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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 162 | Friday, 15 June 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,808.05 (-48.65) qSENSEX 35,599.82 (-139.34) qDOW JONES 25,196.37 (-4.83) pNASDAQ 7758.64 (+62.95) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 67.62 (-0.03) qRUPEE/EURO 78.79 (-0.70) qGOLD/10GM 31,860 (-90) pSILVER/K 41,950 (+400) MV SSL KOLKATA SP CHIEF AKHILESH US MEDIA WORST ‘I’VE BECOME AN CATCHES FIRE, ALL TO CONTEST FROM ENEMY: TRUMP OLD HORSE OF 22 CREW MEMBERS KANNAUJ, MULAYAM AFTER KIM FILM INDUSTRY’ RESCUED PG4 FROM MAINPURI PG5 SUMMIT PG10 PG16 THE LAND HAS BEEN PURCHASED TO ENSURE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE OVER RIVER BIDYA NRI marriages need to be registered State buys 19 acres of land, the highest within 7 days: WCD ever, through Direct Land Purchase Policy

PRITESH BASU MPOST BUREAU The direct purchase KOLKATA: In a major success of Chief NEW DELHI: All NRI marriages solemnised Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “Direct Land of 19 acres of land in India would need to be registered within Purchase Policy”, the Bengal government at Gosaba and seven days, the Ministry of Women and Child has become successful in purchasing 19 Development said on Thursday. acres of land in South 24-Parganas, the Gadkhali in South If the NRI marriages are not registered highest in the state so far, with the con- within seven days, the passports and visas sent of 229 landowners. 24-Parganas has would not be issued. Last week, Women and Banerjee, who had fought for the been done only Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka rights of farmers in Singur where 997 Gandhi had said that the NRI marriages acres of agricultural land was acquired to after getting the would need to be registered within 48 hours. set up Tata’s small car factory, has assured consent from 229 The decision for mandatory registration that her government will never go for of marriages within seven days was taken on “forcible acquisition of land” and the landowners and is Wednesday after a group of ministers - Gan- Direct Land Purchase Policy was intro- a “great success of dhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Exter- duced enabling the government to pur- nal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Law chase plots directly from its owners with the land purchase Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, met to map out their consent to develop “infrastructure legal solutions for redressing the issues faced including roads, railways, bridges, food committee headed by women in NRI marriages. godowns, drinking water, flood protec- by the District Officials at the ministry said that the tion works and other similar projects”. discussions were held for enumerating fine The direct purchase of 19 acres of land Magistrate details on ways to resolve the issues related at Gosaba and Gadkhali in South 24-Par- File Photo to NRI marriages. ganas has been done only after getting the Another proposal discussed was holding consent from 229 landowners and is a connecting Gadkhali and Gasaba Bazar. been registered in the name of the state is essential for the development of the landowners,” the official said adding that the properties of NRI offenders in escrow in “great success of the land purchase com- A portion of the purchased land in Gad- government. The landowners have been region that would ensure connectivity this is for the first time when 19 acres of case they abscond abandoning their spouse. mittee headed by the District Magistrate” khali while remaining part of the 19 acres provided with very lucrative money even with the mainland and at the same time land has been directly purchased. Escrow is a legal concept in which a third when there has been a lot of trouble over is on the other side of the river at Gasaba though their lands were located in such a also ensure economic development of The official further explained that the party holds a financial instrument or an asset setting up of power grid sub-station at Bazar. Construction of the bridge is a remote area. the area. Direct Land Purchase Police is effective on behalf of two other parties that are in the Bhangar in the same district. major project as it will ensure road con- The officials have approached the “The landowners were given sufficient in terms of completion of projects as it process of completing a transaction. The land has been purchased by the nectivity with islands in the Sunderbans landowners and explained in detail the time to take their decision after explain- used to get delayed for non-availability The official said the move would require state government through the district and the mainland. need of the land in that location. Accord- ing the purpose behind purchasing the of “small parcels of land”. It helped in the amendment of three legislations- Code of authorities to ensure completion of the The land was purchased from its own- ing to an official, the landowners have same. Finally, they were convinced and timely completion of projects and proper Criminal Procedure, Marriage Act and the construction of a bridge over river Bidya ers at a rate of Rs 40 lakh per acre and has realised that construction of the bridge the consent letter was obtained from 229 utilisation of the “public funds”. Passports Act. Shujaat Bukhari HC delivers split verdict on FOOTBALL FIESTA BEGINS was a brave heart, fought fearlessly for peace 18 Dhinakaran loyalists RAHUL GANDHI MPOST BUREAU CHENNAI: In a relief to the In today’s Palaniswami government, the Madras Court on Thursday delivered paper a split verdict on petitions challeng- ing disqualification of 18 AIADMK ... MLAs loyal to sidelined leader TTV CITY Dhinakaran. In the keenly-awaited judgement, NOW HILSA AT ALL SUFAL BANGLA STALLS 4 Chief Justice Indira Banerjee upheld the September 18 last order of Tamil NATION Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal TAMIL NADU BUS MISHAP KILLS SEVEN 6 disqualifying the MLAs, while Jus- tice M Sundar disagreed with her and nor on August 22 last year expressing EDIT struck it down. lack of confidence in the leadership “In my opinion, Speaker’s decision of Palaniswami and seeking a change FRESH SINO-INDIA TIES 8 is not unreasonable,” she said. of guard. INTERNATIONAL The senior-most judge after her Their meeting had come a day after will decide the judge who would hear then rival factions led by Palaniswami PAK SC SHATTERS MUSHARRAF HOPES 11 the matter afresh, Justice Banerjee and his now deputy Panneerselvam said. merged their factions after deposing BUSINESS She also said status quo would Dhinakaran as the AIADMK deputy continue till the third judge gave his general secretary amid the intense WPI INFLATION REACHES 4.43% IN MAY 12 order. power struggle in the ruling party SPORT Justice Sundar in his order said, after the demise of its supremo Jaya- “I respectfully submit that I dis- lalithaa in December 2016. AFGHANISTAN FIGHT BACK 15 agree with the opinion of the CJ and A unanimous court ruling adverse Artists perform before the group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia which opens the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium hereby set aside the order passed by to the government would have inten- in Moscow, Russia, Thursday PTI Full report on P14 the Speaker.” sified the power struggle between FOR ADVERTISING The split verdict has come as a the Dhinakaran, now chief of Amma kindly contact at 9810195709 big relief to the AIADMK govern- Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, and or ment headed by Chief Minister K the ruling party led by top leaders Torrential rain in NE states leaves 4 dead, thousands homeless [email protected] Palaniswami as any possible threat to Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam. its stability has been averted for now. In the 234-member assembly, the MPOST BUREAU services in Assam and rendering thou- Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, The bench was passing orders on ruling AIADMK has a strength of 116 sands homeless across the region. who visited the flood-hit areas of Unak- FOR SUBSCRIPTION petitions filed by the 18 MLAs chal- MLAs excluding the Speaker, while AGARTALA/IMPHAL/GUWAHATI/ In Tripura, the state government has oti district on Wednesday, briefed Union kindly contact at 8800854665 lenging their disqualification by the 18 MLAs owing allegiance to Dhina- AIZAWL: Torrential rain in the past 48 sought Army and NDRF assistance from Home Minister Rajnath Singh about the or Speaker under the anti-defection law. karan were disqualified, the DMK has hours has wreaked havoc in the north- the Centre for evacuation and rescue “critical situation” in the state Thursday [email protected] The MLAs were disqualified after 89 MLAs, its allies Congress 8 and the eastern states, claiming four lives in operations in marooned areas of the morning, a senior official of the state they had called on the state gover- IUML one in the 234-member House. Tripura and Manipur, disrupting rail state. administration said. See P7 UN RELEASES FIRST OF ITS KIND REPORT ON RIGHTS STATUS IN KASHMIR, POK ‘Rising Kashmir’ editor Shujaat India rejects UN body report on Kashmir Bukhari shot dead In Srinagar

MPOST BUREAU Gilgit-Baltistan). challenges in the Indian state of MPOST BUREAU was also part of the Track II Taking objection to the UN Jammu and Kashmir,” the report process with Pakistan. GENEVA/NEW DELHI: The using terms like “Azad Jammu said. SRINAGAR: In an auda- Chief Minister Mamata UN on Thursday released the and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltis- It said special laws which cious attack that has left Banerjee condoled the mur- first-ever report on alleged tan” for PoK, the MEA said “The are in force in the state, such as the media industry shaken, der of Bukhari. human rights violation in Kash- incorrect description of Indian the Armed Forces (Jammu and senior journalist Shujaat Banerjee tweeted: ”Sad- mir and Pakistan-occupied territory in the report is mischie- Kashmir) Special Powers Act, Bukhari was shot dead by dened and shocked at the Kashmir (PoK) and demanded vous, misleading and unaccept- 1990 (AFSPA) and the Jammu unknown attackers in Sri- brutal killing of the respected an international probe into able. There are no entities such as and Kashmir Public Safety Act, nagar on Thursday evening. editor and senior journalist it, evoking a sharp reaction ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’ and 1978 (PSA), have created struc- Bukhari, the editor of the @bukharishujaat With a few from India which termed the ‘Gilgit-Baltistan.” tures that obstruct the normal ‘Rising Kashmir’ newspaper, hours to go for Eid this is ter- document as “fallacious and “We are deeply concerned course of law, impede account- was attacked when he had stepped out of rible. No words are enough for this big motivated”. that individual prejudices are ability and jeopardize the right his office in Press Colony in the city. Multi- tragedy.” New Delhi also lodged a being allowed to undermine the to remedy for victims of human ple bullets hit him at close range. A security The attack took place hours after Home strong protest with the United credibility of a UN institution,” rights violations. guard on his protection detail was also shot Minister Rajnath Singh held a security Nations, saying the govern- and Kashmir is an integral part UN’s Office of the High Com- the ministry added. “Impunity for enforced or dead while another was injured. review meeting for the annual Amarnath ment is “deeply concerned that of India. Pakistan is in illegal and missioner for Human Rights The UN also asked Pakistan involuntary disappearances in This is the first attack on a journalist in pilgrimage that starts later this month. individual prejudices are being forcible occupation of a part of focused on both Jammu and to end its “misuse” of anti-terror Kashmir continues as there has a long time in Kashmir and provoked wide- Sources say Rajnath Singh’s peace initia- allowed to undermine the cred- the Indian state through aggres- Kashmir (consisting of the legislation to persecute peaceful been little movement towards spread shock and condemnation. tive in Kashmir, a ceasefire, may not extend ibility of a UN institution.” sion,” the Ministry of External Kashmir Valley, the Jammu activists and quash dissent. credibly investigating complaints Shujaat Bukhari was given police protec- beyond Ramzan, which is expected to end “The report violates India’s Affairs said in a strongly-worded and Ladakh regions) and Pak- “Impunity for human rights including into alleged sites of tion since an attack on him in 2000. He was with Eid on Friday. National Security Advi- sovereignty and territorial integ- statement. istan-Administered Kashmir violations and lack of access to mass graves in the Kashmir Val- instrumental in organising several confer- sor Ajit Doval indicated that the offer was rity. The entire state of Jammu In its 49-page report, the (Azad Jammu and Kashmir and justice are key human rights ley and Jammu region,” it said. P5 ences for peace in the Kashmir valley. He only for Eid. See P6 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 REJUVENATE YOUR HAIR amidst busy life

Getting enough sleep, hot oil massage twice a week and moisturizing hair are some easy ways to save your hair from permanent damage

ave you ever been your hair. If you can’t make just too busy to take time on the weekdays, make care of your hair? Few sure to treat your hair with easy ways like keeping a deep conditioning mask Ha check on what you eat and hav- at least once a week. ing proper sleep can rejuvenate 4Always keep your your tresses like never before. scalp clean: It’s a myth that if we wash our Experts list down tips to rejuvenate hair less more will they your hair when life gets busy: remain healthy. On the 4Oil you hair: Oil your hair other hand everyone should frequently to keep it nourished wash their hair every alternate and healthy. Different oils like day with some natural organic olive oil, coconut oil and castor nourishing shampoo. This way oil should be used. Massage the oil hair shafts will remain clean and slowly into the scalp and leave it dust will not accumulate in our on for at least for two hours before scalp reducing the chances of hav- shampooing. ing hair loss. Oil forms a protective barrier 4Hot oil massage at least around the cuticle and nourishes twice a week: Oiling our hair is the hair shaft. Coconut oil has always a good idea as it nourishes penetrative properties that nour- the scalp, gives calming effect and ish the hair shaft with its chain of reduces the stress. One can use fatty acids. The high protein con- cold pressed virgin coconut oil tent of castor oil fills in the dam- reflect on your hair. Since our ucts that contain sulphates and in summers and Almond oil in aged keratin spots of your hair. hair is made of protein, your diet paraben as they can cause dam- winters for massage. 4Get enough sleep: It’s should consist of protein-rich age to your hair. 4Always condition after the unfortunate how many of us for- food like lean meat, eggs, fish, 4Stop washing your hair shampoo: While shampooing get the importance of adequate pulses etc. Don’t forget to eat a lot daily: Well, no one likes their hair cleans all the oils from the scalp sleep. Lack of sleep not only puts of green veggies like spinach, kale oily and limp but washing your most conditioners replenish lost you in a bad mood, it also affects as well. If you want to bring back hair every day can do more harm lipids and proteins. So whenever your hair. It has been found in the shine to your hair, you should than good. Shampooing twice or you shampoo use conditioner studies that sleep deprivation for also consume seafood and fish oil thrice a week should be enough after it. This way your hair will a prolonged period of time can that contains omega-3 fatty acid. to keep your hair clean, but those stay healthy and strong. induce more oil production in Alternatively, you can take biotin living an active life can wash their 4Let hair dry naturally the scalp, leaving your hair dull supplements. hair every alternate day. You can and avoid using chemical laced looking. Make sure to get at least 4Choose the right products: also co-wash your hair, which products: Going natural and seven-eight hours of sound sleep Everyone has different hair, so means washing your hair only organic is the simplest rule we every night to keep your hair in choosing the product that works using conditioner. can follow in our lives. Always healthy condition. for your hair type is crucial. What 4Moisturize: Remember, remember ‘less is more’, rushing 4Check what you eat: No is meant for oily hair, may not give moisturizing is the key to breathe to dry hair with heat is the most matter what product you use, if the same results on your dry hair. new life into your hair. Always harmful thing we can do for our you are not eating healthy, it will What’s more, try to avoid prod- apply a conditioner after washing tresses. IANS Checklist for renting furniture online Smartphone use during family time RENTING FURNITURE gives access the furniture according to your life- to various utilitarian products with- style, like If you have children try to out the burden of buying them and avoid furniture with sharp edges, or investing a hefty amount on them. 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Do check the condition of furni- and upgrade and even swap of items. impact of “technoference” or everyday is focussed to provide you a hassle free ture before installing them in your house. 4Terms and conditions: Read about interruptions in face-to-face interactions experience, ensure that the online furni- 4Ideate before you choose: Check the shipping and return/exchange policies because of technology devices in parent- ture rental brands are delivering it in time. your room and ideate accordingly what carefully. Online shopping helps provide ing and child behaviour. You might not like to find some furniture are the things that you need to rent and all the information in from of you. Check Recent studies estimate that parents use pieces broken or damaged while you try to would you be able to maintain it. Choose the after service your site provides. IANS television, computers, tablets and smart- phones for nine hours per day on average, according to researchers at the Illinois State University and the University of Michigan in the US. A COMPLETE LIST OF A third of this time is spent on smart- phones, which due to their portability are often used during family activities such as dress-cuts for this season meals, playtime, and bedtime - all impor- tant times involved in shaping a child’s OUR CORRESPONDENT slits – especially 2 front slits since last few years but this social-emotional wellbeing. – are a very trending cut style year the asymmetrical cuts When parents are on their YOU’D BE SURPRISED in western outfits like maxi have been improvised further. devices, research shows that they at how easy shopping can dresses, palazzo styles, and bell Asymmetrical double layered have fewer conversations with cated how often per day different devices ogy may serve as a refuge for parents who be once you’ve armed your- bottoms. These front slits give outfits are the new black. their children and are more hos- interrupted their conversations or activi- have to cope with difficult child behaviour. self with knowledge of which a retro look and are quite a 4Tassels or Fringes Cuts: tile when their offspring try to get ties with their children. However, the survey results showed that dress styles suit you best. The trend in dancing outfits and Tasseled outfits are the newest their attention. Parents rated their child’s internalising this tactic had its drawbacks. right cut makes you feel good party wear. trend and can be seen donned In the study, 172 two-parent fam- behaviour such as how often they sulked or Electronic device use likely deprives par- wearing it and can brighten 4Asymmetrical Cuts: Asym- in party looks by the youth ilies (total of 337 parents) with a child how easily their feelings were hurt, as well ents of the opportunity to provide meaning- your whole day. This season, metry has been a trending cut these days. They are a funky aged five years or as their externalising behaviour, such as ful emotional support and positive feedback many new cuts are trend- beach evening option, dance younger answered how angry or easily frustrated they were. to their children.This only added to par- ing and some of the previ- option and can be worn as a online questionnaires The parents also reported on their own ents’ stress levels, likely leading to more ous year’s trends are being dress or a skirt to add the boho as part of a research levels of stress and depression, the copar- withdrawal with technology, and the cycle repeated. Ashima Sharma, a element to the look. project about parent- enting support they received from their continues. fashion designer and founder 4Rugged denim cuts: Rug- ing and family rela- partners, and their child’s screen media use. “These results support the idea that of Ashima S Couture have ged cuts are a very popular tionships conducted In almost all cases, one device or more relationships between parent technofer- listed some of the most trend- trend these days and can be between 2014 intruded in parent-child inter- ence and child externalising behaviour are ing and popular cuts that you seen almost every day on and 2016. actions at some stage dur- transactional and influence each other over can go for: somebody or the other. The Partici- ing the day. time,” said Brandon T McDaniel of Illinois 4Laser cut dress trends: most popular option for rug- pants indi- Technol- State University. Laser cuts are trending in Pret ged cuts is denim fabric with “In other words, parents who have chil- wear and couture outfits as styles like shorts, skirts, over- dren with more externalising problems well. The laser cuts are majorly alls/dungarees, dresses etc. become more stressed, which may lead to popular among youth and can 4Patchwork of floral their greater withdrawal with be seen very prominently in motifs attached at the hem- technology, which in turn skater skirts and pleated skirts. line: This is also growing to may contribute to child Also, these laser cuts can be be a very popular style these externalizing problems,” seen in bell sleeved outfits. days and can be seen in col- McDaniel 4Front slits: Back slits in lege goers these days. The said. IANS pencil skirts were a popular college girls can often be seen thing in the 90’s and have con- with a patchwork of the flo- tinued to be an office or for- ral motif at the hemline mal classic trend cut. Front of their tops or dresses.

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(From Left) A worker dries up jerseys printed in Argentinian colours. Girls perform dance with footballs and some are busy organising Yajnas and selling Brazil flags at Maidan Market on Thursday. The City of Joy is also witnessing a boom in business, be it sweet shops, kite makers or street-side shop-owners who have decided to monetise their passion. Kolkata’s love for football is legendary but, with every World Cup, that love is scaling new heights PICS/PTI & AMIT DATTA Transport dept to calibrate taxi meters Alchemist Group investors as per revised fare within a month OUR CORRESPONDENT

KOLKATA: The state Transport to get their money back department has set a deadline of one month to complete calibration of taxi meters as per the new slab OUR CORRESPONDENT under Rs 10,000, will be getting invested. of fare. There are around the cheques. Based on the complaints, cases A high level meeting was held in KOLKATA: People from the state, 1.35 lakh investors. It It may be recalled that the state under various sections of the the Kasba office of the state Trans- who had invested through different government had formed the Shya- Indian Penal Code (IPC) were port department in this connection. schemes in Alchemist Group, will has been decided that mal Sen Commission to probe into filed under charges of cheating Senior officials from the company be getting their money back. the committee will Saradha Group’s chit fund scam (420 IPC), criminal breach of trust that will carry out the work of meter SP Talukdar Committee, which and to recommend the process of (406 IPC) and criminal conspir- calibration, representatives of taxi was constituted by the Calcutta start to distribute the refunding the money. acy (120B). unions and senior officials of the High Court, will start returning cheques from the first The Commission had even Moreover, Kolkata Police had Transport department were pres- a result, the meters are showing fare complete the work in a time period the money from July 2. started refunding the money of also formed a Special Investiga- ent in the meeting, where all sorts as per the previous rate slab and driv- of around 1 month.” It may be mentioned that as per week of July itself the people who had invested in tion Team (SIT) to probe into the of issues related to calibration of taxi ers are asking for the excess amount Senior officials of the state Trans- the list prepared, there are around Saradha Group’s chit fund schemes. allegations. meters were discussed. as per the revised fare. port department held detailed dis- 1.35 lakh investors in the group of day, 250 investors will be get- After five long years, people The Directorate of Economic It may be mentioned that the state It is leading to confusion for com- cussion with representatives of the K D Singh. It has been decided that ting cheques of the exact amount who had invested in the schemes Offence (DEO) had also initiated government has recently given its muters and in many cases, taxi driv- companies that will be calibrating the committee will start to distrib- that they had invested in the chit- of Alchemist Group, are going to a probe in connection with the nod to increase the taxi fare follow- ers are getting involved in altercations meters of the taxis, to ensure that ute the cheques from the first week fund schemes of the Alchemist get their money back. allegations against Alchemist ing the steep hike in diesel prices. with passengers, as they are asking the task gets completed as early as of July itself. Group. It may be mentioned that com- Group. The minimum fare of taxi is Rs 30, them to pay the excess amount. possible. The news has brought back The committee was set up in plaints had been lodged against The state government has also which is for the first 2 km and for A senior official of the state Trans- The official said: “It will bring an smiles on the faces of lakhs of December 2015. The list of inves- the Alchemist Group with three introduced the West Bengal Pro- every next 200 metres, Rs 3 will now port department said: “There are end to all problems. Neither commut- people and they are now eager to tors has been prepared and it also different police stations of Kolkata tection of Interest of Depositors in be charged. Moreover, there will be around 25,000 taxis that operate in ers nor drivers will get harassed. At get their money back as early as includes the amount of money they in April 2017 and it was alleged Financial Establishments Act, to luggage charge of Rs 5. and around the city. There was dis- the same time, passengers will have possible. had invested. In the first phase, that the complainants had not got avoid repetition of such chit-fund But the meters are yet to get cali- cussion on calibration of meters of to pay the amount that will show on It has been decided that every people who had invested amounts back the money that they had scams in future. brated as per the new slab of fare. As all the taxis. It has been targeted to the meter.” AT IFTAR TOWARDS A GREENER CITY IT&E dept to organise summit NKDA takes up project to produce on ‘Embedded Technology’

SOUMITRA NANDI the country is progressing by manure from organic waste leaps and bounds in modern KOLKATA: The state Infor- age technologies like embed- OUR CORRESPONDENT mation Technology and Elec- ded technology. tronics (IT&E) department will “This technology is rela- KOLKATA: New Town Kol- organise a summit on ‘Embed- tively new and so, people need kata Development Authority ded Technology’ with various to undergo training and skill (NKDA) has taken up a pilot stakeholders from the state, development to be prepared for project to produce manure industry and academia at the it,” the official added. from organic waste. Biswa Bangla Convention Cen- Chief Minister Mamata The solid waste compost- tre in New Town on Friday. Banerjee desires to build a hub ing plant was inaugurated by State IT&E minister Bratya for technology firms like Sili- its chairman Debashis Sen on Basu will address the pro- con Valley in the state and so, Thursday. gramme, which will cover the the state IT&E department is The wet waste will be col- industry, research and develop- leaving no stones unturned to lected from the community ment and other perspectives for play a leading role in emerg- market of New Town Kolk- this cutting-edge technology. ing IT technologies like Block- ata Development Authority “Embedded technology chain, Artificial Intelligence (NKDA). has an intrinsic link with the (AI), Embedded Technology, This is a situ-solid waste electronic industry and the job Robotics, IOT etc. composting plant for conver- potential in this area across the “Our vision is to move sion of organic/biodegradable globe is immense. It will rise towards a decentralised and waste to compost. The capacity further in the days to come. transparent ecosystem, where of the plant is 1 MT/day. Con- So, we have to ensure that the the government and every tinuous feeding of waste shall PIC/MPOST young generation of Bengal is industry will be able to lever- be done for six days and on the prepared to embrace this new age benefits of these emerging seventh day, the compost will cally reduce the carrying cost acute as most of the civic bod- technology,” a senior official technologies,” the official said. be taken out. 1 MT of waste of organic waste to the trench- ies do not have land to expand of the state IT&E department The keynote speaker at produces 100 kg of compost. ing ground. the trenching ground. said. the workshop will be Amlan Once the waste is fed into This is a part of the green The Dhapa dumping The official added that Chakrabarti, dean of Cal- the machine, there will not be city project by HIDCO. Sev- ground was set up by the Brit- embedded technology exists in cutta University, who will be any foul smell. Basically, the eral steps have been taken by ish and KMC needs more smartphones, gaming consoles speaking on “Reconfigurable moisture from the waste is HIDCO to increase the green land to extend the dumping and 3D printing and knowl- Computing for Embedded removed and after shredding cover in New Town. The waste ground. But no additional land edge regarding the technology Technologies.” it into small pieces, the pro- water has been recycled and the is available. is being felt to a large extent. The day-long summit will cess of composting is fueled by water is being used to water the To cope with the problem, It may be mentioned that witness eminent speakers from micro-organisms at some con- roadside trees. KMC has installed compactors Additional Chief Secretary of various government and pri- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attends an Iftar party at Nawab Ali Park in Kidderpore. After trolled temperature. Scarcity of land has put a all over the city. Compactors IT&E department Debashis vate agencies, along with the attending the party, she tweeted ‘Today, like previous years, I took part in Iftar in Kidderpore area. We If successful, the project will serious threat to solid waste are being installed in the dis- Sen recently visited Taipei on nodal officers from all depart- prayed for peace, prosperity, happiness and unity. My heartiest greetings and best wishes to all’. MPOST be replicated in other markets management throughout the tricts by the state Urban Devel- the occasion of Computex ments, directorates and statu- in New Town. This will drasti- globe. In Bengal, the problem is opment department. 2018 and has witnessed that tory bodies​. Don’t pay anything extra for Partha slams Guv for writing to Initiative taken to beautify, admission: Education dept V-Cs over Yoga Day celebration strengthen roads near Nabanna PRITESH BASU OUR CORRESPONDENT ties. In Netaji Indoor Stadium, we have organised yoga programmes KOLKATA: Several projects have been Don’t pay any KOLKATA: State Education min- as well,” Chatterjee reiterated. taken up to beautify and strengthen roads money to anyone. ister Partha Chatterjee on Thurs- Educationist Pabitra Sarkar near the state secretariat, Nabanna. If you have the day expressed his discontent over said, “The Governor, as chancel- Hundreds of people visit Nabanna every Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi lor of the state universities, can day, as it houses the office of Chief Minister requisite marks rest writing to vice-chancellors of state write to the vice-chancellors, but Mamata Banerjee and senior officials of the assured that you will universities, over celebration of he should have informed the Edu- state government, including the Chief Sec- Nabanna and protection work of a flank at Yoga Day. cation department. It is desirable retary, Home Secretary and Director Gen- Andul Feeder Road will also be done. More- get admission “This is not desirable. He, being that the Governor and the Educa- eral of Police. over, restoration of culverts on a stretch of the chancellor, has written directly tion department should have no People from different parts of the coun- Sankrail-Manikpur-Hirapur Road will also to the vice-chancellors of universi- communication gap.” try and delegates from foreign countries keep be carried out. OUR CORRESPONDENT admission in the college. The have been allegations against ties in the state, keeping the Educa- West Bengal College and Uni- visiting the state secretariat. Though many of The work of the project will be started union leader not only failed to some college unions of taking tion department in darkness. The versity Teachers’ Association the roads around the state secretariat have soon and all necessary steps will be taken KOLKATA: The state Edu- give him a seat but refused to money from students to give Human Resource Development (WBCUPA) also feels that the already been beautified, a step has now been up to complete the task as early as possible. cation department has put return the money. The student admission. Chatterjee assured department also instructs the state action of the Governor, in connec- taken up to do the same in the remaining It may be mentioned that Vidyasagar up billboards in front of col- has lodged a complaint with that stern action will be taken institutions on certain things but tion with observance of Yoga Day, roads and it includes Grand Foreshore Road. Setu, which someone usually takes to reach leges, asking the students not Amherst Street police station against those involved in col- they write to the state Education is not desirable. According to a senior official of the state Nabanna. It is situated in Howrah on the to pay anything extra to get in this regard. lecting money. He said the department,” Chatterjee said. “It is indeed sad that the Gov- Public Works Department (PWD), a stretch other side of river Hooghly. Plants in tubs admission. Partha Chatterjee, state state government has pledged He also doubted whether the ernor, as Chancellor of the uni- of around 1.55 km of the Grand Foreshore have been placed in a row on both sides of The matter came to light, Education minister, said the to improve the quality of higher action of the Governor, who hap- versities, has been aloof when it Road will be beautified. It may be men- the flanks that lead to the bridge. It makes after a student seeking admis- only criterion to get admis- education and any attempt to pens to be the chancellor of the comes to preparation of statute of tioned that both sides of the road leading to the journey along the bridge more pleasant. sion in St. Paul’s College, sion in colleges is the required thwart it will be dealt with state universities, is constitutional the universities. However, in this Nabanna are well decorated. After the change of guard in the state in alleged that he had paid Rs marks. “Don’t pay any money seriously. or not. context, he has used his constitu- At the same time, the task has been taken 2011, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has 90,000 to the leader of a student to anyone. If you have the req- It may be mentioned that “Chief Minister Mamata Baner- tional post and has written directly up to ensure strengthening of Santragachi- taken several steps to beautify the city and union to get a seat. The union uisite marks, rest assured that Chief Minister Mamata Baner- jee, since taking over the charge of to the V-Cs. We feel this is not in Howrah Homes Road and Sankrail-Man- other urban parts of the state. Road medi- leader had taken his mark- you will get admission,” said jee has repeatedly asked to set the state, has been laying special conformity with the federal struc- ikpur-Hirapur Road. ans with flower bearing herbs on them was sheet, which he said would be Chatterjee to the students. up non-political unions in emphasis on sports, yoga, physi- ture,” said Srutinath Praharaj, gen- The official said, work will be carried out something new to the city dwellers, along returned to him after he takes In the past few years, there colleges. cal education and similar activi- eral secretary of WBCUPA. for restoration of the concrete surface near with trident lights on both sides of the road. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Friday, 15 June, 2018 Two dock systems under KoPT MV SSL Kolkata catches fire, to handle 1m TEUs this year all 22 crew members rescued OUR CORRESPONDENT KOLKATA: The two dock OUR CORRESPONDENT rescue operation. systems of Kolkata and Hal- The Seaking is especially dia under Kolkata Port Trust KOLKATA: A fire broke out useful in situations where other (KoPT) has set a target of han- inside Merchant Vessel SSL vessels cannot approach the dling 1 million TEUs in the Kolkata off the Sagar Island and affected one. current financial year. Kolkata at a distance of around 60 nau- After having airborne for Dock is singularly expecting to tical miles from Haldia on late sometime, the message came handle 1 million TEUs of con- Wednesday night. All the 22 that the vessel has been located tainer traffic by 2020. crew members were rescued. and a search and rescue opera- “Kolkata Port Trust jointly The incident took place tions was started. with its container terminal when the container vessel MV All the 22 crew members vendor M/s Bharat Kolkata SSL Kolkata with 10683.51 MT of MV SSL Kolkata were res- Container Terminal Pvt Ltd, of port, PSA, members of the rail loading, which will bene- cargo was headed from Krish- cued. The Navy aircraft headed a subsidiary of PSA, has made trade fraternity and other port fit rail importers to Nepal and napatnam to Kolkata at around back to Vizag after the rescue an elaborate container termi- users. It may be mentioned that increase rail exports through 11 pm on Wednesday. operation. nal expansion and upgrada- the container cargo through Kolkata. The managing direc- After the fire broke out, The rescued crew members tion plan. The master plan for Kolkata Dock was 6.4 lakh tor, PSA India, Mike Formosa there was no direct commu- will be brought to Haldia Coast the overhaul of the container TEUs in the last financial year. thanked KoPT for the contin- nication with the members of Guard base. terminal includes large scale KoPT chairman Vinit ued support and assured full that vessel that seemed to have According to a press com- development of the area for Kumar stressed upon the support to the port in achieving got grounded. muniqué, KoPT is also seeking container storage which dou- port’s focus on trade and said its mission and vision. Indian Coast Guard Ship assistance of National Remote bles the yard capacity, increas- they are ready to resolve the The port users and the (ICGS), Rajkiran, mobilized Sensing Centre for tracking oil ing the number of mechanised issues faced by the users to members of trade appreci- from Haldia, was pressed into slick in case of spillage. container berths, overhauling facilitate trade. KoPT deputy ated the recent ease of doing action for rendering neces- However, no oil spillage or of rail lines and digitisation of chairman S Balaji Arunkumar business initiatives at Kolkata sary assistance after receiv- any personal casualty has been documentation at the termi- addressing the meet elaborated Dock that has seen a positive ing information about the Merchant Vessel SSL Kolkata catches fire reported till now. nal,” a senior official of KoPT on the large-scale develop- response from the trade and incident from other vessels The exact reason behind the said. ment of yard at Kolkata termi- urged the port to improve the in the vicinity. ICGS Rajkiran reached The fire on board MV Thursday morning, in corre- fire is yet to be ascertained. A joint business meet was nal, repairing of the roads and productivity further. Ocean Valour with exter- the spot and the crew mem- Kolkata was of such mag- lation and coordination with Moreover, owners of the recently held in this regard adjoining drains in port vicin- The trade representatives nal fire fighting capability bers were rescued. Steps have nitude that even the Naval Coast Guard. One Seaking 42C vessel have also been requested that was attended by KoPT ity and the overhauling of the unanimously backed the “Mis- was also pressed into action. to been taken to avoid water air assets from Vizag had to Helicopter and one Dornier to arrange for pollution chairman Vinit Kumar, dep- rail network. sion Million” idea of the Port However, the fire could not be pollution. Bengal government be launched immediately at aircraft were launched from response vessels and equip- uty chairman S Balaji Arunku- He said very soon the ter- and pledged their support for controlled. was also informed. the first ray of daylight on Vizag to assist in search and ment as early as possible. mar and other senior officials minal would have full length the same. KMC, EB to jointly conduct raids to ‘Surprised why Darjeeling has not been explored yet’ AMITAVA BANERJEE kanth. The Superstar was happy impressed with Darjeeling. end sale of wax-coated apples regarding his film “Kaala.” “By “The director had visited all the KURSEONG: It takes a lot God’s grace it’s doing well Hill Stations and then zeroed to surprise Rajinikanth, the throughout the country,” stated in on Darjeeling. I told him OUR CORRESPONDENT Superstar who has been, time Rajinikanth. that numerous films includ- and again, depicted as a super- When confronted with the ing Aradhana, Barsaat Ki Ek KOLKATA: The Kolkata human on celluloid and in question on his political plans Raat, Barfi and Jagaa Jasoos Municipal Corporation (KMC) the thousands of jokes woven on the backdrop of Kamal have been shot in Darjeeling,” will jointly conduct raids with around his alleged super Hasan floating a political out- stated the Minister. the state Enforcement Branch human powers. fit, Rajinikanth sidestepped the The Minister also stated to end the sale of wax-coated However, Rajinikanth has question saying: “I have come that the situation in the Hills is apples. A meeting was held in expressed surprise as to why here as an actor.” normal and peaceful now. Inci- this regard with the food safety the beautiful locations in the Even Minister Gautam Deb dentally, Darjeeling had wit- officials of the KMC and senior Queen of the Hills haven’t been did not disclose if they had any nessed a prolonged agitation in officials of the Enforcement extra glossy. the entry of such apples,” a explored in celluloid films yet. political discussion. “I don’t June 2017, including a 104-day branch. It may be mentioned that senior food safety officer said. West Bengal Tourism want to discuss anything politi- long bandh. “We have collected samples the police, a few days back, had According to a city doctor, Minister Gautam Deb met cal. As an emissary of the Chief “The credit for bringing of apples from a market at Paik- raided some stores and arrested the wax polish cuts the supply the Superstar in Kurseong Minister, I requested Rajini- back normalcy goes to the peo- para in the northern part of the two shopkeepers from Sinthi of oxygen to the fruits. “Con- on Thursday carrying good kanth ji to promote Darjeel- ple of the Hills and Chief Min- city. Prima facie we have found More area on allegations of suming this wax can immedi- wishes and a flower bouquet ing and Dooars as a film shoot ister Mamata Banerjee” stated wax coating on the fruit. We selling wax coated apples. The ately effect the digestive system from Chief Minister Mamata destination. I requested him to Deb. will have to find out the source duo have demanded that they and if consumed over a long Banerjee. share his experiences of Dar- Rajinikanth had arrived in from where these apples are had procured the stuff from period of time, it can also lead Rajinikanth is at present jeeling with others. Our State Kurseong on June 6. The shoot being procured. The sale of Mechua Bazaar in Posta area to respiratory issues, ulcers and in Kurseong to shoot for an Darjeeling, which is such a the land of Ramakrishna Para- Government will provide all started in Kurseong from June these apples is illegal,” Mem- that houses a massive whole- infections,” he added. untitled Tamil movie directed beautiful place with such beau- mahamsa, Swami Vivekananda, cooperation for a hassle free 7 and will continue till June ber Mayor-in-Council (Health) sale fruit market. “We believed that the extra- by Chennai-based filmmaker tiful locations, has not been Subash Bose and Ravindranath shoot,” assured the Minister. 15 at Eastern Forest Rangers Atin Ghosh said. “We are not ruling out glossy skin of the apples were Karthik Subbaraj. The film explored yet. Though through Tagore. I am really happy to Before coming to Darjeeling College. From Kurseong, the This coating, according to a that such wax mixed apples a sign of their freshness and is being shot extensively in this film, the whole country meet such lovely people, good Rajinikanth had called up CM superstar will head for Darjeel- senior official of the civic body, are being supplied from other good quality. However, we are Kurseong and Darjeeling. will know everything about and kind-hearted people here. I Mamata Banerjee, stated Gau- ing, where the film will be shot is Petropon Paraffin wax that is states as well. Hence, we will shocked at the recent develop- Talking to media persons this place and will explore it.” am here in Kurseong and Dar- tam Deb. from June 17 to July 6. The film used to polish shoes and cars. be taking help of central Food ment,” a fruit buyer at Mechua after the meeting, Rajinikanth Thalaiva (leader) was all jeeling for the next 30 days to The Minister also stated will then be shot in Kurseong This is used to make the fruits Safety Commission to prevent market said. stated: “I am surprised that praises for Darjeeling. “This is shoot for a film,” stated Rajini- that the Superstar was truly again from July 7 to July 12. Fifa World Cup fever grips Balurghat with AT NAKHODA Kingpin of drug racket held, school organising football tournament 2 kg of Charas OUR CORRESPONDENT PIC/MPOST a great Messi fan. Nothing can seized move him before TV during BALURGHAT: Balurghat’s the matches of Argentina,” said passion with football takes on Chakraborty’s wife Chaitali, a OUR CORRESPONDENT different note when the World homemaker. Cup football kicks off. On Thursday, Chakraborty KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police Balurghat’s Tanmoy had arranged a friendly foot- in the wee hours on Thursday Chakraborty, acting head of a ball match with his school stu- arrested one of the kingpin of local government aided junior dents. The match was kicked narcotics supply racket from high school will not compro- off by him during lunch break Ekbalpore police station area mise with anything that could on school ground. It was spec- under the Port division. The probably hamper his watch- tacular as apart from boys, the sleuths have seized a huge ing of the live football show on girls also took part in it. amount of charas from the television screen till the final “I had planned to orga- person who allegedly used to on July 15. The 42-year old Russia where I could clap and watching matches on TV nise the match on Thurs- supply the stuff to rave parties Chakraborty is a diehard fan cheer for my team in person,” screen. day as the World Cup kicked in the city. of Lionel Messi and Argentina he said. “Nothing can damper my off just a few hours after. The person has been iden- national football team. However, Chakraborty’s spirit. I want to shake hands The students enjoyed the match tified as Mohammad Mursalin, “I am one of the biggest dream to visit Russia was shat- with Messi and my team in the wholeheartedly,” Chakraborty a resident of Mominpore Road. fans of Messi and Argentina. tered when he learnt about World Cup is blue and white,” said. Residents have chosen He used to procure drugs from The team is overloaded with the cost through a Balurghat he said. Chakraborty’s wife and their favourite teams and even the neinghbouring country skilful players who can face based travel agent and it was only daughter are also Messi their favourite footballers. Nepal and had alleged links any challenge from the rival not affordable for him. Now, and Argentina fans. They also Nothing but only football is with some other cross border teams. It was my dream to instead of going Russia, he don’t miss a single match of the matter of their debates and People throng Nakhoda Masjid before Eid-ul-Fitr in Kolkata on Thursday PIC/AMIT DATTA countries too. “He would him- enjoy the greatest show live in will pray for Argentina while Messi like him. “My husband is discussions now. self go to Nepal for fixing deal regarding supply of such con- signment,” an investigating offi- State Technical Education cer said. Now, get Hilsa at all Sufal Bangla stalls According to police sources, Mursalin had made OUR CORRESPONDENT keep moving from one point dept launches new website a gang of his own that dealt to another in a specific area in with the supply of charas and KOLKATA: There is a good urban parts of the city to help other drugs. He would entice news for the people of the common people get fresh veg- OUR CORRESPONDENT act as a monthly news bulletin. the unemployed youth in the state as various types of fishes etables at the right price and We will ensure that this website area by telling them that it was including Hilsa is made avail- with the setting up of three such KOLKATA: State Technical is updated on a regular basis, “ a lucrative business and would able at all the Sufal Bangla stalls Sufal Bangla stalls on Thursday, Education, Training and Skill Basu said. fetch a lot of money. across the state. there are now around 24 stalls Development minister Purn- Apart from updating “We had our eyes on him With the onset of mon- those have been constructed endu Basu on Thursday inau- the various activities of the for quite some time but he was soon, Bengalis are now ready in different urban areas of the gurated the new website of the department and the direc- eluding us. He was nabbed on to pay anything to buy Hilsa. state. department - www.wbtetsd. torate, the website and the the basis of a credible source As the demands for Hilsa have The Sufal Bangla stalls are gov.in, designed and devel- news bulletin will also have a information,” a police officer gone up, a section of traders basically run by the Farm- oped by NIC. list of the polytechnic colleges said. Mursalin’s gang primar- are utilising the opportunity to ers Producers Organisations The minister also unveiled and the ITI’s in the state cate- ily dealt with ganja and charas make fast money by increasing (FPO) who collect vegetables the departmental news bulle- gorising both government and but would also import narcot- the rates of the fish, specially on from the farmers of the rural tin ‘Karigari Barta’, which is private. ics like heroin, brown sugar etc Sundays. parts of the state and bring it to targeted to reach the poten- Since 2011, this department on demand. The sleuths had The Agriculture Market- the stalls to sell it out. It ensures tial beneficiaries and users of has reshaped and strength- seized more than 2 kg charas ing department has come to availability of fresh vegetables skilled manpower to join hands ened the Technical Educa- from him while he was arrested help the people of Bengal to and fruits. for development of the state. tion , Vocational Education from Meher Ali Mondal Lane buy better quality fishes at the Agriculture Marketing minis- state Fisheries minister, was fishes, fruits will also be made Moreover, people are never “The policy and imple- & Training and attempted to in Ekbalpore. right price. ter, made the announcement of also present at the inaugural available at stalls. One can charged more. They get veg- mentation of different activ- expand the programme to 145 “He was supposed to hand From Thursday onwards, making fishes available in Sufal ceremony of the stall in Salt buy fruits including Mangos, etables, fruits and fishes at the ities and achievements of Polytechnics in 59 subdivi- over the stuff to some other fishes including Hilsa, Bhetki, Bangla stalls after inaugurating Lake. MP Dr Shantanu Sen Bananas, Coconuts and Gua- right price. The Agriculture the department includ- sions, 250 ITIs in 150 blocks person. We will take him into Pabda and Parshe will be avail- two stalls in Salt Lake and one also attended the inaugural vas at the stalls. Marketing department has set ing all Directorates and skill and 2,714 Vocational Train- custody and will grill him to able at the stalls of Sufal Bangla. in Belgachia on Thursday. ceremony. At present, there are around a target of setting up total 100 development will be dissemi- ing Centers in most of the unearth the root of this racket,” Tapan Dasgupta, the state Chandranath Sinha, the Dasgupta said besides 46 movable such stalls that Sufal Bangla stalls. nated through this website and gram panchyats of the state. an officer said. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 mp SP chief Akhilesh to contest from Jaitley, Surjewala in war of words after former’s attack on Rahul Kannauj, Mulayam from Mainpuri OUR CORRESPONDENT hit back, saying exports are in and policy paralysis’ to the a free fall, the promise of two world’s fastest growing econ- NEW DELHI: The state of the crore jobs a ‘jumla’, NPAs had omy could not be result of LUCKNOW: Ahead of seat- he replied casually, hinting that ance candidates win on seats economy was the focus of the soared to Rs 10 lakh crore and economic mismanagement - sharing between the alli- he was not happy with Con- which will go to their quota. “A verbal slugfest between Arun loots and scams a norm under Another case of ignorance.” ance partners, Samajwadi gress secretly hobnobbing with new era of coalition has begun Jaitley and the Congress on this government. Surjewala responded by Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav BSP for assembly polls in three and it is important for the party Thursday with the Union min- “This is a political dis- saying that growth under Modi announced his 2019 General states by year-end keeping him workers to contest 2019 Lok ister saying that abuse is not the course. Abuse is not the answer. government was at a four-year Elections plans. Yadav said under the dark. Sabha polls with the spirit of answer in political discourse Please respond to the facts,” low. he will contest from Kannauj Holding the first review of alliance to defeat the BJP,” he and the opposition party accus- Jaitley told Surjewala on Twit- “Exports are in free fall, Lok Sabha seat and his father Kannauj Parliamentary con- pointed out. ing the government of “eco- ter, a response to Wednesday’s promise of 2 crore jobs is Mulayam Singh Yadav will fight stituency in Lucknow, Yadav “Polls in Uttar Pradesh are nomic mismanagement”. attack in which the Congress a ‘Jumla’, NPA’s are soaring from Mainpuri. declared that he will contest nothing but management at The barbs flew thick and leader said the union minis- to Rs 10 lakh crore, invest- After failing to get any sup- from Kannauj. Significantly, he booth level. I have learnt this fast as Jaitley, who attacked ter was writing “hollow and ment is down, banks are par- port on the bungalow damage made the announcement in the by defeating BJP on four seats Congress president Rahul wasteful” blogs to regain polit- alysed and ‘loot scams’ a row from his presence of in by-polls. We will make the Gandhi on Wednesday saying ical relevance. norm, GST flawed, schemes by-poll alli- 2019 LOK SABHA his wife BJP defeat in 2019 in its own that wisdom has to be acquired “When you abuse and failing! Isn’t this Economic ance partners, ELECTION Dimple game,” assured Yadav. through learning and cannot berate the Congress leadership, Mismanagement?.” Yadav has now Yadav, who Ridiculing BJP’s ‘sampark be inherited, telling Congress even Supreme Court and many Jaitley had started the ver- turned all his attention on the is currently MP from Kannauj. se samarthan’ campaign, the SP communications in-charge others by distorting facts, it is bal duel by taking a jibe at 2019 Lok Sabha polls by hold- Yadav also announced that Chief said that they are exposed Randeep Surjewala that he ‘political discourse’ for you, but Gandhi for his “anti-Narendra ing review meetings to chalk his father Mulayam Singh now after making false prom- should respond on facts. when you are shown the ‘mir- Modi tirade” on Wednesday. out separate strategy for each Yadav will contest from Main- ises and lying to the nation in Surjewala accused the ror of truth’ with hard facts, you “In dynastic parties polit- Parliamentary constituency in puri instead of Azamgarh. In the last four years. He, however, union minister of “economic get unnerved’ and call it abuse’? ical positions are heritable. Uttar Pradesh. 2014, Mulayam had won from with it,” said Yadav, hinting by the Samajwadi Party in 2014 cautioned party workers of the mismanagement” in the coun- Politics of Convenience?” Sur- Unfortunately wisdom is not Significantly, Yadav parried both the seats but had retained that all family members will and will go to their quota of BJP’s massive Social Media try after Jaitley claimed that jewala asked on Wednesday in heritable. It has to be acquired questions related to his absence Azamgarh. be given tickets to contest Lok seats in 2019. campaign to create confusion India had emerged as the fast- response to Jaitley’s comments through learning,” he said in a from his friend and AICC Pres- “When BJP and other polit- Sabha polls. His announcement Yadav said that he will among voters. “It is our duty est growing economy from on the Congress chief. post titled “Is Congress Becom- ident Rahul Gandhi’s Iftar party ical parties are not interested will, however, make no impact review party’s poll preparations to ensure that people do not get being among the ‘fragile five’ Jaitley hit back, saying, “... ing Ideology-less? Is Anti- in Delhi on Wednesday. “My in ending ‘parivarvaad’ then I on the seat-sharing as all the on all 80 seats and will make swayed away by BJP’s bundle of during UPA. surely the journey from India Modism its only ideology?,” he party leaders might have gone,” have also decided to continue three Lok Sabha seats were won personal appeals to make alli- lies like 2014,” said he. AGENCIES The Congress leader again being part of the fragile five’ had said on his Facebook page. Disgruntled Cong Shatrughan shows preference for RJD, Cong-JDS coordination committee MLAs in Karnataka Tejashwi gives welcome gesture forms panel to prepare CMP continue to mount OUR CORRESPONDENT other party. wise,” Sinha had said when he OUR CORRESPONDENT meeting here, Siddaramaiah, of the coalition coordination earliest, as per the agreement pressure on party When Tejashwi Yadav was was in Patna to attend the mar- also chairman of the coordina- and monitoring committee. arrived at earlier between both PATNA: Disgruntled BJP asked about the possibility of riage ceremony of RJD chief BENGALURU: The first tion committee, said the draft- Stating that all five members parties. OUR CORRESPONDENT MP Shatrughan Sinha, who Sinha joining the RJD, he said Lalu Prasad’s son Tej Pratap meeting of the coordination ing committee would have of the coordination committee Noting that theChief Min- through his recent utterances at Iftar last night which party Yadav last month. committee of the ruling JDS- three members from the Con- attended today's meeting, Ali ister and Deputy Chief Min- BENGALURU: Ignoring the and happy bonding with Lalu would not like to have Sha- After his barrage of attacks Congress coalition in Karna- gress and two from JD(S). said the names of the drafting ister would discuss regarding patch-up efforts by the leader- Prasad and his family has trughan Sinha by its side. He on the current BJP leadership taka on Thursday decided to Keeping both manifestos, committee members would be this in a week's time, Siddara- ship to end disquiet within Kar- clearly indicated growing prox- is the pride of Bihar. and firing salvos at Prime Min- appoint a drafting committee it would draft a CMP, he said, notified tomorrow. maiah said MLAs would first nataka Congress over denial of imity with RJD, received a wel- Tejashwi, younger son of ister Narendra Modi, it is hotly to prepare a Common Min- adding that it would submit its "Once the drafting com- be appointed to 30 board and ministerial berths, disgruntled come gesture from Tejashwi RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, is debated whether Sinha would imum Programme (CMP) draft report to the coordina- mittee submits its report, the corporation posts and later the legislators continued to mount Yadav saying which party calling the shorts in the party be fielded by the BJP in the for governance that will have tion committee within 10 days. coordination committee will rest would also be appointed. pressure on the party to address would not like to have Sinha in the absence of his father who 2019 general election. salient features of their election Announcing the power meet once again take a call on Asked whether there was their grievances. on its side. is serving jail in connection Sinha is at odds with the manifestos. sharing arrangement between it and finally approve the com- anydiscussion on cabinet According to party sources, In a clear-cut show of pref- with fodder scam cases, and party leadership ever since he Along with a decision to Congress and JD(S), both par- mon minimum programme," expansion, he said it would some Congress MLAs are likely erence, Sinha, chose to attend comment from him assumes was ignored during the 2015 make appointments to board- ties had on June 1 said a com- he said. be done oncethe heads of to meet tomorrow under the the Iftar function held at the significance. Bihar Assembly election. sand corporations at the earli- mon agenda for governance The committee, at today's boards and corporations are leadership of senior legislator residence of RJD heir appar- Shatrughan Sinha popu- After he shared the dais est, the committeealso resolved based on the manifestos of both meeting, also resolved to appointed. and former minister M B Patil ent Tejashwi Yadav instead of larly called as “Bihari Babu” at an event in Patna with for- to continue all major popular parties would be prepared and continue all major popu- On discussions regarding to discuss their further course the one organized by Chief has made it clear that he would mer Union minister Yash- programmesinitiated by the presented to the people. lar programmes initiated disgruntled MLAs, miffed over of action. Minister Nitish Kumars Janata contest the 2019 Lok Sabha want Sinha, who quit the BJP previous Congress govern- They had also announced by the previous Congress not getting ministerial berths, They are also likely to Dal (United) a BJP ally here polls from Patna Sahib con- recently after consistently ment, headed by Siddaramaiah. a coalition Coordination and government. Siddaramaiah said "we have demand a second round of cab- last night. stituency, from where he had attacking Modi and BJP presi- "Congress party during the Monitoring Committee, which "The popular and flagship discussed... but they cannot be inet expansion soon. Though, Sinha insisted won in 2014, “even if the situa- dent Amit Shah, Bihar Deputy election announced a mani- would meet at least once a programmes we had launched disclosed here." Discontent within the that no political meanings be tion is otherwise”. Chief Minister Sushil Kumar festo for five years. Similary month. The coordination com- and announced in the budget... On farm loan waiver prom- Congress had surfaced soon attached to his presence among Sinha, who served as a Modi, through a tweet, had JD(S) had alsoplaced its mani- mittee comprises Chief Minis- all those will continue and once ised by JDS in the run up to after the cabinet expansion my family friends, the event Union minister in the NDA made an oblique dig at him, festo before the people. As this ter HD Kumaraswamy, Deputy the common minimum pro- the elections, he said it would on June 6, with disgruntled indicated his future political government of A B Vajpayee, saying the “shatru” (enemy) is a coalition government, it is Chief Minister and KPCC chief gramme is ready, the govern- be decided once CMP was in MLAs holding separate meet- move. Media reports have also is a Lok Sabha member from of the saffron party should practically difficult to imple- G Parameshwara, Siddara- ment will think of introducing place. "This committee (draft- ings and expressing displeasure indicated that the actor-politi- his native Patna Sahib seat for quit, instead of waiting for ment both. So we decided to maiah, Congress General Sec- new programmes," Siddara- ing committee) will lookinto openly over being left out of the cian, whose relation with BJP is the second consecutive term. expulsion. constitute a committee,"former retary Venugopal and JD(S) maiah said. all these promises made in both ministry. severely strained, might contest “The location (of the con- Sinha had met Lalu Prasad Chief Minister and CLP leader Secretary General Danish Ali. The committee also decided the manifestos and will come In an attempt to quell the next year general election from stituency) will be the same, at Ranchi jail and expressed Siddaramaiah said. While Siddaramaiah is the to make appointments to out with a draft common min- brewing discontent, Patil, who his Patna Sahib seat from some even if the situation is other- concern over his health. Briefing the media after the chairman, Ali is the convener boards and corporations at the imum programme," headded. has emerged as the leader of a group of dissident MLAs, was recently called to Delhi where BJP wins 13 out of 27 seats BJP, RSS leaders to assemble he met Congress President TN: DMK stages walkout over Deputy Rahul Gandhi. Also, AICC secretaries Manickam Tagore in Raj local body bypolls in Surajkund for two days and Vishnunath in the last two Speaker’s order expunging remarks days have met several party NEW DELHI: Key organisa- Besides them, organisa- MLAs who have been holding JAIPUR: The BJP on Thurs- of the BJP with a margin of 358 OUR CORRESPONDENT party members objecting to the tional leaders of the BJP, RSS tion leaders of the Sangh affili- meetings under the leadership day won 13 seats out of total votes. removal of comments. and the Sangh affiliates will ates will also participate in the of another senior Congress 27 in Rajasthan local body The opposition party also CHENNAI: The DMK on Earlier, when Masilamani hold two-day long delibera- meeting, sources said. leader and former minister H bye-elections. won five seats of panchayat Thursday staged a walkout in referred to the low pass per- tions in Surajkund in Haryana This is an annual exercise, K Patil, and have heard their The bye-elections were con- samitis and as many seats of the Tamil Nadu Assembly fol- centage of Tamil medium stu- from tomorrow, a meeting that they said, adding that leaders grievances. ducted on one seat of zila pari- nagar palika/parishad. lowing a sharp exchange of dents (about 1.86 per cent) in assumes significance ahead of of different organisations take Meanwhile, Congress Gen- shad, 17 seats of panchayat Independent candidates words between the treasury the NEET, Health Minister C crucial assembly elections and stock of their ongoing work eral Secretary in-charge of Kar- samitis and 9 seats of nagar also won one panchayat samiti and opposition benches after Vijayabaskar said steps have the Lok Sabha polls next year. and formulate future strat- nataka K C Venugopal, who palika/parishad in 17 districts seat and one nagar palika seat. remarks made by one of its been taken to ensure that stu- RSS General Secretary egy in coordination with each is in the city today to attend of the state. BJP state general secretary MLAs were expunged by the dents fared well in the national Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi is other. During the meeting, the Congress-JD(S) coalition As per the results Bhajan Lal Sharma said that the Deputy Speaker. When DMK Deputy Leader test. expected to speak tomorrow leaders of all RSS-affiliates are Coordination and Monitor- announced today, the BJP won people have once again showed Participating in the debate Duraimurugan objected to During the zero hour, Sta- while BJP president Amit Shah expected to give presentation ing Committee meeting, met 11 seats of panchayat samitis faith in the party. for demands for grants to the it, Deputy Chief Minister O lin, reiterated his party posi- is likely to attend the meet on on the work done by them in several upset MLAs, includ- and two seats of nagar palika. Meanwhile, PCC president health department, DMK Panneerselvam said only the tion that a Cabinet meet should the concluding day, sources last years and their plans for ing H K Patil, Tanveer Sait and The Congress got victory Sachin Pilot said that urban MLA R Masilamani recited remarks were removed and not be held and a policy decision said. State BJP leaders, who the year ahead. Shivalli among others, in an over 11 seats in the by-polls. voters have given their man- a couplet from Tamil classic the couplet adding the govern- (besides a resolution in the are drawn from its ideologi- Some key leaders who effort to pacify them. It retained the seat (ward 8) date against the BJP. ‘Thirukkural,’ and made some ment had more respect and Assembly) be taken to facili- cal mentor RSS and looking would be participating in the Speaking to reporters after of zila parishad in Sawaimad- People have rejected BJP remarks which were expunged love for the saint poet Thiru- tate the permanent closure of after the organisational affairs two-day meeting met today the meeting, H K Patilsaid, hopur. Its candidate Lokesh due to its anti-people policies, by Deputy Speaker Pollachi V valluvar than the opposition. Vedanta’s copper unit in Tuti- and key sangh ‘pracharks’ will also to deliberate on the agenda Venugopal has assured him a defeated nearest rival Kamal he said. MPOST Jayaraman. Stalin led the walkout of his corin district. attend the meeting. for the event, sources said. PTI meeting with Rahul Gandhi. Chandrababu Naidu an alternative Hardik claims Rupani Cong supports govt stand on and threat to PM Modi: TDP MP has resigned; Gujarat CM UN report on Kashmir rubbishes it as ‘lies’ OUR CORRESPONDENT of India. We reject UN Human report.” OUR CORRESPONDENT Rights Report as a prejudiced Addressing reporters at the OUR CORRESPONDENT be appointed within 10 days. NEW DELHI: The Congress attempt by vested interests to AICC headquarters, Congress NEW DELHI: TDP MP Jay The party (BJP) will chose on Thursday supported the hurt India’s sovereignty and leader and former Union min- Galla on Thursday said party AHMEDABAD: Patidar quota either a Patidar or a Rajput as government’s stand in dismiss- national interests,” he said. ister Rajeev Shukla also con- chief N Chandrababu Naidu agitation leader Hardik Patel on the new chief minister,” he fur- ing the UN report on human “Congress party supports demned the report and said the was “an alternative and a Thursday stirred a controversy ther claimed. Upon learning rights violations in Jammu and the government’s stand in dis- Congress party supports the threat” to Prime Minister Nar- by making a claim about the about such claims, Rupani said, Kashmir, terming it a “preju- missing the report,” he added. stand taken by the government endra Modi, days after the resignation of Gujarat Chief “Hardik is spreading blatant diced attempt” by vested inter- The UNHRC, the Con- of India on the issue. Andhra Pradesh chief minister Minister Vijay Rupani, who lies to be in media. I wonder ests to hurt India’s sovereignty gress leader said, prepared He also said terrorists can- ruled himself out of the 2019 rubbished it as “lies” and “false if he is aware about the proce- and national interests. the report remotely with zero not be termed militant groups prime ministerial race. rumours”. dure that the resignation has to Condemning the United understanding of the situation fighting for their cause. Galla also said that Modi Rupani said there was no be handed over to the governor Nations report, the opposition in Jammu and Kashmir. “I feel the United Nations and BJP president Amit Shah question of resigning and at Raj Bhawan, not in the cabi- party said it needs to be junked “How does the report jus- report has been prepared with- did not want to help Andhra that he will complete his five- net meeting.” as it has not taken into account tify terrorism by self styled out visiting the ground and I Pradesh as they believed that done in the past, people would ruled himself out of the prime year term. During his visit to Talking to reporters in the ground realities in Kash- militants of JeM and Hizbul do not consider it right. The any development work in the be looking at him as a possi- ministerial race. Rajkot today, Patel claimed Gandhinagar, he said there was mir and has encouraged terror- Mujahideen? Should the UN Congress supports the stand state would strengthen Naidu’s ble leader. If you look at the The TDP had in March that Rupani had resigned dur- absolutely no discussion going ists by terming them militant overlook the state sponsored taken by the government of credibility. entire idea of a Third Front... pulled out of the NDA govern- ing yesterday’s cabinet meeting on in the party or government groups. terrorism being exported on India... terming terrorists as “The current leadership one of the things is who’s going ment over the Centre’s refusal after being asked by his party or at the senior leadership level The report has been pre- Indian soil by Pakistan?” Sur- militant groups and encour- at the Centre doesn’t want to to lead it? Any day, he is a threat to grant special status to the to do so. about it (resignation). pared without understanding jewala asked on Twitter. aging them should be rejected share credit with anybody...As to Narendra Modi...When peo- state. “I do not have any prime “Rupani had resigned yes- “I have not given any res- the ground situation in Jammu Senior Congress leader and condemned. long as Modi and Shah are at ple talk about Modi’s alterna- ministerial ambitions. This terday during the cabinet meet. ignation and there is no ques- and Kashmir, Congress com- Ahmed Patel echoed him and The report is “not right” and the helm, I don’t think they’re tive, he (Naidu) is definitely in post was offered to me twice I am saying this with full con- tion of doing so because people munications in-charge Ran- said the report was mischie- should be rejected outright, he going to help Andhra Pradesh,” that list,” Galla said. in the past,” he said, refer- fidence. Rupani was asked to have given us their mandate deep Surjewala said and asked vous and misleading. said. Shukla also demanded Galla told reporters here. Naidu had recently said ring to 1996 when H D Deve resign because he has failed to serve them for five years,” if the United Nations should “We reject any such ploy to strong action against terror- “Chandrababu Naidu is that the Telugu Desam Party Gowda became prime minis- to handle the administra- said Rupani. Terming Patel as a overlook state-sponsored ter- interfere in the internal affairs ists operating in Jammu and one of the senior-most politi- (TDP) would play a pivotal role ter and 1997 when I K Gujral tion properly,” the 24-year-old “Congress agent”, he said some rorism being exported on of India as Jammu and Kash- Kashmir. cians in the country. And if he in 2019 when regional parties took the chair. quota agitation spearhead told people were spreading such Indian soil by Pakistan. mir is an integral part of India. “We reject and condemn continues to perform miracles band together to form gov- “I just want to develop reporters. false rumours to derail Guja- “Jammu and Kashmir is an Government deserves our this report, which is completely in Andhra Pradesh like he has ernment at the Centre but had Andhra,” he had said. “A new chief minister will rat’s journey of development. integral and inseparable part full support to deal with the uncalled for,” he added. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 Four killed, 10 7 killed, 27 hurt as bus falls Dust storms in UP claim missing after landslide in Ker into gorge in Tamil Nadu OUR CORRESPONDENT 15 lives, leave 28 injured THIRUVANANTHA- PURAM: Four people, includ- ing three children, died and at OUR CORRESPONDENT sius in the state. least 10 others were reported The state was swept by three missing after a landslide struck LUCKNOW: Dust storms hit major dust storms last month a remote village in Kozhikode various parts of Uttar Pradesh, that left over 130 people dead. district early on Thursday, as leaving 15 people dead and 28 On May 13, 39 people died heavy rainfall continued to bat- injured, an official spokesman in various districts including ter northern Kerala. said on Thursday. Bareilly, Barabanki, Buland- With this, the toll in rain- “Fifteen people were killed shahr and Lakhimpur Kheri related incidents rose to 27 in dust storm (since yesterday). districts. since the onset of the south- Six died in Sitapur, three each On May 9, a severe storm left west monsoon in late May, offi- in Gonda and Kaushambi and 18 dead and 27 others injured. cial sources said. one each in Faizabad, Hardoi Five people died in Etawah dis- The four people died in Kat- and Chitrakoot,” the spokes- trict, three each in Mathura, tipara village in Thamarass- man said here. Aligarh and Agra, two in Firoz- ery taluk. Rescue operations Besides, 17 people were abad and one each in Hathras were underway to trace those injured in Sitapur and 11 in and Kanpur Dehat. Thunder- missing. Faizabad, he said. storms and lightning on May Chief Minister Pinarayi People stand near the mangled remains of a passenger bus which rolled down into a 500ft deep gorge near The weather department has 2-3 left 80 dead in the state, most Vijayan confirmed the deaths Manthada on the Ooty-Coonoor road on Thursday PTI warned that thunder squall is of them in Agra district. in the landslide and described “very likely” at isolated places Another deadly dust storm them as “very tragic”. UDHAGAMANDALAM road when the mishap occurred others were admitted to the over the state on Friday, while treatment to the injured. and related incidents, according hit the state in the first week of The area has been receiving (TN): Seven passengers were at Mandada, about 10 km from government hospital here. rain and thunderstorm accom- He also directed that com- to the spokesman. June leaving 17 dead and 11 oth- heavy rainfall since last night. killed and 27 others injured, here. The condition of the bus panied with gusty winds are pensation be paid to the kin of The weather department ers injured. Most of the deaths “Chief secretary and respec- some of them seriously, when Six people, including two conductor was stated to be criti- “very likely” at isolated places those killed and said no laxity also said that rain and thun- were caused due to falling of tive district collectors were a bus fell into a 500-feet deep women, were killed on the spot cal, police said. during the next two days. on the part of the administra- dershowers occurred at isolated trees and house collapse. directed to take urgent relief gorge near here in the hilly Nil- while a 29-year old woman died The bus was proceeding to Taking note of the casual- tion would be tolerated. places over east Uttar Pradesh, Moradabad bore the brunt measures in the rain-affected giris district of Tamil Nadu on at a hospital here, police said. nearby Coonoor from here. ties in the latest bout of storm, Expressing grief over the while the weather was dry over of the storm, with as many as areas. A team of National Thursday, police said. Of the 27 injured, nineteen Several parts of the Nilg- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath deaths, he said the state govern- western part of the state. seven deaths reported from the Disaster Response Force is The driver of the state-run people had been taken to the iris district have been receiv- ordered the district magistrates ment would extend all possible Agra recorded the highest district, followed by three deaths on their way to Kozhikode,” transport corporation bus was government hospital in neigh- ing heavy rains for the past few concerned to ensure proper help to those hit by dust storms temperature of 44.9 degrees Cel- from Sambhal. Vijayan said. trying to avoid a pit on the ghat bouring Coimbatore while days. MPOST Assam lynching: HC issues notice Environmental emergency in Bellandur lake, not Goa CM back home after medical to state govt even 1 ml of clean water available, NGT informed treatment in US for three months OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT lilitre of clean water in the lake, but the same was filled up with OUR CORRESPONDENT GUWAHATI: Taking strong NEW DELHI: Indiscriminate sewage, effluent, solid waste, note of the lynching incident discharge of untreated sewage weed, debris, etc.,” the report PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister in Assam’s Karbi Anglong dis- into Bengaluru’s Bellandur lake said. An estimated 480 million Manohar Parrikar returned trict, the Gauhati High Court has resulted in an “environ- litres per day (MLD) of sewage home on Thursday, over three has issued notices to state gov- mental emergency”, a commit- from Bellandur lake flows into months after he went to the ernment officials asking them tee has told the National Green Varthur lake and in addition, United States for medical to apprise it of steps taken to Tribunal, adding that there is approximately 60-70 MLD of treatment. nab the culprits. not even one millilitre of clean additional sewage flow from Parrikar, 62, has been in the A division bench, compris- water in the lake. the local storm water drains. US for treatment of a pancre- ing Chief Justice Ajit Singh and The NGT-mandated com- “The commission during atic ailment since March this Justice Achintya Malla Bujor- mittee said the biggest lake of its visit observed that the con- year. The chief minister first barua, which took suo motu the beautiful city of Bengaluru in or near water and provides Rahul Chaudhary, also states dition of Varthur lake is no landed in Mumbai and from cognisance of the incident in had become the largest septic cover for fish and other aquatic that Bellandur lake has caught better, in fact worse than Bel- there he took another flight to will inform the media once it pital on February 25 after he which two friends were beaten tank of the city due to “sheer organisms. fire 12 times since the first inci- landur lake in almost every reach Panaji, said an official of is ready," a senior CMO offi- complained of dehydration and to death by a mob, observed callousness and indifference” “The commission during dent on August 12, 2016. aspect from fire to froth and his office. Parrikar landed at cial said on Thursday. Parri- was discharged four days later. that the state is under a con- of the authorities. the inspection was shocked to “During the inspection of from sewage to stink. Varthur the Goa airport around 5.45 kar, after being diagnosed with The chief minister went to stitutional obligation to pro- “According to the mate- notice a road that has been con- Bellandur lake, it came to the is an aggravated calamity by pm and he was received by the ailment, was admitted to Mumbai again on March 5 for tect the lives of its residents, rial collected, the water hold- structed on the Varthur lake commission’s notice that the the sheer volume of filth that is state Health Minister Vishw- Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai further check up from where and sadly in this case, it has ing capacity of Bellandur by dumping construction and storm water drain outlets near dumped in it without any eco- ajit Rane. Parrikar, however, on February 15 and was dis- he was referred to the USA. He failed to do so. Nilotpal Das lake has rapidly shrunk due demolition waste under the the lake were discharging noth- logical sensitivity,” it said. did not speak to the media. He charged on February 22. He had left for the US on March 7. (29) and Abhijeet Nath (30) to indiscriminate dumping garb of laying a pipeline,” the ing but sewage and effluent and The committee has also went to his residence in Dona returned to Goa the same day Before leaving Goa, Parrikar were on Friday pulled out of of construction and demo- report, filed by the three-mem- the same was being released recommended that CCTVs Paula near here. Sources close and presented the Budget in had formed a cabinet advisory their vehicle at Panjuri in Karbi lition waste, municipal solid ber committee, said. into the so-called lake. should be installed at appro- to him informed that a cabinet the Assembly, but the session committee to guide the state Anglong district and beaten to waste and due to vast spread The report, filed by the “After an almost circum- priate locations for ensuring meeting, scheduled for tomor- was truncated to only four days administration on governance death by a group of irate villag- of hydrophyte and microphytes committee comprising senior ferential tour of the lake, the that no construction and debris row, stood cancelled. "Noth- owing to his illness. and other issues, in his absence. ers, who suspected them to be in the lake water. Hydrophytes advocate Raj Panjwani and commission further observed waste is dumped in the buffer ing has been decided about He was then admitted to the He has been monitoring the child-lifters. are aquatic plants that grow advocates Sumeer Sodhi and that there is not even one mil- zone area of the lake. his schedule for tomorrow. We Goa Medical College and Hos- affairs of the state from the US. MP: Magistrate BRIEFS HC asks Armaan Kohli booked for rape, Ministers, Oppn leaders, media bodies NATION to express remorse, not demanding dowry express shock at Bukhari’s killing PONDY GETS FIRST WOMAN DGP PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry will have its first woman JABALPUR: A Judicial Mag- OUR CORRESPONDENT geous and fearless journalist. My condolences to his family. Director General of Police (DGP) with S Sundari repeat such behaviour istrate First Class (JMFC) in Extremely shocked & pained He will be missed,” he said on Nanda being appointed to the top post on Thursday MP’s Panna district was booked NEW DELHI: Politicians, at his death. My thoughts and Twitter. BJP general secretary Sundari Nanda, a 1988 batch police officerbelong- OUR CORRESPONDENT for allegedly raping a woman including Union ministers and prayers are with his bereaved Ram Madhav, who is his par- ing to the AGMU cadre has been transferred from after promising to marry her those from the Opposition, and family,” he tweeted. Informa- ty’s pointsman for Jammu and National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) and posted MUMBAI: The Bombay High and then calling off the wed- media bodies expressed shock tion and Broadcasting Minister Kashmir, also expressed his as Director General of Police (DGP) of Union Territory Court on Thursday directed ding over dowry, police said at the killing of senior journal- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore shock and deplored the killing actor Armaan Kohli to sub- on Thursday. ist Shujaat Bukhari, with Home described it as a brutal attack on as a reprehensible and condem- of Puducherry, an order of the Union Home Ministry mit an affidavit “expressing Panna Superintendent of Minister Rajnath Singh con- nable cowardly act of terrorists. said. The incumbent, SK Gautam, has been transferred regret and remorse” for alleg- Police Riyaz Iqbal said a case demning it as an act of coward- Rahul Gandhi Condemning the dastardly and posted in the NCTD, it said. Kiran Bedi, the first edly assaulting his girlfriend had been registered against ice and attempt to silence the described Bukhari attack, the Editors Guild of woman IPS officer of the country, is the Lt Governor of and assure it he will not repeat tained injuries. JMFC Manoj Soni for rape and saner voices of Kashmir. India paid tributes to Bukhari the Union Territory. such behaviour in future. However, she told the court demanding dowry under rele- Congress president Rahul as a “braveheart” and described him as a voice of A bench of justices RM she didn’t fall down the stairs. vant sections of the IPC and the Gandhi described Bukhari as a who fought moderation and a courageous, MISSING SOLDIER’S BODY FOUND Savant and Revati Mohite-Dere At this, the bench said the Dowry Prohibition Act. “braveheart” who fought fear- big-hearted editor who men- SRINAGAR: The body of a soldier, who went missing was hearing a plea filed by Kohli records showed that this was Soni is the JMFC with lessly for justice and peace in fearlessly for tored a large cadre of young seeking that the FIR registered not the first time Kohli had been Ajaygarh Civil Court of Panna Jammu and Kashmir. journalists from Kashmir. after a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara against him in the matter be accused of assault. “It doesn’t district. J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti justice and peace In a statement, the journal- district last year, has been found after six months, an quashed. matter whether she has been He said that investigations said terrorism had hit a new ist body called upon the state Army officer said on Thursday. Sepoy Shammi Singh As per the plea, Kohli and given compensation or not. She were underway and the court’s low with Bukhari’s killing and freedom of press. “Assassination and central governments to (26) had gone missing on December 11, 2017, in the his girlfriend arrived at a settle- is saying she did not fall down permission would be sought asserted that justice would be of Shujaat Bukhari is a brutal enhance security for all jour- Kupwara district and his body was recovered yester- ment in the matter and she con- the stairs,” the bench said. before arresting Soni. done. “We must unite against attack on freedom of press. A nalists in Jammu and Kash- day, the officer said. Singh was part of an operational sented to the FIR being quashed. The judges said that courts In her complaint, the vic- forces seeking to undermine cowardly and deplorable act of mir and said that an attack on Kohli also paid monetary can’t mechanically quash mat- tim, a state government our attempts to restore peace. terror. Our fearless media is one a journalist challenges the very team which was serving in the formidable heights compensation to her, accord- ters just because the parties employee, said that her family Justice will be done,” she said, of the greatest strength of our foundation of a free press and along the Line of Control (LoC) and was swept away in ing to the plea. come and ask for it. members went to Soni’s place adding that the scourge of ter- democracy and we are commit- vibrant democracy. Congress’s a landslide during patrolling, he added. Kohli’s father, film direc- “We have to think of the in Chhatarpur with a marriage ror reared its ugly head on the ted to providing a safe and con- communication-in charge Ran- tor Rajkumar Kohli, and his society also. This isn’t the first proposal in 2015, the SP said. eve of Eid. ducive working environment to deep Singh Surjewala expressed JAWAN FROM AP REPORTED MISSING girlfriend were present in the time he has been accused of A year later, the JMFC con- The Union home minister media persons,” Rathore said. his shock. ‘ VISAKHAPATNAM(AP): An army jawan here has courtroom on Thursday. something like this. So, the least tacted her and invited her to said the murder of the editor- Gandhi said he was “Anguished beyond words. been reported missing for over a month now and His counsel Satish we expect is an affidavit express- Jugal Kishore temple in Panna in-chief of Rising Kashmir, a anguished to hear about the Security situation in J&K has hit neither his family nor the defence and police personnel Maneshinde told the court ing remorse and regret from district and promised to valley-based daily, was an act killing of Bukhari. its nadir. Demand the Centre to know of his whereabouts, police said on Thursday. On that the actor had only pushed him, and an assurance that he marry her and applied sindoor of cowardice. “It is an attempt “He was a brave heart who take swift action to nab the kill- the woman on the stairs, as a will not repeat this in future,” on her forehead, the complaint to silence the saner voices of fought fearlessly for justice and ers. They can silence us but not May 8, Gavara Srinivasa Rao left here for Jalandhar result of which she had sus- the bench said. said. MPOST Kashmir. He was a coura- peace in Jammu and Kashmir. our thoughts,” he said. in Punjab to join duty after a transfer from Roorkee in Uttarakhand, they said. He got off the train in Panipat in Haryana and called up his wife G Yagna Priya to Judges can’t be experts in all fields, refuses to stay UPPSC mains: SC say that he hadlost his wallet and mobile phone, the police said. Rao had used someone’s mobile phone to OUR CORRESPONDENT A vacation bench of justices rect, but also that it was a glaring and should be reluctant to enter- ining the objections had rec- contact her and had said he would contact her after UU Lalit and Deepak Gupta mistake on the face of it and no tain a plea challenging the cor- ommended that five questions reporting for duty, they said. NEW DELHI: Judges are not set aside the Allahabad High inferential process or reasoning rectness of key answers. needs to be deleted and in two FRENCH WOMAN MISSING FROM RAJ and cannot be experts in all Court’s March 30 order by was required to show that the Referring to a 1983 verdict, questions, key answers should fields and they must exercise which it had directed for re- key answer was wrong. it said the court had recom- be changed. JAIPUR: A 20-year-old French woman, who was great restraint in interfering evaluation of answer sheets of “Judges cannot take on the mended a system of moder- The court said that all the on her way to Jaipur after visiting the holy town of with the opinion of experts, the preliminary examination role of experts in academic mat- ation, avoiding ambiguity in questions needed a long pro- Pushkar in Rajasthan, has been missing for nearly two the Supreme Court on Thurs- for upper-subordinate services ters. Unless, the candidate dem- the questions and prompt deci- cess of reasoning and the high weeks, police said on Thursday. Gaelle Chouteau was day said while refusing to stay in Uttar Pradesh. onstrates that the key answers sions be taken to exclude sus- court itself has noticed that the last seen on June 1 at a bus stand near her hotel in the Uttar Pradesh Public Service “When there are conflict- are patently wrong on the face pected questions and no marks stand of the commission is also Commission (UPPSC) mains ing views, then the court must of it, the courts cannot enter be assigned to such questions. supported by certain text books. Pushkar in Ajmer district where she arrived on May 30, examination slated to be held bow down to the opinion of into the academic field, weigh It noted that UPPSC even “In view of the above dis- they added. On information about the girl’s disap- on June 18. the experts. Judges are not and the pros and cons of the argu- before publishing the first list cussion we are clearly of the pearance from an official of French embassy through The top court said judges cannot be experts in all fields ments given by both sides and of answer keys got it moderated view that the high court over email on Tuesday, we collected CCTV footage from the cannot take on the role of and, therefore, they must exer- of students seeking stay of the then come to the conclusion as by two expert committees and stepped its jurisdiction by giving hotel, SHO of Pushkar police station in Ajmer, Ma- experts in academic matters cise great restraint and should mains examination. to which of the answer is better invited objections, which were the directions, which amounted haveer Sharma said. “She is seen going towards the and unless the candidate dem- not overstep their jurisdiction It said the law was well set- or more correct,” it said. also examined by a 26-member to setting aside the decision of onstrates that the key answers to upset the opinion of the tled that onus was on the can- The bench said that consti- expert committee. experts in the field,” it said, bus stand but nothing could be established further,” he were patently wrong, the courts experts,” the bench said while didate to not only demonstrate tutional courts must exercise It said that the 26-member setting aside the order of the added. cannot enter into this field. dismissing a batch of petitions that the key answer was incor- great restraint in such matters expert committee after exam- high court. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 mp India could begin extradition Bihar: Man Torrential rain in NE tied to tree; process in UK against Nirav wife, daughter

ADITI KHANNA apply for political asylum. gangraped states leaves 7 dead If he has ILR in the UK, he LONDON: India has been would have to be extradited. GAYA (BIHAR): A group of OUR CORRESPONDENT Anglong East, Karbi Anglong informed by the UK’s Crown However, if that is not the case, armed youths tied a man to West, Golaghat, Karimganj, Prosecution Service (CPS) that he can be deported on the basis a tree and raped his wife and AGARTALA/IMPHAL/ Hailakandi and Cachar dis- it can initiate extradition pro- of illegally travelling to Britain 15-year-old daughter in Bihar’s GUWAHATI: Torrential tricts in the state’s first wave ceedings against Indian dia- using fraudulent travel docu- Gaya district, a senior police rains in the past 48 hours have of flood this year. Till yester- mantaire Nirav Modi even mentation. We are pursuing official said on Thursday. wreaked havoc in the north- day, 1.49 lakh people were hit though his exact where- both these lines, the senior The family was waylaid eastern states, claiming seven by floods across six districts in abouts remain uncertain, a Indian official said. while they were crossing the lives in Assam, Tripura and Assam. As per the report issued senior Indian official said on If Modi does go ahead with area on a motorcycle near Son- Manipur, disrupting rail ser- today, Karimganj is the worst Thursday. a political asylum request in diha village in Konch Police vices and rendering thousands hit with over 77,000 affected, The Central Bureau of the UK, it is likely to delay any Station area late last night, fol- of people homeless across the followed by Hailakandi with Investigation (CBI) has begun extradition proceedings at the lowing which the SHO here region. more than 58,000 people the process of filing an extra- port via a formal Note Verbale very least. was suspended and 20 youths In Tripura, the state gov- affected in the deluge. dition request for Modi, which from the Indian authorities on It is much harder to suc- were arrested. ernment has sought assistance In neighbouring Mani- will then have to be approved February 19, following which ceed in an asylum claim from “The three were passing of the Army and the NDRF for pur, the state government has by the UK Home Office follow- the UK Home Office indi- a constitutional democracy like through Sondiha on a motor- evacuation and rescue opera- declared holiday till Friday in ing which an extradition war- cated that the businessman India. However, if there was cycle when they were waylaid tions in marooned areas. all educational establishments rant can be issued. had already entered the UK on evidence of an unfair trial, a by the youths carrying firearms. Chief Minister Biplab and government offices in There is no confirmation that travel document but there person’s claim might succeed, They raped the mother and the Kumar Deb, who visited the A car wades through a flooded street after heavy downpour in Silchar, Imphal and its adjoining dis- about Nirav Modi’s where- was no record of him exiting said Mark Symes, a senior daughter after tying the father flood-hit areas of Unakoti dis- Assam on Thursday PTI tricts in view of the flood situ- abouts. He could be in the UK the country. immigration barrister who has to a tree,” Inspector General of trict yesterday, briefed Union ation, an official release said. or indeed left the UK since his This gave rise to specula- represented another wealthy Police, Patna Zone, Naiyar Has- Home Minister Rajnath Singh camps due to flash floods fol- administration. Two people have drowned last reported exit on a flight tion in India that Modi may Indian national in the past who nain Khan, said. about the “critical situation” in lowing incessant rainfall on The situation in Assam in swollen rivers in separate to Paris. We have now been be hiding out in the UK. How- was refused asylum by the UK The victims identified two the state this morning, a senior June 12 and 13, said an official worsened today with three incidents yesterday, a police advised by the CPS that we ever, subsequently the Indian Home Office but won the claim of the arrested youths, he said. official of the state administra- of State Emergency Operation persons losing their lives and officer said. can proceed with an extradi- authorities became aware of before an independent judge “It also came to light dur- tion said. At least two villag- Centre (SEOC) adding that nearly 1.7 lakh people affected Water level in major riv- tion request so that a warrant multiple Indian passports on appeal. ing investigation that before the ers were swept away by strong final report is yet to be com- across seven districts. ers of the state has receded this can be issued and he can be being used by the diamond Generally speaking, a per- gang-rape incident, the same river currents in Tripura yes- piled. The overall flood situa- According to Assam State morning but the situation con- arrested on being traced, the merchant, with his last docu- son needs to prove they face group of youths snatched away terday, while over 14,000 lost tion in Tripura has improved as Disaster Management Author- tinues to remain “vulnerable”, a official said. mented exit from the UK at the persecution rather than pros- mobile phones and cash from their homes as the downpour water level has started receding ity (ASDMA), two persons government official said. According to informa- end of March by air to Paris. ecution. So, a legitimate pros- a couple of students passing submerged parts of the state, but the condition is still grim died in a landslide in Mahur Acknowledging that the tion available in the UK, It remains unclear exactly ecution that leads to a lawful through the village,” Khan said. an official of State Emergency in Kailashahar subdivision of under Halflong revenue cir- flood situation was “grim”, Modi wanted in India for an how many passports Modi has conviction following a fair trial Efforts are on to arrest oth- Operation Centre (SEOC) said. Unakoti district. cle in Dima Hasao district and Chief Minister N Biren Singh alleged Rs 13,500 crore Pun- been travelling on in the last could not give rise to a viable ers involved in the crime, he The state has announced a Five columns of Assam another person died in a flood said that he had requested the jab National Bank (PNB) fraud few months and strict data pro- claim. However, if the charges said, adding that the station compensation of Rs 5 lakh for Rifles have been pressed into related incident at Bokakhat officials of National Highway arrived in London earlier this tection laws in the UK have were politically motivated house officer (SHO) has been the next of kin of those killed service along with NDRF to revenue circle in Golaghat and Infrastructure evelopment year on an Indian passport. prevented the British govern- or the trial was very unfair suspended with immediate in the flash floods. evacuate marooned people in district, it added. ASDMA to construct road diversion The UK government was ment from confirming if he has or excess punishment might effect for the lapse on his part, Altogether, 25,805 people Kailashahar subdivision, said said 1.67 lakh people have along the NH-37, which had informed about the revoca- indefinite leave to remain (ILR) result, the claim might succeed, and a departmental action will have taken shelter in 189 relief an official of Unakoti district been affected at Hojai, Karbi been hit by landslides. tion of that particular pass- in the UK or if he has sought to he explains. PTI follow. MPOST Govt proposes setting up TDP attacks Centre Over 12,200 villages covered through Tribal Research Institute for denying steel drinking water grid: Gujarat Minister OUR CORRESPONDENT Rs 19, 437 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 37,803 crore in 2018-19. plant in Kadapa NEW DELHI: The Ministry The increase is due to allo- of Tribal Affairs has proposed cations under STC to eight OUR CORRESPONDENT ises made in the APR act, the setting up of a national-level more ministries and depart- Centre constituted a taskforce Tribal Research Institute (TRI) ments, the minister said. NEW DELHI: Attacking BJP on December 7, 2016 to relook along with a National Tribal He also talked about the for ignoring the demands of the issue,” the TDP leader said. Museum in the national capi- amendments in the Alloca- Andhra Pradesh, TDP MP Galla “Till date, the taskforce tal, Union Tribal Minister Jual tion of Business Rules in 2017, Jaydev on Thursday said that the hasn’t submitted its report Oram said on Thursday. whereby, the ministry was BJP’s double standards exposed and on Wednesday, the Centre The national-level TRI will given the mandate for mon- in setting up the steel plant in filed an affidavit in the Supreme be responsible for coordinat- itoring STC funds of central Kadapa district as promised in Court stating that steel plant in ing the activities of state TRIs ministries. Andhra Pradesh Reorganisa- Kadapa is not feasible by citing along with taking up national- An online monitoring sys- tion (APR) Act. the old 2014 SAIL report, which level studies. The National tem (www.stcmis.gov.in) has “Modi – Shah shows the intentions Tribal Museum, which will be Affairs Ministry is in the pro- been put in place for moni- regime has been of the BJP,” he added. a part of the setup, will show- cess of setting up memorials toring of expenditure vis- doing these mis- “During the fifth case the rich tribal culture and of six tribal freedom fight- a-vis allocations, physical leading, delaying, taskforce meeting heritage using state-of-the-art ers, including two of national performance and outcome denying, confusing, that happened on technologies. importance -- one at Narmada monitoring. colluding, coercive December 27, 2017, NEW DELHI: Gujarat Minis- ated the state wide drinking lages in the State, also more The proposal to set up (Gujarat) and the other at the “The Tribal Ministry has tactics for the last MECON in its report ter for Water Supply Parbatbhai water supply grid and majority than 200 Urban areas out of the museum and the TRI has Birsa Munda Central Jail in spent Rs 18,415.18 crore for four years”, Jaydev had said that steel Patel said the State Govern- of the work was done after the y 350 are covered through this already been sent to the Niti Ranchi. development of tribals in the alleged while talking plant is feasible as ment has accorded highest ear 2000 and added that Nar- drinking water Grid. Aayog, the Union Minister Spelling out the achieve- last four years, from 2014-15 to reporters here on 110 MT of iron ore priority to provide safe and mada water is the major source He also informed that Chief said. ments of his ministry in the to 2017-18. A total of 18,40,370 Thursday. was discovered in Anantapur adequate drinking water for of this Drinking Water Grid Minister Shri Vijaybhai Rupani He said as per the last four years, Oram said that titles have been distributed “The APR Act 2014 men- district, adjoining the Kadapa all to tackle the challenges of and today, raw water bulk has recently launched a pol- announcement made by Prime allocations under the Sched- under Forest Rights Act, 2006, tions that SAIL would examine district,” he said. water scarcity. pipelines of more than 2800 icy for “Reuse of Treated Waste Minister Narendra Modi in his uled Tribe Component (STC) covering an area of 143 lakh the feasibility of setting up of an “On one side, the Centre told Participating a meet- Kms have been laid to cater Water” with the vision of reus- Independence Day speech on have seen an increase of 94 per acres across the country,” Oram integrated steel plant in Kadapa the top court that steel plant is ing called by the Ministery of 3000 million liters of water ing treated waste water fully by August 15, 2016, the Tribal cent in the last four years, from said. district within six months and in not feasible, while on the other Drinking Water and Sanita- each day. 2030. AGENCIES December 2014, SAIL submit- hand, Andhra Pradesh BJP state tion chaired by Union Minis- He further said till date state ted that setting up of a steel plant president Kanna Lakshmi Nara- ter Uma Bharati, the Minister had covered about 12200 vil- Siliguri Jalpaiguri 2 FIRs registered Development Authority In a first, IIT board in Kadapa is not feasible. Later, yana said that Centre is con- further informed that Water lages under State Wide Drink- in Jharkhand when we resisted and demanded sidering setting up the plant in Supply Department of the ing Water Supply Grid, which releases extended the Centre to fulfil the prom- Kadapa,” the TDP leader said. State government had initi- is about two third of total vil- lynching case North Bengal Development Department WEST BENGAL TRANSPORT CORPORATION J&K: Jawan Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri (Formerly Calcutta State Transport Corporation) GODDA (JHARKHAND): ABRIDGED –e-NIT- 07 OF 2018-19 (2nd Call) Two FIRs have been registered merit list of 31,980 (A Govt. of West Bengal Undertaking) abducted ***“Construction of Concrete road, 5, Nilgunj Road, Kolkata 700056. Ph: 033-25532090 in connection with the lynching OUR CORRESPONDENT on Thursday. Candidates who Hume pipe culvert at approch in the of two Muslim men on suspi- have given the JEE (Advanced) premises of Pundibari Hat within Web: cstc.org.in; Fax: 03325533017; Email: [email protected] by militants Coochbehar-II block in the district of cion of cattle theft in Jharkhand’s NEW DELHI: As it’s been often 2018 test can check the official Cooch Behar.”(Length: 286.00 m and TENDER NOTICE Godda district, a senior police claimed that the government led website, jeeadv.ac.in, for the new found dead width 4.00 m Concrete Road).” Amount Tender No. 40PCT/COSP/PAPER ROLL/2018-19 official said on Thursday. by Prime Minister Narendra merit list. put to tender.- 3404944.00*** Last date of Bid submission- 29/06/2018 Sealed tender bids are invited from the eligible agency for supply While four people have Modi has taken several first- “Choice filling on JoSAA NEW DELHI: The body of upto 12.00 hours**** already been arrested in con- of-its-kind initiatives, the deci- (Joint Seat Allocation Author- the Army jawan who was Thermal Paper Roll (3,00,000) for Electronic Ticketing Machine Sd/- Executive Engineer to be used for passenger ticketing. nection with the incident on sion to ask the Indian Institutes ity) would be started on 15th abducted by militants was North Bengal Development Wednesday, the police are of Technology (IITs) to release June as scheduled earlier. Stu- found in Gusoo on Thursday Department Details are available at www.wbtenders.gov.in looking for the other accused a supplementary merit list for dents in the extended merit list evening. The jawan, identified Details can be seen in the Official Web- Last date for submission of bid is 09/07/2018 site www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in Sd/- in the case. The first FIR was admission this year is really an can start filling up their options as Aurangzeb from Rajouri, & https://wbtenders.gov.in Controller of Stores & Purchase lodged on the complaint of one unprecedented one. along with others,” an official was picked up by militants of the arrested persons, Munsi The reluctant IITs agreed to statement said. from Kalampora area in Pul- Siliguri Jalpaiguri Murmu, under IPC 379 (theft) release supplementary merit list Earlier in the day, the HRD wama when he was proceed- Development Authority and 411 (dishonestly receiving only after Union HRD Minister ministry for the first time issued ing on leave for Eid. stolen property), Superinten- Prakash Javadekar intervened directions to the Indian Institute He belonged to 4 Jammu dent of Police, Rajiv Ranjan told into the matter and asked IIT- of Technology (IITs) to release and Kashmir Light Infantry reporters. Kanpur, the organising insti- a supplementary merit list for and was at present posted The second FIR was lodged tute for JEE (Advanced) this admission this year. with the 44 Rashtriya Rifles on the complaint of Imran year, to release a merit list with The institute was asked to camp at Shadimarg in Shop- Ansari, the father of one of an increased number of candi- release the supplementary merit ian, officials said. At about 9 the deceased, under IPC sec- dates late on Wednesday night. list before choice-filling for joint am on Thursday, army men tions 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, The revised list is twice the seat allocation for IITs and NITs from the unit stopped a car armed with deadly weapon), number of total seats on offer begins this week. asking the driver to drop 149 (unlawful assembly guilty in each discipline and each “Responding to requests Aurangzeb in Shopian, offi- of offence), 341 (wrongful category -- general as well as from students and the IIT com- cials said, recounting what restraint), 342 (wrongful con- reserved categories. munity to pro-actively ensure had happened. Militants finement) and 302 (murder), With IIT’s Joint Admission that all reserved seats are duly stopped the vehicle as it he said. Board (JAB) issuing an extended filled, I have directed IIT Kan- approached Kalampora and One of the victims of the merit list, the total number of pur conducting JEE advanced abducted the jawan. Mean- lynching had in the past faced candidates clearing IIT-JEE has to make available candidates, while, militants gunned down two cases of cattle theft in the reached to 31,980, which is an strictly as per merit, twice the veteran journalist and editor neighbouring Dumka district, increase of 13,842 seats. number of seats in each cate- of Rising Kashmir, Shujaat the officer said, adding the other According to an official, the gory,” HRD Minister Prakash Bukhari and two of his per- WEST BENGAL TRANSPORT CORPORATION deceased have been identified as extended merit list was issued Javadekar tweeted on Thurs- sonal security guards. AGENCIES (Formerly Calcutta State Transport Corporation) Murtaza Ansari (30). MPOST following a meeting of the JAB day morning. (A Govt. of West Bengal Undertaking) 5, Nilgunj Road, Kolkata 700056. Ph: 033-25532090 Web: cstc.org.in; Fax: 03325533017; Email: [email protected] Rlys reinforces medical facilities on trains, stations TENDER NOTICE Tender No. 38PCT/COSP/PAPER ROLL/2018-19 NEW DELHI: As many as 88 day. These include delivery formed a committee of AIIMS ing the same to the passengers,” Calcutta State Transport Corporation invites quotation for supply Adblue life-saving equipment, medi- kits, oxygen cylinders, laryn- to examine the issue of pro- the railway official said. Solution from the Primary Manufacturers for purchase of AdBlue Solution cines and injections will now goscopes, catheters, syringes, viding emergency care to pas- He said that except the oxy- required for buses manufactured by Ashok Lelyand as per specification be available on all trains and tablets, splints, bandages of all sengers on board trains and in gen defibrillator which costs mentioned and recommended by M/S Ashok Leyland for its BS-IV Jan buses. stations, replacing the basic shapes and sizes, ointments their report, they have listed Rs 3-4 lakhs, all other medical Details are available at www.wbtenders.gov.in first aid box that is usually and even oxygen defibrillators, the equipment that we had to supplies were being provided Last date for submission of bid is 18/07/2018 Sd/- found on railway premises, a the official said. provide. We have complied by the national transporter in senior official said on Thurs- “The Supreme Court had with that and started provid- a phased manner. MPOST Controller of Stores & Purchase 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 EDITORIAL Fresh Sino-India ties Aquarius reveals The SCO entry will help India augment its trade relations with divided Europe China, particularly in light on the existing Sino-US trade tiff rescue ship carrying hundreds of people was left hinese media were stranded in the middle of the sea with no food euphoric that the or water. The new rightist coalition government 18th Summit of the in Italy would not help. Spain agreed to let them SUBRATA MAJUMDER Shanghai Coopera- dockA but there is just no way to get there. France does some Ction Organisation (SCO) held serious, hard talking to Italy. The rescue ship stranded in in Qingdao, China, where India the Mediterranean Sea, since Sunday, is now on its way and Pakistan were admitted as to Spain, where the government has agreed to accept the new members of the organisa- 630 people on board. The migrants on board the Aquar- tion, will now open a new page ius would be given a 15-day permit to stay, during which for better relations between the they would be able to start the process of seeking asylum. two countries. Chinese news- Left to drift for two days in the waters between the Italian paper Global Times headlined and Maltese coasts, the Aquarius search-and-rescue vessel the event as “China, India ready has become the latest symbol of the migration crisis in the to deepen their economic ties.” Mediterranean. It all started with a single tweet and esca- The Chinese media noted that lated into a diplomatic hot potato that has pitted Europe’s despite Modi’s refusal to be countries against one another. How did matters escalate? party to China’s Belt and Road The Aquarius rescued 630 people while on patrol off the Initiative, the summit pro- coast of Libya over the weekend, the ship’s operators SOS vided the ground for China to Méditerranée and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said. enhance multilateral coopera- With more than 120 unaccompanied minors and six preg- The recent Sino- tion among the BRI member nant women on board, the ship was then directed to travel countries. north in search of a safe harbour by the Italian Maritime US trade war may Out of the eight mem- Rescue Coordination Center (IMRCC). The vessel’s jour- turn out to be a bers, only India was against ney came to an abrupt halt when the Italian Coast Guard BRI. Other member countries told Aquarius to hold its position, which the aid groups boon to enhance reaffirmed their support to the said. Matteo Salvini, Italy’s new hardline interior minister business relations initiative to expand economic and leader of the anti-immigration League party, refused connectivity. India’s refusal was to allow it to dock. He also suggested preventing a second between India prodded by a trust deficit. Modi foreign-flagged search-and-rescue vessel, Sea-Watch 3, and China. It was emphatic in saying that the operated by a group of German volunteers and currently trust should be built before the Modi’s proposal for an informal meeting with Xi augurs well for better Sino-India relations positioned off the coast of Libya, from docking. On Tues- has enlarged the BRI takes place. day morning, the ship recovered 41 survivors and 12 bodies scope for India Interestingly, against the share similarities in terms of Japan was the pioneer in the lised these assets to develop its exporters. The huge market for from a shipwreck off the Libyan Coast. But Italy has been to export more high hopes of the Chinese population, there is a big dis- development of the automobile industry from the labour inten- cotton in China can be tapped accused of operating a “double standard” on the issue after media, the Indian media parity in terms of their econo- industry, which is a compo- sive and export-oriented base by India after China retaliated an Italian Coast Guard boat carrying 937 rescued migrants products, such as remained reticent, wonder- mies. The Chinese economy is nent base technology-oriented to the cutting-edge high valued the US action by imposing a was allowed to dock in Catania, Sicily on Wednesday. What cotton, soybean, ing how economic connectiv- five times bigger than India’s industry. technology-oriented industries high tariff. Of the five mil- is happening now? Italy dispatched two ships to assist the ity would improve without the even though they shared a simi- However, the other side like integrated circuits, phar- lion bales of cotton imported overcrowded Aquarius on Tuesday afternoon as it began its and maize, trust deficit being removed. lar status in the 1990s. By vir- of the Chinese engagement is maceuticals and aviation, India yearly by China, 40 per cent is four-day voyage to Spain after the country’s newly assem- according to India and China have waded tue of its faster growth; China the significant increase in the utilised them for the develop- imported from the USA. There bled government stepped up and offered to take in the sur- through a tumultuous phase has become the biggest trading trade deficit, nearly 39 per cent ment of highly competitive is no import duty on cotton vivors. Around 250 people were transferred to the Italian Indian exporters in the past two years. A series partner of India. The growth of which in 2017-18 was due technology and capital-inten- import into China from India. Navy’s Orione and a further 274 to the Coast Guard vessel of disputes have erupted, with was not restricted to trading to Chinese export to India. A sive industries like pharmaceu- Given the tit-for-tat actions, Dattilo, SOS Méditerranée said. The Aquarius now has just the Doklam standoff being the – China also became the new Chinese think tank is talking ticals and IT. As a result, even the US-China trade tiff is 106 survivors on board, according to MSF. All three ships worst, further deepening the game changer in India’s manu- about a new pattern of eco- though progress was made for unlikely to be sorted out in are en route to Valencia, Spain – a roughly 800-mile journey already existing trust deficit. facturing activities. nomic cooperation between the the intermediate level compo- the near term. From this per- that is likely to encounter bad weather. The director general Though this incident cast The change in the nature of two countries, but it is doubtful nent based industries, like cell spective, the chances for bet- of the United Nations Migration Agency (IOM), tweeted a long shadow on future bilat- bilateral relations from trad- if the wide disparity between phones and automobiles, they ter India-China relations will that while he was glad that Spain had stepped forward to eral relations, the subsequent ing to manufacturing signifies the two economies is being lag behind in terms of global become brighter after India defuse the crisis, “I fear a major tragedy if states start refus- events rejigged hopes for a rap- a new era albeit amidst a long adequately taken into account. competitiveness. The thin tank enters the SCO. Now, there are ing to accept rescued migrants as was threatened.” France prochement. The BRICS Sum- political bitterness between the According to the Pangol believes that China can be a two multilateral institutions – criticised Italy for rejecting the Aquarius on Tuesday. The mit in September 2017 and the two countries. China helped Institution, a public policy think role player in improving Indian BRICS and SCO – where mis- French government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux quoted visit of India’s new foreign Sec- transform the manufactur- tank in China, India and China industrialisation. givings and distrust between President Emmanuel Macron as saying there was “a degree retary Vijay Gokhle to China ing landscape of India from enjoy three advantages, which Further, the recent Sino-US India and China can be resolved of cynicism and irresponsibility in the Italian government’s added some fresh air to rework resource-based to a technol- are: a large and low-cost labour trade war may turn out to be a through negotiations. Modi’s behaviour,” the news agency reported. The French remarks the relations between the two ogy-oriented, component- force, a big domestic market boon to enhance business rela- proposal for another informal drew an angry response from Rome. The Spanish govern- countries. Gokhle was instru- based industry. By this, China and a large pool of human capi- tions between India and China. meeting with Xi Jinping augurs ment said that, during the process of claiming asylum, they mental in resolving the Doklam emerged as the second pioneer, tal for the supply of science and It has enlarged the scope for well for better relations between would get the same rights in Spain as Spanish nationals, issue and creating the ground after Japan, in bringing struc- engineering talents. The think India to export more products, the two countries. IPA until their application is processed. That could take up to to restart negotiations. tural changes in the country’s tank fuels the opinion that such as cotton, soybean meal (The views expressed two years. Why did Italy refuse to help? The Mediterranean Although the two countries manufacturing dynamism. while China has properly uti- and maize, according to Indian are strictly personal) remains the world’s deadliest migration route and Italy has handled what it considers to be its fair share of migrants try- ing to reach Europe by boat. The new populist government, dear refused to grant the survivors entry, demanding that other SEEKING SPIRITUALITY EDITOR millenniumpost.in European nations help deal with the issue. During Italy’s Quote martial Log on to write letters to the recent election, Salvini had seized on an anti-immigration It is heartening to note that our beloved Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, before sentiment in the country and pledged to deport 500,000 Where there Ramzan in a radio message, had asked people to help and feed the needy. Mr. Modi editor or send them to migrants. While his rhetoric has softened slightly since he [email protected] took office, he declared that Italy “cannot be Europe’s refu- is charity and admired that Prophet Muhammed was an inspiration for all and his Teachings of equality gee camp” during a recent visit to Sicily. But, data from the wisdom, there is You can also send your International Organisation for Migration (IOM) shows that and brotherhood should be followed by all. He appreciated that the Prophet believed in comments to The Editor, Italy has actually seen a decline of around 77 per cent in sea neither fear nor the concept of charity which has great and enhanced significance during the holy month arrivals in the past year. Instead, the number of migrants ignorance Millennium Post, now landing on Spanish shores has escalated. So far, in 2018, of Ramzan. This is an appeal for consciousness and way of spiritual renewal to encourage Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah FRANCIS OF ASSISI that figure has grown drastically from the same period last greater good. Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 year. In circumstances such as these, the UNO helps. But GOPAL BHARGAVA Via email what can it do if some of the member states decide to look the other way? Earlier, European countries did set grand precedents when it came to humanitarian efforts. But, if the new coalition government in Italy does what it did, what can be said in its defence? Clues for infrastructure No national Shifts in global policy trends, particularly in the far-East, could be fervour? beneficial for India’s infrastructural prospects if tapped into decisively n a world where trade wars optimal debt-equity mix will ootball fanatics from across the world have descended dominate news headlines, avoid the issues that heavily upon Russia to be a part of the greatest football TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE trade in goods is inter- indebted projects face, whereby, spectacle, coming once in four years, that kicked esting, but trade in cap- the lender may aim to gain con- off on Thursday. There are the Egyptians singing Iital is no less exciting. The trol of the asset by offering bur- Fpaeans to their iconic striker Mohamed Salah. Argentin- Indian infrastructure ecosys- densome debt covenants. The ean fans have a huge banner dedicated to Diego Maradona tem should take note of some aim of attracting foreign capital and Lionel Messi; the Peruvians sport their team’s colours policy and regulatory changes is to create an ecosystem that and the Brazilians, have a replica World Cup of their own. that have taken place globally allows the investor to gener- South Americans and Africans, in particular, have been dis- over the last few months. These ate investment returns while playing unbridled bouts of enthusiasm. But what about the can potentially aid the country helping India build its much- hosts? Curiously, Russia, the host nation, seems somewhat to significantly bridge the infra- needed infrastructure. subdued. You don’t see the hosts unduly excited about the The new structure financing gap. Global pension funds are football carnival. While the atmosphere remains muted in As the Government Pen- interested in generating invest- the larger of the 11 host cities such as St. Petersburg, it is ownership rules sion Investment Fund (GPIF) ment returns while protect- sure to intensify as an estimated one million fans from 32 potentially in Japan, the largest pension ing their downside, and not in participating nations pour into the country in the coming allow even fund in the world, goes through implementing debt covenants days for the extravaganza. President Vladimir Putin said in a structural asset allocation that obstruct project growth a televised address last week that he wanted the event, which greater Japanese shift, there are opportunities and infrastructure creation. has cost Russia $13 billion to host, to be “an unforgettable investment in for countries such as India. The Choosing the right partners experience” for all those involved. “We want this event to GPIF, with approximately $1.4 creates value through foreign be a celebration, filled with passion and emotions,” he said. infrastructure trillion in assets under man- Indian infrastructure should tap into Japanese policy shifts (Representational Image) capital infusion. It is also impor- Aleksandr Kerzhakov, the most prolific goal scorer in Rus- here. As both agement, is looking to allocate tant to note that the majority of sian football with 233 goals, seems upbeat about the team’s as much as 5 per cent to infra- numbers are still pale in com- house expertise and regulations interest rates when the Japanese infrastructure investment will prospects. However, not everyone shares Kerzhakov’s enthu- Chinese and structure and real estate – up parison, when one consid- to manage capital efficiently. ownership is at 20 per cent in be in unlisted infrastructure. siasm – and that is understandable. Stars like Lev Yashin, Korean capital from under 1 per cent in the ers that the India economy is These funds have been trail- the JV, as opposed to the pre- Investors investing in unlisted Andrei Arshavin, Yuri Zhirkov and Roman Pavlyuchenko past. $2.85 trillion (as per IMF data) blazers in investing, especially viously mandated 50 per cent. infrastructure are not “fast were household names. However, things have gone down- compete with This shift is symbolic of and a single pension fund in directly in infrastructure. In the This change is highly ben- money” since unlisted infra- hill since then. Russia is ranked at a dismal 70 and kicked Japanese money pension funds in Japan and Japan has $70 billion to allo- recent times, India has been a eficial in an Indian context. structure has limited second- off their campaign on Thursday against Saudi Arabia, the has gained momentum in the cate to infrastructure. The vast beneficiary too. Global trends The new ownership rules ary market liquidity. second weakest team in the competition. They are without to finance Asian past six months. The number potential of institutional capi- within the pension industry that potentially allow even greater On the contrary, those a win in the seven matches ahead of the opener, and given infrastructure, is staggering, as 5 per cent of tal as a source for infrastruc- look to invest in infrastructure Japanese investment in infra- investing in infrastructure are that they have never made it out of the group stage in the GPIF’s assets under manage- ture financing is still untapped. directly further provides the structure here. As both Chinese patient investors with long- last three attempts, fears that they might become only the New Delhi and ment translates into about $70 Not just in Japan but else- country with an opportunity to and Korean capital compete dated capital, with objectives second host nation — joining South Africa in 2010 — to be Tokyo have an billion. where too, there is a trend bridge the infrastructure deficit. with Japanese money to finance aligned with the nation where eliminated in the group stage are not without basis. “This is While not all of this will wherein policymakers are reas- Japan looks to further its Asian infrastructure, New Delhi they are investing their money. not the time to see things negatively. We are just a day away opportunity to flow to India, capital is looking sessing pension fund models position as an infrastructure and Tokyo have an opportunity Hence, well-structured infra- from the World Cup. Let’s get united. I cannot wait for the deepen their for investment opportunities to boost returns and manage exporter, especially of capital. to deepen their partnership. structure projects with foreign World Cup to kick off and I am sure our players will do their and the country as a destination assets better. As the pension The Japanese government has Critics of financing infra- capital can create significant best,” said Aleksandr Alaev, general secretary of the Russian partnership is appealing. Japan has been a fund community worldwide set a target of exporting $268 structure through foreign capi- value for India, and it must align Football Union. Russia has been drawn in possibly one of significant capital provider to learns a few lessons from billion worth of infrastructure tal argue against such a strategy policies to boost infrastructure the weakest groups at the World Cup. Given that Uruguay India through Official Develop- the Canadian Pension Fund by 2020. To achieve the objec- since heavily indebted projects creation in a rapidly evolving will almost certainly top the group and Russia will probably ment Assistance (ODA) loans, reforms from the 1980s, coun- tive, it has amended the policy can make the country depen- global landscape. IANS get the better of Saudi Arabia, their chances will hinge on with approximately $3 billion tries like India stand to benefit by making joint ventures (JVs) dent on foreign money. (The author heads Devel- the all-important clash against Egypt. It’s an encouraging in fiscal 2016-17 alone. immensely. with Japanese companies in It is important to note opment Tracks, an infrastruc- draw but, understandably, not everyone is over the moon. While the money invested The Canadian reforms cre- foreign countries eligible for two critical points here. Well- ture advisory firm. The views so far has been substantial, the ated pension funds that had in- Yen-denominated loans at low- financed projects with the expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 mp in focus AI: The game changer As the world heads towards another technological revolution, India must speed up accommodating AI with requisite tech infrastructure and manpower training rtificial Intelligence (AI) has enormous poten- tial to shape India’s future. It can indeed revo- PRADIPTO CHAKRABARTY lutionise the country, especially in the sectors of healthcare, education, poverty alleviation, Aand security – areas which today circumscribe India’s prime challenges. It can also, thereby, bring about unprecedented growth for the economy. Of the many technologies that are on the horizon, perhaps none has as much historical semblance as arti- ficial intelligence. Although its academic origins can be traced back to the 1950s, appearances in science fiction throughout the past century have helped embed AI into mainstream consciousness. These appearances have also lead to heightened expectations – some technologists argue that the type of intelligence in these systems is “assisted” or “aug- mented” rather than being entirely “artificial” – but, The sequential recent advances in computing have certainly accelerated system of the potential of this technology. What exactly is AI? In general, artificial intelligence education is the practice of designing computer systems to make and work is intelligent decisions based on context rather than on direct input. It is important to understand that AI sys- outdated in tems always behave according to the rules that have been today’s economic programmed into its systemic design. Consider a computer playing chess; this may not environment strike many people today as AI, but it certainly fits the as job profiles definition of a system that has been given rules and cal- culates probabilities and decisions on the fly based on shift rapidly and the moves of the opponent. Perhaps the most common skills become application of this technology is in the field of virtual assistants which are gaining traction in the workplace. invaluable and This could include tools specifically designed for busi- obsolete in a ness (such as Amy Ingram from x.ai) or mass-mar- ket products (such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, or Developing Artificial Intelligence could create massive sources of employment and alter India’s economic landscape (Representational Image) matter of years. Microsoft’s Cortana). In all these cases, the software is The National equipped with a contextual understanding that allows Policy planning – education, health, nutrition where emerging technol- ket. However, we all know that previous technical revolu- information to be shared, understood and tasks to be To achieve revenue from this new sphere of techno- ogies can help us improve the quality of our lives and tions have consistently led to net gains in the job market. Education Policy automated. The other extensively used intelligence logical growth, we need a comprehensive well-thought- enhance our human development index. These are also According to McKinsey, 60 per cent of all occupa- must make radical application is Netflix, providing highly accurate pre- out and well-funded set of plans and policies. As of the sectors where maximum jobs can be created, giving tions have some duties that could be automated to some recommendations dictive technology based on a customer’s reactions to now, there are several challenges facing India’s AI devel- India a much-needed jumpstart. degree. Therefore, automating a subset of duties does viewed content. It analyses huge datasets of records to opment. For one, all AI-based applications, to date, not directly correlate to job elimination, but, there is no on alternative suggest preferred content based on specific, varied indi- have been driven largely by the private sector and have Public sector applications doubt that some occupations are at risk as companies models of vidual reactions. focused primarily on consumer goods. To forge an AI The government should identify public sector appli- turn certain tasks over to AI. Most experts in the field, Today, AI can accomplish tasks that are repetitive and revolution, India must adopt a deliberate policy to drive cations like detecting tax fraud, preventing subsidy leak- though, believe that the digital economy will feature education that automatable. If we use this to augment what humans can AI innovation, adaptation, and proliferation in sectors age and targeting beneficiaries, where current advances new roles working in concert with intelligent systems. would be better do, AI could have a massive impact on society, business, beyond consumer goods and information technology in AI could make a significant impact. It is, therefore, required from education and skill devel- and culture. However, to begin with, we need to embrace services. opment stakeholders to not fret and fume, but prepare suited to an AI to help smoothen our lives, focus on innovation, and AI in national security the workforce of the next decade and arm them with the AI-powered propel the country on the path of technological trans- Public-Private participation India must view machine intelligence as a critical right skills so that the youth of today is prepared for an formation rather than simply misusing and demonis- The emergent scale and implications of the technol- element of its national security strategy and evaluate AI infused job market, which is an imminent reality. Pol- economy of ing the technology. Thanks to our distorted image of ogy make it imperative for policymakers in the govern- models of defence research in collaboration with the pri- icymakers need to make AI a critical component of the the future the Terminator and Ex Machina, people imagine AI as ment to take notice of it. Early lessons of AI’s success in vate sector and universities. With China making rapid Prime Minister’s flagships – Make in India, Skill India, a sentient force that will soon outperform humans (and the United States, China, South Korea, and elsewhere in progress in AI-based research, it is imperative that India and Digital India programs – by offering incentives for possibly even turn evil)! the world show that public and private funding models views AI as a critical element of national security strat- manufacturers, creating regional innovation clusters for work well for AI research. India should consider adopt- egy. AI will be the key to the unmanned battlefield or manufacturing automation and robotics in partnership India’s potential ing it. There needs to be a robust understanding of how strife zone surveillance. with universities and start-ups, incorporating market- Accenture, the global consulting firm, recently came AI can improve processes, especially in areas of manu- based mechanisms for identifying the kind of skills that out with a report where it estimated that AI has the facturing, transportation, and mining among others. Workforce issues employers will value in the future. potential to generate $957 billion dollars for the Indian It was heartening to learn that the decade-long plan of The sequential system of education and work is out- AI-based innovations and AI-ready infrastructure economy by the year 2035. The report identified uni- developing an ITMS (Intelligent Traffic Management dated in today’s economic environment as job profiles are essential to prepare India’s jobs and skills markets versities, start-ups, large companies, policymakers, and System) using AI is finally taking shape. The Ministry of shift rapidly and skills become invaluable and obsolete for an AI-based future and to secure its strategic inter- multi-stakeholder partnerships as the five major pillars Home Affairs has cleared the path for appointing a pri- in a matter of years. The National Education Policy must ests. AI and automation ought to be the new drivers of of realising India’s AI potential. According to a PWC vate consultant to develop and implement the solution make radical recommendations on alternative models employment, especially for India’s $150 billion Informa- report, AI will contribute as much as $15.7 trillion to which has the potential of relieving traffic woes of Delhi of education that would be better suited to an AI-pow- tion Technology industry that employs over four mil- the world economy by 2030. Given India’s strength in and eventually for other large metros too. ered economy of the future. A concern worth noting is lion people. Indeed, AI can be a game changer in India’s technology, favourable demographics, and structural the possible elimination of jobs as intelligent computers march from a developing to a developed nation. advantages in the availability of advanced data; we must Social sector applications overtake workflow. In general, it is very hard to predict (The writer is Regional Director, CompTIAIndia. exploit our AI potential. To begin with, we should focus on the social sector the exact impact of technology across the entire job mar- The views expressed are strictly personal)

tweet The G-20 deception RETWEET The G-20 countries’ dubious policy of switching from a certain fossil fuel to

a relatively lesser polluting fossil fuel will not lead to de-carbonisation JUHI CHAWLA s the global momentum shifts @iam_juhi against coal usage, the G-20 group, comprising the world’s VIJETA RATTANI most economically powerful countriesA with the greatest potential to In Indonesia,banana tree trunks are used for switch to renewables, are instead push- growing veggies. They dont need watering ing for and promoting the use of fos- as this contains plenty of moisture. After sil gas. Over the years, such countries harvesting, the trunk decomposes and have exhausted the assumption that fos- enriches the soil. sil gas with a polluting capacity half as Pls share this,let our farmers too learn this that of coal can serve as the best clean beautiful and amazing way of of saving water transition fuel and can act as a “bridge” from coal to renewables. The assump- tion holds no grounds as already there are sufficient and cheaper renewable options abundantly available such as RAMACHANDRA GUHA wind and solar energy, which can pro- @Ram_Guha Over the years, mote the direct transition from coal the US has and petroleum without the necessity of any kind of a transition fossil fuel. Data surpassed Russia suggests that renewable prices includ- In the early 2000s, when Sheila Dikshit was CM as the biggest ing those for solar and wind power are and AB Vajpayee was PM, the Centre did not treat at an all-time low and are further antici- the elected Government of Delhi with hostility or gas producer. pated to fall by 62 per cent and 48 per contempt. They placed citizens’ rights and needs This has also cent by 2040. above personal pride and party arrogance. The The debate surrounding gas is cur- Modi regime should do likewise. been enabled by rently centred around the question of leakage and its reduction but not on the the development Alternate fossil fuels are also detrimental to the environment as traditional coal (Representational Image) of hydraulic reduction of gas usage itself. In fact, the promotion of fossil gas is holding back SYED ATA HASNAIN fracturing renewable energy options on two levels tional report reveals that the projected largest in the world. The country will In the recent G-7 summit held in Can- — it is delaying the adoption of renew- levels of total gas production and con- hold The Energy Transitions Work- ada, US President Donald Trump once @atahasnain53 (fracking) and able options and fossil gas infrastructure sumption till 2050 would be nearly 94 ing Group (ETWG) meetings expected again reiterated the country’s position horizontal drilling does not support the speedy switch to trillion cubic metres or nearly 3.3 qua- to draw investments in its gas fields, on clean energy sources and skipped the processes which renewables. drillion cubic feet, thus eating up 64 exploitation of which is not in accor- meeting on Climate Change and oceans Sincerely pray that Rfn Auranzeb Khan is safe A new report by Oil Change Inter- per cent of the remaining budget for 50 dance with the country’s Paris climate which was a part of the agenda points even after abduction. Kashmiri soldiers in Army national, titled “Debunked: The G20 per cent chance of attaining 1.5 degrees commitments. of the meeting. produce more units are never second to anyone. They have Clean Gas Myth”, further rejects the Celsius. Among the G-20 countries, the As the world struggles to align with emissions than concept of gas as a clean transition fuel, In accordance with the climate goals, United States, Russia, Australia, China, the goals of the Paris climate deal, in displayed effectiveness and great loyalty. Risk is conventional gas calling it a myth as it does not support the energy sector must de-carbonise and Canada are slated to be responsible the wake of rising temperatures and always inherent to their job. Unfortunate but true. the global climate goals. It says that and be completely carbon free by 2050. for 75 per cent of capital expenditures unprecedented extreme weather events, production gas production and consumption in The report shows that even if coal-fired in gas production from now till 2030. there is absolutely no room for any fos- already existing fields would alone take power plants are replaced by fossil gas- Over the years, the US has surpassed sil fuel production to include gas. There the world beyond the carbon budget fired power plants, emissions would Russia as the biggest gas producer. This is the complete possibility of leap- MARKANDEY KATJU for staying below 1.5 degrees Celsius still be enormous, more than five times has also been enabled by the develop- frogging to cheaper renewable energy @mkatju even if all coal mines were to shut down the median of all IPCC scenarios for a ment of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) options without any bridge fuel – a real- immediately. likely chance of staying within the safe and horizontal drilling processes which ity that the world and especially the Despite this, G20 countries are set temperature levels. Coal-fired plants produce more emissions than conven- G-20 countries must immediately wake to invest more than US $1.6 trillion in can only be replaced by zero-carbon tional gas production. While the inter- up to. DOWN TO EARTH An army can fight another army, it cannot fight new gas projects by 2030. This would options. national community expects the US to (The author is a senior researcher the masses. A tiger can kill a beast of prey, it release emissions, practically making it Argentina, holding the Presidency of commit to sincere climate actions, the at Centre for Science and cannot kill a swarm of mosquitoes impossible to meet the goals of the Paris G-20, has drawn the world’s attention to current US administration has, time and Environment. The views Agreement. The Oil Change Interna- its gas reserves, said to be the second- again, endorsed using clean fossil fuels. expressed are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 US media worst enemy: Trump after Kim summit

WASHINGTON DC: "Fake pended, calling the journal- News" is America's "biggest ist an "absolute disgrace" on Japan keen enemy," President Donald Twitter. Follow-up: Koreas in military Trump has declared as he sin- Acosta had responded on on Abe-Kim gled out some US media out- Twitter to the suggestion that lets for trying to "downplay" he have his press credentials meeting the "deal" he struck with North revoked, tweeting, "Dictator- Korean leader Kim Jong-un at ships take away press creden- talks to curb border tensions TOKYO: Japan is their historic summit. tials. Not democracies." Trump met with Kim on Trump frequently por- working to arrange a SEOUL: The rival Koreas were Tuesday in Singapore, where trays the news media as one of meeting between Prime holding rare high-level military the two leaders signed a his enemies, but rarely has he Minister Shinzo Abe talks on Thursday to discuss vaguely worded agreement that been this blunt about it, CNN and Kim Jong Un after reducing tensions across their has been criticised by many commented. the North Korean lead- heavily fortified border. back home. On his return to No modern American pres- er said he was open It's possible North Korean Washington, Trump had also ident has publicly spoken this officials during the talks at the decleared that North Korea no way about the press, the net- to talks, local media border village of Panmunjom longer poses a nuclear threat He singled out NBC and Trump's angry tweet appar- work said while noting that for- reported on Thursday. will seek a firm commitment to America. CNN in his angry tweet. ently came following a wave mer President Richard Nixon The Sankei Shimbun from the South on stopping its Critics also feel that Trump, "So funny to watch the Fake of attacks launched on Jim sometimes talked this way, but said Kim discussed the military drills with the United the first sitting US President to News, especially NBC and Acosta, CNN's chief White only in private. possibility during his- States. meet a North Korean head of CNN," Trump wrote. House correspondent. "Trump relishes the fight. toric talks Tuesday with US President Donald state, lavished praise on Kim, "They are fighting hard to Trump officials hadTime and time again, he seizes US President Donald Trump said after his summit legitimising the young authori- downplay the deal with North attacked Acosta for asking Kim us-versus-them opportunities, with North Korean leader Kim tarian leader. Korea. 500 days ago they would and Trump questions during a casting the media as an oppo- Trump. "During the sum- Jong Un on Tuesday that the eral who he thought was prob- between war-separated families Trump, 72, renewed his have 'begged' for this deal -- signing ceremony at the Singa- nent that must be defeated," it mit with Trump, Kim told allies should stop the war games ably the first Korean soldier to and to field combined teams attack on the media, hours after looked like war would break pore nuclear summit. said. Trump had instituted the Trump 'I can meet with during nuclear negotiations in cross the military demarcation at the Asian Games in Jakarta, he addressed a lengthy press out. Our Country's biggest Brad Parscale, the Trump so-called "Fake News Awards" Prime Minister Shinzo "good faith." line that bisects the Koreas by Indonesia, in August. conference in Singapore, trying enemy is the Fake News so 2020 campaign manager, said in January and the "winners" Abe'," the Sankei South Korea's presiden- foot and while wearing a uni- The Korean Peninsula to sell the "deal" he has struck easily promulgated by fools!" Acosta's press credentials included the New York Times tial office has said it's trying to form. Kim Do-gyun told An remains technically at war, reported. AGENCIES with Kim, 34. he tweeted. should be "immediately" sus- and CNN. AGENCIES discern Trump's meaning and that he was honoured to meet because the 1950-53 conflict intent, but also that the allies him and expressed hope for a ended in an armistice, not a should explore various ways meaningful breakthrough in peace treaty. to "further facilitate" dialogue the talks. Annual military drills Kim a world leader with amazing political acumen: N Korea with the North. An didn't get his history between Washington and Seoul's Defense Ministry right - top North Korean mili- Seoul have long been a major SEOUL: North Korean state ined that the two leaders meet flags at Pyongyang airport. said the military talks would tary official Hwang Pyong So, source of contention between television on Thursday aired and take a big first step toward "The whole country heartily focus on carrying out agree- in uniform, stepped into the the Koreas. North Korea, which footage of Kim Jong Un's his- reconciliation?" The footage welcomed home the prominent ments from a summit between southern side of Panmunjom sees the exercises as invasion toric summit with Donald showcased scenes spanning world leader, revered by all the Kim and South Korean Presi- on August 2015 for talks with rehearsals, last month broke Trump in Singapore, with the the hugely-anticipated day, people under the heaven", it dent Moon Jae-in in which they South Korean government off a high-level meeting with report describing Kim as a including Kim and Trump's concluded. vowed to take steps to reduce officials. Seoul over South Korea's par- "prominent world leader" who first handshake in front of their North Korea's tightly con- military tensions and eliminate The Korean military offi- ticipation in a two-week mili- is universally revered. national flags. trolled state media has enthu- the danger of war. cials may discuss holding mili- tary exercise with the United The 40-minute broadcast The broadcast also showed siastically reported the summit The discussions are the first tary talks on a regular basis and States. by Korean Central Television the pair sitting down for talks, as a great achievement for the general-level talks between establishing a hotline between A second summit between seized the chance to heap praise sharing a working lunch, country, which remains iso- the militaries since December their top military officials. Kim and Moon, in late May, put on Kim, showing footage of his signing a joint statement lated and heavily sanctioned. 2007. They may also discuss efforts the senior-level talks between night time stroll on the Singa- and Trump showing Kim his The official KCNA news "We will invest our best to recover the remains of sol- the Koreas back on track. Still, pore waterfront and saying armoured limousine, nick- agency ran a glowing dispatch, efforts to bring in a new era diers missing and presumed North Korea's state media con- he was welcomed with "deep Kim, who has come to lead gaporean Foreign Minister Viv- named the "Beast". describing it as an "epoch-mak- of peace on the Korean Penin- dead from the 1950-53 Korean tinued its criticism of allied respect and boundless enthu- world politics with his extraor- ian Balakrishnan, as crowds "President Trump showed ing meeting" that would help sula," South Korean Maj. Gen. War. military exercises, demanding siasm" in the city-state. dinary political acumen", she strained to take smartphone Chairman Kim his Beast and foster "a radical switchover in Kim Do-gyun told reporters Moon met Kim Jong Un Washington days later "stop "Singapore, a beautiful and said. pictures. "The meeting of the expressed respect and end- the most hostile (North Korea)- before the talks. in April and again in May as the acts of threatening its dia- developed city, has become all Kim was "warmly wel- century awaited by the whole less admiration for Chairman US relations". At a building on the north- Pyongyang made a diplomatic logue partner by force." Since the more famous because of comed" by crowds "wherever world finally took place" on Kim", it said. The video ended And the North's ruling ern side of Panmunjom, the push following a provoca- the 1970s, the United States and the meeting of the century", the he appeared", according to Tuesday, the voiceover said to with Kim returning home to Workers Party official daily South Korean officials were tive run of nuclear and mis- South Korea have held a major female voiceover reported. the voiceover, as the footage shots of Kim's long motorcade a red carpet hero's welcome, Rodong Sinmun splashed greeted by a North Korean sile tests in 2017. The Koreas summertime exercise called "The streets were crowded cut to a scene of Kim stroll- en route to the summit venue complete with honour guards no fewer than 33 pictures delegation led by Lt. Gen. An have agreed to various sets of Ulchi Freedom Guardian that with wellwishers who were ing through the Gardens by on Sentosa island. and crowds of hysterical well- across four of its usual six Ik San, who joked that he was peace talks, including planned involves tens of thousands of full of reverence for Chairman the Bay accompanied by Sin- "Who could have imag- wishers cheering and waving pages. AGENCIES "very jealous" of the major gen- discussions to set up reunions troops. AGENCIES US nabs Israeli Ousted Pak PM Sharif leaves for coaching IS for UK to see ailing wife attackers online WASHINGTON DC: US LAHORE: Ousted Pakistan officials have said that prime minister Nawaz Sharif a native Israeli woman on Thursday left for Lon- living in Wisconsin don along with his daughter coached potential Maryam Nawaz to see his ailing wife Kulsoom Nawaz, despite Islamic State attack- the country's anti-graft body's ers on how to cook up request to put their names on ricin and kept a library the Exit Control List (ECL) of books on making fearing they may not return to bombs, poisons and face corruption cases in court. suicide vests. The Justice Sharif, 68, and his daugh- Department charged ter left for London via Qatar from the Lahore airport this The trial is in the final legal outcome of the judg- Waheba Issa Dais with morning. stage as the Supreme Court ment which is expected to be attempting to provide "Leaving for London. We has directed the trial court announced shortly". material support to will be back next week. Can't to conclude the case by July It also asked the ministry Islamic State after wait to meet and hug Ami 10. The corruption references to put former finance minister arresting the 45 year (mother)," Maryam tweeted. against Sharif and his family Ishaq Dar on the ECL and ini- old divorcee in Cudahy, Kulsoom is in an advanced were filed after his ouster as tiate the process to bring him stage of throat cancer and is prime minister in July last year back to the country as well as Wisconsin on Wednes- undergoing treatment in Lon- in the Panama Papers case. the two sons of Sharif - Hassan day. She was said to don. On the other hand, the Sharif had complained of and Hussain - through Interpol. be the first person in six caretaker government has not getting a "fair trial". He On February 14, NAB months to be arrested neither rejected nor accepted alleged the court had already had sent a similar letter to the on charges of support- the National Accountability decided to pass a verdict against ministry, but the then PML-N ing a violent jihadist Bureau's to place the Sharif him before the July 25 general government did not place the family members on the ECL. election. Sharifs' names on the ECL. It group. Dais, a legal US The caretaker government In a letter to the interior reportedly declined the request resident since 1992, could not decide whether to ministry, NAB said, "This mat- on the grounds that names used a number of social entertain NAB's request or not ter is agitated again in view of could only be included in the media accounts, includ- in this regard, an official of inte- the fact that references against no-fly list by a court order. The ing accounts hijacked rior ministry said. the accused persons Nawaz political future of Sharif, who from others, to promote Former PML-N chief Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Hasan heads the country's most pow- the Islamic State group Sharif, his children and son-in- Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz, Capt erful political family and is the law are facing three corruption (R) Mohammad Safdar, are in de-facto leader of the ruling and facilitate recruit- charges in the accountability the final stages of trial. There PML-N, is uncertain and he ment, according to an court for money laundering is apprehension that they may could be jailed if convicted. indictment. AGENCIES and illegal offshore holdings. leave the country to avoid AGENCIES Lanka Buddhist monk receives six months jail for intimidating woman

COLOMBO: A radical Bud- dhist monk in Sri Lanka was on Thursday sentenced to six months rigourous impris- onment after he was found guilty in a case of harassing and intimidating the wife of a missing journalist. The Homagama court, in the Colombo suburb, had on May 24 found Galagodaatte Gnanasara guilty on two counts of criminal harass- ment and criminal intimida- tion of Sandya Eknaligoda, The court also slapped her of supporting the Liber- and fixed June 14 as the date a fine of 50,000 Sri Lankan ation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to pronounce the quantum of rupees, which should be paid (LTTE), which led a three- punishment. to the victim at once, but if he decade-long armed campaign The magistrate on Thurs- fails, then he will have to serve for a separate Tamil homeland. day sentenced the monk to an additional jail term of three The LTTE was finally six months in prison with months, according to media crushed by the Lankan mil- hard labour for both the reports. Gnanasara had ver- itary in 2009 with the death offences, which would run bally abused Sandya, in the its supremo Velupillai concurrently. court in 2016. He had accused Prabhakaran. AGENCIES 11 Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp Earth heads for deep trouble as Pak SC shatters Musharraf’s Antarctic ice loss rate triples

PARIS: Antarctica has lost a dream of contesting polls staggering three trillion tonnes of ice since 1992, according to a landmark study published ISLAMABAD: Pervez Mush- He also claimed that Musharraf declared an absconder due to on Thursday that suggests the arraf's hope of staging a political was ill. his persistent failure to appear frozen continent could redraw comeback by contesting the July It prompted the chief jus- before the special trial court set Earth’s coastlines if global 25 polls was quashed on Thurs- tice to adjourn the hearing for up to try him. warming continues unchecked. day when Pakistan's Supreme an indefinite period, saying the The former president was Two-fifths of that ice loss Court withdrew the conditional next hearing will be held when indicted in March 2014 on trea- occurred in the last five years, a permission given earlier to the the petitioner was ready for it. son charges for imposing an three-fold increase in the pace at former dictator after he failed "Alright, we'll adjourn the emergency in the country which which Antarctica is shedding its to appear before it. court hearing till indefinite led to the confinement of a num- kilometers-thick casing, a con- Musharraf, the former mil- time period, will hold it on your ber of superior court judges in sortium of 84 scientists reported itary ruler has not returned to wish," the judge observed. their houses and sacking of over in the journal Nature. Pakistan since leaving for Dubai But the chief justice ordered 100 other judges. The findings should dispel in March 2016 on the pretext of the withdrawal of the condi- A conviction for high-profile any lingering doubts that the oratory who has been track- the ocean. medical treatment. tional permission for Musharraf treason carries the death penalty continent’s ice mass is shrink- ing Earth’s ice sheets for two But more than two decades The All Pakistan Muslim to contest elections. or life imprisonment. ing, the authors said. decades. of satellite data -- the new find- League (APML) chairperson Court in 2013. apex court that he had spoken Earlier Musharraf's APML Musharraf has sought ade- They also highlight the exis- “We view these results ings draw from 24 separate had filed his nomination from Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on to Musharraf and he was deter- said on Twitter that "prepara- quate security from the govern- tential threat facing low-lying as another ringing alarm for space-based surveys -- have the northern district of Chitral Wednesday had rebuked the for- mined to return. But Musharraf tions for his return were in the ment for his return to appear in coastal cities and communities action to slow the warming of finally yielded a more com- after the court last week allowed mer army chief for "cowardice", said it was not possible for him final stage". It was not clear why court in the treason case. home to hundreds of millions our planet.” plete picture. him to contest next month's taunting him for not appearing to come immediately. the plan was changed within Musharraf, who ruled Pak- of people. Up to now, scientists have Covering twice the area of general election but made it in court and had told him to Afzal pleaded that Mush- hours after it was announced. istan from 1999 to 2008, has “We now have an unequiv- struggled in determining the continental United States, conditional on his appearance appear by 2 pm on Thursday. arraf needs more time to appear Musharraf is wanted in been declared a fugitive in the ocal picture of what’s happen- whether Antarctica has accu- Antarctica is blanketed by before it on June 13 in a case During the hearing, his before the court owing to the Pakistan in several high-pro- Benazir Bhutto murder case ing in Antarctica,” said co-lead mulated more mass through enough ice pack to lift global linked to his lifelong disquali- counsel Qamar Afzal informed "current situation [in the coun- file cases. He is facing a high- and Red Mosque cleric killing author Eric Rignot, a scientist snowfall than it loses in melt- oceans by nearly 60 metres (210 fication by the Peshawar High the four-member bench of the try]" and Eidul Fitr holidays. profile treason case and has been case. AGENCIES at NASA’s Jet propulsion Lab- water run-off and ice flows into feet). AGENCIES US man wrongly linked to UK to ease visa cap blocking Indian doctors Planes collide LONDON: The UK govern- midair in ment is set to ease its immigra- British MPs burglary ‘for being black’ tion cap blocking professionals Alaska; 1 dead such as Indian doctors from LOS ANGELES, UNITED being brought in to tackle take up skilled STATES: A black Califor- shortages in the state-funded ANCHORAGE (Alaska): A nian man who was reported to National Health Service (NHS). Indians’ plight midair collision Wednesday sent police by a neighbor while out UK home secretary Sajid a small airplane plummeting walking his dogs has become Javid, who had promised a into Alaska's Susitna River, kill- one of the latest victims of review on the issue earlier in visa row ing a person on board. apparent racial profiling in the this month, will make a for- The National Transporta- United States. mal announcement on remov- LONDON: The plight of hun- tion Safety Board confirmed Nigerian-born Ike ing doctors and nurses from dreds of highly-skilled Indian one fatality in the crash north Iloputaife's nightmare, which countries outside the Euro- professionals caught up in a of Anchorage, Alaska. The pilot has grabbed headlines, began pean Union (EU) from the row over their right to live and of the second airplane made a last month when he took his UK's annual visa cap of 20,700 work in Britain was taken up safe emergency landing at an borzoi (Russian wolfhound) on Friday. by cross-party MPs in a West- Anchorage airport. dogs for their daily early- As part of the announce- process. last month asking for the visa minster Hall debate in the UK Clint Johnson, chief of the morning walk in his San Diego ment, Javid is also expected However, the UK govern- cap to be reviewed. Parliament this week. NTSB Alaska regional office, neighborhood. wrote on the Nextdoor app, this may have caused Mr. to announce a wider ease up ment's annual immigration tar- British Prime Minister The- Labour party MP Ruth said multiple callers contacted A woman took a picture of which hosts social networks Iloputaife and have begun of the Tier 2 visa category to get means they are not even resa May, who had introduced Cadbury made an impas- Alaska State Troopers after the him, saying he was a "stranger" for neighbors. "Asking to call working on steps to streamline allow companies to be able to applying as they will be refused the cap during her time as sioned plea on behalf of her collision shortly after noon. on her street, and shared it with the police on a black person this process to avoid a similar recruit highly-skilled profes- a visa because of the monthly UK home secretary, had been Indian constituents in west "He indicated that as he was police following a burglary in in this highly charged politi- oversight in the future." sionals from non-EU countries. cap on overseas professionals opposed to any easing of immi- London who had been denied headed back to Anchorage, he the neighborhood. cal and cultural environment The case comes on the The cap, currently on a being hit. gration rule but has now been their indefinite leave to remain saw an airplane that was basi- The photograph was used by can be a danger for the black heels of several similar racially- monthly limit of around 1,600, The cap under the Tier 2 forced to buckle under pressure (ILR) by the UK Home Office cally nose-to-nose with him," the San Diego Sheriff's Depart- person." Iloputaife came to charged incidents across the is likely to be raised on a tem- visa category to allow compa- from within her own Cabinet. on "spurious" grounds. Johnson said. "He was able to ment to identify Iloputaife as a the United States in 1981 to United States in which people porary basis to address short- nies to bring in professionals "This is going to be a huge "They are all from India pull up, but subsequently his "person of interest" in the bur- study aerospace engineer- of color have been reported to ages and needs of particular from outside the EU is set at relief for trusts up and down and are highly qualified, well landing gear struck the air- glary investigation. ing and ran a bed-and-break- police over seemingly harm- professions. 20,700 per year, with a monthly the country who have been paid and well-respected IT plane." The impact severed the Iloputaife said he was on fast in Provence, France, for less acts. Last month, a white The move follows lobbying limit of around 1,600. Until really struggling to fill their professionals. nose cone of the second air- vacation when the press release more than two decades before woman called police in Oak- from healthcare groups around December last year, that limit doctors and nurses vacancies," “They came to answer this plane. The surviving pilot, fly- bearing his picture was released returning to the US last year. land, California, over a black the country, including the Brit- had been exceeded only once said Saffron Cordery of trade country's skill shortage a short- ing a Cessna 175, landed on a and was informed by a neigh- He said although San Diego family holding a barbecue in a ish Association of Physicians of in almost six years but since body NHS Providers. age that has not gone away," dirt landing strip at Lake Hood bor that he was a crime suspect police have apologized to him park, claiming they were using Indian Origin (BAPIO). then that cap has been reached NHS England had 35,000 Cadbury, MP for Brentford Seaplane Base, part of Ted Ste- on his return home. for the mishap, he would like the wrong grill. "It is a first step to victory. nearly every month. nurse vacancies and nearly and Isleworth, said during the vens Anchorage International "This is my first encounter authorities to issue a press In April, two black men The proof of the pudding will According to latest figures, 10,000 doctor posts unfilled debate on Wednesday. Airport, the city's main airport, with law enforcement," he told release to help clear his name. waiting for a friend were be in its eating and we eagerly as many as 2,360 visa applica- as of February this year. Javid "Those without the right shortly before 1 p.m. the local KPBS radio station in Contacted by AFP, the San arrested in a Philadelphia Star- await the details," said Dr tions from non-EU doctors had had triggered hope during an of appeal cannot work, cannot The pilot had departed from an interview this week recount- Diego Sheriff's Department bucks after a manager at the Ramesh Mehta, President of been refused over the last few interview earlier this month take up the offer of promotion, a remote fishing site and was fly- ing his ordeal. "I don't know appeared red-faced over the outlet called police. the BAPIO. months many of them from that he plans to review the cannot rent a flat and may lose ing over the Susitna River in the how they handle things in gen- incident, saying there was no A student at Yale University "We had suggested a sepa- India. country's visa policy to ensure their driving licence. Matanuska-Susitna Borough. eral, but they haven't handled it harm intended and that detec- was also interrogated by police rate immigration category for The BAPIO and other these vacancies can be filled up. "Even those with pend- The second pilot was not well in this case." He added that tives were simply doing their in May after a fellow white stu- healthcare workers and hope groups had branded the gov- "Perhaps this is a sign ing appeals or judicial review injured, said Erich Scheun- it was clear the color of his skin job after the neighbor flagged dent found her sleeping in a the Home Office would con- ernment policy a "disaster", that Sajid Javid is willing to applications who can work are emann, an assistant chief for the played a key role in him being Iloputaife to police. common room at a dormitory. sider that proposal positively," resulting in a "Scrap the Cap" take a bolder and more flex- losing jobs because nervous Anchorage Fire Department, photographed by a neighbor "While we understand this Such incidents have sparked he said. campaign by the 'British Medi- ible approach to immigration, employers have asked them to which responded to the emer- and then sucked into a crimi- caused unnecessary strife for outrage on social media and The BAPIO has previously cal Journal'. and deliver the kind of sys- resign. gency landing. The first airplane nal probe. Mr. Iloputaife, it was not done prompted various hashtags said that it has qualified Indian The British Medical Associ- tem that Britain will need after “Many cannot travel fell immediately. Johnson said 'Color of my skin' intentionally nor with any including “DogWalking- doctors on its list who can ation (BMA), 12 medical royal we leave the EU," said Sunder to see family and cannot the second pilot circled and used "In this person's head I malintent," the department WhileBlack,” “WaitingWhile- come in to the UK on a short- colleges, NHS Employers, and Katwala, director of the immi- explain to their family why his radio to contact another pilot became a person of interest said in an email. Black” and “BBQing While term basis to fill NHS short- other professional bodies had gration think-tank British they cannot visit them," she and summon assistance before because of my skin color," he "We are sorry for any strife Black.” AGENCIES ages and gain training in the co-authored a letter to Javid Future. AGENCIES said. AGENCIES flying on to Anchorage.AGENCIES FB now less used for news as youth turn To WA Apple steps up encryption to

LONDON: The use of social grapple with the impact of the thwart iPhone cracking by cops media networks such as Face- internet and smartphones that book to consume news has have transformed both the way WASHINGTON DC: Apple data. We have the greatest started to fall in the United people consume news and the has said it was strengthening respect for law enforcement, States as many young peo- way media companies make encryption on its iPhones to and we don't design our secu- ple turn towards messaging money. thwart police efforts to unlock rity improvements to frus- apps such as Facebook-owned The YouGov polling for the handsets without legitimate trate their efforts to do their WhatsApp to discuss events, Reuters Institute was conducted authorization. jobs." the Reuters Institute found. mostly before Facebook, facing The move by Apple, the lat- Apple said it was working a Usage of Facebook, the criticism for algorithms that est in an ongoing clash with fix to mitigate the possibility of world's largest social network, may have prioritised mislead- law enforcement, comes amid accessing data from GrayKey for news is down 9 percentage ing news, adjusted the filters on reports of growing use of a tool "At Apple, we put the cus- or similar tools. points from 2017 in the United its News Feed in January. known as GrayKey which can tomer at the center of every- Apple said that it has a team States and down 20 points for Facebook and Twitter are enable police to bypass iPhone thing we design," the company that responds to law enforce- younger audiences, accord- years of continuous growth," for news as consumers look for still used by many users to dis- security features. said in a statement. ment and national security ing to the Reuters Institute Nic Newman, research associ- more private (and less confron- cover news but the discussion Apple said on Wednes- "We're constantly strength- requests 24 hours a day. survey of 74,000 people in 37 ate at the Reuters Institute for tational) spaces to communi- then takes place on messaging day that the new features are ening the security protections But the company has markets. the Study of Journalism, said in cate," Newman said. apps such as WhatsApp, often not designed to frustrate law in every Apple product to been a target of some in law "The use of social media the Digital News Report. The research lays bare the because people feel less vulner- enforcement but prevent any help customers defend against enforcement for rejecting for news has started to fall in "We continue to see a rise volatility of consumer tastes able discussing events on such bypassing of encryption by hackers, identity thieves and efforts to allow easy access to a number of key markets after in the use of messaging apps as the news industry tries to apps. AGENCIES good or bad actors. intrusions into their personal iPhones. AGENCIES China’s newest babysitter teaches maths, jokes... and is a robot

SHANGHAI: It speaks two Parents can also remotely of taking care of children or talk to seniors, remind them to languages, gives math lessons, talk to and monitor the chil- elders without help from a large take their pills and call the hos- tells jokes and interacts with dren through the iPal, which extended family, as the impact pital when they fall. children through the tablet is linked to a smartphone app of the country’s decades-long Beijing has invested money screen in its chest -- China's lat- that allows them to see and one-child policy lingers. The and manpower in developing est robot is the babysitter every hear everything. limit was raised to two chil- AI as part of its “Made in China parent needs. "The idea for this robot is dren in 2016. 2025” plan. The iPal is the lat- The "iPal" was among a slew to be a companion for chil- “I don’t think the robots can est humanoid robot to be mar- of new tech unveiled at the dren," said Tingyu Huang, co- replace parents or teachers,” keted for family use, following Consumer Electronics Show founder of AvatarMind Robot Huang said. “But iPal can be a in the footsteps of the dimin- Asia in Shanghai this week, Technology. complementary tool to relieve utive, wisecracking “Pepper” offering education and com- "When a child sees it, he or some of their burden.” companion released by Japan’s pany for lonely children and she will think of the robot as a China’s robot market is SoftBank in 2015. peace of mind for adults. friend, as another child in the also catching onto needs from A Chinese firm unveiled The humanoid device family." a growing population of elderly the country’s first human-like stands as tall as a five-year-old, Their 9,000 yuan ($1,400) “empty nesters” who prefer to robot, which can hold simple moves and dances on wheels did not dampen interest from “They’re pretty cute. I was tralia said. grow old at home rather than conversations and make facial and its eyes keep track of its buyers watching a perfor- just thinking my own two-year- at a nursing home. expressions, during the Con- charges through facial recog- mance of several iPals dancing old daughter would love one,” China’s young working AvatarMind will soon sumer Electronics Show in Las nition technology. in unison. Mike Stone, a buyer from Aus- parents often face the burden launch another robot that can Vegas last year. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 May WPI inflation gallops US Fed raises key interest rate for second time in 2018 WASHINGTON DC: The to 14-month high of 4.43% US Federal Reserve raised the benchmark lending rate on NEW DELHI: Inflation based action to tame fuel price rise domestic fuel prices, the trend Thursday, the second increase on wholesale prices shot up to a Wholesale All Primary saying increasing prices of pet- in the monsoon dispersion and of the year, and signaled two 14-month high of 4.43 per cent Commodities Articles rol and diesel may significantly the extent of change in MSPs," more hikes were coming in in May on increasing prices of Price Index 4.43% (Weight: 22.62%) impact import bills, which may Nayar said. 2018 and four in 2019, a possi- petrol and diesel, prompting Base: 2011-12=100 3.16% subsequently have an impact on The WPI inflation for March ble sign of concern about accel- industry to demand action from exchange rates. has been revised upwards to erating inflation. policymakers to keep fuel prices "Besides, it might also neg- 2.74 per cent from the provi- The unanimous vote brings under check. atively impact input prices for sional estimate of 2.47 per cent. the federal funds rate to a

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The Sensex saw a slightly better start with potato inflation at a peak a deflation of 21.13 per cent. when the WPI inflation stood inflation trajectory include the vegetables and fuel. RBI mainly mark at 3.1 per cent at the end and advanced to a high of 35,749.88, but soon of 81.93 per cent. Price rise in May inflation at 4.43 per cent at 5.11 per cent. level at which global crude oil takes into account retail infla- of 2019, up from the previ- turned lower in line with a weak trend at other fruits was in double digits at was a 14-month peak. The pre- Industry chamber Asso- prices stabilise and the extent tion data while formulating ous 2.9 per cent, which signals 15.40 per cent, while pulses saw vious high was in March 2017, cham called for government to which they are transmitted to monetary policy. PTI four hikes next year rather than Asian markets. It finally finished 139.34 points, or three. 0.39 per cent, lower at 35,599.82. The gauge had India Inc’s April The reflection of increased risen by 295.49 points in the past three sessions. May private equity Stock exchange CEOs may fears about rising prices is likely Likewise, the broader NSE Nifty dropped by 48.65 to surprise markets, as most points, or 0.45 per cent to 10,808.05 after shut- institutional fund economists had not expected get just two 5-year terms: Sebi the Fed to give a clear sign that tling between 10,773.55 and 10,833.70. PTI deal values dip 50% raising dips 64% an additional rate increase was likely until later in the year. tained expansion of economic be the result of the steep import NEW DELHI: Private equity LLP Director Pankaj Chopda NEW DELHI: Fund mobilisa- NEW DELHI: Regulator Sebi corporations and depositories, That shift came as a single activity, strong labor market tariffs President Donald Trump (PE) investments saw 50 per said. Canada Pension Plan tion by Indian firms through is considering capping tenure of according to a senior official. FOMC member shifted his or conditions, and inflation near imposed. cent decline in value terms in Investment Board (CPPIB) and issuance of shares to institu- stock exchange CEOs to maxi- Further, it is proposed to her forecast for this year and the Committee's symmetric The Fed watches price mea- May at $1,180 million amid fall Allianz Capital Partners' 55 per tional investors dropped by 64 mum two terms of five years expand the definition of key next, breaking a virtual tie in two per cent objective over the sures closely to determine how in big-ticket deals and cautious cent stake acquisition in India per cent to nearly Rs 1,900 crore each, as part of an overhaul of managerial personnel at these the projections released in medium term." fast to raise interest rates but investor approach, says a report. infrastructure trust IndInfravit during April 2018, in compari- regulations for ownership and institutions whereby a person up March. The use of the term "sym- has signaled that the two per- According to assurance, Trust for $280 million was the son to the year-ago period. governance norms for market to two levels below MD/ CEO Fed Chairman Jerome Pow- metric" and "medium term" is cent target is not a ceiling and tax and advisory firm Grant top PE deal. During April 2017, the firms infrastructure institutions. would be deemed as a key man- ell is due to give a press confer- a clear indication the Fed is not that it would be comfortable Thornton, 53 PE deals worth Other top deals announced had mopped up Rs 5,206.65 Besides, the watchdog is agerial personnel. ence at 2:30 pm (1830 GMT) to in a hurry to get inflation to two with inflation rising slightly $1,180 million were announced during May include GIC-Gam- crore. planning to bring in new own- In March this year, a com- explain the thinking behind the percent and will be comfortable above that level for a time. in May this year, while the year- nat acquiring 6 per cent stake As per the latest data avail- ership norms for setting up of mittee, headed by former RBI rate increase and outlook. if prices rise above that level for The FOMC's economic ago month saw 68 transactions in Godrej Properties for $152 able with the Securities and stock exchanges as it feels that Deputy Governor R Gandhi, However, the FOMC state- a short time. growth forecasts were little worth $2,363 million. million and Camas Investments Exchange Board of India (Sebi), entry of new players can ben- had submitted a report on ment stressed that rising inter- In its quarterly Summary of changed, with 2018 GDP seen Compared to April 2018, acquiring 5 per cent stake in the capital garnered by the listed efit investors with better prod- review of regulations and rele- est rates were unlikely to derail Economic Projections, officials rising 2.8 per cent rather than May witnessed a declining trend AU Small Finance Bank Ltd for companies through the qualified uct choices and effective cost vant circulars pertaining to MIIs economic growth — which it projected the Fed's preferred 2.7 per cent but unchanged at in deal values (down 48 per $147 million. institutional placement (QIP) structures, a senior official said. (Market Infrastructure Inter- now characterizes as "strong" inflation measure will accel- 2.4 per cent in 2019 and two per cent) and deal volumes (down Sector wise, May was dom- route stood at Rs 1,862 crore in At its next board meeting mediaries) in March this year. rather than "moderate" — and erate only slightly, ending this cent in 2020. 34 per cent). inated by investments in start- the first month of the financial scheduled for June 21, Sebi Based on the panel's rec- again made clear the Fed had year at 2.1 per cent rather than The already historically low "Slowdown in PE/VC deals ups, which contributed to 60 year 2018-19. would propose coming out with ommendations, Sebi plans to some tolerance for inflation 1.9 per cent, and holding at that unemployment is projected to may be attributed to the wait- per cent of total investment This is 64.24 per cent less a consultation paper for vari- change the existing norms in above its two percent target. level through 2020. fall even further, ending the and-watch approach by PE/VCs, volumes. The fintech segment than that raised in the corre- ous regulatory and procedural this regard. "A person may serve In another slight change of That index currently is at year at 3.6 per cent before set- cautious approach on ongoing attracted significant investor sponding month of the previous requirements for setting up of as MD/ CEO of a MII for a max- language — something sure two per cent, but other mea- tling at 3.5 per cent in 2019 and transactions resulting in length- attention with nine deals, fol- fiscal. Through the QIP route, MIIs, including stock exchanges. imum of two terms of up to five to catch the attention of Fed sures of consumer and pro- 2020. Only eight of the partici- ening of the deal life cycle or lowed by the health tech and during the financial year 2017- Sebi is also looking to har- years each or up to 65 years of watchers — it said "further ducer prices have accelerated, pants voted on policy at this absence of large ticket transac- retail space with three invest- 18, the firms had mobilised Rs monise the shareholding limit age, whichever is earlier," the gradual increases" in the key pushed by rising fuel prices, as meeting but all join the discus- tions," Grant Thornton India ments each. PTI 67,257 crore via 53 issues. PTI across stock exchanges, clearing official said. PTI rate "will be consistent with sus- well as metals prices that could sion and submit forecasts. PTI Fortis scraps Sebi to revise investors' SRL-Fortis Malar UK’s Rolls-Royce to sack GST payers can go to jurisdictional tax merger scheme thousands of workers officer to change username, password money recovery norms

NEW DELHI: Fortis Health- LONDON: Rolls-Royce, the NEW DELHI: The Finance NEW DELHI: Sebi plans to vency and Bankruptcy Board care has said it is withdrawing British maker of plane engines, Ministry on Thursday said put in place revised norms for of India (IBBI) is implementing the scheme of amalgamation said on Thursday that it plans GST registrants can approach recovering investors' money in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy between Fortis Malar Hospitals to cut 4,600 mainly British jobs jurisdictional tax officer with cases of illegal collective invest- Code. Before appointment as and SRL due to delay in comple- by 2020, adding to thousands valid documents to change ment schemes, wherein a reg- administrator, such an entity tion of the process and strong of cuts already announced in the e-mail and mobile num- istered insolvency professional should provide an undertak- headwinds in the sector. recent years. ber recorded against their will be appointed as administra- ing with Sebi that it does not "The entire process was "Rolls-Royce announces the GST identification number tor to undertake sale of assets. have any "conflict of interest expected to take 6-8 months, next stage in our drive for pace Although it roared back (GSTIN). A senior official said the with the unregistered collec- however, due to reasons beyond and simplicity with a proposed into profit last year, this was The revenue department regulator is looking to revise tive investment scheme entity, the company's control, the pro- restructuring that will deliver largely owing to a recovery in had received complaints from the procedures to be followed its directors, promoters and its cess has taken over 19 months improved returns, higher mar- the pound. taxpayers that the intermedi- after passing of orders in cases group entities," the official said. and is still not complete," Fortis gins and increased cash flow," "Our world-leading tech- aries who were authorised by related to unregistered collec- According to the official, the Healthcare said in a late night the group said in a statement. nology gives Rolls-Royce the them to apply for registration tive investment schemes. proposal is likely to be taken filing on Wednesday. The London-listed com- potential to generate significant on their behalf had used their "The e-mail and mobile option available on GST portal. In case an entity is not trace- up during Sebi's board meet- The scheme is currently pany, whose engines are used profitable growth," the com- own e-mail and mobile number number can be updated by the Taxpayer would be required able or is not complying with ing scheduled for June 21. The pending for approval with the in Airbus and Boeing aircraft, pany's chief executive Warren during the process. concerned jurisdictional tax to provide valid documents to Sebi directions, the recovery expenses pertaining to the National Company Law Tribu- said the latest cuts would pro- East said alongside Thursday's These intermediaries are authority of the taxpayer," the the tax officer as proof of his/ officer can appoint an adminis- administrator would be borne nal (NCLT), Chandigarh bench, duce 400 million pounds ($536 announcement. "The creation not sharing the user details ministry said in a statement. her identity and to validate trator for the purpose of selling by the entity or come from the it added. million) of annual cost savings of a more streamlined organ- with the taxpayers. Taxpayer would be required the business details related to the properties attached. sale proceeds of the entity's During this period of 19 by the end of 2020. isation with pace and simplic- "With a view to address to approach the concerned his GSTIN. Following this, According to the official, assets. He said the administra- months, the healthcare sector Rolls has faced a tough ity at its heart will enable us to this difficulty of the taxpayer, a jurisdictional tax officer to get the officer would authenti- only an entity registered with tor can appoint an independent has witnessed strong headwinds trading environment in recent deliver on that promise, gen- functionality to update e-mail the password for the GSTIN cate the activity and enter the the IBBI as insolvency resolu- chartered accountant to ver- and performance of diagnostics years on weak demand for erating higher returns while and mobile number of the allotted to the business. Tax- new e-mail address and mobile tion professional would be con- ify the details of money raised, business has not been optimum, its plane engines and marine being able to invest for the authorised signatory is avail- payers can check jurisdiction number provided by the tax- sidered eligible for appointment including payment already Fortis Healthcare said. PTI power systems. future," he added. PTI able in the GST system. through 'Search Taxpayer' payer. PTI as administrator. The Insol- made to investors. PTI Ola’s full-year loss Comcast offers $65 bn for Fox assets... 20% more than Disney

NEW YORK: Comcast Corp to decide whether Comcast’s It said that it would go to court Comcast-Fox deal which would rises to `4,898 crore offered $65 billion on Wednes- offer beats Disney’s. If Fox pre- and fight if the Justice Depart- put two movie studios and two day to lure Twenty-First Cen- fers Comcast, Disney will have ment tried to block the deal. major television brands under NEW DELHI: Ride hailing app tury Fox Inc away from a merger five business days to respond. Comcast offered $35 per Fox one roof. Ola saw its losses widening to with Walt Disney Co, setting up Comcast may have a tough share for the media assets, com- “One cannot ignore the fact Rs 4,897.8 crore, even though its a bidding war between two of time winning over Fox’s larg- pared with Disney’s stock offer, that there’s less independent total income grew 70 per cent the largest U.S. media compa- est shareholder, the Murdoch worth $29.18 per share at the content to go around,” after the during FY2016-17 as compared nies with its 20 percent higher family. They own a 17-percent close of trade on Wednesday. AT&T deal, said Henry Su, an to the previous fiscal, as per reg- offer. stake and would face a multi- Comcast offered a $2.5 bil- antitrust expert with Constan- ulatory documents. Comcast Chief Executive billion dollar capital gains tax lion reverse termination fee if tine Cannon LLP. Ola, which is locked in a Brian Roberts said he was highly bill by accepting an all-cash offer the deal did not go through, the Still, the AT&T court fight bruising battle for market advertising expenses shrunk confident regulators would from Comcast, tax experts pre- same as Disney. It also offered to gave Comcast valuable infor- leadership in the Indian mar- by 35 per cent," Anchal Agar- allow Comcast to acquire most viously said. pay Fox’s $1.525 billion breakup mation about how to structure ket against American rival wal, co-founder of research firm of Fox’s media assets after AT&T Fox shareholders will vote fee owed Disney, if Fox went a Fox deal, said David Scharf, Uber, had registered a loss of Tofler, said. Inc’s court victory on Tuesday, July 10 on the Disney trans- with Comcast. a litigation expert with Morri- Rs 3,147.9 crore in FY2015-16. As per the documents, which allowed it to buy Time action but the company could Comcast said it intended to son Cohen. During the same period, sourced by Tofler, Ola incurred Warner Inc for $85 billion. postpone the meeting, Fox said Alphabet Inc’s Google. The Fox’s international assets pursue its $30 billion acquisi- Disney itself has “surgically” ANI Technologies -- the entity a one-time loss on account The fight to win Fox’s assets in a statement. younger firms produce con- such as Star India appeal to both tion of Sky Plc in parallel with structured a transaction that running Ola -- saw its consoli- of "modification of financial is shaping up to be a summer Some analysts see difficulties tent, sell it online directly to con- Disney and Comcast, which its Fox bid. Comcast bid for Sky “might be doable,” avoiding Fox dated total income rising over instrument" to the tune of Rs blockbuster starring well- for Comcast-Fox, which would sumers and often offer lucrative want to expand their global in April, after Fox’s bid for the Broadcasting and big Fox sports 70 per cent to Rs 1,380.7 crore 1,095.3 crore in FY17. known media moguls, led by add Fox’s movie and television targeted advertising. presence. remainder of European pay-TV channels, U.S. antitrust chief as against Rs 810.7 crore in The company also saw its Rupert Murdoch who built Fox studios to Comcast’s NBC Uni- A merger between Fox Major sports and news assets group it did not already own was Makan Delrahim said last week. FY2015-16, as per documents employee-related expenses into a global media empire. versal, but Roberts said in a let- and Comcast would create a including Fox News, Fox Busi- delayed by regulators. “I don’t think either will have filed with Registrar of Compa- growing about 24 per cent to Comcast’s Roberts, who led a ter to Fox that he would offer the company with a stable of well- ness Network and Fox Sports Fox in a statement said it a significant advantage over the nies (RoC). Rs 572.1 crore, while finance failed bid for Disney in 2004, same conditions as Disney and known media brands and would be spun off into a sepa- had received the proposal and other,” given that both Disney Emails sent to Ola did not costs escalated to Rs 28.7 crore now faces off against Disney promised to fight for the deal in franchises, such as the X-Men rate company. Shares of Com- would review it. and Comcast seem motivated elicit a response. in FY17. Chief Executive Robert Iger, court if necessary. superheroes. A combined com- cast, Fox and Disney were barely Justice Department lawyers to divest what they need to "A one-time loss of about Rs Ola's subsidiaries and whose own dealmaking has Comcast is expected to lead pany would hold the rights to changed in after-hours trade. who tried to stop AT&T’s $85 win a deal with Fox, said Ketan 1,000 crore makes the results include Ola Fleet Technologies added heroes from Pixar, Star a wave of traditional media air Fox’s long running TV show Comcast in a statement out- billion deal expect consumers Jhaveri, a former Justice Depart- look worse than they would be (leasing business), Zipcash Card Wars and Marvel comics to the companies trying to combine “The Simpsons”, the U.S. rights lined an offer that was similar to will lose out as bigger compa- ment attorney who served on on an ongoing basis. In line with Service (payments), Ola Electric home of Mickey Mouse. distribution and production to to the Olympics and Premier Disney’s, including a commit- nies raise prices, and some law- the telecommunications task results from e-commerce firms, Mobility and Ola Skilling. PTI Fox’s board will now have compete with Netflix Inc and League Soccer. ment to the same divestitures. yers saw that as a concern in a force. AGENCIES business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 mp SAIL's modernised, expanded GM names Chennai-born Dhivya Suryadevara CFO Bhilai steel plant launched First woman to get this position in auto industry HOUSTON: Dhivya Suryade- BHILAI/NEW DELHI: Prime energy efficiency and environ- vara, an accomplished Indian- Minister Narendra Modi on mental protection. American chartered financial Thursday dedicated Steel The modernization and analyst, has been named the Authority of India Ltd's (SAIL) expansion of BSP will fur- Chief Finance Officer of the modernised and expanded ther enhance performance US' largest automaker, General Bhilai Steel Plant to the nation and introduce new products Motors, the first woman to get at Bhilai in a magnificent func- required for today’s world like the position in the auto industry. tion attended by a huge gather- - Head hardened rails meant Suryadevara, 39, currently ing of citizens and dignitaries. for metro and dedicated freight the vice president, Corporate With this historic dedication corridor. Finance, will succeed Chuck to the nation, SAIL completed Union Minister Birender Stevens, the GM's present CFO, its modernization and expan- Singh said, “The modernised on September 1, the company sion programme (MODEX) steel plant of Bhilai will not said in a statement. which enhances the steel mak- only augment the steel pro- Chennai-born Suryade- ing capacity of the Company to duction of SAIL but will also vara will report to GM's Chief 21 MTPA. mark the completion of SAIL’s Executive Officer (CEO) Mary This momentous occa- modernization.” Barra, who has been head of the sion was witnessed by Union He added that this expan- automaker since 2014 and the Minister for Steel, Chaudhary sion will also contribute only woman to run an automo- Birender Singh, Chief Min- towards moving closer to the bile company. Barra and Sury- Earlier this month, she joining the Detroit-based GM ister of Chhattisgarh Raman 300 MTPA vision of National adevara are the first women in played a role in securing a $2.25 in 2005 at the age of 25. Singh, Union Minister of Steel Policy. Further congratu- their respective positions in the billion investment in GM Cruise "Dhivya's experience and State for Steel Vishnu Deo lating SAIL BSP he added that auto industry, as no other major by Japanese tech giant SoftBank leadership in several key roles Sai, Union Minister of State the 130 metre single piece rails global automaker has a female Group Corp, and GM's invest- throughout our financial opera- for Telecommunications(I/C), produced at this plant are lon- CEO, nor a CEO and a CFO ment in San Francisco-based tions positions her well to build Manoj Sinha and several other gest in the world." who are both female. on-demand transportation on the strong business results dignitaries. Speaking on the occasion, GM will join a very short list company Lyft, it added. we've delivered over the last Before dedicating the new ogy and capacity with expen- try too. We will also work to plants of SAIL. The new Blast Chief Minister Raman Singh of S&P 500 companies, includ- Suryadevara served as CEO several years," Barra said in a plant to the nation, Prime Min- diture of Rs 18000 crores. It is strengthen the foundation of Furnace no 8 – Mahamaya - said that “ The blast furnaces ing Hershey Co. and American and Chief Investment Officer for statement. ister Modi also visited Bhilai my good fortune that today I New India as steel. In Bhilai alone has a capacity to produce of Bhilai Steel Plant has relent- Water Works Co., with women GM Asset Management from Stevens, 58, has been CFO at Steel Plant where he witnessed have the opportunity to inau- and Durg, you have person- 2.8 MTPA. The new Steel Melt- lessly worked for six decades are serving as CEO and CFO. 2013 to 2017. In this capac- the largest US automaker since the new and expanded steel gurate this modernized and ally experienced that after set- ing Shop no. 3 will increase the and the hardwork of people is In her role as vice president, ity, she was responsible for the January 2014 and will retire in making facilities. During the expanded steel plant. Very few ting up a steel plant, the picture crude steel capacity to 7 MTPA commendable.” Corporate Finance, since July management of business and March next year as a more than Plant visit, Secretary Steel people know that most of the changed there. Mining of steel from earlier 3.9 MTPA and the SAIL, with its enhanced 2017, Suryadevara has been investment activities of GM's 40-year veteran of the com- Aruna Sharma, Officer on Spe- rail tracks have been built after sector and iron ore has played new Bar and Rod Mill will dou- capacity and world class new responsible for corporate finan- $85 billion pension operations, pany. He will remain with the cial Duty, Steel, Binoy Kumar, the independence, which con- a big role in speeding up the ble the capacity to 2 MTPA. range of products is all pre- cial planning, investor relations the statement said. company as an adviser until SAIL Chairman P K Singh and nect the nation from Kuchh progress of Chhattisgarh.” Apart from this, SAIL-BSP’s pared to meet the growing and special projects. She played She earned her bachelor's his retirement, the statement CEO, Bhilai Steel Plant, M Ravi to Cuttack and from Kargil to Modernised and expanded new Universal Rail Mill has steel requirement of the coun- an integral role in some signifi- and master's degrees in Com- said. He will remain with the were also present. Kanyakumari. with an investment of more enhanced total rail production try. The new product range, cant deals GM has made as it has merce from the University of company as an adviser until his Addressing the gather- "These tracks are being than Rs. 18,800 Crore, Bhilai capacity of SAIL to 2 MTPA. designed according to the pres- restructured operations over the Madras in the southern Indian retirement, the statement said. ing at Bhilai, Narendra Modi produced from the offerings Steel Plant would now have an This new plant installed ent market requirements will past several years, including the town. She moved to the US at Stevens began at the Buick said that, “Before coming here of sweat of yours. Definitely enhanced hot metal produc- with cutting edge technol- cater to every sector and the divestiture of its European arm the age of 22 to pursue her MBA division in 1978 and, like Barra, today, I went to Bhilai Steel Bhilai has not only made steel, tion capacity of 7.5 MTPA from ogy after MODEX will ensure new marketing policy of the Opel and the acquisition of self- from Harvard University. was educated at General Motors Plant, which has been equipped also built the lives, decorated earlier 4.7 MTPA, which will improved productivity, yield Company will reach to a larger driving vehicle startup Cruise, She worked at UBS and Institute, which became Ketter- with more modern technol- the society and made the coun- be the highest among all steel quality, cost competitiveness, customer base. MPOST the statement said. PricewaterhouseCoopers before ing University. PTI 'Price oil responsibly,' Govt hikes import PIO cybersecurity duty on non-palm NSE expects to get listed by FY19 expert joins KOLKATA: The National Stock ing which has not really picked Pradhan tells Opec oils by 5-10% Exchange of India Limited up... We are looking into what Accenture (NSE) is hoping to launch its can be done to facilitate listings NEW DELHI: India on Thurs- NEW DELHI: The Centre on initial public offer in the current from regulatory perspective and Security as MD day voiced its concern over high Thursday raised the import fiscal after resolving all related how that platform can be made," NEW YORK: Global pro- international oil prices with oil duty by 5-10 per cent on non- issues, an official said here on Limaye said. fessional services company producers cartel OPEC and palm edible oils, both crude and Thursday. "Start-ups can also be listed Accenture has appointed nudged it to move to responsible refined ones, in order to protect The bourse is also consider- on SME exchange depending Indian-origin cybersecurity pricing that balances interests of the interest of domestic oilseeds ing tweaking its SME platform on the nature of start-ups. One expert Anup Ghosh as the both producers and consumers. growers and processors. to create a segment for the start- of the things that we are look- Managing Director of Accen- Oil Minister Dharmendra In March, the government up community, the official said. ing at is rather than having one ture security. In his new role, Pradhan conveyed India's con- had raised the import duty on "We will get the issues more platform, (whether it) is Ghosh will bring his technology cerns when he met ambassadors crude palm oils from 30 per cent resolved and it will be behind possible to create a segment in focused background and execu- of OPEC countries in India, an to 44 per cent, while that on us. My hope is we will be able NSE Emerge which has poten- tive leadership to lead strategic official statement said here. prices have been cut thereafter. refined palm oils to 54 per cent to list this fiscal," NSE Manag- ICC President Shashwat Goenka and NSE MD and CEO Vikram Limaye tially some additional tweaking technology investments that "The meeting comes at a cru- Pradhan said the market from 40 per cent. But the cus- ing Director and CEO Vikram of the regulations that cater to helped the company register cial time when the global crude fundamentals do not support toms duty on non-palm crude Limaye said here. at an interactive session organ- He further added that with start-up community." rapid growth in the managed oil prices are at the highest since such high prices. He urged and refined edibles was kept He said Indian listing envi- ised by the Indian Chamber of Indian capital markets regulat- Limaye said there was more security services business. "I am the peak of 2014," it said. OPEC "to move to responsible unchanged even as the indus- ronment is now very different Commerce. ing standards matching those of than 150 initial public offers on pleased to join Accenture at a India is 80 per cent depen- pricing, one that balances the try body SEA had demanded. from what it was 10 years ago. Shashwat Goenka, Presi- the global capital market have its SME platform, NSE Emerge, time when it is going through an dent on imports to meet its oil interests of both the producer In a notification, the CBITC Start-ups in the technology dent, Indian Chamber of Com- helped in speedy rise in the mar- and a number of SMEs are likely extraordinary period of growth needs and eight of its top suppli- and consumer." He reiterated has increased import duty on sphere that want list now have merce in his welcome remark ket capitalization and volume of to get listed over the next 12 in cybersecurity. I believe the ers are from the Organisation of the issue of discriminatory pric- crude soyabean oil from 30 per "credible options". said that capital markets are trade. Goenka ended the session months. He said the stock future of cybersecurity opera- Petroleum Exporting Countries ing through measures such as cent to 35 per cent, while that "My hope is over next 12-24 important to capital formation with a formal Vote of Thanks. exchange would start offering tions will move to tech-enabled (OPEC). The block accounted Asian Premium. on refined soyabean oil from 35 months, there will be more tech- process and help in stimulat- "There was a dedicated commoditity products from teams of cybersecurity experts," for about 83 per cent of India's "Minister urged them to per cent to 45 per cent. PTI nology listings in India," he said ing the growth of the economy. platform for technology list- October 1. MPOST Ghosh said. PTI total crude oil imports, 98 per move to transparent and flex- cent of its LPG imports and 74 ible markets for both oil and per cent of its LNG imports dur- gas," the statement said. Inder Jit Singh takes charge Irdai probing private cos' illegal bancaassurance ways ing the last financial year ended Pradhan is scheduled to March 31, 2018. visit Vienna next week from as Coal Secretary "During the meeting, Min- June 20-21 to participate in the MUMBAI: Insurance regula- IRDAI's notice that some of banks which also act as corpo- Such practices are in gross ister Pradhan expressed his 7th OPEC International Sem- NEW DELHI: Inder Jit Singh tor IRDAI is probing suspected the insurers are offering com- rate agents. violation of the IRDAI's norms concern about rising crude oil inar to further discuss these on Thursday took charge as illegal practices by some private mission or remuneration to "The interest forgone on for bancassurance industry and prices and its negative impact key issues with OPEC Secretary Coal Secretary, according sector insurers and their partner the bankers that is more than such large balance is counted standard corporate governance on consumers across the world, General Sanusi Barkindo. "Met banks in bancassurance chan- the maximum stipulated lev- towards the compensation norms. particularly in India," the state- with Ambassadors of #OPEC to an official release. The nels, a senior official said. els under the norms, a senior banks are to receive for the sale The regulator has flagged ment said. "He emphasised that and discussed India's growing post fell vacant after the Bancassurance refers to regulatory official said. of insurance products. Due to some illegal practices in the ban- global crude prices have gone position in the world energy superannuation of Susheel selling of insurance policies Several large insurance com- this practice, the interest of pol- cassurance channels to the gov- beyond the threshold which demand & the need for respon- Kumar on April 30, 2018, Coal Ministry said in a through banks, wherein these panies and their parent compa- icy holders is at stake as these ernment and has got a g0-ahead can be sustained by the world." sible pricing which balances the lenders earn revenue through nies are maintaining current funds earn zero returns," the to act against errant entities, the Production cuts by OPEC interests of both the producer statement. In the interim, Mines Secretary Anil such sales. It has come to the account balances with various official said. official said. PTI have led to international oil & consumer countries. Also G Mukhim was holding the additional charge. prices hitting a four-year high suggested to create transpar- "Inder Jit Singh assumed charge as Secretary, CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE last month that forced a Rs 3.8 ent & flexible markets for both Ministry of Coal...," the ministry said. Prior to per litre hike in petrol and Rs oil and gas," Pradhan tweeted this, Singh was posted as Secretary (Coordina- 3.38 a litre increase in diesel with pictures of him standing prices. Rates started to cool with Ambassadors of Iran and tion) in the Cabinet Secretariat, it said. MPOST towards month end and retail Venezuela to India. PTI Maruti, vendors to Piyush Goyal inaugurates 3 set up 400 NLCIL solar projects in TN skill training NEW DELHI: Union Minis- centres by 2020 ter Piyush Goyal on Thursday A MoU 2018-19 between India Trade Promotion Organisation and A two-day Annual Conference of AAI top executives was inaugurated inaugurated three Neyveli Lig- NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki Department of Commerce, Government of India was signed by ITPO on June 13, 2018 by Civil Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha at Indian nite Corporation India Limited India on Thursday said it will CMD L C Goyal, Chairman and Managing Director, and Commerce Aviation Academy, New Delhi. AAI Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatr (NLCIL) 100 MW Solar Power set up 400 skill training and Secretary Rita Teaotia on June 12, 2018 in Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi was also present on the occasion Projects each in Tamil Nadu. enhancement centres in part- The projects which were nership with its vendors by 2020 erected at Thoppalaakkarai, with an aim to bring global qual- Sethupuram in Virudhunagar ity standards at its suppliers. district and Sellaiya Sezhiya- The facilities, christened nallur in Tirunelveli district, DOJO centres, are training with an installed capacity of grounds for fresh workmen and 100 MW each, were dedicated Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways, Coal, Finance & Company Affairs, re-skilling for existing work- to the nation by Goyal. on Thursday inaugurating NLCIL's three 100 mw solar power projects at force. Over 90 such centres are These projects were erected various places in Tamil Nadu in the presence of NLCIL CMD S K Acharya operational at the facilities of at a cost of Rs.1302 crores, and Director (Finance) Rakesh Kumar the company's partners, Maruti which includes operation and Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) said in maintenance cost for at least trade unions for their unstint- lauding the CSR initiatives of a statement. 15 years. ing efforts for the growth of the organization appealed man- "To meet the ever evolving The powers produced organisation with a new vision. agement to come up with new customer expectations, ensuring from these units will be given He appealed all employees innovative initiatives like pro- quality at vendor-end is critical. Durgapur Steel Plant, a unit of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to Tamil Nadu Power Genera- to keep more strength and strive viding Free wi-fi to the rural To help achieve this, Maruti despatched the first consignment of Wide Parallel Beam of dimension tion and Distribution Com- for the growth of the company masses, low cost sanitary nap- Suzuki has institutionalised the A tripartite agreement was signed on behalf of IndianOil by Mathura Refinery Executive Director L W Khongwir with National Mission 160 x 160 mm with 30.44 kg / meter weight produced at its state-of- pany (TANGEDCO) at a cost with new vision to realize the kins for women and emotionally concept of DOJO centre to be the-art Medium Structural Mill for use by Odisha Power Transmission of Rs.4.41 per unit. New India, which empowers the empowering deprived senior set up at our partners' facilities," for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and UP Jal Nigam for the reuse of treated waste water for refinery from the sewage treatment plant being set Company Limited (OPTCL) on Thursday. The first consignment was Goyal in his inaugural people of the nation to take care citizens to ensure technologi- MSIL Executive Director (Cor- flagged off by DSP CEO A K Rath address lauded NLCIL man- the future generations. cally, hygienically and cultur- porate Planning) A K Tomer up by NMCG agement, its employees and The Union Minister while ally motivated society. MPOST said. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018

High 5 Russia

low into the far corner. It was a goal that prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to turn to the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, seated alongside FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, and shake his hand. Russia lost Dzagoev to a hamstring injury midway through the first half, the CSKA Moscow midfielder clutching his hamstring as he crumpled to the turf. But his replacement, former Real Madrid winger Chery- shev, celebrated his recent recall to the national side with Russia’s second goal two min- utes before half-time.

Cheryshev was still left with Russia’s Denis plenty of work to do inside the Cheryshev celebrates area after a pass from Roman his side’s second Zobnin, brilliantly flicking the goal against Saudi ball past two closing defend- Arabia at the Luzhniki ers before rifling into the roof of the net. stadium in Moscow Saudi briefly threatened on Thursday AP/PTI early in the second half when an inviting cross in from the Russian soprano Aida Garifullina sings before the Group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia which marks the opening of World Cup 2018 at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow AP/PTI MOSCOW: Denis Cheryshev for the first time in 12 years, right skipped just beyond the struck twice for Russia as the with their only previous finals reach of Taiseer Al-Jassam. World Cup hosts thumped wins at the 1994 World Cup. Russia then nearly grabbed World Cup ‘best thing’ to Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the open- Only South Africa, in 2010, a third when Abdullah Al- Mo Salah declared fit to play ing match of the tournament in have failed to advance from the Muaiouf spilled a low drive Moscow on Thursday. group stage as the host nation from Iury Gazinsky scored after and a seven-match winless run Roman Zobnin, the Saudi happen to a player: Ibra Egypt World Cup opener 12 minutes and Cheryshev had ramped up the pressure goalkeeper recovering just time added a second before the on Stanislav Cherchesov’s side. in time to nudge the ball away YEKATERINBURG: break after coming on as an A lack of an attacking threat from Smolov. Mohamed Salah has recov- injury replacement for Alan in recent outings was a primary The forward was soon ered from his shoulder injury Dzagoev. concern for Russia going into replaced by Dzyuba, who and barring a last-minute hitch Artem Dzuyba netted a a group campaign in which struck almost immediately by the Egyptian star will play in third before terrific late efforts they will also face Egypt and heading another Golovin cross their World Cup opener against from Cheryshev and Alek- Uruguay. beyond a helpless Muaiouf in Uruguay on Friday, coach Hec- sandr Golovin wrapped up Those fears were soon the 71st minute. tor Cuper said. Russia’s first win since Octo- washed away, at least for the Cheryshev hammered in The striker’s return after ber to launch their Group A time being, as Alexander Sam- a fourth with the outside of weeks of uncertainty is a mas- campaign in style. edov and Fedor Smolov carved his left in stoppage time and sive boost for Egypt and for the Russia headed into the cur- out early chances only to be Golovin capped a magnificent tournament in Russia because tainraiser at the 80,000-capac- denied by desperate sliding performance by bending in a it means one of the hottest play- ity Luzhniki, the crucible of blocks. last-gasp free-kick. ers on the planet at the moment Russian and Soviet sport, The opening goal came Russia meet Egypt in their will be in action. Egypt’s Mohamed Salah during a training session on Thursday AP/PTI without a victory in over eight soon after, as Saudi Arabia next match on June 19 in Saint MOSCOW: Los Angeles Gal- tional football after Euro 2016 “We still have to see how months and ranked a lowly failed to clear a corner and a Petersburg, while Saudi Arabia axy forward and former Swe- in France. training goes today, but I can Salah was one of the out- “If we see at the last minute 70th in the world. curling cross in from the left will look to rebound against den captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic The former Juventus and almost assure you 100 percent standing players in the world that there is an issue then we For Saudi Arabia it was a by Golovin picked out an group favourites Rostov-on- said on Thursday that the 2018 FC Barcelona striker also felt that he’ll play, we are all very this season as he helped propel will see if it can be resolved, return to the global showpiece unmarked Gazinsky to head Don a day later. AGENCIES FIFA World Cup was the “best that Sweden is among the optimistic that he will be on the Liverpool to the Champions but certainly he does not feel thing” that could happen to the favourites to win the World pitch,” Cuper said on Thursday, League final. afraid.” Cuper has attempted to Swedish national football team. Cup, along with the likes of shortly before leading out his But his World Cup dream dismiss the notion that Egypt German reporter who exposed Russia “I retired from the national Brazil and Argentina. squad at Yekaterinburg Arena was left on the brink when he are a one-man side, but with team a couple of years ago… “They beat some big nations — with Salah among them. exited the final three weeks ago 44 goals in all competitions this It’s the best thing that can hap- to reach the World Cup, so let’s The 62-year-old Argentine in tears after Real Madrid skip- season for Liverpool, Salah’s doping ‘won’t be at World Cup’ pen to a player, represent the see. Everything is exciting and Cuper added: “Salah is very per Sergio Ramos wrestled him badly timed injury had become country in a World Cup. It’s a new. You never know what good and he’s recovered very to the ground. a national obsession back home BERLIN: German journalist But Germany’s security key witness in its own investi- moment of memory, a moment will happen. It’s all about the quickly.” Salah, who turns 26 on the and made global headlines. Hajo Seppelt, whose investi- agencies have since evaluated gation into the doping scandal. of honour,” Ibrahimovic told moment. Whoever is best in Salah, who sustained the day of the game, gave 100 mil- Uruguay defender Diego gative reporting exposed Rus- the situation and found that it Seppelt’s documentaries on journalists, reports Sputnik the moment is the one that injury in Liverpool’s Champi- lion frantic Egyptians a huge Godin, who plays in Spain sia’s alleged state-sponsored was risky for the journalist to doping among Russian athletes news agency. will do well,” Ibrahimovic was ons League final loss to Real lift on Wednesday when he for Atletico Madrid, did not doping, will not travel to the travel to Russia, said ARD in a sparked a storm and ended up The 36-year-old, who cur- quoted as saying by the official Madrid on May 26, is crucial joined a squad training session take kindly to an “inoppor- football World Cup tourna- statement late Wednesday. with Russia being banned from rently plays for the US club the FIFA website. to Egypt’s hopes of making it at their Grozny base. tune” question in a subsequent ment out of security concerns, Representatives from the the 2018 Winter Olympics. Los Angeles Galaxy, has played “I think Brazil, Spain, out of a weak-looking Group And Cuper hinted on press conference asking if he national broadcaster ARD said. broadcaster also held talks with His TV reports concluded for a number of European Germany, obviously Sweden. A also featuring hosts Russia Thursday that it was the player intended to follow Ramos in World Cup host Russia had Foreign Minister Heiko Maas that Russia’s doping pro- giants, such as Juventus, Bar- Argentina also, even if they and Saudi Arabia. who had the final say whether giving Salah some roughhouse initially refused to issue Seppelt over the security issue and the gramme was being overseen celona, Milan, Paris Saint-Ger- don’t want to speak about Egypt play Uruguay — to play. treatment. a visa, but later relented after ministry shared the intelligence by the state’s security service, main and Manchester United, themselves as favourites: they tipped by some to be dark “Doctors are giving him the Uruguay’s veteran coach massive international pres- agencies’ concerns. and that orders for athletes to over the course of his career. are. I am sorry the US is not in horses -- in just the second option,” said Cuper. Oscar Tabarez, who is likely sure, with FIFA stressing the Russia’s powerful Investi- cheat on a such a scale could Ibrahimovic is Sweden’s the World Cup because that’s game of the tournament, fol- “If he does decide to play he to field a fearsome front importance of media freedom gative Committee has said it only have come from Putin all-time top goalscorer, having my new country where I live, lowing Russia against Saudi will have full guarantee (about two of Luis Suarez and to president Vladimir Putin’s intended to question Seppelt himself — charges which have netted 62 goals in 116 matches and I would support them also,” Arabia in the opening match his condition) and I am sure Edinson Cavani, said he hoped government. on his arrival because he was a been denied by Russia. AGENCIES before retiring from interna- he added. AGENCIES later Thursday. that he will be fine. Salah is fit. AGENCIES Ready for game against Lopetegui to be Under Hierro, Spain face big opening presented at Morocco, says Iran coach Real Madrid SAINT PETERSBURG: Not- 18 games unbeaten, includ- ing that the first match against ing games against World Cup test against Ronaldo-led Portugal MADRID: Just a day Morocco here on Friday will teams Serbia, Nigeria, South after he was sacked be a must-win for both sides, Korea and Egypt. SOCHI: When the draw for on the eve of the World Iranian coach Carlos Queiroz “They are one of the favou- the group stage of the 2018 said that the team is ready for rite candidates to move into FIFA World Cup was made, Cup, former Spain the fixture. the second round, but we don’t the match between Spain and coach Julen Lopetegui Queiroz, 65, is the first tolerate anybody telling us that Portugal on the borders of the arrived in Madrid on coach in Iran to take the team we are not capable of winning,” Black Sea looked as if it would Thursday where he will to the World Cup twice. This said the Portuguese. decide which of the two sides be officially presented time the Asian team will be “We don’t tolerate would finish top of Group G. facing Morocco, Spain and anybody undermining our However, 24 hours before as Real Madrid’s new Portugal in its group, reports expectations and our hopes. kick-off it has taken on a whole manager. Lopetegui Xinhua news agency. We are here to compete with new significance. Real Madrid landed at Madrid’s “It is impossible to imagine the favourites.” announced that the Span- Barajas airport just playing World Cup competi- He believed that the best ish national side coach Julen tion without pressure,” he said. medicine (to cope with pres- Lopetegui would take charge before 5 am. He will be “The moment we sure) in football is to win. of the club in July. The Span- officially presented as qualify for the World Cup, we “The teams that start win- ish football federation, RFEF Real new coach for the have the right to enjoy it. We ning have good advantage, wasted no time in sacking him next three seasons at are happy to enjoy the pres- good morale, motivation and on Wednesday. A few hours an event at the Span- sure,” he said. confidence. later, RFEF director of sport ish giants’ Santiago This is the fifth time “Our players are full of Fernando Hierro was named Cristiano Ronaldo trains with his teammates in Kratovo AP/PTI Spain’s new coach Fernando Hierro attends a training session AP/PTI that Iran will be playing at a enthusiasm and we have as his replacement, reports Xin- Bernabeu stadium at 7 World Cup. a chance,” he said, adding hua news agency. changes Hierro can make to is given the task of playing at Silva, Andres Iniesta and pos- such short notice he proba- pm, the club said. “I am Talking about Morocco, that he hoped the team could Hierro was a great player the tactics Lopetegui had been right back where they will have sibly Isco. That started the bly won’t have time to imple- very sad, but we have a Queiroz said that it is a great defend as much as possible for Real Madrid and Spain in using in preparation for Rus- to defend against Portugal cap- debate over whether Lopete- ment them and he will have magnificent team and team, with “very good play- with confidence to win the his day, but has only one sea- sia. David de Gea is certain to tain Cristiano Ronaldo. gui would pick Diego Costa to go with whatever Lopete- ers and they are very well ball, and attack with wise son’s experience as the first start in goal, while in defence, Spain’s last preparation as a central striker or use the gui had planned. Spain’s lack hopefully we’ll win the prepared”. decisions. team coach of second divi- Jordi Alba, Gerard Pique and game, a 1-0 win at home to pace and mobility of Iago Aspas of punch in the first half against World Cup,” Lopetegui After 20 years of wait- “No matter what hap- sion Oviedo. With less than 48 Sergio Ramos are fixtures, with Tunisia on June 9 left some and Rodrigo Moreno against a Tunisia implies he will probably said on his departure ing, Friday evening will mark pens on the pitch, I want my hours before Spain kick off their the only doubt being whether doubts in midfield with Koke solid, organised, but aging Por- go with Koke in midfield and from Spain’s training Morocco’s return to the global players to ... leave the pitch World Cup campaign against the more attack minded Alvaro and Thiago Alcantara expected tugal defence. perhaps with Costa and Aspas base in Krasnodar on stage. bringing home pride and hap- the 2016 European champi- Odriozola or the adaptable and to battle it out for a place along- Hierro is bound to have in attack and Isco starting on “It is currently on a run of piness,” he said. AGENCIES ons, it is hard to imagine what ever-reliable Nacho Fernandez side Sergio Busquets, David his own ideas on this, but with the bench. Wednesday. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 mp Bengaluru FC Indian eves salvage 1-1 draw appoint Cuadrat Afghanistan pull India back against Spain in 2nd match as head coach BENGALURU: Spaniard Car- MADRID: Anupa Barla pro- les Cuadrat has been named the duced a late goal as the Indian new coach of Bengaluru FC in with 5 wkts in final session women’s team salvaged a 1-1 a one-year deal that keeps him draw against hosts Spain in with the Blues till the end of the second game of the five- the 2018-19 season, the club match series at the Consejo announced on Thursday. Superior de Deportes Hockey An assistant coach at the Stadium here. club for two seasons, Cuad- Outclassed 0-3 in the rat takes over the baton from opening game, India recov- Albert Roca who bid farewell ered well to produce a gritty to Bengaluru earlier in May. show as they made a come- “We are thrilled at announc- back in the last two quarters match to put the pressure on mance from the Indian team ing Carles as our new head after Spain dominated the the visitors. saw them knocking on the coach. Alongside Albert, he match in the first two quarters. World No. 10 India started hosts’ door, with skipper Rani played a massive part in chang- It was Spain’s Berta Bon- the second quarter well and coming close to finding the ing the way we played football. astre (14th) who opened the had a couple of chances, but equaliser in the latter minutes Given the long association the scoring but Anupa cancelled could not manage to beat the of the quarter. two have shared, it’s reassuring out her goal in the 54th min- Spanish Goalkeeper Maria India’s chief coach Sjoerd to know that our philosophy ute which meant that the Ruiz. The Indian midfield Marijne replaced goalkeeper remains intact,” said club CEO, match ended in a well-fought made sure that they won back Savita with Swati at the start Parth Jindal. draw. possession quickly to put pres- of the fourth quarter. “Carles has been a popular The opening quarter saw sure on the hosts, but the hosts The visitors continued figure in the dressing room and both the teams vie for posses- kept up a resolute defensive playing some attacking hockey with the fans and we couldn’t sion in midfield and creating structure to take their 1-0 lead in the last quarter as well and have asked for a better choice a few chances. into half-time. put constant pressure on the as we make an important tran- BENGALURU: Debutants It was the hosts who man- India started to get into hosts, which saw the visitors sition”, he added. Afghanistan clawed back with aged to take the lead in the rhythm in the third quarter earn an equaliser in the 54th Cuadrat’s second season five wickets in the final session Shikhar Dhawan celebrates his century on the first day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan who are seen 14th minute as their 26-year- with the defence keeping out minute when Anupa Barla’s with the club had to be cut to spoil India’s run feast, built on celebrating the wicket of Murali Vijay at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday PTI old forward Bonastre found Spain’s efforts and converting deflected shot went past Span- short after a surgery on his rollicking centuries from open- herself in space and scored the defence into attack quickly. ish goalkeeper Maria Ruiz into knee forced him to resign and ers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali utive overs. Troubled by two The visitors struck in the leg slip to pack back the Saura- in her second consecutive A strong third quarter perfor- the back of the net. AGENCIES return to Spain in December. Vijay as the hosts reached 347/6 rain breaks during which Vijay very next over when pacer shtra batsman off the 17-year- And the 49-year-old said he at stumps on the opening day found himself stuck in the 90s, Yamin Ahmadzai induced old spinner Mujeeb. India was delighted to be able to of the one-off Test here on the Tamil Nadu opener kept his a faint inside edge off Rahul immediately lost another wicket Ponting wants ‘big runs’ from Australia batsmen come back in a new role at the Thursday. composure to notch up his 12th which uprooted his off-stick, when stumper Dinesh Karthik club. “I am very happy to come All-rounders Hardik Pandya Test hundred in the final ses- and as a result brought Pujara (4) departed off an unnecessary LONDON: Australia batting great as England specialist slow-bowlers back to the club, to the fantastic (10 not out) and Ravichandran sion. Vijay hit pacer Wafadar and Rahane together. run-out with the scoreboard at Ricky Ponting has said the top-order Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid accounted people who work for it and to Ashwin (7 not out) survived a for a four over point to bring up Rahane survived a caught 334/6. Thereafter, Ashwin and the fans who I have always had few scares before heading back his ton and together with Rahul, behind decision early in his Pandya joined forces and the must deliver “big runs” after the for five members of their top seven a special place for, in my heart. undivided when the umpires who by then had registered his innings before being saved by duo played out the rest of the world champions went 1-0 down in a between them. Glenn Maxwell (62) I am also grateful to the man- dislodged the bails for the day, half century, forged a valuable a review but failed to make day cautiously. one-day international series away to and Ashton Agar (40) tried to repair agement for reposing such faith affected by two rain interrup- 112-run stand for the second the most of the opportunity Earlier, opting to bat after England. The 2019 World Cup hosts the damage but their sixth-wicket in me,” he said. tions at the M Chinnaswamy wicket. With his 12th Test ton, as Rashid Khan caught him winning the toss, India got off beat Australia by three wickets in the stand of 84 couldn’t change the “What Albert achieved at Stadium here. Vijay also became the batsman plumb in front after two frus- to a breezy start with Dhawan the club is special and it won’t While India ruled the roost with most first innings centu- trating sessions. Rashid could smashing a quickfire century to first of a five-match campaign at The course of the game. be easy to replicate. But I will be in most parts of the three ses- ries without one in the second have immediately got his sec- pile up 158/0 at lunch in the lop- Oval on Wednesday. Although Eng- Ponting, one of the outstanding bats- giving this opportunity every- sions, Afghanistan had their innings. ond Test wicket in the form of sided opening session. land stuttered during their chase, men of his generation, has joined thing I have, and I believe moments in the second and But soon after reaching the dangerous Pujara, who on BRIEF SCORES: India: 347/6 Australia were always in trouble the backroom staff of new Australia with the right amount of hard final session with the wickets of his century off 143 deliveries, 30 was dropped at first slip by (Murali Vijay 105, Shikhar work and passion, we can keep Dhawan (107), and the quick Vijay found himself trapped leg Mohammed Nabi. Dhawan 107; Yamin Ahmadzai after being dismissed for just 214, coach and former Test team-mate achieving success at BFC,” he dismissals of Vijay (105) and before by Wafadar even as the But Nabi soon rectified the 2/32) against Afghanistan at with spin again proving their undoing Justin Langer for the tour. AGENCIES added. AGENCIES Lokesh Rahul (54) off consec- review did not help his cause. mistake with a superb catch at stumps on Day 1. AGENCIES Ravi, Srinath retained as Anil Kumar strikes gold as ICC umpire, match referee Justin Langer says Smith-led Gagan Narang misses out DUBAI: India’s Sundaram Ravi and Javagal Srinath were on Thursday retained as umpire NEW DELHI: After topping the and match referee by the International Cricket Aussies were ‘spoilt brats’ charts in the qualification round, Anil started off on Council (ICC), which unveiled an unchanged London Olympics bronze medal- the right foot and list for the 2018-19 season. SYDNEY: New coach Justin about the scandal. ist Gagan Narang missed out on The announcement regarding the retention Langer says the Australian side “So you’ve got to wonder why a medal in the 10M Air Rifle cat- maintained his grip of the panel, for the period July 1, 2018 to June were behaving like “spoilt brats” it gets to that point? But it has egory as Madhya Pradesh’s Anil to score 246.7 while 30, 2019, was made following the annual review ahead of the Cape Town ball-tam- happened now and we have got to Kumar annexed the gold on day and selection process. pering scandal and Steve Smith make sure we learn from it and get two of the 18th KSS Memorial Air Force’s Manoj The ICC umpires selection panel con- wasn’t a strong enough leader to better from it because we can’t shy Shooting Championship here. Dalal scored 245.2 sisted of chairman and ICC general manager handle the situation. away either.” Anil started off on the right — Cricket, Geoff Allardice, ICC chief match Smith, David Warner and The scandal was preceded by foot and maintained his grip to take the second referee Ranjan Madugalle, former England Cameron Bancroft were all sus- several other unseemly incidents in to score 246.7 while Air Force’s spot. Manoj’s player and commentator David Lloyd and for- pended for their roles in the inci- the South African series: a stairwell Manoj Dalal scored 245.2 to take mer India captain and international umpire dent when sandpaper was used to clash between Warner and Quin- the second spot. Manoj’s team- teammate from the Srinivas Venkataraghavan. rough up the ball during the third ton de Kock, and Nathan Lyon mate from the Air Force also Air Force clinched Besides Ravi, the panel of ICC umpires Test in South Africa in March. dropping the ball on a prone AB looked in great touch as clinched include Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, “The whispers were there,” de Villiers after he was run out. the bronze with a 224.6. the bronze with a Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Ian Gould, Langer said of the team under for- Asked about the difference In the 10M Air Rifle Youth 224.6 Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, mer coach Darren Lehmann in a between the aggressive side he Men category, Aishwarya Tomar Nigel Llong, Bruce Oxenford, Paul Reiffel British Sky TV interview reported once played in and Smith’s team, of Madhya Pradesh had thought Para-shooter and last year’s and Rod Tucker. The elite panel of ICC match in Australian media Thursday. Langer pointed the finger at the dark place during the South Afri- ing a one-year ban from state and he done enough to clinch the defending champion of the referees consists of David Boon, Chris “Once upon a time, the oppo- captaincy. can tour. “I don’t think it goes back international cricket, was blamed gold with a 249.9, but Sahu Mane 10M Air Rifle (IPC) Stand- Broad, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Andy sition didn’t like us because we “I think Steve Smith maybe just to any one individual, but not liv- for developing the ball-tampering of Maharashtra shot to glory ing Championship (Para), Pycroft, Srinath and Richie Richardson, all for- played really good, hard cricket -- wasn’t strong enough in his leader- ing by our behaviours over a sus- plot and instructing Bancroft to with a narrow difference of .2 on Swaroop Unhalkar of Maha- mer Test players. AGENCIES we were very skilful and we won a ship,” he said. tained period of time — not one carry it out. Langer said he “has got the cumulative score line (251.1). rashtra, left his opponents lot of games. “But he loves the game of year, two years, but probably even that — you used the word, mongrel Rajasthan’s Yashwardan settled behind as he defended his title “It’s easy to dislike the opposi- cricket — he practises harder than longer than that,” he said. — bit of bite in him”. for bronze with a 229.9. with a 608.5. AGENCIES tion if they’re good, but there have anyone I’ve ever met — and he is “It meant that something like “The question I’d ask with been too many whispers in the last a very, very nice young lad. There’s Cape Town was probably going to David is how he got so angry?” Abridged Form of PHED NIeT 12 months or so about the abuse on no doubt about that.” happen, due to brushing over little Langer took charge of his first NOTICE INVITING TENDER The Executive Engineer, Northern the field, or dare I say, the side play- Current skipper Tim Paine was things. 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Dte, ing like spoilt brats.” also asked during the same televi- into big things when you take your tralia losing the opening match of of AE/BSSD/PHED Sukanta Sarani, Pareshnagar, He said that as a former player sion interview about how the Aus- eye off the ball.” their one-day series in England by (Ref: Memo bearing no Siliguri on behalf of the AGENCIES he “nearly died” when he heard tralia team found itself in such a Warner, who like Smith is serv- three wickets at The Oval. 1224/BSSD dated 13/06/2018) Governor of West Bengal invites e-Tender vide NIeT No. 07, 08, Sealed tenders are 09 of 2018-19, dt. 13.06.18 millenniumpost.in Prajnesh misses invited by the Assistant for the following work, “Supply, millenniumpo NO H ALFst TR U THS Smriti Mandhana set to become 1st Engineer, Balurghat Sadar installation, commissioning clash with Federer and Trial operation of Electro CHANGE OF NAME Sub-Division, Public Health Mechanical components at 1. 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The 21-year-old has scored stunned world number 23 henceforth be known NIET 8) 2018_PHED_176432_1 Sd/- Assistant Engineer (For NIET 9) over 826 runs with a highest by the BCCI. excellent signing, said Western Denis Shapovalov in the open- as Uttam Saha Vide an Executive Engineer score of 76 in the 40 T20 Inter- “We are really excited that Storm coach Trevor Griffin. ing round, lost 6-7(4) 4-6 to the affidavit sworn before Balurghat Sadar Northern Mechanical Division nationals she has played so far. Smriti will be joining us. She Looking forward to world number 75. the LD. Sub Divisional Sub-Division PHED P.H.E. Dte. Mandhana has also played is one of the brightest young the new challenge, Mand- The Indian left-hander, Executive Magistrate for Brisbane Heat in the talents in the game at the hana said: “To be the first playing his maiden ATP World Women’s Big Bash League in moment. Although she is still Indian player to appear in Tour event, saved four of the five at Berhampore Court, Australia. young, she has a great deal of the tournament is a real break points but could convert Murshidabad Uttam Saha Last month, she captained experience of the game at the honour and I hope that I can none of the two chances he got in and Bacchu Saha is the the IPL Trailblazers in the one- highest level and we believe help Western Storm to more the one-hour 29 minute contest. same and one Identical off exhibition game organised that she will prove to be an success.” AGENCIES “I played ok but not as good Person. as I needed to. He was very solid and got me to make more errors Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam completes 150 int’l caps than I should have. I needed to be a bit more clinical in put- NEW DELHI: Indian defender and former captain Sushila Chanu Pukhram- ting away the shorter balls. I did bam completed 150 international caps for the country when India faced not do that well enough and it made it difficult for me to win,” Spain in the second game of the five-match series. The Manipur defender the 169th-ranked Prajnesh said has been an integral part of the Indian team since making her debut in the from Stuttgart. Test Series against New Zealand in Christchurch in 2009 when she was 17. When asked about the Sushila took up hockey at the age of 11 when she joined the Posterior missed chance to play against the Hockey Academy in Manipur. The 26-year-old then shifted to the Madhya 20-time Grand Slam champion, he was not very disappointed. Pradesh Women Hockey Academy in 2007, when she developed into a great “It does not matter. If it prospect for the national team, making her junior international debut at the comes later, it does, if it does Under-21 Asia Cup held in Malaysia in 2008. AGENCIES not, it does not.” AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 15 June, 2018 Talking about his career in the industry, ‘I’ve become an John who has worked ‘FILMMAKING in almost 45 movies till date, says that now is beyond entertaining or he knows what works for the film and how educating the audience’ does audience react SYEDA EBA OLD HORSE DELHI: Zoya Akhtar believes that MUMBAI: Actor-producer John Abraham, her job is to narrate stories in the who has been appreciated for his new release best possible way, without the obli- Parmanu – The Story of Pokhran, feels he has gation of educating or entertaining become an old horse of the film industry the audience. when it comes to taking praise and criticism “I am just telling a story that of film industry’ in his stride. interests me, and that’s what my The actor’s career spans over 15 years job is. For example, If I am tell- and he has worked in almost 45 movies in ing you a joke, I want to tell Bollywood. it in a way that makes you Talking about the industry, audience and laugh the hardest. Sometimes it will media’s changing perception on the ups and have something deeper, and I hope downs in his career, John said: “See it’s cycli- that it gets to you. The other times, cal. If your one film does good, then people it would be just funny and will lift laud you for it and you get a bouquet of your spirit for that afternoon. So I flowers for it and if your film doesn’t don’t think there is any hard and do well, then you also get brickbats fast rule,” stated Zoya when for it. So I think I have become an asked whether she belongs old horse in this industry. Now I to the category of direc- understand what works for the tors who consider film and what runs in the mind movies as a medium of people.” to educate people or Generally, films made on issues the ones who use it of national interest get noticed, and as a mere platform to John’s Parmanu - The Story of Pokhran entertain the audience. is based on the nuclear tests conducted “But having said at Pokhran in 1998. that, a filmmaker’s Asked if he is expecting a National morality, value system, Award for his film, he said: “We hope we politics, and world-view make it to the National Awards. I think comes out in any story it will be well deserved on the part of our that he/she tells. What- director, Abhishek Sharma. ever you see on the screen, “It’s a good, commercial, entertaining is the reflection of his think- and content-driven film but it’s too early to ing and mentality,” she fur- talk about our chances of winning a National ther said, adding, “Above and Award. We are not over-confident people. beyond anything, the main inten- We think we will deserve whatever the jury tion should be to engage the audi- will decide for our film but at the same time I ence. People are paying for the think people loved the film and that is impor- tickets and giving you 2.5 hours tant for us,” he added. of their life. They are sitting in a John and Akshay Kumar share a really dark room, staring at a screen, close bond with each other. They have earlier and you have complete control worked in Garam Masala, Desi Boyz, House- from start to finish. So, engage full 2 and Dishoom together. them... and that doesn’t mean If your one film But on this Independence make them laugh. There is a Day, Akshay’s Gold and John’s difference between these two does good, then Satyamev Jayate will clash with things.” people laud you for each other. Zoya was in the Capital On this, John said: “Akshay for the Red Carpet launch of it and you get a is an actor in Gold and I am an MAMI Year Round Program actor in Satyamev Jayate. It’s a – The Delhi Edition. The event was bouquet of flowers producer’s decision from both hosted by PVR ltd in the presence for it and if your sides. It is about Excel Enter- of other board of directors includ- tainment and T-Series, so I ing filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, film doesn’t do have no say in that at all. As Anurag Kashyap, and Anupama well, then you also far as competing with Akshay Chopra. is concerned, I want to make get brickbats it clear that he is my senior in the industry.I love him Kesha sent text to Lady and I have always wished the best for him and I am sure he also wants best for me.” There have been reports that the Gaga claiming Dr Luke release of Salman Khan’s Race 3 on June 15 will not affect the screen numbers that have been acquired by Parmanu - The Story of Pokhran.John said that it’s good news as it will help his movie complete 50 days at the RAPED KATY box office. IANS Stefano Gabbana thinks Millie Bobby Brown Selena Gomez is ‘ugly’ leaves Twitter over Posting a collage of five red dresses worn by Gomez, the designer called her ugly ANTI-GAY MEME LOS ANGELES: ‘Stranger Things’ star Millie Bobby Brown has deleted her Twitter account after becoming a sub- ject of homophobic memes. This comes days after online hatred forced Star Wars: The Last Jedi actor Kelly Marie Tran off Instagram. The 14-year-old star deleted her account after the hashtag “#TakeDownMillieBobby- Brown” gained momentum. According to TheWrap, the tag first appeared in November ITALY: Italian designer Stefano Gab- but resurfaced in June to coincide with Pride bana has made headlines in the past Month, reports foxnews.com. for his public feuds and controversial Online trolls have been taking various comments, called actor Selena Gomez selfies and media she posted on the account “ugly” on social media. and photo- LOS ANGELES: Singer Kesha had accused her for- The designer posted a collage of shopping mer collaborator Dr Luke of raping Katy Perry in a five red dresses worn by Gomez on The 14-year-old them with text message to Lady Gaga, the court documents Instagram and commented on it, call- Brown deleted crude and have revealed. ing her ugly, reports hollywoordre- homo- The documents, which have become public, are porter.com. her account after phobic related to the ongoing legal battle between Kesha and Dr “È proprio brutta (She is really the hashtag captions designed to Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald. ugly)” Gabbana commented on the make the star, who is The text, which was sent photograph. “#TakeDown pro-LGBTQ, seem to in February 2016, did not Gabbana also responded to a user’s MillieBobbyBrown” be violently against name Dr. Luke, but said comment, agreeing that Gomez “looks gained momentum. homosexuality. that the other recording art- like a pomeranian dog” and seemed to As Vanity Fair ist had been “raped by the find the insult really funny. notes, the star wore a same man” who allegedly Gomez’s fans were not happy with pin to the MTV Movie and TV Awards this year to sup- raped her. Gabbana’s comments and were quick port the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s “On Feb. 26, 2016, to defend the performer, calling the “Together” movement. (Kesha) sent a text mes- designer’s behaviour “disgusting” and In one image of the star sitting in a car, a caption was sage to Stefani Germanotta “disrespectful” and shamed him for doctored to read: “Just got this car. It’s pride month hop- p/k/a Lady Gaga which repeated (Kesha’s) false claim that online bullying. ing to hit a few fa****s today.” Gottwald had raped her,” Luke’s lawyer wrote in the docu- This isn’t the first time Gabanna A similar image of her was captioned, “just ran over ments which filed May 31. has commented rudely. Most recently, a homo xoxo beep beep b****.” “In this text message, (Kesha) also falsely asserted he came under fire for commenting Another photograph showed the star simply pos- that Gottwald had also raped Kathryn Hudson p/k/a on a photograph of model Kate Moss ing with a cup of coffee with a doctored caption read- Katy Perry. Following this text message conversation, wearing a black Saint Laurent romper, ing: “Just bought myself a piping hot coffee to throw and with (Kesha’s) encouragement, Ms. Germanotta by simply writing, “No”. on a fa****.” spread negative messages about Gottwald in the press In the past, Gabanna has been in Ironically, Brown’s secondary Twitter and on social media. a feud with pop star Miley Cyrus and account, @Milliestopshate, which was designed For example, in February 2016, Ms. Germanotta her brother Braison after Cyrus pub- to be a place to share positivity and end cyberbul- posted multiple articles discussing defendant defam- licly announced she did not agree with lying, is still active. Her Facebook and Instagram atory statements on her Twitter page,” the documents his company’s politics. IANS pages remain active as well. IANS added. PTI