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Terming the Haldwani highway. Hotelier minister and the chief secretary Sehjati (26), Riza (15), TAffairs Minister, Madan demand of the Congress legis- Pravin Sharma said that the to raise their issues with them. Natasha (9), Shammi (2.5) Kaushik, accused the members latures on the last day of the association has for long been It will be recalled that hotel and a seven -month baby of Congress party of not taking session for discussion on the requesting the administration owners had earlier put up black girl. Those injured include the assembly proceedings seri- sting CD involving an OSD of to arrange parking space in the flags outside their establishe- Sarfaraz (36), Alauddin ously. Talking to media persons chief minister Trivendra Singh city but nothing has been done. ment in protest. (26), Tubba (5) and after the house was adjourned Rawat as absurd, the Kaushik He alleged that the author- Following this, the Malaika (5). sine die, Kaushik said that the said that he had told the ities were stopping tourist vehi- Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar According to the cabinet had decided to hold the Congress MLA categorically cles at Rusi bypass, Kathgodam MP and BJP state president information provided by special session of Vidhan Sabha that the issue which is sub and Kaladhungi, preventing Ajay Bhatt had asked the the police there were 10 for two days but after the judice can not be discussed in the tourists from reaching Kumaon commissioner to hold people in the car, going to demand raised by the members the assembly. “ I showed them Nainital. talks with the hoteliers. It is a wedding function in of congress party which includ- the rule book but they Sah said that arrangements pertinent to mention here that Uttarkashi from   )!+0.);( The 24-year old Ankur ical condition. ed the Leader of Opposition remained adamant. It appeared made by the administration for the rush of tourists and limit- Chutmulpur, Saharanpur. was travelling in a car with Chief minister Trivendra (LoP) Indira Hridayesh, Pritam that their only objective was to the summer tourist season this ed parking space in Nainital At about 10 AM between ttarakhand Education and friends to attend a wedding in Singh Rawat, cabinet minister Singh and Govind Singh create ruckus and ensure a year had affected 60 per cent of have often resulted in major Suvakholi and Uttarkashi USports minister Arvind Gorakhpur when their car Yashpal Arya, former CMs Kunjwal, the government place in newspaper headlines,’’ the business here. traffic jams here. at Moriyana Top the driver Pandey’s son Ankur Pandey collided with a truck. Their Bhagat Singh Koshyari and accepted for a three day session. the minister quipped. Kaushik The hoteliers alleged that Recently, visitors had to lost control of the car and one of his friends died after friends in another car behind Harish Rawat among others “The Congress leaders wanted was however appreciative of the the authorities have not made spend the night in the open which fell into the gorge. the car they were travelling in them took the three injured to reached Gularbhoj in Udham more time as they claimed that LoP, Indira Hridayesh and said proper arrangements for after all the hotels and lodges According to the official collided with a truck. While two a private hospital where Ankur Singh Nagar where the last rites many issues of public interests that she understood the situa- tourists despite the consider- were fully booked. In the past, sources, police are still died, one was seriously injured was declared dead while his of the minister’s son were con- are required to be raised in the tion and wanted that the house able employment generation the issue had also reached the investigating the case in the mishap which occurred friend Munna Giri died dur- ducted. The chief minister session. We accepted their should function but the mem- ensured through the tourism high court which had issued though prima facie it in Bareily district of Uttar ing treatment. The third pas- expressed deep grief at the death demand,’’ he said. bers of her own party took no business. Earlier, Sah present- directions for addressing this appears that the car was Pradesh in the wee hours on senger in the ill-fated car, and wished the family strength Launching an attack on notice of her advice. ed flowers to police personnel problem. being driven at speed. Wednesday. Gyanendra Yadav is in a crit- to bear the loss. +       
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The helminths are discussed various aspects and   )!+0.);( National Deworming Day due the parasites that absorb nutri- stressed on the need to focus on to absenteeism or sickness will tion from the body tissues and poaching and protection mea- massive de-worming drive be dewormed on August 16, induce malnutrition which sures. The intelligence wing of Aagainst the intestinal worm the mop-up day. adversely affect growth of body the department was directed to infection in children would be This year the department is and apart from physical growth be alert considering the cases The NTCA will also provide bour states. undertaken by the health claiming to make special efforts the worm also affects mental   )!+0.);( minimum temperatures are of tiger poaching along the bor- technical support for wildlife Western circle (Kumaon) department on August 8 in all to include private schools and growth of the individual. likely to be about 38 degree der shared by the two States. protection. The authority offi- conservator of forests, Parag parts of the state. children who are out-of-school, The medical experts are of he State Meteorological Celsius and 24 degree Celsius Officials stated that tiger cials also spoke of facilitating Madhukar Dhakate said that The drive is part of the so that all children in the state the view that de-worming helps TCentre has forecast the respectively. poaching and smuggling of human resource for wildlife apart from various forestry national de-worming day can benefit from deworming in increasing attendance of likelihood of light to moderate Meanwhile, the maximum wildlife contraband is more protection and infrastructure works, the western circle is an which would be organised in all treatment. students’ up to 25 percent in the rainfall and thunderstorms in and minimum temperatures prevalent in the inter-state bor- to such forest divisions. It was important wildlife area which states of the country on the day. To prepare for National schools. isolated places especially in recorded at various places of der area as the wildlife crimi- also decided that corridors in links Corbett tiger reserve in About 42.77 lakh children Deworming Day, the state gov- They point out that the the mountainous regions today. the state on Wednesday were nals also use these areas to areas vulnerable for wildlife in Ramnagar to Nepal and Pilibhit of the age group 1 – 19 would ernment has targeted to train helminthic infection occurs by Overall, the state is likely to 37.6 degree Celsius and 21.6 escape the authorities. It was divisions of the Western Circle tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh. be administered ‘Albenbazole’ 24056 teachers and 19807 defecating in open, walking experience mainly clear to degree Celsius respectively in also decided in the meeting will be identified and efforts will The NTCA member secretary tablet by the medical health and Aanganwadi workers to admin- barefooted, keeping low per- partly cloudy skies. Dehradun, 36.4 degree Celsius that as in the case of tiger be made to improve these. Anup Nayak, its inspector gen- family welfare department on ister the tablet. sonal hygiene and eating infect- In Dehradun, thunder and 26.2 degree Celsius in reserves, attempts will be made Further, the NTCA will also eral Amit Mallick and other the day. The consultant National ed food. The symptoms of the cloud development and light Pantnagar, 24.6 degree Celsius to provide funds to forest divi- facilitate resources and training senior officials of the forest The department would Health mission, Dr Pankaj disease are retarded growth, rain are likely to occur in and 14.9 degree Celsius in sions with good tiger popula- aimed at decreasing human- departments of Uttarakhand take the services of Asha work- Kumar said the children anaemia, loss of appetite, stom- some areas. The sky is to Mukteshwar, 27.8 degree tion outside tiger reserves in wildlife conflict. Stress was also and Uttar Pradesh were among ers, teachers, Anganwadi work- between the ages I – 2 would ach ache, vomiting and irreg- remain mainly clear to partly Celsius and 16.2 degree Celsius Uttarakhand and Uttar laid on the importance of coor- those who attended the ers, ANMs and National Health be given half tablet while chil- ular bowels. cloudy. The maximum and respectively in New Tehri. 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MLE policy in letter and spir-  he Health and Education and Secretaries of Health and accessible, and affordable for Thedemands ineducation it and strategy for ensuring TRights Group organised a Education Departments. the patients in all include a comprehensive State quality and equitable educa- consultation for release of Along with that engage- hospitals;mechanism for policy for education to tion for children of Dalit and   )!+0.);( demand charter on health and ment with different political patient’s satisfaction survey; strengthen public education minority communities; girl education and notify the new parties/ candidates will be done grievance redressal systems; system; transparent policy for children and children with n the case of armed robbery State Government on health as a part of post election cam- constitution of State Authority teachers’ recruitment, trans- disability; budget provision- Ifrom a petrol station owner and education priorities. The paign so as to ensure the edu- of Medical Employment Board; fer and career development; ing as per the composition of in Premnagar, who was shot in programme was organised 24 cation and health budget allocation for health provisions of coaching for population of different mar- the shoulder and robbed of here on Monday. rights as promised in the man- sector equal to 3.5 percent of candidates of underprivileged ginalized groups; effective cash while returning home The demands for educa- ifestos of the different political the total GSDP; effective communitiesto appear TET monitoring of schools and on the night of June 24, police tion and health were released parties. implementation of Clinical for teachership; training onsite support to teachers; have found link of one of the in presence of members of The key demands on Establishment Act, a commu- teachers from tribal commu- 30 percent of the total Budget accused robbers to Bijnor. CSOs, mediapersons, devel- health include establishment of nity based one stop hospital nities to address language of the State for education Police have also found opment practitioners and other a Regulatory Authority to con- system and shift from insur- and cultural issues; capacity and 6 percent of the GDP some connections with eminent personalities of the trol the quality health services, cy and standard of functioning institutions in the State; free ance models coverage systems building allowances to teach- through allocations from the Saharanpur. State, which will be submitted pricing, fairness, safety, priva- of private and public healthcare provisioning of consultations, to public health centre centric ers and test of their compe- Central Budget, etc. According to Garhwal Inspector General (IG) Ajay Rautela police teams are close to finding the culprits. *    <         Rautela said, “We are close to arresting the accused. One of them is apparent- and awareness (TEA) which is ly from Bijnor. Our teams considered most important with Uttar Pradesh police are to combat the menace of checking the routes to and drugs from society. from from Bijnor. The inves- He said that Health tigation is ongoing.” Department should be According to official involved for treatment of sources, police teams raided addicted persons, Police places in Bijnor where one of should increase the enforce- the accused was reported to be ment and maximum aware- though he managed to escape. ness should be made in the The other accused have society in coordination with been traced to some parts of departments concerned, he Saharanpur, where the teams said. have been sent. Manohar Lal also asked It will be recalled that at the police officers to work about 9:30 PM on Monday together to achieve the goal of near Dussehra Ground, when making the northern region Gagan Bhatiya was returning completely drug free. All home from the station he was states should join hands and stopped by two men on a coordinate regularly to com- bike. pletely eradicate the menace of One of them came near drug from this part of the the window of his car and country, he added. attempted to take the bag   +.().0+ egy including ordination meeting to discuss Panchkula for data and infor- DGP Haryana, Manoj filled with nearly Rs 9 lakh. treatment, enforcement and challenges of drug abuse and mation sharing to effectively Yadava apprised the Chief When Bhatiya protested, he n a fight against menace of awareness.Director Generals illicit trafficking and strategies tackle the issue of drug men- Minister about fruitful delib- was shot by one of the accused Idrug abuse, northern States of Police (DGPs) and other to combat the same. Haryana ace in northern region. erations held with the DGPs near his collar bone. and union territory of senior police officers of north- Chief Minister Manohar Lal To effectively tackle the and other senior officers of the addressed the concluding issue of drug menace, six respective states. session of the co-ordination northern states and union ter- Haryana Chief Secretary, meeting. ritory of Chandigarh together DS Dhesi, ACS Home, SS During the meeting, it decided to adopt e-learning Prasad, DG Narcotics Crime was decided to begin modules of UN Office on Bureau, Abhay, ADGP CID eLearning from UNODC ( Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Himachal Pradesh, Ashok United Nations Office on to raise the capacity of inves- Tiwari, ADGP Intelligence Drugs and Crime) material tigating officers in their Uttrakhand, ADGP Punjab, for investigating officers, respective states so as to com- Gurpreet Deo, Special CP share information about new pletely eradicate drug addic- Delhi, Parveer Rajan, D and sources of funding for com- tion, he said. other senior Police officers bating drugs, learning from The Chief Minister while from Punjab, Uttrakhand, best practices of other states expressing concern over the Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, and focus on TEA: treatment, increase in cases of drug abuse Haryana Narcotics Crime enforcement and awareness said that the situation is Bureau, and Intelligence to combat drugs alarming in northern part of Bureau attended the meeting. The Chief Minister while the country and collective In last year’s meeting talking to the mediapersons initiative is required to deal attended by Chief Minister said that special training with it. Manohar Lal, Punjab Chief courses would be arranged He added that last year, a Minister Captain Amarinder for investigating officers han- meeting of Chief Ministers of Singh, Uttarakhand CM TS dling the cases under NDPS northern states was also held Rawat and Himachal Pradesh Act so as to ensure maximum here to discuss and formulate CM Jai Ram Thakur, it was conviction of culprits in the a joint strategy to fight drugs. decided to set up a common state. Earlier, the Chief Minister, central secretariat in Haryana’s Chandigarh have decided to ern states of Haryana, Punjab, To make the fight against while addressing the senior Panchkula for sharing data conduct special courses for Uttrakhand, Delhi, Himachal drugs a success, he said that an police officers urged them to and work in coordination to investigating officers besides Pradesh and union territory of inter-state drug secretariat has adopt three pronged strategy counter the menace of nar- adopting three pronged strat- Chandigarh met here at a co- already been set up at vip treatment, enforcement cotics in north India    !"  6

  

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There how the Government is going to mob lynching of a youth in order situation in the state. tic and modern India. should be one country, but one their victory is that of the said minorities have never been make believe world, history will win the trust of the minorities Jharkhand and said instead of She claimed over 100 BJP Making this assertion dur- election, one face, one name, one country,” Sharma said. safer in the country than under write it off. “You shall have a and Dalits when they were attacking the West Bengal workers have been killed in ing a the debate on the Motion ideology is not acceptable to Asking the BJP to recog- Prime Minister Narendra new India,” he said in an appar- being “subjected to atrocities” Government, the BJP should political violence after civic of Thanks to the President’s India,” Sharma added. nise the contributions made by Modi. He also said Modi is ent jibe at Leader of the everyday. He also took a dig at look into the affairs of the state body polls and 15 after the Lok address, senior Congress leader Sharma, who is deputy previous Governments and “more democratic” than any- Opposition Ghulam Nabi Prime Minister Narendra Modi ruled by it. Sabha polls. Anand Sharma also urged the leader of the Congress in the Prime Ministers, Sharma said, one before him. Azad, who in his remarks dur- and Home Minister Amit Shah, Raising the matter during When Chatterjee blamed ruling party to desist from Upper House, alleged that no “Don’t think the country start- Five years back it was said ing the debate, had called for saying they had invented a new the Zero Hour, Roy said it was West Bengal Chief Minister politicisation of the armed Prime Minister has ever fought ed after 2014 and not after 1947 Christians will be beaten up giving back the ‘old India’ and branch of election engineering. a “cold-blooded murder” of Mamata Banerjee for the polit- forces. He also claimed violence elections on the victory of when India achieved indepen- and churches will be burnt Modi keeping his ‘New India’ Saroj Pandey (BJP) in her 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari as ical violence TMC MP Kalyan against minorities had increased armed forces as Modi did. He dence. Respect and accept once the BJP comes to power, with himself. maiden speech hit out at the police held the youth, who had Banerjee and other party under the present regime and recalled how Indira Gandhi India’s diversity... The achieve- he said. “Have you seen any He said instead of whining, leader of Ghulam Nabi Azad, sustained severe head injuries, members countered her vocif- demanded the Government to after the victory of Indian ments made by India are by its Christian being beaten up or the country should be cele- saying he has insulted the man- in custody for four days. erously. Geeta Koda of the spell out the steps taken to check forces in Bangladesh war of scientists and why do you not any church being burnt (since brating achievements such as date of the people by saying the “BJP members are speaking Congress also raised the issue this dangerous trend. Independence said this was recognise them,” he asked. the BJP came to power),” he 99.2 per cent of the population Prime Minister won the elec- about West Bengal, but not tak- of mob-lynching in Jharkhand. He said the President’s the victory of humanity and He urged the ruling party asked. “Never has it been safer now having toilets, 35 crore tions riding on divisive politics ing steps on what is happening Questioning the law and address lacked imagination not hers, for which opposition not to make a “New India that for minorities than under people getting bank accounts, whereas the fact remains that in Jharkhand and other places. order situation in the State, she and was disappointing as it was leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee has seen lynchings” and asked Modi,” he said as some in the 7.5 crore getting gas connec- the people have voted for This is an example of religious said Jharkhand witnessed four far removed from the reality on had lauded her. why the issue of lynching did opposition jeered, making ref- tion, 19 crore getting loan change. K Ravindra Kumar intolerance and the TMC will cases of mob lynching alone the ground. Rejecting the idea “No Prime Minister has not find a mention in the erences to lynching of Muslims under Mudra scheme, the jump (TDP) said the BJP is all out to continue to protest against mob this year. of ‘One nation, One election’ fought elections on the victo- President’s address. in some parts of the country. in ease of doing business rank- wipe the Opposition in order to lynching,” Roy said. She also demanded justice mentioned in the President’s ry of armed forces. The Army Earlier, participating in the Alphons claimed if the ing and India striking at the exercise monopoly which was Ansari was thrashed by a for the youth killed in the address, Sharma said, “There is does not belong to any party, as debate BJP leader KJ Alphons Congress wants to live in a heart of the enemy. not a healthy sign. mob for alleged theft on June lynching incident. ,   " !        &* /


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coming full circle and impacting us have altered weather patterns and assume forbidding proportions on the adversely. impacted daily lives. India, with state level and cause enormous The depth of the issue can be diverse climate conditions, is posi- wastage of precious water resources. gauged by the fact that natural disas- tioned to be deeply affected due to India being the most affected in ters forced almost 17.2 million peo- extreme weather events. In fact, a slight people displacements due to extreme ple out of their homes across the world change in the rainfall patterns is weather events must take some imme- /+! 0!.*/3 in 2018. Ninety four per cent of them enough to derail rural economies and diate steps to prevent the situation / /   O left due to weather-related natural send food prices soaring. These con- from getting out of hand. Sensitive calamities — cyclones, floods and ditions have already prompted an exo- geographical areas must first be      L    *!' 27 drought. About 84 per cent of these dus in northern Himalayan States mapped and this needs to be followed  M     affected people were from urban and where traditional farming families are by a step-by-step action plan that ! "      " atural disasters, primarily peri-urban areas. To understand this forced to leave their long-inhabited vil- builds on past events and the precip-       extreme weather events, trig- in a detailed manner, nearly 1,600 dis- lages as either drought one year or itating factors that have played a     ' Ngered the displacement of aster events triggered new displace- displacements. Around 9.6 million Undoubtedly, the displacement bur- flood the next year promise to play decisive role in exacerbating the envi- nearly 17.2 million worldwide in ments during 2018. Among weather- new displacements were recorded in den due to extreme weather events in havoc with their prosperity and per- ronmental conditions to the extent /       2018. At 2.678 million, India record- related hazards, storms, especially East Asia and the Pacific and 3.8 mil- the country has doubled. India is the sonal finances, exposing them to that the disastrous weather events are          ed the maximum number of people tropical cyclones, were a majority. lion in South. Sixty per cent of the 14th most climate-vulnerable country potential poverty if they choose to stay. triggered. Unless innovative mea-   ' /    displaced — that’s more than double Geophysical disasters such as earth- internal displacements occurred in in the world. With 29 per cent increase On the other hand, untenable sures are put in place, India cannot        the 1.3 million displaced in 2017. quakes, tsunamis and volcanic erup- China, India and the Philippines. In in deaths from last year due to agricultural practices have added to escape the penalties of a worsening About 1.5 million or nearly 54 per cent tions led to 1.1 million new displace- these three countries, 10.3 million extreme climate events and the 108 per the problem. Take the example of environment. The world is already     M  .  of the new displacements in India in ments in 2018, up from 758,000 in were displaced by extreme weather cent increase in displacements in a Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The State is experiencing the aftershocks of climate   

 
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  the worst floods in a century. Displacements associated with people affects the economy, too. Asia- deaths due to such extremes is rising. weather condition of drought and yet, ly finding itself at the receiving end of  " )  / O Cyclones Titli and Gaja, which disasters affected mainly East Asia and Pacific’s cumulative economic losses This year India will be much more the farmers in semi-urban and rural worsening conditions. How does it EE  $  ," struck Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Pacific and South Asia. Both regions due to natural disasters exceeded $89 prone to cyclones and floods, accord- areas are still practising the flood irri- overcome the odds and script a turn- Tamil Nadu respectively in October are heavily populated and are highly billion in 2018 — slightly higher than ing to the Inform Risk Index. gation system, which uses a lot of around will be crucial. The         and November 2018, triggered close vulnerable to hazards. Sub-Saharan the 21st century average of $87 billion. Rapid changes in environmental water for relatively low yields of crop Government has a pivotal role to play   M  to 649,000 displacements. These sad Africa and the Americas were relative- In just a year, the number of peo- behaviour and weather-related devel- productivity. These small yet signifi- and so does the common man.
      ' developments are a grim reminder of ly affected lightly but floods and ple displaced due to extreme weath- opments have been long expected cant deficiencies are overlooked by the (The writer is an environmental    how a deteriorating environment is storms still triggered millions of new er events increased by 108 per cent. since anthropogenic interventions district administration, which in turn journalist)    !" !?

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    $  "$   56748  B         ;#. and a strengthening  (-  rupee added to the he BSE Sensex marched buying momentum. Thigher for the second Vedanta was the  ;#. global oil benchmark, rose 1.38 straight day Wednesday on biggest gainer in the per cent to $ 65.95 per barrel. robust buying in metal, power Sensex pack, spurt- he Indian rupee on The dollar index, which and financial stocks ahead of ing 4.40 per cent. TWednesday advanced by gauges the greenback’s strength June derivatives expiry. PowerGrid, Sun 21 paise to close at 69.15 against a basket of six curren- Overcoming a choppy Pharma, Yes Bank, against the US currency in cies, rose 0.11 per cent to 96.24. start, the 30-share index fin- Tata Steel, HDFC line with uptrend in domestic Meanwhile, Financial ished 157.14 points, or 0.40 per Bank, Bajaj Finance, equities. Benchmark India Private Ltd cent, higher at 39,592.08. ICICI Bank and Bajaj At the interbank foreign (FBIL) set the reference rate for Similarly, the broader NSE Auto too ended up to exchange market, the rupee the rupee/dollar at 69.3398 Nifty jumped 51.10 points, or 4.12 per cent higher. FMCG shed up to 0.65 per opened at 69.40 a dollar and and for rupee/euro at 79.0525. 0.43 per cent, to 11,847.55. On the other hand, Infosys, cent. advanced to a high of 69.07 The reference rate for Buying interest was seen in IndusInd Bank, Tech The broader BSE midcap during the day. It finally settled rupee/British pound was fixed metal, power, healthcare, cap- Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, and smallcap indices outper- at 69.15, up 21 paise against its at 88.4161 and for rupee/100 ital goods and financial coun- Maruti, TCS and HDFC were formed the benchmarks, rising previous close of 69.36. Japanese yen at 64.81. ters ahead of the expiry of June among the top losers, shedding up to 0.85 per cent. Forex dealers said a posi- V K Sharma, Head-PCG & futures and options (F&O) up to 1.12 per cent. On the currency front, the tive sentiment built up ahead of Capital Market Strategy, HDFC contracts scheduled for “Indian market bounced Indian rupee appreciated 22 a scheduled meeting at G20 securities, said, “For last two Thursday, traders said. higher led by pharma and paise to 69.13 against the US between US President Donald days, overseas investors have Sentiment also received a banking sector due to positive dollar intra-day. Trump and his Chinese coun- been pouring money in domes- boost after the US administra- view for Q1 FY20 result given On a net basis, foreign terpart Xi Jinping, later this tic equity and debt markets also tion said a trade deal with a low base and improvement in institutional investors bought week. helped rupee to remain strong China is “about 90 per cent” business outlook. Metals also equities worth 1,157.87 crore  ;#. directive in April 2018 on to-end transaction details Meanwhile, US Treasury during Wednesday’s trade.” complete. inched higher due to ease in Tuesday, and domestic institu- ‘Storage of Payment System should be part of the data,” the Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s “Statement released by US Besides, domestic investors trade war tensions. tional investors purchased he Reserve Bank on Data’. It had advised all system RBI said. comments eased concern over Treasury Secretary Steven are hoping for positive news on “Expectation over Budget shares to the tune of 377.22 TWednesday said all data providers to ensure that with- In case the processing is the trade impasse with China Mnuchin saying that ‘US- the US-India trade front in the and Q1 FY20 (results) will crore, provisional data available related to payments must be in a period of six months, the done abroad, “the data should to some extent. China trade deal is 90 per cent backdrop of US Secretary of control the trend of the mar- with stock exchanges showed. stored only in India and data entire data relating to payment be deleted from the systems Besides, traders said, gains complete’, has improved the State Mike Pompeo holding ket,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Brent crude futures, the processed abroad will have to systems operated by them is abroad and brought back to in domestic equities, foreign sentiment in emerging market talks with Prime Minister Research, Geojit Financial global oil benchmark, rose 1.17 be brought back to the coun- stored in a system only in India not later than the one fund inflows and latest news on currencies,” he said. Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Services. per cent to $65.03 per barrel. try within 24 hours. India. business day or 24 hours from monsoon progress also helped Meanwhile, the 10-year traders added. Modi and US Sectorally, BSE metal, Globally, while bourses in “The entire payment data The FAQs further said payment processing, whichev- in reviving domestic currency Government bond yield was at President Donald Trump are power, utilities, basic materials, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo shall be stored in systems there is no bar on processing er is earlier”. market sentiment. 6.93 per cent on Wednesday. scheduled to meet on the side- realty, healthcare, bankex and and Seoul ended on a mixed located only in India...,” the of payment transactions out- Last week, the issue of However, rising crude oil Foreign institutional lines of the G20 Summit in finance ended up to 2.88 per note, equity markets in Europe RBI said in its FAQs on certain side India if so desired by the data localisation was raised by prices and strengthening of investors (FIIs) remained net Osaka, Japan, later this week. cent higher. were trading in the green in implementation issues raised PSOs. several e-commerce firms dur- the US dollar vis-a-vis other buyers in the capital markets, The progress of monsoon IT, teck, telecom and early deals. by the Payment System “However, the data shall be ing their meetings with major currencies overseas putting in 1,157.87 crore Operators (PSOs). stored only in India after the Commerce and Industry capped the gains for the rupee. Tuesday, provisional data The RBI had issued a processing. The complete end- Minister Piyush Goyal. Brent crude futures, the showed.  / ,   O        ?G     ?G  1#! -  / $ #-#9           4 . #            (! )!*+ advantage of domestic industry.  E
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Though The AMMK which was doing campaign works for her,” Dilbagh Singh and divisional on security personnel. smooth and safe conduct of the included in the draft NRC pub- “Persons who were found Dhinakaran has not issued any formed by Dhinakaran follow- said Tamilselvan. commissioners from the According to official annual Amarnath Yatra, which lished on July 30, 2018, but have to be ineligible while appearing statements till Wednesday ing the easing out of the It was Tamilselvan who Kashmir & Jammu divisions. sources, “the home minister is due to commence on July 1. been subsequently found inel- as witness in hearings held for evening, sources close to him Mannargudi clam from the led the 18 AIADMK MLAs to Union Home secretary was briefed about the overall Union Home Minister, is learnt igible due to different reasons. disposal of claims and objec- told The Pioneer that AIADMK, has been facing cri- the then Governor of Tamil Rajiv Gauba and top brass of security situation in the state, to have instructed According to a statement tions, persons who were found Tamilselvan is as good as axed sis after crisis following the set- Nadu stating that they were the central/state intelligence especially in the aftermath of senior officials to ensure safe- issued by the State coordinator to be ineligible during the from the party, back suffered by it in the recent withdrawing support to the agencies also remained present the Pulwama terror attack in ty of Amarnath bound pilgrims of NRC, the additional draft process of verification carried “He described Dhinakaran elections. The party which was Edappadi Palaniswamy gov- during the meeting. which 44 CRPF personnel had especially during their move- exclusion list was published as out by the Local Registrar of as a mean and petty-minded expected to take away a major ernment which led to the dis- Earlier, Governor defied sacrificed their lives”. ment along the National per the provisions contained in Citizen Registration (LRCR) person. What else we should chunk of the AIADMK votes qualification of all the MLAs convention and arrived at the Senior security officials Highway and in and around Clause 5 of the Schedule of The under the provisions of Clause tell you about a person who had to content with just 5.2 per including himself. Though he Srinagar airport to personally had prepared comprehensive base/transit camps setup at Citizenship (Registration of 4(3) after the publication of the uses such language against our cent votes which has put a had contested to the Lok sabha accord warm welcome to the power point presentations and several places during the yatra Citizens and issue of National complete draft NRC on July 30, party leader?” asked a AMMK question mark on the future of from Theni , he was defeated by Union Home Minister. briefed Home Minister about period”. Identity Cords) Rules, 2003. 2018, were also included in the functionary on conditions of the outfit. AIADMK’s Raveendrakumar, Though no bandh/hartal ongoing anti-terrorist opera- Adequate paramilitary “The persons whose names list,” the official said. anonymity. Thanga Tamilhelvan has son of Deputy Chief Minister call was given by any separatist tions leading to elimination of troops have been deployed on figured in the additional draft He said the additional draft But CR Saraswathy, been welcomed to AIADMK, O Panneerselvam. Tamil Nadu or militant outfit on account of top commanders since January area domination and patrol exclusion list published today exclusion list didn’t contain the spokesperson , AMMK said his mother organisation by is in for another bout of polit- visit of Union Home Minister, 2019. Over 120 terrorists have duties to guard the entire yatra include those who were found results of claimants and objects Thanga Tamilselvan has himself senior minister D Jayakumar It ical drama as the State would tight security arrangements been killed by the security route from Lakhanpur (in to be DF (declared foreigner), appearing for hearings held for paved the way for his ouster is widely believed that he may see biennial election to six remained in place in different forces this year in different Jammu region) to base camps DV (doubtful voter) or PFT disposal of claims and objec- from the party. “I don’t think he make a come back to the Rajya Sabha seats from the parts of Srinagar. 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The survey report will of use and dependence followed close- Cannabis and Opioids occupy the With this survey report, the states ance propositions to take care needs of their family. a policy document which was brought prove to be milestone in our fight ly by Tripura and Punjab in that order. second and third position in prevalence have their tasks cut out to accelerate the of their specific health needs. Upasana Taku, co-founder, out in 2012 by the Ministry of Social against the substance use and problem. The national average is that every sev- of substance use. On national level 3.1 action to combat the menace of sub- No paperwork or medical said, “Our mission is to build Justice and Empowerment to guide min- When compared to the previous survey, enth person is current user of Alcohol crore people 2.8 per cent use cannabis stance abuse. June 26 is observed as the will be required. An immedi- affordable and accessible finan- istries, state governments, NGOs, inter- which was conducted in 2001 with turn and out of that, every fifth person which includes bhang, hashish (charas) International Day against Drug Abuse ate policy issuance at affordable cial services for billions. Bharat national organisations on gamut of of the millennium, though with limited requires medical intervention for being and weed (ganja), which is more harm- and Illicit Trafficking. The states joined premium will be available. It needs a truly disruptive issues related to reduction in demand sample size, the trend in use and abuse alcohol dependent. On gender classifi- ful than the former. Every fourth user is the world community in creating more will be digitally enabled, which approach to ensure health and supply, relief and rehabilitation. shows rise over last eighteen years. To cation on use, men constitute 27.3 per either suffering from harmful use or awareness about the gigantic problem. will involve buying health cover is available to every cit- Recently, the ministry released find- reverse the trend requires more focus on cent of population whereas women from dependence requiring intervention. To many, such symbolism may not insurance in just two clicks. izen at a low premium, with ings of a nationwide comprehensive sur- policy gap and implementation strate- constitute just 1.6 per cent. 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Trump told Fox Business cruel enemies do not affect Their second summit in He was stunned by her Network: “I hope we don’t but Iranians,” Khamenei said in a Hanoi in February ended with- ;  response: Muslims are not we’re in a very strong position speech to a crowd in Tehran. out any agreement due to dis- allowed to settle in the town, if something should happen.” “The graceful Iranian nation putes over the extent of sanc- maintaining hostility toward rendering the bilateral talks she said. “I’m not talking boots on the has been accused and insulted by tions relief North Korea should North Korea. It cited recent possible,” said the statement, The apartment owner ground,” Trump said. “I’m just ;  the world’s most vicious regime, win in return for a limited U.S. Reports on alleged human carried by the official Korean apologised to Awwad, saying saying if something would hap- the US, which is a source of wars, denuclearization step. trafficking and religious crack- Central News Agency. she wouldn’t mind renting to pen, it wouldn’t last very long.” nuclear deal, under which Iran denied. Trump ordered retal- conflicts and plunder,” he said, The North’s Foreign downs in North Korea, and The statement said all these people of any sect but The comments come just agreed to curbs on its nuclear iatory air strikes but called quoted by his office. “The Iranian Ministry said it “will not hesi- comments by Secretary of State developments show the “wild officials in the town of Hadat days after Trump canceled air program in return for access to them off at the last minute, later nation won’t give up over such tate to pull a muscle-flexing Mike Pompeo that some 80- dream of the U.S. To bring us issued orders years ago strikes minutes before impact, international trade, has been at saying too many people would insults,” said Khamenei. trigger in order to defend our- plus percent of the North to our knees by means of sanc- that only Christians be allowed with allies warning that the the heart of the dispute which have died. Tehran and Washington selves” if anyone dares to tram- Korean economy is sanctioned. tions and pressure has not to buy and rent property increase in tensions since the has escalated and taken on a Although the United States have engaged in an escalating ple over its sovereignty. Pompeo “let loose a changed at all but grows even from the town’s Christian res- United States pulled out of a military dimension in recent and Iran both say they do not war of words following Iran’s It accused the U.S. Of sophistry as if the sanctions are more undisguised.” idents. nuclear pact with Iran last year weeks. want war, last week’s aborted shooting down of a US drone could accidentally lead to war. Washington sharply tight- U.S. strikes have been followed last week. Pressure mounted Iran suggested it was just ened sanctions last month, by menacing rhetoric on both this week with US President one day from breaching a aiming to bar all international sides. 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Rouhani, who normally pre- latest against Tehran since Tru- referring to Mueller, of cooperating with several con- that have tried to remain neu- Last week, Iran shot down sents Tehran’s mild-mannered mp last year pulled out of a land- ormer US special counsel “Presidential Harassment!” The gressional investigations into tral to pick sides. a U.S. drone it said was in its air face, called White House pol- mark nuclear accord between FRobert Mueller is to testify in Mueller report released in April his conduct. The fate of the 2015 space, which Washington icy “mentally retarded”. Iran and world powers. public about his report into outlined numerous contacts Making his only public Russian electoral interference, between Trump’s 2016 election statement about the high-stakes paving the way for a historic campaign and government- probe on May 29, Mueller said television moment in which linked Russians, as well as evi- longstanding Justice " P  Q 2&
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 +   1   don’t want to sit here and explain by Jimmy Connors. United States the sole excep- Sherida Spitse corner, but the break saw Milena Wimbledon title came off a my loss. It also made him the oldest tion. There had never previ- Japan equalised just prior to Bertolini’s side see off a com- straight-sets demolition of an Gilles Muller 15-13 in the final pointing for the Swiss star whose “That’s the worst feeling tour-level champion since 43- ously been more than five half-time when Mana mitted Chinese team and injury-hit and tearful Marin set of his last-16 engagement. first experience of Wimbledon you can have as a tennis player,” year-old Rosewall won at Hong European sides in the last Iwabuchi supplied Yui match Italy’s best run in the Cilic in the 2017 final. Federer’s seventh was an opening-round loss to Jiri he said in the aftermath of that Kong in 1977. eight of a women’s World Cup. Hasegawa to fire high into the competition back in 1991. Federer was a force of nature Wimbledon title had come five Novak of the Czech Republic in loss to the giant South African “Every time I’ve won in Such an early exit is partic- net. “Today wasn’t a display of that year, not dropping a set in years earlier with a final win over 1999. in a tie where he held match Halle, I went on to play really ularly painful for Japan, who Japan had hit the post beautiful football but the girls the entire fortnight as title rivals Andy Murray. In 2013, he was shocked in points in the fourth set. well at Wimbledon,” added won the World Cup in 2011 before that through Yuika gave everything and we were fell by the wayside. His first six arrived in 2003, the second round by Ukrainian Despite that shattering loss Federer. and were beaten finalists four Sugasawa, and Hina Sugita clinical,” Bertolini told TV Novak Djokovic retired with 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and serve-and-volleying journey- 12 months ago, Federer will still “It’s never a guarantee of years ago in Canada. smashed a shot off the under- station Rai. “To reach the an elbow injury in the last-eight 2009. man Sergei Stakhovsky. go into this year’s Wimbledon as course, but I’ve been on the Tour The Nadeshiko had their side of the crossbar during a quarter-finals is hugely satisfy- against Tomas Berdych while But 2017 aside, recent trips The next two seasons saw one of the favourites alongside for long enough to know what hearts broken in Rennes as second half in which Japan ing.” Rafael Nadal was stunned by to London have proved disap- runners-up finishes to Djokovic four-time champion Djokovic. it means.”