Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 MONEY 10 WORLD 11 Published From DOWN IN DIVIDED G20 ADMITS TRADE EU WILLING TO RENEGOTIATE DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH THE DUMPS WARS RISK TO WORLD ECONOMY DEAL: UK FOREIGN MIN DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 157 LUCKNOW, MONDAY JUNE 10, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable ART SUFFERS DUE TO FEAR: DIA} MIRZA } 12 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Modi empathises with Lanka on terror Nitish confines PM visits St Anthony Church to pay homage to Easter attack victims, calls terrorism ‘joint threat’ romance with PTI n COLOMBO you for the memorable wel- held an umbrella to provide come and hospitality,” he said cover to himself and Modi rime Minister Narendra before leaving the island nation. from rain. Modi also planted a PModi on Sunday said he Earlier, the Prime sapling of an evergreen Ashoka BJP to Bihar had an “immensely fruitful” Minister’s entourage made a tree at the President’s House. meetings with Sri Lanka’s top detour to St Anthony’s church He also addressed the leadership, including President — one of the sites of the hor- Indian community in Lanka Maithripala Sirisena, during rific Easter Sunday attacks — and said that India’s image has which the two sides agreed that on their way from airport to the tremendously transformed in terrorism is a “joint threat” that Presidential Secretariat. the last five years. He hailed the needs collective and focussed He paid tributes to the contributions made by the action, weeks after the island victims of the deadly terror Indian diaspora to project a nation witnessed the worst strikes at the church and said good image of India. jehadi attack. the “cowardly acts of terror can- Modi also received a spe- Modi, the first foreign not defeat the spirit of Sri cial gift, a replica of the leader to visit Sri Lanka after Lanka”. Samadhi Buddha Statue, from the deadly Easter terror attacks “I am confident Sri Lanka “special friend” Sirisena. on April 21, was accorded a red will rise again. Cowardly acts of “A special gift from a spe- carpet welcome. His visit is terror cannot defeat the spirit cial friend. President Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar along with party considered as a sign of India’s of Sri Lanka. India stands in @MaithripalaS presented PM vice-president Prashant Kishor and secretary general KC Tyagi during the JD(U)’s affirmation of solidarity with solidarity with the people of Sri @narendramodi the Samadhi national executive meeting at CM official residence in Patna on Sunday PTI Sri Lanka in the aftermath of Lanka,” he said. Buddha Statue. This is consid- the attacks, the worst in the his- Nine suicide bombers car- ered to be one of the best sculp- Party to go solo party’s chief general secretary tory of the island nation that ried out a series of devastating tures in the Anuradhapura era. KC Tyagi said after the nation- killed 258 people, including 11 blasts that tore through St The original statue was sculp- in J&K, Haryana al executive meeting. Indians. Prime Minister Narendra Modi at St Anthony’s Church in Colombo on Sunday PTI Anthony’s Church in Colombo, tured between the 4th and 7th “The JD(U) is not a part of “Met President St Sebastian’s Church in the centuries AD.” Delhi elections the NDA outside Bihar. We @MaithripalaS, our second when China is increasing its Rajapaksa and discussed the 2009 after the Lankan army western coastal town of “This replica of the want to make the JD(U) a meeting in 10 days. President forays in South Asia, including need for close collaboration killed its supreme leader Negombo and another church Samadhi Buddha Statue has PNS n PATNA national party. The JD(U) is a Sirisena and I agreed that ter- in Sri Lanka by investing bil- between the two countries in Velupillai Prabhakaran. The in the eastern town of been hand carved using white recognised party in Bihar and rorism is a joint threat that lions of dollars in infrastructure the fields of counter terrorism, war is thought to have killed Batticaloa, and three high-end teak. This masterpiece has mid reports of growing Arunachal Pradesh. We will needs collective and focussed projects, raising concerns in security and economic devel- between 70,000 and 80,000 hotels frequented by tourists in taken almost two years to com- Astrain with the BJP, the fight Assembly polls in of Delhi, action. Reiterated India’s com- New Delhi. opment. people. the country’s deadliest vio- plete. The meditation pose is Janata Dal(U) has said it will Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu mitment to partner with Sri Modi also held “fruitful “Had an extensive meeting A Tamil National Alliance lence since the devastating civil known as Dhyana Mudra,” the not be a part of the BJP-led & Kashmir with all our strength Lanka for a shared, secure and discussions” with his Lankan with the Leader of Opposition, delegation led by R war ended in 2009. PMO tweeted. NDA outside Bihar and will and might,” said Tyagi. prosperous future,” Modi counterpart Ranil Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa. We Sampanthan also called on the ISIS has claimed the Under Modi the bilateral contest the upcoming At the same time, trying to tweeted after his talks with Wickremesinghe. discussed the need for close prime minister and congratu- attacks, but the Government ties between India and Sri Assembly polls in four States on play down speculation that the President Sirisena. “Assured India’s full sup- collaboration between India lated him on his electoral vic- has blamed local Islamist Lanka have touched a new its own. The JD(U) took the JD(U) maybe planning to walk- External Affairs Ministry port to further strengthen bilat- and Sri Lanka in the fields of tory. extremist group National high, including in the areas of decision at its national execu- out of the NDA after it was spokesperson Raveesh Kumar eral development partnership counter terrorism, security and Modi termed his visit to Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ) for security cooperation, trade, tive meeting presided over by given a “raw” deal in the Union said that the two leaders dis- including through people ori- economic development,” Modi Colombo “immensely fruit- the bombings. and cultural ties. Under the party president and Bihar Chief Cabinet formation, Tyagi said cussed bilateral issues of mutu- ented projects in Sri Lanka,” tweeted. ful”. “Sri Lanka has a special After paying tributes to Modi Government, India Minister Nitish Kumar. JD(U) is very much a part of the al interest. A banquet was host- Modi said after his meeting Rajapaksa, the former Sri place in our hearts. I assure my the victims of the Easter attacks handed over the first lot of “The decision has been NDA at the Centre and will con- ed in honour of Prime Minister with Wickremesinghe. Lankan President, led his coun- sisters and brothers of Sri at the Catholic church, Modi houses built under a `350 mil- taken in order to expand the test the Bihar Assembly elec- Modi by President Sirisena. Modi also held extensive try to a decisive victory against Lanka that India will always be arrived at the President’s House lion project for people, mostly presence of the JD(U) and to tions in 2020 under the NDA Prime Minister Modi’s visit meeting with the Leader of the the Tamil Tigers in 2009. there with you and support where he was accorded a cer- Tamils who live in Sri Lanka’s attain the status of a national banner. to Colombo comes at a time Opposition Mahinda The LTTE collapsed in your nation’s progress. Thank emonial reception. Sirisena tea plantation areas. recognised party by 2020,” Continued on Page 7 8 held for rave Chairman’s ouster exposes at fashion dark secrets of J&K Bank firm in Delhi MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI

arely hours after Chairman he Delhi Excise Bof the J&K Bank, Parvez TDepartment and the Delhi Ahmed, was shunted out of the Police in a joint raid busted a office by the Governor’s admin- rave in Delhi’s Chhatarpur istration on Saturday, skeletons area post Saturday midnight. started tumbling out of the Following a tip-off, the closely guarded closet inside joint team raided the premis- the corporate headquarters of es and arrested eight per- the bank. sons, including one of the Ahmed was appointed as main coordinators of the chairman or the J&K Bank in party. “The venue, a big hall, October 2016 and his tenure belongs to a fashion design- was coming to an end in the ing company. Several bottles month of October 2019. have revealed that during his “The J&K Bank was also of alcohol and a number of The Anti-Corruption term in office, Parvez Ahmed directed to separate the posi- narcotic substances, including Bureau (ACB) officials raided was found allegedly involved in tions of chairman and manag- cocaine, were seized during the bank’s headquarters in promoting his close relatives, ing director for better gover- the raid on the premises of the Srinagar immediately after the sanctioned loans in brazen nance and ensure high levels of sprawling mill compound,” decision to remove the violation of rules and awarding financial probity,” spokesman said a senior Excise official. Chairman was made public by hefty contracts to renovate of the State Government said in Police said they also the Governor’s administration. office premises. a written statement. seized 17 dark brown pills, 21 According to preliminary In its efforts to crackdown During the surprise raids, pink colour tablets, cash reports, the ACB, which was on corruption, nepotism, which continued even on worth `5.43 lakh from the established a few months ago in favouritism, and striking Sunday, sleuths of Anti- sale proceeds of liquor, pills Jammu & Kashmir, launched against the backdoor non- Corruption Bureau have and entry fees charged by the the crackdown following per- transparent employment, the reportedly seized large number organisers. sistence of the Union Home MHA had called for cleaning of of files related to recruitment, According to the excise Ministry to look into the the J&K Bank and bringing soft loans, refurbishment of department, minors were also aspects of the bank’s gover- transparency and accountabil- bank branches from the office served alcohol at the party nance, reports of terror-fund- ity, while ensuring compliance of Chairman and computers in and most of the attendees ing, and money laundering. with RBI directives to bring the data room. Shikhar Dhawan celebrates scoring a century during the Cricket World Cup match between Australia at The Oval in London on Sunday. India beat Australia by 36 runs. were from Gurgoan, Sources said investigations checks and balances. Continued on Page 7 Batting first, India hammered 352 for five, and then, bowled out Australia for 316 in exactly 50 overs at the Oval. (Report on Page 16) AP Faridabad and Noida. CAPSULE AAP CHALLENGES CONG Ultras’ safe haven, huge reserves busted in J&K Aligarh tense, bid to give murder ON POWER TARIFFS New Delhi: Hitting back at the MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU stocked large number of blan- Jammal Din. these terrorists from the local Congress for its allegation that kets, sleeping bag and a wood- According to official market and were arranged on rage communal colour stemmed the Delhi Government benefited ecurity forces on Sunday en bed with the help of their sources, close to eight terrorists rows inside the hideout. power discoms at the cost of Sbusted a terrorist hideout in sympathisers in close vicinity. are active in the region and the The security forces are PNS n ALIGARH consumers, the AAP challenged Panthna Keshwan forest area of The hideout busted by the joint teams of security forces now trying to find out whether the party on Sunday to show a hilly Kishtwar district of joint team of security forces are tracking their footprints on the terrorists were themselves ays after the horrific mur- single State governed by it Jammu & Kashmir and stum- and the J&K Police was locat- regular basis. visiting the market or some Dder of the two-and-a-half- where power tariffs are lower bled upon huge quantity of ed close to the resident of one Large number of utensils, overground workers were sup- year-old girl in Aligarh’s Tappal than that of the national Capital. fresh eatables, fruit juice, Maggi of the oldest and the most tea, mugs and other kitchen plying them food items to sus- township that has triggered noodles as well as LPG cylin- active terrorist in Kisthwar, materials were also procured by tain them inside their hideout. massive outrage across India INDIA TO TRAIN 1K CIVIL der and gas stove horded by the with political leaders and SERVANTS OF MALDIVES terrorists. celebrities venting out their New Delhi: The National Centre To ensure alternative ener- anger and disgust over the for Good Governance has gy supply, provision of using brutal killing, Aligarh remained entered into an agreement with solar power was also made by tense on Sunday. the Maldives Civil Services the terrorists. A solar panel was As a precautionary mea- Commission for capacity building recovered by the security forces sure, the district administration of 1,000 civil servants from the from the hideout. has imposed prohibitory orders Maldives over the next five years. A cursory look at the under Section 144 of the CrPC Administration officials visit Tappal area where the situation is tense after the stocked ration supplies of eggs, denied permission to Hindutva horrific murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in Aligarh on Sunday PTI WANT CCTV CAMERA, cooking oil, pulses and vegeta- leader Sadhvi Prachi to visit the PLEDGE POWER SUPPLY bles clearly suggested the ter- home of the victim on Sunday. “The girl who was murdered disturb peace in the area. New Delhi: People who want to rorists spent considerable time “She was stopped at the border belongs to the Hindu commu- On Sunday, the police used get a CCTV camera installed on in this hideout while planning in view of the prevailing situ- nity, while the accused are mild force to disperse an angry their house’s outside wall under their terror plans and were also ation at Tappal,” Aligarh Senior from the Muslim community crowd gathered in Aligarh to a Delhi Government project will well prepared to remain in Superintendent of Police Akash and to avoid any kind of com- demand justice for the girl. have to give an “undertaking” to hiding in case of any search Kulhari told PTI. munal flare up, personnel have Four persons have so far been provide electricity for the operation. The SSP said the district been deployed,” Kulhari said, arrested in the case, police functioning of the device. To beat the cold weather administration is trying its adding, police will deal with a said. conditions, the terrorists had best to maintain law and order. heavy hand any attempt to Continued on Page 7 LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019 city 02

Govt to support farmers in every situation: CM Govt contemplating

PNS n LUCKNOW the hard work of the farmers and the sustained efforts of Inaugurates 4th session of Million Farmers’ School ttar Pradesh Chief the government to ensure action against 250 Minister Yogi availability of agricultural UAdityanath on Sunday inputs and remunerative inaugurated the fourth session prices for agricultural pro- of the ambitious agriculture duce, the country now has corrupt engineers extension programme ‘Million surplus of all categories of Farmers’ School’. foodgrains,” Yogi said. The programme launched “Ever since the Bharatiya PNS n LUCKNOW by UP Agriculture department Janata Party came to power in CM Helpline aims to double the income of UP in March 2017, the well- ith a resolve to give a farmers, increase their aware- being of the agriculture sec- Wclean administration, the ness of use of advanced agri- tor is the top priority of the Yogi Adityanath government is opened for cultural techniques, specific government. The government contemplating action against use of fertilisers after soil test- has set the target of creating around 250 engineers of the ing, and maintenance of soil additional irrigation potential Public Works Department people health for enhancing agricul- for irrigating over 20 lakh (PWD) to send out a loud and tural productivity. hectares of agricultural land clear message that the present Lucknow (PNS): There is On this occasion, the Chief by the end of the current fis- dispensation was committed to good news for the people as Minister also released a coffee- cal, the Chief Minister said. rooting out corruption. now they can Dial 1076 to table book — Krishi Kumbh. “Pradhan Mantri Kisan A highly placed source lodge a complaint with the CM “I monitor issues related to Samman Nidhi scheme has said the government had Helpline. The Yogi Adityanath farmers myself every day. If the benefited over one crore farm- reportedly prepared a list of government has set up a CM farmers start getting remu- ers. First two instalment under around 250 engineers who Helpline on which people can nerative price for their crops, the scheme have been credit- could be given voluntary retire- register their complaints. The they will not have to migrate or ed in the accounts of the ment in the coming days. Telecommunication depart- commit suicide. So far more farmers and the benefit of the “The list has been sent to ment has allotted toll-free than 10 lakh farmers have scheme will be provided to the Chief Minister for final number 1076 to the CM’s been trained under the Million remaining 1.8 farmers would approval. Once we get the Helpline, a official here on Farmers’ Schools scheme,” Yogi be provided soon.” green signal, necessary action Tuesday confirmed. Adityanath said. Under this scheme, the will be taken that could be a The Uttar Pradesh cabinet “The fourth session of the Central government is giving golden handshake as per gov- in its last meeting had Million Farmers’ School is financial support of `6,000 per ernment rules or the service approved a decision to set up starting from today at more annum to poor farmers in could be terminated, depend- a CM Helpline with a toll-free than 15,000 centres in 75 dis- three instalments. ing on the gravity of charges number. This helpline will be tricts with the objective of “The state government is they are facing,” the official monitored by the Chief enhancing agriculture produc- confident that by the year said. Minister himself. tivity,” he said. 2022, agricultural science cen- He said initially a list of 392 A government spokesman The Chief Minister said, tres will play an important role officers was prepared and after said that in the first phase, a “Life is not about escape or in doubling the income of first screening, the list was 500-seat call centre would be migration, rather it is about our farmers. The state govern- pruned to about 250. installed that would have the struggle. The government will ment has so far ensured pay- The said list has been sent facility to monitor incoming not allow the hard work of ment of over `65,000 crore to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lights the lamp to inaugurate the fourth session of Million Farmers’ School, at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Sunday. Also seen in picture is to Chief Secretary Anup and outgoing calls. “People farmers go in vain. The gov- the sugarcane farmers in the UP’s Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi Pioneer Chandra Pandey for recom- will be free to lodge their com- ernment is committed to sup- last two years,” the Chief mendation. He will send it to plaints on the toll-free number. port the farmers in every sit- Minister said. will also reduce the import bill directly from the farmers. The decided that in the coming state’s agricultural budget has the Chief Minister for final The progress of the com- uation. It is our responsibili- “New sugar mills are being on crude oil,” Yogi Adityanath payment of remunerative price time, mandis will be operated increased from `500 crore to clearance. plaints will be monitored by ty to ensure that the farmers set up while the cane crushing said. to the farmers for their pro- by representatives of farmers, `2,068 crore. The state has Among engineers who are the Chief Minister and his get remunerative price for capacity of the existing sugar The Chief Minister said duce will end the menace of rather than government.” risen from 17th position to 3rd likely to be given voluntary office,” the spokesman said. their agricultural produce. mills are being expanded that he was happy to share the migration from rural areas On this occasion, UP position now in farming sec- retirement, three are of execu- Prime Minister Narendra besides installation of ozone information that the BJP state and suicide by farmers,” he Agriculture Minister Surya tor with the rapid increase in tive engineer rank, 78 of assis- dropped the hint that it might Modi is also committed to plants. Both ethanol and sugar government had procured 37 added. Pratap Shahi said that farmers’ agriculture production. More tant engineer rank and 116 of go for the kill last month when work in favour of our farm- will be produced simultaneous- lakh MT of wheat in its first The Chief Minister said, school had contributed a lot to than 27 lakh farmers have junior engineer rank. There are Deputy Chief Minister Keshav ers.” ly. Ethanol will add to the rev- year and 53 lakh MT wheat in “Without awareness, people’s the development of the farm- been benefited till now. at least 50 more engineers who Prasad Maurya, who heads “Remember, five decades enue of sugar mills as the com- the second year. participation is not possible. ers. “Now the benefit of the Through farmers’ school, we are also in the list of officials to PWD, had said that a secret ago, India was dependent on modity is now widely used for “Till now we have pro- We have four agricultural uni- schemes is reaching directly in are trying to double the be given VRS. process was on to identify cor- food grains import.... With blending with petrol and this cured 36 lakh MT of wheat versities in the state. We have the accounts of farmers. The income of the farmers”. The government had rupt officers. Guv stress on quality of 12-year-old Dalit girl BJP slams Akhilesh education and research PNS n raped by six men LUCKNOW ity committed on this girl ing of skin from the body”. Lucknow (PNS): A 12- when they resisted. shows that criminals have no Senior Congress leader year-old Dalit girl was alleged- The mother of the girl eacting to the statement of fear of police. They know they Amarnath Agarwal said that ‘Convocations of all state varsities by Nov 12’ ly raped by six men in a village gave a written complaint to the Rformer Chief Minister can walk away after commit- his party had been saying that in Ahirouli Bazar police station police on Saturday and the case Akhilesh Yadav that “jungle raj” ting crime as is happening in law and order had gone from area of Kushinagar district on was registered on Sunday, the prevailed in Uttar Pradesh, UP,” the SP president said. bad to worse in UP. Friday evening, police said. police said. Bharatiya Janata Party’s state He was reacting to the Just after the Lok Sabha Of the six men, four have Meanwhile, the body of a unit said that before giving such brutal killing of a two-and-half election, a political activist was been arrested, while efforts are 7-year-old girl was found in the statements, the Samajwadi year old girl, whose mutilated shot dead in Azamgarh, anoth- on to nab the rest two. bushes outside Bijbaha village Party national president should body, infested with maggots, er was killed in Amethi , two SP “A case against six accused of Jalaun district on Sunday. realise that the BJP government was found in a garbage bin in leaders were killed in Jaunpur, has been registered under var- Superintendent of Police favours death penalty for Tappal town of Aligarh district. one in Noida and a trader was ious sections of Indian Penal Swami Prasad said the minor rapists. The police say that no sign killed in Bijnor after he failed Code, including Section 376 had gone missing on Saturday. “There is a contrast in the of sexual assault was reported. to pay extortion money, he (rape), POCSO Act and SC/ST “The girl’s body was spot- working of two governments. But the post-mortem report pointed out. Act,” Superintendent of Police ted by the locals on Sunday The BJP government wants exposes the extent of mutilation “This happened after May RN Mishra said. morning,” he said. sternest action against rapists her body was subjected to. 23. This is the Ram rajya BJP “The girl has been sent for A case has been registered while Samajwadi Party patri- The report says that vital wishes to give to the people. medical test,” he added. against two persons on a com- arch had once said that youths organs like kidneys, urinary What is more unfortunate that According to reports, the plaint filed by the victim’s sometimes commit such mis- bladder and large and small when the entire country was accused had a dispute with the father, Laakhan Singh. takes,” BJP state spokesman intestines were missing. Her mourning the brutal killing of girl’s family over construction The body has been sent for Ashok Pandey said. right arm was amputated and this girl, Chief Minister Yogi of drainage channel on Friday postmortem, the district police He was reacting to bones were exposed at places. Adityanath was busy unveiling morning. In the evening, they chief said, and added, Akhilesh Yadav’s statement that It further says that left leg was a statue of Lord Ram in dragged the girl in front of the “Whether the child was raped the Tappal incident reminds found fractured and the body Ayodhya,” Agarwal said, and family and raped her and also or not will be clear only after one of jungle raj. “This is noth- was highly decomposed “to the added. “This shows the prior- thrashed the family members the postmortem,” ing but jungle raj. The brutal- extent of blackening and peel- ity of this government.”

Five bootleggers Governor Ram Naik addressing the annual conference of vice-chancellors of state universities at Raj Bhawan in the state 4 killed in capital on Sunday Pioneer arrested in Etah, Shiv Sena chief to visit

PNS n LUCKNOW ent faculties and departments tion system under NAC , Pratapgarh mishaps of in state universities. recruitment against vacancies Ayodhya on June 16 ttar Pradesh Governor He said the state universi- in state universities in the con- Lucknow (PNS): The Etah PNS n LUCKNOW URam Naik said the annu- ties should also look into the text of the new rules for reser- and Pratapgarh police arrested Lucknow (PNS): Shiv Sena mation about any political al convocations of all state draft of the new education pol- vation for SCs, OBCs and the five bootleggers and recovered chief Uddhav Thackeray will leader visiting Ayodhya on our people were killed in universities would be held by icy announced by the financial position of state uni- 2,000 litre of illicit liquor and visit Ayodhya on June 16 along June 16. Fseparate road accidents November 12. Narendra Modi 2.0 govern- versities. Indian Made Foreign Liquor with his party’s MPs, a day after “A D h a r m a during the past 24 hours. Addressing the annual ment. The Governor set up a (IMFL) worth `20 lakh from Dharma Mahasabha will be Mahasammelan has been Three persons were killed conference of vice-chancellors The Chancellor said the three-member committee to them. The police also recov- held in the temple town on the called on the occasion of jan- when their motorcycle of state universities, the state universities should also suggest ways and means for ered three four-wheelers and a occasion of janmotsava of motsava of Nritya Gopal Das rammed into a stationary truck Governor, who is also the examine the utility and the effi- augmenting the financial loader from them. Nritya Gopal Das to be attend- on June 16. Saints from across near Mau district. Chancellor of all state univer- cacy of self-finances courses resources of the state universi- In Etah, a joint team of ed by top saints of the country. the country will attend that Police said Sachin (29), sities, said the convocation for students and society at ties. Kotwali Dehat police and Shiv Sena’s senior leader function. The issue of Ram Ravi (30) and Rajiv (32) died ceremonies would be conduct- large. The committee comprises Crime Branch conducted a Sanjay Raut is likely to meet temple is likely to be discussed in the accident that took place ed in Indian attire. He said the need of the vice-chancellors of Lucknow raid on a tip-off by an informer Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath but it is not on the agenda,” he on Saturday night at Nugpur Expressing concern that hour was changes in curricu- University, Banda Agriculture and nabbed three bootleggers on Monday and inform him said. Navada village. not even one state university lum and focus on academic University and CSA University, from Jawada tri-section on about Thackeray’s visit. Sharma clarified that the The deceased were return- figured among the top 100 uni- courses which were in demand Kanpur. Sunday. Those arrested were This visit is seen as an Shiv Sena leader had not been ing from Varanasi after attend- versities of India, the Governor and were useful for the com- The committee will submit identified as Guddu, Rajkumar attempt by Shiv Sena to pres- invited to any of the functions. ing the cremation of one of said the Vice-Chancellor mon student. its report to the Governor aka Tinku and Dilip Kumar, all surise the Union government This is the second time that their acquaintance, when they should focus their attention on The Governor also asked who in turn will refer the of Firozabad. to expedite the resolution of the Shiv Sena chief will be vis- met with the accident. this issue. the state universities to evalu- report to the government along The police said the boot- Ram Janmabhoomi issue as the iting Ayodhya during the last A man was killed after his He said the quality of edu- ate the quality of education as with his suggestions for follow- leggers planned to sell the Sena chief will visit Ayodhya six months. Earlier, before the car fell into a 10-foot-deep cation was a huge challenge for this was most important in the up action. liquor to gullible consumers in along with newly-elected MPs Lok Sabha elections, he had vis- ditch in Bhadohi district on each state university of UP and present age of competition. Another committee com- rural part of the locality. The of his party. He will have a dar- ited Ayodhya with his family Saturday night. there was need to improve The agenda of the confer- prising representatives of APJ are being interrogated. shan of Ram Lalla and will also members and now he would be Reports said Rohit Sahu their performance. He said ence centred around the Kalam Technical University, In Pratapgarh, the police address a public meeting. having paying obeisance to (19) of Jaunpur was returning along with the quality of edu- updated status of results of Lucknow and Meerut raided a place in Basuali village The Vishwa Hindu Ram Lalla with his party’s from a marriage function and cation, due attention should be annual examinations declared University was set up to sug- under Patti police station and Parishad has, however, dis- newly-elected MPs. was driving car under the given on improving the qual- by the universities, fixation of gest measures for bringing nabbed two bootleggers carry- tanced itself from the Shiv In a statement, Raut had influence of alcohol. He lost ity of research. annual academic calendar of uniformity in research for ing 328 cartons of IMFL in a Sena leader and his MPs’ visit said that the Shiv Sena was in control at Modh area and the Ram Naik said the vice- 2019-20, countering the men- award of PhD. Different loader. Those arrested were to Ayodhya. favour of early resolution of the car fell into the ditch. chancellors should try to clear ace of copying, curbing fake processes are pursued by the identified as Ramyash Verma VHP spokesman Sharad Ayodhya issue and Ram tem- Sahu was rushed to hospi- the obstacles in the path of fill- marksheets and degrees, com- state universities for research and Ram Milan Verma, both of Sharma told this reporter on ple should be built at the Ram tal where he succumbed to his ing up the vacancies in differ- pliance with the new evalua- and award of the degree. Pratapgarh. Sunday that he had no infor- Janmabhoomi. injuries.

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Woman’s murder: Son gets MONSOON TO ARRIVE IN JUNE THIRD WEEK clean chit; motive unknown PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW der,” Gudamba SHO Ravindra tion when she was all alone. Nath Rai said. The cops tried all tested mea- day after the daring inci- He said the police had got sures to crack the case and even dent of murder of the some important clues related to claimed that victim’s son could Awife of a contractor the murder case and the police be a suspect. dealing in electric works and were investigating the case. Kiran was with her son loot at her house in Gudamba, About the autopsy report, Ashutosh after her husband the police gave a clean chit to the SHO said the woman had Virendra Verma left for deceased’s son and let him off deep cut wound on her throat. Barabanki where he had taken late at night on Saturday but “The doctors examined the some electrical work on con- could not find the motive wounds to be ante-mortem tract. Her daughter Nidhi had behind murder. (before death),” he said. gone to the house of her elder “Suspect Ashutosh was Sources privy to the inves- sister Swati who lives with her seen in the CCTV’s footage at tigation said the murder had each of the clues we got during husband in Mulayam Nagar the cinema hall where he had baffled the cops and they were the investigation. Some of the locality under Ghazipur police gone to watch a movie. His at their wits’ end. “Above a half clues we got as of now seemed station area. statement matched but some a dozen persons are under convincing but they did not From the crime scene, the part of his statement seemed police scanner but the cops are stand when examined further. forensic scientists had recov- incoherent. It is sure that Kiran yet to get any clinching evi- Besides, we are getting contra- ered a thin wire bearing blood Devi Verma was attacked by dence against any of them. dictory statements from stains that suggested that the some insider as no marks of The police also failed to get any deceased’s family members and woman was garroted by the struggle was found at the clue about the motive for the this was resulting into delay in thin wire. It also had surfaced house. All the items were found murder as yet,’ the sources cracking the case,” he said. that the pet dog the Vermas placed at where they were put said. The Gudamba SHO con- The woman was murdered were rearing did not bark and The south-west monsoon is likely to arrive by the third week of June. Met director JP Gupta said that the pre-monsoon showers would begin a few days in advance. Till earlier to the crime, so loot did tested sources’ claim saying, “It at her house in Seemant Nagar the deceased’s neighbours had then, the heatwave conditions would continue to prevail at isolated places in the state, he said. On Sunday, Lucknow recorded the maximum temperature at 43.1 degree not take place during the mur- needs enough time to verify under Gudamba police sta- endorsed it. Celsius, which was a notch above normal. It was excessive humidity that added to the torture. Pioneer Thieves continue to Plan to ensure smooth Two youths die as scooty embarrass police flow of traffic on rams into road divider last Bada Mangal PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW almirahs were upside down and police did not register his case to PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW people set up tents the previous 32-yr-old man falls to death it seemed that each and every keep its slate clean on the crime night so that others could not ash driving claimed lives of hieves are giving frightful corner of the house was rum- graph. “I was doing rounds of the ith over 3,000 bhandaras block their space. “This time, we Rtwo youths after the scooty Lucknow (PNS): A 32-year-old man died after he fell down Tmoments to the Lucknow maged by the miscreants,’ police station for the last five Wexpected to be organised will make sure the tents do not they were riding skidded and from the third floor of a building inside the IIIT campus in police these days with cases of Raghuveer said. He informed the days,” he said. He said his on the last Bada Mangal, the disrupt the traffic movement, rammed into a road divider Gossainganj on Saturday night. As per reports, Somil Kashyap theft going unabated. In police and a team reached the employee informed him about Traffic department is preparing otherwise we will have to near Bangla Bazaar Bridge in of Barabanki was staying inside the campus where construc- Jankipuram, the thieves made off scene for investigation. “Police the theft. “We just had reached an exhaustive plan to ensure remove them,” he said. He Ashiyana on Sunday morning. tion work is underway. Around midnight, he climbed the third with ornaments worth several did formality in the name of the Bhitauli crossing to take a bus smooth flow of traffic. pointed out that there would be The police came to know about floor to rest there and fell on the semi-finished staircase after lakh and Rs 15,000 in cash from investigation. It did not press dog from there when we got the call. SP, Traffic, Purnendra Singh arrangements for towing the the incident when doctors of he lost his balance. He was rushed to a local hospital where he a house owned by Raghuveer of squad and fingerprint experts to We returned home and were told told The Pioneer that their focus vehicles blocking traffic move- Lokbandhu Hospital declared was declared “brought dead”. Police said his fellow labourers sector 2 of Jankipuram. probe the case properly and left by neighbours that thieves were was the last Bada Mangal. He ment. He admitted that the them “brought dead” and rushed Somil to a hospital and later informed the police. “The Raghuveer, along with his fam- the scene within one-and-a-half challenged by them and were admitted that traffic had slowed most problematic areas were in informed the police. body was sent for autopsy. It is yet to be ascertained if Somil ily, was on a tour to Delhi, hour,” he alleged. forced to flee. When I checked, down up to some extent on the narrow bylanes and near railway The deceased were identi- was in a sozzled state when he fell down or he met with some Haridwar and Rishikesh and In another case in Madiaon, I found that Rs 50,000 in cash last Bada Mangal when nearly crossings. “We will have two fied as Abhi Uday Verma (16) mishap. The labourers were being interrogated,” the police said. left the city on June 3 after lock- unidentified miscreants struck and ornaments were missing. 2,700 bhandaras were organised. personnel posted in each of and Arun Mishra (17), both of ing all the doors and gate of his the house of a jeweller who, The losses would have been “This time, those who these lanes to keep making Bara Barha locality under took a U-turn at Bangla Bazaar they suffered serious head house properly. “We returned to along with his family, had gone higher had thieves were not missed out on the previous announcements and clearing Alambagh police station area. Bridge to move towards the injury in the mishap. The com- the city around 10.30 pm on on a pilgrimage in Naimish in challenged by neighbours. One three Bada Mangals will be the vehicles creating bottle- They were pursuing studies Barabirwa crossing via VIP muters rushed them to Saturday. I was shocked to see the Sitapur. House owner Shiv of the thieves dropped his slip- organising bhandaras and the necks,” he said. Asked if the from a private college in the road. “The youth driving the Lokbandhu Hospital where locks on the main gate lying bro- Kumar said the theft occurred per in a hurry to flee the scene number across the city may bhandaras had increased this locality. scooty lost balance as a result they were declared “brought ken. When we went inside the immediately after he and his when residents challenged them. cross 3,000,” he said. year as compared to last year, he Investigation officer Vinay of which it skidded and later hit dead”. We got a memo from the house, all things were lying family left the house on But the police were not con- Singh said that last time, the said the number was more or Tiwari said both Abhi and against the road divider. The hospital and after this we start- strewn across the floors, the Wednesday and alleged that the vinced with my claim,” he said. problem also occurred because less the same. Arun were on a scooty and impact was so intense that ed the investigation,” he said. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019 city 04 Indira Nagar air quality improves Mystery shrouds death PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Nagar 84.3 μg/m3. “The emissions of these In residential areas, the ground and elevated level of 38-year-old man ndira Nagar, which has been 24-hours average concentra- sources result in significant Ione of the most polluted tions of PM2.5 were in the deterioration of air quality with PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW the mango grove. He probably injury and seemed 2-3 days’ areas of the city for the last five range of 83-88.2 μg/m3, with major health hazards for the fell over the barbed wire due to old. We sent it for autopsy and years, has shown a remarkable an average of 85.2 μg/m3. population exposed to them. 38-year-old man died sun stroke and later died,” the efforts to ascertain the identi- dip, as per the pre-monsoon air In commercial areas, the The key pollutants are major Aunder mysterious circum- spokesman said. ty are on,” said sub-inspector ambient quality report of the average concentrations of culprits for the environmental, stance in Gosainganj on The villagers said Nand AP Singh. Indian Institute of PM2.5 were in the range of health and climate damage. Sunday afternoon. While the Kishore was in a habit of con- Toxicological Research (IITR). 75.3-92.0 μg/m3, with an aver- Most localised sources have sig- villagers claimed that the man suming alcohol. “Several of us ATTACKED On the contrary, it is the least age of 84.7 μg/m3. In industri- nificant forte to introduce these died after he consumed spuri- saw him going towards the A Dalit family was attacked polluted amongst residential al area (Amausi), the average criteria pollutants in the ambi- ous liquor which he had pur- mango grove near which some after they opposed the amorous areas. Head of IITR’s concentration of PM2.5 was ent environment,” he stated. chased from a shop, the police hooch manufacturers used to advances of a local youth Environment Division SC 79.8 μg/m3. He said although the pol- rubbished the reports saying distil liquor. He probably con- towards a girl in the family in Burman said many factors can The maximum 24-hour lutants were regulated with the family did not endorse vil- sumed the liquor in excess or Mohanlalganj. Some of the be attributed to Indira Nagar mean concentration of PM2.5 compliance limits, the syner- lagers’ claim. the liquor which he had con- victims suffered serious injuries being the least polluted this Nagar and Gomti Nagar), the The maximum 24-hour was observed in Vikas Nagar getic impact of these pollutants As per reports, Nand sumed was spurious and so he but are recuperating at a hos- time. “This could be because 24-hour average concentra- mean concentration of PM10 (88.2 μg/m3) residential area had chronic and instant conse- Kishore Gautam was seen lying lost his life,” the villagers said. pital. Reports said one of the the construction activities tions of PM10 were in the was observed in Vikas Nagar and Charbagh (92.0 μg/m3) quences. in a mango grove in Malauli The police spokesman said the accused, identified as Irfan, which had been going on have range of 170.7-185.7 μg/m3, (185.7 μg/m3) in residential commercial area. All the values “The air pollution con- village of Gosainganj around 3 autopsy report would confirm allegedly barged into the house stopped. Climatic factors and with an average of 180.1 μg/m3. area, and Charbagh (190.9 of PM2.5 were above the pre- centration vary spatially and pm on Sunday. Some villagers if the man had consumed spu- of the dalit man who is a conditions have also played a In commercial areas μg/m3) in commercial areas. scribed NAAQS of 60 μg/m3 temporarily, causing the air identified him when they hap- rious liquor. “We have recom- sculptor. The daughter of the role in the decrease of pollution (Charbagh, Alambagh, All the values of PM10 for industrial, residential, rural pollution pattern to change pened to pass near the scene mended for autopsy,” he said. Dalit man raised an alarm levels,” he reasoned. Aminabad and Chowk), the were above the prescribed and other areas. with different locations and and informed the victim’s fam- Meanwhile, the body of an hearing which the entire fam- In terms of PM10 level, average concentrations of National Ambient Air Quality Burman said that air pol- time due to changes in strength ily. He was taken to a hospital unidentified 30-year-old man ily assembled and challenged Indira Nagar recorded 170.7 PM10 were in the range of Standard (NAAQS) of 100 lution had aggravated in most of sources, meteorological and where he was declared was recovered from Gomti Irfan chasing him away. A lit- μg/m3 with Vikas nagar 151.1-190.9 μg/m3, with an μg/m3 for industrial, residen- of the Indian cities over the topographical conditions. It is “brought dead”. A police river under Mahanagar police tle later Irfan, along with his recording 185.7 μg/m3, Gomti average of 174.3 μg/m3. tial, rural and other areas. years, thanks to the higher necessary to assess the present spokesman said the family told station on Sunday morning. family, reached the house of the Nagar 182.4 μg/m3 and Aliganj In industrial area In terms of PM2.5 levels, levels of energy consumption, and anticipated air pollution police that Nand Kishore had The police said the body was complainant and launched the 181.4 μg/m3. (Amausi), the average concen- Indira Nagar recorded 83 increasing traffic, industrialisa- through continuous air quali- gone to the mango grove for spotted floating in the river attack. The police said a case In residential areas tration of PM10 was 189.2 μg/m3, Vikas Nagar 88 μg/m3, tion, and construction activi- ty survey and monitoring pro- some work. “Nand Kishore fell near Khatu Shyam temple. “It was registered and allegations (Aliganj, Vikas Nagar, Indira μg/m 3. Aliganj 85.1 μg/m3 and Gomti ties. grammes,” Burman said. over the barbed wire around did not bear any marks of were being probed. 25 ice-cream varieties to be ‘Opposition of Jupiter’ awaits sky-gazers PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW In this position, earth and sun it will be fully observable. — Europa, Calisto and explained. He added that there displayed at Mango Fest are assumed to be in a straight “Jupiter appeared at its Ganymede,” he added. was a very big red spot observ- he sky-gazers have a chance line. The planet at opposition brightest and largest last year Srivastava pointed out able on the surface of Jupiter PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Tto view a celestial phe- can be observed full night and when its minimum distance that Ganymede is the largest and it was called the ‘great red nomena called ‘Opposition of and it looks brighter and larg- from earth was 658 million moon of solar system with a spot’ “It is an atmospheric dis- he aim of CISH is to display Jupiter’ on Monday. According er through telescope. Besides, kilometres. ‘Opposition of diameter 5268 kilometre larg- turbance which is greater than Tice-creams of 25 different to scientific officer, Indira Jupiter will be nearest to the Jupiter’ happens when Jupiter er than that of Mercury. In the size of the earth. Till now, mango varieties in the coming Gandhi Planetarium, Sumit earth on Monday (June 10). lies opposite the sun in the sky. 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered eight spacecraft have been sent Mango Festival from June 22 to Srivastava, the phenomena will This is known as the perigee The earth and sun form a Jupiter with the help of his for data collection of Jupiter. 23 of this month which will be occur at 8.41 pm. position,” he explained. straight line with the earth in handmade telescope. He also The last ‘Opposition of Jupiter’ held in the city. CISH director “Jupiter will be on its oppo- At perigee of Jupiter, its the middle, on the same side of saw the four largest moons of happened on May 10 last year Shailendra Rajan said that the sition position. The term is distance will remain the least the sun as Jupiter. This is the Jupiter rotating around it. This and the next after Monday scientists of the institute would used when Jupiter is on the throughout the year, that is best position for observing is why that four moons are will be on July 14, 2020,” he like to collect information exact opposite side of the sun. 640.91 million kilometres, and Jupiter and its Galilion moons called Galilean moons,” he added. about the pulp suitability for ice-cream. “This will help in identify- ing the traits required for the ice-cream industry and their RERA cracks whip availability in the mango vari- etal collection at the Institute. Many mango hybrids have on private builder been developed by the Institute and have a vast potential for PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Development Authority (LDA) serving the ice-cream industry. has also held back their blue- We hope that the visitors will n a bid to check the arbitrary prints in September last as be able to enjoy ice-creams of mango and the one made by varieties varied in aroma, pulp, Iapproach of he private devel- they were a few anomalies. different mango varieties dur- adding artificial ingredients colour and many other features. opers, the state Real Estate The LDA administration ing the Mango Festival. For this and colours. As the essence and Thus their suitability for pro- Regulatory Authority (RERA) returned the map to the builder venture the scientists are also chemical manipulation of cessing depends on the charac- has initiated a strict action with an advice to present it interested as this event will help products was becoming com- teristics of the pulp. “Some vari- against an A-grade builder and again after the removal of them in scoring the mango mon the consumers are also eties are excellent for making also advised home buyers not anomalies within three months. varieties and hybrids with a careful while purchasing ice- processed products. Few are to deposit any money and also But the private developer specific purpose. cream. He could learn all these outstanding for fresh consump- not to register any fresh prop- ignored the advice and contin- He said that CISH was issues from the feedback and tion and people may like it to erties with the builder. ued to work. making this effort for the first had started requesting the eat as a slice or they may love The RERA also imposed a LDA Vice-Chairman PN time and academic information Institute to help in creating a it as a sucking variety. penalty of Rs 13.26 crores for Singh confirmed action taken would be transformed for venture taking care of the Sometimes products made for violating rules. The private against the private developer commercialisation. He aspects related with mango table varieties are not of good developer is engaged in devel- for gross violation of rules and informed that Muslahuddin, a pulp. The scientists from the quality. Many of the varieties oping two townships on Rae added the LDA administration 22-year-old man from Institute will be evaluating ice- are unique in aroma, colour Bareli Road and Sultanpur would help the authorities Bhadwana village of creams made from different and taste. Considering this Road but they were not regis- expose the unscrupulous pri- Malihabad, approached CISH varieties for recommending important feature of the mango tered with the RERA. vate developers in public for help in starting a mango some highly-suitable ones. This pulp the Institute is trying to Interestingly, Lucknow interest. Winners of different contests felicitated at State Lalit Kala Akademi on Sunday Pioneer ice-cream factory. “When will promote the production of use the pulp of unique varieties asked why he was interested in mango pulp-made ice cream for mango ice-cream,” he said. this specific product, his reply and gradually replace artificial He said that the pulp was quite important for us. We aromas and colours added in industry in northern India did Black-crested Bulbul discussed with him how to start the ice-cream. not exist. Efforts in collabora- KMCU V-C urges govt to create the process upon which he sug- The prospective entrepre- tion of CISH with the Ministry gested that the Institute had the neur started working with the of Food Processing would pro- sighted in Dudhwa strength of providing mango Institute for utilising mango mote mango pulp processing. posts of environment teachers pulp when there was no mango pulp as in most of the mango Identification of north Indian PTI n LAKHIMPUR KHERI a bird species with a black fruit in the market. We can ini- ice creams available in the varieties is the initial step in the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW beings. “What can be better brands of institutes in India head and deep yellow body. tiate the process of experi- market the essence and chem- commercialisation of the than the fact that the people like IITs and IIMs have start- he black-crested Bulbul was Notably enough, during the mentation at the commercial icals are used for incorporating process. This would also help ice-Chancellor of Khwaja fairly know from where their ed offering courses with ele- Tspotted after several years winter bird-count, the experts level of mango ice-cream pro- a mango-like feel. The Institute a common farmer as a demand VMoinuddin Chishti products and services come ments of sustainability in their in Dudhwa as the counting of had sighted five new species of duction long before so that we extracts pulp of different vari- for fruits for the pulp industry University Mahrukh Mirza from and where the wastes go. core. For example IIM- birds during summer season birds in Dudhwa which includ- perfect the process and reduce eties for assessing their suitabil- would be able to accommodate said here on Sunday that they And most importantly they are Lucknow offers a two-year was held from June 7 to June 9, ed Maroon Oriole, Eurasian the risk in large-scale manufac- ity for various products. The supply of small-sized fruits for had requested the state govern- aware about the consequences Post-Graduate Diploma in an official said on Sunday. Sparrowhawk and short-eared turing,” said Rajan. pulp extracted last year was pulp making. Production of ment to create posts of envi- of their activities on all the liv- Sustainable Management,” he Field director of Dudhwa Tiger eagle owl. The sighting of black- He emphasised that pulp of shared with the interpreter to Dussehri as a major variety in ronment teachers so that it ing beings on this earth, added. He said that to embed Reserve (DTR) Ramesh Kumar crested Bulbul after several mango varieties would be made test mango pulp suitability in Malihabad has a lot of scope if could help them in teaching including human beings, and sustainability and environmen- Pandey told PTI, “Experts from years has come as a great joy for available to make ice-cream but ice-cream. Hundreds of ice- its pulp is commercialised. environment education in an how to minimise their negative tally -responsible behaviour in Katarniaghat Foundation, the authorities and bird lovers, the feedback from the con- creams were produced from Since in the area limited mango effective manner. He said that impact on their only home,” he the minds of the students not Ruhelkhand Nature Club and he said. sumers was more important the pulp and tasted by a large varieties are grown at commer- environmental education was added. only required the need to pro- WWF-India apart from Renowned ornithologist because it could make him array of people. This initiative cial level Dussehri seems to be the need of the hour and edu- Stressing that a change of vide courses on environmental Dudhwa nature guides visited Asad Rahmani, who arrived in more confident and enthusias- prompted us to use the Mango the most appropriate variety cational institutes should work mentality was necessary to education but the campus as a a number of locations inside Dudhwa on Sunday told PTI, tic as it would be from them. Festival as an event for testing available for pulp making. The towards shaping environmen- achieve this dream, he said that whole should reflect sustain- Dudhwa National Park and “The summer bird count The consumers can easily make a good number of varieties for Dussehri mango ice-cream tally-responsible citizens. it required a sustained and ability in its operations, plan- Kishanpur wildlife sanctuary. helped to discover the native the difference between the ice- ice-cream making,” he added. would help in big way for cre- The V-C said that it was long-term planning to improve ning, facility design, purchas- The experts photographed the bird species in Dudhwa as in cream made from natural He said that the mango ating this demand,” he said. important to focus on the the standard of education at all ing and investments and infus- winged species and recorded winter, migratory birds also broader issue of tackling sus- levels. He said that this includ- ing these efforts as a part of the their data.” join here.” Dudhwa Tiger tainable development and ed designing new environ- curriculum. “The data collected by Reserve, which is located on the making earth a livable planet mental and sustainability-ori- “As the university is a sub- counting teams would be com- India-Nepal border, is home to for us and our future genera- ented graduate and post-grad- set of the larger community piled and analysed in next few over 450 bird species, tigers, tions. For this ideological uate courses such as MA in therefore the way in which it days to ascertain the number of leopards, wild elephants, shift it was necessary to ensure Sustainable Development and operates on a daily basis is an bird species found in Dudhwa,” swamp deer, one-horned rhinos that the natural environment M.Sc. in Environmental important demonstration of he added. Pandey informed besides hundreds of other wild was given its due importance Studies for infusing the envi- achieving sustainability-ori- that during the counting, animals and reptiles. Its rich and the academic institutes ronmental education subject as ented behaviour in the com- experts sighted the black-crest- wildlife, massive forest cover were made core stakeholders, a part of a curriculum of tra- munity as a whole. The cam- ed Bulbul, which was sighted in and fabulous flora and fauna he added. ditional courses such as BCom, puses should adopt ‘the best Dudhwa after several years. attracts tourists and wildlife “The onus lies immensely BA, BTech and MBA practices’ which make them The black-crested Bulbul is research scholars every year. upon the academic institutes. Everything is the need of the eco-friendly. Initially from If only the existing and upcom- hour to sensitise the future cit- constructing ‘Green Buildings’ ing network of academic insti- izens,”he said. for which guidelines can be tutes churn out such scientists, Mirza said that the west obtained by the Indian Green CITYBRIEFS engineers, lawyers, social sci- had moved way ahead than its Building Council and Green entists and ‘especially’ business Asian counterparts. “In India Rating for Integrated Habitat SCHOLARSHIP professionals who design such there are very few institutes Assessment which is India’s Suraj Mittal, a student of City technology and economic which can purely be consid- own rating system jointly Montessori School, Gomti Nagar activities which sustain and ered as environmental educa- developed by TERI and the Campus I, has protect our natural environ- tion institutes in higher educa- Ministry of New and been offered a ment rather than degrading it tion. These institutes have a Renewable Energy, scholarship of they would help in improving whole array of graduate and Government of India,” he US $68,000 by the overall well-being and post-graduate courses with added. MEETING the University health of humans across the sustainability embedded in Mirza said that these cer- The quarterly SLBC meeting was of Bridgeport world,” he added. their core. Apart from these tifications and guidelines held at Baroda House, Bank of for pursuing He pointed out that it institutes, there are dedicated focused on developing a sus- Baroda, in Lucknow on June 7. higher would be of great help for the department, centres in the tainable site, improving indoor The meeting was chaired by education. The scholarship has professionals if they properly renowned universities of India environmental quality, water managing director & CEO of Bank been offered to him for his entire understand their connection to which are offering courses in and energy efficiency and of Baroda PS Jayakumar. Also study period of four years. the natural environment and technical as well as non-tech- green material selection for present were Chief Secretary Anup Likewise, Arizona State University with their fellow human nical disciplines. Even the elite construction. Chandra Pandey among others. has also offered him admission. nation 05 LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019

DESPITE MONSOON IN KERALA Delay in monsoon pushes rainfall deficiency Misuse of laws: Editors Heatwave continues to 45% in first nine days of June, says IMD Guild condemns police PNS n NEW DELHI nomenon associated with heat- 50 per cent, respectively. To add ing of Pacific waters. to the woes, the reservoir lev- he India Meteorological An on-going cyclonic cir- els in these areas have hit low action against journalist to grip half of India TDepartment (IMD) said culation in the Arabian Sea levels. that a delay in the arrival of could slow down the progress The monsoon deficiency in PNS n NEW DELHI institute IIMC and Mumbai RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI tling soaring temperatures for a at the unique marriage ceremo- monsoon has pushed the coun- of monsoon over the next few east and northeast India divi- University and is associated long time now. North, north- ny. try's rainfall deficiency in the days, it said. sion comprising Jharkhand, he arrest of a journalist, with some media organisations. espite the onset of the west, central and parts of south Several parts of Jammu & first nine days of June to 45 per Of the four meteorological Bihar, West Bengal and all the TPrashant Kanojia, and oth- “The detention of Prashant DSouthwest monsoon on India have been reeling under Kashmir, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, cent. Monsoon made an onset divisions of the country, the northeastern states was 49 per ers over a Facebook post against Kanojia for merely posting a Saturday, heatwave conditions intense heat for the past month. Orrisa, Gangetic West over Kerala on June 8, a week deficiency was 66 per cent — cent, the IMD said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister video which fell foul of actors of are prevailing in north, north The maximum temperatures Bengal,Telangana, Rayalaseema, after its normal arrival date. the highest in the country — in Deficiency in the south Yogi Adityanath has invited State government is illegal, arbi- west and central parts of the were significantly above normal, Tamilnadu and North interior This has also delayed its arrival central India that covers the peninsula which covers all the widespread condemnation. The trary and a grave miscarriage of country. by 3.1 to 5.0°C over most parts Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, in different parts of the coun- states of Maharashtra, Madhya south Indian states was 29 per Editors Guild described the justice. Would request the The India Meteorological of north-western India. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and try. Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Odisha cent, the least in the country. police action as an “authoritar- Allahabad High Court to take Department (IMD) warned that Heatwave sweeping East Rajasthan, Madhya The country received only and Chhattisgarh. Monsoon has covered some ian misuse of laws” and an effort suo Motu cognizance of the heatwave conditions will prevail Haryana and Punjab intensified Pradesh, Vidarbha and 17.7 millimetres of rainfall as Gujarat and Kutch and parts of Kerala and Tamil to intimidate the press, while the matter,” Congress spokesman in parts of Rajasthan, Madhya on Sunday, with Narnaul being Jharkhand and in one or two against the normal precipita- Saurashtra sub-divisions of cen- Nadu. Congress urged the Allahabad Abhishek Singhvi said. Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Delhi, the hottest in the two states with pockets of Gujarat State and tion of 32.4 millimetres, which tral India have clocked a defi- Rainfall deficiency in High Court to take suo motu The FIR is based on the Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha a high of 47 degrees Celsius. Madhya Maharashtra have comes to around 45 per cent, ciency of 100 per cent, it said. northwest India division com- cognisance of the matter. journalist sharing on Twitter the next week and predicted “severe Churu and Kota also reeled recorded 4 to 5 degree celsius it said. The situation is particularly prising all the north Indian “The Editors Guild of India video of a woman claiming a heatwave” in Punjab, Haryana, under severe heat with each above normal temperature. The rainfall deficiency in grim in Maharashtra, espe- states was 32 per cent. On the condemns the arrest of Noida- “relationship” with the Chief Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan recording a maximum temper- In its forecast, IMD said the June could be higher due to the cially in Vidarbha and drought- other hand, mercury continues based journalist Prashant Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the over the next two days. While ature of 48.3 degrees Celsius. conditions were favourable for sluggish pace of the monsoon hit Marathwada where the defi- to soar in the north Indian Kanojia and the editor and the Guild said, adding that the tele- several parts of Kerala received Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur further progress of the and a weak El-Nino, a phe- ciency touched 70 per cent and plains and central India. head of a Noida-based television vision channel had broadcast a moderate rainfall on Sunday. recorded a high of 48.1, 47 and Southwest monsoon into the channel, Nation Live — Ishita video on the same issue. Sriganganagar of West Rajasthan 46.2 degree Celsius, respective- remaining parts of South Singh and Anuj Shukla — by “Whatever the accuracy of and Kota of East Rajasthan ly. North Indian plains, central Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep and the Uttar Pradesh Government,” the woman's claims, to register recorded 48 degree Celsius while India and parts of south India Kerala, some more parts of TN, Mulayam India requests Pak to let the Guild said in a statement. a case of criminal defamation the national capital 46 degree have been reeling under intense southwest-, southeast-, east- “Mr Kanojia has been against the journalists for shar- Celsius at Palam airport. heat for the past month. central- and northeast Bay of accused of uploading a post on ing it on the social media and The maximum tempera- In UP, Allahabad was the Bengal and some parts of cen- launches PM Modi's flight pass Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister airing it on a television channel ture in Delhi is expected to be hottest city, where the mercury tral Arabian Sea and west-cen- Yogi Adityanath on social media is a brazen misuse of law,” the 47 degree Celsius on Monday touched 47.7 degree Celsius, tral Bay of Bengal till Tuesday. and the Nation Live head and Guild said in its statement. and there is no respite from the seven degrees above the normal. Officials of Ministry of fresh efforts editor have been charged with Multiple media organisa- heat expected in the next two Ahmedabad in Gujarat record- Earth Sciences said that district through its airspace having aired a video on the UP tions - the Indian Women's days. All time high temperature ed temperature of 44.3 degree collectors have been given a chief minister. The police action Press Corps, Press Club of of Delhi was recorded 48. 4 Celsius, a positive departure of monsoon preparedness hand- to unite clan New Delhi: India has request- June 13 and June 14,” a senior is high-handed, arbitrary and India, South Asian Women in degree on May 26 in 1998. 3.6 degree Celsius, which is book which is part of the Orange ed Pakistan to let Prime government official said. amounts to an authoritarian the Media and Press Association The India Meteorological likely to remain unchanged book that details out all differ- New Delhi: After Samajwadi Minister Narendra Modi's air- Pakistan had given special misuse of laws,” it added. The - also issued a joint statement Department (IMD) on Sunday Monday. ent standard operating proce- Party's dismal performance in craft fly over its airspace to permission to India's then Guild sees it as an effort to condemning the three arrests. said monsoon has further The rising temperature and dures. This is the first time that the Lok Sabha elections, party Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where external affairs minister intimidate the press and stifle “The action taken by the advanced in the south Arabian delay in monsoon have left peo- such a handbook has been pre- patriarch Mulayam Singh he has to attend the Shanghai Sushma Swaraj to fly directly freedom of expression, the state- UP Police against these three Sea, most parts of Lakshadweep ple across the country reeling pared in which 30 different Yadav has launched fresh Cooperation Organisation through Pakistani airspace to ment said. journalists is a clear case of and some parts of Kerala and under the scorching heat-so departments have been efforts to end acrimony (SCO) summit on June 13 and attend the SCO Foreign The Uttar Pradesh Police administrative overreach and south Tamil Nadu among other much so that people have even addressed specifically, indicating between his son Akhilesh and June 14, said a senior govern- Ministers' meet in Bishkek, had on Saturday booked jour- excessive in proportion by way regions. “The low pressure was resorted to spiritual routes in the their roles and responsibilities. brother Shivpal, sources in the ment official. Kyrgyzstan, on May 21. nalist Prashant Kanojia for of application of law. As media- expected to intensify into a hope of appeasing the mighty Kerala had witnessed the party have said. Pakistan had fully closed its Apart from the two routes allegedly sharing an objection- persons, it is our firm belief that depression in the next two days rain gods. The priest of the worst floods in 100 years during Over the past few days, airspace on February 26 after through southern Pakistan, the able post against Chief Minister journalists ought to conduct and subsequently, into a Someshwara temple in Halasuru the monsoon last year, claiming Mulayam separately met an Indian Air Force (IAF) neighbouring country's air- Yogi Adityanath on social themselves responsibly, yet at cyclone,” IMD said. It also point- sat in two giant vessels filled with over 400 lives and leaving Akhilesh and Shivpal, and the strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed space remains closed for com- media. The administration also the same time, we feel that ed out that the conditions were water, while another was seen behind a trail of destruction. entire clan to settle the differ- (JeM) terror camp in Balakot. mercial airliners. charged Anuj and Ishita in the criminal provisions of the becoming favourable for the performing the hawan to please Until June 8, Kerala was rain ences, they said. Since then, it has only opened The IAF announced on same case and arrested. defamation law should be taken monsoon to advance into some rain gods. A marriage between deficient by 63 per cent. The The meetings have taken two routes, both of them pass May 31 that all temporary Kanojia had shared a video off the statute books, given parts of Northeastern states two frogs was solemnised in three-month pre-monsoon sea- place in Delhi and Saifai in through southern Pakistan, of restrictions imposed on Indian on Twitter and Facebook where their repeated use against jour- over the next 48 hours till Udupi to appease the rain gods son — March, April and May — Uttar Pradesh. the total 11. airspace post the Balakot a woman is seen speaking to nalists and others. We urge and Tuesday. and bring showers to the ended with a rainfall deficiency His initial efforts have not “We have requested airstrike have been removed. reporters of various media demand that the UP govern- According to IMD, dry and regionThe frogs--'Varun' from of 25 per cent. A water crisis has yielded much results as Shivpal Pakistan to let the PM's plane However, it is unlikely to organisations outside the CM ment should reconsider and hot weather along with heat Kalsanka in Udupi and 'Varsha' persisted in the country leading has refused to merge his fly over its airspace through benefit any commercial airlin- office claiming that she had sent withdraw the criminal defama- wave condition is making the sit- from Kolalagiri in Kilinje-- were to agricultural distress with a dip Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party one of the routes that has not ers unless Pakistan recipro- a marriage proposal to tion charges against all three uation deadly for the residents declared husband and wife in in water level in reservoirs in with the SP which he had left been opened as yet. The PM cates and opens its complete Adityanath. Kanojia is an alum- journalists.” of Rajasthan who have been bat- 'Simhalagna,' an auspicious hour west and south India. in August last year. PTI has to attend the SCO meet on airspace. PTI nus of prestigious journalism Politicians, bizmen under lens in kidney racket case: Police Rahul doubts PM Modi's Kanpur: Influential people, find their roles in the illegal gave a kidney were poor and February 17. People involved including politicians and kidney and liver transplan- illiterate, and they got only a in it used to remove kidneys businessmen, are on the tation,” Superintendent of fraction of the money with of poor people illegally and radar in connection with an Police (Crime), Kanpur, the middleman pocketing send them for transplant into international kidney racket, Rajesh Yadav said Sunday. the rest,” Yadav added. patients, including foreign- ‘Kerala dear to me’ remark officials said Sunday, days Police are also probing Meanwhile, Shukla tried ers. after a doctor was detained in the possible involvement of to defend himself before Police have arrested Thiruvambady/Mukkam his roadshows, Rahul Gandhi and he did not expect cooper- India today. The division is Delhi. those who find poor people, police, claiming that he was Gaurav Mishra of Lakhimpur (Kerala): Congress president said Modi divided Indians for ation from him and the BJP-led going to be a disaster for the Dr Dipak Shukla, CEO of forge documents for them a doctor and lacked the abil- Khiri, T Rajkumar Rao of Rahul Gandhi Sunday accused which the country will have to Central government for its country,” said Gandhi. a private hospital in Delhi, and take them to hospitals ity to detect forged docu- Kolkata, Shailesh Saxena of the Centre under Prime pay the price. development. As in the last two days, was detained in the national posing as relatives, he added. ments. Badarpur in New Delhi, Minister Narendra Modi of “I do not expect the prime Referring to his meeting hundreds of party workers and capital on Friday by a Special The middlemen who “I am cooperating with Saboor Ahmad of Kakori in according step-motherly treat- minister to safeguard Kerala's Saturday with the CPI-M MLA locals, including women and Investigation Team and scout villages and small police and ready to provide Lucknow, Vicky Singh of ment to the states not ruled by interest. I know from my expe- representing Kalpeta, which children, greeted Gandhi dur- brought to Kanpur for ques- towns for potential donors all the details,” Shukla told Panki in Kanpur and the BJP, which he dubbed as a rience that the prime minister falls under the Wayanad Lok ing road shows at Engapuzha tioning. and sometimes lure them reporters here. Shamshad Ali of Chowk in party “blinded by hate and views the BJP-ruled states dif- Sabha constituency, Gandhi and Mukkam, many of them “Influential people like with false promises of Eight people, including Lucknow, Shyam Tiwari and anger”. ferently from the states ruled by said there might be “ideologi- wearing T-shirts carrying politicians and businessmen employment in the city are the racket's alleged kingpin, Ramu Pandey in the case. The Congress president the Congress or other parties,” cal differences” (between the “Rahul we need you” and are on police radar. We are also under police surveil- Gaurav Mishra, have been Going by the investiga- made the allegations, doubting he said. Congress and the Left), but “Rahul pada” (army) slogans. looking into the involvement lance, the SP said. arrested in the case till now. tions, almost all the donors Modi's remarks on Saturday “I know the prime minis- both would work together for Earlier in the day, Gandhi of doctors, hospital authori- “Police probe confirmed The international kidney have accused Gaurav Mishra that Kerala from where the BJP ter will not treat Kerala the Wayanad's development, set- spent some time to meet ties and prominent people to that mostly the people who racket was busted on of trapping them. PTI won no Lok Sabha seat, was as same way he treats Uttar ting aside their differences. Rajamma Vavathil, a retired dear to him as his Lok Sabha Pradesh because the CPI(M) is “We might have ideologi- nurse from the state who had constituency Varanasi. ruling here. He can come here cal differences and we will taken care of him at Delhi's Centre sends advisory Winding up his three-day and say whatever he wants,” he continue to fight along those Holy Family Hospital after his thanksgiving visit to the said, referring to Modi's speech lines. But there are many things birth on June 19, 1970. to Bengal Govt, Wayanad Lok Sabha con- at Guruvayur in Kerala which we agree on for the She came along with her stituency from where he was Saturday. future of Wayanad. On those husband and grand children to expresses ‘deep elected in the recent polls, After offering prayers at the things I would like to cooper- meet Gandhi at a guest house Rahul Gandhi said the BJP famous Sri Krishna temple, ate,” he said. in Kozhikode. concern’ over violence viewed those not following the Modi Saturday said the “Sad part is, I do not On the nostalgic meeting, RSS ideology as non-Indians Bharatiya Janata Party was not expect any such cooperation Leader of the Opposition in the PNS n NEW DELHI and vowed to fight out the working for mere electoral pol- from our prime minister or state assembly Ramesh alleged bias. itics, but was working to ensure from the BJP. Because they are Chennithala tweeted, “The he Centre on Sunday Gandhi, who held over 10 that India gets its place of blinded by hatred. They are hands that received little Rahul Texpressed “deep concern” roadshows across his con- pride in the international arena. blinded by anger. Because five decades back embraced over continuing violence in West stituency spread over three “Elections have their place either you follow the ideology him again today. Rajamma was Bengal, saying the “unabated vio- districts of Wayanad, in democracy and it is the of RSS or you are not an working as nurse at Delhi Holy lence” even after the Lok Sabha Malappuram and Kozhikode, responsibility of the winner to Indian,” he said. Cross Hospital during 1970s, polls appears to be a failure on left for New Delhi from the take care of all 130 crore peo- Vowing to fight out this when Rahulji was born.” part of the state Government. In Kozhikode airport this after- ple. Those who made us win alleged bias, the Congress chief The AICC chief had visit- an advisory to the West Bengal noon. and those who could not, both said, “I promise you that we will ed Wayanad for the first time government, the Ministry of On the final day of his tour, are our (people). Kerala is as not be ruled by Nagpur (the after winning from here. Home Affairs also asked it to he held roadshows at dear to me as Varanasi,” he had RSS headquarters).” The Congress-led UDF maintain law and order, peace Engapuzha and Mukkam, two said, referring to his Lok Sabha Speaking at Mukkam, he swept the polls in Kerala, win- and public tranquility. small towns in Kozhikode dis- constituency in UP. said no country has strength- ning 19 of the 20 seats. “The unabated violence trict to thank voters. He chose The Congress chief, how- ened by division of its people. Gandhi had lost to Union over the past weeks appears to the occasion also to attack ever, said he did not think the “Narendra Modi divides Minister Smriti Irani in his be a failure on the part of the law Modi and the BJP. prime minister would be “fair” Indians. His is basically the idea pocket borough of Amethi in enforcement machinery of the Addressing people during either to Wayanad or to Kerala of division. People are angry in Uttar Pradesh in the polls. PTI Bodo tribal women plant paddy saplings in a field at Bamuni village in Baska district of Assam on Sunday PTI state to maintain the rule of law and inspire confidence among people,” the advisory said. The LAND DEAL Central Government expressed ‘Cabinet expansion will be ‘foundation “deep concern” over continuing violence in West Bengal even after the general elections, an MHA official said. stone' for collapse of Government’ Cong-JD (S) coalition received kickbacks, alleges BSY It was “strongly advised” to Bengaluru: Union Minister issues,” he told reporters in the Congress-JD(S) coalition ensure that all necessary mea- DV Sadananda Gowda on response to a question. had decided to go for cabinet Bengaluru: The BJP in day protest in Bengaluru against they did in the cabinet meeting Yeddyurappa had already sures are taken to maintain law Sunday said the much await- “But I feel that this adven- expansion by filling in three Karnataka on Sunday alleged Government's decision to sell was giving away over 3,600 acres announced that the BJP would and order, peace and public ed expansion of Chief ture to save (the government), vacant posts. that the Congress-JD(S) coalition 3,667 acres of land to Jindal at of land... HK Patil (Congress stage a three-day Satyagraha in tranquility, the advisory said. Minister HD Kumaraswamy will be the last adventure. According to sources, a has received “kickbacks” for sell- `1.22 lakh per acre,” leader) has also opposed it.” the city opposing the decision “It is also requested to take led cabinet in Karnataka, The attempt to save itself in a cabinet rejig is also on the ing 3,667 acres of land, having Yeddyurappa told reporters in To another query on who from June 13. strict action against officials aimed at saving the coalition way will affect them this cards after some time, during rich deposits of iron ore, to JSW Yadgir. received the kickbacks, Embarrassing the coalition, found delinquent in discharge of Government, would be the time,” he said. which a few ministers will be steel company in Ballari district. “If the decision is not taken Yeddyurappa said, “Who else? senior Congress leader HK Patil their duty,” it said. According to “foundation stone” for its col- Kumaraswamy on asked to step down and make The comments by back and if the need arises, we those running the Government.” has been opposing the move by the MHA, the latest reports lapse. Saturday had announced that way for others, mainly those Karnataka BJP Chief BS have decided to hold a state-wide The state cabinet had recent- writing a series of letters to the indicated that four persons were “I feel this expansion will Governor Vajubhai Vala has who are dissatisfied. Yeddyurappa have come a day protest also,” added the veteran ly decided to convert the lease of state government. killed on Saturday in post-poll be the foundation stone for the fixed 11.30 AM on June 12 for Of the total 34 ministeri- after chairman and managing Bharataiya Janata Party leader. 3,667 acres land to JSW Steel in He has maintained that the clashes in North 24 Parganas collapse of the government. administering the oath of al positions in Karnataka, director of the steel giant, Sajjan Asked whether any kickback Ballari district into sale, in accor- company has been accused of district. Earlier too, there have Everyone knows about dis- office for the new ministers. Congress and JD(S) have Jindal said that the company was received by the coalition dance with the initial agreement. indulging in “illegal mining” been reports of violence in gruntlement (in the coalition). Routed in the Lok Sabha shared 22 and 12 respective- never does anything “illegal” or Government, he said, “If not, Accusing the government of and that it owed dues to the gov- which people lost lives in vari- I don't want to get involved in polls and facing growing dis- ly according to the coalition “disadvantage” the people of the why will they do it? After the Lok selling the land to the company ernment and the state-run ous parts of Bengal, the official their internal fighting or gruntlement within, leaders of arrangement. PTI State.”We will be holding a three- Sabha elections the first thing at a throwaway price, Mysore Minerals Ltd. PTI said, quoting the advisory. nation 06 LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019

Mamata’s Increased expectations, aspirations of countdown has people guarantee for Brighter India: PM Political violence begun: Giriraj Begusarai (Bihar): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday alleged Mamata Banerjee's party is perpetrating in Bengal; 5 dead politics of violence in West Bengal out of frustration as her SAUGAR SENGUPTA n funeral to take place at the countdown has begun. NAJAT/SANDESHKHALI Nimtalla funeral ground. But The comments of Singh, a the police stopped us from senior BJP leader, came a day olitical violence continued doing so because Mamata after the killing of four persons Punabated in Bengal with at Banerjee has directed them to in clashes between the activists least five people, two each do so. of the saffron party and the from the BJP and Trinamool “In her State people have Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Congress and one from the no right to live and no right to the neighouring West Bengal. CPI(M), getting killed in inter- be cremated according to their Accusing the TMC of party clashes in the past 48 own desire,” Rahul Sinha said. being responsible the killings, hours sources said. The BJP has called a 12-hour Singh said, “She (Banerjee) The bloodiest clash took Basirhat bandh on Monday has begun to take recourse to place at Najat village in which will also be observed as the same tactics as the Left Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated at Praja Dhanyavaada Sabha near Renugunta airport in Tirupati on Sunday PTI Sandeshkhali block near a “black day,” he said. Front which preceded her in Basirhat where two BJP sup- In another such incident a power and which she had Tirupati: Prime Minister has confidence in 130 crore we will succeed in right earnest porters and a TMC worker TMC worker Sk Mofizul was vowed to end.” Narendra Modi on Sunday Indians. and prosper,” the Prime were shot dead on Saturday Police detain a BJP worker during protest against alleged failure of law and order gunned down near Arambagh The TMC had ousted the said that increased aspirations “With their contribution Minister added. evening following a showdown situation and killing of the party workers in the various districts of West Bengal in in Hooghly district sources CPI(M)-led Left Front gov- and expectations of people as and support, I am confident we Taking an indirect dig at over fixing of party banners, Kolkata on Sunday PTI said. The local TMC MP ernment in 2011 after it ruled reflected in the recent general can give a new direction to the Congress president Rahul police said. However, eye-wit- Aparupa Poddar said Mofizul West Bengal for 34 years. elections verdict— were a guar- country,” he said. Gandhi, Modi said some peo- nesses said that clashes broke might have been killed and Subsequently on Sunday was shot dead by BJP goons “In election after election - antee for making India brighter. Two good occasions beck- ple could not still come out of out after trucks load of people their bodies disposed off by the late noon a high-pitched drama while the saffron outfit said the from the local bodies to the Lok “Given the huge mandate oned the country in the near the election hangover. led by Sk Sahajan Mollah a local Trinamool goons.” ensued on Kolkata-Basirhat- death was a result of intra- Sabha — she has been facing we got, some people think future, Modi pointed out, refer- “For us, it is over. Our TMC tough raided Najat village. The BJP claimed that the Basanti highway when the group fighting within the TMC. people's wrath. Democracy has expectations and aspirations ring to the 150th birth anniver- focus now is entirely on devel- “They just came in started names of the slain workers police stopped the BJP leader- The incident took place on no place for violence, but she (on the Government) have sary of Mahatma Gandhi in opment and people's welfare,” attacking the locals because we were Pradip Mondal, Tapan ship from bringing the corpses Saturday. is using it out of frustration. increased. October 2019 and the 75th he added. had voted for the BJP in the Mondal and Sukanta Mondal. A of the dead party men to the In a third incident a Her countdown has begun,” They also wonder what anniversary of the nation's Noting that strong elections. When the BJP work- fourth party man Debabrata State party headquarters in CPI(M) worker was stabbed to Singh told reporters here. can Modi do. We should see it Independence in 2022. Governments were formed at ers tried to they were chased, Mondal was also missing. The Kolkata. Tension ran high with death by alleged TMC men at The Bharatiya Janata Party as a great opportunity. I see it “If everyone of the 130 the Centre as well as in Andhra shot, bombed and stabbed,” an body of Shankar Mondal and a large posse of police men Mathurapur village in South 24 won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha as a guarantee for a brighter crore Indians takes one step Pradesh, the Prime Minister old man said. Tapan Mondal were found on blockading the hearse carrying Parganas. The incident took seats in West Bengal, only four India,” the Prime Minister forward, the country too will go wished the state would surge Two BJP workers suc- Sunday. The Twitter handle of the dead BJP workers led by place late on Friday night. less than the TMC's 22. observed. that many steps ahead,” Modi ahead on the development path cumbed to their injuries the BJP’s state unit said that at senior leaders like State party CPI(M) leader and former The Union Minister had Modi, who reached the said. He sought the blessings of under the leadership of Chief immediately while Kayum least six of their members had president Dilip Ghosh, Rahul Minister Kanti Ganguli said earlier claimed that the TMC temple-town of Tirupati from Lord Venkateswara to realize Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Mollah a TMC worker died been killed in the attack. Senior Sinha, Locket Chatterjee. the party worker was killed supremo has been trying to Colombo at the end of a two- the dreams of 130 crore people “AP has infinite possibili- also of bullet injuries, police party leader Mukul Roy said “We were bringing the bod- because he had not only suppress her political oppo- day two-nation visit, addressed of India and said the states and ties for growth. We will fully said. Subsequently State BJP “We will be reaching Union ies to Kolkata to pay homage at refused to join the TMC but nents with such a ruthlessness a thanks-giving public meeting the Centre should work togeth- extend all co-operation from president Dilip Ghosh said Home Minister Amit Shah to the State party headquarters also resisted Trinamool work- that is comparable only to organized by the Andhra er towards this and create a the Centre for the development three-four other BJP workers apprise him of the after which the family members ers in his booth area from rig- North Korean leader Kim Pradesh BJP at Renigunta. New India. of the state,” the Prime Minister were missing fearing “they Sandeshkhali killings.” of the deceased wanted the ging the elections. Jong-un. PTI The Prime Minister said he “If that happens, I am sure assured. PTI Monsoon catches up in Kerala; Record 2 lakh Haj pilgrims depression over Arabian sea likely from India this year: Naqvi Mumbai: Union Minister for said, adding that a portal of Thiruvananthapuram: Several the southeast Arabian Sea and of the four-month rainfall sea- Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas PTOs — http://haj.nic.in/pto/ parts of Kerala received moder- adjoining Lakshadweep area son in the country. Naqvi on Sunday said a record has been developed containing ate rainfall on Sunday, a day after and the east-central Arabian Sea The district collectors have number of two lakh Indian details of tour packages etc. the southwest monsoon set in under the influence of the been asked to be on alert in areas Muslims will go to Haj this year, “The Ministry of Minority over the state, even as a low pres- cyclone circulation. where landslides had occurred that too without any subsidy, on Affairs received serious com- sure area formed over the “It is very likely to concen- during the monsoon last year, more than 500 flights from 21 plaints against some PTOs. This Arabian Sea. trate into a depression during the sources in the Kerala State embarkation points across the year, three PTOs have been The Meteorological next 48 hours over southeast and Disaster Management Authority country. blacklisted. Strict action was Department said the low pres- the adjoining east-central (KSDMA) said. Addressing a meeting of taken against several of them last sure was expected to intensify Arabian Sea. It is very likely to KSDMA Member Secretary representatives of private tour year as well,” he said. into a depression in the next two move north-north-westwards Sekar Kuriakose said based on operators (PTOs) at Haj House “The number of women days and subsequently, into a and intensify further into a the India Meteorological in Mumbai, Naqvi said while Haj pilgrims going without cyclone. cyclonic storm subsequently,” it Department inputs, arrange- 1.40 lakh pilgrims will go mehram (male companion) has Forecasting isolated heavy said. The weather report also ments have been made to face it through the Haj Committee of increased this year and stood at rainfall and squally weather in predicted heavy to very heavy institutionally. “This year, the India, the rest 60,000 will make 2,340. Around 48 per cent of the coastal areas of the state and in rainfall (115.6-204.4 mm) in iso- incident response level is up to the pilgrimage with the help of two lakh Haj pilgrims from Lakshadweep islands, it advised lated places of northern the taluk levels, besides the dis- PTOs. A total of 725 PTOs will India are women,” the minister fishermen not to venture into Malappuram and Kozhikode trict and state level. We have des- take Haj pilgrims to Saudi informed. Naqvi said Saudi the sea till June 13. on June 12. After a delay of a ignated officers for handling Arabia this year. All the PTOs Arabia's decision to increase A bulletin issued by the week, the monsoon hit the different scenarios up to the will have to take 10 thousand pil- India's Haj quota to two lakh had department at 3 pm said the low Kerala coast on Saturday, mark- taluk levels,” he told a television grims on the rates decided by ensured the clearing of waiting pressure area has formed over ing the official commencement channel. PTI A view of a flooded road after Monsoon rains in Kochi on Sunday PTI Haj Committee of India, he lists from all big States. PTI

PTI n NEW DELHI Hundreds of Pandits left for Kheer Bhawani in Kashmir he Health Ministry has pro- Proposal to convert 75 dist Tposed to convert 75 district Jammu: Amid tight security Kashmir. Apart other vehicles hospitals into medical colleges in arrangements, hundreds of dis- have been sent to other four the third phase of a scheme placed Kashmiri Pandit devo- shrines in North, Central and which aims at boosting avail- hosps into medical colleges tees left Jammu for Kashmir to South Kashmir for paying obei- ability of human resource for the take part in the annual Mata sance at the shrines tomorrow”, health sector. The proposal is a Cabinet,” a source said. In this the health sector. Medical col- ratio. The registration data from Kheer Bhawani mela, which is Relief Commissioner Bhat told part of the centrally sponsored regard, a cabinet note has already leges are unevenly spread across professional councils indicates one of the biggest religious reporters here. scheme for “establishment of been drafted, the source said. urban and rural areas of the that the availability of one doc- function of the displaced com- Bhat, who personally visit- new medical colleges by upgrad- The up-gradation of each of the country presenting wide dis- tor per population of 1953 munity, on Monday. ed all the five shrines, said there ing district or referral hospitals” 75 district hospitals into medical parities in the quality of educa- (HLEG Report) which is far less Housing the shrine of will be huge increase in the KP preferably in underserved dis- colleges would cost around Rs tion. “The shortfall of human than that recommended by Ragnya Devi, a revered goddess pilgrims visiting these shrines tricts of the country. 325 crore, according to the draft resource in health has resulted WHO norms of one doctor per of Kashmiri Pandits, the Kheer as compared to past few years. In the first phase, the gov- proposal. in skewing the distribution of 1000 population. Bhawani temple in Tulmulla “We have finalised all ernment had approved con- Once the proposal is health workers such that vul- Further, to meet the village in north Kashmir's arrangements in connections verting 58 district hospitals into realised, it would fulfil one of the nerable populations in rural, requirements of Universal Ganderbal district is the holi- Migrant Kashmiri Pandits leave in a Kashmir bound bus for the annual Kheer with the yatra. I along with the medical colleges while in the sec- promises made by the BJP in its tribal and hilly areas continue to Health Coverage (UHC) there is est religious destination for Bhawani Mela from Jammu on Sunday PTI respective heads of various ond phase, 24 hospitals were manifesto for the recently-con- be extremely underserved,” a need for improvement in the the pandits. districts and officers visited all selected. Out of all these 39 hos- cluded Lok Sabha elections. senior health ministry official country’s present doctor popu- Walking barefoot, the during Kheer Bhawani fair All Party Migrant the five temples and put in pitals have become functional Under the scheme, the states put said. The scheme will serve to lation ratio from 0.5 per 1000 devotees carry rose petals and starting on Zeasht Astami, Coordination Committee place all the required arrange- while the remaining are still in a proposal earmarking hos- create additional 10,000 MBBS persons to one doctor per 1000 offer tribute to the goddess as which falls on June 10 this year. (APMCC) Chairman Vinod ments,” he said. under construction. pitals in underserved districts to and 8,000 PG seats in the coun- persons by the end of the year men take a dip in the stream More than 100 buses car- Pandit at Nagrota in the out- Bhat visited all the five “The proposal to convert 75 be converted into medical col- try, bridge the gap in number of 2027. The scheme mentions close to the shrine. rying pilgrims to Kheer skirts of Jammu city, officials temples of goddess Ragnya district hospitals into medical leges keeping the criteria in seats available in government that the country has one of the Over 60,000 to 70,000 dis- Bhawani (Ksheer Bhawani) said. and Mata Tripursundri in colleges in the third phase of the mind that the district should and private sector, mitigate the largest number of medical col- placed pandits from various was flagged off by Jammu “We have flagged off the Kashmir valley to finalise the scheme has been sent for have no other private or gov- shortage of doctors and medical leges in the world (422), with an parts of India and abroad are Divisional Commissioner buses carrying Kashmiri security, boarding and lodging, approval to the Expenditure ernment medical college. “The faculty in India by increasing the annual production of over 57, expected to visit five famous Sanjeev Verma, Relief migrant devotees to Mata and transportation facilities en Finance Committee (EFC), after scheme aims at meeting the number of seats and to achieve 000 doctors and 25, 000 spe- temples in the Kashmir valley Commissioner TK Bhat and Kheer Bhawani temple in route and at the shrines. PTI which it will be sent to the shortfall of human resource in the desired doctor- population cialists. TN School teacher advocates for Hindi Maha farmers to sow KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n tion Minister of Tamil Nadu to Class 10 in all government pulsory subjects where as Chancellor, M S University, GM brinjal, cotton CHENNAI has made a passionate plea to schools in the State. “Learning Hindu is taught as optional Tirunelveli, is another scholar the State Government to keep a language is a strength and it subject. It is because of this that of repute, who campaigns for ven as Dravidian political politics aside and allow the builds confidence. If the stu- former Navodaya Students Hindi. He pointed out that the seeds to defy ban Eparties and fringe Tamil teaching of Hindi in the State. dents are taught Hindi, they dominate in higher education Chennai headquartered Akola: Shetkari Sanghatana, a sibility that the police may arrest groups are getting ready to stall Taken aback by the fall in can go, find jobs all over India and grab job opportunities. If Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar farmers' body in Maharashtra, us because the cultivation of Parliament and launch a series the quality of students churned and even jobs around the Hindi is taught as an optional Sabha was established in 1918 on Sunday said it will sow seeds these varieties crops is banned,” of anti-Hindi agitations all over out by the Government-run world. As even lot of North subject in Tamil Nadu, students by Mahatma Gandhi, who was of genetically modified (GM) he said. The Shetkari Sanghatana the State, a widely respected schools in Tamil Nadu, Dr Indians have migrated to Tamil of the State will have the priv- its President till he breathed his brinjal and cotton in a village in is opposed to the ban on GM school teacher from Tamil Johnson, an authority on Nadu for employment it has ilege of learning Hindi like rest last in 1948. “The ideal tribute Akola district on Monday as a crops as they are beneficial to Nadu with more than three Thirukural, the work of Sage become necessary to learn of the South Indian students. It to the Mahatma and the peo- mark of protest against the farmers, its spokesperson Lalit decades of teaching experi- Thiruvallur , says that the Hindi to deal with them,” said is therefore requested to teach ple of Tamil Nadu would be to Government's ban on GM crops. Bahale said. ence has made a passionate plea Tamil icon has not mentioned State boundaries in search of a Dr. Johnson in his letter to the Hindi as an optional paper up introcuce Hindi in all schools Around 5,000 farmers “Genetically modified seeds to the Tamil Nadu Government anywhere that Hindi or other livelihood because of their prro Tamil Nadu minister. to class 10 to provide a level before 2023 when India would under the aegis of the organisa- are being used all over the to allow students to learn languages should not be taught proficiency in languages, espe- Dr Johnson, who is credit- playing field to our students,” observe the 75th anniversary of tion are expected to gather in world and we have seen that the Hindi. in Tamil Nadu. “Tamil Nadu is cially Hindi and English,” Dr ed with the opening of Tamil writes Dr Johnson. the country’s freedom from Akoli Jahangir village in Akot costs are less, pest attacks are Dr YR Johnson, former the State which contributed Johnson told The Pioneer. Sanghams in all North Indian This 71-year-old teacher colonial rule,” said Prof taluka to plant the transgenic fewer and the yields are higher. principal of Navodaya Presidents, administrators, sci- The veteran educationist States where he had worked as who has a vast network of stu- Chockalingam. He also said varieties as to protest against the They are definitely much better Vidyalaya who has also taught entists , physicians and schol- wrote a letter to Schools a teacher has tried to allay the dents all over the country is not that for every Dravidian politi- Government's ban, its state pres- for the farmer,” he added. in National Defence Academy, ars of repute before the advent Education Minister KA fears that Tamil Nadu politi- the lone voice in Tamil Nadu cian campaigning against ident Anil Ghanwat said. Last month, the Haryana Khadakwasala, and Indian of power politics. Now the sit- Sengottayan, asking him to cians have for Hindi. “In demanding the introduction of Hindi, there are millions of “It will be a peaceful protest. Government had uprooted GM Military Academy , Dehradun, uation is such that our students make arrangements to teach Navodaya Vidyalayas , English Hindi as a topic in schools. Dr common men who demand the We will only plant the varieties brinjal plants from a farm in in a letter to the School educa- are incapable of crossing the Hindi as an optional subject up and Hindu are taught as com- K Chockalingam, former Vice- freedom to learn Hindi. in the fields. But there is a pos- Fatehabad district. PTI LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019 nation 07

India to help India, US working on framework train 1,000 Brahmos integration into civil servants for sharing of defence tech of Maldives Sukhoi jets fast-tracked PTI n NEW DELHI companies were eyeing mega PTI n NEW DELHI PTI n NEW DELHI ment had carried out a review Missile Technology Control projects in India under the of IAF’s February 26 air Regime (MTCR) last year. ndia and the US are work- ambitious strategic partner- he National Centre for Good n a strategically significant strikes deep inside Pakistan’s Brahmos missile is the heav- ing on a framework to ship model but they were TGovernance (NCGG), Imove, the government has Balakot and the consensus iest weapon to be deployed on Ifacilitate transfer of critical apprehensive of safety and India’s leading civil services decided to fast-track integra- was that the adversary would India’s Su-30 fighter aircraft. military technology and clas- security of critical technology training institution, has entered tion of Brahmos supersonic not have dared to retaliate the There was a view in the sified information by when it is shared with Indian into an agreement with the cruise missiles into over 40 next day if India possessed IAF that if it possessed high American defence firms to private sector. Maldives Civil Services Sukhoi fighter jets under a superior air defence system as levels of “technological asym- Indian private sector for joint Under the strategic part- Commission for capacity build- closely-guarded project. well as strike capability. metry”, then it would have ventures, authoritative sources nership model, select private ing of 1,000 civil servants from Official sources said the “In this context, the gov- been able to inflict heavy said. The framework will also firms will be roped in to build the Maldives over the next five decision to speed up imple- ernment decided to take a damage on Pakistan during prescribe specific measures military platforms like sub- years, an official statement issued mentation of the “strategic” series of steps to bolster the the adversary’s unsuccessful for ensuring safety and security marines and fighter jets in on Sunday said. The agreement project was taken nearly six IAF’s overall combat capabil- aerial raid on February 27. of sensitive technology and India in partnership with for- was signed during Prime weeks after the Balakot air ity which included fast-track- The government is under- classified information when eign entities. Indo-US defence Minister Narendra Modi’s visit strikes and subsequent ing integration of Brahmos taking several measures to shared with Indian firms. ties are on an upswing and to Male, the capital of the Pakistani retaliation. State- missiles into Sukhoi jets,” said strengthen the IAF’s combat At present, there is no framework will also bring clar- their key military platforms in both New Delhi and Maldives, on Saturday. run aerospace behemoth a source. Once the project to prowess, sources said, adding provision for sharing classified ity on issues relating to liabil- India while forging joint ven- Washington have said they are The agreement envisages Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd integrate the Brahmos mis- the HAL has been specifical- defence information by ity, intellectual property rights tures with Indian companies. committed to expanding these that the NCGG will be the (HAL) and the BrahMos siles into the Sukhoi fleet is ly told to put additional man- American companies with the and industrial safety. Last month, Lockheed further. nodal institution for designing Aerospace Pvt Ltd (BAPL), an over, the IAF’s capability to power and resources to fast- Indian private sector although The American defence Martin offered to manufacture Both sides have also been customised training modules Indo-Russia joint venture, are strike from large stand-off track the Brahmos project. both countries have been industry were pushing for such its newly rolled out F-21 fight- pushing for joint venture and and its implementation, taking implementing the project. ranges on any target in sea or The government is of the favouring joint development of a framework for collaboration er in India. The US aerospace collaboration between private into account the requirements of Considering IAF’s land is expected to go up view that the planned induc- critical military platforms. with Indian defence firms in giant also said it will not sell sectors of the two countries in the Maldives Civil Services requirement, both HAL and manifold. tion of Rafale aircraft with The two countries are private sectors for producing the aircraft to any other coun- defence manufacturing. In Commission. The subject mat- BAPL were directed to expe- In 2016, the government deadly Meteor beyond-visu- working on the specific frame- military hardware and plat- try if if it places an order for June 2016, the US had desig- ters of the training programme dite implementation of the had decided to integrate the al-range air-to-air missile work to facilitate sharing of forms. American defence 114 planes. The US-India nated India a “Major Defence will include public administra- project so that it can be com- air-launched variant of the (BVRAAM), procurement of critical military technology by giants including Boeing and Business Council (USIBC) has Partner,” intending to elevate tion, e-governance and service pleted much before the sched- Brahmos into over 40 Sukhoi S-400 air defence missile sys- American defence firms with Lockheed Martin are eyeing also been pushing for a frame- defence trade and technology delivery, public policy and gov- uled deadline of December fighter jets. Though actual tem and integration of their Indian counterparts, the billions of dollars of contracts work for sharing of critical sharing with India to a level ernance, information technolo- 2020, sources said. The work on the project started by Brahmos on Sukhoi will pro- sources said. They said the in India and have already technology with Indian firms. commensurate with that of its gy, best practices in fisheries in Brahmos, the world’s fastest end of 2017, its implementa- vide India a significant government-to-government offered to manufacture some of An official said several US closest allies and partners. coastal areas, agro-based prac- supersonic cruise missile, tion has been very slow, advantage over Pakistani Air tices, self-help group initiatives, coupled with the superlative sources said. The 2.5-ton mis- Force, sources said. The air- urban development and plan- performance of the Sukhoi sile flies almost three times launched variant of the Technical issues ning and ethics in administra- aircraft will give the IAF a the speed of sound at Mach Brahmos was successfully tion, the statement said. The strategic reach and will allow 2.8 and has a range of 290 km. test fired from a Sukhoi-30 crop up, rescue Govt to procure 2 supercomputers Maldives will nominate suitable it to dominate the ocean and The range of the missile combat jet on November 22, civil servants in the senior or the battle fields in the region, can be extended up to 400 km 2017, marking a major mile- operation of executive or middle manage- according to an assessment by as certain technical restric- stone to enhance the preci- ment levels as per the agreed the IAF. tions were lifted after India sion strike capability of the toddler goes on for augmenting weather forecast timelines. Sources said the govern- became a full member of the air force. Further, the NCGG will PTI n SANGRUR PTI n NEW DELHI assist the Civil Services Training Institute, a subsidiary of the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 escuers are facing some ith an aim to improve weather forecast- Maldives Civil Services Rtechnical issues on Sunday Wing in the country, the government will Commission, to develop train- as they as are “quite close” to procure two more supercomputers whose com- ing programmes and materials NITISH CONFINES... leader said. functioning in the bank,” he reaching where two-year-old bined computing powers would be eight times and assist in organising The national executive “We will not compromise tweeted. boy has been stuck in a 150- the existing capacity, a top ministry official said exchange of experts as needed by meeting of the JD(U) was on these issues,” Tyagi said. A senior Government offi- foot-deep borewell in Punjab’s on Sunday. Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary the Civil Services Commission, attended by several senior party On the JD(U)’s course of cial said Ahmed had a meteoric Sangrur district for past three M Rajeevan said plans are afoot to buy these it said. The Ministry of External leaders, including vice presi- action, if the BJP decided to rise from a CA to chairman days, officials said. supercomputers, with a combined total com- Affairs will bear all expenses per- dent Prashant Kishor, Ram implement its promise of abro- within a span of 15 years and The child, Fatehvir, fell puting speed of 80 petaflops, at a cost of approx- taining to the training pro- Chandra Prasad Singh and gating Article 370, Tyagi said, has a “dubious credential and into the unused borewell in a imately Rs 1,500 crore. The MoES currently has gramme, the statement issued by Bihar unit chief Bashishtha “We will oppose the move shady reputation”. field when he was playing near two supercomputers — one at the National Personnel Ministry said. Narayan Singh. while being in NDA, the way Pervez Ahmed joined the his house around 4 pm on Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast KV Eapen, Director Kishor was seated next to we did it on the issue of triple Bank as a Company Secretary Thursday. The seven-inch-wide (NCMRWF), Noida, and the other at Indian General, NCGG and Secretary Nitish Kumar and both had a talaq (when the party voted in 1998 and has led the Bank borewell was covered with a Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune — with to the Department of meeting before the meeting against triple talaq Bill in the in various Corporate and cloth and the boy accidentally a combined capacity of 10 petaflops. We are currently giving weather forecast with Administrative Reforms and started. There were clear indi- Rajya Sabha).” Operational assignments over stepped on it. His mother tried Union Minister for Earth Sciences Harsh a (satellite) resolution of 12 kilometres. We plan Public Grievances, said the cations that he continued to When pressed further on a period of two decades till to rescue him, but failed, offi- Vardhan was also briefed about the priority pro- to take it to 5 kilometres for district and block NCGG trained 28 civil servants enjoy the confidence of Kumar the possibility of the JD (U) assuming office as Chairman cials said. The rescue operation curement after he took charge of the ministry level forecast and we need high computing for from the Maldives in April and even after he reportedly agreed quitting the NDA govern- and CEO in October 2016. has been going on for the last for a second time last week, the secretary said. that,” Rajeevan said. These supercomputers this successful engagement to work for West Bengal chief ment, he reiterated, “We will Among the nine Board of 78 hours. “We are quite close to The new supercomputers will be set up at the are used to compute data related to weather fore- encouraged the two countries to minister Mamata Banerjee, a continue to oppose it while Directors in the J&K Bank, two reaching the child. We were two existing institutes of the MoES, Rajeevan casting and running different weather and cli- take the collaboration forward. sworn enemy of the BJP, in the being in NDA. It is your are from the Kashmir Valley - hoping to complete the opera- said. He said the ministry has formed a panel mate models. They also play a critical role in Eapen said in 2019, the NCGG next year’s Assembly elections. (media) wish that we should - the chairman himself and tion during the day, but we are of experts to assess whether to buy two super- computing data for monsoon and extreme has successfully conducted train- The JD (U) leadership was part ways.” businessman Ashraf Mir. facing some technical issues computers of 40 petaflops capacity each or two weather event and are also used by other insti- ing programmes for the civil ser- obviously not averse to his It has been alleged that and hopefully these will be units of 60 petaflops and 20 petaflops each. “We tutes of the MoES such as the India vants of Bangladesh, Myanmar, decision even though it would ALIGARH TENSE... Ahmed got his nephew, overcome,” district Deputy have been improving our weather forecasting. Meteorological Department. the Gambia and the Maldives. upset the saffron outfit. Police had on Saturday Muzaffar, posted into his office Commissioner Ganshyam The Chief Minister and evening thwarted an attempt by immediately after taking over Thori said in the evening. Kishor are understood to have some protesters, carrying effi- as chairman. No food could be provid- agreed that the poll strategist’s gies of the accused, from enter- His daughter-in-law, ed to the child, who has been organisation, I-PAC (Indian ing the locality housing the Shazia Ambreen, was also unconscious after he fell into Political Action Committee) families of the accused and the allegedly appointed as a the borewell, Thori said, adding BJP MP wants ED be brought can go ahead with providing e victim. Probationary Officer and is that oxygen was being supplied professional assistance to the The body of the girl was currently heading the to him. On Saturday morning, Trinamool Congress for the found in a garbage dump on Hazratbal branch, the official officials, who were monitoring 2021 Assembly polls. June 2, three days after she was said. the boy’s condition through under MHA from Fin Ministry “The JD (U) has nothing to reported missing. A case was Two branches of J&K camera, had said some move- do with I-PAC. It is not a part registered against the main Bank, Kaprin in Shopian and ments of the child were PTI n NEW DELHI nizance of a case registered under other of JD (U) either. Why was this accused identified as Zahid Wuyan in Pulwama, operate noticed. Thori, who is super- laws like the IPC, NDPS or the Passport question not raised when he (27). He was arrested on June allegedly from his own premis- vising the rescue operation, ith Amit Shah assuming the charge Act among others. “Current establishment (Kishor) worked for Jagan 4. Shagufta (32) and Mehndi es and those of his in-laws, the described it as the “rarest of the Wof the Home Ministry, BJP MP in the ED predominantly consists of offi- Mohan Reddy in Andhra Hasan, the wife and brother of official said. rare”, and said it was quite chal- Nishikant Dubey on Sunday said the cers from the finance ministry who do not Pradesh Assembly elections,” Zahid, were arrested on June 8. Two of his relatives, Asif lenging as there were a lot of Enforcement Directorate (ED), which have adequate expertise or training in mat- Tyagi said. Police had also arrested Beg and M. Fahim, both technicalities involved. investigates crimes related to money ters pertaining to the IPC or other such The I-PAC came into lime- Aslam, 43, on June 4. He was nephew, allegedly control the The National Disaster laundering, should be shifted from the laws,” Dubey said, adding knowledge of light in 2014 when it handled earlier charged under the Human Resources and Board Response Force (NDRF) has Ministry of Finance to Home. such laws is an essential prerequisite to the campaign of Narendra Protection of Children from affairs including the credit pro- also deputed an officer who The MP said that he has written a let- deal with PMLA matters. “Given that Modi. A year later, Kishor Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) posals. specialises in operations to ter to the Prime Minister in this regard. majority of the scheduled offences are in worked as a poll strategist for in 2014 and 2017. He also faced Recently the J&K Bank rescue children stuck in The ED functions under the Department the domain of the Ministry of Home the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand charges under Uttar Pradesh’s signed an insurance deal with borewells, the official said ear- of Revenue in the Finance Ministry. The Affairs, it is a natural corollary that the alliance) in Bihar comprising Goonda Act. IFFCO Tokio General lier in the day. The toddler is probe agency’s director post is equivalent PMLA must be moved to the ministry and the JD (U), RJD and Congress Meanwhile, reports said Insurance Company where the stuck at a depth of 125 feet, and to the rank of an additional secretary and also the ED,” he said. before moving his base to family members of the accused chairman’s sister’s son report- an NDRF team, assisted by reports to the revenue secretary. The parliamentarian said shifting the Punjab and Uttar Pradesh have abandoned their houses edly works, according to the police, civil authorities, vil- It broadly deals with the matters per- ED to the home ministry makes more where he was actively engaged after the incident came to the official. lagers and volunteers, are car- taining to the Prevention of Money Penal Code (IPC) or Unlawful Activities sense as it is being headed by Shah “who with Congress campaign. fore. They said other families in Interiors of hundreds of the rying out the rescue operation. Laundering Act (PMLA) and Foreign (Prevention) Act or the Arms Act and oth- is decisive, pro-active and unbiased”. Party chief Nitish Kumar the neighbourhood belonging branches were allegedly allot- Some volunteers from Dera Exchange Management Act (FEMA). ers. Dubey also cited the case of shifting the had said on Saturday that to the minority community ted to select individuals for Rs Sacha Sauda sect, too, were Dubey said that in his letter to the Prime Under the present system, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to the “Kishor will come up with an have also moved out fearing for 50 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore per helping in the rescue opera- Minister he has contended that most of the Enforcement Directorate cannot inde- home ministry from finance as it is explanation that answers all the their lives. SSP Kulhari, how- branch while actual cost is tions, one of the volunteers cases registered under FEMA are for those pendently register a case under the PMLA believed operational issues of the NCB questions.” ever, rejected such reports. He only 30 per cent of the money said. offences which come under the Indian and it has to mandatorily take cog- would be better handled in the MHA. Asked whether Kishor said reports of migration from paid, it is alleged. explained before the party pres- the region were without any It was also alleged that a ident about the issue of offer- substance. Tension had pre- 12th grade pass brother of a ing professional help to the vailed in the area after the vic- former Minister and a relative Trinamool Congress, Tyagi tim’s family alleged that police of a top politician was appoint- Farewells, pension processes for CAPF personnel held up said, “Kishor had a talk with officials delayed the registration ed directly as manager alleged- Nitish Kumar on the issue and of their complaint and the ly through back door and post- PTI n NEW DELHI said. A number of orders four forces of CRPF, BSF, ITBP vention, it was clear that the senior officials in the MHA the matter has now ended.” investigation. Five policemen ed in J&K Bank’s Bhaderwah issued by these forces, which and SSB as “discriminatory government would have to have sent in a file on the sub- On the party’s stand on have been suspended for neg- branch. undreds of retirements have been seen by PTI, state and unconstitutional” and said take a final decision and make ject for final consideration of Article 370, uniform civil code ligence and Kulhari on Friday Loans worth hundreds of Hand subsequent pension action on this front has to be it created two classes in the uniform the retirement age in Union Home Minister Amit and Ram Mandir, Tyagi said assured locals that justice crores were allegedly allotted procedures for personnel of kept on hold till “a final deci- uniformed forces. all these forces by either fixing Shah, who took charge last the outfit has already made its would be done in the case. without formalities in “brazen various Central Armed Police sion by the MHA and the According to the present it at 57 or 60 years, a senior week. Whenever the final deci- position clear on the issues Candlelight protests over violation” of Standard Forces (CAPFs) have been Department of Personnel and policy, all personnel in the official in the security estab- sion comes, either farewells which is in public domain. the murder were held in Operating Procedures (SOPs) stuck since May 31 as the Training”. The ceremonial other forces under the MHA lishment said on the condition will be accorded and pension “The JD (U)’s stand on Aligarh city. Teachers and stu- or guidelines to select recom- Ministry of Home Affairs is farewells and processing of — the Central Industrial of anonymity. As the SC order papers prepared or adminis- Article 370 is well known that dents at Aligarh Muslim mendees of two politicians. yet to take a final decision over retirement papers have been Security Force and the Assam came on May 10, it was expect- trative arrangements will be we are in favour of it. The party University have demanded Overdrafts of hefty fixing a benchmark superan- halted for for hundreds of Rifles — retire at the age of 60. ed that the ministry would take made to accommodate the is also in favour of reforms such “exemplary and prompt” pun- amounts were allegedly nuation age in these uni- personnel from the constabu- However, in CRPF, BSF, a decision at least by May end manpower in case the retire- as uniform civil code but it ishment for the perpetrators. released to habitual defaulters formed services. lary up to the commandant ITBP and SSB, the personnel so that the retirees are not ment age is enhanced to 60 (party) wants that all the stake- of other banks. Many of such The headquarters of the level (senior superintendent of from the ranks of constable to affected and no legal problems years, another official said. holders should be consulted CHAIRMAN’S OUSTER... accounts turned Non- four major CAPFs — the police equivalent) since May commandant retire at the age arise. But that did not happen, These four CAPFs are before taking any final decision. The Jammu and Kashmir Performing Assets (NPA). Central Reserve Police Force 31, the officials said. While of 57, while those above them he added. deployed for a variety of secu- The party chief had written a Government holds 59 per cent One-time settlements were (CRPF), the Border Security some forces have either asked superannuate at the age of 60. The new government was rity operations, including letter to the Law Commission stake in the J&K Bank. done with select defaulters Force (BSF), the Sashastra the retirees to stay at home till The Supreme Court on sworn in on May 30 and it was guarding borders, conducting chairman Justice BS Chauhan Commenting on the sudden against alleged huge kickbacks. Seema Bal (SSB) and the a final decision is taken, oth- May 10 dismissed an SLP (spe- expected that a final decision anti-Maoist operations and in this regard,” he said. developments, Parvez Ahmed It was alleged that Rs 8 Indo-Tibetan Border Police ers have asked them to keep cial leave petition) filed by the would be taken in a week, but combating terrorism in Jammu The party has always been in a Twitter post said he has crore has been spent as corpo- (ITBP), here are continuous- coming to office but refrain Union government in which an order is overdue, the offi- and Kashmir. The Delhi High of the view that the issue of absolutely no regret over his rate social responsibility (CSR) ly getting messages from their from doing any work, they the latter had challenged the cial said. In the meantime, a Court bench of Justice Sanjeev Ram temple be either resolved work and that he did his job on beautification of a golf field units, seeking directions added. HC order, stating that such number of officials who were Narula had struck down the through dialogue or court “most diligently, honestly and course. It was also alleged that on the way forward. But they The development pertains matters were in the realm of retiring on May 31 approached existing rules in its January order, he said. Even Prime in the best interest of the insti- Rs 30 lakh was paid to a par- are being asked to “maintain to a January order of the Delhi policy decisions and not for the the courts and got a stay order, saying such discrimina- Minister Narendra Modi and tution”. ticular media outlet for pub- status quo till the government High Court where it had called courts to decide. against their superannuation, tion would lead to “lowering of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat have “Open to scrutiny on each lishing advertisements to high- takes a final decision,” multi- the current policy of different With the apex court thereby increasing litigation, the morale” of the CAPF said that the issue should be and every transaction I have light the budget but there was ple officials in these forces age of superannuation in the declining to make any inter- he said. It is understood that personnel. decided by the court, the JD(U) done during my two decades of little visibility, the official said. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Murder most foul The Aligarh killing shows how we continue to fail our future Down in the dumps generation and pawn it mindlessly without a redressal mechanism nother cold-blooded killing of a two-and-a-half-year old girl, pos- Sales of cars and utility vehicles have taken a huge hit and upcoming changes in Asibly involving assault too, just to punish her family for non-payment safety standards and emissions will drive sales even lower of a loan, led to much shock and awe. But the Aligarh case is symptomatic of the lack of societal will to nurture our future generation and protect the inno- cence of childhood on an actionable basis beyond expressing regret. Till then, vulnerable children will continue to be pawned for adult aberrations and KUSHAN MITRA greed. Already the brutalisation of chil- dren has had its adverse impact in he past few months have been par- many of them turning to deviant and violent behaviour. Such incidents ticularly brutal for the Indian cannot be a conscience call anymore but need drastic action. Yes, five automotive industry. Sales of cars, utility vehicles, motorcycles, scoot- cops have been suspended but why was there no deterrent for their wil- ers and heavy commercial vehicles ful ignorance or light-hearted treatment of a missing child complaint? haveT all fallen, and no manufacturer has been What comfort zone have we allowed to seep into the police force that spared. After several years of consistent growth, the market’s sudden decline has lets them decide the severity of a crime? In this case, the body of the caught every manufacturer off-guard, and child was allowed to fester in a garbage dump. If the killing was bad with several other producers making entry enough, this apathy for action in the case was the worst. into India soon, it has made plans go awry. Over the past few years, the capacity of close India’s record in violation of child rights is frightening to say the least to a million new vehicles has been added in and has reduced our kids to a ransomable value and a subject of exchange India and with Korean car-maker Kia about rates. Child trafficking is one of the major problems with a child being abduct- to inaugurate its new facility in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, later this year, even more ed and sold every eight minutes, according to past crime data. Often par- capacity is coming on stream. But everyone ents trade the child themselves to beat their poverty levels. Sexual offences in the industry is puzzled by the scale of the committed against children are so high that about 50 per cent of our kids decline and is wondering when sales will start go through the ordeal of molestation and assault by the time they are ado- growing again. One reason, a line being parrotted by all lescents. And despite the provision of the Protection of Children against large manufacturers ever since the four- Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), the implementation and processes are so decade-old veteran of the industry Maruti- tardy that the affected child may well turn an adult before he finds justice. Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava mentioned it, is that sales tend to decline in the months Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has worked out that for cases registered leading up to a General Election. This afflicts in 2016, there is no hope of them being resolved by even 2022. Some not just the auto industry, but consumer sen- states like Gujarat may have to wait for 50 years for a full resolution given timent is also depressed before elections sim- ply because of political uncertainty filling the the backlog of cases. We also continue to figure high in the global index air. Consumers tend to hold on to their money of child homicides. And for all talk of fundamental rights, India has one of lest a new Government comes in and changes meant everything from anti- accelerate the process of intro- the Parliament, will make the the largest numbers of child labourers in the world. This is primarily due policy. But the contagion for the Indian auto- lock brakes, two-front airbags ducing new emissions norms. It biggest difference. As for better motive industry started earlier than expect- minimum, reversing sensors and was decided that vehicles would emissions, it is apparent to all to lack of accountability in labour laws and migration and separation of ed this electoral cycle, beginning with the dev- speed alarms. Two-wheelers, too, shift to Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) who live in the plains that air families to cities. All this is complicated by a police set-up which is hos- astating floods in Kerala that all but wiped out get newer braking systems called almost immediately and manda- quality has dramatically wors- tile to rather than being sensitive to cases involving children. sales during the Onam festive period. The a Combined Brake Distribution torily introduce Bharat Stage-VI ened. Any action to improve it northern festive season while seeing some (CBD) system. Higher rates of (BS-VI) norms starting from should be welcomed. Yet, there Protection of child rights can happen when we inculcate an aware- sales increases were muted as was the wed- insurance will mean that many WHILE CHANGING April 1, 2020. Skipping BS-V is also no doubt that this triple ness about them at the school level but figures show that there has been ding season. Since 2019 rolled around, sales of the accident victims — and POLICIES, norms meant that manufactur- threat has hurt consumer senti- a growing incidence of crimes against children in educational institutions. have jumped off the cliff — last month India has over 1,50,000 road fatal- ers had to skip an entire gener- ment with increased prices that Maruti-Suzuki saw sales drop by a fifth over ities heavily skewed towards PROMOTING SAFETY ation and force them towards might keep demand suppressed Past data shows that roughly two out of every three school-going chil- the same month (May) last year. pedestrians and two-wheeler expensive innovation. for longer. dren have reported corporal punishments and 60 percent of these cases So the impending elections, where users — will get some semblance AND BETTER It has also meant that costs This is not a good thing for were in government and municipal schools. When protectors and nur- Narendra Modi romped home in a canter, of coverage. EMISSIONS ARE will go up on BS-VI vehicles — the Government — the automo- cannot be the sole reason. Of course, outlier In cars, some of these fea- all of which will need new types tive industry directly employs turers fail and turn exploiters instead, when institutions fail to erect a frame- events such as the Kerala floods had an tures had already started to GOOD THINGS, THE of fuel treatment, injection, one and half million people and work based on basic human rights and justice, then there can be no stop- impact, but the decline in sales is a clear indi- become standard, so cost escala- GOVERNMENT exhaust and catalytic systems. All indirectly supports over 10 mil- ping cases like the one at Aligarh. Till there are no effective deterrents, cation of economic distress. Even with some tion will be minimal but in two- SHOULD TRY TO of which add costs. While the lion families. While changing severe punishment meted out to errants in real time and healing affect- rate cuts making loans cheaper, several wheelers many of these features automobile and commercial policies, promoting safety and banks, particularly those worst affected by are relatively new. Mandatory KEEP A MEASURED vehicles have moved to the com- better emissions are good things, ed children through redressal systems and psychological assistance, there Non-Performing Assets crisis, have been insurance coupled with an parable Euro-VI emissions stan- the Government should try to can be no justice. Incidences of child rights violation in India are reflec- reluctant to participate in retail loans. This is increase in third-party insurance APPROACH WHEN IT dards in Europe, for two-wheel- keep a measured approach when tive of the fact that we are becoming more self-centered and refusing to evident in fewer promotions and even adver- rates mandated by the insurance COMES TO er manufacturers, the move to it comes to changing norms tising for car loans. The Reserve Bank of India’s regulator has seen prices increase BS-VI is an all-new emission going forward, particularly with look at a larger picture which can become an incurable malady. Child aggressive series of rate cuts will serve no pur- almost 10 per cent, driving a pin CHANGING NORMS standard anywhere in the world, the push for electrification. There rights violations need to be addressed at the micro levels, within local pose in fostering growth if banks do not start through the ballooning growth GOING FORWARD, and India, as a result, will man- is no doubt that electric mobili- contexts and communities, with the help of government bodies, NGOs, lending again. However, with political stabil- and bursting it. Sales for scoot- ufacture the world’s cleanest ty is the future, but a healthy and ity and a need to boost the economy, there is ers, growing at a frantic pace over PARTICULARLY motorcycles. thriving automotive industry is schools and even faith leaders. The taboos need to go and parents should a feeling that loan disbursals will kick into a the past decade, have dropped by WITH THE Nobody can argue about important. Changes in policy be encouraged to pursue such violations without fear or shame. That this higher gear soon. a third. these features. Extended insur- should not be made in a knee- happened to a girl child should make us question whether all empower- But the industry will not be out of the A bump in prices dictated by PUSH FOR ance will help accident victims jerk reaction or because of the woods that easily, for several reasons. First, policy could be a temporary and owners and lead to proper need to follow global fads. There ing schemes would mean anything at all if the girls are not allowed to there is a mandatory requirement of five years thing, but a double-whammy like ELECTRIFICATION measurable statistics for insur- are huge challenges to adopt elec- grow in the first place. of insurance for all vehicles. This is a direct this hurts sales in an already trou- ance companies leading to differ- tric mobility in India and we are result of low rates of repeat insurance purchas- bled consumer economy. And it entiated rates and better cover- seeing the result of what poor es, particularly for two-wheeler owners. At the is only going to get worse. A few age. Better safety features should policy planning can do to an same time, the Government has insisted on years back, after a very polluted help manage road fatalities, industry. Welcome the rains manufacturers adding safety features to their winter in the National Capital, although amendments to the (The writer is Managing products. For car manufacturers this has the Government decided to Motor Vehicles Act, if cleared by Editor, The Pioneer) The monsoons have arrived once again to give India renewed hopes. We wish the rain Gods remain merciful S O U N D BITE t is still remarkable that over a sixth You may ask the BJP drew It was not a planned I believe there is significant Ulti ginti (countdown) has of humanity depends on an annual blank in Kerala then why career for me. I became scope for India and Singapore to begun for Mamata Banerjee. The Iweather event for their well-being. Modi selected Kerala for his an actor purely by exper- work closely together on skill treatment she has been meting The monsoons are an intrinsic part of first political speech… Kerala imentation which I was development. We can make a out to her political opponents is as much mine as Varanasi. doing on my own self. meaningful impact in this area. remind us of King Jong-un. India and its culture. They water its fields and give sustenance to its peo- Prime Minister Actor Singapore Minister Union Minister —Narendra Modi —Taapsee Pannu —Ong Ye Kung —Giriraj Singh ple. As the news breaks that this year’s monsoons have arrived in Kerala, the rest of the country can only wait with bated breath for their turn, particular- L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR ly in the northern plains where the weather has been akin to being in a fur- Unnecessary ruckus keeping glove. This is not to Why mahagathbandhan ceased to exist undervalue his love for the coun- nace over the past few weeks. But we try and the services in any man- should also not lose sight of the fact that while the monsoons nourish, Sir — Trinamool Congress his refers to the editorial, “Crumbling cookie” (June ner. The International Cricket the water carried in rainy clouds coming from the Indian Ocean also carry (TMC) chief and West Bengal 7). The alliance between Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Council’s (ICC) diktat to the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tand the Samajwadi Party (SP) unexpectedly famed cricketer to remove the the seeds of tragedy. Last year’s floods in Kerala and elsewhere in the seems to be suffering from ‘Jai Sri stands terminated for now. The main aim of the Army insignia sported by him North-east and in parts of Bihar and West Bengal that occur every year Ram’ phobia. In a bout of vindic- gathandhan was caste-based polarisation. It hoped to during the India-South Africa have meant that each year hundreds, often thousands, of Indians per- tiveness, she has ordered the conquer the ‘Hindutva’ politics of the Bharatiya Janata match has caused a furore in arrest of people, who chanted the Party (BJP). Uttar Pradesh (UP) was touted to be the India. The furore over the issue is ish in the monsoons. Damage to the infrastructure to the tune of hun- slogan. Paradoxically, these arrests final nail in the coffin for the BJP as ‘pundits’ predict- hardly surprising as it is being dreds of crores, too, is a given. It is imperative, therefore, for local have steeled the resolve of the ed a virtual clean sweep for the gathbandhan. Experts made out to be an emotional issue Governments — right from the village level to the Centre — to be pre- Hindutva brigade. Human nature had thought that the Yadav and Dalit votes were gone at a time when nationalist senti- suggests that if someone does not for the BJP and, thus, the Narendra Modi Government ment is running high. pared for the worst when it comes to managing the adverse impact of want something, others thrust the was set to be doomed. But the Modi-Shah combina- We all admire Dhoni for his the monsoons. The dichotomy of the monsoons for India must not be same on those, who vehemently tion boomed with all guns, blazing in favour of them. batting and wicket-keeping forgotten. express aversion to the idea. And There was resentment among the grassroot workers SP because of the BSP's presence. And true to her dom- skills, leadership qualities and At the same time, while the monsoons do bring nourishing water to this is what has happened with of both parties against the alliance. Both SP and BSP inating nature, BSP chief Mayawati took a sizeable patriotic credentials. But that we Mamata Banerjee. She has have their own strengths and a gathbandhan may not chunk of the safe seats with her, leaving the SP in a are all his big fans does not mean the nation, it is becoming clearer every passing year that the country is demonstrated her lack of wisdom have impactfully translated into votes for both. quandary. In a way, Mayawati opting out of the alliance that we don’t have the option of on the verge, if not already having tipped over, of a full-fledged water by taking serious note of the ‘Jai There is a strong bond of chemistry which the should come as a blessing in disguise for her. While saying that he should go by the crisis. There needs to be better management of the water that India receives Sri Ram’ slogan chanted by the respective leaders enjoy with the voters and that chem- SP president Akhilesh Yadav has some ground work rule-book. Dhoni is on the play- Ram bhakts. The protagonists of istry was bound to be affected when both unite with to lean on, Mayawati, out of power for a long time in ing field in his capacity as an during the rainy season. Better water storage is the need of the hour. the chant have decided to send no common agenda. The selection of candidates for the State, has crisis staring at her. international cricketer. An inter- Improvement of technological aids is a must and we should make use one million post cards to Mamata the elections, too, was not in sync with the workers' Ganapathi Bhat nationalist is supposed to pro- of every drop of this precious water. The monsoon season is one that with ‘Jai Sri Ram’ inscribed on the mood. Many winnable horses were not fielded by the Akola mote internationalism. It should mail. not be forgotten that we are an defines India. Our festivals and culture have developed around this sea- The Chief Minister has is very dangerous. Her political TMC, it is not difficult to replace Dhoni glove row organic part of the internation- sonal life-bringing rain. We pray to the Gods that the rains are success- claimed that the chanting of ‘Jai career has already started plum- TMC with the BJP. By 2021, the al community and need to act ful, and even though India is evolving as an economy, where the impact Sri Ram’ has a religious connota- meting with the BJP having BJP is likely to spread its tentacles for the permeation of a spirit of tion. Religion should not be secured 18 Lok Sabha seats in and Mamata is likely to lose her Sir — This refers to the editorial, goodwill. of the monsoons on the overall economy and its growth is getting lower blended with politics. Religion in West Bengal. ground if her attitude towards the “Much ado about a logo” (June 8). G David Milton every year, the rains are still vital. A bountiful monsoon will only help politics does not vitiate the polit- The State was a bastion of the people does not change for the The familiar idiom is “wearing Maruthancode improve the mood and spirit of the nation. We hope that the rain Gods ical atmosphere unless people like communists. For an electorate better. your patriotism on your sleeve”. Mamata deliberately stoke ten- that moved out of the communist KV Seetharamaiah On a lighter note, MS Dhoni Send your feedback to: are kind to India once again this year. sion. However, politics in religion Government and elected the Hassan wears patriotism on his wicket- [email protected] LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN Reality and POINTCOUNTERPOINT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WE (CONGRESS LEADERS) HE (RAHUL) IS UNABLE TO DIGEST MODI’S forecasts ARE FIGHTING POISON. NARENDRA MODI USES VICTORY. HATRED WAS CREATED BY THE POISON OF HATRED TO DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY. CONGRESS IN ITS 50 YEARS. Forecasting is a flourishing business that keeps —CONGRESS PRESIDENT —SENIOR BJP LEADER thousands of people occupied. But it does not worry RAHUL GANDHI BANDARU DATTATREYA any one too much that it often goes wrong Reform defence planning VINAYSHIL GAUTAM veryone likes to know the future. The trouble with fore- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has his task cut out. Major challenges include cast is that often one does not know how much it will go Ewrong and in which direction. Nevertheless, forecasting modernisation of the three services besides increasing their squadron strength is a flourishing business that keeps thousands and thousands of people occupied. People forecast by looking at the palm, at the stars, at the forehead, at the horoscope, through planchets, through numerology, the list is endless. Of course, one should not forget the columnists, who rake in money by sounding wise and profound through forecasts, by reading trends and extrap- olating selective data. It does not worry any one too much that very often, these forecasts go wrong. Certain times are more propitious for forecasts. One such case is at the beginning of the year. It is interesting to note how by a simple calendar change of date, a ‘New Year’ has been converted into such a ritual of consuming, dining, wining, buy- ing and celebrating. It is possible to argue that there is really PK VASUDEVA no difference between December 31 of any given year and January 1 of the next year any more than there is between one ne of the biggest challenges that Defence date and another. Sun rises in the same way and time passes Minister Rajnath Singh is faced with is the same way. Even the number of hours is the same. Changing Othe Indian Air Force’s (IAF) depleting dates is a simple tool of measurement. It has been mystified war machinery — aircraft/fighters. The deple- tion of fighters has indeed been a worrisome to point a global festival. trend as the IAF squadrons’ strength is down Incidentally, like the Gregorian calendar, which has a to 32 from the 42 minimum required for a two- December 31 and January 1, there are a number of other cal- front scenario. The situation of transport air- endars in the world. So also, there are a number of other New craft, too, is no better because age-old aircraft Years. There is a Chinese new year. There is a Vikram new year. have been meeting with accidents and replace- The list would include Vishu, Baisakhi, Bihu, Chetichand, ments are not coming through fast because of Gudipadwa and this only from India. Other cultures have other resource crunch and bureaucratic hurdles. new years. Some of these relate to agricultural harvest and peo- The IAF recently lost its fifth Russian-ori- ple get into celebratory mode. December 31 and January 1 of gin Antonov AN-32 military transport aircraft the Gregorian calendar has no such agricultural connotation launched in 1984. The twin-engine plane went missing on June 3 after taking off from Jorhat because it has spread to many climatic zones. in Assam with 13 Air Force personnel on board. Like all rituals, it feeds upon itself and brings in celebra- It was flying to an Advanced Landing Ground NOW THAT THE tions and forecasts. For example, January 1 of a new year is (ALG) in Menchuka, Arunachal Pradesh, near FRESH BUDGET used as an occasion to forecast yearly trends in politics, eco- the Chinese border. Strangely, on three occa- WILL BE nomics, city growth, science and technology and agriculture sions, including this time, the aircraft has dis- PRESENTED IN among others. It is made attractive with graphs, charts, pho- appeared without any trace. THE PARLIAMENT tographs, cartoons and whatever else can catch attention. The A search-and-rescue (SAR) operation IN JULY, THE process keeps feeding upon itself and multiplying. Aspiration launched has been pressed into service for an aerial and ground search — two Sukhoi Su-30 DEFENCE is to rake more revenue. If one looks at the forecast of the begin- MINISTER MUST ning of the year and reviews them a little later, sometimes the multirole fighter aircraft, a C-130J, AN-32, two Mi-17 helicopters and one Advance Light RAISE THE forecasts come across as hilarious. Helicopter (ALH) — have been carrying out MEAGRE Consider a forecast of January 1, 2019 of a national daily sorties in the areas around Siang district. A P8i DEFENCE BUDGET with humongous circulation about ‘politics’ under the head ‘the long-range reconnaissance aircraft of the ON THE WHOLE ing the end of their “total technical the MiG-21, six of which were the der to supply 126 multi-role combat air- year that will be’. The write up there on page 10 of this daily Indian Navy took off from Tamil Nadu to join AND ENSURE life” of 25 years by the end of 2019, upgraded MiG-21 Bison variant, the craft to the IAF tender, announced the read: “With the Lok Sabha elections looking truly open, amid the search operations. Indian Space Research IMMEDIATE which prompted the Ministry of Government told the Parliament in purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft intense efforts by various parties to set up alternative fronts Organisation’s (ISRO) CARTOSAT and RISAT MEASURES TO Defence to issue one of its largest March 2016. From 1971 to April after a deal struck directly with the and alliances, Delhi’s political circle appears to have arrived at satellites are taking images of the area. Ground BUILD UP upgrade contract till date. Under the 2012 as many as 482 MiG aircraft acci- French Government. While the acqui- a consensus – era of coalitions will be back this year.” (These parties of the Army and the Indo-Tibetan contract, an estimated 100 AN-32s dents took place, killing 171 pilots, 39 sition of 36 Rafale, which will be Border Police (ITBP) as well as locals and dis- AROUND 10 will get an upgrade and life extension civilians, eight service personnel and delivered during the time frame 2019- words would be ash in the mouth of the author today). DEFICIENT The write up then reasons why, across the columns and then trict administration officials are also searching overhaul over a period of five years, one aircrew, the Government told the 23, will ameliorate the situation some- the area. However, no wreckage has been sight- FIGHTER with an initial lot being sent to Parliament in May 2012. what, the squadron strength will still be goes on to predict that three scenarios could play out. The BJP ed so far. SQUADRONS FOR Ukraine and the rest undergoing it at From 1993 to 2013, 198 MiG-21s alarmingly worrisome. could remain the single largest party. It will then turn to its exist- The AN-32s have a spotty safety record. IMPROVING IAF’S Kanpur depot of Hindustan specifically — often dubbed “flying There is indeed a dire need for a ing NDA allies and reach out to other potential partners for a wider The plane and its variants have been involved COMBAT Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The pro- coffins” by pilots — of different vari- spirit of inquiry in a country where coalition. This will mean compromise on its ideological agenda, in more than 15 incidents since 1986, accord- EFFICIENCY ject was executed in 2009-2013. It will ants have crashed, killing 151 pilots. year after year an ever-increasing on power distribution and cabinet berths, and, perhaps, even lead- ing to the Aviation Safety Network. In 1986, an include life extension of both the By 2022, these aircraft will have Defence Budget (`418,000 crore for ership... The Congress could substantially improve its perfor- AN-32 disappeared over the Arabian Sea on a engines and airframe, improved reached the end of their lifetime and the FY 2019-2020) gets passed in the mance. It if exceeds the 130-150 range, the party could even delivery flight from the Soviet Union via Oman. avionics suite, communication equip- the MiG-21s along with the MiG-23 Parliament without any discussion or throw its hat in the game for leadership... On the other hand, the No trace was found of the aircraft or the peo- ment and landing aids”. Surprisingly, and MiG-27 will be phased out. To debate, even as India’s security chal- BJP may substantially shrink — say, losing over a 100 seats ple on board. In 2016, another AN-32 having the upgrade did not include the overcome its depleting fighter lenges continue to mount. Yet, despite from its current tally… the Congress may improve to over 100- 29 personnel flying from Chennai to the engines or the air-frame. strength, the IAF will have to acquire this huge allocation, the capital out- Andaman and Nicobar Islands went missing The twin-turboprop AN-32s, the aircraft as soon as possible. Over lay remains both inadequate and 120 seats, but not gain enough to claim leadership. In this sce- above the Bay of Bengal. In between these two which ferry troops and supplies to for- 10 squadrons of MiG-21 Bisons and sometimes even under-spent due to nario, leadership could move to a non-Congress, non-BJP party, incidents, there were two crashes — in 1989 and ward areas, has suffered from poor MiG-27 Floggers will be retiring by bureaucratic interference. but the government would rest on the support of the Congress.” 2009 — that resulted in the deaths of the 13 serviceability, tardy maintenance, the end of 2019. The depletion of IAF squadrons is Now everyone knows how true this turned out to be! In eco- crewmembers. delays in overhauls and shortage of To hold up against today’s fight- a matter of great concern. How can a nomic terms, “fastest GDP growth status was not seen as ben- The IAF has over 100 AN-32s, which play spares, resulting in a high Aircraft On er-jets, an aircraft needs the latest nation afford to lose highly trained efitting India as in China’s case today”. China and the US (were a critical role in equipping India’s frontline Ground (AOG) percentage. technology such as advanced avion- brave lives (IAF pilots) and billions of to be locked) in a massive clasp of palms in a feasibly demon- forces. The IAF supplies nearly 40,000 tonnes Unfortunately, this non-upgraded ics and radar, greater weapon-load dollars war equipment besides plum- strable show of strength. And, of course, nobody had any time of material, including food and kerosene, aircraft was operating in such a hos- capacity, stealth technology, electron- meting combat efficiency? Rajnath to forecast about tribals, even while everything from continental every year to far-off places. People believe that tile and rugged terrain. As a result, ic warfare capability, precision Singh has to also uproot this lack- drift in European Union to tariff warpath was being discussed. An transport aircraft is only for carrying passen- there could be no significant life weaponry and other such features, adaisical attitude of bureaucracy by gers but that isn’t its only role — the AN-32 has extension. Yet the fact, as recorded in which the MiG-21 does not have. To integrating military leadership in author even declared that 100-year life was firmly within (each) done a fantastic job for the Air Force and the a Comptroller and Auditor-General of arrest the drawdown, the Air Force MoD. Now that the fresh Budget will grasp. Today, welfare of the weaker communities has clinched country. Almost 15 years back, it was used to India (CAG) report tabled in 2015, is will induct Sukhoi-20, Tejas Light be presented in the Parliament in July, the day. The economically weaker sections of the society are play- transport Meat on the Hoof, including sheep that the upgrade programmes “was Combat Aircraft (LCA) and Rafale the Defence Minister must raise the ing a determining role. The tribals are determining not just wel- and lambs to Ladakh, Siachen and Arunachal neither completely successful nor jets, the IAF told the parliamentary meagre Defence Budget on the whole fare but fashions. Human life is shakier than ever because of a bases. It hasn’t just been called a workhorse. comprehensive”. Defence Minister committee. and ensure immediate measures to threatened epidemic of cancer, climate change and distributed The Ukrainian manufacturer of the AN-32 Rajnath must ensure that some heads In April 2018, Prime Minister build up around 10 deficient fighter ecosystems. While some are trying to re-write the social scripts, transport aircraft, Antonov Aeronautical fall for such a serious lapse. Narendra Modi, side-stepping a three- squadrons for improving IAF’s com- there is really nothing unique in it because each generation tries Scientific/Technical Complex, had been award- Of the 28 IAF fighters crashed year negotiation for the Medium Multi- bat efficiency. to do the same. So much for forecasts and so much for reality! ed a $400 million order to upgrade the entire between April 2012 and March 2016, Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) com- (The writer is a retired Professor in (The writer is a well-known management consultant) AN-32 fleet. The AN-32s were fast approach- more than one-fourth (eight) involved petition, also known as the MRCA ten- international trade) Events in Sudan are not surprising FOREIGN EYE The Janjaweed don’t care how many people they kill, and none of the most powerful Governments in the Arab world do either. Pro-democracy leaders have been carrying out campaigns but unless they take back control of the streets, it’s all over personal contact with the people you reluctance themselves. Unlike the pri- on the interim council. want to kill. vate soldiers, they have profited Then early this week, the Rapid The ordinary soldiers come from greatly under Bashir’s rule and have Support Forces/Janjaweed went in exactly the same society as the protest- no intention of giving up their own shooting and cleared the square in ers and, knowing who these people privileges and power. They were front of Army Headquarters that had really are, will by now be quite reluc- happy enough to sacrifice Bashir to been occupied by pro-democracy A BIG BURDEN tant to kill them. Dictators know that the protesters (he’s now under arrest forces for the past two months. The you must never give your soldiers an and awaiting trial), but they don’t do TMC’s head, General Abdel Fattah al- So Theresa May made her order you know they will disobey, self-sacrifice. Burhan, declared on state television mistakes. She lacked the GWYNNE DYER because that creates a dilemma for them So they played for time, negotiat- that the military had decided to “stop empathy that people that they can only resolve by killing you. ing a ‘democratic transition’ with the negotiating with the alliance for free- thought she had when she t’s like the Tienanmen Square in So you must find some other group to protest leaders while waiting for the dom and change and cancel what had miniature and maybe not all that do the massacre. They may just be sol- support to flow in from other Arab been agreed on.” What had changed? talked about righting Iminiature. The reported death toll diers you bring in from out of town, tyrannies. It duly arrived: An immedi- Nothing. The military was never “burning injustices”. in Khartoum after the recent massacre who have had no previous human con- ate gift of $3 billion from Saudi Arabia, negotiating in good faith; it was just However, the fundamental stands at more than 100, but the tact with the protesters before the order In Sudan that group began as a were never seen in the capital in those the United Arab Emirates and Egypt to buying time. The Sudanese truth about Brexit is that it whole city is still locked down, with to kill is given. That’s what the Chinese bunch of camel-herding tribesmen, days, but now they have uniforms of a help Bashir’s military heirs buy back Professionals Association, which is wrong to make her the columns of Rapid Support Forces regime did before the Tienanmen already at war with the local farmers, sort and they are all over Khartoum. support and the promise of political spearheaded the nationwide protests, (RSF) vehicles driving through the Square massacre in 1989. who were then recruited by the old They are doing the job that the support for any killing that they saw as is calling for a campaign of “sweeping scapegoat for the mess. streets, firing at practically anything that They may be special forces troops regime to torch villages and slaughter soldiers of the regular Army may have a necessary part of the process. civil disobedience to topple the treach- The next Tory leader has moves. There may be a lot more dead. and secret police, left over from the their inhabitants in western Sudan. balked at: Killing enough citizens, The military junta, calling itself the erous and killer military council,” but the opportunity to either The RSF used to be known as the old dictatorship and long rewarded They acquired a taste for rape, pillage more or less at random, to frighten the ‘Transitional Military Council’, kept up unless it can take back control of the keep the Groundhog Day Janjaweed and they are not soldiers; for abusing and murdering the old and murder and became known as the rest back into submission. The ordi- the facade of power-sharing with the streets, it’s all over. Can it do that? they are professional killers. They are regime’s enemies, who will gladly Janjaweed. They are now called the RSF. nary soldiers’ reluctance was often on opposition ‘Alliance for Freedom and Probably not. The Janjaweed don’t care nightmare alive for a few the local solution to the problem any serve a new dictatorship. That’s who Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s dictator display in the early days of the Change’ right down to last weekend. how many people they kill and none more months; or to draw dictatorship faces when it decides to General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi used to since 1989, originally created them to Sudanese revolution, when they Last week, the Transitional Military of the most powerful Governments in breath and admit that end a non-violent protest by murder- kill at least a thousand non-violent carry out a genocide in the separatist sometimes intervened to protect the Council (TMC) spokesman said that the Arab world do either. departure could be ing the protesters. By that time your protesters on Rabaa Square in Cairo western province of Darfur, a crime for protesters from the RSF. a deal was almost done: There would (The writer’s new book is Growing impossible. soldiers will usually have been on the after his military coup overthrew which he has been indicted by the The generals, who have now be an election in two years and civil- Pains: The Future of Democracy and (The Independent) streets for a while and will have had Egypt’s elected Government in 2013. International Criminal Court. They unleashed the RSF, never felt that ians would have a majority of the seats Work) LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019 money 10 Divided G20 admits trade war risk to world economy

AFP n FUKUOKA are a threat to growth... It’s not ernor Yi Gang, during which always the mood in the there was a “candid discussion Countries must have sovereign right to he world’s top financial American administration,” he on trade issues”. Free flow of data raises Tpolicymakers admitted said. But taking a different line Sunday that trade tensions had “I wouldnt say it’s them from the other policymakers, use data for welfare of people: Goyal worsened and posed a risk for against all the others but it Mnuchin said the slowdown in PTI n NEW DELHI certain challenges: the global economy, after a G20 looks like it sometimes, even if some parts of the world was not WTO’s reform process should not meeting that laid bare differ- everyone also criticises some due to trade difficulties and ndia has said countries must dilute the basic principles of ences between the United aggression from China.” - even said the friction could Ihave the sovereign right to use States and other nations. Trade battles were front benefit some countries if com- their data for welfare of people, providing special and differential G20 Trade Ministers Following 30 hours of and centre of policymakers’ panies relocated from China to and free trade advocacy should PTI n NEW DELHI wrangling in what one official minds as the US and China avoid tariffs. not necessarily lead to justifi- treatment to developing countries as described as a “tense” atmos- continue to threaten each other “There will be winners and cation for free flow of data. well as consensus-based decision ecognising that free flow of data raises certain challenges, trade phere, G20 finance minister with tariffs that economists losers,” said the treasury secre- It was stated by Commerce Rministers of G-20 Sunday called for addressing issues relat- and central bank chiefs pro- fear could slam the brakes on tary. and Industry Minister Piyush making. Commerce and Industry ed to privacy, data protection, and intellectual property rights. duced a hard-fought final global growth. The quandary of reform- Goyal at the two-day G20 Minister Piyush Goyal says at a Cross-border flow of data, information, ideas and knowledge statement acknowledging that IMF chief Christine ing the global tax system to Trade Minister’s meeting at generates higher productivity, greater innovation, and improved “growth remains low and risks Lagarde warned the tariffs take into account the rise of the science city of Tsukuba in meeting of G20 Trade Mins in Japan sustainable development, a G-20 ministerial statement on trade remain tilted to the down- could shave global GDP by 0.5 internet giants such as Google Japan Saturday. and digital economy said. side.” per cent or about $455 billion and Facebook was another Goyal said that Digital tion or processing of sensitive said. “At the same time, we recognise that the free flow of data rais- “Most importantly, trade in 2020 and said trade conflicts issue exercising the minds of India, Start up India, Aadhaar data locally and storing it Developing countries like es certain challenges,” the statement issued after the two-day meet and geopolitical tensions have constituted the “principal policymakers in the coastal are some of the major initia- abroad. india need time and policy said. intensified,” the G20 said, threat” to the global econom- city. tives in the country that pro- Issues of privacy and secu- space to build deepest under- G-20 is a grouping of developed and developing countries. adding they “stood ready to ic outlook. In the final statement, the mote economic inclusivity, rity should be given due con- standing of the subject and for- The members include India, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, take further action” if required. The G20 ministers heaved G20 agreed to “redouble our using digital platforms. sideration in the debate on free mulate their own legal and reg- EU, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South As a compromise pushed a sigh of relief just hours before efforts for a consensus-based He said that with growing flow of data with trust, he ulatory framework before Africa, the UK and US. by Washington, the statement the meeting when the US and solution with a final report by internet usage domestically, an said, adding that clarity on all meaningfully engaging in e- The two-day meet of trade and digital economy ministers omitted language from a pre- Mexico clinched a deal over 2020”. However, here again the enormous amount of data is these issues is essential before commerce negotiations. ended Sunday. India was represented by Commerce and vious draft that mentioned a immigration that stopped Fukuoka meeting exposed a being generated in the country. embarking on rule making on The 41-page draft e-com- Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. “pressing need to resolve trade Washington imposing five per difference of opinion over what “This includes personal, e-commerce. merce policy addresses six “By continuing to address challenges related to privacy, data tensions.” cent tariffs on Mexican goods. form this reform should take. community and public data, and “It is for this reason India broad issues of the e-commerce protection, intellectual property rights, and security, we can fur- The statement capped two But US Treasury Secretary Frustrated by a lack of countries must have the sover- does not, at this stage, support ecosystem — data, infrastruc- ther facilitate data free flow and strengthen consumer and busi- days of talks in the western Steven Mnuchin said global action on the issue, eign right, to use their data, for the joint initiative on e-com- ture development, e-commerce ness trust,” the statement said. Japanese port city of Fukuoka Washington stood ready to some countries such as Britain the welfare and development of merce. We believe all nations marketplaces, regulatory issues, In order to build trust and facilitate the free flow of data, it that also tackled the thorny impose more tariffs on China and France have already intro- its people. Advocacy on free should appreciate that the dig- stimulating domestic digital is necessary that legal frameworks both domestic and interna- issue of taxing internet giants if President Donald Trump duced a so-called digital tax, trade should not necessarily ital divide within and across economy and export promotion tional should be respected, it said, adding such free flow of data and, for the first time, the eco- and China’s Xi Jinping fail to but Mnuchin was blunt in his lead to justification of data free nations is a serious impediment through e-commerce. with trust will harness opportunities of the digital economy. nomic challenges posed by strike a deal at the G20 summit assessment of these policies. flow,” the minister has said. for developing countries to ben- Multinational firms and “We will cooperate to encourage the inter-operability of dif- ageing. later this month in Osaka. He said the US had “sig- India has started the exer- efit from digital trade,” he said. certain developed nations have ferent frameworks, and we affirm the role of data for develop- “In our view, this is the best “If China wants to come nificant concerns” and stated “I cise to formulate a national e- The minister said that raised concerns over the draft ment,” it added. outcome we could deliver. Not back to the table and negotiate don’t like them.” commerce policy. It has taken capacity constraints in devel- particularly provisions with India has stated that countries must have the sovereign right the perfect outcome but a good on the basis that we were nego- But Moscovici was more views of all stakeholders on the oping countries, can be over- regard to data. to use their data for the welfare and development of its people outcome,” said EU Economic tiating, we can get a great his- positive, saying he was “rather draft policy, floated by the come, with timely support of Goyal said that given the and advocacy on free trade, should not necessarily lead to jus- and Monetary Affairs toric deal. If they don’t, we’ll optimistic” the G20 would commerce ministry. training, and creation of digi- persisting differences in the tification of data free flow. Commissioner Pierre proceed with our tariffs,” clinch agreement on a new set The draft proposes to set tal infrastructure. ground realities of various The member countries exchanged views on various issues, Moscovici, who admitted that Mnuchin told reporters of international tax rules by up a legal and technological “This is important, for countries on digital trade, there including the concept of data free flow with trust, World Trade reaching agreement was “not Saturday. 2020. framework for restrictions on facilitating a level playing field, is a need to encourage free and Organisation (WTO) discussions on electronic commerce, and an easy task.” He tweeted Sunday he had “It’s doable, it’s more than cross-border data flow, and in the digital economy, for all frank discussion on this impor- needs for capacity building, bearing in mind the importance of “Almost everyone in the had a “constructive” meeting doable,” he told reporters. also laid out conditions for countries to take equitable tant subject before finalising ensuring that all countries are able to realize room thinks that trade tensions with China’s central bank gov- businesses regarding collec- advantage of data free flows,” he international rule. their opportunities. IL&FS probe: Not just ONGC, Vedanta set to win nine oil, gas connivance, auditors also Imports from Pakistan pitched products to top-brass blocks each; Reliance-BP one, OIL 12 plunged 92% in March PTI n NEW DELHI and gas blocks and 5 coal-bed Mukesh Ambani-owned PTI n NEW DELHI company’s modus operandi methane (CBM) blocks on Reliance on its own bid for six of funding defaulting borrow- tate-owned Oil and Natural offer in OALP-III closed on blocks in the ninth round of uditors of debt-laden ers when it comes to payment The decline $1.19 million was accounted als; sugar; coffee, tea; articles of SGas Corp (ONGC) and May 15. New Exploration Licensing AIL&FS not only connived of interest and principal for cotton import by India. iron and steel; copper and mining billionaire Anil Reliance-BP had made Policy (NELP) but did not win with the top management in amount. came after the According to experts, cer- footwear. Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd are their first bid in eight years any block. their fraudulent activities, but There was window-dress- tain domestic manufacturing India had also revoked the set to win nine oil and gas when they sought an area that Sources said at the close of also sought to sell them certain ing of the asset book, ever- imposition of exporters could be availing nil MFN (most favoured nation) blocks each in the latest auc- previously was held by ONGC, bidding for the current round products and services, accord- greening of loans and delayed 200% customs import duty benefit under status to Pakistan in the after- tion, while Reliance Industries sources said. on May 15, ONGC had put in ing to findings of the SFIO recoveries for several years in advance authorisation scheme math of the terror attack. The and its British partner BP Plc When the government in bids for 20 out of the 32 blocks probe that show large-scale connivance with the top brass. duties following to import products, especially country has repealed a securi- is set to win KG basin gas July 2017 allowed companies to on offer, while OIL made bids violations in their auditing According to the probe Pulwama attack raw materials from Pakistan, as ty exception clause of the block. carve out blocks of their choice for 16 blocks. activities. agency, an e-mail from June it would not be viable for any- World Trade Organisation Sources said the with a view to bring about 2.8 Vedanta, which had walked The Serious Fraud 2017 revealed that an auditor one to import goods at 200 per (WTO) to withdraw this status. Directorate General of million sq km of unexplored away with 41 out of the 55 Investigation Office (SFIO) had been offering a product of PTI n NEW DELHI cent customs duties. Both the countries are member Hydrocarbons (DGH) has area in the country under blocks offered in OALP-I last probe into IL&FS group firm Deloitte Touche Tohmastu The main commodities of this body. completed the evaluation of the exploration, Reliance-BP year, bid for 30 areas. -- IL&FS Financial Services India LLP, the consulting arm mports from Pakistan imported during the month India can also restrict trade bids received for 32 oil and gas sought the KG area containing Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Ltd (IFIN) -- has revealed of Deloitte group, to IL&FS. Ideclined by 92 per cent to from the neighbouring include of certain goods and impose exploration blocks that were the discoveries. GAIL (India) and SunPetro bid serious lapses at the level of Despite an end-use policy $2.84 million in March this plastics, knitted fabrics, prepa- port-related restrictions on auctioned in the latest licens- Under the new policy, areas for two blocks each, they said. auditors, auditing committee being in place, the investiga- year after imposition of 200 per ration of vegetables, articles of Pakistani goods. ing round. sought by any company are put BP had more than a decade and the then top brass of the tion found that loans were not cent customs duties on all apparel and clothing, spices, India had granted the As per the bid evaluation, on auction with the initiator or back entered the country buy- group. monitored for their proper products following Pulwama chemicals, man-made fila- MFN status to Pakistan way ONGC and Vedanta Ltd are top the company that originally ing 30 per cent stake in While the government has end-use. terror attack. ments, and wool. back in 1996, but the neigh- bidders in nine blocks each and carved out the block, getting a Reliance’s 21 oil and gas explo- appointed a new board at The SFIO has recom- On February 16 this year, During January-March bouring country had not reci- state-owned Oil India Ltd 5 point advantage. ration blocks for $7.2 billion. IL&FS as part of its efforts to mended necessary action taking strong economic action period of 2018-19 fiscal, the procated. (OIL) in 12 areas. Sources said Reliance-BP All but a couple of blocks have revive the sprawling group, the against the guilty auditors and against Pakistan following the imports from Pakistan declined Under the MFN pact, a Reliance-BP combine out- managed to get the coveted KG since been relinquished. SFIO has filed its first also a detailed internal inves- attack, India raised the customs by 47 per cent to $53.65 mil- WTO member country is bid ONGC in one Krishna block in the latest auction by a NELP has since been chargesheet after taking into tigation by the RBI to identi- duty to 200 per cent on all lion. obliged to treat the other trad- Godavari basin block in the small margin that possibly replaced by Hydrocarbon consideration details about fy reasons for the delay in goods imported from the India’s exports to Pakistan ing nation in a non-discrimi- Bay of Bengal. came from the originator Exploration Licensing Policy 400 entities and data collect- detecting the lapses. neighbouring country, includ- too have dipped by about 32 natory manner, especially with The winners of the auction marks and a commitment to do (HELP) under which OALP ed from various sources, In its first chargesheet, ing cotton, fresh fruits, cement, per cent to $171.34 million in regard to customs duty and will be announced after the a shale core exploration. bids round have been held. including computers and lap- the SFIO has identified a nine- petroleum products and min- March. other levies. approval of the Cabinet Reliance-BP had last joint- Under the new policy, tops, among other sources. member coterie behind the eral ore. However, the exports grew Forty CRPF personnel Committee on Economic ly bid for a KG deep water called open acreage licensing Citing the investigation huge financial fraud at IFIN, According to the data of by 7.4 per cent to $2 billion were killed in a vehicle-borne Affairs (CCEA) headed by block in the 8th bid round policy, companies are allowed report, officials said the which it alleged connived with the commerce ministry, the during 2018-19. The main IED attack on November 14, Prime Minister Narendra under previous licensing poli- to put in an expression of engagement team and the statutory auditors and imports from the neighbouring products being exported by 2018 at Pulwama in Jammu Modi, sources added. cy in 2008. They, however, interest or EoI for prospecting engagement partners of some independent directors to country stood at $34.61 million India include organic chemi- and Kashmir. This was one of Bidding for 14 blocks on gave up the block after not of oil and gas in any area that Deloitte, Haskins & Sells defraud the company while in March 2018. cals; cotton; nuclear reactors, the deadliest terror attacks on offer in the Open Acreage finding any commercially is presently not under any (which served as auditor ear- running it as a personal Out of the $2.84 million boilers; plastic products; tan- security forces in the Kashmir Licensing Policy (OALP) exploitable oil and gas reserves. production or exploration lier) were aware about the fiefdom. imports in March, as much as ning or dyeing extracts; cere- valley. round-II and another 18 oil In the following year, licence. GST Council to meet on June 20, may fix `50 cr India calls on G-20 Reliance DoT extends suspension turnover threshold for e-invoice under GST nations for early solution Power posts of official Ashish Joshi for `3,558 cr net PTI n NEW DELHI are better placed technologi- that data analysis shows that as cally to integrate their software many as 3.9 crore B2B invoic- on taxing digital firms another six months he Finance Ministry is like- would have to generate e- es worth above `50,000 are loss in Q4 Tly to propose `50 crore as invoice for B2B sales,” the offi- generated every month, which PTI n NEW DELHI finance ministry statement said. PTI n NEW DELHI PTI n NEW DELHI Cabinet orders. the turnover threshold for cial told PTI. works out to be 12 lakh per Sitharaman expressed con- The Joshi’s cadre is con- entities to generate e-invoice With e-invoice generation, day. ndia Sunday called on G-20 fidence that a consensus-based nil Ambani Group firm he telecom department is trolled by the Member on a centralised government entities with turnover above Rs The number increases to Icountries to adopt principle global solution, which should AReliance Power Sunday Tlearnt to have extended (Finance) of Digital portal for business-to-busi- 50 crore would be saved from about 1 crore per day if all B2B of ‘significant economic pres- also be equitable and simple, reported a net loss of `3,558.51 suspension of Uttarakhand- Communication Commission, ness (B2B) sales as it looks to the twin activities of filing invoices generated irrespec- ence’ while addressing chal- would be reached by 2020. crore for the quarter ended based officer Ashish Joshi - formerly the Telecom curb GST evasion, an official returns and uploading invoic- tive of amount are taken into lenges to tax profits made by The minister said that with March 31, as against a net prof- who had written to Delhi Police Commission - apex decision said. es. From the government’s account. the digital companies. almost 90 jurisdictions now it of `189.21 crore in the year- to take action against a rebel making body at the The GST Council, which side, this would help in curb- The official said 1 crore Addressing the two-day adopting the automatic ago period. AAP MLA for posting an Department of Telecom, the will meet on June 20, will take ing invoice misuse and tax eva- invoice generation per day can meeting of the G-20 finance exchange of financial account In a filing to the BSE, ‘incendiary’ video online. official source said. a final decision on the turnover sion. be handled by GSTN/NIC as ministers and central bank gov- information (AEOI), it would Reliance Power said the board “DoT has extended sus- E-mail sent to the depart- threshold for issuance of e- The official further said this would be similar to the ernors in Fukuoka, Japan, ensure that tax evaders could in its meeting on June 8 pension of Ashish Joshi, former ment elicited no reply. Joshi did invoice for B2B sales after that under the current system, number of e-way bills currently Finance Minister Nirmala no more hide their offshore approved the audited financial controller of communication not respond to calls and sms in consultation with states. there is a gap between the time being generated on the portal. Sitharaman noted the urgency to financial accounts from the results for the quarter and accounts, for a period of 180 this regard. Analysis of return filing of generation invoices and fil- The ministry feels that e- fix the issue of determining right tax administration. financial year ended March days beyond initial 180 days of Joshi was suspended on shows that as many as 68,041 ing of sales returns. invoice would increase ease of nexus and profit allocation solu- “She urged the G20/Global 2018, and also approved raising suspension. No reason has February 26 after he businesses have reported a The number of entities fil- doing business if it becomes tion for taxing the profits made Forum to further expand the resources by issuing debt secu- been explained in the order approached the police com- turnover of over `50 crore ing monthly summary sales part of using business process by digital economy companies. network of automatic rities by way of privately placed copy,” an official source told missioner for action against and accounted for 66.6 per cent return GSTR-3B and paying and there is no need for addi- “FM (Finance Minister) exchanges by identifying juris- debentures, subject to approvals. PTI. rebel Aam Aadmi Party MLA of total GST paid in 2017-18. GST is higher than those filing tional reporting, the official noted that the work on tax chal- dictions including developing For full fiscal, Reliance The extension order was Kapil Mishra for circulating a Further, while these busi- outward supply return GSTR- said. lenges arising from the digital- countries and financial centers Power reported net loss of Rs issued on May 16-10 days after highly incendiary video, pro- nesses account for just 1.02 per 1, in which invoice-wise details AMRG & Associates isation of economy is entering that are relevant but have not 2,951.82 crore as against net he had written to telecom sec- voking people to attack “against cent of GST payers, they make have to be filed. Analysis sug- Partner Rajat Mohan said, a critical phase with an update yet committed to any timeline. profit `840.46 crore. retary Aruna Sundararajan traitors” on YouTube and up almost 30 per cent of the gests the gap could be either “Government must develop a to the G20, due next year. “Appropriate action needs to “The figures for the quarter seeking appointment. Twitter in violation of the IT B2B invoices generated in the because of genuine difficulty in risk profile of all the taxpayers “In this respect, the FM be taken against non-compliant ended March 31, 2019 and The suspended official Act and Indian Penal Code. system. uploading invoices or with the and it can be easily figured out strongly supported the potential jurisdictions. In this respect, March 31, 2018 are the balanc- alleged that he is being target- Joshi on February 19 had “The turnover threshold intention of misusing Input Tax that big corporates are rarely solution based on the concept of she called upon the international ing figures between the audited ed after he approached also issued an order to telecom for entities to generate e- Credit (ITC), the official said. involved in activities of tax ‘significant economic presence’ community to agree on a toolk- figures in respect of full finan- Sundararajan and former tele- operators to crack down on invoice for B2B sales is likely The ministry is planning avoidance, thereby anti-tax of businesses taking into account it of defensive measures, which cial year and the restated year to com minister Manoj Sinha on offensive or obscene messages to be fixed at `50 crore if the to roll out the e-invoice system evasion measures should be the evidence of their purposeful can be taken against such non- date figures up to the third quar- violation of transfer policy and set up a helpline to receive GST Council agrees. With this by September. eyed at tier-II and tier-III tax- and sustained interaction with compliant jurisdictions,” the ter of the respective financial guidelines to favour some offi- complaints against such cus- threshold, big taxpayers who The official further said payers in a phased manner.” the economy of a country,” a statement said. year,” Reliance Power said. cers in his cadre and related tomers. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019 world 11

Europe in ‘no position' EU willing to renegotiate deal: UK Foreign Secy to criticise Iran: Zarif AFP n LONDON legally-binding withdrawal BREXIT der(s). I think that's doable." - once London and Brussels were him. agreement which the EU has 'Money is a great solvent' - negotiating their future rela- However, Home Secretary AFP n TEHRAN ritish Foreign Secretary repeatedly insisted cannot be May stepped down as tionship. Sajid Javid, another leadership BJeremy Hunt, a contender re-opened, or to the accompa- Conservative Party leader on "Our friends and partners candidate, has also picked up uropean countries are in to replace Theresa May as nying political declaration on Friday and formally triggered need to understand that the some key endorsements and E"no position" to criticise Prime Minister, said on Sunday future relations. the race for a successor -- cur- money is going to be retained this weekend won the backing Iran, Foreign Minister that German Chancellor Brussels has said the dec- rently being contested by 11 until such time as we have of popular Scottish Mohammad Javad Zarif said Angela Merkel had indicated laration could be revisited if Tory MPs -- but will remain greater clarity about the way Conservatives leader Ruth Sunday ahead of a visit by his the EU was willing to renego- Britain makes a substantive prime minister until a new forward," he told The Sunday Davidson. German counterpart Heiko tiate the Brexit divorce deal. change in its positions, for leader is chosen. Times. Meanwhile, Environment Maas. Hunt, one of nearly a example on a customs union or The leader of the party, "In getting a good deal, Minister Michael Gove faced Germany's top diplomat is dozen Conservatives vying to access to the single market. which won the most seats at the money is a great solvent and a turmoil in his campaign after due in Tehran on Monday, succeed May after she resigned May agreed the package last general election in 2017, great lubricant," Johnson he admitted to using cocaine against a backdrop of Iranian as party leader Friday, said he with the EU last year but saw will almost certainly become added, in his first newspaper "on several occasions at social pressure for Europe to uphold spoke with Merkel at this it rejected three times by British Hunt claimed Merkel had prime minister. interview since launching his events" two decades ago. commitments made under a week's D-Day commemora- lawmakers, forcing her to delay signalled EU leaders may now The Brexit-dominated bat- bid to become Britain's next "I do have a profound sense 2015 nuclear deal since aban- tions and was convinced Brexit twice —the latest exten- be open to a technological tle is expected to conclude by premier. of regret about it all and I am doned by the United States. But last year, US President changing May's agreement was sion being to October 31. solution to the thorny issue -- the end of next month, with Johnson also argued that very, very aware of the damage "Europeans are certainly in Donald Trump walked away possible. A controversial provision something Brussels has previ- former foreign secretary Boris only he could defeat leftist that drugs do," he told the BBC no position to criticise Iran, from the accord and "She said that of course in the agreement for the Irish ously ruled out as unrealistic. Johnson considered the clear Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday. The former justice even about issues that have Washington has since imposed with a new British Prime border, known as the backstop, "She said to me Germany frontrunner. Johnson said in an and anti-EU populist Nigel minister has faced accusations nothing to do with" the agree- sweeping sanctions on Iran. Minister we would want to look has proved the key stumbling doesn't have that border with interview published Sunday Farage, whose new Brexit Party of hypocrisy for having con- ment, Zarif said in televised European and Western at any solutions you have," he block. the Republic of Ireland, you that he would refuse to pay has been poaching Tory voters tinually supported tough drug remarks to journalists. policies "have only caused dam- told Sky News. It would prevent the return do... So you need to come up Britain's 39 billion pound disgruntled at their party's laws, while a former senior Iran signed the landmark age in the region," Zarif said. "I'm absolutely clear that if of border checks between the with the solution," he said of divorce bill until the EU agrees handling of Brexit. drug adviser to the government accord with China, Russia, "Now some countries like we take the right approach to British province of Northern their conversation. better withdrawal terms. In a boost to his cam- warned the admission could Germany, Britain, France and Germany have stopped selling this, the Europeans would be Ireland and the Republic of "So it's going to be a solu- The ex-London mayor also paign, several cabinet members see him barred from entering the United States, leading to arms to Saudi Arabia for bom- willing to negotiate on the Ireland if the sides fail to agree tion that's based around some signalled he would scrap the this weekend joined a growing the United States under its sanctions relief in exchange for barding the people of Yemen, package." Hunt did not speci- a free trade pact after an initial technologies —what the much-despised backstop and number of centrist Tory MPs in strict anti-drugs immigration Tehran curbing its nuclear pro- some other countries haven't fy if he was referring to the transition period. Germans call intelligent bor- try to settle the border issue declaring their support for laws. gramme. done so," he added. Sudan's protesters launch general strike Huge Hong Kong protest

AP n KHARTOUM parts of the capital, Khartoum, in Khartoum's Bahri neigh- against China extradition law and its sister city of bourhood. hops were closed and streets Omdurman. The other two died of their AFP n HONG KONG mainland China for the first city to a standstill for two Swere empty across Sudan on Security forces removed wounds after RSF forces beat time. Coffee shop owner Marco months. Sunday, the first day of a gen- barricades from the main roads them in Omdurman, it said. uge protest crowds Ng said he was closing his store In recent weeks lawyers eral strike called for by protest and opened the sit-in area out- The committee says 117 people Hthronged Hong Kong on to join the march. have held sombre marches leaders demanding the resig- side the military's headquarters have been killed since Monday. Sunday as anger swells over "Our city matters more dressed in black, anonymous nation of the ruling military for the first time since the dis- The opposition Sudanese plans to allow extradition to than our business," the 26-year- senior judges have given criti- council. The Sudanese persal. Congress Party posted video of China, a proposal that has old told AFP. "If we don't speak cal media interviews and the Professionals Association had The SPA urged protesters what it said was a funeral in sparked the biggest public out, then there's no way that the city's two main legal groups -- called on people to stay home to avoid clashes with the RSF. Bahri. "Blood for blood. We do backlash against the city's pro- government will listen to our the Law Society and the Bar starting on Sunday, the first day Protesters have accused not accept blood money," the Beijing leadership in years. concerns." Association -- have urged a of the work week, in protest at the RSF, which grew out of mourners chanted. Tens of thousands of peo- "The people's voices are not rethink. the deadly crackdown last the notorious Janjaweed mili- Other videos circulated ple marched in blazing summer being heard," added 18-year- Business figures are also week, when security forces tias used by al-Bashir in the online showed offices and busi- heat through the cramped old student Ivan Wong. "This rattled with multiple chambers violently dispersed the group's Darfur conflict in the early nesses closed and light traffic, streets of the financial hub's bill will not just affect Hong of commerce and commercial main sit-in outside the military 2000s, of leading the nation- in both Khartoum and the main island in a noisy, colour- Kong's reputation as an inter- groups expressing alarm, headquarters in the capital, Sudanese Americans rally outside the White House in Washington on Saturday AP wide crackdown. The SPA has Red Sea city of Port Sudan. ful demonstration calling on national finance centre, but adding to criticism from the Khartoum. called for the force to be dis- "The peaceful resistance the government to scrap its also our judicial system. That United States, Canada, former The protesters say more over power to civilians. rule, instead pushing for a banded. by civil disobedience and the planned extradition law. has an impact on my future." colonial power Britain and than 100 people have been The military overthrew transitional power-sharing The Sudan Doctors' general political strike is the The city's pro-Beijing lead- The proposed law has many European governments. killed since the crackdown President Omar al-Bashir in arrangement. Committee, the medical affil- fastest and most effective way ers are pushing a bill through sparked an opposition that Online petitions have been began last Monday. April after four months of An Associated Press jour- iate of the SPA, said at least to topple the military council.... the legislature that would allow unites a wide demographic, set- gathered by groups as diverse The protesters hope that by mass rallies but has refused nalist saw heavy deployment of three people were killed on And to hand over power to a extraditions to any jurisdiction ting off the largest demonstra- as stay-at-home mums, bringing daily life to a halt they demonstrators' demands for troops from the paramilitary Sunday, including a young man transitional civilian authori- with which it does not already tions since 2014 pro-democra- students, nurses and horse rac- can force the military to hand an immediate move to civilian Rapid Support Forces in several who was shot dead by the RSF ty," the SPA said. have a treaty — including cy protests brought parts of the ing fans. GLOBE Mt. Sinabung erupts in Over half of HIV patients in Pak's Sindh Pope laments ‘culture TROTTING western Indonesia, no casualty SIX KILLED IN STORMS province remain without treatment: WHO of insults’, decries AND FLOODS IN CHINA Beijing: At least six persons are IANS n JAKARTA with no-go zone of 5 km from PTI n KARACHI local authorities' response to hospitals would last only until killed, one missing after strong the crater, it said. the medical emergency, says July 15. church propaganda winds, hail, rainstorm triggered column of thick ash Residents living near ore than half of the 751 that more than half of the The HIV outbreak was floods in China's Jiangxi Province, Awas spewed 7 km high to the flank of the volcano Mpeople diagnosed with patients in Sindh remain first reported on April 25th and Vatican City: Pope Francis on warned of the temptation to local authorities said on Sunday. the sky from the crater of were urged to use masks when HIV in Pakistan's Southern deprived of any sort of treat- a major HIV screening pro- Sunday lamented what he called cling to "our little group, to the The heavy downpours that started Mount Sinabung volcano in rains of ash pour Sindh province remain without ment facilities. gram was then initiated on a "culture of insults" enabled by things and people we like," con- on Thursday had damaged 77,400 Sumatra Island of western down, spokesman of national treatment, according to the The WHO team has said April 28. social media and warned against cluding that it's only a "small step hectares of crops, collapsed 118 Indonesia on Sunday, the coun- disaster management agency World Health Organisation. that 751 people have tested pos- Muzaffar Ghangro, a doc- nationalism and other "exclu- from a nest to a sect, even with- houses, according to the Jiangxi try's national volcanology said. The HIV positive cases itive for the HIV virus of which tor from the district, who was sivist ideas" that he said contrast in the church." provincial emergency agency said. Those living alongside the were identified among the 604 are children. arrested on the suspicion of with a Christian mission to fos- The pope said that "nowa- management department. Belching of ash and rivers with upstream in the 21,375 tested in Larkana in The report states that only having spread the HIV virus ter harmony. days it is fashionable to hurl smoke was shot at 16.28 pm slope of the volcano were May, and out of the affected, 324 patients (47 per cent) have with infected needles at his In his homily during adjectives and, sadly, even INTERNET MAY ALTER Jakarta time, followed by a warned of cold lava floods 604 are between the ages of 2 been provided treatment until clinic has been cleared of Pentecost Mass Sunday in St. insults" in what's tantamount to BRAIN FUNCTIONS: STUDY spread of hot ash to the south- during torrential rains, the to 15. now, while 427 (53 per cent) “intentionally” spreading the Peter's Square, Francis also "a culture of insults." Melbourne: The Internet can alter east and south of the crater by spokesman told Xinhua in a Health officials have attrib- still await medical assistance. deadly virus in Ratodero town decried that "the more we use He recommended respond- specific brain regions and affect up to 3.5 km and 3 km respec- text message. uted the cause to the use of As per the report, the pro- of the Larkana district. social media, the less social we ing "to malice with goodness, to our attention capacity, memory tively, the agency said in a state- Mt. Sinabung, 2,475 meters unsanitary equipment, unsafe vision of the required medi- A Joint investigation team are becoming." "In today's world, shouting with silence, to gossip processes and social ment, reported Xinhua news high, is located in Karo blood transfusion and rampant cines is a daunting challenge as of the Sindh police said that lack of harmony has led to with prayer, to defeatism with interaction, a study has found. agency. district of North Sumatra malpractice often at the hands Pakistan only has stocks to treat they had exonerated the doctor stark divisions," Francis said. encouragement." He also The research, published in the The agency, however, said province. In its eruption in of quacks. 240 of the 604 affected chil- of deliberately infecting the "There are those who have warned against the Catholic journal World Psychiatry, showed there was so far no report of 2014, 16 people were killed and A report by the WHO dren. people with the virus but it too much and those who have church's neglecting its mission that the Internet can produce both damages or casualty. thousands displaced. Mt. experts, who are in Pakistan to It further states that med- confirmed the doctor was one nothing, those who want to live to spread joy, instead becoming acute, sustained alterations in Mt. Sinabung volcano is at Sinabung is among 129 active investigate the outbreak of HIV icine stocks being used to treat of the major sources for the to a hundred and those who an organization with propa- specific areas of cognition. the second highest alert level volcanoes in Indonesia. cases and also support the the 240 children in different virus' spread. cannot even be born." He ganda as its mission. AP B’desh highway Tajikistan' Chabahar Case opened: Democrats begin interest good for Iran US Jewish community blocked as fishermen AVEEK SEN n NEW DELHI looks to defend itself andlocked Tajikistan's inter- public airing of Mueller report Lest, as evinced by Foreign protest catch ban Minister Sirodjidin Mukhriddin AP n WASHINGTON on "presidential obstruction legal action to enforce subpoe- Aslov during his visit to Iran last as attacks rise and other crimes." nas in the future without a vote AFP n CHITTAGONG this is the longest imposed for week, in connecting to the sea resident Donald Trump says The House Intelligence of the full House, so long as the seas near the coast and fishing trade route through Chabahar AFP n LOS ANGELES which is not just a joke," added Pit's "case closed." But Committee on Wednesday chairmen have approval from a everal thousand fishermen communities are furious. port is set to help both Iran and Cohen. Democrats are just getting start- intends to review the counter- five-person, bipartisan group Sblocked Bangladesh's busiest About 15 million people in India in sustaining the operation rmed guards, safety assess- "The reality is that there ed with Robert Mueller. intelligence implications of the where Democrats have the highway Sunday, police said, as the region directly or indirectly of the port, and is a diplomatic Aments and now even a can't be police everywhere all House Democrats have Russian meddling. Mueller said majority. protests escalated over a two- depend on Bangladesh's multi- victory for Tehran amid height- "Tactical Rabbi" to train volun- the time." scheduled a series of hearings there was not enough evidence With Trump pledging that month fishing ban in the Bay of billion dollar fishing industry. ened tensions with the US. teers on the use of weapons -- Cohen, who has been pas- this coming week on the special to establish a conspiracy "we're fighting all the subpoe- Bengal. Shyamol Palit, an organiser Trade only to/with such is the reality today at syn- sionate about guns since his counsel's report as they inten- between the Trump campaign nas," Democratic leaders want The fishermen say the 65- of the demonstration, said the Afghanistan via Chabahar can agogues in the United States youth, is a security expert and sify their focus on the Russia and Russia, but he said he could to avoid repeated floor votes on day blockade -- intended to ban has hit poor fishermen sustain the cost of operating facing mounting anti-Semitic certified shooting instructor probe and pick up the pace on not exonerate Trump on contempt resolutions that replenish fish stocks -- is driving hard, especially the Hindu Joldas Chabahar. Also, Tajikistan needs attacks. who has taken part in counter- an investigative "path" — in the obstruction. detract from their legislative them out of business. community. Chabahar for trade and transit It is at a shooting range in terrorism courses given by words of Speaker Nancy Pelosi On Tuesday, the House has agenda. Their one-hour protest at More than 55,000 Joldas with Gulf countries and India. the hills overlooking Los retired and elite active-duty — that some of them hope leads scheduled a vote to authorize The procession of hearings the coastal town of Sitakunda families live in the Chittagong Through Chabaha, Tajikistan Angeles that a team of AFP military personnel. to impeachment of the presi- contempt cases against Attorney and votes in the week ahead is caused several kilometres of region and are employed in top exports — cotton and dry reporters met recently with Born into a religious fam- dent. In doing so, they are try- General William Barr and for- partly designed to mollify anx- tailbacks on the main road link- coastal fishing mainly running fruits — can find new markets Raziel Cohen, dubbed the ily, Cohen is also a rabbi for the ing to draw the public's atten- mer White House counsel ious Democrats who have ing the capital, Dhaka, to the sec- their own small boats. in Gulf and India, says Behrooz "Tactical Rabbi," who was sport- Chabad-Lubavitch community tion on the allegations that Donald McGahn for failing to pushed Pelosi, D-Calif., to begin ond city of Chittagong. "The Joldas have taken loans Aghaei, Director General of ing a 9mm pistol on his hip and in Los Angeles. Trump sought to obstruct a fed- comply with subpoenas from impeachment proceedings Local police chief Suman to sail boats this season. This Ports, Maritime Organization of carrying a semi-automatic rifle Chabad is a sect of Hasidic eral investigation and they want the Democratic-controlled immediately . Pelosi has so far Banik said the demonstration by sudden and long embargo has Sistan and Baluchistan province, over his shoulder. Judaism, and Los Angeles is highlight his campaign's con- House. rejected that option , preferring 3,000 fishermen and their fam- put them in a debt trap," he said. in whose jurisdiction Chabahar Cohen was trying to deter- second only to Brooklyn, New tacts with Russia in the 2016 Barr defied a subpoena to a slower, more methodical ilies was peaceful "but it caused The government has port falls.. Chabahar is the best mine how well books can stop York in its number of Chabad election. provide an unredacted version approach to investigating the a huge traffic jam on this busy announced it will provide free option for Tajikistan compared bullets. congregations. And they will lay the of Mueller's report, along with president, including the court highway". The demonstrators rice for nearly half a million fam- to other Iranian ports due to its The idea is to transform a Cohen said his expertise in groundwork for an appearance underlying evidence. McGahn, fights and hearings. only cleared the road after a gov- ilies of badly-affected fisher- exemption from US sanctions. library at a synagogue or Jewish security took on more meaning from Mueller himself, despite who is frequently referenced in During a meeting with the ernment administrator and a men. Moreover, in absence of clar- school into a shelter in the event after the April 27 shooting at his stated desire to avoid the the report, has defied subpoe- House Judiciary Committee local member of parliament But Palit said the scheme is ity on the sanctions waiver for of an active shooter situation. the Chabad Poway Synagogue spotlight . The hearings will nas to provide documents and chairman, New York Rep. promised to help. not wide enough and "you can- Chabahar, Iran is looking to test "We're trying to bridge the near San Diego that left one focus on the two main topics of testify before the House Jerrold Nadler, and other com- The fishing ban runs from not run a family only with a sack if the waiver is only for trade to gap between the time that the dead and three wounded. Mueller's report, obstruction Judiciary Committee. mittee heads last week, Pelosi May 20 to July 23 and navy and of rice." The ban has also hit the Afghanistan or holds true in gen- shooting begins and law It came six months after a of justice and Russian election Language in the resolution made the case that she would coast guard vessels are patrolling nearly one million Rohingya eral. If this gambit pays off, Iran enforcement arrives," he told shooting at a Pittsburgh syna- interference. would make it easier for com- rather see Trump voted out of the zone to prevent breaches. refugees who live in camps in can shift its trade from Bandar AFP. gogue left 11 people dead -- the The House Judiciary mittee chairmen to take the office and "in prison" than Bangladesh frequently bans Bangladesh after fleeing violence Abbas to Chabahar for all who "The expression that goes worst attack against Jewish Committee plans to cover the Trump administration to court. merely impeached, according to deep sea fishing and catches in in Myanmar's Rakhine state in are willing to employ Iranian on is that we carry guns because people in the modern history of first topic at a Monday hearing Those chairmen could take a report in Politico. coastal rivers to help stocks, but recent years. ships dock to sell its goods. we can't carry police officers, the United States. 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Hrithik learns on sets of Super 30 the limit Sharing behind the scenes photo- graph from Super 30, Bollywood actor HRITHIK ROSHAN has called himself a ‘student’ on the sets of the Just like her past roles, actress film. realised that there were so many things TISCA CHOPRA tries to inspire to be kept in mind like the body language In the photograph shared of a doctor. The way she looks at things on Friday, Hrithik is seen and then tries to find out a solution in a standing along with the herself and the audience with her crisis, that is something doctors come entire cast on the film’s EAM IVA across everyday in their lives.” set. latest outing Hostages. By T V The actress who has been a part of television, short films, Bollywood cinema “My character was t was playing the supportive, lov- as well as a web series now, tells us what of a teacher but on the ing mother of Ishaan Awasthi, a has been the most challenging of all. She set of the film, I am a Ichild struggling with dyslexia, adds, “There is no competition. student. These are my that made her rose to fame. The role Everything brings its own kind of chal- was followed by many more strong lenges and are equally demanding. super 30. I have learnt characters, which left a mark on the Television has very long hours and a lot from their hard audience. Be it Mehar in Qissa, even there I mostly like reality TV work, dedication and Nandita Arora in Ankur Arora Murder and not fiction. Theatre requires a enthusiasm,” he said. Case, Anushka Narang in Dil Toh lot of preparation. Films are a dif- The trailer of the film Baccha Hai Ji or even Vanita in the ferent field altogether. And then short film Chutney, Tisca hasn’t only comes the web shows, which are Super 30, which is pro- given the audience some formidable like making many films of an duced by Reliance roles to remember but a peek into hour each.” Entertainment, was everyday people’s lives, which might For the actress, it’s the story that launched on June 4. usually go unnoticed. ‘WOMEN ARE READY is the most crucial. She says, “I am The film will be A new addition to the list is Dr TO TAKE UP MORE not a person who likes to repeat her- Meera Anand from web series self or take up easy things. I like roles releasing in the theatres Hostages, a remake of the eponymous CHALLENGING AND that are challenging to play. They keep me on July 12. Israeli drama. The show, which cur- busy and engrossed in the particular char- Hrithik is playing the rently can be streamed on Hotstar, is STRONGER ROLES. acter. Who likes to do the same things role of a mathematician making waves due to its power- IT’S NOT JUST over and over again? My roles should Anand Kumar, who trains students packed performances and a gripping inspire me and as well the audience.” She tale. When Dr Meera, a surgeon, is ABOUT LOOKING adds that just like in Taare Zameen Par, for IIT-JEE in Bihar. selected to operate the Chief Minister, BEAUTIFUL AND her roles should be those which she agrees a group of criminals led by an ex-cop with. (Ronit Roy) wants her to kill. If she GLAMOUROUS While everyone has a creative process, refuses, they threaten to harm her ANYMORE BUT the actress shares that she has seen a great ‘Art always family. change in the way she has evolved as an suffers at Tisca, who has never shied away DOING A CHARACTER actor with the evolving scene of the Indian the hands of from picking up bold roles, says that WHICH HAS A LOT cinema. “Today, with better and stronger fear. It is she was instantly drawn towards the roles for women coming up, even they are reunited and script and her role when she first OF LAYERS. IT IS A ready to take up more challenging ones. learnt about it. “I have never done a GREAT TIME FOR I have felt that it’s not just about looking refuelled role as powerful as Dr Meera. She’s a beautiful and glamourous anymore but because of very strong and positive person. She THEM TO BE IN doing a character which has much more fear. These prejudices is under a tremendous pressure of CINEMA’ layers. The audience today has been very that have been saving her family. And then there is loud and clear in stating that they want imposed on us, not the chief minister, whose life is her more content-based cinema, far more responsibility as a doctor. But her than just the normal, typical ‘masala just take us away journey is all about how positive she movies’ one. And this is why it is a great from our neighbours, stays till the end and doesn’t lose her time to be in cinema, especially for it takes us away from calm. I see her very powerful in that women. I have been more fierce in pick- ourselves. And when sense,” says she. ing up roles and auditioning for them as we deny ourselves However, prepping for the role compared to my initial years in the was a task. She explains, “I have been industry. It’s because of the growing the opportunity to a part of a film, which was based on demand for such women who can sym- communicate and medical negligence and murders and bolise power and strength. There is so exchange. We are with doctors around (in Ankur Arora much to explore today,” says she as she only expressing to the Murder Case). But here I was the one heads towards another power-packed world how fearful we who had to play a doctor’s role. I role. are.’ TECH TALK —Dia Mirza WEBBED Actress KATRINA Too much on the phone? LEILA: SEASON 1 KAIF is proving the critics wrong. She is currently Institutions are starting to react on students’ excess exposure to social media and being lauded for technology, which is a sign of distress, by monitoring yoga trainers her role as Kumud Raina in Bharat. igh school biology teacher Kelly becomes an anxiety if I don’t answer As per a HChavis knew smartphones were a them back right now I’m missing source, Vinod Mirani, the actress distraction in her class. But not even her something,” said Troy, Missouri, high has outshined the film’s ‘poor students realised the psychological toll school teacher. Freshmen are particu- plot.’ On her role, Katrina had ear- of their devices until in a class experi- larly susceptible, she said. Her own class lier said, “I had the most incredi- ment that, of course, was then spread- tallying experiment netted 80 notifica- ing on social media. tions among 20 students in less than 30 he story revolves around a girl, Shalini, who ble time working on this character, For one class period, students used minutes. Tchanges her religion after marrying Riz, a Muslim the whole journey has been the a whiteboard to tally, in real time, every “I definitely feel stress with online man. Their daughter Leila, disappears at the age of most exciting.” Snapchat, Instagram, text, call or other profiles, social media, to keep up, three. Shalini, sixteen years later tries to find her miss- Katrina stepped into bollywood notification that popped up. Students maintain my profiles and stuff,” said ing daughter. were told not to respond to avoid gen- Emily Mogavero, a 17 year old student Starring actress Huma Qureshi in the lead role, with the film Boom, which was a erating replies and further notifications. in Buffalo, New York. “It kind of wor- the thriller will release on Netflix on June 14. flop at the box office. Teachers around the country have ries me that I’m on my phone so much.” But there came a phase when run similar experiments, typically Mogavero said she sometimes puts her she delivered Namastey London recording dozens of trips to the board. phone out of reach or powers it down JINN and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. “One girl, just during the one so she doesn’t hear notifications. hour, got close to 150 Snapchat notifi- Last fall, Seattle Public Schools last Her recent film Bharat minted cations. 150!” marvelled Chavis, who bance in at-risk teenagers, such as feel- Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter, and fall began testing a toll free hotline to over `42 crore at the box office on teaches honours-level courses at Rock ings of isolation, depressive symp- sometimes will delete an app altogeth- help middle- and high-school admin- the first day of its release. Hill Schools in South Carolina. toms, and anxiety,” three researchers er for a while. “The older I’ve gotten, istrators deal with social media stres- She’s among a growing number of wrote in the journal Pediatrics. the more I realise it doesn’t really mat- sors like harassment. Other districts teachers, parents, medical profession- Researchers are still arguing ter so it’s not as stressful,” Coates said, have hired companies like Geo Tracing Spacey’s als and researchers convinced that whether phones drive student depres- recalling how in the past she’d post Listening, Bark or Social Sentinel that smartphones are now playing a major sion or depression drives phone use. But something only to delete it to avoid use algorithms to monitor their stu- accuser’s phone role in accelerating student anxiety — 70 per cent of teens view anxiety and being judged. dents’ public social media posts. a trend so pervasive that a National depression as major problems among Anxiety has taken over as the Administrators can then intervene if A Massachusetts judge says a Education Association newsletter their peers, according to a February Pew most significant obstacle to learning they see a student’s mental well-being phone used by a young man who labelled anxiety a “mental health tsuna- research centre report. Nearly 60 per among Chris Doyle’s high school stu- deteriorating. says actor KEVIN SPACEY groped mi.” cent of parents said they worry about dents at Avon Old Farms School in Fayette County schools in Kentucky him at a bar must be turned over Testing, extracurricular packed the influence of social media on their Connecticut. Some rack up absences say in the first three months of moni- inn will feature a group of young Arab characters schedules and perpetual stressors like child’s physical and mental health in the because they feel overwhelmed by the toring this year, it helped prevent a sui- Jand follow a group of teenagers, whose lives are to the defence. poverty can all weigh on students. But American Psychological Association’s day ahead, Doyle said. A teacher for 30 cide and led to help for a second trou- disrupted when a spiritual figure appears in front The actor’s lawyer research now points to smartphones- 2017 stress in America survey. years, he has seen a profound shift bled young person who had posted ref- of them in the ancient city of Petra. They try and told the judge at a driven social media as one of the biggest Schools are starting to react. Many toward constant self evaluation that he erences to past school shootings and stop Jinn from destroying the world. hearing that they need drivers of stress. After all, that’s where districts now hire outside companies to associates with social media, YouTube, bullying. Western New York yoga The series, written and produced by Elan and the accuser’s phone college acceptance letters fill Instagram, monitor students’ social media postings and even school grade portals some- instructor Erin Schifferli says the Rajeev Dassani, will release on Netflix on June 13. everyone knows where everyone else is for signs of distress. Others invite in times checked dozens of times a day — demand is high for her “teen yoga for so an expert can try going for spring break and athletic fail- yoga instructors and comfort dogs to things students have never before had stress relief” sessions. Her 12-year-old to recover text mes- ures and awkward social moments can teach even the youngest kids to keep to manage. daughter, Aeva, won’t get a phone until CINDERELLA POP sages his lawyer says live forever. technology from putting them on edge. “That kind of awareness of other she’s 16, she said. support Spacey’s Jean Twenge, a psychology profes- A school in Maine staged an people’s lives, even maybe what used to Setting such limits at earlier ages sor at San Diego State who has studied unplugged event day in April, but it be considered other people’s private might help. Deirdre Birmingham of claims of innocence. the issue, said it’s no coincidence that served to underline the technology’s lives, is kind of hyper right now,” Montclair, New Jersey, signed onto a Nantucket District youth mental health issues have risen pull when less than 20 per cent of stu- Doyle said. “And I don’t think that usu- campaign called “wait until eighth” Judge Thomas Barrett with the number of phones. “What a lot dents and staff took part. Meanwhile, ally leaves most people feeling good, because she didn’t think her video game said that the phone of teens told me is that social media and students and parents are filling school because nobody’s perfect and most kids addicted 10-year-old son was ready to must be turned over their phones feel mandatory,” she said, auditoriums for screenings of docu- feel very imperfect.” But putting the manage a smartphone’s pull. leading to a loss of sleep and face-to- mentaries such as “Like” and “Angst,” genie back in the bottle isn’t easy. In The idea, which got its start in Texas by June 21. face interactions necessary for their which explore social media, technolo- Illinois, Glenbrook, high schools district two years ago, is to lessen the peer pres- Spacey is accused mental well-being. gy and anxiety. Movements like away 225 experimented with limiting teens’ sure of being the only kid without a of groping the then- Last year, an editorial in the for the day and wait until eighth dis- access to their grades on a digital por- phone by enlisting parents of classmates 18-year-old man in a American Academy of Pediatrics’ flag- courage cellphones in middle school. tal. But for every student who said the to agree to hold off until at least eighth crowded bar on the ship journal recommended that doctors When she first got a smartphone grade book caused them anxiety, there grade. So far, almost 20,000 people have he Brazilian teen romance follows the story ask adolescent patients about their around seventh grade, all the posting, was another who said losing regular signed on, founder Brooke Shannon Tof Cintia Dorella, a teenager who decides to resort island in 2016. social media use as part of routine messaging and liking pushed Nia access created even more stress, said said. give up on love following her parents’ divorce, Spacey’s lawyers say the man screening, alongside older questions Coates’ anxiety level to “probably a 10,” instructional innovation director Ryan “I had a gut level that it would be though her mind is quickly changed after she deleted text messages that could about home life, drug and sexual activ- she said. Now a high school junior, the Bretag. difficult for my child to manage,” meets swoon and worthy singer Freddy Prince. help the actor’s defence. ity. “Aberrant and/or excessive social Buffalo, New York, teen has figured out Some students simply appear over- Birmingham said. “As a grown up, I find Directed by Bruno Garotti, the show stars media usage may contribute to the to manage the distractions. whelmed by non-stop social-media it difficult sometimes to manage.” Maisa Silva, Filipe Bragança and Fernanda Paes development of mental health distur- She’ll completely log out of her notifications during the school day. “It —AP Leme. It will release on Netflix on June 14. LUCKNOW 13 ● England’s 386-6 against Bangladesh was Poms highest score in the ODI World Cup and seventh consecutive 300+ in ODI matches MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019

IT WAS GREAT TO GET OUT THERE AND PUT IN A BIG PERFORMANCE. WE'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY WELL TOGETHER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAVE NOTHING MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT — JASON ROY

Poms dance to Roy’s tune Old school lessons AFP n CARDIFF score for the country. Although much has been ngland are continuing to made of their transformation in That was the most eye- Ebreak ground in the World the 50-over format since the catching moment, but we Cup, but Jonny Bairstow thinks 2015 tournament, Bairstow shouldn’t overlook the way he their winning performances does not believe that England came back at the end to finish are founded on old-fashioned have ripped up convention off the job. There was even a values. along the way. knuckle ball in there which I’m Bairstow had the perfect “We were 15 off five overs not sure I’ve seen before, even view of both aspects against so I would not say we were though I’ve spent a fair bit of Bangladesh, partnering Jason going off at the start,” he said. time watching him in the Big Roy in an opening stand of 128 “We then caught up, but it was- Bash. in 19.1 overs before taking the n’t a case of running down the Between Jofra and Mark wicketkeeping gloves as Jofra pitch and slogging. We played KNIGHTWRITER Wood you have two guys Archer, Mark Wood and Liam good cricket shots. Nothing bowling more than 90mph, Plunkett all pushed 140 kmh really has changed with that and I think Ben Stokes was and above. mentality. pretty close as well. Pace has Victory by 106 runs was “Jason’s game has devel- been an important part of this the perfect comeback after the oped, that’s evolution with World Cup and England have loss to Pakistan, with England's playing against different teams a number of options in that total of 386/6 their highest in in different competitions department which will be vital World Cup history and Roy around the world. Having on some of the flatter wickets. within five runs of equaling the opened the batting for a longer The good thing now is highest individual tournament period for England, his confi- that England have a few days dence will be very high and it off before playing the West will be great for him to score Indies in Southampton and 153 in the World Cup. that is where they will see the “At the other end I’m hop- benefits of a home World ing I can score runs as well. It Cup. The players will be able is good to have somebody at By HEATHER KNIGHT to get away from the intensi- the other end who is destruc- England women’s captain ty of the competition, go home tive, but at the same time if you and get refreshed before they can work the partnership out, have to come back into it. consistently grind out those That is vital because it is hundred stands, it does set a long tournament and you you up.” have to be able to manage the Being an established team to peak at the right time. Test wicket-keeper, I’ll be at the game against the Bairstow was unfazed West Indies and I can’t wait. when Jos Buttler's hip The teams played out a bril- injury forced England to Jonny Bairstow, left, shake hands with Mustafizur Rahman at the end of the group stage match between England and Bangladesh at the Cardiff Wales Stadium AP liant one-day series earlier hand over the gloves to this year in the Caribbean him. t is up to the opening bats- innings setting the platform, COMING OFF THE innings, but I’d have probably with sixes all over the “There was a glare men or the opening bowlers and Roy getting 153 in about 35 popped my hip if I had tried place. off the sightscreen which Ito set the tone in a match overs was brilliant. GAME AGAINST that sort of shot. It’s a long The West Indies have wasn’t very handy in and Jason Roy certainly did that That is now seven scores of PAKISTAN, IT WAS tournament so it makes sense got a few players back, the first few overs from against Bangladesh. Coming 300 in a row, and that comes that they didn’t want to take a and have looked an Jofra’s end,” he said. “But off the game against Pakistan, from the depth they have in the IMPORTANT FOR risk with him, particularly exciting team so far, so to have three guys it was important for England to batting line-up with so many ENGLAND TO with a keeper like Jonny it has the potential to be touching 90 miles an bounce back and it was prob- different contributors. In some Bairstow ready to step in. a really entertaining hour and Chris Woakes ably quite a good toss to lose. ways it's a self-fulfilling because BOUNCE BACK AND I was impressed by the game. Hopefully at 87 or 88 was good. All I was impressed with the they have so many options that bowlers and the way they England can push on the lads are firing and way Roy and Jonny Bairstow the pressure is off the individ- IT WAS PROBABLY responded after the Pakistan and get another win. that is strong for reined in their natural game ual and they can play with QUITE A GOOD game. Jofra Archer bounced competition. early on to get a feel for the con- greater freedom. back really well and that ball Courtsey— © ICC “You have seen ditions. We’ve become so used Jos Buttler didn’t keep after TOSS TO LOSE he bowled to get rid of Soumya Business Corporation that pace for a peri- to the guys at the top of the hurting himself in England’s Sarkar was incredible. FZ LLC 2019 od of time with other nations: Morne Morkel and Kagiso Rabada for South Africa, Patrick Convinced team to bat at No.3: Shakib Cummins and Mitchell Starc then Josh PTI n CARDIFF there. It is different. You need to Hazlewood for Australia. face some different challenges. South Africa and against “They are But if you haven’t got the skill tar Bangladesh all-rounder “But I’m enjoying at this SHAKIB SAID HE New Zealand,” he said. quick. It was a of execution, it doesn’t mat- SShakib Al Hasan says he is rel- moment, but having said that, it’s “We were expecting a difficult chal- ter how fast you are.” ishing his promotion to number just the start, I need to contribute HAD TO better bowling perfor- lenge, but I Bairstow is confident that three in the batting order, having as much as I can with both bat CONVINCE mance in this match. But enjoyed it. Buttler will recover quickly scored three half-centuries and and ball,” said Shakib whose 121 obviously England played Obviously and was satisfied with an a hundred in his last four ODIs. against went in vain as EVERYONE ELSE brilliantly. Credit goes to they are the improved team performance Shakib, who also opened the Bangladesh lost by 106 runs. their batsmen. The way two quickest — while acknowledging that bowling against England here on Shakib is in fine form with IN THE SQUAD HE their openers started, and bowlers in England can still improve. Saturday, said he had to convince the bat but he knows it is with the the way (Jos) Buttler fin- this World “Everyone was saying our everyone else in the squad he was ball that Bangladesh came WAS WORTHY OF ished the innings was the Cup, so I fielding [against Pakistan] was- worthy of the batting promotion. unstuck against England who THE BATTING turning point of the match knew that n’t good, but that was just “Yeah, (I needed to con- amassed 386. I think.” it's going to down to the standards we have vince) everyone. Because if I don’t “We are disappointed with PROMOTION With the bat, the twin be tough, but I felt very set for the past two years,” he score runs in a single match, they the result, and the manner we threats of Jofra Archer and happy with the way I said. “It is good this time to put would think he should be batting actually bowled. I thought we Mark Wood gave Shakib a played them,” he added. on a show, score over 380 and at number five he’s better down bowled really, really well against Shakib raises his bat after completing hundred AP proper examination. win by 106 runs.” OTHER SPORTS

AFP n PARIS THE WORLD afael Nadal swept to an historic Nadal turns Twelvie! NUMBER TWO R12th Roland Garros title and 18th Grand Slam crown on Sunday ALSO TOOK HIS with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Austria's Dominic Thiem. PARIS RECORD TO The 33-year-old Spaniard AN ASTONISHING becomes the first player, man or woman, to win the same Slam 12 93 WINS AND JUST times after seeing off a brave chal- lenge from a weary Thiem in a TWO LOSSES repeat of the 2018 final. Nadal is now just two behind HAVING Roger Federer's all-time record of PREVIOUSLY WON 20 majors and three ahead of Novak Djokovic who was knocked THE TITLE IN 2005- out by Thiem in the semi-finals. The world number two also 2008, 2010-2014, took his Paris record to an aston- ishing 93 wins and just two losses 2017 AND 2018 Olivier Giroud, left, and Antoine Griezmann prepare to kick-off after Turkey scored a goal AP having previously won the title in 2005-2008, 2010-2014, 2017 and 2018. aged to take off Nadal at Roland Sunday's triumph confirmed Garros after three previous defeats. Champions humiliated the 'Big Three' stranglehold on the Nadal was riled by the insult. Grand Slams having shared the last He swept the first 10 10 between them. points of the third AFP n PARIS "We have a different challenge on It also gave Nadal an 82nd set, carving out a Tuesday and I have to say well done career title and 950th match win. double break for orld champions France slumped to Turkey. We need to get back to In a 53-minute first set of bru- 3-0 before sweep- Wto a 2-0 loss to Turkey in Euro basics." tal hitting and raw physicality, it ing to a third 2020 qualifying on Saturday amid a "When you play like that on a col- was Thiem who broke first for a 3- break for the set. red-hot atmosphere in Konya. lective level there is nothing pos- 2 lead. Thiem, bidding Kaan Ayhan headed itive you can take from the But the 25-year-old's joy was to become just Turkey ahead on the half- game. short-lived as Nadal retrieved the Austria's second Grand hour mark and Cengiz "We didn't put in the match break in the sixth game before rac- Slam champion after Thomas Under fired in a second we needed to against a team ing away with the next three games Muster won in Paris in 1995, had before half-time to give the that played their game. That's to pocket the opener. played four successive days to hosts a first ever win over top-level football and it's the Thiem, who had beaten his reach Sunday's final and the toll France. same whether you are world opponent four times on clay in his was slowly telling. Didier Deschamps field- champions or not." career, failed to claim a single He wasted break points in the ed nine of the players that started last Victory pushed Turkey three point off Nadal's first five service first and third games of the fourth year's World Cup final but France points clear of France at the top of games of the second set. set and Nadal pounced to stretch struggled to create chances, while Group H after Senol Gunes' side won However, the dogged Austrian to 3-0. Hugo Lloris denied Turkey on a num- for the third time in as many outings. pushed and pushed, forced Nadal That was soon 5-1 and the ber of occasions. They continue their qualifying into three rushed groundstrokes relentless barrage continued with "That was a slap in the face for us campaign away to Iceland on Tuesday and, from nowhere, broke to take Nadal taking the title on a second and there's not a lot I can say," while France will expect to rebound the second set. match point when Thiem fired a Deschamps told TF1. on their trip to minnows Andorra. It was the first set he had man- Rafael Nadal lifts the trophy as he celebrates his record 12th French Open title win AP return long. LUCKNOW 14 ● Chris Gayle with 40 sixes in 28 innings of as many matches, holds the record of smashing the highest number of sixes in World Cup MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019

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UPNEXT playerspeak KAGISO RABADA, SA VS nKagiso, obviously the plan for South Uphill Africa coming into this World Cup was to have a full fully-fit pace attack. You are kind LIVE ON of the last man standing in that and you will face a West Indies team that I guess is 3:00 pm IST a fully-fit pace attack. Is there a bit of jeal- ousy that they are coming in looking so fit and firing when that could have been your plan? IANS n SOUTHAMPTON battle I wouldn't say it's jealousy. I think that we have to deal with what we have. There's fter three consecutive defeats, no point in complaining about it. South Africa will eye their first Unfortunately, you know, we've had quite a win of the ongoing ICC Injury-hit Proteas look to few problems in this tournament regarding Cricket World Cup 2019 injury. Awhen they face West Indies at the So we've had to work our way around Hampshire Bowl, here on Monday. open their account against it and we're going to have to work our way After a below par show so far, the around it for the next game. There's no point Proteas desperately need a win to in-form West Indies in complaining. stay in contention for a spot in the semi-finals. nKagiso, in that last game against India West Indies on the other you, at the start, seemed to discover some hand looked slightly better fire and real passion. Where did that come after a win and a loss from their from? And do you feel that that is sustain- two games. The Jason Holder- able, that you can reproduce that same sort led Carribean side kicked-off of form on Monday? their campaign on a convincing Well, the World Cup is a big stage. note with an impressive seven Playing against India is a big stage. And we'd wicket win over Pakistan before just lost two games on the bounce and there suffering a narrow 15 loss to was a lot of emphasis on that game, you Australia. know. The Proteas lost their all three encounters It's a game that I really hoped that we against England, Bangladesh and India. The pacer's would win. There was a lot on that, on that performance in their six wicket loss to India must be game. It was going to give us some breath- heartening for skipper Faf du Plessis and the team ing space. So now we've just got a stiff chal- management, but it's the batsmen who need to step- lenge ahead of us, but we're ready to stand up against a good looking West Indies pace attack. up, rise up to it. So far, nothing seems to work well for South Africa as pacer Dale Steyn has been ruled out due to injury nKagiso, still with that game. I'm sure the while Lungi Ngidi is also unfit for the game on result didn't go South Africa's way. There Monday. were signs there that the team was awak- South Africa have plenty to discuss about their ening, if you like. Did you get that feeling inconsistent performance with the bat and their open- as well, that that could still be the turn- ers - Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla will have around game at this World Cup? to surely fire against the Windies. However, their mid- I hope so. We are very hopeful. I think dle order looks decent and the lower order has also we've played two of the best teams in the chipped in with runs. The Proteas now needs to play world. Bangladesh, we felt that we might have fearless and attacking cricket. been a bit complacent, we talked about it, but Meanwhile, the Windies will look to rise up from we played England where actually we felt we their narrow defeat to Australia, a game which was really could have won that game. under their control. While their aggressive opening India, we took it right to the death, but I think bowling in the first two matches have impressed that's just in our DNA as South Africans. The everyone and if it happens again, it could be way we play our cricket, you know, we are another threat for the Proteans as their always there. If you look at how we play our openers have failed to fire. It was a poor shot cricket, we never give up. selection by the Carribean batsmen in So, we need a few things to click and we their run-chase against Australia, are working our way around it. And so we which cost them the match. are looking to turn it around today. However, having won their opening fixture nA few of us have been checking the weath- and pushing closer er report for Monday every hour. Is that to victory against something you guys have paid any atten- Australia, they will tion to? It is not looking too great. Does be the favourites that play on your mind in the preparation? in Monday's Faf du Plessis, left, speaks to Imran Tahir during South Africa game against India at Rose Bowl AP Yes and there's been small talk, not big game. South talk, about the weather. Again, it's an uncon- Africa, however, have HEAD TO HEAD trollable. Whatever God decides to do, He'll a 4-2 advantage over West XFACTOR Played SA WI do. But we're going to control what we can Indies in World Cup games. Matches 61 44 15 control. ■ Chris Gayle’s blistering form SQUAD Day matches 40 28 11 n ■ In World Cup 6 4 2 You are playing against a West Indian West Indies: Jason Holder (c), Fabian Allen, Darren Andre Russell, Jason Holder & Carlos side that looks like the way their batters, Brathwaite all-rounder trio Last 5 matches 5 3 2 Bravo, Shannon Gabriel, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin HIGHEST TOTALS they go and attack and attack. How do you ■ Lewis, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Carlos Kagiso Rabada’s pace South Africa 439-2 in 50 overs at Johannesburg 18-01-2015 approach a batting line-up like that in Brathwaite, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shai Hope, ■ Imran Tahir and Tabrez Shamsi spin West Indies 304-2 in 50 overs at Johannesburg 04-02-2004 terms of your plans? Do you stay patient? Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas. ■ PERFORMANCE IN WC Or do you go full tilt as well? South Africa: Faf du Plessis (c), Aiden Markram, Shai Hope’s golden run Team P W L T N/R Success% We have done our analysis already. We've ■ Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Rassie van der Can South Africa break the jinx of South Africa 58 35 21 2 — 62.06 put our plans in place. So today is about exe- Dussen, David Miller, Chris Morris, Andile three consecutive opening defeats West Indies 73 42 30 — 1 58.21 cuting it or practicing it to make sure that Phehlukwayo, JP Duminy, Dwaine Pretorius, Beuran against Caribbeans ? FAISEL FEATURES we execute our plans. Hendricks, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran The West Indies are a dangerous team. Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi. When they get going, they can really hurt the opposition, so we are aware of their threat. MEN WHO MATTER But we believe that we can beat them.

QUINTON DE KOCK (SA) ANDRE RUSSELL (WEST INDIES) UNDER THE nIn the tournament so far, Jofra Archer, Runs early on in the innings has been sadly lack- WEATHER Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah, they have Quick runs down the order and wicket-taking abilities with all produced really dramatic spells of ing for SA so far this tournament, with the highest the ball - Russell is an integral part of this West Indies team. With even chances of rain, a few showers might be bowling. Has that put any pressure on you? opening stand for the Proteas at this World Cup While he has been a big part of their success with the ball so expected in the afternoon at The Hampshire Bowl. I think they are all phenomenal bowlers. I being just 49. The wicket-keeper batsman, current- far, the all-rounder, with his ball striking abilities, is capable With cloud cover expected to remain for most part admire watching other bowlers bowl. I think of the day, fast bowlers might once again play a it's nice to see other people do well, not ly ranked fourth in the in the ODI Rankings, will of producing match-winning performances against any decisive role on Monday. aim for a match-winning performance against a against us though opposition on his day. — Courtesy © ICC Business Corporation potent West Indies attack. FZ LLC 2018 — Courtesy: © ICC Business Corporation FZ LLC 18

AFP n SOUTHAMPTON able for the World Cup. However, he chose the IPL and PSL, outh Africa coach Ottis Gibson AB storm irks Gibson announced an early retirement ‘Universe Boss’ but not in England Sadmitted on Saturday he was and recused himself from the frustrated to have to deal with the earlier in the year. World Cup," Akhtar said in a PTI n LONDON row over AB de Villiers' contro- "AB called me. I think it was video posted on YouTube. versial late offer to play in the the morning that the squad was "So basically everything start- he International Cricket Council has World Cup. going to be announced. A lot of ed with finance. I think when he Tnot only rejected Mahendra Singh It has emerged that De Villiers other things had gone on before took this decision, he did it look- Dhoni's request for wearing keeping contacted Gibson and South that, of course," he said. ing at his finances and econom- gloves which had a dagger insignia but Africa captain Faf du Plessis to tell "We had decided already that ics. also refused West Indies opener Chris them he was willing to come out he left it too late because the door "I think he should have Gayle permission to use 'Universe Boss' of retirement. was left open up until December, remembered that his country logo on his bat. But it was agreed that De and then after that to come this needs him. The money will come In both cases the ICC cited equip- Villiers, who retired from interna- late in the day," he added. today or tomorrow but you make ment regulation violation. tional cricket last year, had left it "He knew, if he really wanted the call of making money and Gayle, a self proclaimed 'Universe too late to be called up because it to, he knew that those 10 games ignore the World Cup." Boss', had requested the ICC to allow him would not have been fair to other against Pakistan and Sri Lanka With rumours swirling that use it for his bat branding but he was players who had featured against were vitally important for us Gibson will leave his role as South informed that he can't use any clothing Pakistan and Sri Lanka ahead of because from March to the World Africa coach after the World Cup, or sporting equipment for personal mes- the World Cup. Cup we won't have any more the current crisis on the field and sages. De Villiers' offer had cricket. But again, he knew that, the De Villiers issue off it threat- "ICC couldn't have made an excep- remained under wraps until after and he's made his choice." en to cast a shadow over his reign. tion for Dhoni as no personal messages South Africa's World Cup cam- Ottis said: "Personally I sus- Gibson admitted it was are allowed on equipment. Gayle want- paign plunged into crisis with a pect that there are a lot more peo- annoying to be bombarded with ed it but when he was refused permission, third successive defeat against ple wanting AB to be here than questions on the subject before he accepted it and moved on," a source India on Wednesday. AB himself because I believe that such an important World Cup privy to the development said. Having lost all three matches if AB wanted to be here, he would match. Talking about Dhoni, the official said, against England, Bangladesh and be here." "I was thinking to myself, "It is not about military symbolism. It is India, Gibson's side head into because since he's retired we've about a simple rule that no personal mes- ICC/Twitter Monday's clash with the West SHOAIB BLAST won every series that we've played, sages are allowed. If ICC did not make an Chris Gayle in action against Australia Indies likely needing to win their Gibson's quotes come after and I haven't had many AB ques- exception for Gayle, then how come they We did not allow it then and we won't remaining six games to have a former Pakistan star Shoaib tions. would make it for Dhoni." allow it now. You won't be even allowed chance of making the semi-finals. Ottis Gibson chats with Lungi Ngidi during South Africa’s practice session AFP/File Photo Akhtar accused De Villiers of "Suddenly we've come to the It has also been learnt that even to have a word like 'love' embossed on the In the circumstances, Gibson putting money over his country. World Cup and we've had one bad innocuous messages or emojis are not equipment," the source added. was disappointed to have to deal Cup challenge. Southampton on Saturday, Gibson "Firstly, people must not for- week, and AB is the saviour, but allowed on equipment. The ICC allowed the Indian team to with outside issues when he would Asked how the situation with revealed he had spoken to the 35- get that there was pressure on AB the guy is retired, he's made his "Tomorrow, Moeen Ali will again wear camouflage caps recently during an rather be focusing on rescuing De Villiers developed at his pre- year-old and told him he should de Villiers to leave IPL and PSL decision, and we have to live with request for wearing a 'Free Palestine' wrist- international match against Australia South Africa's faltering World match press conference in have made it clear he was available contracts and make himself avail- the decision that he's made." band which is a direct political message. because it was a bilateral series. LUCKNOW 15 ● New Zealand has won last 11 of the 12 games they played in World Cup with the only defeat coming in the final of 2015 edition MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019

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ndia's veteran wicketkeeper IMahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday Dhoni wears gloves without logo decided to obey the ICC diktat as he removed the dagger insignia from his green keeping gloves during the tions. However with people cutting DHONI WORE GREEN COLOURED It was learnt that an influential after BCCI had agreed to pay heed World Cup game against Australia. Dhoni wore green coloured across sections airing their views, the GLOVES ON SUNDAY BUT BOTH former BCCI President, who does- to ICC's rules and regulations, it Dhoni wore the gloves with gloves on Sunday but both the SG matter got complicated and it was THE SG LOGO n't exactly share a cordial relation- wouldn't be nice to break it. military dagger insignia against logo (manufacturers) and the dag- learnt that the Indian team was (MANUFACTURERS) AND THE ship with the Committee of The rule states that no person- South Africa, which evoked mixed ger insignia were removed, saving behind their senior most player on DAGGER INSIGNIA WERE Administrators, had asked him to go al messages are allowed on apparel reactions, and the ICC requested the BCCI from an embarrassing situa- the issue. ahead as the maximum penalty or sporting gears and even Chris BCCI to ask the former skipper to tion. "You will see tomorrow," was all REMOVED, SAVING BCCI FROM would have been demerit points. Gayle wasn't allowed to use Universe get it removed as it amounts viola- Though it couldn't be verified if Rohit Sharma said at the pre-match AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION But CEO Rahul Johri on Boss Logo on his bat for same rea- tion of sporting equipment regula- it was same gloves or a new pair. presser. Saturday evening explained that son. London WARNING SENSOR dreams PTI n LONDON PTI n LONDON was attended by senior Indian- ustralian opener David origin parliamentarians and AWarner is meticulously kipper Virat Kohli has entrepreneurs as well as British preparing for the tougher bat- Sexpressed hope that the Foreign Office ministers Mark tles ahead in the World Cup by Indian team can repeat history Field and Lord Tariq Ahmad. using a new device on his bat by winning another World Cup "It was in the UK in 1983 — a sensor that stores impor- in England, 36 years after its that we won the first World Cup. tant data like backlift angle and maiden triumph in 1983. I think we are all hoping that maximum bat speed. At a reception hosted by the history is going to repeat itself," ICC had approved the Indian high commissioner to said Ghanashyam, in her wel- usage of bat sensor back in the United Kingdom, Ruchi come message to the Indian 2017 but none of the interna- Ghanashyam, Kohli told the team at her London residence tional batsmen have used it in Indian diaspora that "special on Friday evening. matches. things" can happen together. "This is a very important A Bengaluru based com- "We can feel the love and relationship that we have pany has introduced its ver- warmth. We really look forward between India and the UK, the sion of sensor cap named 'Bat to all the support that we can get relationship in the arena of Sense' which Warner has been from all of you throughout this sports — particularly cricket. It using in practice to collate data campaign," said Kohli in refer- was in 1932 that India played its to counter the likes of ence to the diaspora support at first international game against Bumrah. the World Cup fixtures. the UK and in 1953 that we won The sensor chip is fixed on The event to welcome the the first international against the top of bat handle. Till the Indian cricket team to the UK England," she recalled. time batsman is batting, the data generated on the chip gets stored in a mobile app through 'cloud storage'. Mallya at Oval The technical data consists of aspects such as power index, maximum bat speed, rota- PTI n LONDON called Ooty Station in central tional angle of the wrists, London, which opened on backlift angle, bat start angle mbattled liquor tycoon Friday. (whether the bat is coming EVijay Mallya on Sunday "Was invited for a pre- straight or from first slip joined hundreds of cricket view. Superb all around angle). fans for the India versus Sports Bar. Enjoyed the best Warner's bat sensor has Australia World Cup match South Indian Food and an revealed some interesting at The Oval in London. exotic cocktail list watching insights about how he is doing. "I am here to watch the exciting cricket. The only His bat speed is believed to be game," he said, as he walked place to be in London to 79 kmph. into the stadium with his enjoy a premium Sports Bar "I am not sure whether ticket. and award winning food," Warner would use the bat The 63-year-old former read the tweet by Mallya, with sensor in a match situa- Kingfisher Airlines boss, an who remains on bail as he tion but he has been using it avid cricket fan, is wanted in contests an extradition order in practice sessions," Atul India on fraud and money issued by a UK court last Srivastava, whose company laundering charges amount- year. has a tie up with the ICC, said. MS Dhoni adjusts the bails as David Warner watches him during India Australia game at Oval ICC/Twitter ing to an alleged `9,000 He has continued to The data collected could crores. make a series of interven- prove to be useful for profes- At the moment, the bat Once a large chunk of data is available data," said Dasgupta. His most recent Twitter tions on social media to sional players as they will sensor usage is at a nascent collected across a cross section As of now, none of the intervention was also crick- offer "100 per cent payback" have a reference point, said stage where collating data is of players, it can be suitably current India players are using et-related, as he showered to state-owned Indian banks former Test wicketkeeper and the primary objective. processed by the coaches. the bat sensor, which could praise on a new Indian to cover his now-defunct Sid Mallya posts picture with his father Vijay Mallya on his Instagram page as they watch cricket analyst Deep "The data that will be Then players can according- well be another game-chang- restaurant and sports bar Kingfisher Airlines' debt. India Australia game at Kennington Oval on Sunday Dasgupta. available is of primary nature. ly change their game as per the er in the near future.

AFP n TAUNTON all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme bowled t World Cups, unlikely effectively and economi- Aheroes have a tendency to cally to take one for 14, emerge. An unlikely hero while Ferguson started Just ask Nathan Coulter- with three maidens in four Nile — who clobbered a cru- overs and then polished off cial, if unexpected, 92 in display that saw him take the tail for four for 37. Australia's victory over West five for 31 in Taunton. Then, unlike against Indies earlier this week. The likable 28-year- Bangladesh when they Or go back and see the old had notched one for made heavy weather of feats of James Faulkner in 21, but gone at seven an chasing down a gettable 2015, Mike Veletta in 1987, over, in the Black Caps' total, the batsmen ensured Balwinder Singh Sandhu in opening victory over Sri there were no slip-ups as 1983 or Collis King in 1979. Lanka before being carted they sealed a seven-wick- At the World Cup 2019, for 24 off just two overs by et victory with more than the eventual champions will Bangladesh. 17 overs to spare. play 11 matches, which makes He had never before But it was Neesham's it almost a certainty that there claimed more than four day, as the affable will be an opportunity, perhaps wickets in an internation- Aucklander demonstrated even a necessity, for unsung NEESHAM al innings and his best just how quickly fortunes squad members to shine in List A figures of five for 44 can change — going from addition to the more house- BOWLED came way back in the feeling his spot in the hold names. 2011/12 season for domes- starting XI was in question Kane Williamson checks on Rashid Khan after a ball bowled by Lockie Ferguson bounced off his helmet AP New Zealand certainly SUPERBLY ON A tic side Otago Volts. following two sub-par per- aren't short of those household GREEN Yet Neesham bowled formances, to the toast of names. superbly on a green the town. They boast one of the TAUNTON DECK Taunton deck to earn his It is vindication for Rashid should be fit most fearsome opening bowl- maiden ODI five-for by Neesham, who narrowly ing tandems in the tourna- TO EARN HIS getting a quintet of missed the cut four years ment — Matt Henry, who MAIDEN ODI Afghanistan's top seven ago as New Zealand took seven wickets in first out caught, three of them reached the final. Funnily for SA clash: Naib two matches of this World FIVE-FOR BY by wicket-keeper Tom enough, the man who beat Cup, and the second-ranked Latham. him to the final place in ODI bowler in the world Trent GETTING A This certainly wasn't a the squad then was Grant PTI n TAUNTON ness as Afghanistan's Boult. QUINTET OF case of padding a haul by Elliott, an all-rounder who NAIB IS NOT next game is a week away, Not to mention a man dismissing tail-enders, as had spent a year out of the fghanistan captain giving him plenty of time who can reach 145kph in AFGHANISTAN'S the all-rounder took five of side only to become anoth- AGulbadin Naib is TOO WORRIED to recover. Lockie Ferguson, a premier TOP SEVEN OUT the first six wickets - tear- er unsung hero, producing expecting his main strike OVER RASHID'S "He's feeling now bet- spinner in Mitchell Santner ing the heart out of the the match-winning bowler Rashid Khan to ter. The doctor said don't and the 496 international CAUGHT, THREE Afghan batting order, as innings in the semi-final. be fit for the side's next FITNESS AS go to the field but now wickets of Tim Southee cur- they eventually fell to 172 Victory sees New game against South he's feeling well. So he rently recovering from a minor OF THEM BY all out Zealand become the first Africa on June 15, follow- AFGHANISTAN'S needed rest. So obvious- calf injury. WICKET-KEEPER "I went back to doing side to reach three wins in ing a blow to his head NEXT GAME IS A ly we have a couple of But on a day where Henry what I do well — just hit- this World Cup and after while batting against days. He's fine now," Naib and Boult weren't quite at TOM LATHAM ting the deck as hard as making the final four years New Zealand. WEEK AWAY, said after the seven-wick- their brilliant best — combin- possible," explained ago, the strength in depth Star spinner Rashid et loss to New Zealand. ing for figures of none from 84 Neesham. they have already shown did not come out to bowl GIVING HIM "I asked the physio if from 18 overs — it required And it worked as a this time out means they after being hit on the PLENTY OF TIME he needed rest, some someone else to lead the bowl- treat. The hint of swing he will be confident of at head by a sharp Ferguson headache. We have a rest ing charge against got only adding to the least reaching the knock- bouncer in the first TO RECOVER of one week for the other Afghanistan. Afghanistan batsmen's out stages once again. innings. Afghanistan game. So now he's feeling Step forward Jimmy struggles against the And with a potential eventually suffered their well. So he should go to Neesham. quicks — struggles evi- eight more games still to third loss in a row here that he would not take hospital and check for It's fair to say there were denced by the fact that all play, there's plenty of time on Saturday. the field for the remain- some tests. He's well. few signs that Neesham was 41 overs they faced were of time for other unlikely Rashid underwent a der of the game. Afghani people is strong. about to enjoy a career-best from seamers. Black Cap heroes to concussion test and However, Naib is not too So it's just a small thing," day in any form of profession- It wasn't a complete emerge and replicate thereafter it was decided worried over Rashid's fit- he added. al cricket, ahead of the brilliant Jimmy Neesham reacts as he watches the ball Blackcaps/Twitter one-man show, as fellow Neesham. LUCKNOW 16 ● Rohit Sharma took 37 innings to reach 2000 runs against Aus in ODIs. No batsman has reached 2000 against an opposition in fewer innings MONDAY | JUNE 10, 2019

BATSMEN CAN THINK THEY HAVE TO TARGET THE SPINNER SO IT COULD WORK IN MY FAVOUR AND YOU MIGHT GET A FIVE-FOR ONE DAY— ADIL RASHID Indian blade runners sparkle ...as Men in Blue pip Australia by 36 runs

PNS n THE OVAL (LONDON) MOST RUNS AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN ONE DAYERS: hikhar Dhawan led the charge Sfor India, scoring 117 as India Batsman M I N.O Runs AVG H.S S/R 100 50 0 registered a 36-run win over Sachin Tendulkar (India) 71 70 1 3077 44.59 175 84.74 9 15 2 Australia in their ICC World Cup Desmond Haynes (WI) 64 64 8 2262 40.39 148 65.14 6 13 3 group stage match at The Oval on Sunday. Viv Richards (West Indies) 54 50 7 2187 50.86 153* 84.63 3 20 1 In reply, Australia could only Rohit Sharma (India) 37 37 4 2037 61.72 209 94.08 7 8 2 manage 316 despite half-centuries Brian Lara (West Indies) 51 50 3 1858 39.53 139 76.58 3 15 4 from David Warner (56), Steve INDIA’S TOP FIVE BATSMEN IN ONE DAYERS: Smith (69) and Alex Carey (55) as they failed to keep up with the ask- Batsman M I N.O Runs AVG H.S S/R 100 50 0 ing rate. This was Australia's first Sachin Tendulkar 463 452 41 18426 44.83 200* 86.23 49 96 20 loss in 11 games. Australia got off to an unusu- Sourav Ganguly 311 300 23 11363 41.02 183 73.70 22 72 16 ally circumspect start, with both Virat Kohli 229 221 37 10943 59.47 183 92.93 41 50 12 Warner and skipper Aaron Finch Rahul Dravid 344 318 40 10889 39.16 153 71.24 12 83 13 preferring to be patient rather Mahendra Singh Dhoni 343 291 82 10561 50.53 183* 87.62 10 71 10 than hit from the word go. Their 61-run stand came to a close in the 14th over when Finch SCOREBOARD was run out by Kedhar Jadhav but the slow nature of Australia’s bat- india ting remained. Steve Smith joined Rohit Sharma c Carey b Coulter-Nile 57 Warner out in the middle and their Shikhar Dhawan c (sub)Lyon b Starc 117 72-run partnership came in more Virat Kohli (c) c Pat Cummins b Stoinis 82 than 11 overs, hardly the rate Hardik Pandya c Finch b Pat Cummins 48 Australia needed to be scoring at. MS Dhoni (wk) c & b Stoinis 27 Warner was dismissed by Lokesh Rahul not out 11 Yuzvendra Chahal when he holed Kedar Jadhav not out 0 out to Bhuvneshwar Kumar at Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 7, nb 0, p 0) 10 deep mid-wicket. New man Total (5 wkts, 50 Ov) 352 Usman Khawaja scored 42 but he Fall of wickets: 127-1 (Rohit Sharma, 22.3), too took his time out in the mid- 220-2 (Shikhar Dhawan, 36.6), 301-3 (Hardik dle. Khawaja was eventually Pandya, 45.5), 338-4 (MS Dhoni, 49.1), 348- bowled by Bumrah but his depar- 5 (Virat Kohli, 49.5) ture led to the arrival of Glenn Bowling Maxwell, who began to single- Pat Cummins 10-0-55-1 handedly dominate the Indian Mitchell Starc 10-0-74-1 bowling. He started the innings Nathan Coulter-Nile 10-1-63-1 with a four then scored the major- Glenn Maxwell 7-045-0 ity of the runs as Australia scored Adam Zampa 6-0-50-0 28 runs in the next two overs. Marcus Stoinis 7-0-62-2 Bhuvneshwar came back Australia strong though, removing Smith and Marcus Stoinis in the same D Warner c Kumar b Chahal 56 A Finch (c) run out (Jadhav/Pandya) 36 over before Chahal got rid of S Smith lbw b Kumar 69 Maxwell in the next over thanks to U Khawaja b Bumrah 42 a fine catch from Ravindra Jadeja G Maxwell c sub (RA Jadeja) b Chahal 28 sprinting in from the deep. M Stoinis b Kumar 0 Carey scored a quick-fire half- A Carey not out 55 century but the high asking rate N Coulter-Nile c Kohli b Bumrah 4 and the lack of contribution from P Cummins c †Dhoni b Bumrah 8 Virat Kohli, left and MS Dhoni celebrate scoring runs between the wickets AP the tail-enders meant that his M Starc run out (sub [Shankar]/Kumar) 3 knock went in vain. A Zampa c sub (RA Jadeja) b Kumar 0 to the three-figure feat and 53 to his the toss advantage to give the The Indian innings was paced Extras (b 3, lb 3, nb 1, w 7) 14 half-century as Sharma shielded Aussies a score to battle with. with mature caution and careful TOTAL 316/9 him ably through his vulnerable The celebrated and much interpretation of the bowling as all Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Finch, 13.1), 2-133 patch which lasted through the first feared Australian pace battery did of Mitchel Starc, Pat Cummins, (Warner, 24.4), 3-202 (Khawaja, 36.4), 4-238 spells of Starc and Cummins. He not find much menace or move- Coulter-Nile, Glenn Maxwell and (Smith, 39.4), 5-238 (Stoinis, 39.6), 6-244 eased out once Coulter-Nile, ment on a dry and tested pitch Zampa failed to breach the Indian (Maxwell, 40.4), 7-283 (Coulter-Nile, 44.5), 8- Maxwell and Zampa followed and which Kohli said at toss "made it a armoury till much after India 300 (Cummins, 46.6), 9-313 (Starc, 49.1), started to look dominating and no brainer to bat first." The full- reached 127 and Rohit Sharma 10-316 (Zampa, 49.6) comfortable hence forth. His first lengtherspunctuated by the short decided to have a mis-timed go at Bowling boundary through cover off stuff did little to needle the Indian Coulter-Nile's outside off-stump full B Kumar 10-0-50-3 Cummins came in the fourth over batsmen either, including M S length riser ,getting a scooped up J Bumrah 10-1-61-3 when he was still trying to cement Dhoni who came at No 5 to add his outside edge into the hands of H Pandya 10-0-68-0 his stand on the pitch. Early in his bit (27 off 14 balls) to the score- Carey. He was then 57 with a strike Kuldeep Yadav 9-0-55-0 innings, Dhawan was rapped on the board before being caught and rate of 81 plus. Y Chahal 10-0-62-2 gloves and called for mid-field bowled by Starc in the death overs. The sun, however, brought in K Jadhav 1-0-14-0 treatment after which he settled in The unimpressive figures many winners for Team India with for a long story everyone would tell (Cummins 10-55-1; Starc: 10-74-1; Kohli winning the toss and giving ICC tournaments, more so on in times to come. Coulter-Nile: 10-1-63-1; Glen Shikhar Dhawan the stage to bat out English soil and when he is chal- As Dhawan helmed the show, Maxwell 7-45-0; Zampa: 6-50-0 and his sustained bad patch in the lenged by the Aussies. His century, Sharma quietly reached his 50, Stoinis 7-62-2) warned the Indian middle. A well-scripted century was 17th in ODIs, was punctuated with giving way to Virat Kohli after a arm department of the incoming one result with Dhawan enjoying thought, style and balance, not to centurion opening partnership at difficulties, even if the pitch would his rediscovered love affair with the mention 13 fours and 2 sixes, after the mouth had set the tone of a slow down a bit here and there. bat, playing up to a handsome 117 he quickly got over jitters against good India show in the middle. In India scored 51 runs in the last before being caught by a sub at deep Starc and Cummins to put on an all-round display of batting, four overs before Kohli was caught mid-wicket, giving the Aussies rea- board a show-stopper ton applaud- Kohli added 82 after initial quietude on Stoinis' penultimate ball by son to pat Starc's back at long last. ed by the sea of blue in the stands and Hardik Pandya, promoted to which time the deed had already Dhawan, the big-ticket per- with hardly any yellow dotting the No 4 over K L Rahul, a scintillat- been done and no game altering Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot during his 117-run innings against Australia at The Oval in London AP former has had particularly good seats. He took 109 deliveries to get ing 27-ball 48, aiding and abetting damage would be foreseen. CRICKETCRADLE

ic fervour in the form of a whole lot of Bollywood singing to the beat of live drums brought in by the Bharat Army brigade. As the drummers did the round of the stands to the tune of "Is deshkidharti…", the bhangra and the beer got the frenzy the fifth gear with the sea of blue joining in the proceed- ings. One of the drummers was just 12 years old but that did not make his beats any callow. Patriotism flows into the stands whenever its Indian cricket and there's no rulebook to stop it. 600 A TICKET Talking of Bharat Army, they have been making a good cut in selling Troupe from Gujarat eleventh hour tickets for the sold out Oval show. "I made my enquiries and JAIL BRIGADE a printing press owner and the like who they told me that I would have to pay Fans keeping their fingers crossed at Kennington station from where all roads lead to Oval As fans' sartorial soirees go, this one got together to be here for at least three at least 600 pounds for one ticket. Since took the cake, or was it the absconders India matches - against South Africa, I needed two, it was quite steep for me," STORY OF NEED Indian students, old English gen- from India? A pack of five businessmen Australia and Pakistan. "We will be said Rahul C Ganti who is here on a As the sun shone bright over tlemen in cricket hats and khaki from Gujarat are touring the India back if India reaches the Big Final," says short non-cricket holiday with his fam- London, promising to make it a shorts and young women - all games in one and black stripe jail uni- Patwa, confident for now that 350 will ily from Texas. He finally bought good day for cricket, ticketless were there with their requests form and their jail numbers work in be the Oval score that the Aussies will them online a day before the match fans of all ages stationed them- even as a hyper active cricket multiples. There is a "chaarsau bees" to have to chase. "Unsuccessfully," he con- "though it cost me the same ultimate- selves at the Oval tube station, securityman kept warning against lead the group and that kind of dou- cludes with a smile before sauntering ly with all the service charges etc," he asking for spare ones from arriv- buying tickets from fans. "Do not bles up with the fun. "We thought it was to the beer counter at the back. said, which means someone some- ing janata. Carrying placards say- buy tickets from anyone outside. appropriate to sport this as we want to where made a cool 1200 pounds. ing "spare tickets please" or " I Those who have tickets please go send the message to the Nirav Modis OUT OF THE GLOVE What was alarming was the fact that need tickets" or mere verbal into the stadium immediately," he and the Vijay Mallyas that we are here As Rohit-Dhawan started rolling the fake tickets were in circulation as requests were being made from kept screaming even as the some to get them back," said Rahil Patwa who out their shots after a cautious start, the Ganti and his son Rohit discovered that the exit door of the Oval tube sta- fans gathered around official tick- otherwise runs an IT solutions compa- Dhoni glove talk in the stands started two other patrons had the same tick- tion all the way to the main gates et windows despite the signage Sea of blue reflected on the press box glass enclosure at The Oval ny back home. Then there is a builder, snowballing into full-fledged patriot- et with the same seat numbers. of the iconic cricket stadium. saying "sold out.