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NATION | Politics PEOPLE | Newsmakers Chapters glorifying Tipu Activist Greta Thunberg Sultan to be removed declines climate prize, from books: Yediyurappa2 urges more action 11 www.asianage.com RNI No. 57290/94, Regd No: DL-SW-05/4189/15-17 Vol. 26 No. 254 | 32 PAGES | `5.00 WINDOWS Merkel, PM Centre plans Fadnavis softens stand, says Modi to gold amnesty Maha to get BJP-Sena govt discuss ties, Uddhav Thackeray in his ink 20 pacts Tieup important, address to the BJP’s SRIDHAR JD-U seeks ‘proportional newly-elected MLAs after KUMARASWAMI scheme soon no compromise being unanimously re- NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 representation’ in Cabinet elected the leader of the MADHUSUDAN SAHOO ◗ The scheme is the on respect: Sena state BJP legislative party German & SANGEETHA G. latest move by the SREEPARNA Kumar has given the in Mumbai on Chancellor NEW DELHI/CHENNAI, BHAGWAN PARAB and CHAKRABARTY party proportionate rep- Wednesday, Mr Fadnavis Angela OCT. 30 government to bring SONU SHRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 resentation in Bihar, said, “I thank Shiv Sena Merkel, back hordes of MUMBAI, OCT. 30 JD(U) spokesperson K.C. chief Uddhav Thackeray who is In a move that is going to black money used At a time when Shiv Tyagi said that if PM for his support. Also my scheduled cause a lot of heartache to to buy the yellow A day after he rubbished Sena is playing hardball Modi or Amit Shah take special thanks to PM Merkel to arrive in individuals, the govern- Shiv Sena’s claim that the with the BJP, the JD-U the initiative for Narendra Modi who hand- New Delhi ment is all set to metal, considered Bharatiya Janata Party has upped the ante and the party’s inclu- ed over the responsibility on Thursday evening, announce a new gold a safe investment (BJP) had agreed to share is pushing for “propor- sion in Cabinet, of the Maharashtra gov- will hold meetings with Model Hoang Thuy presents a amnesty scheme wherein Maharashtra chief minis- tional representation” in they would wel- ernment to a common PM Modi on Friday dur- creation by designer Hoang individuals will have to purchased without any ter’s post, chief minister the Cabinet. Reminding come the move. party worker like me in ing which the two lead- Hai during the Vietnam disclose their unaccount- receipt,” it said, adding Devendra Fadnavis soft- the BJP that CM Nitish ■ More: Page 2 2014 and 2019.” Mr ers will discuss ways to International Fashion Week in ed gold holdings and pay that the scheme will be in ened his stand and said Fadnavis also expressed strengthen their strate- Hanoi on Tuesday. — AFP taxes on the value that line with other that since Maharashtra There was speculation ing ally by way of some confidence that the gic partnership. falls beyond a certain “amnesty” schemes float- had voted for the alliance, on Wednesday that the plum portfolios. Mahayuti (alliance) Ms Merkel, who will be threshold. Gold jewellery ed during 2014-16. it would get an alliance BJP may have offered an Making a special men- would form the next in India till Saturday, Chidambaram sent of married women worth The rate of tax is yet to government. olive branch to the sulk- tion of Shiv Sena chief ■ Turn to Page 4 will be accompanied by a certain amount will be be worked out by the gov- representatives from 12 back to Tihar jail exempted from this ernment, a source said, German ministries, and scheme. but hinted that the think- the two nations will dis- till November 13 A top source told The ing is to keep the rate Cong nation-wide protest from Nov. 5 cuss cooperation in New Delhi: Former finance Asian Age, “The govern- around 30 per cent level, trade and economy, minister P. Chidambaram ment at the Centre is with an effective rate of SREEPARNA Opposition in the Rajya innovation, artificial was on Wednesday sent mulling a special scheme 33 per cent, including CHAKRABARTY Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad Rahul on a ‘meditational visit’ intelligence, climate and back to Tihar jail till on gold which aims at education cess. NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 is coordinating with all sustainable develop- November 13 in the legalising unaccounted The gold amnesty other Opposition parties, abroad, will return soon: Cong ment, security and for- INX Media money launder- wealth in India’s most scheme is the latest move Buoyed by its perfor- sources told this newspa- eign policy. ing case by a Delhi court consumed asset — yellow by the government to mance in the recent per. New Delhi, Oct. 30: spokesperson Germany and India are which said sufficient metal. We have learnt bring back hordes of Assembly polls that was The Congress, which Congress leader Rahul Randeep expected to ink a slew of time has been given to the that the Prime Minister’s black money used to buy well beyond its expecta- has already announced Gandhi is on a “medita- Surjewala said agreements, probably as Enforcement Directorate Office (PMO), in consulta- the yellow metal consid- tions, the Congress has plans for a nationwide tional visit” abroad and is Gandhi was many as 20, in various (ED) for his interrogation. tion with the finance ered a safe investment called a meeting of all protest from November 5 likely to return shortly, away at one of sectors. The court also directed the ministry, will finalise the option in India. After Opposition parties on to 15 on four key issues — party sources said on Rahul his regular Speculation is also rife Tihar Jail authority to pro- scheme soon.” demonetisation in November 4 to finalise a the economic downturn, Wednesday. “meditational that Mr Modi may brief vide adequate security to “The tax will have to be November 2016, this will nationwide campaign on unemployment, the agrar- Responding to specula- visits”. Sources added the German Chancellor the senior leader. paid on the entire value be the second major mea- the state of the economy. ian distress and the pro- tion on the former that Mr Gandhi is possi- on developments in Full report on Page 4 of gold declared by an sure by the government Senior Congress leader posed signing of the RCEP Congress president’s bly in Indonesia. Jammu and Kashmir. individual that has been ■ Turn to Page 4 and Leader of the ■ Turn to Page 4 absence, Congress chief — PTI ■ More on Page 3 Toxic smog, haze chokes Delhi-NCR Naga talks to New Delhi: Delhi remained RSS: Accept SC blanketed by a thick go on today haze on Wednesday with its air quality dropping further, in search of Ayodhya verdict largely due to the heavy load of smoke from stubble burning in neighbouring a consensus states of Haryana and ‘wholeheartedly’ Punjab, according to MANOJ ANAND government agencies. GUWAHATI, OCT. 30 AGE CORRESPONDENT Whatever be the Full report on Page 13 NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 The ongoing negotia- verdict, everyone tions to take the NSCN With the Supreme should accept it ‘Mumbai could be (I-M) on board failed to Court likely to deliver wholeheartedly. It make any headway on its verdict on the politi- is everybody’s submerged by 2050’ Wednesday, and talks cally-sensitive Ram Washington: India’s finan- between the Prime Janmabhoomi-Babri responsibility to cial capital Mumbai, one Minister’s envoy R.N. Masjid title suit before ensure that social of the most densely popu- Ravi and the collective November 17, the RSS harmony is main- lated cities in the world, is NSCN (I-M) leadership urged people on tained across the at risk of being submerged of led by Th Muivah was Wednesday to accept by 2050, according to a postponed till Thursday. the verdict “whole- country... study that gives new esti- Saying that the NSCN heartedly”, saying it — Arun mates on the impact of (I-M) was still adamant was everyone’s respon- Kumar, rising sea levels. on their demand for a sibility to ensure that Full report on Page 2 separate flag and consti- harmony was main- RSS leader tution, security sources tained in the country told this newspaper that whatever be the ruling. apprised the RSS brass COUNTERPOINT the issues being dis- The RSS top brass, on the party’s perfor- cussed included the including its chief mance in the recent process and roadmap for Mohan Bhagwat, held a elections in the surrender of arms. meeting here on Maharashtra and Indicating that a con- Wednesday to discuss Haryana, where the sensus on surrendering the matter, which was BJP remained short of arms by the NSCN (I-M) also attended by senior a simple majority in ■ Turn to Page 4 BJP leaders, who ■ Turn to Page 4 Kashmir attack: Article 370 move India’s Mamata seeks internal issue: EU MPs probe, truth YUSUF JAMEEL against terrorism as it Kolkata, Oct. 30: SRINAGAR, OCT. 30 (terrorism) is a com- Expressing her shock mon problem of the over the killings of five European MPs, who world which ought to labourers from were on a two-day visit be fought by all. Murshidabad by terror- of Srinagar, on They delegation ists in J&K, CM Mamata Wednesday said that urged India and Banerjee on Wednesday abrogation of Article Pakistan to resolve all WEATHER demanded to the Centre 370 of the Constitution outstanding issues for a “strong” probe into was an internal issue of through dialogue in O Max: 30 C the “pre-planned” shoot- India. They also said order to create peaceful Min: 20OC ing to know the truth. that they stand by New South Asian region. RH: 63% ■ More on Page 4 Delhi in its fight ■ More on Page 4 Rainfall: Nil Forecast: Cloudy sky ASTROGUIDE Democrats unveil Trump Vikari: Dakshinayana Tithi: Kartika Shudda Chavithi impeachment procedure till 1.04 am (early hours of Friday) Washington, Oct. 30: ing unsubstantiated cor- The House is expected The Democratic Party, ruption claims against to vote on the measure Star: Jyeshta till 9.36 pm which controls the US his political rival, Joe on Thursday. Varjyam: Nil House of Biden, and his son who “There is mounting Durmuhurtam: 10.05 am to Representatives, has worked with Ukrainian evidence that the presi- 10.51 am, 2.39 pm to unveiled a resolution gas company Burisma. dent abused his power setting out the next The eight-page resolu- and betrayed our 3.24 pm steps in their impeach- tion made public on national security while Rahukalam: 1.30 pm to 3 pm ment efforts against Tuesday sets out a more compromising the President Donald public phase of the integrity of America’s Trump. inquiry and hands the elections,” Rules SUNSET TODAY 5.38 PM President Trump, a lead role in hearings to Committee Chairman SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.32 AM Republican, is accused the chair of the intelli- James P McGovern said. MOONRISE TOMORROW 9.40 PM of trying to pressure gence committee, Adam — AFP MOONSET TODAY 7.35 AM Ukraine into investigat- Schiff. ■ More on Page 8 Politics

Uttar Pradesh is fulfilling PM Modi’s PAGE dream to make air travel affordable the for poor, says Yogi Adityanath Nation 2 THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI ■Smaller parties in BJP-Sena grand allinace also want their share Rising sea will Fresh trouble in grand Maha tieup sink Mumbai The people whose AGE CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI, OCT. 30 Sena summons kin face allegations of land grabbing While the Bharatiya MLAs for meet by 2050: Study Janata Party (BJP) and ◗ should introspect. Shiv Sena continue to spar AGE CORRESPONDENT Washington, Oct. 30: The The southern over the sharing of power, MUMBAI, OCT. 30 financial capital is at risk parts of Mumbai even smaller parties in of being submerged by may sink at least — Smriti Irani, their grand alliance now With the Bharatiya Janata 2050, according to a study BJP leader want their share in the Party (BJP) refusing to that gives new estimates once a year below power. accept its demand that the on the impact of rising the projected high Four parties of the chief minister's chair be sea levels. tide line, according SHORT TAKES alliance — Republican shared on a rotational India and other Asian to the study. Party of India, Rashtriya basis, the Shiv Sena has countries, including ◗ The research Samaj Paksh (RSP), Shiv called a meeting of its Bangladesh and Plaint against BJP Sangram and Rayat newly-elected MLAs on Indonesia, may see a five was published by Krantikari Sanghatana Thursday. to tenfold increase in the Scott A. Kulp leader for hate post (RKS) — will be meeting In addition to discussing population living below and Benjamin H. Thursday to decide their the power-sharing deal the projected high tide Strauss of Climate Aligarh (UP): Social activists stand on the sharing of with the BJP, the party is line by the end of the cen- from Aligarh and Delhi have power. also likely to elect the leg- tury, added the study pub- Central in the US. filed multiple complaints The leaders of these par- islature party leader on lished in the journal with police and the home ties will meet Thursday at this occasion. Nature Communications, on the impact of rising ministry’s cyber-cell against the residence of RPI gen- The party has even can- Newly elected BJP MLAs pose for a selfie during a meeting to announce the Published on Tuesday, it sea levels. BJP leader Kapil Mishra, eral secretary and minis- celled the Konkan tour of Maharashtra BJP legislature party leader, in Mumbai, Wednesday. — RAJESH JADHAV put together estimates of It noted that three times alleging his social media ter Avinash Mahatekar to Yuva Sena chief Aaditya future water level rise as many people may be post incited hatred against discuss their participation Thackeray for the meet- with current projections affected as earlier projec- Muslims, official sources said in government and the dis- ing, which will be held at of population density tions estimated. Wednesday. They said for- tribution of power. the Sena Bhavan in Dadar After Sena, now JD-U’s turn increase in major parts of The scientists used an mer president of Aligarh RPI chief Ramdas and addressed by Sena the world. improved model of Muslim University Students’ Athawale, RSP chief chief Uddhav Thackeray. Much of the southern coastal elevations across Union Faizul Hasan is among Mahadeo Jankar, Shiv Ever since the results for parts of Mumbai may several regions of the those who have registered Sangram chief Vinayak the Vidhan Sabha polls to play hardball with BJP sink at least once a year world to provide the new the complaints with the Mete and RKS chief were announced, there below the projected high estimates of the vulnera- cyber-cell. In August, Mr Sadabhau Khot will attend has been an intense tussle SREEPARNA Modi or BJP president on at least three ministeri- tide line — the mark on bility of densely populat- Mishra, then with the Aam the meeting. between the Sena and the CHAKRABARTY Amit Shah would take an al berths. coastal lands up to which ed low-lying areas to ris- Aadmi Party, was disquali- Mr Athawale met state BJP over the sharing of NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 initiative for the party’s Mr Tyagi said that the the highest high tide ing oceans at global and fied as a member of the BJP chief Chandrakant power in the next inclusion in the Union JD(U) was not inducted in reaches in a year — by national scales. Delhi Legislative Assembly Patil to discuss the share government. At a time when the Shiv Cabinet, they would wel- the first Modi government mid century, the New According to the under the anti-defection law. of power of smaller allies Sena is playing hardball come the move. “If Mr as well though it had York Times said in a researchers, nearly 250 Mr Hasan has accused Mr in government formation. with the BJP over the gov- Modi and Mr Shah take an inducted BJP leaders in report based on the study. million people around the Mishra of repeatedly posting According to sources, leader Ajit Pawar was ernment formation in initiative for the JD(U)’s the state government after “Built on what was a world currently live on comments on social media there is discontent brew- unanimously re-elected as Maharashtra, another of proportionate representa- exiting the Congress-RJD series of islands, the land that may go below that incited hatred. — PTI ing among the smaller the legislature party the party’s allies, the tion in the government, Grand Alliance in 2017. city's historic downtown water levels during annu- allies as bigger parties like leader of the NCP at the Janata Dal (United), also we will welcome it,” he He, however, added that core is particularly vul- al floods. the BJP and Shiv meeting of the newly- upped the ante on said, adding adequate rep- his party was imposing no nerable,” the NYT said. By the new estimate, the Naqvi: Tolerance Sena continue to spar over elected MLAs here. Newly- Wednesday by pushing for resentation of the JD(U) condition on the BJP over It also published a series researchers wrote in the government formation, elected MLAs of the Shiv “proportional representa- would make Bihar more the issue. of maps showing parts of study, one billion people is in Hindus’ DNA leaving them very little of Sena will elect the legisla- tion” for itself in the representative in the He also noted that the Mumbai as well as now occupy land that is New Delhi: Minority affairs the power share. The lead- ture party leader on Union Cabinet. Union government and it mandate of the 2015 Bihar Bangkok and Shanghai less than 10 metres minister Mukhtar Abbas ers of these parties com- Thursday. The party also said that would be socially more Assembly polls was submerged by 2050. above current high tide Naqvi on Wednesday ing together is a tactic to A meeting for this pur- it would contest the com- broad-based and cohesive. “against” the BJP but Mr Mumbai has a popula- lines, including 250 told a US delegation that put pressure on bigger pose will be held at the ing Assembly polls in The former Rajya Sabha Kumar conceded to it the tion of 12.5 million, million below one “communal harmony and allies. Sena Bhavan in central Delhi and Jharkhand on MP was addressing the post of deputy chief min- according to the last cen- metre. tolerance is in the DNA of On Tuesday, Nationalist Mumbai, a party leader its own wherever it has media after Mr Kumar ister besides sharing min- sus in 2011. The researchers said the majority community in Congress Party (NCP) said on Wednesday. pockets of strength. was re-elected the JD(U) isterial berths. The research was pub- eight Asian countries — India.” The delegation led chief spokesperson In the recent state polls, Reminding the BJP that president for the next However, he was quick to lished by Scott A Kulp China, Bangladesh, India, by US Ambassador-at-Large Nawab Malik said the for- the BJP won 105 seats, a Bihar chief minister three years at its national add that was no “confu- and Benjamin H. Strauss Vietnam, Indonesia, for International Religious mation of an alternative loss of 17 seats compared Nitish Kumar had given council in the capital. sion” in his party’s of Climate Central in the Thailand, the Freedom, Samuel Brownb- government can be given a to its 2014 tally. The Sena's the saffron party propor- After its massive victory alliance with the BJP after US, a non-profit news Philippines, and Japan — ack, was told by the Union thought in case the BJP tally also came down to 56 tionate representation in in the Lok Sabha polls in Mr Shah’s recent state- organization comprising housed more than 70 per minister that social, religious fails to prove its numbers seats from 63 in 2014. A the state government, May this year, the BJP had ment that the NDA would scientists and journalists cent of the total number and constitutional rights of on the floor of the state resurgent NCP won 54 and JD(U) national spokesper- offered one ministry to fight the 2020 Assembly that analyses and reports of people currently living minorities are absolutely Assembly. the Congress bagged 44 son K.C. Tyagi said that if each of its allies. However, polls in Bihar under Mr on climate science, and on affected lands world- safe” in India. The delega- Earlier in the day, NCP seats. Prime Minister Narendra the JD(U) had been stuck Kumar’s leadership. contains new estimates wide. — PTI tion, it was learnt, was also informed about the various initiatives taken by the gov- ernment for the socio-eco- Cong leaders nomic and educational ‘Govt firm on empowerment of minorities. revolt against not celebrating Odisha chief JJP NOW VYING over ‘failures’ FOR PLUM Tipu Jayanti’ AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO PORTFOLIOS AGE CORRESPONDENT BHUBANESWAR, OCT. 30 New Delhi, Oct. 30: After BENGALURU, OCT. 30 bagging the deputy chief A fresh spell of dissen- minister’s post in the Chief minister B.S. Yed- sions has started brew- Manohar Lal Khattar-led iyurappa was firm on ing in Odisha Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)- Wednesday that his gov- Congress Committee Jannayak Janata Party(JJP) ernment would not cele- with a host of state lead- government in Haryana, the brate the birth anniver- ers demanding change of Dushyant Chautala led party, sary of 18th century guard in the state unit. JJP is now vying for the Mysuru king Tipu Sul- B.S. Yediyurappa A group of top leaders plum portfolio of either agri- tan on November 10 and led by Bapi Sarkhel held culture or finance. Both the revealed it was also con- said. on Wednesday a meeting BJP and the JJP had prom- sidering removing a les- Madikeri MLA, Appa- at Panthanivas and ised a number of son glorifying him in chu Ranjan had recent- adopted a resolution sops for the agri- the state’s primary ly submitted a memo- seeking appointment of culture commu- school textbooks randum to primary and Cuttack-Barabati MLA nity in the state, The chief minister, secondary education Mohammed Moquim as whose majority who has completed 100 minister, Suresh Kum- the new OPCC in place population is days in office, was ar, demanding the rem- of Niranjan Patnaik. into farming. Mr addressing the Bengal- oval of a lesson portray- “Given the fact that the Khattar met uru Reporters’ Guild ing the Mysuru king as party has become direc- Prime Minister and Bengaluru Press a freedom fighter, call- tionless under the lead- Narendra Modi Dushyant Club in the city at their ing it misleading as he ership of present OPCC on Wednesday Chautala invitation. was a “tyrant”, who chief Niranjan Patnaik, and Mr Chautala Soon after the BJP had killed innocent peo- there is little doubt that met BJP national president came to power in the ple in Kodagu and Mr Patnaik can take the and Union home minister state, it cancelled the Mangaluru. responsibility ahead. Amit Shah. The JJP is likely Tipu Jayanti celebra- In response, Mr. Odisha Congress needs a to get one Cabinet and one tions and he made it Kumar had referred the leader who is dynamic, MoS portfolios in the state clear that there was no issue to a committee, conventional and has an government as Mr Chautala change in its stance. “I but the chief minister uncompromising men- is the deputy chief minister am 101 per cent sure was categorical that the tality, and Mohammed in the state government. Mr that we will not cele- government would con- Moquim is perfect for Khattar was sworn in on brate Tipu Jayanti. The sider removing this por- the role,” stated a release October 27 as the chief min- district authorities tion of the lesson on issued after the meeting. ister of Haryana for the sec- have been directed to Tipu in the textbook. The leaders opposing ond consecutive term. Along give up the annual Mr Ranjan had also Mr Patnaik’s leadership with him, Mr Chautala also event. We will also con- appealed to the state also mentioned that the took oath. The two allies are sider removing a por- government to cancel people have become yet to finalise portfolios tion of a lesson glorify- the the Tipu Jayanti repugnant seeing per- allocation. ing him in the primary celebrations in a memo- formance of Congress in school textbooks,” he randum to it. the recent general polls. Cong in fix over support to TMC

AGE CORRESPONDENT be held on November 25 and ◗ Congress leader Singh Sohanpal. Therefore, NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 the last date of filing the in this situation, I would nominations is November 6. Abdul Mannan has suggest that to prevent BJP Congress is in two minds The Assembly segments written a letter we should support TMC over supporting the TMC in include Kaliaganj in North expressing party’s candidate at Kharagpur the forthcoming bypolls Dinajpur, Kharagpur Sadar weak position in Sadar Assembly seats. Now, West Bengal. Senior in West Midnapor and it is up to you, whatever Congress leader Abdul Karimpur in Nadia district Kharagpur. decision you would take I Mannan has written a letter In his letter to the must abide by your direc- to Congress president Sonia Congress president, Mr would support the Left tion.” Gandhi expressing party’s Mannan wrote, “I would Front candidate to prevent As of now, the Congress weak position in Kharagpur like to inform you that I had BJP (sic).” He further had decided only to tie-up and suggesting that only discussed primarily with added, “I would like to with the left parties. In a way to stop BJP in the com- the Left Front leadership inform you further that at meeting of the West Bengal ing by poll in Khargapur is regarding Kaliaganj seat this moment our organisa- unit chief Somendra Nath to support the ruling TMC and the Left Front leader- tional capacity is very poor Mitra with the Congress in West Bengal. ship agreed to support the at Kharagpur due to the president the indication While in the other three Congress candidate at defection of a large number was only for a tie up with seats he has suggested that Kaliaganj to prevent BJP. of Congress workers and the left front. But the feed- the Congress should tie-up And in Karimpur seat, leaders after the demise of back on the ground has with the left parties. The where the Left Front is our beloved veteran MLA made the Congress go in for bypolls in West Bengal will much stronger than us, we (10 times) and leader Gyan a rethink on the issue. Simplification

Research findings need to PAGE be translated for better reach, says V. Naidu Nation 3 THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI ‘Modi needs to show Merkel to arrive in India today Ministerial delegation to accompany her, hold talks with PM Modi his reformist instinct’ SRIDHAR expected to ink a slew of Angela Merkel has a keen Won’t be part of KUMARASWAMI agreements, probably as interest in India,” German Economist: Govt failed to recognise dangers to economy NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 many as 20 pacts, in vari- envoy Lindner told delegation to ous sectors. Incidentally, reporters at his residence AGE CORRESPONDENT Speaking ahead of speculation is also rife that on Wednesday morning. Kartarpur if led by NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 German Chancellor PM Modi may also brief The German Chancellor Amarinder Singh Angela Merkel’s visit to the German Chancellor on will meet women leaders The Economist in its lat- New Delhi from Thursday developments in Jammu in various fields including est issue has carried a spe- evening to Saturday morn- and Kashmir following lawyers, start-up entrepre- — Pratap Bajwa, cial report on India’s eco- ing, German Ambassador New Delhi’s move nearly neurs and business lead- Congress MP nomic situation for which Walter J. Lindner on three months ago to revoke ers. She will leave New it has blamed Prime Wednesday said the Article 370 that had grant- Angela Merkel Delhi and head back to Minister Narendra Modi Chancellor’s delegation ed special status to J&K. Germany shortly after and his policies for the would comprise represen- New Delhi has been brief- Saturday noon. SHORT TAKES slowdown, claiming, tatives from 12 German ing the leadership of discuss ways to strengthen It may be recalled that “India is stumbling ministries including min- important and influential their strategic partnership. the Ministry of External Bengal MLA booked because its Prime isters and that both India global powers to convey the PM Modi and Ms. Merkel Affairs (MEA) had recent- Minister has not pursued Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets officers and staff and Germany would dis- reality in J&K and counter will hold the Fifth Biennial ly stated, “At the invitation for extortion bid his reformist instinct.” of PMO during Diwali Milan function at Lok Kalyan cuss cooperation in a wide Pakistani propaganda. Inter Governmental of the Prime Minister of The article — “The Two Marg in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI array of sectors including Ms. Merkel will land in Consultations (IGC) India, Dr. Angela Merkel, Kishanganj: An MLA from Modis” — authored by trade and economy, inno- New Delhi on Thursday between the two nations. Chancellor of the Federal the adjoining state of West Max Rodenbeck, the would wipe clean and and ruthlessly used state vation, artificial intelli- evening. She will hold The German Chancellor Republic of Germany, will Bengal and his associates Economist South Asia shape up a government institutions to influence gence, climate and sustain- bilateral including delega- will also be accompanied visit India on 01 November have been booked here for bureau chief, stated that widely seen as venal and the media, punish per- able development, security tion-level talks with PM by a high-powered business 2019 for the Fifth Biennial allegedly trespassing a prop- Modi government “has rotten”, his first five years ceived enemies and under- and foreign policy. Modi on Friday during delegation. Inter Governmental erty owned by a local resi- failed to acknowledge proved in many ways “a mine the Opposition.” The two countries are which the two nations will “German Chancellor Consultations. dent and threatening him looming dangers to India’s wasted opportunity” Quoting bureaucrats, that he should either part economy”, which is at the which can hardly be the article went on to say with the land or give away present is struggling to called transformative and how in his office, Mr `10 lakh. The incident took cope with an “alarmingly this is mainly because the Modi’s preference for place on Tuesday in Subhash sharp slowdown.” Modi government has not “hard work over fancy Cops asked to take oath not to lie about leave Palli Chowk area of the Citing slipping growth delivered on the reforms degrees has often meant town. In a complaint with figures, the author added related to reshaping old “rewarding loyalty over NAYEAR AZAD policemen were circulat- mit such kind of under- the police, landowner Tapan that the present economic administrative structures competence.” PATNA, OCT. 30 ed on social media. CHATTH PUJA taking for leave. The Das said Forward Bloc downturn desperately and restrictive land and As for foreign policy, the Bihar police association officers for leave they are police line sergeant has MLA Ali Imran Ramz barged needs deeper reforms. labour laws. article maintained, Police officials in Bihar’s has reacted strongly and humiliated like this. The been asked to investigate into a shop owned by him “Now with alarming The article was also crit- “except for hardening of Samastipur seem to have demanded immediate move will demoralise the the matter and submit a after pulling down the speed, India has gone from ical of Mr Modi’s “shock rhetoric towards Pakistan, found a unique way to action against officials entire police force.” report at the earliest”. boundary wall. — PTI being the world’s fastest- demonetisation” topped there were no big shifts in stop policemen from tak- who passed the bizarre The allegation was, Sources said around 85 growing large economy to with “fancy new taxes,” foreign policy”. Terming ing leave for Chatth Puja. order. According to the however, denied by the policemen desiring to take something like a rumbling and “heavier enforce- Mr Modi’s foreign policy Sources said that cops association president, district police headquar- leave for Chatth festival Rain, snow likely in Indian Railway train” and ment” that overall saw a as “cautious” and seeking leave for the festi- Mrityunjay Kumar ter after the letter went have submitted the oath even “sales of cheap bis- collapse of small busi- “unimaginative,” the arti- val have been asked to Singh, the step would viral on social media. letter, which states “curse HP from Nov. 1-3 cuits and soaps have con- nesses and other mistakes cle says that though India sign a letter of oath stat- demoralise the police Speaking on the issue, may befall” on their fami- Shimla: The meteorological tracted.” that also saw government has no real enemies but for ing that they will observe force in the state, “Asking Samastipur SP Vikas ly and kids if they told a department has forecast In a hard-hitting article, forcing healthy state- Pakistan, it also has few fast during the festival policemen to sign a letter Burman said, “No orders lie. Reports suggest that rain and snowfall in the author went on to say owned companies to take friends. On the “relatively and if they lie, their chil- of an oath before proceed- have been passed by the the situation arised after Himachal Pradesh over this that in spite of the “Modi over sick ones. muted” global response to dren will face the conse- ing on leave is like doubt- district police headquar- the administration asked weekend. The high hills of effect” seen in the general Talking about rich getter Kashmir issue raised by quences of nature. ing their credibility. They ters to take the applica- officials to deploy ade- the state may receive rains elections, the mood of the richer and poor getting Pakistan, it claimed it was The matter surfaced on work without any break tion along with such affi- quate police security on and snowfall from Indian population at pres- poorer, the article says more due to “compassion Wednesday when images and when few policemen davit. It is not appropriate all the Ghats for peaceful November 1 to 3, Shimla met ent is “anxious and unset- that India’s new wealth fatigue and dislike of of a letter filled up by approach their senior for anyone to seek or sub- Chatth festival. centre said. He said isolated tled.” The article further has accumulated dispro- Pakistan more than places of middle hills in the argued, “Unless Indians portionably “at the very Delhi’s diplomatic skill.” state may witness rain and resist Modi’s push top”. It added that though Talking about India’s US snowfall on November 2 and towards heavy Hindu fewer top-level scams have policy, Mr Rodenbeck said Kundra visits ED in Mirchi case 3. It has also forecast rainfall majoritarianism and emerged under the pres- that despite all the Mumbai, Oct. 30: ED office in Ballard Pier in the plainson November 2. instead embrace their ent dispensation, low- “razzmatazz” of PM’s Businessman Raj area at about 11 am. Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti dis- diversity, what will soon level, “rent-seeking graft “Howdy Modi” event in Kundra appeared before He was asked by the trict registered the lowest be the world’s most popu- is still pervasive.” Houston, in which he the ED on Wednesday in agency to appear on temperature at 2º Celsius. lous country may remain The article also criti- shared stage with US connection with a November 4 but it is Minimum temperatures in a largely unhappy one.” cised the Prime Minister President Donald Trump money-laundering understood that he Manali, Kufri, and Shimla The article also said that of “appointing relatively to show closeness in India- probe against late gang- sought an early date to were 4.8, 8.4, and 10.9º though Mr Modi was seen weak ministers,” to keep US ties, “there has been ster Iqbal Mirchi and depose owing to some Celsius respectively. — PTI as a “can-do, a pro-busi- more powers within his little progress on difficult others. They said Mr engagement at that ness pragmatist who office. “He has skillfully issues” like trade talks. Kundra arrived at the time. — PTI Health drive

Efforts are on to identify about PAGE 5.5 lakh tuberculosis cases, says minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey Nation 4 THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Art 370 internal issue: EU MPs Mamata urges strong probe Urged India and Pak to resolve all issues through dialogue on Bengal workers murder YUSUF JAMEEL Malosse, Thierry Mariani He said that Europe is RAJIB CHOWDHURI In a most unfor- them.” SRINAGAR, OCT. 30 and Ryszard Czarnecki- ‘India should let also victim of terrorism KOLKATA, OCT. 30 Meanwhile, Mr Dhankar Killing of migrant spoke to a select group of and, therefore, “we stand tunate incident said, “When I got this labourers in JK fallout European MPs, drawn media persons at Somnath Opp. visit J&K’ with India in its fight Expressing her shock over in Kashmir yes- news, I was pained at this mainly from far-right par- Auditorium at Srinagar’s New Delhi, Oct. 30: Indian against terrorism”. Mr. the killings of five labour- terday, five innocent cowardly, dastardly attack of Article 370 ties, who were on a two- Old Airfield to claim that government should per- Dunn of Britain said, “We ers from Murshidabad of labourers were bru- by the terrorists on inno- decision day visit of Srinagar, on they had had “good inter- mit its own Opposition belong to a place (called) West Bengal by the terror- tally killed in a pre cent migrant workers.” Wednesday said that abro- action” with various dele- leaders visit J&K if it Europe, which is peaceful ists in Jammu and He elaborated, “It’s a planned manner. — CPI(M) member gation of Article 370 of gations that met them allowed foreign leaders to after years of fighting. Kashmir, chief minister shocking, heart-rending Prakash Karat the Constitution was an here on Tuesday. They do so, a member of And we want to see India Mamata Banerjee on — Mamata incident that must be con- internal issue of India. said they got fair idea European Union delega- becoming the most peace- Wednesday demanded to demned by one and all. They also said that they about overall situation, tion told news agency ANI. ful country in the world. the Centre for a “strong” Banerjee The perpetrators are the stand by New Delhi in its militancy scenario and “I think if you let in EU And for that we need to probe into the “pre- West Bengal enemies of humanity. fight against terrorism as ongoing developmental parliamentarians, you stand by India in its fight planned” shooting to CM They are the enemies of SHORT TAKES it (terrorism) is a common activities in J&K. should also let in against global terrorism”. know the “truth.” this nation. I have been problem of the world, Replying questions, Mr. Opposition from India. He also said, “This visit Holding the Narendra totally shocked! Presently, pained earlier also with Ravi Kishan boards which ought to be fought Malosse of France said, There is some kind of dis- has been an eye opener Modi government respon- there are no political regard to the incident of by all. They urged India “If we talk about Article balance,” Nicolaus Fest of and we would definitely sible for the law and order activities in Kashmir and death of a teacher and his train after 20 years and Pakistan to resolve all 370, it is India’s internal Germany said. advocate what we have situation in the Valley, she entire law and order is pregnant wife and a child outstanding issues matter. What concerns us seen on ground zero.” Mr. announced a compensa- with the government of on October 8 in Jiyaganj. Hajipur, Bihar: Actor-turned- through dialogue in order is terrorism, which is a Kulgam district of the Malosse added that the del- tion of `five lakhs for India.” No words are sufficient to BJP MP Ravi Kishan on to create peaceful South global menace and we Valley on Tuesday night, egation members received each victim’s family. She added, “We, there- condemn such inhuman Wednesday boarded a New Asian region. should stand with India in he said, “There was an a briefing from the Army Mr Dhankar also con- fore, demand a strong act. We have our hon’ble Delhi-bound train from here Before flying back to fighting it”. unfortunate incident of and police as well as young demned the killings. investigation, so that the PM who raised the issue at and said he alighted a train New Delhi, four members Referring to the killing the killing of five innocent activists and exchanged Calling the terrorists real truth comes out. We global level that for terror- after 20 years. He boarded of the delegation-Bill of five labourers from labourers by terrorists. “ideas of peace” during “enemies of humanity”, are deputing Shri Sanjay ism, we must have zero tol- the Vaishali Express to travel Newton Dunn, Henri West Bengal in southern We condemn it.” their stay in Srinagar. he appealed to the Centre Singh ADG South Bengal erance.” to his Lok Sabha constituen- to provide financial assis- to find out details from Mr Dhankhar noted, cy of Gorakhpur and give his tance to the victim’s fami- them. Our party MPs and “Recently, America had a feedback on facilities made lies.Trinamul supremo MLAs have reached great success against one available to passengers dur- tweeted, “In a most unfor- Murshidabad to meet the of the most feared terror- ing the Chhath festival rush ‘Ayodhya one of tunate incident in family members of vic- ist. I make an appeal to the to railway minister Piyush Kashmir yesterday, five tims. Our government is government here and in Goyal. Kishan told journalists innocent labourers were providing `five lakh each Delhi that they should present on the occasion that brutally killed in a pre to the victim’s family and impart assistance to the it was after a gap of 20 most important planned manner. We are render all assistance to victim’s family.” years that he was travelling by train. “Goyal had asked me to see for myself the facilities available to passen- cases in world’ 5 children among 7 hurt, PC seeks gers on trains running on the busy Delhi- Bihar route. I New Delhi, Oct. 30: shall travel up to Gorakhpur Supreme Court judge 1 killed in Pak’s shelling interim bail and give my feedback to Justice Sharad Arvind him,” Mr Kishan said. — PTI Bobde, who will take over AGE CORRESPONDENT resorting to “unpro- on health as the next Chief Justice SRINAGAR, OCT. 30 voked” firing and shelling of India in November, said in LoC’s Machil sector, Guards intercepts Wednesday the Ayodhya A civilian was killed and killing a local resident 50- grounds title dispute case was one seven others, including year-old Muhammad 2 fishing boats of the most important five children were injured Yusuf Khan. Seven other New Delhi, Oct. Justice Bobde New Delhi: The Coast Guard cases in the world today. as Pakistani troops tar- civilians, including five 30: Former has intercepted two fishing In an interview to a of a growing clamour for geted Indian forward children were injured, Union minister boats operating under sus- news channel, Justice more transparency in the positions and civilians they said, adding that the P. picious conditions off the Bobde, who is set to suc- functioning of the apex areas with small arms Indian troops retaliated Chidambaram Lakshadweep and Minicoy ceed CJI Ranjan Gogoi on court’s collegium. fire and mortars along by using the same calibre moved the islands, the maritime securi- November 18, said the Justice Bobde, 63, also the Line of Control (LoC) weapons “to give a befit- Delhi high court on ty agency said. The boats Ayodhya dispute was a rued the criticism of in Jammu and Kashmir’s ting response to the Wednesday seeking were intercepted by a Coast very important case in judges on social media for Kupwara district on Pakistani aggression.” interim bail on health Guard ship on patrol and judicial history. Justice their judicial actions and Wednesday. The injured children grounds in the INX brought to Kavaratti for Bobde is part of the five- said most of the judges, The police and Army have been identified as Media money-launder- investigation. However, due judge Constitution bench who are not “thick officials said that the Nayeema Banoo, 10, Tariq ing case. to the weather and limited that heard for 40 days skinned”, get perturbed. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flags off nine Pakistan Army violated Ahmed Khan, 9, Munir The application was resources at Kavaratti, the appeals against the 2010 “I still think that we cancer detection units (buses) from Kapurthala House the November 2003 cease- Khan, 8, Aaqib Khan, 9 mentioned by senior vessels were escorted to verdict of the Allahabad need to be conservative. in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI fire understanding by and Uzair Ahmed Khan, 8. advocate Kapil Sibal New Mangalore for detailed high court in the case. The reason is that peo- before a bench of chief investigation. The 15 crew Speaking to PTI, Justice ple’s reputation is at justice D.N. Patel and members are safe. “Prima Bobde said he is not in stake. We need to be con- justice C. Hari Shankar, facie, it is evident that the favour of disclosing the servative. Half of the which allowed it to be boats were engaged in deliberations of the complaints which come HC quashes case against Pehlu, sons listed for hearing on poaching activities within Supreme Court’s col- are not true. I am saying Thursday. the India's exclusive eco- legium on rejection of half as a phrase. And I Jaipur, Oct. 30: The sons of Pehlu Khan. on August 14 this year, giv- Chidambaram has nomic zone,” the coast names for higher judici- think that the collegium Rajasthan high court on It was contended by ing them the benefit of sought interim relief for guard said. — PTI ary, saying it is not a and the court should be Wednesday quashed a case advocate Kapil Gupta, doubt. However, the six days to enable him to question of secrecy but conservative in these against Pehlu Khan, who appearing for the accused, Rajasthan government consult and get exam- the right to privacy. matters,” he told PTI, a was lynched by cow vigi- that the criminal case was has filed an appeal in the ined by his regular doc- Animals from 17 Justice Bobde, who will day after he was appoint- lantes in April 2017, his a sheer misuse and abuse high court against the tor at the Asian Institute become the 47th CJI on ed as the next CJI. two sons and a truck driv- of the process of law since acquittal. of Gastroenterology nations for Guj zoo November 18, said a con- Justice Bobde was er for allegedly illegally there was no evidence that After the lower court (AIG), Hyderabad. Vadodara: A number of ani- servative approach on the responding to a question transporting cows for the cows were being trans- verdict, the state govern- He has claimed that he mals and birds have been issue of disclosing the whether any steps are slaughter. ported for illegal purpos- ment had constituted a needs “urgent medical brought to Gujarat from 17 entire deliberations of required to make the col- A single bench of Justice es. Pehlu Khan special investigation team treatment for the acute countries and will be kept at the collegium was neces- legium’s functioning Pankaj Bhandari quashed Mr Gupta contended that sons and a few others were (SIT) to identify errors and persistent abdomi- the world-class zoo being sary as “people’s reputa- more transparent. the case under Rajasthan the report of medical transporting cows when and irregularities in the nal pain being experi- developed near the Statue tion are at stake” and it Batting for the right to Bovine Animals experts established the they were allegedly investigation and fix the enced” by him since of Unity in Narmada district. cannot be sacrificed just privacy of those, who Protection Act and the fact they were milch cows stopped and thrashed by a responsibility for botch- October 5 due to “The world-class zoo, which to satisfy the desire of cit- have not been selected by charge sheet against the and calves were only a mob near Behror in Alwar ing up the investigation on Crohn’s disease which is being developed, is part izens to know. the collegium for appoint- four, saying there is no month old. district on April 1, 2017. individual officers. he was diagnosed with of the plan to make the The statement by justice ment or elevation as evidence to show that the There was also a receipt Khan died in hospital on Khan and others were on in 2017. region near the Statue of Bobde, who was part of a judges in the higher judi- cows were being trans- from the local animal sell- April 3, triggering outrage their way to Nuh district Crohn’s disease refers Unity a major tourist attrac- nine-judge Constitution ciary, he said they also ported for the purpose of ing market that the cows over the murder and in Haryana from Jaipur to the inflammation of tion. Lions, tigers, leopards, bench which declared have a “life to live” and slaughtering. were in fact purchased for focusing attention on when the cow vigilantes the digestive tract lead- 12 types of deer and right to privacy as a fun- why should their negative The petition was filed by rearing them in dairy, the attacks by cow vigilantes. stopped them in Behror on ing to abdominal pain, antelopes, giraffes, zebras, damental right, assumes details be put in public the truck driver, Khan lawyer submitted. An Alwar court had the Jaipur-Delhi national diarrhoea and also rhinos, bisons, and other significance in the wake domain. Mohammed, and the two Pehlu Khan (55), his two acquitted all six accused highway. — PTI weight loss. — PTI exotic animals have arrived at the safari park from 17 countriesk,” Rajiv Gupta, MD of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Fadnavis stand Cong protest from... Nigam Ltd, said. — PTI Govt gold amnesty scheme ■ Continued from Page 1 The statement further ■ Continued from Page 1 gold and action will be taken economy and hence Gold ■ Continued from Page 1 Fadnavis said that it by Prime Minister said the protests against to curb black economy. “The accordingly. However, gold Policy moved down its priori- government in the was a big win, as no Narendra Modi — would the BJP government’s new scheme is being consid- jewellery of married women ty list,’ Mr Somasundaram state. party had won more first hold a meeting of “misrule” will be car- Naga talks ered as yet another attempt to below a certain amount will added. It is estimated that the “We sought votes for than 75 seats since its top office-bearers, ried out in all state capi- unearth lakhs of crores of be exempted from this total stock of gold held by the Mahayuti, and the 1995. including all AICC gen- tals and district head- black money still lying in the scheme,” the source added. Indians would be in the region government will be “But in 2014 and 2019, eral secretaries, on quarters. The Congress will go on system in the form of unac- Industry experts, however, of 20,000 tonne and, valued at formed by Mahayuti the BJP won more than Saturday, This meeting has already decided to counted gold,” the source said. reject the possibility of intro- current prices, it’ll be worth alone,” he said. 100,” he added. Shiv will be chaired by depute 31 senior party ■ Continued from Page 1 The proposed scheme, ducing such a scheme. “Such $1 trillion. However, the actual The election of Mr Sena too seems to have Congress president leaders as observers to military wing was yet to be believed to have been pre- rumours have been doing holdings, after taking into Fadnavis as the leader softened its stand over Sonia Gandhi. AICC various states/UTs to arrived at, the sources said the pared jointly by the depart- rounds through social media account unaccounted imports, of the state BJP leg- the stalemate with its general secretary K.C. monitor this country- NSCN (I-M) had revived its ment of economic affairs and and elsewhere for some time. ancestral holdings etc, would islative party is a mere leader Sanjay Raut Venugopal said that the wide agitation pro- demand for a separate flag and the department of revenue But the government cannot be in the region of 25,000- formality, but it paves saying on Wednesday party will also organise gramme. Congress’ constitution which was almost under the finance ministry, bring out any such amnesty 30,000 tonne. the way for him to be that it is necessary for press conferences across chief spokesperson resolved during the talks. will be implemented in this scheme for unaccounted The country imports over the chief minister of his party to stay in the the country from Randeep Singh Pointing out that the govern- financial year itself. gold,” said P.R. 900 tonne of precious metal the state again. BJP-led alliance in the November 1 to 8. Surjewala said the party ment was reluctant to extend What the threshold will be Somasundaram, managing each year, spending more than The BJP is likely to larger interest of The protests starting would highlight the the deadline for concluding hasn’t yet been decided, and director, India, World Gold `250,000 crore ($35 billion) offer the education or Maharashtra, but November 5 will culmi- issues of the adverse the Naga talks, the sources that task is likely to fall on a Council. “Why would individ- annually. Most of this gold lies agriculture portfolio to added that the party nate in a “massive pro- impact of the Regional said Mr Ravi and the NSCN (I- special “gold board” that will uals reveal the quantum of locked in safe deposit boxes, Shiv Sena to keep it would “not compro- gramme” in New Delhi Comprehensive M) leaders will be meeting be step up by the government gold held by them? Gold is not thus turning into unproduc- placated, a Mahayuti mise its respect”. He in the last week of Economic Partnership again on Thursday in an with representatives from in circulation and the govern- tive asset and wasting India’s source told The Asian also said that there was November when (RCEP), the current eco- attempt to iron out the differ- both the government and pri- ment does not have any foreign earnings. Age. Currently, Sena no hurry to form the Parliament will be in nomic crisis, mounting ences to create a consensus. vate sector soon. account of the gold held by The government’s move ministers hold the next government, but session. At the state unemployment, spi- Meanwhile, with the Once implemented, the gov- individuals. Why should indi- comes at a time when many transport, industries, rejected speculation level, the PCC presi- ralling prices, the col- Government of India sticking ernment is likely to impose viduals reveal their holdings temples and trusts have public health and envi- that the Sena might dents, CLP leaders and lapse of the banking sys- to its October 31 deadline to heavy penalties on those who and pay tax?” he asked. reportedly been found to be ronment portfolios. split if there was a senior AICC figures will tem, heavy loss of jobs finish the talks on the Naga hold unaccounted wealth in Industry bodies, including the holding tonnes of physical Government forma- delay in the formation provide the leadership, in the public and private problem, the governments of the form of gold beyond the World Gold Council, had rec- gold worth crores of rupees, tion talks are likely to of the government. while central leaders sectors and the Assam, Nagaland and prescribed limit. ommended an amnesty which come as devotees’ offer- resume on Thursday, The Bharatiya Janata will participate in the omnipresent farm dis- Manipur have taken steps to “The finance ministry will scheme for the gold monetisa- ing to the deities. Besides, in the source added. Party, which had protest in Delhi, he said. tress. meet any eventuality and have form a gold board shortly and tion, under which the deposi- the second week of October, The chief minister claimed it would win put their respective police the broad will announce the tor was not to be asked ques- customs officials in Kerala also termed the 220 out of Assembly forces on “high alert”. scheme, asking that individu- tions about the source of gold. seized roughly 123 kg of smug- rumours of an “alter- 288 seats during its poll RSS on Ayodhya verdict Security sources in Kohima als disclose unaccounted gold “This was intended to bring gled gold valued at around `50 nate formula” being campaign, bagged 105 said the Nagaland government beyond a certain threshold out the idle gold lying with crore during raids at 23 prem- worked out to form the in alliance with the ■ Continued from Page 1 Mr Modi described it as had directed all deputy com- and pay taxes on the disclosed individuals, households and ises in Kerala’s Thrissur dis- state government Sena, as opposed to 122 both states. Earlier this an example of how a missioners of districts and value. This holding limit will institutions and make them trict. Along with the gold “entertainment.” in 2014 when it had week, Prime Minister united voice could administrative officers to stay be fixed under the scheme. productive. This will also amnesty scheme, the govern- “Though there are contested solo. Narendra Modi had strengthen the country. at their posts and within their Once the scheme is closed, lower the import burden of ment is also planning to several rumours float- Though the BJP referred to the issue A meeting of senior jurisdiction till further orders. heavy fines will be imposed on gold,” an industry source said. revamp the existing Sovereign ing around in the state emerged as the single- during his monthly RSS paracharaks was The Nagaland police head- those holding unaccounted “The government was work- Gold Bond Scheme to make it about alternate formu- largest party in the radio address, when he earlier due to be held quarters has issued an order gold beyond the prescribed ing on a Gold Policy before the more attractive to buyers. lae being worked out to Assembly, it still needs recalled how the govern- from October 30 in banning all leave and directed limit,” the source said. When end of its last tenure. It con- “The decision to float the new form the government, 40 legislators to form ment, political parties Hardwar, but was can- all unit commanders to recall asked about the prescribed sulted with the industry as gold plan had to be taken in it is more of an enter- the government. As a and civil society had celled. all officers and personnel on threshold limit, the source did well. However, as elections got the second week of October at tainment (sic),” he result, Shiv Sena is foiled attempts to create The RSS core group, leave immediately. In neigh- not disclose it but said that the nearer, the announcement of a Cabinet meeting, but the stated. flexing its muscle and fissures when the 2010 which was to meet on bouring Manipur, where final call will be taken by the Gold Policy was postponed. proposal got deferred due to Commenting on the demanding a rotation- Allahabad high court the Ayodhya issue at Nagas have a sizeable pres- gold board in this regard. Post elections, government state elections in Maharashtra performance of his al chief ministership ruling on the disputed Hardwar, rescheduled ence, the security forces in the “The government-approved has been busy addressing var- and Haryana,” the source party in the Vidhan for two-and-half-years land in Ayodhya was to its meeting to New state were also put on alert. valuer will certify the value of ious other issues plaguing the said. Sabha polls, Mr in the state. be delivered. Delhi. PAGE News+ 5 THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI 50 YEARS AGO IN Nehru, Patel shared joint legacy Giri calls for world without war, hunger that can never be torn asunder New Delhi: The 57th Inter- Parliamentary Conference opened here today with President V. V. Giri firmly reaffirming the ideal of A TRIBUTE TO SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL ON HIS 124TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY “one world” and a world Praveen he Nagpur session of the and was allocated the portfo- without war and without Indian National lios of Home, States and hunger. Davar TCongress (INC), in Information and Opening the 55-nation December 1920, when the first Broadcasting. Thereafter, conference attended by major battle against imperial- began the vital task of consol- nearly 500 Parliamentar- focus ism, the Non-cooperation idating India’s newly won free- ians from all over the world Movement was launched, was dom. He integrated 562 prince- Mr Giri, however warned a turning point in the history ly states within the Indian that “mankind is today fac- ■ of freedom movement. With Union with tact, vision and ing the grim alternatives of Those who this session, Mahatma Gandhi statesmanship. According to annihilation or survival.” emerged as the supreme former Prime Minister But he said he was sure “we are trying to leader of not only the Morarji Desai “the integration have enough wisdom left in Congress but the entire coun- of the states could certainly be us to choose the right path.” break this try. Earlier, after his return termed as the crowning This august assembly, he from South Africa, in January achievement of Vallabhbhai told the Parliamentarians ‘unbreakable 1915, Gandhiji had taken up Patel’s life. But for him, this in the jam-packed Central the cause of Indigo planters in may not have been achieved Hall of Parliament was an combination’ by Champaran (Bihar), the textile easily and quickly”. “affirmation of faith in an workers in Ahmedabad and Born on October 31, 1875, at emerging world order.” distorting and the peasants of Kheda Nandiad in Gujarat, Sardar “In spite of the chaos and (Gujarat). But these were all Patel died in Mumbai on confusion that we face twisting histori- outside the framework of INC. December 15, 1950. Prime today, I firmly believe that It was at Kheda where Minister Nehru had the the world is groping Vallabhbhai Patel, later to Parliament assembled within towards unification and cal facts today become popular as Sardar an hour after Patel’s death and one could perceive, perhaps Patel, first came into contact paid a touching tribute to his dimly, the birth of a world do not realise with Gandhiji and impressed colleague of 30 years in free- without war and without him with his organisational dom struggle and formative hunger,” Mr Giri said. A the disservice ability, earnestness and deter- years of independence. nation’s strength, he said, mination in getting relief for Calling Sardar Patel as the must be used in the pursuit they are the farmers. Vallabhbhai soon “builder and consolidator of of peace not in the pursuit became a close lieutenant of New India”, Nehru stated: “We of aggressive ambitions. rendering to the the Mahatma, gave up his legal shall remember him as a practice, and plunged into the friend and a colleague and a Peace memory of independence movement play- Mahatma Gandhi with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel comrade above all, and I, who Mr Giri said: “The task of ing an active role in the Non- have sat here on this bench building a durable peace Sardar, whose cooperation Movement in his is to offer him the crown.” But seats reserved for Muslims in inspired millions of Indians to side-by-side with him for these lies alike on the leaders and home state of Gujarat. At the Gandhiji was thinking far non-Muslim majority free themselves from the several years, will feel rather the people of every nation, name they often annual session of the ahead. He had made up his provinces. shackles of slavery even at the forlorn and a certain empti- big or small.” “The more Congress held in Ahmedabad, mind to offer the “crown” to The outright victory in the cost of their lives. ness will steal upon me when I affluent should likewise in 1921, Vallabhbhai was elect- Motilal Nehru himself as elections was primarily due to On the morning of August 9, look at this empty bench.” freely come to the assis- invoke for their ed Chairman of the Reception prominent Bengal leaders, Nehru’s charisma and aggres- 1942, Gandhiji and all the front Only a year earlier, Sardar tance of those who are less Committee that virtually including Subhas Chandra sive campaigning, on one ranking leaders of Congress Patel in a message to a publi- fortunately placed,” he narrow political made him the most prominent Bose and J.M. Sen Gupta, hand, and on the other, organi- were arrested and taken to dif- cation brought out on the six- added. Quoting Mahatma leader of the Gujarat though belonging to opposite zational skills of Vallabhbhai ferent destinations for long teeth birthday of Jawaharlal Gandhi, he said: “Man objectives. In Congress. But it was the camps, had pitched in very Patel. E.M.S. Namboodripad jail terms that followed. Patel, Nehru had written: “Having becomes great exactly in Bardoli Satyagraha, in 1928, strongly for Motilal Nehru to observes in India’s Freedom alongwith Nehru and the then known each other in such inti- the degree in which he November 1948, that saw the emergence of be the president for the Struggle: “Nehru to attract the Congress president Maulana mate and varied fields of activ- works for the welfare of his Vallabhbhai Patel as a nation- Calcutta Session. masses and secure their votes, Azad, were incarcerated in ity we have naturally grown fellow-men.” 10 months after al leader with the honorific Sardar Patel, however, and Patel to control the min- Ahmedabad Fort. The Sardar fond of each other, our mutual Acknowledging, “with title of “Sardar”. The provin- became president of the istries after winning the elec- spent two years and nine affection has increased as gratitude the assistance Gandhiji’s cial government had Karachi session of the INC in tions —such was the division months in jail in the distin- years have advanced — how India had received from increased the land revenue in 1931. Earlier, in 1929 Pt. of labour inside the guished company of Azad and much we miss each other friendly countries for eco- assassination Bardoli taluka (Surat district) Jawaharlal Nehru was elected Congress.” This enabled Nehru who completed his last when we are apart — No one nomic development Mr. without any justification. President of the Lahore ses- Gandhiji to remark in magnum opus, The Discovery knows better than myself how Giri urged the nations to that led to a ban Vallabhbhai started a non-vio- sion where a call was given for December 1937 that “I have of India, before completion of much he (Nehru) has laboured evolve procedures and pro- lent resistance movement Purna Azadi (complete inde- cast all my cares on the broad their jail term in mid 1945. for his country in the last grammes to share the fruits on the RSS, against the unjust demand of pendence) for the first time. shoulders of Jawaharlal When the interim govern- two years of our difficult of new discoveries by man the government. He advised Equally important as the Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai ment was formed on existence.” in scientific and technical the people to refuse to pay Lahore session, the Karachi Patel”. C. Rajagopalachari, September 2, 1946, with Nehru Such were the emotional and knowledge. Patel had said: their land revenue dues. He session passed a resolution on Patel and Rajendra Prasad as the vice-president of the close bonds between Jawa- went from village to village economic policy and funda- were considered the “Old Executive Council (the harlal Nehru and Sardar Patel. ‘Since Gandhiji's infusing the people with mental rights. Some of the Guards” in the Congress who, Viceroy being the president), Those who are trying to break national spirit and boosting salient features of the resolu- on many occasions, differed Sardar Patel was given the this “unbreakable combina- ODDLY ENOUGH death we have their morale. The Bardoli tion, like universal franchise with the young leaders led by home portfolio alongwith tion” by distorting and twist- Satyagraha shook the imperi- and equality of religions, Nehru and Bose. Earlier, when information and broadcasting. ing historical facts today do realised that al government and it were later incorporated in the the manifesto for the provin- On August 1, 1947, Nehru, the not realise the disservice they Teens defend Monty expressed its readiness for Constitution of India. The cial elections was finalised, Prime Minister designate are rendering to the memory our leader's negotiations which ultimately Karachi session also ratified Patel wrote to Gandhiji: “We wrote to Sardar Patel formally of Sardar whose name they Python ‘silly walk’ settled the dispute. With the Gandhi-Irwin pact which have been getting on beautiful- inviting him to join his often invoke for their narrow Athens: A Monty Python- judgement Bardoli that conferred on him had been signed earlier ly this time — I cannot speak Cabinet: “The writing is political objectives. In inspired "silly walk" during the title of “Sardar”, between Gandhiji and Viceroy too highly of Jawaharlal, we superfluous because you are November 1948, 10 months Greece's solemn remem- was correct.’ Vallabhbhai became a nation- Lord Irwin. found not the slightest difficul- the strongest pillar of the after Gandhiji’s assassination brance of anti-fascist resist- al hero. So tall had his stature Jawaharlal Nehru again ty in co-operating with him.” Cabinet.” Patel wrote back: that led to a ban on RSS Patel ance in World War II has Those in become that Pandit Motilal became president of INC in After the failure of the “My services will be at your had said: “Since Gandhiji's sparked anger, with the Nehru recommended his 1936 and 1937 when elections Cripps Mission, Gandhiji pre- disposal, I hope, for the rest of death we have realised that teens responsible saying it power today name for the presidentship of were held to the Central pared the country for its final my life and you will have our leader's judgement was was a stand against mili- the 1928 Calcutta (now Assembly and Provincial battle against imperialism. unquestioned loyalty and correct.” Those in power today tarism. The 10 girls said they Kolkata) session of the INC. Assemblies under the 1935 Act. The AICC met in Bombay (now devotion for me in the cause obviously cannot be wiser were pretending to be obviously Wrote Motilal Nehru to The Congress won in most of Mumbai) on August 8, 1942, for which no man in India has than Gandhi and Patel. insubordinate soldiers at an Gandhiji on July 11, 1928: “ — the provinces and formed gov- and passed the “Quit India” sacrificed as much as you have October 28 parade in cannot be wiser Now comes the question of the ernments in other provinces, resolution which was moved done. Our combination is The writer, an ex-Army Athens, in a stunt inspired crown. I am clear that the hero in coalition with smaller par- by Nehru and seconded by unbreakable and therein lies officer, is a former member of by the cult British comedy than Gandhi of the hour is Vallabhbhai, ties and independents. The Sardar Patel. The slogan our strength.” the National Commission troupe. — AFP and the least we can do to Muslim League won only in “Karo ya Maro (Do or Die)”, Sardar Patel became India’s for Minorities and a political and Patel. appreciate his public services two provinces and lost even in coined by Mahatma Gandhi, first Deputy Prime Minister analyst The killer loneliness epidemic is a public health issue I was once sad and lonely, ness and emotional well-being pared to individuals who logged codone, hydrocodone), with Having nobody to comfort me, are serious public health con- on for more than two hours signs of it being exported from So I wore a mask that always cerns. Loneliness is the subjec- daily. Within that target group it the US to the rest of the world. Archana smiled, tive experience in which a per- was also discovered that num- So what can we do about this And hide my feelings behind a son feels solitary. Loneliness is ber of hours spent on social loneliness crisis that seems to Dalmia lie… a common human emotion, and media was not the only factor, it have infected our global Before long, I had many when fleeting, it is possible that was also the way in which social population? meanwhile friends; an individual may not be grave- media was used that defined the Talking about it certainly With my mask, I was one of ly impacted. However, persist- loneliness quotient. Those who helps and can be seen as one of them. ent and pervasive sentiments of spent time on chat groups and the first steps. There are several ■ Despite the But deep inside I still felt isolation can be harmful to our connected with other people help lines that have been set up empty, state of health and wellbeing. were less likely to feel lonely all over the world including the reputation for Like I was missing a part of Studies have shown that lone- then those who simply posted National Alliance on Mental me… liness has been associated with images and got likes. These Health (NAMI). Getting more practical socie- cardiovascular problems and likes are not a real indication of involved in social activities and he loneliness epidem- premature death. Lonelier indi- how much a person is actually meeting new people can usually tal advance- ic is a reality in viduals are less likely to achieve liked and who will step forward help one move forward. One can today’s hyper-connect- quality sleep. Lonely individu- in a real crisis to help and uplift volunteer for a cause, or just ments, our ed world. Although we als experience reductions in that person. meet up with people with simi- Tlive in an era in which reasoning and creativity. In others does not protect one individuals who are dissatisfied Looking at the global rise in lar interests one can even adopt technologically communication seems simpler addition to these reduced abili- against loneliness. It is possible with their current levels of this sense of isolation and lone- a dog or cat to serve as a loyal than the past, we are in fact ties, loneliness affects work- to feel lonely in the company of social support and connected- liness one of the major reasons companion. advanced time growing apart as a society. In place productivity, as lonely others as well. It is the ability to ness at work may have feelings that was cited is a confluence of Experts like Gross and Dattilo essence, a co-worker is one individuals report less job satis- connect with people to actually of loneliness evoked, or prior societal factors, such as the say that practicing optimism is also being email away, a friend is one text faction and are more likely to have a real conversation and to sentiments fostered. stress of migration and cultural can help reduce anxiety. away, and a loved one is one face unemployment. Loneliness overcome the fear of being vul- Sometimes inversely, people on integration (including among “Human beings have something linked to a video chat away and yet… there is commonly correlated with nerable, which has to be worked the top are the loneliest and refugee populations); an called human negativity bias, is a vacuum an inability to mental health concerns such as upon in order to ensure that one achievers feel that by achieving increasingly polarised world which means we are hardwired loneliness speak about what is really both- anxiety, depression, and sui- is not trapped in the vicious they are going to be more fueled by “us versus them” nar- to pay more attention to threat- ering us. In the world of emoti- cide. Similarly, loneliness is cycle of loneliness. accepted by people so it ratives; lack of available eco- ening and scary information epidemic that cons we are often forced to put often associated with poor cop- A recent study published in becomes a driving force to be nomic and employment oppor- than positive, assuring informa- on a smiley face where instead ing mechanisms, such as com- the Harvard Business Review, accepted. This leads to a tunities; persistent gender- and tion,” Gross told Healthline, a has assumed the we are terribly lonely inside. pulsive technology use, smok- indicates that workers who vicious cycle. race/ethnicity-based inequality, health news magazine. In order Although communication may ing, and self-harm like cutting experienced higher levels of Turning to technology is often discrimination, and violence; to reduce this constant need to scale of a global be easier and faster, connection or taking self-prescribed drugs. loneliness also reported fewer seen as an easy fix. However an shifting cultural norms and a stay in flight or fight mode, we may still be complicated. In her article in Psychology promotions, less job satisfac- overuse of technology is in fact feeling of “culture under as a species need to practice epidemic as Therefore, despite the reputa- Today, Shainna Ali a Ph.D., at tion, and a greater likelihood the root cause of isolation and threat”; and the role of tech and being optimistic to reduce anxi- tion for practical societal LMHC, sited that according to for frequently changing jobs. loneliness in big cities and met- social media, fueling everything ety. I hate to be quoting a cliché communities advancements, our technologi- Cigna’s Loneliness Index, those Moreover, the study illuminated ropolitans. It was in a survey from tech addiction to loneli- here, but yes meditation helps! cally advanced time is also who live with others are less that lawyers, doctors, and engi- which explored the social media ness to body image issues. the world over being linked to a loneliness epi- likely to be lonely. However, Ali neers were the occupations patterns of 1,781 young adults, Furthering this trend is the opi- The writer is the chairperson demic. states that it was not a sureshot reporting the highest levels of it was found that individuals oid crisis (opioids are a diverse of the AICC grievance cell. break down U.S. Surgeon General Vivek way to overcome loneliness loneliness. Since a large propor- who logged in for a half an hour class of moderately strong The views expressed here Murthy emphasises that loneli- since just simply living with tion of time is spent at work, per day felt less lonely com- painkillers, including oxy- are personal. c m y k c m y k MIND POWER NEIL ARMSTRONG JEFF GOLDBLUM PAGE I believe every human has a finite number of At the end of the movie all of us have this 6 heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine. shared redemption Edit THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

31 OCTOBER 2019

2 new UTs born in J&K: Subhani What is govt really up to?

he dubious constitutional decision of the Narendra Modi govern- ment on August 5 will result, with effect from today, in the disso- lution of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and the creation in its Tplace of two Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Since 1947, when the princely state of J&K acceded to India, these three were regions that made up constituent parts of the state, in addition to some areas that now lie in Pakistan and to which India from the begin- ning has laid juridical claim as J&K’s last princely ruler, Hari Singh, acceded the totality of his dominions to India. With New Delhi itself engaging in the constitutional destruction of J&K state that existed within its territorial jurisdiction, India's case for the return of the regions of J&K under Pakistan’s illegal control so that the original state of J&K may become a unified entity under its sovereign jurisdiction, is now arguably depleted. Different regions and territories — with their own, sometimes unique, LETTERS history of becoming a part of India — were made states of the Union in 1947 to constitute the Union of India. The process in each case marked BJP HUMBLED evolutionary pathways for the making of When will climate, bad today’s India. These processes are at the It is wholly deplorable core of the basic structure of the The results of the Maha- that the Supreme Court Constitution, which underpins — among rashtra and Haryana state other key aspects — the relationship should postpone hear- between the Union and the states. elections have once again ing by two months writs The Centre’s decision to strike at the air be a live poll issue? proven that Lok Sabha challenging the deci- heart of Article 370, and to dissolve J&K and Assembly elections sion of the government state, thus strikes at the basic structure of easy solution. stop it. Experts need to the Constitution. It is in order to prevent To play the devil’s come out with viable are completely different to alter the constitu- such a perversity from being enacted that Sharmistha advocate, one may take solutions that do not ball games. Nationalism tional status of J&K. the dissolution of a state of the Union is not up the problem of using contaminate, pollute The unconscionable permissible, although the borders of a state Mukherjee chemical fertilisers and and permanently dam- has few takers in state delay has indeed may be subject to alteration. pesticides, both of which age soil and water elections. The BJP was It is wholly deplorable for this reason are detrimental to the resources without com- underwritten a consti- that the Supreme Court should postpone health of the soil, pollute promising with the gung-ho about achieving tutional travesty. hearing by two months writs challenging ground water and there nation’s food security. 220-plus in Maharashtra the decision of the present government to is the ever-present dan- In the 2019 Lok Sabha and 75-plus in Haryana alter the constitutional status of J&K ger of chemical residues polls, both the Congress wholesale. The unconscionable delay, in allowing the UTs of J&K and here was a concern and environ- in fruits and vegetables. and the BJP had but it only managed to Ladakh to be formed unhindered, has indeed underwritten a constitu- time that New mental activism is on the India achieved food suf- addressed environment cross the line in Maha- tional travesty. Delhi used to rise, there has not been ficiency through the concerns in their respec- Regrettably, a member of the Constitution Bench, echoing the govern- be a beautiful any real public dis- Green Revolution with tive manifestos. But rashtra and could only ment’s concerns, said “security” considerations must be kept in view city in the win- course and engagement heavy use of chemical these were not the key form the government while examining the case. This is unlikely to find validity in law. ter.T Anyone growing up on a scale large enough fertilisers and insecti- issues that determined with the help of JJP in Indeed, the facts on the ground also give the lie to the government’s in Delhi in the 1970s or to influence a fundamen- cides, both heavily sub- voting patterns. Even in view that a key reason for overturning Article 370, and creating two new earlier would recollect tal impact on policymak- sidised. Can the govern- a place like Delhi, which Haryana. Reasons? First UTs, was that the very existence of J&K state was giving rise to terror- with nostalgia the azure ers to arrest and reverse ment take the risk of will hold elections soon, and foremost are issues ism, although it had never explained how. blue skies, the crisp win- the flow of environmen- substantially reducing one wonders if pollution In the past three years, terrorism had virtually ended in J&K. But since ter mornings, basking in tal damage. This holds the subsidies or easing would play a decisive at grassroots level like the the ending of Kashmir’s special status it has gained a fresh lease of life, the warm golden sun in true not just for India, off their usage? It will role in influencing the agrarian crisis and unem- as can be seen from the brutal killings in recent days, although every the afternoons and the but globally. not only create hard- results. Despite visibly ployment that could not town and village in the Kashmir Valley is crawling with armed soldiers. clear nights when not In India, there have ships for farmers and being under the grip of It is strange that terrorists have a free run in the presence of so many sol- enveloped in fog (not been several instances lead to food inflation, terrible and sustained have been overlooked. diers. What are the security forces and their political masters up to? smog). Though it’s hard where public protests led but also reduce produc- air pollution, despite the The Jats consolidated to believe now, one could to some changes or with- tivity. Organic farming lack of solid waste man- actually see the stars drawal of policy deci- by the use of organic fer- agement that contami- against the BJP in despite all the ambient sions. The Chipko move- tilisers and insecticides nates the soil, water and Haryana while the co- lights. The children ment, the protests to are not feasible on a air; perhaps the key operative sugar belt ral- Chasing quantum uncertainty painted the sky with the save the Silent valley in large scale as it has low issues in the elections colour blue, not grey, as Palakkad, Kerala, and productivity and the will be free water, free lied behind the NCP’s urprise! We are on the cusp of yet another powerful new technologi- today’s children would recent protests in Delhi, costs of production are electricity and free rides Sharad Pawar. BJP must cal revolution. Google’s AI Quantum team of researchers led by perhaps be more prone Bengaluru and Mumbai much higher. The fancy (for women) in public SCharles Neill, Pedram Roushan, Anthony Megrant and head John to do. over the felling of trees shops selling organic transport buses and the take this as a warning. Martinis have created a chip that has performed in under three minutes a Today, Delhi is the indicate that people’s fruits and vegetables at Metro. Bal Govind computational task that they say would have taken the world’s fastest most polluted capital involvement and agita- a much higher price In India, a green politi- Noida supercomputer 10,000 years to complete — IBM contends this time is 60 city in the world. As the tion can have the desired cater to a niche clien- cal party called India hours! All the same, that opens a mindboggling array of life- winter approaches, the impact of reversing, or tele. It’s not for mass Greens Party was found- changing possibilities. discourse on pollution in at least a temporary consumption, and ed in 2018 and registered COALITION DRAMA Quantum mechanics is certainly one of the most profound scientific the media and the social withdrawal, of anti-envi- beyond the reach of most with the Election THE GAME OF THRONES in ideas around. It is based on the property of particle/wave duality at the media gets more intense. ronmental policies by ordinary people. More Commission in July Maharashtra has turned bitter with subatomic level. First proposed in the thought experiment of There are frequent governments. But pollu- important, if India is 2019. It is yet to make its chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Schrodinger’s cat, this means that an object exists in different locations at reports and panel discus- tion, climate change and unable to feed its 130 electoral debut. Even at disclosing that the chair of CM was the same time. The scientific term for this is called superposition and har- sions on television news the environment in gen- crore people and is not the cost of sounding never offered to ally Shiv Sena. Soon nessing it speeds up calculations exponentially. So promising is its poten- channels about the wors- eral are yet to become self-sufficient in food sceptical, one may easily after Mr Fadnavis’ statement, Shiv tial that, starting with the IBM in 1990, 73 companies are currently invest- ening AQI (Air Quality prime election issues. production, it will seri- surmise its fate if it ever Sena president Uddhav Thackeray ed in building quantum computers. Index). As seen in the One of the reasons ously compromise its decides to fight elec- cancelled the party’s meeting with Key to the quantum computer is the qubit, the individual unit of quan- past couple of years, behind it is the per- food security, which is tions. Perhaps it will be a the BJP. His aide Harshal Pradhan tum memory. Unlike a bit which is a small electric current the absence or schools are shut down ceived dichotomy no lesser a threat than better strategy for the released a video of the CM’s press presence of which determines, respectively, the two states of zero and one, during the really bad between the environ- national security. No party to create pressure meet in which he talks of equal a qubit can simultaneously exist in a superposition of zero and one with days. People could be ment and development other country can take groups through mass sharing of posts and responsibilities. its identity along a spectrum. seen walking around the in voters’ psyche. That the responsibility of mobilisation on environ- With both sides unwilling to cede an How to harness this “quantum uncertainty”? First of all, it could be used streets wearing masks perhaps is the reason feeding 130 crore people. mental issues and lend inch, government formation could by banks to defeat hackers by creating fluid private keys to encrypt mes- for protection. At times, why the first green par- With major reforms in its support to parties or drag on. sages. Second, it can transform healthcare by enabling accurate simula- one could almost feel and ties were formed in the agricultural sector, candidates that N.J. Ravi Chander tions of drug molecules and leading to treatments of hitherto-incurable touch the thick layer of developed countries. In including structural make environmental Bengaluru diseases like Alzheimer’s. There can be many more such exciting applica- haze that surrounds the some countries like reforms and heavy concerns a part of their tions. Innovation is alive, so take heart! entire National Capital Germany and Finland, investment in agricul- key agenda. 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OOD riddance, unequivo- noon bout of golf, mind you) was like northern Idlib province came from, House of Representatives speaker invasion of Iraq in 2003. It grew out of cally. The man who adopted watching a movie, even though the with both the Kurdish-led Syrian Nancy Pelosi and intelligence com- the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda, whose the nom de guerre Abu Bakr aerial footage being transmitted Democratic Forces and the Iraqi mittee chief Adam Schiff were not sectarian brutality appalled even Gal-Baghdadi was by most depicted only heat signatures in the authorities claiming credit, amid informed in advance because the lat- Osama bin Laden (a less valuable tar- accounts a monster of depravity. The dark and could not possibly have other indications that the informa- ter in particular is a notorious leak- get than Baghdadi, according to mindless brutality of the outfit he penetrated the tunnel. His defence tion pinpointing Baghdadi’s refuge er. The implication that the Trump, largely because his extinc- presided over is incontestable, and it secretary as well as the chairman of — possibly owned by the leader of a Democrats would directly or indi- tion was organised by the Obama Mahir Ali conforms with multiple testimonies the joint chiefs of staff, both of whom separate group associated with Al rectly alerted IS to the raid is absurd, administration) and Ayman al- about his personal predilections, were present in the Situation Room, Qaeda — was derived from the inter- of course, but also a reminder of how Zawahiri (who remains at large). including a reputation as a serial refused to corroborate Trump’s nar- rogation of one of his wives (two oth- deep the partisan divide in Baghdadi is a graduate not only of rapist. It does not follow, of course, rative. Trump could not conceivably ers are said to have been killed dur- Washington has become. what was then known as Saddam that the account of his final moments have had access by that point to ing the operation, with their suicide Trump’s critics have been quick to University but also of Camp Bucca, offered by the US president deserves video footage from cameras worn by vests intact) and a courier. link his declaration of a US with- the US military prison that a dispro- Good riddance to be taken at face value. Donald special forces commandos, and it is It is likely that the facts, for what drawal from Syria to the complica- portionately large number of Iraqi Trump simply cannot help uttering in fact not even clear whether any of they are worth, will continue to be tions in the mission against jihadists passed through at the cusp untruths almost every time he opens them witnessed Baghdadi’s explo- contested for a long time to come. Baghdadi, but what’s perhaps more of the millennium. his mouth, so it’s possible his insis- sive exit. Only a military dog, Russia, which was on the top of pertinent is that US forces are stay- Al Qaeda did not perish with bin to ‘Caliph’, but tence that the cornered quarry was described by the commander-in-chief Trump’s list of acknowledgements ing in the country to ‘protect’ oil Laden, the rather more measured “whimpering” and “screaming” as “talented” and “beautiful” when he recited his version of events wells that, the president says, may account of whose end has also been before he detonated his suicide vest (although its name is classified infor- on Monday, has expressed its doubts prove profitable to US firms, yet were disputed, not least by Seymour no need to take in a dead-end tunnel was a product of mation), is said to have been serious- about the operation. The Russians, unwilling to maintain a minimal Hersh. Hardly any analyst is willing the presidential imagination. ly injured when the leader of the who control the airspace in the Idlib presence that might have dissuaded to argue that the demise of Baghdadi He was, after all, barely able to pro- Islamic State, in the president’s par- region, were seemingly informed Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan spells the end of IS, which in all too nounce Baghdadi’s name while tak- lance, “died like a dog”. Even his ani- about the mission but not its target. from invading northern Syria in his many cases represents a state of Trump seriously ing full credit for the hunt. He also mal instincts are contradictory. The US congressional Democratic vendetta against the Kurds. mind, related more often than not to claimed that access to real-time There are contested versions of leadership, meanwhile, is livid that It is also useful to remember in this US foreign policy. video in the White House Situation where the crucial evidence for locat- it was even further out of the loop context that IS was effectively incu- Room (right after a Saturday after- ing Baghdadi’s hideout in Syria’s than Moscow. Trump has said that bated by the consequences of the US By arrangement with Dawn Word SPY BACRONYM BAD-DEBT ART PAGE A reverse acronym: a regular word that Art that is sold cheaply or donated because the owner Oped 7 also doubles as an acronym is deeply in debt THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Why India should not become a part of RCEP once, it may become impossible for any Today is India’s day of reckoning. trators to put the house in order. The down- Delhi’s national self-interest reigns supreme course correction. Hence, it must be remind- New Delhi’s national self-interest hill economics for a country of 1.3 billion peo- in front of the industrially advanced and Abhijit ed that India’s demography alone equals the ple cannot go for quick-fix remedies. India financially robust China, Japan, South Korea entire African continent’s 54 nations. reigns supreme in front of the has to remain rock steady for the steep climb. and the likes of Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Bhattacharyya Similarly, Europe’s demography of 51 coun- industrially advanced and financial- Hasty steps may only inflict more damage Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and tries is 60 per cent of India’s population. The ly robust China, Japan, South Korea than can be visualised at this stage. Thailand, who inflict a consistent and cease- Americas (North and South), of 51 nations, and the likes of Australia, Brunei, Things have remained bad for the past five less high trade deficit on India. are less than 80 crore people. The 30-plus years. In 2014-2015, India’s trade stood at minus In the end, India needs to learn a lesson or nations of Australasia are three crore people, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, $137,694.93 billion (China, minus $48,478.92 bil- two; partly from China and partly from the to India’s 130 crore. India, therefore, cannot Singapore and Thailand, who inflict lion); in 2015-2016 minus $118,716.67 billion United States. “China’s path to success was be compared with any country, except itself. a consistent and ceaseless high (China, minus $52,696.59 billion); in 2016-2017 dictated by the State,” a US scholar wrote, he Regional Comprehensive Therefore, India-related issues have to be trade deficit on India. minus $108,504.60 billion (China, minus adding: “It was export-driven economic Economic Partnership, or analysed and resolved by Indians, and not by $51,111.14 billion); in 2017-2018 minus nationalism”. Earlier, by 1984, the Beijing RCEP, isn’t what it appears to any international body or a RCEP-type trade $162,054.83 billion (China, minus $57,868.90 bil- government had “lost control over imports”, be. If India signs up for it, as conglomeration. decades of ballooning trade deficit in all sec- lion) and in 2018-2019 minus $184,000.33 billion that led to a massive trade balance deficit. the government has indicat- Hence, long-term policy planning and tors, thereby inflicting irreparable damage to (China, minus $53,567.44 billion). China severely curbed all non-essential ed it is planning to do, the implementation is required to take India for- New Delhi’s development plans and national World trade and China aside, the situation imports and promoted the export of manufac- potential fallout for this ward, as long years of deficit loom. The economics. doesn’t get any better for India even with the tured goods. Unfortunately, that is an option country’s 1.3 billion people records of the past two decades are too dismal The most amazing thing, however, is that Asean countries, which constitute the 10 core India doesn’t have any longer, and the only may be difficult to calculate at this point. to be ignored, and too grave not to be despite the chronically “minus-deficit” trade countries of the proposed 16-nation RCEP. thing it can do is to drastically cut imports. TWhy? Because there are several nations in addressed. Thus, whereas India’s total trade figures, India has continued to progress! With a trade deficit of $9,610.77 billion China turned around, from a chronic trade the vicinity, which are commercially compe- deficit stood at $12,915.48 billion (included in How? There must be some divine interven- (Australia); $534.91 million (Brunei); deficit and a “loss of self-reliance”, to a trade tent and industrious, even if not necessarily which was minus $743 million with China) in tion from somewhere in the Indian economy, $10,574.07 billion (Indonesia); $7,910.94 billion surplus. bigger than India. A close scrutiny of eco- 1999-2000, the same deficit zoomed to for its hard to explain this through logic. In (Japan); $4,372.30 billion (Malaysia); The United States too, in its early days as a nomic and commercial data can indicate the $184,000.33 billion (China, minus $57,567.44 fact, India’s cumulative loss of billions of dol- $12,053.90 billion (South Korea); $250.91 mil- new nation, had started with “national self- future scenario and possible harmful effects billion). lars in global trade is one of the main reasons lion (New Zealand); $3,000.41 billion interest”, as propounded by its first treasury on India. It’s time to peruse the figures of the Incidentally, India’s latest defence budget, for its macroeconomic deficiencies, leading (Thailand); $4,709.37 billion (Singapore) and secretary, Alexander Hamilton. He defended last 20 years. Let the facts speak. according to the International Institute for to an eternal gap between revenue and $684.85 million (Vietnam), where does India the protection of US manufacturing on the India’s foreign trade contains three broad Strategic Studies, London, stands at $58 bil- expenditure and the pressure on the State to go? How will India gain from a multilateral ground of national security, saying: “I too am sectors. First, the (total) annual surplus (if lion. In other words, only one year’s trade sell its stake in public sector undertakings, forum which already has pushed it into a a friend of free trade, but it must be free trade any), and deficit. Second, the Sino-Indian deficit (2018-19) can finance India’s defence its core assets, unlike China. corner? Will they allow India to move for- of perfect reciprocity”. Without total reci- bilateral. Third, the bilateral trade figures budget for three years! In reality, India’s foreign trade deficit woes ward? That looks impossible. Hence, it’s got procity, India today should not get into a club with 14 of the 16 proposed RCEP countries What, however, became more than serious continue unabated even today, thus leading to be bilateral deals, rather than multilateral. that will not serve its national interest. (China and India being 15th and 16th of the was the total trade deficit of 2012-13 which hit to the desperation for quick remedial mea- “You give me this, and I will give you that”. India’s own trade, business and industry group). Unfortunately, and regrettably, a record $190,336.07 billion (with China, sures. Unfortunately, however, once interna- Bilateral deals result from a dialogue, while a needs to come first, foremost and last. India, in all three sectors, so far, has per- minus $38,713.45 billion). It’s a real tragedy tional commerce and the interlinked nation- multilateral trade forum means the “survival formed well below par, with chronic deficit. because the collective wisdom of India’s al economy of a country like India derails, of the fittest” and the “thriving of the The writer is an alumnus That is a cause for worry, because if India rulers, irrespective of political affiliations, leading to recurring financial losses, it will biggest”. of the National Defence College. The views falls into an uncontrollable tailspin even till now have failed to address the two be an agonisingly long haul for the adminis- Today is India’s day of reckoning. New expressed are personal.

Fungus net: A giant ‘Lifebuoy’ for tandurusti: Can CSR underground brain with build a healthy and TB-free India? unimagined potential

at the dawn of Independence tive, timely, and necessary use The Indian government when India was dependent on of corporate social responsi- Pranav Sinha struggles at times to imports for subsistence, bility (CSR) funds. bring medicines and visionaries like Jehangir In particular, providing Zarrar Khuhro & Pranay Sinha rations to the interiors of Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata nutritional assistance to vul- invested strategically in core nerable households impacted India, but Coca Cola is industries like steel, chemi- by TB will decrease the likeli- able to maintain a steady cals, hydroelectric power, and hood of family members devel- stock of beverages. In atomic research. Tata even oping the disease, while also the smallest gave India its first airline. easing the household's finan- t is bright yellow and to the largest living organism ndia shoulders a quarter cent of their annual income to villages, children still Such private sector efforts cial burden and increasing has 720 sexes (imagine in the world. No, that’s not the of the global burden of TB; and those that earn 0.5-1.2 helped the fledgling economy likelihood of treatment suc- the preferred pro- blue whale but is in fact the tuberculosis and hunger. lakh annually lose as much as enjoy Horlicks and adults flutter into the skies. cess for persons already affect- nouns for that, if you Armillaria ostoyae, which is ed by the disease. It will also, T The Global Hunger Index 20 per cent of their annual their cup of Lipton tea... Today, we believe India’s pri- will). It has no nervous sys- also appropriately dubbed the (GHI) ranked India 102nd income. This contributes to vate sector also needs to bring we believe, help achieve the tem or brain but yet is capable ‘humongous fungus’. Iof 119 countries in 2019 reduced sales and depressed its considerable resources and important goal of a “TB-mukt of solving problems like navi- Humongous because not only because one in seven Indians margins for private sector needed medicine, the most original thinking to bear on Bharat (TB-free India)”. gating through a maze does it weigh over 400 tons, — about 19.5 crores — are firms across industry sectors. needed vaccine. this important aspect of Becoming involved in the (thanks to algorithms embed- this single organism covers undernourished. Affected Studies estimate that India Recognising that malnutri- nation-strengthening: the elim- fight against malnutrition will ded in its biochemistry) and it about 2,385 acres in Oregon’s Indians suffer stunting, are loses up to 2.5 per cent of its tion and TB are intertwined is ination of malnutrition and not only serve to fulfill the can learn from experience Malheur National Forest. physically depleted, and are GDP due to micronutrient vital to designing good public TB. Private businesses often CSR mandate, but shall also and also transmit that knowl- That’s close to four square vulnerable to illnesses. In 2018, (vitamins and minerals) defi- health policy. Prime Minister have the logistical networks, enhance the company’s brand edge. If it merges with anoth- kilometres, a size a little larg- over 27 lakh Indians developed ciencies alone. The loss is like- Narendra Modi’s administra- reach, span and innovative reputation in the local com- er of its species, the newly er than Male, the capital city active TB disease and an esti- ly larger when we account for tion aims to eliminate TB by spirit that are necessary to munities and have a direct formed creature possesses the of the Maldives and it was mated 4.4 lakh Indians died of deficiencies in proteins, car- 2025. Although the national make grassroots interventions and tangible impact on the knowledge of both halves. alive and kicking around the TB — the highest number of bohydrates, and fats. programme has made substan- a success. The Indian govern- health of the community and It also has no stomach, eyes time Socrates was born. It, cases and deaths of any coun- Similarly, in 2016, TB cost the tive advances in improving ment struggles at times to the country. or mouth but can seek out and and other giant fungi (yes, try worldwide. Both these con- Indian economy 23.7 billion access to TB testing and treat- bring medicines and rations to Seventy-two years since inde- digest its favourite food there are quite a few … that ditions insidiously deplete USD: around one per cent of ment, efforts to address the the interiors of India, but Coca pendence, India remains fet- which, you’ll be glad to know, we know of) live largely India's human capital. If India India's GDP. Given the com- pervasive malnutrition in our Cola is able to maintain a tered by the steady erosion of isn’t human flesh but oat- underground, and feed and is to soar to the heights to plexity of estimating direct country have been anaemic. steady stock of beverages. In our human capital. It is a time meal. You’ll also be relieved multiply by literally sucking which we aspire, we must and indirect costs, these fig- The `500 monthly subsidy the smallest towns and villages for nation strengthening. It is a to hear that its maximum the life out of the trees in the address two insidious condi- ures may underestimate the offered by national TB pro- of India, children still enjoy time-once again-for visionar- speed is about four centime- forests where they live and tions that weigh down the economic impact of malnutri- gram to buy food is a step in Horlicks and adults their cup ies. Who will answer the call? tres an hour so if this creature planting their spores in the economy — malnutrition and tion and TB in India. the right direction, but — to of Lipton tea even as they changes its mind regarding rotting husks. tuberculosis. It is not coincidental, that quote Robert Frost — we have shave with Palmolive shaving Pranav Sinha is the Global its diet there’s a good chance If you think that’s rather Malnutrition and TB not India has a high burden of “miles to go” before we sleep. cream and launder with Surf. Technical Community Leader you’ll be able to run away. unpleasant, then you haven’t only hurt individuals and fam- both malnutrition and TB. And while India can take “Eradicating hunger, pover- for Audits at ERM and has Oh, and did I mention that it met the downright evil ilies, but also businesses and Doctors have known for many pride in programmes like the ty and malnutrition, promot- advised more than 100 multi- is also functionally immortal? Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, the economy. Tuberculosis decades that malnutrition public distribution system ing health care including pre- national corporations on max- The only things it doesn’t like the zombie-ant fungus. This acutely decreases productivi- weakens the immune system. and the midday meal pro- ventative health care” is in imising their positive impact are light and drought but in sinister ’shroom not only ty at work, increases risk of Consequently, malnourished gram, these programs have fact the first subject in on the environment and local the worst-case scenario it can invades ants’ cells but also infecting co-workers, and may individuals are more likely to inherent problems and limita- Schedule VII of the Companies communities in Asia, Africa, just go to sleep for a few years creates its own linked net- force businesses to hire and develop TB. In some areas of tions. Without rapidly Act 2013 which prescribes the North America, and Europe or even decades and wake up works inside the ants’ body, retrain new workers to India, more than half the cases improving nutrition for the core areas to be targeted with over two decades. once the danger has passed. killing its neurons and forc- replace ailing ones. The eco- of TB can be attributed to most vulnerable Indians, corporate social responsibili- Because this sounds like ing it to move and act accord- nomic stress of TB diminishes severe malnutrition and is the India’s audacious plan to end ty funds. Private business can Pranay Sinha is a physician something out of a science fic- ing to the fungus’ wishes. disposable income for discre- leading accelerant of the TB TB will be doomed to fail. The contribute through monetary who is currently working as tion movie, the people at the These franken-ants then tionary purchases: from real epidemic. Not only does mal- government must invest in support of existing products, an Infectious Diseases Paris zoological park where find an appropriate plant and estate to air tickets and vaca- nutrition increase the risk for meals as it does in medicines. logistical support in getting Research Fellow at Boston this creature is exhibited are sink their jaws into the leaves tions; from automobiles to TB, it also increases the sever- The Indian private sector food products to the most vul- University School of calling it ‘the blob’ in a nod to at the precise height dictated durables; from fashion to even ity of disease. Malnourished has a history of contributing nerable Indians, and pro-bono Medicine. His research focus- the classic 1950s horror by these body-snatching fungi fast-moving consumer goods. patients recover more slowly to national needs at moments donation of nutritional prod- es on the impact of malnutri- movie, though its actual and wait there while the fun- Families that earn more than and are also more likely to die when the government's capac- ucts. We believe these would tion on India's tuberculosis name, which translates to ‘the gal stalks sprout out of its 3.2 lakh annually lose five per of TB disease. Food is the most ity was limited. For instance, constitute the most cost-effec- epidemic. many-headed slime’, may be body to rain down spores on even cooler. While scientists other, unsuspecting ants. admit that they ‘don’t actually Nature certainly does give off know what it is’ they are pret- serial killer vibes sometimes. ty sure it’s not an animal or a And if that is not mind- plant, but may well be some blowing enough, did you form of fungus. know that fungi can also act If so, it belongs to a truly like an internet for plants? ancient family; in 2014, scien- Known as the ‘fungal inter- Face your world with a smile tists digging in the Canadian net’ or the “wood wide web’, arctic found a billion-year-old this is an interlinked under- their welfare. So, why don’t you put nature. on their faces”. fossil of a fungus they named ground network of fungi that your best face forward to everyone The face indicates presence. To Be attentive to those you will face Ourasphaira giraldae. When actually helps plants com- you’ll face today? “see the face” simply means to be in today. The faces of those you call thinking about the implica- municate and exchange not Francis In the Bible, “face” has many the presence of someone. The chaiwalla, sabziwalli, chowkidar, tions of its age, please note just nutrients but informa- meanings. Face stands for the “self”. psalmist “seeks the face of God” ever maali or driver might only interest that the first dinosaurs only tion as well. Gonsalves To honour one’s yearning to you for providing the services you appeared a mere 270 million For example, if a tomato face is to honour experience need. But they all have names, years ago and that this discov- plant at one end of the net- the person divine presence besides being fathers, mothers, sis- ery basically upends every- work is attacked by aphids her/himself. and power. ters and brothers of someone who thing we thought we knew or a disease, tomato plants at When the king Moreover, the loves them dearly. Wouldn’t it be about how life on earth the other end of the mycor- asks: “Why is your face stands for good to put names to faces? evolved. rhizal network learn about it etting dressed this morning, face sad?” it light and bless- Giving a few extra bucks to the dri- Until now we thought that and implement countermea- you must have certainly means, “Why are ing. “O God, ver who drove you to work, asking fungi and plants acted mostly sures making themselves looked into a mirror. You you sad?” With may your face the maali about his family, or gifting together to colonise the sur- less susceptible to the Gprobably took great care to childlike simplici- shine upon us your cook a new sari occasionally face of the earth, but given infestation. make yourself look presentable, ty, when Moses that we may be cause faces to brighten and smiles to that the oldest plant fossils How far do these networks even lovable. But, did you check desires to hide saved” and lengthen. only date back some 470m span? We don’t know for sure about wearing a big smile to light up himself, he covers “May the Lord Every face tells a story. Let’s get years, this means that the but they may well be conti- your face? A song from the his face and his make his face to behind the faces we see today and fungi were first. This, in turn, nent-wide in some cases — an Broadway musical Annie insightful- radiant face amply shine upon strive to brighten up a few of them means that animals (closely underground brain with ly says: “You’re never fully dressed indicates that he you”. with a kind word, a generous deed or linked to fungi in the ‘tree of potential beyond what we can without a smile”. How true. has seen God. Finally, the a contagious smile. Even if others’ life’) may also have appeared currently imagine. Indeed, Your face is your passport to enter The face reveals face reveals faces do not light up; surely, one on earth far earlier than we the more we learn, the less we into people’s lives. Today, your face nature and character. Gospel writer emotions: “No longer shall Jacob be will: yours. imagined. know about how to define will reveal to those you meet Luke describes the face of ashamed, no longer shall his face While we are familiar with ‘life’ itself, let alone sentience. whether you’re glad or sad, whether Christianity’s first martyr, Stephen, grow pale,” and, “A glad heart the descendants of this Think about that the next you wish to talk to them or ignore as the “face of an angel” and the makes a cheerful countenance”. Francis Gonsalves is a professor of ancient fungus: mould, yeasts time you’re enjoying your them, and whether you wish them transfigured face of Jesus “shone Prophet Ezekiel reproaches the theology. He can be contacted at and mushrooms (magic and cream of mushroom soup. well or are simply uninterested in like the sun” indicating his divine wicked by saying: “Shame shall be [email protected] otherwise), it may come as a surprise that it is also related By arrangement with Dawn Regional stability PAGE The ‘Quad’ supports rules, norms and regional resilience amid China’s growing influence World 8 in the region, says Aussie FM Marise Payne THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

BREXIT Democrats unveil Trump Britain goes to

I’m happy to leave impeachment procedure polls on Dec. 12 the House of US Prez accused of pressurising Ukraine to investigate political rival London, Oct. 30: Bri-tain’s Commons as a political leaders te-sted Conservative MP, Washington, Oct. 30: The Reacting sharply to the their election pitches on on good terms Democratic Party, which „ The procedures offer Trump several protection including that move of the Opposition Wednesday after parlia- controls the US House of his counsel will receive copies of any statements of information Democratic Party, the ment backed Prime — Amber Rudd Representatives, has and related documents and other evidentiary material furnished White House described the Minister Boris Johnson’s Former home secretary unveiled a resolution set- resolution an “illegitimate bid for a pre-Christmas ting out the next steps in to the members of the committee. sham”. poll aimed at breaking their impeachment efforts „ The president's coun- “The resolution put for- the lengthy Brexit dead- against President Donald „ The president ward by Speaker Pelosi lock. IN BRIEF Trump. and his counsel sel may submit written confirms that House Lawmakers put aside th- President Trump, a may attend the summaries of addition- Democrats’ impeachment eir disputes and overwh- Shooting at LA Republican, is accused of presentation of evi- al testimony or evi- has been an illegitimate elmingly supported Joh- trying to pressure Ukraine dence by majority dence the President sham from the start as it nson’s call for a snap gen- into investigating unsub- lacked any proper authori- eral election on December Halloween party stantiated corruption clai- and minority com- wishes the Judiciary sation by a House vote,” 12. Los Angeles: At least three ms against his political mittee counsel. Committee to consider. White House Press The decision came two IT WILL BE A people were killed and nine rival, Joe Biden, and his Secretary Stephanie days before Britain was tough election others injured in a shooting son who worked with „ The president and his counsel may attend Grisham said. due to leave the European but we will do our at a Halloween party in Ukrainian gas company all hearings of the Judiciary Committee, Later, justifying the Union after 46 years and a best. southern Los Angeles. Aerial Burisma. including any held in executive session. impeachment procedure, few hours after Brussels footage from local TV news The eight-page resolu- House Judiciary Commit- granted London more BORIS JOHNSON, channels showed paramedics tion made public on „ The resolution permits the minority tee Chairman Jerrold time to secure parliamen- British Prime Minister treating the injured in a yard Wednesday, sets out a Nadler said: “These proce- tary backing. between a nail salon and a more public phase of the to issue subpoenas with the concur- dures confer, among other Parliament now has up trade unions as well as residential home in Long inquiry and hands the rence of the chair or authorised by things, rights for the to January 31 to lend th- party leader Jeremy Beach. Neighbours said the lead role in hearings to the a committee vote. minority and for the eir support to Johnson’s Corbyn. shooting took place at a chair of the intelligence President equal to those divorce deal so that But the veteran socialist Halloween party. The wound- committee, Adam Schiff. provided during the Britain can move past its is an energetic campaign- ed were transported to local The House is expected to America’s elections,” from witnesses in an open steps of previous impe- (Richard) Nixon and (Bill) biggest political crises er who nearly managed to hospitals, the Long Beach vote on the measure on Rules Committee Chai- setting. The resolution achment inquiries, the Clinton inquiries. This since World War II. secure an upset victory in Fire Department said on Thursday. rman James P McGovern introduced in the House next phase will move from committee is committed to But European Council the last general election Twitter. The local fire depart- “There is mounting evi- said. Rules Committee will pro- closed depositions to open executing its part of the chief Donald Tusk has in 2017. ment confirmed three fatali- dence that the president “The House impeach- vide that pathway for- hearings where the House’s ongoing impeach- warned the bloc’s other 27 Corbyn calls the vote “a ties and said nine patients abused his power and ment inquiry has collected ward,” the heads of four American people will ment investigation with members may not grant once in a generation ch- were transported to local betrayed our national extensive evidence and House committees said in learn firsthand about the the highest fealty to the Britain more time — sim- ance to transform our hospitals.People in costumes security while compromis- testimony, and soon the a joint statement. president’s “misconduct”, Constitution.” ilar words to those issued country” and is promis- could be seen limping out of ing the integrity of American people will hear Following in the foot- they said. — PTI before the last extension ing “the most ambitious the building, a witness said. in April. and radical campaign for Party leaders wasted no real change”. time in rolling out their His deputy and finance Thai guards fired messages even before the spokesman John McDon- Pak Min: Nations backing India launch of their parties’ nell hailed his boss’s abil- over adultery official manifestos. ities on the stump. Bangkok: Thailand’s king has Johnson immediately “I think we’ll have a sacked four royal guards, rallied his parliament majority government by two of them for “adultery”, on Kashmir will be hit by missile members after the vote Christmas, so I can’t in a fresh wave of palace with a promise to “get think of a better Christ- purges a week after his royal Brexit done” while con- mas present,” he said. consort was stripped of all Islamabad, Oct. 30: A matter. Islamabad has uni- dire consequences in the ceding he was in for a Labour’s Brexit promise titles for “disloyalty”. Thai Pakistan minister has laterally downgraded bi- event of a nuclear war hard fight. is to seize power and then King Maha Vajiralongkorn courted controversy by lateral ties after it cried with India. The Conservative leader strike a more European- ordered the dismissal of two Tayyip Erdogan saying that any country foul over New Delhi’s “If a conventional war heads a minority govern- friendly agreement with male guards from the “bed- that will support India move to abrogate Article starts between the two ment, which has hindered Brussels that preserves room section”. “They have over the Kashmir issue 370 that granted special countries anything could his ability to push many of the existing committed inappropriate TURKEY-RUSSIA will be hit by a missile by powers to Jammu and happen. A country seven through legislation in trade ties. acts and adultery,” the state- Pakistan and considered Kashmir. India has main- times smaller than its parliament. He is now It would then let voters ment said. The other two as an “enemy” of tained that the decision is neighbour what will it do hoping to turn that into a choose between that deal officers failed to meet the REACHED DEAL Islamabad. its internal matter, a — either surrender or majority. and the option of simply standards of the royal guard “If tensions with India stance which has been fight for its freedom,” he “It’ll be a tough election staying in the EU. and were dismissed without ON SYRIA rise on Kashmir, Pakistan supported by several had said. and we are going to do the “We’re saying democra- compensation. Thailand’s will be compelled to go to Ali Amin Gandapur countries, including the “My belief is we will best we can,” he said. cy, let the people decide,” royal family is protected by a Ankara, Oct. 30: Talks war. Those countries back- Saarc nations and the fight and when a nuclear- Britain’s first December McDonnell said. defamation law that makes between Turkish and ing India and not Pakistan ist Naila Inayat tweeted a Arab World. armed country fights till vote in nearly 100 years The two other main scrutiny of its actions all but Russian officials on (over Kashmir) will be part of the video in which In his maiden address at the end it will conse- and third general election players are adopting impossible within the king- developments in north- considered our enemy and the minister is seen mak- the UN General Assembly quence far beyond the bor- in four years finds the much firmer Brexit dom. But the purges have east Syria have conclud- a missile will be fired at ing the inflammatory in New York in September, ders. I am warning you. main opposition Labour stances. offered a rare glimpse into ed and the two delega- India and those nations remarks. Prime Minister Imran It’s not a threat but worry Party splintered by bitter The fast-rising Liberal the powerful palace. tions have “largely” supporting it,” minister The Pak leader’s rheto- Khan had devoted his 50- about where are we head- infighting. Democrats are going into reached an agreement, for Kashmir affairs and ric on Kashmir issue minute speech on Kas- ing. If this goes wrong you Pro-EU supporters from the vote on a simple Turkish defence mini- Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin comes at a time when hmir and resorted to anti- hope for the best but pre- big cities have been at log- promise of stopping the FB to pay Britain ster Hulusi Akar was Gandapur said. Pakistan has been India rant. Even at that pare for the worst,” he had gerheads with Brexit- EU-UK divorce by any quoted as saying. Pakistan-based journal- snubbed globally over the time, Khan raked up the added. — ANI backing groups such as means. — AFP for data breach Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said London: Facebook agreed to Russia had informed pay a 5,00,000 pounds fine Turkey that the Syrian LeT, AN IDEAL for breaches of data protec- Kurdish YPG had left a Raging inferno tion law related to the har- planned “safe zone” vesting of data by consultan- within a deadline set by PROXY FOR ISI: cy Cambridge Analytica, Ankara and Moscow. Britain’s information regula- Under their agreement, US EXPERT tor said. The Information Russia and Turkey were Commissioner’s Office last then due to start joint Washington, Oct. 30: year fined Facebook after it patrols. Lashkar-e-Toiba, a UN- said data from at least 1 mil- “Inter-delegation talks designated terrorist out- lion British users had been with Russia were con- fit, is a “perfect proxy” among that harvested by cluded a short while ago. for Pakistan’s spy ag- Cambridge Analytica and An agreement was large- ency ISI, a leading Am- used for political purposes. ly reached. Our efforts erican expert on securi- Meanwhile, Facebook on continue in a mutually ty issues has said. Wednesday said it took constructive, understan- “Literally, the Pakistan down accounts linked to a ding way,” Akar said. Army trains, the LeT. Russian ally of President Meanwhile, Turkey’s Which is why they are so Vladimir Putin seeking to president said on competent,” Christine spread disinformation on the Wednesday that the joint Fair from the George- social platform in eight Turkish-Russian patrols town University said in African countries. will begin on Friday in an apparent reference to northeastern Syria, fol- some of the high-profile lowing a Russian-bro- terrorist strikes inside kered cease-fire that India, during a round- HARIRI TO promised to have Syrian table at the Hudson Kurdish forces with- Institute think-tank. draw to the south. “And they are very pro- STAY ON AS Erdogan told his ruling State. So, in some ways party that Turkey won’t LeT was made that way. CARETAKER hesitate to relaunch its LeT is an ideal proxy. operation if the Kurdish LeT is as close as you get Beirut, Oct. 30: Lebanon’s fighters do not abandon to a perfect proxy,” said President on Wednesday the 30-kilometer-deep Fair, who is author of acknowledged the govern- area or continue their the book In Their Own ment’s resignation following attacks against Turkish Words: Understanding almost two weeks of troops. He vowed “res- Lashkar-e-Taiba. Fair unprecedented protests but pond in the harshest said she supported the asked it to stay on until a way to any attacks” and government’s decision new cabinet is formed. that “if needed, we will Firefighter Alex DeLeon of South Lake Tahoe, California, bundles up against the cold wind on a ridge between Sonoma and Lake County as the to revoke Article 370 Michel Aoun “asked the gov- expand our safe zone.” Kincade Fire burns in northern California. The flames prompted a flurry of false fire reports on the Santa Rosa plain. — AP from the Indian ernment to continue to con- — Agencies Constitution. — PTI duct affairs until a new cabinet is formed,” his WHAT | NEXT ISIS chief’s killing is a big blow to militant group that flourished under his leadership office said. He said the measure followed the constitutional provision for Chaos, fear of riots grip ISIS post Baghdadi’s elimination cases in which the government Beirut, Oct. 30: One of Abu group, including women been announced in the eigners. More than 10,000 with members estimated steps down. Prime Minister Bakr al-Baghdadi’s last and children. z The nighttime raid by z Ushers in a new camps, many of his sup- prisoners, including 2,000 anywhere between 14,000 Saad Hariri announced his audio messages was an Fear of chaos already US special operations phase for IS amid porters living in detention foreigners, are in deten- or 30,000, has already piv- cabinet’s resignation on appeal for his followers to was running high over the forces was a blow to uncertainty facilities and camps in tion facilities in northeast- oted toward insurgency Tuesday, the 13th day of a do everything in their fate of those detained after the militant group over the new Syria have telephones and ern Syria. after losing its territory in wave of protests triggered power to free Islamic State this month’s Turkish mili- they most likely heard the The nighttime raid by US the last couple of years. by a proposed tax on calls detainees and the women tary invasion of northeast- that became a global leadership as news. special operations forces But its branches abroad via free phone applications. being held in jails and ern Syria, which ushered organization under thousands “If our men are in was a blow to the militant and the number of those Though that proposal was camps in northeastern in major troop changes in his leader- of its sup- prison, we are the soldiers group that became a global who pledged their alle- then scrapped, the demon- Syria. the area about two weeks ship. porters of the Caliphate,” some of organization under his giance have increased. strations swelled into a With news of the extrem- after al-Baghdadi’s mes- and the women held in al-Hol, leadership. His demise Who the next leader is broad cross-sectarian call ist group’s leader’s death, sage. Kurdish officials said mem- the largest holding camp only few months after los- will likely determine for an end to a political sys- Kurdish security forces they needed to divert fight- bers in northern Syria chanted, ing the group’s territorial whether the group will dig tem viewed as corrupt and worried about the possibil- ers and logistics to the languish according to a security hold ushers in a new phase in to consolidate its hold inefficient. Many of the ity of attacks or rioting front line to ward off the in jails official with the Kurdish- for IS amid uncertainty on Syria and Iraq — or country’s ruling elite hail have been tightening secu- Turkish offensive. Turkey led internal security over the new leadership as focus on global outreach. from political parties or fam- rity at these facilities, moved troops into areas agency. The camp is home thousands of its support- The group has not offi- ilies that have been in power which hold more than along the border, while A shaky cease-fire is in away from the borders. to 70,000, most of them ers and members languish cially announced his death since the end of the 1975- 80,000 members and sup- Syrian border guards were place and an agreement to While news of al- women and children in prisons. or named a new leader. 1990 civil war porters of the militant deployed in others. redeploy Kurdish forces Baghdadi’s death had not including about 11,000 for- The decentralized group, — AP Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot Srei, United mull $50 billion tie-up Bank team up to offer MSME loans THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Overleaf

■ Firm tells lenders it won’t be able to honour commitments for long Govt plans 100 quick Voda Idea seeks debt recast airports and P R SANJAI & ANTO riers, Vodafone Idea may BITES ANTONY not press for a debt recast, OCT. 30 some of the people said. 1,000 new routes War erupts as Jio slams COAI ‘blackmailing’ Vodafone Group, which Vodafone Group Plc’s has been pulling out of far- INDICATORS % Indian venture, reeling New Delhi, Oct. 30: Leading telecom play- potentially be catastrophic for the flung markets to focus on Sensex 40,051.87 +0.55 under $14 billion of net ers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will nation.” Bharti and Vodafone both Europe, isn’t keen to plow Nifty 50 11,844.10 +0.49 debt, mounting losses and face an “unprecedented crisis” if the gov- backed COAI’s views in the letter. But any more money into the dwindling subscribers, ernment refuses to relax its demand for rival Reliance Jio, a COAI member, said Indian venture, which is S&P 500 3,034.29 -0.09 has approached creditors $13 billion in outstanding dues, says the the lobby group’s letter does not repre- “ring-fenced,” Chief Dollar (`) 71.08 +0.23 for better payment terms Cellular Operators Association of India sent industry views. Executive Officer Nick Pound Sterling (`) 91.65 +0.45 to revive the sinking carri- (COAI), a lobby group. Reliance “completely disagrees with the Read said in September. er, people with direct The lobby group has joined the fray, intent, tone, contents and connotations of The Newbury, England- Euro (`) 79.20 +0.52 knowledge of the matter seeking the intervention of telecoms the COAI letter”, it said in a letter to based firm agreed to sell Gold (10gm)* (`) 38,010▲94 +0.25 said. minister in a letter dated Oct. 29, arguing COAI, which it released to the media. its New Zealand unit for Vodafone Idea Ltd., that such huge payments will lead to a Jio slammed COAI for its "threatening $2.2 billion in May. Brent crude ($/bbl)* $61.13 -0.46 formed by last year’s crisis at the companies and cause distress and blackmailing" tone in its communi- The British firm reluc- ABHIJIT ROY double the number at the IN 10-Yr bond yield +6.664 -0.015 merger of the British for the sector as a whole. cation to the government on non-existent tantly participated in a CHOWDHURY & end of 2018. A spokesman US 10-Yr T-bill yield +1.812 -0.023 telecommunications “Investments could be curtailed, servic- crisis in the sector. rights issue by Vodafone ANURAG KOTOKY at India’s Civil Aviation firm’s local unit with bil- es could deteriorate, jobs could be lost Jio accused COAI of "serious breach of Idea earlier this year that OCT. 30 Ministry was not immedi- * As of 9:30 pm IST lionaire Kumar Mangalam and investor confidence will most defi- trust" and having a "prejudiced mindset raised Rs 25,000 crore ($3.5 ately available for a com- Birla’s Idea Cellular Ltd., nitely be shattered,” COAI Director completely laced with one-sided thought billion), some of the peo- India is planning to open ment. The proposal by has warned lenders that it General Rajan S. Mathews said in the let- process"...It seems there were extraneous ple said. 100 additional airports by India’s state think-tank won’t be able to honour its ter. “The impact of this crisis could exac- consideration to sent this letter,” Jio said. The losses at the Indian 2024, as part of a plan to also includes boosting the Standard Life commitments for long erbate the stress in the industry and —Agencies carrier may be pushing revive economic growth number of locally trained under current conditions, Vodafone Group toward in Asia’s third-largest pilots to 600 a year and the people said, asking not the exit door, more than a economy, according to double the domestic air- sells 5% in HDFC to be named as the discus- ture in July that stated wider legal dispute over decade after it entered people with knowledge of craft fleet to 1,200 during sions are private. One of Vodafone Idea had been in the way Indian carriers what was once its most the matter. the period, the people Life for `5,750 cr its requests was a tempo- discussions with lenders calculate revenue. The promising market. Since The proposal, which said. rary halt to loan payments, for some waivers in the Baseless: Voda nation’s top court upheld its acquisition of includes starting 1,000 The Indian government UK's Standard Life divested although no formal pro- prior quarter. He didn’t the government’s method, Hutchison Whampoa Ltd’s new routes connecting has committed invest- 4.95 per cent stake in HDFC posal has been made, two comment further. New Delhi, Oct. 30: and told several compa- Indian operations in 2007, smaller towns and vil- ments of Rs 1 lakh crore Life Insurance Co. for over Rs of the people said. The distress at India’s Vodafone Idea said it nies, including now- the UK company has been lages, was discussed at a to build airports in the 5,750 crore through open mar- A spokesman for No. 2 phone operator deep- has not made any debt defunct ones, to pay about dogged by a $2.2 billion tax meeting last week to next five years. ket transactions. The US-based Vodafone Idea said the ened last week after the recast request to any $13 billion in total. bill —a case it’s still fight- review infrastructure Just three years back, Capital Group is among the company hasn’t asked nation’s top court ordered lender or asked for An upfront liability for ing with the Indian gov- needed by 2025, the people only 75 of India’s 450 run- buyers which picked up shares lenders to rework payment it to pay about $4 billion in reworking of payment Vodafone India may com- ernment despite a ruling said, asking not to be ways were functional, as of the insurance firm. Standard terms and the carrier con- past dues, dealing a fresh terms, and said it will pel it to appeal to the in its favor by the nation’s identified as the discus- airlines avoided flying to Life (Mauritius Holdings) 2006 tinues to pay all its debts blow to the struggling continue to pay all its National Company Law top court in 2012. sion is private. Steps to smaller, World War-era Ltd, one of the promoters, sold as and when they fall due. business. Vodafone Idea debt as and when it falls Tribunal, analysts G.V. In a filing on July 26, start a plane-lease financ- airstrips in smaller 10 crore shares at an average “The financial stress in has been losing sub- due. It said reports over Giri and Balaji Subram- Vodafone Idea said in the ing business in the coun- towns. But Modi’s sub- price of Rs 575.15. the telecom sector is well scribers and reporting this is "baseless and fac- anian at IIFL Securities quarter through June 30 it try was also discussed, sidy programme, which acknowledged and all tele- losses every quarter since tually incorrect". —PTI Ltd wrote in a report last classified Rs 10,200 crore they said. partly funds airline losses com operators have asked the two partners week, referring to the from non-current borrow- With economic activity while capping fares on for requisite help in reduc- announced their merger quasi-judicial body that ings to current maturities at a six-year low and remote routes, has helped HDFC acquires ing it,” the firm said in the in 2017, while the entry of er with free calls and handles insolvency peti- of long-term debt for not prospects of further slow- add 38 airports to the statement. A spokesman billionaire Mukesh cheap data added to the tions. meeting some covenant down looming, Prime nation’s aviation map at for the Newbury, UK-based Ambani’s wireless venture’s woes. Should the government clauses for specified finan- Minister Narendra Modi the start of this year, 9.89% stake in Vodafone Group pointed to provider Reliance Jio The court ruling on take substantial steps to cial ratios. is keen to double down on while contracts were a filing by the India ven- Infocomm Ltd. a year earli- October 24 was part of a ease the burden of the car- —Bloomberg infrastructure projects in given to airlines to start Bandhan Bank a bid to revive growth and flights to a further 63 air- achieve a target of mak- ports with no or limited ing India a $5 trillion connectivity. economy by 2025. Last While the lure of month, the government India— with an emerging India seen Sensex crosses 40K mark again cut corporate tax rates, middle class flying for the putting India on par with first time—has attracted jeopardising RAVI RANJAN PRASAD and touched a high of festival season as well as to better second quarter some of the lowest in companies such as Singa- MUMBAI, OCT. 30 40312.07 on June 4, 2019. the buzz in the market that earnings and festival sea- Asia, to help compete pore Airlines and AirAsia RECP pact The broader Nifty-50 the government may ratio- son sales. with the likes of Vietnam to set up local units, The Sensex on Wednesday Index also closed 0.40 per nalise securities transac- The broader market, how- and Indonesia for invest- provincial taxes in the ARCHANA CHAUDHARY, regained the 40000 level cent, or 57.25 points, to end tion related long-term capi- ever, is yet to recover, as the ments amid global trade nation make jet fuel one Mortgage firm HDFC Ltd has SHRUTI SRIVASTAVA & after a gap of more than at at 11844.10. tal gains tax, dividend dis- measures announced by tensions. of the most expensive in acquired 9.89 per cent stake in IAIN MARLOW four months. Gaining for The market's gain in the tribution tax and the secu- the government are likely India’s plans to expedite the world. The govern- Bandhan Bank as part of OCT. 30 the fourth consecutive ses- last four sessions came rities transaction tax . to benefit large-caps, ana- airport development still ment is aware of the high scheme of merger. As many as sion, the index closed at largely on the back of good But the Sensex's 40K level lysts said. The Nifty-50 is trails that of China’s, taxation burden and jet 15.93 crore shares of the bank India keeps making last- 40051.87, up 220.03 points. second quarter earnings can be largely credited to up 15.54 per cent per cent in which has set a goal of fuel prices, and will ratio- was transferred to HDFC, , minute requests after it The Sensex had made announced by blue chip corporate tax cut the last one year but the having 450 commercial nalise the tax regime. Bandhan said in a regulatory fil- agreed to terms for the huge gains in May-June fol- companies, auto and retail announced by the govern- Nifty Midcap-50 Index is airports by 2035, almost — Bloomberg ing. Earlier this month, the bank world’s largest regional lowing the NDA victory sales picking up during the ment last month, which led down 0.77 per cent. merged with Gruh Finance, trade agreement, poten- which brought down the pro- tially preventing Asian moter shareholding from 82.26 leaders from announc- per cent to 60.96 per cent. ing a breakthrough next week on the 16-nation pact during a summit in Aramco to keep 4.6 mn Lenders court risky borrowers Bangkok, people famil- iar with the situation India ranks 3rd said. In recent days, India barrels in Indian storage to push up retail loan growth in Asia for angered other negotia- tors by making addi- New Delhi, Oct. 30: India Chief Executive of the FALAKNAAZ SYED those with credit scores between 650 sustainability tional requests on the will lease a quarter of its Indian company. The Pad- MUMBAI, OCT. 30 and 700, while sub-prime borrowers China-backed pact, said strategic petroleum ur storage facility has four are those with scores between 300 and Indian companies have ranked the people. Leaders had reserve in Padur to Saudi equal-sized compartments. Banks and non-banking financial 650. According to the report, almost third in Asia's overall environ- planned to announce a Aramco to store about 4.6 So far, Abu Dhabi companies (NBFCs) are increasingly 50 per cent of the NBFC originations mental sustainability out of preliminary deal on million barrels of oil, a National Oil Co is the only focussing on lending to riskier seg- in Q2 2019 were to borrowers in eight markets studied, with an Nov. 4 during meetings government official said foreign company storing ments such as credit cards and per- below-prime segments, which repre- average score of 63.12, slightly hosted by the Asean, on Wednesday, as New oil in India’s strategic sonal loans to maintain their topline, sented an increase of 8.5 per cent above the regional average of they said. Delhi seeks global invest- reserves, at Mangalore, as growth in home, auto loans and over Q2 2018. 62.34 points, says a Refinitiv Chief negotiators are ment in its expanding ener- also in Karnataka. Last loan against property (LAP) seg- On the other hand, auto loans survey. Companies in Hong still confident they can gy infrastructure. year it signed a prelimi- ments decline. With economic growth recorded the slowest rate of growth of Kong had the best overall per- reach a broad agree- Global oil producers are nary agreement to use half plunging to a six-year low and unem- all major lending categories in Q2 formance with an average ment on the deal to eager to gain a foothold in of the Padur reserve. ployment rising to a 45-year high, volumes continue to exhibit a robust 2019. Auto loan balances grew 10.9 per score of 70.06, followed by S. reduce tariffs, known as India, where fuel demand Ahuja said Aramco growth in consumer loans decelerat- growth of 30.2 per cent to 36 lakh. cent YoY in Q2 2019 to Rs 4.17 lakh Korea (64.57) and India (63.12). the Regional is expected to rise as the would have to keep some of ed in the second quarter, driven pri- During Q2 2019, there was a shift in crore, down significantly from Comprehensive country’s economy grows. the 4.6 million barrels for marily by secured lending products. credit card originations to higher growth of 23.3 per cent in Q2 2018. Economic Partnership Indian Strategic India’s strategic needs, but According to a latest TransUnion risk tiers observed Cibil. In Q2 2019, This was primarily due to soft results (RCEP), during a Petroleum Reserves Ltd, a could sell the rest to Indian Cibil Industry Insights Report, con- 32.1 per cent of card originations in public and private sector lenders, planned meeting on government company refiners. sumer loans grew 17.1 per cent year- were to consumers with poor credit whose balances grew at 8.3 per cent Thursday in Bangkok. charged with building oil India, which relies on on-year (YoY) in Q2 2019, compared to scores (below- prime risk tiers) com- and 10.1 per cent, respectively, in Q2 Hyundai, Kia Any announcement storage, signed a memo- imports for about 80 per 23.5 per cent in Q2 2018. Growth in pared to 26.4 per cent in Q2 2018. 2019, compared to 21.4 per cent and 26 would pave the way for randum of understanding cent of its oil needs, has credit cards and personal loans sig- Similarly in the case of personal per cent in Q2 2018. stake buy in nations to finalise the with the Saudi state firm underground emergency nificantly outpaced growth witnessed loans, the data showed a shift in loan In the housing market, originations details on the legal for its participation in the storage in three locations in auto loans, home loans and loans origination towards high risk tiers volumes and balances declined YoY framework in the com- 2.5-million-tonne facility in to protect against any sup- against property. with 44.8 per cent of total origina- in Q2 2019, implying likely soft mar- ANI, Ola okayed ing months. Karnataka state. ply disruption. The At the close of Q2 2019, a record 2.77 tions in Q2 2019 to borrowers in below ket conditions going forward. Home The Competition Commission A breakthrough after “Aramco has signed an reserves can hold 36.87 mil- crore consumers held a credit card, prime segment (sub-prime and near loan delinquencies saw a small YoY said it has approved acquisi- seven years of talks MoU for only one compart- lion barrels. driving outstanding balances to prime) compared to 36.4 per cent in improvement.LAP origination bal- tion of minority stake by would be a win for trade ment,” said HPS Ahuja, —Reuters almost Rs 1 lakh crore. Origination Q2 2018. Near prime borrowers are ances declined by 20 per cent YoY. Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors liberalisation in an era in ANI Technologies and Ola of rising tariffs and Electric. The CCI, in a tweet, resurgent nationalism. said it "approves acquisition of India, which has shares in ANI Technologies and raised some tariffs under Prime Minister J&J’s own expert found asbestos in Baby Powder OLA Electric by Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors subject to com- Narendra Modi, has pliance of modifications." In long been the main CHAD TERHUNE, same production lot. Saldivar’s lab began test- director worked for J&J for The company appeared to India, ANI provides radio taxi holdout on an RCEP LISA GIRION In challenging the FDA’s ing cosmetic talc products years, and he found do just that on Tuesday, services under Ola name. deal due to strong OCT. 30 finding, however, the for the FDA again this year, asbestos so there must be saying testing done by domestic opposition healthcare giant is casting and in September it found asbestos there.” other laboratories J&J over fears the country Ever since Johnson & doubt on one of its own asbestos in an unmarked J&J’s challenge now is to hired had found no Printed & Published by would be flooded with Johnson disclosed this experts. The private sample that the FDA later discredit the single test asbestos in the same bottle T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan cheap Chinese goods. month that a government Maryland lab that found identified as Johnson’s result as erroneous with- of Baby Powder tested by Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at Modi agreed to move test had turned up asbestos asbestos in Baby Powder Baby Powder. out undermining the repu- Saldivar for the FDA, nor BFL Infotech Ltd, C-9 Sector 3, Noida- ahead with the deal in its Baby Powder, the under a contract with the claims that asbestos in talc “I have never heard of tation and track record of in the lot of Baby Powder 201301. Published at 219, N D Tiwari after receiving personal company has attacked the FDA is run by a paid expert caused their cancers. anything like this,” said its expert witness, Ausness recalled as a result of Bhawan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, assurances from He testified in a May 2018 Richard Ausness, a said. Saldivar’s finding. New Delhi-110002. validity of the result. witness for J&J. Editor: T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Chinese President Xi On Tuesday, for example, Andreas Saldivar, labora- deposition that testing he University of Kentucky “J&J could try to frame it In an interview with Registration number 30074/09, Air sur- Jinping in an informal J&J announced that other tory director of AMA did in 2010 for the FDA law professor who spe- as not so much this lab Reuters, FDA officials said charge Re 1. © All rights reserved. seaside meeting earlier labs it hired ultimately Analytical Services Inc, showed no evidence of cialises in product liability, director is unreliable or they stood by the AMA lab Reproduction in whole or in part with- this month, an Indian found no asbestos in sam- has served as a litigation asbestos in Johnson’s Baby referring to Saldivar’s dual incompetent, but false posi- and its results. They also out written permission of The Editor, official said. ples from the bottle tested expert on several occasions Powder, helping to bolster roles. “This is bad news for tives do happen and addi- said they were not sur- Financial Chronicle ® is prohibited. —Bloomberg by the US Food and Drug for J&J since 2017 in its the company’s argument J&J. The plaintiffs are tional tests are called for,” prised by J&J’s findings. Administration or from the defence against plaintiffs’ that its iconic brand is safe. clearly going to say this lab Ausness said. —Reuters PAGE Financial 10 THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

■ Blackstone Bid to overcome tech & regulatory challenges Pact with Srei, United Bank OPENING takes 37.5% in Fiat, Peugeot mull Germany for team up to offer BELL Aakash Edu. using AI in PROJECTION FOR TODAY New Delhi, Oct 30: farming likely MSME loans Private equity firm $50 billion tie-up Blackstone has picked New Delhi, Oct. 30: Overall up 37.5 per cent stake in Germany and India are RITWIK MUKHERJEE competitive examination GIULIO PIOVACCARI & likely to sign agreements KOLKATA, OCT. 30: preparation firm SUDIP KAR-GUPTA including a partnership trend Aakash Educational MILAN/PARIS , OCT. 30 on the use of artificial In first such initiative, Srei Services Ltd for $500 mil- intelligence in farming Equipment Finance lion (over Rs 3,545 crore), Talks between Fiat during a three-day visit to Limited, an arm of Srei remains according to sources. Chrysler and Peugeot New Delhi by Chancellor Infrastructure Finance Blackstone, which last owner PSA over a potential Angela Merkel that Limited (Srei), has teamed week received approval tie-up that could create a begins on Thursday, the up with United Bank of positive from the Competition $50 billion (£39 billion) car German ambassador India to jointly offer loans to Commission of India giant gathered pace on said. MSME sector and retail cus- The Sensex regained the (CCI) for picking up 51 Wednesday, with one Merkel will be accompa- tomers under a co-lending 40000 level on Wednesday per cent stake in Aakash source saying a deal could nied by several cabinet arrangement. as the market gained for Educational Services be announced as early as colleagues and a business As a starter, Srei the fourth consecutive Ltd (AESL), is keeping Thursday. delegation, ambassador Equipment and UBI have session on heavy buying options open to hike The two groups said in Walter J. Lindner told already organised loan by the foreign portfolio stake in the institute. separate statements they reporters. utsavs across 20 cities investors. In a statement, the two were holding discussions Merkel and Indian including Delhi, Mumbai, Srei Equipment’s OEM The Sensex closed at companies said their aimed at creating one of cost of investments into Italy’s Industry Minister Prime Minister Narendra Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, partners—including 40051.87 gaining 220.03 partnership will help in the world’s leading auto low-emission technologies Stefano Patuanelli said on Modi are expected to dis- Pune, Nagpur, Jaipur, Komatsu, JCB, Volvo points or 0.55 per cent, building AESL as India's makers, better placed to are rising as deadlines to Wednesday that Rome— cuss trade, investment, Haldia, Durgapur, Ranchi, Equipment, SANY, Kobelco, the gains came after over largest digitally enabled, tackle a host of costly tech- meet ever more stringent which has no stake in FCA regional security and cli- Keonjhar, Bolangir, Patna, Tata Hitachi, Hyundai, 1.4 per cent gain on omni-channel education nological and regulatory anti-pollution rules loom. —was following talks mate change. Vijaywada, Rajkot, Chandi- Liugong and L&T Tuesday, as reports of company. challenges facing the global Morningstar senior equi- between the two groups but Both countries could garh, Karnal, Udaipur, Construction and Mining tax rationalisation on "The 37.5 per cent stake auto industry. ty analyst Richard Hilgert declined to comment fur- sign agreements in areas Lucknow, and Bhopal. Machinery—participated securities transactions picked up by Blackstone A deal could be said in a note that total vol- ther on a “market opera- such as artificial intelli- “The joint initiative is actively at the Loan Utsav and better festivals sea- is valued at $500 million. announced soon, a source umes of FCA and PSA, tion”. gence and green urban aimed at fulfilling the gov- and presented a wide range son sales for autos and Considering the fact that familiar with the discus- including China joint ven- Rome is keen to avoid mobility, Lindner said. ernment’s vision of making of infrastructure equip- retailers were getting the PE firm received CCI sions said. A Fiat Chrysler ture partners, amounted to major job losses in Italy, “This time, the focus credit available to MSME ment such as excavators, stronger. approval for 51 per cent Automobiles (FCA) 8.7 million vehicles last where 58,000 workers are will be on economic and and retail customers at tippers, loaders, motor Broader Nifty-50 index stake last week, it still spokesperson declined to year, ranking the eventual employed by FCA, and with trade relations, innova- affordable cost. While pro- graders, etc. to the cus- also closed 0.40 per cent has headroom to comment on a timeline. combined group fourth most of its Italian plants tion and digitalization, viding best in class finan- tomers. or 57.25 points up at increase stake in AESL," After ditching a proposed behind Volkswagen, Toyota heavily underused. and climate protection cial solutions to our cus- “United Bank of India and 11844.10. a source said. merger with Renault in and the Renault/Nissan Closing factories is politi- and sustainable develop- tomers has always been our Srei are the first in the FPIs were net buyers of However, picking up of June, FCA Chairman John Alliance, each at more than cally problematic, but car- ment,” Merkel said in a key focus, our customers industry to enter into an Indian equities worth Rs any additional stake will Elkann confirmed the 10 million vehicles. makers can glean savings message ahead of the also had the opportunity to arrangement for co-origina- 7,192.42 crore in a single depend on how AESL group’s bid to pursue an “We view the combina- by combining vehicle plat- visit released by the acquire equipment from tion of loans under the Co- trading session due to performs going forward. alternative alliance as car- tion of these two compa- forms and plants, pooling Indian embassy in Berlin. leading global OEMs (origi- origination Model between large block deals in —PTI makers face huge invest- nies as reasonable given research and development Bilateral trade between nal equipment makers) in Banks and NBFCs (non- shares of HDFC Life ments in electrification, global competition, high efforts and increasing the two countries rose to this Loan Utsav. The gather- deposit taking) for provid- Insurance and HDFC emission reduction and capital intensity, and indus- economies of scale in pro- $24.06 billion in the ings in this campaign ing competitive credit to pri- Asset Management autonomous driving tech- try disruption from electri- curement. 2018/19 fiscal year ending offered both, United Bank of ority sector... In today’s envi- Company. nologies. fied powertrain as well as The talks come as in March from $22 billion India and our OEM part- ronment collaboration is The broader market Women too Even if a combination of autonomous technologies,” European carmakers strug- the previous year, while ners the prospect to expand the key to success and make also gained with BSE PSA and FCA succeeds in Hilgert said. gle to meet tough carbon German companies have their customer base. The credit available to the Mid Cap Index up 0.65 overcoming political, France is closely monitor- dioxide emissions targets. invested nearly $12 bil- initiative additionally fur- MSME sector is also in line per cent and BSE Small cautious financial and governance ing the merger discussions, Strategy firm PA Consul- lion in India since 2000. thers our strategy of sus- with Govt. objective. The Cap Index up 0.36 per hurdles, the new enterprise with special attention ting has forecast FCA faces Germany is India’s taining and strengthening conduct of joint Loan cent. would still face substantial given to governance mat- a fine of 700 million euros largest trading partner in our leadership position in Utsavs will provide an with savings challenges. ters, a French finance min- ($777 million) unless it radi- Europe and more than the equipment finance opportunity for us to Technical View The deal is being put istry source told Reuters on cally changes its emissions 1,700 German companies space,” said Devendra increase our customer New Delhi, Oct 30: together as automakers Wednesday. Paris has a 12 profile to sell more electric are operating in India. Kumar Vyas, Managing base,” said Ashok Kumar Sameet Chavan, Chief Women are 'recklessly face a global downturn in per cent stake in PSA and hybrid cars. —Reuters Director, Srei Equipment Pradhan, MD & CEO, Analyst-Technical and cautious' when it comes demand at a time when the through state bank BPI. —Reuters Finance. United Bank of India. Derivatives, Angel to saving as nearly 58 per Broking said, “Tues- cent prefer to park their day’s strong broad based money in either fixed rally was followed by a deposits, public provi- decent bump up at the dent fund (PPF) or letting PERFORMANCE STREET opening on Wednesday... it lie in their savings China steelmaker default sparks contagion fear We still remain sanguine account, according to a and expect this rally to survey. Besides, 6 per UBI posts `124-cr net profit Oct. 30: A Chinese compa- quent users of the cross extend towards the next cent respondents said ny’s bond default is causing guarantee, which has the immediate level of 11,900 they preferred to buy United Bank of India of around Rs 1,000 crore, market concern that trou- potential to send one com- first and then towards gold, while 15 per cent of reported a net profit of Rs out of which Rs 800 crore ble may spread to other pany’s liquidity issues cas- the magical figure of them picked mutual 123.88 crore in the quarter was from corporate firms in the province. cading through the credit 12000. For the coming funds to invest their ended September 30, on accounts, MD and CEO Shandong-based steel- system, S&P Global Ratings session, 11800–11784 excess income, the sur- the back of substantially Ashok Pradhan said. maker Xiwang Group Co.’s said in a note last week. would now be seen as vey by Scripbox, which lower dud loans, leading UBI brought down its failure to repay 1 billion “Simply, chained borrow- immediate support provides online financial to lower provisioning net non-performing yuan ($142 million) of ing relationships could base,” Chavan said. services, said. requirement. The Kolk- assets to 7.88 per cent as bonds last week, saw send dominos toppling, Jay Thakkar, head - Scripbox, which under- ata-headquartered bank on September 30, from investors dump neighbor- with a series of companies Technical and took this survey in the had posted a net loss of Rs 14.36 per cent a year ago. ing firms’ notes on conta- sequentially unable to fulfil Derivatives Research, first two weeks of 883.17 crore in July- Gross NPAs reduced to gion fears as companies in to data compiled by cerns that other privately guarantee commitments,” Anand Rathi Shares and October 2019 on leading September 2018-19. The 15.51 per cent of the gross this province are well Bloomberg. The bulk of owned enterprises in it said. Stock Brokers, said, "The Facebook Communities, lender's total income rose advances from 22.69 per known for providing guar- Hongqiao’s bond plunge Shandong, particularly A Hongqiao unit, index after having pro- received inputs from 400 to Rs 3,013.74 crore in the cent. In absolute terms, antees for each other’s debt. happened on Wednesday. those from the same locali- Shandong Hongqiao New vided a breakout above women. Of these, 54 per September 2019 quarter, the net NPAs were Rs China Hongqiao Group The company’s bonds did- ty, may have been associat- Material Co., provided 6.4 11,700 levels the upward cent were millennials, 56 compared with Rs 2,600.47 5,380.93 crore against Rs Ltd.’s dollar bond due 2023 n’t recover much even after ed with the firm,” said Wu billion yuan of debt guar- momentum has begun per cent were non-mil- crore earned in the year- 8,658.10 crore, while the and Shandong Sanxing it said it won’t help Xiwang Qiong, executive director at antees to other firms as of and with that the proba- lennials. ago period. gross NPAs were Rs Group Co.’s 2021 dollar Group. The firms are all BOC International Hold- March, accounting for bility of it inching Three-fourths of mil- During the quarter, the 11,544.19 crore from Rs bond have both dropped to based in Zouping county. ings Ltd. in Hong Kong. more than 11 per cent of its towards 12,000 levels and lennial women over- lender reported slippages 15,163.28 crore. their lowest levels after “Xiwang’s default Shandong’s privately- net assets, in July. thereafter 12,300 levels is whelmingly favour sav- Xiwang’s default, according onshore has raised con- owned companies are fre- — Bloomberg quite high. Now, till ing, the survey noted. 11,700 levels aren’t bro- Setting aside money for ken the overall trend vacations emerged as the Graphite India TGBL Q2 net remains positive.” goal for one in six millen- nials. In contrast, half of net dips 83% down 17% Market View non-millennials pursue Unicorns to come from social commerce investment goals such as Graphite India reported Tata Global Beverages Vinod Nair, Head of building up a retirement an 83.37 per cent dip in its Ltd (TGBL) reported a SANGEETHA G mates of RedSeer clutch of angel investors, commerce has not ventured Research, Geojit corpus. —PTI consolidated net profit to 17.12 per cent decline in CHENNAI, OCT. 20 Consulting, social com- including Jitendra Gupta of into. We get orders from Financial Services, said, Rs 185 crore for the consolidated net profit at merce is a disruptive model Citrus Pay, Alvin Tse of Naujheel in Uttar Pradesh, "Market is positive in September quarter, Rs 152.47 crore in Q2 com- Social commerce may see which is expected to double Xiaomi, Manish Vij and Sandhi in Madhya Pradesh, expectation of fresh mainly on account of pared to Rs 183.96 crore emergence of the next set of every year between 2018 and Harish Bahl from Smile Chhapra in Bihar and Sikar reforms from the govern- lower sales. The graphite in the year-ago period. unicorns as several start- 2022. Group, Rishab Malik, ex-co- in Rajastan. More than 90 ment and change in the electrodes maker had Consolidated revenue ups are reaching out to 200 Venture Capital funds founder of Droom, Rajesh per cent of our customers long-term capital gain US economy posted a net profit of Rs from operations stood at million-strong social media have already identified this Sawhney of GSF and M&S are from tier II cities and tax in the future. After a 1,113 crore for the same Rs 1,834.06 crore as user base. The new entities potential and have started Partners. Bulbul, a live beyond. The sellers too are long-time the market is period last fiscal. Its con- against Rs 1,760.87 crore have also started grabbing funding social commerce social commerce app, raised from these cities and towns. seeing incentive to grows solidated revenue from in the year-ago period, a attention of venture capital start-ups. Mall91 recently $5 million in a round that The content is shared invest in equity due to operations stood at Rs growth of 4.12 per cent. firms. raised $7.5 million in its was led by Sequoia. through the social media reduction in taxation 882 crore vs Rs 2,345 TGBL said it had a one- Compared to e-commerce Series A round of funding Dealshare raised $11 million sites and thus we are able to producing better than 1.9% in Q3 crore. The Q2 perform- time impact of tax rate which has a user base of 90 led by Go-Ventures. in two investment rounds build trust within user expected Q2FY20 result, DOUGLAS GILLISON ance was impacted due to change on the group net million, social commerce Beenext, Kalaari Capital led by Matrix Partners and groups,” said Nitin Gupta, providing a hope that WASHINGTON, OCT. 30, lower volumes and reali- profit with a charge of Rs has greater access to the and AngelList India also Falcon Edge and participat- CEO and co-founder of earnings growth will sation, Graphite India 9 crore, arising fom larger vernacular audience participated in the funding ed by DST Global and Mall91. revamp further in The American economy Chairman K K Bangur reversal of opening net of over 200 million, who are round. Omidyar Network. Payments, he said, are H2FY20.” slowed a touch in the said. deferred tax assets. active on WhatsApp, CityMall, a vernacular “Social commerce sites are done through Google Pay or third quarter but Facebook or other social social e-commerce platform, able to reach out to the Paytm or customers opt for —RAVI RANJAN PRASAD remained solid, thanks —FC BUREAU media sites. As per the esti- received funding from a remotest villages where e- cash on delivery. to a pickup in home sales and steady consumer spending, government figures showed Wednesday. GDP growth avoided TELECOM: INDIA IS HANGING UP ON THE FUTURE the steeper dropoff feared by economists but MIHIR SHARMA reported a loss for the first time on both. The total amount the Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., Supreme Court. Moreover, the Foreign investors will also note the US-China trade war ever. Bloomberg News’ average of companies owe approaches $13 which can call upon the massive government is also planning to that they can’t even appeal to still walloped the busi- India’s growth this century has analysts’ expectations from the billion. Vodafone Idea owes $4 bil- war chest of petrochemicals spend $6 billion to revive mori- international arbitration any- ness sector, according to been fuelled by one sector above quarter ending in September is lion of that, Bharti Airtel around major Reliance Industries Ltd. bund state-owned telecom compa- more, since the Indian govern- Commerce Department all: telecommunications. The con- that the company will lose 14 bil- $3 billion. Jio’s two rivals have long accused nies and assign them 4G spec- ment unilaterally cancelled the data. nectivity revolution has powered lion rupees, almost $200 million. The companies are sup- it of receiving trum at an “administrative” cost. investment treaties that made The steady expansion India’s information technology The immediate reason for the posed to pay up in three favourable regu- The price war will now include that possible. Investment by exist- offered President Donald behemoths and helped hundreds delay is clear: a recent Supreme months, though it’s far latory decisions, not just deep-pocketed Jio but the ing operators into the new infra- Trump a measure of of millions of young Indians get Court judgment that ordered from certain how that’s Column such as one that even deeper pockets of the Indian structure that could power India’s relief for his economic onto the grid, giving them a Bharti Airtel and other legacy possible. They’re already allowed 4G spec- state. future — such as 5G — looks agenda, which has failed chance to improve their telecom companies, including snowed under with debt — trum that had been assigned for There’s no point making the unlikely in the near future. to produce the three per- prospects. If India is to become Vodafone Idea Ltd., to pay billions thanks, in large part, to the data to be used for voice services laissez-faire argument and shrug- India’s statist politicians seem cent growth he touted. the sort of entrepreneurial super- of dollars to the government. The Indian state. Vodafone Idea’s debt as well. Jio’s entrance into the ging one’s shoulders if Vodafone to assume that every sector is a The economy expanded star that its government hopes it decision sprang from a long-run- in March 2019 was $14 billion; market has been great news for Idea and Bharti Airtel shut down. cash cow for their welfarism, and 1.9 per cent in the July- will, then the telecom sector is ning dispute between the sector Airtel’s was over $15 billion. Indian consumers, who now get It’s hard to see why any new that foreign investors can’t quit September period, well obviously going to be central to and the state on how to calculate Some of that debt burden is high-speed data at some of the investors would want to enter a India. They had better think above economists' expec- that plan. the government’s share of rev- thanks to the exorbitant amount lowest rates in the world. But it market in which the playing field again. Aviation has already been tations but a notch lower So why does the Indian state enue, which it receives as part of they’ve already shelled out for means that Jio’s already heavily is so uneven. Besides, past decimated by state action; it looks than the 2.0 percent seem determined to push telecom the fee for handing over telecom- spectrum. The government burdened competitors may go investors have already been burnt like telecom is next, in spite of the growth seen in the sec- businesses into crushing debt and munications spectrum. The com- changed an earlier policy that under. by state action: Norway’s Telenor fact that it is the backbone of any ond quarter. possible bankruptcy, instead of panies argued that only their rev- subsidised spectrum to one The government now says it will ASA, the UAE’s Emirates realistic growth strategy for The result, which is ensuring the sector remains enue from the use of spectrum involving auctions that would convene a panel of senior bureau- Telecommunications Group Co. India. The government’s boasts subject to revision, mud- healthy and competitive? This should count; the government maximize the amount that it crats to consider how to ease PJSC and Russia’s Sistema about improving the ease of dies the waters a bit for week, one of India’s three remain- wanted a share of everything receives as revenue — great news financial stress among telecom PJSFC wrote off investments doing business in India, or of the US Federal Reserve, ing large telecom companies, including, for example, revenue for the drafters of the budget, bad companies. Yet, this comes after worth about $2.5 billion after the being a magnet for investment, which later Wednesday Bharti Airtel Ltd., postponed the from rent. news for investment in the sector it’s attempted to squeeze every Supreme Court canceled licenses ring awfully hollow given how is expected to announce announcement of its financial The Supreme Court has now and overall growth. last rupee out of the sector to pay en masse a few years ago, follow- hard politicians are making it for a third consecutive inter- results for the last quarter. This ordered the companies to pay the It doesn’t help that the sector’s for spectrum, imposed adverse ing corruption allegations that healthy, competitive markets to est rate cut. —AFP isn’t good news, given that in the government not just the dues but caught in a bruising price war regulation and then appealed have not been upheld by the survive. quarter ending in June 2019 it a hefty penalty — as well interest thanks to a cash-rich new entrant: legal decisions all the way to the courts. — Bloomberg Rest in peace Actor-comedian John Witherspoon, best PAGE known for the hit Friday franchise and 11 The Wayan Brothers, passes away at 77 Newsmakers THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Greta Thunberg declines ■Woman said ‘no’ many times during 90 minutes inside the hotel climate award, $52,000 China actor slapped woman When god talks, you Urges countries more action on climate issues gotta listen. I honestly as male producer raped her feel like god told me Stockholm: Swedish cli- awards,” she wrote. mate activist Greta The climate “What we need is for our Sydney: A Chinese film and is a public figure and Q to sit down Thunberg on Tuesday movement politicians and the people star laughed and slapped a The woman gave tearful evidence on he got married and he has refused to accept an envi- in power start to listen to Sydney woman as a male Wednesday about the alleged March 2018 a daughter and is someone Kevin Hart, ronmental award, saying does not the current, best available producer raped her in a attack by the TV and film star Yunxiang Gao I can trust,” she said. American comedian the climate movement need any more science.” While thanking luxury hotel room, a jury and the Chinese producer Jing Told Gao wanted to chat, needed people in power to awards. What we the Nordic Council for the has heard. Wang the woman asked him start to “listen” to “sci- need is for our “huge honour,” she also The woman gave tearful what he wanted to talk ence” and not awards. criticised Nordic coun- evidence on Wednesday Q about. “He said: ‘What IN BRIEF The young climate politicians and the tries for not living up to about the alleged March Both men aged 37 chat do you think we’re activist, who has rallied people in power their “great reputation” 2018 attack by the TV and have pleaded not guilty going to have?’” Martin & Yosef give millions to her “Fridays start to listen to on climate issues. film star Yunxiang Gao to all charges, including She responded that she for Future” movement, the current, best “There is no lack of and the Chinese producer rape and indecent didn’t know before she was to be honoured at a available bragging about this. Jing Wang. assault, with their bar- heard Wang walk to the birth to 4th child Stockholm ceremony There is no lack of beauti- Both men aged 37 have bathroom and say words science. risters telling the New Los Angeles: Pop star-actor organised by the Nordic ful words. But when it pleaded not guilty to all South Wales district to the effect of “I’ll leave Ricky Martin and husband, Council, a regional body — Greta comes to our actual emis- charges, including rape court jury that all of the (her) to you”, she said. artist Jwan Yosef have for inter-parliamentary sions and our ecological and indecent assault, with acts were consensual Gao began kissing and announced the birth of their cooperation. Thunberg, footprints per capita... their barristers telling the undressing her before he Climate fourth child, a boy. The Thunberg had been Then it’s a whole other New South Wales district Q pulled her to the bathroom singer took to Instagram to nominated for her efforts activist story,” Greta Thunberg court jury that all of the The woman said Gao and forced her to perform share the news on Tuesday by both Sweden and said. acts were consensual. asked her if she was a sex act on him, she said. and revealed the name of the Norway and won the prize sum of $52,000, the Still only 16 years old, The Chinese woman says going to finish before She told the jury she said baby as Renn Martin-Yosef. organisation’s annual TT news agency reported. she rose to prominence during the attack she was the sun came “no” on several occasions “Our son Renn Martin-Yosef environment prize. She addressed the deci- after she started spending forced to perform a sex act out, laughed during the 90 minutes was born,” Martin captioned But after it was sion in a post on her Fridays outside on Wang, who was lying at her inside the hotel room. the photo which featured him announced, a representa- Instagram from the Sweden’s parliament in on the bed in his room at “I was so scared in a hor- holding the little one in his tive for her told the audi- United States. August 2018, holding a Sydney’s Shangri-La rible room ... I didn’t know arms with Yosef on his side. ence that she would not “The climate movement sign reading “School hotel. about the alleged indecent sons, worked as a crew what to do.” The singer announced their accept the award or the does not need any more strike for climate”. — AP At that time, Gao asked assaults later that day but member with Gao and Under cross-examina- pregnancy in September at her if she was going to fin- it wasn’t until the follow- Wang on Australian-shot tion, Gao’s barrister, the Human Rights Campaign ish before the sun came ing day that she alleged episodes of the Chinese Murugan Thangaraj SC, Dinner in Washington DC out, and laughed at her, she’d been raped. TV series Love in Aranya. suggested she told with his family. — PTI she said. She said she was scared She told the court Wang Australian crew members “He slapped on my bum and in shock during the repeatedly tried to kiss a different story about the a few times,” the com- first police interview. her during a wrap party morning of 27 March, Swift to receive artist plainant told the jury. “(In China) no woman and outside the hotel including that Gao and She said Gao left the would report this kind of before telling her people Wang were drunk and of the decade award room soon after as Wang thing to the police and from the production were needed to be taken back to Los Angeles: Superstar singer began raping her again. because they are famous going to meet in his room. the hotel. Taylor Swift will receive the CCTV footage shows Gao people, they got power, No one was there when “I can’t remember,” she artist of the decade award at leaving the room at 3.07am they are wealthy,” she told she arrived, but she said said. “I never tell lies.” the American Music Awards – about an hour before the the jury. she felt a bit safer when The trial before Judge next month. Swift will be woman left. The woman, who can’t be Gao arrived minutes later. Penelope Hock continues. honoured during an ABC live The woman told police identified for legal rea- “He is always very polite — AP telecast on Nov. 24 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. At the show, she has a chance to break US woman leading robbery gang gets 37-yr jail Michael Jackson’s record for most wins. Swift has won 23 Washington: An Chaka Castro (44) of Organisations conspiracy, accomplices committed a AMAs and has 5 nominations Models present American woman, who Houston, Texas, was sen- four counts of assault string of home invasions this year; Jackson holds the chocolate stud- led a gang of robbers, has tenced on Monday by US with a dangerous weapon in Georgia, New York, record for most wins with 24 ded dresses as been sentenced to 37 years district court judge Laurie in aid of racketeering and Ohio, Michigan and Texas trophies. Swift has won part of the in prison on the charge of J Michelson of the eastern four counts of use of a from 2011 to 2014. more awards at this show chocolate fair in conducting armed home district of Michigan. firearm during and in Leader of the gang was than anyone else during this Paris on invasions of families After a five-week trial, relation to a crime of vio- Castro. She would make specifically of Asian and Castro was convicted of lence. According to evi- lists of robbery targets in decade. — AP Tuesday. — AFP, Indian ancestry across the one count of Racketeer dence presented during various states around the United States. Influenced and Corrupt the trial, Castro and her county. — PTI

Musk to face trial for ‘pedo guy’ tweet Los Angeles: Elon Musk will go to trial in December, after Carrie a judge denied his request to Underwood throw out a defamation law- performs at the suit by a British man Musk United Centre in called a “pedo guy”, the Chicago on Guardian reported. Los Tuesday. Angeles district judge Revellers take part in the annual Washington DC High Stephen Wilson said a jury Heel race walk down the city’s 17th Street on Tuesday. — AP would now decide whether — AFP Musk’s statements about Vernon Unsworth, a British diver who helped rescue a Kevin Spacey won’t face charges team of young football play- ers from an underwater cave in Thailand in 2018, amount in sexual assault as accuser dies to defamation. Musk, the bil- Los Angeles: Veteran lionaire chief executive of Q Tesla, is being sued over a actor Kevin Spacey will Accuser’s death, during series of comments he made not face criminal the course of investigation, about Unsworth following charges in a sexual is the reason for dropping dramatic rescue. — Agencies assault case involving a charges. The man was an massage therapist who anonymous masseur who died unexpectedly last claimed the actor forced month, the Los Angeles ‘I WILL ALWAYS county district attor- him to touch his genitals in ney’s office has said. Oct. 2016 According to LA Times, LOVE YOU WAS the country DA’s office said it would be declin- Prosecutors cited the ment at Spacey’s house ing the case filed against death of the accuser dur- in Malibu in October OFFERED TO ME’ the House of Cards actor. ing the course of their 2016. “The sexual assault Los Angeles: Veteran singer Allegations of sexual investigation as the rea- allegations cannot be Patti LaBelle has revealed harassment, assault and son of dropping the proved without partici- she was Dolly Parton’s origi- rape were levelled charges. The man was an pation of the victim. nal choice to sing I Will against Spacey, who was anonymous masseur Thus, the case was Always Love You, the track among many high-profile who claimed the actor declined,” said charging that went on to become one names called out in forced him to touch his documents provided to of Whitney Houston’s biggest #MeToo movement. genitals during a treat- The Times. — PTI hits. Before LaBelle could come on board officially, the song, penned by Parton, featured in the 1992 film Falklands banks on king The Bodyguard, sung by Houston. “Dolly Parton offered it penguins to drive tourism to me before The Bodyguard. And I Stanley, Falkland said to Dolly, Islands: Waddling up the ‘Oh yes, I want Patti LaBelle beach in single file, their to do that song.’ heads held high with an And before I could say a real almost self-important yes, it was in the movie and demeanor, king penguins Whitney killed it,” LaBelle are a major draw in the King penguins said on Watch What Happens Falkland Islands’ Live With Andy Cohen. The tourism industry. Lady Marmalade singer Their fluffy brown taking tour groups to pers which have yellow praised “girlfriend” and “so chicks are nearly fearless Volunteer Point, where a tassels sprouting from phenomenal” Houston for her of humans, meaning thousand pairs of the the side of their heads, singing performance and tourists at Volunteer islands’ signature gentoos and the burrow- recalled jamming with her Point, a peninsula on species go to breed. “We ing magellanics. back in the day. “So, I have East Falkland Island, get lots and lots of people The Falklands have not done it since Whitney might get almost close who...Love to come here incredibly rich biodiver- but I plan to put it in my enough to touch one. and get as close to king sity, including more than show one day. But I was so “We’re the furthest loca- penguins as they possi- 25 species of whales and happy that Whitney got that tion north in the world bly can,” the 70-year-old dolphins, but it is the song. But Dolly Parton and I that you can see king said. guaranteed ability to get had planned,” she said. penguins,” said Tony Kings are just one of 5 up close with penguins Parton wrote the song and Heathman, a former penguin species in the that makes it a particu- recorded its country version sheep farmer who has Falklands, alongside the larly enticing destina- in 1973. — PTI spent the last 16 years wacky-looking rockhop- tion. — AFP

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GUIDE TO FORTUNE ■ Kejriwal boards buses to get feedback Tick the answer and check them below. Thick smog engulfs city, Which of the following Over 4.77 lakh women avail 1names is given to the planetary winds blowing between the tropics? pollution level ‘severe’ pink tickets for free bus ride ■ Westerlies AGE CORRESPONDENT ■ Trade winds NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 ■ Polar winds AAP govt to distribute masks among schoolchildren from tomorrow AGE CORRESPONDENT Delhi chief minister Where is Dead Sea situ- NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 Arvind Kejriwal boarded 2ated in the following public buses on continents? As the national capital Wednesday to get feed- reels under heavy pollu- back from women passen- ■ Africa tion, demand for masks gers about his govern- ■ Asia are going up in markets, ment’s free-ride scheme. ■ Australia especially for the N95 vari- According to official fig- ant, which is generally rec- ures released by the Delhi From which of the fol- ommended by doctors. On Transport Corporation lowing longitude the Wednesday, the city (DTC) on Wednesday, over 3 remained blanketed by a 4.77 lakh women availed Indian standard time is thick haze with its air pink tickets for free-ride determined? quality dropping further, on the first day of the CM Arvind Kejriwal interacts with women passengers largely due to the heavy scheme on Tuesday. inside a DTC bus in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI ■ 80° West load of smoke from stub- “I boarded a few buses ■ 82° 30’ East ble-burning in neighbour- just now to get direct feed- amongst eve-teasers.” per cent of the total rid- ■ 90° East ing Haryana and Punjab, back from women. In addi- There are around 5,600 ers. The highest number according to government tion to students, working DTC and cluster buses of pink tickets — 1.33 lakh agencies. women, women going for where women can avail — were issued in the SHORT TAKES Twenty-seven of the 37 A smog-covered road in Anand Vihar which was the most shopping, I also met a few free-ride under the north zone of DTC, while air quality monitoring sta- polluted area in the capital on Wednesday. A Nasa image who have to visit doc (doc- scheme through a pink the lowest number of pink tions across Delhi record- (left) shows smoke and clouds over Delhi. — G.N. JHA, PTI tor) regularly. They are ticket having face value of tickets — 1.03 lakh — were Man arrested with ed the air quality index in also v (very) happy,” Mr `10 each. The government issued in the east zone. the “severe” category. Kejriwal said, in response has set aside `140 crore to Launching the scheme stolen bike, pistol The demand for masks ‘Kejri blaming others to a tweet. In another implement the scheme. on Tuesday on the occa- has gone up, Mohammad tweet, the chief minister A DTC official said the sion of ‘Bhai Dooj’, Mr New Delhi: The Delhi police Monish, owner of for own failures’ Hospitals witness 25% said the presence of bus number of ticketed pas- Kejriwal had hailed the has arrested a 26-year-old Neelkanth Chemists in New Delhi, Oct. 30: marshals deployed by the sengers on Tuesday was move as “historic”, saying man and recovered a country east Delhi’s Dilshad Terming the Aam Aam Aadmi Party govern- 13.65 lakh, of which 4.77 it would increase women’s made pistol along with a car- Garden, said. “People have Aadmi Party’s proposed increase in OPD queue ment was creating a sense lakh pink tickets were role in Delhi’s economy tridge and a stolen bike from been asking mostly for the protest outside the of safety among women issued to women passen- besides empowering his possession. The accused N95 face masks as suggest- Punjab Bhawan in Delhi AGE CORRESPONDENT lity Hospital, Dr Navneet passengers and “fear gers, who comprise 34.94 them. was identified as Faiz Khan ed by experts,” he said. as an obvious political NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 Sood, the cases on the (26), a resident of Kardam Proprietors at Aggarwal stunt, Punjab chief min- first day after Diwali Puri, Delhi. The accused was Medicos in Greater ister Captain As air pollution levels were certainly less than previously involved in eight Kailash said most of the Amarinder Singh on continued to be in the the previous years but cases. On Tuesday, during people are purchasing N95 Wednesday lashed out at “severe” category post they were up by 25 per- patrolling the staff of PS masks, cost of which his Delhi counterpart Diwali, health experts cent against a usual Nand Nagri received a tip-off ranges from `200 to `2000, Arvind Kejriwal over claimed that there is a OPD. following which a trap was depending on company to the latter’s brazen lies rise in the number of Senior consultant at Sri laid and Faiz was nabbed, company. on the grave issue of air people reporting to hos- Balaji Action Medical said DCP (Northeast) Ved The city’s pollution lev- pollution. By blaming pitals with respiratory Institute, Dr Arvind Prakash Surya. During inter- els peaked at 2 am on others, Mr Kejriwal is and eye problems. Aggarwal said that after rogation it was revealed that Wednesday, touching the showing signs of poor According pulmonolo- Diwali, smog brings a lot Faiz fell in the bad company 423 mark. The overall AQI leadership, said the CM gist at Dharamshila of medical problems in in the early age and in order oscillated between 410 and in a release. Narayana Superspecia- Delhi, especially in kids. to satisfy his drug require- 420 during the day, accord- ment, he resorted to steal ing to data from the and commit theft. He was Central Pollution Control private schools in Delhi, quality dropping further, they said. Twenty-seven of planning to commit some Board. Chief Minister he said on Wednesday. largely due to the heavy the 37 air quality monitor- crime for which he had stolen Arvind Kejriwal said the Also, schools in Delhi-NCR load of smoke from stub- ing stations across Delhi the motorcycle and acquired Delhi government will have advised parents to ble-burning in Haryana recorded the AQI in the the country made pistol from start distributing masks send their children for and Punjab, according to “severe” category. Anand some person in Bhopra (UP). among school students classes wearing masks and government agencies. Vihar was the most pollut- from Friday following a shift outdoor activities Weather experts said the ed area in the capital with spike in the pollution indoors to deal with the problem aggravated due to an AQI of 464 and Bootlegger held, level. pollution. unfavourable wind speed Wazirpur following with Fifty lakh N95 masks Delhi remained blanket- that lead to accumulation an AQI of 462. NSIT, Union ministers Dr Harsh Vardhan and Hardeep Puri, Delhi BJP president Manoj 1680 bottles seized would be given to students ed by a thick haze on of pollutants. A relief is Dwarka, was the least pol- Tiwari and other party leaders perform bhoomi pujan for upcoming Assembly elec- in both government and Wednesday with its air likely on the weekend, luted with an AQI of 355. tion office in New Delhi on Wednesday. — BIPLAB BANERJEE New Delhi: A 38-year-old bootlegger was arrested by the Delhi police PCR unit for trying to supply a huge Bus driver tries to loot Security guard quantity of liquor in the Cong to remind voters of rapid national capital. The accused was identified as Sameen robbed at (38), a resident of Shamli in cashier, nabbed by staff UP and 35 boxes containing AGE CORRESPONDENT According to police, the knife point; 1 1680 quarter bottles of illicit NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 accused Bharat development during its 15-yr rule liquor was recovered from Bhusahan Tyagi (38) is held, 3 on run him along with a the car used Under financial debt, a presently working in SUNIL THAPLIYAL rule to win the upcoming Q In Delhi, pollution four-and-half years on for transporting the liquor, bus driver allegedly Gazipur bus depot as NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 Assembly election. fighting and blaming oth- AGE CORRESPONDENT said DCP (PCR) Sharat attempted to loot money driver and had worked in Corruption, law-and- has become an impor- ers for their misdeeds,” he NEW DELHI, OCT. 30 Kumar Sinha. On Monday from a cashier at Sriniwaspuri bus depot Buoyed by the Haryana order, public transport, tance issue and no added. night, the MPV staff consist- Sriniwaspuri depot, eight years ago. Assembly poll results, the food security and other political party can “Both BJP and AAP are A 28-year-old man has ing of SI Jaibhan Singh and where he had worked ear- On Wednesday, he came Congress has devised issues have been dominat- take a chance to tying to woo people ahead been arrested for ASI Ranbir intercepted the lier, by intimidating him to Sriniwaspuri depot to strategies to connect with ing the election for ignore it especially in of Assembly polls by allegedly robbing a secu- car near Singhu border and and firing in the air on loot cash from the cashier the people and make them decades across the nation, deciding to regularise rity guard at knifepoint nabbed Sameen after a brief Wednesday morning, since he had knowledge of aware about the false pro- but here in Delhi, pollu- Assembly election unauthorised colonies in after beating him and chase. The accused was later police said. possible cash available pagandas of the AAP and tion has become an impor- the national capital. later tying him in a bid handed over to the local Police said they received with the cashier. A scuffle the BJP before the tance issue and no politi- Furthermore, Delhi and to loot a factory where he police. information at around ensued between them and Assembly elections in the cal party can take a He even failed to improve Central government vow worked in outer Delhi’s 9.42 am regarding “gun- Tyagi fired one shot in national capital. A party chance to ignore it espe- the public transport that to speed up the develop- Samaypur Badli, police shot” at the depot. the air to intimidate leader said that the recent- cially in Assembly elec- can help to reduce the pol- ment works in these said on Wednesday. Debate organised On reaching the spot, Singh. He also hit him ly held parliamentary tion. lution here,” said Delhi colonies. However people Two policemen were police found that 59-year- with the butt of the pistol. election has proved that “The Delhi CM is just Pradesh Congress know that it was Congress patrolling on a motorcy- on human rights old Mahavir Singh, a resi- Hearing commotion, the there is triangular contest doing lip service by urg- Committee (DPCC) presi- who provided these cle late on Monday night dent of Trilokpuri, who staff came to the rescue of in the national capital. ing Punjab and Haryana dent Subhash Chopra. colonies basic amenities, when they heard some- New Delhi: A debate on the works as a cashier in the cashier and managed The grand old party is to take concrete steps “The ruling AAP is feel- connectivity and other one squeaking in topic “Do police have suffi- Sriniwaspuri bus depot to overpower the accused gearing up to woo voters against stubble-burning ing the heat of public facilities during its rule. Libaspur. They found a cient powers under the was injured during the on the spot, police said. with their X-factors of in the states and prevent anger due to the incompe- We will make people person with his hands, human rights act to effective- commotion, police said, The accused was good governance and the national capital from tence to perform as they aware about Congress’s legs and mouth tied with ly uphold human rights on the adding Singh had `4.53 thrashed and apprehend- rapid development of turning into a “gas cham- locked horn with central contribution in this nylon rope, copper field?” was organised by Delhi lakh cash at that time. ed by the depot staff. Delhi under their 15 years ber” but he himself failed. government and wasted regard,” said Mr Chopra. wire and white cloth police under the aegis of respectively, police said. National Human Rights After the person, Ram Commission. Participation was Niwas Yadav, was open for all ranks of Delhi Shah to inaugurate new police untied, he told the police police. The debate was organ- that he was a security ised in two phases, prelimi- guard of a copper melt- nary and final round. The par- ing factory, an officer ticipants spoke on many HQ in Lutyens’ zone today said. According to Yadav, social, legal and other issues. four men robbed Rs 1,000 The final round of the compe- New Delhi, Oct. 30: Delhi of Delhi police came up in and other documents tition was held on Wednesday police will on Thursday Q The first head- 1912 during the colonial from him at knifepoint and on the basis of the jury’s get its swanky new head- quarters of Delhi era at Kashmere Gate. after beating him. Later, decision, the first, second and quarters, a 17-storey police came up in After Independence, the they tied him up, the third Prizes were awarded to building in Lutyens’ Zone 1912 at Kashmere headquarters was shifted officer said. SI (Exe.) Amit Kumar, HC slated to be inaugurated to the PWD Building in When the police and (Exe.) Pawan Sharma and by Union home minister Gate. It was shifted 1975-76, officials said. the security guard W/ASI Sunita Sharma respec- Amit Shah, officials said. to PWD Building The state-of-the art reached the factory, its tively. The Mandal trophy was The event will coincide near ITO in 1975-76 building is earthquake- locks were found to be awarded to Northern Range. with 144th birth anniver- resistant, police officials broken, Deputy The jury was headed by K.C. sary of Sardar said. It houses an audito- Commissioner of Police Dwivedi, IPS (retd.), with Ajay Vallabhbhai Patel, the Delhi police commis- rium and will also have a (Outer North) Gaurav Kumar, IPS (retd.) and M.C. first home minister of sioner Amulya Patnaik, police museum. Special Sharma said. 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Trade winds winds Trade ■ ■ PWD Building at the Thursday, officials said. constructed, the officials Students celebrate after the annual convocation at Jamia Millia Islamia University in ciates who managed to Income Tax Office area. The first headquarters added. — PTI New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI escape. Historic! PAGE Former Australian international Lisa Keightley became the first woman to be appointed full-time Cricket 14 coach of the England women’s team THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI DAY/NIGHT TEST: Former curator calls No sympathy for more The pink banter what’s so ever for Shakib. Two years grass on isn’t enough, it pitch, less Dada meets should have been on outfield longer. Dravid in — Michael Vaughan, New Delhi, Oct. 30: Former Bengaluru Former England captain BCCI chief curator Daljit Singh on Wednesday pro- New Delhi, Oct. 30: BCCI posed more grass on the 22 president Sourav SHORT TAKES yard-strip and lesser than Ganguly on Wednesday usual on the outfield to met NCA head Rahul counter the “unavoidable” Dravid to chalk out a Scotland, Namibia dew factor for the first roadmap for the improve- ever day-night Test to be ment of the academy, seal T20 WC spots played in India next Indian cricket’s biggest Dubai: Scotland thrashed month. feeder line for many United Arab Emirates by 90 The BCCI and its years. runs on Wednesday in Dubai to Bangladesh counterpart The long-time former book a place in next year’s T20 on Tuesday agreed to play- India teammates dis- World Cup tournament joining ing a historic Test at the cussed their plans for the Namibia and Netherlands. Eden Gardens from academy with Ganguly Preparations have started at the Eden Gardens for India’s first-ever pink ball Test. — PTI Opener George Munsey belted November 22, leaving little also giving his inputs. 65 as Scotland made 198 in time for preparation. What taller than usual grass on One of the pitch. If you remember, Another experienced The former India skip- their innings. In reply, UAE were goes in favour of the pitch. The heavier the out- when the first day-night curator, requesting per, who took over the all out for 108, with nine balls Cricket Association of field, the more, it will main worries Test was played at the anonymity, advised BCCI’s reins last week, left, after 18.3 overs as Mark Bengal (CAB) is that it has attract dew. They need to will be the Adelaide (in 2017), they left against watering the out- also visited the proposed Watt and Safyaan Sharif each some experience of host- start doing that from today 11 mm grass on the pitch, field two-three days before land where the new NCA took three wickets. Scotland ing a multi-day game with itself,” said the 77-year-old dew. They that too you will have cul- the game. facility is supposed to joined Namibia, Netherlands, pink ball. former first-class player, will have to ture (nurture) it. You can’t “Dew factor will be there come up. Papua New Guinea and Ireland, “One of the main wor- who remains involved understand that it just shave it off just days but it won’t be so cold at BCCI had signed a 25- who had already booked their ries will be the dew. There with pitch preparation for before the game or else that point of time. Anti- acre deal with the places but are still competing is no doubt about that. the Punjab Cricket will be a handicap pitch will play slow. dew chemicals will have to Karnataka government for the winner’s trophy in UAE. They will have to under- Association. which you can't “The dew was an issue be used besides the in May and now it The 14-nation tournament stand that it will be a hand- The game is expected to (when Duleep Trophy was super-soppers, has got an decides which six nations com- icap which you can’t elimi- start around 1.30 pm local eliminate. played), the ball got really grass on the out- additional 15 acres plete the 16-team field for the nate,” Daljit, who retired time with play lasting till — DALJIT SINGH, dirty. The match was field will have to of land from the World Cup in Australia from as BCCI chief curator last 8.30 pm. To ensure that played with 7mm grass on be cut a lot, irri- government for set- October 18 to November 15 month after 22 years of pink-ball lasts long, Daljit Former BCCI chief the pitch, normally the gation has to be ting up the Centre next year. — AFP service to Indian cricket, feels more grass is needed curator grass is 2.5 to 4 mm long. stopped two days of Excellence near said. on the pitch. He and his And taller grass means the before the game the Bengaluru “To counter that, you team did something simi- games were played under “The pink ball gets dirty ball will seam a lot,” said because it attracts international air- Bangla team have to have thin grass lar in the Duleep Trophy lights with pink ball in very quickly so they have Daljit, expecting good moisture.” port. arrive in Delhi cover on the outfield and experiment of 2016, when Greater Noida. to keep more grass on the reward for the pacers. — PTI — PTI New Delhi: Controversies chased them like shadows cul- minating in the suspension of Shakib al Hasan but Bangladesh’s T20 skipper BCCI orders 72 pink balls from SG Mahmudullah Riyad said on Wednesday that the top play- New Delhi, Oct. 30: The SG had faced strong crit- delivered for the Kolkata er’s absence from the India tour BCCI has asked manufac- icism from some Indian Test between India and will act more as motivation turer SG to deliver 72 pink players in the previous Bangladesh. than handicap. A 15-member balls by next week for home season with India “We were told last week squad arrived in the national India’s first-ever day night skipper Virat Kohli saying about a possible require- capital a day after one of their Test, to be held at the Eden that the red ball got ment of pink balls so we greatest players was handed a Gardens from November scuffed up way too early in were ready. Though the two-year ban for failing to 22. comparison to the Dukes pink ball Test is happen- report three corrupt approach- The BCCI president used in England and ing now, we have been es from an alleged Indian Sourav Ganguly has Kookaburra in Australia. working on the ball since bookie, Deepak Aggarwal. already confirmed that SG Kohli acknowledged the the 2016-17 season and are Bangladesh will be playing pink balls will be used for improvements made on in constant touch with the three T20 Internationals in New the landmark game, leav- the ball this season but concerned people in the Delhi (November 3), Rajkot ing the manufacturer with Kookaburra pink balls for Africa series, we made sig- wants it last to at least 60 BCCI. It is a challenge but (November 7) and Nagpur very little room for error. three seasons and not SG nificant improvements overs. Considering the we are up for it,” said (November 10) and two Tests in Producing a ball fit for a before the BCCI switched with our red ‘SG Test’ and bowlers have faced issues Anand. Indore (November 14-18) and Test match under lights is back to red ball this year. we have the same level of with the red ‘SG Test’, it Compared to the red ball, Kolkata (November 22-26), a big challenge for SG as “The BCCI has ordered research and development remains to be seen how the pink one attracts a lot which will host the first-ever its pink ball is yet to be six dozen pink balls and for pink ball,” company’s the company steps up to more dust and tends to get day-night pink ball Test tested in a competitive we will deliver them by sales and marketing direc- the pink ball challenge. dirty rather quickly, mak- between the two nations. game. The Duleep Trophy middle of next week. As tor, Paras Anand, said on Anand is confident that ing it tougher to sight. — PTI was played with you have seen in the South Wednesday. top quality balls will be — PTI Shakib vows to come back stronger Dhaka, Oct. 30: Suspended Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib steps SHAKIB’S CHATS WITH BOOKIE Shakib Al Hasan on down from MCC Following is the timeline of the conversations between Tuesday pleaded for sup- Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and suspected port from the cricketing London, Oct. 30: Indian bookie Deepak Aggarwal that was released by the fraternity and expressed Suspended Bangladesh International Cricket Council. his determination to captain and top all-round- He received a WhatsApp return after he completes er Shakib Al Hasan has In January 2018, he message from Aggarwal his ban. stepped down from the (Shakib) was selected as that day asking him The International Cricket World Cricket Committee part of the Bangladesh team whether a particular player Council (ICC) handed of the MCC — the custodi- participating in a Tri-Series was going to be playing in Shakib a two-year ban from ans of the game's laws. between Bangladesh, Sri the game that day, i.e. cricket, with one year sus- “MCC can today confirm Lanka and Zimbabwe. During this series, he and again asking for Inside David Warner and Steve Smith after guiding Australia to pended, after he failed to that Al Hasan has stepped Aggarwal engaged in fur- Information. a clinical win over Sri Lanka in the second T20. — AFP inform authorities about down from his involve- being approached by a ment with the MCC World ther WhatsApp conversa- Aggarwal continued this bookmaker on multiple Cricket committee,” the tions. conversation with him by occasions in 2018. club stated in a press On 19 January 2018, he talking about bitcoins, dol- “Those who have support- release. — PTI received a WhatsApp mes- lar accounts and asked him Warner, Smith ed me over the years I hope Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan (right) and BCB sage from Aggarwal con- for his dollar account they, the fans, Bangladesh president Nazmul Hassan. — AFP gratulating him for being details. During this conver- Cricket Board, the govern- Bangla selector named man of the match in sation, he told Aggarwal ment, the journalists will The ban effectively ruled the fastest and only the Bashar shocked that day's game. Aggarwal that he wanted to meet him thump Sri Lanka continue to support me in out Shakib from next year’s fifth cricketer to reach 5,000 followed this message with "first". my bad and good time,” ICC World Twenty20, which runs and 250 wickets in New Delhi, Oct. 30: a message saying "do we These messages on 26 Brisbane, Oct 30: David BRIEF SCORES Shakib told reporters in will be held from October 8 ODIs. The suspension Former Bangladesh cap- work in this or I wait till the April 2018 included a num- Warner and Steve Smith Dhaka hours after the ban to November 15 in against Shakib came at a tain and national selector IPL". ber of deleted messages. each smashed half-cen- Sri Lanka 117 in 19 overs (D. was announced. Australia. Shakib, who has time when he was at logger- Habibul Bashar is The reference to "work" in He confirmed that these turies as Australia ham- Gunathilaka 21; Stanlake “If you continue your played 56 Tests, 206 ODIs heads with Bangladesh shocked that a “mature” this message was a refer- deleted messages con- mered Sri Lanka by nine 23/2, Zampa 20/2) lost to support, I am hopeful I will and 76 Twenty20 interna- cricket officials after lead- man like Shakib Al Hasan ence to him providing Inside tained requests from wickets to win the second Australia 118/1 in 13 overs come back to cricket soon. I tionals, is by far ing a player revolt last didn’t report corrupt Information to Aggarwal. Aggarwal for Inside Twenty20 in Brisbane on (D. Warner 60 not out, S. will be stronger and will Bangladesh’s best known week. approaches to the ICC and Information. Wednesday and wrap up perform my responsibili- player, having topped the The Country’s cricket believes it would be He did not report this con- Smith 53 not out; Malinga He confirmed that he had the series. ties with more sincerity,” ICC all-rounder rankings board said on Saturday tough, if not impossible, tact from Aggarwal to the 23/1). concerns over Aggarwal, It was another massive he said. Shakib will be free in all three formats several they would take legal for the banned all-round- ACU or any other anti-cor- feeling he was a bit wake-up call for the Sri right areas and created to resume international times since 2009. action against all-rounder er to regain his peak posi- ruption authority. "dodgy", and that, follow- Lankans, who arrived in chances and restricted cricket from October 29, He starred for the team Shakib for allegedly tion. While Bashar On 23 January 2018, he ing their conversations, he Australia on the back of a them to 117, which wasn’t 2020 subject to his satisfy- during the recent World breaching his contract to expects the 32-year-old to received another WhatsApp had the feeling that 3-0 series win against enough on this wicket,” ing the conditions in Cup in England, where he sign a sponsorship deal be back after the ban, he message from Aggarwal in Aggarwal was a bookie. Pakistan but have now said Smith. respect to the suspended scored over 600 runs and with a top mobile phone also admitted that it will which Aggarwal made been outplayed twice, after “It’s nice and easy batting part of the sanction, the collected 11 wickets. In the operator. be easier said than done. another approach to him to He did not report any of being crushed by 134 runs at the other end from ICC said. World Cup, he also became — AFP — PTI provide him with Inside the contact and approaches in Adelaide on Sunday. Davy,” he added. “He’s Information, saying "Bro received from Aggarwal on They must now regroup for doing a terrific job. Played anything in this series?" 26 April 2018 to the ACU or Mortaza backs Protests erupt any other anti-corruption the third and final match beautifully the other day He confirmed that this authority. in Melbourne on Friday. and backed it up tonight as Shakib to return in Bangladesh message related to Warner and Smith came well.” Aggarwal's request to him Al Hasan told the ACU together after Aaron Finch Warner scored his first- Dhaka, Oct. 30: ODI cap- Dhaka, Oct. 30: Hundreds to provide Aggarwal with that he did not accept or was caught down the leg ever T20 century when tain Mashrafe Mortaza on of people staged a Inside Information in rela- act upon any of the side off Lasith Malinga for Australia crushed Sri Wednesday said he will demonstration in a tion to the ongoing Tri- approaches he received a golden duck, and the pair Lanka on Sunday, and he spend many sleepless Bangladesh town on Series. from Aggarwal, in particu- produced a batting master- brought that scintillating nights after the ban on Wednesday against a lar, he did not He did not report this class. Warner was unbeat- form into Brisbane. his colleague Al Hasan two-year ban on cricket provide him with any of the request for Inside en on 60 and Smith not out In his first knock in the but exuded confidence captain Shakib Al Hasan information requested, nor Information from Aggarwal 53. short format at interna- that he will make a suc- for not declaring did he accept or receive to the ACU or any other Chasing 118 to win after tional level since 2016, cessful comeback. “But I attempts to bribe him. any money or other reward anti-corruption authority. Sri Lanka were restricted Smith was also firing — can also sleep in peace Police said about 700 peo- from Aggarwal. However, to 117 all out off 19 overs, producing some glorious soon knowing fully well ple took to the streets in On 26 April 2018, he he did not at any time they reached their target drives and clever singles as that he will lead us to the Shakib’s hometown of played for the Sunrisers report any of the approach- with 42 balls to spare. he and Warner raced each 2023 World Cup because Magura, demanding the Hyderabad team in its IPL es to the ACU or any other “The bowlers did a terrif- other to see who could the name is Shakib Al ICC revoke the ban. Cricket fans shout slogans in front of the Sher-e-Bangla match against Kings XI. relevant authority. ic job, we bowled in the make 50 first. — AFP Hasan.” — PTI — PTI National Stadium in Dhaka. — AFP Lucky Lakra PAGE Birender Lakra (in pic) replaces injured dragflicker Varun Kumar in India’s hockey Games 15 team for Olympic Qualifiers against Russia THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Frank backs Odoi in dive controversy London, Oct. 30: Frank We always know he Lampard says he doesn’t will do something need to warn Callum Hudson-Odoi to cut out special. His talent diving after the Chelsea winger was booked at can’t be compared Burnley. to anything. Hudson-Odoi was ini- — Ernesto Valverde, Barcelona tially awarded a penalty coach on Lionel Messi when he tumbled in the Burnley area during Chelsea’s 4-2 win on Saturday. But the England inter- SHORT TAKES national was then booked for simulation after the Shiva, Pooja in decision was overturned by VAR. final, Nikhat loses Burnley boss Sean Dyche was critical of Tokyo: Former world bronze- Hudson-Odoi, calling it winner Shiva Thapa (63kg) “shambolic how people advanced to the final with a just dive all over the hard-fought triumph along with place”, while claiming it Pooja Rani (75kg) but two was worse because it other Indians ended with involved a young player. bronze medals after losing their Yet Chelsea manager opening bouts at the Olympic Lampard is adamant the Test event for boxing here on 18-year-old did not dive, so Wednesday. he doesn’t need to disci- In the morning session of the pline him over the issue. semifinals, Thapa, a four-time Oxford players celebrate after winning the penalty shootout in their Carabao Cup, fourth round match, against Sunderland at Kassam Stadium in Oxford on Tuesday. Oxford “Nothing, I’ve said noth- ing. I didn’t feel the need Asian medallist who claimed his won the match 4-2 on penalties after the game was tied at 1-1 at the end of stipulated time. — AP third national title earlier this to,” replied Lampard month, defeated Japan’s when asked what he had Daisuke Narimatsu in a split said to Hudson-Odoi. verdict. “I asked him on the day Rani, a former Asian Games of the game, straight bronze-medallist, got the better afterwards, after my of Brazil’s Beatriz Soares in a press, he said he got a unanimous decision. Rani had touch. won a silver medal at the Asian OXFORD LEARN TO PURR “Clearly when you see it Championships earlier this year. back from behind he gets However, former junior world a hand on his back. I champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) Robinson’s men down Black Cats, make quarters of League Cup, first since ’86 know it’s light,” he added. and Vahlimpuia (75kg), in the — AFP men’s draw, lost their respec- London, Oct. 30: tive semifinal bouts to end with Manchester City cruised I asked him on the day bronze medals. into the League Cup quar- of the game, straight Both the pugilists had made terfinals as Sergio Messi nets brace as Barca afterwards, after my the last-four stage without any Aguero’s double added to press, he said he got a preliminary contest. struggling Southampton’s touch. When you see it — PTI misery in a 3-1 win on back from behind he Tuesday. hit five against Valladolid Pep Guardiola’s League gets a hand on his Ravinder in U-23 Cup holders were two up Madrid, Oct. 30: Lionel back. I know it’s light. by half-time at the Etihad Messi made it clear he is — FRANK wrestling final Stadium thanks to goals fit and back to his scintil- LAMPARD from Nicolas Otamendi lating best by tearing Chelsea coach on Budapest: Ravinder secured and Aguero.s0 apart Real Valladolid on Hudson-Odoi India’s first medal at the Under- Guardiola had made Tuesday in a thumping 5-1 diving issue 23 World Wrestling nine changes to the team victory for Barcelona. Championship after advancing that beat Aston Villa in Messi scored another to the 61kg category final here. the Premier League on spell-binding free-kick at The 22-year-old pinned senior Saturday, giving a debut to Camp Nou after his sump- European champion Arsen 18-year-old midfielder tuous pass had already Harutyunan of Armenia to Tommy Doyle. teed up Arturo Vidal for Minerva is storm into the final with a 4-3 The breakthrough came Barca’s second. He then win on Tuesday night, a state- in the 20th minute when drove home his second ment from Wrestling Federation Bernardo Silva looped in a late on before sliding renamed of India said. cross and Otamendi head- through Luis Suarez to Earlier, he had notched up a ed home. make it five. Punjab FC 12-1 win over Hungary’s Marcell City’s second arrived in Yet in truth his two goals Budai Kovacs in his opening the 38th minute when Kyle and two assists were just Mohali, Oct. 30: Former I- bout and then followed it up Walker sent over a cross the start of it, the defining Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (left) shoots to score his sec- League champions with an 11-0 demolition of and Aguero, on his 350th moments of another mes- ond goal during their Spanish league match against Real Minerva Punjab FC has Russia’s Dinislam Takhtarov in club appearance, pro- meric all-round perform- Valladolid FC at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on been renamed as Punjab the quarter-finals. duced a precise close- ance that was dotted with Tuesday. Barcelona won 5-1. — AFP Football Club, a statement The Sonipat grappler, who range finish for his 11th flicks, passes, dribbles, from the club said on won gold at the South Asian goal of the season. and two humiliating nut- Andre ter Stegen error to Atletico Madrid were held Wednesday. Games in 2016 and also a Southampton are lan- megs. equalise, after Clement to a 1-1 draw by Alaves a All teams of Minerva bronze at the Cadet Asian guishing in the Premier “I don’t know what more Lenglet had struck in the couple of hours before. Punjab FC will now be Championships in 2014, will be League relegation zone I can say,” said Barcelona second minute. Valverde’s side have now known as Punjab Football aiming for the biggest achieve- amid speculation boss coach Ernesto Valverde. But with Messi in this won seven consecutive Club as per an agreement ment of his career when he Ralph Hasenhuttl is in Valladolid had threat- sort of mood, the result matches in all competi- with Round Glass Sports takes on Kyrgyzstan’s Ulukbek danger of being sacked. ened to make a game of it never felt in doubt as vic- tions, a run that began by Private Ltd. Zholdoshbekov in the summit Hasenhuttl’s cause was when Kiko Olivas benefit- tory sent Barcelona back beating Villarreal on Round Glass Sports has showdown that is scheduled to hardly helped when ted from a rare Marc- to the top of La Liga, after September 24. — AFP expanded their youth and take place on Wednesday night. Aguero made it three for grassroots football talent — PTI City in the 56th minute, program by including the the Argentine poking in players of Minerva after Riyad Mahrez’s shot Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus (right) vies with XHAKA TO UNDERGO COUNSELLING Punjab FC's U-11 to U-18 deflected high into the Southampton’s goalkeeper Alex McCarthy during their teams. penalty area. League Cup fourth round match at the Etihad Stadium London, Oct. 30 Arsenal will offer coun- Arsenal manager Unai Emery admit- The players are already Meanwhile, Everton in Manchester on Tuesday. City won 3-1. — AFP selling to Granit Xhaka after the ted Xhaka was wrong to react that way training under SATWIK AND eased the pressure on Gunners captain found himself in trou- and refused to confirm if he would UEFA/AFC/AIFF certi- beleaguered boss Marco with a 3-1 victory at Leicester. ble for swearing at his own fans. remain skipper. Xhaka has held three fied coaches at Round Silva with a 2-0 win over League One side Burton. Oxford beat fellow third Xhaka cupped his ears and gesticulat- meetings with Emery since the incident Glass Sports. CHIRAG BACK his former club Watford. Sitting third in the tier side Sunderland 4-2 on ed to towards Arsenal fans who booed but the club are putting the player’s wel- The club’s director Silva’s team are just out- Premier League, Brendan penalties after a 1-1 draw. him when he was substituted during fare ahead. Reports in the British media Ranjit Bajaj said, “There IN TOP 10 side the Premier League Rodger’s side maintained The 1986 League Cup Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Crystal said counselling will be offered should is a sense of positivity relegation zone after their impressive form winners are into the last Palace at the Emirates Stadium. Xhaka decide on such a course of and excitement for the New Delhi: Indian men’s dou- Saturday’s last-gasp defeat despite nine changes. eight for the first time Xhaka appeared to shout “f**k off” at action, with Emery describing Xhaka’s upcoming season and we bles pairing of Satwiksairaj at Brighton. Kelechi Iheanacho, Youri since 1988 having already the crowd as he stormed towards the mood as “upset, devastated and very are confident of putting Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Leicester joined City and Tielemans and James thrashed West Ham in the tunnel and pulled off his shirt. sad”. — AFP up a good show.” has reclaimed its position in the Everton in the last eight Maddison scored for last round. — AFP — PTI top 10 of the latest BWF rank- ings. Satwik and Chirag, who became the first Indian pair to enter the finals of a BWF World Tour Super 750 event at the Chhetri backs players to shine Mumbai eye Odisha win French Open last week, gained two places to grab the ninth New Delhi, Oct. 30: “We place. will put our best foot for- The Indian duo had broken ward against Oman and in their first home game into the top 10 for the first time Afghanistan,” promised in August following its historic India captain Sunil Mumbai, Oct. 30: Mumbai of their experienced mid- triumph at the Thailand Open Chhetri, days after his City FC will aim to start ISL fielder Arnold Issoko, he BWF Super Tour 500 event. defenceless team left its their home leg with a win has several good mid-field- Satwik and Chirag had scoring boots at home in over newcomers Odisha FC ● Out of the two ers to deliver and these shocked the then reigning a 1-1 stalemate with when the two sides clash matches played so include Machado, Raynier world champions Li Jun Hui and Bangladesh in the FIFA here on Thursday in their far this season, Fernandes, Diego Carlos, Liu Yu Chen of China in the World Cup Qualifiers. Indian Super League (ISL) Mohammed Rafique. Thailand Open final to become On a high after holding game. Mumbai won 1, and Mid-fielder Sourav Das the first Indian men’s pairing to Asian champion and 2022 Mumbai have so far drew the other. will sit out due to an injury, win a super 500 event. World Cup hosts Qatar to played two games, in which ● Jorge Costa’s men it was learnt. Last week, the pair dished out a goalless draw, a strug- they have won one and take on newcomers An area of concern for a superlative performance, gling India escaped with drawn the other against Mumbai was that they were stunning reigning world cham- a 1-1 draw against lower- Chennaiyin FC on Sunday Odisha FC in their over-dependent on Sougou pions Mohammad Ahsan and ranked Bangladesh in last in Chennai. first home game. last season and this time, Hendra Setiawan, World No.8 their previous second Mumbai defeated Kerala they will look to overcome Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup round qualifying match Blasters in an away game this shortcoming. Rasmussen and World No.6 in Kolkata. in Kochi 1-0. and plays to his potential, Mumbai’s line will be Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta “I think one of them is Hence the hosts, who have then the Odisha defence manned by Pratik Watanabe on way to the finals. going to be in Dushanbe never won the coveted ISL will have a really hard Chaudhari, Subasish Bose, Meanwhile, P.V. Sindhu and because they title, would like to add more time. Souvik Chakrabarti, who Saina Nehwal remained static at (Afghanistan) play their points to their kitty by win- Last season, Sougou’s are expected to give a tough the sixth and ninth places home games over there ning the game, to be played chemistry clicked with time to the Odisha for- respectively. Lakshya Sen and then against Oman at the Andheri Sports skipper Paulo Machado wards. moved up a place to 51st, while (in Muscat). Both are Indian men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri (centre) trains with teammates in Complex, which has been and if the duo clicks again, It is understood that Shubankar Dey jumped four very difficult and impor- this file photo. their home turf for quite then the hosts could have defender Mato Grgic will places to No.38. Parupalli tant games, but we back some time. an easy outing. sit out of the game owing to Kashyap is placed 25th while ourselves. If we play the Afghanistan on held fancied Oatar in ter than what we did. We The Jorge Costa-coached However, Sougou will also an injury. Sameer Verma is 17th. way we played against November 15 and Oman Doha before the under- are over it. We will put team will have their hopes have to adjust with the new Mumbai are expected to Women’s doubles pairing of Qatar, we can do it. We on November 20. whelming result against our best foot forward pinned on star forward set of forwards which go in with Amrinder Singh Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki are not scared,” Chhetri Having squandered a Bangladesh in Kolkata. against Afghanistan and Senegalese Modou Sougou, include Tunisian Amine as their goal-keeper and his Reddy were out of the top-25 said. one-goal advantage to “We felt bad after the Oman, two away games, who was their leading goal- Chermiti. role will be crucial for the after slipping two positions to Yet to taste a win, India lose 1-2 to Oman in their game because we felt we which are very impor- scorer last season. Though the head coach team’s chances. be placed 26th. — PTI are scheduled to play opener at home, India could have done a lot bet- tan,”he added. — PTI If 34-year-old Sougou fires would not have the services — PTI PAGE THE ASIAN AGE THURSDAY | 31 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI 16