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54567$ it up saying “enough is enough”. The Bench is racing against he Supreme Court on time since the verdict has to be TWednesday wrapped up delivered before Justice Gogoi the 40-day hearing in the demits office on November 17. decades-old temple-mosque It also granted three days to dispute in Ayodhya — the sec- contesting parties to file writ- / 54567$ foreign and Indian authors to Ranjan Gogoi at this point told ond longest proceedings in its ten notes on ‘moulding of buttress claims that the central Dhavan, “You can shred it history — and reserved its relief’ or narrowing down the he Supreme Court on dome of the now demolished further, Mr Dhavan.” verdict in the politically sensi- issues on which the court is TWednesday witnessed a structure was the birthplace of After Dhawan did so, the tive case that is expected in a required to adjudicate. dramatic scenes as infuriated deity “Ram Lalla”. exasperated CJI commented, month’s time. The hearing was marked Rajeev Dhawan, lawyer for Dhavan said such docu- “If these are the kind of argu- The concluding day of the by heated exchanges between Sunni Wakf Board and other ments (maps) cannot be relied ments going on, then, we can marathon hearing during the lawyers of the Hindu and Muslim parties in the Ayodhya upon in the matter now as the just get up and walk out.” which Chief Justice Ranjan Muslim sides and midway the title case, tore up the pictorial issue of location of “janm- The drama did not end Gogoi heading a 5-judge issue of settling the dispute map provided by a Hindu sthan” was discussed by the there and during the hearing in Constitution bench observed through mediation once again party purportedly showing the Allahabad High Court on the post lunch session, Dhavan “enough is enough” was cropped up. exact birthplace of Lord Ram other documents. again referred to the pre-lunch marked by high drama when The first mediation bid on the concluding day of the When he vigorously raised incident and said that “outside Rajeev Dhawan, a senior coun- failed to find an amicable res- marathon hearing. objections to the reliance on the court, it has become viral”. sel for the Muslim parties, tore olution leading to the com- As the news of tearing of the pictorial map, which is also “The news that has a pictorial map provided by mencement of day-to-day pictorial map spread like wild- part of the book “Ayodhya become viral is that I on my Hindu Mahasabha purported- hearing from August 6. Later, fire on social media, Dhavan Revisited” by former Bihar own tore the papers,” he said. ly showing the exact birth the panel, which told the court during the post- cadre IPS officer Kishore Dhavan said he had asked place of Lord Ram in Ayodhya ! # $ %&' comprised FMI Kallifulla, a lunch session, “The incident is Kunal, Singh said he will not and sought the permission of in Uttar Pradesh. former apex court judge, Sri Sri going viral.” press the pictorial map to be the Bench whether those The high voltage hearing in during which the proceedings 38 days in the top court which schedules for hearing more Ravi Shankar, founder of Art of Dhavan took strong objec- taken on record. Following papers can be thrown and the the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri for propounding the doctrine of came into existence in 1950. than once and the arguments, Living Foundation and tion to senior advocate Vikas this, Dhawan was seen tearing reply from the CJI was “if it is Masjid dispute involving 2.77 basic structure of the The Bench, also compris- which were first fixed to be Sriram Panchu, an Singh, appearing for a faction the pictorial map to the utter irrelevant, you can tear it”. acres of land is the second Constitution continued for 68 ing SA Bobde, DY concluded by October 18, was acclaimed mediator, was of All India Hindu Mahasabha shock of the lawyers and visi- “The CJI said I could shred longest after the landmark days. The hearing on the valid- Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan advanced to October 17, but on allowed to continue mediation (AIHM), relying on the site tors in the packed courtroom. the papers and I just followed Keshvanand Bharti case in 1973 ity of Aadhaar scheme lasted for and SA Nazeer, came out with Wednesday, it decided to wrap proceedings. map and books written by Chief Justice of India the order," Dhavan said. Q R "# $ ! %&'&( ,, -R ! !" # *79* 53< ,9++,. P isturbed over the hooli- !""#$ otwithstanding the pend- "( $ %)*+, Dganism by some Army job #%&'()& $ Ning contempt case in the aspirants, who had come to ( &'' Full Bench of the High Court P#. %/*0 1. %%0) attend the recruitment drive at ( with regard to the frequent the 120 Infantry Battalion here, &) strikes by the lawyers in the *79* 53< camps, respectively. the Commissionerate Police * +( # State, members of the Orissa In district-wise, Cuttack on Wednesday requested the ( )) High Court Bar Association s many as 12,325 units of contributed highest 1,534 units Army authorities and the State $* (OHCBA) on Wednesday Ablood were collected under followed by Mayurbhanj 1,239 Government not to hold such *79* 53< 250 and additional building unanimously decided to abstain the BJD’s Jeevan Bindu pro- units and Ganjam 1,195 units camps in the heart of the city. for 100 beds will also be con- +&'+ ( from court activities till gramme organised at 77 places on the day. Commissioner of Police ased on the second set of structed at the DHH. , Monday next. across the State to mark the As many as 372 persons (CP) Sudhansu Sarangi urged Bvisit reports of the Mo Similarly, the bed strength The lawyers are protesting 74th birthday of party supremo donated blood voluntarily at that such camps should be Sarkar teams to six districts, at the Kalahandi district hos- - ( against the selection of a New " # and Chief Minister Naveen the Jeevan Bindu camp held at held in rural areas or city out- Chief Minister Naveen pital would also be increased ( . Delhi-based Odia advocate as a $ Patnaik on Wednesday. the BJD head office here where skirts. Patnaik on Wednesday by 100 for which a new build- ( judge of the High Court. #$ %& While the highest number the Chief Minister encouraged Sarangi said the number of announced setting up of a ing will be constructed. # According to sources, lawyers of 772 units were collected blood donors and distributed aspirants for the posts was medical college at the district This apart, ambulance and appearing in about half-a-dozen " #" from a blood donation camp certificates to them. quite high. The area around the headquarters hospital(DHH), Mahaprayana services would other lower courts and tri- ' held at Athagarh, second high- Youths, students and 120 Infantry Battalion is sen- Phulbani in Kandhamal dis- be added to the Rayagada * bunals in the city will also est of 616 units and third high- women came up and donated sitive from security point of trict and a slew of develop- and Nuapada DHHs, the CM +&'+ + boycott their respective courts High Court’s Full Bench. est of 511 units were collected blood at all centres. view due and prohibitory mental works in five other further said. / ( till Monday. A Press release issued by from Brahmapur and Rourkela Continued on page 4 orders have been clamped hospitals. For convenience of atten- The High Court’s Full the OHCBA on Wednesday there. “State Government’s dants, all DHHs to have rest ( Bench comprising all the 14 further said that the lawyers of Some unscrupulous ele- endeavour is to set up one sheds, he added. ( 0 (1 judges, which had earlier issued entire State would remain ments among the aspirants medical college in each of the In addition to this, 15 . O # notices to at least 68 Bar asso- absent from their respective resorted to antisocial activities erstwhile undivided districts. lakh would be sanctioned to ciations of the State, including courts on October 18. “A panel after failing in the tests. Three In that backdrop, a all Rogi Kalyan Samities from * the OHCBA, and the Odisha of senior lawyers will be formed aspirants were arrested by the Government medical college CMRF for patient welfare and State Bar Council on Tuesday in to deal with the contempt pro- Kharvel Nagar police for and hospital will be set up at innovations. ,,.% +3( connection with the contempt ceedings by the Full Bench of molestation at the Indira Phulbani. The number of beds The Mo Sarkar initiative case, is also scheduled to meet the High Court,” the release said. Gandhi Park and assaulting would be increased to 500 for would be expanded to five ( $4 again and hear the case on Besides, the general body of some locals who protested the aforesaid purpose and a more departments by ( Monday too. the OHCBA also decided that against the incident. composite campus will come December 1 and would cover Meanwhile, the OHCBA, a delegation of lawyers would Many aspirants from Uttar up,” said the Chief Minister. all departments by March 5 $ #+ the apex body of lawyers in the go to Bhubaneswar on Pradesh and Bihar were Besides this, a 200-bed next year, the CM informed. State, has convened a meeting Thursday to meet Law Minister involved in violence and hooli- hospital would be set up in Besides, 10 lakh would 3( #+ of the executive bodies of the Pratap Jena and apprise him ganism at the Boudh district headquarters. be provided for promotion of $4 ( entire 68 Bar associations on about the ongoing develop- Bhubaneswar railway station Land would be handed over to blood donation activities in October 18 here to discuss ments arising due to vacant on Wednesday. The RPF and the authorities soon. Nuapada, Rayagada, + ( about the contempt case that positions of judges in the High GRP had a tough time in In Nayagarh, the bed Kalahandi, Kandhamal and . . # was suo motu taken up by the Court. restoring normalcy. strength would be increased to Boudh districts. !
bronze plates weighing 1,700 know it today, was built by strategic perch as controlling it tonne, the statue overlooks the Mehmud “Begadha” in the meant controlling the plains to equally impressive Sardar mid-15th century. It was sacked the east leading to the pros- Sarovar Dam and the reservoir by Mughal Emperor Humayun perous Malwa region. There are behind. The dam, which was after his defeat by Sher Shah several buildings built on the highly controversial, is the sec- Suri. Pavagadh hill that date back to $36*4 the Grey List by the Paris-based ond largest cement dam in the The hill of Pavagadh that the 1400s and it is topped with watchdog in June last year and world and has the world’s third overlooks the city is the only an ancient Kali Mandir, which he Financial Action Task was given a plan of action to largest reservoir behind it. Not major elevation for miles is believed to have existed since TForce (FATF) has decided, complete it by October 2019, or only does the reservoir water around and as such was a circa 600CE. in principle, to keep Pakistan in face the risk of being placed on uch of Indian historical the parched lands of Gujarat, its Grey List till February 2020, the black list with Iran and Mheritage is biased towards Madhya Pradesh and directing Islamabad to take North Korea. the Gangetic plains but, as Rajasthan, it also generates extra measures for complete If Pakistan continues in the Champaner proves, there is 1,450 megawatts of clean elimination of terror financing Grey List, it would be very dif- much to see in parts of India energy. and money laundering, accord- ficult for the country to get you don’t expect to find much After the flag-off, The ing to reports on Wednesday. financial aid from the IMF, the history at. This is an ancient Pioneer team was joined by A formal announcement World Bank and the European land and there is something at Talish Ray, lawyer and history about the interim develop- Union, making its financial every corner which we will dis- buff, and travelled to the less- ments will be made on Friday, condition more precarious. cover during the third edition visited site of Champaner, the the last day of the FATF’s ses- Islamabad is obligated to report of Hyundai India’s “Great India 83 (9 8$ $ ;7( $ ; ( one-time capital of the Gujarat sion, the report said. its performance to the group Drive.” sultanate and before that of the The FATF will take a final every three months. Flagged off at the Statue of Gujarat has some of the most Minister who effectively Chavda empire and the Rajputs decision on Pakistan in However, Pakistan’s Unity near Vadodara by impressive historical sites in brought in the 550 disparate afterwards. Champaner is a February 2020. Finance Ministry spokesperson Hyundai India Managing India, which are usually off the princely states into the Union, fascinating site and is the only The FATF has gave respite Omar Hameed Khan rejected Director SS Kim, we intend to tourist trail but need to be is extremely impressive. Built surviving example of a pre- of four months to Pakistan to the reports of the country explore some of Gujarat’s exposed to the driving holiday over five years, between Mughal Islamic city. It was help her implement remaining remaining in the Grey List, say- impressive historical sites such circuit. October 2013 till its inaugura- recently added as a UNESCO recommendations of the task ing “it is not true and nothing as Champaner, Rani Ki Vav, the The Statue of Unity of tion in October 2018, it is the World Heritage Site. This less- force, Aaj TV reported. before October 18 (can be Modhera Sun Temple and the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, inde- tallest statue in the world at 192 visited site is preserved to per- Pakistan was placed on confirmed)” historic centre of Ahmedabad. pendent India’s first Home metres. Clad in over 6,500 fection and the city, as we ' 2/ !"#$ %
.# # * 3 435 ' /( * * ** / . / & ( $ $ view of that I have decided not to celebrate my birthday,” a CMO statement said quoting ,9++,. ./ P #$ #P the Chief Minister. 5 $ " $ # The Chief Minister urged ore than a week after the the well-wishers and party Mman who jumped into $%&,#+E+$ ( 3 397 *79* 53< *79* 53< “Happy birthday to CM workers to visit orphanages river Kathajodi in front of his ( - ( (( Naveen Patnaik. Many many and schools meant for disabled wife and minor son over fam- #4< 3 ( 5 + s was expected since weeks, rime Minister Narendra happy returns of the day, sir. children instead of coming to ily feud, his body was found in ( ( ( Aa disillusioned Damodar PModi and Union Ministers Mu Bhagaban nk pakhare wish him at Naveen Niwas. river Devi near Rahamba ( Rout resigned from the BJP on Dharmendra Pradhan and prathana karuchi apnk health “Not just my birthday, you under the Gobindpur police ( ( Wednesday. Pratap Chandra Saraning, bahuta bhala rahu,” tweeted should visit such places on all station in Cuttack district on #L+ ( ( “After conclusion of the among many noted persons, Dutee. your memorable days,” he Wednesday. The decomposed ( ( - ( M # general elections, my presence conveyed good wishes to Chief Sudarsan tweeted, “A very added. body of Debabrata Mohapatra, and involvement in party pro- Minister Naveen Patanik on his Happy Birthday to Hon'ble Patnaik also expressed his a resident of Karanja village $*8$ $ $ grammes and policy making 74th birthday on Wednesday. CM @Naveen_Odisha sir. May happiness for the blood under the Niali PS in Cuttack process are not being felt nec- The PM took to Twitter Lord Jagannath bless you with donation camps held by the district, was found on the essary,” Rout said in his resig- Arun Singh said Rout’s resig- and wrote in Odia which is good health and long life,” BJD under the ‘Jeevan banks of Devi in the morning, nation letter sent to BJP State nation would make no differ- translated as “Greetings to “This year, Cyclone Fani Bindu’ across the State on the said Cuttack SP (Rural) RB president Basanta Kumar ence to the party. Odisha’s CM Shri Naveen has caused a lot of damages. In day. Panigrahi. Mohapatra’s identi- Panda. Rout’s son Sambit Routray, Patnaik Ji on his birthday. May ty was ascertained after a Rout, who reiterated his who is the Paradip BJD MLA, he be blessed with a long and motorcycle registration cer- decision of retirement from said his father had made a mis- healthy life.” tificate book, driving licence, electoral politics, told reporters take by joining the BJP on the Pradhan and Sarangi also identity card, some cash and that he would consider return- eve of the last general elections. took to Twitter and conveyed other documents were recov- ing to the BJD if he is asked. Notably, Damodar Rout their wishes. ered from him. The identity Earlier, Rout had said, “No had been expelled from the “Good wishes to CM Shri card revealed that he worked as one from the BJP discussed BJD in September, last year for Navee Patnaik on his birthday. a data entry operator at Tata with me over the Bijepur allegedly making a series of Let Lord Jagannath give you Steel, Kalinganagar.On October $%&,#+E+3 (/ * HH bypoll. The number of party anti-party statements. He later long and health life,” wrote 9, Debabrata was passing over 0(. MLAs has increased from 10 to joined the BJP in March this Pradhan. the Kathajodi bridge by his +( #,6 4* 4 $ / 23 in the Assembly polls, fol- year before the elections and Sarangi tweeted, “Hearty motorcycle along with his wife ( ( ( lowing which my presence is miserably failed to win as the birthday wishes to Subhalaxmi and minor son . #3 (/ * 3 0 not necessary for them (BJP).” party candidate in the Naveenbabu. Let Lord when he stopped on the bridge # 4 4 / BJP national general sec- Balikuda-Erasama Assembly Jagannath make your path and parked his two-wheeler 3 ( 7 3 retary in charge of Odisha constituency flowery and give you long life.” before jumping into the river. 6 (. 3( 3 # $ .# '$ $ !"#! $ $"(" $ $% &(&)* ! $$ ) *3.> *79* 53< it is conceptualized by the PPP in available budgetary provi- *79* 53< $ unit. sions. disha's PPP management The proposal for devel- Principal Secretary ,9++,. emanding immediate pay- Ois a well-functioning sys- oping the PPP cell to the level Meena appraised that as on Dment of dues of Rs 30 *79* 53< tem in the entire country of an expert directorate under July 1, 2019 a total number of engue has claimed life of a crore on account of providing with its single window clear- the supervision of Principal 88 projects of worth 18,349 Dwoman who was under- health services under the Biju haos prevailed at the ance system and ground level Secretary Finance was dis- crore have been sanctioned going treatment at the SCB Swasthya Kalyan Yojana CBhubaneswar railway sta- facilitation for expeditious cussed in the meeting. under PPP mode. These pro- Medical College Hospital here. (BSKY), the State-sponsored tion on Tuesday night when commissioning of the pro- The Chief Secretary jects are mainly in urban The deceased, identified universal health coverage hundreds of Army job aspirants jects. directed to form a detail pro- development, transport, as Rama Barik (50) of scheme, the All-Odisha Private from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, their friends to board it. Some After failing to get the youth out Reviewing the perfor- posal in the matter and place industrial infrastructure, Sakhigopal in Puri district, Clinical Establishment Forum who had come to participate in of them also entered the lug- of the train, the cops resorted mance of the PPP Cell, Chief it for Government approval. health, education, roads, had been admitted to the has said that private hospitals the ongoing recruitment drive gage bogie of the train by to lathicharge.The train finally Secretary Asit Tripathy direct- It may be pertinent here to tourism, food supplies and Dengue ICU of the hospital on would stop providing health ser- at the 120 Infantry Battalion breaking open the lock. departed the station at around ed to make it more dynamic mention that as of now the consumer welfare and energy October 8. She died on vices until the money is not here, created ruckus trying to The express which usually 12.15 am. The police also and innovative. Tripathy fur- PPP cell has been operating in sectors. Tuesday, hospital sources said. released.In a letter to the State board the New Delhi-bound halts at the station for five min- detained a youth hailing from ther directed that the PPP unit Planning and Convergence Out of these 88 projects She had been diagnosed Government on Wednesday, Purushottam Express without utes left the station here by over Meerut on charges of entering should conceptualize and for- Department. Experts opine 57 projects worth 8,365 crore with dengue fever, thrombo- the forum alleged that despite reservations for their return. an hour delay due to the chaos. a luggage bogie of the train after mulate a shelf of projects for that bringing it under Finance have been completed and cytopenia and hepatopathy, drawing the authorities’ atten- The aspirants forcibly Since the unruly youth breaking it lock. Following the attracting more private sector department will help in better operationalized, 17 projects the sources added. tion, no steps have been taken entered the train that arrived at were in hundreds causing incident, security has been investment. integration of budgetary and worth 4,861 crore are under Another woman, Debaki to release the pending amount the station at 11.02 pm. Besides, inconvenience to on-board beefed up at the railway station The departments were extra budgetary sources for various stages of completion Behera of the Aul area in of the private hospitals for pro- after boarding, some of the passengers, the GRP and RPF to avoid such unpleasant situ- asked to provide necessary developmental projects. It will and 14 projects of worth Kendrapada district, had died viding healthcare services under youth pulled the chain five officials had a tough time to ation further and keep an eye technical support in formula- help in enhancing the number 5,123 crore are under of dengue at the hospital in the BSKY. The forum also times to stop the train to help take control over the situation. on unruly job aspirants. tion of the detail project after of projects and activities with- pipeline. August this year. demanded that the Government relax the norms for registration and ensure security for doctors and other staffs working at pri- 5$ $# $"$ ' ! * vate hospitals.“Many private health clinics have stopped pro- *79* 53< rant in eastern India where two I wanted that kind of service would be constructed at MLA would be built with all facilities, viding healthcare facilities in dif- indigenously developed robots, here in Bhubaneswar where $. Colony replacing the existing including a conference hall, a ferent districts including Puri, ow, robots will take orders ‘Champa’ and ‘Chameli’ are robots can be used in restau- quarters.Assembly Speaker Kalyan Mandap, a gym and a Khordha, Bhadrak and Nand serve food replacing engaged. rants,” said Robo Chef owner +22 $$ Surjya Narayan Patro said, “As morning walk path.Besides Baleswar. Why we would pro- the waiters at a ‘smart’ restau- One is amused as Champa Jeet Basha.“The robot restau- per the plan, some portion of this, the lobby of Legislative vide the services at cheaper rates rant here. and Chameli ask you in Odia rants in India are all imported *79* 53< MLA Colony will be demol- Assembly would also be reno- and that too when the dues are Two robots are in service of ‘Apana Mane Khusi Ta’ (Are from China. But we are com- ished and 7R quarters will be vated, Patro informed. Tender yet to be cleared. Until the customers at the ‘Robo Chef’ you happy?) after serving the pletely made in India restau- ue to the shortage of constructed in the area for for the purpose has been invit- Government fulfils the restaurant that opened at food.“Being inspired by the rant. The robots of the restau- DGovernment houses for 140 members. The multistoried ed.The move is to make the demands, we will stop provid- Infocity DLF Tower. It is services by robots in restau- rant are developed at a Jaipur- the newly-elected legislators building will come up at a cost Assembly complex most mod- ing health services,” said forum claimed to be the first restau- rants during my visit to the US, based startup,” he said. here, a multistoried building of 400 crore.”The quarters ern in the country, he added. secretary Indramani Jena. $* P P $ $ # $
nents no matter if the person is birthday even observed, let contact with the masses to ority to poverty alleviation by officer, was given charge to help es clear; and of course, than usual that to serve citizens the Prime Minister. So, she, alone celebrated when people, make out what ails them the trying to remove corruption him on every critical adminis- Karthikeyan makes sure the with dignity is their sole despite her extremely humble depending on his decisions most. As is popularly believed, from public agencies; generat- trative move. Karthikeyan is a noble wishes come true by con- responsibility. The State func- dress, loses heavily to Naveen for a good life, are suffering. the police and hospital func- ing maximum employment for quiet, composed, hardwork- stituting down the line, perfectly tionaries are getting to know on simplicity and simple Just a fortnight earlier on tionaries, expected to be polite the youth by attracting big ing guy with robust common- chosen bureaucratic teams that the perspective right that they behaviour. the 150th birth anniversary of and respectful to the people in players to invest in Odisha; sense. He took charge when the are skilled to deliver. are only mere servants to the Naveen turned 74 on yes- Mahatma Gandhi, Naveen distress, have been erring gross- arresting migration of the dis- rest of the world believed the Not surprisingly, when the people who are the masters and terday. The longest-serving launched the 'Mo Sarkar' ini- ly on behaviour front. The tressed farmers; and, above all, young boy would only burn out matter of good governance whose coffers give them liveli- chief minister of India, rou- tiative. The Chief Minister policeman and the doctor are empowering the masses by in months as Naveen is an came up, Naveen was keen to hood. tinely with a huge number of made personal phone calls to equally callous and cruel to ensuring good governance incredibly hard taskmaster. have someone in place who Thus, Naveen, for being the followers, could have a small people in Balangir, Sundargarh, people in urgent need of help. which means people get their What followed from thereon is understood his ways of life, his serving boss for a quarter cen- celebration of birthday. But, Malkangiri, Jajpur and So, Naveen first set down to entitlements without hitch or already history. Karthikeyan aspirations apart from his tury, has superb plans for giv- sensible that he is, Naveen Baripada to seek feedbacks on know what’s cooking around hassle. has been guiding the boss strong likes and dislikes. ing a much better quality of life made it clear before that he their experiences at these two locations at critical The reticent, gentleman strictly on the administration. Karthikeyan having worked to the distressed and the down- $ 8 would not have any birthday Government hospitals where times of need. He listened to Chief Minister is an exceed- Naveen is made aware of the with him as a close aide for trodden communities. He has celebration at all mainly healthcare services are expect- people’s experience of utter ingly intelligent person as his rules and norms by more than seven long years was also as much packages for aveen Patnaik is just class because the thousands of the ed to be given to all without woe from Nayagah, Ganjam, exposure to the wider world is Karthikeyan to take all critical chosen to be the good gover- making available ‘ease of doing Napart on every front when Fani-affected people had not fees or hassles. This unique Baleswar and Bhawanipatna immense and wisdom gathered political decisions. Such a phe- nance guy. business environments' for the compared with any other been out of distress as yet. exercise is looked upon as a by using high-tech communi- huge. He is not a foolish boss nomenon is very normal and The team led by him con- real daring entrepreneurs and famous politicians. He is Obviously, the good people most people-friendly initiative cation equipments, videocon- to meddle into the ground-level routine all across the civilised ceptualised the 5T approach; investors to set up establish- indeed the simplest among around him extolled the sanest which serious political leaders ferences to interact with the nitty-gritty. The commendable world of governance. So, and, thus, the Mo Sarkar ini- ments that will make money those known for their simple decision as divine. But the of the world are watching in masses face to face. This first- tactic he employs unfailingly is Karthikeyan has been made the tiative was launched on the aus- essentially by generating lifestyle. Naveen’s very dress, sycophants, quite big in num- awe. of-its-kind service made peo- delegating tasks to very thor- Secretary of the 5T wing which picious 150th birth anniversary employment for the youth. which hasn’t changed in ber, obviously sticking around Mo Sarkar is perhaps the ple feel enormously empow- oughly tested bureaucrats who is part of the Chief Minister's of Mahatma Gandhi only a Naveen keeps setting decades since he became a him for private gains, may most notable of all known ered and dignified. The latest are truly sincere, selfless and outfit. Most certainly, no other fortnight ago. The good gov- examples that are certain to high-level politician, makes have expressed sadness as if the good governance experiments report in hand says people of fast in delivering to the end- functionary would have fitted ernance team has been very inspire anyone keen on becom- him stand out so glaringly. heavens had come crashing across the developing world, Odisha are just revelling over users. After Pyari Mohapatra, the post better than this young effectively swooping in on the ing ruler. His simplicity, humil- Mamata Banerjee is the only down. typically in thickly-populated the event and are vastly at ease his the then principal advisor, 2000-batch IAS officer. Any State-run hospitals and police ity and, particularly, his silence one who sports ordinary qual- Naveen, though a very democratic regimes of the sec- for being sure their woes are to messed up on the power-shar- other officer would have stations where officials were over bitter criticism by detrac- ity sarees, Hawaii chappals and soft-spoken, quiet-loving gen- ond and the third world (sec- vanish soon and for good ing front by guile, Naveen got groped in dark trying to figure suspected to have been erring tors and opponents make him no cosmetic application at all. tleman, is very firm on princi- ond world comprising the because the trustworthy boss is wiser and picked his lieu- out tough taskmaster Naveen’s on duty for long. stand out as a unique political But she is frighteningly the- ples. He must have discarded communist block of Europe, taking stock personally to solve tenants himself after scrutinis- ways and aspirations. The Mo Sarkar initiative boss. No matter what the crit- atrical, noisy and crude in most of the flatterers when they though, has lost relevance since their problems. ing individual bureaucrats by There has been a great deal under the 5T programme is, of ics may say for saying sake, they public behaviour. She is hor- may have entered his home quite some time). Naveen is a very genuine putting them to rigorous tests. of murmur about Karthikeyan course, heralding the desired know pretty much the truth: rifically reactive to even healthy campus. He strongly believes a The Mo Sarkar initiative is human being with a big heart Quite a few fitted his design. running the show, which is transformation in Government Naveen is a compassionate criticism; she hurls hard-hitting people’s leader doesn’t make all about the chief political for the backward communities. One of them, V Karthikeyan only a perception not backed by offices. 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& , 3 435 . $*5 0 $. ring road will also be helpful "# era . In 1699, the first five com- in the expansion of the city to $ During his stay, his spiri- mitted men embraced Sikhism "$'"$ $ ( the other side of the river $' $ tual powers were witnessed by after Khalsa panth was formed Mahanadi. However, the delay then Gajapati and other Sevaks by the 10th Guru of Sikhism , "$ has now caused suspicion *$ of Lord Jagannath. Guru Gobind Singhji. about the implementation of *653< The testimonies which are Himmat Rai , born in Puri 3*69< is around 3.5 km. The Public the project. still standing tall in Puri are district on January 18 ,1661 , Works Department (PWD) When contacted, Sub- he local Sikh community as Bauli mutt and Mangu Mutt. who was among the first five , t has been more than two will execute the construction Divisional Officer (SDO), Twell as the president of While residing in Puri, close to Panj-Piare (five beloved) vol- Iyears since the two-lane work. PWD, Seikh Muftar, however, Baleswar Gurudwara the sea beach, Nanak Dev had unteered to sacrifice their lives Burla ring road was proposed As the Sambalpur said the tender for the con- Committee have submitted a asked his devotees to fetch in response to the call of the to strengthen connectivity to University, the VSS Institute of struction of the first phase $+%9+E* (, 3 3 ( 6* memorandum to Baleswar MP drinking water. When the Guru Gobind Singhji and Burla under the Sambalpur Medical work has already been .( . *( -3 and Union Minister Pratap devotees were in dilemma later on known as Bhai Municipal Corporation (SMC) Science and Research finalised but the project is yet +( J( Chandra Sarangi urging him to from where to bring sweet Himmat Singh. limits, but the proposal is yet (VIMSAR) and the Veer to begin due to land issue. #+ ( launch a superfast train water for their Guru, the latter “In view of above perpet- to make much headway. Surendra Sai University of Around 41.83 acres private ( #+ between Puri and Amritsar. asked them to dig the earth on ual bonds I urged the Minister The Burla ring road has Technology (VSSUT) are land will be affected by the ( ( Amar Singh Walia, a resi- which he was doing medita- to take initiative in this scared been proposed to connect located in Burla, the proposal project. #$ 6/ dent of Baleswar and president tion.Surprisingly, that place year and act on our demand. Chaunrpur area under the of ring road for Burla, which "Initially, the Government J(( ( ( of Baleswar Gurudwara, has delivered sweet water. The well This would be not only enrich- Sambalpur Municipal is better known as education had planned to purchase the 3 C # submitted a memorandum exists at Bauli Mutt, claimed ment of cultures between reli- Corporation (SMC) with hub of western Odisha, was land. urging the Minister for his Walia.Similarly , in a place gions and communities , the Ashok Niwas in Burla. widely welcomed by the resi- However, the people $P* *$ initiative in this front when the close to temple where Nanak train would boost tourism However, construction dents. The permanent campus refused to part with the land $+%9+E - 550th Birth anniversary of Dev was reciting hymns of prospects too of both States," work of the road from of the IIM, second campus of at the price fixed by the ( C / Guru Nanak Devji is celebrat- Lord Jagannath and doing bha- observed Walia. “This would Chaunrpur to Mundoghat has the Gangadhar Meher Government, delaying the pro- ed across the globe. jans along with devotees under- be a great help to devotees , been proposed to be con- University (GMU), the Sainik ject. However, we have written
He mentioned, “There is neath a peepal tree is known as tourists and other passengers structed in the first phase. School and the CRPF Group to theGovernment to acquire (( 3- an eternal bond between Mangu Mutt. Further , Walia of both States and en-routes,” While the total length of the Centre will be developed at the land. Rs 10.87 crore will be C 4 Sikhism and Jagannath culture said one among Odisha born he added, further adding the ring road will be around 14 Basantpur. needed for land acquisition. ( ( +( which has root since 16th cen- person , Himaat Rai found train from Puri should run via km, the length from The proposed ring road We will begin the work on 6 tury. Guru Nanak Devji has place among the first ‘Panch Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur, Chaunrpur to Mundoghat, will also provide better con- the project once the land * .( # travelled to Puri to have a dar- Paire’ which was formed by Bhadrak, Baleswar and which has been proposed to be nectivity to Basantpur. acquisition process completes," ( ( shan of Lord Jagannath in that 10th Guru, Gobind Singhji. Kharagpur. constructed in the first phase, This apart, the proposed he added. #4 6 O,-,' ! ! . *+ ,$-$. P( (#C / 9 ,
1 marriages. of municipal admin- $ Q$$* ( *, The AMOFOI organisa- istration. Also, the 5+ tion has been in existence since AMOFOI has been *79* 53< Department in the 2019-20 # $ December 10, 1980 and is saving the lives of Annual Budget. purely and frankly non-reli- “runaway” couples disha has been awarded as The Secretary said there is 2 gious, non-communal whose from honour killing. O“Top State” for promoting huge scope and potential of Fit +19E3 activities are not confined to Moreover AMO- sports in the recently-con- India that can be leveraged if D
the provisions of the Hindu FOI has never been cluded India Sports Summit. focus is given on the 70 per 4 !< " Marriage Act of 1955. mandated to nor has Sports and Youth Services cent of people living in villages. $ #7 *79* 53< Besides, opposing caste it ever asked to follow Secretary Vishal Dev received There needs to be inculca- 4 , system and promoting caste- the provisions of the the award at the national meet tion of the culture of sports (, he Freethought Party of less, priest-less love marriages, Hindu Marriage Act held to promote Fit India through a number of initiatives 6 !,,6" K TIndia (FPI) has expressed AMOFOI founder B of 1955 while it con- Movement.Receiving the in the rural areas, he said.While + , deep concern and shock at the Ramchandra CST Voltaire has ducts the marriage of award, Dev said Chief Minister Sundargarh district has pro- < show cause notice that the been campaigning for intro- runaway pair of Naveen Patnaik is promoting duced many national and inter- / ADM-cum-Additional duction of the mixed PR sys- lovers. So, where is sports in a big way with an aim national standard hockey play- O Registrar of Societies, tem of election of the the legitimate basis to turn Odisha as a global ers, rural zones of Ganjam / ( Bhubaneswar, has served on German model, to threaten AMOFOI sports hub. The State and Puri districts are known for #D the secretary of AMOFOI on establishment of prayerless of de-registering, Government is extending all weightlifting and wrestling, ( September 9, asking why the quality English medium asked Voltaire?. supports to make Bhubaneswar respectively.The Government organization should not be de- schools and family planning He urged Chief the sports capital of India. has planned to set up four registered as it has been vio- centres at the Gram Panchayat Secretary Asit Tripathy to inter- on the secretary of The Government has allo- sports centres in equal number $ # lating the Hindu Marriage Act level throughout rural India vene in the matter and see that AMOFOI is withdrawn in the cated 266.31 crore for the of cities to support budding , 5 $+ <( D of 1955 while conducting the and at the level of urban wards the show cause notice served earliest. Sports and Youth Services new sports talents. # &- ( 6 E 8* : $* C ( * 5 //+ ( 8 $ # "' '' *O L& $ , " *653< * %9: $$ minor girl was abducted by *653< Intelligence wing of Cuttack Atwo youths and gangraped and Jaleswar Excise in the Remuna area of district ven though the police have Department in Jaleswar area. *6 C$< *<79< on Tuesday night. Police arrest- Elaunched a massive drive During the search, brown sugar ed one of the accused in con- against drug trade and nabbed estimated to be worth around man was thrashed to death he Baidyanathpur police nection with the incident. some of the kingpins, the flow Rs 1 crore was seized from the Aallegedly by his relatives There arrested a woman on Reports said the girl was of the narcotics to Baleswar dis- possession of the over a land dispute at Katapali the charge of impersonating as returning home from a fair trict continues unabated. accused.Besides, the cops have village in Khaprakhol block of Central Electric Authority when Hemant Bindhani and In a glaring example, also seized a country made gun Balangir district on Wednesday. Chief and duping senior citi- Babul Barik kidnapped her. Excise Department personnel from the house of The dispute had been pre- zens of whopping 1.70 crore They forcibly dragged her to a on Wednesday seized about Pradhan. Sources said vailing between Panchanan on the promise of returning nearby forest where they one kg of brown sugar and Pradhan was running the drug Putel, the deceased, and his rel- double their amount in differ- allegedly raped her. arrested a person from the trade in Mill Badi area for a atives. On Wednesday at <>C4 accused persons in trans- ent pension schemes. On the basis of a complaint Mill Badi area of Station Bazaar long time. around 7 am, Panchanan’s rel- portation of contraband Ganja The woman was identified lodged by the father of the vic- under the atives attacked him with lath- he Guduri police arrested for pecuniary benefits. as Madhusmita Mohapatro tim at the Durga Devi police Jaleswar police is, killing him on the spot. Tfive persons in a ganja Also cash of 1 lakh was (27), a resident of the Ramba outpost, a case has been regis- station.The Being informed, police smuggling case and seized 224 seized from prime accused area. She was staying in a rent- tered. While the Remuna police arrestee was reached the village with a sci- kg of cannabis from their pos- Ganapati Patika which he was ed house at Ayodha Nagar. her from Cuttack on Tuesday. arrested Hemant, Babul is still identified as entific team and sniffer dogs session here. having for payments and to Madhusmita’s fraud came During investigation, the at large.“The medical exami- Sapan Kumar and started investigation into The accused were bringing bear the cost of transportation to the fore after one Tripura police got to know that nation of the girl was conduct- Pradhan. the incident. the contraband from of contraband ganja. Prasad Rath lodged a com- Madhusmita had taken 1.70 ed at the District Headquarters Acting on a On the other hand, two of Chandrapur area for trans- A Bolero Pick Up van bear- plaint with the police alleging crore from 16 senior citizens. Hospital on Wednesday. Efforts tipoff, a joint the accused, identified as portation to Bihar State. ing Regd No. OD-18-F 2263 that she had taken moneyh The accused has been for- are on to apprehend an accused, raid was carried Khyamanidhi and Prashant Accused Jitu Kadraka is an owned by Patika in which the from him to facilitate him get warded to court and further who has absconded. Further out by sleuths of Putel, surrendered before expert driver and on every ganja was transported was pension. The police conducted investigations are on said, Sadar investigation is underway,” a Central Excise police. occasion he renders service to seized. an investigation and arrested SDPO Bishnu Pati. police official said. 8$ P ! ; / %3( ) .'"$ # However, the matter got in the Joda block office. While < $" highlighted when Bilashini sat Sanjay Patnaik, MD and three on dharana what she has been other officers had attended the *74<. 3*69< continuing till today. meeting from the company In the meanwhile, not only side, Bilashini and her son especting the neigh- JP national general secre- Meenakshi Mahanta, MLA, joined it. Rbours, especially the Btary and Odisha-in-charge Champua , Chandrani Murmu, However, after the meeting, deprived people, and Arun Singh on Wednesday MP, Keonjhar, had given her both the parties were firm on helping the victims of claimed that his party candi- assurances that she will be their respective stand . injustice is the motto of date Sanat Gadtia would win given justice but also her prob- While the company is the Universal the Bijepur Assembly seat by a ,79 postmortem of the body with- lem has come to the notice of offering two jobs under con- Neighbourhood Day huge margin of votes in the out informing the next of the the President of India and the tractor, Bilashini is demanding celebration, said October 21 by-election. o solution came out in the kin of the deceased. National Human Right a permanent job. Similarly, founder of the day and “A grassroots level study Nmeeting held on Tuesday When the bereaved fami- Commission. The NHRC had while company is referring social activist has revealed that voters have in the chamber of Joda BDO to ly members raised the issue issued a direction to the Chief that there is no such provision Radhakanta Tripathy while cel- tence, the importance of neigh- decided to vote for Sanat sort out demand raised by one before the proper forum, the Secretary and Collector, in the company ,the com- ebrating the occasion at bours must be felt. The duties Gadtia since the Chief Minister Bilashini Karua, wife of then MD Ashok Pandit had Keonjhar to submit an action plainant is demanding that her Barikpur Chowk here on and responsibilities of each has betrayed the people of Mohanty Karua, a former tried to contain the situation by taken report on the issue. Last husband was a permanent Tuesday. and every one for neighbours Bijepur,” Singh told mediaper- cation problems continue as emlpoyee of Tata Sponge, who offering a company job to the time, Ashish Thakre, DM, employee This was the fourth con- should be performed in a judi- sons at Bargarh. usual in spite of theassurance has been sitting in dharna for son of the deceased . Keonjhar, during his visit to She further claimed that secutive year of the celebration cious manner, he added. MP Suresh Pujari and from the Chief Minister, he over 145 days in front of the Accordingly ,his son worked in Joda Municipality, had also while the company has given of the day under leadership of Residents of Naguan, party’s senior leader Bijay said. “There is Modi wave all main gate of the factory at the company but dispute start- assured Bilashini of solving jobs to the sons of other Tripathy and it has been appre- Todanga, Jalamandua, Mohapatra were present.He over the country and the same Bilaipada under Joda block. ed when Deepak, the benefi- her problem shortly. employees on the ground of ciated by the India Book of Nirgundi gram panchayats said though the Chief Minister also prevailsall over western Deceased Mohanty, a per- ciary, was thrown out of job Accordingly, Khirod being unfit due to sickness , Records. joined the celebration. Among made a lot of promises to the Odisha that made clean sweep manent employee of Tata after working for 3 years in the Kumar Behera, Tehsildar, then ,why her case will not be Tripathy, a Supreme Court others, lawyer Prabas Barik, peopleof the Bijepur con- for five MPs of theregion dur- Sponge, had died while on year 2009. Since then the Barbil, who is also in charge of considered.However, Tehsildar lawyer, said the aim of the cel- artist Kalandi Malik, educa- stituency, including Gangadhar ing the last general election. duty on August 4, 2006. It is bereaved family members are Joda BDO, had called a meet- Behera opined that the dispute ebration is to recognise and tionist Harekrushna Barik and Meher JalasechanPrakalpa, The will be repeated inthe alleged that the company trying to get justice but of no ing of both parties such as can be solved if either of two respect the neighbours. Surendra Gochchayat were pre- nothing tangible has been Bijepur Assembly constituen- authority had performed the result. MD,Tata Sponge and Bilashini would soften their stand. Wherever there is human exis- sent. achieved.The health and edu- cy,” Singh said. !"#$ % 2+
0 ! /0 $. & 1223 $( '' , and coal production from the C96 mine was stopped from second 5 shift on October 12. he public-sector Nalco Overburden removal of Thas shut down 80 elec- 3*69< about 30,000 tonne a day, 10,000 trolytic pots in the smelter tonne of coal production and plant here due to low genere- orkers of a private firm equal quantity of coal despatch tion of power from its Captive Wengaged in mining oper- to consumers, including Nalco, Power Plant (CPP) for acute ations resorted to stoppage of JITPL, JSPL, BSL and GMR, has shortage of coal. coal production at Kaniha and been affected at Balram OCP of Since the coal supply Lingaraj mines in Talcher MCL. Till now, 1,10,000 tonne position is not improving, in Coalfields on Wednesday while coal supply, around 40,000 tonne order to secure the safety of stoppage of operations by vil- coal production and more than pots, Nalco may be forced to lagers at Balram opencast project 1.9 lakh tonne of over burden further shut down up to 227 17,000 tonnes per day. At plant have been stopped. continued on seventh consecu- removal has been affected from electrolytic pots in phases, present, Nalco’s CPP is receiv- "Presently five units of tive day.Coal production of at Balram OCP.On Tuesday depending upon the power ing only around 8,000 – 9,000 total 10 of CPP, each of 120 least 16,800 tonne a day at evening, villagers of Bhalugadia Deokupuli Chowk under the gram panchayat office and to generation in CPP, matching tonnes per day and there is a MW capacity, are shutdown Lingaraj OCP and about 18,000 near Hingula OCP mine stopped Muniguda police station. Later, stop killing Maoist revolution- with coal receipt. shortfall of around 7,000 – and further shutdown of pots tonne a day at Kaniha OCP has mining operations in protest of police removed them with aries in fake encounters. Even though the Nalco 8,000 tonnes. will severely affect the public been affected due to the stoppage alleged abusive remarks by some much caution as they suspect- They have requested to has been allocated two coal Due to this short supply, sector," told working presi- by the workers of VFPL engaged trade union activist. the mining ed, the Red rebels might have make the Maoist bandh on blocks since long , it has which is running since the last dent, Nalco Shramik in mining operations. operation resumed from second 4 attacked them to detonators October 25 in Odisha and failed to operate the mines seven weeks, the buffer stock Congress Union, Bibhab Jena. eanwhile, stoppage of min- shift on Wednesday after suc- and mines to harm the securi- Chhatisgarh bandh a sucess. and now is fully dependent of coal available with Nalco’s Short supply of coal has Ming operations at Balram cessful meeting between vil- ty forces. The posters also demanded to upon the Mahanadi CPP has been exhausted. severely impacted aluminium OCP by Danara villagers con- lagers and the local project man- "-.2 The Maoist posters and stop atrocities in Kashmir and Coalfields Limited (MCL) for Since the supply of coal production of Nalco and also tinued on seventh consecutive agement.Around 7,000 cubic <>C4 banners which stated to be put midnight arrests by security supply of coal to its CPP at has not improved, Nalco has the cost of power, as the day. Coal despatch at Balram meter over burden removal and up by CPI(Maoist), Odisha forces in Lanjigarh. Police are Angul and Steam and Power been drawing around 190 power purchased from the OCP was forcibly stopped by the more than 4,000 tonne coal aoist posters, banners and State Committee demanded keeping a vigil on the situation Plant at Damanjodi. The MW of power from the State grid is costly as compared to villagers on October 6, while they production was reportedly affect- Mleaflets surfaced again in the Government to shift the and the investigation is under Nalco’s requirement of coal grid. As on date, 80 elec- the power produced by the stopped over burden removal at ed by the stoppage of Hingula the district on Wednesday at CRPF camp from Trilochanpur process. for its CPP at Angul is around trolytic pots in the smelter Nalco at its CPP. Mahalakshmi patch on Oct 10 mine. $ Q6 # # 2) 34 .*$ 45 7 )+& *+ (5$ *.$&+ * the displaced and their reset- persons were not allowed to #( =%> $ ,6 tlement, employment, com- participate in this close door *79* 53< %3 been enhanced to 1 lakh ton. E,4 pensation, apart from devel- meeting for which displeasure The Government is planning opment work, pollution prob- was noticed along with protests lage was mowed national workshop on for inclusion of suitable millets lem and its likely solutions in outside the conference hall. down by a truck Anutri-cereals was inaugu- in ICDS, MDM and PDS. 07<39C94 the locality. MCL CMD BN Shukla while she was rated by Chief Secretary Asit Country Relations of The RDC said that major told the mediapersons that crossing road in the Tripathy at the Krushi Bhawan / 6 International Crops Research meeting of Rehabilitation problems have been sorted out some villagers are demanding morning. here on Wednesday. . . Institute for the Semi-Arid Aand Periphery and rest will be solved with more compensation than pre- Later, irate Tripathy said, "The Odisha Tropics (ICRISAT), Dr Development Advisory many welfare works in the scribed under the R&R policy. locals blocked the Millet Mission was launched in Arabinda Kumar Padhee said Committee (RPDAC)was held locality. Bargarh MP Pujari These policies are drafted by road by burning the year 2017 and now it has people of south and west here on Tuesday to discuss assured that people will get the Government, not by us. tyres and demand- been extended to 72 blocks in should be farmer centric". Odisha possessed skill of mil- issues on the MCLdisplaced back their rights. Discussion Despite this, we have time and ed compensation 14 districts in tribal areas. Agriculture Production let production over genera- and their settlement. The meet- was held for giving compensa- again made exceptions and for the family of Odisha is also the first State to Commissioner Pradeepta tions. The high lands of the ing was held under the chair- tion to the displaced and their have amply compensated peo- the deceased. Many introduce millets in public dis- Kumar Mohapatra said, "The State have vast scope for mil- manship of Revenue Divisional job prospects. ple in the Samaleshwari Mine. vehicles remained tribution system. The Niti Odisha Milliet has become a let cultivation as well. The Commissioner (Northern Brajrajnagar MLA Of late attempts have been stranded on both Aayog has recognised Odisha model for other States. The ICRISAT would provide the Division) T Wapang Mohanty said that local prob- made by certain beneficiaries to *<79< sides of the road due to the as a progressive model State in Government of India has rec- technology and international Ao,Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari, lems will be solved soon. The disrupt production by demand- blockade. nutri-cereals. The National ommended other States to fol- best practices for improving Brajrajnagar MLA Kishore District Administration is also ing much more compensation ocals blocked road after a Police have seized the truck Millet Mission started in the low the Odisha model". productivity in the State. Mohanty, Northern Range DIG taking quick steps in this than prescribed by the State Lwoman died in a road acci- and detained the driver for year 2018 has provided further Agriculture and Farmer's On the occasion, 14 lead- Himansu Lal, MCL CMD BN regard, he added. Government. dent on NH-16 at Randha questioning. boost to the campaign in the Empowerment Secretary ing millet farmers from differ- Shukla, Jharsuguda Collector The RPDAC meeting was In some situations, we Chhak under the Golanthara Further investigation is State". Sri Tripathy added, Sourav Garg said, "The State ent millet growing districts Saroj Samal and SP Aswini held after an interval of two even agreed to pay Rs 6 lakh police station in Ganjam dis- underway. Residents of the "Farmer is the key stakeholder Government has already start- along with representatives of Mohanty. Besides, the peoples years and the general public is and deposited the some with trict on Wednesday. area have been demanding in millet production and con- ed procurement of surplus mil- leading NGOs Pragati and representatives and depart- eagerly waiting for the outcome the State Government, yet, the According to reports, one construction of a flyover at sumption activities and as such, let from the farmers. This year Pradhan were awarded. ment officials were present. of the meeting. encroachers have refused to Kanak Behera of Chikarada vil- Randha Chhak. all activities of the Mission the procurement target has A discussion was held on The displaced and affected vacate the land, he told. O@3P $ $ 45 "# $ . %&'&( +1% $$ 6 888
*79* 53< <6.75- From Page 1 ' 9 4$ Among others, Minister n information booklet Ashok Chandra Panda, Jeevan A'Aama Jojana Aama ome miscreants Bindu chief coordinator Adhikar' for deaf people was Ssuspected to be Debashish Samantray, MLA launched by Mission Deaf liquor mafia Sushant Kumar Rout, Pranab Inclusion (MDI), Odisha, a allegedly attacked a Kumar Balabantray, Soumya consortium of four non- journalist in Ranjan Patnaik, MP Dr Amar Government organizations of Chandragiri under Patnaik, BJD general secretary the State working for the well- the Mohana police and Jeevan Bindu State coor- being and empowerment of station in Gajapati dinator Bijay Kumar Nayak, deaf children and young per- district on Tuesday Minority Cell president Muna sons in rural communities, PR Das, advisor to the State difficulties of deaf persons night. Khan, BCJD president Rana supported by Deaf Child Commissioner for Persons with when visiting to different The journalist Pratap Patra, BJD Mahila State Worldwide, UK. Disabilities Lanu Wanboy offices. He shared his own identified as Srihari working president Lopamudra The voluntary organiza- Aimol, among others. experience of being remaining *79* 53< bloating of stomach and vom- Pradhan is working with a to the MKCG Medical College Baxipatra were present. tions are SNDAYP, Puri; LIPI- Convener of Mission Deaf isolated of information. iting blood; and upon investi- vernacular Odia daily. Hospital in Brahmapur for Notably, the BJD had CA, Ganjam, CARD, Ganjam Inclusion (MDI), Odisha, Sannyash Behera said that he BR Life Kalinga Hospital gation he was diagnosed to Sources said Pradhan was treatment. launched the Jeevan Bindu and SADHANA, Mayurbhanj. Ranjit Mahapatra delivered the the information presented in Trecently added another have three litres of liquid accu- returning home at night when He had recently reported programme on the 99th birth- The launching ceremony was welcome address.Advisor, the booklet contains pictures feather to its cap by perform- mulated in his abdomen. he was attacked by a group of against the illegal liquor trade day of former Chief Minister organized in NCSCDA- MDI, Odisha Pravakar Sahoo and sign language pictures that ing the first-ever Transjugular However, it kept recurring and miscreants near Chandragiri in the region. Biju Patnaik on March 5, 2015. National Career Service Centre shared the experience of work- help deaf people to under- Intrahepatic Portosystemic deteriorating his health further. for his reports on illegal man- He also alleged two per- Since then, it has been holding for Differently-Abled, here. ing with deaf people in rural stand easily. Shunt (TIPS) in Odisha on a Later, BR Life’s Vascular ufacturing of liquor in the sons of threatening him if he blood donation camps across Assistant Director, NCSC- community and set the ground PR Das, shared his long 46-year-old patient to treat and Interventional Radiologist area.Following the attack, lodges a complaint against the State with the motto, DA, RK Sharma presided over by sharing the purpose of the experience of working in the chronic cirrhotic liver. Consultant Dr Sibasankar Pradhan sustained grievous them. Raktadana Mahapunya’ and the meeting. august gathering. field of disability and said that The person, a case of Dalai and Anesthesia HOD injuries. He was initially taken Pradhan has urged the the programme has turned to The chief guest of the pro- The guests on the dais deafness is an invisible disabil- chronic alcoholic liver cirrho- Dr Sanghamitra Mishra per- to the Chandragiri hospital Gajapati SP to take necessary be a mass movement in col- gramme was State unveiled the booklet for the ity. Lanu Wanboy Aimol sis, complained of jaundice, formed TIPS surgery. for treatment and later shifted action against the culprits. lection of blood. Commissioner for Persons with public. The copies of the book- emphasized the need of sign Disability Sulochana Das and let were distributed among the language and interpretation of the guests were District Social audience for larger circula- deaf people. Security Officer Sannyas tion, use and experience. Chief guest Sulochana Das * Behera, representative of Bijaya Parida, Chief said that the booklet provides %2 $ $ SSEPD Government of Odisha Executive, Odisha Association information in a very compre- Bijaya Parida, Chief Executive, of the Deaf, being a deaf per- hensive manner in pictures, in , Odisha Association of the Deaf son himself shared about the sign language and in Odia. # $ $
*.< tural programmes on the first ) ,7, day. hairav Mahotsav’ kicked-off Artists from State and Bwith vibrant and tradition- other parts of the country *79* 53< have problems in al tone at Bhairav Sthan, enthralled the audiences. A vision. A total of 8,929 Bhojudih in Polkiri village book 'Virashat' was also o eradicate blindness, the students were provid- under Chandankiyari block of released on the TState Government has ed spectacles free of Bokaro district on Wednesday. occasion.Speaking on the occa- decided to introduce mobile cost. The two-day Mahotsav— sion Governor said, “Jharkhand eye treatment centres in 10 Now, 183 CHCs an effort to bring has immense tourism potential more districts and put up per- have eye treatment Chandankiyari in the list of considering its demography, manent eye treatment facility in facility and six eye important religious tourist rich ancient tribal culture and 50 more Community Health banks are working in maps of Jharkhand— was inau- wildlife sanctuary.” Centres (CHCs). the State. As many as gurated by Governor "Blessed with nature’s It was revealed at a review 712 persons had Jharkhand Droupadi Murmu. unlimited bounty and blessings meeting on the “Sunetra’ yojana donated eyes and 514 The programme was like hills, mountains, forests, held under the chairmanship of patients got eye trans- organised by Jharkhand and waterfalls, Jharkhand an Health and Family Welfare plantation by September this Sunetra CEO Yamini Sarangi, Tourism Department in joint unsurprisingly rich State makes Secretary here on Wednesday. year. Cataract operation was Additional Secretary Sushant association with the Bokaro a perfect holiday It was revealed that conducted on 49,328 persons. Mohapatra, Joint Secretary district administration, where destination, she said adding, 8,14,483 school students had Among others, Smita Biswal and Public Health people rejuvenated the tone of "Tourism must be utilized as a checked up their eyes and, of Empowerment Committee Director Dr Ajit Mohanty were Indian classical music, Chhau vehicle for economic develop- them, 25,360 were found to Chairman Dr TP Dash, present. dance and enjoyed several cul- ment." !"#$ % 2)
- ! # ! ,5<+ 3 4@ ( (( 5 8 $8 ! ,,.%$ 54567$ six blocks to analyse the / *8 quality of primary education , 54567$ he National Council of available and the areas that < / 3 TEducational Research and need change. earing a setback in Haryana Training (NCERT) is planning "The blocks that have been . ., Fand Maharashtra, the top to review the 14-year-old identified for the preliminary < ( Congress leadership has National Curriculum survey are in Shillong, Mysore, refrained itself from going Framework (NCF) in accor- Rajasthan, Bhopaland Orissa. A ahead with a full-throttle poll dance with a new national team of NCERT officials is vis- 97( 54567$ forces and maximise the impact campaign for the October 21 education policy (NEP) and set iting each of the block and con- / *0#7 of such illegal acts. Dar was on Assembly election in the two up a committee for the pur- ducting the survey. Once the n a major success for the the radar of the agencies in States. have addressed many rallies in vated soon after she took over pose. finding are received, the survey 7( , Isecurity forces, the Jammu & Jammu & Kashmir as a dis- While Congress president both the States. as the boss," sources said. According to NCERT will be conducted in more D (# Kashmir Police on Wednesday cernible pattern was noticed in Sonia Gandhi will address just While the Congress, which While BJP has been talking Director Hrushikesh Senapaty, areas and the findings will also < ( J( arrested the most wanted mas- the protests and stone pelting one public rally in Haryana, her is fighting internal squabbling of achievements of abrogation the council is going to announce be reviewed for the new , M < / termind of stone pelting in after the annulment of the predecessor Rahul Gandhi has in both the States, is again of special status to Jammu & a committee by the end of this curriculum framework," 3 N) downtown Srinagar, Hayat provisions of Article 370 and made a late entry in the cam- banking on a reluctant Rahul Kashmir under Article 370, month which will revisit the Senapaty said. *0 ( Dar, from the State Capital. other inputs also suggested his paign after returning from Gandhi, who as per AICC triple talaq etc, Congress has NCF to bring it on lines of the The revision of NCERT ( The Intelligence-based opera- role in vitiating the law and Bangkok. sources did not show any inter- been taking on the BJP-led new education policy. textbooks has also been rec- tion to nab Dar was carried out order situation. Former Prime Minister est in the selection of even the Government on the economic The NCF has been revised ommended in the new educa- following inputs suggesting The agencies are expected Manmohan Singh too will join candidates for the polls. Rahul slowdown and restlessness per four times so far — in 1975, tion policy draft. It has been H @N)- his renewed role in master- to jointly interrogate Dar to the party's campaign in only in has so far addressed five rallies se jobs. 1988, 2000 and 2005. The advised that the textbooks 7( minding stone-pelting post- unravel the larger nexus behind the last lap and that too, just in in Maharashtra and one in The Congress is fighting new proposed revision will be should be revised to contain #+ abrogation of special status to stone pelting and modus neighboring Haryana. Haryana while Sonia and the Haryana polls on its own the fifth of the framework. "We only the essential core materi- ( 4 Jammu & Kashmir under operandi of such activities and Congress General Manmohan Singh will join the under the leadership of former are just waiting for the new al in each subject, keeping in ( & K# Article 370 on August 5. the network of operators across Secretary Priyanka Gandhi party's campaign only in its fag Chief Minister Bhupinder education policy to be mind a constructivist, discov- Dar is alleged to have been the Valley and their patronage Vadra, who jumped into main- end at Mahendragarh district Singh Hooda, it is in alliance finalised and a committee for ery-based, analysis-based, instigating the area residents of from Pakistan besides the fund- stream politics couple of on Friday. The former PM, with NCP in Maharashtra and reviewing the NCF will be engaging, and enjoyable style of Anchar Lake and Soura local- ing mechanism. Officials expect months before the Lok Sabha however, will address two Press faces an uphill task to counter announced by month-end. learning. ities in Srinagar for indulging the role and the financing pat- polls, and is in the star cam- conferences in Mumbai and in the image of Modi. The committee, however, will A panel led by former in stone pelting against the ter will also be unraveled dur- paigner list for both the States, Chandigarh during the next Rahul's rallies, have, in keep NEP as the base of revi- Indian Space Research security forces as also disturb- ing Dar's grilling by the sleuths. is yet to hit the campaign trail two days of campaign. fact, seen the absence of pop- sion. Ultimately the textbooks Organisation (ISRO) chief K ing the law and order situation. Inputs also indicate a por- and that has caused worry in Congress is facing elec- ular Mumbai leaders like will be revised as per the new Kasturirangan had submitted Dar was in the past booked tion of the proceeds from ille- the grand old party which is tions after Rahul Gandhi Milind Deora and Sanjay framework," Senapaty told the draft of the new national under the stringent Public gal farming of opium in South also reportedly hit by cash resigned as party chief follow- Nirupam. The candidates too mews agencies. education policy to Union Safety Act besides three cases Kashmir by the cadres of crunch to meet the poll ing the debacle in Lok Sabha are not getting enough funds to "It has been over 14 years Human Resource Development under anti-terror law Unlawful Pakistan-based terror groups in expenses. polls and Sonia Gandhi was support and sustain their cam- since the last framework was Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ,,.%? , ( Activities (Prevention) Act. the Valley is used for funding The campaigning in both chosen as interim president of paigns. Many Congress candi- revised. We did review the 'Nishank' when he took charge. < D
Sources said Dar was also stone pelting across the Valley. the states will come to an end the party by the Congress dates in Maharashtra claimed textbooks in last two years but The draft was then put in in regular touch with the ter- Other funding mechanisms on Saturday. Contrary to the Working Committee (CWC). that they have not been given once the new education policy public domain to seek feedback ror operators in Pakistan and is include money transfers Congress, the top ruling party "Sonia has kept a low profile any party funds for their cam- is in place, the curriculum from various stakeholders and 7 ( said to have been indulging in through hawala operators by leaders including Prime and is yet to address her first paign. Usually, the party gives framework will need thorough over two lakh suggestions were ( rumour mongering to incite the Lashkar-e-Tayyba and Minister Narendra Modi and rally. This is a cause of worry around 10 lakh to each revision," he said. The council received by the HRD Ministry ( #O people for hitting the security Jaish-e-Mohammad. Home Minister Amit Shah as party workers were moti- candidate. is also undertaking a survey in about the same. ( 7 @ &' 4 , ( O 78 9 ! #+ 54567$ This puts them at risk of poor years of age are not fed any C 3( , brain development, weak fruits or vegetables. Nearly 60 Q * ( ll the technological, learning, low immunity, per cent do not eat any eggs, 7 ( # Acultural and social increased infections and, in dairy, fish or meat. 54567$ advances of the last few many cases, death, warns the As children grow older, decades notwithstanding, soci- report. their exposure to unhealthy laming the Government 54567$ ; ety is failing its kids in pro- "Despite all the technolog- food becomes alarming, driven Bfor the current state of eco- ,,.%+
viding healthy diets. For, at ical, cultural and social largely by inappropriate mar- nomic crisis and unemploy- resident Ram Nath Kovind least one in three children advances of the last few keting and advertising, the ment in the country, the Left Pwill ( under five across the globe are decades, we have lost sight of abundance of ultra-processed parties on Wednesday held a this includes demonetisation embark on N> . MK suffering due to poor diets and this most basic fact: If children foods in cities but also in protest rally at Jantar Mantar and faulty implementation of a week-long ( ( ( #3 faulty food system, a latest eat poorly, they live poorly," start from the earliest days of remote areas, and increasing and said the BJP-led NDA dis- GST, which have adversely two-nation 4 $ report of the United Nations said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF a child's life. Though breast- access to fast food and highly pensation's "negative policies" affected the economy. trip to the D !4$D" Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director. feeding can save lives, for sweetened beverages. has affected the economy. "India's economy was Philippines ( ( has said. "Millions of children sub- example, only 42 per cent of In India too, two-thirds of Left leaders like CPI(M) already reeling under increas- and Japan, The alarming revelation sist on an unhealthy diet children under six months of the 1.04 million deaths in chil- general secretary Sitaram ing unemployment, price rise, starting comes just months after a because they simply do not age are exclusively breastfed dren under five years in India Yechury, Secretary, AIPWA, retrenchment and livelihood October 17. study in the Lancet warned have a better choice. The way and an increasing number of are still attributable to malnu- Kavita Krishnan and CPI gen- issues. The Modi Government He will visit ( that two-thirds of the 1.04 we understand and respond to children are fed infant formu- trition. According to a report eral secretary D Raja along with has been ignoring the high rate the million deaths in children malnutrition needs to change: la. Sales of milk-based formu- published in the The Lancet the party workers led the of unemployment, contract Philippines # underfive years in India are still It is not just about getting chil- la grew by 72 per cent between Child & Adolescent Health by protest and marched towards system, low wages and agrari- from October 17-21 and Japan attributable to malnutrition. dren enough to eat; it is above 2008 and 2013 in upper mid- the India State-Level Disease the Parliament street police an crisis. This has put huge from October 21-23. * This accounts for 68.2 per all about getting them the dle-income countries such as Burden malnutrition in chil- station, where barricades were burdens on the vast working Vijay Thakur Singh, MEA cent of the total under-5 right food to eat. That is our Brazil, China and Turkey, dren varies 7-fold among the placed. sections of the country," he Secretary (East), said: "The ,,.% 9 7 deaths, translating into 706,000 common challenge today." largely due to inappropriate States and is highest in The left parties alleged that said. President's visit to the deaths (due to malnutrition). The report provides the marketing and weak policies Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar the government was "plunder- The parties also alleged Philippines is being undertak- 7 As per the 'The State of the most comprehensive assess- and programmes to protect, and Assam, followed by ing" the Reserve Bank of India that the Government has with- en with a view to carry forward D World's Children 2019: ment yet of 21st century child promote and support Madhya Pradesh, (RBI) and banks to bailout cor- drawn 1.76 lakh crore from the high-level engagement that Children, food and nutrition' malnutrition in all its forms. It breastfeeding. Chhattisgarh, Odisha, porates, instead of boosting the RBI and instead of using it we have with them." at least 1 in 3 children under describes a triple burden of As children begin transi- Nagaland and Tripura. demand by raising minimum for public expenditure, which "The Philippines is a key ( five - or over 200 million - is malnutrition: Undernutrition, tioning to soft or solid foods It said malnutrition con- wages, old-age pension. can generate new jobs and partner of India in the ASEAN either undernourished or over- hidden hunger caused by a lack around the six-month mark, tinue to be the leading risk fac- Yechury, while addressing increase domestic demand, it region and relations with the N M weight. Almost 2 in 3 children of essential nutrients, and over- too many are introduced to the tor for death in children under the demonstration, pointed wants to compensate the fiscal Philippines have been friend- between six months and two weight among children under wrong kind of diet, according five years, and is also the lead- out that the economic slow- deficit of 1.70 lakh crore, ly and we have common values years of age are not fed food the age of five. to the report. Worldwide, close ing risk factor for disease bur- down in the country is a direct which was a result of demon- and our economic relation- ( that supports their rapidly The report warns that poor to 45 per cent of children den for all ages considered result of the "negative policies etisation and Goods and ship has been growing," she growing bodies and brains. eating and feeding practices between six months and two together in most States. of the Government". He said Services Tax (GST). told reporters. # !"#$% $!$& % " M .#" ,0 5 ! New Delhi: The Supreme recused from the five-judge attempt of bench hunting and 2 Court on Wednesday depre- Constitution bench is accept- you want a person of your lik- cated the attempts made for ed, it would be the "blackest ing to be in the bench. If we recusal of a judge from a chapter in history" as an allow your request and accept New Delhi: The Supreme Co-operative Bank has been Constitution bench hearing "onslaught is going on to tame your view for recusal of judge, New Delhi: The Supreme brother in Coimbatore in 2010. cate, appearing on behalf of the Court on Wednesday agreed put under restrictions by the challenges to provisions of the the judiciary". it will be destroying the insti- Court on Wednesday reserved A three-judge bench of petitioner. He has furnished a to hear on October 18 a plea Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Land Acquisition Act saying it The bench, also compris- tution. This is a serious issue its verdict on a plea by a death Justices R F Nariman, Sanjiv detailed written submission, seeking directions for interim following the discovery of a is nothing but a ploy of "bench ing justices Indira Banerjee, and history will judge it that row convict seeking review of Khanna and Surya Kant which will be considered by us. protective measures for 4,355-crore scam. hunting" which, if allowed, Vineet Sharan, M R Shah and even senior counsel were the apex court's judgement reserved the judgement and We give one week's time to insuring around 15 lakh cus- Deposit withdrawals have "would destroy the institu- S Ravindra Bhat, said it would involved in this attempt," affirming the capital punish- asked the counsel appearing for Yogesh Kanna, counsel appear- tomers whose money is been capped at 40,000 over a tion". pronounce order on October Justice Mishra told senior ment imposed on him for "hor- the state to file written sub- ing on behalf of the State do so. blocked in the scam-hit PMC six-month period, causing The top court said if 23 on the plea seeking the advocate Shyam Divan, ribly" gang-raping a minor girl missions within a week."Heard Judgment reserved," the bench Bank. panic and distress among request of parties demanding recusal. appearing for some farmer and killing her along with her Siddharth Luthra, senior advo- said. PTI The Punjab & Maharashtra the depositors. PTI that Justice Arun Mishra be "This is nothing but an association. PTI
8 * 54567$ million. There is a decline of 6 fer to crossbreds to get more lion, an increase of 10.1 percent over the previous census, con- $ # % in the total Indigenous/non- milk. According to farmers, over the previous census. ducted in 2007. Cattle count ndians are opting more for descript cattle population over indigenous cow gives 700-800 There is a decline of 12.01 per- declined from 19.9 crore in Iexotic and crossbred cattle the previous census. However, litres over a 300-305 days lac- cent in pig's population in the 2007 to 19 crore in 2012. 54567$ has withdrawn from the entire wheat. than the desi ones, as per the the pace of decline of tation cycle, compared to 4000- country. Pig is 9.06 million in The Livestock Census has country and simultaneously The four-month southwest latest livestock census report. Indigenous/ Non-descript cattle 5000 litres of crossbreds. the country while the com- been conducted in the country he India Meteorological Northeast Monsoon rains have monsoon season is crucial for While the population of desi population during 2012-2019 is The latest census also bined population of other live- periodically since 1919-20. The TDepartment (IMD) commenced over Tamil Nadu India, as it accounts for over cattle in India has declined by much lesser than as compared to points that the exotic and stock including mithun, yak, Livestock Census covers all announced that the southwest and adjoining areas of Andhra 75% of the country's annual nearly one crore in the last the 2007-12 which was about 9 crossbred cattle population has horses, pornies, mule, don- domesticated animals and its monsoon has withdrawn com- Pradesh, Karnataka and rainfall. It determines the agri- seven years — between the last percent. The population of jumped to 50.42 million in keys and camel is 1.24 million. headcounts. So far 19 such cen- pletely from the entire country Kerala," the IMD said in a state- cultural production and thus livestock Census in 2012 to the desi cattle is decreasing since 2019 as compared to 39 million As per the report, the total suses have been conducted in on Wednesday, just 8-9 days ment. impacts the economy. Unlike current one in 2019 to be 1992, when it population was in 2012. poultry in the country is 851.81 participation with State after it started receding from Normally, the monsoon last year, when 9% below nor- precise — the population of recorded at 189.37 million. The total bovine popula- million, an increase of 16.8 per- Governments and UT northwest India. begins withdrawing around mal rains left various parts of exotic and crossbred cattle has The 20th Livestock Census tion (cattle, buffalo, mithun and cent from 729.2 million in 2012. Administrations. Its withdrawal on September 1, with the retreat the country reeling under witnessed an increase of 1.14 was carried out in about 6.6 yak) is 302.79 million which The total birds in the backyard Officials said that the enu- Wednesday was accompanied complete by October 15. This droughts, the seasonal rainfall crore during the same period. lakh villages and 89000 urban shows an increase of about one poultry is 317.07 million which meration was done both in by the arrival of the northeast year, though, the retreat began this year was in excess of 10%. Interestingly, the overall wards across the country cov- percent over the last census. is showing an increase of 46 per- rural and urban areas. "Various monsoon, which is the prima- on October 9, marking the The IMD said that a livestock numbers have, ering more than 27 crores of The total number of cattle in cent as compared to the previ- species of animals (Cattle, ry rainy season for Tamil Nadu, longest ever delay, and was cyclonic circulation lies over however, increased with the households and non-house- the country is 192.49 million, ous census. On the other hand, Buffalo, Mithun, Yak, Sheep, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka complete by October 16. east-central Arabian Sea off female cow population holds. an increase of 0.8 percent as the total commercial poultry is Goat, Pig, Horse, Pony, Mule, and Kerala. This is also perhaps Unlike the southwest mon- south Karnataka coast at lower registering an 18 percent rise. The female cattle or cow compared to the last census. 534.74 million which is an Donkey Camel, Dog, Rabbit the fastest withdrawal of the soon which brings rainfall over levels. A trough runs from The total livestock popula- population is 145.12 million The population of buffaloes is increase of 4.5 percent over and Elephant)/poultry birds southwest monsoon. the entire country, north-east north Sri Lanka coast to above tion is 535.78 million, an which an increase of 18 percent 109.85 million showing an previous census. (Fowl, Duck, Emu, Turkeys, According to the IMD, it was monsoon brings rainfall only cyclonic circulation at lower increase of 4.6 percent, as com- over the previous census while increase of about 1.0 percent In 2012, India's livestock Quail and other poultry birds) also unusual since both the over Tamil Nadu, coastal levels. pared to the previous census. As total milch animals (cows and over previous census. population — including cattle, possessed by the households, withdrawal of southwest mon- Andhra Pradesh, Rayalseema, A trough in easterlies runs per the report, the population of buffaloes) is estimated 125.34 The total population of buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs, household enterprises/non- soon and arrival of the north- Kerala, and south-interior from southwest Bay of Bengal desi cattle is estimated at 142.11 million, an increase of 6 per- sheep is 74.26 million, an horses and ponies, mules, don- household enterprises and east monsoon took place on the Karnataka during October to off south Tamil Nadu coast to million compared to the previ- cent over the last census. This increase of 14.1 percent while keys, camels, mithun and yaks institutions have been counted same day — October 16. December. It is also crucial for west-central Bay of Bengal at ous 2012 census figure of 151.17 is an indicator that farmers pre- goat population is 148.88 mil- - was 51.2 crore, a fall of 3.3% at their site," they said. "The Southwest Monsoon cultivation of rabi crops such as lower levels, it added. !"#$ % 2> 2 3 -4" 0 $ / 0 possible security will be pro- The first contact with the records, all of them had a his- vided to the farmers so that hiding terrorists was estab- tory of terror crime cases and they can reap the harvest. lished in the wee hours around were part of groups involved in " Interacting with the 2.30 am as they first opened fire planning & executing terror 7>45<*4 unions, as also others like leader K Keshava Rao on reporters, Lt-Gen Dhillon said, at the approaching security attacks in the area and many Telangana Public sector Tuesday indicated that he was 09 towards work early Wednesday "The farmers will be allowed to forces, police spokesman said. other civilian atrocities. he ongoing strike by employees' federation, on willing to hold talks with the morning. sell their fruits to whomsoev- In the ensuing encounter, As per the records avail- Temployees of the Telangana Wednesday extended support protesting employees to bring ess than 48 hours after the His dead body was lying in er they want to. I would assure the entire house came down able with police, Nasir Gulzar State Road Transport to their strike. the stir to an end. Lbrutal killing of Rajasthan a pool of blood when a local security to all farmers in due to the gun fight, they said, was involved in case FIR No. Corporation continued for the The state-wide strike by Rao had earlier urged the truck driver in Shopian, anoth- police party arrived on the Kashmir, it'll be provided by the adding that the bodies have 84/2018 of PS Achabal 12th day on Wednesday with nearly 48,000 employees of workers to call off the strike er non-local labourer from spot. Police said, the terrorists State. It is our responsibility.” been handed over to the fam- Anantnag pertaining to terror no immediate thaw between various TSRTC unions, and resolve their issues amica- Chhattisgarh was shot dead in had pumped in bullets from a Sharing details of the night ilies for their burial. attack at police guard Government and the staff in demanding fulfillment of their bly through negotiations. cold blood by terrorists in very close range. long operation, Police Police spokesman said, the Khulchora Ranipora Achabal sight. demands, including merger of He said on Tuesday he Nehama area of South Two back to back incidents spokesman in Srinagar said, " killed terrorists have been iden- on 07 September 2018. "Strike is continuing. Even RTC with the government, pay was willing to take up the role Kashmir's Pulwama district on of target killing of outsiders a cordon and search operation tified as Nasir Gulzar resident Aaqib Ahmad Hajam was as per the advice of (high) revision and recruitment to of a mediator if asked by Chief Wednesday. from Kashmir Valley has was launched on the interven- of Kharpora Arwani also involved in planning and court, neither the (TSRTC) various posts, among oth- Minister K Chandrasekhar In another operation, first already triggered fresh wave of ing night of Tuesday and Anantnag, Aqib Ahmad Hajam executing series of terror management nor government ers,began on October 5. Rao. after the postpaid mobile ser- panic among the local farmers, Wednesday in Pazalpora area of resident of Redwani Payeen attacks on security establish- has come forward for talks.As Since the strike began, two The Telangana High Court vices were resumed in Kashmir waiting to harvest their apple Anantnag after receiving a spe- Kulgam and Zahid Hussain ments and many other civilian JAC (Joint Action employees have ended their had on Tuesday directed the valley, the joint teams of secu- crop in the orchards. Sharief cific tip off about the presence Lone resident of Takiya atrocities in the area. He was Committee),we are ready for lives and three attempted sui- state government and striking rity forces eliminated three Khan, a truck driver from of terrorists in the area from the Masood Shah Bijbehara. involved in case FIR NO. talks," Raji Reddy, a leader of cide. employees to set aside their dif- Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) ter- Rajasthan was killed late district police. All the killed terrorists as 23/2017, 16/2019, 28/2019 and employees' JAC, told PTI. The Chief Minister had ferences and work towards an rorists in Anantnag district Monday evening in Shopian Police spokesman said, "as per police records were affili- 31/2019. Similarly Zahid The protests would con- ruled out talks with the amicable settlement. during the night long operation. while he was transporting apple security forces tightened the ated with proscribed terror Hussain Lone was part of ter- tinue on Thursday and Friday employees or taking them back, Former MP and state According to police, "the boxes outside the State. cordon and approached a outfit LeT and were wanted by ror groups responsible for ter- in the run-up to the October 19 terming the agitation as "ille- Congress working president deceased labourer, identified as Responding to the securi- house, the house owner resist- law for their complicity in a ror attacks in the area. state bandh called by them, he gal". Ponnam Prabhakar on Sethi Kumar Sagar, was work- ty concerns of local farmers in ed saying that no one was pre- series of terror crimes includ- Incriminating material said, adding that the next The State Government has Wednesday said his party would ing in a local brick kiln to earn the area, a top Army sent at their premises". Without ing attack on security estab- including arms & ammunition course of action would be been running some buses from intensify its stir after the October his livelihood". Commander of Srinagar based paying any heed, the security lishments and civilian atroci- were recovered from the site of announced later that day. RTC's fleet, besides private 19 state bandh if the TRS gov- Sagar was targeted by the Chinar Corps, Lt-Gen KJS forces carried on with their ties. encounter, police spokesman Reddy said leaders of the vehicles. ernment failed to resolve the terrorists while he was heading Dhillon Wednesday said all operation. According to the police said. national transport workers TRS parliamentary party RTC strike issue by then. : ; < )'
* as well as time spent in the sea, way in disseminating the infor- Airport Authority of India, low-cost GAGAN system- ,75 $ the data and real time infor- mation about the Ockhi fishermen would start getting enabled GEMINI (GAGAN )! #,- mation eluded the fishers once cyclone (November/December, the services of Gemini. It has Enabled Mariner's Instrument ishermen along the 7,516 they crossed the distance of 10 2017), when fishermen had nothing to do with the zodiac for Navigation and Fkm long Indian coastline are to 12 km from the shore. gone deep sea fishing before the sign as well as astrology Information) device and elec- .6.+ anticipatory bail to the former in for a bonanza as the scien- This is because the fisher- onset of the cyclone. “We could because the term stands for the tronically designed and manu- Kolkata Commissioner of Police tists and engineers of the Indian men usually travel up to 300 not inform them about the third astrological sign as per the factured by a private industry he Central Bureau of the Sharada chit fund case. National Centre for Ocean nautical miles and beyond to developing cyclone. This com- Hindu system of astrology. M/S Acord, Bangalore under TInvestigation has sent Following a Supreme Court Information Services (INCOIS) conduct multiday fishing oper- munication gap resulted in Readers are aware of GAGAN Make in India Program,” Dr notices to senior officials of the order the CBI is investigating at Hyderabad have come out ations. Fishermen along the loss of life, serious injuries to (GPS Aided Geo Augmented Balakrishnan told The Pioneer. Bengal Government demanding the larger angle behind the chit with a state-of-the-art instru- Tamil Nadu and Kerala coasts those rescued and severe dam- Navigation ) Satellite System He explained that the GEM- the relevant papers of previous fund fraud. Before the CBI ment that gives out a plethora had told The Pioneer that each ages to fishing boats and fish- through which INCOIS used to INI device receives and transfers investigations into the multi- begun its investigation the pre- of real time information about fishing operation means three ing gear,” said TM Balakr- transmit details about PFZ and the data received from GAGAN crore Rose Valley chit fund liminary probe was conducted the oceans and sea surrounding to four weeks stay in the sea ishnan, senior scientist , other ocean state conditions for to a mobile through Bluetooth case. Secretary the CBI has also sent by a Special Investigation Team the peninsular region. and beyond the reach of tele INCOIS, who lead the team of those who are dependent on communication.“A mobile appli- Alleging that the State a notice of appearance to the led by senior IPS officer Rajiv Though the INCOIS, func- communication systems. researchers in developing a ocean for their livelihood. cation developed by INCOIS police had despite repeated officer on special duty in State Kumar whom the Agency has tioning under the Ministry of “Once we cross the 10 km dis- foolproof mechanism to dis- GAGAN system consists of decodes and displays the infor- requests failed to produce rele- Finance, asking him to appear accused of non-cooperation. Earth Sciences, have been com- tance from the shore, we go seminate information about three geosynchronous satel- mation in nine regional lan- vant evidentiary documents before the Agency on October The CBI says that the State ing out with innovative prod- incommunicado as mobile ocean state forecasts, high wave lites (GSAT-8, GSAT-10 and guages,” said Dr Balakrishnan. and other inventories the 18, sources said. police and in particular Kumar ucts for the benefit of the fish- phones and high frequency alerts, tsunami and high wave GSAT-15). GAGAN foot-print Fishermen will start getting Agency has written to Chief The latest development had despite repeated requests ermen community like radios go off ,” said Jayapalayan, surges even to fishermen in covers the entire Indian Ocean details about Potential Fishing Secretary Rajiva Sinha to comes within a month of the failed to produce the relevant Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) a marine engineer-turned-fish- high seas. round the clock. “To receive the Zones three days in advance and arrange for the relevant docu- CBI facing a judicial reversal in papers and inventories to it for where there would be aggre- ermen activist based in Thanks to the collaborative messages transmitted through this would give them enough ments at the earliest. Rajiv Kumar case with the the probe to be taken to its log- gation of fish catch which Chennai. research and development ini- the GAGAN satellites, INCOIS time and space to set sail for the Apart from the Chief Calcutta High Court allowing ical end. helped in saving precious fuel This handicap came in the tiative by INCOIS and the together with AAI developed a catch well in advance. E, => 9 , %%1 )' ( ( N M 79 ! $ * * .6.+ Earlier writing on World Indians and Bengalis that a <4 Food Day Banerjee reminded Abhijit babu has received Nobel 9*$ engal Chief Minister how her Government had Prize along with her wife for his *5 C69<9 there were no differences with- BMamata Banerjee on ensured food security to more work on poverty alleviation. In ith just a few days left for in the party on this matter. Wednesday released a book than 8 crore people of the fact our Government has also Wthe Maharashtra D(S) patriarch HD Deve "There is a feeling among mentioning the exploits of her State. taken a whole lot of steps ;* Assembly elections, some civil JGowda on Wednesday said some people that JD(S) may Government in the past eight “today is World Food Day. regarding this and during my society groups in the state have his party would field candidates only field its candidates in the years “in comparison to the We have ensured the food meeting with his mother I ,75 $ come out with a "manifesto", in all the 15 constituencies for old Mysuru region, where the previous Governments in the security of more than 8.5 crore” related many of such schemes drawing the attention of politi- the December 5 bypolls, fol- party was strong...Winning or preceding 64 years.” of Bengal through Khadya to her. he Madras High Court on cians to 100 different demands lowing the Supreme Court's loosing is another issue all Releasing the booklet the Sathi Scheme, adding how “I have directed the Home TWednesday directed the across 12 domains. The docu- decision on the status of dis- together. Chief Minister said that the her government had provided Secretary and other CBI to file before it a copy of ment titled 'Maharashtra Urban qualified Congress-JD(S) legis- We are fielding candidates State had since her coming to special assistance to the Government officials to keep the final investigation report in Citizen's Manifesto 2019' seeks lators. in all 15 constituencies going for power in 2011 marched ahead people of Jangalmahal and the her posted about our the Pollachi sexual harassment creation of inclusive and sus- The former Prime Minister the polls," Gowda said, hinting in every respect “if compared hills (of North Bengal) developmental activities from case once it was submitted in tainable urban spaces, finalisa- also made it clear that there was that this would form the to the previous Governments apart from catering to the time to time so that we can the jurisdictional court. tion of Maharashtra Housing no question of taking back "groundwork" for JD(S) to con- that ruled for 64 years Bengal needs of Aila-hit areas of be helped Mr Banerjee’s invalu- Hearing a batch of peti- Policy and guaranteed mini- three disqualified JD(S) legisla- test local body polls from across post Independence.” Sunderbans as well as the dis- able advice,” the Chief Minister tions, including a plea seeking mum wages not less than Rs tors back into the party fold. the State. The Chief Minister said placed farmers of Singur and said adding she was proud of monitoring of the case by the and the final report would be 18,000, among other things. "The disqualified legisla- Congress and JD(S), that “our tax revenue has gone up the workers of the closed tea another Bengali personality high court, it also ordered the filed in the competent court The manifesto was collec- tors case is likely to come up for contested the Lok Sabha polls in more than three-fold,” and gardens. Sourav Ganguly who had been investigating agency to fur- after the completion of the tively prepared by 39 NGOs and hearing in the Supreme Court alliance and had run a coalition added the State had witnessed “Special assistance is also nominated as the next presi- nish copies of the report to the probe, the agency said. other groups in the state, includ- on October 22. Let's see what government in the state, have an 11-time increase in capital provided to the people of dent of the Board of Control for petitioners' counsel. The court then adjourned ing Pani Haq Samiti, will be the outcome from the decided to go separate ways in expenditure which has led to Jangalmahal and Hill areas, Cricket in India. The case related to sexual the PIL petitions, seeking var- Maharasthra Beghar Abhiyan, court. the bypolls. the “massive development in Aila-affected areas, farmers of “Sourav is the son of the abuse of several women by a ious relief, including setting up Centre For Promoting If the court upholds the The bypolls to 15 of the 17 the infrastructure develop- Singur, tea garden workers & soil and our own child. I am gang in Pollachi in Coimbatore of a fact finding team and Democracy and Right to Pee. decision of the then Speaker (to seats represented by disqualified ment.” Toto tribe,” she maintained. proud of his becoming the district which came to light in monitoring of the probe, to Members of around a dozen of disqualify MLAs) elections will MLAs, which the Election Stating that the “main goal Later in the day the Chief BCCI president. Last time he February after a victim lodged November 4 for further hear- these NGOs on Wednesday happen. If not, the bypolls may Commission had earlier decid- of the government is to take the Minister visited the house of was here he met me and I am a police complaint. ing. held rallies in western suburbs not happen as per schedule," ed to defer until the apex Court State ahead in the path of India’s latest Nobel Laureate expecting a meeting with him When the matter came up A gang of four men on of Mumbai and distributed its Gowda said. decides on their plea challeng- development,” making it num- Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee where soon,” Banerjee said. before first bench comprising February 12 allegedly tried to copies to voters. Speaking to reporters here, ing disqualification, has now ber one state in the country she met her mother also an The Chief Minister’s state- acting Chief Justice Vineet strip a 19-year-old woman Sitaram Shelar, convener of he said his son and former Chief been scheduled for December Banerjee said Bengal’s planned economist for more than half- ment comes hours after critics Kothari and Justice C inside a car near Pollachi, over Pani Haq Samiti, said the doc- Minister H D Kumaraswamy five. Among the 15 constituen- expenditure had gone up more an-hour and discussed her said Home Minister and BJP Saravanan, the Central Bureau 500 km from here, and had ument runs into 16 pages. had already spoken about the cies going for the polls, 12 were than six times while the agri- Government’s economic poli- leader Amit Shah had a hand of Investigation submitted that recorded the act and black- "After preparing the mani- party's decision to field candi- represented by Congress and cultural growth had witnessed cies with her. in Ganguly’s becoming the a charge sheet had already mailed her using the visuals. festo, we met heads of all the par- dates in all the 15 segments, and three by JD(S). a nine-fold jump. “We are proud to be BCCI president. been filed on May 23 in the Later during probe, it ties last week and requested court of chief judicial magis- emerged that several other them to incorporate our trate in Coimbatore and five women had been sexually demands in their poll mani- .#$ #12 accused were arrested. harassed by the gang. festos. Few parties found our & !% The agency said some Amid mounting public document worthy and bor- videos which were recovered outrage, the Tamil Nadu gov- rowed some of our points. We # from the mobile phones of the ernment in March transferred are now hitting the streets to sen- accused were being scanned the case to the CBI. sitise the voters," he said. ! * 9*$ last five years. In coming 09 NHAI Ajay Kumar Rajak has meeting Union Minister Nitin years, this combination will already clarified before the Gadkari on October 15, Dr nvoking the “Narendra- give a new dimension to the ewly operational toll plaza media that the toll plaza was Singh tweeted, "I took up the IDevendra” formula which state in terms of development”. Nalong the Jammu- opened and operated as per rules issue of Toll Plaza constructed by he said proved to be a “super- “You have to accept this Pathankot National Highway at of the Central Government. He the National Highway Authority hit” during the last five years, fact as well: When Devendra Sarore in Samba district, has also maintained “The rollback of of India (NHAI) at Sarore with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Narendra stand together, it become the new rallying point toll plaza at Sarore is not on Gadkari in New Delhi and sug- on Wednesday made a strong will not be 1+1=2, but togeth- for all the political parties and cards as its location and rates gested Gadkari to defer opera- pitch for Devendra Fadnavis’ er they will become 11. The their top brass in Jammu region. have been decided by the tion of Toll Plaza at Sarore return as the Chief Minister of combined strength of eleven Meanwhile, it is the com- Central Government”. Ironically, keeping in view peculiar cir- Maharashtra and said that the will take Maharashtra will mon passenger who is facing the BJP state president, Ravinder cumstances of the State’s transi- Modi-Fadnavis combination newer heights in the country. hardships for last five days on Raina, had termed the toll post tion into the Union Territory. Dr would give the state a new At a time when we are aiming account of long traffic jams and as ‘ill thought-out decision of the Singh also took up the issue of dimension to the state in terms to become a 5 trillion economy, strike by the transporters union local officials of the NHAI’ and Toll Plaza with Governor Satya of development in the coming Maharashtra is such an engine on the same route. sought its removal. Pal Malik and urged him to years. will give us boost will realising Sensing public mood, the Feeling the heat of growing defer the continuance of the Addressing a huge election our dream,” Modi said. political parties lost no time public anger against the BJP's Plaza. rally at Panvel in the neigh- Modi also heaped praise on before throwing their hats in the muted silence over the issue, Meanwhile, opposition par- bouring Raigad district, Modi Maharashtra for its key rile in arena and started politicking to Raina shot off a letter to Union ties, Congress, National said: “You have re-installed India becoming the third earn brownie points. Transport Minister Nitin Conference, Panthers Party, Narendra in Delhi. I appeal to start-up friendly nation in the Interestingly, none of the Gadkari requesting scrapping of Peoples Democratic Party and the voters to re-install world. “Maharashtra has played politicians are standing with the toll plaza on October 12. several other organisations came Devendra with the same a key role in our becoming the the project executing agency- Union Minister of State in out on the streets and held strength. Delhi me Narendra, third start-up friendly nation National Highway Authority of the Prime Minister’s Office protest demonstrations seeking Mumbai me Devendra .. in the world. Youngsters India (NHAI). (PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh also scrapping of the toll plaza at Narendra-Devendra formula from here have played a big role On its part, Project Director, intervened in the matter. After Sarore. has been a super-hit during the in this. !"#$ % 2: ' 0 %!! # ! - 6
3<$ C< released on bail by a court here giving an assurance that they Suraiya and Safiya were lead- 245 this evening, officials said. would maintain peace, the offi- ing a group of women activists, omen protesters, includ- Abdullah's sister Suraiya, cials said. The women, who were who wore black arm bands and Wing National Conference his daughter Safiya and 11 other lodged in central jail Srinagar, held placards, while protesting 9*$ "diverting attention from its taking its last breath. It sees President Farooq Abdullah's women furnished a personal were released around 6 pm on against abrogation of provisions failures by harping on Article 'rashtra bhakti' (nationalism) in sister and daughter, who were bond of Rs 10,000 and surety of Wednesday after the court of of Article 370 and bifurcation of rime Minister Narendra 370 abrogation." 'parivar bhakti' (devotion to a arrested on Tuesday after they Rs 40,000 each under section Chief Judicial Magistrate grant- Jammu and Kashmir into two PModi on Wednesday "A shameless Opposition is family)," he said without taking took out a protest march, were 107 of criminal procedure code, ed them bail, they said. union territories. slammed Opposition leaders asking what is the connection any names. seeking a link between the between Article 370 and "The Congress, which is abrogation of Article 370 Maharashtra. We are proud of taking its last breath, sees and the Maharashtra the children of Maharashtra nationalism in devotion to a Assembly polls, and told who sacrificed everything for family," Modi said. them to go drown (doob Jammu and Kashmir," he said. Modi said Hindutva ideo- maro) for their stance. Modi said he was shocked logue V D Savarkar's "san- Modi made the acerbic that such voices are being skar" (values) are the basis for remarks in Akola district of raised for political gains in the nation-building, and rued that Vidarbha region during a land of Shivaji Maharaj. Babasaheb Ambedkar was campaign rally for the Pawar had said on Tuesday denied the Bharat Ratna, October 21 Maharashtra that the BJP does not have any- India's highest civilian honour. Assembly elections. thing concrete to show and so "It is due to Savarkar's 'san- "How can they was harping on abrogation of skar' that we put nationalism as (Opposition) say that Jammu Article 370. "If you question the basis for nation-building," and Kashmir has nothing to them about farmers' suicides, Modi said. do with Maharashtra? They unemployment, closure of His remarks came a day should be ashamed of such industries, the BJP responds after BJP's Maharashtra unit thoughts. Don't they have any with Article 370," the NCP sought Bharat Ratna for shame? Doob maro," he said, leader had said. Savarkar in its poll manifesto. using the two-word phrase in Modi, who also addressed Modi said the Marathwada Hindi. poll rallies in Jalna and Raigad region in Maharashtra gave Modi lambasted the districts later, said the Congress three chief ministers to Congress and NCP chief now is not the same party that the state, but the area is still Sharad Pawar, who had fought for Independence. backward in terms of develop- accused the ruling BJP of "The (Congress) party is ment. 6 $
69,. clear message and they have Chief Minister said. understood the motive of the Yogi said that the BJP was ttacking the Opposition, government. Those who did the only democratic party in the AChief Minister Yogi not understand this in the begin- country. “It is only the BJP Adityanath said that parties ning, have been made to where any booth level worker like Samajwadi Party, Bahujan acknowledge it and now either can become prime minister and Samaj Party and Congress they are behind bars or have fled national president of the party,” wanted power to loot, not to the state,” he said. he said. serve the people as they were “During the rule of not concerned about nation’s Samajwadi Party, riots took interest but only about their place every other day. There personal interests. was loss of property and restric- Addressing a series of ral- tions were imposed on cele- lies in Bahraich and Mau on bration of festivals. But now, no Wednesday, the Chief Minister riots take place and all festivals said that the character of the are celebrated with zeal,” he SP, the BSP and the Congress said. was similar. The Chief Minister said “They are families, not that during his 30-month rule, political parties and they are the Bharatiya Janata Party gov- not concerned about the ernment had provided employ- progress of the citizens,” he ment to 2.25 lakh youth in a said. transparent manner and no “Anarchy, corruption and complaint of wrongful means dishonesty remain their sole was reported. “People who agenda after they come to came under suspicion were power. In order to maintain expelled at once,” he said. their vote banks to retain Speaking at a rally in power, they oppose the deci- Bahraich’s Balha town, the sions taken in the interest of Chief Minister said that the the country. They do not even state government constructed shy away from supporting a medical college in the name terrorism. Such people are of Maharaj Suheldev. not liking abrogation of Article “Admissions will start here 370 and they speak the lan- from this year and this will pro- guage of Pakistan,” Yogi said. vide better health facilities to The Chief Minister said the people of Bahraich,” he said. that improvement in law and “In addition, the state gov- order and curbing corrup- ernment is also promoting tion were the priorities of his sports by constructing open Government. gymnasium and sports “Criminals have got a grounds in every village,” the !"#$ % ' 2& 6*$+5(+& 6 ) # = ;+4 # = = 6&$*7*%+ 0 " - 0 -, R # $ ( #3( ( $ 6 2 C$62D ( ( ( R ) ( ( um companies of India, too. # ( The meeting in Rome will also discuss the dematerialised use of PGR. With advancements in technology such as gene edit- ing, Digital Sequence Information (DSI), physical plant material may not be required to ) develop new varieties. Gene 82 3 1 sequences will be enough. While ( S the world and organisation such : as the CBD are doing expert stud- O ome November, India is about to ies on them, India should support enter key negotiations on the that DSI and other future tech- O ( ;EFF $62 International Treaty on Plant nologies (CRISPR) should be ( Genetic Resources for Food and added under the benefit-sharing S - Agriculture (ITPGRFA) at its scheme so that our efforts in con- Ceighth general body meeting in Rome. But serving PGR are not left out. 4 % ( what is at stake? All of India’s future as these But perhaps the biggest ele- ) talks may impact the country’s biodiversity phant in the room is: Who is > ! and germplasm relating to food and agricul- India really negotiating with? Is ture. In the delegates’ own words, “The ITP- it the developed countries or ) -S C!)-SD 6 E0 ;G 0F;. ( GRFA, adopted in 2001, is a global response trans-national big agricultural .G !)- to promote the conservation of plant genet- corporations in the garb of coun- " ( ic resources and to protect farmers’ rights to tries? Such corporations are pre- access and have fair and equitable sharing of sent in each country today, # benefits arising out of their use.” But let us including India, and are lobbying !)- examine the agenda behind this treaty. to have access to PGR through a * , $62 # As per ITPFRA/Food and Agriculture second channel. In fact, through Organisation (FAO) data, India is the top des- their Indian subsidiaries, they are 00/// 0// ( tination for plant genetic resources for food even consulting with the C $D 9 and agriculture (PGFRA), numbering Government for a softer stance : ( 725,117. Briefly put, these negotiations are on ITPGRFA. And why would about how other countries can access all these they do that? Because nations + -5 PGFRAs at the minimum price possible. It such as India expressed sovereign : .//1 is also to be kept in mind that India is a sig- right over their PGR and have S natory to the Convention of Biological many restrictions for foreign Diversity (CBD) and Nagoya Protocol, which MNCs to access Indian biodiver- $62 : , + -5 cover all of its biodiversity already. These two sity under the Biological Diversity !)- 4 ./01 ( treaties protect bio-piracy and have worked Act. If the Swiss proposal is , $ ( favourably for a biodiversity/germplasm rich until now and given only 26,530 Diversity (CBD), Seed Act, seed development and expansion of accepted, Indian legislations will S ? , % S country as ours. accessions to the MLS. But we are rules and other prevailing legis- Research and development be bypassed and all doors to PGR The first issue in the discussion comes not the only ones. A cold and wet lations. Otherwise we will see a (R&D) activities in India and in will be opened to them without from Switzerland, which has been advocat- island off the north-west coast of situation where Indian farmers other PGR-rich nations. We can restrictions — all for a nominal 2 ing a “Multilateral System (MLS) to cover all Europe, the United Kingdom, has are growing cotton and the mills propose that every State should percentage of profits. S ( other plant genetic resources for food and a total of 834,451 accessions, out of Manchester are making the have ex-situ and in-situ PGR con- Once they have Indian PGR agriculture in accordance with Article 3 of the of which it has put only 44,069 cloth. Ultimately, Indians will buy servation project funded by this available to them in any part of ? international treaty.” One should consider that accessions in the MLS. Before their own cotton at 400 per cent treaty. the world, we will see the emer- ( Switzerland has only 39,953 accessions stored considering the inclusion of all times the actual price. This Speaking of funds, the other gence of “seed sweat shops”, with it. Given that India has one of the high- PGRs in Annexure 1, the model will be emulated for seeds, critical issue is of the corpus much like clothes sweat shops in est stored ascensions in the world — 395,001 Government of India and the too. In this case, especially as (FAO trust fund) created for shar- countries like Bangladesh. The # — we would legally be bound to contribute Indian Council of Agricultural some nations allow for patents on ing benefits. India must first design is European or American, " all of them to the treaty. In this sense, we will Research (ICAR)-National seeds, our germplasm can be strongly urge to be on the board raw material is Indian and clothes become one of the biggest donors, too. But Bureau of Plant Genetic patented as part of a foreign prod- committee of this fund and also are made in Bangladesh for a few is this economically sound and in the inter- Resources (NBPGR) must uct. Then the same seed must be ensure that there is adequate rep- cents an hour and then sold in - est of the nation? After the emergence of cli- analyse how many PGRs have sold to Indian farmers. We must resentation from PGR donor boutique stores for thousands of mate crisis, Brexit and Trumpism, it may not been accessed by Indian firms think carefully and ensure Indian countries. This can be done dollars. Countries with the cheap- # S be the best option. through MLS and how much we legislations go with all our according to the availability/con- est farm labour costs will be Regarding the Swiss proposal to cover all have contributed to other nations. germplasm, too. tribution of PGR resources. The selected to mass produce seeds S 4 other PGRs for food and agriculture, India A policy paper needs to be pub- There is also an attempt to project allotted for conservation and then the produce will be - 2 % 2 - ) should think of its national interest first and lished on this so that citizens are introduce international union and R&D should be commensu- exported to nations which can 0 # only those crop species should be included aware of the benefits. for the Protection of New rate with the PGR donations. The pay higher prices. Indian farm- and PGR accessions designated, which are NBPGR must also work out Varieties of Plants (UPOV) con- Government of India and ers and women, who have pre- 4 already available in the public domain (ie the economic, agricultural and vention through this treaty. India NBPGR must also analyse that served seeds and biodiversity, @ 6 , accessible to everyone). Article 1 of the treaty social benefits of Indian seed should advocate farmers’ rights during the last seven to eight may be alienated and all of their should also explicitly declare the crop species, companies under MLS. It must in ITPGFRA in accordance with years how many projects for biodiversity commercialised by which we do not want to make available under also make sure there is no vague- provisions of their rights available PGR activities have been fund- big agricultural companies of the P Q A$ # the MLS. In fact, all crops, for which we have ness or secrecy regarding these under the Protection of Plant ed under the ITPGRFRA trust developed world. ( ) $62 geographical indication (GI) for now or for negotiations. We need a clear Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, fund versus other countries. Given the threat of climate P Q ( the future, should be excluded from the treaty. plan of how if we contribute our 2001. Any dilution of farmers’ We have to stress on the fact change, we cannot allow for China is currently not part of this treaty and PGRs, the MLS will reciprocate and breeders rights must not be that monetary benefits arising rampant exploitation of our is negotiating on its terms to make inroads. in nation-building. negotiated/accepted, especially after the commercialisation of PGRs only to participate in for- ) India should do the same. Our only bargain- The MNCs and foreign when we are not signatories of the PGR should be made directly to eign treaties. We should learn ( ing chip is our vast plant genetic resource companies, which will access UPOV. the PGR donor country. In addi- from China and be more conser- # (PGR), let’s not allow it to be taken without the PGRs from the Indian collec- India must seek an expan- tion, the product developed using vative and nationalistic in our any benefit to our country. The US recently tion, should maintain strict com- sion of the MLS in such a way the PGR should be made avail- approach towards our biological joined on the insistence of the private sector pliance with national legisla- that PGR-rich countries get able to the donor country, espe- heritage. and in a matter of years, it is the chairperson. tions, especially related to the appropriate benefits and advan- cially to the farmers, at relative- (The writer is Programme So the treaty is heavily influenced by big glob- Protection of Plant Varieties and tage for conserving and preserv- ly lower costs. There should be Director for Policy and Outreach ! ! al agricultural corporations and geopolitics. Farmers’ Rights Authority, ing germplasm. This can be relaxations for public institutes at the National Seed Association India has held a conservative position Convention on Biological done through capacity-building, like ICAR and small and medi- of India) ,:. 1 0 A 3@ )*$ ( $ $ ( ( $ ( ( $ $, + ( , ( ( # - # $ - ( ( # ( - ( $ ( ( < - # $ # # # T , 9+(..,1,+ <()+ <%,=,<)&)#( >1+(.,1,+ - K4 6 K< KC C K . ./01 2 % # ( O 2 4 $ 2( - 5 @ @ 4 @ @@ A3@4 O 6 5 7 S + ( Sir — This refers to the editori- 7 ( Sir — This refers to the editorial, 7 al, “Bangla pride” (October 15). ( “Bengal pride” (October 15). The Sheer information or official dec- ( policy adopted by Abhijit Banerjee S # )*$ ( laration may testify that Abhijit ( 7 ( must inspire our policymakers to Banerjee, along with Esther Duflo - take a leaf out of his randomised 2 % ( and Michael Kremer, has won the # < 4 < / 3 controlled field trials (RCTs) model Nobel Prize for Economics just ? < and propel them to course-correct. ) $ ) 5 , like Amartya Sen was honoured 4 ( # ( ? 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Their # ( ( ( - )S sole focus was on exploring 7 7 ( # Sir — The number of deals signed P Q 6 % strategies to alleviate poverty, +1#&>& between China and Nepal have 2 , improving children’s education #+ L M ( made it clear that Kathmandu no and expand access to healthcare. longer wants to be dependent on Since education and health India nor will it encourage any : > ? form the two most important pil- basic academic/vocational educa- and all these three subjects need health to the deprived by investing Indian dominance. New Delhi @ 6 $ S ( lars upon which a society thrives tion and skills. Also, quality edu- to be pursued at one go. maximum resource, energy and needs to be wary of the growing and prospers, indifference to cation and health can be ensured India and the developing time. Nothing is more crucial Nepal-China cooperation. , 7 these two can never eradicate the in this commercialised society nations must take cue from the than human capital. 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Over 2017 Q to 2018, large deal value doubled again, to $56 $ +7$3?637> - billion. Deal size also grew during this period, averaging $0.7 billion in 2015 to more than $2.6 ,<<+5 $ 2 # , 00 billion in 2017 and 2018. Deal volume has been <64 C0D CD P ( ( ( robust across sectors, with industrial goods, ener- 5S5,9+$D53 gy and telecom and media representing more <9+$ 56>C5+ than 60 per cent deals by volume and value. ,9C7+9$ uals reach the top of any organisation, from undermining their desired goals. italisation. However, the company Q - Although deal values and volumes increase +755S,$+55 + is at play, when it comes to acquisitions History is replete with examples of hung on, and by making significant P ( every year, most of them eventually fail to cre- ?+75<,5 as well. It pushes executives to overpay well-analysed and thought-of mergers cultural and leadership changes, result- Q ate synergy. Among other reasons, like nasty sur- ?66<5>+$+ for acquisitions so they can get bigger having failed due to cultural clashes as ed in long-term success. prises due to poor due-diligence, poor gover- and bigger, or so that they can stop a they play a role in preventing post-inte- Since integrating and redefining - ( 4??5<<5 nance, poor communication channels, weak +7 +75> competitor from getting bigger than gration plans from being properly the culture and corporate values and P% leadership, paying a high price for acquisition them. In addition, managers are also executed. January happens to be the reconciling the differences is essential 2 6 2 ? Q * and non-integration of culture, are the main rea- 37964#3+75 susceptible to the Pollyanna Principle, 18th anniversary of one of the worst for success of mergers, companies 1 .//1 $ ? A 6 son why M&As fail. There are many examples ?$<3+,<$+5<$ a psychological bias that overrates mergers in corporate history — Time should avoid the “bear hug” i.e. to ? @ C6?@D $ of companies that have destroyed shareholder $3+*5 positive memories and discounts neg- Warner and AOL. Merging the cultures impose their culture on the acquired # P value by overpaying to acquire other companies. 4$3,$6$ 54 4 ative ones. This means that executives of these two companies was problem- firm. To integrate cultures, the first step , # Q P# Quaker Oats’ acquisition of Snapple for $1.7 bil- 45+,754 4 take a cue from a few overpriced deals atic from the word go. The aggressive is to define the cultural objective Q : > , lion in 1994 still rings a bell as it sold Snapple +75.5>+ that were successful — like buying of and, apparently “arrogant” AOL peo- based on where the deal’s greatest value P# ? Q P to Triarc for $300 million 27 months after buy- 39,,533$ PayPal by eBay for $1.5 billion or ple shocked the sober and corporate lies. An acquirer can assimilate the ing it, losing a whopping $1.4 billion, making *9>$ C +75< Google paying $1.6 billion for YouTube Time Warner side. Cooperation and acquired company and continue with it one of the worst flops in corporate-merger his- — and turn a blind eye towards scores promised synergies failed to materialise its own organisational values or it can , >$3 tory. India Inc also has countless examples of . $ C+75 of overpriced deals that went kaput as mutual disrespect came to colour even use the merger to import the Q overpriced purchases. Subex, once a fairy well- such as the disastrous AOL/Time their relationships. When German acquired company’s beliefs into its own : > - known, Bengaluru-based telecom software S$9<$,5 Warner merger that led to a $45 billion Daimler (the makers of Mercedes- organisation. In some cases, it can cre- " > - " maker, tipped into bankruptcy by the disastrous 5, > 4 write-down. Benz) merged with American compa- ate a blend. I acquisition of Canadian telecom software com- +75 7D$ C+75 Even experienced managers, some- ny Chrysler in the late 1990s, it was The next step is to diagnose the , .G> - ( pany Syndesis for $164 million in 2007, which 4$3,$6$ 5 + times, get attached to a deal, making called a “merger of equals.” A few years cultural differences between the two was four times its annual revenue. This deal +>5 > them susceptible to bad decisions. In later, due to discordant company cul- companies to identify and measure the ? ( turned out to be overpriced as the revenue of <5 this situation, how should managers tures like differences in the level of for- differences among people, units, geo- " ( Syndesis in the following year halved. decide how much to pay or when to mality, philosophy on issues such as pay graphical regions and functions using Overpriced acquisitions are not a new phe- walk away? In this flashy corporate and expenses, and operating styles, the a variety of tools like process flow maps, nomenon. But what makes a company ignore world, executives routinely get caught merger turned into a fiasco. After major customer interviews and employee > evidence and overpay for acquisitions? The up in the excitement of the race, fall losses and layoffs, in 2007, Daimler sold surveys. The third step after setting the : answer lies mostly in behavioural theories. prey to it and offer more than they Chrysler to Cerberus Capital agenda and diagnosing the gaps is to ( Agency problem is one of the main reasons for should. So the first criterion is to be dis- Management for $6 billion. Taking an create an actionable plan that is much this, as in most of the cases, senior executives ciplined and detached and the key to example from India, the merger more than the vision and values state- earn bonuses and stock grants based on metrics success in buying another company is between Kingfisher Airlines and Air ments, and is concrete enough to be ( that have no real connect to value. Corporate knowing the maximum price one can Deccan failed due to their cultural dif- executed by managers. Finally, senior governance and activist shareholders take a back- pay and then having the discipline not ferences with Kingfisher being a full- leadership should take the responsibil- B seat as executives have a higher influence on the to pay a penny more. A company flight service catering to premium ity for communicating regularly and - 6 process. So, they push the deals where they can should be able to walk way from a deal segment and Air Deccan’s vision to frequently using all new technological - make more money. Second, when valuations are if the synergy value is not being creat- empower every Indian to fly. innovations and techniques such as generally high, as in India, companies fall into ed. In addition to overpriced acquisi- Meanwhile, some mergers endured social media, online platforms and the overvaluation trap and end up making flashy tions, culture has also emerged as one the cultural challenges to turn failures web-based employee forums, so that acquisitions. Proposed by Michael Jensen of of the dominant barriers to effective into success stories. One such example the new defined cultural objectives per- - ( Harvard Business School, it is a behavioural trap, integrations and more than half of the is that of Hewlett Packard and Compaq. colate to all the departments and ( where managers try to generate the expected per- mergers fail due to lack of cultural inte- In 2001, struggling computing giant employees. formance in the short run, all the way knowing, gration. Culture is the long-standing, Hewlett Packard acquired similarly To summarise, although successful - that maintaining higher performance is not pos- largely implicit shared values, beliefs, struggling competitor Compaq. There mergers and acquisitions must be pri- (( sible, and in turn making investments that will and assumptions that influence behav- were major cultural differences as marily based on strategic, financial and ( ( ultimately fall short. By making such invest- iour, attitudes and meaning in a com- HP’s engineering-driven culture was other objective criteria, it should be - ( ments, companies postpone the consequences pany or society. Since, it is a soft con- based on consensus and the sales-dri- more than just numbers and cash flow - .;// , of their bad investment decision. Too much cept having a set of implicit influences, ven Compaq culture on rapid decision analysis; it has to be more human for money chasing relatively scarce investment and it is difficult to account for com- making. This poor cultural fit result- it to survive and in turn create value > opportunities, is also one of the reasons why pletely or accurately, therefore, it ed in years of bitter infighting in the and synergies for all stakeholders. C D companies end up paying more for their acqui- becomes the responsibility of the top new company, and resulted in a loss of (The writer is Assistant Professor, sitions. 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new form of diplomacy meant to relevance of such summits in the and geo-political initiatives, which Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, However, despite showing firm- ties and support it even at the cost of break the impasse between India and emerging global scenario wherein are aimed at replacing and challeng- expansion of naval power across the ness not to support BRI and attempts India’s national interests. The help- China despite Beijing’s close ties with China is trying to redefine a new ing America as a key security Indian Ocean Region, connectivity to save the neighbours from a debt lessness of New Delhi has made the Pakistan, insistence on resolution of global order with its money, infra- provider and stabiliser in the Indo- and infrastructure development trap, the complex world order has challenge more serious for India. the Kashmir problem as per the UN structure development, connectivi- Pacific. However, its obsession with through Belt and Road Initiative forced India to play its role careful- Therefore, while working closely resolution and hosting of Pakistan ty and expansion of trade. Iran, Turkey, North Korea, non-clar- (BRI) confirm India’s apprehen- ly and engage with China wisely. In with like-minded countries and Prime Minister Imran Khan just This becomes more important ity on global issues and isolationist sions. Bangkok, during the Quad meeting, exposing the Pakistan-China connec- 888 @3B before Xi’s India visit. when one sees it in connection with tendencies reflected through the On the one hand it shows that while supporting the idea of partner- tion at all international forums, The non-cancellation of the visit the US, which is aiming not only to “America First” policy have made India’s encirclement from all direc- ships to promote a transparent, rule- engaging with China through such by either side despite other irritants, change the Chinese-promoted glob- China bold enough to expand its tions by China is complete, but on the based approach to trans-boundary summits is a good policy, though it he second informal summit at like undermining New Delhi’s role in al order through protectionism of reach and influence in all continents, other hand it also signals the desire challenges, India avoided any state- may not bring the desired results. But Mamallapuram between Prime international institutions, China’s trade but also such measures which including Europe, Asia, Africa, of neighbouring countries to venture ments, which could offend China. as the choices are very limited, TMinister Narendra Modi and reluctance to support India’s entry have resulted in trade wars with Southeast and South Asia. This is out of India’s ambit. In view of this, India is also collaborating with India’s move of not unnecessarily the Chinese President Xi Jinping, in into the Nuclear Suppliers Group and China and India. This tit-for-tat something that India is dreading, as the expanding connectivity through Vietnam, Japan and other regional engaging in acrimonious matters is the wake of the abrogation of Article trapping India’s neighbours through approach of countries, in way of rec- in New Delhi’s perception, an eco- BRI is becoming a very serious issue powers, but without annoying China. being seen as the gains of this meet- 370 in Jammu & Kashmir and aid and connectivity, has signalled the iprocal tariffs, is a bad omen for not nomically and geo-politically pow- for India as some BRI-funded pro- The unresolved border dispute, fre- ing which has paved the way for the China’s reaction towards it, had gen- growing maturity of both the pow- only the world economy but global erful China is an obstacle to its dream jects are in the China-Pakistan quent scuffles with Indian troops, next summit. erated apprehension. erful leaders of Asia. This also harmony. The narrow approach of of becoming a leading power of Asia. Economic Corridor (CPEC) in trade imbalance, the growing power Although it is not a game-chang- Most analysts were speculating reflects that both have understood the US and China signals not only China’s constant moral, economic, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) disparity between India and China ing move but if India plans it well and the cancellation of this summit that dialogue is better than a dead- the geo-economical aspects of the military and infrastructural support and in the absence of transparency, and unpredictability of US support also tries to explore opportunities to because of bilateral tensions due to lock as it will lead nowhere. Though US-China competition but also anti- to its all-weather friend Pakistan, Xi’s sustainability and rule of law, the have also forced India to play its card hit China where it can, then in future, Xi’s statements on the Kashmir issue the terse body language of Xi multilateralism, which India views as visit to Nepal after India and cement- neighbours are being trapped in a with precision. Despite knowing the maturity shown by both leaders and Beijing’s open tilt in favour of throughout the visit was also necessary for spreading its power and ing of many agreements, including a Chinese debt-trap. Although during about China eating into Indian ter- and strength and weakness of one Pakistan even before the start of his analysed but the agreement to host influence, especially in the Indo- trans-Himalayan corridor between the second Belt and Road Forum, in ritory in Ladakh and Pakistan’s aid another will prove that dialogue is visit, but the continuation of the the next summit in China has made Pacific and Asia. China and Nepal (CNEC), a railway April, Xi had promised to take care to various terrorist outfits, a face-sav- better than deadlock. “Chennai Connect” proved them the “Chennai Connect” more inter- The US understands China’s line to connect Tibet and of India’s concerns, nothing concrete ing exit from Afghanistan has forced (The writer is professor of Political wrong. 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World Bank said on Tuesday. value uses and policies to ticular challenge lies in India’s said the MSME Ministry has Gadkari, who is also the India is both critical to the increase the value of water use declining female labour force sought a fund of 10,000 crore union minister for road trans- success of global development within sectors. participation, which at 27 per- to buy equity in small busi- port and highways, said he efforts, including eliminating In addition, 230 million cent is among the lowest in the nesses wanting to list on the wants to increase the revenue extreme poverty, and as an people are not properly con- world despite overcoming gen- stock exchanges. of the ministry to 1 lakh influential leader for global nected to the electricity grid der gaps in education. “We have requested the crore in next five years without goods such as addressing cli- while generation will need to be “Finally, India’s public sec- Finance Ministry to sanction us seeking any help from the mate change, the bank said less carbon intensive, the World tor institutions will need to be 10,000 crore and whichever Government by monetising ahead of the annual meeting Bank pointed out. modernised to deliver services MSE (micro and small enter- road assets. between it and the “More generally, India’s and regulations that match the prises) wants to list their equi- He said roadside amenities International Monetary Fund. rapidly growing economy aspirations of a middle income ty on the stock exchanges, we such as providing space for The country has achieved needs investment in infra- country; this will entail improv- will buy 10 per cent in them. charging stations or petrol annual growth exceeding seven structure, an estimated 8.8 per- ing accountability and effec- “I believe this 10 per cent pumps and charging commis- per cent over the last 15 years, cent of GDP or $343 billion a tiveness, improving the ability of our equity will increase by sion from companies, can be halved its poverty rate since the is expected to continue and siderable challenges. population. year until 2030,” it said. of the state to interface with the two to three times in 3-4 years. tapped to increase the rev- 1990s, and enjoyed strong elimination of extreme pover- For this, the World Bank Land will need to be used Second, sustained growth private sector, So this will increase value of enue of the ministry. improvements in most human ty in the decade is within said, India will need to achieve more productively in urban will also need to accelerate and strengthening the compact our capital so that we can keep The minister also said there development outcomes, the reach, it said at the same time, greater resource efficiency as it areas by the spatial transfor- inclusion, especially to create among tiers of government to rolling this fund as the gov- is huge potential for small World Bank said. the country’s development tra- sustains growth, given its mation of cities achieving more and better jobs. While an improve service delivery,” the ernment alone cannot do all units and businesses in India Noting that India’s growth jectory nonetheless faces con- resource endowments and large “agglomeration economies” estimated 13 million people bank said. the things in this age and for export competitiveness. ' ' * R ! ,$* (,$ &* New Delhi: India’s fuel demand Petroleum Planning and 525,000 tonnes. # slipped to its lowest in over two Analysis Cell (PPAC). These downward trends $&),$&"$$&+ ,$$)$& years in September after a fall Diesel, the most used fuel negated the rise in cooking gas in diesel and industrial fuel con- in the country, saw demand (LPG) and petrol demand. sumption negated the rise in drop by 3.2 per cent to 5.8 mil- The sale of petrol rose 6.2 5><. “I do respect Raghuram '- petrol and LPG consumption. lion tonnes, while naphtha per cent to 2.37 million tonnes, Rajan as a great scholar who Consumption of petrole- sales were down by a quarter to but sale of jet fuel or ATF fell ndia’s public sector banks chose to be in the central bank 37$ C+ World Bank. um products in September 8,44,000 tonnes. 1.6 per cent to 6,66,000 tonnes. Ihad the “worst phase” under in India at a time when the On the projections in the dropped to 16.01 million Bitumen, used in road con- LPG consumption surged the “combination” of former Indian economy was all buoy- t is important for India to World Economic Outlook tonnes, its lowest since July struction, too saw consumption 6 per cent to 2.18 million prime minister Manmohan ant,” she said during the lecture Ikeep fiscal deficit in check, report, Gopinath said 2017, from 16.06 million drop by 7.3 per cent to 343,000 tonnes on the back of Singh and ex-RBI governor organised by the Deepak and even though its revenue pro- appropriate steps have been tonnes in the same month last tonnes. Fuel oil sales edged 3.8 Government’s push for the use Raghuram Rajan, and giving prestigious Columbia Neera Raj Centre on Indian jections look optimistic, Chief taken. year, according to data from the per cent lower in September to of cleaner fuel. PTI the ailing banks a “lifeline” was University’s School of Economic Policies of the Economist of the International Appreciative of the recent her primary duty now, Finance International and Public Affairs Columbia University. Monetary Fund (IMF) Gita steps being taken by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Tuesday, Sitharaman Asked about the ex-RBI Gopinath has said. Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. said: governor’s comments during a As against India’s real to address the economic chal- '- ! ! The public sector banks “While economists can recent lecture at Brown growth rate of 6.8 per cent in lenges being faced by India, she have been grappling with bad take a view of what prevails University in which he had 2018, the IMF in its latest said there is !! loans and the government has today or prevailed years ago, apparently mentioned that in World Economic Outlook still a lot more that needs to be been taking measures to but I will also want answers for its first term, the Narendra released on Tuesday, projected done. 37$ C+ economies to be prepared to the global economic growth address the issue. In August, the time when Rajan was in the Modi government had not the country’s growth rate at 6.1 Prominent among these engage in a coordinated poli- materialise,” Gaspar told PTI in the government announced Governor’s post speaking about done better on the economy per cent for 2019 and noted include cleaning up of balance he IMF on Wednesday cy action if downside risks to an interview. upfront capital infusion to the the Indian banks, for which because the government was that the Indian economy is sheets of regular commercial Turged the largest economies tune of 70,000 crore into the today to give a lifeline is the pri- extremely centralised and the expected to pick up at 7 per banks, Gopinath said. of the world, including India, public sector banks. Besides, 10 mary duty of the Finance leadership does not appear to cent in 2020. “In our projections we have to be prepared to engage in a public sector banks are being Minister of India. And the have a consistent articulated In India’s case, there has that India will recover to 7 per coordinated policy action, a : consolidated into four. lifeline-kind of an emergency vision on how to achieve eco- been a negative impact on cent growth in 2020. And the day after it downgraded the Delivering a lecture at the has not come overnight”. nomic growth. growth that has come from premise is that these particular 2019 global growth rate to 3 per financial vulnerabilities and bottlenecks will clear up,” she cent — the slowest pace since #*0 the non-bank financial sector, said. the 2008 global financial crisis. 2 ' and the impact on consumer On the fiscal side for India, The remarks by Vitor 37$ C+ warned the International borrowing and borrowing of there have been some recent Gaspar, Director of the Monetary Fund. ! small and medium enterprises, measures, including the cor- International Monetary Fund’s he trade war between the Predictions estimate the Q R$ "@ Gopinath said. porate tax cut. There has not Fiscal Affairs Department, TUnited States and China world economy will grow by # The Indian-American been an announcement about came a day after the IMF will drag the global economy only 3 per cent in 2019 picking 54567$ a critical role in clearing cash economist was speaking to how that will be offset to rev- painted a grim picture of the down with the gloomiest up to 3.4 per cent by 2020, a dues to smaller companies, he New Delhi: The Telecom reporters ahead of the annual enues at this point, Gopinath global economy. growth forecast for 2019 and considerable slowdown from hief Economic Advisor KV said at an event organised by Department (DoT) is trying to meeting of the IMF and the said. “It is timely for the largest 2020 since the financial crisis, 2017’s 3.8 per cent growth. CSubramanian on industry chamber Ficci get more spectrum free in the Wednesday called upon the being attended by several cor- 3.3-3.6 Ghz band for 5G ser- industry to start making invest- porates. vices, a top official said on ments, stressing that the fun- Finance Minister Nirmala Wednesday. The industry has damentals of the economy are Sitharaman on Monday had raised concerns over the limit- “very very strong”. said that according to returns ed availability of spectrum in On more than 40,000 filed by large corporates to the the mid frequency bands crore of dues pending to small Corporate Affairs Ministry, as marked for 5G services. companies, he nudged large much as 40,000 crore was due With the defence and the corporates to ensure timely to the MSME sector. space departments claiming payment to the MSME sector The CEA further said the frequencies in the 3.3-3.6 Ghz as small players are dependent slowdown in the economy is band, which has been recom- on cash flows. due to a decline in invest- mended for 5G services by the Large companies must play ment, which is a key driver. regulator Trai. PTI !"#$ % %% 0 < N< U@ - @N O
5 4567$ tiatives given limited visibility,” company. It has significant tional EV); and better than business of RIL will contribute it said. “We expect near-term investments in telecom, con- expected IMO contribution + more than a quarter of the pro- eliance Industries in 24 momentum to be strong.” sumer retail and media busi- lower capex for a couple of jected EV (enterprise value). 9*$ Rmonths can become the Its bull case scenario that nesses in India. Its telecom sub- year”. Also, Jio’s entry would first Indian company to reach takes m-cap to USD 200 billion sidiary, Jio has garnered a large India’s domestic shipping expand the SME market - cur- enchmark indices closed USD 200 billion market cap on assumed Jio’s per mobile phone number of paying subscribers sector is to implement the rently the majority of them do Bwith gains for the fourth New Delhi (PTI): Gold prices on Wednesday advanced Rs 120 the back of its new commerce user revenue increasing to Rs and has the opportunity to International Maritime not use any enterprise offer- session on the trot on to Rs 39,030 per 10 gram in the national capital on festive venture and fixed broadband 177 in FY22 from Rs 151, 10 emerge as a top-three telecom Organization’s low sulfur man- ings. “In the enterprise busi- Wednesday, propped up by demand and weaker rupee, according to HDFC Securities. business, Bank of America million Kirana’s paying the player in a growing Indian date for marine fuels, which ness, we expect Jio to target 15 finance, energy and IT stocks, Silver also jumped by Rs 489 to Rs 46,809 per kilogram here Merrill Lynch said on company Rs 750 a month for market on the back of the will raise margins for diesel. million SME users. In this, we as investors wagered on an from its previous close of Rs 46,320 per kilogram. On Tuesday, Wednesday. In a report, the installing M-PoS, and broad- launch of fiber-based broad- The brokerage said retail assume 60 per cent conversion upbeat earnings season amid gold closed at Rs 38,910 per 10 gram. Spot gold prices for 24 brokerage said the key drivers band users reaching 12 million band services. will be the biggest driver of (i.e. 9 million paying SME by mixed global cues. Karat in Delhi were trading higher by Rs 120 at Rs 39,030 on necessary for Reliance to by FY22 with 60 per cent of The report said the “upside upside as the firm’s new com- FY22) and expect each SME to After swinging 250 points festival demand and weaker rupee, HDFC Securities Senior breach USD 200 billion market them paying an average of Rs from base-case is predomi- merce business gains traction pay on an average Rs 2,000 per in see-saw trade, the 30-share Analyst - Commodities Tapan Patel said. Spot rupee was trad- cap in 24 months from current 840 a month. nately driven by new com- in the USD 800 billion unor- month,” it said. BSE Sensex ended 92.90 points, ing 8 paise weaker against dollar during the day, he added. Gold USD 122 billion market cap are “In our bull-case, we look merce gaining scale and help- ganised markets. “On an aver- It estimated the Jio’s broad- or 0.24 per cent, higher at was trading higher at USD 1,485 an ounce in the internation- new commerce initiative of at a 24-month fair-value of the ing B2B retail momentum as age, we expect 10 million band business users would be 38,598.99. al market, while silver quoted flat at USD 17.33 per ounce. The empowering Kiranas in unor- company as we believe most of well (USD 32 billion in addi- Kirana’s to contribute to RIL of 12 million by FY22, of which On similar lines, the broad- US-China trade deal jitters and developments on Brexit may ganised retail market by offer- the new businesses which are tional enterprise value); Jio Rs 750/month on back of its M- 60 per cent could pay an aver- er NSE Nifty rose 35.70 points, keep gold prices on the edge in near term, he added. ing MPoS (mobile point-of- in gestation period will take gaining traction in enterprise, POS monthly fees and contri- age of Rs 800 per cent, it said. or 0.31 per cent, to settle at sale), entry into SME enterprise around 24 months to acquire fixed broadband business + bution from inventory man- In the oil-to-chemicals 11,464. rosier outlook in management dipped 0.14 per cent, while the space with Microsoft, Jio’s fiber scale and contribute meaning- better than expected ad rev- agement etc,” it said. business, it expected better A batch of strong earnings commentaries is adding to the smallcap gauge rose 0.21 per broadband business and digi- fully to RIL’s fair value,” it said. enues/upselling services (USD Stating that the entire cel- than expected IMO impact, from companies like Wipro optimism. cent. tal initiatives like advertising. Reliance Industries (RIL) is 222 billion in additional EV); lular phone business industry with refining margins moving and ACC enthused trading “Despite the pervasive neg- Elsewhere in Asia, bours- “We think the market is India’s largest petrochemical more pronounced telecom tar- would see a meaningful tariff to USD 13 per barrel from USD sentiment, though the overall ative sentiment of a slowdown, es in Hong Kong, Seoul and giving little credit to these ini- and second-largest oil refining iff hike (USD 10 bn in addi- hike by FY2022, it said telecom 11. macroeconomic picture the on ground demand reports Tokyo ended on a positive remains sombre, brokers said. suggest things are not as bad, note, while Shanghai settled in Top gainers in the Sensex and improving. The demand is the red. *: . % )) pack included Bajaj Finance, not as bad if sales numbers in Exchanges in Europe were ONGC, Yes Bank, HDFC, HCL early festive season are to be also trading lower in their Tech, Tech Mahindra, TCS, believed. With all the negatives respective early sessions on 5 4567$ call for all India bank strike on Syndicate Bank, Corporate Bank, izen into banking access through economy out of its present seri- ICICI Bank and RIL, rising up already known, the downside reports that Tuesday’s talks October 22, against the recent United Bank of India and scheme like Jan Dhan yojana, etc, ous mess and crisis,” it said. to 3.57 per cent. to markets looks limited,” said brought British and European ll India Trade Union decision of the government to Oriental Bank of Commerce announcing the PSU bank merg- In fact, the entire attention On the other hand, Hero Sunil Sharma, Chief negotiators closer to a Brexit ACongress (AITUC) on merge 10 public sector banks are well performing banks and er, which will result in large scale of banks will now shift from MotoCorp, Vedanta, Asian Investment Officer, Sanctum deal but failed to confirm an Wednesday said it has extended into four banks thus, deciding to have been greatly contributing closure of branches and deprive efforts to recover the huge bad Paints, NTPC, ITC, PowerGrid, Wealth Management. elusive breakthrough. support to the all India bank close down six important for our nation’s economic devel- people of banking service is a loans to tacking the problems SBI and Tata Motors fell up to Sectorally, BSE oil and gas, Meanwhile, the Indian strike on October 22, to protest nationalised banks,” an AITUC opment in their respective geo- most retrograde move, it added. arising out of mergers. This 2.73 per cent. realty, energy, teck, IT, telecom, rupee appreciated 17 paise to against the government’s deci- statement said. graphical areas. “So far there is no evidence that appears to be a deliberate move, “Though global markets finance and healthcare indices 71.37 against the US dollar sion to merge public sector The AITUC termed the All these banks have a long previous mergers in SBI, Bank of since government is unable to remained flat, Indian markets ended up to 1.20 per cent intra-day. banks. government’s decision as most history behind them and all of Baroda, etc have yielded any pos- take any serious measure to rallied for the fourth straight higher. However, power, utili- Brent crude futures, the “We note that All India unfortunate and totally unwar- them have grown into big banks itive results. This is not the time recover the bad loans from the day. The beginning of earnings ties, metal, capital goods and global oil benchmark, fell 0.17 Bank Employees Association ranted. All the banks who now over the years, the statement said. to experiment with merger of corporate defaulters except season has been better than auto slipped up to 1.06 per cent. per cent to USD 58.64 per bar- and Bank Employees Federation are facing closures namely At a time, when government banks when banks are required through huge write off, haircuts anticipated. In addition, the Broader BSE midcap index rel. of India have jointly given the Andhra Bank, Allahabad Bank, is talking of including every cit- to play a crucial role in lifting the and concessions, it said. SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11464.95 11481.05 11411.10 11464.00 35.70 Script Open High Low LTP RNAM 261.85 264.70 260.00 260.85 PGHH 11459.00 11876.00 11250.00 11391.20 GSFC 76.10 76.80 75.10 75.25 BPCL 504.90 520.00 501.30 511.45 21.15 ICICIGI 1250.00 1250.00 1192.00 1206.75 RPOWER 1.99 2.00 1.92 1.94 HONAUT 28909.90 28939.00 28480.00 28578.90 GUJALKALI 418.50 434.60 418.50 433.15 BAJFINANCE 3910.00 4032.00 3900.00 4025.00 145.55 IBULHSGFIN 190.00 195.00 168.00 172.90 RADICO 293.05 302.00 291.40 299.05 AEGISLOG 168.90 173.00 163.00 163.80 IFCI 6.23 6.39 6.20 6.29 ZEEL 251.35 267.50 250.25 260.00 9.30 LT 1436.60 1442.00 1416.20 1424.80 NIITTECH 1435.00 1435.00 1403.45 1409.45 SCHNEIDER 68.00 71.15 67.95 69.10 TATAINVEST 791.65 792.00 780.25 784.60 GRASIM 708.10 734.45 708.10 728.15 24.45 HDFC 2023.00 2055.00 2015.00 2050.05 RVNL 24.45 24.45 23.75 23.80 ITDCEM 39.00 39.00 35.05 36.45 JKLAKSHMI 279.00 286.50 260.20 282.85 ONGC 140.00 143.20 138.30 143.00 4.35 YESBANK 40.65 42.05 39.80 41.15 UBL 1299.00 1301.00 1267.00 1296.35 SUVEN 268.30 268.30 258.65 259.95 COCHINSHIP 332.00 332.50 329.00 330.35 YESBANK 40.60 42.05 39.80 41.70 1.10 SBIN 259.40 261.85 255.05 255.90 FORTIS 136.10 137.90 128.80 136.30 GILLETTE 7290.00 7410.00 7256.20 7310.15 SKFINDIA 2116.20 2153.70 2116.20 2135.30 WIPRO 245.90 251.70 244.00 248.90 5.25 RBLBANK 266.00 273.55 254.30 258.05 CEATLTD 936.10 973.30 935.00 967.10 SOBHA 458.90 458.90 447.60 455.75 NATCOPHARM 567.05 570.45 562.60 564.00 NESTLEIND 14099.90 14403.55 14080.00 14385.45 298.65 BPCL 504.00 520.35 502.70 511.95 DBL 391.90 394.90 359.00 364.95 BLUESTARCO 795.30 814.85 793.85 807.40 IOB 9.36 9.47 9.29 9.36 HDFC 2020.00 2056.00 2015.00 2051.80 38.50 FEDERALBNK 86.05 86.80 79.05 82.15 HINDCOPPER 32.00 33.45 31.60 32.70 LTTS 1553.00 1560.15 1542.00 1544.00 GEPIL 700.45 708.30 685.00 703.75 COALINDIA 192.30 196.20 191.35 194.20 3.05 ZEEL 252.00 267.30 250.40 259.75 RCF 49.20 49.20 46.85 47.45 STARCEMENT 95.05 97.00 93.85 94.25 RELAXO 488.00 502.00 488.00 496.35 BAJFINANCE 3900.00 4032.75 3900.00 4018.75 SWANENERGY 104.35 105.10 102.20 103.15 TIMKEN 778.95 795.00 770.00 791.50 IFBIND 664.75 667.40 641.00 650.15 HCLTECH 1089.00 1107.00 1083.10 1100.80 16.30 MCX 1070.00 1107.70 1018.10 1026.70 FORCEMOT 1100.00 1105.15 1080.00 1090.00 INTELLECT 187.05 189.70 183.75 186.05 MAHLIFE 427.60 448.00 427.60 439.65 ULTRACEMCO 4232.80 4298.00 4226.55 4267.35 60.85 MARUTI 7000.00 7014.60 6897.25 6976.85 VIPIND 465.00 471.50 454.50 460.65 JSL 34.20 34.85 33.50 33.65 SREINFRA 7.70 7.78 7.34 7.39 BAJAJFINSV 8085.55 8260.00 8065.05 8151.00 115.15 TATASTEEL 354.40 354.70 345.40 347.45 BALKRISIND 772.35 786.00 769.50 781.10 TAKE 107.00 110.00 106.65 108.25 SHK 123.00 123.00 115.00 119.05 TECHM 720.10 729.75 717.70 728.00 7.50 RELIANCE 1368.30 1379.90 1363.50 1372.70 RELINFRA 18.80 19.50 18.15 18.60 NESCO 592.00 592.00 571.00 579.90 PRSMJOHNSN 76.05 78.90 75.90 76.25 UPL 586.80 592.00 580.00 588.95 5.85 HINDUNILVR 2065.00 2080.00 2049.80 2071.80 GODREJPROP 987.00 1010.70 980.05 989.95 MOTILALOFS 627.20 642.65 625.10 629.75 ZYDUSWELL 1633.00 1679.35 1633.00 1650.25 ICICIBANK 434.50 439.50 431.15 435.80 3.95 TATAMOTORS 127.50 128.25 124.50 125.80 RITES 263.95 268.95 261.90 262.35 J&KBANK 31.65 31.70 30.80 30.90 TEJASNET 79.15 79.15 71.90 77.35 TCS 2038.00 2056.00 2016.00 2055.00 17.70 INFY 768.00 776.00 762.00 771.45 CHAMBLFERT 147.15 153.40 146.80 151.75 IPCALAB 887.40 896.00 878.45 893.20 DCAL 162.65 162.65 156.35 157.90 RELIANCE 1369.90 1379.65 1363.70 1374.50 10.35 AXISBANK 694.30 695.45 683.70 693.50 NOCIL 103.90 104.80 101.50 103.30 ASHOKA 100.80 107.50 100.05 105.65 CGPOWER 13.24 13.74 13.24 13.74 DRREDDY 2711.00 2728.40 2687.00 2704.00 19.35 M&MFIN 317.50 319.25 300.00 304.60 CYIENT 456.00 460.00 445.65 453.20 INOXWIND 33.55 37.95 32.75 36.75 NH 244.00 244.00 226.00 228.70 HINDUNILVR 2065.30 2080.00 2052.60 2078.95 14.55 AJANTPHARM 960.70 995.00 957.10 964.60 RAMCOCEM 730.00 731.50 721.70 729.55 SHANKARA 290.00 297.70 285.00 286.35 CRISIL 1332.60 1332.60 1302.00 1306.00 SUNPHARMA 398.05 402.20 394.25 398.60 1.80 TATAMTRDVR 57.10 57.10 55.45 55.95 BLISSGVS 109.50 114.00 99.80 111.50 CARERATING 528.70 539.00 518.00 530.55 ADVENZYMES 146.10 148.35 146.10 146.80 AXISBANK 693.40 695.40 683.55 692.65 2.60 INDUSINDBK 1270.00 1284.90 1265.80 1274.45 ABCAPITAL 77.65 88.00 77.45 78.10 NILKAMAL 1165.00 1215.50 1165.00 1191.85 GMDCLTD 57.50 59.35 57.30 57.60 BHARTIARTL 381.10 386.80 377.35 385.00 1.35 ICICIBANK 434.10 439.60 431.00 435.30 ABB 1518.80 1536.65 1506.00 1519.10 COROMANDEL 409.95 411.30 404.00 409.15 ALLCARGO 99.60 101.75 98.35 98.80 INFY 765.25 775.95 761.55 771.00 2.70 HDFCBANK 1234.70 1235.50 1210.95 1221.20 ULTRACEMCO 4220.30 4298.00 4220.30 4284.30 MEGH 49.95 52.00 49.85 51.05 CHENNPETRO 156.05 161.50 154.70 160.20 CAPPL 401.70 409.50 401.60 404.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 3035.00 3050.00 3015.25 3022.00 10.05 ONGC 140.20 142.90 138.30 141.60 LICHSGFIN 364.50 373.70 363.30 371.10 OIL 158.50 162.40 158.40 161.40 GRANULES 96.00 98.45 94.00 97.20 TIMETECHNO 57.60 57.70 55.45 55.85 TITAN 1274.80 1277.70 1256.05 1275.00 2.90 KOTAKBANK 1617.00 1623.80 1592.55 1606.05 SPICEJET 122.50 122.95 119.25 119.65 HEXAWARE 371.00 377.80 368.90 376.05 OFSS 3115.40 3165.90 3115.40 3140.50 LAURUSLABS 320.00 320.00 311.80 313.05 INDUSINDBK 1274.95 1285.00 1265.00 1275.00 2.75 HDFCLIFE 594.90 616.00 594.20 610.75 SRTRANSFIN 1060.00 1061.95 1030.00 1038.65 GMRINFRA 17.30 17.40 17.10 17.35 VBL 638.65 639.95 632.75 636.50 ASTERDM 116.90 120.25 116.90 119.85 INFRATEL 256.40 258.25 251.85 257.40 0.45 NCC 49.20 50.55 47.85 48.50 NESTLEIND 14088.00 14410.00 14088.00 14348.60 NAVINFLUOR 714.00 733.70 714.00 728.70 MAHSCOOTER 4518.15 4540.00 4480.00 4531.10 GALAXYSURF 1470.00 1493.60 1425.05 1440.85 BIOCON 263.70 263.70 254.55 259.90 JSWSTEEL 222.25 223.65 218.45 219.75 0.10 ACC 1527.00 1559.90 1512.70 1521.40 SCI 44.55 44.70 43.00 43.20 JINDALSAW 83.55 83.65 81.85 82.25 ESSELPRO 115.00 115.85 112.05 114.15 EXIDEIND 187.85 189.75 182.00 182.95 EICHERMOT 19188.00 19300.00 18902.60 19201.00 1.90 TCS 2039.00 2056.00 2016.50 2045.85 LINDEINDIA 512.50 514.40 500.25 510.65 JKTYRE 65.00 67.65 65.00 66.00 WELSPUNIND 49.45 50.10 49.45 49.65 ASHOKLEY 70.05 71.95 69.10 71.65 SUNTV 490.00 499.90 481.90 483.20 REPCOHOME 285.95 304.95 278.00 295.80 SUPREMEIND 1220.00 1230.95 1211.50 1213.35 SUPRAJIT 179.10 182.00 179.05 180.30 M&M 582.50 586.90 575.35 583.40 0.00 CROMPTON 253.00 261.40 253.00 259.50 HEG 884.95 915.00 881.10 885.80 TATACHEM 594.00 596.10 585.60 594.15 MOIL 132.00 134.90 132.00 132.75 BDL 281.00 281.00 278.35 278.95 BRITANNIA 3185.00 3185.00 3155.00 3177.80 -3.30 IOC 147.20 148.95 144.95 145.45 POLYCAB 709.40 737.45 708.00 718.05 DHFL 20.20 21.00 20.20 20.20 THERMAX 1115.00 1118.50 1095.00 1103.45 JKCEMENT 1061.00 1075.00 1048.45 1053.85 MARUTI 7003.45 7013.90 6895.00 6977.00 -8.75 IDEA 6.19 6.74 6.17 6.56 TVSMOTOR 415.00 416.50 407.00 411.40 PIIND 1317.95 1325.00 1310.00 1313.20 FCONSUMER 24.75 25.10 24.15 24.40 SYMPHONY 1275.00 1292.00 1254.55 1260.30 HDFCBANK 1231.65 1235.00 1210.10 1221.50 -1.55 BANDHANBNK 605.10 605.10 577.20 583.75 SIEMENS 1591.35 1617.35 1590.00 1610.90 BALRAMCHIN 154.70 156.15 150.00 150.50 APLAPOLLO 1402.65 1419.00 1376.90 1406.95 SJVN 24.80 25.00 24.40 24.50 CIPLA 446.30 447.85 438.95 445.30 -1.25 WIPRO 248.00 251.80 244.20 248.85 COLPAL 1555.00 1558.80 1520.80 1524.45 AUBANK 649.10 673.70 646.00 647.10 KRBL 208.95 208.95 193.30 202.00 RALLIS 173.00 173.00 168.80 169.60 IOC 147.25 149.00 145.00 145.80 -0.65 BAJAJFINSV 8066.05 8261.80 8055.65 8129.30 DMART 1840.10 1886.30 1840.10 1871.25 SHREECEM 18646.50 18733.20 18500.65 18617.45 MPHASIS 921.00 923.30 910.05 920.85 CUB 215.15 215.40 212.90 213.70 KOTAKBANK 1615.00 1623.30 1592.60 1605.00 -10.60 SBILIFE 836.20 891.95 831.00 877.40 GICHSGFIN 132.00 158.30 131.85 157.35 GHCL 207.00 210.30 205.20 206.35 DHANUKA 302.05 302.05 294.15 295.40 EIDPARRY 155.80 157.10 153.05 154.35 LT 1440.00 1441.80 1416.25 1422.00 -10.25 CASTROLIND 133.75 136.50 128.90 130.05 AVANTI 382.60 402.40 382.60 388.45 ABBOTINDIA 10918.00 11000.00 10880.00 10935.30 NHPC 23.75 23.75 23.40 23.40 IIFL 108.00 108.95 105.00 107.30 TATAMOTORS 127.30 128.30 124.50 125.90 -1.05 ESCORTS 634.00 639.40 622.05 629.30 DELTACORP 171.50 183.00 171.50 178.80 MMTC 14.40 16.40 14.00 15.70 GUJGAS 176.45 176.45 174.10 175.15 TRITURBINE 101.00 101.20 98.50 98.80 TATASTEEL 353.80 353.80 345.25 346.25 -2.95 INFRATEL 254.00 258.15 251.75 256.95 TORNTPHARM 1660.15 1687.75 1632.20 1641.95 CADILAHC 234.25 237.20 232.30 234.55 AKZOINDIA 1949.00 2006.00 1942.75 1976.30 NETWORK18 20.30 20.30 19.40 19.70 SBIN 259.30 261.95 255.00 255.95 -2.50 AUROPHARMA 456.90 465.50 447.50 463.60 GODREJCP 692.15 713.20 692.10 706.05 DBCORP 150.30 154.80 148.50 153.10 GSPL 208.60 212.70 206.85 211.90 SADBHAV 131.05 133.70 131.05 133.25 GAIL 128.00 128.00 126.00 126.85 -1.25 JINDALSTEL 103.90 104.50 101.25 102.30 SRF 2626.00 2648.40 2590.00 2632.55 ISEC 274.80 278.85 274.00 275.05 ASTRAL 1177.15 1177.15 1142.45 1160.35 SOLARINDS 1095.00 1098.00 1080.00 1091.80 ADANIPORTS 413.00 413.75 403.60 409.00 -4.75 BAJAJCON 221.25 234.65 221.25 234.65 ADANIPOWER 61.70 62.10 60.60 61.15 JUBILANT 484.95 484.95 477.00 479.50 RCOM 0.74 0.75 0.72 0.74 SHILPAMED 270.10 270.10 256.05 257.05 POWERGRID 201.00 201.25 196.65 198.60 -2.65 BANKBARODA 88.60 89.85 87.05 87.30 GRAPHITE 272.95 279.90 269.60 272.40 ASTRAZEN 2153.50 2230.00 2138.00 2206.10 CREDITACC 625.05 628.80 611.00 614.20 UCOBANK 11.46 11.73 11.45 11.60 ITC 247.40 247.60 242.15 244.00 -3.60 VEDL 153.15 153.80 149.25 149.70 DRREDDY 2680.00 2742.05 2680.00 2700.80 GNFC 199.65 201.10 193.55 194.30 QUESS 469.50 474.00 463.30 464.35 MAHABANK 9.40 9.87 9.26 9.51 NTPC 118.80 119.80 116.90 117.45 -1.95 ITC 247.00 247.50 242.20 243.70 NTPC 118.65 119.75 117.00 117.50 IDBI 29.05 29.90 28.85 29.10 AAVAS 1689.00 1692.00 1650.00 1679.10 COFFEEDAY 34.30 34.35 34.30 34.30 ASIANPAINT 1808.50 1814.00 1756.55 1767.50 -35.60 ADANIENT 155.00 161.35 154.55 160.20 DIVISLAB 1699.00 1725.05 1693.00 1721.85 SUDARSCHEM 373.00 382.00 365.35 378.05 TRIDENT 57.90 57.90 55.60 55.95 THYROCARE 503.00 511.15 497.50 499.10 HINDALCO 192.50 194.15 187.15 188.00 -4.55 ITDC 285.00 350.00 280.15 341.80 IBVENTURES 85.80 92.00 81.30 81.30 SUZLON 2.60 2.60 2.43 2.47 SONATSOFTW 298.00 303.00 294.90 297.05 MHRIL 209.95 212.00 206.05 209.40 VOLTAS 675.00 675.65 661.10 670.50 VEDL 153.75 153.80 149.15 149.70 -3.80 POWERGRID 199.50 200.70 196.55 198.70 RAIN 86.40 88.25 84.50 86.90 SANOFI 5909.35 5995.00 5909.35 5975.15 EIHOTEL 170.00 171.00 167.95 169.20 JSWSTEEL 222.05 224.90 218.55 220.20 UNIONBANK 50.05 51.25 49.55 50.25 TRENT 505.00 510.50 504.00 505.85 PRESTIGE 294.05 297.45 288.90 294.00 ANDHRABANK 15.90 16.15 15.30 15.75 HEROMOTOCO2692.40 2692.40 2592.30 2600.05 -75.65 HINDPETRO 314.25 321.80 309.40 313.15 TECHM 720.00 729.50 718.00 727.35 LALPATHLAB 1377.00 1388.40 1367.55 1375.85 ORIENTCEM 86.00 88.00 83.05 83.95 HAL 718.00 721.05 704.60 709.30 GRASIM 708.00 734.20 707.35 730.60 WOCKPHARMA 255.00 264.40 253.00 255.35 INDIANB 110.00 110.80 108.10 109.00 GESHIP* 289.90 295.50 286.00 288.50 CENTRALBK 17.75 17.75 16.70 16.80 EICHERMOT 19151.00 19301.65 18902.05 19236.55 BRITANNIA 3186.90 3186.90 3153.60 3177.50 RAYMOND 579.90 583.80 570.00 572.15 ENDURANCE 1009.00 1016.60 978.00 983.50 LAXMIMACH 3331.00 3344.90 3321.65 3326.05 BEL 111.25 112.50 110.15 111.95 BATAINDIA 1718.20 1718.20 1694.65 1700.80 JSLHISAR 66.85 67.20 63.25 65.20 DCMSHRIRAM 378.00 390.15 378.00 382.95 LEMONTREE 56.10 56.80 55.60 56.20 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE UPL 587.00 591.45 580.00 588.50 JUBLFOOD 1320.00 1335.15 1290.00 1298.40 EVEREADY 36.95 37.00 36.20 36.20 ECLERX 390.00 397.00 389.05 390.15 NIFTY NEXT 50 27085.10 27285.25 27041.90 27240.55 229.95 PEL 1379.00 1385.60 1356.60 1374.80 MARICO 383.70 384.00 377.70 380.50 FINOLEXIND 590.00 605.95 590.00 599.55 SHOPERSTOP 399.00 400.80 391.55 393.90 GICRE 222.50 260.60 222.50 260.60 43.40 OMAXE 188.55 189.90 186.60 187.05 SPARC 120.40 138.00 120.20 129.55 BAJAJELEC 383.00 398.70 383.00 388.15 FLFL 417.75 417.75 403.95 405.10 NIACL 94.95 113.85 94.95 113.85 18.95 L&TFH 83.00 85.15 82.00 83.05 DABUR 457.00 457.00 449.70 455.85 HFCL 17.70 18.00 17.05 17.70 KNRCON 234.05 234.05 224.65 225.85 IDEA 6.20 6.75 6.15 6.50 0.35 M&M 585.00 587.00 575.55 584.10 DISHTV 16.80 17.65 16.80 16.90 CANFINHOME 388.00 396.00 383.85 384.75 MAHINDCIE 145.40 147.40 141.65 142.95 SBILIFE 836.50 892.50 832.00 880.00 41.95 HEROMOTOCO 2708.00 2708.00 2593.50 2603.00 UJJIVAN 303.00 310.00 302.60 308.35 GLAXO 1428.00 1444.00 1409.30 1430.05 FDC 162.30 163.35 159.05 159.35 PGHH 11344.00 11875.00 11251.25 11821.00 491.60 DLF 156.50 160.95 155.55 159.65 BHARATFORG 429.50 440.60 429.20 437.05 ITI 82.00 82.75 80.60 80.90 TVSSRICHAK 1798.00 1840.00 1798.00 1815.80 ASHOKLEY 70.00 71.95 69.10 71.70 2.60 TORNTPOWER 280.55 283.40 278.55 282.55 CHOLAFIN 282.00 282.00 269.25 270.70 EMAMILTD 305.00 321.25 304.95 318.90 UNITEDBNK 7.01 7.20 7.00 7.02 AMBUJACEM 199.20 203.10 198.70 203.00 6.05 SAIL 33.60 33.75 32.60 32.80 BOMDYEING 71.55 73.25 71.00 71.90 JISLJALEQS 13.40 13.40 12.50 12.80 WESTLIFE 319.00 322.25 316.30 320.40 HDFCLIFE 594.80 615.85 594.00 609.90 17.15 AMBUJACEM 199.10 203.05 198.90 202.60 PETRONET 260.50 262.90 258.30 262.15 TV18BRDCST 22.10 22.10 21.20 21.40 CERA 2441.70 2488.45 2434.05 2464.70 GODREJCP 694.05 713.45 693.10 709.00 19.25 VENKYS 1600.00 1708.35 1598.80 1686.35 CONCOR 596.00 608.20 590.85 604.80 PFIZER 3195.00 3220.05 3176.00 3186.55 ORIENTELEC 156.00 159.10 156.00 157.90 DMART 1846.00 1888.00 1841.15 1884.00 45.30 SUNPHARMA 399.00 402.00 394.70 399.50 HCLTECH 1081.00 1107.00 1081.00 1100.85 JAMNAAUTO 34.40 36.40 33.85 35.65 GDL 92.05 95.05 92.00 93.15 ICICIPRULI 455.95 470.15 455.75 465.55 10.55 PNBHOUSING 437.00 467.05 373.80 380.10 ADANIGREEN 80.50 82.30 79.50 80.15 HUDCO 33.25 33.60 32.75 33.05 ERIS 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In turn, they not only says, “I’ve always been clear ter how caught up she is with work or fami- grab eyeballs and are applaud- about my goals and what I ly commitments. “Between shoots and work- # ed for their work, but also ini- wanted to achieve. Through outs and now Diwali celebrations, it’s easy to tiate a discussion around these this campaign, Puma cele- forget about our skin. So I strongly advocate points and reflect on the world brates the shift in our society going back to the basics,” Sara said. O@ we ought to live in. Recently, where women fearlessly chase The Simmba actor, who is brand ambas- brands such as Levis, AND, their goals.” She feels proud sador for Garnier Serum Sheet Masks, shared $ 3 H&M, Puma and others have leading the movement and skincare and beauty tips for the festive sea- come out with advertisements believes that this will set an son. and campaigns enunciating example to encourage young Exercise, not just to drop a size: The health- the idea in myriad ways. On girls to pursue their passion. iest way to detox your skin is to sweat it out. $ International Women’s Day Another athlete, Dutee It helps clear your skin from all the pore clog- 9 3 and Women’s History Month, who credits all her success to ging toxins. No matter how caught up I am $$ $ = Levis launched its I Shape My hard work, says, “As long as with work or family commitments, I always World, a global initiative ded- you work hard to achieve include at least 30 minutes of workout in my $ #" icated to celebrate and elevate your goals, you shouldn’t routine, my day just feels incomplete without $ " the extraordinary women who worry about what others that. 9 3C # move the world forward every think. I broke many shackles Eat well and eat right: The ‘besan ladoos’, day. The campaign celebrated to get where I am and how I ‘chole bhature’ and ‘kulfis’ feed the soul, I $ #" the spirit of women empower- want to live.” agree! But it is also important to check on por- $ $9 ment and their determination She is the first lesbian ath- tions and eat healthy to ensure acne and dull- @$ $ to inspire change. Through lete to reveal her sexuality and ness don’t wear you down during these cele- this unified global campaign, relationship with a woman brations. $ they tried to create an inclu- from her village. She found the Less is more: I strongly believe in this 3 sive world. courage to do so after article mantra, beauty lies in minimalism and being 9 8 $ Another campaign, 377 was scrapped in true to yourself. Keep it subtle, keep it orig- ANDiRISE of AND celebrat- September last year. Talking For the campaign, she herself. This will help many Girls worry a lot about ‘what inal and wear your confidence. $ (9 ed women who broke societal about the change it has says, “I am happy that Puma women watching the cam- will people say?’ when they Hydration all the way: Always make sure 3 $ ( stereotypes. It introduced a brought, she says, “Many is changing the narrative for paign. want to do anything beyond to keep your body and skin hydrated. Drink $$ $( world where women believe in things have changed since the women in a progressive and As a transgender, Anjali’s the traditionally accepted enough water and moisturise your skin well. themselves and propel them- decriminalisation of 377, most positive way. They are promot- journey was not easy. During notions. They often step back For me, putting on a sheet mask is the quick- #" C $ selves to the top. They believe importantly people’s mindset. ing girls to go forward in life her childhood, people taunt- and, then, are left behind,” says est way to hydrate my skin while I am shift- #( ' $ that their dreams are bigger They have become positive. and make India proud.” ed her for the way she dressed she. ing gears from hectic shoots and early morn- $$ $ 9P than the challenges they face. The LGBTQ community now Anjali, who is the first up, did make-up and carried When asked about what ing rehearsals to late-night card parties with LA H&M created a splash on openly discusses their identi- transgender model to walk at herself. She says that when she drives her, she pauses for a my friends. social media by smashing ties.” As a girl from a small vil- the Lakme Fashion Week in disclosed her identity in 2005, while but couldn’t come up Get some me-time: The festive season can stereotypes with its campaign, lage in Orissa, naturally, the 2017, says that it is good to see she was abandoned by her with an answer. She then says, get chaotic. Grab some me-time not just for you, * She’s A Lady. The campaign challenges that she faced in that the brands are stressing family and friends. But slow- “I don’t know. Very few peo- but also for your skin. Kick back, relax, put on was designed to break down coming out and discussing it upon issues like women ly and gradually, when she ple have this strength and a sheet mask and chill! Trust me, all it takes is $ % - gender norms and encourage openly were higher. But now empowerment and gender started achieving her goals, courage to overcome their 15 minutes and your skin will thank you for it. < 4 ( self-expression by encouraging with the decriminalisation, equality. “In fact, all brands they returned to her life. fears. I had it and maybe that Get that beauty sleep: Don’t compromise on women to be fierce and fear- she says that, even her vil- should do something in this “Today I feel proud is the reason I am here. I am your sleep! Eight hours of sleep is ideal but try *4 . less with their fashion choic- lagers’ mindset is changing. direction because the youth impacting a lot of lives. People glad that my story and expe- to get at least six hours of shuteye during the 3 / 7 es rather than fitting into the They have adapted to the looks upto such brands. They get inspired by my powerful rience match the concept of festive madness. But no matter how late it is, . . restrictive definitions of a changing ways of life. She is see, learn and follow what they stories. I always believe that this campaign, so, believe in don’t forget to take off your make-up before lady. hopeful about the extension of promote, for example Propah one should never be afraid to yourself.” going to bed. Residual make-up can cause your ,( - % <%5( The most recent example this law to same sex marriages. Lady inspires a woman to be tell the world who you are. skin to break out. —IANS /( ( 4# + What is the collection about? $ < Based on theme ‘Love is Love’ & and the Chinese character ‘Tuzki’ (an illustrated bunny character), M the collection has some of our ? $37<< # classic archival pieces which we ( are sharing with an online shop- ( ( ( C -( ? ping site We are also celebrating 3 3 ( one year of decriminalising of N6 * ( (O N6 6#O*>937$ 37< Section 377 by making it a uni- @)# sex collection. It is a huge step for an Indian e-tailer to come up with clothes which are meant for E" everybody. Tuzki is such a fasci- nating character. While its home- land is China, it’s immensely popular all across the world. I am F :# a fan myself and knew about it J( even before the collaboration @@ happened. What I loved about @ @&# Tuzki is that it gives people, + especially millennials, the oppor- tunity to express themselves with- U out any language barrier. 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Heavenly aromas waft out of there is the crackling fire late in the allow yourself to drown in an ocean full of tiful, luxurious, modern B&B in soulful Khanabadosh is located, 18 kilometres from the kitchen. In fact, if there’s something that evening to warm your soul. You can get cosy unconditional love! + & '() ( ) 3 4@ Electro-Technical Commission !! .76 for their contribution. The awards to all the winners were Engineering graduate from IIT presented by Paswan. Roorkee. He has also done a cer- There were also some tech- tificate course on Statistical nical sessions and panel discus- Quality Control and Operations sions, which turned out to an Research from Indian Statistical enriching experience for the Institute, Chennai. audience. They were delivered He has 37 years of holistic by eminent speakers — Dr and hands-on experience in Scott Steedman, director of quality, technology and manu- Standards, British Standards facturing functions in addition Institution, Dr Ujwal Nirgudkar, 7#E00! !! # )G*P ) # to human resource manage- chairman, Society of Motion ! $ :!# # ment. Kapoor’s work approach he Bureau of Indian tal technologies to promote multimedia and hypermedia Pictures & Television Engineers ' ='>#4 'B !# is people-oriented and has been TStandards (BIS) organised a government initiatives like information. “It is responsible (SMPTE), India Section, and !! #)G*# ; #5 #'( instrumental in implementing national seminar on Video Digital India to transform the for developing standards for Oscar Academy Member, Dr & # #)G*#) # )G* various innovative and flagship Standards Create a Global Stage economy into a digitally- video compression,” he added. Shashi Bhusan Gogia, President B! # # 4 H n his appointment as direc- projects conceived by in the capital to commemorate empowered one. He informed Rohit Kumar Parmar, DG, SATHI, founding fellow of % % # Otor on the board of Bharat Government of India like Skill the 50th World Standards Day. the gathering about the several BIS, in his inaugural address, IAHSI, Dr Dinesh MS, senior ! !B Heavy Electricals Limited Development, Udyan Shalini, Each year, International initiatives taken by BIS in stan- said that the advancements in research scientist, Philips India, (BHEL), Anil Kapoor, 57, has Swachh Bharat, and Cashless Organisation for dardisation activities of emerg- electronics and information Bengaluru, Murali Babu taken charge as director initiatives. Standardisation (ISO) decides a ing technologies through vari- technology in the second half of Muthukrishnan, director, Ittiam (Human Resources) of the He started his career with theme for the occasion based on ous technical committees that the 20th century has boosted Systems (P) Ltd — and Mahesh Public Sector engineering and BHEL as an engineer trainee at the current aspects of standard- have been created for Artificial video production and techno- D Kulkarni, senior director, manufacturing enterprise. the company’s corporate office isation. The theme of WSD Intelligence, IoT, Block Chain, logical developments in the last CDAC, chaired the technical Prior to this, he was head- in the capital and subsequently 2019, Video Standards Create a Smart Cities and Smart couple of decades. He added, “It session. The occasion was also ing the HR and Corporate moved to its Heavy Electrical Global Stage, is very relevant as Manufacturing. has made producing and storing celebrated in BIS’ regional and Communication functions of Equipment Plant (HEEP), industries are embracing new Speaking on the occasion, videos more portable. branch offices through seminars BHEL as the executive director. Haridwar, where he contributed video technologies that have Avinash Kumar Srivastava, sec- Standardisation plays a crucial wherein deliberations over the He will now also head core areas in various areas and different constantly pushed the limits. retary, Department of role in this area where Video theme of the World Standards of HR in talent acquisition and capacities. The event was inaugurated by Consumer Affairs, said that Standards enables different Day were held. management, employee engage- Under his leadership, BHEL the Minister of Consumer digital and video technology is manufacturers to work togeth- The day is recognised as an , 6 7BC7 ment, industrial relations, HR has been honoured with various Affairs, Food and Public the modern medium of expres- er across a range of applications.” international day of observance : %% -D73 policy, corporate social respon- awards and accolades in the Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. sion and BIS has been actively The ceremony also saw since 1970. The occasion provid- 7/-D7/7E % 'B& ! sibility, medical services, rajb- areas of HR excellence, safety He highlighted the importance involved in the international three Indian experts — ed a perfect opportunity to : %% B& hasha, health, safety and envi- and CSR. 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became possible with the ‘CM Haat Bazaar Health Initiative’ dur- " ing the weekly haat, which is a spe- cial feature across Chattisgarh’s villages. Health services are being DMF funds will be managed by made available in Haat Bazaar, a committee headed by a State which happens to be a suitable A 4-/ .-? ) /) Cabinet Minister instead of the place to create health awareness District Collector. The money will amongst masses and also to create government pegs the figure at 23.37 cases of malnourished children be utilised primarily for health, touch points for service delivery. per cent in 2019. According to the are from the regions of the state, nutrition, education, training, The Chhattisgarh government latest Lancet Journal report released where most of the natural resources livelihood, community-focussed understands and realises that on September 17, malnutrition was are being extracted. In these areas, activities. Social audit of the dis- implementing the aforementioned the predominant risk factor for especially in Bastar, women and bursed amount will be mandated. activities and working towards the death in children below five years of mothers between 15 to 49 years of The state is also implementing the objectives may be a tough task but alnutrition is emerging as a age in every state of India in 2017, age are reported to be anaemic with ‘universal health scheme,’ where all the constant dialogue between the Mhuge socio-economic prob- accounting for 68.2 per cent of the an alarming figure of more than 65 the touch points in the health stakeholders and the implementers lem, particularly among children total under five deaths. The situa- per cent. ecosystem will be improved and will help find solutions of the below five years who are under- tion is very alarming. Government of Chhattisgarh quality will be assured to bring problems constantly. Both short- nourished. Nationally, malnutri- Taking cognisance of this situ- has initiated many schemes and about a holistic change in the term as well as long-term objectives tion in children below five could fall ation, strategic steps against mal- programmes to combat the chal- delivery of health services to every have been taken into consideration, into three categories — children nourishment in Chhattisgarh have lenge. Bastar and Surguja divisions citizen. This year, 17 Mother-Baby which will lead to holistic and sus- whose weight does not correspond been taken as the top priority, mak- of the state are the most-affected hospitals will be set up all over the tainable solutions to all health to their age; children whose height ing it a public movement. And with areas. Tribal areas are being provid- state. Free health services to expec- issues plaguing the state. does not correspond to their age; the current status of malnutrition, ed protein-rich food, including tant mothers will be available One healthy family is capable children whose weight and height development of infrastructure and eggs and pulses on a pilot basis. The across the state. Besides this, many of making wise choices and sever- both do not correspond to their age. other physical amenities would be districts covered under the pilot specialised health services like al wise choices lead up to a healthy As per the National Family and meaningless. Moreover, the worst- programme include Bastar, facilities for sickle cell examination, society. Such a society, we believe, Health Survey 2015-16, 35.7 per affected areas, predominantly the Dantewada, Korba, Surguja, Koriya dialysis, pathologies, etc., will be will be able to take Chhattisgarh cent of children are malnourished tribal areas of the state, compel us and a few other. The scheme was provided. forward in all matters of develop- and the figure in Chhattisgarh to rethink the social cost and planned to be scaled up to cover the One of the most important ini- ment in the decades to come. stands at 37.7 per cent. However, the meaning of economic develop- entire state on October 2, 150th tiatives has been the access to (The author is IAS same indicator from the Vazan ment. It also brings to the fore the birth anniversary of Mahatma health services across every nook Commissioner, Public Relations, Tyohaar initiative by Chhattisgarh understanding that the most severe Gandhi. and corner of the state. This Chhattisgarh.) !"#$ % '$ %)
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However it was a far from vintage )P <) display from Spain, who started brightly but faded as the match wore .6.+ they will only learn from this. on against the lively hosts, who were ' ! ! ! * !G 20206 % Yes it’s not a great result but these distraught after missing out on a ormer India captain boys and the team needs to con- famous victory right at the death. points we need against Georgia and who maintained their 100 percent FBhaichung Bhutia on tinue the work they are doing. A celebratory night was tem- Gibraltar we can turn our attentions record with an eighth straight win, 5- Wednesday said India’s 1-1 draw They will get better,” Bhutia said. pered slightly by the loss of goalkeep- to Euro 2020,” said Switzerland coach 0 against Liechtenstein. against Bangladesh in the Group India captain Sunil Chhetri er David de Gea to a thigh injury in Vladimir Petkovic. Finland need a win over rock- E World Cup qualifiers was also expressed his disappoint- the second half, although that will bottom Liechtenstein to qualify for “unfortunate”, adding that the ment as he and other players worry his club Manchester United FINLAND TOWARDS HISTORY their first major tournament after team needs to learn from their came close to scoring but just more ahead their meeting with Finland inched closer to qualify- fourth-placed Bosnia & Herzegovina mistakes and move on. could not get the ball past the Premier League leaders Liverpool ing for their first ever European lost 2-1 in Greece with an 88th- A last-gasp Adil Khan goal goalpost until the 88th minute this weekend. Championships after Teemu Pukki minute own goal from Adnan saved India the blushes as they when Adil scored off a corner to took his qualifying tally to seven in Kovacevic. held a spirited Bangaldesh, draw level. IRELAND LEFT SWEATING : ! !6 ! % eight matches with a double that Israel kept their hopes of quali- ranked 83 places below them, to Taking to Twitter, Chhetri In Group D, Haris Seferovic’s helped Finland sweep aside Armenia fying from Group G alive after see- a draw. expressed gratitude to the fans early strike and Shane Duffy’s late paign, compared to just the one for The Swiss, who also have the bet- 3-0 in Turku. ing off Latvia 3-1 as Eran Zahavi “I could not watch the who turned up in large numbers own goal kept Switzerland’s hopes of the Irish, who host the Danes on ter of the head-to-head record with Fredrik Jensen gave the Finns a scored his 11th goal of the qualify- match so I won’t be able to com- to support the Indian team. automatic qualification alive with a November 18 needing a win to guar- the Irish as the two teams drew 1-1 31th minute lead. Norwich City ing campaign. ment much on it, but it’s unfor- “We couldn’t deliver a per- 2-0 victory over the Republic of antee qualification. in September, take on group min- striker Pukki then scored just after Andi Herzog’s side are level on 11 tunate,” Bhutia said. formance to match the atmos- Ireland. “It’s a cup final. Beat Denmark to nows Georgia and Gibraltar in their the hour and got his second two min- points with North Macedonia and India held Asian champions phere at the Salt Lake last night, The win in Geneva means the reach Euro 2020. I would have taken final two games. utes from the end with a neat dinked Slovenia and five behind second- Qatar to a 0-0 draw last month and the dressing room is very Swiss are just a point behind group that at the start and I’ll take it now,” “The result doesn’t mean a lot in finish. place Austria, meaning they still and were hot favourites to win disappointed about it. We could- leaders Ireland and Denmark with said the Republic’s coach Mick the group, we still need to get results Markku Kanerva’s side stay nine have a chance with two games against Bangladesh who lost to n’t capitalise on the chances we two matches remaining in their cam- McCarthy. in our next two games. If we get the points behind Group J winners Italy, remaining. Qatar 0-2 at home before this got, but this is a process on the match. pitch and in the stands. You “They are a young side. turned up, we’ll keep attempting 54567$ They have talented players and to,” Chhetri tweeted. pin great Anil Kumble says Q/ ?B . R Sone of the biggest learnings from his previous coaching stints, including the contro- success those three years I was as a player, as a coach but IPL "We have not decided that versial one with the Indian there. It is nice to have the is a rollercoaster ride. You yet. Some decisions need to team, is to "back off and help experience of crossing the need to be patient and then me made but we don't need to the players relax". line. It certainly helps (you as back the players you have. decide at this moment. IPL is Kumble resigned as India a coach)," Kumble told PTI on "Generally because of cer- still five months away. There head coach after the 2017 Wednesday. tain results you tend to start is an auction coming up, we Champions Trophy final due "It is all about a game of looking at other teams and will start to build a squad to an "untenable relationship" cricket at the end of it. If you that starts influencing your around that as well. with skipper Virat Kohli simplify like that the job decision and that is the last "Ashwin had a wonderful though the team did well becomes a lot easier. The thing you want." two years but of course we did under his tutelage. moment you start putting Earlier this week, Kings XI not get the right results but we The 48-year-old is back to importance to result, wins, Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia have not made any decision coaching again, this time as trophies then it puts more told PTI that the franchsie who the captain will be." director of cricket operations pressure on the players. So the board had a rethink on Kumble conceded that any at Kings XI Punjab. He also learning is just to back off and ( (! I' % 5 5 Ravichandran Ashwin and it decision will not be an easy held mentorship roles at Royal help the players relax and has decided to retain him. one as he is a senior player. Challengers Bangalore and when they are relaxed they years. rience to the Punjab squad, Ashwin captained the side in Ashwin has also done well for Mumbai Indians. tend to perform better." Kings XI Punjab have will soon start strategising the previous two seasons but India in Tests of late, having "With RCB we did not win At an event here on never won the IPL and for the IPL auction in failed to take them to the play- made a comeback into the the title but we came close a Wednesday, EbixCash was Kumble has come on board to December. offs. Kumble said it is not cer- playing eleven in the ongoing couple of times. With announced as Kings XI end the title drought. Kumble, "You learn from the previ- tain that Aswhin will captain home series against South Mumbai, we had wonderful Punjab's title sponsor for three who wants to add more expe- ous experiences you have had the side again. Africa. 2 5,+" &.$5 (5$ +&$5 + !! in the seventh minute to reduce the mar- & = =.* gin but Delhi maintained their momentum thanks to an unstoppable Naveen Kumar. 0 %> They inflicted another All-Out in the 13th 0 minute to open up an 11-point lead as Naveen Kumar secured another Super 10 <$3 which includes Real Madrid. (his 20th consecutive). "I've always been used to Naveen did make a rookie error as he rgentina striker Mauro pressure but I think it helps that failed to complete a raid on time which gave AIcardi said Wednesday he we've almost always won so far," the Bulls some hope going into the break. was enjoying the focus being said the former Sampdoria Delhi led Bulls 26-18 at half time. back on football and away from player. The Bulls opted for a more aggressive his private life at French club "It's a little different than approach in the second half with the Paris Saint-Germain. Inter even though I don't have defenders consistently getting better of the .6.+ men’s section at the Worlds will The former Inter Milan a real yardstick to compare Delhi raiders in do-or-die situations. automatically be picked for the captain arrived in the French because I haven't played in But what makes Delhi a complete unit sian Championships Bronze Olympic qualifiers, without hav- capital on loan this season and other great teams in the past. is the presence of versatile all-rounders and Amedallist Nikhat Zareen ing to undergo trials. after recovering from injury has "PSG has the right players the likes of Chandran Ranjit and Vijay cried foul on Wednesday after However, for the Eves, the scored two goals in the to do well but the Champions stepped up with valuable raid and tackle the Boxing Federation of India criteria was only applicable for Champions League and Ligue 1. is a trophy coveted by all the points to always maintain a healthy lead of (BFI) hinted that there would no Gold and Silver medallist win- "In Italy a vicious circle had great teams." six or seven points. trial between her and Mary ners at the Worlds. been created in certain journal- Icardi said he had settled in 754*4 has qualified for the PKL final. Delhi were aware of what Pawan Kom in the 51kg category for “Now in December we have istic circles where we always to life in France even if he still The Bulls, just like in the Eliminator Sehrawat could do on the mat and were participating in the Tokyo Nationals, again I have to go ended up talking a little too considered Milan his home. aveen Kumar was the star as Dabang against UP Yoddha, had a slow start, with keen on keeping the league’s best raider in Olympic qualifiers in Wuhan through the grind. Then if there much about anything concern- "I didn't expect so much NDelhi on Wednesday beat defending Delhi dominating the first few plays. the dugout as much as possible. Bulls’ star from February 3 to 14. are no trials, what is the use of ing me," Icardi said in an inter- support from the fans. champions Bengaluru Bulls 44-38 to book Ravinder Pahal seemed keen to maintain raider spent more than 20 minutes away BFI president Ajay Singh all these competitions. No use view with Italian sports daily "They welcomed me right their maiden summit clash berth in the Pro his dominance in duels against Pawan from the mat as they struggled to reduce told reporters that Mary Kom, right?” questioned the 23-year Gazzetta Dello Sport. from my first warm-up at Parc Kabaddi League here. Sehrawat and started the match with a clean Delhi’s lead. could possibly be their automat- old boxer. "Here in Paris it's not like des Princes. I then had the good The Delhi team produced an all-round ankle hold of the ‘High flyer’. At the other end, Delhi ensured Naveen ic choice for the China event. Asked about her next course this." fortune of playing right away performance, with Naveen Kumar impress- Delhi dominated in all departments, Kumar spent very little time on the bench, And that hasn’t pleased the of action, Nikhar said she will Icardi was the joint top- against Real Madrid, before ing with his raids (15 raid points) and Anil with Naveen Kumar spearheading the and that helped them sure another All-Out youngster looking to make a approach sports minister Kiren scorer in Serie A in 2017-18 picking up a slight injury. Kumar dominating with his tackles (4 attack, and inflicted the first All-Out of the with three minutes left in the match. mark. Rijiju after trying to contact BFI with 29 goals. But last season, "(PSG coach Thomas) points) to win in front of a packed stadium match in the fifth minute to open up a 6- Despite Pawan’s attempts in the last few “Today morning I got to President Singh several times. he was stripped of the club cap- Tuchel is very friendly with the at the EKA Arena by TransStadia. point lead. minutes, Delhi defenders held firm to clinch know that the President had told “Everything is in President’s taincy amid a long contract dis- players. He talks a lot, jokes, This was the first time Debanag Delhi Pawan secured a three-point Super Raid a berth in the grand finale on Saturday. the media that there would be no (Ajay Singh) hands. I am trying pute and later barred from full tried to put me at ease from day trials,” Nikhat said. to contact him but he is not training. one. “Anyone can win any day. It’s responding. I tried so many The 26-year-old's life with "I think I made a good boxing. I am not saying send me, times. I will try to contact our his television host wife Wanda impression on him. 5 2020, but give me a fair chance. I will Sports Minister and ministry Nara, who is also his agent, had "Neymar, (Kylian) Mbappé, try to talk to them (BFI). They also, then let’s see what happens. also become the focus of many (Edinson) Cavani, are all strong said before that only Gold and If all this happens I cannot reports. players. 54567$ kg, which is not Olympic focused on preparing myself Silver medallist at the Worlds focus on my game,” she said. Despite parting on bad "It is nice to play with star weight category. She cannot for 2024 Paris games. Frankly will automatically be selected for The BFI did not let Nikhat terms the forward said he had players who change matches he may have just won participate in the Tokyo speaking, I have no plans for the Olympic qualifiers but now participate against Mary Kom at no hard feelings towards the even at the last minute, like SSilver medal in her World games. 2020. For Tokyo, Mary didi hai they are changing that rule for the trials for the Worlds, back in Italian club he joined in 2013 Neymar does." Championship debut but The only situation in vo jayengi (Mary Kom is there, even women,” she said. August also. Chairman of selec- and scored 120 goals in just over Icardi added that he had a Indian boxer Manju Rani has which she can play in Japanese she will go). I want to prepare Six-time champion Mary tors Rajesh Bhandari had said 220 matches. healthy competition with no plans to rejig her weight capital was if she switches to 51 myself for the games after Kom settled for the Bronze in the that her bout wouldn’t take "I can only wish the best for Uruguayan striker Cavani. category and give it a shot to kg or higher. But since 2012 that,” she responded clearly Women’s World Boxing place just to ensure that she is Inter in every competition," "With Edy I have a great compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bronze medallist MC when asked about 2020 games. Championships after losing her protected for the future and not said Icardi. relationship. It's not rivalry, Olympics. Instead, the young Mary Kom is expected to rep- “At present, I aim to estab- semi-final bout of the 51-kg fly- exposed at a young age in the "I'm good now, I'm up and just healthy competition," said champion wants to develop resent India in that, Manju did- lish myself in the 48kg catego- weight category to second-seed World Championships. running again even if I have to Icardi. her skills and prepare herself n’t even want to think about ry and perform. And with time Busenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey in The move had come as a keep working because I had a "In this period Edy was for 2024. challenging her and instead I will think about switching to a split 1:4 verdict. rude shock for both the boxer complicated summer and I injured so I had the chance to The 20-year old won her focus on the future events. higher weight category and Ahead of the Worlds, BFI and her father who had travelled wasn't one hundred percent play immediately. first World’s medal in the “I have a dream to com- play in the Olympics,” she had a selection policy for both from Hyderabad to the nation- when I arrived in Paris." "When he comes back, it recently concluded Women’s pete in the Olympics since day said during the felicitation the men and women boxers al capital for the trials for the PSG are unbeaten on top of will be up to the coach to championship in Ulan-Ude one of my introduction to ceremony organized by Boxing which said all the medal winners championship to be held in Ligue 1, and are also leading choose the best one to send but since she competes in 48 5 : $ P %&' this sport. But right now I am Federation of India. (Gold, Silver and Bronze) in the Russia in October. their Champions League group onto the pitch." !"#$ % '$ %> P
.6.+ October 23. Earlier the selection meeting he BCCI president-elect was scheduled on October 21 but Sourav Ganguly has made it now it will be held on October 24 $ ""7 Tclear that he would like to along with selection of India A, B know the selection committee’s and C teams for the Deodhar plans with regards to Mahendra Trophy. 9" ' Singh Dhoni’s future and then give “During all this time, I was his opinion on the matter. nowhere in picture. My first selec- .6.+ once every three years. The 39-year-old Dhoni has tion committee meeting will be on “That’s a decision the ICC has been on a sabbatical post India’s October 24. So I will ask the selec- ourav Ganguly, who is going to to make I’m not in a position to World Cup exit and is unlikely to tors and talk with the captain. Sbe BCCI president, expressed talk or comment on it. As in when feature in three-match T20 series Coach (Ravi Shastri) won’t be there his reservations over the ICC’s when I get an opportunity to be against Bangladesh, set to be as per the new Constitution,” attempt to stage the 50-over a part of the discussion, I will picked on October 24. Ganguly said. World Cup every three years. speak,” the former India captain While Dhoni has not Asked if Ravi Shastri’s appoint- The World Cup has tradition- said. announced his international retire- ment will be subject to discussions ally been a quadrennial event The 47-year-old however said ment, the selectors have time and since there were questions with since its first edition in 1975. back to back T20 World Cup is ' D again made clear that they intend regards to validity of the Kapil However, the 1992 edition was the way forward with the rising 73 to move forward keeping next Dev-led panel, Ganguly replied in held after a five-year gap and the popularity of the shortest format. year’s World T20 in mind. negative. 1999 edition after a three-year “When Champions Trophy “I will find out from the selec- “I don’t think so that it will gap. first came in, I played the tourna- D ! tors when I meet them on October jeopardise the selection of Ravi “Sometimes less is more in ment in 1998. I’ve captained two 24. We will find out what the selec- Shastri. I am not sure though. Even life. So we have got to be careful Champions Trophies getting to tors are thinking and then I will we had selected the coach when with that. And the football World finals in both and being the joint put forth my opinion,” the soon- there was this conflict issue,” said Cup happens every four years and winners in one so at that time it *5 C69<9 to-be board supremo Ganguly ) '% ! 4! 6 Ganguly. you see the madness,” Ganguly was a huge tournament. told reporters at Eden Gardens. )! # )( & %&' For the record, the president told reporters at the Cricket “But with the advent of T20, Ganguly also said that he will not be a part of the selection Association of Bengal office. people come to the ground more eventeen-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal struck a would like to speak to Dhoni and He said that since he was not a position to find out and then will committee meeting as secretary Jay The International Cricket than any other tournament. So I Sblazing 203 as Mumbai beat Jharkhand by 39 know what he wants. in the picture, he had no clarity on decide on the way forward. Shah is the designated convenor. Council (ICC) is planning to think that’s the reason ICC has runs in their final Elite Group A match of the Vijay “We will have to see what Dhoni’s future. The former India captain Obviously once the team is select- propose a Futures Tours changed it. Hazare Trophy here on Wednesday. Dhoni wants. I will also speak to “Since I was not in the picture, made it clear that he will speak to ed, it can be made public after Programme (FTP) in which T20 The demands will change The left-handed Jaiswal, at 17 years and 192 him what he wants to do and what it maybe a case that it’s not clear the selectors and captain once he BCCI president’s mandatory World Cup will be played every according to the situation and days, became the first male teenager in the world he does not want to do.” with me as of now. Now will be in takes charge at the AGM on approval. year and the 50-over World Cup ICC will have to deal with it.” to score a double-century in List-A cricket. Before him, the youngest was Alan Barrow who scored a double ton at the age of 20 years, 273 days in South 0$9< between all-rounder Vijay Shankar (23, Africa in 1975. , 28 balls, 1 six) and the in-form Baba Jaiswal’s knock comes just days after Kerala amil Nadu thrashed Gujarat by 78 55:+& Aparajith (25, 22 balls, 1 four, 2 sixes), wicket- keeper batsman Sanju Samson hit an Truns in its final Group C match of the the Tamil Nadu lower order fell apart. unbeaten 212 in the Hazare Trophy. 45 35 Vijay Hazare here on Wednesday to fin- From 268 for 4, Gujarat bowlers did Jaiswal’s knock was ninth instance of an Indian ish with an all-win record in the 10-team + ( C(/ H well to restrict Tamil Nadu to 274 for 9 scoring a List A double-ton, and he joined the elite ce Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal’s group. ( ' in 50 overs. list of Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Virender Astruggles continued with a first round Tamil Nadu, who topped the group Faced with the task of making 280 Sehwag. loss against Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi in the with 36 points from nine games and sec- to finish with nine wins from nine games, Riding on Jaiswal’s double hundred, Mumbai Denmark Open here on Wednesday. ond-placed Gujarat (32 points) qualified Gujarat saw two of its best batsmsen — posted 358 for 3 in 50 overs and bowled out the The world number 8 Saina lost 15-21, for the knockout phase to be held in Parthiv Patel (6) and Priyank Panchal 12 opposition for 319. 21-23 in the women’s singles match that last- Bengaluru from October 20. (11 balls, 1 four) fall early. He struck 17 fours and 12 sixes and also built ed 37 minutes to crash out of the $775,000 Gujarat captain Parthiv Patel won the Bhargav Merai (44) played aggres- a mammoth 200-run stand with experienced tournament. The 29-year-old was the run- toss and put Tamil Nadu in to bat and sively and hit a few superb shots and his wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare, who played the ner-up last year. saw the experienced Abhinav Mukund 50-run third wicket partnership with perfect second fiddle with a knock of 78 off 102 balls. Saina has been going through a tough (79, 68 balls, 13 fours) and Murali Vijay Manprit Juneja (24) appeared to revive After the game, Jaiswal said that he would enjoy phase with fitness issues since claiming the (94, 106 balls, 8 fours, 2 sixes) rattle up Gujarat’s hopes. the moment, but work even harder in future. Indonesia Masters in January. She had also also made it to the second round with a 21- 130 for the first wicket. Juneja became the first of M “It is a good feeling but I need to work more made first-round exits at the China Open 16, 21-11 win over the German duo of All-rounder Washington Sundar, Mohammed’s three victims before Merai and this is just the begenning and I need to focus and Korea Open. Marvin Seidel and Linda Efler. pushed up the order, made 42 (65 balls, was run out by Mukund. on my next tournament. I am happy for today and Sameer Verma, however, crossed the In another mixed doubles first round 2 fours) and added 82 runs for the sec- Left-hander Axar Patel (55, 55 balls, will try to ensure I continue to play these kinds of first hurdle in the men’s singles when he beat match, Satwiksairaj Ranki and Ashwini ond wicket with Vijay. 3 fours, 2 sixes) resisted Tamil Nadu’s knocks,” he said. Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan 21-11, 21-11 in Ponnappa did not take the court and con- However, Tamil Nadu suffered a jolt, surge. Jaiswal had stayed in the tent of his club in south 29 minutes to advance to the second ceded a walk over to the second seeded losing Vijay and the prolific skipper Leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin Mumbai during his early days as he could not afford round. The Indian mixed doubles pair of Chinese pair of Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dinesh Karthik (0) in quick succession. (2/35) castled Nagwaswalla (4) to end to rent a house, and sold paani puri in the streets Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy Dong Ping. Barring a partnership of 43 runs Gujarat’s innings at 196. before he was spotted by coach Jwala Singh.