US serious PAGE US asks the Chinese government to immediately release all those who are arbitrarily detained and to end its draconian World 9 policies that have terrorised its own citizens in Xinjiang DECCAN CHRONICLE THURSDAY | 28 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD US panel invites Trump House judiciary panel invites US Prez to Dec. 4 impeachment hearing Washington, Nov. 27: The president that the commit- German role in Nato US House of Represen- tee’s rules allow him to more vital now than tatives Judiciary Comm- attend the hearing and for ittee invited President Trump lashes out against his legal team to question during Cold War Donald Trump to its first witnesses. impeachment hearing, The hearing, scheduled — Angela Merkel scheduled for Dec. 4, start- to begin at 10 am (1500 German Chancellor ing a new phase of the impeachment in rally GMT), would have legal inquiry that could lead to experts, who have not yet formal charges against the Florida, Nov. 27: Promp- apart” with investiga- been identified, as wit- president within weeks. ting a profane chant. tions. nesses. “The president has Police escort a member of a banned militant group Trump is not required to Describing his own spee- “First it was the Russia a choice to make: he can after he was sentenced to death in Dhaka. — PTI attend the hearing. But ches as “ranting and rav- hoax,” Trump said, “and take this opportunity to be IN BRIEF the move allowed the pres- ing.” Advising the gover- now the same maniacs are represented in the impea- ident and his legal team nor of Florida to not pushing the deranged chment hearings, or he access to congressional always wear a jacket so impeachment” narrative. can stop complaining Albania rescuers impeachment procedures people know he’s not fat. He insisted yet again that about the process,” Nadler Dhaka blast: 7 that he and other Now a Florida man, he had done nothing said. look for survivors Republicans have denou- President Donald Trump wrong in his dealings with The impeachment probe Durres: Stopping at intervals nced as unfair, partly held what his campaign Ukraine and argued anew is looking into whether to listen for the sounds of because the White House dubbed a “homecoming that Democrats are only Trump abused his power awarded death survivors, local and interna- has not been able to call or rally” near Miami, contin- Donald Trump trying to take him down to pressure Ukraine to tional rescue crews searched cross-examine witnesses. uing to lash out at the because “they know that launch investigations of Dhaka, Nov. 27: A spe- ■ through the rubble of col- The House Intelligence ongoing impeachment warm welcome from the they cannot win the next political rival Joe Biden cial Bangladeshi tribunal THE CONVICTS were lapsed buildings on Committee, which has led inquiry in a state that will roaring crowd at an arena election.” He insisted that and a discredited conspir- sentenced seven of the found to have financed, Wednesday, a day after a the impeachment investi- be crucial to his 2020 in Sunrise. voters aren’t being per- acy theory promoted by eight suspects to death on supplied weapons, or deadly earthquake in Albania gation into Trump’s deal- reelection bid. “Welcome home to suaded — despite polling Trump that Ukraine, not Wednesday for their assisted those who killed at least 25 people. ings with Ukraine through The rally was Trump’s Florida,” the state’s Repu- to the contrary — and Russia, interfered in the involvement in the 2016 directly took part in the Overnight, authorities said weeks of closed-door testi- first in the state since he blican governor, Ron tried to assure his audi- 2016 US presidential elec- Islamist attack on a attack on Holey Artisan four more people had been mony and televised hear- officially changed his resi- DeSantis, said. Trump ence that “we won these tion. Dhaka cafe that killed 20 Bakery in Dhaka’s confirmed dead, raising the ings, is expected to release dency last month from spent much of his rally last two weeks so solidly,” Trump denied in an people, including an upmarket Gulshan area death toll to 25, while more a formal evidence report Trump Tower in New York railing against Demo- despite damning public interview he directed his Indian girl, the worst ter- than 600 people were shortly after lawmakers to his Mar-a-Lago club in crats, accusing them of testimony and unflatter- personal lawyer, Rudy ror attack in the coun- on July 1, 2016 injured in the magnitude-6.4 return to Congress from Palm Beach. He received a “trying to rip our nation ing press reports. — AP Giuliani, who had been try’s history. quake that struck the coun- their Thanksgiving recess. pushing Ukraine for the “They shall be hanged assault by the military try’s coastal cities. In Durres, The Judiciary panel investigations, to act on by neck until their commandos. Albania’s second largest city, would use the report to mid-December. It gave the hearing, and to indi- Judiciary Committee’s his behalf in trying to get death,” Dhaka’s Anti- The counter attack, on the Adriatic Sea, resi- consider formal charges Trump until 6 pm to cate by then who would be Democratic chairman, Ukraine to help turn up Terrorism Special Tribu- however, killed an emplo- dents slept in tents and cars that it could recommend advise the committee on his counsel. Represen- told Trump in a letter that dirt on his political rivals. nal judge Mojibur Rah- yee of the bakery and and at a soccer stadium as for a full House vote by whether he would attend tative Jerrold Nadler, the he was reminding the — Reuters man pronounced at the fatally wounded another powerful aftershocks from crowded court complex in who succumbed to his the earthquake continued. Old Dhaka as the convicts wounds two days later. appeared in the dock The 17 foreigners killed Colombians take to the streets under heavy security. in the attack included Stick to the facts, The convicts were found nine Italians, seven to have financed, supplied Japanese, one Indian girl. UK politicians told weapons, or assisted tho- Two Bangladeshi police London: Trade policy experts se who directly took part officers were also killed are warning UK politicians in the attack on Holey during the seige. campaigning in next month’s Artisan Bakery in Dha- The Indian girl, Tarishi election that they are prom- ka’s upmarket Guls-han Jain, a student of the ising unattainable trade ben- area on July 1, 2016. University of California efits and setting “arbitrary The judge acquitted the in Berkeley, was among deadlines’’ for sealing a deal eighth suspect as the those killed in the attack . with the European Union prosecution side could She was in Dhaka on after Brexit. A dozen signa- not prove his links to the vacation. tories to a letter published in attack by the outlawed The judge in his verdict the Daily Telegraph on Neo-Jamaatul Muja- identified Bangladeshi Wednesday urged leaders to hideen Bangladesh. Canadian Tamim Chow- supplant rhetoric with fact- Investigators earlier dhury as the mastermind based discussions about said that all the five neo- of the attack, who later Britain’s future outside the JMB operatives who was killed during a EU trading bloc, or risk deals directly took part in the nationwide anti-militan- the public won’t support. attack were killed next cy security clampdown. The letter says, “Engines are morning in a counter — PTI being revved towards strik- ing new (free trade agree- ments) by arbitrary dead- lines with little sense of what we actually want to achieve.’’ Court adjourns Protests, a US conspiracy: Iran Bajwa hearing Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday claimed with- SHAFQAT ALI | DC members of the cabinet out evidence that recent ISLAMABAD, NOV. 27 had earlier approved the protests across the Islamic extension, Justice Shah Republic over government- Pakistan’s Supreme observed: “Answers were set gasoline prices rising Court on Wednesday not submitted in the time were part of a “conspiracy” adjourned the hearing of fixed for cabinet mem- involving the US, as authori- the case pertaining to the bers.” “But now the gov- ties began to acknowledge extension in service of ernment has gone ahead the scale of the demonstra- army chief Qamar Javed with the matter. The tions. Supreme Leader Bajwa. court had made the judge- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei A three-member bench ment in the light of your made the comment while of the apex court headed documents,” the CJP addressing members of the by Chief Justice Asif said. “According to Rule Revolutionary Guard’s all- Students protest for Dilan Cruz, a young demonstrator who had been wounded by a member of the Mobile Anti-Disturbance Squadron during a Saeed Khan Khosa, com- 19, silence can mean an volunteer Basij force, which protest against the Colombian government and died in Medellin, Colombia. — AFP prising Justice Mazhar agreement,” the AG said. help put down the demon- Alam and Justice Syed The AG said that he had strations. Meanwhile, one Mansoor Ali Shah heard told the court that lawmaker said that authori- the case. response from several ties arrested more than As the hearing resumed, ministers regarding a 7,000 people over the INDIAN-AMERICAN ANIL RAJ CJP Khosa remarked that notification for giving an protests while a security offi- Hong Kong reopens tunnel media had misunderstood extension to the army cial claimed demonstrators yesterday’s proceedings chief was pending as the attempted to take over KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACK Hong Kong, Nov. 27: A the campus by seven and clarified that the ministers were given Iranian state television. Washington, Nov. 27: major tunnel in Hong teams, said he couldn’t court had not taken suo time. The CJP inquired Iran’s government still hasn’t Indian-American Anil Kong reopened on rule out that some people motu notice. “We are con- from the AG if no offered any statistics on Raj was killed in a ter- Wednesday morning and remained, but “the possi- tinuing your petition,” response from the minis- injuries, arrests or deaths in rorist attack in Kabul, a weeklong police siege of bility is not very high.” the top judge told the peti- ters was considered the protests and security US secretary of state a nearby university Attention in Hong Kong tioner who was in court. “yes”. To this, the AG said crackdown that followed Mike Pompeo said. appeared to be winding has shifted to city leader Former law minister that it was true in accor- government-set gasoline I want to confirm with down, closing one of the Carrie Lam’s response to Farogh Naseem, who dance with the rules. prices rising Nov. 15. a heavy heart that a more violent chapters in a major loss in local elec- stepped down from his CJP Khosa said: “This is Amnesty International says it United States citizen, the city’s long-running tions. The results were post, represented General considered only if the believes the violence killed Anil Raj of California, anti-government protests. seen as a public rebuke of Bajwa in the court, while response is sought within at least 143 people, some- was killed in a terrorist The Cross-Harbour Tun- her tough line on the Attorney General Anwar a specified time.” The thing Iran disputes. attack on a UN vehicle in nel, which links Hong protests. Mansoor Khan presented attorney general argued: Kabul on November 24. Anil Raj Kong Island to the rest of Lam offered no conces- arguments on behalf of “Nowhere the govern- There were five other Attacks targeting UN the city, had been closed The Cross Harbour Tunnel sions to anti-government the government. ment has stated that it civilians who were personnel working to for two weeks after pro- in Hong Kong. — AFP protesters, saying only AG Anwar Mansoor had committed a mistake, VICTIMS’ BODIES injured, including staff, help the Afghan people testers blocked the that she would accelerate took to the rostrum and at first, the court should Pompeo told reporters at are unconscionable, and approach with tons of A few people might still dialogue and identify said: “I referred to army hear me (to know) the SENT BACK TO a news conference here. we condemn this act in debris and set the toll be hiding in the warren of ways to address societal rules yesterday. The court details. I will answer to We extend our condo- the strongest possible booths on fire. buildings on the urban grievances. wrote ‘law’ in its order,” the court’s queries after lences to the family and terms, Pompeo said. A search of the Hong campus, trying to avoid Her refusal to compro- the AG said, to which the completion of my argu- VIETNAM friends of the victim fol- No organisation had Kong Polytechnic campus arrest. Police have cor- mise could spark more chief justice said: “The ments.” “The appoint- Dien Chau, Nov. 27: The bod- lowing this tragic inci- taken responsibility for the previous day found doned off the area to try unrest at a time when the court had given its order ment’s tenure is written ies of 16 of the 39 Vietnamese dent and send our best the attack. The Taliban just one woman, in weak to prevent anyone from semi-autonomous after looking at your doc- in the notification that is who died when human traf- wishes for a speedy and the Islamic State are condition, and a senior escaping. Chinese territory has uments.” the prerogative (of the fickers carried them by truck recovery for those who active and have repeated- university official said it’s Polytechnic University plunged into its first Referring to the point prime minister),” he to England last month were were injured, he said. ly targeted people. — PTI unlikely anyone else vice-president Alexander recession in a decade. questioned by the court added. The hearing on repatriated to their homeland remains. Wai, who led a search of — AP yesterday that only 11 case was adjourned. on Wednesday and have been taken to their families. The bodies arrived on a ■ flight that landed in Hanoi, EXTREME | STEP Extensive cyberbullying, sexual harassment take a toll on their mental health, say experts Vietnam’s capital. The photos of ambulances that transport- ed the bodies to their home provinces south of Hanoi were Singer Goo Hara’s death shines light on dark side of K-pop published. The bodies were found on Seoul, Nov. 27: The death ri, or Sulli, another K-pop beyond South Korea, when she took her former ing Goo. The jail term was increases if they sign with Oct. 23 in the English town of of South Korean singer star and Goo’s close thanks to wildly popular boyfriend, Choi Jong-bum, suspended, keeping him a handful of top entertain- Grays, east of London. Police and actress Goo Hara, friend. Experts say both groups such as “BTS” and to court last year. Choi out of prison. K-pop is ment agencies. say the victims were aged whose body was found at Goo and Choi faced exten- “Blackpink.” claimed to have been highly competitive, with The industry is known to between 15 and 44. her home in Seoul this sive cyberbullying and Goo debuted in 2008 as assaulted by her, while dozens of groups debuting have strict rules for their The 31 men and eight women week, has again shone a sexual harassment from part of the five-member Goo accused him of each year. Industry stars — including dating are believed to have paid spotlight on pressures that the public and media girl group Kara, which threatening to release a experts have long warned bans, spartan training and human traffickers for their stars, especially females, throughout their careers, shot almost immediately sex video of her. about the dark side of the diets, and sometimes clandestine transit into face in the cutthroat K-pop which took a toll on their to fame and helped pio- During the dispute, Goo’s scandal-ridden industry. slave-like and unfair con- England. Several suspects industry and in deeply mental health. neer the K-pop global phe- Korean agency didn’t Aspiring artists, as young tracts. The industry has have been arrested in the UK conservative South Kore- Police say they are still nomenon. renew her contract. A as their early teens, train additional requirements and Vietnam. The victims’ an society. investigating Goo’s death She later launched a suc- court sentenced Choi to 1 for years. Only a few debut for its female artists, families expressed their sad- Goo’s death at age 28 and found a “pessimistic cessful solo career in ½ years in prison on and even fewer are com- unspoken rules reflective ness ahead of receiving the came less than two months note” at her home. South Korea and Japan. charges of coercion and mercially successful. The of South Korea’s patriar- Goo Hara bodies of their loved one. after the death of Choi Jin- K-pop has spread far Goo made headlines assaulting and blackmail- likelihood of their success chal society. — AP c m y k c m y k MIND POWER RACHEL KUSHNER ALBERT CAMUS PAGE A lot of politics in art is just institutional A taste for truth at any cost is a 10 critique, which is not all that political passion which spares nothing Edit DECCAN CHRONICLE THURSDAY | 28 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

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Maha drama can be Subhani a signpost for future mid the gripping drama in Maharashtra’s politics in the five weeks since the Assembly results were out on October 24, which is likely to end on Thursday with Shiv Sena president Uddhav AThackeray being sworn in as chief minister in an unlikely alliance with the NCP and Congress, lies the stark reality of the BJP’s below par electoral performance. It’s this which eventually thwarted its ambition in India’s second largest and economically heavyweight state, just as it nearly did in Haryana for the same reason — declining popular support for the current saffron lead- ership. The BJP’s well-documented capacity to break conventions, subvert poll verdicts, break parties and induce defections — seen often in the past six years — was founded on the perception that it had the people’s strong backing, especially with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm. The ability to manipulate is weakened with falling public support. LETTERS Also, besides being a party whose government at the Centre seems to have messed up the economy big time, the BJP has shown itself to be a NO FOOTPATHS one-trick horse — it can only play on communal sentiments of the major- Can Modi & Gotabaya ity community by using some pet themes (Kashmir, Ayodhya, seeing Most footpaths in the city minorities as “infiltrators”, to be tackled with measures like the NRC. are occupied by hawkers This was amply evident in the party’s campaign in Haryana and and temporary stalls Maharashtra, besides the vilification of opponents. In these states it failed to have anything to say on state issues that have (Footpaths, roads to get a an immediate bearing on everyday life. To worsen matters, the party has build bridges of trust? makeover, DC, Nov. 27).. so far given little evidence that it has the capacity to govern. It seeks to Further, illegal parking on govern by slogans alone, and by intimidating opponents through a no- footpaths and roads makes holds-barred use of the state apparatus. The Rajapaksa clan, tary, but his appoint- In Maharashtra, this led to disenchantment from its oldest regional com- with older brother and ment of similarly-pillo- it worse. The police and munal ally, the Shiv Sena. The Sena’s chances to lead the government former President ried Gen. Kamal municipal personnel must brightened when it was backed by another key regional force, the NCP, led Mahinda Rajapaksa Gunaratne as his defen- be assigned their share of by the redoubtable Sharad Pawar. The regional parties, it seems, with K.C. Singh installed as Prime ce minister has invited some difficulty, managed to swing the support of the Congress, that ini- Minister, now returns international condem- duty to curb illegal parking. tially seemed fixated on ideology and didn’t wish to help the Sena form a riding another wave of nation. Western nations Shopowners must be government. But the larger political reality finally prevailed. chauvinism, fed not by and the United States restricted against parking Besting the BJP in Maharashtra can — arguably — have a demonstra- Tamil defiance but the will keep up pressure on tion effect in other states. Pushing back the BJP, the new hegemon in pub- Easter bombings of the new government on in front of their shops. They lic life, on the all-India plane is the fundamental object of most Opposition April 21 this year, which this count. It may not be also put up temporary parties, notably the Congress, since the BJP is a party with a one-dimen- ithin days plies. That allowed brought the simmering an issue in Tamil Nadu roofings to hoodwink cops. sional ideology. Its predominance affects not just politics but other aspects of his elec- Pakistan and China to Sinhalese-Muslim ten- yet, but the issue’s Spending huge money on of life. tion Sri fill the gap, and increase sions to the fore and the revival cannot be ruled With BJP’s oldest ally now gone, its regional allies in other states, with Lankan their footprint. In fact, ISIS to Sri Lanka’s out as state elections constructing footpaths will each of whom the saffron party has behaved in an overbearing fashion, WPresident Islamabad appointed a shores. While the main approach and President be of no use without any are likely to be more interrogative. The first signs are visible in Goatabaya Rajapaksa senior Pakistan Air targets were Christians, Gotabaya shelves any watch and ward. Jharkhand, where Assembly polls are due shortly. Maharashtra (and will visit New Delhi on Force officer as high the hotel bombings, move to devolve power Haryana) have shown that the challenge to the BJP has grown. The ruling Friday, November 29, commissioner, appar- although primarily tar- to the north, where Ismail Shaik party’s vulnerability has been exposed, but it’s too early to draw larger his first trip abroad. Sri ently to coordinate geting foreigners, also Tamils are in a majority. Uppal, Hyderabad generalisations. Lankan leaders in the training of Sri Lankan hit the population at Even in the just-conclud- past have often done so Air Force pilots, who large. The resurrection ed presidential election, to convey the impor- played an important role of the Rajapaksas was Opposition candidate A WATERSHED DAY tance they attach to in turning the military accelerated by the rising Sajith Premadasa The formation of a coalition gov- HK results a blow to Beijing their country’s ties with tide against the LTTE. feeling of victimhood obtained 80 per cent of ernment in Maha is a welcome India. External affairs As the LTTE had the among the Sinhalese, fed the North’s vote, while watershed development in the ong Kong’s district council polls last Sunday have dealt Beijing a minister S. Jaishankar blood of former Prime now by a new monster. in the predominantly country's political scenario. The demoralising blow. While Communist China does not care for also underscored this by Minister Rajiv Gandhi The Rajapaksa clan get Sinhalese South, his development sets the pace for re- Hdemocracy, it had accept a certain democratic basis in Hong Kong making an unscripted on their hands, the a fresh opportunity to re- share fell to 30 per cent. establishing the much needed, as this was part of the package under which the island, then under British visit to Colombo on Congress was quietly engage India after their The old fractures in the strong opposition parties in states rule, was returned to China in 1997. November 19, the day satisfied at the corner- 2015 defeat, which they Sri Lankan polity have and at the national level and pre- It’s too early to say if the council poll results would lift the morale of the after the new President ing and decimation of attributed to India’s not healed as new ones serve the values laid out in our con- protesters and Beijing’s resisters in other parts of its Communist empire was sworn in. Besides the LTTE as it could unseen hand. Although involving the Muslim stitution. Now, the onus is on the where the politburo — even under President Xi Jinping, who is acquiring his extensive experience retain the goodwill of old hurts will remain, minority have emerged. Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi to rule a halo like Mao — finds itself embattled, as in Xinjiang and Tibet. It’s also in dealing with Sri their allies in Tamil there are some new con- Crucial to the success with utmost responsibility, by yet to be seen to what extent, if any, the Hong Kong poll results would Lanka as foreign secre- Nadu and yet witness vergences. First, even of the new government bringing in people-centric pro- influence Beijing’s attitude toward Taiwan, which it regards as a break- tary, during Prime retribution delivered. the Rajapaksas have is handling of the econo- grammes under a common mini- away province. Minister Narendra But the then President campaigned to right the my. The Free Trade mum program and continue for the Beijing’s backers in Hong Kong were given a thrashing in the polls, espe- Modi’s first term, Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa, rid- wrong done with the ced- Agreement with India full term. Congratulations to all cially by young voters, and the poll outcome has for the first time since Jaishankar was the ing the tiger of chauvin- ing of control over has raised the volume of those that helped to make it hap- 1949, when Communist power became victorious in China under the leg- political officer attached ism, began visibly tilt- Hambantota port and bilateral trade to over $4 pen. endary Chairman Mao, put Beijing in direct confrontation with the beast to the star-crossed ing Sri Lanka towards zone to China. Thus, old billion annually, altho- C.J. Bhupathi called democracy. Indian Peace-Keeping China, allowing it access pals need to recalibrate ugh the trade deficit is Hyderabad Out of 452 seats, the Beijing lobby could win only 58 — and the polling Force in 1988-1990, to the development of China’s terms of engage- grossly in India’s percentage was as high as 71, the highest ever. In short, these polls have which was an ill-judged infrastructure, includ- ment. It is possible that favour. India’s exports turned out to be a referendum on the six-month violent protest by pro- foreign intervention by ing Hambantota port in closed rooms fresh are six to seven times BUSES TO BLAME democracy elements. India’s armed forces. and airport. terms of a private nature that of Sri Lanka. The Despite hue and cry on road acci- The elections should not have mattered but for the backdrop of the fierce Since the 1980s, at the Traditionally, India had are settled, but still the outgoing government of dents, the RTC buses continue to pro-democracy movement. District councils look after parks and local core of the relationship resisted inroads by for- posture of hyper-nation- President Maithripala kill people. Besides reckless dri- buses, and their polls are harmless things. But not this time. Should has been the fate and eign powers in Sri alism would ill fit public Sirisena tried to rebal- ving, RTC buses are outdated and Beijing negotiate with the winners (and possibly embolden them) or crack political future of the Lanka. China entrench- kowtowing on an issue of ance relations between unfit to ply on the traffic-heavy city down hard? The world is watching. China may at best hope that Hong island nation’s Tamil ing itself in the develop- national prestige and India and China, to cor- roads. Therefore, the government Kong’s spirit does not catch on in the mainland. minority, constituting ment of a crucially locat- honour. Second, the rect the Mahinda tilt. must take immediate measures to 15 per cent of its total ed port was the crossing Modi and Rajapaksa gov- The third player in the replace old buses with modern population. The rise of of a red line. As it turned ernments would agree game is the US, which buses with minimum ground clear- DECCAN CHRONICLE Tamil militancy under out later, on being fully on the danger to has signed military ance to prevent crushing under the the LTTE and the civil unable to repay loan both nations from radi- cooperation agreements wheels during accidents. Wasim Ahmed Khan ADITYA SINHA T. VENKATESWARLU war that ended in 2009 instalments, China has cal Islam. Unfortunately, with Sri Lanka to enable Editor Printer & Publisher still casts a shadow over in lieu obtained a 99- they may also share the access to their ports, etc. Secunderabad India-Sri Lankan rela- year lease on the port overly security-dep- India will work perforce DECCAN CHRONICLE offices are located at: tions, although it has not and its abutting land, endent approach to cou- to balance the China-US been a significant factor reminiscent of what the ntering terror. Thus, un- race to gain ascendency WHY BLAME FLYOVER? 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t was a bolt from the blue that appointed Chief of Army Staff for agencies. To some observers at It is quite apparent that the Army political blow to Imran Khan’s gov- shook the entire system. The another term of three years from least, it appears that the court is Chief is now a part of the ruling ernment — besides possibly affect- suspension of the notification the date of completion of his cur- seeking to draw a clear line under diarchy. A second term for the ing the military’s morale. As the Iextending the tenure of Gen. rent tenure that is to end on the extension issue that affects pro- Army Chief is likely to tilt the bal- Chief Justice has rightly pointed Qamar Bajwa as Army Chief by the November 29. With just a couple of fessionalism within Pakistan’s ance of power more towards the out, it is not the individual but the Zahid Supreme Court is likely to have days left to the end of his tenure, security institutions. establishment. Indeed, the country institution that matters. far-reaching implications, altering the crisis has become much more The government has cited the requires close cooperation between When extensions are seen to be Hussain the power dynamics in the coun- serious. The ruling, though an regional security situation as the the civilian government and the part of political power games, then try. The order demonstrates an interim one, has dealt a serious reason for its granting a second military leadership. But that it also affects the military’s profes- unprecedented assertion of author- blow to a government already term to Gen. Bajwa, but would this should be more institutional than sionalism. A timely transition of View from Pakistan ity by the country’s apex court, under siege. What happens if the rationale have satisfied the judges? based on personal relationships. the military command strengthens though the final outcome of the reappointment of Gen. Bajwa is The court observed that: “If the The latest court ruling on the the institution and enhances its case is still awaited. struck down? The legal battle over regional security situation reason- extension of the Army Chief could professionalism. With Gen. Bajwa It is the first time in the country’s the extension closes options for ing is accepted, then every Army not have come at a worse time for a now being dragged into a court history that the issue of the Army both the government and Army officer would want a reappoint- government that is in the midst of a case and political controversy, it Chief’s extension, that has previ- Chief, who has also been made a ment”. It was pointed out that the serious political crisis. Its failure raises the question of whether he Order on Bajwa ously been accepted as the norm respondent in the case, thus mak- description of the “regional securi- to improve governance and the should continue in the post. (in many cases the Army Chiefs ing his position controversial. ty environment” was “quite inability of the administration to For an Army Chief to fulfil his themselves prolonged their stay) is Recently, the Chief Justice had vague”. prevent an economic slide has responsibility, it is important to may disturb Pak being challenged in a court of law. publicly criticised the Prime Given the PTI government’s made it much more vulnerable. A stay out of power games. No one is It is not only a technical issue — Minister’s remarks that the judi- increasing reliance on the mili- major concern is that the govern- indispensable. Perhaps, he should i.e. whether or not the government ciary has been lenient to politically tary, it is not surprising to see the ment is engaging in a confronta- not wait for the court’s final deci- followed due process; the very powerful persons. The court’s lat- security establishment becoming tion with the judiciary on the sion and save his institution from power structure rationale behind the decision to est ruling may have ruffled the more dominant. Perhaps continu- issue. Notwithstanding the final further embarrassment. prolong the term of the Army Chief feathers of both the government ity of the military command gives court verdict, the controversy over is in question. Gen. Bajwa was and elements within the security the government a sense of security. the extension has dealt a serious By arrangement with Dawn Word SPY BLEACHOREXIA CRUFT TOGETHER PAGE An obsession with having To haphazardly build an ugly Oped 11 one’s teeth whitened yet functional object DECCAN CHRONICLE THURSDAY | 28 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Some lessons to draw from Maharashtra drama

stand in asking the BJP to hon- Blame games are not alliance, parties can agree on “overnight coup”. Politics is all when the Shiv Sena itself was our its pre-poll promise of 50:50 only unhelpful but virtually anything. And those behind-the-scene activity, in part responsible for it. sharing of power. It insisted on agreements can take any form, whether stitching a coalition or Politics is unpredictable. One getting the post of chief minis- they can also put a oral or written. However, those reviving an alliance. Political never knows when one may Rajeev Ahuja tership on a rotational basis person in a tight spot. agreements have to adjust to leaders can go in to a huddle, have to shake hands with one’s which it said was the deal. It the reality of how many seats can do intense parleys, but adversaries. didn’t hesitate in breaking its Placing the entire each party ends up winning. If need to exercise restraint in It’s true that politicians tend long-standing alliance with the blame of any adverse any party tries to cling to the making their plans public until to forget and forgive sooner BJP just because it claimed to promises made during a pre- those are fully firmed up. than others. But anything nega- have taken a principled stand. circumstance on poll alliance, it is on a wrong ■ Continue reviewing your tive that is more recent tends to Any political party is only as somebody else may be footing. At the same time, the assumptions: If certain things stick in their heads. People o it’s final now — confusion created by an principled as its elected mem- convenient but it’s BJP’s offer of deputy chief min- have been true in the past, it often take umbrage and may the Shiv Sena- adamant Shiv Sena, a non-com- bers are. The fact that certain istership to the Shiv Sena was a doesn’t mean that they will forego associating with you for Congress-NCP mittal NCP, a dithering parties had to keep their flock dishonest if one has decent one by any yardstick. By hold true in the future too. saying something negative. coalition will Congress, and a nonchalant together is a clear indication of also contributed to it. punching above its weight, the Circumstances change and so Therefore, one needs to be care- form the next BJP. how principled those parties Shiv Sena played a huge gam- do relationships. Political par- ful of indulging in blame government in All that is behind us now. The can be! If any party is really ble. The gamble may have paid ties are known to abandon old games, for one never knows Maharashtra. state is all set to get its new gov- principled, it shouldn’t shy tics of principles or egoism, it’s off this time, but not without relationships with the same when it can boomerang. This news has ernment. How stable will be the away from sitting in mostly the general public, some costs. Who knows, the alacrity as they forge new rela- ■ Time is of the essence: comeS more as a big relief than new government is an issue but Opposition if honouring its wanting development problems Shiv Sena may have won the tionships. Constantly evolving When the time is to act, don’t as excitement. A month-long it’s not of immediate concern. principles so require. to get attended to, who end up battle, but lost the war! circumstances need to be talk. If one doesn’t act fast uncertainty marked by intense Even though the formation of As for politicians, any politi- paying the price. ■ Resist the temptation of assessed continuously. The enough to seize an opportunity, political activity, full of twists the state government will take cian can follow any number of ■ Don’t punch above your going to the public: It’s proba- BJP probably assumed that the one loses it. First-mover advan- and turns, has finally ended. its own course, it’s time to principles in personal life. But weight: Strange as it may bly not a smart strategy to Shiv Sena and the Congress tage exists in politics too. In Maharashtra getting its next pause, reflect, and learn some in professional life, even the appear, some degree of fairness announce your each and every would never come together stitching a grand coalition, the government had assumed lessons from the recent politi- most principled politicians exists even in politics. The Shiv move in public. The opponent because of their ideological dif- non-BJP parties probably took greater importance than what cal stalemate in Maharashtra. respond and adjust to situa- Sena’s demand — a party with can take advantage in devising ferences. But here they are, too long and risked losing out. coalition or alliance formed it. Here are some lessons that can tions created by the reality of almost half the number of elect- its counter-moves. This lesson forming a coalition and willing These are then some of the A standoff between the Shiv be distilled: election results. If a political ed representatives than the came out so clearly in to work together. key lessons to learn from a Sena and the BJP on the issue ■ No room for principles in party they are affiliated to can BJP’s — for rotational chief Maharashtra politics this time ■ Refrain from blame games: month-long power tussle in of chief ministership had politics: Politics is not about behave opportunistically, why ministership was unreasonable around. The progress that non- Blame games are not only Maharashtra. One hopes that plunged the state into a politi- principles as it is made out to can’t they? As in other profes- to begin with, even if it was BJP parties were making in unhelpful but they can also put political leaders will pay heed cal crisis. A lot has happened be — it is all about being prag- sions, so in politics — most agreed upon during the pre-poll stitching a coalition was being a person in a tight spot. Placing to it as more states go to the between then and now, that is, matic. Pragmatism means politicians are opportunistic, alliance. What if the Shiv Sena made public at every stage. the entire blame of any adverse polls in the coming months. between the Shiv Sena walking being flexible to the core, and therefore, pliable and were to get only 25 seats and the There may be some merit in circumstance on somebody else out of its alliance with the BJP whereas a principled stand poachable. BJP were to get 130 seats in the keeping the public (and the may be convenient but it’s dis- The writer is a development and the former stitching an imparts rigidity in a context Politics is all about being recent elections? Would the authorities!) informed about honest if one has also con- economist, formerly with alliance with the Congress and that is essentially situational. pragmatic, and not about prin- Shiv Sena still have held on to the progress. But then it gave tributed to it. For example, the the Bill & Melinda the NCP. The brief intervening After the election results, the ciples, or egoism for that mat- the pre-poll alliance promises? some advantage to the BJP that Shiv Sena squarely blamed the Gates Foundation period was marked by utter Shiv Sena took a principled ter. And if anybody plays poli- The fact is that in a pre-poll resulted in its surprise BJP for breaking their alliance and the World Bank

Electoral bonds are traceable: First general election in Pak in 1970 Govt lies on anonymity nailed Centre rapped 50 YEARS AGO IN for going to Rabat ELECTORAL BONDS-4 The State Bank of NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 27. KARACHI, NOVEMBER. 27. STRONG disapproval of India’s Nitin Sethi India maintains a PRESIDENT YAHYA KHAN participation at the recent Rabat secret number-based announced tonight that conference was voiced by a sec- record of donors who Pakistan will have its first-ever tion of the Opposition in the buy electoral bonds, general election on a one man- Rajya Sabha when the House one vote basis on October 5 next inclonclusively debated today a and the political year. statement made by the Minister parties they donate The President, who heads an of External Affairs Mr. Dinesh This is Part 4 of the 6-part Opposition parties accusing to. Law enforcement interim military regime, made Singh on November 19. #PaisaPolitics investigative them of working on the agencies can his announcement in a nation- The debate will continue on series by HuffPost. behest of their political mas- wide broadcast. Monday when Mr. Dinesh Singh Reprinted with permission ters. request access General Yahya said he would will intervene. from the Huffington Post. This disclosure, supported to this record. give the National Assembly cho- The main attack came form the by documents reviewed by sen in the elections 120 days to Congress Opposition Member, n February 2017, then HuffPost India, proves that decide on a new democratic con- Mr. R.T. Parthasarathy, who finance minister Arun electoral bonds don’t really unique identifiers, the stitution for this country of 120 described the participation of Jaitley stood before the provide a donor with bonds could be forged, and million moslems. India as a “blunder” that had Rajya Sabha to justify anonymity from the govern- accounting for them would In the meantime the armed rocked the very basis of secular- Ihis government’s deci- ment of the day. In fact, the be impossible. forces would remain the ulti- ism and democracy. sion to open the floodgates only people in dark about Yet, the serial numbers mate authority in Pakistan. If He directed his criticism mainly for anonymous corporate the source of these dona- intended to ensure the the Assembly failed to produce a against the External Affairs donations to political par- tions are the Indian public integrity of electoral bonds constitution within the time Minister, Mr Dinesh Singh, who ties. and Opposition parties. would also mean that the limit he said he would dissolve it he said, had brought only Under the freshly unveiled Yet, in a debate in SBI would have absolute and have a new one elected.— “ignominy” to India by his acts electoral bonds scheme, the Parliament, Jaitley insisted clarity on the path taken by Reuter. of commission and omission. government had offered that providing donors with these bonds — from an indi- Gen. Yahya Khan, announced Mr. Parthasarathy demanded complete anonymity to anonymity would create a vidual or corporate account the dissolution of the one unit of the resignation of Mr. Dinesh those making donations. A level playing field by allow- from which they were pur- West Pakistan, restoration of the Singh and said “If he goes, India donor could now anony- ing Opposition parties to chased, to the account in original provinces. lives.” mously buy a bond, and collect political funding. which they were eventually Though Martial Law would The former External Affairs deposit it with the political “If a government frames a deposited. remain supreme till then, he Minister, Mr. M. C. Chagla, party of their choice. law that helps even the The donor would be grant- The note from Arun Jaitley said, full political activity would maintained that Mr. Dinesh “How much each donor Opposition, it shows how ed anonymity from the pub- be allowed with effect from Singh was ‘trying to defend what has distributed to a political big a heart it has,” Jaitley lic, but not from the SBI. deferring to the government tions, on February 28, 2019. January next. All martial law was “absolutely indefensible.” party would be known only said. Records show the finance of the day — are not water- SBI wrote back the same regulations adversely affecting He appealed to the Government to the donor,” Jaitley later The official records, min- ministry agreed with the tight. The Central Bureau of day saying the finance min- such political activity would to conduct its foreign policy in claimed in a blog post. utes, notes and correspon- SBI. Investigation, for instance, istry’s instructions were stand cancelled. such a manner that it would get In April 2018, when the dence from 2017-19 reviewed “Bank (SBI) may be has been described as a against the law and asked General Yahya said “let us now the support from all sections of Quint bought two bonds by HuffPost India expose the allowed to put a serial num- “caged parrot” by none the finance ministry to clar- all go forward together and the House and the people. worth `1,000 each, and hollowness of these claims. ber on the bonds to avoid other than India’s Supreme ify. achieve this transfer of power in India’s participation at the con- reported that they actually these complications for the Court. The finance ministry tried a peaceful and civilised man- ference was stoutly defended by carried a secret alphanu- ANONYMITY FARCE banks and also for the Further, the documents to put the onus for this ille- ner.” Mr. Nurul Hasan (nominated) meric code that was visible When the electoral bond scheme,” senior officials of accessed by HuffPost India, gal extension on the SBI. In He warned: “I am not prepared who said that if India has not under UV light, the ministry scheme was first announced the finance ministry said in suggest SBI, the steward of an emailed reply to SBI on to tolerate any obstruction in gone to Rabat it would have of finance issued a press in finance minister Jaitley’s their internal notings. the electoral bond scheme, the same day, the finance the way of the restoration of meant surrender on her part to release. Budget day speech on “However, the bank may be has continually deferred to ministry claimed the 35-day democracy. the intrigues of Pakistan. “This number is not noted February 1, 2017, the gov- advised to keep information the instructions and direc- special window, instead of by the SBI in any record ernment had no idea how highly confidential to pre- tives issued by the ministry the 30-day period that the associated with the buyer or these bonds would actually vent its leaking in any way.” of finance, to the extent of rules permitted, was done political party depositing a work. The rules governing elec- breaking the law as long as on the “SBI’s recommenda- particular electoral bond,” It conducted perfunctory toral bonds require the SBI the ministry signs off on it. tion”. the government claimed. “It consultations with the to divulge these details if the The bank does not even SBI refused to take the is thus not linked to any Reserve Bank of India, the enforcement agencies ask respond to Right To onus for this illegality. party transaction when the Election Commission of for them. Information queries with- In an email to the finance Bank issues a bond to the India and Opposition par- Section 6(4) of the January out the approval of the ministry, it said, “The dates buyer. As such the number ties, but disregarded their 2, 2018 notification read, finance ministry, despite of the electoral bond sales is not being used nor can be suggestions. “The information furnished being designated an inde- contained in the draft Press used to track the donation A year later, in January by the buyer shall be treated pendent public authority Communique were tele- or the buyer.” SBI, in this 2018, internal file notings of confidential by the autho- under the RTI Act. phonically communicated instance, refers to the State the finance ministry show, rised bank and shall not be In February 2019, when the to us on 27.02.2019 from your Bank of India — the only it drew up a basic conceptu- disclosed to any authority Union government pushed end and were not ‘recom- bank authorised to sell al framework for the bonds for any purposes, except the SBI to extend a special mended by SBI’ as cited in these bonds. and then held consultations when demanded by a compe- window for the sale of elec- your email dated 28.02.2019.” Now previously unpub- with SBI to figure out how to tent court or upon registra- toral bonds in the run-up to However, in the same lished documents, obtained run the scheme. tion of criminal case by any the 2019 general elections, email, the bank agreed to go by transparency activist In a meeting with the law enforcement agency.” the bank pushed back but ahead with the 35-day elec- Commodore Lokesh Batra finance ministry on The rules do not lay out soon quickly complied. toral bond window in viola- (Retd.) and reviewed by January 16, 2018, SBI more details about the crim- As per the rules, the SBI tion of rules as long as it was HuffPost India, conclusively explained these bonds inal cases. This leaves a earmarks four 10-day win- not expected to take the prove that — contrary to the would necessarily need seri- window of ambiguity open dows a year for donors to blame for it. government’s assertions — al numbers to identify the on how and when enforce- buy electoral bonds and But by then, the Supreme SBI does use the alphanu- buyers and recipients of ment agencies can demand donate them to the political Court was hearing petitions meric code to keep track of these financial instruments. the data from SBI. The rules party of their choice. The challenging the validity of who bought how many “Electoral bonds will not also do not require either rules permit an additional the electoral bond scheme bonds, and the political bear the name of the buyer the political parties or the 30-day window in years and its implementation. party to whom the bond was or payee, but will necessari- donors to be intimated by when general elections are While hearing these, the eventually donated. ly need a serial number,” the government or the SBI held. apex court gave an interim This mechanism of track- bank officials said at the that their promised secrecy Correspondence reviewed order on April 12, 2019. ing these bonds, the docu- finance ministry meeting, has been breached by the by HuffPost India reveals Besides other instructions, ments reveal, was approved according to internal notes government. that in February 2019, the the apex court told the by the finance ministry. The of the ministry. Union government insisted Union government to not rules governing electoral Without the serial num- CAGED PARROTS that the 30-day window be violate the rules and restrict bonds require SBI to share bers, the bank explained, Could a government of the extended by an additional the special window period this data with law enforce- there would be no audit trail day gain access to SBI’s five days. This illegal exten- for bonds in 2019 to 30 days. ment agencies if required. available for internal con- transaction records on elec- sion was approved by the The finance ministry Some of these enforcement trol and reconciliation of toral bonds? then finance minister mulled changing the rules to agencies, such as the the bonds by the bank. If The fact is that the bonds Jaitley the same month, stick to the 35-day window it Central Bureau of courts and law enforcement are completely traceable according to file notings had desired, but eventually Investigation and the agencies asked SBI for and the rules to keep them within the finance ministry. backtracked towards a 30- Enforcement Directorate, details on the purchaser of out of the hands of enforce- The SBI was told by the day window. have been in the eye of a the bonds, the bank would ment agencies — who have a finance ministry through an storm recently, with have no answer. Without documented history of email to follow the instruc- ■ To be continued Use telematics to price Risk-taking motor policies: Irdai binge is worrying central banks THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2019 HYDERABAD | | Overleaf quick ■ Investors may be asked to take over `30K cr debt Karvy got into ‘never Govt mulls absorbing allowed’ activities: Sebi BITES ASHWIN J PUNNEN MUMBAI, NOV. 27 INDICATORS % `50K cr Air India debt The Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi on Wednesday said Sensex 41,020.61 0.49 SIDDHARTHA SINGH the Karvy Stock Broking Nifty 50 12,100.70 0.52 NOV. 27 was indulging in activi- Airline would be closed if not privatised: Minister ties that were 'never S&P 500 3,148.83 +0.26 India is considering a plan allowed'. Dollar (`) 71.35 -0.14 to exclude more than half New Delhi, Nov. 27: Loss- “Separation of accounts Pound Sterling (`) 91.65 -0.29 of Air India Ltd’s $11 bil- making Air India will was in the June circular, lion of debt in the govern- have to be closed down if which is now five months Euro (`) 78.56 -0.22 ment’s latest attempt to not privatised, Civil past. It cannot be anyone’s Gold (10gm)* (`) 37,587▼131 -0.35 lure investors to the strug- Aviation Minister guess even if these gling carrier, people with Hardeep Singh Puri instructions were not that He mentioned propri- January 1 onwards, Sebi Brent crude ($/bbl)* $63.76 -0.51 knowledge of the matter informed Rajya Sabha on explicit that they can use etary trades or invest- had said in an order. IN 10-Yr bond yield +6.467 -0.011 said. Wednesday and said the clients’ securities for ments in other businesses In a 12-page ex-parte US 10-Yr T-bill yield +1.762 +0.022 Prime Minister Naren- government is committed doing something of their while elaborating on the interim order, Sebi Whole dra Modi’s administration to secure a favourable deal own,” Tyagi said on the possible activities that a Time Member Ananta * As of 9:30 pm IST plans to ask proposed for all employees of the mentary question. we invite bids, then, we sidelines of an OECD- brokerage may carry out. Barua said there was a investors to take over Rs state-owned carrier. “... The process of disin- will see how many bids Asian roundtable on cor- “This is a very basic “need for urgent regulato- 30,000 crore of the air- The government is in vestment is underway. have come in,” Puri porate governance here. thing which can't be ry intervention to prevent line’s debt, which are the process of finalising The issue of getting bids added. The comments from allowed,” he reiterated. further misuse of clients' backed by the carrier’s invitation of bids, he said, will arise only after we Talking about employ- Tyagi come days after the Last Friday, Sebi barred securities”. Term of 15th aircraft, the people said, adding interests of complete the processing. ees' concern, he said, Securities and Exchange Karvy from taking new Apart from prohibiting asking not to be identified, employees of the carrier So far, the alternative “Issues being related to Board of India banned clients for stock broking the entity from taking Fin Commission citing private informa- would be protected and mechanism, under the current employees, their Karvy for selling client activities over alleged new clients in respect of tion. The government may there would be no job loss chairmanship of the health cover, how many stocks pledged with it misuse of clients' securi- its stock broking activi- extended call for the so-called till its privatisation. Home Minister, has been would remain and what through associated enti- ties. ties, the watchdog direct- expression of interest as “Your airlines would made,” he said. would happen, we are ties. The action followed lead- ed depositories NSDL and The Union Cabinet extended the early as December 15, the have to be closed down if “We have taken some committed to secure a Tyagi added that, in ing bourse NSE forward- CDSL not to act upon any term of 15th Finance Commiss- people said. not privatised,” Puri said decisions. Other decisions favourable deal for all June, Sebi had made its ing a preliminary report instruction given by ion, by one-year to Oct. 30, The government will while replying to a supple- are being processed. Once employees.” —PTI stance “explicit” through to Sebi on the non-compli- KSBL in pursuance of 2020. The Cabinet “approved absorb Rs 50,000 crore a circular and hinted that ances observed with power of attorney given the 15th Finance Commission to worth of obligations, the there was no case for enti- respect to the by its clients. submit first report for the first people said. Air India assets, the people said. out repeatedly, Air India’s carrier afloat, the people ties to indulge in such pledging/misuse of client “The depositories shall fiscal year viz. 2020-21 and to Assets Holding Ltd, a spe- Modi’s administration, appeal to any investor is said. practices before that as securities by Karvy Stock monitor the movement of extend the tenure of 15th Finan- cial purpose vehicle, holds which failed to attract any contingent on the govern- A spokesman at India’s well. “It cannot be any- Broking Ltd (KSBL). securities into and from ce Commission to provide for about Rs 30,000 crore of bidder for the carrier last ment’s ability to write off finance ministry, which one's case even if these The exchange's prelimi- the DP (depository partic- the presentation of the final the state-owned carrier’s year, is keen to sell the the debt not backed by handles assets sales, was instructions were not so nary report is the result of ipant) account of clients report covering FYs 2021-22 to debt and some of its company to help bridge a assets. The government not immediately available explicit that they can use the limited purpose of KSBL as DP to ensure 2025-26 by October 30, 2020.” assets, they said. widening fiscal deficit. has pumped in Rs 56,000 for a comment. clients' securities for inspection of KSBL con- that clients' operations The SPV expects to raise Unprofitable for a decade crore in the last past doing something (of) their ducted by it on August 19, are not affected,” the Rs 10,000 crore selling the with taxpayers bailing it decade in a bid to keep the —Bloomberg own,” said added. covering a period from order said. Real-time power market likely by Bullet train project hits Maharashtra fault line April 1: CERC CreditAccess to SHILPA JAMKHANDIKAR, tions this year. head Maharashtra. “Our slowed to its weakest pace project, had no immediate RAJENDRA JADHAV It could also hinder the state is giving a major in years. comment. MUMBAI, NOV. 27 bullet train project, a chunk of money for the Critics say India does not The authorities have acquire Madura $17 billion invest- project, when most need the high-speed train acquired 548 hectares land India’s richest state is set ment largely “Our of the track is in and investment should go out of the total require- to be ruled by parties financed by a state is giv- another state. instead to improve the ment 1,380 hectares and opposed to Prime Minister long-term, ing a major This will defi- existing network. the project was targeted to MFI for `876 cr Narendra Modi’s national- low-cost loan chunk of money for nitely be re- “We are not against be operational by 2023 , the ist Bharatiya Janata from Japan. the project, when framed,”. development or infrastruc- government told parlia- Party, jeopardising a The BJP was most of the track The train will ture projects, but at the ment in July. Japanese-backed bullet- in power in run from same time farmers’ inter- Protests against land Real-time power market is is in another train project opposed by both state” Mumbai to ests can’t be ignored. We acquisitions are common expected to kick in from April 1 farmers. Maharashtra Ahmedabad, a dis- will rethink about projects in India, where tens of mil- next year, after which con- The BJP’s inability to and Gujarat states tance of 508 kilome- that farmers are oppos- lions of farmers till small sumers, including discoms or pull together voters in when work began on proj- tres. But it has run into ing,” said a senior leader holdings. A planned $44 captive users, can buy power at Maharashtra has meant ect in 2017. obstacles acquiring land of Nationalist Congress billion refinery to be run exchanges just one hour before that three parties, includ- “We have always amid opposition from Party, which is a part of by a consortium including delivery, CERC Chairman P K ing a former BJP ally, will opposed the bullet train,” fruit farmers. the coalition government. Saudi Aramco, the world’s Pujari said. At present, the con- form the government. said Manisha Kayande, a Any delay of the project National High Speed biggest oil producer, is also sumers can buy power one day That is a major setback for spokesperson for the Shiv is likely to undermine Rail Corporation (NHSR- struggling to secure land prior in Day Ahead Market at Modi after his landslide Sena, a former BJP ally investor confidence, at a CL), the government in Maharashtra. power exchanges where trading victory in general elec- whose leader is now set to time when growth has agency overseeing the — Reuters is done for two hours daily.

SANGEETHA G cent to Rs 101 crore. It CHENNAI, NOV. 27 has 26.4 lakh active bor- GIC Re, AIC remain headless rowers and is present in Court gives nod Offline apparel, City-based Madura 13 states. Micro Finance (MMFL) “The acquisition to sell jets, yacht MADHUSUDAN SAHOO for a long time now. The Poddar, a New India will be fully acquired by strengthens our microfi- NEW DELHI, NOV. 27 BBB had cleared the Assurance hand and a for- another micro-finance nance franchise which of Wadhawans accessory sales see names of Devesh mer official of AIC, is cur- institution CreditAccess can be leveraged to pro- Despite the Banks Board Srivastava and Malay rently director at the Grameen (CAGL) for a vide innovative financial A Mumbai court has allowed Bureau (BBB) clearing the Kumar Poddar for the post National Insurance total consideration of Rs services and products the RBI-appointed administra- names for the top jobs at of chairman and manag- Company (NIC). 876 crore. matching the evolving tor for the PMC Bank to sell marginal growth the General Insurance ing director (CMD) at GIC “We have no clue when Bengaluru-headquar- needs of under-served two airplanes and a yacht Corporation of India (GIC Re and AIC, respectively. It will we get the appoint- tered CAGL will first and unbanked house- belonging to HDIL group firms Re) and the Agriculture had also recommended ment letter to assume new acquire up to 76.2 per holds,” CAGL Chairman, owned by Rakesh Wadhawan SANGEETHA G Insurance Company of names of Mukesh Kumar office. First ACC will clear cent stake for Rs 666.4 Paolo Brichetti said in a and his son Sarang, the prime CHENNAI, NOV. 27 India (AIC) in late August, Gupta and Raj Kumar for the names, then it will crore in MMFL from its statement. accused in the Rs 4,355-crore the crucial appointments the post of managing have to be brought out in existing shareholders for The business acquired scam. Chief Metropolitan Hit by the onslaught of are still hanging fire. director for LIC. the gazette. But it seems cash and in the second from MMFL will contin- Magistrate R K Rajebhosale on online channel, offline Surprisingly, two other “Despite having nods that it may take few more stage, MMFL shall be ue to operate as a sepa- Monday allowed the sale of two sales of apparel and acces- names cleared for the Life from several authorities, days as the Prime Minister merged into CAGL rate division until the aircraft and one yatch. sories during the festive Insurance Corporation of the delay in their appoint- could be busy,” one of the through a scheme of integration of business season witnessed only India (LIC) have got the ments has raised eye- selected candidates said. arrangement, the compa- and processes are com- marginal growth this year. government’s approval and brows. It has been learnt Currently, Reena ny said. plete. All employees of Jewellery brands in the the two have taken charge that there were certain vig- Bhatnagar, GM, is running CAGL will acquire MMFL will become metro cities experienced as managing directors of ilance-related issues in the show at GIC Re as shares of MMFL employees of CAGL upon about three per cent consumers who actually the life insurer soon after Srivastava’s case and GIC CMD-in-charge until the Chairman and Managing merger. Telecom sees decrease in the number of made a purchase came the BBB clearance. Re is tackling it internally. new incumbent takes over. Director Tara Thiaga- “The acquisition repre- shoppers in the festive down by 12 per cent com- The recommendations However, there is no such Shashi Kala is jointly rajan, AVT Group, Elevar sents an immense oppor- `41,000 cr dip in quarter of 2019 against the pared to 2018, indicating for GIC Re and AIC are case pending against heading the GIC Re opera- Equity Mauritius and tunity to build an even year ago quarter, found a low conversions. believed to have been stuck Poddar. But neither has tions with Bhatnagar. But other minority share- stronger operating plat- study done by Capillary A popular French fash- at the Appointment received any appointment Kala will be demitting her holders. form and leverage inno- gross revenue Technologies. ion brand saw a 35 per cent Committee of the Cabinet letter so far,” a top source office on superannuation As part of the merger, vations in technology, The telecom sector's gross rev- The overall sales of jew- dip in footfalls two weeks (ACC), headed by Prime told this newspaper. on November 29. Then the residual sharehold- data and analytics for the enue fell about Rs 41,000 crore ellery in value terms saw a prior to Diwali and it did Minister Narendra Modi. Srivastava, an old AIC Deepak Prasad, general ers of MMFL will receive benefit of low-income in three years on account of a growth of 12 per cent and not witness any signifi- The two state-owned non- hand, is currently working manager, is likely to be shares of CAGL at the rural households,” dip in mobile services rates, the average transaction cant number of purchases life insurance companies as general manager (GM) given the joint charge of share swap ratio pro- MMFL’s Thiagarajan said Telecom Minister Ravi value went up by 15 per being made either during have remained headless in GIC Re. However, GIC Re. posed in the scheme of said. Thiagarajan will Shankar Prasad. Gross revenue cent. However, there has this time. While jewellery arrangement. act as an advisor to the of the sector in 2016-17 was Rs been a 20 per cent rise in stores witnessed a dip in MMFL is the 11th board of CAGL after the 2.65 lakh crore, which had gold prices this festive sea- consumer loyalty by 28 per largest NBFC-MFI in the merger. reduced to Rs 2.46 lakh crore a son against last year. cent, both fashion and country with gross loan Industry experts find year later and then to Rs 2.24 Hence the volumes should footwear industry saw a portfolio (GLP) of Rs that the market would have been down compared marginal 3 per cent rise in IEX gas exchange by March 2,053 crore in September see more such consolida- lakh crore in 2018-19, Prasad said in a written reply in the to last year. loyalty. quarter, which grew from tions happening in the Lok Sabha. Footwear sales wit- “The study highlights RAJESH KUMAR SINGH & Mediratta, Director- increase the share of natu- Rs 1,860 crore in March future, given the difficul- nessed a rise of 4 per cent the preference of cus- DEBJIT CHAKRABORTY Strategies at the company, ral gas in its energy mix to quarter. MMFL's revenue ties in raising capital by in 2019 compared to 2018 tomers to shop offline dur- NEW DELHI, NOV. 27 said in an interview in 15 per cent by 2030 from the for FY 2019 was Rs 375 small and medium MFIs. Printed & Published by and fashion and apparel ing the festival season, New Delhi. India has been current 6 per cent, drawing crore and its profit after “Given the financial and T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan saw enhanced spending of particularly in categories India’s largest electricity mulling a gas exchange for interest from global majors tax was Rs 81 crore. It has liquidity concerns, more Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at 7 per cent compared to last such as jewellery and eth- trading platform plans to several years but the move including Total SA and 11.1 lakh borrowers and small MFIs could be Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan year. nic wear. However, the key unveil the nation’s first has been reinvigorated by Exxon Mobil Corp. 430 branches as on acquired by larger firms. Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, In fashion and apparel, take away from this study natural gas exchange by increasing use of the fuel The exchange will help September 30, 2019. Smaller firms have to be Behind Andhra Bank Pet Basheerbagh, shoppers have shown a for retail brands is to March as it seeks to tap as a global glut damps bring down the price of CreditAccess had a unique to be able to raise Kompally, Ranga Reddy Dist. Editor: preference for ethnic strengthen their con- increasing demand for the prices. natural gas through com- GLP of Rs 7,905 crore in capital and scale up. Else, T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg brands over western sumer loyalty pro- cleanest fossil fuel. Worsening air quality petitive trade, boosting September quarter, they are likely to stag- No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights brands. The study found grammes and prioritise Indian Energy Exchange and the nation’s depend- usage in a country that which grew 36 per cent nate,” said Manoj reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part that a premium ethnic consumer retention,” said started putting together ence on imported crude oil relies heavily on cheaper YoY. It’s quarterly dis- Nambiar, Chairperson, without written permission of The Editor, fashion brand saw a surge Aneesh Reddy, CEO and the infrastructure and a has also spurred a transi- coal for its energy needs, bursements grew 39 per Micro Finance Financial Chronicle ® is prohibited. of 77 per cent in footfalls. Co-Founder, Capillary team of about 20 officials to tion in India’s energy plan- Mediratta said. cent and PAT by 37 per Institutions’ Network. However, the number of Technologies. run the bourse, Rajesh ning. The country seeks to —Reuters PAGE Financial 13 THURSDAY | 28 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

■ FCI authorised Premium may be linked to driving, social behaviour Sebi to review OPENING capital raised Use telematics to price related party BELL to `10,000 cr PROJECTION FOR TODAY FC BUREAU transactions NEW DELHI, NOV. 27 motor policies: Irdai Expect The government on SANGEETHA G the Irdai. ASHWIN J PUNNEN Wednesday hiked the CHENNAI, NOV. 27 “The draft opens up the MUMBAI, NOV. 27 volatility authorised capital of possibility for innovation by Food Corporation of The insurance regulator has allowing usage of telemat- The capital markets regula- India (FCI) to Rs 10,000 recommended to adoption of ics, pay as you drive, new tor Sebi is looking at over crore from Rs 3,500 telematics for underwriting coverages addition in liabil- improving rules governing crore. own-damage motor insur- ity only policy which doesn't related-party transactions The government move ance. This will help insurers exist as on date,” said Sajja for companies. F&O expiry aims at paving the way provide customised policies Praveen Chowdary, Head- Sebi Chairman Ajay for additional equity based on driver and vehicle Motor Insurance, Policy- Tyagi said compliance to infusion in the state- insights. Irdai has also rec- bazaar.com. the corporate governance pendence of independent The market closed at yet owned firm, helping pro- ommended developing pric- Key challenges linked to should be on a principled directors, especially in com- another record levels cure and distribute food- ing models on assumptions telematics data are owner- basis and not merely from a panies that are promoter- ahead of the monthly F&O grains and reduce its based on such data and ship, data sharing and "tick-mark" perspective driven as a regulatory con- expiry on Thursday. debt and interest cost. piloting a few products. portability and privacy pro- where a company only cern. The Sensex rose by 199.31 The Cabinet Commi- The Irdai found that in toring vehicles in real-time only pay the premium tection. The storage of such looks at mandated require- He also said further points or 0.49 per cent to ttee on Economic Affairs Europe, the UK, the USA through the use of sensors. aligned to their driving pro- huge data size will incur ments. growth of capital markets end at a new life-time high (CCEA), chaired by and other developed mar- These sensors send signals file and can avoid paying for substantial cost and, there- In the light of the probe is essential given the coun- of 41,020.61, while the Nifty Prime Minister kets, driver details such as about drivers and their sur- coverage based on one-size- fore, the entity managing into the latest Infosys try's growth needs and gained 63 points or 0.52 per Narendra Modi, has age, occupation, marital sta- roundings, which can help fits-all system. Besides hav- such data needs to be duly whistleblower case that exhorted the industry to do cent to settle at a new peak approved increasing the tus, credit history, and driv- car insurance companies ing the potential to reward compensated. Insurance came to light early this all it can. of 12,100.70. authorised capital of the ing history are commonly assess risks better. For good behaviour, this also Information Bureau of month, and without men- Some listed companies, Banking, FMCG, FCI. used for underwriting pur- example, insurers can ana- enables prevention of acci- India (IIBI) which acts as tioning naming any compa- especially due to their fami- Pharma, Auto and Cement “With the increase of poses. Evolved insurers now lyze real-time driving data dents and enables collection data repository for insur- ny, he said it is impossible ly-driven nature, have been stocks were major gainers authorised capital, addi- consider factors such as the to determine fair insurance of data to identify risk zones ance companies can manage to decide what is material found to be wanting on the while media and Realty tional equity capital can driver’s colour of the eye, rates, develop tailored prod- for traffic policy related this data and its protection. information and therefore, related-party transactions. stocks were laggards. be infused in the FCI driving behaviour and ucts, and even provide driv- changes. While generation of telem- it is better to leave to com- “Use of complicated Market Sentiments through Union Budget, social behaviour for a com- ing assistance to prevent Given the usage of com- atics data will take time, panies to decide on the group structures and com- remain positive on the to fund the foodgrains prehensive assessment of accidents. mercial vehicles and the insurers are encouraged to same. plex related-party transac- global front with the likely stock, perpetually held the motor risk to be under- With the availability of high third party risk they develop pricing models on "Sebi is looking at improv- tions increase the concern settlement of first phase of by the FCI,” an official written. technology based driver and carry, it would be worth- some assumptions and ing the existing norms on on siphoning of funds, deal between US and statement said, adding The insurance industry vehicle insights, there is an while to examine the possi- underwriting estimates to related-party transactions," money laundering, round China. On the domestic that it will reduce the would need to have free ability to provide cus- bility of mandating telemat- pilot a few products. The Tyagi said at an event here. tripping etc, while such side, Strong FII inflows borrowings of the FCI, access to the data generated tomized solutions to the con- ics for these class of vehi- performance of these prod- However, he said lack of structures and transactions have provided the much save its interest cost and by multiple sources includ- sumers like PAYD (Pay as cles. While this not only pro- ucts should be closely moni- disclosures is a "very seri- happen at a cross-country needed support to the mar- reduce food subsidy. ing telematics, on-board you drive), UBI (Usage vides better risk control, it tored so that potential losses ous issue" and overlooking level, the lack of free infor- ket in the absence of any The Centre is provid- diagnostic (OBD) devices, Based Insurance) and PHYD also allows the fleet owner could be minimized and any aspect can erode mation flow hinders moni- major triggers. ing equity to the FCI for and adaptive cruise control (Pay how you drive). to manage their fleet and its timely corrective action can investor wealth. toring and enforcement as While the current maintaining stocks. (ACC) fill this void by moni- This will help auto owners performance better, found be taken, IRDAI suggested. He also cited the inde- well,” he said. momentum is likely to con- tinue for a while, analysts expect some volatility dur- ing the monthly F&O expiry on Thursday and Q2 Investors put Ujjivan SFB GDP data to be released on Secondary realty deals still have 30% cash component Friday `24,000 cr in IPO opens FC BUREAU be paid in cash. While more and deals, finds Anarock. The reduced Technical View CHENNAI, NOV. 27 more buyers and sellers prefer offi- gap between market value and circle cial payment routes as a matter of rate, which is the minimum value “Technically, Nifty equity MFs on Dec. 2 Demonetisation could not eliminate principle, many still use the resale set by a state government, in tier 1 formed a small green body black money in real estate deals. Up property market to launder untaxed cities has significantly reduced the candle on daily chart and is New Delhi, Nov 27: FC BUREAU to 30 per cent of the value of second- cash,” he said. scope for cash components in pri- above the breakout of Investors pumped near- MUMBAI, NOV. 27 ary sale in residential market can be While the trend in Mumbai and mary housing sales. Bullish Pennant pattern. ly Rs 24,000 crore in still paid in cash. Both primary and NCR—cities historically notorious Decline of speculative buying and Till the time Nifty sustains equity mutual funds Ujjivan Small Finance secondary sale in tier-II and III mar- for black money in real estate—has selling of residential properties too above 12000 zone, we main- during July-September Bank’s initial public ket still have cash component. tamed considerably in primary has led to lesser cash in transations. tain our bullish stance on quarter this year, a offering that aims to “Demonetisation in November sales, their resale property markets Genuine buyers purchasing homes the market for an upward surge of 35 per cent raise Rs 750 crore opens 2016 sent Indian residential real still see cash components. As much for self-use invariably use home move towards 12200-12300 from the preceding on December 2. The estate – till then a preferred laun- as 20-25 per cent of the total resale loans to ease the financial impact levels; while on the down- quarter, mainly due to price band fixed for the dromat for unaccounted wealth - property cost can still be adjusted and avail of various tax benefits. side support remains the rollback of FPI sur- public issue is Rs 36 to Rs into an almost terminal tailspin," with black money. In cities like Banks and HFCs do a fairly close intact at 11920-11850 levels,” charge, corporate tax 37 per share of Rs 10 face said Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad, due diligence of every proposal. said Siddhartha Khemka, cut and anticipation of value. Property Consultants. the prevalence of transparent pay- Nevertheless, both the primary Head - Retail Research, more reforms, accord- Ujjivan Small Finance "Even three years after DeMo, the ment routes, even on the resale mar- ponents. Also, a resale property sale and resale property markets of Motilal Oswal Financial ing to a report. Bank is a mass market battle is only half-won. The second- ket, is much higher. transaction involves two individuals many tier-2 and 3 cities still offer lee- Services Private Ltd. The inflow pushed the focused bank promoted ary or resale residential real estate Unlike the primary sales market, and the pricing lacks transparency. way for cash components. The inci- According to analysts, asset base of equity by Ujjivan Financial market still accommodates black the resale market still lacks strict However, the primary sales market dence is higher in cities and areas sustained foreign fund mutual funds (MFs) to Services. The bank has a money; at least 30 per cent of the regulations, making it easier for in tier-1 cities offers the least scope where market rates have overtaken inflow also buoyed the mar- Rs 7.24 lakh crore by pan India presence in 24 total cost of resale property can still buyers and sellers to use cash com- for unaccounted wealth in property circle rates. ket sentiment. Foreign September-end from Rs states and caters to investors purchased shares 7.23 lakh crore at the financially unserved and worth Rs 4,677.75 crore on a end of June. underserved segments net basis on Tuesday, provi- According to a Mor- with the aim of building sional exchange data ningstar report, equity financial inclusion in 42 defence equipment showed. category witnessed flows the country. Promoter, Cement demand fails to Banking stocks advanced to the tune of Rs 23,874 Ujjivan Financial on rising expectations of a crore in September quar- Services commenced rate cut by the RBI. SBI ter as compared to an operations as an NBFC FDI proposals approved rose by 2.43 per cent, inflow of Rs 17,680 crore in 2005. pick up on multiple woes Maruti by 2.38 per cent, in June quarter. The public issue Sun Pharma by 1.87 per Over 25 per cent (more includes a reservation of FC BUREAU The government also said RITWIK MUKHERJEE segments, due to weak proj- cent, HUL by 1.78 per cent than Rs 6,000 crore) of equity shares aggregat- CHENNAI, NOV. 27 that the Defence PSUs cur- KOLKATA, NOV. 27 ect execution, unavailabili- and ONGC by 1.72 per cent. the net flows have been ing up to Rs 75 crore for rently have order books ty of sand and shortage of Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto directed toward the subscription by eligible The government has aggregating to Rs 2.3 lakh Thanks to the general elec- funds. In the southern and Hero MotoCorp rose large-cap category as Ujjivan Financial approved 42 FDI proposals crore. This includes Rs tions, economic slowdown, region, while demand more than 1 per cent. investors preferred to Services (UFSL) share- or joint ventures to manu- 59,832 crore order book of labour shortage and the momentum sustained in Infosys, HCL Tech, put money in the top 100 holders. Eligible UFSL facture various defence Hindustan Aeronautics, Rs advent of monsoon- the Kerala, driven by post-flood Reliance Industries and stocks by market capi- shareholders will get Rs equipments. The current 56,300 crore of Bharat domestic cement demand rehabilitation work and low- Vedanta Ltd also gained. talisation because the 2 per equity share dis- order book of defence PSUs Electronics and BEML’s Rs hardly got a chance to cost housing; and construc- segment has been the count on the issue price. stand at Rs 2.3 lakh crore, 9568 crore. bounce back this year. tion activity in Karnataka, Market View most resilient over the The public issue closes the government said. The orders are primarily Cement prices also dropped it remained weak in Andhra past year. on December 4. The 42 FDI proposals have meant for the Armed Forces during June-October in Pradesh, due to sand "Market was cheerful —PTI The bank may in con- been made both in public and for export opportunities most markets. The com- unavailability and cancella- with the hope that the gov- sultation with the book and private sector and this in the international market. bined effect of all this is that In six months FY20, the tion of old orders by the new ernment will consider new running lead managers includes three joint ven- The government has taken cement demand growth cement production was state government. scrappage policy while may allot shares to tures with Russia- Multirole steps to improve the order would taper to around 4 per higher by a modest 0.7 per “Overall, in H1 FY20, the metals were positive about anchor investors Transport Aircraft, Indo- book by including modern- cent in FY20 from 13.3 per cent at 163.7 million MT, cement production was developments of the first Govt chalks out November 29, one work- Russian Helicopters and ization of production capac- cent in the previous fiscal. compared to 162.5 million higher by a mere 0.7 per cent phase US-China trade deal. ing day prior to the Indo Russian Rifles, the gov- ity and infrastructure, “While the demand MT in the same period of YoY. Given, the current situ- Rate sensitive stocks like bid/issue ppening ernment said in a release. emphasis on import substi- growth in Q1 FY20 was the previous year. Demand ation of delays in project banks did well in expecta- 100-L cr infra date(November 29 in this The recent Inter– tution and indigenisation, adversely impacted owing to across various regions has execution arising due to liq- tion of rate cut in RBI poli- ` case). Governmental Agreement promotion of exports, intro- a slowdown in project exe- been impacted in H1FY20. uidity issues, the revival in cy," Vinod Nair, Head of Ujjivan IPO hits the (IGA) on joint manufactur- duction of new technolo- cution due to the general In the northern and cen- demand in the near-term Research at Geojit primary market post its ing of spares, components, gies, product diversifica- elections and labour tral regions, demand remains critical, to even Financial Services said. investment plan pre-IPO placement of aggregates and other mate- tion, setting up of JVs with unavailability, in Q2 FY20, remained tepid due to slow- achieve a growth rate of 4 Paras Bothra, President New Delhi, Nov 27: The 71,428,570 equity shares rial related to Russian or foreign companies. the cement consumption down in execution of gov- per cent in FY20. At this of Equity Research, Centre has chalked out a for cash consideration, Soviet origin Arms and Further, the public and stood on the lower side ernment projects and growth rate and with the Ashika Stock Broking said, plan envisaging an aggregating to Rs 250 Defence Equipment stipu- private industries had owing to the monsoon sea- labour scarcity. In the west- expectation of around 20-22 "Domestic markets were investment of Rs 100 crore, as per the release lates assurance of orders announced an investment son. However, on a YoY ern region, while demand in million MTPA capacity volatile but eventually lakh crore in the infra- issued by the company. for minimum five years to of Rs 3700 crore for UP basis, as the cement prices Gujarat was negatively addition in FY20, the capaci- ended with gains led by structure sector over the In the pre-IPO place- manufacturing facilities. It Defence Industrial have remained on a higher impacted by labour and ty utilisation at 71 per cent positive global cues over next five years, Union ment the shares were is subject to reduction in Corridor in August last side which coupled with the water scarcity, in in FY20 is likely to remain US-China trade deal while Minister Piyush Goyal allotted to a clutch of cost, reduction in time year and Rs 3100 crore easing of cost side pressures Maharashtra, it was posi- largely similar to that in F&O expiry and upcoming said on Wednesday. investors, including frame of supplies and investment was announced is likely to support the tively driven by infrastruc- previous year,” said GDP data kept scepticism "The investment will HDFC Life and ensuring progressive indi- for the Tamil Nadu Defence cement companies’ prof- ture and affordable housing. Sabyasachi Majumdar, alive." transform availability Sundaram Mutual Fund. genisation of products in Industrial Corridor in itability in the near-term,” In the eastern region, Senior Vice President & and quality of infra- India. January this year. said a recent Icra study. demand was sluggish across Group Head, Icra Ratings. — Ashwin J Punnen structure at airports, roads, highways, rail- ways, ports... All infra- structure-related sectors (aviation, shipping, elec- tricity, and oil & gas) are Global risk-taking binge is worrying central banks going to see a huge thrust in the next five CRAIG STIRLING & in measured language that In August, some $17 trillion nations as investors seek rates could encourage riski- that mispriced assets could years," Goyal said. JOHN AINGER doesn’t signal panic, but the of global investment-grade Icy world out the few remaining er behavior such as eroding face corrections in future. The railways and com- NOV. 27 combined message is one of debt, around a third of the Global stock of bonds yielding below zero hit places that offer a positive lending standards. The Riksbank chimed in merce & industry minis- growing anxiety, laced with total, had negative yields. record $17 trillion in August return. Ten-year yields in A prolonged period of low too, saying it’s monitoring 16 ter said that "Rs 100 lakh Global central banks are the discomfort that central That means investors hold- ■ Bloomberg Barclays Global crisis-ridden Italy are bare- rates could also “spur excessive risk-taking and its crore in the next five approaching the end of the bankers can’t easily tighten ing a bond to maturity may Aggregate Negative-vielding 14 ly above 1 per cent. reach-for-yield behavior, analysts have been looking years is not a small year with a collective shud- policy either. The danger is receive less at the end than Debt Index 12 In Switzerland, home of thereby increasing the vul- at the danger of markets amount". der at the risky behavior that such risk-taking recre- they paid out at the begin- 10 the world’s lowest interest nerability of the financial seizing up. The Swedish He said the railways that their low interest-rate ates a backdrop similar to ning—upturning financial 8 rate, lenders have tough- sector to subsequent central bank plans to end has drawn up a 12-year policies are encouraging. that preceding the global wisdom that you should get 6 ened standards on borrow- shocks,” it said. negative rates next month plan entailing an invest- Policy makers from financial crisis a decade ago. compensated for lending ing for residential invest- The Fed though appeared having tested that policy ment of Rs 50 lakh crore. European Central Bank and “Markets have been com- money. Sept Dec mar Jun Sept ment. A number of other to take a more relaxed view with mixed results. "Rs 50 lakh crore in 12 the Federal Reserve are placent, but this is probably Despite central banks’ 2018 2019 countries are similarly con- of rising stock prices than “We have done substantial years is an unheard of among those raising cau- the outcome of low rates or qualms about side effects, Figures in us dollars trillion Source: Bloomberg cerning, with Bloomberg in its last report in May. stress testing on the liquidi- investment spree that tionary flags at potentially negative rates,” Sergio there’s little sign that they’ll Economics estimating this While equity prices remain ty side,” Governor Stefan the railways is planning. unsafe investing stoked by Ermotti, chief executive do any more than issue some more easing,” Kevin year that Canada and New high relative to corporate Ingves told Bloomberg TV. Obviously, the govern- their efforts to flood officer of UBS Group AG, warnings. In fact, their des- Thozet, an investment Zealand are the most vul- earnings, they are consis- “If the system stops, that’s ment cannot put in this economies with ultra-cheap told Bloomberg TV last perate efforts to boost infla- strategist at Carmignac nerable to a correction tent with the low level of where it starts first.” kind of money so we will money. Stock indexes from week at the New Economy tion saw them unleash Gestion, said on Wednesday. given price-income and interest rates, it said. At Bundes-bank, which have to engage the pri- the US to India are at Forum in Beijing. “The another round of monetary That’s contributed to “a bull price-rent ratios are well The ECB—whose own has long warned of the dan- vate sector,” Goyal said records, and low sovereign chances that one day or the loosening this year. market of everything in above long-run averages. benchmark rate is below gers of too-loose policy, Vice at the India Internation- bond yields have pushed other things are going to be “The Fed since September, 2019.” The spate of recent finan- zero—highlighted threats to President Claudia Buch al Trade Fair here. funds into property seeking out of sync is increasing.” the ECB as well, the BOJ, The result is lower sover- cial stability assessments investment funds, insurers says there’s an “underesti- — PTI better returns. Historically low interest even the central bank of eign borrowing costs even began Nov. 15 with the Fed, and in some real-estate mar- mation of credit risk.” The warnings are couched rates are warping markets. China is starting to provide in some of Europe’s riskier which warned that low kets. It also had a warning — Bloomberg Zlatan invests PAGE Zlatan Ibrahimovic buys nearly 25 per cent stakes of Swedish Games 14 football team Hammarby DECCAN CHRONICLE THURSDAY | 28 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Raju defeats former Nuggets bite Wizards national champion

DC CORRESPONDENT Professional Boxing I also understand HYDERABAD, NOV. 27 Circuit. As many as 48 fight- Jokic, Grant lead Denver to win over Washington ers from different states that he is disloyal. I Kundeti Raju emerged win- including Haryana, Assam, do not want Washington, Nov. 27: ner as he defeated former Mizoram, Meghalaya, Kawhi Leonard and Paul youth national champion to Telangana, Goa and Kerala someone like that in George, playing together take the title at the first sea- took part in the champi- for only the fourth NBA son of the Club Fights onship. my staff. game this season, pow- Deccan Conquest Telangana boxers who — Luis Enrique, Brazil coach, on his ered the Los Angeles Professional Boxing which made their presence felt predecessor Robert Moreno Clippers over the Dallas was held over eight were Raju, A. Shiva Yadav, Mavericks 114-99 on Saturdays and concluded Kuthadi Aravind and Tuesday. here on Wednesday. Suresh Pasham. Leonard had 28 points The championship was The winners of the SHORT TAKES and eight rebounds while organised under the ageis of Deccan Champion title George had 26 points and Sports Authority of included Raju in ban- Mairaj, Smit on six steals as the Clippers Telangana State, in six tamweight, Romajit Singh improved to 13-5, 2 1/2 weight categories with in featherweight, Johnson target in Nationals games behind the eight fighters in each cate- in the lightweight category, Western Conference lead- gory throwing up some Md Suhaib in the superwel- New Delhi: Olympian Mairaj ers, the Los Angeles potential talent who can terweight category and Ahmad Khan of Uttar Pradesh, Lakers. represent Telangana and Vishwajeet in the heavy- India international Smit Singh The Clippers stretched India at the International weight categories. of ONGC and Gurjot Singh of their win streak to six Punjab shot three perfect games and so did the rounds on day one of skeet Denver Nuggets, who shooting qualifiers of the defeated visiting Return of the native National Shotgun Washington 117-104 in the Championships here on night's only other league Wednesday. game. Mairaj, Smit and Gurjot shot Leonard, last season’s 25 out of 25 targets across the NBA Finals Most first two rounds of qualifying in Valuable Player after the men’s skeet category to leading Toronto to the lead the field of 110 shooters. league title, jumped to the Gurnihal Singh Garcha of Clippers in part because Punjab led the junior men’s cat- he wanted to play along- egory after his two rounds side George —and the fetched him a score of 49. dynamic duo showed Ganemat Shekhon, also of what they could do after Punjab, led both the senior only a week together and women and junior women cate- healthy. gories with a score of 48, miss- George had been side- ing two targets in her second lined by shoulder surgery round after a perfect 25 in the until mid-November, his first. return coming after Thursday will see two more Leonard was out with a rounds of qualifying while the knee bruise. fifth and final qualifying round The Clippers, only 2-4 on is scheduled for Friday, fol- the road, shut down the Former Test cricketer from Hyderabad M. V. Narasimha lowed by the finals, where the NBA’s top-scoring offense, Rao (right) receives a memento from VVS Laxman’s son V. top six go through. holding Mavericks star PTI Sarvajit (centre) and Sports Coaching Foundation secretary — guard Luka Doncic to 22 K. Saibaba (left) during the Col C. K. Nayudu Day/Night points, eight rebounds Under 12 T10 tournament organised by the SCF at Masab and six assists. FIFA happy with The Slovenian star was Tank in Hyderabad. Narasimha Rao led Hyderabad to the only 4-of-14 from the floor, Ranji Trophy title in 1987 before moving to Ireland, where Kolkata stadium 0-of-8 from 3-point range, he served as Chairman for the Indian Ethnic Community. In and made seven 2011, he became the first Indian cricketer to be conferred Kolkata: An eight-member FIFA turnovers under defen- with the MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution in inspection team on Wednesday sive pressure from setting up cricketing structure in Ireland and also for com- expressed happiness at the Leonard and George munity service through cricket. state of infrastructure at the much of the night. Kawhi Leonard (right) of the Los Angeles Clippers takes a shot during their NBA match against the Dallas Salt Lake Stadium, one of the Dallas, 11-6, saw the end Mavericks at the American Airlines Centre in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday. The Clippers won 114-99. — AFP venues for the 2020 U-17 of a five-game win streak Women’s World Cup. in which the Mavs had Adding myself and improved to 13-3 by best and scored eight “The stadium has already host- averaged nearly 130 Kawhi Leonard to the thumping the Wizards. points in Denver’s sixth MALLIKARJUNA BOWLS ed a FIFA World Cup (U-17) so points a game. group worked. We’ve Jermani Grant came off straight win. the core infrastructure is in Lou Williams came off got 50 (points) coming the bench to lead Denver Will Barton had 17 place. It is great to see that the the Clippers bench to off the bench. We’ve with 20 points while Will points, eight rebounds ANDHRA INTO QUARTERS legacy from 2017 — the infra- score 21 points, hitting 4- got waves. It’s fun Barton added 17, Jamal and eight assists, Jamal DC CORRESPONDENT structure is in good shape, and of-7 shots from beyond the playing. We have the Murray added 16 and Murray added 16 points HYDERABAD, NOV. 27 that the same operational plan arc, as the NBA’s top-scor- team to win. That’s Nikola Jokic pulled down and Mason Plumlee is being used,” Local ing bench outscored the what we hang our hat 20 rebounds. scored 15 for the Nuggets, Andhra defeated Sikkim by 285 runs in the pre-quarter- Organising Committee of U-17 Dallas reserves 44-37. on. Reserve guard Jordan who are 10-1 in November final of the Men’s U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy cricket Women’s World Cup said in a George scored 17 points McRae led Washington and ended a three-game tournament being held at Una in Himachal Pradesh on statement. in the first quarter, hit- — PAUL GEORGE with 21 points. home losing streak Wednesday. They will now face Mumbai in the quarterfi- “With new technology and new ting four 3-pointers, and Los Angeles player Nikola Jokic had a sea- against the Wizards. nals to be played in Mumbai from Friday. innovation in sport, it is also the Clippers jumped son-high 20 rebounds and Denver held one of the G. Mallikarjuna was the star performer for Andhra as important to keep improving. ahead 34-27 after the open- surged ahead 62-46 at half- from the floor and going 0- Jerami Grant added a sea- NBA’s prolific offenses to he scalped eight wickets while conceding 22 runs to con- We want to ensure that we pro- ing period. time. for-5 from beyond the arc. son-best 20 points to lead its second-fewest point sign Sikkim to defeat. He ended with a match haul of 12 vide the best possible facilities Leonard was 1-of-6 for Doncic scored 15 first- The Clippers led 93-78 the Denver Nuggets to a total of the season. wickets for 44 runs. Andhra made 408 for 7 and 21 for 3 in and environment for two points in the first half points thanks to an entering the fourth quar- 117-104 win over the Washington entered the their two innings and bowled out Sikkim for 81 and 63. FIFAU17WWC India 2020,” the quarter, but made 5-of-7 in 11-for-11 performance at ter and stayed in com- Washington Wizards. game averaging 119.1 ■ Brief scores: Andhra 408/7 and 21/3 bt Sikkim 81 and 63 Local Organising Committee of the second for 13 first-half the free throw line, con- mand to the finish. Jokic finished one points. in 25.5 overs (G Mallikarjuna 8/22). U-17 Women’s World Cup’s points as the Clippers necting on only 2-of-9 At Denver, the Nuggets rebound shy of his career — Agencies statement added. The FIFA and LOC delegation, led by project head Oliver Vogt, will next inspect the venue in KARTEEK SAILS Guwahati on Thursday. The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 will be held in INTO SEMIS AT India from November 2 to 21. — PTI RANKING EVENT DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, NOV. 27

Hyderabad tennis player CHIREC SIDES G. Sai Karteek Reddy defeated Lohith Aksha Bathrinath of Tamil BEGIN WELL Nadu to storm into the semifinals in the All India AT SCF EVENT Ranking Tournament Winners of the Rev. Fr. Devasia Inter School Chess tournament are all smiles as they pose with their trophies. being held at the Lake DC CORRESPONDENT View Tennis Academy HYDERABAD, NOV. 27 here on Wednesday. Karteek got off the Chirec Public School Blue and Andrews are chess champions blocks early in the quar- Reds won their matches in the terfinals to wrap the first 25th Col. C. K. Nayudu Day/ set without breaking Night Under 12 T10 Junior DC CORRESPONDENT Andrews beat Little School (Team A) (10) beatt St lost to Little Flower School (7); much sweat at 6-0. Andrews School (Team B) (6); Chirec International School (3) Cricket Tournament at the HYDERABAD, NOV. 27 Flower in the fifth round. Little Flower School (7) beatt lost to Meridian School (5). However, Lohith rallied Sports Coaching Foundation at Earlier in the fourth Delhi Public School (7); Johnson FINAL PLACINGS back into the match by Masab Tank here. Hosts St Andrews School round, Andrews defeated Grammar School (4) lost to ■ Boys: 1. St Andrews School upping his game and tak- Replying to GRCA’s 36 for 2, secured titles in the boys Hindu Public School. Pallavi Model School (7). Fourth (Bowenpally) (10 points), 2. ing the second set at 6-4. Chirec Blue made 39 without and girls categories at the Sashank, Surya, Ajitesh round: Delhi Public School (6) Pallavi Model School, 3. Delhi Karteek then hit back in beatt St Andrews School (Team Public School, 4. Little Flower loss. In another match Adithya 16th Edition of Rev. Fr. and Vishwa of St B) (4);Chirec International School School (7 each). the decider to seal the of Chirec Red took five wickets Devasia Inter School Andrews School among (4) lost to St Andrews School ■ Girls: 1. St Andrews School deal with a 6-2 victory. while conceding just 8 runs to Chess tournament. boys and Praneethi (St (Team A) (6); Johnson Grammar (Bowenpally) (9 points), 2. Little lead his side to a 29 run victory Team ‘A’ of Andrews Andrews School), R. School (4) lost to Little Flower Flower School (8). over Black Eagles CC. In reply defeated Andrews Team Sreesha Reddy (Bhavans School (6). BOARD PRIZE WINNERS ■ Girls fifth round: St Andrews ■ Boys: Sashank (St Andrews to Chirec’s 46 for 1, Blacks were ‘B’ by a four-point mar- School), Manushri School (Team A) (9) beatt Little School), Surya (St Andrews all out for 17. gin. Earlier in the fourth (Meridian School) and Flower School (8); Meridian School), Ajitesh (St Andrews Nihal turned in an all round round St Andrews team Eshanvi (Samaritan School (6) Bhavans School School), Vishwa (St Andrews performance for Sports ‘A’ defeated Chirec Public School) among (Sainikpuri) (5); St Andrews School). School (Team B) (6) beatt Hindu ■ Girls: Praneethi (St Andrews Coaching Foundation Tigers. International School to girls were awarded the Public School (4). Fourth round: School), R. Sreesha Reddy Nihal hit 28 as the team posted take a two-point lead in Board winners prizes. Hindu Public School (4) lost to St (Bhavans School), Manushri 66 for 1. He later took four the boys category. THE RESULTS Andrews School (Team A) (8); St (Meridian School), Eshanvi wickets to consign Khaja In the girls event, ■ Boys fifth round: St Andrews Andrew’s School (Team B) (5) (Samaritan Public School). Cricket Academy to defeat. BRIEF SCORES Under 12 T-10 ■ GRCA 36/2 lost to Chirec Public School Blue 39 for no SUB-JUNIOR ATHLETICS TRIALS ON MONDAY loss (Anirudh 30). Man of the Match: Anirudh. DC CORRESPONDENT according to the organisers. 600 metres, long jump (born on or ■ Chirec Public School Red HYDERABAD, NOV. 27 Interested athletes should contact after 16-12-2009 and before 15-12- 46/1 bt Black Eagles CC 17 K. M. Chisty at the venue. 2011) (Adithya 5/8). Man of the The Hyderabad District Athletics The event details and age ■ Under 12: 100 metres, 300 metres, Match: Adithya. Association is conducting the dis- requirement eligibility are as fol- 600 metres, long jump and shotput ■ Sports Coaching Foundation trict selection trials-cum-meet for lows: (born on or after 16-12-2007 and Tigers 66/1 (Nihal 28, Anil 20) bt sub-junior boys and girls at the ■ Under 8: 80 metres, 100 metres, before 15-12-2009) Khaja Cricket Academy 28 (Nihal GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium long jump (those born on or after ■ Under 14: 100 metres, 200 metres, 4/18). Man of the Match: Nihal. in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, on 16-12-2011 and before 15-12-2013 are 400 metres, 800 metres, shotput, ■ BNCC 46/2 bt First Lancer CC December 2 at 8 am. eligible). and long jump (born on or after 16- 26 (Ali 4/16). Spot entries are accepted, ■ Under 10: 100 metres, 200 metres, 12-2005 and before 15-12-2007). Man of the Match: Ali. Bereaved PAGE England coach Chris Silverwood will leave his team’s tour of New Zealand early because of Cricket 15 a family bereavement DECCAN CHRONICLE THURSDAY | 28 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Stumped! I’m confident I can add value to the selection process. MSK says Pant comparing himself with MSD Shikhar Dhawan — George Bailey, former Australia New should also realise that he Samson replaces captain after being appointed Delhi, Nov. Rishabh is going has his own identity and he as one of the country’s three 27: Chief through a bit of should never compare him- injured Dhawan in national selectors selector MSK self with MSD which I feel is Prasad feels the rough period. He working on his mind. MSD struggling Rishabh needs a couple of good has built his career and India’s T20 squad Pant is putting him- knocks that can bring image playing for over a self under undue decade and half. His confi- New Delhi, Nov. 27: SHORT TAKES pressure by trying to him back to his best. dence stems from his stellar Opener Shikhar Dhawan prove himself as the —MSK PRASAD, performances both at domes- was on Wednesday ruled When Yasir took rightful heir to the great tic and International levels. out of the T20 MS Dhoni and he should chief selector “Suddenly when one starts International series rather back his “unbeliev- comparing himself with that against the West Indies cabbie for dinner able talent” to bounce back. even urged his critics to him to bring him back to his legend, then subconsciously due to a knee injury, mak- New Delhi: Pakistan cricketer Not so long ago, Pant was leave him alone and let him best,” Prasad said. you are putting enormous ing way for Sanju Yasir Shah who shared a meal India’s number one wicket- play with freedom while the “With regard to the point pressure on yourself. Samson, who was with an Indian cab driver in keeper batsman in all three legendary Sunil Gavaskar raised regarding pressure, Personally I feel Rishabh is dropped without getting a Australia on Tuesday said he formats but has endured an says pressure is bound to be Rishabh should definitely an unbelievable talent and chance in the recent had done so because the latter erratic run of form for some there when one is playing for realise that pressure is part he should believe and back series against was refusing to accept the jour- time now. With Wriddhiman India. of this game at this level and his abilities and instincts Bangladesh. ney’s fare. Shah, who is current- Saha back in the team, he “I agree with the both the the one who comes out of rather than stepping into Dhawan suffered a deep ly touring Australia for the T20I has now lost his place in the versions of Rohit and Sunny this pressure is a true cham- someone else’s shoes.” cut on his left knee during and Test series said he had Test eleven and his place in sir. Pant is going through a pion. He has live examples in In the past as well, Prasad a Syed Mushtaq Ali stepped out in Brisbane for a the limited-overs format has bit of rough period. He needs front of him in Virat and has spoken about Pant’s rare Trophy game against meal along with his four of his also been questioned for lack a couple of good knocks that Rohit.” talent and the southpaw was Maharashtra in Surat, teammates he was recognised of runs and his poor work can bring him back to his Prasad, who was appointed seen as the heir apparent to the BCCI said in a state- by the cab driver. “We were not with the gloves. best. I had a discussion with as the selection committee Dhoni whose future remains ment. “The BCCI Medical aware of any Indian or Pakistani However, the team manage- the team management on chief in 2016, said Pant an intense subject of specu- Team assessed him on restaurants in Brisbane. So ment and selectors continue this and they said that they should never try to fill lation as he has not played Tuesday to review the when we five teammates to back him. Rohit Sharma are seriously working on Dhoni’s big boots. “Rishabh since the World Cup. — PTI healing of his wound. The stepped out — Imran Khan, BCCI Medical Team has Naseem Shah, Mohammad suggested that Dhawan Musa, Shaheen Shah Afridi and needs some more time for I — we hailed called a taxi,” his stitches to come off Shah said in a video shared by Dhoni ducks question on future, and his wound to heal Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) completely,” the BCCI on Twitter. “The driver was a revealed. Paaji from India. We told him to tells not to ask again till January “The All-India Senior take us to a nice restaurant. He Selection Committee has recognised us and we chitchat- Mumbai, Nov. 27: “Don’t face. Because, there could named Sanju Samson as ted in Urdu about cricket. He ask me till January,” said have been so Dhawan’s replacement refused to take the fare from us Mahendra Singh Dhoni on many people for the T20I series,” it when we reached the restau- Wednesday as he sought to in the crowd, added. rant. I told him, ‘You either have steer clear of queries on his who might have The T20 series against to take the fare or have dinner ongoing break from cricket, missed their the West Indies gets with us.’ So he agreed for the which has fuelled intense flights, per- underway on Dec. 6 in dinner,” he added. — Agencies speculation about his haps they Hyderabad. The other two future in the game. were matches will be played in Archer ‘moved on’, “January tak mat poocho going for Thiruvanan thapuram (don’t ask me till impor- (Dec. 8) and Mumbai (Dec. January),” said Dhoni at an tant 11). focus on 2nd Test event here before questions work. Samson was dropped Hamilton: England paceman on his sabbatical, which M.S. Dhoni The kind from the side without get- Jofra Archer said Wednesday started with India’s semifi- Cup as the moments close of recep- ting a single game in the he had “moved on” after being nal ouster from the World to his heart. tion, we home series against racially abused by a spectator Cup in July, could even be “There are two incidents I got, the Bangladesh. — PTI in New Zealand and was ready thrown at him. would like to mention over entire to help the tourists bounce On Tuesday, a source here. So after the 2007 (T20) Marine back from a heavy first Test Rishabh close to the former India World Cup, we came back to Drive was Saha plays defeat. Archer said his focus Pant captain said he will take a India and had an open bus full from one was on the second Test in call on his future after next ride and we were standing end to other.” Hamilton beginning on Friday, year’s IPL. at the Marine Drive (in The other down injury not the racial taunts thrown at Memories of 2007 Mumbai). It was jam- moment which him late in the opening match World T20 triumph packed all around and peo- he listed was the Kolkata, Nov. 27: in Mount Maunganui on Monday Dhoni picked the rousing ple had come out of their chants of “Vande Laid low by yet anoth- as England were drubbed by an reception his team received cars,” said Dhoni. Mataram” when India er injury, Indian wick- innings and 65 runs. after its triumph in the 2007 “So, I felt good after see- was close to victory in etkeeper-batsman “I’ve left what happened at the World T20 and 2011 World ing the smile on everyone’s the 2011 World Cup. — PTI Wriddhiman Saha on ground and I’ve moved on,” he Wednesday sought to said. New Zealand, who will be play down the latest set- without bowler Trent Boult and back and said he expects all-rounder de Grandhomme for to recover in a month’s the second Test, expressed time. shock at Archer’s treatment, It’s difficult to deal with negativity, says Umesh After undergoing a with Kane offering an apology surgery in Mumbai to fix on behalf of all Kiwis. New Delhi, Nov. 27: picked up an injury. don’t want creep in to in quite effortlessly and a fracture on the ring fin- “I should also say it was just Umesh Yadav knows that After grabbing his your system. Why I am not workload management ger of his right hand, one person who was shouting chances are not easy to chance with both playing? What’s happen- plans ensure that each one Saha said, “It’s like a nor- stuff. But I found the incident a come by given the abun- hands, including 11 ing? It becomes difficult to of them gets a fair amount mal fracture. It should not real shame,” said Archer who dance of India’s pace rich- scalps in two keep yourself positive, of opportunities. take more than five weeks added he was disappointed es right now but even with Tests against train hard and keep your- “All four of us are now at to recover. I will take other spectators did not inter- this understanding, he South Africa self ready,” he explained. a level where you can’t some rest at home and vene. “I thought members of says it is difficult to deal and 12 wickets “I knew my chance will predict which three will then the rehab process (at the crowd around the guy with the negativity and against come if I am fit since play at one point in time. the National Cricket might have pulled him up boredom that follows an Bangladesh recently, there are so many match- It’s because of healthy Academy) will follow.” because I could hear him from axing. Yadav spoke about the es in the calendar. You competition. It’s a great Saha has enough time to the pitch as I was walking off. I Yadav was dropped from insecurity that troubles need to wait since pace thing that we are being be fit for India’s next Test guess they didn’t,” the 24-year- India’s Test squad ahead the mind when things unit was doing well.” rotated and played, assignment — two Tests old said. New Zealand Cricket of the home series against don’t go well. In a pace attack which because of which we are in New Zealand begin- said a life ban and a referral to South Africa but got a “It becomes boring if features a lethal trio in producing more match- ning February 21 and has police awaits the perpetrator. lucky break back into the you sit out and then cer- Bumrah, Ishant and winning performances,” flown to his hometown — AFP side after Jasprit Bumrah tain thoughts that you Shami, Yadav said he fits he said. — PTI Sanju Samson Siliguri. — PTI Umesh Yadav

SYED MUSHTAQ ALI T20 Australia & Pakistan ready Sundar, Siddharth spin Burly Cornwall bulldozes to conquer ‘different beast’ TN to eight-wicket win Afghanistan on Day One Surat, Nov. 27: BRIEF SCORES Adelaide, Nov. 27: com.au. Washington Sundar and Lucknow, Nov. 27: Burly Cornwall show as the off- Australia will not be com- “We’ve all spent quite a M. Siddharth spun a web Jharkhand 85 all out off-spinner Rahkeem spinner wreaked havoc by placent in the second Test few long days in the dirt on around Jharkhand as (Saurabh Tiwary 24; M Cornwall picked up a picking up the wickets of against Pakistan this week flat MCG or SCG wickets, Tamil Nadu registered Siddharth 4/18) lost to career-best seven-wicket Rahmat Shah, Asghar despite the odds being so a bit of grass on the an eight-wicket win in Tamil Nadu 86/2 haul to help West Indies Afghan, Nasir Jamal and stacked heavily in their wicket, the pink ball zip- their last Super League (Washington Sundar 38 bowl out Afghanistan for a Afsar Zazai to reduce favour, they said, insisting ping around at night — it’s match of the Syed not out, Shahrukh Khan paltry 187 and give his side Afghanistan to 165 for day-night cricket is a “com- a fast-bowler’s dream.” Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 24; Utkarsh Singh 1/21); the upper hand on the eight at tea. pletely different beast”. Add into the mix that tournament here on Rajasthan 133/7 (Deepak opening day of the lone West Indies skipper The home team went one Pakistan have now lost 13 Wednesday. Chahar 55 not out, Rajesh Test here on Wednesday. Jason Holder also con- up in the two-Test series consecutive Tests in However, despite Tamil Bishnoi 36; Subodh Bhati Cornwall (7/75) spun a tributed two wickets with with a crushing innings- Australia and Paine’s men Nadu’s big win, the 2-20) bt Delhi 131/9 web around the his medium pace by remov- and-five-run victory inside will be disappointed if they semi-final lineup will (Rishabh Pant 30; Arjit Afghanistan batsmen on a ing his counterpart Rashid four days at the Gabba in do not wrap up the series only be clear after the Gupta 3/12, Khaleel turning track to shoot Khan and Amit Hamza Brisbane last weekend. 2-0. conclusion of the Ahmed 2-20); them out in 68.3 overs after before Cornwall put an But the match starting They are expected to stick Punjab- Mumbai game, Maharashtra 167/5 (Rahul West Indies won the toss end to the Afghanistan Friday at Adelaide Oval is a with the same XI from which is currently Tripathi 61; Vijay Zol 38; and opted to field. innings by dismissing pink-ball affair, which Brisbane, although fast underway. Sumit Kumar 3/32) bt At stumps, West Indies Yamin Australian captain Tim bowler James Pattinson is Left-arm spinner Haryana 165/7 (Shivam were 68 for two in 22 overs, Ahmadzai. Paine said would produce Australia’s Steve Smith in the squad and available Siddharth (4/18) and off- Chauhan 33; Azim Kazi still trailing Afghanistan In reply, West different conditions with (left) and Pakistan’s head again after being suspend- spinner Sundar (3/10) 2/21). by 119 runs. Sent into bat, Indies lost open- generous grass on the pitch coach Misbah-ul-Haq. ed from the Gabba for play- ran through the Afghanistan started cau- er Kraigg Braith- and outfield. er abuse in a domestic Jharkhand batting line- tered in the crucial tiously with the pair of waite (11) “Certainly there’s going they have played since the match. up, as they bundled out game. Ibrahim Zadran and Javed to be times during the game concept was launched four Pakistan took some posi- the opposition for a pal- Jharkhand were reel- Ahmadi stitching 28 runs where tactics might be years ago, with three of tives from a gutsy second- try 85, which Tamil ing at 29/3 and their off 12.2 overs. slightly different — day- them coming in Adelaide innings 335 in Brisbane, Nadu later chased down innings never quite Cornwall gave West night,” he said. and quick bowlers Mitchell where Babar Azam scored a in 13.5 overs. gathered steam, as Indies the breakthrough by “We’ll wait and see on the Starc, Josh Hazlewood and century and wicketkeeper Jharkhand skipper Tamil Nadu picked up removing Zadran. and Shai Hope (7) early wicket and how the ball Pat Cummins all excelling Muhammad Rizwan 95. Saurabh Tiwary’s deci- wickets at regular inter- Afghanistan lost two more before John Campbell handles it, whether it goes under lights. They were let down by a sion to bat first was vals. wickets before lunch to be (30 not out) and soft or if it’ll nip around for Cummins said the poor first innings batting proven wrong by Sundar Kumar Deobrat , Virat placed at 90 for three in 30.4 Shamarh Brooks (19 not the whole game. Adelaide Oval at night was effort and the inability and Siddharth’s magic Singh, Supriyo overs. out) steadied the ship. “Everyone’s looking for- “a fast bowler’s dream”. of their young bowling with the ball. Tiwary Chakraborty and Thereafter, it was all a — PTI ward to it but we do know “Our record there is real- attack to threaten an and wicket-keeper Utkarsh Singh fell it’s a completely different ly good, we know the condi- Australian top order that Sumit Kumar were the cheaply, as Jharkhand’s BRIEF SCORES Afghanistan 187 in 68.3 overs beast,” he added. tions well, it’ll be a bit of a put on 222 for the first wick- only ones to show some wickets collapsed like a (Javed Ahmadi 39, Amir Hamza 34; Rakheem Cornwall Australia are overwhelm- different game (to et and added another 129 fight, as the rest of the pack of cards. 7/75) vs West Indies 68/2 in 22 overs (John Campbell ing favourites. They have Brisbane), I think,” for the second. Jharkhand batsmen fal- — PTI 30 (batting); Rashid Khan 1/24). Rahkeem Cornwall won all five pink-ball Tests Cummins told cricket.- — AFP Under the knife PAGE Inter Milan’s Italy international Nicolo Barella has undergone suc- Games 16 cessful surgery on his right knee DECCAN CHRONICLE THURSDAY | 28 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

RUSSIA | DOPING Ban will not impact CL Most difficult and Euro moment of the Moscow, Nov. 27: The game for me was Kremlin on Wednesday said Russia regrets a pro- when I made the posed four-year blanket ban for the country’s ath- the first half change. letes over doping but will — Jose Murinho, Tottenham remain open to coopera- manager, on replacing Eric Dier tion. “This is definitely con- cerning information. We regret this,” President SHORT TAKES Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Hazard doubtful Peskov told journalists. In the Kremlin’s first for El Clasico reaction to anti-doping watchdog WADA’s compli- Madrid: Zinedine Zidane con- ance review committee’s firmed Eden Hazard twisted his recommendations issued ankle during Real Madrid’s draw Monday, he stressed that against Paris Saint-Germain on Moscow was open to coop- Tuesday, with the Clasico eration with internation- against Barcelona only three al authorities weeks away. “You know the Russian Hazard limped off in the sec- Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates after scoring a goal during their UEFA Champions League Group ‘B’ match against Olympiakos at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium sporting authorities have ond half of Madrid’s 2-2 draw at in north London on Tuesday. Tottenham won 4-2. — TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR been, are and will remain the Santiago Bernabeu, where as open as possible to PSG scored twice in two min- cooperation and collabo- utes late on to secure first place ration with the interna- in Group ‘A’. But an impressive tional sporting communi- performance overall from ty and also with WADA,” Madrid, and Hazard, was tar- he said. nished by the Belgian's injury, If WADA chiefs adopt which threatens to prevent him the review committee’s from playing in his first Clasico recommendations, Russia at the Camp Nou on December Kane spurs Tottenham faces exclusion from key 18. “His performance was spec- sporting events including tacular. But he had to come off. the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It's more than just a knock but I The doping scandal has hope the twist is a minor one. tainted Russia’s sporting For now, I can't say anything Harry nets brace as Mourinho’s men rally for a win reputation for the last five more,” Zidane said. years, after revelations of Madrid are guaranteed to go Paris, Nov. 27: Tottenham large-scale state-spon- through to the last 16 as run- Hotspur came from two goals sored doping aimed at ners-up in the group. down to beat Olympiakos 4-2 and THE RESULTS improving Russia’s medal — AFP qualify for the Champions 4 GOALS IN 16 MINUTES performance at the 2014 League Last 16 on Jose Tottenham Hotspur 4 Winter Olympics in Mourinho’s home debut on 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (Dele Alli 45+1, Harry Kane Sochi. Tuesday, while Robert 50, 77, Serge Aurier 73) Monday’s call from the Lewandowski continued his Olympiacos 2 World Anti-Doping incredible season by scoring (Youssef El-Arab 6, Ruben Agency's review panel four times for Bayern Munich. 53 60 64 67 Semedo 90) came after Russian Spurs were one of three teams authorities were accused to secure their place in the Red Star Belgrade 0 of falsifying laboratory knockout phase with one game Bayern Munich 6 data related to the coun- to spare as Manchester City and (Leon Goretzka 14, Robert try’s doping scandal, Real Madrid also made it to the Lewandowski 53 (P), 60, which were handed over last 16. 64, 67, Corentin Tolisso to investigators in A thumping Serge Aurier 89) January. — AFP strike completed the turnaround on 73 minutes before Kane head- Juventus 1 ed in Christian Eriksen’s free- (Paulo Dybala 45+2) kick to become, on his 24th Atletico Madrid 0 appearance, the quickest player NorthEast, to 20 goals in Champions League Manchester City 1 history. (Ilkay Gundogan 56) Meanwhile, Lewandowski Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Mumbai in scored four goals in the space of (Manor Solomon 69) 16 second-half minutes, the first a stalemate of them a penalty, in between Real Madrid 2 goals by Leon Goretzka and (Karim Benzema 17, 19) Guwahati, Nov. 27: A Corentin Tolisso. Paris Saint-Germain 2 first half goal-fest saw Lewandowski has scored four (Kylian Mbappe 81, Pablo NorthEast United FC and times in a Champions League Sarabia 83) Mumbai City FC share game once before, for Borussia the spoils in a 2-2 draw in Dortmund against Real Madrid Galatasaray 1 an Indian Super League in 2013. He now has 27 goals for (Adem Buyuk 11) clash here on Wednesday. Club Brugge 1 Hyderabad’s Vanshika Kapila Bayern this season. Panagiotis Triadis (9th In Manchester, Pep Guardiola’s (Krepin Diatta 90+2) minute) opened the scor- (foreground) and Poorvi Singh Manchester City got the point ing for the home side during their women’s doubles they needed to progress from Atalanta 2 before Mumbai City first round match at the Syed Group ‘C’, drawing 1-1 with (Luis Fernando Muriel fought back with two Modi International badminton Shakhtar Donetsk. On a sub- Fruto 27 (P), Alejandro goals from Amine tournament in Lucknow. dued occasion, Ilkay Gundogan Dario Gomez) Chermiti (23rd and 32nd). got a 56th-minute opener, but Dinamo Zagreb 0 Asamoah Gyan (42nd) Manor Solomon levelled for the then restored parity for SRIKANTH, Ukrainians. Lokomotiv Moscow 0 the Highlanders before The Italians are still in con- Bayer Leverkusen 2 the break as both teams tention to qualify after beating (Rifat Zhemaletdinov 11 settled for a point. (OG), Sven Bender 54). KASHYAP IN Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 thanks to Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski clicks a selfie after their 6-0 win over Red Star Belgrade in their NorthEast United start- Luis Muriel’s penalty and a UEFA Champions League Group ‘B’ match at the “Rajko Mitic” stadium in Belgrade on Tuesday. — BM ed the game on a positive cracking Alejandro ‘Papu’ note and got off the mark 2ND ROUND Gomez goal. as early as the ninth Lucknow: Top Indian shuttlers At Santiago Bernabeu, a 1-1 minute. Sauvik Kidambi Srikanth, B. Sai draw in the early game between Chakrabarti failed to Praneeth and H. S. Prannoy Galatasaray and Club Brugge clear the ball from a advanced to the second round meant Real Madrid had joined Lot at stake for Emery against Eintracht Rakesh Pradhan throw-in of the men’s singles event in Paris Saint-Germain in securing and gifted the ball to the Syed Modi International qualification from Group ‘A’ Paris, Nov. 27: Unai Emery has However he can remove some to grow following a run of just Triadis, who unleashed a Badminton tournament here on before kicking off against the the chance to relieve some of the of the gloom hovering over two wins in their last 11 Premier Live on stunning strike from the Wednesday. French side. pressure surrounding his posi- North London by booking their League games, with bookmakers TV edge of the box which left Third seed Srikanth beat Karim Benzema scored twice tion at Arsenal on Thursday by place in the last 32 with a win in the United Kingdom placing Amrinder Singh with no Russia’s Vladimir Malkov in for the hosts in an impressive securing qualification for the over Eintracht Frankfurt. him among the favourites to be EUROPA LEAGUE chance. Mumbai upped straight games to set up a sec- performance. With Neymar on knockout rounds of the Europa Group ‘F’ leaders Arsenal are the next manager ousted. Astana vs Man United the ante and started creat- ond-round clash with fellow as a substitute, PSG scored twice League with a match to spare. four points ahead of both third- They face an Eintracht side from 9.20pm on Sony TEN 2, HD ing a few chances. The Indian Parupalli Kashyap. in the last nine minutes to earn Speculation over Emery’s job placed Eintracht and Standard that have lost their last three in tempo paid off in the 23rd Srikanth won 21-12, 21-11 in his a draw, a Kylian Mbappe tap-in has ramped up after his Liege with two matches remain- all competitions and come into Krasnodar vs Basel minute. Mohammed 36-minute opening round clash, being followed by a Pablo Gunners side were booed off at ing, and will also qualify if Thursday’s clash in London hav- from 9.20pm on Sony ESPN, HD Larbi released Modou while Kashyap got a walkover Sarabia strike. the end of their 2-2 draw with Standard don’t win at bottom ing lost at home to Wolfsburg Sougou down the flank from Frenchman Lucas Corvee. Meanwhile, Paulo Dybala over- lowly Southampton at the side Vitoria Guimaraes. despite their opponents having Arsenal vs Eintracht and the striker’s accurate Later in the day, fourth seed shadowed Cristiano Ronaldo by Emirates Stadium on Saturday, Emery was publicly backed by to play the entire second half from 1:30am (Friday) on cross into the box from Sai Praneeth defeated scoring a superb free-kick to gained only thanks to a 96th- the Arsenal hierarchy at the with 10 men. However they will Sony TEN 2, HD the right was tapped into Malaysia’s Iskandar Zulkarnain give Juventus a 1-0 home win minute leveller from Alexandre start of the international break have their captain David the net by Amine 21-16, 22-20 in a 47-minute con- over Atletico Madrid. — AFP Lacazette. but the pressure has continued Abraham available. — AFP Chermiti. — PTI test to set up a clash against Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand. Prannoy, unseeded here, got the better of Chinese shuttler Li ROURKELA TO HOST Shi Feng in a tough three-game contest 18-21, 22-20, 21-13. He MEN’S HOCKEY WC Jyothi, Abhishek claim will face eight seed Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei next. AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO | Among other Indians, 18-year- DC old Lakshya Sen, who won the BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 27 gold at Asian archery Scottish Open last week, also got a walkover after another Good news for hockey lovers DC CORRESPONDENT Taipei opponents Yi-Hsuan Meanwhile, earlier in the French shuttler Thomas Rouxel in India as the 2023 Men’s FIH VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 27 Chen and Chieh-Luh Chen day, in the compound withdrew from the competition. hockey World Cup will be held 158-151 points. Archery women’s team Meanwhile, Hyderabad’s in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar and Vijayawada based archer Jyothi and Abhishek event, Jyothi, Muskan Vanshika Kapila and Poorvi Rourkela. Jyothi Surekha Vennam made a solid start, shooting Kirar and Priya Gurjar Singh beat Daksha Cautam and During an event at Kalinga representing India through 39, including two Xs (clos- lost the battle to Korea in Parssa Naqvi 21-18, 21-14 to Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Bharat Petroleum est to the centre), from a finals, going down 215-231 make it to the second round at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Corporation Limited won possible 40 to lead by two in a one-sided affair. the event. Patnaik announced that one gold and one silver in points in the first end. The Whereas, in compound — Agencies Bhubaneswar and Rourkela 21st Asian Archery second end turned out to be archery, the men’s team lost will be hosting the tourna- Championship in Bangkok a perfect 40 for the Indians the gold by just one point to ment. The CM also laid foun- on Wednesday. as they extended their lead Korea, settling with 232-233 Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 dation stone for a state-of-the- The Arjuna Awardee by four points midway into for silver medal. But Printed and Published by T. art high performance hockey bagged gold medal with the gold medal clash. Abhishek and Jyothi Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan centre at Kalinga Stadium. Abhishek Varma in mixed The duo maintained their returned strongly in the Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed This will be the second con- doubles and silver in the consistency in the third compound mixed pair final. at Deccan Chronicle Press situated secutive time that India will team event along with her end to shoot 39 together. It This is the fifth time that at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Medchal Malkajgiri be hosting the tournament teammates Muskan Kirar gave them a six-point cush- Jyothi has taken part at an Dist. Telangana and Published at 36, and the fourth time overall. Jyothi Surekha (left) and Abhishek Verma are all smiles after winning gold in and Priya Gurjar. ion going into the final end Asian Archery S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. India had hosted the World the mixed pair event at the 21st Asian Archery Championships held in Jyothi and Abhishek won where they once again shot Championship, winning RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. Cup in 1982 and 2010 before Bangkok on Wednesday. The Indians beat their Chinese Taipei opponents Yi- the mixed pair gold by over- a perfect 40 to seal the three golds, as many silvers Editor: Aditya Sinha 2018. Hsuan Chen and Chieh-Luh Chen 158-151 in the title match. whelming their Chinese medal. and two bronze medals.