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Chris Hemsworth to join ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’ team 14 CELEBS WORLD 6 India, Britain mark massacre centenary Civilian govt Rain deluge Lawmakers issue statement vow in Sudan Khartoum to ‘protect pillars of society’ Manama he new head of Sudan’s Tmilitary council said on hirty-five lawmakers Saturday a civilian govern- yesterday issued a state- Please avoid actions ment would be formed after Tment calling to protect that could cause social consultations with the oppo- the pillars of Bahraini society, divisions. sition and the transition peri- the Constitution and the laws LAWMAKERS od would last for a maximum of the land. of two years, as protesters They appealed to all social Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to kept up pressure for rapid segments, institutions, entities, protect civil peace between change. individuals, writers, journalists among different segments of In his first televised ad- and social media influencers to Bahraini society. dress, Lieutenant General avoid actions that could cause The statement underlined Abdel Fattah Al Burhan Ab- social divisions or spread dis- the key role of the legislative delrahman said he was also cord between individuals. branch to protect society, exer- cancelling a night curfew The statement, which was cise its legislative and oversight ordered by his predecessor undersigned by the group of role and pass required legisla- and ordered the release of all lawmakers, stressed the im- tions that maintain social co- prisoners jailed under emer- portance of maintaining civil hesion, tolerance and stability. gency laws ordered by oust- peace, the spirit of tolerance, The lawmakers urged all ed President Omar Al Bashir. plurality, acceptance of others state officials, particularly The Kingdom received heavy rainfall yesterday, which led to floods in certain parts of the country. Traffic was disrupted and contributing to developing those in charge of judicial agen- as rainwater flooded many roads across the Kingdom. His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman society and the country, by ex- cies, to exercise their patriot- Al Khalifa yesterday directed co-operation between different ministries to survey the rain-hit areas, assess damages ercising freedom of expression ic role and hold accountable and find immediate solutions to ensure the citizens are not affected. He assigned the Ministry of Works, Municipalities in compliance with the law. all those which break the law, Affairs and Urban Planning to survey the affected areas and submit a report to the Cabinet, outlining the measures The call was in line with the threaten civil peace or spread undertaken to avert damages. See page 3 directives of His Majesty King lies and fabricated news.

Lt General Abdel Abdelrahman Al Bashir was overthrown on Thursday after weeks of mass protests brought on by rising food costs, high un- employment and increasing repression during his three A new era of hope decades in power. Protest organisers had earlier on Saturday urged people President Hadi attends first parliamentary session in Yemen since Houthi coup to keep marching to demand a civilian government after the defence minister and the In his address, Hadi Bahrain attends session intelligence chief stepped • down. stated that four months ahrain’s Ambassador to and people on holding the first Thousands of people gath- had passed since the BYemen, residing in Riyadh, session of the House of Repre- ered in front of the Defence Stockholm agreement Shaikh Humood bin Abdullah sentatives, and Sultan Al Braka- Ministry in central Khar- and there had been bin Hamad Al Khalifa, partici- ni on his election as Speaker, toum, a Reuters witness said. pated in the opening of the ex- wishing him success in carrying Salah Abdallah Mohamed no further progress. traordinary session of Yemeni out this national responsibility. Saleh, known as Salah Gosh, parliament held in Seiyun in He also stressed Bahrain’s the former head of the Na- Dubai Hadhramaut. position that supports Yemen’s tional Intelligence and Secu- The session was inaugurated stability and territorial integrity rity Service quit on Saturday. resident Abed Rabbo Man- by President Abdrabbuh Man- and the efforts aimed at reaching He was once the most influ- sour Hadi attended the sur Hadi, in the presence of Sec- a peaceful solution based on the ential person in the country Pfirst parliamentary session retary-General of the Pan-Arab Gulf Initiative and its executive after Al Bashir and protest- held in Yemen on Saturday since Parliament, Dr Mishaal Al Sa- mechanism, the outputs of the ers held him responsible for the Houthi militia coup. lami. Shaikh Humood congrat- national dialogue and Security the killing of demonstrators The parliamentary session was Hadi speaks to reporters in Seiyun. ulated the Yemeni government Council Resolution 2216. demanding an end to mili- opened with the election of its tary rule. new speaker, Sultan Al Burkani, return to the temporary capital of war,” Hadi said. try, stop giving our nation to the who heads the General People’s Aden to fulfil their duties. The president said that Houthi enemies.” Congress (GPC) party. In his address, Hadi stated crimes must be exposed, add- He also called on government The session was held in Seiyun that four months had passed War is not just ing that they do not understand officials to resume their offi- in the eastern province of Hadh- since the Stockholm agreement military, every peace. cial duties. ramaut, and was attended by 141 and there had been no further governmental official In a direct message to the mi- “War is not just military, every members, as well as international progress. who does not perform litia, the president said: “Isn’t it governmental official who does DON’T MISS IT envoys and security personnel. “This meeting is convened his job is betraying time to stop your crimes? Look not perform his job is betraying “The Houthis have made the during an extremely important his nation. around at the destruction you his nation. We have to perform capital a place of chaos,” Mr Al and historic moment where we have caused, look to our popula- our duty of protecting our coun- Events dropped, Burkani said and asked officials to have to choose either peace or HADI tion. Our country is your country,” he told the session. traffic disrupted 03 as roads turn SMUGGLERS NABBED rivers after heavy rainfall Lebanon seizes 800,000 stimulant pills in major drug bust Spotlight on Beirut 04 SCW strides grammes (312 pounds) of the The bust came after Saudi ulant” and usually blends am- ebanon’s police said yes- illicit drug on April 9, according Arabia’s Directorate of Narcot- phetamines, caffeine and other Thai new year terday it has seized more to a statement. ics Control tipped off Lebanese substances. 05 splashes in Lthan 800,000 pills of the Captagon is one of the most authorities on a plan to smuggle Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and amphetamine-type stimulant commonly used drugs in the 12 a large captagon shipment to an Syria are usually assumed to be captagon worth around $12 mil- Syrian war, where fighters who million American unidentified “Arab country” by transit or production territories lion in a bust coordinated with take it say it helps them stay dollars is the estimated land, it said. for illicit captagon, according market value of the Saudi authorities. awake for days and that it numbs seized drugs. Captagon is classified by the to the European Monitoring Police stopped a refrigerat- their senses, allowing them to UN Office on Drugs and Crime Center for Drugs and Drug Ad- ed truck containing 142 kilo - kill with abandon. as an “amphetamine-type stim- diction. SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 02

Under the patronage of Labour and Social Development Minister, Jameel Humaidan, the Labour Ministry’s Undersecretary, Sabah Al Dosari, opened the “Career Day”, hosted by the Gulf University. Gulf University’s Board of Trustees Chairperson, Dr Muna Rashid Al Zayani, President, Muhannad Al Mashhadani, officials and the Labour Ministry’s officials attended the “Career Day”, held at the Gulf University’s headquarters here. Fifty government and private institutions are participating in this year’s edition of Gulf University’s Career Day, aimed at creating a platform for direct interaction between students and graduates, and employers and owners of private training institutions.

The newly-elected Board of Directors of Bahrain India Society (BIS) has called on Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom Alok Kumar Sinha. BIS Chairman Raj Damani briefed the envoy about the society’s plans and programmes to strengthen relations between the Kingdom and India, which include exchange of business delegations, sponsoring youth and cultural exchanges and organising art and cultural events. Above, Kishore Mathur, Harish Gopinath, Abdulrahman Juma (Vice Chairman), Talal Al Mannai, Ahmed M A Jawahery, Abdulnabi Al Sho’ala, Mohamed Dadabhai, Mr Damani, Soman Baby, Madhavan Kallath (Secretary General) and Vijay Boloor with Mr Sinha and Om Prakash, Second Secretary (Commercial), Indian Embassy, during a photocall. Region’s most successful CEOs honoured Award ceremony showcases Bahrain as a beacon of economic diversification in the region

Top business leaders and more than 30 speakers from across the region took part in the event.

political schisms that pose new and Government Spending”, and TDT | Manama Top business leaders and more lence in corporate governance.” business leaders in the King- than 30 speakers from across the risks, and opportunities. The Conference kicked off dom of Bahrain to discuss the “Do Structural Reforms Attract GCC and Middle East regions Amid such challenges and new with a powerful opening keynote pressing topics of the day and Direct Investments” provided he region’s most suc - shed light on the Middle East’s global economic realities, lead- from Jassim AlSeddiqi, CEO of those which are transforming insights into how businesses cessful and trendsetting dynamic but volatile region and ing speakers such as renowned the Abu Dhabi Financial Group the global and regional econo- can grow alongside government TCEOs were honoured at the burning issues facing the cor- economist Prof Nouriel Roubini and Chairman of GFH Financial mies. Investing in the future in initiatives while evaluating the the “Top CEO Conference and porate world today. provided growth solutions and Group, who delved into the po- areas such as fintech, education future of regulation in the region. Awards 2019”, organised by This year’s theme, “Growth road maps for businesses in the tential of transforming the re- and technology, the foundations The Host Country Sponsor of TRENDS magazine and leading in a Volatile Future,” focused on GCC region. gion into a fintech hub and the for strong, enduring knowledge the fifth edition of the TOP CEO international business school a score of relevant issues from Alexandre Hawari, CEO of importance of jumping on the based economies, is a priority Conference and Awards was the INSEAD, at the Al Areen Palace oil price fluctuations, tech dis- Mediaquest, said: “In its fifth digital bandwagon. for the Group and the govern- GFH Financial Group. The event and Spa. ruptions, as well as armed and edition, the Top CEO Conference The prime panel discussion ments of the region in which we was supported by Bahrain Eco- and Awards fully encapsulated on the “Future of Growth Amid invest and we were honoured to nomic Development Board and the theme of ‘Growth in a Vol- Volatility” brought together be able to help facilitate a day of Bahrain Tourism and Exhibi- atile Future’ by acknowledg- five notable CEOs who explored thoughtful discussions and the tion Authority. The Gold Spon- ing and exploring the growth methods to create future-proof sharing of strategies and para- sor was Infak, and the Bronze transformation that the region strategies that can not only tackle digms for continued and sustain- Sponsors were Coordinates, is undergoing through digitali- challenges but also boost growth able growth.” KPMG, LinkedIn, MEmob and sation and the fourth industrial in a tough geopolitical and eco- The Top CEO Conference and MMP World Wide. The Official revolution amid geopolitical nomic climate. They spoke ex- Awards also showcased Bahrain English Media Partner was Arab tensions, looming trade wars tensively on methods to mitigate as a beacon in economic diver- News, Broadcast Partner was and a rapidly evolving business risks and enhance business inter- sification stressing on its digi- CNBC Arabia and the Media Part- environment. actions in a formidable economic tal drive and the progress the ner was The New York Times. “Building on the huge suc- environment. kingdom has made toward its The Association Partners were cess of the previous years, the Hisham AlRayes, CEO and ambitious plans of becoming a Hawkamah and Jeddah Cham- Top CEO Awards 2019 recog- Board Member of the GFH Fi- fintech hub. With diversifica- ber of Commerce, while the nised CEOs and companies who nancial Group, said: “GFH Group tion taking center stage in gov- Strategic Partner was SITT Expo have raised the bar by navi - with its commitment to being ernment drives such as Bahrain (Saudi IT andTech). The Diver- gating challenges, implement- at the forefront on innovation 2030, and Saudi Arabia’s Vision sity Partner was The Diversity ing new strategies, and have in finance and investing in the 2030, the panel discussions such Council by Above and Beyond demonstrated unquestionable GCC was delighted to host a as “Bahrain’s Growth Dynam- Group and the Luxury Partner growth, profitability and excel- world-class group of visionary ics”, “Cost Cutting, Profit Risks was Montegrappa. SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 03 Events dropped, traffic disrupted as roads turn rivers after heavy rainfall Many areas flooded as heavy rain lashes the country

Vehicles wade through floodwaters in Manama. A traffic cop on duty guides a vehicle amidst congestion on many roads across the Kingdom.

ience caused to the citizens and eral safety instructions, because in Juffair, according to a vid - tioned the public as rain could ue today. According to forecast Essam Khalaf, residents due to heavy rainfall. of the rain, including driving eo shared by the Ministry of lead to electric accidents. They by the Meteorological Directo- • A number of areas across the carefully, keeping the safety dis- Transportation and Telecom- have been advised to disconnect rate, today’s weather is expected Minister of Works, Kingdom faced water logging, tance and focus on the road,” the munications - Meteorological the electricity in case of short to be partly cloudy, while tomor- Municipalities Affairs leading to traffic congestion Ministry of Interior stated. Directorate. circuits. row and Tuesday will witness and Urban Planning, while offering a tough time for “Traffic calls upon drivers to Authorities have also cau - Rain is not expected to contin- pleasant weather. visited a number of motorists. avoid driving on both sides Mara’ee Show 2019 was of Buri tunnel, because of areas affected by among the events cancelled due the rainwater, until resum- water-logging. to the rain yesterday. ing traffic flow.” Thousands of people were ex- The MoI further stated The MoI further pected to attend the last day of that the Civil Defence, Traf- stated• that the Civil the event. fic, Rescue (Najda) Police Anything that is worth teaching can be The organising committee an- and Police Directorates presented in many Defence, Traffic, Rescue nounced the cancellation in a dealt with several cases be- different ways. These multiple ways can (Najda) Police and statement yesterday and asked cause of heavy rain. make use of our multiple Police Directorates the public not to visit the venue A car got submerged in intelligence dealt with several cases as it is waterlogged. rainwaters while crossing - Howard Gardner The Mulberry Festival, which the A’ali tunnel. Works Min- because of heavy rain. was scheduled to take place at istry team rushed to the spot the farmers’ market was also and used rainwater draining TDT | Manama cancelled. systems to take the car out. Mohammed Zafran Meanwhile, the University of Essam Khalaf, Minister Bahrain had to postpone some of Works, Municipalities everal popular events were tests that were scheduled to take Affairs, and Urban Plan - cancelled as heavy rain place yesterday. Certain schools ning, visited a number of Scaused water-logging in have announced a holiday today areas affected by water-log- many areas across the Island due the water-logging issues it ging. yesterday. faced. On Friday evening, strong Authorities had to work “Civil defence and traffic call gusts toppled restaurant IT’S NOT promptly to ease the inconven- upon the public to follow gen- furniture near Najma Club JUST TUITION WE TRANSFORM STUDENTS TO BEST PERFORMERS

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Eleventh global entrepreneurship congress set Spotlight on SCW strides Manama he Global Entrepreneur- Tship Network, in collabo- Council’s efforts to empower Bahraini women in different fields stressed at IPI event ration with the Labour Fund TDT | Manama ‘Tamkeen’, will launch the Harpreet Kaur Bank’s Human Capital Index, 11th Global Entrepreneur- and fourth in the Gulf and 43rd ship Congress (GEC) 2019, globally according to the UN Hu- which will be held for the he Secretary-General of Bahrain is man Development Report 2018. first time in the Kingdom at the Supreme Council for working She talked about the SCW ef- the Bahrain International TWomen (SCW), Hala Al towards forts to follow up the National Exhibition and Convention Ansari, has been hosted by the many of the Policy for Mainstreaming Wom- Centre from April 15–18. International Peace Institute sustainable en’s Needs in Development and Known for its leading glob- (IPI) in a meeting to shed light the Implementation of the Na- al dialogue on entrepreneur- on Bahrain’s efforts in the ad- development tional Plan for the Advancement ship, the GEC will bring to- vancement of women and the goals related of Bahraini Women, in addition gether thousands of entrepre- achievement of the sustainable to women, to the legislations and services neurs, investors, researchers development agenda and goals which is being in support of family stability. and economic policymakers (SDGs 2030). monitored by She also noted the cooper- from more than 170 countries. Ms Al Ansari pointed out the Supreme ation between the SCW and The GEC’s conference will Bahrain’s activities as an active Council for state institutions to adopt and be inaugurated on Tuesday, member of the UN Commission implement initiatives and pro- the 16th of April with an in- on the Status of Women 2017 Women as grammes supportive to wom- troductory session held by – 2021, UN-Women Executive the national en, including the adoption of members of the Global Entre- Board 2017-2019 and the Arab consultative equal opportunities principles preneurship Network to dis- Women’s Committee of the institution. in government and private in- cuss sustainable development Arab League. MS AL ANSARI stitutions. through entrepreneurship and She noted the impact of the Ms Al Ansari speaks at the event. Ms Al Ansari noted Bahraini strategic growth partnerships. Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim women’s active participation in Over the years, GEC has Al Khalifa Global Award for Manama as the first Arab Wom- Council for Women as the na- Ms Al Ansari also touched the political scene in terms of been considered one of the Women’s Empowerment that en’s Capital in 2017. tional consultative institution on Bahrain’s high International nomination and casting votes, largest entrepreneurial con- has been adopted by the Unit- She stated that Bahrain is concerned with monitoring pol- standing in the areas of edu - expressing the SCW pride in ferences in the world, hosted ed Nations Entity for Gender working towards many of the icies, plans and programmes to cation, labour and equal pay. occupying the chairmanship of in many countries including Equality and the Empowerment sustainable development goals promote and sustain the pres- She said Bahrain was ranked the Council of Representatives the United States, United of Women (UN-Women), in ad- related to women and is be - ence of Bahraini women in var- first in the Arab world and 47th by a woman through an open Kingdom, China, Italy, Brazil, dition to the announcement of ing monitored by the Supreme ious fields. globally according to the World ballot. Russia and the UAE.

BD10,000 raised to support autistic children Firm owner acquitted TDT | Manama support to the children suffering jects in the Kingdom. tee Chairperson told Tribune, Harpreet Kaur from autism. The project that aims to sup- “The success of the event comes of stealing shipment Rotaract Bahrain is supported port the children with autism from the foundation that was laid otaract Bahrain, which is by Rotary Clubs of Salmaniya, with the help of Omneyat Foun- by our Rotaract members when Asian man to file a complaint part of the Rotary Inter- Manama and Adliya, and is part of dation for Autism and other so- they brought the event back to life The Asian man against the Bahraini owner, ac- Rnational, hosted its annual a worldwide service organisation cieties in collectively distributing in 2016 and continued to improve is• said to have used cusing him of stealing the pack- charity fundraiser event ‘Against promoting the culture of ‘Service the funds through various chan- upon it ever since. The continued age. the Clock (ATC)’, at Al Bander Above Self’. nels to help support the training support from our sponsors, sup- the shipping service According to prosecutors, the Hotel and Resort. The Rotary organisation has a and development of therapists porting partners and participants of the Bahraini Bahraini owner presented re- The event raised approximate- track record of over 50 years of and consultants. is what keeps this event vibrant, man’s company to ceipts confirming that he had ly BD10,000 to provide monetary community development pro- Bader Ebrahim, ATC Commit- energetic and fun.” sent the package, but new formal- transport a package ities in the Asian country delayed to his hometown. receiving the shipment as new charges were imposed on cus- TDT | Manama toms processing services. Free orientation programme for “The receipts handed over by he Lower Criminal Court the Bahraini man to the court has acquitted a Bahraini confirms that he delivered the Towner of a shipping com- task his company was assigned students at Global Institute pany of stealing an Asian cli- to do. ent’s shipment, which he was “However, it wasn’t under his TDT | Manama ing a performance improvement Institute. tests and speech craft and prob- supposed to transport to his control that the shipment didn’t programme for the students of The programme specialities lem solving workshops. country. arrive as this was due because of xerting a greater emphasis seventh, eighth and ninth grades. include aptitude analysis in Bi- A free orientation programme The Asian man is said to have the new charges and procedures on the concept of holistic The programme aims to instil ology, Chemistry, Physics and will be held for students for the used the shipping service of the introduced by the customs of that Eeducation, Global Insti- passion towards learning among Mathematics, special sessions next two weeks at the institute Bahraini man’s company to trans- country. tute for Management Science, the children, unlike the regular for Mathematics and Science by starting today. port a package to his hometown. “Therefore, the court decided one of the leading educational in- tuition classes offered by other subject experts, exam sure hit For more information, give a However, the shipment didn’t to acquit the defendant,” the stitutes in the Kingdom, is start- institutes, according to Global training, multiple intelligence ring on 33609508 or 17740150. arrive on time, prompting the court ruling said.

Expensive cat, hen, dog breeds added special charm to Mara’ee Show 2019 TDT | Manama Mohammed Zafran It included numerous rare types of beautified breeds. Cats worth ens, cats and dogs with a more than BD1,000 were also part price tag of around thou- of the exhibition. Hsand dinars were show- Around 22 breeds of cats was cased at an exhibition held in the part of the exhibition. Apart from Kingdom. these, a falcon exhibition was also Rare breeds of animals and held. birds were on show at Mara’ee Thousands of people visited Show 2019, which concluded on the fifth edition of Mara’ee Show Friday. 2019, which was launched on One of the most expensive hens Wednesday. The event was held at the exhibition was a Brahma under the patronage of His Majes- chicken, owned by a Bahraini, ty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. which costs nearly a thousand The Ministry of Work’s Agri- Bahraini dinar. culture and Marine Resources The Brahma is a large breed of Undersecretary, Shaikh Moham- chicken developed in the United med bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, said States from birds imported from that Mara’ee 2019’s Supreme the Chinese port of Shanghai. Committee added a set of shows Organisers had allotted a spe- and events that are held for the cial tent for hens and roosters at first time, besides expending the the event. The Brahma chicken costs nearly a thousand Bahraini dinar. A rare expensive cat that was on show at the expo. general area of the exhibition. 05 SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 world Thai new year splashes in

AFP | Bangkok, Thailand Thais and foreigners sport- Ayutthaya, elephants painted ebrate the same festival with ing floral shirts arm themselves in colourful floral designs lift young and old throwing buck- ater-spraying el- with colourful water pistols and their trunks and spray water ets of water over each other as ephants, raves protective goggles, engaging in on delighted tourists, with the music thuds from loudspeakers. Wand boisterous, water fights that bring entire town’s ancient temples serving In Yangon, where the festival street-blocking water fights -- streets to a standstill. as a backdrop. is known as Thingyan, children Thailand’s Buddhist new year Authorities had issued warn- As the sun sets, tens of thou- blow bubbles and play with soap arrived with a splash yesterday, ings beforehand on modesty, sands of ravers from across suds at street foam parties, while a once calm festival now cel - saying that nudity and provoca- Asia are expected to dance into women dressed in traditional ebrated with a more raucous tive clothing will be prohibited. Saturday night under massive costumes perform dances near edge. There are no such restrictions water cannons and spectacular the famed Sule Pagoda. Paying respects to elders and however on summary drench- pyrotechnics, as Bangkok’s S2O Songkran is also the most sprinkling water over figures ings. In the Bangkok tourist hot- Songkran festival gets underway. perilous time to travel in Thai- of Buddha at local temples are spot Khao San road, two young Some of the world’s best land, and the week beginning some of the traditions of the men dressed in school uniforms known -- and paid -- DJs, from April 11 is dubbed “seven three-day new year celebration get doused by passersby including Tiesto, Ste- dangerous days” as millions of -- known as Songkran -- but the wielding high-powered ve Aoki and UK vet- Thais make the journey back to holiday also has a water pistols and eran Fatboy Slim their hometowns by bus, vans or row buckets of water. are performing motorbikes. Revellers throw water on passing motorists as they celebrate Songkran, also And in across the three- To prevent drink driving in- known as the Thai New Year, in Narathiwat day dance music cidents, authorities have said event -- Asia’s they will levy harsh penalties on largest. those imbibing alcohol before Neighbouring getting behind the wheel. Laos and Myanmar Somchai Wayrojpipat, 57, was cel-

Revellers throw water on passing motorists

charged with premeditated mur- faced premeditated murder and der after causing a fatal acci - the highest punishment is the dent under the influence late death sentence,” Pitak said. Thursday night in the outskirts The Interior Ministry has re- of Bangkok, police officer Pitak corded more than 100 deaths Poolputtha told AFP. in the first two days preceding “This is the first case in this the festival, but that number is A girl sprays water at revellers from her father’s shoulders as they celebrate the Buddhist New Year, locally known as Songkran, in Bangkok country where the drunk driver expected to climb. 350 migrants force enters Mexico as new caravan arrives Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico an investigation source said. group of 350 Central Amer- Aican migrants forced their Echoes of October caravan way into Mexico Friday, author- Trump, who says there is a ities said, as a new caravan of crisis on the US-Mexican border, around 2,500 people arrived -- KNOW WHAT has declared a national emer- news sure to draw the attention gency over the flow of undoc- of US President Donald Trump. umented migrants and illegal Mexico’s National Migration The US president has drugs into the United States, Institute said some members deployed troops to the border of the caravan had a “hostile accused Mexico of doing and repeatedly threatened to attitude” and had attacked lo- nothing to stop undoc- close it. cal police in the southern town umented migrants from The biggest migrant caravan of Metapa de Dominguez after crossing its territory, and to date also forced its way into crossing the border from Gua- threatened to impose Mexico last October, when mi- temala. 25-percent tariffs on grants broke down a series of The migrants were later be- Mexican auto exports -- a border barriers, then took to the ing escorted by Mexican federal river when Mexican riot police police and the civil protection crucial industry -- or close pushed them back. service in the southern state of the border if that fails to That caravan, which grew to Chiapas, an AFP correspondent produce results. more than 7,000 people, also said. tried to force its way into the “Today at 3:30 am (0830 GMT) United States when it reached a group of approximately 350 Mexico’s northern border. But people broke violently across US border patrol agents forced the Mexican border from Gua- Central American migrants heading in caravan to the US rest at the park Hidalgo in Tapachula in Mexico the journey, Mexican prosecu- the migrants back with tear gas temala,” the National Migration tors said they had detained two and rubber bullets. Institute said in a statement. The migrants are mostly flee- the bridge over the Suchiate Riv- kilometers (2,500 miles), de- smugglers who were trafficking Since then, Mexico has had a “With an aggressive attitude, ing poverty and brutal violence er, which divides Mexico from pending what route they take. 22 migrants in Chiapas state in a change of government. President (the migrants) broke the padlock in their home countries. Guatemala. Others jumped into It is the latest in a series of car- separate incident. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on the border gate and entered “We can’t live (in Honduras) the river -- whose water is low avans to try to reach the US-Mex- On Wednesday, officials said an anti-establishment leftist, has the country.” anymore. We’re heading for the this time of year -- and forded ican border, seeking safety in they had rescued 143 Honduran vowed to safeguard migrants’ The caravan set out Wednes- border, for the United States,” across, or paid raft operators to numbers against the criminal migrants, including 71 minors, human rights, and urged Trump day from the city of San Pedro said Jorge, a young Honduran ferry them. gangs that extort, kidnap and who had been kidnapped in the to address the root causes of the Sula, in Honduras, and has migrant who declined to give his They then took to a local high- even murder migrants along the violent state of Veracruz. The exodus by investing in devel- picked up Guatemalans and last name. way and began the long trek way. kidnappers were demanding up opment projects in Mexico and some Nicaraguans along the way. Some of the migrants crossed across Mexico -- some 4,000 Highlighting the dangers of to $10,000 ransom per migrant, Central America. SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 06 India, Britain mark massacre centenary

British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith (C) lays a wreath in tribute on the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre at the Jallianwala Bagh martyrs memorial in Amritsar Indian school students and teachers stand in the shape of the number ‘100’ and reportedly saying that Indian the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs’ Memorial, as they pay tribute a day before the AFP | Amritsar, India estimates for the death count 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Shri Ram Ashram Public were “vastly exaggerated”. School in Amritsar ritain’s high commission- On Wednesday, British Prime er to India laid a wreath Minister Theresa May told the Byesterday on the 100th House of Commons that the anniversary of the Amritsar massacre was “a shameful scar massacre, one of the worst on British Indian history”. atrocities of colonial rule for “We deeply regret what hap- which London is still to apol- pened and the suffering caused,” ogise. May said, but she, too, avoided The Jallianwala Bagh massa- saying she was sorry. cre, as it is known in India, saw Amarinder Singh, chief min- Indian visitors gather near the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs’ Memorial ahead of British troops fire on thousands ister of Punjab state, said May’s the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar of unarmed men, women and words were not enough. children in the northern city He said “an unequivocal offi- The incident took place on 13 of Amritsar on the afternoon of cial apology” is needed for the • April 13, 1919. “monumental barbarity”. April 1919. It was a Sunday. The number of casualties Singh said thousands attend- from the event, which galva- ed a candlelight march Friday People pointing towards the bullet marks where the shooting took place On 12th April 1919, General Dyer nised support for independence, in memory of the victims ahead took• command of troops. He issued a is unclear. Colonial-era records of a commemoration ceremony proclamation banning all public gatherings. put the death toll at 379, but later on Saturday. Indian figures put the number closer to 1,000. High walls No efforts were made to ensure that Even 100 years on, Britain Around 10,000 unarmed men, general• public came to know about it. has still made no official apol- women and children had gath- ogy and Dominic Asquith, high ered in the Jallianwala Bagh A public gathering was called for commissioner, on Saturday fol- walled public garden in Am - • lowed suit at the Jallianwala ritsar on April 13, 1919. at Jallianwala Bagh at 4:30 PM. Bagh walled garden where bul- Many were angry about the let marks are still visible. recent extension of repressive The gathering was meant for “You might want to re-write measures and the arrest of two celebrating• Baisakhi – the Sikh festival. history, as the Queen said, but local leaders that had sparked you can’t,” Asquith said. violent protests three days be- Anywhere between 6,000 and 10,000 “What you can do, as the fore. • Queen said, is to learn the les- The 13th of April was also people gathered on the evening of that day. sons of history. I believe strong- a big spring festival, and the The well where hundreds of people jumped in during the shootings ly we are. There is no question crowd -- estimated by some at The area was surrounded by that we will always remember 20,000 -- included pilgrims vis- building• and walls on all sides. this. We will never forget what iting the nearby Golden Temple happened here.” sacred to Sikhs. The meeting started at 4:30 PM as In the memorial’s guest book Brigadier General Reginald • Asquith, a descendant of Her- Edward Harry Dyer arrived planned. At 5:30 PM, General Dyer arrived bert Asquith, prime minister with dozens of troops, sealed with a group of 25 Baluchi soldiers and 65 from 1908-16, called the events off the exit and without warning Gurkha soldiers. Two armored cars with “shameful”. ordered the soldiers to open fire. mounted machine guns were also brought. “We deeply regret what hap- Many tried to escape by scal- pened and the suffering caused,” ing the high walls surrounding he wrote. the area. Others jumped into a Without sending any warning, General Prime Minister Narendra deep, open well at the site as the Dyer• ordered the soldiers to open fire. Modi in a tweet called the trage- troops fired. dy “horrific” and that the mem- One of several eyewitness Nearly 1,650 rounds were fired. Firing ory of those killed “inspires us accounts compiled by two • to work even harder to build an historians and published in stopped when they ran out of ammunitions India they would be proud of.” the Indian Express newspa- Opposition leader Rahul Gan- per this week described the There was a well in Jallianwala Bagh. dhi was present in Amritsar and horror. People• even jumped into it in order to escape on Twitter called the massacre “Heaps of dead bodies lay bullets and ended up dying in the well. “a day of infamy that stunned there, some on their backs and the entire world and changed some with their faces upturned. the course of the Indian free- A number of them were poor It is said that 120 dead bodies dom struggle.” innocent children. I shall nev- were• pulled out of the well. In a visit in 2013 then British er forget the sight,” said Ratan Picture courtesy of Facts legend prime minister David Cameron Devi, whose husband was killed. The news of the massacre reached described what happened as Indian newspapers this week year of the massacre, Britain has Britain• in December, 1919 when Hunter “deeply shameful” but stopped ‘Monstrous’ repeated their calls for an apol- refused to... take that important short of an apology. Dyer, dubbed “The Butcher of ogy for a massacre that Win- step,” the Hindustan Times said Committee was formed for enquiry. General In 1997, Queen Elizabeth II Amritsar”, said later the firing ston Churchill, then secretary in an editorial. May’s statement Dyer walked clean except that he was laid a wreath at the site but her was “not to disperse the meeting of state for war, called “mon- was “perhaps qualitatively a called back to England after resigning. gaffe-prone husband Prince but to punish the Indians for strous”. notch stronger... but is far from Philip stole the headlines by disobedience”. “But even in the centenary enough.” SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 07

Vietnam woman in Kim brother murder to be freed on May 3 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Finland: from suicide hotspot Vietnamese woman ac- Acused of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will walk to world’s happiest country free on May 3, her lawyer said yesterday. Following diplomatic pressure from the Vietnamese government, Malaysian prosecutors had dropped the murder charge against Doan Thi Doan Thi Huong arrives for a court Huong on April 1. hearing (file) Subsequently, the 30-year- old former hair salon worker two women’s suspected North pleaded guilty to “causing in- Korean handlers to leave in the jury” and was handed a three days after the murder. year and four month jail term “We have been told by pris- effective from the date of her on authorities that Huong will arrest in February 2017 and lat- be freed on May 3,” lawyer Sal- er reduced for good behaviour. im Bashir said. The brazen killing of Kim “Huong is in a jovial mood. Jong Nam with a toxic nerve The young woman is expect- agent at Kuala Lumpur’s inter- ed to be immediately flown to national airport in broad day Hanoi.” light shocked the world. Last month the charge Seoul accused Pyongyang against co-accused 27-year-old of plotting the Cold War-style Indonesian suspect Siti Aisyah hit as Malaysia allowed the was dropped.

Flags of different parties campaigning for parliamentary elections are seen on the Narinkkatori Square in Helsinki, Finland. The election day of the Finnish North Korean leader open to parliamentary elections is on April 14, 2019. third Trump summit: KCNA AFP | Vantaa, Finland issue more responsible. his house. These days it is also much Since Finland’s success in the more socially acceptable for UN’s world happiness rankings, hen the UN crowned Finns, especially men, to open which compared various social Finland the world’s up about their feelings, says and economic measures in 156 Whappiest nation last Partonen. KNOW WHAT countries, Honkala and seven month for the second year run- “Now it’s easier to talk about other Finns have been employed ning, there were still quite a few it if you are depressed for exam- by the country’s tourist board as eyebrows raised. How could this ple, and it’s easier to get treated Finnish people votes “happiness guides” for foreign Nordic country, better known and have adequate treatment today in General election visitors. for its harsh weather and high as well.” which experts believe Later this year he will host suicide rate, be the world’s hap- According to the World Climate change will play guests at his home to share the piest? Health Organization, Finland’s a major factor. Since the secrets to Nordic wellbeing -- Although international com- suicide rate is now 22nd high- last election four years and a trip to his favourite nearby US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with North Korea’s leader Kim parisons are imperfect due to est in the world, lower than the forest spots will be top of the Jong Un following a meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi holes in the data, in 1990 official US and one spot higher than ago, Finland has been agenda. statistics did indeed indicate Australia. governed by a three-par- “I have been in my own little that Finland’s suicide rate was Even today however, many ty coalition, consisting of business all the time, I haven’t Seoul, South Korea the second highest in the world, Finns still describe themselves Centre Party, Finns Party been employed, so I haven’t behind Hungary. as taciturn and prone to mel- and the National Coali- had any vacation for example, I But Professor Timo Partonen ancholy -- and admit to eyeing tion. Opinion polls ahead don’t go to the Canary Islands,” orth Korean leader Kim at Finland’s National Institute public displays of joyfulness of the election suggest Honkala said, as he barbecued NJong Un is willing meet KNOW WHAT for Health and Welfare, warns with suspicion. sausages over a bonfire in a with US President Donald against the temptation to blame the Finns Party are now small forest clearing. Trump a third time if Wash- the problem on Finland’s dark, Quietly satisfied the second or third most “But that’s not the important ington comes to the table with Washington has blamed cold climate, or its bleak, con- Finland’s residents enjoy a popular in Finland, push- thing to me, I’d rather come over the “right attitude”, state me- the February deadlock crete, postwar towns. high quality of life, security and ing the prime minister’s here.” dia reported yesterday. on the North’s demands “If you are depressed in any public services, with rates of Centre Party into fourth It is a grey, chilly day when Kim also said he would wait place in the world, you bear a inequality and poverty among place. AFP visits Honkala in his pictur- until the end of the year “for for sanctions relief in similar risk of suicide,” Parto- the lowest of all OECD countries. esque village of Mathildedal, an the US to make a courageous return for limited nu- nen said. But as the country votes in hour and a half from the capital. decision” on another meeting, clear disarmament, but “I think that the social con- this weekend’s general election, The piles of snow still haven’t after his most recent summit Pyongyang said it had nections and how willing you the issue of how to continue melted away entirely, and green with Trump in Vietnam broke wanted only some of are to seek help and receive help funding Finland’s cherished -- going outdoors to enjoy the shoots are yet to appear from down and both sides left with- the measures eased. are the most important things welfare state in future appears country’s vast forests and thou- the frozen ground. out agreement. here.” to be on many voters’ minds. sands of lakes. But the cold weather is not a In a speech to Pyongyang’s Suicides in Finland have now In an EU survey last year, 86 “You forget all your daily bar to happiness or to enjoying rubber-stamp parliament Fri- fallen to less than half of 1990 per cent of Finns said they were things that maybe are going on the outdoors, Honkala insists. day, Kim said the Hanoi meet- levels. That is thanks largely to a satisfied with their work-life inside your head, and you can “I have no complaints, the ing had made him question decade-long public health drive balance, against an EU average just breathe deeply and listen only thing is the winter could whether Washington is “genu- to improve treatment and sup- of 78pc. to nature,” said Petri Honkala, be a little bit shorter, and the inely interested” in improving agreement on the “denuclear- port for those at risk, as well as That leaves more time for a a physiotherapist of his daily (summer) a little bit longer,” he its relations with Pyongyang. isation of the Korean penin- to make media reporting of the favourite pursuit of many Finns walks and runs in the forest by laughs. “We are willing to give an- sula”. other try if the US offers to have But the failure to reach a third summit with the right agreement at their second attitude and mutually accept- summit in Hanoi has raised able terms,” he said, according questions over the future of Man’s clothing fire sparks White House emergency to a report by North Korean the accord. state media outlet KCNA. Trump said Thursday he was the North Fence Line.” Kim added that his person- mulling a third summit with It was not even Officers “immediately real relationship with Trump Kim ahead of a meeting with • sponded, extinguished the fire remained strong, adding they his South Korean counterpart immediately clear and rendered first aid,” the Se- could “write letters to each Moon Jae-in at the Oval Office what caused the fire. cret Service tweeted, adding other”. “We will wait with -- a move supported by Seoul. that the man had “what appears patience until the end of the Moon brokered the US- Washington, United States to be non-life threatening in- year for the US to make a cou- North Korea talks and has juries.” rageous decision,” Kim said. been pushing for the resump- Details about what happened Pyongyang has been careful tion of inter-Korean economic ecret Service agents rushed were scanty. It was not even not to criticise Trump person- projects, but doing so would Sto secure the White House immediately clear what caused ally while attacking sanctions fall foul of international sanc- on Friday after they said a man the fire. on North Korea as an attempt tions imposed on Pyongyang. set his jacket on fire just outside In a rare sight, officers rushed to “destroy modern civilisation On Friday, KCNA reported the fence. to the scene and others ordered and turn the society back in a Kim was re-elected as chair- The Secret Service, which journalists usually stationed medieval dark age”. man of the State Affairs Com- guards the president, said a with rows of television cameras Trump and Kim held their mission, the North’s most im- man “operating an electronic outside the White House to get first landmark summit in Sin- portant decision-making body, wheelchair-type scooter lit his inside the building. gapore last June, where the to cheers and loud applause outer jacket on fire while sitting Reporters were allowed back Police and rescue personnel removed the man on a stretcher. 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Is Indonesia’s military EVAN A LAKSMANA n April 17, roughly 193 million Indonesians will cast Otheir votes to elect representatives to the national parlia- eyeing the ment, provincial and district leg- islatures, and directly elect the president. President Joko Widodo is run- republic? ning with the senior Islamic cleric Mar’uf Amin. A coalition of nine parties representing more than Prabowo Subianto, a former half of the current House of Rep- resentatives is backing Joko. He is army commander and general campaigning on his achievements in office, particularly infrastruc- Suharto’s son-in-law, is running ture development, welfare bene- fits, economic competitiveness and for president and seeking a bureaucratic reform. Joko is being challenged by return to military’s dominance Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces commander and head of Indonesia of the Great Indonesia Movement Party. Four parties, controlling almost 40 per cent of the seats in the House, are backing Prabowo’s run with the former fund manager Sandiaga Uno. to Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution There are growing concerns that Joko also appointed retired gen- Prabowo has a controversial mil- — a move that would abolish di- whoever wins, the military will erals as his chief of staff, defence itary record (from human rights rect elections, remove presidential make a comeback. minister and two coordinating abuses to behaving outside the term limits and “correct liberal de- Joko’s tolerance if not appease- ministers. He recently wanted to chain of command) and a combus- mocracy” in Indonesia. His party ment of the military’s growing pub- send more active-duty officers to tible personality, and emphasises also seeks to eliminate the distinc- lic role has added to these fears. civilian agencies and ministries “strong leadership” and economic tion between defence and security During his term in office, the In- to provide “temporary jobs” to populism in his campaigns. During — in an echo of the authoritarian donesian military reinserted itself hundreds of colonels and dozens of the last presidential debate, he regime of his father-in-law, former into nonmilitary policies, such as generals currently without billets. went on a boisterous tirade about President Suharto — which could counterterrorism, anti-drug cam- Joko is not seeking to actively the country’s weaknesses, rather be used to justify the military’s paigns and civic action programs. bring back the military to domi- than countering Widodo’s vague omnipresence. The current dis- Research by the Jakarta-based nate the government, but he lacks proposals with specific ideas. tinction that led to the separation Centre for Strategic and Inter- the political capital, interest and When questioned about his lack of the police from the military was national Studies, where I work, experience to closely manage the of trust in Tentara Nasional In - hard-fought during the democratic shows that between 2014 and 2017, military. He prefers to leave its donesia, the Indonesian military, reform. the military and defence ministry management to his closest advisers also known as TNI, Prabowo loudly This is partly why analysts see signed 133 deals with ministries, — mostly retired generals — and to claimed “I am more TNI than many the role of the Indonesian military, social organisations and univer- the military leadership. within TNI.” sidelined after the end of Suharto’s sities on various programs, from A former furniture businessman More telling is Prabowo’s party’s authoritarian order in 1998, as one basic military training to rural de- who became the mayor of Solo, a manifesto, which seeks a return of the key stakes in the election. velopment projects. city in central Java, and governor The rise of the milícia state Just how deep so the connections between Brazil’s paramilitary ‘death squads’ and the government run?

Ronnie Lessa, had retired from has searched the residences of the force after being injured in a former state representative, a a car-bomb attack; according to former civil policeman, a former investigators, he then took a job federal agent and an active-duty as a contract killer and gun runner federal police official. Even the for one of the most powerful mi- current president of Brazil, Jair VANESSA BARBARA litias in Rio de Janeiro, called the Bolsonaro, has come under public Escritório do Crime, or “Crime scrutiny for his ties to both of the little more than a year ago, a Bureau.” The other suspect, Él- suspects in the killing. He and member of Rio de Janeiro’s cio Vieira de Queiroz, who might Lessa were neighbours in a luxury ACity Council was murdered have acted as a getaway driver, seaside condominium in Rio de with four shots to the head and had been expelled from the police Janeiro, and his youngest son once neck. The councilwoman, Marielle force under suspicion of providing dated Lessa’s daughter. There is Franco, was headed home from security for an illegal gambling also a picture of Bolsonaro posing an event when a car pulled up house. (Both men deny involve- alongside Queiroz. (The president and someone opened fire, killing ment in the murders.) has denied knowing the men.) her and her driver. It was obvious But who ordered the assassi- But these could be just coin - from the beginning that this was nation? That’s where things get cidences. More troubling is the a premeditated, professional as- messy. So messy that last year, the outspoken sympathy of the pres- sassination. Franco was a black, federal police began an inquiry ident and his family for the para- feminist LGBT activist, a fierce hu- into the local murder investiga- militaries. man rights defender who wasn’t tion, after allegations that it had The infamous “milícias,” in their afraid to take on sensitive issues: been systematically obstructed by current form, were established in the use of state violence in favelas, militia members, public officials Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the late of the roughly 1,000 favelas in the those death squads, in my opinion, Bolsonaro’s eldest son, the Sen for instance, or the involvement and politicians. Last November, 1990s and early 2000s, under the city, 45 per cent are controlled by are very welcome.” In a 2008 in- Flávio Bolsonaro, was recently of police and politicians in Rio’s Brazil’s public security minister at pretext of protecting residents militia organisations and 37pc by terview, the future president of revealed to have connections to paramilitary groups. the time said that it’s “more than from drug traffickers. They are drug gangs. Brazil declared that the govern- a former military police captain, There was finally a break - a certainty” that powerful people mainly formed of active-duty and During his 27 years as a con - ment should support militias and Adriano Magalhães da Nóbrega, through in the case last month, are involved in the murder. Some retired police officers who as - gressman, Bolsonaro repeatedly potentially legalise them, since the purported head of the Crime when the state police arrested two say, half-jokingly, that it might sume control of the communities supported death squads and mi- they “offer security and in this Bureau. (The ex-police officer suspects. Unsurprisingly enough, be easier to pinpoint who is not and extort money from ordinary litias. In 2003, he said, “As long as way they can maintain order and is now a fugitive from justice.) they were former military po - involved. citizens and shopkeepers. A 2013 the state does not have the cour- discipline in their communities.” Both Nóbrega’s mother and wife lice officers. The alleged shooter, By now the federal task force academic report concluded that age to adopt the death penalty, It runs in the family, apparently. were employed for years in Flávio

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The same cannot be lets, exacerbating internal tension and rivalry. said of Prabowo, who is But rather than overhauling the The Is Indonesia’s more likely to overturn military’s internal institutions — democratic foundations from doctrinal precepts to per- TOP and promote the military sonnel management and education Bahrain EVAN A LAKSMANA as the backbone of a strong and training — to meet the new 4 military leadership. realities, successive administra- TWEETS n April 17, roughly 193 mil- tions focused on depoliticising the model for lion Indonesians will cast military and compensating its loss Otheir votes to elect repre- of power with arms modernisation 01 sentatives to the national parlia- and budgetary increases. harmony eyeing the ment, provincial and district leg- Without effective guidance and islatures, and directly elect the control from Joko, the military’s president. solution to its professional mobil- President Joko Widodo is run- ity was to expand its nonmilitary republic? ning with the senior Islamic cleric roles, albeit within the limits of Mar’uf Amin. A coalition of nine existing laws. The recent growth parties representing more than military leadership to protect its in the military’s public role reflects nough is enough. No Prabowo Subianto, a former half of the current House of Rep- corporate interests — from arms Joko’s passive tolerance and the Emore silence, with resentatives is backing Joko. He is spending to autonomy over or- military’s efforts to redefine its NY Post and now Trump army commander and general campaigning on his achievements ganisational policies — even as it post-authoritarian role and ad- taking Ilhan’s words out CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD in office, particularly infrastruc- encroaches on the civilian public dress internal challenges. of context to incite vio- Suharto’s son-in-law, is running ture development, welfare bene- domain. Whoever wins the election, the lence toward her, it’s time fits, economic competitiveness and The new generation of Indo - Indonesian military will not disap- for more Dems to speak for president and seeking a bureaucratic reform. nesian military officers who rose pear from the political scene but its up. Clearly the GOP is fine eople often comment on the fact Joko is being challenged by through the ranks in the 1990s role will be sharply different from with this shameful stunt, that within a square kilometre return to military’s dominance Prabowo Subianto, a former spe- and 2000s privately disapprove of one administration to another. but we cannot stand by. Por two of the heart of its capital, cial forces commander and head Suharto’s New Order-style expan- If Joko wins, his passive toler- @RashidaTlaib Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain can of Indonesia of the Great Indonesia Movement sive political presence. As junior ance of the military will continue show visitors the oldest Hindu temple Party. Four parties, controlling al- officers at the forefront of the New and the civilian leadership will not in the GCC, one of the oldest synagogues most 40 per cent of the seats in Order in the late 1980s and early drive defence policy. The military 02 still in use in the GCC, many community the House, are backing Prabowo’s 1990s, they were often castigated will encroach on civilian domains churches, a Sikh gurudwara and just a run with the former fund manager by members of the public for every but it won’t bring back the New little further afield in Khamis, a mosque Sandiaga Uno. to Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution There are growing concerns that Joko also appointed retired gen- of Jakarta, Joko neither held a na- government failure, which they Order and end democracy. There that is considered one of the oldest in Prabowo has a controversial mil- — a move that would abolish di- whoever wins, the military will erals as his chief of staff, defence tional position nor hailed from the detested. will be democratic debates, free- the region. itary record (from human rights rect elections, remove presidential make a comeback. minister and two coordinating military-backed Suharto establish- Yet the Indonesian military dom to criticise both Mr Joko and Now comes the news that the region’s abuses to behaving outside the term limits and “correct liberal de- Joko’s tolerance if not appease- ministers. He recently wanted to ment. But his qualities as an “out- continues to struggle with organ- the military, and pushbacks when largest church will welcome worship- chain of command) and a combus- mocracy” in Indonesia. His party ment of the military’s growing pub- send more active-duty officers to sider” candidate have also been his isational challenges going back civil rights are threatened. oday is the cente - pers in September 2020. It is a continu- tible personality, and emphasises also seeks to eliminate the distinc- lic role has added to these fears. civilian agencies and ministries undoing as president. Without his to the democratic transition in The same cannot be said of Tnary of the brutal ation of the dialogue of inter-faith har- “strong leadership” and economic tion between defence and security During his term in office, the In- to provide “temporary jobs” to own strong political machine and 1998. Back then, the military was Prabowo, who is more likely to Jallianwalla Bagh massa- mony, which has always shone through populism in his campaigns. During — in an echo of the authoritarian donesian military reinserted itself hundreds of colonels and dozens of network, and having to balance a plagued with internal rivalry, slug- overturn democratic foundations cre, a day of infamy that in the vision of our leaders and made the last presidential debate, he regime of his father-in-law, former into nonmilitary policies, such as generals currently without billets. fragile coalition of parties, Joko re- gish organisational procedures and promote the military as the stunned the entire world Bahrain a beacon of peace in a world, went on a boisterous tirade about President Suharto — which could counterterrorism, anti-drug cam- Joko is not seeking to actively lied on the support of the security and antiquated arms. Thousands backbone of a strong leadership. and changed the course which all too easily slips into chaos and the country’s weaknesses, rather be used to justify the military’s paigns and civic action programs. bring back the military to domi- establishment. of officers previously assigned to He is likely to entertain the idea of the Indian freedom hate. than countering Widodo’s vague omnipresence. The current dis- Research by the Jakarta-based nate the government, but he lacks The Indonesian military — one nonmilitary posts such as district of bringing back a New Order-style struggle. The cost of our Indeed, the freedom of religion is just proposals with specific ideas. tinction that led to the separation Centre for Strategic and Inter- the political capital, interest and of the most popular institutions in chiefs or local parliamentarians military rule, even though many freedom must never be one aspect that raises Bahrain above When questioned about his lack of the police from the military was national Studies, where I work, experience to closely manage the the country — retains a territorial had to compete for scarce military within the military may disagree. If forgotten. #Jallianwala- many other countries. The Kingdom of trust in Tentara Nasional In - hard-fought during the democratic shows that between 2014 and 2017, military. He prefers to leave its command structure that parallels positions. that happens, we should see more BaghCentenary has a long and cherished donesia, the Indonesian military, reform. the military and defence ministry management to his closest advisers civilian governments from the na- As a consequence, the officer civil-military conflicts and politi- @RahulGandhi track-record of helping also known as TNI, Prabowo loudly This is partly why analysts see signed 133 deals with ministries, — mostly retired generals — and to tional level down to the villag - corps has been suffering from a cal instability in the years to come. many people realise their claimed “I am more TNI than many the role of the Indonesian military, social organisations and univer- the military leadership. es. The military’s public support lack of professional growth for 03 When the largest dreams of a better life by within TNI.” sidelined after the end of Suharto’s sities on various programs, from A former furniture businessman goes a long way in governing the over a decade. Hundreds of serving (Evan A Laksmana is a senior church opens its giving them the right to be researcher at the Centre for Strategic More telling is Prabowo’s party’s authoritarian order in 1998, as one basic military training to rural de- who became the mayor of Solo, a country. colonels and dozens of generals and International Studies in Jakarta, doors in Awali productive and reward their manifesto, which seeks a return of the key stakes in the election. velopment projects. city in central Java, and governor Joko has largely allowed the had to wait for years for their bil- Indonesia.) next year, it will labours. Many of our ministers started life as bright be the fruition of students in local schools the efforts and and went through rigorous dreams of not just academic study abroad be- ongkran is derived the Christians in fore returning to serve the The rise of the milícia state Sfrom the Sanskrit nation; today, hundreds of word, sankranti (or, more our midst but also young Bahrainis are sent specifically, mesa sank- every Bahraini abroad to study under the Just how deep so the connections between Brazil’s paramilitary ‘death squads’ and the government run? ranti) & used to refer to resident who seeks Crown Prince’s Scholarship traditional New Year cel- a life of peace and Programme and in the glo- ebrated in Thailand, Laos, balised economy, they bring Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri goodness. laurels to Bahrain from po- Ronnie Lessa, had retired from has searched the residences of Bolsonaro’s office when he was a It looks like there’s no need showed a cash deposit of 100,000 Lanka, parts of northeast sitions of excellence around the force after being injured in a former state representative, a Rio de Janeiro State lawmaker. In to legalise militias in Brazil, reais (about $25,000) into the al- India, parts of Viet Nam the world. a car-bomb attack; according to former civil policeman, a former a news release, Flávio Bolsonaro leged shooter’s account. Who or- & Xishuangbanna, China. As we move into the 21st investigators, he then took a job federal agent and an active-duty claimed that the women were hired after all. Today one might dered the crime? And why? How @Chutintorn_Sam century, times change and as a contract killer and gun runner federal police official. Even the by someone else and that he was have the impression that widespread is the influence of par- we are a more technologi- for one of the most powerful mi- current president of Brazil, Jair the victim of a smear campaign. But paramilitary groups are not amilitary gangs in Brazil’s police cally driven society today. VANESSA BARBARA litias in Rio de Janeiro, called the Bolsonaro, has come under public he also praised Nóbrega twice in merely acting as a parallel force and politics? 04 There are more traffic jams Escritório do Crime, or “Crime scrutiny for his ties to both of the Rio’s Legislative Assembly for his state. Those questions are met with to complain about and fewer beaches little more than a year ago, a Bureau.” The other suspect, Él- suspects in the killing. He and work as a police officer, awarding silence while the country remains to take the family to on impromptu member of Rio de Janeiro’s cio Vieira de Queiroz, who might Lessa were neighbours in a luxury him the highest honour granted one of the deadliest places for hu- picnics. ACity Council was murdered have acted as a getaway driver, seaside condominium in Rio de by the assembly — the Tiradentes man rights defenders in the world. Even as youngsters find it more chal- with four shots to the head and had been expelled from the police Janeiro, and his youngest son once Medal — while he was still in jail Many cases are never solved. Most lenging to find jobs, new avenues are neck. The councilwoman, Marielle force under suspicion of providing dated Lessa’s daughter. There is on a homicide conviction. (The of them seem to be quickly for- opening up and so many are following Franco, was headed home from security for an illegal gambling also a picture of Bolsonaro posing murder victim was a favela resident gotten. The situation looks poised oday, when we ob- their passion in less conventional ca- an event when a car pulled up house. (Both men deny involve- alongside Queiroz. (The president who had just denounced crimes to get only worse, since our new Tserve 100 years of the reers. But Bahrain’s heart still beats in and someone opened fire, killing ment in the murders.) has denied knowing the men.) of torture and extortion allegedly president loathes the concept of horrific Jallianwala Bagh the right place. We all live in harmony her and her driver. It was obvious But who ordered the assassi- But these could be just coin - committed by his police squad.) human rights (in a 2016 tweet, massacre, India pays trib- together, encouraging each other to con- from the beginning that this was nation? That’s where things get cidences. More troubling is the Incidentally, when Nóbrega was he compared them to “manure”) utes to all those martyred tribute to the peace of the neighbour- a premeditated, professional as- messy. So messy that last year, the outspoken sympathy of the pres- found guilty and sentenced to 19 investigation would put a “knife and welcomes the actions of death on that fateful day. Their hood, the community and the country. sassination. Franco was a black, federal police began an inquiry ident and his family for the para- years in prison, Jair Bolsonaro, too, in the throat” of police officers, squads (“If it were up to me, they valour and sacrifice And the guiding light for this is our feminist LGBT activist, a fierce hu- into the local murder investiga- militaries. came to his defence in the Con- who already do not have legal se- would have all the support,” he told will never be forgotten. leadership led by His Majesty, which man rights defender who wasn’t tion, after allegations that it had The infamous “milícias,” in their gress, saying he was a “brilliant curity to carry out their work. In Congress in 2003). Their memory inspires protects us all with a rare commitment afraid to take on sensitive issues: been systematically obstructed by current form, were established in officer” and demanding a review 2008, he spoke of the “happiness” It looks like there’s no need to us to work even harder to to harmony. the use of state violence in favelas, militia members, public officials Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the late of the roughly 1,000 favelas in the those death squads, in my opinion, Bolsonaro’s eldest son, the Sen of the conviction. (Nóbrega was of the people “residing in these legalise militias in Brazil, after all. build an India they would When the largest church opens its for instance, or the involvement and politicians. Last November, 1990s and early 2000s, under the city, 45 per cent are controlled by are very welcome.” In a 2008 in- Flávio Bolsonaro, was recently eventually acquitted on appeal.) communities, supposedly dominat- Today one might have the impres- be proud of. doors in Awali next year, it will be the of police and politicians in Rio’s Brazil’s public security minister at pretext of protecting residents militia organisations and 37pc by terview, the future president of revealed to have connections to In 2015, Flávio Bolsonaro was the ed by militiamen.” Finally, last year, sion that paramilitary groups are @narendramodi fruition of the efforts and dreams of not paramilitary groups. the time said that it’s “more than from drug traffickers. They are drug gangs. Brazil declared that the govern- a former military police captain, only legislator to vote against the he was the only legislator to vote not merely acting as a parallel state just the Christians in our midst but also There was finally a break - a certainty” that powerful people mainly formed of active-duty and During his 27 years as a con - ment should support militias and Adriano Magalhães da Nóbrega, establishment of a parliamentary against awarding the Tiradentes — they are the state. every Bahraini resident who seeks a life through in the case last month, are involved in the murder. Some retired police officers who as - gressman, Bolsonaro repeatedly potentially legalise them, since the purported head of the Crime commission to investigate frauds Medal — that same honour he once Disclaimer: (Views expressed of peace and goodness. (Vanessa Barbara, a contributing opinion when the state police arrested two say, half-jokingly, that it might sume control of the communities supported death squads and mi- they “offer security and in this Bureau. (The ex-police officer in “autos de resistência”— killings gave to a purported militia leader by columnists are personal and (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Edi- writer, is the editor of the literary need not necessarily reflect our suspects. Unsurprisingly enough, be easier to pinpoint who is not and extort money from ordinary litias. In 2003, he said, “As long as way they can maintain order and is now a fugitive from justice.) on the part of the police that are — to Franco. website A Hortaliça and the author of tor-in-Chief of The Daily Tribune and the Presi- they were former military po - involved. citizens and shopkeepers. A 2013 the state does not have the cour- discipline in their communities.” Both Nóbrega’s mother and wife reported as having occurred in Which brings us back to her two novels and two nonfiction books in editorial stances) dent of the Arab-African Unity Organisation for lice officers. The alleged shooter, By now the federal task force academic report concluded that age to adopt the death penalty, It runs in the family, apparently. were employed for years in Flávio self-defence. He argued that the assassination. Bank records have Portuguese.) Relief, Human Rights and Counterterrorism)

MIKE ORLOV deal : Russian minister Makes Good Business Sense To Reuters | Moscow Praise ussia and OPEC may de- miling and consistent positivity really is contagious. Con- cide to boost production There is a dilemma. Ssistent-recognition of great performance encourages both Rto fight for market share What should we do the recipient of the recognition but also others searching to be with the United States but this with OPEC: should noticed. Praise and appreciation costs nothing other than time would push oil prices as low and focus-on-people in the enterprise. as $40 per barrel, TASS news we lose the market, Indeed, praise triggers dopamine, tickling the reward and agency cited Russia’s Finance which is being pleasure centres of the brain; it contributes to innovative-think- Minister Anton Siluanov as say- occupied by the ing, creative problem-solving and a desire to be even more ing yesterday. Americans, or quit effective, to achieve another dopamine-hit. “There is a dilemma. What the deal? Appreciation, recognising good performance and praising should we do with OPEC: should people makes brilliant business sense. So why do we more we lose the market, which is be- readily slip into criticising people rather than praising them? ing occupied by the Americans, Often called in on projects for clients due to a looming-cri- or quit the deal?” Anton Silu- ANTON SILUANOV sis, the perceived ‘presenting-issues’ are often the end-result anov, speaking in Washington, RUSSIAN FINANCE MINISTER of other, deeper-lurking challenges in the organisation. Prof- said, TASS reported. its-eroding, performance-suffering, productivity-collapsing “(If the deal is abandoned) the are all ‘presenting-issues’ causing concern in an enterprise. oil prices will go down, then the Invariably there are other problems, people-problems, which new investments will shrink, and he did not know whether The combined supply cuts Earlier this week, sources are causing these symptoms. American output will be lower, OPEC countries would be happy have helped to drive a 32 per familiar with the matter told If the attitudes and behav- because the production cost for with this scenario. cent rally in crude prices this Reuters that OPEC could raise iours of people in the enterprise shale oil is higher than for tra- OPEC, Russia and other pro- year to nearly $72 a barrel, oil output from July if Venezue- are causing challenges, it is vi- ditional output.” ducers, an alliance known as prompting US President Donald lan and Iranian supply drops tal to explore and understand Siluanov said oil prices could OPEC+, are reducing output by Trump to call on OPEC to ease its further and prices keep rally- what has caused and brought- drop to $40 per barrel or even 1.2 million bpd from Jan. 1 for market-supporting efforts. OPEC ing, because extending produc- Appreciation, recog- on these issues. Having done less for up to one year. six months. They meet on June has said the curbs must remain, tion cuts with Russia and oth- nising good perfor- this it is also vital to itemise The minister said there had 25-26 to decide whether to ex- but there are signs that stance is er allies could overtighten the mance and praising what obstacles might get in the been no decision on the deal yet tend the pact. now softening. market. people makes bril- way of achieving the desired liant business sense. end-result. So why do we more Bullying and disrespectful managers will not stimulate re- readily slip into crit- spect from their direct-reports. Brother of Vietnam’s richest man arrested for bribery icising people rather And these direct-reports cannot than praising them? Hanoi, Vietnam be expected to lead their teams ready, mostly from the coun- on Saturday. well; they are more likely to am- try’s lucrative finance and state- The amount Vu is alleged to plify the bullying, exacerbating he brother of Vietnam’s run oil sectors, sending a chill have paid in bribes was not re- the impact of poor leadership Trichest man was arrested through business and political ported. on employees. If top-manage- for allegedly bribing officials in circles. Vu’s older brother, Pham Nhat ment, be they owners or C-Suite, do not trust their senior a telecoms scandal, the security The latest ensnared in the Vuong, is Vietnam’s richest man managers, these senior managers will be aware of such negative ministry said yesterday, a shock- anti-corruption drive is Pham and the head of VinGroup, the attitudes. And this will affect their behaviours, which then has ing development as the commu- Nhat Vu, the former chairman country’s largest conglomerate a knock-on effect throughout the enterprise. nist state widens its crackdown of a television company Audio with a portfolio that includes How each individual behaves influences the attitudes of on corruption. Visual Global ( AVG), whose Pham Nhat Vu holiday resorts, luxury condo- those who are close-by. If a manager’s attitudes are critical A conservative leadership that brother has a net worth of $7.6 miniums, shopping malls, con- and negative rather than positive, leading to more aggressive came to power in the one-party billion according to Forbes. through, officials have said it venience stores and supermar- or disobliging behaviour, then expect this to have an impact state in 2016 has carried out Vu is caught up in a scandal would have caused $300 million kets across the country. on those in contact with the manager, particularly those who the sweeping campaign, going that erupted last year when the in losses to state coffers. Vuong’s cradle-to-grave em- report to this manager or are junior in the hierarchy. after high-rolling executives government started investigat- Police have “decided to in- pire is also making Vietnam’s Appreciation, praise and recognition for a job well done are once thought to be untouchable ing state-run Mobifone tele- vestigate, arrest and search the first homegrown cars and extremely powerful leadership tools deployed by leaders with in Vietnam, one of Asia’s most communications’ attempted house of Vu ... who has been ac- smartphones and is the finan- high levels of collaborative and trusting competencies and who corrupt countries. purchase of AVG. cused of providing bribes,” said cial backer for the country’s first recognise these tools need to become consistent daily habits. Dozens have been jailed al- While the deal did not go the Ministry of Public Security Formula One race next year. Erratic and inadequate recognition, increases in criticism and disregard for how others feel will negatively impact on quality of work and potentially push good employees out of the door. So why do we criticise and why do we avoid creating a positive environment when we know this is counter-productive? It is true to say our brains are geared to search and scan for Japan court rejects Ghosn appeal: media threats and for survival rather than creating happiness. We Tokyo, Japan tend to states of heightened-awareness and high-alert helping Authorities must then either “backstabbing” Nissan execu- us to survive against predators. We therefore have to learn to apan’s Supreme Court has press formal charges, release tives scared of closer integra- counter these deep-seated urges to constantly be vigilance for Jrejected an appeal by law- him or re-arrest him if they be- tion with French partner firm threats. But we must question ourselves, how many threats yers for Carlos Ghosn against lieve he has additional allega- Renault. and predators are there in our enterprises? Even if there are a his detention, local media said tions to answer. The case has bewitched Japan few sheep in wolves-clothing out to hurt a career, is it worth Saturday, dashing the former Prosecutors are looking into and the business world since damaging the relationships of all employees because of a few Nissan boss’s hopes for an early allegations that Ghosn siphoned the tycoon was arrested out of bad-apples in the organisation? release. off some $5 million from funds the blue at a Tokyo airport on The more you practice sharing praise, recognising good The 65-year-old former auto transferred from Nissan to a November 19 and whisked off performance and appreciating people’s efforts, the better at it tycoon had appealed to Japan’s dealership in Oman, and spent to the detention centre. you will become. Be authentic, specific and genuine when you highest court after lower court the money on a luxury su - He spent 108 days in an initial share positivity to ‘keep-it-real’. judges ruled he could be ques- peryacht. period of custody, in conditions Encourage your employees, enrich their work lives, enlight- tioned for a 10-day period until Ghosn has not been formally he said he would not wish on en through sharing purpose, values and vision, engage with Sunday over allegations of fi- charged over these allegations. his “worst enemy”, forced to effective communication about mission, empower through nancial misconduct. But the tycoon does already sleep with the light on and for- delegation and energise through listening, respect, appre - But the court slapped down face three separate charges. bidden from contact with his ciation, recognition and consistent praise. Find ways to pay the appeal without explaining Two of these relate to millions of loved ones. compliments to your people every day and there will be less the ruling, Jiji Press and Kyodo dollars in salary believed to have He then won bail, stumping productivity, performance and profit problems; with help this News reported. been concealed from sharehold- up $9 million for his freedom approach can become second-nature and mark you out as an Immediate confirmation of ers. The third charge is that he and submitting to strict bail over-achieving leader. the reports was not available. sought to shift personal invest- conditions including not using On Friday, the Tokyo District ment losses to company books. the internet or contacting any- (Mike Orlov is a Partner at Stepping Stone Global, a Bah- Court had already further ex- Ghosn denies all allegations one connected to the case. rain-based boutique strategic management consultancy. He tended his detention until April Ghosn speaking in a video message and lashed out in a video mes- But in another twist, he was is also a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Manage- 22 as prosecutors continue grill- recorded before his rearrest earlier sage -- shown on April 9 -- at then re-arrested in a dawn raid ment. Email: [email protected]) ing him. this month in Tokyo what he termed a “plot” by on April 4 for more questioning. SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 11

Tesla to stop selling $35,000 US sanctions companies sending Venezuelan oil to Cuba Washington, United States zuelan oil to Cuba, as they are Venezuela is suffering an Model 3 online profiting while the Maduro economic collapse and human- he US Treasury on Friday We continue to target regime pillages natural re - itarian crisis including shortag- Tunveiled financial sanc- sources,” US Treasury Secre- es of basic food and medicine tions on four maritime shipping companies that tary Steven Mnuchin said in the and the exodus of millions of companies and nine of their oil transport Venezuelan statement. people. tankers over crude deliveries to oil to Cuba, as they “Venezuela’s oil belongs to the The US sanctions targeted Cuba, to pressure Havana to end are profiting while Venezuelan people and should three Liberian shipping corpo- support for Venezuela. the Maduro regime not be used as a bargaining tool rations and one based in Italy. The sanctions raise US pres- pillages natural to prop up dictators and prolong Of the nine tankers penalized, sure on the “the illegitimate re- oppression.” four had delivered Venezuelan gime of former President Nico- resources Mnuchin said that since losing crude to Cuba. las Maduro,” the Treasury said popular support, Maduro has The sanctions freeze US-based in a statement. STEVEN MNUCHIN been relying on the support of assets of the company and also “We continue to target com- US TREASURY SECRETARY Cuba’s military and intelligence block them from much of the panies that transport Vene - services to remain in power. global financial system.

Netflix chief A sign shows a Tesla Model 3 sedan at a Tesla showroom in Hastings to leave Washington, DC Malabar Group headquarters wins Facebook board New York, United States San Francisco, United States esla has pulled the plug Forbes India Design Awards 2019 etflix chief Reed Hast- Ton Internet sales of its Nings will depart Face- cheapest Model 3 sedan in TDT | Manama book’s board of directors the latest shift to the com- at the end of next month, pany’s retail strategy. according to a Friday filing The electric car maker alabar Group, a leading with US regulators by the plans to keep taking online Mbusiness conglomerate leading social network. orders for the Standard Plus from India with a presence in Neither Hastings nor Model 3, which starts at 10 countries and the parent businessman and political $39,500 and is now the low- company of Malabar Gold & figure Erskine Bowles, who est-price option available Diamonds has bagged the rec- have been on the board to digital consumers, along ognition of having the ‘Best since 2011, will be nomi - with higher-end models. Commercial Architecture’ for nated for re-election at an But online customers will its Headquarters (M HQ) situ- annual shareholders meet- no longer be able to order ated in Kerala, India. ing on May 30, Facebook the Model 3 Standard for The Special Recommen - said in a filing with the US $35,000, a long-promised dation award was won at the Securities and Exchange price for a vehicle that has Forbes India Design Award 2019 Commission.Hastings’ de- been seen as essential to in the event held at Mumbai, parture comes as the social Tesla Chief Executive Elon India. network prioritizes services Musk’s ambition to disrupt Tony Joseph, Principal Archi- such as live streaming and the auto industry. tect, Stapati who designed the on-demand video that com- “Model 3 Standard will Malabar Group Headquarters pete with Netflix. now be a software-limit- (M HQ) received the award from Facebook said it had ed version of the Standard Sanjay Puri, Principal Architect, nominated PayPal core Plus, and we are taking it off Sanjay Puri Architects and Son- markets senior vice pres- the online ordering menu, al Sancheti, Principal Designer, ident Peggy Alford to join which just means that to Opolis, in the presence of Sub- its board, making the tech get it, customers will need air MP, Deputy Regional Head, Tony Joseph, Principal Architect, Stapati who designed the Malabar Group Headquarters receives the award from Sanjay industry veteran the first to call us or visit any one of West Region, Malabar Gold & Puri, Principal Architect, Sanjay Puri Architects and Sonal Sancheti, Principal Designer, Opolis, in the presence of Subair African-American woman the several hundred Tesla Diamonds. MP, Deputy Regional Head, West Region, Malabar Gold & Diamonds in an event held in Mumbai, India to join its ranks. stores,” Tesla said in a blog The picturesque global headquarters (M HQ) situated in 800 feet above the sea-level, get together and unwind. “Peggy is one of those post on Thursday night. quarters of the Group, at Ku- the tropical context of Kerala away from the bustle of the Natural vegetation comes into rare people who’s an expert The shift was needed to ttikattoor, Calicut, Kerala, In- is built on a unique style steep City. the interiors through spill out across many different areas “simplify our production dia houses all its subsidiaries sloping site, facing the west pre- The roof is designed as a land- balconies and the central land- -- from business manage- operations to better opti- including its flagship brands senting a picturesque landscape scaped gathering space which scaped spine with dense green- ment to finance operations mize cost, minimize com- like Malabar Gold & Diamonds, view from the building. slopes all the way down to the ery, providing opportunities for to product development,” plexity and streamline Malabar Developers, Malabar It has been built at Mon - ground and has amphitheatres, social interactions and enhances Facebook co-founder and operations,” the company Watches, Eham Digital, etc. tana Estates, the 150-acre se- lounges, pavilions and plenty of the psychological well-being of chief executive Mark Zuck- added. The Malabar Group Head- rene township, situated at vegetation, serving as a space to the employees. erberg said in the filing. Google takes on ‘Africa’s challenges’ with AI centre in Ghana Accra, Ghana collaborate with local organisa- n artificial intelligence re- tions and policymakers. Asearch laboratory opened Google is working with uni- by Google in Ghana, the first of versities and start-ups in Ghana, its kind in Africa, will take on Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa challenges across the continent, to enhance AI development re- researchers say. gionally, he said. The US technology giant said “We just need to ensure that the lab in the capital Accra the right education and oppor- would address economic, polit- tunities are in place,” he said. ical and environmental issues. “That is why Google is spon- “Africa has many challenges soring a lot of these young peo- where the use of AI could be ple for their degrees... to help beneficial, sometimes even more develop a new generation of AI than in other places,” Google’s developers.” head of AI Accra, Moustapha Cisse, said at the centre’s official ‘Clear opportunity’ opening this week. Other tech companies, includ- Africa has many Similar research centres have ing Facebook, have launched already opened in cities around initiatives in Africa and demo- challenges where the the world including Tokyo, Zu- graphics are a key factor behind use of AI could be rich, New York and Paris. the drive. beneficial, sometimes The new lab, Cisse said, would Africa’s population is estimat- even more than in use AI to develop solutions in ed to be 1.2 billion, 60 percent of other places healthcare, education and ag- them under the age of 24. MOUSTAPHA CISSE riculture -- such as helping to By 2050, the UN estimates the diagnose certain types of crop population will double to 2.4 A woman makes copies at the Google Artificial Intelligence (AI) office in Accra HEAD OF GOOGLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLI- GENCE (AI) CENTRE GHAN disease. billion. Cisse, an expert from Senegal, As online social networks ex- “There’s a clear opportunity a pole in the sand,” said Daniel “If you look at Netflix, Ama- said he hoped specialist engi- pand, that presents a huge mar- for companies like Facebook and Ives, a technology researcher at zon, Facebook, Apple, where is a It’s international,” he said in a neers and AI researchers would ket for US tech giants to tap into. Google to really go in and put GBH Insights in New York. lot of that growth coming from? recent interview. SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 12

Clashes erupt in ‘yellow Brexit chaos leaves Scotland vest’ protests on independence tightrope Edinburgh, United Kingdom sels. ith Britain tearing Former SNP deputy leader Jim its hair out over the Fairlie said the government’s French President Emmanuel WBrexit confusion, policy of independence within Macron Scotland’s government is bid- the EU was an “oxymoron”, and ing its time as it prepares for the that tying the two issues togeth- Reuters | Paris ultimate prize -- independence. er meant “they’re not going to Scottish First Minister Nicola get the votes of traditional na- Yellow vest” demonstra- Sturgeon, a strong opponent of tionalists like me.” “tors clashed with riot Brexit, has said she will set out “All the SNP has to police in the French city of her thinking on independence do to keep the inde- Toulouse yesterday as Pres- plans later this month. pendence ident Emmanuel Macron The issue presents voters and prepares a series of poli - leaders north of the border with cy announcements aimed another source of dispute, some- at quelling 22 consecutive thing that this week’s decision to weekends of anti-govern- delay Britain’s departure from ment protests. the European Union has done Police in the southeastern little to resolve. city fired teargas and arrest- The government is “absolute- ed several people after sev- ly committed to an independ- eral hundred demonstrators ent Scotland in the European started throwing objects, Union,” Scottish Minister for burning rubbish bins and Europe, Migration and Inter- trying to enter areas where national Development Ben protests have been banned. Macpherson told AFP while out Altogether about 2,000 campaigning in Leith, east of protesters had gathered Edinburgh. on the Allee Jean Jaures, But even independence back- a wide avenue in the city ers are divided over Brexit -- five centre and on nearby side years on from Scotland’s own streets. referendum in which 55 percent Activist groups had said opted to remain a part of Britain. on social media networks Retiree Phil, enjoying the sun- Tour buses queue up on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland that Toulouse would be the shine in a central Edinburgh focus for the 22nd round of park, said he wanted “complete movement together is polling stuck at around 55pc old public servant Craig told demonstrations, prompt- independence”. to decouple it from versus 45pc in favour of stay- AFP in the city’s Scots Guards ing city mayor Jean-Claude Phil said Sturgeon’s membership of ing in the United Kingdom, ac- Club, as pipers and other Moudenc to express con- Scottish National Party the EU,” he add- cording to polling expert John folk musicians played in the cern ahead of Saturday’s had “done a lot of good but ed. Curtice, from the University of background. protests. I don’t agree with them But over 60 per Strathclyde. Complicating the task for the Marches in Paris and else- on Brexit”. cent of Scots voted But independence support- SNP, Brexit has become some- where were largely peace- He said he would even to stay in the EU, and ers think that the chaos in thing of a moving target since ful by early afternoon, but consider voting for Nigel some are being won Westminster could shift the the terms of the withdrawal and the protests continue to put Farage’s new Brexit Party over to the inde - balance. the date are far from certain. pressure on Macron. He has -- much to the con- pendence cause. “It certainly makes the dem- “It’s a bit like a mirage in the vowed to announce a series sternation of com- “I know quite a lot ocratic case easier because it desert,” Pringle said. of measures aimed at easing panion Lisa. of people... who voted really does throw into stark re- Key to the calculations will discontent in the country. “I’m Scottish to stay with the UK... lief this democratic deficit prob- be whether Britain will remain The protests, named af- first, then Euro- who now say because lem,” Kevin Pringle, a former in the European customs union ter the high-visibility safety pean,” she said. they’re sick of all director of strategic communi- after Brexit or not, which would jackets worn by demonstra- the Brexit, they’ve cations for the SNP, told AFP in take any volatile “hard border” tors, began in November to ‘Sick of all the changed their his Edinburgh office. debate out of a future independ- oppose fuel tax increases. Brexit’ minds,” said local ence campaign. However, the movement Some pro-EU voters who resident Mary Cry- ‘Concentrate on the day job’ Campaigners must also soon quickly morphed into a wanted to stay in the United an amid the hubbub Independence supporters still must also find a united position broader backlash against Kingdom in the 2014 ref- of Edinburgh’s Royal face a stiff challenge in winning on a raft of economic issues, in- Macron’s government, de- erendum are now in favour Mile, in the shadow of over more conservative voters, cluding what currency an inde- spite a swift reversal of the of independence, but the city’s centuries-old who wanted to stay in both the pendent Scotland would adopt. tax hikes and other hurried the issue risks push- castle. EU and the UK. Pringle added: “It’s a chal - measures worth more than ing away those who The shifting blocs have “The SNP should concentrate lenge that can be achieved but I 10 billion euros to boost want a clean break A piper on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland largely cancelled them- on the day job rather than look- don’t think anybody underesti- purchasing power for low- from both London and Brus- selves out so far, with ing at independence,” 50-year- mates the scale of it”. er-income voters. Employers at India’s stricken Jet Airways protest

al flights are suspended until Modi’s government, for whom a Once India’s Monday. collapse of Jet would be a blow • Thousands of customers have as it seeks a second term in ongo- second-biggest airline been stranded in recent weeks ing elections, convened a crisis by market share, the after hundreds of flights were meeting on Friday evening, the Mumbai-based firm cancelled, in some cases with Press Trust of India (PTI) news has defaulted on loans little or no notice. agency reported. “We need the infusion of funds Close of play Friday was the and struggled to pay today, not after one week when deadline for prospective bid- aircraft lessors and staff it’s too late,” said Raman Shar- ders to express an interest in ma, a pilot at the protest. acquiring a 75 percent stake in AFP | New Delhi, India “We need to get the funds Jet, which has debts of some $1 back, pay the people, get the billion. everal hundred employees of planes in the air, make it con- Etihad Airways, which owns a SIndia’s beleaguered Jet Air- venient for passengers, and let’s 24 per cent stake, has submitted ways held a protest at Delhi air- start earning revenue,” he said. an expression of interest to buy port yesterday demanding to be “Now the feeling is also of de- a controlling stake of up to 75pc, paid and calling for the company spair, frustration. Like, we want according to media reports. to be rescued. our salaries, at the same time Naresh Goyal, who founded Jet has been in a tailspin for we want to save our airlines,” the airline but quit as chairman months. All but around half added Shilium S., a maintenance last month, has also lodged a bid, a dozen of its 119 aircraft are worker. Jet Airways employees hold placards as they gather for a silent march at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International as have several private equity grounded and all internation- Prime Minister Narendra Airport, in New Delhi groups, newspapers said. 13 SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019

OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 + 6.00 + 8.15 + 10.30 PM SAAR 11-PET SEMATARY (18+) (HORROR/THRILLER) 1-HELL BOY (18+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY) JASON CLARKE, AMY SEIMETZ, JETE LAURENCE 1-HELL BOY (18+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY) NEW NEW DAILY AT: 8.45 + 11.00 PM DAVID HARBOUR, MILLA JOVOVICH, AND IAN MCSHANE DAVID HARBOUR, MILLA JOVOVICH, AND IAN DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + (11.00 PM MCSHANE 12- CAPTAIN MARVEL (PG-13) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) THURS/FRI) DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM BRIE LARSON, GEMMA CHAN, SAMUEL L. JACKSON DAILY AT (VIP): 3.00 + 8.15 PM 2-DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/ DAILY AT: 1.30 + 6.15 + 11.00 PM DRAMA) NEW 2-DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/ MEL GIBSON, JENNIFER CARPENTER, VINCE VAUGHN DRAMA) NEW 13- US (15+) (HORROR/THRILLER) LUPITA NYONG’O, ELISABETH MOSS, ANNA DIOP DAILY AT: 5.00 + 8.00 + (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) MEL GIBSON, JENNIFER CARPENTER, VINCE VAUGHN DAILY AT: 1.00 + 6.15 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 2.45 + 7.00 + 11.15 PM 3- MADHURA RAJA (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) NEW MAMMOOTTY, JAI, ANUSREE, SALIM KUMAR, RAMESH 14- WONDER PARK (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/ PISHARODY 3-LITTLE (PG-15) (COMEDY) NEW COMEDY) FROM FRIDAY 12TH REGINA HALL, ISSA RAE, MARSAI MARTIN BRIANNA DENSKI, JENNIER GARNER, KEN HUDSON DAILY AT: 1.30 + 6.30 + 11.30 PM CAMPBELL DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + (11.00 PM FRI) DAILY AT: 12.45 + 5.00 + 9.15 PM 4-AFTER (15+) (ROMANTIC/DRAMA) NEW 4-SHAZAM! 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(PG-15) (ACTION/COMEDY/ADVENTURE) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 4.15 + 9.15 PM DAVID HARBOUR, MILLA JOVOVICH, AND IAN MCSHANE ZACHARY LEVI, MARK STRONG (II), ASHER ANGEL FROM FRIDAY 12TH 7-SHAZAM! (PG-15) (ACTION/COMEDY/ADVENTURE) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM DAILY AT (IMAX 3D): 2.30 + 7.45 PM + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM + (12.00 MN FRI) ZACHARY LEVI, MARK STRONG (II), ASHER ANGEL DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM SEEF (II) 2-THE TASHKENT FILES (PG-15) (HINDI/THRILLER/DRA- MN MA) NEW 2- LUCIFER (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) DAILY AT (3D): 12.00 + 5.00 + 10.00 PM DAILY AT (ATMOS): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 PM 1-HELL BOY (18+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY) NEW NASEERUDDIN SHAH, MITHUN CHAKRABORTY, PANKAJ MOHANLAL, MANJU WARRIER, VIVEK OBEROI, TOVINO DAILY AT (VIP): 12.15 + 5.30 + 10.45 PM + 12.00 MN DAVID HARBOUR, MILLA JOVOVICH, AND IAN MCSHANE TRIPATHI THOMAS DAILY AT (VIP II): 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM DAILY AT: (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) DAILY AT : 11.45 AM + 5.45 + 11.45 PM ONLY ON THURSDAY 11TH 8-DUMBO (PG) (ADVENTURE/DRAMA/FAMILY) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.45 + 9.00 PM + (12.15 MN COLIN FARRELL, MICHAEL KEATON, DANNY DEVITO 9-DUMBO (PG) (ADVENTURE/DRAMA/FAMILY) 2-DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/ 3-MANJE BISTRE 2 (PG-13) (PUNJABI/COMEDY/ROMAN- THURS) DAILY AT (3D): 2.45 + 7.45 PM *- COLIN FARRELL, MICHAEL KEATON, DANNY DEVITO DRAMA) NEW TIC) NEW DAILY AT (KIDS CINEMA): 1.45 + 5.45 + 8.00 + 10.15 PM DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.15 + 3.30 + 5.45 + 8.00 + 10.15 PM MEL GIBSON, JENNIFER CARPENTER, VINCE VAUGHN GIPPY GREWAL, KARAMJIT ANMOL, BHAVKHANDAN DAILY AT (3D): 12.15 + 4.30 + 8.45 PM DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 2.45 + 5.45 + 8.45 + 11.45 PM DAILY AT: 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM WADI AL SAIL 9- KESARI (15+) (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA) 1-HELL BOY (18+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY) NEW AKSHAY KUMAR, PARINEETI CHOPRA, BHAGYASHREE 10-PET SEMATARY (18+) (HORROR/THRILLER) 3-LITTLE (PG-15) (COMEDY) NEW 4-SHERDIL (PG-15) (URDU/ACTION/DRAMA) NEW DAVID HARBOUR, MILLA JOVOVICH, AND IAN MCSHANE DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 3.45 + 8.45 PM *- JASON CLARKE, AMY SEIMETZ, JETE LAURENCE REGINA HALL, ISSA RAE, MARSAI MARTIN MIKAAL ZULFIQAR, ARMEENA RANA KHAN, BELAL SHAHID DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM DAILY AT: 2.45 + 8.45 PM DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM 10- LUCIFER (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) 11- CAPTAIN MARVEL (PG-13) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) 2-DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/ MOHANLAL, MANJU WARRIER, VIVEK OBEROI, TOVINO 4-AFTER (15+) (ROMANTIC/DRAMA) NEW 5- THE LAST PRINCE OF ATLANTIS (PG-13) (ANIMATION/ DRAMA) NEW THOMAS BRIE LARSON, GEMMA CHAN, SAMUEL L. JACKSON ADVENTURE) NEW JOSEPHINE LANGFORD, HERO FIENNES TIFFIN, KHADIJHA MEL GIBSON, JENNIFER CARPENTER, VINCE VAUGHN DAILY AT: 1.15 + 4.30 + 7.45 + 11.00 PM DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM RED THUNDER NIKOLAY DROZDOV, STANISLAV DUZHNIKOV, ARMEN DAILY AT: 2.15 + 7.00 + 11.45 PM DZHIGARKHANYAN DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PM 12- US (15+) (HORROR/THRILLER) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 PM 3-LITTLE (PG-15) (COMEDY) NEW CITYCENTRE LUPITA NYONG’O, ELISABETH MOSS, ANNA DIOP 5-MASHA AND THE BEAR THE NEW ADVENTURES (G) REGINA HALL, ISSA RAE, MARSAI MARTIN DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) NEW 6- MADHURA RAJA (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) NEW 1-HELL BOY (18+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY) NEW MAMMOOTTY, JAI, ANUSREE, SALIM KUMAR, RAMESH DAILY AT: 2.15 + 6.45 + 11.15 PM DAILY AT: 12.00 + 1.45 + 3.30 + 5.15 + 7.00 PM PISHARODY DAVID HARBOUR, MILLA JOVOVICH, AND IAN MCSHANE 13- ESCAPE ROOM (PG-15) (THRILLER) FROM FRIDAY 12TH 4-AFTER (15+) (ROMANTIC/DRAMA) NEW DAILY AT (IMAX 2D): 12.00 + 5.15 + 10.30 PM TAYLOR RUSSELL, LOGAN MILLER, DEBORAH ANN WOLL 6-CAPTIVE STATE (PG-15) (THRILLER/SCI-FICTION) NEW DAILY AT: 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM + 12.00 MN JOSEPHINE LANGFORD, HERO FIENNES TIFFIN, KHADIJHA DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + JOHN GOODMAN, ASHTON SANDERS, JONATHAN MAJORS RED THUNDER MN + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) 12.00 MN DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM DAILY AT (VIP I): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 7- LUCIFER (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 4.30 + 9.00 PM 11.00 PM 14- WONDER PARK (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/ 7-THE WIND (15+) (HORROR/THRILLER) NEW MOHANLAL, MANJU WARRIER, VIVEK OBEROI, TOVINO COMEDY) THOMAS 5-CAPTIVE STATE (PG-15) (THRILLER/SCI-FICTION) NEW CAITLIN GERARD, JULIA GOLDANI TELLES, MILES ANDER- 2-DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/ BRIANNA DENSKI, JENNIER GARNER, KEN HUDSON DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.45 + 5.00 + 8.15 + 11.30 PM JOHN GOODMAN, ASHTON SANDERS, JONATHAN MAJORS DRAMA) NEW SON CAMPBELL DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 3.00 + 7.30 PM + 12.00 MN MEL GIBSON, JENNIFER CARPENTER, VINCE VAUGHN DAILY AT: 1.30 + 5.30 + 9.30 PM 10.30 PM DAILY AT: 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 DAILY AT (ARABIC DUBBED): 2.30 + 6.45 + 11.00 PM 6- MADHURA RAJA (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) NEW AM THURS/FRI) 8- MADHURA RAJA (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) NEW MAMMOOTTY, JAI, ANUSREE, SALIM KUMAR, RAMESH 15-THE UPSIDE (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA) PISHARODY 3-LITTLE (PG-15) (COMEDY) NEW MAMMOOTTY, JAI, ANUSREE, SALIM KUMAR, RAMESH KEVIN HART, BRYAN CRANSTON, NICOLE KIDMAN PISHARODY FROM FRIDAY 12TH REGINA HALL, ISSA RAE, MARSAI MARTIN DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 3.45 + 8.30 PM FROM FRIDAY 12TH DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 +7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN DAILY AT: (12.30 MN FRI) 16- COLD PURSUIT (15+) (ACTION/CRIME/DRAMA) 7-SHAZAM! 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MOVIE REVIEW CHANGE OF NAME Dragged Across Concrete: An unapologetic, provocative crime opus I, SHIHABUDHEEN ragged Across Concrete stake-outs and tense shoot-outs, NADUVATHI CHALIL is a cop drama starring to rework the crime movie in S/O. ABOOBACKER Mel Gibson and Vince BETTER his slightly surreal, novelistic NADUVATHI CHALIL, D holding Indian Passport NO Vaughn as a pair of police of - style. Like Sam Peckinpah or H7781603 dated 20/10/2009 Elmore Leonard, Zahler is fond ficers pulling off a dangerous issued at Riyadh , having heist. The film has generat - KNOW of shaggy digressions that even- permanent residence at ed the type of press coverage, tually fold back into the main THEKKUM THOTTATHIL both positive and negative, com- plot and quiet exchanges that let HOUSE , MAITHRA P.O monly associated with a more his characters reveal their inner , MALAPPURAM DIST , high-profile film. Vince Vaughn and Mel thoughts in private moments. Gibson execute film KERALA, 673639 . Presently A good deal of that buzz can Unsurprisingly, some of those residing at FLAT NO. 12 , be attributed to the casting of director S Craig Zahler’s thoughts can be loathsome.On BUILDING. NO. 102 , ROAD Gibson, an actor with a history distinctive vision in a review aggregator Rotten Toma- NO. 2702 , BLOCK NO: 927 of domestic violence allegations confident mismatch of toes, Dragged Across Concrete , BAHRAIN will henceforth and using racist language, as Of- heist and violence holds an approval rating of 75% be known as ( Given Name ) ficer Brett Ridgeman, a racist based on 70 reviews, with an SHIHABUDHEEN , (Surname cop accused of using excessive In almost every respect, average rating of 6.84/10. The ) NADUVATHI CHALIL force on the job. Gibson’s mere Dragged Across Concrete finds website’s consensus reads, “As , objection if any may be presence is an inevitable con- Zahler doubling-down on the grim and grinding as its title, forwarded to Embassy of India versation-starter and a reason elements that have turned him Dragged Across Concrete opts , P.O.Box 26106, Bldg No. 1090, for many to avoid the film. At into a headline-generating, for slow-burning drama instead Road No. 2819 , Block 428, Al the same time, a good deal of headache-inducing filmmaker. of high-speed thrills -- and has Seef , Kingdom of Bahrain. the controversy can be cred - Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson in Dragged Across Concrete At 159 minutes, it’s his longest just the right cast to make it ited to the movie’s writer and feature, and while it tones down work.” On Metacritic, the film director: S. Craig Zahler, the on thriller Brawl in Cell Block dious crafter of languidly paced the blood-and-guts gore effects has an average score of 61 out filmmaker behind the hypnotic 99, which also starred Vaughn. genre experiments with ornate of his past work, it toys with of 100, based on 19 critics, in- cannibal-Western Bone Toma- Over the last four years, Zahler dialogue, brutal violence, and the rhythms of the police pro- dicating “generally favorable hawk and the rough-hewn pris- has earned a reputation as a stu- ambiguous politics. cedural, particularly the talky reviews”. 14 SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019

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Chris Hemsworth to It is official! join ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’ team Brad Pitt, Los Angeles Angelina

hris Hemsworth is all excited to work Jolie single with Kevin Smith in his upcoming pro- Cject ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’. again The actor posted pictures with Kevin and shared his excitement through Instagram. Los Angeles “The man, the myth, the legend. The one and Pax (15), Zahara (14), Shiloh the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ star said only @thatkevinsmith !!! Stoked to be a part of (12), and 10-year-olds Vivienne that he filed for a loan of 8 his next film Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. What ore than two years and Knox. million USD to help Jolie buy a pleasure it was hanging out mate ,” Chris after Hollywood Jolie and Pitt had met on the a house. captioned. Mactors Angelina sets of 2005 thriller ‘Mr. & Mrs. Since the split, both of them However, the ‘Thor’ star, Hemsworth, re- Jolie and Brad Pitt filed for Smith’ and got married in 2014. have focused on various pro- mained shut about his character in the film. divorce, the two are now offi- Jolie filed for divorce in Sep- jects in and out of the Holly- ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’ will be helmed cially and legally single again. tember 2016 citing incompati- wood limelight. As for Brad’s by Kevin Smith, who will also be acting in While the duo are yet to fi- bility and irreconcilable differ- dating life, all things appear the film. It is intended to be the eighth nalize the divorce settlement, ences. Also, it was alleged that to be quiet for the Hollywood movie in the ‘View Askewniverse’, a fic- a legal move known as bifurca- Brad misbehaved with their son actor. tional universe created by Kevin Smith. tion that Jolie (43) and Pitt (55) Maddox. There were some specula- Jay and Silent Bob, are characters requested, according to court Earlier, Jolie alleged that tions of Brad dating an MIT in the View Askewniverse, where documents filed Friday, a Judge ex-husband Pitt has not paid professor Neri Oxman, how- Kevin plays Silent Bob while ruled that the former couple any ‘meaningful’ child support ever, the truth was ultimately Jay is played by Jason can go back to being single. since their split in 2016. She revealed that the two are just Mewes. Chris Jolie and Pitt share six chil- also accused Pitt of being a friends and were never roman- Hemsworth dren together: Maddox (17), careless father. In his defence, tically involved.

Elton John’s biopic Had to move ‘Rocketman’ to premiere at Mindy Kaling, Priyanka teaming prove myself for Cannes Film Festival up for wedding comedy ‘Teen Spirit’: Elle tached to star alongside Priyan- Fanning Los Angeles and his partnership with Kaling, who ka and will potentially direct Los Angeles songwriting collabora- • the film. Kaling will produce usic icon tor Bernie Taupin. will write the under her Kaling Internation- Elton Matthew Vaughn screenplay al, Priyanka for Purple Pebble lle Fanning says she MJohn’s bi- and his Marv Films with Goor, is Pictures, Howard Klein for 3 Ewas not on the list opic, “Rocketman”, has produced the film attached to Arts, alongside Goor. Heather of actors that Max Min- starring Taron Eger- along with John and Morris and Nina Anand Aujla ghella was looking for ton in the lead, will have his Rocket Pictures part- star alongside executive produce the project. his directorial debut film its world premiere at the ner David Furnish. Priyanka and Details of the pitch are be- “Teen Spirit” and she Cannes Film Festival. “We are incredibly hon - will potentially ing kept under wraps other had to “prove herself” The Dexter Fletcher-direct- oured and excited to premiere direct the film. than being described as to bag the part. ed film will be getting a special our movie ‘Rocketman’ at the “Crazy Rich Asians” meets The 21-year-old actor out of competition Gala screen- Cannes film festival on May “My Big Fat Greek Wed- plays Violet, a teenage ing on May 16, reported Variety. 16. This has been a labour Los Angeles ding”. It is likely to revolve outsider with pop star Egerton, 28, is portraying the of love for all of us and we around the culture clashes dreams living in a small legendary singer in the film couldn’t dream of a better uanti- at a big wedding in India. European town, in the which will focus on John’s launching pad for this very co” star Priyanka is excited to tell musical drama. emergence as a prodigy at the special film” said Rocket Pic- “QPriyan- the story with Kaling. In an interview with Royal Academy of Music to tures and Marv Films in a ka Chopra Jonas and “Two women with a passion The Hollywood Reporter, becoming a music superstar statement. actress Mindy Kaling, for telling good stories, just Fanning said starring in a who has Indian roots, got the green light to their sto- musical film was one of will team up for a new film, ry their way. So proud of this the things on her bucket based around a big fat Indian incredible partnership with list but she was “not on the wedding. Mindy Kaling and Goor! We are radar” for “Teen Spirit”. Universal Pictures is devel- about to show you what it means oping the film after winning to be modern, global, andA Indian. an auction for a pitch by Kaling, See you at the cinema,” Priyanka Priyanka and Dan Goor, reports tweeted. variety.com. Kaling also posted: “My dream Kaling, who will write the team is making a movie. Can’t wait screenplay with Goor, is at- for this one.” ‘Tomb Raider’ sequel in development

Los Angeles According to Deadline, the Vikander’s return has yet to upcoming sequel reportedly be confirmed, and so far no de- ollywood studios MGM has a new writer working on tails about the plot have been and Warner Brothers the script, screenwriter Amy made available. Hhave started working Jump, reports dailymail.co.uk. Jump’s writing credits in- on “Tomb Raider” sequel with Vikander, who portrayed ex- clude “Free Fire”, “A Field in actress Alicia plorer Lara Croft in last year’s England”, and “High-Rise”. Vikander set reboot, is said to have liked “Tomb Raider” amassed to return as how her character played out $274,650,803 in the box of - the main in Jump’s screenplay. fice worldwide when it was lead. released in 2018, according to Box Office Mojo. Vikander starred opposite Dominic West, Walton Goggins, and Dan - Fine iel Wu in the reboot, which was released Dining 17 years after Ange- lina Jolie played the Redeﬁned... heroine in “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”. In the reboot, Lara searches For Reservations, Call:Umm Al Hassam 17728699 Seef District 17364999 for her father who has gone missing. 15 SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 sports KHK to grant scholarship to athletes

HH Shaikh Khalid has• decided to allocate Athletes and officials five annual sports congratulate Shaikh Khalid scholarships for TDT | Manama talented athletes eration and president of the Bahrain Athletics Federation H Shaikh Khalid bin has made a point of putting TDT | Manama HHamad Al Khalifa’s ap- talent and work-rate above pointment as president of the every other aspect of MMA, ecently-elected Bahrain Bahrain Olympic Committee a refreshing change for the Olympic Committee has been received with en - sport. R(BOC) president HH Shai- thusiasm by the world MMA Board Member of the Bah- kh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa community, with athletes rain Olympic Committee, has decided to allocate five an- from all over the world using and Chairwoman of Bahrain nual sports scholarships for tal- their social media to congrat- Women’s Sport Committee ented athletes as he chaired the ulate Founder and visionary of Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz first meeting of the committee Brave Combat Federation on Al Khalifa also congratulated board on Friday. Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa chairs the BOC board first meeting his involvement with Olympic HH Shaikh Khalid stressing Among the first of the initi- sports. that the election reflects the atives launched by HH Shaikh well as to attract technical ex- rain Olympic Committee and revenues and launching several Founder and visionary of confidence of the sports feder- Khalid at the meeting was that perts from abroad for the tech- the next work plan to develop innovative initiatives. Brave Combat Federation, the ations in the abilities of Shai- Khalid bin Hamad Foundation nical evaluation. the administrative, financial and The plan is based on achiev- fastest-rising mixed martial kh Khalid to take the Bahrain (KHK) will grant five scholar- He also stressed the impor- technical work of the commit- ing several objectives to provide arts promotion in the world, Olympic Committee to further ships to five promising talents tance of marketing the activi- tee and the sports federations, quality services and profession- His Highness has changed the progress and prosperity. every year in accordance to spe- ties and programs of the com- based on professional work, and ally managed operations to boost MMA landscape by providing She affirmed that Shaikh cific criteria and conditions. He mittee and investing in the adherence to the principle of the output of Bahraini sports athletes with the only truly Khalid will lead the Bahraini also called on athletes to help available media sources, while integrity and transparency. and the industry of athletes’ global platform to perform, re- sports to more successes and them promote their skills and opening the horizons of co - The plan reviewed by the heroes. gardless of their nationalities achievements, and raise the stories of success. operation with various sports Secretary General included the The Board of Directors also and standings. Kingdom’s flag high at various HH Shaikh Khalid also direct- media. restructuring of regulations, has taken many decisions, the First Vice chairman of the international competitions, ed to prepare a study to initiate Secretary-General of the com- linking sports federations sys- first of which was appointing Supreme Council for Youth thanks to his wise vision while an accredited laboratory in the mittee Mohammed Al Nusuf tems electronically, setting clear Shaikha Hessa bint Khalid Al and Sports, President of the adopting scientific strategic to Kingdom of Bahrain to check made a presentation on the new criteria for budget distribution, Khalifa as a member of the West Asian Athletics Fed - develop the sports sector. doping, use one of expertise as vision and strategy of the Bah- investment orientation to boost Board of Directors.

Spurs make light work of Huddersfield Lagoona A Beach edge Best Western AFP | London English Premier League ottenham shrugged off the Tottenham Hotspur 4 0 Huddersfield Town Tloss of Harry Kane as Lu- Brighton and Hove Albion 0 5 Bournemouth cas Moura’s hat-trick moved Burnley 2 0 Cardiff City Spurs up to third in the Pre - mier League with a 4-0 win Fulham 2 0 Everton over Huddersfield, while Car- Southampton 3 1 Wolverhampton diff slipped closer to relegation Manchester United 1 0 West Ham United after going down 2-0 at Burnley on Saturday. Kane is expected to miss the Italian Serie A rest of the season due to ankle SPAL 2 1 Juventus ligament damage suffered dur- Roma 0 0 Udinese ing Spurs’ 1-0 win over Man- chester City in the first leg of their Champions League quar- German Bundesliga ter-final. Hannover 96 0 1 Borussia Dele Alli was also sidelined Mönchengladbach by a broken hand, while coach Lagoona Beach A team after their match Mauricio Pochettino took the RB Leipzig 2 0 VfL Wolfsburg chance to rest some other key SV Werder Bremen 2 1 Sport-Club Freiburg TDT | Manama overs) by 10 runs. Man of the Match: Nideesh personnel such as Son Heu - VfB Stuttgart 0 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Match #2: Match # 4: ng-min ahead of the second leg agoona A Beach defeated Four Seasons B(77/5 in 6 Sheraton(51 for all out in 5.4 against City on Wednesday. Borussia Dortmund 2 0 1. FSV Mainz 05 LBest Western Hotel by 10 overs) lost to Swissbel Ho - overs) lost to International Ho- Lucas took his chance to runs in the eighth Inter Hotel tel(79/1 in 5.3 overs) by 5 wick- tels Establishment(52/2 in 5.5 shine against the already rele- Spanish La Liga Charity Cricket Tournament ets. overs) by 4 wickets. gated Terriers to show Pochet- Espanyol 2 1 Alaves match held on Wednesday. Ir- Man of the Match: Vipin Man of the Match: Jithin tino he could be an important fan was declared man of the Match # 3: Match# 5: weapon in Kane’s absence as Huesca 0 0 Barcelona match. Ramada Manama CC(46/4 Royal Phoenicia(81/2 in 6 Spurs look to tie down a top- Atletico Madrid 1 0 Celta de Vigo Score: Lagoona A Beach(49/3 in 6 overs) lost to Le Meridi- overs) defeated Ramada Amwaj four finish and a place in next in 6 overs) won from Best West- en Hotel(50/4 in 6 overs) by 2 (23/6 in 5.4 overs) by 58 runs. season’s Champions League. French Ligue 1 ern Hotel(39 for all out in 6 wickets. Man of the Match: Varun Controversial Cardiff defeat Marseille 2 1 Nimes While the title and fight for *Scores as of closing Champions League places look set to go down to the wire, the Raffael puts Gladbach back in the race for top four relegation battle could be all but over should Brighton beat AFP | Berlin ing departure of coach Dieter They now sit in fifth, a point Cardiff on Tuesday. Hecking. behind Eintracht Frankfurt, The Welsh side are still five second-half winner from The win over Hanover, only who play Augsburg on Sunday. points adrift of safety after a ABrazilian forward Raffael their second victory in nine Raffael grabbed the winner controversial defeat at Turf gave Borussia Moenchenglad- games, marked a timely change just after half-time, flicking a Moor. bach a 1-0 win over Hanover in fortunes and keeps Gladbach loose ball over the head of Han- Chris Wood gave the hosts on Saturday and fresh hope of in the race for Champions over keeper Michael Esser. a deserved half-time lead, but a top-four finish in the Bun - League football. Bottom-of-the-table Hano- Cardiff were left furious after desliga. “It was really important for ver created little more than a referee Mike Dean overruled Gladbach have endured a tur- us to finally win a game again handful of half-chances on the his assistant’s decision to award bulent few weeks of late, hav- today. It will do us a lot of good,” counter-attack, and failed to a penalty to the visitors after Tottenham’s Lucas Moura, right, vies for the ball against Huddersfield ing dropped out of the top four said Gladbach midfielder Chris- add to their meagre tally of 11 the break. goalkeeper Ben Hamer and announced the impend- toph Kramer. home goals this season. SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 16 Bottas pips Hamilton for pole

Valtteri Bottas edges out• his teammate, with Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Charles KNOW WHAT Leclerc finishing third and fourth Valtteri Bottas snared • Valtteri Bottas’ pole position and leads time of 1 minute, 31.547 the championship, seconds was enough one point ahead of to top the times ahead title-holder Hamilton of world champion after two races Lewis Hamilton

AFP | Shanghai, China eran who is a crowd favourite altteri Bottas pipped in China. Lewis Hamilton to pole Earlier, Toro Rosso’s Alex- Vposition for Sunday’s ander Albon lost control and milestone Chinese Grand Prix smashed at high speed towards in a dominant Mercedes front- the end of final practice, so did row lockout. not take part in qualifying. Sebastian Vettel was The 23-year-old rook - third-fastest for Mercedes’ ie climbed gingerly out of his arch-rivals Ferrari for the race wrecked car, but only after a in Shanghai, the 1,000th grand huge scare that drew gasps from prix in Formula One. the crowd in Shanghai. Bottas, who leads the world The Thai-Briton, who is in his championship by a point ahead first season in F1, careened into of title-holder Hamilton after a wall as he entered the straight two races, scorched to a best Mercedes’ Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas steers his car during the qualifying session with less than 10 minutes left of time of one minute 31.547 sec- third and final practice. onds. more famous team-mate. stappen and sixth his team-mate topped the times in first prac- experimenting throughout the His car was badly mangled That was just 0.023 secs Vettel, the four-time world Pierre Gasly. tice. session,” said the 34-year-old, and there was a frantic call from ahead of Hamilton, the Briton champion who has been in the The young Dutchman Ver- Bottas had also gone quickest a five-time winner in Shanghai. engineers asking if he was okay. who has been wrestling with spotlight after a series of un - stappen was infuriated after traf- in Q1, but five-time world cham- Hamilton conceded that “Valt- He was later given the all- his Mercedes and has voiced forced errors stretching back fic prevented him from clocking pion Hamilton was marginally teri’s been stellar all weekend”. clear but missed qualifying be- concern about Ferrari’s superior to last season, was 0.301secs off a final, flying lap, and made his faster in Q2. Bottas took a clear victory cause his ruined car could not straight-line speed. Bottas. anger clear in an expletive-filled Hamilton, who snatched vic- in the season-opening race in be fixed in time. Mercedes though appear to The German this time got the message over his radio. tory in Bahrain after Leclerc’s Melbourne and grabbed a bonus Albon said that he had been “a have the edge on the corners. better of his decade-younger Seventh and eighth were the Ferrari failed, said that he had point for the fastest lap to take bit too greedy”. “The car has been really good Ferrari team-mate Charles Le- Renault duo of Daniel Ricciar- been “struggling with the car the edge in the early standings. “I was obviously pushing, this weekend and Lewis also clerc, who is fourth on the grid do -- last year’s victor in China so I was just battling the thing”, trying to find the limits, but it improved a lot in qualifying, it and failed to so far to match his -- and Nico Hulkenberg. despite joining Bottas on the Albon smash should have been in qualifying was super close,” said the flying performance last time out in Bottas though is the man in front row. A notable casualty in Q2 was not FP3 (third practice),” he said. Finn Bottas, who is beginning to Bahrain. form, going fastest in the last “Valtteri was particularly former world champion Kimi Sunday’s race begins at 2:10 climb out of the shadow of his Fifth was Red Bull’s Max Ver- two practice sessions after Vettel quick in the first sector so I was Raikkonen, the Alfa Romeo vet- p.m. (0610 GMT).

SPAL postpone Juventus Much-changed Barcelona held by Huesca title celebrations AFP | Madrid Reuters | Milan is also Europe to concentrate arcelona held back for Man- eenager Moise Kean on,” said Allegri, who rested Bchester United by resting Tscored his sixth goal in as key players including Cristiano every outfield player possible many league games but cham- Ronaldo ahead of next week’s yesterday, including Lionel pions Juventus slumped to a Champions League decider Messi, as La Liga’s runaway shock 2-1 defeat at lowly SPAL against Ajax in Turin. leaders were held to a goalless yesterday to put their Serie A “If we had put all our regu- draw by Huesca. title celebrations on hold. lars in it would have been eas- Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Massimiliano Allegri’s side ier to win it, but there is also Stegen was the only one to keep had needed just a point to the goal to obtain on Tuesday.” his place at El Alcoraz as coach claim a 35th Scudetto with a Juventus have a 20-point Ernesto Valverde made clear his record six games to spare and advantage on Napoli and can focus is on sealing progress to Napoli a distant second. still seal the title in record time the Champions League semi-fi- Kean opened the scoring for on Sunday if Carlo Ancelotti’s nals after the 1-0 first-leg win at the seven-time reigning cham- side fail to win at bottom club Old Trafford in midweek. pions when the 19-year-old Chievo. Otherwise, they could Messi was left out of the squad stuck his foot out to direct a win their eighth consecutive completely while the suspended Joao Cancelo effort home after Scudetto next Saturday at Gerard Pique posted a picture half an hour in Ferrara. home against Fiorentina. on social media of him watching But Kevin Bonifazi (49) and Then they would match the the game on television, with a Sergio Floccari (74) respond- previous best of winning the bowl of paella on his lap. ed with precious goals which title with five games to spare For Huesca, who are bottom eased SPAL’s fight for top-flight achieved by Torino in 1947- of the table in their first-ever football next season. 1948, Fiorentina in 1955-1956 season in Spain’s top flight, a “Making records is very dif- and Roberto Mancini’s Inter hard-earned point means they ficult, it takes energy and there Milan in 2006-2007. sit five adrift of safety, albeit Barcelona’s Carles Alena in action with Huesca’s Gonzalo Melero having played a game more than those immediately above them. but there is little concern about Huesca but never really got out Dembele came closest to Their survival bid remains un- the Argentinian being fit for the of second gear. a goal in the first half after a likely but alive. return game at Camp Nou. Like Pique, Luis Suarez was brilliant reverse pass from the Malcom came closest to a also banned while Ivan Rakitic, talented Riqui Puig, one of a winner, his shot hitting the post, Barca focused on Europe Sergio Busquets and Clement number of youngsters given a but Huesca were good value for Barca’s huge advantage at the Lenglet were among those rest- chance to impress. the draw and could even have top of La Liga has afforded them ed. Another was Jean-Clair To- snatched victory themselves in the luxury now of prioritising Ousmane Dembele came in dibo, who saw a header saved the second half. success in Europe, the only issue after recovering from a ham- while Kevin-Prince Boateng, Messi left Manchester with perhaps for Valverde the small string injury and, after playing also handed a rare outing af - a swollen nose and cheek on matter of maintaining momen- 67 minutes, his chance of a start ter his arrival in January, was Wednesday after a clattering tum. next week would appear en - unable to connect with a low SPAL’s Italian defender Kevin Bonifazi (C) scores an equalizer challenge from Chris Smalling Overall, they were better than hanced. Dembele cross.