amount outstanding is 700.34 sale to ARCs/ Banks/ NBFCs/ Pakistan. For IMF, South Asia tainable and inclusive growth aspects of the IMF research, (FDI) liberalisation; and invest- level of development, she said crore, according to SBI’s FIs, on the terms and condi- bank improved with gross non- includes India, Bangladesh, agenda,’ to be released in New Gulde-Wolf noted that based on ment in people, the paper notes. adding that the issue is how to auction plan . tions indicated there against. performing asset (NPA) ratio Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Delhi on Monday. demographic trends, more than What can India do to har- involve private sector to increase Ludhiana-based Regency All these accounts are to be coming in at 7.19 per cent, and Maldives. “Looking at it both from 150 million people in the region ness the potential demograph- the manufacturing base. India, Aqua Electro & Hotel Resorts auctioned under “Swiss down 276 bps yearly and 34 bps Under a substantial liber- the growth trajectory that we are expected to enter the labour ic dividend and to avoid pitfalls she noted, needs to create a bet- Pvt. Ltd. and Kolkata-based Challenge Method”, based on sequentially. alisation scenario, supported by see and the development else- market by 2030. of rapid growth that we have ter environment for private sec- Lovely International Pvt. Ltd. an existing offer in hand, who Net NPA ratio was at 2.79 stepped-up efforts to improve where in Asia, we see South “We have a region with a seen in other areas, she asked. tor growth which looks at a will be auctioned on November will have the right to match the per cent, down 205 bps YoY infrastructure and successful- Asia as moving towards being massive potential for demo- The IMF is looking at sustain- product market, labour markets, 18 while on November 29, the highest bid. and 28 bps QoQ. ly harness South Asia’s young much more of center of global graphic dividend. (This is), a able growth, avoiding massive land is a particular issue and e-auction will take place of In the latest Q2 results, The bank was holding total and large workforce, the region growth,” Anne-Marie Gulde- region that has been seen over ecological problems that could obviously some of the impetus Sankalp Engineering & Pvt. SBI’s Fresh slippages halved to provisions of 22,399 crore, could contribute about one- Wolf, Deputy Director, Asia and the recent past significant be associated with this kind of has to come from foreign direct Ltd. and Anjanay Rice Mill Pvt. 8,800 crore from 16,000 which was 89.63 per cent of third of global growth by 2040, Pacific Department, IMF told growth spurt,” she said. imbalanced prose. investment, the top IMF official Ltd. among others. crore on a quarterly basis. total outstanding, as of argues the IMF paper ‘Is South PTI ahead of the release of the This young and large work- That’s why IMF sees India said. On November 7, e-auction The asset quality of the September 30. ; O P 9 " <06= ' @ AB . " $ ) - ) $ , 1 8-)& Mumbai: Yes Bank, which ,(,' raise USD 1.2 billion by end of Indore: Over 3,400 branches of owned lenders. According to ment forms four big banks out $ reported a surge in NPAs in the December and it may be either 26 public sector banks (PSBs) RTI reply, the maximum 2,568 of the ten state-owned banks in September quarter, feels its rivate sector lender Yes from them or a combination of have been either closed or branches of the SBI were affect- the country. /01+023' off now. stressed loans situation could PBank is aiming to finish a investors,” its chief executive merged during the last five ed due to merger or closure in Most of these affected “At the outset, we would have been much better but for USD 1.2 billion (about 8,462 Ravneet Gill told a select group financial years due to merger the last five financial years. branches will be from the met- eliance Jio has written to once again like to place on “torpedos” that hit the private crore) equity raising exercise by of reporters over the weekend. under the consolidation exer- The RBI informed that ros and cities, he added. RTelecom Minister Ravi record our dismay and we sector lender. December and willing to give He said the money raised cise in the banking space, Bharatiya Mahila Bank, State Venkatachalam expressed Shankar Prasad stating in deplore continued acts of omis- These “torpedos” which new investors a board seat, will suffice the bank for two revealed an RTI query. Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, apprehensions that the pro- unequivocal terms that the pro- sions of the COAI of not tak- hit his ship include exposures according to a top official. years, after considering its aim Of this, 75 per cent of the State Bank of Hyderabad, State posed merger would decline the posed telcos bailout would be ing RJIL comments on record, to Cafe Coffee Day, Altico The bank, which has to expand the loan book to affected branches belong to Bank of Mysore, State Bank of business of the PSBs concerned. contempt of the Supreme Court which indicates its continued Capital, CG Power and Cox claimed that it is in discussions “high-teen” levels, Gill said, the country’s biggest lender Patiala and State It is generally seen that cus- judgment and an illegal trigger deliberate and wilful motivat- and Kings, the bank’s chief with potential suitors who are asserting that the asset quality State Bank of India (SBI). Bank of Travancore were merged tomers stop banking with the to widespread precedent. ed agenda to only perpetrate executive Ravneet Gill has said. willing to pump in up to USD issues are under check now. To a query under the Right with SBI with effect from April branch, once it was closed or In a strongly worded letter interests of two select members “Every torpedo that got 3 billion (around 21,156 crore) The newly appointed head, to Information (RTI) Act filed 1, 2017. In addition, the merger merged with another one. to Prasad, Mukesh Ambani’s — Airtel and Vodafone Idea.” fired hit us,” he told a select collectively, said it may raise the who replaced promoter-chief by a Neemuch-based activist of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank However, economist Reliance Jio for the first time in Lashing out at the COAI, group of reporters over the money either through the North executive Rana Kapoor whose Chandrashekhar Gaud, the with Bank of Baroda came into Jayantilal Bhandari said that the current telecom war, named Jio said: “In order to help its two weekend. He said these American family office, which conduct had raised RBI’s con- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) effect from April 1 this year. merger of PSBs is the need of Airtel and Vodafone Idea, select members get a financial accounts itself led to a 4,000 has made a binding offer to cerns, said the binding offer informed that 26 PSBs of the Meanwhile, employee the hour. “The state exchequer whose interests the Cellular windfall from the Government, crore bloating of the below pump USD 1.2 billion, or was received last Thursday over country either closed or organisations of public banks will benefit after creation of big Operators Association of India COAI is in fact canvassing for investment grade book to through a combination of email and chose to disclose it to merged 90 branches during FY have opposed to the govern- banks by merging smaller pub- (COAI) is trying to push. going against the decision of the 31,000 crore from the 29,000 investors. The other investors exchanges as it was advised that 2014-15, 126 branches in 2015- ment’s new plan to consolidate lic sector banks. In addition, the Reliance Jio has desisted Hon’ble Supreme Court judge- crore in the preceding quarter. include private equity funds, it was price sensitive. As part of 16, 253 branches in 2016-17, the banking space. large state-run banks will be able from naming Airtel and ment.” Jio has bluntly said that Gill exuded confidence domestic mutual funds, domes- the offer, the family office has 2,083 branches in 2017-18 and All India Bank Employees’ to distribute relatively more Vodafone Idea in earlier mis- a relief package for telcos would that the bank does not see any tic financial investors and also also attached a letter from a 875 branches during 2018-19. Association (AIBEA) General loans to the common people sives to the Telecom Minister be against the apex court judge- jump in this book in the future, domestic family offices. major US bank with which it has The RTI information came Secretary CH Venkatachalam due to their strong financial and other government func- ment asking them to pay but conceded that it was keep- “We have to inform the a long relationship, affirming the out at a time when the Centre told PTI that at least 7,000 condition, which will spur the tionaries. This direct attack 92,000 crore for government ing a similar outlook earlier North American family office former’s ability to pay the is planning to consolidate 10 branches of these banks likely economic growth in the coun- indicates an escalation of hos- levy on Annual Gross Revenues as well. PTI by end of November. We will promised sum, Gill said. PSBs into four mega state- to be affected, if the govern- try,” he said. PTI tilities and that the gloves were (AGR). Objecting to any kind of relief package, Jio has told the government: “We are of the O < P ",%>!5,% view that the Government does not have the option of going P) 6 1 against the Supreme Court ? judgement and provide any of the reliefs sought by COAI.” $ ,",' ! It is evident from the facts /01+023' BSNL has 1.76 lakh Employees above the age of and circumstances of this case, /01+023' launched after getting regulato- employees, of which some 1.06 53.5 years will get 125 per cent that the claimed inability to Beijing: India will be one of the missioner Phil Hogan would ry clearances. “We have seen the elecom Minister Ravi lakh are over 50 years of age. of their salary, which they meet the payment obligations “Guest of Honour Country” at take part in the expo which ith just two months to go trends from past as well as that TShankar Prasad has direct- The telco is keen that 80 per could have earned in balance was not on account of any rea- China’s second International would be held from November Wfor the year-end, draft the number of NFOs are high- ed the ailing telecom PSUs, cent of the employees should period of their service. sons or an event or an effect that Import Expo (CIIE) to be 5 to 10 for businessmen. Later papers for nearly 125 mutual er when the markets are good BSNL and MTNL, to start a opt for the VRS. Employees in the age bracket of the parties could not have antic- opened at Shanghai on it would be open for public till fund schemes have been filed by and lower when sentiments are dialogue with their employees MTNL has around 22,000 50 to 53.5 years opting for the ipated or controlled, the letter November 5 where it plans to November 20. asset management companies bad,” said Omkeshwar Singh, on the terms and conditions of employees. BSNL’s employee VRS will get benefit in the said. “Rather, the position that make a strong pitch for exports Guests and representatives with Sebi so far in 2019, much head of mutual fund distribution the voluntary retirement cost is 75 per cent of its total range of 80 to 100 per cent of emerges from a plain reading of of its Pharma, IT and agricul- from more than 170 countries lower than 211 such docu- business at Samco. scheme (VRS) and prepare a income and MTNL’s employee the remuneration to be paid in the judgment is that the licensees tural products among others. and regions have been invited ments submitted in entire 2018. “During last year-and-half, roadmap for its successful cost is 87 per cent of its total the balance period of their have indulged in abuse of the An Indian business delega- to attend the expo, Vice Fund houses attributed the except for the past few funds, implementation, higly placed income. service. process of Court and deliberately tion headed by Commerce Minister of Commerce, Wang fewer NFOs (new fund offers) most of the equity funds have sources said. The financial health of For employees currently delayed payment of dues on friv- Secretary, Anup Wadhawan, Bingnan, told the media ahead in 2019 to tepid investors’ sen- under-performed, especially in The Union Cabinet had both PSUs depend on the suc- more than 55 years of age, on olous and legally untenable would take part in the import of the fair. More than 500,000 timent and liquidity crisis in the mid and small caps last month approved a revival cess of the VRS, the imple- opting for VRS, the pension grounds,” Jio said questioning expo which is aimed at enabling buyers and visitors from home debt funds. Fixed maturity and also there has been lots of package for BSNL and MTNL mentation of which would take will be commuted only when the telecom operators. countries from the world over and abroad are expected at the plan, exchange traded fund bad news in debt funds. which includes a voluntary a minimum of 90 days. they attain 60 years of age (the Jio has cautioned that for to showcase products to expo, he said. (ETF), retirement, sustainable Therefore the NFOs have been retirement scheme (VRS) for “The Minister on Friday current retirement age). For the the government it would not be enhance their export to China. The expo is composed of equity fund and business cycle lower,” he added. their staff. The aim is to reduce met the boards of both BSNL employees, currently of age 55 legally tenable to provide a In this year’s expo to be inau- three parts — country exhibi- fund are some of the themes for In recent months, the the employee cost of the two and MTNL and conveyed to years and less, on opting for relief in light of the Supreme gurated by Chinese President Xi tions, business exhibitions and which the mutual fund hous- mutual fund industry has been companies by offering VRS to them that the scheme VRS, the pension will be Court judgment. “Having part- Jinping, India is among the 15 the second Hongqiao es have filed the applications. grappling with redemption their staff aged 50 years and must be implemented with a commuted in the sixth year ed with spectrum on agreed Guest Countries of Honour. International Economic Interestingly, many mutual pressures in the wake of debt above based on the proper dialogue with the 2024-25. terms crystallized in the The others are Cambodia, Forum. It covered a total area fund companies are also looking crises at various groups, includ- Gujarat model with employees, and by presenting Prasad also asked the PSUs License Agreement, any action the Czech Republic, France, of 30,000 square meters, the at index funds and global funds. ing IL&FS, Essel and DHFL. some modifications. them with questions and to take proactive measures to on the part of the Government Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, country exhibitions will host 64 The draft documents for 125 Axis Mutual MF, ICICI The Government has set answers,” sources said. monetise their assets and com- of India to modify or waive Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Peru, countries and international NFOs have been submitted with Prudential MF, UTI MF, SBI January 31, 2020 as the last date “He told the boards of the plete everything in a time- contractual provisions per- Russia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, organisations, with uniquely the Securities and Exchange MF, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF, for employees opting for VRS. two PSUs that it was the finest bound manner. taining to interest and penalty and Zambia. designed pavilions to showcase Board of India (Sebi) so far in Edelweiss MF and Reliance It will give 17,160-crore for VRS announced by any PSU, “He said there will be strict on unpaid dues would not be A number of European the countries’ development 2019 (till October 31), accord- MF are among the fund VRS settlements and another and BSNL and MTNL must be monitoring, and BSNL/MTNL legally tenable specially when leaders — including French achievements, business envi- ing to the markets regulator. houses that have approached 12,768 crore towards retire- proactive to make it a success,” will have to deliver,” sources same has been dealt in the President Emmanuel Macron ronment and special industries, Of these, some of the Sebi with the offer documents ment liabilities. said the sources. pointed out. judgement of the Hon Supreme and incoming EU trade com- Wang said. 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States in the four decades since , Portland, Oregon, on Saturday The proclamation says the 1979 Islamic Revolution. put on hold a Trump adminis- immigrants will be barred from Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husseini & #036/ non-aggression and non-inter- tration rule requiring immi- entering the country unless they Khamenei said Iran has ference in each others’ affairs. grants prove they will have are to be covered by health “trapped the other party in the ran said on Saturday it has It came after a string of health insurance or can pay for insurance within 30 days of corner of the ring in many Isent Iraq and Arab states of mysterious attacks on oil medical care before they can get entering or have enough finan- cases,” adding that US aggres- the Gulf the text of its securi- tankers in the Gulf and Saudi visas. cial resources to pay for any med- sion toward Iran has only ty and cooperation project oil installations, which the US District Judge Michael ical costs. The rule is the Trump grown “wilder and more fla- known as Hormuz Peace Plan United States blamed on Simon granted a preliminary administration’s latest effort to grant” over the years. first unveiled by President Tehran. Iran denied any injunction that prevents the rule limit immigrant access to pub- Ayatollah Khamenei was Hassan Rouhani at the UN in involvement in the attacks. from going into effect Sunday. It’s lic programs while trying to quoted on his official website in September. “The security of the region not clear when he will rule on the move the country away from a a speech to thousands of stu- Rouhani “sent the full text shall be provided when merits of the case. family based immigration system dents, a day before the 40th (of the initiative) to the heads” American troops pull out,” Seven Us citizens and a to a merit-based system. anniversary of the US Embassy of the Gulf Cooperation Rouhani said at the General nonprofit organization filed the The White House said in a takeover in Tehran. Council and Iraq and “asked for Assembly. federal lawsuit Wednesday con- statement at the time the procla- Tensions have been high their cooperation in processing “In the event of an incident, tending the rule would block mation was issued that too many between Washington and and implementing it”, the for- you and we shall not remain nearly two-thirds of all prospec- non-citizens were taking advan- Tehran following US President eign ministry said. alone. We are neighbours with tive legal immigrants. tage of the country’s “generous Donald Trump’s decision over a $ ) $ ) $ : ,' '< The GCC is a six-nation each other and not with the The lawsuit also said the rule public health programs,” and said year ago to unilaterally pull out $ " , /' bloc that groups Saudi Arabia, United States,” he added. would greatly reduce or eliminate immigrants contribute to the of the 2015 nuclear deal with ' % ( ) ' the United Arab Emirates, Tensions between Tehran the number of immigrants who problem of “uncompensated Iran and other world powers. Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and and Washington have escalat- enter the United States with health care costs.” The US has sought to roll path for their intervention in )$ ( ? !!' Hezbollah, which sent thou- Oman. ed sharply since US President family sponsored visas. Under the government’s visa back Iran’s influence across Iran,” Khamenei said Sunday. / sands of fighters to neigh- Ties have been tense Donald Trump unilaterally “We’re very grateful that the rule, the required insurance can the region by imposing sanc- Iran routinely accuses the bouring Syria to help defeat the between Iran and GCC mem- withdrew last year from the court recognized the need to be bought individually or pro- tions and providing military US of interfering in its internal (! " uprising against Syrian bers Saudi Arabia and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. block the health care ban imme- vided by an employer and it can and other aid to its adversaries. affairs. It now points to the President Bashar Assad, anoth- UAEnited Arab Emirates, both He has since reimposed diately,” says Justice Action Center be short-term coverage or cata- Those sanctions have kept Iran Trump administration’s “max- the protesters’ demands, but er key Iranian ally. allies of the United States and unilateral sanctions as part of senior litigator Esther Sung, who strophic. from selling its oil abroad and imum pressure” policy, which have also accused the US and The US has thrown its leading members of a military its “maximum pressure” cam- argued at Saturday’s hearing on Medicaid doesn’t count, and have crippled its economy. Iran it describes as trying to topple other Western countries of weight behind Iranian rival Saudi coalition battling Iran-backed paign. behalf of the plaintiffs. an immigrant can’t get a visa if has since begun breaking terms its Islamic Republic. manipulating the demonstra- Arabia and other Gulf Arab Huthi rebels in Yemen. The arch-foes came to the “The ban would separate using the Affordable Care Act’s of the nuclear deal. The West Asia is currently tions to sow chaos. monarchies, which funded a In September, Rouhani brink of a military confronta- families and cut two-thirds of subsidies when buying insur- Khamenei, who has final say witnessing anti-government Iran has expanded its influ- number of opposition groups proposed in a speech at the UN tion in June when Iran downed green-card-based immigration ance. The federal government on all state matters, repeated his demonstrations in Lebanon and ence in neighboring Iraq fol- battling Assad in Syria’s eight-year General Assembly a “Coalition a US drone and Trump ordered starting tonight, were the ban not pays for those subsidies. opposition to talks with the US Iraq. While those protests are lowing the 2003 US-led inva- civil war. Assad’s government has for Hope” that would unite all retaliatory strikes before can- stopped,” he said. According to the Migration In October, he had said negoti- fueled by local grievances and sion, which empowered the since all but won the war mili- regional countries in a pledge of celling them at the last minute. The proclamation signed Policy Institute, a nonpartisan ations with the US would not mainly directed at political elites, country’s Shiite majority. Iraq tarily with the help of Russia and by President Donald Trump in immigration think tank, 57% of take place unless Washington they also pose a challenge to Iran, has a number of powerful Iran- Iran. The US also blames Iran for the cruise missiles and drones reach their targets from Houthi- early October applies to people US immigrants had private returned to the nuclear deal by which closely backs both gov- backed militias that were ini- a September 14 attack key on used in the assault. controlled areas of Yemen. seeking immigrant visas from health insurance in 2017, com- lifting its sanctions. ernments as well as powerful tially mobilised to battle the Saudi oil infrastructure, which Yemen’s Houthi rebels A Saudi-led and US- abroad — not those in the US pared with 69% of US-born, and “A b a n o f n e g o t i a t i o n w i t h armed groups in each country. Islamic State (ISIS) group. temporarily halved the king- claimed responsibility, but ana- backed military coalition has already. It does not affect lawful 30% had public health insurance the US is one of the most impor- Iran and its allies have Iran also backs the dom’s production. lysts say the weapons used been fighting the Iran-backed permanent residents. It does coverage, compared with 36% of tant instruments for closing the expressed support for some of Lebanese militant group Tehran denies it launched wouldn’t have the range to Houthis since 2015. not apply to asylum-seekers, native-born. AP 0$ * +( +' % )C - &O P 7 -0+ + )+4 $ * * 2+ ) ';' & /@979 eijing said on Sunday it is & 0'6(# B“ready to work” with Southeast Asian nations on a he television station of code of conduct in the flash- TLebanon’s powerful Shi’ite point South China Sea, where Islamist movement Hezbollah it is accused of building up mil- protested on Saturday that itary installations and bullying most of its Twitter accounts had fellow claimants. been suspended. 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The group held three min- Nations (ASEAN) has been important landmark”. if it doesn’t agree to a code of @ , “There is no place on isterial posts and a majority locked in talks for a code of “We stand ready to work with conduct then there will be tur- - ,= ' Twitter for illegal terrorist with its Christian allies before conduct for the sea, where ASEAN countries building on the moil in the region,” presiden- organisations and violent Lebanon’s cabinet fell this week China is accused of deploying existing foundation and the basis tial spokesman Salvador Panelo Baghdad: Iraqi authorities have on October 28 started from These new wave of protests extremist groups,” a Twitter after 13 days of mass anti-graft warships, arming outposts and to strive for new progress” on the told reporters in Bangkok on reduced the curfew in Baghdad midnight, Xinhua news agency follows the initial demonstra- spokesperson told AFP. protests. ramming fishing vessels. guidelines, he said. the sidelines of ASEAN. to four hours from six, as anti- reported on Sunday. tions that erupted on October The accounts in English, Hezbollah is the only group The agreement, set to be He added that China want- The Philippines in 2016 government protests continued The curfew reduction is 1, which spread through the French and Spanish were also not to have disarmed after finished in 2021, will lay out ed to “maintain and uphold filed a case with a UN-backed across the capital city. intended to give more time for capital and other regions of Iraq not available, but the Twitter Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, conduct guidelines for the sea long-term peace and stability in tribunal, which ultimately A statement on Saturday by the protesters to return home, due to outrage over the lack of handles of specific television and it fought Israeli troops who along with conflict resolution the South China Sea”. rejected Beijing’s assertions in Baghdad Operations the statement said. public services and employ- shows seemed to be function- occupied southern Lebanon parameters. The Philippines -- which the sea. Command (BOC), responsible Since October 25, at least ment opportunities. ing. until 2000. On Sunday, China’s premier has sparred with China in the Tensions in the waterway for the security of Baghdad 82 people have been killed At least 157 people died in Iran-backed Hezbollah is It has also been a key ally Li Keqiang said the first read- sea -- said Sunday that Beijing have flared in recent weeks province, decided to set the new and more than 3,000 injured in the ensuing unrest, including designated a “terrorist” group of Syrian President Bashar al- ing of the document -- a chance is committed to the code, despite between China and Vietnam, curfew from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., clashes between protesters and eight members of the security by the United States and several Assad in the neighbouring for all members to comment on its broad claims to the waterway. one of Beijing’s most vocal while the previous one imposed security forces. forces. IANS of its officials are under US country’s eight-year conflict. the draft terms -- was “a very “It recognises the fact that critics on the issue. # Q R - # *$ ) 2#2* (* - 0 & /@979 2$ * he UN chief on Sunday 3 Turged Myanmar to ensure ! the “safe” return of Rohingya O P & refugees driven out by army 727,7 /7/#3(6'D#3'2/+E deal by next year. ASEAN also operations, a plea made in ' 2,+ could lead a march on the “Red #'.(/ hopes to set a code of conduct front of Aung San Suu Kyi ri Lanka’s Tamil National Zone,” the seat of Pakistan's eaders from fast-growing with China regarding disputed more than two years since her & +39 SAlliance (TNA) on Sunday ens of thousands of pro- government, to force Khan's hina on Sunday launched LSoutheast Asian economies, waters in the South China Sea, country cracked down on the said they will support the coun- Ttestors at a massive protest resignation. The Prime CGaofen-7, a new Earth China and other regional pow- he said. Chinese Premier Li Muslim minority. try’s ruling party candidate, camp in Pakistan’s capital Minister says he has no plans observation satellite, which will ers vowed Sunday to tran- Keqiang told other leaders Speaking at a summit of Sajith Premadasa, in the awaited a Sunday deadline set of quitting. play a major role in land sur- scend conflicts over trade poli- attending that Beijing was com- Southeast Asian leaders in 6 November 16 presidential by their leader calling for the It's unclear what Rehman's veying and mapping, urban cies and territorial disputes for mitted to forging such an Bangkok — with Myanmar’s de election. prime minister resign. next move will be once his and rural construction and the sake of stronger economies agreement and to ASEAN’s facto head Suu Kyi in the room L M “After our central commit- Authorities in Islamabad deadline expires Sunday statistical investigation, accord- and regional stability. central role in the region. — Antonio Guterres said he (/ tee meeting held in Vavuniya strengthened security around evening. ing to the China National President Donald Trump “Given the complexity in remains “deeply concerned” " today, we have decided to back the camp as the protest entered Negotiations to defuse the Space Administration (CNSA). skipped the summit of the the international and regional about the plight of the +$ * Sajith Premadasa,” TNA its third day, including walls of standoff were taking place The Gaofen-7 was China’s Association of Southeast Asian situation, our cooperation is Rohingya. C spokesman and legislator MA shipping containers blocking between members of Khan's first civil-use optical transmis- Nations and instead sent his built on a stable structure and Violence in Rakhine state in C Sumanthiran told reporters. roads leading into and out of government and opposition sion three-dimensional sur- national security adviser, moving forward in a positive 2017 forced more than 740,000 “His manifesto will be the protest area, as well as lawmakers. veying and mapping satellite Robert O’Brien. fashion,” Li said. Rohingya to flee, most seeking more acceptable to Tamils deploying riot police and Authorities have said they that reaches the sub-metre Last year, Trump sent Vice “This is beneficial to the refuge in overcrowded camps in J (compared) to other candi- paramilitary forces. won't try to stop the protests as level, Xinhua reported. President Mike Pence. Both region and all parties involved.” neighbouring Bangladesh, in dates,” Sumanthiran said. Firebrand cleric Maulana long as they remain in the des- The satellite and carrier now are busy campaigning “We support stability in the what UN investigators say * " In his manifesto, Fazlur Rehman had led a car- ignated area, which stretches rocket were developed by the back home, and analysts say region and by doing so we have amounted to genocide. Premadasa has pledged “max- avan of supporters to over a kilometer (mile) along a China Academy of Space their absence will leave room been able to cope with the Myanmar does not recog- 6 imum devolution of power Islamabad last week in a bid to highway and into an open Technology and the Shanghai for China to further raise its instability elsewhere in the nise the Rohingya as citizens. > within an undivided and indi- pressure Imran Khan to step area. Academy of Spaceflight profile and clout in the region. world,” he said. The country says it wel- , * visible Sri Lanka”. down, calling him an “illegiti- Some protesters in the all- Technology under the China The ASEAN meeting’s On the troublesome issue comes back those who agree to * C/ * Sumanthiran said TNA mate” ruler. male encampment seemed pre- Aerospace Science and host, Thai Prime Minister of the South China Sea, Li wel- a bureaucratic status below 8 * " leader R Sampanthan would He claims the 2018 election pared for a long stay, and had Technology Corporation. Prayuth Chan-ocha, said the comed progress on negotiating full citizenship, and if they * consult other parties in the that brought Khan to power even begun turning the ship- Along with Gaofen-7, three group aims to reach a basic a code of conduct aimed at agree to live under tight guard (/ Tamil alliance before officially was rigged, and has implied — ping containers into living other commercial and scientific agreement on plans for what taming aggressive actions that after their villages were incin- announcing the TNA’s stand to without naming names — that spaces. experiment satellites, including may become one of the world’s could set off armed confronta- erated. + , 6 back Premadasa. Pakistan’s powerful army sup- “I want the Government to one developed for Sudan, were biggest trade blocs. tions in one of the world’s Guterres said Myanmar is , 068-" Samanthiran said the 13- ported Khan. The military bring more of these containers, also launched into space. The proposed Regional most disputed regions. responsible to “ensure a con- point plan of the Tamil politi- denies the allegations, saying it they're now serving as our lit- The development of the Comprehensive Economic After being accused of ducive environment for the Myanmar so far, with many cal parties’ had not been pre- remains impartial. tle homes here, as the weather Gaofen-7 has achieved a break- Partnership aims to level trade delaying the start of talks for safe, voluntary, dignified and fearing further persecution in sented to any of the presiden- Rehman, who heads the is getting colder every night,” through in sub-meter level 3D barriers between the 10 years while building artificial sustainable repatriation of the Buddhist-majority country. tial candidates. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, said Gul Aman, a protester mapping camera technology, ASEAN members and six other islands with military outposts refugees”. Suu Kyi sat in the The secretary-general also The 13 points included the has agreed with authorities from the western Baluchistan meeting the highest mapping countries in a bloc encom- on contested reefs, China room expressionless as called on Myanmar “to ensure demand to permanently merge that the protesters will not province. Others were seen accuracy requirement among passing nearly a third of all agreed to commence negotia- Guterres spoke. humanitarian actors have full north and eastern provinces, leave the Government-desig- cooking meals and washing the Gaofen series Earth obser- global trade. tions and both sides announced Only a few hundred and unfettered access to areas granting Tamils political auton- nated area. clothes outside their tents vation satellites, according Prayuth and other officials that the first of three expected Rohingya have returned to of return”. omy in a federal solution. 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" 1 F * " L' BACK TO SHOCK & AWE * ' C & ,1:% ,:5:, !@31A &3A: A& !& I $ *F " ' $ ' 8 : * I erve-wracking,” was Neil Nitin * * Mukesh’s exact feeling when he "' Nproduced his forthcoming film Bypass Road. And for the first time, he has donned several other hats too — that of an * ' actor, screenplay writer and playback ' singer. He says, “Creativity shouldn’t have M " any boundaries. This is what I was taught since childhood. As I come from an artist family, it’s very important for me to keep my forefathers name flying high. The con- O stant effort to push the envelope from my : end proves my overambitious nature.” The drama-thriller revolves around a < * young successful fashion prodigy, Vikram <* (played by Neil), who is the prime suspect 4 2 in a murder. Slowly and gradually the plot gets intense as a sudden turn of events makes the protagonist a victim of an acci- 42 dent. = / Thriller is such a broad genre that there < : 4 are many aspects to it which can be further divided into sub-genres such as psycholog- 0# >*# ical thriller, horror thriller, crime thriller, : *<> = revenge thriller and many others. The sub- 2 : 0 category of horror genre is home invasion, which Neil feels is unexplored in our coun- * 4 *= try. It has a story whose thematic and plot 0 : 0 elements deal with the forceful entry of one ing it is original and will keep the audience life changes after he is injured in an accident : or more individuals into an occupied constantly on the edge guessing who is play- and is completely restricted to a wheel chair. space. He says, “We have home invasions ing what? This helplessness was challenging and made < ** as one of the prime spots. When I realised There are many films which are quite the actor bite the character strongly. “It is a : 4= that there’s a major dearth of home inva- predictable from the trailer. But that is not subtly nuanced film. It is not unnecessarily < 4 sions in India, I started writing one.” the case with this one. Here it seems as if the melodramatic but instead tries to evoke some He recalls an incident that lead to the story is running multi dimensionally. It is emotions naturally,” says he. : ideation of the film. “Four years ago while hard to connect the dots. Is it a conscious There’s a dialogue in the film, “Zindagi 4 2 *: I was travelling back from Dubai, I read in move? “There’s so much happening simul- aur raaste kis mod pe badal jaaye kisi ko nhi < 4 < : the paper that OTT platform would come taneously the audience will stay hooked. You pta.” (No one knows when life or its path to India. I knew the moment they come, cannot say it was planned but yes, we were change). The actor says that it is so ironic that 0=P they are going to dominate the market big prepared for it. In our screenplay we have the moment you start taking yourself too seri- L0 A* time. Before that it was important to edu- consciously and seamlessly made an effort to ously, life has a way of getting you back on cate our audience about the genres. So, I make sure that the audience gets back on track. Same happens with Vikram. His life decided to make a home invasion film track if they feel deviated. Though, I don’t changed very unexpectedly after he met with because the content needed to be developed intend to spoon feed them,” says he. He adds an accident. soon to give the audience the best of both that he wants the audience to understand the As more actors turn producers, Neil says, I the worlds — digital and cinema. protagonist and see the film from his perspec- “It’s superb. Most of the actors are doing it The genre is popular in the West tive. because they are confident about their craft. O " because people there are aware about its The actor feels that one should always How long will you wait for somebody else to L' C nuances. But in India it’s not easy to bring make the film from the audience point of trust you with something that you know you a novelty like this because the audience view and not have an individualistic can trust yourself with? How long will I wait *'I needs to be educated about it first. “The approach. Neil says, “I question myself first. for that perfect script and role to come my $ M audience in the West don’t need a story or ‘Would I want to see a film like this?’” As a way? And especially when I know that I have 6$ " back story to understand the film, they maker he feels its his derogative to give the the acting skills in me.” 7 * J understand it naturally. But here I knew if audience their money’s worth. He recalls how his debut film, Johnny $ 6$ I left the plot the way it is, many questions Talking about the challenges as a writer Gaddar, shocked the audience but worked. would be thrown at me. For example, who Neil says, “Writing the script in a controlled But then it began to be repeated thematical- L' $ is the man behind the mask? or why does budget was tough. While writing I can have ly. So Neil wants to be a clutter-breaker rather "'F he want to kill the protagonist? (scenes in great visual sense and can write the sequences than become a stereotype. For Neil, filmmak- C the trailer). When these questions popped seamlessly. But being realistic to my budget ing is slightly larger than life. He loves the fact * " up in my mind I thought it’s important to was difficult. As an actor I can be selfish and cinema has got that power to teleport the 7 F * address them and develop a sub plot that ask for 25 safaris in a scene. But when you audience into the world it wants to. Citing leads to home invasion. So, the first half are a producer you know what you can afford the example of Steven Spielberg, he wonders %C %C $%C explains each character and develops it and what you can’t.” how he made us believe in both Jurassic Park I gradually so that it helps the audience under- The script was initially written in a way and ET: The Extra-Terrestrial. "' stand the plot in a better way. Each charac- that the scenes would look glorified on the This quest for breaking moulds has $ ter has been given great amount of impor- screen but when Neil actually had to act, it meant that Neil has made a mark with char- "M tance,” he adds. The film is an amalgamation was very difficult. He recalls a bath tub acter roles too. “I am not one of those who of the murder mystery and the home inva- sequence where he was suspended on a har- always wants to be the lead. If the role is sion territory which blends in smoothly. ness and taken to bath. The scene shows that important, be it of a driver in the film, I’ll do The film’s song So Gaya Yeh Jahaan is the harness falls into water and Neil starts it. The only thing that matters is that he A B very special for the actor as it was initially drowning. “It was scary. Imagine yourself should be important in the story. If he is then : sung by his father Nitin Mukesh in the 1989 being submerged upside down into water and it doesn’t matters if it’s an ensemble film or classic Tezab. Neil says, “Recreating this song there you have to perform with your hands the character is grey or he is the protagonist. * is a big honour for me. I couldn’t have asked tied up with chain. Talking about it is scar- In Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Salman (Khan) >* * &K for more. This is the smallest touch from my ing me again. It was more scary because my was the lead but it doesn’t mean that mine 0 " end to give back to my family.” crew wouldn’t know that whether I am act- or any other actors’ character was not essen- Talking about the genre the actor says ing or I am actually in danger. That was a big tial to the storytelling. Also, now the audi- # that he hasn’t seen a good murder mystery fear point,” he says. ence is accepting and equally giving impor- 7* %>$ after Badla. But he adds on that even that was The protagonist, Vikram has many tance to diverse characters of the film,” says C C a remake and questions, “What about an orig- shades of human elements. He is initially a Neil. 6 / inal idea?” He then talks about his film say- fashion prodigy in a glamorous world but his (The film releases on November 8). F 7 In 1980s Tokyo, an enigmatic expat is suspected of killing her friend, who's gone missing in the wake of their love triangle with a local photographer. Starring Alicia " Vikander, Riley Keough and Naoki Kobayashi, the film releases on November 15 on Netflix. 7 $ ' * - A snowstorm hits a small town on a cold Christmas Eve, affect- Mehdi gets out of prison, planning to settle old scores. But * ing the friendships, love lives and futures of several high school seniors. first, he must reconnect with his gang, now living in an idyllic " Starring Isabela Moner, Shameik Moore and Kiernan Shipka, the film beach resort in Thailand. Starring Sami Bouajila, Tewfik Jallab releases on November 8 on Netflix. and Mélanie Doutey, the film releases on November 8 on Netflix. ' 8) !"#$%
kilometers (60 miles) to reach a well- equipped government hospital, with a large number of them dying on the way. Small hospitals are now being set up within a distance of 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the most disease- prone villages, said Dr Mahima Mittal, head of the pediatrics department at the public BRD Hospital. Before taking over the state’s top state position two years ago, Adityanath, who is also a Hindu monk of a revered temple in Gorakhpur, represented the region in India’s Parliament for 25 years. He faced flak for not doing enough to control the outbreak of the dreaded disease. When his Bharatiya Janata Party won state elections in 2017, he rose to power. Adityanath immediately ordered the strengthening of health services in seven encephalitis-endem- ic districts. More than 100 encephali- tis treatment centers and pediatrics intensive care units were set up close +*(4!' +4 0 to villages. More than 1,00,000 doc- tors and paramedics were given spe- ' cial training to treat encephalitis patients. Over four million children C were given vaccines against Japanese even-year-old Aryan Singh could encephalitis between January and $ * have met the same fate as his March this year. Last year, 3.5 million Scousin, who died seven years ago children were vaccinated against the because the nearest hospital was too disease, Adityanath said. 6B.7@' 63,9(,6 /'9(/B B' far. The state government claims a When Aryan returned home from ) steady decline in encephalitis fatalities iscipline is vital to every living being and espe- school with a low-grade fever in in the last two years. In 2017, Dcially to social beings, because without it mankind mid-September, his mother initially encephalitis took the lives of 748 peo- will be ruined. To live a peaceful life in the society, it dismissed it as seasonal, worrying only ple. The death toll dropped to 278 in is a pre-requisite. However, it can neither be acquired when his temperature shot up & - 2018. Up to August 31 of this year, from books, nor can it be learnt from anyone. It can overnight. She hopped on her hus- only 38 children had died of the dis- only be inculcated if one includes it in their routine, band’s motorbike with her son cling- @ ease. Dr RN Singh, who has battled right from the moment of waking up to the time of ing to her, riding through the rutted the disease in the state for the last 25 going off to sleep. roads of their village in India’s north- + years, said there was no way to inde- As per the dictionary discipline means ‘Training ern state of Uttar Pradesh before pendently verify the government’s to act in accordance with rules; activity, exercise or reaching a rural government health ries in India, according to the National claims, but that a decline in encephali- a regimen that develops or improves a skill’. It directs care center at around 2 am. Vector Borne Disease Control tis cases was visible. “Earlier, I used to us towards positive emotions, actions and thoughts. Doctors hospitalised Aryan after Programme. examine two to three encephalitis Hence, wherever we go, we he was diagnosed with scrub typhus, Nearly 25,000 children in India cases in a week, but now one case need to carry discipline a bacterial infection spread by rats and have died from encephalitis since comes in a month or so,” he said. with us and inspire others to mites that accounts for nearly 40 per 1978. By contrast, there were about His non government organisation do the same if they are cent of identifiable causes of 7,300 children admitted to US hospi- targeted Holiya, a village in unaware of its value.We can encephalitis — potentially fatal brain tals with encephalitis from 2004 to Gorakhpur district, providing access lead a very systematic life if swelling that is rare globally but 2013, according to a 2016 study of a to toilets and safe drinking water, vac- we learn to be disciplined in prevalent in parts of South Asia and national pediatric health database. Of cinations, mosquito spraying and everything we do. We sub-Saharan Africa. those, 230 children died. mosquito nets. Garbage disposal has should go to bed and wake A vaccine for one strain of the dis- But things are changing in Uttar been taken up by local elected bodies. up at the right time every ease, Japanese encephalitis, is avail- Pradesh — India’s most populous Tens of thousands of toilets have been day. We should eat a bal- able, but there is no guard against the state, with millions of rural poor. built in the region to stop people from anced diet to stay healthy, strains caused by bacteria. The sur- Encephalitis cases in have dropped defecating in the open, according to state and get the right amount of vival rate is high if the disease is treat- sharply because of a new network of officials. Dr. Shishir Roy, a pediatrician exercise to stay fit. We must ed early. “The boy is on the path of rural clinics, doctors and state govern- in a rural dispensary, said besides mas- inhale fresh air everyday to recovery,” said Dr KP Yadav, in charge ment officials. Uttar Pradesh’s eastern sive immunisations, the state govern- have a peaceful mind. of primary health at the center. “The portion experienced India’s worst ment also launched a campaign called In the present milieu, credit goes to the parents who did not encephalitis outbreak in 2005, with Dastak, or Door-Knock, in the same indiscipline or lack of core human values is consid- wait till morning and brought the over 1,500 deaths reported at state-run seven encephalitis-prone districts. ered to be a major factor for the downfall of our civil- child to the hospital.” His mother said Baba Raghav Das Medical College in State government workers knock at isation. It is a known fact that no country can rise with- Aryan’s cousin wasn’t so lucky. He died Gorakhpur, 230 kilometers (143 the doors of every village, educating res- out a sense of discipline among its nationals. because the closest well-equipped miles) southeast of Lucknow, the idents about the symptoms of encephali- Indiscipline shows that there is a sense of frustration hospital was 85 kilometers (53 miles) state capital. tis, the need for clean drinking water or absence of control in the society, which further leads from their village. the June-October monsoon season Years of recurring outbreaks and But a massive immunisation and and how to keep their living spaces free to restlessness of mind and a tendency to disobey and Acute encephalitis syndrome, and the post-monsoon period when high fatality rates among children in cleanliness drive launched in 2017 in from mosquitoes and other insects. “If overthrow the code of conduct. This roughness in including Japanese encephalitis, is the density of mosquitoes increases. some of India’s poorest regions have the seven districts with the highest you ask me, it is the knock on the door behaviour and the spirit of revolt is not really a thirst caused by several different viruses, It typically spreads from pigs to peo- revealed the cracks in the country’s caseloads is sharply bringing down the project which has knocked the for freedom but an attempt to earn recognition. All bacteria, fungi, parasites, spirochetes, ple via mosquitoes, and is easily iden- health care system. Between 2007 and fatality rate, said Yogi Adityanath, the encephalitis out of this endemic region,” these are symptoms of a mind which is void of peace chemical and toxins. The outbreak of tified through testing. It infects many 2016, almost 75,000 cases were report- state’s top elected official. In the past, Roy said. and contentment. Japanese encephalitis coincides with people in childhood. ed from 22 states and union territo- the patients had to travel at least 100 L' The need of the hour is to engage the youth in con- structive activities and channelise its energies in a pos- itive way for the benefit of the society. If parents can- reta Thunberg, Sweden’s 16- not inspire their progeny by their love, sacrifice, char- Gyear-old climate-change acter, good behaviour and a spirit of understanding, activist, joined fellow teenagers Q9 R then youngsters, who have a superfluous physical ener- from throughout California gy become restless and tend to rebel against the sys- telling a cheering crowd of hun- tem which the elders have set up. However, on one dreds at a Los Angeles rally that side we cannot hold only children responsible for this they can and will fight to save # @60##3(/06@ $ * behaviour. If the parents are of high character and their planet from global warming. * integrity, then there would be no reason why they Thunberg, who has been would not be respected. But on the other side this does traveling across the United States not mean that children are not at fault. It’s a known since delivering a passionate “But we young people have Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles “The older generations are fact that many of them are misguided by their own speech in New York in September had enough. We say no more. during her trip across the coun- failing us. They are failing future troublesome friends whom they consider to be their that demanded world leaders do And if our parents won’t speak up try, adding that she was honoured generations, but future genera- leaders. more to combat global warming, for us, we will,” she added to thun- to be invited to speak. She has tions do not have a voice and the However, the most potent factor that is respon- spoke at a rally organised by derous applause from the crowd, taken a year off from her high biosphere does not have a voice,” sible for the restlessness and indiscipline among the Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles. which, although it leaned toward school studies to advocate for she said. “So, we will be the voice children is the absence of moral and spiritual educa- The group of young people the young side, contained a cross- ending global warming and plans that speaks up for them. tion in schools and colleges and lack of inspiration used the rally at California’s oil- section of ages. to travel to Spain in December to “Do you think they are lis- from their elders at home. It is spiritual education extraction industry to call for a She said that she believes attend another United Nations cli- tening to us?” she asked. “No,” which gives a person self-control and values like tol- phaseout of wells and other young people like herself are mate summit. the crowd shouted loudly, to erance, patience, sobriety, humility and respect for the means of withdrawing petroleum becoming more prominent in the The diminutive teen is sur- which she replied equally loud- elderly. It transforms him from a restless person to a from California’s earth. climate-change movement prisingly soft-spoken in person ly, “Well, we will make them lis- person with contentment, dedication and spirit of sac- Before Thunberg spoke she because, with almost their whole but not afraid to raise her voice ten.” rifice. Hence, it is important to impart moral values joined a crowd of about 1,000 in lives ahead of them, they recog- to rally others to the cause, as she The protest is part of an to our children during the formative years. Such habits marching from the lawn in front nise how great the danger is to died in September when she effort to pressure the state to shut were being cultivated since generations and were nur- of City Hall to Government their generation. eviscerated world leaders in a down oil extraction, especially in tured as culture and heritage, but somewhere it stopped Gavin Newsom’s Los Angeles “Many young people are passionate speech at the United densely populated urban neigh- percolating down due to massive western cultural inva- office to demand that oil drilling aware that they will be very fear,” she said when asked what warming and led to her getting to Nations in New York. There, she borhoods like those dotting Los sion that happened during the last few years. What we should be stopped. much impacted by what we are motivated her and other teenagers know like-minded youth like accused them of taking away her Angeles and surrounding cities. see today is a reflection of the alien culture that we have “I will never understand how doing now and that their future to begin dedicating so much Thunberg, who arrived in the US childhood and endangering her Eventually, organisers say, been blindly following. It is not the value system that they can put short-term interests will be destroyed,” she said. “We time to fighting climate change. from her native Sweden in an eco- future by making promises to they’d like to see California, one our forefathers had been meticulously fostering. So, above our lives, future and above know what is at stake in a way that “We thought we’re going to have friendly sailboat earlier this year attack global warming and not of the nation’s largest oil-produc- let us go back to our roots, our immaculate founda- the planet’s future,” Thunberg many older people maybe don’t.” a future, but we found out it was and crossed the country by train fulfilling them. ing states, get out of the extrac- tion and revive our “original Indian cultural heritage” said of businesses that produce The rally’s lead organiser, being taken from us.” and electric car. She returned to that theme tion business to reduce climate that got lost in the maze of so called modernisation. fossil fuels and other products that 17-year-old college freshman That realisation, she said, Thunberg said she’s been in as she concluded her speech in change. Only then would we be able to create a new path of contribute to global warming. 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9 & 1#876+D(9E Watford could have lost by a much bigger margin and they rank Lampard said “sloppy” remain bottom of the table, FChelsea need to be more without a win in the league this clinical after they survived a season. tense finish to climb to third Chelsea made a blistering place in the Premier League with start that reaped an immediate a 2-1 victory at lowly Watford. reward when Abraham acceler- Lampard’s side bounced ated on Jorginho’s sublime pin- back from their midweek point pass and lifted a cool fin- League Cup defeat against ish over Ben Foster. Manchester United to make it It was Abraham’s 10th goal five successive league wins on of his breakthrough campaign Saturday. ending a five-game goal drought The Blues have won eight of for the young England striker, their past nine matches in all who has scored seven goals in competitions as Lampard con- away games this season. tinues to make a good impres- Just as significantly, & #(6'/D'#2.E goal, so really special,” De ) 10 minutes after the break and sion in his first season in charge. Jorginho’s role in the goal indi- Ligt told DAZN. Inter have been tipped as stretched Roma's unbeaten His decision to go with cated the Italy midfielder's atthijs de Ligt made De Ligt has had a shaky the principal challengers for league run to six games. unproven youngsters like improved form in his second sure Juventus kept start to life in Italy and could TURIN’S Juve's Serie A title but had to “I’m very pleased with Tammy Abraham, who opened season with Chelsea. Mhold of top spot in well have given away an early be saved from a lacklustre my current form, I hope to the scoring, has been a shrewd Serie A after his first goal for penalty when he touched the display by their star summer continue like this and to score move, while Christian Pulisic, & the club saw off local rivals ball with his arm early in the signing, who arrived from many more goals,” Zaniolo scorer of the second, is justify- Torino, leaving Inter Milan in first half, but was let off by ref- Manchester United for 65 mil- told Sky Sport. ing his hefty price tag after start- Only Foster stopped second despite Romelu eree Daniele Doveri and the lion euros (USD 73 million). Arkadiusz Milik’s fifth ing the season on the bench. Chelsea’s dominant display Lukaku taking his league tally VAR officials. His form will be a big goal in four games closed the Gerard Deulofeu’s late VAR- yielding more goals. to nine with a brace in a 2-1 However the Netherlands DELIGT boost going into Tuesday’s gap for Napoli, but the defeat awarded penalty came too late Foster kept out Abraham win at Bologna. international, who had already huge trip to Borussia sees them drop down to sev- to stop Chelsea recording a sev- with a fine save, then from Inter had briefly led in been denied by a superb Dortmund, which could make enth, level on 18 points with enth successive away win in all Willian's corner, Pulisic Italy after Lukaku slotted Salvatore Sirigu stop just (0( ' 5 (,*($ * 0 or break their Champions Lazio and Cagliari and 11 competitions. looped a header that forced an home a 92nd-minute penalty before the break, came up League campaign with both behind Juve after winning They are just two points even better stop by the to snatch the three points at trumps in the 70th minute $'!-$ ! *; +- $ '$ sides level on four points just one of their last five in behind second-placed Watford keeper. Bologna on Saturday, but Juve when he met substitute behind Group F leaders Serie A. Manchester City despite being Having won their previ- retook first place thanks to De Gonzalo Higuain's pull back ' '+ 5 Barcelona. Paulo Fonseca's Roma unable to sign players in the ous six games on the road in Ligt, who smashed home the just after the Argentine had Inter are also six points meanwhile are on a fine recent summer due to a transfer ban. all competitions, Chelsea were ony goal of the game in Turin forced a corner with a sizzling and keeps them on course for a 75th-minute tap-in which ahead of Roma, who moved run despite an injury crisis But with a trip to City in confident mood and Mason with 20 minutes remaining. volley. a ninth straight league title, cancelled out Roberto third in Serie A on Saturday that kept a host of first team looming and Champions League Mount was inches away from Maurizio Sarri’s side stay “Obviously, when you while Inter have to content Soriano’s deflected opener and after their 2-1 win over wob- starters out of action over the ties against Ajax and Valencia on their second goal when his a point ahead of Inter thanks come to a new club, it’s always themselves with second a stoppage time spot-kick win- bling Napoli. last few weeks. the schedule, November will long-range blast was pushed to a hard-fought derby win going to be hard. It’s going despite Lukaku’s match-win- ner. Rising star Nicolo Zaniolo They are set to have fur- provide much sterner tests of onto the bar by Foster’s fine that saw both sides exchange well, the guys made me feel ning display. “I’m pleased to have had opened the scoring midway ther selection problems next Chelsea’s progress than this save. blows in a bruising contest. welcome and I think I’m The Belgian became the such a good start, but I am 26 through the first half with his week after Mert Cetin, who stroll in the autumn chill at Chelsea had lost just one “I am really happy, of improving every game,” added first player since Ronaldo in years old and I need to grow fourth goal in as many games replaced suspended Federico Vicarage Road. of their last 58 league games course. It was a really impor- De Ligt. 1997/98 to score at least nine every day, along with the in all competitions before Fazio, was sent off for two “We played really well, our when leading at half-time, at tant game, as Inter won also. The win maintains Juve’s goals in his first 11 Serie A whole team,” Lukaku told Sky Jordan Veretout sealed the bookable offences deep in midfield was outstanding, but Wolves in December 2018. We won 1-0 and it was my unbeaten start to the season matches as an Inter player after Sport. points from the penalty spot stoppage time. we just cannot have that sloppy Foster was all that stood bit near the end,” Lampard said. between the Blues and anoth- “It was a terrible 10 minutes er away-day success as the 36- considering how the game had year-old denied Mount with '+ !$* $ ' )' * ' ' $' ! '+! gone. We need to be more clin- another superb stop early in ical, we got a bit sloppy. the second half. “We rely on our goalkeep- Pulisic had scored a hat- /01+023' hosts to secure the comfortable whisker. to-back goals to seal the tie. er for those moments at the end trick in last weekend’s win at win. Coach Maymol Rocky After the changeover, Thi of the game and he did what we Burnley and the United States he Indian women’s team suf- Aditi Chauhan pulled off a opted to make an early substi- Van tucked in the hosts’ second needed him to do.” winger was back on the score- Tfered a 0-3 defeat against hosts terrific save in the 12th minute to tution in the form of Daya, who goal before Hang converted Despite his frustration at sheet to put the result beyond Vietnam in the first of the two deny Vietnam from doubling the replaced Sumitra in the 32nd from a corner-kick with a minute Chelsea’s nervous finish, doubt in the 55th minute. FIFA international friendly match- lead. minute. of regulation time left on the Lampard praised their impres- Abraham was the provider es in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday. At the stroke of the half-hour Aditi was unarguably at the clock. sive start. with a low cross and Pulisic Thi Nhung (8th minute), Thi mark, Bala Devi unleashed a top of her game, as she kept India The two sides will face-off “I’m happy with how the evaded Watford's dozing Van (82nd) and Thi Thuy Hang superb shot from centre only to in the fight till the 80th minute, once again in their second players are playing. It’s great to defence to tap in from close (89th) scored a goal apiece for the see it missing the target by a before Vietnam rammed back- friendly on Wednesday. watch,” he said. range. C
& 0-/@ “Here all weekend I’ve been very won at Sepang in 2016 and 2017, and consistent. I knew if I got first place I nine-time world champion Valentino pain’s Maverick Vinales stormed to had a chance to push, push and push.” Rossi. Sa dominant victory in the Malaysian The 24-year-old surged into an early Rossi managed to push past MotoGP Sunday as world champion lead at Sepang after starting second on Dovizioso on several occasions, only for Marc Marquez fought his way from the grid and never looked threatened. the Ducati rider to snatch the lead back near the back of the starting grid to fin- By the halfway mark, he had and finish just ahead of his compatri- ish second. opened up a two second lead over sec- ot. Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso ond-placed Marquez, and was over Quartararo had dominated all came in third but there was disappoint- three seconds ahead of him when he weekend going into the MotoGP, top- "4 ment for French rookie Fabio crossed the finish line. ping the timesheets in practice and Quartararo, who only managed a lack- Fighting from the back smashing the Sepang lap record, before B lustre seventh-place after starting from Marquez’s performance was even seizing his fifth pole position of the sea- pole. more astonishing, however, after he son. Vinales’ second win of the season started 11th on the grid following a ter- The 20-year-old Petronas Yamaha & -6' The 16-time Grand Slam was a major boost following last week’s rifying crash in qualifying that saw him rider had been aiming for his maiden champion has now won 34 Australian MotoGP, where thrown from his bike. MotoGP victory — but in the event, he ovak Djokovic eased to a Masters titles, moving to with- he crashed out after leading for much Within a few laps the Repsol was no match for his more experienced Nrecord-extending fifth Paris in one of Nadal at the top of the of the race — and compatriot Marquez Honda rider, who was crowned world rivals and fell to the back right at the Masters title by brushing aside all-time list, and 77 on the ATP went on to win. champion for the sixth time last month, start. Canadian youngster Denis Tour in total. The Monster Energy Yamaha rider had smashed his way through the pack "incredible" and congratulated his team er record to his list — the most points The MotoGP in tropical Malaysia Shapovalov in Sunday's final, It was Djokovic's fifth tro- said the victory felt “amazing” after his and was trying to chase down Vinales. for the good result. scored in a season in motorcycling’s pre- has often been disrupted by torrential boosting his hopes of taking the phy of the season after previous disappointing performance in Phillip While he did not manage to catch “We started from 11th, and we can- mier class. downpours in previous years but the year-end world number one triumphs at Wimbledon and the Island. his compatriot, Marquez nevertheless not forget that here normally we strug- He has now racked up 395, high- rain stayed away this year for the whole spot. Australian Open, as well as at “In Phillip Island, I felt like I had opened up a sizeable gap with the rest gle a lot,”he said. er than the previous record of 383 held weekend. The top seed claimed a the Madrid Open and in Tokyo. the victory in my hands but I made a of the field and cruised to a comfort- As well as the rider’s title, Marquez by three-time world champion Jorge In the Moto2 class, Alex Marquez dominant 6-3, 6-4 victory over His success adds to his pre- mistake and I crashed,” he told reporters able second place. has helped secure the constructor's Lorenzo. — Marc’s younger brother — was his 20-year-old opponent, who vious Paris Masters titles from at the Sepang circuit following the The 26-year-old said the first lap, championship for Honda this season. There was a tough fight for third crowned world champion after finish- looked nervous after being the 2009 and 2013-2015. penultimate race of the season. which catapulted him to the front, was And on Sunday, he added anoth- place between Italy’s Dovizioso, who ing second in his race Sunday. beneficiary of Rafael Nadal's withdrawal before their sched- K ') uled semi-final. ) & 30/P30/ to win the lucrative round- when Barty captured another Djokovic will lose top spot Djokovic, playing in his robin tournament. 7 '* ' !* break in a gruelling eighth in the rankings to Nadal next 50th Masters final, wasted no orld number one “It’s been the most incred- game before serving it out to week, but could still equal Pete time in making a statement, WAshleigh Barty spectacu- ible year for me,” Barty said cap off a momentous season, Sampras' record by finishing a serving an ace on the first point larly ended her jinx against after the match. prowess. which also includes a French sixth year as the world's best en route to a hold to love. defending champion Elina Svitolina has not won a tro- An increasingly confident Open crown and the year-end player. Nerves were clearly affect- Svitolina to win the WTA phy since claiming the WTA Barty then attacked Svitolina's number one ranking. The 33-year-old Nadal is a ing Shapovalov, as he gifted Finals on Sunday and scoop the Finals in Singapore last year, serve in the 10th game and Barty’s season is set to fitness doubt for the ATP Tour Djokovic an early 2-0 lead with richest prize in tennis history. which remains the biggest title claimed the set with a sizzling continue when she spearheads Finals, which start in London on a series of unforced errors. Barty, who had never beat- of her career. She had lost just forehand winner. Australia's Fed Cup title hopes November 10, due to an abdom- Shapovalov found his en Svitolina in five previous one set before the final to be on The Ukrainian hit back against France in the final on inal muscle strain, while rhythm on serve to get on the attempts, won 6-4, 6-3 in one track to claim a maximum early in the second set and was November 9-10. Djokovic has won the season- board, but the first-set momen- hour and 26 minutes at the prize of $4.725 million before gifted a break in the third It was the first WTA Finals ending championships five tum had already been seized by Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre. falling short in the decider. game through a Barty double played in Shenzhen after a times. his illustrious opponent, who The Australian claimed a The Ukrainian had taken a fault but could not consolidate five-year run in Singapore and Djokovic, who lost to eased 5-2 in front. record-setting US$4.42 mil- liking to the slow indoor hard on serve. the competition will be based Russian Karen Khachanov in The comfortable opening lion paycheque —the largest court, which has been criticised “It definitely was a great ably held service until Barty Svitolina’s title defence in the southern Chinese city last year's Bercy final, saved the set for the world number one sum ever awarded in men's and by other players, with her week for me,” Svitolina said. faced trouble in the ninth appeared in tatters when she until 2028. only break point he faced as he was wrapped up at the first time women's tennis. methodical counterpunching “(Barty) had a great tour- game, but she saved a break double faulted to lose serve in The event's move to China sealed his fourth win from as of asking with a forehand vol- Barty's only loss was to late overwhelming opponents — nament and an amazing year.” point and dug deep when it the sixth game but courageous- was highlighted by an eye- many matches against the world ley after just 28 minutes on replacement Kiki Bertens and but she was thwarted by an Both players, who served mattered most to fend off ly broke back. watering total prize pool of $14 number 28 Shapovalov. court. she became the fifth debutant irresistible Barty. strongly in Shenzhen, comfort- Svitolina’s relentless defensive The see-saw continued million. !"#$% # 8. 5
ward, but the duo could only manage to add , JIK C*& 26 runs in 25 balls for the fourth wicket. Dhawan was the fourth to get out. In #% ' an attempt to steal a single, he was sent back to the pavilion by Mushfiqur Rahim, who /01+023' Sarkar played some good cricketing shots made no mistake to quickly dislodge bails to take visitors close to the first-ever T20 at the striker's end after a good throw by enior-most campaigner available for I victory over India in nine games. Mahmudullah. the tough tour, Mushfiqur Rahim The duo added 60 runs in 55 balls for Shikhar got out in the second last ball Stakes the center stage for crisis-hit the third wicket and then after Sarkar’s dis- of 15th over. He made 41 runs in 42 balls Bangladesh and give them some breath- missal (bowled by Khaleel), the experi- (3 fours and 1 six). ing space in smog hit capital during the enced wicket-keeper batsman took the lead After his departure at India’s total of 95 first Twenty 20 International of the three- role and make the most of dropped runs, Shivam Dube enters the field for the match series here at Arun Jaitley stadium chance by Krunal Pandya near the bound- first time in international cricket, but his on Sunday, beating Rohit Sharma-led ary line to script Tigers’ one of the most stay was short-lived and he was sent back Indian team by 7 wickets. memorable wins in the shortest format of to the pavilion by Afif Hossain, who took In the 1000th Twenty 20 internation- the game. a brilliant catch of his own bowling. Dube al game, defying all odds and breaking the He hammered Khaleel Ahmed for four played just four balls in his maiden outing duck of eight defeats, Tigers finally got back to back boundaries in the penultimate and scored one run. their moment in front of close to 25 thou- over to put his side on the cusp of victo- India’s 100 runs came in 15.4 overs and sand people gathered here at Feroz Shah ry and with 4 runs needed off the last over, at the end of 16, India's scorecard was stuck Kotla ground. skipper Mahmudullah finished the busi- at 102 for the loss of five wickets. Chasing the target of 149 runs to win, ness with a six between the mid-wicket and It was an ideal condition for Rishabh the visitors never looked in trouble dur- long-on in the third ball. Pant to prove his worth in the national ing the chase and reached the target in For India, Chahar, Chahal and Khaleel colours as he was the only recognized bats- 19.3 overs. got a wicket each for 24,24 and 37 runs man left at the crease, but he again disap- Former skipper Rahim, who failed to respectively. pointed and was caught out for 27 runs in take his side past the finish line in the 2016 Earlier batting first after losing toss, 26 balls near the boundary line in second T20 World Cup match at M Chinnaswamy, Indian batsman failed to impress in slow ball of the penultimate over. kept his nerve calm this time and made full Kotla track but an astonishing late firework With only 10 balls left in the innings, use of the dropped catch by Krunal by two left-handed bowling all-rounders it was time for Krunal Pandya and Pandya in the third ball of 18th over to fin- Krunal Pandya (15 runs from eight balls, Washington Sundar to play some short but ish the game. one four and one six) and Washington important cameo. And they did the same He remained not out on 60 runs from Sundar (14 runs from five balls, two sixes) by scoring 28 runs in the last 10 balls 43 balls which included 8 fours and 1 six. , lift India to fighting total of 148 runs for remaining. In reply to hosts 148, Bangladesh too loss of 6 wickets. The left-hand duo hammered Shafiul suffered an early setback like India in the India started in style with skipper Rohit Islam for 14 runs in the 19th over, in which first over, as opening batsman Liton Das Sharma (9), who is now the leading run- Sundar smashed six at mid-wicket. was caught by KL Rahul for 7 runs in four scorer for Men in Blue in this format of the And then produce 16 runs from the last balls off Deepak Chahar. game and also the most capped player, over bowled by Al Amin Hossain. Krunal But his opening partner Mohammad scored boundary in the first ball of the Bangladesh introduced right arm leg- India’s first fifty runs came in 7.4 overs In the eleventh over of the innings, Pandya finished the proceedings with a big Naim (26 runs in 28 balls, 2 fours and 1 match but the right-handed batsman was break 19-year old Aminul Islam in the first when Shikhar Dhawan punched a four on Shreyas Iyer once again tried to go for a big six over mid-wicket in the last ball of the six) and one-down Soumya Sarkar (39 out lbw by Shafiul Islam in the last ball of over after the powerplay and the young leg- the short fine leg to Soumya Sarkar. hit against Aminul Islam but this time the innings. runs in 35 balls, 1 four and 2 sixes) then the same over, giving hosts an early setback. gie got rid of KL Rahul (15 runs in 17 balls, Shreyas was looking in good touch and Bangla teenager got lucky and the For the visitors, 19-year old leg spin- added 46 runs for the second wicket in 42 KL Rahul came to bat at number three 2 fours) in the third ball of his spell, the in the ninth over of innings, he again ham- Mumbaikar was caught near the boundary ner Aminul Islam and pacer Shafiul Islam balls to lead the side back into the game and he along with local boy Shikhar Karnataka opener was caught by Tigers cap- mered Aminul to a big six, this time straight line by debutant Mohammad Naim. got two wickets each for 22 and 36 runs before the young debutant was caught by Dhawan keep the scoreboard ticking but the tain Mahmudullah Riyad. down the ground to pace up India’s scor- He scored 22 runs in 13 balls which respectively. While Afif Hossain impressed Shikhar Dhawan in Yuzvendra Chahal’s duo struggles to get boundaries. Shreyas Iyer enters the field to bat at ing rate. included one four and 2 big sixes. in his spell of three overs, giving just 11 runs first over. At the end of the first six overs, India four and he gets into action straight away By the end of 10 overs, India managed After his departure, Rishabh Pant and getting rid of Shivam Dube. Mushfiqur Rahim enters the field to was 35 for 1, with only three boundaries hitting a flat six over deep extra cover in the to reach 69 runs for the loss of two wick- came to the crease and all the attention shift- Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah bat at four and he along with Soumya coming to the five overs. last ball of Aminul's over. ets. ed to the two local lads to take India for- used eight bowlers for the allotted 20 overs. # '+0$)) *0' * * 0 :
>( (0'-! '+$ & .+/0. with opener Babar Azam handed the captain’s arm- akistan were saved by the band. & 1022'/@#7/ Prain Sunday as persistent The world’s top-ranked showers halted a rampant Twenty20 batsman led from he safe hands of Colin de Aaron Finch as Australia the front, stroking a classy TGrandhomme proved cru- headed for victory in their unbeaten 59 after they were cial as New Zealand drew level opening Twenty20 interna- sent into bat, with the 25- with England 1-1 in their tional. year-old smacking five fours Twenty20 international series in The visitors managed and two sixes in his 38-ball Wellington on Sunday. 107 for five in a reduced 15 knock. While de Grandhomme overs due to the weather at It was a decent recovery was pouching all four skied balls the Sydney Cricket Ground, by the visitors after opener that went his way, England with Australia set a target of Fakhar Zaman was out first were left to rue an uncomfort- 119 under the Duckworth- ball, hitting a swinging able day in the field with six Lewis-Stern (DLS) method. Mitchell Starc delivery spilled chances including three With dark clouds loom- straight to Steve Smith at by James Vince. ing, Finch plundered 37 off backward point. New Zealand, who suffered the first 3.1 overs, leaving That brought Haris a seven-wicket loss in the first David Warner, who scored Sohail to the crease, but he match on Friday, were sent in to 217 without losing his wick- made a poor decision in bat first and made their most of a ball to spare. After England lost Johnny et in his previous three going after Kane Richardson the errant fielding to post 176 Mitchell Santner claimed Bairstow first ball, and Vince in innings, a mere spectator at too early, top-edging to Smith for eight. three for 25 while Tim Southee, the second over, Morgan (32) the other end. He finished to leave the visitors struggling Martin Guptill at the top of Lockie Ferguson and Ish Sodhi and Dawid Malan (39) set about Sunday not out on two. at 10 for two. the innings clouted 41 off 28 took two wickets apiece. rebuilding the innings. But the heavens opened on track to get them was “But it’s part of the rules But Azam and deliveries, while Jimmy England captain Eoin But when Morgan gave de again, with Australia, fresh nice.” and you can’t do much about Mohammad Rizwan steadied Neesham belted 42 off 22, Morgan said it was easy to Grandhomme his first catch, the from a 3-0 whitewash of Sri A valid result would have it.” the ship and began building 70 ' ! including four sixes, before he analyse the reasons for the loss, wickets fell regularly with only Lanka, stranded on 41 with- been declared if 11 more balls Pakistan came into the a solid partnership, pushing was removed on the final ball of and the issues were repairable. Chris Jordan (36 off 19) provid- out loss when the match was had been bowled under DLS, series as the world's leading the scoreboard along with )** *7 $' the innings. “We dropped catches and ing any solid resistance at the abandoned, with no result but a 20-minute break team in the short format, but clever running and quality De Grandhomme also we continued to lose wickets," lower part of the batting order. declared. between innings, when it were also reeling from an shots. pushed the pace, facing only 12 he said. Malan fell to an exception- “It’s frustrating,” said the wasn't raining, prevented this embarrassing 3-0 home They reached the 10- '/= $ !+Q* balls for a whirlwind 28. “We need to keep the al diving catch by Guptill who Australian skipper. from happening. series loss to Sri Lanka last over mark at 64 for two but England in reply looked attacking positive mindset. I also accounted for the wicket of “But you can’t do too “If you’re cutting overs month. Rizwan soon fell for an enter- /01 +023' comfortable at 91 for four in the think it’s important to make Jordan in a polished New much about the weather. We off the game and you still They removed skipper taining 31 after trying to clear 11th over before New Zealand mistakes, but I think the most Zealand fielding performance. played really well. To restrict have a 20 minute break it Sarfaraz Ahmed and the boundary rope off spin- hree-time World Junior Wrestling removed the remaining six important part is to learn from Game three in the series is in them to 107 off 15 overs was doesn't make much sense to dumped several other play- ner Ashton Agar, only for Pat TChampionships medallist Sajan wickets to end the innings with them.” Nelson on Tuesday. a great effort and then to be me,” said Finch. ers in a bid for a fresh start, Cummins take an easy catch. Bhanwal (77kg) missed out on winning a bronze medal in Greco-Roman catego- ry at the UWW Under-23 World Championships 2019 in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday. Turkey’s Serkan ‘India need to work on finishing and deep defence’ Akkoyun proved too strong and won 10- 1 by Superiority in the bronze medal con- test. 3(/0 16 Netherlands in January next The Indian contingent will, howev- year. er, still have one final chance to win a ndeavouring to accomplish After Netherlands, India bronze as Ravi reached the repechage in Ean “unfinished” task at the will host Belgium and Australia 97kg. Ravi’s run had earlier ended in the Tokyo Olympics, Indian men’s in February before embarking pre-quarter-finals when he was blanked hockey team coach Graham on overseas tours. 8-0 by Georgian grappler, Giorgi Melia. Reid wants strikers with incred- Reid believed playing But with the latter making it to the final, ible finishing skills and a strong- against top teams will be handy Ravi was presented with yet another ly fortified defence. for his side in its preparation chance to fight for a medal. The Australian oversaw for the Games. Ravi now needs to win just one bout India’s entry into next year’s “That’s one of the things in repechage to enter the bronze medal quadrennial extravaganza with that Pro League does, that it play-off on the final day of the competi- victories over Russia in FIH’s sets up competition schedule tion. Qualifiers. between now and Olympics,” 7 5 Among other results of the day, Reid was part of the team he said. Arjun Halakurki lost his 55kg repechage that won silver at the 1992 "It’s great that we have a bout 2-10 to Norayr Hakhoyan of Barcelona Olympics but, as a squad of 33, which may have to Armenia. In 87kg, Sunil Kumar raised coach, he had a disastrous cam- become 32. Pro League is a big =)=)4 hopes of a bronze when he emerged vic- paign at the 2016 Rio Games, as opportunity, to work out for torious by 5-3 in his first repechage bout the Kookaburras crashed out in the Olympics and there are a 3(/0 16 goal in the 49th minute on Saturday. against Aleksandar Georgije Stjepanetic the quarterfinals. lot of games during that peri- Taking to Twitter, the India skipper of Sweden. However, his hopes were “Obviously, I have an unfin- od. he Indian women’s hockey team has also said her team will give their best in dashed in the second repechage bout ished business. You always “If all of them play all Tconfirmed a place in the Tokyo the preparations for the mega event in when Croatia’s Ivan Huklek beat him 6- dream of an Olympics podium those games, they will be in Olympics after surviving an extraordi- Tokyo next year. 3. finish. I was lucky to win one as bring to this team and give it a need to get better in is finishing. their best shape to play at the nary fightback from the US in the sec- “With a collective effort of our team None of the other Indians could man- a player and those memories are big shot (in Tokyo),” the 55- We are creating a lot of oppor- Olympics,” Reid added. ond leg of their Olympic qualifier at the members, coaches & support staff we age to win a round. In 60kg qualifiers, things you hold on to,” said Reid year-old coach said. tunities, which is great. But we India captain Manpreet Kalinga stadium even as an elated skip- have qualified for Tokyo Olympics but Sachin Rana was shown the door in a 5- after India confirmed their “I told the players just now need to get more returns. Singh congratulated their female per Rani Rampal on Sunday credited her we will work hard for next 8 months to 2 win by China’s Liguo Cao while Rahul place at the Tokyo Games on that we have nine months “Also in deep defence, we counterparts, who too have team members, coaches and support perform our best in Tokyo 2020,” she was blanked 0-8 by Russia’s Magomed Saturday. (before Olympics). Just get bet- have to get tighter. We are still sealed an Olympic berth by staff for the achievement. tweeted on Sunday. Yarbilov in the same round of 72kg. Eight-time champions India ter and better, that’s our plan. giving away too many oppor- beating USA 6-5 on aggregate. In their game against the US, the The skipper also thanked the Union Neeraj too failed to make any impact as qualified after thrashing Russia Focus on the process, result will tunities (to opponents),” he “It’s quite good that the opponents fought back from a 5-1 Sports Minister and the national feder- he went down 1-10 to Serbia’s Branko 7-1 in the second game to win take care of itself.” said. women too have qualified. They deficit in the first leg to level the score ation for showing faith in her team. Kovacevic in the qualifying bout in 82kg. the double-leg FIH Olympic Reid said his players will After opting out of the did a lot of hard work and got 5-5 in the first half. However, India put “Thanks to Hockey India, Kiren Ravinder (67kg) started his campaign Qualifiers 11-3 on aggregate at look to polish their game in the inaugural edition last year, the goal in the final minutes up an improved performance in the sec- Rijiju Sir, Sports Authority of India from the pre-quarter-finals but could not the Kalinga Stadium here. coming months. India will make their debut in after being down 0-4. They ond half with skipper Rani Rampal scor- (SAI), friends, family and fans for overcome the first hurdle as he was edged “That’s what we need to “I think for me what we the FIH Pro League against the deserve it,” he said. ing what turned out to be the winning believing in us,” she added. 2-1 by Haci Karakus of Turkey.