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*.'$//0.1-.$23 malafide intention. I will give them a befitting reply if they R arnataka Assembly Speaker repeat the same in front of me,” KKR Ramesh Kumar on Siddaramaiah said. Thursday disqualified two He said, “The rebel MLAs Congress rebel MLAs and an are trying to shift the blame on Independent legislator and said me after widespread public R he will take a couple of days to backlash against them for decide the fate of 14 other rebel betraying and back-stabbing .1-.$23 Congress lawmakers. both the electorate and the Kumar said members dis- party. Everything will be clear mid walkout by BJP’s ally qualified under the anti-defec- when the dust settles but by AJanata Dal(U), which tion law cannot contest or get then they would have bitten the accused the Modi Government elected to the Assembly till the dust.” Recalling his days as of “creating friction in society”, end of the term of the House. Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah the Lok Sabha on Thursday The Congress leaders are said there were many baseless passed Triple Talaq Bill after keenly watching the reactions allegations against him — “a intense debate and dramatic of the other rebel MLAs to the venom he digested to serve scenes. The Bill will now go to Speaker’s decision to expel the people with good intent.” the Rajya Sabha, where its pas- three MLAs who chose to skip “Time will answer every- sage will depend on the stand the vote of trust motion in the thing! Satyameva Jayathe!!” of the JD(U) and another NDA Assembly. Congress leaders Siddaramaiah said. As the partner the AIADMK, which is hope that some of the MLAs coordination committee chair- also opposed to the Bill. may come back to their fold to man of the coalition The Congress and the escape expulsion, thus making Government, Siddaramaiah Trinamool Congress walked it difficult for the BJP to stake was charged with not letting the out of the House accusing the claim for the Government for- JD(S) and the Congress State Government of targeting mation. !"# ! $$ % presidents to be part of the Muslim men “only”. The BJP The Speaker said he was penal led by him. countered the Opposition par- convinced that the resigna- Assembly against the back- State and explored the options coalition Government headed JD(S) State president- ties saying they were engaged tions by the three members drop of the rebellion by a sec- ahead for the party. by Kumaraswamy. turned-rebel MLA AH in playing vote-bank politics &! !' (& ) were not voluntary and genuine tion of their MLAs. The State needs to pass the Cautioning media houses Vishwanath had been targeting and showing utter injustice to and he had therefore rejected The coalition had needed Finance Bill before July 31. against peddling “false news”, Siddaramaiah for not bringing hapless Muslim women. sending a person to jail if he or strengthen the landmark judg- them and proceeded to dis- 103 votes in its favour to win Sources said if a Government Siddaramaiah said he would out the common minimum During the debate, the his advocate apologises before ment of the Supreme Court to qualify them under the anti- the motion as 20 MLAs is not in place before the month give them a befitting reply if programme as agreed upon by Opposition parties warned the the Magistrate. Then matter is undo the injustice to Muslim defection law. Congress-JDS (17), BSP (1), end, then imposition of they repeat the allegation in the two parties at the time of Government that the Bill will over. I am amazed to see many women. “They have violated the Independents (2) skipped pro- President’s rule may be a con- front of him. In a series of forming the coalition be defeated in the Rajya Sabha members are saying this Bill is He pointed out that law provisions of the 10th Schedule ceedings, reducing the effective stitutional necessity for the tweets, the he said the rebels Government. and demanded that it should be to send men to jail. enforcement agencies are fac- of the Constitution (anti-defec- strength of the House to 205. passage of the Bill, which is were trying to “shift the blame Vishwanath had also sent to Standing Committee. He will only go to jail if he ing difficulties in enforcing tion law) and therefore are In Delhi, a group of why the BJP is also consulting on me but the facts would sur- charged him with betraying Law Minister Ravi Shankar sticks to his instant triple talaq the verdict due to the absence disqualified,” he said. Karnataka BJP leaders, includ- legal experts. face once the dust settles.” JD(S) supremo HD Deve Prasad said penal provisions stand which is a crime and of the law. The Speaker’s announce- ing Jagdish Shettar, Arvind Meanewhile, senior “Media houses are report- Gowda by making him trust are meant to prevent the bar- banned by the Supreme Court,” “When Hindus and ment came two days after the Limbavali, Madhuswamy, Congress leader and former ing that a few rebel MLAs have the Congress during the Lok baric Triple Talaq practice and said Prasad, citing many inci- Muslims are jailed under Congress-JD(S) coalition Basavaraj Bommai and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claimed that I instigated them Sabha election and then work- not for sending the husband to dents of Triple Talaq even after dowry law or Domestic Government headed by HD Yeddyurappa’s son Vijayendra, on Thursday rubbished reports to resign and destabilise our ing for his defeat from the prison if he withdraws his the Supreme Court verdict. Violence Act, no one objects. Kumaraswamy collapsed as it met Amit Shah as they dis- that he had instigated the rebels Government. This is nothing Tumkur constituency at the fag decision or apologises. Prasad said it was the duty What is the objection in penal- lost the trust vote in the cussed the development in the to resign and destabilise the but a false allegation with end of his political career. “Then what is the point of of Parliament to create a law to ising the practice,” he said. # ++,, - ' ( &' &() P * * %!& # 42'-3'2 ! he Chandigarh ! R ! Tadministration on + O Q R Wednesday ordered a # .1-.$23 probe into the allega- ! tions by actor Rahul P " he Government has decided to extend Bose that city-based Tthe ongoing Parliament Session till star hotel, JW Marriott, !" $ !% August 7 to take up and finish legislative exorbitantly charged .1-.$23 business. The session, which began on June him 442.50 for two bananas. & ') 17, was earlier scheduled to end on July 26. Rahul Bose had tweeted about “illegal % % ! arliament on Thursday While the Opposition is not in favour and exorbitant charge of GST” by the lux- *+,O- Papproved the amendment of the extension, the decision was taken by ury hotel. to the RTI Act, with the Rajya *) the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Chandigarh Deputy Commissioner Sabha passing it amid the Affairs. Over half a dozen Bills, including and Excise and Taxation Commissioner $$ .1-.$23 Opposition walkout on the the terms of the Chief that the motions for sending Triple Talaq, are yet to be passed by Mandip Singh Brar has asked Assistant , # issue of sending it to a Select Information Commissioners the Bill to select committee and Parliament. Excise and Taxation Commissioner to he National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Committee of the House. and Information passage of the draft law would As soon as the Triple Talaq Bill was investigate how the hotel could charge GST TThursday gave its nod to Delhi After four adjournments Commissioners at both the be taken up only after the dis- passed in the Lok Sabha, Parliamentary on fresh fruits. Government’s water conservation project against the backdrop of protest Central and State levels, as cussion. Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi rose to Rahul Bose had posted on his tweet, on Yamuna floodplains. The project aims in the Well of the House, the well as has a say on the salaries, The House witnessed four inform Speaker Om Birla about the deci- “You have to see this to believe it. Who said to conserve water on floodplains and build motion was negated by 117 allowances and other terms brief adjournments amid the sion to extend the session. fruit wasn’t harmful to your existence? Ask mega reservoir between Pall and members voting against the and conditions of their services. din as Congress, DMK, CPI, The Government had indicated on the wonderful folks at @JWMarriottChd Wazirabad to meet water demand. motion and 75 members vot- RTI activists and the CPI(M), TMC and AAP mem- Wednesday that the session could be #goingbananas #howtogetfitandgobroke “I am so happy to inform all Delhiites ing in favour. Opposition members have bers remained in the Well of extended. Information and Broadcasting #potassiumforkings.” that finally all approvals have been obtained The Opposition charged accused the Union the House and raised slogans Minister Prakash Javadekar said the “So I am shooting in Chandigarh and from NGT n Centre for our water con- the Government with “intim- Government of seeking to against the Government. Opposition parties should not have any I am staying at this beautiful suite at JW servation project on Yamuna Floodplains. idating” them to get the motion weaken the law by gaining Members rushed into the objection as they have been in favour of Marriott where they give you all these ele- Thank u Centre n NGT. Pilot project will for sending the amendment to more control over the working Well shouting slogans against Parliament working for at least 100 days gant freebies like these chocolate cookies. start soon (sic),” Kejriwal tweeted. the Select Committee rejected. of the Information “such strong arm tactics”. in a year. God knows how much these beautiful Under the project, small ponds will be The Right to Information Commissions. The Motion for sending Answering queries from reporters flowers must have cost, but get this, I was created to catch water from an overflow- (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was As many as five members the amendment to the Select after meeting of the Union Cabinet, he said in the gym and I asked for two bananas and ing Yamuna during this monsoon season. passed with a voice vote in the had given notice for amend- Committee was put to vote 80 per cent of the Bills being taken up were check the bill out,” the actor said. The Chief Minister has keenly pushed for Lok Sabha last week. The ment seeking to send the Bill to after a division was sought those which had lapsed with the dissolu- “They’re just too good for me. Well the ambitious pilot project and it is going amendment seeks to give the a select Committee. The when the pandemonium broke tion of 16th Lok Sabha as these could not done JW Marriott Chandigarh,” the actor to be a game-changer for Delhi, the Government power to decide Government stuck to its point out. be passed in Rajya Sabha. commented before ending his video. Government said in a statement later. " .

.1-.$23 2011. He became a qualified paratrooper in 2015 after com- ormer India cricket team pleting mandatory five para- FCaptain MS Dhoni will be chute training jumps in the the first sportsperson in the Agra training camp. When country to serve a stint in conferred with the honorary olive green on the frontline in rank, Dhoni had said that since Kashmir spending a fortnight childhood he wanted to join with his Territorial Army (TA) the Army. unit from July 31 to August 15. He will become the first Dhoni is an honorary Lt sportsperson to perform active Colonel in the TA. He is also a service, which could inspire the qualified parachute jumper youth to join the Armed forces, and paratrooper. During his sources said adding Dhoni has stay with the TA, he will per- already begun training with form all duties such as under- Parachute Regiment prior to taking day and night patrols his induction into the Kashmir and spending long hours at valley. posts as a guard. He will live in Former cricketers Sachin the staff quarters in the oper- Tendulkar and Kapil Dev are ational area and partake of food also honorary Territorial Army at langar with the troops. stressed that he be allowed to ley as part of the Victor Force. West Indies and instead decid- officers. Dhoni was conferred Giving this information undergo all the hardships that It is actively engaged in ed to spend some time with the with the rank in 2011 along here on Thursday, officials said officers and men go through in counter-insurgency operations. Army. He was accorded the with Olympic gold medal win- the 38-year-old star cricketer field area. Last week, Dhoni made honorary rank of Lieutenant ner Abhinav Bindra and had requested to undergo the His unit 106TA is current- himself unavailable for the Colonel in the Territorial Army Deepak Rao, a leading expert stint for two months and ly deployed in the Kashmir val- Indian cricket team’s tour of unit of Parachute Regiment in in close combat. -.2'-/

dditional commissioner of ' AGarhwal, Harak Singh ,- # " Rawat on Thursday directed the civic bodies to focus on segre- gation of waste at source. ' He issued this direction while chairing a meeting with % -.2'-/ from Auli and more is likely officials of municipal corpora- to come.We are having tions, municipalities and Nagar -.2'-/ he Municipal Corporation enough space in our waste ! Panchayats of Garhwal region Tof Dehradun (MCD) is management plant so we are here on Thursday. he Municipal Corporation undertaking work on dispos- not facing any issues regard- "# $ Addressing the officials, Tof Dehradun (MCD) has al of the garbage generated in ing the space for the garbage. & '! Rawat said that the vehicle totally failed to stop use of the wedding programme The waste management ( assigned for door to door col- banned polythene bags and organised by South African plant has a space for 600 & lection of garbage should use polystyrene items with shop- businessmen Gupta brothers tonnes to be managed in a recorded music to make people keepers and locals freely using at Auli. single day. About 300 tonnes cause in the environmental- aware of the vehicle coming in these materials. About 16 tonnes of of garbage reaches this plant ly sensitive location. the area so that garbage is col- Municipal commissioner garbage in two compactors from Dehradun city in a day.” Not satisfied with the lected from all the houses. Vinay Shankar Pandey stated has already reached the solid It will be recalled that a report submitted by the Also, a record should be that necessary steps are being waste management plant sit- considerable quantity of Uttarakhand Environment maintained by every officer of taken by MCD to stop use but uated at Shishambada. Four garbage was generated by the Protection and Pollution people paying the service more focus is needed on man- more compactor-loads of wedding programme of Atul Control Board (UEPPCB) charges, not paying the service ufacturers of these banned garbage are likely to reach and Ajay Gupta’s sons at the regarding the effects of the charges, giving mixed garbage items. Dehradun soon. winter sports destination Auli event in Auli, the High Court or segregated garbage to the col- Pandey said, “Our officers Providing information last month. on July 17 had directed the lection vehicle. conduct drives and penalise about this, Ramky company Those against holding UEPPCB, Chamoli district He further gave directions cleanliness near vegetable ven- kept mandatorily and workers were also given instructions to people or shopkeepers found project manager Mohit the wedding there had also magistrate and State to not mix the garbage in the dors, Rawat said that civic bod- should be given instructions keep a proper record of revenue using these materials but high- Dwivedi said, “Nearly 16 approached the high court Government to submit a vehicle but to keep it segregat- ies lacking in resources should about points to remember dur- and also focus on revenue gener authorities need to stop man- tonnes of garbage has reached citing the environmental detailed report within 10 ed. Laying special focus on fix it. Compactors should be ing garbage collection. Officials eration as per the laws. ufacturing of these materials. our waste management plant damage such an event would days. / # / #P,11#

Q 1 R established by Corbett. Informing the school chil- -.2'-/ dren about him, the committee’s head Rajkumar Pande ulti-level marketing said that Corbett was born on Mschemes have been preva- July 25, 1875 in Nainital. His lent in the country for over two family used to stay in Nainital decades. These schemes are and during the winters they financial scams fooling gullible used to shift to Kaladhungi. people on the pretext of offer- Jim liked this place so ing easy sources of income. much he bought 14 bigha Victims wake up too late land amidst the woods and enabling perpetrators of frauds made his home here. After make huge profits at their that he bought 222 acre land expense, said Aruna Ravikumar and established Chhoti while talking about her book Haldwani village which is ‘Marauders of Hope. now also known as Corbett’s Addressing the media, she village. said that the book dissects Earlier, locals expressing multi-level marketing scams, their views said that Jim was dwells on why they happened helpful to the poor. He gave and recommends remedial them land for free and settled measures to stop the cancerous ment authorities to contain unleashed by the greed of a few them in Chhoti Haldwani. growth of dubious multina- illegal forces. Using her rich marauders who manipulate He also used to protect their tional corporations that are experience as a journalist with individuals, families, societies farms from wild animals. quick at feeding off people, the print and electronic media and nations using them as sac- The hunter-conservation- hungry to make quick money. she outlines systemic failures in rificial lambs at the altar of ist also used to provide basic This book is about the curbing financial crimes that greed, moved the journalist in medical aid to the villagers unconcealed greed of compa- are destroying the social, psy- me. who fell sick apart from help- nies and individuals who reap chological and economic well- It led to months of ing them monetarily. a rich harvest through fraudu- being of a majority, to fill the painstaking research and inter- 2'$-1'3 Kaladhungi on Thursday. The an ideal environmentalist who for protection of wildlife and Corbett National Nark lent financial schemes that are coffers of a few. views that unveiled the mask of local MLA Banshidhar Bhagat had done various works for environment. warden Shivraj Chandra said a recipe for disaster. While launching her book the merchants of deception. If he 144th birth anniversary was the chief guest at the pro- wildlife protection and envi- After this programme, the that when Corbett relocated to It is also about political Ravikumar said, “The heart- it inspires readers to don their Tof hunter turned conser- gramme held at Corbett ronmental conservation. Corbett Gram Vikas Samiti Kenya after India gained inde- patronage and failure of dif- rending stories of victims and thinking caps, the effort may vationist Jim Corbett was Museum. He exhorted the gathering organised tree plantation at pendence, his love for Indians ferent regulatory and enforce- the unfolding saga of misery have been well worth it.” marked with enthusiasm in He said that Corbett was to follow the ideals of Corbett Chhoti Haldwani, the hamlet did not diminish. * + &+ & &++,&

-.2'-/ ed by the local police, at first glance it Saharanpur. They started their journey on appears that the driver might have expe- Wednesday, and maybe the tiredness of the n a road accident reported on Thursday rienced micro sleep while driving because driver resulted in the accident. The inves- Imorning the driver of a pickup vehicle of which he lost control of the vehicle. The tigation is ongoing while the body has been lost control between Kwanu and Timra deceased has been identified as Amar sent for post mortem examination. near Chakrata, causing the vehicle to fall Singh (65),a native of Shimla district in It is pertinent to mention here that for 100 feet down the mountainside. The Himachal Pradesh. The injured driver is the government vehicles it is mandatory mishap resulted in the death of one pas- Guman Singh (45) from the same district. for a driver to take at least nine hours rest senger, while the driver is injured and was According to the information provided by after driving continuously for seven hours, taken to the nearest primary health cen- the police, the pickup vehicle was trans- but the same regulations are not enforced tre. According to the information provid- porting apples from Himachal Pradesh to on drivers of private vehicles. "+ "

2'3-1' ing by the system adminis- fessionals consider the work is hardly recognised but we trators so that the end users of system administrators a certainly are the backbone of n this computer age one can work smoothly. In recog- thankless job. Sonal Jha, a any system. Better and error Ioften faces situations like nition of the dedication of chartered accountant in a free work means less chance “network error” or “system system administrators and IT company said, “We have to of clients and users needing to failure” while working on a workers every year on the last file income tax returns in call us. computer. Slow network or Friday of July, the System July and this month is the We are taken for granted computers hanging may frus- Administrator Appreciation most hectic for us as all clients but it is good that a day has trate the users but one sel- Day is observed. The first come late. been dedicated to us, the doms knows about the many such day was marked on July Due to heavy rush, the silent workers as well.” hours spent on troubleshoot- 28, 2000. Many working pro- Government websites take Justifying the emergency sit- longer to open which delays uations when IT workers fail our working but clients do to go proactive and tell not wish to listen about the beforehand of the failure of technical hitches. They certain software, Jai Prakash, blame us if the deadline is a system administrator in a not met. But certain things pharmaceutical company we cannot change.” said, “Many a time, exigencies Voluminous data and do occur but it is good to see repeated queries make the a smile on the client’s face database administrators when troubleshooting has work day and night for the been done. smooth handling of data Generally we announce without crashing the sys- beforehand through email tem. They help prevent dis- that for certain period the asters, keep information software or network would technology secure and save not be available for use but at the data on the disks free times, things go wrong which from attack of viruses. one must bear patiently. Vashishtha Kumar, a pro- Out of 365 days, one odd ject leader in pharmaceutical day when things are not company said, “We are back working does not nullify the end people, so often used and hard work done for smooth then discarded until the next running of systems for 364 emergency arises. Our work days.”

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In the acute cases the #3 2 & insecticides are being under- platelets number decrease dras- % && & taken apart from spreading tically which could prove fatal % awareness on preventive mea- for the patient. The Tiger mos- ! 2 sures to be adopted for the dis- quito (called due to the char- #2 -.2'-/ ease. He said that people should acteristic stripes on its body) is ! % % ! 33' he menace ; 4 #2 Tof dengue -.2'-/ nation to eradicate the curse of nation are preparing an effec- / ! % intensified in substance abuse. Such meetings tive policy for eradication of % provisional he abuse of narcotic sub- should be held from time to drug abuse. Uttarakhand is +) # state capital on Tstances is a major challenge time as better results will be ready to provide all possible Thursday as 13 facing the nation which will have achieved with the efforts of all help in the fight against drug # new cases of to be addressed by the States states. The big dealers of nar- abuse,” he stressed. % the vector working in coordination. cotics live in one state but Rawat further said that all / ! borne disease Uttarakhand chief minister carry on their trade in other the five states participating in %#3 were reported Trivendra Singh Rawat said this states through carriers. It is nec- the conference need to work % by the district while speaking at the second essary for all the states to together against substance %! health author- regional conference on drug maintain coordination in order abuse. The police departments % # ities. menace- challenges and strate- to take effective action against of the states will have to work % % Incidentally all gies in Chandigarh on Thursday. such big criminals.” in coordination to effectively & these new The conference was attended by Speaking about the initia- control this menace. For this, % % ? & % cases of the Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, tives of the Uttarakhand gov- development of intelligence # disease were Haryana CM ML Khattar, ernment, he said, “The rising network and swift exchange of 3 ! reported from Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, trend of substance abuse in our information is also needed. % the Raipur Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam society, especially among the The Uttarakhand police under- #2 % road area Thakur and senior officials of youths is a serious challenge takes awareness campaigns to % which has the states concerned. facing us. It is our responsibil- inform youngsters about the * *% become Speaking on the occasion, ity to work together to tackle to effects of substance abuse. Steps % % % hotbed of activity of Dengue ensure that the breeding places responsible for transmitting Rawat stressed on the need for resolve this problem. have also been taken for effec- # virus this season. With these of mosquitoes inside their the virus from one person to effective efforts to tackle the Uttarakhand is very sensitive, tive control on narcotic, psy- cases, which are the highest homes and vicinity are another. Rainy season is most menace of drug abuse, adding serious and alert in tackling this chotropic medicines and spu- P reported in one day in this sea- destroyed. Joshi added that conducive for rapid growth of that substance addiction was challenge and is consistently rious drugs. Further, a vigilance 3 *% son, the number of dengue Aedes mosquitoes - the vector Tiger mosquito which can lay emerging as a perversion in taking action against the mis- cell has also been formed which % affected patients in Dehradun of dengue- are capable to lay about 1200 eggs at a time and society and proving to be a use of narcotic substances. To will be headed by an officer of % #' ! has jumped to 38. their eggs in one spoonful of 400 -500 larvae can emerge bane. He said, “The youth are nullify the rising trend of sub- the rank of deputy superinten- *% ! % The district vector borne water so the pots, vases, water from these eggs that take a the nation’s future. Hence, all stance abuse, the departments dent of police, added the chief diseases officer Subhash Joshi bottles and coolers should be week’s time to hatch. states need to work in coordi- concerned working in coordi- minister. %?! ! ! # *% % * # % ! ! ! #

"&( !! such cases with seriousness they deserve. + +( & In the letter, Singh has warned that the dis- ) & ( & ciplinary committee could take action ( & against those who would be found ( + ! involved in such indiscipline. / / The spokesperson of state Congress, R P Raturi said that the disciplinary com- -.2'-/ mittee has acted on the orders of state in -.2'-/ charge, Anugrah Narayan Singh and n view of the ongoing washing of dirty Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) aking a stern note of the statements Ilinen in public by the Congress leaders, President Pritam Singh. Tmade against Pradesh Congress the disciplinary committee of state unit of In recent days the factionalism Committee (PCC) President Pritam Singh Congress party has asked the party lead- among leaders of Congress party has by the President of Scheduled Caste (SC) ers to put their grievances in the party come to fore in public. The PCC presi- cell of the state Congress, Darshan Lal, the forum. In a circular, the chairperson of the dent Pritam Singh took exception on a disciplinary committee of Congress party disciplinary committee of the Congress press conference of Former PCC presi- has served a notice to Darshan Lal. party, Pramod Kumar Singh has said that dent Kishore Upadhyaya on the issue of The president of SC cell had said that it has come to his notice that some office forest rights terming it not on the agen- the PCC President is anti dalit. The chair- bearers and leaders of the party are mak- da of the party. Upadhyaya retaliated by man of the disciplinary committee, Pramod ing unnecessary comments in the media stating that issue is very important and Kumar Singh said that the statements of which is demeaning the party. Such activ- in Chakrata, the constituency of Pritam Darhshan Lal have gravely affected the ities also fan factionalism in the party. Singh too the issue of forest rights is rel- image of the party. He said that Darshan Lal Singh also took exception of some evant. In another instance, the state pres- has been given a week’s time to reply on the Congress leaders participating in the TV ident of Scheduled Castes Cell of notice. Singh said that if he fails to file a debates despite a clear instruction for the Congress party Darshan Lal launched an reply or his reply is found unsatisfactory, contrary given by the party. He added that acid laced attack on PCC president he would he expelled for a period of six # /! the disciplinary committee has taken all Pritam Singh terming him as Anti Dalit. years from the party. 2 ( -.2'-/ + & / he employee associations Thave resented the state gov- & !! & ernment’s decision to implement compulsory retirement & ++ scheme for the inefficient employees above 50 years of !(&+ + age. In a letter directed to the chief secretary (CS), Utpal Kumar Singh, the officiating ! general secretary of the Rajya Karamchari Sanyukt Parishad, Arun Pandey said that the rep- said that the inclusion of the Pandey said that it is -.2'-/ in this time period, which is resentatives of the employee employee association in the observed that many a times; the affecting the business.” unions should be included in process of inefficient employ- senior officers make adverse he temporary tariff plan for When asked about the the departmental screening ee would increase transparen- entries in the Annual Tall buses of the number of buses which will get committees. In the letter, he cy of the process. Confidential Report (ACR) for Uttarakhand Transport affected by this temporary -.2'-/ place. condemned school buses the purpose of settling personal Corporation (UTC) was imple- route plan he said, “There are He also said that UTC will according to the guidelines score with the employee. He mented from Thursday. The 500 roadways buses going from tate Transport minister be getting rid of the con- and unauthorised private vehi- said that in his circular, the CS new tariff has been introduced Rishikesh as well as Dehradun SYashpal Arya discussed the demned buses and will be cles. He said it is important for has made ACR as basis of because of the longer route to Delhi. Few of our vehicles loss of revenue being experi- operating 300 new buses. At the safety of school children screening of the inefficient roadways buses will have to have to go via Bijnor so in total enced by the Uttarakhand high altitudes additional ser- and continuous checking employees who have crossed 50 take because of Kanwad Mela. about 700 to 800 of our buses Transport Corporation and the vices will be provided accord- should be done for this pur- years of age. Passengers and employees alike are being affected by this plan.” loss being suffered by the ing to the demand. pose. Transport secretary On Wednesday, the CS are complaining about the new Union representatives have Transport department. He gave Officials also stated in Shailesh Bagauli was also pre- hadEm issued a circular in tariff plan. However, they are also complained that every directions in order to keep the the meeting that the experi- sent in the meeting. which he said that regular apprehensive of voicing their year the same issue is faced but extra expenses at minimum ence with electronic buses It is also important to men- meetings of departmental complaints lest these be mis- the state transport department level and asked the corporation was good which is why 100 tion here that representatives of screening committees should understood. fails to make necessary changes to get rid of those vehicles more electronic buses have Roadways Karmchari Sanyukt be convened for selecting General Secretary of or advance plan, which results which are non-functional as been demanded. For this 40 Parishad also met Arya on those employees who are inef- Uttaranchal Roadways in the temporary inconve- per the guidelines. per cent budget will be sanc- Monday. They submitted a ficient and those who have Karmchari Union (URKU) nience. It is pertinent to men- In the meeting, Arya tioned by the Central memorandum to him regard- crossed 50 years of age. The Ashok Chaudhary said, “The tion here that due to the focused on the loss transport Government. ing the demands of employees state government intends to new route has added 65 kilo- Kanwad Mela, UTC has department has been suffering The minister also discussed including the issue of offer Voluntary Retirement metres on the Dehradun-Delhi implemented a temporary tar- and gave necessary directions the Compulsory Retirement Mussoorie bus stand. The Scheme (VRS) to these route. It is difficult for employ- iff plan for roadways buses to resolve the issue. He also Scheme (CRS) and said that Parishad asked him to let the employees. ees as well as passengers. Our operating on Dehradun-Delhi directed that a proposal for the according to the initiative taken buses operating from Incidentally all the depart- drivers and conductors are not route. The new tariff plan saw budget of 150 buses shall be by the Chief Minister Trivendra Mussoorie bus stand to oper- ments of state government that familiar with the extend- hike of Rs 75 in Volvo buses, Rs made for the Kumb Mela 2021. Singh Rawat, inefficient ate from the present area at have screening committees set ed route and traffic jam situa- 65 in AC buses and Rs 45 in As for the issue of Kashipur bus employees will be given CRS. Railway land or from the old in place for selection of ineffi- tion adds an hour which affects ordinary buses. The plan will stand shifting, he directed UTC He also said that the trans- bus stand at Gandhi Road on cient employees but almost all the schedule. The number of be applicable from July 25 till managing director Ranvir port department will be a con- which minister Arya has given of them are defunct. passengers has also decreased the evening of July 31. Singh Chauhan to visit the ducting a campaign against them assurance. /

Haryana Chief Minister Programme’ saying that his ,% 2 2, /O! ML Khattar called for a com- government will try to replicate prehensive joint programme to it in his state. Thakur said that - +@) 4 A tackle the problem of drugs, Himachal was considering a ! 2 which he described as a social legislation on lines of HCOCA + - % rather than a political issue. and MCOCA to tackle drugs. He stressed the need to cut “In continuation of the deci- off drugs supply to prevent sions taken at the first confer- 4 % youth from getting addicted, ence, all the participating states and also advocated an inter- will post their officers for ! state cell phone base of live coordination, at the common $ data of absconding offenders secretariat being set up for the and to keep track of dealers purpose in Panchkula, by &! O and their associates. August 15,” he said. + 4 - , Khattar also underlined Uttarakhand Chief 7 4 3 the need to strengthen inves- Minister Trivendra Singh -, 4 tigations to prevent acquittal of Rawat was of the opinion that offenders and suggested strin- the awareness campaign #/ & /" '* / & & '*/ & ($! '$ / & "! 4 % - gent laws and training pro- against drugs should be made 3 ! / & $/ - 4 4 grammes for investigators. a part of school education, 2, “Haryana is all set to enact especially in view of the grow- Afghanistan, Nigeria and other anism on drugs and drug deal- Chandigarh. The States also HCOCA (Haryana Control of ing use of women and children 42'-3'2 countries, while calling for ers or smugglers, for a more agreed to take up with the Organised Crime Act) to pre- as couriers. closer collaboration to battle effective crackdown against Central Government a pro- even more closely and active- Corridor while, at the same vent organized crime, on the Punjab DGP Dinkar he northern States of the menace and make the them. posal to establish a Regional ly for making the region ‘Nasha time, trying to destabilise lines of POCA,” he said. Gupta said that Attari border TPunjab, Haryana, Himachal region ‘Nasha Mukt’ (drug- It was also agreed that all Drug Dependence Treatment Mukt’.” The conference, which Punjab by backing SFJ’s Rajasthan Chief Minister was being used actively to Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, free). the States would launch major Centre in Chandigarh Tricity opened with Punjab Chief Referendum 2020,” he said Ashok Gehlot said that his state smuggle drugs that go to all Jammu and Kashmir and the The Chief Ministers of awareness programs and strive area, on the lines of National Minister Capt Amarinder while adding that ISI contin- was at the receiving end of states, and called for proper Union territory of Chandigarh Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, to make eradication of drugs a Drug Dependence Treatment Singh suggesting some tough ued to back terror groups, drug smuggling due to its infrastructure, with full truck on Thursday decided to set up Himachal Pradesh and peoples’ movement. Centre (NDDTC) AIIMS, New measures to tackle the prob- with Pak factory-made shared border with Pakistan. body scanners and canine a joint working group, involv- Uttarakhand, joined by top The conference recognised Delhi. lem, was attended by officials grenades found to have been Supporting Capt units, to check the same. ing officials of their respective officials from Delhi, J&K and drugs as a national problem, “We believe that these of IB, NCB and other central used for terror activities in Amarinder’s demand for a He mooted creation of a Health and Social Justice Chandigarh, agreed on a series requiring collective efforts of efforts will go a long way in agencies. Punjab. National Drugs Policy, he separate central agency only Departments to share experi- of powerful measures to erad- all the States for its successful eradicating this scourge from Underscoring the grow- Describing the conference called for strong steps to for drugs, on the lines of NIA, ences and best practices in icate the drugs scourge from eradication. It proposed, there- the region, thus protecting ing threat from ISI’s narco as a red letter-day for mutual destroy the parallel economy to probe national and interna- their respective campaigns the region including joint fore, to jointly press the Central our youth and our future gen- terrorism game-plan, Capt cooperation among the states, being run by drug smugglers. tional links of drug smug- against drugs. operations at the inter-state Government to come out with erations, and ensuring a safe, Amarinder said that the the Chief Minister, however, Himachal Pradesh Chief glers, or alternatively the Terming drugs a national borders, information sharing a National Drugs Policy in secure and healthy society,” money from the drug trade called for closer examination of Minister Jairam Thakur also strengthening of the investi- problem during the second and implementation of the order to effectively tackle the read the joint statement. was being used by Pakistan to laws like MCOCA before called for a policy or plan to fur- gation wing of NCB. joint conference of Chief best practices of the partici- menace. It agreed to consider The states further said that carry on its nefarious and implementing them in other ther strengthen the efforts of the It was announced that Ministers of the northern pating States. There was con- opening of a Regional Training they were committed to “con- divisive activities in India.“ISI states as they had a lot of scope northern states, with a public Himachal Pradesh will host the States, the States expressed sensus among the states on the Centre for Training of tinuing and strengthening the is trying to play on the sym- for misuse. He, however, movement to create awareness next regional conference on concern over the inflow of importance of strengthening Investigators for proper inves- process of consultation and pathies of the Sikhs through agreed on the need to further and reverse the trend. He drugs in Shimla early drugs from Pakistan, the information sharing mech- tigation of NDPS cases at cooperation, to collaborate steps like the Kartarpur strengthen the NDPS Act. appreciated Punjab’s ‘Buddy next year. & 4## 2'3-1' # ar away from the political Fwar of words and instigat- ing statements by some politi- '&*'$,/ cians, Haridwar is presenting a picture of Hindu- Muslim 19-year-old was allegedly unity during the Kanwad Astabbed to death at Mela. Jagannath Colony under the Members of the Muslim Ainthapali police in the city on community here have set up a Thursday morning. Kanwad camp near Lal Though the exact motive Mandir where they are dis- behind the crime is yet to be tributing fruits and bottled ascertained police suspect past water among the Kanwadias. enmity behind the murder. Members of the Muslim The deceased was identi- community said that dozens of fied as Santosh Patnaik. Police families from the community said Santosh was found with are enganged in making and multiple stab wounds by locals. selling the Kanwads at Later he was rushed to the Jwalapur. Rao Afaq Ali of ments to seek attention but have been living with the doing so.” Another Muslim, District Headquarters Hospital Jwalapur said, "Some political their intentions to split us Hindu community members Afzad said that they all were where he was declared brought leaders make biased state- will not be successful. We peacefully and will continue doing the work of Lord Shiva. dead.

1 ! after duty hours and raised more. 32 ! ; )'32' their apprehensions over the There is a growing appre- fate of the NTPC and their hension that following - n the wake of a recent future. Government action, the NTPC +*3 ICentral Government’s deci- The gathering was will surrender its Maharatna sion for disinvestment to addressed by the NEFI gener- status and will cease to be a -.2'-/ gramme. Learning the various reduce its stake in the Central al secretary Gokula Nanda PSU. -.2'-/ aspects to be taught by experts PSUs, the employees across Swain and members of Presently, there is plan- ,'/3 six-member student team from the UPES School of during the programme would various units of NTPC led a Association of Power ning to disinvest 10 per cent of AEngineering won laurels for the University by securing sec- six-day faculty develop- enable the faculty members to protest march by wearing black Executives (APEX). the stake in NTPC by the day long workshop was ond rank at the All India Solidworks xDesign Challenge. Over 1600 Ament programme on teach the same to their stu- badge on Wednesday. The non-executives asso- NDA Government. Aheld on decision support students in 249 teams from various educational institutions across robotics process automation dents effectively, he added. On a call of NTPC ciations also extended support Similar protest march was system under the Uttarakhand India participated in the event. began at the JB Institute of Earlier, the institute Executives Federation of India to the move. Indian National also conducted in other NTPC Disaster Recovery Project The UPES team debated on various design concepts before Technology with the assis- chairman LD Singhal wel- (NEFI), the executives and Trade Union Congress power stations such as Korba, (UDRP) for officers con- finally deciding on a hybrid vehicle that could operate both on tance of AICTE and comed the gathering on the non-executives of the Talcher (INTUC) head Satya Nanda Ramagundam, Farrakka, cerned of Pauri, Chamoli and ground as well as in air. Uttarakhand Technical occasion. Super Thermal Power Station Sahoo also spoke on the occa- Dadri, Kawas, Jhajjor and Rudraprayag districts here on The concept was to be designed on a new cloud based plat- University. The institute vice chair- at Kaniha came together to sion. Faridabad, etc. Thursday. form ‘xSOLIDWORKS’ whose access was provided to each mem- The UTU vice chancellor man Sandeep Singhal, secre- symbolically protest the deci- Notably, CPSUs are com- The employees warned that The decision support sys- ber of the team by Dassault Systemes.The members of the UPES NS Chaudhary exhorted the tary Rajat Singhal, director sion. panies in which the direct in future the protest will be tem developed by Asian team comprised Aditya Kumar, Ayush Chaturvedi, Vanshika Katyal, participants to make the most Amit Bansal and others were They held a gate meeting at holding of the Central intensified if the Government Institute of technology (AIT), Aishwerya Singh Gahlot, Ayush Gupta and Prabudh Sanket. of the six-day training pro- also present on the occasion. the entry gate (Pragati Dwar) Government is 51 per cent or does not withdraw its decision. Thailand can be used after any disaster by different departments. Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority consultant PD Mathur said that UDRP had been operational in Uttarakhand after the 2013 Kedarnath disaster. The deci- '423 Bilateral Hemiparesis Post ability is a challenge enough for sion support system is its Cardiac Arrest, a result of post them, social exclusion and important component. ith a figure of approxi- severe pneumonia he suffered dependency also act as hurdles Wmately 80,000 disabled at the age of one and a half for them. “Stem Cell therapy people in the State, Neuro years. Rushing him to various works on the principle of Regenerative Rehabilitation known hospitals in the City as Repair, Replace and Therapy (NRRT) is becoming well as in Vellore, Dhairya’s par- Regenerate. the new ray of hope for people ents finally discovered NRRT Progress in an individual suffering from Autism, treatment at NeuroGen. can be seen within two months Cerebral Palsy, Mental He underwent Stem Cell of the therapy. Our aim is to Retardation, Spinal Cord Treatment along with cus- primarily make them inde- Injury, and many such neuro- tomised therapy to regain his pendent to do their personal damaged conditions say an balance, strength, speech and chores and not be dependent expert from NeuroGen Brain cognition. on anybody,” said Dr. Richa and Spine Institute. “Dhairya has received Bansod, Neurosurgeon and Dhairya, an eight-year-old shots of stem cell therapy five Head Surgical Services, child from Ranchi, has sub- times and we are already over- NeuroGen Brain and Spine stantially benefitted from the whelmed with the improve- Institute. “It has cost me around NRRT therapy at NeuroGen ment in our child. After visit- two lakhs per stem cell shot,” Brain and Spine Institute. He is ing numerous doctors and told Dhairya’s father. “Although suffering from a case of spending a considerable the treatment is comparative- ly expensive, it does not mean people who cannot afford it are left hopeless. We try to help them with charities, funds from trust and government,”added Dr. Bansod. NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute is organizing a free Stem Cell Therapy OPD camp on August 25th in Ranchi for the patients suffering from incurable neurological disor- amount of money in his diag- Dhairya’s father. Other dis- trauma. The procedure is safe, and then injected in the spinal ders from all across the State. nosis and treatment with no abilities where adult stem cell without the stitches and cuts cord. India has a number count The interested ones require to result left us hopeless but stem therapy has proved to be help- involved. The regenerative stem of 2.68 crores of disabled peo- register and book themselves cell therapy has really worked ful are Celebral Palsy, Spinal cells are extracted from the ple with 1 crore children. 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.1-.$23 a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, to apologise. New Delhi: The Supreme amicus curiae in the case, and amajwadi Party (SP) leader But Yadav said the word he Court on Thursday directed said the suggestion that there SAzam Khan on Thursday used was first used by the trea- setting up of a centrally-fund- should be designated FSL in courted controversy the sury benches. The Speaker ed designated court in each dis- every district of the country for umpteenth time as he yet again asked him to point out the trict having more than 100 the purposes of POCSO Act made a sexist remark, this time member who used the term FIRs under the Protection of can be considered at a later against none other than the and asked the SP leader to Children from Sexual Offences stage. officiating Speaker of the Lok apologise. (POCSO) Act to deal exclu- "For the present, we direct Sabha itself - BJP MP Rama "It is very easy for all of you sively with cases of sexual the directors of the state foren- Devi. to demand 'expunge this, offences against children. sic science laboratories and While it led to an uproar expunge that', but why should "We would expect our the concerned authority in the and demands for his apology, the need to expunge arise at all? above stated directions to be state government to ensure the National Commission for Once a remark is made, it is implemented and exclusively that the existing and available Women (NCW) and the Delhi already in the public domain. designated courts to try forensic science laboratories Commission for Women Therefore, we all should speak offences under the POCSO in each state will function in an (DCW) condemned Khan's &"! ! # keeping the dignity of Act, in terms of the above effective manner insofar as comment, dubbing it "lecher- % ) Parliament in mind," said the directions, to start functioning M8 ( '& analysis etc of the samples col- ous and disgraceful" and sought Speaker. within 60 days from the date of & '!(! lected under the POCSO Act the Speaker to act against him. sought to defend his party col- Meghwal as they urged the Khan said he has spent a the present order," a bench are concerned and reports of Participating in the debate league Khan. This week, Khan Chair to ask him to apologise. long time in politics and if he headed by Chief Justice Ranjan && & such analysis be sent prompt- on the triple talaq Bill, Khan was in news as the UP police When Khan was asked to do so has used any unparliamentary Gogoi said, while asking the ++& 33 ly and without any delay," the referred to the intervention of lodged three FIRs against him by Rama Devi, he said he language, he is ready to resign Centre and states to implement bench, also comprising Justices Union Minister Mukhtar in connection with land meant no disrespect to her as "immediately". its direction. !&+ ' & Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Abbas Naqvi and read out a encroachment cases. she was like his "dear sister". As the Speaker listened to In a slew of directions, the & + < &+ ! Bose, said. couplet "... Tu idhar-udhar ki Khan had just recently As Akhilesh rose to defend both sides, Danish Ali (BSP) apex court also said that a short The bench directed the baat na kar ..." (do not divert while campaigning for the Khan, Speaker Om Birla took walked out of the House, say- clip, intended to spread aware- + ( & N chief secretaries of all the states from the topic). national elections made certain over the proceedings. Yadav ing he was not allowed to ness about prevention of child and union territories to ensure At this, Rama Devi, who objectionable remarks targeted said there was no intention to speak. Khan joined him in the abuse and prosecution of cer, support persons, special took note of a report which said that its direction is complied was presiding over the pro- at his former colleague-turned- malign the Chair, sparking walkout, saying he cannot crimes against children, be public prosecutors, court staff that one of the major causes of with "forthwith". ceedings, asked Khan not to BJP candidate Jaya Prada. The further protests by the BJP speak when he was being screened in every movie hall and infrastructure, including hinderance in completing time- "In each district of the "look here and there" and Election Commission had members. He then made a insulted. Later, members of and transmitted by various creation of child-friendly envi- ly trial of POCSO cases was country, if there are more than address the Chair. To this, the barred him from campaigning remark on the conduct of BJP the SP and BSP walked out. television channels at regular ronment and vulnerable wit- delay in receiving reports from 100 cases under the POCSO SP member made a sexist for 48 hours for his indecent members to which the Speaker National Commission For intervals. ness court rooms. forensic science laboratory Act, an exclusive/designated remark at the Chair, triggering and derogatory remarks. took objection and chided him Women (NCW) chairperson The top court directed that The court, which has on its (FSL). special court will be set up, high drama, one that even saw Khan's remark infuriated to be mindful of words which Rekha Sharma said Khan the special court be funded by own taken up the issue of The top court perused the which will try no other offence former Chief Minister Akhilesh union ministers Ravi Shankar were unparliamentary. should be disqualified from the Centre and take care of alarming rise in the number of report prepared by senior advo- except those under the POCSO Yadav getting drawn as he Prasad and Arjun Ram He also asked the SP chief, Parliament. appointment of presiding offi- rape cases against children, cate V Giri, assisting it as an Act," the bench said. PTI !/P #' 111.2"33*.443451614$337.$46 67) & 4 Take-Off But Arrested .1-.$23 Recovery (CATOBAR) so that 'if we have three aircraft carri- New Delhi: Chief Justice of ith China stressing that it ers we can have two operational India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi L-.,3.&< Wenvisages building a at any given time," he said Thursday expressed displeasure *..;;7 3 strong Navy in its white paper adding the plan to build an over the functioning of the on defence, posing a threat to IAC-II is part of the Maritime Supreme Court registry with 2'=.*.. the Indian interests especially Capability Perspective Plan regard to non-listing of cases in the Indian Ocean region, (MCPP) 2012-27. The first for urgent hearing, saying that /'*$.7-.'$ Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Indigenous carrier Vikrant is "there was something funda- Singh said here on Thursday under advanced stage of con- mentally wrong" about it. 1323C$33 they have to watch and see how struction and is expected to be A bench headed by the CJI 7;4'.DM "we can respond within our delivered to the Navy by was irked over the apex court reg- budget and constraints that February 2021 and commis- & $ # istry and said that everyday there we have". 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We have to watch that and see require long term fiscal support tives that warship-building is a production to public, Defence dashboard, the officials told the 3, 2018 —to devise a mecha- The bench then referred to Laughter broke out in the how we can respond within our to build a Navy. "That is the drain on the economy, he said Minister Rajnath Singh on minister that in 2018-19, the nism where lawyers are not the fact that in a high court packed courtroom, when budget and constraints that only way we can plan," he stat- on the contrary a very large Thursday launched a web page. value of defence equipment required to mention cases for around 6,000 fresh cases are another lawyer sought urgent we have," he said in his first ed. As regards the proposed proportion of every rupee Information related to produced stood at 80,000 urgent hearing and get listed filed in a week in comparison listing of his case, which was interaction with the media second Indigenous Aircraft spent on the Navy is ploughed defence production, exports, crore. The department has set automatically before a bench to around 1,000 cases during filed in 2014, on the ground since he took over as Chief of Carrier (IAC-II) which has back. offsets, Make II projects and a target of manufacturing within a stipulated time. the same period in the Supreme that his client was 72-year-old Naval Staff on May 31. The been on the drawing board for More than 60% of the patents filed, among others, will defence equipment worth "Everyday there is a sea of Court and still, the apex court man who can "die any Navy chief made this observa- some time but yet to be Naval budget is dedicated to be available on the dashboard 90,000 crore in 2019-20. humanity seeking listing (of the registry was unable to manage moment". tion on the sidelines of a sem- approved by the government, Capital expenditure, Singh -- ddpdashboard.Gov.In -- of Kumar also told the min- cases)," said the bench, also them effectively. "Your prayer is rejected inar on 'nation building Singh said he cannot give any observed and said adding more the Department of Defence ister that 44 start-ups are work- comprising Justices Deepak Listing of cases in the for obvious reasons. Let him through shipbuilding' jointly timeline. than 70% of this capital budget Production, officials said. ing with the ministry to devel- Gupta and Aniruddha Bose. Supreme Court takes more have a long life. That is our organized by the Navy and He said the Navy's plan is has been spent on indigenous The information will be op 14 technologies. The depart- "There is something fun- time than high courts, the wish," the CJI quipped. The industry body Federation of to build a 65,000 tonne carri- sourcing, amounting to nearly available on mobile phones ment is aiming at developing 25 damentally wrong with it (the bench said, adding that a high lawyer replied that his client Indian Chambers of er with possibly electric propul- Rs 66,000 crore in the last five too. However, some informa- new artificial technologies by Supreme Court registry)... court judge has to deal with has been suffering from many Commerce and Industry sion and a Catapult Assisted years. tion will be restricted for the 2024, he said. Despite my best efforts, I have more cases in comparison to diseases. PTI 34$$.3814$1141"4337##3 9414$ , ) #!7&2" ( ! * % PP 87( ! ! +># @ New Delhi: A creative head will ! New Delhi: India on Thursday soon be appointed for termed as "glaring admission" Doordarshan to enhance the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran quality of its programmes, .1-.$23 Khan's comments that 30,000 Information and Broadcasting to 40,000 terrorists were oper- Minister Prakash Javadekar resident Ram Nath Kovind will ating in his country, and asked said Thursday, asserting that Pnext week travel to Benin, Gambia him to take "credible and irre- steps are being taken to mod- and Guinea, in what would be the first versible" action against the ter- ernise the public broadcaster. visit of either a head of the state or head ror networks. Javadekar, who inaugurat- of the government from India to all the External Affairs Ministry ed video walls in all eight three West African countries. Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar Doordarshan studios and an The visit, from July 28 to August 3, said it was not the first time earth station at the DD Kendra is expected to reinvigorate and give new that Pakistan and its leadership here, said the national broad- direction to India's ties with the three owned up to the presence of caster is synonymous with countries, Secretary (East) MEA Vijay terrorists in that country who credibility. Thakur Singh said at a media briefing. are sent to India to carry out .1-.$23 lence and acts of terror against one specif- He said that under the On the first leg of the visit, President attacks. ic community by another three-year action plan of the Kovind will arrive in Benin on July 28 "It is a glaring admission by he CPI (M) on Thursday attacked the community...Another video threatens those Ministry of Information and and hold delegation-level talks with his the Pakistani leadership.... This TBJP over the incidents of mob lynching who do not say 'Jai Shri Ram' will be send Broadcasting, support has been Beninese counterpart Patrice Talon the is not the first time that accusing it of promoting a "cult of violence". to the graveyard," she said in the letter to given to Doordarshan to mod- next day. Pakistan and Pakistani leader- Simultaneously, it also asked the Shah. In the letter to the DCP, she identi- ernise its infrastructure. Kovind will also address Benin's ship owned up to the presence Government to act against YouTube for fied videos targeting Muslims. "The addition of state of national assembly in Porto-Novo. He of terror training camps and allowing circulation of some videos which "These videos are highly offensive, the art video walls and spec- will also have an interaction with the terrorists in Pakistan.... It is also she alleged were designed to "incite com- menacing, threatening and incite violence trum efficient satellite equip- Indian community before concluding in public knowledge and inter- munal hatred". against a specific community by another ment, is a step in the direction the visit, Singh said. national community knows In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra community," she said. of revamping the public ser- He will reach Gambia on July 30 and about it," Kumar said. Modi, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram She said that the videos and their cir- vice broadcaster," Javadekar hold talks with his Gambian counterpart He said as Khan acknowl- Yechury slammed the ruling party leaders culation constituted criminal acts under the said. 3& 2 '+ 9// 9 Adama Barrow the next day, she said. edged the presence of terrorist for dismissing the concerns expressed by 49 IPC and the IT Act and also under the laws The minister asked officials % ' !( ! : The President will address the nation- training camps in his country, eminent people against acts of terror. to work towards expanding ; 2 % al assembly of Gambia and will also attend "it is time for them to take cred- "On being shown the truth of our real- "There is no doubt that by allowing cir- the spread of DD Free Dish an event by the Indian community and ible and irreversible action ity today, all that the government does is to culation of such anti-national material on from the current 3.25 crore porary industry standards, event that Doordarshan is fast inaugurate an exhibition on Mahatma against the terror camps." try and deny it. This is because forces patro- their channel, the owners/controlling autho- households to 5 crore house- reaching out to every nook and modernising and its capacity is Gandhi and Khadi during his visit. "They should make sure nised by the ruling party themselves, rizers of YouTube channel are also guilty. holds. corner of India. unmatched. In the third and final leg of his visit, that the safe havens and sanc- patronise the promotion of such a "cult of Since YouTube has a worldwide reach, such He announced that a cre- Chairman Prasar Bharati A She also said that President Kovind will visit Guinea and tuaries in Pakistan should be violence," Yechury tweeted. communal hate and highly provocative ative head will soon be brought Surya Prakash lauded the Doordarshan should not be hold delegation-level talks with Guinea neutralised. We feel that half- For her part, CPI(M) Polit Bureau videos emanating from India seriously in for DD to further boost pro- efforts of Doordarshan and compared with private channels president Alpha Condé. He will also hearted measures to please the member Brinda Karat wrote to Home damage India's image across the world and gramming and high quality highlighted that in the recent as its mandate is different -- it attend an Indian community event in international community won't Minister Amit Shah demanding action could have dangerous consequences," she content creation. past a number of impactful and seeks to empower and inform Guinea, Singh said. do," he added. against YouTube. She also wrote a similar said and demanded registration of an FIR. I&B Ministry Secretary meaningful programmes have people. Various MoUs and agreements will India and Afghanistan have letter to DCP (Central) Mandeep Singh Karat said that as the home minister, Amit Khare said the govern- been created, which have taken The state-of-the-art video be signed during the Kovind's visit to the been accusing Pakistan of pro- Randhawa listing links to some of the Shah had the responsibility to ensure the ment is committed to sup- the flagship schemes of the gov- walls, installed at a cost of Rs three west African countries, she said. viding safe haven to the Afghan videos. security and wellbeing of all of citizens and porting Doordarshan and the ernment to the door steps of 10.75 crores under the min- President Kovind has visited 20 Taliban, the Haqqani network, "I am writing to you in connection with urged him to take strong action in the case. All India Radio in every possi- people. istry's action plan, are at par countries in his tenure till now and after Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar- a number of videos...On YouTube channel She also demanded that YouTube be forced ble way to ensure that the pub- Director General with those in studio centres of this visit the number will be 23, Press e-Taiba and other militant and WhatsApp groups which are clearly to remove the video and stop the circula- lic service broadcasters are able Doordarshan Supriya Sahu told leading international broad- Secretary to the President Ashok Malik groups. PTI designed to incite communal hatred, vio- tion of the offensive material. to provide services of contem- reporters on the sidelines of the casters, an official release said. said. <

# R $ ) 4) 89/ & % 56 8 Patna: Three Naxals were killed in an Jamui (Bihar): A man was beaten to death in Jamui encounter with security forces in a forest area district after he allegedly shot at and wounded a per- $ % 7 of Bihar's Gaya district on Thursday, officials son following a scuffle, police said on Thursday, the said. third such instance of mob frenzy in Bihar in a week. The firefight took place around noon The incident occurred at Aliganj Bazar on Ahmedabad: The CBI on between the ultras and a joint team of the Wednesday after a mob got infuriated when Amar Thursday informed a court CRPF's CoBRA squad and district police in the Singh whipped out a gun during a quarrel and fired here that it will not challenge Chakarabandh area of the district, they said. at Bablu Yadav, district Superintendent of Police the discharge of former police As the guns fell silent, the bodies of three Jagunath Jalareddy said. officers DG Vanzara and NK Maoists were found in the spot, the officials Singh had picked up a quarrel with an auto-rick- Amin in the Ishrat Jahan said, adding that seven guns, including an AK- shaw driver and Yadav sought to intervene. He shot alleged fake encounter case. 47 and three INSAS rifles, and some impro- at Yadav on his foot, leaving the teacher severely CBI lawyer RC Kodekar vised explosive devices (IEDs) were also wounded, Jalareddy said. Singh panicked as he saw conveyed the decision in a recovered. a crowd surging towards him in rage and sought written submission before spe- The Commando Battalion for Resolute shelter in a cycle repair shop nearby. He was dragged cial CBI judge RK Chudawala. Action (CoBRA) led the operation, they said. out and beaten to death by the mob, which also set The court scheduled fur- The area is being thoroughly searched. PTI the shop on fire, the SP said. PTI ther hearing for August 9. On May 2, the CBI court discharged Vanzara and Amin in the case on the ground that the State Government had not given sanction for their prosecution. The court had noted that ) ' $ ' ?@A under section 197 of the Code Prior to Vanzara and P ' of Criminal Procedure, Amin, the court had discharged Government's sanction is nec- former IPS officer PP Pandey Vellore (TN): Nalini Sriharan, Padma, who performed a tra- expected to be made known in essary for the prosecution of a from the case. one of the seven convicts in the ditional "arti" ritual. two weeks. public servant. Ishrat, a 19-year-old girl Rajiv Gandhi assassination In 2016, when Nalini's She has to remain in The remaining four from Mumbra near Mumbai, case, was released from a prison father, P Sankara Narayanan, Vellore district, 137 km from accused policemen — GL Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh here on Thursday on a 30-day died, she was granted emer- Chennai. She will also Singhal, Tarun Barot, Anaju Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana parole amid tight security to gency leave for 12 hours to par- appear before the Sathuvachary Chaudhary and JG Parmar — and Zeeshan Johar were killed make arrangements for her ticipate in the funeral and later, police station daily and sign a are now likely to approach the by Gujarat Police in an alleged daughter’s wedding. allowed one day to take part in register, according to her legal CBI court seeking discharge, encounter on the outskirts of Imprisoned since 1991, the 16th day of post-death rit- counsel. legal sources said. Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004. this is the first time Nalini will uals. Earlier this month, the Singhal, an IPS officer, is The police claimed they be out on parole for 30 days. In 2004, she was allowed to Madras High Court had grant- currently Inspector General of were terrorists who were plan- She had been out of on parole go for the wedding of her ed her leave after she argued the Commando Training ning to kill then Gujarat Chief earlier as well, but not for a brother, Bhagyanathan. her plea in person. Centre in Gandhinagar. Minister Narendra Modi, while period that extends to a month. The 12-point conditions of Nalini, lodged in the Chaudhary, a commando the CBI, which probed the "She has been released on her parole include a bar on her Special Prison for Women in of State Reserve Police, is also case on the high court's order, parole. The relief to her comes from interacting with the Vellore for over 27 years, had in service, while Barot and claimed that it was a fake with several conditions," a media, political parties or per- sought a six-month leave to Parmar have retired. encounter. PTI )$+ A ! prison official told PTI. sonalities and an undertaking make arrangements for her As soon as Nalini, clad in to keep good conduct and not daughter's marriage. a golden yellow saree, walked disrupt public peace. Besides Nalini, six others, out of the main gate of the The 30-day leave will not including her husband / * 3 Special Prison for Women here, be included in her total term of Sriharan, alias Murugan, a Sri she was escorted to a police van imprisonment and she has also Lankan national, are serving and taken to the residence of a agreed to cancellation of leave life imprisonment in the Rajiv # pro-Tamil, Dravidian outfit and return to prison in the Gandhi assassination case. OA* C leader at Rangapuram here event of violation of any con- The former prime minister where she will stay during her dition, the official said. Her was killed by an LTTE suicide Kanpur: An Uttar Pradesh A departmental inquiry leave. legal adviser, P Pugazhenthi, bomber during an election policeman was suspended on has been ordered against the She was given an emotional told PTI that the date of mar- rally at Sriperumpudur near Kochi: Authorities of an only the Hindu faith was Thursday for misbehaving with head constable, who has been welcome by her mother, riage of Nalini's daughter is here on May 21, 1991. PTI Engineering College at attacked. a woman who had gone to the sent to Reserve Police Lines, Kothamangalam near here Rhwithwik M S, a student Nazirabad Police Station to city's Superintendent of Police have withdrawn a college mag- leader who was part of the edi- lodge a complaint of sexual (south), Raveena Tyagi said. &! azine following protests by torial team of the magazine, harassment. The SP also confirmed that some Hindu outfits alleging said it discussed issues includ- According to the Circle an FIR was registered against # O( $C /7% + that its contents were anti- ing the Supreme Court judg- Officer (Nazirabad), Geetanjali those who allegedly molested Hindu. ment permitting entry of Singh, the incident came to the victim and the matter os ' Announcing the decision women of all age groups into light after a video of the victim being probed. to withdraw the 2017-18 mag- the Lord Ayyappa temple from being subjected to moral polic- Congress general secretary azine, authorities of the Mar the religious sentiments of a "progressive point of view." ing by head constable Taar Priyanka Gandhi lashed out at Asansol (WB): Tension pre- Athanasius College of Hindus, they alleged. No attempts were made to Babu went viral on Tuesday. the state police. vailed in Hirapur area near Engineering said certain Leader of Hindu hurt religious sentiments of any In the short clip, the "This is the type of behav- here after a Muslim hawker 2:% remarks in the magazine were Aikyavedi, K P Sasikala had section, he claimed. policeman is shaming the vic- iour meted out to a girl who was allegedly beaten up and against the ideas and views of taken out a protest march at He wondered why such tim, whose age is not known, approached the police after forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' the college. Kothamangalam recently seek- issues are being raked up four by asking her questions like being molested. On one hand, slogans, following which Kolkata: In a sinister twist to Right wing outfits alleged ing withdrawal of the magazine months after the magazine was why she was wearing rings there is no let-up in crimes authorities have suspended the menace of cattle smug- that the magazine had carried and action against those published in March. and bangles and why could she against women in Uttar internet services and stepped gling along the India- articles targeting the responsible for publishing such Mar Athanasius College of not take care proper care of Pradesh and on the other hand up security. Bangladesh border, the BSF on Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa tem- articles. Engineering which pioneered herself. this is how those who have to After the Tuesday night Thursday recovered cows with ple and Hindu belief. She claimed that no articles engineering education in cen- The victim had approached protect the law behave. The incident, "fake" videos and improvised explosive devices The Christian manage- relating to controversies sur- tral Kerala was established in the police after she was alleged- first step to ensure justice for photographs of Hindu-Muslim (IED) tied around their necks ment of the college has allowed rounding other religions were 1961. It is a state government ly sexually harassed by some women is to give them a hear- riots were being circulated on aimed at targeting troops who publication of articles hurting included in the magazine and aided institution. PTI locals. ing," she tweeted in Hindi. PTI the social media to vitiate the try to catch them. atmosphere, police said on Border Security Force offi- Wednesday," they said. Thursday, adding they have cials said this is the first time In an another incident, a .3$613437.61-05 - increased vigil to avoid any they have come across this group of narcotics smugglers untoward incident. cruel method that can poten- attacked and lobbed a country- According to officials, a tially lead to fatal injuries to made bomb towards a Border Muslim hawker in his mid for- both the cattle and force per- Security Force patrol in the $ / 76 / ties was beaten up on Tuesday sonnel, in case the crude bomb early hours of Thursday in the evening by a group of youths is triggered during handling. Berhampore sector. who allegedly forced him to Few such cattle, with an While the troops escaped Srinagar: National Conference Government has for the rule of The NC vice president said people? It is not New Delhi that ally divide the state on religious chant "Jai Shri Ram". He was IED placed inside a small alu- unscathed, a pump action gun (NC) vice president Omar law and the procedures estab- the untenable advisories issued suffers whenever situation is lines. In those circumstances later admitted to a local hos- minium canister tied around being carried by a jawan was Abdullah on Thursday said the lished by the law of country, our by the state administration difficult in the state; it is the the state will be divided on pital. their neck, were recovered from completely damaged by the Centre should repose its faith in party has reposed its faith in the have created a fear psychosis in people of Kashmir who bear the Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist No arrest has been report- the river near the Harudanga impact of the blast, they said. the Supreme Court and refrain Supreme Court," Abdullah said. the state, particularly in the direct brunt of a tumultuous sit- lines," he said. ed in connection with the border post along the south A sudden rise in "floating from bullying the people of "The matter is sub-judice, Kashmir region. uation," he added. In February this year, the incident. Bengal frontier, they said. cattle" instances in West Bengal Jammu & Kashmir with unwar- therefore it (Supreme Court) "People in the Valley are Abdullah alleged that state- Jammu and Kashmir adminis- "We decided to snap inter- After being tied with has prompted the BSF to ranted threats of repealing arti- should be kept aloof from pol- going through anxiety in the ments by some Union minis- tration created a separate divi- net services so that no one is banana trunks and ropes, the deploy additional troops, cles 35-A and 370 of the iticking. I would appeal (to the) wake of rumour mongering ters, hinting at abrogation of sion for Buddhist-majority able to vitiate the atmosphere cattle were dropped in mon- motorboats and surveillance Constitution. Government of India to refrain set afloat by the administration. Article 35-A after August 15, Ladakh, which was part of through use of fake videos and soon-water laden rivers from gadgets to curb the crime. Addressing a party func- from commenting on the issue Whosoever goes to govern- have also kept the rumour Muslim-dominated Kashmir photographs. Police patrolling Malda, Murshidabad, North Over 1,500 cows and buffaloes tion at Eidgah in the city, the till the final verdict comes," he ment offices is being warned to mills churning. division. is also on. The situation is 24 Parganas and Nadia districts, have been seized in over two former Jammu & Kashmir chief added. stock necessary household The NC leader also warned Hindu-majority Jammu is presently under control," officials said. weeks' time at this border area minister said petitions chal- Article 370 grants special items and other edibles before against trifurcation of the state. the state's third division. Asansol police commissioner "We are studying the type by the force, they said. The des- lenging the constitutional valid- status to Jammu & Kashmir and August 15. Here what is worri- "Today we are hearing that Ladakh will now have a D P Singh told PTI. of IED prepared by the smug- peration of the smugglers to ity of articles 35-A and 370 are limits Parliament's power to some is that the rumours are the state will be trifurcated. separate divisional commis- The internet services will glers that is aimed to scare BSF commit the crime has sub-judice and the Centre make laws concerning the state. being set afloat by the people in However, let me make it very sioner and an inspector gener- remain suspended for the time troops from intercepting cattle increased even as the cost per should wait for the verdict. Article 35-A empowers the the administration itself," he clear that any misadventure in al of police with a full admin- being, he said. smuggling incidents. A total of cattle head has gone upto 1.4 "Do they not believe in the state assembly to define 'per- said. this direction will set the state istrative and revenue division at The ruling TMC and the 365 cattle being smuggled lakh, from the earlier 80,000, final decree of the Supreme manent residents' for bestowing "What is it that the gov- on fire," Abdullah said. par with Kashmir and Jammu BJP blamed each other for the across the border to Bangladesh in anticipation of the Bakrid Court of India? Contrary to the special rights and privileges ernment of India and the state "Any whimsical attempt to divisions, an order issued by the incident. PTI have been recovered since festivities in August. PTI disdain the incumbent central on them. want to achieve by bullying trifurcate the state will eventu- administration had said. PTI " A# 8 !)227$

Mumbai: The roommate of "The trio (Ahuja, Meher The suicide note begins senior doctors that they were but I am becoming mentally dis- Payal Tadvi, a junior doctor at and Khandelwal) used to call with Tadvi apologising to her troubling her. turbed. Environment is not a hospital here who ended her me dumb and Tadvi oversmart parents for taking her own life, "I have taken this decision healthy to work and I've lost life following caste-based and used to make fun of us," saying things at the hospital after trying out everything. I hope for anything to change as harassment, has alleged that Snehal said in her statement. have become "unbearable". found out that no one is there I know it won't," the note said. the three accused used to taunt She added that in May, "I hold Hema Ahuja, Bhakti to stand for us, support us in this At the end of the note, Tadvi them saying they got admission Ahuja asked Tadvi and Snehal Meher and Ankita Khandelwal department," the note said. apologised to her friend Snehal in the medical course as they how much had they scored in responsible for my condition It further said that Tadvi for leaving her alone with the were from a reserved category. the NEET and taunted them and that of Snehal Shinde's and her friend, who is a witness three doctors. Tadvi, 26, a second-year saying they got admission in (victim's colleague and friend)," in the case against the trio, were Snehal told police that on postgraduate medical student medical course as they were the note said. humiliated before patients, staff May 22 evening, Ahuja told her attached to civic-run B Y L Nair from a reserved category. It added that Tadvi tried and other doctors even when that Tadvi had locked herself in Hospital, allegedly committed While the police are yet to several times to speak to other they were not at fault. her hostel room and was not suicide on May 22. The three recover the hard copy of the sui- seniors about the treatment "I have lost my profession- opening the door. accused doctors - Hema Ahuja, cide note, they recovered pho- meted out to her, but no action al and personal life because it When they broke the door Bhakti Meher and Ankita tographs of the purported note was taken. has been declared by them that open, they found Tadvi hanging Khandelwal - were arrested on from Tadvi's mobile. The pros- "I literally do not see any they will not let me learn any- from the ceiling, she said. May 29. They are in judicial cus- ecution's case is that the three way. For the last one year we thing till they are here in Nair," The trio has been booked tody since then. accused had destroyed the hard have been bearing them, hop- the note said. under IPC sections 306 (abet- The Crime Branch on copy of the suicide note. ing that one day this will end. Tadvi further wrote in the ment to suicide) and 201 Tuesday filed an over 1,800-page Tadvi's family had alleged But now I can only see the end... note that she was not allowed to (destruction of evidence) and charge sheet against the three of that Ahuja, Meher and There is no way out of it," the handle the labour room as under the Maharashtra Tadvi's seniors accused of abet- before hanging herself in hostel Tadvi's roommate and Meher and Khandelwal used to Khandelwal ragged her and note said. Ahuja, Meher and Khandelwal Prohibition of Ragging Act and ting her suicide. It contains a room. friend Snehal in her statement harass and ill-treat them in hurled casteist slurs at her, forc- In the note, Tadvi wondered do not find her efficient. the Scheduled Castes and the copy of the three-page suicide The charge sheet relies to the police, which is part of the front of other juniors, hospital ing Tadvi to take the extreme what was the personal animos- "Despite putting all efforts, Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of note allegedly written by Tadvi heavily on the suicide note. charge sheet, has said Ahuja, staff and patients. step. ity between her and the three the condition is not improving Atrocities). PTI

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# &/&*'3 said. Ahir’s entry to the Shiv 2019. Kshirsagar was subse- O(&P'/&! Sena comes on the heels of quently inducted into the he Opposition NCP on NCP’s former minister Jaydutta Maharashtra Cabinet, when Uttarpara (WB): A college water on his face and gave him fied as Sandip Pal and Bijay TThursday suffered a second Kshirsagar joining the Sena. chief minister Devendra teacher was pushed and some to drink. Sarkar, who are not the stu- major jolt ahead of the Kshirsagar, it may be recalled, Fadnavis expanded his Cabinet punched on face and head in College sources said trou- dents of the college, have been Maharashtra Assembly polls to had joined the Sena on May 22, on June 16, 2019. West Bengal's Hooghly district ble began when some post arrested. be held in October this year, as when he tried to intervene and graduate female students of As the incident triggered a its Mumbai unit president resolve a quarrel between two Netaji Open University, which huge row, Mamata Banerjee Sachin Ahir joined the ruling 66 Q' groups of students allegedly functions from the college swung into damage control Shiv Sena. over chanting "Jai Mamata" campus, were clicking selfie in mode and called up the teacher, Two months after NCP’s and "Trinamool Zindabad". a classroom. They got into an and promised him safety. senior leader, Beed district in : R Two people, who are not argument with some TMCP "The chief minister asked Marathwada region, Jaydutta the students of Nabagram members, who asked them to me not to get scared. She said Kshirsagar switched to the Shiv 3 ! 4 " ! &/&*'3 seat for Aditya for two reasons: Hiralal Paul College, where the immediately vacate the place. we are on your side. We will Sena, Ahir joined Sena along &#)/ " First, it is currently held by Sunil incident happened on As the girls remained defi- give you safety," he said. with his supporters in the pres- &# ill Shiv Sena’s youth wing Shinde, who had defeated then Wednesday, were arrested on ant and refused to leave, the Chatterjee said locaL TMC ence of its president Uddhav Wpresident Aditya NCP candidate Sachin Ahir by Thursday for assaulting TMCP activists demanded that MLA Prabir Ghosal met him at Thackeray at the latter’s Bandra Uddhav Thackeray,” Aditya way in the way in the coming Thackeray contest the a margin of 23,012 votes in the Subrata Chatterjee, police said. they chant slogans hailing the the college and apologised for residence “Matoshri”. revealed. years as well”. Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014 polls. Secondly, Ahir — TV channels showed two chief minister and her party. the conduct of some students. Sena’s youth wing president Talking to media persons Forty-seven-year-old Ahir, from Worli constituency in who had won the Worli seat in young men advancing menac- The girls refused to buck- "He (Ghosal) also touched Aditya Thackeray welcomed ahead of his entry to the Sena, who had steadily moved up south-central Mumbai? the 2009 polls as an NCP can- ingly towards Chatterjee as he le under pressure and claimed my feet and said TMC stood Ahir — who was accompanied Ahir said: “Sometimes one has within the Nationalist Congress Though there is no official didate in the 2009 Assembly came out of the college gate they were assaulted by TMCP for showing respect to teach- by his wife Sangeeta and sup- to take hard decisions. Only Party (NCP) ranks to become confirmation from the Shiv polls — is already in the Sena’s flanked by some girl students supporters, who confined ers and will not tolerate any porters — by tying a red thread time will tell whether my deci- its Mumbai unit president, Sena in this regard, speculation fold. Both Ahir and Shinde who refused to follow the dik- them to a classroom. humiliation and insult to on the former’s hand symbol- sion (to join the Shiv Sena) is expressed his gratitude towards doing rounds in the state polit- have done considerable work in tat of some members of Chatterjee and some them," Chatterjee told ising ‘Shiv Bandhan’ and hand- proper or not. I am happy that NCP founder-president Sharad ical circles is that the Sena Worli constituency. Trinamool Congress Chhatra senior teachers intervened and reporters on Thursday. ing him a miniature party flag. I am joining the Shiv Sena. At Pawar. “I am going from one might field Aditya from Worli Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena is Parishad (TMCP), the stu- temporarily resolved the issue He said he was told the A former NCP MLA from the same time, I am not so stream of ideology to another. constituency in place of its sit- considering putting up Ahir — dents wing of the state's ruling which flared up again when he party has taken action against Worli in south-central happy to leave the Shiv Sena”. I tried to meet Pawar saheb. I ting MLA Sunil Shinde in the who joined its fold on Thursday TMC, to chant slogans hailing was coming out of the college the local TMC councillor and Mumbai, Ahir had informally Later after his formal entry wanted to tell him about my 2019 Assembly polls due in — from Byaculla constituency, Chief Minister Mamata with the girls in tow. would like those arrested not met Uddhav and expressed his to the Shiv Sena, Ahir said: “I plans to join the Shiv Sena. But, October this year. a seat that is currently held by Banerjee and her party. "I was physically assaulted to be let off with lighter keenness to join the Shiv Sena. am impressed by the develop- I could neither meet him nor Aditya, whose entry to the Waris Pathan of the All India After heated argument, by two-three TMCP members. charges. “Ahir’s entry to the Shiv Sena is ment initiatives taken by Aditya talk to him over phone. But, electoral politics is more or less Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen the duo was seen pushing the I am feeling hurt and insulted. TMCP state unit presi- of considerable significance. Thackeray. I have so far been Pawar saheb will always have a certain now, is understood to (AIMIM). Pathan had won the teacher and raining blows on They are all my students," a vis- dent Trinankur Bhattacharya Ahir and I were in touch with carrying pout development permanent place in my heart. have shown preference to Worli Byculla seat by a narrow mar- his head and face. Chatterjee ibly shaken Chatterjee said. said the organisation will take each other for several days. I works in my area. I will con- But, I had in the past briefed as a constituency from where he gin of 1,357 seats over BJP’s staggered and fell to the Police said Chatterjee had strict action if any of its mem- facilitated a meeting between tinue to undertake people-spe- him about the situation in my intends to contest the Assembly Madhu Chavan in the 2014 ground holding his head and lodged a complaint after being bers was found to be involved him and Sena president cific works in a much bigger constituency in the past," Ahir polls. Worli has become a safe Assembly polls. panting, as girls sprinkled assaulted and two men identi- in the incident. PTI ( ; 7 Q$ 7 <'( ! 41 Allahabad: The Allahabad State Government while issu- eligible to participate in the High Court has ruled that ing the advertisement for the recruitment process. Ahmedabad: A man was arrest- Aliasgar Vahidali Saiyed, of fake bills/invoices and those holding a degree in post of junior engineer had "Engineering degree hold- ed here on Thursday for his 31, a resident of Ahmedabad, issuance of invoices without the engineering cannot be invited applications from only ers are ineligible to participate # &/&*'3 alleged involvement in illegally was arrested for availing wrong supply of actual goods, the offi- appointed as junior engineers those holding a diploma in in the selection process of utilising and passing Input Tax Input Tax Credit of 129.92 cer said. The purchase and sale when they apply for vacancies engineering. junior engineers in the light of n an apparent effort to whip Credit of 129.92 crore, an offi- crore on bogus invoices without of goods was merely on paper recently advertised by the State Thus, candidates with an the advertisement issued," the Iup national fervour ahead of cial said. the receipt of goods, he said. and at no point he purchased or Government. engineering degree were not court said. PTI the Maharashtra Assembly With his arrest, the He further issued bogus sold any actual physical goods. A three-judge bench polls due in October this year, Preventive wing of the Central invoices for 846.58 crore with- The entire chain of transactions comprising Justice B K the BJP-led saffron alliance GST Ahmedabad-South out supplying the goods, facili- was only on papers, he said. Narayana, Justice Ramesh has — through the Cinema Commissionerate busted the tating wrong availment and util- Saiyed confessed that he received Sinha and Justice Pankaj Owners & Exhibitors racket of issuance of fake invoic- isation of input tax credit by fake Input Tax Credit in GST Bhatia were of the view that Association of India (CCEAI) es wherein huge amount of other companies, Gusia said, returns and fake Input Tax the State Government has — taken the initiative of hav- ineligible Input Tax Credit was adding that his act has caused a Credit was passed on to multi- the power to prescribe the ing a special free show of the fraudulently availed and utilised huge evasion of GST. ple firms across the states with- requisite qualification film, “Uri — The Surgical during the 1999 Kargil War. to evade the payment of GST, Saiyed, the mastermind of out any actual supply of goods, required for an advertised Strike” for college and high “The decision to hold free said Sachin Gusia, Joint the fraud, created and managed thereby illegally utilising and post and it cannot be a mat- school students across the State screenings of “Uri — The Commissioner (Preventive), as many as 61 fake firms which passing Input Tax Credit of ter for judicial review. on Friday. Surgical Strike” at cinemas CGST, Ahmedabad-South. had been involved in the receipt 129.92 crore, Gusia said. PTI In the present case, the Announcing this, across the state, was taken at a Maharashtra Minister for Skill joint meeting that the minister Development Sambhaji Patil- had with the exhibitors last Nilangekar said: “In all, 2, 25 fortnight. All cinema owners, ) $ *+ lakh college and high school distributors and services students will watch “Uri — The providers have agreed to the Surgical Strike” on the occasion free show for the students as a of Kargil victory day tomorrow. patriotic gesture to mark the $ As many as 497 cinema halls historic occasion of Kargil and multiplexes will simulta- Victory Day,” CCEAI president neously screen the film at the Nitin Datar said. Srinagar: Three Kashmiri men Ahmad Waza and Mirza Nissar their mid-twenties, the three we had been doing business of special free show at 10 am in 36 The district collector’s arrested in the prime of their Hussain returned home early had left the valley for Nepal to selling Kashmiri handicrafts," districts in the state” . offices across the state have youth as "terrorists" but acquit- this week after a Jaipur bench sell Kashmiri handicrafts with the trio said in unison. July 26 is celebrated as reached out to high schools and ted after 23 years in jail are now of the Rajasthan High Court a common goal of making a "We all were innocent ... Kargil Victory Day. Friday hap- colleges and asked them to trying to come to terms with finally acquitted them. future for themselves. How could anyone carry out pens to be the 20th anniversary allow their students to go and life outside prison here. Ironically, the three had But they have been left bomb blast in Delhi or of the historic event when the watch the special show on First arrested by the Delhi been acquitted in the Lajpat sharing a destiny more intri- Rajasthan while one was in Indian Army successfully Friday by showing their iden- police from Nepal for their Nagar bomb blast case by the cately, first enduring the 23- Nepal? But the way we were trounced the Pakistani forces tity cards at the venue. alleged roles in the 1996 bomb Delhi High Court way back in year-long incarceration till a tortured... Made to sign blank blast in the Lajpat Nagar mar- November 2012, but had to stay "delayed justice" freed them papers, it was clear we were ket and then charged by the put in the jail, awaiting the out- early this week, and now they being made scapegoats," said Rajasthan police with "bomb- come of their appeals from the have been left picking up pieces Waza, hailing from Khanqah ing" of a state roadways bus at Rajasthan High Court since of their lives together. area of the city, who reached Samleti in Dausa a day later, 2014. "We were picked up by home early this week. Mohammad Ali Bhat, Lateef As exuberant youths in police from Kahtmandu where As the city's Hassanabad locality native Bhat reached home, he had virtually no one to welcome him back. He had lost both his parents in the 23-year- long span that he spent in jails in Delhi and Rajasthan. PTI ( ? % !# 0 5 -, # 0 0 ( (.#,/01( /2 , - < ' = 3 S $ ( ., % % % B ? 3 1 = #' -;( * P )Q # ( ( ( ( 1 ( ven as the draft National 8 Education Policy (NEP), 2019 ( # has proposed that the current 1 C name of the Ministry of Human Resource Development be ( Echanged to the Ministry of Education, it 8 0 +, ( was heartening to see that allocations for the education sector saw a substantial raise in the Budget presented by : D 0 9 3 ( Union Finance Minister Nirmala ) ( Sitharaman. Also, the emphasis on -, : # #" research and institutions of excellence will ensure that our universities are able to $ E; = make significant contributions and in the # : ( process come up to the level of Indian 1 ( Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institute of Science. But what is -. 9 3 ( worrisome is the very basic aspect of = 1 school education. = It is quite a paradoxical situation that despite a growth in the number of mobile ( : phones and its reach and penetration — 0$ 1 both indicative of the levels of awareness " — the percentage of school dropouts has hardly diminished; the national average being in the neighbourhood of about 18 # ! ) ( per cent. While India has been counting on its demographic dividend and thinking in terms of channelising youth ener- # !#) gy in national reconstruction, the current ) 8 " 3 state of education at the school level does One of the major flaws suggestions in the NEP on inspections. 8 8 * 8 not augur well. which was rectified earlier sharing of resources among With all the emphasis on * One does not need much of an elab- this year was through an cluster of schools in respect of better pedagogy and teacher oration to understand that the founda- amendment to the RTE, libraries, IT and other labora- pupil ratio, there would still be * tions of a promising youth are essential- which was notified in March tories, music and sports facil- pitfalls as the latter would be ( ly laid in the schools. In this context, 2019. The Act was amended to ities and some non-core teach- difficult to achieve. Studies much was expected of the draft NEP but provide for regular examina- 473-.32' ers, would have very limited have shown that performance- as far as school education is concerned, tion in Class V and VIII at the practicability and that, too, linked pay incentives can : * 8 ) it does not hold much promise. end of every academic year. 2..,'3&7 possibly only in certain urban improve the quality of learn- 8 B = $ To begin with, the main thrust of the A provision for addition- '423.=.' areas where commuting is ing as well as performance of 0 0 0 vision statement is on an India-centred al instructions and opportuni- not a problem. students, particularly in the education system, contributing towards ty for re-examination within .'42. ,/,3$ Considering that the NEP areas of Mathematics and lan- ( +,-; transformation of our nation sustainably a period of two months was '377;6A8J aims to achieve a teacher- guages. Such an incentive, to into an equitable and a vibrant knowledge also made. A specific provi- pupil ratio of 1:25, sharing of curb absenteeism, can also be # ) 8 ( society. Being India-centric is fine but the sion for detention in case of a 2'37; teachers may end up only as linked to the number of hours emphasis on children and youth is miss- failure was made but an expul- .'42.&'<.- an exercise on paper. Even actually spent on teaching. B ( ing from what should be a holistic vision. sion from the school till the simple hiring of more perma- While this comprehen- 1 % 4 = ( Let us not forget that it is they who have completion of the elemen- /,''.K.43. nent teachers may not solve sive draft policy appears to be ( 1 2 <3! 8 to grow in the next 10-15 years and take tary education was prohibited. 7,',.#.=. the problem entirely as there very ambitious on paper, its the nation ahead. A study commissioned by is a pronounced tendency to success would entirely depend !#) 1 3 # #" 1 Earlier, the logic behind the enact- the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan 3&,$.2337; hand over the class to on the actual implementa- ( ment of the Right to Education (RTE) was found that actual teaching in ,.&'. another teacher. tion of the plans with full # 8 that it was getting stratified into specif- the classroom in some of the On the other hand, it has cooperation from States as ic social segments and for various reasons, States did not exceed more .'42.&'<7 been observed that the fre- also the availability of " ! 3 1 " ( a large proportion of girls and other than half-an-hour a day. The quency of inspections by finances. B 1 ( deprived sections of society were being actual attendance of students 7$=.2. senior education officers is It has been proposed that left out. A correlation of sorts was also in classrooms in such States ,7*$.&'2.. strongly co-related with low- investment in education — found between poverty and illiteracy. had been registering an alarm- ering of the absentee rate. both at the Central and State * 1 ! 3 According to official estimates of 2004- ing fall. High absentee rates of 3',77/4.- Research has shown that reg- level — would increase by 20 9 3 S 1 05, the number of poor was almost sim- teachers often contributed .-.4<72'- ular inspections may be many per cent over a 10-year peri- : ! 3 0$ ilar to the number of illiterates (300 mil- towards absenteeism of 7=.2.4$'7 times more cost-effective than od. Considering the financial 3 8 lion) in the country. This enactment was students. hiring additional teachers. constraints, which is being supposed to benefit all sections of soci- The problem only appears '72..'42. Such inspections by seniors faced by almost all States, : 0 ety but after the introduction of RTE, the to have got aggravated after would be even better than this appears to be a very dif- " system came under a severe strain and the RTE stipulated norms for proposed parental or commu- ficult proposition. though some earlier aberrations have now basic infrastructure and facil- nity-level monitoring. (The writer is a retired been addressed, even the NEP falls short ities besides the teacher pupil In fact, such community- Delhi Police Commissioner of expectations in this regard; though a ratio. They were found diffi- level monitoring should go and former Uttarakhand 34 5 review has been recommended. cult for implementation. The hand-in-hand with regular Governor) = = > = ? 3 4 " 16 & ,! % 3 ) ! #* 3 *( C) D #3 ) ) #' % N ! % < ! # I # # 3 &- # # S +,-. R0 % S 0% 5 7!"8 7( &9:&9&; ;+") 7)9()"; K * K'% * K ) K= ) # S R S 1 2 -, 3 1 $ 0 ( R4*S # 6 6 . 6 3 66 "163. R 1 S5 R4 1 S5 R 62 7 8 S Q state. Our stand that talks under the threat of terrorism are not fea- 9 $ R* S sible is perfectly viable. There is 2 Sir — This refers to the editorial, 3 ! never any urgency to talk to a R4S S : R4*S “Another regime change” (July # neighbour who does not believe 25). The long-drawn suspense #7 in behaving like a neighbour. ;;( thriller in Karnataka’s political # Padmini Raghavaendra ( theatre finally ended yesterday 3 , Secunderabad # 0 # 2 with BJP State president BS $ C3,$D # Yeddyurappa having the last laugh #2 1 $ 0 in the trust vote that he won 105 - # 1 to 99. There was not an iota of . L M ! 1 S # doubt that the Kumaraswamy ! Sir — The collapse of the Government would ultimately fall. #1 ! Karnataka Government was very < 2 Leaders of the beleaguered Janata much on predicted lines. The 1 = Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition # Congress and the Janata Dal R= S 1 1 * 4 6*47 desperately attempted to persuade % % #' (Secular) were arch rivals. They : >- # the rebels to return while the lat- % % #< % came together with the single ter had no intention to do so. ! # ! agenda of keeping the BJP away But then, the collapse of the #< 3 from power. Meanwhile, ) 1 ! coalition Government does not %% - Karnataka always had the misfor- ) = *4 ( put an end to uncertainty. The # # tune of not having the same coming months are not going to #);)9)(!" 5)"%75 && @ 71.63#4 #$ !"346.!" 4 1/ , 1 < 0 %& $ # $ 4 # # % < 4 % $ < # $ % 'LJ # J L< 4 L $ #1 % # < # @

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This year, India experienced &'<47/3. 8 G its worst monsoon since 2014 with only 17 per '7/-2. cent of the districts receiving excess rain 17$- # ( while 51 per cent was deficient in showers, as on July 17. The southwest monsoon, which has .,.43'$$<3 ./7,. 2'=. # 3 : ( had an erratic run this year, is now making up for the losses. It is now covering the length and '-7,.-' +,-J(-K # ) breath of the country — running 10-15 days 1'3&. 0 D 6)0D7 )S behind schedule. Overall, India had a deficit of ;773 ( .- 19 per cent rainfall as on July 23 with north- '.<7 +,-J(-K 8 west, central and peninsular India, each record- '--.2. ( ing 21 per cent deficiency. .K3.3'$ ( The vagaries of climate change are there for 2.'7; environment. So far, over 740 local cyclones cannot be handled by routine focussed attempts are made to control 43 8 ) ! all to see throughout the year. While in 4$3&'.42'.# Governments in 16 countries have measures. India’s small industrial town the demographic dividend, goals such ! 8 * Chennai, locals were praying for some rain, on declared a “climate emergency.” of Aurangabad made headlines in as poverty eradication, developmen- the other hand, Mumbaikars were reeling 2.;.42 Last year, the UN had warned that 2010 when it ordered 150 Mercedes tal as well as climate mitigation will 8 43 ( '37'$ 8 B # 43 ) under a deluge. Other weather-related events we have just 12 years left to limit the Benz cars at one go worth crore. remain a pipedream. Population con- such as floods and cyclones, too, have become '.&*$< climate change catastrophe. In view of This year, too, it was in the news for trol, therefore, is at the core of climate ) ! a yearly phenomenon. The frequency and .4.$< the lurking danger, let us examine the an unprecedented demand of water change mitigation programmes. It’s " ( severity of these calamities is increasing. -.4$'.- seriousness of the climate threat so tanks during May and June. Prosperity high time to formulate a legislation to !8*$ 8 0 ) A late start to the monsoon and deficient 4$3&'. that it does not undermine our efforts and material wealth are of no use if control population after broad polit- rainfall this year have both impacted the farm .&..4<# towards the ultimate goal of ending people do not get access to basic drink- ical consensus. ., sector. This has led to delayed sowing of crops 3-3' 77 &/ poverty. As far as India’s commitment ing water services. In Uttarakhand, Third, water management should # such as rice, soybean and corn. As of June 14, 3-.3;< to the Paris deal is concerned, it is well people from hilly areas are migrating focus on river basin treatment, farmers had planted kharif crops across 8.22 $74'372' on the trajectory to achieve two of its towards plain districts due the lack of drought and flash floods. All water D million hectares, down nine per cent from the three commitments. India had sub-surface drinking water. management programmes must help year-ago figure, according to data from the 4'*. promised to reduce its emissions The country, therefore, needs to regulate and tap precipitation and run 43 ) )( -.4$'.- Agriculture Ministry. The problem is further intensity — greenhouse gas emissions take radical steps to identify locations, off and channel it to recharge the complicated by the fact that most such crops 2.'&. per unit of GDP — by 33 to 35 per which can be declared as areas of “cli- aquifer, village ponds and lakes. Each ;% = 8 have limited sowing period. Besides having cent below 2005 levels by 2030. It had mate emergency.” Take the case of the drop of water must be conserved. A immediate impact and long-term effect on the also promised to ensure that at least Delhi-NCR region, which along with research conducted by the Central # " I++ farm economy, extreme events like droughts, 40 per cent of its energy in 2030 would the many climate change-related prob- Water Commission and the Indian ? : ( floods and landslides result in the loss of lives be generated from non-fossil fuel lems battle other issues like pollution Space Research Organisation, which )S and cause great financial hardship to individ- sources, like solar, wind or bio-fuels. and straw burning, is a fit case to be was kept under wraps since 2017 but I-, uals and communities. In addition, it had said it would declared as a “climate emergency” zone. released recently argued that India # 0 +, % India is among those countries that are rapidly increase its forest cover so that Air quality remains poor, the Yamuna may be stressed for water, but it does most vulnerable to climate change. Many fac- an additional carbon sink equivalent river stretch remains highly polluted and not suffer from water scarcity. ( tors, both natural and human, have made the to 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon now the capital city is also witnessing Fourth, keep forest fires under ) < " fight against climate change more real, be it the dioxide is created by the year 2030. a rise in average ozone levels. control. On this front, State melting of the Himalayan glaciers, the deple- However, India had asserted that The Modi 2.0 Government recent- Governments pay mere lip service. " tion of the ozone layer and erratic monsoon. its achievements will depend on the ly formed the “Jal Shakti” Ministry Forest fires are low killers of water, soil 6 Many countries around the world, especial- international financial and technolo- and launched a countrywide water and forests and must be declared as a ly in Europe, have adopted a “wartime footing” gy transfer as well as capacity-build- conservation scheme focussing on 256 national emergency. ) 7 strategy to address the existential threat of cli- ing support from the developed districts with the lowest availability of In a nutshell, we need to face the ) 0 -, mate change. The French National Assembly nations. During the Katowice Climate groundwater. To tackle climate daunting task of keeping climate I; recently declared a “climate emergency.” The Change conference, India asserted that change, a climate action strategy is change under control with innovative ;, B Britain Parliament was the first in the world to it is well on course in achieving its needed. First, a list of “climate emer- living. And for this, the status quo-ist ( do so. Others like Australia and Ireland fol- Paris commitments. gency” hotspots must be prepared for mindset must go. Is the environment ( ( lowed suit. All said and done, at the interna- focussed implementation of pro- ministry prepared to tackle climate The very purpose of “climate emergency” tional level, our planners have to grammes on climate change. change emergency? Does it have suf- is to take radical steps to obtain “zero carbon brush up for just glib-talking to tak- Second, on the policy front, one ficient funds, qualified man power and 3 emission” by 2050 by way of taking short and ing action on war footing. Rising tem- important decision that has been tools to tackle it? # long-term steps towards mobilisation of peratures, erratic monsoon as also nat- causing severe pressure on resources (The writer is a former civil resources so as to prevent deterioration of the ural calamities such as storms and is population explosion. Unless servant) 7 73.1$49

also unaware that she could control counselled and allowed to make returned with her husband to learn very high as in States like Bihar. In her fertility by planning her family. informed choices based on the advan- how to space the family. States like Tamil Nadu and Andhra According to the 2011 census, tages and disadvantages of contracep- Even at the Sadar hospital in Bihar Pradesh, fertility is lower because girls marry young in Nalanda dis- tives available, they will want family Sharif, interest in family planning contraceptive prevalence is much trict, many of them below the legal planning services, say experts. grew. With the number of institution- higher. There are thousands of cou- age of marriage. Lack of information, Under this pilot project, the al deliveries recording an increase here, ples, who want to space their fami- 12'.K;7 coupled with early marriage and State health society set up two such the counselling desk became crucial, lies, but do not have access to means 2.-.&74'M pregnancy, have contributed to a family planning corners at the especially for postpartum contracep- of family planning. More than one- high Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 3.9 Nalanda Sadar hospital at Bihar tives. Since many women, who came fifth of the women in India report- % -(( ##". for the district. TFR indicates the Sharif and two primary health cen- to the Sadar hospital for deliveries, had ed that their last birth as unwanted. ? % average number of children expect- ters (PHCs) at the block level in little or no information about contra- In States like Bihar, unmet need n Bihar, a State where many girls ed to be born per woman during her Harnaut and Noorsarai in partner- ceptives, the active family planning is about 21.2 per cent. But only 11 are married early — some as soon entire reproductive span (15-49 ship with an NGO working on fam- counsellor visits the maternity ward to per cent of the health workers have % % Ias they step into their first year of years). Much of this stems from the ily planning. These corners were interact with the mothers. Here, she talked to women, who do not use % puberty — having children quickly is fact that Bihar has the highest per- within these Government facilities identifies women, who need family any form of family planning. Since ? #' not surprising or unexpected. The girls centage of illiterate women at 26.8 and were used by NGO counsellors planning services, and then counsels unmet contraceptive needs lead to % are caught in an unfortunate bind per cent and also continues to top the to disseminate family planning infor- them on postpartum contraceptives as unwanted fertility, an increased 4 where social and cultural circum- country as far as illiteracy levels are mation and services, including post- well as on the basket of services avail- informed use of family planning stances compel them to marry early concerned with a TFR of 3.2. public health centers were unable to partum contraceptives. able. Ever since these centres were set methods may lower total fertility sig- % #2 and prove their fertility immediately. In fact, fertility for women like provide appropriate information or It took time but the family plan- up, the percentage of people accept- nificantly. So, an investment in fam- More often than not, they have a few Reena begins too young, with too choices to plan their family. ning corners began engaging couples. ing one of the family planning services ily planning counselling corners is ? - children in quick succession. many and is also too frequent. It was believed that in a society At the Noorsarai PHC, after the coun- offered here rose from five per cent in essential. This is not just because #' Reena Devi of Pariauna village, However, a new initiative piloted where women are reluctant to talk sellor explained the importance of fam- three months, indicating the increas- scaling up the pilot project can help Nalanda district in Bihar, had her some years ago was expected to about reproductive health, explaining ily planning to a new mother, it was ing demand for services and the dif- India fulfill its pledge taken 25 first child within a year of her mar- change this situation. The State the right contraceptive choice for the the mother-in-law accompanying her, ference counselling could make. years ago at the International ! / riage. Unfortunately, her son died of health department launched family young rural mother, especially after who took the responsibility of ensur- Clearly, there is a clear relation- Conference on Population and jaundice soon after. She had her sec- planning corners to provide postpar- the birth of the first child, would make ing that the matter was discussed at ship between TFR and Contraceptive Development to give women repro- 88 ond child 10 months later. Ignorant tum contraceptive counselling. This a big difference in slowing fertility. home. This was a big opportunity for Prevalence Rate (CPR). Data has ductive choice, but because family # about the consequences of quick was after realising that even if cou- Counselling is a crucial compo- family planning corners. They were shown that where there is very low planning is a woman’s right. pregnancies on her health, Reena was ples wanted to space their children, nent in decision-making. If couples are able to ensure that the daughter-in-law contraceptive prevalence. Fertility is (The writer is a senior journalist) !

+& ,@@I ; % ! &&& 60 8 LJ% /67) 8 O ! P .1-.$23 he Finance Ministry has Tdecided to gradually relax $ 1'237 requirements and reporting the requirement of 100 per cent obligations, and a process to physical examination of export ocial media giant Facebook regularly certify our compli- consignments of “risky Shas agreed to “significantly ance with the privacy pro- exporters” in case no discrep- enhance” its oversight practices gramme to the FTC,” the social A "/ "" ancies were detected on previ- and will pay a whopping $5 bil- media giant said. # & '/ "" = ous inspections. In order to lion to the Federal Trade The $5 billion penalty # check GST evasion, the Central Commission as penalty for against Facebook is the largest ' Board of Indirect Taxes and privacy violations, in the largest ever imposed on any company Customs (CBIC) had last month ever security fine imposed on for violating consumers’ pri- identified 5,106 “risky exporters” any company for disregarding vacy and almost 20 times who claimed GST refunds based consumer information. greater than the largest priva- on bogus invoices. In addition to paying the cy or data security penalty It was decided that Risk record $5 billion in penalty, ever imposed worldwide. Management Centre for Facebook has also agreed to It is one of the largest Customs (RMCC) will insert submit itself to new restrictions penalties ever assessed by the alerts for all such risky and a modified corporate US Government for any viola- exporters and make 100 per structure that will hold the tion, FTC said. cent examination mandatory of company accountable for the The settlement order their export consignments. decisions it makes about its announced Wednesday also &/&*'3 ments of the senior counsels for other entities, when they were The CBIC said it has users’ privacy. imposes unprecedented new the applicants and the argu- the auditors of the scam-rideen received representations from Facebook agreed to all this restrictions on Facebook’s busi- he National Company Law ments advanced by joint direc- and cripppled IL&FS Financial exporters and organisations in order to settle Federal Trade ness operations and creates mul- " " <"" > TTribunal on Thursday tor on behalf of the Services. saying that their cargo is getting Commission (FTC) charges tiple channels of compliance. " / A% " (NCLT) stayed its own order Government. Since our order is The NCLT order its order delayed and they have to incur that the company violated a The order requires &#'/ !P = allowing the Government to appealable, the applicants are is based on the findings of the additional costs for carrying 2012 FTC order by deceiving Facebook to restructure its " #'% % 6 -=@8 prosecute the three partners of free to appeal. probe conducted by the Serious out re-packing. users about their ability to approach to privacy from the ! =# A% " Deloitte and BSR Associates for “Therefore, we stay the Fraud Investigation Office. In a circular issued to field control the privacy of their per- corporate board-level down, A% <" A%># D@,E their alleged culpability in the operation of the impugned The tribunal also allowed formations, the CBIC said that sonal information. and establishes strong new IL&FS RPT IL&FS fraud fol- order and allow the applicants to the Government to implead only a miniscule percentage of “Among other matters, our mechanisms to ensure that the lowing a plea to allow them to 10 days from today for filing an Udayan Sen and Kalpesh export consignments are being settlement with the FTC requires company executives are appeal at the appellate tri- appeal,” the tribunal said in an Mehta, partners of Deloitte, selected for examination on us to pay a penalty of $5.0 bil- accountable for the decisions bunal. order posted on its website and and BSR Associates partner account of risk associated with lion and to significantly enhance they make about privacy, and Staying its own order of listed the matter for hearing on Sampath Ganesh. fraudulent availment of IGST our practices and processes for that those decisions are subject July 18, the Mumbai NCLT August 6. While Deloitte resigned refunds. In order to bring down privacy compliance and over- to meaningful oversight. gave 10 days to Udayan Sen On July 18, the NCLT had from auditing IL&FS group the level of examination, the sight,” Facebook said. “Despite repeated promis- and Kalpesh Mehta of Deloitte, given the go-ahead to the companies in FY18, BSR, CBIC has decided that RMCC “In particular, we have es to its billions of users world- and Sampath Ganesh of BSR Corporate Affairs Ministry to which an affiliate of KPMG, did will take into consideration the agreed to implement a com- wide that they could control Associates to file an appeal and prosecute Deloitte and BSR so in June well after the feedback received from field prehensive expansion of our how their personal information said the impugned order would Associates for their failure to Government sought to ban formations with regard to the privacy programme, includ- is shared, Facebook under- remain inoperative for the next detect and report the scam that them from for five years. The 100 per cent examination con- ing substantial management mined consumers’ choices,” four weeks from today. took place across the now NCLT is yet to give is nod to ducted on exports of risk based and board of directors over- said FTC Chairman Joe “We have heard the argu- bankrupt IL&FS group and 21 the Government to do so. identified entities. sight, stringent operational Simons. 6 D@" '"$ # * 8 ! ' DF <'( % 2P )H A8AB ! (D@,E=# ) *' =& ,@@"$ ' (/6' # #=( / ,@ "$ 9) * A 3= ?,'DF? 3 = 8 .1-.$23 ‘single agenda meeting’ and said other important issues #D@DD he meeting of the GST flagged by the states should be .1-.$23 $ .1<7) “We have a clear under- TCouncil on Thursday, included in the agenda. standing of the work that has to 42.'30,/. which was to decide on cutting Mitra said that the Centre SE-owned India oeing reported its biggest loss be done but there is still uncer- tax rates on electric vehicles, was taking a “myopic view” of BInternational Exchange Bever on Wednesday as the tainty in the timeline.” martworks, anticipating the has been postponed as Finance the automobile industry by (India INX) on Thursday reg- 737 MAX crisis drags on, and the Boeing reported a loss of Sgrowing demand for shared Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposing a sharp cut in GST istered an all-time high daily company warned it could be $2.9 billion for the second quar- office spaces, the firm plans to was pre-occupied in rate on e-vehicles, and com- turnover of over 31,253 crore forced to temporarily halt pro- ter, a huge drop from the $2.2 bil- increase its footprint by adding Parliament, officials said. pletely ignoring the “disastrous ($4.5 billion) on its derivative duction of the plane if the lion profit posted in the same more than 2 million sq. ft. in The 36th GST Council impact” of such a move on the segment. grounding is extended much period of last year. these micro markets by 2021. meeting, which was to be held existing automobile units and The average daily trading longer. The aviation giant’s trou- The loss was not surprising With a growing footprint of through video conferencing, entire auto service sector. volumes have crossed over bles have been mounting since following last week’s announce- 2.8 million sq. ft across pan India, had only one item in the agen- GST rate for petrol, diesel 11,225 crore ($1.63 billion) in the MAX was taken out of ser- ment the company had set aside Smartworks is focused on serv- =3 ! ' <9&>') / 2 da and that was to consider cars and hybrid vehicles are 2019 while the cumulative vice worldwide in March fol- $4.9 billion after taxes to coming large enterprises in need of <2> # (,G'D@,E= Centre’s proposal to slash GST already at the highest bracket trading turnover has crossed lowing two deadly crashes that pensate airlines for canceled new age office spaces, and is in ! 3 ! '& rates to 5 per cent from 12 per of 28 per cent plus cess. the 27,83,766 crore ($403 bil- claimed 346 lives, and it already flights and the delay in plane a leading position to cater to both ) / & &2 cent on e-vehicles. The Council, which is lion) mark driven by a sub- set aside nearly $5 billion to com- deliveries. existing as well as projected 2 The GST Council meeting chaired by Union Finance stantial jump in market par- pensate customers. Meanwhile, revenues in demand for office space. has been postponed and the Minister and has state finance ticipation, the statement said. But the warning it might the latest quarter tumbled 35.1 Smartworks has a well-diversi- new date would be decided ministers as members, in its India INX “witnessed an have to suspend production of percent to $15.8 billion, reflect- fied client base comprising of % + DEE later, officials said, adding meeting last month, had all-time high turnover of over the aircraft jolted Wall Street, ing the hit suffered due to halt- IT/ITES, manufacturing, health- Sitharaman was required to be referred the issue relating to 4.5 billion (31,253 crore prompting losses to accelerate ed deliveries of the 737 MAX, care, automobiles, BFSI, New Delhi: Bajaj finserv has come up with the 365-day dengue present in Parliament, as Rajya Goods and Services Tax (GST) approx) on its derivative seg- during a late-morning confer- a top-selling plane. Analysts Marketing and HR. cover at a premium of 299 which provides coverage up to Sabha was scheduled to take up concessions on electric vehicle, ment in daily trading turnover ence call with Boeing executives from Cowen, an investment Commenting on growth, 50,000. The policy covers doctor’s fees before, during and after for discussion amendments to electric chargers and hiring of on July 25, 2019,” the exchange that reinforced the cloudiness bank, pointed to a “strong per- Neetish Sarda, Founder, hospitalization. Vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria the Insolvency and Bankruptcy electric vehicles, to an officers said in a statement. surrounding the outlook. formance” in production of Smartworks said, “Our growth is are spread through mosquitoes and affect many people across Code. committee. India INX, a wholly-owned Getting the MAX back in the Boeing’s 787, another big sell- a testament of support and trust India every year. In 2018, more than 89,974 dengue cases were West Bengal Finance The recommendations of subsidiary of BSE, is India’s first air is a “complex” multi-regulator er, but noted the company of our members and the boom- reported in the country, with 144 deaths. This year, this mos- Minister Amit Mitra had on the officers committee were to International Exchange set up process “that will take time to get pushed back first flight of the ing market potential. Chennai quito-borne tropical disease has so far claimed six lives and affect- Tuesday written to Sitharaman be placed before the Council on at Gujarat International done,” Boeing chief executive 777X, a new long-haul plane and Pune have shown significant ed 6,210 this year, according to information given by the objecting to a hurriedly called Thursday. Finance Tech-City (GIFT City). Dennis Muilenburg said. under development. growth in last three years.” Government in Lok Sabha on June 21, 2019. PNS ! ' &) / 0 ' $ *9:;< .1-.$23 June 30, helped by higher real- June quarter. On standalone isations and cost saving. basis, Ambuja Cement’s net &/&*'3 cent higher. omegrown auto major Part of the Swiss cement profit during the quarter was at The BSE midcap index HTata Motors on Thursday giant LafargeHolcim, the com- 412.05 crore and net sales of quity indices surrendered outperformed the benchmark, .1-.$23 strong enough to pull up the reported a consolidated net pany had clocked a net profit 2,978.27 crore. early gains to end mod- rising 0.53 per cent, while the optimism level of businesses loss of 3,679.66 crore for the of 684.46 crore in April-June For the first half (January- Eestly lower on Thursday, smallcap gauge slipped 0.09 per he Reserve Bank is expect- and kick start growth momen- first quarter ended June 30. The quarter a year ago, Ambuja June) of the year, Ambuja extending their loss-making cent. Ted to keep key interest tum. company had posted a net loss Cement said in a BSE filing. Cement’s consolidated profit streak to the sixth straight ses- On a net basis, foreign rates unchanged in the ensuing The IMF on Tuesday cut its of 1,862.57 crore in the year- Its net sales during the was up 27.38 per cent to sion, amid expiry of July series institutional investors sold policy review meet early next growth forecast for India for ago quarter, Tata Motors said in period under review rose 3.41 1,527.05 crore over 1,198.80 derivative contracts. equities worth 1,393.71 crore month even as there has been this year and the next to 7 per a regulatory filing. per cent to 7,068.79 crore as crore in the corresponding After soaring over 300 Wednesday, while domestic weakening of growth momen- cent and 7.2 per cent, respec- Total revenue during the against 6,835.12 crore in the period last year. points in opening trade, the 30- institutional investors pur- tum in India. tively saying the GDP will now period under review stood at same quarter previous fiscal. share BSE Sensex came under chased shares to the tune of According to Dun & grow reflecting a weaker-than 61,466.99 crore as against The company follows January- < $ selling pressure to finally close the market in the negative ter- 2,140.26 crore, provisional Bradstreet, the impact of mon- expected outlook for domestic 66,701.05 crore in the corre- December financial year. # at 37,830.98, showing a loss of rain, they said. data available with stock soon on food prices is yet to be demand. sponding period last fiscal. “Ambuja delivers a strong @ $ 16.67 points or 0.04 per cent. “Market settled on a nega- exchanges showed. realised and could be visible by According to Singh, the Total vehicle sales of Tata performance in the quarter Bajaj Finance on Thursday The broader NSE Nifty tive note in-spite of positive Elsewhere in Asia, most the end of next month. need is to ensure a revival in Motors group for the quarter backed by higher realisations reported its highest-ever quar- too shed 19.15 points or 0.17 global market and short cov- bourses ended on a positive Nonetheless, the moderation in domestic consumption were at 1,36,705 units, down and accelerated cost saving terly consolidated net profit to per cent to settle at 11,252.15. ering, which did not provide note on hopes of a resolution demand is likely to keep the demand and investment will 22.7 per cent compared to the actions. Despite higher fuel 1,195 crore during the first Tata Motors was the biggest adequate support given mixed to the US-Chine trade tiff as US overall inflation subdued. follow. same period last fiscal, the costs, the company did well by quarter ended June 30, up by 43 loser in the Sensex pack, crack- Q1 results... The 10-year and Chinese officials prepared While there has been “While the monetary stim- company said. optimising logistics costs, reduc- per cent from the year-ago peri- ing 4.56 per cent, ahead of its (bond) yield inched higher to restart negotiations in an weakening of growth momen- ulus in terms of policy rate cut British arm Jaguar Land ing raw material and fixed od. The company had posted a quarterly results. and rupee weakened due to effort to resolve the year-long tum globally and in India since and liquidity infusion has Rover (JLR) reported a pre-tax costs,” Ambuja Cement MD and net profit of 836 crore in the cor- Bajaj Finance, RIL, Yes lack of clarity over India sov- trade dispute, with two days of last year, the business optimism already been taken, much loss of 395 million pounds as CEO Bimlendra Jha said. responding quarter of 2018-19. Bank, NTPC and Tata Steel too ereign bond issuance and like- talks due next week. levels now are at a multi-year depends on the road map set by compared to 264 million pound However, the cement demand Its total income (consoli- fell up to 3.95 per cent. ly delay in Jalan report. Shanghai Composite low raising concerns over the government for the next loss in the same period a year growth was muted during the dated) rose 47 per cent to 5,808 On the other hand, “Fearing longevity of the Index, Hang Seng and Nikkei revival in growth, said Arun two-three months,” Singh said. ago. On a standalone basis, Tata quarter, he added. crore during the June quarter of Vedanta, Sun Pharma, current bear phase, investors ended higher, while Kospi set- Singh, chief economist at Dun He added that given the fis- Motors said its net loss for the During the quarter, con- 2019-20, against 3,938 crore a IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, choose to wait and watch in the tled in the red. Bourses in & Bradstreet India. cal constraints, the focus quarter was at 97.10 crore as solidated sales volume was year ago, Bajaj Finance Ltd PowerGrid, TCS, Tech near-term,” said Vinod Nair, Europe were also trading on a “After the 75-basis points should be on increasing the against a net profit of 1,187.65 down 4.33 per cent to 13.02 mil- (BFL) said in a release. On a Mahindra and Infosys gained head of research at Geojit mixed note in their early ses- rate cut and initiatives for liq- efficiency levels of capital uti- crore in the year-ago period. lion tonnes as against 13.61 mil- standalone basis, the net profit up to 3.82 per cent. Financial Services. sions. uidity management, the RBI lization and market-oriented lion tonnes. The company’s in the quarter increased 35 per According to traders, mar- Sectorally, the BSE energy, On the currency front, the should wait for the transmis- reforms. < @1 total expenses stood at 5,903.93 cent to 1,125 crore, from 834 ket turned highly volatile on oil and gas, metal, industrials, Indian rupee depreciated mar- sion of policy rate cut and The next meeting of RBI’s $ 1,A crore compared to 5,873.80 crore in the year-ago quarter. the expiry of July futures and capital goods and utilities ginally to 69.02 against the US impact of monsoon on prices Monetary Policy Committee is -1 crore, up by 0.51 per cent. Income jumped 40 per cent to options (F&O) contracts. declined up to 1.91 per cent. dollar (intra-day). of agriculture products before scheduled from August 5-7. Ambuja Cement Ltd on Ambuja Cement’s consol- 5,305 crore as against 3,792 Despite a positive opening, However, healthcare, IT, Meanwhile, the global oil considering any rate change,” The central bank in the Thursday reported a 21.51 per idated figure also includes the crore. The net interest income stock-specific action in index teck, consumer durables, benchmark Brent crude futures Singh said. June policy review meet had cent increase in its consolidat- result of its subsidiary ACC Ltd, grew 43 per cent to 3,695 heavyweight RIL, Bajaj bankex, realty and finance rose 0.79 per cent to USD According to him, the cut interest rates for the third ed net profit to 831.75 crore which had posted a net sales of crore, compared with 2,579 Finance, ITC and L&T steered indices ended up to 1.61 per 63.68 per barrel. impetus to growth needs to be time this year. for the second quarter ended 4,059 crore during the April- crore a year ago.

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1517.50 1465.10 1469.80 KEI 455.15 463.80 450.55 451.95 ADVENZYMES 157.60 157.80 155.30 155.85 GAIL 136.65 137.50 134.15 135.00 -1.65 BANDHANBNK 442.50 465.00 442.50 462.20 ITI 83.40 84.45 81.55 82.65 SRF 2677.00 2699.15 2641.45 2653.15 SOBHA 568.05 570.50 553.00 554.85 TIMETECHNO 80.00 80.45 78.80 79.35 HCLTECH 1021.10 1027.65 1003.00 1007.45 -13.85 VEDL 165.00 172.60 164.30 171.35 IDBI 31.90 31.90 30.10 30.80 SUPREMEIND 1080.00 1101.00 1069.70 1095.80 ASHOKA 118.45 120.80 117.10 119.80 SCHNEIDER 81.60 82.35 80.55 81.25 COALINDIA 218.00 218.20 208.15 209.05 ICICIGI 1095.00 1108.85 1068.30 1096.90 ADANIGAS 163.15 164.40 158.50 160.30 MHRIL 223.30 223.30 211.55 215.45 TATASTEEL 448.00 451.95 438.30 439.30 -6.70 HATHWAY 22.30 22.90 21.55 21.60 HDFCAMC 2083.95 2132.05 2066.90 2091.80 GRASIM 881.55 885.00 862.75 868.50 MPHASIS 912.65 938.60 906.95 920.50 HUDCO 35.30 35.50 34.60 34.70 NTPC 132.00 132.85 128.40 129.85 -2.00 SUDARSCHEM 323.00 323.00 319.25 319.80 L&TFH 102.90 104.00 100.25 102.15 VGUARD 233.70 241.60 231.80 240.05 BALKRISIND 712.80 730.00 706.65 724.60 GLAXO 1201.00 1201.50 1187.25 1198.20 YESBANK 88.40 90.40 85.85 87.75 -1.40 CCL 245.05 246.50 241.05 244.10 HEG 944.15 973.90 933.00 958.15 NMDC 111.15 112.50 107.75 108.60 AVANTI 324.00 326.75 317.15 318.95 CHENNPETRO 195.00 195.65 194.15 194.90 UPL 618.00 624.45 601.40 606.85 -10.20 FINEORG 1414.00 1440.05 1395.35 1435.05 JUSTDIAL 708.75 732.70 708.75 726.25 JUBILANT 436.25 456.00 425.25 446.85 INOXWIND 59.00 61.25 57.45 57.85 LEMONTREE 60.90 61.20 59.15 59.45 NESCO 539.55 544.10 530.00 537.70 RELIANCE 1264.00 1269.05 1227.00 1235.00 -24.10 JINDALSTEL 136.00 136.85 132.85 134.65 ISEC 224.00 230.80 224.00 228.95 INOXLEISUR 320.30 321.60 305.65 317.50 BOSCHLTD 14737.60 15054.85 14600.00 15007.60 GRINDWELL 548.00 553.00 535.10 537.80 BPCL 351.00 351.50 339.40 341.00 -8.10 INFRATEL 269.90 279.20 259.45 261.70 VIPIND 376.65 388.40 366.35 369.45 GRANULES 85.90 86.00 84.50 85.05 COROMANDEL 382.35 388.35 382.35 384.30 SHREECEM 20644.85 21299.70 20610.15 21195.75 JSWSTEEL 254.80 257.90 247.80 248.95 -6.30 TORNTPHARM 1604.90 1635.60 1573.20 1624.60 BOMDYEING 84.80 86.50 84.50 84.90 SADBHAV 165.75 176.80 160.10 163.90 WELCORP 123.00 125.20 122.50 123.45 CERA 2544.50 2648.20 2524.50 2563.40 COALINDIA 217.65 217.65 208.10 209.60 -7.25 STRTECH 147.00 153.90 145.00 149.55 INDIACEM 94.80 96.20 93.90 94.85 ITDC 199.95 207.00 198.85 204.20 JYOTHYLAB 161.00 161.70 153.55 155.60 NBVENTURES* 94.50 94.50 90.50 90.55 BAJAJFINSV 7069.90 7170.00 6760.00 6770.00 -295.30 ADANIPOWER 62.50 63.95 60.10 62.05 DBL 423.30 427.90 415.05 419.25 TATAGLOBAL 249.80 254.55 249.80 251.10 BALMLAWRIE 174.70 174.70 172.75 173.00 GILLETTE 7002.85 7166.50 6914.00 7054.70 BAJFINANCE 3198.90 3243.40 2996.20 3037.00 -136.55 AXISBANK 712.00 725.85 706.55 723.30 DIVISLAB 1607.45 1649.95 1607.45 1641.20 GODREJIND 473.05 473.05 451.00 459.85 REDINGTON 114.95 114.95 106.30 107.85 JSL 29.95 30.25 29.35 29.85 TATAMOTORS 151.30 152.50 143.75 144.00 -7.25 FEDERALBNK 93.00 93.65 91.65 92.45 INDHOTEL 148.00 149.65 144.50 145.30 SWANENERGY 105.20 105.20 103.50 104.25 ASAHIINDIA 201.80 203.05 200.00 200.50 IGL 308.90 322.85 299.55 314.80 IDFC 33.00 34.30 32.30 33.75 CENTURYPLY 131.65 131.65 126.30 128.10 ALLCARGO 100.00 100.45 98.40 100.10 SPARC 158.40 165.65 156.50 162.65 CENTRALBK 17.60 18.85 17.50 18.00 GESHIP* 241.50 242.55 238.15 239.95 GSKCONS 7433.85 7484.95 7402.80 7430.65 TATAELXSI 655.05 666.35 643.85 653.05 TRIDENT 56.40 56.50 54.15 54.50 FINOLEXIND 504.50 514.00 501.10 502.60 ZENSARTECH 213.90 219.10 213.90 217.75 LUPIN 741.15 777.40 739.00 771.65 PRSMJOHNSN 91.90 93.10 91.85 92.35 JSWENERGY 69.90 70.65 68.10 68.45 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE GAYAPROJ 138.35 144.30 137.20 143.90 DLF 179.00 179.80 175.00 176.15 BAJAJHLDNG 3363.40 3398.00 3322.50 3371.85 GUJGAS 166.80 166.80 161.00 161.70 NIFTY NEXT 50 26221.60 26476.65 26215.30 26302.15 168.25 CUB 197.80 200.10 195.80 197.00 TCS 2115.00 2134.80 2094.00 2128.30 GUJALKALI 450.95 452.00 433.15 440.80 IBULISL 124.10 128.10 121.80 121.80 SRTRANSFIN 964.00 1015.00 955.00 978.00 52.65 MAHABANK 14.35 14.50 14.20 14.20 IBREALEST 105.45 107.50 103.20 105.95 PTC 59.75 60.95 59.50 59.75 SUNTECK 430.55 431.85 411.60 416.25 BANDHANBNK 445.10 464.90 445.10 463.00 22.70 TATAMETALI 556.05 556.60 553.90 555.95 MANAPPURAM 114.75 119.75 113.55 115.30 NHPC 23.35 23.40 22.15 22.60 MAGMA 81.30 81.30 76.55 77.60 LUPIN 741.80 777.70 736.55 771.00 32.90 AAVAS 1445.30 1475.00 1445.30 1469.95 BIOCON 239.00 239.75 233.10 238.55 DELTACORP 149.80 150.55 145.70 146.15 GICHSGFIN 241.00 244.40 239.95 240.10 ICICIPRULI 393.00 408.35 387.15 398.85 15.65 CORPBANK 24.00 24.35 23.80 24.10 HDFC 2181.00 2215.00 2176.05 2195.70 VINATIORGA 1817.00 1854.00 1808.10 1841.25 DCAL 215.55 215.55 205.55 209.85 SBILIFE 769.90 800.00 769.05 800.00 27.50 FLFL 457.00 463.95 451.05 462.60 GRUH 241.00 253.80 239.95 252.05 ATUL 3650.00 3700.00 3584.70 3676.70 IFBIND 679.45 683.90 625.30 633.95 DIVISLAB 1604.00 1649.95 1603.00 1647.90 43.80 VMART 1917.40 1948.90 1917.40 1929.35 CHOLAFIN 241.20 255.85 241.20 248.95 MFSL 410.25 421.00 410.20 414.15 JKLAKSHMI 337.60 343.85 331.65 332.75 ABB 1380.00 1413.90 1366.10 1398.00 36.05 ASTRAL 1183.35 1239.00 1183.35 1209.80 BEL 98.30 100.25 97.25 99.05 NOCIL 92.25 94.05 91.65 92.90 HFCL 19.25 19.50 19.20 19.30 MAHLOG 419.95 419.95 415.15 416.85 SHREECEM 20503.00 21295.00 20503.00 21200.00 524.45 PCJEWELLER 39.20 39.70 36.70 37.65 ABB 1366.20 1413.65 1366.20 1403.00 GODFRYPHLP 722.00 731.55 716.75 719.50 BAJAJHLDNG 3339.00 3400.00 3298.60 3377.00 82.55 SOMANYCERA 378.00 387.70 378.00 381.15 SBILIFE 770.00 800.00 769.60 797.80 BAJAJCON 280.05 293.50 278.50 287.80 BLISSGVS 158.15 159.25 155.75 156.50 PGHH 10611.30 10700.00 10507.10 10679.50 CADILAHC 227.40 235.20 226.50 231.00 4.95 HINDUNILVR 1734.00 1749.50 1728.30 1736.00 WHIRLPOOL 1483.85 1538.00 1481.60 1530.75 KEI 455.15 463.80 450.55 451.95 OFSS 3255.00 3315.05 3242.90 3301.00 61.65 JAGRAN 94.20 97.00 93.70 93.95 PEL 1770.00 1803.15 1726.60 1750.80 TATACOMM 470.90 487.90 468.10 479.20 SOBHA 568.05 570.50 553.00 554.85 SCHAEFFLER 4060.00 4108.85 3980.00 4045.00 UBL 1381.00 1419.60 1378.25 1401.70 26.05 POWERGRID 210.50 214.25 210.25 212.80 GHCL 210.70 213.20 205.00 206.70 ASHOKA 118.45 120.80 117.10 119.80 BOSCHLTD 14615.00 15073.95 14615.00 14935.75 262.75 HATSUN 694.85 703.05 687.05 689.15 JPASSOCIAT 2.41 2.70 2.39 2.46 JKCEMENT 1001.10 1001.10 968.45 976.25 MHRIL 223.30 223.30 211.55 215.45 ERIS 400.20 404.00 395.55 398.05 ICICIGI 1085.00 1108.90 1065.50 1094.00 17.20 KRBL 232.50 259.50 231.60 247.75 WELSPUNIND 54.05 54.20 53.25 53.50 HUDCO 35.30 35.50 34.60 34.70 ZYDUSWELL 1343.40 1369.95 1338.55 1356.30 ACC 1574.00 1601.90 1569.85 1594.00 24.40 ITC 271.00 272.50 267.05 268.00 TATACHEM 592.40 600.75 592.35 598.15 GLAXO 1201.00 1201.50 1187.25 1198.20 SKFINDIA 1897.45 1907.50 1865.00 1869.55 HDFCAMC 2070.00 2134.00 2065.20 2091.20 26.80 PVR 1800.00 1801.00 1744.40 1784.75 GODREJAGRO 470.85 473.05 461.00 461.80 CHENNPETRO 195.00 195.65 194.15 194.90 ASTERDM 123.55 123.90 122.10 122.85 AUROPHARMA 550.50 561.85 550.50 555.00 6.65 BANKINDIA 76.75 77.45 74.40 75.40 NESTLEIND 11522.05 11655.60 11450.00 11492.25 LEMONTREE 60.90 61.20 59.15 59.45 IEX 142.85 145.40 142.85 144.10 HDFCLIFE 498.85 510.70 498.20 504.95 5.40 TITAN 1091.30 1100.90 1084.55 1090.30 AJANTPHARM 895.00 907.20 867.95 882.40 BOSCHLTD 14737.60 15054.85 14600.00 15007.60 DBCORP 174.00 174.00 163.35 164.55 PGHH 10556.00 10700.00 10493.85 10666.00 111.05 M&M 552.00 553.10 542.05 547.90 WESTLIFE 290.00 294.40 285.00 291.25 COROMANDEL 382.35 388.35 382.35 384.30 LUXIND 1081.70 1109.30 1061.30 1104.10 MOTHERSUMI 111.10 112.75 109.50 111.40 1.10 HINDPETRO 282.95 282.95 265.30 266.80 ADANITRANS 208.50 216.90 208.50 214.85 WELCORP 123.00 125.20 122.50 123.45 TVTODAY 276.10 283.60 276.10 282.25 MCDOWELL-N 580.40 592.45 574.00 585.15 5.70 KAJARIACER 474.00 483.00 450.65 477.00 COLPAL 1154.45 1163.65 1140.00 1141.85 ADANIGREEN 48.80 49.40 48.35 48.75 JYOTHYLAB 161.00 161.70 153.55 155.60 SHK 129.00 129.00 125.90 126.35 PIDILITIND 1238.00 1244.25 1220.00 1237.60 4.85 CIPLA 519.80 538.70 519.40 536.20 HINDZINC 218.75 221.80 216.30 217.45 SONATSOFTW 325.05 330.40 325.00 329.15 BALMLAWRIE 174.70 174.70 172.75 173.00 TCNSBRANDS 735.00 762.45 728.80 737.40 DABUR 420.80 426.35 419.05 422.60 1.65 ESCORTS 484.00 489.60 468.35 470.35 EQUITAS 114.00 115.00 111.55 112.60 DCMSHRIRAM 443.80 462.10 435.30 439.35 REDINGTON 114.95 114.95 106.30 107.85 FDC 160.20 161.00 159.00 159.80 PAGEIND 18850.00 19570.00 18763.50 18812.10 52.15 LTI 1537.00 1563.20 1475.40 1525.65 HAVELLS 691.20 698.75 688.40 691.70 LALPATHLAB 1094.50 1161.45 1094.50 1148.40 SWANENERGY 105.20 105.20 103.50 104.25 BLUEDART 2403.15 2440.00 2400.00 2427.00 BIOCON 238.20 239.90 233.00 238.80 0.60 RADICO 303.00 309.75 293.65 303.40 WOCKPHARMA 326.05 330.45 319.35 321.75 FRETAIL 424.55 427.85 418.10 425.65 CENTURYPLY 131.65 131.65 126.30 128.10 GMDCLTD 70.75 71.05 70.45 70.90 L&TFH 103.05 104.00 100.20 102.95 0.25 DABUR 420.80 426.45 419.40 423.00 RITES 295.90 304.80 291.15 303.50 TAKE 105.00 108.00 104.10 104.90 GESHIP* 241.50 242.55 238.15 239.95 TATAINVEST 837.20 843.95 831.55 837.05 ASHOKLEY 72.55 73.20 71.55 72.70 0.15 BHARTIARTL 334.00 343.25 334.00 338.95 NAUKRI 2159.00 2260.00 2154.75 2245.10 GEPIL 840.00 851.95 781.85 793.30 FINOLEXIND 504.50 514.00 501.10 502.60 LAURUSLABS 340.00 340.35 335.70 339.70 DLF 177.00 179.85 174.80 177.70 0.35 SOUTHBANK 12.65 12.85 11.98 12.35 STAR 341.70 347.05 339.70 344.50 MOTILALOFS 561.00 565.70 532.80 538.85 JSWENERGY 69.90 70.65 68.10 68.45 STARCEMENT 106.05 108.00 104.30 107.10 MRF 54025.00 54483.60 53800.00 54029.05 0.45 DMART 1420.00 1448.70 1401.00 1420.60 RAIN 89.15 90.60 88.50 89.55 INFIBEAM 40.50 40.85 39.95 40.60 GULFOILLUB 800.00 800.05 765.00 771.60 UNITEDBNK 9.64 9.76 9.50 9.53 MARICO 361.90 365.75 358.95 360.25 -0.05 JSWSTEEL 261.00 261.00 248.00 248.75 PIDILITIND 1239.00 1243.00 1220.10 1233.70 CARERATING 824.90 824.90 732.50 761.25 RELAXO 402.00 405.10 402.00 404.60 LINDEINDIA 499.05 503.70 494.45 498.90 GODREJCP 619.80 624.60 608.45 616.00 -0.30 AMBUJACEM 217.70 219.90 211.05 214.75 KTKBANK 95.00 95.00 93.65 94.55 KANSAINER 404.60 410.00 403.15 406.15 BIRLACORPN 590.10 590.10 575.05 577.95 AIAENG 1724.95 1760.70 1724.95 1756.35 BANKBARODA 110.40 111.10 108.30 110.00 -0.20 NCC 76.10 76.85 72.90 74.20 SUVEN 236.80 242.30 230.05 235.85 MAHINDCIE 193.00 193.75 185.00 190.50 RNAM 227.80 227.80 227.10 227.20 SHILPAMED 351.15 352.95 347.00 350.10 PEL 1765.00 1803.80 1726.00 1755.15 -6.00 TATAMTRDVR 72.90 72.90 69.30 69.75 MOTHERSUMI 109.00 112.75 109.00 111.75 SANOFI 6085.50 6213.40 6039.30 6201.35 UCOBANK 17.50 17.50 17.05 17.15 CRISIL 1389.55 1389.55 1354.05 1362.65 DMART 1425.50 1448.80 1401.00 1419.00 -4.90 TEJASNET 120.00 125.00 103.20 103.20 PETRONET 235.20 236.65 231.60 232.40 PNCINFRA 190.55 193.05 190.00 191.55 TRITURBINE 93.15 93.15 86.00 87.00 GDL 116.00 116.85 115.00 115.80 CONCOR 530.50 535.50 524.90 527.65 -3.15 ADANIPORTS 381.85 385.40 377.00 380.20 IRB 90.80 94.75 90.40 93.25 VBL 601.00 634.70 601.00 619.45 NETWORK18 22.70 22.85 21.25 22.20 MAXINDIA 61.10 61.10 60.00 60.15 NIACL 126.15 126.80 124.05 125.20 -0.85 ADANIENT 132.90 132.90 127.70 129.30 BBTC 884.80 904.80 878.30 889.05 PRESTIGE 268.75 274.00 265.65 267.90 FINCABLES 379.55 385.90 372.95 382.10 ESSELPRO 132.65 132.70 132.40 132.60 PETRONET 235.90 236.55 231.65 232.85 -1.80 EDELWEISS 147.60 150.75 144.45 149.00 CADILAHC 228.60 235.00 227.20 230.00 CEATLTD 855.10 872.30 850.50 856.60 GPPL 79.90 80.30 78.70 79.60 SYMPHONY 1226.60 1236.90 1220.00 1222.35 SAIL 43.70 44.30 42.85 43.25 -0.35 SUZLON 3.93 4.10 3.65 3.99 ABCAPITAL 84.30 86.30 83.70 85.80 JETAIRWAYS 44.90 44.90 40.70 41.00 ANDHRABANK 21.55 22.15 21.55 21.80 3MINDIA 21420.65 21436.40 21077.65 21147.80 GICRE 216.30 218.60 211.00 214.60 -1.95 IOC 148.00 148.10 145.40 146.70 AUBANK 640.00 649.65 630.05 633.30 JKTYRE 73.25 73.85 70.60 71.80 FORTIS 126.35 127.50 125.95 126.75 THYROCARE 445.25 445.25 439.50 442.25 HAVELLS 695.80 698.70 688.10 689.20 -6.60 FCONSUMER 33.30 33.30 28.25 28.95 MUTHOOTFIN 590.00 604.60 586.50 594.90 PERSISTENT 562.00 584.10 561.00 562.85 TIMKEN 691.80 704.40 680.00 695.20 ABBOTINDIA 8624.50 8665.35 8500.25 8599.85 BHEL 62.20 62.40 60.60 61.30 -0.60 NTPC 132.00 132.70 128.50 129.85 EXIDEIND 185.80 185.80 180.85 181.25 THOMASCOOK 189.10 192.20 186.00 189.80 INDOSTAR 325.00 330.00 315.00 317.35 SFL 1275.15 1284.40 1260.00 1281.65 HINDZINC 219.40 221.85 215.80 216.50 -2.25 OBEROIRLTY 526.00 557.00 512.00 545.65 HINDALCO 195.25 200.15 195.25 196.75 HEIDELBERG 198.05 200.15 195.50 196.50 EIDPARRY 163.65 165.25 161.15 161.90 APARINDS 525.10 529.65 520.35 525.25 INDIGO 1610.00 1623.95 1577.00 1578.20 -16.80 BHEL 62.25 62.40 60.60 61.15 TATACOFFEE 73.45 75.15 70.10 73.35 GICRE 216.45 218.55 211.10 212.20 NIACL 124.05 126.85 124.05 125.25 MAHSEAMLES 416.45 419.90 414.75 415.95 AMBUJACEM 216.10 220.00 211.00 213.40 -2.30 UJJIVAN 273.65 278.15 268.55 270.70 CHAMBLFERT 153.90 165.00 151.40 154.05 PIIND 1100.00 1115.00 1085.00 1093.50 GFLLIMITED 899.55 916.05 899.55 909.10 HONAUT 22620.30 22620.30 22214.05 22429.35 COLPAL 1154.00 1164.30 1138.95 1141.25 -13.55 EICHERMOT 16280.00 16711.55 16155.00 16438.10 GODREJPROP 939.90 949.30 928.60 945.20 ENDURANCE 945.25 955.85 907.50 938.40 SOLARINDS 1168.00 1193.65 1156.15 1169.10 SUPRAJIT 191.95 192.00 190.00 190.15 SIEMENS 1190.80 1200.00 1167.65 1168.55 -14.05 SAIL 43.75 44.30 42.80 43.10 PHILIPCARB 114.70 115.60 112.50 115.25 GMRINFRA 14.54 14.85 14.45 14.60 ASTRAZEN 1852.00 1880.00 1850.05 1853.65 WABCOINDIA 6100.05 6142.65 6095.00 6130.25 IDEA 9.95 10.15 9.65 9.70 -0.25 TATAPOWER 63.65 64.30 61.30 61.55 NATIONALUM 45.50 45.90 44.70 45.00 DEEPAKFERT 90.45 90.60 86.20 88.05 LAXMIMACH 4420.05 4481.35 4411.00 4429.50 JCHAC 1595.95 1625.00 1567.00 1610.50 NMDC 111.60 112.50 107.70 108.35 -3.30 PFC 112.50 113.10 110.30 112.15 WABAG 304.95 311.00 304.95 306.80 TIINDIA 384.00 384.00 357.00 362.95 HAL 669.70 675.20 667.85 670.15 NH 224.15 224.15 220.15 223.60 NHPC 23.10 23.40 22.10 22.30 -0.80 NBCC 49.85 49.85 47.60 48.05 BATAINDIA 1318.00 1318.00 1293.45 1300.75 EMAMILTD 321.90 324.80 316.05 319.20 ORIENTELEC 150.80 157.00 149.85 155.30 AKZOINDIA 1728.05 1731.00 1722.10 1728.00 HINDPETRO 278.80 280.40 265.20 266.80 -11.80 BRITANNIA 2643.00 2682.25 2634.00 2671.25 GNFC 210.00 213.95 209.70 211.70 SJVN 24.55 24.55 23.65 24.05 APLAPOLLO 1497.35 1500.85 1459.55 1468.90 SHRIRAMCIT 1436.65 1436.65 1431.65 1431.65 $ % $$ " 3& P/ !O C O P

$ + $ London: Boris Johnson While Brexit was at the times rejected by this House. Its 01 promised British lawmakers heart of Johnson's first terms are unacceptable to this $ )'*/$ veillance footage seen by AFP, would see foreign forces pull that he will work “flat out” to Parliament address, he took Parliament and to this coun- the first blast came around 8:10 out of Afghanistan in return for $ $7-7 mission in the Gulf is carried meet the October 31 Brexit questions from MPs on a range try…If an agreement is to be t least 10 people — includ- am (0340 GMT) when a sui- a ceasefire and various Taliban over from a meeting chaired by deadline and called on Brussels of subjects and pledged extra reached it must be clearly Aing several women and a cide bomber targeted a bus as guarantees, including a pledge ran's seizure and continued Johnson's predecessor Theresa to rethink its opposition to police on the streets, invest- understood that the way to the child — were killed and scores it slowed to turn a corner in an the country will not become a Idetention of a UK-flagged May this week. renegotiate a more acceptable ment in education and health- deal goes by way of the abolition more wounded by a series of area just east of central Kabul. safe haven for terror groups. tanker deals Boris Johnson an Britain has proposed that deal in his first speech as Prime care. On the sticky issue of of the backstop,” he said, blasts that rocked the Afghan Civilians could be seen Some observers say the immediate loyalty test: Britain's France, Germany and other Minister in the House of immigration, he confirmed addressing the most controver- capital Thursday ahead of the scrambling to help stricken insurgents are increasing new Prime Minister may have to European partnerjoin together Commons on Thursday. that he will be launching a rad- sial aspect of May's Brexit agree- election season. passengers off the bus and car- attacks to gain greaer leverage choose between Gulf escorts led in a “naval protection mission” Johnson, who took over ical review of the visa system to ment which led to its repeated The three blasts came amid rying the body of a small child in the talks. by Europe or the United States. to ensure commercial ships from Theresa May after a lead- introduce an Australian-style defeat in Parliament and ulti- a wider surge in violence in from the vehicle as smoke Despite the claim from IS Which way Johnson leans can safely navigate in the Gulf. ership election fought on the basis points-based system. mately ended her premiership. Kabul and around Afghanistan, poured out the rear window. for the first two blasts, Afghan could set the tone for a complex But such an operation of getting Brexit done – with or “No-one believes more In a clear message to Brussels where nine family members Other bodies could be seen and US security officials agenda that includes with- would expose Britain's contin- without a deal, reaffirmed his strongly than me in the bene- to return to the negotiating table, were killed in an eastern pooling blood onto the road. blamed the attack on the drawing from the EU, striking ued reliance on EU allies at the stance on striking a better deal fits of migration to our coun- the new Prime Minister said his province Thursday while dri- About 30 minutes later, a Taliban, saying the insurgents a trade deal with the US, and very same time that Johnson is with the European Union (EU) try. But I am clear that our team was ready to negotiate an ving to a wedding. secondary explosion from a had distanced themselves from maintaining or breaking determined to yank his coun- within 98 days' time. immigration system must alternative in good faith, with The ISIS group's device that had been hidden at the bloodshed once they European efforts to keep alive try out of the bloc on October “Our mission is to deliver change. For years, politicians provisions to ensure that the Irish Afghanistan affiliate claimed the scene hit civilians and realised how many civilians the deal curbing Iran's nuclear 31, “no ifs or buts”. Brexit on the 31st of October have promised the public an border issues are dealt with in the responsibility for the first two Afghan security forces as they were killed. ambitions. As an alternative, Johnson for the purpose of uniting and Australian-style points based negotiations on the future agree- blasts, while the Taliban responded. “Over the past month, we Some US commentators could instead sign Britain up to re-energising our great United system…I will ask the ment between the UK and the claimed the third. US and A third blast, apparently have seen increased numbers of see this is a make-or-break a US-led alliance outlined by Kingdom and making this Migration Advisory EU. Afghan security officials, how- targeting some sort of convoy, civilian casualties. (The moment for Europe's policy on Donald Trump's administra- country the greatest place on Committee to conduct a review “For our part, we will ever, blamed the Taliban for all came later on in the morning Taliban) are not targeting coali- Iran as a whole. tion at NATO last month. earth… I will work flat out to of that system as the first step throw ourselves into these three explosions. also in eastern Kabul. tion forces, they are injuring “Johnson could simply That decision could boost make it happen,” Johnson said, in a radical rewriting of our negotiations with the greatest The attacks came just days Interior ministry innocent Afghans,” said announce that the UK is join- London's chances of reviving delivering a parliamentary immigration system,” he said. energy and determination and before the official campaign sea- spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said Colonel Sonny Leggett, ing America's maximum-pres- stalled efforts to strike a post- statement in his characteristic But the bulk of his first par- in the spirit of friendship. And son for the September 28 presi- a total of 11 civilians were killed, spokesman for US Forces- sure campaign and calls for a Brexit trade deal with exuberant style. liamentary address was I hope that the EU will be dential election gets underway. including five women and a Afghanistan. new (Iran nuclear) deal,” the Washington, but carries the “There is every chance that focussed on Brexit, including a equally ready and that they will Previous polls have been marred child, and 45 more wounded. The Afghan war is taking editorial board of The Wall risk that British warships in 2050, when I fully intend to categorical stand against the rethink their current refusal to by violence and bloodshed from Health ministry a brutal toll on civilians even Street Journal wrote. could be caught up in more be around, though not neces- controversial Irish backstop – make any changes to the the Taliban and other insurgent spokesman Wahidullah Mayar amid this push for peace. “The rest of Europe would aggressive US rules of engage- sarily in this job, we will look which has deeply divided all Withdrawal Agreement,” he groups who refuse to recognise said the toll was at least 10 dead According to NATO, the likely have no choice but to join ment. back on this period, this extra- sides of the Commons. said, renewing his warning of Afghanistan's fragile democracy. and 41 wounded. Taliban has caused 1,075 casu- its Anglophone partners -- and Both Johnson and Trump ordinary period, as the begin- “The Withdrawal being ready to leave the 28- According to security offi- The attacks come as the US alties since April 11, the start of finally present a united front.” played up their friendship dur- ning of a new golden age for Agreement negotiated by my member economic bloc with- cials and high-resolution sur- is negotiating for a deal that this year's fighting season. The idea of a European-led ing the British leadership race. our United Kingdom,” he said. predecessor has been three out a deal in place. / + ' >( P 1 $/ $$ "2" ?%?? O C * = Vienna: The International Islamabad: Pakistan on space mission. Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Thursday announced that it will “The Air force will be the on Thursday chose Romanian send its first astronaut to space custodian of the selection / diplomat Cornel Feruta as its in 2022 using close ally China's process. Globally pilots are 1'237 year. The post had been lying acting director-general to satellite launch facilities. selected for space missions,” he Hanoi: Vietnam on Thursday Vietnam's exclusive economic vacant for last seven months. replace Yukiya Amano, who Pakistan's decision came as was quoted as saying by the called for the “immediate with- zone,” a foreign ministry ffectively addressing the A former executive from died last week. India on Monday successfully Dawn News website. He said ED76 drawal” of a Chinese ship in the spokeswoman told reporters, Echallenge posed by Iran Raytheon, Esper (55) is travel- “In order to ensure the launched its second lunar mis- that initially 50 pilots will be South China Sea, as the stand- while refusing to disclose the and ensuring freedom of nav- ling to the CENTCOM head- orderly and smooth function- sion Chandrayaan-2. selected, from which the list off over the disputed waters ship's precise location. igation in the Persian Gulf and quarters in Florida next week. ing of the Agency, the Board of Fawad Chaudhry, Minister will be brought down to 25 and $ /3 intensified. “Vietnam resolutely and the Strait of Hormuz are some The US, he said would be Governors has decided to des- for Science and Technology, then 10. Beijing last week issued a persistently protects our sov- of the top priorities identified coordinating with the ignate Mr Cornel Feruta as act- said the selection process of the “Ten pilots will be trained unisian President Beji Caid new call for Hanoi to respect its ereign rights... By peaceful by new US Defense Secretary Europeans in the region. ing Director General,” the UN astronaut for the space mission and eventually one pilot will be TEssebsi, the North African claims to the resource-rich means on the basis of interna- Mark Esper. “It's all sending the same nuclear watchdog said in a would start from February 2020. sent to space,” he said. country's first democratically region -- which have histori- tional laws,” Le Thi Thu Hang “One is maintaining free- messages we are trying to send. statement released after a board “Proud to announce that Last year, Pakistan elected leader, died Thursday at cally been contested by added. dom of navigation in the Strait That is freedom of navigation meeting. selection process for the first launched two indigenously- the age of 92, his office said. Vietnam as well as Taiwan, the The ship, owned by the -- of course, the Persian Gulf and no provocative acts in the The race to succeed Pakistani to be sent to Space built satellites into the orbit, The veteran politician, the Philippines, Malaysia and government-run China and the Gulf of Oman -- and Strait, and we have seen Amano on a permanent basis shall begin from February using a Chinese launch vehicle. oldest head of state after Brunei. Geological Survey, begun then, secondly, is deterring provocative acts obviously in the will be particularly keenly 2020. Fifty people will be short The satellites were Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Hanoi responded by saying research around the contested provocative actions from Iran,” last, what, week or two since the watched given heightened listed. The list will then come launched onboard the Chinese came to power in 2014, three it had sent several messages to Spratly Islands on July 3, Esper told reporters at the first shoot down of our drone,” international tensions over down to 25 and in 2022 we will Long March (LM-2C) rocket years after the Arab Spring Beijing insisting that a Chinese according to the US-based Pentagon on his first working he said in response to a question. Iran's nuclear activities. send our first person to space. from the Jiuquan Satellite uprising toppled longtime survey ship vacate its waters, Center for Strategic and day as Defense Secretary. Most countries transiting The agency is currently con- This will be the biggest space Launch Centre located at the despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and doubled down Thursday International Studies (CSIS). Esper was confirmed by the through the Strait, he observed, fronted with the unravelling of event of our country,” Gobi desert, China, The and sparked revolts in several with new demands for the ves- Before it was spotted, a US Senate on Tuesday and should have an interest in free- the 2015 nuclear accord with Chaudhry said in a tweet. Express Tribune reported. Arab nations. sel's removal. Chinese coast guard vessel sworn-in as the Pentagon chief dom of navigation and should Iran, which began when Chaudhry said the One of them was a remote He had been hospitalised “Vietnam has had several also patrolled near by President Trump later in the want to participate and provide President Trump unilaterally Pakistani Air Force will play a sensing satellite (PRSS1) – a with a severe illness in late June appropriate diplomatic Vietnamese supply ships in a evening. He replaces Gen. (retd) some type of forces to ensure pulled the United States out of the lead role in the selection dual-purpose Earth observa- and was returned to intensive exchanges... Requesting imme- “threatening manner”, CSIS Jim Mattis, who resigned last navigation of the Strait, free- agreement in May 2018. AFP process of the astronaut for the tional and optical satellite.PTI care on Thursday. diate withdrawal from said. AFP -

icture this: trimmed trees, arched bridges, classic French wooden Pwindows covered with vine creep- ers, red hibicuses in baskets hung below street lamps, white benches placed next to houses, European paintings on red- bricked walls, long walks on the black- stoned streets of the Grimaldi and Fontvieille. No, this is not a travelogue where we have been transported to the O6 &+1 C& playground of the rich and famous, rather a vignette of the sight at designer &+ & P Rahul Mishra’s couture collection show at ' FDCI’s India Couture Week 2019. It romanced the words, ways and wonders of the French-Riviera city, Monaco and % at the same time combined it with the % designer’s childhood memories of his * % hometown, Malhausi. The show proved 3! models wearing heavy couture can not only walk stunningly but ride bicycles as # well on it and nail it. The set’s Monaco- ' like design was a result of the designer’s ! close professional relations with wedding planner Vandana Mohan and her daugh- % ter Vedika. So how did the city inspire him? He said, “There’s a famous saying that goes, # ‘One often finds himself when one goes L away from his usual surroundings’. And my travel to Monaco last year did exactly that. It made me plan this collection. I began working on it in November 2018 after we had a show there. There, I looked % at the flowers, trees, the greenery around, # paintings and walls and to me, the city 3 looked like a beautiful landscape. It % inspired me hugely. It was almost like the idea of shining a light on the world. That C D#3 is why I was very happy after showcasing in Monaco.” Post that he was approached by Visit Monaco as they were “very happy” with Rahul’s work and wanted to collaborate impossible.’ Upon reading such words, he with him. “And that’s how it all started. finds himself moved by the magnitude of And also, for me, while I am presenting emotion in his art. “It rises to a degree here or in Paris, there is a line of similar- A TALE OF TWO where the feeling while creat- M' ity and that is what I get most excited ing is the most important # about. The response to these looks in Paris rather than the creation was very good. So I wanted to present it itself. And this is why I feel back at home. Although it was a new jour- artists are like stars, who O81 & ney to transform a ‘short’ Western dress are an unending source of that I had showcased in Paris into some- light and we are like ( thing which fits into the idea of the Indian planets who borrow couture, say a ‘gherdaar’ lehenga,”said he. light from them to & With a dense play of floral and 3D CITIES fuel our imagina- '& motifs, and intricately-embroidered tion,” explained he. ' &&& appliques, the collection saw anarkalis So what’s + & with jackets, lehengas, saris with gowns Indian couture fash- and dupattas, Nehru jackets for men, - '2/$&32' ion and silhouettes B6 C& kurta and churidaars, and strapless gowns for him? “Silhouettes '& in white, mild green and icy pink. The ! for me aren’t differ- ++ B6 stunning ensembles were rendered in “a ent for men or & ( B1+ lot of” organza, muga silk in glossy tex- ; & women. It’s univer- ture and silk crepe. The designer said that sal. Because ulti- ( & the collection is beyond any design tech- & mately, when you niques, methods or fabrics. “It was not look at women’s about what motifs or fabrics I have used #2 clothes, it’s ' ' because there were hardly any references already a hundred- taken from any book or paintings or even % year-old phenomenon, & anything from the history. Everything where Chanel thought dictionary. There shouldn’t be any differ- ( '!& came very naturally, from within me. I ! % how can women’s cloth- entiation between men’s and women’s style reflected here upon my childhood and ing be made something of clothing,” he said. B everything that I have dreamt of. It was into a larger-than-life Due to the changing lifestyles, he & (( &&B all coming from me and what I had expe- idea. In the same way, added, “today, our routines have also rienced,” he added. - when you look at brought in a change in the way we dress 6 ! ! He referenced Claude Monet, who Mughal men, they are all up. So in that way, clothing is not just con- ( && had said, ‘I want to paint the air in which % ? wearing the gherdaar and fined to something that we use to cover ! the bridge, the house and the boat are to anarkali kind of attires. So ourselves anymore, it has become a com- !& & ' be found including the beauty of the air 42'2') &3'$ I find them very stereo- fort, a statement and our very style.” &BP around them, and that is nothing less than typed in the modern 7! L2 '' ' ' %

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each one of us, irrespective of caste, creed, colour, sex or religion. Everyone wants unlimited or infinite happiness and peace and that supreme reality is within each one of us. The external sense objects bring only temporary happiness which does not last long. For infinite and everlasting happiness, joy, peace and bliss, we have to search within. Most of us are like the Himalayan Swami Nikhileswarananda musk deer which kept searching for the source of the musk fragrance it was getting veryone wishes to have happiness and and it kept running round and round Epeace. It is surprising that in so many getting dog tired and dying, without countries where I visit to lecture, this is the realising that the musk smell originated most wanted topic though these countries from its own navel. In the same way, we are have all the so-called material to be happy. unaware of the hidden happiness within us. They have beautiful landscapes with Sri Ramakrishna said that your human mountains, lakes, beaches and greenery all birth is in vain if you do not realise God. around with excellent roads, trains and air God, divinity, reality, happiness, peace, joy connections. Outwardly people look very or bliss resides in everybody's heart and we happy but when you start talking to them, have to manifest the same. Some of the you find that they do not have peace of devotees of Sri Ramakrishna asked him as mind. Even at the age of 40 years, they do to how they could believe this statement. not want to get married as the cost of To this, he gave a simple practical divorce is more than the cost of marriage. demonstration. He asked the devotees Since divorces take place in a couple of whether they could see him, to which they years after marriage, they are afraid to burn said "yes". Then he covered himself with a their fingers by getting married. blanket and asked them the same question In Germany, I was talking to a Gujarati and they said "no". Then he asked, "Am I lady who was a widow. She said that there not here?" They said "yes". Then he asked were four members in her house - she again, "How do you know?" Then he went herself, her son, a German lady and their on to explain that just as the blanket was child, but the son and the German lady hiding him, the veil or screen of ignorance were not married to each other. keeps them unaware of the presence of Everywhere people are having problems God or divinity within them. For removing with no peace of mind. Earlier, we monks this veil of ignorance, Swami Vivekananda used to be invited to speak on Vedanta, said, "Each soul is potentially divine. The Indian ethos etc, but now everywhere we husband and wife sitting side by side, there inversely proportional to "M". why he was sleeping when he should be goal of human life is to manifest this are being requested to speak on 'stress has been no proper communication for the In a happiness survey carried out by fishing. The man said that as he got a good divinity within, by controlling nature management'. Elderly people everywhere last two months. That is the paradox of London School of Economics and World catch in the morning, his quota for the day internally and externally." For this, one has are under tension because they may be today. There is no proper communication Economic Forum a few years ago, it was was over. The consultant said that he to follow the four paths of Yoga - Karma, asked by their children to go to old age or relationship between husband or wife, discovered that the happiest country in the should go for fishing again, catch more Bhakti, Jnana and Raja. In Karma Yoga, the home any time. The middle aged men are parents and children, brother and sister world is Bangladesh, having very low per fish, make more money to buy a bigger path is through selfless action and service, stressed as they are apprehensive about loss and with in-laws and relatives. capita income, India was 5th, USA was boat and then a trawler to catch more and in Bhakti Yoga, love and devotion are the of their jobs and offer of Voluntary There are many books dealing with 45th and Russia was 65th. The so called more fish to make more and more money path chosen, in Jnana Yoga, reading of Retirement Scheme. Their wives are under these problems such as Final Exit, developed countries are not happy and the and then he would advise him to invest that scriptures and good books with positive stress because of the high cost of living, Complete Manual on How to Commit developing countries are happy. Some time money in very good schemes. The thoughts is the path whereas in Raja Yoga, managing the home within the limited Suicide, Suicide: A User's Manual etc, all on back, Oxford Dictionary included a new fisherman then asked him what he was it is mental mastery through Ashtanga budget, managing the husband, children how to commit suicide and have become word "Affluenza", which is the result of supposed to do after earning all that big Yoga. The more you practise the four and the in-laws. best sellers. Because of mental disorders acquiring more and more goods for money. To this the consultant said that he Yogas, the more you will become divine. Parents of children who are in Class and high rates of suicides, psychiatrists are comfort, creating more and more tension could then rest and relax. The fisherman You can remain in this world and still XII are under further tension to such an in great demand in the western countries and lack of peace of mind. In USA, they then retorted that he was already sleeping practise these Yogas with a detached extent that in Rajkot, we had to organise a and Japan. Japan overtook USA in formed Affluenza Resistance Society to and relaxing and it was the consultant who attachment. Sri Ramakrishna very aptly retreat on how to overcome the stress of economic development some years ago. protect their children from falling prey to had disturbed his sleep. The moral of the put it by saying that you should live the life Class XII science examination. I remember But a study showed that 42 per cent of this syndrome. These parents take their story is obvious - the aim of life is to have of a maid servant who was hired by a rich, meeting a very small girl once who told me Japanese executives over 44 years suffer children to villages to show the living happiness and peace. Vedanta says that fat lady in the city for looking after her son that she was under tension because she from mental disorders. The executive with conditions of the poor to create awareness instead of searching for peace outside, you Hari. The maid kept looking after Hari stood first class first in junior KG and now his hard work, increases productivity of his among their children and cut down on should look for infinite joy and peace with full sincerity and devotion, giving him in senior KG her mother wanted her to company, but when he returns home after their pocket expenses and wasteful which is already within you. Sant Kabir bath and feeding him regularly. Though repeat the same accomplishment. Thus two months, finds his wife has eloped with spending. In India too, the dowry custom also said that fools search for happiness and she was attached to the child, she knew that tension is everywhere at all levels. With the someone and the children have become has resulted in the prospective peace outside, instead of searching within. this Hari is not her own, her own Hari lived advancements in technology, physical drug addicts and he becomes a psychiatric bridegrooms getting literally auctioned. You should look for consciousness behind in her remote village. She was seeing her distances have been reduced due to fast case. "To Have or To Be", a book by Erich Money is no doubt important for the consciousness, that is, own son through the rich lady's son. One planes and air connections. Fromm, says man has himself become a happiness and to enjoy life, but money superconsciousness. We are like fish out of day when the maid was fired by the rich Communication is instantaneous now commodity because of mass consumerism. cannot buy happiness. The purpose of water. The very nature of fish is to remain lady for breaking a precious crockery item, because of e-mail, mobile phone, STD and The popular equation states that "H" is earning money is to enjoy the comforts in water and it is restless outside water. the maid simply packed up her belongings ISD connectivity, all through satellite proportional to "M", where "H" is that money can buy. But presently money Similarly, our very nature is and walked away without any bitterness, as technology. The husband and wife sitting happiness and "M" is money. The three enjoys us in many instances by which we "Satchitananda" --infinite truth or she was never attached to the house, the side by side on the sofa set in their drawing countries with the highest per capita have become slaves of money. knowledge, infinite consciousness or lady or her son. She could easily pick up room can chat with their children income are USA, Japan and Sweden. The In this context, I am reminded of the existence and infinite bliss or another job. thousands of miles away in USA, Canada same three countries have the highest rates story of a fisherman who was sleeping in enlightenment. If we have not realised that, To be continued… or Australia on phone with clear voices and of suicides and psychological problems, his boat at noon. A consultant came we are restless like the fish out of water. (The writer is a head, Ramakrishna Ashram no disturbance. But between the same making the equation now as "H" is around, woke up the man and asked him Eternal or supreme reality is present within based in Rajkot.)

to have the power of destruction when it opens. Likewise, in many other cultures, we have such superhuman characters Similarities between with immense power which, if provoked or not appropriately treated or becomes agitated, can cause tremendous harm and destruction in nature, which can be disastrous for human beings. It is our collec- Religious & tive imagination, collective consciousness, and collective intelligence that always consider the positive and negative aspects and their effects on human beings for any deed or development by human beings. Dr Mahesh Bhatt Scientific Thinking This collective thought process keeps on working and evaluating on every aspect of t is energy that is playing a significant dence of the exis- sophistication of human life, human intelligence, human Irole in the context of every living or tence of life in the weapons of mass consciousness, and human imagination, be non-living object of the universe. The universe, but con- destruction, it scientific, social, religious, cultural, theories of science have delved into the sidering the vast- challenges of political or personal. formation of atoms and inside the ness of our uni- advances in sci- Here we can see the similarities atoms: the protons, neutrons, and elec- verse we realise ence like artifi- between scientific thinking and religious trons. Everything we see today is consid- that till now we cial intelligence, thinking because both have a process of ered the product of an event that the sci- have been able to problems of change; both are the products of the entists call the Big Bang, which occurred explore only a tiny modern bio- same thought process; both have their billions and billions of years ago. All mat- part of it. Maybe medical origins in the human quest to explore the ter has its history that dates back to this in the near future researches, envi- mysteries of nature. Several great scien- Big Bang. Our universe is continuously or a few centuries ronmental pol- tists, from Aristotle to Einstein, have expanding since then. Theoretical physi- down the line, we lution, global spoken about the importance of spiritu- cists proved a number of these theories humans will warming and so ality and spiritual thinking in different related to the Big Bang with different sci- acquire the ability on. All these areas of science and technology. One fas- entific and mathematical models creat- to explore it more complicated sci- cinating quote by Einstein elaborates on ed by them. and find some entific advance- the spirituality and religion in science Our whole universe has many such definitive clues ments may be and their connection to our thought miraculous happenings every moment. about the exis- potentially dis- process. He says, "Everyone who is seri- Several galaxies are being formed, and tence of life in astrous to ously involved in the pursuit of science several galaxies are converted into black some unknown humankind if becomes convinced that some spirit is holes, which are considered dense bod- corner of space or not used with manifested in the laws of universe one ies of energy and matter with so much the presence of human values. If that is vastly superior to that of man. In gravitational force that even light can- our imaginary an extremist ter- this way, the pursuit of science leads to not come out of it. In this whole universe "aliens". Till then, rorist group gets a religious feeling of the special sort, with innumerable galaxies and many we shall remain its hands on all which is surely quite different from the solar systems, till date, we don't know of busy making sci-fi these scientific religiosity of someone more naïve." He any other planet except the earth where movies and giving developments, mentioned about a kind of different reli- there is life. If we see it in that context, new heights to our or a dictatorial giosity once someone is involved deeply we can then imagine how precious life imaginations-just element acquires in science. That 'different kind' of reli- is and how complex nature is. like our ancestors such sophistica- giosity is spirituality. Carl Sagan, the Looking into the whole affair of our have reflected tion to address famous physicist of the modern era, once universe and its vastness, we can imag- their fantasies of its whims and said, "Science is not only compatible with ine that a predesigned process is going flying by creating fancies, they can spirituality; it is a profound source of on, continuous creation and destruction characters who cause much spirituality." When we think with our sci- is going on, the development of life on were able to fly. Now we have excellent to write on stones; now we are making more harm with a potential to end pre- entific knowledge, several areas of con- earth can be considered a tiny event in quality airplanes and very safe air trav- sci-fi movies. We have proved the col- sent human civilisation, if used with the ventional religiosity are replaced with the vastness of our universe. Still, there el. Thus, the collective human conscious- lective imaginations of our ancestors wrong intention by some groups of scientific facts, which ultimately helps in is a big question in front of science. Is ness and collective intelligence have cre- right, and thus our future generations people. So, we are also having this increasing space for spirituality and there any possibility of life anywhere else ated a collective human imagination. will prove us right. frightening aspect to our collective spiritual thinking. in the universe? We have incidental writ- Our collective imagination is reflected Though we have many positive fan- human imagination as well. ings and fiction based on aliens. We can in the creative writing, cinema, and art tasies about the future of humanity, at the In different cultures and religions, we (The writer is a surgeon, author, find their mention in many scriptures of of our times. It was as valid for the man same time, our collective human imag- already have several such mythological leg- researcher and public health activist different religions and cultures. Till in prehistoric times as it is for man in the ination also has many negativities as well. ends, like in Hinduism, Lord Shiva is said based in Dehradun) date, we don't have any definitive evi- modern era. In ancient times, we used These are frightening, such as the to have a third eye, and his third eye is said

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Rasmus Gemke of Denmark 9- Sindhu continued in the 21, 15-21 in the second round. same vein in the decider and $ 1'+/ incredible. He put together a minutes, while his winning Her latest result at the surged ahead 3-1 and then 8- great 200 fly from start to fin- margin was, remarkably, more BWF World Tour Super 750 4 before Ohori clinched four ichael Phelps paid trib- ish." than three seconds as Japan's tournament extended Sindhu’s Mute to Hungarian The 19-year-old Milak Daiya Seto finished a distant head-to-head record to 8-0 challenge of China’s Kai Xiang teenager Kristof Milak's sliced a whopping 0.78 sec- second and the South African over Ohori. Huang and Cheng Liu 15-21, "beautiful technique" after he onds off Phelps's previous Chad le Clos third. Sindhu will next face 21-11, 21-19 and set up a &! took down the American leg- world best, which was Le Clos, who famously fourth seeded Japanese Akane quarterfinal clash with second end's long-standing 200 achieved during the bodysuit beat Phelps in the 2012 Yamaguchi, to whom she lost seeded local combination of metres butterfly record at the era, after flirting with the London Olympic final, in the final of the Indonesia Takeshi Kamura and Keigo .1-.$23 held her nerves to pull off a began on a thunderous note, world championships in record for much of the past shrugged: "Kristof is in anoth- Open last week. Sonoda. stunning 21-18, 21-19 second snatching the first game from South Korea. season. er league -- he's a hell of a lot Sai Praneeth will face It was curtains for India in alvika Bansod's singles round win over the Thai in 38 two-time world junior champi- Phelps described Milak's "It happened because faster than all of us." Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto in the mixed doubles event as the Mcampaign at the minutes. on Kunlavut Vitidsarn only to time of one minute, 50.73 sec- there was a kid who wanted to Milak said he was "hon- the men’s singles last-eight pair of Satwiksairaj Badminton Asia Junior Malvika, however, failed to see the Thai storming back for onds in Gwangju as "incred- do it, who dreamed of doing oured" to break a world round. Rankireddy and Ashwini Championships ended in the repeat her heroics in her next an 18-21, 21-15, 21-8 win in 55 ible", although he admitted it, who figured out what it record held by Phelps, who he It was good news for India Ponnappa lost 16-21, 17-21 to third round but not before girls' singles match a few hours minutes. his astonishment was tinged would take to do it," said had worshipped growing up in the men’s doubles event as fourth seeds Dechapol causing a huge upset at Suzhou, later and went down 14-21, 8- Unnati Bisht was another with sadness at losing a world Phelps, who had a special and watched videos of to pol- the pair of Satwiksairaj Puavaranukkroh and Sapsiree China, on Thursday. 21 to China's Tan Ning. Indian to reach the third round record which had stood since fondness for the 200m fly. ish his technique. Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Taerattanachai of Thailand in Bansod, ranked 83rd in the In the boys' singles, in girls' singles following a 21- 2009. "(He) worked on his tech- "I wasn't expecting to made it to the quarterfinals the second round. world junior rankings, faced Maisnam Meiraba also had to 6, 21-10 victory over Hong "As frustrated as I am to nique until it was beautiful break the record," he admit- after emerging victorious in a In the match between world No 1 junior player bite the dust in the second Kong's NG Tin Yan. The see that record go down, I and put in the really, really ted. "But if you put in the hard tough three-game second Sindhu and Ohori, the Rio Phittayaporn Chaiwan, who round after being the best-per- Indian's campaign, however, couldn't be happier to see how hard work that it takes to do work, good things happen round affair in 53 minutes. Olympics Silver medallist even holds a ranking of 59 in forming Indian over the last was cut short 21-8, 21-13 in he did it," Phelps told the New it -- my hat's off to him." and I was ready. I just tried to The Indian pair came from Indian shuttler was slow to get the senior category. That could few days at this tournament. that round by the fifth seed York Times. Milak became the first block everything out and find a game down to quell the off the blocks as the local girl not deter the young Indian who The junior world No 14 Benyapa Aimsaard of Thailand. "That kid's last 100 was swimmer to go under 1:51 a good rhythm." O ! 2 % !

After wholesale changes from both sides — $ 274).2.3& Solskjaer swapped out all 11 starters at the break — Spurs had looked the more dangerous, before pare a thought for Sebastian Vettel this week- the 18-year-old Londoner Gomes struck. Send as he and Ferrari hope to push Lewis Victory makes it four wins from four pre-sea- Hamilton and Mercedes out of the spotlight and son games for United. off the top of the podium at their home German The Norwegian Solskjaer, under pressure to Grand Prix. prove that he is the man to take United back into Four-time champion Vettel will be seeking to the Champions League, named a strong side that end a miserable "nightmare" year since he included wantaway midfielder Paul Pogba and crashed out of the lead at last year's German con- new signings Daniel James and Aaron Wan- test and, in the process, handed a remarkable vic- Bissaka. tory and the impetus in the title race to his British Counterpart Mauricio Pochettino fielded a rival. more experimental team, but started the England Vettel has won only once, in Belgium last year, international duo of Dele Alli and Harry Kane, since that embarrassment. along with new man Tanguy Ndombele. 9 ! : Five-time world champion and current series United nearly took the lead on just four min- leader Hamilton has not looked back since and utes when Martial fired across stand-in goalkeep- leads this year's championship by 39 points, ahead er Paulo Gazzaniga, but his powerful effort struck 7 of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. the post. Vettel, who was born at nearby Heppenheim, Martial, whose United career has threatened .1-.$23 Under rules, all perfor- has endured a run of mistakes and disappoint- to peter out at times, made no mistake on 21 min- mances must be achieved dur- ments that have thrown his future into doubt and utes when he rifled the ball under Gazzaniga from tar javelin thrower Neeraj ing competitions organised or left him languishing in pursuit. the Italian sports media as being ready to replace close range. United were incensed when Moussa SChopra on Thursday said he authorised by the IAAF, its Area On top of that, Hamilton is seeking his fifth him as the team's outright number one driver. Sissoko left the sprightly winger James in a heap would consider participating in Associations or its National German triumph this weekend as Mercedes cel- The 21-year-old Monegasque already has by the corner flag, suspecting a stamp by the Spurs the World Championships later Federations and conducted in ebrate their 200th start as a constructor and his more poles, podiums and fastest laps than his midfielder. this year after it emerged that he conformity with IAAF Rules. fourth at Hockenheim, where the luckless Vettel senior partner this season and appears to have Tottenham captain Kane angrily waded in has qualified for the showpiece Neeraj, who is recuperating has never won. eradicated his own errors, albeit that he is still wait- $ 2'2'3 and there was a scuffle, with Gazzaniga leaving event. after a surgery on his right His sole German victory came at the ing for his maiden F1 victory. his goal to join in and several United players also Earlier, there was a confu- elbow (throwing arm) in May, Nurburgring in 2013, a year after Ferrari's last tri- A special occasion for the 'Scarlet Scuderia' eenager Angel Gomes squeezed in the win- involved. sion on whether Neeraj has said he was contemplating skip- umph on German soil when Fernando Alonso may not be expected, but should not be ruled out Tner 10 minutes from time as Manchester Andreas Pereira, a combative midfield pres- qualified for the September 27 ping the World Championships won at Hockenheim in 2012 -- statistics that Vettel, on the weekend that Mercedes will run in a spe- United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in an occa- ence for United, was next to be booked after he to October 6 event in Doha with thinking that he has not quali- a keen student of his sport, will not enjoy being cial livery to make 125 years of motorsport at their sionally bad-tempered friendly on Thursday in cut down Kane. Young Spurs defender Japhet officials having no clarity that fied for it but he may change his reminded of as he bids to claim Ferrari's first win home race where they are also title sponsors. Shanghai. Tanganga was yellow-carded too. Indian's 83.90m mark during mind if he made the cut. since last year's United States Grand Prix. Team boss Toto Wolff warned that Mercedes' French striker Anthony Martial put Ole Spurs, fresh from a 3-2 win over Juventus in the 68th All India Inter-Services "The last date of qualifica- "I know how it is and I know that we have to only defeat this year in 10 outings came in swel- Gunnar Solskjaer’s United ahead in the first half, Singapore on Sunday, brought South Korean for- Athletics Championships at tion for World Championships make up for last year," conceded Vettel. tering heat at the Austrian Grand Prix where before Spurs substitute Lucas Moura replied with ward Son Heung-min on at the break in place of Jalahalli (September 17-20) is September 6 and so I was "I am looking forward to racing at Verstappen banged wheels in passing Leclerc to a scrappy effort in the second. Kane. Brazil’s Moura also came on. would be considered for World thinking of not taking risk and Hockenheim -- the atmosphere is phenomenal seize victory while Bottas and Hamilton struggled Championships qualifications. try to qualify for the event. But there always and the crowd is great too. I hope with cooling problems. But it has now emerged that if I have already qualified then we can do something good for them." "High temperatures are forecast so we must the Services meet fulfils the cri- I can think of taking part in the Vettel has received support in his difficulties stay vigilant," said Wolff. P 3 teria to be considered for the World Championships since by from Hamilton who reeled off another mighty vic- "We must stay humble and work hard to World Championships purpos- that time (end of September) I tory, the 80th of his career, at the British Grand achieve the best possible result." es. The World Championships can be fit and can try for it," he Prix where the Ferrari driver crashed into the rear It is expected that Mercedes will introduce a $ 1'237 men's javelin throw qualification said from his training base in of Max Verstappen's Red Bull on another undis- new cooling system for their cars and ensure an mark is 83.00m and the quali- Karnataka. tinguished afternoon. < B enthralling three-team scrap for success with iverpool wrapped up their fying period is from September The 21-year-old Neeraj is But he needs more than sympathy now as the Ferrari and Red Bull also likely to be competitive. LUS tour with a 2-2 draw 7, 2018 to midnight on currently based at Inspire 21-race season reaches its half-way point and After seven wins in 10 races, however, it is dif- against Sporting CP as the September 6, 2019. Institute of Sports at Vijayanagar Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc is pushed by ficult to see beyond Hamilton. English Premier side failed to An AFI source confirmed in Karnataka after his surgery on win a game in their first trip that Neeraj has qualified for the May 2. abroad since being crowned World Championships from the "I did not know that I have European champs. Services meet though a final qualified for World Liverpool finished with decision on his participation will Championships. I was thinking /# no victories to show from be taken later. that if I have to participate I have their three-match stateside "Technically, Neeraj is qual- to qualify before September 6. ing offers from rival Premier tour but did manage to salvage ified by virtue of his perfor- That would have been difficult $ $7-7 League clubs, but he said the lure a tie against the reigning mance (at Services Meet). for me and a risk also to partic- of playing for Emery made up Portuguese champions at !6 / However, final selection rests ipate in a competition and try to rsenal announced the sea- his mind. Yankee Stadium in New York. with the selection committee of qualify," he added. Ason-long loan signing of "The coach was the turning Marcus Wendel tied the Fernandes right footed a players, including forwards the AFI," the AFI source told "If I have already qualified Real Madrid midfielder Dani point in terms of me joining this game at 2-2 in the 53rd seemingly harmless long shot Roberto Firmino, Mohamed PTI on the condition of for the World Championships, Ceballos on Thursday. massive club," Ceballos told minute on Wednesday with a that Liverpool goalkeeper Salah and Sadio Mane, who anonymity. I can take it easy for some time The 22-year-old Spain inter- Arsenal's official website. right footed shot from the Simon Mignolet mishandled were taking a break after com- The IAAF (international without exerting myself much national, who made 23 La Liga "He's a Spanish coach and he centre of the box to the bot- before it went into the net. peting in COPA America and athletics federation) listed and I feel I can get fit by the end appearances in the 2018/19 cam- knows me from my time at other tom right corner after being Divock Origi and African Cup of Nations. Neeraj's performance at the of September." paign, helped Spain's Under-21s clubs. I'm really happy to be able set up by midfield star Bruno Georginio Wijnaldum scored Goalkeeper Alisson also Services meet at the 91st posi- National record holder to European glory last month. to help Arsenal achieve our Fernandes. goals for the Reds who played decided not to make the trip. tion in the 2018 men's javelin Neeraj won the gold in "We're excited to see Dani objectives." Fernandes and Wendel all three exhibition contests in Liverpool will now head throw in all athletes' chart Commonwealth Games join us," Emery said. "He is a Ceballos is Arsenal's second also combined on the first iconic American sports home to Merseyside before (including repetitive perfor- (86.47m) and Asian Games talented player with big tech- signing of the summer, follow- goal of the game in the fourth venues. facing Napoli in Edinburgh mances), which would mean (88.06m) last year to emerge as nical ability, creativity and ing the arrival of 18-year-old minute for the 18-time Jurgen Klopp’s side was this weekend and then depart that the international body a true world class javelin throw- precision." Ceballos reported- forward Gabriel Martinelli from Portuguese champs. missing several of their top for a training camp in Evian. recognises it. er and Olympic medal prospect. ly had other options, includ- Ituano in Brazil. &( < $' # ##! ##

$ $7-7 7 !5 fifty. It was a fine effort by Leach, reland rocked England after & + playing his fifth Test but first on nightwatchman Jack Leach &+ - home soil. Ifell just short of what would And when Roy cut have been a remarkable Test hun- & & Thompson to the point fence, he dred as the visitors pressed for a completed a 47-ball fifty includ- shock victory at Lord's on & !( @/50 ing seven fours and a six. Thursday. &1 C& The bespectacled Leach England were 209 for five in should have been out for 72 B =A1 6 ' their second innings at tea on the + & 6& & when he edged Rankin, only for second day, a lead of just 87 runs. ! F & Wilson to drop the chance despite Leach made 92, his highest getting both hands to the ball. first-class score, after being sent Roy, however, was bowled .'3 ## /A266 (. in as a nightwatchman on for that score by a Thompson in- Wednesday. who survived a Murtagh maiden ducker. $ $7-7 ably the lowest of the low out of those,” That was more than the 85 all on Wednesday, played watchful- Leach had another reprieve said Vaughan after England came back out England, with Leach at num- ly straight. on 92 when he edged Murtagh ormer captain Michael Vaughan down to earth with a bump following ber 11, managed between them in And when fast bowler Boyd only for Adair, standing excep- Flabelled England an “embarrassment” their World Cup triumph at Lord’s 10 their first innings as veteran Rankin, the first cricketer since tionally close at second slip, to after they were dismissed for 85 before days earlier. Ireland seamer Tim Murtagh the Nawab of Pataudi in 1946 to drop the chance. lunch on the first day of their one-off Test The Ireland match is England’s last took 5-13 on his Middlesex home both play for and against England But two balls later a softer, against Ireland. Test before they attempt to regain the ground on Wednesday. in a Test match, dropped short, defensive, edge went straight to England won the toss yet were Ashes from Australia, starting on August Leach and Test debutant Leach cut him for four. Adair and this time he made no unable to cope with the early movement 1 at Edgbaston. Jason Roy, who made 72, put on Left-hander Rory Burns fell mistake. as Tim Murtagh took 5-13 at Lord’s, “England have so much talent, they 145 for the second wicket. for six when he pushed hard at Leach, who had been in sight where the seamer has long been a main- have got the game to be successful, but But from 171-1, England lost Rankin away from his body and of an achievement that eluded stay for county side Middlesex. you worry about the mentality of the four wickets for 23 runs as they edged a simple catch behind to batting greats Brian Lara, Ricky “When the ball does anything you team when it becomes tricky and the ball slumped to194-5 in what is wicketkeeper Gary Wilson. Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar — shut your eyes and hope England get moves around,” said Vaughan. Ireland's first Test against them a Test hundred at Lord's — through it,” Vaughan told Test Match “Unless they change their mentali- and just their third in total. walked slowly off to a standing Special. ty when playing the moving ball, there England resumed on their Roy, looking to make ovation after batting for 220 min- “There were some good balls but are going to be many more days like this overnight 0-0 after Ireland had England's problem position of utes and facing 162 balls, hitting there was also some timid play and poor over the coming weeks. made 207, featuring Andrew Test opener his own after starring 16 fours. strokes.” “You wouldn’t want to have third-day Balbirnie's 55. in their World Cup triumph, off- At 182-3, England were only “Let’s be honest, it’s an embarrass- Test tickets for the Ashes.” The one-off fixture was drove a four off paceman Mark 60 ahead and they then suffered ment — you’re at ‘the home of cricket’, But another former England captain, scheduled to last four days, rather Adair and hoisted off-spinner a self-inflicted wound when Joe in a Test against Ireland and you’re all out Alastair Cook, said all was not lost for than the standard five for a Test. Andy McBrine for six. Denly was run out after being sent for 85, there is no other word to describe Joe Root’s side against the Irish. Wednesday had seen England Leach went to 47 with a back by Root when the skipper it,” the former Yorkshire batsman added. “England are still in this game, bowled out in a single session for straight-driven four off Stuart was already two-thirds of the England have now lost all 10 wick- which is remarkable after getting bowled the fourth time since 2016 -- a Thompson before his edged way down the pitch. ets in a single session four times since out for 85 batting first. “They will have worrying sign ahead of an Ashes boundary through third man off And when Adair had Jonny 2016, having previously not done so since to bat very well now but anything over series that starts next week. the medium-pacer saw the Bairstow lbw for a duck, Ireland 1938. 160-170 will be incredibly hard for this Unexpected opener Leach, (! 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The BCCI doesn’t “The BCCI stands to gain if 686Q ! ! % official jerseys from September tion and learning app BYJU’S as a five-year period after outbid- stand to lose any money as the there is a transfer of sponsorship. # with Chinese mobile manufac- the official Team India sponsor ding Vivo mobiles’ 768 crore new company will pay exactly The two parties in question will 3 6R ' turer Oppo transferring the from 5th September, 2019 until mates will wear the jersey with bid. what the old one is paying. have to pay an extra 10 percent #3 C8 D ' sponsorship rights to online 31st March, 2022,” it added. the new brand name from the As per the deal, Oppo was “The BCCI has a clause (between them) and also give a % + CD ) CND tutorial firm Byju’s, the BCCI The deal between the BCCI upcoming home season, begin- paying BCCI 4.61 crore per which allows transfer of sponsor- notice of six months,” the official ' CQSD > CS8D# 7 * announced on Thursday. and Oppo, which was inked in ning with a series against South bilateral match and 1.56 crore ship. Since there is a secrecy said. % * ; “BYJU’S will be taking over 2017 for a five-year period, was Africa from September 15. for an ICC event game. clause, the financial dealings In its statement, the BCCI . / # all obligations of the current reportedly worth 1079 crore. A source said that the trans- “Any transfer of sponsor- can’t be spoken about,” said a did not disclose the financial team sponsor OPPO mobiles Virat Kohli and his team- fer is a “tripartite agreement” ship requires the interested par- BCCI official. aspect of the deal. $$ C Binghamton: ! ? * 8 ! ' ' &OP! * 4 # 3 % S 8 S NCD 8 S QQ /Q !*" ! ' $ 47$7&*7 develop ahead of the next ODI LJQ6S #. World Cup. 47$7&*7 % ! 6SN eteran Sri Lankan star Lasith “The young players need to VMalinga said on Thursday believe that they can deliver. They iroshan Dickwella and 3# 2 % that he is “very happy” to make need to be dedicated and develop NDanushka Gunathilaka 4 4 way for younger players as he calls to a level that they can decide for are among the five players 3 # time on his illustrious 15-year themselves when they go to the who have been dropped from career in the 50-over format. middle,” Malinga said. the 22-member Sri Lanka Malinga will play his final Malinga has his sights on squad initially picked for the Nagpur: 2 - one-day international in Colombo next year’s T20 World Cup in three-match ODI series 864 % 4 today in the first of three ODIs Australia, and Sri Lanka’s cricket against Bangladesh starting 4! , against Bangladesh, but hopes to board confirmed he would be today. ,% / continue playing in the shorter T20 available for selection for the T20 Amila Aponso, Lakshan % # format. squad. Sandakan and Lahiru % “I am very happy to leave at Malinga is leaving as Sri Madusanka are the other # T, , % this time. This is an opportunity Lanka’s third-highest wicket-taker three players who failed to / ! for new players to prove them- in ODI cricket with 335 wickets find a spot in the final 17- % % T - selves and prepare for the next in 219 innings so far since his first member squad for the ODI ? # T3 World Cup,” Malinga, 35, told ODI against the United Arab series. Meanwhile, Shehan % 3 reporters on Thursday at the team’s Emirates in 2014. Jayasuriya, Wanindu "! % % % #1 final training session. Only Muttiah Muralitharan Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya, % ! ! “We may have had some set- (523) and Chaminda Vaas (399) Lahiru Kumara and Dasun Avishka Fernando, Kusal , % T # backs, but we have the capability have taken more wickets than Shanaka have all been includ- Mendis, Angelo Mathews, to win another World Cup,” he Malinga in ODIs for Sri Lanka. ed in the squad. Lahiru Thirimane, Shehan < B $ added, pointing to Sri Lanka’s He was Sri Lanka’s highest After the first match of the Jayasuriya, Dhananjaya de New Delhi: 1 4 * success at the 1996 World Cup and wicket-taker at the World Cup, series Dasun Shanaka will Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, * CJS! D 2014 T20 World Cup. claiming 13 scalps in seven take Malinga’s place for the Akila Dananjaya, Lasith , I 4 % Malinga — known for his innings. remaining two matches which Malinga (1st ODI), Nuwan $% * , trademark blond-highlighted mop Malinga retired from Test will be played on July 28 and Pradeep, Lahiru Kumara, % ? # and piercings — called on cricket cricket in 2011 but continued to 31. Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, * 3I administrators to be patient with remain available in other for- Sri Lanka squad: Dimuth Kasun Rajitha, Dasun 86N 2% up-and-coming stars and let them &# !P 6 mats. Karunaratne (c), Kusal Perera, Shanaka (2nd and 3rd ODI). ' I1 ) ! 1 # I % + 7 ) I ) 2 ? 2 $ / $ FA %% % # &4& ) $ 1'237 lievable, pretty much flaw- Atlanta Open quarterfinal $ <-.< regional footprint and a J6! less, hit some great shots,” clash here. stronger finals format % # merican Reilly Opelka Opelka said. Sharan and Erlich came ustralia’s Twenty20 Big which will give fans the $ < 4 Aupset John Isner with a “It’s so hard to play three from behind to beat Miomir ABash League unveiled best opportunity to experi- 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5) tie-breaks with him because Kecmanovic and Robert a new-look finals series ence the BBL,” said BBL Lahore: ,! 4 ! * victory in the second round there’s just so much pressure, Lindstedt 2-6, 6-3, 13-11 in and a shorter season on head of leagues Alistair ! of the Atlanta Open here. there’s so much stress for the first round of the ATP Thursday following fan Dobson. 4 ! ' ' 8 I The loss on Wednesday three hours straight. It’s 250 event. feedback. “The finals format has I #' ,4* by the tournament's top seed tough. I’m thrilled to get The Bryans, who have The ninth year of the been set to make it the best gave Isner his earliest exit at through.” won more than 100 ATP domestic competition, possible end to the season, /6S /6U # ' this event in 10 appearances. Isner was the two-time doubles titles together, oust- starting on December 17, rewarding the top two ! The 21-year-old Opelka defending champion and ed fellow American wild will again see the eight teams with a double chance ,4*4 . &# saved three break points had reached the Atlanta final card pair of Christopher franchises playing 56 reg- and giving the winner % ,4* & while serving at 4-5 in the in nine of his 10 appear- Eubanks and Donald Young ular season games, but they hosting rights of The - 1) I third set, including two con- ances. 6-4, 6-2 in their opener. will be condensed into 42 Final,” he added. I I 1 '! secutively from 15/40 as he “It’s his tournament. It In the bottom half of the days with more double- “At the same time, it’s a &% 2? / & served his way out of trou- always will be. Definitely a draw, veteran Leander Paes headers. more challenging and V! ) C- 3 4 ! ble. tough guy to beat in Atlanta,” and his partner Marius Copil Five teams will now 3 A %% E entertaining prospect for 4 D & C- The unseeded Opelka Opelka said. made a first-round exit fol- be involved in the finals fourth and fifth to go on ' D 2 C- also defeated Isner at the lowing a close 6-7(2), 4-6 with a new system that ner facing the third-placed It will culminate with and win the competition.” Australian Open and at the $ < defeat to British-American gives a double-chance for team in “The Knock-Out”. “The Final” between the Aaron Finch’s - 4 ! D# 7 ,4* < 3 2? &! 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