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Agreement to strengthen the ceeds of crime and early return United Nations: Prime Minister in Poland should be "balanced "India expects that COP-24 global response to the threat of of offenders — to deal with Narendra Modi and UN chief and inclusive", Union should give due consideration climate change by keeping the fugitive economic offenders Antonio Guterres held discus- Environment Minister Harsh to challenges of developing global temperature rise this and facilitate asset recovery. sions about climate change and Vardhan on Saturday said. countries inter alia different century well below 2 degrees Presenting a nine-point India's support for the Paris The Minister also asserted starting points as compared to Celsius above pre-industrial action programme against fugi- Climate Agreement on the side- that India expects the confer- developed countries, their vul- levels and to pursue efforts to tive economic offenders at the lines of the G-20 Summit. ence to frame guidelines, which nerabilities, development pri- limit the temperature increase second session of the G-20 The two leaders met on the are pragmatic and give due orities like eradication of pover- to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Summit on Friday, Prime sidelines of the G-20 Summit in consideration to the challenges ty, food security, energy access, "India would like to demon- Minister Narendra Modi said Buenos Aires, Argentina on and priorities of developing providing health infrastruc- strate the same spirit of com- there was a need for a joint Thursday night. nations. ture etc," the minister said. mitment and leadership shown effort by member countries to Secretary-General Guterres The 24th meeting of "COP-24 should give equal in the past during the COP-24. form a mechanism that denies and the Indian leader "dis- Conference of Parties (COP- focus to all agenda items, and India's expectation from COP- entry and safe havens to all cussed the upcoming UN 24) to the United Nations its outcome should be bal- 24 is that the decisions should fugitive economic offenders. Climate Change Conference Framework Convention on anced, inclusive, comprehen- be in consonance with the prin- He also suggested that the (COP24) and the importance of Climate Change (UNFCCC) sive and consistent with the ciples of UNFCCC, its Kyoto G-20 forum should consider the completion of the Paris will be held at Katowice, Poland principles and provisions of the Protocol and Paris Agreement initiating work on locating Agreement Work Programme, from December 2-14. convention and its Paris including equity, CBDR-RC, properties of economic offend-        " '  ' $ +'  3   "   $ () "  *"  its transparency framework and COP-24 is very significant Agreement," he added. and climate justice," an official ers who have tax debt in the +! +'   "   climate finance," UN chief's as it is expected to finalise India strongly supports the statement said. PTI country of their residence for spokesman Stephane Dujarric its recovery. timely and comprehensive successful cases of extradition, extradition and legal assistance," told reporters here Friday. PTI "Cooperation in the legal exchange of information gaps in existing systems of the Prime Minister said. IANS 8     P    processes such as effective between competent authorities freezing of the proceeds of and Financial Intelligence Units crime, early return of the (FIUs)   4.  ! " offenders and efficient repatri- "FATF should be tasked to ation of the proceeds of crime formulate a standard definition  9$ ' : should be enhanced and of fugitive economic offenders,"  '$  '        "    streamlined," he said. Modi said in his nine-point He added that the princi- agenda. Buenos Aires: Prime to step up cooperation in effec- "PM @narendramodi held ples of UN Convention Against He added that the FATF Minister Narendra Modi on tively dealing with terrorism, a meeting with President of Corruption (UNCAC) and UN should also develop a set of Saturday met European extremism and radicalisation @EU_Commission      '   Convention Against commonly agreed and stan- Council President Donald during the India-EU annual @JunckerEU & @eucopresi- Transnational Organised dardised procedures related Tusk, European Commission counter terrorism and political dent Donald Tusk on margins Crime (UNOTC), especially to identification, extradition President Jean-Claude dialogue held in Brussels in of #G20Summit. Discussion =%%*=*06%=--=%-- related to international coop- and judicial proceedings for Juncker and German November. focused on strengthening eration, should be fully and dealing with such offenders to Chancellor Angela Merkel Both the sides had agreed India-EU relations, including   !95 H 8 effectively implemented. guide and assist G-20 coun- here and discussed ways to to find ways to enhance coop- joint effort to counter "The Financial Action Task tries, subject to their domestic strengthen the India-EU rela- eration to counter violent terrorism in all forms," fter sexual harassment alle- Force (FATF) should be called law. tions, including joint effort to extremism and radicalisation External Affairs spokesperson Agations by inmates of the upon to assign priority and "Common platform should counter terrorism in all as well as to deal with chemi- Ravish Kumar tweeted after Dream Centre Shelter Home at focus to establishing interna- be set up for sharing experiences forms. cal, biological, radiological and Modi's meeting with the EU Beltikiri under the Sadar police tional cooperation that leads to and best practices including India and EU had vowed nuclear (CBRN) threats. leaders. PTI station of the district, police arrested in-charge of the shelter home Simanchal Nayak '   on Saturday. (      On Friday, some girl $  inmates of the shelter home      had accused the owner and &  ( caretaker of sexual harassment.   5   &61 Following the allegations, offi- Q(  cials of the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) and Jammu: Two army soldiers New Delhi: Terming Prime Child Welfare Committee were killed and another soldier Minister Narendra Modi's trib- (CWC) raided the shelter home was injured on Saturday in a ute to Netaji Subhash Chandra and later filed a complaint at landmine explosion near the Bose "misleading and motivat- the Sadar police station after Line of Control (LoC) in ed", five left parties Saturday conducting an on-spot inquiry. Akhnoor sector of Jammu dis- demanded that the freedom Based on the complaint, would be taken against The Minister further said trict. fighter's birthday on January 23 the Sadar police arrested Rehman,” added the IIC. the inmates of the shelter home Although an official con- be declared as 'day of patriotism'. Simanchal. However, Women and would be transferred to the firmation is still awaited, The Communist Party of Sadar PS IIC Malaya Nayak Child Development Minister other child care institutions or defence sources said two sol- India (Marxist), Communist said, “Two girls of the shelter Prafulla Samal on Saturday they would be handed over to diers were killed and another Party of India, All India Forward home alleged that Simanchal said the institution is unregis- their parents. injured in a mine blast near the Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist used to sexually harass them. tered and was running illegal- “The shelter home has LoC in Akhnoor sector on Party and Communist Party of As per their statements, he has ly. some 22 to 26 branches in sev- Saturday evening. India (Marxist-Leninist)- been arrested. After recording “The shelter home is eral district of the State. The "Two soldiers were killed Liberation also asked the Centre the statement of the girls, he unregistered and running ille- district Collectors have been and another soldier was injured to compile authentic data on would be forwarded to court.” gally. Strict action would be directed to investigate those in an accidental mine blast in Netaji's Provisional Azad Hind “A team of officials have taken against the authorities of and shut them down. The offi- Akhnoor sector. Government, his Indian been sent to interrogate owner the shelter home. Some cials have also been directed to "The injured soldiers has National Army and their con- of the shelter home Fayaz officials have been arrested shift the inmates of those shel- been shifted to hospital," said tribution to the freedom move- Rehma and if any complaint is and the rest would be nabbed ter homes to other institu- a defence source here. PTI +
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Now it has planned to set up a centre ing his Hindu appearances for political purposes, not anniversary. plan will help in the beautification intending to go to Chandni Chowk at Ghaziabad. by way of commitment. He isn’t a Hindu by commit- Kishorechand Wangkhem is a jour- of the area. “Due to traffic conges- will be diverted on SP Mukherjee Inspector General of Police of Tamil Nadu said ment, he is a Hindu by political consideration. His nalist of a local TV channel and the tion, pollution level always remain Marg. These vehicles may be parked they have set up a temporary centre while Gujarat Hindu faith changes with political expediency.” videos which he had uploaded on above 500, with no vehicular move- in the parking lots of Gandhi Maidan said a temporary centre at Bhuj has been set. Officials External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also November 19 in both English and ment in the designated area, visitors’ (HC Sen Marg), Dangal Maidan of Chandigarh pointed out about a centre for the for- responded to Rahul’s remarks and said the Congress is Meitei were not related to his official movement will be easy.” (SPM Marg) Church Mission road eign immigrants having been set up in Amritsar. The confused about Rahul’s religion and caste. “For years, work, officials said. ‘Only some traders have issue as parking. Inspector General (Prison) of Assam informed the Congress presented him as a secular leader, but near November 19 is the birth anniver- they want to do politics, the work has The traffic advisory has been Ministry that the State has six detention centres where polls when they realised that Hindus are in majority, sary of Laxmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, who been started and locals want to see prepared by DTP on the assessment over 1,000 illegal foreign nationals are lodged. “They they created this image of Rahul being pro-Hindu,” she was one of the leading figures in the this area developed. This plan will done by Delhi Metro Rail have already completed their sentence and not will- said. 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. not impact on the businesses as Corporation (DMRC) in 2015 on the ing to return their countries. The majority of them “Congress thought that only portraying him as a In his video clips, Wangkhem had workers are allowed for loading vehicular movement in Chandni are from Bangladesh who have been kept in deten- Hindu won’t work, so the party started presenting him purportedly said he was saddened and and unloading on rickshaws.” “I am Chowk area. tion centre for the last six years. There is a need of as a devout Hindu. When even that didn’t work, the shocked to learn that the present gov- happy the plan has finally started The advisory further mentioned more such centres with better facilities,” officials said. party started portraying his grandfather (Jawaharlal ernment in Manipur was observing the which was in planning stage nearly the vehicles destined for Gandhi They stated that the issue was raised with Bangladesh Nehru) as a Brahmin. Religion can be changed, not birth anniversary of Rani of Jhansi, a decade,” said Bhargva. Maidan parking will have to take officials through the Ministry of External Affairs but caste,” she said. according to media reports. In this redevelopment project, compulsory U-turn from the cut on tedious deportation process takes too much time. Swaraj said Rahul claims to be “janeudhari brah- He reportedly said Rani of Jhansi's BSES and DJB are the major agen- the HC Sen Marg opposite PS The Joint Director of Bureau of Immigration said min” (a Brahmin who wears the sacred thread) but did- deeds had nothing to do with Manipur cies, in first phase - from December Kotwalia and no vehicle will be most of the detainees are notorious in nature and do n’t know that he gained so much knowledge that “we and the state was observing her birth 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 - BSES allowed beyond this cut towards not want to return. Such detainees can be deported (the BJP) will have to learn the meaning of Hinduism anniversary because the Centre had will construct ducts and required fountain Chowk. only after the concerned country completes the from him”. “I hope the day doesn’t come when we (the asked it to. infra for shifting of transformers and “No Vehicle will be allowed to nationality verification and issues related documents. BJP) have to learn the meaning of Hindu from him,” In this context, he allegedly called moving overhead cables under- parked on the road side between As per statement made by Minister of State for she said. Biren Singh a "puppet of the Centre" and ground. As per the UTTIPEC plan, Bankhandi Mandir (opposite old Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju in the Rajya Sabha last year, Targeting Modi on demonetisation and the Goods a "puppet of Hindutva", the reports said. 5.5 m wide carriageway on the both Delhi Railway station) to Town Hall around 2 crore illegal Bangladeshi migrants have set- and Services Tax (GST), Rahul said the PM had a con- The chief minister had claimed sides with a central verge, there will and entry of vehicle will not allowed tled in India which marks an increase of 67 per cent fusion that people in the world do not know anything that it was being done as she had played be a footpath along northern and from SPM marg towards Townhall,” from the figures laid down in Parliament by the UPA and he had a sense that all knowledge came from his a role in the unification of India. PTI southern carriageway of 5.75 m the DTP advisory said. regime in 2004 but later withdrawn. mind.

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This has become a major custody till December 7. used in the crime, while they   02 5 when the couple was returning Moradabad on Saturday, said In a letter, Kumaraswamy The letter said "The fish- political controversy and hope While Kurne is an wanted to find out from Kurne 0& 0   * 0  from a morning walk from the that the CM should also clar- said: “I request you to kindly ermen have been taken by sur- the ban will be lifted to ease accused in the Gauri Lankesh as to whom did he give the  9 $1 Shivaji University campus at ify as to which Dalit caste did permit transportation and trad- prise by the sudden ban on fish tension between Karnataka murder case, Suryavanshmi is weapon used in the crime. 8 0  Kolhapur. Four days later, Lord Hanuman belong as ing activities of fish between trade to the State of Goa. This and Goa. The official nexus an accused in the arms haul The arrest of Suryavanshi "   1 0 Pansare succumbed to injuries there were several sub-castes the two States and the ban has resulted in huge losses by with the fish mafia is the root case. The SIT had obtained and Kurne comes a fortnight sustained in the shoot-out, while within the community. order issued by the State of Goa the coastal fishermen and lot of cause for the trade off the custody Kurne and after the arrest of another sus- Magistrate’s custody by a his wife Uma survived the attack. The SP leader said that may be kept on hold till we unrest among the fishermen between two States. Suryavamshi from the pect Amol Kale, who is one of Kolhapur court till Pansare’s murder, it may some leaders were in the comply with FDA regulation. community." The fisherman from coastal Karnataka police and the key conspirators in the December 13. recalled, had come on the heels habit of creating controversy "It is requested that this According to sources the districts of Udupi, Dakshina National Investigation Agency murders of anti-superstition The SIT had arrested of a gruesome murder of 69- over gods and goddesses. “A blanket ban may be with- formalin used in the fish after Kannada Uttara Kannada( (NIA) respectively on Friday crusader Narendra Dabholkar Sanatan Sansatha activist Samir year-old anti-superstition cam- senior BJP leader of UP had drawn... Karnataka will ensure Food and Drugs bordering Goa) are hit very night. Both Kurne and and Journalist Gauri Lankesh. Gaikwad on September 16, paigner Dabholkar, who was earlier said that Goddess Sita that the fish traders comply Administration team found badly with fish ban imposed by Suryavamshi were formally After taking his custody 2015. Subsequently, the SIT shot dead him from a point was the first test tube baby of with the FDA regulations and traces of the carcinogenic Goa. They are pressurising the placed under arrest by the SIT from the Karnataka police filed a charge-sheet against blank range by two motor-bicy- the universe,” he reminded. obtain a certificate after meet- cadaver preservative in fish Government to take up the on Saturday morning. on Wednesday, Kale was for- Sameer Gaikwad, the lone cle riding gunmen – aged When asked that the UP ing the required standards," the sold in Goa. issue with the Goa The Prosecution’s case that mally arrested by the SIT on accused in the case. between 25 and 30 years, while Government has restricted letter added. A BJP delegation from Government. Kumaraswamy’s is Suryavamshi was part of the November 15. After two Subsequently, the SIT took he was taking a morning walk the use of marriage halls and The letter, which was Karnataka also met the Goa initiative is seen as trying to dif- conspiracy behind the Govind remands of a week each in into custody Hindu Janajagruti on the Omkareshwar bridge guesthouses in Prayagraj dur- received by CM Parrikar's leaders to appease them of the fuse the tense situation in the Pansare murder and had sup- police custody, Kale was on Samiti (HJS) activist Dr located in the heart of Pune, on ing Kumbh Mela from office on November 29, also issue. The ban also hiked the coastal districts. plied motor bicycle used in the Thursday remanded in Virendrasinh Tawde. August 20, 2013. January next, Khan said: “The Yogi Government could even bring a new law that no chil- 8=4 ; dren could be born or no one 
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The proposed rule global competition, non-prof- ister with the US Citizenship December 3, when the pro- would be awarded to the most- also limits the filing of H-1B cap- it consumer body CUTS has he Trump Administration and Immigration Services posed rule publishes in the skilled and highest-paid bene- subject petitions to the benefi- said in its latest report. Ton Friday proposed major (USCIS) during a designated Federal Register, and must be ficiaries," it said. ciary named on the original It said patents that exist for changes to the H-1B applica- registration period. received on or before January 2. The proposed process selected registration, which present communication tech- tion process, including a new The H1-B visa has numer- "Currently, in years when would result in an estimated would protect the integrity of this nologies — technically called rule requiring companies to ical limit cap of 65,000 visas the H-1B cap and the advanced increase of up to 16 per cent registration system," it added. standard essential patents electronically register their each fiscal year as mandated by degree exemption are both (or 5,340 workers) in the President Donald Trump, (SEPs) — are prone to abuse by report released on Friday ment's 5G initiative is a wel- petitions in advance, aimed at the Congress. The first 20,000 reached within the first five number of selected H-1B ben- who insists on the 'Buy their owners, and lack of patent evening said. come step and the funds allo- awarding this popular petitions filed on behalf of days that H-1B cap petitions eficiaries with a master's American and Hire American' among Indian firms has pushed Studies have concluded cated therein should be utilised American work visa to the beneficiaries with a US master's may be filed, the advanced degree or higher from a US strategy, last year instructed the large number of domestic that Indian mobile manufac- to further encourage and most skilled and highest paid degree or higher are exempt degree exemption is selected institution of higher educa- DHS to propose new rules mobile manufacturers into turers invest little in research incentivise local firms to devel- foreign workers. from the cap. prior to the H-1B cap. tion, the DHS said. and issue new guidance to assembling. and development (R&D) and op their internal capacities and The H1B visa, popular Under the new rule, the "The proposed rule would The USCIS said it expects supersede or revise previous "...Instead of mulling sub- have almost negligible returns compete in voluntary stan- among Indian IT companies USCIS would also reverse the reverse the selection order and that shifting to electronic reg- rules to protect the interests of optimal regulation of SEPs, from patent royalties due to a dard setting activities. and professionals, is a non- order by which it selects H-1B count all registrations or peti- istration would reduce overall US workers. there is a need for policymak- general lack of patent owner- "Alongside this, the present immigrant visa that allows US petitions under the H-1B cap tions towards the number pro- costs for petitioners and create He had directed DHS and ers and domestic players in ship, it added. market players as well as the companies to employ foreign and the advanced degree jected as needed to reach the a more efficient and cost-effec- other agencies to "suggest India to utilise the collaborative The telecom ministry has government should think about workers in speciality occupa- exemption. H-1B cap first," the DHS said. tive H-1B cap petition process reforms to help ensure that H- standards development process allocated Rs 500 crore to how to collectively invest in tions that require theoretical or This is likely to increase the Once a sufficient number for the agency. 1B visas are awarded to the as a ladder for growth and encourage 5G ecosystem R&D, so that Indian firms technical expertise. The tech- number of foreign workers of registrations or petitions The proposed rule would most-skilled or highest-paid leverage it fully to compete in development in the country. become globally competitive," nology companies depend on with a master's or higher degree have been selected for the H- help alleviate massive admin- petition beneficiaries." the global market," the CUTS CUTS said the govern- the report said. <!"! / 4 #     $    2          New Delhi: Amid weak cues % !@   from the global market and fall in demand from local jewellers,   51!589+ will participate in this strike gold prices plunged 390 to call, said Ashwani Rana, vice 31,460 per 10 grams at the bul- ank unions Saturday president of the National lion market during the week. Bcalled for a nationwide Organization of Bank Silver also lost 890 to strike on December 26 to Workers. reach 36,560 per kg due to protest the proposed merger Following the Government poor offtake by industrial units of Bank of Baroda, Dena nod, the respective boards of and coin makers. Bank and Vijaya Bank. these banks gave their approval Traders said a weak trend The Government had in for the amalgamation. in the overseas market weighed September approved the The merged entity will be on gold prices. Besides, a con- merger of the three public third largest lender of the coun- siderable fall in demand from sector lenders. try after State Bank of India jewellers and retailers at the The strike will be organised (SBI) and HDFC Bank. domestic spot market put pres- by the United Forum of Bank As at June-end, the total sure on the prices, they said. Unions (UFBU), an umbrella business size of the three enti- Globally, gold ended the body of nine employee and ties together was 14.82 lakh week at $1,221.88 per ounce officer unions. crore. and silver at USD 14.17 an The Government and the Of the three banks, Dena ounce in New York. concerned banks were moving Bank is the weakest, with non- In the national capital, gold ahead with their decision for performing asset (NPA) ratio of of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent puri- amalgamation and hence it 11.04 per cent and business of ty started the week with a gain was decided to give the call for 1.72 lakh crore, as compared of Rs 100 each but succumbed strike, All India Bank to 5.4 per cent NPA and Rs 10.2 to profit-booking and tepid Employees Association lakh crore business of Bank of demand to close at 31,460 General Secretary C H Baroda and 4.10 per cent NPA and 31,310 per 10 grams Venkatachalam said. and 2 lakh crore worth busi- respectively, showing a fall of All unions under UFBU ness of Vijaya Bank. 390 each. 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large number of home- Abuyers, allegedly cheated by builders, staged a protest here on Saturday against the dilution of Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) by the Karnataka Government. The protesters, under the banner of Fight for RERA and Forum for People's Collective Efforts (FPCE), said the Government has watered down certain provisions of the Act, which, the protestors said, were important section of 3 which In the memorandum, the detrimental to the homebuyers. protects the interest of the forum said many apartment "Implement and enforce homebuyers awaiting posses- projects were built on RERA in letter and spirit," said sion of purchased or invested encroached upon lakes, secretary of the forum M S homes which have not received stormwater drains, and gov- Shankarm who demanded the occupancy certificate or ernment land. In all such pro- speedy disposal of the com- the completion certificate from jects there were allegedly mis- plaints, under the RERA Act the competent agencies. chievous manipulations of land and Rules, and increase the The buyers have paid 70% records, the association said number of adjudicating officers. - 100% of the payment, but the adding that innocent pur- Shankar said the Karnataka construction has not even chasers of such apartments Government had diluted the reached 50%, he said. face the threat of Demolition. # 
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Since ple who have no connect with in Mumbai and migrated to the US in 1996 cancer. “Matt and I have seen our moth- 1999, he has been practising land,” Bodke, the president of to pursue BS in Computer Engineering at ers-in-law go through it. One of the key organic farming for direct his club, says. He keeps in touch Drexel University in Philadelphia tells you inventors of the device is a breast cancer home delivery. with 357 regional leaders via that the work on the device came after his survivor. This is an extremely personal The idea to shift to organ- WhatsApp. company, UE Life Sciences, received a mission for many of us. Our research ic farming took shape after he His technique is simple. If major grant ($878,000) from the showed that breast cancer is highly treat- watched his father incurring a person has an acre of land Pennsylvania Department of Health to able when diagnosed early and yet most loss year after year. “My father means 40,000 sq feet land. develop a working and validated women get diagnosed late in the devel- would suffer a loss worth This is divided into four sec- iBreastExam commercial prototype. oping world. We further learnt that this 10,000-15,000 a year, so tions. One part is converted “To date, we’ve received over $1.6 mil- happens because there aren’t enough doc- much so that we had to sell our into a poly-house. The aim is lion in grant funding to develop, com- tors, breast cancer control programmes land to pay off the loan. As luck to give the farmer a source of mercialise and scale-up device. We’ve built with mammography are very expen- would have it, I read about a income even if there are climate also raised $4.2 million from Dr Ranjan sive and women really don’t want to get farmer’s success story of doing variations. A five- metre high Pai’s Aarin Capital, Kiran Mazumdhar painful and radiation-based tests,” Shah organic farming. I went to structure is made using poly- Shaw and Unitus Ventures. Our total cap- says. The device is not just battery-oper- meet him and decided to take thene and green net. The one- italisation has been over $6 million,” ated but fully wireless as well. the organic route,” Bodke says. time cost of the house is 7 Shah, who comes from a humble back- 395!54+517H*G While there were one too many chal- He did face some prob- lakh. The Government gives a ground, says. lenges while developing the device – lems. In order to convince 50 per cent subsidy here too. “We were never a particularly wealthy 5+ 3+25583++3G( from building a passionate global team, other farmers, he experiment- The poly-house guarantees a family, but my father Bakulesh Shah 3955+5 7 engineering failures, transferring tech- ed on his land. His friends four-five hours’ of work. The sow what — be it milk, fruit or steady income of 1,000 a day. invested family savings and took on loans nology from the US to India while main- made fun of him. He used leaders are paid 1,200. A total veggies. In order to meet the “The second piece of land to get me through higher education and  5 53953+25 taining quality and performance, getting compost and cow manure as of 1.5 lakh women are customer demand, the farmers is dedicated to growing toma- was the first investor in every entrepre- US FDA clearance, clinical validations fertiliser. Much to his delight he employed by his club to work have to produce a fixed pro- to, gourd and cucumber. The neurial endeavour I’ve pursued. I’ve spent 583++3G*G7 453+  around the world and obviously funding, made a profit. This inspired on home delivery duce of 50 kg a day. But if there third we grow cabbage and cau- my adulthood in the US since the age of 59 +8525+ 37 what was easy for Shah and his team was other farmers. Today, within a Transportation proved to is a shortage, we do pick up liflower. In the fourth — 8,000 18. I’m 40 now and live near Philadelphia to convince women to get themselves 17 km radius, there are 305 be a problem as they had to produce from farmers who are sq feet, we grow green corian- with my wife and two children,” says Shah, 5853+8+ 8 !*G checked. members in his Abhinav depend on service providers. not our members,” Bodke says. der and spring onion. Around adding that he is yet to recover the cost that 54823+ 3959 5+ “We have taken the device to women Farmers Club. Bodke encouraged people who They have hired a firm in 1,000 sq feet has to be dedi- has gone into making the device. in urban, sub-urban, rural and even trib- “In the last 20 years, we didn’t have land to invest in a Pune that does the marketing cated to storage. The remain- The device is an innovative, US FDA- 3+BB 5#+ 583+5#37 al areas across India. I’ve been to have formed a group of 50 tempo. These people are paid for them. ing has to house at least one cleared breast examination device that’s 74+!53955283 Gadhchiroli where majority of the popu- members. Thrice a week on 1 per kg. If they transport The success story of the cow,” he says. enabling early detection of breast cancer lation is tribal. We didn’t have to convince Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, 1000 kg, they earn 1,000. But club spread and farmers from “In this sense, we are com- in a new way. + 3 38G7 39573 women to check themselves. All we’ve had we do home delivery through they needed more tempos. The Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, mercial. We keep cows that give It is a tiny device that fits in the palm to do is educate them about the device and a pack house facility of 1000 sq club needed their own means Rajasthan, Gujarat and Andhra milk. We also sell gau-mutra. of hand to provide painless, radiation-free, the need for early detection. The fact that feet. Here, all the produce from of transportation. A proposal Pradesh soon joined it. To There are other advantages clinically effective and highly affordable elasticity in real time. The patented ceram- it is painless, radiation-free, easy, quick and the farmers comes and on the was made to the Government convince farmers to go back to too. The farmer sells milk. way to identify small lumps in the breast ic sensor in the device can sense the tis- provides instant results, most women designated days home delivery which gave the club a subsidy traditional farming, they are This way, he is guaranteed an before it’s too late. Over 1,75,000 women sue elasticity by converting mechanical elect to take the test on their own will,” is done between 3 pm and 7 of 2 lakh to buy each tempo invited to the farm where they income of 800-1000 a day. If have taken the test already in over 12 coun- pressure into electrical signals and by eval- Shah says. He tells you that the cost of the pm,” Bodke tells you. costing 4 lakh. Today, they are demonstrated how they a farmer wants to be part of our tries and it is recognised by WHO as an uating the changes in stiffness, in real-time, device stands at 5 lakh. But his compa- At the warehouse, women have 11 tempos. too can make a profit. “We tell club, he has to agree to mixed Innovative Health Technology. to provide the results instantly on the spot. ny also offers pay-per-use and leasing are employed to do the pack- “Every month, the mar- farmers that there is no need to cropping and keeping a cow,” The device works by assessing tissue The innovative sensors can assess tissue models. ing. They are paid 300 for keting team decides who will commit suicide. Must follow Bodke says. 7  -       

aaziq Kazi, a12-year-old student ocean and it gets dumped back in us,” The idea to make the device took the device. Despite having two great of Class VII with the Indus says Kazi who has had a lot of support root when she learnt about Flint and guides, Rao did face some problems. HInternational School, Pune, may from his parents but it is his father was introduced to the concept of conta- “I faced problems in making a low- be busy studying for exams but that who is his go-to person when he gets minated water in Stem sessions where cost device which everybody could use. doesn’t keep him away from the TEDx stuck. children are introduced to the wonder- The main problem was that I needed to Club in school where the students are “Of course my teachers helped a lot ful world of water. find a safe lab to perform tests with car- encouraged to talk about issues close to as well. But my father is the one who During these sessions, Rao realised bon nano-tubes which were the most them. In one of these sessions, students helps me the most. He helps me with that water contamination is a huge sensitive and efficient technology to use, were shown a documentary on how the the talks that I give. I make a draft but problem and access to clean water is an and also inexpensive as well. I tried ocean waste problem was affecting he is the one who makes the edits. He issue even though she was privileged to writing emails to many experts and pro- marine life. also helps me connect with engineers live in a place where water was clean. fessors requesting space in their lab for One day, on his back home from globally and help me with my research,” “My initial idea was completely a day, but no one obliged. Finally, I got school, an idea struck — to make a Kazi tells you. He loves to read, play eliminating led, but slowly as I the opportunity to do simulation tests at device that would help clean the oceans video games and football and to back researched the problem thoroughly, I my school and further accuracy tests on of plastic waste. The inspiration came the team that is winning. realised that detection is an issue since Denver water,” Rao says. when he was washing his hands. He However, he is not sure what area to people did not know that they are She tells you that, at present, at the watched the water do down the drain pursue since he wants to be an IT per- exposed to led and do not know to noti- R&D stage the device costs around and that is when he knew that he could son like his father but wants to do fy authorities,” she tells you. Gitanjali is 1,300 with disposable cartridges of use centripetal force and that the same research in marine biology or even cod- curious to know how things work and 30. But she is not satisfied and wants to could be applied in the oceans to clean ing as well. that is why she chose to study lead cont- bring the cost down to 300 with car- up the plastic. But he decided to first “I like science as a subject — I enjoy amination. tridges at around  10. experiment in the bathtub using his Physics and Chemistry because of “Lead contamination is a growing “Research towards working on this toys. His idea worked. experiments; Math is good too but I problem. It is prevalent in many coun- is on track,” Rao says. She wants to be a So much so, that he was called to make silly mistakes. Though I like tries but people have no way of detect- geneticist and study in the field of epige- give a TED Talk in New York. A year music, I play the piano, but hate the way ing it themselves. We all have the right netics which is using gene editing tech- later, TEDx called. And now he is once it is taught in school,” Kazi says. to know our water quality just like we niques such as CRISPR-cas9 to cure dis- again set to give a talk at the 10th edi- He opines that he is too modest to would like to know about our health,” eases and opines that the biggest prob- tion of TEDxGateway at the Dome, say that he is better than most 12-year- Rao tells you whose hobbies include lem facing the world is a combination of NSCI, Mumbai. olds that too in his favourite subject playing the piano and baking issues related to contamination of natur- His talks concentrate on how his English. She loves Computer Science, al resources and climate change. device can be used to clean up the Meanwhile, another 12-year-old is Language Arts, Math and Science sub- Geetanjali also tells you that since oceans, create awareness among people making waves on another continent jects because it covers broader concepts she has been introduced to different cul- and how they too can make a difference. altogether. This Grade VIII student that can be applied for any real-world tures and different parts of the world by He often narrates horrific stories that from Denver, Colorado, Gitanjali Rao, solution. her parents, it doesn’t matter where her include how the waste that we dump in recently won the Discovery Education To create a device to detect lead in work or her job takes her. oceans is eaten by the fish. 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her water, she had help from Dr Kathleen “I would definitely be open to work- “People eat seafood. So the cycle is low-cost device which can detect lead 8 B 1  Shafer and Dr Selene Hernandez-Ruiz ing in India if it fits my passion and complete — we dump waste in the contamination in water.     who guided her with different aspects of goal,” Rao says.    (  ) *+ *,-. 0& A

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In reply, New Zealand A were 50 for Australian wickets, which favour his "I have always been aiming at that two in 17.2 backfoot game. and nothing is different this time." overs, before Vijay scored 129 off 132 balls, rac- The seasoned opener said that he is Seifert (55 not ing from 52 to the three-figure mark in looking forward to playing Test cricket out) and GD the space of 27 balls, including taking 26 in Australia again, especially after enjoy- Phillips (27) runs off one over against CA XI in four- ing a good series here in 2014. steadied the ship day tour game. "We (Rahul and him) come from the with a 59-run "It was good to get some practice hit- same part of India so we understand each third-wicket ting over the boundary. I just took my other well. He is a good guy to bat with partnership. chances and it came my way. I know and he is fun. Hopefully we can carry that Seifert had opportunities are round the corner and momentum forward into the first Test. eight hits to the wanted to be in a positive frame of "It always feels good to go to grounds fence in his 140- mind. where you have scored runs as it helps ball unbeaten B3 % "I have been working you a lot and I have good memories of innings.   '  hard on my game and fit- it." At the draw   0 0.  ness, and I am looking for- The bouncier Australia pitches work of stumps, R 2 $  ' &&  ward to contributing in to his advantage as he likes to play on the Ravindra (5) was 5   '  this series. Hopefully I backfoot. giving company  '   % can do that," Vijay said. "Playing in Australia suits my game to Seifert with "  #    " $  *  $ 0 Vijay added 109 runs because I am a batsman who likes to play New Zealand A still trailing by 202 runs " '   P  "  $ * $ *1  with K L Rahul, who on the backfoot. 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G! 5G tury off 91 balls. than in recent times, hitting eight fours and bowl on this final day, while R Ashwin (2- (38 not out) and Jackson Coleman (36) Overnight batsman V Shankar (71), Thereafter he sped through the second a six, as he warmed up for the first Test. 122 in 40 overs) and Ishant Sharma (1-73 keeping the visitors chasing leather in the too, was sent packing in the 78th over urali Vijay struck a confident fifty-runs, off only 27 balls, getting to three At times, he did look shaky with circum- in 22 overs) sent down a majority of overs sun. The latter duo added 57 runs for the by Ferguson as India A slipped to 275 hundred while K L Rahul scored figures off 118 deliveries. He hit 26 runs spect timing, as seen in his dismissal off in the morning session. final wicket. for six. Ma half-century in the warm-up off Jake Carder (0-41) in one over to race a full toss caught at mid-wicket. India though tested their fifth bowl- So much so that India brought on The 27-year-old pacer then picked game against Cricket Australia XI, easing to his hundred. Hanuma Vihari (15 not out) came out ing options again as Vihari (0-34), Virat Jasprit Bumrah (1-0) and Kuldeep Yadav his third wicket of the day, getting rid off any worries in the Indian dressing room Earlier, Rahul scored 62 (98 balls) as at number three and finished unbeaten at Kohli (1-27) and Murali Vijay (0-17) sent (0-3), not initially included in the 14-man of K Gowtham (1). in their final outing before the first Test. the duo put on 109 runs for the opening stumps. down 13 overs between them. list at the start of the game, to bowl after K S Bharat (47) threw his bat to Vijay, returning to the Test squad after wicket as India finished at 211-2 (43.4 This was after Cricket Australia XI fin- Harry Nielsen (100) scored a hundred lunch. good effect, blasting seven fours and a being dropped mid-way through the overs) in their second innings at stumps ished at 544 runs (151.1 overs) in their first off 170 balls, including nine fours, and was Bumrah looked in good rhythm as he six in his run-a-ball 47. But he soon lost England tour, celebrated his comeback on day four of the tour game against innings and kept India in the field for as out caught at mid-off as he hit a skier off bowled Coleman with a well-aimed york- support at the other end as Bracewell with an unbeaten century off 118 balls. He Cricket Australia XI here at the Sydney long as possible. India had scored 358 in Kohli. er off his seventh delivery. removed Mohammed Siraj (0), Rajneesh looked solid throughout the innings on the Cricket Ground. their first innings. The hosts' lower order all got good The first Test of four-match series will Gurbani (0) before accounting for the fourth day, and had reached his half-cen- Rahul batted with greater confidence Mohammed Shami (3-97) did not runs with Daniel Fallins (43), Luke Robins be played at Adelaide on December 6. India A wicketkeeper batsman.    
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India to win their first Test would mainly bank on their tal- favourites irrespective of how far Umesh Yadav bowls freak series Down Under. ismanic skipper to get runs on the World Cup is at this point of (deliveries), Mohammed "I will see this as a signifi- the board. time and I see them at the podi- Shami has been swinging it, cant chance and they would "Virat is clearly the best um holding the trophy, hope- Bhuvneshwar Kumar swings have prepared for this tour for player in the world at the fully. They do have whatever it it as well. a long time, I think it's going to moment. So India will look to takes to win the trophy," said "They are not going to be a really close series," Waugh him to score heavily but all are Chopra on sidelines of the ICC play all four, they are going to & $ 8  !  $ 5 ! $     "    $ $  $  told 'ESPNcricinfo'. going to have their challenges World Cup Trophy Tour. play three and maybe one or India captain Virat Kohli is and as too will the Australian "This is the team that has a two spinners," Lawson said.   G! 5G 'Sydney Morning Herald'. likely to be the biggest threat for batting line-up," Gilchrist said. lot of things going in its favour. Playing international "The old adage is you don't the Australian bowlers, as they The big-hitting batsman of The bowling is outstanding and On Rayudus sealing the cricket in the 1980s, Lawson ricket Australia's new chair- say much when you win and say look to maintain their unbeat- yesteryears was of the opinion you have got some of the finest number 4 spot, the 33-year-old has 180 Test wickets to his Cman Earl Eddings has urged even less when you lose. I think en record at home against the that the Asutralian pace attack batsmen. So a lot of things are Chopra said, "Well, we tried a name, and he said starting his Test side to "play hard but fair" we have a great team, they are fine Asian giants. comprising Mitchell Starc, Pat in India's favour and hopefully dozen batsmen at number 4 but the series in Adelaide will in the series against India, his young men, and I think they will Asked how does Australia Cummins and Josh Hazlewood England will be nice and accom- now it feels that Ambati has work in India's favour. comments coming at a time when do that. tackle the Kohli threat, Waugh could pose tough questions. modating for us as it has hap- sealed the deal. His boarding "The first Test (is) in 'elite honesty' has emerged as the "My advice to the guys is to said, "He is a great player and "I think Pat Cummins is pened in the past the two pass, in my opinion, is already Adelaide, so they got their buzz word in its setup. go out and play your natural game loves the big moment, a bit like outstanding, Hazlewood is Champion Trophies — finalists printed for that flight to England. wish there didn't they, not playing in Brisbane or The players have devised and try as hard as you can. That's Tendulkar and Lara. almost McGrath like with his once, winners once. So hopefully I see him batting in England at Perth. their own cultural pact and, all Australians want to see," They wait for these big bowling. Those three guys and in the 2019 World Cup — we number 4 unless something "They've got four good guys and they've got some under new coach Justin Langer, Eddings said. series and that's where they there are couple in the wings will be able to pick up the tro- drastic happens in the mean- extra pace so that will be a big challenge I'm expect- are expected to have 'elite hon- Eddings had hoped the want to show their best. So who who are high quality fast phy," he remarked. time." ing a really good series." esty'. Adelaide Test would continue to is the danger man for bowlers." The World Cup starts on Rayudu had scored 100 in In the only warm-up game against Cricket "Just play good, hard cricket. be staged under lights, but the vis- May 30 with South Africa tak- the fourth ODI against Windies Australia XI before the Test series, the prime candi- I don't think people want us to be itors had reservations. ing on hosts England, while 1983 while batting at number 4 and, dates for India's Test attack got a good workout with quiet but they want us to play with "Day-night Test cricket is a have seen how successful that has going to have one in Brisbane. If and 2011 champions India begin after the game, Rohit Sharma pacemen Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and respect to the game, play hard but way of the future. You don't play been," Eddings said. you have the right Test at the right their campaign on June 5 against had said Rayudu had solved the Ishant Sharma all bowling over 20 overs and frontline fair, and win well and lose better," it in all countries and at all "Unfortunately, we couldn't spot, day-night Test cricket is fan- South Africa at Southampton. number 4 mystery of the team. spinner Ravi Aswhin sending down more than 30. Eddings was quoted as saying by venues. Certainly in Adelaide, you get it done this year but we are tastic. ! 8!; 8 9< 51$&65 " $ $ "    /    $ 6>$ 9 9 76   2*+   95 +  !9H kipper Priyank Panchal stuck a engal snatched an exciting Sblistering hundred as Gujarat Bone wicket win against Tamil angladesh spinners took a firm grip on stunned hosts Mumbai by nine Nadu to earn six points in a Bthe second Test against West Indies after wickets in their Elite Group A Group 'B' match at the M A Mahmudullah Riyad struck a career best 136 game. Chidambaram stadium. to guide the hosts to 508 in the first innings Courtesys Panchal's unbeaten Requiring 216 for victory, the in Dhaka on Saturday. 112 off 109 balls, Gujarat overhauled visitors scraped home in a tense Mehidy Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan the 204-run target in just 41.5 finish as Tamil Nadu spinner shared five wickets between them as West overs and raced to victory despite Rahil S Shah came up with Indies were reduced to 75-5 at stumps on conceding the first innings lead to  / $   1 $   another five-wicket haul to keep the the second day, trailing the hosts by 433 the 41-time champions on the last the team in the hunt. runs in the first innings. $ /   1 '' * $  ? @   "/  day of the four-day game at the With this emphatic win, Gujarat Praditpa Pramanik was the All five West Indies batsmen were Wankhede Stadium. have topped Group A and B with 16 hero for Bengal with a knock of clean bowled — only the third time in crick- along with Mahmudullah. The 28-year-old Panchal and points from 2 wins from 4 games, 25 (97 balls, 1X6) as he batted et history and the first time by spinners as Resuming on 259-5, Bangladesh's Kathan Patel (55 in 85 balls) laid the while Mumbai are way below in the with determination under pres- Mehidy finished with 3-36 and Shakib innings revolved around Mahmudullah, foundation for their come-from- table and are still searching for their sure to guide the team home. claimed 2-15. who faced 242 balls and struck 10 fours in behind win with a 128-run stand for first win after three games. It was anyone's game as Pramanik added 55 runs a little memorable victory, the first of the Shakib struck in the very first over when his third Test century, on the second day. the opening wicket. Meanwhile, at Raipur, reigning Bengal needed over 100 runs to over 25 overs, keeping the attack- season for Bengal. he flummoxed West Indies skipper Kraigg Mahmudullah helped Bangladesh build After Kathan Patel fell, Bhargav champions Vidarbha outclassed secure a win. Sudip Chaterjee minded TN bowlers at bay, to Bengal opener Abhishek Brathwaite with inward delivery and Kieran on their overnight score putting on a 111- Merai (34 not out in 57 balls) and hosts Chhattisgarh by 10 wickets. (40) brought his experience to the bring Bengal closer. Kumar Raman was named man Powell (four), Sunil Ambris (seven), Roston run with Shakib Al Hasan for the sixth wick- Panchal took the side home with- At Mysuru, Devdutt Padikkal fore and scored important runs Chatterjee was stumped by N of the match for his knocks of 98 Chase (zero) and Shai Hope (10) followed et, 92-run with Liton Das for the seventh out much fuss. (77) and Dega Nischal (61) stuck as the team inched forward. 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  *92* 51 "In the last 5-6 months the Indian

 
 team has set a trademark of playing litmus test awaits India in their sec- attacking hockey which is our weapon Aond pool match of the men's hock- and we won't compromise on that." ey World Cup Sunday and chief coach Speaking about the areas that India Harendra Singh said he considers the need to guard against Belgium on game against world No 3 Belgium as a Sunday, the Indian coach said: "We need virtual "pre-quarterfinal" for the home to take care about the vertical hockey team. Belgium plays. They don't play parallel India are placed in Pool C alongside hockey of playing the ball back. So, we ..- reigning Olympic Silver medallist need to concentrate on that." Belgium, South Africa and Canada and Harendra said the World Cup is a the table toppers will directly quali- new tournament for his team and    -   fy for the last-eight round. past results will hardly have any With India notching up a 5-0 impact. win over South Africa in their "I don't think about past. I  #9  7 opener and Belgium beating never focussed on mistakes of past Canada 2-1, the hosts just need a but what we do is point out the 
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  *92* 51 stoutly, denying the little chances Germany 9   ?+@  created in the opening 30 minutes. eroen Hertzberger scored a hat-trick to Germans used both the flanks to cre- Jhelp last edition Silver medallist ate opportunities but Pakistan meant busi- Netherlands spank a hapless Malaysia 7-0 ness and fought valiantly to keep a clean in a lopsided opening Pool D encounter at slate. the ongoing men's hockey World Cup here Pakistan goalkeeper Imran Butt came on Saturday. to his side's rescue on two occasions, the Asian Games Silver medallist Malaysia, notable between them was the first chance coached by legendary Dutchman Roelant created by the Germans in the third minute Oltmans, were expected to produce a fight when he kept out Benedikt Furk's neat but the world number 4 Netherlands deflection from Christopher Ruhr's pass. turned out to be a much superior opponent. Pakistan fought valiantly to keep a clean Besides Hertzberger (11th, 29th, 60th slate at the halfway mark. minutes), Mirco Pruijser (21st), Mink van But after the change of ends, the match der Weerden (35th), Robbert Kemperman opened up with both the teams going on the and Thierry Brinkman (57th) were the other offensive. goal scorers for the three-time champions. It was Germany who finally broke the The Dutch, who are eyeing a fourth shackles six minutes after the break when World Cup title, turned out to be too hot $ $         ' '     : ?  @   /         Miltkau pushed in Niklas Wellen's deflec- for Malaysia to handle as they toyed with tion past an onrushing Imran Butt. the opposition defence and scored goals at could be a herculean task for a demolarised If the first half was a damper in terms will on a miserable night for their Asian Malaysia to make a comeback in the tour- of attacks, the Pakistanis created bright ?, "@ ,     $ &  *  "    ' " '    '   rival. nament after Saturday's heavy defeat. chances in the last two quarters. The Netherlands created chances at will Pakistan's first real chance came in the   51!589+ a Bronze at Guangzhou Asian Games and if not for the veteran Malaysian goal-   (   51 38th minute when Muhammad Zubair under Brasa. He joined as chief coach in keeper Kumar Subramaniam's heroics, the Four-time champions Pakistan pro- deflected wide a pass from Ammad Butt. mpressed with Indian hockey's revival May 2009 and was given a contract till the margin of defeat could have been bigger for duced a lion-hearted performance before The match produced just one penalty Iin the last decade, former coach Jose 2010 Asian Games, and Hockey India the Asian side. going down 0-1 to Olympic Bronze medal- corner which went to Germany in the 41st Brasa says the ongoing men's World Cup chose not to extend his term. Subramaniam hardly got any help list Germany in their opening Pool D match. minute but it did not make any difference. is the country's best chance to win the tro- Despite the clean sheet against South from his defenders and was forced to make Currently ranked world No 13, Pakistan Minutes later the Germans came close phy and end a 43-year wait. Africa, he felt India's performance could numerous saves. gave a tough fight to the world No 6 once again when Wellen's shot from inside Hosts India started their campaign have been better. It was a horrendous display from the The gap in quality between the two Germans by holding them till the 36th the circle went just wide. with a 5 -0 drubbing of South Africa on "In the first match India did well in Malaysians in all departments of the game. sides can be gauged from the fact that minute. Six minutes from the final hooter, Wednesday in Bhubaneshwar, and are patches. After scoring two early goals they There was hardly any co-ordination between Netherlands had 29 shots at the goal as The only goal of the match was scored Miltkau found the net again but Pakistan gearing up to play third ranked Belgium seemed to relax. Conceding four penal- their defenders, midfielders and forwards, against Malaysia's just three. by Germany's Marco Miltkau in the 36th protested the goal and asked for video refer- and Canada on December 8. ty corners in such an easy match was which helped the Dutch to snatch the ball Placed in the 'pool of death' because of minute. ral which suggested that the ball got in after Maintaining consistency will be the unbelievable and they should not repeat whenever they wanted, before going for the the presence of three former champions in It was all about defending for Pakistan getting a deflection from the German key though, according to him. this against big teams." kill. Netherlands, Germany and Pakistan, it in the first two quarters and they did that striker's legs. The goal was disallowed. "It will be easier for India to win the "India have great advantage of having Gold medal in this World Cup in front of a great goalkeeper like PR Sreejesh and its audience than any other medal. India with him they can aspire to win any is now a team that could win any Gold match. I am sure they will improve in % )    $  medal in any major tournament, but at high pressure matches," he added. the same time they are not always assured He also said that India should focus of a podium finish," Brasa said from on winning against Belgium to qualify     51!589+ of Naveen Kumar's raid to make it 29-28, in the last Liege, Belgium, where he is coaching a directly for the quarterfinals. seven minutes of the game. Mumba's strong defense got club team. "Having Belgium in the group is not Mumba mauled Dabang Delhi in an intense Zone them a lead over Delhi with one point but soon again "They have to maintain consistency. a problem. Naturally, with the new sys- UA clash here in Thyagaraj Stadium on Saturday. Naveen Kumar's raid got Delhi a raid point and the game Of course India is amongst the best with tem of competition, it is better to top the The match started on a victorious note for Dabang was again equalised at 30-30. Australia, Belgium, Holland and let's not group because you play a game less and Delhi as they were leading with 22 points in the first The dying four minutes of the game was a nail-bit- forget Germany. India is in the top you arrive more rested to the quarterfi- half of the match. The team took an early lead of 4-1 ing moment for everyone when Delhi and Mumba both group of best teams, but it is also the team nals." in the first four minutes of the match. Soon after Vinod were scoring points consecutively. U Mumba was lead- that could lose an easy match." Brasa believed that Indian hockey has Kumar's raid earned Mumba two points to make it 4- ing with 33 points whereas Dabang Delhi had 31 points Expectations are very high from the improved tremendously in the last 10 3. Naveen Kumar's successful raids added gloss to Delhi's in hand. Delhi suffered an all out in the last minutes team as it is also playing in front of the years and credit must go to foreign scoreline. of the game and Mumba got their lead with 36 points. home crowd. coaches as well. Whereas Mumba was left struggling with just 13 Delhi managed another two points with the help "Playing at home and having the sup- "I believe it has improved a lot in last points as it lost its players in quick succession and got of Chandran Ranjit's successful raid to make it 33-36. port of the public will definitely help India decade and there are two reasons behind all out in the 8th minute. In the last 30 seconds of the It was then when Mumba's skipper Siddharth Desai did to mitigate this problem of lack of expe- it. India has a number of artificial pitch- match, Delhi inflicted an another all out for Mumba to a super raid to put Mumba in the driver's seat and lead rience of winning major medals but we es now than 10 years ago. lead 22-13. the team with 41 points asserting the team's suprema- cannot trust that the impulse of the pub- "Secondly during these last 10 years Mumba revived its game plan and strategies in the cy in style. lic will always be the solution," said the many good foreign coaches have worked second half to equalise the match with 28 points each. Desai was the star performer for U Mumba as he Spanish coach. in India, like Roelant Oltmans and Ric Siddharth Desai's super raid at the start of the second scored 19 points and proved to be the difference between India had won a Silver medal at the Charlesworth , passing their knowledge half accounted for Mumba's comeback in the game. 2  ' 2$      $ . " P   " '  the two sides. Mumba is now leading the table with the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and to players and coaches," said Brasa. Delhi again took the lead by one point with the help 1   5 '"  $  $ '    "  2$  "   a high of 67 points.    (  ) *+ *,-. $ *1& *1A

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I just tell tomers as a one-time offer. stuntmen on Games of forget that it’s the help of oth- Throne, how did the role of ers and especially teachers The Night King come to that helped me to be success- rom Love Per Square Foot, Lust you? ful. Stuntmen and actors are Stories, Brij Mohan Amar Rahe, I was offered the role as close and need to help each FAnnihilation to now Rishi I had prepared and created other. Kapoor starrer Rajma Chawal. The & B ,   +  a lot of stunts for the pro- Being an actor is hard- year 2018 had seen many Bollywood duction in the past. I think er than being a stuntman. and Hollywood films releasing exclu- working on any project is Yes, my experience as a sively on Netflix instead of big the same but the people stuntman helped me with screens. Where some filmmakers ! 855 G!4 %   553G!4    - D    you work with are different. my acting work. I like every made their film keeping in mind the Some are better prepared job that I’m doing. 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I out the distribution model, Netflix because most interesting content process is quite interesting personally like the stories approached us to collaborate for its exists there which you can watch and takes almost six hours. from the comic con universe release exclusively on the over-the- anytime and anywhere,” Yadav tells My make -up consists of and I am very excited to top (OTT) platform (a term that is you. eight parts which stick to come for it to India. used delivery of film and TV content The film like the ever favourite my face. It is not that hard Is there any message for via the Internet). For me, it was a dif- dish, has a universal appeal, as it res- to wear and also protects your fans here in India? ficult decision to make but my hus- onates the parent-child relationship you from the cold and wind I’ve been to India before band Aseem Bajaj felt that this was in times of social media despite Tell us about your jour- when I was filming for a the best choice to release a film regional, language and cultural dis- ney as an actor -- from movie, more than 20 years worldwide. Two key things that parities. Slovakia to the US? ago. I was in India for convinced me too to go for a Netflix “A take away from the film I have been working on almost two months and met release over a theatre release. One, would be that there is no generation movies since I was 15 years a lot of nice people. I also if it is Netflix, the film will live for- which is right and wrong. We have old. First, I helped with hors- had the opportunity to see ever and as a producer, how will I to understand and learn from each es because horse riding was the beautiful countryside ever reach such a large number of other. We need to stop blaming our my hobby at that time which and to taste traditional audiences that Netflix has,” Yadav generation and start keeping up I loved. I trained horses, Indian food. I am looking says. with time. Parents at the age of 50s cleaned horse stables, forward to a similar experi- With the advent of OTT plat- and 60s are making a lot of effort and groomed them and cared ence. I’ve never met such forms, there is a shift in the con- start learning and changing with for them during the shooting. friendly people as I have in sumption of media as audience time. Whatever happens, let’s not That was my first contact India. worldwide like to watch films and stop talking to each other. with the movie business. For After comic con I only web series at their own convenience. ing. It is about the choices you promotional activities. become about these days as filmmak- Technology has its place but there is the next 15 years, I watched have two days, then I have For filmmakers, diversification is the make that suit you the best. For small “Moreover, Rajma Chawal is not ers wait to see how much collection a great human value in sitting next and learned. Of course I still to go back. But I promise to new strategy. budget films, a Netflix release is a meant for Box Office because films has their film made over the week- to each other and having a real con- keep watching and learning. come back soon for at least “It is not Netflix vs Theatres or great option as you cut down on a lot don’t necessarily have a weekend life end. Moreover, not everybody versation. 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hat inspired you to come attempt to heal that loss and restore faith in up with Kedarnath’s tagline humanity. No matter how we may try to rewrite ‘Love is a pilgrimage” because our destinies, we don’t know what the universe we feel there is a bit of Rumi has in store for us. We cannot beat that immensity, there too? but we can attempt our own recovery. I’veW done many trips to Vaishno Devi as a child, but then you do not understand the essence of a Do you ever think that the more exposed we are spiritual quest and you are swamped by the ardu- to a knowledge society, the more revisionist we ous physicality of the trek, the many sights, have become? Would you say that the inter-reli- sounds, colour, and experiences around it. When gious love story would have attracted the same you grow up, you see everything differently. So I attention a few years ago as it does today? had my own self-desire and self-realisation. These This divide is a man-made construct. This has faith shrines — be it Kedarnath, Amarnath, been sharpened deliberately over the last 40 to 50 Badrinath or Vaishno Devi — are all really hard years for various reasons, but we as a people lived and difficult treks that have existed for hundreds honestly before. When I talk to my grandparents of years and tested human endeavour and will, and some of my older relatives, they talk of our challenging our limits, physical and metaphorical. eclecticism and absorptiveness in a celebratory That faith improves and elevates us. People don’t context. My grandmother told me, “Hum saath really understand Hinduism; it is a life philosophy saath rehte the, khaate the, peete the, kabhi poocha that is being misinterpreted and being confined to nahin koi Hindu hai ya Musslaman.” I t r y t o re v i v e religiosity. Little wonder then that everybody this essence in the film, though I must clarify that it gives it their best shot, not for himself/herself, but has nothing to do with love jihad, as is being to realise another person’s dream and hope. The alleged. Besides, in these days of instant opinionat- porters at these shrines are all Muslims, there are ing, people are reacting after seeing a one-minute so many vendors to keep the local economy teaser or a two-minute trailer. They are manifesting going, yet all get pulled by tidal faith to help pil- their fears before watching the film in its entirety. grims reach their destination. It is such a multi- faith exercise towards God-realisation that the Very few people know you are a Shiva bhakt. mind boggles. The local Bakarwals carry the old- What is your concept of Shiva? est and weakest of pilgrims, taking them one step So much has been spoken about Lord Shiva, be it closer to hope. I thought that defines us so beauti- from the religious or spiritual perspective. fully as a community, as a nation, as Hindus, and Somebody like Sadhguru has so much to add on who we are. This is just the right ingredient for a what Shiva is as a concept. But the most essential, story to be told in today’s times. beautiful and simplest part of Shiva is that he gen- 877 +1+& 1. + Besides these shrines are far away from civili- erates the desire, willingness and the compassion sation, in the remotest pockets and near wayward in you to sacrifice something of yours for the bet- villages. Yet they have the most progressive people terment and good of humanity. Kehte hain agar with the most evolved ideologies and a sameness aap mein seva karne ka bhaav hai, toh aap mein of purpose. I was able to grasp the magnitude of shraddha hai, chaahe aap Hindu, Muslim, ya need to really have an into science, you’ll find multiple this idea on my last trip to Vaishno Devi. So the Christian ho. (If you dedicate your life in the ser- open mind. dimensions and see that we all story of the film birthed from this experience. vice of others, you are a true seeker, irrespective of actually exist in molecules. We While in Mumbai, you are always surrounded by which religion you belong to.) This is the univer- Would you say you are just particles colliding with people in the business and are talking shop most sal belief system, our civilisational truth. We as a went through that very crucial each other, operating within a of the time. Which is why I travel frequently to people are born inclusive and the world knows us transition phase personally? humongous energy field. broaden my horizons and understanding of life. for our immense capability of absorbing diversity. When I went there after the And I find these beautiful Indian stories that need I feel this needs to be celebrated. floods, I had a different per- The backdrops of your films are almost to be told for my people. What better way to spective. The mountains were characters themselves, be it the Gujarat understand the core of India than to travel After Rock On!!, you are back with an original 195 +15 33955 just as huge, gigantic and culturescape in Kai Po Che or the through every inch of our country? story. Both Kai Po Che and Fitoor were book B35395B877!# beautiful around the dots that Kashmiri backdrop in Fitoor. How adaptations. Yet for you, Kedarnath is the story we had become. Right in the deep-set are your reference points? The film is set in the backdrop of the floods of you have been looking for? +9!!+BB55 3 middle was the temple stand- It’s all organic. The idea is like a living 2013 that wreaked mammoth devastation. Is the This is an Indian story to its core because 553+45(395 ing like an eternal sentinel; organism and if I really believe in it, tragedy an equally important character? nowhere else in the world will you find the idea of 72 3+ 155 nothing had happened to it. then it starts breathing. So, whatever I chose it because of its epic scale and to amplify yatra as a metaphor for self-ascension and God Yet around it was the most dev- that idea demands from me, I just the contrast between the enormity of devastation realisation. There are all kinds of journeys being ;23925# astating impact of nature’s fury, in follow it and fill out the details. I that one could still override with a thread of hope. made simultaneously, outward and inward. This + 3+# ! the scars of the rocks violently torn am then prepared to do any- Around 6,000 people died, 50,000 people were kind of faith is difficult to find. When we go on a down, in the complete decimation of thing to get it right. 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My story shouldn’t be disregard the scale. During recces, I have seen inside you. One can sit over there in absolute sub- point. You may be a believer, non-believer or seek- superficial. Everyone who comes to the theatre how the entire topography was changed by the mission to whatever shrine is in that place. And a 13953585 er, but you will be reassured about the continuity should get it that in every shot and scene, there’s brute force of nature. By some mystic force, a lot of answers come to you because you are so 3 !+ 8+H5 of life as it is meant to be, not what we want it to a reason why that shot has been taken. So it boulder saved the waters from hitting the shrine. humble at the end of this quest. When the bell be. I got my answer. Miracles happen to remind us begins with a scratch, then becomes a whirlwind. Everything around it changed our memory of it. rings, it’s so beautiful. This wisdom is beyond our 535 85 3+ 58R of some cosmic force. 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n the lap of lower Himalayas, atop the Kasauli hills stands the famous Kasauli Club. It is linked by road to Barog Railway Station, which is 43 km from the Kalka-Shimla track.I Considered as an unmatched engineering and architectural marvel and often called ‘British Jewel of Orient’, it consists of 103 tunnels, 800 bridges, and 900 curves. The track was opened by Lord Curzon in 1903 and since then the toy train has been chugging up and down it. It’s seen as a global benchmark as it has a railway line passing through the mountains without destroying the beauty of the hills. There is a glimmer of hope that its ‘world heritage’ tag would be saved when a UNESCO com- mittee reviews its status. Strangely, however, a futile attempt was made to sell off The Kasauli Club Ltd. It was foiled by Major (later Major General) Mohinder Singh Chopra who was amongst the first Indian members of the elite Club. The club was destroyed by fire in 2002, but was re-built with active participation and contribution of mem- bers and was re-inaugurated within a short span on March 27, 2005. The pre- sent structure in magnificent glory is a testament to the stellar work and spirit of the managing committee, members and the staff of the Kasauli Club. Today, guest rooms, tennis court, billiard room, and bar have been further created. The landmark building has a striking appear- ance. It is a magnificent structure re-built in a style reminiscent of traditional British structures. What distinguishes Kasauli Club from other clubs is its strict adherence to timings and observance of a strict dress ;; code that permits no relaxation or exemption even for guests. The club has maintained its reputation for good food and drinks. The strong points of the British administration are followed in let- ter and spirit by this club, which is now ;!";!" governed by Military and Civil Officers. The area also houses an old Christ Church which was built in stone in 1844, a military Hospital and a Research Lab. But what takes the cake is what is known as   !! Khushwant Singh Villa. Singh was a cel- ebrated Indian author who has books like Train to Pakistan and Punjab, Punjabis, and Punjabiyat to his credit. His short stories Resort being too steep and uphill a drive, eye contact with them,” our host quickly them on, our host selected a belt for me. selves comfortable on the chairs kept like ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ are still taught our host had cautioned us and made cautioned us. Our bags were carried into My daughter, who was observing all this, around a tiny iron table. A crowd of peo- to students in most of the CBSE-affiliat- prior arrangements for us from Barog. !+3+ 2+95! our rooms. We enjoyed a sumptuous meal was rather amused at how specific this club ple seated on the edge, blocking the view ed schools. His sharp wit and virulent com- The young lady in the driver’s seat was and went to bed, hoping to get a taste of was about what people wore. But, that only of the valley down, started moving into ments on people and affairs gave him the confident and took a plunge. She did well + !+ 2397 the hill heritage the next morning. added to her curiosity about what made the hall and in a few minutes, they dis- title of “Not a nice man to know,” which and was able to negotiate the first sharp H9291 3+ 9 As planned, a taxi arrived at the it so special. Finally, the purchase was made appeared. Cold drinks were placed on he was rather pleased with. Singh also got turn of the Pine Drive Resort. We were appointed time in the morning. I was while our taxi waited. the tiny iron table and then, delicious appreciation for his newspaper column nearing the second sharp turn when she 5!1G+ requested to change my casual vacation As the dress code was taken care of, food was served. As I sat there, a cool which was aptly titled ‘With Malice mistakenly took the right turn instead of &A(*239+ wear and put on formal clothes so that I it facilitated our entry in the Club. breeze blew. I took a sip of my cold drink towards One and All’. The distinguished the left and the car reached a dead end. could enter the club. Since I was not car- Inside, near the entrance gate, we saw whilst enjoying the glamorous green val- author passed away in 2014. But his lega- The road was indeed very narrow and 85G7 3+ 25 rying any formal clothes, we decided to a typical red pillar box (post box), a relic ley. The experience reminded me of a cy continues in the form of literary festi- seemed too risky for a novice to handle. buy new ones. We tried to buy some from from the British Raj days. Our host couplet from Rubaiyat of Omar vals that are held in the Kasauli Club. Even so, she attempted to release the + 395B77B Barog but couldn’t find the right size. wanted to photograph me with the Khayyam (1048-1131). It was translat- Why I talk about this author at length handbrake slowly and the vehicle grad- 8+35GB53+48# Then, we moved to Kumarhatti, but our post box and I readily complied. We ed from Persian into English by Edward is because of what happened when I vis- ually slid backward. hopes were belied once again. moved ahead and as I peeped through Fitzgerald. It says: ited the Kasauli. It was heartening to Soon, our host sent Captain Malhotra, 3935958!+ We were left with no option but to the glass window, I saw the reading ‘A Book of Verses underneath the know that our host and his Mrs were who had expertise in driving in hilly ter- 395H28+82* move on to the next market on the way but room full of old and new literary trea- Bough, close to Khushwant Singh and talked rains, to our rescue. When we finally to no avail. Our host became a bit tense. sures. We walked through the corridor A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread— about him at length. I owe him gratitude reached the villa, we got a hearty welcome. 5288G But at last, our ordeal was over when we leading to an open space outside. We and Thou for inviting us to spend a few days of But soon, we saw a group of monkeys saw that a store that had plenty of collared soon reached a sprawling courtyard with Beside me singing in the Wilderness summer months in his villa. Pine Drive moving in line steps away from us. “Avoid shirts and trousers. As I proceeded to try three giant trees in a row. We made our- — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!’ !<"A

ou faced a lot of hurdles wasn’t a regular starlet, was sure engaging and flawless. With a big too while making of herself, well-spoken, articulate star, you have to devote one-third YKedarnath. You had to and knew what she wanted. I the amount of work on the script. change producers mid-stream sussed her out and saw that she If you give a star five good lines, and attracted a lot of bad press 8    $  had the potential. On a compara- he can carry 20 minutes and fans for not being cooperative with tive scale, if any film is a 100- are thrilled. When you don’t even the first one. What’s your side metre race, here it’s a five-km have those five lines in the script, of the story? makers, who are doing films that marathon. So actors had to pre- the film completely collapses. The making of Kedarnath, too, is sail only on star power. Then pare mentally, physically and psy- However, I think stars are a lot like life imitating art and, there are those who have faith in chologically for this level of inten- more models and brand ambas- like a pilgrimage, was beset with filmmakers like me who have sity and, more importantly, team sadors than actors today. Other hurdles. Anyway, suffice it to say developed a certain amount of work. She was up for it and she than acting, they’re doing every- that I got caught up with a certain credibility down the line as a sto- has worked very hard because thing else. But that is a result of set of people who were new in the ryteller and as one who can work she’s had no experience before. a lot of insecurity. There is never industry but were already being with new actors too. I have very going to be enough money, no promoted by some big stars. So I simple rules. I have my own pace Sushant Singh Rajput, of course, surety that fans that love you kind of bought into that idea. I and I don’t get into a mandi-like is a talented actor... today will love you tomorrow. So am sure it’s legitimate. But once I zone ki aapne kya becha aur usne Yes, and we have a rhythm. His role they’re feeding the public with started working with them, I kya becha (who sold what and to demanded a physical discipline. social media posts and updates found them being very dishonest whom). I don’t do this compari- and want you to think of them to the story. They were blatantly son. I don’t connect on that level. How come you have not forayed all the time. There’s nobody who cheating and there was no trans- Luckily, content-oriented films into the digital space yet? can afford to say, ‘Okay, I will parency. I was going through a lot have created their niche and let I don’t write stories because there hone my craft, act and then of pain and they were sucking the me tell you, the audience is evolv- is a medium to say something. build a repertoire’. He/she would life out of the film. They had ing constantly. As a filmmaker, The stories should have something have lost out time. I don’t know come to a point where they had you have to be two steps ahead of to say. There’s no competition if it’s a good or bad thing, it is sold it to multiple people without your audience and anticipate their about who has the maximum plat- what it is. I am not going to my knowledge or thoughts about mindset if you have to be relevant. forms. And there’s no end to how judge but I can say what it is. it. The film belongs to me in the It is because of this far-sighted much money one can take home. I end. So to get out of that equa- vision that I could get through to am only interested in leaving Do you feel the pressure to tion, I wanted to pay them back. someone like Ronnie Screwvala. behind a legacy of quality work. be relevant all the time? But they wanted to choke the We had done Kai Po Che and I don’t feel the pressure because I movie and kill it and started Fitoor. I got a call from him while Do you think we should also gath- have spent too much time in fail- planting stories in the media slan- I was in the middle of deep trou- er courage to tell Indian stories, ures. I found my balance before I dering me. At that point, I could ble. He then came to the edit may know better but they don’t creative person himself and we not big enough to tweak sched- tapping into our folk literature? became a director. I set out to do nothing but just keep my room and saw what I had. I told want to be pulled up when a film value his inputs too. ules. In fact, I even chanced upon Absolutely, there is so much. A lot become an actor, having been mouth shut. I had to secure my him that the earlier producers had tanks and justify or explain why With the studios coming in, Farhan Akhtar during Rock On, of filmmakers are also diving in born to an industry family. film first. I thought completing created such a negative vibe that they didn’t go by the playbook. So the structuring of the business has not sure if he would indulge his but they do not get exposure or Aditya Chopra and I were best the film and bringing it to the nobody would believe that I want- they operate within ‘this sells, that been undoubtedly great but I feel acting chops at all. It helped the box office muscle, the latter friends from school. I did Aashiq theatre would be the best answer I ed to still go for it. He told me doesn’t’. They churn out crap but studios need to be instinct-driven. though that I had known him for being dictated by stars. If you are Mastaane, Uff Yeh Mohabbat and could give anybody. what could be done to see it they secure themselves first. If you have the power and if so many years. I asked him if he looking to make a great film, a few didn’t even release. Then I through. Ronnie Screwvala is When their books tally, no senior you’re not strong enough to take could sing and the next day he everybody should think what they did terrible TV work. Being an You have a production company actually a great guy, he is a vision- can say why did you or didn’t risks, then this business can came with his guitar to the studio can do for the movie. But a star actor was the easy way out, but but to finance a film like ary. More than anything else, he is sanction this and that? There is become just like the petroleum and sang 8-10 songs of Coldplay. thinks what it can do for his/her that didn’t quite work out for me. Kedarnath, you need co-pro- a mentor, a teacher. And then no human participation in this business. There’s an opportunity I was like, ‘Wow man, couldn’t stardom. A big star can get a pro- Then I moved to direction. But ducers. And while some inde- there was my other producer, my regimented drill. There are no to enhance the cultural heritage of have asked for better’. ject green-lit but he’d work my first film with Sohail Khan pendent producers want to wife, who stood by my vision. She mavericks and you need them if our country and bring it on par For Kai Po Che, I was looking towards fortifying his brand value. called Aryaan didn’t do well. That make an honest film, most will was five months pregnant then. the industry is to touch greatness. with what’s happening the world for new actors because no A-lister was another huge struggle in my have to traverse the market We need more people who can over. But we are too scared to do wanted to share space. In a story After the failure of multi-star- life. I kept on writing till I got imperatives like distribution So you are saying that the busi- say ‘junk the Excel sheets, let’s go it. I wish the decision-makers of three friends, everyone wanted rers like Thugs of Hindostan and better with practice. and satellite deals, finding over- ness of production is as much with the vision’. Ronnie Screwvala would gather more courage. to be the main hero and treat the even Salman Khan’s last few seas markets and showcasing at personality-oriented? is that guy. He has money and he others as flunkies. That was not to films not doing too well, would Do you expect a PIL on festivals. How can you reconcile Of course, absolutely. Large cor- knows the business and he seldom So how did Sara Ali Khan be. This time around, I needed to you say that stardom is crum- Kedarnath? all this as a producer? porations work like machines and goes wrong. Fortunately, when it happen to you? make the film fast. So I met bling in popular perception? We just have to take it as it comes. It all depends on every producer with Excel sheets. The people comes to work ethics, we’re always Not by design. Most of the time, Sandeep Khosla and he’s related to I don’t think it’s crumbling. See There’s nothing to offend anyone. and what he wants to become. working for them are job-orient- on the same page and have never new people get work because the Sara. When she came to meet me, without a star, every bit of that We have not been informed. The There are producers backing film- ed, so they don’t take a risk. They had a difference of opinion. He’s a older ones are busy. And I am I knew she had a personality. She one hour 50 minute film has to be film is about healing and love. 
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Since I had some money in my savings In the initial days of DeMon, the bank account, I managed the days Government had put restrictions in with my ATM card. the amount of money that could be Instead of the kirana shop from deposited and withdrawn through where I used to buy household essen- bank accounts. To surmount this, tials, I switched over the super market firms with unaccounted money tried at and bought everything with my many tricks including opening of mul- ATM card. To be frank, I never tiple bank accounts. Subsequent encountered any major difficulty dur- probes detected many companies ing the fifty-day period. operating as many as 100 bank But elsewhere in Tamil Nadu and accounts. A company was found to Kerala, I saw participants in TV news have a whopping 2134 accounts to channel discussions going berserk as if deposit and withdraw cash! Sanyal has the world was coming to an end. Self- devoted a chapter exclusively to edu- styled economists and financial wiz- cate the readers about lessons from ards showered the Prime Minister and history. The DeMon experience from the union government with the choic- Ghana is that “for more than a decade est of expletives. All of a sudden there after the currency change, Ghananians were reports in national dailies about shunned the banking system, leading people who were standing in queues to large amounts of cash being held in front of banks succumbing to car- outside the system,” she writes. diac arrests. All deaths were attributed She has recounted the experience to demonetisation. It is unheard of of the USSR with 1991 DeMon which this many people standing in queues led to the collapse of the world’s dying because of cardiac arrests. largest country. “The 1991 DeMon Debaters on TV channels even fore- undermined the people’s trust in the cast that the “financial tsunami” Kremlin and caused a complete loss of unleashed over them by the Prime confidence in both the Government Minister would lead to the collapse of and in President Gorbachev. He faced the country. Today, it has been more a coup attempt that August which than two years since the announce- destroyed his authority and led to the ment of the demonetisation and India break up of the Soviet Union in the is alive and kicking. following year,” she writes. The year 2018 marked the second Well, nothing of that sort has hap- anniversary of demonetisation and pened in India. Dr Subramanian Meera H Sanyal, an articulate banker, Swamy, a known critic of the Modi came up with a well-researched vol- Government’s economic policy would ume The Big Reverse — How India. Though she has furnished caused the collapse of the country’s mirage and the math of ‘DeMon’ has not say that the Indian economy is Demonetisation Knocked India Out. umpteen number of arguments financial system. gone horribly wrong” being hit for a six because of DeMon. The book of 304 pages features six against the demonetisation, one fails She has quoted from the Reserve But what went unnoticed was the The black money has been flattened chapters in which Sanyal has to understand why the author is silent Bank of India Report 2017-2018 4%.#(A( factors which led the Government to out and it had its cascading effect in explained the what and how of the about the other side of the mission. released on August 29 that 99.35 per resort to this extreme measure. 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Second element is that this created instability in the leadership must keep in mind NATO leadership. dors in the US Administration ernising its armed forces and end of Britain’s long marriage It was a month-long exer- exercise stretches from Iceland Eastern Ukraine, provided that the Europe’s Schengen Today Trump’s leadership is on like in the past. But an overhauling its entire defence with the EU. cise; only the live field drills got in the West to the airspace of active military support to the areas do not have the permis- is fast bringing home open exhortation of the preparedness. Putin’s madness Security experts say a over on November 7, but a the non-NATO Finland in the embattled President of Syria, sion to allow free movement of discord, tension and largely Russian leadership by a sitting and constant efforts to empire robust NATO and an individ- command post exercise con- East. In fact, Norway is not dared to meddle in the last US arms, though it has abolished putting a big question mark on US President, like Trump, is building with a view to ual security umbrella on the tinued from November 14 to only a front line ally, it also Presidential poll and flexed its complete border restrictions for the liberal order that America rare in recent political history regaining old grounds are basi- part of all its members would November 23. shares a long 200-kilometre muscles against almost all west- general trade and movements. has preached and practised of the latter. cally a cause of concern for be a better guarantee of a International commenta- border with Russia. ern adversaries. Hence, this Again, other infrastruc- for decades. Meanwhile, Trident is NATO allies and former much safer Europe than ever tors and strategic experts claim In the meantime, Norway mock drill can be largely tural bottlenecks such as inad- He has threatened to pull drawing criticism from Soviet republics. before on the onslaught that the NATO exercise is in is also witnessing new warships seen as a part of a reassurance equate railway lines and weak out almost from all important Moscow. Just before starting It must be said that an of a belligerent Putin and response to Russia-led war and massive patrolling of the programme planned by the bridges might cause serious global treaties and it is seriously the Trident, Russian Defence imminent showdown is not his Russia. drills in 2017 and in 2018, submarines by Russia’s NATO for its allies in Europe disadvantages for quick damaging ties with all Minister Sergei Shoigu said in considered between Russia and Else, displaying seasonal known as Zapad (West-2017) Northern Fleet, headquartered since 2014 that in the event of movement of armed forces American allies, including the Minsk, “The scale of NATO any of the NATO allies in strengths like this by the NATO and Vostok (East-2018) respec- across the Barents Sea on the any attack, the alliance will and materials in case war NATO allies. Recently, on operational and combat train- Europe. Even the NATO chief may turn out to be a whack-a- tively. Thus the main objective Kola Peninsula. It’s an emerg- defend them. takes place. November 6, French President ing near our borders is expand- does not foresee any new mole in front of Moscow’s war behind this exercise was to ing threat and building up Fourth, another aspect of While taking this exercise Macron lamented the absence ing, its intensity is growing. nuclear deployment in Europe. preparedness and new global build up forces and transform gradually bigger and stronger. the “Trident Juncture 2018” is as a great solace for the secu- of a “true European Army” to The bloc’s member states Last month, Trump announced agenda of engagement. institutions so as to square up Third, this NATO move the show of strength. It has rity umbrella of NATO’s protect the allies against China, are practising the objectives that the US will withdraw from to Vladimir Putin’s Russia by also underlines how “Russia reflected NATO’s immediate European allies, one needs to Russia and even the United of conducting offensive the 1987 Intermediate Range (The writer is an expert on the alliance nations. threat” is looming large over ability to send reinforcements analyse the difference of opin- States. combat actions.” Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. international affairs) 
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Thus, we can see, he does have Even seemingly risk-averse an educated mind,” Mahatma crops can go wrong. Guar, a Gandhi once said. drought-tolerant crop, grown In our quest for a shining primarily in Rajasthan, Haryana India, apathy has killed our and parts of Punjab, is typically rural equilibrium. Sometimes, sown towards July and harvest- statistics help paint the context. ed by November. In many ways, According to a National Sample it is an ideal drought crop with Survey Office (NSSO) survey, 33 little water requirement, a nine- per cent of all farm households ty-day maturation period and have less than 0.4 hectares of low input costs; it also fixes land. In Sultanpur district, culti- nitrogen level, boosting soil fer- vation cost per hectare for tility. Its seeds contain about 35 wheat has increased by 33 per per cent endosperm, which is cent in five years. Such farmers ground and processed into a face an uncertain Hobbesian life gum, while the remaining husk — poor, brutish and short. A and germ are processed into sense of apathy stalks the hin- cattle feed called korma and terland. Changing this requires churi. The gum is used as a delving deep into the reasons thickening agent for fracking why marginal agriculture is fluid, a copious cocktail of increasingly uneconomic; gain- water, suspended sands and ing a sense of how agricultural chemicals, which is injected at input costs simply make our high pressure into shale rock existing cropping pattern unvi- Indian villages still produce Rajputs, he faces destitution on tricts. Its numerous rivers and timing for tillage is usually at 60 formations to induce oil and gas able. In addition, we need to commodities that are sold to the an annual basis. Last year’s rabi streams, bifurcated by many nul- per cent of the field capacity)? to flow out of them. Since 2012, understand how the access to regional or national market, crop was destroyed prior to har- lahs, cut away at the top soil. Of Any crop-selection decision guar was being stockpiled by oil clean water, the availability of receiving various goods like salt, vesting, due to extremely hot Banda district’s 1,722,000 would also require an identifica- servicing companies for the cheap electricity and cooking spices, clothing, metals and weather and drought conditions. hectares of catchment area, tion of crop usability. To restore production of this thickening fuel, and the support of a robust ornaments in return. The His loans, covering seeds, fer- 120,000 hectares were affected crop fertility, restorative crops agent, resulting in guar prices agricultural marketing system American Civil War led to a cot- tilisers, crop protection chemi- by soil erosion (Banda District such as legumes could be rising from $2,000 per tonne to enabling price discovery, will ton boom in Gujarat and the cals and machinery lease, Gazetteer, 1977, p. 93). With utilised to fix nitrogen in root $30,000 per tonne. By March play a role in pushing the pro- former Central Provinces, bring- required restructuring. Another rainfall typically averaging just nodules helping to enliven the 21, 2012, guar was costing duce to the market. ing prosperity and technological fallow year could drive him to 930 mm, and most of it con- soil conditions. Other crops can 30,432 per quintal in Jodhpur. It is often assumed that vil- advancement. The idea that vil- abandonment. centrated in the monsoon, help prevent soil surface erosion Planting of guar nearly doubled lages stand apart from external lages, in this day and age, stand Bundelkhand’s soil covers an Orchha and its surrounding through root mats and foliage in acreage in Rajasthan over trade and commerce, ignored by apart from macroeconomic and impervious rock found at a areas are typically restricted in (Example: groundnut, sweet 2011–12 and 2013–14, rising regional, national and interna- policy trends, is facile. Indian depth of 6–15 m; it proffers little cropping choices. potato). Yet other crops could from 30.94 lakh hectares to tional trading routes. However, villages have always been part of in organic content or moisture For Inder Singh, there is a help guard his main produce 50.70 lakh hectares. However, other than in non-tribal areas, a wider entity, affected by rough- retention. Its soil type is variable, host of decisions to make. from trespassing or wind dam- the collapse in oil price, along this is patently untrue—consider ly built for unpaved roads, limit- changing every 100 m, while the Should he consider planting age (gram surrounded by saf- with a removal of export subsi- villages in Gujarat, Kerala and ed urban job creation and politi- land is undulating. Some vari- annual crops, those producing flower, cotton surrounded by dies under the Gram Udyog the Coromandel region, which cal dysfunction. This illusion eties of it, called pahari, found seeds and dying within the sea- sorghum). And others could Yojana led to a steep decline, fostered maritime commerce needs to be dispelled. over granite, have little phospho- son (e.g. rice, maize, wheat), or help suppress weed growth with guar prices winding down with the West, trading indigo, rus or nitrogen content, render- should he consider branching through extensive foliage suffo- to $1,200 per tonne. 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  (E-    get to hear the outcomes.’’ Mediator, which takes a fly-on-the-wall Peter is distressed that he will need a Arrangements around children can he first trailer for The Lion King, about sunlit plains. Disney’s 1994 car- approach to the growing practice of mortgage — which he will still be paying =% 9
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