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NEARBY Imran Khan declares victory in Pak. election ■ If God wills, we will set an example, ■ His party is projected to win 122 of ■ Former Prime Minister Sharif’s ■ Pakistan Peoples Party, led by PTI founder promises the nation 272 seats in the National Assembly PML(N) projected to win 57 seats Bilawal Bhutto, likely to get 35 seats
Associated Press “new” Pakistan resonated Bihar govt. seeks CBI ISLAMABAD Former PM’s probe into shelter case with young voters in a coun Pakistan’s cricket starturned try where 64% of its 200 mil PATNA party alleges Bihar Chief Minister Nitish politician Imran Khan de lion people are below the age Kumar on Thursday clared victory on Thursday of 30, according to a UN rigging recommended an inquiry by for his party, the Pakistan report. the CBI into the alleged TehreekeInsaf (PTI), in the More than a dozen TV sexual exploitation of girls country’s general election channels, based on offi cial Agence France-Presse Associated Press living in a Staterun shelter held on Wednesday. Mr. but partial counts, were pro Islamabad home in the Muzaff arpur Khan promised a “new” Pa jecting that Mr. Khan’s PTI district of north Bihar. kistan following a vote that would get as many as 122 of Former Prime Minister NATION Ī PAGE 7 was, however, marred by al the 272 National Assembly Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD legations of fraud and mili seats. Former Prime Minister Muslim LeagueNawaz Supreme Court pulls up tant violence. Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Mus (PMLN) on Thursday U.P. for Taj document Mr. Khan, who aspires to lim LeagueNawaz is project rejected early election NEW DELHI be the next Prime Minister, ed to win 57 seats, while the results that suggested The Supreme Court on said in a televised address to Pakistan Peoples Party, led Imran Khan was on his Thursday came down heavily the nation, “Thanks to God, by Bilawal Bhutto, could get way to becoming the next on the U.P. government for a we won and we were suc 35 seats. The remainder in prime minister, alleging draft report on the vision document for the protection cessful.” He added, “If God the 342seat Lower House in “blatant” rigging. of the Taj Mahal without wills, we will set an exam cludes reserved seats for wo Shahbaz Sharif, the consulting the ASI. ple.” men and minorities. leader of the PMLN, The election, in which Pa dismissed the results from NATION Ī PAGE 7 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Commanding lead kistanis voted for the Nation Imran for talks to solve core issue of Kashmir Wednesday’s poll as Pakistan’s Election Commis al Assembly and the four pro counting was still under sion has not yet released the vincial assemblies, marked Press Trust of India The blame game between on Wednesday. “I am a per This blame game that wha way. “Today, what they offi cial fi nal results, but Mr. only the second time in Pa Islamabad the two countries, detri son who arguably knows the tever goes wrong in Pakis have done has pushed Khan has maintained a com kistan’s 71year history that a Pakistan is ready to improve mental to the subcontinent, most people in India be tan’s Balochistan is because Pakistan back 30 years... manding lead, according to civilian government has its ties with India and his go should stop, he said. cause of my days in cricket. of India and vice versa We reject this result,” Mr. projections by many televi handed power to another. vernment would like the “If they take one step to We can resolve the poverty brings us back to square Sharif, the brother of Mr. sion stations, using their own leaders of the two sides to wards us, we will take two, crisis in Southeast Asia. The one,” he said. Mr. Khan Nawaz Sharif, said at a methods. It is not clear PROMISES AN “ISLAMIC resolve all disputes, includ but at least [we] need a biggest problem is Kashmir,” wanted more trade between press conference in whether the PTI would get a WELFARE STATE” Ī PAGE 11 ing the “core issue” of Kash start,” Mr. Khan said in his he said. the countries. Lahore. FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 12 PAGES majority or be forced to form IMRAN KHAN CONTINUES TO mir, through talks, Pakistan fi rst public address after “We want to improve our (TABLOID) a coalition government. WRITE HIS DESTINY Ī PAGE 15 TehreekeInsaf leader Im leading his party to victory relations with India, if their LONG PADAYATRA TO POWER PML, PTI NECK AND NECK DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES Mr. Khan’s message of a THE PAKISTAN TEST Ī EDITORIAL ran Khan said on Thursday. in the general election held leadership also wants it. IN PAKISTAN Ī PAGE 11 IN PUNJAB Ī PAGE 11
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Remembering the martyrs West Bengal renames India denies any change at Doklam itself as ‘Bangla’ China has resumed its activities in the area: U.S. offi cial Special Correspondent statement. Assembly gives its nod for change New Delhi At the Congress subcom Responding to comments by mittee hearing on July 25, Special Correspondent Education Minister Par a U.S. offi cial during a Con Congresswoman Ann Wagn Kolkata tha Chatterjee moved the re gressional hearing that Chi er referred to the standoff The West Bengal Assembly solution which was unani na has quietly resumed its and said: “Although both on Thursday passed a reso mously passed. activities in the Doklam countries backed down, Chi lution to change the name of Participating in the dis area, India said on Thursday na has quietly resumed its the State as ‘Bangla’ in three cussion, Chief Minister Ma that there was no change in activities in Doklam.” languages — Bengali, English mata Banerjee said she had status quo since the standoff A fi le photo of an Indian Ms Wagner added, and Hindi. personally taken up the is with China ended in August and Chinese soldier at the “Neither Bhutan nor India The proposal has been sue with the Home Ministry. 2017. border in the Doklam area. has sought to dissuade it. pending since August 2016, “They said that there can “Since the disengagement China’s activities in the Hi when the Assembly passed a not be three diff erent names of Indian and Chinese bor velopments at the faceoff malayas remind me of its resolution to change the and we should stick to one der personnel in the Doklam site and its vicinity,” the Mi South China Sea policies.” name to ‘Bengal’ in English, name. “Even though we area on August 28, 2017, nistry of External Aff airs ‘Bangla’ in Bengali and ‘Ban wanted three names, we there have been no new de spokesperson said in a CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 gal’ in Hindi. The Centre, have to follow instructions. however, turned it down in Let us pass resolution for President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in paying 2017, objecting to having Bangla,” the Chief Minister homage to the martyrs of the Kargil war on the occasion of Vijay Diwas on Thursday. three names in three lan said.
Here, soldiers at a ceremony at Amar Jawan Jyoti in New Delhi. * SANDEEP SAXENA guages. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Neighbours used to off er food to Magsaysay for family as drunk father kept away ‘3 idiots’ muse ‘Children wouldn’t have died of starvation if they had stayed here’ Two Indians are among six winners Hemani Bhandari New Delhi On the street where Mangal, his mentally unstable wife and three minor daughters used to reside till Saturday, neighbours said the family was regularly given rations by them because Mangal used to disappear for days, Sonam Wangchuk and Bharat Vatwani allegedly after getting drunk. Mansi, 8, Shikha, 4, and Special Correspondent Lourdes Martins Cruz from Parul, 2, daughters of Mr. A view of the house in Mandawali, Delhi, where the children NEW DELHI East Timor, Howard Dee Mangal, a native of West Ben died allegedly due to starvation. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Sonam Wangchuk, a 51 from the Philippines and gal and a rickshawpuller by yearold educational Vo Thi Hoang Yen from profession, starved to death times even money,” said shaw. “For the last three reformer from Ladakh, Vietnam. on Tuesday, the preliminary Mithilesh Kumar, who lives in months, he was living in this widely regarded as the Mr. Wangchuk was a autopsy report said. the room above where Man room, the rent of which is inspiration for Aamir 19yearold engineering The family’s former neigh gal and his family were living. ₹ 1,200. He used to give mo Khan’s character, Phunsuk student at the NIT, bours claimed that Mangal The neighbours unanimous ney in instalments and, so Wangdu in the fi lm ‘3 Srinagar, when he took up lived in the Mandawali Fazal ly said that if the family had metimes, not even that, but I Idiots,’ is one of two tutoring. He helped pur area for over 15 years, stayed in the same room, the did not ask him to leave. Indians named for the 2018 students pass the national but in diff erent rooms. For children would not have They [ Mangal and his family] Ramon Magsaysay Awards. college matriculation the last three months, Man died. left by themselves with a fa The other is Bharat exams. gal was living in Gali Number Vijay, 42, another former mily friend,” said landlord Vatwani, a psychiatrist In 1988, Mr. Wangchuk 13 with his family. He shifted neighbour and fellow rick Pankaj. Other neighbours who works for mentally ill founded the Students’ to a room a few kilometres shawpuller, who knew Man agreed. Little Heena, 10, a street people in Mumbai. Education and Cultural away, near Pandit Chowk, on gal for the past 15 years, said student of Class V, who used Mr. Wangchuk and Mr. Movement of Ladakh to Saturday. that the man used to run an to go to the same government Vatwani are among six coach Ladakhi students. “Mangal was an alcoholic. eatery in the area till about school as Mangal’s eldest winners of the award, Mr. Vatwani was He used to be away for 45 three years ago but “because daughter Mansi, a student of which “celebrates recognised for “his days, after which he would of alcohol addiction, could Class III, said that the two greatness of spirit and tremendous courage and come back on his own. We not pay rent and had to shut used to go together but Mansi transformative leadership healing compassion.” were all aware of his habits. it down.” wasn’t attending school for in Asia.” The others are Therefore, the neighbours He did odd jobs for a few the past month as she was Youk Chhang from (With inputs from used to give his family rice, months afterwards, and fi unwell. Cambodia, Maria de PTI, IANS) pulses and vegetables, some nally began pulling a rick CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 CM A ND-NDE YK 2006-2018 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -@SridharMuskula [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 2 EAST FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI Timings Friday, July 27 West Bengal Assembly RISE 05:40 SET 19:16 150 cutoff Odisha villages RISE 19:00 SET 05:01 Saturday, July 28 RISE 05:41 SET 19:15 passes Lokayukta Bill RISE 19:41 SET 05:52 connected to mainland Sunday, July 29 RISE 05:41 SET 19:14 Naveen inaugurates Gurupriya bridge, appeals to Maoists to embrace progress Keeps CM out of its purview in matters relating to public order RISE 20:20 SET 06:44 Staff Reporter Special Correspondent Kolkata visions of excluding Chief BERHAMPUR Minister is in line with the With the inauguration of the The State Assembly on provisions contained in the muchawaited Gurupriya Thursday passed the West proviso to section 41 (1) (a) of bridge by Odisha Chief Minis Bengal Lokayukta (Amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas ter Naveen Patnaik on Thurs ment) Bill, 2018 after the Su Act, 2013. The legislators day, over 150 cutoff villages preme Court in March had said that the particular sec of Balimela reservoir in the pulled up 11 States over not tion of the Central Act refers Maoistinfested Malkangiri appointing an ombudsman to excluding Prime Minister district got connected to the for graft cases. The Bill ex from the purview of investi rest of the State after almost cludes the Chief Minister gation of the Lokpal. The Bill fi ve decades. from the Lokayukta’s pur passed in the West Bengal Mr. Patnaik termed the view in matters relating to West Bengal Chief Minister Assembly also has a provi Gurupriya bridge a pride of public order. Mamata Banerjee. sion that an investigation the nation which symbolises An amendment tabled by * FILE PHOTO: RAJEEV BHATT against a public servant can peace, cooperation and pro Trinamool Congress MLA not be carried out without Tapas Roy, which was Minister Mamata Banerjee the approval of the State gress. He also announced a Bridging the gap: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurating the Gurupriya bridge at passed by the House, said saying that the opposition is government. Rs.100crore package for de Malkangiri district of the State on Thursday. * PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT velopment of the remote cut that other than public order, creating confusion by saying Prohibitory off areas of Malkangiri gress. He appealed to the left ment had planned to con napped by Maoists in 2011 the Lokayukta shall investi that the offi ce of the Chief ‘Powers diluted’ district. wing extremists in the region struct a ‘hanging bridge’ on during his attempt to electri gate any complaint relating Minister is excluded from Leader of the Left Legisla orders in According to the Chief Mi to forsake violence and em the Gurupriya river. But this fy these cutoff villages. to any allegation of corrup the ambit of the Bill. She said ture Party and CPI(M) MLA nister, through the package brace progress that the as well as several subsequent The construction of the tion against the Chief Minis that the exclusion primarily Sujan Chakraborty said that Manipur the cutoff areas would be bridge brings to the region. attempts to provide road bridge was also a technical ter “with the approval of pertains to administrative the amendments have dilut come regions of pride. The The bridge was a dream connection to the cutoff re challenge as it had to be West Bengal Legislative As decisions such as deploy ed the powers of the Lokay district special package includes a project of the State govern gion never took off as erected in 70 to 90foot sembly, by a majority of two ment of police towards the ukta. “Our Chief Minister fi shery project in the reser ment. Over 30,000 tribals of Maoists, through their vio deep water. Six attempts by third members present and maintenance of public or has an image of being the Press Trust of India voir, construction of two these villages had got cut off lent activities, always op the State Works Department voting”. der. “I have given the people symbol of honesty,” he said, Imphal roads in the erstwhile cutoff from the mainland in 1972 posed construction of a to get bidders for construc Before passage of the le the right to question my pointing out that keeping Prohibitory orders under areas, electrifi cation, drink because of the Balimela re bridge. tion failed and at last in 2014 gislation through a voice credibility,” Ms. Banerjee her under the purview of the Section 144 CrPC was on ing water supply, provision servoir created due to a hy it was awarded to Royal Infra vote there was heated de said. Lokayukta would have done Thursday clamped in Im of healthcare and a new del project. Since then the Technical challenges constru Limited through bate in the House with Chief The Bill said that the pro no harm to her image. phal West district for two bridge at Manyamkonda. villagers have had to cover The work order for the competitive bidding. months, a statement issued distances of up to 60 km by bridge was awarded to Gam The bridge took around by the District Magistrate ‘Peace most important’ boats or launches in water mon India in 2006 but it three and a half years to com said. The Chief Minister reached ways from Chitrakonda in could not progress due to plete. The Border Security Overnight rain chokes Kolkata The move followed the the Maoistprone region the mainland to Jantri, the technical challenges and Force had to be deployed in unrest over demand for re around noon by helicopter. last ferry point inside the re Maoist threats. Maoists am the area for antiMaoist oper moval of Manipur Universi He paid homage to those servoir. Because of its ex bushed a boat carrying Grey ations and for providing se Transport services aff ected; some schools declare holiday ty VC Prof. A.P. Pandey. who were martyred for the treme remoteness and only hound jawans from Andhra curity cover for the construc The Raj Bhavan, Manipur bridge and appealed to land link with Visakhapat Pradesh in the reservoir in tion work. Staff reporter University, State Secreta Maoists to renounce violence nam district in adjoining June 2008. At least 38 peo As Maoist threat still Kolkata riat and other prominent and join the mainstream of Andhra Pradesh, the cutoff ple, including 35 jawans, looms over the bridge, it is buildings are located in the society. Through his Twitter region became a safe haven were killed in the attack. The under roundtheclock vigil Transport in Kolkata came high security zone of Im handle, he said peace was of for Maoists. Collector of Malkangiri, R. of security personnel and to a near standstill on Thurs phal west district. utmost importance for pro In 1982, the State govern Vineel Krishna, was kid CCTV cameras. day after bouts of heavy showers overnight led to wa terlogging in several parts of the city. There were severe Arunachal to launch new health insurance scheme signalling disruptions in the metro service as well. The India Meteorological De Will enable citizens to avail of cashless health services in empanelled hospitals partment website on Thurs day showed a record of 26.6 Press Trust of India previous regime with a new vices in empanelled of the CMAAY yesterday. running it is diffi cult. There mm of rainfall as opposed to Itanagar one, an offi cial release said hospitals. Once launched, the fore, everything should be a normal rainfall of 9.9 mm The Pema Khanduled Aru on Thursday. “Please work overtime scheme will off er healthcare well studied from the very around the time in Gangetic nachal Pradesh government The new Chief Minister’s and ensure that the scheme services of up to ₹ 5 lakh per beginning and all scopes for West Bengal, with Kolkata has said it would soon re Arogya Arunachal Yojana is launched on August 15,” family per year. hurdles to creep in should be experiencing 36.6 mm rain
place the health insurance (CMAAY) will enable citizens Mr. Khandu was quoted as “Launching a scheme is nipped at the bud,” Mr. fall while normal rainfall is A fl ooded street in Kolkata on Thursday. * TANNISTHA SINHA scheme conceived by the to avail cashless health ser saying during the soft launch not diffi cult but successfully Khandu said. in the region of 8.7 mm. pass and the TaratalaMajer heavy rainfall and irregular Consistent rainfall hat stretch of DiamondHar transport services. Law to curb While places such as Siligu bour Road, as well as in Salt “Most districts of West ri, Darjeeling, Bankura, Lake Sector V, Rajarhat New Bengal will receive light to land grab Birbhum, Purulia and Hoog Town, Dum Dum Park, Park moderate rainfall in the next ly are experiencing consis Street, Rajabazar and Am 72 hours. Coastal districts, tent rainfall with minor wa herst Street. The continuous including Kolkata, shall wit Press Trust of India terlogging, it was acute in rain that caused waterlog ness heavy rainfall at isolat Kolkata Howrah and North 24 ging inconvenienced offi ce ed places. We urge all those West Bengal will come up Parganas. goers and students with traf who intend to travel to take with a new law to curb land Within Kolkata, commu fi c snarls delaying their adequate measures before grabbing of tribals, Chief ters had a harrowing time in movement. stepping out,” a Regional Minister Mamata Banerjee the heavytraffi c regions of A few city schools de Meteorological Centre offi c said on Thursday. EasternMetropolitan By clared a holiday because of er told The Hindu. 9yearold boy trampled to death by elephant
Press Trust of India sister received serious Keonjhar (Odisha) injuries. A nineyearold boy was They were admitted to a trampled to death, while hospital at Bansapal initial his mother and infant sis ly, they said, adding after ter were seriously injured sometime they were shift by a wild tusker in Odisha’s ed to the district headquar Keonjhar district, the pol ters hospital here since ice said on Thursday. their condition The incident happened deteriorated. on Wednesday at Khunta Irate villagers staged a kata village under the juris road blockade for some diction of Bansapal police time and demanded that station, they said. concrete steps should be The jumbo stormed into taken to save the locals the victim’s house and from elephant attacks. trampled the boy to death The villagers also de when his mother was try manded adequate com ing to escape with both the pensation for the family of children. the deceased. . While the 9yearold boy The blockade was lifted was killed on the spot, his after assurance from the of mother and fi vemonthold fi cials. ULFA(I) hideout busted
Press Trust of India gles, the troops dismantled Dibrugarh (Assam) the hideout of ULFA(I) A hideout of the proscribed “which is highly active in ULFA (Independent) was Upper Assam”, the sources destroyed by the Army in said. Items recovered from Lakhipathar area in Tinsu the hideout include four pis kia district on Thursday and tols, one revolver, two arms and ammunition reco rounds of 40 mm multi shot vered, defence sources said. grenade launcher and ₹ 1.49 Acting on intelligence in lakh. The operation was puts, the Rajputana Rifl es launched as a preemptive personnel of the Army measure against the militant launched a search operation group’s preparation for sub in Lakhipathar Forest Divi versive activities against se sion on Wednesday. curity forces in wake of the During the 24hour long ULFA’s Martyr’s Day on Fri operation in the thick jun day, the sources said. PUBLISHING PVT LTD., Chennai-600002. Editor: Mukund Padmanabhan (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act).
CM A ND-NDE YK 2006-2018 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -@SridharMuskula [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 NORTH 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF AAP announces new Leader Confl icting claims dog of Opposition in Punjab Alwar lynching case ‘Custodial death’ theory to shield real killers: Meo leaders Babur was Humayun’s Paid the price for speaking the truth, says ousted Sukhpal Singh Khaira Mohammed Iqbal vigilantes. Rakbar’s friend Aslam, who son: Rajasthan BJP chief VIKAS VASUDEVA JAIPUR JAIPUR truth and espousing the The VHP and Bajrang Dal escaped from the spot when CHANDIGARH Rajasthan BJP chief Madan cause of Punjab, Punjabis Amid the intense political took out a protest march in the two persons were inter Lal Saini has put his foot in Days after Aam Aadmi Party and Sikhs cost me LoP, I’m bickering over the alleged Alwar on Wednesday and rupted on the suspicion that the mouth, saying Humayun leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira prepared to let go a hundred lynching of Haryana resi submitted a memorandum they were taking two cows il told Babur to respect cows if accused senior party leaders such positions. Those at the dent Rakbar Khan in Alwar, alleging that innocent acti legally to their village in Ha he wanted to rule India. The of “conspiring” to remove helm have done what Con leaders and activists of diff e vists of social organisations ryana on July 20 night. senior Bharatiya Janata Party him from the post of Leader gress and Akali DalBJP want rent groups have made con were being harassed during leader was caught on camera of the Opposition in the Pun ed,” tweeted Mr. Khaira fl icting claims about those investigation. The memo Meo panchayat memo getting his history wrong, jab Assembly, the party on In a video posted on Face responsible for the 31year randum, addressed to Chief However, Meo panchayat confusing the father with the Thursday decided to appoint book last week, Mr. Khaira old man’s death. In particu Minister Vasundhara Raje, head Sher Mohammed said son. PTI Harpal Singh Cheema, MLA alleged that the party’s State lar, the “custodial death” pointed out that the State’s the entire blame was being from Dirba constituency, in copresident, Balbir Singh, theory has been challenged Home Minister Gulab Chand shifted to the policemen in 500-kg poppy husk his place. Manish Sisodia took to social media to announce the had accused him of taking following the arrest of three Kataria himself had admit order to complicate the in seized from truck in J&K Manish Sisodia, who is in replacement. (Right) Sukhpal Singh Khaira. * FILE PHOTOS money from volunteers in an persons in the case. ted the negligence and laps vestigation and save the cow KATHUA charge of the party aff airs in attempt to malign him. Mr. While the BJP MLA from es of policemen. vigilantes. The Meo pan The Jammu and Kashmir’s Punjab, took to social media State has been given respon paid the price for speaking Balbir Singh, however, de Ramgarh, Gyan Dev Ahuja, chayat has also submitted a excise department recovered to announce the replace sibility. The national conven the truth and taking a stand nied Mr. Khaira’s charge, and Vishwa Hindu Parishad ‘Forcibly arrested’ memorandum to the Alwar 500 kg of poppy husk and ment. er of the AAP, Arvind Kejri for the cause of Punjab and saying he never made any have demanded the release Mr. Ahuja said the three ac Collector with the demand detained two persons in “AAP has decided to wal, has written a letter to Punjabis. such accusation. of three persons arrested in cused – Dharmendra Yadav, for arrest of all the guilty Kathua district on Thursday change its leader of opposi the Speaker of the Punjab Mr. Khaira had also sub the case, the Meo leaders of Paramjeet Singh and Naresh persons and speedy justice after foiling a major bid to tion in Punjab. Harpal Singh Vidhan Sabha requesting ‘Discharged my duty’ mitted a complaint to Mr. Si Alwar district have alleged Singh – were fi rst called for in the case. smuggle the narcotics Cheema, MLA Dirba consti him to appoint Harpal Singh “I have discharged my duty sodia against Mr. Balbir that the theory of Rakbar dy giving information about the The Aam Aadmi Party’s material out of the State in a tuency, shall be leader of op Cheema as the LoP,” said an as LoP with uttermost sin Singh, saying that false alle ing in police custody had incident, but were later “for State unit has demanded the truck carrying fruit boxes. PTI position in Punjab Assemb offi cial statement. cerity, dedication and fear gations were being levelled been fl oated to defl ect atten cibly arrested”. He demand resignation of Mr. Kataria, ly,” tweeted Mr. Sisodia. Responding to his remo lessness towards Punjab and to tarnish his image among tion from the “real killers” ed that a case of cow smug saying he had failed to con HCS officer suspended “A Dalit face from the val, Mr. Khaira said he has Punjabis. If speaking the the party cadre. and protect the cow gling be registered against trol law and order. for sexual harassment CHANDIGARH A Haryana Civil Services CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC officer, who was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a Shifting of Atiq Ahmad to a In deep water woman employee at his office, was suspended by the State government on highsecurity jail sought Thursday. The State government had formed a sevenmember committee to Objectionable items seized from strongman in Deoria jail probe the allegations.PTI
Press trust of india ing that of the former MP Lynching: Khattar Deoria (U.P.) and U.P. strongman Ahmad announces financial aid After recovery of several ob during a surprise check. GURUGRAM jectionable items from the Haryana CM Manohar Lal barrack of U.P. strongman High profi le criminals Khattar has announced financial assistance of ₹ 5 lakh Atiq Ahmad in Deoria Jail, Some high profi le ‘criminals’ to the family of Rakbar, a the district magistrate has including Ahmad, former resident of Kolgaon, written to the state prison Samajwadi Party district Ferozepur Jhirka, who fell authorities to shift him out panchayat chairman Ram victim to mob lynching in of the district jail to some Pravesh Yadav and history Rajasthan's Alwar district on other highsecurity prison in sheeter K. D. Singh are also suspicion of cow smuggling. the State. lodged in Deoria jail, making STAFF REPORTER it a sensitive prison. ‘Threat to jail security’ Workers unearth old District Magistrate Sujit Ku Assault on faculty coins in Uttarakhand mar has written a letter to Former Samajwadi Party MP Facing over 40 cases of va PAURI the Inspector General (Pri and U.P. strongman rious heinous off ences, 55 A jar full of old coins was sons) to transfer former MP Atiq Ahmed * PTI yearold Ahmed is currently unearthed by labourers Atiq Ahmad out of the dis lodged in Deoria Jail for as engaged in construction work trict jail here, dubbing him sewhere),” the Disrict Magis saulting the faculty mem at Bhairavnath temple in as a “threat to the jail trate said. bers of an agricultural insti Uttarakhand’s Pauri district, security”. Last week on July 19, a tute in Allahabad in 2016. officials said on Thursday. The “His presence in the jail is mobile phone, SIM cards, Having the capacity to ASI said its experts will vitiating the atmosphere pen drives and knives were house 5,870 prisoners, the ascertain the age and value of there. I have written to the discovered in the barrack of Deoria jail has around 1,600 the coins. PTI IG, Prison to shift him (el various undertrials, includ inmates lodged in it. Monsoon blues: Women being taken to safety on a bicycle cart after heavy rain lashed Mathura on Thursday. * AFP Win in local body polls Three rescued from Rain gauges in all boosts M.P. Cong.’s morale angry mob in M.P. Rajasthan villages Suspected them as child-lifters Fourth phase of water scheme
Returns to Pachmarhi Cantonment Council after 23 years Press trust of india a boy who was scared to Special ter table has increased, Bhopal cross a road near Futa Ma correspondent green agricultural JAIPUR Anup Dutta Returning Offi cer (SubDivi Three men, who were try kabara Square,” Mr. Tiwari fi elds have expanded Bhopal sional Magistrate) Madan ing to help a boy cross a informed. Rain gauges will be in and the need for send The election to the Pachmar Singh Raghuvanshi, Pipari road, were rescued by pol Some passersby saw the stalled at all village ing tankers with drink hi Cantonment Board Coun ya, announced late Sunday ice from an angry mob incident and started shout panchayat headquar ing water to the popu cil in Hoshangabad district evening. The polling percen which suspected they were ing “bachcha chor” (child ters in Rajasthan in the lated areas has recently threw up a surprise tage was recorded at 79.27. childlifters, police said on lifters) after which a mob fourth phase of the stopped. result in favour of the Con The result surprised the Thursday. gathered and started beat State govt.’s fl agship Jal gress. ruling BJP in the State which The incident happened ing up the three men, the Swavalamban Abhi Fruit bearing trees The Opposition party was hoping to retain control in the Hanumanganj area offi cer said. yan, which is set to be State River Basin and won six of the seven seats in on at least four seats and here on Wednesday evening “We managed to reach gin shortly, to enable Water Resources Auth the council and captured the emerge as the "kingmaker". and police managed to save on time and save them. The the authorities to man ority chairperson Sri post of vicepresident. Pachmarhi is a hill station in For the BJP, State Minister the three persons from a three hail from Vidisha dis age water supply and ram Vedire said here
The election result an Madhya Pradesh. * FILE PHOTO for Ayush Jalam Singh Patel, mob of 1215 people who trict and were here to pur resources on the basis on Thursday that the nounced on Sunday may not Hoshangabad MP Rao Uday were assaulting them, In chase an autorickshaw. A of estimates for rain. campaign for planta be statistically signifi cant, Assembly elections slated to Pratap Singh and Pipariya spector Sudesh Tiwari said medical examination has The JSA as a water tion of fruitbearing but it's a boost to the morale take place in MLA Thakur Das Nagvanshi on Thursday. revealed that they had con conservation pro trees on the demarcat of the Congress which has OctoberNovember. campaigned in support of sumed alcohol. They did gramme with empha ed school premises been out of power in Mad “Six candidates of one the party candidates in the Were helping a boy not receive major injuries,” sis on rejuvenation of would continue during hya Pradesh since 2003. political party symbol [Con last two months. The Con “The three men, Dhan Mr. Tiwari said. traditional water bo the JSA’s fourth phase. The party has made a re gress] have won the elec gress campaign was led by Singh, Ram Swaroop Sen On July 19, a mentally re dies has turned out to The progress of work turn to the Pachmarhi Can tion. The remaining one seat former Union Minister Su and Dashrath Ahirwar were tarded woman was lynched be a success in several in this respect was be tonment Council after a gap has been won by a candidate resh Pachouri and a team of under the infl uence of alco in Singrauli on suspicion to regions of the State, ing reviewed through of 23 years and ahead of the of a diff erent party symbol,” local leaders. hol and were trying to help be a childlifter. where the groundwa audits, he said. Punjab dubs itself Pak.’s narco-terror victim State Heath Minister seeks special category status from the Centre Press trust of india victim of a proxy war waged Seeking the special cate Chandigarh against it by Pakistan, which gory status for Punjab, the Punjab has sought “special has used drugs as its silent State Health Minister also category status” for itself on weapon,” he wrote in his compared it with the other the grounds of being “a vic letter. special category States of tim” of “narcoterrorism by “In this scenario, you Jammu & Kashmir, the hili Pakistan”, triggering a per would appreciate that it States and the north eastern vasive drug menace there. would not be unjustifi ed, if I ones to argue his case for The clamour for grant of place my request for consid greater allocation of central special category status to the eration of Punjab under spe grants “due to its disturbed State, making it eligible for cial category States that status, diffi cult terrain or its allocation of higher share of Punjab Health Minister would make it eligible for border with Pakistan.” Central funds, was raised by Brahm Mohindra. * FILE PHOTO grant of higher share of The Minister rued in his Punjab Health Minister drug abuse prevails more in funds from the Centre...,” letter that “despite border Brahm Mohindra in a letter the border districts of Fero Mr. Mohindra told Union ing with Pakistan and having to Union Health Minister J. P. zepur, Tarn Taran, Gurdas Health Minister in his letter. borne a double whammy of Nadda. pur and Amritsar.” Mr. Mohindra pleaded overt terrorism in the past “The drug menace has “The youth of Punjab who with the Centre “for at least and narcoterrorism in pre gripped diff erent sections of is the future of the State is restoring its (Punjab’s) share sent”, besides “having a the society irrespective of becoming victim of this nar to the previous ratio of 75:25 huge locational disadvan the caste, creed, religion and coterrorism which is direct which shall greatly aid our tage and challenging securi economic status,” said Mr. ly impacting the economic eff orts to bring welfare ty scenario,” Punjab “has al Mohindra in his letter, ad growth of the State. Punjab schemes for the residents of ways been ignored by the ding that “the malady of has emerged as the biggest our State.” Government of India”.
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Suresh, who was arrest conspiracy, but was also an plot. According to SIT sourc ed by the Special Investiga active member of the group. es, he was an active member Alappuzha, Kottayam Counsel cites ‘celibate character’ of the presiding deity declared fl oodhit tion Team on Thursday in “Suresh played the role of of a Goabased Hindutva or Press Trust of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM connection with the murder host, prepared food for the ganisation from at least New Delhi The Kerala government has of journalist Gauri Lankesh, men, and later destroyed 2008. The police unearthed declared Alappuzha and The Supreme Court on led the police on a merry evidence,” a senior police of reports from the Hindu Jana Kottayam districts flood- Thursday said irrespective chase. He was even treated fi cer said. jagruti Samiti’s website affected in view of the of the submissions that Lord as a witness after he con Suresh claimed no know showing Suresh taking part severity of the calamities Ayyappa of the Sabarimala vinced them that he was on ledge of the conspiracy and in its activities a decade ago. caused by the southwest temple has “celibate charac ly a landlord who had no his statement had been re Sources said that for the monsoon. The declaration ter”, it could not remain idea that his tenants were Gauri Lankesh corded before a magistrate last 10 years, he had been was issued by State Relief “oblivious” of the fact that Hindutva hardliners plotting under Section 164 of the working in Karnataka, indoc Commissioner P.H. Kurian the entry of women in the a hit. cated the house on the night CrPC, said the police offi cer. trinating youth and hosting based on the age group of 1050 was The main accused in the of the murder. “Now, however, we have evi lectures and exhibitions in recommendation of the State barred on the “physiological murder conspiracy, Sujith “At fi rst, we believed that dence which points to him schools and colleges. executive committee of the ground” of menstruation. Kumar aka Praveen, and the he unwittingly let out his playing an active role in the In July 2017, Kale allegedly Kerala State Disaster A fi vejudge Constitution alleged gunman who pulled house to the accused and, conspiracy,” the offi cer roped in Suresh in the plot to Management Authority. The bench, headed by Chief Jus the trigger, Parashuram hence, treated him as a wit claimed. assassinate Gauri, and asked notification makes farmers in tice Dipak Misra, however, Waghmore, stayed in the ness,” said an SIT offi cial. him to arrange accommoda the two districts eligible for termed as “impressive” the A view of the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. * FILE PHOTO house owned by Suresh in The SIT, however, now ‘Key aide to Amol Kale’ tion in Bengaluru, as he was crop insurance. persuasive and vehement Seegehalli days before the claims that in the light of Suresh, who hails from Tu familiar with the real estate Forest watcher dies in submissions of advocate Sai murder. All the accused va new information following makuru, is believed to be a market. clash with woodcutters Deepak, appearing for Peo Pandalam Palace KADAPA ple for Dharma and NGO A forest watcher, Ashok, died Chetna that Lord Ayyappa after sustaining injuries being a “juristic person” has contests observation Abhimanyu UGC invites during a clash with the right to preserve his SC seeks records woodcutters on Thursday. “brahmacharya” (celibate) RADHAKRISHNAN KUTTOOR Raja said that both the murder: CFI designs for According to sources, a team character under the PATHANAMTHITTA versions were grossly of forest guards came across Constitution. The Pandalam Palace has unfounded and misleading. leader held in church case convocation a group of woodcutters in the “But the court can’t be contested the reported According to him, the Rollabodu forest area of oblivious of the fact of the observation of a Supreme practice prevailed at Staff Reporter Staff Reporter Kerala High Court granted Special Correspondent Siddavatam mandal. Both case that a class of women is Court judge that the Sabarimala even before 1863 Kochi New Delhi bail to Johnson V. Mathew, a Hyderabad sides allegedly rained stones disallowed due to physiolog practice of denying “entry and this is what an The Kerala police on The Supreme Court on priest of a church arrested The Universities Grant on each other, in which Ashok ical reasons (menstrua for women in a particular authentic survey report Thursday took into custody Thursday called for records for allegedly abusing a mar Commission is moving to and a woodcutter were badly tion),” the Bench, which also age group to Sabarimala published during the British the State secretary of the of the investigation carried ried woman in Pathanam wards onecountryone injured. In an attempt to comprised Justices R.F. Nari Campus Front of India in out by the Crime Branch in thitta district. Johnson convocationattire formu catch an accused, Ashok cannot have existed for Raj substantiates. reportedly slipped into the man, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. more than 50 years.” The Memoir of Survey of connection with the Abhi the case of alleged rape and Mathew, a counsellor of the la. On Thursday, it issued valley and sustained grievous Chandrachud and Indu Mal A senior lawyer, too, had Travancore and Cochin manyu murder case. molestation charges against church, was arrested from an advertisement calling injuries. He died when he was hotra, said. wrongly stated before the States, written by Benjamin The suspect was identi four priests in the Malanka Kozhencherry in the district for professional designers rescued on Thursday. court on Wednesday that Swain Ward and fi rst fi ed as Muhammad Rifa, a ra Orthodox Syrian Church on July 13. The High Court and students to pitch in “Essentiality” test the practice was 60 years published in 1863 by native of Thalassery in Kan rape case. A Bench of Justice has directed him to surren and send their designs for Telangana policemen for The Bench, which was hear old. ‘Travancore Circar’, has nur and a secondyear stu A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok der his passport, cooperate convocation dress which Andhra Pradesh parade ing pleas of the Indian Young In a chat with The Hindu, unambiguously mentioned dent at a private law col Bhushan granted protection in the investigation and not would “Depict Indian cul SRIKAKULAM Lawyers Association and the Pandalam Palace about certain restrictions lege in Ernakulam. Acting from arrest to two of the ac to enter the limits of the pol ture and tradition... an Heeding a directive from the others challenging the ban, managing committee for women’s entry to on a tipoff , the police cused — Father Jaise K. Ge ice station where the victim expert committee will eval Union Home Ministry, the asked whether the practice chairman P. Rama Varma Sabarimala, said Mr. Raja. traced him to a hideout orge and Father Sony Vargh resides. On Wednesday, the uate and select designs for Telangana government will at Sabarimala of barring wo near Bengaluru. ese — till August 6, the next Kerala High Court also suitable adoption by the take part in the Independence men of the age group of 10 An inmate of Cochin date of hearing. granted bail to another ac Higher Educational day parade in Andhra Pradesh 50 years from entering the can exclude a class of wo that something is essential to House, a hostel run by the Both the accused had ap cused Job Mathew. Institutions.” by sending an armed temple was an “essential men from visiting a temple.” the religion it becomes in Popular Front of India, Rifa proached the top court after The incident came to The National Institute of contingent. A.P. Chief and integral” practice of a “I go beyond the essen violable,” Justice Chandra is accused of mobilising a their anticipatory bail pleas light after an audio clip of Fashion Technology has al Minister N. Chandrababu religious denomination. tiality test. Essentiality as chud said. squad that unleashed vio were turned down by the the purported conversation ready moved to oneinsti Naidu will hoist the national flag and witness the parade, Justice Chandrachud in pect has taken charge of Ar “Due to this essentiality lence at Maharaja’s Col Kerala High Court. of the husband of the victim tutiononeconvocationat which will include Telangana’s tervened and said there was ticle 25 (freedom of doctrine, judges, including lege, Ernakulam. During the brief hearing, with a church offi cial about tire mode. “Earlier, all the troops for the first time since no need to even go into the conscience and free profes the Supreme Court judges, The investigators, ho the Kerala government, re the alleged sexual abuse of NIFT centres had diff erent bifurcation. A contingent “essentiality” test and “the sion, practice and propaga are now assuming a ‘theo wever, are yet to confi rm presented by advocate Vipin his wife by the priests was attire for convocation. But from A.P. is also expected to core of issue is whether Con tion of religion) under the logical mantle,’ which we are whether Rifa was a mem Nair, opposed the anticipa circulated on social media. this year, we had a uniform take part in the Independence stitution overrides all other Constitution, but it should not expected to do,” Justice ber of the squad that exe tory bail plea. (With inputs from agen- pattern,” said Srivani Tha day parade in Hyderabad. aspects. If yes, then nobody not be so. Because of the fact Chandrachud said. cuted the murder. Earlier on Monday, the cies) depalli, a faculty member.
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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Azam Khan Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Suspension of operations was to be tried for CRPF a positive initiative: Mehbooba remarks
Its continuation would have further improved the situation in J&K, says exCM PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Lucknow ‘I can become CM any Press Trust of india time, but not interested’ many as 117 incidents of of Ramzan in Jammu and The Uttar Pradesh govern Srinagar JAIPUR stonepelting were reported Kashmir. ment has given its sanc Hema Malini, the BJP MP Former Jammu and Kashmir in the State as against 219 tion to prosecute senior from Mathura in Uttar Chief Minister Mehbooba during the period of April 15 Major cause Samajwadi Party leader Pradesh, has said she can Mufti said on Thursday that to May 16, 2018,” Mr. Ahir Meanwhile, National Confe and former State Minister become the Chief Minister the decline in stonepelting said. rence (NC) vicepresident Azam Khan for allegedly anytime but would rather be incidents in the Valley when “Decline in stonepelting Omar Abdullah said the ma making objectionable re free to pursue other the antimilitancy opera incidents during ceasefi re jor cause of the stonepelting marks against Central Re interests. I am not too keen, tions were suspended for vindicates our stand that it in the Valley is the crack serve Police Force person she told reporters in Ramzan vindicated her was a positive initiative that downs or the cordon and nel last year. Rajasthan’s Banswara city on stand that it was a positive brought a sense of relief search operations which did “The prosecution sanc Wednesday. PTI initiative which needed to be amongst the masses. Its con not take place in the month. tion has been given by the continued to improve the tinuation would have further “But they forgot to add State government in the Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 17.30 Hrs) Priest found dead in situation. Mehbooba Mufti improved the situation,” Ms. the context crackdowns or matter. Now a chargesheet Barmer temple In a written reply in the Mufti wrote on Twitter. cordon/search ops (opera will be fi led against Azam Forecast for Friday: Heavy/very heavy rain is likely at few/isol- BARMER Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, during the suspension of op The Centre on May 16 had tions) stopped during that Khan under IPC Section ated places over west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal A 70-year-old priest was Union Minister Hansraj Gan erations in the month of issued instructions to the se period so a major cause of 153 A (promoting enmity Pradesh, west Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, east found dead on the premises garam Ahir said stonepelt Ramzan. curity forces and the Army the stonepelting disap between diff erent Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Naga- of Ramdev temple in ing incidents in Jammu and “During the period from not to undertake off ensive peared for the month of groups), which requires land, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura Rajasthan’s Barmer district on Kashmir had come down May 17 to June 17, 2018, as operations during the period Ramzan,” he said on Twitter. prior sanction,” Rampur city rain max min city rain max min Thursday, said a police officer. Agartala...... 8.5.... 31.6.... 26.0 Kozhikode ...... 68.... 30.3.... 23.5 Additional Superinten Ahmedabad...... 0.2.... 31.1.... 25.1 Kurnool...... —.... 34.1.... 25.7 The police suspect the priest dent of Police Sudha Singh Aizwal ...... 1.... 29.8.... 12.9 Lucknow...... 36.8.... 30.2.... 25.6 was looted and then killed on said. Allahabad ...... 6.... 28.0.... 25.6 Madurai...... —.... 38.4.... 27.6 Wednesday night. The Bengaluru...... 1.1.... 27.6.... 20.3 Mangaluru...... 17.3.... 30.3.... 24.0 Bhopal...... 23.5.... 26.3.... 23.2 Mumbai...... 1.2.... 29.6.... 26.8 incident came to light on Panchkula gang rape: Police humiliating my Two penal off ences Bhubaneswar .....14.3.... 31.2.... 25.0 Mysuru...... 0.8.... 27.9.... 19.6 Thursday when devotees The case against Mr. Khan Chandigarh ...... —.... 31.5.... 27.6 New Delhi ...... 4.6.... 28.6.... 26.0 came to the shrine for party workers: Rajbhar Chennai ...... —.... 38.0.... 27.8 Patna ...... 4.7.... 31.6.... 26.1 HC seeks status report was lodged under Sec Coimbatore...... 2.4.... 30.8.... 22.8 Port Blair ...... —.... 30.9.... 26.0 morning prayers. PTI tions 153 A and 505 of the Dehradun...... 7.8.... 27.6.... 25.1 Puducherry...... 9.2.... 36.2.... 23.3 Gangtok...... 44.8.... 20.3.... 17.7 Pune ...... 0.7.... 26.7.... 21.9 Haryana asked to fi le report in 10 days ‘Their behaviour maligning govt. image’ Indian Penal Code. Each Goa ...... —.... 31.0.... 25.4 Raipur ...... 5.3.... 27.1.... 23.8 Three minors die in wall of the two penal off ences Guwahati ...... 2.6.... 34.0.... 26.0 Ranchi...... 0.7.... 26.0.... 22.5 collapse incidents SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT to fi le an affi davit within 10 Press Trust of india entails a jail term of up to Hubballi...... —.... 27.0.... 21.0 Shillong...... 5.9.... 24.4.... 18.0 MAINPURI (U.P.) CHANDIGARH days on the matter. The Ballia (U.P.) three years or fi ne or both Hyderabad ...... 2.8.... 29.5.... 24.5 Shimla...... 0.4.... 20.3.... 17.1 Three children died in Imphal...... 11.... 31.0.... 22.0 Srinagar ...... 0.2.... 27.7.... 18.5 The Punjab and Haryana next date of hearing has Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Mi on conviction under it. Jaipur...... —.... 29.0.... 25.6 Trivandrum ...... 2.... 31.5.... 24.5 separate incidents of wall High Court on Thursday been fi xed for August 13. nister and Suheldev Bharati The FIR against the SP Kochi...... 13.8.... 30.2.... 24.0 Tiruchi ...... 0.5.... 36.8.... 26.4 collapse due to rain in Uttar took suo moto cognisance The gang rape case hit ya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief leader was lodged on the Kohima...... 79.8.... 26.0.... 18.0 Vijayawada...... —.... 36.5.... 27.5 Pradesh’s Mainpuri district on Kolkata...... 36.8.... 27.8.... 26.4 Visakhapatnam ...... 1.8.... 32.3.... 28.0 of the alleged gang rape of a the headlines after the Om Prakash Rajbhar on complaint of former BJP Thursday, the police said. (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) 22yearold married woman Chandigarhbased woman Thursday accused the police MLA Shiv Bahadur Saxe While two children were Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday killed in Dostpur village of in Panchkula's Morni Hills, alleged sexual assault by at of humiliating his party na’s son Akash Saxena for CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE directing the Haryana go least 40 men over four days workers, alleging that the his statement in June last Ahmedabad ...... 23 .63 29 ....82 .....— ....* Karhal area, 230 km from Bengaluru...... 14 ..— 77 ....46 ...71 ....* In observation made at Lucknow, another died in vernment to submit a status in the Morni Hills area. forces’ behaviour was ma year which allegedly said, * 4.00 p.m., Faridabad, Chennai ...... 22 .31 52 ....84 .....— .... Haryana recorded an Kusmara town. PTI report in the case in 10 A Special Investigation ligning the image of the “Women terrorists were Delhi ...... 16 .38 30 ..203 ...52 ....* overall air quality index days. Team, which was set up for government. Om Prakash Rajbhar chopping off the private Hyderabad ...... 12 .16 13 ....33 ...69 ....* (AQI) score of 155 Kolkata...... 2 .41 37 ....37 ...36 ....* indicating a moderate level A Division Bench of Chief probing the case, found in The Minister’s comments parts of the security per of pollution. In contrast, Lucknow...... 10 .22 70 ....53 .....— ....* Justice Krishna Murari and formation that led them to follow his visit to the Rasra ters here. sonnel to send across a Patiala recorded a healthy Jharkhand Armed Police Mumbai ...... — ..— 59 ..... — .....— ....— AQI score of 31 Justice Arun Palli, while is suspect the role of the vic police station in the district Some people had strong message which Pune...... 36 .13 57 ....43 ...60 ....* jawan commits suicide Vishakhapatnam ..8 .54 41 ....79 .132 ....* GARWAH (JHARKHAND) suing notice on its own mo tim’s husband. The probe when its Station House Of reached the Minister’s resi should leave the entire Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) tion treating the matter as a had revealed that the vic fi cer (SHO) did not reach his dence with their problems, country ashamed.” SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, jawan Suryadeo Mahato Public Interest Litigation, tim, her husband and the home after being called by following which he asked The reference was to a making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air allegedly committed suicide directed the Haryana go accused had telephonic him. his assistant to call the SHO, Maoist attack on CRPF particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues by shooting himself with his vernment to submit a status conversations during the “The police is humiliating Gyaneshwar Mishra, at his personnel in Sukma dis and monuments. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by service rifle in a barrack here report in the alleged gang period of the incident. The my party workers. Their be residence, but he did come trict of Chhattisgarh in reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. on Thursday, the police said. rape case in 10 days. police arrested the hus haviour is maligning the im after repeated calls. Mr. April 2017 in which 25 CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to The exact reason behind Mr. Assistant AdvocateGen band invoking several sec age of the government. I will Rajbhar then reached the CRPF personnel had been critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. Mahato’s suicide is yet to be eral Sharad Aggarwal, who tions under the Immoral meet the CM (Yogi Aditya police station and accused killed. PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, ascertained, the in-charge of was present in court, was Traffi c (Prevention) Act be nath) in this regard,” Mr. them of biased action in a The outlaws had alleg nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced the Dhurki police station, Ajit delivered the notice on be sides Section 370 of the Rajbhar, the Backward Class land dispute that took place edly mutilated the vic lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease Kumar Bharti, said. PTI half of the State and asked IPC. Welfare Minister, told repor on Sunday in the area. tims’ bodies.
CM A ND-NDE YK 2006-2018 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -@SridharMuskula [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF 50 years at the helm of DMK SC pulls up U.P. Karunanidhi’s innings as president is unparalleled; son hails him as leader and lynchpin of the party for Taj document B. Kolappan fi ed only as ‘President’ of the But they could not shine bruary 4, 1969. CHENNAI party. since they were not elected K. Santhanam, the author Former T.N. The State had not consulted the ASI DMK patriarch M. Karuna “Of course, there was an to the party president’s of the article, had argued Foetus in plane lavatory: CM’s health Delhi police fi le case nidhi will cross a rare miles attempt to change the lea post,” he said. against dual leadership—one tone in the country’s politi dership in the party’s gener What made Mr. Karuna for the party and another for NEW DELHI declines The Delhi police have cal history on Friday as he al council in Tiruparamkun nidhi to stand out was his ta government—saying that registered a case in completes 50 years as the dram in the 1970s. But it did lent to steer the political such an arrangement had connection with the recovery president of the party. not materialise,” pointed out course and general opinion weakened the Congress and Special Correspondent CHENNAI of a foetus from the lavatory The former Chief Minister K. Thirunavukkarasu, histor in his favour, his farsighted would prove suicidal for the of an AirAsia plane after it was elected president of the ian of the Dravidian Move ness, his quick wit, his com DMK. Former Tamil Nadu Chief landed here from Guwahati DMK on July 27, 1969. Five ment and author of a three mand of the Tamil language These opinions would Minister and DMK presi on Wednesday, police said. A months earlier on February volume history of the DMK. which was evident in his have made an impact on V.R. dent M. Karunanidhi’s post-mortem was conducted 9, 1969, he was elected the speeches and writing, and Nedunchezhian, who was health suff ered a slight set on the foetus to find its legislature party leader of ‘No paucity of leaders’ his extraordinary memory the interimChief Minister back on Thursday and he is gestational age, he said. PTI the DMK and became the Asked whether Mr. Karuna power (he is known for his and was in the race for the being monitored and treat The Bench expressed shock at the report, which pointed to
Chief Minister of the State nidhi’s achievement was a ability to remember the Chief Minister post after An ed roundtheclock at his the presence of over 1,100 industries in the region. * PTI One lakh fish seeds following the death of the matter of celebration since name of even an ordinary nadurai’s death. In a meeting Gopalapuram residence by released into Beas party’s founder C.N. democracy would not be en party worker from the far held in Triplicane to com a team of doctors from the Staff Reporter as it asked Attorney General NEW DELHI BEAS (PUNJAB) Annadurai. riched by an individual occu corner of the State). memorate the fi rst death an Kauvery Hospital. K.K. Venugopal which de Punjab Environment Minister For a political party pying the top post in a party Mr. Karunanidhi perhaps niversary of Annadurai, Mr. Meanwhile, in a rare pol The Supreme Court on partment of the Centre and O.P. Soni released one lakh launched without a ‘Presi for this long, Mr. Thiruna sensed that there would be Nedunchezhian said, “I itical gesture, around 9.45 Thursday came down heavi the Uttar Pradesh govern fish seeds into the Beas river dent’— Annadurai held the vukkarasu said if the party criticism against him in fu stayed away from the contest p.m., Deputy Chief Minis ly on the Uttar Pradesh go ments was responsible for on Thursday as part of the post of ‘General Secretary’, had decided to keep him in ture for holding the post per for party leadership. Joining ter O. Panneerselvam ac vernment for a draft report maintenance of the Taj Tra State government’s leaving the post vacant for the post, others had little say manently. Hence, he had the Ministry is a matter of companied by three senior on the vision document for pezium Zone (TTZ). commitment to further his estranged leader Periyar in the matter. compared himself with Fran personal decision.” cabinet colleagues — D. the protection of the Taj Ma The TTZ is an area of improve the aquatic E.V. Ramasamy—Mr. Karuna “This does not mean there klin D. Roosevelt, the only Mr. Karunanidhi has met Jayakumar, P. Thangamani hal without consulting the 10,400 square kilometres ecosystem and environment nidhi’s achievement is is a paucity of leaders. There US president to be elected to iculously recorded all these and S.P. Velumani — visited Archaeological Survey of In spread over the districts of within the water body. PTI unparalleled. were equally charismatic a fourth term. speeches and opinions in his Mr. Karunanidhi’s house dia (ASI) tasked with pro Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, The party actually intro and ta lented In the second volume of autobiography. and briefl y inquired with tecting the monument. Hathras and Etah in Uttar ‘Tourists who can’t handle duced the post of Presidium leaders.his autobiography, Nenjukku And there are many who his son and Leader of the A Bench of Justices M.B. Pradesh and Bharatpur in drinks not welcome’ Chairman in September 25, Neethi, he had recalled the believe Mr. Karunanidhi was Opposition M.K. Stalin Lokur and Deepak Gupta ex Rajasthan. PANAJI 1960, and late E.V.K. Sam Esquire cartoon mocking at his best when fi ghting the about his health condition. pressed shock at the report, “What will happen if UN Goa’s Tourism Minister path occupied the post. Af Roosevelt. “Here also some odds. They fondly recall his Later, Mr. Panneersel which pointed to the pre ESCO says we will withdraw Manohar Ajgaonkar on ter he left the party, V.R. newspaper barons, mill own leadership quality as he kept vam said the DMK leader sence of over 1,100 polluting the world heritage tag from Thursday told the State Nedunchezhian occupied ers, rich persons and aristo the party intact after the re was in good health. industries in the region. the Taj Mahal,” the Bench Assembly that locals were the post. Even Mr. Karuna crats have discovered a bad volt of MGR, steering it On Thursday evening, “We would not have been in asked Mr. Venugopal. capable of handling their nidhi was intro word. In their view, Karuna through the Emergency and the Kauvery Hospital is this position, had you done The Bench also asked alcohol and criticised tourists duced as nidhi is a bad word,” he 10 years of MGR’s reign and sued a press release saying your job,” the Bench said, whether the Centre or the who drank excessively and the Chair had recorded. again successfully tiding over there had been a “slight de adding that there was no authorities concerned sub indulged in drugs. “We do not man of the a crisis triggered by Vaiko’s cline” in the health of the coordination among the mitted the draft manage want tourists who indulge in party in the Crisis manager exit. former Chief Minister due agencies responsible for the ment plan for the Taj Mahal drugs and break bottles on Tiruchi dis Mr. Karunanidhi had DMK working president the beach,” he said. to agerelated ailments. He protection and preservation to UNESCO’s World Heritage trict confe also cited the article, M.K. Stalin, in his message is currently being treated of the 17th century monu Centre in Paris. It directed rence in ‘The task before released to commemorate for fever due to urinary ment. the ASI to submit its report ‘India way behind in 1970. Subse DMK leaders’ that the occassion, called his tract infection and is being “We can’t have 10 diff e on the vision document and overall happiness ranking’ quently, he appeared in The father “the leader and the administered antibiotics rent people doing 10 diff e spell out the steps to protect KOLKATA was identi Hindu on Fe lynchpin of the party.” and fl uids intravenously. rent thing,” the Bench said, the monument. Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said despite the country having high GDP growth and being among the top economic Bihar govt. seeks CBI probe PSUs biggest donors to Clean Ganga Fund powers, it is “way behind” in the overall happiness ranking. India occupies the 133rd place Opposition calls for resignation of State’s Social Welfare Minister It was created contributed about ₹ 177 (according to a world survey) crore. The rest were from in in overall happiness ranking in in 2014 dividual donations. 2018, Mr. Mukherjee said. PTI Special correspondent government was committed “In the early days, many Patna to an impartial probe, an at Jacob Koshy letters were written to public Bihar Chief Minister Nitish mosphere of rumour was be NEW DELHI sector units for donations Kumar on Thursday recom ing created so the Chief Mi Nearly 90% of the dedicated …recently, the Water Minis mended an inquiry by the nister has directed the Chief fund that the Water Ministry ter [Nitin Gadkari] has di Central Bureau of Investiga Secretary, Home Secretary has collected as part of dona rected that focus should be tion (CBI) into the alleged and State Director General tions for various projects to on getting money from the sexual exploitation of girls of Police to hand over the in clean the Ganga is sourced private sector,” Rajiv Ranjan living in a staterun shelter Nitish Kumar vestigation to CBI,” said the from State and Central go The government has committed to cleaning nearly 70-80% Mishra, DirectorGeneral, home in the Muzaff arpur government release. vernment public sector units of the river by March next year. National Mission for Clean district of north Bihar. While visiting the shelter home Union Home Minister Raj (PSU), according to informa Ganga, which coordinates thanking the government for “frequently.” nath Singh had recently said tion from the Lok Sabha. dividuals and institutions. nated to the CGF as of Janu programme activities. The ordering the CBI probe, the “A deplorable incident in Parliament that the Cen The Clean Ganga Fund On Monday, in response to a ary 2018. Private companies government will be putting Opposition called for the re has taken place in Muzaff ar tral Government was ready (CGF), as it is called, was question from Congress MP contributed around ₹ 20 in place nearly 288 projects, signation of State Social Wel pur where the police has for the CBI inquiry “if the created in 2014 and envi Rajeev Gowda, Minister of crore and the public sector, worth ₹ 20,000 crore, and fare Minister, whose hus been carrying out a diligent State government recom sioned as a source of funds State Satyapal Singh report Central public sector and clean up 70%80% of the riv band was earlier accused for investigation...though the mends it.” from private companies, in ed that ₹ 220 crore was do Government Departments er by March next year. Second edition of Chennai Photo Biennale unveiled
Festival will commence from February 22, 2019
Special Correspondent CHENNAI The second edition of the Chennai Photo Bien nale (CPB), the interna tional festival of photog raphy, will be held from February 22 to March 24, 2019. Synchronised with the art calender of Asia, the From right, Helmut Schippert, founding trustee and 30day long festival co-founder, CPB; Varun Gupta, co-founder, CPB and
would be held at 30 ve Pushpamala, artistic director. * R. RAGU nues with 150 plus ar tists, 300 hours of pro CPB will also work with magical,” she said. gramming and have 45 The Hindu’s 140yearold Helmut Schippert, di print exhibitions. archive for the festival. rector, Goethe Institut, Speaking about the Wellknown photo said the Biennale was event, Varun Gupta, ma and video artist N. Push founded in 2016 and naging trustee, CPB pamala, who will curate hoped that the Tamil Na Foundation and cofoun the festival, said she had du government would der, CPB, said the festival decided not to have a extend support to the organised by the founda single overarching event. tion in cooperation with theme but themes for the Goethe Institut each venue. Crowd-funding would be held at several “What is needed is a pu locations across the city. ‘Fauna of Mirrors’ blicprivate partnership The Muziris Biennale “My larger curatorial to carry the festival for in Kochi supported by concept is to ruminate ward. Talks are on with the Kerala government on the nature of photog other cultural institu put that city on the inter raphy in a poetic and tions including the Al national map and trans philosophical way. The liance Francaise, British formed it. The CPB is provisional title of the Council and the US Con aiming to do the same Biennale Fauna of Mir sulate to help with the for Chennai and make it rors is an old Chinese festival,” he said. home for photography myth that talks about an The CPB has recently in India, he said. alternative universe that launched its crowd fund exists behind the mirror. ing campaign and 40 of Special tie-up I will argue around that its dedicated campaign Mr. Gupta also an myth to see the practice ers would help raise nounced the CPB’s asso of photography as a mir funds. ciation with The Hindu ror refl ection of modern The organisers called that will institute a Photo life, creating a parallel upon city residents to Journalism award for world of images fami help with the month photographers from In liar yet strange, perhaps long festival by off ering dia and international friendly and intimate, space for artists to stay photographers, who are sometimes mysterious and cars and drivers resident Indians. The and hostile but always apart from funds.
CM A ND-NDE YK 2006-2018 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -@SridharMuskula [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Prime Minister Imran Khan Can he mature suffi ciently for the requirements of his new offi ce or will he need guidance?
the fi rst party to be reelected in would not only remove all the hur day. It is possible that the opposi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, increasing dles in Mr. Khan’s way to become tion parties may have learnt from The Pakistan test its seats. Perhaps the biggest shock Prime Minister but would also the tactics of Mr. Khan in the pre has been the rout of the Muttahida eventually usher in a golden era vious Parliament. First, he did not Imran Khan has no time to lose in unveiling Qaumi Movement (MQM) in its for Pakistan, she said. It was re accept the results, and as the en his leadership style and rhetoric as PM perceived stronghold, Karachi, ported in diff erent newspapers at fant terrible, made much of the Akbar Zaidi where again the PTI has made sig the beginning of this year that Ms. claim that the 2013 elections were mran Khan’s Pakistan TehreekeInsaf has exceeded nifi cant gains. Wattoo met and told Mr. Khan that completely rigged. He took his expectations in emerging from Wednesday’s elec he would become Prime Minister case to the streets in his famous Ition within touching distance of a majority. The hile Imran Khan and his The establishment’s man only if he got married before Janu dharna of 2014, and to the Elec former cricketer will come to the Prime Minister’s offi ce Pakistan TehreekeInsaf There are a number of reasons ary 5. It was later disclosed that tion Commission of Pakistan
at the end of a bitter year, and his fi rst test will be to ass W(PTI) were fairly confi why the PTI has won. Some of AFP having divorced her husband, she (ECP). The ECP found almost no ert a legitimate claim to power. The campaign for these dent that they would emerge as these are part of Pakistan’s perpe married Mr. Khan on or around Ja rigging during the 2013 elections, federal and provincial elections in Pakistan has been the largest party in Wednesday’s tual political economy and are speaking at multiple events on the nuary 1 this year, and by all ac and he had to reluctantly accept elections, they could not have ima more standard, and there is one same day in diff erent cities. While counts her prophecy has come the results. called the “dirtiest” in its history, and the announce gined that they would make such a possible explanation which is par the leaders of other parties did the through. ment of the results is already tainted by allegation s of strong showing, resulting in Mr. ticularly bizarre. It has been clear same, he was more visible on elec Mr. Khan has shown himself to In Naya Pakistan rigging and military interference. In fact, the removal of Khan becoming Pakistan’s next for many months now that Pakis tronic media and had a huge pre be abusive, derogatory, misogynis The elections might be over — sor Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister last summer and later Prime Minister. Even some aca tan’s military establishment, with sence on social media. He was also tic, arrogant and dictatorial, all did, controversial and rigged as from the electoral arena over a conviction on corrup demics, supposedly looking at em support from the superior judici told that it was important to have within a few weeks. He has said they have been. It is also very clear tion charges had given the impression that the dice pirical data, got it very wrong. ary, did not under any circum winnable candidates and advised that feminism degrades mother that Imran Khan is Pakistan’s next were loaded in Mr. Khan’s favour. The former cricketer Although all the results have been stances want Mr. Sharif’s party to to take many dubious candidates hood and that liberals ‘seek blood’ Prime Minister. Whether his wife’s neither verifi ed nor notifi ed, and win. This establishment went out into his party who were consi and are the most dangerous con prophecy of Pakistan entering a will be watched for how he emerges from the shadow of many seats will have to be given up of its way to ensure that he was dis dered electable. Pakistan’s demog stituency in Pakistan. At the same golden era will come true or not in the campaign and the election itself. His immediate task since many contenders, including qualifi ed and imprisoned, and raphy — with a large proportion of time, he has been soft on the Tali Naya Pakistan will depend, to start is to negotiate assistance from the International Mo ne Mr. Khan who had been leading in that many of his former allies and young and fi rsttime voters, called ban. During his campaign, he stat with, on how the Prime Minister tary Fund to stave off a balance of payments crisis. Pa all his fi ve constituencies, contest comrades either joined the PTI or ‘youthias’, supporting the PTI — is ed that he would have a national designate handles the immediate kistan has already sought more loans from China, with ed and won from more than one contested as Independents. In also likely to have worked in Mr. ist, antiU.S. and antiIndia foreign expected backlash from the politi no sign that the costs of infrastructure projects un der seat, no one is going to dare stand southern Punjab, several of Mr. Khan's favour this time more than policy. He is a bornagain Muslim cal parties which have lost. Mr. the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor will be reco in the way of his greatest, crown Sharif’s allies abandoned him en in 2013, given a considerably now with a Tasbeeh (rosary) in his Khan, till now the vitriolic candi ing moment. masse. Furthermore, the MQM in mauled PML(N). hands, a conservative Muslim na date and opposition leader, will vered soon. His next set of challenges emerge from the In many cases, the victory mar Karachi was broken up into many tionalist who believes in neoliberal have to mature to be a more sober region, where he will be expected to make good on pro gins of the PTI are huge and im groups. There was much prepoll Another explanation? economic policies. Since his party ing infl uence on government and mises made by Pakistan to Washington and Kabul to pressive. The party has even made rigging by the military. Indepen There is yet another reason being has not won a complete majority, on his many fi rsttime, overly en crack down on terror and bring the Taliban to the table considerable inroads into former dent commentary in the media given for why Mr. Khan won so he will have to be conciliatory and thusiastic Ministers who are inex for talks. Mr. Khan has long held that the U.S. must fi rst Prime Minister and Pakistan Mus was controlled and censored and convincingly. Many months ago, a show a far more inclusive attitude perienced in governance, much pull out troops from Afghanistan, and was called “Tali lim League (Nawaz) leader Nawaz many journalists and media hous married woman and a mother of towards other groups in Parlia like himself. Probably the consid ban Khan” for suggesting that Taliban militants were Sharif’s fortress of the Punjab, es were threatened and shut fi ve, Bushra Riaz Wattoo, had a ment than he has during his vile erable infl uence of the military coming a near second. It will prob down. Open discussion and those dream. A resident of Pakpattan in campaign. and the judiciary on him will go a fi ghting for “independence”. The next steps will take ably form government there as dissenting were threatened in un the Punjab, Ms. Wattoo was consi On the day after the elections, long way in helping this. Or, per place amid great scrutiny of the tenor of his engage well, with many of the Indepen precedented ways, reminiscent of dered to be a pirni (female spiri seven losing parties called the haps, the current Mrs. Khan’s vi ment with Donald Trump’s administration, given the dents and breakaway members. Pakistan’s many martial laws. tual guide). She was believed to elections rigged. One senior leader sions will now guide his and the U.S. President’s tough talk against Pakistan. Many key members of the PML(N), Despite being the military’s fa have been a ‘modern’ woman called them “the dirtiest polls in country’s future. Mr. Khan will also have to tackle terror groups inside including former national and pro vourite representative, Mr. Khan once who then turned to Sufi sm. the history of Pakistan”, and the Pakistan, those that target Pakistani forces and those vincial ministers, have been de must also be given credit for a for She told her husband that Prophet PML(N) rejected the results out S. Akbar Zaidi is a political economist trained with Pakistan’s support to target its neighbours. feated, including in the party’s ceful campaign. He could not have Muhammad appeared in her right. An allparty conference to based in Karachi. He teaches at Columbia core constituencies such as La won without believing that he dream one day and asked her to discuss the results as well as the University in New York, and at the IBA in It is here that Prime Minister Khan will be most tested; hore and Faisalabad. The PTI is would. He traversed the country, get married to Mr. Khan. This next step has been called for Fri Karachi these groups function with impunity, and it remains to be seen whether his softness during the campaign against them will carry over into the prime minister ship. Signifi cantly, he spent the most time on ties w ith India when listing his foreign policy priorities. Whil e AI superpower or client nation? his comments on alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir will not be viewed kindly in New Time is running out for India to get its policy framework right Delhi, those on resolving disputes through dialogue must be regarded seriously. So far, he had distanced plied by businesses. AI develops commerce might, and Baidu with bition to be an AI superpower is, himself from what he called the “soft approach” of the within business processes, as data Microsoft to develop an autono frankly, sinking fast. Sharif government towards India. But after the election are mined from digital platforms, mous driving platform. Technologies should fl ow freely result, Mr. Khan claimed that no Pakistani leader had and turned into intelligence, Startups everywhere, includ across the globe, and we must wel engaged more with India than he had. He off ered to which is ploughed back to pro ing in India, are mostly vying to come global technology compa duce more data and intelligence, fi nd a place in such huge global nies to help India’s digital develop take two steps forward if India reciprocates. For the Parminder Jeet Singh in infi nite loops. Any country’s AI ecosystems, anchored either in ment. But while technology is moment, he will also be aware of other odds that are therefore largely exists within its the U.S. or China, generally by be global, data are essentially local. stacked against him; not the least being that of becom huge, domestically owned com ing bought out. Even with all the overlaps, there ing the fi rst Pakistani PM to complete a full term. oogle’s CEO compares AI mercial digital/data systems. In the All the wonderful AI applica are some basic diff erences bet (artifi cial intelligence) with U.S. it is with Google, Amazon, Fa tions that we read about, which ween core technology businesses Gfi re and electricity in terms cebook, Apple and Microsoft — the Niti Aayog’s new AI strategy is and datadriven businesses. Tackling HIV of their role in human civilisation, and in China with Baidu, Alibaba also replete with — whether of in Databased sectoral platforms, while Stephan Hawking feared and Tencent. GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK PHOTO creased agriculture output, preci like in ecommerce, urban tran India has brought down HIV incidence, that AI could end humanity. We India has no such large domesti sion medicine or tailored learning sport, agriculture, health, educa but it must do more in removing social stigma are facing something really ex cally owned commercial data sys tary and other security/strategic — are basically shopwindows of tion, etc., should largely be dom traordinary. Industrial revolution tems. And any chance that these purposes? global digital/AI corporations. It is estic. India has a right to provide new report from the Joint United Nations Pro moved the centres of physical could develop is being nipped by Confusion is caused by many In just like they allured us with all the such domestic protection through gramme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) bears good news power from human and animal allowing takeovers like of Flipkart dian IT industry leaders conveying unbelievable Internet and mobile policy, especially if India begins to bodies to machines. With the lo by Walmart. Soon, Walmart and the erroneous message that India applications, provided for ‘free’. treat its collective social/economic for the global war against the syndrome. Bet A cus of intelligence now also getting Amazon will own between them is doing well with AI. The problem These AI applications may give us data as a strategic national asset, ween 2010 and 2017, several countries made rapid pro disembodied, AI systems are set to perhaps the most signifi cant set of is that they are jostling for crumbs spectacular oneoff benefi ts here as our mineral resources are. (All gress in reducing HIV incidence and getting antiretrovi transform our economic, social India’s consumerbehavioural and of IT/digital business when Indian and there, but gathering further the talk of data being the new oil… ral therapy to patients. Today, three out of four people and political organisation. other economic data, over which policymakers should be aiming at data from each new instance it is well quite right!) with HIV know their status, and 21.7 million get treat they will develop various kinds of the highest levels of new value the AI engine owned by a Google Such policy protection alone ment. While the largest reduction in incidence came A radical transformation AI. In time, such AI will allow them chains that AI will create in every or Microsoft that becomes ever will ensure that we have large from eastern and southern Africa, Asia also made gains. Intelligent systems typically tend to control practically everything, sector. It is mastery over the sys more intelligent about India’s pro scale datadriven Indian compa India, in particular, brought down the number of new to centralise and monopolise con and every actor, along various eco temic cores of AI where the real blems and solutions. They stand to nies able to develop the highest AI trol. Sensing that an AI economy nomic value chains linked to con national advantage lies. build an epochal fortune around in every sector, by employing huge cases and deaths by 27% and 56%, respectively, bet will radically concentrate income sumer goods. The digital/AI industry works in these quicklyscaling AI engines. Indian data to solve (equally huge) ween 2010 and 2017. As the UNAIDS report says, some and wealth, many global digital in Beyond economic dominance, huge ecosystems with global digi Indian problems. Once enough AI satisfaction is warranted. This applies also to India , dustry leaders have called for as AI is as much about cultural, polit tal corporations at the centre, and AI owner or client? profi ciency and strength has been which has done a few things right. For example, tuber sured basic income for all. Global ical and military power. Russian various startups and specifi c digi A big nation like India cannot de developed domestically, it should culosis is the biggest killer of HIV patients across the ly, just one or two concentrations President Vladimir Putin claims tal/AI applications at the peripher rive satisfaction from rapidly be then be used to go global. world. India is now able to treat over 90% of notifi ed TB of AI power may rule the world. that whoever rules AI will rule the ies. Amazon and Google both push coming a client country for AI, There is no other route to be patients for HIV. Social stigma surrounding AIDSinfect Currently, these are in the U.S. and world. A nonAI military against an their cloud services to try to be whether as ready users of AI appli coming an AI superpower. With its China. AIpowered one will be like a hap come the default machine learn cations in diff erent areas, or by of highest IT as well as entrepreneu ed people in India, while high, is declining slowly too. Where does India stand in the less infantry unit facing an ar ing platforms, which they open fering outsourced R&D for global rial/managerial competence, and Survey data show that in the last decade, the number of AI race? Nowhere. And it is fast moured division. And where does source to fence in the largest num digital/AI corporations through a huge domestic market, India is people unwilling to buy vegetables from a person with squandering its great advantages a military get its AI from? Google ber of clients and followers possi startups existentially eager to be among extremely few countries HIV came down from over 30% to 27.6%. But even as In of high IT capabilities and a big and Microsoft are partnering with ble. They further network selec bought out. What really counts is that can make it. But time is run dia celebrates such progress, it is important to be mind domestic market required for data U.S. military on AI applications, tively to aggrandise digital and AI whether India owns the centres of ning out fast. ful of the scale of the challenge . With 2.1 million cases, harvesting. Unlike most industrial and China’s companies even more power. For instance, Google with systemic AI that comes from con India is among the largest burden countries in the technologies, AI does not develop closely so with its military. Who Walmart and China’s JD.com to trolling huge commercial data eco Parminder Jeet Singh is with the in laboratories and then get ap will help India build its AI for mili counter Amazon and Alibaba’s e systems. In this regard, India’s am Bengaluru-based NGO, IT for Change world. And there are critical gaps in its strategy. The UNAIDS report points out that a country’s laws can legitimise stigma and give licence to the harassment LETTERS TO THE EDITOR of groups at the highest risk of HIV. These include men Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. who have sex with other men, people who inject drugs, and sex workers. Indian laws don’t do well on this A new Prime Minister sensitivity. It is vital for Sharif “an agent of an infl exible stand with benefi t their favourite It is dismaying to note from count. The Immoral Traffi c (Prevention) Act criminalis Whatever be the charges of India and Pakistan to Pakistan’s old enemy regard to the U.S. using bowler and won the match. media reports that Nirav es several aspects of sex work, while Section 377 of the rigging, the election results establish peace. Pakistan India”, it seems that he Pakistani territory to fi ght D.V.G. Sankararao, Modi has in his possession Vizianagaram IPC criminalises gay sex. Studies show that fear of pro make it clear that the voters could do well to invite would be more keen to terrorism. Only time will at least six passports. This of Pakistan were tired of Prime Minister Narendra please the military. tell how his relations with makes it clear that he has secution under such laws prevents homosexual men, both the Pakistan Muslim Modi for Mr. Khan’s Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, the U.S. President will play A reasonable demand gone beyond the radar of drugusers and sex workers from seeking HIV screening League (Nawaz) and the swearingin ceremony as a Faridabad out. However, he may not The BJPled government investigating agencies. This and treatment. As a result, these groups lag behind av Pakistan Peoples Party and goodwill gesture. And if it have too much of a role in appears to be in no hurry to refl ects poorly on the erage treatment rates, although their requirements are wanted a change. Cricketer does, Mr. Modi should What does Imran Khan’s decisionmaking given that seek the extradition of competence of Indian higher. According to a 2017 UNAIDS report, for exam turnedpolitician Imran defi nitely make use of that win portend for India? the military has played a fugitives like Vijay Mallya investigators in tracking ple, awareness of their HIV status among men who have Khan broadened his voter opportunity to repair Though he raked up major role in promoting and Nirav Modi (“‘Bring him down, leave alone sex with other men was 41% in India; 52% of those who base by promising a “new relations. corruption issues in his him and will be demanding back at least one fugitive’”, bringing him back to India. Pakistan” that is free of G. David Milton, campaign, Pakistanis also its pound of fl esh. July 26). Nor does it seem to P.K. Varadarajan, knew their status were receiving treatment, and of corruption. It is time for Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu view him as a hardliner as V. Subramanian, have made any serious Chennai these, 83% had suppressed viral levels. These are trou him to keep his promise far as the country’s Chennai attempts to trace their bling patterns. If India is serious about tackling H IV, it and bring about that The one thing that is most relations with India are whereabouts, other than more letters online: must fi nd ways to reach such groups. Short of changing change for the better. Mr. heartening about the concerned. India will fi nd The result is no surprise. issuing red corner notices. www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ the law, the Centre can consider targeted interventions. Khan’s innings as Prime Pakistan elections is that him a diffi cult person to Given the reports of An experiment in Karnataka, between 2004 and 2011, Minister will be closely the country has rejected negotiate with. It may rue rigging, it seems as though corrections & clarifications: EPD fi nds favourable mention in the report . It shows that watched for his initiatives the Hafi z Saeedbacked the fact that it lost the democracy is not a serious >>TripAdvisor organises many literary tours, said a Metro Plus on the social and economic AllahoAkbar Tehreek in all opportunity to deal with a aff air in Pakistan. Mr. Khan Travel frontpage story “A pageturner of a holiday” ( July 26, 2018). sensitising police personnel and educating female se x fronts, his equation with the places where the party moderate like Nawaz Sharif enjoyed the backing of the It should have said lists. workers can greatly reduce arbitrary police raids and the military and religious contested. 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YES, NO, IT’S COMPLICATED Has the Right to Information Act been weakened? the RTI statute carefully estimated 70 lakh people offi cials pay a fi ne from their salar the law, said in the Rajya Sabha as YES The amendments being proposed will and deliberately empo apply for information ev ies for not doing their duty. All this the law was being discussed: “This structurally weaken and nullify the entire Act wered the Information ery year. So probing and is sought to be diluted so that the is the essence of the Bill… the me Commission to be the eff ective are many of the structural credibility of the RTI law chanism of access to information The Right to Information (RTI) Act will not only undermine one part of highest authority in the questions that powerful crumbles. will depend on eff ectiveness of this of 2005 is being weakened abso the Act but structurally weaken the country with the man vested interests try to system. It should therefore be en lutely and decisively. Let’s under independence and authority of the date to order any offi ce threaten, bribe, cajole, Diluting the Act sured that the Commission and its stand how. For over a decade, citi only body that gives it teeth, there in the country to pro browbeat, and when all One needs to ask why this is being functionaries perform their duties zens of India have tenaciously by nullifying the entire Act. vide information as per the provi else fails, kill the person seeking to done in the fi rst place. A spurious independently and with complete protected and guarded this peo sions of the Act. And it empowered expose their misdeeds. More than excuse is trotted out in the State autonomy. For this, it is necessary Nikhil Dey ple’s legislation, preventing repeat Access to information the Commission to fi ne any offi cial 70 people have been murdered in ment of Objects and Reasons of the to elevate their status to that of the is a founder member ed attempts to dilute the Act One unique and attractive feature who did not follow the mandate. this fashion. Applicants know that Bill. It states that equivalence in sal Election Commission of India... If of the Mazdoor Kisan through amendments. Interesting of the RTI Act was that it did not This was enough of a strategic de however much the offi cial may try aries with the Chief Election Com this organisation (the Commission) Shakti Sangathan and ly, no government has bothered to create a new bureaucracy for im terrence, and with all its diffi culties, to stonewall, there is an indepen missioner (CEC) is not acceptable is not going to function properly, the National Campaign propose amendments which would plementing the law. The RTI Act information did begin to fl ow out of dent authority which can be ap because the CEC is a constitutional then what is the purpose of bring for People’s Right to make the RTI Act more robust and tasked and mandated offi cials in ev government fi les and offi ces. In the proached, which can extract the in authority. The RTI Act does not ing this enactment? We are not Information eff ective. ery offi ce to change their attitude stifl ing and dark atmosphere of go formation for them, and which can seek to make the Information Com enacting this law just to become a The BJPled NDA government has and duty from one of secrecy to vernance that excluded people, this even fi ne the offi cial. No other law mission a constitutional body. As part of the statute book.” diabolically planned and moved a one of sharing and openness. Des was a blast of fresh air and sun in the country has set up a mechan E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, the Unfortunately, that is exactly set of targeted and fashioned pite many offi cials having a vested shine. ism that can, at the initiative and Chairperson of the Parliamentary what the BJP government wants to amendments to the RTI Act which interest in not sharing information, It has led to a situation where an pursuit of an ordinary citizen, make Standing Committee that examined do to the RTI law.
The Bill does not intend to make any weakens the powers of terms and conditions of constitutional body established un posed amendment to the RTI Act is NO the CIC or ICs. service of the State CIC to der Article 324 of the Constitution limited to this extent. Further, the fundamental changes to the Act The Bill was deemed that of the EC. and is responsible for the conduct proposed amendment will not have necessary because the The salaries, allowanc of all elections to Parliament, State any adverse eff ect on the salaries, The government is committed to and to constitute a Central Informa existing provisions of es and other terms and legislatures and to the posts of Pre allowances and other conditions of transparency and openness. The tion Commission and State Infor the Act do not have an conditions of service of sident and VicePresident. On the service of the present incumbents RTI Amendment Bill, 2018, is aimed mation Commissions. express provision re the CEC and ECs are in other hand, the Central Informa appointed before the commence at preserving and promoting admi garding the salaries, al turn equal to a judge of tion Commission and State Infor ment of the proposed amendment. nistrative effi ciency and accounta Why the Bill is necessary lowances and other terms and con the Supreme Court. Therefore, the mation Commissions are statutory The proposed amendment will not bility throughout the country. Ho The Amendment Bill only intends ditions of service of the CIC and ICs. CIC, ICs, and State CIC become bodies established under the RTI make the offi ce of the CIC and ICs wever, the Opposition has raised to empower the Central govern Section 13(5) of the Act equates the equivalent to a judge of the Su Act. less attractive as the salaries and al Bhupender Yadav some objections regarding the pro ment to decide the tenures, salaries salaries, allowances and other preme Court in terms of their salar lowances will not be lowered. is a BJP Member of the Rajya Sabha posed amendment to the RTI Act. and allowances of the Chief Infor terms and conditions of service of ies, allowances and other terms Making the RTI stronger The Bill does not intend to make The RTI Act was enacted to ena mation Commissioner (CIC) and In the CIC and ICs to that of the Chief and conditions of service. Since the mandate of the Election any fundamental changes to the ble citizens to secure access to in formation Commissioners (IC) of Election Commissioner (CEC) and The functions being carried out Commission of India and the Cen RTI; instead, it will make the RTI formation under the control of pu the Central Information Commis Election Commissioners (ECs), res by the Election Commission of In tral and State Information Commis Act more transparent by way of blic authorities, to promote sion and State Information Com pectively. dia and the Central and State Infor sions are diff erent, their status and providing express provision for sal transparency and accountability in missions through delegated legisla Similarly, Section 16(5) equates mation Commissions are very diff e service conditions need to be ra aries, allowances and other condi the working of public authorities, tion. It neither takes away nor the salaries, allowances and other rent. The Election Commission is a tionalised accordingly. The pro tions of service of the CIC and ICs.
IT'S We need to think about the pragmatic issues and again several courts for deciding cases of non ments never featured in the discus prescribed under the Act, or pro COMPLICATED have defi ned the juris compliance of the Com sions of the Commission, and I am vide vague, incomplete and mis confronting implementation of the Act dictional powers of the mission’s orders and as confi dent that the Commission will leading information. The Commis Commission in this res sociated penal provi take a balanced and considered sion also encounters cases of I respect the views of all the stake the Act. The applicants are increas pect. Nonetheless, the sions. There is also a view in this regard. numerous applications fi led by a holders in the RTI ecosystem . Ho ingly seeking redress of their perso Commission encounters need to reassess the un At the centre of the discussion is single applicant on the same sub wever, there is a need to distinguish nal grievances and adjudication of adjudication of several derstanding of the term the need to focus on reassessing the ject matter. This causes dispropor between populism and realism. In disputes beyond the jurisdiction of personal issues related public good or public in effi cacy of the RTI on the substan tionate diversion of resources of the stead of resorting to the populist the Commission. The Supreme to service disputes, fi xing of pay terest in the broader context of the tive issues of providing information public authorities. discourse surrounding the issue of Court in CBSE v. Aditya Bandopad and pension, grant of promotion, everevolving nature of the RTI me and enforcing the provisions of the For an informed citizenry, all sta Bimal Julka likely amendments to the RTI Act, hyay (2011) decided that the RTI Act settlement of matrimonial dis chanism. Act, and the awareness of appli keholders, including publicspirit is an Information there is a need to ponder over the could only provide information that putes, requests for timebound cants and respondents through pe ed individuals, youth organisations Commissioner pragmatic issues confronting its im was available. In Union of India v. completions of tax evasion peti Discuss substantive issues riodic seminars, workshops, etc. and NGOs should create awareness plementation. Namit Sharma (2013), the court tions, accidentrelated claims and The Commission has an established Experience indicates that the stake about the provisions of the Act so held that “the Information Com compensation, and so on. Whether institutionalised mechanism for ex holders remain oblivious to their that the RTI mechanism can be The meaning of information mission does not decide a dispute the mandate of the Commission amining and analysing various as rights and obligations under the strengthened to usher in a new era It has been observed that there is a between two or more parties con should include such matters is an pects of the RTI Act and its imple RTI Act. On several occasions, it has of transparency, accountability and paradigm shift in understanding cerning their legal rights other than issue for public discourse. Another mentation through weekly been found that the Public Informa good governance. the meaning of ‘information’ as their right to get information in pos aspect for consideration revolves meetings, conventions, seminars, tion Offi cers pass nonreasoned or contained in Section 2(f) and (j) of session of a public authority”. Time around the power and procedure and so on. The proposed amend ders, do not adhere to the timelines Views are personal
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC SINGLE FILE FROM ARCHIVES Keeping the past alive FIFTY YEARS AGO JULY 27, 1968 A memorial and a museum in Farakka barrage to be completed a year ahead Montgomery remember victims of Dr. K. L. Rao, Minister for Irrigation and Power, said in the Lok Sabha [New Delhi] today [July 26] that the Farakka barrage lynching and slavery project would be completed one year ahead of schedule. The Stanly Johny project had reached a fairly advanced stage and would be rea dy by June, 1970. Dr. Rao was replying to a halfhour dis cus “You’re standing on a site where en sion on the project. He stoutly refuted the allegation that Rus slaved people were warehoused.” sia had suggested arbitration on the Ganga water dis pute. To These words, written on the wall of repeated questions put by members, Dr. Rao said that the So the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, viet Premier had in a letter addressed to the Prime Mini ster Alabama, welcome visitors to a large Mrs. Gandhi said that “both countries should show go odwill hall where pictures, short fi lms and GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK to fi nd a solution on a mutually accepted basis as in the past as simulated images speak of the hor in the case of the Indus water dispute.” rors of slavery in America. The 11,000 sq ft museum, opened on April 26 by Montgomery’s Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a nonprofi t organisation, leads the visitor through the history A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JULY 27, 1918. of slavery, and the lynching, segregation and mass incarcer ation of AfricanAmericans. Inside the museum, visitors can Pay of Indian Army. hear recordings of death row inmates and simulated images of slaves in dark cells describing their stories. The E JI has The scheme for increasing the pay of the Indian army pro mised at the Delhi Conference last April reached Londo n collected soil from lynching sites across the U.S. and kept CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC them in glass jars labelled with the victim’s name and the lo when the War Cabinet was deeply engaged in connection with cation where he or she was killed. CONCEPTUAL ACT ONE German off ensive in France, but has now been sanctioned. It A few blocks away is the National Memorial for Peace and Learned takes the form of substantial additional gratuity an d war bo Justice, dedicated to thousands of victims of lynching in New models for airport management nus for the period of war. It gives combatant ranks (over and America, many of whose names are not known. The EJI has helplessness above the existing fi fty rupees enrolment bonus) an additional catalogued about 4,400 racial lynching events in the U.S. In Psychology On the amendments to the AERA Bill gratuity of fi fteen rupees on completion of recruiting training side the memorial complex are 800 steel columns with pho and also war bonus varying from 20, 24 to 60 rupees accord tographs of lynched women hanging from trees and lamp This refers to a mental Krishnadas Rajagopal regulator is not required ing to the rank for every six months of completed service. poles, a chilling reminder of an era of racist terror. Inscribed state where an organism to fi x charges after the CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC on each column is the name of an American county and the refuses to undertake any India has emerged as the award of the project. The people lynched there, along with grisly stories of how they evasive action to protect it third largest domestic 2008 Act does not cover DATA POINT were killed . One man was lynched for carrying a photo self from a painful stimu aviation market in the such complexities. Thus, graph of a white woman, and a pregnant black woman was lus. Instead, it opts to en world. The number of ma GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK the Airports Economic burnt alive for protesting the lynching of her husba nd. Ra dure the pain irrespective jor airports increased been under tremendous Regulatory Authority of chel Judge, a Staff Attorney at the EJI, told a group of visiting of its intensity. Learned from 12 to 27 between pressure with an increase India (Amendment) Bill, Indian journalists at the organisation’s headquarters in helplessness occurs when 2007 and 2017. in the number of private 2018, proposes to fi rst Montgomery that the purpose of the museum and the me an organism comes to be The Airports Economic operators entering the air amend the defi nition of morial was to keep the dark memories of America alive. This lieve that it cannot do Regulatory Authority of line/airport sector. Some “major airport” as any air was not to punish America but “to liberate it,” said Bryan anything within its means India Act, 2008, was of the major airports now port with passengers in ex Stevenson, founder of the EJI. to stop the painful stimuli. enacted to provide an in function under public cess of 3.5 million from There is poetic justice in the memorial and the muse um The term was coined by dependent authority to private partnerships. It the existing 1.5 million. being established in Montgomery: the city, on the shores of American psychologists protect the interests of air was felt that if too many The AERA Bill, impor the Alabama River, had a huge slave market during the slav Martin Seligman and Ste ports, airlines and passen airports come under the tantly, seeks to update ery era. Slaves were ferried in and out via the river. When ven Maier who conducted gers, and to primarily reg purview of the Authority, Section 13 of the 2008 Act slaveowning states revolted against Washington, Montgom experiments on dogs in ulate tariff for it would be diffi cult to effi in tune with the current ery was named the fi rst capital of the Confederacy. I ts me the 1960s and 1970s to test aeronautical services ren ciently determine the ta business models and tariff morials are still preserved in the city, including the Confede their theory of clinical de dered at airports. Aero riff s and monitor the ser system. This would mean racy White House, a few yards away from the State Capitol. pression. They believed nautical services include vice standards of major changes in the tariff for ae Ms. Judge said the mission of the EJI is to fi ght the continu that clinical depression navigation, surveillance airports. For engaging ronautical services at ma ing institutionalised discrimination against minoriti es. was the result of the belief and supportive communi private partners in infras jor airports. Section 13 is About 26% of the state’s population are AfricanAmer ican, of patients that they had cation for air traffi c man tructure projects, several an umbrella provision in but they make up 54% of the state’s prison population. I n no control over outcomes agement; services for the business models like the Act which further cov Alabama, being black means that the chances of getting in their lives. landing, housing or park predetermined tariff or ta ers capital expenditure in stopped by the police are higher, said Howard Robins on at CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ing of an aircraft; ground riff based bidding have curred and timely invest the Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African Ameri safety, fuel and handling come into place. The air ment in improvement of can Culture, Alabama University. He said in the current pol MORE ON services; and so on. port project is awarded to airport facilities; the ser itical climate in the U.S. the movement for civil rights has be THE WEB 3 Exponential growth in the concessionaire who vice provided, its quality come more diffi cult, referring to the rise of Donald T rump the sector has pushed the off ers the lowest tariff . and other relevant factors; and the emboldening of white supremacist groups. Quiz: On Bengal’s government to propose an In this model, the go cost for improving effi Mahanayak, Uttam Kumar Amendment Bill in 2018. vernment has found that ciency; and economic and The writer is the International Aff airs Editor of The Hindu and recently The Airports Economic the market itself deter viable operation of major visited the U.S. bit.ly/QuizUttamKumar Regulatory Authority has mines the charges. The airports; among others. 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Technology Act 2000 and Special Correspondent In response, Alice G. Last year, the two armies New Delhi Attacking Civil Aviation the IPC. Wells, the Principal Deputy were engaged in a 73day 13 States on the basis of ru Minister Jayant Sinha who Assistant Secretary of State standoff at Doklam near the “We are moving from Digital mours spread on WhatsApp felicitated persons accused Calls for diligence for South and Central Asia, IndiaBhutanChina trijunc India to ‘Divisive India’,” said and other social media of lynching in Jharkhand, At the same time, he said the without directly referring to tion after Indian soldiers the Opposition in one voice platforms. Congress leader Ghulam Na government could not be Doklam said, “I would as prevented Chinese soldiers during a discussion in the Ra “It is a party that came to bi Azad said: “The govern held responsible for these in sess that India is vigorously from building a road in the jya Sabha in Thursday on the power in 2014 and created ment claims it can’t regulate cidents. “The government is defending its northern bor disputed territory. misuse of social media plat the culture of digital mobs, it social media, but what is it committed to the freedom of ders and this is a subject of Ms. Wells said as India forms and propagation of is a party that came to power cently banned by Facebook misuse of social media was doing with the perpetrators speech and privacy as en concern to India.” looks ahead to its own stra fake news causing unrest and in 2014 and used the social for spreading fake news, Mr. during the riots in Muzaff ar who they fi nally arrest.” shrined in the Constitution. The Indian Army also tegic stability, it “certainly violence. The speakers media to condition their O’ Brien said that one nagar in Uttar Pradesh ad Opening the debate, IT Mi It does not regulate the con reiterated that there has helps to drive and is a factor slammed the Narendra Modi minds, it is the party that hundred per cent of its con ding that those who incited nister Ravi Shankar Prasad tent on the social media. been no change at the dis in driving closer partner led government for misuse of came to power in 2014 and tent was BJP propaganda. “I the violence were felicitated said the government had told These social media though puted site. “They (China) ship that we (U.S.) enjoy social media platforms such has made fake news their believe Digital India is really by the government. WhatsApp to come up with are required to follow due di have not crossed the Torsa with India.” In this regard, as WhatsApp that has led to master hobby,” Trinamool turning into ‘Divisive India’,” “Misuse of social media is “better technological solu ligence... and ensure that Nala. Whatever activities, she observed that the Indo mob lynchings. Congress Derek O’Brien said. he said. defi nitely an issue of worry. tions”. He also said that the their platforms are not used small or big, they have un Pacifi c strategy put forward In the recent past, 44 per Citing the example of Post Samajwadi Party MP Javed But more dangerous when a government had asked the to commit and provoke ter dertaken is in the same area by the Trump administra sons have been killed across card News, which was re Ali said the fi rst instance of particular political party or Central Bureau of Investiga rorism, extremism ,” he said. they are already there,” an tion was taken in light of the Army source said. South China Sea Strategy. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC IN BRIEF Bengal House gives Rich tributes India to raise H1B its nod for ‘Bangla’ issue with U.S. When the fresh proposal Thereafter, a Constitution comes to the Home Minis Amendment Bill will be in Govt. waiting for 2+2 dialogue try, it will prepare a note for troduced in Parliament, Gadkari apologises to the Union Cabinet for an which has to approve it with Kallol Bhattacherjee NEW DELHI policy of the U.S., but main Jyotiraditya Scindia amendment to the Schedule a simple majority, before tained that growing restric NEW DELHI 1 of the Constitution, offi the President gives his as India will raise the issue of tions on the visa rules by the Union Road Transport and cials said in Delhi. sent to it, they said. H1B visas for IT workers dur Trump administration was a Highways Minister Nitin ing the upcoming ‘two plus cause for concern to the “In Gadkari on Thursday two dialogue’ with the Unit dian government, the Oppo apologised to Congress MP ed States, External Aff airs sition members and the en Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Lok Neighbour off ered food Minister Sushma Swaraj said tire House.” Sabha for his Ministry’s here on Thursday. Address failure to invite him to an “Mansi had a pus fi lled girls around 11 a.m. on Satur official function in his bump on her head so she day, hours before they left. ing the Rajya Sabha, the Mi ‘Trying out best’ nister said India is trying to “But yes, the apprehensions constituency, Guna, in couldn’t come to school. All “They had rice and vegeta Madhya Pradesh. three sisters used to come to bles before they left. They avoid changes in the H1B vi are there. The number of vi play to our house every day,” seemed okay,” she said. The sa policy of the United sas may be cut or the norms Hindus should have more she said. police said Mangal had not Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy chief Admiral States. may be made stricter. But children, says BJP MLA “I assure you that at the ‘2 we are trying our best that Recalling her last meet been found and teams were Sunil Lanba and Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa paying homage at the Amar Jawan BALLIA ing, Heena said she met the searching for him. Jyoti in New Delhi on Thursday on ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’.* SANDEEP SAXENA plus 2 dialogue’, which is to this should not happen. I A child is a gift from god and be held in Delhi on Septem have raised it with my coun every Hindu should have at ber 6, in which the External terpart [previous Secretary least five children, “two for Aff airs Minister and Defence of State] Rex Tillerson. The the man, two for the woman Minister of both countries Finance Minister raised it and one surplus”, BJP’s Lok Sabha passes antitraffi cking Bill will participate, we will cer with U.S. Trade and Com controversial Uttar Pradesh tainly and forcefully raise merce Secretary and our MLA Surendra Singh has said. this issue during that, too,” Commerce Minister, too, Hindus will be a minority if It proposes a national bureau for monitoring cases, provides funds for rehabilitation Ms. Swaraj told the mem raised it recently,” the Minis there is “no balance” in bers of the Rajya Sabha. ter said. population control, the Bairia JAGRITI CHANDRA The Bill lays down a strin coordinating and monitoring fectively address this as for communitybased reha Ms. Swaraj said the go MLA told reporters. PTI NEW DELHI gent punishment of 10 years of traffi cking cases. It also pect,” Women and Child De bilitation for survivors. ‘No major shift’ vernment has been in touch The Lok Sabha on Thursday to life imprisonment for ag provides for a Relief and velopment Minister Maneka Ms. Gandhi said the Bill During the annual press with the U.S. administration Militant killed, 4 CRPF passed the Traffi cking of Per gravated forms of traffi cking, Rehabilitation Committee Gandhi said while introduc was not intended to harass conference on May 31, Ms. regarding the issue. Howev jawans injured sons (Prevention, Protection which include buying or sell and Rehabilitation Fund ing the Bill in the Lok Sabha. sex workers and that the go Swaraj said the U.S. had the er, she observed, that des SRINAGAR and Rehabilitation) Bill, ing of persons for the pur with an initial allocation of ₹ vernment was against traf sovereign right to decide on pite the tightening of rules One militant was killed and four CRPF personnel were 2018. pose of bonded labour, bear 10 crore. It prescribes forfei Parties’ concerns fi cking and not its victims. H1B visa but had declared by the Trump administra injured in separate incidents Some Members of Parlia ing a child, as well as those ture of property used or like The Trinamool Congress’ However, at the same time, that India would leave “no tion, the number of visas in Kashmir on Thursday. The stone unturned” in ensuring has actually gone up from ment, including those from where chemical substances ly to be used for the commis Pratima Mondal and CPI’s she said, “If the provisions security personnel were the Congress, the Commu are administered, and a sur sion of an off ence. Badaruddoza Khan raised are implemented, the hell a fair procedure on this 1,08,000 in 2014 to 1,29,000 injured after militants hurled nist Party of IndiaMarxist vivor acquires lifethreaten “Traffi cking is a border questions about the provi holes of Kamathipura and issue. in 2018. a grenade at them in (CPIM), the CPI and the Biju ing illnesses such as AIDS. less crime but jurisdiction is sions for confi scation of pro G.B. Road will be a thing of On Thursday, the senior “The government has de Anantnag. In a separate Janata Dal (BJD), demanded The Bill proposes esta sues come in the way of in perties likely to be misused, the past because these will Minister informed the Rajya cided to continue our en operation, the Army killed an that it be sent to the Standing blishing a National AntiTraf vestigation. This Bill and the BJD’s Tathagatha Sat come directly under confi s Sabha that there was not yet gagement with the U.S. side unidentified militant in an Committee. fi cking Bureau (NATB) for provides for the NATB to ef pathy highlighted the need cation of property.” a major shift in the H1B visa proactively,” she stated. encounter in Kupwara district. Rahul holds meet to devise All PMs to get room at Teen Murti Bhavan New museum will the meeting, said. The deci structed at a cost of ₹ 270 a fresh media narrative sion was taken at the 43rd crore. not aff ect Nehru’s annual general meeting of “The new museum will be Special Correspondent government”, the party also disenchantment among the NMML chaired by Home separate from the existing New Delhi legacy: NMML chief talked about the need to youth, and the worsening Minister Rajnath Singh. structure of the Nehru Me Congress president Rahul avoid “the minefi eld of pola situation in Kashmir. Vijaita Singh NMML director Shakti Sin morial. The Home Minister’s Gandhi on Thursday held a rising issues.” The closeddoor interac Sandeep Phukan ha said that of the 21 mem wrap up statement was very New Delhi closeddoor interaction with Most of the around 30 tion also focussed on contro bers, only fi ve opposed the clear that the objections several senior leaders, who participants, including se versial statements made by Amid opposition by some move for another museum made by some members are regular columnists in va nior leaders P. Chidamba Congress leaders that had a members, the government The new museum will be constructed at the Teen Murti and the amendments pro have been noted but the rious newspapers and digital ram, Verrappa Moilly, Man polarising eff ect. Mr. Tha on Thursday decided that a Bhavan Complex at a cost of ₹ 270 crore. posed were passed. NMML society is going ahead platforms, on devising a new ish Tewari, S. Jaipal Reddy, roor explained that his state museum for all prime minis with the new museum. This narrative against the Modi Rajeev Shukla, Shashi Tha ment on “Hindu Pakistan”, ters of the country would be Kharge, however, told The the bylaws of the NMML Act. ‘Separate entity’ will not aff ect Mr. Nehru’s le government. roor, Abhishek Manu Singh made in a remote school, constructed in the Teen Mur Hindu that a fi nal decision We are opposed to it as this is He said the Teen Murti Bha gacy in any way,” Mr. Sinha Sources who attended the vi and Randeep Surjewala, was taken out of context. Mr. ti Bhavan complex that hous has been deferred owing to the legacy of Jawaharlal Neh van complex was spread ov told The Hindu. He said the meeting said while the Con stressed on the need to talk Gandhi said these days “a es the Nehru Memorial Mu strong opposition by some ru and associated with the er 25 acres and the present amendments were brought gress party is looking for about the Modi govern comment made in any re seum and Library (NMML). members. freedom movement. It can museum for Jawaharlal Neh in to smoothen the process “new building blocks for a ment’s track record on job mote corner reverberates Leader of the Congress in “Our main objection was not be destroyed,” Mr. ru occupied half an acre. The of making the proposed mu narrative against the Modi creation, farmers’ distress, across the country.” Lok Sabha Malikarjun that they wanted to change Kharge, who was present in new museum would be con seum part of NMML. Restore SC/ST Act by Another FIR could be Nagaland may follow Assam in NRC update August 9, ally tells BJP fi led against Choksi Special Correspondent ople, on December 31 last Guwahati year. The second draft is set LJP also demands removal of Justice Goel as NGT head We have sought information from Antigua, says CBI Nagaland may be the next to be published on July 30. State in the Northeast to up “We are contemplating Sobhana K Nair Special Correspondent date the 1951 National Regis an exercise to undertake New Delhi Is it a reward, NEW DELHI Nirav, Choksi summoned ter of Citizens after studying NRC. We will initiate after BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party Investigating agencies are how the fi rstofitskind ex seeing its success in Assam. has set a deadline of August asks Kharge contemplating another FIR Special Correspondent multi crore Punjab National ercise in Assam pans out. Illegal migrants are becom 9 for the Narendra Modi go against fugitive Mehul Chok Mumbai Bank (PNB) scam. Assam undertook the ex ing a major issue for the vernment to act on its de Congress leader Mallikarjun si on the allegation that he si The Prevention of Money Earlier this month, the ercise in September 2015 State,” Nagaland Chief Se mands of bringing an ordi Kharge on Thursday hit out multaneously held Indian ci Laundering Act (PMLA) ED made an application be and published the fi rst draft cretary Temjen Toy told The nance to restore the at the Centre for appointing tizenship and the nationality court on Thursday issued fore special judge Salman with names of 19 million pe Hindu on Thursday. Scheduled Caste and Sche Justice A.K. Goel as the NGT of Antigua. summons to fugitive dia Azmi to book the duo under duled Tribe (Prevention of chairman. He said the ap The Indian nationals, who mantaires Nirav Modi and the new Fugitive Economic Atrocities) Act and to re pointment signalled the acquire foreign nationality, uncle Mehul Choksi in the Off enders Bill, 2018. move Justice A.K. Goel as BJP’s symbolic support for have to surrender their In DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD chairman of the National the judgment and appeared dian passports within 90 Green Tribunal (NGT). to be a reward for it. days of getting the naturali off ence under the Passport zenship, a separate action “We will wait till August 9. Chirag Paswan DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD sation certifi cate, even when Act and attracts penalties. will be initiated against Honestly, I am expecting they have not received a The Ministry of External him,” said a Central Bureau that Prime Minister Naren wrote to Mr. Modi caution Act and remove Justice Goel. passport of that country, ac Aff airs can lodge a com of Investigation offi cial. dra Modi will address our ing the BJP government that Mr. Goel was one of the cording to the rules. plaint to report such alleged In response to media re concerns but if he fails to do protests planned by Dalit two judges of the Supreme off ences, seeking legal pro ports, Antigua’s Citizenship so then our party will decide groups on August 9 could be Court who had ruled against MEA options ceedings. “We have sought by Investment Unit has al on the way forward,” the severe and far more aggres immediate arrest under the The Citizenship Act bars information on Mr. Choksi ready issued a statement chairman of the Lok Jan sive than the April 2 prot Act and laid down provi dual citizenship. Holding, or from the Antiguan authori that the diamond merchant shakti Party Parliamentary ests, if the government does sions for anticipatory bail travelling on, Indian pass ties. As and when we receive was granted its citizenship Board, Chirag Paswan, said. not promulgate an ordi and a preliminary enquiry port after acquiring the fo an offi cial confi rmation that by registration in November On July 24, Mr. Paswan nance to restore the SC/ST before registration of a case. reign citizenship is also an he illegally holds dual citi 2017. 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Pitch to politics: Imran Khan during a Test match against India in Karachi in February 1983; sharing a moment with Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid during their visit to the Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital in Lahore in January 2006; greeting Narendra Modi
at a conclave in New Delhi in March 2003; and addressing a peace march against U.S. drone strikes in October 2012. * THE HINDU ARCHIVES, S. SUBRAMANIUM, RAJEEV BHAT AND REUTERS In new innings, Imran pitches for Islamic welfare state
PTI leader says IN BRIEF the poor and the ‘Policies on Kashmir, downtrodden will get priority terror may not change’ Press Trust of India Khan won’t oppose military: R.K. Singh Islamabad Pakistan TehreekeInsaf Kallol Bhattacherjee There is no doubt NEW DELHI Shahid Abbasi suff ers chief Imran Khan said on <> that this election shocking defeat Thursday that he envisioned Pakistan’s policies regarding has been rigged ISLAMABAD a Medinalike Islamic wel Kashmir and terrorism are R.K. Singh Former Pakistan Prime fare state, which will be sym unlikely to change under a Minister of State for Power Minister Shahid Khaqan pathetic towards widows government led by Imran Abbasi, his party president and the weaker sections of Khan, said India’s Minister said Mr. Khan’s election will Shehbaz Sharif and chief of society. of State for Power R.K. Singh at least provide a coherent the right-wing Jamat-i-Islami In his fi rst public address on Thursday. He said Wed view of Pakistani policies. Sirajul Haq were among the since his Pakistan Tehreek nesday’s election in Pakis “There has been no for stalwarts who suffered a eInsaf (PTI) emerged as the tan had been rigged by the ward movement on vital is shocking defeat in the single largest party in the military establishment sues in the last few years. So general elections, Pakistani general election, Mr. Khan which does not want to cede things really can’t get worse media reported. Abbasi had shared his vision for Pakis space to civilian leaders on than what they are right contested from tan and pledged to safe issues that are vital to the now. That apart, at least parliamentary seats in guard the interests of ordin country. now both the Prime Minis Rawalpindi and Islamabad. PTI ary citizens. “I don’t see any change ter and the military of Pakis “I want to share with you because as far as issues of tan will speak in the same the kind of Pakistan I envi terrorism and India are con voice and that will help In Ready to work with sion — the type of state that cerned these policies are de dia to understand Islama new Pak. govt: China was established in Medina, cided by the military. Pakis bad’s policies better,” said BEIJING where widows and the poor tan’s military has brought in Mr. Lambah. China said on Thursday that it was ready to work with the were taken care of,” he said. someone who is a creation He added that the com new government of Pakistan “My inspiration comes of the military, and he will ments from Mr. Khan about to move forward the strategic from the last Prophet who not oppose the position of Kashmir being the core is partnership. “Friendship set up an ideal welfare state the military as some had sue between the two coun between China and Pakistan is in Medina. I want Pakistan tried to do in the past. There tries are not disappointing. supported by the people of to become like that. A hu is no doubt that this election “All Pakistani Prime Minis the two countries. Regardless manistic, not an animalistic has been rigged,” said Mr. ters speak like that on Kash of the result of the election, state,” he said in a speech Singh. mir and he therefore cannot the development of bilateral made from Bani Gala in Isla The trend on Thursday aff ord to be an exception on ties will not be affected,” mabad and broadcast via vi suggested that Mr. Khan’s this issue,” said Mr. Chinese Foreign Ministry deo link. Pakistan TehreekeInsaf Lambah. spokesperson Geng Shuang “I pledge to our people has emerged as the single Minister of State for stated. PTI that I will introduce a system largest party. Home Aff airs Hansraj Gan that is for the masses, all pol the Prime Minister and the are facing governance and ment of the poor and down our relations with China. garam Ahir also echoed the icies will be for the people “lavish” house would be economic challenges. Our trodden people.” They have provided us an Studied silence opinion of Mr. Lambah and and not for the elite,” he converted into a public economy has never been so On ties with the U.S., Mr. opportunity by investing in The Ministry of External Af said that at least the next go vowed. “I will live humbly. space like an educational abysmal. It’s because institu Khan said Pakistan wants the ChinaPakistan Econom fairs, however, maintained a vernment should address So far, we have seen that institution tions have not been doing balanced relations that ic Corridor,” he said. studied silence as Mr. Khan the problem of militancy in everyone who comes to Pakistan is in “shambles” their jobs,” he said. would be mutually benefi Pakistan can learn from appeared set to be the next Kashmir. power changes. That will as a state and the country is “Our style of governance cial. Mr. Khan said he and China, which has eff ectively Prime Minister of Pakistan. “We hope that the next not happen with me.” facing its “biggest chal will be entirely diff erent. his party wanted stronger tackled corruption and also Satinder K. Lambah, a government will pay atten He said he would not live lenge” on the economic The one never seen before. ties with both Iran and Saudi improved people’s lives, Mr. former Special Envoy of the tion to end militancy [in the Imran’s exwife Jemima in the offi cial residence of front, Mr. Khan said. “We We will work for the better Arabia. “We will strengthen Khan said. Prime Minister for Pakistan, Valley],” Mr. Ahir said. praises her ‘sons’ father’ ISLAMABAD Imran Khan’s former wife Jemima Goldsmith has hailed PML, PTI neck and his poll victory as “an Back channel talks may remain best bet incredible lesson in tenacity”. “After humiliations, hurdles neck in Punjab and sacrifices, my sons’ father It is unlikely that a new civilian govt. will be better disposed towards New Delhi than its predecessors is Pakistan’s next PM. It’s an PPP wins Sindh, PTI secures K-P incredible lesson in tenacity, AMIT BARUAH wa. Offi cially, the Army forts to “mainstream” anti Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, a sumption of bilateral talks belief and refusal to accept Press Trust of India wards a twothirds majority NEW DELHI maintains that it has no role India militants, was very new name for the SipaheSa and exchanges with India. defeat. The challenge now is Islamabad with its candidates leading A decisive break has taken in the politics of Pakistan, much an issue. From Imran haba, mysteriously had the The back channel remains to remember why he entered Former Prime Minister Na in 67 seats. The KP assembly place in the politics of Pakis but every observer of the Khan to former Prime Minis ban on his movements and the best bet to ensure con politics in the 1st place. waz Sharif’s Pakistan Mus has 99 seats. tan after 30 years. Neither country’s politics is aware of ter Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, activities lifted in the runup tact in times of crisis bet Congratulations,” Ms. lim LeagueNawaz has se Balochistan was heading the Pakistan People’s Party its widespread role — from everyone wanted the sup to the election by the “care ween India and Pakistan. Gi Goldsmith tweeted. IANS cured a narrow lead in towards a hung assembly. (PPP) nor the Pakistan Mus providing security to polling port of the “ naya taker” government. Such a ven that Pakistan will only Punjab, with Imran Khan’s Balochistan Awami Party lim LeagueNawaz will form stations to conducting the politicians”. “ban” could only have been have a new civilian Prime Mi Pakistan TehreekeInsaf was ahead in 12 seats while the government in Islama country’s census. lifted with the blessings of nister and not a new Army Pakistan media hails (PTI) coming second. the Muttahida MajliseAmal bad this time. It is the turn of Whatever be the merits of NEWS ANALYSIS the country’s security Chief, business will continue Imran’s victory The provincial trends was leading in nine. The Ba the newish kid on the block the corruption case against apparatus. as usual. ISLAMABAD showed that the PMLN was lochistan National Party was — the Pakistan TehreekeIn former Prime Minister Na On relations with India, Of course, statements Pakistani media has hailed the leading in 123 seats in Pun leading in eight seats. saf (PTI) of cricketerturned waz Sharif, there is little The most blatant example it’s unlikely that a new civi from the new Prime Minister outcome of the general jab followed by the PTI with Nationally, extremist and politician Imran Khan. doubt that Pakistan’s Su was that of the PTI welcom lian government in Pakistan and his government will be elections, saying it showed 120 seats in the provincial banned groups, including preme Court cleared the ing HarkatulMujahideen will be better disposed to closely watched, but it would that the country is “a peaceful democratic state” which assembly of 299 members. Mumbai attack mastermind With powerful friends path to power for Mr. Khan. leader FazlurRehman Kha wards New Delhi than its be naive to expect from Im defied all odds and paved the In Sindh, the Pakistan Pe Hafi z Saeedbacked Allaho Though formal results to the Corruption among politi leel into the party with his predecessors. The 2018 PTI ran Khan the personal posi way for another successful ople’s Party (PPP) was head Akbar Tehreek, have failed 272member National As cians and generals is a not supporters. manifesto talks of resolving tivity that Nawaz Sharif or democratic transition. The ing towards a twothirds ma to make any substantial sembly are still trickling in, sonew issue for Pakistan, Mr. Khaleel is known to the Kashmir issue “within Asif Ali Zardari displayed oc Express Tribune, whose front jority in its traditional gain. Only few could garner it’s evident that the power but the doggedness with have been involved in the the parameters” of the UN casionally towards India. Mr. page headline read ‘PTI bastion. The party was lead a respectable number of shift desired by Pakistan’s which the Court pursued Mr. conspiracy to hijack IC814 to resolutions but also speaks Khan’s relationship with the clinches victory as opponents ing in 72 seats, according to votes, including Maulana permanent political party — Sharif is notable. Kabul in 1999 and secure the of lasting peace with India. Pakistan army will also be cry foul’, said in its editorial the trends available for 113 Muhammad Ahmad Lud the Army — has happened. release of his onetime asso The line on UN resolu under watch. This is an inter that the mandate of the of the provincial assembly’s hianvi, whose name was re The establishment’s new bet Militants’ entry ciate Masood Azhar from an tions is pretty much a red rag ventionist force that wants people should be respected. 131 seats. moved from a banned list is Imran Khan, who has been For Pakistanis, India was not Indian jail. for India and can only im its way without taking the The Dawn said Pakistanis have In KhyberPakhtunkhwa, called Fourth Schedule very public in his praise for an issue in the current elec The Sunni sectarian lead pede any thought process in reins of power directly. Con demonstrated a commitment the PTI was heading to ahead of the election. Army Chief Qamar Javed Baj tions. But for Indians, the ef er Ahmed Ludhianvi of the Delhi that might favour re fl ict of interest is inevitable. to the electoral process. PTI A cricketer-turned politician’s long padyatra to power in Pakistan 22 years after he entered politics, dent ZiaulHaq, and his only zir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif nationwide, or less than 2% lived “in exile” in the U.K. “military ruler” (Musharraf ) kata in 2012, Mr. Khan was interest was in a better, cor took to the sky in helicop of the total vote. In his auto and Saudi Arabia to build his and boycotted the 2008 elec asked what was the biggest Imran Khan is set to become PM ruptionfree Pakistan. ters. But outside Islamabad, biography, Pakistan: A Per- party from the grassroots in tions, a far cry from today, lesson he had learnt in all his The crowds in the Pakista especially in Mr. Khan’s sonal History, the Oxford his characteristically hands when the common narrative years in politics. “Fear suc Suhasini Haidar Just a year before the rally, ni capital’s government colo home state of Khyber Puk educated leader called his on, but erratic style. is that he is the Army’s “laa cess, not failure,” he replied. On a cold January day in no one was sure if Mr. nies were small, with more htunkhwa (then the North 1997 campaign eff ort the dla”, or chosen one. “Because in failure, you 1997, just fi ve years after he Khan would even join children running up for West Frontier Province), he “Charge of the Light Brigade, ‘Taliban Khan’ Ms. Bhutto’s assassination learn who your friends really captained Pakistan to a the electoral fray. Mr. Khan to sign a bat or was drawing large rallies, but without the horses and After he contested and won in December 2007 brought are, but success brings so World Cup win and earned During a joint inter ball than serious politi which caught the attention of without the arms.” his seat in the 2002 elections the PPP to power and even many others who don’t share demigod status in the coun view with his then cal followers. Mr. Khan the world. Contrary to expectations, under Mr. Musharraf’s dicta tually installed her husband your commitment to the try, Imran Khan stepped out wife Jemima in early said with a laugh to In however, Mr. Khan didn’t torship, Mr. Khan began to Asaf Ali Zardari as President. cause, and eventually be onto a nearly empty street in 1996, he had said dian journalists follow Building the party drop out of politics, although build a reputation as “Tali The next few years saw come the cause of your Islamabad, for one of his fi rst that if he had real ing curiously that In the elections that fol he frequently travelled out ban Khan”, leading protests Mr. Khan working hard to re downfall.” ever election rallies. This ly wanted to he was forced by a lowed, Nawaz Sharif’s Pakis side the country on speaking against U.S. drone strikes in turn from the political wil As Pakistan’s next likely could have become the “se join politics, lack of campaign tan Muslim League (PML) tours, and signed up as a Pakistan, and slowly turning derness. Prime Minister, 22 years af cond innings” of the Captain, he would funds to take a won by a landslide, Benazir cricket commentator for In to a more religious political In 2013 elections, he won ter he fi rst took that walk in who had led his team for have accept “padyatra” Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s dian television channels. For rhetoric, which included ad a foot in the parliamentary Islamabad, Mr. Khan’s politi more than a decade, but had ed the off er (go by Party (PPP) was trounced, some years after the coup by vocating a Shariacompliant door, with 30 seats , and cal journey has borne suc also led the life of a playboy, of a Cabinet foot), while Imran Khan’s Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf in state. there has been no looking cess, and he has fi nally been called “Romeo Rat” by wo berth from while his TehreekeInsaf (PTI) won 1999, Mr. Khan used the time Mr. Khan refused to stand back since then. given the chance to test that men he left in the lurch. former Presi rivals Bena only about 3,00,000 votes Ms. Bhutto and Mr. Sharif for elections held under a At a business meet in Kol theory.
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Agence France-Presse overcapacity in steel. Washington He has long complained Group wants Sikhism to be listed as a separate ethnicity U.S. President Donald that the WTO has been un Trump and European Com fair to the United States, des Vidya Ram mission chief JeanClaude pite the fact that the U.S. has LONDON Juncker on Wednesday won most of the disputes A heated debate has broken agreed on a plan to defuse against China and others. out within Britain’s Sikh the festering trade dispute The U.S. and the EU ac diaspora and the wider between the two major count for about $1 trillion in South Asian community, economies. transatlantic trade, and ten amid calls from some for Sik Germany’s Economy Mi sions spiked leading up to hism to be listed as a sepa nister described the agree Wednesday’s highstakes rate ethnicity in the national ment — which means Wash talks. census, due to take place in ington will not follow EU Trade Commissioner 2021. But its proponents through with a threat to im Cecilia Malmstrom, who ac have been accused by some Coldstream Guards, including guardsman Charanpreet Singh pose tariff s on autos that On the same page: U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean companied Mr. Juncker, of running a divisive and un Lall, who is the fi rst soldier to wear a turban during the
would hurt the dominant Claude Juncker speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday.* AFP hailed the agreement and representative campaign. Trooping the Colour parade, march in central London. * REUTERS German car industry — as a said on Twitter that she “will Last year, over 113 MPs “breakthrough” that “can thought possible!” he wrote In addition, the EU has der duress, they seem to be working hard to take this wrote to the head of the U.K. action, with discussions on a work on making the case for avoid trade war.” on Twitter, later adding: made a commitment to buy have decided to appease the work forward the coming Statistics Authority, arguing potential £500,000 fund to the “Sikhs’ right to selfde The pair — who met for “Great to be back on track U.S. soybeans and natural irascible U.S. leader. months.” that a separate Sikh ethnic support it. termination” and lobbying more than two hours of talks with the European Union. gas. “Congrats to @JunckerEU, The details and mechan category would help im Many within the Sikh politicians for “the establish at the White House — also This was a big day for free Mr. Juncker, who had @realDonaldTrump: Break isms as well as the timing re prove understanding, and community have expressed ment of an independent so said they would work to “re and fair trade!” been somewhat defi ant through achieved that can main to be worked out, and consequently access to pu their reservations around vereign Sikh homeland.” solve” the existing duties on The outcome seemed a ahead of the meeting, said af avoid trade war & save mil the impact may not been blic services for the the initiative and the cam “The Sikh Federation (U.K.) steel and aluminium im victory for Mr. Trump, who terwards: “I had the inten lions of jobs! Great for global seen for some time. community. paign for the new category, and the APPG are one and posed by Washington, which had assured supporters that tion to make a deal today. economy!” German Econo Mr. Juncker said the EU al In the 2011 census, over arguing it would be an unne the same thing,” said Lord had angered key allies, in his confrontational trade And we made a deal today.” my Minister Peter Altmaier ready imports 35% of its nat 80,000 Sikhs rejected exist cessary and divisive move. Singh. APPG Chair Ms. Gill’s cluding the European Union. strategy would bear fruit, However, the deal was con said on Twitter after the ural gas from U.S. producers, ing ethnic categories (in Lord Indarjit Singh, direc offi ce confi rmed that the and who appears to have tingent “on the understand talks. but will work to buy more. cluding Indian), writing tor of the charity Network of Sikh Federation (U.K.) was Strengthen trade ties conceded little in the talks ing that as long as we are ne “We are ready to invest in in “Sikh” in the space given for Sikh Organisations, de the APPG’s secretariat. “We want to further streng with the EU. gotiating... we will hold off WTO reform frastructure and new termi “other ethnic groups.” The scribed the initiative as “ill Concerns around the then this trade relationship The leaders agreed to further tariff s, and we will Mr. Trump also won a com nals, which could welcome current categories for Asian conceived”. He explained campaign were also ex to the benefi t of all American “launch a new phase” in the reassess existing tariff s on mitment to work together to imports of energy from the backgrounds include Indian, that a 1982 legal case on ra pressed more widely. Dr. Jag and European citizens,” Mr. relationship and “to work to steel and aluminium.” reform the World Trade Or United States and elsewhere, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chi cial discrimination that the bir JhuttiJohal, a senior lec Trump said in a statement gether towards zero tariff s, While EU offi cials had ganization to address some but mainly from the United nese and other. The Offi ce supporters of the census al turer in Sikh Studies at the delivered from the White zero nontariff barriers, and threatened immediate reta of his complaints about Chi States, if the conditions were for National Statistics, which luded to in support of their University of Birmingham House Rose Garden. zero subsidies on nonauto liation to any auto tariff s, na on theft of U.S. technolo right and prices competi conducts the census, is con case was no longer relevant, and a former commissioner “A breakthrough has been industrial goods,” Mr. Trump and said they would not ne gy, the behavior of state tive,” he said after the White sidering whether or not to given the changing demo on the Commission on Reli quickly made that nobody said. gotiate with Washington un owned enterprises, and House meetings. make the change. Its recom graphics of the community, gion and Belief in British Pu mendations for the 2021 and the 2010 equality legis blic Life, accused a “vocal Census will be included in a lation. minority” of exploiting reli government white paper pu gious illiteracy to advocate blished later this year No evidence something it wanted. “De ‘Trump administration tough on Russia’ The All Party Parliamen “Their arguments just don’t bate has been hijacked, and tary Group (APPG) for Brit stack up: there is no evi when people say that there ish Sikhs, chaired by Bri dence from those campaign has been a wide ranging con Mike Pompeo defends President, says Washington has taken several punitive measures against Moscow tain’s fi rst female Sikh MP ing that an ethnic tick box sultation — utter nonsense. Preet Kaur Gill, which is would benefi t the communi Lobbying dominated by the Julie Hirschfeld Davis week in Helsinki — including And for the fi rst time, Mr. on his own intelligence com what President Trump did in campaigning for the census ty,” he said. Attempting to vocal minority.” Washington the possibility of relaxing Pompeo acknowledged that munity’s conclusion that Helsinki, I’d be peeling you change, argues that there is defi ne Sikhism as an ethnic Sunder Katwala, the di Mike Pompeo, the Secretary sanctions on Moscow, mili North Korea is continuing to Russia had interfered in the off the Capitol ceiling,” Mr. strong support within the identity went against its fun rector of the think tank Brit of State, told Senators on tary cooperation in Syria or produce nuclear fuel for its 2016 presidential election. Menendez said later. community. They pointed to damental tenants as a reli ish Future, said that while he Wednesday that the Trump the future of Crimea. weapons programme, even Under blistering pressure The criticism came from a survey they conducted of gion of tolerance and res could understand the con administration has taken a as the administration claims for details of the talks, Mr. both parties. Sen. Bob Cork 112 Gurdwaras in the U.K. pect that welcomed all cerns of some within the truckload of punitive actions ‘One and the same’ progress toward the goal of Pompeo shot back: “Presi er, RTenn., the chairman of (250 were initially ap people from across ethnic Sikh community about the against Moscow as “proof” it Mr. Pompeo dismissed ques denuclearisation. dents are entitled to have the committee, opened the proached but 112 responded) groups, he added. “There gathering and use of data on is tough on Russia as the tions about the deep gulf bet “Yes, they continue to private meetings.” session by saying that Mr. that unanimously said they are Sikhs from diff erent communities, it wasn’t clear White House walked back an ween the administration’s produce fi ssile material,” he At times, he dismissed De Trump had been “submis were in favour of a separate parts of the world who share that a separate Sikh ethnic invitation for President Vla tough policies on Russia and told the committee, using mocratic senators’ attempts sive and deferential” to Mr. Sikh ethnic tick box. none of the ethnicity tick box was the way to go dimir Putin to visit Washing Mr. Trump’s own warm the term for nuclear material to elicit answers as politically Putin in Helsinki, and derid The APPG said earlier this aspects”. about it. ton this fall. statements about Putin. that can be used in a bomb. motivated. ed the administration’s fo week it urged the chief sta He also raised concerns “Public policy makers Yet during a threehour “You somehow disconnect His testimony amounted “I understand the game reign policy as an incoherent tistician to recommend the about the close link between have to step back and say Senate hearing, Mr. Pompeo the administration’s activi to an elaborate cleanup ef that you’re playing,” he told “ready, fi re, aim” approach. change, arguing without it, the APPG and the Khalistan how do we categorise accu declined to provide specifi cs ties from the President’s ac fort by the United States’ top Sen. Robert Menendez of “We are antagonizing our he would have “serious ex supporting campaign group rately and how will it be of about a oneonone meeting tions,” he told the Senate Fo diplomat for Mr. Trump’s New Jersey, the panel’s top friends and placating those plaining” to do to MPs, Mi Sikh Federation (U.K.). The use to policy makers. It can’t between President Donald reign Relations Committee. performance in Helsinki, Democrat. who clearly wish us ill,” Mr. nisters and others. It also Sikh Federation (U.K.) lists simply be about what is Trump and Mr. Putin last “They’re one and the same.” during which he cast doubt “If President Obama did Corker said. NY TIMES raised the possibility of legal on its mission statement its most popular.” IN BRIEF Ministers seek changes Cartoonist axed for PM to Jewish nation law caricature It was passed in haste: Finance Minister Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse nister Moshe Kahlon called Jerusalem Will respond to every Jerusalem for changes in response to An Israeli news publisher challenge: Castro Two key Ministers have the concerns of the Druze, said on Thursday that it SANTIAGO DE CUBA called for changes to a deep saying the law had been had fi red a cartoonist who Former Cuban President Raul ly controversial law declar “passed in haste.” depicted Prime Minister Castro on Thursday accused ing Israel the nation state of “The last thing that we Benjamin Netanyahu as the United States of the Jewish people after a want is to harm the Druze one of the pigs in George tightening “the noose” backlash and a court chal community,” Mr. Kahlon, Orwell’s political satire around his country, lenge from the Druze minor whose Kulanu party is the Animal Farm. Venezuela and Nicaragua but ity. Opponents have called second largest in Prime Mi Following passage last vowed to “respond to every the law “racist” as it makes nister Benjamin Netanya week of a controversial law challenge.” “For us, the same no mention of equality and hu’s coalition, told army which critics say discrimi as for Venezuela and Israel’s democratic charac radio. nates against nonJewish Is Nicaragua, it’s very clear that ter, implying that the coun His comments followed raelis, the Jerusalem Re the noose is tightening, and try’s Jewish nature comes similar ones on Wednesday port news magazine our people need to be ready to respond to every fi rst. by Education Minister Naf published cartoonist Avi challenge with unity, resolve, Members of Israel’s tali Bennett of the religious Katz’s take on a selfi e taken optimism and unwavering 1,30,000strong Druze com nationalist Jewish Home with Mr. Netanyahu by tri faith in the victory,” Mr. munity — many of whom party. Mr. Bennett, who was umphant members of his Castro said. AFP willingly serve in the police a prominent advocate for rightwing Likud party af and the military — have the law, said he had now ter the vote. To make clear New Ebola virus found been among those strongly realised that damage was the reference to Orwell’s in Sierra Leone denouncing the law. Com done, adding that the Druze book, Mr. Katz captioned FREETOWN munity leaders have fi led a were “our brothers who his drawing “All animals A new Ebola virus has been court challenge to the law. stand shoulder to shoulder are equal, but some are found in bats in Sierra Leone, On Thursday, Finance Mi with us on the battlefi eld”. more equal than others”. two years after the end of an outbreak that killed over 11,000 across West Africa, the government said on Thursday. It is not yet known Man sets off explosive outside whether the new Bombali species of the virus — which researchers say could be U.S. embassy in Beijing transmitted to humans — can develop into the deadly Ebola disease. AFP Agence France-Presse Beijing Japan executes last sarin A 26yearold Chinese man attack cult members set off a small explosive out TOKYO side the U.S. embassy in Beij Japan on Thursday executed ing on Thursday, sending the last members of the cult smoke into the air and injur sentenced to death for their ing his hand before security role in the fatal 1995 sarin offi cials rushed to the scene attack on the Tokyo subway, and took him into custody, weeks after the group’s the police said. leader was hanged. The Chinese police said no execution of the six Aum Shinrikyo members, years one else was injured in the Looking for clues: Security offi cials looking through evidence after they were put on death incident, which took place collected from the blast site in Beijing on Thursday. * AFP row, draws a line under the near the area where visa ap horrific attack which shocked plicants typically line up to Jiang, the police said, adding explosion around 1 p.m., so the world and prompted enter the embassy for inter that his injuries were not we went out on the street to national soulsearching over views. lifethreatening. The police have a look, but soon the the group and its crimes. The The explosion was set off did not indicate a possible police had cordoned off the attack left 13 dead and by a man from China’s Inner motive. area,” said a witness, who thousands injured. AFP Mongolia region surnamed “We heard a rather strong declined to be identifi ed.
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26-07-2018 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 36,985 ddddddddddddddd0.34 Novelis to buy U.S. fi rm Aleris US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 68.66 ddddddddddddddd0.19 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 30,930 ddddddddddddddd0.26 ‘Acquisition is about Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 74.32 ddddddddddddddd0.24 Hindalco arm’s $2.6 bn deal to create an aluminium major with revenue of $21 bn
Special Correspondent high growth sectors like au NIFTY 50 MUMBAI tomotive and transportation, synergies, cost cutting’ PRICE CHANGE Hindalco Industries has entry into aerospace and de Adani Ports...... 399.30...... 0.55 agreed to acquire U.S. based fence, truck trailers and con Asian Paints...... 1433.85...... -16.30 Deal to add verticals, says the Aditya Birla Group chairman
Axis Bank ...... 541.65...... 9.40 Aleris Corp. for an enter struction sectors,” said Anja Bajaj Auto ...... 2618.50...... -20.10 prise value of $2.6 billion — a ni K. Agrawal, partner and Piyush Pandey ment in the telecom sector Bajaj Finserv...... 7035.30...... 85.80 move that will help Hindalco global steel leader, EY. going forward. Bajaj Finance ...... 2681.65...... -23.40
Bharti Airtel ...... 357.65...... 5.35 become a global leader in “The timing seemed op Kumar Mangalam Birla, BPCL...... 388.90...... -6.75 aluminium excluding China. portune as capital invest chairman of Aditya Birla Do you think rising lending Cipla ...... 627.85...... 3.95 The acquisition will be ments by Aleris within the Group, spoke after an- rates and surging infl ation Coal India ...... 265.10...... 0.45
Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2132.75...... 44.55 done through Hindalco’s No U.S. would be leveraged in a nouncing the $2.6 billion ac- will aff ect India’s growth Eicher Motors...... 28265.65. .... 977.35 velis subsidiary. The com more favourable trade policy quisition of U.S.-based Aleris story? GAIL (India)...... 370.00...... 5.35 bined entity will have reve environment.” Corp. Edited excerpts. ■ Our economists are ex Grasim Ind ...... 1024.20...... 38.40
HCL Tech...... 952.60...... -11.70 nue of $21 billion and an Aleris’s Zhenjiang facility, pecting India to grow at over HDFC ...... 2023.40...... 22.55 employee base of about located close to Novelis’s How confi dent are you in 8% and it will be one of the HDFC Bank...... 2192.60...... 22.25 40,000. Changzhou unit, enhances getting approvals in U.S. and fastest growing countries. It Hero MotoCorp ...... 3136.75...... 26.70 Novelis’s competitive posi China when the fi rst buyer is back on strong fundamen Hindalco ...... 206.55...... -2.45 Global sights: The deal will strengthen Hindalco’s leadership
Debtfunded deal * HPCL ...... 276.80...... -5.15 as an aluminium sheet supplier in China. VIVEK BENDRE tion in Asia by giving it ac from China could not get We will make tals. Some of the sectors are Hind Unilever ...... 1669.95...... 17.00 “The $2.58 billion debt fund cess to SHFE (Shanghai Fu government approval to buy <> coming back strongly. Indiabulls HFL ...... 1297.70...... -9.70 substantial ed deal would be on the end aerospace segments.” size, besides other segments tures Exchange) and Aleris? Rising lending rates and ICICI Bank ...... 285.65...... 11.00 ■ investment in IndusInd Bank ...... 1960.35...... -4.70 books of Novelis and the Since Hindalco’s $6 billion like automotive and bever strengthening its market lea There are couple of areas infl ation will have an impact telecom sector Bharti Infratel ...... 286.85...... -0.05 company would pay $775 acquisition of Novelis in age cans. Its earnings had dership as an aluminium where we are competent but not much to hamper Infosys ...... 1373.25...... -10.50 million in cash for the equity 2007, Novelis had “invested grown manifold since the sheet supplier in the largest than the other company. going forward growth completely. It is part Indian OilCorp...... 158.80...... -4.30
ITC ...... 287.20...... 1.05 portion,” said Hindalco $2 billion in the business ov acquisition. and fastest growing automo They had zero presence in of doing business in any part Kotak Bank ...... 1311.25...... -3.65 chairman Kumar Mangalam er the last decade,” Hindalco “Acquisition of Aleris is a tive market. Electric vehicle the U.S. and we have signifi than anything else. of the world. L&T...... 1305.95...... -14.75 Birla. He added that post ac said in a statement. It added great strategic move by Hin demand is expected to grow cant presence in multiple lo It is about making solu Lupin ...... 812.85...... 15.90
M&M ...... 913.60...... 3.50 quisition, “we are well that Novelis was the world’s dalcoNovelis. Apart from signifi cantly, requiring light cations. tions available to customers. But, you were not very Maurti Suzuki...... 9396.25. .. -362.70 placed to serve our custom number one company in the pursuing valueadded seg weight materials like alumi We have operating facili It about achieving synergies optimistic during the NTPC ...... 153.35...... 2.35 ers across geographies in au aluminium valueadded pro ments, the rationale and key nium for both batteries and ties across locations. We are and cost reduction to make UltraTech AGM? ONGC ...... 162.55...... 3.50 tomotive and now the high duct segment in terms of drivers include access to car bodies, Hindalco said. constructing a new plant in the operations more ■ During UltraTech AGM, I PowerGrid Corp ...... 181.85...... 6.20
Reliance Ind ...... 1110.65...... -4.50 Kentucky. We have been in resilient. said that the economy is not State Bank ...... 287.70...... 15.85 business in the U.S. for a de looking rosy because of Sun Pharma ...... 555.40...... -2.75 cade, building trust. The Why are private equity structural concerns like oil Tata Motors ...... 258.25...... 0.40
Tata Steel ...... 534.85...... -1.15 Chinese company, which investors quitting when their prices, infl ation etc. Cement TCS ...... 1964.70...... -16.80 Sensex touches 37,000 as rally extends was competing with us, had $900 million investment is is looking up, roads and in Tech Mahindra ...... 632.05...... 0.70 neither presence in the U.S. going to yield returns? frastructure sectors are do Titan ...... 854.50...... -11.40 ■ UltraTech Cement...... 4142.80...... 97.95 nor made any investment It is better for them to ing well. I don’t see any pro UPL...... 637.50...... -0.25 Fifth straight session of gains propelled by banking stocks including SBI, ICICI there. answer, but I think the priv blems with the economy. I Vedanta ...... 216.50...... -2.45 As an industry, we are ate equity investors do not see green shoots coming Wipro ...... 271.40...... -3.30 Special Correspondent YES Bank...... 369.75...... -13.15 Meanwhile, the broader creased by 8.5% in the fi nan making 1.5 MT of sheet that lock their investment in an back, in fact. Mumbai Zee Entertainment ...... 518.75...... -2.30 Nifty settled at 11,167.30, up cial year 201718, and this goes into automotive sector asset for a long time. Investor optimism over 35.30 points or 0.32%. year they are likely to be in and competing with steel. They want to exit after a What’s the diff erence strong earnings and selective Dhiraj Relli, MD and CEO, high teens. This should make No matter, the process will point of time, booking their between Novelis and Aleris EXCHANGE RATES buying in index blue chips HDFC Securities, attributed the valuations look comfor take time. profi t. This, incidentally, fi ts acquisitions? Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit except yen at 4 p.m. on July 26 pushed the benchmark Sen the rally to strong earnings table,” said Mr. Relli. into our search for growth. ■ I think Novelis was driven CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL sex above the 37,000mark and liquidity push, especial Incidentally, the mutual How do you see the deal in by the fact that we wanted to US Dollar...... 68.46...... 68.78 for the fi rst time ever on ly by mutual funds that have fund reallocation has also the light of resistance to VodafoneIdea got DoT’s move the portfolio to have a Euro ...... 80.18...... 80.56 Thursday, which was also also done considerable port led to the recent trend whe foreign companies taking approval for merger. When share of much higher value British Pound...... 90.24...... 90.69
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 61.77...... 62.06 the fi fth straight session of folio reallocation in the re rein the benchmarks have over assets abroad? do you think the merged added products, higher mar Chinese Yuan ...... 10.10...... 10.15 gain for the benchmark. cent past. scaled new highs even as the ■ Thinking about this ac Vodafone and Idea will start gins, less volatility. Swiss Franc ...... 68.97...... 69.30 The 30share Sensex overall market breadth re quisition, we are not going to operations and what would It’s proven in the last 11 Singapore Dollar ...... 50.31...... 50.55
Canadian Dollar...... 52.43...... 52.70 opened strong and breached new high of 36,984.64, up Infl ows into MFs mained weak or even nega see any redundancy in oper be your strategy when the years, I think Novelis today Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.85...... 16.95 the 37,000mark during the 126.41 points over Wednes “New highs have come about tive on most days. ations. No job losses. This price war is still on? is a wellregarded and valua Source:Indian Bank early morning session before day’s close. on the back of sustained in On Thursday, advances at deal is about growth. We will ■ We should start opera ble company. partly shedding some of the While the index has fl ows into mutual funds. 1,335 only barely managed to be taking over certain plants tions in next few weeks. We Aleris is a step forward in BULLION RATES CHENNAI gains on account of profi t gained 633 points in the last Earnings are also catching outnumber the declines at and continue to grow these are still in the process of that direction, giving us a July 26 rates in rupees with previous rates in parentheses booking. Later in the day, it fi ve consecutive session, it up. Nifty earnings, which 1,238 with most of the broad plants across the world and framing the strategy which wide range of customers,
Retail Silver (1g) ...... 41.7...... (41.7) touched a high of 37,061.62 took only 13 sessions to move grew at a CAGR of 3% bet er indices registering only particularly in the U.S. It is will be revealed soon. We new verticals like aeros 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2863...... (2863) before closing the day at a from 36,000 to 37,000. ween 2013 and 2017, in marginal gains. completely about growth will make substantial invest pace... very signifi cant.
‘Untenable pricing’ sinks Google unveils AI chips Bharti profi t Clients can deploy intelligent connected devices at scale Special Correspondent Peerzada Abrar nounced was ‘Cloud IoT NEW DELHI SAN FRANCISCO Edge,’ a software stack that Bharti Airtel’s net profi t Google is going beyond extends Google Cloud’s po dropped for the ninth con building artifi cial intelli werful AI capability to gate secutive quarter during gence (AI) chips for its data ways and connected devic AprilJune as pricing in the centres. es. telecom industry conti At the Google Cloud Next One of the companies us nued to remain “untena ’18 conference in San Fran ing these new technologies ble.” The telecom fi rm’s cisco, the Internet giant an is LG CNS, a subsidiary of consolidated net income nounced two new products LG. Shingyoon Hyun, the stood at ₹ 97 crore, a fall of aimed at helping customers CTO of LG CNS, said with in 73% from ₹ 367.3 crore in develop and deploy intelli telligent vision inspection, the yearearlier period. gent connected devices at Injong Rhee the company is eager to Sequentially, profi ts rose scale. The fi rst one was * BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT make a better working 17% from ₹ 82.9 crore in Ja ‘Edge TPU,’ a new hardware place, raise the quality of the nuaryMarch quarter, chip, so small that four of lieve this is a game changer.” product and save millions of which was its lowest quar them can fi t on a U.S penny, Edge TPU is Google’s pur dollars each year. terly net profi t in almost 15 Injong Rhee, VP, IoT, Google posebuilt applicationspec “Google Cloud AI and IoT years. Cloud, demonstrated on the ifi c integrated circuit (ASIC) technologies with LG CNS Consolidated revenues, stage. designed to run AI at the expertise make this possi declined by 2.3% (on an edge. ble,” said Mr. Hyun. underlying basis) to ‘Brain to devices’ It delivers high perfor Google also announced ₹ 20,089 crore. In a state “Edge TPU would bring the mance in a small physical that it is making the new ment, the company said, brain to your devices... at ex and power footprint, ena Gmail generally available to India revenues for during tremely low cost and high bling the deployment of the customers of G Suite, the quarter stood at power effi ciency without highaccuracy AI at the edge, (The writer is in San Fran- ₹ 14,930 crore, down 7% on compromising perfor according to the company. cisco at the invitation of an underlying basis. mance,” said Mr. Rhee.“I be The other product an Google)
Zuckerberg loses $16 billion Maruti profi t rises 27% to in record Facebook plunge ₹ 1,975 crore Special Correspondent Company sees privacy push eroding its margins for years NEW DELHI Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Reuters emerging markets. (MSIL) on Thursday report Describing the announce ed fi rstquarter standalone Facebook Inc. CEO Mark ments as “bombshells”, net profi t rose 27% to Zuckerberg’s fortune took Baird analysts said the issues ₹ 1,975 crore from ₹ 1,556.4 an almost $16 billion hit on were to a large degree “self crore in the AprilJune pe Thursday, as the social me infl icted” as Facebook sacrif riod last year, after the dia giant headed for the big ices its core app monetiza country’s largest carmaker gest oneday wipeout in U.S. tion to drive usage. posted a 24% growth in stock market history, a day vehicle sales. after executives grimly fore ‘Act of selfimmolation’ The company sold a to cast years of lower profi t Moff ettNathanson analysts tal of 4.90 lakh vehicles margins. $124 billion off the compa called Facebook’s forecast during the quarter of At least 16 brokerages cut ny’s value — or almost four “either the new economic which sales in the domestic their price targets on Face times the entire market cap reality of their business mo market stood at 4.64 lakh book after managers said the italisation of Twitter Inc. del or a very public act of units. cost of improving privacy sa Facebook’s results were selfimmolation to stave off Net sales was ₹ 21,810.7 feguards, as well as slowing the fi rst sign that a new Eu further regulatory crore compared with usage in the biggest advertis ropean privacy law and a pressure.” ₹ 19,364.1 crore in the year ing markets, would hit the string of privacy scandals in The $15.8 billion in net earlier period. However, in company’s profi t margins volving Cambridge Analytica worth that Mr. Zuckerberg a regulatory fi ling, the fi rm for more than two years. and other app developers stands to lose is equal to the said that the fi gures were Facebook shares were are hitting its business. wealth of the 81strichest not “strictly relatable” fol down as much as 19.6% at Facebook also warned person, Japanese business lowing the introduction of $174.78 in early trading, a that the toll would not be off man Takemitsu Takizaki, ac the Goods and Services drop that would wipe about set by revenue growth from cording to Forbes data. Tax from July 1 last year.
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Dr. Reddy’s profi t surges Firm reports sharp increase in Q1 EBITDA at its noncigarette FMCG business sevenfold to ₹ 476 crore Special Correspondent rabad, was commissioned KOLKATA on June 1 and had received Operational effi ciencies, Suboxone generic drive growth Diversifi ed conglomerate “excellent initial response”, ITC Ltd. reported fi rstquar the company said. Construc Special Correspondent tic” about the outlook. “The CESC fi rstquarter net ter profi t rose 10% to ₹ 2,818.7 tion of new hotels at Kolkata, HYDERABAD Subaxone verdict will have rises 2% to ₹ 182 crore crore, helped by a sharp in Ahmedabad and Welcome Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories some kind of impact on on KOLKATA crease in profi tability at the Hotels in Guntur and Bhuba (DRL) reported fi rstquarter going performance, we CESC Ltd., the fl agship company’s noncigarette fast neswar was progressing. consolidated profi t surged wouldn’t have benefi t of that company of the RPSanjiv moving consumer goods The paperboards, paper sevenfold to ₹ 476 crore, in the next few quarters.” Goenka Group, posted a 2% (FMCG) business. and packaging segment saw from ₹ 66.6 crore a year ear rise in net profi t to ₹ 182 Total revenue from opera a 15% increase in profi t, dri lier, helped by operational ‘Part of evolution’ crore for the quarter ended tions at ₹ 10,874.6 crore in the ven by strategic investments effi ciencies and its generic On recent layoff s, Mr. Pra June 30, 2018, as against AprilJune period was lower in imported pulp substitu version of opioid depen sad said “over time, an or ₹ 178 crore in the year than ₹ 13,800.4 crore a year tion, improved pulp yield dence treatment Suboxone. ganisation’s growth and bu earlier period. Total income earlier. The company said and higher realisation from operations fell Not all smoke and fi re:Food and personal care products aided Revenue from operations siness model improves, that the fi gures were not * ARUNANGSU ROY CHOWDHURY through better product mix. marginally to ₹ 2,179 crore an 86% jump in segment EBITDA. increased 12% to ₹ 3,736.5 G.V. Prasad changes... one has to look at from ₹ 2,224 crore in the comparable in view of the re In its agribusiness, ITC crore (₹ 3,333.2 crore) as per number of layers and spans. yearearlier period, the cast of indirect taxes. The FMCGothers seg and improved cost manage leveraged market opportuni Indian Accounting Stan a court order — primarily As organisations evolve pe company said in a While profi ts were driven ment, which includes food ment measures, it said. ties in oil seeds, rice, spices dards, the Hyderabadbased spurred profi t growth. Focus riodically, they do these regulatory fi ling. by “robust performance and personal care products, and coff ee resulting in ro drugmaker said. on operational effi ciencies things. This is part of that across most segments, steep witnessed an 86% jump in Room rates, F&B boost bust business growth during Improved operational ef helped signifi cantly improve process.” LVB reports ₹ 124 crore escalation in tax incidence EBITDA (earnings before in Results at the hotels business the quarter to ₹ 3,151.3 crore, fi ciencies, foreign exchange margins, cochairman and DRL expects to maintain loss on provisioning under GST regime continues terest, taxes, depreciation improved through higher from ₹ 2,760.5 crore, even as gains as well as the introduc CEO G.V. Prasad told repor R&D expenditure this fi scal CHENNAI to weigh on FMCGcigarettes and amortisation) to ₹ 127.8 room rates and strong F&B the tobacco operations of tion of generic Suboxone in ters here on Thursday. around the FY18 level of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) performance,” ITC said in a crore, driven by enhanced sales. The 271room luxury the business hemmed in seg the U.S. — whose sales had to Mr. Prasad said DRL re ₹ 1,826 crore, CFO Saumen has reported a loss of statement. scale, enriched productmix hotel ITC Kohenur, in Hyde ment profi ts. be suspended in the wake of mained “cautiously optimis Chakraborty said. ₹ 123.87 crore for the fi rst quarter ended June 30 against standalone net profi t of ₹ 66.12 crore in the Chola Biologics, research Yes Bank net Panasonic eyes India as DoT clears yearearlier period due to higher provisioning. During rejigs top rises, asset Vodafone, the quarter, gross non boost Biocon profi t manufacturing hub performing assets (NPA), as management quality slides Idea merger a percentage of gross Firm’s net rises 47% for June quarter Targets ₹ 12,300 cr. revenue in FY19 advances, rose to 10.7% Special Correspondent SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Special Correspondent from 3.8%. The bank’s Chennai Special Correspondent Mumbai Yuthika Bhargava New Delhi provisions, other than tax, Cholamandalam Invest Bengaluru Private sector lender Yes NEW DELHI The Department of Tele for the quarter was ₹ 161.53 ment and Finance Compa India’s largest biopharma Bank reported 30.5% in Japan’s Panasonic aims to communications on Thurs crore(₹ 112 crore). ny (Chola), a Murugappa ceutical fi rm Biocon an crease in net profi t to increase its revenue in India day gave its fi nal approval Group company, has an nounced that consolidated ₹ 1,260.36 crore for the by 20% to ₹ 12,300 crore to the merger of Vodafone ITR fi ling deadline nounced toplevel manage net profi t rose 47% for the quarter ended June 30, aid during the current fi nancial India and Idea Cellular, of extended by a month ment changes. three months ended June 30 ed by higher income. year, a senior company offi fi cial sources said. NEW DELHI N. Srinivasan, executive compared with the yearear Net interest income cial told The Hindu. However, the approval In view of diffi culties being vicechairman and MD , lier period driven by growth grew 22.7% yearonyear to Manish Sharma, presi comes with the condition faced by assessees, the had expressed his desire to in its biologics and research ₹ 2,219.1 crore and nonin dent and CEO, Panasonic In that the merged entity will government has extended step down as a director and services business. terest income rose 49.6% dia and South Asia, said that have to abide by the deci the last date for fi ling IT MD by August 18. “We started the year with to ₹ 1,694.1 crore, with net though India’s contribution sions of telecom tribunal returns for assessment year Manish Sharma On Thursday, M.B.N. a robust Q1FY19, recording Kiran MazumdarShaw interest margin at 3.3%. to the company’s global re TDSAT and other courts. 201819 by a month to Rao retired from the board an overall revenue growth Provisions for bad loans venue was just a little more operations and drive inno Vodafone Idea Ltd., August 31. Individuals and as chairman. He was re of 21% at ₹ 1,193 crore and a 39% increase in research and contingencies more than 2%, it was one of the vation,” Mr. Sharma said. which will have 430 mil entities, whose accounts placed by executive chair 47% increase in net profi t at services revenues. than doubled to ₹ 625.65 fastest growing subsidiaries The fi rm, which plans to lion subscribers giving it a are not required to be audited, were mandated to man of the Murugappa ₹ 120 crore, driven by a “The approval and intro crore (₹ 285.78 crore). Gross for the Japanese parent. invest ₹ 240 crore in its India 35% market share, will vie fi le IT returns by July 31. Corporate Advisory Board strong performance across duction of biosimilar Pegfi l nonperforming assets rose Innovation Centre till 2021, with Bharti Airtel Ltd. The ITR forms were notifi ed M.M. Murugappan. our business segments,” grastim, FulphilaTM, in the to 1.31% of gross advances ‘Driving innovation’ would initially hire 50 se (about 377 million users) earlier in April. Meanwhile, Executive director Arun chairperson and MD, Kiran U.S. is a signifi cant miles (0.97%). The bank said “Japan headquarters is look nior level people. “We also and Reliance Jio for market Finance Minister Piyush Alagappan will continue to MazumdarShaw, said. tone for Biocon and sets the gross slippage was ₹ 560 ing at India not only as an plan to make India the ma leadership. The next pro Goyal has appealed to provide leadership to the “This performance was tone for the future success crore of which ₹ 314.8 crore opportunity to generate re nufacturing hub for regions, cess is to notify the Regis citizens to pay taxes within business, the company led by a 36% growth in our of our biosimilars business,” may be fully recovered be venues but also as capability including, South Asia and trar of Companies and get the extended due date. pti said in a statement. biologics business and a she added. fore end September. to contribute to their global Middle East,” he added. the company registered.
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However Adil fully sweep after dismissing Sri called to the England squad understands that if he wish Press Trust of India Lanka for 316 in its fi rst in for the fi rst Test against In es to be eligible for Test CHELMSFORD nings and then reducing dia, despite the legspinner cricket in the 2019 season, the host to 47 for three at Pacers Umesh Umesh and saying he wanted to focus he must have a county con stumps in the second in Ishant Sharma shared four on limitedovers cricket. tract to play fourday nings, having enforced the wickets between them, in The 30yearold signed a cricket. followon, on the penulti the absence of injured R. As whiteball only contract “Moving forward, En mate day of the second whin, as the Essex batsmen with his county Yorkshire in gland Test players must be ‘Youth Test’ here on made India toil hard and February but said he “was committed to the County Thursday. reached 237 for fi ve on the not fi nished” with the lon Championship.” The scores: India U19 613 for second day of the threeday gest format of the game. Allrounder Moeen Ali eight decl. vs. Sri Lanka U19 practice game, here on Rashid, who has played has been recalled to the 316 in 114.3 overs (P. Sooriya Thursday. 10 Tests and picked up 38 squad for the fi rst time since bandara 115, G.S. Dinusha 51, India, which resumed at wickets, was picked in the the tour of New Zealand to Sandun Mendis 49, Mohit 322 for six, leads by 158 runs 13man squad ahead of Jack off er another spin bowling Jangra four for 76) & 47 for after fi nishing at 395. Leach and Dom Bess, the option, while Essex seamer three in 18 overs (N. Fernando 25). Off spinner Ashwin in two Somerset spinners who Jamie Porter earned his fi rst jured his right hand during featured in the last three callup. practice and did not take the Tests. Chris Woakes, recovering fi eld at all. According to the Bangladesh from thigh and knee inju team management, it is not a Strong showing ries, was left as the selection serious injury. Ashwin did Rashid earns his recall on to host WI, panel was keen to avoid bowl in the nets during the the back of strong perfor rushing the allrounder back lunch break, but , as a pre mances in the onedayers Zimbabwe too soon. caution, did not take the against India over the last Joe Root’s England hosts fi eld. few weeks. A hot and dry Agence France-Presse India at Edgbaston in fi rst of Dhaka summer means spinners are the fi ve Tests from Aug. 15. Shami good but... likely to play an important Bangladesh will host Zim Umesh (two for 23) was the role in the Test series. The squad: Joe Root (captain), babwe and the West Indies Moeen Ali, James Anderson, pick of the bowlers as he “Following his decision in for backtoback series la Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeep bowled a superb opening February 2018, Adil has a er), Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, ter this year, a senior Ban spell with the new ball. Mo whiteballonly contract to Alastair Cook, Sam Curran, gladesh cricket offi cial said hammed Shami, who shared Impressive: Umesh Yadav, celebrating a strike, was the pick of the Indian bowlers, sending down a superb opening spell with the play for Yorkshire this sum Keaton Jennings, Dawid Ma on Thursday. the fi rstspell duties with new ball against Essex. * PICTURE COURTESY BCCI mer,” England selector Ed lan, Jamie Porter, Adil Rashid Zimbabwe was original him, kept things tight but Smith said in a statement. and Ben Stokes. ly scheduled to visit in Ja couldn’t generate the move pensive thereafter. tal knock in the context of b Quinn 17, Virat Kohli c Chopra Essex — 1st innings: Nick nuary 2019 but the cricket ment his partner did. Tom Westley, who stroked the ensuing fi veTest series. b Walter 68, K.L. Rahul c Dixon Browne lbw b Umesh 11, Varun board brought forward the Umesh provided the his way to 57 with 11 fours, b Nijjar 58, Dinesh Karthik c Chopra lbw b Ishant 16, Tom tour to October avoid any breakthrough, trapping Nick played quite a few streaky Pant delights Dixon b Walter 82, Hardik Pan Westley c Jadeja b Shardul 57, potential clash with nation Browne (11) legbefore early. shots, especially against Har dya c Patel b Walter 51, Karun MichaelKyle Pepper b Ishant al elections. Karun Nair got out cheaply Nair b Beard 4, Ravindra Jadeja 68, Rishi Patel c Karthik b He used the new ball to dik Pandya (041), easily In Bangladesh announced as he played on. But Rishabh c (sub) b Dixon 15, Rishabh Pant Umesh 19, James Foster (bat shape it away nicely from the dia’s secondbest bowler. Pant (34 not out), sent to bat (not out) 34; Extras (b5, lb5, ting) 23, Paul Walter (batting) on Wednesday that the righthanders, while bring Michael Pepper defi ed the at No. 11 as Ashwin was in nb1, w1): 12; Total (in 100.2 22; Extras (b14, lb4, nb3): 21; West Indies would arrive ing it back in to the lefthand Indian bowling and stroked jured, regaled the Essex overs): 395. Total (for fi ve wkts. in 58 ov on November 15 for its fi rst ed opener, and that’s how he his way to 68 off 74 balls, in faithful with some good Fall of wickets: 11, 25, 344, ers): 237. full tour to the country got the wicket. clusive of 15 fours, against a strokemaking while hitting 4134, 5147, 6261, 7322, 8 Fall of wickets: 113, 245, 3 since 2012. Ishant Sharma (two for Testquality attack. six sizzling boundaries. 328, 9354. 113, 4169, 5186. The West Indies series 38) also started off well and Earlier, Dinesh Karthik The scores: India — 1st innings: Essex bowling: Coles 172312, India bowling: Shami 140 will include two Tests, trapped Varun Chopra (16) was out caught on the fi rst M. Vijay b Walter 53, Shikhar Quinn 154271, Beard 202 590, Umesh 147232, Ishant three OneDay Internation but struggled to control the ball of the day. Hardik (51) Dhawan c Foster b Coles 0, 991, Dixon 14.21541, Walter 102382, Hardik 91410, als and three Twenty20 In line towards the latter half of then went on to complete his Cheteshwar Pujara c Foster b 2111134, Nijjar 90361, Shardul 90411, Jadeja 20 Vital cog: Legspinner Adil Rashid is seen as a key bowler for ternationals between No his fi rst spell and proved ex halfcentury off 81 balls, a vi Coles 1, Ajinkya Rahane c Foster Snater 40250. 170. England in the Test series starting next week. * FILE PHOTO vember and December. ‘I just went out there and tried to England will have slight edge: Steyn enjoy my batting’ ‘Its bowlers are probably a little bit better than the Indians’ G. Viswanath good touring team. But if I how are they going to get so ‘Two new Mumbai have to put my money, it’s meone like Kohli, Shikhar balls in ODIs Azharuddin recounts his famous hundred at Lord’s in 1990 Dale Steyn has played fi ve going to be on England; it’s (Dhawan) and K.L. Rahul Test matches in England, all going to be tight through. out! is ridiculous’ V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM in the months of July and Au The beautiful thing about In “They treated themselves HYDERABAD gust and took 23 wickets at dia is, they got such a big in South Africa which I con Special The wristy elegance of Mo 31.65. South Africa either pool of players to call upon. sider is the hardest place to Correspondents Mumbai hammad Azharuddin was won or drew these matches If somebody gets injured, play cricket. They came to writ all over the 1990 Test at in 2008 and 2012. the replacements are gener South Africa and just got bet Responding to a Lord’s when he hit a blazing Past his prime now, Steyn ally pretty good. They have ter. It could be true in En question on whether 121 off 111 balls with 22 fours, has also represented War Dinesh Karthik up there gland too. I think it’s going to the toss should be albeit in a lost cause. wickshire and Essex in 13 now.” be a highscoring series, but done away across all A captain’s innings, County matches before turn When asked if the second England’s bowlers are proba formats of the game, played 28 years ago nearly to ing up for Hampshire in two half summer would suit In bly just a little bit better than Steyn said: “Yes, why the day, held its own despite games this season. A veteran dia, especially because of the the Indians and that will be not? I was thinking England captain Graham of 88 Test matches, Steyn be arid pitch conditions there, the diff erence.” more (about) Test Gooch slamming a triple lieves that England will have Steyn replied: “I think it’s Steyn believes that India matches. I think the century earlier and then a a slight edge in the fi veTest massively dry there and a lot under Virat will try its har wickets generally in ton in the second innings! series at home against India. of runs are going to be dest. “Under Virat, this In ODI cricket have been “It was an unforgettable After playing the twoTest scored. Home series general dian team is capable of a bit too fl at. You’re innings. Should rank among series in Sri Lanka, Steyn — a ly go with the home team. If anything. I know Virat pretty taking the bowlers the top three in my career. GoPro Athlete — sent down a the ball swings they ( Jimmy well; he is a very determined completely out of the The conditions were diff e few deliveries to sports jour Anderson and Stuart Broad) character. It’s going to be a equation.” rent, there was lot of pres nalists at ‘Smaaash’, a gam are going to play a massive hardfought fi ve Test match While answering the sure. I just went out there ing centre — acknowledged role, but if it doesn’t, then es.’’ specifi c tossrelated and tried to enjoy my bat that Virat Kohli’s team put question, the South ting. Frankly, it was my day,” up a good show in South African fast bowler the 55yearold Azhar re Africa. revealed his scorn for called in a chat with The Hin- Sublime: Mohammad Azharuddin was all wrist and class as he delighted the spectators at “They got better in the se two new balls being du on Thursday. Lord’s with a superb century during India’s 1990 tour. * THE HINDU PHOTO ARCHIVE ries. That’s why they won used in ODIs. “The “Before that tour, my fath the last Test match in Johan twoball rule is just er wished that I should score more so after Gooch’s triple and in those days, if some reign players. I really en nesburg. In the oneday ridiculous; the ball’s a century at Lord’s. People century following an early one played well he was joyed that season. games they were a real force only 25overs old, not have always had that fascina reprieve. looked up. I don’t think it is Azhar feels Virat Kohli’s to reckon with.” 50. You’re also taking tion about the famous ve “Honestly, it was a very the same case now,” he felt. side is a much better one, the skill out of the nue. So, the fi rst thing that good batting wicket with more fi t and agile. Interesting series game. I grew up struck me on completing the even bounce. Unlike now, County experience “It all depends on how Admitting that his attention watching Wasim century was that I could fulfi l when it is really hot. In En Azhar is the only Indian bat well we bat on pitches which span on the EnglandIndia Akram and Waqar my father’s dream” the gland it will be very demand sman to score more than are expected to be dry be series will be negligible, Younis reverse swing former India captain ing and energysapping even 2500 runs in English county, cause of the heat. The bow Steyn nonetheless said: “In the ball; and you try revealed. at 35 degrees.” playing for Derbyshire in ling attack is very good and dia has a good side; it’s going name me one player in “The fact that people still 1991 season. “I tell you if you even greentops should not to be an interesting series. I the World today who Under criticism talk about my Lord’s century play well in county cricket, be a worry. We have a very won’t make any predictions. can reverse swing the Azhar mentioned that he gives me that rare joy of be you are treated like a king, good captain and a huge op But I think the advantage ball; it’s just not was under severe criticism ing there at the top. I always for those days each team had portunity to win the series,” probably lies with England. Rider: Dale Steyn also said that under Virat Kohli, this Indian allowed. for putting England in and enjoyed playing in England a quota of worldclass fo concluded Azhar. India is becoming a very team is capable of anything. * AFP Imran Khan continues to write his destiny The charismatic leader takes decisive steps towards becoming Pakistan’s PM <> A special speech from a Great Vijay Lokapally rest, fl ocking behind him, re Imran always wanted his Imran on fi rst sight. Abdul Leader..Very simple, NEW DELHI velling in his shadow, cele team to dream big. He was al Qadir ruled the 22 yards be honest and It may sound ironic. The man brating glory that was often so a law unto himself and he cause he had Imran’s sup practical..Feeling so who ruled Pakistan cricket crafted by his talent. got the cricketers he wanted. port. But nothing can beat proud to be a student with an iron hand should ad He raised a team that lost a his move to summon an 18 of such a Mentor.. vocate democracy in public Inspiration World Cupwinning chance yearold Zahid Fazal for the Congratulations life. As he takes decisive steps His charisma was infectious. at home in 1987, but wrested Wills Trophy in Sharjah in towards becoming Pakistan’s With Imran on the fi eld, each the next in Australia during 1991. Fazal fl ew in hours be Skipper Prime Minister, it is time to member of the side backed 1992. Setting aside his retire fore the fi nal against India @ImranKhanPTI take a retrospective look at himself to be a winner. Long ment, Imran forged his squad and scored a defi ning 98! #BehindYouSkipper Imran Khan, the cricketer, before he had begun his foray into a formidable combina #NayaPakistan who displayed fi ne leader into politics, his proteges — tion. He was strong and calm, Captain-supreme Waqar Younis ship skills. Wasim Akram, Rameez Raja and motivated the players. Imran was captainsupreme Imran’s career took shape and Waqar Younis — acknow His ability to identify natu and the selectors hardly mat because he taught them to on the strength of his indivi ledged Imran as a bornlead ral talent was legendary and tered. He was, as some of his win. Now as a politician, Im dual allround brilliance in a er as his presence in the Pakistan cricket prospered. players would confess priv ran has emerged as a man Born leader: Imran Khan’s presence in the dressing room has always been an inspiration. team game. There was Imran dressing room served as an Taufi q Ahmed and Waqar, to ately, an autocrat. who continues to write his * GETTY IMAGES Khan. And then there was the inspiration. name a few, were picked by But they loved the autocrat destiny.
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TV PICKS Swapan Tour de France : DSport, Pakistan subdues India, enters last eight 5.30 p.m. Sarkar TNPL: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 7 p.m. Rahul Baitha and Yash Fadte fall short in their eff orts; Veer Chotrani gets a consolation win passes away IN BRIEF Fadte 611, 119, 1210, 112; Special Correspondent WORLD JR. SQUASH Muhammad Uzair lost to Veer New Delhi K. Keerthivasan Chotrani 1210, 115). Noted sports scribe, Swa CHENNAI Hong Kong bt Colombia 21 (To pan Sarkar, passed away A new, young team, with lit Wai Lok bt Andres Villamizar here on Thursday due to tle exposure to tournaments 117, 118, 117; Chung Yat Long diabetic complications. He lost to Matias Knudsen 113, abroad, and a poor show in was 67. 116, 113; Ho Ka Hei bt Lui Ale the individual rounds, made jandro Mancilla 118, 115, 811, Having retired from defending champion Pakis 911, 1210). Ananda Bazaar Patrika, Tite to stay as Brazil tan anything but a favourite Malaysia bt Ireland 20 (Dun the Delhibased Sarkar was coach until 2022 in the world junior boys’ can YungYii Lee bt Scott Gillan a popular fi gure in the Cap RIO DE JANEIRO team squash championships ders 511, 116, 114, 119; Dar ital’s s football circle. Sar Tite will remain as Brazil here. ren Rahul Pragasam bt Conar kar had studied at Raisina coach until 2022 despite the Playing against fi fth seed Moran 711, 1311, 117, 118). Bengali High School and la team’s shock World Cup India in the prequarterfi nals Canada bt Australia 30 (Ryan ter graduated from Desh quarterfinal exit, the at the EA Mall here on Thurs Picken bt Maaz Jamal 911, 12 bandhu College. country’s football federation day, Pakistan showed why 10, 1315, 115, 115; James Sarkar was a versatile (CBF) announced. Tite is the it’s such an unpredictable Flynn bt Nicholas Calvert 116, sports writer and covered first coach of the Brazil team, across sporting disci 311, 113,115; George Crowne football, tennis, cricket, national team to be re bt Jacob Ford 611, 114,118. plines, by overwhelming the badminton, table tennis appointed after a World Cup host 21 to set up a clash with Egypt bt Argentina 30 (Mos and athletics for his publi elimination since Claudio tafa El Serty bt Lisandro Ortiz England, the third seed, in cations. He is survived by Coutinho in 1978. AFP 117, 112, 115; Marwan Tarek bt the last eight. Jeremias Azana 115, 115, 113; his wife and daughter. Compound women’s Rahul Baitha, chosen Omar El Torkey bt Dylan Tym team ranked No. 1 ahead of Utkarsh Baheti, kiw 113, 111). VIJAYAWADA could have done much better England bt Germany 20 (Jared United wins The Indian compound archery but he lost 811, 1614, 116, Carter bt Maximillian 115, 113, women’s team (V. Jyothi 117 to Haris Qasim in the 114; Nicholas Wall bt Abdel on penalties Surekha, Trisha Deb, P. Lily opening match. Rehman Ghait 1210, 116, Chanu, Muskan Kirar, Divya Getting it done: Pakistan’s topranked player Abbas Zeb, bending low to retrieve, bested Yash Fadte to help the defending 114); Czech Republic bt Swit It was again left to Yash Agence France-Presse Dhayal and Madhumita) has Fadte to bail out India as he champion seal a quarterfi nal berth. * S.R. RAGHUNATHAN zerland 20 (Marek Panacek bt created history by becoming Los Angeles did against Switzerland the Miguel Mathis 115, 112, 115; the firstever team from the ven his alacrity and quick Veer Chotrani pulled one “We were better mentally Hong Kong; Malaysia vs. Czech Viktor Byrtus bt Yannick Wilhe Alexis Sanchez was on tar other day. country to be ranked World movements. It was not to be back with a 1210, 115 win ov and physically. I think the Republic; USA vs. Canada; Pa mi 117, 118, 118); USA bt New get as Manchester United kistan vs. England. Zealand 20 (Thomas Rosini bt defeated AC Milan on pe No.1. Unforced errors as the Indian went down un er Muhammad Uzair. pressure got to them. Now der a pile of unforced errors we are more confi dent taking The results (prequarterfi nals): Temw Chileshe 611, 119, 114, nalties in its International Chelsea signs up Against Pakistan No.1 Abbas at 611, 119, 1210, 112. Pakistan’s coach Moham on England,” said Yasin. Pakistan bt India 21 (Haris Qa 911, 119; Daelum Mawji bt Champions Cup friendly Robert Green Zeb, it was believed the In mad Yasin said India suc sim bt Rahul Baitha 811, 1614, Matthew Lucente 911, 115, here on Wednesday. LONDON dian stood a better chance gi In the ‘dead’ third rubber, cumbed to the pressure. Quarterfi nal lineup: Egypt vs. 116, 117; Abbas Zeb bt Yash 115, 1210). A bizarre shootout was Chelsea announced on won 98 by United, with Thursday the signing of both teams having to recy former England goalkeeper Robert Green on a oneyear cle their penalty takers af contract, to provide backup Demare holds off Laporte ter a string of missed for Thibaut Courtois and spotkicks. Willy Caballero. The 38year The results: Manchester Un old was a free agent after pressive fashion for a sprint the Cofi dis rider crossed the ited 1 (Sanchez 12) drew with AC Milan 1 (Suso 15); (United leaving Huddersfield last TOUR DE FRANCE fi nish by his Groupama fi nish in second place. won penalty shootout 98). season.AFP Agence France-Presse team, who worked hard in Britain’s Geraint Thomas, Juventus 2 (Favilli 32, 40) PAU the fi nal kilometres to make of Team Sky, fi nished close bt Bayern Munich 0; Liver Frenchman Arnaud Demare sure Slovakian sprint king behind to tighten his grip on pool 2 (Salah 63, Mane 90+3 fl irted with the rule book on Peter Sagan’s chances were the yellow jersey three days pen) bt Manchester City 1 his way to holding off sprint limited. before the 21st and fi nal stage (Sane 57). rival Christophe Laporte and in Paris. Borussia Dortmund 2 (Phi But Demare veered from lipp 20, 22) drew with Benfi ca claim a welldeserved victory his line when he launched He holds a 1min 59sec lead in the 18th stage of the Tour 2 (Almeida 51, Semedo 69); his fi nal burst from inside on Dutch rival Tom Dumou Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Llo Ramsey excited to play de France on Thursday. under Emery 200 metres, prompting La lin and fourtime champion rente 9, 18, Moura 28, 44) bt * REUTERS SINGAPORE Yayyy! Arnaud Demare makes his feelings known after taking the 18th stage. Demare was set up in im porte to gesture in protest as Chris Froome. Roma 1 (Schick 3). Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey says he is excited about playing under new boss Unai Emery and expects movement on a Sourabh, Rituparna Ireland stuns unimpressive India fresh contract “in the next few weeks”. “We’ve yet to come to an agreement. stay on course Rani Rampal’s team lacks energy and vision and wastes seven penalty corners There’s a great opportunity this season under the new ing his worth in the selec WORLD CUP not create enough chances. manager to go on and I’m RUSSIA OPEN tion tournaments, trounced If it failed to secure a single looking forward. AFP Press Trust of India Russia’s Sergey Sirant 2111, Press Trust of India penalty corner in its 11 draw VLADIVOSTOK 219. LONDON against England, it secured as many as seven penalty Former National champions Rituparna had to dig The Indian women are in corners on the day but failed Sourabh Verma and Ritu deep to eke out a 1321, 2117, danger of missing out on a to convert even one. parna Das continued their 2119 win over second seed quarterfi nal berth after Ire good run to progress to the Ying Ying Lee of Malaysia. land pulled off a 10 victory Ireland took the lead from quarterfi nals of the $75,000 The results: Prequarterfi nals: in a hockey World Cup group its fi rst penalty corner when Russia Open BWF Tour Sup Men: Sourabh Verma bt Sergey league match, here on O’Flanagan scored with a Sirant (Rus) 2111, 219; Mithun Bowman apologises er 100 badminton tourna Thursday. great defl ection from a set for text messages Manjunath bt Koji Naito (Jpn) piece. In total, Ireland ment here on Thursday. A 13th minute penalty cor IRVINE 2116, 2113; Subhankar Dey bt earned three penalty ner conversion by Anna Bob Bowman, the longtime Also making it to the fi nal Siddharth Pratap Singh 2111, corners. 2119. Doubles: Arun George & O’Flanagan was all that Ire coach of swimming superstar eight were Mithun Manju India also had chances to Sanyam Shukla bt Jeff rey Lam land required as it doggedly Michael Phelps, has nath, Subhankar Dey and score from open play but the apologized for his role in Vrushali Gummadi in sin (Can) & Hin Shun Wong (Eng) defended to record a second 2112, 2113. forwards lacked fi nishing “inappropriate” text gles, while the men’s dou consecutive upset en route Women: Rituparna Das bt Ying touch. After the change of messages sent in 2011 to a to a quarterfi nal berth. Ire bles pair of Arun George Ying Lee (Mas) 1321, 2117, 21 ends, the Indians continued former Olympic swimmer land had shocked World No. and Sanyam Shukla and the 19; Vrushali Gummadi bt Byeol to attack but the forays Caroline Burckle. The Orange 7 USA 31 in its opener. two mixed doubles combi Lim Lee (Kor) 2111, 2113; Iris County Register last week Keeping in check: India’s Monika, right, tries to dispossess Ireland’s Nicola Evans. * AP lacked sting. nation of Rohan Kapoor and Wang (USA) bt Mugdha Agrey It was also India’s second reported Burckle’s allegation India will next play USA in Kuhoo Garg and Saurabh 214, 2113. consecutive defeat to Ireland gland (2 points), India and the match as favourites but vision and with tempera a mustwin last pool game on that she received Mixed doubles: Rohan Kapoor Sharma and Anoushka Pa having lost to the same oppo USA (1 point each). they never looked the part. tures and humidity soaring July 29 to stand in with any “aggressive” sexually graphic & Kuhoo Garg bt Alexey Panov rikh also went through. nent 21 in the Hockey World Ireland, on the other hand, high, Rani Rampal and her text messages and a & Polina Makkoveeva (Rus) 21 chance of progressing to the voicemail from a phone Coming back after reco league semifi nals in Johan Favourite status belied grew in confi dence as the team were caught napping knockout stage. 10, 2114; Saurabh Sharma & nesburg last year. belonging to Bowman in May vering from an injury, Sou Anoushka Parikh bt Artem Ser Placed six places above Ire match progressed and by the Irish on more than The result: of 2011, the year after she rabh, who made the cut for pionov & Anastasiia Pustinskaia Ireland leads Pool B with land in the World rankings at looked more threatening. one occasion. Ireland 1 (Anna O’Flanagan retired from the sport. AFP the Asian Games after prov (Rus) 216, 2112. six points, followed by En No 10, the Indians came into India lacked energy and It was not that India did 13) bt India 0.
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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12380 (set by Anon) SUDOKU FAITH 11 Streamer for Hulk’s alter ego? 2 Regular greasy Goan fabric (5) (6) Prayer for protection 3 Therefore, without degree, 12 Traitor detonates grenade ban... (7) Sekkizhar states the purpose of Gnanasambandar’s birth as around East (8) being occasioned by the will of Siva who chooses to gran t 13 Cruise past metal in Ghana 5 …principal left leader who the prayers of one Sivapadahridayar, a Siva devotee, who (4,5) admitted to being sorry (6) had done penance to beget a son who would revive Saivism and also Tamil language, literature and culture at one 15 Sarcastic northerner initially stroke. While describing the circumstances that led to the 6 Disaster cut short by Oriental’s introduced in team (5) arrival (9) very fi rst song of Gnanasambandar, he says that as a child of three he begins to cry “with a noise resounding like t he 16 Leaders might shelter a scared chant of the Vedas,” when his father goes under water for animal in African shrub (5) 7 Feared father admitted ablutions. This is indicative of the purpose of his adv ent regularly free journalist (7) 18 Trousertheft of one who which is to establish the Vedic faith among the peop le at a worships many gods (9) time when it was being eroded by the dominance of ot her 8 Skill in fencing, discussions by religions, pointed out Dr. Sudha Seshaiyan in a discourse. chap from South in steamer 22 Wandering fl eas fall nearly into It is also a momentous occasion for reinforcing the glories Middle Eastern dish (8) (13) of Tamil language. The child is pacifi ed by the vision of the 23 Flawless titanic struck tip of very Lord of the entire universe who appears along with His 14 Philosopher does regularly iceberg, disintegrated (6) consort. Siva and Uma bless him with the milk of jnana, and upset actress (9) the immediate eff ect is seen in the fi rst pathigam that the 25 Appealing in favour of child sings. The child is infused with the rare insight into the experimentation (10) 17 Cut off listener in outhouse Solution to puzzle 12379 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku treasures of contemplating the hallowed feet of Siva as the (7) ■ ACROSS 26 Animal returns to writing sure way to redemption. Even at that tender age, the child instrument (4) feels the impact of His grace and calls Him as one w ho has 1 Restrained lawyers, communist 19 Sorts a tiger’s resort (7) stolen his heart. Such is the power, stamp and autho rity of (6) 27 Tyrant sitting initially in Siva’s grace that the saint’s hymns, besides refl ecting his terminal (6) 4 Savage accommodated right 20 Leak confi dential matter to knowledge of music and profi ciency in Tamil, off er benedic enemy leader (7) partner (6) 28 Iranian language poetess tion to humanity and promise of relief from the sorr ows of beheaded gruesomely (6) samsara. This theme is expressed in the eleventh sta nza in 9 Uncertain minute, having lost 21 Oddly need Indian spiritual every pathigam which is known as Tirukkadai Kappu. The opener (4) guru at American river (6) ■ DOWN songs thus inspire tremendous faith in God and when chant 10 Nuts in brew for communist at ed with sincerity, make one courageous and unafraid of any sea (10) 1 City for bison (7) 24 Endlessly aim at shield (5) diffi cult situation in life.
CM A ND-NDE YK 2006-2018 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -@SridharMuskula [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Hetmyer’s day out, WI levels series Bangladesh fails to score eight runs off the fi nal over bowled the 50th over to give Agence France-Presse held on for a threerun win. nings by conceding 20 runs pensive ever by a Caribbean the host the victory. Providence West Indies captain Jason and whose fi nal analysis of bowler in an OneDay Inter Holder’s fi rst delivery ac Shimron Hetmyer scored a Holder, who started the in one for 66 was the most ex nationa against Bangladesh, counted for the topscorer superb century as Bangla Mushfi qur Rahim for 68 and desh stumbled in the fi nal ov SCOREBOARD WEST INDIES VS BANGLADESH, SECOND ODI he conceded just four runs er to hand the West Indies a Fall of wickets: 129, 255, 373, Mashrafe Mortaza (not out) 1; off the remaining fi ve deliver serieslevelling victory in its West Indies: C. Gayle lbw b Me hidy Hasan 29, E. Lewis lbw b 4102, 5205, 6224, 7236, 8 Extras (b1, lb4, w7) 12; Total ies to celebrate a result with oneday game here on Wed Mashrafe Mortaza 12, S. Hope c 241, 9242. (for six wkts. in 50 overs): 268. his teammates which leaves nesday. The host made it 11 Sabbir Rahman b Shakib al Bangladesh bowling : Mortaza the series to be decided in in the bestofthree series af Fall of wickets : 132, 2129, 3 Hasan 25, S. Hetmyer run out 90441, Mehidy 103401, 145, 4232, 5264, 6264. the fi nal match on Saturday. ter Bangladesh failed to score 125, J. Mohammed c Mushfiqur Mustafizur 8.30442, Mosad It should never have come eight runs off the fi nal over Rahim b Rubel 12, R. Powell b dek Hossain 40310, Shakib West Indies bowling: A. Joseph to the fi nal over drama, espe 60551, J. Holder 100661, for what would have been a Rubel Hossain 44, J. Holder st 91452, Rubel Hossain cially after the fl ying start in series win. Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib al 90613. A. Nurse 100341, K. Paul 7 0431, C. Gayle 70260, D. which Bangladesh raced to Shimron Hetmyer blazed Hasan 7, A. Nurse c Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal st its fastestever fi fty in ODIs — b Mustafizur Rahman 3, K. Paul Bishoo 100391. 125 off 93 balls to pace the Hope b Bishoo 54, Anamul off 4.4 overs — and was 71 for c Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Haque b Joseph 23, Shakib al home side to a competitive ManoftheMatch: S. Hetmyer one by the seventh over. Ho Hossain 4, D. Bishoo b Hasan c Paul b Nurse 56, Mush Toss: Bangladesh 271 all out batting fi rst. Mustafizur Rahman 0, A. fiqur Rahim c Paul b Holder 68, wever both Tamim Iqbal (54) Bangladesh was left Joseph (not out) 1; Extras (lb6, Mahmudullah run out 39, Sabbir (West Indies won by three and Shakib al Hasan (56) fell stranded on 268 for six after nb1, w2) 9; Total ( in 49.3 Rahman c Hetmyer b Paul 12, runs to level three-match series to careless shots to get the its 50 overs as West Indies overs): 271. Mosaddek Hossain (not out) 3, 1-1). hosts back into the fray. Blitzkrieg: Shimron Hetmyer scored 125 off 93 balls to help the host to a competitive total.* AFP DDCA Ombudsman GOLF Saisai beats Karman GENERAL Neha in the van Sports Bureau $250,000 WTA, Nanchang: Pre NADA claims more Nanchang (China) quarterfi nals: Zheng Saisai (Chn) yet to receive letter bt Karman Kaur Thandi 64, 60. Sports Bureau Zheng Saisai defeated qualifi er Special Correspondent to fi x terms and conditions HOSUR Karman Kaur Thandi 64, 60 $15,000 ITF men, Jakarta: Pre tests done in 2017 New Delhi under which the Ombud Neha Tripathi carded a in the prequarterfi nals of the quarterfi nals: CheongEui Kim (Kor) bt Niki Poonacha 63, 64; Special Correspondent Justice Badar Durrez sman has to operate. fi ne oneunder 71 second $250,000 WTA tennis tourna Referring to 2017 testing fi Ahmed, appointed as Om It is learnt that more than round to stay on top of Aryan Goveas bt David Agung Su KOLKATA gures, NADA patted itself on ment here on Thursday. Kar santo (Ina) 63, 36, 64; Hady budsman of the Delhi and 10 complaints of conduct of the leaderboard in the The National AntiDoping man collected 42 WTA points. Habib (Lbn) bt Siddharth Vishwa its back for collecting 401 District Cricket Association elections and confl ict of in 10th leg of the Hero Wo The results: $748,450 ATP, At karma 36, 76(4), 31 (retired); Agency (NADA) has claimed samples in international (DDCA), is yet to receive terest issues regarding offi ce men’s Pro Golf Tour here lanta: Doubles (prequarterfi Doubles (quarterfi nals): Court that it has done more tests in events “which also marks a offi cial communication to bearers and the Cricket on Thursday. With a nals): Romain Arneodo (Mon) & ney John Lock (Zim) & Aryan Go 2017 in comparison to the signifi cant increase as com that eff ect. The newlyelect Committee need to be ad threeunder 141, she holds Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Artem Si veas bt Fitriadi M. Rifqi & Anthony previous year. Facing criti pared to the previous year ed DDCA Executive Commit dressed urgently by the Om a one shot lead over Vani tak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan 64, 75. Susanto (Ina) 64, 63. cism for gathering less num when only 328 samples were tee has not issued the letter budsman. Kapoor and Amandeep ber of samples, NADA in a collected.” Drall. Vani roared into statement on Thursday said, It said, “During 2017, 210 contention with a stellar “The antidoping testing fi blood samples were tested as 3under 69. Amandeep Jagat in the lead gures released by World Anti against 132 in 2016. This CWG organisers claim had a second successive Doping Agency (WADA) for marks a 69% increase in the oneunder 71 round. Gau M.R. Praveen Chandran Thursday. the year 2017 indicates a se blood samples collected by rika Bishnoi (7370) and Quepem After 17 stages on the third ven per cent increase in the NADA.” NADA also claimed damages from IOA Tvesa Malik (7074) sit Veteran rallyist Jagat Nanjappa day, Jagat, who was second at number of tests carried out that “the percentage of out fourth and fi fth. Neha. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT and codriver Chetan Chan the end of the ninth stage, by NADA India as compared ofcompetition tests conduct Special Correspondent ‘refrigerator hiring charges’. gappa moved into the top spot made his experience count to the previous year.” ed by NADA for urine sam New Delhi “I strongly recommend of the Isuzu Rainforest Chal and left his younger competi In 2016, NADA collected ples stood at 49 during 2017, The Indian Olympic Asso that the total amount should lenge 2O18 off road event on tors behind. 2831 samples, including 2699 which is higher than the 46% ciation (IOA) has been foist be recovered from the res LG Independence urine samples, and had 73 for all NADOs globally. ed with a bill of ₹ 73,988 by pective NSFs immediately positive results while in 2017 For blood samples, the the Australian Common and the NSFs should be Correction: as “The presence of ‘special in it gathered 3174, including outofcompetition testing wealth Games organisers for asked to speak with the con Cup from today The third para of the report vitee’ Gautam Gambhir in the 2964 urine samples, out of during 2017 stood at 68% for damages by Indian athletes cerned athletes and support with the headline ‘DDCA an Cricket Committee will need the which 71 tested positive. NA NADA.” According to the in Gold Coast earlier this staff . Sports Bureau duct of the youth deve nounces threemember com approval of the Ombudsman, DA had collected 5162 sam statement, NADA conducted year. “Such activities bring a Aizawl lopment initiatives of Miz mittee’ which appeared in these Justice Badar Surrez Ahmed, ples in 2015, 4340 in 2014, more number of tests using The damages claimed by bad name to our country The top eight teams of oram FA, hailed the pages on Thursday should read former Chief Justice of J&K”. 4274 in 2013 and 4168 in 2012. various scientifi c methods. the CWG organising com and these are basic things Mizoram Premier tournament for showcas mittee are all related to each participating NSF League, alongside the re ing the football talent of breakages at the Athletes needs to tell its athletes and serves of ISL outfi t Jam the state. Village with basketball con offi cials at Asian Games and shedpur FC, will be fi gur “I was part of the IDay tributing ₹ 20,400 (A$400) thereafter,” IOA president ing in the oldest active Cup in 2006. That was my for broken internal doors Narinder Batra wrote. cup competition of the fi rst senior tournament and damaged room keys. One of the NSF offi cials state, LG Independence and it opened up the door This is followed by athletics claimed these were inadver Cup, which gets under to the professional world (₹ 11,832) and hockey tent and no athlete would way at Lammual near Ai for me,” Jeje said during (₹ 7854). In all, sports per deliberately damage a pro zawl from Friday. The the launch at Aizawl. sons belonging to eight dis perty. “Why would anyone 10th team in the competi ciplines have been responsi damage their door keys or tion will be Kanan Veng The teams: GroupA: Chan ble for damages to their break doors of a place they FC from the Aizawl Dis mari FC, Bethlehem Veng thlang FC, Electric Veng FC, trict FA First Division. apartments — shooting, are living in,” he asked. “It is Aizawl FC, Ramhlun North squash, table tennis, weight surprising that the organis There will be a separate FC; GroupB: Mizoram Pol lifting and paraathletics be ers are claiming damages competition for women. ice FC, Chawnpui FC, Chhin ing others. An amount of for such things. It is insult India international Jeje ga Veng FC, Kanan FC, Jam ₹ 14,726 has been billed as ing,” he said. Lalpekhlua, who is a pro shedpur FC.
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For the fi rst fi rmed a prediction of Albert his paper setting out the eq last week lost a privacy case time in a large clinical trial, a Einstein’s theory of general uations of general relativity, he pursued. But the drug was able to both reduce relativity by observing the Einstein has been proved broadcaster also reported the plaques in the brains of gravitational eff ects of a su right once more — in a much that it is seeking permission to appeal the court ruling patients and slow the pro permassive black hole on a more extreme laboratory over its live television gression of dementia. star zipping by it. than he could have possibly coverage of a 2014 police More extensive trials will The Germanborn theo imagined,” said the ESO in a raid on the singer's home. A be needed to know if the retical physicist had posited statement. British judge awarded Mr. drug is truly eff ective. Other that large gravitational forc Richard £2,10,000, saying drugs have shown early pro Encouraging results: The trial involved 856 patients from the es could stretch light, much Practical utility that that the BBC infringed mise only to disappoint in U.S., Europe and Japan. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO like the compression and Astronomers already use his privacy in its reporting of larger studies. But if the re stretching of sound waves Sky lab: A depiction of the path of the star S2 as it passes another eff ect predicted by the police operation. AFP sults, presented on Wednes portant not to overcon or mild Alzheimer’s demen we perceive with the change close to a black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. * AFP Einstein’s theory of general day at the Alzheimer’s Asso clude on the data. But as a tia, and all had signifi cant ac of pitch of a passing train. relativity — that a black hole ciation International proof of concept, I feel like cumulations of the amyloid Researchers from the kmper hour. They then cal <> A breakthrough can bend passing light. Conference in Chicago, are this is very encouraging,” protein that clumps into GRAVITY consortium led by culated its velocity and posi towards better Called gravitational lensing, borne out, the drug may be Ms. Sperling said. plaques in people with the the Max Planck Institute for tion using a number of in researchers have used it to understanding of the fi rst to successfully at Aside from a couple of disease, said Dr. Lynn Kram Extraterrestrial Physics real struments and compared it peer behind black holes. tack both the brain changes medications that can slow er, chief medical offi cer of ised that they had a “perfect with predictions made by the eff ects of Astronomers hope they and the symptoms of memory decline for a few Eisai, a Japanbased compa laboratory” to test Einstein’s Einstein that the light would gravitational fi elds can make practical use of the Alzheimer’s. months, there is no eff ective ny that developed the drug, theory with the black hole be stretched by the gravity, Research team latest confi rmation of Ein treatment for Alzheimer’s, known as BAN2401, along Sagittarius A* in the centre of in an eff ect called gravita stein’s theory to track shifts Ed Sheeran’s felines Dual roles which aff ects about 44 mil with Biogen, based in Cam the Milky Way. tional redshift. Newtonian team, whose fi ndings are pu in S2’s trajectory due to grav take to Instagram “This trial shows you can lion people worldwide, in bridge, Massachusetts. Black holes are so dense physics doesn’t allow for a blished in Friday’s issue of ity, which could yield infor LONDON both clear plaque and cluding 5.5 million Ameri In the data presented on that their gravitational pull redshift. Astronomy & Astrophysics. mation on mass distribution Pop star Ed Sheeran has an change cognition,” said Dr. cans. It is estimated that Wednesday, the highest of can trap even light, and the This is the fi rst time obser around the black hole. answer for the dog days of Reisa Sperling, director of those numbers will triple by the fi ve doses of the new supermassive Sagittarius A* First observation vers have been able to mea “I am blown away by Ein summer gripping the the Center for Alzheimer Re 2050. drug — an injection every has mass four million times “The results are perfectly in sure such an eff ect. stein’s predictions, by the northern hemisphere: an search and Treatment at The trial involved 856 pa two weeks of 10 mg per kg of that of our sun, making it the line with the theory of gener The European Southern power of his reasoning Instagram account for his Brigham and Women’s Hos tients from the U.S., Europe a patient’s weight — both re biggest in our galaxy. al relativity” and are “a ma Observatory, whose Very which yielded this theory cats. Mr. Sheeran, a well pital in Boston, who was not and Japan with early symp duced amyloid levels and Astronomers followed the jor breakthrough towards Large Telescope in Chile was and which has never been known lover of pets, unveiled involved in the study. toms of cognitive decline. slowed cognitive decline S2 star as it passed close to better understanding the ef used to make the observa faulted,” French astrophysi a new handle — @thewibbles “I don’t know that we’ve They were diagnosed with when compared with pa the black hole on May 19 at a fects of intense gravitational tions, had watched S2 pass cist Guy Perrin, a member of — for his two felines, named Dorito and Calippo. The hit a home run yet. 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AFP Game of Thrones season 8 can prescribe to air in fi rst half of 2019: HBO cannabis Agence France-Presse Channel also aims to start work on a prequel next year London British doctors will legally Reuters a Game of Thrones prequel, be able to prescribe medi BEVERLY HILLS Mr. Bloys said in response to cinal cannabis, the govern Tenth rhino dead in HBO will debut the fi nal sea questions. ment announced on Thurs Kenya after transfer son of its international hit The network announced day following a review — NAIROBI Game of Thrones in the fi rst in June that it had ordered but insisted it was not a A tenth critically endangered half of next year and it aims the pilot and would proceed fi rst step towards legalising black rhino has been to start production on a pre with a full series if the pilot recreational use. reported dead after a quel in 2019, a network exec goes well. Home Secretary Sajid Ja botched operation to move utive said on Wednesday. The as yet untitled pre vid decided to relax the the animals to a new reserve in southern Kenya, Tourism Casey Bloys, HBO’s presi quel will take place thou rules about the circum Minister Najib Balala said on dent of programming, sands of years before the stances in which medicinal Thursday. The one surviving speaking at a Television Crit dieval fantasy series is HBO's events of Game of Thrones. cannabis can be given to animal from last month’s ics Association event, de biggest hit ever with some It was created by British patients, following recom attempt to transfer 11 rhinos clined to provide details on 30 million viewers in the Un screenwriter Jane Goldman mendations from two sets from the Nairobi and Lake the eighth and fi nal Game of ited States and an army of with author George R.R. of advisers. “Making medi Nakuru national parks to Thrones season or to pro devoted fans worldwide. Martin, whose novel series A cinal cannabis available on Tsavo East is in a critical vide a more specifi c pre HBO, a unit of AT&T Inc, is Song of Ice and Fire is the prescription will benefi t condition and could also die miere date. also in the process of search basis for the Game of the lives of ill patients cur after being attacked by lions, The Emmywinning me ing for a director and cast for Thrones television series. Performers from Gandini Juggling rehearsing for their new show Cascade, which involves rently suff ering in silence,” Mr. Balala said. AFP sending balls in the air, in a constant fl ow of movement and water, in London. * AFP he wrote on Twitter. New Murakami novel Japan, home of the hightech loo, IISc’s rare feat in test ruled to be ‘indecent’ for superconductivity
Hong Kong censors lay down norms hopes basic toilet can save lives R. Prasad perconductivity,” said Pro CHENNAI fessor Pratap Raychaudhuri Agence France-Presse For the fi rst time, research from the Superconductivity Hong Kong Lixil, in partnership with UNICEF, will provide SATO toilet in developing countries ers from the Indian Institute Lab at Tata Institute of Fun Bestselling Japanese writer of Science (IISc) Bengaluru damental Research, Mum Haruki Murakami’s latest Agence France-Presse technology, their know have been able to achieve bai. It’s a remarkable novel has been deemed “in Tokyo ledge, their innovation.” superconductivity at am achievement. To me, it is a decent” by Hong Kong cen Japan may be famous for Under the partnership, bient temperature and pres pleasant surprise but not a sors, triggering backlash in hightech toilets, but one lo UNICEF will promote the SA sure. A large number of ma shock,” said Dr. Ganapathy the city where concern is cal fi rm is hoping a much TO toilets in Ethiopia, Ke terials have been found to Baskaran from Chennai’s In growing that freedom of ex more basic model can help nya, and Tanzania, Lixil pre undergo normal to super stitute of Mathematical pression is increasingly un solve deadly sanitation pro sident Kinya Seto said, with conducting transitions. But Sciences who has been der threat. blems in developing the aim of helping 250 mil such transitions require ex working in the fi eld of super More than 2,100 resi countries. lion people gain access to an tremely low temperature conductivity for nearly 30 dents had signed an online Haruki Murakami More than two billion pe adequate toilet by 2021. and/or extremely high pres years. “They didn’t observe petition as of Thursday ople around the world do About 2.3 billion people sure. Achieving this transi zero resistance but the resis against the move, which re <> The decision could not have access to basic san worldwide do not have ac tion at ambient temperature tance seen is very low, much quires Mr. Murakami’s Kill- hurt the itation facilities, and chil cess to basic sanitation facili and pressure therefore lower than any metal.” ing Commendatore to be international dren are especially suscepti Key initiative: Lixil offi cial Daigo Ishiyama displaying SATO ties, including 892 million gains great signifi cance. The sealed in wrappers with standing of the city’s ble to diseases that can toilet, which features an airtight trap door, in Tokyo. * AFP people who have no choice preprint fi ndings are re Meissner eff ect warning notices. publishing sectors spread without hygienic but to defecate in the open, ported in ArXiv. Professor Pandey’s team did The petition, jointly writ toilets. easespreading insects and tries. Andres Franco, UN according to UNICEF. “This A material is said to exhi observe the Meissner eff ect Online petition by residents ten by 21 groups, said the Household products fi rm seal in unpleasant odours. ICEF’s deputy director for takes away people’s dignity, bit superconductivity when though the eff ect is relative decision would “bring Independent bookstores Lixil has developed a latrine The company has part private sector engagement, it renders them vulnerable it is able to conduct electric ly low. Meissner eff ect is shame to Hong Kong peo have also been under in that sells for just a few dol nered with UNICEF, which said on Thursday that the to lifethreatening diseases,” current with practically ze where the magnetic fi elds ple” and warned it could creasing pressure since the lars and features a selfseal will help promote its SATO partnership would capitalise UNICEF deputy executive di ro resistance. So unlike the are completely expelled by hurt the international stand disappearance in 2015 of ing trapdoor to keep out dis toilet in developing coun on Lixil’s “business, their rector Shanelle Hall said. conventionally used mate the superconducting state ing of the city’s publishing fi ve city booksellers who rials such as copper and and is a crucial evidence for and cultural sectors. worked for a publisher spe steel, a superconductor can superconductivity. Under the ruling by Hong cialising in salacious titles carry a current indefi nitely “Though they didn’t ob Kong’s Obscene Articles Tri about Chinese political without losing any energy. serve perfect Meissner ef bunal, the novel also cannot leaders. Endangered elephant shot dead fect, they did observe sam be sold to minors. Surprising result ples becoming strongly Anyone violating the rule Courting controversy A team, led by Professor An diamagnetic, which is con could face a fi ne of $1,270 Separately, Mr. Murakami Villagers on Borneo Island killed the pygmy jumbo for destroying their crops shu Pandey from the Solid sistent with superconductiv and six months in prison. A entered the spotlight in 2014 State and Structural Che ity,” said Dr. Baskaran, a government agency had when the highprofi le nove Agence France-Presse wildlife department director It was the latest case in mistry Unit at IISc, observed SERB Fellow. A diamagnetic brought the novel to the tri list expressed support for Kuala Lumpur Augustine Tuuga said. Malaysia of humananimal superconductivity in nano material is repelled by mag bunal for review earlier this young protesters in Hong A pygmy elephant was shot He said the “merciless” confl ict, which happens sized fi lms and pellets made netic fi eld and is consistent month. Mr. Murakami did Kong’s mass Umbrella dead on Borneo island after killing was carried out near a when human settlements or of silver nanoparticles em with superconductivity. not immediately respond to Movement rallies that year. it destroyed villagers’ crops, remote settlement, and agricultural plantations ex bedded in a gold matrix. Su Though the diamagne a request for comment. The ruling on his latest a Malaysian wildlife offi cial authorities were investigat pand into a species’s natural perconductivity was ob tism is not complete, it is This is not the fi rst time a novel comes after Hong said on Thursday, the latest ing who was responsible. habitat. served at minus 37 degree strong enough. “There may decision by the tribunal has Kong’s public libraries hid of the endangered creatures “(The elephant) was killed Malaysia is home to vast Celsius. The resistance ob be several reasons why they drawn controversy. A pic away LGBTthemed chil to be killed. out of revenge for destroying tracts of rainforest and a ka served is very low — 10 4 didn’t observe complete ture of Michelangelo’s fa dren’s books in requeston The male elephant, be crops,” he said, adding the The body of the Borneo leidoscope of exotic wildlife, ohms — but not zero. diamagnetism. For in
mous David statue in a new ly, closedoff areas following lieved to be about four years crops included palm oil pygmy elephant. * AFP from elephants to orangu “The results look robust stance, it is diffi cult to ob spaper advertisement was pressure from conservative old, was found on Monday trees. tans and tigers, but the num and interesting. At the same serve complete diamagne deemed “indecent” in 1995, campaigners, sparking out by the side of a road in the He said that the creature’s killed by poachers seeking to bers of many rare species time, it is a surprising result tism in the material that the South China Morning rage among the LGBT com state of Sabah, on the Malay tusks remained intact, indi sell its ivory on the black have fallen dramatically in as a mixture of two metals — they have used,” said Profes Post reported. munity and its supporters. sian part of Borneo, local cating the elephant was not market. recent decades. silver and gold — shows su sor Raychaudhuri. CM A ND-NDE YK