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 have written to Rajya Sabha  straight term, an outcome that opposition parties such as the Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, would be good news for India’s BNP, Gono Forum, Jatiya demanding that the triple talaq ties with Dhaka, especially on Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, Nagorik 

 Bill should be sent to      the national security front. Oikya and Krishak Sramik a select committee of the       The Opposition alliance, Janata League.   &8968$7: House for consideration and        comprising jailed ex-premier Bangladesh’s Chief Election the motion was initiated by  ! "    Khaleda Zia’s BNP and some Commissioner KM Nurul he Opposition parties led Trinamool Congress MP     #$ %   small parties, rejected the poll Huda, however, ruled out any Tby the Congress put up a Derek O’Brien. As per the res- & #    ' outcome as “farcical” and scope of holding fresh election united front in the Rajya Sabha olution submitted by the (  )#     demanded fresh election. The as demanded by opposition on Monday to thwart the Opposition, the Chairman will   L) )  Election Commission, how- alliance, saying the allegations Government move to pass the have to take it up before tak-    M     ever, ruled out holding a fresh of ballot stuffing on the night contentious triple talaq Bill. ing up the triple talaq Bill for ,    election. before election is “completely While the Government pressed discussion. The Awami League-led untrue.” “We are not going to for a discussion on the Muslim The resolution has been   P     Grand Alliance won 288 seats hold a new election. There is no Women Protection of Rights signed by Congress, NCP, TDP,   ! in the 300-member Parliament. scope to hold the national on Marriage Bill 2018 after Law RJD, AAP, SP, BSP, DMK, CPI ""$%   
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 # votes polled, bettered its pre- The CEC expressed com- stuck to its demand for send- portive of the Centre on most       vious best performance of 2008                     " plete satisfaction over the elec- ing the Bill to a select com- issues, but last week it vehe-   
 when it bagged 263 seats. tion and said the voter turnout mittee of Parliament. mently opposed the passage of     #  The Opposition Jatiya in December, 1971. the elections and assured her of ly partially paralysed, faces an in the polls was 80 per cent. After the passage of the Bill the Bill in its present format in   )     Oikya Front — National Unity Hasina said the victory is India’s continued support to uncertain future in a Dhaka jail Responding to the vote-rigging in the Lok Sabha last week, the Lok Sabha.    Front (NUF) — secured seven nothing for her for personal Bangladesh’s developmental where she is lodged after her allegations, Awami League Opposition members con- The Opposition meeting, seats with over 15 per cent of gains, rather it is a great strides. conviction in corruption cases. Joint General Secretary Abdur vened a meeting on Monday chaired by Rajya Sabha Leader       & the votes, Election responsibility towards the India’s ties with Bangladesh Meanwhile, the Opposition Rahman said foreign and before the legislation was to be of Opposition Ghulam Nabi O &&   P Commission secretary country and its people. under Hasina’s rule grew NUF rejected the results and domestic observers have introduced in the RS Azad, was attended among (  )/    Helaluddin Ahmed said, She said the Opposition steadily. The last few years urged the Election expressed satisfaction over the In view the tough stand others by leaders of 12   %%/  # adding that others won three was in a state of wilderness that have been a “golden chapter” in Commission to immediately election process and declared taken by the Opposition, it’s Opposition parties, including  # #   seats. caused their debacle in the elec- India-Bangladesh relationship scrap the “farcical election” that it was held in a fair envi- unlikely that the triple talaq Bill Samajwadi Party’s Ram Gopal  #    Voting was postponed in tions. “It was a credible and when complicated issues of and hold a fresh one under a ronment. will become a law during the Yadav, TMC’s Derek O’Brien,  0        one constituency and result not transparent election... But land and coastal boundaries non-partisan interim With the overwhelming winter session of Parliament. CPI’s D Raja, Kerala Congress’ (  ##O   ) declared in another due to the (Opposition) BNP’s debacle in were resolved. Government. majority in the 11th general The Opposition parties Jose K Mani. death of a candidate, he said. the polls was caused by their Bangladesh has also “You (the EC) must cancel elections, Hasina is set to take     Commenting on the own faults and weakness,” assured India that it will not this election right away. We office of the Prime Minister for *&!  results, 71-year-old Hasina said Hasina said in an interaction allow its soil to be used for any reject the so-called results and the third consecutive time and +,(- /  # the Awami League-led Grand with foreign journalists at her terrorist activities against the demand a new election under fourth time overall. % # 2 3
  Alliance’s win in the election is official Ganobhaban residence. neighbouring country. The two a neutral government,” NUF Hasina, the daughter of ,  4     another victory for the people “The people did not know countries share a 4,096-km chief and veteran lawyer Kamal Bangladesh’s founder 0  ,     of the country in December - who the Opposition leader border. Hossain said. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ,    #
 the month of victory. was...” she said, adding that the While Hasina was seeking BNP Secretary General Rahman, is termed by many as L    M  O   She was referring to people wanted continuity of re-election for an overall fourth Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the country’s iron lady. She won     #  Bangladesh’s (then East her Government. term as the Prime Minister, her who steered the party in the the historic fourth term as L M     Pakistan) victory over West Prime Minister Narendra 73-year-old arch-rival Zia of absence of Zia, described the Prime Minister, becoming the       5  Pakistan (now Pakistan) in the Modi congratulated Hasina the Bangladesh Nationalist polls as a “cruel farce”. country’s longest-serving    . country’s independence war over phone on her victory in Party (BNP), who is reported- He said the elections leader. #            $ (  )      *+*   

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 Monday midnight as against TWall, an exclusive wall by have swung into action to service organisations are intim- 500.90, Indian Oil Corp women to be formed from make it a landmark event. idating employees into joining /%( & )    (IOC), the country’s largest fuel Kasaragod in the north to “Women’s Wall is a reac- the event. Kudumbashree, Asha ,    ,   retailer, said in a statement. On Parassala in south, has begun tion to the attempts by the workers and MGNREGS work- >    ( # December 1, subsidised LPG in Kerala. To be formed on the Hindu community to mobilise ers are being coerced to back  
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n order to keep the flow of Irivers out of encroachment in the flood affected areas of the country and to prevent build- ing and development activities in this area, the Government of India has made a 'Flood Plain    Zoning Act' in 1975. All states and Union ing to the frequency of flood, Territories of the country were zoning of a river's flood plain also expected to have proper has been designed and the legislation in line with this type of use of the flood plain is Act. defined. But, no State in the coun- The aim of the bill is to try except three states have remove any obstacles in the shown interest in making this natural flow of the river and statute. In a written reply to a remove the possible damage question by MP Mahesh caused by the flood. Poddar in Rajya Sabha, the The response of the State information was given by Governments to the imple- Minister of State for Water mentation of the Flood Plan Resources, River Development Zoning Act has not been and Ganga Conservation, encouraging. Arjun Ram Meghwal. The Bihar government has Meghwal said that the con- informed that the Flood Plain cept of 'Flood Plain Zoning' is Zoning Act is neither viable nor based on the fundamental fact it is easy to implement in that the floodplain of a river is Bihar. Water Resources, River essential for its uninterrupted Development and Ganga flow and any kind of encroach- Conservation Ministry has ment or any developmental repeatedly requested the State activity should not be there in / UTs in this regard. In the river's “drift path”. February, 2017, the Minister, The Flood Plain Zoning Water Resources, River Model Draft Bill was circulat- Development and Ganga ed to all the States / Union Conservation had requested Territories in the year 1975 by the Chief Ministers of the the Central Government. States States / Union Territories to of Manipur, Rajasthan and enact a suitable legislation in Uttarakhand have enacted the accordance with the Model legislation. In the Bill accord- Bill.   (    ' 

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It was also diers since Pakistan did provide president Rahul Gandhi never court against the chopper-mak- ed by heavy covering fire of reported that a few other full covering fire support to interfered in any defence deals ing company and won it too. high calibre weapons such intruders managed to escape these intruders,” he said. during the UPA regime. “We cancelled the contract and including mortars and rocket across the LoC, taking advan- In Jammu, state police chief “The Government and the started proceedings of black- launchers from the Pakistani tage of the Pakistani firing and Dilbag Singh said that the BAT BJP are misusing agencies to listing. But after we left, the posts. adverse weather and visibility attack was repulsed by the manufacture lies. I am sur- Modi Government did nothing “The alertness and conditions,” the spokesman troops. “Such attempts have prised to know that the present against AgustaWestland. resilience of the own troops, said. been foiled in the past also. The Government is spreading Instead of acting against the who engaged and neutralised He said the intruders were security forces are capable of lies....Is trying to manufacture company, they favoured the the intruders, thus eliminated wearing combat dresses like foiling such attempts,” he said. something out of nothing. I company,” he said. a likely treacherous attack on Pakistani Regulars and were would like to say categorically Antony said if the Congress the Army forward posts along carrying stores with Pakistani that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul had anything to hide, it would the LoC on the eve of New markings further reinforced Gandhi never showed any not have ordered a CBI probe Year,” he said. the assessment. Some intruders -&("!,"#!%+! +&#!&% interest ... Never interfered in or gone to Italy to fight the case. The Army has decided to were also seen in BSF and old the AgustaWestland deal. The senior Congress leader ask Pakistan to take back the pattern IA dresses as part of During my entire tenure as alleged that the Government mortal remains of deceased deception. They had intruded   &8968$7: 10 Corps to carry out spectac- Kashmir(POK). The encounter grid managed to deter them defence minister,” Antony said and the BJP were trying to likely Pakistani soldiers since well equipped with IEDs, ular attacks against the Indian took place in the jurisdiction of from doing so. Officials said the at a Press conference. divert attention from the alle- Pakistan did provide full cov- incendiary materials, explo- he thwarted Border Action army camps. Pakistan’s 10 17 Brigade of Indian Army, Indian Army has not reduced His comments came after gations raised by his party on ering fire support to these sives, and a plethora of arms TTeam (BAT) raid by the Corps calibrates and stokes they added. its troop strength on the LoC the Congress and the BJP were the Rafale fighter jet deal and intruders. and ammunition. From the Pakistan Army commandos terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir In an effort to take revenge in the winter months antici- engaged in a slugfest on were not initiating an inquiry The Army said that the recovery, it was estimated that along with terrorists on Monday by aiding and abetting infil- for injuries suffered by two of its pating a determined bid by the Sunday. While the opposition into the matter or a JPC to movement of intruders was they intended to carry out a was an attempt to retaliate tration besides BAT actions. officers a fortnight in the same Pakistan Army to keep the party alleged Prime Minister probe the charges. detected by the vigilant Indian gruesome attack on the Indian against two of its officers injured These BATs comprise mixed region, the Pakistan Army tried LoC hot. This paid dividends Narendra Modi and his gov- “During our time, when- Army troops deployed along Army forward post in Naugam in cross border firing with the group of Special Services cross-border at least twice in terms of successfully foiling ernment were ever there were allegations, the LoC. “The fire-fight initi- sector. Indian Army a fortnight ago. Group (SSG) commandos and including the latest one in the the four BAT raids, they said. AgustaWestland’s protectors even in media reports, we took ated by Pakistan was given The spokesman said that Desperate to raise levels of vio- well trained terrorists. last ten days. However, the raids A change in pattern of and promoters, the saffron action and held an inquiry,” he strong retaliation by Indian army authorities have applaud- lence on the Line of Control Elaborating upon the latest were not successful, sources attacking the Indian Army party accused it of defending said while attacking the BJP Army and the exchange of fire ed the courage and persever- (LoC), Pakistan tried at least raid foiled by the Indian Army, said. Some weapons, apparent- posts on the LoC was also Christian Michel, an alleged government for not ordering a continued the whole night,” the ance of the alert troops. The four times in the last few days sources said a BAT team of six ly dropped by retreating ter- noticed as the Pakistan Army middleman in the deal, and JPC probe into the Rafale deal. spokesman said. Indian Army’s resolve to keep to carry out cross border raids to seven sneaked into the rorists, were also recovered. was now using sniper fire from asked why it was scared of a On the BJP’s charges of the Army said that during pro- a strict vigil along the LoC and but were beaten back. region of Naugam. While two These two failed raids took angles instead of frontal shots probe into the case. , “Without Congress being jittery ever longed search operations in defeat all such nefarious Giving these details here, of them were killed in ensuing place North of Pir Panjal ranges. after the Indian Army took any iota of truth, they are try- since Michel was extradited to thick forests confirmed elimi- designs of Pakistan will con- Army officials did not rule out firefight after they managed to The Pakistan Army also effective evasive measures. ing to follow vendetta politics,” India, Congress chief nation of two likely Pakistani tinue to remain firm and con- the possibility of similar actions come at least 100 to 150 metres tried to attack Indian Army Local commanders were now Antony said. spokesperson Randeep soldiers and resulted in recov- sistent. from across the LoC in the inside Indian territory, the patrols two times in South of devising tactics to counter the The former Defence Surjewala said this was like ery of a large cache of warlike “We will ask Pakistan to coming days as there was lot of remaining fighters escaped Pir Panjal range in the same new tactics by the Pakistan Minister said it was the “chor machaye shor” (the thief stores. “The search operations take back the mortal remains of pressure on Rawalpindi based back to Pakistan Occupied period and the anti-infiltration Army, they said. 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The first time they cian Sarat Kumar are the like- Andaman and Nicobar Islands AIADMK resembles a rudder- formed an alliance was in 1998. ly partners of the BJP for the directly for foreign tourists came less and directionless ship being Though both the parties cor- 2019 Lok Sabha election. Tamil after it was found to be the most beaten up the powerful waves nered some seas, the alliance superstar Rajnikant who had sought-after tourist destination of the political cyclone. shattered within one year. The announced the launching of a in the country receiving an While the DMK has almost next time they forged an political outfit on December 31, average four lakh tourists, October 2018, while it received ( (# # finalised the line-up for the alliance was for the 2004 Lok 2017 is yet to take any steps in including several thousand for- 4,87,229 tourists, including + #+- ensuing battle for the Lok Sabha election in which the that direction. “How is it pos- ,%       ; <  eigners, annually. 15,310 foreigners, in 2017. Sabha election to be held in the DMK-led UPA simply obliter- sible for the actor to launch a         $ "....The Central Government In 2016, as many as -./ #0 "-- month of May 2019, the ruling ated the AIADMK-BJP com- political party and field candi- hereby designates Port Blair air- 4,00,019 tourists, including 121 #0 "- AIADMK is yet to come out bination. Hence Jayalalithaa dates in all the 39 constituen-      ,,; her (Mehbooba’s) political port of Union territory of the 15,467 foreigners, had visited with the name of a single polit- was wary wary of any kind of cies. His dreams will remain a compulsion to support mili- Andaman and Nicobar Islands the Andaman, and in 2015, a .  ical outfit in the State with alliance with the Hindutwa non-started for the time being,” ammu & Kashmir Governor tants to regain the lost base in as an authorised immigration total of 3,11,358 tourists, #3 which it would contest the party though she had main- said K A Johny author and JSatya Pal Malik on Monday Valley.” check post for entry into/exit including 14,674 foreigners, election. tained good chemistry with commentator. Johny said the said that supporting militants The Governor also said, from India with valid travel had gone to the union territo- 4-2/# 1 Though the vernacular Prime Minister Narendra Modi Lok Sabha election results in has become a political com- “We’ve directed our forces documents for all classes of ry, the data revealed.  "3+"- "# media is full of speculations during her lifetime. Tamil Nadu would be a repeat pulsion for the PDP president not to harass family members passengers," a Home Ministry The Andaman and Nicobar -" +31 about the possibility of the Vaiko’s MDMK, of the 2004 poll . “It is a resur- Mehbooba Mufti. of militants. We don’t have notification said. Islands is a union territory and AIADMK-BJP alliance, leaders Ramadoss’s Vanniyar outfit gent DMK what I see now. The The former Chief Minister any issue with the militants’ The Superintendent of comes under the administrative  #1- of both the parties are yet to PMK, Vijayakant-led DMDK AIADMK is likely to vanish in had on Sunday warned the families. At the same time, I Police (CID) of the Island has control of the Home Ministry. confirm the authenticity of who were the constituents of the husting,” he said. Governor and the State police want to assure herbeen designated as the "civil The island was under glob- such reports. “We will forge a the NDA in 2014 had dumped But there are many DMK against the alleged harassment (Mehbooba) that if any fam- authority" for the immigration al spotlight recently after the years, well into the Middle viable and winning alliance the BJP and moved over to hard liners who are expecting of a Pulwama woman (whose ily member of the militants check post at Port Blair airport killing of a 27-year-old Palaeolithic period, according to after the announcement of the other fronts. There is no pos- a tough fight with the brother happens to be a mili- has been harassed in cus- with effect from Monday. American national by members the Andaman and Nicobar poll schedule by the Election sibility of these parties return- AIADMK. “You cannot rule tant), her husband and broth- tody, I will order a high level According to data available of a highly protected tribe, Islands tourism Department. Commission,” said Edappady ing to the NDA fold as Vaiko out the possibilities of more er are in police custody at a probe into it.” with the Home Ministry, more Sentinelese, in prohibited North Prime Minister Narendra Palaniswamy, Chief Minister of has sworn that he would not and more outfits joining the Jammu police station. Later in the day, Director than 16 lakh tourists visited the Sentinel Island in November. Modi on Sunday announced Tamil Nadu. rest till he gets Stalin appoint- AIADMK front because they Interacting with the media General of Police Dilbagh Andaman and Nicobar Islands The archipelago has been renaming of three islands of “Nobody can ignore the ed as the Chief Minister of are in power. The Kamal persons here on the sidelines of Singh in Jammu said,"the inci- between 2015 and October this inhabited for several thousand the Andaman and Nicobar BJP in Tamil Nadu. Our party Tamil Nadu. Ramadoss told Haasan factor could be count- a function, Malik said, “Since dent has come to light and we year to enjoy the natural beau- years, at the very least. archipelago as a tribute to has become a major factor in reporters on Sunday that he ed out as the actor has not I am Governor, I don’t feel bad will verify the same". He also ty, beaches, flora and fauna and The earlier archaeological freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Tamil Nadu politics. We will would forge alliance with like- been impressive till now. about what Mehbooba said claimed, "i know she was historically-significant land- evidence so far documented Chandra Bose. The Ross come out with a winning com- minded parties but his close Chances are that Tamil Nadu about me the previous day. picked up and questioned but marks in around 38 inhabited goes back some 2,200 years. Island was renamed as Netaji bination,” said Pon confidants made it clear that is in for a bipolar battle dur- Moreover, she is daughter of beyond that we will verify islands out of the 572 islets. However, indications from Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, Radhalrishnan, union minister the BJP does not figure in the ing the Lok Sabha election,” my friend (Mufti Sayeed), I and if some one is found The archipelago has genetic, cultural and linguistic the Neil Island as Shaheed of State for Shipping and radar of Ramadoss. The said Sam Rajappa veteran don’t take her words seriously. guilty we will take appropriate received 4,02,393 tourists, isolation studies point to habi- Dweep and the Havelock Surface Transport on Sunday. Vanniyar leader is shocked commentator. But, I personally feel that it is action". including 11,818 foreigners, till tation going back 30,000–60,000 Island as Swaraj Dweep. PTI &(&$"!
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 R he Pune district authori- sion told public meetings and Bajirao II's army on Tuesday. British troops over Peshwa Tties had their way on engagements on December Later, he was to address two Bajirao II's army. One person Monday ahead of Tuesday’s 30 and 31. However, the more rallies – one at Latur on was killed, while property 1 . 
- "# Congress in Madhya Pradesh, much-discussed Dalit con- authorities had not respond- January 2 and another one at worth Rs 9.54 crore was -#1- 1+44#" Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan gregation at Bhima-Koregaon, ed to their applications and Amravati on September. destroyed at Bhima-Koregaon should not work like the BJP, as the Bombay High Court that they learnt from the However, Azad has not in Pune district. After the which did not fulfil its promis- refused to direct the police to media that the permission been permitted by the police riots, there were wide-spread Lucknow: Virtually putting the es made to the farmers and the permit Bhim Army chief and had been denied to them. to address even one rally in protests and violence across Congress-led Governments in unemployed. fireband Dalit leader Contesting the claim by Maharashtra so far. the state. Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan "The warning to the Chandrashekhar Azad to Azad and his supporters that On his part, Azad has After the Bhima- on notice, the BSP supremo Congress is necessary, as now address a public rally at a local there were detained while threatened to go Bhim- Koregaon riots, the police had Mayawati on Monday said she merely making announcements college ground. heading towards Dadar- Koregaon on Tuesday to pay arrested 1o human rights might have to "reconsider" her Rajasthan, which were previ- is not enough. People are of the Simultaneously, the Chaityabhoomi on Saturday homage to those Dalits killed activists for allegedly con- party's outside support to them ously under the BJP. view that in making promises Savitribai Phule Pune evening, the Mumbai police high court, the Bhim Army in the battle between British spiring to kill Prime Minister if cases against "innocent" per- She said now that MP and on papers, the Congress and the University denied permission informed the high court that has demanded a a compen- troupes and Bhajirao II’s Narendra Modi and over- sons framed in Bharat Bandh on Rajasthan are ruled by the BJP are two sides of the same to Azad to interact with its they had not detained the sation of 10 crore from the Army on January 1, 1818. throw the democratically April 2 were not withdrawn. Congress, the new coin. Now, it depends on the students on Monday. Bhim Army chief as claimed Maharashtra Government for The Dalits were part of the elected government in the "If the newly-elected Governments should immedi- Congress whether it is able to Hearing a petition filed by by the latter. “ We had only Azad’s “illegal” detention. British troupes in the 1818 country. They have been Governments in Madhya ately withdraw such cases, fail- change this perception," she Bhim Army's Pune unit chief placed him (Azad) under Azad was to address a battle with the Bhajirao II’s booked for their alleged links Pradesh and Rajasthan do not ing which her party would have said in the statement. Datta Pol seeking a direction house arrest,” the police told public rally at Jamburi Maidan Army. with the banned CPI act swiftly and withdraw the to reconsider its decision of She said had the Centre left to the Pune to allow Azad to the court. at Worli in south-central In its effort to ensure (Maoists). In addition, five cases against the innocent per- extending outside support. its "stubborn" behaviour per- address SSPMS College Azad, who headed to Mumbai on Saturday. against a repeat of the distur- absconding Maoist leaders sons framed in Bharat Bandh, The BSP has two members taining to triple talaq bill, 2018, ground in Pune a public rally Pune soon after he was Subsequently, he was to bances witnessed at Bhima- have also been made accused the BSP may have to reconsid- in Madhya Pradesh's 230-mem- and sent it to the joint select com- on Sunday, a HC vacation released from “detention” by address a public rally in Pune Koregaon last year, the Pune in the case. er extending the outside support ber Assembly, while in mittee of Parliament as demand- bench of Justice C V Bhadang the Mumbai police, arrived in on Sunday and follow it up district authorities have made Apart from stationing a to the Congress Governments," Rajasthan her party has six ed by the entire Opposition, it refused to given an interim Pune on Sunday evening. with an interaction with uni- elaborate security arrange- huge contingent of police per- she said in a hard-hitting press seats in the House of 200 MLAs. would have been better. relief to Azad and directed the Talking to media persons versity students on Monday. ments in the eight kilometre sonnel in and around the sen- release here. The BSP extended outside The BSP chief said in the Pune Police to file its say on on his arrival in Pune, Azad As per the earlier sched- radius of the village to main- sitive Bhima-Koregaon, the Mayawati said the cases support to the Congress to past five years, there have been the petition. Later, the court condemned the Maharashtra ule, Azad was to shower tain law and order during the Pune district authorities are against the innocent people form Governments in these non-fulfilment of promises, and scheduled the next hearing of Government’s move to detain flower petals on the victory victory rally scheduled for deploying 11 drones in the were framed out of political and two States as it had failed to by showing dreams of 'achchey the case for January 4. him illegally and prevent him pillar at Bhima-Koregaon, Tuesday. eight km radius of the village caste considerations in Uttar reach majority on its own. din', demonetisation and GST The petitioner’s counsel from addressing a public ral- where more than one lakhs It may be recalled that that to maintain vigilance on the Pradesh and other BJP-ruled Mayawati also said the have been implemented in an Nitin Satpute told the High lies in Mumbai and Pune. have gathered to celebrate the during the caste riots that goings at the Dalit victory States including MP and Governments formed by the immature manner. 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This compelled the Government to restore the band, despite a massive major- ties, too, are toeing this line, Government to bring in an Ordinance and Constitutional rights of 0 8 008, $. ity of over 410 MPs in the Lok hoping to get minority votes in to later come up with a Bill to replace the Muslim women comes in the Sabha, the then Prime Minister 2019. And, in order to achieve -  '  '"       Ordinance. Although the Lok Sabha has wake of some telling observa- 8$8%:=&0:0 Rajiv Gandhi lost the historic this, they have no qualms in   ,.(  '  (&   .& passed the Bill with huge support of MPs, tions of the apex court in the 0:$$088& 0 opportunity to stamp out pseu- displaying contempt for the parties opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Shayara Bano case. do-secularism, practised by his Supreme Court as well. This           Party (BJP) are unwilling to bite the bullet. 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Yet, public health experts and jour- = $ Centre in May extends the coverage Medical Council of India through the focussed on ‘Clean air for all.’              nals alike continued to make the mistake of =;$ :=& with AB-PMJAY from the existing 40 National Medical Commission Bill, Opportunities ahead: The year $(           ( equating Ayushman Bharat with PMJAY, often %=/84 38 per cent families to an additional 20 per which is still awaiting discussion in ahead is an opportunity for India to   4       # )7= ;  * 6 forgetting that the health and wellness centre ;&684, . cent of families. It should also Parliament. In 2019, there is a need for show global leadership in health. In      )      ID     component is foundational for the success of announce a roadmap to cover 80 per consensus among political parties to September, the United Nations General PMJAY as well. It was not without reason that cent or more population by 2022. reform healthcare education and deliv- Assembly (UNGA) will hold its 74th 01.2  IH     01.5    9I     01.I ) Basti dawakhanas          )  ,S    health and wellness centres as envisaged in in Hyderabad: ery systems to root out corruption. session on universal health coverage Ayushman Bharat were launched on April 14 last The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Tackling air pollution to make air (UHC). Also, the World Health    99     01.2      90    year at Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, months before Corporation (GHMC), in collabora- breathable: In India, air pollution is a Organisation’s (WHO) annual World  01.5    95     01.I 4     PMJAY was launched on September 23, 2018 at tion with the Telangana Government, major risk factor for both acute and Health Day 2019 theme is around UHC ,            )S ; Ranchi, Jharkhand. launched 17 basti dawakhanas (or chronic respiratory diseases. It is doc- with a focus on primary healthcare.      01.5         ( Much of 2018 was spent on planning for scal- slum health clinics) in Hyderabad in umented as a key aggravator in a 2017 These are additional opportunities for   #     ing up the healthcare scheme, so this year should April 2018. These facilities in the State study on the state-level burden of dis- the country to assume a leadership role ; 01.5         )    ( be utilised for an accelerated implementation. are inspired by the mohalla clinics of eases in the country. However, for the in advancing UHC, accelerate imple-   G #    "     #    More attention should be paid to getting more Delhi and comprise the first urban third year in a row, air quality has mentation of ongoing initiatives and  (         (   health and wellness centres going through local body-led community clinic ini- grabbed national and global head- work upon strengthening the health-               state-specific innovations and increased utilisa- tiatives in the country. Though they are lines. The air quality index continues care system, by providing attention on               - tion of a range of service packages under not much in the limelight because of to be a cause of serious concern. all aspects. PMJAY, especially in greenfield states, with effi- the distance from Delhi, initial reports Air pollution is not limited to The momentum generated in the     6#          cient mechanisms for fraud detection. It will suggest that basti dawakhanas are Delhi or north India but cities across last two years, the high political and )                 ( serve well if a detailed roadmap and execution equally popular. The outcome of these the country have poor air quality with public visibility of Ayushman Bharat   # 01.5            ,   plan for Ayushman Bharat is developed with two initiatives can change the way around 70 cities breathing bad as India and the competition among States to         G )  01.H     proper funding, approved and placed in public States and urban local bodies plan pri- undergoes a huge infrastructure over- better their healthcare records are pos-                  ( domain, which will enhance its accountability mary health services and prompt haul. It has been estimated that if air itive peaks in the graph. For long,    wˆ€yh†       $    at various levels. more States to take such initiatives to quality standards meet global stan- healthcare and education have been on       !             - States showing leadership in better health strengthen primary healthcare. dards, people in India would live 1.7 the lower spectrum of allocations of 01.5           )  ; regimes: Towards the end of the year, the Reforms in medical education: to 3.0 years longer. The National the GDP. Hope we look at these crucial                ( Uttarakhand government launched the break- The decision for revision in MBBS cur- Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was asset sectors and push up our develop-         through Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana, riculum, with inclusion of courses on launched in India in April 2018, with ment indices. which covers 100 per cent of the State’s popula- attitude, ethics and communication, a plan to reduce air pollution in 100 (The writer is a leading public Uur v‡r v†h†rv‚ w‚ˆ hyv†‡ tion compared to the proposed 40 per cent in was undertaken last year. The revised identified cities. It is now proven that health expert based in New Delhi) 6         %                                                       

broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, to tele- Information and Broadcasting has air channels on private networks force a culture of handouts by The budget allocated to the cast “sporting events of national now set out new legislations to does not translate to an enhanced enabling Doordarshan to telecast Ministry of Youth Affairs and importance” over other television make the telecast of “sporting consumer access. content without undertaking any Sports formed only 0.07 per cent of networks. events of national importance” Given the implementation of risk. Besides Prasar Bharati, private the total expenditure of the Union By exercising the powers grant- available for free to all of the 183 the Telecom Regulatory Authority television networks will benefit Government in 2018-19, while * P    ed by the Sports Broadcasting million television households in of India’s (TRAI) latest tariff order from this arrangement, as they Doordarshan spent only 5.6 per cent Signals (Mandatory Sharing with India. What better a scheme to to broadcast and cable operators, will be able to make subscription of its total programme expenses on      ' (  Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007, Prasar impress the average voter than one subscribers of private television content available free-to-air with- sports events in 2016-17. :    Bharati’s television network, oper- which makes some of the most pop- networks will have to pay a mini- out having to pay content owners Adopting the proposed amend- n keeping with tradition, pop- ated by Doordarshan, receives live ular content on television, such as mum charge of up to 130 every any part of the proceeds. ment will be unbecoming for a   )  ulism always emerges as an signals from content owners that the Cricket World Cup scheduled month regardless of the type of In due course, serious moneti- Government which prides itself
   Ielectoral force. During the run buy rights to telecast such events for next year, available for free. channels they subscribe to. sation challenges are likely to beset on reforms that prioritise long-term    # of a given political cycle, most pol- from sports bodies like the Board Though the stated objective of The proposed amendment will, the entire sports economy in the welfare over short-term consider- O   )  icy decisions are undertaken of Control for Cricket in India the proposed amendment is to therefore, not increase access to country as private broadcasters ations, such as the Goods and    through a consumer-centric lens. In (BCCI). This content is then tele- maximise access to sporting events sporting content for consumers at stop investing in it. Broadcasting Service Tax. this case, the ideal policy would be cast to the 31 million households on a free-to-air basis, the manner the bottom of the income pyramid, rights revenues contribute 91.69 per While it may make sports con- #        the one which pleases the voter and that subscribe to Doordarshan’s in which the Act is currently imple- which should be the guiding prin- cent to the total revenues of Hockey tent cheaper for paying viewers in     also not burden the next terrestrial networks and its free-dish mented already ensures that such ciple of any measure to enhance India, 85.88 per cent to revenues of the short run, it will deprive India’s  )  Government. However, the reality DTH service. telecasts are made available on access. Instead, it will make popu- the All India Football Federation sports economy of meaningful    #  is such decisions often ignores This follows a 2017 judgment of Doordarshan’s own distribution net- lar sports like cricket cheaper for and 47.46 per cent to revenues of investments in the long run. The       long-term consequences on the the Supreme Court, which clarified works, free-to-air, to the consumer. consumers who are already willing the Board of Control for Cricket in Ministry of Information and exchequer or even the consumer. that the Act only allows for By providing an alternative to pay to pay to watch television over pri- India (BCCI). Broadcasting will end up throttling  #    Consequently, freebies and lofty Doordarshan to telecast these events television, Doordarshan effectively vate networks. Conversely, neither the the value of sports as a business, as       promises are the life-blood of elec- on its own distribution networks, will ensure universal availability as If not the poorest socio-eco- Government of India nor Prasar an industry and most importantly,       toral campaigns. and not on private television distri- well as a universal means to access. nomic group, who is going to ben- Bharati has the resources to make as a career option.  #&  :   In this context, it is not surpris- bution networks. The conceptual challenge with efit out of the amendment? Almost up for the lack of private investment (The writer is an Associate at  3      ing that the Ministry of Information In an attempt to work around the Ministry of Information and 85.7 per cent of Prasar Bharati’s in sports and independently Koan Advisory Group, New Delhi. and Broadcasting has set out a pro- the strict guidelines drawn by the Broadcasting’s new line of thinking receipts accrue from Government develop high-quality sports pro- The views expressed above are  :9% # posal which will enable the public apex court, the Ministry of is that mere availability of free-to- grants. The amendment may rein- gramming. personal)    %# ($#) *# #%) +,-.+/ .#- <

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The weaker ones among on the NPA front, which start-   ,;, : In its half-yearly Financial the public sector banks need to ed with the accelerated recog- Stability Report, the RBI said FCs be supported through recapi- nition through the asset qual- he asset quality of banks pose “clear risks” as intra-group talisation, the Governor said in ity review, Das said there is a Tshowed improvement with transactions “create opportunities his foreword to RBI’s half- need for operational improve- gross non performing assets’ for regulatory arbitrage” through yearly financial stability report ments at the state-run lenders (GNPAs) ratio declining to bypassing regulations related to (FSR). which account for a bulk of the 10.8 per cent in September exposure norms. started defaulting on its com- Bifurcation in terms of “After a prolonged period dud assets. 2018 from 11.5 per cent in “The framework for over- mitments. It has an overall debt short-term borrowings of up to of stress, the banking sector “The immense effort put in March 2018, a Reserve Bank of sight of FCs requires closer of over 94,000 crore. one year and long-term bor- appears to be on course to by the stakeholders so far is India (RBI) report said on attention,” Governor The crisis had an impact rowings will also be obtained, recovery as the load of required to be buttressed with Monday. Shaktikanta Das said in his on the wider financial markets it said, adding this will help impaired assets recedes,” Das, substantive reforms in gover- The net NPAs ratio also   &8968$7: commerce players as well to foreword to the report. as risks from possible asset lia- ascertain the dependence of the who took charge earlier this nance and oversight regime, witnessed a fall at 5.3 per cent restrict them from adopting At present, the oversight of bility mismatches at other FCs group entities on banks month after the sudden exit of supported by recapitalisation of in September 2018 as against he foreign direct invest- any unethical business prac- FCs is being carried out by an NBFCs got recognised. The and short-term borrowings. Urjit Patel, said. weak PSBs,” he said in the com- 6.2 per cent in March 2018, RBI Tment (FDI) norms related tices and remain at par with Inter Regulatory Forum for government moved in and While the present system is He pointed out that the ments, which come days after said in its Financial Stability to e-commerce companies other e-commerce players,” it monitoring Financial replaced the board with one led exhaustive, it is backward look- period till September has seen the Centre committed an addi- Report. should be implemented on said. Conglomerates (IRF-FC), by banker Uday Kotak, which ing and may not capture a decline in gross NPA ratios — tional 41,000 crore in FY19 for “In a sign of possible domestic online players also to Tightening norms for e- which is one of the four work- found a complex web of over emerging risks and vulnerabil- the first such dip in three years the recapitalisation. recovery from the impaired restrict them from adopting commerce firms having foreign ing groups set up under the 300 subsidiaries. ities adequately, the report — and also pointed out at Eleven of the 20 state-run asset load, the GNPA ratio of any unethical business prac- investment, the Government Financial Stability and The episode which caught acknowledged. improving provision coverage lenders are under the prompt both public and private sector tices, traders’ body CAIT said barred online marketplaces Development Council (FSDC). everybody off-guard led to It also noted changes being ratio, which is the ability of a corrective action (PCA) frame- banks showed a half-yearly on Monday. such as Flipkart and Amazon The report said even questions over the regulatory undertaken by capital markets bank to withstand stress, as a work, which restricts their nor- decline, for the first time since In a communication to from selling products of com- though the current practices oversight on such entities. watchdog Sebi on the credit rat- positive. mal lending and is a bone of March 2015, the financial year- Commerce and Industry panies where they hold stakes meet the global banking Some said the absence of pub- ing agencies. At least three According to the FSR, contention between the con- end prior to the launch of asset Minister Suresh Prabhu, the and banned exclusive market- norms, there is a scope of lic deposits being at play direct- agencies had given A or above gross NPAs ratio declined to servative regulator and a gov- quality review (AQR),” the Confederation of All India ing arrangements that could improvement in this area. ly may have led to the regula- rating to IL&FS, which had to 10.8 per cent in September ernment that will be facing report said. Traders (CAIT) also urged the influence product price. “There is possibly some tory oversight. be cut massively following the 2018 from 11.5 per cent in elections in a few months. GNPAs of State-run Minister to immediately release The Confederation also scope to further fine-tune them The RBI said all FCs are now default. March 2018, while for the Das, a career bureaucrat lenders improved to 14.8 per the proposed policy for the sec- asked the minister to set up an to Indian conditions to identi- required to present a host of data, A risk-sensitive FC over- state-run lenders, the same who steered the Government’s cent in September 2018 from tor. independent regulatory author- fy relevant FCs, incorporate including intra group transac- sight regime where the intru- improved to 14.8 per cent in note ban move from the 15.2 per cent in March 2018, The ministry is working on ity for the sector. market-based feedback in FC tions, on a quarterly basis. siveness of oversight of FCs is September 2018 from close to Finance Ministry, said despite the report said. the policy and would soon Further, it alleged that cer- assessment and have propor- A revised financial con- proportionate to a combination 15.2 per cent in March 2018. its high costs, the NPA recog- Private sector banks saw come out with a draft for pub- tain associations are criticising tionate triggers for timely glomerate returns format is in of the size of the entity, and the Under the baseline sce- nition has led to improve- gross NPAs falling to 3.8 per lic views. the revised FDI norms and the action,” it said. the working and it aims to cap- likelihood of an adverse event, nario, the GNPA ratio of all ments in the operational risk cent in September “The FDI norms as spelled government should not “bow The comments come ture all the borrowings made by may help make remedial mea- banks may come down to 10.3 assessment at state-run lenders. 2018 from 4 per cent in out in the policy should also be down” under any kind of pres- months after the diversified each group entity in an FC, it sures more timely, the RBI per cent by March 2019 from March 2018. made applicable on domestic e- sure. financial conglomerate IL&FS said. report said.    & R  
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Singh Tomar said in a written   & ment of animal husbandry infrastructure the Government through PSS, PSF and public broadcaster NHK and executive Greg Kelly, to hide While BYPL CEO PR reply to the Rajya Sabha. and 2,000 crore for the development of MIS schemes. local news agency Jiji Press, away around half of his income Kumar and Brajesh Kumar A proposal, the minister uring the last four and a half years, sev- Rural Agricultural Market Infrastructure. The Ministry of Agriculture and comes after Japanese prosecu- (some five billion yen or USD (Head, Business) received the said, has been received from Deral steps have been taken by the Many policy reforms have been carried Farmers’ Welfare is implementing the 7- tors re-arrested Ghosn for fresh 44 million) over five fiscal award on behalf of the organ- the Goa Government to Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ out with the above financial provisions. For point strategy developed under the lead- allegations on December 21, years from 2010. isation, Vineet Sikka (Head, amend the Mines and Welfare in the interest of farmers. “Farmers’ the first time, Soil Health Card is being pro- ership of the Prime Minister and also rec- dashing his hopes of being They also allege he under- Business) and Abhishek Ranjan Minerals (Development and Welfare” is the primary goal of this vided to farmers on the basis of a nation- ommended by Swaminathan, like Per home for Christmas. reported his salary to the tune (Head Renewables) received Regulation) Act, 1957, in order Government’s agricultural policy. For its al standard, e-NAM has been started to Drop More Crop, provision of nutrients There was no immediate of four billion yen over the next the award on behalf of BRPL. to tide over the difficulties implementation, increasing employment in help farmers receive fair value of their pro- according to the soil quality of each farm, confirmation from the court. three fiscal years — apparent- The prestigious awards faced by the state government agricultural sector and enhancing the duce and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna large investments in warehouses and cold The move comes as Ghosn, ly to avoid criticism that his pay were presented by the Lok on account of closure of min- income of farmers are the important fac- to cover the maximum risk of farmers’ chains to prevent post-harvest losses, who was arrested on November was too high. Sabha Speaker, Sumitra ing activities. tors. To achieve this, the Government is try- crops based on the Scale of Finance by promotion of value addition through 19, faces three separate sets of The extension that prose- Mahajan and the Union “The said proposal is ing to increase productivity, reduce cost, and removing capping on minimum premium. food processing, e-NAM, introduction of allegations involving financial cutors won Monday allows Minister of State for Power, under examination in the prioritize crops with high value, reduce risks Soil Health Card and Paramparagat Krishi crop insurance scheme at lower costs to wrongdoing during his tenure them to continue investigating New & Renewable Energy, RK Ministry of Mines,” it said. and make agriculture sustainable. Vikas Yojana for organic farming, Har mitigate the risk, and promotion of allied as Nissan chief. a complex third claim that Singh. According to the infor- In order to achieve this, the budgetary Medh Par Ped for sustainable agriculture, activities such as dairy-animal husbandry, The growing case against the alleges Ghosn sought to shift a mation provided by the Indian allocation to the agriculture sector has been ‘Per Drop More Crop’ with special empha- poultry, beekeeping, Medh Per Ped, hor- auto tycoon represents a stunning personal investment loss onto Bureau of Mines, a sub-ordi- raised by 74% and the SDRF allocation has sis on micro irrigation and restructured ticulture, and fisheries. reversal of fortune for a man once Nissan’s books. nate office under the admin- been almost doubled. Corpus funds have National Bamboo Mission. revered in Japan and beyond for As part of that scheme, he istrative control of the mines been created like 5000 crore micro irri- In the last 4 years, agricultural credit (The writer is Union Minister for his ability to turn around is also accused of having used ministry, no mining activity is gation fund, 10,081 crore for Dairy flow has increased by 57% to 11 lakh Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, automakers, including Nissan. Nissan funds to repay a Saudi currently taking place in Goa Processing and Infrastructure crore and interest subsidy has also been Government of India. Views expressed are The twists and turns of the acquaintance who put up col- for any major mineral. Development Fund, 7550 Fisheries and increased by one and half times to 15,000 personal.) case have gripped Japan and lateral money. - 67! 38$"(" 
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he year 2018 saw two stal- tones of studied restraint was The way of thinking on how to develop warts of the Indian contem- Boats. Perhaps what entices is the a new form. Tporary art world pass on. truth that this work has romanti- He was able to control the vis- The venerated abstract master of cism about it. The deep moss like cosity of the inks by altering the oil landscape Ram Kumar (1924- tone and the spectral structure of consistency in each impression, 2018) and the pioneer of the print the boats done in feather weight thereby allowing the inks to occu- viscosity technique and mentor wispiness speak about his early apti- py different depths without mixing Krishna Reddy (1925-2018). It is tude for abstraction and formless- with each other. Using a range of time to assess their unforgettable ness. rollers, he pushed the inks to desired legacy that hopefully will inspire Ram Kumar addressed himself parts of the plate, making spectac- new artistes. to the formal aberrations of mis- ular unique mono-prints, rich in matched planes, jamming the hor- their textural quality and dimen- RAM KUMAR izontal perspective against top sionality. Through the 1960s, he When it comes to landscapes, views inspired by site-mapping, travelled the world giving lectures nobody can hold a candle to the aerial photography and locking the and conducting workshops. After gentle soul Ram Kumar. Among muddy impasto-built riverbank the Paris demonstrations of 1968, he his finest works are a tranquil land- constructions into a cubist geomet- began to spend more time in the US scape of 1961 that venerates the rical analysis. Gradually, the archi- B=4,=0=B4 ,O0 and finally moved to New York in tightly knit houses of Varanasi, and tecture drained away from his can- 1976 as director of graphics and a study titled The Boats of 1968. vasses, society itself passed from his 0; 08Q;8&% 4884 printmaking in NYU and went on Ram’s works became his signature concerns, until during the late 7:09=4(09848=B8& to teach until retirement, heading in the 1960s. 1960s, his paintings assumed the the printmaking department at For most of his subsequent character of abstractionist hymns to  3386 %79=4(0 Cooper Union. Dedicating his prac- career, his work was abstract, often nature. =B,=&=%74=, :% tice to pedagogy, Reddy’s contribu- subtly shifting, jagged patchworks He spent the latter part of his tions have been largely undervalued of monochromatic lines, blocks life in search for transcendence and $:&80 $=%(0 &6 and under-recognised. and plains. In the year 1969, he awakening. “When one is young $ :&097848 0 Demonstrators and the two travelled to the United States and and a beginner, one’s work is dom- 4866.O09=4(0 demonstration sculptures were cre- Mexico through a scholarship inated by content, and ideas,” he ated in Paris in 1968, a year marked from Rockefeller. And when 70s said, “but as one grows older, 8&%=, 00867:0 by cultural, social, and political rev- came, much of his work was based he/she turns to the language of % 48840 &&:&3=/84 olutions in many parts of the upon his personal recollections of painting itself. I have grown Western world. In France, civic experiences and memories of trav- detached. I want to find the same 08/8&68% 680 unrest and demonstrations reached els to remote mountainous, spiri- peace that the mystics found.” (88:&3:,4800:=&2 a boiling point in mid-may after the tual centers in Northern India, government closed several univer- Machu Picchu and Buddhist KRISHNA REDDY , (:&3 78%=48=B sities and arrested student occupiers monasteries of Ladakh. No one can ever forget the 7:06:0%:$:&8 and their supporters. More than Critic Ranjit Hoskote said, path-breaking practice of Krishna 8,00,000 demonstrators would soon “Over the late 1950s, Ram Kumar Reddy, the nonagenarian sculptor march in Paris alone to express their shifted away from these melancholy and pioneering printmaker who whom he closely worked. This pro- solidarity with the students and their evocations and towards landscapes had a range of work that encom- vided a platform to him for break- overall frustration with the govern- in which he explored the archetyp- passed his career spanning over ing new ground in intaglio print- ment under Charles de Gaulle. al presence of Varanasi — seven decades, keeping impres- making. In collaboration with Reddy’s bronze sculpture and Hinduism’s most sacred city — a sion-making at the core of his dis- Hayter, Reddy developed a new etching plates were a piece of histo- site of acute polarities. In Varanasi, cipline. technique in multi-colour printing ry. Using his plates as a sculptural where religion and corruption are Reddy consistently experiment- by utilising variable viscosities of the surface for mark-making and often interwoven, where the zones ed with form, technique and appli- printing inks. In experimenting to engraving, rather than merely using of faith and torment intersect, he cation. Initially he was trained in at Slade in Henry Moore’s class and Atelier 17, where he developed since 1965. When Reddy joined develop multi-colour simultaneous it as a tool for taking an impression, found a potent symbol to denote Tagore’s Santinketan under the subsequently spent over two and invented the process that he is Atelier 17, it was already a thriving printing, Reddy constantly pushed Reddy’s sculptural practice found human suffering under the tyran- tutelage of the influential decades in Paris, first at the studio quite well known for – simultane- hub for stalwarts like Joan Miro, the boundaries that were not only sanctuary in experimentation with ny of putrefying social customs.” Ramkinkar Baij. He moved to of Ossip Zadkine and eventually ous multicolor viscosity printing. Constantin Brancusi, Pablo Picasso, confined to the formal process of printmaking in a lifelong pursuit to The finest composition done in London in 1949 to study sculpture directing Stanley William Hayter’s He was a co-director of Atelier 17 and Alberto Giacometti, with all of printmaking but a revolutionary understand form.

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They are at present a part courage.” put her career back on track — of the Nation.’ of the personal collection of Dr Rizwan thanks to a contemporary dance His portraits of Gandhiji with his Qadri from Ahmedabad, who brought Contemporary installations company that is helping disabled Dandi are more than iconographic. A these drawings to light and shared them “Nandalal Bose immortalised the people perform. linocut and a watercolour become a tes- with us for the purpose of showcasing image of Gandhi’s Dandi march,” says Caracas based AM Danza timony of the saga of India’s freedom and them for the first time, through this exhi- Gadanayak. “We decided to recreate a hut works with 50 young the cruel ways of the British. Nandlal was bition. He found these drawings at a with a video montage with mounds of salt Venezuelans who are pursuing sion” said AM Danza’s director, pass through her humble neigh- among the first to recognise that the Sunday kabaadi bazaar.” to personify the spirit of the event. The their passion for dance despite Alexander Madriz. “You have to borhood in the suburbs of image of Gandhi alone had the potential second installation creates the salt river- limitations like broken spines, enjoy your possibilities and use Caracas to take her to AM’s to unify a movement beyond the realm Nandlal’s watercolour ine with neon lights and salt and a series cerebral palsy, Down syndrome your body to express emotions.” dance studio. But that doesn’t of a select few to express the collective will If Nandlal’s linocut is unforgettable of small huts that speak of the journey. I or blindness. Madriz has worked for two seem to diminish her will to of a new nation. iconicity, his watercolour is a melange of wanted the display to reflect the reality Yanez joined the group decades with dancers who have train. She said that the dance At the NGMA in Delhi, along with tones and tenors. Nandlal shows him as of the past in the commentary of the pre- three months ago and recently disabilities and says that thanks company has allowed her to the Ministry of Culture, Adwaita an individual who is at once strong and sent as a visual journey.” performed in her wheelchair in to them he has learned that cor- come to terms with the accident Gadanayak, DG, NGMA, who has been pure, both noble and fearless in his con- The installation brings back the an emotional hour-long show poral expression has no limits. that changed her life and make scouring the archives, has come up with cern for doing good to others. Nandlal’s words of Gandhi. Nine days before the that the dance troupe put “Not everything has to be feel like she can now “fly another show that is bound to stir up the words ring through the darker resonance march, in a letter to the Viceroy, Gandhi together for its followers. the perfect lines and symmetry through the sky.” many notions of nationality and patrio- in this historic watercolour. “He has love wrote, “Nothing but organised non-vio- “This is the opportunity of that you see in contemporary The ballerina was hit by a tism within us. for all men, limitless compassion for all lence can check the organised violence of a lifetime” Yanez, 34, said after classical dance” he said. stray bullet on New Year’s Eve creatures, and he has staked his life for British Government. [...] This non-vio- the contemporary dance review, Madriz, 47, said that the stu- in 2010 as she entered her Drawings — Salt March restoring a degenerate and oppressed land lence will be expressed through civil dis- “Ubuntu,” was held in one of the dents’ love for dance has helped home in a crime-ridden slum. Dandi Yatra showcases historical to its former glory. For even his ignorant obedience for the moment confined to Venezuelan capital’s most pres- them overcome the numerous That was the end of her danc- drawings of the journey of the Salt adversary he has only pity and non-vio- the inmates of the Sabarmati Ashram, but tigious theatres. “I can’t allow obstacles faced by disabled peo- ing until she joined AM Danza March from Sabarmati Satyagraha lence. His indomitable power and defi- ultimately designed to cover all those who external issues to affect me any ple in Venezuela, where public in September. Ashram, Kochrab to Dandi, a small ance of death derive chiefly from his self- choose to join the movement.” longer.” transport is still mostly inacces- As 2018 comes to a close, coastal village in Gujarat,” says possession and complete lack of self-inter- The ensuing result is that it simply During the show, disabled sible to people on wheelchairs Yanez says she is looking for- Gadanayak. est.” but powerfully captures the spirit and per- dancers performed alongside and ramps on sidewalks and ward to participating in more “The journey, covering 240 miles, As an ardent follower and believer of sona of Gandhi as the leader of a new fully abled professional dancers public buildings are few and far performances. took 12 night halts and was witness to the Gandhi and his position in India’s free- movement. Gadanayak also recalls that to demonstrate that art knows between. In addition, like every- In the kitchen of her small breaking of the British law for salt. At that dom struggle, Nandlal’s reflections, trans- Karamchand Gandhi overwhelm me.” it was during this time that Nandlal Bose no barriers. Some members of one else in Venezuela, they have apartment, she glanced at a time, a veritable ocean of people had been lated from Bengali by the revered artist “What a miracle took place when, created several posters in support of the the audience shed tears. Dancers to cope with rampant medical drawing of dancers posted on drawn to this march, making it one of the mentor K.G. Subramanyan, tug at my yearning for India’s freedom, Gandhiji civil disobedience movement but they with limited mobility in their shortages and hyperinflation the refrigerator by her 10-year- largest mass movements of the world. A heart strings. “Anguish for human mis- went on the Dandi march. The entire were immediately torn down and legs lifted their crutches in the that has devastated their old niece, who also now prac- large number of mediapersons and artists ery has turned him into an unpossessing country was roused with confidence in destroyed, virtually none survived. At the air in unison. A dancer hoisted incomes. tices ballet. from across the world was also drawn to hermit working for the well-being of oth- some unique strength. Glory filled my NGMA Gandhi’s Dandi serves as an apt Yanez from her wheelchair and Yanez says that on weekdays “She’s one of the reasons this event. An unsung Satyagrahi and ers all the time. He has subdued his sens- heart. I felt blessed and life became mean- epitaph in the celebration of 150 years of lifted her above her shoulders to she can spend up to three hours that I am keeping up my strug- artist Chhaganlal Jadav, in his tiny draw- es and has accepted God as his chosen. ingful.” (N. Bose, translated by K. 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  6; : and England, besides the three from India. t turned out to be a glorious 2018 for The ODI team, on the other India captain Virat Kohli and South hand, has players from seven coun- IAfrica fast bowler Kagiso Rabada as tries, with two each from England, both maintained their respective pole India, New Zealand and South positions in the year-end ICC Test Player Africa. Australia, Pakistan and Rankings. West Indies has one player each. Kohli dropped three points despite a Bates' appointment as the ODI first innings score of 82 in the third Test captain was a recognition of her against Australia in Melbourne, but still contribution in inspiring her side enjoys a 34-point lead over nearest rival to second position in the ICC Kane Williamson of New Zealand. Women's Championship after three Kohli, who attained a career-high 937 rounds. points during the year, which is the Besides Mandhana and Yadav, highest ever by an India batsman, scored Alyssa Healy and Suzie Bates are 1322 runs in all. He overtook Steven Smith the other players who feature in in August and has now held the top posi- both the ODI and T20I squads. tion for 135 days. Rabada, who split the top ranking with England's seasoned fast bowler ;   James Anderson during the year, is just six points ahead of his adversary.   6; : accumulated 663 runs at a  7   Rabada, who became the youngest to to cheer about following their record 423- strike-rate of 126.2. Kaur is take top position among bowlers during run win over Sri Lanka in Christchurch. ndia's Harmanpreet Kaur ranked third in the MRF Tyres F) the year and held the spot for 178 days Trent Boult's nine wickets in the Iwas on Monday named cap- ICC Women's Player Rankings during the year, grabbed six wickets in the match have helped him gain seven slots tain of the ICC Women's T20I for T20I Batters," the ICC said opening match at Centurion that South to reach the seventh position while Tim Team of the Year, which also in a statement.   4=7 ( Africa won by six wickets to finish with Southee (up two places to ninth) and Neil includes two of her compatri- The 29-year-old eft-arm spinner Saurabh 52 wickets in 10 Tests in 2018. Wagner (up one place to 15th) have also ots Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet said she was LKumar overall took 14 wick- Kohli's compatriot Cheteshwar Pujara moved up. Poonam Yadav. surprised to have been named ets as Uttar Pradesh thrashed has also maintained his fourth position Century-makers at Christchurch, Opening batswoman captain of the World T20 XI. hosts Haryana by six wickets in after a first-innings century in Melbourne, Henry Nicholls (up two places to seventh) Mandhana and leg-spinner "To be honest, it was real- their Elite Group C Ranji Trophy wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has gained 10 and Tom Latham (up eight places to 14th), Yadav were also included in the ly surprising for me. The last game inside two days here. For slots to reach a career-best 38th position. and Jeet Raval (up two places to 35th) have ICC Women's ODI Team of two years we did not get Uttar Pradesh, Saurabh Kumar, Debutant opener Mayank Agarwal also gained in the latest rankings update. the Year, which has New enough T20I matches to play was adjudged the Man of the has also entered the batsmen's list at an Nicholls scored an unbeaten 162 to Zealander Suzie Bates as cap- and it was really tough for me Match as he ended the game impressive 67th place after scores of 76 move up to the seventh place. tain. to build that confidence in the with figures of 14-65 at the and 42 helped his side win by 137 runs for For South Africa, former captain The ODI and T20 sides team and show that self-belief Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket a 2-1 lead in the four-match series. Hashim Amla (up three places to 11th were selected by a voting acad- that we can do well in T20Is. Stadium, picking seven wickets Jasprit Bumrah has moved from 28th place) and Temba Bavuma (up four places emy, which has former players Credit goes to all team mem- each in both the innings. to 12th after his match haul of nine for 86, to 31st) have gained among batsmen while like Lisa Sthalekar, Charlotte bers, the way they worked The visitors grabbed 6 the best-ever by an India seam bowler in fast bowler Duanne Olivier has gained 17 Edwards, Anjum Chopra and hard and show that self-belief," points with the thumping win. Australia. He is now the highest-ranked places to reach 36th position after his play- members of the media, and Kaur said. On Sunday, as many as 20 wick- India fast bowler in the format with er of the match effort of 11 wickets. took into consideration per- "This award means a lot to ets had fallen on the opening Mohammed Shami is next in 23rd posi- Pakistan's Babar Azam has gained formances in the 2018 calen- me to build my confidence, day. Haryana were bundled out tion. nine slots to reach 27th position after dar year. BCCI is showing confidence for 110 in their first essay with For Australia, Pat Cummins has been innings of 71 and six while left-arm fast Harmanpreet has been on me - that I can do well in 25-year-old Saurabh taking 7-33. the pick, gaining five slots to reach a bowlers Mohammad Amir (up two places rewarded for spearheading the format and I am looking Resuming on overnight score of career-best third position after finishing to 34th) and Shaheen Afridi (up 38 places India to the semifinals of the forward to do well in the 10 for no loss, Haryana batsmen with nine wickets in the match. He has to 73rd) have advanced after taking four ICC Women's World T20 2018 future." again meekly surrendered to also gained 13 slots to reach 91st place and five wickets in Centurion. in the West Indies in The T20I team has players Saurabh, who ended the second among batsmen with some useful runs Meanwhile, New Zealand have November. from five countries, including innings with brilliant figures of down the order. leapfrogged South Africa to take third "In that tournament, four from the ICC Women's 7-32. Travis Head (up seven places to 56th) place in the ICC Test Team Rankings after (Harmanpreet) Kaur scored World T20 2018 champions Haryana was shot out for has also benefitted in the latest rankings starting the series against Sri Lanka with 183 runs at a strike-rate of Australia. Two players are paltry 129. Needing 107 to win, update. a chance of going up to the second posi- 160.5, while in the 25 match- from New Zealand and one Uttar Pradesh chased the target New Zealand fast bowlers have a lot tion with a 2-0 win. es in the calendar year, she player each from Bangladesh in 21.2 overs, losing four wick- ets in the process. UP opener Samarth Singh remained "+&" & unbeaten on 53 in company of Q,  & #    $ 
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Grand Slam. titles. ond day in a Ranji Trophy group the "lowest ever" while Rohit has flown back from The 37-year-old was a Williams won her last Grand Slam in league encounter. responding to ex-captain Steve Melbourne and will rejoin the squad long way off her commanding Melbourne in 2017, but wasn't able to defend her In a nippy five over spell, Waugh's predicted playing XI on January 8 ahead of the three- best and was visibly frustrat- title due to the birth of her first child. Bhati took three wickets as for the fourth and final Test, match ODI series beginning January ed with her own game early in Bidding to equal Margaret Court's record Bengal lost five wickets in the starting Thursday at the 12 in Sydney. her Hopman Cup singles of 24 titles, she was beaten in last year's post-lunch session before Sydney Cricket Ground "India batsman Rohit Sharma left match, but still did enough to Wimbledon and US Open finals. being all out for 220 in reply (SCG). for Mumbai on the 30th of December beat Greece's Maria Sakkari in Williams said she was looking forward to to Delhi's first innings score of "Australian cricket selec- to attend to his wife who has deliv- straight sets. facing Swiss champion Roger Federer on 240. tion at its lowest ever .. greats ered a baby girl. The BCCI congrat- However, it was Sakkari Tuesday, when the USA plays Switzerland and Bhati got a good support from have to put teams in their ulates Rohit on the beginning of a and her team-mate Stefanos the pair will be opponents for the first time in Kulwant Khejroliya (3/86) as Instagram posts to give direc- new chapter in his life," the BCCI said Tsitsipas who had the last the mixed doubles. the left-arm medium pacer tion ....," Ganguly tweeted with in a statement. laugh as Greece beat the USA "I have been looking forward to it, this is so dealt a big blow dismissing a picture of Waugh's selected The Indian Cricket Board 2-1 in the mixed doubles cool," she said, adding it was "like a dream come skipper Manoj Tiwary (15), XI for the Sydney Test. and Josh Hazlewood (BCCI), however, has not named any Group B tie. true". whose wrong judgement Earlier, Waugh had picked Labuschagne was on replacement for Rohit for the final In her first tournament Earlier, world number 15 Tsitsipas gave proved to be costly in the con- his side for the fourth Test Sunday added to Australia's Test beginning on January 3. India outing since the controversial Greece the initial advantage in the tie as he edged text of the innings. excluding the off-colour open- squad for the final Test after lead the four-match Test series 2-1 loss to Naomi Osaka in the US past Frances Tiafoe in three sets, 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), At stumps, Delhi were 41/2 in er Aaron Finch. the Virat Kohli-led tourists after winning the Melbourne Test by Open final in September, 6-3. their second essay, with an Waugh had suggested the took a historic 2-1 lead by 137 runs. Williams struggled early and The Greek 20-year-old won the first set overall lead of 61 runs at close promotion of Shaun Marsh to comfortably winning the "Rohit will miss the fourth and her groundstrokes were errat- comfortably and secured an early break in the on day two. open the batting alongside Boxing Day Test by 137 runs the final Test against Australia at ic in the first set. second. Ashok Dinda (2/22) took both Marcus Harris, with Usman at Melbourne. Sydney. There will be no replacement Sakkari, ranked 41st in the But the 39th-ranked American broke back the wickets in a spirited bowl- Khawaja at No.3 followed by Meanwhile, another for- player in the Test squad. world, gained an early break in the sixth game and levelled the match in the ing display and was the only Travis Head, skipper Tim mer Australian skipper, Ricky "He will join the ODI squad on and served for the first set but tie-break. Bengal bowler to make an Paine, leg-spinning all- Ponting, has suggested Marcus the 8th of January 2019, when the couldn't capitalise despite sev- Another early break by Tsitsipas put him impact, something that kept rounder Marnus Labuschagne, Harris and Usman Khawaja to team begins their preparation for the eral gilt-edged opportunities. ahead in the third and a sizzling backhand win- Bengal's fading hopes alive in Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins, open the innings for the hosts, ODI series starting 12th January," it That opened the door for ner on match point secured victory for the the must-win Elite Group B Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon followed by Shaun Marsh. added. Williams, the bookmakers' Greek. fixture. Both the teams need The Greek duo kept their tournament alive minimum six points to stay in when they won the deciding mixed doubles, 4- contention for a quarterfinal , )   /  /  1, 1-4, 4-2. berth.  .,   
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Captain Rohit Kumar had men in his side's line-up and pointed out of the Australian batting line-up was start- against India starting averaging just 16 while an outstanding all-round game and scored 11 that Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara ing to show as the series heads towards its Thursday in Sydney. opening the batting points for Bengaluru Bulls Sachin got yet anoth- have been the difference for the visitors culmination. Both Waugh and with 50 of his runs er super 10 for Gujarat Fortunegiants and was ably in the on-going four-match Test series. "He (Finch) is having a bit of a lean Ponting have predicted the coming in the first supported by Prapanjan who scored 5raid points. India won the third Test at the MCG run of it although he has got a couple of inclusion of leg-spinning innings of the second While Bengaluru Bulls have qualified for the final, by 131 runs to take an unassailable 2-1 fifties. He got a 100 run partnership one all-rounder Marnus Test in Perth. Gujarat still have a chance to make it when they lead in the series. The fourth Test begins Test match ago and that set up the whole Labuschange in the playing "I've seen play in the second qualifier against the winner in Sydney on Thursday. Test match for us. Finch is a really good eleven. Labuschagne has come between UP Yoddha and Dabang Delhi. "At this stage, the difference in the Australia's defeat in the third Test at the player and he is working harder probably Test legend Waugh into the line-up so to Pawan Sehrawat opened Bengaluru Bulls' series is Pujara and Kohli, if we're frank. MCG. than he has ever worked. He has got to posted his preferred me straightaway that account with a running hand touch in the sec- Pujara averages 53 and Kohli has averaged "It was a really tough Test match. I've somehow recharge his batteries over and Australia XI for the final means Finch has to ond minute while Sachin got a two-point raid for 46 and got a duck in the second innings. said from day one it's going to be a real over again. It is a great challenge for him Test at the SCG on miss out and Usman Gujarat Fortunegiants. It was Sachin who kept the The lesson we learn from that is he just arm wrestle the Test series and it feels like at the moment and he will be better I Instagram. will open the batting, Fortunegiants in the initial period of the match absorbed all our pressure," Langer said on that. It has been tough, we probably got think," said the coach. According to Waugh, Marcus Harris I'd imagine," Ponting told by picking bonus and raid points. Monday. the worst of the conditions in this Test "With these guys one of the hardest and veteran Shaun Marsh should open cricket.Com.Au. It was an extremely cagey affair with both "It's the art of batting, isn't it? It's about match and our first innings batting par- things about Test cricket is one of the dis- the batting, followed by incumbent "That's how it looks - Labuschagne teams playing with a bit of caution. Bengaluru absorbing pressure. You've got so much ticularly was not up to the work we put tractions so they are learning on the run Usman Khawaja. probably bats four, Head five and Mitch Bulls were reduced to just three men when sub- time in Test cricket, and I guess in the into it. We feel disappointed and tired, but actually. We will be collectively better for Waugh feels Travis Head, Australia's Marsh six - I think that's the way they're stitute Sumit Singh made a crucial do-or-die raid. (T20) world we live in, everything is so we are getting ready to refresh and get it. We have just got to make sure we stay leading run-scorer in the series against going to line up. At the end of the first half, Gujarat held a slen- instant and so quick and talk about ready for the fourth one," he added. in this contest and be great to have a win India, should bat at No.4 ahead of cap- "I can't really think what else they der one- point advantage to lead 14-13. strike rates. Our guys are learning that, or Defeat in Melbourne has opened up at the end of it. India have come here tain Tim Paine, Labuschagne, and can do. The selectors and the captain With less than four minutes to go Bengaluru hopefully they're learning that. If they old wounds for Australia who are now determined to win this series, we know Mitchell Marsh. and coach have obviously had a long Bulls led 32-26 and looked in control of the don't we'll keep having performances like obviously struggling in the absences of that, and we see that in everything they Waugh's preferred bowling unit chat about what they want and what match. 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tage England are the favourites ODI series in South Africa and bowling strength. for the glory this time but their also emerged victorious against This will also be the final inability to win at crunch situ- West Indies at home. While his World Cup appearance for ations and drought of ICC titles deputy Rohit Sharma leads the MS Dhoni and the veteran   (" is something that the hosts need sides win in Asia Cup with ease. wicketkeeper batsman will eye to come up strong. India’s batting looks strong to win another World Cup for   with top three Rohit Sharma, India. However, the point to n the first week of 2019, Sunil Australia (4-0), Bahrain (5-2) Bahrain. India will open its Virat Kohli’s record break- Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli ponder for India is the side’s IChhetri will lead the Indian and South Korea (4-1) to crash campaign against Thailand on ing run in international cricket all among runs. MS Dhoni and poor record in English soil in contingent to participate in the out of the tournament without 6th Jan followed by game achieved new heights in 2018, Hardik Pandya provide depth recent years, the side hasn’t got AFC Asian Cup. This will be the a single point. India registered its against hosts UAE on 10th and the skipper performed consis- and stability to the batting unit much success in English soil fourth time India will feature in best ever finish in the tourna- final one against Bahrain on tently well in all the three for- while the lethal duo of after 2013 ICC Champions the continent’s biggest football ment in its maiden appearance 14th Jan. India’s primary goal at mats and compile bulk of runs Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Trophy win and Kohli’s men event. It’s first after playing in where the side went on to fin- the start will be to advance into to emerge as the highet run scor- Jasprit Bumrah along with even failed to defend the CT Qatar eight years back. ish as runners up. the 2nd round, er of the year. Under his leadr- Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra title in 2017, when they lost In the 2011 edition, India Placed in group A along which they have failed to do so ship, for the first time, India won Chahal adds to India’s strong against Pakistan by 178 runs. lost all three games against with hosts UAE, Thailand and in past 34 years.

n the cricket’s biggest show- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, down of 2019, England and Bangladesh and Afghanistan will IWales will host the 12th edi- battle for the glory. tion of ICC world cup from 30th Going by the current form of May to July 14 in 11 different the players, World Cup hosts venues. England will the biggest con- This is going to be the fifth tender for the title. The side has occasion when England will host transformed completely under the mega event, after previously Eoin Morgan leadership after conducting in 1975, 1979, 1983 poor humiliating first round and 1999. defeat in Australia and New This year the edition will be Zealand four years ago. played according to round robin In 2018, England’s domi- format where all the ten partici- nance in ODI cricket was such pating nations will face each that the side won five of the six other once in a single group. This bilateral series they played. Of will be the first time since 1992 those five, two triumphs came World cup in Australia and New against defending world champi- Zealand that the cricket’s biggest ons Australia, who they first carnival will be played in this for- thrashed 4-1 in Australia and then mat. After 45 games of excitement on the return trip at home, they in round-robin, the top four whitewashed Kangaroo’s 5-0. teams will then advance to the In the third ODI of that knockout stage and will compete series in June, playing at for the title. However, this time the Nottingham and riding on Jonny tourney has received wide criti- Bairstow’s 139 and Alex Hales’ cism due to lack of associate team 147, the side posted record 481 in the tournament. Also after the runs on the board, which is also increase of Ireland and the highest team total in One Day Afghanistan in Test cricket in July matches. Also they beat India 2- 2017, it will be the first World Cup 1 in the three match series in to be contested without all Test England and won against New playing nations being present Zealand and Sri Lanka on away and no associate team at all. tours However, the only disap- However despite all that, the point was in the game against tournament will the biggest gala Scotland, where they lost by 6 event at least for the subcontinent runs. Going by the current form audiences as five teams including and considering the home advan-

 

espite of the star studded ball awards, as a successful outing Dsquad for 2018 FIFA World with the national side and glory Cup in Russia the failure of not with their clubs and boost up their being able to win the title will be chances of winning individual in Brazil’s mind when the five- awards as well. times world champion will host Apart from these two sides, the Copa America cup in Brazil record 15 times champion from June 14 to July 7. Uruguay, two time defending With two of world’s top three champion Chile will be other most expensive players, Neymar major contenders for the title. and Philippe Coutinho, Selecao was sent packing in quarters by Belgium after Fernandinhio’s own goal and Kevin de Bruyune’s strike in the first half crashed its dream of winning the elite foot- ball title for the record sixth time. The side will aim to remove that embarrassment by winning the South American glory, which for the first time will also feature Japan and Qatar (both of them outside South American conti- nent.) While runners up in last two editions of the tourney, Argentina and its superstar Lionel Messi will also be hoping to break the final jinx this time. Also both Neymar and Messi will also be looking to challenge for foot-