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!"# )23+2-8* policy repo rate reduction of 110 bps during February- n a clear admission about the August 2019, the weighted )23+2-8* Ipoor health of the economy, average lending rate (WALR) the Reserve Bank of India on fresh rupee loans of com- ndia has finally broken its (RBI) on Friday slashed its mercial banks declined by 29 Isilence on repeated state- GDP growth estimate for the bps. However, the WALR on ments issued by Turkey and current fiscal to 6.1 per cent outstanding rupee loans Malaysia attacking New Delhi from 6.9 per cent and reduced increased by 7 bps during the on the Kashmir issue and asked the interest rate by quarter of same period. them to have a proper under- a per cent even as the stock Central banks around the standing of the situation in market benchmark BSE Sensex world are loosening monetary Kashmir before making further plummeted by 434 points due policy to offset a global slow- comments. to heavy sell-off in banking and down, worsened by US-China Expressing “deep regrets” FMCG stocks. trade tensions. The rate cut by on the statement issued by the The market was disap- the RBI follows a series of fis- two countries, External Affairs pointed by such a massive cal steps taken by the Ministry Spokesperson *+ ,, +- -*+ downward revision of growth Government over the last six Raveesh Kumar reiterated /01-/+-0 - forecast and less than expect- weeks to spur growth, includ- India’s position that Pakistan %& ++*+ *3 3 P- ed reduction in interest rate. ing steepest ever cut in tax paid had invaded and illegally occu- /0-*0 * * 1-* 3 Given the tame inflation rate by companies, cost the exche- pied parts of Jammu & 33 35 and feeble growth, the street quer 1.45 lakh crore. Kashmir and the current devel- 0!!%/3/ +*-0, 6 3* was expecting at least 40 basis Asked if the corporate rate opments in J&K and Ladakh !%++ *30/& *- 6 point rate cut. The disappoint- cut would impact fiscal deficit are purely its internal matter. 3 3 1 +/%+* ed triggered a collapse in the ) * !! & ) $ # target of 3.3 per cent of the Kumar called upon market. It was the fifth straight ,-.# , $ ( GDP, Das said the Government Ankara, which has issued sev- *+ & **+0, 3 rate cut that brought interest has stated that it will maintain target of 4 per cent. a high of 38,403.54. The broad- eral statements on Kashmir rate to almost a decade low. growth in the current fiscal to momentum remains as it is fiscal deficit target and “we On reviving growth, the er NSE Nifty plunged 139.25 since August 6, to have a prop- Jammu & Kashmir and asked With all six members of the 6.1 per cent from 6.9 per cent now and growth revives, the have no reason to doubt that”. MPC welcomed the recent points or 1.23 per cent to close er understanding of the situa- New Delhi to work with Monetary Policy Committee it had previously estimated MPC will continue with an Admitting that the impact moves by the Government as at 11,174.75. During the holi- tion in Kashmir before making Pakistan to resolve the issue. (MPC) voting in favour of a after lower-than-expected 5 accommodative stance while of the 135 bps rate cut will “take the ones in the right direction, day-truncated week, Sensex further comments. Pointing out that India and rate cut and for retaining the per cent growth rate in April- ensuring inflation remains time” to filter in, Das said, but the resolution did not have plummeted 1,149.26 points or “India and Turkey are Malaysia have traditionally accommodative stance, the June and no substantial uptick within the target.” The RBI will “While the recent measures any reference to the fiscal 2.96 per cent, while Nifty friendly countries. We, there- enjoyed good and friendly ties, benchmark repurchase rate in the following quarter. Risks continue accommodative announced by the Government deficit or fiscal management, declined 337.65 points. fore, deeply regret that since Kumar said, “This relation- was cut by 25 basis points to on the 6.1 per cent GDP stance as long as it is necessary are likely to help strengthen which is generally deemed to Top laggards included August 6, there have been ship has been enhanced in 5.15 per cent. The previous growth estimate are “evenly and growth revives,” he said. private consumption and spur have an inflationary impact. Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, repeated statements by the recent years. We have noted the lowest repo rate of 5 per cent balanced”, it said. In the four previous rate private investment activity, the Meanwhile, after opening HDFC Bank, Tata Motors, Turkish Government on a mat- comment on J&K by the Prime was recorded in March 2010. The repo rate cut is aimed cuts since February, the RBI continuing slowdown warrants nearly 300 points higher, the L&T, SBI, Tata Steel and Axis ter completely internal to India. Minister of Malaysia. We Following the rate cut, the at pushing consumption up had cut interest rates by 110 intensified efforts to restore the Sensex gave up all the gains to Bank. On the other hand, TCS, These statements are factually deeply regret these comments reverse repo rate was reduced during the ongoing festival basis points whose transmis- growth momentum.” turn negative shortly after the Infosys, ONGC, Tech incorrect, biased and unwar- since they are not based on to 4.9 per cent. While five season by reducing borrowing sion to borrowers in form of The RBI raised its near- policy announcement by the Mahindra, IndusInd Bank and ranted,” Kumar said. facts,” Kumar said. members voted for a 25 bps cut, costs for home and auto loans, lower lending rate has term inflation forecast slightly RBI. The Sensex gyrated 770 NTPC rose up to 1.03 per Malaysian Prime Minister “Government of Malaysia Ravindra Dholakia voted for a which are now directly linked “remained staggered and to 3.4 per cent for the second points during the day to end cent. Rate-sensitive banking Mahathir Mohamad had raised should bear in mind the friend- 0.40 per cent reduction. to this benchmark. incomplete”, the Central bank quarter of the fiscal started in 433.56 points or 1.14 per cent stocks faced the heat, finance, the Kashmir issue at the United ly relations between the two The RBI revised down- RBI Governor Shaktikanta said in a statement. April, while projecting it would lower at 37,673.31. It hit an auto and realty indices tanking Nations, alleging that India countries and desist from mak- wards its estimate for GDP Das said as long as the growth As against the cumulative stay below its medium-term intra-day low of 37,633.36 and up to 2.45 per cent. had “invaded and occupied” ing such comments,” he added. $ %& P % &'()% # !'() & )23+2-8* communication and coordi- nation between the ground ndian Air Force (IAF) chief staff and the crew of the ill- )23+2-8* IRKS Bhadauria on Friday fated helicopter. The IFF helps ! " #$% said “it was a big mistake” by air defence radars identify he Supreme Court on Friday IAF men to bring down the whether an aircraft or heli- Tfavoured an “amicable solu- MI-17 chopper on February 27 copter is friendly or hostile. In tion” for the re-construction of in Jammu & Kashmir, killing all early May, the IAF transferred ! Guru Ravidas temple on a bet- six on board besides a civilian the Air Officer Commanding & ter location after it was demol- on the ground. He said the (AOC) of Srinagar base to ' ished in Tughlaqabad forest Commission of Inquiry (CoI) ensure a thorough probe into ' &O area here, saying it respects is over and action will be taken the incident. % everybody’s “sentiments” but against the guilty. Officials said the CoI was law has to be followed. Officers may face charges also specifically focusing on " The temple was demol- of culpable homicide not examining the role of various # ished by the Delhi amounting to murder as per people, including those con- )*! ' Development Authority (DDA) provisions of the military law )! 3$ $ trolling the air defence system citing the top court’s and IAF top brass will decide ! 4 % & ( when the helicopter was hit by ' + ,- & / direction. The demolition had on the quantum of punish- a surface-to-air missile. '. &' (! $ 0$ 1 2 $ ( led to a series of protests, ment, said sources. lost their lives will be declared stated earlier. The Pioneer had Incidentally, the helicopter , / including in Delhi, Punjab and Hit by a surface-to-air mis- battle casualties. reported on August 23 that the was shot down around the !! / 9 !* retain power in Maharashtra Haryana. sile of the IAF, the helicopter He said this at his first high-level probe by the IAF had same time when Indian and ' after the October 21 Assembly The SC asked the parties in crashed in Budgam shortly annual Press conference as IAF held five officers guilty as it was Pakistani fighter jets were 0 hief Minister Devendra polls. the matter to hold a consulta- after take-off from Srinagar. Chief ahead of the 87th Air found out that the helicopter engaged in the aerial battle. CFadnavis announced on Sena chief Uddhav tion to arrive at an amicable The incident took place on Force Day on October 8. went down after getting hit by Moreover, the incident took % Friday that the BJP would be Thackeray said who was the solution on a “better land” a day when the Pakistani fight- Bhadauria took over as the IAF an Indian missile. place when the Indian forces on contesting 148 seats in the “elder brother” in the alliance and “better location” and said er jets intruded into Indian air- Chief on September 30 from These findings formed part their highest alert following the " 288-member Maharashtra was not an issue. if they are agreeable, then it space and tried to hit Indian mil- outgoing Chief BS Dhanoa. of the mandatory court of Pakistani aerial raid. The heli- $ Assembly, the Shiv Sena would Of the 288 Assembly seats, would pass order. itary targets in Rajouri sector in He also said the Court of enquiry. The officers found copter crashed within ten min- %&' be contesting from 124 seats the Shiv Sena will contest 124, A Bench of justices Arun retaliation to the IAF air strikes Inquiry got over last week. guilty of negligence and not fol- utes of take off after getting hit '1 and the other allies would be smaller NDA allies such as RPI Mishra and S Ravindra Bhat against terrorist infrastructure in The Commission of lowing procedures include one by own missile. &/ contesting from 14 seats. and RSP will contest 14, and said that Attorney General KK Balakot a day earlier. Inquiry confirmed that the Group Captain, two Wing Earlier, the then IAF Chief / Addressing a joint press remaining seats (150) will be Venugopal was also appearing “It was a big mistake, chopper was shot by Israeli ori- Commanders and two Flight Dhanoa had also said some 2 "'' conference with Shiv Sena contested by the BJP, Fadnavis in the matter and the petition- action being initiated against gin ground based Spyder sur- Lieutenants, sources said. time back the Service needs to 3 ' 1 president Uddhav Thackeray, said. The Sena is also expect- ers, who were seeking apex two IAF personnel,” said face to air missile system of the The enquiry found that learn lessons on what hap- Fadnavis said that despite their ed to get two berths in the court permission to re-con- Bhadauria, adding following IAF. The probe found at least the ‘Identification of Friend or pened, how it happened and if 4/566 &% differences, the BJP and Shiv Legislative Council from the struct the temple, should hold the CoI corrective measures five officers, including a Group Foe’ (IFF) system on board the mistakes were made need to 2' + Sena share the “common BJP quota. consultation with him on the have been taken so it does not Captain responsible for the helicopter was switched off make sure it does not happen thread” of Hindutva and will Continued on Page 4 issue. happen again and those who crash, defence sources had and there was a “vital gap” in again. % ( Q R +, , -R,
R )23+2-8* band kar diya? Thoda sa notice Bangladesh has been badly bouring India, where heavy over $496 million in the agar dete toh dusre jagah se laa hit by India’s export ban, with monsoon rains have reduced 2018-19. # $ ndia’s decision to ban onion sakte the. Maine cook ko bol prices crossing 10,000 per the crop. The price of onions is Last Sunday, the Ministry Iexport has impacted the diya ab se khana mein pyaaz 100 kilogram in Dhaka. The a sensitive subject in South of Commerce imposed stock Mumbai: The greens (envi- kitchen of Bangladesh Prime dalna bandh kar do. Aage se country has turned to the likes Asia, where shortages can trig- limits on both retail and ronmentalists) have failed,” the Minister Sheikh Hasina. agar kabhi bhi iss tarah aisa of Myanmar, Egypt, Turkey ger widespread discontent with wholsesale traders of onion as Bombay High Court said on Disclosing that she has kuch karna hai, toh hume thoda and China to increase supplies political ramifications. onion producing States — Friday while refusing to declare asked her cook not to use sa pehle bata dena,” ( We h av e and control prices in its mar- According to reports, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Aarey Colony a forest and onion in food due to shortage, been slightly inconvenienced kets. In retail markets, one kg India’s decision to ban onion Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and declining to quash the BMC Hasina said India’s sudden with the ban on onion. I don’t of the staple vegetable usually exports has also impacted Rajasthan — are suffering from authority’s decision allowing decision to stop onion exports know why did you stop this? If costs 30 taka (36 US cents), but South Asian and Gulf coun- floods which impacted the felling of over 2,600 trees to set has caused difficulty for her you had given a notice to us, we has soared to up to 130 taka tries, including UAE where kharif crops and movement of up a metro carshed. countrymen and suggested that could have got it from some- after India imposed the export prices have gone up sharply. stored onions across the The court imposed a cost New Delhi should provide where else. I have instructed ban over the weekend while it Indian onion exports were country. of 50,000 on Shiv Sena cor- prior information about such my cook not to put onion was being sold at 60-70 a kg valued at porator Yashwant Jadhav, who decisions in future. while preparing food. If you in India. opposed the approval given by The onion prices have gone want to do such a thing, then About two-thirds of the the BMC tree authority, of up sharply in neighbouring do let us know at the earliest), demand for onions — an which he is a member, for countries after India banned Bangladesh PM Hasina said in essential ingredient hacking trees in the green belt. exports of onion to increase a light-hearted manner at the in Bangladeshi cui- The HC termed all the peti- availability of the commodity in India-Bangladesh Business ! " # $ sine — is grown tioners as “Davids” taking on the domestic market and con- Forum. Interestingly, her com- $ % & ( locally by the industrial “Goliaths”, appar- tain spiralling prices. ments in Hindi left the audi- farmers, with ently suggesting that they were “Pyaaz se thoda dikkat ho ence in splits.) here, which was organised by and Industry Minister Piyush the rest mostly fighting an unequal battle. gaya hamare liye. Mujhe mal- She was addressing India- industry chambers, including Goyal was also present at the imported Detailed report on P6 oom nahi kyun aapne pyaaz Bangladesh Business Forum CII and Assocham. Commerce event. from neigh- ! "#$%&' )32 ! & P (. ,, &/R $ $ & 0 how the Government and the 7 !" # citizens can collaborate in this 0990! mission to keep Delhi's air 4 clean. The 25% reduction in t the last day of filing pollution we have achieved in Anomination for upcoming Delhi has to be built upon to Haryana Assembly elections, "" )23+2-8* "" )23+2-8* reduce it further," said the fifty-eight candidates filed their Chief Minister in a statement. nomination papers at he ambitious schemes n a bid to control the level of He further added,"I am Gurugram, Sohna, Pataudi Tlaunched by the Delhi Iincreasing pollution during doing everything in my capac- and Badshahpur constituencies Government have benefitted the festival season of Diwali, ity to ensure that Delhi does- which come under nearly 1.5 lakh people in last two the Delhi Government in asso- n't turn into a toxic gas cham- the Gurugram district on and a half years. The Delhi ciation with a non- ber again. In addition to these Friday. Government had announced a Government organisation has steps, if you have an idea to beat A total of 85 nomination series of healthcare facilities for launched campaign (public pollution then write a petition papers have been filed for these the people of Delhi free of cost consultation exercise) down vehicular emission, dis- to me right away. I believe great four Assembly seats. such as providing high-end #FightingPollutionTogether on tributing high-quality air things are in our future when The maximum 21 nomi- diagnostics, surgeries and treat- Tuesday to seek opinion and masks, organising a laser show citizens and Government build nations have been filed in ment of victims of road acci- idea from citizens to tackle pol- to celebrate Deepawali without a roadmap together." Pataudi Assembly constituen- dents, acid attacks and burn lution. crackers, regular sweeping and Nida Hasan, Country cy while 19 nominations were injuries. universalise free, efficient and As part of this public con- watering of roads to remove Director of Change.org said, filed in the Gurugram Health Minister Satyendar quality healthcare for all. sultation exercise, Delhi Chief dust and more patrolling to "Pollution in Delhi has become Assembly constituency, 19 can- Jain on Friday said these The free surgery scheme, Minister Arvind Kejriwal stop leaf burning. a big problem over the years. didates have been contesting in Also, twelve candidates the BJP candidate from Sohna schemes have benefitted 1, which was launched in March signed up as a verified decision "We have all seen aston- We have seen many petitions Badshahpur Assembly con- have filed their nominations in constituency, Rohtash from 42,202 people till now. "We want 2017 provide patients maker on Change.org and ishing views of clear skies in on the platform trying to stituency and in Sohna 18 can- Badshahpur Assembly con- INLD, Dayaram from to provide free and quality autonomy to get referred to reached out to people with an Delhi in the past few days and address this issue which have didates filed their nomination stituency on Friday. Democracy Security Party, healthcare to all, and are mak- empanelled private hospitals appeal to work hand in hand to we know that it is possible to been supported by millions of before the end nomination These include Manish Rohtash Singh from Jannayak ing avenues to reduce the bur- or nursing homes from address the problem of pollu- retain these clear skies, like any people. I am glad that Delhi's process. Yadav from Bharatiya Janata Janata Party (JJP), Narendra den on Government hospitals identified Delhi Government tion in the city. other global city, if the Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal Sudhir Singla from Party (BJP), Maman Yadav Kumar from Aam Aadmi Party while simultaneously ensuring hospitals for 86 surgeries, in case The Government has Government and citizens joint- has opened a line of commu- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), from Swaraj India, Rao (APP), Shyokat from Rashtriya timely treatment of patients," he the latter cannot provide the recently launched a seven- ly find solutions to Delhi's nication with Delhi's residents Sukhbir Kataria from the Kamalbir Singh from Indian Lok Swaraj Party, Ombir from said. treatment in the Government point action plan for Deepwali pollution woes. We have start- to tackle this problem and I Indian National Congress, National Congress, Chandrapal RPI Athawale Party and two In the surgery scheme, it is setup within 30 days, said the festival and the winter that ed work on implementing the hope that #Fighting Brahm Prakash of Indian from Bharatiya Shakti Chetna independent candidates includ- up to the patient to decide statement issued by the included re-introduction of Winter Action Plan and I PollutionTogether will lead to National Lok Dal (INLD), Party, Rishi Raj Rana from ing Dharampal and Nihal amongst the empanelled private Government. the odd-even scheme to bring would like to hear from people long lasting impact. Subay Singh from Jannayak Jannayak Janata Party Singh. hospitals or nursing homes The Delhi Government also Janata Party (JJP), Tarvinder (JJP), Mahavir from Bahujan Apart from this 14 nomi- because some might want to launched a scheme in February Saini from Lok Tantra Suraksha Samaj Party (BSP), nations have filed from Pataudi save out-of-pocket 2018 to provide Party, Narendra Singh from Sonu Thakran from Indian assembly constituency. expenditure incurred on travel, cashless treatment to 5 6,3 ( Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) National Lok Dal (INLD), The candidates who have while other may give medico-legal victims of road and 9 independent candidates Rajesh from Janata Party and filed their nominations include more priority to the name of the accident, acid attacks and ther- "" )23+2-8* was at an ATM kiosk in still wait inside. While one of have filed nomination papers three independent candidates Sudhir Chaudhary from hospital, Jain said, adding that mal burn injuries, it said, adding Kaushalaya Park, he was tar- them initiates conversation, from Gurugram constituen- including Ambikesh Pandey Congress, Pankaj Kumar through the accident scheme, that all victims of 1971 war veteran was geted by two women, who the other woman manages to cies. of Palam Vihar, Gajendra of from INLD, Jai Narayan from the Government road accidents, acid attacks and Aallegedly robbed off forcefully entered the ATM steal the money from his pock- The independent candi- Bajgheda and Sandeep Singh of Aam Aadmi Party, are ensuring that no thermal burn injuries, where the 40,000 cash by two and robbed him. et and leave the spot. dates from Gurugram seat RD City. Rajendra from Democracy victim faces the threat of loss of incidents have occurred in the women inside an ATM kiosk in In the CCTV footage, "A case has been registered. including Anita Luthra Similarly, thirteen candi- Security Party and 9 were inde- life simply in absence of hospi- national Capital territory of South Delhi's Hauz Khas. Mahajan can be seen entering We have identified the suspects Aggarwal, wife of sitting MLA dates filed their nominations in pendent candidates including tal nearby. Delhi and under the jurisdiction The incident occurred on the ATM kiosk while the two and they will be arrested Umesh Aggarwal, Gaje Singh Sohna assembly constituency, Naresh Kumar, Rambir Singh, These schemes were of Delhi Police, are eligible for Thursday. women follow him and enter soon. In his statement, Kabalana, Ashwani Sharma, on the last day of nomination, Naresh Kumar, Hansraj, announced by the Chief cashless treatment in any nurs- According to a senior the kiosk despite being asked to Mahajan stated he was followed Seema Pahuja, Abhinav which including Dr. Narendra Singh, Mukesh Minister Arvind Kejriwal in ing home/private hospital, irre- police official, on Thursday, stay out. by two women when he Vashisht, Govind Narayan Samasuddin from Indian Kumari, Ramesh Chandra, 2017, under the Delhi Arogya spective of income and domicile around 1.45 pm, when While he tries to with- entered the ATM," said the Khem, Kuldeep Singh Bohra, National Congress, Sudesh Kumar and Seema Kosh (DAK) with the aim to status. Captain (retired) NK Mahajan draw money, the two women police official. Vikas and Dinesh Kumar. Vandana, wife of Sanjay Singh Kumari. & * 7 $
"" )23+2-8* to Metro, thereby, reducing pol- Delhi Metro opened in 2002 and metro line," he added. lution caused by vehicles," said in 17 years, Delhi Metro has BJP MP Sahib Singh Verma ow travelling will be easy for the Delhi CM. expanded to 377 km. commended the efforts made by Nthe people living in rural The stations will have three It is one of the most com- DMRC towards pollution con- belts of South West Delhi, as the stations at Dwarka, Nangli and prehensive and in terms of dis- trol and Swachh Bharat Mission much awaited 4.2 kilometers Nazafgarh with an interchange tance covered, one of the most and said that Delhi Metro was (km) long Grey Line of Delhi facility at Dwarka for Blue Line. successful urban transport sys- generating about one third of its Metro has finally thrown open "The 21 years of waiting tems in the world." energy needs through renewable to the public on Friday. The Najafgarh people for metro line "The Chief Minister has ful- power sources. Line-9 will connect Dwarka to has ended. Now you can reach filled his long-due promise of a Kenji Hiramatsu said, "Japan Nazafgarh with having a major any corner of Delhi within one metro line to Najafgarh which he is proud of partnering with inter-change stations for Blue hour. The people of rural Delhi made during 2015 assembly Delhi Metro both technically Line. With opening of this sec- were disappointed that the pre- elections. Being a transport and financially. Japan is also sup- tion, the network of Delhi Metro vious governments did nothing minister and MLA of Nazafgarh, porting the other Metro projects has become 377 km. for them. But now they are very I know the pain of the public liv- in India based on the success of The new section was flagged happy. No other government has ing here. I am so emotional see- Delhi Metro." off by the Union Minister of developed rural Delhi as much ing tears of joy in the eyes of Housing and Urban Affairs as my government," Kejriwal the people," transport minis- Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Chief tweeted in Hindi. ter Gahlot. Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Appreciating the Delhi "About 70 villages and Delhi Transport Minister Metro for its rapid expansion, 400 colonies of outer Delhi Kailash Gahlot. The ceremony Puri said, "The first section of have been connected to this also saw the presence of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) Parvesh Singh Sahib Verma and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Gulab Singh and Managing Director of Delhi Metro Mangu Singh and Ambassador to Japan Kenji Hiramatsu. "The Delhi is one of the only two- three cities in the entire world to have such a large metro net- work, and I am glad Delhi metro net- work has been added to the list of the largest metro networks in the world. Delhi Metro has played a vital role in the development of the city. As the Delhi Metro expands fur- ther, more people are likely to shift
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Friday invited the private sec- 8 aerial strikes on February 27 said the focus is on indigenisa- Bhauduria said IAF will tor for active participation in K and other such launch pads tion and modernization besides soon place an order for 83 more the defence industry. " #?% have become active again, IAF acquiring critical weapons and indigenously designed and Singh also said the Centre chief RKS Bhadauria said here spares to maintain operational manufactured Tejas light com- is committed to exploiting the on Friday if the Government preparedness. In one of the bat aircraft (LCA). The cost entrepreneurship spirit of pri- $7 $ decides they will carry out the major steps towards indigeni- negotiations were in an vate defence sector and ready B necessary action. sation, the IAF is backing the advanced stage, he said adding to interact and resolve their Asked about the threat design and production of besides these projects, the IAF problems in the plans organised by PHD Chamber of and the minister should be */& potential of drones especially in reference to Pulwama attack, advanced medium combat air- will soon procure 21 more to take the Indian defence Commerce and Industry, Singh careful of all this otherwise ' ' 1 the aftermath of such an attack the Service is ready if the craft (AMCA) by DRDO. It MIG-29s and 12 more SU-30s. industry to the size of USD 26 said India cannot remain someone will raise a finger C& on oil refineries in Saudia Government decides. will be a fifth generation fight- About the induction plane billion by 2025. dependent on imported ('Nahi to ungli uth jayegi'). *)D % Arabia recently as part of the He also said it was wrong er aircraft (FGFA). Bhadauria of 36 Rafale jets as per the gov- Stating that his doors are weapons for long since it did "A Minister who is afraid of ! ' new way of asymmetric war- to assume that despite the ruled out importing a new air- ernment to Govt deal with always open, he urged the pri- not align with the country's corruption charges, should 8 & & fare, the IAF chief had antici- Balakot air raids, terrorist camps craft of such generation "now or France worth over 58,000 vate companies to come for- plans to become a refrain (from taking decisions), 0 / pated such a challenge and we were now thriving. If Balakot in foreseeable future." crores, he said the first four ward as he would like to give all superpower. Rajnath Singh is not worried ' */ ' are also procuring sensors and strikes had not taken place, the Incidentally, India and Rafales manufactured as per help wherever possible. Singh The Minister said that about all this. People and big ' " #6% other equipment to thwart any level of terrorism would have Russia have been working on the Indian specifications will is scheduled to travel to Paris when he became the Defence industry organisations in this attack. He said the IAF is also been much more, he pointed the joint project to develop come to India in May end next on October 7 on a three-day Minister people told him he country know who is what $ 7 " aware of incidents in Punjab out. The Air Chief was address- FGFA since 2007. Both sides year. Bhadauria as deputy chief visit, primarily to receive the should be careful on whom to ('kaun kya hai'). I am not wor- $ where drones were used to ing the annual Press conference had signed only a preliminary of air staff was instrumental in first of 36 Rafale fighter jets. meet and who to allow ried at all. Come. My doors are 2 drop weapons by Pakistan. ahead of the Air Force Day on $295 million design contract the Rafale jet negotiations with The next day, Singh will fly a entry, as there could be scope open. Whatever help I can E2 F Sounding this warning to October 8 and responding to for the co-development of the the French Government and sortie in a Rafale fighter jet for inviting complaints of cor- give, the defence ministry will Pakistan without naming it, the Army Chief General Bipin FGFA in 2010. Dassault Aviation, manufac- from a French airbase in Paris ruption. give. This is an assurance I * '' IAF chief, however, said it is not Rawat's recent statement about He also dismissed reports turers of the fighter jet. As trib- to gain first-hand experience of "They said that there are would like to give you," he said. ' the IAF strategy to use such Balakot reviving. about procuring 36 more ute to him, the first Indian the aircraft. many business-related propos- Defence procurement has often strikes as the first step but if any On China rapidly ramping Rafale fighter jets from France Rafale aircraft is having tail no Speaking at the India als, and there are matters relat- been dogged by allegations of incident takes place, in obvious its infrastructure especially and said the process of select- RB-01. International Security Expo, ed to imports and exports, corruption. && %#>G5 ' * '' & '' ' ! "# "$#% & #>GG * '' , ' && % )23+2-8* busted a terror module of the carry out terrorist activity to a home ministry official said. Punjab Police said. /&; $9 Khalistan Zindabad Force create communal tension, Four persons were arrested Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta he Centre has handed over (KZF), backed by a radical instability and revival of ter- from the outskirts of Chohla said the module was busted fol- " Tthe probe into recovery of terror group based in Pakistan rorism in Punjab, these are Sahib village in Tarn Taran dis- lowing inputs gathered from 2 P $ huge arms, ammunition and and Germany, last month. required to be investigated by trict on Punjab on September sources that activists of the communication hardware in Punjab Police had said the the NIA in accordance with the 22. A huge cache of arms, banned KZF had planned to 0 ' Punjab, suspected to have been terror group was conspiring to Act, according to a Home including five AK-47 rifles, pis- carry out multiple terrorist ' )23+2-8* telecom regulator Telecom delivered through drones from unleash a series of strikes in Ministry order. tols, satellite phones and hand strikes in J-K, Punjab and @& H Regulatory Authority of India across the border, to the National Punjab and adjoining States. The central Government grenades were seized from them. other adjoining States. H %2 he Parliamentary Standing TRAI, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Investigation Agency (NIA). The Centre is convinced hereby directs the NIA to take The weapons were sus- The Pakistan Army-ISI ' *1 '' TCommittee on Information Limited (BSNL), Mahanagar The decision to hand over that scheduled offences under up the investigation of the pected to have been delivered combine has been working & / and Technology headed by Telephone Nigam Limited the probe to the federal anti- the National Investigation aforesaid offences, it said. from across the border by the overtime for the last one decade % / Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (MTNL) and the country's terror probe agency was taken Agency Act 2008 have been The initial investigation has Pakistani intelligence agency to revive militancy in Punjab / &' has decided to examine the preparedness for 5G. following Punjab government's committed and having regard found the use of drones to ISI for jihadi and pro- through terror outfits propped ' security and privacy of the "Review of functioning of request in the wake of the to the gravity of the offence deliver weapons and communi- Khalistani terrorist outfits up by them and based in other %8 citizens' data and review the UIDAI, Citizens' data security state police's claim to have which include conspiracy to cation hardware from Pakistan, working under its command, countries. ! functioning of the Unique and privacy, and digital pay- ' Identification Authority of ment and online security mea- " =#% India (UIDAI). sures for data protection," are $ 5 $ %& The Lok Sabha Secretariat the subjects selected by the on Friday said the panel has committee for examination," % A selected various subjects for said the Lok Sabha secretariat. From Page 1 examination including policy Safeguarding citizens' “The alliance will post an & issues on information technol- rights and prevention of mis- unprecedented victory,” & ogy including cross border data use of social or online news 4 -6 &0 7 Fadnavis said. / H ' H/ flows, artificial intelligence (AI) media platforms, including Asked about rebel candi- ' and internet of things (IoT). special emphasis on women )23+2-8* dates, Fadnavis said, “They ' )0 The committee is also security in the digital space, will )23+2-8* will be asked to withdraw with- reviewing functioning of the also be examined. he filing of applications for in two days, or else they will be ' n a bid to ensure trans- Tnext year's Haj pilgrimage shown their place.” % Iparency, members of will be completely digital and Others doubted whether National Medical Commission the process will start from the two saffron parties would $# " 8 P %) (NMC) will be elected through October 10 and there will be 22 come together for elections " lottery system on 14th of this embarkation points for 2020 this time, “but there was no 2 month, Union Minister for Haj, Minority Affairs minister doubt in our minds”, Fadnavis H' H Health Dr Harshvardhan said Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. The Sena and BJP had $ on Friday. announced on Friday contested the State polls sepa- ' Talking to reporters here "The new embarkation rately in 2014. + said that the entire process of point to be opened for Haj next “We had taken the decision &' EF/ !9 constituting the NMC will be year will be at Vijayawada in early this year that the alliance ' fully transparent and media Andhra Pradesh. So, in Haj would be for Lok Sabha as well ' will also be involved in selec- 2020, two lakh Indian Muslims as Assembly. Since we have to ' / )23+2-8* tion process. He said, NMC will go for Haj from 22 be together with our common will bring historic reforms in embarkation points across the thread of Hindutva despite H ''' H% he CPI(M) on Friday the medical education system country," he told newspersons. having differences over some Taccused the BJP and the in the country. Naqvi said this after chair- issues, all of us have made some H H RSS for trying to duplicate the An official in the Health Medical Council of India for From 2020 admission to all ing a review meeting organised compromises,” he said. National Population Register Ministry said that once the development and regulation medical colleges through NEET on the completion of Haj 2019 To a question on denial of & / % (NPR) and the National NMC becomes effective, of all aspects of medical From 2020, admission to where he took stock of the tickets to senior BJP leader Register of Citizens (NRC) as Medical council of education, profession and MBBS courses in all medical preparations for next year's Eknath Khadse and Cabinet part of their efforts to "sharp- India will automatically be institutions. colleges across the pilgrimage. Minister Vinod Tawde among en polarisation" in the country abolished. Several relevant sections of country including JIPMER and The meeting was attended others, Fadnavis said, “In a and consolidate "communal He said, there is also a high the Act came into force on all the AIIMS will be through by senior officials from the political party, responsibilities vote bank". possibility that NMC will be September 2 after which the the National Eligibility cum ministries of External Affairs, change. Those who were in Addressing a Press con- BC5 + -!+* + * + & able to implement its rules, reg- Union Health Ministry on Entrance Test (NEET), Civil Aviation and Health. Assembly earlier will now work ference after the conclusion of !%+- 3*0%5 - ulations and guidelines for August 9 wrote to to all chief Union Health Minister India's Ambassador to Saudi outside it, and those who were ◆ LOST & FOUND ◆ the party's two-day central -/!,!*0-- & 3 medical education system from secretaries, home secretaries of Harsh Vardhan announced Arabia Ausuf Sayeed and Haj in the organisation will now committee meeting, CPI(M) 1 0 5*- -/!** , next academic year. UTs and state medical councils on Friday. AIIMS and JIP- Committee of India Chairman represent the party in the Our Forms 38 (Road Permits) Sl. general secretary Sitaram -*+-0, +0%-$ D+%3 The Act provides for set- seeking nominations for selec- MER have also been brought Sheikh Jinna Nabi also attend- Assembly.” No.1804312, 3484592, 3484616, Yechury said though NRC is -* *-/%+/0-,%3& 3 ting up of NMC in place of the tion of members of the NMC. under the NEET ambit now. ed the meeting. Uddhav Thackeray’s son 3484629, 1719400, 2420751, specific to Assam and while *0 5-*+0, * - Aaditya, who is making elec- 2420754, 2731207, 2731216, knowing this aspect the Chief B C *+ * *-*0!+ * toral debut from Worli in 0177954 (10 Nos.) and O/C Ministers of various BJP-ruled * -0 - Mumbai, was also present. Tickets 2256096 to 2256121 (26 states purposefully demand a ( ) * " P( Referring to him, Fadnavis Nos.) has been lost. The use of National Register of Citizens Assam. This Government has said, “Aaditya will win with a these forms will be illegle. (NRC) in their States to create revived the preparation of the 3 Kandel in the name of Father Kandel, freedom fighter late bution of Mahatma Gandhi in massive margin. He has been Contact: M/s Dynamic tensions. National Population Register 4 of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Shri Babu Chhotelal social reformation, his touring the State for last few Polytubes Pvt. Ltd. C-37, Sec-4, "The NPR is dangerous. (NPR). This is being done in Madamsilli dam would be Shrivastava had launched fight for farmers, labourers years and now he will join us Noida. This Government has revived preparation for an all India 4 named after late Babu Kandel Nahar Satyagrah. and poors. in the assembly.” PD(8672)a the preparation of the National NRC on the basis of this NPR. Chhotelal Shrivastav, water Mahatma Gandhi had decided He dedicated his life for Asked about Sena workers’s Population Register (NPR). The central government has )23+2-8* would be released from dams to reach Kandel and join the women education, women “dream” of seeing Aaditya on This is being done in prepara- asked some states to start con- for crops in summer. He also protest but soon after receiving empowerment and self-depen- the sixth floor of State tion for an all India NRC on the structing buildings to be used hief Minister Bhupesh announced bridge construc- this information, British rulers dence. He followed the path of Secretariat (which houses the basis of this NPR. The central as detention centres," Yechury CBaghel addressed a massive tion in Kandel and naming of had withdrawn the irrigation truth and non-violence to offices of Chief Minister and Government has asked some alleged. public gathering on Friday Government Higher tax imposed. made India free. Deputy Chief Minister), states to start constructing Yechury said his party has during 'Gandhi Vichaar Secondary School Gopalpuri To make these memories of It was the first ever non- Uddhav Thackeray said, buildings to be used as deten- called upon all its units to Padyatra' held on the occasion after freedom fighter Shri Kandel Nahar Satyagrah unfor- violent movement for inde- “What’s the harm in dream- tion centres," he said. mobilise people for a protest of 150th birth anniversary of Hazari Lal Jain. gettable, 'Gandhi Vichaar pendence of a country. ing?” "The central committee of between October 10 and 16 Mahatma Gandhi in Kandel. The Chief Minister said to Padyatra' has been organized. Mahatma Gandhi made non- “We are in this alliance the CPI(M) opposes the exten- against the government's eco- He announced that a col- protest the irrigation tax impo- Chief Minister commemorat- violence his strength and made with our hearts and mind. sion of the NRC outside of nomic policies. lege would be opened in sition by British rulers in ed the personality and contri- India free. There is no issue of who is elder brother and who is younger brother here,” the Sena chief said. "( ,- ( ) The Sena had maintained earlier that it was the “elder ,"-,!! ership recently visiting the — the second largest LF con- elections but fell apart there “As we are not a one-man Trinamool Congress which are brother” (dominant partner) in Bengal Pradesh Congress head- stituent in the State — secretary after fighting the 2019 general party our decisions are taken by engaged in reverse commu- the saffron combine. ith a view to carry for- quarters at Bidhan Bhavan where Naren Dey reminded “political elections separately with the the central committee and the nalism and feeding each other “What is important is the Wward their “good rela- they jointly watched a photo parties must keep aside their effect that Congress’ vote share politburo after ascertaining the with communal vote banks.” relations between brothers tions” till 2021 Assembly elec- exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi. differences and unite for the plunged to 5 per cent and that opinions of the district, area When contacted a senior remain strong. Aaditya is in tions and beyond senior Left Though Left Front chair- cause of the people during of the Marxists plummeted to and even branch committees. Pradesh Congress leader said politics to work for the State’s Front and Congress leaders man and CPI(M) politburo extra-ordinary situations. The about 7.5 per cent from an So it will take some time but “we have already said that welfare, not for self-interest. may start negotiations in the member Biman Bose said he rise of communal polarisation impressive 32 per cent. whatever decision is arrived at there is no third option but to After results, we will sit togeth- coming weeks, possibly after preferred to live in the present is one such extra ordinary sit- According to sources the will be good for Bengal,” a form an alliance of the secular er and discuss government Diwali, sources say. and seldom made speculations uation that has arrived in CPI(M) will take the final deci- senior leader and a central parties because both the BJP formation,” Uddhav said. The groundwork for future on posers as to whether this Bengal.” sion after the party plenum like- committee member said and the TMC have taken “The situation prevailing cooperation has already been was a prelude to a future Left- The two sides had jointly ly to be held in Kolkata some- adding “2021 will not at all be Bengal back to the ages of com- before the Lok Sabha polls has created with topmost Left lead- Congress alliance Forward Bloc contested the 2016 Assembly time next year, sources said. a cakewalk for the BJP or the munalism.” changed,” he added. / ! "#$%&' 0
O 7" # " P # $,8R .9:9 order on August 20, accepting Tiger Reserve, told reporters. my petition upon the receipt of "Anybody who says any- 9 !* Bhathena tweeted: “The Aarey reduction in Carbon di-oxide which an FIR was lodged at the thing against the prime minis- battle of David Vs Goliath now emissions by virtue of the pro- ' 2 5 Sadar police station here," Ojha ter, anybody who raises any- he Bombay High Court on moves to the Supreme Court. ject demonstrate that the same said. He said nearly 50 signato- thing against the government is TFriday dismissed all peti- Do take a few seconds to read would be reduced by 2,61,968 Muzaffarpur/Wayanad: An ries to the letter were named as being put in jail and attacked. tions challenging the proposed what the Bombay HC had to say tonnes over ten years because of FIR has been lodged in Bihar's accused in his petition, which The media is crushed. felling of 2,646 trees in Aarey about this epic battle to Save reduced dependence on Muzaffarpur against nearly 50 accused them of having "tar- Everybody knows what is going Colony at Goregaon in north Aarey”. motarised transport,” the HC celebrities, including Aparna nished the image of the coun- on. This is not a secret," he said. Mumbai to make way for con- Alluding to environmental bench observed. Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan try and undermined the impres- An FIR was filed at Bihar's struction of a car shed for concerns raised by the petition- The green activists, of and Ramchandra Guha for sive performance of the prime Muzaffarpur on Thursday Metro phase-III, after address- ers, the Judges noted: “In con- which Bhathena is part, have alleged sedition after they wrote minister", besides "supporting against around 50 celebrities, ing the environmental con- nection with the issues of envi- been protesting vehemently an open letter to Prime Minister secessionist tendencies". including Ramachandra Guha, cerns raised by the petitioners. ronmental concerns, it has to be against the decision taken by the Narendra Modi voicing concern The letter was written by 49 Mani Ratnam, Adoor Holding that the decision- noted that the project proponent BMC’s tree authority on August over growing incidents of mob eminent personalities, also Gopalakrishnan and Aparna making process on tree felling has already planted 20,900 trees 29 to allow cutting of 2,185 trees lynching. including filmmakers Mani Sen, who had written an open adopted by the Tree Authority petitions which we have dis- talists) fail in the instant petition with GPS tagging on each plant and transplantation of 461 trees. Police said the FIR was Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap, letter to Prime Minister Modi, of the Brihanmumbai missed today, the Greens fail because they have lost touch in Sanjay Gandhi National Park While giving a go-ahead to lodged on Thursday under sev- Shyam Benegal, actor Soumitra raising their concern over the Municipal Corporation (BMC) even in these two petitions, but with the procedure to be fol- and the survival rate is 95%, the MMRCl to cut 2,185 trees eral sections of the Indian Penal Chatterjee and vocalist Shubha growing incidents of mob as “fair, transparent and based not on account of sailing their lowed as per law. The clock can- proved by the letter dated 27th and transplant 461 trees in Code, including those related to Mudgal in July this year. lynching in the country. on reason”, a HC division bench boats in the wrong channel, but not be put back. We do not September 2019 addressed by Aarey Colony for construction sedition, public nuisance, hurt- Rahul Gandhi, who was The case was lodged after a of Chief Justice Pradeep on merits”. make any comments thereon as the Chief Conservator Forest of car depot for Metro-3 corri- ing religious feelings and insult- away in his constituency chief judicial magistrate passed Nandrajog and Justice Bharati The HC bench imposed a the petitioner has to now swim and Director Sanjay Gandhi dor, the BMC’s Tree Authority ing with an intent to provoke Wayanad in Kerala, denounced an order on a petition filed Dangre noted: “The Carbon di- fine of 50,000 on Yashwant or sink before the Supreme National Park to the Chief had said that the MMRCL breach of peace. the FIR. against the celebrities before his oxide sequestration of 2,702 Jadhav, who had filed a petition Court,” the judges noted. Project Manager of MMRCL. would have to plant 13,110 trees Reacting sharply to the reg- He said it was not a secret court. trees for their entire lifetime cal- against the approval granted by “The issue is pending before This establishes that about 7 In its petition filed in the istration of the FIR against anymore that the country was The petition claimed that culated at 12,79,062 kg would be the civic body's tree authority. the Supreme Court and the times the number of trees to be high court, activist Bhathena had eminent film personalities, writ- moving towards an authoritar- the celebrities had allegedly compensated in 3,948 fully He is a member of the BMC’s National Green Tribunal. felled have been replaced by challenged the proposed felling ers and others, Congress leader ian state, adding that the prime "tarnished the image of the loaded trips of Metro Trains tree authority. Hence, we are dismissing the planting saplings of trees, which of 2,648 trees in Aarey Colony Rahul Gandhi alleged the coun- minister should tell the country country and undermined operating”. Terming all the petitioners petition on the principle of process commenced two years to make way for construction of try was moving towards becom- why had he "destroyed" the the impressive performance of The HC bench refused to "Davids" (environmentalists) commonality and not on mer- ago” a metro card there by saying that ing an "authoritarian state" economy and created "massive the Prime Minister", besides declare Aarey Colony a forest taking on the industrial its," a bench of Chief Justice “Further, the project is the decision taken by the BMC's where anybody who said any- joblessness". "supporting secessionist ten- and also declined to quash the "Goliaths", apparently suggest- Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice being financed substantially by Tree Authority, taken on August thing against Modi or his gov- "Everybody knows what is dencies". BMC tree authority's decision ing that they are fighting an Bharati Dangre said. Japan International Cooperative 29 this year, approving the felling ernment was put behind bars. going on in the country. It is not Hitting out at the Modi allowing felling of over 2,646 unequal battle, the court said: Activist Zoru Bhathena, Agency (“JICA”) and the project of trees to make way for a The case was lodged fol- a secret. In fact, the whole Government over the "massive trees in the green zone to make "Relationship with nature and who had challenged the deci- is registered with The United metro car shed was not in accor- lowing an order by Muzaffarpur world knows it. We are moving joblessness" and the dwindling way of a metro car shed. love for environment alone is sion to cut the trees, said: “I am Nations Framework for Climate dance with a previous order of Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya towards an authoritarian state. economy, Gandhi said the Dismissing the petitions true and all other relationships extremely saddened to get this Change (UNFCC). It is thus the high court. Kant Tiwari on a petition by It is pretty clear," the Wayanad "GDP growth was not visible" filed by green activist Zoru are unreal and temporary, is news. We will take this fight for- being monitored by Foreign Last month, several celebri- local advocate Sudhir Kumar MP, who has come to his con- anymore. Bhathena and Shiv Sena cor- their (environmentalists) belief. ward. It’s a sad day for Aarey Agencies on the environmental ties, including Amitabh Ojha, who claimed, among stituency to express solidarity The Centre could give a tax porator Yashwant Kamalakar Their hearts are a temple of today. We will approach the impact,” the judgement stated. Bachchan and Akshay Kumar, other things, that the letter sup- with the protests against the benefit of 1,25,000 crore to 15 Jadhav, the HC bench observed: devotion to flora and fauna". Supreme Court”. “The project report demon- had come out in support of the ported secessionist tendencies". night traffic ban on a highway people, but not to the poor, he “Thus, as in the two companion "The greens (environmen- Later in the evening, strates that the benefits and/or Mumbai Metro. "The CJM had passed the passing through the Bandipur alleged. PTI ) $ 9 &$ $= 6,
Kolkata: The economic slow- sponsors, this time, either had faced a similar situation," tures, but lack 2 $ down has dimmed the lights of declined to make a contribution club secretary Gautam of funds forced us to find Bengal's biggest festival this or paid less than what they do," Mukherjee said. an alternative in plaster of time, forcing Durga puja organ- Sudipto Kumar, an official of Organizers have made sev- paris," said - isers to scale down celebrations Deshapriya Park community eral modifications this year, Ashok Deb, an official of a due to shrinking sponsorship. Puja in south Kolkata, said. mostly cutting down on pro- Durga Puja committee in North Not just small-budget Corporate firms are not motional activities. 24 Parganas district. Annadirai had said: “We in the pujas, big-ticket ones have also willing to spend on advertise- Kajal Sarkar, the president According to advertising 82))!* State Government are ready to 3 1 curtailed their budget by near- ments, he claimed. of Forum for Durgotsab, said agencies, weak consumer sen- accept the three-language for- ly 15 per cent to 30 per cent, "Every year, huge adver- sponsorship has fallen by 30-50 timent is also one of the reasons he DMK and other fringe mula if other States too follow it 7 $ , mostly compromising on mar- tisement hoardings and posters per cent. for lack of sponsorship. TTamil forces in Tamil Nadu up.” The journal had carried the quee decoration, according to greet revelers outside the puja "Donations, subscriptions "Most advertisers in India which swear by Tamil and are interview with Annadurai in its organisers. pandals, but this time, the and retail advertisements cover try to leverage the festive sea- known for their stiff opposition April 1967 and has since then, On an average, setting up a numbers have shrunk consid- about 30 per cent of the expens- son. In the current year, adver- to Hindi may have to do a formed one of the prized items theme-based marquee for the erably," he added. es, the rest is usually taken care tising spends across multiple rethinking on their aversion for of Kanaiyazhi. The interview fig- five-day fiesta, replete with Echoing similar sentiments, of by corporate funding," Sarkar sectors have taken a hit due to the national language of the ured in the collected issues of safety arrangements and basic Ekdalia Evergreen Club said said. The situation has gone weak consumer sentiment. country. Kanaiyazhi (1965-1970). amenities, costs anything several sponsors have gone worse for small-budget Durga "Nevertheless, the govern- It has been brought to light K Kasturirangan, the then between 12 lakh and 30 back on their promise, citing pujas committees, with some of ment is taking active measures that CN Annadurai, the founder editor of the journal who had crore in Bengal. the ailing economy. the organisers opting for a to tackle the scenario by pro- of the DMK and the first non- interviewed Annadurai, later "Owing to economic slow- "Some sponsors, who had marquee without any distinct viding relief in corporate tax Congress Chief Minister of the rose to the position of editor of down, we failed to achieve our signed a contract with us, have theme. rates," Anand Bhadkamkar, the State, was for the three-lan- Dinamani, a popular Tamil target of Rs 65 lakh. We are run- also backed out. In 2008-2009 "We had decided to adorn CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network guage policy prescribed by the newspaper. The then Chief Burdwan (WB): Ten persons ABVP. The right-wing stu- ning short of Rs 20 lakh. Most (during global recession), we our pandal with glass struc- India, stated. PTI then national leadership of India. Minister had said during the were arrested here on Friday for dents' outfit, on its part, said This revelation came immedi- interview that there were schools alleged assault on Debanjan Ballav's charges were "baseless ately after the DMK-owned in Chennai where Gujarati and Ballav — a Sanskrit college stu- and politically motivated". newspaper Murasholi published Marati were being taught. dent who was accused of heck- Supriyo was shown black % 3 an article stating that Annadurai “Hence, there is no bar in teach- ling Union Minister Babul flags and heckled by a section was never a supporter of the ing Hindi in similar lines in ade- Supriyo at Jadavpur University of students last month on three-language system. quate number of schools,” he on September 19. Jadavpur University Campus, $ , forms — continued to be stream leaders, including two But the revelation made by had said during the interview In his complaint, Ballav, where he had gone to address snapped in the valley since the former Chief Ministers — a Tamil scholar and commen- which was held at New Delhi who has been in the eye of a seminar organised by the , night of August 4, officials Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba tator T Ramakrishnan that where he had gone to attend the storm over the JU campus ABVP. said. Mufti, have been either Annadurai had endorsed the Chief Minister’s Conference. episode, claimed that he and his The next day the Union The functioning of schools detained or placed under house three-language formula has Despite Annadurai’s stance girlfriend were dragged out of minister tweeted a picture of in Kashmir has remained arrest. shaken the DMK leadership on the three-language formula, a bus and assaulted by the the Sanskrit college student affected since August 5 — Another former Chief who propagates the slogan the Tamil Nadu Legislative activists of Akhil Bharatiya pulling him by his hair during Srinagar: Normal life remained when the Centre announced its Minister and sitting Lok Sabha Hindi is Hinduism. Since 2014, Assembly had passed a resolu- Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) the scuffle. affected in Kashmir for the 61st decision to abrogate Article 370 MP from Srinagar Farooq the DMK has been attacking the tion demanding the scrapping of near Burdwan on Wednesday. Ballav's mother had consecutive day on Friday as of the Constitution and to Abdullah has been arrested Centre of trying to impose the three-language formula in "Based on Ballav's com- appealed to Supriyo not to main markets were shut and bifurcate the state into two under the controversial Public Hindi over non-Hindi States in January 1968. Political com- plaint, we have arrested 10 harm his son's career and the public transport was off the Union territories. Safety act, a law enacted by his the country. mentators are of the view that persons. We are still investi- minister assured him of the roads, officials said. The officials said the state father and National Conference In an exclusive interview Annadurai was not keeping gating the matter," East same. Few shops in some areas of Government was trying its founder Sheikh Mohammad given to the popular Tamil lit- good health at that time and Midnapore Superintendent of The undergraduate stu- the city here were open from restrictions anywhere in the best to have normal function- Abdullah in 1978 when he erary journal Kanaiyazhi (Tamil might have lost his hold over the Police Bhaskar Mukherjee said. dent, however, refused to apol- 7:30 to 11:00 am, but downed valley, but security forces were ing in schools, but its efforts was the Chief Minister. for Ring) in its April 1967 issue, party apparatus. He, however, declined to ogise to Supriyo, claiming that their shutters afterwards, the deployed in strength in vul- failed again on Thursday as comment on whether those he had raised his hand in self officials said. nerable areas to maintain law most parents continued to keep arrested were members of the defence. PTI However, there were no and order, they said. children at home due to appre- They said auto-rickshaws hensions about their safety. and few inter-district cabs were Divisional Commissioner, seen plying here, but the other Kashmir, Baseer Khan had on modes of public transport were Monday directed all Deputy off the roads. Commissioners and concerned The movement of private officers to ensure that all gov- cars was lesser on Friday as ernment schools as well as compared to Thursday when private institutions up to the city had witnessed traffic Higher Secondary level of the jams at various places, they valley be open by Thursday and added. Colleges to open by or before Mobile services remained October 9. suspended in Kashmir except Most of the top level and in Handwara and Kupwara second rung separatist politi- areas in the north, while inter- cians have been taken into net services — across all plat- preventive custody while main- ! "#$%&' 2
; ' &! # '&# , 3 *' > $ . = " 7 $ which took into custody/arrest- more than 50 students are ed another six persons in ‘believed to have taken this 0 4, connection with the scam. route to secure MBBS seats and $ Shahjahanpur: A court here The MHC asked the agents from other States were Pudukottai (TN): The Central on Friday reserved its order on CBCID to complete the probe also said to have been involved, law against instant divorce has Aurangabad: As many as six out Marathwada (Aurangabad an application by a Special by October 15 and submit a and hence an ideal case for the been invoked for the first time of nine major dams that supply region) have 317.19 mcm water, Investigation Team (SIT) seek- 82))!* detailed report to the court. Till CBI to take up the investiga- in Tamil Nadu on Friday against water to urban and rural areas in which is 21.06 per cent of their ing permission to take voice date, four students and their tion’. a man for allegedly pronounc- Maharashtra's drought-prone total capacity. It was 24.25 per cent samples of former Union min- he impersonation case con- fathers have been arrested for The police was told by the ing triple talaq, police said. Marathwada region continue to last year on same day. ister Chinmayanand and a law Tnected with the National resorting to fraudulent meth- Theni Medical College student A First Information Report face shortage, the data released by The small projects are in a student, who has accused him Eligibility-cum-Entrance ods to get admission to the and his father that a number of was filed against Sheikh the irrigation department stated slightly better shape with a gross of raping her. Examination Test (NEET), the MBBS course. While hearing students have “managed” Abdullah at the All Women on Friday. storage of 4473.44 mcm. This The SIT had on Thursday qualifying examination for the case on Friday, the Court admission to MBBS course Police Station here following a Dams, including Manjara storage is 40.89 per cent of total moved the application for tak- admission to under graduate case. opined that a scam of such with the help of proxy exami- complaint from his wife and Majalgaon in Beed, capacity, which was 26.92 per cent ing their voice samples as well and post graduate courses in The impersonation case magnitude could have nation- nation writers, some of them Rizwana, they said. Siddheshwar in Hingoli, Lower same day last year, the depart- as that of three youth, who have medical colleges across the broke out last month with the al ramification and hence hailing from Kerala. Following "A case has been registered Terna and Sina Kolegaon in ment's report stated. been charged with demanding country, has snowballed into a Dean of Government Medical sought comments from the the disclosures by the father- against a man under the Muslim Osmanabad, Lower Dudhna in Out of nine, six major pro- extortion from the BJP leader. major scam of all-India pro- College in Theni receiving an two Ministries which are in son duo, the Tamil Nadu police Women (Protection of Rights Parbhani are still in dead storage jects are in dead storage, where- After hearing the respec- portion by Friday as the email stating that one of the charge of the NEET examina- arrested four more stuets and on Marriage) Act based on a as rainfall has receded in the State. as two — Jayakwadi in tive counsels, Chief Judicial Madras High Court asked for under graduate students who tion. their fathers. The Madras High complaint from his wife," a There are nine major and 800 Aurangabad and Lower Manar in Magistrate Omvir Singh comments from the Union cracked the 2019 NEET exam- It may be noted that polit- Court said on Friday that a senior district police official medium and small irrigation Nanded — are full. reserved his order and is like- Health Ministry and the Union ination had used fraudulent ical parties in Tamil Nadu bar- case of this seriousness would told PTI, adding he has been projects in Marathwada. Yeldari of Hingoli has live ly to pronounce it on Saturday. Human Resources methods like using the services ring the BJP have been oppos- not have happened without booked for other offences According to the irrigation water storage, which stands at 7.84 The law student's counsel Development Ministry regard- of a proxy to write the exami- ing the NEET and has been official collusion and remarked including harassment as well. department's latest report, major per cent (188.18 million cubic Anoop Trivedi said he and ing the issue. nation. The youth and his seeking status quo on the that it has an all India ramifi- Also, his relatives, including projects in the region are in a meter) of the project's total capac- others objected to the SIT While the Madras High father, a practicing medical process of admission to MBBS cation. The local media has his father, mother and brother slightly better position with 56.47 ity. "Excess use of water for sug- application as voice samples, if Court sought comments from doctor were arrested by Tamil courses in the State. The man- reported that the Police have have been booked for offences per cent storage, compared 30.49 arcane cultivation has always required, should have been the Centre, DMK chief MK Nadu Police on September 25. agement of the self financing asked the National Testing including harassment, local per cent last year. As of today, the been the primary cause for the sought within stipulated 15 Stalin demanded a CBI probe The Tamil Nadu Government medical colleges in the State too Agency, the body entrusted police said. In her complaint, the major projects hold a total of shortage every year. However, this days time. "Now after passage into the whole affair which has since then had transferred the were resisting the introduction with the conucting of the test woman said she allegedly had to 3828.65 million cubic metre time around, it is the scanty of one month, this application shook South India as nine per- case to the Crime Branch of NEET. to furnish details of Tamil endure harassment at her in- (mcm) water. However, the sce- rainfall that has kept most of the does not seems right," Trivedi sons have been taken into cus- Criminal Investigation Stalin, while speaking to Nadu students who cracked laws house and her husband nario with medium-sized projects projects dry," water expert added. PTI tody in connection with the Department of the State Police journalists at Chennai said that the NEET. "pronounced triple talaq." PTI seems bleak. Medium projects in Pradeep Purandare said. PTI &4 ' ' ,,& " ! %$ 3) 9 + / ( & +, $ 8.+2! !+ Setting up of National Institute of Design (NID) at Hyderabad. , hief Minister K Its location was shifted to CChandrasekhar Rao on Vishakhapatnam after bifurca- Friday submitted a 22-point tion. Sulthan Bathery (Kerala): )23+2-8* charter of demands to Prime Sub-categorisation of SCs Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Minister Narendra Modi in in Telagnana as per the reso- on Friday visited the five youths he Congress on Friday asked New Delhi and sought their lution adopted by the TS sitting on a relay hunger strike Tits former Mumbai unit early resolution. Legislative Assembly. for 10 days against the restric- chief Sanjay Nirupam and for- The meeting between Sanction of IIIT under tion on movement of vehicles mer Haryana unit president Modi and KCR lasted for about Enhancement of number PPP model at Karimnagar on a national highway that Ashok Tanwar to stop making over it, but asked them to work 50 minutes. of Judges in Telangana High Enhancement of reservations Muzaffarnagar: A woman was passes through a tiger reserve statements against the party with maturity and sagacity. KCR is learnt to have dis- Court from 24 to 42. for BCs in employment and allegedly burnt to death over in neighbouring Karnataka. ahead of the Assembly elections Nirupam has launched a cussed the proposed Godavari- Establishment of Indian education (BC 37 per cent, SC dowry in Saidham Colony in Expressing solidarity with in the two States and asked him revolt against the party leader- Krishna linkage by the Institute of Management (IIM) 15 per cent , ST 10 per cent) 33 the city, police said on Friday. the youths, Gandhi spoke to to act responsibly. ship saying that even after rec- Telangana and AP in Telangana. per cent Reservation for OBCs The incident happened on them and said he hoped the Congress spokesperson ommending just one name for Governments and sought Sanction of Indian Institute and women in Parliament and Thursday evening in Civil issue would be resolved soon. Manish Tewari asked Nirupam the upcoming assembly polls, Centre’s financial assistance of Science Education and State Legislatures as per the res- Lines police station area here. He promised to make available Parliament. to stop fuelling conspiracy the- the party chose not to take his for the project. Research (IISER). Sanction of olution adopted by TS The victim Sugna was legal help to solve the issue. On Tuesday, the Centre ories, after he launched a vitri- advice and rejected it. Nirupam, In a memorandum sub- 23 Jawahar Navodaya Legislative Assembly. rushed to a hospital where she Gandhi, who reached the assured Kerala CM Vijayan olic attack on the party leader- however, did not specify the mitted to PM, the CM brought Vidyalayas (JNV) in new dis- Development of was declared brought dead, site of the protest at Freedom that a committee would be ship for not granting tickets to name of the contender he was to his notice about the severe tricts Pending railway projects Hyderabad - Nagpur & Station House Officer park here, said the youngsters formed to study the ban. his supporters. pushing for. delay in implementing the in Telangana State: Warangal-Hyderabad Sameypal Atri said represent the cause of Thousands of farmers and stu- Tewari said that leaders, Congress also faces discon- bifurcation-related promises Requirement of funds for com- Industrial Corridors A case has been registered Wayanad, his Lok Sabha con- dents have taken out long who have held top positions in tent in Haryana over ticket dis- made to Telangana in the AP pletion and expediting the PMGSY (Prime Minister against four people including stituency, and thanked them for marches against the ban. the party, should realise that tribution ahead as the former Reorganiation Act and in the work Gram Sadak Yojana) allotment her husband Arun Kumar who their "sacrifice". The Kerala government their statements should not help chiefs of the party's units in the release of funds. Financial assistance to of funds for upgrading 4,000 was absconding, the SHO said. "They represent the suffer- has suggested construction of those who have brought the state on Thursday resigned from The issues raised by KCR Mission Kakatiya and Mission km for better connectivity in According to a complaint ing of the people here. All polit- an elevated stretch through nation to this passe. the election committees and include: Release of 450 crore, Bhagiratha as recommended by backward regions lodged by the victim's family, ical parties are united as far as the core area of the tiger "Sanjay Nirupam would be deciding to stay away from the which is the fifth instalment of NITI Aayog (5,000 crores Road works in Left wing the woman was burnt to death the night travel ban issue is reserve. well advised to restrain himself. campaign respectively. financial assistance for back- and 19,205 crore respective- extremism affected areas. by her in-laws who were concerned. There is no politi- However, Union It would be appropriate if he Nirupam, who joined the ward districts in Telangana as ly) Setting up of Steel Plant at Centre should bear full cost harassing her over dowry since cal difference on this," he said. Environment Minister Prakash does not kite fly these conspir- Congress after he quit the Shiv per State Reorganisation Act, Bayyaram in Khammam dis- instead of 60:40 ratio between her marriage to Kumar one- The movement of vehicles Javadekar in a letter to Vijayan acy theories that are unimagi- Sena in 2005, has also threatened 2014. trict as promised in State Centre and State. and-half-years ago. PTI on a stretch of the national last month stated that the state's native," Tewari said at AICC to quit the party. He was Revival of Cement Reorganisation Act. highway in Kerala is banned recommendation had been dis- briefing. Tewari said it is under- removed as the chief of the Corporation of India in Release of funds for from 9 pm to 6 am to reduce cussed and it was suggested standable that there are differ- Congress in Mumbai earlier Adilabad district with the help National Investment and disturbance to wildlife in the that a 'status quo' be main- ences over ticket distribution this year and replaced by rival of NHAI (National Highways Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) Bandipur Tiger Reserve. tained. PTI and these two leaders are angry Milind Deora. Authority of India). at Zaheerabad, Medak District Gandhi recently met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in New Delhi and dis- cussed the hardships faced by people of Wayanad due to the ban of traffic. Demanding that the ban be lifted, the youths are sitting on a hunger strike. Gandhi said no travel ban is imposed in similar cases in other parts of the country. The Congress leader promised to the people of Wayanad that "best legal resources" would be made available in this matter. "I have spoken to our legal experts to deal with this issue. We will have the best legal resource of this country for the cause of Wayanad. I wanted you to know that I stand with you and we are going to go intelligently and sensitively work on this matter," he said. He pointed out that he had raised the issue in ! "#$%&' 5 (" $)$# ( & ' &% ; :+1 % ; ; / /= +' $/ ',0 /& - , 4,0 $ , 8 , ' R2 +8' 8, 1 # , 2 ' #KK03 ' =K==/ #)($ ; " ' %3 % 9 $ ( < # 2 $ S $ 6 6 / < / # 2 ( ecently, while addressing the / -=** / UN Climate Action Summit % : % 2019 in the US, Prime Minister $ 6 Narendra Modi said, “We believe that an ounce of action 6 > ( ( Ris worth more than a tonne of preaching” : ( and announced that India had ambitious ; ( plans to harness solar energy. A target of installing 175 gigawatt (GW) of renewable $S :?$ energy by 2022 has been set, which may )S /S further increase to 450 GW by 2030. The ( *++0 $ 6 Government had an initial target of 20 GW of solar capacity by 2022, which was # $ 2 6 2 achieved four years ahead of schedule. / # $ " Encouraged by this performance, the / " / target was revised in 2015 to 100 GW, which has now been further raised, as the $ Prime Minister informed in his address. / % > ( To meet this goal, a series of solar $( power projects such as the Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects, Canal > 6 $ ! Solar Power Project and the installation < ) 2 ( ( of 1,00,000 solar pumps for farmers are ? ' < 1 at different stages of implementation. Solarisation of nearly 50,000 petrol sta- ) )S $ tions across the country is also being S / < $ promoted. Over 3,000 fuel stations are $ 6 ) <S P Q already solar-powered. Considering that India is the fourth-largest emitter S / $ ( of carbon dioxide in the world, solar ener- < ( gy appears to be a very convenient alter- ten-fold increase. In the next lishment of solar plants in a dust is a major problem, which < $ 1 native. 30 years, this demand is like- densely populated country like over a period of time, tends to < $ < India is lucky that sunlight is available ly to increase by hundred India can become a major erode the efficiency of the in abundance but the challenge lies in the times and the major beneficia- issue. It has been estimated solar panels. )S ) % 6 4 procurement of solar Photo Voltaic (PV) ry will be China. that the setting up of a 1 MW But all is not lost as we : % < cells, which is one of the major constrain- Strategically, it will not be !2*"9-! 9)! power solar plant requires two may not have to put all our < P )Q ! $ ing factors in our efforts to realise the full logical for India to continue to three hectares of land. In eggs in the Chinese basket. For potential. According to a report submit- nourishing the Chinese *"91"" case the solar panels are thin- direct generation of electrici- (< ted by the parliamentary standing com- monopoly as it would intro- 2 "+*) film based, requirement of ty, the solar thermal route < ) < ( mittee, in order to achieve the target of 100 duce serious imbalances in the *)+*02)"9 land can go up to four to five can also be explored. An array (( $S < ( GW of solar electricity capacity by 2022, global situation. This calls for hectares. As for the first case, of parabolic mirrors helps put India should have had an installed capac- the need to prioritise the !)9! 9*)0 wastelands or land that is not the focus of the sunlight at the $ 4 S ity of 32,000 megawatt (MW) by 2017-18. expansion and investment in available for cultivation can be right place to produce suffi- But as of January 31, 2018, the country the manufacture of PV cell ""-!1!)2-% used for the setting up of cient heat, which raises steam 2 $ )/) only had a capacity of 18,455 MW. As per industry. In the near future, "+!. 8*)!* solar parks. and can be used to run a tur- the standing committee, the Ministry of hydrocarbon resources are In order to improve effi- bine, thus generate power. 1 ( New and Renewable Energy has to install going to be scarce and, hence, 82")-. ciency of solar panels in these Currently, this technology / the remaining 81,545 MW in just four the emphasis on electric vehi- "9).8! parks, directional limitations in is being used in the US < years — this is over 20,000 MW a year and cles (EVs). They can be the existing design have suit- (California), Israel, Spain and appears difficult to achieve. charged directly using PV !2" " ably been addressed by devis- Germany. In India, two plants $ ) A serious lacuna in the entire exer- cells. This will not only bring ing a tracking system. A solar are already operational in $ / cise is our poor record in indigenous down the carbon dioxide "820-" !-1@ tracker is a device that is used Rajasthan and six others are ) $ ( manufacturing of solar panels. Today emission levels but also reduce 2--+2 !)+%* to orient the panel towards the under construction, all in the China is the only country that caters to our dependence on fossil fuels. sun. For flat panel PV systems, private sector. The model S < most of the global PV cell demands. It To actualise such a situa- 1"+9 282 a solar tracker ensures that the experimental plant to harness $ % B : produces the cheapest solar panels. It is tion, we must start investing in 82!12"-! sun’s rays fall at the correct solar energy through the ther- < < % / 2 difficult for any country to match such lithium ion batteries. Here, 1!)2-%** angle of incidence. A solar mal route was inaugurated just )S $ low prices. This has led to a situation too, the Chinese have an upper tracker fitted PV panel can outside Delhi in January this where China has a virtual monopoly and hand and, hence, the need to +** 9-"!). show considerable improve- year and is running up to 50 ) this may not be desirable in the long run. look for alternatives. Lithium ment in its efficiency. per cent efficiency. The devel- Our own imports, mostly from China, ion batteries being compatible "9)." A dual axis tracker rotates opment of indigenous solar accounted for 90 per cent of 2017 sales, with PV cells, once they lose ! 89 8 on two axis and follows the manufacturing facilities is up from 86 per cent in 2014. Thus, it is their efficiency in cars, can be sun vertically as well as hori- important to harness solar paradoxical that both our sources of ener- reused for domestic solar bat- -"31* 2 zontally so that the panel gets energy. This needs attention gy and oil as well as solar are currently tery applications. the best incidence of sun rays, and on priority. heavily dependent on imports. In the years to come, thus increasing its efficiency (The writer is a former The world’s annual solar capacity demand for solar panels is by about 20 per cent. Governor of Uttarakhand and 0 , reached close to 500 GW last year, which bound to see a dramatic rise. Nevertheless, in areas where a Senior Advisor at the Pranab , may go up to 3,000/5,000 GW by 2030, a Land availability for the estab- land is available like Rajasthan, Mukherjee Foundation) ) ( # 3 "&' 8 % *O 1 %*'* * 2 & *++ ( /& O * %* ) /8 O & * / O ' / & % %* % & /* 3 * % * % % %* O % *++, ( ---.-+ / 3+ !*0+ *+ ,, +- -*+ 0 5+-- 3+ K, 8 K, &! K& K0 *+-, ) ) *0 S ' ' ' # '' 3&'# 1 2 / 3 % 3 practice of stubble burning. They have been provided with many # 4 4 alternatives and are being offered ) ( Sir — Recently, a young software ' / L "+ M subsidies, too. But farmers engineer was killed in Chennai E 4F%* / 0 remain reluctant and have now after an illegal hoarding fell on " =/=K#>/ & #6K demanded a bonus of 200 per ) her, following which she was hit ' 0/ ' quintal on paddy or compensa- ) 5 2 0, by a water tanker. The Madras ' ' / % tion of 6,000 per acre to make 4 High Court had pulled up the ! /* '' the switch. Perhaps, the Delhi State Government, asking it to 0 &* ' ' E"+F%" Government can help by pitch- 6 ) take appropriate action against ' / / ing in some funds. / 1 7$ 8 police and corporation officials ' ' Kristy ( who were responsible for the %! #KK Via email K%? ?%5 ) incident. “How many litres of blood do ' %/ / 2 ) # 3 / 1 9 you want to paint the road with,” ' ' ' / 9 72)#3/8 rued the court. Following this, ' % ' / ' : S ( various political parties in Tamil ' ' %* ' Sir — This refers to the editorial, Nadu vowed not to erect hoard- % & ' ' “The ODF challenge” (September ings. However, warnings were ' ' &/ 0 4). Prime Minister Narendra issued, only to be forgotten soon. % ' ' %! Modi’s declaration that rural India It was disgusting to note that 0 ' ' is open defecation free (ODF) is under pressure, the same court L"+M % ' % a tall claim. The fact of the mat- (( has allowed the Tamil Nadu ' 5+*$ 5 * ter is that despite the construction ( ( and Central Governments to % ' 0 O of thousands of washrooms, many ) erect banners to welcome Prime villagers prefer to do their business Minister Narendra Modi and in the open. The rural populace Chinese President Xi Jinping for been doing away with many Q maintaining its air quality due to must be enlightened about the / their informal meet in Chennai time-tested conventions in the crop burning from neighbouring importance of hygiene and clean- ) ( next week. The State last five years. In the same vein, States. Although the Delhi liness so that they know about the Government has claimed that it it should put an end to the ban- Sir — With the onset of the Government has shown that it is perils of defecating in the open. # 2 7 #28 was customary for the Ministry ner culture. I am sure the bilat- autumn season, hundreds of farm alert regarding the situation, a per- Kusum ( of External Affairs to welcome eral meeting will not fail if the fires instances have been record- manent solution is yet to come. Via email ( a visiting dignitary by way of convention is given up. ed in Punjab and Haryana. Every The States of Haryana and banners. N Nagarajan year during this time, Delhi is Punjab have been doing their bit $ ! The Modi Government has Via email faced with the difficult task of to help the farmers shun the **+-*0/0 +G5& 8!0& ! "#$%&' 6 (" $)$# ( & ,& '#! ! % # ' $ # ,Q ! $ " $" 8 " 8 0' L L ' ' 7
. 7 , 9 , , 2 ( 5 ,, $: , ) ? ( S ! ) C= *+*= " % $ 7% $8 5 < 75<8 % 5 3 7538 ! 53 $ 6 6 P) 53 ./ 7#' C= Q > P# ( strong independent director is an asset to ) an organisation if he/she has the ability to Q Aobjectively analyse affairs to bring about a 2 6S 53 convergence in the views of different sharehold- / er groups and works towards protecting the inter- 7 /8 S % / ests of minority stockholders and the company as 6 D 2 $ 3 a whole. Such a person increases the transparen- : " ( cy and accountability of the board and can pave ( the way to making it strong. 53 )S After the 7,000 crore 2009 Satyam financial ( ( fraud, several committees were set up and their # / # 6 ( recommendations paved the way for India’s new ** " ") Companies Act, 2013, which clearly established ,)"3-2+02 53S ( the responsibility and accountability of indepen- ; 2 7 ;28 > dent directors and auditors. Over the years, there 8! !). / S ;2 has been a sea change in their duties and obliga- "!+!2 C00 )S tions, with an increased expectation to play an "2"! 2 5/ 53 ( ( active and vigilant role in the decisions that are *2)+ -9 ) being taken by the company at the board level. 3*8+*2 " *+ *+-E(-, 2 " ) In order to make the corporate governance !2-.!**)0 53S structure stronger, the Government has tightened !). .F C-++ the norms and taken the relatives of independent ")2)*"9 ( *+*+ directors under its ambit and amended the *92% Companies (Appointment and Qualification of 53 .. ( ! "+*)0" Directors) Rules, 2014. It has ordained that no rel- 8282"." tor of JM Financial Asset Reconstruction tenance of independent directors? In an half of the board. If an independent ! ) 7 !)8 )S ( ative of an independent director should be in any Company, boldly proclaimed the lack of attempt to enhance their eligibility cri- director resigns or is removed from the way “indebted” to the company, its holding, sub- ** !- !/ transparent governance in the compa- teria and role, the Securities and board, he/she has to be replaced by a new # 53 sidiary or associate company, promoters or direc- !).12")/ ny to be the cause for his leaving. Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has one within 180 days. With these changes, : 5/ 5< ? % 2 9 tors. Additionally, relatives cannot give guaran- 2*)0*) Some departures are appropriate if accepted the recommendations of the it is expected that India Inc. would need % tee or provide any security in case of indebted- *)"*.*)! the board failed in its basic fiduciary Kotak Committee that an independent an additional 5,000 of them by 2019-end, 2 " ness of any third person to the company or its pro- 0"913"9-+ duties, especially where the independent director must provide an undertaking of which is quite challenging in itself. 53 " -F % moters and subsidiaries. The new rules would gov- )" 2! -2" directors fail to exercise their liberty. his/her liberty and this declaration According to the Kotak Committee, ern all transactions involving an amount starting 2D28*;82 However, on the downside, honest peo- must be taken on record by the board there must be at least one independent 2 ) 7%2)8 ) ( " ( from 50 lakh in the preceding two financial years 1"*)"@*23 ple may be forced to abandon boards, of directors of the listed company after woman director on the board of the top or even the current year. undermining a system that was meant duly assessing its veracity. In addition, 1,000 listed companies by April 1, 2020. !)+02)2!--. Now the question arises, whether indepen- 2)+"0" to bring balance to the boardroom. there must be no “board inter-locks”, With the slew of recent resignations, # dent directors are caught in a catch-22 situation One cannot expect independent which means that if A, being a non-inde- there is a definite gap here. Although ( -++ with stringent regulations on one side but do not 3*882 directors to function at their best with pendent director of a listed company X, databanks are available from where 4 have enough power to govern company operations +2 **")" possible information asymmetries, is an independent director of company independent directors can be selected, # 53 S as they are not involved in day-to-day function- 82 !"*.% which stems from the fact that the struc- Y, then any non-independent director of this experience has not been encourag- ing? "/!). ture of Indian companies is quite differ- company Y cannot be an independent ing as companies prefer having a known " It is common knowledge that many boards are *)+212)+2) ent from that of firms in the West. In the director of the listed company X. than an unknown face on their boards. ( more of a “friends club” with directors rarely rais- +*2 "3*8! US, the ownership is diverse and not The second problem faced by them Concrete steps need to be taken to ( ing any contentious issues. According to the the- +*@202)@*23 concentrated in a few hands and the role in exercising wisdom is inadequate improve the functioning of independent S ory of critical mass, any person, being in minor- !.)" 2 of independent directors is to protect the knowledge about the organisation, as directors. First, apart from the control- ity in a group, would not be able to exert his/her interests of shareholders. For instance, ownership and access to information ling shareholders having a say in their ) " "! -2*) point of view and generally tends to go with the 2D12*)0 61.1 per cent of Dow Jones-listed tech- remain in the hands of the controlling appointment and removal, minority decisions of the majority. So, any independent nology major Apple, is owned by vari- stockholders. This is the case in most shareholders should also participate in director with a divergent view may not be com- 8*;82@*23 ous institutional investors, 27.89 per cent companies and independent directors the process for the sake of transparen- : ( fortable in expressing his/her views and may !)+ !. 8""2 by mutual funds and 1.06 per cent by just have a ceremonial presence. They cy. Second, SEBI should also create an ) choose to follow the crowd. This may have been ""--"382 individual stakeholders like Arthur are generally luminaries in their fields ombudsman where independent direc-
% ( quite prevalent, considering the fact that many cor- "3+ Levinson, Chairman and CEO Tim and their reputation can get tarnished tors can report any malpractices. If they R6 )S R/ ( )S ( porate governance mismanagements, like the liq- Cook and so on and 9.95 per cent by because of the wrongdoings of firms. For have to honestly monitor performance, ( uidity crisis among the NBFCs due to the unex- other investors. Compare this with instance, the Satyam episode defamed advise the Chief Executive Officer and 5 S pected default by IL&FS, have come to light recent- Indian technology giant Wipro, 74 per six famous corporate and academic per- protect the interests of minority share- ly and the independent directors were also cent of whose ownership is with the pro- sonalities. holders, they must unite and become a caught unawares. moter/promoter group, 16 per cent Their plight is apparent from the fact robust team capable of extracting infor- ( ) Now, a majority of independent directors are with institutional investors and a mere that after the confession by Satyam mation for better decision-making. ( finding it difficult to discharge the stringent statu- 5.66 per cent with the general public or founder B Ramalinga Raju on January Finally, they should not be held liable tory duties that have been thrust on them by the retail investors. This shows that owner- 7, 2009, some 115 independent directors for any mismanagement by firms unless # " ) ( changes made to the Companies Act. ship and management are not separate of more than 100 listed companies quit they have power and knowledge to pre- 6 53 Consequently, the number of resignations this year in India, mostly dominated by families within a month. vent the same. Independent directors 9 ( went up by 30 per cent and many eligible and expe- and maintaining freedom of indepen- As per sub-section four of Section should have the power to question the rienced members of business and bureaucracy dent directors is questionable, peculiar 149 of the Companies Act, 2013, at least promoter group and dispassionately ) 5/ refused to accept positions as independent direc- and challenging. 50 per cent of the board should have serve the interest of minority sharehold- 5< ? ) ! ( tors. Although almost all have cited personal rea- This brings us to the major difficul- non-executive directors. If the chairman ers in boardrooms. For this, SEBI has to sons for quitting, it’s clear that they are resigning ty that is being faced by independent is a non-executive director, then at least create structures to ensure that they are because of some inkling of corporate mismanage- directors — the selection process. Will one-third of the board should comprise more than mute and passive participants ment. However, Anil Khandelwal, former the monitoring role not be hampered, independent directors. If the chairman in board meetings. Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank given that the majority shareholders have is an executive director, then indepen- (The writer is Assistant Professor, and Bank of Baroda and also independent direc- a strong influence on selection and sus- dent directors should make up at least Amity University) 80 &$ '(( )*+ ,! %% - ))%-. %/)/ % E 1#2 #%.3 ( / % 1-+%/1 ) 3+ -%/ $ +-#
American community, he also orities in the international sys- (LEMOA) and in 2018, the developments do pave the way ty for all at the inauguration of thanked the American people tem. The same is reflected in Communications for a greater understanding the Gandhi Solar Park. In his for their “exceptional welcome India’s active public diplomacy Compatibility and Security and better institutional cooper- meeting with leaders from and hospitality” during his in the last few years, seeking Agreement (COMCASA). It ation. More importantly, the Pacific island nations, he visit to the US. increased global footprints with enabled India access to US developments in the Indo- underlined India’s commit- Beginning from the meet- an emphasis on the nation’s soft technology and utilisation of its Pacific have come with their ment to advance their develop- ing between former US power attributes and civilisa- existing platforms. Today, India own set of challenges that ment priorities. President Obama and Modi in tional strengths. This includes is a major defence partner of underline the necessity of The show of political 2014, to the first-ever trilater- emphasis on yoga, spiritualism, the US, and there has been a cooperation. The meeting of warmth and trust between . , & 4 al engagement between India, peace and harmony. It also significant amount of increase foreign ministers from India, both the leaders shall lead to Japan and America in 2018, the involves capitalising on the in military hardware imports to the US, Japan and Australia something more tangible in leadership of both the countries strength of the Indian diaspo- the country. Moreover, after a expressed their commitment to terms of trade negotiations he USA loves India”, has reaffirmed the importance ra. The Indian-American com- gap of nearly eight years, the strengthen “rules-based order” and cooperation. This will tweeted American of strong Indo-US ties. There munity has been one of most Cope India exercise between in the Indo-Pacific. allow them to set more long- TPresident Donald Trump is a greater set of convergence successful in driving the Indian and American air forces At his speech at the United term objectives for commercial as he enthusiastically shared the between both the nations, rang- advanced technological revolu- was organised. Nations General Assembly, and trade engagements. Indian Prime Minister’s Offices’ ing from a “free and open” tion in the US. Nonetheless, bilateral rela- Modi highlighted the impor- As both India and the US message thanking and applaud- Indo-Pacific region to the fight Modi’s charismatic and tions still face limitations on the tance of global action to fight seek to consolidate on gains ing the energetic presence of against global terrorism. Over popular leadership appeal and trade front as market access has against terrorism; climate from this comfort in relation- the huge Indian diaspora at the years, the relationship its hyper-energetic diplomacy In the last few years, the International Solar Alliance in been a key issue of contention. change and healthcare chal- ship, it is necessary that both Houston, to mark the success- between these two mature have backed this process in Indian Government has sought 2016 and the initiation of the However, Modi pitched for US lenges. The visit in his own move beyond the framework of ful celebration of the Howdy democracies has evolved signif- recent years across the globe. to build on developing new 2+2 Dialogue between India investment support as India words has been an “extremely a “top-down approach” and Modi event. The strength and icantly, which is not subject to The Howdy Modi event was an linkages in Indo-US relation- and the US are some key devel- looks to build a $5 trillion productive one”, as he engaged seek to institutionalise this show of personal chemistry any kind of “transactional expression of the same desire ship. The Declaration of opments which define the economy. While Modi reas- with a wide and different set of “strategic alignment” at differ- between Prime Minister framework” and rather is wit- and objective. The soft power Friendship to elevate strategic nature of bilateral relations in sured Trump that he was learn- people from industry to diplo- ent levels to make it a more Narendra Modi and Trump at nessing a more robust “strate- credential of India is now dialogue to a strategic and recent years. Indo-US defence ing from the President the “art macy; civil society; business cogent and structural partner- Houston does mark a water- gic alignment.” backed by hard power choices commercial dialogue in ties have also seen an increased of the deal”, it remains to be communities and political lead- ship in the future. shed moment in Indo-US rela- India has sought to trans- in terms of strategic align- January 2015, the Joint level of engagement. In 2016, seen how both the leaders sur- ers. To mark the 150th birth (The writer holds a PhD tions. As Modi called for a form itself from being a “bal- ment and tactical diplomacy in Declaration against the two governments signed mount difficulties in bilateral anniversary of Mahatma in East Asian Studies from standing ovation for Trump ancing power” to a more “will- foreign policy-making under Combatting Terrorism in the Logistics Exchange trade negotiations. Gandhi, Modi invoked his JNU and teaches at Delhi from the 50,000-strong Indian- ing state” in redefining its pri- his leadership. September 2015, developing Memorandum of Agreement On the global level, these vision for peace and prosperi- University). ) 8 ! "#$%&'
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O8 % / encourage consumption, there- “This further reduction of sumer sentiment. )23+2-8* try,” said Confederation of Real ate better demand for vehicles. +O 2"/ &/L ' / by kick-starting the sluggish repo rate will not only bring “The rate cut is expected to Estate Developers Association The remarks came as the / / ' economy, India Inc said down the lending rates but also complement other fiscal mea- he Reserve Bank’s decision of India (Credai) National central bank slashed its bench- on Friday. incentivise investment and sures such as the corporate tax Tto cut key policy rate by 25 Chairman, Jaxay Shah. mark lending rate by 0.25 per- ' %M Industry’s reaction came as boost consumption,” said rate cut that was announced basis points will boost con- “We hope that the benefit centage points to 5.15 per cent. the central bank slashed its Surendra Hiranandani, CMD, last month to propel GDP sumer sentiment as well as of this reduction is passed on “The reduction of repo $ " benchmark lending rate by House of Hiranandani. growth,” said Anshuman housing sales during the ongo- to the home buyers by the rate by 25 basis points is a wel- * ' ' 0.25 percentage points to 5.15 The RBI’s latest move to Magazine, Chairman & CEO, ing festive season which is a banks/financial institutions. come move indeed by RBI. We =6 /" & ' ' per cent. The industry empha- trim repo rate comes at a time India, South East Asia, Middle crucial period for the realty sec- “This, coupled with the hope that the banks would ' & sised that it was now critical for when the economic growth East & Africa, CBRE. tor, industry experts said on upcoming festive season and fully pass on the repo rate cut - E -F'" 6/=K#>% & '' banks to facilitate a faster trans- has hit a six-year low of 5 per RBL Bank economist Rajni Friday. reduction in corporate tax, will benefit to consumers in the 2 & -% mission of rate cuts to ensure cent. This is the fifth straight Thakur said the central bank is With this cut, repo rate, at further enhance the sentiment form of lower lending rates,” that the measures reap results. rate cut by the central bank in reaching its lower bound of which it lends to the system, amongst them, thereby pro- Society of Indian Automobile 7"=98;9 7 CII Director General as many policy reviews in policy space and has tried to will now come down to 5.15 viding a fillip to the housing Manufacturers (SIAM) 1 Chandrajit Banerjee said the 2019, and takes the total quan- steer support expectations away per cent. The central bank demand and achieving Hon’ble President Rajan Wadhera said '* cumulative 135 basis points rate tum of reductions to 1.35 per from monetary side, adding must now ensure effective Prime Minister’s goal of in a statement. - E1 *-F/ N!O cuts this year along with a slew cent. Exporters body FIEO’s that it does not see more than transmission of rate cuts, Housing for All by 2022,” Shah The onset of festive season * 12/ of measures announced by the President Sharad Saraf howev- 15-40 basis points additional announced on Friday as well as added. along with availability of cheap- 0 '* government to provide growth er, said the challenges in cuts in this cycle. earlier, to home loan borrow- Echoing Shah’s view, er finance should induce high- ' stimulus to a variety of sectors exports will continue and may Given the concerns on ers, they said. National Real Estate er demand for vehicles, he +2!/ ' is expected to lift growth from aggravate with geo-political growth and inflation remaining “It is a significant and wel- Development Council added. The automotive sector + '=#G%4G its current stupor and unleash situation. within the target levels, a come move by the Reserve (Naredco) President Niranjan has been going through a pro- 0 '*' %.%=K#G animal spirits. 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Jio said if at all the Telecom which is in the process of exchange timer at 75 seconds. % arrested Joy Thomas, the sus- Director Joy Thomas had ear- External affairs minister S Regulatory Authority of India finalising its views on the issue In its submission, pended Managing Director of lier admitted to have given Jaishankar, commerce and (Trai) wants to take a view on through a consultation paper. Vodafone Idea has argued that " 7 scam-hit Punjab and loans to HDIL and its related industry minister Piyush Goyal the issue, it should be in form Rival Bharti Airtel — the minimum ringing timer )81 - *O Maharashtra (PMC) Bank, in entity to the tune of 6,500 and minister of state for com- of a “reference guideline and which had charged Jio of arbi- should be retained at 30 sec- +' ! ' ' ! connection with the 6,500 crore without informing all merce and industry Hardeep not in form of a mandated trarily shortening the ring time onds, which, the company 1 )81 ' & '- crore bank fraud. the board members. Singh Puri also attended the value”. for outgoing calls from its net- claimed is in tune with global 8 1 - / 6KK 3E#=6 Thomas’ arrest came a day Last Monday, the EOW meeting. “In such case, the range of work -- has argued that low practices. 34F @*821 && % / after the arrest of two promot- had registered a case against the + EF/)81 ' ers of the Housing PMC Bank and the HDIL for / O + /)81 ! Development and causing alleged losses worth / 2<6 , , / / '1 )+ " 4 Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) 4,335 crore to the bank. 3& ) ' ')81 8'& &/ 1 ' / Sarang Kumar Wadhawan and On the heels of a finding = 2 - 8 1 - % Rakesh Wadhawan and freez- during the investigations that the ! ing of property worth 3,500 PMC Bank’s exposure to the crore that had been mortgaged HDIL group was nearly 73 per 8 , ( Q# ( to the bank. cent of its total loan book size of 9 !* bankrupt HDIL but the project Confirming the arrest of 8,880 crore as of September 19, has been stuck since the past 9 !* cooperative bank to be placed 5 Thomas, Deputy Commissioner 2019, the police had on group of aggrieved home- nine years. under RBI administrators in of Police and police spokesper- Thursday taken Sarang and Abuyers of the scam-hit real- “The project was launched llaying fears of any threat to 2019 and there are 5 & #' son Pranay Ashok said, “Yes. We Rakesh into custody after they ty developer HDIL have writ- in 2010 and bookings were Athe banking system, Reserve many regulatory and adminis- have arrested the official in “failed” to give a “satisfactory” ten to Prime Minister Narendra accepted since then. But,in the Bank governor Shaktikanta Das trative gaps in the system as the * R connection with the PMC Bank explanation to the questions Modi seeking his intervention past nine years,only 18 floors of on Friday asked the public not states have a big say in case registered by the Economic posed by the EOW officials. to resolve their distress. the 46 storeyed-tower have to panic as the entire banking their matters. )23+2-8* )23+2-8* Offences Wing of the The EOW has identified 44 The Whispering Towers been built, while work has not system, including cooperative Also, there is political inter- Mumbai police”. bank accounts relating to the Flat Owners Welfare even started on the second ones, continue to remain sound ference in their functioning. nion Textiles Minister onsumer Affairs Minister Simultaneously, the EOW accused associated with the Association, representing over phase,”the association said. and stable. Urban cooperative banks are USmriti Irani will participate CRam Vilas Paswan on agency carried out searches at HDIL. It has also found 100 450 home-buyers of the HDIL Shyam Chittari, Das also said in the wake of registered as cooperative soci- in the plenary session of the Friday said bullet-resistant six places in Mumbai and crore worth shares in the demat project in suburban Mulund, a member of the association, the crisis at Punjab & eties either with the State World Cotton Day celebra- jackets manufactured accord- neighbouring areas linked to accounts of one of the accused. have in a letter dated has posted the letter on his Maharashtra Cooperative Cooperative Societies Act or tions in Geneva, which will ing to the national BIS stan- the former chairman of the Among other things, it has September 1, to Modi said twitter account. (PMC) Bank, the RBI is review- the Multi-State Cooperative shed light on the challenges dards are safer, lighter, 50 per bank and promoters of HDIL. come to light during the inves- they are seeking his interven- The letter claims HDIL ing the existing regulatory Societies Act, 2002 and are reg- faced by cotton economies. cent cheaper and even being Rakesh and Sarang, who tigations that the PMC Bank tion as a last resort. had taken 175 crore from framework for cooperative ulated and supervised by the The plenary session will be exported. are executive chairman and created more than 21,000 According to the letter, Allahabad Bank, J&K Bank banks and will discuss the Registrar of Cooperative attended by heads of states, The formulation of the Managing Director respective- fake accounts to hide the var- over 450 families have paid and Syndicate Bank for matter with the Government. Societies of the respective states heads of international organi- Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) ly of the the HDIL, have been ious loans. around 350 crore to the now the project. The statement assumes or by the Central Registrar of sations and executives from the standard on bullet resistant jack- importance as PMC is the 24th Cooperative Societies. private sector. et has placed India in the select The World Trade league of nations like the US, UK Organisation (WTO) is hosting and Germany who have their the event at the request of Cotton own national standard. — 4 countries, Benin, Burkina “BIS has formulated a Faso, Chad and Mali, to celebrate national standard on bullet their official application for proof jacket which will pro- recognition of October 7 as mote Make in India. This jack- World Cotton Day by the United et is of best quality in the world Nations. “The Ministry of and is also lighter in weight Textiles, Government of India, is which is convenient for our participating in the World jawans. Prices of these jackets Cotton Day being observed are 50 per cent lower and as a from October 7 to 11 in Geneva,” result more exports are taking an official statement said. place,” Paswan told reporters. 88 ! "#$%&' 8
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Representatives, and face a president of the United States eral said on Friday he would General’s Office,” said Ukraine reset its relationship Speaking in Florida, trial in the Senate. suggesting, urging a foreign review cases related to a gas firm Ryaboshapka, who was appoint- op US diplomats encour- with Trump by pushing his country to interfere in our where Joe Biden’s son used to ed in August. Taged Ukraine’s newly elect- interest in investigating his $ presidential elections,” Schiff work, after US President Donald “We are reviewing all cases ed president to conduct an Democratic rival. 0+1B. said. Trump pushed his Ukrainian that were closed or broken up investigation linked to Joe Volker, in a text message on ' “It endangers our elec- counterpart to look into the into separate cases, to make a Biden’s family in return for a the morning of a planned July =6S & ' tions, endangers our national issue. decision on whether this was potentially high-profile visit to 25 phone call between Trump & security and ought to be con- Trump’s request that illegal.” Ukrainian authorities Washington with President and Ukraine President / % demned by every member of Ukrainian President Volodymyr have previously said the inves- Donald Trump. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wrote: this body, Democrats and Zelensky probe the activities of tigation into gas firm Burisma That’s according to a cache “Heard from White House — < Republicans alike.” Hunter and Joe Biden, the fron- focuses on a period before of text messages released late Assuming President Z con- " As a former State trunner for the Democratic Hunter Biden joined the com- Thursday by House investiga- vinces trump he will investigate B1+ C9& Department diplomat testified presidential candidacy, has pany’s board. tors following a 10-hour inter- / “get to the bottom of what behind closed doors in sparked an impeachment probe Ryaboshapka also suggest- view with one of the diplomats, happened” in 2016, we will nail '-/&' Congress on his role in the in the US. ed the prosecutors may focus Kurt Volker, who stepped down down date for visit to /' Ukraine scandal, Trump dou- Prosecutor-General Ruslan not on Hunter Biden but on as special envoy to Ukraine Washington.” ''% bled down by calling for Ryaboshapka told reporters his Burisma’s founder Mykola amid the Democrats’ impeach- An adviser to the Ukraine President Volodymyr office would revisit about 15 Zlochevsky and other figures. ment inquiry. Ukrainian president appears I Zelensky and Chinese leader Xi cases but stressed that they were “As far as we can see, this is The pages of text messages to go along with the proposal, $ =: Jinping to go after Biden, who not necessarily connected to more a question of Zlochevsky convey a distinct campaign which entailed investigating $ 53 3 ' leads the race for the Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. and Ukrainian businessman among the three diplomats, Burisma, a Ukrainian gas com- * N Democratic presidential nom- “We are conducting an audit Sergei) Kurchenko than Burisma who — apparently against some pany where Joe Biden’s son =?/ #/6KK / ination next year. AFP of the cases that were earlier and Biden,” he said. AP of their stated better judgment Hunter served on the board. % 3$ ) $ #" '9 ) O 9 ! $# ) P * "3 $ & ) " 4 ) ( ; 4 Hong Kong: Thousands of defiant masked protesters streamed " !08+!+ by representatives in Shiite holy into Hong Kong streets on Friday after the city’s embattled leader places across Iraq before decid- Athens: Greek Prime Minister Tuesday that arrivals by sea invoked rarely used emergency powers to ban masks at rallies raq’s Shia spiritual leader ing whether to join other pro- Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday from Turkey to Greece, mostly in a hardening of the Government’s stance after four months of IGrand Ayatollah Ali Sistani testers in defying the daytime called on Turkey to “take Afghan and Syrian families, anti-government demonstrations. called on the Government on curfew in force in Baghdad responsibility” for a renewed increased to 10,258 in Challenging the ban set to take effect Saturday, protesters Friday to heed the demands of and other cities. wave of migrants to Greece, and September. crammed streets in the central business district and other areas, protesters who have thronged The Prime Minister has for an EU-Turkish deal to be It said this was the highest shouting “Hong Kong people, resist.” Baghdad and other cities for appealed for patience from the revised so Athens can speed up monthly total since 2016, when Carrie Lam said at an afternoon news conference that the four straight days and con- young unemployed who have the return of rejected asylum- the European Union reached an mask ban, imposed under a colonial-era Emergency Ordinance demned the mounting death toll formed the mainstay of the seekers. accord with Turkey to stem the that was last used over half a century ago, targets violent pro- from clashes with police. protests, saying his not yet year- “Turkey must take respon- flow of arrivals. testers and rioters and “will be an effective deterrent to radical The endorsement from old Government needs more sibility” and “control the Turkey has welcomed near- behaviour.” Sistani, who is revered among time to implement reforms. migrant flow in the Aegean Sea,” ly 3.6 million refugees, the vast The ban applies to all public gatherings, both unauthorised Iraq’s Shia majority communi- But Sistani retorted that the conservative Greek leader majority from neighbouring and those approved by police. ty, prompted celebratory gunfire the Government needed to act said during a debate in parlia- war-ravaged Syria. Lam stressed it doesn’t mean the semi-autonomous Chinese from protesters and piled new now “before it’s too late” to ment on migration. Turkish President Recep territory is in a state of emergency. She said she would go to the pressure on Prime Minister address popular grievances or Greece has felt under Tayyip Erdogan threatened in legislature later to get legal backing for the rule. Adel Abdel Mahdi as he battles the protests would simply inten- increasing pressure. For the early September to allow a new “We must save Hong Kong, the present Hong Kong and the to quell the intensifying unrest. sify. The crisis required “clear first time since 2016, the coun- wave of migrants to go to the future Hong Kong,” she said. Many had been waiting for and practical steps” or the pro- try has become the main port of EU if he did not receive more “We must stop the violence ... We can’t just leave the situa- a signal from Sistani in his testers will “simply come back entry into the European Union international aid. tion to get worse and worse.” Friday prayer sermon read out even stronger”, he said. for migrants and refugees arriv- Ankara wants to create in Two activists immediately filed legal challenges in court on ing via Turkish shores. Syria a “security zone” so grounds that the mask ban will instill fear and curtail freedom The UN refugee agency migrants could return there. of speech and assembly. The High Court was hearing a bid late 1 * !' (UNHCR) announced on AFP Friday to halt the ban. AP B1&1 O
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While you are continuing your acting time. But the most important thing is to have career, you have also turned into a suc- women support each other and have each cessful producer, foraying majorly other’s backs. Who else is going to do that into regional films before The Sky is if not women themselves? The reason why Pink. What’s the story of Purple it didn’t happen for a long time was that Pebble? women didn’t have the time and opportu- I started my production house nity. There were such few opportunities that because I wanted to create something they had to fight each other off to get what that would stand outside of me and they wanted. Now, we are creating more engage with meaningful cinema. opportunities for women and have men who Which is why I’ve produced region- are feminists. For example, in this film, al films that have amazing stories Farhan (Akhtar), Sid (Siddharth Roy Kapur) to tell, be they Marathi, Sikkimese, and Ronnie (Screwavala) are feminist men. Punjabi and Gujarati. You can call They believe in a female filmmaker and a Purple Pebble my dream, so producer. So that is the world we want to cre- named because purple is the ate in our generation in the hope that may colour of royalty and I consid- be and hopefully, the work that we do is what er myself a queen (laughs). our grandchildren also follow without even And like a little pebble, like thinking about it. It really depends on us and a rolling stone, I go from one I am seeing such a massive change, not just place to the other, chasing in India but around the world. Of course, it newer horizons. It has a is a really long conversation and has to go very deep meaning but it’s deep. Education is a really big part of it and also a cute name. When thing new, not just films. Just because I am I think the government is taking necessary I started the production a star here doesn’t mean the world knows me. steps and initiatives when it comes to that. house with my mother, I think that it will also require parents to have who is also a director in But let’s face it, keeping it real is a diffi- that understanding of giving exposure to the the company, the idea of cult adjustment to make, right? girl child instead of devaluing her. They need it was to be able to tell It is difficult for people who don’t have to give her the ability to stand up on her feet a story that I wanted to humility, whose pride is bigger than them or and understand that for her, education tell but couldn’t always the end result. I am sorted that way. I start- matters a lot. This kind of thought process as an actor. And I ed from scratch and I didn’t have my career will dig a deeper road to a smarter India. And believe a lot in the kind of handed over to me. I made my career bit by I feel it will require us talking about it more cinema I want to make, bit. Since I had done it once, I did it again often. which is content-heavy. I this time. Of course, this was a tougher task chose to co-produce The because I did it in my 30s, when they say that Women in our country are also deeply Sky is Pink not because it a woman’s career in showbiz is over. I am very circumscribed by societal taboos. You is a Hindi film but it happy to be proving them wrong. I have an yourself have been at its receiving end in being a real human story. almost two-decade long career now. I think public life, as recently as when you chose The characters are not it’s all because I had humility and though it to marry. How do you fight them? superheroes, they are just was difficult at times and took a mental We are one of the oldest civilisations and everyday people, a regu- adjustment, I knew what I wanted to do. And cultures in the world, so traditional taboos lar couple, who have I wanted to do it well. I didn’t want to do side- have existed for thousands of years. But they thrived in extraordinary kick roles in Hollywood. Since I had been a will take as much time to be obliterated as circumstances and survived leading lady here, I wanted to take off from it will take us not to succumb to societal pres- them in such a positive and that point and start out in a lead role there. sure. I don’t succumb. amazing way. I feel in such a I have to give kudos to ABC that they could cynical world, people look for see me as the leading lady. In the process, I How do you handle trolls? inspiration and surprisingly, became the first Asian ever to helm their I really want young boys and girls to con- we forget that they exist show. It had never happened before. So that sider seriously what I say right now. These among us. Families should was a big achievement and post that, it has young people seek validation through social watch this film and see how been an amazing experience, doing the work *3!-"",*)0" media, from people who are not even their if you stick together, you can that I have, people giving me that space and friends. They are not “your people” and their come out of difficult cir- accepting me in the US. Yes, it did take a lot. 2@"-@2%82900-2*) validation wouldn’t even matter. That should cumstances. It is one of come from your friends and loved ones and those films. As somebody who is a fan of technolo- 8"--.3""+3! those who are, most importantly, invested in gy, your app, Bumble, is now a big hit in your growth. Criticism from those people Considering you are a India. So now, you are a techpreneur? 2 2)+"9%*8!+" shouldn’t be taken seriously as someone sit- global star, how do you I love technology and wanted to be an *)"+9 2 .2-!-- ting behind the anonymity of a computer, manage your projects? aeronautical engineer when I was young. telling you how you should behave doesn’t I worked around the Physics and Mathematics were my favourite "@2!0!*)!)+2-- matter. There is a reason why they are called clock for a year. Now I am subjects in school and I have been a nerd all trolls. But why has trolling become news I just dividing my time my life. (Laughs) Like they say, nerds will rule 82 82,*)+"3",* never understood! I have blamed the media between what I do in the the world, if they don’t already! Anyway, my a lot for it about how they have started to lit- US and what I do here. manager in the US is a venture capitalist. And 3!)"+"%*8!+82 erally report tweets. We should just stop mag- But that is manageable I told her that if I ever wanted to diversify, 89 *-*."+"8!!)+* nifying their worth; it’s just crazy. You can because I have always I would want to focus on something relat- react to tweets where may be my mother is been selective about all ed to women and their education. I was hav- 22-8!**2R9*2+ saying something about me. But it’s crazy my characters. If you go ing dinner when Bumble got launched in when some random people starts writing any- through my filmography, New York. Its founder Whitney (Wolfe Herd) 382)."9! thing s/he fancies and that becomes news. I have never played the was giving a speech, detailing why she decid- And if you see the numbers of trolls, they are same person ever. I get ed to create it. At that instant, I thought how !).8*)0)23%9 just about 100-150 people. So it’s basically bored by doing the same amazing it would be to take this to women making a headline out of 100-150 people things. Once I choose not to in India to encourage conversations that they 2 !92*! !!822 writing something absurd. repeat myself, I find newer may be diffident about, and to help them +"2)O 2!)82 areas to work on. express themselves better. I lost no time and How do you maintain a work-life balance? asked her if she was planning to expand over- 3"-+,)"3 2 The most important thing is to have a How do you manage this seas? She said “no” but I told her that I was partner who understands and supports multi-national to and fro? thinking of taking the platform to India. An your individual ambition outside of him. It is multi-continental, actual- application, which allows women to make Nick and I may be a unit but we are also indi- ly. It was a very difficult balance to achieve the first move, is such a powerful tool as viduals. We both support our personal but I was up for the challenge. women making the first choice doesn’t ambitions. happen too often in our country. She liked find like-minded people and friends. And in And the second bit, which me and he What made you take up the TV show the idea and we worked on it for a year. I’ll case, you’re a homemaker or a home entre- have, is communication. No matter where we Quantico in Hollywood? You were anyway never forget the date when I launched it in preneur and are looking to expand your busi- are, we update each other about the entire at the top of your game here, why did you India, which was right after my wedding — ness, you can also find people who can help day. I tell him if I am doing interviews or hav- choose to begin again from the base in December 5. I was super excited about it. We you do that. So it is just a tool to empower ing dinner. He knows what is happening in another industry, especially one that isn’t never expected the numbers we got. Indian women and take command of their my life just as I know what’s happening in too absorptive of Asians? The only thing I told Whitney was that own lives in their own hands. I just knew it his. Besides, video-calling has saved our long- As I said, I do not like repeating myself you have to culturally reform it to be able to in my gut that this is what I wanted to cre- distance relationship tremendously. We and I was honestly looking to evolve. I did protect the girls in the country. So we added ate for the girls here. And I’m happy that it video-call each other all the time. I think my rounds of the studios and had to intro- the privacy feature and gave the user the right has done so well. eventually it is also about how much you duce myself all over again. The struggle was to send the first text and not be inundated want to make it work with the other person. tremendous. I had to take meetings and tell by queries. There is also a photo verification How do you see the transformation of And most importantly, to have time for each them, ‘I am Priyanka Chopra. 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An over-enthusiastic fan Kohli tried to order the on Friday to reach 385 for eight hundred in the final session with per Faf du Plessis for the fifth Jadeja also posed problems caused a brief security scare teenager off and vice-captain in response to India’s mammoth a six off Ashwin before eventu- wicket to put pressure on India’s and nearly got Elgar on 74 but when he rushed on the field to Rahane also intervened but the first-innings 502. ally being bowled by the off- bowlers. wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha get a selfie with the India cap- persistent fan stayed on the De Kock made 111 and put spinner. Ashwin, back in the Indian spilled the chance. tain Virat Kohli. field for more than two minutes. on a key 164-run stand with Ashwin struck again with XI after his last outing in Indian opener Mayank Kohli, who is treated as a Security officers eventually Elgar, who scored 160, to thwart the wicket of Vernon Philander Australia last year, also said Agarwal set the tone for the national hero, was taken by overpowered him as he ran off, the Indian bowling attack on day for nought. playing county cricket for hosts’ dominance of the game surprise by the intrusion in while the crowd roared and three of the first Test in The left-handed Elgar, who Nottinghamshire had helped with his 215 and a 317-run between overs when the youth clapped. Visakhapatnam. started the day on 27, led the him during his time away from Off-spinner Ravichandran revival after South Africa slipped the Indian team. Ashwin kept chipping away at to 63 for four in the morning “I am elated to be back. It is the batsmen however to claim session. always special for India. There his 27th five-wicket haul in 66 is nothing like picking up a five Tests. NO FLUKE wicket haul for your country,” At stumps, the Proteas still The 32-year-old credited said Ashwin. trail by 117 runs as they chase his stint with Surrey in the “This place is very special India’s first innings score of 502 English county championship for me but I enjoyed a five wick- for seven declared. for his impressive show. et haul for Nottingham too. One Debutant Senuran “I have played five months is not too lesser than the other.” Muthusamy, on 12, and Keshav of county cricket. That’s an Maharaj, on three, were at the extremely big motivating factor SELFIE WITH KOHLI crease after the long day with 98 for my career that always Ashwin’s spin partner overs bowled to make for lost improves me as a player,” said Ravindra Jadeja also made it time because of storms on day Elgar. count with Elgar’s wicket in the one. “I’d like to think that this final session as he moved to 200 Wicketkeeper-batsman de innings didn’t come by fluke, but Test scalps. Kock completed his fifth Test came because I have done the & @ D E$ 3! $ ! $ - ( South Africa started the '0A= , 0 A TOOR, JINSON OUT OF WORLD C'SHIPS Doha: *C!0 0 ' " 2**)0 1 #6KK ' 3 ! 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We have a chance to seal play- four month-long tournament suf- /M 55 available but also keep them on the off spot and what’s better than doing fered because of injuries to senior %L* &' winning track before the final tussle it in front of the home fans. We need players like Rishank Devadiga and =K=K %M for the glory. one win out of four matches to Monu Goyat but now that when they Going into the home leg which advance further, so this in some way are fit and back in the side, the cap- JETER INT'L AMBASSADOR FOR ADHM they will play at Shaheed Vijay Singh takes out a lot of pressure from us and tain says that the return of senior pros New Delhi: *N C Pathik Sports Complex, Greater we can go with a positive mindset. in the squad will further boost their / 1 * Noida from today, last season’s star However, let me make it very clear chances to go a step beyond this time defender (100 tackle points in season that even though one win will do the and win the trophy. 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