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Interview: Ambassador Modi at Astana: Apart from Dr. Bhai Vir Interview: Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das SCO membership, nothing Singh -the Sixth Syed Akbaruddin 2 8 much to come of summit 16 River of Punjab 19 UK General Elections: It's all over for Theresa May ‘Lies, Plain and Simple’: James Comey

LONDON (TIP): With "We are under Siege": President Trump 646 of 650 results out, it is now clear no party has the Trump's personal counsel accuses Comey of leaking "classified information" majority to form the government. As things I.S. Saluja stood on Friday morning, WASHINGTON (TIP): In season of the Conservatives had won hurricanes, one political hurricane could turn out to be 314 seats, a loss of 12, while historic- the Comey testimony. In his testimony before Labour had won 261, a gain the Senate Intelligence Committee, June 8, former FBI of 29. Theresa May refuses to Director James Comey affirmed his belief that However, Theresa May is quit despite hung President Trump fired him "because of the Russia refusing to quit as Prime parliament investigation." He did not accuse the president of Minister despite her obstructing justice, leaving that question up to Robert disastrous election night as the UK voted for a hung Mueller, the appointed special counsel. In response, parliament. Trump's personal lawyer accused Comey-inaccurately Mrs. May's decision to call a snap election though-of leaking "classified information", referring to backfired in spectacular fashion as she lost the the memos Comey had drafted regarding his Conservatives' majority in the House of Commons as conversations with the president. Labour made significant gains. Ousted FBI director James Comey testified before the Mrs. May is now scrambling to try and form a Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, June 8, and government, potentially with the help of the didn't pull any punches when discussing President Democratic Unionist Party and while the DUP has Trump. Here are five takeaways from his blockbuster signaled a willingness to do a deal its leader Arlene testimony. Foster has expressed doubts that the Prime Minister "Lies, plain and simple": Throughout his testimony, can "survive". Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, has Comey accused Mr. Trump of misleading Americans Fired FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence urged Mrs. May to resign as he said she should "go about the nature of his tenure at the Bureau and his Committee, June 8, 2017. Seen to his right is Committee Chairman Richard Burr, contd on page 32 contd on page 28 Republican of North Carolina CNN screenshot Indus-American Bank will merge US to host PM Modi later UK gets 1st female Sikh, this month: State Dept with BCB Community Bank WASHINGTON 1st turbaned MP in (TIP): The US is BCB Bancorp, Inc. to Acquire IA Bancorp, Inc. looking forward to General Election The merger is expected to close in the fourth host Prime Minister Narendra LONDON (TIP): Britain on Friday,June 9, got quarter of 2017 Modi in its first female Sikh and first turban-wearing MP EDISON, NJ (TIP): Washington later as the General Election results began pouring in BCB Bancorp, Inc., this month, the with Indian-origin Labour Party candidates based in Bayonne, the State Department winning more seats than their rival holding company for has said. Conservatives. Labour Party candidate Preet Preet Kaur Gill and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi. BCB Community "We look India's PM Kaur Gill won her Birmingham Edgbaston seat Bank, has announced forward to having Narendra Modi is contd on page 32 Photo / expected to meet it has entered into a the (Indian) Prime President Trump definitive merger Minister here in later this month agreement, with IA Washington- I Bancorp, Inc., believe it's later this month," State pursuant to which the Department Spokesperson Heather company will acquire Nauert told reporters at her daily news IAB and its wholly conference, June 8. owned subsidiary, Modi is expected to travel to Anil Bansal, Chairman of the Indus-American Washington at the invitation of US Board of Directors of IAB, said, Bank. Upon President for a meeting "We believe our loyal Indus- consummation of the at the White House later this month. American Bank customers and merger, Indus- Actual date of the meeting has not been shareholders will greatly American announced yet. benefit from this merger. contd on page 28 contd on pag e 32

104-02, 120th Street, S. Richmond Hill, NY 11419 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 INTERVIEW FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 “We are working to take the Third International Day of Yoga celebrations to New Heights” Consul General Riva Ganguly Das

Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das, on June 7, spoke candidly with The Indian Panorama Editor Prof. Indrajit S Saluja What is your message to people on this about preparations for the celebration of the third edition of International Day of Yoga occasion? After the overwhelming success of last two years International Day of Yoga celebrations, the Consulate As our life becomes more and more stressful, General of India in New York is all set to make it larger in the third year. as we are dealing with health issues, The Consulate General of India, New York in association with local Indian community and associations, Yoga shows us the way,Ayurveda shows us the way. Do come in large numbers on 19th June in is organizing a series of Yoga related events in and States under its jurisdiction. Battery Park. There will be a red carpet where you can pose and take your pictures. We should In an exclusive interview with The Indian Panorama, Consul General of India in New York, Ambassador all come together to show Indians can promote Riva Ganguly Das shared the details of their flagship event and the preparations they are taking to make something which is so ancient. Please do register it 'More successful' than previous editions. on our website: http;//www.indiacgny.org. registration.php We are trying to target people from the offices around. Our partners are Art of Living What kind of preparations you have Foundation, Hindu Temple, and Urban Yogis. made to go beyond the achievements The Urban Yogis are from Brooklyn and they in the last two years? are African Americans. Eddie Stern is their yoga guru who will conduct a session. Like previous years, we are going to do a Battery Park event will start with some large number of events with the help of our music, yoga shlokas, Bharatnatyam dance. valuable partners and Indian community, There will be yoga session by Hindu temple. various temples, non-profits, and other Children from Malakhamba Yoga will also cultural organizations. We have done a printed participate. We will round up the evening with pamphlet this year with the list of events. a music performance. The whole purpose is to Among all events, two stand out this year. make general New Yorkers understand how First one is the Times Square event on 21st much yoga can help you in dealing with your morning which is organized by Times Square everyday life. Alliance. It's a magnificent event. They start Any other interesting thing you want very early in the morning and thousands of people gather there to participate. It presents a to share? beautiful sight of people doing Surya Yes. Yoga is being done by NYPD. There is Namaskar and yogic asanas in an impressive one inspector who is posted in Queens. Her setting. name is Inspector Colleen Quinn who has been This year AAPI (American Association of practicing yoga for a while. She is a great Physicians of Indian Origin) is doing a Yoga advocate of promoting yoga in the law session with Baba Ramdev in Atlantic City on enforcement and says yoga helps her to deal June 24, from 5 to 7 in the morning and we are with the stress in her job. She will demonstrate joining them. This is a combined effort of yoga with NYPD officers. AAPI and the Consulate. The hope is Will there be any event at the everybody will turn up in the morning. Baba Ramdev will conduct yoga exercises with the airports? AAPI group. It's very significant that the Yes. Art of Living and Sahaja Yoga will be doctors' group is doing yoga. That connection hosting sessions at Newark airport on June 15. should not be missed. Have you ever considered that how What is different this year? yoga can be a source of big It's our flagship event at the Battery Park - business? the iconic venue of New York City. We have been working for several months with the Right now, we are in the phase of promoting Public Advocate's Office. We got excellent yoga. Government is not into business. Now, cooperation from the Mayor's office and park the whole idea is to take ownership of yoga. authorities. On the 19th June evening, we are Many people don't even relate yoga to India. hosting the session right in front of the Yoga belongs to India and that is what we are CastleClinton from 5 to 8.30 pm. promoting. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 NEW YORK 3 Corrections Chair David Weprin, Assembly INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA AT THE member Carmen De La RosaCall for 7-Day NEW YORK (TIP): The celebration of the 2017 International Day of Yoga will Visitation at NY Medium Security Prisons be held in the evening of Tuesday 20 June 2017 at 1800 ALBANY, NEW YORK (TIP): Assemblyman David Weprin, hrs at the North Lawns, United Chair of the Assembly Committee on Correction, and Nations (UN Secretariat Assemblymember De La Rosa called for the restoration of Building, entrance from 46th seven day visiting at New York State medium-security prisons Street, 1st Avenue), New York. as well as for the reinstatement of free transportation for the The event is being organized inmate visiting program. by the Permanent Mission of A7241 (Weprin) restores seven day visitation in medium India to the United Nations in security facilities, which already exists in minimum and association with the maximum security facilities. The bill would also codify the Department of Public already operational seven day prison visiting programs at Information, United Nations. minimum and maximum security DOCCS facilities. A7016 (De This will be the third celebration of the International Day of La Rosa) restores transportation for visitors from certain Yoga at the UN. The UN General Assembly Resolution cities to state correctional facilities. Operational from 1976 - A/Res/69/131, which was adopted by acclamation in 2011, the transportation program allowed for bus service on December 2014 with a record number of 177 co-sponsoring weekends from New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, and member states, established the International Day of Yoga for Albany to every prison in the state. observance by the United Nations on 21 June each year. Assemblymembers Carmen De La Rosa, Clyde Vanel, David "The amount gained by limiting visitation in our prisons Weprin and Karen Murtagh, Executive Director of Prisoners' The idea for declaring an International Day of Yoga at the does not match what is lost" said Assemblyman David Weprin Legal Services of New York (PLS) United Nations was formally proposed by the Hon'ble Prime "Increased visiting has been proven to reduce recidivism, as Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, in his maiden address visits help family members maintain ties and help reason why we should not reduce visitation to see incarcerated to the 69th UNGA on 27 September 2014. The Hon'ble Prime incarcerated individuals transition to a life outside prison individuals. I respect the process of criminal justice but, I also Minister had indicated that 21 June, one of the two solstices, after release" said Assemblyman David Weprin, Chair of the respect the difficult feelings that families must feel wanting to which marks the longest day in the northern hemisphere, has Assembly Committee on Correction. "On top of that, there is spend more time with their loved ones. As a member whose special significance in many parts of the world, and could be evidence to suggest that more visiting means less violence in communities have the highest composition on Rikers Island considered for adoption as the International Day of Yoga by prisons, which means a better work environment for both and who has relatives who were previously incarcerated and the United Nations each year. Prime Minister Modi had said civilian and security employees in New York's prisons. And turned their lives around, criminal justice reform is personal. "Yoga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; even if we look at it from a cost standpoint, reduced recidivism Both houses of this Legislature agree on the efficacy of inmate restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a would greatly lower costs for the state in the long term." visitation programs. It is shown unequivocally that, while holistic approach to health and well being." "As a member of the Assembly Corrections Committee, I am having a low cost to tax payers, programs such as these yield For more information on the program, please contact the proud to be the lead sponsor of A.7016 which reinstates the free incredibly productive results, such as reducing the rate of Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations at E-mail: transportation systems for visits to state prisons. This system recidivism significantly. I proudly support this legislation and [email protected] or visit was operational in our state from 1973 to 2011, when it was both our Corrections Committee Chairman David Weprin and https://www.pminewyork.org/idvi eliminated for a cost savings of $1.5 Million in a Department of Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa, for the outstanding For visitors who do not hold UN Ground Pass, UN Security Corrections budget of $3 Billion. Studies have shown that work they have done in bringing this piece of policy forward. will issue name-specific entry passes for which registration is family visitation contributes to reductions in recidivism and Together, we are here to help New Yorkers, not hurt them a must (link given in the invitation). Entry to the venue is from improved inmate behavior which results in safer prisons and further" said Assemblymember Michael A. Blake. the 46th Street, 1st Avenue entrance. In addition to the UN cost savings in the long run" said Assemblywoman Carmen De "We need to break the cycle of broken families by supporting Security access pass, a government-issued photo La Rosa." There are close to 100,000 children in our New York programs that help mend, build and maintain family identification (which matches with the name given for UN State who have an incarcerated parent. When you look at relationships during incarceration," said Karen Murtagh, Security pass) is required to enter the premises. communities who have families that have been historically Executive Director of Prisoners' Legal Services of New York and disproportionately affected by criminal justice policies in (PLS). "The evidence is irrefutable that strengthening family our state, it is incumbent upon us to find solutions that foster ties during incarceration helps reduce recidivism and After 30th June 2017, PIO Cards a family's ability to maintain relationships. Today, I am proud increases the well-being of the children. That is why PLS to join Chair Weprin to advocate for the passage of these two wholeheartedly supports Assemblyman Weprin's bill A7241 to will not be valid for travel to India pieces of legislation, as I believe they embody the values of restore seven day visitation in medium security facilities and fter 30th restorative justice and further our goals of criminal justice Assemblymember De La Rosa's bill A7016 to restore June, please reform." transportation for visitors from certain cities to state Adon't travel "We should do more, not less to unite families. That is a core correctional facilities." to India with a PIO card. You will be denied entry. Please Mayor Bill de Blasio hosts Iftar Roko Cancer Awarded with don't inconvenience yourselves. Either party Social Organization of the Year convert your PIO to OCI or apply for a Visa", said India's Award Consul General in New York Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das. The Consul General appealed to the Indian American PIO card holders to immediately convert their cards. Now the consulate is doing the conversion free of cost but after 30th a penalty fee could be added. PIO Card holders: Please note that the last date for conversion of PIO cards to OCI cards is 30th June 2017. Beyond 30th June, 2017, PIO Cards will not be valid for travel to India. All PIO Card holders are requested to immediately apply for conversion of PIO Cards to OCI Cards at this link " https://www.in.ckgs.us ". It may be noted that the processing time taken for conversion is 10 days minimum and applicants Smt. Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Health & Family may plan their travel to India accordingly. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the first lady Chirlane McCray hosted Welfare, presenting the Social On the subject of issuing passports toIndians who sought Bohra community leader Ahmed Shakir and his wife at the organization of the year award to Roko Cancer Charitable political asylum here, the Consul General said, "Across the Trust officials Iftar Party at Gracie Mansion, June 1 board now there is some liberalization. Those who are known NEW YORK (TIP): Roko Cancer Charitable trust again to repeatedly criticize the Indian Government, questioning NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio Blasio proved itself to be always ready to compete for excellence by the idea of Indian nation, India's territorial hosted Iftar Party on 1st June at Gracie Mansion, his official winning Social organization of the year award under integrity/sovereigntyor who have serious issues, will still be residence. There was a small gathering of selected invitees ASSOCHAM's Women's Health Excellence Awards 2017. denied passport. But that category apart, those who have which included Muslim community leaders and consul This award distinguishes Roko Cancer as an organization sought asylum and want to have a passport can send email to generals from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey etc. striving to serve the community with commitment. This us or come with their documents to the consulate at the open The Mayor spoke about protecting all religions & faiths and award is certainly an honor for the organization. house on first and third Wednesdays in the morning and all people from all walks of life. He emphasized that safety & The award was presented by Smt. Anupriya Patel, Minister afternoon respectively. But please do not go to third parties protection of all New Yorkers was the primary concern of of State for Health & Family Welfare, Government of India in because they really don't know the rules and regulations. Don't hisadministration. . get misguided and don't pay any extra money." THE INDIAN PANORAMA 4 INDIAN ABROAD FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 Indian American Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion suffers Indian-American among 12 racially insensitive remarks new astronauts chosen by NASA Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Hindu Congressman Tulsi Gabbard lash out at the anchors NASA's Newest Astronaut Recruits to Conduct Research off the for playing into stereotypes Earth, For the Earth and Deep Space Missions

The latest Scripps National Spelling Bee Champ Ananya Vinay was subjected to a racial remark at a CNN interview

WASHINGTON (TIP): Alisyn Camerota, host of CNN's New Day, made a racially insensitive remark to a 12-year-old guest who had just won a national spelling bee while interviewing her on-air on Friday. Camerota was interviewing Ananya Vinay, a young girl of Indian origin, about her recent win Thursday at the Scripps Vice President Mike Pence speaks at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39, is a National Spelling Bee competition, one of the most recognized following the introduction of NASA's 2017 astronaut candidate class on June 7, 2017. commander of the 461st Flight Test spelling competitions in the U.S. Camerota and her co-host In the front row, from left to right, are , Bob Hines, , Squadron and the director of the F-35 Chris Cuomo jokingly asked her to spell the word "covfefe." Raja Chari, , ; back row, from left to right are Jessica Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Watkins, Frank Rubio, Loral O' Hara, , and . "Covfefe" is the unintentional typo made by President Donald Force Base in California. Trump during an unfinished tweet that was accidentally Photo courtesy NASA Photo courtesy NASA published on Twitter. The word had become an since then, spawning a seemingly endless amount of jokes, HOUSTON (TIP): American space have the resources it needs to "make astronaut candidate. including one from Trump himself. agency Nasa has chosen 12 new history" - even though the president's Bob Hines, a 42-year-old Nasa research Vinay attempted to spell the word, but left out the "v." astronauts, including an Indian- budget request cuts funding and cancels pilot is based at Johnson Space Center Camerota corrected her, calling it a "nonsense word," then American, from a record number of over certain programs at the agency. since 2012. Hines hails from Harrisburg remarked to Vinay about not being sure if the root of the word 18,000 applicants, who will be trained for He also mentioned that Nasa would in Pennsylvania. He attended the Air comes from Sanskrit, "which is probably what you're used to missions into Earth orbit and to deep continue to collaborate with the Force Test Pilot School for his Master's using." space. commercial space industry in the future. degree in flight test engineering. He has Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and The seven men and five women While delivering the speech, Pence served in the US Air Force and Air Force HinduCongressman Tulsi Gabbard lashed out at the anchors comprise the 22nd class of American touted the merits of the new astronaut Reserves for 18 years. for playing into stereotypes. spaceflight trainees since 1959. This is the class. Warren "Woody" Hoburg, a 31-year-old "It's disappointing that a segment which should have honored largest group Nasa has selected in almost "The courage of these men and women, assistant professor of aeronautics and the accomplishments of Vinay instead other-ised her and the two decades. and all the astronauts who have gone astronautics at MIT from Pittsburg, Indian-American community by playing into stereotypes," It was selected from a record 18,300 before, inspires me to this very day," he Pennsylvania, has earned a doctorate in Indian American Congressman from Illinois Krishnamoorthi applicants - more than Nasa has ever had said. and computer said. during an open astronaut call. The 12 new candidates include six science from the University of California, "The hosts' treatment of Sanskrit is also insensitive to the To get picked, people had to meet some military officers, three scientists, two Berkley. language's rich, ongoing sacred tradition and continues a physical requirements as well as certain medical doctors, a lead engineer at Jonny Kim, a 33-year-old Navy troubling trend in the network's treatment of Hinduism which education and experience criteria - such SpaceX and a Nasa research pilot. lieutenant and SEAL, who has been on was also evident on the network's program, Believer," as having a bachelor's degree in a STEM Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39, is a active duty reserve while completing his Krishnamoorthi said. field or accumulating up to 1,000 hours of commander of the 461st Flight Test residency at Massachusetts General This is "Further evidence of the need for America in general, piloting jets. Squadron and the director of the F-35 Hospital. and CNN in particular, to get educated about Hinduism and But it's clear that this new class greatly Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Robb Kulin, the 33-year-old lead of the India," said Tulsi Gabbard, the Hindu Congresswoman from surpasses all the minimum skills that Force Base in California. Launch Chief Engineering group at Hawaii. Nasa requires. Hailing from Waterloo, Iowa, Chari SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. He has Added to CNN slur was a comment by Roxanne Vaughan, a After completing two years of training, earned a Master's degree in aeronautics previous experience as an ice driller in professor of biomedical sciences at the University of North the new astronaut candidates could be and astronautics from MIT and graduated Antarctica on the West Antarctic Ice Dakota, reportedly "under fire" over a misinterpreted Facebook assigned to missions performing research from the US Naval Test Pilot School. His Sheet and Taylor Glaciers and as a comment about Ananya Vinay. on the International Space Station, father is from India. commercial fisherman in Chignik, Professor has since clarified his comment about Indian launching from American soil on Lt Kayla "Sax" Barron, 29, is a US Navy Alaska. American Spelling Bee Winner and apologized. spacecraft built by commercial submarine officer from Richland, Major Jasmin Moghbeli, 33, is a quality The Grand Forks Herald and WDAZ-ABC reported this week companies, and flying on deep space Washington. A member of the US Navy's assurance and avionics officer for the that Vaughan wrote of Vinay, who is of Indian descent, "I'm missions on Nasa's new Orion spacecraft first class of women commissioned into Marine Corps' Operational Test and sure she's an immigrant, not worthy of interacting with our and Space Launch System rocket. the submarine community,Barron comes Evaluation Squadron 1 in Yuma, Arizona. pure Americans. Send her back." Vice President Mike Pence joined Nasa to Nasa from the Naval Academy in Loral O'Hara, a 34-year-old research A campus spokesperson reportedly said Vaughan's comment leaders, including acting administrator Annapolis, Maryland, where she has been engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic was "certainly not in keeping with university statement core Robert Lightfoot and director of flight serving as the Flag Aide to the Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, values," adding, "We know we have work to do in that area and operations Brian Kelly,in Houston, Texas Superintendent. who calls Sugar Land, Texas, home. this underscores the fact that we have a lot of work to do." to announce the new astronaut Zena Cardman, a 29-year-old is a Francisco Rubio, is a 41-year-old major, Vaughan said via email Tuesday that her remark -- as many candidates, or "ascans". geobiologist who had done research at serving as a surgeon for the 3rd Battalion might suspect -- was posted sarcastically,in response to current The event was set inside the Johnson Penn State University in Pennsylvania. of the Army's 10th Special Forces Group. political rhetoric surrounding immigration. She attempted to Space Centre's Space Vehicle Mockup Her research was focused on He earned a Doctorate of Medicine from clarify her point after someone misunderstood and removed the Facility in front of a full-scale microorganisms in subsurface the Uniformed Services University of the post within five minutes to avoid further confusion, she added. engineering model of Nasa's Orion environments, ranging from caves to deep Health Sciences. "I was led to make a remark on my Facebook page that I spacecraft, which the new astronauts sea sediments. , a 28-year-old phrased as sarcasm to convey my belief that our society is might fly in the coming years on missions Lt Commander Matthew Dominick, the postdoctoral fellow at the California strengthened by the presence of diverse cultures and that beyond low Earth orbit. 35-year-old department is the head for the Institute of Technology (Caltech), where exclusion of any group robs us of these benefits," Vaughan said. Pence said that President Donald US Navy's Strike Fighter Squadron 115. she collaborates on Nasa's Mars Science "I sincerely regret that I wrote this comment in a way that could Trump is "firmly committed" to Nasa's Born and raised in Wheat Ridge, Laboratory for the Curiosity rover. She be misinterpreted, and that it may have caused any pain or fear mission in space and that "America will Colorado, Dominick was at sea on the USS has worked at Nasa's Ames Research to [students], who above all else should trust their faculty." lead the way in space once again." Ronald Reagan when he got the call on Center in northern California. (Source: Inside Higher Ed) He said that Nasa would continue to May 25 saying he had been selected as an (Source: NASA) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 5 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 7 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017

GUEST COMMENT AS I SEE IT Modi at Astana: Apart from SCO membership, Son of an Indian Immigrant is set to be Ireland's new leader nothing much to come of summit eo Varadkar, the son of an Indian immigrant, is set to be Indo-Pak relations have a more complex Ireland's Prime Minister after he won an internal Lcontest to lead the Centre-right Fine Gael, the senior pathology for their downward spiral. Modi coalition partner in the Republic's minority government. The came to power wanting to break the old outspoken Mr. Varadkar, the incumbent Social Protection By KC Singh Minister, is to take over the reins of the party and country cycle“ of talks and terror. He chose theatrical from Enda Kenny, who is stepping down after heading the rime Minister Narendra Modi, party for 15 years and the country for six. Mr. Varadkar will be from May 29 to June 3, careened and personalized engagement with Sharif to Ireland's first-ever openly gay Prime Minister with minority Pthrough Germany, , Russia and immigrant roots. He is just 38 years old, and thus in a club and France. The world has changed so leap over the complexities constricting a of young world leaders with France's Emmanuel Macron and dramatically in the three years he has Pakistani leader, ranging from his relations Canada's Justin Trudeau. While it is indeed remarkable that a held office that he was literally on a person of Mr. Varadkar's background has been elected to lead new pilgrimage. There is a law of with the army to pressure by jehadis with vote Ireland, what is even more striking is that during the ruling diminishing returns in diplomacy. For party's elections voters focused not on his background but on instance, if you do not finalize a free banks, and finally, his own credibility after the his policies. This speaks volumes for how far the country has trade agreement with the EU, the Panama Papers revelations", says the author come on its social attitudes. Ireland is deeply religious. bilateral investment treaties having Catholicism, the state religion, has a far-reaching influence on lapsed, their excitement about India many aspects of Irish life, including birth, death and marriage. begins to abate. including first backing the use of pellet Abortions, except to save the mother's life, are illegal; divorce, Putin seemed to toy with Modi, guns, and now human shield, on the legalized in the 1990s, requires a four-year separation; and gay realizing that in a Trumpian world pretext of Army and security forces marriage was legalized just recently. Indian strategic options had narrowed. being above debate, may consolidate a As Prime Minister, Mr. Kenny steered Ireland out of the He was not aligning against China and domestic vote bank, but ignores financial collapse of 2008-2010 and campaigned, successfully, Pakistan. In fact, keeping Modi beside domestic law and international for the European Union (EU) to recognize Ireland's unique him during his interview with Megyn humanitarian norms. At any rate, it position during the forthcoming Brexit negotiations between Kelly, whom Trump detests and who even betrays ignorance of the counter- Brussels and London. The Republic of Ireland is contiguous has traded CNN for NBC, Putin caused insurgency doctrine which rests on with Northern Ireland, and therefore the only EU country that embarrassment to the Indian guest winning the confidence of the people to shares a land border with the U.K. Mr. Kenny leaves office when questions on Trump campaign isolate mischief-makers. having convinced the EU to address the fallout for Ireland links to Russia were answered Thus, as the Indian and Pakistani during Brexit negotiations. He also leaves Mr. Varadkar a contemptuously. leaders descend on Astana, both have vastly improved economy, with an unemployment rate close to PM Modi now heads to the new constraints. Modi cannot engage 7%, about half of what it was in 2012. Mr. Varadkar will now Cooperation Organization (SCO) Sharif unless the Kulbhushan Jadhav have to build on his predecessor's success and address his Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan on June case can be resolved. Coincidently, the failures, including a severe housing shortage and a police 8-9, where India and Pakistan are to be next ICJ hearing is the day the SCO Prime Minister Narendra Modi and service that has demonstrated an ability to collude with other admitted as full members. Also Summit opens, making it hardly Kazakhstan's President Nursultan public agencies to punish whistle-blowers and cover up attending are the Chinese President Xi conducive to political engagement. Nazarbayev in Astana corruption. As regards Brexit, Mr. Varadkar will have to Jinping and Pakistan PM Nawaz Pakistan would also be watching ensure that the Common Travel Area, a mechanism by which Sharif. India's diplomatic relations Henry Kissinger opines in his book, closely the latest Gulf developments British and Irish citizens can live and work in the two with both nations are currently On China, that the Chinese stratagem where the 'Sunni allies' it hobnobbed countries, is maintained, and that the border between the strained. The media in Delhi enquired for dispute resolution has been to with at the Riyadh summit are now Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is not reinstated. He logically whether a meeting with escalate the issue first, and then seek pillorying Sunni Qatar simply because will also have to manage the economic impact of Brexit on Sharif was imminent. A follow-up resolution. China should, by that logic, it rejected the anti-Iran tirade. Turkey trade and jobs in the event that the negotiations diminish question would be, what about an be seeking to de-escalate as it needs the has quietly thrown its weight behind Britain's access to the European single market. Finally, as interaction with President Xi? Indian market and Xi faces a vital party Qatar. Iran, with which Qatar is bound Prime Minister, he will be expected to shepherd further External Affairs Minister Sushma congress later this year, and thus by the joint ownership of the world's reforms in laws relating to divorce and abortion if he wishes to Swaraj, having recovered from renal should not want tension with India to largest gas field that literally links further align the Republic's values with those of the EU and transplant, definitively ruled out one worsen. On the other hand, China has them below the Gulf waters, would be other liberal democracies. (The Hindu) with Sharif. managed to assuage Donald Trump and keeping all options open. Pakistan is The reason is self-evident as a series thus dodged a trade or currency war, at caught in the middle. THE INDIAN PANORAMA of episodes have hardened national least for the moment. Perhaps Modi-Xi The joker in the pack, as occurring positions, thus narrowing the space for need to share a swing in Astana, like in more and more frequently, is Trump. PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS engagement with both neighbors, in Ahmedabad, for a frank exchange. Not content to let events play out he Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: Indo-Pak relations have a more tweeted: 'There can no longer be Ashishpal Singh closer concert today than ever before. VICE PRESIDENT: Chitagam Saluja funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders CHANDIGARH: Manjit Sidhu Taking China first, it has persisted in complex pathology for their downward CHIEF EDITOR: Prof Indrajit S. Saluja LUDHIANA: A.S. Arora, R.P.Sharma opposing India's membership of the spiral. Modi came to power wanting to pointed to Qatar- look!' As events in the ASSISTANT EDITOR: Bidisha Roy PATRON : Dr. Navin Mehta NSG and stymied Masood Azhar's break the old cycle of talks and terror. western neighborhood of India and GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: listing by the UNSC committee. Even He chose theatrical and personalized Pakistan increase tension, Modi needs The Indian Panorama more provocatively, it finalized CPEC, engagement with Sharif to leap over to rebalance his domestic politics and Om Parkash Malik P.O. Box No. 190067, South Richmond traversing the disputed region of the complexities constricting a neighborhood policy. DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATION: Hill, NY 11419, Tel: 646-247-9458 Email: Gilgit-Baltistan, despite Indian Pakistani leader, ranging from his At home in the face of slowing Gauri Beri [email protected] objections. Then adding insult to relations with the army to pressure by economy, now that even government's CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: DALLAS EDITION injury, it included it in its OBOR jehadis with vote banks, and finally,his figures show the debilitating effect of Vijay Shah -Photo Journalist. P.O. BOX 121695, meeting agenda in Beijing on May 14. It own credibility after the Panama demonetization, social unrest and ARLINGTON, TX 76012 Gunjesh Desai/ Masala Junction is an ambitious multi-trillion dollar Papers revelations. When dealing with vigilantism, farmers' protests turning Mohammad Jaffer/ SnapsIndia Lovllien Kaurr, VP & Bureau Chief connectivity initiative covering 68 a leader with encumbrances, though violent and jobless tepid growth, he Baldev Singh / BJ Videos E-mail [email protected] countries, amounting to 40 per cent of keen to improve relations, a long game needs to change the ways of his Phone: 646-595-5026 Vaaho Photographers global GDP. India declined to attend, must be played, as in the short-run, he government. The unleashing of the CBI Mohammad Shahzad, Zia Khan www.theindianpanorama.com citing breach of its sovereignty,besides will be unable to deliver. Contrariwise, against a television channel does not DISTRIBUTOR : Sukhwinder Singh casting doubts on its economic those opposed to normalization with indicate self-confidence. Similarly, Published by Prof. Indrajit Saluja CORRESPONDENTS : viability. India, except on their terms, will rush abroad, many old assumptions are NY edition printed at Five Star Almost predictably, two Chinese to sabotage engagement. By bringing passé. He needs diplomacy, not SACRAMENTO: Parminder S. Aujla Printers, Queens helicopters intruded into Indian the red-lines to the fences of army militarism; genuine nationalism, not NEW YORK : Chitagam Dallas edition printed at Midway Printing Press, Irving. airspace in the western sector and camps, breaching which triggers a jingoism; social cohesion, not FRESNO: Tarlochan Singh Chinese spokesman surmised that stand-off with Pakistan, the control majoritarian rabble-rousing; DALLAS: Harjit Dhesi, Amarjit Dhillon recent developments have made border transfers to spoilers who can get a contemporary vision, not mythological resolution more difficult. India had fidayeen to pull the trigger and disrupt mumbo-jumbo. DISCLAIMER earlier upped the ante by allowing the engagement. (The author is a former Secretary, The Indian Panorama assumes no responsibility for the claims made in Dalai Lama to tour Arunachal Pradesh, Simultaneously, the politics in the advertisements. We only sell space. Views published in the newspaper Ministry of External Affairs, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the with full fanfare, including a visit to Valley has derailed. Adopting a Government of India) newspaper. All rights are reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part the Tawang monastery. militaristic and jingoistic approach, without permission in writing from The Indian Panorama is prohibited. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017

GUEST COMMENT AS I SEE IT Modi at Astana: Apart from SCO membership, Son of an Indian Immigrant is set to be Ireland's new leader nothing much to come of summit eo Varadkar, the son of an Indian immigrant, is set to be Indo-Pak relations have a more complex Ireland's Prime Minister after he won an internal Lcontest to lead the Centre-right Fine Gael, the senior pathology for their downward spiral. Modi coalition partner in the Republic's minority government. The came to power wanting to break the old outspoken Mr. Varadkar, the incumbent Social Protection By KC Singh Minister, is to take over the reins of the party and country cycle“ of talks and terror. He chose theatrical from Enda Kenny, who is stepping down after heading the rime Minister Narendra Modi, party for 15 years and the country for six. Mr. Varadkar will be from May 29 to June 3, careened and personalized engagement with Sharif to Ireland's first-ever openly gay Prime Minister with minority Pthrough Germany, Spain, Russia and immigrant roots. He is just 38 years old, and thus in a club and France. The world has changed so leap over the complexities constricting a of young world leaders with France's Emmanuel Macron and dramatically in the three years he has Pakistani leader, ranging from his relations Canada's Justin Trudeau. While it is indeed remarkable that a held office that he was literally on a person of Mr. Varadkar's background has been elected to lead new pilgrimage. There is a law of with the army to pressure by jehadis with vote Ireland, what is even more striking is that during the ruling diminishing returns in diplomacy. For party's elections voters focused not on his background but on instance, if you do not finalize a free banks, and finally, his own credibility after the his policies. This speaks volumes for how far the country has trade agreement with the EU, the Panama Papers revelations", says the author come on its social attitudes. Ireland is deeply religious. bilateral investment treaties having Catholicism, the state religion, has a far-reaching influence on lapsed, their excitement about India many aspects of Irish life, including birth, death and marriage. begins to abate. including first backing the use of pellet Abortions, except to save the mother's life, are illegal; divorce, Putin seemed to toy with Modi, guns, and now human shield, on the legalized in the 1990s, requires a four-year separation; and gay realizing that in a Trumpian world pretext of Army and security forces marriage was legalized just recently. Indian strategic options had narrowed. being above debate, may consolidate a As Prime Minister, Mr. Kenny steered Ireland out of the He was not aligning against China and domestic vote bank, but ignores financial collapse of 2008-2010 and campaigned, successfully, Pakistan. In fact, keeping Modi beside domestic law and international for the European Union (EU) to recognize Ireland's unique him during his interview with Megyn humanitarian norms. At any rate, it position during the forthcoming Brexit negotiations between Kelly, whom Trump detests and who even betrays ignorance of the counter- Brussels and London. The Republic of Ireland is contiguous has traded CNN for NBC, Putin caused insurgency doctrine which rests on with Northern Ireland, and therefore the only EU country that embarrassment to the Indian guest winning the confidence of the people to shares a land border with the U.K. Mr. Kenny leaves office when questions on Trump campaign isolate mischief-makers. having convinced the EU to address the fallout for Ireland links to Russia were answered Thus, as the Indian and Pakistani during Brexit negotiations. He also leaves Mr. Varadkar a contemptuously. leaders descend on Astana, both have vastly improved economy, with an unemployment rate close to PM Modi now heads to the Shanghai new constraints. Modi cannot engage 7%, about half of what it was in 2012. Mr. Varadkar will now Cooperation Organization (SCO) Sharif unless the Kulbhushan Jadhav have to build on his predecessor's success and address his Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan on June case can be resolved. Coincidently, the failures, including a severe housing shortage and a police 8-9, where India and Pakistan are to be next ICJ hearing is the day the SCO Prime Minister Narendra Modi and service that has demonstrated an ability to collude with other admitted as full members. Also Summit opens, making it hardly Kazakhstan's President Nursultan public agencies to punish whistle-blowers and cover up attending are the Chinese President Xi conducive to political engagement. Nazarbayev in Astana corruption. As regards Brexit, Mr. Varadkar will have to Jinping and Pakistan PM Nawaz Pakistan would also be watching ensure that the Common Travel Area, a mechanism by which Sharif. India's diplomatic relations Henry Kissinger opines in his book, closely the latest Gulf developments British and Irish citizens can live and work in the two with both nations are currently On China, that the Chinese stratagem where the 'Sunni allies' it hobnobbed countries, is maintained, and that the border between the strained. The media in Delhi enquired for dispute resolution has been to with at the Riyadh summit are now Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is not reinstated. He logically whether a meeting with escalate the issue first, and then seek pillorying Sunni Qatar simply because will also have to manage the economic impact of Brexit on Sharif was imminent. A follow-up resolution. China should, by that logic, it rejected the anti-Iran tirade. Turkey trade and jobs in the event that the negotiations diminish question would be, what about an be seeking to de-escalate as it needs the has quietly thrown its weight behind Britain's access to the European single market. Finally, as interaction with President Xi? Indian market and Xi faces a vital party Qatar. Iran, with which Qatar is bound Prime Minister, he will be expected to shepherd further External Affairs Minister Sushma congress later this year, and thus by the joint ownership of the world's reforms in laws relating to divorce and abortion if he wishes to Swaraj, having recovered from renal should not want tension with India to largest gas field that literally links further align the Republic's values with those of the EU and transplant, definitively ruled out one worsen. On the other hand, China has them below the Gulf waters, would be other liberal democracies. (The Hindu) with Sharif. managed to assuage Donald Trump and keeping all options open. Pakistan is The reason is self-evident as a series thus dodged a trade or currency war, at caught in the middle. THE INDIAN PANORAMA of episodes have hardened national least for the moment. Perhaps Modi-Xi The joker in the pack, as occurring positions, thus narrowing the space for need to share a swing in Astana, like in more and more frequently, is Trump. PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS engagement with both neighbors, in Ahmedabad, for a frank exchange. Not content to let events play out he Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: Indo-Pak relations have a more tweeted: 'There can no longer be Ashishpal Singh closer concert today than ever before. VICE PRESIDENT: Chitagam Saluja funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders CHANDIGARH: Manjit Sidhu Taking China first, it has persisted in complex pathology for their downward CHIEF EDITOR: Prof Indrajit S. Saluja LUDHIANA: A.S. Arora, R.P.Sharma opposing India's membership of the spiral. Modi came to power wanting to pointed to Qatar- look!' As events in the ASSISTANT EDITOR: Bidisha Roy PATRON : Dr. Navin Mehta NSG and stymied Masood Azhar's break the old cycle of talks and terror. western neighborhood of India and GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: listing by the UNSC committee. Even He chose theatrical and personalized Pakistan increase tension, Modi needs The Indian Panorama more provocatively, it finalized CPEC, engagement with Sharif to leap over to rebalance his domestic politics and Om Parkash Malik P.O. Box No. 190067, South Richmond traversing the disputed region of the complexities constricting a neighborhood policy. DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATION: Hill, NY 11419, Tel: 646-247-9458 Email: Gilgit-Baltistan, despite Indian Pakistani leader, ranging from his At home in the face of slowing Gauri Beri [email protected] objections. Then adding insult to relations with the army to pressure by economy, now that even government's CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: DALLAS EDITION injury, it included it in its OBOR jehadis with vote banks, and finally,his figures show the debilitating effect of Vijay Shah -Photo Journalist. P.O. BOX 121695, meeting agenda in Beijing on May 14. It own credibility after the Panama demonetization, social unrest and ARLINGTON, TX 76012 Gunjesh Desai/ Masala Junction is an ambitious multi-trillion dollar Papers revelations. When dealing with vigilantism, farmers' protests turning Mohammad Jaffer/ SnapsIndia Lovllien Kaurr, VP & Bureau Chief connectivity initiative covering 68 a leader with encumbrances, though violent and jobless tepid growth, he Baldev Singh / BJ Videos E-mail [email protected] countries, amounting to 40 per cent of keen to improve relations, a long game needs to change the ways of his Phone: 646-595-5026 Vaaho Photographers global GDP. India declined to attend, must be played, as in the short-run, he government. The unleashing of the CBI Mohammad Shahzad, Zia Khan www.theindianpanorama.com citing breach of its sovereignty,besides will be unable to deliver. Contrariwise, against a television channel does not DISTRIBUTOR : Sukhwinder Singh casting doubts on its economic those opposed to normalization with indicate self-confidence. Similarly, Published by Prof. Indrajit Saluja CORRESPONDENTS : viability. India, except on their terms, will rush abroad, many old assumptions are NY edition printed at Five Star Almost predictably, two Chinese to sabotage engagement. By bringing passé. He needs diplomacy, not SACRAMENTO: Parminder S. Aujla Printers, Queens helicopters intruded into Indian the red-lines to the fences of army militarism; genuine nationalism, not NEW YORK : Chitagam Dallas edition printed at Midway Printing Press, Irving. airspace in the western sector and camps, breaching which triggers a jingoism; social cohesion, not FRESNO: Tarlochan Singh Chinese spokesman surmised that stand-off with Pakistan, the control majoritarian rabble-rousing; DALLAS: Harjit Dhesi, Amarjit Dhillon recent developments have made border transfers to spoilers who can get a contemporary vision, not mythological resolution more difficult. India had fidayeen to pull the trigger and disrupt mumbo-jumbo. DISCLAIMER earlier upped the ante by allowing the engagement. (The author is a former Secretary, The Indian Panorama assumes no responsibility for the claims made in Dalai Lama to tour Arunachal Pradesh, Simultaneously, the politics in the advertisements. We only sell space. Views published in the newspaper Ministry of External Affairs, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the with full fanfare, including a visit to Valley has derailed. Adopting a Government of India) newspaper. All rights are reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part the Tawang monastery. militaristic and jingoistic approach, without permission in writing from The Indian Panorama is prohibited. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 PERSPECTIVE 9 Cattle ban BJP's route marker for 2019 The new legislation has been deliberately brought up to further communalize the situation and also financially ruin the poor Muslims. And the government is By Rajindar Sachar “not even attempting a sham of making suggestions to counter the perception that its actions are weakening the morale of minorities", says the author. nion Home Minister Rajnath Singh, State and are equal beneficiaries of its speaking of the achievements of the programs. It is hoped that the two more Uthree years of the Modi government, members yet to be appointed would be proudly proclaimed: "We have by and large Muslims, either well-recognized academicians provided security to the country. India is the or public figures from the community, to give second largest country in the world as far as some reassurance to the community. the Muslim population is concerned, and I can The report of the UN Human Rights Council say with full responsibility that despite such a Forum on Minority Issues, 2010, had made large population (of Muslims), the IS has not some significant recommendations on been able to set foot." minorities and their effective participation in Frankly,it is not clear whether he meant it to economic life, which each country is mandated be a compliment for the patriotism and to follow: nationalism of Indian Muslims or he was only "...the right of minorities to participate praising his security agencies - that effectively in economic life must be fully taken notwithstanding such a large population of into account by governments seeking to Muslims, his intelligence agencies have been promote equality at every level. From able to control it. I hope it was not the latter, implementing non-discrimination in because it would be uncalled for and unjustly employment and enforcing protection laws in maligning the Muslim community. the private sector to developing national Rajnath Singh should openly say that the Activists protesting in Bengaluru last week against the Central government's notification economic development and international patriotism and nationalism of Indian Muslims banning sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter. Photo courtesy PTI development assistance schemes." is no less than any other community,including It is unfortunate that the Opposition has not Hindus. And that anyone even remotely Minister of Environment Harsh Vardhan social activities at night and in the day come up with a concrete/specific program on suggesting otherwise is talking treason, as says diplomatically that the government is masquerade as cow protectors." which it intends to fight the 2019 election. In some of the sickening communal Hindu bodies open to suggestions. This sounds hollow given The Modi government is not even fact, the Opposition has been reduced to a are doing. that half the states are opposed to this attempting a sham of making suggestions to debating/TV phenomenon. It has no specific Muslims do not have to carry their legislation, which in reality is an attempt at counter the perception that its actions are program for action. The way the Congress and patriotism on the sleeve; to suggest that would pleasing the "gau rakshak" gang and to allow weakening the morale of minorities. In that other political parties are letting wither away be calumny. In fact, notwithstanding the them to spread terror. This legislation has been regard, the way Modi has handled the naming the opportunity that arose from the Dalit provocation from RSS fanatics, the equanimity deliberately brought up by the BJP to further of National Commission for Minorities assertion in Saharanpur speaks ill of their shown by Muslims is praiseworthy. If the communalize the situation and also financially members shows he only wants to retain the commitment. Home Minister is really keen to keep peace in ruin the poor Muslims who earn their shell of it. The present members were There is already a competition between the the country, he needs to persuade Modi to livelihood through cattle sales. appointed after the positions remained vacant Chief Minister of UP and Prime Minister Modi immediately withdraw the deliberately The atmosphere was earlier vitiated by RSS for months. Of the five persons appointed, only as to who would be a greater favorite of the provocative animal slaughter legislation, Nagpur bosses installing Yogi Adityanath as one is a Muslim (Chairperson) and the Sangh Parivar after the 2019 parliamentary which is being opposed by many states apart Chief Minister of UP, who has already spread remaining are one each from other minorities. elections, assuming the BJP wins the majority. from being challenged in high courts. fear among Muslims in the state by praying at This too was done after a high court asked the Yogi Adityanath has given encouragement to The legislation purporting to be for the the makeshift Ram Temple near the Babri government for a response to a writ petition. the cow vigilante brigade, as indicated in the prevention of cruelty to animals is a ploy to Masjid demolition site. This is blatant According to the 2011 Census, the Hindu UP Director-General of Police issuing snatch jurisdiction by the Centre on the subject communalization of the situation in India, population is 79.8 per cent and Muslim 14.2 per instructions to all police officers that those of cattle trade, which is squarely the purview which is the strategy of the BJP for 2019 cent. The rest 6 per cent is constituted of involved in cow slaughter or smuggling should of the states. Even the BJP accepts this, as is elections. Christians (2.3%), Sikhs (1.7%), Buddhists be booked under the National Security Act - a clear from the Arunachal Pradesh state party Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to be (0.7%), Jains (0.4%), and Parsis. It can't be legislation designed to handle terrorists. Has president openly announcing that the Centre's reminded of how he addressed cow vigilantes denied that the object of the minorities panel is the BJP lost all sense of balance and ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter could not in August 2016 saying: "It makes me angry that to create a mechanism that would give them proportion? be binding on the states. The entire North-East people are running shops in the name of cow confidence. To make the minorities feel that (The author is a retired Chief Justice of the is on the boil on this matter. protection.... Some people indulge in anti- they have an equal stake in the running of the Delhi High Court)

Inside Syria Media Center' experts reasonably assume that the Member states will need to create joint effective managing Fighting Terrorism is at the Top of the tools to stop penetration of terrorism and radicalism into the SCO's area of responsibility. A fair guess would be that the special attention would be paid to an operative exchange of the information available on the activities of terrorist groups. Agenda at the SCO Summit Such a summit is clearly useful for Syria from the point of view of practicality.People in Syria hope the talks will equip the n the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, a meeting of the Middle East. As it was noted at the meeting, it is in the Syrian SCO-members better to meet the challenges of terrorism. Syria defense ministers of the member countries of the Shanghai Arab Republic the main forces of the Islamic State are needs support to be able to tackle the difficulties and to take the ICooperation Organization (SCO) was held on June 7. At the concentrated. It was also stated that the Syrian Arab army steps necessary for a just and lasting peace. meeting, the members of the delegations made a number of coordinating its activities in order to ensure the success SUMMARY: To be noted is that the Shanghai Cooperation statements concerning both the situation in Syria and the fight operations undermined in the end the potential of the IS Organization (SCO), or Shanghai Pact, is a Eurasian political, international terrorism in general. fighters and Syria has been "at the forefront of fighting economic, and military organization which was founded in 1996 First of all, all the representatives agreed that Indian and international terrorism" for a long time. in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistani membership that will become true tomorrow, June 8, Special attention was paid to the creation of de-escalation Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. These countries, except will enhance SCO's security capabilities. areas in Syria, which could contribute to ending the civil war Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded Referring to international problems, the SCO participants and thus intensifying efforts to combat ISIS and Al-Nusra. in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members concurred that the terrorism in a short time turned into the The representatives of SCO-Member countries also noticed renamed the organization. On 10 July 2015, the SCO decided to biggest threat to the global security. At the same time, all the that practical steps are being taken to implement the admit India and Pakistan as full members. India and Pakistan members of the delegations noticed that the situation is agreements reached at the moment. The priority tasks, namely signed the memorandum of obligations on 24 June 2016 at aggravating with every passing day by numerous local conflicts in ensuring the monitoring of all the commitments undertaken, as Tashkent, thereby starting the formal process of joining the the world and by inability of the Western countries to overcome well as creating conditions for the restoration of the destroyed SCO as the full members. Now in Astana the countries are going differences, to form a common and united front against this evil infrastructure were also highlighted. to become full members. and to work together to build a bastion against terrorism. The countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization The meeting of the SCO-defense ministers takes place once a In this regard, the Syrian issue has become a key topic of the agreed to provide support to each other in Syria and to exchange year and the heads of the military departments have the agenda during the meeting. The SCO-countries gave the highest military experience in conducting counter-terrorism opportunity both to share their views on the events taking place priority to the question. A detailed briefing session was held for operations. Interaction within the SCO in the future was in the world and to work out a common strategy. In addition, it new Member States (India and Pakistan) on the common decided to focus on identifying and anticipating any terrorist is possible to hold bilateral meetings to discuss in detail the attitude of the participating countries to the key crisis in the activities. plans of military cooperation on the margins of the meeting. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 10 SOUTH ASIA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 No proof against RAW in missing ex-Col case: Pakistan minister Islamic State claims it killed two tells Parliament Chinese in Pakistan ISLAMABAD (TIP): The "kidnapping" case of a retired Pakistan army officer in Nepal could not be taken to the ICJ or CAIRO/QUETTA (TIP): Islamic the UN on the basis of "assumptions" as there is no "concrete State has killed two Chinese teachers it evidence" suggesting India's hand in it, a minister has told kidnapped in Pakistan's southwestern Parliament. Balochistan province last month, the Minister for states and frontier regions Gen (retd) Abdul militant group's Amaq news agency said Qadir Baloch said it was yet to be established that Muhammad on June 8, in a blow to Islamabad's Habib Zahir had been picked up by the Indian forces, the Dawn efforts to safeguard Chinese workers. reported. China's foreign ministry said it was "No final report suggesting that the Indian intelligence "gravely concerned" about the report agency (RAW) or the Indian government was involved is and working to verify the information. available with the foreign office (FO) or the government," he Armed men pretending to be said while winding up a discussion on an adjournment motion policemen kidnapped the two language in the Senate on Wednesday. teachers in the provincial capital, Senate chairman Mian Raza Rabbani asked if the statement Quetta, on May 24. The kidnapping was meant that the foreign office was exonerating India from the a rare security incident involving kidnapping of Habib as the minister had admitted "absence of Chinese nationals in Pakistan, where concrete evidence". Baloch replied in negative, saying: "We are Beijing has pledged $57 billion for its hundred per cent sure that Indian intelligence agency RAW is "Belt and Road" plan. behind the kidnapping, but the evidence to this effect is not "Islamic State fighters killed two final". The issue appeared to have a link with the conviction of Chinese people they had been holding in Kulbushan Jadhav, he said, but stressed that material was Balochistan province, southwest required to legally prove it. Pakistan," Amaq said. Baloch told the Senate that the issue of "kidnapping" of A Balochistan government Habib in Nepal some two months ago could not be taken to the spokesman said officials were in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or the United Nations "on process of confirming "whether the territory in neighbouring Afghanistan, The numbers of Pakistanis studying the basis of assumptions", the report said. report is true". has struggled to establish a presence in Mandarin has skyrocketed since 2014, The FO was trying to obtain solid evidence and the Nepalese China's foreign ministry said it noted Pakistan. But it has claimed several when President Xi Jinping signed off on government had been asked to get in touch with three Indians the report and expressed "grave major attacks, including one on the the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, who had received Habib at the airport, Baloch said. concern". deputy chairman of the Senate last pledging to invest $57 billion in He said it was still not clear whether the three people were "We have been trying to rescue the month in Balochistan, in which 25 Pakistani road, rail and power Indian government employees or civilians or working for a two kidnapped hostages over the past people were killed. infrastructure. private firm. (PTI) days," the ministry said in a short Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan's Security in Balochistan has improved statement. military published details of a three-day in recent years. 'Blackface' video in Malaysia "The Chinese side is working to learn raid on a militant hideout in a cave not However, separatists, who view the about and verify relevant information far from Quetta, saying it had killed 12 project as a ruse to steal natural blasted on through various channels, including "hardcore terrorists" from a banned resources, killed 10 Pakistani workers working with Pakistani authorities," it local Islamist group and prevented building a road near the new port of KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): A viral video featuring a woman said. Islamic State from gaining a "foothold" Gwadar this month, a key part of the wearing "blackface" that caused an outcry on social media has "The Chinese side is firmly opposed in Balochistan. economic corridor. been pulled by a popular retailer in Malaysia, with the firm to the acts of kidnapping civilians in China's ambassador to Pakistan and China has also expressed concern apologising on June 8 for causing offence. any form, as well as terrorism and other officials have often urged about militants in Pakistan linking up The 15-minute film on Watsons Malaysia's Facebook page extreme violence in any form." Islamabad to improve security, with what China views as separatists in shows a nobleman holding an audition to track down a woman There was no immediate comment especially in Balochistan, where China the far western Chinese region of with an enchanting voice who has been in his dreams. from Pakistan's interior ministry or its is building a new port and funding roads Xinjiang, where hundreds have been A woman appears at the audition, singing beautifully but foreign office. to link its western regions with the killed in violence in recent years. with her face covered. Islamic State, which controls some Arabian Sea. (Reuters) He recoils in disgust when she exposes her jet black face. "Oh my gosh! She is actually dark?" he exclaims. She later re-emerges with fair skin, explaining she was wearing black make-up to test his sincerity. US might take the hard option in "I am not dark. In fact, I am flawless," she beams. The promotional video was to celebrate the upcoming Muslim religious festival Eid al Fitr, but it provoked an online backlash with many saying it was racist and sexist. Afghanistan "Being dark skinned is not a badge of shame. Being stupid is," said one Twitter user. KABUL (TIP): : The US official policy fated QCG between the US, China, Another said: "I am so shocked that Watsons crossed the line on supporting a "peace process" in Afghanistan and Pakistan which ended with blackface. This video is so racist, I am ashamed of buying Afghanistan may change. with two things: the announcement that face mask at Watsons." In remarks at Canberra, US defence Taliban leader Mullah Omar had died The video, featuring local celebrities, was taken down by the secretary James Mattis gave clear over two years prior, and the elevation of company on Junr 7. (PTI) indication that the US may not give Sirajuddin Haqqani as deputy chief of Taliban the space for a political Taliban, effectively joining the ISI- Sher Bahadur Deuba elected new "solution" in Afghanistan. The message supported Haqqani network with the from Rex Tillerson secretary of state Taliban. In more recent months, Russia Nepal PM and Mattis is the same - Taliban is a and Iran have both joined the fray, this terror group, and they will be tackled time using ISIS as a reason for bringing KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal's parliament on June 3 elected militarily. Taliban into the mainstream and power unopposed three-time former prime minister Sher Bahadur Mattis said, "we're up against an structure in Kabul. The US accuses Deuba to the top post once again. This is the tenth time in just enemy that knows that they cannot win Although the official US review of its Russia of supplying weapons to Taliban. over a decade the leadership has changed hands in the at the ballot box, and you think - we have Afghanistan policy is still pending, the But the horrific attacks in recent Himalayan nation. Deuba, a wily political veteran, stood to sometimes remind ourselves of that remarks are a strong signal that the US weeks by the Haqqani network appears unopposed in the parliamentary election having struck a deal reality. That's why they use bombs may turn up the military heat on the to have made up US minds on how not to with his predecessor that some criticised as being because ballots would ensure they never Taliban. Certainly, there is no more the look for peace in Afghanistan. While the undemocratic. Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal- who had a role to play..." oft-repeated line that the US believes dilemma in Washington about another resigned a fortnight ago after just ten months as prime Tillerson continued, "our "there is no military solution" to the troop surge remains, it's also clear that minister- had agreed to stand aside for Deuba once long- commitment to Afghanistan is to ensure Afghan crisis. the US may step in to prevent Russia and awaited local polls had been held in Nepal. "I announce that that it never becomes a safe haven for This used to be the line used by both Iran from becoming players in this respected member Sher Bahadur Deuba... has been elected to terrorists to launch attacks against the former secretaries of state Hillary particular conflict. the post of Nepal's prime minister," said Parliament Speaker civilized world or against any other part Clinton and John Kerry. That gave the The recent US MOAB (mother-of-all- Onsari Gharti Magar, addressing parliament during a live of the world or any of their neighbors." Pakistanis the opportunity to set up all bombs)+ drop in Nangarhar has been television broadcast. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thus far, the US has been pushing the manner of arrangements starting with widely seen as a signal for North Korea. on Tuesday called up Nepal's Prime Minister-elect Sher Afghan government to set up a peace the Qatar process run by Taliban leader But could there be a possibility of it Bahadur Deuba to congratulate him and convey his best process with the Taliban, as the only Tayyab Agha, who was quickly being used again in Afghanistan, wishes for the country's progress. (agencies) way to end the war. discredited. This was followed by the ill- against the Taliban? (PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 11 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 12 US FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 Blast hits US embassy in Kiev, no casualties: Accuser describes alleged Bill Cosby Police sex assault: 'I was frozen' KIEV (TIP): An overnight blast hit the premises of the US embassy in Kiev but there NORRISTOWN (TIP): Andrea were no casualties, the Ukrainian police said Constand told a packed Pennsylvania on June 8. courtroom on June 4 that she could feel The blast hit the mission located in central Bill Cosby's hands on her body, but the Kiev shortly after midnight, a statement said. drugs in her system would not let her stop "Investigators found that an unknown him. person threw an explosive device on the "In my head, I was trying to get my territory of the diplomatic mission," it said. hands to move, my legs to move, but I was The US embassy was not immediately frozen," she testified at the entertainer's contactable for comment. (AFP) sexual assault trial. "I wanted it to stop." Cosby, sitting across the courtroom, Obama has private dinner shook his head as Constand described an encounter at his Philadelphia-area home with Trudeau in Montreal in 2004, after she accepted three blue pills that he promised would help her "relax." MONTREAL (TIP): Canadian Prime Constand is among more than 50 women Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his thanks to who have accused Cosby of sexual assaults former US President after the dating to the 1960s, often after plying them two shared a private dinner at a Montreal with drugs. The 13-year-old incident is the restaurant. only one that is recent enough to support Trudeau posted a picture of the pair talking criminal charges. in the eatery, with the caption "How do we get Cosby, 79, best known for playing a young leaders to take action in their revered father figure in the 1980s director of basketball operations for invited her to his house again to discuss communities? Thanks Barack Obama for your television hit family comedy series "The Temple University's women's basketball her career options. That night, he offered visit & insights tonight in my hometown." Cosby Show," has denied all the program and he was a university trustee her the three blue pills, saying they were A crowd cheered the two leaders as they left. allegations. and the Philadelphia school's most famous her "friends." Last year, Obama hosted Trudeau for a state The outcome of his trial in the alumnus. When she asked if they were herbal, he dinner at the White House, the first for Canada Philadelphia suburb of Norristown, After a series of phone calls, Constand, nodded, she told jurors. since 1997. Pennsylvania, largely hinges on whether who was then in her 30s, said the married Constand said she told Cosby she trusted Obama spoke to the Montreal Board of Trade jurors believe Constand's testimony, which Cosby began inviting her to dinner at his him and swallowed the pills. yesterday and decried what he called the lack of came on the trial's second day. Defense house and other events. After the incident, Constand American leadership on climate change, a lawyers began grilling Constand on the "He was a temple friend, somebody I acknowledged under questioning from swipe at new President Donald Trump's stand late on Tuesday about several trusted, a mentor and somewhat of an both sides that she maintained contact administration (AP) discrepancies in her initial account to older figure to me," Constand testified. with Cosby but said she felt obligated to do police in 2005. Their questioning will On at least one occasion, Constand said so because of her job. US President Donald continue on Wednesday. she rebuffed his advances, telling him she The defence has suggested that her Constand said she first met Cosby in late had no interest. repeated calls to him show the encounter Trump taps Christopher 2002, when she was the newly hired In January 2004, Constand said, Cosby was consensual. (Reuters) Wray as new FBI director WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald US military praises Qatar, Trump announced June 6 that he is tapping lawyer and former Justice Department official Christopher Wray to serve as his new FBI director, on the eve of critical testimony+ by despite Trump tweet the intelligence agency chief he ousted+ . Wray, a litigation attorney with law firm WASHINGTON (TIP): The Pentagon on King & Spalding in Washington and Atlanta, June 3 renewed praise of Qatar for hosting a previously served as assistant attorney general vital US air base and for its "enduring in charge of the Justice Department's Criminal commitment to regional security," sticking to Division from 2003 to 2005. a message of reassurance even as President "I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a Donald Trump, via Twitter, applauded a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new decision by Arab powers to cut ties to the Director of the FBI. Details to follow," Trump Gulf ally. wrote on Twitter. (AFP) It was the latest example of the tightrope that US officials are walking as Trump's No date for Putin-Trump tweets raise questions about existing US policy and the carefully scripted talking meeting, media likely to points used to explain it. In the case of Qatar, the stakes are high. be excluded: Report More than 11,000 US and coalition forces are deployed to or assigned to al Udeid Air Base, WASHINGTON (TIP): The Kremlin said from which more than 100 aircraft operate. there was still no firm date set for the first Of those 11,000, nearly 1,000 work in a meeting between Russian President Vladimir combined air operations center that helps Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, but oversee missions for campaigns in Iraq, that if it did happen the media were likely to be Syria and Afghanistan, the military says. excluded, the Izvestia newspaper said on June US officials had said on Monday that the own praise for its commitment to regional to counter terrorist financing." 6. It cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov United States would quietly try to calm the security. US Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson as saying that the meeting would probably waters between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Asked directly about the disconnect, told a Senate committee on Tuesday she was happen at some point during the G20 summit in arguing that the small Gulf state was too spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis told a not concerned about the US air base in Qatar Germany in July,but that no firm arrangement important to US military and diplomatic news briefing: "I can't help you with that." and added that US operations continued had yet been reached. interests to be isolated. "We continue to be grateful to the Qataris without interruption. Peskov said there were currently no plans for But Trump, wading into the worst split for their longstanding support for our The Pentagon also declined to answer a any media statement to be issued after the between powerful Arab states in decades, presence and their enduring commitment to question about whether Qatar supported meeting. said on Tuesday his trip to the Middle East regional security," Davis said, adding the terrorism, the accusation made by Arab "There will just be the meeting," Izvestia was "already paying off" with leaders there United States had no plans to alter its states who appeared to now have the political quoted Peskov as saying. taking a hard new line in accusing Qatar of presence in Qatar. backing of the US president. Putin and Trump agreed in a phone call last funding of militant groups. The US envoy to Qatar, Dana Shell Smith, Davis, sticking to US military-related month to try to organise a face-to-face meeting The Pentagon, which seeks to steer clear of retweeted on Monday a message from matters, said: "I'm not the right person to ask around the time of the G20 summit in political matters, was unable to reconcile October in which she praised the US that. I consider them a host to our very Hamburg. Trump's support for Qatar's isolation with its partnership with Qatar, citing "real progress important base at al Udeid." (Reuters) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 US 13 ISNA's High Profile 54th US doesn't need India, France, China Annual Convention to be Rolled telling it what to do: Nikki Haley Out in Chicago One of the Largest Gatherings of Muslim Americans in the US and Canada is All Set to Focus on Interfaith Unity and Turning to Faith to Inspire Social Change

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US does us what they think we should do," issues with the environment. We know Azhar Azeez, President, ISNA not need India, China and France telling Indian-American Haley was quoted as that we have to be conscious of it. But we it what to do on the issue of Paris saying by CBS News. can't sit there and have Angela Merkel CHICAGO, IL (TIP): The Islamic Society of North Climate agreement, American Responding to a question on global telling us to worry about Africa. She America (ISNA) will be holding its 54th Annual Convention Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has reaction to Trump's decision, Haley said should continue doing her part. We're from June 30 - July 3, 2017, at the Donald E. Stephens said, strongly supporting the countries should continue doing what's going to continue doing our part. We're Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. controversial decision of President in their best interest. going to continue encouraging other ISNA Convention is one of the largest Muslim gatherings Donald Trump to withdraw from the "They should continue doing what's in countries to do what they think is in the in the United States and Canada, where Muslims and guests landmark accord. the best interest. And if the Paris best interests of them. But American from other faith communities have a platform to network, Trump last week withdrew the US, the agreement was something that works for sovereignty matters," Haley said. exchange ideas and listen to renowned speakers. This second largest polluter after China, from them, that they can achieve, they should The top American diplomat said that year's theme, "Hope and Guidance through the Qur'an," will the . do that," Haley said. Trump believes the climate is changing, largely center on how faith can inspire the community to He said that India would get billions of Haley defended Trump's decision and he does know that pollutants are a bring positive change in response to challenges and dollars for meeting its commitment saying business could not be run under part of that equation. injustices of all forms. under the 2015 Paris Agreement along the kind of regulations imposed by the "He believes that climate is changing The highlights of the Convention are: 200 Renowned with China and gain a financial Paris Climate deal. and he believes pollutants are part of Speakers, Round Table Discussion, Interfaith Reception, advantage over the US. "There's a reason that President that equation. He is absolutely intent on Qiraat Competition, Career Fair & Carnival, Community He had put the US in league with two Obama didn't go through the Senate to making sure that we have clean air, Recognition Luncheon, Young Professionals Luncheon, other nations - Syria and Nicaragua - get this cleared, because he couldn't. The clean water, that he makes sure that Meet the Author, Largest Bazaar in US with 550 booths, who have not signed onto the deal agreed regulations were unattainable. I mean we're doing everything we can to keep Film Festival, Enlightening Entertainment, Health Fair, by over 190 other nations. you could not actually have a business America's moral compass in the world Art & Photography Exhibit, MatrimonialBanquets, "I think the rest of the world would run under the regulations that we had," when it comes to the environment," she Basketball Tournament, Children's Program & Babysitting, like to tell us how to manage our own she said. said. etc. environment and I think that anybody in She said that the US is conscious "We've done that in the past. We'll do it The three-day Convention will unite both Muslim and America can tell you that we're best to about the environment and it will in the future. It's what the US does. It's interfaith individuals, families, businesses and non-profit decide what America should do. We don't continue to do its part in protecting what we'll continue to do," she added. organizations for a full schedule of lectures, discussions, need India and France and China telling climate change. "We know that there are (PTI) debates and entertainment. "ISNA's Annual Convention is more than simply a coming together of the Muslim community," said Azhar Azeez, ISNA President. "Our goal is to unite people across US says China likely to build military different faiths and backgrounds in the spirit of peace and better understanding. We hope the convention will be used as platform and catalyst for social change", he added. ISNA has invited a rich list of speakers, scholars, base in Pakistan community leaders and public servants to address Convention attendees. Linda Sarsour, co-chair of the WASHINGTON (TIP): A Pentagon overseas naval base in Djibouti, which is noted, was already the primary market National Women's March, will be the keynote speaker report released on June 3 singled out already home to a key US military base in the Asian-Pacific region for Chinese during the Community Service Recognition Luncheon Pakistan as a possible location for a and is strategically located at the arms exports. That region accounted for which will honor Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed for his lifelong future Chinese military base, as it southern entrance to the Red Sea on the $9 billion of the more than $20 billion in dedication to serving the community, building interfaith forecast that Beijing would likely build route to the Suez Canal. Chinese arms exports from 2011 to 2015. relationships and social justice advocacy. more bases overseas after establishing a "China most likely will seek to Last year, China signed an agreement Complementing the main ISNA offering of programs, facility in the African nation of establish additional military bases in with Pakistan for the sale of eight there are conferences being hosted by the Muslim Students Djibouti. The prediction came in a 97- countries+ with which it has a submarines+ . Association of the U.S. & Canada (MSA National) and the page annual report to Congress that saw longstanding friendly relationship and Quantum satellite, cyber hacks : Muslim Youth of North America (MYNA). advances throughout the Chinese similar strategic interests, such as The Pentagon report flagged Chinese ISNA is the largest and oldest Islamic umbrella military in 2016, funded by robust Pakistan," the report said. military advances, including in space organization in North America. Its mission is to foster the defense spending that the Pentagon Djibouti's position on the and at sea. It cited China's 2016 launch of development of the Muslim community, interfaith estimated exceeded $180 billion. northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean the first experimental quantum relations, civic engagement, and better understanding of That is higher than China's official has fueled worries in India that it would communications satellite, Islam. defense budget figure of 954.35 billion become another of China's 'string of acknowledging that it represented a Those who want to register their names to participate in yuan ($140.4 billion). Chinese leaders, pearls' of military alliances and assets "notable advance in cryptography the Convention and to have more details about it, are the US report said, appeared committed ringing India, including Bangladesh, research." As in past years, the Pentagon advised to visit its website: http://www.isna.net/54th- to defense spending hikes for the Myanmar and Sri Lanka. renewed its concerns about cyber annual-isna-convention/ CONTACT: Faryal M. Khatri, "foreseeable future," even as economic The report did not address India's spying, saying US government-owned ISNA Communications Coordinator, (317) 373 - 0246, growth slows. The report repeatedly potential reaction to a Chinese base in computers were again targeted by China- [email protected]. cited China's construction of its first Pakistan. But Pakistan, the US report based intrusions through 2016. (AP) (Photograph and Press release by: Asian Media USA) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 14 INDIA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 AFTER ‘BAAHUBALI’ SCO SUMMIT ROCKET, INDIA TO GET 'EYE IN SKY' BY MONTH-END PM Modi meets China’s NEW DELHI (TIP): After the historic lift-off of India's heaviest rocket GSLV-Mk III, Xi Jinping to repair ties Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is ASTANA (TIP): Prime Minister gearing up to launch a Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Cartosat-series Jinping met here on June 9 on the satellite, also called the sidelines of the SCO summit, seen as an 'eye in the sky' because effort to repair ties hit by growing of its surveillance differences between the two countries capabilities, into the over a host of issues, including the China- 505-km polar sun Pakistan Economic Corridor and NSG. synchronous orbit by It is the first between the two leaders the end of this month. after India boycotted the high-profile Belt The 550kg satellite, and Road Forum held in Beijing last the fourth of the month in which 29 world leaders took Cartosat-2 series, is to part. be launched by the India abstained from the summit to PSLV-C38 rocket. highlight its concerns over the US$ 50 The Cartosat-series billion China Pakistan Economic satellite is an advanced remote sensing satellite capable of Corridor, which is part of the Belt and providing scene-specific spot imagery. It carries a state-of- Road Initiative (BRI) and passes through the-art panchromatic (PAN) camera that takes black and Gilgit and Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied white pictures of the earth in the visible region of the Kashmir (PoK). electromagnetic spectrum. The swath covered by this high- Prime Minister Modi and Xi are here to resolution PAN camera is 9.6 km and their spatial resolution attend the annual summit of the is less than 1 metre. The satellite, which can be steered up to Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 45 degrees along as well as across the track, covers the entire (SCO). "PM @narendramodi meets globe in 1867 orbits on a 126-day cycle. President of China #XiJinping on The Cartosat-2C series satellite has added teeth to India's margins of SCO Summit in Astana," military surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, and External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson has been providing high-resolution images of 0.65 metres, an Gopal Baglay tweeted. improvement over the 0.8m resolution of the earlier China is vocal about its stand to block Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting the President of the People's Republic of missions. India's admission into the 48-member China, Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, in Astana, Kazakhstan on June The first major use of the Cartosat-2C satellite by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). It had 9, 2017. Pic courtesy: PIB military was when the Army commandos counted on also stalled India's move to list JeM chief satellite images to hit terror launch pads across LoC during Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the the surgical strike in September. UN. After Astana, Modi and Xi are also Modi says hello to Sharif at SCO summit The imagery of Cartosat satellite is significantly used for expected to cross paths at the G20 summit cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, to be held next month in Hamburg, ASTANA (TIP):PM Modi on June 8 met with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz coastal land use and regulation, utility management like Germany followed by Brazil, Russia, Sharif in Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan, ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of India, China, South Africa (BRICS) Organisation (SCO) summit. land use maps, precision study,change detection to bring out summit to be held in Xiamen, China in Modi and Sharif attended a welcome banquet to the small grouping that geographical and manmade features and various other land September. comprises China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. information system (LIS) and geographical information Modi also met Uzbek President Shavkat India and Pakistan will be inducted as full members at the summit. system (GIS) applications. Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the SCO. Sources said the two Prime Ministers exchanged pleasantries at the function, but "Taking forward #IndiaUzbekistan no bilateral meeting was expected. DIGITAL ID TO BE MUST FOR coop'n. PM @narendramodi meets "Since it was the first occasion when the two leaders came across each other after President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Sharif's operation, Modi enquired about his health. He also enquired about Sharif's AIR TICKET BOOKINGS Uzbekistan on the sidelines of SCO mother and family," an official source present there, said. Summit," Baglay tweeted. Source: PTI NEW DELHI (TIP): In the next three to four months, air travellers in the country will have to mandatorily provide a unique identification (UID) like an Aadhaar card, passport Army ready for wars or PAN at the time of booking tickets. The government has constituted a technical committee Gujarat textbook calls on two-and-a-half that will prepare a white paper on this proposal in 30 days, said Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha at a fronts: Gen Rawat press briefing.“There are various ways of securing that Jesus a ‘demon’ unique identification. Clearly, the best way of doing it is by NEW DELHI using Aadhaar and other ways are by using a passport or AHMEDABAD (TIP): An demon.The man who is stated to have (TIP): Chief of PAN card,” said Sinha. As an “incentive”, passengers will be embarrassing error in Class 9 Hindi first noticed the error, Advocate Army Staff General able to avail a paperless and seamless travel experience. textbook of Gujarat State Board Subramaniam Iyer, said that it may be Bipin Rawat has said Once a passengers book their tickets, the unique ID, along inadvertently referring to Jesus Christ unintentional as claimed by state the Indian Army is with PNR, will provide all their information and will also as a demon, has put the state officials but it was “unacceptable” and prepared to face serve as a digital boarding pass, explained Sinha. government in a vexed situation. attracts legal provisions relating to external as well as Those who provide biometric identification through In chapter 16 of the book titled deliberate and malicious acts intended internal threats to the country. "The Aadhaar will have to do an iris or finger scan at the airport, “Bharatiya Sanskriti Mein Guru- to outrage religious feelings. “This is a Indian Army is completely ready for a while those who share other forms of ID will be provided a Shishya Sambandh” (“Relationship case that attracts section 295(a) of the two-and-a-half front war," said Rawat. QR code on their mobile phones which can then be scanned between a guru and his disciples in IPC...the error may be unintentional The Army chief added that though at the airport. However, passengers who wish to collect their Indian culture”) on page 70, the line but it can create a rift between India is ready for a multi-front war, there boarding passes and skip the digital system will still have the refers to Jesus Christ as – “Iss communities and cause a law and order are effective mechanisms to defuse an option to do so but won’t enjoy the benefit of hassle-free sambandh mein haivan Isa ka ek problem,” he said. adverse situation. "Even the Prime travel.“If you are using the system, to potentially get kathan sadaa smaraniya hain." The issue that has been raised by Minister has said that for the last forty through the entire airport you will be able to zip through in Translated, it means, “In the given academicians and several Christian years not even a single bullet has been 10-15 min versus 20-30 minutes. We think that this will create context, words of demon Jesus shall organisations in the state for over a fired on the Indo-China border," said an incentive for people,” Sinha told reporters. always be remembered.” month, forcing state education minister General Rawat. He also said that a new The ease of travel offered by opting for the digital system The officials of the state textbook Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, to finally strike unit, 17 Strike Corps, is being will serve as a “pull factor” for passengers as opposed to a board have attributed the faux pas to a instruct the officials to rectify the raised specifically for mountain warfare. “push factor”, the minister hoped. typographical error. They claimed that ‘misprint’ at the earliest. Though no When asked about the delay in its Once the technical committee presents its white paper, instead of “haiva”, who was a disciple instructions or steps to punish the raising, the Army chief said a process as comments from stakeholders will be invited for a period of of Jesus Christ along with ‘Aadam’, erring officials involved with the complex as this takes time. "It is being 30 days. Thereafter, the government will finalise the rules in word ‘n’ got inadvertently added to be printing or checking the textbooks have raised from scratch. The recruitment is 30 to 60 days. misprinted as “haivan”, meaning a been issued as yet. going on. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 INDIA 15 RACE FOR RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN CHHOTA SHAKEEL'S AIDE ARRESTED, WAS THIS IS HOW INDIA’S NEXT PLANNING TO TARGET PAK-BORN WRITER PRESIDENT WILL BE ELECTED New Delhi, June 9 The Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested an aide of NEW DELHI (TIP): As President President shall be by secret ballot. gangster Chhota Shakeel, who was planning to target 's term ends on July Voting procedure laid down in the 1974 Pakistan-born Canadian writer Tarek Fatah. 24, the Election Commission today Rules provides that after marking the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P S announced that voting for choosing vote in the voting compartment, the Kushwah said Junaid Chowdhry was nabbed on the India's next president will be held on elector is required to fold the ballot intervening night of June 8 and 7 from Wazirabad road in July 17 while counting will be on July paper and insert it in the ballot box. north-east Delhi. 20 if needed. NO WHIP Though the DCP refused to divulge details of the target, a Although none of the political senior police officer, on the condition of anonymity, said parties have come up with names of Political parties cannot issue any Chowdhry was planning to target the writer, known for his their candidates yet speculations are whip to their MPs and MLAs in the controversial remarks. on the rife. Some Opposition leaders ELECTION SCHEDULE matter of voting in the Presidential Even though Fatah was not in Delhi, the aide was here to have been trying to come up with the election. carry out a recce, he said. June 14: Issue of notification name of a consensus candidate. The NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES Chowdhry was arrested in June last year along with three ruling BJP-led NDA is likely to June 28: Last date to make others with arms and hawala money sent by Shakeel, but nomination announce their nominee in the next The nomination paper of a candidate was released on bail within four months. They had been fewdays. June 29: Date for scrutiny of has to be subscribed by at least 50 planning to kill Hindu Sabha chief Swami Chakrapani at nomination WHO CAN VOTE electors as proposers and by at least that time. He contacted Shakeel again but after his bail was July 1: Last day to withdraw another 50 electors as seconders. A cancelled he was sent to Tihar. Later, he was again released Only members of the electoral nomination security deposit of Rs 15,000 is also on bail and once more got in touch with Shakeel. college are eligible to vote in the July 17: Date of Election (if needed) needed. Chowdhry then started carrying out the gangster's Delhi- presidential election. The electoral based activities. He is currently being interrogated. July 20: Counting of votes will be held college comprises elected members of Presidents of India Source: PTI in Delhi (if needed) both Houses of Parliament and elected Rajendra Prasad: 1950 to 1962 members of the legislative Assemblies Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: 1962 to of all states including Delhi and the A principle of proportional 1967 union territory of Puducherry. A total representation is followed under which Zakir Hussain:1967 to 1969 of 4896 voters including 4120 MLAs and the elector has to mark preferences VV Giri (Acting President): 1969 to 776 elected MPs are eligible to cast against the names of the candidates. 1969 their ballot. The elector can mark as many Mohammad Hidayatullah (Acting WHO CANNOT VOTE preference as the number of President): 1969 to 1969 candidates. V.V Giri: 1969 to 1974 All nominated members of Rajya While the marking of the first Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed: 1974 to Sabha, Lok Sabha and legislative preference is compulsory for the ballot 1977 Assemblies do not have the right to paper to be valid, other preferences are Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting vote. Members of the Legislative optional. President): 1977 to 1977 Councils also do not have voting rights. WHERE WILL VOTING BE HELD Neelam Sanjiva Reddy: 1977 to 1982 HOW THE VOTING WILL HAPPEN Giani Zail Singh: 1982 to 1987 Polling for the election will take R Venkataraman: 1987 to 1992 Madhya Pradesh farmers burn vehicle after protest. Unlike Lok Sabha and Assembly place in the Parliament House and in Shankar Dayal Sharma: 1992 to elections in India, the presidential the premises of the legislative 1997 UP may face Mandsaur-like elections do not have electronic voting Assemblies. K R Narayanan: 1997 to 2002 system using EVMs. The Election SECRET BALLOT APJ Abdul Kalam: 2002 to 2007 situation, warn farmer bodies Commission will supply a special pen Pratibha Patil: 2007 to 2012 to all voters to mark their choice of The Constitution has expressly Pranab Mukherjee: 2012 to LUCKNOW: (TIP): The resentment among Uttar Pradesh candidate on ballot papers. provided that election to the office of present farmers, especially sugarcane growers and potato cultivators, may snowball into protests if timely steps are not taken to prevent the simmering agrarian distress from going the Madhya Pradesh way, farmer bodies have warned. A faction of one of the organisations--the Bharatiya Kisan Indian Leader Vijay Jolly leading 12 Union (BKU)--has even threatened to cut off supply of milk and vegetables to cities from Sunday if their demand for a CBI probe and an FIR into the police firing in Mandsaur, that claimed five lives, are not met. Member Int’l Delegation to Cambodia Taking a cue from their Madhya Pradesh counterparts, farmers in western Uttar Pradesh are gearing up to raise NEW DELHI (TIP): Vijay Jolly,Indian Agunge Laksono shall lead 8 observers their own issues, ranging from unpaid dues to poor Leader & ICAPP Standing Committee from 4 countries for Cambodia elections. procurement infrastructure, which, they claimed, have not Member is leading a 12-member These independent, international been adequately addressed by the Yogi Adityanath International Poll Observers delegation observers shall play a complimentary role government despite numerous promises and repeated to monitor Cambodia Parliamentary to ensure free & fair Cambodian elections. assurances. elections. Political leaders of Nepal, The ruling Cambodian People's Party The activities of cow protection vigilantes in the recent Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China, (CPP) has dominated Cambodian politics times had added more trouble to the sector, they said. Russia, Myanmar & India have been since 2002 obtaining 60% of the total votes The farmers in UP have been closely following the invited as International Poll Observers. in 2002, won 61.1% in 2007 while in the last agitations of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, The Election Commission of Cambodia elections in 2012 it swept the polls considering the stirs as their roadmap for the future. has invited independent election winning 61.8% of total votes in Cambodia. Under the banner of the BKU, a procession was taken out observers from International Conference The Cambodian National Rescue Party here on Wednesday to express solidarity with the agitating of Political Parties (ICAPP), Centric (CNRP) is the top challenger to power in farmers of Madhya Pradesh and condemn the police action Democrat International (CDI) and the these elections. on them in Mandsaur. Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats Indian BJP leader Vijay Jolly shall pay “Now, with these agitations, there is renewed energy International (CAPDI) to observe the a courtesy call to meet & greet the Prime among us. There is no end to the problems we face. We will Vijay Jolly is leading a 12 -member Cambodia Parliamentary Elections to be Minister of Cambodia Hon'ble Hun Sen also join the fight,” said Rakesh Tikait, president of the International Poll Observers Delegation to held on 4th June 2017. on Saturday, 3rd June 2017 at Phnom Bhartiya Kisan Union. monitor Cambodian parliamentary polls Indian BJP Leader Vijay Jolly leading Penh. He shall be briefed by Indian His views have been echoed by leaders of other farmer ICAPP, launched in 2000, is a global Europe, Africa & Central America. Charge d'Affaires His Excellency Rajiv groups. political organization with members of Former President of Colombia & Kumar at Embassy of India in the Another faction of the BKU submitted a memorandum 360 political parties drawn from 53 President CDI Mr. Andres Pastrana Cambodian capital. Jolly shall specially addressed to the prime minister to the Lucknow district countries in Asia. They promote Arango will lead team of 10 observers visit the world famous "Angkor Wat" magistrate on Wednesday,demanding an FIR against officers exchanges, cooperation & mutual from 7 countries while Former Speaker of Hindu temple & Buddhist place of responsible for the “unfortunate police firing” in Mandasur understanding between citizens of Asia, Indonesia & Vice Chairman CAPDI Mr. worship "Ta Prohm" temple. and a CBI probe. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 16 FEATURE FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 Dr. Bhai Vir Singh- The Sixth River of Punjab Remembering the poet, scholar, and theologian of the Sikh revival movement, Dr. Bhai Vir Singh on his 60th death anniversary Bhai Vir Singh wrote at a time when Sikh religion and politics and the Punjabi language were under such strong attack by the English and Hindus that the Sikhs had begun to doubt the value of their way of life. With his versatile pen, he extolled Sikh courage, philosophy, and ideals, gathering respect for the Punjabi language as a literary vehicle. The core of his philosophy is that man must overcome his pride or ego before he can realize God. Once the battle of self is won, man can then know God in all of his manifestations. aristocracy, the gradual emergence of urban memory and cultural heritage. Education of the fantasy of spiritual ascension. Apart from living middle classes, the dissipation of the "national masses was the first requirement for the out her earthly destiny of suffering and pain, she intellectual life" of the Punjab owing to the neglect fulfilment of these objectives. In the meanwhile, symbolized the total ethos of the Sikh people at and decay of indigenous education of the local the old educational system which had till then that historical moment when they were emerging people from their political destiny aroused among served as a channel for communication of the out of their sense of defeat and despair into an era the Sikhs concern for survival and for redefining traditional knowledge to the youth of the race had of a fresh beginning. the boundaries of their faith. Further challenges broken down with the withdrawal, under British Bhai Vir Singh's quest for new forms of arose in the shape of modernization, of Christian, dispensation, of state patronage from the expression continued. Soon after the publication Muslim and Hindu movements of proselytization indigenous institutions, As if to fill the vacuum as of Rana Surat Singh in book form in 1919, he and the agnostic cults such as Brahmo Samaj. well as to build new channels of intra-community turned to shorter poems and Lyrics. In quick Parallel to the developments foreboding gradual communication, Bhai Vir Singh through his succession came Dil Tarang (1920), Earel Tupke appropriation of Sikhism by the Hindu social single-minded cultivation of Punjabi language as (1921), Lahiran de Har (1921), Matak Hulare (1922), order emerged a powerful end towards Braj the medium of his theological, scholarly and and Bijlian de Har (1927). Following at some classicism in the Sikh literary and scholarly creative work, resolved the cultural dilemma distance was Mere Salan Jio (1953). In this poetry, tradition. Mythologization of the persons of Sikh which the Sikhs faced at the turn of the century. Bhai Vir Singh's concerns were more aesthetic Gurus, mixing of fiction with historical fact and On the one hand was the Sikh literary tradition in than didactic, metaphysical or mystical. He interweaving of Vedantic and Vaisavite motifs Braj language which had collected unmatched refined the old verse forms and created new ones. into the essential Sikh teaching were its typical riches in multiple directions during the course of The metrical patterns Kabir, Soratha, Baint, etc., features. The response arose in Sikhism several its three-centuries-long elitist career, on the other which he inherited from classical Punjabi movements- Nirankari (puritanism), Namdhari were the compulsions for mobilizing the common literature, were transformed into lights nimble (militant Protestantism), Singh Sabha (revivalism Sikhs through their own language. By drawing measures. Bhai Vir Singh also naturalized in and renaissance) and Panch Khalsa Diwan upon the Sikh tradition of Braj literature for his Punjabi the Rubai which he borrowed from Urdu. (aggressive fundamentalism). basic inspiration and cultural motivation and By grafting Soratha and Sirkhandv forms on Bhai Vir Singh had the benefit of both the upon the Punjabi literary tradition for its English blank verse, he paved the way for the traditional indigenous learning as well as of linguistic components Bhai Vir Singh initiated a emergence of Punjabi poem. Dr. Bhai Vir Singh modern English education. He learnt Persian and new literary idiom distinctly different from both. As it happened, the first play written in (5 December 1872 - 10 June 1957) Urdu from a Muslim Maulawi in a mosque and The tracts produced by the Khalsa Tract Society Punjabi, Raja Lakhdata Singh (1910) also came hai Vir Singh was a poet, scholar and was apprenticed to Giani Harbhajan Singh, a introduced a down to earth literary Punjabi from the pen of Bhai Vir Singh. Tentative in form, exegete, a major figure in the Sikh leading classical scholar, for Sanskrit and Sikh remarkable for lightness of touch as well as for the 1. play did reveal the author's powers of Brenaissance and in the movement for the literature. He then joined the Church Mission freshness of expression. In this writing lay the constructing crisp and witty dialogues Change- revival and renewal of Punjabi literary tradition. School, Amritsar and took his matriculation beginnings of modern Punjabi prose. over from Braj Bhasa to Punjabi 2. as the main His identification with all the important concerns examination in 1891. At school, the conversion of The Khalsa Tract Society periodically made medium of Sikh literary and 3. scholarly of modern Sikhism was so complete that he came some of the students proved a crucial experience available under the title Nirguniara low-cost expression created the need for new materials to be canonized as Bhai, the Brother of the Sikh which strengthened his own religious conviction. publications on Sikh theology, history and such as glossaries, lexicons, encyclopedias and Order, very early in his career. For his pioneering From the Christian missionaries' emphasis on philosophy and on social and religious reform. exegetical works. Bhai Vir Singh himself work in its several different genres, he is literary resources, he learnt how efficacious the Through this journal Bhai Vir Singh established a provided several of the tools. He revised and acknowledged as the creator of modern Punjabi written word could be as a means of informing living contact with an ever-expanding circle of enlarged Giani Hazara Singh's dictionary, Sri literature. and influencing a person's innermost being. readers. He used the Nirguniara as a vehicle for Guru Granth Kosh, originally published in 1898. Born on 5 December 1872, in Amritsar, Bhai Vir Through his English courses, he acquired his own self-expression and some of his major The revised version, published in 1927, gave Singh was the eldest of Dr Charan Singh's three familiarity with modern literary forms, especially creative works such as the epic Rana Surat Singh, evidence of Bhai Vir Singh's command of the sons. The family traces its ancestry back to Diwan short lyric. While still at school, Bhai Vir Singh the novel Baba Naudh Singh, and the lives of the science of etymology and of the classical and Kaura Mall (d. 1752), who rose to the position of was married at the age of 17 to Chatar Kaur Gurus Sri Guru Nanak Chamatkar and Sri Guru modern languages. He published critical editions vice-governor of Multan, under Nawab Mir Mu'ln daughter of Sardar Narain Singh of Amritsar. Kalgidhar Chamatkar were originally serialized of some of the old Sikh texts such as Sikhan di ul-Mulk, With the title of Maharaja Bahadur.Baba Unlike the educated young men of his time, in its columns. Bhagat Mala (1912), Prachin Panth Prakash (1914), Kahn Singh (1788-1878) was perhaps the first in the Bhai Vir Singh was not tempted by prospects of a In literature, Bhai Vir Singh started as a writer of Puratan Janam Sakhi (1926) and Sakhi Pothi family to be regularly sworn a Sikh. He turned a career in government service. He chose for romances which proved to be the forerunners of (1950). recluse when he was still in his early teens and himself the calling of a writer and created the Punjabi novel. His writings in this genre- Monumental in size and scholarship was his spent his entire youth in monasteries at Haridvar material conditions for a single-minded pursuit of Sundari (1898), Bijay Singh (1899), Satvant Kaur annotation of Bhai Santokh Singh's magnum and Amritsar acquiring training in traditional it. A year after his passing the matriculation (published in two parts, I in 1900 and II in 1927)- opus, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth, published Sikh learning. His mother's affection ultimately examination, he set up a lithograph press in were aimed at recreating the heroic period from 1927 to 1935 in fourteen volumes covering reclaimed him to the life of a householder at the collaboration with Bhai Wazir Singh, a friend of (eighteenth century) of Sikh history.Through these 6668 pages. age of 40, when he got married. Adept in his father's. As his first essays in the literary field, novels he made available to his readers typical No sooner was the Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Grallth versification in Sanskrit and Braj as well as in the Bhai Vir Singh composed some Geography models of courage, fortitude and human dignity. completed than Bhai Vir Singh launched on an oriental system of medicine, Baba Kahn Singh textbooks for schools. Subhagji da Sudhar Hathin Baba Naudh Singh, even more arduous task. This was a detailed passed on his interests to his only son, Dr Charan Bhai Vir Singh began taking active interest in popularly known as Baba Naudh Singh (serialized commentary on the Guru Granth Sahib. In a way, Singh. Apart from his sustained involvement in the affairs of Singh Sabha movement. To promote in Nirguniara from 1907 onwards and published exegesis had been his lifelong occupation. Early in literary and scholarly pursuits, mainly as a Braj its aims and objects, he launched in 1894 the in book form in 1921) shares with Rana Surat his career he had annotated selections from the poet, Punjabi prose-writer,musicologist, prosodist Khalsa Tract Society.In November 1899, he started Singh (which he had started serializing two years Holy Book published in 1906 under the title Panj and lexicographer, Dr Charan Singh took active a Punjabi weekly, the Khalsa Samachar. He was earlier), Bhai Vir Singh's fascination with the Granth Saiik, and, as he himself declared, all his interest in the affairs of the Sikh community,then among the principal promoters of several of the theme of widow's desperate urge for a re-union writing was an exposition of the Sikh Scripture. experiencing a new urge for restoration as well as Sikh institutions, such as Chief Khalsa Diwan, with her dead husband. But in Baba Naudh Singh He devoted himself unsparingly to the for change. Sikh Educational Society (1908) and the Punjab this search is situated in a more mundane setting. commentary, but it remained unfinished. A To this patrimony of Bhai Vir Singh was added and Sind Bank (1908). Interest in corporate This makes all the difference. The narrative here lifetime of unrelieved hard work and the weight of from his mother's side a living kinship with activity directed towards community is more realistic in tone, and almost contemporary advancing years at last began to tell. In early 1957 another rich tradition of scholarship in exegesis development remained Bhai Vir Singh's constant in its appeal. Bhai Vir Singh weaves into the signs of fatigue and weakness appeared. He was of the Ckiani school, going back to the times of concern, simultaneously with his creative and narrative numerous motifs of social reforms taken ill with a fever and died in his home in Guru Gobind Singh. His maternal grandfather scholarly pursuits. In this engagement and, at the moral teaching and religious preaching and Amritsar on 10 June 1957. The portion of the Giani Hazara Singh compiled a lexicon of Guru same time, in his eschewal of political activity,the depicts several situations of intercommunal and commentary- nearly one half of the Holy Book- he Granth Sahib, and wrote a commentary on Bhai Christian missionary example was apparently his urban-rural confrontation. In 1905, Bhai Vir Singh had completed was published posthumously in Gurdas Varan. As a schoolboy, Bhai Vir Singh model. started serializing through tracts Rana Surat seven large volumes. used to spend a great deal of his time in the In determining the basic parameters of the Singh, the first Punjabi epic, written in blank Article is based on extracts from the company of Giani Hazara Singh under whose modern phase of Sikhism, Bhai Vir Singh verse of Sirkhand, variety. This long narrative of following books: Encyclopedia of Sikhism edited guidance he not only learnt the classical and neo- stressed the autonomy of Sikh faith nourished over 14,000 lines is a striking imaginative by Harbans Singh , Bhai Vir Singh: Life, Times classical languages, Sanskrit, Persian and Braj, and sustained by an awakening amongst the Sikhs evocation of the situation of the Sikhs through a and Works by Gurbachan Singh Talib, and Attar but also received grounding, both theoretical and of the awareness of their distinct theological and symbolic tale of a widowed queen in quest of her Singh, ed., Chandigarh, 1973, Bhai Vir Singh by practical, in the science of Sikh exegesis. cultural identity.Secondly,he aimed at reorienting lost paradise. The spiritual voyage of Rani Raj Harbans Singh, Delhi, 1972, Bhai Vir Singh: Poet of Bhai Vir Singh was the child of an age in the Sikhs' understanding of their faith in such a Kaur, the main protagonist of the poem, from the Sikhs. by Harbans Singh and Gurbachan ferment. The extinction of Sikh sovereignty in the manner as to help them assimilate the different external factuality to internal essence has been Singh Talib (Source: Sikh-History.com) Punjab, the decline in the fortunes of Sikh modernizing influences on their historical described by Bhai Vir Singh in the form of a Encyclopedia Britannica THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 17

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n December 11 in 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st as the International Day of OYoga. The declaration came after the call for the adoption of June 21st as International Day of Yoga by Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi during his address to the UN General Assembly on September 27, 2014 wherein he stated: "Yoga is an invaluable gift of India's ancient tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature. " In suggesting June 21, which is the Summer Solstice, as the International Day of Yoga, Narendra Modi had said that, "the date is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and has special significance in many parts of the world. " The first IYD was celebrated on June 21, 2015 at the United Nations, as also across the world. This 21 June will see the third edition of IDY at the United Nations, which is organized by the Permanent Mission of India. International Day of Yoga at the United Nations: June 21, 2017

Here are excerpts from the interview. With a view to gathering information on celebration of International Day of Yoga at the United Nations, The Indian Panorama team, led by its editor Prof. Indrajit S Saluja spoke with Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, India's PermanentRepresentative to the How you are going to celebrate International Day United Nations, on June 5. of Yoga here? We saw a decline in the enthusiasm in people last year. What could be the reason? interesting discussion with 7th 8th grade children and for uncertainties. International organizations and the UN in them climate, environment, yoga - all are interlinked. particular are in a stressful situation because Let's just go by facts. When the event was first organized in So, it will only be on an increase. there is turbulence and uncertainty in 2015, people were invited for only one day and the number was Is there any special effort from interstate relations. That means the about 350 to 400.Last year if you had a look, more than 1000 status Quo is no longer tenable. For a people participated and there were two events. One was yoga your side to attract people from country like us, we feel that the demonstration in the UN premises in an open space and there mainstream? status Quo needs to reflect the were more than 1000 people from more than 130 countries. Also changed realities. How we work in addition, we started a new element of trying to express what Yes. We have opened links. through this turbulence to reach yoga means at an intellectual level. So, we also had it at an Anybody who is interested can the goal may take some time. economic and social platform where Sadguru talked about his register. We'll provide them the Nobody knows the time specifics. own approach to yoga. This was called 'Conversations with opportunity to come. We have also But a country of a billion can't be yoga masters' and that attracted nearly 500 people. So, if you tagged various yoga organizations to kept out of any high table. We are see both these events combined, this was much larger thanthe bring in people. So, come on 20th and in the era today of democratic first year and let me add another thing. see how much we've progressed governance. It may happen in a year For the first time the UN building was decorated with yoga compared to last year. There is no or two years or more. The important asanas projected on it. It has never happened before. So, if you limitation on anyone who wants to come. thing is we reach the goal. India is now look at how we progressed from one year to another - in terms It's an open event. You just have to looked at very differently by the world. of enthusiasm it was much more. register. It's a simple online registration. It is not the same India that it was in the Let me assure you, this year we will have something more. It's available on our Facebook page and our nineties. They lookat us with a different Last year the images were projected on the lateral side of UN website. You have to click the link and give approach - as a more confident country. As building.This year, if you have seen Diwali images on the UN, your details so that our security people the economy grows, we'll bring many it will be like that and we have requested Indian actor Anupam have that information and can give more things to the table. So, while Kher to come and switch on the light. This will start on 18th you the entry pass. we work on this we also need to June - 3 days before International Day of Yoga. How many people do you expect? strengthen our economy, our own On 20th June, we plan to have a larger assembly of people growth patterns. As we keep coming for the yoga demonstration. This will be in the evening Certainly, we expect more people growing, it's only a matter of at 6 pm and every year we get different yoga masters. This year than last year. Last year, it was more time. That will be reflected in we are getting Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Sadhvi than a thousand. This year we international organizations. Vagwati from Rishikesh who are also associated with Hindu expect 1500 to 2000. The place can The world is in a constant Jain Temple in Pittsburg. They will be leading the yoga on 20th hold 2500 people. We need support June. On each of these days the UN building will lit up with from all organizations to enable us "turbulence" which means yoga mudras to indicate to the world that the UN is celebrating to get the numbers. Yoga is India's offering but now it has gone a permanent seat for India could be indefinitely the International Day of Yoga. global. delayed? Finally, on the 21st, we will again have a conversation on When will the registrations close? 'Yoga for Health' because as you know the Prime Minister You have to reach a solution at some stage. Global order to focused on yoga and its benefits in terms of health. So, this 48 hours before the event. The earlier people register, the survive requires some sort of stability at the end of year we are having a very interesting combination of different better it is. Already several hundred have registered. turbulence. Otherwise what do you have? You have outdated people who have done very well. For example, we are working Anything else you want to share? institutions, you have turbulence. If you do not have reform with WHO (World Health Organization). They will have a then you have dysfunctional outcomes. We hope the countries conversation on 'Yoga for Health.' So, we are having people We are also working with Sahaja Yoga - another work together to reform. A system or order will come out. We from other walks of life who have benefitted from yoga. For organization - on an exhibition at the UN premises. This will will get what we are aspiring for. example, we are having a leading yoga practitioner from be again a first time exhibition on yoga. We will start it on What is your call on India-Pakistan relations and Corporate America. His name is Mr Stanten Caber. He is the June 19th and it will continue for the week. the increasing hostility from Pakistan? CEO of Bluechip Marketing Worldwide. It's a Fortune 500 An unrelated question, with your permission.What company.He is coming to say how he has used yoga to improve I'm not an optimist but a realist. As a realist, we can engage efficiency in business. So, we are moving from purely physical is the status of India's bid for permanent seat in the world as it is now. The world sees India very differently activities to intellectual to business to health. Let me assure the Security Council? than our neighbor. India has its growth story with an you, there is no lack in terms of our interest and enthusiasm aspiration to live a good life. I do not want to say about others and activism for yoga. The process began in 1995 when I was here. So, I know the but the world does not see them that way. It is for them to The Prime Minister told me, this should be celebrated with evolution of the process. India's aspiration to be in the decide what they want. They want to be an aspirational society higher interest every year than the last year. I can assure you, Security Council is a reflection of India regaining its place in or a society which is differently structured. It's their call. As as far as we're concerned, the effort and degree of interest will terms of where we desire to be in the comity of nations. This far as we are concerned, we are ready to engage with everyone only keep increasing because yoga itself has become very is an aspirational goal. We worked with certain belief that it but for that you need a conducive atmosphere. Unfortunately, popular. I went to a school in Bronx. For the students, yoga is will happen. The issue is when it would happen and it's only a Pakistan is not giving that atmosphere. If they give, we'll India. That is their perception about India. We had a very matter of time. The globe today is passing through some certainly try to improve the tie. It is a call for them. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 20 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 21 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 22 WORLD FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 100,000 cholera cases, 789 deaths, in Yemen in past month: Chinese military base likely in WHO Pakistan: Beijing hits out at Pentagon GENEVA (TIP): A cholera outbreak of more than 100,000 cases has erupted in war-ravaged Yemen, killing nearly 800 people, in just over a month, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on June 8. report, says remarks 'irresponsible' The UN health agency said that since the end of April, 101,820 suspected cholera cases had been registered across 19 BEIJING (TIP): Beijing says it is of the country's 21 governorates, including 789 deaths. "firmly opposed" to a Pentagon report WHO has warned that a quarter of a million people could that highlighted China's construction of fall sick with cholera by the end of the year in Yemen, a military facilities on man-made islands country where two-thirds of the population are on the brink in the disputed South China Sea and of famine. speculated that Beijing would likely British charity Oxfam also voiced alarm on Thursday at build more bases overseas. what it described as "a runaway cholera epidemic" in Yemen, The annual report made pointing out that the disease is currently killing nearly one "irresponsible remarks on China's person every hour. national defence development and Cholera is a highly contagious bacterial infection spread reasonable actions in defending our through contaminated food or water. territorial sovereignty and security Reining in the disease is particularly complicated in interests in disregard of the facts," Yemen, where two years of devastating war between the foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Huthis and government forces backed by a Saudi-led Arab Chunying told reporters on Wednesday. military coalition has left more than half the country's "China is firmly opposed to that," Hua medical facilities out of service. said, adding that her government was a Yemen's conflict has killed more than 8,000 people and force for safeguarding peace and wounded around 45,000 since March 2015, according to the stability in the Asia-Pacific region and WHO. the world. "Yemen is on the edge of an abyss. Lives hang in the While Hua declined to comment on balance," Sajjad Mohammed Sajid, Oxfam's Yemen country possible overseas bases, she said China director, said in a statement. and Pakistan - one of the countries "Cholera is simple to treat and prevent but while the considered most likely to host a Chinese fighting continues the task is made doubly difficult," he said, military presence+ - were close friends reflects and amplifies China's growing safeguard China's independent insisting that "a massive aid effort is needed now." (AP) that conduct mutually beneficial influence, extending the reach of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.It is cooperation in a variety of fields. armed forces." a legitimate right of a sovereign state," Government asks Indians in China is now building its first The assessment also focused on the Hua said, without mentioning the overseas base in Djibouti, which it says military buildup in the Spratly Islands in islands directly. Qatar to 'stay alert' will help facilitate its participation in the South China Sea, which China claims While China objects vocally to US anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden virtually in its entirety. naval operations+ in the South China NEW DELHI (TIP): As the Gulf crisis deepened between and UN peacekeeping operations in the It said that as of late last year, China Sea, it is eager not to be seen as a threat, Saudi Arabia-led allies and Qatar, India is beginning to region. The base is near Camp was building 24 fighter-sized hangars, and its criticism of the annual Pentagon worry about its over 630,000 nationals who live and work in Lemonnier, the US base in the Horn of fixed-weapons positions, barracks, assessment is part of a drive to avoid Qatar. Africa nation, although American administration buildings and being perceived as attempting to seize An advisory by the Indian embassy in Doha has asked military leaders have said they don't see communication facilities on each of the the mantle as the region's dominant Indians to "stay alert". In addition, they said, "The Embassy it as threatening US operations. three largest outposts - Fiery Cross, Subi military force. It has also engaged in a of India is monitoring the situation closely and is in touch "China most likely will seek to and Mischief Reefs. Each has runways series of dialogues and exchanges with with Qatari authorities to ensure the safety and security of establish additional military bases in that are at least 2,700 meters (8,800 feet) the US military, although the two Indian nationals in Qatar." countries with which it has a long. continue to view each other warily. "We Qatar has only one land route to Saudi Arabia, which is longstanding friendly relationship and China claims the bases are there to hope the US side will put aside the Cold used for transport of essential commodities, that route is similar strategic interests, such as improve navigation safety and War mentality, view China's military now closed. There should be no immediate sense of panic or Pakistan, and in which there is a assistance for fishermen. But it also says development in an objective and rational shortage, sources said, largely because Qatar is well stocked. precedent for hosting foreign militaries," they help reinforce China's sovereignty manner, and take concrete actions to Secondly,Qatar, as the richest per capita country in the world the Pentagon report said. "This claims and that China is fully entitled to maintain steady growth of the military is likely to put its considerable resources to the task of initiative, along with regular naval provide them with defensive capabilities. relationship between the two countries," maintaining its people. vessel visits to foreign ports, both "That we develop national defence is to Hua said. ( AP) "The Qatari authorities have conveyed that they will take all necessary steps to ensure that normal life, including supplies of food items, is not affected," said the advisory. Reports have also suggested that the Indian government has North Korea fires what appear to be offered to send in supplies to Qatar. (PTI) Nearly 70 dead in al-Shabab land-to-ship missiles: South Korea attack on Somalia military base SEOUL (TIP): North Korea fired projectiles that appear to be short- conducting such tests at an MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (TIP): Heavily armed al- what appeared to be several land-to- range land-to-ship cruise missiles unprecedented pace in an effort to Shabab extremists have stormed a military base in Somalia's ship missiles off its east coast on today morning off east coast from the develop an intercontinental ballistic semiautonomous state of Puntland, killing close to 70 people June 8, South Korea's military said, region of Wonsan," the office said in a missile (ICBM) capable of hitting the and wounding dozens more, officials said on June 8. the latest in a fast-paced series of statement, adding that Seoul and mainland United States. Residents said civilians, including women, were beheaded missile tests defying world pressure Washington were analysing the In the three earlier launches, North during the rampage. to rein in its weapons programme. launches for further information. Korea tested different kinds of Officials called it the region's deadliest attack in years, The launches come less than a week Thursday's launch is the fourth ballistic missiles, two medium-to-long highlighting the twin challenges facing security forces from after the United Nations Security missile test by North Korea since range missiles as well as a short- the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab and the growing presence of Council passed fresh sanctions on the Moon took office on May 10 pledging range Scud class weapon. fighters linked to the Islamic State group. reclusive state, which said it would to engage in dialogue with The launches of the apparent anti- The attack began with a blast at the remote Af-Urur camp, continued to pursue its nuclear and Pyongyang, saying sanctions and ship missiles on Thursday follow roughly 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of the commercial hub missile programme without delay. pressure alone have failed to resolve Kim's order to develop North Korea's of Bossaso, before the extremists overran the base and killed The missiles were launched on the growing threat from the North's own ballistic missile that precisely soldiers at close range, said Ahmed Mohamed, a senior Thursday morning from the North advancing nuclear and missile strikes targets such as enemy vessels, military official. Close to 70 people were killed, though an Korean coastal city of Wonsan and programme. reported in its state media late last exact death toll was not yet available, Mohamed said. Abdi flew about 200km (124 miles), South South Korea said on Wednesday it month. Hersi Ali, Puntland's interior minister, said troops suffered Korea's Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff will hold off on installing remaining The isolated country, which has causalities but he declined to give further details. said in a statement. components of a controversial US conducted dozens of missile tests and Residents in the area reported chaotic scenes, with fighters South Korean President Moon Jae- anti-missile defense system until it tested two nuclear bombs since the beheading several civilians they encountered. One witness, in has been briefed on the latest completes an assessment of the beginning of 2016 in defiance of U.N. Abdibasit Hassan, said women were among those beheaded. launch, the military said, declining to system's impact on the environment. Security Council resolutions, says the "The situation is grim over there. This attack was an give further details. Under third-generation leader Kim programme is necessary to counter unexpected one," Mohamed said. (AP) "North Korea launched multiple Jong Un, North Korea has been US aggression. (reuters) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 WORLD 23 Spanish man who fought off Vladimir Putin: I am not a woman, so I London attacker confirmed dead (TIP): The family of a Spanish man who used his don't have bad days skateboard to try to defend a woman from one of the assailants during the London attack confirmed on Wednesday that he had died, after a wait of close to four days. NEW YORK (TIP): Film director "Ignacio didn't survive the attacks," Ignacio Echeverria's Oliver Stone, whose series of sister Ana wrote on her Facebook page. His other sister Isabel conversations with Vladimir Putin air also confirmed his death on her Facebook page. next week on Showtime, said he watched "We want to see and be with Ignacio's body. It seems that we Megyn Kelly interview the Russian won't be able to be with his body until Friday at the earliest," president on NBC and concluded that "he she added. knew his stuff and she didn't." Spain's foreign ministry also confirmed that Echeverria, a Kelly's interview, which aired on the 39-year-old HSBC expert in the fight against money- debut of her newsmagazine, "Sunday laundering, had died in Saturday's attack that saw three Night with Megan Kelly," on Sunday, assailants in a van mow down people on a bridge and then go "became machine-gun like," Stone said, on a stabbing spree. and was an example of how American "Ignacio Echeverria's exemplary attitude during the attacks journalism frequently leaves little room is, for all, a model of solidarity," it said in a statement. for nuance. "His courage in defending a defenceless person helps to "I think she was attractive and she remember the necessity of remaining united in the face of the asked hardball questions, but she wasn't scourge of terrorism, faced with those who make violence and in position to debate or counter him, terror their only language." because she didn't know a lot of things," Echeverria's friend said he spotted him during the short, he said. panic-ridden rampage trying to defend a woman from one of NBC News President Noah the assailants with his skateboard. Oppenheim shot back that "no one here Stone, a controversial figure who has woman so I don't have bad days," adding He was last seen lying on the ground and had been missing is interested in Oliver Stone's unsolicited interviewed Fidel Castro and Hugo a reference to "natural cycles" affecting since. thoughts on Megyn Kelly's appearance or Chavez and produced a documentary behavior. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the his ill-informed opinion of her backing Putin's version of events in the During a discussion about gay rights, attack in which police have now confirmed that eight people journalism." Ukraine, conducts a Putin interview far Putin said about a homosexual male: "I were killed. "But so long as we're offering each less confrontational than Kelly's, at least prefer not to go in the shower with him. Echeverria's friend said he spotted him during the short, other professional feedback, please let on the basis of two episodes provided for Why provoke him?" panic-ridden rampage trying to defend a woman from one of him know I don't think he's made a screening by Showtime. One critic, Stone is aware that he'll receive the assailants with his skateboard. decent movie since the early `90s," he Marlow Stern in The Daily Beast, called criticism for not pushing Putin hard He was last seen lying on the ground and had been missing said. in a "wildly irresponsible love letter" to enough. "I'm not a journalist," he said. since. Putin was combative when asked in Putin. "I'm a filmmaker and I was taking a Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido denounced the NBC interview about hacking in the The filmmaker's style does include its different approach." what he called the sluggish pace of the British victim US presidential election and relations share of ingratiating remarks. "You have The project's value comes in seeing identification process, calling it "inhumane" for Echeverria's between Russia and President Donald a lot of discipline, sir," he says at one Putin talking about his life and world family. (AP) Trump's team. He's more serene on point. "You are an excellent CEO. Russia view in an extended format, seeing the Showtime, where more than a dozen is your company," he says at another. personal and political history that drives Saudi, allies issue Qatar-linked interviews that Stone conducted with the Besides office sit-downs, Putin is policy for the US's biggest adversary, and Russian president between 2015 and interviewed driving a car, walking simply how his mind works. At one point 'terrorism' list early this year unfold one hour per night through horse stables at his home and Stone asks Putin about a 13 percent for four nights starting Monday. after he played in a hockey game. When inflation rate, and is quickly corrected. RIYADH (TIP): Saudi Arabia and allies, which have cut ties As an example of where he believed Putin makes a claim about a letter he "Twelve point nine," he said. with Doha, today issued a list of individuals and entities they Kelly was mistaken, Stone said the claim received from the CIA and Stone asks "It's crucial for the United States to say are linked to Qatar over "terrorism". that 17 US intelligence agencies had him to produce it, the Russian president understand another point of view," Stone "This list is connected to Qatar and serves suspicious concluded the Russians were behind says, "My words are enough." said. "I'm interested in preventing a agendas in an indication of the duality of Qatar policies," said election year hacking and used as a Yet Stone also challenges Putin on his further deterioration in relations." the statement from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, preface for a question had been "walked authoritarian style and questions his The film also features Stone screening Egypt and Bahrain. back." It was a reference to testimony claims of democratic reform. The a copy of the Cold War-era satire "Dr. It shows that Qatar "announces fighting terrorism on one from James Clapper, former director of filmmaker said in an interview that Strangelove" for the stone-faced Russian hand and finances and supports and hosts different terrorist national intelligence, about a hacking there are more direct questions about leader. organisations on the other hand," they said. report by three specific agencies. The relations with the United States in the "I pushed him where I felt he should be The list, however, contains at least two names already independent organization Politifact has unseen third and fourth episodes. pushed," Stone said. "At a certain point, designated internationally as terrorist financiers, and against produced a report that backs Kelly, He asks Putin about assassination you know that that person is not going to whom Qatar took action, according to a previous US however, because Clapper had earlier attempts and, while it was inadvertent in change his approach. He's a leader. He department of state report. said that all 17 intelligence agencies he one case, captures a couple of eye- thinks things through and he's made his Those two, Sa'd al-Ka'bi and Abd al-Latif al-Kawari, are had supervised agreed about Russia's opening moments. Asked if he ever have point. I can't think of anything more that among dozens of individuals and entities named Friday by involvement. bad days, Putin replies that "I am not a I could have said or done." (AP) Saudi Arabia and its three allies. (AFP) Israel advances settlement plans despite Donald Trump's plea

JERUSALEM (TIP): Israel has advanced wing Israeli leader has been under intense More than 600,000 Israelis live in scepticism over whether such an effort would plans for more than 3,000 homes in West Bank pressure from settler leaders. settlements in the West Bank, including in have any chance of success. settlements this week, despite US President The powerful settler movement wields annexed east Jerusalem. Netanyahu has said he still supports a two- Donald Trump's call to hold back on such heavy influence in Netanyahu's right-wing They live alongside some three million state solution, but peace advocates say his projects as he seeks ways to restart peace governing coalition. Palestinians. actions show otherwise. efforts. On Tuesday, a defence ministry planning Settlements are considered illegal under On Tuesday, the premier told settlers he Israel pushed forward with the plans as it committee advanced 1,500 units, while more international law and are seen as a major would keep building across the West Bank. also marked 50 years since the Six-Day War, than 900 more were added on Wednesday, obstacle to peace and the so-called two state "Netanyahu has been trying to hold back fought from June 5-10, 1967 and which began Peace Now said. solution -- the creation of an independent but he has been under very strong pressure its continuing occupation of the West Bank. In a separate process, 688 homes were Palestinian state alongside Israel. from the settlement movement," Ofer Zalzberg A total of 3,178 housing units were advanced by the committee late on Wednesday Israel blames Palestinian incitement and of the International Crisis Group think tank advanced in a number of different and will now go out for a 60-day public intransigence for the ongoing conflict. said. settlements, the Peace Now NGO that tracks comment period during which objections can While the majority of the planned homes "In the last two weeks there has been an all- settlement growth told AFP on Thursday. be filed. are in pre-existing settlements, some will be out war and he caved in." They are the first new settlement The plans are at various stages in the built in the first new official settlement in Abbas's spokesman called Netanyahu's announcements since Trump's visit to Israel process and the units are in a number of some 25 years, Peace Now said. statements a "challenge" to Trump and the and the Palestinian territories last month, settlements across the West Bank. Last month, Trump visited Israel and the international community. when he tried to encourage both sides back to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Palestinian territories, meeting both "It is a challenge to Trump's efforts to create the negotiating table. condemned the plan for the new housing Netanyahu and Abbas as he seeks what he has an appropriate atmosphere for a serious Trump has called on Prime Minister units. called the "ultimate deal". political process, and a blatant challenge to Benjamin Netanyahu to hold back on Israeli authorities did not immediately However, Trump has given no details about the international community as a whole," a settlement building for now, but the right- respond to requests for comment. how he plans to restart talks, and there is deep statement said. (AFP) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 24 WOMEN FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 97% GIRLS ARE FINE WITH MARRYING A YOUNGER GUY: SURVEY

social media study ‘Girls Are Ok, Are Guys,’ conducted by the Aonline matchmaking brand Bharat Matrimony, attempted to bust some myths about what is acceptable to girls when it comes to finding a life partner. The survey witnessed over 2100 responses. Bharat Matrimony posed 10 “Are You Ok” questions to girls GROOM YOUR including “if the guy is a mamma’s boy”, “someone who doesn’t like shopping, “someone who leaves stuff all over the house”, “someone who’s younger to you! EYEBROWS Some of the key insights from the survey: A whopping 97 percent of girls said that they were ok to marry a guy AT HOME younger than them. ow many times have you missed going to the salon 80 percent of those surveyed said right before an office party, only to dread partying that they have no problem with a Hwith undone eyebrows? But worry not, we tell you mamma’s boy and it definitely ways you can do it yourself at home. does not mean they lack Get your tools independence in life. 95 percent of the audience said To flaunt a set of striking eyebrows you need the perfect that are fine with living in a joint tool for it. For example, gather tweezers, a spoolie brush, a family.Out of this, 60 percent were pair of small eyebrow grooming scissors and a brow pencil. girls and 35 percent guys. These tools will help you groom your eyebrows properly. 90 percent of the girls say that they Map it well would leave the room as it is until he cleans the room he has messed Use the end of your tweezers or the end of your spoolie up! brush to line it vertically along the outer edge of the bottom Lack of patience and boredom are Guys don’t need to sacrifice their continue to spend time with their of your nose. Then, use an eyebrow pencil to draw a line to main reasons why guys don’t like hobbies and can continue to play parents even after marriage. mark the start of each eyebrow. But when you are doing this, to accompany girls for shopping. cricket or pursue other games and Kaushik Tiwari, VP - head of make sure that the space above the bridge of your nose is Women say that they would arts even after marriage. marketing at Matrimony.com said,“Our centered in between and pluck the stray hairs in between emotionally blackmail a guy or Most girls feel that their social media campaign was to dispel this area. cook a nice meal for him when individuality needs to be myths about what girls are okay with Find the end lines they wish to get the TV remote in respected and that they should not when it comes to marriage. The their hands! be compared with the guy’s campaign offered a platform to build An excellent way to sport the perfect eyebrows is by lining Attitude and understanding are mother. conversations around this and the the ends. Take the end of your tweezer or brush and line it more important than looks while 85 percent girls prefer to find a life results were surprising. It helps girls up against your cheek with the top at the end of your nose choosing a life partner. partner who lives close to their and guys understand each other better.” and the other end at the corner of your eye. Take an eyebrow hometown since they can Source: ANI pencil and draw a line where your hair should end tweeze any hair outside the line. Lift your brows FOOD CORNER A great way to grooming your eyebrows well is to use your brush to brush your eyebrow hair upwards. By doing this, your brows will look fuller and your hairs trimmed. Also ANDHRA BRINJAL CURRY carefully snip any hairs that are longer than your natural brow line. INGREDIENTS Shape your brows 200 gm cubed eggplant/ brinjal, 1 chopped onion, 1 tablespoon refined oil, 1 dash mustard seeds, 1/2 teaspoon ground garlic, No matter what your brow type is - bushy or thin, you can 1/2 teaspoon ground poppy seeds, 1 clove, 1/2 tablespoon always shape them well. If you have bushy eyebrows, try powdered jaggery, 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder, 1 pinch, tweezing the underside of your brows to open up the eye area. powdered turmeric, 1/4 cup tamarind extract, 1/2 cup grated If you have thin brows, use an eyebrow pencil or brow powder coconut, 1/2 teaspoon moong dal, 1/8 teaspoon asafoetida, 1/2 to draw the shape over your brow before you start and then teaspoon coriander powder, 1/2 inch cinnamon stick, 1/2, only tweeze or trim outside of the shape. Source: TOI easpoon yoghurt (curd), 2 pinches salt, 1/2 teaspoon ground sesame seeds Method TIPS Start by brushing your brows into shape with a Heat oil in a pan over moderate flame. Fry the moong dal, mustard seeds, asafoetida with onions. Saute the onions till spoolie brush. they turn slightly pinkish in hue. Add ground garlic and fry. Keep stirring till the raw smell of the garlic goes away. Use your finger to pull out a little wax. Run your Now add coriander powder and brinjals. Fry till the brinjals finger over your brow, going with the direction of change colour. Cover the pan with a lid and allow it to cook on the hair. low flame. Simmer till brinjals are soft. Add poppy seeds, cinnamon and cloves. Stir well. Start with a slightly darker color at the arch. ... After few minutes, add curd, jaggery and salt. Keep stirring. Once the curry is ready, transfer it to a serving bowl and garnish You can set the powder by running a brow gel Add sesame seeds, turmeric powder, coconut, chilli powder with coriander leaves. This delicious main dish recipe goes well and cook for a few minutes. Now add tamarind pulp mixed with naan and steamed rice. Serve hot. over it, gently. with a little water. Simmer for 5 to 7 minutes with the lid on. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 HEALTH & FITNESS 25 NEW BLOOD TEST MAY PREDICT HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE: STUDY he blood test may help identify new treatments for Huntington’s Tdisease, a genetic brain disorder, which is fatal and currently incurable. Huntington’s disease is an inherited condition in which nerve cells in the brain break down over time. The study showed that measuring the levels of neurofilament -- a protein released from damaged brain cells -- may help predict the onset of the disease as well as its progression. “This is the first time a potential blood biomarker has been identified to track Huntington’s disease so strongly,” said Edward Wild from the University College London. The results showed that the patients who were carriers of the genetic mutation of the disease had neurofilament concentrations that were 2.6 times that of the control participants. Further, the level rose throughout the disease course from premanifest to stage 2 disease, the researchers said. “Neurofilament has the potential to serve as a speedometer in Huntington’s disease, since a single blood test reflects Most women how quickly the brain is changing,” Wild develop symptoms in the following three Nerve cells become damaged, causing added. years. Scientists are presently in the various parts of the brain to deteriorate. For the study, published in the journal process of testing a new generation of so- The disease affects movement, behavior Lancet Neurology, the team measured called ‘gene silencing’ drugs that may put and cognition - the affected individuals' don’t have neurofilament levels in blood samples brakes on the disease. “Measuring abilities to walk, think, reason and talk from 366 volunteers who were followed neurofilament levels could help us figure are gradually eroded to such a point that for three years. In the group who had no out whether those brakes are working,” they eventually become entirely reliant healthy weight symptoms at the start of the study, the Wild noted. on other people for their care. level of neurofilament predicted Huntington's disease is an incurable, Huntington's disease has a major subsequent disease onset, as volunteers hereditary brain disorder. It is a emotional, mental, social and economic during pregnancy with high neurofilament levels in the devastating disease for which there is no impact on the lives of patients, as well as blood at the start were more likely to currently "effective" treatment. their families. vast majority of women are not achieving a healthy weight during pregnancy, an Australian study Areleased on Wednesday has found. Researchers from Monash University undertook a comprehensive study of 1.3 million pregnant women Make these lifestyle changes worldwide and found that more than half gained too much weight during pregnancy while a quarter did not gain enough weight, reports Xinhua news agency. Helena Teede, the lead researcher, warned that women for a healthy thyroid who did not gain enough weight faced an increased risk of premature birth while those who put on too much were more few lifestyle changes can make a blamed on a dysfunctional thyroid likely to require a caesarean birth. big difference if you have thyroid gland. Thyroid-related fatigue Researchers analysed more than 5,300 international Aissues. A well maintained diet and begins to appear when you cannot studies of pregnant women and found that at the beginning exercise plan can maintain and regulate sustain energy long enough, of pregnancy 38 percent of women were overweight or obese, your thyroid to function well. especially when compared to a past 55 percent were "normal weight" and 7 percent were Choose from these foods to have a level of fitness or ability. If your underweight. healthy thyroid thyroid foundation is weak, Teede said women who started at a higher weight were To include iodine in your diet you sustaining energy output is going to more likely to gain weight quicker as the pregnancy can include sea vegetables and be a challenge. You will notice you progressed. seafood apart from egg, spinach, just don't seem to have the energy to "You should not put on any weight in the first trimester, a garlic and sesame seeds. do the things like you used to. little in the second trimester and just a little more in the For a good selenium count include Some of the obvious signs of third," Teede told Australian media on Wednesday. mushromms, meat, sunflower seeds thyroid fatigue include: "You should only increase your calorie intake by a small and soya bean. Feeling like you don't have the amount. You are not eating for two." Zinc encourages a healthy thyroid tests, leaving other clues undetected. energy to exercise, and typically not She said the study highlighted the need for strategies to so have peas, walnuts, whole grains, The most sensitive way to find out is to exercising on a consistent basis monitor and optimize healthy weight among expected almonds. listen to your body.People with a sluggish A heavy or tired head, especially in mothers. Iron plays an important role so have thyroid usually experience: the afternoon; your head is a very "This latest study means - more than ever - that weight oysters, lentils, pumpkin seeeds in Lethargy - Fatigue and lack of sensitive indicator of thyroid needs to be monitored in pregnancy and women provided good quantity. energy are typical signs of thyroid hormone status with support to improve lifestyle," Teede said in a statement. How to Know If You Are Hypothyroid dysfunction. Depression has also Falling asleep as soon as you sit Health professionals need to be encouraged and trained in been linked to the condition. If down when you don't have anything having "healthy conversations" introducing relatively simple Identifying hypothyroidism and its you've been diagnosed with to do effective lifestyle interventions to support women before, cause is tricky business. Many of the depression, make it a point that your Weight gain – Easy weight gain or during and after pregnancy. symptoms of hypothyroidism are vague physician checks your thyroid difficulty losing weight, despite an "We know what to do and now need to implement the and overlap with other disorders. levels. aggressive exercise program and available evidence into action to help women and the next Physicians often miss a thyroid problem It's essential to note that not all watchful eating, is another generation be healthier." since they rely on just a few traditional tiredness or lack of energy can be indicator. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 26 SCIENCE & TECH FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 HUBBLE CAPTURES FACEBOOK TO UNIVERSE'S BRIGHTEST ‘MIRACLE MATERIAL’ LAUNCH GALAXIES MESSAGING MAY LEAD TO APP FOR TEENS UNBREAKABLE PHONES

NEW YORK (TIP): In a bid to protect vulnerable teenagers from online bullying and NEW YORK (TIP): Using a cosmic magnifying-glass exploitation, Facebook is effect, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured unique reportedly launching a new close-up views of the brightest infrared galaxies in the messaging app that will allow universe that are as much as 10,000 times more luminous parents to monitor who their than the Milky Way. children are in contact with. The cosmic magnifying effect, a phenomenon called The app, called Talk, cannot gravitational lensing, occurs when the intense gravity of a be searched by general public massive galaxy or cluster of galaxies magnifies the light of but just by the teens who use it fainter, more distant background sources. and will be closed to strangers The galaxy images revealed a tangled web of misshapen who are looking to take objects punctuated by exotic patterns such as rings and advantage of teenagers on the arcs. internet. The odd shapes are due largely to the foreground lensing According to the website The galaxies' powerful gravity distorting the images of the Information, a software code background galaxies. LONDON (TIP): Scientists have materials naturally. was found in the main app that The unusual forms also may have been produced by discovered a new 'miracle material' with This process, which is called van der revealed signs of new parental spectacular collisions between distant, massive galaxies in improved chemical stability, lightness and Waals solids, allows compounds to be controls that would set the app a sort of cosmic demolition derby,the researchers observed. flexibility, which could potentially be used brought together and assembled in a pre- apart from Facebook's "We have hit the jackpot of gravitational lenses," said lead in smartphones and other devices that are defined way. Messenger app. researcher James Lowenthal of Smith College in less likely to break. "Our findings show that this new 'miracle The code said, "Talk is a Massachusetts, US. Currently,most parts of a smartphone are material' has similar physical properties to messaging app where you fully "These ultra-luminous galaxies are very rare. made of silicon and other compounds, Silicon but it has improved chemical control the contacts and your Gravitational lensing magnifies them so that you can see which are expensive and break easily, but stability, lightness and flexibility, which child uses the Talk app to chat small details that otherwise are unimaginable. We want to with almost 1.5 billion smartphones could potentially be used in smart devices with you in Messenger." understand what's powering these monsters, and purchased worldwide last year, and would be much less likely to break," said The app is expected to be for gravitational lensing allows us to study them," he added. manufacturers are on the lookout for Elton Santos from Queen's University. those who are 13-year-old and The results were presented at the American something more durable and less costly, "The material also could mean that above and will not require the Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas. researchers said. devices use less energy than before because user to have a Facebook profile. The galaxies are ablaze with runaway star formation, Researchers, including those from of the device architecture so could have Recently, The Australian pumping out more than 10,000 new stars a year. This Queen's University Belfast in the UK, found improved battery life and less electric newspaper reported that the unusually rapid star birth occurred at the peak of the that by combining semiconducting shocks," said Santos. social network can help universe's star-making boom more than 8 billion years ago, molecules C60 with layered materials, such One issue that still needs to be solved is advertisers target users as the light from which we are observing now. as graphene and hBN, they could produce a that graphene and the new material young as 14. The star-birth frenzy creates lots of dust, which unique material technology, which could architecture is lacking a 'band gap', which is While the parental controls in enshrouds the galaxies, making them too faint to detect in revolutionise the concept of smart devices. the key to the on-off switching operations the new messaging app may visible light. But they glow fiercely in infrared light, The winning combination works because performed by electronic devices, turn some teens off due to shining with the brilliance of 10 trillion to 100 trillion suns, hBN provides stability, electronic researchers said. However, the team is limitations on their freedom on the researchers noted. compatibility and isolation charge to already looking at a potential solution - the social media, the service According to researchers, there are only a few dozen of graphene while C60 can transform sunlight transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). may be helpful to parents who these bright infrared galaxies exist in the universe, into electricity. These are a hot topic at the moment as are worried about their scattered across the sky, which may hold clues to how Any smart device made from this they are very chemically stable, have large inability to monitor to whom galaxies formed billions of years ago. Source: IANS combination would benefit from the mix of sources for production and band gaps that their kids talk to online. ANTARCTICA ICEBERG AT unique features, which do not exist in rival Silicon. Source: PTI Source: IANS BRINK OF BREAKING OFF Apple’s iOS 11 to restrict logging into LONDON (TIP): A big rift on the Antarctic ice shelf has grown an additional 17 km in last six days, say scientists who suggest that a massive iceberg is now at the brink of apps using social media platforms breaking off. The rift tip is now within 13 km of breaking all the way NEW YORK (TIP): Over the years Software engineer at Apple, Ricky through to the ice front. The break off will produce one of Facebook has made it easier for its users Mondello, tweeted: “I’m thrilled to the largest ever-recorded icebergs at the South Pole. to log into the third-party apps through introduce Password AutoFill for Apps. If In the largest jump since January,the rift in the Larsen C its platform but not anymore as Apple your app has a login screen, I have Ice Shelf has grown an additional 17 km between May 25 has introduced a feature in iOS 11 that information for you.” and May 31. will prevent them to log into third-party Apple CEO Tim Cook launched iOS 11 The rift tip appears also to have turned significantly apps using a social media account. with over 10 new features. towards the ice front, indicating that the time of calving is Apple announced this subtle change He said iOS 10 had nearly 96 per cent probably very close. to the system settings at its Worldwide satisfaction with 86 per cent iPhone The rift has now fully breached the zone of soft 'suture' Developers Conference (WWDC) in San users installing the update as compared ice originating at the Cole Peninsula and there appears to be Jose on Monday. to only seven per cent Android users very little to prevent the iceberg from breaking away Without system-level integration, iOS who installed Android Nougat--the latest completely, according to scientists of the Project MIDAS may fall back on the mobile web, The that approach lacks the certainty and version of Google’s operating system. based at is based at Swansea University and Aberystwyth Verge reported. ease of setup, that system-level Apple also unveiled a bunch of University in the UK. “Log into Facebook once in mobile integrations afforded,” the website refinements in its other platforms--tvOS, Larsen C Ice Shelf is about 350 metres thick and floats on Safari and when you go to log in to a noted. Apple might replace its system- watchOS and macOS--with watchOS 4 the seas at the edge of West Antarctica, holding back the third-party app using a social network, it level social account feature with a and updates to its Mac line of desktops flow of glaciers that feed into it. should be able to remember you. But password autofill feature. and notebooks. Source: IANS THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 BIZ & FINANCE 27 INDIA, 67 NATIONS SIGN Fuel prices to PACT TO CHECK TAX change daily EVASION BY MNCs from June 16 PARIS/NEW DELHI (TIP): India and 67 countries have put in place an agreement to plug loopholes in existing laws that allowed companies to evade taxes by artificially shifting their place of business. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley signed the multilateral convention, an outcome of the OECD/G20 Project, to tackle base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). BEPS is resorted to by MNCs through tax planning strategies by exploiting gaps NEW DELHI (TIP): Come June 16 and petrol as well as and mismatches in tax rules. diesel prices across the country will be revised on a daily “The convention will modify India’s basis in sync with international rates as happens in most treaties in order to curb revenue loss advanced markets. through treaty abuse and base erosion After the successful pilot in five cities, state-owned oil and profit-shifting strategies by companies will from June 16 revise rates on a daily basis ensuring that profits are taxed where across all the 58,000 petrol pumps in the country. substantive economic activities Wings clipped Petrol and diesel price will change on a daily basis by a few generating the profits are carried out paisa per litre depending on movement of oil prices in and where value is created,” a Finance MNCs often resort to artificial shifting of profits to low or no-tax locations, international market and variation in foreign exchange rates. Ministry statement had said yesterday. resulting in little or no overall corporate tax being paid. Rates will vary from city to city as well as from petrol pump Experts said MNCs doing businesses “By signing this unique multi-lateral instrument (MLI), corporates have been to petrol pump with Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Hindustan in India would find it difficult to evade given the final call that their game of funnelling income to low-tax or no-tax Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd taxes by artificially shifting their jurisdiction is up,” said Rakesh Nangia, Managing Partner, Nangia and Co. (BPCL) deciding to follow a marginal differential pricing. place of business. “We are moving into a dynamic pricing. Correction in Artificial avoidance of permanent prices now happen after a gap of a fortnight but from now on establishment (PE) by MNCs is the key read on a stand-alone basis, but with income to low tax or no tax it will be on daily basis to reflect the cost,” IOC Chairman concern of each signatory country the corresponding provisions of the jurisdiction is up,” said Rakesh Sanjiv Singh said. since this is the main source of base convention. Nangia, Managing Partner, Nangia Daily price change will remove the big leaps in rates that erosion. MNCs often resort to “Governments worldwide have been and Co. According to EY International need to be effected at the end of the fortnight and consumer artificial shifting of profits to low or patient with cross-border aggressive Tax Services Partner Rajendra Nayak, will be more aligned to market dynamics. no-tax locations, resulting in little or tax planning till now, but by signing 1,100 tax treaties would be modified The three firms in separate but identical statements said no overall corporate tax being paid. this unique multi-lateral instrument worldwide as a result of 68 they implemented daily revision of retail selling price (RSP) of In the future, corporates will have to (MLI), corporates have been given the jurisdictions signing the MLI. petrol and diesel on a pilot basis in Udaipur in Rajasthan, ensure the treaty provisions are not final call that their game of funnelling Source: PTI Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, Puducherry,Chandibarh and Vizag in Andhra Pradesh from May 1. “After its successful implementation, public sector oil Trump Organization marketing companies (OMCs) have now decided to start daily revision in RSP of petrol and diesel in the entire country with RBI keeps repo launches new effect from June 16, 2017,” the statement said. State fuel retailers currently revise rates on 1st and 16th of every month based on average international price of the fuel in mid-range hotel chain the preceding fortnight and currency exchange rate. rate unchanged ‘American Idea’ Instead of using fortnightly average, pump rates will reflect daily movement in international oil prices and rupee- US dollar NEW DELHI (TIP): The Reserve The BJP government in Uttar NEW YORK (TIP): The Trump fluctuations. Bank of India (RBI) today left policy Pradesh had waived farm loans worth Organization, which for years focused on “Daily price revisions of petrol and diesel will make the rates unchanged to watch the inflation Rs 36,000 crore and a loan waiver has high-end, luxury real estate, on Tuesday retail prices more reflective of the current market conditions, trajectory further and warned that the been promised in Maharashtra which announced a new foray into the domestic minimising the in the retail price,” the statements risk of fiscal slippages has risen with would cost the state exchequer an hotel market with a chain of middle-of-the- said. This, it said, would lead to increased transparency in the the announcements of large farm loan estimated Rs 30,000 crore. range hotels. system. “This will also enable smoother flow of products from waivers by state governments. Farmers in Madhya Pradesh too The venture was inspired by travels by refinery/depots to retail outlets (petrol pumps),” the statement The warning on fiscal targets due to have been agitating since June 1 the Trump children on father Donald said. “Many developed countries are already revising the prices farm loan waivers was a part of the seeking loan waiver, higher minimum Trump’s presidential election campaign of petrol and diesel on a daily basis.” While petrol price was policy statement released by the support prices and other benefits. last year, when they were introduced to freed from government control in June 2010, diesel rates were Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of The Centre has clarified on several lackluster hotels in the US hinterland, The deregulated in October 2014. the RBI. “The risk of fiscal slippages, occasions that states can provide loan New York Times reported. Technically, oil companies have freedom to revise rates but which by and large can entail waivers from their own resources. The new line will be called American often they have been guided by political considerations. inflationary spillovers, has risen with The RBI for the fourth straight time Idea and three agreements have been Rates differ by only a few paise between pumps of the three the announcements of large farm loan kept the repo rate — at which it lends signed for properties in the Mississippi state fuel retailers. Unbranded petrol at IOC pumps in Delhi waivers,” it said. to the banks — unchanged at 6.25 per Delta area, announced Trump Hotels, costs Rs 66.91 per litre, while the same at BPCL pumps in the RBI Governor Urjit Patel said that cent. The reverse repo, at which RBI which is part of . city is priced at Rs 66.99 a litre. HPCL pumps sell for Rs 67.12 per unless the state governments’ budgets borrows, will be 6 per cent. “American Idea hotels will be an litre.Unbranded diesel at IOC pumps in Delhi costs Rs 55.94, Rs allow fiscal space to go in for a loan “The current state of the economy alternative, for both guests and hotel 55.99 at BPCL outlets and Rs 60.94 a litre at HPCL pumps. waiver, it would be risky to tread on underscores the need to revive private developers, looking for an answer to the With daily changes, which are unlikely to more than few that path. Patel said that the risk of investment, restore banking sector run-of-the-mill offerings currently in the paise per litre, the political pressures for not revising rates, going down the “slippery path” of health and remove infrastructural midscale space,” Trump Hotels particularly when they are to be hiked, will go, sources said. waiver could dissipate the important bottlenecks. Monetary policy can play announced. “Guests will enjoy local flavor Petrol price was last revised downward by Rs 1.23 a litre on gains that the states made in fiscal a more effective role only when these and genuine service in an environment June 1, and diesel rates were cut by Rs 89 paisa. rectitude over the past 2-3 years. factors are in place. Premature action that pays respect to the unique culture of “Public Sector OMCs are taking steps to establish an “Past episodes in our country had at this stage risks disruptive policy each destination,” it added. appropriate mechanism for conveying the prices to consumers shown that when there are significant reversals later and the loss of reported that every day, including daily publishing of the prices in fiscal slippages, they do permeate to credibility,” the statement said. during the campaign, the Trump children newspaper on a daily basis, prominent displays of prices at the inflation sooner or later. So, it is a path Bankers say that there would be would report back about thousands of retail outlets, sending of price-related data/SMS that we need to tread very carefully room for cuts as the RBI has lowered supporters attending rallies and what they from the centralised locations, mobile apps etc,” the statements and before it gets out of hand,” he inflation prospects and also welcomed saw as a chance to build a line of hotels said. Source: PTI said. the boost for home finance. standing out from standardized options. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 28 TURN PAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 contd from Page 1 July 2016 announcement that the FBI would the truth no matter who is implicated, no American community. Indus-American Bank not recommend charges against Hillary matter where the evidence leads," she told The specializes in core business banking products ‘Lies, Plain and Simple... 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Mr. committee, he caused a stir on Wednesday shares of IAB common stock of his ouster "confused" and increasingly, Trump, Comey said, was frustrated that the when he pressed Mr. McCabe and other approximately 4.18 million and based on a 10- "concerned" him, as the White House's official FBI did not make this public, and asked intelligence officials on why they could not day volume weighted average price of BCB explanation for his firing contradicted that of Comey to make it so several times. But Comey elaborate on earlier conversations they had common stock. Under the terms of the Merger the president's. Comey said he couldn't be sure had serious reservations about letting it be with Mr. Comey. 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He has insisted on the seriousness of share of IAB common stock, subject to an "made-up" story of ties between Russia and was under investigation if that ever became its investigation into Russia's alleged overall allocation of exchanged IAB shares the Trump campaign when he fired Comey, the case. interference and has said that he hopes that into 80% BCB common stock and 20% cash. and he told Russian diplomats that firing Of course, whether Mr. Trump is under Mr. Comey's hearing will "hopefully end The closing and the systems' conversion is Comey relieved "great pressure" on him from investigation now is impossible to know, since speculation and lead us to facts." anticipated to occur in the fourth quarter of the FBI's Russia probe. Comey was fired on May 9, and the Russia Joe Manchin, Democrat of West 2017, subject to approval by IAB shareholders, "I take the president at his word that I was investigation may have expanded since then. 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But he sought more resources for the Russia earn-back period of approximately 1.2 years. the Russia investigation was being has earned praise from his peers in both investigation. Anil Bansal, Chairman of the Board of conducted,'' Comey said. "That is a big deal. parties in recent weeks for the seriousness Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas: A Directors of IAB, said, "We believe our loyal On top of that, the Russia investigation itself with which he has taken his role in leading former member of the U.S. Army and the Indus-American Bank customers and is vital because of the threat. And if any the Senate's investigation. youngest U.S. senator, Mr. Cotton has shareholders will greatly benefit from this American were part of that, that is a very big Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia: Mr. expressed skepticism of Mr. Comey's accounts merger. BCB is a true community bank, with a deal.'' Warner, the highest-ranking Democrat on the of his interactions with Mr. Trump. He joined history of a very strong commitment to its Comey leaked: How did the existence of committee, has thrived in the spotlight that the committee in 2015. customers and the communities it serves. Comey's memos make it to the press? He the investigation brings. He has in the past Kamala Harris, Democrat of California: This merger will bring expanded lending leaked them. expressed presidential ambitions and has Ms. Harris was ferocious in her calls for a capacity, supplementary retail and business Comey says he believes the memos were his praised Mr. Burr, whom he calls a friend, for special prosecutor to supervise the F.B.I.'s products and added capital, which should personal property and written in his capacity his leadership of the committee. Russia investigation. Often named as a enable our combined organizations to better as a private citizen, although he has now Jim Risch, Republican of Idaho: Mr. potential presidential candidate, Ms. Harris, a serve our customers, to continue growing in turned them over to Special Counsel Robert Risch was elected to the Senate in 2009 and has former attorney general of California, was our marketplaces, and to further enhance Mueller. In fact, Comey says he hoped that by been a member of the committee since then. assigned to the committee this year when she shareholder value." sharing what he had written in the memos He is one of Mr. Trump's strongest supporters joined the Senate. She has expressed Thomas Coughlin, President and Chief with the news media, he could help trigger the in Congress and has expressed significant impatience with the Senate's probe, saying Executive Officer of the company and the appointment of a special counsel to concern about leaks to the news media. He is that she thinks it needs to be sped up. Bank, added, "BCB is excited to be partnering investigate Russian interference in the 2016 a former governor of Idaho. John Cornyn, Republican of Texas: Mr. with IAB and Indus-American Bank. Indus- election. Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of Cornyn, the majority whip, only recently American Bank's branch locations Comey, however, did not leak the memos to California: Ms. Feinstein, who was once the joined the panel. He is one of Mr. Trump's complement BCB's current locations. BCB the press himself. Nor did he rely on his friend head of the committee, has in the past stronger allies in Congress and was will continue Indus-American Bank's Benjamin Wittes, a legal blogger who criticized Mr. Comey for his actions in the reportedly being considered to replace Mr. commitment of service to its customers and frequently teases new revelations in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email Comey before taking himself out of the its communities. 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Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon: Mr. Community Bank. Following the closing of regulatory approvals and IAB shareholder "Lordy, I hope there are tapes," Comey said Wyden, who has been on the panel since 2001, the merger, BCB will form an advisory board approval. The merger is expected to close in during a back-and-forth with Sen. Dianne has been a strong critic of the Trump which will consist of current members of the the fourth quarter of 2017. Feinstein, D-California, to laughter from the administration and had early on called for Mr. IAB board of directors and other prominent FinPro Capital Advisors, Inc. acted as crowd. He later said that if Mr. Trump had Comey to appear in front of the committee. community members. financial advisor to BCB Bancorp, Inc., and its indeed recorded any of their conversations Susan Collins, Republican of Maine: Ms. Indus-American Bank, which has its legal counsel was Covington & Burling LLP. that he hoped they would be released. He also Collins, who has been on the committee since headquarters in Edison, operates full-service Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. acted as disclosed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller 2013, is known as one of the more moderate branches in Edison, Jersey City, Parsippany financial advisor to IA Bancorp, Inc., and its has his memos. Republicans now serving in the Senate. She and Plainsboro, and Hicksville, New York. legal counsel was Windels, Marx, Lane & Loretta Lynch's strange request: Comey has been tougher on the president than many Indus-American Bank was founded primarily Mittendorf, LLP. said his reasoning behind his much-criticized colleagues in her party."I really want to know to meet the banking needs of the South Asian- (Based on a press release) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 SPIRITUALITY 29 SANT KABIRDAS JAYANTI ant Kabir (Saint Kabir) is the spiritual, Not only poem recitation and the musical religious and the mystic saint of India events are held to give people the opportunity Swho lived in 14th and 15th century and to listen to Kabir’s dohas, the students and who still lives in the hearts of his devotees other professionals are also honoured for who follow his teachings embodied in his excellence in their fields. poems and dohas (couplets or the two liner Kabir’s Contribution to the Country verses). Sant Kabir Jayanti is celebrated on the day of Jyeshtha Purnima (full moon day of Saint Kabir Das, a Bhakti and Sufi Hindu Jyeshtha month corresponding to the movement saint of the medieval India, is months of May-June of Gregorian calendar). extensively for his Bhakti movement in the Jayanti means birth anniversary and thus North India. His life cycle is centered in the Sant Kabir Jayanti is celebrated with great region of Kashi (also known as the Banaras or fervor by the devotees and followers of Saint Varanasi). He was heriditarically related to Kabir. the weaving occupation and cast of Julaha. Birth of Sant Kabir His immense contribution towards the Bhakti Movement in India is considered as a Saint Kabir DasKabirdas is said that he was pioneered one along with the Farid, Ravidas born to a Hindu mother but this is not an and Namdev. He was a saint of combined established fact. Not much is known about his mystical nature (Nath tradition, Sufism, birth. He is said to have been found on the bhakti) which made him of a distinctive ‘Ghats of River Ganga ’ in the holy city of religion of his own. He said that the path of Benaras by a Muslim weaver Neeru and his sufferings is the real love and life. wife Neema in the year 1398. The couple took In the fifteenth century, all the areas of life the baby home and named him Kabir meaning of people in the Varanasi were strongly held ‘the Great One.’ Thus, Kabir was brought up by the Brahmin orthodoxy as well as learning by Muslim parents. However, Kabir is the one centers. To make free the people from, Kabir religious saint, perhaps the first one, to Das had to work hard to preach his idealogy as establish harmony among the various he belonged to the low caste, Julaha. He never religions. He was the disciple of Saint felt difference among the people whether they Ramanand and a devotee of Rama. His are prostitutes, low caste or high caste. He teachings are also included in the Holy text of preached to all by gathering self and his the Sikhs- the Guru Granth Sahib. He, in fact, followers. He was ridiculed by the Brahmins influenced the ‘Bhakti Movement’ of India for his preaching activities but he never which stressed on worshipping the ‘Nirgun criticizes them back and that’s why he was Bhagwan’ – the formless God without much liked by the common people. He started adhering to meaningless rituals. reforming the mind of common people Life History towards the real truth through his couplets. He always objected the ritualistic and The life of Sant Kabir Das is full of wonder ascetic methods as a means of salvation. He and mysticism. Sant Kabir was born in India said that goodness’s ruby has more value than in 1398 AD and lived for 120 years. During his the mines of ruby.According to him, the one’s life, he influenced people of all religion and heart with goodness includes all the always emphasized on the oneness of the prosperity of whole world. A person with Supreme power. Although brought up by a mercy has strength, forgiveness has real Muslim family he wanted to become the existence of him, and individual with disciple of Saint Ramanand. So, one day he righteousness can easily attained the never- went to the ghats of Ganga River where the ending life. He said that the God is in your saint came every dawn to have the holy dip in heart and ever with you, so offer inward Ganges. In the faint light of dawn, the young worship to him. He had opened the mind of Kabir touched the feet of Saint Ramanand. common people by one of his example that, if The saint thought that he had unknowingly the traveler is not able to walk; what can the touched someone with feet and he uttered the road do for traveler. name of God. In Hinduism when a person include Bijak, Sakhi Granth, Kabir understand the true meaning of life. One of He opened the deep eyes of the people and wants to be a disciple of a Guru, he is initiated Granthawali and Anurag Sagar. The Sikhs the examples of Kabir Dohas is as follows taught them genuine lessen of humanity, by the Guru by uttering the name of God. also preach the teachings of Bhagat Kabir Ji- Bura Jo Dekhan Main Chala, Bura Naa morality and spirituality. He was a follower Thus, when Ramanand came to know the the name given to Sant Kabir by the Sikh Milya Koye! and promoter of the ahimsa. He had turned dedication of the young Kabirdas, he got community. Bhagat Kabir’s work has been Jo Man Khoja Aapnaa, Mujhse Bura Naa the people mind of his period through his overwhelmed and made him his disciple. collected by the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Koye!! revolutionary preach. There is no real proof However, it is not clear from any historical Dev who incorporated this into the Sikh Meaning– when I went in the search of the and clue about his birth and family, some say text whether Kabirdas preached the scripture, Guru Granth Sahib. There are more evil, I could not find even a single evil person. he was from a Muslim family; some say he was spirituality that was bestowed on him by his than 200 verses of Bahgat Kabir ji in this Holy When I searched my heart then I realized no from high class Brahmin family. There was Guru or his philosophy was a result of his Text of the Sikhs. one is more evil than me. some disagreement among people related to own enlightenment. Kabirdas, since the very Sant Kabir- The Great Indian Poet Thus was the simplicity of style with which the Muslim and Hindu about the funeral beginning, questioned each and every ritual the doha or poem of Sant Kabir represented system after his death. His life history is of all the religions that were followed at the Sant Kabir Picture on Indian Postal the truths of life! legendary and still teaches the human beings time. StampThe greatness of Sant Kabir as a poet Sant Kabir Jayanti Celebrations a real humanity. Kabir was loved by Hindu, Muslims and lies in the fact that he wrote in a very simple Sikhs as well as others equally.This is evident language yet the deep meaning of his poetry Sant Kabir Jayanti is celebrated with great Page sponsored by in the fact that when he died, Hindus built the can be called a valuable philosophy of life. He religious, spiritual and cultural fervor in ARISH K. SAHANI ‘Samadhi Mandir of Sant Kabir’ (Kabir used vernacular Hindi to write his dohas. various places in India and around the world. Temple) and the Muslims built the ‘Sant Doha is a two liner verse- a couplet. Kabir ke At his birthplace, Varanasi, The birth Serving Since 1972 Kabir’s Mazaar’ (Kabir Tomb) side by side and Dohe or Kabir’s dohe are rhythmic in nature anniversary of Kabirdas is elaborately Please Call or Write the followers of the both the religion pay and each of them embodies one or the other celebrated in Kabirchaura Mutt. Religious for Your Insurance homage to the great Saint standing right philosophy of day-to-day life. The poetry of sermons ‘satsang’ are organized where the Needs beside each other. Kabir is not only a work of art- it is the means spiritual and religious leaders preach the way Arish, Shiv, Priya Kabir Panth of teaching the way of life to the general mass of life prescribed by saint Kabir. There are who were being, knowingly or unknowingly, many temples of Kabir in various cities of 7 1 8 - 2 7 1 - 1 9 0 6 Kabir Panth is the religious community excluded by the other scholars at that time India and the organizations dedicated to that recognizes Saint Kabir as its. The due to the scholarly language used by them. In spread the teachings of Kabir make various [email protected] members of this Panth are known as Kabir fact, today Kabirdas is known more for his arrangements to celebrate Sant kabir Jayanti “If Hindus don’t maintain Hinduism, who shall Panthis who are spread over north and central poems and the dohas but these were his there. For example, Bhagat Mahasabha in save it? If India’s own children don’t cling to their India and even across the world. They carry secondary contribution to the society. These Jammu and Kashmir organizes a procession- faith, who shall guard it?Indian alone can save forward the legacy of Sant Kabir and spread poems of Kabir were the means of spreading ‘Shobhayatra’ in honor of Sant Kabir which India, and India and his teachings through his writings that awareness in the people and to make them culminates at Kabir temple. Hinduism are one.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA 30 BOLLYWOOD FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 KRITI SANON ON LINK-UP RUMOURS: IT IS LIKE A DAILY SOAP he may not be from the film industry but Kriti Sanon says she Shas learnt to deal with rumours surrounding her personal life. Kriti, who has been linked with her 'Raabta' co-star Sushant Singh Rajput, says people forget that actors are also human beings. "Link-up rumours don't bother me. It is part and parcel of the industry and I know it. I think people sort of forget that apart from being actors, we are human beings who have a normal life. We have our families and friends and go out with them. Whatever is happening my family knows about it. "I have started laughing on things. I now enjoy the innovation of the stories which come everyday, it is like a daily SHRADDHA KAPOOR soap," Kriti told PTI. The actress says whatever is written SIGNALS THE START OF about her equation with her co-stars, it does not change the bond they share. SAINA NEHWAL BIOPIC "It doesn't affect my personal equation with my co-stars. I don't think I will stop t's raining biopics in Bollywood, and actress going on a drive or dinner with people I Shraddha Kapoor has already stepped into like." Iher second part. The actress, who is Three films old Kriti says she has awaiting the release of the upcoming biopic understood the pros and cons of being ‘Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai’ alongside her blunt and is now more cautious about brother Siddhanth Kapoor, has bagged yet her choice of words. another biographical flick. Yes, we’re talking "As a celebrity you are judged. But about the highly publicised film on badminton now I am getting used to being judged all champion Saina Nehwal. the time. When I came to the industry, I Shraddha, who is excited to step into Saina’s was blunt. Now, I have realised I shoes and hit the court, recently shared a probably can't do that. Every word a picture of a badminton racket on her Instagram celebrity speaks can be misconstrued handle and captioned it, “Here we go and judged. Subconsciously, I have #SAINA @nehwalsaina #AmoleGupte.” become a little more cautious but I still The yet-untitled biopic will be directed by can't be a fake," she says. Source: PTI Amole Gupte and produced by Bhushan Kumar. Shraddha was last seen in Mohit Suri’s ‘Half Girlfriend’ opposite Arjun Kapoor. MOVIE REVIEW metaphorical scene - starts opening doors and windows to let the sunshine in. Until one of the letters arrives with a return address, and Maya ups and leaves to find her mystery man. DEAR MAYA Anna is riddled with guilt and starts looking for Maya while CAST: Manisha Koirala, Madiha Imam, Shreya Chaudhary. her friendship with Ira collapses. The movie has a lot of honesty at its core, but loses DIRECTION: Sunaina Bhatnagar momentum because of logistic loopholes. There are continuity GENRE: Drama errors - the first letter that Anna writes isn’t the first letter that DURATION: 2 hours 11 minutes Maya reads - and logical flaws. Why does Anna spend six years looking for Maya, without looking into that return address STORY first? Why doesn’t she file a missing person’s report? Surely A lonely woman starts getting love letters from a long lost Maya’s real-estate agent has some kind of a forwarding admirer. Little does she know that the letters are a silly address? teenage prank. In spite of the irregularities, director Sunaina Bhatnagar keeps the feeling from ebbing. She’s good at extracting the REVIEW right emotion even out of contrived situations. She super-sizes Remember Makdee: Vishal Bhardwaj’s superbly crafted symbolism (red is the color of love; getting drenched in the suspenseful debut, in which a ghoulish woman turns a rain is liberating; reclusive woman has caged birds, etc) and teenager into her errand-girl? Dear Maya ditches the serves up a film that's sporadically sweet. witchcraft element, but its first half has an unmissable Like the times when Manisha Koirala is on screen. Her similarity to the 2002 sleeper hit. talent deserves far more than a movie that is this in-your-face. Here, Maya (Koirala) keeps to herself in her ancestral home Debutantes Madiha and Shreya have a good energy about packed with Rajputana antiques, her caged birds and her two them, but their stories are too plain to give them a scope to dogs. Two schoolgirls from her neighbourhood, Anna (Imam) perform. and Ira (Chaudhary), pity her sorry existence and decide to Dear Maya works like a folded love-note slyly passed around write love letters to her, to invoke a sense of hope in her life. a classroom: brief and heart-warming. But also obvious, in a The plan works, and Maya Devi - in a literal and sense that you see it coming your way. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 HOLLYWOOD 31 NICOLE KIDMAN DONATING WEDDING DRESS TO ARTIST

ctress Nicole Kidman is donating her Balenciaga wedding dress to an AAustralian exhibit because it is in the name of love. The 49-year-old adorned an elegant ivory-coloured lace dress created by fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquiere when she married husband Keith Urban in 2006, and she is giving the gown to an artist to feature it in an exhibition titled 'Love'. "I'm giving my wedding dress, the Balenciaga one that Nicolas Ghesquiere did for me, to an Australian exhibit called "Love.' I'll support anything that supports love. Truly. Isn't it the essence of everything? It can heal so many things. Good love, sweet love, kind love, gentle love, powerful love,". "There are so many different forms of love, which then leads to loss, which then leads to all the primary emotions. We all know children who were raised with love. You can see them," she added. Kidman believes "dreams" are attached to fashion, especially when they are presented in a format that takes your breath away. LYNDA CARTER "There are dreams attached to fashion. When it's presented in a way where you CELEBRATES 'WONDER gasp, it just makes you feel good." WOMAN'S SUCCESS ctress Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman's role in the 1975 television show, Ahas congratulated actress Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins on the success of the female superhero film at the box office. 'Wonder Woman', which is currently in cinema halls, had the highest opening numbers for a film directed by a woman. "'Wonder Woman' is breaking box office records!!! Bravo, Patty Jenkins! Bravo, Gal Gadot! Bravo, Chris Pine!," Carter tweeted. Jenkins was quick to respond, saying, "Bravo you Lynda. Come on. Let's admit what was major in starting all of this." MOVIE REVIEW

its dreary sub-par films, Gal Gadot had a lot of weight to carry on her shoulders. Fortunately,her first appearance in ‘Batman WONDER WOMAN v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ was well received, especially as Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman managed to stand her CAST: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, ground alongside two comic book behemoths. She continues to David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen ride the wave in her own solo film, adding some much-needed DIRECTION: Patty Jenkins confidence to the DCEU but more importantly doing justice (pun obviously intended) to the iconic female superhero. GENRE: Fantasy This is largely credited to director Patty Jenkins whose DURATION: 2 hours 21 minutes familiarity with constructing strong female characters, as STORY seen in the Oscar-winning ‘Monster’, pays off here. Jenkins’ vision for this film is a blend of an uplifting and humorous Diana, princess of the Amazons, is raised on a sheltered outlook that has been sorely lacking in the DCEU till this island paradise and trained to be an unconquerable warrior. point, infused with a strong sense of morale. Most importantly, When an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a it takes a distinctive stance on feminism – one that doesn’t massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her resort to male bashing to get its point across, as highlighted in home, convinced she can stop the threat as she discovers her the relationship shared by Diana Prince and Steve Trevor, full powers as ‘Wonder Woman’. played by the charismatic Chris Pine. Diana is far from the damsel in distress in need of a knight in shining armour to REVIEW rescue her, and Trevor is well aware of that. As a result, their After decades of being lost in Hollywood developmental hell connection is built out of mutual respect that plays very well with a number of false starts and a host of A-list actresses on screen. Speaking of which, if there were any lingering slated to play the coveted role, this is the first bona fide, questions about Gadot’s ability to embody the massive budget, female-led superhero movie to hit the big warrior princess, this film certainly erases them all beyond screen. By this definition itself, ‘Wonder Woman’ already had any shadow of a doubt. She is convincing as the naive yet colossal expectations to meet, but with the added pressure of steadfast fish-out-of-water, harking back to Christopher Reeve lifting the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) out of the murk of in the very first Superman film. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 32 MISCELLANY FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 Peacock takes out $500 in wine after crashing liquor store New Jersey Hindu temple ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA (TIP): A female peacock has ruffled more than just feathers at a Los Angeles-area liquor consecrating unique Krishna statue store. Without a peep, the peahen strutted into the open door of the Royal Oaks Liquor Store in Arcadia on Monday. Store manager and college senior Rani Ghanem said he didn't even with 19-day rituals know it was there until a customer walked in and asked him about "el pollo," Spanish for "the chicken." EDISON, NJ (TIP): Shri Krishna Jersey). Temple renovation began on coming generations amidst so many Ghanem, a 21-year-old San Bernardino resident whose Vrundavana Hindu temple in Edison is May one and included importing about distractions in the consumerist society family owns the store, said he then tried to guide the sharp- organizing "Shri Krishna 3,000 cubic feet of teakwood from and hoped that this temple would help clawed bird outside but that she spooked, at one point flying Pratishtapana and Brahma Burma for the Garba Gudi, besides in this direction. directly toward him and then up onto a top shelf of the store. Kalashothsava" from May 28 to June other materials from India. This temple, on a 3.5 acres plot and And that spooked Ghanem. 15; involving ancient rituals, Rituals-events-festivities- built area of about 15,000 square feet in An animal-control officer responded after Ghanem called philosophical symposiums and symposiums during this period include South Edison, opens daily at 06-30 am 911, approaching the peahen with gloves and a fishing net. festivities around the consecration of Sapta Shudhi, Homas, Veda and conducts daily morning-evening That's when the hilarity ensued, Ghanem said. uniquely created Saligrama Krishna Paarayayanas, Japas, Balis, Poojas. Besides worship services, it "He was trying to get it with the fishing net, and (the bird) statue. Samkeertanas, Saligrama Krishna also celebrates many Hindu festivals jumped on the first wine bottle. When that happened, I was It took six months to sculpt this Lord Pratishtapana, various Poojas, Kalasha and conducts various free classes on like, 'Aw, this is about to be a big mess,' " Ghanem said. "He Krishna statue from the Saligrama Pratishta, Avabhruta, Mantrakshate, Sthotra, Geetha, Sanskrit, Sandhya tried to get it again with the net ... It just went straight diving rock brought from the banks of discourse, music-dance performances, Vandana, Slokas, Bhajan, etc. Its into all the bottles. The more he kept on trying to use the net, Gandaki River in Nepal after months knowledge conference on Moksha and "Spiritual Sundays" programming the more it kept on flapping its wings and knocking of search. This sacred statue has Karma, etc. Free lunch and dinner includes "sessions focused on personal everything over." visited over one hundred homes of (Maha Prasada) is being served every growth and development" and At one point, cellphone video taken by Ghanem shows the devotees in New Jersey in May after its day. Sri Sugunendra Teertha, the interactive session on "Dharma officer catching a wine bottle in the net as the bird crashes arrival from India and before current pontiff of Shri Puthige Matha Tradition". through a shelf and a dozen bottles shatter to the ground. installation in the specially in Udupi (India), is participating. Dress code in temple's Pooja Hall Unable to watch more destruction, Ghanem puts on a constructed Garbha Griham in the Commending the temple leaders and includes covering "shoulders and sweatshirt to protect himself from the bird's claws and helps temple to become its main deity. area community for realizing this knees", and dhoti is compulsory "while the officer ensnare it. History of this Hindu temple, which Hindu temple complex and organizing reciting Veda mantras". It also runs a He said they took the bird outside and that it was now stands on the location which was the ancient rituals, Rajan Zed, in a Hindu matrimonial site called unharmed. In all, Ghanem said the peahen was in the store for earlier Saint Nicholas Byzantine statement, pointed out that it was Dampathi.com, which states: 90 minutes and broke $500 worth of the family store's best Catholic Church, goes back to 2002, important to pass on Hindu "Marriage is not just living the outer bottles, including champagne. (AP) when it was established in Iselin (New spirituality, concepts and traditions to life but the inner life as well." contd from Page 1 leaders have spoken over phone for at least Obama made a historic trip to India to be the The 2015 General Election first-timers for three times. chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations the Tories Rishi Sunak and Suella Fernandes US to host PM Modi... Under the previous Obama in 2015. have also held on to their seats decisively Administration, Modi had a record number of (Source: PTI) with a margin of 23,108 and 21,555 votes This would be Modi's first trip to the US eight meetings with Barack Obama. Modi respectively. under the Trump administration. The two traveled to Washington three times and UK gets 1st female Sikh... For the Labour party, the longest serving Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz held on to his by polling 24,124 votes, defeating ruling Leicester East seat attracting 35,116 votes Conservative party rival Caroline Squire by and his sister Valerie Vaz also won a solid 6,917 votes. 25,286 votes to hold on to her Walsall South "I am delighted I have been given the seat. opportunity to become the next MP for Lisa Nandy won in Wigan for Labour with Edgbaston where I was born and raised. 29,575 votes, Seema Malhotra held on to I want to engage with the people of Feltham & Heston with 32,462 votes and Edgbaston and with hard work, passion and Virendra Sharma polled 31,720 in his safe determination I think we can achieve great seat of Ealing Southall. things together," she said. Among some of the prominent losses, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, known as Tan, Labour's Neeraj Patil - the former mayor of won his Slough seat decisively polling 34,170 the London Borough of Lambeth - lost to One Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 votes, to become Labour's first turban- Justine Greening, the UK's Education wearing MP. Minister. He defeated his Conservative party rival He lost by a margin of 1,554 votes to by a whopping 16,998 votes. Greening, who was defending her Invites Applications Dhesi said he was "humbled" and wanted Conservative party stronghold. from suitable and qualified Candidates for the post of to serve the town where he was born and Paul Uppal, who was expected to regain raised. Wolverhampton South West for the Tories, "Credit to the Labour Party leadership for also lost out to his Labour rival. taking the bold step of giving Sikhs the The Labour Party had selected 14 Indians ASSISTANT opportunity to fight for winnable seats. and Conservative Party 13 as their Labour now needs to turn its attention to parliamentary candidates. So far, the tally The applicant should be well qualified having visible Sikh representation in the looks stronger for the Labour Party with possessing minimum undergraduate degree House of Lords at the first opportunity so seven Indian-origin MPs to Tory's five. Sikhs are better represented and can bring The ruling Conservative party is on and proficient in Computers especially in fresh thinking and ideas," Sikh Federation course to be the single largest party in the UK said in a statement. UK general election as many of the results Microsoft Office. "Although it is early in terms of results and leads become clear in the ongoing count. declared this appears to be a disastrous night The projections indicate that the party Candidates having previous Banking for the Conservatives and Theresa May given remains shy of an overall majority, expected what she had hoped to achieve and a good to win around 322 seats, down from the 2015 experience shall bepreferred. The night for the Labour Party. Labour is taking General Election's 331 and short of the magic some important Conservative scalps," it 326 figure for an overall majority in the candidates with enthusiasmof making long added. A second turban-wearing Sikh of the House of Commons. (Source: PTI) term career with the Bank may apply. Labour Party Kuldip Sahota lost out to his Conservative rival by just 720 votes. UK General Elections... Please send the application before 19th Among some of the other Indian-origin contestants' results declared so far, and make way for a government that is June 2017 by mail at the above address. Conservative party's Priti Patel has held on truly representative of this country". to her stronghold of Witham in Essex with a He also claimed it is "pretty clear who won solid majority of 18,646 votes. this election" and that "the party that has lost Alok Sharma has held on to Reading West in this election is the Conservative Party". Or, email [email protected] Fax at 212.578.4565 by 2,876 votes and Shailesh Vara has won in Meanwhile, even senior Tory figures have For details visitwww.bankofbaroda-usa.com Cambridgeshire North West by 18,008 votes. suggested she should consider her position. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS 33

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India’s diverse bowling attack. Seemingly out of ideas, captain Kohli turned to himself to try and conjure a wicket, and it worked to some degree. While Kohli didn’t strike with the ball, his over did produce a wicket when a risky two proved fatal – Gunathilaka run out as Dhoni whipped off the bails in a flash. LONDON (TIP): Sri Lanka have pulled off A run out was the only plausible mode of a stunning run chase to upset defending dismissal on a fine batting track and sure champions India by seven wickets and force enough it took another brilliant piece of the two remaining Group B matches into fielding to remove a Sri Lankan from the virtual quarter-finals. middle. Gathering the ball in his follow Set 322 to win after Shikhar Dhawan blazed through, Bhuvneshwar Kumar fired down the Angelo Mathews led Sri Lanka home, India v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy 2017, The Oval, a brilliant century, Sri Lanka – through stumps at the striker’s end to catch Mendis London, June 8, 2017. Pic courtesy Getty Images significant contributions from their middle- desperately short of his ground and 11 runs shy order – reached the victory target and their lack of shape in the air, Dhawan and Rohit ODI century,reaching the milestone in the 40th of a classy century. At 3-196 in the 33rd over the equal-highest ODI pursuit ever with eight Sharma picked up where they left off against over and the 77th innings of his career, three match was up for grabs, but a 61-ball 75-run balls to spare. The win means all four teams in Pakistan and found the boundary at will. The knocks faster than India’s 50-over benchmark stand between Kusal Perera and Mathews Group B have one win and one loss next to pair brought up their 10th century opening Kohli. The swashbuckling left-hander left the dramatically swung the match back towards their name following Pakistan’s upset win stand in ODIs and their fourth in Champions field dismissed on 125 in the 45th to a standing the Sri Lankans. over South Africa yesterday in Birmingham. Trophies to extend their lead as the most ovation from the healthy Indian supporter base Perera played magnificently for 47 before he Sunday will see reigning champions India prolific first-wicket combination in the at The Oval, who still had one champion to was forced to leave the field – not from being and world No.1 South Africa square off at The tournament’s history. cheer on. dismissed but retired hurt with what appeared Oval while on Monday Sri Lanka and Rohit was the aggressor and the first to go MS Dhoni was busy during his 52-ball stay at to be a hamstring injury. His replacement, Pakistan will do battle in Cardiff, with the having survived a dropped catch that fell over the crease, scampering hard between the Gunaratne, shrugged off a shaky start to winners advancing to the semi-finals and the the rope to bring up his half-century. On 78, wickets and finding the rope – either on the poleaxe India’s death bowlers with a rapid losers eliminated. The run chase was set up by and after top-edging Lastith Malinga for six bounce or over it – seven times before he was cameo that sealed the upset win. One audacious a 159-tun second-wicket stand between the ball before, Rohit’s luck ran out when he dismissed for 63 in the final over. Kedar Jadav sweep shot, which was described by former Danushka Gunathilaka (76) and Kusal Mendis skied a catch to the fine-leg fielder and end his added the finishing touches with 14 runs after England captain Mike Atherton as (89) before returning captain Angelo Mathews partnership with Dhawan on 138 in the 25th Dhoni’s departure to lift India to 6-321 and the “unbelievable” on commentary, sailed over the (52no) and Asela Gunaratne (34no) iced the over. Six balls later India’s first-drop and highest score of the tournament to date. leg-side boundary for a huge six off the bowling game. Mathews won the toss and sent India in captain Virat Kohli was back in the dressing In reply, Sri Lanka lost Niroshan Dickwella of paceman Jasprit Bumrah. Mathews calmly under gloomy London skies, but as it has room sitting next to Rohit after edging Nuwan early to bring Gunathilaka and Mendis reached his half-century, albeit hobbling in the refused to do all tournament, the white Pradeep behind looking to get off the mark together in the fifth over. The dynamic pair closing stages, and the victory target to set up Kookaburra ball didn’t swing for Sri Lanka’s with a dab to third man for one. batted 23 overs and put on 159 for the second two mouth-watering clashes and keep his side’s new ball bowlers. Taking full advantage of the Unfazed, Dhawan marched towards his 10th wicket, a partnership that looked untroubled by Champions Trophy hopes alive.

HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES: Kohli says ‘we are not invincible’; RONALDO RICHEST, VIRAT KOHLI RANKED 89TH lauds Sri Lanka’s gutsy batting NEW YORK (TIP): Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is the sole sportsperson from India to feature among the world’s 100 LONDON (TIP): India captain Virat May be, we will have to push harder is, I think, an exciting position to be in highest paid athletes in the latest Forbes list topped by soccer Kohli has lauded Sri Lanka's gutsy for all teams," Kohli said. star Cristiano Ronaldo. Kohli, 28, has been ranked 89th on the batting performance and said that his now in the next few games to give "And for everyone involved in the 2017 Forbes list of ‘The World's highest paid athletes’ with a team was not "invincible" despite setting us a 20-run cushion after a result tournament and the fans as well, I total pay of $22 million up a big target of 322, which he like this. think, it's a great scenario where you Serena Williams, who comes in at the 51 spot with $27 personally thought was enough to win literally have two quarter-finals now million, Tiger Woods comes in at the 17th spot. The list also the match. Virat Kohli, India captain which is going to be even more includes tennis greats Novak Djokovic (16) and Rafael Nadal "I personally thought that we had competitive cricket. So we are pretty (33), basketball player Anthony Davis (44) and soccer star enough on the board at the halfway "If a side comes out there and plays clear about the whole situation, and, it Wayne Rooney (70). stage. And I think our bowlers also cricket with that kind of mindset and certainly has opened up the whole Forbes said the 100 highest-paid sports stars earned a bowled decently well. If the Lankan executes their shots so well, then you table for sure," the Indian skipper cumulative $3.11 billion over the past 12 months, down a per batsmen come out and play like that and have to take your hat off sometimes added. cent from last year. But the threshold to make the list rose everyone plays well, you have to give and say 'very well played'.” Kohli said the "bowling collapse" last $600,000 to $21.4m.The earnings figures include salaries, prize credit to the opposition as well. We are Defending champions India are now night would make him push harder for money and bonuses earned between June 2016 and June 2017. not invincible. We are playing against in a do-or-die situation and will now 20 runs extra when they take on South Athletes from 21 countries are represented among the top other sides who are also champion sides have to beat South Africa in the virtual Africa at the same ground on Sunday. 100, but Americans dominate the list with 63 entries thanks to (in their own rights)," Kohli said at the quarter-final to progress to the last "From the batting point of view, as I soaring salaries in the professional Americans leagues like post-match media conference here last four round. said, I thought we paced it well. I the National Basketball Association, National Football League night. "Yes, it's become very exciting. thought we had enough on the board. and Major League Baseball. Kohli said that rather than criticising Virtually every game is a quarter-final In hindsight, when you look back, Virat Kohli, 28, has been ranked 89th on the 2017 Forbes list his colleagues, he would like to now. In our group especially, all teams maybe you think of phases that we of 'The World's highest paid athletes' with a total pay of $22m compliment the kind of batsmanship are on two points, and you have to win could have accelerated, but I don't see that includes $3m from salary and winnings and another $19m displayed by Sri Lanka yesterday. your next game to go through, which that as a major issue. Source: PTI from endorsements. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT 35 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 36 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017