Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From AVENUES 10 WORLD 14 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL WHAT IMRAN TOP COURSES & OFF BEAT UN EXAMINING SAUDI BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR KHAN FORGOT CAREERS OF 2019 WOMAN’S ASYLUM BID CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 155 Issue 8 LUCKNOW, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable PUJARA, PANT RISE IN TEST RANKINGS} } 16 SPORT www.dailypioneer.com SC reinstates Alok Verma Unanimous LS clears But bars CBI chief from taking policy decision till selection panel call 10% general quota Bill PNS n NEW DELHI FIR against Asthana. While Verma had moved the apex PNS n NEW DELHI n a major rebuff to the court against the Government’s ICentre and Central Vigilance orders, Asthana has not sought ith most Opposition par- Commission, the Supreme any relief from the SC but has Wties grudgingly backing Court on Sunday reinstated moved the Delhi High Court what they called a political Alok Verma to the post of CBI for quashing of FIR against him “jumla” and the Government Director by setting aside their in a corruption case. describing it as a “historic” orders sending him on leave. The SC referred to its ver- measure, the Lok Sabha on However, the court made it dict in the Vineet Narain case Tuesday night passed the land- clear that on reinstatement, and subsequent amendment mark Bill seeking to provide 10 Verma will cease and desist in law to drive home the point per cent reservation in jobs and from taking any major policy that legislative intent has been education for the economical- decisions till the Selection to ensure “complete insulation ly backward candidates among Committee’s decision. Verma’s of the office of the CBI Director the general category. The two-year tenure as CBI from all kinds of extraneous Government will table the Bill Director ends on January 31. influences, as may be, as well as in the Rajya Sabha on On the issue of “divestment for upholding the integrity and Wednesday. Flowers blossom at Parliament house during the ongoing Winter Session of of power and authority” of independence of the institution With an eye on upper caste Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday PTI Verma, the apex court said it is of the CBI as a whole”. votes in the forthcoming Lok “still open” for the high-pow- The 1997 Vineet judgment Sabha election, all major polit- saath sabka vikas” (With all, a fraud on the Constitution,” he ered committee, which selects relates to investigation of alle- ical parties supported the leg- development for all). said. the CBI chief, to consider the gations of corruption against islation even though they ques- Modi and Congress presi- Union Minister Arun matter within a week since the high-ranking public officials. tioned the timing and legal dent Rahul Gandhi were pre- Jaitley made a forceful pitch for CVC is probing the charges of The top court referred to a pro- “firmness” of the move. As sent in the House when the Bill the passage of a Bill providing corruption against him. vision of the Delhi Special many as 323 members voted in was passed. 10 per cent quota for the poor The high-powered com- Police Establishment (DSPE) support of the Bill and only AIMIM member among the general category, mittee includes the Prime Act, which said the CBI three voted against it. Asaduddin Owaisi opposed saying almost every party, Minister, the Chief Justice of Director cannot be transferred Replying to an over four- the constitutional amendment including the Congress, had India (CJI), and the Leader of without the consent of the and-half-hour debate, Social Bill saying the Bill is fraud on supported the measure in their Opposition. Selection Committee. Justice Minister Thaavarchand the Constitution. poll manifesto. “We deem it proper to “If the word ‘transferred’ BALL IN SELECTION PANEL COURT Gehlot sought to allay doubts The Constitution (124th Making an intervention in direct that Verma, Director has to be understood in its raised by several Opposition Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to the Lok Sabha, he rejected sug- CBI, upon reinstatement, will ordinary parlance and limited members about the legisla- amend the Constitution by gestions that the measure may cease and desist from taking to a change from one post to 2 Alok Verma’s two-year tenure as CBI Director ends on January 31 tion’s fate if challenged in the introducing provisions for fall foul of a Supreme Court any major policy decisions till another, as the word would 2 On the issue of “divestment of power and authority” of Verma, the apex court said it is “still open” for the Supreme Court, saying he can reservation for economically judgment putting a cap of 50 the decision of the committee normally convey and on that high-powered committee, which selects the CBI chief, to consider the matter within a week since the CVC say with confidence that the weaker sections, he said, adding per cent. The bar, he added, is permitting such actions and basis the requirement of ‘pre- is probing the charges of corruption against him apex court will accept it. it presently mentions only for caste-based reservations, decisions becomes available vious consent of the commit- 2 The head of the institution, the director, therefore, has to be the role model of independence and integrity The Modi Government’s social and educational back- while the Bill seeks quota for the within the time frame indicat- tee’ is understood to be only in which can only be ensured by freedom from all kinds of control and interference except to the extent that policy and intention is good wardness as the criteria for economically weaker sections ed,” a Bench headed by the CJI such cases, i.e. Purely of trans- Parliament may have intended, said the apex court and that is why it has enabled quota. in the general category. said in its 44-page order. fer, such an interpretation the reservation for the poor in “I oppose this Bill. This is Continued on Page 5 The Bench also comprised would be self-defeating and the general category with con- Justices SK Kaul and KM would clearly negate the leg- stitutional amendment, he said, Joseph. The judgment was islative intent,” the Bench said. Verma leave order Now, none can save PM seeking support of all parties penned by CJI Ranjan Gogoi. It said the institution of for the passage of the HRD to add 10 lakh However, the CJI didn’t attend CBI has been perceived to be from Rafale probe: Rahul Constitution (124th court and it was pronounced by necessarily kept away from all bonafide: Jaitley Amendment) Bill 2019. Justice Kaul. kinds of extraneous influences PTI n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI “Your doubts are unfound- seats in institutions By its Tuesday’s order, the so that it can perform its role ed. Put them to rest,” he told SC set aside the October 23, as premier investigating and he Government took ongress president Opposition members, many to make up for loss 2018, orders of the CVC and prosecuting agency “without Tthe decision to send CRahul Gandhi on of whom dubbed the Bill as the Department of Personnel any fear and favour and in the the CBI’s two senior offi- Tuesday said no one can “jumla” and “gimmick” ques- and Training that divested best public interest”. cers on leave on the CVC’s save Prime Minister tioning its legal standing and PNS n NEW DELHI key demand of upper castes. Verma of his powers and “The head of the institu- recommendation to pro- Narendra Modi from Rafale accusing the Government of The related Bill was passed in appointed CBI’s Joint Director tion, the director, therefore, has tect the integrity of the investigation as the SC has bringing it in haste with an eye he HRD Ministry on the Lok Sabha on Tuesday and M Nageshwar Rao to look to be the role model of inde- investigating agency, reinstated CBI chief Alok on the Lok Sabha polls. TTuesday convened a meet- will come up in the Rajya after the duties and functions pendence and integrity which Finance Minister Arun Verma, who was unceremoniously removed by Gehlot claimed that the Bill ing to work out the modalities Sabha on Wednesday. of the agency’s director. can only be ensured by free- Jaitley said on Tuesday, describing the action as the Modi Government. is in line with Prime Minister to implement 10 per cent As per the All-India Verma and Special dom from all kinds of control “perfectly bonafide”. Speaking to the media outside Parliament, Narendra Modi’s assertion reservation for the “econom- Survey on Higher Education Director Asthana were sent and interference except to the Reacting to the Supreme Court on CBI chief Rahul said the CBI chief was “ousted” at 1 am when he assumed power in ically weaker” sections among (AISHE), 2017-18, the coun- on “leave” after corruption extent that Parliament may Alok Verma, Jaitley said the Government as he was about to begin an investigation into 2014 that his Government general category in higher try has a total of 903 univer- charges were leveled against have intended,” it said. would comply with the orders of the apex court. the Rafale jet agreement. would be devoted to the cause educational institutions. sities, over 39,000 colleges each other and the CBI filed a Continued on Page 5 Continued on Page 5 Detailed report on Page 7 of the poor and work for “sabka Sources said the Ministry is and over 10,000 standalone working out the number of institutions. The proposed seats that need to be increased reservation will be over and Central trade union in the institutions to be able to above the existing 50 per cent Superfast T-18 has Lucknow connect implement this quota. reservation enjoyed by the SC forms 5-judge Sources said initial esti- Scheduled Castes, the nationwide strike mates reflect that around 10 Scheduled Tribes and the PRABHA SHANKER n LUCKNOW trains which close when the train lakh seats will have to be OBC, and will take the total partially successful is in motion. It has a talk-back added in institutions across reservation to 60 per cent. Bench, Ayodhya PTI n NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD rain-18 or T-18, manufac- facility and in case of an emer- the country, including Central The Bill mandates criteria Ttured by Integral Coach gency, passengers can talk to the universities, IITs and IIMs, like an annual income below ervices of PSU banks and Factory (ICF), Chennai, at the train driver directly. among other prestigious high- `8 lakh and not owning more Spost offices were partially cost of `100 crore, has Lucknow The engine-less train has er educational institutions. than five acre of agricultural trial from Jan 10 affected on Tuesday on the first links. In fact, the superfast train motors for power generation “The modalities are yet to land for those seeking quota day of the two-day nation- was designed by Sudhanshu Mani, under coaches and each coach is be worked out about how the benefits. PNS n NEW DELHI wide strike called by Central who recently retired as general connected in a way that one may quota will be implemented. All Meanwhile, Prime trade unions against the alleged manager of ICF, Chennai, a resi- travel to the last coach from the the universities and educa- Minister Narendra Modi will five-judge Constitution anti-worker policies of the dent of Indira Nagar colony. start. “Its luggage rack and censor tional institutions recognised interact with students, teach- ABench of the Supreme Central Government. Mani conceptualised the gleaming blue- monitored doors when entering a coach is also by the University Grants ers and parents about exami- Court will hear the Ram While the strike evoked nosed train with facilities even superior than at par,” said Sudhanshu Mani. Commission, whether nations and related stress this Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid mixed response in Bihar, Shatabdi Express. It comes fitted with ameni- The train will have two executive compart- Government run or private, month end as part of the land title dispute case from Jharkhand, West Bengal, ties at par with the best in the world having on- ments which will have 52 seats each and trail- will have to implement the “Pariksha Pe Charcha” pro- January 10. The Bench will be Gujarat, Goa, Tripura, it affect- board WiFi to GPS-based passenger informa- er coaches will have 78 seats each. The execu- quota,” source said. gramme just like last year. headed by Chief Justice Ranjan ed normal life in Kerala where tion system, touch-free bio-vacuum toilets, LED tive class will have rotating seats to match the The Centre on Monday Participants will also be able to Gogoi and also comprise trains were stopped, buses and lighting, mobile charging points and a climate direction of the train. Mani said that the nose- cleared the 10 per cent quota join the interactive session Justices SA Bobde, NV auto-rickshaws kept off roads. control system that adjusts the temperature shaped design was a concept which he had in in Government jobs and edu- from across the country and Ramana, UU Lalit and DY A union leader said 20 according to occupancy and weather. mind since he took the charge of GM at IFC, cation for the “economically even abroad through video- Chandrachud. crore took part in the strike. It has plug door facility like the one in Metro Continued on Page 5 weaker” sections, meeting a conference. “Take notice that the fol- lowing matters (petitions in the Ayodhya land dispute) will be CAPSULE listed on Thursday the 10th January, 2019 at 10.30 am in passed an order on October 29 Citizenship Bill pulls through LS despite Opp protest NILEKANI TO HEAD RBI’S Chief Justice’s court before the relating to the hearing of the DIGITAL PAYMENT PANEL Constitution Bench comprising matter. PNS n NEW DELHI country. “It should have been Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of the Chief Justice, SA Bobde, The plea for early hearing a secular Bill..”, said TMC mem- India on Tuesday constituted a NV Ramana, Uday Umesh was moved by the Akhil Bharat mid opposition from the ber Sugata Roy. high-level committee under Lalit and Dr DY Chandrachud, Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) ACongress, the TMC, Left Describing the Bill as “divi- Aadhaar architect Nandan JJ,” said a notice uploaded on which is one of the respondents parties and others as well sive” and “insidious”, Roy said, Nilekani to suggest measures to the apex court website. in the appeal filed by legal heirs National Democratic Alliance “This is the worst form of strengthen the safety and On January 4, the top court of M Siddiq, one of the origi- (NDA) allies Janata Dal vote-bank politics.” TMC security of digital payments in had said that further orders in nal litigants in the case. (United) and Shiv Sena, the sought that it be sent to select the country. the matter would be passed on A three-judge Bench of Lok Sabha on Tuesday committee for further vetting. January 10 by “the appropriate the top court had on September approved a Bill seeking to pro- The Congress said many HC DISMISSES PLEA TO Bench, as may be constituted”. 27 last year, by 2:1 majority, vide Indian citizenship to non- States have opposed the Bill REMOVE KEJRIWAL AS CM As many as 14 appeals refused to refer to a five-judge Muslim minorities from and it should be sent to a select New Delhi: The Delhi High Court have been filed in the apex Constitution Bench the issue of Bangladesh, Pakistan and committee. dismissed removal of AAP leader court against the 2010 reconsideration of the obser- Afghanistan. The Bill was originally Arvind Kejriwal as Chief Minister Allahabad High Court judg- vations in its 1994 judgment The contentious Bill pro- introduced in 2016 and was of the national Capital on the ment, delivered in four civil that a mosque was not integral vides Indian citizenship to the later sent to the JPC which sub- plea that he is facing prosecution suits, that the 2.77-acre be par- to Islam. The matter had arisen Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, mitted its report on Monday. in a criminal case. titioned equally among the during the hearing of the Buddhists and Parsis from On the basis of the recom- three parties — the Sunni Waqf Ayodhya land dispute. Bangladesh, Pakistan and mendations of the JPC, a fresh PASWAN LOSES VIP Board, the Nirmohi Akhara Various Hindutva organi- Afghanistan after six years of Bill was introduced on Tuesday. STATUS AT PATNA AIRPORT and Ram Lalla. sations have been demanding residence in India instead of 12 The Home Minister said Patna: Denial of VIP privileges to The apex court on October an Ordinance on early con- years even if they do not pos- minorities are persecuted in Union Minister Ram Vilas 29 last year had fixed the mat- struction of Ram temple at the sess any document. Activists under various student union outfits protest against Citizenship Bill in Khumulwng, West Tripura, on Tuesday PTI Pakistan and they have been Paswan at the airport here a day ter in the first week of January disputed site. Recently, Prime Piloting the Citizenship taking shelter in India. He said ago raised some eyebrows before the “appropriate Bench”. Minister Narendra Modi had (Amendment) Bill 2019, Union minorities in the three neigh- BJP-led State Government, the staged a walkout from the though Governments in though an official asserted on Later, an application was suggested that any decision on Home Minister Rajnath Singh bouring countries. Home Minister said the law is House in protest with the lat- Bangladesh and Afghanistan Tuesday that the situation arose moved for according an urgent an Ordinance on Ram temple told the Opposition that the Bill Allaying apprehensions not meant for Assam only but ter demanding that the Bill are taking measures to protect since orders for extending the hearing by advancing the date, in Ayodhya can happen only was not against the provisions from Assam where its coalition for the entire country which should have also included per- non-Muslim minorities, still facilities were not issued by the but the top court had refused after the completion of the judi- of the Constitution and would partner Asom Gona Parishad would bear its “burden”. secuted minorities from the they are being persecuted there. competent authority. the plea, saying it had already cial process. give succour to persecuted (AGP) has resigned from the Congress and the TMC Muslim community in these Continued on Page 5 LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 city 02

Five of family found dead mixed with poison to kill the post-mortem examination. family. Local police registered Meanwhile, villagers claimed Cabinet okays new fishing policy Lucknow (PNS): Mystery which the incharge reached the a case and sent the body for that the family was killed. shrouds the death of five mem- spot with the police force. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW of Ministers (GoM) committee bers of a family who all were However police found four of to recommend ways and found dead inside the house on them already dead and one iming to keep the fishing means for financial self- Tuesday morning. Local police, died on way to hospital. The Acommunity in good reliance of local bodies. It will who rushed to the spot, prima victims were identified as humour ahead of the general consist of ministers of Urban facie dumped the incident to Begraj, his wife Ramwati (60), elections, the state government Development, Panchayati Raj, be of ‘suicide’. son Nem Chandra (35), son’s approved a new fishing policy Rural Development and Reports said that retired wife Mamta (32) and Begraj’s to regulate and allow distribu- Finance. railway worker Begraj (65), a daughter Gayatri (28). Sources tion of water bodies in rural The government also resident of Benipur village in said that no injuries were areas on lease. approved a proposal for free Jahanabad, was asleep with found on the bodies of the Earlier on October 24, transfer of land of Noida members of his family at his deceased. 2018, the Lucknow bench of Development Authority which house on Monday night. On Local police after investi- the Allahabad High Court houses a super speciality hos- Tuesday morning, Begraj, gation claimed that they found had asked the state govern- pital at Sector 30 (Noida) to the along with four other family a container having milk but as ment to formulate a fishing Health department for fur- members, was found in an it had turned blue so it seemed policy. A decision in this Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh briefing media after the Cabinet meeting on ther expansion as per MCI unconscious state. The locals that the victims probably com- regard was taken at the Tuesday Pioneer norms. gave the information of the mitted suicide. However, they Cabinet meeting held on The Cabinet also incident to the incharge of did not rule out the possibili- Tuesday. decreased the annual rent to be Shahi police outpost, following ty of someone giving milk Briefing media persons, policy, water bodies of half enue collected from fishing, 25 charged from Indian Oil state government spokesper- acre will be kept for public per cent will go to village Corporation Limited (IOCL) son and Health Minister utility while ponds of 0.5 to 5 panchayat, 25 per cent to dis- for setting up an ethanol plant Sidharth Nath Singh said that acres will be given on lease for trict panchayat and the rest to in Gorakhpur from 5 to 2.5 per the lease would be given by a fishing and production of Fisheries department. cent of the total cost of land. four-member committee, 'singhara' (water chestnut). In another decision, the The state government had headed by the District Fishing communities like government decided to end provided 50 acres of land of Magistrate, after proper survey Nishad, Kevat, Mallah and double taxation on ethanol- Dhuriapar cooperative sugar of water bodies and govern- Manjhi would be given prefer- mixed petrol. "The Centre had mill to IOCL by charging a rent ment-owned ponds and rivers. ence in allotment. "Water bod- written to the state that oil of 5 per cent annual on the "The survey will be com- ies measuring over 5 acre will companies were not ready to value of the land for 30 years. pleted by April and the lease have to clear NGT norms mix ethanol with petrol due to But as the IOCL expressed its will be distributed thereafter," though rules will be same," he double taxation. Once the dou- desire to lower the rent, hence Singh said, adding that norms said. ble taxation system is done it was slashed to 2.5 per cent. of the National Green Tribunal As per the policy, if there away with, the price of petrol The government also (NGT) would be enforced and is a single applicant, it could be is likely to go down," the min- handed over nine mining lease fishing would be banned given to him directly but if ister said without specifying to UPIEDA and Dedicated between June 1 and August 31 there are more than one appli- the dip. Freight Corridor out of the 13 due to breeding season. cant, lease will be allotted In another decision, the leases surrendered by the As per the new fishing through auction. Of the rev- government set up of a Group NHAI and others.

STAMPEDE IN 2013 DURING KUMBH UP govt to table probe report in House

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW worked on the recommenda- The commission also held quate number of trains was tions of the commission for the the change made on the plat- pressed into service to trans- he state government will coming Kumbh Mela so that form at the last moment and port devotees from the station Ttable in the Assembly a the lapses are not repeated the lack of holding area of pas- to different cities. "Though it report by a one-member com- this time,” spokesperson and sengers as the prime reason for was announced to operate one mission which probed the Health Minister Sidharth Nath the stampede. Mela Special train every half- stampede at Allahabad railway Singh said while briefing media Along with the Railways, an-hour, it was not followed at station during Kumbh in 2013, persons after a Cabinet meet- the commission also blamed all and trains were running late beside implementing its sug- ing on Tuesday. UPSRTC, Allahabad district by two to four hours," the gestions for the imminent The one-member judicial administration and police for report said. Kumbh Mela starting at commission of Justice (Retired) thoroughly failing in crowd However, Singh blamed Prayagraj from January 14. Omkareshwar Bhatt blamed management leading to the the previous Akhilesh Yadav At least 38 people died and the Railways and UP State tragedy. regime for sitting on the probe 50 others were injured in the Roadways Corporation for the The commission conclud- report. “When the judicial stampede at the Allahabad rail- stampede at Allahabad junc- ed that the Railways did not commission had submitted its way station during Mauni tion railway station in 2013. make a clear assessment of the report to the government on Amavasya on February 1, 2013, “This time we have asked the number of passengers for August 14, 2014, why did the while devotees were returning authorities to look into the laps- which arrangement of trans- then Samajwadi Party regime home after taking a holy dip at es that occurred in 2013 and portation had to be made on not table it in the Assembly or the Sangam. directed them to initiate neces- the occasion of ‘Mauni take any action?” he ques- “The government has also sary precautions,” Singh said. Amavasya’. It said that inade- tioned. Prez to visit Kumbh on Jan 17 PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW along with other government- coffee table book on Kumbh roads in the mela area while, run camps and other facilities. and open the media centre,” for the first time, a tent city s Uttar Pradesh gears up Awasthi said President he said. The CM will also has been erected for pilgrims Afor Kumbh Mela at Kovind would be visiting review the ongoing prepara- with basic facilities like toi- Prayagraj, President Ramnath Kumbh on January 17 while tions. lets, changing room near Kovind will visit the mam- vice-president Venkaiah Claiming that the govern- bathing ghats,” he said. moth congregation of faith on Naidu would also visit ment has made elaborate Without projecting any January 17. This was informed Sangam, though his date has arrangements for Kumbh estimated number of pilgrims by Additional Chief Secretary not been finalised. Mela, which is double in com- likely to visit the Kumbh (Information and Tourism) The top official said that parison to 2013 Kumbh, starting from Makarsankranti Avnish Awasthi in Lucknow the CM would inaugurate Awasthi said that the total area on January 15 for the next 45 on Tuesday. several religious and cultural of the mela had been doubled days, Awasthi said that in Awasthi said that Chief camps at Kumbh on Thursday to 3,200 hectares from around 2013, around 120 million Minister Yogi Adityanath next and would address a 1,500 hectares while funds people visited the mela and would formally inaugurate media conference. invested this time was `4,300 this time too the number the Kumbh on January 10 by “During his visit, the CM crore while it was `1,200 crore was likely to go up as the gov- opening the gates of will visit several places in last time. ernment had invited people Akshayvat and unveiling the Kumbh Mela area, including “We have constructed from across the country to statue of Goddess Saraswati camps of saints and release a around 250 kilometres of take part in the mega event. Modi to inaugurate clean water project for Agra PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW also lay the foundation stone for also address a public gathering Integrated Command and at Kothi Meena Bazaar in the he much-awaited Gangajal Control Centre for Agra Smart city during his two-hour stay. Tproject aimed at providing City, upgradation of SN Medical This will be the Prime Minister’s clean water to Taj city Agra will College and other projects. second visit to Agra. see the light of the day on The Gangajal programme During his earlier visit on Wednesday when Prime has a project cost of `2,880 crore November 20, 2016, Modi had Minister Narendra Modi will and it will provide Agra with launched PM Awas Yojana inaugurate the project during his better and more assured water (Gramin). Under this scheme, short visit to the city. supply. It will benefit both resi- 65 lakh houses have been con- During his visit, the PM will dents of the city as well as structed till date, including 9.2 tourists. lakh in Uttar Pradesh. He Upgradation of SN Medical launched rail infrastructure and College in Agra will be done at services specific in the region. the cost of Rs 200 crore, which Governor Ram Naik, Chief also includes the creation of a Minister Yogi Adityanath, along 100-bed maternity wing in the with several state ministers, will women’s hospital. This will help be present at the PM’s pro- provide better health and mater- gramme on Wednesday. nity care for the weaker sections Elaborate security has been of the society. put in place for the VIP visit with Integrated Command and the rally ground being turned Control Centre for Agra Smart into a virtual fortress. City will be created at the cost As per the schedule, Modi of Rs 285 crore and will help will reach Kheria airport by a develop Agra as a modern world special IAF aircraft at 3.15 pm on class Smart City, befitting its Wednesday where he will be stature as a premium tourist des- welcomed by the Governor and tination. The Prime Minister will the Chief Minister.

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2 conmen posing as Partial impact of state employees’ strike on first day PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW larisation of contractual work- policemen nabbed ers, growing unemployment, n the call of Central Trade privatisation and merger of Lucknow (PNS): Using his text of checking drive. The OUnions, Uttar Pradesh banks,” he said. presence of mind, a man saved miscreants were nabbed with Rajya Karmachari Mahasangh Deputy general secretary himself from being conned by the help of commuters and launched its two-day protest in of UP Bank Employees’ Union two miscreants posing as cops later handed over to police. Lucknow on Tuesday. SK Sangtani said except for who stopped his car on the pre- As per reports, Dinesh Mahasangh regional president one nationalised bank, all gov- Kumar Gupta of Mankapur Kamlesh Mishra said that ernment banks remained (Gonda) was in Lucknow for postal and banking works closed. “Protests held by m0iz0 ikoj VªkUlfe'ku some work. He was going were partially impacted and employees at their respective dkjikjs 's ku fy0] uhykeh towards Rakabganj on nearly 70 per cent of the banks and clearings were fufonk lwpuk la[;k Monday afternoon. Around employees from postal, bank- affected to a large extent,” he 12@fo0ik0[k0@cg0@ 2:30 pm, when Gupta got ing and insurance sectors took said. He added informed that 2018&19 loZlk/kkj.k dk s lfprw fd;k tkrk down from his car, the bike- part in the protest. the their union supported the gS fd tuin cgjkbp esa dSljxat esa fLFkr borne miscreants screeched to The protesters took out a 12-point demands put forth by 132 ds0oh0 fo|qr midsUnz dk fuekZ.k a halt near him. Posing as procession from Charbagh CTUs. Regional secretary of djk;k tk jgk gSA bl midsUnz ds fuekZ.k policemen, they told Gupta and then gathered at the LIC All-India Postal Employees’ LFky ij yxs fofHkUu o`{k ftuesa ihiy] they had a doubt that he was building in Hazratganj where Union (Group C), who also v'kksd] xksYMeksgj] tkequ] ccwy ,oa lsey carrying smuggled goods. a ‘jan sabha’ was held. Mishra took part in the demonstration ds isM+ lfEefyr gSa] dh uhykeh [kqyh cksyh “For a moment, I got ner- said they had put forth sever- at GPO, said the department’s }kjk fnukad 30-01-2019 dks mi[k.M vous but then I kept them al demands. “The main work was impacted because A view of locked gate of Allahabad Bank during the 48-hour-long nationwide strike vf/kdkjh fo|qr ikjs"k.k mi[k.M&izFke] engaged in talks and kept demands include renewal of two unions participated in called by CTUs protesting against the “anti-people” policies of the Centre. (Right) cgjkbp ds v/khu 220 ds0oh0 fo|qr requesting them to spare me. the old pension policy, regu- the strike. Employees protesting outside LIC office Pioneer midUnz]s cgjkbp d s ifjlj e as iokZUgw 12%00 In the meantime, I spotted two cts ls 16%00 cts ds e/; dh tk;sxhA cops passing via the road and bPNqd cksyhdrkZ dks #0 3500-00 /kjksgj raised an alarm. Seeing cops, /kujkf'k d s :i e as vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] fo|qr the imposters started to run ` ikjs"k.k [k.M] cgjkbp ds cSad [kkrs esa ¼cSad away, but were chased and RLD, SP hold talks ahead 1.5 lakh stolen from SUV dk uke & iatkc uS'kuy cSad [kkrk la[;k nabbed by some commuters,” PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW and the police started been registered in this & 0072002101028030 IFS Code- Gupta said. He said he had investigations. connection. PUNB0007200) R.T.G.S./N.E.F.T. been duped in the state capi- hieves stole Rs 1.5 lakh and Meanwhile, burglars broke ds ek/;e ls fnukad 29-01-2019 rd tek tal in the past by the same of Lok Sabha elections Tdocuments from a con- into a mobile shop and made KILLED djuk vfuok;Z gkxkAs vf/kdre /kujkf'k dh trick, so he sensed foul play tractor’s SUV parked outside a off with goods worth Rs 50,000 A 46-year-old man died cksyh ftlds i{k esa gksxh mldh /kjksgj after being stopped by the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW hospital in Gomti Nagar on and Rs 4,000 in cash under after his bike rammed into a /kujkf'k cksyh x;h /kujkf'k esa lek;ksftr conmen stopped him. “I Tuesday. Pankaj Kumar Bakshi-Ka-Talab (BKT) police road divider under dj nh tk;sxh] rFkk 'ks"k cksyh drkZvksa dh doubted their credentials, so I ashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Srivastava of Gandhi Nagar station on Tuesday. The inci- Sarojininagar police station on /kujkf'k okil dj nh tk;sxhA vf/kdre decided to keep them engaged Rvice-president Jayant locality in Basti was in dent came to light around 9 am Tuesday. The deceased, identi- cksyhdrkZ dks rhu fnu ds vUnj dqy in talks as I looked for the way Chaudhary met Samajwadi Lucknow along with his wife to when shopkeeper Adarsh fied as Khem Nath, was a pri- /kujkf'k ¼/kjksgj /kujkf'k dks NksM+dj½ out. When I called the police- Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in consult a doctor. Trivedi, a resident of vate worker. A native of Sitapur, R.T.G.S./N.E.F.T. ds ek/;e ls tek men passing by, the miscreants Lucknow on Tuesday. Both “Around 12.40 pm, I called Gudamba, was informed that he resided in Sarojininagar. djuk vfuok;Z gkxkAs /kujkf'k u tek djus started running away. I ran leaders, however, declined to my driver Ram Bali Singh who the shutter of his shop, located The mishap occurred dh fLFkfr esa mldh /kjksgj /kujkf'k tCr after them along with other share details of the discussions was sitting in the car and he in front of BKT railways sta- around midnight when he was dj yh tk;sxhA v/kksgLrk{kjdrkZ dks ,d commuters and they were with the media. Chaudhary reached the hospital leaving the tion, had been broken. He returning home. When he vFkok leLr cksfy;ks dks fujLr@la'kks/ku nabbed,” he said. reached the state Samajwadi vehicle outside Bank Of India rushed to his shop and got to reached near Amausi, he lost djus dk vf/kdkj lqjf{kr jgsxkA vf/k'kklh The miscreants were iden- Party office and remained clos- Branch in Vinay Khand. A lit- know that his shop had been control of the motorcycle vfHk;Urk] fo|qr ikjs"k.k [k.M 220 ds0oh0 tified as Mohammed Samir eted with Akhilesh Yadav for tle later, when I went out to col- burgled. BKT SHO Amar Nath which rammed into the road midUnzs ifjlj y[kuÅ jkM]s cgjkbp l[;ka and Mohammed Atif Khan over an hour. Later, Chaudhary lect some documents from the Verma said the burglars dis- divider. Commuters rushed & 1226@fo0ik0[k0@cg0@o`{kksa dh (both of Wazirganj). “They told waiting persons: "We dis- car, I came to know that the bag mantled the shutter and walked him to Sarojininagar CHC uhykeh@2018&19@12@ fnukad& owned up their crime during cussed about the present polit- was missing,” he told the police. away with cash and goods. “A where doctors declared him 04-01-2019 ^jk"Vªfgr esa fctyh cpk;sa] interrogation and disclosed ical scenario and the course of Srivastava said the bag had manhunt has been launched for brought dead. Sarojininagar lk/kkj.k cYc ds LFkku ij ,y0bZ0Mh0 cYc that they had duped several action and also about the BJP's cash, his revolver’s license and the miscreants and we are SHO Ram Surat Sonkar said dk iz;ksx djsa* unsuspecting people in the failures." other documents. An FIR was looking for CCTV footage,” he the body had been sent for past. They also disclosed the “Milna julna, political char- will be clear in the near future.” to frame Akhilesh Yadav in registered in this connection said, adding that an FIR had autopsy. names of some persons who cha karna, ye to hote rahna Chaudhary parried questions mining scam using the CBI. are doing the same to earn fast chahiye (routine meetings and on the possibility of inclusion “Akhilesh a leader of bucks. We are working on the political discussions should go of the Congress in the alliance impeccable integrity, and he Cash, IMFL bottles lead given by the duo and we on),” Chaudhary said. When for the coming Lok Sabha sincerely worked for five years hope to bust a gang sooner or asked if there were any positive polls. Though there was no as the Chief Minister of UP stolen from shop Rahul to meet Cong later,” the Chowk police said. outcome from the meeting, official word so far from the ensuring rapid development Lucknow (PNS): Conmen posing as cops the RLD leader said: “Certainly Samajwadi Party and BSP, of the state. This has irked the Thieves made off has come as a big challenge for things are positive. We (Jayant sources claimed the two parties BJP and they have let loose the with over Rs one lakh and two the Lucknow police as a num- and Akhilesh) have known would contest 37 Lok Sabha CBI to malign the image of our bottles of Indian Made Foreign leaders to chalk ber of victims have been duped each other for a long time. In seats each in UP, which has a party president,” said SP Liquor (IMFL) from a model shop. in the past in the name of our assessment of the situation, total of 80 Lok Sabha seats. spokesman Rajendra The shop is run by Pradeep Jaiswal police checking in different we think that Akhilesh Yadav Sources also claimed that the Chaudhary. of Aliganj in Amrapali Market under Ghazipur police station. On out UP strategy parts of the city. Sources said might be quizzed by the CBI in remaining six seats would be The SP leader said that the Tuesday morning, a neighbouring citizens followed the instruc- the mining scam. Institutions left for the Congress, Rashtriya BJP was rattled by the coming shop-owner informed him that the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW tion of conmen posing as are being abused by the BJP Lok Dal and other parties. together of the SP and the BSP shutter of the shop was lying cops. They said there should be government and everyone is On reservation of 10 per and fearing its certain defeat in broken. Jaiswal reached the shop proper monitoring for conmen watching. I told Akhilesh, our cent to economically back- the coming Lok Sabha elec- and found the chest box lying on midst report of Rahul by cops in civvies. “The police party is with him," said ward sections in the general tions, it was doing its best to the floor. “The cash kept in it was AGandhi making it clear to have no list of gangs involved Chaudhary. category, Chaudhary said: "The destroy the clean image of missing. When I counted the go 'alone’ in Uttar Pradesh, all in such crime as of now. Some On the number of seats his BJP did not follow any of its Akhilesh. He added that the bottles, I came to know that two senior leaders of the Congress, of the miscreants arrested on party would get in the pro- announcements or promises." attempts of the BJP to frame bottles of IMFL were missing,” he along with main office-bearers similar charges have turned posed SP-BSP alliance, the Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Akhilesh in false cases would told the police. The thieves were have been summoned to New out to be police informers,” the RLD leader said: “The media is Party continued its tirade hurt its own image rather dam- seen pocketing two IMFL bottles Delhi by the party president on sources disclosed. curious about it. Everything against the BJP for attempting age the Samajwadi Party. while leaving the shop. Wednesday to discuss the poll strategy for Uttar Pradesh. Sources said that Rahul Gandhi, along with All India Congress general secretary Power employees begin work boycott Ghulam Nabi Azad, state pres- build up a cadre till the booth ident Raj Babbar, all AICC sec- level to ensure victory of max- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW and collecting cash will be retaries attached with UP, will imum candidates. Interestingly, done by supply licensee. The be present in the meeting. Congress had already added ower engineers and motive of the bill is to separate Besides, all former ministers party workers till the booth Pemployees on Tuesday profit-making component like from UP who remained in level through `Shakti App’ and commenced their two-day sale of power to industry, rail- United Progressive Alliance Rahul Gandhi is now directly nationwide work boycott ways and commercial estab- (UPA) government, ex-MPs, in touch with them and taking against Indian Electricity lishments for handing over to Congress Legislature Party major decision after taking (Amendment) Bill-2018 and private sector. Loss-making (CLP) leader in the state their opinions. Rahul had privatisation policies of the parts like rural households Assembly Ajay Kumar ‘Lallu’, already adopted this process of NDA governments. and agriculture sector will party Leader in the Council directly interacting with the Protests by power engi- remain with public sector Deepak Singh will also attend booth level workers in recent neers and employees were companies,” he pointed out. the meeting to discuss and elections in Rajasthan, Madhya reported from different cities Dubey said that due to prefer- share their experiences to chalk Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. of Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, ential load guarantees given in out a road map for fighting the Sources said that after Madhya Pradesh, Assam, power purchase agreements 2019 Parliament elections. drawing the road map for the Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, signed with private generators, Sources said that Priyanka coming Parliament elections, Maharashtra, Haryana, Power engineers and employees protesting at Shakti Bhawan Pioneer public sector thermal plants Gandhi might be also present Raj Babbar would reach Uttarakhand, Bihar, Kerala, were forced to back down during the meeting. Lucknow and hold similar Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and passed without addressing power minister have not been their generation resulting in A senior leader of the party meeting with the incharges of Odisha. However, during the their concerns on proposed incorporated in the amended high generation cost and rev- confirmed on condition of all frontal organisations. strike, emergency services changes. draft,” Dubey said. The enue loss. “There is little focus anonymity that besides dis- Babbar will hold discus- were kept out of the purview “Legislation is being Federation chairman said that on supply and service quality cussing the impact and advan- sions on the preparation and of work boycott. All India enacted without working out Indian Electricity issues which are at the heart of tages of going ‘alone’ in Uttar strategy for the 2019 Power Engineers’ Federation details and setting out rules (Amendment) Bill-2018, fur- consumers concerns. The Pradesh, the leaders would Parliament elections with the (AIPEF) chairman Shailendra which will result in unmanage- ther divides the unbundled state government’s autonomy also discuss the much needed heads of all five frontal organ- Dubey said in Lucknow on able litigations. The AIPEF has power industry. “The distrib- is being eroded and constitu- changes in the UPCC, partic- isations and chairpersons of 30 Tuesday that power sector submitted its concerns to ution company will carry tional provision of power ularly replacement of Raj cells of the UPCC,” confirmed employees would proceed on Union Power Ministry but we power to the point of con- being a concurrent subject is Babbar, and also to appoint senior Congress leader indefinite strike without any have got no response yet. The sumption and the final act of being subverted with system- four more zonal level heads so Virendra Madan attached with notice in case the bill was points agreed by previous selling power to consumer atic centralisation,” he charged. that the top leadership could state president Raj Babbar. Surgeons save saint from leg amputation PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Saran Bihari, aged 40 years. He prac- ed to perform a surgery which is very tises severe austerity by way of stand- uncommonly thought of by many he Vivekananda Polyclinic and ing on one leg continuously for two surgeons in India. They decided to do TInstitute of Medical Sciences years at Dadar, Mumbai. Being a a limb salvage surgery. (VPIMS) successfully salvaged the devotee of Lord Shiva, the patient was The successfully-performed foot of a patient from Paraspur, a ganja and tobacco smoker for the surgery lasted for about 3 hours Gonda, thanks to the expertise of a past 20 years. He suffered from which was both pre-operatively as team of cardiac and plastic surgeons. Buerger’s disease. well as post-operatively uneventful. It would otherwise have required Doctors said that Buerger’s dis- Post-operatively the patient had a sig- Notice Inviting e-Tenders below-knee amputation. ease was a rare disease of the arter- nificant relief from pain as well as a On behalf of the President of India, 32nd BN, ITBP, invites The details of the surgery were ies and veins in the arms and legs. In satisfactory peripheral circulation. given to mediapersons on Tuesday. this disease the blood vessels become Doctors said that such cases e-procurement tender under Two Bid System (Technical Bid & Secretary of the institute Swami inflamed, swollen and get blocked must be planned depending upon the Financial Bid) for the Supply of Different type Sewing Machine. Muktinathananda said that it was a with blood clots (thrombi). “This angiography findings before the Tender submission Last Date/Times : 21.01.2019/1600 privilege to serve a poor patient by eventually damages the skin tissues patient lands into disastrous major Tender Opening Date/Times : 23.01.2019/1200 providing him quality medical care and may lead to infection and gan- limb amputations. Thus in contrast Estimated Cost : Rs. 6,27,760/- with free surgical and other services. grene. Buerger’s disease usually first other types of tobacco. Quitting all tation of the limb with no possibili- to the common practice of advising Earnest money : Rs. 12,600/- He added that such a difficult and shows in the hands and feet and may forms of tobacco is the only way to ty of it being salvaged. limb amputations to the PVD The bid forms (Tender form) and other details can be obtained unusual operation would not have eventually affect larger blood vessels check Buerger’s disease, lest it should Cardiothoracic and vascular sur- patients by specialists as well as been possible without the active and of arms and legs. The patients suffer require amputation of limb,” said the geon, Dr SK Choudhury, HoD, super specialists they recommend a from the website www.eprocure.gov.in dedicated participation of competent due to excruciating pain which has senior doctors. CTVS, and Prof SD Pandey, HoD, surgery as was performed at the Commandant doctors and other associated hospi- a deep impact on their lives. Virtually It was said that various hospitals Department of Plastic Surgery, Ramakrishna Mission Sevashram, 32nd BN, ITBP tal staff. The case was of a saint from everyone diagnosed with Buerger’s and tertiary centres of Uttar Pradesh Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute davp - 19112/11/0364/1819 Paraspur (Gonda) named Mithilesh disease smokes cigarettes or uses advised the sadhu to undergo ampu- of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, decid- of Medical Sciences. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 city 05

Spread greater awareness about Dist admn Azam demands 5 pc gears up for CHD amongst women: Expert Republic Day PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW The doctor said that it was also quota for Muslims important to know that diabet- celebrations here is a need to spread ics should not go in for an PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW also recommended by Sachar Tgreater awareness about angioplasty. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Commission a decade ago and the coronary heart disease He further pointed out,“It amajwadi Party leader Azam the committee was appointed (CHD) amongst women was also important for the he district administration is SKhan on Tuesday demand- by Parliament,” said Azam because of the growing inci- patient to know that diagnosis Tgearing up for Republic ed 5 per cent quota for Muslims Khan. Earlier, speaking on the dences of obesity, diabetes, of the coronary heart disease Day celebrations in the state out of the 10 per cent for eco- proposed reservation for eco- inactivity and because of the did not mean that one has to capital. District Magistrate nomically weaker upper castes nomically weaker upper castes, factor of increasing pollution. go in for angioplasty. One can Kaushal Raj Sharma held a as proposed by the Central gov- Samajwadi Party spokesper- This was stated by head of the also lead a healthy life with the meeting with senior officials ernment. son had termed the move as Cardiac Surgery department, help of controlled life style, regarding the preparations on "Muslims should get 5 per one intended to 'fool' people SGPGI, Dr Nirmal Gupta. proper medication and check- Tuesday. cent quota of the proposed 10 and pointed out that the BJP Talking to The Pioneer, he pain. “In the case of chest pain, correct and an imminent ups,” he added. A grand parade will be per cent reservation proposed was yet to deliver on its past said there were many miscon- a pain towards the left side was check-up is required,” he said. Regarding obesity, he said organised in front of Vidhan by the Centre. Muslims are promises. ceptions which the people had the best indicator for coronary The doctor said that when a that it was important for the Bhawan which will witness the most deserving for being grant- As the enhancement of regarding this disease, its disease,” he added. woman was showing such women to follow the stomach- presence of Governor Ram ed reservation in government Dalit communities and hence quota would take the overall symptoms and its treatment. He admitted that in symptoms to start with she height ratio and endeavour to Naik and Chief Minister Yogi jobs and educational institu- the community should be given quantum of reservation in the He said that it was a myth females the coronary disease should be given a tablet of dis- reduce their weight. He admit- Adityanath. The DM issued tions. Upper castes who are reservation. "I am demand this state to over 50 per cent, Khan that cardiac disease happened could have more fatal conse- prin or aspirin and then ted that the number of patients directions to the officials to now being given reservation are not only from the present Modi urged the Centre to include only in the middle-aged group quences. “The male members brought to the doctor for a who were largely brought to ensure coordination for the neither economically nor government but also from Constitution Amendment because it could occur in the should not ignore if any proper check-up. the cardiac hospitals were men. preparations. He said people socially backward. While future governments,” said Quota Bill into 9th Schedule of younger age group also. He woman in their house is Dr Gupta said that one big “It could be that women hav- should be informed in advance Muslims face backwardness at Khan. "We had earlier demand- the Constitution as was done in said that symptoms that the unusually tired, unusually irri- myth was that if the women ing coronary heart disease are about route diversions. “We three levels – social, econom- ed that Muslims be brought in the case of Quota Bill of Tamil chest pain was the only indica- tated, in acute depression and were having menstruation then not brought for check- ups to have received 28 applications ic and educational," said Khan the category of Dalits so that Nadu which provided 69 per tor was not true because the having bouts of nausea. Men they will not have heart attacks the doctors. “There is a need from he school students and in Rampur. they can also get benefits. cent reservation for OBCs, pain could occur in the throat, generally brush aside these because women in the age for greater awareness among groups for participation in the The SP leader said that However, that could not hap- exceeding the 50 per cent cap the back and the upper part of complaints by saying that the group of 25-30 years could suf- women so that they can be parade and they have time till deprivation facing Muslims pen due to political reasons. on quota fixed by the Supreme the stomach also which is nor- woman is making excuses to fer from SCAD ( Spontaneous brought for check-ups to the January 9 to submit their appli- were the same as faced by Reservation for Muslims was Court. mally ignored for being gastric avoid working which is not Coronary Artery Dissection). hospital,” he added. cations for participation to the DIOS. The teams selected will be practising for the parade between January 12 and 21 at IIT aspirants find papers easy to moderate Reserve Police Lines,” he said. The first rehearsal will take place on January 22 and the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW tions were repeated from the question tifying mirror images. There were 10 first full dress rehearsal on papers of previous years. The aptitude to 15 questions on general knowledge January 24 in front of Vidhan he JEE Main-2019 for BArch were test was easy. Drawing ranged from easy like full form of NASA, ISRO and also Bhawan. Tconducted by the National Testing to moderate level as per the creativity location of places with architectural Agency on Tuesday at different centres levels of those appearing for the exam- importance. in the city. Students who appeared in the ination. Overall the paper ranged from Students said that they were not 4 held for theft examinations said that there were no easy to moderate level. No errors could allowed to carry anything inside the changes in the pattern of Paper-2 of JEE be located.” examination hall except their Admit Lucknow (PNS): The (Main) when compared to the previous NK Dubey from one of the well- and Aadhaar cards. Those having Ashiyana police on Tuesday years. “The paper had three parts known coaching institutes of the city proper medical prescriptions were arrested four persons alleged- wherein Part-I was the Mathematics sec- said that in the drawing section the first allowed water bottles. Metal detectors ly involved in several theft tion with 30 questions, Part-II the question had three parts and students were used at the entry gate and no bags cases. Those arrested were Aptitude Section with 50 questions had to attempt any one. “This question or wrist-watches were allowed inside. identified as Ravi of Ashiyana, marking scheme and PART-III the was of 30 marks. The first question was The reporting time for students Vishal Tharu of Krishna Nagar, Drawing section with three questions. to design the curtain of a small girl’s size. In the third question of 20 marks was 7:30 am. However, the examina- Mohammed Isha of PGI and All the questions in Part-I and Part-II room. The second question was to the students had to draw a square with tion started at 9:30 am. Students Vicky Kashyap of PGI. The were of multiple choice with a single sketch your favourite film actor. The random designs using curved lines and reported that entry started at 8:15 am team recovered Rs 11,500 in correct answer objective type, informed third was to sketch a scene of people colours,” he said. and they waited since 7 am. Ball point cash, a stolen gas cylinder and an IIT aspirant while giving his feedback. sitting around a bonfire. In the second He further said that in the aptitude pens were given inside the examination several other household items. On the difficulty levels of the paper, question of 20 marks a square design section there were questions on iden- hall and a wall clock was provided The police said the gang was he said, “Mathematics ranged from the was given and the students had to draw tifying the top view, front view of three- there. The students left the examina- e-rickshaw drivers taking out a protest march to press against “harassment” by active in Ashiyana and neigh- easy to moderate level and some ques- it by drawing the replica to double its dimensional objects, shapes and iden- tion hall at 12:30 pm. district administration and traffic officials, in Lucknow on Tuesday Pioneer bouring localities.

SC REINSTATES... Kacharis in Hill districts of Assam power under the power of The Bench said all authori- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and Karbis in the rest of Assam. superintendence. We’ve not read Residents to help LDA make ties should be kept away from Sixth Schedule of the Constitution the judgement of the SC, but it “intermingling or interfering” in a test for the Opposition party. Questioning the urgency of Bill, is also proposed to be amended to could be a view that the court the functioning of the CBI direc- With Opposition members Supriya Sule (NCP) said if the strengthen the Autonomous has taken. That if superinten- Gomti Nagar ‘smart colony’ tor. Dealing with the situation using ‘jumla’ jibe, Jaitley hit Government had been sincere, District Councils,” Rajnath said. dence results in the chief relin- where authorities may require to back saying if the mention of a this Bill would not have come on The Home Minister said the quishing his powers temporar- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW As many as 30 members gates for their security, causing take action against CBI director, similar quota for the general cat- the last day of the last session. migrants -- Hindus, Jains, ily then the jurisdiction of the have been inducted into the inconvenience to people forced the Bench said public interest egory in their manifestos was a She also said that one of the Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and committee comes into play. high-power committee of committee which will come to take longer routes to reach must be writ large against the jumla as well. Cabinet Minister’s expressed Parsis -- were earlier given protec- “Therefore, the court has AGomti Nagar residents has into existence after it is regis- their respective destinations. backdrop of the necessity and Taking a jibe at Opposition apprehension that the law may tion against legal action in 2015 referred the matter to that com- been set up to give suggestions tered with the Registrar As per rules, no one is such a “compelling necessity parties for their protests, he not get approval from the and 2016. “Long-term visa provi- mittee to decide on that issue to the Lucknow Development Societies and all legal formal- authorised to block a road for can only be tested by the opin- said if they are supporting the Supreme Court. She was refer- sion was made for them. The pro- within one week. And in accor- Authority (LDA) administra- ities are completed within a personal use as it is meant for ion of the committee”. The court Bill, they should be whole- ring to a remark made by posed amendment will make dance with the directions of the tion for improvement in the fortnight. It will then be an public use. But the roads are also noted that the relevant law hearted and not grudgingly Ramvilas Paswan who said the these persecuted migrants eligible court it will be complied with existing conditions so that it authorised body of residents blocked at least at 33 places in did not have any provision with doing it. Describing the reserva- Government should ensure to apply for citizenship,” he said. and the government will act in can become a smart residential that can take up their problems different areas. Representatives regard to interim suspension or tion Bill as political gimmick, that it should not get into a legal the same manner. The govern- colony. It is an initiative taken with the LDA administration of different Resident Welfare removal of the CBI director and Opposition parties led by the tangle. VERMA LEAVE... ment is not biased,” Jaitley said. by LDA Vice-Chairman PN officials. Associations (RWAs) have been made clear that any such deci- Congress expressed apprehen- Dushyant Chautala (INLD) “The Government took this The Supreme Court rein- Singh to engage the residents to President of Greenwood made members of the commit- sion has to be taken after taking sion that the law empowering 10 also said the legislation would be decision to protect the integri- stated Verma, setting aside the work with the development Apartment in Gomti Nagar tee as they are aware of the consent of the high-powered per cent reservation to the upper struck down by the Supreme ty of the CBI... Government Centre’s decision to divest him authority and help make Gomti has been inducted in the com- ground realities. Office-bearers selection panel. caste may not stand judicial Court. While supporting the Bill, took the action of sending two of his powers, but restrained Nagar a smart residential mittee. He said he felt the of the committee will be elect- The apex court noted that scrutiny. Citing then PV Dharmendra Yadav (SP) said senior officers of CBI on leave him from taking any major colony where they can breathe main cause of pollution was ed when it becomes function- the CBI has grown over the years Narasimha Rao’s Government that upper caste also knows the on CVC’s recommendation,” policy decision till the CVC fresh air in eco-friendly sur- traffic congestion and sincere al. The LDA Vice-Chairman in its role, power and importance effort to bring in 10 per cent intent of the Government as it he said, referring to the decision probe into corruption charges roundings. effort should be made to said the committee would and today it has become the pre- reservation on the basis of eco- is just an election gimmick. to send Verma and CBI Special against him is over. The apex Singh said time had come improve the situation by con- achieve success if it worked in mier investigative and prosecu- nomic criteria, KV Thomas Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav (RJD) Director Rakesh Asthana on court said any further decision when the public participation ducting an in-depth study to true spirit. Presently, there are tion agency of the country. “The (Congress) said it was struck said the way the Bill has been leave. The decision by the gov- against Verma who retires on was a must to attain the best find out solutions. few smart colonies in cities high stature and the pre-eminent down by the Supreme Court. brought in is nothing less than ernment on the issue was com- January 31, would be taken by possible results. He said it was Most of its members like such as Chandigarh, position that the institution has This legislation has been made deceit for the upper caste. pletely legal as the two officers the high-powered committee not possible for the develop- Vinita Singh and VN Mishra Hyderabad, Pune and acquired is largely on account of in haste and has so many lacu- Nishkant Dubey (BJP) said the in question were at logger- which selects and appoints the ment authority to bring flayed groups of influential Begaluru. If Gomti Nagar a strong perception of the neces- nas, he said, adding, it should be Modi Government has taken heads, he said. CBI director. changes in Gomti Nagar as it people who have blocked the transforms into a smart colony, sity of having such a premier sent to Joint Parliamentary various steps to promote inclu- “This action taken was per- was a gigantic task. connecting road by erecting big it would be the first in UP. agency,” it said. Committee for examination. “It sive development of society. fectly bonafide as there were SUPERFAST T-18... was only yesterday that Union cross-allegations made by both Chennai. “It is called aerody- UNANIMOUS... Cabinet approved the CITIZENSHIP BILL... the officers, and in accordance namically profiled nose and its Quoting the Supreme Court Constitution Amendment for 10 “They have no place to go to, with recommendations of the helps in reducing the resistance Workshop on CITYBRIEFS judgment, he said, “We are also per cent quota for poor under except India,” he said, adding sev- CVC. The government felt that of air when a train is in move- of the opinion that the rule of 50 general category on economic eral leaders including first Prime in the larger interest of fair and ment. This way the train gets a per cent applies only to reserva- basis and was introduced in Minister Jawaharlal Nehru were in impartial investigation and desired speed,” he said. H1N1 held at tion in favour of backward class- Parliament today. It raises ques- favour of giving shelter to perse- credibility of CBI, the two offi- “The name - Train 18 - was es made under Article 16(4).” tion on the sincerity of the cuted minorities in the neighour- cers must recuse themselves,” coined in view of the project CMO office Attempts were made earlier too Government,” he said. ing countries. Seeking to assuage the finance minister said. He which we had to complete by by Governments at the Centre It seems to be political the concerns in the North-East, said the court has referred the 2018. We took the project in PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW and States in this regard but ‘jumla’ to win election as news- which saw an 11-hour bandh on matter to the committee to April 2017 and planned to com- failed because they were done papers have written today, he Tuesday against the legislation, decide on the issue within one plete it within 20 months. ou should not keep your either through common statu- added. Participating in the Singh said the proposed law will week. Coincidentally, we completed Yhands on your mouth tory provisions or notifications, debate, M Thambidurai not be confined to Assam alone. “The court apparently has the task in 18 months flat,” he while sneezing or coughing he said. Jaitley expressed hope (AIADMK) said reservation is “The burden of those persecuted strengthened the immunity said. because viruses will be trans- METRO TRIALS FROM CHARBAGH TO MUNSHIPULIA that the Bill will pass the test of not on economic backwardness migrants will be shared by the given to the CBI director in the Mani said it a was great chal- ferred to others if you shake The signalling and integrated trials of Lucknow Metro train the basic structure of the but on social backwardness. He whole country. Assam alone larger interest of the fair and lenge when the project got a go hands with them. This was will take place from Charbagh to Munshipulia on Wednesday. Constitution as it does not seek pointed out that Government should not have to bear the entire impartial working of the CBI. At ahead from the Railway ministry. stated by Dr BP Singh while LMRC managing director Kumar Keshav said that the train would to alter that. Clarifying the point has many schemes for uplift- burden. Government of India is the same time, the court has “It is purely a train set on the speaking at a workshop on start from Charbagh station after a puja at 7.30 am. “The train that the law needs ratification of ment of economically poor sec- committed to give all help to the devised an accountability mech- tracks. The coaches have been management of swine flu at will move through the balance section and then return to the 50 per cent States, he said, “if you tions of the society and did that State Government and people of anism. The directions of the designed in a way that they give CMO office on Tuesday. Charbagh station. The trials will be carried out for three days read Article 368 part III, amend- mean that these schemes have Assam,” he said. The BJP appeared court will obviously be complied much comfort to the passengers. He said the best method and the train will move slowly and necessary data will be record- ment to fundamental rights failed. Sudip Bandyopadhyay to have been isolated over the issue with,” he said. The RDSO had recently con- was to cover the mouth with ed and updated in the software,” he said. Earlier, Keshav reviewed does not require the approval of (TMC) said that the Bill was not as the AGP broke up with the saf- Jaitley also pointed out that ducted a trial and declared it fit cloth. He said swine flu was Chaudhary Charan Singh station, which is the largest in the States.” Citing example of about jobs but about misleading fron party while the NDA allies, the government’s decision on for run,” he said. like any other flu in which the underground section. This station is also the starting point of amendment to Article 15 (5) the youth. The Bill, he said, was the Shiv Sena and the JD(U), have the issue was not against any Mani pointed out that the symptoms ranged from body the 23-km red line route. The LMRC MD said after the overall with regard to promotion, he about promising and not deliv- opposed this legislation. Mizoram particular individual. ICF had plans to manufacture as ache, headache , throat pain, completion of civil work, finishing of the station was in last stage. said, it was only done through ering and was a fake dream that and Meghalaya Governments “The government had many as 10 train sets akin to the fever and it spread through Parliament approval. He said the will never become a reality. have opposed the Bill by adopting accepted the CVC recommen- first T-18 by 2020. droplet infection. “The germs STUDENTS ADMIRE CULTURAL HERITAGE Bill seeks to amend the Anandra Adsul (Shiv Sena) also resolution against it in their respec- dations with full honesty and Mani once studied at Colvin spread through sneezing and Students of 14 countries participating in a month-long inter- Constitution by introducing rendered his support to the Bill tive Cabinet meetings. today a reinterpretation on the Taluqdars’ College in coughing and remain active national children’s camp, hosted by City Montessori School, went provisions for reservation for and said it was better late than The Home Minister said the matter has been given by the SC Mahanagar. He later served in where they fall for the next 8- on a sightseeing tour of Lucknow on Tuesday and looked in awe economically weaker sections, never. Union Cabinet has also approved today and we will take action RDSO as director of Power 10 hours. On an average, a of the cultural heritage. The children visited Bada Imambara and he said, adding that it presently Stating that the Bill was grant of ST status to six commu- according to the order,” Motive between 1991 and 2000 patient spreads these germs Regional Science Centre among other places. mentions only social and educa- moved as a “special agenda”, B nities of Assam namely Tai Ahom, he said, adding that the and as an executive director, from one day before the fever tional backwardness as the cri- Mahtab (BJD) said that the Koch Rajbongshi, Chutia, Tea CVC was an independent body Power Motive, between 2007 and to another seven days. The teria for quota. House was bereft of moving any Tribes, Moran and Matak. The and submitted its recommenda- 2010. He also served in the symptoms appear within the “We have to give equality of amendment to the Bill. Union Cabinet’s decision can been tions to the SC. Verma had chal- capacity of ADRM, next one to four days on opportunity to citizens on caste Jitendra Choudhury (CPM) seen as a balancing act by the lenged the government’s Secunderabad, and DRM, whom these germs fall,” he basis and economic basis...Just said that the Government wants Central Government to strong October 23 order sending him Chennai, before joining as GM, explained. as equal cannot be treated to provide 10 per cent reserva- opposition to the Bill in Assam. on forced leave and appointing ICF, Chennai. He said that flu posed unequally. Unequally cannot be tion to general category but “At the same time, full safe- an interim chief, arguing that “For me, RDSO is an insti- more danger to pregnant treated equally,” he said. Quoting where are the jobs. To make this guards will be provided to protect the CBI chief has a fixed two- tution which carves the best out women, children, senior citi- from the Congress manifesto, Bill more comprehensive, the the interests, rights and privileges year term and can be removed of you. Whatever I did I learnt zens, people suffering which called for such a quota, he Bill should be referred to the of existing Scheduled Tribes of only by the high-powered com- it was from the RDSO,” Mani from diabetes, chest prob- asked it to “walk its talk” by sup- Joint Parliament Committee or Assam. “A separate Bill will be mittee. said crediting his success to the lems and HIV. porting the Bill, describing it as Standing Committee, he added. brought to grant ST status to Bodo “The CVC had exercised its premier rail design organisation. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 nation 06

CONTRADICTION IN J&K POLITICS DMK seeks resolution Coalition Govt better than single party: Mufti Srinagar: PDP president "I want people of the State against 10% quota Bill Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday to elect a single party said coalition Governments Government in Jammu & deliver better results than sin- Kashmir, keeping in view the Omar launches Economic for administrative reforms D gle-party majority regimes, cit- challenges and magnitude of Jayakumar replied that it was ing the example of the BJP-led problems faced by the people," a policy decision of the Union Government at the Centre. he had said. backwardness Government and nothing The Peoples Democratic However, Mehbooba's poll campaign could be done at this stage . Party (PDP) president was Finance Minister Altaf Bukhari is against “We have to wait till the fine reacting to National — who does not associate him- MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU print is sent to the State Conference (NC) leader Omar self with the PDP anymore — Constitution, Governnments by the Centre. Abdullah's statement asking supported Omar's call for the ormer J&K Chief Minister Then only we will be able to people of Jammu & Kashmir to return of one party rule in the FOmar Abdullah on Tuesday says MK Stalin make any comments on the give a clear mandate to any one State. launched his party’s poll cam- proposed move,” said party. "I personally believe that paign from Jammu with the Jayakumar. "Brute majority has had a Kashmir has suffered a lot slogan, "HAL hi Hal hai". KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n that reservation was meant for Interestingly, Tamil Nadu history of sell outs in J&K. With because of coalition politics The election symbol of CHENNAI only people belonging to the has 69 per cent reservation 60 members NC sold out better results than single party that started since 2002. The the party, as approved by the socially and educationally policy though the national power houses, brought Ikhwan, rule. results of coming Assembly Election Commission, is the state for six long years". he DMK, Tamil Nadu’s backward classes and not to limit is 50 per cent. The 10 per task force, POTA," Mehbooba "Even at national level it elections shall have a huge ‘plough’ (HAL in chaste hindi). "Stop calling me a youth Tprincipal Opposition party, economically backward sec- cent quota, if implemented in tweeted. seems post Indira Gandhi, bearing on the stability and all Addressing a day-long leader. I am going to celebrate came out on Tuesday against tions. Economical backward- Tamil Nadu will hike the "Even earlier when NC coalition Governments have round development of the youth convention here at party my 50th birthday next year. My the decision of the Narendra ness is against the reservation quota to 79 per had absolute majority and delivered better than majority State," Bukhari said in a state- headquarters, Omar told youth hair is grey now and i am also Modi-led Union Government Constitution,” said the DMK cent in the State leaving just 21 unqualified political mandate it party rule e.G, Vajpayee coali- ment. wing delegates, “gear up for the using reading glasses". to provide 10 per cent quota in chief. per cent for the general cate- only yielded powers, resources tion, UPA-1 compared to pre- I leave it to the conscience crucial polls ahead. The fight Omar also made a pas- education and jobs to the eco- Stalin also claimed that it gory. of state to Centre," she said. sent BJP single party rule," of people to choose and vote for is not going to be easy. You sionate appeal to the state nomically weaker sections of was his father late M Except for Brahmins, and The former Chief Minister she said. any political party of their have to work hard from now electorate to give him anoth- the society. Karunanidhi, who played a some of the few sub-sects in the further said the coalition led by "Recall Narisimarao (sic) choice that can safeguard the onwards to win the majority er opportunity to rule the DMK president M K Stalin, major role in implementing the Hindu religion, all communi- her father Mufti Mohammad minority Government which state's socio-political interests seats. We need 45 seats to form state. He said, you have tried who is also the Leader of the Mandal Commission Report ties in the State have been Sayeed in the State had estab- brought the country out of it's and deliver the best, the former our own Government. We can various coalition Governments Opposition in the Assembly, which made 27 per cent quota incorporated as backward com- lished "a high bar of achieve- worst economic crisis and MLA from Amirakadal said. win these seats by working as in the state.Give me one more demanded the Tamil Nadu for Other Backward munities and other backward ments — opening of cross introduced economic liberali- Bukhari further said that a team and helping each other chance to serve you. House to pass a resolution Communities in central gov- communities because of the LOC roads (being) the singu- sation," she added in the tweet. coalition politics results in a in their constituencies”. Sharing his serious con- condemning the move. “The ernment jobs. political influence wielded by lar political achievement post- Speaking at a function in chaotic atmosphere and more Positioning himself as a cern over growing inclination BJP is playing a dangerous But Tamil Nadu Minister the community leaders. independence". Jammu on Monday, Abdullah often leads to "unstable ‘mature’ leader of the party he among Jammu & Kashmir game with the backward class- She said post-Indira had said that "experiment of Governments that hugely said, “I am a changed man youth towards militancy, Omar es and others with the decision Gandhi era, coalition coalitions" had not worked affects the policy making and now. I am no longer the same said shrinking of space has to set apart 10 per cent quota Governments had delivered well in J&K. decisions of Government". PTI Omar Abdullah who ruled pushed them to the wall. for the economically weaker sections. This is a move which has been brought in with an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in mind,” said Stalin. Resign and face fresh poll, AGP dares BJP He reminded the House that such moves were struck down Guwahati: A day after pulling "The BJP-led Government AGP protested against the bill by the Supreme Court in the out of the BJP-led Government was formed in Assam on the ever since it was proposed," the past. in Assam over the Citizenship basis of a pre-poll alliance with AGP founder said. “The Supreme Court has Amendment Bill, the AGP on the AGP. As this alliance no The controversial stated many times in the past Tuesday demanded the resig- longer exists now, we demand Citizenship (Amendment) Bill nation of Chief Minister that the current Assam 2016 was passed in Lok Sabha Sarbananda Sonowal and dared Government be dissolved," on Tuesday even as an Assam the saffron party to face fresh Mahanta told reporters. and North East region bandh polls. Accusing the BJP of adopt- was called against it. The Sonowal Government ing an anti-Assam policy, The AGP on Monday with- has no moral right to contin- Mahanta said, "Let the BJP drew its support to the ruling ue and if the Bharatiya Janata form a new Government alone. BJP-led coalition Government Party (BJP) has the courage, it We will welcome that". after its "last-ditch attempt to should face fresh election, Withdrawal of the AGP, convince" the Centre to with- senior Asom Gana Parishad which has 14 MLAs in the 126- Activists take out a torch light vigil in protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, drew the proposed legislation (AGP) leader and former chief member Assembly, would not 2016 in Guwahati on Tuesday PTI failed. miniser Prafulla Kumar have any immediate effect on Mahanta, the leader of the Mahanta said here. the future of the Sarbananda Sonowal-led Government that The Opposition Congress Assam Agitation, a popular still has the backing of 74 and the All Indian United movement against illegal for- MLAs. Democratic Front (AIUDF) eigners that lasted for six years The BJP has 61 members have 25 and 13 members between 1979 and 1985, said, and the party has support from respectively. "If the decision (to pull out) was 12 MLAs of the Bodoland "The BJP won many seats taken earlier, people's anger and People's Front and the sole in the Assembly elections (in disappointment with the AGP Independent member. 2016) only due to the AGP. The would have been less." PTI

Kashmiri men carry laundry collected from a near by hotel as it snows in Gulmarg, Srinagar on Tuesday PTI 10% quota only to divert attention from Rafale: AP CM Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh time, we sought inclusion of ment, questioned the sincer- Chief Minister N Valmiki community in the ST ity of the BJP in extending the Chandrababu Naidu on list, washermen community 10 per cent reservation for Tuesday said the announce- in the SC list and extension of the economically backward as ment of the Centre providing reservation for Kapus under the national party was fun- for 10 per cent reservation for the backward castes quota,'' damentally opposed to reser- the economically backward he said while recalling that vations. people was made in view of the state legislature had He said, ''It was the BJP the Lok Sabha polls and also passed bills in this regard and that provoked the anti- to divert the attention from sent them to the Centre for Mandal protests when V P the alleged Rafale scam. approval. Singh was the Prime ''However, we support the The Chief Minister Minister.'' The national party 10 per cent reservation for announced a grant of `100 brought the 10 per cent reser- the economically backward,'' crore for the benefit of the vation bill only because of the the Chief Minister said at a Valmiki community. defeat in the recent Assembly public meeting at Kosigi vil- Meanwhile, TDP polit- polls in five states, he said, lage in Kurnool district, as buro member and State adding that the party has part of the Janmabhoomi Finance Minister Yanamala lost its credibility among the programme. ''At the same Ramakrishnudu, in a state- people. PTI Rahul to address farmers' rally in Rajasthan Jaipur: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will on teria. The announcement was in line with the Wednesday address a farmers' rally here, a senior Congress chief's pre-poll announcement to waive party leader said. farm loans. It will be the Gandhi scion's first public meet- "Promise of waiving off loans of farmers was ing after Congress formed the Government in the a resolution of the Congress and the Government State and initiated steps to fulfil its promise of waiv- has fulfilled its promise after coming to power," ing off farmer loans. the party's in-charge for political affairs in The Congress-led Government in Rajasthan Rajasthan, Avinash Pande said. had on December 19, 2018 announced a waiver "Congress president will be addressing a pub- for short term farm loans up to `2 lakh and con- lic meeting where farmers will express their grat- stituted a committee to decide the eligibility cri- itude," he added. PTI LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 nation 07 Delayed agri projects cost Govt `1.2L cr Opp, Govt lock These projects include — Sardar stopped after completion of Around 100 irrigation-related projects Sarovar in Gujarat, Indira Sagar work up to 31.55 km out of 66.20 horns over RS Polavaram project in Andhra km on the pretext of affecting pending for about two decades have Pradesh, Gosikhand irrigation the groundwater recharge. “This cost Govt exchequer heavily project in Maharashtra, Shahipur showed that the requirement Kandi dam in Punjab, Saryu and feasibility of providing con- Session extension RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI Benefit Programme (AIBP) by Nahar Pariyojna in Uttar crete lining had not been ade- the Comptroller and Auditor Pradesh, Teesta Barrage in West quately analysed at the DPR s many as 100 irrigation General of India (CAG) Bengal, Dhansiri project in stage leading to avoidable expen- Arelated projects pending revealed several deficiencies Assam, Kosi Barrage in Bihar, diture on bed lining,” it said. for about two decades now due in the planning, implementa- Gumani Barrage in Jharkhand Of the 73 delayed MI to several issues, including tion and monitoring of the and Rukura Indira Irrigation schemes, 40 minor projects political, have cost the scheme. The report was tabled project in Odisha were completed after delays Government exchequer a in Parliament on Tuesday. ranging from two months to 12 mind-boggling `1,20,772.05 The performance audit attributable to price escalation from `6,016 crore to `13,445.44 in approval of Detailed Projects years and 33 were ongoing crore. These projects include revealed that the total cost and `6,384.70 crore was due to crore in 2017. This led to an Reports. These projects were with time overrun ranging some of the famous and sig- overrun in 84 major and medi- change in design and inclusion increase in project cost by finally approved for a total from one month to five years. nificant ones like Sardar um irrigation projects, includ- of additional requirements. `7,429.44 crore (123 per cent) amount of `7,498.77 crore. As per audit report, `179 A view of the Rajya Sabha Session on Tuesday PTI Sarovar in Gujarat, Indira Sagar ing 16 completed and 68 ongo- The cost Krishna Koyna due to changes in the scope of The canal length of 3,420 metre crore incurred on repairs and Polavaram project in Andhra ing projects was `1,20,772.05 LIS of Maharashtra was revised work. The cost of Indiramma of Kachnari Diversion scheme maintenance of the Sardar PNS n NEW DELHI Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Pradesh, Gosikhand irrigation crore which was 295 per cent at 2013-14 price level from flood canal in Telangana was of Madhya Pradesh could not Sarovar Canal network was Jaitley asserted that it was project in Maharashtra, of their original cost. `2,224.76 crore to `4,959.91 revised from `1,331.30 crore to be constructed due to non- booked by the project author- he Opposition and the prerogative of the Shahipur Kandi dam in Punjab, According to performance crore. This led to an increase in `5,940.09 crore in 2016 due to availability of actual command ities during April 2010 to TGovernment on Tuesday Government to call, advance, Saryu Nahar Pariyojna in Uttar audit, the cost of Sardar Sarovar project cost by `2,735.15 crore change in Standard Schedule of area (CCA of 220 ha) on site March 2017 under AIBP. locked horns over the decision extend Session of the Pradesh, Teesta Barrage in project was revised from (122 per cent) of which `244.64 Rates, deviation in the project during execution. This showed The CAG performance of the latter to extend the func- Parliament or of either of the West Bengal, Dhansiri project `39,240.45 crore in May 2010 crore alone was attributable to execution and changes in the that the DPR had not correct- audit notes that the projects tioning of the Rajya Sabha by two Houses. He referred to in Assam, Kosi Barrage in to `54,772.94 crore with stip- price escalation, `282.77 crore scope of work. ly assessed the availability of have been languishing due to a day to facilitate the passage of Rule 12 of the Rules of Bihar, Gumani Barrage in ulated completion by March was due to other causes and Velligallu of Andhra command area. abject mis-governance-apart the 10 per cent reservation ear- Procedure and Conduct of Jharkhand and Rukura Indira 2020. This led to an increase in `41.51 crore was due to change Pradesh, Lower Wardha, Wang The work of concrete lining from land acquisition issues, the marked for the economically Business in the Council of Irrigation project in Odisha. project cost by `15,532.49 crore in design. and Krishna Koyna LIS of of the Madhya Ganga Canal projects has hit inter-state coor- backward upper castes. States (Rajya Sabha) which A performance audit of (40 per cent) of which increase The cost of Chokha Rao Maharashtra were delayed project sanctioned in July 2007 dination, financial, rehabilita- While the Centre claimed states “The Council shall sit on the Accelerated Irrigation of `5,722.29 crore alone was project in Telangana was revised ranging from four to 25 years at a cost of `117.87 crore was tion and resettlement walls. that it is the authority of the such dates as the Chairman, Government and the Chairman having regard to the state of INSHORT of the House to extend the sit- business of the Council, may tings, the Opposition insisted from time to time direct.” that they should have been During the discussion with INDIA TO US: WITHDRAW OR No one can save Modi care: Guidelines for pvt investments consulted before making the the Opposition leaders, MODIFY TRAVEL ADVISORY announcement. Minister of State for New Delhi: The Government Both sides during the day Parliamentary Affairs Vijay has urged the US to “withdraw Modi from Rafale for opening new hospitals in cities issued held several rounds of meetings Goel pointed out to the prece- or modify” its advisory against amid setting a record sort of by dents in 2011 and 2013 when travelling in India, which was PNS n NEW DELHI tal can have 100 beds or more. six adjournments of the Upper the Session of the House was issued after Zika cases were To incentivise private sec- House to resolve the issue but extended similarly towards the reported in Rajasthan and probe, says Rahul lmost four months after it tor, incentives will be provid- ended with Deputy Chairman fag end of the Session. Madhya Pradesh, saying the Alaunched the Pradhan ed during land allotment, var- Harivansh adjourning to meet Amid the ruckus, Health outbreak has subsided. PNS n NEW DELHI Rafale issue, in the people’s Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana ious clearances will be facili- on Wednesday prompting the Minister JP Nadda moved The court. No one can save them (PMJAY) providing hospitali- PMJAY out of which 29 have tated with specific timelines Opposition members to sit in Indian Medical Council CINEMATOGRAPH ACT: I&B ongress president Rahul from Rafale, as Rafale is the sation cover of up to `5 lakh already launched the scheme. among others. protest in the House even after (Amendment) Bill, 2018, for MIN PROPOSES CHANGES CGandhi on Tuesday said truth. No one can run away per family per year from poor “The objective of the broad While private sector will adjournment for the day. consideration and passage after New Delhi: The Information & no one can save Prime from the truth,” he said. strata, the Centre has now guidelines is to improve the have the responsibility to build, Opposition parties led by T Subbarami Reddy could not Broadcasting Ministry has Minister Narendra Modi from Shortly after Verma was issued broad guidelines for supply of healthcare services in design, finance, manage oper- Leader of Opposition Ghulam move the statutory resolution proposed changes in the Rafale investigation as the sent on leave late in October, private investments in setting the underserved areas to ensure ate and maintain with quality Nabi Azad also held a protest disapproving the Companies Cinematograph Act to impose Supreme Court has reinstat- Rahul had accused Modi of up of hospitals in Tier 2 and maximum utilisation of the standards, besides taking mar- in front of the Mahatma (Amendment) Ordinance. This strict penalties to combat film ed the CBI chief who was allegedly removing him in Tier 3 cities for smooth func- benefits under PMJAY and to ket risk and provide services at Gandhi statue late evening move was also protested Jairam piracy and sought comments unceremoniously removed by an attempt to stop the officer tioning of the scheme. improve the demand for qual- PMJAY rates, the Government while the Lok Sabha continued Ramesh and TMC Derek O from people on a draft bill. In the Modi Government. from investigating the Rafale The PMJAY was launched ity healthcare services at afford- will be entrusted the task of to discuss and debate the pro- Brien even reached the podium order to check film piracy, Speaking to media out- “scam”. The party has often from September 23, 2018, for able prices to general public,” ensuring sufficient unencum- posed Quota Bill. and sought to know how this particularly release of pirated side Parliament, Rahul pressed the charge against providing hospitalisation cover said a senior official from the bered land on lease or through Leaders of Opposition par- matter could be taken when version of films on the internet Gandhi said the CBI chief was the Government since. It had of up to `5 lakh per family per Union Health Ministry. bidding, facilitate various per- ties in the Rajya Sabha and the House was not in order. which causes huge losses to “ousted” at 1 am as he was also said that divesting Verma year to over 10 crore poor and As per the guidelines, he said missions and clearances Leader of the House discussed The House also witnessed the film industry and about to begin an investiga- of his statutory powers the deprived families (approx. that under model I, a doctor through special window with the extension of the ongoing unruly scenes, with almost government exchequer, the I&B tion into the Rafale jet agree- abruptly — amid a feud with 50 crore people) in the empan- owned hospital can have 30 to 50 timelines, compulsory empan- Winter Session by one more entire Opposition on its feet ministry intends to have an ment and Prime Minister his deputy Rakesh Asthana — elled hospitals throughout the beds, under model II is doctor elment of the hospitals for day with Chairman M over alleged misuse of CBI and enabling provision in the Modi and his Government was illegal. country. manager partnership-multispe- PMJAY and other Government Venkaiah Naidu who in turn demand for discussion on the Cinematograph Act, 1952, a cannot run away from a probe The Congress party has So far 33 States/UTs have cialty (100 beds) while under scheme, ensure timely pay- discussed the issue with the issue under rule 267 suspend- statement said. into the deal. been targeting Modi on the signed MOU for implementing model III, multispecialty hospi- ments for services. Leader of the House and ing the listed business. DGP’S APPOINTMENT: SC He said the entire nation deal alleging the price of each TO HEAR PLEAS ON JAN 15 will know “without a shadow Rafale aircraft has sharply of doubt” that he has taken increased from `526 crore, New Delhi: The Supreme Court `30,000 crore of people’s negotiated by the previous LS consent to DNA Bill said it will hear on January 15, ` petitions of various State money and given it to his UPA Government, to 1,600 PNS n NEW DELHI Governments seeking to “friend” Anil Ambani, Rahul crore and that the contract Replying to the debate, Science tain the indices including crime Gandhi said on his first reac- will help Anil Ambani get and Technology Minister Harsh scene index, suspects’ or undertri- implement local laws regarding ` selection and appointment of tion to the Supreme Court 30,000 crore benefit through he Lok Sabha on Wednesday Vardhan said the DNA testing is als’ index and offenders’ index. The Director General of Police. The order for CBI Director Alok offset contract. Ambani too Tpassed a Bill that provides for being done on persons comprising Bill also provides for seeking con- top court said it will hear the Verma. has rejected the charges. regulation of use and application of a minuscule per centage of less than sent of the individual when DNA pleas of Bihar, Punjab and “The CBI chief was oust- Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) tech- one per cent. profiling is used in criminal inves- Haryana along with the ed at 1 am in the night nology for establishing the identity On concerns of members on the tigations and identifying missing petitions filed by West Bengal because he was about to begin of certain categories of persons, misuse of the Bill, the Minister said persons. However, consent require- and Kerala. a probe into the Rafale deal. including offenders, victims, sus- the misuse can happen of anything ments have not been specified in The CBI chief pects and undertrials. at any level. Even the blood sample case of DNA profiling for civil ASSAULT ON BUSINESSMAN has been rein- The DNA Technology (Use and collected by the clinical laboratories matters. Participating in the debate BY EX-MP: SC TAKES NOTE stated and we Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 has the potential of misuse. Terming on the Bill Sanjay Jaiswal (BJP) said New Delhi: The Supreme Court have got regulates the use the technology to it a comprehensive Bill, he said it has that future of the world is on the took note of alleged incident of some relief. Now let’s see establish the identity of persons in taken a long duration of 14-15 DNA Technology while Kalyan former MP Atiq Ahmed kidnap- what happens. They cannot respect of criminal matters listed years to bring this bill to this stage. Banerjee (TMC) was of the view ping a businessman in a jail in run away from Rafale, it is and civil matters such as parentage The Bill provides for that the Bill was very good for the UP and assaulting and forcing impossible. Modi ji ran away disputes, emigration or immigra- establishment of a National DNA criminal justice system, civil justice him to transfer his business. from a debate. He should tion, and transplantation of human Data Bank and Regional DNA Data system and more so for the people have discussed with us the organs. Banks. Every Data Bank will main- of the country. Iran ready to use influence over Taliban to bring peace to Af: Diplomatic sources New Delhi: In case India try. Afghan peace process in always open to do that, they wants to use Iran’s channels of Major powers like the US Moscow in November which said. India has been main- communication with the and Russia have been reach- was attended by a high-level taining a policy of not engag- Taliban, then Tehran will be ing out to the Taliban as part Taliban delegation. ing with Taliban and pressing open to such a proposition, of efforts to push the stalled The conference organised for an Afghan-owned and Iranian diplomatic sources Afghan peace process. by Russia was attended by rep- Afghan-led peace initiative Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met Congress president Rahul have said, at a time when there The issue of peace and resentatives of Afghanistan to bring peace and stability in Gandhi at latter’s residence in New Delhi and is learnt to have discussed plans of uniting was renewed focus on peace reconciliation in Afghanistan as well as from several other the war-ravaged country. The all Opposition parties against the BJP. Naidu also met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind and reconciliation process in is likely to figure during talks countries, including the US, Iranian sources said a Taliban- Kejriwal, NCP’s Sharad Pawar and NC leader Abdullah. Ever since the TDP moved out of Afghanistan. between External Affairs Pakistan and China. dominated Afghanistan will the NDA, Naidu has been seeking to forge an anti-BJP front They said though Iran’s Minister Sushma Swaraj and The Iranian sources said be security challenge to Iran, influence over the Taliban her Iranian counterpart Javad Tehran was ready to use its India, but it will be an exis- was not comparable to that of Zarif on Wednesday. influence over Taliban on tential threat to Pakistan. Pakistan’s, still it would try to In a significant move, behalf of the Afghan govern- Iran is learnt to have con- SC paves way for re-opening use the clout over the terror India had sent two former ment. If India wants Tehran’s veyed its view to Islamabad outfit for bringing peace and diplomats in “non official” channels of communication about how Taliban can be real of Sterlite plant in Tuticorin stability in the war-torn coun- capacity to a conference on with the militant outfit, we are threat to its existence. PTI PTI n NEW DELHI ‘Protect zoo birds against contagious viral’ he Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for the re-open- Ting of Vedanta’s Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin, which was at PNS n NEW DELHI Anup Kumar animals. we get the negative reports the centre of massive protests over pollution concerns, by refusing Nayak said that the Patna’s Sanjay from the lab where samples of to stay the green tribunal order that had set aside the Tamil Nadu ollowing death of pea- zoos have also Gandhi Zoo direc- the birds are being sent time Government’s decision to close it. Fcocks, chicken and ducks been asked to fol- tor Amit Kumar to time as per the CZA proto- The apex court also stayed the December 21, 2018 decision of due to avian influenza (H5N1) low “standards, said the zoo will col,” said Kumar. the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court which had ordered sta- in Munger and Puri districts guidelines and pro- remain closed for In few parts of Odisha too, tus quo in respect of re-opening the plant. in Bihar and Odisha respec- tocol on disease public till situation bird flu has taken its toll on “The impugned order dated December 21, 2018 passed by the tively, the Central Zoo diagnosis and cure is under control. poultry birds. The State Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court shall remain stayed,” a Authority (CZA) has alerted of wild animals in The zoo was closed Government has declared bench comprising Justices RF Nariman and Navin Sinha said. all zoos in the country to pro- Indian Zoos,” pub- after strains of areas in Kendrapara district “The directions that have been passed by the National Green tect the birds in captivity lished by the CZA in collab- avian influenza virus were bird flu hit and have vacci- Tribunal, by its judgment dated December 15, 2018, will continue against the highly contagious oration with the Indian found in six dead peacocks last nated 35,000 poultry birds. As to subsist and will be subject to the ultimate outcome of the appeal,” viral disease which affects Veterinary Institute. CZA is December. The samples of a precautionary measure, the it said. The top court also sought response from Vedanta on the state only members of the birds autonomous body of the the second lot of dead birds Naveen Patnaik Government Government’s appeal against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) family. Central Government respon- have been sent to a lab and has asked schools and order to reopen the plant. The virus is transmitted sible for oversight of zoos reports are awaited, he added. Anganwadi Centres not to The State had moved the top court saying that the NGT had “erro- mainly through migratory across the States. The move aims to mini- provide eggs to children. neously” set aside various orders passed by the Tamil Nadu birds. But even these winged The State authorities have mize the possibility of catch- Similarly, sale of eggs and Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) last year with regard to the Sterlite beauties are prone to virus also been advised to improve ing the infection among birds. chicken has been banned in plant. It had said the tribunal had consequentially directed the TNPCB threat. bio-security measures in the “The zoo is being thoroughly Krushna Prasad block for to pass fresh orders of renewal of consent and issue authorisation Issuing alert in this regard, zoos to avoid spread of the sanitised. The zoo will be next few days, said an official to handle hazardous substances to the Vedanta Limited. CZA member secretary Dr viral disease among captive opened for visitors only after from the State Government. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Quota politics Unexpected announcement of a 10 per cent reservation for What Imran Khan forgot economically weaker sections is not a political masterstroke he aftermath of the Mandal Commission report recommenda- It is ironical that the Pakistan Prime Minister should want to teach India how to treat its Ttions being implemented in India was to transform society in this country, minorities when the country has created a new minority with the passing of every decade and while it could never reverse the mil- lennia of caste discrimination, it was believed at that time that the correct thing to do is to make India’s growth more inclusive. And while that has, to an extent worked, it has like many other solutions to long-festering problems, turned into a case of opening a Pandora’s Box of new problems. There is nowadays, for exam- PRAFULL GORADIA ple, a perverse demand by caste leaders, akistan Prime Minister Imran once considered on the upper-end of the Khan has offered to teach India spectrum, to be declared backward so as to take advantage of reservations. how it should treat its minorities. Other castes that have benefited from reservations have zealously tried to pro- Is it not likely that when he said this, he was experiencing a flashback to tect their ‘turf’ and have actively prevented other castes from getting a piece hisP cricketing days, when our fast bowlers of the action, whether it is in Government jobs or educational institutions. Also, were not comparable to his country’s pace as evidenced by the demand for quotas by land-owning upper castes such attack? Traditionally, in the undivided India, it was Punjab that produced pacemen. The as Jats and Gujjars in a belt near the capital to the Marathas in Maharashtra, one outstanding name that comes to this upper castes are finding it increasingly difficult to compete in this environ- writer’s mind is that of Mohammad Nissar, ment and are being left behind. And this is a delicate balancing act for the fastest opening bowler the sub-continent had produced. Certainly, even now, the pack Governments both at the State and Central level because in large swathes of of speed merchants may have something to India, castes still tend to vote en masse. teach our players. So on the face of it, a reservation for economically weaker sections of An Oxonian had once said: Imran is cricket and cricket is Imran. Similarly, society should be a political masterstroke. However, coming so late in the Zubin Mehta is music and cannot be imag- day, the cynic will obviously view it through politically-tinted glasses and believe ined in terms of cricket. It is also difficult to that this is a way of keeping upper-caste votes within the Bharatiya Janata reconcile Imran Khan’s image with prime ministership. It is not possible that while he Party for Narendra Modi, who appears increasingly fretful of the general elec- was talking of minorities, he was thinking tion coming up in three months. But there are a few issues here, the first is about how to teach India play cricket and to the need to pass a Constitutional amendment. While some caste-based par- play in India at the Eden Gardens? It goes without saying that Imran Khan has not seen ties might oppose it, smarter members of the Opposition could ensure it gets the holocaust of Hindus and Sikhs, starting enable a non-believer to cross the reduce its minority population to which is their first loyalty. It is, would be to protect and promote stalled in Parliament. And then there is the Supreme Court, which has previ- with Rawalpindi in 1947, nor would he know gateway of heaven. three per cent from the 22 per therefore, a mystery why most the influence of Islam, leaders in ously ruled that breaching the 50 per cent reservation mark is unconstitu- how his Christian compatriots had rejoiced The second gentleman who cent in Pakistan of 1947. Does the Pakistanis are callous about the India should, therefore, find a at the birth of Pakistan only to subsequent- taught this writer was his spoken cricketing legend expect his safety, security and welfare of channel of informing and seek- tional, save in Tamil Nadu where prior reservations of 69 per cent were grand- ly regret it, plus, of course, being frequent- Urdu teacher who did not overt- country, with its vast land space, their brethren in India. Regimes ing cooperation of our Muslim fathered in. Will the Supreme Court allow this amendment to pass? That is ly accused of blasphemy. The Communist ly suggest a conversion, but did to absorb up to 25 crore Muslims in Islamabad pursue their own brethren directly.” something for the justices to consider, which they almost certainly will have Party had wholeheartedly sponsored say that the future lay with Islam. now in India? He could not have interests without caring for any The memorandum was also to. And if previous attempts at reservations for upper castes by State Partition, only to later beat its breast — it was Just extrapolate the progress of a forgotten his cricket and proba- repercussion in India. Earlier, signed by Sir Sultan Ahmed, Sir simply eliminated by the torrent of Islam. number of religions. The Yehudis bly believes that greater the pop- their great guru was the US. Now, Mohammed Usman, both for- Governments is any indication, the shaky foundations of the Bills will be demol- The Ahmediyas, whose hero, Sir (Jews) have reduced in number ulation, higher are the chances of they look to China for direction; mer members of the Viceroy’s ished by the highest court of the land. Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, had drafted and shrunk to a fraction of what throwing up more players. If not, ostensibly, others be damned. Council. The signatories includ- But then comes the biggest problem of all: Where are the jobs? The the Pakistan Resolution of March 1940, also they were. The Christians have the new Prime Minister has for- This is as old a syndrome as 1947. ed the Nawab of Chhatari, Chief had their taste of ‘glory’ of the state they scattered into many denomina- gotten that his country has cre- Within two months, Pakistan Justice of Allahabad, Sir Iqbal Government of India and its public sector units still remain India’s largest employ- helped birth. Imran Khan was certainly not tions. Many a worshipper in ated a new minority with the had no compunction in invading Ahmed, Sir Fazal Rahimtoola, er but over the years it is hiring fewer and fewer people and one could right- born then to witness the magnificent work Europe has given up worship. passing of every decade. the Kashmir Valley. AK Khwaja, TM Zarif, BH ly think that this move is a cop out for Modi as his Government has failed to done by Zafarullah Khan. Nor perhaps in Christianity’s priests have come The saga of creating ever As long ago as in 1951, Dr Zaidi and Hafi-ur-Rehman; the 1953, when the latter’s house in Lahore was to Asia, where according to the new minorities began with the Zakir Husain, the then vice last two were MPs. Their sub- create enough jobs over the past few years, in no small part thanks to his set on fire, which induced him to flee to late Pope John Paul-II, there are Sikhs at Rawalpindi; soon there- chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim mission also said: “If the Hindus own policies such as demonetisation. So all said and done, this is not a done Pakistan to not return until his dying days. innumerable souls to harvest. after, the Hindus. Then came the University and later Rashtrapati, are not welcomed in Pakistan, deal as yet and Modi, faced with his facade crumbling, is trying to go all out The rest of the years he spent at The Hague Contrast these performances turn of the Ahmediyas at Lahore. took the lead along with 13 how can we, in all fairness, in the Netherlands to bring majesty to the with the progress of Islam, whose Pakistan’s Christians, who had other Muslims eminences to expect Muslims to be welcomed to ensure a second term despite squandering the immense political capital glittering Benches of the International tide is continually rising. backed Partition, in due course submit a memorandum to Dr in India? Such a policy must he had back in 2014. But this could be a case of ‘too little, too late.’ Court of Justice. In the meantime, the charis- It is ironical that Prime became unpopular enough to be Frank P Graham, the United inevitably, as the past has already matic Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Minister Imran Khan should frequently accused of blasphemy Nations representative in shown, result in the uprooting expelled the Ahmediyas from the sanctified want to teach India how to treat and awarded the death sentence Kashmir on August 14, 1951 said: of Muslims in this country and garden of Islam. its minorities. He has held out by being stoned. The Balochs, of “It is indeed a pity that India their migration to Pakistan, Ahom identity Another Ahmediya hero who brought Pakistan as an example of good course, were never fully trusted has never thought of taking the where as it became clear last glory to Imran Khan’s country was Dr Abdul treatment. He is probably but gradually became suspected help of its Muslim citizens, most year, they are no longer wel- Qadeer Khan, whose thuggish doings in the unaware that Dr Rafiq Zakaria, if not also positively distrusted. of whom can be the country’s come, lest their influx should AGP may have stood out as a champion but Netherlands enabled him to obtain the in his widely read book, The Man The latest is the turn of the Shias, useful allies against Pakistani destroy Pakistan’s economy”. its real intention is to dent BJP’s LS tally secrets of atomic bomb — all, of course, in Who Divided India, clearly stat- who are routinely killed by misdemeanour. There is no There was also a back- the cause of Khidmat-e-Allah, the first ed that but for the Muslims of bombs while praying. There is doubt a problem. The only viable ground to this fear. Several n the end it is all about seizing the pre- Islamic nuclear bomb. He too was rewarded Uttar Pradesh (especially also a proposal to expel Shias Muslim leadership in the coun- Muslim League leaders had by his faith being expelled. Aligarh), Bihar and Mumbai from the fraternity of Islam. try is ecclesiastical. The luminar- repeatedly emphasised in the poll narrative for the general election and This writer was educated by two men. (then Bombay), Pakistan might They are followers of Imam ies, who are not maulvis, do not years preceding Partition that Iwhoever does that better, may just get The first was his grandfather, one of whose not have been. Young men from Hussein, who was the grandson have sufficient following. when the country was divided, some customers or force a self-serving friends was Ahmed Ali Jinnah. He relished Aligarh went all the way to of Prophet Muhammed. A dis- Addressing Muslim citizens there must be an exchange of discussion. That is why the Asom Gana Parsi humour and claimed to culturally be a Punjab to campaign for the tinguished Shia was Qaid-e- through the ulema has its limi- population. Sir Feroz Khan Parsi. Although he was not a practicing 1945-46 general election, which Azam Jinnah without whom tations. The substantive interest Noon had gone to the extent of Parishad (AGP)’s withdrawal of support Muslim, he acquainted my grandfather with proved decisive for Partition. Pakistan might not have been. of the masses lies in a peaceful life threatening the re-enactment of to the BJP-led Government in Assam is his insights into Islam. That when a Muslim They propagated Pakistan as the Even since his college days, where the individual and his fam- the violent orgies of Chengiz more about finding a politically opportune wishes to convert someone, it is with the best new Medina. Moreover, if India this writer has been told that all ily can try and prosper, to edu- Khan and Hulagu Khan. intention of opening a possible chance of the should seriously follow the Sunni Muslims of the world cate the children and so on. (The writer is a well-known moment than real dissatisfaction. Yes, the convert entering jannat. No other god can Pakistani example, it should belong to a single community, Whereas the thrust of the ulema columnist and an author) AGP is right in arguing that the new cit- izenship amendment Bill as proposed by the BJP, granting citizenship to Hindu S O U N D BITE refugees from across the border till the We will not hesitate in We (Norway) will intensify Actors get paid a lot while The decision to allow cutoff year of 2014, is detrimental to imposing the NSA on those cooperation on issues relating technicians don't get paid private FM channels to who run gangs that aid the to the sea, including a new enough. This should broadcast AIR news Ahom identity and the right of indigenous people over their land, indeed the use of unfair means during joint task force on the blue change because a good empowers me as a citi- wherewithal of its politics. However, it was not that the AGP didn’t know that board exams and economy focussing on inte- film needs every single zen. What else does a this was coming though, it can be reasonably argued, it found itself in a box mass-copying antics. grated ocean management. member of that team. democracy need? in launching a counter campaign. It knew that the ruling Sarbananda Sonowal UP Deputy CM Norway Prime Minister Filmmaker I&B Minister government would not fall if it withdrew support as it had overwhelming num- —Dinesh Sharma —Erna Solberg —Zoya Akhtar —Rajyavardhan Rathore bers (74 to AGP’s 14) and was unsure about its standing as an independent party that had the faith of the people. The panchayat polls of December restored its confidence as did the Assembly election results that got the Congress back L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR in reckoning in some states. But it was when other NDA allies became restive, Election propaganda individual must be more com- demanding a pound of flesh or two from a dented BJP, that the AGP decid- passionate and be more than ed to get into the ring. Sensing the national sentiment at the moment, the AGP A path to elections with no holds barred ready to assist others in their bad has realised that while the state government could run without it, it could threat- Sir — The West Bengal times. Humanity is far greater en the BJP’s winning prospects in the Lok Sabha with its pullout. The BJP, Government has been denying his refers to the editorial, “Behind the scenes” than exploiting the enemies. permission to the Bharatiya (January 8). We all know that apart from the Dimple Wadhawan not exactly riding the wave pre-2014, may not get the monolithic heartland Janata Party’s proposed rath yatra TBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Samajwadi Party Kanpur verdict and would need every extra seat from the Northeast, which it has been in all the 42 parliamentary con- (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are the two nurturing and betting on. In about four seats, the BJP needs the AGP to effect stituencies as it may lead to law main protagonists in Uttar Pradesh, the largest State Real empowerment and order problems. The Calcutta of India in terms of population. What started during a swing or defeat an entrenched Congress vote. Pundits predict if the Congress High Court has gauged the agen- last year's by-polls, where most opposition parties woos AGP and other parties to form a state level alliance and ensures a con- da of the organisers of the yatra united against the ruling party, this pre-election alliance Sir — It is not the State vergence of vote shares, then they could halt the BJP juggernaut in the gen- and has rightly refused permis- between the SP and BSP is only a natural progres- Government’s business to inter- sion for the same. One only sion. But unlike various Opposition combinations that fere in the rituals of a religion. In eral election and push its tally back from the seven seats it won in 2014. hopes that the Supreme Court exist only in the air, the SP-BSP combine seems to Besides, the alliance between the two parties has doing so, it will only be hurting The AGP’s main contention is a refugee influx, irrespective of religion, would will also appreciate the concerns be a real possibility. It was sensible on the part of BSP sent across a message that the next general election the sentiments of the people change the demographic contours of the border districts that would forever of the State Government and supremo Mayawati and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to will witness more State-specific alliances than a broad because traditions are one that deny permission for the rath leave aside the Congress because the grand old party nation-wide arrangement against the ruling BJP. But are followed since ages. As long be a prey base for the larger national parties and ensure the local parties are yatra. The Union Government remains only a fringe player in Uttar Pradesh. one thing is certain that the 2019 general election is as the rituals are harmless and squeezed out. The BJP is clearly following a me-too model that has worked has failed to deliver on its promis- Second, more the number of seats these two parties going to be a no-holds-barred battle. are respected by one and all, for the Congress and other Opposition parties at one time. As waves of es to the masses and this is a last- get, better will be their bargaining power to form a Bal Govind including the women, one can- ditch effort by the RSS-BJP com- Government. Noida not understand why the State Bangladeshi migrants crossed the borders, each Opposition party is equal- bine to woo the people by play- Government must interfere at all. ly guilty of legalising their stay and shoring up its respective votebank. If it ing the Ayodhya card yet again. As a matter of fact real was Muslims before, it is Hindus now. So the AGP has little choice now but Shalini Gerald amicably towards the Samajwadi yet to prove its worth in Uttar Taking lessons empowerment for women will Chennai Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Pradesh. It has been out of power not come when they break old to stand out as a strong regional voice. Meanwhile, the BJP is losing the tide Party (BSP). It should have from the State for decades. traditions by entering the gates of opinion as far as its allies are concerned. First, it was the TDP, then it was Careful decision accommodated the SP’s lone Taking political equations Sir — This refers to the editor- of a temple, where their entry the PDP in Kashmir, followed by the Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok MLA in the Madhya Pradesh into consideration, SP chief ial, “Real lionheart” (January 7). has been banned. Our society Cabinet. Similarly, it should have Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo The English phrase, ‘A kind will be enlightened only when it Samta Party. The Shiv Sena still likes to trouble it now and then while the lat- Sir — This refers to the editori- withdrawn all Bharat Bandh cases Mayawati seem to have taken a gesture can reach a wound that protects its women. est withdrawal missive from Apna Dal (Sonelal) has revived the perception al, “Behind the scenes” (January filed against the Dalits. It was only final call on keeping the Congress only compassion can heal’, best Suruchi of the BJP as an arrogant big brother feeding off the smaller parties and then 8). Emboldened by its tremen- when Mayawati threatened them out of the grand alliance in Uttar suits the lion-leopard story. Such Via email dous wins in Chhattisgarh, that she would take back the BSP’s Pradesh. compassion and affection grinding them to dust. As we said, it is all about the visual narrative. Depending Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, support to them did they act. Azhar A Khan between inter-species holds Send your feedback to: on trade winds, all allies jump ships. the Congress should have acted Additionally, the Congress is Rampur lessons for humanity. Every [email protected] LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN POINTCOUNTERPOINT Smelling trouble I APPEAL TO THE EDUCATED YOUTH TO JOIN PDP AND THE PEOPLE, WHO WERE HONEST, DECENT AND HELP IN BRINGING THE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MISERY. HARDWORKING TILL THEY WORKED WITH HER in Uttar Pradesh ALL THE GARBAGE IN THE PARTY HAS GONE NOW. (MUFTI) ARE DUBBED GARBAGE NOW. The collaboration of SP-BSP and troubles with —PDP LEADER —NC LEADER its own allies have made matters worse for the MEHBOOBA MUFTI OMAR ABDULLAH BJP. But the party remains hopeful Rabies threatens our lion KALYANI SHANKAR t is often said that ‘Uttar Pradesh is India and India is Uttar Progressive control pathways and procedures for international certification of Pradesh.’ A win in India’s most populous State can prove to Ibe a game-changer for any party, nationally, as it accounts rabies-free status should be established to save our wild cats from the madness syndrome for 80 out of the 545 parliamentary seats. Besides, Uttar Pradesh has gifted many Prime Ministers to our country. As the two foe- turned-friends — Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) — inch closer towards a grand alliance in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, minus the Congress, the poll scene is becoming interesting. The Congress could still become a coalition partner if there is any breakthrough in alliance talks. But as of now, the two regional satraps want to keep the Congress out as it does not have a place in their scheme of things as yet. They want to win the maximum num- ber of seats in their stronghold and take matters from there to a post-poll scenario to do the final bidding for the top job. HARI SHANKER SINGH First, the SP and the BSP do not need the Congress which is a lightweight in that crucial State. Second, the Congress’ votes are f you thought that rabies concerned only dogs, not transferable. Third, the SP feels that its experience of aligning then one must look back to the records at the with the Congress during the 2017 Assembly election did not work. IKing Edward Memorial Pasteur Institute Also, the Congress did not include the lone SP legislator in the recent and Medical Research Institute, Shillong. It had Madhya Pradesh Cabinet. Though it was the Congress that had published a scientific article in 1950 recording been stressing on the need to bring regional parties together to two instances of a positive microscopic finding take on the BJP, after its recent wins in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh in the brain — evidence of rabies — of the Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, it failed to honour the demands of smaller tiger in Assam, the first in 1943 and the second in 1950. In the first case, the tiger severely mauled parties. Fourth, BSP supremo Mayawati is worried about some 18 people in just over 24 hours before it was killed Dalit votes moving to the Congress’ camp. She has made her polit- but made no attempt to eat any of the victims. ical calculations keeping her party’s interests in mind. Fifth, both In the second case, the tiger terrorised the inhab- parties feel that a three-cornered contest would benefit the alliance itants of five or six villages and attacked 14 peo- as it can stop the Congress’ votes from going to the BJP in protest ple, at least five heads of cattle and a dog, of whom against the grand old party joining the alliance as the former’s core one person and the dog were killed on the spot voters are from Dalits, Other Backward Classes and minorities. and two others died in hospital the following day. The grand alliance might include Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Subsequently, the animal was killed. Dal (RLD) and some smaller parties. The RLD, once strong amid The rabies virus was found in both cases. And sugarcane farmers of western Uttar Pradesh, has just begun to though these two cases were examined follow- ing complaints of unseemly behaviour, several DOMESTIC re-organise itself. The alliance is also trying to get Om Prakash others were ignored. A few cases of leopards dying LIVESTOCK, Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party and the Krishna Patel ostensibly due to rabies were also reported in INCLUDING faction of Apna Dal. Not only does the tie-up has arithmetic but south India during the British period. The DOGS, also chemistry as the once bitter enemies — Mayawati and SP rabies-inflicted stray dogs, living on the bound- CONSTITUTE chief Akhilesh Yadav — are now on ‘aunt and nephew’ terms. In aries of Kruger National Park in South Africa and MAJOR FOOD 2014, the BJP had a vote share of 42.63 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, other reserves, are threats to predators such as FOR WILD while the SP-BSP combine got 42.19 per cent — its almost the lions, leopards, hyena and wild dogs. Perhaps ANIMALS. CASES same. With Mayawati winning 22.23 per cent of the votes even deaths of predators by rabies do not get the expo- OF TIGER AND in 2017 and the SP securing 28.32 per cent, together, they polled sure they deserve. The veterinary advisor for the LEOPARD over half of the total votes. If the Congress also joins the alliance, Siberian Tiger recommended the vaccination pro- died within two weeks. Finally, the dog sions to humans. Human deaths due to wolves, wild dogs, jackals and foxes are tocol for use in all wild tigers to save them from DEATHS ARE was killed and the carcass was dis- rabies are known and have been well- susceptible and readily succumb to the the combined vote share of the three parties will be more than that viral disease. REPORTED FROM posed off in a remote area of the vil- documented but it is also primarily a disease, they can disseminate the dis- of the BJP’s. There is a divided opinion in the Congress about it Four years ago, a similar behaviour was TIME-TO-TIME, lage. What had happened to carni- disease of terrestrial mammals, includ- ease in other wildlife. joining the alliance. This is in sharp contrast to 2017, when the observed in two lions — first was a male lion in BUT THE vores such as jackals and foxes, which ing dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, big cats The carnivores — lion, tiger, leop- party, in one voice, favoured a tie-up with the SP. One section feels Girnar on May 31, 2011, and the second was a INSTITUTE consumed the carcass, is not known (lions, leopards and tigers), mongoos- ard, hyena, wolf, and jackal — are sus- that making the contest triangular is bound to hurt the BJP. The young lioness in the Khamba range of the Gir for- ENGAGED IN THE but the villagers confirmed that the es, badgers, bats and monkeys. Rabies ceptible to diseases as they largely prey grand alliance might have a strategic understanding with the est on December 15, 2015. In both cases, the fren- FIELD OF carnivores had not been spotted. is endemic to India and accounts for upon domestic animals, including Congress to help each other. zied felines chased people and attacked a few of WILDLIFE Why is it that the jackals are fast dis- 36 per cent of the world’s human deaths dogs and pigs which are a carrier of But where does all of this leave the BJP? Experts say that it them, including the forest staff. The injured peo- RESEARCH DOES appearing from the villages? Why are due to this disease. The true burden of pathogens. Domestic livestock, includ- means the alliance might pick up about 50 seats. Then the BJP ple were vaccinated and saved but both lions died NOT GIVE the hyenas becoming rare in the rabies in our country is not fully ing dogs, constitute major food for and the Congress would be left with 30 seats. The Congress could within a few days. Symptoms like biting of tyres countryside? Why is it that the pop- known; although as per a WHO report, these wild animals. Cases of tiger and and frequent roaring in the daytime indicated the PRIORITY TO ulation of the wild dog (dhole) it causes 18,000-20,000 deaths every leopard deaths are reported from pick up two seats — that of the Gandhis and perhaps one or two presence of rabies but cases were never examined SUCH AN declined drastically in its habitats such year. Nobody knows how many wild time-to-time, but the institute engaged more. The BJP can at best hope to get 24 or 25 seats. After the to know the truth. The extent of damage by the IMPORTANT as the Satpura Tiger Reserve and then carnivores die due to this disease. India in the field of wildlife research does recent loss of three Hindi heartland States — Rajasthan, Madhya fatal Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) attack, PROBLEM recovered in a few years and again had over 19.1 million domestic dogs in not give priority to such an important Pradesh and Chhattisgarh — it might lose another 30 seats. In ostensibly a mutation or aggravation caused by declined drastically? Is it due to the 2007 and a majority of them belonged problem. In the absence of adequate other States, it might shed 20 seats. So, expectation is that the the rabies virus, was taken seriously only when spread of rabies or any other virus? to the category of feral or stray dogs. studies, it is difficult to assess deaths BJP could lose as many as 100 seats. The party would have to 23 lions died in September 2018 in the Gir forests. Has rabies’ presence in the domestic A substantial number of this forms the of wild carnivores due to rabies but it cover up the gap from other regions to reach the 282 mark that In the past, deaths of the lion by virus attacks dog caused the loss of wildlife in an prey base for carnivores, especially for seems a major hurdle, although not it won in the 2014 Lok Sabha poll. But how much can they make were detected but ignored because the number unbelievable scale? Perhaps yes. leopards, tigers, lions, hyenas, wolves accepted till date of wildlife conserva- up in West Bengal, south and Odisha? Moreover, the BJP does was not high. Unlike the lion, tigers or leopards Casualties of the major wild carnivores and jackals. tion in India. not have any big alliance partner. The Telugu Desam Party has quit do not live in groups. Thus, death of one or two in India due to transmission of rabies, In India, dogs play an important To eliminate rabies in wildlife, of them at a site by the fatal disease was ignored. CDV, FIV or other viruses are high but role in rabies transmission to wildlife. ‘progressive control pathways’ and and the Shiv Sena is threatening to break alliance. The Peoples It was recorded as a natural disease but facts prove it is impossible to provide facts about However, little is known about the role procedures for international certifica- Democratic Party has left and the Akali Dal is disgruntled. About otherwise. Almost every other day, news reports the scale of the crisis. After the lion of wild animals in rabies transmission. tion of rabies-free status should be 18 smaller parties have left the NDA fold since 2014. However, cite the recovery of dead leopards, tigers, lions deaths due to a CDV attack in the Gir As per a study in the US, the rabies dis- established. To achieve this, wildlife the BJP does not agree with this analysis. They believe that the and several other carnivores from their habitats forests, investigations indicated that ease unexpectedly re-emerged in managers should know the extent of people will vote for Modi. The party is hopeful that with a strong but the cases have never been examined by virol- like the African lions, the CDV and wildlife. Rabies is a viral zoonosis asso- the problem. The sample of every dead leadership, effective communication, disciplined organisation, unlim- ogists to confirm the cause of deaths. other viruses are present in some wild ciated with many species of carnivores, animal should be examined scientif- ited funds and a divided Opposition, it can make a come back. In a study, four concomitant incidents of lions in the Gir forest. All of these including cats, jackal, hyena and bats, ically in institutes that deal with However, one can sense a certain degree of worry within the rabies related deaths were recorded in Gujarat become fatal when other diseases which are the primary hosts of the wildlife or virology. Institutes, too, party. BJP chief Amit Shah is subdued and the top leadership is during 2012-2014. Brain samples were collect- such as Babesia protozoa are transmit- Rabies virus. Although sporadic cases need to focus on the scale of natural already on a course-correction mode. It will be looking for a new ed from two buffaloes, nilgai and mongoose and ted from an unhealthy prey. of rabies in wildlife have been docu- deaths rather than just concern them- rabies virus was found in all of them. Further, The World Health Organisation mented across the African continent, selves with environment impact narrative in its national council meeting next week. But Modi can the genetic relationship of these isolated spec- (WHO) reported that rabies is a vac- convincing evidence for the circulation assessment (EIA). It has taken us long spring surprises. One week is said to be long in politics and three imens was determined and the rabies virus cine-preventable viral disease which of rabies in populations of wild carni- to maintain a healthy population of months is quite long to make any prediction. One thing is certain transmission among the wild and domestic occurs in more than 150 countries. vores has been found only in south the big cat. Let us not lose them to that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party with or with- mammals was established. In Deva village in Dogs are the source of a vast majority Africa, where wild canids, such as jack- another threat. out forming the Government. Allahabad district, two cows and a young buf- of human rabies deaths, contributing als and bat-eared foxes, are assumed to (The writer is Member, National (The writer is a senior political commentator) falo cub were bitten by a rabies-infected dog. All up to 99 per cent of all rabies transmis- be primary hosts of the virus. Although Board for Wild life)

A diversified investment strategy FOREIGN EYE Dynamic asset allocation is the ideal way to invest. It helps one to strike a balance between associated risks and rewards. This strategy holds the potential to outshine all other forms of investments when market conditions remain volatile

sively, when one is older, they may tional risk in pursuit of long-term help reduce exposure to higher-risk face a situation where their savings ASSET ALLOCATION OF DIFFERENT PORTFOLIOS growth. The investor may be under investments in favour of more conser- are exposed to market volatility. This the assumption that there’s enough vative ones like bond or money mar- can erode the value of their assets at Aggressive Growth Balanced Conservative time in hand to regain lost ground ket funds. This can help mitigate the BASTARDISATION OF an age when one has fewer opportu- Average Annual Return 10.02% 8.05% 6.34% in an event of short-term market impact of extreme market swings on nities to recoup losses. Best 12-month return 134.46% 74.29% 30.76% decline. In that case, higher expo- portfolio, which is important when THE OVERALL POLITY One way to balance risk and sure to domestic stocks may be one needs the money relatively soon. Education was the HIMA BINDU KOTA reward in an investment portfolio is Worst 12-month return -61.26% -39.53% -16.65% appropriate. Once they enter retirement, a large to diversify assets. Although diversi- Best 20-year return (annualised) 15.49% 13.65% 11.01% However, risk tolerance plays a portion of the portfolio should be immediate victim of the hen it comes to invest- fication does not ensure profit or Worst 20-year return (annualised) 2.54% 3.02% 2.95% crucial role here as well. Regardless more stable. Lower-risk investments buffoonery and ments, the adage, ‘Don’t guarantee no losses, it may help mit- of the time horizon, one should can potentially generate income. But opportunism of the Sri Wput all your eggs in one bas- igate risk. It does help in reducing the undertake risk with which he/she is even in retirement, diversification is Lankan leaders. The gradual ket’, comes to mind. Diversification number and severity of ups and return lost nearly by 61 per cent. accustomed to thinking about their comfortable. So even if one is saving key to help manage risks. So just as one essentially means the strategic allo- downs. Diversification does not aim This is too much of volatility for savings in terms of goals —retire- for a long-term goal, or is more risk- should never be 100 per cent invest- deterioration of education cation of investments among differ- to maximise returns but limits the investors to endure. ment, college, a down payment or a averse, he/she may want to consider ed in stocks, it’s probably a good idea also had predictable ent assets and their categories to impact of volatility on a portfolio. To However, as we can see, a slight vacation. But as one builds and a more balanced portfolio with some to never be 100 per cent allocated in outcomes: It crowned the spread the money around so that better understand this concept let us change in the asset allocation tight- manages his/her asset allocation, fixed income investments. Regardless short-term investments if time hori- nincompoops as masters of exposure to any one type of asset is look at the table along with this arti- ened the range of those swings. It is regardless of which goal he/she is of the time horizon and risk toler- zon is greater than one year. universal knowledge. What limited. This helps manage risk and cle which contains hypothetical port- also clear that additional fixed pursuing, there are two important ance, even if one is pursuing the most After all, even in retirement one reduce volatility of portfolio over a folios with different asset allocations income investments to a portfolio things that must be considered: First, aggressive asset allocation model, needs exposure to growth-oriented hides the magnitude of the period of time. One of the keys to from 1926 to 2017. slightly reduces one’s expectations for the time horizon ie the number of he/she may want to consider includ- investments to combat inflation and real problem is the reliance successful investing is to learn the art The most aggressive portfolio long-term returns. But this may sig- years when one would need the ing a fixed income component to help help ensure that the assets last for on tradition indicators like of maintaining fine balance between shown in the table comprises 60 per nificantly reduce the impact of mar- money back and second, attitude reduce overall volatility of the port- what could be a decades-long retire- adult literacy rate, comfort level and time horizon. cent domestic stocks, 25 per cent ket volatility. This is a trade-off toward risk. folio. ment. Regardless of the goal — time percentage of children of If one invests conservatively for international stocks and 15 per many investors feel is worthwhile, To take an example, a young The other thing to remember horizon or risk tolerance — a diver- retirement at a young age, he/she may cent bonds. It has an average annu- particularly as they get older and adult may think of a goal that is 25 about time horizon is that it keeps sified portfolio is the foundation of school age who attend run the risk of investment growth not al return of 10.02 per cent. The best more risk-averse. years away, like when he/she retires. changing constantly. So, let’s say one’s any smart investment strategy. primary and secondary keeping pace with inflation. 12-month return stood at 134 per Factoring time into diversifica- Since the time horizon is fairly long, retirement is 10 years away, he/she (The writer is Assistant Professor, school, et al. Conversely, if one invests too aggres- cent, while its worst 12-month tion strategy: People are generally he/she may be willing to take addi- may want to re-allocate their asset to Amity University) (Daily Mirror editorial) LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 2019 >>> avenues 10

cities where domestic cargo terminals are on the verge of expansion. The ASSOCHAM suggested to implement a rating system for cargo terminals in line with Airport Service Quality ratings which will create lot of opportunities in infrastructure, facilities and logistics. HEALTHCARE As part of AYUSH, Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy courses will attract more number of students. Ayurveda will globally emerge as one of the most want- ed courses in the years to come. Telemedicine will be one of the growing sectors in the coming year and will create employment opportunities in rural areas. Through 2.5 lakh service cen- ters it will train 80 crores of people in the rural areas of 32 countries. Government of India has identified Singapore start- up RING as the nodal agency for Telemedicine. ART & DESIGN Fashion industry will exhibit spectac- ular growth during 2019. Online shops will attain more than 50 per cent of the market. Moreover, AI will help online shoppers to assess fit and shape more accurately. Amazon, Flipkart will add 80000 jobs in e- commerce sector. Art and design will create a lot of employment opportunities globally. There will be a rise in the number of students aspir- ing for footwear design, fashion technolo- gy, apparel design, fashion design, furniture design, fashion communication, knitwear design, jewellery design and bachelor of design programmes of Footwear Institute of India, National Institute of Design, National Institute of Fashion technology and Indian Institute of Technologies will increase dur- ing the year 2019. BANKING, FINANCE, MANAGEMENT Banking recruitment will increase dur- ing 2019. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) had already called for pro- bationary officer/ clerical or specialist offi- cer cadre. 2019 will be the year of data science, Internet of things, skill development, innovation based technologies, talent analytics, Advertising will show an additional annual growth of two per cent during 2019. automation, block chain technologies, advanced IT & smart courses, says DR TP SETHUMADHAVAN Chartered accountant, ICWAI, chartered institute of Management accountant pro- gramme, Chartered management accoun- n the era of digitalisation, skill will be workforce will be around 46 to 48 million tronics and communication, computer, IT tant, CIMA global, Asset management, Risk the deciding factor to improve the by 2022. and biomedical engineering. Core engi- assessment, financial analyst, actuarial sci- employability of educated/ unem- Courses like English, economics, social neering graduates require skill development ence, project management and ACCA pro- ployed youths. Without appropriate sciences, customised psychology pro- programmes as part of value addition to get gramme will attract more students. skilling, it will be difficult to sustain REPORT grammes, foreign languages, developmen- appropriate job positions. Green technolo- Combined accounting course with GST Iin the career market. tal studies, embryology, public administra- gy will emerge as one of the potential sec- compliant courses will emerge from ISDC, Digitalisation, E commerce, food pro- tion, media studies, paramedical courses like tors in India giving due initiatives to UK which can create more employment cessing, health services, ayurveda, yoga, physiotherapy, optometry, nursing, audiol- improve quality of air we breathe and clean, opportunities. accounting, banking, financial and insurance ogy and speech language pathology, nutri- affordable & reliable sources of energy. Prospects for commerce, business stud- services will show robust growth in the tion and dietetics will attract more students. ies, management programmes, interna- country. Umpteen opportunities will be cre- POWER & ENERGY tional business, trade related courses, intel- ated in accounting, logistics, supply chain ADVANCE IT Decentralisation, digitisation and decar- lectual property rights and patent law will management, retail management, network CARD Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become bonisation will emerge as new technologies attain more importance at post graduate and media, digital marketing, e-banking and the motive force for the fourth industrial rev- in the energy sector. The industry will see doctoral level studies. Courses related to per- mobile banking in the country. For pro- olution. AI, big data, automation and quan- proliferation of solar and wind sector. The forming arts, visual communication, busi- ductive employment and decent work, we of women is expected to go up by tum computing could fundamentally alter energy companies will be increasingly con- ness economics, business communication need to work for opportunities for new skills 15 to 20 per cent especially in the the economic progress. Data science and cerned with the sources and quality of ser- and android development, will create more and new sectors. banking, financial services, insur- machine learning are some of the emerging vices it provides with innovations in tune job opportunities. Technical, supervisory, managerial and ance, automotive, IT, software, hos- sectors which can create lot of employment with the technological interventions. A dig- Start-up: In tune with the growth in customised skill development programmes pitality, travel and tourism sectors. opportunities. Skills in cloud services, big ital network is beginning to connect dis- 2018, India will continue to emerge as the will attain popularity. National level skill uni- 2019 data analytics, machine learning and arti- tributed systems of energy. third largest start-up ecosystem in the versities may emerge which will facilitate lots CAREER & JOB PROSPECTS ficial intelligence are going to be critical for Water, sanitation, waste management, World. Barriers to start business will come of transformations in the job market. Agribusiness, veterinary science, fish- the data science professional. energy, roof top electricity systems, prefab down but entrepreneurship will regain. During 2018, Make in India, Digital eries technology, food processing, dairy tech- Data scientist, data analyst, data archi- technology and infrastructure are emerging Entrepreneurs will also include new India and Skill India can’t create envisaged nology, food technology, poultry product tect, data statistician, ML engineer, ML as the prospective areas. Next generation mothers who want more time at home and employment opportunities in manufactur- technology, post harvest technology, high Specialist, technical architect and data engi- infrastructure revolution will improve effi- 75 per cent more females than males pre- ing, information and communication tech- value agriculture, environmental science, neer are some of the most popular roles in ciencies, drive growth, offer citizens homes, fer working from home. Students will try to nology and skill development in the coun- logistics, supply chain management, cours- which they can work. Digital services sec- work places, transport systems and utilities. become employers after establishing start- try. Realising the shortfall, Government of es related to packaging, nanoscience, organ- tor will show robust growth in the year to Government of India is aiming to ups in ICT, agri-allied, food processing, edu- India may facilitate to create more employ- ic/natural farming will be the focus areas come. commercially introduce 5G services in the cation and other services sectors. ment opportunities as part of pre-election during 2019. Gartner studies suggest that 75 per cent country by the end of 2020 in line with the home work. Services sector will create more than 67 of the 10 lakhs registered companies’ jobs world. Internet connectivity would become FOREIGN EDUCATION per cent employment opportunities in the 37 PER CENT in India are going to invest in machine learn- much faster and would form the backbone Substantial changes will be witnessed in INDIA’S ECONOMY & EMPLOYMENT country. New Year will exhibit spectacular WORKFORCE WILL BE ing and data science. Traditional companies of the emerging era of Internet of things. The the trends in overseas education during India has been ranked as the 58th most growth employee recruitment and 11-15 per started acquiring digital companies in transition from 4G to 5G will serve both 2019. The United States will give priority to competitive economy in the World cent increase in salary hike. Net employment IN JOBS WHICH WILL India. Banking and financial services are in consumers and multiple industries. advanced degree holders from the US Economic Forum’s global competitiveness outlook will be reduced during the first two RADICALLY CHANGE the forefront with almost 44 per cent of jobs Ericsson report reveals that it will Universities for H1B visa will benefit Indian index for 2018. Its competitive advantage quarters in India. There will be stagnation falling in the domain commerce has also enable 27 $ billion revenue opportunity for students. This will facilitate more students includes market size (rank third), innova- in 2019 first two quarters in India due to THE SKILLSETS. emerged as the largest market for data sci- Indian telecom operators by 2026. to pursue for graduate programmes in the tion capability (rank 31) and business general election. But gradually it will 21 PER CENT OF ence professionals which account for 12 per Education, healthcare, innovation in US. dynamism with ranking of 58. increase to three percentage points higher cent of the analytics jobs in 2019. Other sec- design and engineering including devel- Brexit will be implemented during first More investments will be necessary to than the previous quarter. WORKFORCE WILL tors where data science professionals are in opment of high tech metro rail systems will half of 2019 and will promote overseas edu- spur innovation beyond hubs of excellence Retail sector in rural, tier two and tier FACE EXISTENTIAL demand are healthcare (12 per cent), ener- generate more employment opportunities cation opportunities for EU and UK. Career and diffuse economic growth more broad- three cities will exhibit double digit growth gy (eight per cent), telecom (six per cent) in 2019. opportunity in UK will be improved further. ly. Indian companies can access the third in sales and employment. Healthcare, tex- THREAT. and media (six per cent). Legal framework set for use of drones UK may relax ban on post study work visa largest market in the world and would ben- tile and IT sectors exhibit only single digit will create more opportunities in mapping ban as a sequel to National skill and edu- efit from increased trade openness to drive growth in sales and employment. Packaging AROUND 20-25 PER AUTOMOBILE & ENGINEERING like GIS, GPS, GST, surveying and photog- cation policy. productivity growth. industry will generate more employment. CENT JOBS WILL BE IN By 2030 more number of electric or raphy. Government has approved full dig- Germany and France may witness eco- Separation of EU from UK as a sequel Hospitality, tourism, retail, supply chain, hybrid vehicles will be commercially avail- ital ecosystem for granting permission to use nomic recession and will affect international to Brexit will become reality during 2019 logistics and agri business management sec- ORGANISED SECTOR able across the world. Integrated courses like drones. This will facilitate opportunities in students. But Macron’s reforms will try to even though a lot of apprehensions exist in tors will exhibit higher growth rate similar AND THE SHARE OF mechatronics, embedded computing, sys- precision agriculture, aviation sector and correct some of the challenges faced as a this sector. Indians top the list of overstay- to 2018 in 2019. There will be more takers tem design, automobile engineering, bio- start-up industry. sequel to recession. Overseas students will ers in UK according to Britain’s Foreign and for retail management, hospitality man- ORGANISED SECTOR medical sciences, bio informatics, develop- prefer India for higher education. Commonwealth office. Globally, Britain and agement, hotel management, airline and air- WILL REACH 10 PER mental sciences, humanities and social sci- FOOD INDUSTRY China will implement novel pro- India are looking at opportunities for co- port management and transport manage- ences will acquire more importance. At a time when prospects for ready to grammes in AI, Robotics, IOT and operation with India beyond Brexit. ment courses. CENT FROM THE Global move to reduce the use of fos- eat and ready to cook products are emerg- Analytics. Technology, Entrepreneurship, According to the report by the Centre Aviation and Cyber security will gen- CURRENT EIGHT sil fuels like petrol and diesel will pave way ing across the world, food processing sec- start-ups and skill development are some of for Sustainable Employment of Azim Premji erate more employment opportunities. for electric, solar or hybrid vehicles which tor will exhibit annual growth rate of 20-25 the areas where India is exhibiting spec- University, 10 per cent increase in GDP Automation, machine learning and block PER CENT in turn facilitate spectacular growth in auto- per cent in the country. Food outsourcing tacular growth. The US, Canada, Australia results in less than one per cent increase in chain technology will decide the future of mobile design and engineering. There will will improve and food market will emerge and Singapore will again emerge as the employment. The rate of unemployment work as suggested by ILO which will start be more takers for students aspiring for inte- as 55 percent of retail market during 2019. potential destinations for Indian students. among the youth and higher educated has replacing the traditional sectors. By 2022, grated post graduate courses and inter dis- The US's pay structure for employees work- touched 16 per cent. Indian economy will nine per cent workforce would be in new ciplinary research in the country. LOGISTICS ing under H1B visa and the recent sops will overtake Britain’s economy during 2019. Half jobs which do not exist today. Manufacturing sector, which is pro- Air cargo business will exhibit a growth attract more Indian students. But US may of the world’s population will become Around 37 per cent would be in jobs viding only 14 per cent employment oppor- of 12.9 per cent in the coming year to achieve witness economic recession during second online during 2019. India’s GDP growth will which will radically change the skill sets. tunities, can create up to 25 per cent National Civil Aviation Policy vision of half of 2019. Ireland, Netherlands, New attain 7.6 per cent. About 21 percent of workforce will face exis- employment opportunities in 2019. reaching 10 million tons cargo volume by Zealand, France, Germany and Ireland McKinsey studies reveal that there will tential threat. Around 20-25 per cent jobs Construction and infrastructure sectors will 2027. According to the Associated will continue to give post study work visa be increased participation of women in the will be in organised sector and the share of create more employment opportunities Chambers of Commerce and Industry of up to two years. economy which would increase the GDP. organised sector will reach 10 per cent from which can facilitate architecture, civil, India (ASSOCHAM) studies, it will generate The writer is an educational and career consultant and India Skills 2019 report suggests that hiring the current 8 per cent level. Thus, organised mechanical, electrical and electronics, elec- more employment in tier two and tier three director, UL Education

Bachelor of Architecture graduate said she wants to specialise in mar- Afrom Hyderabad secured 98.97 keting in MBA (Master of Business percentile. In the Common Admission Hyderabad girl bells the CAT Administration) and is no more inter- Atal Tinkering labs Test (CAT) 2018, results of which were ested in architecture. released on Saturday (January 5, 2019). “While studying BArch, I realised ith a vision to Leadership Foundation, has cre- gramme includes hands-on VNS Juhi Vallabh, who took a gap year I joined a coaching that I’m more interested in the man- ‘Cultivate one million ated the Ethical Leadership in activities that are both chal- after graduation to prepare for the test, institute and gave my agement side of marketing. Also, dur- Wchildren in India as Tinkering and Innovation lenging and thought-provok- said she concentrated more on basics ing the summer vacation, I started Neoteric Innovators’, Atal (ELTI) module to inculcate the ing, aiming at reigniting con- to crack the test. 100 per cent during the helping my dad who is into media mar- Innovation Mission (AIM), ethics and values that form the versations on the code of con- “I joined a coaching institute and prep. I took about 20 keting and really liked what he is doing. housed at NITI Aayog, is estab- bedrock of innovation for social duct and ethics in innovation, gave my 100 per cent during the mock tests and used That’s when I decided that I want to lishing Atal Tinkering good in young minds of the ATL and taking decisive action to preparation. I took about 20 mock tests pursue MBA,” Juhi added. Laboratories (ATLs) in schools network. The module makes use combat challenges in a sus- and used the results of these exams to the results of these Till Class XII, Juhi studied in across India. The objective of of activities to provide students tained manner. The module is make changes in my preparation. exams to make Hyderabad and then moved to Madhya this scheme is to foster curiosi- a framework to promote hands- aimed at ATL in-charges/ teach- Google was another tool which I used changes in my Pradesh to pursue graduation from ty, creativity and imagination in on learning and tinkering with ers/mentors who would follow to clear the doubts that I had,” said Juhi preparation. Google School of Planning and Architecture in young minds; and inculcate students in India. The ELTI it to teach the students about adding that she was strong in English, Bhopal and graduated in May 2018. skills such as design mindset, module is rolled out to ATLs and ethical leadership skills. The but had to concentrate more on Maths was another tool which In total, 11 candidates secured 100 computational thinking, physi- can be accessed online at module has been created in as the subject was missing in Bachelor I used to clear the percentile this year from across the cal computing etc. http://aim.gov.in/pdf/ATL_ELTI_ Do-It-Yourself mode so that of Architecture. doubts country. All the students belong to AIM, in collaboration with Module.pdf students can themselves conduct Juhi, a resident of Nallakunta, engineering or technology stream. the Global Education and This experiential pro- the activities and self-learn. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 2019 >>> avenues 11

one are the days when Indian stu- dents either opted for engineering Gor medical after the completing HR trends 2019 high school. Today’s generation is not shy- ing away from taking the road less trav- elled. Unlike yesteryears, they now have a pool of options to choose from depending The HR trends that will take upon their personal interests and skill sets. This trend has also caught on with individuals studying overseas. The 2018 centrestage this year are personalised Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange reveals that Indian employed engagement among others, and other international students in the US are turning to off-beat courses. While traditional Science, Technology, says ANCHAL KHANNA Engineering and Math (STEM) courses continue to be their top preferences, some t’s New Year and there will be HR specialised courses like Robotics, practices that will be trending in 2019. Automation and Mechatronics are witness- ISome of the projections for 2018 like ing an increasing demand and will gain as personalised employee engagement popularity this year. and more intense use of AI will contin- ue to gain momentum next year, but ROBOTICS some new trends are likely to take cen- Thanks to the rapid progress of AI terstage because of defining events that (Artificial Intelligence), robots are no took place in the past year. longer considered dumb-machines that are Recognise and reduce unconscious only capable of doing simple, repetitive COURSES Bias: As the call for equal opportunity and tasks. With the arrival of humanoids like equal pay for equal work done gains Sophia and SoftBank’s Pepper, robots steam, Indian companies and MNCs have made huge leaps in recent years. alike are trying to put in place policies Simultaneously, the career options for stu- that are more inclusive. Diversity and dents who specialise in robotics has TO FOR inclusion is no longer a catch phrase but expanded. very much an important agenda for the From doing research work to design- WATCHOUT Indian corporate world. This includes ing industrial robots, they can get the using technology for blind hiring, sen- opportunity to work in a variety of indus- sitising all employees and more inclusive tries. Therefore, the number of students From robotics to mechatronics to automation, onboarding processes. Much more effort opting for courses related to robotics is will be directed towards improving likely to go up in 2019. these are the programmes that are going to be diversity in the workplace, maybe even setting diversity goals as part of their tal- AUTOMATION popular this year, says ROHIT SETHI ent acquisition process. With the fourth industry revolution Employee wellness made more Anchal Khanna upon us, automation has already started comprehensive: Corporates have begun CEO, SHRM India making profound impacts on the business Be it a speech therapist or a full-time care- to realise how much employee wellness world. Be it manufacturing, automotive or giver, the options are plenty. Students can contributes towards the bottom line. Greater emphasis on Employee retail, nearly every sector is now investing also decide to work for Government bod- When employees are stress free and Development: As India continues to be heavily on automating tasks that are ies after graduation. Most medical schools happy they are much more productive. among the fastest growing economies in tedious, repetitive and dangerous. in popular study destinations offer spe- Companies will need to put in place cre- the world, attracting and retaining talent As traditional job roles are evolving, cialised courses in disability care. ative strategies to ensure that the well- will become crucial. Indian companies the demand for automation experts is being of their workforce is holistic. recognise that and are putting more and growing by the day. This explains why a INFECTION CONTROL The definition of wellness needs to more emphasis on upskilling and devel- large number of international students are Another course that is tipped to gain expand to include not just physical well- oping their employees. now inclining towards automation cours- popularity in 2019 is infection control. This being, but also mental, financial and They are using unique approaches to es. Other than automation engineering, specialised field of study prepares students spiritual wellness. Tracking wellness arrive at this goal — providing portals certification courses in industrial automa- to work in an array of settings such as hos- on phones, wearable devices, customis- that enable self-learning and develop- tion are also expected to take off next year. pitals, healthcare facilities, Government ing wellness experiences, introducing ment, including development in their departments, private labs among others. stress regulation training, mindfulness performance management systems, part- MECHATRONICS While only a handful of universities offer and meditation, offering programmes nering with well-known academic insti- Mechatronics is a fairly new branch of regular courses in infection control, stu- that help employees with investments to tutions to build skills and develop lead- engineering that has caught the attention sent, offer this course in undergraduate and dents can go for certificate courses or part- reduce debt or maintain a certain ers, etc. of students off late As described on post-graduate levels. time programmes. In most countries, lifestyle post retirement will become Homegrown HR solutions Stanford University’s online portal, it is at WHILE SCIENCE, however, they need to get a license before some of the focus areas of employee providers: There’s been a spike in com- the intersection of mechanical engineer- DISABILITY PROGRAMMES they start their professional life. wellness. panies that provide locally developed ing, electronic engineering and software TECHNOLOGY, According to a World Bank report, a Students are also getting lured by other A relook at implementing PoSH in HR solutions specific for the Indian engineering. Mechatronics engineering ENGINEERING AND MATH billion people across the world live some interdisciplinary programmes like the workplace: In the light of the economy. While SAP and Oracle have focuses on technologies involved in build- form of disability. At a time, when people Geophysics, Marine Engineering, Game #Metoo movement companies will want a significant presence, smaller vendors ing intelligent electro-mechanical sys- COURSES CONTINUE TO of disabilities make for the 15 per cent of Design and Development, says the 2018 to sensitize and train employees to be with indigenously developed software tems. After completion of their course, BE TOP PREFERENCES, the global population, the demand for dis- Open Doors Report on International fully compliant with the requirements of are finding their place in the burgeon- graduates can look for work opportunities ability support workers is on a rapid rise Educational Exchange. the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act ing HR technology market. If the data in various areas including automation and SOME SPECIALISED & in many countries. In Australia, for exam- When it comes to Indians, the scenario of 2013. Organisations will want to have protection legislation comes into force robotics, AI and expert systems, sensing OFF-BEAT COURSES WILL ple, the Healthcare and Social Assistance is not much different. Although the major- their PoSH policy in place — from cre- in India, it will only fuel this growth and control systems, computer integrated sector is speculated to grow by 16.1% by ity of them still prefer to choose a safe ating awareness about the meaning of more. manufacturing systems, and transportation SEE A RISE 2025, creating as many as 2,50,500 new career path, popularity for unconven- sexual harassment, to forming the inter- The field is experiencing a wave of and vehicular systems. Since it’s a spe- jobs. Students with a degree in disability tional courses are slowly growing. nal complaints committee, and promot- innovations which will transform the cialised field, only a few universities at pre- programmes can find a wide range of jobs. The writer is the director at ESS Global ing a safe working environment. way we practice it from now on.

he good news for job-seekers, there will nSales ShineLearning.com to undertake large-scale be an increase in average hiring volume nTechnology upskilling and reskilling of their in-house Tfrom 25% in 2018 to 31% in 2019. “Organisations, globally, are wizening up MINDIT talent. Hiring will be a trend in all the key sectors to this fact and increasingly looking for talent “This skills-centric approach will benefit like Technology, BFSI, Healthcare, that is learning agile and can continue to advancements in the world, the reason many graduates. Talking about countries like both the employers and the employees; while Manufacturing and Retail. perform and keep with the changing job role students opt for them. Australia and Canada, they will be the leading recruiters will be able to seamlessly address However, as per the survey results, the demands in the present and future. Learning “We are expecting to see a rise in countries among the study abroad aspirants the growing demand for skills within their top 3 sectors that will do high-volume hiring agility will be the second most in-demand specialised courses such as Robotics, due to a huge range of programmes and stay organisations, professionals can access (more than 500+ employees annually) would skill for organisations during Hiring in 2019,” Automation, Mechatronics, Disability back opportunities. significantly better career opportunities by be BFSI, IT & Retail. In BFSI sector around Ketan Kapoor, CEO, Mercer-Mettl says. programmes, and Infection control courses. With cutting-edge technologies like AI upgrading their existing skillsets. With rapid 42% of companies will hire more than 500+ In 2019, Science, Technology, All countries will be favoured in 2019, but it and machine learning becoming more and technological advancement paving the way employees in 2019. And in IT sector 33% of Engineering and Math (STEM) courses will depends upon the need of the students,” more integral to business operations in the for a high-growth, high-value jobs organizations will hire around 500+ remain on the top of popular courses choice says Rohit Sethi, director, ESS Global. IT/ITES sector, the demand for professionals much sought-after, given how critical data ecosystem, we can expect continuous employees this year. among the students in every country, as it For instance: The UK is getting quite with evolved, tech-led skillsets will only privacy and information security have learning, unlearning, and relearning to The top three functions that will see has rapidly evolved from just being popular popular for one year Master's programme increase further in 2019. become in the global business discourse. I become the motto of the new-age maximum hiring in 2019 would be: in the United States. Furthermore, STEM among international students. Whereas, Expertise in areas such as data also foresee organisations collaborating with workforce,” Zairus Master, CEO, Shine.com nBusiness Operations courses do provide numerous technological Germany has seen a rise in Engineering compliance and cybersecurity will also be reputed online learning platforms such as opines.

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Jalan panel examines reserve size of RBI Housing sales rises BUSINESS CORNER PTI n NEW DELHI likely situations of RBI, including the sit- Vishwanathan is the sixth member of the JLR SALES UP 16.23% AT 4,596 UNITS IN 2018 uation of holding more provisions than committee. 6% in 8 major cities New Delhi: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover Tuesday reported 16.23 high-level panel led by former RBI required. In the past, the issue of the ideal size per cent increase in its sales in India at 4,596 units in 2018. The company Agovernor Bimal Jalan Tuesday held its The government and RBI under pre- of RBI's reserves has been examined by had sold 3,954 units in 2017, Jaguar Land Rover India said in a statement.The first meeting to decide on an appropriate vious governor Urjit Patel had been at log- three committees — V Subrahmanyam in 2018: Report sales achieved in 2018 was the highest calendar year volume to date for the size of reserves that the central bank should gerheads over the Rs 9.6 lakh crore surplus (1997), Usha Thorat (2004) and YH company. These were driven by models such as Land Rover Discovery Sport, maintain and the dividend it should give capital with the central bank. Malegam (2013). PTI n NEW DELHI Range Rover Evoque, Jaguar F-PACE, XE and XF, it added. Commenting to the government. The finance ministry was of the view While the Subrahmanyam committee on the sales performance, Jaguar Land Rover India President and Managing The six-member panel is likely to sub- that the buffer of 28 per cent of gross assets recommended that contingency reserve ousing sales rose six per cent in 2018 in eight Director Rohit Suri said, the auto industry faced strong headwinds in 2018, mit its report in April, sources said. maintained by RBI is well above the glob- should be built up to 12 per cent, the Hmajor cities as developers reduced prices and especially in the second half with tight liquidity conditions, increased upfront The panel has been entrusted with the al norm of around 14 per cent. Thorat committee said the reserve ade- offered indirect discounts to lure customers, insurance costs and increased lending rates. “Despite that, the growth of Jaguar task of reviewing the best practices fol- Following this, the RBI board in its quacy should be maintained at 18 per cent property consultant Knight Frank India said in Land Rover in India has been very encouraging for us and we continue to lowed by central banks worldwide in mak- meeting on November 19, 2018 decided to of the total assets. While the RBI board did its report released on Monday. focus on strong product launches and an ever-improving customer experi- ing assessment and provisions for risks constitute a panel to examine Economic not accept the views of the Thorat com- Sale of residential units increased in six cities ence in 2019 for the two iconic brands, Jaguar and Land Rover,” he added. which a central bank balance sheets are Capital Framework. mittee, it decided to go ahead with the rec- — Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, In 2018, the company had introduced over 10 new products, including the subject to. The committee also includes ommendation of the Subrahmanyam Hyderabad and Ahmedabad; but declined in two Range Rover Velar, Range Rover Evoque Convertible, Model Year 2018 Range The panel having former economic Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash panel. The Malegam committee recom- cities — Kolkata and Pune. Rover and Range Rover Sport and Jaguar F-PACE in 2-litre petrol. affairs secretary Rakesh Mohan as its vice Chandra Garg and two members of RBI mended that adequate amount of profits Higher sales volumes resulted in drop in the chairman will propose a suitable profit dis- central board -- Bharat Doshi and Sudhir should continue to be transferred each year number of unsold units by 11 per cent to near- TVS MOTOR CO CALLS FOR CUT IN GST RATE ON TWO-WHEELERS tribution policy taking into account all the Mankad. RBI Deputy Governor NS to contingency reserves. ly 4.7 lakh units. Compared with other proper- New Delhi: TVS Motor Company Chairman Venu Srinivasan Tuesday ty consultants, Knight Frank has reported low- joined the chorus calling for reduction in GST rate on two-wheelers, say- est rise in housing sales during 2018 at 6 per cent. ing the mass mobility item should not be bench-marked against luxury Royal Enfield JLL India said housing sales rose 47 per cent goods. Last week, the chairman of the country's largest two-wheeler maker, Nilekani panel to boost digital payments in seven cities, ANAROCK data suggested 16 per Hero MotoCorp, Pawan Munjal had called for GST rate cut on bikes and PTI n MUMBAI The panel has been tasked digitisation of the economy cent rise in seven cities, and PropTiger showed scooters to 18 per cent from the current rate of 28 per cent. “Given the with reviewing the existing and financial inclusion chief quits 25 per cent rise in sales in nine big cities. importance of the two–wheeler segment as an item for mass mobility, the he Reserve Bank of India status of digitisation of pay- through greater use of digital The difference in the figures is on account GST rates for two-wheelers undoubtedly needs to be reconsidered,” TTuesday constituted a ments in the country, identi- payments. New Delhi: Royal Enfield, of variation in locations in the respective Srinivasan said in a statement. He further said rising urbanisation, increas- high-level committee under fying the current gaps in the Another term of reference the two-wheeler arm of Eicher reports. ing purchasing power and the enhanced need for connectivity particu- Aadhaar architect Nandan ecosystem and suggesting ways of the panel, the RBI said is to Motors, Tuesday announced a “An improving regulatory environment, larly in the mid-sized and smaller cities across India, has fuelled the two- Nilekani to suggest measures to bridge them and assessing suggest a medium-term strat- top management change fol- reducing prices, indirect discounts and an wheeler revolution for personal mobility. “It (two-wheeler) certainly can- to strengthen the safety and the current levels of digital pay- egy for deepening of digital lowing the resignation of its increasing infusion of residential products that not be benchmarked against the prevalent GST rates for luxury goods at security of digital payments in ments in financial inclusion. payments. Besides Infosys co- President Rudratej Singh. are more in tune with the homebuyers' prefer- 28 per cent, especially given the current state of inconsistencies with the the country. It will also "suggest mea- founder Nilekani, other mem- Eicher Motors CFO Lalit ences have culminated in a six per cent year-on- integrated multi-modal public transport systems across India,” he added. The five-member panel sures to strengthen the safety bers of the panel are former Malik will take on the additional year (YoY) growth in sales during 2018,” Knight Srinivasan further said with new safety norms and BSVI integration also on deepening of digital pay- and security of digital pay- RBI deputy governor H R interim responsibility of the Frank India said. Sales volumes in 2018 were esti- around the corner, both of which will increase two-wheeler prices, “it has ments has been constituted ments... (and) a road map for Khan, former MD and CEO of Chief Commercial Officer with mated to be 2,42,328 units as against 2,28,072 become even more imperative to relook at the GST rates for two wheel- with a view to encourage digi- increasing customer confi- Vijaya Bank Kishore Sansi and immediate effect, Royal Enfield units in the previous year. Bengaluru saw the ers to ensure social inclusion that is sustainable in the longer run”. Last tisation of payments and dence and trust while access- former secretary in ministries said in a statement. Singh, who highest annual increase in sales of 27 per cent week, Munjal had stated that reduction in tax rate would not only help enhance financial inclusion ing financial services through of IT and steel Aruna Sharma. had joined the company in YoY in 2018, riding on the back of economic sta- millions of two-wheeler customers, but also the entire value chain depen- through digitisation, the RBI digital modes". The fifth member is Sanjay January 2015 to lead the com- bility and job security, the report said. The NCR dent on the sector. He stated that such a step was absolutely imperative said in a statement. It has also been asked to Jain, chief innovation officer, mercial organisation, has decid- market saw sales improve by 8 per cent YoY in to ensure growth in the auto sector to create and sustain inclusive eco- “The committee shall sub- undertake cross country analy- Centre for Innovation, ed to pursue opportunities out- 2018, on the back of stronger sales traction in nomic growth. Bajaj Auto Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj also reportedly mit its report within a period ses with a view to identify best Incubation & side of Royal Enfield owing to Noida and Greater Noida. supported the demand for cut in GST on two-wheeler stating such a step of 90 days from the date of its practices that can be adopted Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM personal commitments, it Sales declined in Kolkata (-10 per cent) and would help mitigate increase in costs that would come with the imple- first meeting,” it added. in our country to accelerate Ahmedabad. added. Pune (-1 per cent) in 2018, against 2017. mentation of new safety and emission norms.

NIFTY 50 BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 10786.25 10818.45 10733.25 10802.15 30.35 Script Open High Low LTP MCX 723.05 752.50 720.55 743.35 JUBILANT 712.60 722.95 710.45 712.05 MHRIL 205.85 206.95 201.60 205.00 SUNPHARMA 433.80 449.00 432.35 448.75 17.95 RCOM 13.78 14.15 13.67 14.01 INFRATEL 294.00 300.95 290.25 298.10 OBEROIRLTY 457.35 470.35 450.25 452.20 NLCINDIA 68.10 68.80 68.00 68.50 ICICIBANK 367.80 381.80 366.60 379.30 11.60 GRUH 276.00 283.00 253.05 256.00 BPCL 355.90 356.00 349.00 351.80 BERGEPAINT 321.90 326.50 319.65 323.50 TVTODAY 370.05 370.05 364.50 365.00 SBIN 295.80 306.00 294.75 305.50 9.20 BANDHANBNK 482.00 500.70 470.85 477.05 AUBANK 615.50 630.70 607.90 620.75 SCI 45.50 46.25 45.05 45.60 OFSS 3589.00 3599.00 3568.45 3592.40 TATAMOTORS 176.10 180.50 176.10 179.95 4.60 YESBANK 188.00 193.20 185.00 192.30 ACC 1473.85 1487.00 1464.00 1470.05 PIDILITIND 1100.70 1110.00 1092.95 1105.50 WABCOINDIA 6457.50 6470.00 6400.00 6404.30 YESBANK 188.00 193.20 185.00 191.80 4.65 SUZLON 5.36 5.44 5.32 5.39 SREINFRA 33.15 35.80 32.75 35.35 HDFCLIFE 391.20 395.45 389.45 394.80 MRF 66699.05 66913.20 66188.00 66378.90 AXISBANK 636.00 653.75 630.60 652.15 14.70 SBIN 295.00 305.80 294.70 305.10 SPARC 181.15 188.60 181.15 186.90 ADANITRANS 201.50 209.15 198.00 205.70 FORTIS 138.90 140.35 138.90 139.20 IBULHSGFIN 788.55 819.00 780.50 809.50 15.60 ICICIBANK 367.90 381.60 366.75 380.20 TITAN 943.80 949.70 939.00 946.00 SUNTECK 350.25 351.00 345.00 345.20 IOB 14.15 14.90 14.15 14.86 GRASIM 820.00 839.45 811.30 835.70 15.05 SUNPHARMA 431.95 448.20 431.95 447.15 RAIN 122.05 126.00 118.00 119.60 WABAG 266.25 279.00 265.60 276.35 HEIDELBERG 149.00 151.00 149.00 149.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 2667.00 2700.00 2635.50 2694.85 36.30 IBULHSGFIN 789.50 817.85 780.00 812.70 TECHM 691.40 692.70 685.10 689.55 PHILIPCARB 203.15 205.95 202.55 204.35 PHOENIXLTD 578.60 579.85 575.00 575.00 JSWSTEEL 290.10 295.85 288.10 293.45 3.60 AXISBANK 635.50 653.90 630.70 650.90 WOCKPHARMA 510.00 515.55 508.20 513.70 ENGINERSIN 126.95 127.15 123.55 124.95 GSKCONS 7425.50 7520.00 7408.00 7452.00 VEDL 194.00 197.10 192.05 195.70 DABUR 421.00 422.30 414.50 417.50 M&MFIN 463.70 466.65 457.50 462.60 NAVNETEDUL 108.30 109.60 107.00 109.00 INFRATEL 292.70 300.40 290.00 297.15 3.40 TATAMOTORS 176.30 180.50 176.10 179.35 PEL 2285.00 2332.30 2261.95 2309.30 UJJIVAN 282.00 285.50 279.70 284.20 ASTRAL 1157.10 1160.00 1140.05 1155.00 INDUSINDBK 1563.15 1588.00 1551.00 1577.00 17.85 TATAELXSI 974.00 990.50 960.10 973.35 TVSMOTOR 536.00 540.00 524.70 533.65 TEJASNET 202.00 218.00 202.00 213.10 NH 198.75 205.00 197.15 201.80 VEDL 194.50 197.00 191.90 195.60 2.15 HINDALCO 208.00 209.50 205.30 206.40 PRSMJOHNSN 88.20 88.20 86.70 86.70 GAIL 356.65 358.40 352.70 353.30 KNRCON 215.40 218.75 214.90 214.90 TATASTEEL 485.65 493.35 483.80 490.80 5.30 NBCC 62.70 63.25 61.85 62.45 DRREDDY 2575.00 2584.00 2547.50 2570.35 AMBUJACEM 217.50 219.65 215.30 218.10 ORIENTCEM 82.40 82.85 80.00 80.60 MARUTI 7380.00 7454.80 7322.10 7440.00 77.95 DHFL 230.30 232.30 226.65 231.10 HAVELLS 694.95 696.85 667.30 671.05 BRITANNIA 3145.00 3148.80 3085.05 3093.00 SYMPHONY 1162.30 1162.30 1122.00 1122.00 BHARTIARTL 323.75 331.75 323.25 328.00 3.05 ASHOKLEY 93.50 94.15 92.30 93.10 NTPC 149.55 149.55 146.00 146.95 TRIDENT 68.00 68.75 67.00 67.90 INOXLEISUR 254.80 256.50 250.00 254.70 ITC 282.00 285.50 281.35 283.90 2.25 RELIANCE 1106.35 1109.90 1096.10 1103.95 REPCOHOME 421.00 433.50 413.15 429.90 TORNTPOWER 264.00 266.40 260.80 262.15 JKLAKSHMI 313.75 316.80 310.95 312.85 BAJAJFINSV 6430.00 6460.00 6355.00 6442.00 34.85 HDFC 2007.00 2007.00 1948.20 1955.00 JUBLFOOD 1228.90 1247.00 1214.05 1239.75 APOLLOTYRE 230.00 232.15 228.00 228.80 GLAXO 1434.40 1455.00 1433.90 1455.00 SHARDACROP 306.00 306.90 298.00 301.35 DRREDDY 2561.00 2586.85 2551.00 2571.30 12.65 PCJEWELLER 81.20 83.50 78.65 82.65 MOTHERSUMI 157.25 159.40 155.45 158.45 JSWENERGY 70.00 70.65 69.60 70.45 CENTURYPLY 172.05 176.50 171.80 173.25 INDOSTAR 334.90 349.35 334.90 349.35 IOC 133.60 134.20 132.70 133.95 0.50 INFY 673.05 677.45 668.20 669.85 DCBBANK 172.90 178.00 172.20 178.00 JMFINANCIL 91.75 91.75 89.10 89.65 SWANENERGY 99.50 99.60 97.10 97.70 REDINGTON 86.05 86.90 85.50 86.90 ASIANPAINT 1401.00 1412.70 1395.50 1400.00 4.00 EICHERMOT 19856.00 20596.90 19787.65 20039.15 BOMDYEING 112.20 114.00 110.85 111.40 POWERGRID 198.00 198.35 196.00 197.35 CYIENT 608.00 609.40 601.65 605.55 LUXIND 1305.00 1310.55 1286.00 1286.00 HCLTECH 948.00 948.00 933.10 944.10 2.55 JETAIRWAYS 245.25 248.60 242.00 245.20 HCLTECH 941.00 947.85 933.40 944.00 PETRONET 216.90 220.45 215.85 219.50 CONCOR 678.10 683.40 677.00 677.00 ZENSARTECH 229.45 230.40 226.00 228.75 TITAN 944.20 950.00 938.55 946.50 2.45 HFCL 21.30 24.15 21.30 23.90 COALINDIA 234.50 235.10 233.25 233.95 GMRINFRA 15.90 16.15 15.85 16.05 EMAMILTD 419.45 423.50 418.15 422.00 THOMASCOOK 233.10 235.80 232.35 235.80 TECHM 688.00 692.40 685.20 688.05 0.55 LT 1384.25 1394.60 1371.10 1381.90 ESCORTS 727.50 735.80 725.00 731.20 VIPIND 510.25 517.00 508.00 509.95 MMTC 29.65 29.80 29.20 29.30 HATSUN 655.25 674.00 646.10 669.00 CIPLA 516.00 517.20 511.25 514.00 -0.05 TATASTEEL 486.00 493.40 484.10 491.35 WIPRO 324.25 327.35 322.55 325.85 TIINDIA 343.50 349.40 335.10 337.00 TATAINVEST 896.30 901.00 892.10 893.00 SHK 171.30 172.00 166.50 169.60 HEROMOTOCO 2974.00 2994.50 2930.25 2957.20 -0.75 PAGEIND 21997.85 23095.00 21649.95 22936.85 JISLJALEQS 67.80 67.80 66.05 66.70 TATACOMM 527.60 539.90 524.05 527.00 SUDARSCHEM 351.60 363.00 347.40 348.25 THYROCARE 547.95 548.00 541.65 543.65 EICHERMOT 19855.00 20630.00 19785.00 19800.00 -30.40 MARUTI 7385.00 7456.25 7320.00 7421.35 ADANIPORTS 385.65 387.15 376.50 378.90 DENABANK 14.00 14.15 13.65 14.10 ALKEM 1954.00 1974.95 1945.00 1949.05 NIACL 178.00 180.35 177.50 178.25 WIPRO 325.00 327.50 322.60 323.65 -0.60 JINDALSTEL 152.85 158.10 150.70 157.60 NAUKRI 1626.65 1673.40 1595.00 1622.65 KAJARIACER 516.00 520.25 509.25 516.00 PERSISTENT 572.50 573.10 567.00 570.70 GMDCLTD 87.25 88.30 87.25 87.75 LT 1387.50 1393.85 1375.00 1381.00 -2.80 BAJFINANCE 2545.05 2581.95 2526.50 2535.05 NCC 87.65 90.00 87.65 88.85 CENTURYTEX 906.45 911.95 898.55 908.35 FORBESCO 2299.95 2300.00 2170.00 2195.35 SOMANYCERA 368.00 369.45 357.00 362.60 INFY 674.95 677.45 668.55 670.00 -1.70 BEML 912.00 926.00 905.55 916.55 STRTECH 287.00 290.50 282.60 285.05 MOTILALOFS 676.00 702.00 676.00 698.55 CROMPTON 229.95 231.75 226.10 226.95 ASAHIINDIA 262.00 262.00 255.00 255.10 RELCAPITAL 217.60 222.45 215.80 221.60 INDIANB 246.60 260.00 245.95 257.90 MGL 905.00 905.40 896.50 901.00 PNCINFRA 148.80 148.80 146.35 147.05 RELIANCE 1105.10 1109.95 1096.00 1101.00 -3.75 NILKAMAL 1446.25 1466.45 1425.00 1459.00 AUROPHARMA 730.00 750.00 730.00 746.35 MONSANTO 2595.00 2917.65 2586.00 2627.50 DCMSHRIRAM 352.15 358.25 350.25 356.00 WELSPUNIND 60.90 61.75 60.90 61.15 BIRLACORPN 572.80 579.85 571.00 573.55 TCS 1905.40 1906.40 1883.30 1891.00 -6.90 CGPOWER 44.65 47.25 44.20 46.05 ZEEL 460.55 465.00 449.00 451.55 MEGH 57.55 57.75 56.00 56.75 RAJESHEXPO 571.50 573.75 571.00 571.95 AKZOINDIA 1796.35 1799.95 1755.00 1755.00 ONGC 149.10 149.10 146.30 147.10 -0.75 M&M 721.65 733.00 718.25 724.55 BATAINDIA 1127.00 1134.50 1113.80 1131.00 JINDALSAW 81.10 82.65 80.95 82.00 CORPBANK 28.35 29.60 28.25 29.15 NETWORK18 40.00 40.50 39.60 39.65 POWERGRID 197.90 198.50 195.80 197.35 -1.10 VGUARD 208.55 209.40 198.00 208.10 NESTLEIND 10853.65 11232.90 10701.05 11016.80 SONATSOFTW 297.35 311.00 295.30 308.35 NATCOPHARM* 700.00 700.00 688.80 693.65 ALLCARGO 106.50 108.00 105.00 107.00 COALINDIA 234.50 235.15 232.15 233.10 -1.40 IDEA 36.20 37.30 36.20 37.05 UCOBANK 21.60 21.75 21.05 21.50 APLLTD 584.50 594.50 580.30 588.60 GILLETTE 6422.15 6505.45 6422.15 6465.00 ADANIPORTS 383.00 383.00 375.75 379.10 -2.55 GNFC 346.00 349.15 344.25 346.35 SUVEN 230.75 233.15 228.30 229.50 GODREJAGRO 496.25 499.00 492.50 495.70 TIMETECHNO 101.30 101.80 100.55 100.55 HDFCBANK 2122.00 2123.50 2096.65 2102.90 -17.75 HEROMOTOCO 2967.00 2992.15 2931.00 2974.80 CUMMINSIND 844.00 852.50 839.15 845.85 MAHABANK 15.50 15.50 15.10 15.21 KPRMILL 542.00 542.00 534.70 538.00 HINDUNILVR 1792.00 1793.50 1761.10 1769.95 -15.00 NIITTECH 1140.00 1146.25 1121.05 1126.15 VOLTAS 544.00 544.15 538.00 538.05 VBL 801.95 820.00 801.95 818.00 GRINDWELL 564.50 564.70 546.00 555.00 HDFC 1983.00 1983.00 1948.00 1955.85 -17.05 CEATLTD 1290.00 1290.00 1258.55 1265.05 IBULISL 339.05 349.85 333.20 333.20 VENKYS 2390.00 2395.00 2360.00 2370.00 BOSCHLTD 19545.05 19545.05 19261.45 19293.35 ULTRACEMCO 3915.00 3943.45 3840.00 3892.35 -34.40 MANAPPURAM 94.60 96.75 94.35 96.75 IDFC 44.55 44.60 43.60 43.90 LINDEINDIA 678.05 692.00 678.05 690.00 APLAPOLLO 1141.00 1150.00 1138.00 1138.00 BAJFINANCE 2560.00 2582.00 2525.05 2531.00 -22.60 SOLARINDS 1030.60 1049.95 1030.60 1049.95 BBTC 1302.00 1324.00 1286.50 1299.95 GREAVESCOT 118.70 120.00 118.40 119.75 HIMATSEIDE 218.25 218.25 213.00 213.00 M&M 720.00 733.20 717.50 723.00 -6.55 IBVENTURES 387.00 395.00 381.90 384.85 AMARAJABAT 737.10 742.55 728.65 739.70 SUPREMEIND 1055.00 1065.00 1035.00 1040.00 LAURUSLABS 371.80 378.90 371.80 374.40 HINDALCO 208.50 209.55 205.30 206.40 -2.15 FEDERALBNK 94.40 95.95 94.15 95.15 EXIDEIND 262.00 263.50 259.50 260.40 KALPATPOWR 379.00 384.85 371.80 384.85 ZYDUSWELL 1326.30 1348.85 1320.00 1321.25 GAIL 355.60 359.15 352.80 353.35 -3.75 SRTRANSFIN 1173.30 1194.85 1164.05 1190.30 DEEPAKNI 217.10 226.00 217.10 222.95 TORNTPHARM 1819.45 1823.45 1804.80 1810.00 LAXMIMACH 5661.05 5736.00 5661.05 5700.05 NTPC 148.00 149.50 146.00 147.00 -1.60 STAR 455.40 468.50 455.00 466.20 ICICIPRULI 324.40 325.45 320.10 324.20 TATAMETALI 635.00 643.30 630.85 632.50 SCHNEIDER 100.00 101.00 99.00 99.15 HINDPETRO 249.50 249.70 246.40 247.00 -2.80 RBLBANK 570.05 575.80 560.10 565.00 CASTROLIND 151.70 151.95 149.90 151.25 SHANKARA 529.05 535.00 526.00 527.90 TIFHL 488.00 489.00 477.50 480.00 BPCL 355.10 355.90 350.05 350.65 -4.90 GUJFLUORO 932.80 951.40 932.80 946.00 PVR 1576.40 1610.35 1576.40 1604.70 CUB 191.90 194.05 191.15 193.60 GET&D 299.00 302.30 295.05 297.00 KOTAKBANK 1243.00 1244.20 1225.95 1228.00 -18.60 RALLIS 170.00 173.45 169.55 170.95 IDBI 61.40 63.00 61.05 62.15 CERA 2590.85 2684.00 2590.85 2629.00 BLUESTARCO 624.90 624.90 610.50 610.50 UPL 763.50 765.00 748.00 751.00 -12.75 DMART 1575.00 1578.00 1562.25 1569.40 BDL 278.25 304.90 275.35 294.95 GUJALKALI 532.50 537.30 530.00 530.50 CARERATING 989.95 989.95 980.00 985.00 GRASIM 820.05 838.75 812.00 834.00 GSPL 174.50 174.55 169.15 170.40 CRISIL 1601.05 1640.00 1601.00 1615.10 ZEEL 462.50 463.80 448.75 449.10 -13.85 COROMANDEL 468.15 468.20 450.00 455.00 NMDC 95.15 95.90 94.30 94.95 CARBORUNIV 379.90 379.90 364.10 366.30 QUESS 724.30 733.70 723.20 730.00 TNPL 248.85 248.85 242.35 243.40 NIFTY NEXT 50 SAIL 53.40 54.60 53.30 54.40 EQUITAS 121.00 121.70 119.40 121.05 CHENNPETRO 284.25 285.15 280.10 281.35 SANOFI 6140.55 6200.00 6096.00 6190.40 APOLLOHOSP 1284.00 1284.00 1244.25 1246.15 RAYMOND 812.10 823.00 808.45 811.00 WELCORP 137.95 137.95 134.35 134.35 RELAXO 754.00 758.85 748.65 756.00 SYNDIBANK 39.75 41.85 39.55 41.60 SIEMENS 1066.00 1066.00 1040.00 1046.10 GODREJIND 539.30 542.95 537.05 538.30 GHCL 243.75 245.00 241.50 241.55 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE UPL 762.95 766.45 748.05 752.25 GLENMARK 662.90 662.90 649.35 655.15 PFIZER 2728.35 2755.35 2721.00 2747.40 GUJGAS 656.30 660.30 651.20 659.35 NIFTY NEXT 50 27726.75 27799.50 27625.80 27689.10 -17.50 BALKRISIND 885.00 888.30 865.00 869.55 HUDCO 42.95 43.25 42.75 42.85 KRBL 292.50 297.45 286.85 293.30 GULFOILLUB 837.80 841.00 830.00 830.25 AUROPHARMA 732.05 751.85 730.00 748.80 24.05 EDELWEISS 182.50 184.35 180.20 180.90 MAHINDCIE 243.00 248.00 242.85 245.00 GODFRYPHLP 891.05 907.00 891.00 905.05 HERITGFOOD 531.00 533.95 522.90 525.05 LUPIN 823.80 843.75 821.15 840.30 19.85 INDIGO 1105.00 1127.00 1101.85 1109.60 NAVINFLUOR 690.50 697.80 681.50 688.95 BAJAJELEC 491.35 496.60 488.25 494.40 ESSELPRO 107.60 108.35 106.60 107.95 PGHH 9804.00 10250.00 9768.95 10000.00 195.80 PNB 80.60 81.95 79.70 81.50 HEG 3699.00 3700.00 3664.25 3676.70 IEX 157.35 165.95 154.95 164.95 THERMAX 1130.70 1165.00 1120.05 1155.15 EVEREADY 183.00 183.00 180.25 180.25 L&TFH 146.40 148.80 144.80 148.55 2.85 UNIONBANK 90.65 95.25 90.00 94.45 KEC 291.85 296.70 286.85 290.75 J&KBANK 37.75 37.90 37.15 37.20 SUPPETRO 202.00 203.00 199.00 201.60 NBVENTURES 118.50 118.50 117.50 117.95 SBILIFE 600.00 626.90 600.00 612.90 10.45 ADANIPOWER 50.15 52.60 49.75 51.50 UBL 1397.95 1416.55 1384.80 1402.10 PTC 92.15 92.70 91.00 91.35 KANSAINER 462.20 465.55 459.00 462.00 ECLERX 1065.00 1069.95 1057.00 1060.20 SAIL 53.75 54.50 53.25 54.30 0.90 JPASSOCIAT 7.55 7.66 7.46 7.61 COLPAL 1307.00 1316.85 1295.00 1315.00 SADBHAV 222.50 230.00 220.00 225.60 HINDZINC 273.90 275.85 272.30 273.85 COFFEEDAY 269.20 271.55 267.50 267.50 SRTRANSFIN 1177.00 1196.80 1165.80 1192.80 16.50 INDIACEM 89.60 91.50 87.95 91.05 SBILIFE 599.95 624.30 599.95 612.90 DBL 411.25 416.55 408.05 410.10 ISEC 264.05 269.15 264.05 269.15 CAPPL 381.20 384.65 379.00 382.25 BIOCON 621.05 634.00 618.35 628.90 8.25 HDFCBANK 2125.00 2128.00 2097.60 2102.85 FORCEMOT 1612.70 1635.00 1600.00 1624.65 HSCL 131.00 131.00 128.00 128.00 MAHLIFE 398.60 400.00 390.25 390.25 VMART 2500.00 2530.45 2335.10 2497.80 ICICIPRULI 322.70 325.30 320.00 324.00 4.05 TCS 1902.00 1908.00 1884.00 1893.05 FSL 46.70 47.80 46.20 47.30 GICHSGFIN 257.55 269.55 253.00 264.10 JYOTHYLAB 204.20 206.60 202.70 205.00 JAGRAN 116.45 116.45 114.00 114.20 PETRONET 216.50 220.50 215.80 219.80 2.75 ITC 281.75 285.15 281.45 284.20 OMAXE 214.50 214.65 212.50 212.95 ITDC 318.10 331.00 318.10 321.70 AIAENG 1650.00 1659.00 1626.00 1626.00 SHILPAMED 384.50 385.00 377.50 385.00 PEL 2275.00 2334.95 2259.80 2305.00 25.45 FINCABLES 450.05 450.75 448.00 448.00 WESTLIFE 393.90 393.90 380.70 384.15 TATAGLOBAL 214.65 215.80 212.80 215.00 COCHINSHIP 365.40 366.45 363.55 364.00 APARINDS 635.15 646.70 623.35 638.50 DLF 179.80 182.80 178.55 181.35 1.55 ONGC 148.80 149.00 146.40 147.40 BEL 91.65 91.70 90.15 91.00 LTI 1712.70 1712.75 1687.60 1693.75 SHOPERSTOP 515.30 519.45 502.00 502.00 JCHAC 1760.00 1760.00 1735.05 1735.25 MOTHERSUMI 157.00 159.50 155.10 158.35 1.25 INFIBEAM 44.15 45.90 43.60 45.55 HEXAWARE 329.80 331.30 327.05 328.10 MRPL 72.60 72.65 71.80 72.35 GICRE 260.50 264.60 260.40 263.90 PIIND 862.00 862.00 853.65 860.00 OIL 176.75 177.65 174.00 175.85 1.25 ASIANPAINT 1400.00 1412.75 1396.55 1401.25 INTELLECT 221.05 226.90 220.35 223.70 HAL 782.30 793.15 772.15 787.10 GRANULES 88.45 89.90 88.30 89.25 SUPRAJIT 223.25 225.00 220.60 221.85 IDEA 36.50 37.30 36.25 36.90 0.25 IBREALEST 89.60 89.95 87.80 88.40 AVANTI 384.80 387.15 378.80 382.85 IRB 157.95 160.90 156.25 160.10 PRESTIGE 231.50 231.50 224.00 226.25 TRITURBINE 110.00 111.00 108.05 108.50 BANKBARODA 122.90 124.15 121.70 123.50 0.80 DELTACORP 261.00 264.85 260.20 263.55 ABFRL 208.10 210.30 203.55 208.75 ABB 1300.05 1309.00 1294.00 1295.05 HSIL 235.00 235.80 230.70 235.80 ATUL 3470.00 3473.75 3427.40 3445.00 COLPAL 1305.40 1317.55 1295.00 1311.00 8.00 BHEL 71.80 72.10 71.10 71.35 LICHSGFIN 483.70 486.70 476.20 482.10 PGHH 9844.95 10170.95 9828.00 9940.00 GDL 121.05 121.35 118.50 118.90 IFBIND 837.00 837.00 822.00 833.00 SUNTV 597.25 602.80 590.75 598.70 3.35 MUTHOOTFIN 517.70 531.00 508.15 515.55 RADICO 397.10 402.45 396.00 399.25 MANPASAND 85.10 87.45 84.40 85.30 UFLEX 273.15 273.15 269.10 271.40 TTKPRESTIG 7500.00 7519.95 7430.00 7430.00 GICRE 263.60 265.00 261.80 265.00 1.40 BANKBARODA 122.80 124.10 121.75 123.80 BAJAJFINSV 6439.70 6480.80 6360.30 6454.00 FCONSUMER 44.50 44.85 43.90 44.20 BASF 1542.45 1546.00 1517.55 1518.05 ASTRAZEN 1466.05 1466.55 1460.00 1460.00 LICHSGFIN 481.30 486.90 475.50 480.65 1.30 CANBK 278.05 289.80 277.25 287.80 LTTS 1628.95 1670.00 1621.85 1654.00 KEI 355.00 357.90 353.25 356.65 SOBHA 453.50 456.10 449.00 453.30 SCHAEFFLER 5699.95 5710.00 5655.00 5696.00 HDFCLIFE 392.90 396.00 389.20 394.00 0.95 PFC 106.95 109.80 106.65 108.80 MARICO 384.55 391.05 381.05 382.10 CHOLAFIN 1206.00 1213.05 1181.20 1183.50 ITDCEM 118.65 118.95 115.60 116.05 SKFINDIA 1923.45 1928.00 1903.85 1914.55 NHPC 26.10 26.10 25.85 26.00 0.05 GRAPHITE 722.60 735.60 715.05 718.70 JAICORPLTD 113.05 114.40 112.60 113.25 IFCI 14.80 14.94 14.66 14.85 TIMKEN 589.00 604.85 581.40 600.40 INOXWIND 76.05 76.45 75.05 75.60 CADILAHC 349.20 352.95 347.10 349.50 0.60 IDFCBANK 46.40 46.40 45.40 46.00 SUNTV 596.50 602.30 591.50 599.30 TATACOFFEE 96.15 97.90 96.10 97.35 ANDHRABANK 30.00 30.40 29.60 30.25 ISGEC 4951.00 5044.00 4951.00 5000.00 DMART 1575.30 1578.70 1563.05 1573.00 1.85 RELINFRA 300.95 302.80 297.75 301.95 DIVISLAB 1488.00 1488.00 1456.00 1460.00 INDHOTEL 144.55 145.40 141.25 142.15 MOIL 167.95 168.50 167.10 167.75 ASTERDM 160.20 163.00 159.50 159.55 ABB 1307.00 1309.05 1292.00 1300.00 -1.80 RPOWER 29.00 30.60 28.75 30.40 IPCALAB 786.20 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terror AFP n TORONTO akistan Prime Minister and talks cannot go together. unlawful detention of two leaders agreed to continue to banks about the company’s PImran Khan has accused “India was offered to take he White House is calling Canadian citizens in China as seek their release,” Trudeau’s business dealings in Iran. India of not responding to his one step towards and we shall Tthe detentions of two well as bilateral trade issues,” office said in a summary of the Trudeau and Trump spoke peace overtures and said that take two. But India rejected Canadians in China unlawful White House Press Secretary call. The Chinese detained about the U.S. extradition any war between two nuclear- Pakistan’s offer for talks sever- and Canadian Prime Minister Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in Canadian ex-diplomat Michael request and “they reaffirmed armed nations would be suici- al times,” Khan said. Justin Trudeau and President a statement. Kovrig and entrepreneur the importance of respecting dal for them. In an interview Khan also said said that Donald Trump have agreed to The White House hasn’t Michael Spavor last month on judicial independence and the with Turkish news agency TRT India would never be able to continue to seek their release, spoken publicly about the vague allegations of “engaging rule of law,” Trudeau’s office World, according to his suppress the rights of the officials said Monday. detained Canadians until now. in activities that endanger the said. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Kashmiri people. China grabbed the U.S. Secretary of State Mike national security” of China. Trump previously said he party, Khan again expressed his The Indo-Pak ties strained Canadians in apparent retalia- Pompeo and a State The arrests came after might intervene in the Huawei desire for talks with India. He after the terror attacks by tion for the arrest of a top Department spokesman previ- Meng Wanzhou, the chief case if it would help clinch a said that even a Cold War was Pakistan-based terrorists in Chinese tech executive last ously called for their release. financial officer of Chinese trade agreement with China, not in the interests of the two 2016 and India’s surgical strikes month. Trudeau spoke to “The Prime Minister thanked telecommunications giant upending U.S. efforts to sepa- countries. inside Pakistan-occupied Trump in a phone call Monday. the President for the strong Huawei, was arrested in Canada rate the court proceeding from “Two nuclear armed coun- Kashmir. “President Trump spoke statements of support by the on Dec. 1 at the request of the U.S.-China trade talks and con- tries should not even think of time. The only way is bilateral party quoted him as saying. He The ties further nose-dived with Canadian Prime Minister United States in response to the United States, which wants her tradicting Canadian officials a war; not even a Cold War talks. Two nuclear armed coun- said India did not respond to in 2017 with no bilateral talks Justin Trudeau today, during arbitrary detention of two extradited to face charges that who said the arrest was not because it could worsen any tries at war is like a suicide,” the his peace overtures. India has talking place between them. which the two discussed the Canadians in China. The two she and her company misled political. Man attacks children in Pompeo launches Kim Jong-un visits China ahead of Mideast tour nd Chinese school; 20 hurt possible 2 summit with Trump vowing no PTI n BEIJING PTI n BEIJING ISIS return Post report said. Several of the “Police have tightened securi- orth Korean leader Kim Amman(AFP): US Secretary of disgruntled former work- students were rushed to the ty at Beijing Children’s NJong-un arrived in China State Mike Pompeo arrived Aer of a Beijing primary intensive care unit of the near- Hospital and Xuanwu on Tuesday on an unannounced Tuesday in Jordan on a Middle school armed with a hammer by Xuanwu Hospital following Hospital. Nurses are rushing in visit, in an apparent effort to co- East tour to show commitment to attacked and injured 20 chil- the attack. Three of the chil- and out of the operation ordinate with his only major ally the region after President Donald dren, three of them seriously, dren have serious but non-life- rooms”. ahead of a possible second sum- Trump’s surprise decision to officials said Tuesday, the lat- threatening injuries, media A man has been detained mit with US President Donald withdraw troops from war-torn est such incident in China. The reports quoted police as say- on suspicion of carrying out Trump over denuclearisation Syria.The top US diplomat, on his attack at the Number One ing. The children were the attack, the Post report of the Korean peninsula. longest trip since taking the post Primary School in Beijing’s attacked while they were doing said. Attacks on kindergarten Kim is visiting China from last year, pledged that the Islamic Xicheng district took place just exercise on the school’s run- schools and civilians in malls January 7 to 10 on the invitation State group (IS) would not be around noon, media reports ning track. The attacker was by disgruntled people have of President Xi Jinping, state- allowed to regroup following a said. standing nearby. He was become common in China run Xinhua news agency report- string of battlefield defeats. But in The suspect, the school’s stopped by a Physical lately. ed on Tuesday. He is expected a stark reminder of the lingering former repair worker who was Education teacher, the Post In January 2017, a farmer to celebrate his 36th birthday threat, a war monitor reported angry after he failed to pass his report said. Video footage slashed and injured 12 chil- here on Tuesday. According to that the jihadists had killed 23 US- probation, hit the children’s posted on the social media dren with a knife at a kinder- reports, he was accompanied by backed fighters in a counterattack skulls one by one using a showed dozens of angry par- garten in Youyi town, his wife, Ri Sol-ju, and senior in eastern Syria aimed at defend- hammer, Hong Kong-based ents demanding details from Pingxiang city. Four children officials, including Kim Yong- ing their last bastion. South China Morning Post staff. They were repeatedly were seriously injured while chol, his right-hand man in After setting off on the trip to quoted a former school main- urged to stop filming by the eight others received minor diplomatic negotiations with eight Arab capitals, Pompeo told tenance worker surnamed head teacher. A teacher said “a injuries. The attacker was exe- the United States and South reporters he would show that “the Liang as saying. worker at our school attacked cuted on Friday, the Supreme Korea. Kim’s visit came only days United States is still committed to Police in the Xicheng dis- 20 students in a first-floor People’s Court said Monday. after he warned of taking an In this Monday photo provided on Tuesday by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks with his all the missions that we’ve signed trict said in a statement on stairwell. It is not like what In October last year, a alternative path if the United wife Ri Sol Ju at Pyongyang Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, before leaving for China. While President Donald Trump waits up for with them over the past Weibo that they have detained everyone is saying, he did not woman was detained on sus- States does not ease sanctions in the wings, Kim arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for his fourth summit with China’s Xi Jinping, yet another nod to the leader Kim two years.” The eight-day tour the 49-year-old male suspect use a knife,” the report said. picion of stabbing 14 children and pressure on his isolated most needs to court as he tries to undermine support for international sanctions while giving up little, if any, ground on comes weeks after Trump surnamed Jia. Jia was a A doctor posted on social at a kindergarten in country. denuclearization. AP announced that the United States migrant worker from media: “The mayor today Chongqing. The visit also comes amid would quickly pull its 2,000 sol- Heilongjiang province whose came to the hospital to wait In June, two children were reports that negotiations are North Korean train had been Trump’s demand to reduce the ticism in the US over Kim deliv- diers out of Syria, declaring that contract ended at the start of with us while the children stabbed to death outside a under way for a second summit seen crossing the border. Both USD 375 billion trade deficit ering on his promise to do IS — also known as ISIS — had the year, and police suspect were being medically treated. Shanghai kindergarten. Nine between Kim and Trump. The countries’ media confirmed the with the US. away with the nuclear pro- been defeated. that the attack was motivated We have paused several oper- children died in a knife attack two met in June in Singapore for visit on Tuesday morning when Trump while seeking Xi’s gramme despite Washington’s His advisers have since been by the anger at having his ations to save all the children”. at a school in Shaanxi province the first summit. Kim visited Kim’s distinctive green and yel- support in forcing Kim to relent assurance over North Korea’s walking back his timeline, with employment terminated, the A hospital bystander said: in April. China last year to meet Xi low train arrived at a station in and give up the nuclear and mis- security. national security adviser John before and after his first meet- Beijing. sile programme has also blamed Also, China and Russia — Bolton saying Monday in ing with Trump. Speculation had His visit to Beijing, which is the Chinese leader last year for both the permanent members of Jerusalem that the United States grown on Monday that Kim was stated to be closest ally of tardy progress after his first the UN Security Council — have would verify that the group is possibly making his way to Pyongyang, comes at a time summit with Kim at Singapore been putting pressure on the US truly beaten before withdrawing. China after South Korea’s when China itself is locked in a in June. Since the Singapore to lift UN sanctions against Highlighting that IS emerged Yonhap news reported that a trade war with the US over summit, there is growing scep- North Korea. during the tenure of Trump’s pre- decessor Barack Obama, Pompeo said the campaign to destroy the movement’s self-styled “caliphate” in war-battered Syria has been 7 dead in shooting in Mexican city “enormously successful.” “And I AP n MEXICO CITY with friends when gunshots coastal state of Quintana Roo, report that the feared Jalisco car- am confident that we will con- broke out. which has seen homicides more tel has moved into the region, tinue to ensure that the kind of even men have been killed in The attackers have not yet than double in the last year, with disputing control with local rise that ISIS had under the Sa shooting attack at a bar in been identified. Playa del 688 killings in the first 11 months gangs. Obama administration doesn’t Mexico’s Caribbean coastal city Carmen is located on the coast of 2018, compared to 322 in the In September, two Mexican occur again,” he said on his of Playa del Carmen, authorities facing the island of Cozumel, same period of 2017. marines were found stabbed to plane. Just hours later the Syrian said Monday. State and local Mexico’s leading cruise ship At that rate, Quintana Roo death in Cancun. In a single day Observatory for Human Rights police said the attack occurred destination. Once a quiet fish- could end 2018 with a homicide in August, police found eight said IS suicide attackers had hit late Sunday at the “Las Virginias” ing and ferry town, Playa del rate of about 50 per 100,000, on bodies strewn on the streets of the US-backed Syrian bar in a low-income section rel- Carmen has grown exponen- a par with El Salvador.The Cancun. Democratic Forces in eastern atively far from the beachside tially in the last two decades, Caribbean coast — especially In January 2017, gunmen Syria, killing 23 of its fighters. tourist resort zone. Six men with lower-income neighbor- Cancun and the area south attacked the state prosecutors’ IS was unable to hold on to were found shot to death in the hoods springing up on the known as the “Riviera Maya” — office in Cancun, killing four the positions it attacked but the bar, and another died at a local inland side of the coastal high- had long been largely spared the people. A day before that, a assault which began late Sunday hospital. One man was wound- way. The resort is midway drug violence affecting other shooting at a music festival in killed 23 SDF members and also Women and children leave the Beijing No. 1 Affiliated Elementary School of Xuanwu Normal School following an attack in Beijing, ed but survived the attack. He between Cancun, to the north, areas, but that no longer appears Playa del Carmen left three for- left nine jihadists dead, the China, Tuesday. A male attacker injured 20 children Tuesday inside the primary school in China's capital, officials said. AP told police he was drinking beer and Tulum, to the south, in the to be the case. Local sources eigners and two Mexicans dead. Britain-based monitor said. ‘B’desh to cultivate more effective ties with India’ S’pore foils cat-in-trousers smuggling bid PTI n DHAKA solved as soon as possible, Singapore (AFP): Singapore immigration spokeswoman told AFP. The officers now investigating the case, said they had angladesh would cultivate otherwise it would affect sta- authorities said Tuesday they had foiled a asked the 45-year-old Singaporean whether been put in quarantine and were active and Bmore effective ties with bility of the entire region,” he bid to smuggle four kittens into the city- he had anything to declare, before dis- well.It is not clear why the man was try- India and China, pursuing a said. More than 700,000 state stuffed down a man’s trousers after covering the live kittens secret- ing to bring the kittens into Singapore on vigorous economic diplomacy, Rohingya refugees have crossed hearing meows coming from the sus- ed in his trousers. January 2, although it could have been to newly appointed Foreign into Bangladesh from Rakhine pect’s crotch. The spokeswoman said that sell on as pets. Minister Abdul Kalam Abdul since August 2017 when In a statement, they hailed their hiding items, such as contra- If found guilty, the alleged smuggler Momen said Tuesday. Momen, Myanmar launched a brutal “fur-midable” officers for stopping the band cigarettes, under clothing faces up to a year in prison and a maxi- 71, also said Prime Minister military crackdown, dubbed by “impawsible” attempt to transport is a common method of smug- mum fine of USD 7,300.Singapore impos- Sheikh Hasina directed him to UN as a “textbook example of the animals in a car through a bor- gling. “But to stuff four live kit- es strict requirements for those wishing to intensify cooperation with ethnic cleansing” and “geno- der checkpoint with neighbouring tens into one’s trousers - this is bring cats into the country legally, which neighbours on the basis of cide” by international rights Malaysia. “Our officers were the first time we’ve seen it,” she include obtaining an import licence and “solid partnership” and ensure watchdogs, sparking a global checking the travellers in the car, added. health certificate.Immigration authori- that the foreign office acts as a uproar. they heard a meowing and saw The kittens survived the ties warn that animals smuggled into partner of other ministries to Momen is a new face in the the bulge in the man’s pants,” ordeal - the Agri-Food and Singapore may be carrying diseases, such draw more foreign investments ruling Awami League. He pre- an immigration authority Veterinary Authority, which is as rabies. in the country. viously served as Bangladesh’s “My main focus will be to Prime Minister politically appointed perma- pursue a vigorous economic Sheikh Hasina nent envoy to the UN with con- diplomacy with all major coun- current accreditation to South tries and particularly the neigh- all major foreign nations like India-Bangladesh relationship American republics of Chile Satellite images can precisely assess poverty bours,” Momen told PTI in an the US, the UK and France when complicated issues of and Peru. He started his career PTI n LONDON interview a day after assuming keeping Bangladesh’s integrity land and coastal boundaries as a civil servant in early 1970s other things, the size of buildings expensive household surveys the office, indicating that the intact. were resolved, Modi said at the to later became an economics igh-resolution satellite data and areas of uncultivated soil with interviews. In particular, new government wanted to “In no time in the recent time. professor in the US. Hcan very precisely assess the and the length of the growing the use of satellite data makes it reap the benefit of the friend- history, our relations with India During 2018, the two Having a doctorate degree status of poverty at household season on a number of family possible to analyse the eco- ships with both India and was so good. We will maintain countries launched many in economics and MBA in level in rural areas of develop- run farms. nomic development at much China. it and rather take it to another development cooperation pro- business from Boston’s ing countries, according to a The images also reveal greater geographical scale and An economist by back- level,” he said. Simultaneously, jects, including the construc- Northeastern University and study. If countries are to achieve how people use the landscape with a high temporal frequency. ground, Momen said his office Bangladesh would try to reap tion of the Akhaura-Agartala MPA in public administration, the UN Sustainable around their homes and how “The use of satellite images would effectively do its part to benefits of its ties with China rail line and the restoration of public policy and internation- Development Goals, it is par- this changes over time. The makes it much, much cheaper to elevate the country’s status as a as it offered a huge amount as Kulaura-Shahbazpur section al economics from the Harvard ticularly important to track the researchers show that a thor- keep track of how far we are in higher middle income by 2021 credit for the country’s devel- of railway line. University, Momen was elect- living conditions in poor nations said. ough analysis of satellite images reaching the UN’s goals for sus- as envisaged by the premier opment, Momen said. Asked about major chal- ed from the northeastern Sylhet around the world where the “Based on high-resolution can explain 62 per cent of the tainable development,” said Gary and draw the required foreign Bangladesh’s ties with India lenges, Momen referred to the constituency. future population growth is satellite images, we can very pre- variation in the economic con- R Watmough, who headed the assistance in implementing the last year grew steadily, with Rohingya crisis and preferred His elder brother, AMA highest, according to a study cisely assess the status of pover- ditions of the individual house- research and is now employed at government’s ambitious devel- high-level visits from both to call it “an economic issue” Muhith, was elected to parlia- published in the journal PNAS. ty at household level in rural holds. As satellite images are rel- the University of Edinburgh, opment plans. Momen said sides. Prime Minister Hasina but feared it could affect the ment from the same con- It can be difficult to make a areas in developing countries,” atively cheap and increasingly Scotland. intense relations with neigh- visited India in May last during regional stability unless stituency during the last par- global assessment of poverty and said Jens-Christian Svenning, a freely available, the study “If conventional assessments bours like India and China which she held talks with addressed through a conserted liament election and served as poor economic conditions, but professor at the Aarhus demonstrates that space-based of the households’ economic would remain as a major pol- Prime Minister Narendra effort involving nations in the Bangladesh’s longest serving an eye in the sky can provide a University in Denmark. In an monitoring is a cost-effective conditions were used, the cost icy while he would try to cul- Modi. The last few years have neighbourhood. finance minister in Hasina’s good hint of the living condi- agricultural area in Kenya, the method to track socio-economic would be more than USD 250 tivate more effective ties with been a “golden chapter” in “The issue needs to be cabinet. tions of populations, researchers researchers measured, among development as a supplement to billion,” Watmough said. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 world 14

UNHCR examining Saudi woman’s Vikram Misri Tax refunds will go out takes charge asylum bid as family due in Bangkok as India’s new on time: Trump official AFP n BANGKOK envoy to China he asylum claim of a Saudi Twoman who resisted PTI n BEIJING deportation from Thailand will take several days to assess, the ikram Misri on Tuesday UN said Tuesday, as the 18- Vassumed charge as India’s year-old’s family, who she new ambassador to China and accuses of abusing her, was due met top Chinese officials to dis- to arrive in Bangkok. Rahaf cussed Sino-India ties, at a Mohammed al-Qunun arrived time when the two Asian giants at Bangkok’s main airport on a are trying to boost their bilat- flight from Kuwait after run- eral ties. ning away from her family, who Misri presented a copy of she alleges subjected her to his credentials to Hong Lei, physical and psychological Deputy Director General of abuse. Protocol at the Ministry of Qunun said she planned to Foreign Affairs in Beijing. seek asylum in Australia, fear- He met Wu Jianghao, ing she would be killed if sent Director General of Asian back by Thai immigration offi- Affairs of the Chinese Ministry cials who stopped her at the air- of Foreign Affairs and port on Sunday. Saudi Arabia’s exchanged views on India- Transportation Security Administration agents help passengers through a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International human rights record has been China bilateral relations, the Airport in Newark, N.J., Monday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., suggested Sunday that the partial government under heavy scrutiny since the Indian Embassy here tweeted. shutdown is disrupting operations. AP murder of journalist Jamal A 1989-batch India AP n Khashoggi last year. Foreign Service (IFS) officer, WASHINGTON refunds, giving them an individual bills to reopen fed- Initially, Thai authorities Misri, 54, replaced Gautam ith the government incentive to file their returns eral agencies in the coming said Qunun would be sent Bambawale who retired in Wshutdown in its third early. Many lower-income days — starting with the IRS’ back to Saudi Arabia. But as her November last year. week and concern mounting people count on refunds as parent Treasury Department plight pinballed across social Misri has taken the charge over a possible delay in tax their biggest cash infusion of to ensure Americans receive media - including tweets about of the country’s envoy at a time refunds, a Trump adminis- the year. The IRS might recall their refunds. Some Senate how she had barricaded herself when India and China are try- tration official said Monday a large number of furloughed Republicans have been grow- in a hotel room - they abrupt- ing to deepen their cooperation that taxpayers who are owed employees to process returns ing increasingly anxious about ly changed course and allowed in various areas, leaving behind money will be paid on time. — probably without pay — in the extended shutdown and her to leave the airport Monday In this photo released by the Thailand Immigration Police, Saudi Arabia's Charge Affaires Abdalelah Mohammed A. Alsheaiby, 2017 Doklam standoff which Russell Vought, acting direc- accordance with its usual con- could support such legislation in the care of the UN’s refugee left, shakes hands with Chief of Immigration Police Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn at the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Bangkok on was the most serious military tor of the White House bud- tingency plans. Still, hundreds from the Democratic-led agency. Tuesday. Thailand's Immigration Police chief met Tuesday with officials of the Saudi Embassy in Bangkok and said the officials face-off in decades. get office, said customary of billions in refunds would House. The UNHCR said it was told him they are satisfied with how the case of the young Saudi woman who claims to be fleeing her abusive family has been Before his appointment as rules will be changed to make likely still be delayed because With the White House “very grateful” officials did not settled. AP India’s ambassador to China, the payments possible. He funding wouldn’t be avail- announcement on refunds, send Qunun back against her Misri served as Indian envoy in told reporters Monday that an able, under current rules. “They’re reversing a long- will. “It could take several days embassy in Bangkok Tuesday, kingdom, “to inform him on allows male family members to Myanmar. “indefinite appropriation” was Some experts question standing legal position,” said to process the case and deter- the Saudi government said it her situation”. make decisions on behalf of He has served in various available for the refunds, whether the Trump adminis- Howard Gleckman, senior fel- mine next steps,” the UNHCR had not demanded her depor- Thai immigration chief female relatives. Qunun has capacities at the headquarters which would go out as nor- tration has the legal authori- low and tax expert at the representative in Thailand, tation, adding the case is a Surachate Hakparn told said she believes she will be of the Ministry of External mal. ty to reverse earlier policies to Urban Institute. But, he added Giuseppe de Vicentiis, said in “family affair”, but under the reporters that Qunun’s father imprisoned or killed if sent Affairs (MEA) as well as in the The partial government allow government money to wryly, “Who’s going to sue? It a statement. Thailand is not a “care and attention” of the and brother were due in back, and that her family is so Prime Minister’s Office. He shutdown couldn’t have come flow into refunds during a would be hard to show dam- signatory to a UN convention embassy. Thailand later on Tuesday. He strict it once locked her in a has also served in various at a worse time for the Internal shutdown. Vought framed the ages. ... So they might be able on refugees, and asylum seek- In an earlier and separate said he would talk to the UN room for six months for cutting Indian Missions in Europe, Revenue Service. Tax-filing move as part of President to get away with it.” ers are typically deported or explanation released on Twitter, refugee agency about the her hair. Africa, Asia and North season opens soon, and while Donald Trump’s goal to make A senior administration wait years to be resettled in the embassy also denied send- potential of a meeting between Under the hashtag America. those who owe Uncle Sam will the shutdown “as painless as official cited a 2011 position third countries. ing officials to Suvarnabhumi the family members. #SaveRahaf, the young woman’s He was born in Srinagar likely still have to pay up by possible.” of the chief counsel at the IRS The UNHCR insists any- airport to meet Qunun as she “Rahaf is not a political desperate pleas became a social and did his schooling from the April 15, people who were due The administration’s that such payments are legal- one with an asylum claim arrived via Kuwait or asylum case,” he insisted. “It is media sensation, and she was Scindia School in Gwalior and money back have been wor- announcement came as US ly allowed during a shutdown. should not be sent back to the impounding her passport - as not political at all.” Ultra-con- able to post live updates and earned a Bachelor’s degree in rying about a delay if the clo- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, The official spoke on condi- country they fled under the she alleged. It also said the servative Saudi Arabia has videos from the Bangkok air- History from the Hindu sure persists. now wielding majority control tion of anonymity because principle of non-refoulement. embassy had made contact some of the world’s toughest port in both Arabic and College, University of Delhi. About three-quarters of of the House, signaled her they weren’t authorized to In a short press release dis- with her father, a senior region- restrictions on women, includ- English, racking up more than Misri is also an MBA from taxpayers receive annual intention to begin passing speak publicly to reporters. tributed to media outside their al government official in the ing a guardianship system that 80,000 followers. XLRI, Jamshedpur. US court rejects Rajat ‘Unfairly detained’: Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn protests innocence Gupta’s bid to overturn AFP n TOKYO release, only for prosecutors to him to escape.” Ghosn is them in court. “I never received produce further allegations expected to be kept in custody any compensation from Nissan ormer Nissan boss Carlos against him to continue his cus- until at least January 11. that was not disclosed,” he insider-trading conviction FGhosn said Tuesday he had tody. He faces a host of allega- said. been “wrongly accused and In an indication of the tions of financial impropriety. He added that Nissan PTI n NEW YORK unfairly detained” at a high- interest the case has sparked in Prosecutors have formally never incurred any losses from profile court hearing in Japan, Japan, more than 1,000 people charged him over suspicions he his foreign exchange contracts n a fresh setback to India- his first appearance since his waited outside the court from under-declared some five bil- and that the Saudi partner, Iborn former Goldman Sachs arrest in November rocked the the early hours in the hope of lion yen ($44 million) from his Khaled Juffali, was “appropri- director Rajat Gupta, a US business world. Entering the getting one of just 14 tickets for salary in documents to ately compensated” for “critical court here has rejected his bid court handcuffed and with a the public gallery. investors over five fiscal years services that substantially ben- to throw out his 2012 insider- rope around his waist, the Tuesday’s hearing itself from 2010 — apparently to efited Nissan”. A statement trading conviction, affirming a once-revered titan of the auto caught observers off-guard as avoid accusations he was paid issued on behalf of Juffali’s lower court’s ruling in the case. industry mounted a passionate Ghosn’s lawyers deployed a too much. company, the first since the The Second Circuit Court of defence against a string of rarely-used article of the Authorities also suspect he allegations emerged, said the Appeals, in an order issued financial misconduct allega- showed no emotion and most- with integrity” and had never Japanese Constitution to force continued this scheme over the compensation was for work Monday, said “we have con- tions. The 64-year-old was ly faced forward or looked before been accused of any the court to explain the reasons next three tax years, seeking to done to benefit Nissan, includ- sidered all of Gupta’s arguments thinner — his family says he down, glancing occasionally wrongdoing. for his detention. Presiding defer another four billion yen ing resolving a local business on this appeal and have found has lost up to 20 kilogrammes at the gallery in the packed “I have acted honourably, Judge Yuichi Tada read out the of his salary until after retire- dispute and lobbying for the them to be without merit. The (44 pounds) due to the rice- courtroom as journalists and legally and with the knowledge charges against Ghosn and ment. A third, more complex, approval for a new plant in judgment of the district court Rajaratnam were business asso- based diet in his Tokyo deten- sketch artists rushed in and out. and approval of the appropri- said he was being detained accusation is that he sought to Saudi Arabia. is affirmed.” ciates. Gupta had invested sev- tion centre — and his hair was His cheekbones were more ate executives inside the com- because he was a flight risk and shift personal foreign exchange A towering figure in the Gupta, 70, is a free man eral million dollars in Galleon greying. He appeared in a dark prominent as a result of the pany,” stressed Ghosn. From there was a possibility he would losses onto Nissan’s books and auto industry, Ghosn is credit- now after completing a prison funds. In 2005, Gupta and suit without a tie and wore dark weight loss but the executive the moment on November 19 conceal evidence. then paid a business contact ed with turning around a term in 2016 on insider trad- Rajaratnam invested in anoth- green plastic slippers. otherwise appeared in decent that prosecutors stormed his The suspect has “bases in from Saudi Arabia some $14.7 struggling Nissan — also giv- ing charges but has been fight- er investment fund capitalised “I have been wrongly health, coughing occasionally private jet at a Tokyo airport, foreign countries” and may million — supposedly from ing him a high profile rare for ing to overturn his conviction, with USD 50 million; Gupta accused and unfairly detained during the hearing. the twists and turns of the “escape”, Tada said. Go Kondo, company funds — who foreign executives in Japan. arguing that he served two originally contributed USD 5 based on meritless and unsub- In a career spanning Ghosn case have gripped Japan one of Ghosn’s lawyers, coun- allegedly stumped up collater- He forged an unlikely three- years in jail for conduct that is million; he later doubled his stantiated accusations,” he told decades, during which he won and the business world. tered: “There is no risk that he al for him. Ghosn has not way alliance between not criminal even though the investment with USD 5 million the Tokyo District Court in a praise for turning around the At one point, the Franco- will run away. He’s CEO of been formally charged over Mitsubishi Motors, Renault government lacked evidence to loaned to him by Rajaratnam. clear and steady voice. struggling Japanese car maker, Lebanese-Brazilian tycoon French company Renault. He’s the latter two allegations and and Nissan that now outsells show he “received even a In early 2008, Gupta was made Throughout proceedings, he he said he had “always acted appeared on the point of widely known so it’s difficult for systematically rebutted all of any other rival group. penny” for passing confidential chairman of Galleon boardroom information to now International, which, as of April jailed hedge-fund manager Raj 2008, managed assets totaling Rajaratnam. some USD 1.1 billion and Human trafficking takes on ‘horrific dimensions’; German, 20, confesses Gupta’s team of lawyers could earn performance fees; had argued in papers before the Gupta was given a 15 per cent Second Circuit Court of ownership stake in that fund. almost a third of victims are children: UN report to massive data hack Appeals that the judgement of The appeals court ruled PTI n UNITED NATIONS the Manhattan district court that the jury was instructed that data, the global trend has shown spurred by ‘annoyance’ finding Gupta guilty of insid- in order to convict Gupta on rafficking victims from a steady increase since 2010. er trading “should be reversed” any given count, it must find TSouth Asian countries Asia and the Americas are the AFP n BERLIN and his “conviction should be that Gupta anticipated that including India are detected in regions which have seen the erman authorities on vacated”. Rajaratnam or others at many parts of Europe, accord- largest increase in the numbers GTuesday said a 20-year-old In its ruling, the appeals Galleon would trade on the ing to a new UN report that said of victims detected, which may hacker had confessed to stealing court said that “Gupta’s con- basis of the non-public infor- human trafficking has taken be explained by improved and leaking private data from victions of engaging in and mation provided by Gupta and “horrific dimensions” with chil- methods of detecting, recording hundreds of politicians, includ- conspiring to engage in an that Gupta, in return for pro- dren accounting for a third of and reporting data on traffick- ing Chancellor Angela Merkel, insider trading scheme were viding this information, antic- those being trafficked. ing – or a real increase in the because he was “annoyed” by based on evidence that on sev- ipated receiving some person- The ‘Global Report on number of victims. some of their public statements. eral occasions Gupta, while al benefit. Trafficking in Persons 2018’ Most victims of trafficking The young German, who lives serving on boards of directors “There was ample evidence from the UN Office on Drugs detected outside their region of with his parents, was taken into of various companies, disclosed to permit the jury to find that and Crime (UNODC) draws on origin are from East Asia, fol- custody after police searched the material nonpublic information Gupta intended Rajaratnam to information from 142 countries, lowed by sub-Saharan Africa: family home in the western state affected around 1,000 German about those companies to his trade on the basis of the con- examining trafficking trends whilst there has been an of Hesse on Sunday. The suspect politicians, journalists and friend and business associate fidential information Gupta and patterns. and Sri Lanka. Victims from in South-East Asia. increase in the number of con- was not remanded in custody celebrities and piled political Raj Rajaratnam, founder of passed to him and that Gupta The report said human traf- Afghanistan have been detect- Based on the limited infor- victions for trafficking in these however because he was fully pressure on the government. the Galleon Group, a family of personally benefited,” the ficking is taking on “horrific ed in the Nordic countries, the mation available for Bangladesh, regions, the study concluding cooperating with the enquiry The information leaked online hedge funds that invested bil- appeals court said. dimensions”, with sexual Netherlands, and the United Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan, that large areas of impunity still and not deemed a flight risk, said comprised home addresses, lions of dollars for its principals It cited the September 23, exploitation of victims the main Kingdom,” it said. female victims in this sub- exist in many Asian and African Georg Ungefuk, a spokesman for mobile phone numbers, letters, and clients.” Gupta filed the 2008 phone call Gupta made to driver. Children now account The report further said that region account for 59 per cent countries, and conviction rates the Frankfurt prosecution ser- invoices and copies of identity appeal based on a landmark Rajaratnam just minutes after for 30 per cent of those being as an origin area for trafficking of the total detected victims. for trafficking remain very low. vice’s internet crime office ZIT. documents. The data was first ruling by the Manhattan getting off a Goldman board trafficked, and far more girls are to the rest of the world, victims UNODC Executive Trafficking for sexual exploita- “The accused said he pub- released via Twitter in December appeals court that for an insid- meeting during which he had detected than boys. from South Asia have been Director said Yury Fedotov said tion is the most prevalent form lished the data because he had but its spread gathered pace last er trading conviction prosecu- learned that billionaire Warren Victims from South Asia detected in more than 40 coun- that “human trafficking has in European countries, whilst in been annoyed by certain state- week. tors must show that a defen- Buffett was about to invest (and South-West Asia) are also tries around the world. taken on horrific dimensions as sub-Saharan Africa and the ments made by those affected,” Among those hit were dant received a personal ben- USD 5 billion in Goldman. It detected in many parts of The main destinations armed groups and terrorists Middle East, forced labour is the Ungefuk told a press conference members of the Bundestag lower efit for passing illegal tips. also cited the call Gupta made Western and Southern Europe. appear to be the countries of the use it to spread fear and gain vic- main factor driving the illicit in Wiesbaden. house of parliament and the Gupta’s lawyers have cited the to Rajaratnam on October 23, They account for about 5 per Gulf Cooperation Council in tims to offer as incentives to trade. The suspect, who because of European Parliament as well as ruling that led to the reversal of 2008, again just minutes after cent of the total detected victims the Middle East. To a lesser recruit new fighters,” citing Women and girls make up his young age falls under juvenile regional and local assemblies. insider convictions of hedge- learning in a Goldman Sachs in this subregion. extent, victims from South Asia child soldiers, forced labour most trafficking victims world- law in Germany, told police he Deputies from all parties repre- fund managers Todd Newman board-of-directors conference “Victims are trafficked have been detected in Western and sexual slavery as examples. wide: almost three-quarters of acted alone. sented in the Bundestag were tar- and Anthony Chiasson in call that Goldman would report from most South Asian coun- and Southern Europe and in While the average numbers of them are trafficked for sexual Ungefuk added that the geted with the exception of the December 2014.The appeals a quarterly financial loss, a first tries, including Bangladesh, North America. Victims from reported victims had fluctuated exploitation, and 35 per cent young man had shown “clear far-right Alternative for court noted that there is ample in its history as a public com- India, and Pakistan, and to a South Asia - Bangladesh and during the earlier years for (women and girls) are traf- remorse” about the stunning Germany (AfD), the largest evidence that Gupta and pany. limited extent also from Nepal India - have also been detected which UNODC had collected ficked for forced labour. cyber security breach which opposition group in parliament. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 sport 15

SINGLES PAK RESCHEDULES KABBADI SERIES Wolves throw Liverpool out of FA Cup Karachi: The Tri-nation Kabbadi International series involving India, Pakistan and Iran was rescheduled after the organisers on Tuesday failed to get security clearance for the inaugural matches in Jhang. The organizers said that the series was scheduled to start from Tuesday with Goals from Raul Jimenez and Neves sent the hosts into fourth round a clash between Pakistan and Indian teams at Jhang but the tournament will now be held from January 10 to 14. "We didn't get security clearance AFP ■ WOLVERHAMPTON handed debuts. strike." Only a brilliant save from from the interior ministry and now the event will start from January 10th However it was the visitors' most Ruddy denied Xherdan Shaqiri a from Bahawalpur and continue in Sahiwal and end in Lahore on the iverpool manager Jurgen Klopp experienced player, Milner, who was stunning equaliser and Liverpool a 14th," the organisers said. believes an early injury to at fault for the opening goal when replay as the Swiss's free-kick was Ldefender Dejan Lovren high- Diogo Jota caught the former touched onto the inside of the post EGYPT TO HOST AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS lighted why he chose to name a sec- England international in possession by the Wolves goalkeeper. Klopp had Dakar: Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations between June 15 ond-string side in bowing out of the in midfield and put Jimenez clean a final roll of the dice by throwing and July 13, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad FA Cup 2-1 to Wolves on Monday. through for the Mexican to score his on Salah and Firmino for the final 20 Ahmad announced on Tuesday. The CAF executive committee preferred Klopp made nine changes to the seventh goal of the season. minutes, but even their firepower Egypt to South Africa as replacements for original hosts Cameroon, who side that lost narrowly for the first Without Mohamed Salah, failed to spark a fightback and were dropped due to delays in preparations and concerns over security. time in the Premier League this sea- Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, Klopp's team selection will now be It will be the fifth time Egypt stage the biennial showpiece of African son to Manchester City on Thursday, Liverpool were struggling to get seriously questioned as he is still to football after 1959, when the country was called the United Arab with Lovren one of only two players any momentum going forward. deliver a trophy in his four seasons Republic, 1974, 1986 and 2006. Egypt only entered the running to host to retain their place. But the visitors were level out of in charge. the Cup of Nations when fellow north African country Morocco However, the Croatian pulled up nothing when Origi collected a However, with Liverpool still in announced they would not bid to do so. with a hamstring injury after just six loose ball on the edge of the area six pole position to deliver a first league minutes and was replaced by 16-year- minutes into the second period and title in 29 years, the German coach WEAH JOINS CELTIC ON LOAN FROM PSG old Ki-Jana Hoever. smashed the ball high past John defended his selection to minimise Paris: Scottish champions Celtic reinforced their striking options on "Hamstring, is what I heard - Ruddy. the chance of his stars suffering without any signs before," said Klopp Wolves, though, have made a injuries. Monday with the signing of USA international Timothy Weah on loan on what forced Lovren off. "I asked habit of upsetting the Premier "We played a similar line-up and from Paris Saint-Germain for the rest of the season. Son of 1995 Ballon everybody, no signs, nothing, just out League's established top six in their had three tough games in the last d'Or winner and Liberian president George Weah, the 18-year-old has of the blue, so that's the decision you first season back in the top flight. couple of weeks, so it was clear we scored two goals in three appearances for PSG this season but saw his have to make. After beating Chelsea and had to change," Klopp added after a opportunities limited by a star front three of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and "I am not sure what you all Tottenham and holding City, run of four Premier League games in Edinson Cavani. "He has a long career ahead of him but he has those would have said if immediately from Manchester United and Arsenal in 13 days over the festive period. natural attributes in terms of his pace and technique. He's hungry too," the beginning if our centre-half sit- the Premier League, Liverpool can "The intensity of the last few Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers told the club's website. uation was Fabinho and Ki-Jana; then Wolverhampton's Ruben Neves, left, celebrates after scoring his sides second goal during the English now be added to the list of scalps for games gave me the information it probably a few very smart people FA Cup third round match against Liverpool at the Molineux Stadium AP Nuno Espirito Santo's side thanks to was not possible to start with these KROOS FACING 3-WEEK INJURY LAYOFF would tell me that I don't respect the a wonder strike from Neves. three up front. Only Dejan played a Madrid: Spanish football giants Real Madrid have announced that their competition or whatever." they will face Shrewsbury or Stoke Hoever's introduction meant "He has talent, he has done it lot of games in the last three or four German midfielder Toni Kroos faces three weeks on the sidelines after Goals from Raul Jimenez and City, despite Divock Origi's fine Liverpool fielded three teenagers for before and we encourage him to weeks, pretty much all the tearing his left hamstring. Kroos will miss both legs of the club's Copa Ruben Neves either side of half-time strike briefly bringing Liverpool the majority of the match with Rafael shoot from range," said Wolves boss games...He played today and was del Rey tie against Leganes as well as La Liga matches against Real Betis sent the hosts into round four, where level after the break. Camacho and Curtis Jones also Nuno Espirito Santo. "It was a good injured." and Sevilla. The 2014 World Cup winner, who celebrated his 29th birthday last Friday, has played 14 league matches so far this season, contributing one assist. Real Madrid have been beset with injuries since UP stretch the lead to 202 runs the beginning of the 2018-19 season, and are currently languishing in Mumbai on brink of maiden win 5th place in La Liga. KANPUR: Host Uttar storm into the last eight of the hosts Haryana needed 98 runs RAMKUMAR, ANKITA MAKE WINNING START PTI ■ MUMBAI Pradesh secured the crucial national championship. to win against Services, with 53) were again the main Melbourne: India's Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina first innings lead, ended the With this empathic win, nine wickets in hand. destroyers in the visitors second recorded straight sets victories to make a promising start at the second day at 377 for 5 in the Rajasthan became the first Haryana conceded the first osts Mumbai, who are innings. second essay against touring team from the group to quali- innings lead, but fought back Halready out of contention At Rajkot, Saurshtra post- Australian Open qualifiers but Karman Kaur Thandi went down fighting Assam in the Ranji Trophy fy for the knockout rounds by and dismissed Services for just for a quarter-final berth, are on ed 356 in their first innings with in the first round here on Tuesday. Seeded 21st, Ramkumar knocked out Elite Group C match at Green topping the pool with 51 79 in their second essay to tilt the cusp of registering their first some vital contributions from Spain's Sergio Guiterrez-Ferrol 6-3, 6-2 in his men's singles opening Park, Kanpur on on Tuesday. points, having won 7 of their 9 the match in their favour. win of the season against the lower-order against reign- round. Appearing in her third Grand Slam Qualifiers, Ankita (ranked 205) Middle-order batsman matches. At Bhubaneshwar, Odisha Chhattisgarh in their Elite Mumbai, who had bundled ing champions Vidarbha. got the better of Myrtille Georges (ranked 238) from France 6-2, 6-2 in Rinku Singh unbeaten on 96. After bowling out Tripura secured the crucial first innings Group A game. out the opposition for 129 in the At close of play, Vidarbha her opening round. UP is now 202 runs ahead. for a paltry 35 in their first lead against Goa. The hosts, At the end of day two of the first innings on Monday, replied were 63 for 2, having lost their At Agartala , Rajasthan innings, Rajasthan took a dom- who decided not to enforce the four-day game at the Wankhede with 188 after starting day two openers Aharva Taide and Faiz CHAMPIONS CLUB THRASH KALYANPUR STRIKERS trounced Tripura by an innings inant 183-run lead by scoring follow-on, ended the second Stadium, the 41-time champions on 118 for three. Fazal, and adrift by 293 runs. LUCKNOW: Man of the match Pyoosh and 77 runs to book a berth in 218 in their first essay. day at 37 for 1 as the overall needed 14 runs more to notch The hosts then shot out the In another inconsequential Kusumwal (54 runs and 4 wickets) and the quarter-finals. Chahar wreaked havoc as lead swelled to 273 runs. a consolation victory. visitors for 149 in the second Elite Group A tie, hosts Railways Pranjal Sharma’s five wicket haul helped Led by pace spearhead he returned with figures of 5- At Jammu, Jammu and Mumbai ended the second innings to place themselves on thrashed Maharashtra by an Champions Cricket Club thrash Kalyanpur Deepak Chahar, the Rajasthan 17 in just eight overs and was Kashmir, who chose to bat, day at 77 for 0 in their second the cusp of their maiden out- innings and 58 runs in New Strikers Club by 225 runs in BBD ‘D’ bowlers bundled out Tripura well supported by pacers were shot out for 151 with Ajay innings, chasing a target of 91, right win of the season. Delhi. Railways bundled out Division Cricket League on Tuesday. for 106 in the second innings Aniket Choudhary (2-18) and Yadav (5-16) being the wreck- with their openers Jay Bista (36 First innings wreckers-in- Maharashtra for 131 in the sec- Batting first, CCC piled up 275 runs in to guide their team to a mas- T M Haq (2-21). er-in-chief for the not out) and Vikrant Auti (32 chief, pacers Shardul Thakur (4- ond to record the win and their quota of overs. In reply, KS were sive victory and enable it to Meanwhile, at Rohtak, visitors. not out) at the crease. 47) and Tushar Deshpande (4- grabbed seven points. bundled out for mere 50 runs. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2019 sport 16 PUJARA, PANT RISE IN RANKINGS

PTI ■ DUBAI heteshwar Pujara has gained a IPL to stay in India spot to be third in the latest ICC Cbatsmen rankings, following his man of the series performance in India's maiden Test series win in PTI ■ NEW DELHI Rai said the specific venues Australia. and match dates will worked Wickeet-keeper batsman Rishabh he Indian Premier League out later after due consultation Pant has jumped as many as 21 places T(IPL) will stay in the coun- with government agencies. to be 17th, the joint-highest by a spe- try despite a speculated clash of "Once we chalk out the cialist India wicketkeeper along with dates with the general elections itinerary, we will get the dates Farokh Engineer, who did so in January Bumrah rested but the glitzy T20 extravagan- and venues cleared by various 1973. M S Dhoni's highest Test rank- from Aus ODIs, NZ tour za will start earlier than usual, govt agencies," he said. ing was 19th. from March 23, the Committee Tuesday's decision ended India captain Virat Kohli has main- PTI ■ SYDNEY of Administrators announced months of speculation about tained his number one position in the on Tuesday. the league's venue this year batsmen rankings. n-form Indian pacer Jasprit The two-member CoA, given the possibility of a clash Pant, a star at the ICC U19 Cricket IBumrah was on Tuesday rested comprising chairman Vinod of dates with the Lok Sabha World Cup in 2016 when he scored an from the upcoming ODI series Rai and former women's cap- elections, the schedule of which 18-ball half-century against Nepal, has against Australia and the subsequent tain Diana Edulji, met on is not yet out. moved into the top-20 after only his tour of New Zealand with Tuesday to discuss the venues It is learnt that the cash-rich ninth Test with an unbeaten 159. Pant Mohammad Siraj replacing the and window for the league. tournament has been kept in the had started the Australia tour in 59th hero of the team's maiden Test series "We will have all the pri- country keeping in view the fact place and made rapid progress, scoring triumph Down Under. mary venues backed up by that the elections will be held in 350 runs in a series that also saw him With 21 scalps, Bumrah ended alternate venues in case there is phases and it wouldn't be too take 20 catches. the four-Test series as the joint-lead- a need to shift much of a logistical issue Pujara, who scored 521 runs to help ing wicket-taker alongside matches. This to schedule the games beat Australia 2-1, is another batsman Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon. will be done in accordingly. to gain in the latest rankings update, "Keeping in mind the work load consultation with "The CoA will which also takes into account perfor- ond place among all-rounders. of the bowler, it was best felt to give central and state have detailed discus- mances in the second Test between South Africa's Aiden Markram has him adequate rest ahead of the government author- sion with all the South Africa and Pakistan in Cape moved back into the top 10 after his home series against Australia. ities as well as secu- Stakeholders before Town. BCCI announces cash awards knock of 78 at Cape Town, gaining Mohammed Siraj will replace rity agencies," Rai said. releasing the IPL 2019 Pujara has gained one slot to reach seven slots to reach 10th position. Bumrah in the squad for the "The specific reason for Schedule," a BCCI statement third position while all-rounder PTI ■ NEW DELHI for all the reserve players, as well Temba Bavuma has moved into the top Australia and New Zealand tour," having a back-up venue is to read. Ravindra Jadeja (up six places to 57th) as the members of the support 30 for the first time (up five places to said the BCCI in a statement. ensure that we don't have any As per the new BCCI con- and rookie opener Mayank Agarwal he BCCI on Tuesday staff. 26th) after his score of 75 while cap- "Punjab pacer Siddarth Kaul issue if there is polling or stitution, there has to be a 15- (up five places to 62nd) are the others Tannounced cash awards of `15 "The bonuses will be equiva- tain Faf du Plessis's first-innings cen- has also been drafted into the recounting or PM's rally in day gap between the end of the from his team to advance at the end of lakhs per match for each of the lent to the actual match-fee tury has lifted him six places to 16th squad for the three-match T20I any of the states once the elec- IPL and India's international a historic series win. playing eleven that featured in payable: which is `15 Lakhs per position. series against New Zealand," it tion dates are announced," he engagements. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav has gained India's maiden Test series win on match for Playing XI and `7.5 Among their bowlers, Vernon added. added. The IPL has been played seven slots to reach a career-best 45th Australian soil. Lakhs per match for the reserve Philander has gained one slot to reach Bumrah, who made his Test The last time the IPL start- outside India twice due to gen- position after his figures of five for 99 Virat Kohli and Co defeated players," the BCCI said in a release. third position while Duanne Olivier debut just 12 months ago, has ed in March was back in 2010. eral elections. In 2009, the edi- in Australia's first innings even as Jasprit Australia 2-1 in the four-match The coaches will be awarded has continued his surge to move up to become India's go to pacer in all After that, the league has always tion was moved to South Africa, Bumrah has held on to 16th position Test series Down Under, ending with `25 lakhs each, while the the 32nd place from 36th. three formats. kicked off in the first half of while in 2014, some games and Mohammed Shami has gained one India's 71-year-old wait for the rare non-coaching support staff will There has been no change in India play three ODIs against April and ended in late May. were played in the UAE. place to take the 22nd slot. Jadeja has achievement. receive bonuses which will be position or points for leaders India in Australia starting here on Saturday The early start this year is That the IPL will stay in the gained one place to reach fifth among Congratulating the team, the equivalent to the pro-rata the team rankings, while Australia have before travelling to New Zealand for because of the ODI World Cup country was first hinted by bowlers and has also leapfrogged BCCI also announced cash awards salary/professional fee. lost one point but remain in fifth posi- a five-ODI and three-T20I assign- in England which will get BCCI officials during the play- Windies captain Jason Holder into sec- tion. ment starting January 23. underway from May 30. ers' auction in Jaipur last month. Kohli leads India's best pace, ‘Aussie batsmen were fielding team: Chappell needlessly aggressive' PTI ■ NEW DELHI PTI ■ SYDNEY ormer Australia captain FIan Chappell feels the Virat ormer Australia international Simon Kohli-led side is India's best in FKatich on Tuesday said the Indian pac- pace bowling and fielding but ers' ability to maintain "scoreboard pressure" it is nowhere close to being the on impatient and needlessly aggressive best in batting. home batsmen proved to be decisive in vis- The historic victory in itors maiden Test series triumph. Australian team members stand by as India's Virat Kohli accepts the winners trophy AP Australia has garnered wide- India won the four-Test series 2-1 with spread praise for Kohli's men the fourth Test ending in a draw. Katich said with several former players that Australian batsmen couldn't manage lauding the gritty perfor- period of pressure well enough. Smith, Warner return no mance. "On previous tours they (pacers) haven't Asked if this was the best been doing well in these conditions. But in Indian team of all time on this series, this pace attack was magnificent The Indian cricket team and support staff pose for a photo AP cure-all for Aus: Vaughan 'ESPNCricinfo', Chappell said, and they built scoreboard pressure. They have "This Indian side is the best much-vaunted batting was, Chappell said the Indian got pace and variety, and they were also able fast bowling contingent I have for once, overshadowed by bowlers did well to exploit the to move the ball. Perhaps that has been the Former English skipper feels Aussies are seen from India and the best the team's pacers. conditions. big difference in the two teams," Katich said. kidding themselves thinking all will be fielding side that I have seen The Indian pacers "I thought the Indian "India's bowlers were really patient and from India." accounted for 50 of the 70 bowlers did really well and Australia's batsmen haven't been patient rosy when Smith, Warner return "But it's not the best bat- Australian wickets during the overall they out-bowled the enough to withstand that pressure. And very ting side. I have seen better engagement. Australians. They got more good spinners backed up the pacers, whether batting combinations from The visiting pace trio of swing than the Australian it was Ashwin, Kuldeep or Jadeja," he said. got a lot of starts and didn't go on to make PTI ■ SYDNEY will be rosy when Smith and India than this team," he Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma bowlers. Katich said Australian batsmen did not a big one, much like the other batsmen. Warner come back. added, but did not dwell on and Mohammed Shami com- "I think the seam position apply themselves after getting starts. "When Australia look back at series, they ormer England captain Michael "For the Ashes this summer, which batting line-up he con- bined for an average of 21.62 of the Indian fast bowlers was "At times the Australian batsmen showed will see they have got out trying to be too FVaughan feels Australia, beat- Australia have to look at breaking sidered the best. in the four-match series, while very good. They kept it up the they could apply themselves well but they aggressive. They didn't show the right shot en for the first time in a home Test up Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood Although Cheteshwar Australia's pace battery, com- whole time and perhaps that's couldn't do it for long periods of time. You selection or right temperament at the right series against India, are "kidding and Pat Cummins. They need a Pujara was adjudged man of prising Pat Cummins, Mitchell why they swung the ball more need to do it day-after-day in Test cricket. time in any game. There was too much one- themselves if they think everything more skilful bowler, such as a Peter the series for being the series' Starc and Josh Hazlewood, than the Australians," he Marcus Harris had had a good series — he tempo batting, rather than going with ebbs will be rosy when Steve Smith and Siddle or Trent Copeland. They top-scorer, India's traditionally averaged over 30. explained. has got time and a good technique. But he while respecting the opposition bowling." David Warner come back". need someone who can match In his column for 'The Daily England's consistency and skill Telegraph' following India's maid- with the Duke ball and bowl the en Test series triumph Down fuller length," he said. Magnificent performance by Under, Vaughan wrote that Black Caps sweep ODI series Australia's issues run far deeper Vaughan's column sparked a than the absence of suspended debate with former Australian tering 140 in the second ODI, was again Virat and his team: Richards Smith and Warner. batsman and selector Mark Waugh the tourists' standout performer, racing message. "If you think Australia's prob- disagreeing with the Englishman. to 80 in 63 balls. The 66-year-old West lems will be solved the moment "I'm not so sure about that Mr With the series already decided, Indian also lavished praise on Steve Smith and David Warner are Vaughan. Assuming Warner and Nicholls and Taylor used the dead rub- Player of the Series, Cheteshwar available for selection again then Smith get back to somewhere ber to send a message to New Zealand Pujara, who scored 521 runs at you are wrong... Batting, bowling, near their best I'm suggesting selectors ahead of this year's World Cup. an average of 74 with the help of selection and tactics were poor they will make a huge difference," It was Nicholls' maiden ODI ton three hundreds. against India, and Australia has to Waugh tweeted. and the 27-year-old will hope his strong "And to Pujara just mag- admit they were just not good Waugh suggested that any Test form is finally transferring to the nificent batsmanship... I just enough," wrote Vaughan. team would struggle if they were limited overs format. felt real gold stuff. Well done to "Clearly, if you take the two to lose two of the best batsmen in Taylor's 20th ODI century tightened everyone. Magnificent perfor- best players out of any team they the squad. the 34-year-old's grip on the New mance again. Congratulations to will struggle. But losing Smith and "You take the 2 best batsmen Zealand record he already holds for one- the Indian team and to my Warner is an easy excuse to hide out of any cricket team in the day centuries. good mate Ravi well done behind. India was beaten 4-1 in world and see what happens or "I'm getting old and hopefully I've again." English conditions last summer, even 1. Kohli, Root, Williamson got a few more left in me," he said. although the matches were closer etc," he added. IMRAN CONGRATULATES than the final score suggests, but However, Australian spin leg- TAIL-END COLLAPSE PTI n NEW DELHI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime would have beaten Australia 3-1 end Shane Warne, who had earli- In his last 11 ODI innings Taylor has Minister and former cricket had it not rained in Sydney for the er criticised the Australian selec- scored three centuries and six half ongratulatory messages con- captain, Imran Khan on Tuesday last two days." tors for their "ridiculous and Ross Taylor celebrates after scoring hundred in the final game of ODI series in Nelson ICC centuries. He came to the crease with Ctinued to pour in a day after congratulated India on becom- Considering the current sce- senseless selections" agreed with New Zealand struggling at 31 for two India's historic Test series victory ing the first Asian team to win nario, Vaughan can't see Australia Vaughan. AFP ■ NELSON after they lost the toss and were sent in but combined with skipper Kane on Australian soil with leg- a Test series in Australia. beating England in the away Ashes "Unfortunately, I have to agree to bat. Williamson for a 116-run partnership endary batsman Sir Vivian "Congratulations to Virat to be held after the 2019 World with @MichaelVaughan here Jnr. eteran Ross Taylor and rising star It was a record ODI score at to steady the innings. Richards labelling the visitors Kohli and the Indian cricket Cup. Yes Warner & Smith will help, but VHenry Nicholls both smashed cen- Nelson's Saxton Oval, where the aver- When Williamson departed on 55, performance as "magnificent". team for the first ever win by a "...Unless they assess them- Aust cricket needs a complete turies as New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by age is just 275, and Sri Lanka never Taylor and Nicholls plundered the Sri "Let me take this opportu- subcontinent team in a test selves brutally. Batting techniques overhaul re the following. 115 runs in the third one-day interna- looked like reaching the mammoth total. Lanka attack with an aggressive 154-run nity to congratulate Virat and his series in Australia," Khan tweet- have to be better and they need to Coaching at all levels, the ridicu- tional in Nelson on Tuesday to complete They were all out for 249 in the stand. team for such a magnificent per- ed. be more consistent with the ball. lous under 23 programme, acad- a 3-0 series whitewash. 42nd over, throwing away their final Sri Lanka's senior bowlers were all formance Down Under. It was Considered an inspirational Every facet of their Test team has emy etc. As we are not producing Taylor top-scored with 137, and four wickets without scoring a run as the wayward, particularly at the death, as the always going to be tough, but former captain, Khan led to improve. They are kidding quality smart cricketers-why?" Nicholls was unbeaten on 124 off just series ended with a whimper. tourists conceded 57 runs in the final you guys came out smelling Pakistan to their sole World Cup themselves if they think everything Warne tweeted. 80 balls, lifting the hosts to 364 for four Thisara Perera, who scored a blis- three overs. sweet," Richards said in a video title till date, in Australia in 1992.