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DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The missing piece in India’s defence jigsaw puzzle The country needs a clearly articulated white paper on its defence needs which sets out its strategic concerns a deal for the National Advanced in Asia, then India’s political, stra prescribed areas. Surface to Air Missile System (NA tegic and military planners need If this view is espoused by a de SAMSII), intended as part of a to come up with a diff erent set of fence white paper then, despite Secrecy hurts multilayered missile shield to pro alternatives. In recent years, un the vexed border dispute between Opacity in the time of an outbreak tect Delhi. The U.S. side is also fortunately, much of India’s stra India and China, the two countries hoping for two more mega de tegic thinking regarding China’s could try and arrive at a subliminal is sure to kill more people M.K. Narayanan fence deals, worth $3.5billion to aggressive behaviour has been co understanding about respective rom quick sequencing of the whole genome of the be signed for 24 MH60 Romeo loured by that of the U.S. and the spheres of infl uence. Today, one of coronavirus SARSCoV2 that causes COVID19 — Multi Mission Helicopters for the West, though it is a proven fact India’s major concerns is that Chi after alerting WHO in December 2019 about a ndoubtedly, we are living Navy and an additional six AH64E that China has not used lethal mil na is attempting to intrude into its F FIL PHOTO/AP through a moment of deci Apache Attack Helicopters for the itary force abroad since the 1980s. sphere of infl uence in South Asia, cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown cause — to Usive change and turbu Army. (India’s Cabinet Committee beating back the Pakistani China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the fi rst and second concen quickly developing viral diagnostic tests , China has lence. This geo political period is on Security, on Wednesday, challenge. (BRI) does convey an impression tric circles of India’s interest areas, done much to address the epidemic. As on Wednesday, perhaps the most troubled since cleared the MH60 helicopter Meeting the military, strategic that China seeks to put itself at the such as Afghanistan and parts of mainland China had 74,185 cases and 2,004 deaths. the fi nal decades of the 20th c en deal.) and economic challenge from Chi centre of the world. The speed West Asia. The defence white pap Add to this the speed at which two new hospitals with tury. Hence, there exists a vital Given India’s rising global pro na is an entirely diff erent matter. with which many of the steps to er might well provide a strategic 2,600 beds were built. Also, the many facilities that be need to adopt right strategic choic fi le, and with two major adversar China is not Pakistan, and while progress the BRI are being taken, paradigm, in which India and Chi came temporary hospitals in the face of growing cases es. According to 2018 data, India ies on its borders, India needs to China and Pakistan may have esta again conveys an impression that na agree to peacefully coexist in occupies the fourth place in mili be fully prepared. What is lacking blished an axis to keep India in China is intent on shrinking the many areas, leaving aside confl ict is testimony to China’s ability to pull off the unimagina tary expenditure across the world, in the defence jigsaw puzzle, ho check, explaining the nature of the physical and psychological dis zones of critical importance to ble in containing the epidemic. Whether the decision to behind the U.S., China, and Saudi wever, is a well considered and threat posed by China to India is a tance between Europe and East either, thus ensuring a more dura shut down huge cities to halt the viral spread may have Arabia. This does not mean that clearly articulated white paper on complex task that needs to be un Asia. This does not, however, ne ble peace between them. actually helped is debatable, but it is important to note India has no further need to in India’s defence needs, that sets out dertaken with care and caution. cessarily mean that China is pre One other outcome that the de that China has done a lot after the initial delay in report crease its stock of stateofthe art its strategic concerns, how it is po paring to confront individual fence white paper could attempt ing the disease. However, China, given its capabilit ies, weapons. What is needed, never sitioning itself to meet these chal Understanding Beijing countries in Asia, such as India, is: whether China views geoeco could have contained the spread with very little eff ort theless, is sober refl ection and a lenges, and the putative costs of To begin with, there are many ex which do not subscribe to the BRI. nomics as the primary arena of and resources had it been transparent and acted on costbenefi t analysis, to ensure meeting the country’s defence perts who express doubts as to A defence white paper would competition today. China has in that the amounts expended are in needs. whether China intends today to provide a more defi nitive answer vested heavily in artifi cial intelli time. Apparently, China did not apply the lessons it tune with our strategic pursue its 19th Century agenda, or to such issues. A detailed exercise gence, robotics and biotechnolo learnt from the SARS outbreak despite strident global requirements. Pakistan, China threats revert to its belief in ‘Tian Xia’. Un to assess whether China is indeed gy, and perhaps, India needs to criticism. Downplaying and being secretive about pu Several nations undertake such ex doubtedly under China’s Presi a threat, rather than a challenge, recognise that rather than black blic health issues, particularly novel virus outbreaks, as Defence deals in the pipeline ercises. In India, exercises of this dent Xi Jinping, China aims to be a to India should prove invaluable. It listing Chinese technology Tech it found out during SARS, and then now, can be very This is an opportune moment to kind are sometimes undertaken, great power and an assertive one is possible that a detailed study fi rms, (which could prove counter counterproductive. This is in contrast to the way Kerala undertake such a costbenefi t ana but they suff er from a lack of clar at that. India’s defence planners may indicate that China under productive) there exist avenues for handled the Nipah virus outbreaks in 201819. Transpa lysis. The fi rst lot of Rafale fi ghter ity and are restricted in scope. should, however, carefully assess stands that there are limits to its cooperation, paving the way for jets are expected shortly. The fi nal They contain vague references to whether there are degrees of “ as strength and capabilities. Several better statetostate relations. rency and timely action helped the State contain the deal on the 200 Kamov Ka226 the threat posed by China and Pa sertiveness” in China’s behaviou instances of late, have shown the outbreaks within days, with few cases, deaths in 2018. light utility helicopters from Rus kistan, but there is clearly more to ral patterns. There is little doubt frailties in China’s policies — Hong A focus on domestic politics There is an eerie similarity between China’s SARS sia is in advanced stages and ex India’s defence needs than exercis that regarding its claim to areas Kong, Taiwan, and even Xinjiang A fi nal word. The defence white outbreak response in 200203 and the current epidem pected to be signed soon. In Oc es in military hagiography. What is falling within the ‘ninedash lines’ are instances that indicate that paper needs to underscore that a ic. If, during SARS, it initially withheld information and tober 2018, India and Russia had required is a well formulated de (the fi rst island chain), China is un China has its own Achilles h eel. country’s domestic politics are an delayed by three months reporting it to WHO, in the signed a $5.4billion mega deal for fence white paper, putting the dif willing to make compromises. Consequently, China may not be important pointer to a stable fo case of COVID19 it systematically downplayed its scale the S400 Triumf Air Defence Sys ferent threats and dangers the na Whether this applies to other re ready, for quite some time at least, reign policy. There could be diff e tem. Under contemplation today tion faces in perspective, gions of Asia and the IndoPacifi c, to seek a direct confrontation with rent schools of thoughts within a for nearly six weeks after pneumonia cases of unknown are yet another set of highvalue alongside steps taken to meet calls for an indepth study. It India. nation, but equilibrium needs to cause were fi rst seen on December 8, 2019. Shockingly, U.S. defence deals, including addi these challenges. would be premature for India A closer look at Beijing’s poli be maintained if it is not to adver even as it reported the case cluster to WHO on Decem tional purchases of P8I Maritime In the case of Pakistan, the without undertaking such an ana cies, undertaken as part of a de sely impact a nation’s foreign poli ber 31, and the wet market, thought to be the outbreak Reconnaissance Aircraft and threat motif is, no doubt, obvious. lysis, to adhere to a common per fence white paper, may also indi cy imperatives. An impression that hotspot, was closed on January 1, people were kept in Apache Attack Helicopters. Ac India’s political and defence esta ception that China is intent on en cate that rather than a the country is facing internal the dark. In fact, eight doctors who sounded an early cording to estimates, the total blishment are on record that India forcing a Sinocentric world order “confl ictprone” role, China is strains could encourage an adver alarm were detained for “spreading rumours”. Ironical worth of defence equipment pur can easily defeat Pakistan, even if in which India and other countries more intent on an “infl uenceped sary, to exploit our weaknesses. chased from the U.S. alone since a “weaker” Pakistan possesses would necessarily have to play a dling” one. This is important from This is a critical point that the de ly, even as about 900 patients presented with symp 2007 is in the region of $17billion. “nuclear teeth ”. Yet, while this secondary role. India’s point of view. Already there fence white paper needs to lay toms each day by late December, as a daily reported, of On the eve of U.S President Do makes for excellent copy, a great If after undertaking such an is one school of thought that be stress on. fi cial numbers stayed the same. In fact, after initial ly nald Trump’s visit to India, a furth deal of eff ort is called for to ex “analysis”, it appears that China lieves that Beijing is better at con reporting 44 cases to WHO, the numbers were reduced er spurt in defence purchases is plain to the public, the true nature does not pose a direct threat to In verting its economic heft into stra M.K. Narayanan is a former National to 41 on January 11 and continued to remain the same till anticipated. Speculation is rife of the threat posed by Pakistan, dia’s existence, notwithstanding tegic infl uence, rather than Security Adviser and a former Governor January 16, when the city and province’s annual politi that India and the U.S. would sign and why India is so confi dent of the fact that India is its main rival employing force beyond certain of West Bengal cal congress ended. Even on January 16, WHO was in formed of only “limited” human spread , thus putting more people at infection risk. The cases reported began A Trump India visit, in campaign mode rising slowly since January 17 to reach 121 on January 19 when a community dinner was held in Wuhan. It took a With a trade deal unlikely, New Delhi must calibrate the costs and benefi ts of the U.S. President’s political tour Chinese epidemiologist’s revelation the next day about the outbreak’s severity for Wuhan to start acting de ci worth $5.7billion to the U.S. en crats’ opposition to his approach House Democrats’ rising appre sively. The lesson is that in the event of an outbreak, se joyed dutyfree status (2017). of exacting them, Mr. Trump said, hensions on the communications However, a day after Mr. “We’re going to win the great state lockdown in Kashmir. crecy is a killer and transparency the saviour. Trump’s visit dates were an of Iowa and it’s going to be a his Challenges for India could wor nounced, the United States Trade toric landslide.” He added, “And if sen in the coming years. If reelect Representative (USTR) released a we don’t win, your farms are going ed, Mr. Trump will possibly dou Infi nite crisis Harsh V. Pant & federal notice on eliminating a to hell.” bledown on his will to seek Kashish Parpiani Afghanistan is no closer to peace after the host of countries from its metho AP renewed trade deals. At which dology for countervailing duty electorate has not heard the last of ‘Namaste, Trump’ point, remainder issues under declaration of Ashraf Ghani as the President (CVD) investigations. India was re it just yet. Mr. Trump was alleged Moreover, with the India visit, the U.S.India trade ties could witness he Afghan Independent Election Commission’s uring U.S. President Donald moved from the list of developing to have sought a quid pro quo over U.S. President has expressed his heightened tensions. Or, Congres muchdelayed announcement that President Trump’s maiden visit to In countries that “are exempt from U.S. military aid to Ukraine, in ex exhilaration over “millions and sional Democrats’ apprehensions Ashraf Ghani is the winner of the September 28 Ddia on February 2425, the investigations into whether they change for Ukraine’s assistance in millions of people” that are ex may assume heightened vigour. T U.S. and India were initially ex harm American industry with un acquiring dirt on former U.S. Vice pected to attend the “ Namaste, Even in their worstcase scenario Presidential election is expected to deepen the political pected to sign a limited trade deal. fairly subsidised exports ”. With President and now Democratic Trump” event in Ahmedabad. in 2020 of not winning back the crisis in the wartorn country. That it took almost fi ve Over the past three years, U.S.In this move, the U.S. essentially presidential candidate Joe Biden. With its pomp and ceremony, it is White House, they are expected months to declare the offi cial results — he secured a nar dia trade tensions have been esca closed the door on reinstating In In the upcoming elections, the al expected to be the Indian iteration to, at the very least, chip away at row victory with 50.64% of votes against his main oppo lating despite America’s trade def dia’s benefi ts under the GSP,a pre legation is expected to feature pro of the “ Howdy, Modi!” rally held the Republicans’ already slim ma nent Abdullah Abdullah’s 39.52% — itself points to the icit with India beginning to narrow ferential arrangement meant only minently in the Democrats’ at late last year in Houston. Evident jority in the Senate. seriousness of the crisis. Mr. Abdullah has called the re and it being less than a tenth of the for developing countries. tempt to deride the Trump ly, the same was an attempt to Moreover, working towards sults fraudulent and vowed to form a parallel govern U.S.’s trade defi cit with China. The timing of this move sug administration’s valuesbereft, court the 270,000strong Indian reinstating a certain sense of In As trade negotiations stalled, gests Mr. Trump’s motivations per transactional conduct of U.S. fo American community in the dian neutrality on American po ment. If he does so, it would undermine the already fee the Trump administration levied taining to his India visit have little reign policy. Concurrently, Mr. emerging battleground state of larisation would also make sense ble Afghan administration whose writ does no t stretch steel and aluminium tariff s on In to do with tempering bilateral fric Trump has begun to hail his Se Texas. Similarly, the rally in Guja from the standpoint of the Senate beyond the main urban centres. For the Afghan voter, dia, revoked India’s benefi ts under tions. Instead, political motiva nate acquittal as a matter of total rat also holds relevance in terms of entering an era of minimal majori this is a déjà vu moment. Five years ago, Mr. Ghani was the Generalised System of Prefe tions seem to be writ large. New exoneration. Moreover, in discred Mr. Trump’s political arithmetic ties. The Republicans’ slim majori declared winner of the election but Mr. Abdullah re rences (GSP) programme, briefl y Delhi will have to carefully cali iting Democrats’ criticism on Mr. for 2020. In visiting Prime Minister ty of 5347, has opened the door to fused to accept the result. The then U.S. Secretary of contemplated limiting H1B visas brate the costs and benefi ts of Mr. Trump’s conduct of American in Narendra Modi’s home turf, one defections by legislators who do State, John Kerry, brokered a powersharing agree quota for Indians to 15% due to di Trump’s move. ternational relations in general, can see the American President’s not always identify with the ment, which allowed Mr. Ghani to take over the presi vergences on ecommerce policy, his reelection campaign is sure to attempt to mobilise the Indian Trump agenda or do not mind and raised the possibility of a Sec ‘America fi rst’ outline the supposed gains of the American community by showcas crossing the aisle on initiatives that dency and made Mr. Abdullah the government Chief tion 301 investigation into India’s Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate “America First” world view. ing his proximity to Mr. Modi’s constrain Mr. Trump’s foreign pol Executive. And throughout the fi ve years , they were at tariff /nontariff barriers to coerce voted to acquit Trump on two arti It is here that a potential trade India. icy decisionmaking. odds with each other, while the Taliban steadily ex India to eliminate practices that cles of impeachment — abuse of deal with “tariff king” India would Mr. Trump’s political motiva Thus, with Mr. Trump’s visit, panded across the country’s hinterlands and stepped impede U.S. exports. power and obstruction of Con be listed among other renewed tions notwithstanding, it would be New Delhi must ensure its projec up attacks on its city centres . Unsurprisingly, only less gress. It was an expected outcome, partial/complete trade deals such prudent for India to not let the vi tion as a net gain for the bilateral than a fourth of registered voters turned up in Septem Defence package as polarisation in American polit as the United States–Mexico–Cana sit refl ect as a partisan endorse relationship atlarge — and not ber, raising questions about faith in the whole exercise. India has reportedly fi nalised a de ics has accentuated with the U.S. da Agreement (USMCA); renego ment for his reelection. In recent merely an extension of the U.S. fence package worth $3.5billion Congress being divided into two tiated trade terms with South Ko years, American political polarisa President’s reelection campaign. Worse, the infi ghting comes at a time when the U.S. is for 24 MH60R Seahawk maritime partisan strongholds — the Demo rea, and Japan; and the “Phase tion has begun to erode the once near a Taliban agreement. Initial reports suggest that multirole helicopters and six crats are incharge of the House of One” deal with China, as instances iron clad bipartisan consensus on Harsh V. Pant is Director, Studies at U.S. President Trump has given the goahead to its sign AH64E Apache attack helicop Representatives and Republicans of vindication. For instance, just U.S. foreign policy. In case of Con Observer Research Foundation (ORF), ing if the insurgents reduce violence for a sevenday test ters. In exchange, the expectation hold the Senate. However, given days before the Democrats’ caucus gressional bipartisanship on India, New Delhi and Professor of International period. The deal would see the U.S.’s Afghan troop pull for India was the restoration of be the fact that the impeachment in Iowa, Mr. Trump held a rally in that schism has emerged also due Relations at King’s College London. back, winding down America’s longest war and leaving nefi ts under the GSP programme — proceedings prolonged well into Des Moines, Iowa. Citing his re to the apparent partisan fervour of Kashish Parpiani is Research Fellow at the Taliban and the Afghan government to start direc t under which, Indian exports an election year, the American newed trade deals and the Demo the “Howdy, Modi!” rally and ORF, Mumbai talks for a fi nal settlement. The problem, however, is that even with an American troops presence, the Af LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. ghan government had never been able to take control of To read more letters the security situation. The U.S. excluded the govern No entry to take criticism in its stride is not surprising that such Vanishing birds ■ In Kerala, wetlands and online, scan the QR code ment from its direct talks with the Taliban as the insur The recent actions of the or else a likely bracketing moves have only attracted The fi ndings of the study, indigenous fl ora are bird gents do not see the government as Afghanistan’s legiti government as far as with countries such as criticism from other ‘The State of India’s Birds habitats. Quails, spotted devastating fl oods that were mate rulers. U.S. withdrawal would invariably weaken diplomacy and foreign Saudi Arabia and North countries. Without a 2020’, should push us into doves, weaver birds and directly caused by the the government, aiding the Taliban even before the policy are concerned, Korea may not be far away. shadow of a doubt, tourism protecting our pristine munias were abundant in environmental degradation suggest that it suff ers from a Deepak Singhal, revenue has gone down ecology. Growing villages till some years ago; caused by the development talks start. The disputed poll results and chronic politi lowesteem syndrome Chennai substantially. urbanisation and the wetland water hens and mania, cal infi ghting would weaken the administration further. (Editorial, “Visa power”, There is an inertness in the resultant concrete jungles lapwings were also Kerala is still not ready to How will the government defend the C onstitution or February 19). Kashmir beckons Valley especially as have enormously impacted ubiquitous. Today, as retract from the path of any of the postTaliban achievements if it is going to ne Disproportionate and The number of initiatives educational institutions and the avian population today. ‘development’ destroys ‘development’ at the cost of gotiate with a resurgent Taliban from a position of such amateurish reactions being taken by the routine daytoday life is far We should also cultivate indigenous fl ora and the environment. weakness? All involved parties in the confl ict seem to be further buttress the view in administration in Kashmir from normal. Unless bird feeding activity as a wetlands, these birds are Sukumaran C.V., Palakkad, Kerala missing the big picture. The U.S. just wants to get out of the world’s eyes that to improve the economy as systems are restored, hobby. The concept of disappearing. Even after two something is amiss. Rather well as to generate eff orts to attract investors urban forestry needs to be a lost war. Mr. Ghani wants to retain his presidency. Mr. corrections & clarifications: than making intolerance its employment cannot be will not even be tepid promoted with adequate The reference to “Gallipoli campaign of Second World War in Abdullah may want to make sure there is power sharing Achilles heel, the dismissed. But unending (Inside pages, “J&K woos concerns for bird shelters with the Opposition. What is lost in these narrow, self the frontpage story titled “India ticks off Erdogan for his remarks government needs to communication curbs since investors with ample land”, and their feeding. Students on Kashmir” (Feb. 16, 2020) should be corrected to Gallipoli cam interestdriven moves is the collective quest for defeat display more statesmanship August 5 as far as the February 19). need to be sensitised. paign of First World War. R. Sridharan, G. Ramasubramanyam, ing the extremists and rebuilding Afghanistan. and magnanimity towards common man is concerned The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; dissenters. It needs to learn has slowed down growth. It Chennai Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh E-mail:[email protected]
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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A mandate from the youthful multitudes Turning ships into museums The youth and women of Delhi, not the leaders, set the tone for a resounding rejection of Hindutva Decommissioned naval vessels can be given a makeover
ously in one voice. It seems as Excellent museums often turn out to be a though uncannily and collectively, fi ne tourist attraction that draws in visitors, they have understood that the Oppo both local and overseas. They also act as sition is incapable of speaking up for places of historical value, preserving a coun them. They have realised that they try’s heritage for future generations and of need to stand up for themselves fering knowledge to the public about the na G.R. Gopinath against the arrogance, venality and Sthanu R. Nair tion’s history and culture. Military and might of the state that is threatening maritime museums bring some added bene their very future and tearing up the fi ts — they can be used to honour military he The people have spoken in the Delhi marvellous and cohesive social fabric In the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nir roes, make the general public aware of the election. So has Home Minister Amit that held India together. There was a mala Sitharaman announced a set of initia hardships faced by defence personnel and, Shah. He admitted earlier this month Gandhi, a Bose, a Patel, a Nehru tives to enhance India’s potential as a tou also, inspire the younger generation to join that provocative slogans by a few of against the British; a J.P. Narayan to rism and cultural destination. Among the the armed forces. his Cabinet colleagues and party take on the dictatorship of Indira proposals, the decision to set up a maritime members during the campaign may Gandhi; an Anna against the UPA’s museum at Lothal in Gujarat was especially Partnering with private sector have contributed to the Bharatiya Ja corruption and crony politics but noteworthy. However, when it comes to aug When viewed from these angles, repurpos nata Party (BJP)’s loss. But he also this time around, there is no one menting the country’s maritime tourism po ing decommissioned submarines and air wondered aloud in the same breath, leader leading the movement. It is as tential by preserving retired naval vessels as craft carriers into museums makes econom “Who knows why the people of Delhi though the sea has risen. museums, India’s record has been weak. ic and social sense. There are 60 such voted the way they did.” Was this an The people of this country are Here, two decisions taken last year have submarineturnedmuseums in the U.S.; 11 in expression of genuine remorse or a A fi rst time voter after casting vote in the Delhi Assembly election in now under the spell of the youth — implications for the idea of a maritime mu the U.K.; 10 in Russia and Germany and fi ve show of disappointment? Old Delhi on February 8. * PTI these are intrepid young men and seum. First, the Tamil Nadu government in in France. Similarly, many countries have Arvind Kejriwal won handsomely. women from every social strata and July decided to drop the project to preserve preserved their retired naval warships as But the victory of the Aam Aadmi his party invoked their own version and issues of livelihood. And it was religious and caste denomination; the decommissioned submarine INS Vagli as museums, with the U.S. again topping the Party (AAP) and, more pertinently, of Ram and equated those with a dif the BJP which sidestepped these these are the silent women whose si a museum. Second, it was decided that the list. India has been preserving only one naval the defeat of the BJP has a message fering, nobler idea of Ram to Pakis burning issues — the ‘Modi mantra’ lent protests are more eloquent than INS Viraat would be scrapped. Not long ago, vessel, the INS Kursura, as a submarine mu that goes much beyond the results. tan sympathisers, Mr. Kejriwal paid that in fact catapulted the BJP to pow all the fi ery speeches. It is these peo in 2014, India’s fi rst aircraft carrier, the INS seum in Visakhapatnam. The election was clearly a clash of obeisance to Hanuman but without er in 2014. ple who have left an impression on Vikrant, had met with a similar fate. A signifi cant, and genuine, concern about two ideologies and a contest for two any collateral demands of loyalty. the voters and made an impact on naval vessel museums is the cost involved in visions of India. One is about fashion The BJP turned this election into a What infl uenced the voters their voting choices. This is the answ Creating employment their maintenance. They require both public ing India into a ‘Hindu’ nation in the HinduMuslim, nationalismanti na Yet, there is a larger panIndia mes er to Mr. Shah’s bewildered remark It makes tremendous economic sense to pre and private funding and need to generate image of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak tionalism referendum instead of a go sage from this election. It is no longer at the recent summit: “Who knows serve decommissioned naval vessels, rather suffi cient revenue. Private sector involve Sangh (RSS) — the ideological fount vernance and developmental con the politicians who are steering the why the people of Delhi voted the than scrapping them. In general, museums ment in building cultural institutions has of BJP — an image that is distinct from test. And the party’s chosen, discourse and narrative on matters way they did.” make an important contribution to the eco worked very well in advanced nations. There the idea and ethos of India and philo proprietary ‘god’ clearly failed it. of serious import to the country. It is If the politicians care to listen to nomy in many ways, for instance, by pro is no reason why, in today’s India, this sophy of Hinduism as enunciated in In stark contrast to the BJP’s inter not the BJP that is in command now, the message people have sent moting tourism, creating jobs, contributing should not be possible. the Upanishads and Gita and inter pretation of Hinduism stands Mahat though it succeeded through polari through the mandate in the Delhi to government revenues and aiding the deve Either through a nudge or a directive, the preted by the likes of Mahatma Gand ma Gandhi, a devout and proud Hin sation in the 2019 general elections; election, it is this: Don’t use religion lopment of local communities. A 2018 study government can ensure that corporates allot hi, Rabindranath Tagore, Ramakrish du and, at the same time, an it is not Mr. Kejriwal either, though for votes. Focus on governance. titled ‘Museums as Economic Engines’ re a portion of their Corporate Social Responsi na Paramahansa, Swami embodiment of love for all his fellow his victory brought relief and gave Create jobs. Improve standards of liv vealed that in the U.S., museums contribute bility spending towards conservation of her Vivekananda and many eminent phi beings. Embracing Hinduism for the some insight into where the majority ing of people. There are enough laws $50 billion every year to the Gross Domestic itage and culture. losophers of the East and the West. It Mahatma was never in confl ict with community stood on communal is and provisions in the Constitution to Product, provide jobs to 7,26,200 people That said, a mere display of retired naval is a zealous, jingoistic and parochial subscribing to elements of Islamic or sues and what mattered to them; and deal with any kind of threats to the and generate $12 billion per year in tax reve vessels will not attract the desired number of interpretation of Hinduism called Christian schools of thought. it is certainly not the Congress Party, country. The many institutions and nue. Every $100 of output generated in the visitors. For this, warship museums need to ‘Hindutva’ where nationalism and True, Mr. Kejriwal is no Gandhi. which is rudderless; or the regional arms of the government, both at the museum sector generates an additional $220 off er a range of services and entertainment patriotism are equated to a subscrip He is erratic and often abrasive and chieftains, none of whom has a pan State and Centre, can take care of the of output in other areas of the U.S. economy. options. They need to include virtual fl ight tion of the ironclad ideology that the perennially in a confrontation mode. India appeal or presence. It is not the various, serious problems facing the Another study titled ‘The Economic Impact zones with simulators; and allow events and BJP espouses. The other vision is He has been criticised by intellec courts or the intellectuals in com country, including citizenship issues. of Museums in England’ estimated that the shows to be hosted on them. Many Indian ci composed of a universal spirit, a phi tuals and secularists for not visiting mand. It is the youth across the coun Do not interfere with and infl uence direct economic impact of the museum sec ties have limited entertainment options . Na losophy that embraces all creation. Shaheen Bagh, Jawaharlal Nehru Un try and, of late, the women leading the institutions. Don’t demand alle tor in England was £2.64 billion in income, valvessel museums would provide an alter And the latter won. iversity or Jamia Millia Islamia and the fi ght against communal, divisive giance to the ruling party. The peo £1.45 billion in output and 38,165 in jobs. native mode of entertainment. for dodging questions on the issues and hate politics, who are infl uenc ple’s allegiance is to the rule of law. A major challenge facing India is the need Support from the private sector is neces Focus on livelihood issues of antiCitizenship (Amendment) Act ing the voters today. These agitators, Their fealty is to the Constitution. to generate adequate employment oppor sary to realise the business potential of such It is true that Mr. Kejriwal never protests and police violence in the with their stoic courage and resi The youth and women have risen tunities for the abundant youth population. museums and impart professionalism in openly drew a sword and invited Mr. capital. During the campaign and la lience, are demanding justice and and given hope for the country. If the Estimates show that in terms of employment their management. In this context, it is im Shah and Prime Minister Narendra ter, Mr. Kejriwal remained astute and freedom to dissent and lighting up politicians don’t heed their warning elasticity, defi ned as the percentage change portant to recall how the active participation Modi to a direct duel on the two ide canny. Not crossing swords with Mr. the torch of democracy. In a role re and meet their demands they will in employment for a one percentage point of the private sector revolutionised football ologies but spoke mostly of issues Modi or Mr. Shah was a poll strategy versal, they are inspiring the celebri surely rein the leaders in. Their gods, change in economic growth, services is an and kabaddi. It is high time we made proper pertaining to education, school, wa for him. He won by controlling the ties, intellectuals, and leaders of civil then, may not be enough to hoist employmentintensive sector. Therefore, the use of the private sector to preserve our re ter, electricity and governance and narrative and, instead of playing into society and breathing hope and opti them to power. focus should be on promoting services in tired naval vessels. delivery. And, in the end, the man the hands of Mr. Shah, deftly navigat mism where darkness and despair dustries where employment potential is date was unambiguous — voters of ing the minefi eld the BJP was trying reigned before. Captain G.R. Gopinath is a founder of Air high. Tourism and allied industries fi t into Sthanu R. Nair is an Associate Professor of Economics, Delhi soundly rejected Hindutva to draw him into, and harping on the It is remarkable and laudable that Deccan and former member of the Aam this requirement as they have proved to be Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode. Views are forces this time. While Mr. Shah and AAP’s record on good governance these people have risen spontane Aadmi Party top jobgenerating sectors across the world. personal. Email: [email protected]
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Congress kept India united FIFTY YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 20, 1970 Else, India would have been a fragmented entity Not adopting totalitarian tactics: PM
Mohammed Ayoob for a reconsideration of the terms of The Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, to It has become a fashion these days to the Constitution after an initial pe day [February 19, New Delhi] refuted in the blame the Congress for Partition. riod of ten years and at tenyearly in most categorical terms a suggestion that she Certain sections of the right, who in tervals thereafter.” Hence the Plan was adopting totalitarian tactics and said fact became the prime benefi ciaries did not rule out the dissolution of the that whatever programmes she pursued of Partition, are the leading propo Union if provinces made a demand. were in line with accepted principles of the nents of this thesis. Had Partition not Furthermore, the working of the party. Addressing the members of the Ruling taken place, the demographic exi interim government formed in Sep Congress Parliamentary Party this evening gencies of undivided India, with a tember 1946 made it clear that the on the eve of the budget session, she assured Muslim population of 25%30%; and Muslim League was bent on thwart them that all the resolutions of the Bombay fi ve, and possibly six, Muslim majori ing its smooth functioning. It was the Congress would be implemented within the ty provinces, among them Bengal feeling that the interim government framework of the present Constitution. She and Punjab would have rendered the was like a chariot being pulled in two pointed out that the Government was not parties espousing Hindutva perma diff erent directions that convinced doing any new thing. Only new methods nently irrelevant. But this is a topic Patel that Partition was the only way were being adopted to implement accepted for another time. If the Congress lea to save India from becoming a totally policies and principles. She referred to the dership, especially Jawaharlal Nehru dysfunctional state. In his own fa new mass upsurge in the Country and ap and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, had mous words, “In order to keep India pealed to the members to channelise their not accepted the division of the coun united it must be divided.” It was Pa enthusiasm for constructive purposes. What was necessary was the involvement of the try, it could well have led to the dis tel who convinced Nehru that Parti CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC people in the implementation of progressive memberment of India as we know it tion was better than an eternally frag DATA POINT today. The reasons are as follows. mented India. ideas that were now being pursued by the What was on off er as an alternative Nehru, whose opposition to Parti Government. In a brief reference to the Su to Partition was the Cabinet Mission tion was based on his unstinted com preme Court judgment on bank nationalisa Plan of 1946. This plan mitment to secularism, tion, the Prime Minister pointed out that not only envisaged a which refused to en whatever the Government had done follow loose federal structure counter the idea of India ing it was only to achieve the socialist ideal. with a very weak centre, bring divided on com it could be called a ‘cryp munal lines, fi nally real A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FEB. 20, 1920. toPakistan plus’. It not ised that his vision of a “Bunkum” only grouped provinces modern and strong In FROM AN EDITORIAL on the basis of religious dian state could not be majorities, it left the issue of the prin achieved with the Muslim League, in The Moderates certainly are not the type of cely states’ future as a matter of dis power in Bengal and Punjab, thwart men to hide their light under a bushel and cussion between the princes and the ing it at every step. With Patel and what could be done in the way of blowing on weak centre that it envisioned. The Nehru convinced of the necessity for the tin horn to call attention to their mani central authority would have then Partition, the rest of the Congress fold excellences they have not left undone. had a very weak hand to play against Working Committee, except Khan They are the party of statesmen as opposed the wily princely rulers, both Hindu Abdul Ghaff ar Khan, who voted to the mere agitators. They are practical and and Muslim, who would have joined against it, and Maulana Azad, who sane to contrast to those who cry for the hands with each other and with the abstained, accepted the plan. moon. It is their exclusive mission to shape Muslim League in defence of their Historical evidence based on im the destiny of the country. They are the cho common interest to further weaken partial scholarship demonstrates sen people. They saved the Bill for Mr. Mon the centre. that had the Congress Party not ac tagu and earned his undying gratitude and cepted the Partition plan, India today the practical benefi ts of that gratitude. They Cabinet Mission Plan would have been a weak state and a are now busy conserving their inheritance. Moreover, documentary evidence, divided polity barely able to keep it It must be said to their credit that if they especially the resolution of the Mus self together and constantly teetering have not done big things, they have at least lim League Council in June 1946 that on the brink of collapse. The Con talked big. Pompons rhetoric is always a va accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan, gress did a favour to the country by luable asset for a party constituted as the proves that the Muslim League’s ac accepting its division in order to save Moderates are — a party of supermen con ceptance was premised on the belief it from collapse or dismemberment. stantly obsessed by a sense of their own im that the Plan was a stepping stone to This is a historically verifi able fact portance. Take for choice the following typ wards the ultimate formation of Pa that cannot be refuted by partisan ical example of Moderate jargon. Our kistan, which to quote the resolution propaganda. readers will recognise the touch of the mas was its “unalterable objective”. The ter hand: “We are a Legislative Council, the League inferred this from the Cabinet highest Legislative Council in the Indian Em Mission Plan’s provision that said Mohammed Ayoob is University Distinguished pire, and when we speak with a united voice that “any Province by majority vote Professor Emeritus of International Relations, we impart to it an authority which does not of its Legislative Assembly could call Michigan State University belong to any other similar body.”
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DELHI THE HINDU 12 NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Centre to form new law panel Empowered group Trade deal with U.S. Commission has been tasked with the review of existing legislation to fi x tech woes delayed, not stuck: govt. Special Correspondent New Delhi Dualuse applications will be studied On trade, the government in Ahmedabad and the Pre The Union Cabinet on Wed SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT dated map of technology conceded that talks bet sidential couple will then fl y nesday gave its approval to NEW DELHI and technology products ween Mr. Lighthizer and to Agra to see the Taj at sun set up the 22nd Law Com The Union Cabinet has ap available and being deve Commerce Minister Piyush set, before fl ying into Delhi. mission. proved the setting up of an loped; develop an “indigeni Goyal had not been able to On Tuesday, Mr. Trump will The Law Commission ad empowered technology sation road map” for select conclude even a “minideal” hold talks with Mr. Modi. vises the government on group to help address issues ed key technologies; yet but held out the hope “This will be President complex legal issues. The such as “suboptimal indus encourage Union Ministries that Mr. Lightizer might still Trump’s fi fth meeting with term of the previous law pa trial development”. and departments and State travel as part of Mr. Trump’s Prime Minister Modi in eight nel ended last August. Among the key issues the governments to develop in delegation, and also held months [after Osaka, Biar The Law Ministry will now 12member panel headed by house expertise in policy; out the possibility that talks ritz, Houston, New York] — notify the new panel, which the Principal Scientifi c Ad and use aspects of emerging on a free trade agreement refl ecting the renewed in will have a threeyear term. Due process: Prakash Javadekar, fl anked by Narendra Singh Tomar and Smriti Irani, announcing viser will address is “dual technologies. (FTA) will soon begin. tensity of highlevel bilateral Apart from a fulltime the Cabinet’s approval for a new Law Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday. * PTI use technologies not being Union Minister Prakash Among other senior offi cials engagement since the NDA chairperson, the commis optimally commercialised”, Javadekar said at a press who may travel are Com government returned to sion will have four fulltime it by the Central Govern so far, 277 reports have been a common code was not yet the government said in a briefi ng that the decision to merce Secretary Wilbur power,” Mr. Shringla who, members, including a ment or suo motu, under submitted to the ripe. In 2015, a proposal was note. Dualuse technologies set up such a group was Ross, Treasury Secretary as former Ambassador to membersecretary. take research in law and re government. mooted to make the law pa have civilian and military based on recommendations Steve Mnuchin, and adviser the U.S., was responsible for The Law and Legislative view of existing laws in India nel into a permanent body applications. of a committee led by the and soninlaw to the Presi organising those meetings, Secretaries in the Law Minis for making reforms and Working papers either through an Act of Par The group, whose mem Principal Scientifi c Adviser. dent Jared Kushner. said. He called the relation try will be exoffi cio mem enacting new legislation. It The previous Law Commis liament or an executive or bers’ names have not been Ashutosh Sharma, Secre The 36hour visit to India ship with the U.S. one of In bers of the commission. shall also undertake studies sion, under Justice B.S. der (resolution of the Union disclosed, is expected to de tary, Department of Science will begin on Monday when dia’s “most consequential “It will also have not more and research for bringing re Chauhan (retd.), had submit Cabinet). velop inhouse expertise in and Technology, who con Air Force One touches down relationships.” than fi ve parttime mem forms in the justice delivery ted reports and working The move was shelved af aspects of policy and use of fi rmed that he is in the bers,” an offi cial statement systems for elimination of papers on key issues such as ter the Prime Minister’s Of emerging technologies, and group, said the move would said. delay in procedures, speedy simultaneous elections to fi ce preferred the existing ensure sustainability of be useful to coordinate re A retired Supreme Court disposal of cases, reduction the Lok Sabha and the As system to continue. In 2010, technology being developed search. “Say I have a tech Here to fi nd a solution, judge or Chief Justice of a in cost of litigation, etc.,” the semblies and a uniform civil the then UPA government at public sector nology and would like to High Court will head the statement said. code. had prepared a draft Cabinet organisations. fi nd what other organisa commission. Originally formed in 1955, While it supported simul note to give statutory status The government said the tions could benefi t from it... mediators tell protesters “The Law Commission the commission is reconsti taneous elections, the com to the commission but the group would also work to this mechanism is wel shall, on a reference made to tuted every three years and mission had said the time for idea did not take off . ensure that India had an up come,” he said. The top court on Monday current site would be vacat upheld the fundamental ed “within 30 minutes of the rights of women, children law being revoked”, while and others protesting at Sha others asked what the “gua BJP MLA in heen Bagh, but expressed rantee was that the govern ART Bill proposes national registry of clinics concern over blocking pu ment will initiate a discus U.P. named blic areas like roads while sion” if the protesters voicing dissent. moved to an alternate site. Board will formulate minimum standards for labs and lay down code of conduct for personnel in rape case “Democracy works on dif Zainab, 19, told the inter ferent views...you want to locutors, “We are not cele Special Correspondent State Boards and State auth also introduced a plethora of Special Correspondent protest, no problem. Our li brating anything here that New Delhi orities within three months legal, ethical and social is LUCKNOW mited concern is whether we will keep shifting sites. The Union Cabinet on Wed of the notifi cation of the pro sues; yet, there is no standar A BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh you could protest without Look at the kind of language nesday approved the Assist posed legislation. disation of protocols and re and six others were blocking roads and entering that has been used by Minis ed Reproductive Technology Under the proposed law, a porting is still very booked on the charge of public areas... with every ters. Why are we being vili Regulation Bill, 2020 to mon national registry and regis inadequate,” the Ministry rape, the police in Bhadohi right there comes a respon fi ed like this? Initiation of a itor medical procedures tration authority will main added. district said on Wednesday. sibility too,” the court said dialogue should come from used to assist people to tain a database to assist the The First Information while appointing the inter the government’s side. Is achieve pregnancy. national Board to perform its Confi dentiality clause Report was fi led at the Bha locutors to convey its appre this a game that the Home The Bill provides for a na functions, according to a “The Bill will also ensure dohi police station against hension over the road block Minister is playing with us? tional Board which will lay statement issued by the confi dentiality of intending MLA Ravindra Nath Tri ade and a suggestion to shift First he says he is ready to down a code of conduct to be Health and Family Welfare couples and protect the pathi, his nephews and the protest site. meet all and then we get observed by those operating Ministry. rights of the child,” Union other relatives. Several women, including stopped. We are going clinics. Minister Smriti Irani said at a Superintendent of Pol college students, homemak through mental trauma.” It will also formulate mini Strict punishment media conference on Wed ice Ram Badan Singh said a ers and the Shaheen Bagh In response, Ms. Rama mum standards for laborato The Bill also proposes strin nesday. She also said that in woman had alleged that in dadis, put forth their reser chandran said, “A country ry and diagnostic equipment gent punishment for those the Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2017, the MLA and his six vations before the interlocu that has daughters like you and practices to be followed who practise sex selection, 2020, the government was accomplices kept her at a tors. Some stated that the can never face any threat.” by human resources em indulge in sale of human em est growths in the number centres of this global fertility looking to restrict the maxi hotel for a month and re ployed by clinics and banks. bryos or gametes and those ART centres and ART cycles industry, with reproductive mum age of surrogates from peatedly raped her. She al The States and Union Terri who operate rackets. performed every year. India medical tourism becoming a “above the marriageable so said she was forced to Ram Temple trust tories will also have to form “India has one of the high has become one of the major signifi cant activity. This has age” to 50 years. undergo an abortion. elects chairman Scrap CVC appointment: Congress SC keen on listening to The meeting also decided vanandji Saraswati, that Nripendra Mishra, Yugpurush Swami Parma Gadkari on emobility former Principal Secretary nandji Maharaj and Kamesh Alleging that the process was vitiated, party demands fresh selection to Prime Minister Narendra war Chaupal, members of Modi, will head a committee the trust, were present at Special Correspondent ment want to hide that the CJI later settles for an affi davit to take decisions regarding the fi rst meeting, along with New Delhi CVC has to be their person,” the actual construction of those named above. The Congress on Wednesday he asked. Legal Correspondent the temple. While no date has been demanded the scrapping of “We, therefore, demand New Delhi A State Bank of India ac announced for temple con the appointment of Sanjay that the process of appoint Chief Justice of India (CJI) count will be opened at the struction to begin, sources Kothari as the Chief Vigi ment be scrapped in its enti Sharad A. Bobde on Wed Ayodhya branch of the bank told The Hindu that a date in lance Commissioner (CVC), rety and a fresh process is nesday orally expressed the in the trust’s name. Swami April is being favoured. Ac saying the entire process was undertaken.” Supreme Court’s keenness Govind Dev Giriji Maharaj cording to a statement is vitiated and demanding a Asked if the Congress is to have Union Transport Mi will be the treasurer of the sued by the trust, the meet fresh selection process. going to legally challenge the nister Nitin Gadkari attend a trust. Signatures of Swami ing began with a vote of At a media conference at appointment, Mr. Tewari hearing and explain his Govind Dev Giriji Maharaj, thanks “to all Sants and Ram the party headquarters, se said the matter was serious plans to induct vehicles run Mr. Rai or Dr. Anil Mishra Bhakts from 1528 onwards” nior leader Manish Tewari and sensitive and “all op ning on clean fuels such as Nitin Gadkari has been (two of three) will suffi ce to who strove for the temple. said that both “procedure be a member of the search ports, Mr. Tewari said, tions are open”. electricity and hydrogen. pushing for the use of operate the account. The resolution also ex and propriety were com committee? It is bizarre that “What does the Prime Minis Mr. Tewari also referred to However, Additional Sol electric vehicles. Delhibased chartered ac pressed thanks to the Naren pletely thrown away at the you are a judge in your own ter do? He pulls out a paper a purported statement made icitorGeneral A.N.S. Nad countancy fi rm V. Shankar dra Modi government as level of the Prime Minister case,” Mr. Tewari said. from his pocket and chooses by U.S. President Donald karni said a Minister’s pre want to make it very clear Aiyyar and Company will be well as the Uttar Pradesh go and the Home Minister”. At Monday’s meeting of someone who was not even Trump ahead of his India sence in the court would that we are not summoning the accountants for the vernment for its “construc As reported by The Hindu the highpower committee an applicant.” visit. give rise to political him.” trust. Earlier in the day, it tive role” over the issue and on Tuesday, Mr. Tewari presided by Prime Minister Mr. Tewari said the pro “I saw a video clip where speculation. was notifi ed that senior Ut reposed full faith in the con pointed out that Finance Se Narendra Modi, when Con cess now had not only been President Trump was saying The exchange happened Comprehensive affi davit tar Pradesh bureaucrat stitutional institutions and cretary Rajeev Kumar was a gress leader in the Lok Sabha vitiated but described it as India has not treated them during the hearing of a peti Mr. Nadkarni said the go Awanish Awasthi and Ayod law courts of the country. member of the search com Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury “illegal and unconstitution [U.S.] well. I think it’s an in tion fi led by the Centre for vernment would fi rst like to hya District Magistrate Anuj While the initial announ mittee to select potential had raised this issue, Mr. Mo al”. “Even a peon in the go sult to our country and hope Public Interest Litigation, fi le a comprehensive affi da Jha would be the State’s re cement of the trust did not candidates for the post and a di is learnt to have instructed vernment is not selected this that the Ministry of External represented by advocate vit on its projects. presentatives in the trust. include its current chairper shortlisted candidate him offi cials to follow norms. way,” he said. Aff airs will respond,” he Prashant Bhushan, for time Later, the CJI indicated Gyanesh Kumar of the Home son and general secretary, self. “How can an applicant Referring to such news re “What does the govern said. ly implementation of the that if the Minister could not Ministry was present at the they were added later with Electric Vehicle Policy (EVP) add anything useful, then meeting. the trust being empowered and the Faster Adoption and he could instruct whoever Senior advocate K. Paras to do so. No date for the next Manufacturing of Hybrid was responsible to assist the aran, Swami Vishwaprasan meeting has been offi cially and Electric Vehicles court. He sought the affi da na Teertha, Swami Vasude announced. MPs’ panel grills offi cials on Kashmir (FAME) scheme. vit in four weeks. Chief Justice Bobde clari “There are cases con fi ed that the court’s invita cerning the bursting of fi re They were asked how development could reach the region when ‘peace is elusive’ tion to the Minister should crackers during Deepavali, Collegium recommends not be misinterpreted as a which comes only once a Vijaita Singh nouncements on inviting in present,” another MP said. summons, order or indict year. But vehicular pollution New Delhi dustries and entrepreneurs He added that laggard in ment. It was merely because is an everyday phenome transfer of 3 HC judges Members of the parliamen to J&K. We asked the Minis frastructure in Ladakh was the court wanted to have a non. It is a persistent pro tary panel on Home Aff airs try offi cials, ‘Is J&K peaceful also discussed. holistic picture about the blem and source of pollu Bombay High Court’s Justice likely functioned for at least have posed some tough now?’. We asked them to en The J&K administration is policy to shift to electric tion. Nobody is talking of Ranjit V. More has been ap some time as the acting questions to Home Ministry sure peace before making planning a threeday Global vehicles, and the Minister this most polluting thing,” proved for transfer to the Chief Justice of the High offi cials on their claims of grand plans.” Investors’ Summit in Srina would be the best person to he said. Meghalaya High Court, Court. getting bigticket invest A day ago, the byelections gar and Jammu in April to give it. If vehicular pollution was while the Collegium has re In January, the Supreme ments in Jammu and Kash to over 12,000 panchayat highlight investment oppor “Your Minister has been resolved, it would substan commended that Justice Ra Court had stayed a decision mir and Ladakh. seats were deferred follow tunities in 14 sectors to boost making many statements tially reduce the impact of vi Vijaykumar Malimath of by a Bombay High Court Opposition MPs asked ing “credible inputs from the manufacturing and generate about the introduction of other forms of toxicity in the the Karnataka High Court be Bench, led by Justice More, how could development Ajay Kumar Bhalla law enforcement agencies”. employment. CNG [compressed natural air, the CJI noted. The pro moved to the Uttarakhand to allow the shifting of HDIL reach J&K when “peace was Senior offi cials have gas], electric vehicles, etc. blem largely pertained to High Court. promoters Rakesh Wadha elusive”. The panel, headed by Plans for the future fanned out to various parts Offi cers may be responsible the fuel used in vehicles af Justice Muralidhar would wan and Sarang Wadhawan J&K has been under sev Congress leader Anand Shar Other Opposition MPs asked of the country to organise but they may not have the fected not only Delhi but al become the second most se — accused in the multicrore ere restrictions, including a ma, met to discuss the de what was the government’s roadshows and meetings to whole picture...” he told Mr. so the entire country and nior judge following the re Punjab and Maharashtra communication blockade, mands for grants of the Mi road map for J&K. convince the business com Nadkarni. even globally, the court said. tirement of Justice G.S. Sis Cooperative (PMC) Bank since August 5. nistry pertaining to the “The Ministry offi cials munity to invest in the Union The court assuaged the “We consider it appro tani in March 2020. scam case — from Arthur Union Home Secretary Union Territories. Its fi nal re were asked if they have in Territory. government side, saying “in priate that all the issues be Eventually, had Chief Justice Road Jail to their Bandra Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Addition port will be tabled after the frastructure in place? Do In the Union Budget for case you are worried about considered simultaneously of the Delhi High Court D.N. East residence. al Secretary Gyanesh Kumar Budget session resumes in they have a planning Board the fi nancial year 202021, the political angle, we are and with the assistance of Patel been elevated or re Judges recommended for and Jammu and Kashmir March. to oversee investments. ₹ 30,757 crore was allocated not doing this at the behest an authority empowered to tired by 2022, Justice Mura transfer can request the Col Chief Secretary B.V.R. Sub An MP who attended the They replied it was a work in to Jammu and Kashmir, of the petitioner or Mr. take decisions,” the court lidhar, who is set to retire legium to reconsider its rahmanyam briefed the MPs meeting said, “The Home progress... All the assuranc while Ladakh got ₹ 5,958 Bhushan. He is not going to said, posting the case after a only in 2023, would have decision. on Wednesday. Minister had made big an es were for the future not the crore. argue with the Minister. We month.
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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NEWS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Copter deal okayed ahead of Trump trip Only ‘Namaste Trump’ do $2.4 billion agreement to buy 24 MH60Rs is one among the various defence deals for President in Ahmedabad Dinakar Peri copters was fl oated later and Integrated Air Defence Wea NEW DELHI processed through the Fo pon System (IADWS), which To fi t in a Taj Mahal visit, he may leave the city early Days before U.S. President reign Military Sales (FMS) was approved last week by Donald Trump’s visit to In route of the U.S. the U.S. State Department Special Correspondent dia, the Cabinet Committee government. and which is now with the AHMEDABAD on Security (CCS), headed by Another deal close to con U.S. Congress for its consid ‘Namaste Trump’, a mega Prime Minister Narendra clusion is of six additional eration for up to 30 days, is event at Motera cricket stadi Modi, met on Wednesday AH64E Apache attack heli also in the works. That po um, seems to be the only en and cleared the procure copters for the Army. They tential sale, which could be gagement U.S. President Do ment of 24 MH60R multi will cost around $930 mil valued up to $1.867 billion, is nald Trump will have in role helicopters for the Navy lion. The Apaches from Boe likely to be taken up during Ahmedabad on February 24. worth around $2.4 billion. ing are being sourced U.S. Secretary of Defense Earlier, Sabarmati Ash While other defence deals through the direct commer Mark Esper’s visit to India, ram and then a highprofi le are expected to be an Timely buy: MH-60R will help to partially ease the Navy’s cial sale and the Foreign Mil which will likely happen in event at the motor stadium, nounced, they are in various shortage of helicopters. * AFP itary Sales route from the March. besides inauguration of the Trip minutiae: A USAF plane in Ahmedabad with cargo on stages of procurement. U.S. side. It is understood that Mr. world’s largest cricket stadi Wednesday ahead of the President’s visit. * VIJAY SONEJI “The MH60R helicopter Trump’s visit and will help to with an option for eight Also under discussion is Trump will push for U.S. so um, were on the itinerary deal has been approved by partially ease the Navy’s more. But the deal fell the sale of Large Aircraft In lutions to fi ghter jet competi during the President’s visit from the President’s itiner while passing by the road the CCS,” a defence source shortage of helicopters on its through owing to pricing is frared Counter Measure tions of the Indian Army and to Ahmedabad. ary. According to sources, show Ahmedabad Municipal said, adding it was ready to frontline warships. sues and other develop (LAIRCM), a missile defence Navy during his trip. Mr. Trump and the First La Corporation has organised. be signed after crossing hur MH60R was earlier se ments. Thereafter, the ten system for large aircraft (With inputs from Inauguration put off dy will pay tributes to Ma “It appears that since the dles. The deal is expected to lected through a competitive der was cancelled. A fresh (such as those used by VIPs). Sriram Lakshman However, the inauguration hatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat in President and the First Lady be announced during Mr. process for 16 helicopters, tender for 24 MH60R heli A missile defence system, in Washington, DC) of the stadium built by the New Delhi on February 25. want to see Taj Mahal at Gujarat Cricket Association, Though the President’s Agra, they will leave early once headed by Narendra exact schedule and itinerary from Ahmedabad,” a top go Modi when he was the Chief have not been made public vernment offi cial involved in Minister and subsequently yet, going by the tentative the preparations for the visit U.S. Congressmen concerned over Kashmir by Amit Shah, has been post schedule, Air Force One car told The Hindu. poned. Now, only the ‘Na rying the President and his Earlier, when the Ashram maste Trump’ event is slated delegation is expected to was included on the menu, Ami Bera and George Holding discuss contentious issues with the Indian government at the stadium, while its in touch down around 11.55 the Agra visit was not con auguration will be held later. a.m. on February 24 and fi rmed but now it is offi cial Suhasini Haidar the situation in Jammu and Tuesday, the Ministry of Ex Moreover, the visit to the straight from the airport, that the President will fl y to NEW DELHI Kashmir after the amend ternal Aff airs tweeted that Sabarmati Ashram has also they will drive to the stadi Agra to see Taj Mahal during Days before President Do ments to Article 370 last Au Mr. Bera and Mr. Holding apparently disappeared um for ‘Namaste Trump’ sunset. nald Trump’s visit to India, gust. had met Foreign Secretary two senior U.S. Congress Last month, U.S. Ambas Harsh Shringla and “dis men have expressed their sador Kenneth Juster had cussed strengthening ties & concerns to the government been part of a delegation of regional developments,” but over the situation in Kashmir envoys that were taken to didn’t give any further ‘CAA may leave Muslims stateless’ and protests against the Citi Srinagar and Jammu to as details. special correspondent personally concerned about man rights bodies on Kash zenship (Amendment) Act. sess the levels of “normalcy” Speaking to journalists, NEW DELHI the future of the religious mir and said these reports Representative Ami Bera, on the ground. The Con Mr. Bera said they had also India’s new citizenship law minorities in India after the showed the ground reality in who is the Chairman of the Ami Bera, left, and George Holding gressmen said they also spoken about the protests may render a large number enactment of the Citizenship the region, which has been U.S. House Foreign Aff airs would like to take a Congres against the CAA and the of Muslims stateless, United (Amendment) Bill, 2019, under lockdown since India SubCommittee on AsiaPac est to see a resolution [to the and concerns, but added sional delegation to J&K at “pushback against it”. “It Nations SecretaryGeneral which seeks to give citizen ended the special status of ifi c, and Representative Ge Kashmir issue] and a return that he was “heartened” by the earliest. was important to speak to se António Guterres said. ship to persecuted minori the erstwhile State of Jammu orge Holding, who is a co to normalcy. We did convey the description given by go nior Indian offi cials to get In an interview to The ties from Bangladesh, Pakis and Kashmir on August 5, chair of the India Caucus in that [to the government] and vernment offi cials of the eco Normalcy steps their assessment of the rea Dawn newspaper in Pakis tan and Afghanistan. 2019. the House, were part of a bi I expressed my concerns ov nomic redevelopment plans However, a government sons for the decision. As an tan, he expressed concern “It is essential that these partisan delegation visiting er the continued detention for Jammu and Kashmir. source said that during their IndianAmerican, my pride about the Citizenship Call for measures reports are taken seriously,” the region, and said they had of political prisoners in Kash The statements by the meetings with the govern comes from India’s founding (Amendment) Act, and While enacting new citizen he said, conveying the UN’s discussed both contentious mir,” Mr. Bera, who belongs Congressmen are signifi cant ment, the two congressmen as a secular democracy,” Mr. urged countries to act hu ship laws, measures should concern over developments issues with the Indian go to the Democratic Party, told not just because they were had acknowledged that the Bera said, adding that as the manely while framing new be taken to ensure that they in Kashmir. He said it was vernment, and the U.S.’s a small group of journalists made on the eve of Mr. situation in J&K was very dif largest democracy and the laws. “There is a risk of state did not create stateless citi the task of the Security plans for Afghanistan and during their visit to Delhi. Trump’s visit to India, but ferent from last year, and oldest democracy, India and lessness,” he said asked zens, he said. Council to constitute a com maritime security in the Mr. Holding, a Republican because they were made af had been told about various the U.S. shared the under about the impact of the law The SecretaryGeneral mittee to investigate the hu IndoPacifi c. Congressman, said he ter they had been briefed by initiatives to restore normal standing that “protecting mi on the Muslim community. highlighted the reports man rights scenario in Kash “It is our desire and inter shared Mr. Bera’s assessment the U.S. embassy offi cials on cy in the Union Territory. On norities is important”. Mr. Guterres said he was brought out by various hu mir. Police open Three Hizbul militants probe into Geelani videos killed in Tral gunfi ght ‘Commander’ was among those shot dead special correspondent Srinagar Peerzada Ashiq tants had been killed this Srinagar The J&K police have initiat year. Nearly 40 overground ed an inquiry to fi nd out Three militants of the Hiz workers (those who off er who smuggled two videos bul Mujahideen were killed support to the militants) of the ailing 90yearold in a gunfi ght at Sherabad in were arrested. Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Tral, Pulwama, on Wednes Mr. Singh said security Geelani, in which he made day. agencies would continue en his “last wish”, from his DirectorGeneral of Pol hanced vigil in the runup to Srinagar house and man ice, Jammu and Kashmir, U.S. President Donald aged to send them across Dilbagh Singh said here that Trump’s visit to India. the border. the police, the CRPF and the He said Pakistan was con The police have de Army had conducted a joint tinuing its attempts to mis tained Mr. Geelani’s cook operation. One of the slain guide the youth. “Pakistan and a helper to question militants had replaced Ham continues to use VPNs [vir them on who video mad Khan, who was killed tual private networks], and graphed it and how the vi in January, as the ‘comman even terrorists killed in the deos managed to bypass der’ of the terror group Nagrota operation used a the CRPFJ&K police scruti here. He identifi ed the mili VPN to send across pictures ny at the gates. The separa tants as Jahangir Ahmad Wa from the encounter site, ” tist leader has been under ni, alias Umer Mukhtar, Raja he said. house arrest since 2010. Umer Maqbool and Sadat Mr. Singh said a Pakistan Only a close relative is al Ahmad Thokar. drone fl ew for 11 to 12 mi lowed to see him. The police said Wani was nutes over Border Security The videos forced the behind the arson in a mos Force (BSF) pickets along authorities to install more que, threats to civilians and the International Border in CCTV cameras in and attacks on the Army and the Jammu on Tuesday. “It was around his residence in Sri police. fi red at and returned,” he nagar’s Hyderpora. Mr. Singh said 23 mili said. 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DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Russia, Turkey spar over Syria operation Passengers disembark cruise Erdogan threatens to attack advancing Syrian troops; Kremlin warns against the ‘worst scenario’ ship after 2week quarantine Agence France-Presse for the warring parties to al Istanbul low safe access for humani China reported 1,749 new cases, the lowest since Jan. 29 Turkey and Russia ex tarian groups and for a changed warnings on Wed “complete ceasefi re and end Reuters nesday after President Recep to human rights violations”. TOKYO/BEIJING Tayyip Erdogan threatened Hundreds of people began an “imminent” operation in Violence continues disembarking a cruise ship Syria to end the regime’s The regime off ensive has in Japan on Wednesday after brutal assault on the last re killed more than 400 civi being held on board for bel enclave. lians since it began in De more than two weeks under Syrian aid workers called cember, according to the Syr quarantine, as criticism urgently for a ceasefi re and ian Observatory for Human mounted of Japan’s handling international help for nearly Rights. of the COVID19 outbreak a million people fl eeing the “The violence in north outside China. regime onslaught in the west Syria is indiscriminate. Even as patients trundled country’s northwestern Idlib Health facilities, schools, re off the Diamond Princess Free at last: A passenger surrounded by mediapersons after province — the biggest wave sidential areas, mosques and cruise liner, Japanese auth she disembarked from Diamond Princess on Wednesday. * AP of displaced civilians in the markets have been hit,” the orities announced 79 new nineyear confl ict. Flare-up: A family fl eeing the town of Tarmanin in Syria's Idlib province towards the northern UN head of humanitarian af cases had been discovered Asian shares and U.S. stock may still be kept on board. Turkey, supporter of some border with Turkey with their belongings on Wednesday. * AFP fairs and emergency relief, on board, bringing the total futures rise. Outside China, Meanwhile, China’s Na rebel groups in Idlib, has Mark Lowcock, said earlier above 620, well over half the eight people have died from tional Health Commission been pushing for a renewed bardments but from lack of to Syria unless Damascus against Syrian forces would this week. known cases outside main the disease . Two Iranians reported 1,749 new con ceasefi re in talks with Russia, insulation, from the weather, pulled its forces back by the be “the worst scenario”. Moscow has repeatedly land China. died in the holy Shi'ite city of fi rmed cases, the lowest tally which backs the Syrian re a lack of heating. It feels like end of the month. With Turkey moving large vetoed Security Council re One more Indian aboard Qom on Wednesday. since January 29. Hubei — gime. Ankara is eager to pre doomsday,” Razan Saff our, “An operation in Idlib is numbers of reinforcements solutions. The head of the the ship was tested positive the epicentre of the out vent another fl ood of refu of the Syrian Expatriate Med imminent... We are counting into Idlib in recent weeks, World Health Organization and shifted to hospital, tak More will leave break — reported the lowest gees into its territory adding ical Association, said . The down, we are making our fi Defence Minister Hulusi said Tuesday that out of ing the number of Indian na From Wednesday, passen number of new infections to the 3.7 million Syrians it al group said a total of $336 nal warnings,” Mr. Erdogan Akar emphasised that it was nearly 550 health facilities in tionals infected with the vi gers who tested negative and since February 11, while out ready hosts. million was needed for basic said in a televised speech. “out of the question for us to northwest Syria, only about rus on the vessel to seven, showed no symptoms were side of Hubei there were just The Syrian NGO Alliance food, water and shelter. He called for Syrian forces withdraw from our observa half were operational. according to the Indian Em free to leave. Around 500 56 new cases, down from a said displaced people are to retreat behind Turkey’s tion posts”. Syrian troops have recon bassy on Wednesday. were expected to disembark peak of 890 on Feb. 3. “escaping in search of safety ‘No desired result’ military posts in Idlib, which Earlier this week the UN quered swathes of Idlib and In China itself, the death on Wednesday, with the rest The latest fi gures bring only to die from extreme Mr. Erdogan said talks with were set up under a 2018 said the displaced were retaken the key M5 highway toll from the SARSCoV2 of those eligible departing the total number of cases in weather conditions and lack Moscow over the past fort deal with Russia designed to mainly women and children connecting the country’s climbed above 2,000, but over the next two days. China to more than 74,000 of available resources”. night had so far failed to hold off a regime advance. and warned that babies were four largest cities as well as the tally of newly reported Confi rmed cases were to and the death toll to 2,004, “We have hundreds and achieve “the desired result” The Kremlin quickly res dying of cold because aid the entire surroundings of cases fell for a second day to be sent to hospital, while threequarters of which thousands of people who are and warned that Turkey ponded to Erdogan’s threat, camps are full. Aleppo city for the fi rst time the lowest since January, of those who shared cabins have occurred in Wuhan. fl eeing... not just from bom would launch an off ensive in warning that any operation The Syrian NGOs called since 2012. fering hope and helping with infected passengers (With PTI inputs) Won’t honour UN pledge on war probe: Mahinda WSJ reporters expelled from Sri Lanka to withdraw from ment. The resolution 30/1 on ic betrayal that other coun position parties have strong promotion on reconciliation tries are able to name mem ly opposed the U.S. move to China over ‘racist’ headline cosponsorship of resolution 30/1 in Sri Lanka was cospon bers of our armed forces as impose the travel ban on Lt. sored in 2015 by the then Sri violators of human rights,” Gen. Silva, saying America’s Agence France-Presse ington’s decision to tighten Deng, both U.S. nationals, as Press Trust of India restrictions on Army chief Lankan government. said Mr. Rajapaksa, who was decision was based on inde Beijing rules on Chinese state media well as reporter Philip Wen, Colombo Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva and The resolution also called president and commander pendently unverifi ed China on Wednesday or organisations in the U.S.. an Australian, had been or Sri Lankan Prime Minister his immediate family mem for an independent investi inchief when Sri Lanka information. dered three reporters from Chinese Foreign Ministry dered to leave the country in Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wed bers over alleged gross viola gation with foreign judges launched the off ensive to Foreign Minister Dinesh American newspaper the spokesman Geng Shuang fi ve days. nesday said that his govern tions of human rights during and prosecutors to probe crush the LTTE in 2009. Gunawardena last week said Wall Street Journal to leave said the Journal oped — tit The three journalists are ment will withdraw from co the fi nal phase of the island war crimes allegation. The 2015 resolution was that Lt. Gen. Silva was only the country over what Beij led ‘China is the Real Sick in the WSJ’s news section. sponsoring a UN Human nation’s Civil War in 2009. Mr. Rajapaksa accused his based on the UNHRC report, conducting a war against a ing deemed a racist hea Man of Asia’ — had a “racially The oped, written by Rights Council resolution on “Our government has de predecessor of betraying the which had accused the Lan designated terrorist group dline, in one of the harshest discriminatory” and “sensa Bard College professor Wal accountability for war cided to withdraw from the island’s security forces by kan troops of violating hu which was the LTTE. moves against foreign media tional” headline. ter Russell Mead, criticised crimes. process of cosponsorship in cosponsoring the man rights, Mr. Rajapaksa’s Lt. Gen. Silva was appoint in years. The Journal reported that the Chinese government’s His statement came days relation to resolution 30/1,” resolution. statement said. ed as the Sri Lankan Army The expulsion came as deputy bureau chief Josh initial response to the CO after the U.S. imposed travel Mr. Rajapaksa said in a state “It is because of the histor Sri Lanka’s ruling and op Commander last year. Beijing also slammed Wash Chin and reporter Chao VID19 outbreak. ELSEWHERE Sanders surges to ‘Trump off ered to pardon Assange if Pak. court nullifi es minor double digit lead: poll he denied Russia link to email leak’ Hindu girl’s marriage He got 32% support against Biden’s 16% She claimed the wedding was not forced WikiLeaks published emails that hurt Hillary’s campaign in 2016 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hampshire primary. Mr. Bi Press Trust of India claimed that she embraced Washington Reuters Karachi Erdogan slams rights den stood at 16% support in Mr. Assange complied with Islam at a shrine after which activist after acquittal Bernie Sanders has surged this survey of voter prefe LONDON the U.S. by saying that the In probably the fi rst of its she married Solangi out of ISTANBUL to a doubledigit lead over rence. U.S. President Donald Russians were not involved kind judgment, a Pakistani her own free will. Turkish President Recep his rivals in the race for the Third place in the poll Trump off ered to pardon in the email leak, which hurt court has nullifi ed the mar The judge, citing evi Tayyip Erdogan renewed Democratic presidential went to former New York WikiLeaks founder Julian As Hillary Clinton’s presidential riage of a minor Hindu girl, dence and documents, criticism of leading civil nomination, a new poll pu mayor Mike Bloomberg at sange if he said that Russia campaign in 2016, Mr. Roh who was converted to Islam ruled that the girl was un society figure Osman Kavala blished on Wednesday has 14%, followed by progres had nothing to do with Wiki rabacher’s statement said. and married off to a Muslim derage and was not fi t for on Wednesday, a day after he found. sive Massachusetts Senator Leaks’ publication of Demo Mr. Assange, 48, who man in the country’s Sindh marriage under section 3 was acquitted in court and As the selfdescribed de Elizabeth Warren at 12%. cratic Party emails in 2016, a spent seven years holed up province. and 4 of the Sindh Child then swiftly detained again in mocratic socialist rose, Pete Buttigieg is in single London court heard on in Ecuador’s embassy before Mehak Kumari, a Class IX Marriage Restraint Act. a separate case. AFP moderate former VicePresi digits nationally despite nar Wednesday. he was dragged out last student, was allegedly ab He directed Larkana’s dent Joe Biden slumped by a rowly winning in Iowa and Mr. Assange appeared by April, is wanted in the U.S. to ducted from Jacobabad dis police offi cials to take action MH370 downed in whopping 16 point since Ja fi nishing a close second in videolink from prison as la Julian Assange face 18 counts, including trict on January 15 by Ali Ra against all those involved in murder-suicide: Abbott nuary's last take of the New Hampshire. wyers discussed the man conspiring to hack govern za Solangi, who later conducting, facilitating and SYDNEY Washington PostABCNews The poll was released on agement of his hearing next statement by former U.S. Re ment computers and violat married her. Her father fi led abetting the child marriage. Former Australian Prime poll. the same day of a Democrat week to decide whether he publican congressman Dana ing an espionage law. He an FIR, claiming that Solan Heavy security was wit Minister Tony Abbott has claimed “very top” level The Post said Mr. Sanders ic debate, in which Mr. should be extradited to the Rohrabacher, who had visit could spend decades behind gi had abducted and forcibly nessed in and around the Malaysian officials believed — at 32% support, up from Bloomberg, a New York bil U.S. ed Mr. Assange in 2017, say bars if convicted there. married her. He also said court for the hearing to vanished Flight MH370 was 23 last month — is climbing lionaire accused of buying At Westminster Magis ing that he had been sent by At Wednesday’s hearing, that her daughter was 15 quell any unrest. deliberately downed by the on the strength of strong prominence with staggering trates’ Court, Mr. Assange’s the President to off er a par Mr. Assange spoke only to yearold when she was ab Hindus form the biggest pilot in a mass murder performances in the Iowa ad spends, will face off his barrister, Edward Fitzger don. The pardon would confi rm his name and date ducted. minority community in suicide. AFP caucuses and the New rivals for the fi rst time. ald, referred to a witness come on the condition that of birth. The girl, however, Pakistan.
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market watch KMB gets nod SEBI redefi nes ‘pledge’ to 19-02-2020 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 41,323 ddddddddddddddd1.05 Shares surge as virus fears fade for promoter Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 42,339 ddddddddddddddd1.10 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 58.54 ddddddddddddddd3.70 protect client securities Domestic investors buy close to ₹ 600 crore, FPIs net sell ₹ 191 crore in equities stake cut NIFTY 50 PRICE CHANGE Tweaks rules to include ‘repledge’ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Adani Ports...... 371.30...... 4.70 Sitharaman had met indus MUMBAI Mumbai ASHISH RUKHAIYAR Asian Paints...... 1884.90...... 21.25 try representatives and as Axis Bank ...... 741.05...... 7.40 Indian benchmarks snapped sured that the government Private sector lender Kotak MUMBAI Bajaj Auto ...... 3090.90...... 8.40
Bajaj Finserv...... 9758.65. .... 229.15 a fourday losing streak on would take steps to manage Mahindra Bank has re A minor tweak in the man Bajaj Finance ...... 4878.05. .... 120.05 Wednesday as a decline in the impact of COVID19 on ceived fi nal approval from ner ‘pledge’ is defi ned in the Bharti Airtel ...... 543.40...... -4.85 new COVID19 cases in China the domestic industry. the Reserve Bank of India regulatory laws is expected BPCL...... 475.55...... 4.80
Britannia Ind ...... 3082.25...... 15.80 along with expectations of Elsewhere in Asia, the to reduce promoter stake to go a long way in minimis Cipla ...... 447.50...... 11.50 action by the Indian govern benchmark equity indices of to 26%, the bank informed ing instances where stock Coal India ...... 177.75...... 5.90 ment to limit the impact of Hong Kong, South Korea, stock exchanges. brokers misuse client secur Dr Reddys Lab ...... 3278.15...... 26.80
Eicher Motors...... 18875.20. .... 114.85 the outbreak revived inves Taiwan, Japan and Indone Promoter stake in the ities by pledging such shares GAIL (India)...... 119.85...... 0.40 tor interest in equities. sia, among others, all gained bank, which is now at for their own benefi t in Grasim Ind ...... 757.15...... 33.25 The 30share Sensex ground on Wednesday. 29.96%, has to reduce to terms of meeting their mar HCL Tech...... 605.75...... -1.30 HDFC ...... 2377.25...... 58.45 gained 428.62 points, or Back in India, foreign 26% within six months of gin requirements. HDFC Bank...... 1227.20...... 13.95 1.05%, to close at 41,323. It portfolio investors (FPIs) RBI’s approval. The Securities and Ex Hero MotoCorp ...... 2251.60...... -1.05
Hindalco ...... 188.10...... 3.75 closed just a tad lower than were net sellers at about ₹ 191 According to the new change Board of India (SE matter in the recent past Hind Unilever ...... 2292.15...... 57.75 the day’s high of 41,357.16. buting the maximum to the boosted global stock markets crore while their domestic formula agreed to by both BI) has amended the SEBI was of Karvy Stock Broking ICICI Bank ...... 544.80...... 3.60 The rally was visible in day’s gains. on Wednesday,” said Deepak counterparts bought shares the bank and the regulator, (Depositories and Partici in which the Hyderabad IndusInd Bank ...... 1142.15...... 1.45
Bharti Infratel ...... 225.10...... 15.10 many side counters as well Meanwhile, the broader Jasani, head, retail research, worth almost ₹ 600 crore. and which was communi pants) Regulations by in based fi rm raised funds Infosys ...... 800.45...... 2.80 with more than 1,500 stocks Nifty settled the day at HDFC Securities. The pace of foreign invest cated to the exchanges on cluding an additional expla from entities such as Bajaj Indian OilCorp...... 114.20...... 1.55 gaining ground as against 12,125.90, gaining 133.40 “Positive sentiment (in In ment in Indian shares have January 30, the voting nation that states that Finance, ICICI Bank, HDFC ITC ...... 206.70...... 2.85
JSW Steel...... 280.85...... -3.95 around 1,000 stocks that points, or 1.11%. dia) were also created after slowed a bit in the recent rights of the promoter will ‘pledge’ would also refer to Bank and IndusInd Bank by Kotak Bank ...... 1701.10...... 10.10 ended in the red. the Finance Minister said the past with the current month be capped at 15% from ‘repledge of securities for pledging client securities. L&T...... 1281.40...... -4.95 Within the Sensex pack, Policy stimulus government would unveil fl ows, till date, pegged at a April 1. margin or settlement Further, according to the M&M ...... 526.40...... 3.20
Maruti Suzuki ...... 6756.60...... -24.50 22 stocks gained ground with “A decline in the number of measures to limit the impact little under ₹ 9,500 crore. There is no compulsion obligations.’ lenders — as stated in an or Nestle India Ltd...... 16785.05. .... 381.20 Reliance Industries, HDFC, new COVID19 cases in China of the COVID19 outbreak,” The previous month saw for the bank to reduce pro The decision was ap der by the Securities Appel NTPC ...... 112.05...... 2.45 HDFC Bank, HUL, Bajaj Fi and mounting expectations he added. such investors put in a little moter stake to 15%, as pre proved by the board of the late Tribunal — Karvy Stock ONGC ...... 101.70...... 2.40
PowerGrid Corp ...... 187.50...... 2.50 nance and ICICI Bank contri for more policy stimulus Finance Minister Nirmala over ₹ 12,100 crore. viously envisaged. capital markets regulator on Broking had even given an Reliance Ind ...... 1503.80...... 36.40 Monday. undertaking that the securi State Bank ...... 320.35...... 2.80 “Onus of bonafi de pledge ties that were being pledged Sun Pharma ...... 403.55...... -5.10
Tata Motors ...... 158.05...... -3.55 created from margin ac were its own and that they Tata Steel ...... 433.20...... 1.80 Birla, Mittal meet FM count of a stock broker will did not belong to clients. TCS ...... 2196.35...... -19.40 COVID19 a ‘force majeure’ now lie with the depository Tech Mahindra ...... 840.90...... 2.10
Titan ...... 1329.60...... 18.60 following the SEBI amend ‘Misuse will come down’ UltraTech Cement...... 4473.10...... -2.60 as AGR pressure mounts ment,” Makarand Joshi, “Instances where a client’s UPL...... 585.20...... 0.00 situation, says Finance Ministry partner, MMJC and Asso funds/securities were di Vedanta ...... 142.65...... 2.10 Wipro ...... 247.60...... 3.55 ‘Govt. should ensure sustainability’ ciates, a corporate com verted or misutilised by YES Bank...... 35.30...... 0.25 Relief for government contractors facing supply disruptions pliance fi rm, said. brokers toward margin or Zee Entertainment ...... 252.25...... 6.65 Special Correspondent told The Hindu that the two “In the past, pledge from settlement obligations of it NEW DELHI telecom chiefs met the Fi Special Correspondent fallout of the epidemic on should be considered as a the margin account was di self, or for some third party, CHENNAI BULLION RATES Amid mounting pressure to nance Minister separately. NEW DELHI Tuesday. case of natural calamity and rectly routed by the stock or for raising loans against February 19 rates in rupees with pre- vious rates in parentheses pay off their adjusted gross Mr. Mittal, who also met The COVID19 outbreak in Senior government offi FM may be invoked, wherev broker using the power of shares on its own account,
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This es beyond human control, with supply chain negative consequences on nefi cial owner will be neces “With the insertion of First 5G handset in India Finance Minister Nirmala industry is vital to the na the Finance Ministry said on disruptions. the companies executing go sary,” he added. this explanation, depository likely to cost ₹ 50,000 Sitharaman on Wednesday. tion’s digital agenda and for Wednesday. 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The only tral government contracts cretaries of all Central said a senior offi cial. pledging client securities to and the pledgee respective priced around ₹ 50,000 to ensure sustainability of thing that the government forced to default on contract government Ministries and The memo noted that an raise funds from banks and ly of the entry of creation of apiece, a company offi cial the telecom sector, which now really needs to focus on obligations due to delays in departments in this regard. FM clause “does not excuse a nonbanking fi nance com the repledge,” he added. said. “Realme 5G handset had been reeling under is how to ensure sustainabil input shipments from China. “A doubt has arisen if the party’s nonperformance en panies (NBFCs). 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In this re cannot be claimed expost a manner. ties that are collected as col said. PTI cial aware of the meeting it. la Sitharaman to discuss the gard, it is clarifi ed that it facto.” The most highprofi le lateral by the brokers. Indian Bank eyes lending to startups BBB for MazumdarShaw is EY Chinatala as Lender plans to set aside ₹ 100 crore for the purpose, to run sixmonth pilot Nabard chief Entrepreneur of the Year N. Anand test the waters. Going for Gopal Srinivasan, chair CHENNAI ward, we would like to use man and managing director SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT EY recognises business persons who ‘touched many lives’ Public sector lender Indian digital as a platform,” said of TVS Capital Funds, wel Mumbai Bank is mulling the option of Ms. Chunduru. comed the idea and said that The Banks Board Bureau Special Correspondent who are riding the wave of lending a helping hand to Though the bank plans to there were three types of (BBB) has recommended Bengaluru change and transforming In startups, said a top offi cial. set aside ₹ 100 crore to ₹ 200 startups — emerging, G.R. Chinatala as the next Kiran MazumdarShaw, dia’s business landscape, as “Instead of lending ₹ 100 crore for this purpose, it emerged and speculative. chairman of National Bank CMD, Biocon, has been per an EY press statement. crore to corporates, which wants to run this scheme on “Some of the startups for Agriculture and Rural named the EY Entrepreneur Adi Godrej, chairman, carries a higher risk, let us a pilot basis at least for six might go for debt route from Development (Nabard). of Year 2019. Godrej group was felicitated give ₹ 10 crore each to 10 months. It is also planning to the second round itself and The current chairman, She will now represent In with the Lifetime Achieve startups, where the risk is forge tieups with venture others might stretch it by di Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, is dia at the EY World Entre ment Award, for having less and spread out,” said Padmaja Chunduru capitalists or private equity luting their equity. Lending, due to retire in June. Mr. preneur of the Year Award transformed the 120year Padmaja Chunduru, manag fi rms to understand the in based on track record, might Bhanwala took charge of (WEOY) in Monte Carlo sche old Godrej brand of consum ing director and chief execu last few months. Allahabad dustry better. not be a good option, since Nabard in December 2013. duled between June 4 and 6. er products and home utili tive offi cer, Indian Bank. Bank is set to merge with In “We are not taking part in most of these fi rms keep In December last year, the Ms. MazumdarShaw was Kiran MazumdarShaw ties into a onglomerate that The idea to help startups, dian Bank on March 31. the equity portion. It would raising funds at regular inter government extended his recognised ‘for being at the employs 28,000 people peo as a new activity, emerged at “The merger gives birth to be fully debt. It is based on vals,” he said. term by six months. forefront of innovation in EY awards were also an ple today. one of the town hall meet a new legal entity. With the the working model of Silicon “If the scheme is success Mr. Chinatala is current biotechnology and contri nounced for nine other cate K.B.S. Anand, MD and ings Ms. Chunduru had with new identity comes new Valley Bank and we will be ful, then we will place it un ly MD of Nabfi ns, a subsidi buting towards research and gories, with the winners re CEO, Asian Paints, was ho the offi cials of Allahabad ideas from new team mem the fi rst bank in the country der a diff erent vertical,” Ms. ary of Nabard, which is a development of aff ordable presenting both mature noured as the Entrepreneu Bank and Indian Bank in the bers and we would like to to help a startup,” she said. Chunduru said. nondeposit taking NBFC. lifesaving medicines’. industries and unicorns, rial CEO. Neuberg close CK Motors to set up DoT notice an to acquiring event risk for labs in Mumbai EV plant in Tamil Nadu 3 fi rms: Fitch Company to invest ₹ 10 crore in unit Lalatendu Mishra Special Correspondent MUMBAI Special Correspondent MUMBAI Having acquired majority CHENNAI Any payment that the three stake in Punebased AG CK Motors Pvt. Ltd. is put Indiabased fi rms — GAIL Diagnostics, Neuberg Diag ting up a new plant in Coim (India) Limited, Oil India nostics Ltd. has chalked batore to make electric veh Limited and Power Grid out plans to acquire two or icles (EVs) for commercial Corporation of India — may more pathological labs in use, said a top offi cial. have to make under a de Mumbai to foray into Mah CK Motors, which has a mand notice from the De arashtra. manufacturing tieup with partment of Telecom (DoT) The company has plans Pure EV, a startup incubat poses as an event risk for to invest about ₹ 100 crore ed in IIT Hyderabad, is plan the companies’ ratings, ac for the foray into the State. ning to commence opera cording to Fitch Ratings. “We will launch opera tions at Coimbatore in the Fitch is not taking imme tions in Mumbai in April next two months. diate rating action on the 2020. We want to be a sig Pure EV has a manufac would be shifted to Coimba companies as the Supreme nifi cant player in Maha turing facility in Hyderabad tore. We will also make Court of India allowed the rashtra,” GSK Velu, chair to make 1,500 EVs per threewheeler scooters with companies to withdraw man & managing director, month and this would be multiple functions. We are their clarifi cation applica Neuberg Diagnostics Ltd. doubled in the next two investing ₹ 10 crore and the tions on February 14 and said in an interview. months. new plant will have a capac resolve their dispute with “In Mumbai, we are Unveiling ebicycles, an e ity to make 4,000 vehicles the DoT outside the court. looking for a couple of moped and two variants of per month,” he said. “We expect the three partnerships which will escooters in Chennai on On the escooter, he said companies to eventually provide us with a solid Wednesday, CK Motors busi it would run for 115 km on a resolve the dispute.A spee base. We plan to have more ness head, C. Guna Sekaran single charge of two hours. dy solution is important to than ₹ 100 crore revenue said that plans were afoot to Power consumption, in this prevent disrupting the from Maharashtra in the fully indigenise the EVs (that case, was ‘minimal’ and it companies’ investment next fi nancial year,” he currently have an import could be charged anywhere plans and damaging their said. content of 27%) in two using regular plug points. performance,” said Fitch in This year, the company months. The sale of electric two a statement. plans to close with a reve “Pure EV will make two wheelers and patented lithi DoT has issued demand nue of ₹ 500 crore which is wheelers, while we will um batteries will commence notices to GAIL, OIL and expected to go up to ₹ 650 make three and fourwheel in Chennai and Hyderabad Power Grid for ₹ 1,83,100 ₹ 700 crore next year, Dr. er commercial vehicles, the and will be expanded to oth crore, ₹ 48,000 crore and Velu said. manufacture of ebicycles er States. ₹ 22,000 crore respectively. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A test of skill and character for Kohli & Co. Taylor on verge of a special ton Will become the fi rst to play 100 matches in each format The India captain is confi dent that his batsmen would be upto the task TRIBUTE INDIA IN NZ S. Dinakar S. Dinakar Wellington Wellington He’s a modern batsman with Virat Kohli and his men face bat speed and whiplash hits a searching examination of who can also play the deli skill and character as the fi rst cate strokes. Ross Taylor can Test, beginning on Friday, wait for the ball to land, turn approaches. it off the surface and essay There is grass on this Ba the latecut. sin Reserve surface and the Of course, some of his ho New Zealand pacemen will rizontal bat shots can be be relentless in their quest fi erce too. Not many bat for scalps. smen have put the slog However, Neil Wagner, sweep to such devastating that battering ram, who hus eff ect as Taylor has done. tles batsmen with welldi rected shortpitched bow Touch of class ling, could miss the fi rst Test From 2007, when he made since he is awaiting the birth his Test debut against South of his child. Matt Henry has Africa in Johannesburg, Tay been called in as a cover for lor has been with this New True servant: Ross Taylor has long been carrying the hopes of Wagner. Zealand side through the New Zealand cricket. * TWITTER.COM/BLACKCAPS Kohli was confi dent that seasons, often making his his batsmen would be upto mark with a touch of class. <> I am still as hungry mething you love doing,” he the task. The Indian skipper How wonderful it would as ever to score said. was also gungho about his be then that this Wellington runs. After my fi rst Asked about the key to de own pace pack where Ishant born charmer would be series, I wouldn’t feating India, the 35yearold Sharma appears to have put playing his 100th Test, in have been putting Taylor said, “They are the fi tness troubles behind. The prize: Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli will vie for sole possession of this trophy after the two-Test series, beginning on front of his family, friends world’s best side and leading much money on The Indian captain said, Friday. * TWITTER/BLACKCAPS and fans, when he steps on the World Championship. To “He looked pretty similar to the fi eld against India on Fri myself to be playing win Test matches, you got to how he was bowling before day at the Basin Reserve, his 100 Tests, that’s for be good in all three facets.” the ankle injury and was hit home ground. sure ting good areas. Really good Kohli to play all formats for three years He is versatile, across for High highs, low lows to see him bowling with mats. Taylor, in fact, is on Not surprisingly, he got a On his remarkable journey, pace. He has the experience Special Correspondent eight or nine years that I captain and having when the body doesn’t the verge of becoming the call from another Kiwi in the Taylor said, “I have had too.” Wellington have been playing almost intensity in practice respond as well, maybe fi rst batsman to play 100 100Test club — Brendon some pretty high highs and How long can Virat Kohli 300 days a year with the sessions and discussing the when I am 34 or 35, you matches in Tests, ODIs and McCullum. Soon a message some pretty low lows. Been Tactically fl exible continue playing all three travelling and practice game, so it does take a toll might have a diff erent Twenty20 Internationals. from Daniel Vettori, one able to deal with it the whole The Indian team, Kohli said, formats considering India’s sessions. And the intensity on you. So I am not in that conversation. But for the He has played 231 ODIs and more centuryofTests man, way through your career. I would be tactically fl exible. hectic schedule right is right up there all the space at the moment. So next twothree years, I have 100 T20Is. “It’s satisfying. arrived. wouldn’t put one thing that “We are going to look to through the year? time. So it does take a lot periodic breaks for me no issues at all. Can keep People nowadays give up India captain Virat Kohli outweighs anything, just the adapt to what’s in front of us The India skipper out of you.” He added, “It’s seem to work pretty okay.” going on with the same on a format to focus on the paid his tribute. “He’s one whole journey. Failures rather than having a set answered, “I think it’s been not that easy. Then being Kohli said, “At a time intensity.” others,” he said. guy who has made an im along the way shapes you as template.” pact a lot of times for New a person.” Playing in New Zealand Natural strokemaker Zealand. I have been fortu Looking at the forthcom had its own challenges but his game in redball cricket said Kohli. “We have to de be fi rm with your stance and Talking about the Test He has indeed been a natu nate enough to play with ing Test, Taylor pointed out Kohli said his team would fo and the disciplined mode of cide who bowls into the where your bat is, because it championship, Kohli noted, ral strokemaker, galloping him in the RCB. Lovely guy, I that the Indian attack was cus on its own strengths. batting. wind, who bowls with it. If can really swing around. I ex “The Test Championship, as on his skills when the going get along really well with not about Jasprit Bumrah “We have to show more pa Prithvi, he revealed, had the breeze is blowing across perienced it the last time” an ICC tournament, should is good, conjuring moments him. Really hardworking alone. He said the pitch at tience than our opposition. If been given the freedom to the stadium, then who is be right up there. All the oth of magic. And he has shown and a very keen thinker of the Basin looked the same the opposition plays the play his own game. “He is a more eff ective bowling the Intense and fi t guys er tournaments, for me, start the heart to survive periods the game.” every time but played diff e waiting game, we are gonna talented player and we want inswingers or the On the New Zealand team, under that. of struggle. His appetite for rently each time. He looked play the waiting game. If him to follow his instincts. outswingers.” Kohli said, “They are intense “This is going to be the runs hasn’t diminished a Passion, not job at the series against India as they counterattack, we have Look, these guys have no The wind would impact and very, very fi t guys and biggest of them all. And ev tad. “I am still as hungry as Cricket, for Taylor, was a a sort of redemption after the opportunities to take baggage of having failed the batsmen too, Kohli said, they can keep going all day ery team wants to make it to ever to score runs. After my passion and not a job. “I the debacle against Austra wickets and score runs [and] overseas in the past. A bunch “The ball might not travel in and test your patience, really the fi nal at Lord’s.” fi rst series, I wouldn’t have guess it’s a proud milestone, lia. viceversa.” of new guys can play the the air a lot more when you skilled with what they do as Even in these conditions, been putting much money more so in Tests. I love play He’s still full of beans. Ask There is bound to be pres kind of fearless cricket that are hitting against the wind. both bowlers and batsmen Kohli spoke about the advan on myself to be playing 100 ing cricket, fi rst and fore Taylor and he will tell you sure on the nottooexpe can give the whole team con So you need to be prepared and are obviously brilliant tages of having a worldclass Tests, that’s for sure.” most. It’s not a job, it’s so that life begins at 100! rienced opening pair of fi dence.” to run a lot more. It’s so fi elders. So they don’t give spinner in the attack. Mayank Agarwal and Prithvi mething we learnt the last you a lot within the game to India was close to fi nalis Shah against the moving ball Role of the wind time.” sort of bank on or pounce ing the eleven, he said. From on the greenish track here. The wind blowing across the Kohli elaborated, “And if on. They could bounce back what one gathered, R. Ash Kohli felt the fairly expe Basin Reserve would play a you have a light bat, then you from the 03 reverse in win and Rishabh Pant are rienced Mayank understood massive role in the outcome, are in trouble. You need to Australia.” likely to play. Australia targets fi fth title at Women’s T20 WC ‘Shafali is a very important part of team’ The home team opens the 10team tournament against India on Friday Skipper Harmanpreet is counting on fan support to boost morale
Agence France Presse the West Indies in 2016. Ashwin Achal rever we play in the world, port,” Lanning said. Sydney Lanning’s side open the Sydney we always have Indian fans The teams were wel Mighty Australia goes into its 10team tournament here on Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur in the stadium,” Harman comed by Stuart Ayres, MLC home Twenty20 World Cup Friday against an Indian side pointed to Shafali Verma as preet said. Minister for Jobs, Invest this week as overwhelming which includes teen batting the pick of the youngsters in ment, Tourism and Western favourite as it looks to ce sensation Shafali Verma. India’s ICC Women’s T20 Pressure Sydney, Bronnie Taylor, MLC ment its superiority in wo Australia and India are 22 World Cup squad. Exciting Australian captain Meghann Minister for Mental Health, men’s cricket and draw a across their last four meet opening batter Shefali, 16, is Lanning spoke about the Regional Youth and Women worldrecord crowd in the ings and Indian skipper Har expected to play a crucial pressures of playing at and ICC T20 World Cup CEO process. manpreet Kaur said her side role in India’s campaign at home. Nick Hockley. Meg Lanning’s defending had improved markedly the megaevent. “Our players have had a Meghann and Harman champion, and fourtime since the last World Cup, India takes on host Aus chat about handling the preet were presented with winner, was rarely tested when it lost to England in the tralia in the tournament pressures of playing at commemorative cricket bats through the second half of Ready to get going: India’s Veda Krishnamurthy and semifi nals. opener at Sydney Show home. But there will always painted by Wollongong indi 2019 when it whitewashed Harmanpreet Kaur and Australia’s Ellyse Perry and Annabel “If I look back two years, ground Stadium here on be pressure involved in play genous artist Zachary Ben an injuryravaged West In Sutherland are geared up for the opener. * GETTY IMAGES India’s 50over side was do Friday. ing a big event like the World nettBrook. dies and a developing Sri ing well and our T20 was “This year, we have a few Cup, regardless of where it is In light of the recent bush Lanka team in the short aration,” Lanning insisted. Australia has been domi struggling. But in the past new faces in the team. Shafa played. fi res, 30 junior players from format. Despite the recent losses, nant since the World Cup two years, we have trans li has been doing very well, Shafali Verma. * AFP Camden Cricket Club pre Giving a glimmer of hope Australia is widely expected was introduced 11 years ago, formed as a T20 team and and we are very happy for ‘Massive challenge’ sented each player with an to its rivals, it surprisingly to contest the March 8 fi nal winning four of the six tour are very positive going to her. She understands her Harmanpreet is counting “Everyone starts on an even annual koala adoption from slumped to defeat against In at the MCG. Along with Lan naments so far and crushing Australia,” she wrote in a co game very well. She is a very on fan support to boost her keel; there is no real advan Port Stephens Koalas, a gift dia and England this month, ning, Australia boasts wick England by eight wickets in lumn. “All of the teams have important part of the team,” team’s morale. “Everyone tage or disadvantage to play that helps with the rescue before rallying to win the etkeeperbatswoman Alyssa the 2018 fi nal in the West strengths — but so do we. Harmanpreet said at the offi loves cricket in India. ing at home. It’s going to be a and treatment of sick and in warmup triseries. Healy, allrounder Ellyse Per Indies. Our strength is spin,” she ad cial welcome event for the Whether you play in India or massive challenge, starting jured koalas in the region. “To be put under pressure ry and bowling sensation The only other teams to ded, with the dangerous Australian and Indian teams abroad, we always get sup with the match against India (The writer is in Sydney like this heading into a World Jess Jonassen, all among the lift the trophy are England Radha Radav and Poonam at the Sydney Opera House port. on Friday. We’re hoping for a on invitation from Destina- Cup is extremely good prep world’s best. on home soil in 2009 and Radav in the ranks. here on Thursday. “I love the fact that whe big crowd and lots of sup tion NSW) SaniaCaroline Vintage Atletico stifl es Liverpool; Haaland upstages starstudded PSG Saina advances pair bows out Press Trust of India CHAMPIONS LEAGUE scene of Liverpool’s 20 tri The Norwegian, 19, Barcelona umph over Tottenham Hot stabbed in from close range Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse spur in last year’s fi nal but it after a quickfi re passing Saina Nehwal advanced to Dubai Madrid faced a very diff erent type of move in the 69th minute. the women’s singles pre quarterfi nals of the Zeng Saisai and Barbora Champions League holder atmosphere this time He then thundered in an $170,000 Barcelona Spain Krejcikova breezed past Sa Liverpool will need to sum around. unstoppable shot for his se Masters with a 2116, 2114 nia Mirza and Caroline Gar mon another famous Euro But on Tuesday Atletico cond goal in the 77th, two win over Germany’s cia combination 64, 62 in pean comeback at Anfi eld produced a vintage defen minutes after Neymar had le Yvonne Li here on Wednes the women’s doubles pre next month after it was bea sive display, sitting deep and velled for PSG. quarterfi nal match at the ten 10 away to Atletico Ma barely giving Liverpool any day. Haaland has reached 10 The results: Men: Singles: K. WTA Dubai Champion drid in their last16 fi rst leg space for its attacking trident goals in seven games in Eu Srikanth bt Subhankar Dey ships on Wednesday. on Tuesday. of Salah, Roberto Firmino rope’s elite competition this 23-21, 21-18; Ajay Jayaram bt In the singles quarterfi Spain midfi elder Saul Ni and Sadio Mane to work season, including eight for Christo Popov (Fra) 21-14, 21- nals Karolina Pliskova and guez struck the only goal of their usual magic. Salzburg in the group stage, 12; Daren Liew (Mal) bt H.S. Garbine Muguruza reesta the game in the fourth mi Mane was fortunate not to faster than anyone. Prannoy 21-18, 21-15; Ygor blished order among nute by bundling into the net be sent off late in the fi rst half He is only the second Coelho (Bra) bt P. Kashyap 9- seeds. from close range following a after clashing with Sime teenager to net 10 Cham 21, 21-18, 14-12 (retd); Sa- meer Verma bt Lucas Claerbot While No.2 Czech Plisko corner. Vrsaljko while on a yellow pions League goals, after Ky (Fra) 21-12, 21-9. va strolled in barely an Liverpool missed a series card and he was swiftly sub lian Mbappe, and is the fi rst hour to a 61, 62 defeat of of chances to equalise in the stituted by Klopp. Women: Singles: Saina Neh- teenager to score 10 in a sin wal bt Yvonne Li (Ger) 21-16, qualifi er Kristina Mlade second half, with Mohamed Meanwhile, Borussia gle campaign in the competi 21-14. novic, it took No. 9 Mugu Salah and captain Jordan Dortmund teenager Erling tion. Mixed doubles: Pranaav Jerry ruza almost twoand half Henderson coming closest to Haaland scored twice in The results: Atletico Madrid 1 Chopra & Sikki N Reddy bt hours to get past Russian scoring. eight minutes to lead his (Niguez 4) bt Liverpool 0; Bo- Mathias Christiansen & Alex- Veronika Kudermetova 75, Atletico’s Wanda Metro team to a 21 victory over Pa russia Dortmund 2 (Haaland 69, On a roll: Erling Braut Haaland is the quickest to react and stab home Borussia Dortmund’s andra Boje (Den) 10-21, 21-16, 46, 64. politano stadium was the ris St. Germain. 77) bt PSG 1 (Neymar 75). opener past PSG custodian Keylor Navas. * REUTERS 21-17.
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TV PICKS Given limited resources, Ranji Trophy: Star Sports 3 & Bengal keen to continue the good run SS Select 1 HD, 9.30 a.m. ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), Delhi did well: Bhaskar 7.30 p.m. Resurgent Odisha determined to give the visitors a run for their money Europa League: Sony Ten 1, Frontline bowlers’ poor returns cited 2, 3, Six & ESPN (SD & HD), RANJI TROPHY a leap of faith too. Coach 11.30 p.m. Rashmi Ranjan Parida, who as one reason for failure New Zealand v India: 1st played for fi ve states and lift Test, Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), Y.B. Sarangi ed the Ranji Trophy with the RAKESH RAO 4 a.m. (Friday). TANGI lasteight was not beyond Hardened by a gruelling pre Rajasthan team, convinced NEW DELHI us.” season under the guidance his players to dream big and After being a credible fi nal A look at Delhi’s bowling RANJI QUARTERS got a good response. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD of an oldschool teacher ist, Delhi failed to reach the performances throws up on DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Arun Lal, Bengal has dis “I told the boys that they Ranji Trophy quarterfi nals ly one name — Simarjeet B Gujarat v Goa, Valsad played some miraculous per don’t belong to GroupC. We for a second season in suc Singh. The hardworking formances in Ranji Trophy have to stick to our strength, B Bengal v Odisha, Cuttack cession. The reasons for this seamer took 31 wickets from group matches and hopes to play fearless cricket and slide were not hard to seek. seven matches. Ishant (11) B Karnataka v J& K, Jammu continue its good run in the treat this one as another The infamy of the Delhi and and allrounder Kunwar Bid match,” said Parida, who B Saurashtra v Andhra, quarterfi nal clash against District Cricket Association huri (10) were next best. witnessed the side earn four Ongole Odisha, starting at the (DDCA) is just one of them. “For a team to do well, at sevenpointers — including All matches start at 9.30 a.m. DRIEMS ground here on With Virat Kohli and Rish least three of your bowlers DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Thursday. three here — in the season. abh Pant on National duty, have to account for 2025 The Bengal story, which The biggest positive for Delhi had the services of wickets each. Unfortunately Raghav excels in includes six debutants, rests Odisha — which has capable Shikhar Dhawan for just one that was not the case,” says SonaSphiro’s narrow win on its selfbelief and team seamers like Basant Mohan match while speedsters Ish Bhaskar. NEW DELHI: work. The team has found ty, Suryakant Pradhan and ant Sharma and Navdeep Delhi’s batting suff ered Raghav Rao scored two goals, Debabrata Pradhan — has including the matchwinner in several matchwinners with Saini were available for two. owing to the inconsistency been its resurgence in bat the sudden death sixth the bat and the ball. Add to this, injuries suff ered of the toporder. Nitish Rana ting. Batsmen like Shantanu chukker, to guide SonaSphiro If Abhishek Raman by bowlers like Pradeep and skipper Dhruv Shorey, to a 76 victory over Garcha stepped forward early in the Mishra, Debasish Samantray, Sangwan, Vikas Tokas, Pa the batting mainstay, had Hotels in a league match of season, Manoj Tiwary lived Anurag Sarangi, Govinda wan Suyal and Vikas Mishra their moments but could the Sujan Northern India up to his reputation in cru Poddar and captain Subhan meant Delhi played its not fi nish with a fl ourish. 16goal polo championship at cial situations. The expe Good hand: Bengal has found several matchwinners with the bat and the ball and someone shu Senapati have gathered league by fi elding a second the Jaipur Polo ground here rienced Anustup Majumder like Mukesh Kumar has bowled with responsibility. * FILE PHOTO: RAJEEV BHATT runs and confi dence. string team. Lack of faith on Wednesday. chipped in with important Even though one of its No wonder, Delhi could Another key factor was the The results (league): Jindal knocks, while the bigheart vered his best and is ready to said, unperturbed by the un pressive shows from its cap main weapons, speedster win only two games — both lack of faith shown by the Panther 41/2 (Simran Shergill ed Shahbaz Ahmed per serve his state again. certainty over Akash Deep. tain Abhimanyu Easwaran Rajesh Mohanty, was ruled at home. Compared to the Delhi selectors in some of 3, handicap 11/2) bt Golden formed with the bat and the Arun Lal, who scorned For this match, he be and toporder batsman Su out due to injury, Parida be previous season when Delhi the players. Kunal Chande Globe Hotels 3 (Chris ball. ‘mollycoddling’ and ‘load lieved that his team — which dip Chatterjee. lieved that others could do fi nished with 14 points, this la, fellow comebackman Mackenzie 3); SonaSphiro 7 Lesserknown pacers like management,’ could see last reached the quarters in the job well enough. year the tally stood im Kulwant Khejroliya, Lalit Ya (Raghav Rao 2, Gerardo Dreaming big Mazzini 2, Siddhant Sharma 2, Mukesh Kumar and Akash Bengal’s transformation and 201718 — has the wherewith The underdog tag may proved to 21. dav, Vikas Mishra and Sub Dhruvpal Godara) bt Garcha Deep bowled with responsi expected better things in fu al to blunt Odisha’s challenge For Odisha, which previous suit Odisha, which is deter “For me, that jump of se odh Bhati were among those Hotels 6 (Manuel Llorente 4, bility. Ishan Porel, despite ture. “We have the best bow on a green and hard track. ly played the quarterfi nals in mined to give Bengal run for ven points is nothing but a dropped for diff erent rea Satinder Garcha, Angad his limited availability, deli ling side in the country,” He Bengal will pray for im 201617, this season has been its money. zero because we did not sons. This, in turn, led to a Kalaan). qualify,” reasons Delhi’s sense of insecurity in the Army Championship: RVC 9 coach K.P. Bhaskar, the soft unit. (Anant Rajpurohit 4, Ramvir spoken man who guided Looking forward, Bhas Singh 3, Vijay Singh 2) bt Karnataka favourite, but would do well to be wary Delhi to the fi nal two sea kar says, “There are a num Artillery 5 (Karamat Ali 2, RK sons ago during his fi rst ber of talented players, both Gautam, handicap 2); Cavalry stint. at under23 and senior level. ‘A’ 3 (Vishal Chauhan, Aman Singh, Mritunjay Singh) bt Hungry J&K will be no pushover If Delhi teams can travel to ASC 0. Key moments play in tournaments, say in Shreedutta Chidananda known — on matcheve, there ‘Our boys are mentally strong’ “Given the limited resources the southern part of the Jammu was no escaping the pre we had throughout the sea country or even play Shreedutta Chidananda his father. But they were fi ne,” says The erstwhile Prince of sence of security forces. Jammu son, I think we did well. I abroad, this move could Bopanna Wales College is an unusual “Too close for comfort,” said “It was a diffi cult time Mewada. know, had Delhi played a help the youngsters a great setting for a Ranji Trophy Karun Nair, as armed police Ashiq Hussain Bukhari because phones were “This is a chance to few key moments better, deal. With more selfbelief advances quarterfi nal. By the Geology casually stood around the tells a story from August, blocked,” says the J&K create history,” says held on to a couple of more to go with their immense soon after the state of captain Parvez Rasool. “I Rasool. “I was telling our Sports Bureau block, students sip tea on nets. Karun Nair’s men, catches, especially in the potential, Delhi stands to Jammu and Kashmir had didn’t even know if my players that this game can slipcordon, a place in the gain a lot more.” MARSEILLE benches, lost in conversa though, will still be favou tion. Over in the 115yearold rites. This is a strong, well gone into virtual neighbour was there. In prove to be a turning Rohan Bopanna and Cana main block, with its glorious rounded side, and any con lockdown. With no other that situation, what do point in their career.” da’s Denis Shapovalov beat arcades, young boys sprint to cerns over form were swat means of reaching his you do? Credit should go That Jammu is hosting a Simone Bolelli and Jannik class. On the front lawns, stu ted aside last week as players, Bukhari, CEO of to CEO saab.” game of this magnitude PGTI, WGAI sign pact Sinner of Italy 67(6), 63, dents lie on the grass, poring Karnataka booked its spot in the JKCA and a former That J & K recovered could prove to be hugely DIG, sent word to police from that painful signifi cant for cricket in [106] in the doubles fi rst over their books in the shade the lasteight in emphatic GOLF events carry world ranking round of the €769,670 ATP of tall pine trees. In a far cor fashion. stations in the districts. interruption to preseason the state. “You can see points, we are looking at tennis tournament here. ner of the 65acre campus, Manish Pandey’s arrival is They were to reach out to and has now gone on to how much passion for ways to get similar points for RAKESH RAO Other results: past the hostel block and the a boost. It remains to be seen certain Ranji Trophy reach the quarterfi nals of cricket exists,” says our women professionals. GURGAON € 46,600 Challenger, Ko library, Karnataka and Jam who makes way for Pandey. probables in their towns, the Ranji Trophy says Rasool, still the only “In the long run, we want blenz, Germany: Singles (se mu & Kashmir will battle Pavan Deshpande would and ask them to assemble much about the team’s cricketer from the state to In a move that has potential to see more money for pro cond roound): Sasi Kumar in Jammu, from where the mental strength. During have played for India. to help professional golf in fessionals of both genders, Mukund bt Lucas Miedler each other from Thursday seem the likely candidate but group was to fl y out to the team’s training camp “There is no the country for both genders (Aut) 76(1), 64. for a place in the semifi nals Shreyas Gopal has been poor more prizemoney tourna of the country’s premier this season. The allrounder Baroda for a preseason in Baroda, mentor Irfan infrastructure in Kashmir and attract new sponsors, ments for women and events $15,000 ITF, Monastir: Men: camp. As a patrol vehicle Pathan and coach Milap but you go to any alley Singles (fi rst round): Manish domestic tournament. could sit out if the team man Professional Golf Tour of In that could attract quality reached one player’s Mewada made it a point to there, you will see that Sureshkumar bt Louis Tessa As the two teams trained agement feels Deshpande’s dia (PGTI) and Women’s Golf players from around the (Fra) 62, 76(5). at the Gandhi Memorial off breaks are reliable. house, he got out and ran, talk to their Kashmir they are playing only Association of India (WGAI) world. We are looking at the Science College — as it is now Karnataka has its full pace afraid that he was going to based players every day. cricket. All these external have signed an “Affi liation novelty of the mixed fi eld be detained. He returned “We were worried for things do not aff ect us. Agreement.” (where both men and women Churchill only after the police had them because they could Our boys are mentally PGTI President Gautam professionals get to play), at explained the situation to not reach their families. very strong.” Thapar and WGAI President tracting new sponsors. Also, moves to third Kavita Singh signed the a single body that deals with agreement here on Wednes professional golf makes it ea Press Trust of India bowling attack of Prasidh This is a young team: six of With Irfan Pathan’s men day and sounded confi dent of sier for the Government and Margao Krishna, Ronit More and Ab the 11 that featured in the pre torship and the administra raising the profi le of coun other stakeholders, too.” Churchill notched up a 21 himanyu Mithun available, vious game, against Haryana, tive changes that have taken try’s professional golfers. Kavita said, “ this partner victory over Real Kashmir with the leftarm pace of Pra had played fewer than 10 place over the last year or so, Clarifying that this was no ship with PGTI is sure to help FC and rose to third in the teek Jain an added option. J & First Class matches. J & K has found a renewed merger of the two bodies that make the sport attractive for ILeague on Wednesday. K, though, will be no The 18yearold middleor zeal. Karnataka will do well to govern professional golf, Tha more girls to turn Willis Deon Plaza (11th pushover. der batsman Abdul Samad is be wary. par said, “Since the PGTI professional.” minute) opened the scor Parvez Rasool’s men fi n an exciting prospect: he is ing before Lalkhawpuima ished on top of Group C with the team’s topscorer this wia (20th) added the se six outright wins, advancing season, with 547 runs at a cond with a stunning All smiles: J&K captain Parvez Rasool and his Karnataka to the quarterfi nals for only strike rate of 116. He has strike. Robin Singh (82nd) counterpart Karun Nair strike a happy pose on the eve of their the second time in their smashed 35 sixes so far this reduced the margin. quarterfi nal tie. * R.V. MOORTHY state’s history. season. Goa swamps Jamshedpur Becomes fi rst Indian club to play in AFC Champions League group stage
(84th) and Mourtada Fall ISL (87th) scored for FC Goa to Press Trust of India ensure that their side ended the league phase of the ISL Jamshedpur on top spot. FC Goa on Wednesday be The top team at the end came the fi rst team from the of the league stage of ISL has country to qualify for the been guaranteed a berth in group stage of the AFC the 2021 AFC Champions Champions League, the con League. tinent’s toptier club compe FC Goa ended the league tition, after beating Jam phase with 39 points after 18 shedpur FC 50 in an Indian matches. Super League match here. It is now six points clear Ferran Corominas (11th), of ATK which is on second Hugo Boumous (70th and spot with 33 points with one 90th), Jackichand Singh match left to play. Good day for Sowjanya
Sports Bureau (Tha) bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 61, JODHPUR 64; Anchisa Chanta (Tha) bt National champion Sowja Caroline Romeo (Fra) 61, 64; nya Bavisetti had a good day Rutuja Bhosale bt Sri Vaishnavi as she beat fi fth seed Valeri Peddi Reddy 63, 62; Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Valeriya Strakhova ya Strakhova of Ukraine 63, (Ukr) 63, 64; Miyabi Inoue 64 in the fi rst round of the (Jpn) bt Zeel Desai 36, 75, 62; $25,000 ITF women’s tennis Berfu Cengiz (Tur) bt Karman tournament in Ratanada, on Kaur Thandi 36, 63, 62; Ma Wednesday. nanchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt The results: Singles (fi rst Ekaterina Nikiforova (Rus) 64, round): Ankita Raina bt Bojana 64; Sathwika Sama bt Saumya Marinkovic (Srb) 75, 61; Sakura Vig 62, 64; Jodie Anna Bur Hondo (Jpn) bt Nidhi Chilumula rage (GBR) bt Soha Sadiq 61, 75, 60; Nudnida Luangnam 62. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE India claims three more bronze Bengaluru FC loses Amandeep Drall Aditya, Ashu and Hardeep among the medal winners to Maziya S&RC in the van AFC CUP ya just after the hour mark, GOLF der through the fi rst eight ASIAN WRESTLING fi ring home from distance. holes but dropped shots on Sports Bureau Substitute Deshorn Sports Reporter ninth, 11th and 16th to fi nish Uthra Ganesan MALE (MALDIVES) Brown earned a penalty for BENGALURU at 71, two shots behind the NEW DELHI Bengaluru FC suff ered a 21 BFC minutes later which Nili Amandeep Drall, with three leader. Having won his fi rst two defeat away to Maziya S&RC Perdomo converted to even birdies in the last eight Local amateur Asmitha bouts comfortably, Aditya in the fi rst leg of the AFC matters. holes, secured the lead at Sathish had no birdies but Kundu was favourite to be Cup playoff round at the But Stewart’s strike the end of the fi rst day of the dropped shots on second, come India’s second Greco Maldives National Football meant that BFC had to be sa fourth leg of the Hero Wo fourth and 16th for a card of Roman fi nalist at the senior Stadium here on Wednes tisfi ed with just the away men’s Pro Golf Tour at the 73. Neha Tripathi (74) is Asian wrestling champion day. goal. Bangalore Golf Club here on fourth while Gursimar Bad ship here on Wednesday. Cornelius Stewart scored The club will play ATK in Wednesday. wal and Anousha Tripathi That did not happen but a with ten minutes left to give the ISL on Saturday before Twoover after the fi rst occupied the fi fth spot to semifi nal setback was not Maziya the advantage ahead Maziya come calling for the eight holes, Amandeep gether. Pranavi Urs, winner enough to keep him away of the return leg in Bengalu second leg. found birdies on 11th, 15th of last two events on the He from the podium, adding to ru next Wednesday. The result: Maziya S&RC 2 and the 16th to fi nish at one ro WPGT, had a rough start the host’s medal tally with a After a goalless fi rst pe (Ibrahim Mahudhee 64, Corne- under 69. It was the only un with one birdie on the third bronze in the 72kg. riod, Ibrahim Mahudhee lius Stewart 80) bt Bengaluru derpar score of the day. and then had eight bogeys The 23year old civil in opened the scoring for Mazi FC 1 (Nili Perdomo 71). Vani Kapoor was twoun in the remaining 15 holes. spector from Chandigarh fi n ished off his Japanese oppo nent Nao Kusaka in doublequick time, wrap ping up an 80 win by techni cal superiority in under two minutes. “Winning a medal in this manner in my fi rst Asian Championship feels great. It adds to the confi dence le vel,” Kundu told The Hindu.
Shift in style Like most Indian wrestlers, Kundu is a late convert to GrecoRoman but unlike oth ers who make the shift due In control: Ashu overpowered Syria’s Abdwlkarim Mohammad Alhasan to give the local fans a to their inability to break lot to cheer about on Wednesday. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR through in Freestyle, Kun du’s was more out of com the points, my plan worked nipat was confi dent of win bronze. pulsion. perfectly,” he said. ning, having learnt from his The results (Greco-Roman): “I have golds and bronze Trained by his father Ran semifi nal defeat. 60kg: 1. Kenichiro Fumita at the University Games in bir Singh at Gulzar Akhada in “I was in too much hurry (Jpn), 2. Zholaman Sharshen- bekov (Kgz), 3. Islomjon Bak- Freestyle but a knee injury Zirakpur, Kundu is now hop in the previous bout. This hramov (Uzb) & Mehdi Seifollah around a few years back ing to drop down to 67kg time I knew I had to defend Mohsen Nejad (Iri). meant I was unable to put and get a chance at the myself well. Wrestlers at the 67kg: 1. Hansu Ryu (Kor), 2. too much strength in my legs Olympic qualifi ers — 72kg is senior level are more intelli Makhmud Bakhshilloev (Uzb), and decided to shift to Gre not an Olympic category. For gent and you have to plan ac 3. Ashu (Ind) & Hosseini Nasrol- coRoman. A gold at the that, however, he would cordingly. It’s been a learn lah Assadi Kolmati (Iri). Commonwealth Champion have to contend with anoth ing experience,” he added. 72kg: 1. Amin Yavar Kaviyanine- ship in 2017 convinced me I er youngster who won a Hardeep completed the jad (Iri), 2. Ibragim Magomadov could do well and today’s 67kg bronze here — Ashu. host’s medal tally for the se (Kaz), 3. Aditya Kundu (Ind) & win proves it was the right cond day with bronze in the Ruslan Tsarev (Kgz). 82kg: 1. Mahdi Asgar Ebrahimi move,” he added. Confi dence pays off 97kg as India fi nished the (Iri), 2. Junhyeong Choi (Kor), 3. “My plan was to tire out At 19 and in his fi rst senior GrecoRoman competition Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (Uzb). my opponent and then at tournament, Ashu bettered with four bronze and one 97kg: 1. Mohammadhadi Ab- tack him with my technique. Syrian Abdwlkarim Moham gold to be placed fi fth on the dollah Saravi (Iri), 2. Seyeol Lee I kept moving and holding mad Alhasan 81. The native table. Iran topped with fi ve (Kor), 3. Muhammadali Sham- him away and then went for of Panchi Jatan village in So gold, one silver and three siddinov (Uzb) & Hardeep (Ind). Football — India to host 2022 Keshavan to promote AFC Women’s Asian Cup winter sports
Championship to be expanded from eight to 12 teams Press Trust of India Mumbai Press Trust of India India — D.Y. Patil Stadium, men’s Asian Cup — from Shiva Keshavan, the fi rst In Kuala Lumpur Trans Stadia Arena and Fa eight to 12 teams — will be dian representative to com India will host the 2022 AFC torda Stadium — are also be played in three groups of pete in luge at the Winter Women’s Asian Cup . India ing used in the FIFA tourna four teams with a minimum Olympics, is aiming to was awarded the tourna ments, the AFC said. of 25 matches with eight build an academy to nur ment by the Asian Football teams qualifying for the ture talented youngsters Confederation (AFC)’s Wo Best opportunities newly introduced quarterfi and is in talks with a couple men’s Committee here on AFC’s Women’s Committee nals. of State governments. Tuesday. chairperson Mahfuza Akhter The committee agreed “My idea is to have a resi It was felt that India, Kiron said: “India off ers the that the minimum length of dential complex with all which will also host the FIFA best opportunities to build the competition would be 17 the multisports facilities Women’s U17 World Cup la the event commercially as days and that the adminis and since (it will be) in the ter this year, was best placed well as increasing the value tration would be mandated mountains, we will have ac among the three bidders — and India is also committed to organise the relevant cess to the ski area, ice Chinese Taipei and Uzbekis to developing the women’s playoff matches depending hockey,” Keshavan told re tan were the other compet game and while all three on the AFC slots at the 2023 porters here. “It can be ing candidates — to maxi were strong bids, India FIFA Women’s World Cup. built over time. So, I’m mise the promotion of the stands out.” The tournament dates are speaking to a couple of women’s game. The committee decided likely to be in late October State governments to give The venues proposed by that the expanded AFC Wo and early November 2022. land or get some sponsors.” The sport is getting bigger: Catherine Says the Women’s T20 World Cup will be a game changer
VIJAY LOKAPALLY NEW DELHI As a coach with the Ultimate Pace Foundation, Catherine Dalton has made quite a few trips to India, holding camps at Bangalore, Pune, Hydera bad and Delhi. One of the few biomechanics expert to be associated with fast bow lers, she expects the forth coming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup to be the game changer for women’s cricket. Guiding force: Catherine Dalton says working with Deepak “There is high expecta Chahar has helped both of them. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT tions as far as quality is con cerned. The buzz can be felt because they could see they fast because I wanted to do worldwide,” she told The could learn something from things quickly,” said Cathe Hindu from London. “It’s go me. I was fortunate to have a rine, who also played foot ing up. The game is getting good understanding of the ball for West Ham Club. bigger. With the World Cup game, particularly of the bio “When I was 17, at a crick coming up we are going to mechanics of the fast et camp, I decided to give see some fantastic cricket. bowling.” cricket a full go. That was the It’s exciting time for wo Like many in India, Cathe turning point I switched men’s cricket. There is place rine also picked up the game from football to cricket.” for women’s cricket which watching her father and The biggest highlight for has increasingly become brothers play. “When I was Catherine was working with competitive.” younger I used to be taken to Deepak Chahar when she Catherine has had very our local cricket club where was invited by the Rajasthan pleasant experience of my brother played lots of Cricket Association a few coaching in India. “I have cricket. I decided to join and years ago to do a specifi c fast never experienced any resis fell in love with the game. I bowling camp. “I learnt a lot tance as a woman coach. was nine years old at that from him and hopefully When I went to India I wasn’t time. I just got hooked to passed on some of my know sure how I would be received cricket. I also played tennis ledge to him as well,” said by the players. The players and a huge amount of foot Catherine, named Middlesex warmed to me very quickly ball. I just wanted to bowl Player Of The Year in 2013. CM YK