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giving support to terrorist groups operating from its soil R rushing aside the US’ warn- to target neighbouring coun- Bing to impose sanctions, tries. India on Friday inked the five In a joint statement issued billion dollar deal to buy S-400 after the summit, India and New Delhi: In the first clear Triumf air defence system from Russia agreed to “converge indication of India’s willing- its time-tested and long-stand- their efforts” to eradicate ter- ness to continue trade with ing strategic ally Russia after rorist networks, their sources of Iran despite US sanctions, summit level talks between financing, arms and fighters’ state refiners Indian Oil President Vladimir Putin and supply channels, to counter Corporation and Mangalore Prime Minister Narendra Modi terrorist ideology, propaganda Refinery and Petrochemicals in the national Capital. and recruitment. Ltd have contracted 1.25 mil- The India-Russia agree- “The sides denounced ter- lion tonnes of Iranian oil for ment for the missile system was rorism in all its forms and man- import in November, the signed in the presence of Putin ifestations and reiterated the month when the US sanctions and Modi at the summit. need to combat international against Iran’s oil sector The two countries also terrorism with decisive and kicks in. PTI resolved to fight the scourge of collective response without any terrorism and drug trafficking double standards,” said the even as they inked seven pacts statement titled ‘India-Russia: in the fields of nuclear energy, An Enduring Partnership in a space and railways among oth- Changing World’. ers, besides the S-400 con- “Our two countries have tract. Russia also agreed to train common interests in cooper- Indian astronauts for India’s ating on countering terror- ambitious human space mis- ism,” Modi said during his sion project Gaganyaan sibility of a presidential waiv- Government deal with Russia with China. joint Press statement with planned for 2022. er of sanction subject to the US in 2014 to procure the lethal As regards to India, the IAF Putin. The biggest takeaway, how- Congress approval. missile system. Moscow has will start inducting the S-400s Talks with Putin have given dollar deal was inked, US any sanctions decisions.” ever, from the 19th annual The US urged its allies to already started delivery. two years after the date of ink- new direction to the bilateral Embassy spokesperson said “The intent of our imple- summit-level meeting was the forgo transactions with Russia, Two days ago, IAF chief B ing the contract, sources said. strategic partnership, Modi eacting to the S-400 deal the intent to slap sanctions on mentation of CAATSA is to signing of the S-400 Triumf warning that the S-400 missile S Dhanoa said the induction of The other important issue said, adding, “Our special Rbetween India and Russia, Russia was to impose costs for impose costs on Russia for its contract for the IAF, thereby defence system that India want- S-400 will act as a “booster to figure during Modi-Putin strategic partnership will the US on Friday said sanc- its “malign behaviour.” malign behaviour, including by ending all speculation about ed to buy would be a “focus dose” for the operational capa- dialogue was the scourge of ter- achieve new heights.” tions were against Russia and Responding to a query on stopping the flow of money to the deal not going through due area” for it to implement puni- bilities of the force. The rorism. Both sides condemned Recognising the impor- were not aimed at imposing impact of anti-Russia sanctions Russia’s defense sector. CAAT- to US cautions in the past few tive sanctions against the advanced surface-to-air missile cross-border terrorism and safe tance of adopting the damage to the military capa- on India after the conclusion SA is not intended to impose weeks. The US had maintained nation undertaking “signifi- defence system can detect an havens to terrorists as they Comprehensive Convention bilities of “our allies or of the S-400 Triumf air defence damage to the military capa- that arms purchases from cant” business deals with incoming target be it an aircraft called for a “decisive” response on International Terrorism, partners.” system contract, the bilities of our allies or part- Russia could invite sanctions Russia. or missile at a range of more to the menace of international pending in the United Nations, The US also said waiver spokesperson said, “Waivers of ners,” the spokesperson added. under the Countering In fact, it did impose sanc- than 600 km and neutralise it terrorism without any “double to become part of the interna- will be considered on a trans- the Countering America’s However, the US Embassy America’s Adversaries Through tions against China some days at 400 km. India wants the standards.” tional law, both sides called action by transaction basis Adversaries Through spokesperson said, “The waiv- Sanctions Act (CAATSA) insti- after it procured six S-400 long-range missile systems to The statement came upon the international com- and that it cannot prejudge any Sanctions Act (CAATSA) er authority is not for a blan- tuted by the US Congress. Triumf systems from Russia. tighten its air defence mecha- against the backdrop of India munity to make sincere efforts sanction decisions. Section 231 will be considered ket waiver. It is transaction- The US lawmakers, China was the first foreign nism, particularly along the accusing Pakistan of indulging towards its early conclusion, Making this assertion here on a transaction-by-transac- specific. There are strict crite- though, have allowed the pos- buyer to seal a Government-to- nearly 4,000-km-long border in cross-border terrorism and it said. shortly after the five billion tion basis. We cannot prejudge ria for considering a waiver.” !" ## ! ! "# !R ongress president Rahul A wide range of issues dination and cooperation, par- CGandhi on Friday minced including anti-LWE operations ticularly conducting joint oper- no words in asserting his prime day after the Supreme ital information regarding in the inter-State border, intel- ations in the core areas like the ministerial ambitions as he ACourt refused to grant Vmovement of Maoists was ligence collection and sharing, cutoff area to effectively com- said he could assume the top extension of bail to Delhi- shared between Odisha and tactical deployment of securi- bat and contain the LWE men- job if the allies wanted him. But based journalist Abhijit Iyer Andhra Pradesh police at a ty forces along the borders ace. the first step is for all parties to Mitra, his lawyer on Friday meeting here on Friday. and such other issues were The meeting also deliber- get together and defeat the rul- sought security from the Discussions with senior police discussed in the meeting. ated on the development and ing BJP, he outlined adding it’s Odisha police to appear before officials of Andhra Pradesh Both sides discussed the infrastructure initiatives to be a two-stage process and a deci- the House Committee formed on anti-Maoist operations were emerging LWE scenario in the undertaken in mutual sion on who will be Prime by the Odisha Assembly. fruitful, said Odisha DGP Dr inter-State border following consultation. Minister comes second. Though Mitra was sup- RP Sharma after the meeting of the recent developments in the Andhra Pradesh DGP RP “We have had discussions temple visits and the RSS. said a single, suffocating ide- posed to appear before the an Inter-State coordination bordering areas. Thakur and many senior police with allies and what we decid- He said he has been going ology is being imposed upon Konark police on the day, he meeting on Leftwing The meeting focused on officers of both the States were ed is that this is a two stage to temples, gurdwaras and 1.2 billion Indians. “The ideo- did not turn up. Two cases have Eextremism (LWE). enhancing the inter-State coor- present. process — one is to get togeth- mosques for years, but the logical centre that is fighting been registered against him at tection. We have forwarded the er and defeat the BJP and stage issue of his visits to temples has the BJP can only be the the Konark police station in mail to the Bhubaneswar two is, once the election is over suddenly been publicised. Congress,” he said. Puri district and another at the Deputy Commissioner of then we will decide what hap- “I guess BJP doesn’t like it. “I am ready to take criti- Saheed Nagar police station in Police as the Assembly comes pens,” the Congress chief said. It infuriates them. The BJP feels cisms and questions. Why can’t Bhubaneswar following his under their jurisdiction,” Insisting further about the only they can go to temples,” he the Prime Minister do the derogatory remarks against Sarangi said. possibility of him becoming the said even as he maintained that same. India desperately needs Odisha and its people. Notably, Mitra was arrest- Prime Minister, Rahul said, he has developed a thick skin. healing and listening and all As Mitra’s legal protection ed and subsequently granted “If they (allies) want me, sure... He can understand criticism sections want it,” he said. was ending on October 5, he bail by a New Delhi Court on I will.” During the campaign- and is not disturbed by it. “My Asked about the differ- had moved the Supreme Court September 20. He has been ing for the Karnataka Assembly response is to listen,” he said. ence between his leadership seeking extension of his bail booked under different sec- polls too, Rahul had not shied “Leadership is an evolu- style and that of his mother, tenure on Thursday which was tions of the IPC including 153- away from expressing his intent tion. It is something which is Sonia Gandhi, the Congress rejected. A (promoting enmity between for becoming the Prime constantly changing and you president said, “I have learnt a Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi different groups on the ground Minister, following which the learn. At least in my evolution, lot from her, she has taught me said Mitra’s lawyer has sought of religion, race, place of birth, BJP had gone hard against I am going much more into lis- to be patient. I used to be much security from the police in an residence, language) and 295- him on the issue. tening to people and trying to more impatient. She tells me email. A (deliberate and malicious On Friday, speaking at the understand them,” he said. how to be patient, sometimes “His counsel has informed acts, intended to outrage reli- HT Leadership Summit, Rahul Taking on Prime Minister I tell her she is too patient. She that Mitra would appear before gious feelings of any class by also answered questions on a Narendra Modi, the BJP and its goes by gut feeling and I go by the House Committee on insulting its religion or religious range of issues including his ideological mentor RSS, he thinking.” October 11 and sought pro- beliefs.) % " %&" # shrine, but ‘Pancha Tirthas’ near the Baisi Pahacha in mem- # $ #% are right places for such rituals ory of their deceased. where forefathers could get A belief has it that if " salvation. Mahaprasad is offered to this & $ “We have been opposing holy rock then the forefathers Parliamentary constituency so the “rumours”. Shradha on the Baisi Pahacha would receive it from their near that its fortunes soar in the In reaction, Puri Biju Janata with priests and pilgrims in from the very beginning as it is and dear. 2019 elections in Odisha under Dal (BJD) MP Pinaki Misra, connection with Shradha ritu- not at all a right place. Some However, after the 1999 a Modi impact. when contacted, parried a he Shraddha rituals for the als, the SJTA decided to shift unknown people are fooling Super Cyclone, some people BJP State president Basant question as to what impact Tforefathers would not be the venue to ease the rush and devotees and fleecing them in from Ganjam district gradual- Panda told reporters here on Modi’s contest, if it happens, allowed any more on the Baisi ensure devotees a hassle- free the name of Shradha. But such ly collected fees from devotees Friday that a proposal has been would have on his bid to seek Pahacha (the holy 22 steps) of entry into the Shreemandir. rituals should be observed in near the holy rock. OP made for Modi to fight polls reelection from Puri. Misra the Shreemandir. The Muktimandap, the the Pancha Tirtha,” said Afterwards they went on from Puri. A final decision in only remarked that in a democ- The Shree Jagannath highest advisory body on reli- Muktimandap secretary Pandit encroaching on the Baisi this regard would be taken by racy anyone can contest elec- Temple Administration (SJTA) gion, has supported the move Ajit Mishra. Pahacha for funerals. Given the BJP Parliamentary Board, tions from anywhere in the would shift the site for the rit- of the SJTA saying it was its old Reacting over the years permission letters from the he added. country. uals to some other place in the demand. It said the rituals are long practices, Mishra said then Purohita (priests) of tem- n a situation far from achiev- In fact, reports have been Meanwhile, the BJP State shrine. not allowed as per norms of the that some people in priestly ple, the encroachers made prac- Iing its oft-repeated “Mission circulating since long that the leaders feel upbeat over the The problem has arisen Jagannath Temple. attire are collecting lakhs of Sources said nearly 20 tices their legal rights on the Odisha: 120+” (more than 120 Prime Minister might contest results of a survey by a nation- from last Monday after a bar- Terming the practices com- rupees from the devotees. years back, there were no such Baisi Pahacha. of the 147 State Assembly this time from Puri, the al TV channel that the party is ricade system was introduced pletely unethical and irreli- He made the SJTA too practices on the Baisi Pahacha. Later on, they were able to seats), the Bharatiya Janata Jagannath Dham, quitting his likely to get 13 out of the for devotees to enter the tem- gious, the highest priests’ body culpable for giving licences to Devotees coming for the pur- get licence from the temple Party (BJP) wants Prime present seat of holy Varanasi. State’s 21 Lok Sabha seats with ple. Since both sides of the Baisi said neither the Baisi Pahacha, such people without verifying pose were putting Mahaprasad administration by paying annu- Minister Narendra Modi to But for the first time, the BJP the BJD winning in six and the Pahacha were found packed nor any other place within the their caste identity. on a rock called ‘Mukti Sila’ al subscription. contest from the Puri has now officially confirmed Congress two. !" ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345 $$ # %( +,-# " 5 aspects, Panda empha- sised the fact that water 9 scarcity has escalated to a grim situation. Climate . %&" change at the global and he Persons with Disabilities local levels is reducing T(PwDs) have enormous water flow in the + !!! fervour at gram panchayat level Due to ignorance in the energy beyond imagination Mahanadi river which is with an objective of rural areas, more particularly in and they only need support to severely impacting agri- ven as the Congress is try- "Empowerment, the PESA / KBK districts activate their powers, opined culture, Panda added. Eing hard to bring back its Enlightenment and having preponderance of trib- Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal at Later a learning pro- former leaders into its fold Entertainment" to percolate al population, vulnerable the 3rd Youth Leadership the inclusive SDGs. gramme on ‘Accessible ahead of the 2019 polls, anoth- the message of development, groups like women, physically Training and Empowerment Taking on Accessible India Elections’ was held where er former Minister, the Panchayat Library and challenged and other margin- Programme (YLTEP) and Campaign, New Building National Election Commission Padmalochan Panda, who had he State Government Infotainment Centre will go a al sections would be benefited Odisha Youth Conclave (OYC) Code, Skill Development pro- of India Consultant Smitha resigned from the party Twould set up a Panchayat long way in this regard, feel much held here from October 1 to 5. gramme with emphasis on dis- Sadasivan was the speaker. recently, would join the BJP Library-cum-Infotainment officials. Since information has The conclave was organ- ability, Start Up India, and Mentioning about the soon. Centre in each gram panchay- Such centres would help become national resource, ised by the Swabhiman (State other schemes, Mohapatra said importance of accessible elec- Panda on Friday at to cater to the need of rural rural people to keep pace with information-based society Disability Information and youth must take benefit of tion for the PwDs, Sadasivan announced his plan to join the people to develop a society with the multi-faceted information would increase the quality of Resource Centre) and was sup- these schemes to carve a life of said, “Making elections acces- saffron party on October 11. " cultural vitality and ethos. needs of everyday life. Such life of the rural people to a large ported by Orissa State dignity for themselves. sible is not just about laws and In April this year, he had 0 In the first phase, 1,000 libraries can play the role of a extent, said an official. Beverages Corporation Limited In the second session of the rule book but about reach- resigned from the Congress cit- gram panchats will be covered catalyst bringing tremendous The units will also provide (OSBCL). conclave, a debate on Socio- ing out and taking initiative. ing ‘no future’ in the party. during 2018-19 and the rest social and economic changes in a platform to the PRI members, Stressing on role of youth Economic Development of The Election Commission is However, he had not cleared GPs would be taken up in next the rural society. grass root functionaries, farm- in the nation building, NYP Odisha was held wherein doing a lot in that regard,” she suspense over which party he . two years. It will reduce the intellec- ers, women as well as the youth founder and national conven- Times of India Odisha former added. would join. District Collectors have tual divide by providing access to know regarding er Dr Subarao urged all the head Rajaram Sathpathy, Water Among others, OSBC MD Panda was elected to the already been asked to hold to books, information and Government schemes. youths with disabilities to make Rights and Conservation Dwijraj Kara, Swabhiman pres- State Assembly thrice on /! 11 Gram Sabhas for setting up internet facilities to rural Various audio visual train- efforts to be a leader. Movements green crusader ident Nivedita Scudder, MP Congress ticket from the such units, said officials in the youths of each district and ing and learning modules in a Swabhiman CEO Dr Sruti Ranjan Panda attended as and Ollywood actor Siddhant Simulia constituency in Panchayati Raj and Drinking above all disseminate infor- ‘Do-How’ mode will certainly Mohapatra spoke about the guests. Mohapatra and visually Baleswar district. Panchayatiraj Departments Water department. mation on all kinds of welfare arouse considerable interest present time being exciting for While Sathpathy spoke on impaired Anita Sabat and He was the Minister of from February 22, 1999 to As it has become impera- schemes, agriculture, rural among the target group, said disability with the CRPD, new the education system, health Divyanshu Gantara shared State for Fisheries and Animal March 5, 2000 during the tive to develop an intellectual marketing etc. the official. rights based law in India and care, infrastructure and other their views. Resources Development and Congress regime. )*+ # # $ Singh Deo. Similarly, Union , Minister Jual Oram, the afore- said leaders and all office-bear- Q/ R ( ( ers and executive members would attend the meeting on ' &+ '& :1 ::: two-day BJP State execu- Sunday. Union Textiles Minister Ative meeting would be held Smriti Irani would inaugurate it. under the chairmanship of party During the two days, dis- State president Basant Panda cussions would be held as how n a major success, police 3 have flouted the judgment of Among others, former uni- here from Saturday, informed various pro-people and welfare Idestroyed a Maoist camp in the Supreme Court by taking a versity Vice-Chancellor Ganesh party spokesperson Golak schemes of the Union the Khamankhol forest under he Ravenshaw Bikash decision to not to hold elections Tripathy, Siddharth Rath, Prasad Mohapatra here on Government are not reaching Baliguda block in Kandhamal TAbhijan on Friday submit- even if there is no violence in Khirod Mahapatra, Jugal Friday. beneficiaries due to inefficien- district on Thursday night. ted a memorandum to the campus. Kishore Nayak, Prasant Das, Mohapatra said the impor- cy of the State Government. A joint team of Special Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal On the hand, the authori- Prasant Panda, Sukant Nayak, tant office-bearer’s meeting Besides, the BJD Government’s Operations Group (SOG) and demanding steps to hold direct ties without holding any dis- Kamiludin Ahmad, Suresh would be held on Saturday failures in maintaining law and District Voluntary Force (DVF) Students’ Union elections in the cussion with the agitating stu- Rout, Enamul Hauque, afternoon. The meeting to be order, providing safety to swooped down on the camp Ravenshaw University to fulfil dents rather have issued show- Khageswar Sethi, Pavel presided over by Panda would women and making develop- following a tipoff on the pres- the democratic rights to the cause notices to some students Priyadarshan, Manoranjan be attended by Union Minister ment in education and health ence of Red rebels in the students. Abhijan president and filed FIRs against some of Routray were present during Dharmendra Pradhan, Odisha- sectors will be discussed and Khamankhol forest. Chittaranjan Mohanty alleged them which is highly con- submission of the memoran- in-charge Arun Singh and BJP future course of action would be But 30 to 40 Maoists sus- O$ P) that the university authorities demnable. dum. Legislature Party Leader KV decided, said Mohapatra. pected to be present in the ) camp, somehow got whiff of hief Minister Naveen the raid by security forces and CPatnaik on Friday unveiled 1 :&: & managed to flee from the spot., a Common City Payments taking advantage of the dark- System with two main compo- ness. nents of Odyssey City Card and ) Police seized uniforms, My Odyssey Centre to help cit- shoes, cooking utensils, water izens in making cashless trans- ICICI Bank has partnered with containers, mobile phones, actions. State Government to intro- walkie talkies, umbrellas, med- The ‘Odyssey’ City Card duce the card. The card is a step he authorities of the Samanta Chandrasekhar (SCS) icines and syringes in huge can be used for payment of towards leveraging technology TAutonomous College in Puri on Friday closed the college sine quantities from the camp. The property tax, water bills, vehi- which will help us in the cre- die following student unrest ahead of the students’ union elec- security forces are carrying cle parking fees and trade ation of a digital payment sys- tions scheduled on October 11. The authorities cancelled the polls out search operations in the license fees. The card can also tem,” said the CM. in the wake of students’ protest against rejection of nomination area to trace the fleeing gueril- be used for making payments Among others, papers of a section of candidates. Earlier in the day, angry stu- las. at retail merchant outlets. Development Commissioner dents gheraoed the college Principal. Police rushed to the spot Kandhamal SP Pratik “The Odyssey City Card and Bhubaneswar Smart City and brought the situation under control. On Thursday night, Singh said the assessment of the will facilitate cashless transac- Limited (BSCL) Chairman R bombs had been also hurled at the girls’ hostel of the college. In seized items is currently under- tions for several citizen-based Balakrishnan and ICICI Bank view of all this, the authorities declared sine die and asked stu- way and detailed information services across Bhubaneswar. executive director Anup Bagchi dents to vacate hostels by evening. would be shared later. We are happy to note that were present. Q* ! " R
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Police was an outcome of the sheer should take suggestion from tional message to customers of customers when the SBI under-construction apartment rushed to the spot and seized negligence of the State the Gajapati Maharaja and the through SMS since five months account has already been at Niladri Vihar under the the bodies. The bodies were Government towards devotees Shankaracharya. or more. Earlier, customers linked with the mobile number. Chandrasekharpur police sta- sent for postmortem and fur- and sevayats. VHP vice-presidents Dr used to get their debit and cred- When the country is turning tion in the city on Friday. ther investigation was on into It alleged that a stained since the last Nabakalebar. Pahacha’ was disrupted. Malay Kumar Mohanty and Dr it transactional messages in towards digitalisation, can’t we Though the identities of the incident, the police said. episode was created in the his- Though huge amounts of fund Similarly, devotees’ movement Pramod Kumar Acharya, their mobiles through SMS. expect minimum SMS facility the deceased were yet to be Though the reason behind tory of Shreemandir due to spent, the Government didn’t and sevayats’ entry in the organisation minister Anandji Even after submitting SMS from the bank time to time, ascertained, it was learnt that their deaths was yet to be administrative mismanage- make public the judicial com- Shreemandir was disturbed. Pandey, secretary Prashan alert registration slip in the may not be at very moment but the couple were natives of ascertained, the autopsy report ment. mittee report on the Brarhma Facing all these, devotees and Panda, spokesperson Pramod bank for a number of times, on the same day? Mayurbhanj district. Sources would establish whether it was Various kinds of distur- Bibhrat. servitors became unhappy. The Das and Hindu Jagaran service is not restored except Ramdas Ray, said the duo had reached the a case of suicide or murder, a bances have been marked in While ‘Pitrupaksha’ is on, State Government’s lack of Samukhya president Ajit testing message only. Bhubaneswar, Mob: city from Mayurbhanj on police official said. Shreemandir management ‘Pindadana’ on the ‘Baishi vision and mismanagement Patnaik were present. As a result, customers are 8763688992 'R #$% & ' ##'$()''$* ! $! also the largest growing seg- and hearing loss are the com- assisting and awaking the poor International Older Persons ment of the elderly population. mon problems. Neglect of older elderly and thereby making Day. Let’s pledge to uphold the he demographic structure In India with the rapid persons is alarming these days. they reach to avail the benefits. eternal value of Indian culture ( ( Tof the seniors of our coun- changes in the social scenario With the hectic life schedules, Also community social work- and give proper justice to our try has changed drastically. and the emerging prevalence of demanding career and migra- er can play a major role for old parents and the elderly peo- According to 2011 Census of nuclear family, complexity of tion of families, the care of the assisting the seniors to get ple. India, the elderly population life, growing individualism, sick has become an area of con- their right. More and more We have to shoulder the he Union Government on number is 103.84 million loss of either partner and lack cern. helpline services, legal aid ser- responsibility of looking after TFriday told the Supreme which constitutes 8.6 per cent of family support, the elderly Psychological interventions vices should come forward. the old, emaciated parents who Court that there is no need for of total population. In Odisha, are facing emotional, physical, are required for fighting The demand for trained are the embodiments of wis- conducting another study on the percentage of senior citizen psychological and financial depression and loneliness. personnel for old age care is dom and knowledge. Our cel- backwater of the Polavaram constitutes 9.5 per cent which problems and insecurity. Senior citizens should form needed the most at present. ebration will be incomplete, if irrigation project in Andhra is 39.8 lakh, according to the The health problems of groups to help the fellow senior Seniors are living alone these effort is not made by the soci- Pradesh. 2011 Census of total population aged also are growing rapidly. citizens and must circulate days and trained care givers are ety to enliven their drooping “A study on backwater was of the State. Those elderly who are frail, themselves of the different wel- in great demand. The care of nerves and provide adequate carried out in 2011 and, thus, The terms, aged, elderly or weak and disabled and who are fare schemes launched for their the elderly in the later stages financial, physical and psy- there is no need to conduct a senior citizens, are used to above eighty demand a greater benefit. can be best made by the way of chological support from the similar study,” the Centre told describe a section of population attention in their day- to- day Despite various policies, nursing and home assistance by family. the apex court in response to a which has reached a certain life. hardly any benefits reach the trained care givers. Also with The aged should be fairly notice. SC had on Thursday directed served notice to the Centre and chronological age. At this ripe age confusion, poor beneficiaries because of assistance from NGOs, com- treated regardless of age, gen- Earlier, the Odisha the Centre to submit a detailed Andhra Pradesh on environ- Out of this, the oldest old depression ,longer recovery illiteracy, ignorance, lack of munity and above all with the der and ethical background or Government had filed a peti- report on the project and its mental clearance after Odisha segment, which is the most vul- from accidents and falls and social support and negligence. help and cooperation of fami- disability as ageing is inevitable tion complaining that the impact on Odisha, opposed the project. nerable on account of suffering illness, side effects of certain Various organisations ly, the older people can lead a for all and we all reach our twi- Central project was being car- Chhattisgarh, Telangana and The court fixed November from disabilities, diseases, ter- medications, bladder and working for the cause of elder- fulfilling life. light stage one day. ried out without environment Andhra Pradesh. 15 for final hearing on the mat- minal illness and dementia, is bowel complaints ,imbalance ly should come forward in October 1 is the ([email protected]) clearance. 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This was followed emphasis was on the women needs of boys and girls. !.01 &0:+ 1:> ?++& The CMD was accompa- 7 & ++&-I:+0& +: :0 :: 0 $'+& etting a new record, the nied by JP Singh, Director :"+ 1' 1 $$ $+ '$ + + >?( STalcher coalfields in Angul (Technical/Operations), LN 3  & D & 30$ ( 0'' district would contribute a Mishra, Director (Personnel), "66 ( 3('+++77&** '(1 # 1 #5' 0:+ & 1(0! : & $$0 + 9 record 100 million tonnes OP Singh, Director $:" & + $ 1 E &' ++ &&:10:+: (MT) to the targeted 162.5-MT (Technical/Projects & &' : +&+ + +:+ +:+0& +:# production of the dry fuel by Planning) and RK Sinha, Joint the Mahanadi Coalfields Secretary (Independent - & ! # * 0$+ + +$! %%2+ $ Limited (MCL) during the cur- Director) during his visits to !.01) ' +:$+&(:0!:& ) rent financial year 2018-19. the mines. :+ 0 +0 +&($ 1&:+1:+!&& & '$ +( This was stated by MCL The Talcher coalfields had Bijay Kar of village Dhobakoili under the ' + : &$ 1$ + !:! $!&" + + CMD Rajiv Ranjan Mishra contributed over 81 MT to the :"&+$ Mangalapur PS in Jajpur district and ' +(1'0 0! + + :'>?!::# after a meeting with the Area total 143 MT of coal produced he Odisha Human Rights Commission + :0!$++ ' + Prakash Chandra Parida of village &$+&(D + +0 !+ :+ ' + General Managers and Project by the company during 2017- T(OHRC), has ordered the Nesco CEO, Narantara under the Nimapada PS in the '$ + $' & ' + 0+ + &&:+ +&+ Officers. 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Jajpur and the Jajpur district passed the order taking cognisance of a farmland. years. “This year it will be a Creating a new chapter in Superintendent of Police to submit an petition filed by civil society organisation She appealed to the commission to #5'''6 $1 record 100 MT; and after five the company’s history, Mishra action-taken-report (ATR) about the Human Rights Watch secretary Sangita take criminal action against the guilty offi- years, the production will be chaired his first meeting of the death of two persons due to electrocution Swain, which was transferred by National cials and pay compensation of Rs 25 each * 150 MT as the Talcher coal- MCL’s Board of Directors at an in Jajpur district. Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to to the next of kin of the victims and also fields is poised to add to its total area office in the Talcher coal- The OHRC asked them to submit the OHRC. to provide employment to one of their fam- production 50 MT every five fields. report within four weeks. The commission In her petition Swain alleged that one ily members. . +/-# # $ ! $- # 77 (7 5 +0& +0 :+ : $+ '0 ) 1
he official residence of the % TUdala Sub-Collector in ) Mayurbhanj district would be declared ‘unsafe’ very soon fter the closure of several after its roof collapsed recent- Aother colleges in the State E E mishap was averted as the rest ly damaging valuables and arti- in the last few days, the author- On Tuesday night, some Birmitrapur of Sundargarh dis- shed was vacant at that time. cles at the house. family was also not present er authorities. ities of the Anandpur College miscreants had hurled bombs trict staged a demonstration goods train en route Sources said the coal-laden However, no casualty was during the incident. He said that the house in Keonjhar district also on at the college damaging sever- protesting rejection of all nom- AKharagpur from Khordha train, after leaving the Khurda reported in the incident as After returning to house on would be declared unsafe very Friday declared an indefinite al properties. ination papers for the Students’ rammed into a rest shed at Road station, was moving there was nobody in the house. Friday morning, Behera found soon. Notably, the Sub- closure of the institution after Later, police personnel Union polls. The angry stu- Platform-3 of the Jajpur Road towards Kharagpur of West According to reports, the the roof of his bedroom had Collector’s residence was built cancelling the students’ union were deployed in the campus to dents vandalised the college station in Jajpur district early Bengal in wee hours. However, incident took place when Sub- collapsed and the furniture during the British regime. elections, scheduled on avoid any further untoward campus damaging properties on Friday morning. the train tilted down and hit a Collector Bhagaban Behera and other articles in the room Instead of the old building October 11, due to sporadic incidents. and staged a road blockade by However, no injuries or rest shed at Platform-3 of the was on an official tour to were damaged. He informed being declared as unsafe, it was incidents of violence on the Meanwhile, students of the burning tyres outside the cam- casualty were reported in the Jajpur Road station at around Baripada for two days. His about the incident to his high- still used by the official. campus. Sharma Shakti College in pus. incident. An apparent major 5 am. $ 4 J nexus of liquor mafia and rul- plants in districts of Angul, traders having strong nexus ting involved and supporting major impact on social envi- tion of the liquor shops should has been very often told by ing party. In order to control Sambalpur, Boudh, Gajapati, with bureaucrats and ruling anti-liquor movement for total ronment and human health. It be shifted to 500 meter away development workers in rural 9 the illicit trade about 2,000 Malikangiri, Kandhamal, party politicians. There were ban of alcohol. is closely linked to domestic from the State and National tribal areas that without con- ) sanctioned staff are engaged Deogarh, Koraput and more than 200 people who died The campaign has been violence, crime, suicide and Highways and no shops shall trolling liquor consumption, no and the Excise Department Rayagada. The ordinary poor and many were hospitalized by sustained by progressive politi- loss of social peace. be allowed on Government development will sustain has arrested about 90,000 peo- women are very often narrat- consumption of poisonous cians, freedom fighters, Left With a continued social land. among the marginalized sec- ple and more than one lakh ing their sufferings because of liquor at Cuttack in 1992 and wing intellectuals, Gandhians, tradition of prohibition, the Besides, there is prohibi- tions. cases have been filed during the increasing liquor consumption later about 29 people died in Sarvodaya workers, voluntary movement against liquor has tion in employment of women Many of them routinely year 2011 to 2016-17 as by male members in family February 2013. agencies, academics and com- been an all India phenomena and children to encourage sale run anti-liquor movement as revealed in departmental annu- adversely affecting their fami- The victims were poor mon citizens. There is also with example of dry States of liquor. most complimentary pro- al report. ly life and socioeconomic con- people mostly belonging to instance of move by ruling such as Gujarat, Kerala, The policy granted con- gramme to other development The State run liquor busi- dition. the marginalized sections. party MLAs through a private Nagaland, Lakshadweep and cession in tribal areas to brew works such as health, educa- ness has provided licences to Consumption of alcohol There have been regular bill for a ban. Bihar since 2016. liquor for personal consump- tion, nutrition, employment more than 4,000 excise shops has been identified as one of reports of accidents, social dis- The Constitution of India The Government of Kerala tion and not for sale. and livelihood. which include off shops, on the major causes of poverty, with support of almost all In the PESA Act 1996, the The traditional exploiters shops, beer parlors, military loss of life due to accident and $) %)) 1& other political parties in the Gram Sabha gives power to in tribal areas have been using he Government-promoted canteens, clubs and country violence in social life, especially State has decided to close the enforce prohibition or to reg- liquor as most important TBiju Yuba Vahini’s cam- spirit shops. The excise revenue against women and children. It turbances and law and order in Article 47 says every State Kerala State Beverage ulate or restrict the sale and means to spoil the body and paign against alcohol and the of last ten years has registered has been contributing to loss of problem in liquor shops shall endeavour to bring about Corporation with a ten per cent consumption of any intoxi- mind of the illiterate poor to excise policy of the a growth from Rs 1,380 crore quality of life, working hour, ill opened near schools, hospitals, prohibition of consumption of cut in every year with its lim- cants in scheduled areas. It is deprive them of resources and Government is being seen as in 2011-2012 to Rs 3877.87 health and influencing the bus stops, temples, mosques intoxicating drinks and drugs ited use in five star hotels and important to regulate the liquor use them as bonded labourers. contradictory, but above all crore in 2016-2017 which is decision making process in and other such public institu- which are injurious to health for NRIs and foreigners. trade in tribal area for the In the recent past, the the increase in quantity of roughly almost equal to many ways in the matter of tions by disobeying even court except for medical purpose. There are State legislations development of the tribal peo- Government also had linked alcohol consumption and its Chhattisgarh but less than col- public importance. orders and limited execution of There are Government such as The Nagaland Liquor ple. the farmer suicide with domes- larger ramification are a mat- lections of AP, Telangana and The social and economic law by the administration. declared dry days on the occa- Total Prohibition Act It has been observed that tic violence and liquor, and try- ter of concern. Tamil Nadu. loss requires a social and eco- The laws in PESA areas of sion of national importance 1989which speaks for total land alienation and money ing to establish a close link of The monopoly in whole- The Excise Policy of 2018- nomic calculation and audit to the State are not being imple- such as Independence Day, prohibition. States such as lending have been directly distressed farmers. sale trade of India made foreign 2019 encourages liquor shops get a comparative picture of mented in spite of demand by Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanti Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, linked to liquor consumption. Way back, former Chief liquor and country spirit by the at airports, OTDC, ITDC, pri- liquor trade by the State the tribal women in large num- and during voting and count- UP and Haryana have wit- It is a fact that during elections Minister Nabakrushna State owned Odisha State vate hotels having lodging, star Government. ber. ing days of elections. nessed huge movements in the party candidates use free Choudhury had enacted the Beverage Corporation (OSBC) hotels, part of shopping malls, An economically and There have been reports of The World Health recent past against liquor. liquor distribution to attract the Odisha Prohibition Act 1956 to is justified on the ground of defence establishments. It is to socially backward State like violence and repression in Organization(WHO) report Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, voters in their support. prohibit manufacturing, sale employment, income and rev- improve the efficiency of the Odisha having large presence of many forms against anti-liquor says around 30 per cent of the Haryana and Mizoram have There are reports of crime, and consumption of liquor in enue for the State. Added to process associated with manu- illiterate and poor is very much activists, such as Dileswar total population of India con- repealed prohibition with the domestic violence, separation Odisha but it has not been this, it is being seen as a con- facturing, import, export, prone to alcoholism that has Dandasena of Sundargarh and sumed alcohol, spirits and the plea of leakages from the neigh- in family and diseases linked to enforced due lack of political trolling step to minimize illic- transport and sale of alcohol. been promoted by the Dalit women in Namatara vil- per capital consumption of bouring States and increase in flow of liquor and its unre- will but in recent times, the it liquor trade that became The OSBC has emerged as Government and victimizing lage of Kendrapada district alcohol has increased from 1.6 illegal trade within the State. stricted consumption. State has been witnessing an cause of death of hundreds of profit making unit with more youths and marginalized sec- whereas a number of such to 2.2 liters in a decade which In the State excise policy, Sometimes liquor con- unprecedented surge of people’s life in the past. than Rs 4,305.32 crore annual tions. cases remain unreported due to is one of the fastest increases in the Collectors have power to sumption is being promoted in movement against liquor which Apart from compensation turnover that gives good divi- The State has witnessed pressure by both liquor mafia the world in 2012. grant licences and consider the name of culture and tradi- needs urgent attention of the to the victims out of the State dend to the State. The CSR death of innocent poor due to and local administration. Social scientists and med- and recommend the change of tional food practices and huge- Government and people of the treasury, the issues were seen as fund of the OSBC has been consumption of poisonous But in spite of difficulties, ical experts say alcoholism has location of shops. ly used in festivals and func- State. failure of the Government and spent on destruction of hemp alcohol supplied by liquor more and more people are get- been a serious problem with It is also said that the loca- tions as an inseparable item. It ([email protected]) !8 ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345
1516 '9 ': % %&4 % ! ! & 5 & ::' + and Congress have become land price mentioned by some panickedising the Government people promoted by the local only, Singh alleged. MLA. The decision to declare BJD leaders Pradeep Guru &: Nuankhai a holiday was taken and Sushil Chand criticised the ) poison (grass killing poison) by late Biju Patnaik in 1992, local MLA for not fulfilling the bottles were also recovered ) told AU Singh Deo. promises made to the people. he bodies of a man and his near the bodies. Whatever development has Among others, Bargarh Tson were recovered by In her FIR, Anadi’s wife Nuankhai Bhetghat was taken place in Balangir, it is all MP Prabahs Singh, Bargarh Sundargarh police from near mentioned that her father-in- Aorganised by BJD here due to the programmes of the MLA Debesh Acharya, a pond in Hemgiri area law Mohan and her husband where Minister of Labour Naveen Patnaik Government, Titilagarh MLA Tukuni Sahu, under mysterious circum- Anadi, had gone out from Sushant Singh joined as chief asserted Arkesh Narayan Singh Loisingha MLA Yogendra stances on Friday morning. their home at around 4 .30 pm guest. Deo, alleging that the bypass Behera, former Rajya Sabha The family members of on Thursday, but thereafter The Nuankhai Bhetghat is road proposal has not pro- member Dilip Turkey, Lotus the deceased alleged murder they had not returned. She being held in all the 37 gressed due to the inflated Sarangi spoke. angle in their FIR and an alleged that when they were Assembly constituencies of investigation was on. earlier staying at Potamunda The party leaders, during presided over by BJD town western Odisha to strengthen * According to sources, the village, their neighbourers Padayatra, interacted with local president Bijaya Samal. Among the relationship of BJD with 2 deceased were identified as Ramesh Bhainsa and Jadumani he town BJD held peoples and highlighted the others, local MLA Dr Ramesh grassroots people and to dis- Mohan Bhainsa (62), a native Bhainsa used to quarrel with TJanasampark Padayatra in various pro-welfare schemes Chandra Chyau Pattnaik, State seminate the pro poor welfare 1 # 9 of Potamunda village under Mohan and his son Anadi reg- Ward-20 here on Thursday in and developmental pro- Planning Board Member Rama measures taken by the Naveen 1 6 Lepripada police station and ularly. which hundreds of party work- grammes initiated by the State Chandra Panda, Subash Patnaik Government, observed his son Anadi(38) . On Friday Therefore, they had left ers, local residents, slum Government and conveyed the Maharana, Bikram Panda, BJD Singh. morning at around 10 am, Potamunda village and had dwellers led by the senior BJD public about negligence by the State secretary T Gopi, former Seeing the developmental locals of Bankibahal near been staying at Sargipali since leaders went around Central Government towards district president Jagannath activities, like blood donation, Tetelgudi pond noticed the a month. She alleged that Badakhemundi Street, New the State. Sabat, Mahila Morcha leader plantation and other construc- % bodies lying near a pond and Ramesh and Jadumani might Bus Stand, Kalika Mandir street A public meeting at Kalika Mamata Bisoyi joined the tive programmes, both the BJP informed police. Two empty be involved in the murder. and slum areas. Mandir Street was also held event. %& 152 '1 #5' ( %
he Centurion University of Technology er was former Vice Chancellor Tand Management was awarded the Dr Sadhucharan Panda. “Best Skill-based Industrial Training he Siya Paribar organ- Among others, Dr Prafulla Partner of Government of India” for its Tised the Nuankhai Ratha, social worker Dr efforts social enterprise through its part- Bhetghat on Wednesday to Shankar Ram Chandani, ner institution the Gram Tarang remember the rich culture Birmaharajpur SDPO Dhiroj Employability Training and Services Pvt ofd western Odisha and Chopdar and Sublaya IIC Ltd. strengthen bond of love Hemant Rao were present. Gram Tarang, a Government of India among people here. The inauguration set off a skill-based industrial training institution, Humorist Sushanta day long cultural extravagan- under guidelines of the National Skill Mishra, western Odisha za. Sambalpuri dances by kids Development Corporation and Central comedy king Jogesh Jojo, on popular songs stole the Government’s ‘Skill India’ programme, was comedy actress Bhumi and show. They were performing honoured with the award at a recent part- other actors and actresses from Atal Bihari Panda’s ner’s meet on ‘Transforming India: performed. movie Aadim Bichar-Likri Empowering Youth for Inclusive Growth’. National Skill Development Corporation Employability Training and Services has VIMSAR Director Dr Jhikri, which earned thun- University president Prof Mukti Kanta (NSDC), New Delhi Chairman. trained more than 1, 47,000 youth from Aswini Pujari joined as chief derous applause from the Mishra received the award from the Till date the Gram Tarang rural India. guest, while the chief speak- audience. :( 6$$3::$)7(; )* ) *$'%6))5# +# P 9 '( 3 number of foreign tourists to Odisha, said Tourism Secretary ressing for fulfilment of an n view of the upcoming 2018 Vishal Kumar Dev. Peight-point charter of IMen’s Hockey World Cup to Notably, Odisha Hockey demands, the Bharatiya Janata be held in the Kalinga Stadium Men’s World Cup is scheduled Yuva Morcha (BJYM) observed here in November-December, to begin on November 28 and a 12-hour bandh in Bhuban of the Odisha Tourism has decid- to continue till December 16. Dhenkanal district on Friday. ed to launch e-Tourist Visa ser- The Government has estimat- Schools and colleges and vice at the Biju Patnaik ed that over 10,000 foreigners shops and other business estab- International Airport (BPIA). would witness the mega sports lishments remained closed as The e-Tourist Visa facility event. With availability of e- 3 ists on Maharashtra pattern Patnaik, general secretary party activists staged picketing is currently available for citi- visa services at the BPIA, the and pension. They con- Pratap Kumar Baral, adviser at various places in the town. repair and widening of all zens of 150 countries at 16 air- influx of foreign tourists to the ore than 100 scribes demned the brutal attack by Pradeep Dash and Manas Besides, the agitators staged a < roads in the NAC and con- ports in India. State is expected to rise signif- Mfrom all the eight blocks, anti socials and police on Rath took out a rally from Baji road blockade on NH-53 at 2 struction of a permanent sta- With implementation of icantly, a source said. three NACs and Dhenkanal journalists at Puri, Baleswar, Rout Chawk with posters, Kalibazar bringing vehicular dium. The activists threatened the scheme at the BPIA, foreign Meanwhile, the Air India has Municipality staged a demon- Baliapal and Dhenkanal. The placards and slogans. They movements in the NAC to a 1 ) that they would intensify their visitors can avail e-visa within already announced to resume stration before the Dhenkanal Utkal Journalists’ Association submitted a memorandum to standstill. stir in coming days if their a short period of time. Bhubaneswar-Bangkok Collectorate on Wednesday and the District Journalists’ the district Collector, The demands included demands are not met at the ear- The Odisha Tourism move international flight from demanding formulation of a Association led by district addressed to the Chief sub-division status for Bhuban, liest. will help in increasing the December 1. law for protection of journal- president Prasanna Kumar Minister. &R 6 ! ) "*"+ "
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: 32 9) / & % * 2 " # # $ "# ' &$ biological materials that collects, $% processes and distributes biospecimen ndia’s battle against “superbugs” has catalogs, and keeps samples of materi- Ijust got more teeth with the al, such as urine, blood, tissue, cells, ongress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday Government setting up a bio-reposito- DNA, RNA and protein from humans, Curged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ry for resistant microbes, the first of its animals or plants to support future sci- bring petrol and diesel under the purview of he virus that killed 30 per cent of total kind bio-bank in the country at the entific investigations — is expected to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying the Tlion population in East Africa was also Pune-based National Centre for be a boon to clinicians and researchers people were distressed over their skyrocketing responsible for the death of five out of the Microbial Resource (NCMR). The bank in the field of AMR as they could deposit prices. 23 Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir forest since is part of the Union Science and or obtain samples of infective agents for The Congress earlier said that the rise in September 12, the Government’s top Technology Ministry’s Mission pro- scientific investigation. petrol and diesel prices were due to “excessive research body has warned and advised the gramme on Anti-microbial resistance Anti-microbial resistance has seri- taxes” imposed by the Central and State Centre to immediately take steps to save (AMR) initiative with the vision to ous implications for a country like Governments. the big cats by shifting them to different develop indigenous and cost-effective India where misuse of “last-resort” His fresh push for bringing petrol and sanctuaries. therapies against the superbugs like bac- antibiotics for common health condi- diesel under the purview of GST came a day The scientists from the Indian Council teria and fungi. tions is rampant. Many microorganisms after the Centre effected a 2.50 per litre cut of Medical Research-National Institute of Though India has many bio-repos- such as bacteria and fungi have an in their prices. The Centre cut excise duty on Virology (NIV) in their report have said that itories, a dedicated facility for superbugs exceptional capacity to survive in petrol and diesel by 1.50 per litre and asked Canine Distemper Virus(CDV), associat- at the NCMR is the adverse surround- oil firms to absorb 1 a litre of prices. ed with the dogs, was responsible for the first such unit in the ings. “Respected Modi ji, the common man is death of five Asiatic lions in the Gir forest. country. Antimicrobial very distressed over skyrocketing prices of The ICMR, which is the apex body in “AMR is one of resistance is resis- petrol and diesel. Kindly bring petrol and diesel India for the formulation, coordination and the major threats to tance of a microor- under the purview of GST,” he tweeted in promotion of biomedical research, has also vention for Gir lions,” it said. threat posed by CDV to the lives of this human health in the ganism to an Hindi. suggested that 300 shots of CDV vaccine are CDV causes a highly contagious and endangered species, ICMR has requested 21st century, with antimicrobial drug The Congress chief has been attacking the imported from the United States. The report life-threatening disease in dogs and also the Government of India to take immedi- some bacterial that was originally Government over high petrol and diesel prices has been submitted to the Union affects wild carnivores such as wolves, ate steps to save these Asiatic lions, which pathogens acquiring effective for treat- and his party has accused the ruling dispen- Environment Ministry for further action. foxes, raccoons, red pandas, ferrets, hye- are heading towards extinction. resistance to all clin- ment of infections sation of earning 13 lakh crore due to taxes Around 23 Asiatic lions have died in nas, tigers, and lions. A wildlife expert said “As a precautionary measure, 300 shots ically available caused by it. imposed on petrol and diesel. Gujarat’s Gir forest since September 12, that there are lots of domestic dogs living of CDV vaccine are imported from the US antibiotics. According to The Congress had on Thursday hit out at prompting the government to launch a mas- in human communities around the Gir for- for the lions. ICMR has also recommend- Worldwide, infec- health experts, the the Modi Government over what it described sive operations to ensure that the infection est, and probably they shared the infect- ed that to avoid extinction of the lions, the tions caused by multi-drug resistant situation in India is alarming on AMR as a “meagre” reduction in excise duty on petrol does not spread to other big cats in their only ed kill. The prevalence of this virus and its animals should be placed in two to three (MDR) bacteria are now a major cause front. A study has pointed that a inten- and diesel, saying it is like applying a band-aid abode in Asia. According to a 2015 census, diversity in wildlife of India is not stud- different sanctuaries,” the statement said. of morbidity and mortality and have sive care units of 20 tertiary care hos- after inflicting a thousand wounds on the peo- Gir is home to 523 lions, including 109 male, ied and only a few reports are available The condition of three of over 36 lions, markedly enhanced healthcare costs. pitals showed that 7 per cent of critically ple of the country. 201 female, 73 sub-adults and 140 cubs. regarding the detection of CDV in captive currently under observation of the forest “Considering AMR as a national pri- ill patients are resistant to antibiotics. “ICMR-NIV, based in Pune, found wild carnivores which included tigers department in Gujarat, is critical. ority, under National Action Plan Drug resistance to first-line antibiotics CDV responsible for the death of five and red panda. There has been regular demand for endorsed by the Government the also results in 58,000 neonatal deaths 1:$' Asiatic lions in Gir forest, Gujarat. As such The research body said a 2016 report shifting the Gir lions to other suitable habi- Department of Biotechnology has ini- each year. for the first time a complete genome of CDV of CDV infection Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, tats to ensure their genetic survival. In fact, tiated the fight against AMR in a mis- The DBT is also working to share was recovered by NIV,” a statement from was confirmed by Indian Veterinary in 2016, a 18-member Supreme Court led sion mode envisaging needed mea- the information regarding National % !+' $% % P ICMR said. “The sequence was compared Research Institute where dogs were con- committee, led by Wildlife Institute of India sures,” said an official from the DBT. 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Considering the The bio-bank — a storage place for added. 1 $$:: + " $! # - 5# * (% + & 0! $ 4 ,-# campaign panel and former Union Minister CP Joshi as the chief of the :KIM' '" + the panchayat and urban local bodies in ith the Rajasthan Assembly publicity panel. Congress secretary (( R 4 4* Jammu & Kashmir, the Home Minister said Wpolls inching closer, Congress in-charge of Punjab Harish ' + '+ ' +' : 90 per cent people of the State would like to president Rahul Gandhi constitut- Choudhry, a former MP, will chair get involve in the poll process, which the cur- ed nine different committees to the manifesto panel. Assistant Commissioner at DGCEI, S Sridhar rent Government has started after a long manage its campaign in the State. Other committees Rahul whose premises were searched on Thursday. break. When asked about the several BJP can- Former State Chief Minister formed include discipline, transport he CBI on Friday carried out searches at the Additional Commissioner of Goods and didates getting elected to the local bodies Ashok Gehlot has been named and accommodation and protocol. TDelhi residence of the Deputy Director Services Tax (GST) Senthil Valavan, whose laming Pakistan for the unrest in Jammu unopposed, Singh said in the recently held chairperson of the State coordina- Lakshmangarh legislator Govind General of Competition Commission of India premises were also searched on Thursday, has B& Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath panchayat elections in West Bengal, 43 per tion committee. As the chairman of Singh Dotasra will helm the media (CCI) in connection with the Tamil Nadu gutka been summoned by the agency to join the Singh on Friday claimed that 90 per cent peo- cent candidates won uncontested and such Coordination Committee, Gehlot and coordination committee, while scam, agency officials said. probe, they further said. ple in the State would like to participate in things are not uncommon. will have authority to call other former Lalsot legislator Parsadilal The searches were conducted at the East The scam came to light on July 8, 2017, the panchayat and urban local body polls Talking about the now-snapped BJP-PDP senior leaders as special invitee in Meena head the transport and Delhi residence of Ravi Chandran, the CCI when Income Tax Department sleuths raided scheduled this month. alliance, he said both the parties had joined the Coordination Committee accommodation committee. Deputy Director General who was earlier the godown, offices and residences of a pan “I do agree that the situation in Jammu hands, honouring the mandate of the last State Meetings. Rajasthan Mahila Congress chief posted as Senior Intelligence Officer at the masala and gutka (a concoction of tobacco and & Kashmir should improve. But, the prob- Assembly elections, but the “experiment did Rajasthan Congress president Rehana Riaz has been made in Directorate General of Central Excise pan masala) manufacturer in Tamil Nadu, who lem that we face is mostly because of not succeed”. Singh said naxalism was the Sachin Pilot will head the state elec- charge of the protocol committee. Intelligence (DGCEI) in Chennai, the officials had been facing charges of tax evasion to the Pakistan. We have always tried to improve biggest challenge the nation was facing till a tion committee which will shortlist The disciplinary committee will be said. tune of 250 crore. relations with Pakistan. But the country will few years ago, but the menace has been con- candidates for the Congress Party’s headed by former Rajasthan The CBI move comes after getting inputs The manufacture, storage and sale of the not mend its ways. It continues to sponsor ter- tained to a great extent now. “Naxalism was central election panel’s review. Education Minister Bhanwarlal about Chandran’s suspected role in the scam as chewable forms of tobacco, including gutka and rorism in Jammu & Kashmir,” he said speak- spread in 126 districts and it has come down Senior party leader Raghu Sharma Meghwal. Rajasthan is slated to go a DGCEI officer during 2013-15, they said. pan masala were banned by the Tamil Nadu ing at the HT Leadership Summit here. to just 50-52 districts now, and among them has been appointed president of the for polls later this year. The agency also questioned the then Government in 2013. Referring to the forthcoming elections to the worst hit is just 10 to 12 districts,” he said. )A ) ( & # 7 , '(% %R * 4 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to a plea alleg- New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dis- al arrangements for Delhi were responsible for ing that 15,820 persons have been fitted missed a plea seeking full statehood for Delhi say- the mismanagement in administration of the with faulty hip implants supplied by a 0 ing it has become “infructuous” in view of the national capital which results in several problems multinational company. Constitution bench verdict which had held that including air pollution, traffic jams, water log- A bench headed by Chief Justice New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Delhi cannot be accorded the status of a State. ging, unauthorised constructions. Ranjan Gogoi asked the Centre to file its Friday granted four weeks to an The matter came up for hearing before a It claimed that these issues could be resolved response on the PIL, filed by Arun Kumar organisation, which has filed a peti- bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur, S by giving full statehood to Delhi. Goenka, which alleged that faulty implants tion seeking a direction that the Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta and the advo- On July 4, a Constitution bench of the top were used for hip replacement surgeries. original Schedule Castes and cate appearing for the petitioner referred to the court had unanimously held that Delhi cannot The plea, filed through senior advo- Schedules Tribes (Prevention of judgement delivered by a five-judge Constitution be accorded the status of a state and had clipped cate Salman Khurshid, sought directions Atrocities) Act 1989 be “maintained”, bench on July 4. the powers of the Lieutenant Governor saying to the Centre to advertise across India to collect data on the number of FIRs “It (petition) is infructuous,” the bench said he has no “independent decision making power” about the recall of the faulty implants. lodged in India under this law. while dismissing the plea. and has to act on the aid and advice of the elect- It also sought action against officials, On August 9, new amendments The court was hearing a plea seeking to ed government. who had issued certificate to the multi- to the SC/ST Act were passed by declare Article 239AA (which deals with pow- The apex court had said that except for three national firms for selling the faulty prod- Parliament which overturned the ers and status of Delhi) of the Constitution and issues — public order, police and land — the uct without any clinical trial. March 20 verdict of the apex court. The Government of National Capital Territory Delhi government has the power to legislate and The plea also asked the Centre to In its March 20 verdict, the court of Delhi Act 1991 as “unconstitutional” on the govern on other issues. appoint Special Investigations Team (SIT) had held that there will be no imme- ground that a territory of India has to be either It had also held that there was no indepen- to oversee effective measures for imple- diate arrest on any complaint filed a full state or a union territory. dent authority vested with the Lieutenant mentation of immediate action against the & under the law. The plea had also alleged that constitution- Governor to take independent decisions. implants. 0 & ! + It had also passed a slew of directions, and said that a public ser- vant can be arrested in cases lodged 7 :5 ' #( 165'6(' ) ( under the SC/ST Act only after prior + ,## approval by the competent authori- ty. !## $ $ $0# The Centre had earlier filed a plea in the top court seeking review of its judgement after several states were New Delhi: The Supreme Court on other accused had moved the apex He also argued that police officers lawyer argued that from the charge Muzaffarpur (Bihar): One permission to the investigating rocked by violence and clashes on Friday rejected two pleas by the court seeking a direction that the probe were also arrayed as accused in the sheet filed in the case, it was established more person was arrested on agency to send for forensic April 2 following a ‘Bharat Bandh’ call accused in the Kathua gang rape and be transferred to an independent case. that the investigation was “botched up”. Friday in connection with the examination some skeletal given by several SC/ST organisations murder case, with one seeking a fresh agency. However, the bench said, “Your When he referred to the state- shelter home sex scandal by the remains, which were found protesting against the verdict. investigation alleging “motivated” “According to us, this matter does prayer is for transfer of investigation. ments given by some of the witness- CBI which produced the during an excavation carried The matter came up for hearing probe by the State police and the other not require de-novo investigation. We are declining that prayer”. es in the case, the bench observed, “We accused before a court and out at a crematorium here ear- on Friday before a bench of Justices demanding that the probe be trans- Whatever are the infirmities, you can The lawyer appearing for the are alive to that but that is not a mat- obtained his custody for four lier this week. A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan. ferred to an independent agency like try to take advantage of them in the other accused claimed before the ter which entitles you to seek fresh days. The excavation was car- The counsel appearing for peti- the CBI. trial,” the bench said. apex court that two officers of the spe- investigation”. Gaurava Kumar alias ried out following a tip-off by tioner — All India Federation of A bench comprising Justices U U Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, cial investigation team, which has The bench also sought to know Motu, a former employee of Thakur’s driver Vijay. While SC/ST Organizations — told the Lalit and D Y Chandrachud said appearing for the two accused Vishal probed the matter, were themselves about the number of witnesses exam- prime accused Brajesh Thakur, the case was being investigat- bench that they were in the process there was “no reason to interfere” in Jangotra and his father Sanji Ram, told facing criminal charges of custodial ined in the case by the trial court. was arrested in the town and ed by police, one of the of collecting country-wide data on the matter and the accused could raise the bench that there were “two ver- murder and under the provisions of The counsel said 80 prosecution produced before the Special inmates at the shelter home number of FIRs lodged under the law. these issues during the ongoing trial sions” in the charge sheet against them. the Prevention of Corruption Act. witnesses were already examined in the POCSO court here. had alleged that a girl lodged When the lawyer referred to the before the lower court at Pathankot in “The petitioners here are father He claimed that a “motivated matter. “We have gone through the Special POCSO judge R P there had been beaten to plea filed by the Centre seeking Punjab. and son. It is improbable that a father investigation” was conducted in the writ petition (filed by one of the Tiwari granted four days CBI death by the staff and her review of the verdict, the bench said, While one of the accused had will call his son from Meerut, where matter and witnesses were being accused) and we see no reason to inter- custody of Motu, with whose body was buried in the “The petition is already pending. You sought “de-novo (fresh) investiga- he (son) is giving his examination, to “coerced”. fere,” the apex court said and told the arrest the total number of per- courtyard. However, nothing can intervene in that matter.” tion” in the matter claiming that commit such crime,” Kumar said, “Why are you asking for a de-novo counsel that he could raise these sons held so far in the case has incremental was found when Later, the court granted four probe conducted by the state police’s adding that “it is improbable in Indian investigation?,” the bench asked. issues before the lower court during reached 15. the courtyard was dug up in weeks to petitioner to collect the data. Crime Branch was “motivated”, the two context that father and son will do this”. Responding to the query, the the trial. The court also granted July. PTI ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345 !B
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ARegister Citizens (NRC) # ) that included the names of 2, Naqvi made the remarks “Ramila died after a mas- might be updated in north- 7,KA, 89, 83,677 people but left here while addressing a Zonal was earlier more than 70 per sive cardiac arrest around eastern State of Tripura. 4,007, 707 people out of the Coordination Meeting of politics” based on “draft of the reason behind low literacy cent, has now been reduced to 12.50 a.m. at a private hospi- Union Home Minister )9 3 document. At resent, the Ministers, Principal Secretaries, development”. rate among Minorities espe- about 35-40 per cent due to tal in the city,” Bengaluru Rajnath Singh has assured a 7 process of claim and objection Secretaries incharge of Social Prime Minister Narendra cially Muslim girls. awareness and educational civic corporation official L. delegation of the Indigenous (O is going on in Assam for those Welfare, Minority Welfare of Modi’s commitment to “During the last four years, empowerment programmes. Suresh said. Nationalist Party of Tripura E5 people whose names are left various States. “Inclusive Growth” has ensured 16 degree colleges, 1,992 school “Our goal is to bring it She is survived by her hus- (INPT) that the Central 3 )3 out of the NRC. He said that earlier the that poor, weaker sections buildings, 37,123 additional down to zero per cent.” band, a son and a daughter. Government will look into the A Bharat Bhushan Babu, Centre used to focus on select- including Minorities have classrooms, 1,147 hostels, 173 Assam Chief Minister The ruling Janata Dal- demand of implementation of tation of NRC in Tripura. Singh spokesperson Union Ministry ed regions for development become an equal partner of the Industrial Training Institutes Sarbananda Sonowal was pre- Secular (JD-S) counsellor from National Register of Citizens said that NRC of 1951 is updat- of Home affairs in his tweets on process and other regions espe- development process, he said. (ITIs), 48 polytechnics, 38,753 sent in the meeting. Kaveriapura was elected on (NRC) in Tripura. However, ed in Assam and Government Friday clarified, “It is categor- cially the northeast, had been Naqvi said that the present anganwadi centres, 3,48,624 Besides, Ministers, September 28. the Ministry has stated no will look into if the same can be ically asserted that no decision neglected. Government, keeping in mind houses, 323 sadbhavna man- Principal Secretaries, “Ramila’s husband assurance of any kind was implemented in Tripura,” said has been taken on the issue of “The Modi Government the educational empowerment daps, 73 residential schools, Secretaries and other senior (Umashankar) rushed her to given by the Home Minister INPT president Bijoy Kumar NRC in Tripura.” has broken all the barriers of and employment oriented skill 17,397 drinking water facilities officials in-charge of social the hospital after she com- regarding the implementation Hrangkhawl on Friday. “Union Home Minister regional and social imbalance development of minority girls, have been constructed by the welfare and Minority welfare plained of chest pain and dif- of NRC in Tripura. “We need NRC in Tripura met delegation of INPT led by in terms of development and is providing school, college, Modi Government in the Departments of Assam, ficulty in breathing,” A delegation of the INPT, as indigenous people are its President Bijoy Kumar connected all the ‘ignored and polytechnic, girls hostel, IT, minority concentrated areas. Tripura, Manipur, Sikkim, Suresh said. which is a partner of the BJP- reduced to minority in the Hrangkhawl on 4th October, neglected’ backward areas of skill development centre under This has led to significant Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, The Bruhat Bengaluru led Government in Tripura , State. The State has faced immi- 2018. However no assurance of the country with the main- the “Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas improvement in lives of weak- Nagaland, Meghalaya, Odisha, Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) met Union Home Minister gration from Bangladesh and any kind was given by Union stream development process,” Karykram” in “backward and er sections, minorities espe- West Bengal, Jharkhand and declared a holiday for its Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on we need NRC to ascertain as to Home Minister regarding Naqvi said, adding that the ignored” areas which had been cially women,” he added. senior officials from Union offices, schools and civic Thursday in this regard. why indigenous people of the implementation of NRC in the Centre has demolished the deprived of these facilities since Naqvi added that school Minority Affairs Ministry wards across the city. “We have met Rajnath Singh State were reduced to minori- State of Tripura,” Babu added “vote bank politics” and the Independence. dropout rate among Minorities attended this important Zonal Hospitals and markets though with our demand of implemen- ty,” he said. in another tweet. worked with the “nationalistic “Lack of such facilities was especially Muslim girls, which Coordination Meeting. would remain open. 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But society, who have demanded n a bizarre incident, four per- Thealth condition of ailing till today (Friday), there is no that he should resign in order to Isons – including a 70—year- Goa Chief Minister Manohar positivity about his coming make way for a fully-fit Chief old man — were killed and 15 Parrikar, who is currently admit- out,” Lobo told reporters on the Minister who could efficiently others injured, when a huge ted in the AIIMS in New Delhi, sidelines of a protest meet discharge his official duties. illegal flex banner collapsed on BJP MLA and Deputy Speaker organised by a pro-mining Several top BJP leaders, as several vehicles and pedestrians Michael Lobo said on Friday. resumption lobby. well as the Chief Minister’s at the Shahir Amar Shaikh Lobo, who is considered Parrikar, who is being treat- Institute for Medical Sciences Office have, however, main- junction in Juna Bazar locali- close to Parrikar in political cir- ed for advanced pancreatic can- (AIIMS) in the national capital tained that Parrikar is suffering ty of Pune on Friday afternoon. cles here, said the former Defence cer, has been in and out of hos- since February this year, when from a pancreas-related health The banner came crushing Minister’s hearing faculties have pitals in Goa, Mumbai, New his illness was diagnosed. ailment and his health is down on a stretch of road at the also been impacted of late. York and now the All India His prolonged absence from improving. busy junction at 1.30 pm when some workers were pulling down the unauthorised banner 7$ 1+ & using cutters. Apart from resulting in # human causalities and injuries :: ( to passers-by, at least six auto rickshaws, a few two wheelers ' +:: and one car were damaged. Of the 15 injured persons )$ # $ * ) 3 who are being treated at the Varanasi: A New Delhi-bound State-run Sassoon General Bhagwanrao Dhotre (48), Pardeshi (40) and Samruddi the Railway administration in two-seater Indian Air Force flight made an emergency land- Hospital (SGH), the condition Bhimrao Kasar (70), Shivaji Pardeshi (18). the past to remove the unau- A(IAF) plane crashed in a field ing in Varanasi on Friday after a of at least six persons was Devidas Pardeshi (40) and Ironically, the property on thorised hoarding. However, in Uttar Pradesh’s Bagpat district Thai national died on board after described as “critical”. “These Javed Missabuddin (49) The which the collapsed hoarding the Railway authorities had on Friday, police said. However, suffering a massive heart attack, critically injured persons are critically injured comprised had been erected belonged to not bothered to oblige. the two pilots were safe. authorities said here. undergoing treatment at the Umesh Dharmaraj More ( the Railway. After the mishap, Meanwhile, the traffic at The ML-130 microlight The Spice Jet flight took off hospital’s Intensive Care 36), Kiran Thosar (45), Railway authorities have the Shahir Amar Shaikh junc- plane had taken off from the from Bangkok at 7.40 a.m. with Unit,” a senior official at the Yeshwant Khobare (45), ordered an inquiry into the tion that had been badly Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad 189 passengers including a 22- SGH said. Mahesh Yeshwant incident. The Pune Municipal affected following the mishap and was reportedly participat- member Thai group of tourists The police identified Vishveshwar (50), Rukhmani Corporation (PMC) had on at was restored around ing in a drill for Air Force Day. of which the deceased, identi- those killed in the mishap as Pardeshi (55), Devesh least four occasions written to the evening. The incident at around 10 fied as Atabot Thngcusorn (53), a m, took place in the thickets was a member. of Ranchad in Binauli area. The authorities at the Lal R/ Rishirendra Kumar, the Bahadur Shastri International 8 +$ # # District Magistrate of Bagpat Airport here were informed by told IANS, that barring the the plane crew that Atabot nose of the aircraft there were suffered a heart attack and 33 Bandopadhyay who was no other damages. they would have to make an earlier arrested by the CBI “The plane nosedived and emergency landing. ormer Union Minister and and spent about an year in jail is hanging upside down in Soon after the plane land- Fsenior Trinamool Congress was currently out on bail. 1 between the trees. IAF officials ed the passenger was rushed to MP Sudip Bandopadhyay was Sources in the ED said are on the spot along with me a nearby medical facility where on Friday grilled for long hours Agency was not satisfied with 3 >3 ? and they are doing the needful” he was pronounced dead. by the Enforcement Directorate the answers and documents he added. IANS in the Rose Valley chit fund case. provided by Bandopadhyay. erala’s fourth interna- Ktional airport at Kannur is ' slated to open on December 3 P 9 following an approval by the Director General of Civil ) Aviation (DGCA), a top offi- cial said here on Friday. 2 , Kannur International 2 Airport Ltd (KIAL) Managing Director, V. Thulasidas con- firmed the launched date, say- ing that “we are ready for operations”. KIAL authorities are trying their best to see that commer- 6 cial operations commence soon after the inauguration, but the “Documents were Airport Authority of India will incomplete and replies be deciding on that. were too,” sources said Already 11 international adding the MP had been carriers and six domestic asked to appear once again operators have confirmed with relevant documents their decision to fly supporting his claims. into KIAL. Another TMC MP The first trial operations Tapas Paul had also been were undertaken successfully summoned by the ED. at the aiport on September 20 Reacting to the Friday’s and a repeat rehearsal the fol- development a visibly livid lowing day. Chief Minister Mamata On Thursday, DGCA gave Banerjee said Bandopadhyay its final approval for the air- was being unnecessarily port’s opening. being harassed by the agen- The 1,892 crores airport is cies at the direction from located at Mattanur, near Delhi. “I want to know what Kannur. It is spread over 2,000 has he done? Why is he acres of land. being persecuted and With this, Kerala will be harassed like this?” the only state in the country to She said Bandopadhyay’s have four international air- fault was that he had been ports with the others at vocal in parliament against Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi the BJP. and Kozhikode. Meanwhile the CBI The swanky airport has 24 which was also probing the check-in and 32 immigration chit fund cases had issued counters. summons to senior IPS offi- It will begin with a runway cers including Kolkata Police of 3,050 metres, increasing to Commissioner Rajeev 3,400 metres in 18 months Kumar, A Ghosh and former and eventually to 4,000 metres. Additional CP Pallab Kanti The Central Industrial Ghosh. Ghosh has already Security Force will be in appeared before the CBI charge of the airport’s securi- and recorded his statements. ty operations. ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345 !C " ( & &89 #Q #34/5R ! /9:;< %" ) 2 8 % recent murder after abduction $+ $ 6 were reported and some high ) uspected terrorists shot dead he Opposition has profile murders took place that nti-rape campaigners Nadia Stwo workers of National slammed Chief Minister too with AK-47 rifle. Murad and Dr Denis Conference and injured anoth- T A Nitish Kumar for all the bad The large scale recovery of Mukwege, who were earlier in er in a shooting spree in Karfali things happening in Bihar and AK-47 rifles and its parts from the day declared as the Nobel Mohalla area of old Srinagar on accused some of his legislators Munger recently has also put Peace Prize winners for 2018, Friday while a Central Reserve for patronising the heinous a question mark on the gover- have been nominated for this Police Force (CRPF) personnel crimes including the recent nance and policing. The high year’s “Mother Teresa Memorial Foundation plans to hold a was injured in a grenade attack murder of former mayor of level meetings by the CM with Award” instituted by the city- small celebrations at Hotel Taj in south Kashmir’s Tral sub- Muzaffarpur and the smug- top brass of police and civil based Harmony Foundation. Lands End, Bandra to mark district, officials said. gling of AK-47 weapons. administration hardly yielded Announcing the nomina- Murad-Kassim engagement. Sources said that unidenti- Leader of opposition a result or made a difference. tion of Ms Murad and Dr Recognised officially rec- fied gunmen opened fire upon Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said, dom to be a sovereign country. Deputy CM Sushil Kumr Modi Mukwege for prestigious ognized by the Missionaries of two functionaries of National “The criminals of Sushasan Today Bihar has got its freedom was even heard urging the ‘Mother Teresa Memorial Award Charity, the award includes a Conference Nazir Ahmad Bhat are selectively killing traders to use AK-47 freely. Thank you criminals to stop their activi- -2018’, Harmony Foundation unique silhouette image of St. and Mushtaq Wani near the res- $ # !) with AK-47 and Nitish gov- Nitishji for letting ur MLAs bla- ties at least for a fortnight dur- Chairman (Dr.) Abraham Mother Teresa designed in idence of latter on Friday morn- + ' =+ $# ernment has totally surren- tantly using AK-47 for good(?) ing Pind-dan in Gaya when Mathai said: “Ms Murad will sparkling crystal and a citation ing. They died instantly while & & # #> dered before the criminals.” He governance, Bihar has truly devotees from outside and arrive in Mumbai on October 21 for the winners. “There could not another person accompanying - # ! also alleged that one JD(U) seen AK-47 terror under ur abroad come. along with her fiancé to receive have been a better theme for this them sustained minor injuries. MLA was involved in the continuous watch for 13 years,” The defence by the JD(U) the award in person, while year’s ceremony. It is apt for both Police said militants were and said such acts would not killing of duo NC workers. smuggling of AK-47, without his tweet reads. leaders was even more laugh- Mukwege has prior engage- the winners - ‘Celebrate Her, behind the attack. The attack defeat the Government’s “Pained to hear about the revealing his name, and chal- RLSP leader and Union able. Bihar JD(U) spokesman ments and expressed his regrets. Protect Her, Empower Her’,” occurred three days before first resolve to conduct the upcom- killing of two NC workers. My lenged the CM to take action Minister of State Upendra Ajay Alok said, “The criminals We shall send the award to him Mathai added. phase of urban local body’s ing elections. heart goes out to their fami- and expel the MLA from the Kushwaha also accused Nitish to Tejashwi will be taken to in Congo”. In the past, Nobel laureates elections was being held in National Conference pres- lies and children. Cannot party. “The CM has no courage of failing to check worsening task,” while referring to an Ms Murad, an Iraqi Yazidi who were among those nomi- Kashmir amid tight security ident Dr Farooq Abdullah possibly imagine what they to take action against his law and order. In his tweet two incident of Nawada where a who was tortured and raped by nated “Mother Teresa Memorial and boycott of two mainstream and vice president Omar must be going through,” Bahubali legislator,” he alleged. days back he said, “Yesterday mahadalit woman was killed Islamic State terrorists and later Award” included the office of parties NC and the People’s Abdullah condemned the Mehbooba tweeted. In another tweet Tejashwi the body of abducted trader and JD(U) accused RJD men as became the face of a campaign United Nations High Democratic Party. killings. “I cannot condemn In another incident, one accused Nitish of the leader of was found and today the body assailants. to free the Yazidi people, is Commissioner for Refugees. The slain workers were strongly enough the murder- CRPF man was wounded in a the party of dreaded criminals. of a bank manager kidnapped Senior JD(U) leader K C engaged to an Iraqi refugee (UNHCR), Malala Yousafzai, close aides of NC legislator ous terrorist attack against terrorist attack in Tral area of “During the past two months from Nalanda was found in the Tyagi alleged that during Lalu Abid Shamo Kassim. Kassim the Dalai Lama and Medecins Shamima Firdous who repre- three of my party workers. south Kashmir's Pulwama dis- his 2 MLCs and one MLA are jungles of Koderma………In Prasad and Rabri Devi regimes has been granted US citizenship. Sans Frontieres International. sents the Habba Kadal con- Allah Jannat naseeb karey,” trict on Friday evening. Security involved in murder of the lead- this situation neither Narendra the ransom money after kid- Dr Mukwege is a Similarly, international stituency. Omar tweeted. sources said that unidentified ers of opposition parties. One Modi nor Nitish Kumar will nappings were finalised at the Congolese gynaecologist who, dignitaries like Malaysia’s Dr. Senior Superintendent of He said another NC terrorists hurled a hand grenade MLA is in the smuggling of win…. I am afraid the NOTA CM residence. He also dis- along with his colleagues, has Mahathir Mohamad, UAE’s Police (SSP) Imtiaz Ismail told worker Shakeel Ahmad towards security vehicle near AK-47 and they are also may get majority in next elec- agreed with Sushil Modi’s treated tens of thousands of Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, reporters that they were ascer- Zangoo has been injured and main town of Tral. involved in murder, rape and tion in Bihar.” appeal to the criminals and said rape victims in warfare. UK’s Baroness Caroline Cox, taining the details. “It is interi- is in hospital. They said one jawan suf- bootlegging. When they are The Nitish Government instead the Deputy CM should During Ms Murad’s visit India’s Priyanka Chopra have or area and we are looking into Former Chief Ninister fered injuries and was evacu- caught `Naitik’ (moral) Kumar has come under sharp attack come down heavily on the to Mumbai to receive the been among many others the matter,” he said. and Peoples Democratic Party ated to hospital for treatment. A protect them,” he said. from both rivals and allies criminals with harsh warning “Mother Teresa Memorial nominated for the Mother Governor Satya Paul (PDP) president Mehbooba manhunt was launched to nab “In 1947 India got its free- over law and order where some and rule of law. Award”, the Harmony Teresa award . Malik condemned the attack Mufti also condemned the the attackers. !# .#$ # $ 3, *# 6 7
3 pline in the force and three tered against Sarvesh Two constables, Prashant 3 Cabinet on September 19, had our Muslim sisters, the real the Bharatiya Janata Party gov- constables posted there were Chowdhury for posting an 11- Chowdhury and Sandeep said that “there was compelling minority within the minority ernment at the Centre for hree station house officers suspended. minute video in which he pur- Kumar, were arrested after an ll-India Muslim Personal necessity” to bring the ordi- who have suffered silently for bringing the ordinance on Twere removed, four con- “A departmental probe is portedly claimed that he had FIR was lodged on basis of a ALaw Board’s woman wing nance as instances of talak-e- years! A small step for wom- triple talaq. stables suspended and two ex- on,” DIG (Law and Order) offered and had been collecting complaint by Tiwari’s colleague has decried the Ordinance on biddat or instant talaq contin- ankind, giant leap for human- AIMPLB member and policemen arrested on Friday Praveen Kumar told reporters. money for the two constables Sana Khan, who was in the car triple talaq promulgated by ued unabated despite the ity! Cannot thank our head of the Tahriq Tahuffuje as the UP police cracked down The photographs of consta- accused in the killing of the with him. Some people claim- the Centre, saying it was Supreme Court striking down Government enough.” Shariat, Maulana Khalid on social media protests from bles of the three police stations Apple executive. He was also ing to be batchmates and sym- infringement on Muslim per- the social malice in 2017. In a meeting held here on Rashid Firangi Mahali, said within their own ranks over the went viral on the social media seen taking swipes at political pathisers of Prashant sonal law and Shariat. The Muslim women’s Friday under the banner of that the Centre’s ordinance action taken against two con- after which the officers swung leaders and top police officials. Chowdhury and Sandeep Union Law Minister Ravi organisation campaigning for Tahriq Tahuffuje Shariat, (Save was against the fundamental stables who allegedly shot dead into action. They, however, did Officials said a probe was Kumar, were seen campaigning Shankar Prasad, while the bill banning triple talaq had Shariat Committee), Uttar rights guaranteed by the an Apple executive last week. not confirm whether the pho- ordered into reports that con- for them on social media, and announcing the approval of the said, “Prime Minister rings Pradesh, the speakers, most of Constitution to the citizens on Pictures on the social media tographs were current or old. stables were posting their pic- seeking donations to help them. Ordinance by the Union the knell of social justice for whom were women, slammed their religious belief. on Friday morning showed On Thursday, former consta- tures with black armbands in “An FIR was registered at police personnel wearing black bles Brijendra Yadav and support of their two accused Hazratganj police station on armbands in support of the two Avinash Pathak, dismissed colleagues and that action Thursday against unnamed constables who were arrested from service earlier in different would be taken against those people under the Police after the multinational executive cases, were arrested from found involved in such acts. (Incitement to Disaffection) was shot dead when he refused Varanasi and Mirzapur, while Apple executive Vivek Act, and cyber teams are look- to stop his car for checking. policeman Sarvesh Tiwari was shot dead early on ing at such posts to take the SHOs of Naka, Gudamba Chowdhury, posted in Rae September 29 when he alleged- case to a logical end,” a senior and Aliganj police stations in Bareli, was suspended over the ly refused to stop his car for police official said here. The the State Capital were removed same issue. checking in Lucknow’s posh Act provides a maximum pun- for failing to maintain disci- An FIR was also regis- Gomti Nagar Extension. ishment of six months. “Rumours are being spread on the social media... We have taken the matter seriously and surveillance is going on to track such people. It has come to the fore that some constables terminated from service are involved in it,” the DIG said. A police spokesperson said: “It has come to our notice that constables are tying black rib- bons and posting such pictures on social media.” The posts are being examined, he said, adding in the last two days, investigating officers had come across instances where mor- phed or old pictures were post- ed on the social media. Clarifying the situation, the DIG said: “Some people posing as policemen and anti- social elements are involved in it. We will take strict action.” When asked about the issue, Vivek Tiwari’s wife Kalpana said: “My innocent husband was killed, I want justice for him. I am not against the police. This (campaign in support of accused constables, if any) should not be held. Senior officers should take cognisance of it and take action.” ++# ? Lucknow: Samajwadi Secular Morcha, the new political outfit floated by Shivpal Singh Yadav, on Friday announced four frontal organisations similar to those of Samajwadi Party and nom- inated presidents and gener- al secretaries of the district and city units. Shivpal constituted Samajwadi Secular Lohia Vahini, Samajwadi Secular Yuvjan Sabha, Samajwadi Secular Morcha Chhatra Sabha and Samajwadi Secular Morcha Pichhara Morcha. In a statement here, Shivpal Yadav said the presidents of these frontal organisations had been nominated. The party has also appointed district and city unit presidents at 21 places in the State. PNS 1 !&% * 1 !&% * ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345 COMMENT & ANALYSIS ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345
www.dailypioneer.com 3 .8"9 3((6 Behind Bollywood’s bad behaviour Significant Seven B 8 - ( ( C Dutta, a has-been Miss India and actor, with a complaint wasn’t investigated or addressed prop- therein lies the problem. The entertainment ter women. And let there be no disenchantment didates and privileged club cards for those coopt- clutch of lip support from here and there, most- erly all those years ago and apologising to her. industry across the world has sold itself on the that it is a male-dominated business. A word here ed. No free speech can be encouraged among 5 ! ly from “outsider” players in the industry — Richa And just like a decade ago, when ceaseless harass- “showgirl syndrome,” one where the women were and there can make or break a star. Casting is still such a stranglehold of lobbies. Only khushi and Chadha, Swara Bhaskar, Anurag Kashyap — seek- ment forced her to move to the US, she is being projected as an object of beauty and fantasy. more a prerogative of the male star/producer, no gham allowed in this incestuous dream pari- ) ing justice for inappropriate behaviour on the sets, branded a publicity-monger. Nobody realises that Peddling them were mostly men, who were sometimes both being the same person, and vaar. As Tandon tweeted, the wives of offending a professional public arena, by co-star Nana it was precisely to avoid cheap publicity when the financiers, producers and directors. And though women actors are known to have benefitted from men were equally guilty of turning a blind eye +O:! :+(+ 1 ' !$# +O: +++ +$ Patekar years ago. She is battling a barrage of harrowing incident happened years ago that she women in cinema onscreen have traversed the their recommendations and references. Which to their partners’ indiscretions, seasonal flings and & :& :$:++ $:+:K+ 01: $ + (! defamation notices, slut-shaming and a new low, moved out of the arclights. She had spoken out growth curve to being flesh and blood, this has is why this clammy friendship restricts them from eroding a newbie’s career after the gratification 3 threats from the MNS for calling out its leader then of a breach of the contract clause on body not translated offscreen where young aspirants speaking out against their misbehaviour even if and fleeting pleasure. If this is true, half our indus- ' ::0 ( &+ ! 0+:: & 1++$K Raj Thackeray over unleashing goons to terrorise exposure, inappropriate gestures and coercion in have to trade their integrity to get past the misog- they aren’t the victims themselves. Imagine the try men would lose their ageless sheen. !0+ +$& + 1$$1 +:! 0:+) $ + 96(9 her at the behest of Patekar. Then and now. the professional workspace and staked her ynist powerplay and make a point. So trauma- case of aspirants or starlets then. Yes, they could Driven by outrage over molestation, even the &: + '+& 01: $+" $ While Gadot made DC pay a price for career on the oblivion forced upon her by the tised and ashamed are they of this mostly unwill- say no at the beginning, but for the many who Malayali film fraternity set up a women’s collec- his is not a story of comparison. Nor should endorsing a proclaimed sexual offender, Dutta industry. Once an insider, she knows the rules ing but sometimes willing compromise that they do not have privileged lives or have no option B tive like in Hollywood, where women actors, pro- > 0 $?#: + + +! +:# (+: 1: it be. But it helps explain why a #MeToo says she is being made to pay a price for speak- of the game and now that she has nothing to lose shove it under the carpet. Take the case of to fall back on as a career (especially rebels and ducers, agents, writers and executives have + & &+ 01 ::$ 1! &' +&+ $ $ Tmovement has a long time coming in the ing up. The only women witnesses from the or prove a point, she is not raising a bogey or lob- Gwyneth Paltrow, who has openly admitted that runaways), crossing the line is a grey area. And formed an ambitious, sprawling Time’s Up ini- '0 +&! "'+ 0:+ &+ $ $ +: + Indian film industry, Bollywood in particular. industry who have stood by her are an assistant bying but rather seeking validation for herself. had it not been for her then boyfriend Brad Pitt, the sweep of denial is, therefore, stronger, the tiative to fight systemic sexual harassment. This Hollywood actor Gal Gadot, whose Wonder director and a choreographer, on the weightage Unlike Hollywood, the crusade against sex- who threatened offender-producer Harvey transgression usually trashed as an unfortunate includes legal aids and funds, pushing for legis- 0' $ 0 + 1+ 0: 1+ + +&' ++ (+::0 Woman is the only woman superhero success of of whom an A-lister like Sonam Kapoor and an ual predators here is bottom-up instead of top- Weinstein and asked him to back off from seek- episode. The powerful have preyed on this fun- lation to penalise companies tolerating sexual + 1 &( -I(III +$!) $ +:+$+:( the DC franchise, refused to sign the sequel con- out-of-spotlight Raveena Tandon have taken a down. While in Hollywood too it began with the ing favours over casting her, she would not have damental middle-class insecurity and fear of harassment, discouraging non-disclosure agree- : + +" + :+1!0+:"+ ! $' ::0 ! + tracts as the studio was financed by director and stand. Priyanka Chopra, too, but then she has outliers, Oscar winners like Streep, Oprah made it ahead. Refusals are usually followed by being exposed for overstepping the laxman rekha. ments to silence survivors, ensuring pay parity producer Brett Ratner, who had been accused of quite disentangled herself from Bollywood and Winfrey and Frances McDormand lent it steam, hitbacks or a snip of the career curve, which force Hypocrisy is justified as self-preservation. and relentlessly raising issues on the red carpet. + + $ 1 ++ ::$! + : &+) + &0 sexual harassment and even assault by a num- is more Hollywood now. But for the many divas turning it into a mainstream campaign to end sex- most exploited women into silence. Hollywood Then there’s unabashed nepotism, with film This collective is a far cry in Bollywood. The pun- .I,K#+ 0+ +$++ :(+ 01(++ :1 +& ber of women. She forced the studio’s hand over and leading ladies who rule the trade, not even ploitation in the industry. Cut to home and most women spoke out only when they had somewhat families holding each other’s hand in a clannish ishment, even farther. But remember this is the : 5 1 : '+& + : 1 : ! & + : endorsing a wrong-doer and stood up for the a whisper of solidarity or coalescing of ideas for A-listers, except Kangana Ranaut, while acknowl- cemented their social, political and economic rel- manner, spreading their tentacles in multi-dis- first time an actress has decided to name the many wonder women on and off screen taken a work code on the floors. Though none of them edging the casting couch syndrome, fail to men- evance in the industry. ciplinary aspects of the industry — production, errant actor and seek justice. Let’s not forget that $ & ::& 1 + & +'' ' + for granted and considered peripheral midgets. is exactly Meryl Streep, one had expected an tion specifics or claim immunity on the ground Back to Bollywood. While women-oriented direction, acting, promotion, live shows, endorse- studio head Harvey Weinstein is bankrupt after 0 +:&+$+ !1: :+ &' ++ '::& She used her power as one of the highest-earn- encouragement for a just cause. They could have that they had not been subjected to exploitative films are doing well and pay parity is emerging ments, franchises, campaigns — even spilling over his dirty doings tumbled out of the can. Also, once + 0+ + (+:10 "++ 0 & 1! 0 1 0 ing stars to make a point and win an argument. afforded to, considering that many of them have advances though others may have been preyed as a re-negotiable issue, this is just a small upris- into mainstream culture like sports, seminars and dubbed “America’s Dad,” comedian Bill Cosby, Still Gadot is not bigger than a studio, produc- held up a film on their shoulders and driven 100- upon. If we were to collate all these comments, ing against feudatory practices in an industry that books and, most importantly, spawning their next 81, has been labelled a “sexually violent preda- + +:$'' + &:++ : + 0: &: 1 ers or the guilds. But she used her time in the crore plus revenues as onscreen protagonists of it would seem that the topliners of the industry has continued to remain revisionist despite cor- of line on social media from the moment they tor” by a US court. Perhaps, it is Bollywood’s turn :+ 1 1 &# 0 + & 1! 0 1 0 + ( spotlight to clean the dirt under the red carpet. women’s issues. This despite CINTAA (Cine and really had a smooth, happy ride and their male poratisation. There is still career dependence on are born. There is no theory of natural selection to pay back. 1&:( : $ + 0:& + '+ ++ : 1 And in Bollywood, there is Tanushree TV Artists’ Association) admitting that Dutta’s counterparts were rock solid gentlemen. 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People with robust financial financial capability which supersedes Delhi Transport Corporation buses, once the lifeline T : 1 6 /:17 9 age are becoming cheaper, faster and concepts into the Agile DevOps based appli- provide safe and convenient ways skills are able to plan their lives bet- financial literacy as a way of better rep- for commuters in the Capital till the advent of the smaller in size. Communication networks cation development and support services. of managing these simple monetary ter. On the other hand, consumers resenting the phalanx of factors that ( Metro and now once again finding favour with resi- have become more robust and reliable with This greatly helped the IT services compa- affairs. This philosophy is known as who cannot comprehend basic finan- shape financial decision-making. /:1 RS RS ( dents given the hike in metro fares, are to get safer. increased bandwidth and speed. nies to provide products and services with financial inclusion. It is providing cial concepts, such as interest com- There are three main features of finan- ( ( Come March 2019, all DTC buses will have CCTV Development technologies, software pack- higher accuracy and speed by reduction of financial tools to the people — tools pounding and financial risk diversi- cial capability. First, the concept of (( cameras fitted in them in addition to the 1,200 mar- ages as well as methodologies have been rework and waste. IT services companies that they can afford, and are safe fication, often end up paying high- financial capability seeks to capture # ) # ) 6)#)7 ) continually modernised. All industries learnt a lot on good customer service from and properly regulated and can be er transaction fees, pile up unman- the idea that individuals need skills # shals already deployed on buses to prevent any that are heavily dependent on IT are in a banking and financial services, retail and a accessed conveniently from formal ageable debts and also end up pay- and knowledge as well as the ability untoward incident. About time. )#) ( race to keep up with technological changes. few other industries, in turn helping them- institutions. ing higher interest on loans. to put these into practice through their ; IT services companies are no exception to selves to be customer-centric with needed These tools enable people to The Organisation for Economic attitudes and self-efficacy. " )#) tomers end up losing heavily due to Second, the dynamicity of the this. They face the same challenges in mod- specific knowledge of the customers’ appli- velocity, flexibility and innovation. save, insure and to responsibly bor- Co-operation and Development wants, using credit card wisely, avoid- (( ernising themselves and helping their cations and systems. The strategic transfor- Lastly, artificial intelligence (AI) is bring- row — allowing them to build their (OECD) has articulated a working ing wastes funding expenses from sav- harsh penalties. It is almost impossi- concept emphasising on financial clients to reimagine technology to acceler- mations require deep industry and technol- ing disruptive changes to the world as a assets and improve their well-being definition of financial literacy. It con- ings and not loans, understanding ble to salvage failed insurance policies. decisions needs to be fit to different 5 Temporary relief ate business. While this has been the gen- ogy expertise. The effectiveness of these whole, IT services industry included. Of and financial prospects. The term siders it as “a combination of aware- terms of equated monthly install- Several banked customers can’t man- circumstances of life. Thus, financial "( eral trend, the IT services industry has been transformations depend on the change man- course, IT services companies are the ones most buzzed in this respect is “the ness, knowledge, skill, attitude and ments (EMIs) before buying on EMI. age even modest sums of money. capability may mean different finan- 1 going through significant changes which agement in customers’ own IT organisation who learn, develop and implement AI solu- unbanked” — usually defined as behavior necessary to make sound People who have a strong grasp 7 Whilst financial products can be cial practices for different people and ! < / ' = 6 ? @ &::+0 "!+ + & 0+' :( &+ : 0 specialised skills in fewer areas. services is not just a contributor to the growth occurring in other industries. But, the one ucts are easily available to a wide range of even general literacy. The literacy and failure of institutions to proper- ) financial literacy and financial stabil- rolling-up their sleeves and getting R S / + : :1+# 0 :( 0 ! 1 &O: :+!''++ '+ Over the past decade, customers have of other industries, but has become an area that shall remain constant is the funda- of the population. To keep abreast rate in India is defined as those who ly guide them, people buy insurance ity will be extremely relevant in the their hands dirty, rather than expect- ( been looking for service providers to bring enabler and an integral part of all the indus- mental nature and attitude of service com- even those who are financially liter- can read and write with understand- policies without planning and give up 7 coming times because our financial ing others to always do it for them. ( ( # " 0$' &0 +::$' ::! &O: $:+ 1 # +!:+(+ in transformative technology and services in tries. Over the time, many companies in var- panies of being a trusted partner, a trusted ate need to brush up on financial skills. ing. Numeracy is defined as the abil- midway because they do not have lives are going to become complex. Leaders need to become more mind- /:1 ( ) $ + + +!+" 1: $ + + :# :+ addition to providing standard application ious industries — publishing, automotive, advisor and always being available. Services This is the single biggest skill that can ity to do basic math. Only 30 per cent money to pay the premium. The depth and breadth of financial ful of how they are leading others and :+ 0 1$ & $:+ &: : & +0 1: && or infrastructure management services. The insurance, banking, to name a few, started companies that give paramount importance ensure economic well-being and free- of Indians qualify as being financial- Hard selling prevents agents systems determine the financial sta- how they are being perceived as they ( / ) need of the hour is to provide both tactical identifying themselves as technology com- to this will be the ones to survive and thrive. dom. In modern parlance it is known ly literate based on this yardstick. from properly assessing the consisten- bility of any society. sit in the corner office. # : !:+ '' 1: !+ + ::1 :+' + & :#' and strategic transformations. The tactical panies, treating technology on par with their (The writer is Chief Technology Officer, as financial literacy. People must be trained in smart cy in income streams of the buyers for Financial education programmes (The writer is the author of Village + : + $0 ' ' +!0++ ' + &O: / ) ( : changes are mostly IT-related, requiring very core products. HTC Global Services) This skill is a combination of upending — prioritising needs over servicing their policies. The cus- focused on just imparting knowledge Diary of a Heretic Banker) / 6 / 7 ( : :#: &:+ 0 1 $ 0 +0 :+ 1 & / , 9 +'+ ! & :( &!1 1 +::0 :+! ": %((' A + & : # N&! &O +!++ & : +' + # " vh $ 1 # :( & 0 $:+:+BI-I' +1 + + with the responsibility to cut at least can touch alarming proportions if police to comment on the quantitative aspect # , : 1 $ :#: + &+ 0: 1: :0$ :!0+ an identical amount on fuel. 6 ## training academies are not upgraded as of the scheme. " ( Sir — The Government’s carrot and But Kerala’s Finance Minister Sir — India’s poor ratio of 138 police a matter of pressing urgency. However, one has to also take into : :: 0 $:: :( :+0+ # stick policy on fuel prices though Thomas Isaac has already made it clear personnel per lakh of population, fifth ": '' :+ 0 + & &+ 1++ " ! + + E &: &+: ++:1 + R Narayanan account the involvement of the people # / :) $ +: 0+ + ! 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The 30-share index he Reserve Bank on Friday inflation to be between 3.9-4.5 announced 2.50 per litre cut absorb rupee per litre was seen the policy stance to “calibrated Tpoints on Friday to end at Sentiments were also bear- remained in the negative zone Tsaid the Centre and States per cent in October-March of in petrol and diesel prices. as a return of Government tightening” from “neutral”. a near six-month low of ish largely in tandem with a through the session. Selling should stick to the fiscal deficit the current fiscal. On the BSE, shares of control over pricing, leading to A majority of the analysts 34,376.99 after the RBI unex- sell-off in global markets as US activity gathered momentum target as any slippage will have It said the inflation outlook Hindustan Petroleum Corp stocks of IOC, BPCL and and bankers were expecting the pectedly maintained status quo Treasury yields surged to after the RBI kept an adverse bearing on inflation calls for a close vigil over the Ltd (HPCL) tanked 25.18 per HPCL tanking. six-member Monetary Policy on the policy rate but changed multi-year highs on robust rates unchanged but changed and increase market volatility. next few months because sev- cent to end at 165.05 and Market experts said the Committee to go at least for a its stance to “calibrated tight- economic data and comments its stance to “calibrated In its fourth bi-monthly eral upside risks persist. Bharat Petroleum Corp eased fuel price cut would have neg- 0.25 per cent hike in key rates ening” amid the rupee breach- from the Federal Reserve, tightening”. monetary policy for the fiscal, “The MPC notes that glob- by 21.11 per cent to 265.35. ative implications for upstream at the review. the RBI made a strong case for al headwinds in the form of ONGC was also the biggest public sector companies. “The MPC reiterates its com- improving domestic macro escalating trade tensions, loser on the 30-share index. “The Government’s deci- mitment to achieving the medi- economic fundamentals to volatile and rising oil prices, Intra-day, the shares of ONGC, sion to curtail marketing mar- um-term target for headline infla- ( 1& ' neutralise the impact of glob- and tightening of global finan- HPCL, IOC and BPCL touched gins on auto fuels by 1/litre tion of 4 per cent on a durable al trade tension and rising oil cial conditions pose substantial their 52-week low on the BSE. brings to fore the earnings basis,” the resolution of the MPC $ ++ ' + prices. risks to the growth and infla- Similarly, on the NSE all uncertainty for oil PSUs, asso- after a three-day meet said. “...Should there be fiscal tion outlook. It is, therefore, touched their 52-week low ciated with an environment of The repo rate, at which the he rupee skidded by 18 paise to finish at a fresh lifetime low L' +: slippage at the centre and/or imperative to further strength- during intra-day. higher crude prices amid the RBI lends to the system, will Tof 73.76 against the US dollar on Friday after the RBI unex- state levels, it will have a bear- en domestic macroeconomic The Government Thursday government’s socio-economic continue to be at 6.5 per cent pectedly kept the policy rate unchanged. $ ing on the inflation outlook, fundamentals,” the apex bank announced 2.50 per litre cut in compulsions,” Kotak and the reverse repo at which The domestic unit crashed below the 74-mark for the first besides heightening market said. petrol and diesel prices after it Institutional Equities said in a it absorbs excess funds will be time ever in intra-day trade on persistent capital outflows and he Reserve Bank of India’s volatility and crowding out Prices of bent crude reduced excise duty by 1.50 a research note. 6.25 per cent. The Monetary high crude oil prices. T(RBI) decision to keep the private sector investment,” the crossed $86 a barrel — the Policy Committee (MPC) Markets were caught off guard as the Reserve Bank main- repo rate unchanged will give a RBI said. highest in 4 years. India, which 2 ) voted 5:1 in favour of a status tained status quo on the benchmark interest rate. However, the much needed boost to the real The Government imports 80 per cent of its crude quo, with only Chetan Ghate central bank warned that rising oil prices and tightening of glob- estate sector which is witnessing Thursday announced a 1.5 per oil requirements, has been '+ 5$$5 2 5& voting for a 0.25 per cent hike. al financial conditions pose substantial risks to growth and infla- signs of revival in the past six litre cut in excise duty which impacted by the crude price :: + +&&O:7 0 &+ +&0 + The MPC headed by RBI tion.It also changed its policy stance to ‘calibrated tightening’ from months, industry experts said. would result in a revenue loss rise with petrol and diesel 1 :&++" +! + $' : :# & Governor Urjit Patel said that ‘neutral’. The apex bank on Friday of 10,500 crore in the current prices touching record high & ( & 1:+ $7 +:: +: :'+&& ::&+ the recent excise duty cut by the A majority of the analysts and bankers were expecting the kept the repo rate unchanged at fiscal. There are apprehensions levels. ::: +&:::)'#'+#>+&? $ government on petrol and diesel six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to raise inter- 6.50 per cent, despite global and that this may have a bearing on Oil prices remain vulnera- ::' " $' + &+ + &' ::!: 0+ :# will help contain inflation. est rate by 0.25 per cent. “Rupee was caught off guard and weak- domestic macro-economic the Centre’s fiscal deficit target ble to further upside pressures, Meanwhile, RBI ened beyond 74, after RBI surprised headwinds of rising interest of 3.3 per cent. Similarly, cer- especially if the response of oil- ' '5!$=)$2 %$ %&'$! Governor Urjit Patel on markets by keeping rates unchanged. Given the rising oil and rates in the US, rising crude tain states too have cut VAT on producing nations to supply :++0+ $' + : &> ?( ' +&!+ Friday reiterated that the trade tensions, traders will bet on exports going up, to curb fur- prices, threat of crude oil fuelled the domestic fuel. disruptions from geopolitical ) $ + & + ! -(,KC@(: 0 + O:' $ domestic currency is still bet- ther weakening in the currency,” said Anand James, Chief Market inflation, weaker currency and Finance Minister Arun tensions is not adequate. ' :: ! &' $ + 11 & ' +1 ( :" ter than its emerging market Strategist at Geojit Financial Services. FII outflows, Knight Frank Jaitley has, however, assured The recent excise duty cuts $ 1$ + & $' :K $'+:AI : +: peers and that the apex bank Meanwhile, the FBIL set the reference rate at 73.5809 for the India Chairman and Managing that the Government will stick on petrol and diesel will mod- :+!:$ + + ! -(.I,@# $ "+AI+7 0 &+ does not have a target for it. US dollar and 84.6975 for the euro. Director Shishir Baijal said. to the fiscal deficit target and erate retail inflation. + ( $$$ + +: :+& 0 :&+0$!# 2""'% '$ )$ %$ $ 2' ! & & 7 + : $ O: :: + 7 & &:0 '::: 2# > 7 ?: &0 + 1+:,I+ :& +O:$+ +-+ &A+ *& - + ! 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However, Ford India prices were not helping. “In with the latest technology in 5'% +$% '$ %5 ?( world acclaimed fiction-fanta- is still an export oriented com- some markets the situation has laser projection, plush recliners, E & + & $+&>E ?:' :+&+:1:+ sy series, the LEGO Harry pany and export revenues been a bit more subdued than larger than life bespoke interi- & $:+ P0 + :+' &0 + &:: J.75.I,@,K# 0 - ! + . - $' && 0&:+' &0 + ,#B>$ + :? ! # = - Potter collection has evoked touched $2.4 billion in the others with demand persistent- ors, food curated by celebrity excitement across the globe and same time period. One reason ly weak. While we hope the sit- chef Vicky Ratnani, butler-on- & !0:+:: ,#./&0 1+P0 + E0+ '+$! .I,@# $ $ $ $## P0 + :+' &0 + :-C' +1 +&0 1J.75 - # > @9:;A/; ? experiences for movie buffs. ,.+ 1+& ( 7 &# The all new multiplex is designed and launched as a 5' 5+ $"-%& bouquet of three exclusive ":30$ (( ( )0:+ 010 +&++ & Insignia auditoriums. 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( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345 ++ # , .R7 ! # # $ 3,>?@A+1 New Delhi (PTI): Anil Ambani-led $ $ JLL India CEO & country head in housing demand for projects by Reliance Health Insurance, a wholly owned Ramesh Nair said it was a welcome step renowned developers”. subsidiary of Reliance Capital, has received erman luxury carmaker eal estate developers heaved a sigh for the real estate sector as it would give Gaurs Group MD Manoj Gaur said final approval from the insurance regulator to GMercedes-Benz on Friday Rof relief after the RBI kept key pol- the much-needed impetus to the hous- there was room for financial institutions start operations. The company plans to com- launched a new version of its icy rates unchanged and said any hike ing market which had been showing to cut down their lending rates for their mence operations by the December quarter premium SUV AMG G63 in the interest rate would have affect- signs of revival in the last six months. customers. of 2018. priced at 2.19 crore (ex-show- ed housing demand during the “For home buyers, the timing Gulshan Homz director Deepak In a regulatory filing on Friday, Reliance room). upcoming festival season. could not have been better as lending Kapoor said the apex bank was com- Capital said Reliance Health Insurance had The model comes pow- “RBI’s decision to keep the repo rates are not expected to increase from pelled to maintain status quo given the received R3 approval from the Insurance ered by a 4-litre V8 biturbo rate unchanged is a relief to the current levels. Besides providing a overall economic situation. Regulatory and Development Authority of petrol engine that generates developers, home buyers and real major fillip to buyer sentiment, RBI’s Signature Global chairman India (Irdai) for its new health insurance busi- 585 hp of power. It can attain estate stakeholders at large. move should also translate into boost- Pradeep Aggarwal said cut in rates ness. “The scope of health insurance in India 100 km/h from standstill in 4.5 “However, the economy is too ing demand,” Nair said. might have improved the market sce- is massive and, given the current low pene- seconds and achieve a top precariously poised for real estate to Knight Frank India CMD Shishir nario and triggered the demand and tration, is expected to grow multi-fold over the speed of 220 km/h. in the making,” Mercedes-Benz it has launched for the Indian pull itself by its bootstraps. We hope Baijal said: “While we are in a rising sales process. next few years,” Reliance Capital executive “The extreme rock-climb- India vice-president, (sales and market in 2018, he added. in particular for decisive steps to end interest rate cycle now, the pause will Elan Group CEO Raj Singhal said director Anmol Ambani said. The company ing abilities combined with marketing) Michael Jopp told “We have an exciting line- the credit freeze,” CREDAI’s nation- provide a temporary relief to the home the decision would have positive impact said health insurance in India was amongst sports car performance, class reporters here. up for the upcoming festive sea- al president Jaxay Shah said. buyer sentiment and support the fes- on the real estate sector as despite infla- the fastest-growing insurance sectors, rising leading styling and a high-tech The company continues its son and our product innova- NAREDCO president Niranjan tive season demand.” tionary pressure and rupee deprecia- at 20 per cent annually and is expected to dou- cabin makes the new Mercedes- product offensive and the new tions will continue in the com- Hiranandani said RBI had kept rates Housing.com, Makaan.com & tion, RBI had chosen to keep the rate ble to over 1,00,000 crore by 2021. AMG G63 yet another legend AMG G63 is the tenth product ing months,” Jopp said. unchanged but some banks had PropTiger.com group CEO Dhruv unchanged, thereby not increasing the already hiked interest rates. He won- Agarwala said this was a great news for cost of funds for developers and dered whether banks would now home buyers who were considering tak- investors. : ( reverse their recent hikes. ing advantage of lucrative offers from Ajnara MD Ashok Gupta said the . !'&6 Anshuman Magazine chairman developers during the festive season. rate cut was the need of the hour to pro- 047 (India and South East Asia), CBRE, “The hike might have impacted vide the much needed push to the real said: “Any hike in repo rate would consumption sentiment negatively estate and to facilitate growth. Mumbai (PTI): Exporters’ body short-term debt share in India’s own country,” FIEO president ! have impacted consumption senti- ahead of the festive season. From con- Mahagun Group director Dhiraj Federation of Indian Export external debt was increasing. Ganesh Kumar Gupta said in a ment and also the real estate sector. sumers perspective, home loan rates are Jain, said the status quo would uplift the Organisations (FIEO) on Friday The rupee on Friday crashed release. New Delhi (PTI): Drug Also, the change in stance of the RBI attractive so they must utilise this sentiment of the buyers, while Saya said the rupee depreciation was below the 74-level against the US dol- He further said the most vocif- firm Zydus Cadila on Friday from neutral to calibrated tightening opportunity and make their purchas- group CMD Vikas Bhasin and SG increasing the cost of imported cap- lar for the first time. The domestic erous were the buyers from the said it had received final is an indication of the intent of the RBI es by cashing in on deals in the mar- Estates director Gaurav Gupta said a ital goods, inputs and various services currency was quoted 55 paise lower Middle East, Africa and certain approval from the US health to keep inflation levels in check.” ket,” said House of Hiranandani CMD rate cut could have driven property used by exporters paid in foreign cur- at 74.13 against the dollar soon parts of Asia demanding deep cut regulator to market ANAROCK chairman Anuj Puri Surendra Hiranandani. demand. rency, particularly the freight charges. after the RBI announced its mone- in prices, while such demands Exemestane tablets, used for said it was “unexpected stance” on part ATS group firm Homekraft CEO TDI Infracop MD Kamal Taneja, He further said though the tary policy. from buyers in the US and Europe treatment of breast cancer. The of RBI and could be favourable for the Prasoon Chauhan welcomed RBI’s too, said with real estate sector on domestic currency had depreciated “Buyers are asking for sizeable is sparingly received. “This puts company has received approval real estate sector in the short term. decision as status quo on rate hike revival mode a decrease in repo rate by over 13 per cent this year, the reduction in prices, on account of exporters in quandary, if he has from the US Food and Drug However, he said it was a worrisome would give the right boost to the sec- during the festival season could have trends in non-deliverable forward rupee depreciation, as depreciation hedged himself thus not benefiting Administration to market the development from a macro-econom- tor. “We expect with the festive season improved the market sentiment in a big (NDF) market indicated that further of buyers’ currencies have also from weak rupee yet forced to cut drug in the strength of 25 mg, ic long-term perspective. kicking in, there will be further growth way. fall was not ruled out particularly as increased the landed price in their prices,” Gupta said. 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The majority of the shut- “I tell the prime minister of controversy over sexual abuse cleared the way to hold a vote from 2008 to 2013, was found The court found that Lee tered aid groups are U.S.-based, the Zionist regime to practice allegations against him. on Brett Kavanaugh, his nom- guilty on charges including was the de-facto owner of DAS while the remainder are from swimming in the The Senate voted 51-49 to inee to the Supreme Court. bribery and embezzlement and — a controversial auto parts Britain and the European Mediterranean because soon approve Kavanaugh in the pro- “Very proud of the U.S. ordered to pay a fine of 13 bil- company which he claimed Union, according to a govern- you will have no choice, but flee cedural cloture vote, with one Senate for voting ‘YES’ to lion won ($11.5 million) by the was his brother’s — which he ment list, which was seen by into the sea,” Brigadier-General Republican, Lisa Murkowski, advance the nomination of Seoul Central District Court. used to create slush funds of The Associated Press. Hossein Salami said, according opposing going forward while Judge Brett Kavanaugh!” “Bringing everything into around 24 billion won. Caught in the latest order to the ultraconservative news one Democrat, Joe Manchin, Trump said in a tweet. consideration, heavy punish- Lee was also found guilty to close are aid groups such as website Fars news. voted to move ahead. Kavanaugh’s once near- ment for the accused is of accepting nearly six billion World Vision U.S., Catholic Speaking at a rally of the A final vote on the certain confirmation to the inevitable,” said a judge during won from Samsung Electronics Relief Services U.S., volunteer Basij militia in the Republican nominee is planned lifelong appointment on the the trial that was live televised. in return for a presidential International Relief and central Iranian city of Isfahan, for Saturday, with the result still constitutional court is on a Lee was not in attendance, pardon for its chairman Lee Development U.S., ActionAid Salami said Israel could be in question as another knife-edge after bitter debate citing ill-health. Kun-hee, who was jailed for tax U.K., and Danish Refugee destroyed by Iran’s Lebanese Republican senator, Susan over sexual assault allegations The former South Korean evasion. Council, Denmark. ally Hezbollah. 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He describes the journey from his first film Ship of fortable but worn out with the pro- the film “depends”, he said. “For this in 2012 to have a quirky spring- characters as it is the wrong refer- Theseus to Tumbbad as “massive and arduous.” He says, motional side of filmmaking. Before one, we had a master musician like board. “When I was a VJ on MTV, ence since it’s an actor playing the “During the film I was just starting out and trying to under- I could ask a question, he questioned Amit Trivedi. I had nothing to say I had a lot of options and scripts. I character,” he said. stand the landscape of the city. Now I am more comfortable if I wrote with an ink pen. That era as he was giving the perfect narra- said no to lot of films since I want- The film also stars Tabu and and confident.” of having time to fill a cartridge with tive-based songs. This is not the ed my first to be different, not run- Radhika Apte in lead roles. Both He feels that through the course of time, he has also ink before using is long past, but versatile actresses who have exper- evolved a lot. “As an actor I have come a long way and I feel maybe not from his consciousness. imented with their character choic- much better in terms of my craft control than I did when I His latest film Andhadhun, reeks es. had started,” he says. subtly of a past era noir. O 7 7 “Tabu ma’am is a versatile The actor, who has worked opposite Kangana Ranaut in “This film may appear dark but Q actor. She comes from the 90s and Simran and Irrfan Khan in Talvar, has been working on the it is full of quirks and humour,” he has changed gears as an actor. She’s film for six long years. He has “guarded the film as his child” said. # 3 5( malleable as an actor. She’s done and “nurtured it very closely.” He recalls his experience say- He’s made a name for himself as 7 5 films like Cheeni Kam, Haider, ing that “retrospecting memory is an amazing thing. More an artiste but also as the man next and a commercial film like often than not, when a storm has passed by, you realise that door. Unlike a chocolate boy, the 5 5 ) # Golmaal and now Andhadhun. it was actually worth going through. You see that it was also characters he opts for are layered I’m a big fanboy. And Radhika is fun being able to stand through it and to not let any pain and portrays young India. But he 9 7 very radical with her choices. She’s uproot you or your confidence. I have given my everything made a conscious move to shift courageous and out-of-the-box as to the film and made it with my complete dedication and from slice of life films to a thriller, an actor. In this film, she’s a con- Andhadhun, a pun on andha dhund, ventional love interest so it’s dif- which means indiscriminate. ferent for her,” he said. A musician in real life, who has Not one to shy away from sung and created music for many of quirky roles himself, he said that his films, he’s portraying one in this cinema has to give the audience bet- one, albeit a blind one. “Being an ter options since the censorship-less artist you put a lot of yourself in digital content is forcing films to every character. I was not an artist push boundaries too. in this one but a musician. In Meri “On the digital platform, they pyaari Bindu, Bareilly ki barfi, I have the liberty to transgress bound- played a writer,” he said. He prac- kind of film where you push for of-the-mill because I’m not a starkid. aries. They can do more radical and ticed playing the pieces picturised music from the outside or get an I needed to do something extreme- whacky but cinema has censorship. in the film for three to four months already existing track deliberately. ly different and quirky. Vicky Donor It pushes the script writers to do with his piano teacher since direc- This is a thriller and more than that was perfect for me. While the sub- something better in feature films,” tor Sriram Raghavan, whom he calls it is by Raghavan. He doesn’t come ject was taboo it was made in a he said. as the master of thriller, did not use from the commercial school of palatable and consumable way. The The actor will be soon seen in a body double for those scenes. As thought. Zabardasti ka gaana daal- humour was clean,” he said. another slice of life comedy. a musician, it was easier to learn the na, aise nahi hona chahiye. The To prepare for the role, he % & 0' %+; 4 2;+ (++
In the season four finale, Nora There are a lot of new family elements most at the start of this new season? O* [Jessica Parker Kennedy] revealed : :! "++: +:: ( + in the show. It’s surely going to be a I’ve mostly worked with Jessica, that she was the daughter of Barry ) ) ( ':+& ( special season. who plays Nora. We haven’t been 4 and Iris [Candice Patton]. How together a lot as an entire cast, which +":! 0+++0& 0&' + $ does the couple react to their new Barry has suddenly become a is how the show has evolved. More family member in season five? +::0' : : father and he has to acclimate to this and more, they seem to isolate the sto- Barry and Iris have different reac- very bizarre situation where he has ries, which I think is a better way to tions to Nora. Iris is really excited that a daughter in her 20s. How does this tell the stories. Plus, it’s easier for us they have a seemingly amazing kid. Barry and I function off our gut. We aspect change his story? to shoot that way. They don’t tend to She wants to get to know Nora and both know that it’s our daughter. We It’s hard for Barry because he has put 10 people in the Cortex together connect with her before they send her both believe that it’s her, but she gives always wished for a family and has anymore, which would require every- P back home. Barry thinks about why off a different vibe to each parent. always wanted a kid. Getting Nora is one on set. We’re a little more split up is she here? Why did she time travel? strange in a way because he almost now. I can’t imagine that I wouldn’t have How would you describe Nora’s feels like he’s had some- time.” told her not to do that. He’s a little wor- relationship with her mother? thing else stolen from What was your reac- As both an actor and producer of the film, he feels that ried. I don’t know if it was noticed, but him. His life or routine — tion to the news that this it would have been easier for him if he was only to act in it Nora seemed to be avoiding Iris in the none of it is normal. His season’s crossover event but when he’s the one producing also “it tends to become a Why didn’t Barry teach his daugh- last season. She’s a little stand-offish mom was killed because introduces Batwoman little tougher.” ter about the danger of messing with with Iris, but its reason is not known. of these powers. He grew [Ruby Rose]? When asked how did he prepare for the role, he explains the timeline? She’s extra clingy with Barry, which is up with his dad in prison I was really excited that the film was shot across four monsoons and apart from That’s an interesting question. It the complete opposite. We’ll fig- because of these powers. about the Batwoman news. just the physical labour it required consistency over those poses some other questions as well, ure out why is it so in the Now he doesn’t even We haven’t announced the four years. He adds, “I had to bulk up, grow a moustache, ‘Was he around to teach her?’ and, first couple of episodes. get to meet his premise of it yet, have we? learn rope climbing, marathi accent and had to maintain it ‘Did he not want her to be a speed- The audience won’t daughter in the There is something that I for those years. It was like being in a constant meditative state.” ster at all?’ We are going to answer be left wondering for normal way. He meets her can’t tell you, which is the premise of Tumbbad has opened the Venice Critic’s Week this year. these questions in the first couple of long. when she’s in her mid-twen- what the crossover involves. All I can The actor is “extremely surprised and overwhelmed by the episodes. ties and thinks to himself, say is that I was excited and I think it’s achievement.” He wanted to make Tumbbad “because it stood Is family one of ‘Wait... Are we going to very cool. It’s something we’ve never for everything that I have enjoyed in mainstream hindi cin- Iris and Barry have gone from the underlying miss out on hearing her done before. ema while growing, emotions, drama, edge of the seat enter- newlyweds to having a teenage themes of season heartbeat on the sonogram? tainment, music, an ambitious climax. We made this film daughter rather speedily… five? Are we going to miss out on It’s been announced that Gotham as a homage to those films, and I never expected that some- Technically, I believe Nora is 24 The Flash has seeing her first smile?’ City will be involved... thing so specifically Indian would resonate with audiences years old, so she’s our age. Nora is not always been a fami- What does this take away That’s right, but I don’t know if I’m from rest of the world. It was a very pleasant surprise.” a teenager. We were just realising that ly show. It has been from him? Well, we’ll see going to Gotham. The crossover The actor has worked mostly on off beat characters till this would be the season that Barry designed in a way so him deal with it in stages. involves something that none of the now but also wishes to participate in more entertaining and and Iris would turn 30. We probably that families can At first, it’s a tough, weird shows have done on their own and commercial films. However, for him,“Tumbbad too is won’t do a birthday on the show, but watch it together. It situation for him because we’ve definitely never done it in a somewhat like those mainstream films under big banners.” this would be the season they reach has never been any- he does feel like he’s been crossover before either. I can’t say too He feels that Indian cinema has evolved over the years that landmark age. Time flies! thing different from robbed off a lot. He knows much without fully giving it away — and thinks that this is the best time to make movies in India. that. In addition to this is a gift — but at the but it will be really, really different He adds, “Gradually there has been more and more space Does Barry immediately accept the this, season five is same time, how will this from any of the previous crossovers. for diverse kind of films. I feel diversity is the re-current fact that Nora is his daughter from going to be a special affect the future? theme. A film is meant to entertain you first, and that will the future? season of family tones, Do you think The Flash will be a never be out of fashion in India. But I think audience is At first, I think there’s some kind and it’s is going to be Is Barry worried he might comfortable inhabitant of Gotham encouraging us to tell stories that have not been told before of skepticism and apprehension great. This year, Joe erase Nora from history City if he ends up having to go there no matter what budgets you are working with. How heart- because we’ve been lied to by people [Jesse L. Martin] and somehow? in the crossover episodes? ening it is to see a film like Baahubali breaking the barriers that have walked into the Cortex Cecile[Danielle Yes. At one point, there’s Sure. He has frequented Starling of language and proving to be such a massive hit.” before. They’ve had people say they Nicolet] brought a a line where someone says, ‘She City [in Arrow] enough now. That’s He grew up watching mainstream cinema and idolises were somebody, but they then turned baby girl into the can Marty McFly herself out of probably a little similar to Gotham. Shah Rukh Khan, from whom he draws inspiration. “I want- out to be somebody else, so Barry world. Barry and Iris, existence.’ That’s what could hap- Well, it’s not Gotham, but it’s not ed to become an actor because of Shah Rukh Khan,” he said. doesn’t want to fall for anything like and the West family pen if she does the wrong Central City either. I think Barry can Sohum tells that he’s playing an exciting and meaty part that again. I think we’ve seen Barry in general will have thing, so he’s definitely a handle himself anywhere. He went to in his forthcoming Netflix series named Bard of Blood. He mature a lot over the past few years. to navigate how to little worried. Earth X with Nazis and he handled says that there is another (yet to be titled) film that he’ll be When I was cast, I was 23 years old. deal with this himself fine. producing next year. I’ll turn 29 this season. I’ve grown up grown-up kid Who do you (The Flash season five, airs on Tumbbad, directed by Rahi Anil Barve is slated to release a lot on the show and Barry has, too. being here. work with the Colors Infinity from 10th October.) on October 12. 75 +8 ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345
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Mukwege, on the other hand, is Each of them, in their own way, have This year, the award went to a gynecologist who has been seen as helped to give greater visibility to Nadia Murad, former Islamic State the saviour of victims of sexual vio- war-time sexual violence, so that the (IS) sex slave turned activist Nadia lence in his native country, where his perpetrators can be held accountable Murad, and Denis Mukwege, surgery has become a refuge and bea- for their actions,” Reiss-Andersen Congolese doctor. con of hope for thousands of women. added. “I congratulate Nadia Murad Through his work, he has earned the The Committee described and Denis Mukwege for winning the moniker “the man who mends Mukwege as a unifying symbol of the Nobel Peace Prize 2018. Clearly, the women”. He has treated tens of thou- struggle to end sexual violence in world is awakening to zero tolerance sands of victims. conflicts, not only in his native for sexual violence. In a civilised soci- The winners announced in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ety there is absolutely no place for Norwegian capital on Friday won the where civil war has killed over 6 mil- violence. By honouring Nadia and award for their “efforts to end the use lion people, but also within the Denis, the Norwegian Nobel of sexual violence as a weapon of international community. Committee has once again given war”, said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Murad became an activist for the # compassion it’s just desserts and Nobel Committee Chair. Both lau- Yazidi people after escaping the IS in sent out a loud and clear message to reates have made “a crucial contri- 2014. She campaigned to help put an the world that exploitation in any of bution to focusing attention on and end to human trafficking and won its manifestation is abominable and combating such war crimes”, she said. the European Union’s prestigious condemnable. I have always main- Sakharov Prize in 2016. J: 1 J :'":+ 3 ! 0+ tained that the only antidote for vio- In testimony to the US Congress lence is compassion without which in June 2016, Murad detailed how she 0 +1 & +! 1: : + 1 & peace is unimaginable. My heartiest and thousands of other Yazidi women congratulations to both my fellow and girls enslaved and raped by peace laureates for furthering the their IS captors. She recounted how he Qutbi Brothers Qawwals he said. So, qawwali today has there have been no others since,” cause of the most oppressed, for six of her brothers and her mother are revered as one of India’s transformed into the negative too. he added. becoming their voice and ensuring were executed by the terror group in Tmost celebrated qawwali To become a good qawwal in The singer has taught his two that they are heard. Children and a single day. singers. They come from an 750- these times, one has to find a good sons, Arshad and Adnan, to con- women are the face of humanity and The award ceremony for the year-old school of Indian musical. mentor, serve them and learn tinue the tradition and wants to the most bitter truth remains that Nobel Peace Prize will take place in “This is an old tradition and from them. “They should carry the take it to more people. “They have they are the worst victims of violence Oslo's town hall on December 10, the qawwals don’t know the status of ishq inside them to their teachers,” also been educated in Indian clas- too. It is high time we stood up anniversary of the death of the Nobel it. It comes third in the musical he said. sical,” he said. against these inhuman injustices and Prize founder, Alfred Nobel. The win- heritage of the country. First is The record-breaking singer, We are trying to keep the tra- declared war on rape and sexual ner will be awarded 9 million Swedish Shastriya sangeet then Bhakti who sang 12 hours non-stop at an ditional alive. The origin of violence that is butcher- Krona ($1.1 million). sangeet and then Sufiyana event organised by the Sangeet qawwali was in India. Khwaja ing our children and Last year’s Peace Prize winner, qawwali. Sufi is a tool for the soul Natak Akademi to promote the Mouinuddin Chrishti laid the women. Together we the International Campaign to to meet god,” said Idris Qutbi. J Qawwali tradition, in November foundation in India followed by can do all that it takes Abolish Nuclear Weapons, con- He laments that traditional 2016, will soon begin his institute Ahmed Khwaja Quttubuddin to eliminate gratulated Mukwege and Murad, qawwali is not shown on screen. for Sufiyana qawwali since he Bakhtiar Kaki, who laid down his exploitation and saying “both laureates thor- In films, it is only for entertain- # says that there is a lacuna in this life as a devotee of the tradition. violence from the oughly deserve this honour ment. In very few portrayals, like space. “There are academies for And the Qutbi brothers derive face of earth. through their incredible Khawaja mere Khwaja, the por- 7 ( Kathak, Classical, and more per- their name from the latter. The tra- Together we will,” work to address sexual vio- trayal is real. He blames this on forming arts but not to teach dition came from Ajmer to Baba Satyarthi said. lence in conflict”. lack of good qawwali artists. “To 57 qawwali in India whereas people Farid and then was taken forward Murad, 25, is a European Council become a qawwal you spend close as far as Europe, South Africa, UK by Nizammudin Aulia Amir Yazidi Kurdish President Donald to a decade serving your mentor. # and Bangladesh are learning,” he Khusrau. human rights Tusk said: “They After 12 years, they would start the said. They performed yesterday at activist from Iraq. have my deepest actual lesson. They tested how In their career spanning across an event by the Salaam Baalak She was one of an respect for the courage, much ability you had to learn the 37 several decades, they have enrap- Trust. The Qawwali evening with estimated 3,000 girls compassion and human- craft,” he said. tured audiences all over the world Qutbi Brothers was organised to and women from ity they demonstrate in “There is a ghazal, Mere )J in several prestigious music festi- raise funds for underprivileged the minority com- their daily fight.” rashke qamar tune pehli nazar, Jab vals. However, he laments that children. munity who were vic- Yousafzai also congrat- nazar se milaai maza aagaya, there have been no qawwal who “The fund raiser helps us to tims of rape and other ulated the winners on Twitter, there are people who see negative won the Padmashri. “Musicians, connect with our donors as well as abuses by the IS when it saying: “Their work saves lives and positive. There are those who ghazal singers were awarded but raise funds for the program”, says overran key cities in the and helps women speak out about see god in this and there are not qawwals. The last qawwal to Tanya Alag, head, resource mobil- country in August 2014. sexual violence.” those who see the negative in this,” be awarded was back in 1970s and isation. She is the second youngest (With IANS inputs)
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o matter what the subject is — their stories on is unparalleled.” Na barn at twilight, an unpaved While artist Madhvi Parekh road winding into the distance, focuses on landscapes that bring to fireflies in the night sky, a newborn 6 life the simplicity of Indian villages; life, life lived in the countryside, or artist Paresh Maity’s work pays a even a horse gazing up the hill at the tribute to Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi dawn — it all stirs romantic images March and also commemorates his of deep nights and bedtime stories. resides in different forms. Her 3D 150th birth anniversary. Madhvi The Art NOW exhibition at the +O:$0: 1 ' " : painting, Dhitri shows a woman and explains while giving an example of Art Alive Gallery curated by a tiger in the same frame. She the current intolerant cynicism Sunaina Anand, portrays current art + $: +:' '+ + # explains, “This right of life is equal about how should clashes be dealt practices and how they have evolved to all beings and must be protected with. “It is a representation of har- over the last few years, and that is ! 1:' :: : BA:+ + :# at all costs. The lady in my work rep- mony that exists between people of the only binding factor among the resents Shakti that is protecting the different backgrounds and reli- works on display. Highlighting the 3 girl child. This is also my message gions, of tolerance towards each signature style of each of the 35 to the world as an artist that we must other’s beliefs and roles in the soci- artists, the show brings together a look beyond the imagination but Coming from the mountain, it is take care of our girls and forms that ety. The joys of simplicity are unpar- range of topics — cityscapes and also dive into the real world. keenly looking at the ecological we see as ‘weak’ links in our set up.” alleled and pure,” he said. Even the urban civilisations, historical tran- A few of the artists reveal what changes happening due to excessive She believes that as women they fishes in her painting titled The River sitions, growing vulnerability of art means to them. Painter and misuse of nature in the plains.” need to be very strong like a tigress, in my Village are in conversation the environment, livelihood, moth- sculptor Jagannath Panda believes Artist Krishen Khanna, who has and stand up for their rights. with each other. erhood — that plague the minds of that such shows are very rele- been a witness to the Partition of Artist Manu Parekh is highly Maity, who has been particu- young artists. vant as they are a India, brings two new fascinated by the city of Varanasi as larly impressed by the Dandi March While ‘Now’ signifies the mod- selection of ener- works from his Band he believes the place holds great incident of 1930, narrates how he ern day and media currently used, gies of best in Wala series. His “magic.” He tells us about his work has “used mixed media to create tex- Anand tells us about another aspect contempo- works capture Moon in the landscape, where he ture similar to salt as it was an that is new in the third edition of the rary art. As moments in histo- “explores the different facets that important movement to send a exhibition — photography. She says, Panda’s work ry, much like pho- lead to the build up of its identity as message to the British government. “We have been talking about vari- is titled as tographs, but is a city of lights — the nature’s play of I wanted to bring that alive.” ous kind of arts, paintings, sculpture, Gaze, he different technique. & light on its waters and skies; and the While photography was a new engravings, still life, and historical explains how the Through the series, his human-driven shringar (decora- addition, photographer and realist, art. We have looked at different ele- painting is a aim is to tell the story of Iranna, who grapples with the urban cement, that come together to form tion) in its temples as an ode to the G Anjaneyulu’s Untitled work is ments concerning art but photog- metaphor for a keen $(! 0 transition that took place society as she makes a set of five blocks, which is also what we see in gods.” He talks about yet another themed around cows and their raphy hasn’t been done. So why not eye of looking at ecolo- since Partition. The series sculptures titled Through Blocks the city.” facet of the city which is it’s rich her- inimitable composure even while photography from now?” gy, human behaviour and relation- shows two band walas, one is titled using cement and staple pins. She One of the few works about pro- itage of textiles that continues to they sit calm and silent. All the while Anand believes that just like art ship between nature and mankind. Jaggi ji, a pre-Partition figure, and talks about her work that “revolves tection and equality of life is from inspire. And “the Islamic influence they are in a restless motion, emo- and paintings reveal a perception of “The way we look at nature, the Practicing Solo, which is the current around cityscapes and the spaces artist Jayasri Burman whose work is on textiles is very fascinating for me. tion, movement and chaos. the artist who has painted it, pho- nature is also constantly looking at band wala. that we live in. For the very first a representation of harmony that The deftness and sensitivity that the (The show is on display from tography also teaches not just to us. My work has layers of references. The next in line is artist Pooja time, I have used staple pins and exists in nature and of life that Muslim weavers employ to share October 8 to 31 at Art Alive Gallery.) ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345 +@ $' : 12%5(* 1 &:1 & 01+ :O:,I N : ( : 0 + 0 '10
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E fication match though, the team opponents would enjoy. But I and play against Japan on come back Sergio Ramos, who was rest- had elevated their performance am confident if these boys play October 9. ed for that game, while Luka Modric, who he Indian junior men's to beat the hosts convincingly by their natural game, we should do The team will take on eal Madrid need to overcome injuries came on as a second half substitute in the Thockey team will take on 4-0 to finish with a Bronze. well," emphasised a confident defending Champions Australia Rand rediscover their scoring touch if Luzhniki Stadium, can also expect to be hosts Malaysia in the opening "Playing the hosts in the first Felix. on October 10 and will play their they are to take all three points from their in the starting 11. match of the eighth Sultan of match is never easy because of India will play New Zealand last round robin match on visit to Deportivo Alaves on Saturday and Real Madrid have a few injury prob- Johor Cup 2018 here on the home ground support the in their second match on Sunday October 12 against Great Britain. avoid what could otherwise be a difficult lems with full backs Dani Carvajal and Saturday. two weeks over the international break. Marcelo out with calf injuries, while The team led by the talent- Julen Lopetegui's side has only man- Gareth Bale has a groin strain which he ed Mandeep Mor and vice cap- aged one goal in their last four matches picked up in the Madrid derby and Isco tained by in-form forward and that came two weeks ago as they nar- is recovering from an emergency appen- Shilanand Lakra will look to !# # rowly beat Espanyol in the Santiago dix operation. start the prestigious tourna- Bernabeu Stadium. Last season Dani Ceballos was ment on a winning note. Since then they have lost away to Madrid's hero with two goals in Vitoria "It is always important to Sevilla and CSKA Moscow and were held and he could well find himself in the start- begin the tournament with a win % 6 0-0 in the Bernabeu by Atletico Madrid ing 11 on Saturday, especially if Lopetegui as it boosts the confidence and in last weekend's Madrid derby. opts for a four-man midfield and the motivates the team to build on Failure to beat Alaves on Saturday $ Spaniard in the middle. their performance as the event would mean the rumour mill go on a Benzema's dip in form over the progresses," coach Jude Felix said overdrive over the coming internation- Zidane. past fortnight could allow Mariano on the eve of the match. al break and there could even be a slight Madrid were unlucky in a chance, but so far Lopetegui has "But having said that, many possibility of Lopetegui losing his job just Moscow on Tuesday night with kept faith in the French striker, who players will also be playing their three and a half months after being four efforts hitting the CSKA is receiving increasing amounts of first international match and named as the replacement to Zinedine woodwork and Lopetegui will wel- criticism from the fans. they must shake off the initial jit- ters to play their natural game," stated Felix. In the previous year's edi- 6 $ tion, India had beaten Malaysia 2-1 in a closely fought round robin match. 2 E ) In the Bronze medal classi-
S Open champion Naomi Osaka overcame Uher emotions to roar back and defeat / 9 P 9 unseeded Zhang Shuai 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in a roller- coaster China Open quarter-final on Friday. The 20-year-old Japanese was broken on her first two service games and had tears in her eyes as the match threatened to slip away in the sec- 2 6 3 - $ # - $ ) ond set. But the world number six gathered herself errari's Sebastian Vettel $ Indian teams. Anand scored 5.5 from and — although she continued to look glum and Finsisted he would not take Nevertheless, there were nine games, Harikrishna scored flung her racquet about — found the resolve to & @ B H + # any stupid risks at the Japanese ndia had a disap- some lessons to take 7/10, Adhiban 5.5/8 and pull through over three nail-biting sets. Grand Prix despite being in a Ipointing outing at back home too as they Sasikiran ended with 6/8. Osaka faces either of the unseeded duo of finals in Beijing. virtual must-win situation this the 43rd Chess lost matches in the Gujrathi made five points from Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova or Slovak The Argentine world number four hit 12 weekend. Olympiad with the second half —some- his eight outings. Dominika Cibulkova in the last four. aces en route to a 6-3, 6-0 victory, and held serve The German trails run- men's team finishing a thing that can prove The Indian women team The 45th-ranked Zhang — with the Beijing throughout despite Krajinovic having three away Formula One champi- poor sixth and the costly in a massive were under serious pressure at crowd on her side — raced into an early lead break points which he failed to convert. onship leader Lewis Hamilton topping both sessions ahead of women ending their event that has global some point against Mongolia against an unusually erratic Osaka, who had The former US Open champion advances by 50 points with just five races this weekend's qualifying and campaign at a lowly participation. but pulled things back thanks won 24 of her previous 28 games. to the last four of the competition, where he will left this season and his race. eighth spot here on For records, the to Padmini Rout and Tania The eighth seed, who stunned Serena face in-form Italian Fabio Fognini, who march Mercedes rival rubbed salt in However, Vettel kept a lid Friday. Polish team that played with top Sachdev. Williams to win her maiden Grand Slam last towards a fourth title of the season with a 6-4, Vettel's wounds by dominating on his emotions after a frus- Seeded fifth at the start of eight seeded teams finished On the top board, D Harika month in New York, belatedly began finding 6-4 victory over Marton Fucsovics of Hungary. Friday's free practice at Suzuka. trating day in Japan. the event, the Indian men fourth and England came from played out a draw against some range. But Vettel, whose hopes of "Today I think we were played out a 2-2 draw against behind to take the fifth place Batkhuyag Munguntuul and But she continued to rack up errors and '$ & pipping Hamilton to a fifth probably both of us sliding a Poland in the 11th round, while ahead of Indian men. Tania Sachdev defeated Nomin- conceded the first set when she hit into the net. $ &1Local favourite Kei Nishikori thrashed world title are quickly evapo- bit too much, and therefore the women recovered some Viswanathan Anand settled Erdene Davaadembere. She was to make 66 unforced errors in all. fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-3 to reach the rating following the Briton's damaging the tyres a bit more lost ground to beat Mongolia 3- for a draw with Duda Jan- Eesha Karavade then drew The 29-year-old Zhang, who has won two Japan Open semi-finals on Friday, edging him run of five victories in the last than others," said the four-time 1 after facing some anxious Krzysztof in just 25 moves out with Turmunkh Munkhzul on career WTA singles titles, saved six break points closer to a third Tokyo title. six races, refused to hit the world champion. moments of a Petroff when the Indian ace the third before Padmini to take the lead in the second set. Third seed Nishikori, who won the last of panic button. "But overall, it has been a Both the Indian men and could not claim any real advan- accounted for Yanzindulam Zhang broke to go 2-0 up and Osaka — who his 11 career titles in Memphis two years ago, "Obviously you don't want clean Friday — no interrup- women's teams finished their tage with white pieces. Dulamsuren. has admitted struggling with the fall-out from made light of the danger posed by the young to commit suicide," said Vettel, tions, no issue with the car or campaign garnering 16 match P Harikrishna then signed Tania Sachdev emerged as the US Open final, when Williams rowed with Greek with a ruthless victory in just 82 minutes. who has won five races to anything," added Vettel. points each. peace with Radoslav Wojtazsek the best Indian performer in the chair umpire — began welling up. After winning the Japan Open in 2012 and Hamilton's eight in 2018. With Mercedes threaten- It was a double treat for on the second board while this section scoring 7.5/10. It But Osaka defied her emotions to avoid the 2014, Nishikori will face the winner of Kevin "If we attack we still try to ing another front-row lockout China as they came back from Vidit Gurjrathi could make no was a pity that she could not upset, although she barely raised a smile even Andreson or France's Richard Gasquet as he be reasonable —it's a long in qualifying, Vettel's chances jaws of defeat in the women's headway and settled for a draw win a bronze medal for her per- in victory. looks to advance to the final for the third time. race." could be boosted by the weath- section against Russia and the against Piorun Kacper. sonal result falling short by just Also, Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki Earlier, Canada's Denis Shapovalov, who last Vettel was more than 0.8 er, with an approaching 2-2 draw was enough to win the B Adhiban tried real hard, one point after clocking a rat- booked her place in the semi-final with an easy year made unwanted headlines after smashing seconds off Hamilton's pace in typhoon expected to bring Gold. sacrificing a piece in the ing performance on 2441 victory over the Czech Republics Katerina a ball at an umpire and fracturing his eye sock- the afternoon after clocking wind and rain on Saturday. Tying with Chinese women endgame against Jacek points. Siniakova. et during a Davis Cup tie, squeezed past only the fifth fastest time in the But while he needs all the on 18 points, Ukrainian ladies Tomczak but in the end had to Apart from Tania, Padmini The world number 2 beat the qualifier 6- German Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 7-6 (9/7), 6- morning's free practice. luck he can get to stop won the Silver here while the split points. was the only Indian who ended 2, 6-3 to advance to her first semi-final since 4. He and team-mate Kimi Hamilton retaining his world Bronze went to Georgia 1. Personally, except Gujrathi, gaining some rating points she won at Eastbourne in June. Sixth seed Milos Raonic, a three-time Raikkonen struggled with their title, Vettel refused to be drawn Having put together the all the Indian men performed scoring 5/7. Humpy scored In the men's quarter-finals, Argentinas Juan Tokyo finalist, crashed out in straight sets, the tyre life as the Mercedes pair of into any mind games before best ever teams in both men above their ratings which 5.5/9, Harika did well to reach Martin del Potro beat Filip Krajinovic of Serbia big-serving Canadian toppled 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 by Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas the serious business begins at and women section, this was a means a marginal gain for 7/10 while Eesha ended with 4.5 in straight sets on Friday to advance to the semi- Russian qualifier Daniil Medvedev. struck a psychological blow by the weekend. missed opportunity for both the everyone in world rankings. from her eight games. ( "()% ')*)1"* )2 &( *345 +B 4 7 "'75 / 0 /20//2 9 +(E&D:$: +0 :! ! :&:$ + &:!++ 1(:+ ::+ 011+K-%C
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In response, the West Indies were the southpaw, who scored a gritty 86 in to 24 Test hundreds behind only in all sorts of trouble, first against pacer the final Test in England before mak- Donald Bradman, who took 66 innings Mohammad Shami before the spinners ing an ODI comeback with the Asia to Kohli's 123. cleaned up the middle order. They trail Cup in Dubai. Pant, who made his debut series in India by 555 runs and the hosts will Jadeja enthralled the sparse crowd England memorable with a hundred, fancy themselves to bowl them out at the SCA stadium with aerial hits played his usual attacking game from twice by day three. which came mainly off the spinners. He ball one, flicking it nonchalantly Shami bowled a fiery opening ended up with five boundaries and as through square leg to get going. spell of four overs, conceding just five many sixes. Kohli enjoyed his teammates' flu- runs and removing acting captain India made 143 runs in the after- ent strokeplay from the other end as Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell to noon session, scoring at close to 4.5 Pant raced to his half century with a leave the West Indies at two for seven runs an over. Kohli did not last long four and six off pacer Paul. He used his * 0 # # P in the fifth over. post the lunch break and Jadeja gave strong wrists to get to the desired ele- The West Indies were always going the innings further impetus. vation and distance. It was a display of $ E3 thinking. to find it tough against India, more so In the morning session, Kohli and brute power. "I saw both batsmen were without their captain Jason Holder and Rishabh Pant (92 off 84) had taken His eyes lit up when spinners avindra Jadeja finally at the same end and I did not senior pacer Kemar Roach. India to 506 for five. were employed after first hour of the Rscored his maiden century think that Hetmyer would start Their sorry batting performance Kohli, who was 72 not out morning and welcomed Roston Chase after almost a decade in inter- running in towards the other came after a forgettable outing with the overnight, took time to knock off the with a four and six. He did the same to national cricket and the Indian end in such hot conditions. I ball as India piled on the runs. 28 runs needed for yet another hundred Devendra Bishoo in the following all-rounder says being calm in was relaxed and so thought I By tea, Jadeja had struck an unbeat- while his partner Pant, who resumed over. the nervous 90s helped him will walk to take the bails off. en 100 off 132 off balls to be the third '# # 9? at 17, went all guns blazing. Anything pitched up, he was quick reach the 'special' milestone. His effort (run) was good," centurion of the innings. His whirlwind A second Test hundred in his to clear his one leg and deposit the ball Jadeja had scored an 86 added Jadeja, who laughed off effort in front of his home crowd came 0%'%%!);* .<+'< .%'% fourth Test was for the taking but Pant, over mid-wicket and mid-on. and 90 in Tests against England the incident. after skipper Kohli completed his 24th !$ % $' + attempting another six over mid-wick- The way Pant was plundering the but could never cross the hur- Talking about the last one Test hundred in the morning. &$ > 0:+ ? ,K.@,K-/ -B CC et, failed to pick the googly and top- bowlers, it seemed he would get to three dle in the previous 37 Tests in month when he did well in the Jadeja had to wait till his 38th Test edged it for a simple catch to Keemo figures before his skipper. But that did addition to the 140 ODIs he has only Test he played in England to reach three figures, having made his 9 +3 > &? .I,,.I,@ /. ,.B Paul at backward point. not happen as Kohli completed his cen- featured in. before making an ODI come- debut back in December 2012. Playing &0" > &? ,K@K.III /K ,.A His entertaining innings was laced tury with a flick off his pads towards Fittingly, he achieved the back, Jadeja sounded satisfied. with number eleven batsman Shami, he 0 ):" > &? ,K/,,K@, /, ,.@ with eight fours and four sixes. fine leg. feat at his home ground and "When you are not playing experienced the nervous 90s before With Pant picking boundaries at Pant was on 87 when Kohli raised dedicated the innings to his late consistently, there is pressure. finally getting to the milestone in the ++& > 0:+ ? ,KK-.IIA /A ,B. will, Kohli was in no hurry get to the his bat but the wicket-keeper batsmen mother. You want to make every oppor- final over before tea. hundred and when he did get there, the ended up throwing it away as he went He was in the 90s with tunity count. That is what I It has been a good last 30 days for India skipper became the second fastest for another six. number eleven Mohammad thought in England also. Shami but that did not put Batting and bowling in Asia extra pressure on him. Cup was also good," he said. . 2' "It is very special because in "I just try to develop my " $+' $' &8 the past I had gotten to 80s and game with every match. I have O( $$ $ P 90s but was not able to convert. not played a lot in 2018. So, Chennai: '&:' :' +: 1 0+$+ :7 & +9D '+) 0'4410 # Today, I was not worried, just you just have to perform when- + 1$:> ::$9: : &E " &9: '0 ? did not want to play any loose ever you get the opportunity." $ E3 shot. I kept talking to Umesh Asked why he needs to ! & & + 0+ ! ! 1 ! &( + 1 and Shami and told myself that prove himself even after almost $+ ( &0 & +0 ( : & + + est Indies bowling coach I needed to play till I score 100," 10 years of international crick- $ +CK C : 1,-, + ., :# 1 WCorey Collymore on Friday said Jadeja after reaching three et, Jadeja came up with a witty $&,-I ., : + ! 1: + + !+( & 1 said that his team will have to figures in the final over before response. '+ D 4:CI + 0+# ++$:1 ++ come up with a mammoth effort tea when India declared at 649 "Good you know that I ' +: &0+ +! & $ +# to save the first Test against India. for nine. have been playing for 10 years. The visitors were in deep His famous sword cele- I must have done something !5$ -$ 22 trouble at stumps on the second bration followed the hundred right if I have managed to play New Delhi: 0 : 7 & $&:+ : day after being reduced to 94/6 in with his teammates applauding for that long. I don't know if + $ &$ + 10($" 1+ + their first innings. India declared in the dressing room. you noticed that I did well in +$ $+::: # +: & 0 + $" at mammoth 649 for nine. Jadeja was also in the thick the 13 Tests we played at home $0 !11 (+ &$ + :: + &> ? "You have to be honest with of things during the West the previous season," he said. : + &0 & + +$ + 0 + &+ + yourself. India is in the ascen- Indies innings. It turned out to "My job is just to prove 10#0 +$:! $&:0 : dancy and it's only Day Two, be a comical incident but it myself. Sometimes I miss out &: &!' '0 & + ::': 0 already seriously behind so it's could have easily embarrassed because of the team require- &3 #': 0(+0 (:& + :1 1 gonna take a mammoth effort for the home hero. ments. If there are more left :: + ++10(T '&P0+!+ us to pull it back. But again, you A terrible mix-up between handers in the opposition !&$ + $ &: &:' " 1 + don't come to Test match cricket Shimron Hetmyer and Sunil eleven, then an off-spinner is 1$#T : +&+ :: +$: ++1$ to just surrender," said Collymore, Ambris left both of them preferred, if more right handers !1 & 0 &+' + 0+ ' ::$ the former West Indies pacer. stranded at one end and Jadeja are there than I am preferred," ':: + 01+10# $ & +++0 Collymore said the team's decided to walk than run to said the left-arm spinner. :!+$+ " +#T disappointing performance on take the bails off. Seeing Jadeja's He also had words of the opening day and unavailabil- $ # * 0 + # ; cheeky walk, Hetmyer ran to encouragement for the strug- & 5 $ ? $ ity of captain Jason Holder and make his ground in despera- gling the West Indies, saying Taipei City: &4: $'1 + : ' ' lead pacer Kemar Roach pushed and Keemo Paul) - they found it to rotate them a bit more today, haven't come down to compete. tion, confusing the Indian who "the young team will improve && + D E $ 1 1 & + P0 + : them back a long way. difficult with conditions, playing to still give them a little bit of a As a group, we have come here to suddenly stopped and threw at with every game". 7 &#E $ :++ 6E :,C.,( "Thursday was a very hard first time in India. chance. They were still feeling the win, doesn't matter if you are No the stumps. Luckily for Jadeja, Spectator turnout for the K., D0:+.@$ 0+: '#E $'&+ :+1$ day. You have to realise again with "I think the sub-continent is effects from yesterday." 1 or No 8, so yes, that's what we the ball hit the stumps and first Test has been modest and & +!0+: $' : +: + :+$+1$# two young gentlemen - one mak- a hard place for any fast bowler, Asked if an inexperienced are here to do. Anyway, our Test Hetmyer was run out. when asked about it, Jadeja felt : & 1$ : + + :&& : : ing debut and the other playing even with experience. I think West Indies can compete in the and limited overs teams are quite "You saw what happened," it could be due to the unre- his second Test (Shermon Lewis that's the reason the captain had series, he added:"We certainly different." said Jadeja explaining his lenting heat in Rajkot. : '' + ' & $ : + + + :$ :# + ' :& 0 :' +0 &# $$5' #8 " %5 % $ & "@C ! New Delhi: & $ $ &1 &: : +&+ + 010 & 2 55 0 0++ '(+ :+ $ :& 0!:+ 0 $ + 33 points) events and finished dreaming," Barman said. with Adidas and they had + 0 + (+: 0 & 7 &# + 1 1& aron Finch was on Friday second-best in shot put (707 Barman is yet to receive a agreed to get customised shoes + :+1$(+ &1 &0 & +&$ D"0$ Anamed Australia's skipper for er coach might not think it's points) and long jump (865 proper pair of shoes in order for her. &0:" K,,(,,K(,,C + :!++# the upcoming T20 series against Ha realistic target, but Asian points). to compete in the upcoming "I will get customised & $ $'+ + + & 0 0++ ' Pakistan in the United Arab Games Gold medallist Swapna "I have not changed since competitions. shoes very soon and I am + 7 :# + 0 $ + $: + 0 + ! :+ & Emirates, with Mitch Marsh and Barman on Friday said she is tar- winning Gold at the Asian Earlier this month, SAI hopeful. My team is taking care $' ' + '+ & ' '0 + $ 1:+ :' 1 Alex Carey chosen as his vice-cap- geting a podium finish at the 2020 Games. But the sudden atten- Director General Neelam of that. I cannot explain what $ ' :# 1' 1+: + 1 '' +0 + tains. Olympics in Tokyo and will train tion from every corner of the Kapur had said that they had I suffered with every landing + ' 1 :+ + !:+ !&$ + & 0!: ' : + Finch, who captained rigorously for that. country does make me feel taken up the matter of during the Asian Games," 0 + K : '' & ' + # Australia in the recent T20s in "It motivates me that all of special. I sometimes feel I am Barman's specialised shoes Barman added. Zimbabwe, was among five debu- India is rooting for me now. Yes at !$5&2 %5 5& tants selected for the two-Test the same time, it adds extra pres- Kolkata: 3 "+1 +::+ 1'+ ' :: series before the short series. sure. But my sir (Subhas Sarkar) is &: 1 :+ : $ 10 : & + "I've been extremely there with me. He will make me +$: 7 & 7 30 0$'0 ( + 0! impressed with his impact on the train harder than ever for the 2020 0 & 7 &#:+ 1( &+ &! Test squad over here in the UAE," Olympics which is my target," : 0 1 + 0++7 +!10+: coach Justin Langer said in a Barman said during the India :: ( + & + 30 0$'0 0 & statement. Today Conclave East 2018 here. D & & + 1 $'& ++ "We know he's an exception- Sarkar had said that it would 10(++:' +&+ :+ +++ & +:$ +# al player, and he's arguably the be wise to keep her eyes on defend- & & ) &: :+ " : + 7 0 & most in-form T20 player in the ing her Asian Games Gold. &! 7 + ! ,I#+$!+ 1 world at the moment." Langer said At the Asian Games in ++ ' +: $' :+ + ! ..# batsman Chris Lynn and bowler Indonesia a month ago, Swapna Nathan Coulter-Nile were return- became the first Indian athlete to ! 9: &$$! # % ' $ ' $ ing from injury after getting back win a Gold medal in women's hep- in form. tathlon. Linkou: &4: +:+ + : 0 ( 9 D "Lynn's... Had an outstanding in Dubai on October 24, 26 and Battling poverty and having to &'' : + ,I : +: !++ + + :+ 0 & : campaign in the JLT Cup to date 28. do it all with 12 toes - six on each && $' :::0 & CC+ D0$'+ +&: + and reminded us how explosive ? % foot - Barman achieved the rare :' + + + S AII(III 5 1& 0 $ + : and powerful a cricketer he can Aaron Finch, Mitch Marsh, Alex feat with pain due to a toothache $' :'( 7 &# & :+ $' $ + be," he added. Carey, Ashton Agar, Nathan during the finals. +: & 0 &'&&''+ ! $+!:+ & Rising stars Adam Zampa Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, The 21-year-old logged 6026 + &(& :+ $ 10'+ +&: +:' + $ and Ben McDermott were also Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, points from the seven events com- 1+ +& @I+ ' :+ # &'' : 0 : +: named in the squad after impress- Ben McDermott, Darcy Short, peted for two days. En route the ! &D +& :(E + & 0' ++ +# ing in recent tournaments. Billy Stanlake, Mitch Starc, title, she won the high jump (1003 The three fixtures will be held Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa. points) and javelin throw (872