NATION pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2020 9 IN BRIEF Minister details steps by Ram temple trust to meet on Feb. 19 India to prevent nCov Allahabad: Ram Janm- abhoomi Teertha Kshetra will DC CORRESPONDENT and land crossings to discuss the construction of a with agency inputs detect and prevent possi- INDIA’S 1ST nCOV temple in Ayodhya during its NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 ble carriers of the coron- first meeting in Delhi on avirus. CASE IN KERALA February 19, said trust mem- Union health minister Dr “In view of a confirmed ber Swami Vasudevanand Harsh Vardhan on Mo- case in Nepal, govern- Saraswati here on Monday. nday informed the Lok ment has initiated screen- TURNS NEGATIVE The Centre had constituted Sabha that the Indian gov- ing at all integrated check an independent 15-member ernment is taking strong posts from Nepal in col- DC CORRESPONDENT trust last week to oversee measures to prevent the laboration with states of THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, the construction of a Ram spread of Novel coron- UP, Uttarakhand, West FEB. 10 temple in Ayodhya. The avirus (2019 n-CoV) in Bengal, Sikkim and Bihar announcement was made by India. and Seema Shastra Bal The latest laboratory Prime Minister Narendra He stated that 1,818 (SSB) and Land Port result of country’s first Modi in the Lok Sabha. flights covering 1,97,192 Authorities,” the minister novel Coronavirus patient Saraswati said they will also passengers were already said. has been found to be nega- discuss the inclusion of Shri screened apart from tight “All the positive cases in tive. The samples of the Ram Mandir Nyas chief vigil on seas and land India have travel history patient, a medical student Mahant Nritya Gopal Das in ports. The minister added from Wuhan, China. They from Wuhan China, who the trust. that 369 symptomatic trav- have been isolated and are is currently admitted to ellers were referred to iso- reported to be clinically isolation ward of Thri- lation facilities and are stable,” the minister said. ssur Medical College was Killer wife gets being monitored. He further said that found negative after tests In a suo motu statement, National Institute of at the virology institute. jail after 9 years Dr Harsh Vardhan said Virology, Pune is the The government on Sun- New Delhi: A Delhi court has that regular surveillance nodal laboratory conduct- day had announced the awarded life imprisonment has also been initiated ing tests. result of the fifth sample to the wife of a restaurant A woman shows a damaged house after heavy shelling from the Pakistan side, in Mendhar Sector of Poonch dis- across the country for all “As part of ICMR’s pre- sent for lab examination. owner and two others for trict, on Monday. — PTI those who had a travel his- paredness for emerging/ The result of remaining killing him in West Delhi's tory from China and for re-emerging infectious sample which was sent to Moti Nagar area in 2011. people having come into disease, NIV, Pune has National Institute of Additional Sessions Judge contact with such persons established capacity for Virology (NIV) on Febr- Samar Vishal awarded life and having fever, cough or molecular diagnosis of uary 8, is awaited. If that imprisonment to Arvinder breathlessness. nCoV. Next generation test is also found to be Kaur, Sant Saran Nehra and Second envoys’ tour to Through Integrated sequencing is also estab- negative then the patient Mridul Dixit for murdering Disease Surveillance net- lished. Testing of will be discharged from Virender Sachdeva by inflict- work, all such persons are clinical samples has also the hospital. The student ing about 55 stab injuries on tracked and the govern- been initiated in 11 more was admitted to the med- him. The court also imposed ment is presently keeping laboratories. As of now ical college on January 30. a fine of `2 lakh on each of a tab on 9,452 passengers 1,510 samples have been Apart from the Thrissur the convicts. The court had see ‘normal’ J&K soon across 29 States/UTs in tested and 1,507 samples patient, Kerala had convicted the trio under sec- the country. were found negative, 3 reported a positive case tions 302 (murder), 201 (dis- He added that screening samples have tested posi- each in Alappuzha and appearance of evidence or EU members, West Asian nations to be part of visit of passengers is also tive and 27 samples are Kasargod respectively. giving false information), going on at 12 major sea- under process,” Dr Harsh These are the only posi- 120-B (criminal conspiracy) DC CORRESPONDENT ports and all minor ports, Vardhan said. tive cases in India so far. of the Indian Penal Code NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 (IPC). In another move to further Omar’s sister moves SC convince the internation- Hardik Patel is al community that the sit- missing, says wife uation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is return- challenging PSA detention Ahmedabad: Gujarat ing to complete normalcy, Congress leader and Patidar the Union Government DC CORRESPONDENT instructions of the Centre Recounting the public quota agitation spearhead will take a second batch of NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 and the state administra- service rendered by Omar Hardik Patel is untraceable foreign envoys “from dif- tion following the abroga- as CM and as a Union min- since January 18 when he ferent geographical reg- The Supreme Court on tion of Article 370 and the ister, the petition says, “It was arrested in a 2015 sedi- ions” to J&K this week, Monday agreed to hear the bifurcation of the state is rare that those who tion case, his wife Kinjal said possibly on Thursday. plea by Sara Abdullah into Union Territories. have served the nation as on Monday. Patel, who is fac- According to some Pilot — sister of former Sara in her petition has MPs, CMs, ministers in ing sedition cases related to reports, envoys from J&K chief minister Omar contended that there could the Union and have also the 2015 Patidar quota agi- European Union-member Abdullah — challenging not be any mew material stood by the national aspi- tation, was arrested on nations as well as West her brother’s detention for further detaining a rations of India are per- January 18 this year after a Asian countries may be under Public Safety Act. person who is already ceived as a threat.” court here issued a non-bail- part of the group this A top court bench head- under detention for six It further says, “It is able warrant for not being time. According to other ed by Justice N.V. Ramana months. She has also therefore of the utmost present during hearing. He reports, the foreign agreed to listing of the sought quashing of the importance and of the was granted bail four days envoys may also be taken plea by Sara Abdullah February 5, 2020, order utmost urgency that this later but was again picked to Budgam in the Kashmir upon a mentioning by sen- detaining Omar Abdullah court protects not only the up in connection with two valley this time. ior counsel Kapil Sibal under the PSA. Describing individual’s Right to Life other cases filed in Patan It may be recalled that seeking an urgent listing. the detention as “illegal”, and Liberty but also pro- MP right to water law soon and Gandhinagar districts. the first batch of foreign Omar Abdullah, his Sara Abdullah in her peti- tects the essence of envoys from 15 nations father and former J&K tion says, “The grounds Article 21 which is the cor- DC CORRESPONDENT field, on Tuesday, sources water envisages provision were taken around on chief minister Farooq for the detention order are nerstone of Part III of the BHOPAL, FEB. 10 in chief minister’s office of at least 55 litres of Pilot suspended for January 9 and 10, It, how- Abdullah and other senior wholly lacking any mate- Constitution, a violation (CMO) said on Monday. drinking water per family ever, did not consist of Kashmiri leaders are rial facts or particulars of which is anathema to In the ensuing budget ses- The state government has in the urban areas. threatening elder anyone from either the under detention since which are imperative for all that a democratic sion of Madhya Pradesh convened a meeting of The state government New Delhi: Aviation regula- EU-member nations or August 5, 2019, under the an order of detention.” nation stands for.” assembly, the Kamal Nath experts to give a final plans to renovate the tra- tor DGCA on Monday sus- West Asia. government is all set to shape to the draft bill. ditional water bodies in pended an IndiGo captain Government sources ■ LAST MONTH, 15 bring in legislation on The state government is the state such as ponds for three months for “intimi- said on Monday, “Since access to water a funda- planning to implement and lakes for the purpose. dating and threatening” a the last visit of Envoys, we envoys from United mental right. right to water in the The state government is wheelchair-bound senior cit- have received several MP Lone’s son States, South Korea, MP would be the first urban areas in MP in the going to launch a project izen in a Chennai-Bengaluru requests from Ambas- Vietnam, Bangl-adesh, Fiji, state in the country to first phase and bring the to ensure piped water to flight on January 13, an offi- sadors to visit the Union Maldives, Norway, bring in such legislation. rural belt under its each household in the cial said. During investiga- Territory of Jammu and Philippines, Morocco, The draft bill on the purview in the next phase, urban areas, as part of the tion, it was found that the Kashmir. A group of Hilal booked Argentina, Peru, Niger, right to water may be sources said. move to implement right pilot-in-command “insisted” Envoys from different geo- Nigeria, Guyana and Togo finalised by experts in the The draft bill on right to to water. on an apology letter from graphical regions will be New Delhi/Srinagar, with a dossier informing were part of the the passengers — the senior visiting Jammu and Feb. 10: The PSA was him that he had been delegation that visited the citizen and her daughter — Kashmir this week.” invoked against Hilal booked under the PSA as which further delayed the It may be recalled that Lone, the son of National the Union territory newly-created union BENGAL BJP MP matter, detaining them for the Ministry of External Conference MP Moh- administration felt that territory of J&K. 2 CRPF jawans approximately 75 minutes Affairs (MEA) had earlier ammad Akbar Lone, for his release could hamper ■ ACCORDING TO other QUIZZED BY CID after the deboarding began said after the visit of the belonging to a party the law and order situa- reports, the foreign at the Bengaluru airport. first batch that those whose manifesto is to agi- tion in north Kashmir, the IN MURDER CASE envoys had been taken tate against abrogation of officials said. “You being envoys may also be taken to Budgam in the Kashmir killed in ambush there to “see the efforts special status of erstwhile a probable MLA candidate being made by the govern- Jammu and Kashmir, offi- of National Conference valley this time. RABINDRA NATH battle between the two RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC KERALA CRZ ment to bring the situa- cials said in Srinagar. are a probable threat to ■ ENVOYS who visited CHOUDHURY | DC groups. In the exchange, KOLKATA, FEB. 8 tion to normal”, and had The 47-year-old Hilal the public peace and tran- BHOPAL, FEB 10 two commandos of CoB- added that “normalcy has Lone, who was under pre- quility as you belong to J&K earlier interacted with RA were killed while six Ranaghat BJP MP VIOLATORS’ been restored to a large ventive detention since the party whose mani- security officials and civil Two jawans of Comm- members of the search Jagannath Sarkar was extent”. August 5 last year when festo is to agitate against society members ando Battalion for Res- party, including a deputy questioned by the Cri- LIST TO SC Last month, 15 envoys the Centre announced the the abrogation of Article olute Actions (CoBRA), commandant, were minal Investigation Dep- from United States, South abrogation of erstwhile 370, 35-A of Constitution measures taken by India the elite anti-Naxal wing injured, the CRPF officer artment (CID) of the DC CORRESPONDENT Korea, Vietnam, Bangl- Jammu and Kashmir of India,” the two-page within the framework of of Central Reserve Police said. West Bengal police on THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. adesh, Fiji, Maldives, state’s special status detention order said. its Constitution will Force (CRPF), were mar- The martyred jawans Saturday for four hours 10 Norway, Philippines, besides its bifurcation “Being a poster boy of ensure that these progres- tyred on Monday and six have been identified as in connection with the Morocco, Argentina, Peru, into Union territories, has NC and son of senior sive measures will ... others injured in an constables Vikash Kumar murder of Trinamul With the Supreme Court Niger, Nigeria, Guyana also been accused of party leader Mohd Akbar (bring) an end to gender encounter with Maoists and Purnanand Sahu. Congress MLA of directing Kerala chief secre- and Togo were part of the being the “brain child” Lone of Sonawari locality, disparity, including on in Chhatt-isgarh’s south The injured are deputy Krishnaganj Satyajit tary to submit a detailed list of delegation that visited the behind the “seditious and you will find it easy to property rights and repre- Bastar district of Bijapur. commandant Prashant Biswas in Nadia last constructions in violation of newly-created union terri- anti-national” statements exploit the innocent peo- sentation in local bodies”, A Maoist was also killed Kumar, head constable year. the Coastal Regulation Zone tory of J&K. given by his father. ple and will instigate adding, “There will be bet- in the gunfight, a senior Ajit Singh and constables, Mr Sarkar, who is an and buildings coming up on They interacted with On Monday morning, them to agitate against ter protection of juvenile CRPF officer said. Giriwar Oraon, P. Pawan accused in the case, encroached lands, the state security officials, mem- the Deputy Commissioner the abrogation” of special rights and laws against According to him, at Kumar, Bibha Basu appeared at the CID government is under pressure bers of civil society, politi- of Bandipore served Hilal status.” — PTI domestic violence. The around 10.30 am, armed Mahata, and Pawar headquarters: Bhawani to bring out the list within six cal leaders and the local rights to education, infor- Naxals ambushed a sea- Pandurang. Bhavan at around 12.15 weeks. The apex court on media. the move to revoke Article ginalised earlier. mation and work will now rch party comprising The body of a Naxal was pm after getting sum- Monday issued directions in During the discussions 370 while there were oth- India had last year be applicable. Long-stand- CoBRA personnel in the also recovered from the mons. this regard to chief secretary with members of civil ers who felt that this defended its move to ing discrimination jungle near Irapalli vil- encounter site. It is yet to He was, however, Tom Jose. The court will hear society, the envoys had would bring new opportu- revoke Article 370 in against refugees and lage under Bijapur dis- be identified. allowed to go after his the case on March 23, 2020. The heard a range of views, nities to those sections of August, maintaining that under privileged sections trict. A weapon was also statement was recorded directive came from the bench with some also critical of society who had felt mar- “The recent legislative will end.” This led to a fierce gun found on the spot. by a CID team. headed by Justice Arun Mishra on a contempt petition. In January, following the directive of Supreme Court, MARITAL | WOES Protest in front of ex-wife’s house, also a cop, stuns police four high-rise apartments Rahul tells party were razed in Ernakulam through controlled implosion. The court’s directive came on MPs to calm down a plea filed by film director IPS officer stages sit-in to meet kids and actor Major Ravi accusing the state government of not Bengaluru, Feb. 10: A dence of his divorced wife ■ THE PROTEST by an the matter since were asking him to leave SREEPARNA protests in the House and sharing the list of CRZ viola- dispute involving a divo- in plain clothes and squat- IPS officer created a Rangarajan was a superi- the place, saying he has CHAKRABARTY I DC stick to well thought out tors with the Supreme Court. rced IPS couple played out ted outside it late Sunday, scene with the public and or officer, police pleaded not created any distur- NEW DELHI, FEB. 10 strategies before agitat- The director owned a flat in in full public view here accusing her of not allow- with him to move away. bance. ing. one of the four high-rise apart- with the man, an SP, stag- ing him to meet the chil- media gathering there Rangarajan then asked Ours was a love mar- Days after members of At a meeting of party ment buildings in Kochi, ing a sit-in outside the res- dren. The dharna by the even as local police them: Am I creating any riage. We were posted in Parliament from the MPs in the morning, Mr which were demolished last idence of his former wife Indian Police Service offi- arrived on being called by nuisance here? I am just the Naxal infested Opposition and Treasury Gandhi asked them to month. Major Ravi, along with seeking to meet his chil- cer created a scene with his former wife Ilakkiya sitting here." Chhattisgarh where we benches nearly came to take up a particular topic, others, had lodged a strong dren and the latter sum- public and mediapersons Karunagaran, a Deputy Turning to mediaper- got married and within a blows over the issue of form a proper strategy protest against razing of the moning the police to take gathering there even as Commandant General of sons, he said: You are here year differences surfaced. Congress leader Rahul and then protest inside apartments. Ernakulum dis- action against him. local police arrived on Home Guards, for quite sometime. Have Later, at her insistence we Gandhi’s apology as the House, sources told trict has the highest number of It all started when Arun being called by his former complaining he was you seen me quarrelling opted to shift to Karnataka demanded by Union min- this newspaper. violations at 24, followed by Rangarajan, serving as the wife Ilakkiya Karun- quarreling with her. with her? But she had cadre. After coming here ister Harshvardhan, the Following this, it was Thiruvananthapuram 14, Superintendent of Police agaran, a Deputy called police saying that I we got divorced, he said. former Congress presi- decided to take up the Kannur 7, Kollam 6 and at the Kalaburagi Internal Commandant General of with her. am quarrelling with her. Later, he was allowed to dent on Monday asked issue of SC/ST reserva- Kozhikode 4. Security Division, arrived Home Guards, complain- Apparently caught in a He asked the police meet his children, police party MPs to desist from tion in both Houses of at the Vasanth Nagar resi- ing he was quarreling dilemma on how to tackle under which rule they said. — PTI making “emotional” Parliament on Monday. c m y k c m y k

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Release former CMs; Subhani J&K dossiers surreal he government’s dossiers against Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, two former chief ministers of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state, already languishing in jail for six months — based Ton which the two were recently charged under the Public Safety Act, J&K’s draconian preventive detention law, may have been dismissed as amusing — a typical example of concoctions the police in India are known to insert into their FIRs and investigation reports — if they weren’t dangerous, given their wider implications for Kashmir and the country. Such official justifications against high political personages who also hold an esteemed position in society, are unlikely to have been drummed up by the police and bureaucracy on their own. In high-profile cases, they are known to act based on guidance from above. And since the UT is now under New Delhi’s direct rule, one can assume that the political masters at the Centre are the real authors of the loaded dossiers. Let’s look at the LETTERS absurdity. The dossier on Mr Abdullah refers to “the capacity of the sub- ject to influence people for any cause can be gauged from the fact that he Rajapaksas must try to was able to convince his electorate to come out and vote in huge numbers BUDGET EXEMPTIONS even during the peak of militancy and poll boycotts”. In any democratic system, such an individual should get high marks for As a super senior citizen acting against extremism and militancy and getting people to the ballot who donates money to dif- box through his words, but not under the stewardship of Prime Minister ferent charities every year, I Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah. Indeed, the govern- heal civil war’s wounds wish the Union Budget had ment has determined that Mr Abdullah is a victim of “radical methodolo- gy”. Being a vote-catcher can falsely lead to any politician being labelled not removed Section 80G as a pied-piper who is “radical”, losing sight of the real political meaning (donations), from the list of of that expression. If the capacity to get people to vote is made a criminal Beijing resents any Rajapaksa spoke appre- eligible exemptions. It is offence and attract the charge of causing public disorder or disaffection American criticism of ciatively this week of Sri against the State, then all vote-pulling politicians beware. Big Brother is these moves, especially Lankan police officers cruel, not to those who pay watching! Sunanda K. a bill that the US House “participating in anti- the tax, but the donees, like Mr Abdullah was also accused of speaking out against the revocation of of Representatives terrorism courses in Cancer Society, Save the J&K’s autonomy under Article 370. This is extraordinary. While this pro- Datta-Ray passed by 407 votes to 1 India’s premier training Children and many others vision was emasculated through the use of the government’s brute major- on December 3 that institutes”, of intelli- ity and political arm-twisting by it in Parliament, the constitutionality of seeks to impose sanc- gence-sharing and who do a wonderful job of the action is still before the Supreme Court. In any case, questioning or Reflections tions on senior Chinese counter-terrorism capac- looking after several help- challenging the government is not a crime, much less an act against India, officials for their ity building. No doubt less members of our soci- which the dossier suggests. The political class and our civil society need involvement in detain- these are important mat- to gauge how dangerous the implications of the dossier against Mr t’s not in India always been inalienable ing Muslims. In order to ters, and India cannot ety. By removing the sop, Abdullah are. alone that a majori- parts of China, and that become law, the bill deny its smaller neigh- taxpayers will stop donat- The BJP had no hesitation co-habiting with Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP to be ty’s dangerous it is the common respon- needs to be first bour assistance in over- ing money and the suffer- in power in J&K, but now the dossier against Ms Mufti accuses her of minority complex sibility of all ethnic approved by the Senate hauling national securi- opposing triple talaq and speaking out against mob lynching, and being can make sections groups to “strengthen before it goes to ty. But the first charge ers will be those vulnerable I people. I appeal to the FM “her daddy’s girl”. It’s with her “daddy” that the saffron arty had struck of the minority commu- ethnic unity”, safeguard President Donald on the Rajapaksa clan an alliance in J&K. Political prisoners in J&K must be freed, not charged nity feel under siege. national reunification Trump for approval. His which now controls Sri to maintain status quo on on surreal grounds. The government of Sri and oppose separatism. decision will be influ- Lanka is the unfinished this. Secondly, citizens Lanka, whose born- This is not the first enced by the post-Phase business of the disas- again Prime Minister, time that China has One Sino-US trade trous 27-year civil war above 80 are exempt from Mahinda Rajapaksa, is invoked ethnic unity. In agreement talks as well which ended technically tax up to `5 lakh per Low expectations now visiting New Delhi, October 2019, the as responses to the Hong on May 18, 2009 but has annum. This was removed. acts as if the majority’s General Offices of the Kong Human Rights and left behind a trail of bit- hen Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged visiting Sri Lankan PM Sinhalese language, cul- Communist Party of Democracy Act which terness, broken lives and The tax lost because of this Mahinda Rajapaksa to implement the 13th Amendment of his ture and Buddhist reli- China Central became law on shattered hopes. exemption is worthwhile. Wcountry’s Constition (13A), which provides for provincial councils gion are under constant Committee published a November 27, 2019 and Sinhalese Buddhists S.R. Mohan and also makes Tamil an official language, along with Sinhala, he had his threat from the minority guideline for enhancing obliges the US to impose account for 75 per cent of Secunderabad eyes set only on Tamil Nadu. Even if this was a bid to appease the south- Tamils and Muslims. It ethnic unity, stressing sanctions against Sri Lanka’s 23 million ern state, now playing truant to the BJP, the request to the same leader, was even more comic efforts to improve the Chinese and Hong Kong population. The largely who had presided over the LTTE’s decimation, to provide equality, jus- (and also tragic) when governance of ethnic officials responsible for Hindu Tamils are 11 per TAX EVASION PLOY tice, peace and respect to Lankan Tamils was perhaps unduly optimistic. the People’s Congress of affairs, guaranteeing the human rights abuses in cent while Muslims The objection to the GHMC staff Welcoming Mr Rajapaksa, accused of brutal genocide in the aftermath of Tibet obediently passed legal rights and interests the former British (Tamil, Malay and Moor) photographing properties in Old the ethnic conflict that ended in 2009, with a red carpet itself was resented a law last month reflect- of ethnic groups and colony. Already comprise under 10 per City for GIS suspecting it to be in Tamil Nadu and in some quarters overseas. It’s no secret that Mr ing the nervousness of cracking down on “crim- incensed, the Chinese cent. Being so well- related to CAA/NRC was nothing Rajapaksa always had the Indian government’s support, which he more than 1.2 billion entrenched, the majority but an attempt to thwart assess- acknowledged during the five-day sojourn saying “we would not have won Han Chinese about the should have the confi- ment of property tax by elements (in 2009) without India’s help”, it was unnecessary for Mr Modi to pose as aspirations of 3.2 million SRI LANKA dence to share gover- who pay no taxes (GHMC survey someone concerned about the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils. Mr Rajapaksa Tibetans and nine mil- nance with the two triggers fear, DC, Feb. 10). was honest enough in his expression of gratitude by not referring to lion Uighurs. inal acts” that sabotage media describes the minority communities, K. Gopal Rao India’s abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir, and even said: “India is a rel- The Tibet Autonomous ethnic unity or cause Uighur Bill as part of knowing that it is the Hyderabad ative, others are friends”. Region’s more than 40 ethnic separation. Washington’s “smear only way of ensuring While he is a frequent traveller to India, either for conclaves or to meet ethnic minorities Before that, in 2016, campaign” and urges Mr willing cooperation. The political leaders even when he was in the Opposition or as a pilgrim, this account for 95 per cent of China began a campaign Trump not to sign it. 13th amendment to Sri Email your letters to info@deccan- is his first visit as Prime Minister. India could have made use of the oppor- its population. The new in Xinjiang to promote India-Sri Lankan rela- Lanka’s constitution, mail.com, [email protected]. tunity to put real pressure on him to find an immediate and lasting solu- Ethnic Unity Act, which ethnic unity and called tions might become introduced at India’s You can also send them to Editor, tion to the problems of the Tamil people. His saying that he would talk to will become effective on people to respect the equally testy given urging as part of Rajiv Deccan Chronicle, 36, Sarojini Devi elected Tamil representatives may be a ruse to dodge the real issue. from May 1, resembles a cultures of the minori- Prime Minister Gandhi’s 1987 peace Road, Secunderabad-500 003. Ordinary people are facing the brunt of Sinhala chauvinism and domina- similar law introduced ties who call the region Narendra Modi’s frank accord with J.R. tion, along with official apathy, and it is the Colombo government’s duty four years ago in the home. Even Xi Jinping speaking to Mr Jayewardene, envisaged to address the problem. autonomous territory of urged the people to Rajapaksa, as earlier to a federal dispensation Xinjiang, which China strengthen the commu- his brother, President instead of the present Fall in standard of has controlled since 1949 nity spirit and called on Gotabaya Rajapaksa, autocracy. The English deplored DECCAN CHRONICLE and where 90 per cent of ethnic groups to unite. who made New Delhi his Rajapaksa brothers — the people are Han. Like In September 2019 he first overseas destina- Gotabaya and Mahinda By a staff reporter ADITYA SINHA T. VENKATESWARLU Tibet, Xinjiang also emphasised the impor- tion after taking office in — have a dual task. Not HYDERABAD, Feb. 7. Editor Printer & Publisher houses multiple ethnici- tance of “patriotic teach- November. However, only must they tackle A two-day University Teachers’ ties. 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was walking up St James’ and party, cringed. What is it about things. Then a funny thing hap- McCullin, who keeps his political friend, which promises to be the happy to be in London. For a loud American women that makes pened. Charlie Glass and I left the opinions to himself and is a very blast of the year. change I was not rushing but men like Charlie Glass and myself, club, drank some brandies next cool cat. What made my evening, of Once back on Swiss soil, I read Istrolling in a leisurely manner, two fairer sex-obsessed males, door, and puffed away like gang- course, were the patronising looks that the Sackler family have sold on time for lunch with Charles wince? Is it their pushiness and sters in the black-and-white films of the self-regarding “enlightened” their digs in the Bagel and are Moore at his club, when the lack of assertiveness, the high decibels, or of the 1940s. It was obviously the folk who made up the rest. moving to Switzerland. Well, it’s a deference of certain Americans hit the aggression? Perhaps it’s just worst thing to do for my poor old A couple of them looked so very smart move. Back in the good Taki me like the proverbial pie in the that I’m old, used to sweet young lungs, but the cough disappeared annoyed at my presence they made old U S of A Sacklers’ Purdue face: “I mean, like, who the f*** does Southern belles and the shy debs of quicker than you can say tubercu- me feel like a combination of Pharma is facing around 2,600 she think she is? I’m not taking this long ago. Never mind. Lunch with losis. So I continued boozing and Messalina and Lady Macbeth. Here lawsuits implicating its OxyContin crap from anyone. This is my life two very old friends was wonder- puffing away, and then it was time was this drunken older man, self- in drug users’ deaths. Switzerland and this is me…” The young woman ful: one, my ex-editor Charles, a for Charlie’s dinner to celebrate satisfied and dressed in a very has a far more tolerant view of rich bellowing at the top of her screechy fountain of knowledge and good his 69th birthday. expensive Anderson & Sheppard people. What they do outside the voice had those ubiquitous wires sense; the other, Charlie, writing But first I was driven to the suit, with a silly smile on his face country is none of Switzerland’s Of partying & hanging from her ears, was wearing books non-stop, his latest about Spectator in order to give Fraser that said “We won” and trying to business. And if they spend their leggings — she was not bad-looking, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Nelson a bottle of his favourite flirt with the young waitress. Can ill-gotten gains there, everything’s incidentally — and was as unaware Owen and the shell-shock hospital scotch whisky. Once there I anyone think of anything more hunky-dory. That is a smart of her surroundings, as she shouted they were sent to after World War realised that I had forgotten to buy annoying to people still grieving outlook, but it tends to attract the feeling like into her contraption, as it is possi- I. The problem was poor little me. it, so I made do with making a fool over recent electoral events? After wrong types. It’s one of the reasons ble to be. St James’ is a quiet street The moment I opened my mouth, I of myself in front of a pretty preg- a while, Charlie’s boys and JT I have to fly to London and New of gentlemen’s clubs, demure shops coughed, the result of the bronchi- nant lady and Fraser. Charlie’s decided that I had tortured the din- York to attend parties nowadays. Lady Macbeth selling men’s shoes and an old-fash- tis I’ve had since before Christmas. dinner was an all-male do with his ner guests enough and deposited The only one who hasn’t bought a ioned men’s hairdresser. The obliv- Both my lunch companions put two sons, George and Edward, and me in a taxi. The next day my boy chalet in the Alps is Al Capone, and ious American kept at it, heading manners ahead of self-preserva- my boy, John Taki, providing the and I flew back to good old Helvetia he has very good reasons for failing for Piccadilly. I turned into a club tion, never mentioning the Chinese gaiety missing from the faces of but I would return to London for a to buy. and that was that. virus threatening to lower the older lefties who are close friends party to celebrate you-know-what I mentioned this during lunch world’s population. And instead of of the birthday boy. I sat next to the on the 31st, and the next night the By arrangement with and Charles Glass, the third in our listening to myself talk, I learned famous war photographer Don 40th birthday of the son of a great the Spectator TECHNOMICS pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2020 11

IN BRIEF HOW TO SHARE FILES Phone output to Samsung’s Oscar ad SECURELY ONLINE fall to 5-yr low Well, there’s a plethora of option to share files securely online, yet Seoul: Researcher TrendForce said on Monday reveals new foldable most people tend to use their email or popular cloud storage services. it expected global smart- Here are our top picks phone production to fall by 12% to its lowest level in five Korean firm aired the advertisement ahead of its launch years in the first three months of 2020 because a San Francisco, Feb. 10: however, expected to be „ In the „ During its brief 30-second virus outbreak in China. Samsung Electronics, the less expensive than the video, the TrendForce said it cut its world’s top smartphone $1,980 Galaxy Fold which runtime, the ad also offers a forecasts for the global maker, gave a glimpse of opens like a book and was Galaxy Z look at the Galaxy Z Flip's smartphone output, expect- new square-shaped fold- launched in September, Flip is small outer touch display, ing Huawei, Apple and other able phones in a surprise delayed by several months mostly which sits next to the companies to bear brunt of TV commercial aired dur- after problems with its shown sit- device's dual camera and the market slowdown. ing the Academy Awards screens. “The new Galaxy ting on a shows an incoming call — Reuters on Sunday. Z Flip foldable phone will table and which can be interacted with The ad, broadcast only in create a halo effect for folded at a directly. the US, comes two days Samsung’s brand and help 90-degree Cohen, Musk hit before its Galaxy Z Flip it better compete with angle, „ The com- phones, which open and Apple’s pricey models,” mercial close vertically like a flip said Tom Kang, an analyst allowing out at FB again phone, are due to be at research firm Counter- users to was spot- New Delhi: One of the unveiled at an event in point, adding that easily ted by The Facebook’s most prominent San Francisco. Samsung had taken the video chat Verge edi- WETRANSFER GOOGLE DRIVE critics is actor Sacha Baron While there were many lead in foldable phones at and also tor-in- „ WeTransfer allows users to „ Google gives you 15GB of Cohen. Indeed, his speech in shots of the phones, which a time when Chinese view them- chief send files without having to sign cloud storage for free, split November, characterising come in at least purple rivals looked set to leap selves, Nilay up for a new service. You can across its various services Facebook as the “greatest and black, there were few into the nascent market. hands-free. Patel propaganda machine in his- other details. They are, — Agencies share one or multiple files via a (including Google Drive, tory,” quickly went viral. custom link, which stays active Gmail, and Google Photos). Now, he tweeted, “We don’t for a week by default. Paid plans start at $2 a let 1 person control the month for 100GB of storage water for 2.5 billion people. FIVE THINGS TO CHANGE TO MAKE YOUR FLAW ALLOWS SENDANYWHERE and go up from there—and We don’t let 1 person control of course you get Google electricity for 2.5 billion peo- SMART DEVICES REALLY SECURE MALWARE TO „ It's simple, fast, and free (for the basics, anyway). Open the Docs, Sheets, and the rest of ple. Why do we let 1 man Google’s online office app control the information seen „ While big tech companies how and where it is stored and BE SENT VIA BT site, click the red plus icon, and by 2.5 billion people? wants us to cram as many for how long. you can share a file or files using suite as well. Facebook needs to be regu- smart gadgets as possible into „ Every IoT device should make a unique link or a six-digit code. lated by governments, not our homes, offices and cars, DC CORRESPONDENT ONEDRIVE ruled by an emperor! clear whether that data it cre- with agency inputs users will need to be wary of ates is encrypted (and how) „ OneDrive from Microsoft Soon after, Tesla founder these cheaply priced products. HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 FIREFOX SEND Elon Musk responded to the and who has access to the data „ It allows users to use—with or gives you 5GB of cloud morning diatribe, himself „ In many cases the data those and the keys Security researchers at without the Firefox browser—and storage for free; you can tweeting “#DeleteFacebook ERNW have discovered upgrade that for a fee, with sensors gather during the „ IoT device makers should lets you share files up to a total it’s lame.” course of the day is stored, a bug in Android phones size of 2.5TB, free of charge. prices starting at $2 a month keep a list of what of the data that allows attackers to for 100GB of storage analysed and repackaged. It's collected they are analysing or sliced and diced and re-used by silently deliver malware monetising or reselling, even if via the phone’s blue- DROPBOX companies who want to under- anonymised, and a list of who tooth. iCLOUD stand us and what we do. That „ Dropbox gives you 2GB of they sold it to. The bug, BlueFrag, for cloud storage for free, with paid Apple's cloud storage second revenue stream is why now, affects Android plans starting at $12 a month for service iCloud lags behind so many of these things are „ Users of IoT devices should smartphones that run on the competition when it cheap in the first place. be able to see what data is older version of the OS — 2TB of storage. Besides enabling file-sharing across the web, it comes to file sharing, being held and have the right Oreo and Pie. However, though there are signs of „ Recently, the UK government to have it permanently deleted. users can protect them- keeps your files and folders made a first attempt at coming selves from the vulnera- synced between your devices improvement; the ability to up with a set of rules for IoT „ All IoT devices should be bility by installing the and the cloud, lets you showcase share folders as well as security that gadget makers capable of being automatically February patch. files on the web, collaborate on individual files was recently must stick to if they want to upgraded if bug fixes become According to the files with others, and more. added in iOS 13.4 and Bill Gates orders sell their devices in the necessary researchers at ERNW, macOS Catalina 10.15.4. country. the intruder only needs „ While no tech company will to know the Bluetooth a superyatch „ All consumer internet-con- agree to this level of data about MAC address of the tar- New Delhi: In a first. Bill nected device passwords must their business being made pub- get that can easily be Gates has ordered a hydro- be unique and cannot be reset lic, they expect us to allow guessed by looking at gen-powered superyacht, the Wi-Fi MAC address. Sony, Amazon join MWC to any universal factory setting them to eavesdrop and watch worth an estimated £500m our every intimate moment. The nature of the flaw ($644m) that features an „ Makers of consumer IoT So, the faustian bargain about means that the attacker infinity pool, helipad, spa will have to be relatively devices must provide a public privacy and security will con- and gym. The billionaire co- point of contact so anyone can close to its target. This exodus over nCoV scare tinue. founder of Microsoft has report a vulnerability and agree will mainly be a concern commissioned the Aqua ship it will be acted on in public spaces where – a 112-metre (370ft) luxury there's an abundance of London, Feb. 10: Sony ing,” Sony said in a state- a constantly evolving situ- vessel completely powered in a timely manner targets. and Amazon are the latest ment. ation that will require fast by liquid hydrogen – which „ Consumer IoT However, Android 10 companies to pull out of a Amazon is withdrawing adaptability,” the GSMA was publicised last year at devices makers can users can breather major European technolo- “due to the outbreak and said. It had already the Monaco yacht show by must state the min- easy as the vulnerability gy show due to fears over continued concerns about planned to step up clean- the Dutch design firm Sinot, doesn’t affect them. But, the outbreak of the new novel coronavirus,” the e- ing and disinfecting meas- reports The Guardian. imum length of ERNW researchers did- coronavirus. commerce giant said in a ures, recommend a “no Speaking about the project time that the device n’t confirm if the older Sony said Monday it's brief statement. handshake policy” and last year, the marine designer will receive security versions before Android scrapping its appearance GSMA, the show organ- make sure speakers don’t Sander Sinot said: “For the updates at the 8 are also affected. The at Mobile World Congress, izer, didn't immediately use the same microphone. development of Aqua we took point of sale, either team hadn’t “evaluated the world's biggest mobile respond to a request for Last week, Ericsson, one inspiration from the lifestyle in store or online the impact” on older industry trade fair, in comment, but said Sunday of the show’s biggest of a discerning, forward-look- releases, said ERNW. Barcelona, this month. it's ''moving ahead as exhibitors dropped out, ing owner, the fluid versatility „ However, here However, the problem Instead, the company will planned'' with the event, along with South Korean of water and cutting-edge are five things that remains that the flaw launch its latest devices and outlined additional electronics giant LG and technology, to combine this in can be done to remain unpatched as through its YouTube chan- health and safety meas- graphics chip maker a superyacht with truly inno- make IoT devices Google directs popular nel on Feb. 24, the first day ures. They include ban- Nvidia. China’s ZTE, vative features.” Gates, 64, more secure. phone makers to provide of the show. ning visitors from China's meanwhile, scaled back who is currently ranked as the security updates for “As we place the utmost Hubei province, where the by dropping its press con- world’s second-richest man „ Every IoT device nearly two years. importance on the safety outbreak originated, ference. More than 1 lakh with a $118bn (£92bn) for- should come with a In that regard, the and well-being of our cus- requiring people who have people, including 5,000- tune, is a regular superyacht clear explanation of Android 8 OS is well past tomers, partners, media been in China to prove 6,000 from China, typically holidaymaker who has not how any data creat- that two year mark. and employees, we have they left at least 14 days attend Mobile World previously owned his own ed is transmitted, Moreover, Vendors go taken the difficult deci- earlier, and carrying out Congress and organizers vessel. — Agencies up to 90 days before sion to withdraw from temperature screening. were expecting similar fig- patching a flaw. exhibiting and participat- “We are contending with ures this year. — AP Lithium miner seeks to monitor water scarcity in Chile

Santiago, Feb. 10: With resi- in 2018 about technologies that dents and courts ringing the would allow the company to pro- alarm about depleted water sup- IT’S THE ERA OF SUPERCHARGED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES duce more lithium without plies in Chile’s Atacama salt pumping more brine. flat, the world’s top lithium „ In 2011, Gene „ By this time next year, Berdichevsky plans to have the first lithium-silicon bat- „ But to push that number into the 40 Rival SQM’s operations are miner Albemarle quietly filed a also in limbo after a plan to proposal in December for a net- Berdichevsky founded teries in consumer electronics, which he says will make them last 20 percent to 50 percent range, you have to take lessen its environmental impact work to monitor flows beneath Sila Nanotechnologies longer per charge. graphite completely out of the picture. was thrown out by judges who the parched desert floor. to build a better Scientists have known how to make said a green light from regula- The previously unreported battery. His secret „ When a lithium-ion battery is „ The swollen anode can pulverize the silicon anodes for years, but they have tors had relied on junk science move is an indication of how ingredient is charging, lithium ions flow to the nanoengineered silicon particles and rup- struggled to scale the advanced nano- and warned about a “high level important it has become for nanoengineered anode, which is typically made of a ture the protective barrier between the engineering processes involved in of scientific uncertainty” about miners to prove their supplies of particles of silicon, type of carbon called graphite. If anode and the battery’s electrolyte, which manufacturing them. the behavior of the Atacama’s the so-called “white gold” bat- which can supercharge you swap graphite for silicon, far ferries the lithium ions between the elec- water table. tery metal are sustainable as more lithium ions can be stored in trodes. Over time, crud builds up at the SQM has criticised the court’s they court automakers prepar- lithium-ion cells when ruling and appealed to the ing for the coming electric vehi- they’re used as the the anode, which increases the boundary between the anode and elec- Supreme Court. A decision is cle revolution. battery’s negative energy capacity of the battery. But trolyte. This both blocks the efficient trans- pending. Car companies have ratcheted electrode, or anode. packing all these lithium ions into fer of lithium ions and takes many of the Lenny-Pessagno said the electrode causes it to swell ions out of service. It quickly kills any per- up scrutiny in the Atacama, by Today, Sila is one of Albemarle’s near-term focus far the biggest source of supply „ like a balloon; in some cases, it formance improvements the silicon anode would be developing technolo- in South America’s so-called a handful of companies can grow up to four times larger. provided. gies to extract more lithium from “lithium triangle,” where one racing to bring lithium- the brine it already had permits lithium producer is locked in a silicon batteries out of „ One way out of this problem is to sprinkle small amounts of silicon for. She said the company had court battle over pumping of the lab and into the oxide—better known as sand—throughout a graphite anode. This is what “no intention of asking to brine and a copper miner has real world, where they increase our pumping rate.” opted for pricey desalination Tesla currently does with its batteries. Silicon oxide comes pre-puffed, She confirmed plans to open promise to open new so it reduces the stress on the anode from swelling during charging. over drawing water from local frontiers of form and the La Negra III and IV lithium aquifers. function in electronic „ At NanoGraf, Researchers are boosting the energy of carbon-silicon processing plants in Chile by “What we’re seeing is a scruti- batteries by embedding silicon particles in graphene, graphite’s Nobel next year, boosting the firm’s ny of how lithium is being pro- devices ranging from production capacity in the duced, and particularly, in the earbuds to cars. Prize-winning cousin. country to 85,000 tonnes. Salar de Atacama,” Ellen Lenny- Last May, Albemarle Pessagno, Albemarle’s Chile announced a project to boost its manager, told Reuters in an made to Chile to check on local said Juan Carlos Cayo, an attor- For Albemarle, the world’s to provide similar information water and brine are scarce com- Atacama lithium production by interview in capital city conditions. The carmaker ney for communities in largest producer of lithium, has been repeatedly delayed modities in the world’s driest 30 per cent without extracting Santiago. “They want data.” declined to comment. Atacama, following that deci- resolving the water issue is a since 2018, leaving a void. A desert. more brine. She said a team from That came after a Chilean sion. “business decision”, Lenny- spokeswoman for Chile develop- Last week miner BHP When asked if that technology, Germany’s biggest car maker judge sided with local indige- The battle for water in salt Pessagno said, adding the firm ment agency Corfo, which is scrapped plans to continue or others, might help revive Volkswagen — which expects to nous communities and knocked flats has intensified. Residents was open to working with other managing that process, said the pumping water from the plans to produce over 85,000 produce 1.5 million electric autos back an environmental remedi- and environmental groups miners on the matter including report was nearing completion. Atacama basin to feed its mas- tonnes, she said both the market by 2025 — visited the Atacama ation plan from top rival SQM worry that mining of lithium rival SQM. “Whatever happens sive Escondida copper mine, the and technology would dictate last month to scope out the social in December, warning of and copper is damaging a regi- in the salar will ultimately HIDDEN IN THE BRINE world’s largest. It said it would timing. “These technological and environmental impact of “fragility” in the Atacama’s onal ecosystem home to an impact our business,” she said, Salt-rich brine holds in sus- use desalinated water instead. improvements take time, it’s mining operations there. ecosystem. ancient indigenous culture and confirming the plan for a two- pension the lithium that Albemarle, too, shelved still a work in progress. We A source at Volkswagen, who “Developing a greener world turquoise lagoons inhabited decade monitoring network to automakers covet. Miners use longer-term plans to expand its want to be rational in terms of asked not to be named, con- can’t come at the cost of an with rare pink Chilean flamin- get a fuller picture of the issue. freshwater beneath the flats for operations at Atacama follow- what our goals are,” she said. firmed a recent trip had been entire territory... and culture,” gos. A government study intended industrial processes. Both ing questions from regulators — Reuters WORLD pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2020 12

IN BRIEF NH vote: Dems Pak cleric agrees S. Korea’s Parasite beats to vacate mosque trade barbs Islamabad: Deposed cleric of Pakistan’s Lal Masjid Manchester, Feb. 10: ■ US DEMOCRATIC Maulana Abdul Aziz, who Bernie Sanders and Pete H’wood greats to win Oscar occupied the state-owned Buttigieg locked horns in presidential candi- mosque here and asserted their fight for the US date Pete Buttigieg his claim to be its prayer Democratic presidential narrowly won the South Korean satire on class divides wins Academy Award for best film leader, has agreed to vacate nomination Sunday as it by Tuesday after striking a they scrambled for votes chaotic Iowa cau- Los Angeles, Feb. deal with the government. with just two days to go cuses, collecting 14 10: Parasite, a sting- AND THE OSCARS GO TO... SIDELIGHTS Aziz was removed from the before New Hampshire’s delegates, ahead of ing satire on class post on the orders of the closely-watched primary. Bernie Sanders with divides in South court in 2004 following a The 78-year-old Vermont Korea, jumped the REMEMBERING KOBE fatwa he issued against the senator and the 38-year- 12, according to the “one inch long subti- army and the operation old former mayor of state party. tle barrier” to land on eteran director Spike against terrorists in South Bend, Indiana the Oscar stage — and Lee, who won the best Waziristan. However, he was came top of the first con- last month. Buttigieg, in record books — as Vadapted screenplay reinstated after his release test in Iowa - marred by appearing separately on the first non-English Oscar last year for race drama from prison in 2009, but he messy confusion about CNN, turned aside the bil- film to win an BlacKkKlansman, rocked pur- stirred another controversy the result - giving each lionaire charge, quipping, Academy Award for ple on the red carpet once in 2014 after he openly momentum as Democrats “Well, Bernie’s pretty best picture. again — this time to honour extended support to the per- seek a candidate to take rich, and I would happily Coloured in various late basketball legend Kobe petrators of the Army Public on Donald Trump in accept a contribution shades of black, Bong Bryant. School attack in Peshawar November. from him.” Joon Ho’s wicked His jacket lapels bore the by calling it a reactionary Sanders, a leftist who Turning serious, he said comedy that found number 24, worn by the Lakers move by the terrorists. Lal won the New Hampshire he was “building the resonance the world icon and Oscar winner, who Masjid is a state-owned primary by a landslide in movement that is going to over also won the best BEST DIRECTOR | BEST ACTOR was killed in a helicopter mosque in Islamabad and 2016, led in four polls defeat Donald Trump,” director Oscar as well Bong Joon-ho, crash two weeks ago. Maulana Abdullah, father of released Sunday, each of boosted by donations as the awards for orig- Parasite Joaquin "Tribute. Honor. Homage. We Aziz, was its first cleric. After which had the moderate from some two million inal screenplay and Phoenix, Joker all miss him,” Lee told ABC. his assassination in the Buttigieg in second fol- people. best international fea- BEST PICTURE 1990s, Aziz was appointed lowed by Massachusetts Both Buttigieg and ture. While the big Parasite the cleric by the Islamabad Senator Elizabeth Warren Biden - whose status as wins for Parasite, the WOMEN’S ‘FIGHT CLUB’ Capital Territory’s (ICT) and then former vice national frontrunner for first South Korean BEST ACTRESS | Renée MUSIC (ORIGI- Auqaf Department. president Joe Biden. the nomination was shak- film at the Oscars, Zellweger, Judy NAL SONG) n a year that saw female “I think we have an en by taking fourth-place came as a surprise for directors snubbed, the big INTERNATIONAL (I’m Gonna) I excellent chance to win,” in Iowa’s caucuses - said many, given the Love Me Again question was — who would Angela Merkel’s Sanders told CNN as he it would be much harder Academy Awards’ 92- FEATURE FILM speak out about gender equali- started a final push on the for the party to defeat year history of from ty? The answer turned out to South Korea, Rocketman successor quits ground in the small nort- Trump with Sanders. The favouring English cin- Parasite be: almost everyone. heastern state. senator’s position at the ema, the awards in MUSIC (ORIGI- Past Oscar winner Natalie Berlin: German Chancellor With the primary sea- very left of the American the acting categories NAL SCORE) Portman donned a Dior cape Angela Merkel’s designated son underway in earnest, spectrum - with pro- were along expected MAKEUP AND BEST with names of women left out successor unexpectedly earlier collegiality among grammes like extending lines. HAIRSTYLING SUP- Joker stitched into it, saying it was PORTING threw in the towel Monday, Democrats has fallen the Medicare program to Joaquin Phoenix Bombshell DOCUMENTARY her “subtle way” of respond- plunging her conservative away. all Americans - have been won best actor for ACTRESS FEATURE ing to the omissions. party into deeper crisis as it “I am running against a seized on by the presi- Joker and Renee VISUAL EFFECTS Laura In her opening musical num- struggles to agree on its candidate, Pete Buttigieg, dent, who told an inter- Zellweger bagged best American ber, Janelle Monae praised “all future political direction after among others, who has viewer last week, “I think actress for Judy. Brad 1917 Dern, Factory the women who directed phe- losing votes to the far right. raised contributions from he’s a communist.” Pitt and Laura Dern Best film editing Marriage BEST COSTUME nomenal films.” Annegret Kramp- more than 40 billion- Buttigieg said it would won the supporting Ford v Ferrari Story DESIGN Karrenbauer told leading aires,” Sanders said. be “a lot harder” for the gongs for Once Upon a BEST CINE- Jacqueline members of the Christian “Our support is coming party to win with Sanders Time in Hollywood DOCUME DOWN SYNDROME HOST Democratic Union that she from the working class of than a more moderate and Marriage Story. MATOGRAPHY NTARY Durran, Little Women won’t be seeking the chan- this country.” candidate, with Biden “Four times... It’s Roger Deakins, SHORT nother moment of Oscars cellorship in next year’s elec- His campaign, based similarly telling ABC it crazy. It’s an unbeliev- 1917 FEATURE BEST PRODUC- Ahistory was made when tion, upending Merkel’s plans heavily on small donors, would be “incredibly able night. It’s such a TION DESIGN Zack Gottsagen, of the indie BEST SOUND Learning to hand her the reins after says it raised $25 million more difficult”. — AFP great honour. I feel Once Upon a hit The Peanut Butter Falcon, more than 15 years in power. like I’ll wake up to MIXING to appeared on stage alongside Merkel’s spokesman Steffen find this all a dream,” Skateboa Time… in co-star Shia LaBeouf to hand Seibert told reporters in Bong, who famously BEST SUPPORTING 1917 rd in a Hollywood out the best live-action short ACTOR Berlin that Germany’s long- spoke on foreign lan- BEST SOUND Warzone LIVE-ACTION award. Gottsagen became the guage films overcom- first Oscars presenter with time leader stood by her Taiwan F-16s push Brad Pitt, Once EDITING (If You’re SHORT FILM decision not to run for a fifth ing the “one inch sub- Upon a Time… in a Girl) The Neighbors’ Down syndrome, slightly hesi- term in 2021, despite the lat- title barrier” when Hollywood Ford v Ferrari tating over his lines before est development. Kramp- back China H-6s his film won the Window being encouraged by LaBeouf. Karrenbauer’s announcement Golden Globe for best “Shia was offered to present reflects the growing split Taipei, Feb. 10: Taiwan’s Pacific having passed foreign film, said BEST ADAPTED BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED FEATURE ANIMATED an Oscar. He said he would do with the Christian Democrats air force scrambled for a through the Bashi Cha- backstage after his SCREENPLAY SCREENPLAY FILM SHORT it if he can share that moment exposed last week in its han- second day in a row on nnel that separates Tai- Oscar wins. With his Taika Waititi, Bong Joon-ho, Toy Story 4 FILM with co-star Zach Gottsagen,” dling of the election of a Monday to intercept Chi- wan from the Philippines, film eclipsing big tweeted Alma Har’el, who governor in the state of nese jets that approached the ministry added and budget extravaganzas Jojo Rabbit Parasite Hair Love directed LaBeouf Thuringia. the island claimed by shared a picture of a such as 1917, Once Beijing as its own, as ten- Taiwan F-16 accompany- Upon a Time in sions between the two ing one of the H-6 Hollywood and The took on a potentially dan- bombers. Irishman, an over- Joaquin talks of Obamas’ film wins ISRAEL STRIKE gerous military dimen- China has been flying whelmed Bong said he sion. Taiwan’s Defence what it calls “island enci- looked forward to the Ministry said Chinese rclement” drills on-off day when it would not cow insemination best documentary POSED RISK TO jets, accompanying H-6 since 2016 when Taiwan be such a big deal for bombers, briefly crossed President Tsai Ing-wen a foreign film to win Los Angeles, Feb. 10: the natural world and he Barack and Belt community’s jour- RUSSIAN JET an unofficial mid-line in first took office. Beijing in mainstream cate- Hollywood star Joaquin plunder it of its resour- TMichelle Obama-pro- ney from optimism at the the Taiwan Strait that believes Tsai, who won re- gories. Phoenix finally ended his ces,” Phoenix said. “We duced film American giant plant’s reopening, Moscow: Russia’s Defense separates the two, election last month, wish- “I applaud and sup- dry run at the Oscars. He feel entitled to artificially Factory snagged an which brought back vital Ministry said that a passenger prompting its air force to es to push the island’s for- port the new direction said that he believes we’ve inseminate a cow and Oscar on Sunday for best jobs, towards creeping jetliner in Syria was endan- rush to intercept and give mal independence. that this change sym- become “more disconnect- then steal her baby, even documentary — a win anger and disillusion- gered by Israeli fighter jets verbal warnings to leave. Tsai says Taiwan is an bolises,” the 50-year- ed from the natural though her cries of for Netflix, which backed ment, as the Chinese ma- that used it as shield while The Chinese aircraft independent country old said while accept- world,” and that humani- anguish are unmistak- the story of a manufac- nagement imposed striking the suburbs of then withdrew to the called the Republic of ing the international ty has become egocentric able.” In a lengthy speech, turing plant in the US strict, exhausting dem- Damascus the previous day. western side of the line, China, its official name. film Oscar from actor about our place in the uni- Phoenix touched upon Midwest reopened by a ands on workers — and The allegation comes as ten- the ministry added, with- On Sunday too, Chinese Penelope Cruz. verse. Then things got a racism, climate change Chinese billionaire. sacked those who did not sions run high in Syria, where out identifying the jets. jets flew into the Bashi — PTI little strange: “We go into and gender inequality. The film charts a Rust comply. — Agencies fighting has escalated in the The H-6s were on a Channel then out into the northern province of Idlib. training mission in the Pacific. — Reuters Syrian government forces, backed by the Russian military, have clashed with Turkish troops that support the opposi- tion there after failing to Iran again fails to observe a cease-fire. Thai city copes with fallout of shooting A spokesman for the Israeli prime minister did not Nakhon Ratchasima security forces shot dead Bangkok killing 20 people put sat into orbit respond to a request for com- (Thailand), Feb. 10: the heavily armed attack- that was allegedly carried ment. Israel rarely acknowl- Authorities in northeast- er in Terminal 21 Korat, out by human traffickers Tehran: An Iranian rock- Zafar 1 communications edges strikes carried out in ern Thailand began an airport-themed mall in in retaliation for a crack- et failed to put a satellite satellite into orbit, how- Syria. releasing bodies to rela- Nakhon Ratchasima. down on their network. into orbit on Sunday, state ever, due to a low speed, Israel has repeatedly struck tives on Monday after The gunman, Sgt. Maj. Messages of sympathy television reported, the Iranian state TV report- Syrian and Iran-linked targets security forces cornered Jakrapanth Thomma, 31, for the latest tragedy were latest setback for a pro- ed. “Stage-1 and stage-2 in Syria in recent years and and killed a soldier who was infuriated at a land sent by several countries. gramme the US claims motors of the carrier has vowed to push back carried out the country’s deal brokered by his com- The US Embassy said it helps Tehran advance its functioned properly and against increasing Iranian worst mass shooting in an mander’s mother-in-law, “stands with the people of ballistic missile progra- the satellite was success- influence in its neighboring hourslong siege at a shop- as far as authorities have Thailand, saddened by mme. The launch hap- fully detached from its country. ping mall. been able to determine. tragic events in Nakhon pened at 7:15 pm local carrier, but at the end of The news of the alleged near- The soldier killed 29 peo- She was another of his Ratchasima.” time at Imam Khomeini its path it did not reach miss came amid jitters just a ple starting with his com- victims. Throughout Monday, pe- Spaceport in Iran’s Sem- the required speed for month after a Ukrainian pas- manding officer in a stun- The death toll surpassed ople dropped by the Ter- nan province, some 230 being put in the orbit,” senger plane crashed shortly ning tragedy that began Thailand’s last major minal 21 mall to offer flo- km southeast of Tehran. Defense Ministry spokes- after take-off from Tehran, People attend a memorial service at Terminal 21 Korat Saturday and ended attack on civilians, a 2015 wers and leave notes expr- A Simorgh, or ‘Phoenix’, man Ahmad Hosseini told killing all 176 people on board. shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. — AP Sunday morning when bombing at a shrine in essing sympathy. — AP rocket couldn’t put the state TV. — AP 1,000 bomb hoaxes HUGE | SETBACK Fine Gael takes a battering in the face of surge in fortunes of Sinn Fein per day in Moscow Irish PM Leo’s party pushed to 3rd place Moscow, Feb. 10: Moscovites are mystified by a flood of London, Feb. 10: Irela- Fianna Fail and 20.9 per bomb hoaxes forcing the evac- nd’s Indian-origin Pri- cent for Fine Gael. uation of courts, schools and me Minister Leo Varad- “Nobody can be forced malls while authorities appear kar has suffered a huge into some sort of forced unable to find the culprits even setback in the general marriage or forced coa- after months of disruption to election as his liberal- lition,” said 41-year-old public life. conservative Fine Gael Varadkar, who took over The warnings of planted party took a battering in as the Irish Taoiseach bombs, all of them false, have the face of an unprece- Indian-origin Irish PM or Prime Minister in been sent to numerous dented surge in the for- Leo Varadkar 2017. “In order to form a Russian cities, but particularly tunes of the nationalist government together, targeted the capital, where party Sinn Fein. out an alliance with you have to have rough- around 16 million live and As the poll results pou- Sinn Fein historically ly the same views aro- work, with up to 1,000 threats People stand outside Basm- red in overnight on Su- associated with the Iri- und the courts and the per day. anny Court after an evacuation nday, Varadkar’s party sh Republican Army criminal justice system; Since late November, more due to a warning of a planted was pushed down to th- and dedicated to the around how the econo- than 1.6 million people have bomb in Moscow. — AFP ird place with Sinn Fein reunification of Ireland. my and society should been evacuated from buildings in the lead, followed by The final results of the be run and also how in Moscow, the Interfax news Yulia Olshanskaya, a local conservative Fianna weekend’s election are democracy should func- agency said citing sources. government official, said her Fail in second place. still being counted but tion. That is what makes Yet, both the authorities and daughter Maria’s school was The process of govern- with all first preferenc- my party Fine Gael not Kremlin-controlled television evacuated “sometimes several ment formation is likely es counted, Sinn Fein compatible with Sinn channels stay mostly clear of times a day” throughout to be long drawn with has 24.5 per cent comp- Fein,” he said. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald celebrates with supporters after topping the poll, the topic. December. — Agencies Varadkar having ruled ared to 22.2 per cent for — PTI at the RDS count centre in Dublin, Ireland. — AP WORLD pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2020 13

IN BRIEF Bill Gates buys Global virus spread tip of iceberg: WHO hydrogen yacht A team led by WHO leaves for China to probe epidemic; countries told to be prepared for virus arrival San Francisco: Microsoft co- founder and the world’s sec- Geneva, Feb. 10: The ond richest man Bill Gates head of the World Health INFECTED has commissioned himself a Organisation said on futuristic superyacht that’s Monday there have been powered entirely by liquid “concerning instances” of 40,600 hydrogen — meaning its only coronavirus among people Coronavirus outbreak has emission is water — for with no travel history to infected over 40,600 peo- `4,600 crore. Gates is a reg- China, warning that it co- ple globally. ular superyacht holidaymak- uld be the “tip of the iceb- The latest figures report- er but has not previously erg”, as he urged all owned his own vessel and countries to prepare for ed by global health has preferred to rent during the possible arrival of the authorities as of Monday: his summer trips. The plans novel virus that has killed China: 908 deaths, of buying the superyacht over 900 people. 40,171 confirmed cases. were unveiled at the Monaco Tedros Adhanom Ghebr- Hong Kong: 36 cases, Yacht Show last year in eyesus lauded the doctors, including one death. December. Notably, this is nurses and health worke- Japan: 161 the first of its kind being rs for doing “their utmo- powered by liquid hydrogen. st” at personal risk to con- Singapore: 43 The luxury liner is 370ft-long tain the epidemic, termi- Thailand: 32 and comprises five decks ng them “true heroes” of South Korea: 27 complete with space for 14 the outbreak that first sur- Malaysia: 18 guests, 31 crew members, a faced in December in Wu- Taiwan: 16 gym, yoga studio, beauty han city in China’s central room, massage parlour and Hubei province where mi- Australia, Germany, cascading pool on its rear llions of people are under Vietnam: 14 deck, The Daily Mail report- lockdown in a bid to stop United States: 12 ed on Sunday. it from spreading. “Ther- Macao: 10 e’ve been some concerni- US: One died in China ng instances of onward Solar Orbiter to 2019nCoV spread from pe- France: 11 ople with no travel history United Kingdom: 8 tell Sun’s secrets to China. The detection of UAE: 7 Miami: The US-European a small number of cases Canada: 6 Solar Orbiter probe launched may indicate more wides- Sunday night from Florida on pread transmission in oth- Philippines: 3 cases, a voyage to deepen our er countries; in short, we including 1 death understanding of the Sun may only be seeing the tip India, Italy: 3 and how it shapes the space of the iceberg,” tweeted Russia, Spain: 2 weather that impacts tech- Ghebreyesus, Director-Ge- Belgium, Nepal, Sri Lanka, nology back on Earth. The neral of the WHO. Sweden, Cambodia, In this photo released by Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, wearing a protective face mask, speaks to residents as he inspects mission, a collaboration Finland: 1 between ESA (the European Health team in China the novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control work at a neighbourhood in Beijing on Monday. — AP Space Agency) and NASA, An advance team of inter- — AP successfully blasted off from national experts led by the the Kennedy Space Center in World Health Organisati- Cape Canaveral at 11:03pm on (WHO) has left for Beij- After holiday, Chinese start work (0403 GMT Monday) and ing to help investigate Ch- Citizen journo could last up to nine years or ina’s coronavirus epidem- more. At 12:24am Monday ic, which authorities said Beijing, Feb. 10: Millions who usually visit family (0524 GMT) the European on Monday had claimed of people in China return- during the annual Lunar Space Operations Centre in 909 lives on the mainland. ed to work on Monday aft- New Year holiday. Xi in Beijing; 98 new goes missing Darmstadt, Germany, rece- WHO director-general er an extended holiday ai- The unprecedented mea- ived a signal from the space- Tedros Adhanom Ghebre- med at slowing the spread sures included an extensi- Wuhan, Feb. 10: Over the was previously detained craft indicating that its Solar yesus, who made a trip to of a coronavirus, with the on of the holiday, with cit- past couple of weeks, Ch- briefly by authorities for panels had successfully depl- Beijing for talks with Pre- extra travel deepening co- izens told to stay inside as deaths take toll to 909 inese citizen journalists his video of corpses in a oyed. Space Orbiter is expe- sident Xi Jinping and Chi- ntagion concerns as the much as possible. Beijing, Feb 10: Chinese worst-affected Hubei Chen Qiushi and Fang Bin hospital. When he filmed cted to provide unprecede- nese ministers in January, toll climbed above 900. Officially the holiday President Xi Jinping, province. The confirmed have served as the world’s the dramatic moment peo- nted insights into the Sun’s returned with an agreem- And although the World was extended by only wearing a mask, on cases of infection spi- eyes and ears inside Wuh- ple in hazmat suits broke atmosphere, its winds and its ent on sending an interna- Health Organisation three days, but many cities Monday toured Beijing ralled to 40,235, Chinese an, the epicentre of the co- down his apartment door magnetic fields, including tional mission. But it took (WHO) has said there are and provinces pushed the city to oversee the efforts health officials said. ronavirus outbreak. to take him into quaranti- how it shapes the helios- two weeks to get the gov- signs the epidemic is sta- deadline until February to contain the coronavirus Mr Xi, who mostly Broadcasting via their ne, it sparked hundreds of phere, the vast swath of ernment’s green light. bilising, the agency’s chief 10. The measures have left outbreak and said though remained indoors while mobile phones, they’ve off- comments urging the aut- space that encompasses warned on Monday there businesses, shops, factori- the situation remained his No. 2 Premier Li ered a glimpse of how dire horities to release him. our system. I’ve just been at the could be more infections es and tourist sites closed “very serious” China can Keqiang, and other senior things have been. Many of It’s no accident that their airport seeing off abroad in people who have and turned many cities score a full victory over Communist Party officials those videos have been po- posts grew viral on Ameri- members of an advance never travelled to China. into ghost towns, sparking the epidemic, which has toured affected areas sted to Twitter and repost- can platforms. China’s int- team for the @WHO-led In an attempt to contain concerns about the impact emerged as the biggest including virus-hit ed on YouTube. Now one of ernet watchdog has stepp- AFRICA HOLDS #2019nCoV international the virus, cities in Hubei of the outbreak on the ec- challenge to his leader- Wuhang. Wearing a mask, them is missing. ed up its policing efforts, expert mission to #China have been locked down onomy. ship. Mr Xi spoke to the doctors Chen has been out of rea- announcing it would cond- and transport routes acro- Wuhan city has carried The death toll from the and learnt about the treat- ch for more than 20 hours. uct “targeted supervision” ‘SILENCE THE — TEDROS ADHANOM ss the country cut to stop out tests on 10.59 million outbreak rose to 909 with ment of infected patients. Fang, who was silent on social media platforms GHEBREYESUS the movement of hundre- people, almost 99 per cent 98 new fatalities reported He made video calls to much of Friday until a vi- Weibo, WeChat and Douy- GUNS’ SUMMIT WHO director-general ds of millions of people of its population. — AFP on Sunday, mostly in the hospitals in Wuhan.— PTI deo posted in the evening, in. — Agencies Addis Ababa, Feb. 10: Af- rican heads of state gather on HANDWASHING AT Sunday at the headquarters of the African Union for a sum- In 2017, Asterix villain mit meeting due to focus on ho- Coronavirus a threat to AIRPORTS MAY w the body can play a more prominent role in resolving CHECK DISEASE conflicts proliferating across was named Coronavirus the continent. The two-day su- public health: Britain Boston, Feb. 10: Impro- mmit has taken as its theme ving the rates of handw- “Silencing the Guns”, yet AU London, Feb 10: Britain ■ HALFWAY THROUGH ashing by travellers pas- New Delhi, Feb. 10: Wh- officials are well aware of their has declared the new coro- a two-week quaran- sing through just 10 of ile a virus outbreak with failure to achieve the goal ado- navirus that emerged tine, 66 more people aboard the Diamond the world’s leading airp- origins in Wuhan march- pted in 2013 of ending “all wars from China a “serious and Princess cruise ship in Yokohama have test- orts could significantly es out into the world in the in Africa by 2020”. imminent threat to public ed positive for the novel coronavirus, bring- reduce the spread of new decade of 2020, a cha- In remarks to African foreign health” and announced many infectious diseas- racter in a 2017 Asterix ministers ahead of the sum- new measures Monday to ing the tally to 136 with only a fraction of es, including the novel comic series was actually mit, AU Commission Chairma- combat its spread. the passengers tested, Princess Cruise Lines coronavirus, according called Coronavirus! n Moussa Faki Mahamat paint- The UK Department of said Monday. to a study. Asterix, the Gaul from ed a bleak picture of the conti- Health and Social Care The greater the impro- the eponymous French nent’s security situation, cit- said people with the virus ■ THE EUROPEAN will host an extraordinary vement in people’s hand- comic faced Coronavirus, ing extremist threats stretc- can now be forcibly quara- meeting of health ministers on Thursday, washing habits at airpo- a masked Roman villain hing from the Sahel to Som- ntined and will not be free rts, the more dramatic with a reputation of stop- alia. The "missed deadline” to to leave. It named two Bri- along with a WHO envoy, to discuss the the effect on slowing the ping at nothing to win. silence the guns, he said, tish hospitals as isolation novel coronavirus outbreak. disease, said research- In the 37th edition of the “reveals the complexity of the facilities for those affected ers, including those “Asterix and the Chariot ■ strain of coronavirus in ■ AMID GROWING pressure to bring back its IN THE 37th edition of security situation in Africa.” by the disease and design- from the Massachusetts Race”, Asterix battles his the Asterix and the December 2019. Though some progress has ated the Chinese city of nationals from coronavirus-hit Hubei Institute of Technology way across Italy in a char- Written by Jean-Yves Fe- been made in Central African Wuhan and the surround- province, the Pakistan government has said in the US. The findings, iot race against the Chariot Race, released in rri and drawn by Didier Republic and Sudan, long-run- ing Hubei province where it is closely monitoring the situation in China which deal with infectio- Romans. Written by Thib- 2017, a character was Conrad, the comic featur- ning conflicts in Libya and So- the virus first emerged as us diseases in general, aut Deleaz, an illustration called Coronavirus! es Asterix and his sideki- uth Sudan have been joined by a “infected area”. and will soon decide on their evacuation. including the flu, were from the edition — shared ck Obelix participate in a new crises from Cameroon to “The incidence or trans- published late Decemb- by actor Jaaved Jaaferi on chariot race across Italy Mozambique. South African mission of novel coronav- er, just before the recent his Twitter handle — sh- Masked Augira”, the great organised by senator Cae- President Cyril Ramaphosa, irus constitutes a serious virus,” the agency said in ge comes after a British coronavirus outbreak in ows “the Masked Auriga, coronavirus, and his faith- sar across Italy. They have who will take over from Egypt- and imminent threat to a statement. man who caught the virus Wuhan. However, the the Great coronavirus” ful bacillus,” it says. to contend with the villain ian President Abdel Fattah al- public health, and the me- It added that the changes at a business conference study, published in the being introduced. The original book “Aste- named Coronavirus and Sisi as AU chair, appears attun- asures outlined in these were designed to ensure in Singapore in January journal Risk Analysis, “Here comes our favour- rix et la Transitalique sek his sidekick Bacillus. Bac- ed to these challenges. In late regulations are consider- the health and safety of appears to be linked to at could apply to any such ite, straight from Rome! baaet” in ancient Italy illus is the Latin term for January, he had warned that ed as an effective means of medical workers who least seven other confirm- disease, and are relevant The Champion with was released over two yea- bacteria! It is interesting conflict “continues to hamper” delaying or preventing fu- came into contact with in- ed cases in Europe. to the current outbreak. MCDL XII victories! The rs before Wuhan reported to note that Coronavirus development. rther transmission of the fected patients. The chan- — AP — PTI one they call the “The its first case of the new failed to win. — Agencies Record! NYC-London flight GOOD | NEWS ■ Rain ends drought in some towns but has not fallen evenly lands nearly 2 hours early Deluge in Australia puts out fires London, Feb. 10: For the ● A British Airways flight adar24. The wind and air cur- Wellington, Feb. 10: had broken the drought in first time in years, a commer- landed early Sunday rents were ideal for a fast Drought, wildfires and some towns but had not cial passenger plane has flight, said Ian Petchenik, now flooding have given fallen evenly across all the flown across the Atlantic in morning at Heathrow Flightradar24’s director of Australia’s weather an affected areas. less than five hours. Airport in London after communications. almost Biblical feel this “At this stage, it’s very A British Airways flight leaving John F.Kennedy “In the winter, the jet stre- year. The good news is good news, and certainly landed early Sunday morning International Airport in am dips down a bit,” he said. that a recent deluge in much more than people at Heathrow Airport in Lond- “It’s kind of in a perfect spot eastern parts of the coun- could have wished for or on after leaving John F. Kenn- New York just four hours for flights across the North try has drenched deadly expected,” he said of the edy International Airport in and 56 minutes earlier. Atlantic to take advantage of fires and helped ease a rainfall. “There are some New York just four hours and ● it.” British Airways just narr- crippling drought. very happy people.” 56 minutes earlier. That set a The previous record was owly beat out a Virgin Atlant- But experts say it will Fire authorities had a new speed record for subson- held by a Norwegian Air ic flight, which arrived in take some time yet to reason to celebrate, with ic — or slower than the speed flight, which flew between London at around the same know to what extent the many wildfires being exti- of sound — commercial airc- the two cities in five time but one minute slower. rainfall has replenished nguished or significantly raft to fly between the two cit- British Airways confirmed dried-up rivers and quen- dampened down by the ies, according to Flightrada- hours and 13 minutes. the flight time for the Boeing ched parched soil in some rain. On Saturday, author- r24, which tracks global fligh- 747 plane, saying the compa- inland areas most affected ities declared the Currow- ts. The previous record was ny prioritises safety over spe- by the three-year drought. an Fire south of Sydney held by a Norwegian Air fli- ed to take 102 minutes longer. ed. The supersonic Concorde Quentin Grafton, an eco- was finally out after dest- ght, which flew between the The recent average flight flights used to fly across the nomics professor and roying more than 300 two cities with a flight time of time between New York and Atlantic in just over three water expert at Australian homes and razing 500,000 five hours and 13 minutes. London is 6 hours and 13 min- hours, but stopped flying in Sea foam brought by waves outside beach front houses after heavy rain and storms at National University in hectares over two-and-a- The flight had been expect- utes, according to Flightr- 2003. — AP Collaroy in Sydney’s Northern Beaches on Monday. — AP Canberra, said the rain half months. — AP pg TUESDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD 14 quick ■ Tourism was part of five Ts in BJP’s 2014 poll manifesto Defence, aerospace get 5 years & tourism policy `1,800 cr FDI in 5 years

BITES SANGEETHA G is still on way to cabinet CHENNAI, FEB.10 INDICATORS % Defence and aerospace sectors, the corner stones Sensex 40,979.62 -0.39 SANGEETHA G major change in the salient of the government’s ambi- Nifty 50 12,031.50 -0.55 CHENNAI, FEB. 10 features of the draft tious Make in India pro- S&P 500* 3,339.01 0.34 National Tourism Policy in gramme, garnered rela- Tourism, one of the five Ts these five years. The fea- tively miniscule foreign Dollar (`) 71.46 0.09 that were promised in the tures include, focus on direct investment (FDI) in Pound Sterling (`) 92.38 -0.19 2014 BJP election mani- employment generation, the last five years. festo, is yet to begin baby community participation While the country Euro (`) 78.32 -0.18 steps to the dream trip. in tourism development attracted FDI valued Gold (10gm)* (`) 41,508▲52 0.01 A National Policy for and linkages with various around $286 billion in the Brent crude ($/bbl)* 53.91 -0.56 Tourism is pending for five ministries and stakehold- past five years across sec- long years. The govern- ers. tors, defence and aero- Further, the government tion. IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.440 0.001 ment had formulated a The policy enshrines the space, which were project- later allowed FDI up to 49 The government had US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.558 -0.019 draft National Tourism vision of developing and ed as high potential sec- per cent under the auto- also announced two Policy in 2015-16, but is positioning India as a tors under ‘Make in matic route and above 49 defence corridors-- in * As of 9:30 pm IST still, hold your breath, “must experience” and India’, could grab only a per cent through the gov- Tamil Nadu and Uttar seeking cabinet approval. “transformational” desti- measly Rs 1,834 crore, ernment route wherever Pradesh. While launching The last time the tourism nation for global travellers, according to government it is likely to result in the Tamil Nadu sector had a national level whilst encouraging data released on Monday. access to modern technol- Aerospace and Defence Bank of Baroda policy was in 2002, nearly Indians to explore their “As per the data fur- ogy or for other reasons to Industrial Policy at the two decades ago. icy is being reviewed in the icy to be in place. own country. nished by 79 companies be recorded. Global Investors Meet in Then, in 2015-16, the gov- Ministry of Tourism prior Unfortunately, we have not “We have been asking the operating in Defence and The government had Chennai in January 2019, cuts MCLR by ernment—taking into to seeking cabinet approval heard much about it later. government to permit pub- Aerospace sector, so far, envisaged that by allow- the then defence minister account the wide-spread, on the same, as per a gov- We don’t know whether the lic-private partnership in FDI inflows of over Rs ing higher FDI in the Nirmala Sitharaman had up to 10 bps inter-related global devel- ernment statement on policy failed to take off due implementing tourism 1,834 crore have been defence sector, the global said: “…by announcing Bank of Baroda announced a opments and advance- Monday. to technical or administra- projects and maintenance reported after 2014 under companies having high- the corridor, we have cut in its marginal cost of ments, which have had a “In the first budget of the tive issues,” said Iqbal of tourist spots. The both government and end technologies can be invited quite a lot of man- funds-based lending rates strong bearing on the previous NDA govern- Mulla, chief council, tourism sector is a forex automatic route,” it said. encouraged to set up their ufacturers from abroad to (MCLR) by up to 10 basis tourism sector—formulat- ment, tourism was includ- Global Tourism Council. earner and the entire In May 2001, the defence manufacturing base in come, choose the location points, effective Feb. 12. The ed a new draft National ed as one of the ‘five Ts’ for The BJP manifesto had money remains within the sector, until then reserved India in collaboration where they want to estab- reduction will make home, auto Tourism Policy. the development of the talked of reviving Brand country unlike the foreign for the public sector, was with Indian companies, lish their unit and start and other loans cheaper for In a 2017 communiqué, country. There was a lot of India through five Ts— investments in other sec- opened up for 100 per cent thereby, resulting in cre- producing defence equip- new borrowers. With this the government had men- emphasis on developing Technology, Tourism, tors. Policy is necessary to Indian private sector par- ation of employment ment”. reduction, the one-year MCLR tioned that the policy was the tourism potential of Tradition, Trade and give a clear direction for ticipation and foreign opportunities, saving for- But the investments are has come down to 8.15 per cent awaiting approval. the country and the gov- Talent. the development of the sec- direct investment up to 26 eign exchange and still nothing worth writ- per annum from 8.25. the bank However, even now the pol- ernment wanted a new pol- There has not been any tor,” said Mulla. per cent. increasing indigenisa- ing home about. said. One-month MCLR has been reduced by 5 basis points to 7.55 per cent. MF assets rise to `28L cr Palm oil imports from Malaysia drop 85% in Jan. RAVI RANJAN PRASAD New Delhi/Kuala Lum- 170,802 tonnes compared to Hassan, said in Kuala PSB bad loans MUMBAI, FEB. 10 60 pur, Feb. 10: Malaysia is 80,690 tonnes a year earlier. Lumpur. Demand will “cor- Inflows into India stock fuds Gathering pace facing the double whammy Lack of overseas demand rect itself” and prop up climb to biggest since August down to `7.27L cr Assets under management of a steep fall in its palm has been pressuring palm prices, he said. (AUM) of the mutual fund 40 exports to both India and oil prices over the last few A blistering price rally industry hit a record Rs China, its largest markets. sessions. On Monday, palm was shattered last month in Sept ’19: FM 27.85 lakh crore in January, 20 While the fall in exports to oil was down more than 2.1 by the outbreak of the with all major categories India is a fallout of its per cent at close to 2,754 coronavirus. People in registering inflows. Asset diplomatic spat with New ringgit ($664.17) a tonne. China are staying at home managers and industry 0 Delhi, the coronavirus However, Malayisa’s FGV and avoiding restaurants body Amfi expects 15-20 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan ‘20 infection in China came at Holdings Bhd., one of the and hotels, curbing per cent growth for the Figures in ` billion Source: Amfi/Bloomberg the most inopportune time world’s largest palm oil demand. industry this fiscal on for the Southeast Asian halved from a year earlier producers, said the weak Malaysia's palm oil inven- Union Budget announce- further to Rs 7,877.40 crore highest inflows of Rs 1.09 nation. to 176,771 tonnes, the low- demand would be tempo- tories fell a fifth straight ments, benign interest from Rs 4,499.39 crore in lakh crore. Exports to India fell 85.3 est since July, owing to the rary, supplies are low this month amidst tighter pro- rates and steps taken by December and Rs 1,311.65 G Pradeepkumar, CEO, per cent in January from a coronavirus epidemic that quarter, and food and fuel duction and slower the RBI. crore in November, 2019. Union AMC, said, “We year earlier to 46,876 locked down parts of demand would be robust demand, with January The average net AUM for Even gold exchange trad- expect the flows into mutu- tonnes, the lowest in nine China and the extended over the long-term. end-stocks below 2 million January soared even high- ed funds (ETFs) saw higher al funds to gather further years, as traders cut buy- Lunar New Year holidays, “January to March will tonnes, official data Finance minister Nirmala er to Rs 28.18 lakh crore, inflows at Rs 202.14 crore momentum in the coming ing the tropical oil from which have disrupted see low production, and it showed on Monday. Sitharaman said public sector data released by the Asso- compared to Rs 26.85 crore months. On the fixed- Malaysia following infor- demand from China. coincides with a period January stocks MYPOMS- banks' (PSBs) bad loans came ciation of Mutual Funds in in December while other income side, one of the mal instructions from the Pakistan, which has said when the demand is TPO slumped 12.7 per cent down to Rs 7.27 lakh crore at India (Amfi) showed. ETF category saw inflows noticeable trends is a shift Indian government, it will help Malaysia count- stressed due to Wuhan and to 1.76 million tonnes from the end of Sept. 2019, from Rs The inflows in equity ori- of Rs 1,872.73. Income/ away from liquid funds reports said. er lost sales to India, made India,” FGV’s chief execu- the previous month, lowest 8.96 lakh crore in March 2018, ented schemes improved debt oriented schemes saw toward overnight funds.” Exports to China nearly a record purchase of tive officer Haris Fadzilah since June 2017.—Agencies over a host of measures taken by the government. "The gov- ernment has instituted compre- hensive reforms in PSBs to IOB Q3 net improve, governance, under- Passenger vehicle sales Solar homes writing, monitoring and recov- Amazon moves HC against CCI ery,” Sitharaman said in a writ- loss widens ten reply in the Lok Sabha. SANGEETHA G have better to `6,075 cr decline 6.2% in January CHENNAI, FEB. 10 Japan’s Rakuten raided by Amazon has filed a writ quality of New Delhi, Feb 10: Greater Noida, Feb. 10: petition in Bangalore High Indian Overseas Bank has Domestic passenger vehi- Court seeking stay against anti-monopoly officials life: Report Indiabulls Real reported widening of its cle sales declined 6.2 per the competition watch- net loss to Rs 6,075.49 crore cent in January as vehicle dog’s investigative order Tokyo, Feb. 10: plained that the e-com- Estate net dips during the third quarter, demand continued to be against e-commerce big- Japanese antitrust offi- merce giant was abusing RITWIK MUKHERJEE owing to higher provision- stressed by rising cost of gies. cials raided the offices of its dominant position KOLKATA, FEB. 10 ing for bad loan. The bank ownership and slower The petition dated e-commerce company and putting pressure on 76% to `49 cr had reported a net loss of GDP growth, automobile February 10 said that the Rakuten Inc on Monday them to shoulder ship- As high as 94 per cent Indiabulls Real Estate reported Rs 346.02 crore during the industry body Siam said order issued by the after complaints from ping costs. Indian households with a 75.69 per cent decline in con- October-December period on Monday. Competition Commission online merchants about Rakuten plans to make a solar home system solidated net profit at Rs 49.27 of 2018-19. Passenger vehicle sales of India (CCI) “has been the company’s free ship- shipping free for orders (SHS) reported an crore for the December quarter Its total income also fell last month stood at passed without application ping policies. above 3,980 yen ($36.26) improvement in their from Rs 202.4 crore a year ago, to Rs 5,197.94 crore from Rs 2,62,714 units against up as manufacturers gear of mind” and will cause A Rakuten spokes- starting March 18, in an quality of life as people mainly due to higher expenses. 5,688.59 crore in the year- 2,80,091 units in the year- up for the transition to irreparable loss/injury to woman confirmed the effort to compete with felt safer and children Total income rose by 2.33 per ago quarter. Provisioning ago month, according to stricter emission norm the goodwill/reputation of raid and said the compa- rivals such as found more time to cent to Rs 1,317.7 crore from Rs for bad loans jumped to Rs data released by the BS-VI from BS-IV begin- the company. ny was cooperating with Amazon.com. study. One in 10 owners 1,287.59 crore. Expenses rose 20 6,663.94 crore compared Society of Indian ning April 1. Besides, “An interim stay on the the investigation. The company’s shares who use SHS to light and per cent to Rs 1201.28 crore with Rs 2,075.28 crore a Automobile Manufactur- many companies had proceedings must be Companies selling were down 1.4 per cent at power businesses and from Rs 1,001.32 crore. During year ago. The bank's gross ers (Siam). Car sales last raised prices in January, granted as the balance of their products on 862 yen. unlock more work hours the quarter, the firm sold its non-performing assets, month were also down 8.1 citing rising input costs. convenience for stay lies in Rakuten have com- —Reuters reported significant a entire stake in Century, which however, dropped to 17.12 per cent at 1,64,793 units Wadhera further said, favour of the petitioner as rise in their income, indirectly owns Hanover Square. per cent of the gross loans compared with 1,79,324 "We are hopeful that the a bonafide company,” says a recent study at the end of December units in the January last recent announcements by Amazon said exclusive arrangements, writ petition, Amazon said report by Gogla, the 2019, from 23.76 per cent a year. the government on infra- The Competition deep-discounting and pref- that the matter was subju- global association for year ago. —PTI Vehicle sales across cate- structure and rural econo- Commission had ordered a erential listing by the OPs dice and hence it could not the off-grid solar energy gories registered a decline my would support growth probe against Amazon and (opposite parties) are offer any comments. industry. of 13.83 per cent to of vehicle sales going for- Walmart-owned Flipkart being used as an exclusion- “Amazon claims that it The research surveyed Bharat Forge 17,39,975 units from ward, especially in com- in a complaint filed by the ary tactic to foreclose com- follows the FDI policy, then 949 households in South 20,19,253 units in January mercial vehicles and two- Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh petition and are resulting why they are opposing Asia, primarily rural GAIL net dips 2019, Siam said. wheeler segment." (DVM), representing small in an appreciable adverse investigation. Let CCI con- customers. In India, the Q3 net declines "Sales of vehicles con- According to Siam, total businesses, in January. effect on competition,” the duct the investigation and study covered Assam 25% as mktg tinue to be stressed due to two-wheeler sales in The petitioner had alleged CCI had said in its order. it will make position clear,” and Uttar Pradesh. 81% to 40 cr rising cost of vehicle own- January fell 16.06 per cent that the e-commerce com- Amazon termed the find- said Praveen Khandelwal, India has long been ership and slower growth to 13, 41, 005 units com- panies were violating the ings of the order “per- secretary general of the one of the key markets Bharat Forge reported a 81.37 margins drop in GDP," Siam President pared with 15,97,528 units competition laws. verse, arbitrary, untenable Confederation of All-India for the small-scale solar per cent dip in its consolidated Rajan Wadhera said. in the same month last “It needs to be investigat- in law”. Traders (Cait), an ally of sector. Nearly 950,000 net profit at Rs 40.44 crore for New Delhi, Feb. 10: Vehicle prices have gone year. —PTI ed whether the alleged When asked about the DVM. products, including the third quarter against Rs State-owned gas utility solar lanterns, solar kits 216.96 crore in the year-ago GAIL India on Monday and solar home systems, quarter. Total income stood at reported 25 per cent drop were sold in the first six Rs 1,868.05 crore against Rs in third-quarter net profit months of 2019 alone. 2,516.7 crore in the year-ago due to a slump in margins “The ‘Powering oppor- quarter. "The quarter gone by on natural gas marketing RBI steps to boost credit growth risky: Fitch tunities in South Asia was a repeat of the previous as well as LPG and liquid Research’ report shows quarter in terms of weak mar- hydrocarbons. FALAKNAAZ SYED track record with restruc- deposits a commercial ment of commercial oper- mission, supporting credit that...small-scale solar ket demand and financial per- The net profit at Rs MUMBAI, FEB. 10 turing and that the exten- bank must maintain with ations of commercial real to fields that have multi- continues to have an formance," Bharat Forge CMD 1,250.65 crore, or Rs 2.77 a sions announced for real the RBI. Banks can estate project loans, plier effects...However, important role for B. N. Kalyani said. share, in October-Decem- The Reserve Bank of estate and MSME sectors now knock off the delayed for reasons most of these sectors have Indian households. Alth- ber, was 25.6 per cent lower India's (RBI) move last are likely to defer asset- equivalent of Fitch beyond the con- had above-average lending ough a majority of cus- than Rs 1,681.23 crore, or week to use unconvention- quality pressures unless additional says most of trol of promot- growth in the last few tomers are using their the favoured Printed & Published by Rs 3.73 per share, earned al tools to nudge banks to there is a sustained loans dis- ers, by another years, either directly or solar home systems as a T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan in the same period a year lend more to automotive, improvement in macroeco- bursed to sectors have had one year with- indirectly via non-banks, back up to the central Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at ago, the company said. housing purchases, and nomic conditions. these priority above-average out downgrad- and could be at risk were grid, the additional ener- Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan Revenues from natural MSME sector are unlikely The RBI, in its sixth bi- fields between lending growth in ing asset classi- the economy to slow. gy security and power Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, gas marketing fell 9.5 per to support sustainable monthly monetary policy end-January the last few fication, and last Moreover, these measures the systems provide are Behind Andhra Bank Pet Basheerbagh, cent to Rs 14,662.67 crore credit growth until capital- last week, announced and end-July years but not the least are unlikely to support boosting the quality of Kompally, Ranga Reddy Dist. Editor: and segment profits isation improves meaning- allowed exemption from 2020 from their net announced an sustainable credit growth life and unlocking eco- T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg dropped 31 per cent to Rs fully across banks, in par- maintenance of cash demand and time lia- extension of one-time until capitalisation nomic opportunities for No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights 466.52 crore. Revenues ticular among state-owned reserve ratio (CRR) on bilities for the purpose of restructuring benefit for improves meaningfully those in rural and reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part from gas transmission banks, rating agency Fitch incremental disbursement calculating their cash MSMEs without an asset across banks, in particu- remote areas,” said Viraj without written permission of The Editor, business, however, contin- said on Monday. The on auto, housing and reserve ratio. The central classification downgrade. lar among state-owned Gada, Gogla’s India Financial Chronicle ® is prohibited. ued to grow in double dig- agency also warned that MSME loans. The CRR is bank also permitted exten- “The move is intended to banks.” Fitch Ratings regional representative. its. —PTI Indian banks have a poor the percent of its cash sion of date of commence- improve monetary trans- said. GAMES pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | 11 FEBRUARY 2020 15

AT MT. MAUNGANUI SHORT TAKES HIGHEST Rahane scores INNINGS TOTALS: unbeaten century India 324-4 in 50 overs vs NZ in Lincoln: India vice-captain A mountain to climb Ajinkya Rahane warmed up 2019 for the Test series in New NZ 371-7 in 50 Zealand with an unbeaten India look to avoid 0-3 whitewash 101 for the touring ‘A’ side in overs vs SL in the drawn four-day game as Kane returns to bolster Kiwis 2019 against New Zealand ‘A’ here on Monday. In response to Mt. Maunganui (New was 4-1 on the 2014 tour New Zealand A’s 386 for Zealand), Feb. 10: India LIVE on TV here. LOWEST INNINGS nine, India ‘A’ reached 467 would expect its top order Shreyas Iyer, with a hun- TOTALS for five in 109.3 overs when to fire to avoid a series India vs New Zealand dred and a half-century, the game ended in a draw whitewash when it clash- on STAR Sports 1, HD has mirrored Ross India 245-3 in 43 on the final day. — PTI es with a high-flying New Taylor’s rich form in overs vs NZ in Brief scores: New Zealand ‘A’ Zealand in the third and FROM 7.30 AM Hamilton and Auckland. 386 for 9 in 131.5 overs final One-day But Iyer lacked the finish- 2019 (Daryl Mitchell 103, Glenn International, here on Rohit’s absence has been ing touch as compared to Phillips 65; Sandeep Warrier Tuesday. a major factor in India’s Taylor’s experience. He NZ 210 in 46.3 2/50) drew with India ‘A’ Despite missing inspira- defeat in this series. The couldn’t see India’s chase overs vs SA in 467/5 in 109.3 overs tional skipper Kane opener averaged 57.30 in through in Auckland like 2014 (Shubman Gill 136, Williamson in the line-up ODI cricket in the past 12 the senior Kiwi batsman Cheteshwar Pujara 53, due to a shoulder injury, months, having a major did in Hamilton. Ajinkya Rahane 101 not out; the hosts shrugged off the impact on Indian fortunes India may also look to HIGHEST Blair Tickner 1/71, Ed Nuttall T20 series debacle to in this format. In that experiment a bit before 2/98). claim the ODI series. New light, the burden of scor- the Test series. Rahul, INDIVIDUAL Zealand, though, will have ing runs has been placed Shaw, Iyer, Kedar Jadhav SCORES the experience and leader- squarely on Kohli in this and Yuzvendra Chahal did India 87 Rohit ship of Williamson for the series. not take part in the final game as he has With 66 runs in two optional practice session Sharma vs NZ in passed the fitness test. innings, he did not come on Monday. Kohli was first 2019 The major difference through for once and the into the nets against both between the two sides has rest didn’t rise to the occa- pace and spin. Manish NZ 138 Martin been the top-order’s sion either. All of it result- Pandey was in the nets Guptill vs SL in impact. With Rohit ed in reversal of fortunes beside him, while Rishabh Sharma and Shikhar on the limited-overs leg of Pant had a long session 2019 Dhawan missing due to this tour, as India had once again. injuries, Virat Kohli miss- arrived here at Mt. Pant has not played lim- Ellyse Perry and David Warner. ing out on scoring big and Maunganui a week ago ited-overs’ cricket since BEST BOWLING KL Rahul batting later in leading the T20I series by he suffered a concussion PERFORMANCES Warner pips Smith the order, India’s tradi- a 4-0 margin. against Australia. If India India 4-54 tional ODI strength was They went on to drub the goes as per routine plan, for Oz top honour neutralised without New Black Caps 5-0, but now he is in danger of missing Kuldeep Yadav vs Zealand having to do any find themselves in the out entirely from playing NZ in 2019 Melbourne: An emotional hard work. Openers same position at the same white-ball cricket on this David Warner on Monday Prithvi Shaw and Mayank ground. It is also a rever- tour. New Zealand have Top: Jasprit Bumrah is all ears INDIA vs NZ AT MT. MAUNGANUI NZ 5-40 Matt won the Australian cricketer Agarwal have shown only sal of results from the added leg spinner Ish to India coach Ravi Shastri Henry vs SL in of the year award beating momentary flashes of Men in Blue’s last visit Sodhi and pacer Blair during a training session. Team P W L teammate Steve Smith by brilliance and have not here in 2019 when they Tickner to the squad for — BCCI India 2 2 - 2016 one vote in their first season replicated the kind of won the ODI series 4-1 but this match. Sodhi played following the ball-tampering starts the Indian batting lost the T20I series 2-1. in the first ODI at New Zealand 8 3 5 ban that brought their rol- has grown accustomed to India’s previous ODI Hamilton, bowling Kohli STATS: licking careers to a one-year from its top-order. series loss in New Zealand with a googly. — PTI India (vs NZ) 2 2 - S. PERVEZ QAISER halt. Dashing opener Warner won his third Allan Border Medal with 194 votes, with former Test captain Smith getting 193 votes and fast bowler Pat Cummins coming third with 185. Ellyse Perry ICC set to review fracas footage of U-19 Cup final claimed her second Belinda Clark Award at the ■ India skipper Priyam says the Australian Cricket Awards here. Then vice-captain and way Bangla celebrated was ‘dirty’ Bangladesh captain Akbar battled captain — Warner and Smith — were each suspended for Potchefstroom, Feb. 10: the last few minutes and pain of sister’s death on way to glory a year by Cricket Australia India’s under-19 cricket they are going to let us and Cameron Bancroft was team manager Anil Patel know,” he said. Even Dhaka, Feb. 10: his brothers. banned for nine months for says the ICC has taken a when the match was on, Bangladesh captain “Akbar was closest to his BIG RECEPTION their involvement in the ball serious view of the the Bangladesh players Akbar Ali battled the pain sister. She loved Akbar a IN STORE tampering scandal during a aggressive celebrations were overly aggressive of losing his elder sister lot,” Akbar’s father was Test match in Cape Town in by Bangladesh players while fielding and their while steering his team to quoted as saying by the The Bangladesh govern- March 2018. — PTI after their World Cup tri- lead pacer Shoriful Islam the U-19 World Cup tri- newspaper. “We did not ment will organise a umph and will be review- sledged the Indian bats- umph, the tragedy far out- want to inform him at “public reception” to cel- Pakistan crush ing the footage of the final men after every delivery. weighing the challenges first. He then called after ebrate the country’s game’s “last few minutes” As soon as the match thrown at him by his the Pakistan match and Under-19 World Cup tri- here. ended, it became tense adversaries on the questioned his brother umph. “The reception Bangla by innings Some Bangladeshi play- with Bangladeshi players ground. why he was not kept in the will be held at Rawalpindi: Pakistan com- ers got carried away while rushing to the ground and Sunday’s title triumph loop. I did not have the Suhrawardy Udyan,” the pleted a crushing innings- celebrating their historic displaying aggressive in Potchefstroom, South courage to talk to him. I country’s Road, and-44-run victory over three-wicket win over body language. The two Africa was Bangladesh’s don’t know what to say,” Transport and Bridges Bangladesh on the fourth India in the final here on teams nearly came to Jubilant Bangladesh players celebrate wildly after first in an ICC tourna- his father added. Minister Obaidul morning on Monday, taking a Sunday. While their cap- blows before the situation beating India in the final of the U-19 World Cup in ment. At the forefront of In a low-scoring final, Quader said. 1-0 lead in the two-Test tain Akbar Ali apologised was defused by the coach- South Africa on Sunday. — ICC the country’s win in the Bangladesh first bowled series. Bangladesh were for the “unfortunate inci- ing staff and on-field offi- title clash against out India did well enough to chase bowled out for 168 in their dent”, his Indian counter- cials. favourites and defending for 177 down a revised target of second innings after resum- part Priyam Garg said Patel claimed champions India was its in 47.2 170 in 42.1 overs under the ing the day on 126-6 as their reaction was that match ref- TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT 18-year-old skipper Akbar, overs DL method. Pakistan’s pace and spin “dirty.” eree Graeme (IN BATTING ORDER) whose elder sis- and They had three wickets attack was too hot to handle “We don’t know Labrooy met ter Khadija then in hand when the winning despite a flat pitch. Fast what actually hap- him and ZYashasvi Jaiswal ZAkbar Ali Khatun died runs were scored. Having bowler Naseem Shah, who at pened,” Patel told expressed regret (India) (Bangladesh, wk, while giving witnessed Bangladesh’s ESPNCricinfo 16 years and 359 days on at what tran- ZIbrahim Zadran captain) birth to twins victory against Zimbabwe became the youngest bowler Sunday. spired on the field. (Afghanistan) on January 22, in a Group C game on to take a Test hat-trick on “Everybody was in ZShafiqullah Ghafari according to a January 18, Khadija Sunday, finished with 4-26 a shock, absolutely, — PTI ZRavindu Rasantha (Afghanistan) report in leading could not see her broth- and was declared man of the but we don’t know (Sri Lanka) ZRavi Bishnoi (India) Bangladesh daily er lead the country to match. Despite Naseem what happened ‘Prothom Alo’. its biggest cricketing ZMahmudul Hasan Joy ZKartik Tyagi (India) being unavailable to bowl on exactly. The (Bangladesh) Akbar was not triumph with a gritty, Monday with rib pain, ICC offi- ZJayden Seales (West informed about the unbeaten 43. Pakistan mopped up the last cials are India ZShahadat Hossain Indies) tragedy back — PTI captain (Bangladesh) four wickets in 90 minutes. going to Z12th man: Akil Kumar home but he — AFP watch the Priyam ZNyeem Young (WI) found out Bangladesh skipper footage of Garg. (Canada) through one of Akbar Ali. — ICC Gusti, Shafath top shots at State shooting DC CORRESPONDENT Target Men Individual: 1. Rahul Rao (Telangana) HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 33/40, 2. Wasif Hasan Lateef (Telangana) 28/40, 3. Nawab Shafath Ali Khan (Telangana) 28/40. ■ Single Barrel Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre Gusti Noria and Nawab Shafath Magnum And Above (Sbbl) Running Target Men Ali Khan shone bright at the 1st Individual: 1. Gusti Noria (Telangana) 30/40, 2. Vikram Bhatnagar (Delhi) 24/40, 3. S. Haider Telangana Open Super Big Bore Khan (Telangana) 04/40. Shooting held at Certified Aman ■ Double Barrel Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre Sanghi 300m Rifle Big Bore And Below, Running Target Men Individual: 1. Faisal Sheikh (Uttar Pradesh) 27/40, 2. Vikram Shooting Ranges in Sanghi Nagar Bhatnagar (Delhi) 27/40, 3. Amit Sanghi near Hyderabad. (Telangana) 24/40. ■ Single Barrel Telescope/Optic Sight Rifles .375 Players of different categories pose at the prize distri- Gusti won four golds, one silver and a bronze. He also won an Calibre And Below, Running Target Men bution ceremony of the AIFF Golden Baby League at Individual: 1. Viqar Ahmed Shafeeq (Telangana) award for the best maintained rifle the Sreenidhi Football Academy in Hyderabad. 30/40, 2. Faisal Yousufuddin (Telangana) 30/40, of the country — a Westlex 3. Rahul Rao (Telangana) 28/40. Richards double barrel (DBBL) ■ Single Barrel Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre And Below, Running Target Men Individual: 1. calibre .470. Gowtham R. (Karnataka) 9/40. Gusti took the top place in the ■ Single Barrel Telescope/Optic Sight .375 Sreenidhi boys win Single Barrel Open Sight Rifles Calibre Magnum And Above Duelling Target Men Individual: 1. Nawab Shafath Ali Khan (Telangana) .375 Calibre Magnum And Above 37/40, 2. Wasif Hasan Lateef (Telangana) 36/40, (Sbbl) Running Target; Double 3. Viqar Ahmed Shafeeq (Telangana) 33/40. Barrel Telescope/Optic Sight .375 ■ Double Barrel Telescope/Optic Sight .375 baby football league Calibre Magnum And Above Duelling Target Men Calibre Magnum And Above Individual: 1. Gusti Noria (Telangana) 37/40, 2. DC CORRESPONDENT Football Academy 5-2. Duelling Target; Single Barrel Anil Lad (Karnataka) 36/40, 3. Wasif Hasan HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 As many as 36 teams Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre And Lateef (Telangana) 36/40. registered for the League Below Duelling Target; and Winners of Telangana Open Super Big Bore Shooting pose ■ Single Barrel Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre with their trophies at the Aman Sanghi 300m Rifle Big Magnum And Above Duelling Target Men Hosts Sreenidhi Football and were split into differ- Double Barrel Open Sight Rifles Individual: 1. Nawab Shafath Ali Khan (Telangana) Club defeated Reeds ent categories: Under 7 — .375 Calibre And Below Duelling Bore Shooting Ranges in Sanghi Nagar near Hyderabad. 34/40, 2. Vikram Bhatnagar (Delhi) 30/40, 3. Football Academy 6-2 to 7 teams, Under 9 — 13 Target categories while settling Gusti Noria (Telangana) 26/40. ■ Single Barrel Telescope/Optic Sight Rifles .375 win the Under 7 category teams and Under 11 — 16 for silver in the Double Barrel Barrel Open Sight Rifles .375 did well. He won the Single Barrel spectacular program where the Calibre And Below Duelling Target Men of the AIFF Golden Baby teams. Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre Calibre Magnum And Above Telescope/Optic Sight Rifles .375 spectators will enjoy a bird’s view Individual: 1. Mohd Nizamuddin (Telangana) League that was conduct- The finals and closing Magnum And Above (Dbbl) Duelling Target and Single Barrel Calibre And Below, Running of the breath-taking events unfold- 96/100, 2. Mahesh H.R. (Telangana) 92/100, 3. Nawab Shafath Ali Khan (Telangana) 91/100. ed to promote football at ceremony was attended Running Target. He finished third Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre Target event and finished third in ing right before them. ■ Single Barrel Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre the grassroot level. by Telangana Football in the Single Barrel Open Sight Magnum And Above Duelling the Single Barrel Telescope/Optic THE RESULTS And Below Duelling Target Men Individual: 1. In the Under 9 section, Association president Dr Rifles .375 Calibre Magnum And Target events while ending third Sight .375 Calibre Magnum And ■ Double Barrel Telescope/Optic Sight Rifles Gusti Noria (Telangana) 78/100, 2. Abhijitsingh V. .375 Calibre Magnum And Above (Dbbl) Running Jadhav (Maharashtra) 66/100, 3. Sudhanshu Roy Reeds Football Academy Mohd Ali Rafath, TFA Above Duelling Target event. in the Single Barrel Above Duelling Target section. Target Men Individual: 1. Nawab Shafath Ali Khan (Telangana) 65/100. came up trumps as they secretary G. P. Palguna, Shafath Ali Khan four golds and Telescope/Optic Sight Rifles .375 As many as 100 shooters from (Telangana) 28/40, 2. Aminuddin Ahmeduddin ■ Double Barrel Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre defeated Genesis Football former captain of the two bronzes. He emerged on top in Calibre Magnum And Above across the country trained their Owaisi (Telangana) 20/40, 3. Wasif Hasan Lateef And Below Duelling Target Men Individua: 1. Academy with a 5-0 score- Indian football team, the Double Barrel Telescope/Optic (Sbbl) Running Target and Single guns on the 23 events in the com- (Telangana) 13/40. Gusti Noria (Telangana) 34/40, 2. Anil Lad ■ Double Barrel Open Sight Rifles .375 Calibre (Karnataka) 29/40, 3. Vikram Bhatnagar (Delhi) line. However, Genesis executive director of Sight Rifles .375 Calibre Magnum Barrel Telescope/Optic Sight petition. Magnum And Above (Dbbl) Running Target Men 22/40. Football Academy made Sreenidhi Football Club And Above (Dbbl) Running Target; Rifles .375 Calibre And Below Amit Sanghi, President of Individual: 1. Vikram Bhatnagar (Delhi) 32/40, 2. ■ Best Maintained Rifles of the Country: Double amends by winning the Abhijit Rao and Ryan Single Barrel Telescope/Optic Duelling Target events. Telangana Rifle Association, stat- Gusti Noria (Telangana) 17/40, 3. Mujahid Alam Barrel Rifle (DBBL) Calibre .470 by Westlex Khan (Telangana) 12/40. Richards by Gusti Noria; Single Barrel Rifle Under 11 title. In the final, Tawandas, Sreenidhi Sight .375 Calibre Magnum And Viqar Ahmed Shafeeq was the ed that the competition was ■ Single Barrel Telescope/Optic Sight Rifles .375 (SBBL) Calibre .375 by Mauser owned by Sabir they got past Grass Root Sports Academy Director. Above Duelling Target; Single other shooter from the State who planned as an audience oriented Calibre Magnum And Above (Sbbl) Running Ali Khan. 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POLL | VAULT SHORT TAKES Hyd women lose to Delhi by 7 wkts Inter too hot for AC IOA steps in for DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 Conte’s men win thrilling Milan derby to take top spot in Italy RFI elections Delhi defeated Hyderabad by Milan, Feb. 10: Inter seven wickets in their BCCI Milan moved top of Serie New Delhi, Feb. 10: The and 11th February, 2020 is Under-23 women’s one-day lim- ‘A’ on Sunday after storm- Indian Olympic the last date for nomina- ited overs match at the ing back from two goals Association (IOA) on tion, your unilateral deci- Deveneni Venkata Ramana down to snatch a 4-2 win Monday appointed sion to cease the RFI elec- Pranitha Ground in Mulapadu over AC Milan in a pulsat- Basketball Federation of tion process with immedi- near Vijayawada on Monday. ing derby at the San Siro. India (BFI) president K. ate effect is not acceptable Batting first, Hyderabad made Inter pull level on 54 Govindraj as its observer to me and I am overruling a lowly 124 for the loss of 8 points with Juventus, who for the Rowing Federation the decision,” Batra said wickets in their 50 overs with lost 2-1 at Hellas Verona on of India’s (RFI) elections, in his letter to Mehta. Anuradha (39) and Pranavi (30) Saturday, but are ahead of to be held in Hyderabad “Rowing Federation of making decent contributions. the champions on goal dif- on February 22. India is free to conduct Delhi replied with 126 for 3 as ference thanks to a exhil- This was confirmed by their elections as per Swetha (45) and Simran (49 not erating second half turn- IOA president Narinder their declared schedule. out) took charge. around after Ante Rebic Batra in a letter to the BFI IOA should not be seen to BRIEF SCORES and Zlatan Ibrahimovic chief. “To our telephonic be interfering in the ■ At Deveneni Venkata Ramana had put Milan 2-0 up at the discussion and your con- autonomy of the NSF Pranitha Ground, Mulapadu: break. firmation we are pleased (National Sports Hyderabad 124/8 in 50 overs (G. Lazio are just a point to appoint you as IOA Federation),” he added. Trisha 26, Anuradha 39, Pranavi 30, Simran 3/18, Ria 2/11) lost to Delhi behind in third after observer for elections of The RFI elections last 126/3 (Swetha 45, Simran 49 n.o). Felipe Caicedo scored the the Rowing Federation of December got embroiled ■ At Chukkapalli Pitchaiah Ground, only goal in a hard-fought India on 22nd February, in controversy for allow- Mulapadu: Jharkhand 142 in 49.4 win at Parma earlier on 2020 and will request you ing proxy votes, forcing overs (Sonia 35, Rashmi 20, Ruma Sunday. to submit your report to the Sports Ministry to 28, Niki Prasad 2/20, Simran 2/24, Milan had dominated the IOA after the elections,” derecognise the federa- Sahana 2/22) lost to Karnataka first half with Inter strug- Batra said in the letter. tion for violating the 144/6 in 46.2 overs (K. Prathyusha gling to deal with Batra’s move to appoint Sports Code of 2011. 24, Niki Prasad 22, Simran 24, C. Prathyusha 27 n.o, Shanti 2/9, Anjali Ibrahimovic, who soared the observer came after In the RFI elections held 3/29). above Diego Godin before he took a dig at IOA secre- on December 6 in ■ At ACA Stadium, Mangalagiri: knocking down for Rebic tary general Rajeev Hyderabad, Rajlaxmi and Punjab 181/7 in 44 overs (Priya 39, to tap the opener past Mehta for “unilaterally M. V. Sriram were elected Anjali 42, Kanika 20, Pragati Singh Daniele Padelli. deciding to cease RFI as president and secre- 27 n.o, Nirupama 3/28, Arti 2/33) bt Stefan De Vrij blocked election process”. tary general, respectively. Railways 177/8 in 44 overs (Laxmi another cross to deny “You (Mehta) had con- But the ministry, in a 24, Dipa 31, Arushi 48, Komal Preet 2/36, Palwider Jeth 2/33, Priya Rebic a second tap in but firmed to me on phone letter to the RFI presi- 2/27). (Punjab won by 9 runs by VJD Franck Kessie flicked on that you will meet me to dent, said that the said Method after match was reduced to for a waiting Ibrahimovic discuss on the RFI issue, elections were not in 44 overs due to rain). to turn in the second. Ehtics Committee term accordance with the The comeback began five Inter Milan players celebrate their win over AC Milan in their Italian league football match at the San Siro Stadium issue and Kerala issue Sports Code and hence minutes after the break in Milan on Sunday. Inter won the match 4-2. — AFP since I had raised my the recognition of the RR dist kabaddi when Brozovic lashed objections. But since you national rowing body PTI home a stunning volley SPAL 1 THE RESULTS Parma 0 well. Sunday will be a have not come to meet me stands cancelled. — selections today and two minutes later (Bonifazi 24) Lazio 1 great game against a great Mattias Vecino finshed off Sassuolo 2 (Caicedo 41) team,” said Inzaghi. DC CORRESPONDENT an Alexis Sanchez pass to Brescia 1 Caicedo broke through (Caputo 65-pen, Boga 90) (Bisoli 81) HYDERABAD, FEB. 10 level the scores. Inter Milan 4 just before the interval as De Vrij put Inter Udinese 1 the Ecuadorian volleyed 23 nominations Napoli 2 (De Paul 90+2) (Brozovic 51, Vecino 54, The Ranga Reddy District deservedly ahead with a (Milik 48, Callejon 90) De Vrij 70, Romelu Lukaku home after Parma failed to Kabaddi Association is conduct- superb diving header with Lecce 3 90+3) clear a ball into the box. ing selection trials to pick the 20 minutes to go, and after Genoa 1 Napoli’s struggles con- (Lapadula 29, 61, (Pandev 43) AC Milan 2 district senior men and women Ibrahimovic hit the post Mancosu 82) (Rebic 40, Ibrahimovic tinued as they collapsed to rejected in chess Cagliari 0 teams from 3 pm on Tuesday at for Milan Romelu Lukaku 45+1) a 3-2 defeat at home to Saroornagar Indoor Stadium in then headed home substi- Lecce. Hyderabad. tute Victor Moses’ cross Last season’s runners-up Chennai, Feb. 10: It was Court judge had ruled The selected teams will partic- three minutes into injury League places and sit 10th. Simone Inzaghi’s side Milan, who they host next had rekindled hopes of advantage Bharat Singh that the candidature of 23 ipate in the 67th Senior Inter- time to maintain Inter’s LAZIO IN THE MIX are right in the title dis- weekend at the Stadio European football next Chauhan faction after the people was rejected for District Kabaddi Championship charge for a first Serie A Caicedo kept Lazio’s own cussion after extending Olimpico. season after league wins returning officer for the having failed to comply to be held at Yellandu, title in a decade. dream of a first ‘Scudetto’ their unbeaten run to 18 “We are trying to stay in over Juventus and All India Chess Fede- with the mandatory Bhadradri Kothagudem District, Milan’s collapse means in 20 years alive as a 1-0 league games. there, fighting against the Sampdoria, and by elimi- ration elections rejected requirement of para 6.4 of from February 17 to 20. they missed the chance to win over Parma moved the Their last Serie A defeat battleships. With this spir- nating Lazio from the nominations of 23 candi- the National Sports The weight categories for men move into the Europa Romans second in Serie A. was in September to Inter it, we can advance very Italian Cup. — AFP dates, including that of Development Code. and women are 85 kg and 75 kg incumbent president P. R. According to FIDE Zone or below respectively. Venketrama Raja. 3.7 president R. M. For further details contact M. Kalifulla had on Sunday Dongre, who had filed his Ravi Kumar on 9849532287 or Star Player rejected the nominations nomination for the post of J. Chandra Mohan on Badminton body tweaks on the grounds that they secretary from the Raja 7661992581. did not file their nomina- camp, an appeal would be tions in person. filed in the court in con- Sources in the Chauhan nection with the rejection home tourney structure camp said chances of of nominations. elections seemed remote The Madras High Court as the five candidates had on January 28 New Delhi, Feb. 10: In a The revamped structure also get direct entry. whose nominations have ordered elections of major revamp, the will have three levels of The senior national been found valid will be office-bearers of the AICF Badminton Association of tournaments — Level 1, 2 championships will also elected unopposed. The in Chennai on February India on Monday and 3 respectively. have more incentive for elections are scheduled to 10. announced the introduc- The highest level, Level players as the total prize be held in Hyderabad on The returning officer tion of a multi-level 1, will come with a `25 has been raised to `50 February 23. had later announced that domestic tournament lakh purse. The BAI lakh for the winner. Retired Supreme Court the elections would be structure, which will have Premier Super Series Earlier, the full purse for Justice Fakkir Mohamed held in Hyderabad on a combined prize money Tournament which will the event stood at `1 crore. Ibrahim Kalifulla, the February 23. of approximately `2 crore. have restricted entry with In Level 2, four BAI returning officer, accept- Although the candida- “The Badminton main draws only. Super Series Badminton ed as valid nominations tures of eight members of Association of India has In a league-cum-knock- Tournaments will be held, of five people, all belong- the Chauhan section were decided to revamp the out format, top eight sin- which will have `15 lakh ing to the camp led by also cancelled, they have Jagan Mohan Rao, vice-presi- domestic tournament set- gles players in BWF rank- as prize money for indi- AICF secretary Chauhan. valid nominations for key dent, Handball Federation of up in order to have a per- ings and top four pairs in vidual events. Chauhan’s camp also posts. The list includes India and chairman, Premier formance-oriented app- BWF rankings below 100 The top 48 singles play- Hyderabad shuttler N. Sikki Reddy (left) collects the includes Gujarat State Ajay Patel, Chauhan and Handball League, interacts roach and to find the best will be eligible for direct ers and 24 doubles pairs, Player of the League prize at the conclusion of the Chess Association chief Naresh Sharma, who are with players during the inau- talents from across the entry. Besides, top 24 sin- as per BAI rankings, will Premier Badminton League on Sunday. Sikki won four Ajay H. Patel, who is run- fighting for president, guration of the third Samuel country,” the national fed- gles players and 12 teams get direct entry into the Player of the Match awards out of the five ties she ning for president. secretary and treasurer eration said. as per BAI rankings will main draw. — PTI The former Supreme posts, respectively. — PTI Vasanth Kumar memorial invi- played for Hyderabad Hunters at the annual event. tation basketball tournament at Secunderabad YMCA. SEC’BAD YMCA GET OFF TO A GOOD START DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, FEB. 10

Host Secunderabad YMCA cruised to a 59-27 win over King Basketball Club (KBC) in the opening match of the third Samuel Vasanth Kumar memori- al invitation basketball tourna- ment here on Monday. At half- time, the winner led 39-9. The home side moved like a well-oiled machine, zipping off to a 21-0 start in the opening quarter. Point guards Ashu Tyagi and Dennis Sehgal took turns to score with ease, mostly through layup shots. Backing them was seasoned hand Sachin, who on one occa- sion netted the ball with a splendid underarm layup shot. His coordination with the front- line was visible in a behind-the- back pass to Sehgal, who made no mistake, right under the opponent’s backboard. In contrast the younger and inexperienced rival squad seemed to struggle to get their act together. Brief scores: Secunderabad YMCA 59 (Ashu Tyagi 12, Dennis Sehgal 10, Sachin 10) bt KBC 27 (Pavan 9).

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