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The overall monsoon category. premature/compulsory retire- ture retirement will include the case titled Union of India deficiency is recorded 38 per The MeT department has ment of inefficient employees. group-wise (Group A, B and C) vs Col JN Sinha are strictly fol- cent till June 23. four divisions - east and the Recently the Government from the indirect taxes depart- Departments are requested to public sector undertakings number of employees to be lowed by prematurely retiring The country has received north east, south peninsula, had compulsorily retired 12 ment. undertake the periodic reviews (PSUs/banks and autonomous reviewed under Rule 56(j), the Government employees, 70.9 mm rainfall against the Central India and northwest officials of direct taxes and 15 "All Ministries and in letter and spirit, including in institutions) under their number of employees reviewed sources added. normal of 114.2 mm till date. India. look after the party affairs. Akash, the son of her SP chief Mayawati on younger brother Anand, made BSunday appointed her his public debut in May 2017, brother Anand Kumar as the when he accompanied party’s national vice president Mayawati to Saharanpur. In and her nephew Akash Anand September 2017, he shared the as its national coordinator, a stage with her and his father at senior leader said. a Meerut rally. She also appointed BSP After an alliance with the leader Ramji Gautam as the Samajwadi Party for the 2019 party’s national coordinator. Lok Sabha polls, Akash became The decision was taken at a more active and was credited meeting here which was with launching Mayawati on attended by top functionaries Twitter. of the party. He was seen with his aunt Amroha MP Danish Ali during election rallies. On has been made the leader of the April 16, after the Election party in the Lok Sabha and its Commission banned Mayawati Nagina MP Girish Chandra has for campaigning for 48 hours been appointed the chief whip, over a Model Code of Conduct he said. violation, Akash addressed a The elevation of Anand’s rally with SP chief Akhilesh son Akash is being seen a sign Yadav and RLD chief Ajit Singh as his growing influence in the in Agra. party affairs. The suave 24- Uttar Pradesh will witness year-old, who is now a regular bypolls on 12 Assembly seats indicating that the entry was his wife Shashi were found on in BSP’s official engagements, and Mayawati’s attempt is seen 'friendly' and they spent some their beds, while Khushbu was was introduced to party lead- as an attempt to strengthen the n yet another crime against time in the house. They then found dead in the drawing ers by Mayawati in 2017 when organisation after its “unex- mortem,” said Ratan Lal who rushed to rescue the vic- Isenior citizens in the nation- murdered Mathurs and room," a police official said. she told them that he had pected” performance in Lok Bhargava, Additional tims felt current in the struc- al Capital, an elderly couple, Khushbu early on Sunday. All Their neighbours said that returned from London after Sabha polls in which the party t least 14 people were killed Superintendent of Police of ture of the pandal. However, who retired from Government three were murdered with Vishnu Mathur had retired doing his MBA and he would won 10 seats. Aand about 50 injured after Balotara. they rescued those trapped service, were found murdered sharp weapons. The house was from the office of the Central a pandal fell on them due to Eyewitnesses claimed that inside and took them to hos- in their house along with their not ransacked as the motive Government Health Scheme strong winds and heavy rain the tent got uprooted due to the pitals in private vehicles and domestic help in South Delhi, was not robbery. We are prob- (CGHS) and Shashi Mathur during a religious programme winds and hovered for a few mini-vans. police said on Sunday. All ing the case from all possible had retired from New Delhi in Barmer district of Rajasthan seconds in the air before col- The programme was three identified as Vishnu angles," a police official tasked Municipal Council (NDMC). on Sunday, police said. lapsing. organised by Rani Bhatiyani Mathur (78), Shashi Mathur with the triple murder said. They had been living at A “Ram Katha” was organ- The person leading the Mandir Sansthan. It started (75) and Khushbu Nautiyal "The murders were dis- Vasant Apartments for nearly ised at a school ground near “Ram Katha”, Murlidhar on Saturday and was about to (24) were killed by slitting covered after another domes- 18 years. Rani Bhatiyani temple in Jasol Maharaj, stopped midway and continue till June 30. their throats. Mathurs lived in tic help came to do the house Khushbu Nautiyal, who area of the district. The pandal asked people to leave as the Prime Minister Narendra their first floor flat in Vasant chores on Sunday morning. She was their caretaker, stayed at was uprooted by strong winds, pandal started to collapse. He Modi condoled the incident. Apartments in Basant Gaon did not get any response after their house and had been trapping the people sitting scurried from the stage within “Collapse of a ‘Pandaal’ in near Vasant Vihar. she pressed the doorbell repeat- working with them for the last under it, police said, adding seconds, following which the Rajasthan’s Barmer is unfortu- "Preliminary investigation edly. She was surprised to find five-six months, neighbours hundreds of devotees were pandal collapsed, leading to a nate. has found that the killers had the door slightly ajar. She claimed. attending the programme. stampede-like situation, they My thoughts are with the gained entry into the flat as entered the flat and was flab- According to police, they “At least 14 persons have said. No immediate informa- bereaved families and I wish they appeared to be familiar bergasted to find the couple received two calls on the Police died in the incident and about tion was available about the the injured a quick recovery,” with the inmates of the house. and their help laying dead. The Control Room (PCR) at 8.50 50 are injured. Reasons of the condition of Maharaj. the PMO quoted him as saying There was no sign of resistance bodies of Vishnu Mathur and am and at 8.55 am. deaths will be clear after post- A shopkeeper said locals in a tweet. ! "R $%" !" ! # high altitude Kumaon followed wave activity during varying this assessment. The fourth control group that received no remained in contact with non- !" $ by sessions with dogs deployed meditative states, including and final study was conducted human contact during yoga. yoga performing handlers. &' (( research spanning 18 long in Chhattisgarh. effect of exhalation of ‘Om’ by on 12 dogs in Chhattisgarh. 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They first threw some eggs The study has shown a on the windscreen but when positive impact on the animals’ she did not stop her car, they behaviour, including enhanced opened two rounds of fire at noise sensitivity. her, a senior police officer The study has taken into said. One of the bullets hit her account the impact of handlers arm. practicing yoga in body contact With the help of a passer- with ponies in Ladakh, with by, she managed to inform dogs at Bhanu in Madhya police, the police official said. Pradesh, with mules at the !"
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uvenile means a person who is per cent or 38,061 out of 44,171 of to be the future criminals or drug television and pornography, other Jvery young, teenager, adolescent the minors apprehended for crime peddlers if we do not take care of addictions like drugs and alcohol, or underage. In other words, juve- lived with their parents. Also it was them now. It’s a wake-up call for all lack of good role models for children nile means children who have not found that those arrested were 16 of us. and lack of knowledge of the impor- yet reached the age of adults in the years or more of age and only 45 per Many experts believe that the tance counselling at the right time- sense that they are still childish or cent of them had completed primary present law is inadequate to deal all these factors may contribute to immature. Sometimes the term school but not class X. Also 12.25 with the situation today and we need juvenile delinquency. The prob- “child” is also interchangeably used per cent of them were illiterate and changes in it so that for heinous lems are manifold though the solu- for the term “juvenile”. 9.6 per cent of them had a high crimes juveniles may also be tried tion is simple. The parents need to Legally speaking, a juvenile can school education. and punished as adults. They say wake up and set their priorities right. be defined as a child who has not Crime by juveniles is a harsh that because they are let off with Take counselling help before the sit- attained a certain age at which he reality in India. In recent times juve- lesser punishment, therefore such uation goes overboard. can be held liable for his criminal niles were found to be involved in crimes are on the rise. Communicate, don't argue with acts like an adult person under the most heinous of the crimes such as But there are views in opposi- the children, tell them what is right law of the country. A juvenile delin- murder and gang rape. A minor tion to this as well. However, pun- and what is wrong. quent/criminal is a child who is raped another minor child. ishments –strict or hard will not Explain to them the difference alleged to have committed certain Some minors were arrested for solve this problem which is conta- between reel and real, educate your- acts or omissions which are in vio- drunk driving and running over a minating and spreading like cancer self to the telltale signs of when the lation of any law and are declared to pedestrian. Minors from well to do in the society today. We need to go child goes astray. Give quality time be an offence. homes gang rape their class fellow— to the root cause of the problem. to the children, be stress free and In terms of law, a juvenile is a such stories are often heard of or Why are our children straying away good role models. The parents also person who has not attained the age read in the newspapers these days. in to crime? One of the major rea- need to keep an eye on their chil- of eighteen years. It has a legal sig- It is a disturbing trend in the soci- sons is bad parenting and lack of dren's school work—do not leave all nificance. As per the Juvenile Justice ety and we are all anguished by such bonding and healthy communica- to tuition. (Care and Protection) Act, 2000, a criminal acts by children. tion between the parents and chil- Also, keep an eye on their friends juvenile shall not be treated as an We see young homeless boys dren today—due to a variety of rea- and screen time or mobile phone or adult even if he/she is involved in selling balloons on the pavements of sons. internet time. Talk to them consis- any criminal acts for the purpose of Rajpur Road. They are rude and Rising divorce cases of parents tently. The parents should let their trial and punishment in the court of abusive if you refuse to buy their bal- are also leading to development of children know that they are their best law. loons or give them some money. insecure children. Dysfunctional ture so prevalent now—where chil- chological problems in children which leads to less friendship and friends. Last but not the least, boost However, data from National These are the homeless groups of families where both the parents are dren are left with their mobiles and like low self-esteem and depression. trust also boost situations that may their self esteem- tell them you love Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) children who are adopted by well- working to meet their social and domestic helps—to fend for them- Lack of adequate coping skills in the abet juvenile delinquency. Lack of them. shows that in 2016 among all the meaning NGOs or other organisa- financial needs and hence have lit- selves do not help. children to meet these challenges emotional ability skills in both par- juveniles arrested only 3.5 per cent tions -but let off on the streets to tle time for the children are anoth- Challenges at schools and col- adaptively and atmosphere of more ents and children, peer pressure (The author is a neuro psycholo- were homeless. The remaining 86 fend for themselves. They may turn er factor. The nuclear family struc- leges may also lead to various psy- competition at home and in school anger, addiction to mobile phones, gist and CBSE designated counsellor) )" + ) ' 0 ) 0 * , ' & $ Vinay Shankar Pandey said, director for HSI’s Companion “The programme is a step Animals and Engagement or the harmonious co-exis- towards promoting co-exis- Programme, Rahul Sehgal said, 50 KLD decentralised portable magnised Ftence of citizens and street tence and human empathy for “This is the next logical long- Asewage treatment plant (STP) was inau- dogs, the Humane Society animals. term step in the process of mak- gurated by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh International launched pro- With this effort, a positive ing a peaceful environment for Rawat at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh on gramme Abhay Sankalp in atmosphere will be created to both people and dogs. Sunday. The CM said, "I am glad to see the pos- Dehradun. Residents of 70 understand the behaviour of It aims to provide accurate itive example being set here. This is a good ini- n a road accident under the housing societies from across each other by re-establishing info to communities, but also tiative, especially apt ahead of the upcoming Iarea of Kalsi police station, a Dehradun signed up to partic- the long-term relationship of works with communities to Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. utility vehicle fell off the road ipate in programme. Dehradun the dog, human beings and the make humane decisions towards This technology uses less space and is cost near Koti Ichari Dam in which Municipal Commissioner love of humankind.” Senior dogs that live in their areas.” effective, offering a viable solution to institu- the driver died on the spot, tions, businesses and others to treat and reuse while other two men were res- wastewater effectively." Chidanand Saraswati of cued by the police and per- Parmarth Niketan said, " sonnel of fire and emergency At the current rate of water consumption Therefore, it is crucial and paramount that we services. in India, we will only have half the water we must work to be the solution to the pollution, Police got information require by the year 2030 and the world will only doing whatever we can with the time, talent, about the accident at about 2 informed the police about the have half the water it needs by the year 2040. technology and tenacity that we have to pro- AM on Sunday, however due to accident. According to the tect and preserve our sacred the night and bushes near the information provided by the water bodies and river sys- accident site they could not police, four people on Saturday tems.” spot the driver. After 5 AM night started their journey Director of Pi-Lo Shudh when the rescue mission was towards Vikasnagar from Pani Seva Foundation, Jatin resumed the driver was found Uttarkashi in a jeep via Tyuni- Ahlawat shared, "This is the dead. The deceased has been Koti road. The vehicle was also first such decentralised system identified as Ajaypal Singh carrying parts of electric poles. in the nation to treat waste- Negi (30), a resident of Near the Koti-Ichari Dam water to potable drinking Uttarkashi. The two injured are the driver lost control of the jeep water standards and I illus- Gautam Tomar (20), a resident causing it to fall into a 200 feet trated that by drinking it. of Meerut and Atul (21), a res- deep gorge. The jeep was hired We all need to take this ident of Ramnagar. by the three passengers for some intiative and be the change The fourth person who electricity work in Vikasnagar. that we wish to see in the was in the vehicle and fell out Police are still trying to find out world and I am glad to see the of it on the road before it fell the cause behind the accident. partnership of Parmarth, Pilo into the gorge has been iden- The injured were discharged and GIWA coming together to tified as Kapil (20), a resident after primary treatment at Kalsi set that example." of Meerut. It was he who government hospital.
for being closely connected to Booker prize three times; she been the pivot around the town has been very old. (( the lives of this sensitive writer received the Sahitya Akademi which the narratives Anita was born there and and her family members. Award in 1978 for her novel revolved. Desai is also, we all spent our long sum- nyone who has a sincere Mussoorie has always had a Fire on the Mountain. She won known for her sensitive mer vacations later, staying Ainterest in English close connection with writing the British Guardian Prize for portrayal of the inner often at Connaught Castle, a Literature would be very and writers. Anita was born The Village by the Sea. life of her female char- hotel opposite the State Bank of familiar with writings of well- in this hill town to DN She grew up speaking acters. India. Even later, our children known author Anita Desai, Mazumdar, a Bengali busi- German at home and Bengali, Desai considers studied at Woodstock.” who was born in this hill sta- nessman, and Toni Nime, a Urdu, Hindi and English out- herself lucky for having Their father, DN tion on June 24, 1937. Her German expatriate. Her broth- side the house. However, she not left India until late Mazumdar, was from Dhaka. works like Cry The Peacock er, DN Mazumdar, an old did not visit Germany until in her life, because she When he went to Germany for and Fire on the Mountain are Doonite, resides in the valley later in life as an adult. She first feels that she has been his doctorate, he had met a part of the syllabi of universi- and so does her sister. On the learned to read and write in drifting away from it German girl – Toni Nime- ties in India and abroad. occasion of her birthday, they English at school and as a ever since. In 2011, in whom he married. The couple This widely -read writer always miss her and think of result English became her "lit- her work The Artist of had four children. Three were celebrates her 82nd birthday their childhood spent in erary language". She began to Disappearance, she girls –Anita, Roma and Indira. today. On this occasion it is Mussoorie. write in English at the age of recreated the atmos- “I was the only boy surround- indeed a great honour for the Anita Mazumdar Desai seven and published her first phere of the Mussoorie ed by my sisters. We all have Doon valley and Mussoorie has been shortlisted for the story at the age of nine. of yore. been very close to each other all She was a student at Clear Light of Day (1980), In Seven years after her last our lives,” says Mazumdar, Queen Mary's Higher Custody (1984) and Fasting, novel (The Zig Zag Way), known fondly as Dinu, who has Secondary School in Delhi Feasting (1999), each of which Desai returned in 2011with been living in the Doon valley and received her BA in English was shortlisted for the Booker three gem-like novellas in this for more than twenty years literature in 1957 from Prize. In Custody was made collection. now. Miranda House, University of into a film by Merchant Ivory The title novella “The Desai is one of India’s fore- Delhi. productions. Her children's Artist of Disappearance” is the most writers. She has written Anita Desai published her book The Village by the Sea one which is based in sixteen works of fiction ,includ- first novel, Cry The Peacock, (1982), won the Guardian Mussoorie and brings back the ing Clear Light of Day (1980), in 1963. She considers Clear Children's Fiction Award. memories of days when the In Custody (1984) and Fasting, Light of Day (1980) her most Desai later adapted In Custody British soldiers came to the Feasting (1999), all shortlisted autobiographical work. In 1984 as a screenplay, which Ismail “gay” hill station to relax and for the Booker Prize. she published In Custody Merchant and James Ivory pro- also of the days, much later, Desai currently divides her about an Urdu poet in his duced as a motion picture in when limestone mining rav- time between USA and Mexico. declining days - which was 1993. aged this beautiful hill town. She was awarded the Padma shortlisted for the Booker Desai’s appearance on the Talking to The Pioneer, DN Bhushan in 2014. She is a Prize. literary scene in 1963 with the Mazumdar, Desai’s brother, Fellow of many prominent lit- Her novels include Fire publication of “Cry, The said that the impressions left by erary organizations such as on the Mountain (1977), Peacock” led to a shift in the hill station on their young The Royal Society of Literature, which won the Winifred women’s spaces. Before this, minds were deep and strong. London and the American Holtby Memorial Prize, and women’s inner space had never “Our family’s association with Academy of Arts and Letters.
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He later said that the rum this time too. 3@ $)* & opposition has assured its coopera- In the meeting of the business n the case of eight moun- tion in conducting the house in a sys- advisory committee, it was stated that Itaineers who died while tematic manner. on the first day of the session, trib- attempting to scale Nanda Devi In the meeting of the party lead- utes will be paid to the Late East in Pithoragarh district, the ers, the officiating Parliamentary Parliamentary Affairs minister Indo-Tibetan Border Police ome of the members from the Polish-group which despite the Affairs minister Madan Kaushik said Prakash Pant. For the works to be (ITBP) team has recovered Swarnings and advisory issued by the Pithoragarh district that a constructive debate will be held undertaken on the second day- June - seven dead bodies at the alti- administration continued with their mountaineering on Nanda in the House on the issues of public 25, a meeting of the business advisory tude of about 21,000 feet near Devi East peak have returned to Munsyari. According to reli- interest. As per the rules, such issues committee will be held again on the peak where the moun- able sources, 18 of the 20-member Polish team have returned will be tabled in the House on which Monday to decided the agenda. One taineers were reported missing on Sunday, however two of them are still actively climbing. on May 26. Search for the or the security and smooth conduct of eighth moun- FVidhan Sabha session that is scheduled to taineer will be start from Monday, Dehradun Senior conducted on Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nivedita Monday. The Kukreti took briefing of district police per- team of Indian sonnel on Sunday at police line. SSP Kukreti Mountaineering instructed them to make sure that no Foundation unwanted element is to cross the barrier (IMF), which towards Vidhan Sabha during rallies or was attempting protests. Four barriers — at Pragati Vihar, to retrieve the Shastrinagar, Haridwar bypass and Defence bodies taking a Colony have been set up to maintain the law different route and order during any rally. via Pindari glac- SSP Kukreti directed police personnel on ier, has also set duty to not engage with any unnecessary higher camp I. comments and to inform senior officers in IMF has been case of an argument. She also said that no updated on the commercial vehicle is to pass towards Vidhan recovery of the Sabha under any circumstances. Private bodies. bodies believed to be of the been retrieved and taken to a the State has expectations, he said. minute silence was observed each in vehicles of local residents will be allowed to Pithoragarh District missing mountaineers at an nearby site. Further trans- Speaking in the meeting, the the meeting of the party leaders and go through and will only be stopped or divert- Magistrate Vijay Kumar unnamed peak near Nanda portation will probably be done he Vidhan Sabha Speaker Prem leader of the opposition in the Vidhan business advisory committee to pay ed under special circumstances. Jogdande said, “An IAF Mi-17 Devi East. The seven bodies by the chopper of Indian Air TChand Agrawal on Sunday Sabha, Indira Hridayesh said that if tribute to Pant. Deputy speaker of the Heavy vehicles will be diverted from helicopter will be carrying the include that of a woman also. Force. Terrain conditions of the presided over the meetings of party issues in the interests of the State are Assembly, Raghunath Singh Kargi Chowk and Doiwala towards Dudhli team with the bodies back the The search for the eighth mountain don’t allow them to leaders and the business advisory tabled in the House, the opposition will Chauhan, officiating Parliamentary Road. Vehicles going from Dehradun to same way they were dropped. mountaineer will be carried out be carried through land route.” committee on the eve of the start of provide full cooperation. She further Affairs minister Madan Kaushik, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Tehri and Chamoli will Afterwards the post mortem of on Monday. ITBP team On behalf of IMF, Wing the two-day Vidhan Sabha session. assured that the opposition will coop- leader of opposition Indira Hridayesh be diverted from Fountain Chowk to Raipur the bodies will be conducted. reached the site through tech- Commander Amit Chaudhary Attending the meetings, the chief erate in full conduct of the House. along with Congress MLAs Pritam ring road. Buses coming from Doiwala to Search for the eighth moun- nical climbing, as the terrain said, “Our team will be reach- minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said The Vidhan Sabha Speaker Prem Singh and Govind Singh Kunjwal Dehradun will be diverted from Jogiwala and taineer’s body will be carried conditions are difficult because ing the mishap site on Monday that the government will provide Chand Agrawal said that it was due along with Vidhan Sabha secretary will take U-turn from Kailash Hospital. Any out on Monday.” of steep gradient, snow buildup and they with ITBP will be car- answers with full preparation to to the cooperation of the opposition Jagdish Chandra and other officials protest march will start from Bannu School; Official spokesman of and wind conditions.” rying out the search mission for issues raised by the opposition in pub- that the previous Assembly session were also present in the business advi- personnel involved in the march will also park ITBP, Vivek Pandey said, “ITBP He further added, the eighth missing moun- lic interest during the session. He was concluded peacefully. He said sory committee meeting. their vehicles at the school. members discovered seven “Recovered dead bodies have taineer.” $ , ) ' $ & 00$ *(
centre is dedicated to this foundation stone laying cere- benefit from the training to be ! " thought, said Singh. He further mony for the recruitment cen- provided by the Coast Guard said that the Coast Guard is tre will be held on June 28. The to the local personnel and ar from the tragedy in the # also working on entering into State Government has pro- youth in disaster rescue and Flitchi growing belt of Bihar, an affiliation with the National vided about five bigha land for relief measures, he said. The the producers of this fruit in Disaster Response Force the centre at Kuawala on the chief minister said that natives Ramnagar and Haldwani in $ (NDRF). Later, the Coast outskirts of Dehradun city. of Uttarakhand are working in Nainital district are making Guard will also bring two The Coast Guard has provid- various arms of the armed brisk profits this year. Both the Gemini boats along with divers ed Rs 17 crore to the State for forces. “The Prime Minister cultivators and wholesalers are to Uttarakhand to work with the land. About Rs 25 crore has envisioned developing a happy as the litchi being grown the State Disaster Response will be spent on construction fifth Dham- Sainya Dham in here is selling at good rates, he Indian Coast unaffected by the Acute TGuard will start a Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) recruitment centre in in the litchi belt of Bihar. Dehradun. Presenting Litchi grown in Ramnagar the letter of approval is sold locally and also export- in principle from the ed. About 500 quintals of litchi Ministry of Defence, from the fruit strip including Government of India Chilkiya, Tanda, Pirumdara, to the chief minister Basai, Haldua, Gaushala, Choi, Trivendra Singh Gebua, Belpadav and other Rawat, the Coast villages is harvested from the Guard director gen- third week of May to the end eral Rajendra Singh of June. Expert Shamim said that in addition Durrani said that the fruit is to Uttarakhand, this grown on about 450 hectare centre will recruit area here. After the fruit from youth from three Ramnagar is all harvested, other states- Uttar litchis from Jyolikot arrive here. fruit is coming from Chaklua, sweet taste of the local litchis. did suffer a bit. However, the Pradesh, Himachal Haldwani Mandi Samiti secre- Belpadav, Kaladhungi, Kaladhungi-based armer sales are good and the AES Pradesh and tary Vishwa Vijay Singh states Gaulapar and Motahaldu. Kishan Singh states that due to spread in Muzaffarpur in Bihar Haryana. that apart from Ramnagar, a Apart from the locals, the weather related factors and has not affected the sales of Speaking on the considerable quantity of this tourists are also enjoying the delay in rains, the litchi crop litchi here. occasion at the chief minister’s residence on Sunday morning, the Coast Guard DG ! *. said that currently, the force has 145 ships and 62 Force (SDRF) in training the of the recruitment centre Uttarakhand. It is the State’s aircraft which are to be youth of the State in disaster building. The chief minister good fortune that the fifth increased to 200 ships and 110 rescue and relief measures. It said that opening of the Coast recruitment centre of the aircrafts by 2021. He said that will take about 16-18 months Guard recruitment centre in Coast Guard will come up early 2.5 kilometres from the Chorabari Tal which had burst its banks in 2013 to cause the Kedarnath disaster, State Disaster during his visit to Uttarakhand, for the recruitment centre to Dehradun will enable the here. In the Raibar programme NResponse Force (SDRF) recently spotted another lake. According to SDRF there is no immediate danger from the lake. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi come up on the land provided youth of Uttarakhand access held earlier, the Coast Guard force is keeping a regular check on the condition of this glacial lake. had said that in addition to the by the State Government for good employment opportuni- DG had proposed opening Rudraprayag District Magistrate (DM) Mangesh Ghildiyal said, “Ahead of the Chorabari Tal we spotted a lake at the foothill Char Dham shrines, this purpose, he added. ties in the Coast Guard. In up of a recruitment centre in of the glacier. We have contacted Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology; they will be sending their team here for inspection. On Uttarakhand should also have Speaking on the occasion, addition to this, Uttarakhand- the state,” he said while appre- the basis of that team’s recommendations we will be taking suitable actions.” a fifth Dham- Sainya Dham. the chief minister Trivendra which is vulnerable from the ciating the DG’s efforts in SDRF Superintendent of Police (SP), Commandant, Tripti Bhatt said, “The glacial lake is a natural phenomenon and it poses The Coast Guard recruitment Singh Rawat said that the view point of disasters will also facilitating this. no immediate danger. Our team is regularly maintaining a check on the lake and its progress, if any.” &' ! # "#$
Ganga river is pending. The tying into the river out of which Haridwar district magistrate main drains still remain to be n the past three decades, many assures that the tapping of drains tapped. Icrores of rupees have been will be done soon though how A local resident of Jwalapur, spent on works to make the long it will take is yet to be spec- Naeem Qureshi said, “The capac- Ganga river clean but the river ified. Deadlines have not been ity of the sewage treatment plant remains polluted especially in the met in the past years, making is not that much to enable it to plains of Uttarakhand. Now once delay in such important works treat the whole volume of water again with budgetary allocation develop into an annual trend. released in drain. Especially in being made, attempts have start- Observers point out that the rainy season when other drains ed to clean the Ganga. claims being made by the officials also unite, the swelled up drain In its state of origin, the are far from reality. Various drains pours out untreated waste into the he Bharatiya Janata Party has suspended its Ganga is considerably clean have continued to empty in to the Ganga river.” TKhanpur MLA Pranav Singh ‘Champion’ especially in the mountains but Ganga river for years now. The Notably, the first attempt to from the party for a period of three months on its waters become polluted once Kassaban drain which empties clean the Ganga river was made charges of indiscipline. The decision was it reaches the plains in waste in to Ganga in Jwalapur in 1984 under Ganga Action announced by the party’s state unit late on Haridwar and then to other area too awaits tapping since Plan. Funds were spent on works Saturday evening. states--Uttar Pradesh, Bihar long. The sewerage treatment including the tapping of drains, After preliminary inquiry into the Khanpur and West Bengal. During its plant under construction for the laying of sewer lines, construction MLA’s alleged misbehaviour with a journalist in journey the quality of its water same was started two years ago of sewage treatment plants and the recent past and other charges of indiscipline, is affected by the cities which but the work is still going on. The other works. the party’s State president Ajay Bhatt ordered his are located on its banks. Ganga then minister for Ganga When asked about this, the suspension from the party’s primary membership is polluted not only by the Rejuvenation, Uma Bharti had district magistrate of Haridwar, for a period of three months. Late on Saturday industrial effluent but also by also assured many times that Deepak Rawat said, “The work evening, the BJP state general secretary Naresh the sewage lines which empty tapping of all drains emptying in of tapping of waste water drain Bansal informed that for the three-month dura- untreated waste into the river. to the Ganga would be complet- is going on and many have tion, the Khanpur MLA will not be able to attend The State Government has ed by 2018 but the waste water been tapped but it is of no use any of the meetings of the party or its legislators. often claimed that all drains continues to be drained in to the till the capacity of STP is It will be recalled that recently a video had gone emptying into Ganga shall be river untreated. increased. Kassaban nala has viral in which Champion was seen purportedly tapped before January 2019 and Having spent crores of been tapped and very soon the threatening an electronic media journalist at roads in Haridwar would be free rupees in the name of Ganga sewage treatment plant work Uttarakhand Niwas in New Delhi. of stray cattle before the onset of cleaning, the government has still shall be completed. Some works Before that, he also grabbed headlines along Kumbh Mela in 2021. But the not been able to tap the biggest shall be completed by December with his Jhabreda counterpart Deshraj Karnwal for grim reality is that till date the waste water drain of Kassaban. this year and others till March a spate of allegations and counters levelled by the work of tapping drains falling into About 70 nalas (drains) are emp- next year.” duo on each other. ( !" * , !) ! - . " (* # ! "
5 Naam Charcha Ghar (con- Gursewak Singh and come out of his cell and gregation or prayer centres) in Maninder Singh with iron attacked will be known once earing communal violence, Kotkapura. In fact, the Dera rods. Both are serving life probe is held. Already, the Fthe Punjab police on had cancelled its weekly dis- terms for murder. Minister had ordered suspen- Sunday stepped up security in trict-level Naam Charcha The Government sion of two jail warders, the “sensitive” parts of the (congregation) across the spokesperson said that the besides shifting three other State a day after Dera Sacha State, while asking its follow- state Additional Director officials. “Assistant Sauda sect follower Mohinder ers to reach Kotkapura. General (Prisons) Rohit Superintendent of Jail Ajmer Pal Bittu, one of the prime Inspector General of Chaudhary will head the fact- Singh and warder Major Singh 5 lodged in a separate cell, come out in the had booked Bittu for allegedly hurting reli- suspects in a case relating to Police (Ferozepur Range) MS finding committee, which has and Aman Giri have been open and was attacked. Till the time these gious sentiments of Sikhs, carrying an ille- the desecration of Guru Chhina has been camping in been asked to submit a report suspended for lapse in securi- day after Dera Sacha Sauda follower’s things become clear we will not cremate gal weapon and being involved in unlaw- Granth Sahib in Bargari in Kotakpura to keep a tab on the within three days. The inquiry ty,” he had said on Saturday. Amurder Mahinder Pal Bittu — the the body,” a Dera member told reporters ful activities. A case under Section 295-A 2015, was killed inside the situation at Kotkapura, which will be in addition to the Jail Superintendent Balkar accused in 2015 sacrilege case in Punjab, in Kotkapura. Another sect member of the IPC, Sections 13(1) and 17 of the prison. is the epicentre of sacrilege mandatory judicial inquest Singh Bhullar said that the inside the Nabha high-security jail, the claimed that Bittu was "falsely booked" in Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Tight security measures incidents followed by police into the murder of the incident took place following Sirsa-based Sect made it clear that it would the sacrilege case and it should be Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was were put in place across the firing in which two Sikh pro- accused, added the govern- an altercation between Bittu not allow his cremation until the sacrilege dropped. Bittu, the prime suspect in a case registered against him. He was accused in State, especially in Kotkapura testors were killed in October ment spokesperson. and the accused in the evening, cases against him were dropped. At the relating to the desecration of Guru Granth many sacrilege incidents, including the one town in Faridkot, to prevent 2015. The attack inside the but the motive was yet to be same time, the Sect also demanded to put Sahib in Bargari in 2015, was beaten to that took place at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala any untoward incident. Bittu “Sufficient paramilitary prison incident also evoked ascertained. behind bars the “real” culprits who killed death in the high-security Nabha prison, and Bargari. According to the police, a Sikh was killed allegedly by two and state police force has sharp reaction from the oppo- Inspector General, Patiala Bittu inside the jail. near Patiala, by a murder convict and a scripture was recovered from his house inmates in the high-security been deployed in the town to sition, with SAD president Range, AS Rai said that both The Dera members, who had gathered murder accused on Saturday evening. lying in a disrespectful condition in scrap Nabha prison. Bittu, a follow- maintain peace,” he said. Sukhbir Badal demanding an the attackers are baptised Sikhs at Kotkapura Naam Charcha Ghar where Belonging to Kotkapura town in last year. The police also seized a piece of er of Dera Sacha Sauda sect, Kotkapura and many of its inquiry, while his party's who are claiming to have Bittu’s body was kept, also demanded judi- Faridkot district, Mahinder Pal Bittu was paper on which Bittu and his associates had was allegedly attacked by two adjoining towns in Punjab senior leader Balwinder Singh attacked Bittu “because he is cial probe into the incident, making it clear wanted in many sacrilege cases, including scribbled about a plan to disrupt railway murder-convict jail inmates have sizeable presence of Dera Bhunder said that if “this is the the main accused in the that the body will not be cremated till then. violence in Haryana’s Panchkula town traffic. on Saturday evening after followers. Security has also state of jails in Punjab, then Bargari case”. “We want judicial probe into the after the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda Twenty-five empty cartridges of a .32 which he was rushed to Nabha been stepped up in 'Naam one can imagine law and order attack incident. While the police has iden- sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in bore gun were also seized from his house. civil hospital near Patiala, Charcha Ghars' at other places situation in the state”. SON ALLEGES CON- tified two persons who carried out the 2017. He was arrested in 2018 by a spe- In April, Faridkot District and Sessions where he was declared in the state. SPIRACY attack, but we want that those who cial investigation team from Himachal Judge had dismissed the bail plea of brought dead. Punjab Chief Minister MAGISTERIAL PROBE Dera follower Mahinder planned the attack should be identified Pradesh’s Palampur town. Bittu, who had claimed he was falsely The two attackers were Capt Amarinder Singh, while ORDERED Pal Bittu's son Parminder on and punished,” they said. Owner of a bakery shop, Bittu had implicated in the case. The public prose- produced before the Court on appealing to the public not to Punjab Jails Minister Sunday alleged that his father The decision was taken by the Sect’s been absconding since August 2017 fol- cutor had claimed that Bittu was involved Sunday which sent them on get swayed by rumours and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has been “killed under a con- 45-member executive committee which lowing the conviction of Dera chief in not one, but many cases of sacrilege. four-day police remand. maintain peace at all costs, has on Sunday said that a magis- spiracy”. Parminder told the claimed that the murder was not as Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. He was one Bittu was also involved in damaging pub- After a three-member already ordered an inquiry terial probe has been marked reporters in Kotkapura that impulsive as the police claimed, “but it was of the around 150 Dera followers booked lic property in Moga in 2011, he added. panel of doctors conducted into the fatal assault on Bittu, into the attack.“The Bargari family used to meet him in jail a carefully planned act that likely had by the Panchkula police for violence that During an investigation into Behbal Kalan the post-mortem at 4 am at besides ordering beefing up of accused were kept in separate every Saturday. “Every some big people behind it”. The Dera broke out after the Dera head’s conviction. and Kotkapura police firing incidents, the Nabha Civil Hospital, Bittu’s security in the State. cell so that such incident does Saturday, we used to meet maintained that until the name of these He had been lodged in the high-secu- Justice Ranjit Singh Commission had body was handed over to the Those involved in the not take place. Unfortunately, him. As soon as we left yes- bigwigs is not disclosed, there would be rity Nabha jail for the past 11 months. also identified Bittu as one of the main con- family, and brought to his attack would face punishment such a thing happened. Three terday, minutes later we were no cremation. “How did Bittu, who was In June 2018, the Kotkapura police spirators who planned sacrilege. native town Kotkapura, where for the crime, he had said. The jail officials have been sus- informed that he has been large number of Dera follow- preliminary investigations pended,” said Randhawa. attacked...my father has been that case against his father “was case, we want justice”. GANG- KILLING A gangster Sukhpreet attack on Bittu, saying that the ers gathered since morning. said that 49-year-old Bittu He said that under what killed under a conspiracy,” he registered under a conspiracy. STER BUDDDA CLAIMED Budda has, in a Facebook post, two inmates were members of His body has been placed in was allegedly killed by circumstances Mahinder Pal alleged. Bittu's son also alleged His name was dragged into this RESPONSIBILITY OF BITTU claimed the responsibility for the his group. */ * */
he Rashtriya Janata Dal T(RJD)—the party of Bihar former Chief Minister Lalu they are doing, they Prasad is facing serious crisis should generate since its existence split into two awareness about the factions in Jharkhand on ater conservation water conservation Sunday with the group lead by Wworks will be done among all the sections RJD former State president, with suggestions and par- of society in their Gautam Sagar Rana forming ticipation of people. A Water respective areas. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Cell has been formed at the They should give Loktantrik Party. State level. their maximal contri- The rebel RJD leaders Responsibility of the bution in works to organised a meeting on Sunday water cell has been entrust- stop water. Kamal christened as ‘Parivatrtan ed to the officer of secretary Nath said that draught Sabha’ and decided to form level. Common citizens can is a natural calamity. separate political unit claiming give their suggestions as Nobody has control that there outfit is real RJD regard to the activities to over it but people have based on social justice and water conservation at the courage and strength empowerment of poor, tribals, email ID to tackle draught. Dalits and extremely back- of Water Cell water- Therefore, we can face ward castes. [email protected]. this crisis successfully Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Minister Kamal by doing works of Loktantrik Party, newly elect- Nath in his message to the water conservation. ed State president Gautam people of the State has He further men- Sagar Rana said, “The RJD has appealed them to save water tioned that we all have distanced from its core policies and to share their experi- to do all necessary and ideals. The party’s power, ences and suggestions for work together to stop which was led by Lalu Prasad, -./ , . , 0 1 . the development of new rain water in village is now shared by different RJD " water sources. itself in this monsoon. leaders who have their own He has said that that Instead of big goals and aspirations.” policy of social justice and faction leaders claimed that the Subhaash Yadav had nection with multi crore fod- youth will be entrusted with schemes, we will have Rana a socialist leader had empowerment of poor.” present State leadership is unsuccessfully contested from der scam and admitted at the responsibility of water con- state now. Besides, the Chief to do small but important worked with Jayaprakash Echoing the views of Rana, occupied by leaders from Bihar Chatra on RJD ticket, but the RIMS, Tejashwi Yadav son of servation works by forming Minister said that water is an works related to ponds, check Narayan, Karpoori Thakur, RJD’s former spokesperson, having no political knowledge leader was not even able to Lalu jee and leading the party Yuva Shakti Committees and a essentia l need of all. Without dams, percolation ponds on Lalu Prasad, Ram Vilas Paswan Kailash Yadav said, “Ours is or existence of State. Yadav forfeit his deposit from after party’s rout in Lok Sabha big movement will be con- water we can’t even think of life. farms-ponds, construction of and Nitish Kumar and has real RJD as the group has sup- claimed that the senior party Chatra. Worse, the faction election is missing. The ducted. He urged youth to Hence, it is necessary that boundaries and well recharge served as RJD Jharkhand unit port of senior leaders. leaders started moving away headed by Gautam Sagar absence of these two leaders become Jal-Doots. youth must play an important together in rural areas at local president for five times. He was All 24 district units presi- from RJD ever since leaders Rana had given June 21 dead- has created a vacuum in Nath further said that the role in water conservation level. one of senior leaders of RJD dents who attended the meet- from Bihar started getting line to solve the crisis, but party.” Water Cell will work to decide works. Do plantation at wide both during united Bihar and ing decided to repose faith on prominence in State leadership. none of the central leadership In just concluded Lok strategy as regard to water He urged youth that they scale, water them and also pro- when Jharkhand was created. Gautam Sagar Rana.” Earlier, Sources said that desertion from RJD even managed tried Sabha election the RJD faced conservation works and its should work as Jal-Doot. tect them. The Chief Minister Rana said, “Lalu jee with- the faction led by Rana, a fort- of former State RJD presidents to solve the crisis. a humiliating defeat since its reasonable use. He stated that We can use water in a bet- has urged big farmers of the out looking into the merits of night back had given June 21 Annapurna Devi, Giriraj Singh A senior State RJD leader existence. all the works of water conser- ter manner by saving every state that they themselves leaders last month removed me ultimatum urging the RJD’s and RJD general secretary, requesting anonymity said, The party failed to win vation and increase of water drop of water with their ideas, should do works of ponds as State president and appoint- central leadership to consider Manoj Bhuyian was due to “The RJD since its existence in single seats in Bihar and sources in the state will be done perspective and passion. and ground water recharge at ed a person having criminal the decision on appointment of Subhash Yadav a leader from 1997 is facing serious crisis. Jharkhand despite the fact as per the suggestions and par- He told youth that wher- their own cost at their own background as new RJD pres- Abhay Kumar Singh as new Bihar started growing promi- The party president Lalu the party was part of Grand ticipation of people of the ever they are, whatever work farms to stop water. ident which is against RJD’s State president.The breakaway nence. Prasad is behind bar in con- Alliance in both the State. 3 $" 4 5* (
imachal Chief Minister HJai Ram Thakur reached Dubai on Sunday afternoon on he Srilanka island made a four-day visit to UAE. Tinaccessible by the raging He was accompanied by waters of the Gaula river dur- Industries Minister Bikram ing the monsoon has its resi- Singh and a high-level dele- dents losing contact with the gation including senior offi- outside world during the rains. cials of the State. This settlement was visited by “The purpose of the visit a district administration team is to project Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. as an attractive investment Leading the team, the sub destination in sectors such as divisional magistrate Vivek Rai horticulture, tourism, phar- inspected the area and direct- Gaula in spate, the island loses ble and riverside areas of maceuticals, energy, food pro- ed that the emergency helipad contact with the outside world. Bindukhatta including cessing, logistics, education be cleared. Informing the SDM The 37 families living here Indranagar, Hadagram, and skill development,” said an about the various problems are unable to move out during Sanjaynagar, Khuriyakhatta official spokesman. faced in the area, the villagers the rains even as Gaula erodes and Rawatnagar as vulnerable. He said that during the also demanded the construc- land on its banks considerably A flood control room has visit, Chief Minister is sched- tion of a path to the village. during the rains. Considering been set up in Lalkuan Tehsil uled to hold high-level meet- Ahead of the advent of the this, the district administration where emergency staff is post- ings at ministerial and official monsoon season, the district has made elaborate arrange- ed 24 hours along with neces- level as well as with chambers Dubai on June 25 evening. The businessmen and profession- Netherlands and Germany to cessing, tourism and hydro- administration team inspected ments to tackle flood. The sary equipment. of commerce and leading Global Investors' Meet 2019 is als at Business Leaders’ Forum, promote 'Rising Himachal” electricity. A memorandum the settlement and distributed Haldwani SDM Vivek Rai The control room number investors. the flagship business event of Institute of Chartered Global Investors' Meet'. of understanding (MoU) was ration, medicines and other reached the island with a team has already been shared with Chief Minister and his Himachal Pradesh and its Accountants of India - Dubai After his visit, Thakur had also signed between the State materials to the villagers while of departmental officials. They residents of the island and delegation will be holding a inaugural edition will be held Chapter and People of Indian said that the business com- Government and the also reviewing arrangements team informed the villagers in other vulnerable areas. The road show on “Rising at Dharamshala on November Origin Chamber of munity of both the countries Frankfurt Innovation for rescue in case of emergency. detail about the rescue and district administration team Himachal: Global Investors’ 7 and 8, the spokesman said. Commerce and Industry showed interest to invest in Zentrum, Germany, to explore Currently, one side of the relief measures. also distributed ration, medi- Meet 2019” at an event being He further said that the (PIOCCI) and with Indian Himachal in various sectors, areas of collaboration in the island has the flowing river The SDM said that the cines and other items among organized by Indian Business Chief Minister will also be community. Recently, the including agriculture, horti- fields of precision medicine while the other side is nearly administration has marked the residents of the island dur- and Professional Council, interacting with prominent Chief Minister had visited culture, food and fruit pro- and precision agriculture. dry but during the rain with the Srilanka as extremely vulnera- ing their visit. !" ) / * ! !) (* ! $ 5
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Local hydrology will be each about 52 to 56 square kilo- flash floods account for 85 per girl in Aligarh. 36A A ' to floods and river erosion. and the topography of the land, the soil gets saturated, the runoff computed on daily basis [under metres in size. At that scale, the cent of flooding cases across the “Let alone getting justice ' * &$ + India is among the ten most to predict flash floods up to six — outflow from the soil — the new system]. The whole of soil hydrology model will be run world, resulting in the loss of for the victims, the UP ' disaster-prone countries in the hours in advance”, he added. starts. Until then, whatever rain India has been divided into on a daily basis by which you lives of some 5,000 people Government is sitting like 0 )))* & world, according to a report by “Some moisture is retained has come will be absorbed by about 28,800 micro watersheds, can clearly assess the runoff each year. Dhritrashtra with a blindfold,” &+ 1 he said. ' Surjewala also slammed ' ' 0 the UP Government over the "& > #! ) ! * ! 0 , killing of a Dalit girl in Unnao (&! O $1$ ) and alleged that law and order 0 '' has collapsed in the State. $ 1 # * !) " ! # “The Ajay Singh Bisht 5 8 + 2 " rule has become syn- $ onymous with Dalit 01 ' atrocities and heinous * +,* - ! crimes,” he said in ir India has suspended its "- & . " another tweet. ARegional Director for East, ndia has rejected a US reli- ! "# # The Congress Surjewala’s Rohit Bhasin, for allegedly Igious freedom report that leader termed as attack comes days shoplifting a wallet from a claimed mob lynching of " ! ! " “very shameful” the after Congress gen- duty-free shop at the minorities in case of trading or "" & 1 "& rape and killing of a eral secretary Priyanka Sydney airport, officials said killing of cows. New Delhi has * +,& " " " minor girl, he said. Gandhi Vadra, had cited on Sunday. Saturday stated: “It has been ated against you and pending said it sees no locus standi for “The law and order several reports of Bhasin, who has also been reported by regional manager enquiry, you are hereby placed a foreign Government to pro- # situation has collapsed due killings and rapes in barred from entering Air India Australasia that you allegedly under suspension with imme- nounce on the state of its citi- to the incidents in Uttar Pradesh, say- premises without permission, committed an act of shoplifting diate effect,” the order stated. zens’ constitutionally protect- its status as the largest democ- a foreign entity/Government to Kushinagar, Pratapgarh, ing innocents was rostered as one of the com- from a duty free shop at Sydney Besides barring from enter- ed rights. racy and a pluralistic society pronounce on the State of our Muzaffarnagar, were being sub- manders (pilots) of AI301 flight, airport before the departure of ing premises, the order also In its annual 2018 with a longstanding commit- citizens’ constitutionally pro- Gorakhpur,” Surjewala jected to cruelty, which was set to depart at 10.45 flight AI301 of 22nd June, directed him to surrender his International Religious ment to tolerance and inclusion.” tected rights,” he said. said, referring to recent but the am (local time) on June 22 from 2019, from Sydney airport for identity card. “You will not Freedom Report, the State The Indian Constitution Mandated by the Congress, crimes in the state. “Is this Government was the Sydney airport for Delhi. which you were rostered as one enter the premises of Air India Department alleged on Friday guarantees fundamental rights the state department in its volu- jungle raj or not,” he asked. not concerned. “There is an initial report of of the Commanders.” Ltd without written permission that mob attacks by violent to all its citizens, including its minous report gives its assess- A 12-year-old girl was “In Uttar one of its captains Mr Rohit The airline spokesperson of the management...You will extremist Hindu groups against minority communities, he said. ment of the status of religious allegedly abducted, when Pradesh, innocents are Bhasin who is also working as said, “The incident happened surrender your PIC/ Company minority communities, partic- It is widely acknowledged freedom in almost all the coun- she was sleeping with family being subjected to cru- a regional director picking up a around 6.30 am IST at Sydeny identity card to Regional ularly Muslims, continued in that India is a vibrant democ- tries and territories of the world. members outside their house, elty. Women are wallet from a duty free shop in and suspension order was Security Head, Air India Ltd, India in 2018, amid rumours racy where the Constitution Releasing the report at the and later killed in a village in being pushed to an atmos- Sydney. Air India has instituted served on the captain at the air- Kolkata,” it said. that victims had traded or provides protection of reli- Foggy Bottom headquarters of Unnao on the intervening night phere of fear”, but an enquiry into this incident port itself on landing of the The airline has also direct- killed cows for beef. gious freedom, and where the state department, secretary of Thursday and Friday. the UP Government is not and has placed the captain Sydney-Delhi flight around ed him not to leave his station Responding to media democratic governance and of state Mike Pompeo last week Police said whether the concerned,” the All India under suspension,” a spokesper- 7.30 pm. Very quick and exem- (Kolkata) without written per- queries on the report, ministry rule of law further promote and said the report tracks countries girl, belonging to the Dalit Congress Committee (AICC) son for the airline said. plary action has been taken.” mission of the management, of external affairs spokesperson protect fundamental rights, to see how well they have community, was raped or not in-charge of eastern Uttar The suspension order “Without prejudice to any nor engage in any employment Raveesh Kumar said: “India is Kumar asserted. respected this fundamental would be clear only after Pradesh had said. issued by the airline on disciplinary action to be initi- or avocation. proud of its secular credentials, “We see no locus standi for human right. the post-mortem examination. -/60$" 7"
ritory of J&K. ( ' 1!+ )* 0 ) liament proceedings when the The Sheikh Government, )+ ' ) (1* & 0 ) ') Member of Parliament SP nion Minister Jitendra on the contrary, he said, acted * & ( Gidwani put this question to the Singh on Sunday alleged in haste as if it was waiting to then Union Minister of U ( ' +0 1!O '& that former Jammu & Kashmir arrest Mookerjee and put him ' ))&C ) Information and Broadcasting Chief Minister Sheikh behind the bars. & ) + & $ & BV Keskar, but the minister had Abdullah had illegally detained Meanwhile, the then Chief 0!& $ & * ) no answer for this, Singh said. Jan Sangh founder Syama Secretary of State MK Kidwai & ! *+0 ) When Mookerjee’s body Prasad Mookerjee for 44 days sent a telegram followed by a ! & + )0 ) ' was airlifted from Srinagar in a jail in his State in 1953. letter to the Speaker of Lok 0C without any formal respect or Delivering a talk here to Sabha to inform that courtesy, the State Government commemorate the death Mookerjee had been arrested + 6D+3E4;+ headed by Sheikh anniversary of Mookerjee, the under Section 3 of Public ) & Abdullah refused to pay even BJP MP narrated the sequence Security Act, he said. ) !& the Indian Airlines fare of Rs of events that ended in alleged Since Mookerjee was an ( ' (1* & O'& 7,548, he said. illegally detention of elected Member of Lok Sabha, *& 0 * Singh recalled that when Mookerjee. from the South Kolkata con- F& * & 1! the body was brought to He said Mookerjee, a stituency, the Sheikh ' ! !& 01 ) Kolkata on June 24, a huge sea Member of Parliament at that Government apparently tried + ( ' of humanity gathered and time, had sent a telegram to to follow the convention of raised the slogan “Zahar Diya, Sheikh Abdullah informing informing the Speaker about a single representative of the a jail just a few kilometres away, Kisne Diya? Sheikh ne diya him about his desire and plan his arrest but no convention or State Government showed the said Singh, the Minister of State Sheikh ne diya”, essentially to visit the State. procedure was followed while courtesy to visit him or inquire in the Prime Minister’s Office. meaning he was poisoned by Singh said, if Mookerjee’s carrying out the arrest, nor was about him, he claimed. Even when Mookerjee Sheikh Abdullah. only guilt was that he was try- a proper trial carried out for the Not only this, on the May breathed his last under myste- No wonder, he said, there ing to enter Jammu & Kashmir charges, if any, levelled against 24, 1953, then Prime Minister rious circumstances at 3.40 was no proper inquiry insti- without a proper permit, the him, Singh said. Jawaharlal Nehru and Home am on June 23, 1953, the news tuted to go into the reasons natural course of justice would Mookerjee was merciless- Minister KN Katju arrived at of his death was held back for behind Mookerjee’s mysterious have been to repatriate him to ly thrown behind the bars in a Srinagar as Sheikh Abdullah’s several hours, he said, adding death in spite of repeated Punjab, from where he had Srinagar jail, as if he was a guests but none of the three it was broadcast on All India requests from all quarters started his journey, or prevent criminal and during the 44 bothered to enquire about Radio at 12.50 pm. including the departed leader’s 53" "89 &/ : ) him from entering into the ter- days of his stay in the jail, not Mookerjee who was lodged in This is on record of the par- aging mother. . 9 " 1 ! #! '
3 4 " " 0& &') ) ') + * > > ) & $ &$ $ ) & 0 " ( ) he Mata Vaishno Devi ' ) ') &* * & $ 0 Tshrine, a religious pilgrim- 1 ' $1 +F& + ealth Minister Harsh ' 03==A* age atop a hilltop that attracts ) 0& ' * ' ' ' HVardhan on Sunday said & 00 &+$* lakhs of devotees from across ) F&) the site and design of a 100-bed & & $ the world every year, will get a $ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit $) dedicated in-house disaster ) ') ' (PICU) in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur & 0 response force by September * district have been finalised. $ ) +00 next year, a senior official said 00 * $ He reviewed the status of 0 $ * & on Sunday. 1 ) cases of Acute Encephalitis $ ' $ ))& Simrandeep Singh, the 0 0 Syndrome (AES) and Japanese 0$ Chief Executive Officer of the 00$ encephalitis (JE) in the State ) ') ) Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine ) ' with Ministry officials. $ 0 $ Board (SMVDSB), said train- “The Central and State * ' ing of the board staff who will & teams have finalised the site and + be the first respondents in case design of 100-bed PICU at of any eventuality has already this year keeping in mind the a dedicated disaster response response in the wake of any fire strengthened by adding latest Muzaffarpur, which will be sup- begun at the headquarters of hilly terrain and need to impart force for the shrine,” Singh said. incident, earthquake, land- gadgets and equipment. ported under a centrally spon- 7th battalion of National advanced disaster management “All our employees who slides or any other emergency In March, a team of the sored scheme,” Vardhan said. camping at Muzaffarpur for management of AES is also Disaster Response Force training to the shrine board have 15 to 20 years service left situation. NDRF conducted a mock exer- He said there has been over a week now. being supported by the Central (NDRF) in Punjab. staff in batches to keep them in and are fit will undergo this To further augment the dis- cise on the yatra track near the one death due to the disease “With the support of state team and patients are receiving Nearly 86 lakh pilgrims vis- a state of readiness for effec- training capsule. They include aster management prepared- Bhawan area in order to ana- and one new admission on and district administration, round-the-clock clinical, diag- ited the shrine, atop the Trikuta tively and promptly responding staff from security, medical ness, the CEO said an NDRF lyze and evaluate the level of Saturday. There are 84 patients efforts of social and behav- nostic and drug support. hills in Reasi district of Jammu to any disaster situation. and assistance wings, sweepers, team would conduct a compre- preparedness to most effec- in SKMCH, of which four are iourial change at community Additional Secretary and region, last year, highest in the “The six week training of the receptionists, salesmen and hensive audit of the disaster tively and promptly respond to in a critical condition and level and early identification Mission Director (NHM) Manoj last five years. first batch of 25 staff started on catering providers,” he said. management stores set up by the any emergency situation. The under constant watch, the min- and management at primary Jhalani, senior officers and He said the shrine May 18 and is almost heading for Praising NDRF, Singh said board at various locations on the shrine board is also planning to ister said. healthcare facilities have been experts visited Muzaffarpur, board and the NDRF signed a completion. We are planning to the force is not charging any fee track and in the Bhawan area so set up an emergency operation Vardhan said the multi-dis- strengthened,” he said. including the SKMCH, and Memorandum of train 180 employees by for the training of the shrine that, wherever required, these centre as part of its disaster pre- ciplinary central team has been The Minister said clinical took stock of the situation. Understanding (MoU) early September next year to prepare board staff to ensure a quick are further replenished and paredness. !" 2 0 $* 1/$ ) 7" ' )/$ ) 22 3 2"" !) ' * - ) . 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This is evi- dent through island-building in the South AB *B ( China Sea and even through the contro- 3 C 9=- versial belt and Road Initiative, which is at 0 9 many levels just a modern-day version of Imperial Japan’s Greater East-Asia Co- *B *B DB *)@E F Prosperity sphere. To compound matters, 1 9 )BG Pakistan is quickly becoming China’s first = AB*? *BE) AB*@ economic colony, even though projects in Sri Lanka and the Maldives have allowed ABA*? AB*? AA@HH AB*@ %S > China to take over assets in those nations HH and encircle us. / -S It is unlikely that China and India will have a repeat of the 1962 war in the imme- and their age is showing, with ities have left India far behind, into research and development ( diate future, but it seems inevitable that one of the Sindhurakshaks, as particularly with regard to of military abilities. A positive # China and the US will have some sort of they are called, falling prey to India’s limited development fallout of the failure of the ( confrontation within the next decade and old age when it caught fire in capabilities. We do not even Rafale scam to resonate with India will play a role. So China’s strategy Mumbai. Even though India "(" have a proper military-indus- voters is that more private sec- appears to be containing India as a poten- has inducted the Arihant as a (" ( trial complex. Poor planning, a tor participation in military . tial risk, not just by propping up Pakistan’s nuclear attack submarine and socialist mindset towards pro- hardware and software devel- - military through hardware but indirectly has leased an Akula-class sub- (" tecting defence public sector opment should now become supporting Pakistan-based terror organi- marine from Russia, China’s " ( " units and corruption in defence the norm. The Indian private , 9 1 9 sations. India has been wary of these efforts navy has built a fleet of attack deals have meant that India sector must contribute more from China, being the loudest and most submarines as well as several +(" remains one of the world’s towards India’s military devel- vocal critic of the quasi-imperialist Belt and ballistic missile submarines ( largest importers of military opment. Road Initiative as well as focussing more with which they can contain hardware. There needs to be far more 4 defensive efforts towards its eastern bor- India. 5( The second-term Modi thought and money put into ( der and making a belated effort to mod- China has dramatically 8+ Government has an opportuni- building up India’s military ernise its military. built up its surface fleet as well. ty to change that as there is an preparedness. Even if a war is But despite India’s record-busting India has only 11 destroyers in " ( overwhelming understanding not around the corner, we # military budgets of the past few years, it commission, with four of the among the public that India is should not fall back decades has not quite kept pace with China’s. Its Vishakhapatnam-class under 8 falling behind on the military behind China and remain a , poor economic growth over the past few construction. However, these 8 " front. That is one of the major importer of military hard- years is the biggest culprit and has choked new ships will replace the old reasons why Rahul Gandhi’s ware. India’s chest-thumping investments in defence production lines. Rajput-class ships. China, on " (/ “Rafale Scam” line bombed nationalism does not have ( India just does not have the economic the other hand, has 36 destroy- ( 8 during the elections. There much teeth to back it up. # +, , 9 ( capacity to match up to China and has ers, all commissioned after " A(" " needs to be a major push Going forward, India will need / been stymied by poor economic policy- 1999 and several new ships that towards much more industri- those teeth to extend its power making and inefficient governance for are entering service in the next " ( al abilities within India, and as and protect its economic and ( years. This has led to hugely delayed 18-24 months. Our eastern the space programme has diplomatic interests. Even defence acquisition deals. In every aspect neighbour has truly turned its (8 5 proven, we can work towards India’s friendlier neighbours , EB / of military capability, India is falling dan- industrial might in a massive 9( advanced developmental abil- are attracted by the lucre of gerously behind China. ship-building programme and ities. For example, much like China and a weak Indian mil- - Take a look at the latest programme to despite not being quite as (( + " > other advanced military itary ensures they are not build six new submarines under Project 75- advanced or capable as the (> nations, India has proven anti- wary of us. There will be " I. The initial proposal for 24 submarines American Navy with its giant satellite capabilities and is those who protest against ris- under Project 75 was initially made in 1997, super carriers, it is clearly the "" developing a hypersonic mis- ing militarism in India and the and even though things were hustled after second-most powerful Navy > " sile, both of which are useful costs associated with it, but the 1999 Kargil conflict, the first six sub- in the world. systems in a potential conflict India does not have a choice / !! # marines of a smaller overall project are Similar advancements in with a far more militarily but build up its military. coming on line now. Most of India’s sub- China’s aerial and land forces advanced power. But more (The writer is Managing + 0 " " " marines are 30-year old plus Kilo class ones besides manufacturing capac- resources have to be poured Editor, The Pioneer) " ) ** 4 . 5*3 + , " ' > $$ ) 1 & 1$ A * ' & * $1 ' $ $+ $ & 1 / *+0 *+* ) )/($) 0 $ ) ' ( ) * & & *) & * ' &' 0 / & )/( & $ )* ' ' * $ $ 0 0 '0 ) I J * K !& '/ )/ 0 + &$ O '* &F& / - )5 5+5 !9 3! 9 + 2 > 29 5 A 95 9 K&1 ** F K K &) K( 1 ( # . / 0 $ 3 3 - 3 33 .*3- , $ spending a quality life is being , $( affected just because we have been 12 , ( ignorant about the issue. Now Sir — This refers to the editorial, )) 5 ) A that we have a new Government “An idea at best” (June 20). The * & 00 ' ' A& at the helm, it is up to it to inter- 3 clean public record of a leader as > ' 1 / vene and design modules to deal / 4 # 4 54#46 $ also his ability to provide a level- L0 $ M ' / $ 0 ) ' with numbers. Achieving a reduc- ( playing field for all without undue ( 5 5 $ $ L M+ / tion in fertility rates will go a long leverage of money power is what " I($& JMI(JN ' way in stabilising population - P Q " determines the quality of gover- $ )) $ ) '/"* growth. It is also the responsibil- ( nance. State funding of elections 0 L0& &M*$ & 0 L$A ity of every citizen to be aware of ( ( is an oft-debated topic but no & $ /M ) $ population explosion. progress has been made yet. It was 00 ' *0+ ) Rajesh Malhotra $ - shocking that even the Election +$ ! 0 & 0 / Delhi 4#4 Commission of India was 5 O 0 &) ) $ / &** 0 )/ $ $ $ ( opposed to the idea. 5 6D< $ + 1 ) &** ' 1( * +5 $ )A 9 $ With direct funding, new $/ ( &5 L 0 ' A ) /" 'AI(J$ A candidates, outside the main- 0 &) )M+ )&$0 1 5 - stream parties, will be able to join 5 / $ ) / ' /5 $$ *$ Sir — This refers to the editorial, $S politics. It will also bring down 1 *& $ &+ “Naidu’s swan song?” (June 22). The +, the pressure on parties to give $ 0( 5 / $ ! * 0 K 0 pronouncements made by the tickets to criminals and other '& *+5 O $$ $ & ) 0*' ) 0 ) Prime Minister soon after he - rogue elements. / ') $ 'L M A / " & ' ) 0 assumed office for a second term Instead of experimenting $ *& & * $ / 0 5 L$ ' 0 /M raised hopes of a refreshing new era. ( , with the state funding of elections, ' 5 0 5 ) "5"2"!"! However the recent cross-over of we are engaged in a debate over 0 ) + ) $ & four MPs from the TDP to the BJP . " 2 : the proposal of “one nation, one confirms that political morality / $ ( election.” This, with an aim to remains as low as ever. The BJP’s # provide ease of governance. But raising the core issue of ‘popula- being felt right here, right now. dire need for a majority in the Rajya the same is akin to putting the tion explosion’ for decades now. The quality of life of almost Sabha is understandable but not at S 9 # cart before the horse. Once qual- But as the writer has highlighted, every Indian is going down just the cost of democratic principles. 9 9 ity of inputs is ensured, elections, Sir — This refers to article, “The we are now aware of the specific because, perhaps, we are too Kshitij -S R S $ split or unified, will cease to mat- ticking time bomb” by Hiranmay harm/damages that this issue many to co-exist peacefully. Via email ter. Karlekar (June 22). Needless to will cause us. Space, water, air, jobs, education, # -S R Narayanan say, all those concerned with the In fact, the ill effects of an health, safety, security and almost 87 12 , < Navi Mumbai future of this country have been exploding population growth are everything that is required for !!9 ! 2 59@64" 3 4 !" 6 *-314 ' #$% &43-#$% & ,< += ) * + ) , , + ) $ $ +N * O $ '& * ' L + L , ' '&* / & , ,+) , , ))* * 0 0 * &* 50 0
(% )"%* '31 *" 2 0 0R 1 60R ! " - $ = AB - # ( $ # " ( > ( ( 2 , +,- 7' - ,>C " # ndia is a strategic neighbour of Iran. Both , countries are important and effective politi- # O Ical and economic actors in South and West O # Asia. Common culture and communications have > strengthened relations between the two since cen- ( turies. Over the past 20 years, Iran has put in place three major projects to improve cooperation with # India. First was the participation in a mega pro- ject for the construction of a gas pipeline, which # has long been called the Peace Pipeline. The sec- ( ond relates to the project of drilling and gas pro- # / S duction from the Farzad-B gas field in the Persian ( Gulf. The third is the strategic development of / the Chabahar Port. These are three main issues / ( in the prospect of developing economic relations between Iran and India. The implementation of # each of these projects can have a positive effect on the development of political relations between / the two countries. " Furthermore, for a long time, particularly " - since the beginning of the economic reforms in the 1990s, India, as a steady buyer of Iran’s oil, # " ( has been a reliable partner of the National Oil Company. Several Indian refineries have set up - their manufacturing processes in Iran based on ( the specifications of Iranian petroleum. In the first round of Iranian oil sanctions - between 2010 and 2015, Indians repeatedly nego- # ( tiated with the US Government on exemptions from Iran’s sanctions and even conducted high- largest oil importer and a large share of that comes boost India’s energy supply requirements for level political consultations in such a way that from Iran (23.5 million tonnes in 2018-19). The industrial development. Although for Iran, RCS # almost during the entire period, Iran’s oil exports stoppage of imports has not only hurt the oil econ- such experiences will not change its approach R S to India, although reduced to a small extent, were omy but is definitely not good news for New Delhi either now or in the future. After all, econom- never cut off. This was possible due to the appar- as this decision can put its bilateral relations with ic issues cannot eliminate the essential impor- # ent determination of India to keep its oil-relat- Iran at risk. India and Iran have a deeply histor- (5 tance of cooperation between the two great ( ed cooperation with Iran going than comply with ical and cultural relationship and have also main- countries. *BB - the US Government’s approach. Indians knew it tained robust political relations despite many + With Iran being under economic pressure # $ well that they should keep their interests despite obstacles. The latter has been a regional partner ( (" and the US sanctions hovering over it, these are ( > the severe tension between Iran and the West. and a loyal neighbour to the former. Both nations testing times for India. It has to not only deal with P( India has prioritised its national interest by have worked together for the stability of their ( the US pressure but has to also secure its inter- having a stable line of cooperation with its neigh- respective regions. ests vis-à-vis Iran. Iran’s oil export and the devel- Q 1 bours and major countries in the South and West The handing out of the development of the ((" opment of the Chabahar Port are two complete- # S Asia, where Iran is a key country. This matter led Chabahar Port to India was of strategic advan- ly different issues on the face of it. Refineries in to the continuation of selling oil to India during tage to Iran. The latter looked at the former as a "9 "( India are Iran’s old oil buyers and the Chabahar > Iran’s oil sanctions. And after the signing of the project partner (while the Chinese work at the ( (" Port developer has no organisational relationship Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) port of Gwadar) due to the trust it had in India with them. But the fact is that both these issues - ( deal, India was one of those countries which as a loyal neighbour. For India, the Chabahar pro- > " are related to the “political will of both countries” AB , ( earnestly increased its oil transaction with Iran ject is expected to serve as a gateway to central " / to further cooperation. # to a level even higher than before. Asia besides promising trade benefits to the coun- The catch 22 situation for India lies in man- " # > , $ At the same time, even though some nations try. For the purpose of building further relations "" ( aging relations with both, the US and Iran. It will ( doubted the continuation of calmness between as well as for regional stability, it will be in New be unacceptable if India acts in accordance with Iran and the US, India, interestingly and undoubt- Delhi’s interest to work more closely with Tehran " 8 the US’ rules on Iran oil sanctions. However, in - ( edly, began developing its relations with Iran, to avoid any direct backlash. " the development of the Chabahar Port, it has 2 # resulting in the signing of an Memorandum of Throughout the idea of constructing a eagerly pursued discussion for exemption from ( ( Understanding (MoU) between the two countries pipeline for gas export to Pakistan and then 8 " sanctions. Now is the time for New Delhi to take " for the development of the Chabahar Port in May extending it to India, Iran encouraged India to an important decision. India has a precise pro- # , ( 2015. India is well aware that cooperating with participate. India, too, showed great interest and "" gramme for development and has made great % neighbours and actively participating in devel- enthusiastically took part in the negotiations. " 5" strides in achieving economic and social success O 4 # 3 oping projects with them will play a crucial role After about 14 years of talks and with a in the last half century. The world views it as an O in its own development and resource manage- changed regional gas market scenario, India ( ((> emerging superpower. As a regional power, Iran . ment. In fact, India knows that oil from Iran will withdrew from the agreement because of secu- "" aspires to consider India as a stable country in be in the best interests of its people. rity issues and high costs although there was an its decisions to plan future cooperation on these However, with a new round of US sanctions opportunity for it to cooperate in gas trade with >" ( experiences. It will be practically impossible for 3 on Iran coming into effect — especially against Iran through a straight line of submarine India to stop purchasing oil from Iran and pur- its oil industry, which was earlier out of the inter- pipelines. Meanwhile, the Farzad B gas field "( sue the development of the Chabahar port. Both # national free trade agreement and against the rules development project in the Persian Gulf, too, is nations need to prove their development poten- ! of international law of the White House — India lying in a limbo even as it was provided the high- tial through the successful implementation of the ( has been compelled to reduce its purchases of est level of historical flexibility to develop this proposed projects and find ways and means # ( Iranian oil and subsequently stopped purchasing project. These two major energy projects hold around geopolitics. - - # ! > it for some months. India is the world’s third the potential to uplift the Indian economy and (The writer is an Iranian journalist) " " -*'48
ed aggressive behaviour, with 10 per also been fuelled by constant media soft skills, a compassionate approach in case a matter goes to police or court. important to be prepared to deal with cent of them experiencing violent scrutiny that highlights malpractices and understanding of social and behav- The golden rule of consent-taking is: a violent situation, much like one is pre- attacks. A survey conducted in China and corruption by medical practition- ioral issues. Here are a few necessary “The person (doctor) who holds the pared to handle emergencies such as found that incidents of physical vio- ers. There is an interpersonal angle to elements of a sound hospital manage- knife holds the pen”. In short, consent a fire or earthquake. One of the most lence causing harm increased from 48 the erosion of trust as well. In a coun- ment: should be taken only by doctors after important steps to prevent violence per cent in 2008 to 64 per cent in 2012. try where the doctor patient ratio is far Consent and communication at a detailed explaining in the language inside a hospital premise is to restrict Instances of violence have consid- from satisfactory, doctors are always regular intervals: Often, doctors do not understood by the patient/family. the entry of attendants through pass- erably increased in recent years, not just overwhelmed with patients. Heavily adequately communicate with the Compassionate treatment of the es. Security guards must be placed not in over-burdened public hospitals but busy as they are, often doctors do not attendants, who complain about being kin: It is essential for hospital managers just on the hospital gates but also at sen- " ? "+.% ,+ 4'- also in private hospitals. At the root of have enough time to invest in in-depth kept in the dark later on. At no point to inculcate the spirit of compassion sitive areas such as ICUs and emer- ( ( this problem is the paucity of health- conversation with the patients. Saddled should the relatives be misinformed or and care among all staff members. For gency units. Staff members at such loca- he recent episode of attack on care resources in our country. Shortage with a meagre healthcare budget, pub- given unreasonable expectations of doctors and medical staff witnessing tions must also be trained to stay alert doctors in a Kolkata hospital and of human resource, stretched medical lic hospitals present a dismal picture recovery when the patient is critical. It serious illnesses and mortality, it is an to signs of any possible unrest. A stan- 0 $ Tthe subsequent strike by them infrastructure and lesser number of where overcrowding, long waiting is highly important that in case of crit- everyday affair. However, for families dard operating procedure must be ')+ &' put the spotlight back on the issue of beds are real problems that need to be time and the need for multiple visits for ical patients, treating doctors meet fam- who lose a member, it is nothing less developed and each staff member ' 0 $) violence against medical personnel. addressed at the policy level. This dis- investigations and consultations frus- ilies every day, even more than once if than an earth-shaking event. It is should be aware of the dos and dont’s Attacks on doctors by kin of patients turbing trend is also symptomatic of the trate patients on a daily basis. Lack of required and clearly explain to them the important, therefore, to be considerate of such situations. If signs of aggression $ /" have made regular headlines in recent changing relationship between doctors sufficient security and protection for prognosis. Having a regular and hon- to them, smoothen processes and are noticed, senior management must ' ( ' years. A study conducted by the Indian and patients. Until a few decades ago, doctors also embolden mob violence, est communication ensures that eliminate unnecessary hassle. Care immediately reach the spot, intervene 0 /& & Medical Association found that a doctors were looked upon with much which itself has seen a disturbing patients are under no false expectations. must be taken that attendants of crit- and speak to attendants to prevent the $ & ) 1 whopping 75 per cent of the surveyed trust and faith by the people. growth in recent years. Informed consent is another sig- ically ill patients are not pestered too incident from escalating. $ + $& ' doctors had suffered some form of Unfortunately, today, most people look Role of hospitals: With doctors nificant step in preventing violence. frequently to pay bills. Doctors and staff Rebuild trust: For the medical physical violence while on official at medical practitioners with suspicion busy with clinical work, there is a need While attendants are always made to members must try to console grief community at large, it is important to ) O56=) ' duty. Pertinently, most of these assaults and distrust. to have adequate number of managers sign documents before a medical pro- stricken families and counsellors for make efforts to rebuild the lost trust 1 / & A were reported from ICUs or emergency Causes behind rise in patient vio- to provide administrative and manage- cedure, doctors or the hospital manage- emotional support should also be between doctors and patients. They $ + 1 0 rooms where critically ill patients are lence: With the proliferation of private rial support so as to allow doctors to ment hardly explain the contents of the made available. Compassionate treat- must also make efforts to not just treat ) 1+)$ $& admitted. clinics and the emergence of corporate perform their duties without fear or dis- documents to medically illiterate fam- ment can go a long way in pre-empt- the patients physically but also assuage Further, a German study published hospitals, there is a growing perception traction. The officials responsible for ilies. Not to forget the need to have ing any kind of unrest. their concerns and help reduce stress. )& & ) ' in 2015 found that almost 50 per cent that doctors are operating with the administrating a hospital must not only proper documentation of the patients’ Be prepared: While all efforts must (The writer is MD of a leading / of the surveyed doctors had confront- intention of fleecing. The mistrust has have managerial skills but also adequate course of treatment so as to be secure be taken to pre-empt violence, it is also healthcare company) !" ",
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they added. “During the session, par- hink tank Niti Aayog ticipants shared their views, in ndia and the US must utilise TSunday said that expert five distinct groups, on the eco- Ithe upcoming visit of US panel for macroeconomics and nomic themes of macro econ- Secretary of State Michael employment came out with omy and employment, agri- Pompeo to resolve outstanding ; - & ;-& % 1 < suggestions to achieve $5-tril- culture and water resources, “trade frictions”, a top ;-& =4 / => >?=@< lion economy target during an exports, education and health,” American business advocacy interaction with Prime said the release. group said Sunday. 8 : Minister Narendra Modi. N Chandrasekaran The US-India Business Modi on Saturday had an (Chairman, Tata Sons), T V Council (USIBC) also said tar- interaction with economists Narendran (Global CEO and iffs, forced localisation of data and industry experts on India’s MD, Tata Steel), Anil Agarwal and other barriers to trade current economic situation. (Chairman, Vedanta limit economic opportunities “Expert committee for Resources), Sanjiv Puri and adversely impact con- Macroeconomics & (Chairman and MD, ITC), and sumers in both the countries. Employment presented their Vijay Shekhar Sharma (CEO, “We believe that a trans- suggestions to PM @naren- Paytm) were among the indus- parent and consultative dia- dramodi for achieving the $5 try leaders who had put forth logue between the govern- Trillion economy target. their views in the meeting. ments and industry is needed Improvement of governance Among the economists to resolve outstanding com- in PSU banks, enhancing and experts who were present mercial issues, build trust and growth rate of exports & at the meeting were Bimal confidence, and strengthen the employment generation were Jalan (former RBI Governor), broad-based and strategic part- % " & 6B 8$ some of the key areas identi- Shankar Acharya (former Chief nership between our coun- ) 8 $ fied,” the Aayog said in a tweet. Economic Adviser), Surjit tries,” the USIBC said. % 1 8 During the interactive ses- Bhalla (former PMEAC mem- Pompeo will be visiting sion, ahead of the presentation ber), Vikram Limay (CEO, India from June 25-27. His of the Union Budget next NSE), Sonal Varma (Chief visit comes shortly after India Insolvency Resolution Process stopped flying on April 17 and month, all participants made a Economist, Nomura), Shekhar announced a hike in customs (CIRP) has been initiated for banks voted for bankruptcy on case for “single minded pur- Shah (DG, NCAER), and Bibek duties on as many as 28 US nsolvency proceedings have Jet Airways (India) as per the June 17. suit” to achieve growth, accord- Debroy (Chairman, EAC-PM). products, including almond, Ibeen initiated against debt- provisions of Insolvency and The NCLT bench com- ing to sources. The PMO release had said pulses and walnut, in ridden Jet Airways, which for- Bankruptcy Code, 2016,” Jet prising VP Singh and A release issued by the the Prime Minister thanked all response to higher tariffs mally stopped flying on April Airways said in a regulatory fil- Ravikumar Duraisamy set a 90- Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) participants for their sugges- imposed by Washington on 17 and saw lenders voting for ing Sunday. day deadline to resolution pro- had said that the session organ- tions and observations on var- Indian products like steel and bankruptcy earlier this month. It further said that upon fessional Ashish Chhauchharia ised by Niti Aayog on ious aspects of the economy. aluminium. The cash-strapped compa- initiation of CIRP, the powers of Grant Thornton to con- ‘Economic Policy — The Road The Saturday meeting was The move will hurt ny became the first domestic of the Board of Directors of the clude the resolution process, Ahead’ was attended by over 40 also attended by Commerce American exporters of these 28 airliner to go into bankruptcy company have been suspend- even though the bankruptcy economists and sectoral and Industry Minister Piyush items as they will have to pay after the Mumbai bench of the ed and shall be exercised by the law allows 180 days for the experts. Goyal and Minister of State higher duties, making those National Company Law Interim Resolution same, saying “the matter is of Further opening of bank- (independent charge) for items costlier in the Indian Tribunal (NCLT) admitted an Professional. national importance.” ing and insurance sectors for Statistics and Programme market. #$$ OB1 P D?? insolvency petition filed by Jet Airways owes more The bench also instructed FDI, speeding up disinvest- Implementation Rao Inderjeet The US had in March last 6 8 % & SBI on behalf of 26 lenders on than 8,000 crore to banks, and the resolution professional to ment process and manage- Singh. year imposed 25 per cent tar- # 8 ) >E "* 6 June 20. thousands of crores more in file fortnightly progress report ment of water resources were Niti Aayog Vice Chairman iff on steel and a 10 per cent “Pursuant to an order arrears to vendors, lessors and and submit the first such report also among the focus areas of Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh import duty on aluminium dated June 20, 2019 of NCLT employees. on July 5 when it will begin to Modi’s interaction with econ- Kant and senior Government products. Earlier, there was no Mumbai Bench, Corporate The airline formally hear the matter again. omists and industry experts, officials were also present. duty on these goods. &0 $ & '$ 5 )& )00 % & 1) 0 $ 0 " 4 A& ?>$$ +> F=@ ( ' & while states would be free to set more flexible labour regime minimum wages for other cat- would enable India to align domestic and export demand, type mega insurer in the gener- ndustry body CII on Sunday egory of employments. with multiple global trade chal- " the survey noted. al insurance space and avoid Isaid States should have the The Code also provides for lenges at a time when other entiment in the manufac- It also cited a moderate he Government is explor- undercutting each other. Once power to determine minimum setting of a national minimum nations are attracting new Sturing sector remains sub- outlook for exports as 34 per Ting various consolidation the merger is complete, the gov- wages as the concept of a wage. The central Government investments, said CII. dued as the proportion of cent of the participants expect options including merger of ernment will go for a dilution of national minimum wage will can set separate minimum “Employment generation nvestments in the Indian respondents reporting higher a rise in outward shipments for state-owned general insurance its stake in the broader entity. affect job creation. wages for different regions or extends to multiple dimen- Icapital market through par- output growth during April- April-June and 27 per cent esti- companies with New India The government had According to sources, the states. sions and a national mission is ticipatory notes increased by June has fallen to 41 per cent mate exports to continue to be Assurance with a view to cre- appointed E&Y as a consultant labour ministry is likely to The draft law also says required to address all aspects nearly 1,400 crore to 82,619 from 54 per cent in the previ- on similar path as the same ate synergy and unlock value. to see through the completion seek Cabinet approval for the that the minimum wages holistically. The National crore till May-end, a gain of ous quarter, according to a sur- quarter last year. The Department of of the merger process. Code on Wages Bill next week would be revised every five Employment Mission should 1.72 per cent over the previous vey by Ficci. However, exchange rate Investment and Public Asset The consolidation in the as it pushes for its passage in years. include flexibility in hiring, month. The latest quarterly report fluctuations have not led to any Management (DIPAM) under public sector general insur- the ongoing Parliament session. Besides, CII called for a tax incentives, education and P-notes are issued by reg- portrays a moderation of out- significant change in exports as the Ministry of Finance is also ance companies is part of dis- CII says minimum wages comprehensive National skill development and promo- istered foreign portfolio look for the sector in Q1 (April- 79 per cent of the respondents looking at other options includ- investment strategy of the gov- fixed by states should be based Employment Mission and set- tion of labour-intensive sec- investors to overseas investors June 2019-20) as the percent- reported that the exports were ing stake sale in three state- ernment. on three criteria - geographic ting up of an inter-ministerial tors,” CII Director General who wish to be part of the age of respondents reporting not affected much by rupee owned insurance firms like In 2017, state-owned New location, skill and occupation. and all-state National Chandrajit Banerjee said. Indian stock market without higher production in first quar- fluctuation. National Insurance Company, India Assurance Company and However, it cannot be lower Employment Board to drive job CII outlined a five-point registering themselves directly. ter has fallen as against the Hiring outlook for the sec- Oriental Insurance Company General Insurance Corporation than the minimum wage fixed creation in the country. agenda for the Budget to be They, however, need to go January-March (Q-4) of 2018- tor shows a bleak picture as 65 and United India Insurance of India were listed on the by the Centre. The chamber suggested unveiled on July 5 by Finance through a due diligence 19, it said. per cent of the respondents Company, sources said. bourses and exchequer earned “The concept of a nation- that the government should set Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. process. The percentage of respon- mentioned that they are not The idea is to fast track money out of stake sale. al minimum wage will affect up a National Employment It suggested that states As per latest data by the dents expecting low or same likely to hire additional work- stake sale in the public sector The government has fixed job creation, so it is necessary Board that would include rep- which introduce Fixed Term Securities and Exchange Board production is 59 per cent in Q1, force in the next three months. general insurance companies, disinvestment target of Rs to give states power to fix their resentatives of key ministries, Employment and other labour of India (Sebi), the total value compared to 46 per cent in Q4 Average interest rate paid which has been pending for the 90,000 crore for the current fis- own minimum wages,” CII State Governments, industry law reforms should receive pri- of P-note investments in the of 2018-19. In terms of order by the manufacturers has past two years, sources said. cal as against Rs 85,045 crore in said. experts, and trade unions and ority in new central Indian markets — equity, debt, book, 36 per cent of the slightly decreased to 9.9 per Various options including the previous fiscal. The industry chamber sug- other stakeholders to look into Government infrastructure and derivatives — rose to respondents in April-June 2019 cent per annum as against issuance of fresh shares which It is to be noted that the gested that the government employment creation hurdles project funding. 82,619 crore till May-end, are expecting higher number of 10.3 per cent per annum dur- could be subscribed by New government, in the Budget should fix minimum wages of and address them on a real- Besides, the wage threshold from 81,220 crore at April- orders against 44 per cent in ing last quarter, but the high- India Assurance are also being 2018-19, had proposed to unskilled workers. However, time basis. should be increased to 25,000 end. January-March 2019, the est rate remains as high as 14 explored, they said, adding merge National Insurance wages of skilled and semi- To encourage more women from the current 15,000 under Of the total investments, P- industry body said. per cent. that direct sale of stake to New Company, Oriental Insurance skilled labour force should be to participate in the workforce, Prime Minister’s Rozgar note holdings in equities stood Moreover, 86 per cent of “The recent cut in repo rate India is also in the considera- Company and United India determined by market forces. CII recommended providing Protsahan Yojana, which pro- at 61,574 crore, followed by the respondents are expecting by RBI should come as a relief tion. Insurance Company. The Code on Wages Bill child care and maternity bene- vides for government contri- debt (19,681 crore) and deriv- either more or same level of for the industry if banks pass Another option being con- The Centre in the Budget provides that the central fit subsidies under the Maternity bution to EPF and EPS for new atives (193 crore). inventory in April-June 2019, it on and it expects more sidered is to merge all the four had announced that the three Government will fix minimum Benefit Amendment Act. employees for three years, Investment through P- substantially higher than 69 per reduction in the rates in com- companies, instead of the pro- companies would be merged wages for certain sectors, While industry is not ask- applicable to workers earning notes has been on the rise for cent in Q1 of 2018-19. This has ing months to drive invest- posed three, to create an LIC- into a single insurance entity. including railways and mines, ing for a hire-and-fire policy, a less than 15,000, said CII. the previous three months. been largely due to subdued ments,” Ficci stated. & ?" 1N 0 ) % % N )& & O ou must have an identity in the coming years? @ =?? Ywhatsoever you make, and be We are planning to expand into $ O 45 creative, says Naina Ruhail, Co- Tier-1 and Tier-II territory. Also, to 5 /0122 founder Vanity Wagon to The launch offline stores to strengthen 5 through an evidence and fact- the Chinese businesses. Pioneer’s Vikas Kumar our omnichannel strategy. based approach, introducing In its statement, Huawei Excerpts of her conversation: Strengthen the subscription box - uawei has urged India to checks and balances with a said that it received full support O='4" O=@ ‘Belle Box’ by Vanity Wagon to Hmake an “informed and monitored participation rather from India for about two What is your take on the cur- achieve 1500 users a month. independent decision” on per- than banning out of fear,” decades for its operations and he Hindujas will pump another 2,700 crore into rent market trends? Do they pose Achieve in house-tech develop- mitting its 5G trials in the Huawei, which is based in obtained Department of TIndusind Bank through a warrant issue to ramp up a challenge before you to run a ment of large scale modules (auto- country as the Chinese telecom Shenzhen, said in a statement Telecom (DOT) invitation to T major Infosys said it has the promoter holding after the merger of Bharat business? mate logistics, inventory systems) giant reeled under pressure to PTI here. conduct 5G trials. Ihired over 9,000 people in Financial, a senior official from the private sector lender For a startup like Vanity Wagon with integration of AI into the following the US ban. Earlier this month, “In India, Huawei has the US between April 2017 has said. to be successful, it is indispensible Vanity Wagon system. The US has banned Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar received full support and con- and March 2019, almost The merger between the bank and the micro-lender, to understand the trends and make Huawei, the world’s leader in Prasad said India has its secu- fidence of the Government meeting its target of recruit- which will be effective July 4, is accretive from a prof- the best products with the resources What suggestions you would telecom equipment and the rity issues over allowing during our near 20 years oper- ing 10,000 American workers. it, marginand return on equity perspective. available without compromising like to give to young college stu- number two smartphone pro- Huawei to participate in the ations in the country,” it said in The move has helped the Our promoters will infuse 2,700 crore to get their quality. I think what is more chal- dents who aspire to run their own ducer, over concerns of security upcoming 5G trials. response to questions over the company strengthen its busi- stake back to 15 percent, strategy head at the bank Sanjay lenging is that the acknowledge- fashion & beauty brands? What and Washington has been pres- “We will take a firm view security concerns raised by ness model, it added. Mallik told PTI over phone. ment of the trend you are trying to should they focus on? suring other countries to on it. There are also security Prasad. “Since April of 2017, we He said a fourth of the money will come immedi- bring in, and that is not the easiest Here at Vanity, we follow three restrict the operations of the issues...It is not only a matter of “In fact, last year, we have hired about 9,100 people ately after the merger, while the rest will come over the of tasks. mantras which I would love to share Chinese telecom firm. technology, as regard their par- secured invitation from DoT to as of March 2019. This has next 18 months. with everyone out there: India, however, is yet to ticipation in 5G is con- submit our proposal for 5G tri- actually helped us in strength- The promoters will be subscribing to the warrants There are a lot of cheap prod- Be true to your customers: A take a call on whether it intends cerned...Participation of 5G is als, conveying the ening our business model at a premium of 1,709 a share as against the Friday’s ucts that look same as the real top beauty or fashion brand must to place curbs on Huawei or not conditional upon the trial Government’s confidence in and becoming less depen- close of 1,448.70 on the BSE, Mallik said. brands. What actions do you understand the customer behavior allow the Chinese telecom being started. Whether a par- Huawei for an early, efficient dent on visa for for talent or He explained that dilution of their stake to about think authorities concerned and should try to make shopping equipment maker to participate ticular company is allowed to and pervasive deployment of ability,” Infosys COO UB the 13 percent levels due to the merger with micro-lender should take? experience more enjoyable. in the upcoming 5G trials, participate or not, is a complex 5G,” it said. Pravin Rao said at the com- is making it possible for the promoters to subscribe to Counterfeiting is a big issue and listen to your heart and be cre- that are scheduled to com- question including security “Over the past few months, pany’s annual general meeting the warrants and increase their holding to 15 percent it is very prevalent in organic beau- ative: You must have an identity in mence in 100 days. issues,” he had said. we have proactively engaged (AGM). which is the cap set by regulator. ty space. We have been raising voice whatsoever you make; it could be “The Indian Government Commenting on the min- with the Indian Government The Bengaluru-based Merger of Bharat Financialinto Indusind Bank was against rip-offs for a very long time. a new formulation for a skincare or any other country must ister’s remarks, Chinese Foreign and their feedback has been company, like many of its announced in October 2017, as part of which a share- We strongly believe in ethical busi- product or a unique fragrance for take an independent view to Ministry last week said that positive. We are confident that peers, has been ramping local holder would get 639 shares of Indusind Bank for every ness practices. There should be a strict a perfume, but be creative. protect its own networks and India should take an indepen- the Indian Government will hiring in key markets like the 1,000 shares of the micro-lender. action taken against the people dis- Content is the king: With the data through its own stan- dent decision without being make an informed decision US, the UK and Australia to Apart from the promoters infusion, the banks cap- tributing these counterfeit products. advent of the social industry today, dards, test mechanisms and guided by the US ban and pro- on 5G, one that provides a tackle increasing scrutiny ital base will also benefit through the 4,200-crore net- it is the key to create some good con- policies. It is important to vide an “unbiased and non-dis- level-playing field to all ven- around work visas by various worth of the merged entity , What are some key corporate tent and make it reach your target address cyber security risks criminatory” environment for dors,” it said. Governments. Mallik said. goals which you have decided for audience. !" 9 / , ! " # ! " 7 & 5 + of P/S Rajpora pertaining to civilian atrocities and Case brother and nephew. He said n a massive clean up opera- FIR No. 01/2019 of P/S Rajpora only the family members of the Ition launched in South pertaining to killing of a police- ttar Pradesh Deputy Chief top leader in SP, BSP and the Kashmir district of Shopian man Sameer Ahmad". UMinister Keshav Prasad Congress could occupy top early Sunday morning, a joint Police said, "Incriminating Maurya said that Samajwadi posts in the party. He said for team of security forces suc- materials including arms & Party president Akhilesh Yadav this reason, the voters of UP cessfully managed to neutralise ammunition was recovered would prove to be the last leader had rejected the SP, BSP and four terrorists including one of from the site of encounter. All of Saifai dynasty to rule UP. Congress while the BJP became the top commanders of Ansar these materials have been taken Maurya said the their first preference. Gazwatul Hind (AGH), the in the case records for further Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Outlining the BJP agenda Kashmir version of ISIS, with- investigation and to probe their Samaj Party and Congress had for the bypolls to 12 Assembly out suffering any collateral complicity in other terror crime used Other Backward Classes seats in UP, Maurya said the tar- damage. cases". as their vote bank for several get was to poll 60 percent votes Director General of Earlier, on Sunday, a top decades to capture power in UP in each polling booth of the 12 Police,Dilbagh Singh said, "all commander of Jaish-e- but paid no attention on their Assembly constituencies. the four terrorists neutralised Mohammad (JeM) and social welfare. Dismissing the SP, BSP as rivals, in the operation were inspired Improvised Explosive Device Maurya said Samajwadi Maurya said, “The SP and BSP by ISIS and commanded by (IED) expert in Uri area of Party president Akhilesh Yadav in alliance could do nothing so Showkat Ahmad Mir". North Kashmir’s Baramulla was no longer the leader of the they pose no challenge to BJP Ahead of the beginning of district was killed by the secu- “Yadav samaj”. He said the SP as they will contest the by-elec- the Amarnath yatra, security rity forces when he was trying chief was the leader of Yadav tion separately.” He said in the forces were combing the South to ex-filitrate. community of a particular area. bypolls, these three parties Kashmir areas to flush out JeM commander identi- Maurya said the Bahujan would be wiped out. holed up terrorists in their fied as Rashid alias Abu Samaj Party had also become a Maurya said the 'safe' heavens. Luqman, was active for three family enterprise while in the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan According to a police years and was imparting train- Bharatiya Janata Party, a booth Samaj Party had no future in spokesman, "a Cordon and ing to militants to make IEDs. committee president and dis- the state for the next five Search Operation (CASO) was The militant was trying to trict president of the party decades as the voters of UP had launched in Daramdora village 454, 438 / 0 % exfiltrate when the encounter could not only aspire but also rejected them in the recent Lok after the presence of militants took place in Boniyar. become the national president Sabha elections. was reported in the area early terrorists have been identified Ahmad who had recently Showkat was wanted by law for Sheikhard, Case FIR No. Meanwhile, in Jammu of the party. Maurya maintained that Sunday. The operation was as Showkat Ahmad Mir of joined the terrorist fold. his complicity in a series of ter- 02/2017 of P/S Rajpora per- region, the security forces have Maurya on Sunday the BJP got clear majority in the focused on the orchard area. As Rajpora Pulwama, Rafi Hassan Among the four killed ter- ror crimes including attack on taining to the lobbing of pressed services of sniffer addressed a meeting of the Lok Sabha only with the over- the security forces tightened the Mir of Kralchak Shopian, Suhail rorists,Showkat had a long his- security establishments and grenade on security forces, dogs to track down terrorists OBC wing of the party in whelming support of the OBCs cordon around the hiding ter- Ahmad Bhat of Batmuran tory of terror crime records civilian atrocities. Case FIR No. 20/2017 of P/S in a forest area of Kishtwar dis- which he felicitated the newly- in UP and other states. He said rorists, they opened fire on the Shopian and Azad Ahmad since 2015. He was initially part Police spokesman said, Rajpora pertaining to firing on trict. The operation in the area elected Lok Sabha members the OBCs would continue to security forces. In the ensuing Khanday of Bamnoo Pulwama. of proscribed terror outfit HM. "several terror crime cases were civilians Bashir Ahmad Dar was going on for last two days from the OBC community. support the BJP in the by-elec- encounter four terrorists were Police spokesman said, Suhail Ahmad had recently registered against him includ- and Altaf Ahmad at Qasabyar after an initial contact was Maurya also targeted tion to 12 UP Assembly seats eliminated". Showkat was instrumental in jointed the ranks of the terror ing Case FIR No. 113/2016 of in which Bashir Dar suc- established between the hiding Bahujan Samaj Party chief as they had supported the According to police the recruitment of Azad outfit. P/S Rajpora pertaining to fir- cumbed and Altaf was seriously terrorists and the security Mayawati for giving important party in 2014 and 2019 Lok spokesman, "the four killed Ahmad, Rafi Hassan & Suhail As per police records, ing on a guard post at injured, Case FIR No. 21/2017 forces. position in the party to her Sabha elections. &
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Koljats Mayor and senior I ( J A clash erupted in the area Kankinara market, which Trinamool leader Firhad 5"> on Saturday after the BJP otherwise bustles with buyers Hakim blamed the BJP of activists allegedly shouted "Jai on Sundays, remained empty "importing unrest and com- Shri Ram" slogans at with very few people moving munal violence in the state". Trinamool workers when they out of their houses. "Bengalis are being forced ""( were returning from a party Singh, the former to flee from Bhatpara. rally led by state Minister and Trinamool Congress local Baahubalis (musclemen) 8" senior party leader Suvendu MLA who defected to the BJP brought from Bihar and Uttar Adhikari. just before the elections and Pradesh have taken over the 8" / "Either Trinamool is won the Barrackpore Lok place. We will not let the resorting to infighting or they Sabha seat, said he was talking entire state turn into "" are killing others. Police is aid- to businessmen to resume Bhatpara," Hakim told ing miscreants in harassing the 8 $ % work. reporters here. "" local people thereby making "By not operating buses, The region, which falls (""" " them very angry and violent. normalcy cannot be restored. I under the Barrackpore par- This is why even smallest of ) $ 8! am holding meetings with busi- liamentary constituency, has "M incidents are going out of 5 +0 ' $& $ nessmen asking them to been tense since the election hand," Ghosh claimed. O$ resume work and have asked results were announced on four others injured when the According to him, if the & $ )) police to make announcements May 23. police opened fire, prompting police, the commoners and ' +3 in area," he said after the meet- A fresh flare-up in the area the administration to impose whole society are unsafe, then &$ ing with local people. on Thursday led title killing of prohibitory orders in the leading one's normal life will " flee. Meanwhile, Barrackpore two persons and left at least affected areas. become very difficult. ) Buddh Dev Biswas, a resi- Police Commissioner Manoj 8" he Border Security Force dent of Nadia, was arrested Kumar Verma who took charge who attended Singh's meeting, Janata Party (BJP) MPs S.S. charge on two occasions to dis- 8( T(BSF) on Sunday seized a while he was trying to frisk 372 on Friday was seen moving in said there is no point in open- Ahluwalia, Satya Pal Singh and perse the mob resulting in one ndhra Pradesh Chief consignment of gold and US US dollar notes that amounted the area and taking up confi- ing shops if no customers turn Vishnu Dayal Ram, had visit- person sustaining a head injury. student at the Institute of AMinister Y.S. Jagan Mohan dollars amounting Rs 61,99,137 to Rs 25,88,376, the BSF said in dence-building measures. up. ed the house of the two The region, which falls AMedical Science Banaras Reddy has appointed his close and arrested a person from the a statement. But local people were still A number of police pickets deceased - Rambabu Shaw and under the Barrackpore parlia- Hindu University (IMS-BHU) aide and Rajya Sabha member India-Bangladesh border in A total of 1,030 grams of chary. have been set up at important Dharambir Shaw - in Bhatpara mentary constituency, has allegedly committed suicide V. Vijayasai Reddy as special West Bengal's Nadia district. gold biscuits and bars worth Rs "We are unable to run our crossings near Ghoshpara and on Saturday afternoon. been tense since the election by hanging herself from the representative of the state gov- Based on prior informa- 36,10,761 was also found from business normally due to the Kalyani highway to prevent Fresh tension erupted results were announced on ceiling of her hostel room at the ernment in New Delhi. tion, BSF personnel carried his possession, the statement disturbances in the area. For outsiders from entering the shortly after the delegation left May 23. varsity campus here on Sunday According to an order out a special operation in read. the last 35 days, we could area. Police and Rapid Action the area as a group of locals agi- Protesting against the afternoon. issued by Chief Secretary L.V. Hridaypur of Krishnanagar During interrogation, hardly open our shops as mis- Force (RAF) personnel carried tated against the police accus- police brutality, BJP workers Manisha Kumari, a junior Subrahmanyam on Saturday, and intercepted the person Biswas identified the other creants are hurling bombs on with their area domination ing them of inaction and pelt- led by Arjun Singh, held a resident at the Ophthalmology Vijayasai Reddy is appointed who was near the fence. Bangladeshi man as every now and then," a local work. ed stones at the personnel on demonstration outside the Department, left behind a two- with immediate effect. He has However, another Bangladeshi Mehruddin who is a resident of businessman said. A three-member delega- duty. Barrackpore Police page suicide note in which been assigned the rank of a cab- national who threw the pack- Mujibnagar in Meharpur dis- Another businessman, tion, comprising Bharatiya Police resorted to a baton Commissionerate on Friday. she mentioned that she was inet minister. et across the fence managed to trict. frustrated with her tuberculo- He will succeed Telugu sis ailment. Desam Party (TDP) nominee K. Rammohan Rao, who 1 $ " & resigned from the post after : YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) stormed to power. Earlier this month, Jagan " ! Reddy appointed Vijayasai . " & Reddy as the leader of YSRCP parliamentary party. # ; Vijayasai Reddy, who was ! elected to Rajya Sabha in 2016, is also the general secretary of the party. " He has been associated with the party ever since it was floated by Jagan Reddy in 2011. In 2012, the Central # Bureau of Investigation (CBI) " had arrested Vijayasai Reddy, then financial advisor for Jagan Police said Manisha's body Reddy's firms in quid-pro-quo had been sent for post-mortem cases. They spent several and her parents had been months in jail. informed of the tragedy. The cases relate to invest- Manisha, a native of Jamui ments made by various com- in Bihar, had joined IMS-BHU panies in Jagan Reddy's firms as junior resident-I in 2017 and as quid pro for favours was allotted room number 41 bestowed on them during the in the lady doctors' hostel. tenure of his father Y.S. Inspector Lanka police sta- Rajasekhara Reddy as Chief tion, Bharat Bhushan said the Minister of undivided Andhra BHU proctorial board alerted Pradesh between 2004 and them after hostel inmates 2009. found her body hanging in her Jagan Reddy denied the " . / ./ . 9& P * room around 12.30 p.m. and allegations and termed the 0 8 % raised an alarm. cases politically motivated. , % + !" , # !
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I ! tive, Manisha Mangret explains lenges throughout her career, tried to find " " that by having a positive mindset, she has always found inspiration women, who are half of the battle is already won. in the strength of women around not famous and This is what allowed her to come her. It is an amalgamation that are rising about * # out stronger from a prolonged hospital just because I had this commemorates these inspiring their circum- ! struggle she had with an acute thing in my mind that I am women who have overcome stances. It’s not " &" medical condition, tuberculosis in going to get better after the hardships in life through hope, just about sto- "" her small intestine. She says, “I surgery. I remember one of my courage and wisdom. ries of famous was admitted in ICU for nine doctors handing me over a book She says that she wanted to people. I just !" months. 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And then Vandana can just feel an impending political allusions which are (Kataria, director) came by and narrat- ety and its people? ! sense of doom that is likely to incidents that have made it to in the foreground, Chaubey is certainly not subtle. It is the ed. I really liked the script. I was part Well, I think what’s most impor- shatter this perfect picture. the news pages rather than thrown to a lynch mob wearing first episode where the com- of theatre groups in school as well as col- tant for all of us associated with this Within minutes, it spirals out of those centered around enter- masks of Joshi. The reference of plete subjugation of women, to lege and continue to do plays even now. film is that it gets people to think control and there seems to be tainment. At times, one feels course is not lost. Neither is the the extent where they are So I understand the world really about issues such as bullying. I hope no end to Shalini’s misery for that it is set in 2019 itself as one where children are made to drugged into obedience, bathe well. I think the most important thing it sensitises people to the damage that the crime of having married a there are contemporary reflec- watch a cartoon called Juniour in unclean water, forced to was to develop a relationship with the it can do. And hopefully, out of that Muslim and giving birth to a tions. A constant chant of “My Joshi which talks of the tales of polish shoes or roll on leftover kids and we even did a workshop before awareness, will come some action. child of mixed blood. lineage is my destiny. I am valour of the founder of food as penance, which is gut we started. It gave me a chance to hang Based on a novel by blessed to have been born in Aryavarta. wrenching. While the tone out with the kids and get to know each Why the title, Noblemen? Prayaag Akbar, of the same this land,” reminds one of the There is a vision of the Taj picks up from the second other. Also I had to change physically The title refers to what goes on in name, it depicts a future, which echo chambers that social Mahal crumbling by what episode onwards, it is also because I had just finished Veeram, for some institutions in the name of ( & $ is grim and grey. The country media often replicates where appears to be from a bomb maybe due to the fact, that you which I had packed on a lot of muscle- nobility. The warped notion of what is polluted, where clean water hyper nationalism is the only planted inside to cries of ‘Hail have got lulled into the misery weight and I had to loose all that to look being noble is. There is a code of 0 )&$A$ A and fresh air are the luxuries form of patriotism that is Aryavarta’ which is broadcast that seems to abound in the right for this part of a school teacher. secrecy between students, and if you $ 0 ' $ $ 0 that only the rich can afford. acceptable. Questioning the live and celebrated. The refer- pure land of Aryavarta. Huma, break that code, you are considered & *& The segregation is not just state or its actions is obviously ence to the Babri Masjid demo- in her makeup less avatar, It is evident through the trailer that a snitch. &))* $1*& $ confined to religions and wealth punishable. A telling scene, lition in 1992 is but obvious and grabs the option to perform the film explores homosexuality, bul- % + ' & but that of castes where even in which takes place in the back- suggests that it can happen with both her hands. The lying of fellow students in education- This film is very realistic as com- a van run by a jail, each catego- ground of the main storyline is again given the uneasy relation- weak link is Rahul Khanna, al institutions and revenge... There are pared to your previous ones... How *!& R) 00 $ /M ry has been assigned a partic- that of a mob demanding that ship that the right wing has with who has worked with Deepa many layers to it. So how did you different did it turn out for you as >' $ $ ular spot to sit in. Nakul Chaubey, the traitor the monument of love. Mehta, the director of the understand it? What is the core theme an actor? L ) * &0 Set in 2047, in the country should be hanged. Chaubey, by Environmental apocalypse first two episodes, before. of the film? The entire experience was very 0 $& $ $ /" !& of Aryavarta, it is run by an his appearance, is evidently a that we keep dreading about is Siddharth as Bhanu, part- The most important thing for me different. We had a limited budget for ) * ) 00 $ authoritarian leader called Joshi professor and the sidelining or right here right now. There are helper part-tormentor of was that when you leave the monsters the film, so we had to live in the and his close associate Rao, who even hounding of intellectuals water riots in the slums, some- Shalini delivers a layered per- in the society unchecked, they can end boarding school we shot at. And it was ) 00 ) 0 & / is balding, plump and has a is hinted upon. A person asks thing that we have witnessed formance but that is what the up creating even bigger monsters. And right in the middle of a freezing win- 1 & +( moustache. And this is despite him, “You teach politics?” to during this summer in the audience has come to expect sometimes, the victim can eventually ter in Mussoorie. Everyone lined up '+ O * 1 putting out the claim, as is which Chaubey replies, “I don’t country. Water, when it comes of him. Then there are veter- become the victimiser. And this is true early in the morning with buckets of 0 $ / !& & A usual, that “it is a work of fic- teach, I educate.” When out of the tap is black sludge as ans like Akash Khurana, who not only for school and colleges, but it water to go to the bathroom. It real- tion and any resemblance to Chaubey says that they cannot is the rain when it falls. The sky plays the soft-at-heart, yet applies to the world around us. As a ly felt like I was back in school. That * 1 '0 0 actual events and characters is seal his house and confiscate his is grey and dark even in during stern Rao and Arif Zakaria, society, it’s very important for us to take for me is the joy of doing films. 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chool’s out for summer and failed to regulate aviation emissions,” Swedish lawyer Pia Bjorstrand, said Andrew Murphy, an aviation Sher husband and their two sons expert at Belgium-based pressure are shouldering backpacks, ready to 3 group Transport and Environment. board the first of many trains on a Some pin their hopes on techno- whistle-stop vacation around north- logical advances in aviation, includ- ern Europe. ing electric planes, though viable The family is part of a small but 7 "" " : "" commercial battery-powered models growing movement in Europe and aren’t on the horizon yet. North America that’s shunning air " 6 In the meantime, airlines are try- travel because it produces high lev- ing to address customer concerns els of greenhouse gas emissions. " " "" even as they prepare to fight new While experts say fighting climate emissions taxes. change will require bigger and bold- “It’s obviously a hot topic and er actions by governments around the "; something we’re seeing particularly world, some people are doing what in the European market,” said Steffen they can to help, including changing Milchsack, spokesman for Lufthansa. long-held travel habits. The German airlines group wants to The trend is most prominent in start using synthetic kerosene pro- Sweden, where the likes of teen cli- duced with renewable energy in mate activist Greta Thunberg have coming years and recently began pay- challenged travelers to confront the ing a small fee to compensate the car- huge carbon cost of flying. bon emissions caused by staff trav- “Even I, who was climate aware el. 10 years ago, didn’t think about fly- Such small, voluntary payments ing in the way that I think now,” said — known as offsets — are preferred Bjorstrand as she waits on the plat- by airlines over government-imposed form of Nykoping station in eastern taxes or carbon caps. Sweden. “I didn’t know that the So far, a majority of passengers effect of flying was so big. So we flew are still unwilling to pay more for ; 4 everywhere.” flights or fly less. A survey by the Airlines argue that flying German travel agents’ association, accounts for just two per cent of man- DRV, found that only two per cent of made greenhouse gas emissions and air travel last year was offset. increasingly efficient planes now use But Julia Zhu, a spokeswoman for about the same amount of fuel per Atmosfair, a German nonprofit orga- passenger as a half-full car. Yet the nization, says the amount of CO2 off- ease and falling cost of air travel is sets it processed rose from 5,50,000 '$& & $ enabling more people to fly more tons in 2017 to 8,00,000 tons last year. often, meaning airline emissions are “The summer of 2018 was sort of &) $ & * * $ soaring even as other sources decline. a turning point,” she said. Swedish lawyer Pia Bjorstrand Atmosfair uses money from off- *) 0 ' 00 and her family board the first of many sets — typically a few euros (dollars) trains on a vacation around northern per person for a short-haul flight — )) A A 0& &+ Europe. They are part of a growing to support small-scale carbon reduc- 9 5 movement that’s shunning air travel tion efforts, such as buying efficient because it produces high levels of cooking stoves for families in Africa greenhouse gas emissions. (June 20) and Asia. ccording to recent United In 2013, commercial carriers Zhu said companies are increas- ANations estimates, the emitted 710 million tons of carbon ingly deciding to offset business world population in June this dioxide. This year, industry group scientists say would be sustainable. media and willingness to take long wants to keep average temperature travel, with a similar effort underway year stands at 7.7 billion and IATA predicts airlines’ emissions of The rail journey is almost twice train journeys to attend events in increases below two degrees Celsius among US academics. Murphy could attain reach 9-12 billion CO2 will reach 927 million tons, more as long by train — 5 ½ hours com- Rome, Vienna or London. (3.6 Fahrenheit) as outlined in the believes grassroots efforts to fly less before 2050. In early 2017, the than an industrial country like pared with three hours of flying and In Sweden, this stance against air 2015 Paris accord. could ultimately have a significant UN declared that more than 20 Germany. The figures don’t include transit — but that’s fine with the fam- travel has spawned the term “fly- But he said the climate movement impact. million people were at risk of other factors that scientists say ily. There’ll be plenty of time for gskam,” or “flight shame.” shouldn’t focus only on air travel. The aviation industry warns famine in four countries viz: increase the greenhouse effect from Oscar, nine, to pore over his comic “I can see guilt growing,” said “At the moment it is treated like there might be unintended conse- Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria flying. books and Gabriel, 11, to read up on Bjorstrand. “Some colleagues try not whales for biodiversity,” Levermann quences. and Yemen. These crises were Planes fare particularly poorly World War II history or just watch the to talk to me about their long-haul said. “It’s a poster child.” “Those that propose traveling less largely man-made, the result of compared with rail travel, especially lush green forests and lakes of south- flights.” A more effective way to reduce are heading to a darker place,” said violent conflict and internal in countries where trains can draw on ern Sweden glide by. The main Swedish train operator, emissions would be to pressure polit- Paul Stein, technology chief at aircraft strife that were preventing a plentiful supply of renewable ener- Last year, Sweden’s forests literal- SJ, says it sold 1.5 million more tick- ical leaders into taking decisions engine maker Rolls Royce. “We people from accessing food gy, like Sweden. ly went up in smoke as the country ets in 2018 than the previous year. that have a nationwide or global underestimate at our peril the role and clean water and keeping Bjorstrand’s train journey from experienced a heat wave that led to Even the number of business travel- effect, rather than guilt-tripping indi- that aviation has in connecting our aid organisations from reach- Nykoping to the Danish capital wildfires unprecedented in its mod- ers is up, by 12 per cent in the first viduals into minimising their carbon planet, our cultures, understanding ing people in need. Copenhagen weighs in at 2.4 kilo- ern history, driving home the possi- three months of this year. footprint, said Levermann. each other and moving goods and Figures from different grams (5.3 pounds) of CO2 per per- ble consequences of global warming Pushback against flight-sham- There is some hope that govern- services.” sources suggest that about 10 son, according to an online calcula- for this rich Nordic nation. ing is coming from some unlikely ments will act. Environmental parties Even Pia Bjorstrand isn’t pre- per cent of the total world pop- tor created by the Germany-based It was around that time that sources. were one of the big winners of last pared to give up flying altogether just ulation stands on the verge of Institute for Energy and Thunberg, then a 15-year-old student The environmentally conscien- month’s European Union Parliament yet. Last winter, like many sun- starvation. In other words, one would not increase at the same Environmental Studies consultancy. in Stockholm, began staging weekly tious consider traveling by car instead elections. Leaders of the 28-nation starved Scandinavians, the family out of 10 people in the world rate. There are other agricultur- That compares with over 118 kilo- protests outside parliament that of by airplane. bloc will this week debate a long-term took a long-distance flight. They either faces acute hunger or has al scientists who say that the grams (260 pounds) of CO2 for a one- inspired similar demonstrations by Anders Levermann, a scientist at strategy on climate change, while bought carbon credits to offset the nothing to eat. The available fig- problem can be resolved by way flight. teens and young adults elsewhere. the Potsdam Institute for Climate lower-ranking officials meet in The trip to Namibia. “The US or Africa ures also show that another 10 doubling the area of cultivation. Such amounts quickly take a big Thunberg has become a celebrity Impact Research, believes that the Hague to discuss taxing aviation or Southeast Asia, it’s hard to go by per cent barely manage to sur- Currently, it is said that a little chunk out of the annual carbon bud- among environmentalists for her world needs to stop adding carbon to fuel and airline tickets. train,” she said. vive. It is estimated that there over 37 per cent of the world get of 2,000 kilograms per person that heartfelt speeches, savvy use of social the atmosphere by mid-century if it “For decades, governments have L are only about 10 per cent who land surface is suitable for agri- have enough to eat; the remain- culture purpose, of which some ing population either manages percentage is tilled while the to eke out a living or belongs to other is used as pasture. The < =2 the middle zone. remainder is either too hilly or On the other hand, it is esti- too rocky and at other places, mated that nearly 1/3 of the the climate is either too cold or food produced in the world for too dry. ' & 06==) 1 & human consumption every year However, those experts gets lost or wasted due to inef- who suggest bringing more ) A ' ) 0 ficient supply chain manage- land under cultivation by cut- ment and do not reach the con- ting the forests do not realise * ' $/" 8 8 sumer markets. This includes the environmental destruction 40 per cent of fruits and vegeta- and the ecological imbalance he distance is long, a little padayatras. The MIMC has bles and 30 per cent of cereals that it would cause. The dilem- Tover 700 km. The terrain, been engaged with several dif- that are produced. ma is if more land is brought difficult. But what the 200 ferent kinds of services, includ- It is said that if food-pro- under cultivation or new agri- monks and nuns from ing spiritual ones, for the last duction can be boosted to rise cultural technology is used, Thailand do not lose sight of is three decades in addition to by 26 per cent, a major food cat- the environment is damaged the aim of world peace, the programmes on education, astrophe can be averted in and if this is not done, then mil- purpose for which they have health and other curricular countries which are facing lions of people face starvation. undertaken this padayatra activities. The idea came about “The biggest challenge for the lances are provided by Dalai about changes, howsoever back the message of peace. “In acute shortage. But is this pos- The solution thus lies only in from Dalhousie to Leh. from a festival that took place group is the severe cold. Even Lama. “There are doctors from minor. Says Sanghasena, “It has these three years, we have sible? Many agricultural scien- reducing the rate of population The motley group, which in Ladakh. Says Sanghasena, in May and June many areas in different parts of the country. inspired many people to work given very strong messages tists say that the human race growth. But then the world travelled all the way from “The international Buddhist Ladakh are covered with snow. The entire day they are prayer- for world peace. Our vision and and motivated even the local would not be able to cope with would be confronted with other Thailand assembled at Bodh festival of Ladakh to promote The weather is inhospitable, ing and meditating and this mission is helping people people in Ladakh to work for the problem of shortage of dilemmas. If artificial means of Gaya, the place where peace and harmony in Asian very cold and windy. Often ensured success,” says realise that they have the poten- peace,” he says. food. They think that a point birth control, such as abortion Siddhartha got enlightenment countries, mainly the Buddhist when tourists come to Ladakh, Sanghasena. tial to work for changing the Besides the padayatra, the would be reached in not-too- or the use of certain pills are and became Buddha. They ones, took place four years they fall sick and have to be The walk will culminate at world. It helps in framing the MIMC is involved in develop- distant future when the third adopted, then there is a risk of then travelled to Dharamshala, back. It was attended by a transported back by helicopters Leh on June 25 and the follow- mindset of each individual ing the area. “During the sum- world countries would be faced its harmful effects on the body, where they dined with Dalai large number of Buddhist lead- urgently. But I would say that ing day, there will be an inter- about how they can contribute mer time, we have volunteers with a grave food crisis. They in addition to other social and Lama on May 24 and it is from ers from Thailand as well as the motivation of the monks national conference which will to the world. And we saw and teachers for the underpriv- say that Malthus, the famous moral problems. If artificial there that they started their other countries with majority and nuns comes from prayers see the reception of political everybody has the potential to ileged students coming from economist, was right when he methods are not used and journey the next day. Buddhist population. And this and the desire to establish and social leaders. “Besides do it and set an example for the remote villages. We have set said that the growing popula- instead people are asked to Ven Bhikkhu Sanghasena, is where the idea germinated.” peace. That is where they get delegates from Thailand, there others to follow.” up high schools for children. tion would result in this kind of observe self-control, then there founder, Mahabodhi Initially, of course, there their strength from. The spir- will be scholars from America, Sanghasena believes that There are also facilities for crisis because while the popu- are attitudinal barriers. So, one International Meditation were some apprehensions as itual powers enable them to Europe and Asia,” says the message of peace would homeless people, and medita- lation would continue to comes to the conclusion, that Centre (MIMC), which was Thailand is a hot country, overcome the challenges.” Sanghasena. also spread as Ladakh is a tion and yoga workshops,” says increase in geometrical progres- unless the attitudes and life established on a barren piece of which is very different from Throughout the way, the Since this is the fourth famous tourist destination and Sanghasena. With a vision like sion, but the land available for styles of people are changed and land, 10 km away from Ladakh Himalayas in terms of climate group of 200 is being accom- year of the padayatra, it is when people visit the place, this, world peace is certainly cultivation would not be able to are based on values, the situa- in 1986, is the initiator of these and terrain. Says Sanghasena, panied by vehicles and ambu- bound to influence and bring they too would be carrying not a difficult goal to achieve. meet the growing demand as it tion would remain unresolved.
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Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's army homeland of the ethnic group The EPRDF itself is a coali- '# ,. " chief and a top local leader have by the same name, and the tion of four parties from been shot dead during an birthplace of many of its Oromia, Amhara, Tigray and attempt to overthrow a region- emperors as well as the nation- the Southern Nations, Washington: US military cyber tration earlier this year, is a more offensive operations. al Government in northern al language Amharic. Nationalities, and Peoples' forces launched a strike against branch of the Iranian military. There was no immediate Ethiopia, underscoring political The Amhara are the sec- Region. Iranian military computer sys- The action by US Cyber reaction Sunday morning instability in the country as ond-largest ethnic grouping Observers say that Abiy's tems on Thursday as President Command was a demonstration in Iran to the US claims. Iran Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after the Oromo, and both plans to hold an election in Donald Trump backed away of the US' increasingly mature has hardened and disconnect- tries to push through reforms. spearheaded two years of anti- 2020 has stirred up resentment from plans for a more conven- cyber military capabilities and its ed much of its infrastructure The latest unrest in the government protests which led in local politics and seen a rise tional military strike in more aggressive cyber strategy from the internet after the Horn of Africa nation flared on to the resignation of former in ethno-nationalism. response to Iran's downing of under the Trump administra- Stuxnet computer virus, wide- Saturday afternoon in Amhara, prime minister Hailemariam Longstanding tensions in a a US surveillance drone, US tion. Over the last year US offi- ly believed to be a joint US- one of nine autonomous Desalegn. country of more than 80 ethnic officials have said. cials have focused on persistently Israeli creation, disrupted thou- regions, when a "hit squad" Abiy, an Oromo, took groups have burst into the Two officials told The engaging with adversaries in sands of Iranian centrifuges in attacked a meeting of top offi- * * power in April 2018 and has open, often over land and Associated Press on Saturday cyberspace and undertaking the late 2000s. AP cials, Abiy's office said Sunday. been lauded for a string of resources in Africa's second that the strikes were conduct- Spokeswoman Billene efforts to reform a nation which most-populous nation. ed with approval from Trump. Seyoum told journalists the expats. linked the assassination of the has known only the authori- Over a million people have A third official confirmed the Amhara "coup attempt" was led The bodyguard has been chief of staff to the Bahir Dar tarian rule of emperors and been displaced by ethnic clash- broad outlines of the strike. All & % 8 by local security chief apprehended while Asaminew attack, but otherwise it appears strongmen. es, which analysts attribute to spoke on condition of Asaminew Tsige, and resulted is still on the loose, sources said. to be an isolated incident, He has embarked on eco- multiple causes, such as the anonymity because they were in state president Ambachew According to the statement which suggests there wasn't a nomic reforms, allowed dissi- weakening of the once all-pow- not authorised to speak pub- 5O H O 8H Mekonnen and his advisor from Abiy's office, the situation concerted attempt at a nation- dent groups back into the coun- erful ruling EPRDF and differ- licly about the operation. being shot. in Amhara region is "current- al coup." try, sought to crack down on ent groups trying to take advan- The cyberattacks — a con- Jerusalem: US National new and ready to go," said The men were "gravely ly under full control by the fed- The internet has been cut rights abuses and arrested tage of opportunities presented tingency plan developed over Security Advisor John Bolton Bolton, after Trump called off injured in the attack and later eral government in collabora- nationwide since Saturday dozens of top military and by the political transition. weeks amid escalating tensions warned Tehran on Sunday of a planned attack on Iran in died of their wounds," she said, tion with the regional govern- evening, after being severed for intelligence officials He also The security chief — disabled Iranian computer misinterpreting as "weakness" response to Tehran downing a adding that the regional attor- ment." much of the previous week. sealed a peace deal with neigh- Asaminew, accused of being systems that controlled its rock- President Donald Trump's last- US drone on Thursday. ney general had been serious- The link between the two A journalist in the region- bouring Eritrea, a longtime behind the attack in Amhara, et and missile launchers, the minute cancellation of a retal- Bolton, who was in Israel ly wounded. attacks and their motives were al capital Bahir Dar told AFP foe. was in 2018 released from officials said. iatory strike on Iran. for a pre-scheduled trilateral "Several hours later in what not immediately clear. shooting had begun shortly However the loosening of prison after being held over a Two of the officials said the "Neither Iran nor any other meeting with his Israeli and seems like a co-ordinated "We don't know what the after sunset and continued for the reins has also unleashed a 2009 coup plot by the armed attacks, which specifically tar- hostile actor should mistake US Russian counterparts, Meir attack, the chief of the staff of broader intentions of the attack- several hours before ceasing. wave of unrest. opposition group Ginbot 7. geted Iran's Islamic prudence and discretion for Ben-Shabbat and Nikolai the national security forces ers were. It is not apparent that On Sunday he described the Ethiopia's 1995 constitu- He is seen as an Amhara Revolutionary Guard Corps weakness," said Bolton ahead of Patrushev, noted that the "cur- Seare Mekonnen was killed in there was any organised plan to city as a "ghost town". tion, written by the Ethiopian hardliner, particularly in computer system, were pro- a meeting with Israeli Prime rent circumstances in the his home by his bodyguard" in take over the regional govern- The United States embassy People's Revolutionary regards to tensions with neigh- vided as options after Iranian Minister Benjamin Netanyahu region make our conversations the capital, she added. ment, but it is possible," issued alerts about reported Democratic Front (EPRDF) bouring Tigray region over dis- forces blew up two oil tankers in Jerusalem. even more timely." Seare and a visiting retired International Crisis Group ana- gunfire in the capital Addis after it unseated the Derg mil- puted territory. earlier this month. "No one has granted them In a Saturday tweet, Trump general were shot dead in his lyst William Davison told AFP. Ababa, and violence around itary junta in 1991, partitioned The coup attempt comes a The IRGC, which was des- a hunting license in the Middle had pledged to hit Iran with home in the upmarket Bole dis- "There are no clear signs of Amhara's main city Bahir Dar. the country into nine year after a grenade explosion ignated a foreign terrorist East," he added. "major" new sanctions on trict of Addis Ababa, home to a broader coup attempt in Amhara, in Ethiopia's autonomous regions with bor- at a rally that Abiy was address- group by the Trump adminis- "Our military is rebuilt Monday. AFP diplomats, aid workers and Addis. The government has northern highlands, is the ders following ethnic lines. ing left two people dead. AFP '# % O H % &/ OH % ! * " London: Boris Johnson, the police visit. You don't just say on Saturday. Q 9 * 8 strong favourite to become 'no comment'. The crowd gave Johnson a Britain's next Prime Minister, "That implies you may have standing ovation, and loudly '# Istanbul: Istanbul returned to the came under pressure from fig- something you don't want to heckled interviewer Iain Dale 5 polls on Sunday in a re-run of the ures in his own party on disclose," he told BBC Radio 5. as he quizzed the former mayoral election that has become Sunday to explain reports of a Former Tory foreign office London mayor over Friday's Tehran: Iran said on Sunday a would not have been "propor- a test of Turkish democracy as domestic 'row' that led to a minister Alan Duncan told the domestic incident. "spy drone" had encroached its tionate", with Tehran warning well as President Recep Tayyip police visit. Guardian his former boss now "Stuff happens at home all airspace in May about a month any attack would see Erdogan's continued popularity Although still heavily had a "big question mark over the time... Someone spills the before it downed an American Washington's interests across at a time of economic trouble. backed to beat Jeremy Hunt to his head", adding Johnson had wine, we can't really be making drone as part of a series of esca- the Middle East go up in flames. Election authorities annulled become Conservative Party shown a "lack of discipline" headlines out of that," sup- latory incidents between Tehran On Sunday US national the first vote in March after leader, and therefore prime throughout his career. porter Hasnain Ahmed, 23, Washington: US President and Washington. security adviser John Bolton Erdogan's ruling party alleged minister, a snap poll published Among all voters, Hunt is told AFP. Donald Trump said in an inter- Foreign Minister cautioned Iran against misin- corruption. Critics say Erdogan in the Mail on Sunday sug- The former foreign secre- now the preferred candidate to "What's important is what's view broadcast on Sunday his Mohammad Javad Zarif tweet- terpreting the last-minute can- simply did not like the result, gested that the incident had cut tary refused to answer ques- become prime minister, this guy going to be delivering chances of retaining the White ed a map saying the US-made cellation. "Neither Iran nor any after a little-known former dis- his support. tions about the incident on the according to the Survation poll for you in Brexit." With Sunday House in 2020 would be MQ9 Reaper drone — also other hostile actor should mis- trict mayor, 49-year-old Ekrem The Guardian reported first day of the month-long in the Mail on Sunday, as marking the three-year strengthened if Democratic widely used for carrying out take US prudence and discre- Imamoglu, snatched victory for that police were alerted early on contest to win over Johnson saw a seven percent anniversary of the vote to leave lawmakers start impeachment military strikes — had entered tion for weakness," Bolton said the Opposition by just 13,000 Friday after a neighbour heard Conservative grassroot mem- decline in support. the EU, the issue still dominates proceedings against him. his country's airspace on May in Jerusalem. votes. The city of 15 million is a loud altercation involving bers, saying "I don't think peo- He also saw his lead over British politics. Asked on NBC's "Meet the 26. In Kuwait, the US special Turkey's economic powerhouse screams, shouts and bangs at ple want to hear about that kind Hunt with Tory voters slashed Hunt also received a warm Press" whether he thought Iran shot down a US Global representative for Iran, Brian and has been a crucial source of the south London property, of thing." from 27 per cent to nine per- reception, promising that if he impeachment was good politics Hawk drone on Thursday, say- Hook, urged "all nations to use patronage for Islamic conserva- shortly after Johnson had He instead tried to focus on cent since Friday. couldn't strike a Brexit deal for him, Trump replied, "I think ing it had violated its airspace their diplomatic effort to urge tives since Erdogan himself won secured his place in the final his policies, saying "we need to But it is the party's 1,60,000 with the EU, "then I will leave I win the election easier." The near the strategic Strait of Iran to de-escalate and meet the mayorship a quarter-centu- run-off to become prime min- get Brexit done" and promising members who will have the without a deal". president repeated his long- Hormuz -- a claim the United diplomacy with diplomacy". ry ago. Imamoglu, of the secu- ister. to prepare Britain for a no deal final say, and their support "I was probably leaning standing allegation that the FBI's States denies. The downing of the US lar Republican People's Party, has The paper said Johnson's exit from the EU, if a deal can- appeared undimmed during towards Boris but I was very counterintelligence investigation US President Donald drone came after a series of become a household name since partner Carrie Symonds could not be reached. the first day of "hustings" — impressed with what Jeremy into his 2016 campaign was ille- Trump called off a planned attacks on tankers in the con- being stripped of his victory, be heard telling the former Tory grandee Malcolm internal party debates to decide Hunt said today," Tory coun- gal. retaliatory military strike gested shipping lanes of the depicting the rerun as "a battle London mayor to "get off me" Rifkind criticised the response, the new leader — in cillor Karen Shakespeare, told "I was spied on. What they Friday, saying the response Gulf. AFP for democracy". AFP and "get out of my flat". saying "the fact is there was a Birmingham, central England, AFP. AFP did to me was illegal. It was ille- gal on the other side. I did noth- ing wrong," he said. " ! "So impeachment's a very # unfair thing because nothing that ! I did was wrong. And if you look at the Mueller report, there was no collusion. This was all about H" !! collusion." The Democrats are split over whether Trump should Beirut: Lebanon's Parliament Bank and Gaza, $9.1 billion in ian balance between the coun- ( ,. be impeached after the Mueller Speaker Nabih Berri said on Egypt and $7.4 billion in Jordan. try's 18 religious sects. Report into Russian interference Sunday that the country will not The large sums for Jordan President Donald Trump's Khartoum: A Sudanese court in the 2016 election outlined be "tempted" by money into giv- and Lebanon, countries with senior adviser and son-in-law on Sunday ordered authorities numerous contacts between his ing up Palestinian rights, criti- substantial Palestinian refugee Jared Kushner faces high hurdles to end a nationwide internet campaign and Russians, as well cising the Trump administra- populations, were an apparent and low expectations as he looks blockade imposed by the rul- as evidence that the president tion's $50 billion investment attempt to have them absorbed to build support for the initia- ing generals after a deadly tried on several occasions to proposal that comes as part of its into these nations, rather than tive ahead of a two-day confer- crackdown on protesters earli- stymie the investigation. recently unveiled Middle East allow them to maintain their ence in Bahrain later this week. er this month, a lawyer said. While many of the candi- peace plan. refugee status and the hope that Palestinian leaders in the Crowds of protesters were dates for the Democratic nom- Berri said in a statement car- they could someday return to West Bank, angered by what violently dispersed on June 3 by ination are pro-impeachment, ried by the state-run National their homeland in what is now they and their supporters see as men in military fatigues, who House Speaker Nancy Pelosi News Agency that although Israel. blatant US bias toward Israel, stormed a weeks-long protest has argued that it would be a Lebanon is currently dealing Many of the 1,75,000 want nothing to do with the camp outside the army head- risky move without an "ironclad" with an economic crisis, it would Palestinians in Lebanon live in workshop and will not partici- quarters in Khartoum where case and bipartisan support. be a mistake to think that bil- squalid camps with no access to pate. they had camped to demand Trump told "Meet the Press" lions of dollars could convince public services, limited employ- The conference will also that the generals step down. Pelosi was staving off growing the Government to abandon ment opportunities and no right ignore the core political issues Internet on mobile phones impeachment calls from within Palestinians' rights as refugees. to own property. that are key to resolving the dis- and fixed land connections the Democratic caucus because The 10-year plan calls for Naturalising Palestinians, pute, such as borders, the status was cut across Sudan by the she agreed with his assessment projects worth USD6.3 billion the vast majority of whom are of the holy city of Jerusalem, ruling military council, with that it would harm their for Palestinians in Lebanon, as Sunni Muslim, would disrupt Israel's security and the fate of users saying it was done to pre- prospects in 2020. AFP " 0 well as $27.5 billion in the West Lebanon's very delicate sectar- Palestinian refugees. AP vent further mobilisation of protesters. Lawyer Abdelazim al- Hassan said he had filed a peti- 8 $ 8 , tion against the blockade, and on Sunday a court in Khartoum ordered that the Berlin: Hundreds of climate allegation. Previous environ- services be resumed. 504 activists ended a protest inside mental protests took place "I had filed the case 10 days one of Germany's biggest open- around the mine in recent ago and Judge Awatef pit mines on Sunday after years because the operator, Abdellatiff ordered the London: Hundreds of Pakistani told their mother is dead, men- what it is: domestic violence and police repeatedly ordered them German utility company RWE, telecommunications depart- brides brought into the UK to tally ill or chose to desert them, trafficking of women who gave to leave, citing life-threatening planned to cut down a forest to ment to resume the internet provide families for British- the report said. up everything to build lives danger, and authorities pulled enlarge it. Following months of services immediately," Hassan Pakistani men are being aban- According to research col- here," said Naz Shah, Labour some protesters out. climate protests by students told AFP. Authorities can doned back in their country, lated from law firms and char- Party's shadow women's and The Garzweiler lignite coal and a sharp rise in the polls for appeal the decision. with many separated from their ities, the newspaper estimates equalities minister, who is cur- mine was a focal point of Germany's Green party, For the generals the inter- young children, according to a that at least 1,000 cases of rently dealing with a case of an environmental protests in Chancellor Angela Merkel net and social media are a UK media report. Pakistani wives have been aban- abandoned Pakistani woman. Germany's Rhineland since recently threw her weight threat. The women come to the doned since 2002. Since 2017, family courts in Friday, when 40,000 students behind the goal of making "Regarding social media, UK after arranged marriages in The UK Home Office rou- the UK categorise abandon- rallied for more action against Germany climate neutral by we see during this period that Pakistan and often raise children tinely blocks mothers who try to ment as a form of domestic vio- climate change in the nearby 2050. That would mean the it represents a threat for the before their husbands or in-laws re-enter the country, it found. lence, but it is not a criminal city of Aachen. country's economy no longer security of the country and we tire of them or decide they are Most came to the country offence. 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(" est Indies captain Jason Holder Wurged Carlos Brathwaite to $ 8 “bring it together more often” after his remarkable hundred so nearly led to a stunning World Cup victory over New Zealand. $ ' $ The West Indies were down and out at 164-7, chasing a target of 292 need to be a lot more consistent.” to beat the Black Caps at Old Trafford. Meanwhile Brathwaite admitted to Thanks to Brathwaite’s blistering mixed emotions at his “obviously 101 of 82 balls — his maiden one-day bitter-sweet” innings. international century — however, “All the hard work I’ve been they got to within a six of a win with putting in, it's finally good that it just one wicket standing. comes to fruition,” he told reporters. But Brathwaite, trying to hit what “I’m obviously devastated not to would have been his sixth six of a get over the line, but also giving thanks remarkable innings, fell to paceman for the performance. Even getting the Jimmy Neesham as Trent Boult took team into the position we got into a good catch just inside the long-on before I got out,” Brathwaite added. boundary off the last ball of the Brathwaite dominated a last-wick- penultimate over. et stand of 41 with Oshane Thomas, New Zealand won by a mere five who remained unbeaten on nought, runs, a result that effectively ended the to give New Zealand a real scare after West Indies’ hopes of semi-final qual- veteran opener Chris Gayle had ification. launched the chase with a typically $ )J H $" 8 All-rounder Brathwaite was pre- blazing 87. viously best known for his last-over “Everyone believed we could get (" happen for us. We're just a team that went on to make 87 before also falling. heroics in hitting four successive over the line,” said Brathwaite. plays well when the energy is flow- For Hetmyer the hope is that sixes off Ben Stokes to see the West “The fight the lower order showed he West Indies might be relying ing and for us it's about coming Gayle has at least one more big Indies to a dramatic 2016 World was commendable.” Brathwaite sank to Ton help from elsewhere to have together as one for the next couple of innings in him in what is set to be his Twenty20 final win over England in his knees in despair after getting out. a shot at making the semi-finals but games and working harder to try to final ODI tournament. Kolkata. New Zealand, sportingly, tried to Shimron Hetmyer has urged his team finish on a high. "It's always nice batting with console him in a match where their to finish the ICC Men's Cricket World "I would have liked to have gone Chris," Hetmyer added of Gayle, who O C captain, Kane Williamson, had laid the Cup on a high. to the end and taken it hope for the also picked up the crucial wicket of Yet for all his power, Saturday’s foundations for victory with a career- The side from the Caribbean suf- team but I guess it didn't happen. Ross Taylor. innings was only the second time he best 148 — his second successive fered a heartbreaking five-run loss to There are still three games to go and "You don't run a lot which is a had made fifty or more in an ODI, World Cup century. New Zealand at Old Trafford, centu- hopefully I get one of those match- nice thing. But it's always fun batting with the 30-year-old’s top score in 37 “The New Zealanders are some of rion Carlos Brathwaite caught on the winning innings in. with Chris. previous matches at this level an the best people in the world,” said boundary off the final ball of the "Losing a game like this, the emo- "He's someone who pushes you innings of 50 against England at St Brathwaite. penultimate over when trying to com- tions run very high. So it's about keep- to do your best and he helps you in George’s earlier this year. “I’m fortunate to have shared a plete an unlikely victory. ing our heads up. different situations, telling you how “His work ethic is really good,” dressing room or play against and It was a devastating way to lose "I was getting there where cry- different bowlers will bowl to you in said Holder. socialise with them in franchise tour- but Hetmyer, who had earlier hit a flu- ing was concerned. I almost cried a different situation. He always gives “He’s not one to shy away from his naments "It was good sportsmanship ent 54, insists his team can bounce actually. It was a heartbreaking feel- you a positive energy so it's always nice responsibilities. And he puts a really on their behalf. I appreciated the back, even if their semi-final hopes are ing for me after Carlos' amazing batting with him. good effort into his preparation. The mutual respect the opposition had," he now out of their own hands. knock." "Even with the ball as well, knock he played today is not surpris- said with a smile. He said: "You could see from this Chasing 292, the West Indies lost sometimes even in the field, he's a very ing to me.” West Indies, champions in the first and the past few games we have Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran early good player and a well-rounded Holder added: “I guess everybody two editions of the World Cup 1975 played that the feeling is always on, before Hetmyer and Chris Gayle player. He will be dearly missed but could sit here and agree that we’d love and 1979, have just one win from six there. put on 122 for the third wicket to shift hopefully we can see some more of to see that a little bit more often. But games at this edition and they next face "We know that on any day with momentum. him in the next three games to come." that's the general feeling within the an unbeaten India in Manchester on our players, as we call them X-factors Hetmyer then missed a slower $ L2%$$& entire group. “I think as a team we just $ & =?=4 Thursday. in our dressing room, anything could ball from Lockie Ferguson, but Gayle $ -J##$>?=@
(" the 29-year-old Boult, who also took an OI C impressive 4-30 in his maximum 10 "The way Chris batted — he's done it rent Boult said he hoped proud fans overs. many times," said Boult. "But for Carlos to Tback at home would enjoy “diving > " “It’s been a bit of an emotional roller come out and do that as cleanly as he did, into their poached eggs” after holding the coaster sitting there with the pads at pure hitting — I'm going to say that was decisive catch that saw New Zealand beat times and then being under the pump pretty cool to watch. the West Indies by just five runs in a there with the ball. "It was a good crowd out there, so it World Cup thriller. "It's what it's all about. It's awesome was good for them. Saturday’s day/night match at Old to be a part of it. And I'm sure there will "It was pretty exceptional, a great hun- Trafford looked certain to go New (" 9O( ( be a lot of proud Kiwis back home, div- dred. But to be on the right side of it is, of Zealand’s way at one point but the West T" ing into poached eggs, watching a result course, a very good feeling." Indies got to within one hit of victory like that," he added. New Zealand lost both their openers thanks to Carlos Brathwaite's remarkable " "" >" "I'm sure that will give us a little bit for ducks to be 7-2 before Kane 101 — his maiden one-day internation- 3=A""/ of confidence moving hopefully deeper Williamson's career-best 148 — the cap- al century coming after just a lone fifty into the tournament." tain's successive hundred of the tourna- in the all-rounder’s previous 37 match- "( 8"" Asked what his thoughts were as he ment after a match-winning century es at this level. "85 > got underneath Brathwaite's final hit, against South Africa — took them to 291- But with six needed to win, Boult replied: "Yeah, pressure situation, 8. Brathwaite launched the last ball of the ( (("9 I guess. Williamson received good support penultimate over from Jimmy Neesham "" "Initially I thought it was going to be from Ross Taylor (69) in a third-wicket high into the Manchester sky only for quite a way inside the rope. It was partnership of 160. Boult, just inside the boundary rope, to " (9O( almost driven for six in the end, but nice "I thought it was classy, to be honest," take a well-judged catch at long-on. to snaffle it. And what a game. Simple as said Boult. The win saw New Zealand, the 2015 " ">" that, really." "It's what they've done time and time losing finalists, return to the top of the " 5 ( 8 Boult took a couple of early wickets again, just absorbed the pressure there." 10-team table. but also dropped a difficult chance Meanwhile Boult, restricted to 1-63 against It also moved them to the verge of "( offered by Chris Gayle, who was missed South Africa, modestly said of his return semi-final qualification as they remained ( "> twice more. against the West Indies: "I'm almost 30 unbeaten at this year’s tournament after It looked as if the veteran opener now, so I'm getting on a bit. thrilling wins over both Sri Lanka and might make New Zealand pay dearly, "I've played enough cricket to under- South Africa. with a typically quick 87 before Boult stand it comes around when it comes “It’s a bit special, to be honest,” said & )J 4B% ; " caught him in the deep. around." +) ● &'*-$ ,' ; ) $ + 0$$,' > 0 $'-,$ , $ ) $ $ 0 5 ?) !"
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It was just " : . & P a little bit of a challenge between myself and Saifuddin, and also it puts a little bit of pres- .3 . sure on him, so it's always good to prac- tice under pressure. You were in a similar position in the # Asia Cup with having to win matches . 1 : ; against Afg and Pak to get to the final. I can draw on the experience in the / 7 7 Asia Cup. It was a wonderful clause, and % 9 3 7 7 L we almost got there. We nearly won the final off the last ball. The Bangladesh team * = = ; / — and we all know from watching, if you really break it down and we do win these *' 3333 matches coming up, we only need five games, and we've won the World Cup. /1>6? =2 276726/27@ That's one way of looking at it if you think of them all as knockout games. Of course, that is not easy, and the first challenge and " ) /=? = /=62>6/27@ the first step is Afghanistan. That's why we won't look further than the next game, placed Afghanistan. of India's target, losing by 11 runs on which is Afghanistan. They're a tough team. 4G3 The Mashrafe Mortaza-led side, Saturday. But the team will take a lot of - -14*4A They really fought hard against India. We're which is currently placed at sixth spot confidence from the fact that they really respectful of them. They pushed us with five points, has batted pretty well restricted the famed Indian batting unit & # 9 * & A+ B hard in the Asia Cup, and thankfully, we 1" so far in the tournament. to 224 for 8. came out on top in that game. We know After hunting down a target of 322 Given their experience of the con- ;17; /; 6 7 ;@ :? it's going to be a difficult game today, but against West Indies in just 41.3 overs, ditions here, captain Gulbadin Naib will 7/ 7 77 6 6 ? ;; we're not fearful. We are confident. Bangladesh fought admirably in a 382- expect his spinners to weave their magic Last three matches would be do or die *%(,$ run chase against Australia, finishing once again against an in-form -%*#--*5.* match. Do you feel pressure? with an impressive 333/8. Bangladesh batting line-up on Monday. You've probably hit the nail on the ;?==) (" The promotion of Shakib Al Hasan The weather is expected to be warm. The head, which means you've made a very up the order has been one of the high- dryness of the pitch is expected to bring G) good point. If you think too hard about this lights of the World Cup. The all-rounder spin into play, much like it did during Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib (captain), being do or die or the end of the tourna- is just 22 runs behind Australia's David the game between India and Aftab Alam, Hazratullah Zazai, Asghar G> " ment or anything like that, then the pres- ( "" Warner, who is the tournament top scor- Afghanistan. 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( "" for us, it's very difficult, not only for Bangladesh, but for everyone.” fghanistan have improved + Afghanistan head into the ' )* O0 Asteadily over the past couple clash against Bangladesh with of matches and Gulbadin Naib much greater confidence. Key to believes his cohort of highly- the upturn in fortunes has been a "We're not going to risk him rated spinners have what it takes Hampshire Bowl wicket conducive that's for sure. We'll play each to topple the world’s best. to spin, with the Asian team set to ngland may be struggling with- game as it comes and get the med- Although yet to win a match, play their second successive game Eout Jason Roy but coach Trevor ical people to let us know whether Afghanistan have sparked into life in Southampton on Monday. Bayliss insists they will not gamble they think he is right for over the past week of the World But as well as the favourable on his fitness for the key World the next game. Cup, losing by just 11 runs to fan- conditions, the Afghan captain Cup match against Australia. "If he's not, well we'll cied India in Southampton on also admitted that several team Roy has been sidelined for do the same heading into Saturday after an improved show- meetings had been held earlier in England's last two matches with a the next game." ing against England. the tournament to get to the bot- torn hamstring and the opener was That is likely to mean Boasting the top-ranked T20 tom of the slow start. badly missed in a surprise 20-run another chance for Vince, who bowler in the world in the form “We struggled a lot in these defeat by Sri Lanka at only came into the squad after of Rashid Khan as well as the con- conditions in the first three or four Headingley on Friday. They England axed Alex Hales following siderable threat of Mohammad games,” he added. “The surface needed Roy's usual dynamism at the experienced batsman's second Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and the wickets are totally differ- the start of the innings but, positive test for recreational drug Gulbadin’s side restricted a star- ent. We didn't expect it. with Jonny Bairstow falling use. studded India attack to just 224 at “It's totally different in the last for a golden duck, and James Vince, however, has yet to the Hampshire Bowl — their two games. It's a very good wick- Vince -- Roy's replacement - impress at one-day internation- lowest total of the World Cup so et for us especially, so it's like Asian - struggling again, England al level. far. conditions, the ball turning, espe- made a sluggish start to He averages just 26.50 in And despite falling just short cially in the last game against their pursuit of a seeming- 10 completed innings, with a in their response, the Afghanistan India. ly modest target of 233. top score of 51. skipper sees cause for optimism “Everyone is just trying to do But Bayliss is - Big scores - from his spinners as the Asian well, especially the senior players. adamant Roy will Bayliss, asked if he found nation seek their first win of the “They have pressure, but every remained sidelined the stylish Hampshire bats- competition against Bangladesh on tournament together we're dis- unless he is fully fit to man's lack of runs "infuri- Monday. cussing the small, small things. avoid aggravating the ating", Bayliss replied: “You saw against India. India What's wrong? What do we want problem. "If someone "Not as infuriating as it is has the best batting attack all to do to get better? of Jason's ilk is not for him. over the world,” he said. “So then we're sitting with playing of course "He looks a million “So if the wicket helps our everyone and just discussing the you're going to miss dollars then he finds a spinners, maybe it's very difficult issues. someone like that. way to get out. Hopefully for everyone, not only Bangladesh. “Everyone wants to do well for That's the game," said he's one of those guys who “I know Bangladesh also have their country and do their best for Bayliss. can put one together and it showed their skills in this tourna- their country. It's a big stage. "He's injured and tips him over the edge and ment, how they played, and they “Obviously, when you're play- I'm not exactly sure he gets a string of big scores. chased 320 against West Indies. ing this kind of team, you're under when he'll be back, but "He's certainly a good “Our spinners are one of the pressure for the fast start.” we are looking forward player, but he'll be looking best spin attacks in the world. $ L2%$$& to him coming back. to play a longer dig." “When the wicket is suitable , ) P $ -J##$>?=@ +2 ● $'2' ' , *! "* ,$, 0 +!8:" 8! 0$ +8;,' $$,' '0' $,* ,,* + +0' $, !"
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