RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 12 SPORT 16 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL HOW DO WE ACHIEVE SAUDIS VOW ‘COMPLETE' PROBE FEDERER WINS SWISS BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR LOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT? OF KHASHOGGI MURDER: MATTIS INDOOR TENNIS TOURNEY CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 291 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LUCKNOW, MONDAY OCTOBER 29, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 KAT SHARES REHEARSAL VIDEO} } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Shooting deepens Lanka crisis ODOP summit focuses on Sacked Min’s bodyguard opens fire at protesters, kills 1; MEA chikan, zardozi industry PNS n LUCKNOW says India ‘closely following’ developments in Colombo ttar Pradesh Chief Minister AGENCIES n COLOMBO privileges and security until UYogi Adityanath said that another candidate could prove the Bharatiya Janata Party gov- ne person has been killed a majority, saying it was “demo- ernment had kept its promise of Oand two others injured in cratic and fair”. promoting traditional cottage Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, He also questioned the and handicraft industry and when the bodyguard of a President’s decision to suspend entrepreneurship by launch- Cabinet Minister under ousted Parliament till November 16, ing the One District One Prime Minister Ranil saying it will have “serious and Product (ODOP scheme. Wickremesinghe opened fire at undesirable” consequences on The Chief Minister said the a crowd of protesters. The the country. creation of huge job opportu- shooting on Sunday came amid Sirisena on Friday night nities with low capital invest- a constitutional crisis triggered sacked Wickremesinghe and ment was the unique feature of by President Maithripala appointed former strongman the ODOP scheme. CM Yogi Adityanath handing over a loan cheque to an entrepreneur at a Sirisena’s sacking of the Prime Rajapaksa as the new Prime Addressing a special sum- programme held in Lucknow on Sunday Pioneer Minister and his Cabinet. Minister. Next day, Sirisena mit on traditional handicraft of Ruwan Gunasekara, a suspended Parliament till Lucknow ‘chikan and zardozi’, enterprises) sector as it was state. It gives me immense police spokesperson, told November 16 after on Sunday, Yogi said that the growing at fast pace and was pleasure that the ODOP reporters that a bodyguard for Wickremesinghe, who had BJP, during the March 2017 UP also labour intensive. scheme, launched by the BJP Arjuna Ranatunga, termed his sacking as illegal Assembly elections, had Prominent e-commerce government, is acquiring con- Wickremesinghe’s Petroleum and unconstitutional, sought an promised to launch a specific companies also made their pre- crete shape in the state result- Minister, fired live rounds at a emergency session to prove scheme for promoting tradi- sentations on the occasion and ing in investments and job crowd of people loyal to his majority. tional handicraft and cottage provided marketing platforms creation,” the CM said, adding: Sirisena when they attempted The President also with- industry as each district of the to the small entrepreneurs pro- “Impressed by the success of to prevent the dismissed drew Wickremesinghe’s per- state had a unique identity in ducing traditional handicraft the ODOP scheme in UP, many Minister from entering his Sri Lankan security forces are deployed near the Petroleum Ministry building in Colombo on Sunday AP sonal security and vehicles in the form of its traditional craft. items and other products. states are following our model office at the State-run Ceylon order to accord them to his 72- The Chief Minister said The Chief Minister said and implementing this scheme Petroleum Corporation. killed in the incident, accord- But Sirisena has suspend- Speaker said in a letter to year-old successor, who staged that so far 11,755 artisans of dif- that along with the e-com- in their states.” Meanwhile, the Ministry ing to police.The guard who ed Parliament until November Sirisena. Jayasuriya, a member a dramatic political comeback. ferent crafts had been provid- merce companies, the state The CM assured the entre- of External Affairs (MEA) opened fire was arrested and a 16 in an apparent bid to shore of Wickeremesinghe’s United In his first address to the ed loan amounting to over government had taken a series preneurs that there would be said India is “closely follow- probe is now under way, police up support for Rajapaksa’s National Party (UNP), also nation after sacking `1,000 crore. The ODOP of measures to create enabling no dearth of budgetary support ing” developments in said. The shooting was the appointment. urged Sirisena to reconsider his Wickremesinghe, Sirisena said scheme was launched on environment for the marketing for the ODOP scheme. Colombo. “India is closely first incident of serious violence Speaker Karu Jayasuriya decision to suspend Parliament, his former ally’s political con- January 25 this year. of products of the MSME sec- MSME and Export following the recent political since Sirisena’s Friday deci- recognised Wickremesinghe as saying the decision has “serious duct since the victory in 2015 Yogi said that so far over tor in national and international Promotion Minister Satyadeo developments in Sri Lanka. As sion to replace the lawful Prime Minister ear- and undesirable consequences” elections was unbecoming. 1.65 lakh persons had been pro- market. He added after the Pachauri said that ever since a democracy and a close Wickremesinghe with lier on Sunday, and asked the for Sri Lanka. “He appeared to treat Sri vided employment by the launch of the ODOP scheme in the launch of ODOP scheme, friendly neighbour, we hope Mahinda Rajapaksa, a former president to back the sacked According to the website of Lanka’s future as a joyride for MSME sector under the ODOP January last, special summit of it was steadily surging ahead that democratic values and the president accused of human leader’s request to retain the Sri Lanka’s Parliament, a coterie of people around him scheme. Yogi also released a cat- ODOP was organised in the with special emphasis on constitutional process will be rights abuses and corruption. “rights and privileges” of his Wickremesinghe’s UNP has who had no sense of the com- alogue ‘Zari-Zardozi’ on the state capital in August and it capacity and skill enhance- respected. We will continue to Wickeremesinghe, 69, office until another candidate 106 seats in the 225-member mon man’s thinking,” he said. occasion. He also distributed was inaugurated by President ment of the entrepreneurs. He extend our developmental insists his sacking was uncon- could prove a majority in House, while Sirisena’s UPFA “He completely destroyed the tool kits and cheques of loan to Ram Nath Kovind. said that besides training, mod- assistance to the friendly peo- stitutional and has called for an Parliament. has 95. In a letter to Sirisena, concept of good governance 10 entrepreneurs. “Two years ago, UP was ern tools had been provided to ple of Sri Lanka,” said MEA emergency parliament sitting to “I consider the said request Speaker Karu Jayasuriya while corruption and waste The Chief Minister said the nowhere in the priority of a large number of entrepre- Raveesh Kumar. prove he still commanded a to be a democratic and fair backed the ousted Prime became rampant. future belonged to the MSME investors. The ODOP scheme neurs in all the 75 districts of A 34-year-old man was majority in Parliament. request,” the Parliament Minister’s request to retain his Continued on Page 4 (micro, small and medium has changed the profile of the the state. CAPSULE Minor raped, COP, PDP WORKER KILLED BJP slams Cong over Modi, Abe visit robot factory after talks IN TERRORIST ATTACKS killed in Srinagar: A sub-inspector of police and a PDP worker Tharoor’s ‘scorpion’ Indian PM in were killed by terrorists in Thakurganj separate incidents in Kashmir on Japan to attend Sunday, officials said. P7 metaphor against PM 13th India-Japan PNS n LUCKNOW NSG MILITARY OPS POST PNS n BENGALURU/NEW DELHI nidentified miscreant(s) HEADLESS FOR 6 MONTHS annual summit Ukilled an eight-year-old girl New Delhi: India’s elite counter- ormer Union Minister allegedly after sexually assault- terror force NSG has been FShashi Tharoor has trig- PTI n YAMANASHI (JAPAN) ing her in Thakurganj on functioning without a regular gered a major controversy by Saturday night. The incident military operations commander claiming that an unnamed RSS rime Minister Narendra came to light on Sunday morn- for the past six months, posing leader had compared Prime PModi and his Japanese ing and a huge number of resi- serious questions on the Minister Narendra Modi to “a counterpart Shinzo Abe held dents flocked the scene. Seeing effectiveness of its combat scorpion sitting on a Shivling” informal talks at a picturesque the corpse of the minor girl, who readiness and planning in case and terming it as an extraor- resort near Mount Fuji and vis- was bleeding through her ear of an impending contingency. P5 dinarily striking metaphor. The ited a factory of industrial and bore several bruises on her BJP has slammed Tharoor and robot manufacturer on Sunday body, the residents took to SC TO HEAR AYODHYA asked an apology from the as they spent about eight hours protest against the police apathy CASE FROM TODAY Congress leadership. if you remove a scorpion with together on the first-day of a and inaction. New Delhi: The Supreme Court In his speech at the your hand, you will get stung two-day summit. As per reports, the girl of is likely to hear on Monday a Bangalore Literary festival on very badly. If you hit Modi, who arrived in Japan Mohinipurwa locality of batch of pleas challenging the Sunday, Tharoor said “...There Shivling with a chappal, last evening to attend the 13th Thakurganj, along with children Allahabad High Court’s 2010 is an extraordinarily striking then you have undermined all India-Japan annual summit, of her age group, had gone to verdict by which the disputed metaphor expressed by an the sacred tenets of the faith.” has said the partnership attend majlis near her house on land on the Ram Janmabhoomi- unnamed RSS source to a jour- This might well be a very between the two countries has Saturday night. But she did not Babri Masjid area in Ayodhya nalist which I quote, in which interesting clue to the rather been fundamentally trans- return home. Her parents was divided into three parts. they express their frustration complex dynamics that exists formed and it has been Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe depart for Tokyo by Express Train Kaiji, in thought she would have stayed with their inability to curb Mr “between the Hindutva move- strengthened as a ‘special Yamanashi, Japan on Sunday PTI at the house of her grandparents HAZE ENGULFS Modi. The man says Modi is ment and the Moditva expres- strategic and global partner- who live close to the place NATIONAL CAPITAL like a scorpion sitting on a sion...,” he added. ship’. scenic Yamanashi prefecture, said. quartz and yellow quartz stone where Majlis was held on New Delhi: A haze engulfed Shivling. You cannot remove Lashing out at Tharoor, The two-day summit west of Tokyo. “Delighted to The two leaders took a sourced from Rajasthan. A Saturday and so they waited for Delhi, which continued to battle him with a hand and you can- Union Law Minister beginning Sunday will seek to meet PM @AbeShinzo in the stroll in the garden following Jodhpuri wooden chest from her. On Sunday morning, the dangerous levels of pollution, as not hit it with a chappal either,” Ravishankar Prasad alleged review the progress in ties and picturesque prefecture of which Abe hosted a luncheon Rajasthan with traditional work girl's father went out to search it recorded the worst air quality he said. that Tharoor had disrespected deepen strategic dimension of Yamanashi,” Modi tweeted. for Modi at the scenic resort by was also presented. The gifts for her but did not find her any- of this season during the day Suggesting that it was a Lord Shiva and sought an apol- the bilateral relationship. The two leaders “would be Mount Fuji. were specially crafted on the where including at the house of Sunday, officials said. The overall very profound understanding ogy from Congress president Modi was affectionately holding talks through the day Modi presented Abe two occasion of Modi’s visit to her grandparents. He later AQI was recorded at 381 on of the relationship, the Rahul Gandhi. received by Abe on his arrival on deepening India-Japan ties,” handcrafted stone bowls and Japan. lodged a case on Sunday. Sunday morning. Congress leader said, “Because, Continued on Page 4 at the Hotel Mount Fuji in the Prime Minister Modi’s office dhurries made from rose Continued on Page 4 n Details on Page 3 Boxing champ-turned gangster held Ex-ISRO Missing 8-yr-old girl’s body chief Nair meet him. After seeing police, the gang members keep on found in trolley bag at park Vicky had jumped interim bail in he started to run away from the roping in new recruits and STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI spot but was arrested. One also members of other gangs. joins BJP a Rohtak student’s murder case; loaded semi-automatic country It is learnt through sources, that n eight-year-old girl, who ` made pistol with two live as of now, Pradhan has joined PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Ahad gone missing from was carrying reward of 50K rounds were recovered from his hands with Gogi gang and North Delhi district a few possession,” said the DCP. roped in Vicky,” said an officer ormer Indian Space days ago, was found mur- STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI their other absconding associ- During interrogation, the looking after the case. FResearch Organisation dered on Sunday. Her body ates. Finally, on Saturday, at accused told police that he According to police, Vicky (ISRO) Chief G Madhavan stuffed in a trolley bag was junior national boxing about 4 pm, after getting infor- had joined Pradhan gang to was previously arrested in Nair joined the Bharatiya recovered from the Yamuna Achampion Vicky (28) — mation that Pradhan and Vicky terrorise witnesses in the mur- nine cases, including a murder Janata Party in the presence of Biodiversity Park, police said allegedly joined Ashok Pradhan will arrive at Dwarka, Mohan der case he was involved in. He case, rioting, and attempt to party president Amit Shah. on Sunday. gang to threaten witnesses in a Garden in West Delhi to meet wanted the witnesses to either murder case and more. He was Several other people Police officials suspect that murder case he was involved in some of their close aides, a raid- turn hostile or reach a com- first arrested in 2011, in a mur- including politicians from the girl was sexually assaulted received about an unclaimed — was arrested by the Special ing party was rushed to the promise, police said. der case and attempt to mur- other parties also joined the before being murdered. Police bag lying near the roadside and Cell of the Delhi Police from spot,” Deputy Commissioner of But Pradhan asked Vicky der case and remained in jail saffron bandwagon before the are also scanning through pro- the body was found stuffed Mohan Garden area in Dwarka, Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev to help him identify and trace for 13 months. 2019 Lok Sabha elections. files of missing girls and trying inside the bag. Preliminary police said on Sunday. Kumar Yadav said. one Sunil Kumar of Najafgarh, “He was arrested in the Among those who joined to identify the deceased, reports said the body had After receiving a tip-off In April 2018, during stu- whom Pradhan suspected to be case of murder of the student the party were former president Deputy Commissioner of Police strangulation marks on the that the gang had roped in dents’ election at Jat College in a sympathiser of their rival but on July 2018, he obtained of the Travancore Devaswom (North) Nupur Prasad said. neck, indicating that she might gangster Vicky, who was Rohtak, he supported Hardik. Tillu gang, said police, adding four-day interim bail to attend Board and Karnataka Pradesh Once the process is over have been strangled to death. involved in the murder of a Following a quarrel with some that there is a long history of the marriage function of his Congress Committee executive and body identified parents of “A cloth was tied around student at Jat College, Rothak, people, he along with four gang war in Najafgarh, Alipur brother and sister, however, he committee member G Raman the missing girl will be her neck,” the DCP said. a team of Special Cell investi- associates murdered the stu- spot and it appeared that he and adjoining areas of Delhi, did not surrender afterwards Nair BJP on Saturday induct- informed with chances high of The body was taken to the gating Pradhan gang’s activities dent near a Dhaba at Sheela was waiting for his accomplices said police. and jumped the bail. A reward ed five prominent personalities police getting further lead Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital for turned up at the spot. bypass, Rohtak, police said. to turn up. However, even till “Gogi gang is one among of `50,000 was declared by from Kerala into their party. into the crime to crack the post-mortem examination. The “Regular efforts were made “A n d o n S a t u r d a y, Vi c k y 6.10 pm, neither Pradhan nor the desperate gangs having Haryana Police for his arrest,” Nair headed ISRO from case. According to police, at DCP said a crime team has vis- to nab Vicky, Pradhan and was found wandering near the any other person turned up to rivalry with Tillu gang. Both the DCP said. 2003 to 2009. around 7.30 am, a call was ited the spot. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 city 02

Shah’s Sabarimala Ayodhya getting ready remarks irresponsible, Two fake candidates nabbed provocative: Maya for spectacular Diwali PNS n LUCKNOW during Army recruitment itting out at the Bharatiya PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n VARANASI PNS n LUCKNOW of 16 feet. Ayodhya while on November 4 HJanata Party national pres- During the celebration, the and 5, Ramlila will be staged by ident, Bahujan Samaj Party wo fake candidates were ttar Pradesh government foundation of a `50-crore artistes from Sri Lanka, Laos, chief Mayawati said that Amit Tnabbed during the ongoing Uhas planned a big reli- memorial of Queen Hur Indonesia, Trinidad and Shah’s remark on the Supreme 10-day Army recruitment gious programme in Ayodhya Hwang-ok, also known as Tobago at Dr Ram Manohar Court verdict in Sabarimala process here on Sunday. When this Diwali when it will once Suriratna, a princess of Lohia Awadh University audi- case was condemnable and the the medical examinations were again try to create a world Ayodhya who went to South torium. apex court should take cogni- being held for the candidates record by lighting over three Korea and married the king, The District Magistrate said sance of the “irresponsible and qualified the first round on lakh earthen lamps on the will also be laid. Last year, that the main function would provocative statement”. Saturday, they were caught banks of the Saryu river during Diwali celebrations in the tem- be held on November 6, when In a written statement while appearing in place of two Deepotsava. The three-day pro- ple town were limited to one a shobha yatra would be taken issued here on Sunday, who had cleared their run and gramme will be attend by day while this time it will be a out from Saket College where Mayawati said that it was high- other ground tests earlier. The Governor Ram Naik, Chief three-day affair starting from 15 tableaux showing different ly deplorable that the BJP candidates who clear their run Minister Yogi Adityanath and November 4. The government acts of Lord Ram would be on national president in his and other ground tests on the other dignitaries. But the main has arranged helicopters to display. The procession would remark in Kerala had asked the day for which they have been attraction of the Diwali celebra- recreate the scene of Lord end at Ramkatha park. Supreme Court not to give issued with admit cards are tion will be the First Lady of Ram’s homecoming along with Among the tableaux, four directions on issues that could made to report the next day for South Korea, Kim Jung-sook, Sita after killing demon king will be displayed by artists from not be implemented. medicals. the wife of South Korean Ravan. The UP Tourism foreign countries like Korea, Addressing a gathering in They belong to Etawah President Moon Jae-in. department is organising a Laos, Russia and Indonesia . A Kerala’s Kannur on Saturday, and Bulandshar and it is sus- She will attend the pro- series of events to celebrate Korean cultural team will give Shah listed court verdicts which pected that through fake iden- Fake candidates arrested during army recruitment in Varanasi on Sunday Pioneer gramme on November 6, when Diwali in Ayodhya. All promi- a performance at the Queen have not been implemented, tification cards they tried to get three lakh earthen lamps will nent buildings, temples and Memorial. Padma Shri including on Jallikattu (tradi- Army jobs showing them as the by the army personnel. ments were made not only in in view of heavy rush of can- be lighted. In 2017, over 1.71 ghats in the town are being dec- Sudarshan Patnaik will also tional bull taming sport of residents of Sagdi tehsil in Meanwhile, the police are try- the army recruitment site but didates and avoid inconve- lakh diyas were lighted, creat- orated while many cultural make a sand sculpture of Lord Tamil Nadu) and prohibition on Azamgarh. The biometric iden- ing to investigate the nexus also at the stations. On the day, nience to other passengers in ing a Guinness record. programmes are being organ- Ram near the Queen Memorial loudspeakers in mosques, and tifications and photographs of working in such helping the 5,697 youths from three tehsils trains, Varanasi division of Faizabad District Magistrate ised for the grand event. park. The main function will be said courts should pass orders the successfull candidates are candidates enter army through of Deoria district got their North-Eastern Railway ( NER) Anil Kumar told The Pioneer Meanwhile, the govern- held at the Ramkatha park after that could be implemented. taken on the same day of the unfair means. registration online but out of continued to run special trains that potters from all over ment released the entire pro- ‘Lord Ram’ and ‘Sita’ along with “Shah even said that court run. These two individuals Meanwhile, as many as them only 3,989 have turned and in this direction a special Ayodhya and its surrounding gramme of the Deepotsava ‘Lakshman’ reach there by a should stay away from giving reported for medicals with the 380 youths from Deoria Sadar, out after footfall clearance. train left from Varanasi City in places were making diyas. starting from November 4. On chopper. Chief Minister Yogi judgements on issues related medical slips which were issued Rudrapur and Barhaj tehsils of Later, 380 youths qualified for the afternoon for Gorakhpur A team of Guinness expert the first day, a competition for Adityanath and others will be with faith,” the BSP chief said, to the successful candidates, Deoria district qualified for the the further tests. Junction and it is scheduled to team will be reaching Ayodhya best Ram and Sita will be held there to receive them. The CM adding that this was nothing however, on reporting on next round of tests on the For Monday, 6,317 candi- return during on Monday early next week for preliminary at Ram ki Paidi and the first will also honour the Ramlila but contempt of the court. Sunday they were caught dur- eighth day of Army recruit- dates including Gola (1290 morning. assessment. The lamps will be prize winner will be given artistes of different countries The BSP chief said such ing biometric identification. ment by the ARO at candidates), Sahjanwa (1696), For the last many days lit at Ram Ki Paidi by over `51,000 in cash. and in the night, Ramlila of dif- statement from the national Both the individuals have con- Recruitment Ground in Campierganj (807) and Khajni such special trains were being 5,000 volunteers. Yogi On the second day, a ran- ferent countries will be per- president of the ruling party fessed of their wrong doings. Cantonment area here on (2520) tehsils from Gorakhpur run and it was the last day for Adityanath will light the first goli competition will be organ- formed along with a cultural cleary indicated that democra- They have been handed over to Sunday. To avoid any untoward district have got their names such special trains. special diya having a diameter ised at different places in dance by the Korean team. cy was in perils. the Cantonment police station incident, tight security arrange- registered online. Meanwhile, AYODHYA DISPUTE BJP gears up party wings for LS poll Saffron buses to ferry PNS n LUCKNOW government was doing for them. pilgrims to Kumbh earing up for the next Lok High-level BJP teams to visit all The BJP functionary said Maurya: Legislation GSabha election, the that party’s national president Bharatiya Janata Party has parliamentary constituencies Amit Shah had set a target to PNS n LUCKNOW Congress-led UPA regime, then asked its frontal organisations get more than 50 per cent Prime Minister Manmohan and various cells to intensify Lucknow (PNS): Looking for party’s winning formula, the votes in each booth and this he Yogi Adityanath govern- Singh had given just Rs 341 an option if SC fails deliberations with party work- Bharatiya Janata Party will hold a three-day meeting here from could be done only if the pres- Tment has decided to run crore to then Chief Minister ers and ask them to increase Monday to constitute minister-organisation office-bearer ence at the booth level was saffron coloured buses for Akhilesh Yadav for organising their forays into villages. teams to visit all the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies to assess the strengthen. Kumbh Mela to ferry pilgrims Kumbh. In the last one week, the party’s situation there. The meeting will be chaired by BJP state Elaborating on the election from far flung areas of the state The Yogi Adityanath gov- to resolve issue state working committee meet- president Mahendra Nath Pandey and attended by party gener- dynamics, he said that when to Prayagraj. ernment has so far released PNS n LUCKNOW He said the Bharatiya Janata ings of various cells of the party, al secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal, executive committee mem- one was in power, anti-incum- The Kumbh Mela will start only Rs 1,000 crore for Party was hopeful that the deci- including minority Cell, bers and all state ministers. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath could bency was the biggest bane. from early next year. Kumbh. With the Centre head of the Supreme Court sion would come in favour of Scheduled Caste cell, back- also attend the meet. “Opposition present half- The first batch of these promising Rs 1,200 crore, the Ahearing on the Ayodhya Ram temple. ward cell, and of frontal organ- The meeting will finalise the names of the ministers and party cooked truths which the peo- buses will be flagged off by the gap between the estimated title suit on Monday, Uttar “The BJP has never played isations like Akhil Bharatiya office-bearers who will go to all the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies ple believe as gospel truth. As Chief Minister on Monday. expenditure and money in the Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister politics on the Ram mandir Vidhyarthi Parishad were held for holding a meetings to assess the party’s present status and the a ruling party one has to Transport Minister kitty is huge. The government Keshav Prasad Maurya said issue. It is a matter of faith for us,” in different parts of the state. performance of the sitting BJP MPs. counter them. and this can only Swatantra Deo Singh said that is trying to fill this gap by ask- that if the matter was not he said. These meetings were attended The meeting will be held at BJP state headquarters. be done if a party has a dedi- 51 such buses would be flagged ing different departments to resolved in the apex court, Earlier, Chief Minister Yogi by senior party leaders, includ- The teams, which will cover all the 80 Lok Sabha constituen- cated team which can tell peo- off from the Chief Minister’s divert money meant for con- there was always an option of Adityanath had said, “If the ing Chief Minister Yogi cies, will report to the BJP state leadership before Diwali. They ple about the achievements of residence on Monday morning. struction of roads, school bringing in a legislation to Supreme Court can give its ver- Adityanath and his two will also give details of the local party workers’ feedback along the government,” the leader In all, over 500 such buses buildings or restoring power facilitate construction of Ram dict on Sabarimala temple, we deputies, Keshav Prasad with the performance report of the BJP MP. There are 44 min- said. will be deployed by UP State supply to Kumbh Mela. temple. appeal that a decision on Ram Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, isters, excluding the Chief Minister and two deputy Chief Minister In these meetings, the Road Transport Corporation. A stir was created early this He said the state govern- mandir be also given soon. This besides senior party leaders like in the state and all of them will be engaged in the team along with senior leaders have given talk- “All these buses will be of week during a review meeting ment would not allow any struc- issue is of religious sentiments general secretary Vijay Bahadur BJP state office-bearers. ing points to the party workers saffron colour to match the reli- when a senior official in the ture in Babar’s name at Ayodhya. and has nothing to do with pol- Pathak. Meanwhile, there speculation is rife that about 40 per cent and asked them to go to villages gious event,” the minister said. Urban Development depart- Maurya said, “The alterna- itics.” “As the election is drawing of the 68 sitting BJP MPs could be denied ticket this time. and tell people about how poor The Yogi government is ment in UP told state minister tive of a legislation by Parliament Reacting to the statement of near, the opposition parties are given houses, free electric- going full throttle to project the Suresh Khanna that no infra- is not closed. It can only be con- the BJP leader, UP Congress have started spreading a canard flowing right, left and centre. people,” a senior party func- ity connections, free cooking Kumbh Mela as a global show. structure development work sidered if the option of construc- spokesperson Zeeshan Haider against the BJP governments We need to counter the nega- tionary told The Pioneer. gas connections and how their Foreign dignitaries, including could be carried out as the tion of Ram temple is not pos- said, “Our stand is very clear, both at the Centre and in Uttar tive charges and tell people He said the party workers lives have been protected ambassadors and heads of dif- most of the funds had been sible through the Supreme Court that we will wait for the Supreme Pradesh. Political charges, both what the (BJP) governments were being asked to go to vil- through the Ayushman Bharat ferent consulates have been diverted for Kumbh Mela, leav- or through talks between parties Court’s verdict and it should be positive and negative, will start have done for the welfare of the lages and tell people what the health insurance scheme. invited to the Kumbh, ing the department high and involved in this case. accepted by everyone. The BJP described by UNESCO as the dry. “However, we are going to rakes up the Ram mandir issue biggest congregation of human Soon after, PWD officials wait for the apex court’s decision. only ahead of elections to score beings at a point. also started complaining that We are hopeful that a solution political goals”. This Kumbh Mela, which funds were being systematical- will come before the 2019 gen- On the other hand, Vishwa Togadia ‘no more relevant’: Pandey will start from January 14 ly diverted for the Kumbh and eral election.” Hindu Parishad (VHP) and and continue till March 4, will this had adversely affected Maurya also said that the Shiv Sena have also demanded Lucknow (PTI): UP BJP chief law or bring in an ordinance “to fulfil its “We want a Ram mandir and also a Ram be the costliest one ever held. restoration of roads. state government would not legislation by Parliament to Mahendra Nath Pandey on Sunday said for- promise” of building Lord Ram Temple in Rajya-like prosperity in our homes.” The UP government has esti- “The government’s prior- allow any structure to come up facilitate construction of Ram mer Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Ayodhya. Pandey said, “As far as Togadia Pandey exuded confidence that the mated an expenditure of Rs ity projects like gaddha mukt in the name of Babar in temple in Ayodhya. Togadia was “no more relevant” to Ayodhya is concerned, he is no more relevant.” incumbent BJP will win the upcoming 4,200 crore on this Kumbh sadak (pothole-free roads) Ayodhya. All-India Muslim Personal movement and his party was committed to Once considered a firebrand Hindutva assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Mela. During Akhilesh Yadav have been severally hit by “Congress, Samajwadi Party, Law Board member Zafaryab build a Ram temple there. leader, Togadia, during his recent Lucknow Chhattisgarh on its own. “In Madhya regime in 2013, the expendi- paucity of funds. The money Bahujan Samaj Party have Jilani said, “These demands are “The BJP stand is very clear. It is com- visit, had said, “Our demand (from the BJP Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the BJP will get ture on Kumbh was Rs 1,200 has been diverted to spruce up always been opposing the con- being made only by Rashtriya mitted to building Ram Temple in Ayodhya. government at the Centre) is that they majority on its own to form government,” crore. roads in Allahabad (Prayagraj) struction of Ram temple in Swayamsevak Sangh and It is of the view that the Ram temple should should fulfil their promises. Build a Lord he said. He said even in Rajasthan, the BJP According to officials, the where Kumbh will be held Ayodhya and that is why the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The be built through consensus or as per the way Ram temple in Ayodhya by taking the ordi- stands a good chance to win the elections UP government has sought an early next year,” said a senior people have taught them a les- Central government has not shown by the court. And, whenever, such nance route or enacting a law in Parliament, due to its government’s developmental assistance of Rs 2,200 crore official on condition of son. I support Chief Minister given any such statement. In case circumstances arise, the party will always make education cheaper, reduce petrol works in the state. Due to the performance from the Central government anonymity. Yogi Adityanath’s statement that legislation is brought in be ready,” Pandey told PTI in an interview. price and make farmers debt free.” of the BJP government in the state and the for Kumbh and the Centre has Officials, however, say that the Supreme Court should deliv- Parliament, it will be unlawful The UP BJP chief’s remarks came in the The Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad active role of enthusiastic workers who are in principle agreed to pay Rs sufficient funds have been er the verdict at the earliest,” and we will challenge it in the wake of Togadia’s demand from the BJP president, who had also visited Ayodhya in constant touch with the masses, the BJP 1,200 crore. sanctioned for Kumbh and Maurya said. Supreme Court.” government at the Centre to either enact a during his UP tour last week, had also said, has good prospects in Rajasthan. he said. In contrast, during there is no diversion of funds. Two drug peddlars arrested QUICK TAKES PNS n LUCKNOW cards and other documents delivery of the drug packets at ZPROHIBITORY ORDERS CLAMPED outpost on the Karnal-Meerut highway, accused from a spot near Jokhepurwa vil- from the miscreants. Satellite bus station in Bareilly IN MUZAFFARNAGAR Station House Officer (SHO) OP lage when he was attempting to flee, the SP wo persons were arrested in The police said it got a tip- and later used to deliver the Muzaffarnagar: Orders under section Choudhury said. A case was lodged in this said. The body of Sukhpal Singh (50), a for- vko';drk gS TBareilly in a joint operation off that infamous drug peddler same to the addresses they 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure connection, he said, adding that the body est guard posted in the Mailani range, was by Special Task Force (STF) Taimur aka Bhola, who is car- were told about. They dis- (CrPC), prohibiting the assembly of more was sent for post-mortem. found on the night of October 19 from a and Bareilly unit of Central rying a cash prize of `1 lakh, closed that they used get ped- then four persons at public places have spot near Pasiyanpurwa village. vko';drk gS Narcotics Bureau for drug ped- had placed an order for hero- dler 20,000 each for the pack- been promulgated in Muzaffarnagar city PRIME ACCUSED IN FOREST jke ldy Lekjd egkfo|ky;] dling on Sunday. in from a Manipur based drug et for delivering successfully in to ensure law and order in view of upcom- GUARD’S MURDER CASE HELD MAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN POLICE xkjFkkuh]s vrjkSfy;k] vktex<]+ m0iz0 fiu The team recovered one peddler and he would deliver UP while peddler 50,000 for ing festivals, officials said Sunday. The Lakhimpur Kheri: With the arrest of STATION PREMISES 223223 e as Lo foRr ikf"krs ;ktuks vUrxZr] kilogram of heroin which costs the same to some persons in each packet for a delivery out- orders will be in force till December 21 in a man, the police on Sunday claimed to have Banda: A 37-year-old man allegedly Lukrd Lrj ij fgUnh] lekt'kkL=] to `25 lakh in Indian market Hapur. On the information, a side UP. The said that they three police station areas — Kotwali, solved the sensational murder case of for- committed suicide by hanging himself in vxza th]s x`g foKku] lLd`r]a Hkxkw y]s izkphu and `3 crore in International team put a tab on the activities were going to Hapur to deliv- New Mandi and Civil Line, city magistrate est guard Sukhpal Singh here. Jaswant Singh Tindwari police station premises here, bfrgl fo"k;ksa esa izoDrk gsrq] izR;sd esa market. of Taimur and his aides and er the goods when they were Atul Kumar said. of Pasiyanpurwa village, the prime accused police said on Sunday. Bablu Singh went ,d&,d in dhA oruekus ;0th0lh0w The recovered heroin had nabbed them later. nabbed. It surfaced that the in the case, was nabbed by the police inside a room in the police station premis- 'kklukns'k ohjcgknqj flag iwokZapy its colour is pink and is not of Both the accused confessed accused persons had supplied MAN’S BODY FOUND Saturday, while his father Ramesh was es on Saturday night and hanged himself fo'ofo|ky;] tkSuiqj ifjfuf;ekoyh ds off-white colour. to their crime and disclosed the drug packets at different Muzaffarnagar: The body of an reported to be absconding. Kheri from the ceiling, police official Bharat Lal vuqlkj ns; gksxkA bpnqd vH;FkhZ vius Those arrested were iden- that they were carrying the addresses as many as 25 times unidentified man, aged around 35 years, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ramlal said Kumar Pal said. Singh and others were called uohure QksVks ,oa 'kS{kf.kd izek.k&i=ksa dh Nk;k izfr ds lkFk bDdhl fnu ds tified as Wasim Khan and drugs on instruction of Taimur, in the past. The police found was found in Shamli district, police said “the weapon used in the crime — a long- at the police station on a complaint of power vUnj egkfo|ky; d s ir s ij vkonus djAas Nahim Khan, both of Bareilly. his brother Saddam and their that drug peddling was done of on Sunday. The body, which bore injury handled axe — was also recovered from the theft. The victim’s father Ram Asrey Singh izcU/kd The team also recovered a aide Nabi Khan. They dis- a large scale in Behra Padera marks, was found Saturday evening from accused”. A police team, led by Mailani sta- alleged that his son was harassed in the ek0s u0a 9415837217] 8299786114 Renault car, `5200, three ATM closed that they used to get the village of Bareilly. a sugarcane field, near the Bidoli police tion in-charge Brijesh Tripathi, arrested the police station due to which he died. PTI

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Printed and Published by Vijay Prakash Singh for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., 4th Floor, Sahara Shopping Centre, Faizabad Road, Lucknow-226016 and Printed at Tin Tin Printech Pvt Ltd., C-33 Amausi Industrial Area, Nadarganj, Lucknow. Editor: Chandan Mitra. Resident Editor: Vijay Prakash Singh. RNI No. 2016/57. Lucknow Telephones: EPABX: 4036600 Fax: 2345582. Allahabad Office: (0532) 2420818, 2421018, 3290460. Kanpur Office: (0512) 2304006, 2304416. Varanasi Office: (0542) 2414294, 2414295. Delhi Office: No. 6, Behind Gulab Bhawan, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002, Phone: 011-40110455. Communication Office: F-31, Sector 6, NOIDA, Gautam Budh Nagar-201301, U.P. Phone: 0120-4879800 & 4879900 LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 city 03 8-year-old raped, killed KGMU institutes 3 new awards found murdered after sexual assault, the case was assigned Two to be given away at WHAT WERE POLICE DOING? to Thakurganj SHO Anjani Kumar Pandey. The case came as a who- probably got busy in playing “I have asked the police to convocation on Thursday dunit for the Lucknow police on the way and someone register a case of murder, rape as the Thakurganj police were lured her and then executed and also slap provisions of PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW faculty member said. in the dark about the miscre- the crime,” the sources said. POCSO Act on unidentified The Lifetime Achievement ants till the last report came in. On the other hand, the resi- miscreant(s). The father of ing George’s Medical Award for Eminent Faculty Sources, however, said some dents lambasted the the girl had suspected rape and KUniversity has instituted Member (past or present) of person(s), who were well Thakurganj police for failing murder. The circumstantial three new awards this year and Medicine and Allied acquainted with the girl, to put a curb on the crime evidence also indicate the two will be awarded at the con- Superspeciality for the year would be behind the crime. front. “In the recent past, two same,” SSP Kalanidhi Naithani vocation on Thursday. 2018 will be awarded to Dr CG “For the children in the local- brothers —- Imran and said. Defending public criti- KGMU authorities said Agarwal. He is credited to ity, it’s a routine to attend Arman —- were peppered cism that the police acted late that one of them was the late have changed the OPD prac- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW majlis whenever it takes place with bullets in full public in the case and that resulted Dr Ram Behari Singh Rathore tise of medicine from simply in the locality. view. Even as some of the into the murder of the girl, Gold Medal, which would be writing a drug prescription to nidentified The area used to remain accused in the above men- SHO said a case was registered awarded to Priyanshi Dudeja making a small case sheet miscreant(s) killed an abuzz with activities and so tioned case are yet to be immediately after the girl’s who topped in Surgery in the which is now much more Ueight-year-old girl there is little threat perception nabbed, another heart- father lodged a case with the MBBS final professional uni- prevalent with my students in allegedly after sexually assault- in the mind of parents and wrenching case was reported. police. He said the police had versity examination. practice. Among his several ing her in Thakurganj on they used to allow their chil- What the police were doing?” obtained the autopsy report “The other two are in the achievements are starting a Saturday night. The incident dren to go all alone. The girl they questioned. and section of murder, rape nursing discipline which large diabetes clinic in KGMU came to light on Sunday would be added to the case. include Padma Shri Dr 1973, catering to almost 5,000 morning and a huge number she did not return home. Her After a case was registered, The autopsy report Sabyasachi Sarkar Gold Medal to 7,000 diabetics per year From these camps the real- this epidemic since non-com- of residents flocked the scene. parents thought she would the police swung into action remained inconclusive about to be awarded to Pallavi Rai, with facilities for free medical isation came that diabetes is municable diseases are great Seeing the corpse of the minor have stayed at the house of her and started searching for the the sexual assault. The SHO who obtained highest aggre- and biochemical check-ups, much more common than killers and containing them is girl, who was bleeding through grandparents who live close to missing girl. Around 12.30 claimed that the girl was gate marks in MSc Nursing including ophthalmic and thought of since in each camp more important than prepar- her ear and bore several bruis- the place where Majlis was pm, some residents informed attacked on her head and was (first year and second year) in neuro consultations. He start- 08-12 fresh cases were detect- ing for wars. He devoted most es on her body, the residents held on Saturday and so they the police about a girl’s body smothered to death by miscre- the university examination for ed diabetes and hypertension ed. He advocated that infec- of his time in research at a took to protest against the waited for her. On Sunday lying in the thickets near ants. “The report on sexual the year 2017. The other new detection camps with free tions could be controlled but bench in CDRI and in his clin- police apathy and inaction. morning, the girl’s father went Gaughat power house. Later, assault is inconclusive. We are award in nursing which has medical and sugar check-ups life style diseases with a genet- ics till 1980 when at age 36 he As per reports, the girl of out to search for her but did the girl’s father went to the sending the sample of swab to been instituted this year is the every month on the outskirts ic background like diabetes realised that medicine is all Mohinipurwa locality of not find her anywhere includ- place and he identified the the forensic lab for further Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal of the city whereby more than had grown into epidemic pro- about patients and a physician Thakurganj, along with chil- ing at the house of her grand- body. Initially, the Thakurganj examination. If the report which will be given to the stu- 300 patients were not only portions. He said that state, should be patient-centric first. dren of her age group, had parents. He later lodged a case police assigned sub-inspector ascertains the sexual assault, dent who has topped in all the checked but provided free individuals and professionals This changed the medical gone to attend majlis near her with the police at 11.31 am on Avanish Singh to probe the the section of rape will be professional years and this will medicines from collaborating together by following preven- researcher in him into a prac- house on Saturday night. But Sunday. case. Later, when the girl was added to the case,” he said. be awarded the next year,” a pharmaceuticals. tive measures could contain tising physician. Hosp manager Lucknow’s air quality index continues to be ‘very poor’ held hostage; PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW vehicles through the mud, the scat- affirmative ‘Clean Air Action Plan’ including premature deaths, aggravat- tory and cardiovascular diseases, `1.5L looted tered pollutants are not dispersed,” he and a targeted action plan to reduce ed asthma, acute respiratory symp- increased respiratory symptoms and he air quality index of the state added. “It is advisable for joggers not emissions from all sources. It’s time toms and decreased lung function in decreased lung functions. PM 2.5 and PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Tcapital continues to be ‘very poor’ to step out early morning because to prioritise the fight against air pol- the form of shortness of breath, PM 10, when inhaled, penetrate with the Central Pollution Control with deep breathing, they may also lution,” she added. Lead campaigner chronic bronchitis, etc. Particulate beyond the larynx. Small particles aw and order touched its Board figures displaying ‘AQI 323’ on inhale the pollutants. The main cul- of the Climate Agenda Ekta Shekhar matter is also a major cause of visi- penetrate deeply into the lungs and Lnadir when a group of mis- Sunday. A scientist from Indian prit is the PM 2.5 (particulate mat- said that critical air pollution days bility impairment enhancing coeffi- can cause respiratory disease such as creants held a manager and Institute of Toxicological Research ter),” he pointed out. Ankita Jyoti, who were here again with winters cient of haze in many parts of Asian emphysema and bronchitis, and staff of a private hospital (IITR) said the main reason for the is working as an environmentalist at approaching. countries and the United States aggravate existing heart disease. Ultra hostage at the gun-point and increase in pollution was due to the Centre of Energy and Environment “It’s been a long-pending demand because these particles can scatter and fine particles ranging from 0.001 to looted Rs 1.5 lakh in Vibhuti winter setting in and pollutants (CEE), said though the concern area of the Climate Agenda that SPCB absorb light. “Further fine particles 0.1 micron in diameter are able to Khand police station area on caused by the traffic and burning of was said to be New Delhi, the air pol- must prepare a ‘Clean Air Action Plan’ can remain suspended in air and trav- penetrate deep into the lungs and to Sunday evening when the garbage not dispersing with the veloc- lution in Lucknow was also alarming. and ensure its implementation. One el long distances across regional and the alveolar sacs where gaseous entire Lucknow police were on ity of wind being low. “Reactionary measures like formula- action plan must be in place under international borders without sinking exchange occurs. These particles patrolling following instruc- “There are other reasons too. tion and implementation of the National Clean Air Action Plan. The and settling. Numerous epidemiolog- increase the rates of blood flow and tions from senior officials. ASP There is a lot of dust because of the Graded Response Action Plan are It should also be kept in mind that only solution is to work out a long- ical studies indicate that an increase vascular permeability to white blood (North) Anoop Singh said the construction activities and it has required. It is also essential for the pollution is not a seasonal affair, but term action plan,” she said. IITR sci- in particulate matter concentration is cells, elevating clotting activity, con- findings did not match with the increased the pollution levels in the government to issue health advisory a year-round phenomenon. The state entists said that air pollution creates associated with increased mortality, striction of the airways and fever claims made by the hospital city. Moreover, with the passage of to prevent the exposure of pollutants. government should chalk out an a series of significant health problems, increased hospitalisation for respira- induction,” a scientist explained. manager but the police would register a case as per the com- plaint. Manager of Rishi Hospital Sohrab Ahmad said he was sitting in his cabin Domestic help found murdered when an unidentified man reached there. “He introduced PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW piece of information,” a consta- himself as Anuj Yadav and ble manning the cell said. told me that he had to discuss 17-year-old domestic help Chowk SHO Umesh something. He sat on a chair Aof a jeweller was mur- Srivastava said Amit was not and trained a pistol at me all of dered and his body was missing. “He was lighting fire- a sudden. His 6-7 aides also dumped in a park near Badi crackers around 12 night on reached the hospital and asked Kaliji Ka Mandir in Chowk on Saturday and was found dead the patients and their atten- Sunday morning. The parents on Sunday morning. Accused dants to leave,” Ahmad added. of the victim accused the Akash is in contact with the He said the miscreants col- employer and his aides of mur- police and is helping the police lected cash from the reception dering their son and demand- in investigation. He is not counter and left the scene ed registration of a murder absconding and also not under while brandishing the pistol in case. As per reports, Amit of detention,” the SHO said. the air. The ASP (North) said Kakori was working with jew- About the autopsy report, it surfaced that Ahmad was eller Akash of Darji Ki Bagia of the Jagannath park. I had a gut the SHO said Amit had multi- acquainted with some of the Saadatganj for the last five feeling that Akash and his ple head injuries. “It seems that miscreants and most probably years. On Saturday, Amit left aides had killed Amit on some Amit was repeatedly hit on the with the man who first came to his house for his work place dispute and dumped his body head by some heavy object. We the hospital. “It surfaced that and did not return home. in the park to hide their crime,” are yet to find out the motive the man, who came first, was Around 8 am on Sunday, his he alleged. for the murder,” he said. in a drunken state and lost his father Suresh got a call from “On Suresh’s complaint, Giving a clean chit to cool when he was asked to Akash and was told that Amit the police registered a case of prime suspect Akash, the SHO leave the hospital. The miscre- had gone to take a bath in murder and also for destroying said he was keeping Amit for ant later called his friends who Gomti river and died of drown- evidence against Akash and his the last five years as his family reached the scene and broke ing. Akash called up Suresh unidentified aides,” the media member. “Akash had no any flower pots and other furniture again and he said that Amit had cell officials told newsmen motive that he would kill at the hospital. They apparent- gone to attend a ‘jagran’ and during the press briefing. They Amit,” he said. Sources said the ly had differences with the later died. said they had no information police recovered a whitener and hospital staff. We will register “On the information, I regarding the autopsy report some pouches having a smack a case as per the complaint,” he went out to search for him and and further course of police or some psychotropic said. found my son’s body lying in action. ‘We are not given that substance. Complaints will be redressed in 30 days after online submission: CM NEW SADAR TEHSIL BUILDING INAUGURATED

maintained through adoption of technology and inaugura- tion of the online system was for the same purpose. He said that through this, matters would be resolved in a matter of 30 days after e-submis- sions. Yogi said that good administration means to help the people get benefits of gov- ernment schemes, to ensure justice and opportunities to people to put forth their views without fear. He said it was with the aim of providing good administration that ‘Tehsil Diwas’ was observed as ‘Sampoorn Samadhan Diwas’. He said the government had made efforts to improve PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW heirship, inheritance and cer- proper infrastructure facilities. law and order and it had tificates. He said such facilities would resulted in the state getting hief Minister Yogi In his address, the Chief be available in the new build- good investments that would CAdityanath inaugurated Minister said that for the gen- ing. The Chief Minister said it give employment to over 10 the new building of Sadar eral public to benefit from was challenging to stop rev- lakh youths. The occasion also Tehsil and also launched the government schemes, it was enue-related disputes but con- witnessed the presence of online facility for undisputed important that there should be trol over the same could be senior administration officials. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 city 04

Youngsters throng employment fair Krishi Kumbh: ‘Kadaknath’ PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW jobs of their choice. The gov- ernment is putting in a lot of the most enquired subject housands of job-seekers efforts in empowering youths Tthronged the premises of with skills and education which Jai Narain PG College (KKC), can help them to become suc- Station Road, Charbagh, in cessful in their lives,” Sharma Lucknow to participate in the said. More than 5,000 youths three-day-long Skill India were counselled under a new Rozgar Mela, organised from initiative called ‘Skill Sathi,’ October 26 to 28. One of the where they were informed largest job fairs in the state, the about various skill develop- Rozgar Mela witnessed over- ment schemes under the Skill whelming participation from India Mission. ‘Skill Saathi’s nearly 80+ corporates and reg- aim is to guide the youths to istered a footfall of over 15,000 make informed choices for skill seekers and job aspirants. courses and skill training. It Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh gave information on various Sharma attended the closing courses available under fee- ceremony on Sunday. based programmes and differ- The job fair provided an ent government schemes such opportunity to the job-seekers as the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal to learn more about potential Vikas Yojana, Apprenticeship employers and various employ- among others. ment opportunities available, Apart from this a Kaushal including entrepreneurship. It Mela (Skills’ Exhibition) was also offered a platform to the also organised. The Kaushal organisations to meet potential Mela, represented by various employees in an informal set- training providers and Sector ting. Some of the leading cor- Skill Councils brought a porates and organisations Securities, Naturals and machine operators, sales exec- ing providers. “We are com- plethora of skills/ trades avail- Visitors at CISH stall which participated in the event Carnival Films among others. utives etc. The job fair brought mitted to creating and provid- able for vocational training in were Bajaj Capital, Taj Vivanta, More than 3,000 candidates skilled candidates in direct ing employment opportuni- various sectors such as PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Malihabad farmer, has put up were displayed and the farmers NIIT Ltd, Aarohan Micro were selected as customer rela- contact with the recruiters, ties to the youths of UP. The Automobile, IT& ITES, Retail, a stall of ‘Kadaknath’ poultry sought to know about the Finances, Bharti Telemedia, tions executives, HR junior HR managers, admission offi- focus of youths should be on Healthcare, Beauty, Agriculture adaknath’ was one the developed in mango orchard, newly-developed varieties. Muthoot Microfin, G4S executives, beauty therapists, cers and advisory bodies/train- honing their skills to get the and many more. ‘Kmost enquired subjects creating interest among the Indian Institute of during ‘Krishi Kumbh’, which community. The egg produc- Sugarcane Research (IISR) also concluded on Sunday. Director tion capacity of ‘Kadaknath’ is exhibited many technologies. of Central Institute for low which restricts its large- Most of the ICAR institutes sit- Subtropical Horticulture scale multiplication. CISH has uated in North India participat- 63.5% candidates appear Plumber’s body (CISH) Shailendra Rajan said supported farmers to get ed in the ‘Krishi Kumbh’. they developed mango parental stock of ‘Kadaknath’ Twenty institutes showcased orchard-based poultry farming which is now being main- their technologies and provid- technology which had become tained by farmers. This will ed information to the visiting in UP PCS-2018 prelims found in orchard popular among the farmers, help mango-growers rear farmers. not only for enhancing their ‘Kadaknath’ in their orchards. At the CISH stall, the vis- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW death of the victim in the case. income three-fold but also for “Malihabad, known for itors were attracted by the red- However, some villagers shared reducing pest population in the Dussehri, will also be known coloured varieties of mango 29-year-old plumber was the information related to the orchards. for Kadaknath in days to and guava. “The information Afound murdered in a incident to newsmen and the “Many farmers from come,” Rajan said. available on the internet is mango grove in Nagram on cops had to come up with the Unnao, Sitapur, Hardoi and Indian Institute of misleading at times and farm- Sunday. Police sent the body for real facts related to the incident. Barabanki showed keen inter- Vegetable Research (Varanasi) ers were happy to get first-hand autopsy and further investiga- Meanwhile, a two days old est in adopting this technolo- displayed live samples of many information about rare varieties tions are underway. body of an unidentified man gy developed under ‘Farmer vegetable varieties and also which they had only heard As per reports, some vil- was recovered from a pond in FIRST’ project by CISH,” he provided kitchen garden kits to about. They are interested in lagers spotted the body lying in Kali Bheet locality of Kali pointed out. the visitors. Technologies devel- purchasing genuine plant mate- an orchard owned by Yogendra Paschim in PGI police station Mohammad Shafiq, a oped for vegetable production rial,” the CISH director said. of Asaligarhi village of Nagram area on Sunday morning. The and informed village pradhan villagers suspected a foul play Brahmawati. On the informa- saying that the man was done tion, Brahmawati reached the to death and his body was Motive for firing baffles police place and later she informed dumped in the water body to the police about the recovery of hide the crime. The police, PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW investigation. “In all probabil- detained some persons and the body. “Some of the villagers however, claimed that the body ity, the firing was made from were interrogating them. “The and I identified the man as bore no marks of injuries and n the Vibhuti Khand firing a construction site close to the persons rounded up included Rajesh of Asaligarhi locality of claimed that the man had died Iincident in which a labour- one where Raju was working. some of the labourers/workers Candidates coming out of UPSC Bhawan after appearing in PCS prelims on Sunday Pioneer the area. Later, his family mem- of drowning. er had suffered firearm injuries He was working on the third hired by the contractor who is bers were called and they also on Saturday night, it surfaced floor of the under-construction carrying out the work at the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW good attendance. This time, the Some of the candidates identified the body. We later MISHAP that the bullet was fired was building when suffered the construction site,” the sources Commission allotted the home said they had also qualified the called the police,” Brahmawati A bus ferrying passengers from by a country-made pistol injuries,” he said. The SSP said. he preliminary examina- district to candidates and hence prelims of 2016 and 2017 and told sub-inspector Arvind who, knocked a bike and later caught from a construction site. added that the police had They said it was not the Ttion of UP PCS-2018 they turned in large numbers. were now awaiting the results along with a team, reached the fire at Lohia crossing in Gomti SSP Kalanidhi Naithani recovered the bullet shell and first case when a firing incident passed off without any major In the past years, the atten- even as they appeared in the place to conduct investigation. Nagar on Sunday night. The ruled out the possibility of fir- were investigating the case. occurred in the Gomti Nagar glitches on Sunday. Joint secre- dance usually normally 50-51 exam on Sunday. The police spokesman said bus hit the bike from behind ing by some persons who had Sources said no blackening locality. A few months back, a tary of Uttar Pradesh Public per cent,” Pandey said. Majority of the student the body bore no marks of and due to impact, the rider checked in hotels around the was found on the palm of the puri vendor had died of Services Commission DS He pointed out that they found the exam moderate and injuries when examined prima went flying in the air and his crime scene and said a team victim and so there was no firearm injuries at a market Pandey said no untoward inci- received a positive feedback balanced in terms of ques- facie. “The victim’s body was vehicles came under wheels of inspected hotels in the area. possibility that Raju fired him- (near Patrakarpuram cross- dent was reported from any of from the candidates regarding tions asked in General Studies lying about 350 metres away the bus. The bike, dragged to “The facing sides of some of self and suffered a firearm ing) in Gomti Nagar. The the 140 centres across the city. the question paper as well as and CSAT. “The questions in from his house. The autopsy several feet, caught fire and the the hotels in question were injury subsequently. “But the police initially had claimed The attendance was the the arrangements made for General Studies covered all report will confirm the cause of flames also engulfed the bus. found intact. The facing sides lack of motive for the attack that the bullet was fired from maximum this year with 63.5 the same. He said the results areas such as history, environ- death,” the police spokesman The biker was admitted to are made of glass sheets and has baffled cops. Raju, who is an air gun but later came up per cent candidates appearing were expected to be declared in ment and current affairs. said. The media cell of hospital while all the passen- fibre and these sheets were out of danger and still recuper- with an explanation that a in the exam out of the total reg- 2-3 months. The candidates are However, the negative marking Lucknow police tried its best to gers were safe. The person found intact,” he said. ating, denied any enmity with supervisor on the market had istered candidates (66,000). also awaiting the results of made the examination control the damage by propa- injured was identified as Vinay He said Gomti Nagar CO any person,” the sources said. fired when he was shooing “There was a reason for the 2016 and 2017 Mains. tougher,” a candidate said. gating the news as natural Sharma (36) of Telibagh. Avnishwar Srivastava led the They said the police had away a gang of monkeys. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CITYBRIEFS CONFERENCE ON bring together academicians, CJs FROM NOV 16 researchers, NGOs and indus- MODI, ABE VISIT... last year, Modi had hosted Modi will engage with Abe on two of us. I believe the cultur- to vacate the Prime Minister’s abuses and the worst form of The 19th International try experts on a common plat- After luncheon, both Abe in his home state of a range of issues including al and policy differences official residence-cum-office civil discourse,” he told Conference of Chief Justices of form in the interest of Uttar Prime Ministers visited the Gujarat. defence and regional securi- between us contributed to of Temple Trees. The political reporters in Delhi. He said the World (ICCJW-2018), Pradesh’s and Uttarakhand’s FANUC industrial facility, “Tete-a-tete in front of a ty. Besides bilateral issues, the this political and economic crisis in the island nation on while he would not like to organised under the aegis of development prerogatives. which specialises in automa- fireplace. Japanese PM two leaders are expected to crisis,” he said. Sirisena also Sunday triggered violence as comment on Tharoor’s City Montessori School, will be tion. “Taking our cooperation @AbeShinzo hosted PM deliberate on a range of accused the United National one person was killed and two remarks “against whom a held from November 16 to 20. VASTU TIPS to modern and advanced @narendramodi at his per- regional and global issues Party (UNP) leader of treat- others injured as the body- charge sheet has been filed in Former presidents, prime min- A session on Vastu tips for technologies. PM @naren- sonal villa near Lake including the situation in the ing very lightly the alleged guards of Petroleum Minister a murder case”, but want to isters, speakers of Parliament, health, wealth and prosperity dramodi and PM Kawaguchi in #Yamanashi. Indo-Pacific region. It is said plot to assassinate him. The Arjuna Ranatunga, a know where Rahul Gandhi, ministers of justice, etc from 19 by Vimal Jhajharia will be @AbeShinzo visited the PM Modi is the first foreign the Prime Minister’s visit will President last week accused Wickremesinghe loyalist, who claims to be a Shiv Bhakt, countries, along with over 300 organised by FICCI FLO on FANUC Corporation, one of leader to be invited to the reaffirm the traditional bonds his unity Government partner fired live rounds when sup- stands on the issue. “Gandhi chief justices, judges and legal Monday. Jhajharia, who is the largest makers of indus- villa,” Kumar tweeted. After of friendship between the of Wickremesinghe’s UNP of porters of Rajapaksa threat- claims to be a Shiv Bhakt now luminaries from 70 countries, renowned for his Vastu exper- trial robots in the world in the dinner, the two leaders two countries and strengthen going slow on the investiga- ened the cabinet member. he should make it clear will arrive at Lucknow to pave tise and guidance, has widely #Yamanashi, and toured the left for Tokyo by train. The their multi-faceted coopera- tions after a man named The political developments, whether he supports Tharoor’s the way for ensuring a safe and earned his reputation for con- robotics and automation two prime ministers spent tion in diverse fields. Namal Kumara in mid- which has thrown the coun- remarks which are an insult to secure future for the 2.5 billion sultation in providing ‘remedies facilities,” Ministry of about eight hours together, India is also hoping to September disclosed the try into a constitutional crisis, Lord Shiva. If he does not sup- children of the world through without destruction’ and that is External Affairs spokesperson MEA officials said. have some kind of synergy or alleged plot to assassinate unfolded after Sirisena’s port the remarks he should their participation in the con- what he will be covering in the Raveesh Kumar tweeted. Yamanashi, at a distance integration between Modi’s him and former Defence broader political front United apologise to the Hindus,” ference. session. According to chairper- Prime Minister Modi was of around 110 kilometres Ayushman Bharat scheme, Minister Gotabhaya People’s Freedom Alliance Prasad said. “The whole son of FLO Lucknow Renuka briefed on the various robot- from Tokyo, is surrounded by which is the largest medicare Rajapaksa. “Having taken into (UPFA) announced that it nation is watching ... While ANNUAL CONFERENCE Tandon, most believe that ic and automation capabilities several mountains including programme of its kind glob- consideration all crisis, the has decided to quit the unity Rahul Gandhi who claims Giri Institute is organising Vastu corrections come at a sig- of FANUC, Ministry of Mount Fuji - the country’s ally, and the Japanese pro- political and economic as Government with himself to be a Shiv Bhakt, one the 14th annual Conference of nificant cost due to the con- External Affairs officials said. tallest peak at around 3,776 gramme which is called Asia well as the assassination plot Wickremesinghe’s UNP. of his small leaders has almost Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand struction and demolition Both the leaders observed metres. Health and Wellbeing on me, I was only left with Sirisena and Wickremesinghe abused the sanctity of Economic Association on involved. “This is the myth we several illustrations of the They will hold a formal Initiative. Prime Minister one alternative which was to had joined to form a Shivlinga and Lord Mahadev Monday. It will be inaugurated want to dispel with the help of working of industrial robots. summit Monday in Tokyo, Modi has said projects such appoint former President Government of national unity by referring to chappal attack by West Bengal Governor Jhajharia’s expertise. The tim- At the motor assembly facil- during which strengthening as Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Mahinda Rajapaksa as the in 2015 to bring in constitu- through named sources. Keshari Nath Tripathi on ing couldn’t have been more ity, they witnessed the assem- bilateral security and eco- Speed Rail and Dedicated Prime Minister,” Sirisena said. tional and governance Please reply to this very hor- Monday. Media spokesperson appropriate asmost people get bling of a motor by a robot in nomic cooperation is expect- Freight Corridors reflected Rejecting Wickremesinghe’s reforms including a new rific denunciation of Lord of the institute Anuradha busy with remodeling or ren- 40 seconds, officials added. ed to be high on the agenda. the high level and “strength of allegation that his sacking Constitution to address the Mahadev,” he added. As his Kakkar said the prime objec- ovating their spaces before FANUC contributes to the Ahead of his departure from our economic engagement”. was unconstitutional and ille- long-standing issues of the speech stirred a controversy, tive of the conference was to Diwali,” she said. manufacturing industry in New Delhi, Modi described “Japan is also at the fore- gal, he said, “I must make it Tamil minority. Sri Lanka Tharoor tweeted, clarifying Japan and other countries, India and Japan as a “winning front of engaging in our very clear that the new nearly faced economic sanc- that the comments were not including India, by promot- combination” and said the national initiatives, such as appointment (of Rajapaksa) tions from the West over made by him. In view of the SCHOOLSCAN ing automation and efficien- island nation was New Delhi’s ‘Make in India’, ‘Skill India’, was made on expert legal Rajapaksa’s brutal military unseemly demonisation of an cy in manufacturing. most trusted partner in its ‘Digital India’, ‘Start Up advice in strict accordance crackdown on the banned out of context remark today Later in the evening, Abe economic and technological India’... Japanese investors with the Constitution.” LTTE. The LTTE sought a involving a scorpion in a special gesture hosted modernisation. have faith in India’s econom- Sirisena’s remarks came after separate Tamil homeland in metaphor, my book Modi at his personal villa Modi said it will be his ic future, which is marked the Speaker urged him to the northern and eastern #TheParadoxicalPrimeMiniste near Lake Kawaguchi in 12th meeting with Abe since with myriad opportunities,” restore Wickremesinghe’s provinces of the island nation r cites & footnotes this article. Yamanashi for a private din- he first visited Japan as prime Modi said. Modi will also privileges as the leader of the for nearly 30 years before its Please see the last paragraph ner. It is the first time that minister in September 2014. address the Indian communi- government who has collapse in 2009 after the Sri of this article, he said. “This Abe has invited a foreign “The India-Japan part- ty function in Tokyo and will “obtained a mandate to secure Lankan Army killed its comment (not by me) has political leader to his holiday nership has been fundamen- attend a series of business democracy and good gover- supreme leader Velupillai been in the public domain home in the village of tally transformed and it has events and address the busi- nance”. Jayasuriya said a pro- Prabhakaran. for six years. RS Prasad mak- Narusawa in the prefecture. been strengthened as a ‘spe- ness forum. rogation of Parliament should c ing an issue of a 6-yr old “Extremely grateful to cial strategic and global part- be one in consultation with BJP HITS... quote shows how little new WORLD UNITY SATSANG PM @AbeShinzo for the nership’,” Modi told the SHOOTING DEEPENS... the Speaker. Sirisena’s deci- “The Congress claims to the BJP has to offer the Speaking at World Unity Satsang, organised at City warm reception at his home. Kyodo News Friday. “There He was making arrogant sion to suspend the represent the heritage of nation. As for media sub- Montessori School’s Gomti Nagar auditorium on Sunday, I am truly honoured by this are no negatives but only arbitrary decisions making a Parliament until November 16 Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal serving the BJP’s desire for school’s founder-director Bharti Gandhi said that world peace gesture. PM Abe also taught opportunities in this rela- mockery of collective respon- was seen as a an effort to Nehru and Indira Gandhi. “controversy”, when will this and global brotherhood was the supreme thing because the world me the Japanese way of eat- tionship which are waiting to sibility,” Sirisena charged. coerce legislators into sup- Today, under the presi- profession develop any self- exists on the foundation of unity, peace, cordiality and compat- ing food using chopsticks!” be seized,” he added. During “There was a huge gap in pol- porting Rajapaksa. dentship of Rahul Gandhi, it respect?” he asked in anoth- ibility and the welfare of world humanity largely depends on it. Modi tweeted. In September the formal summit Monday, icy agreement between the Wickremesinghe has refused has been reduced to hurling er tweet. Earlier, students presented several educational-cultural items. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 nation 05 India united because of Sardar Patel: PM Keep rotating officers PNS n NEW DELHI Patel, a true son of the soil will should be no delay in our adorn our skies too," he said. Army operation and that a gnoring criticism of the In his address, the Prime solution should be sought holding key posts: CVC ICongress that he was trying Minister also paid tributes to swiftly. And immediately after to usurp the legacy of freedom late Prime Minister Indira that, our troops flew to fighters and legends like Sardar Gandhi on her death anniver- Kashmir….We've seen how our RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI Commission’s guidelines. CVC organisations shows that one of Valabhbha Patel and Subhash sary, which is also on October Army was successful," Modi officials said that its directive the reasons for such frauds was Chandra Bose, Prime Minister 31. "October 31 also is the said. oncerned with instances also stands for central govern- non-implementation of the Narendra Modi on Sunday death anniversary of our for- He recalled that in January, Cof alleged irregularities in ment departments and public rotational policy,” the CVC credited Patel with uniting mer Prime Minister Indira 1947 the Time magazine had public sector banks, insurance sector units. stated in its order. It has also India after partition and said it Gandhi. Our respectful tributes profiled Patel and described companies and Central The CVC repeated its asked heads or Chief Vigilance was his timely intervention to Indira ji too," he said. him as a person who pos- Government departments, the observation that rotational Officers to strictly ensure that which helped save Jammu & The Prime Minister point- sessed the capability to unite Central Vigilance Commission transfer policies for officials in the rotational policy is imple- Kashmir from "aggression". ed out that Infantry Day is the country and "heal wounds". ( CVC) has directed to make such posts would mitigate the mented in their respective Last Sunday, commemo- observed every year on Mahatma Gandhi, the PM sure personnel did not stay in probability of such scams organisations. rating the 75th anniversary of October 27 as the first Indian said, considered Patel as the sensitive posts for too long. occurring. Stating that it was According to the Reserve the Azad Hind Government soldiers had set their foot in only one capable of finding a The most recent direction is a the non-implementation of the Bank of India (RBI), over formed by Netaji, Modi had Jammu and Kashmir to take on lasting solution to the vexed reiteration of its earlier order rotational policy that has led to 23,000 cases of fraud involving unfurled the National Flag at intruders from Pakistan. issue of the states and asked instructing these institutions to many frauds, CVC said: “It is a whopping `1 lakh crore have the Red Fort and targeted the Quoting late Field Marshal him to act. "Sardar Patel for- implement a rotational trans- once again reiterated that rota- been reported in the past five Nehru-Gandhi family for S H F J Manekshaw, he said mulated solutions one by one, fer policy for officers who have tional transfers of officers con- years in various banks. "A total "neglecting" the contribution of Patel was "irked" at the delay in weaving the warp and weft of been in sensitive posts more tinuing beyond three years of 5,152 cases of fraud, up from nationalist leaders like Bose. In Baat' radio address, Modi also 31 will be special as the statue initiating military action to unity on the axis of a single than three years. may be strictly carried out over 5,000 cases in 2016-17, the past also, urged the youth to participate of unity will be dedicated to the evict the aggressors. thread. He ensured the merg- The move assume signifi- from sensitive seats/posts,” were reported in banks from Modi had been highly crit- in large numbers in the 'run for nation as a "true tribute" to He said, in an interview er of all princely states with the cance as the CVC while deal- adding however, that this April, 2017, to March 1, 2018, ical of the Congress for alleged- unity' being organised on Sardar Patel . Erected on the Manekshaw had recalled that as Dominion of India. Whether ing with a case pertaining to a advice was for changes from it had stated. The highest ever ly backstabbing "Patel and October 31 to mark the birth banks of the River Narmada in a colonel then he was part of a Junagadh, Hyderabad, public sector bank and insur- the sensitive seat/post, and not amount of `28,459 crore is said Netaji". While congress feels anniversary of Patel. Gujarat, the structure is twice meeting where Patel was irked Travancore, or for that matter ance companies recently necessarily from the station, to have been involved in these that this was Modi's way of Modi said, "If we are able the height of the Statue of on the delay in sending troops the princely states of Rajasthan, noticed that a high ranking which is to be governed by the cases of fraud reported from slighting Nehru, the BJP lead- to see a united India now, it was Liberty in the US. to Kashmir. if we are able to see a united official, who was associated policy of respective organisa- April, 2017, to March 1, 2018, ers have maintained that the entirely on account of the "This is the world's tallest "During the proceedings, India now, it was entirely on with procurements etc, was tions. the central bank said. In 2016- PM was only trying to place the sagacity and strategic wisdom statue. Every Indian will now be Sardar Patel gave him account of the sagacity and posted in the department for an “Analysis of frauds that 17, banks had reported 5,076 history in true perspective. of Sardar Patel." proud to see the world's tallest (Manekshaw) a characteristic strategic wisdom of Sardar unduly long period which is have taken place in public sec- cases of fraud involving In his monthly 'Mann ki He said this year, October statue here on Indian soil. Sardar glance and reiterated that there Patel," Modi said. against the spirit of the tor banks as well as other `23,933 crore. Congress banking on old, new Rly plans aircraft-like pressurised coaches faces to regain power in C’garh for world's highest railway track in Leh

PNS n NEW DELHI shared warm relations during Dahariya, who had lost the Chhattisgarh for failing to con- PNS n NEW DELHI in to make coaches for the Bilaspur- his long tenure in the grand old previous election from tain naxal violence, saying the Manali-Leh line as well. ongress is banking on a party. Jogi left the Congress in Bilaigarh (SC) seat, has been Chief Minister has forfeited his ith the Centre approving the signif- The line, once completed, will connect Ccombination of new faces 2016. fielded from Arang (SC) this right to continue in power. Wicant Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line along important locations between Bilaspur and and old-timers to end its 15- Congress has renominated time. Similarly, Guru Rudra He claimed that the various the Indo-China border making it the Leh like Sundernagar, Mandi, Manali, year wait to rule in 15 sitting MLAs and fielded 11 Kumar, who had lost the 2013 schemes launched by the pre- world's highest rail track, the Railways are Keylong, Koksar, Darcha, Upshi and Karu Chhattisgarh. Ensuring that candidates, who had lost in election from Arang, has been vious UPA Government for now planning to use aircraft-like pres- and other important towns of Himachal representation is given to all 2013, besides giving tickets to given ticket from Ahiwara naxal-affected and backward surised coaches in its trains so that pas- Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir en route. sections of society and a large 11 fresh faces. No sitting MLA (SC). districts were discontinued by sengers do not have breathing difficulties The project will include 74 tunnels, 124 chunk to SC and ST candidates, was denied ticket in the third Congress on Sunday also the present Government at the on board. Aircraft cabins are pressurised Canada's Bombardier Inc, which also major bridges and 396 minor bridges, the party has put out a third list list. However, only three charged the Modi dispensation Centre just because they were because the air is very thin at the altitude makes small planes, are specially designed according to the first phase of the survey. for the 37 Assembly seats going women figure in it. With this, at the Centre and the Raman implemented by a Congress-led planes fly. To prevent complications, the to carry passengers in an oxygen-deficient Final location survey for the project is cur- to polls in the second and last the Opposition party has so far Singh Government in dispensation. cabins of many aircraft are adjusted to near atmosphere. In order to do this, the train rently underway. phase of voting on November announced 55 candidates in the sea-level pressure, which makes breathing cars have to be pressurised, to ensure that Besides this, the railways would spend 20. BJP-ruled state, which has a 90- almost the same as at sea level. all of the passengers do not finish their jour- an amount of `20,000 crore towards aug- The grand old party also member House. Congress to launch At a height of 5,360 metres above the ney with severe cases of altitude sickness. menting rolling stock which includes received a shot in the arm with State Congress chief sea level, the 465-km strategically signifi- The official said that in the Tibet train, train coaches during 2019-20. Railway its former leader and the first Bhupesh Baghel (Patan seat), cant line to be built at a cost of Rs 83,360 two kinds of systems are used to maintain Board member (rolling stock) Rajesh Chief Minister of State Ajit Jogi Congress Legislative Party manifesto website today crore, will see railways' first pressurised oxygen levels — one is through the main Agrawal said the railways had done strate- who has formed a different out- leader T S Singhdeo PNS: Seeking to strike a con- launch its manifesto website on coaches which are currently used only in controls which maintains standard oxygen gic planning for the financial outlay and fit and aligned with Mayawati's (Ambikapur), senior Congress nect with the electorate, the Monday, where it wants the the Quinghay-Tibet Railway Line in China. levels and gets switched on at high altitude there would be no problem for funds. BSP, on Sunday said leader Satyanarayan Sharma Congress has said it wants to common people to give their "Special pressurised rolling stock to deal areas and the other is through oxygen ports "The annual rolling stock production announced he will not target (Raipur Rural) and prominent hear their voice and reflect that opinion. Chidambaram heads with lack of oxygen will have to be used in equipped for each passenger to use when volume is around 6000 to 8000 coaches per the Gandhi family. He claimed tribal leader Amarjeet Bhagat in the party's manifesto for the the panel which is working out these trains as passengers might feel uneasy they feel that they lack oxygen. year. However, we need to prioritise the though he will fight the (Sitapur) were among the sit- 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The the party's manifesto for 2019 because of the high altitude. These will be The Integrated Coach Factory (ICF) requirements of the various railway zones Congress tooth and nail in the ting MLAs who were given chairman of the Congress polls, during which the like the pressurised cabins used by aircraft which is in expansion mode is already pep- and try to meet their demands," said upcoming State Assembly polls, tickets. Manifesto Committee, P Congress is seeking to defeat to maintain the oxygen levels inside," said ping up to produce both metro coaches as Agrawal. He shared that some new coach- he will not speak against the State Congress working Chidambaram, announced on the BJP and oust Modi with the a senior Railway Ministry official. well as coaches for the Ahmedabad- es have come and waiting for CRS Gandhi family, with whom he president Shiv Kumar Twitter that the party will help of like-minded parties. The Chinese coaches, manufactured by Mumbai bullet train and could be roped (Commission of Railway Safety) permission. NSG military operations post headless for DeMo: Manmohan Singh did RBI Guv Urjit Patel to 6 months; force seeks MHA's intervention not exercise his power brief Parl panel on New Delhi: India's elite The NSG Director General commandos are deployed for a counter-terror force NSG has (DG), an officer from the task," a senior official privy to been functioning without a Indian Police Service, is the top NSG operations said. when it was needed, says Puri regular military operations commander of the force. This is the reason that the New Delhi: Union Minister Hardeep around," Puri said. note ban on Nov 12 commander for the past six The sources said as no IG Operations is brought from Singh Puri on Sunday took a dig at for- He also lashed out at efforts of polit- months, posing serious ques- new Maj Gen rank-officer has the military as both the fight- mer Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ical parties to cobble up an anti-BJP tions on the effectiveness of its been posted to the NSG till ing units of the NSG-51 SAG for terming demonetisation "organised alliance by joining hands with the New Delhi: A parliamentary panel, of Governor combat readiness and planning now, hence another IG of the and 52 SAG are manned by loot", saying he did not exercise his Congress. which former Prime Minister Manmohan has been in case of an impending con- force (IPS officer) is holding the officers and jawans from the authority when there was a dire situa- "Look at the people who are com- Singh is a member, has called RBI called," tingency. post in an additional capacity. Special Forces and infantry of tion. ing together. There are people whose Governor Urjit Patel for the third-time to Moily said The special force has They said the non-avail- the Indian Army and it requires Speaking at 'India Ideas Conclave' entire life is based on opposition to one brief it on the Government's demoneti- when con- recently asked the Ministry of ability of suitable officers from a special bonding and coordi- here, Puri also lambasted opposition family," the Union urban affairs min- sation move. tacted. Home Affairs, under which it the Army has been the prima- nation between the two to leaders for joining hands with the ister said. The 31-member Parliamentary He said functions, to intervene and get ry reason that the post is ensure seamless, precise and Congress despite their lifelong struggle He asserted that the discourse for Standing Committee on Finance, headed perhaps this an officer from the Army on vacant. successful operational results. against the "one family" party. 2019 parliamentary elections will be by Veerappa Moily, has been deliberating was for the board soon. While some officers prefer NSG DG Sudeep "One worthy (former) prime min- determined by things like how many gas on the issue for almost two years. first time The post of Inspector getting promoted in their cadre, Lakhtakia told PTI that while ister termed demonetisation as organ- connections were allotted, how many The Government had scrapped `500 when an RBI General (Operations) is held by in some cases they were not it is important to have a full- ised loot. I don't know where he was get- toilets and PM Awas Yojna houses were and `1,000 notes on November 8, 2016 Governor has been called by a panel for a Major General-rank officer found suitable for the working time IG (Operations) he had ting his facts from," he said. built, Ayushman Bharat and not the and announced issuance of new `500 and three times on the same issue. on deputation from the Army, of the NSG, that remains in "complete faith" in the capa- He accused Manmohan Singh of Rafale deal issue raised by the Congress. `2,000 notes. Prior to this, Patel shared details relat- which, sources told PTI, has combat readiness round-the- bilities of his Deputy IG not exercising his "political power" when "That's what aspirational India is Patel has been called on November 12 ed to demonetisation with the panel in been vacant since April after clock, they said. (Operations) and Force there was a need for him to do so. looking for and not some fictitious thing to brief the committee's members on January and July last year. incumbent Maj Gen Shashank "The IG Operations is the Commander (a Brigadier-rank "There was a group of men around you do about an airplane whose name demonetisation of `500 and `1,000 notes The panel could not adopt a draft Mishra moved to his cadre on man who analyses the strengths officer) in keeping a 24x7 Sonia Gandhi who were more effective you can not pronounce," Puri said.He and the "ramifications thereof", according report on the note-ban in August as BJP promotion. and weaknesses of the counter- readiness of the commandos. decision makers. It (the situation) arose also differentiated between original to the panel's meeting notice. MPs in the panel, led by Nishikant Dubey, In the NSG hierarchy, the terror and counter-hijack teams "We are hopeful that a full- because Prime Minister of India was an and Latin American ways of pro- The RBI Governor will also brief the stalled the process. counter-terror and counter- in consultation with the force time IG (Operations) will join appointee. He was an appointee and nouncing "Rafale". committee on the banning of the However, Moily has repeatedly said no hijack commando units are commander based at the NSG the NSG soon. Till then, my when he was appointed (as PM), the "I keep telling them, it's Rafale. It's Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill and report on demonetisation was tabled placed under the overall com- garrison in Manesar. DIG and Force Commander rules of Congress Parliamentary Party not Rafayale. Rafayale is a Latin related issues. before the panel. mand of IG (Operations), a "He is responsible for the are rendering the task and were changed. So it was not that an American name if you have a connec- "Members wanted some more infor- So far, the panel has adopted more post based in the NSG head- on-ground planning and exe- they are very capable officers," elected member of Parliament became tion with Latin America, otherwise it's mation and details about demonetisation, than 60 reports on various issues, unan- quarters in Delhi. cution of operations when the he told the news agency. PTI prime minister but it was the other way a different name," he quipped. PTI especially on its impact. Therefore, the RBI imously. PTI Govt to rope in other countries to popularise AYUSH PNS n NEW DELHI Government has already signed cipline as an alternative to west- Research (CSIR). The Central schemes wherein at least 250 agreement with eleven countries ern allopathic medicine. Council for Research in Unani small and medium scale AYUSH ecognising the popularity like China, Hungry and Sanchit Sharma, Executive Medicine (CCRUM) which has pharmaceutical units--for both Rof the AYUSH (Ayurveda, Germany, Shripad Yesso Naik, Director of Aimil Pharma which developed drugs for filariasis, bulk drugs and pharmaceutical Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Union Minister of AYUSH said is engaged in manufacturing hepatitis, ulcer, vitiligo and formulations will be given finan- Siddha and Homoeopathy) sec- on the sidelines of the flagging herbal drugs like BGR-34 for dia- malaria has filed for patent. cial support for upgradation of tor abroad, the Government of first-ever 'Run for Ayurveda' betes treatment felt that signing The Ayush Ministry official the plant and machinery to has intensified its efforts to here on Sunday. of MoU with other countries will attributed the growing demand World Health Organization engage with other countries in The event which saw par- ensure that Ayurveda and other to the cost-effectiveness and (WHO)/Good Manufacturing a more structured and concrete ticipation of over 2,000 people, traditional medicinal systems minimal side effects of the herbal Practices (GMP) standards. manner by initiating a slew of was organised by the Ministry and AYUSH drugs get recogni- drugs which are being used to In fact, the AYUSH Ministry measures such as setting up of and Delhi-based All India tion abroad. Many herbal drugs treat diseases like obesity, hyper- has already signed a project col- Academic Chairs, patenting the Institute of Ayurveda, the first- here are developed after follow- tension, diabetes related to laboration agreement (PCS) with medicines and focusing on ever national institute dedicated ing due scientific process as per drastic changes in lifestyle, dietet- the WHO for cooperation on Good Manufacturing Practices for ayurveda which was inaugu- the global norms, he added. ic habits, increased industriali- promoting the quality, safety (GMP). rated by Prime Minister last For instance, the anti-dia- sation, and pollution. and effectiveness of service pro- Among several steps to year. betic herbal drug BGR-34, wide- In yet another move aimed vision in traditional and com- boost Indian Traditional medi- Dr Tanuja Manoj Nesari, ly accepted Saheli contraceptive at making alternative medicines plementary medicine. cines abroad, we are in the Director, AIIA said that over pills besides other drugs are sci- and formulations to compete in According to the WHO, the process of inking pact with at 5000 years old, the ancient sci- entifically validated by the gov- global markets, the Department global herbal market is estimat- least 45 countries to undertake ences has faced many challenges ernment's top research agency of Pharmaceuticals has allocat- ed to reach about $5 trillion by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe depart for Tokyo by Express Train Kaiji in research and academic activities in the modern era but we still scientific research body, Council ed a budget of Rs 144 crore for 2050 from the current level of Japan on Sunday PTI in the AYUSH sector. The witness the resurgence of the dis- for Science and Industrial 2018-2020 under its one of the $6.2 billion. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 nation 06

Kannur airport yet to be opened, but its Govt allowed Shah to land

PTI n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM KERALA MINISTER SLAMS BJP CHIEF FOR controversy has erupted THREATENING TO OUST Aover BJP president Amit Shah landing in the yet to be THE LDF GOVERNMENT opened Kannur airport, with a DESPITE THE HOSPITALITY Kerala Minister slamming him IT OFERED TO HIM Sunday for threatening to oust the LDF Government despite it at the airport to welcome Shah allowing him to arrive there as who was in Kerala on a day’s part of state’s ‘tradition of hos- visit. pitality.’ After inaugurating the party State Finance Minister TM office located at Thalikkavu, he Thomas Isaac tweeted that had made a scathing attack on though the state had shown the the CPI(M)-led LDF ‘tradition of hospitality’ by per- Government in the state over the mitting Shah to land in the air- Sabarimala women’s entry issue port, which had not been for- and pledged BJP’s support for it. mally inaugurated, the BJP Main Opposition Congress leader had threatened to oust the took on the LDF Government left ruled Kerala Government. for allowing the BJP Chief to use The official inauguration the airport. Kerala Pradesh of the Kannur airport, the fourth Congress Committee (KPCC) in the state, is scheduled to be president, Mullappally held on December 9. Ramachandran alleged that But, by arriving in a special Shah landed at the airport fol- flight there yesterday to inau- lowing an ‘understanding’ gurate the BJP’s new district between him and Chief Minister committee office, Shah has unof- Pinarayi Vijayan. ficially become the first passen- “At a time when the Kannur ger to land in the airport at airport is scheduled to be inau- Mattanur in Kannur. gurated on December 9, it was Isaac said shah’s “empty specially opened for Amit Shah. threats” were out of frustration Usually, it is done so during as the saffron party is yet to get emergency situations,” he said in more members in the state a statement. Amit Shah had Assembly. arrived in Kannur Saturday on Former Union Minister, O a day’s visit to Kerala to attend Rajagopal, is the lone MLA of a party function in that city and the BJP in the house. the 90th Mahasamadhi obser- “Amit Shah permitted to vance of saint social reformer land in Kannur airport which is Sree Narayana Guru at Varkala yet to be opened. That is our tra- near Thiruvananthapuram. dition of hospitality. But he is Later, in a hard-hitting threatening to oust Kerala speech, Shah had warned Chief Government. Such empty Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that he threats do not frighten us. Try to would have to pay a “heavy win few seats in Assembly. Your price” if the (attack on Ayyappa frustration is understandable,” devotees) continues, as BJP Isaac tweeted. Hundreds of party workers “would not hesitate to workers had gathered Saturday pull down the Government.” Army distributes bee boxes among 28 women in Doda

PTI n BHADARWAH the right time and I enrolled myself for the training pro- ver two dozen women in gramme,” Sheetal, a trainee OJammu and Kashmir’s from Rounda-Seri village, told Doda district were given bee PTI. boxes for honey farming as part She said the training of the Army’s ‘Operation gave her the confidence to Goodwill’, an official said. start her own business and the The women have been bee boxes given by the Army trained in beekeeping under a helped her get the equipment three-week programme organ- to rear bees. The training was ised by the Rashtriya Rifles held under the technical guid- based here in collaboration ance and supervision of with Sher-e-Kashmir SKUAST, senior scientist, University of Agricultural Neeraj Kotwal. Sciences and Technology “The Chenab valley is best (SKUAST) in Jammu. suited for bee rearing and pro- The programme was con- duction of high quality white ducted under the Prime honey. Traditionally, almost Minister’s Skill India initiative every household used to pro- to impart basic skills among duce honey here, but since the rural women in bee rearing, last one decade production their management and how to decreased considerably due to make it a profitable business, changing lifestyle in rural areas,” the Army official said. he said. Kotwal said it was Twenty-eight women from heart-warming to see the Army various far-off villages of the coming to the revival of this hilly district participated in ancient trade and “I hope the the training programme, aimed female brigade will grab this at encouraging them to devel- opportunity to empower them- op the required skills to selves and become entrepre- become successful entrepre- neurs in the near future”. neurs using local resources The official said all with very little or no invest- the trainees, after successfully ment, he said. “I was in a fix completing the training were over what to do after com- given certificates beside bee pleting my studies, as in this boxes so that they can imme- part of the world, jobs are very diately start their own business hard to find. Luckily for me, to financially empower them- the Army took the initiative at selves. DMK stops short of offering regret for article on Rajinikanth

PTI n CHENNAI for the write-up. The article targeting ays after lashing out at Rajinikanth appeared in DRajinikanth for his politi- Murasoli on October 26. cal aspirations, DMK’s official It was published in a ques- organ “Murasoli” Sunday said tion-answer format under the its write-up targeting the actor pseudonym “Silanthi”, meaning had hurt some “good hearts” spider in Tamil. and advised its editorial team “Those who are speaking to be “cautious” in future. for you in the media are com- The mouthpiece of the munal (elements), who want to main opposition party in Tamil divide the Tamil community, Nadu had accused Rajinikanth which exists after transcending of being a puppet in the hands caste and religion,” it had said. of “some persons” and being The Dravida Munnetra supported by “communal” ele- Kazhagam (DMK) daily had ments in a recent article. also asked Rajinikanth to be “It has been brought to cautious, saying “a group” was (my) notice that an article on trying to destabilise his popu- superstar Rajinikanth that larity, and added that anyone appeared in Murasoli has hurt dancing to the tunes of the some good hearts. group would lose sheen. The editorial (team) has If the actor was not eyeing been advised to be cautious posts, he should have launched while publishing such write- an outfit on the lines of ratio- ups,” Murasoli editor S Selvam nalist leader, late E V said in the Sunday edition of Ramasamy Periyar, it said. the paper. Periyar’s Dravidar However, there was no Kazhagam has stayed out of elaboration on the points that electoral politics since its incep- had caused hurt or who were tion in the pre-independence anguished by it. era and is confined to propa- The daily, in effect, stopped gating rationalism and ideals short of offering a formal regret covering social justice. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 nation 07

Intel cop, PDP worker AIADMK offers Ayyappa Dharma Sena chief held for olive branch to controversial remark on Sabarimala shot dead in J&K PTI n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM acy” of the devotees was made disqualified MLAs clear by the statement of Rahul olice Sunday took into cus- Easwar. KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR rushed to hospital where he suc- against venturing into his village Ptody Rahul Easwar, presi- The Minister had also said cumbed to his injuries. as there was a possibility of PTI n CHENNAI and affection to again join the dent of the ‘Ayyappa Dharma the disclosure showed that uspected militants shot dead Suspected militants also attack by militant groups, who massive people’s movement Sena’, for his alleged provoca- there was a well-conceived Sa junior police intelligence attacked an army patrolling have been targeting policemen fter labelling them as nurtured by Puratchi Thalaivar tive statement related to the plan, similar to that followed by officer and a worker of pro- party at Poterwal area in south in the state recently. Abetrayers, the AIADMK MGR and Puratchi Thalaivi entry of women into the Lord nations to attack their enemies India Peoples Democratic Party Kashmir's Shopian district. “I had told him that he has extended an olive branch to Amma,” party coordinator and Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala. and added that this attempt was (PDP) worker in Kashmir Security sources said the should not go as militants could its 18 disqualified MLAs, ask- co-ordinator O Panneerselvam A team of police personnel not only ‘seditious,’ but also Valley on Sunday. army personnel retaliated in a attack. But he was desperate to ing them to jump on to the rul- and K Palaniswami respec- from Kochi took Easwar into Lord Ayyappa devotees oppos- against the interests of devotees. Police sources said that mil- befitting manner. They said see his parents who reside at ing party bandwagon and tively said. custody from his flat here in ing the entry of women in the Easwar was earlier arrest- itants waylaid the private car of there was no immediate report Sontabugh in the interiors of flayed AMMK leader TTV In an open letter to cadres, connection with a case regis- age group of 10 and 50 were ed from Sabarimala Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir, the sub- of any casualties on the forces' Pulwama district,” recalled one Dhinakaran for “misleading” the top duo, refraining from tered under IPC Sections 153 ready to inflict knife injuries on Sannidhanam (temple com- inspector with counter-intelli- side. Security forces launched of his supervising officers. them. naming Dhinakaran or his loy- (wantonly giving provocation themselves on the temple plex) on October 17 over the gence department of (CID) manhunt to nab the attackers. This morning as he was Asking the debarred MLAs alists, including the 18 debarred with intent to cause riot) and premises, which would have ‘save Sabarimala campaign, J&K police, at Washibugh vil- Meanwhile, army and preparing to leave for home, he and other Dhinakaran loyalists MLAs, said party functionaries 117 (abetting commission of forced the priests to close the and later released on bail. lage along the banks of Romshi Intelligence officials foiled mil- came with a changed appear- who moved away from had chosen to travel in an offence by the public or by gates on account of impurity. The temple had witnessed rivulet in south Kashmir’s itants' attempt to abduct an ance. He shaved off his beard AIADMK to revert to the par- “alternative path as a result of more than 10 persons), police “Had their blood fallen on high drama with around a Pulwama district on Sunday Army major in north Kashmir and decided to use his person- ent party, the top leadership being misled and due to some said. the floor of the temple, that dozen women in 10-50 age afternoon. area. Security sources did not al vehicle to go to his native vil- Saturday asked them to “under- bitterness.” The arrest will be record- would have forced the priests group being prevented from Mir’s body was found with divulge further details on the lage, the officer said. stand the reality” of the Madras Seeking to assuage ed in the evening after they to shut the shrine for three days entering the temple by protest- bullet wounds. Sources said abortive attempt. “Now they (militants) will High Court judgement that feathers ruffled by the legal reach Kochi, police sources for purification rituals,” Easwar ing devotees after the doors that militants abducted him PTI adds: The desperation not be able to recognise me” upheld their disqualification. wrangle, the Chief Minister and said. had said. A case was registered were opened for all women, fol- before he was fired upon from to see his parents prompted sub- were possibly his last words to The court’s fair judgement his deputy quoted a Tamil A member of the against him later on the basis lowing the Supreme Court ver- a point blank range. He was res- inspector Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir his officer before he left for has enthused party workers and proverb which says love does Thazhamon family of of a complaint filed by a dict. ident of Tekina village in to shave off his beard and home with a smiling face as he the people of Tamil Nadu, the not erode, despite quarrels or Sabarimala tantris (head Thiruvananthapuram native. On September 28, a five- Pulwama and was on way to his change appearance in his unsuc- was seeing his parents after a party said. fights and added that all of priests), Easwar had said dur- Kerala Devaswom Minister judge Constitution bench of the home in his private car. He was cessful attempt to dodge mili- long time. Mir is survived by his People were confident that them were “children of one ing a press meet in Kochi last Kadakkampally Surendran had Apex Court, headed by then posted in Shergarhi police sta- tants who had laid a death trap father and mother. the AIADMK government mother, bonded by brother- week that they had a contin- claimed that effective police Chief Justice Dipak Misra, had tion in summer capital Srinagar. for him in his village, his col- Son of a retired police offi- would continue to roll out hood and love.” gency plan to force the closure intervention had foiled the lifted the centuries-old ban on In the other incident, mili- leagues said on Sunday. cer, Mir, who was from 2010 welfare measures and “the When party workers of the temple by spilling blood protesters’ bid to “desecrate” the the entry of women of men- tants shot at and injured a Mir, 30, was shot dead by batch of sub-inspector, had angel of justice has paved a path ignored differences and on its premises by some devo- Ayyappa Temple by spilling strual age into the shrine. senior PDP worker Muhammad militants on Sunday when he served in Ganderbal district of for us to work together (again)” worked together, the AIADMK tees in case any woman in the blood in the premises if women BJP state president PS Amin Dar at Gangbugh village was on his way home. South Kashmir for five years to meet the aspirations of the would grow manifold and van- ‘barred’ age group managed to devotees in the 10-50 age group Sreedharan Pillai Sunday near Hyderpora on the outskirts Posted in the CID depart- before being transferred to people, it said. quish its political rivals, they reach it. offered prayers. lashed out at the police action of Srinagar. He was immediately ment, Mir had been warned Kulgam district last year. “We invite you with love said. He had also claimed that 20 He had said the “conspir- against Easwar. 71 tourists saved Four highly-trained JeM snipers active in Kashmir off Goa coast PTI n SRINAGAR that at least two separate Afghanistan, security officials border/LoC regularly and have ‘buddy’ groups of the pro- in the state said. However, they SOPs to deal with those but from rough seas niper attack by Jaish-e- scribed Jaish-e-Mohammed said that the weapon was also never in the hinterland. This SMohammed terrorists has (JeM) comprising two terrorists being used by the special forces will force a rethink of all man- this month emerged as a new source of each have entered Kashmir of Pakistan Army. ner of security and protection worry for security agencies in Valley in early September and In all the instances of procedures.” Panaji: Seventy-one tourists Kashmir Valley with three per- have entrenched themselves in sniper attacks, the terrorists The M-4 carbine is mount- have been rescued off the coast sonnel having been killed since South Kashmir’s Pulwama dis- used a nearby hillock to carry ed with a telescope and the ter- of Goa since the first week of mid-September, prompting the trict with the help of some out strikes on a security force rorists are using night vision October as the state witnesses law enforcement agencies to re- overground supporters of the campus when unsuspecting devices to locate their potential rough seas and rains, an offi- calibrate their strategy to thwart outfit. jawans were using their mobile targets, the officials said. The cial of a lifeguard service com- such strikes by the Pakistan- These terrorists, according phones to talk to their family weapon can fire at its target up missioned by the State based group, officials said. to the officials, have been thor- or friends. to 500-600 metres with preci- Government said Sunday. The first such attack took oughly trained by Pakistan’s “These attacks have been sion. A statement from Drishti place at Newa in Pulwama on external snooping agency ISI precise, even while targeting a The security agencies, Lifesaving further said that of September 18 when a CRPF for carrying out sniper attacks personnel inside a sentry post including army, CRPF and the 71 tourists rescued, nine personnel was injured. Security in Kashmir Valley and have as he uses his mobile phone. Jammu and Kashmir police, were foreign nationals includ- officials thought it to be a one- been armed with M-4 car- They pick up the light of the have already issued fresh guide- ing three Russians who were off strike till the recent spate of bines, used by the US-led allied mobile phone to carry out the lines to their jawans and offi- saved on October 25. sniper attacks that claimed the forces in Afghanistan. attack on jawans,” said one of cers located in camps in the “A total of 217 Indian lives of a Sashastra Seema Bal There is a possibility that the officials. militancy-hit areas. tourists and 46 foreigners have jawan and an Army personnel these weapons may be part of Former Jammu and Maintaining a silence over been rescued while swimming in Tral, and a CISF jawan in the arms and ammunition cap- Kashmir Chief Minister Omar the change in tactics, the offi- off the state’s beaches from Nowgam. tured by the Talibans, with Abdullah has reacted to the ris- cials said that more combing January to Oct this year,” Based on intelligence whom the JeM cadre were ing cases of sniper attacks. operations would be carried Drishti Lifesaving’s spokesper- Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra Health Minister inputs, security agencies believe fighting the allied forces in “We’ve dealt with snipers on the out around the security camps. son informed. PTI Girish Mahajan present cheque to beneficiaries during the Atal Arogya Shibir 2018 in Nagpur on Sunday PTI Consignment of sleeping pills Sidda warns BJP Guj Cong MLA held for taking seized from against Op Lotus bribe from irrigation scam accused bus in Gujarat PTI n BENGALURU “Yeddyurappa (now state BJP PTI n RAJKOT “MLA Parsotam Sabariya middleman, identified as chief) has once again made a ` Bharat Vakil, was also arrested PTI n AHMEDABAD ormer Karnataka Chief statement that the Government ongress MLA Parsotam had demanded 40 lakh Sunday and based on the latter’s FMinister Siddaramaiah on would fall. Already due to CSabariya was Sunday for not raising the issue in statement, Sabariya was arrest- consignment containing Sunday hit out at the BJP for pre- several rounds of operations, arrested for allegedly demand- the Assembly or before the ed. A22,000 sleeping pills and dicting that the JDS-Congress the lotus (BJP symbol) in ing and accepting a bribe from Government. He had According to police, 334 other psychotropic sub- Government would fall and Karnataka is in coma. Now persons accused in an irriga- ` minor irrigation projects worth once again don’t try your hands settled for 35 lakh, out of ` stances was seized from a bus warned it against indulging in tion scam in Morbi district, ` 20.3 crore were approved by in Ahmedabad Sunday and ‘Operation Lotus’ again, saying into the wrong adventure of over 60 kilometres from here, which 10 lakh was given the Gujarat Government in its sender arrested, an the saffron party was already in Operation Lotus” a senior official said. to him through a villages in Morbi district for Narcotics Control Bureau a state of “coma” due to its past Dhrangadhra MLA middleman. previous and current financial official said. deeds. would remain as an opposition Sabariya was arrested by Morbi Another `25 lakh was years. ` The value of the seized Siddaramaiah is the head of party in the state. A Division police for alleged- given to the middleman in Projects worth 10 crore consignment is estimated to the Congress-JD(S) coalition Siddaramaiah’s tweet came ly accepting money through a were completed and the probe be around `75 lakh in the co-ordination committee. in response to repeated com- middleman from some accused the form of a cheque” underway is in connection international markets, the ‘Operation Lotus’ is a refer- ments by Yeddyurappa and in the irrigation scam in return had demanded `40 lakh for not with the implementation of official said. ence to the BJP allegedly luring other BJP leaders expressing for not raising the issue in the raising the issue in the these projects by village-level “We have arrested Dilip several opposition MLAs to doubts about the continuance of Assembly and with the State Assembly or before the co-operative societies, police Parihar for sending around defect to ensure stability of its the coalition government head- Government, said Morbi Government. He had settled for said. According to police, 27 22,000 tablets of prescrip- then-government headed by B ed by H D Kumaraswamy ever Superintendent of Police `35 lakh, out of which `10 lakh such village-level societies are tion drug Alprazolam and S Yeddyurappa in 2008. since it came to power in May Karanraj Vaghela. was given to him through a under the scanner after it was other psychotropic sub- “Yeddyurappa (now state this year after the elections An executive engineer in middleman. Another `25 lakh revealed that the works had stances on a bus from BJP chief) has once again made threw up a hung assembly. the Irrigation department, C D was given to the middleman in either not been carried out or Ahmedabad to Ahmednagar a statement that the government ‘Operation Lotus’ refers to Kanani, and three other offi- the form of a cheque,” Vaghela were of poor quality. (Maharashtra) and other would fall. Already due to sev- the BJP’s strategy during cials were earlier arrested in said. Morbi SP Vaghela said that cities,” said NCB zonal unit eral rounds of operations, the Yeddyurappa’s previous tenure as connection with a scam per- Inspector RJ Chaudhary the state government, after director Hariom Gandhi. lotus (BJP symbol) in Karnataka the chief minister when it made taining to construction and of Morbi A Division police sta- receiving complaints, had Alprazolam is most com- is in coma. Now once again don’t several MLAs of other parties to repair of check dams, digging tion said that Kanani and oth- launched an investigation into monly used for treating anx- try your hands into the wrong resign and contest the elections of ponds and repair and ers had allegedly offered money the irrigation projects which iety disorder as it induces adventure of Operation Lotus,” on the party’s ticket and win to restoration of percolation tanks to the MLA through a mid- revealed irregularities and mis- An artisan prepares idols of Goddess Laxmi ahead of Diwali festival celebrations in sleep. It cannot be sold with- he said in a tweet. The Congress strengthen its numbers in the etc in villages in Morbi district. dleman. management of `1.12 crore in Kolkata on Sunday PTI out prescription. leader asserted that the BJP Assembly. “MLA Parsotam Sabariya Chaudhary said the alleged 51 such projects. Three missing Kamal Haasan after boat Students tortured, forced into says his party capsizes in Assam unnatural sex in Bihar, 7 held may contest ASSAM n HAILAKANDI PTI n BEGUSARAI robed and forced to indulge in anyway released on Saturday in TN bypolls hree persons went missing unnatural sexual acts with each after which the police arrested Twhile 12 others were res- video of four college stu- other, police added. some persons. PTI n CHENNAI cued after a country boat cap- Adents being brutally tor- The accused also shot at Those who were arrested sized in Katakhal river in tured and forced into per- the toes of the boarders, all col- following a registration of an ctor-politician Kamal Assam’s Hailakandi district forming unnatural sex in lege students in the age group FIR by the boarders are-- Golu AHaasan has said his party Sunday evening, official Bihar’s Begusarai district has of 18-21, and made them drink Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Vinod MNM would take the call on sources said here. gone viral leading to the arrest liquor, police said, adding that Kumar, Raja Kumar, Rohit contesting the byelections to 20 The boat carrying 15 peo- of seven persons, police said on the shocking act continued the Kumar, Ganesh Kumar and Tamil Nadu assembly seats, ple capsized during a thunder- Sunday. entire day. Rahul Kumar, Town Police including the 18 which have shower near Lalamukh and The inmates of Kushwaha The boarders were sub- Station SHO Trilok Kumar fallen vacant following dis- local people along with State hostel, a private students hos- jected to the cruelty allegedly Mishra said. qualification of MLAs elected Disaster Response Force tel located in Pokhariya area of due to their refusal to buy water Golu Kumar, who was from there, after the poll sched- (SDRF) personnel rescued 12 Town Police Station, were on from a plant owned by one of arrested on Thursday owns ule was announced. people of them. Wednesday kidnapped by some the accused, police said. the water treatment plant, Haasan, who has been tour- The three missing persons persons from Kali Asthan The miscreants made a police said, adding that ing the state as part of his “jour- have been identified as Sumit chowk, they said. video of the incident and another six were held on ney with the people” progra- Pashi, Ajoy Pashi and Ramesh The victims were taken threatened to make it viral if Saturday night. Raids are being mme, indicated that a firm deci- Pashi — all residents of behind Begusarai divisional the students lodged a com- conducted to nab their accom- sion would be taken when the Lalamukh Tea garden, the jail and assaulted by the mis- plaint. plices involved in the case, Election Commission anno- Women perform during a function organised by Dr Gangubai Hanagal Music Foundation in Hubballi on Sunday PTI sources said. creants. They were then dis- However, the video was they said. unced the schedule for the polls. THE PIONEER THE PIONEER 8 LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 COMMENT & ANALYSIS LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 9 How do we achieve lower carbon footprint? www.dailypioneer.com PAPER WITH PASSION Strongman’s return Vehicular pollution, a soft target for policy-makers, does contribute to the deteriorating air quality. The automotive industry is surely making changes but a ‘one-size fits all’ solution will not work India has a lot to worry about in its strategic backyard with Uehara, Chief Engineer, Powertrain Product time carbon cost of a battery-electric vehicle could be capped, such as in small electric iety” is a thing and while it might be more of Mahinda Rajapaksa making a comeback as Lankan PM Planning division of Toyota Motor is higher than that of a hybrid car that uses two-wheelers, particularly delivery a psychological problem, it does not make Corporation explained, we will need some of an internal combustion engine. Whereas in motorcycles operating in a defined radius and electric cars, particularly of the sort that the he political twist in Sri Lanka may seem like a sudden overnighter but the the basic technologies to move to an electric a country like Canada, where much of the pri- buses in urban areas. But in a country like Government of India has acquired, attractive signs have taken some time coming. The growing strongman clout of for- future that has not yet matured. INDIA SUFFERS FROM mary energy sources are from hydroelectric India, where costs are a concern, as is to users. A massive fleet of electric cars might Tmer President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has surged ahead in relevance as Crucially among them, the energy den- plants, the lifetime carbon costs of a fully-elec- pollution, hybrids may be the best way for- be the dream of some in this Government but sity of fuels is very high and storage costs are A PROBLEM THAT FEW tric car are much, much lower. ward for now when it comes to cars and com- the fact is that India has miles to go, both in his new outfit crested the popular verdict of the local elections, almost left no KUSHAN very low. The costs of making a small, India suffers from a problem that few mercial vehicles. terms of affordability and charging option for his one-time protégé, current President Maithripala Sirisena, but to MITRA affordable petrol-driven car are very low, and OTHER COUNTRIES other countries face. And it is not regarding Hybrids have a major benefit because they infrastructure. pull out of the coalition Unity government, coopt his party and name him Prime for better or for worse, for countries that need mobility for our population, which is a chal- do not need to have huge battery packs, so Hybrids offer an advantage of acquisition affordable mobility, they are possibly the only FACE. AND IT IS NOT lenge every country and city faces, costs can be kept in check. The average price costs, and if you develop ‘plug-in’ hybrids, Minister. With Sirisena joining hands once again with the leader he ousted in arly in October this year, there was near-term solution. In an electric car, for but of getting electricity to all its citizens. And of one kilowatt hour of battery storage is which are more expensive vehicles, you can 2015, it shows that allegations of autocracy, corruption, nepotism, China tilts a conference held at the exposition example, just the battery pack and the power REGARDING MOBILITY while steps are being made to enhance solar around $200 today, and while technical inno- further reduce emissions. They also offer the and, of course, war crimes while eliminating the Tamil movement from the face ground on the outskirts of Chennai. control unit comprise 60 per cent of the cost FOR OUR POPULATION, and wind energy facilities in our country, vations happen in energy density, huge added benefit of much increased fuel It was called FISITA and it was for of the car, and those costs are fixed, no indeed on solar we have moved much of the major drops in cost have already economy. As car electrical systems move of the island, have slid of Rajapaksa's back as easily as a duck's and for the larg- the first time that such a conference matter which car you buy. Which is why WHICH IS A dramatically, taking advantage of our geog- occurred. towards a 48-volt system from the current 12- er Sinhalese identity, he has emerged as a saviour and a doer. So though Sirisena's wasE taking place in India. It was a biennial Uehara believes that hybrids are the best raphy and weather. In China recently, this columnist saw the volt system, more and more cars will have bat- UPFA is in minority in the ruling coalition (even with Rajapaksa's faction) and, talk-shop for automotive engineers from short-term solution, particularly in a cost-con- CHALLENGE EVERY The fact is that if we are to get power to Roewe Marvel X, China’s latest and greatest tery packs. across the global automotive industry and was scious market. all Indian households quickly, the only solu- electric car, featuring a 54 kilowatt-hour Hybridisation is occurring because that is therefore, his sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, whose UNP has quite revealing with talks on suspensions, The other simple thing that Uehara COUNTRY AND CITY tion is even more thermal plants, and that is battery pack that provides it with a range of where the industry has to head. And as one the bigger mandate, may seem unconstitutional, the pictures of Rajapaksa address- gearboxes, materials and what not, but the explained was that solutions can be wildly dif- FACES, BUT OF a problem given that India’s coal is high in sul- 500-plus kilometres, as much as a tankful of can clearly see sitting in Delhi right now, air ing crowds have wrested the popular narrative. Besides, there is already talk that main issue of discussion was invariably the ferent in different countries. There is a life- phur and most of the older thermal power fuel would on most cars. Its battery pack alone pollution is a massive problem. And while the shifting sands of motive technology itself. time ‘carbon’ cost to a car; something the GETTING ELECTRICITY plants do not have effective ways to deal with costs around $10,000 (`7.5 lakh). The power automotive industry does not like being sin- though constitutionally he cannot become the President, having served two terms, Besides, several sessions and talks addressed industry calls ‘well to wheel’ carbon cost. So, the exhaust. But India has signed up to the control unit, the computer system that drives gled out for the blame, they realise that it is as Prime Minister and then betting on a comeback giving him a two-thirds major- some fundamental issues, one of them on the same cars, driving a similar distance every- TO ALL ITS CITIZENS Paris Agreement and wants to become a world the entire machine, well that was not contingent on them to do something about ity, he could well attempt amendments to arrogate more powers to himself. At whether the internal combustion engine day in different countries, could have mas- leader in solar technology in the long-term. cheap either. emissions. But one thing is certain, the inter- itself was on its last leg, given the rush for elec- sively different carbon costs. Why? Basically, In the short-term, India has little or no choice You can keep the costs down by installing nal combustion engine, that has moved us least, he has won the war of perception with his command of the situation. tric vehicles today. the source of energy determines how much but to pollute a bit more. smaller battery packs but nobody wants to buy around for almost 150 years, is not ready to Rajapaksa's return is a big blow for India although he has been engaging The answer to that was a resounding no. carbon an electric or hybrid generates. That is not to say that Uehara did not feel cars which have a range of 100-200 kilome- retire just yet. with the Modi government. As President, he had veered away from India and The internal combustion engine is not going So, in India, where an overwhelming that there was still a market for electric vehi- tres even though those distances are more (The writer is Managing Editor, The bent towards the Chinese, giving them infrastructural access to strategic ports, to go away anytime soon. Because as Takashi majority of our electricity is thermal, the life- cles in India. Particularly where battery costs than enough to cover daily usage. “Range anx- Pioneer) allowing them to dock submarines and adding another pearl to China's string of debt-trap colonies around the Indian Ocean. Wickremesinghe has been the POINTCOUNTERPOINT most favourable for us and India engineered a profitable coalition with Sirisena The Government has no interest for No matter how hard the Government tries, in 2015, weaning him away as a moderate opposed to the absolutist Rajapaksa. or against any individual and is keen it will not be able to cage the truth. Every At the crossroads of But he too drifted towards the Chinese axis quite a bit, guaranteeing a 99-year on maintaining institutional integrity institution is being ruined in the country. We need a tech zoom lens lease on Hambantota port as India has a tough time negotiating contracts. Not of CBI. —Union Finance Minister —Congress president as magnetic as Rajapaksa, he was, in a short time, coopted by his one-time men- ARUN JAITLEY RAHUL GANDHI Using forecasting techniques, Governments and industrial organisations around the world have made estimates of various a clutter junction tor. Meanwhile, anti-India sentiment has returned to Lanka's mainstream dis- social and economic parameters, such as growth of future labour force, population size et al. India must not lag behind course. In fact, Wickremesinghe's ouster is largely being seen as a result of the decision-making processes. of ‘technological possibility and Sirisena's disagreement with him over the development of a container terminal Incidentally, most innovating commercial feasibility of tech- The best hope for future in Colombo. He also alleged assassination attempts given Wickremesinghe's pro- nations have effectively attempt- nology’ topics are listed below: trends is the instinctive India tilt and claims that India was disappointed with the pace of its projects in ed to forecast the future of tech- (i) The important character direction the human psyche Behind the big cat deaths nology and deployed resources gene which decides the yield, VINAYSHIL the island. Even Rajapaksa had in 2015 claimed assassination attempts by RAW. accordingly to gain from the first- quality and resistance of crops, inevitably takes when one is So the bitter narrative is somewhat similar. Clearly stitching up rainbow coali- SANJIB mover advantage. obtains comprehensive annota- faced with numerous choices GAUTAM tions with Wikremesinghe as the pivot hasn't worked successively now. So India The death of 23 Asiatic lions in Gir is a reminder that the big cat’s management is a gigantic POHIT Technological forecasting (TF) tion and gets practical use with principally deals with the predic- biological technology; his is an era of technology talk. A police officer can now be endowed must engage itself with Lanka very delicately, considering the Chinese inroads challenge. However, the State’s forest department must be complimented for quick action tion of the future of useful (ii) The measure of genome into neighbouring Maldives. Though the Modi Government has met all three par- with spectacles, which can be used for face recognition. The principle or the last decade or so, machines, procedures or tech- sequence about main economical of enhanced images is involved and it makes it easier to detect a per- ties diplomatically and Rajapaksa himself has made some discernible attempts the Government has niques. Thus, TF can be consid- plant and micro-organism will be T disease. After scientific inputs from nation- been strongly encourag- ered as a system of logical analy- completed; son who is wanted by the many in the crowd. The intelligent talk of robots to alter his rules of engagement, there has to be a studied strategic response. al and international experts, 300 vaccinations ing the Indian firms to sis that leads to common quanti- (iii) The use of biological and their pithy answers are now a passé. It is being claimed that they can And with China's Belt and Road Initiative hitting roadblocks in its own backyard were procured from the US to meet the come up with indige- tative conclusions about techno- technology will speed up the read human emotions. So, it is time for another prime-time debate: Who is states, it might seek greater manoeuverability in the island states of Lanka and emergency situation. All lions in the enclo- nousF innovations in product man- logical attributes and parameters, process for breeding, and the more desirable — the machine or the man? Maldives, something that India must be up for. Then there's the larger question sure were vaccinated. Subsequently, they ufacturing and services. To pro- as well as technical and econom- crops breeding will use the tech- Obviously, it has affected the process issues, and methods of governance HARI were sent to semi-captivity in Devalia Gir mote innovation, the policy-mak- ic attributes. nologies of molecular design; and communication have drastically changed. The education regulator in the of the assault on democratic systems and practices but then that has long been SHANKER SINGH Interpretation Centre, a large safari park ers have made an attempt lately to In other words, technology (iv) The epidemiology model UAE is credited with having handy a new electronic system through which, say, a casualty of totalitarian regimes assuming charge across the world. which covers an area of about 412 ha. increase India’s expenditure on foresight is a process by which one and the trend analysis technology a teacher in one of the cities, can give up his/her job, get absorbed in anoth- Like several unprecedented measures in Research and Development comes to a better understanding about main disease will be estab- 50WORDEDIT In the name of Tagore he death of 23 Asiatic lions (three 2007, after eight lions were poached by a (R&D). However, India’s expen- of the forces shaping the long-term lished; er school or even seek promotion online. lions, 11 lionesses and nine cubs above gang of raiders from Katani, Madhya diture on R&D is significantly future that should be taken into (v) The rules of main metab- WITHOUT This has widened the scope of the poten- Culture diplomacy may not make headlines but the Tsix months) in just two weeks, start- Pradesh, the Gujarat Government was below. It is just two per cent of its account in policy formulation, olism network and metabolism tial itself. Job search has been brought to Tagore Awards for Cultural Harmony for 2014, 2015 and ing end of September and beginning of prompt to initiate several actions to avoid gross domestic product (GDP), planning and decision-making. regulation will be elucidated; the doorstep. Interestingly, the all-pervasive 2016 prove that our poet laureate’s global vision and October, set alarm bells ringing for the such a threat to the Gir lion. In collabora- which is the benchmark value that Therefore, it is closely tied to plan- (vi) More than 300 animal PREJUDICE character of technology helps redefine not enveloping citizenry hold good. With a jury helmed by Gujarat Forest Department. Initially, con- tion with the Animal Husbandry most innovative countries spend ning but it is not planning but models will be established with the only entertainment but also sports. Imagine a situation where a human play- PM Modi, its awardees include a Manipuri dancer, a fusion prevailed but progressive deaths com- Department, the vaccination drive was on R&D. merely a step in the process of technologies of biology model, er shoots a basketball into the ring, and has as a competitor, a robot, show- pelled the authorities to go for a prompt sci- launched in both divisions of the Gir Furthermore, India never real- planning. trans-gene and gene knock out; ing its skills in shooting basketball. The Dubai World Trade Centre has such Bangladeshi organisation and a Gandhian sculptor, who entific investigation. Samples of the dead forests. ly made a forward-looking strate- Countries, like Japan, the (vii) The rubber with high examples. Put simply, few things are as potent as technology in pushing a fron- prove civilsational, philosophical and cultural links know lions were sent to the National Institute of The problem of the big cat’s manage- gic plan to distribute this R&D United Kingdom, France, performance obtains large-scale no barriers. An avowed, objective acknowledgment. Virology, Pune, College of Veterinary ment is gigantic in the Gir lion conserva- expenditure on emerging issues of Germany and the United States are use; tier. One can now have a robot engineer who can double up as a consultant. Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh, tion landscape. About half of the lions, 300 the future. As a result, the coun- the forerunner in this discipline. (viii) The defence and moni- The predictive models of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are keys to such compe- and FSL Junagadh to find out the possible individuals, roam around in an area of try is usually a late entrant to new For instance, TF exercise in Japan toring system of harmful biology tency. reason that killed the lions. Samples of five about 12,500 sq km in 1,400 villages in the technology. By the time India involves more than 2,000 top will be established for public secu- Now for the antithesis, problems of data privacy have been frontline news lions confirmed the attack of a virus — four districts. The big cat population in this musters the technological devel- rated scientists/academia/tech- rity; in the Indian media for some time now. Fears of cyber security have made severe Equal partners Canine Distemper Virus (CDV). The against the virus is not being ruled out. landscape is over 1,200 creatures (over 600 opment process and is capable to nologists to map out the evolution (ix) In order to eliminate the dents into the onrush of digital transformation. In every man’s domain, the inge- Veterinary College, Junagadh, confirmed the When the fatal infection by CDV and lions and over 625 leopards), which is more put its imprint, the world has of possible technologies in the foresight towards 2020 in China’, obtains largescale use, which is of anxiety about transgene produc- nious ways of seeking passwords and not unoften money, are a common place Uncomfortable they might be but JD(U) and BJP presence of Babesia protozoa in about a Babesia protozoa attacked the African lion than three times the combined population moved up the technological lad- next 25 years of the time horizon. consisting of eight main research high intensity and lightweight. tions, the standardised safe eval- on the computer screen. Vulnerabilities are many. It raises some basic ques- dozen samples. Suspecting an attack of the in Serengeti-Masai Mara landscape, it killed of tiger and leopard in the best tiger land- der in the same, or technological The latest exercise has listed fields, comprising 32 sub-fields (iv) The most secure and uation system, which includes the need to stay together for 2019 elections CDV, all surviving lions from the Sarasiya about 1,000 lions, almost 40 per cent of the scape in any part of the country. space moves in a different direc- out more than 400 technologies and around 409 topics from the cheapest control technologies of technology for monitoring and tions about the real value of engineering. The coming of the era of 5G can almost THIS IS be as fundamentally evocative as perhaps any other technological revolution. D(U) chief Nitish Kumar has proved yet again that when it comes to poli- Round in Dalkhaniya Range were captured total population of the Serengetti National The electronic as well as the print tion. Thus, Indian firms find lit- and there exists a strong lineage of above 32 subfields. The academ- largescale electrical network examination of transgene biology, and kept in isolation at the Jasadhar lion care Park in Tanzania in 1994. The first distressed media have been covering stories on the Gir tle space to enjoy the gains of these identified technologies with ic team consisted of 60 top scien- A PROCESS BY obtain a widespread use; will be established; Governments are trying to push it partly because of pressures of internation- tics, he is quite the old warhorse, can swerve the trajectory of political dis- centre to avoid any contact with other lions. African lion affected by the disease was lions since the last one month. Many stories innovation. fund allocation for R&D by poli- tists from four research fields (v) The technologies about (x) The technology system of al business. However, key propellants of pushing the technological revolution Jcourse on his terms and has a keen ear to the ground. That’s the reason Another 33 lions from the adjoining detected in the first week of February in were far from the truth and were mixed with How is it that some industries cy-makers. along with more than 320 scien- WHICH ONE COMES biological processing and mining plant breeding and fertilisation, are the IT and the telecom companies which see their businesses in the expand- why despite being a cropper in the 2014 elections — having won just two of area of Dalkhaniya Range were also cap- 1994. Before authorities could understand politics. Many doubted the intention and and Governments in other coun- Today, everyone is amazed at tists from 32 subfields. for crude oil develop successful- which includes nitrogen fixation ing domain of IT systems. tured and sent to Jamwala lion care centre. the problems, almost one year after the efficiency of the administration. Remember, tries are able to invest in the right the pace of technology develop- The exercise has laid out TO A BETTER ly. and high-use efficiency of ele- the 40 Lok Sabha seats from Bihar — he has managed to extract much more Put simply, more the world changes, more the key motivating sentiments Of the infected lions kept in Jasadhar, all detection of the first case, about 1,000 lions nothing is perfect and absolute. How can an area and at the right time? This is ment in China. A lot of it can be emphatically top 10 topics based UNDERSTANDING (vi) The anti-viral medicine ments, such as nitrogen, phos- remain the same. Many in their 20s or 30s may not know of the 1958 Nobel died but three survived as their immune sys- died by the end of 1994. administration be perfect? More action is also true of smaller countries in ascribed to TF exercises. on the integrated index of impor- with high efficiency applies to phorus and potassium and so than his pound of flesh by striking a 50:50 seat-sharing deal with the BJP. This Prize winner for literature, Boris Pasternak. He was one of the most celebrated notwithstanding the fact that the BJP, LJP and RLSP won more seats than the tem was better equipped to tackle the dis- Subsequently, after seven years, in the expected to ensure the safety of the lion. the Far East, like Korea and Technology foresight in China in tance, which is calculated accord- OF THE FORCES clinical medicine widely. on, will obtain widespread ease. Additionally, deaths of a few lions in much smaller nearby Ngorongoro Crater During the last five decades, the lion Taiwan. Do they follow a strategic a broad sense can be traced to the ing to three indicators, such as (vii) The technologies about use. dissidents of the Cold War. He was not only hailed in certain parts of the world JD(U) in 2014. Even the BJP, which was seen to be in the driver’s seat until a August this year in the same region due to population, around 100 lions suffered a sim- population in India has increased three- plan to direct their R&D expen- 12 years of scientific develop- contribution to the economy, SHAPING THE biochemistry, immunity and gene Thus, one can see that TF but feted as a literary genius. Perhaps, if his world-view was not so anti of couple of months ago, seemed to cede territory to a grassroot regional entity a similar disease cannot be ruled out. ilar higher percentage of losses in 2001. fold, from 180 in the early 1970s to over 600 diture? Or is that there is a scien- ment planning made in 1956 improvement in the quality of life LONG-TERM FUTURE apply to food quarantine. exercise is a serious business the contemporary Soviet Union and had he written with equal flair on anoth- in what could be its key battleground state for 2019. The BJP, which had pre- The Gir protected area (1,452 sq km) Unlike the two cases in the known history in 2018. Their wild prey population too tific way to identify the emerging when over 1,000 excellent scien- index and girding up the securi- (viii) The important character in China. Moreover, these er topic, this celebration may not have come his way. Come 2018, the first and its surrounding forests cover an expanse of the African lions, the administration of went up from about 6,400 to 83,000 dur- technologies? tists participated in works ranging ty system. According to the inte- gene, which decides the yield, have also been seriously sumptuously apportioned a confident tally for itself, is clearly not taking any WHICH SHOULD Iraqi recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize was Nadia Murad. Lionised for ver- of 1,882 sq km, which is distributed in 15 the Gujarat Government was fast to act ing the same period. The conservation story Over the years, most countries from technology selection, prior- grated index of importance, the quality and resistance of crops, debated in various fora. balising her experiences during the three-month captivity with the Daesh group, chances post-Karnataka. And while the mahagatbandhan politics is somewhat ranges, 60 forest rounds and 152 forest beats. against the problems. The wildlife wing of of the Asiatic lion in the Gir forests is one have used forecasting as an impor- ity setting, subject arrangement most important topics for China BE TAKEN INTO obtains comprehensive annota- Unfortunately, India has never it fits in well with the version which seeks to make Iraq a nation in need of muted at the moment nationally, in Bihar it has a recognisable face in RJD supre- The spread of the CDV disease was confined the Gujarat Forest Department promptly of the best wildlife conservation stories in tant input in the process of plan- and resource distribution. are the following: tion and gets practical use with attempted a serious endeavour to 26 lions in Sarasia Round in Dalkhania removed the entire population of one or two the world and it will continue to be so in ning future development. Using In 1983, the Chinese Academy (i) The solar cell will be devel- ACCOUNT IN POLICY biological technology. of this kind, barring half- ‘chastisement’. So much for the objectivity and fidelity to the principles of recog- mo Lalu Yadav’s younger son Tejaswi Yadav. He has been consistently shoring Range. Other 33 lions in the adjoining pride from the Sarasia Round. the future. But increasing lion and leopard forecasting techniques, govern- of Sciences (CAS) organised a oped successfully, whose transfer (ix) The 10nm processing tech- hearted attempts made by the nition of excellence — in this case the Nobel award(s). up his political stock after the party’s stunning victories in three of four bypolls Dalkhania range were suspected of such an Not only the Sarasia lions but also 33 population in the human-dominated land- mental and industrial organisa- large-scale survey on 15 years efficiency reaches as high as 50 per FORMULATION, nology obtains widespread usage in Technology Information The story does not end there. The cocktail of certain interests of com- in March and has been spinning an anti-Modi narrative among the sizeable pop- attack, but a laboratory test proved that they lions from the adjoining Dalkhania round scape is expected to throw a bigger chal- tions have made good estimates of (1985-2000) of science and tech- cent. PLANNING AND the scale production, and integra- Forecasting and Assessment merce, pushing certain groups of technologies and military/political superior- ulation of Dalits and economically backward castes. Couple that with pictures were free from the fatal disease. Statistics were captured and removed from the wild. lenge in the future, despite good wildlife various social and economic para- nology development planning (ii) The new technology about tion rate of the integrated circuit Council (TIFAC). So, it is not ity fanning certain types of creativity, is becoming more pervasive by the day. reveal that only about two per cent of the Gir Prompt action avoided the spread of the dis- management practices. meters, such as growth of the with a view to make the discipli- biological energy will be devel- DECISION-MAKING achieves the 1,000G transistor; surprising that India has not The sorry tale does not end there. Consider the beauty pageants. The pre- of him challenging the solidity of the NDA alliance by courting Upendra Kushwaha protected area and about four per cent of the ease to other areas. Blood samples and sali- (This is the first article in a two-part series future labour force, employment nary development strategy and oped successfully, which can con- (x) The defence and monitor- even been able to leapfrog in ponderance of winners from Third world countries of the beauty pageants and of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), who can be an obstacle to both Nitish Gir lions were infected by the fatal CDV and va of the infected and also the non-infect- on Asiatic Lions. The second part will appear levels, population size, demo- sponsor policy which promoted tinuously produce ethanol with ing system of harmful biology will the technology front. converting them into icons is one of the most ingenious marketing techniques Babesia protozoa, although the presence of ed lions kept in isolation at Jamwala were in these columns on Tuesday, October 30. The graphic distribution, gross nation- the development of forecasting straw, biological diesel, hydro- be established for public security. (The writer is Senior of beauty products. It does not need a research study to establish that the and BJP’s hopes of a clean sweep, and you know why the two must stick togeth- the virus in other lions having immunity examined to investigate the presence of the writer is Member, National Board for Wildlife) al product (GNP), et al. These studies in China. In 2003, China carbon compound and so on. Similarly, the most feasible 10 Fellow, National Council of er. Tejaswi has already invited Kushwaha to join the RJD-led alliance and is keen forecasts were used as inputs for launched the project, ‘Technology (iii) The metal material topics according to the integration Applied Economic Research) number of winners in almost all of the many beauty pageants are predomi- to accommodate BSP chief Mayawati in the state. Enough to give jitters to both nantly from the Third world countries. Vulnerable markets and aspiring indi- LETTERS viduals, who represent resources in such markets, are obviously a fit target Nitish and BJP, who cannot afford a slide in caste-based support base if they TO THE EDITOR for their marketing strategy. Better and easier returns over shorter periods of are to make good in 2019. EPS SURVIVES time, riding the penetration of marketing drives (which does not need com- Kushwaha is the strongest leader of the influential Koeri community, which nobody even remotely suggested that the possible that the 18 disqualified rebel KBC political parties are adamant on seeking upright officers pursue the same dili- mensurate investment), is every investor’s dream. As an upshot, beauty prod- consists around eight per cent of the population in Bihar. The Koeris are dou- Sir — It was a huge relief for the judgement could have been coloured by law makers will go in for appeal on the , a big hit, thanks to Bachchan probe by the Central Bureau of gently. ucts get more and more common in the prosperous sections of the poorer Palaniswami Government in Tamil subjectivity despite the difficulty to hold ground that an anti-defection law can- Investigation (CBI) because of its neutral In a welcome gesture, the Supreme nations. ble the number of Kurmis (four per cent), whom Nitish represents and can Nadu that the disqualification of 18 the finer point of law against the peti- not be invoked in their case. If so, the ntertainment television shows in India mat was fresh for the audience, and its roar- ducts himself with utmost dignity and and unbiased way of going about the job, Court intervened on the right time and well make or mar the NDA’s prospects. No wonder Tejaswi has been consis- MLAs of TTV Dinakaran-led Amma tioners. However, the verdict in the dis- appellate court should pronounce the are almost always glorified and ing success resurrected Bachchan's career. humility pepped up with humour and sagac- despite its each step being watched and ordered for a timely supervised inquiry Perhaps in the same breadth, it needs to be added that there is no need to feel gloomy on this surge. This because there is a parallel surge of cele- tently wooing him, even on the day of the NDA seat-sharing declaration. It would Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) qualification case was contrary to general verdict in a time-bound manner to Estretched. Kaun Banega Crorepati Maybe, as a sense of gratitude, he has never ity to take the show to a new level. guided by the rulers at the helm, infight- into the charges against the sidelined CBI by the Speaker was upheld by the expectations. ensure that the voters in these con- (KBC) is one game show which refuses to said “no” to host KBC though he still earns His show of respect for the elders and ing among its top officials, irrespective of Director, Alok Verma. Nevertheless, the brating heritage which is also sweeping the world. If Dubai has had notable not be a surprise if Kushwaha does an opportunist switchover. Having nursed Madras High Court. The Government Dinakaran did not regard the ver- stituencies are not denied their right to fade into oblivion. Amitabh Bachchan, the a fortune from each episode. He even women, and brilliant one-on-one with the whether it is engineered or otherwise, does ‘caged parrot’ that the apex court had once display of technology, UAE cultural week in France also made it a point to a grudge since the Assembly elections three years ago, when his party got a lost no time to claim that it received the dict as a ‘setback’ but called it a ‘learn- be represented in the legislature. charismatic showman, has taken the game recently settled debts of farmers with it. relatives of the contestants and, of course, not bode well for the organisation and the described the CBI as, should be made to highlight the Emirati heritage. China has drummed up traditional medicine in reduced seat share, he may not settle for being given the short shrift a second judicial sanction to continue with the ing experience’. It would be a travesty G David Milton to dizzy heights. But for Bachchan, the show When to and when not to take the life- in between deliberations with the contes- country. ‘fly’ free so that it functions independently. its unique promotional style. The revival of tribal arts and crafts in India is an ‘Amma rule’. After the verdict, it faces no of democracy if the people of as many Maruthancode would have been history by now. The ver- lines, and availing themselves of an appro- tants themselves, have made KBC one of Besides, it also badly reflects on the VS Jayaraman time. While the BJP and JD(U) have sorted themselves, they have yet to assess equal success story. Perhaps the best hope for future positive trends is the imminent threat to continue in power. as 20 constituencies go inordinately SET THE CBI FREE satile actor that he is, Bachchan knows the priate lifeline at an opportune time, is an the top television entertainment shows ever rulers. While it is the bounden duty of Chennai instinctive direction which the human psyche inevitably takes when faced with the fallout of leaving just six seats for Kushwaha and Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP. Like it or not, the status quo will con- unrepresented in the Assembly. sublime art of putting the contestants at art many contestants have mastered to win. on Indian television. the CBI to go through each and every a crossroad of choices. Paswan, the leader of eight per cent Dalits, too, seems to be cut up over the tinue with no major political churning in The need to hold elections at the Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Uncage ease. When KBC began in 2000, it was However, the show is primarily about Ganapathi Bhat case that gets referred to it on the basis Send your feedback to: the foreseeable future. It is only right that earliest cannot be overemphasised. It is the parrot” (October 26). At a time when lapped up by the people. The show and for- Bachchan. The Bollywood superstar con- Akola of merit, it often gets halted even when (The writer is a well-known management consultant) BJP-JD(U) deal. BJP's number crunching won't work amid ego battles. [email protected] LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 money 10

The negotiations (with USA) We (to Media People) have to think from a legal perspective ... Other aspect of are ongoing. Of course, at this remedy is to educate people, educate stage they have given an offer voters, educate citizens so that they are and we have also given a BUZZ not taken in by fake narratives and untruths that people peddle in the garb of counter-offer and we are actually being the truth. We as the working on it FROM Executive are more than GOVT willing to be accountable Suresh Prabhu, Union Jayant Sinha, Union Commerce Minister Minister of State for Civil Aviation Use Aadhaar eKYC for DBT Petrol, diesel price GST Council met 30 times, took users: UIDAI to banks cut for 11th time 918 decisions in 2 years: FinMin PTI n NEW DELHI VOLUNTARY The UIDAI informed the tication of the beneficiaries PTI n NEW DELHI banks that they can use availing subsidies, benefits, ser- he all-powerful GST OFFLINE AADHAAR Aadhaar authentication for vices under Aadhaar Act, for etrol price was TCouncil, chaired by beneficieries of Government transfer of any subsidy or ben- Pcut by 40 paise a Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, FOR OTHER subsidies and welfare schemes, efit to the bank account of the litre and diesel by 33 has met 30 times and taken 918 and listed various ‘options’ for beneficiary, as well as for facil- paise a litre on decisions related to laws, rules CUSTOMERS the use of Aadhaar (such as itating the withdrawal of Sunday, the 11th and rates for the new tax Quick Response or QR code money through Aadhaar based straight reduction in regime within a span of just and offline Aadhaar) for other micro-ATM machines. rates on softening over two years, the Finance PTI n NEW DELHI banking customers in the light This means Aadhaar international oil Ministry said on Sunday. of Supreme Court judgement enabled Payment System prices. The Goods and Services he UIDAI has clarified to in the Aadhaar case, said the (AePS) and BHIMAadhaar Pay Petrol in Delhi Tax (GST) Council, which Tbanks that Aadhaar eKYC official who did not wish to be shall remain operative and now costs `80.05 a litre and But as the international comprises state finance minis- can be used to authenticate named. bank can continue to maintain diesel is priced at `74.05 per oil prices continued to rise, ters and Union Minister of beneficiaries of Government Physical Aadhaar card can and provide these facilities so litre, according to a price noti- price of petrol and diesel in State in charge of Revenue as subsidies and welfare schemes be used for verification in an that Direct Benefit Transfer or fication issued by state-owned Delhi increased to `82.83 per members, was set up on while for other customers offline mode if produced vol- DBT beneficiaries can with- oil firms. litre and `75.69 per litre by September 15, 2016, as the physical Aadhaar card can be untarily, it clarified. draw their money through the In 11 straight cuts, petrol October 16. But beginning country’s first ‘federal institu- used for verification, a source When contacted UIDAI micro-ATMs, AePS, BHIM price has been reduced by October 18, international oil tion’. said. CEO, Ajay Bhushan Pandey Aadhaar Pay. `2.78 per litre and diesel by prices have been falling and “Till date, GST Council has phase of cooperative federalism for the 30 GST Council meetings The Aadhaar-issuing told PTI, “There are viable In its circular to banks, the `1.64 a litre. rupee has also appreciated. taken 918 decisions related to where the Central and state ran into 4,730 pages, while the authority Unique Identification and completely paperless and UIDAI said that for customers The rates are off their The twin factors have GST laws, rules, rates, com- Governments work together to minutes of the meetings ran into Authority of India (UIDAI) digital options available giving declaration that they record high of `84 per litre for brought down fuel prices to pensation, taxation threshold take collective decisions on all 1,394 pages, the statement said. wrote to the banks last week through digitally signed elec- want to receive entitled bene- petrol and `75.45 a litre for two-month low. “As per the etc. More than 96 per cent of issues relating to indirect tax After 17 tumultuous years, clarifying the instances and tronic form of Aadhaar which fits or subsidies of welfare diesel touched on October 4. assessment, the retail prices of the decisions have already been regime of the country, it said. a nationwide GST was rolled modes in which Aadhaar can allows identity to be verified schemes funded from the On that day, the government petrol and diesel may reign implemented through 294 noti- Besides, tax officers of the out at the stroke of the mid- be used, and a copy of the same online without pinging our Consolidated Fund of India in decided to cut excise duty on easy in the next few days,” an fications issued by the Central Centre and states met ahead of night hour on July 1, 2017, was also sent to the Reserve server. And through such their account directly, banks petrol and diesel by `1.50 per official statement had said on Government,” the Ministry the GST Council meetings to overhauling India’s convoluted Bank of India, a senior UIDAI methods the services can be can perform Aadhaar-based litre each and asked state- October 26. said in a statement. enable the council members to indirect taxation system. said. seamlessly and digitally authentication using e-KYC owned fuel retailers to subsidise The retail selling price of The remaining decisions fully discuss the issues under The GST, which replaced The UIDAI wrote to banks offered by banks for non- for opening bank accounts by another `1 a litre by reduc- petrol and diesel is dependent are under various stages of consideration. 17 central and state levies after it received legal opinion DBT customers”. He also con- too. ing their margins. on the international prices of implementation. Almost equal The Council has held dis- including factory-gate, excise on the matter, in the wake of a firmed that UIDAI’s views For all other customers, Subsequent to this, the benchmark fuel and the rupee- number of corresponding noti- cussions in a “harmonious and duty, service tax and local sales recent Supreme Court verdict have been sent to banks but banks cannot use Aadhaar petrol price came down to US dollar exchange rate. This fications have been issued by collaborative spirit” in the 30 tax or VAT, is India’s biggest tax that restricted the use of did not elaborate on details. electronic know your customer `81.50 per litre and diesel at is because a large proportion of each state, it added. meetings that have taken place reform in 70 years of indepen- Aadhaar by private entities but UIDAI has said that banks (e-KYC) authentication for `72.95 a litre on October 5, the country’s requirement is met The working of GST so far, it added. dence and will help modernise cleared it for welfare schemes. will be entitled to seek authen- opening bank accounts. statement said. through imports. Council has ushered in a new The detailed agenda notes Asia’s third largest economy. India, US talks ongoing to Oil regulator approves sale of Ambani’s pipeline to Brookfield Flipkart Internet

PTI n NEW DELHI Infrastructure Trust (IIT), a resolve trade issues: Min trust to be established/spon- narrows losses to PTI n NEW DELHI illionaire Mukesh Ambani sored by Rapid and registered Bhas won oil regulator under the Indian Trusts Act, ommerce PNGRB’s approval for selling 1882 and the Securities and `1,160.6 cr for FY18 Cand Industry his loss-making east-west nat- Exchange Board of India Minister Suresh ural gas pipeline to Canadian (Infrastructure Investment Prabhu has said investor Brookfield, a top offi- Trusts) Regulations, 2014,” the PTI n NEW DELHI India and the US cial said. CCI order said. have exchanged Ambani’s Reliance Gas PCAPL would be appoint- -commerce major offers for a pos- Transportation Infrastructure ed as the investment manager EFlipkart Internet has sible trade deal Ltd, which later changed the of IIT. trimmed its consolidat- with a view to name to East West Pipeline Ltd EWPL had operating rev- ed losses to `1,160.6 resolving issues (EWPL), a decade back built a enue of `884 crore and posted crore for the financial related to bilater- 1,400-kilometer pipeline from a net loss of `715 crore in the year ended March 2018, al commerce. Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh year ended March. as per regulatory docu- “The negoti- to Bharuch in Gujarat to trans- The loss was mainly ments. ations are ongo- port natural gas discovered in because of the pipeline operat- The company had ing. Of course, at this stage they to certain domestic goods a KG basin block operated by ing at less than its capacity. registered a total loss of mainly generated from ser- have given an offer and we have under their Generalised System his flagship firm Reliance KG-D6 fields, which began `1,640.2 crore in the previous vices like collection, market- also given a counter-offer and of Preferences (GSP) as well as Industries. production in April 2009, had fiscal, according to the docu- place, storage and logistics. we are working on it,” he said greater market access for its However, the pipeline hit a peak of 69.43 mmscmd in ments filed with the Corporate Earlier in the year, Flipkart at an event here Saturday. products from sectors, includ- which had a capacity to trans- accorded,” PNGRB Chairman IIT will also subscribe to the March 2010 before water and Affairs Ministry. inked a blockbuster deal with The statement assumes sig- ing agriculture, automobile, port 80 million standard cubic Dinesh K Sarraf said. non-convertible debentures to sand ingress forced the shut- Flipkart’s revenue from Walmart under which the nificance as India has deferred auto components and engi- metres per day of natural gas This will be Brookfield’s be issued by PIPL.” down of wells. This peak out- operations was at `2,790.2 American retailer picked up a notification for hiking import neering. is currently operating at less first investment in the energy Brookfield Asset put comprised 66.35 mmscmd crore for 2017-18 as against about 77 per cent stake for duties on as many as 29 US As many as 3,500 Indian than 5 per cent of its capacity sector in India. Management Inc’s affiliate from D1 and D3, the largest of `1,882.4 in the previous finan- about $16 billion. The deal gave products. products from sectors such as as output from KG-D6 block However, the acquisition Rapid Holdings Pte Ltd and the 18 gas discoveries on the cial year, a growth of 48.2 per handsome return to investors India had announced hik- chemicals and engineering get of RIL fell sooner than expect- price has not been disclosed. PenBrook Capital Advisors Pvt KG-D6 block, and 3.07 cent, it added. like SoftBank who sold their ing customs duty on 29 prod- duty-free access to the US ed. According to September 11 Ltd (PCAPL) had executed a mmscmd from MA field, the When contacted, Flipkart complete shareholding. ucts, including pulses and iron market under the GSP, intro- While the Competition approval of the CCI, the framework agreement to buy only oil discovery on the block. declined to comment. In India, Flipkart is locked and steel items, imported from duced in 1976. Commission of India (CCI) pipeline housed under EWPL the pipeline on August 28. Currently, the fields pro- On standalone basis, the in an intense battle with US- the US as a retaliatory action On the other hand, the US had in September approved the will be transferred to an enti- PCAPL is a joint venture duce less than 4 mmscmd of total loss narrowed to `1,157 based e-tailing giant Amazon against the tariff hike by is demanding greater market transaction where Brookfield is ty called Pipeline Infrastructure between Peninsula Investment gas, which EWPL transports to crore, while revenue was high- with both entities pumping in Washington. The duty hike access for its agriculture goods, sponsoring an Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (PIPL), a wholly-owned Management Co Ltd and customers. er at `2,790.2 crore for 2017-18 millions of dollars towards would come into effect from manufacturing products and Investment Trust (IIT) called subsidiary of Reliance Brookfield Capital Partners EWPL had a total out- as against the previous year. promotions, building infra- November 2. medical devices. India Infrastructure Trust as Industries Holding Pvt Ltd (Bermuda) Ltd. standing debt of `13,715 crore Flipkart, which operates structure and logistics as they India is pressing for India’s exports to the US in the acquisition vehicle, the (RIHPL). “By way of the proposed as of March while its plant, different entities for various woo customers to shop online. exemption from high duty 2017-18 stood at $47.9 billion, Petroleum and Natural Gas “RIHPL would sell its combination, the entire equity property and equipment had functions, provides e-com- Studies indicate the Indian imposed by the US on certain while imports were $26.7 bil- Regulatory Board (PNGRB) entire issued and paid up equi- share capital and voting rights an asset value of around merce and support services e-commerce market is set to steel and aluminium products, lion. The trade balance is in gave its nod a few weeks back. ty share capital of PIPL to IIT,” of PIPL is proposed to be `11,000 crore, according to its through Flipkart Internet. The cross $200 billion over the resumption of export benefits favour of India. “Yes, the approval has been the CCI order said. “Further, acquired by India last annual balance sheet. revenue of Flipkart Internet is next few years. FinMin seeks input from Ministries for Jaitley’s Budget speech Venkaiah MediaTek plans to collaborate with India PTI n MUMBAI Jaitley presented a full Naidu budget in July that year. firms to develop AI based applications he Finance Ministry has Narendra Modi-led Tsought inputs from differ- Government scrapped a felicitates ‘RBS ent central ministries for Arun colonial-era tradition of PTI n NEW DELHI devices business in Jaitley’s Budget Speech, which presenting the budget MediaTek’s global rev- would be the last budget of the at the end of February. Earth Heroes’ aiwanese chipset firm enue. current BJP-led NDA With the prepone- PNS n NEW DELHI TMediaTek plans to collab- AI-based solutions Government before the 2019 ment of budget, min- orate with Indian software are expected to be general polls. istries are now allocated BS India, the innovation companies to develop artificial widely in demand for Earlier this month, the their budgeted funds Rand operations hub of the intelligence-based applications 5g services specially for Ministry began the budgetary from the start of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which would in high demand autonomous cars, agri- exercise for 2019-20. During financial year beginning announced the winners of the with the adoption of emerging culture and health solu- the process, meetings will be April. RBS ‘Earth Heroes’ Awards for 5G technologies, a senior com- tions. held with ministries of steel, This gives 2018. The eight winners were pany official said. “We expect to have power, and housing and urban Government depart- felicitated by the Vice President Artificial intelligence (AI) MediaTek’s 5G solu- development to finalise revised ments more leeway to of India, Venkaiah Naidu, for based solutions are expected to tions to come in market expenditure for the current spend as well as allow going beyond their call of duty be in demand when 5G ser- Manager T L Lee told PTI. next year. We wil start working fiscal and projections for the companies time to adapt to save the planet’s ecological vices would start rolling our “In 2018, we developed AI with telecom careers first for next financial year. to business and taxation assets. across the world. Next gener- specific features function and 5G solutions. Our priority for The meetings are sched- plans. RBS set up the RBS ation technologies like AI, application for global usage but 2019 is to have field trials on uled to continue till November Previously, when the Foundation India in 2007, and machine learning etc help as we move into 2019 we want 5G technology in India, US, 16. budget was presented at has since been strengthening devices customise on their own to be part of the Indian com- China and Europe,” Lee said. The finance ministry has the end of February, the communities, improving liveli- as per the habit or usage pat- munity,” Lee said. Lee said that MediaTek is requested the ministries to three-stage Parliament hoods and promoting conser- tern of customers. The company at the India now expanding business in send material related with their Government is likely to come Account or approval for essen- approval process used to get vation in over 1100 villages. “So far, for AI applica- Mobile Congress launched its India in area of telecom net- departments that may merit out with an interim budget also tial G overnment spending for completed some time in mid- The Foundation’s 22 projects, tions, Mediatek’s partners have AI-based Helio P70 with works, Internet of Things, con- inclusion in the finance min- referred to as Vote-on-Account. a limited period is taken in an May, weeks ahead of the onset across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, been big international compa- inbuilt central processing unit sumer electronics etc. ister’s budget speech for 2019- The General Budget is pre- election year and a full-fledged of monsoon rains. Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, nies like Google and Facebook. for computing functions and “We will also set up labs 20 by November 15, according sented on February 1. budget presented by the new This meant Government Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, But for the next step we want graphical processing unit for and other resources to do to a communication by the Finance Minister Jaitley is Government. departments would start Rajasthan, Odisha, West to collaborate with local start- multimedia applications. research and development jobs. Finance Ministry to all secre- scheduled to present his 6th While P Chidambaram spending on projects only Bengal, Uttarakhand, Jammu & ups who want to develop AI- India is the second largest We have around 700 people. taries. consecutive Budget with 2019 had presented the previous from August-end or Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh, based applications for Indian market for MediaTek after MediaTek will invest more in In view of the upcoming being Vote-on-Account. UPA Government’s Vote-on- September after the monsoon are benefitting over 124,475 market,” MediaTek’s Wireless China which accounts for 20- India in development on new General Elections, the As per practice, a Vote-on- Account in February 2014, season ended. families. Communication General 25 per cent of total smart technology in India,” Lee said. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 funds 11

OPEN-ENDED Star Value Fund-Dividend - Direct 16.7033 Interval Fund - Quarterly Interval Plan II - Retail Growth 22.0296 Short Term Fund (Direct) - Daily Dividend Option 13.7978 MIRAE ASSET MUTUAL FUND (GROWTH) Star Value Fund-Dividend Option 16.431 Interval Fund II Quarterly Interval - Direct Plan - Growth 20.0513 Short Term Fund (Direct) - Dividend Option 10.5788 Star Value Fund-Growth - Direct 22.8314 Interval Fund II Quarterly Interval - Dividend 10.0013 Short Term Fund (Direct) - Growth Option 25.485 Short Term Bond Fund - Regular - Mly Dividend Option 10.3019 Scheme NAV Interval Fund II Quarterly Interval - Growth 19.9985 HDFC MUTUAL FUND Star Value Fund-Growth Option 21.2477 KOTAK MAHINDRA MUTUAL FUND RELIANCE MUTUAL FUND Super 20 Fund - Dividend - Direct 16.3573 Interval Fund - Quarterly Interval Plan III - Direct Qtrly Div Payout 10.0085 Super 20 Fund - Dividend Option 18.1645 Interval Fund - Quarterly Interval Plan III - Retail Dividend 10.0083 Index Fund Sensex Plus Plan-Direct Plan 469.996 Banking and PSU Debt - 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GLOBE Americans mourn death of 11 Saudis vow ‘complete’ probe TROTTING 5.8 EARTHQUAKE RATTLES ROMANIA of Khashoggi murder: Mattis Bucharest (Romania): An people at Pittsburgh synagogue earthquake with a magnitude of AFP n PRAGUE But Riyadh on Saturday 5.8 rattled central and eastern PTI n WASHINGTON dismissed Ankara’s calls to Romania early on Sunday and audi Arabia has promised a extradite 18 Saudis being held was also felt in Ukraine, n armed man stormed a S“full” investigation into the over Khashoggi’s murder, as Moldova and Bulgaria. No Asynagogue and shot wor- killing of journalist Jamal Washington warned the crisis significant damage was shippers in the US city of Khashoggi, US Defence risked destabilising the Middle reported. Pittsburgh, killing at least 11 Secretary Jim Mattis said on East. people and injuring six others, Sunday following talks with Addressing a forum in HIGGINS RE-ELECTED including four policemen, in the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al- Manama on Saturday, Mattis IRISH PRESIDENT AGAIN deadliest attack on Jews in the Jubeir in Bahrain. warned that “the murder of Dublin: Michael D. Higgins was history of America. “We discussed it... The Jamal Khashoggi in a diplo- on Sunday re-elected as the The shooter, identified as need of transparency, full and matic facility must concern us Irish President after receiving 56 46-year-old Robert Bowers, sur- complete investigation. Full all greatly”. per cent of the election vote. rendered after he was injured agreement from FM Jubeir, no “Failure of any nation to Businessman Peter Casey came during an exchange of fire with reservations at all,” Mattis told adhere to international norms second in the polls on Saturday the police at ‘Tree of Life’ reporters following the talks, and the rule of law undermines with 23.1 per cent, while none Congregation Synagogue at during which he warned the regional stability at a time of the other four candidates Squirell Hill in Pittsburgh, Saudi kingdom that the murder when it is needed most,” he polled more than 10 per cent, where a large number of people attributed to the Saudi author- stressed. reports the BBC. had gathered for a baby naming ities risked destabilising the The murder, which has ceremony. region. obtain paperwork to marry tarnished the image of Crown TRANSPORT STRIKE Pittsburgh Public Safety “No reservations at all. He his Turkish fiancee. Gruesome Prince Mohammed, has CRIPPLES BANGLADESH Director Wendell Hissrich said (Jubeir) said we need to know reports have alleged that the sparked a wave of internation- Dhaka: A 48-hour nationwide that 11 people were killed and what happened and it was very Washington Post columnist al criticism and affected strike in Bangladesh called by six others injured including collaborative, in agreement,” was killed and dismembered by Washington’s relations with the transport workers demanding four policemen. He added that the Pentagon chief told a team sent from Saudi Arabia kingdom. amendments to the “Road there were no children among People stand on the stairs of Sixth Presbyterian Church as the crowd spills up the hill and down the street for a vigil blocks reporters on a flight from to silence him. The United States relies Transport Act 2018” threw fatalities or injured. from where an active shooter shot multiple people at Tree of Life Congregation synagogue on Saturday AP Manama to Prague where he After weeks of denials, heavily on Saudi Arabia to normal life out of gear across Bowers, whose social media will mark the centenary of Riyadh has sought to draw a counter Iran’s influence in the the country on Sunday. account reflected his hatred to believe, and frankly some- Czechoslovakia. line under the crisis with an region and to defend the secu- against the Jews, was charged thing that is unimaginable. Our Saudi journalist Khashoggi, investigation. rity of Israel. CHINA COAL MINE MISHAP with 29 counts of federal crimes nation and the world are 59, who had criticised the Prince Mohammed, heir to Mattis did not have a for- TOLL REACHES 13 of violence and firearms offens- shocked and stunned by the US synagogue kingdom’s powerful Crown the oil-rich nation’s throne, mal bilateral meeting with Beijing: The death toll in a coal es, federal prosecutors said. grief. This was an anti-semitic Prince Mohammed bin publicly denounced the murder Jubeir on the sidelines of the mine accident in Shandong The charges include 11 act,” he said. Salman, had lived in self- as “repulsive”, while the Saudi Manama forum, where he met province increased to 13 while counts of obstruction of exercise President Trump ordered attack ‘inhuman act imposed exile in the United prosecutor acknowledged for with several Arab and eight miners still remain of religious beliefs resulting in that American flags be flown at States since 2017. the first time this week that European leaders. trapped, authorities said on death; and 11 counts of use of half-staff at the White House He was murdered after based on the evidence of a The two men spoke at a Sunday. The 74-metre-deep a firearm to commit murder and upon all public buildings of violence’: Pope entering his country’s Istanbul Turkish investigation the killing dinner gathering all the min- tunnel is blocked by a falling during a crime of violence. and grounds, and all military consulate on October 2 to had been “premeditated”. isters. coal seam at both ends. “The crimes of violence are bases till October 31 as a mark AFP n VATICAN CITY God”. based upon the federal civil of “solemn respect” for the vic- Suspect Robert Bowers, rights laws prohibiting hate tims. Despite his earlier reser- ope Francis on Sunday 46, reportedly yelled “All Jews Foreign Minister Shah crimes,” US Attorney for the vations, Trump continued with Pcalled a deadly attack on a must die” as he sprayed bullets Mehmood Qureshi also Western District of his days programme and synagogue in the United States into the Tree of Life syna- Pak Prez rules out establishing Pennsylvania Scott W Brady addressed a well-attended elec- “an inhuman act of violence”, gogue during Sabbath services dismissed reports of an said. The FBI is investigating tion rally in Illinois arguing that expressing his “closeness to before exchanging fire with Israeli aircraft landing this as a “hate crime”. Before one cannot let their schedules or the Jewish community”. police, in an attack that also any kind of ties with Israel opening fire, Bowers reported- lives change. A man suspected of burst- wounded six people. in Pakistan as fake and ly yelled, “All Jews must die!” “It’s just the way it is. No ing into the synagogue in The United States is wit- PTI n ISLAMABAD journalist Avi Scharf tweeted thing which is not even real baseless FBI Pittsburgh Special matter how you look at it, you Pittsburgh on Saturday during nessing a sharp spike in anti- on October 25 that an Israeli does not warrant a response. Agent in Charge Bob Jones just can’t let them get away with a baby-naming ceremony and Semitic incidents, surging 57 akistan President Arif Alvi business jet flew from Tel Aviv Information Minister Opposition’s barrage, said said the investigation was in its it. They’re evil, they’re bad, this gunning down 11 people has percent from 2016 to 2017, to Pon Sunday ruled out estab- to Islamabad where it was on Fawad Chaudhry has also Chaudhry’s reaction showed early stages and there was no was an anti-Semitic act which is been charged with murder, in 1,986 from 1,267, according to lishing any kind of relations the ground for 10 hours, before rejected the reports and said the government was trying to knowledge if the shooter was incredible in this day and age the deadliest anti-Semitic attack the Anti-Defamation League, a with Israel as he strongly reject- flying back to Tel Aviv. the “government would not hide something. known to the law enforcement that something like that can in recent US history. civil rights group which has ed reports that an Israeli air- Social media users took negotiate in secret with either “The parliament should till this date. “Gunman target- happen, but it happened,” he “We are all, in truth, tracked anti-Semitism there craft carrying some officials note and flayed the Pakistan Israel or India”. be taken into confidence over ed (people) because of their told reporters in Murphysboro, wounded by this inhuman act since the 1970s. secretly landed in Islamabad Government with the He regretted such reports the issue,” he demanded. faith. At this time, we believe Illinois, where is addressed a of violence,” Francis said at the Saturday’s attack comes at and flew away after several Opposition also joining in to despite the fact that the Civil BBC Urdu reported that that he was acting alone,” he massive election rally. end of the Angelus prayer in a time of heightened tensions hours at the airport here. demand an explanation about Aviation Authority (CAA) had the aircraft in question was a said. The US goes to mid-term Saint Peter’s Square. — a day after a supporter of “Islamabad is not estab- the “secret Israeli mission”. also denied reports of the pres- Canadian-manufactured Describing the mass shoot- polls on November 6 wherein “May the Lord help us put President Donald Trump was lishing any kind of relations Foreign Minister Shah ence of any Israeli aircraft in Bombardier Global Express ing as an “anti-semitic act”, people would be electing mem- out the flames of hate that arrested for mailing explosive with Israel,” Alvi told the media Mehmood Qureshi also dis- Pakistani airspace or at its air- with the serial number 9394. It President Donald Trump called bers of the House of develop in our societies, devices to Democrats and lib- before his departure for Turkey missed reports of an Israeli air- ports. was registered on February for death penalty for such Representatives, one-third of strengthening the sense of erals, setting the country on on a three-day official visit in craft landing in Pakistan as fake Pakistan Muslim League- 22, 2017 in the Isle of Man in shooters. “This wicked act of the Senate and several State humanity, respect for life, moral edge ahead of close-fought the wee hours of Sunday. and baseless. Nawaz leader Ahsan Iqbal, the UK by a company called mass murder is pure evil, hard Governors. and civil values and holy fear of elections. It all started when an Israeli Qureshi said that some- who earlier led the Multibird Overseas Ltd. Georgians choose China’s private Almost 2m Iranian pilgrims head into Iraq for Arbaeen satellite-carrying AFP n MEHRAN (IRAN) key part of Iran’s religious and which falls on October 30 this political self-image, and even as year. new President rocket fails after t the border town of modernity has transformed The march was forbidden AMehran between Iran and much of the country, the huge for many years, under former launch Iraq, a sea of pilgrims surges scale of the Arbaeen pilgrimage Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, directly for last time forwards, en route to one of the is a reminder of how significant who fought a devastating war AP n BEIJING biggest religious pilgrimages on the symbolism remains. with Iran in the 1980s. AP n TBILISI (GEORGIA) Margvelashvili is not running. the planet. “This march shows world Restrictions were only lifted The three top contenders hina’s first attempt to Iranian organisers say imperialism that the Muslim after his downfall in 2003. oters in Georgia are choos- are all former foreign ministers Cdeploy a privately devel- more than 1.8 million Iraqi nation cannot be defeated, With the formation of a Ving a new President for the — Salome Zurabishvili, Grigol oped rocket capable of carry- visas have been issued for whether by economic or mili- new Iraqi state, where the post former Soviet republic on the Vashadze and David Bakradze ing a satellite has failed. Iranians this year for the tary or political means,” said of prime minister is held by a Black Sea, the last time the — who served during the pres- Beijing-based Landspace Arbaeen pilgrimage which cul- Sajjad Entezar, a 23-year-old Shiite, the march quickly president will be elected by idency of now-exiled Mikheil said that the first and second minates on Tuesday as the cleric from the Iranian holy became one of the most pop- direct ballot. Saakashvili. stage of its ZQ-1 rocket worked devout head, many by foot, to centre of Qom. ular religious pilgrimages in the Opinion polls ahead of Zurabishvili was sacked in normally on Saturday but Karbala and one of the holiest Arbaeen marks the 40th world. Even the Islamic State Sunday’s election suggested 2005 amid disagreements with something went wrong with sites of Shiite Islam, the shrine day after Imam Hussein’s mar- group’s emergence and its ruth- that none of the 25 candidates parliament. the third stage. The ZQ-1 was of Imam Hussein. tyrdom, with the devout less campaign against Shiites, is likely to receive the absolute She is running as an inde- the first three-stage rocket built Men and women, young marching on foot for all or part which it considers infidels, did majority need for a first-round pendent but is backed by the by a private company in China. and old, toddlers in prams past tents, called “mokebs”, thought to bring divine reward. of the way to Karbala. not deter the pilgrims. win. If no one wins 50 per cent powerful Georgian Dream A smaller private rocket was and elderly pushed in wheel- which hand out free food rang- The pilgrimage marks the Khadijeh Mehrjoo, a 36- If anything, the Sunni support, a runoff between the party, which is funded by con- launched in May. chairs -- they converge from all ing from scrambled eggs to martyrdom in 680 of Imam year-old city council member extremists’ seizure of vast top two candidates is to be held troversial billionaire Bidzina Video posted by a Chinese over the Islamic republic. boiled turnips. Full meals are Hussein, grandson of the from a small town in central swathes of Iraqi territory in by December 1. Ivanishvili, a Saakashvili foe. news site showed Landspace’s “I go because my heart served at midday and in the Prophet Mohammad, who Iran, said she was not con- 2014 - reaching within 70 kilo- After the new president’s Georgian Dream holds an 19-meter- (62-foot-) tall red- demands it of me, I go because evenings. refused to accept the leadership cerned by the long days and metres (45 miles) of Karbala - six-year term in completed, overwhelming majority in the and-white rocket lifting off of my love for Imam Hussein,” The crossing stays open of the “usurper” Caliph Yazid nights -- or even Iraq’s securi- only invigorated the faithful, future presidents are to be parliament. against clear blue skies. said Morteza Taghikhani, a around the clock, but blankets and was massacred along with ty issues. pushing the number of pil- chosen by a delegate system, Zurabishvili, however, has The company said that 39-year-old auto worker, who and tents are provided for any- his followers at Karbala. “There is no need to worry, grims into the millions. part of constitutional changes been heavily criticised for her “cowling separation was nor- had already been on the pil- one needing a rest. Shiite Muslims have hon- Imam Hussein himself looks For Mehrjoo the pilgrim- that make the Prime Minister contention that Georgia start- mal but something abnormal grimage five times before. Every few metres there is a oured his death with elaborate after us,” she said. age is itself a means to defeat the most powerful political ed the 2008 war with Russia. happened after the second His wife and young chil- free shoeshine, and when the mourning ceremonies ever State institutions offer free the threats against it. figure in Georgia. Some Georgians look with stage.” The statement on its dren were accompanying him pilgrims take off their shoes the since and Hussein’s last stand services and food to pilgrims “The march creates unity, The president functions as suspicion at her foreign back- Weibo social media account for the first time: “They insist- attendant kisses their feet as a has come to serve as a power- alongside those of the public, solidarity,” she said. head of state and commander ground: born in France, she did did not elaborate. Chinese ed on coming. Though it is a sign of respect: for Shiites the ful symbol of resolve and sac- while the national broadcaster “If we join hands we can in chief but is otherwise large- not visit Georgia until she was media reports said the rocket difficult trip, they’ve enjoyed it Arbaeen march is so holy that rifice in the face of oppression. gives wall-to-wall coverage for overcome. We can defeat the ly ceremonial. in her 30s and she once served was carrying a satellite for so much.” The pilgrims stream just serving the pilgrims is That imagery remains a a fortnight before Arbaeen, enemies of Islam. Incumbent Giorgi as a French diplomat. state broadcaster CCTV. Fans in shock after Leicester Pak’s ‘penniless billionaires’ expose money laundering frenzy AFP n KARACHI because of the fear that some into these accounts, then laun- City helicopter crash other investigating agencies dered abroad. t took rickshaw driver might pick me up,” he said. “I will spare no corrupt AFP n LEICESTER Another fan, Tom Lievers, IMohammad Rasheed a year “My wife fell sick because man in this country,” he arrived with a “Champions” to save 300 rupees to buy his of the tension.” promised. But for victims like ans laid flowers outside scarf to pay tribute to Vichai. daughter a bike, so when he Only weeks before the fias- Mohammad Qadir the damage FLeicester City’s King Power “Well you know where we found three billion rupees co he had finally been able to has already been done. stadium on Sunday, a day after were when he bought the club (USD 22.5 million) had passed buy a 300-rupee bike with “I have never even seen a a helicopter belonging to the -- we were absolutely nowhere. through an unused bank worn tyres for his daughter -- bank from the inside,” said the club’s Thai owner crashed out- So I brought down my account in his name, he was the fruit of a year’s careful sav- 52-year-old ice cream vendor. side the grounds. ‘Champions’ scarf because he stunned ... And scared. ing. Transactions were never- “I was really upset, I can’t made us champions.” “I started sweating and The revelation of the laun- theless made in his name for get to sleep over it,” Kanti Andrew Aldwinckle said: shivering,” said the 43-year- dering frenzy comes as the 2.25 billion rupees. Patel, a Leicester City fan, told “He was more like he was a old— just the latest victim of a newly elected Khan has vowed Since news of the incident AFP as emergency workers supporter, a proper supporter, money laundering scheme that to squash rampant corruption spread Qadir says he is regu- pored over the crash site. with the club’s against-all-odds rather than a money man. He Pakistan’s new prime minister, and recover billions siphoned larly mocked by his neigh- There was no confirmation Premier League title victory in was one of the crowd. As far as Imran Khan, has vowed to from the country as his gov- bours and also fears being kid- whether 60-year-old billionaire 2016. we’re concerned, that’s it.” crush. similar stories in recent weeks denly emptied in a laundering ernment scrambles to shore up napped by criminal elements Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, “It means a lot to me, he Steve Walton, who wore When he got a call from that have filled newspapers in scheme that has likely seen Pakistan’s deteriorating who believe he has billions of who frequently flies to and did a lot for the club. To be the club’s blue hat, said: “I the Federal Investigation Pakistan and riled a populace hundreds of millions of dollars finances. rupees to spare for hefty ran- from Leicester’s home games by honest I don’t know what to say think there’s a lot of Leicester Agency, Rasheed’s first incli- long accustomed to extravagant moved out of the country. “This is your stolen soms. “He is a penniless bil- helicopter, was on board the but I can’t get over it. Since him fans around the world — not nation was to go into hiding, tales of corruption and theft. Rasheed’s name was even- money,” said the former crick- lionaire,” one of Qadir’s aircraft. But many in the city in being with the club the club has just in Leicester, but around the but friends and family mem- The incidents follow a sim- tually cleared, but his anxiety eter during a televised address acquaintances laughed while central England and in Vichai’s done well, and I don’t know world — who I think will be bers finally convinced him to ilar arc — bank accounts in remained. to the nation Wednesday. driving past his ice cream cart homeland already feared the what’s going to happen now,” devastated and he meant a lot cooperate with officials. poor residents’ names are “I stopped driving my rent- “It was stolen on public in the Karachi slum of Orangi worst for the man they credit Patel said. to the fans.” His case mirrors dozens of flooded with cash, then sud- ed rickshaw on the roads contracts... And transferred town. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 vivacity {mindspace} 13

Empowered by different schemes, VALUES, MEDITATION CAN the families on the margins of society CLEANSE THE SYSTEM are gradually As the nation gets plagued by more corrupt improving their lot in politicians, only trust and self-contentment Jharkhand, says can bring about peace in the country. By SHAILENDRA SINHA RAJYOGI BRAHMAKUMAR NIKUNJ JI

n today’s democracies, we, the citi- ON THE Izens, elect some individuals to rep- resent us, to talk on our behalf. In this way, political leaders embody the beliefs, wishes, and will of populations and act as citizen’s representatives. DEVELOPMENT However, nowadays we see a crisis of confidence between citizens and politicians, as a result of which there is mass discontent and a lack of trust in many countries. Undoubtedly, the role of politicians in conducting the affairs of the state, for running the gov- ernment and for ministering the poli- ty is crucial. In fact, there is no alter- ELEVATOR native to it in a democracy. Democracy also going on in courts. Also, there have in India, as Pandit Nehru said, in early been reports of booth-capturing, 1950s, while addressing college stu- abductions and even killings during the he success of a democracy square meals for their family. In Women from several villages dents and the intelligentsia, is not the elections to State Assemblies or can be mapped by whether such a situation, this scheme has including Haripur, Saruwa, best form of government but the best Parliament. Thus, there has been an all Tthose sections of society started increasing self-reliance Bandarjori, Kaharabil, Ranidinda, available form of government. Here, the round degeneration of moral standards which are poor and deprived now among the poorest of poor Gadi, Koraiya, Rampur, Berebank, representatives of the people have to do and the wrong doings of some have and have suffered from neglect families. With the aim of making Ghasipur, Dalahi, Sampadhar, so many things — make laws, run the done a great damage to the whole party and exploitation for centuries, this scheme a collective success, Suggapahadi, Amagachhi, internal affairs of a state according to and nation as a whole. have been given justice and equal these women have now formed Belialozore of Dumka district the will of the people, devise and enact Since politicians hold prominent opportunities by the society. After their own groups and are now took advantage of this scheme and the state policy for education, human positions and are in the eye of the gen- independence, the governments self-employed. learned how to earn their living resource development, social welfare, eral public, the scandals and scams in of almost all the states along Women’s groups are support- through self-employment. The commerce, trade & industry, environ- which they are involved and the stric- with the Centre have made efforts ing their families by doing small goal of eliminating poverty among ment, rural and urban development, tures passed against them set a bad in this direction. The Welfare businesses, including goat rearing, extremely marginalised families is transportation, communications, trend among the people. Common Department of Jharkhand govern- piggery, poultry and more. For the being implemented by the gov- health, multi-media, arts and culture, people then also begin to think of mak- ment is giving free assistance to smooth running of this scheme, ernment. science and technology, agriculture, ing money by shortcuts. As film stars the poor families, so that they can a budget provision of `2.35 crores The government’s plan is not natural resources, national economy or set trends for new fashions in dress and stand on their feet and become has been made by the Department limited to making women self- finance, accounts, excise and taxation sportspersons set in vogue new styles self-reliant. Dr. Lewis Marandi, of Welfare, Government of reliant but also to sending the and so on. They also plan and assure in their game, politicians, because of welfare minister, Jharkhand, says, Jharkhand. Under this scheme a children of these poor families to defence of the country against external their power and position, sway the “The government has linked the goal of two years has been set for schools. Special attention is also aggression and security against inter- minds of the masses either the right or tribal families to this scheme making such ultra-poor families given to the health of these nal criminal elements and insurgency, the wrong way. So, if politicians are per- whose homes do not have any economically stable. women. Efforts are also being safeguard the interests of the country, sons of upright conduct, they can do earning member due to which Women’s groups meet each Pahadi, Pramila Mandradi of made in the direction of their vis- a-vis other countries, regulate the a lot of good to the people and can help they are facing a troubled life.” The week, where government assis- WOMEN’S Siddhartha village and Fulunai capacity building with the eco- relationships of the state with other mobilise public opinion in the right welfare department has identified tance is provided according to GROUPS ARE Hembram of Saruwa said that nomic advancement of the states, maintain law and order, nation- direction but, to-day, we find that peo- 2,000 such families where the their needs. On behalf of the they earn approximately `4,000 women’s group. This scheme is al solidarity and public peace. They ple are demoralised and disappointed woman is the head of the family organisation, women groups are SUPPORTING per month through self-employ- working as a ‘Sanjivani Booti’ have to resolve the conflicts between and feel that they have been let down in two districts of Chaibasa and taught how to save money from THEIR FAMILIES ment. (magical herb) for the families of diverse or antagonistic interest of dif- by their leaders. Dumka and have no one to else their profits as well as the bene- Team leader of the Mosalia these poor tribal ladies. It is not ferent communities and sectional Today we see that so many trees are to support them. In order to fits of self-employment. Along BY DOING SMALL Block, Sanjeev Pal said that other only that the women are becom- demands of various groups and class- cut so as to produce paper and so much raise their living standards and with this, those who do good women of the village also get ing self-reliant, but a positive es, provide relief in the case of natur- is spent on the electronic media and the provide them with a respectable work for the organisation also BUSINESSES, motivated when they see the change can be seen even in the vil- al calamities and govern all the inter- politicians get lot of publicity. But what life, these families are being given receive encouragement. INCLUDING ones who are successful. He said lages. nal and external affairs of the state. All is this publicity about? Much of the material according to their Paku Tudu of Haripur that through this self-employ- Women have now stopped of these show the importance of the publicity is about the in-party squab- needs.The Jharkhand govern- Panchayat of Dumka district is GOAT REARING, ment, many women, including borrowing money from the work of politicians and their respon- bles, intra-party defections, manipula- ment is determined to provide a supporting her family by running PIGGERY, Surajmuni Murmu of money lenders for their purchas- sibilities. tions for capturing seats of power, pan- fresh start to the lives of the poor a grocery store. Dozens of Manradihah, Khurja of es. In the field of sustainable All these are inter-connected and demoniums in parliament, cases in tribals, through an organisation women, including Parvati Mohali POULTRY AND Murshidabad of Jharkhand, Josha development, this scheme is prov- require co-ordination, mutual con- courts, constant in-fights and instabil- called Bandhan Kangar. of Vijaypura, Putul Mohali, Hansda of Haroraidih, Sarita ing to be a meaningful and histor- sultation and team work. If there is Santhal (Adivasi tribe) Chandravati Devi of Bedia, MORE Tudu of Katahlia, and many ical step. mutual bickering and there is lack of women work hard to raise two Prasima Mandradi of Gidhani women have improved their lives. —Charkha Features team spirit, then the affairs of the state and the people are bound to suffer. If the ministerial seats are constantly shaking and the game of musical chairs is always on the nation, it will certainly lag behind other countries on all indexes. These are precisely the rea- sons why even after seven decades of Working or networking? independence, India has been left far behind by nations like Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea and even Start-ups and co-working spaces are evolving into community-building centres, presenting Japan which had to rebuild its shattered economy after the Second World War. a lively picture of offices Now it has become one among a he co-working revolution has swept and communications over the weekend dozen affluent nations whereas India across the global business environ- often do not materialise into long-term still remains way behind. It is because Tment and announced itself as the relationships. In such a scenario, co-work- of disunity, dishonesty, lack of sense of future of work. While 2017 witnessed the ing spaces allow modern professionals to responsibility, poor management of our absorption of more than 1.5 million sq ft interact with a number of individuals on resources, utter selfishness and lack of by co-working spaces, CBRE group, the a daily basis and identify like-minded indi- a spirit of service for the nation that has world's largest commercial real-estate ser- viduals. Based on their love for various led our country to its present plight. ity. So, very little time and energy are vices and investment firm, reported that the activities such as trekking, love for movies There are two kinds of politicians. left with the politicians to do solid and estimated space acquisition by 2020 is 10 or cooking, many professionals end up One — genuine, patriotic, self-sacri- constructive work and to fulfil the million sq ft. With start-ups looking to cut making groups comprising individuals ficing or a saintly politician, who has promises made in their respective down on operational costs and profession- from different organisations who develop an inner drive to plunge into politics manifestos. Much of their time is lost als opting to work out of places of conve- strong friendships. because he is tired with a vision. He in party conflicts rather than doing nience, the co-working space offers a Most importantly, co-working spaces wants to work for the poor, the exploit- good for the public and the country. win-win situation for everybody. provide the necessary collaborative envi- ed and the neglected. He may work for There are also leaders who are not However, there is another salient yet ronment for businesses and individuals to noble causes such as freedom, human in active politics but have remote-con- integral aspect which makes co-working grow together, feeding off each other's rights, justice and dignity of women. trols over their parties. There are spaces so popular among modern profes- strength. Two — there may be politicians who some power-brokers also who remain sionals. It is the sense of community gen- Exchange of ideas, resources, experi- stealthily enter the portals of politics in the background but work through erated by working with professionals of var- ence and opportunities are always essen- or gate-crash into it for power, position, their agents. Just as a guided nuclear ious organisations under one roof. A typ- tial for the business ecosphere to grow to prestige, privileges or for amassing missiles in the hands of misguided peo- ical co-working space always presents a its optimum and Indian businesses lacked wealth without any moral scruples. The ple can spell doom so also powers in lively picture -- conversations, games, include a free exchange of ideas without any get to interact with veterans from interdis- such a scope working in conventional, clut- latter are over-ambitious and make all the hands of those politicians (howev- networking opportunities, performative or hidden intentions. ciplinary professions. The wisdom impart- tered workspaces all this while. Co-work- attempts to capture levers of power for er few) who don’t observe certain group discussion sessions and a cama- It also breeds healthy competition. ed in impromptu meetings near the coffee ing spaces, with their quirky designs, selfish goals or for narrow interests of essential principles, can wreck a nation. raderie that is unmissable. Under a single roof, the achievements of machine often prove to be extremely use- modern aesthetics, huge workspaces and a class, community, party or coterie. It is time for politicians, as for anyone While interactions with colleagues a colleague in the same department but at ful in boosting one's career. a freewheeling culture of conversations over Many reports have been published else, to have a change in their outlook, from the same organisation often evoke a different organisation do not remain Additionally, co-working spaces help coffee, monopoly and Playstations, have about the links of some politicians with lifestyle and work-culture. This is pos- apprehensions, co-working spaces offer unknown. Hence, employees are spurred professionals build their social circle by made work fun, highly productive and the mafia, the underworld, criminals sible only through India’s powerful sys- employees an opportunity to interact with to achieve similar feats as they are impact- identifying like-minded individuals in emotionally strengthening, all the while and musclemen. One finds that charge- tem of values and yoga meditation, its fellow professionals from different organ- ed powerfully due to the immediacy of the other organisations and interacting with realising that building a community is the sheets have been filed alleging not only unique contribution to the world-cul- isations under the same roof. Minus the other's performance. It also helps to build them post work hours. Modern profession- key to get the most out an individual and economic offences by front-rank politi- ture. Remember, there is no other apprehension or an environment of formal- the skill sets of interns and those starting als spent more than eight-10 hours a day the workforce at large. cians but legal proceedings for such method of cleansing the public life ity, the discussions are enriching and out on their professional journeys as they working with the same set of individuals —IANS heinous crimes like mass killings are except through values and meditation. Tough times never last, but tough people do. —Robert H. Schuller

EXERCISE MAY CUT STROKE RISK IN WOMEN WEIGHT-LOSS PREVENTS WOMB CANCER TOOTH LOSS IN OLD LINKED TO MALNUTRITION PROCESSED MEAT UPS KIDNEY FAILURE RISK CANNABIS AFFECTS WOMEN DIFFERENTLY Mid-aged menopausal Undergoing bariatric surgery to Older adults with just 10 to women may be able to If your diet consists of pro- Hormones could be the reason combat obesity can prevent 19 teeth are at a higher risk lower their risk of inflammatory foods such as why cannabis affects women women from developing womb of malnutrition, warns a developing stroke, heart processed meat, carbonated differently than men, brain cancer (also known as uterine or study. These patients also disease and Type-2 diabetes beverages and vegetables studies on animals and humans endometrial cancer), claims a had higher rates of weight if they exercise more or eat other than green leaves and suggest. The studies showed study. The study, led by University loss, lower appetite and a low calorie diet, as per a dark yellow variety, you may that sex differences in response of Manchester, showed that women who had gastric sleeve study. It showed that physically active women were were at increased risk for be at a higher risk of to cannabis are not just socio- less likely to get incidents of metabolic syndrome than or bypass surgery for obesity found that precancerous dementia and/or depression as well as severe illnesses developing kidney failure, inactive women. The syndrome shows a cluster of risk cultural, but biological too. The tissue in their womb reverted to normal tissue when they than those who had a normal nutrition status. They were researchers suggest. The findings showed that diets that factors that increase the chances of developing heart findings showed that men are up to four times more likely to try lost weight. “For super obese women, quick access to also found to be at risk for impaired oral health, the contribute to inflammation are linked to a higher risk of disease, stroke, and diabetes. Genetic factors, excess cannabis and use higher doses, more frequently. weight loss surgery has benefits beyond improving study showed. “The mouth is the entry way for food and body fat, and lack of exercise can add. chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression. “Male sex steroids increase risk-taking behaviour and suppress the diabetes and risk of heart disease. It can also reduce womb fluid intake. If its integrity is impaired, the functional For the study, published in the Journal of Clinical “These findings have implications for the prevention of brain's reward system which explains why males are more likely to cancer risk,” said Emma Crosbie, clinical senior lecturer ability of an individual to consume an adequate diet may Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers examined kidney failure using dietary approaches with low try drugs including cannabis,” said Liana Fattore, Senior Researcher, from Manchester. “Losing weight through dieting is also be adversely impacted,” said Rena Zelig, lead author at Rutgers University, US. The study, published in Journal 3,003 mid-life menopausal women, identifying patterns inflammatory potential,” said author Tanushree Banerjee, National Research Council, Italy. likely to be effective, but we know that it is very hard to do of Ageing Research and Clinical Practice, analysed the of cardiometabolic risk. They found central obesity as from the University of California-San Fransisco. For the study, “This is true for both natural male sex steroids and synthetic steroids and the weight lost is often re-gained,” she said. In the health records of 107 senior citizens treated aged 65 the most common factor for causing metabolic shown at ASN Kidney Week 2018 at San Diego Convention like nandrolone.” But despite lower average cannabis use, women go study, published in International Journal of Cancer, the and above. The results showed that 20.6 per cent of syndrome. “Discovering modifiable factors like exercise Center, the team studied a national sample of 1,084 adults to habit faster than men. Men and women differ not only in the team examined nearly 100 women with an average BMI of prevalence and frequency of cannabis use, pattern and reasons of participants were at risk for malnutrition and 4.7 per and low-calorie diet could help with preventive with CKD. They found that 11.1 per cent of participants over 50 — considered to be super obese — had biopsies strategies that women can follow earlier,” said Jennifer use, but also in the vulnerability to develop cannabis use disorder. cent were malnourished. In addition, greater than 87 per developed kidney failure over 14 years of follow-up. taken from their wombs during gastric or bypass surgery. Lee, Professor, Stanford Health Care, US. cent of them partially or completely lacked teeth. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 vivacity 14

‘Star-driven films will continue to work' Director ASHWINI CHAUDHARY feels the industry will swing healthy between Swara’s serious bigness and rich content. By ASMITA SARKAR about new role Actress SWARA BHASKER, who has been a supporter of India's #MeToo movement, said that sex- ual harassment cases at the work- place are like an epidemic. She hopes to bring awareness about it via film and television industry. FragileFragile The CINTA Association recently announced that it will be setting up committees to tackle sexual harassment in the industry and will have actors Swara Bhasker, futurefuture Renuka Shahane and Raveena Various artists from different states of India gather to contemporise the long Tandon among forgotten art of pottery and terracotta. By TEAM VIVA others as mem- bers. Swara added, rom community festivals to harvest “It is like an epi- seasons, wedding rituals and reli- Fgious ceremonies, cooking and din- ndia has been hit by some of the Surprisingly, coaching centres all fall demic, like a dis- ing, storage and even down to house Iworst scandals related to education into the ambit and the film will touch ease so, awareness decor, earthenware is the only artform and employment in the past decade. upon the role of these coaching cen- regarding that is that threads us to our origins as a people The Vyapam scandal and Bihar tres in the chain of events. Shivdasani really important so and gets seared over fire on our collective school examination cheating in 2016 had added, “The biggest curse the imagination. But creativity is a game of were only a few that caught the atten- country has been facing for the last through this sub- talent. So artists at Terrafest — who have tion of the national imagination. two decades is commercialisation of committee, we will come a long way from Maharashtra, Uttar Every day there are multiple students education. Examinations have virtu- generate aware- Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and and parents who are scammed by ally become a multi-crore industry ness among our Manipur — showed how the earth could “setters” or agents who assure a seat today. The malpractice has grown to members.” still be moulded to changing destinies at in exchange of lakhs of rupees. gigantic proportions. While India the Triveni Kala Sangam. National award winning writer- needs to combat the prevailing mal- Trustee Ravi Batra of Delhi Blue director Ashwini Chaudhary’s next practices in education system on its Pottery Trust, who organises Terrafest film Setters, starring Aftab own, it will do no harm to glance ‘It's (Uri) going to be every year says, “Pottery is extremely Shivdasani, Shreyas Talpade, and a around, observe as to how education one of the most important, potters use their bare hands to large ensemble cast, based on true life has improved globally. India, too, like special films of my transform, almost magically, a lump of events, will expose the networks that fellow educationally-advanced career. Vicky clay into products that are functional as work behind the scenes in India. nations must put into practice the well as decorative. If you see the process, “I was a journalist before com- adage that investment in education (Kaushal) and the you’ll instantly fall for the art form’s ing into films. For a while I had been pays the highest returns.” cast has put in a lot innate ability to reinvent and transform tional artisans are finding it more and before glazing it. It is important to note thinking of making a film about the Shreyas Talpade added, “Today of hard itself. It’s one of the traditional crafts more difficult to live above subsistence that a clay body is not the same thing as education and employment sce- the mafia has extended its tentacles work. It is which has been alive for hundreds and level. Neither the money nor the recogni- clay. Clay bodies are clay mixed with nario in our country. I met the peo- everywhere. From establishing new based on a thousands of years. Yet it too can now die tion comes close to balance the hard additives that give the clay different prop- ple who were producing the film, universities, framing the curriculum in the next 15-20 years if it doesn’t make work, that goes into the making. “Fests erties when worked and fired; thus pot- Lovely Films, and they had done to control examinations to pilfering true event economic sense for the young generation like these helps the artists like us and pro- tery is not made from raw clay but a mix- their research and had ideas about with coaching systems and fudging which is to continue their family profession. And vide a platform for us where we can ture of clay and other materials. There are the subject. The chapters in the film grades, the mafia strikes at the very important for that we do showcases to push new showcase our skills,’ he adds. different ways of making the product, it are in public domain and its based roots of talent creation. The burgeon- for me not markets, upgrade skills and diver- He also explains the proce- completely depends on the artisans who on real life. They deal with both edu- ing power of the mafia poses a pet- sify into new bouquets.” dure of how the products are create it. Clay may be modeled by hand or cation and employment mafia across rifying threat to New India who have just as an actor but Batra strongly feels made. Says he,“First of all we with potter’s wheel, may be jiggered using the country,” he said, keeping the par- flooded the country with bogus even as a citizen. that the competition collect the sand or clay by dig- a tool or cut or stamped into squares or ticular cases under wraps since the doctors, illiterate teachers, crippled It’s something which from plastic and metal ging it from mountains and slabs.” film is still in the process of being sanitation and a degraded environ- had to be shown.’ ware has pushed terra- forests that has been Batra says that they started organising made. ment. Unless the establishment is —Yami Gautam cotta to the edge of decomposed from rock the festival in 2015, and this is the fourth “It’s a socio-political film because freed from its noxious grip by back- survival. He adds, “We within the earth’s crust for edition of the event. “We do not claim a of the subject. It concerns the peo- ing honest officials and eliminating As #MeToo movement rises in must go back to it even millions of years.The clay penny of what the artisans make. We look ple of the country and nothing is the loopholes, the very soul of the SAIF ALI KHAN, in terms of environment is kept for 20-25 days so forward to protecting this purest art form detached from politics. In that sense, nation will be endangered.” India, actor as pottery is the most that it tightens a bit. It is in any manner that we can.” we’re not trying to make a political Chaudhary believes that print whose daughter Sara Ali Khan is purest form that uses then divided in different Ranging from earthen diyas and clay statement but raise an issue, which media has been instrumental in gearing up for her Bollywood sand and clay.” ratios because the uses cookware to cut-work pieces of smoke- concerns an entire generation like exposing the mafia but nobody in the debut, feels no one has the guts One of the vary. The clay is mod- fired ceramics, the festival displays tra- students who are appearing for film space has explore this topic so to mess with his family members. artists, Anil Kumar elled, dried, and fired, ditional, cottage pottery, and as per competitive exams,” he said. far so as a director I found it excit- Prajapati from usually with a glaze. We Ravindranath, is timely for the festive The film will try to be an eye- ing. The film will be a realistic thriller “It is a very Alwar, says that tradi- also knead it like dough season. opener but the director believes on the lines of Catch me if you can, unequal society. I that people are aware of the problem according to the versatile director, don't think anyone though it is brushed under the car- who's also made lighthearted films will misbehave favorite glinting belongings. A pet because of how desperate lakhs like Jodi Breakers. with my people... I rose-tinted sun-glass, an ornate of people for getting a government “These days content has become Behind the scenes leather canteen of water, a mis- job or become a doctor or an engi- important and for filmmakers like us, don't know why I matched pair of boots and a neer. “This subject has not been who are not big in the perception of feel like this, but be Designers reveal how actor AAMIR potli full of tricks, beware of the explored before on the screen. the industry, the set-up has been dif- it my mother, sister KHAN’S firangi look is stolen from the charmer, Firangi Mallah!” they Students and parents are in touch ficult lately. But in the last 4-5 years, or wife, I feel people will not have said. with the mafia some way or the other. the audience doesn’t care if there is The film is a fictional story When we were students we also not Salman or Shah Rukh, if the con- the guts to do that with them. It many people he comes across set during the British East knew about them. Times have tent excites them they will watch it. might be because they have cer- n creating the look for actor said the designers Rushi and Indian Company’s rule over changed and technology has come in So we chose an ensemble cast with tain protection around them. So, IAamir Khan’s character Manoshi. India. Given its setting and and their method of working has 18 interesting and fine actors,” he we have to protect the ladies who Firangi in Thugs of Hindostaan “Firangi is a potpourri of larger-than-life scale, designing changed. While people know about said. “Earlier, multiplexes in cities had don't have that protection around — a flamboyant, wily, deceptive, different elements and identities the looks and costumes of the the issue nobody has talked about it engineered this push towards better smooth talking thug — the stolen from the myriad people film’s characters were of great before the way we are trying to do. content, but now good cinema in them or that aura that protects actor was minutely involved in he meets. He loves his name and importance as it required audi- We're trying to expose the mafia and smaller cities is being equally appre- them,” said Saif. the research and design. “For lives up to it with his top hat and ences to go back in time. their modus operandi and their ciated," he said. "It's a good sign and Firangi, what we figured is that his choice of foreign booze, Directed by Vijay Krishna whole chain,” he said. shows the change in taste of the audi- other than the dhoti that he which also are incidentally Acharya, it also stars Amitabh They met victims, who are stu- ence. Star-driven films will work in wears, everything else is robbed stolen from people. He wears an “Like a magpie, he loves col- Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and dents and parents, investigative agen- the future as well though but content Kat shares from someone. Whether it’s his English leather tail coat in a jade lecting things that shine to his Fatima Sana Sheikh. It is set to cies who are trying to track down driven cinema has carved out a space hat, sunglasses, shoes, jacket, colour, the colour of a eyes. He has a chatelaine belt release on November 8 in Hindi, such mafia, and the mafia as well, for itself and will continue to do so,” rehearsing video everything has been flicked,” chameleon,” they add. from which he hangs his Tamil and Telugu. while doing research for the film. said the director. atrina Kaif has shared a behind- Kthe-scenes video from WEBBED TECH TALK the rehearsal HOMECOMING sessions for telling herself. Apple’s all-new dual SIM feature Suraiyya, her GOOD INTENTIONS. Erratic The show stars Stephan dance num- bosses. Mounting paranoia. James, Bobby Cannavle, Jeremy Unforeseen consequences spiral- Allen White, Alex Karpovsky, ber from ing out of control. Heidi and Dermot Mulroney. The As the company releases its iOS 12.1, iPhone users can now enjoy Thugs of Bergman, played by Julia Roberts, series, which received a two-sea- group Facetime and the other new additions Hindostan. works at Homecoming, a facility son straight-to-series order, will With the song helping soldiers transition to debut on Amazon this fall. pple has reportedly updated going crazy civilian life. Years later when she The series is based on the Aits “iPhone User Guide” for starts a new life, the department popular podcast of the same the upcoming release of iOS viral, you of Defence questions her as to name from Gimlet Media. 12.1, indicating that the latest ver- must have why she left Homecoming. Heidi Homecoming is slated to air sion of the mobile operating seen Katrina’s realises there’s a whole other on Amazon Prime Video from system (OS) will include Group signature step story behind the one she’s been November 2. FaceTime and dual-SIM support — she pulls for its newly-launched iPhones. The e-book, which serves as of the MIRZAPUR Vikrant Massey, Rasika Dugal, a digital manual for new iPhone “unique” steps with effortless ease Rajesh Tailang, Harshita Gaur, users, now lists Group FaceTime and the BTS video is testament to the KARAN ANSHUMAN and Shweta Tripathi, Shriya Pilgaonkar, as an iOS 12.1 feature. rigorous rehearsals she went through Puneet Krishna’s Mirzapur will Amit Sial and Kulbhushan It allows users to conduct under Prabhu Deva’s watch. “When soon be on air presenting an all- Kharbanda. FaceTime video conference calls new hinterland gangster drama. The show is produced by with up to 32 participants. I first saw the choreo for Suraiyya, I The iron-fisted Akhandanand Excel’s Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan “Available for free through FaceTime, the user guide also eSIM — or a second physical SIM was like is it jazz, is it ballet, is it folk... Tripathi (Pankaj Tripathi) is a Akhtar. The reaction to the trail- Apple Books, the revised ‘iPhone notes dual-SIM functionality for card in China — addressable but that's dancing with Prabhu Deva. millionaire carpet exporter and the er has been tremendous as it has User Guide for iOS 12.1’ is large- iPhone XR, XS and XS Max will simultaneously. You cannot define his style it's so mafia don of Mirzapur. His son, garnered over two million organ- ly unchanged from a previous go live when the iOS point Apple has not specified a Munna, is an unworthy, power- ic hits in 48 hours with positive version created for iOS 12,” update sees release. release date for iOS 12.1, though unique, he gives the song such a hungry heir, who will stop at reactions all round. reported Apple Insider. A tentpole feature of Apple’s beta versions have been in test- unique personality with his choreog- nothing to inherit his father’s lega- With heart-pounding action, “There are, however, two latest smartphones, dual-SIM ing since mid-September. raphy,” Katrina wrote in the caption. cy. An incident at a wedding pro- violence at an operatic scale, gang- major additions that confirm support allows iPhone users to The update could coincide However, even for Katrina Kaif, who cession forces him to cross paths sters with sharp minds and dry upcoming availability of features utilise two cellular plans on a sin- with a media event next week, has a reputation for setting the with Ramakant Pandit (Rajesh humour, Mirzapur is a hinterland teased at Apple’s Worldwide gle device without constant SIM where the company is expected Tailang), an upstanding lawyer, and story that is as raw as it proceeds. Developers Conference card swapping. to unveil new iPad Pro and Mac dance floor on fire every time she his sons, Guddu (Ali Fazal) and The series releases on (WWDC) 2018 in June and Apple’s solution relies on hardware. puts on her dancing shoes, there Bablu. November 16 on Amazon Prime Apple’s iPhone unveiling last “Dual SIM-Dual Standby tech- Apple’s “iPhone User Guide” were “moments of tears”. The series stars Divyendu and Video. month,” the report added. nology,” which keeps both a for iOS 12.1 is a free download In addition to group physical SIM and an embedded from iTunes. —IANS LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 sport 15 PALACE HALT GUNNERS RUN Emery's side fail to win 12th successive match in all competitions after Milivojevic's late penalty rescues Crystal Palace

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rsenal's 11-match winning run ATM came to a dramatic end as Luka Atletico Madrid players celebrate after Diego Godin scores AMilivojevic's late penalty rescued Crystal Palace in a contentious 2-2 draw on Sunday. Atletico win to Unai Emery's side failed to win a 12th successive match in all competitions as they fell short of the club's record of 14 victories in a row. top La Liga Arsenal fell behind to the first of two Milivojevic penalties just before half-time AFP n MADRID at Selhurst Park. Granit Xhaka equalised with a sub- efenders Diego Godin and Filipe Luis scored as lime free-kick before Pierre-Emerick DAtletico Madrid bounced back from their mid- Aubameyang poked in his ninth goal of week thrashing by Borussia Dortmund with a 2-0 vic- the season in controversial circum- tory over Real Sociedad to move top of La Liga on stances. Saturday. Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette Despite a stuttering start to the campaign, the poor flicked the ball to Aubameyang with his form of both Barcelona and Real Madrid have allowed hand, but officials failed to spot the Diego Simeone's side to drag themselves to the sum- offence. mit after a seven-game unbeaten run in the league. Angered by that blow, Palace felt jus- Arsenal, Crystal Palace players battles for ball possession in PL clash AP Wednesday's 4-0 thumping at Signal tice was done when Wilfried Zaha won Iduna Park was the heaviest defeat of a second penalty with seven minutes left been Chelsea's main source of goals in keeper, the woodwork came to their res- Simeone's seven years in charge, but and Milivojevic slotted home again. an unbeaten start to the season under cue as a low curled effort from Willian Atletico put in a commanding display It was a frustrating afternoon for Maurizio Sarri. struck the upright. at the Wanda Metropolitano. Emery, whose captain Mesut Ozil react- However, the visitors were stronger Scorer of midweek Europa League "I was convinced that they would ed angrily when he was substituted in the than their relegation-threatened hosts in hat-trick, Loftus-Cheek was introduced respond in the best way," Simeone told 68th minute, the German throwing his every department and perhaps after just half an hour due to an Movistar. "Today was 90 minutes that showed good gloves to the floor after stomping past the the only disappointment for injury to Pedro Rodriguez. togetherness and creates enthusiasm and calmness." Arsenal manager. Sarri was that they failed to Morata wasted a good chance After a frustrating first 44 minutes which saw It was the latest flare-up between the underline their dominance with to double Chelsea's advantage Ruben Pardo twice go close for the visitors, Godin pair after Ozil was reportedly angered by further goals. after the restart when heading struck on the stroke of half-time, latching onto a loose Emery's demand that he work harder in There should have been over at the near post from ball to sweep home his first league goal since March matches earlier this season. more to show for their first-half Willian's cross, but the visitors 2017. Arsenal remain fourth in the Premier efforts than just Morata's 22nd- didn't have long to wait before Atletico dominated after the restart and left-back League, but missed the chance to keep minute opener, expertly guided Barkley put the game to bed by Luis put the game to bed on the hour mark with a pace with leaders Liverpool, who are four past an exposed Joe Hart after the surging forward from Kante's pass to find brilliant curling effort after cutting inside onto his less- points clear of the north Londoners. Spaniard was put through by a lovely the bottom corner past Hart from 20 favoured right foot. "I'm disappointed with the result but slide-rule pass from midfielder Barkley yards. Elsewhere, Valencia were held to their 10th draw our work is good. We drew, it's not bad, Ros Barkley celebrates with Alvaro Morata after scoring his side second goal against Burnley AP in a move instigated by the ever-impres- That soon became three when of the season and fifth in a row with a goalless stale- it's better to win but looking at the game sive N'Golo Kante. Willian was rewarded for his efforts by mate at Athletic Bilbao. in 90 minutes it is a deserved result," with one point especially when you see Morata, Ross Barkley, Willian and Ruben After conceding five goals against his cutting in from the left to find the bot- Marcelino's men, who finished fourth last term Emery said. how clear the handball was. Most peo- Loftus-Cheek sealed a comfortable 4-0 former club Manchester City last time tom corner. to qualify for the Champions League, are now just "After the second goal, we were on ple will have sympathy with us." victory at struggling Burnley to climb out, Hart excelled with a fine early save France international Olivier Giroud three points above the relegation zone despite hav- a good result, but I knew we needed into second, two points behind leaders from Morata's deft glancing header, remains without a goal this season as he ing only lost one of their 10 top-flight matches so far. another goal for calm." NO HAZARD, NO PROBLEM Liverpool. while also denying the Chelsea forward blazed a good late chance narrowly wide. Spain striker Iago Aspas scored a hat-trick as Celta Palace boss Roy Hodgson was furi- Chelsea proved their Premier League Hazard, who was ruled out by a back from close range. But Loftus-Cheek showed him the Vigo thrashed Eibar 4-0 to move into the top half of ous with Arsenal's dubious second goal, title credentials even without the injured problem sustained in a 2-2 draw with When Sarri's side eventually found route to goal with a composed finish deep the table, while Levante clinched a fourth successive saying: "I'm not even happy to end up Eden Hazard as goals from Alvaro Manchester United last weekend, has a way past the former England goal- into injury time. league victory by beating Leganes 2-0. SINGLES Jamshedpur FC, Kerala CELTIC BREAK HEARTS TO REACH LEAGUE CUP FINAL Goa see off Pune 4-2 in six goal thriller Edinburgh: Celtic stormed into a fifth straight domestic Cup final PTI n MARGAO under manager Brendan Rodgers as three second-half goals beat Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts 3-0. Scott Sinclair's penalty and Blasters lock horns in ISL C Goa beat FC Pune City 4-2 in a two goals in six minutes from James Forrest and Ryan Christie set Fhigh-scoring match to climb back PTI n JAMSHEDPUR up a potential Old Firm final showdown with Steven Gerrard's to the top of the Indian Super League Rangers or Aberdeen. Hearts have been in fine form so far this football standings here on Sunday. wo unbeaten sides will square up season, opening up a five-point lead at the top of the league table. But The match saw six goals being Tagainst each other when Jamshedpur an early injury to top scorer Steven Naismith robbed the Edinburgh scored in the first 35 minutes and teams FC host Kerala Blasters at the JRD Tata side of their most potent weapon and they were unable to contain the reduced to 10 men towards the final Sports Complex in the Hero Indian Scottish champions after the break. Celtic marched on into another whistle. Super League here on Monday. Cup final after back-to-back domestic trebles of Premiership, League Ferran Corominas (5th and 35th) The teams are yet to lose a game this Cup and Scottish Cup in Rodgers' first two seasons in charge. struck twice and goals from Hugo season but have just a win to show for their Boumous and Jackichand Singh gave efforts. While the home team have played Jamshedpur FC players during training session ISL HENRY DENIED AGAIN AS MONACO DRAW the home side their third win. out three successive draws after their win Monaco: Thierry Henry is still searching for his first victory as Marcelinho (8th) and Emiliano Alfaro over Mumbai City in the opener, the vis- three games so far but have not impressed Monaco coach after the Ligue 1 strugglers drew 2-2 with Dijon on (23rd) scored for the visitors who itors have been involved in two draws after since their 2-0 win over ATK in the sea- Saturday, while second-place Lille extended their winning run to four remain winless. winning their opener against ATK. son opener. Like their Monday's oppo- matches. Henry, who took over from the sacked Leonardo Jardim Diego Carlos and Corominas were Jamshedpur FC, with a possession- nents, Kerala paid for their profligacy in earlier this month, needed a powerful header from centre-back Kamil sent off late in the match as both teams based style of play, have dominated games the subsequent matches and conceded late Glik on 78 minutes to prevent Monaco crashing to a fifth straight finished the game with just 10 men. but their failure to convert chances and a equalisers. FC Goa players celebrate after scoring goal against FC Pune City in ISL clash ISL league loss. Germany full-back Benjamin Henrichs opened the Just like he had done against lack of accuracy in shooting has con- While he will want the strikers to scoring for Monaco on 30 minutes, but the 2017 French champions Mumbai, Corominas gave the Gaurs an Coro had a second assist to his The second half started just as tributed to their plight. score more, maintaining the team's con- fell behind at home after Dijon responded with goals from Mickael early lead. A well-worked Goa move in name just minutes later after he sprung frantically as the first with Alfaro and The fact that star striker Tim Cahill centration levels throughout the 90 Alphonse and Mehdi Abeid. Glik rescued a point for Monaco although the fifth minute saw Ahmed Jahouh the off-side trap before laying the ball Marko Stankovic coming close to is yet to attain complete match fitness minutes will be high on coach they are now winless in 13 outings in all competitions. release the Spaniard behind the Pune for Jackichand to smash into an empty reducing Pune's arrears on separate could be an issue for coach Cesar David James' mind. defence and the striker held off Gurtej net. occasions. Ferrando. The Englishman has never ANAND HELD BY ARTEMIEV AS INDIAN CHALLENGE ENDS Singh before making a smart finish past It was a game of shaky defences as The Gaurs frustrated the visitors The Australian will play a part gone in with a full quota of for- Isle of Man: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand was Vishal Kaith. Pune once again responded in kind, by keeping a stranglehold on the ball at some point against Kerala and the eign players this season, instead held to a draw by Vladislav Artemiev of Russia in the eighth and The Stallions hit back immediate- this time due to an error by and starving them of goal-scoring Men of Steel will look to him to pro- opting to give youngsters like penultimate round, ending the Indian challenge in the Isle of Man ly though, as Marcelinho beat an out- Mohammad Nawaz. The young goal- chances. vide some inspiration up front. Mohammed Rakip and Sahal Abdul International Chess tournament here Sunday. Up against the stretched Mohammad Nawaz with a keeper was at fault after he was beat- The visitors finished the game with Defensively, they have looked good Samad opportunities. They have done Sicilian Najdorf, Anand went for a full bloodied battle by pushing his brilliant chipped finish into the top- en at his near post by a fierce Alfaro 10 men after Diego Carlos was shown with Tiri marshalling the backline com- well so far and the former England goal- king side pawns early in the game, but the Russian seemed familiar right corner. shot. a straight red for his knee-high chal- mendably. Mario Arques and Memo will keeper will be hoping their encouraging with the setup as he broke through in the centre leading to positions FC Goa retook the lead in the 12th A frantic first period saw attacks lenge on Seriton Fernandes. be looking to dominate Kerala in midfield performances continue against minute through another well-worked from both sides thrive as chances kept Goa's night would be marred and set the tempo for Ferrando's side. Jamshedpur as well. akin to French defense. The typical structure gave ample counter move as Coro turning provider this coming with regularity at each end but towards the end as Coro was also Youngster Mobashir Rahman is still The good news for James is that Anas play to black and once the Queens got traded there was little chance time. Boumous delivered an inch-per- it was the home side who extended the shown a straight red card after he slid injured for Jamshedpur and Ferrando will Edathodika is back in contention for a for either players. The game lasted 32 moves. S P Sethuraman fect cross back to the midfielder to head lead with Coro bagging his second of into a tackle on Stankovic with his studs have to make do without him. start after serving his three game sus- continued with his fine form and drew with last world past Kaith. the night following a goalmouth melee. raised. Kerala Blasters have played only pension. championship finalist Sergey Karjakin of Russia but this result only helped him reach 5.5 points along with Anand. KHALIN JOSHI WINS MAIDEN ASIAN TOUR TITLE Naorem's brace ensures Shillong New Delhi: Indian golfer Khalin Joshi clinched his maiden Asian U-19 EVES BEAT THAILAND Tour title, claiming the Panasonic Open India at the Delhi Golf Club here on Sunday. Overnight joint leader Joshi carded four under 68 win in Northeast derby on the final day to win the title by one stroke with a four day PTI n CHONBURI aggregate of 17-under. Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman finished PTI n PANCHKULA second best after finishing with a par on the 18th even as Joshi he Indian women's team regis- birdied the final hole. Joshi thus became the seventh Indian to win aorem Mahesh Singh did the star Ttered a 1-0 upset win over the Panasonic Open India in the last eight editions of the Nturn for Shillong Lajong, helping the Thailand but failed to advance to the tournament. "I have no words. Huge monkey off my back. Last few hosts prevail over Aizawl FC 2-1 in the next round of the AFC U-19 holes were tricky for me. I am really relieved and happy to win. I season's first northeast derby of the I- Championship Qualifiers here on made some poor decisions. Starting with two bogeys but I League. Sunday. remained patient and it was rewarded," Joshi said. At the near-packed JLN stadium, Grace Lalrampari scored the Mahesh scored two brilliant goals in lone goal in the 36th minute to put PRANJALA ENTERS MAIDEN WTA MAIN DRAW either half to clinch full three points for India on level points with both Mumbai: India number three Pranjala Yadlapalli qualified for the his side. Thailand and Nepal. But, India main draw of a WTA tennis event for the first time in her fledgling Aizawl's Liberian striker Ansumanah Shillong Lajong player heads ball during I League game could not make it to the Round 2 of career here on Sunday. Pranjala outclassed her Georgian opponent Kromah got one back for the visitors but the Qualifiers courtesy their head- Oksana Kalashnikova in straight sets in the second and final it was not enough. and met it with perfect timing to lob it to-head result against Nepal. qualifying round match of the L&T Mumbai Open. The 19-year-old, The young Shillong Lajong side, not over Gurpreet in the Aizawl goal to dou- When the goal difference of seeded third in the qualifiers aided by her ranking of 280 on the fielding any foreigners this season and ble the lead. these three teams were counted, WTA circuit, needed one hour and 15 minutes to carve out a 6-4, 6- playing as many as nine U-22 players in Aizawl finally got one back after a 1- Thailand secured the top spot with 3 victory over Oksana, who is ranked a distant 9,999. Still, it was a the starting XI, ensured that the fans had 2 between Paul and Remsanga outside a plus 2, while India and Nepal were enough to rejoice. the Shillong box. tied at minus 1. Due to this, the Indian player battles for ball against Thai opponent during the AFC U19 C’ship qualifiers clash satisfying day for the Guntur-born Pranjala as she joined her Indian Expectedly, given the fit- Meanwhile, Defending head-to-head result between India compatriots India number one Ankita Raina (direct entrant) and ness levels and young players champions Minerva Punjab and Nepal came into play again, and trol of the game, using the flanks was saved by Thai keeper Ponpimon. wild cards Karman Kaur Thandi and Rutuja Bhosale in the main in both sides, the game began kicked off their campaign by the Himalayan nation went through. well to put crosses across the Indian The match continued much in draw of 32. on a high tempo and contin- playing out a goal-less draw Although Thailand dominated goal. However, India managed to the same vein in the second half, as PANKAJ ADVANCES TO K/O STAGE OF ASIAN SNOOKER TOUR ued till the very end. with Churchill Brothers in the possession, the Indian players negotiate these attacks. India closed down the gaps, not Talented right winger Mahesh Singh, I-League here on Sunday. worked hard to close down the gaps India's dream moment came in allowing Thailand much space in the New Delhi: Multiple time world champion Pankaj Advani on who had an excellent first half, turned the The two sides split points at the end in the middle of the park. the 36th minute, when Manisha attacking third. Sunday won both his league matches to move into the knockout game on its head with a sensational strike of 90 minutes, in a match characterised The tactic almost paid off in the powered her way down the left flank The home side's first real chance stages of the second leg of Asian Snooker Tour in Jinan, China. In in the 20th minute. by many missed chances and a lack of third minute, when Roja stole the and sent in an inch-perfect cross for in the second half came in the 69th his first match, Pankaj overcame a local Chinese challenger Pang In the 51st minute, after an inter- imagination in attack. ball on the left flank and played a Grace to tap it in. minute, when Chatchawan made a Junxu 4-2. Later in the day, the reigning world billiards and snooker change of passes inside the Aizawl half, Churchill Brothers gave a good give-and-go with Renu, before India soon had another good wonderful run and sent in a low champion played exceptional snooker to whitewash Qatar's Ahmed Lajong defender Rakesh Pradhan account of themselves while Minerva pulling the trigger from the edge of chance around the half-time mark. cross. However, Ratchaphan's shot Saif 4-0. Among other Indians in the fray, Manan Chandra and received a ball on the overlap on the left showed glimpses of what they are capa- the area. However, her shot was Renu hustled her way past two went over the bar. Varun Madan lost their first matches 1-4 and 0-4 respectively while flank. His wonderful cross took out the ble of in the second half, but both teams weak and rolled wide of the goal. defenders to create a one-on-one In the end, however, India held Kamal Chawla registered a narrow 4-3 win. Their final group ties Aizawl defense completely. Mahesh was failed to break the deadlock at the Tau Around the half-hour mark, chance out of a clearance from on to the slender lead, with Archana will take place on Monday. Agencies following everything including the ball Devi Lal Stadium. Thailand started to get better con- Sanathokpi. However, her low shot making a couple of frantic saves. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | OCTOBER 29, 2018 sport 16 We have proved INDIA SEEK PERFECT BALANCE our doubters After shocking defeat in third game, Men in Blue look to fix woes and maintain lead wrong: Nurse PTI n MUMBAI another hundred at the CCI, the skipper would be expecting a much improved per- ndia will look to find the 'perfect' bal- formance from his team. ance in their playing eleven when On the bowling front, Jasprit Bumrah Ithey take on a resurgent West Indies in made a stunning comeback, clinching four the fourth One-day International here on wickets on Saturday. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Monday. however, conceded runs in the death Going with five specialist bowlers in overs but trust him to bounce back. Pune on Saturday did not work for India, The role of both the spinners who ended up as the losing side for the first —Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav time in the home series against the West — will be crucial in restricting the oppo- Indies. sition batsmen. With the series surprisingly tied at 1- For the West Indies, their biggest asset 1 and two matches to go, Virati Kohli's has been wicket-keeper Shai Hope, who team finds itself in a must-win situation. has played two key innings, a 123 in Credit must be given to the West Indies, Visakhapatnam followed by a crucial 95 in who have not only moved on from a dis- Pune. mal Test series but have given the formi- He would be hoping for another big dable hosts a run for their money in the knock on Monday and so will Shimron one-day format. Hetmyer, who failed to convert his start in As Kohli pointed out after the 43-run Windies wicketkeeper batsman Shai Hope bats during the third game. loss in the third ODI, the return of Kedar third ODI against India at Pune PTI The 21-year-old southpaw, who had Jadhav from injury scores of 106 and 94 before the Pune game, will give the team would be the one watch out for again. a much needed India vs West Indies FOR THE WEST Apart from these two star players, depth in both the Live from 1:30pm IST INDIES, THEIR Windies would be hoping that the likes of batting and bowl- STAR SPORTS 1 Kieron Powell, Chanderpaul Hemraj, ing department. BIGGEST ASSET Rovman Powell fire in the crucial contest. "You will always drift to one side when HAS BEEN WICKET- The experienced Marlon Samuels you don't have the balance. We have to shone with the ball on Saturday with three PTI n PUNE good wicket but a bit on the think about the perfect balance we need," KEEPER SHAI HOPE, WHO wickets but his bat has not done the talk- slower side. Don't think the said the skipper after the defeat. HAS PLAYED TWO KEY ing so far. Skipper Jason Holder would also est Indies all-rounder wicket had any devils in it. I An unstable middle-order and lack of be itching to make a match-winning con- WAshley Nurse says his just thought from our side Shai runs from M S Dhoni's bat are another INNINGS, A 123 IN tribution. team was written-off before got a nice 95 and Virat got a issues facing India, not just for Monday's The bowlers would have taken confi- the start of India tour but it has hundred for India. It wasn't a fixture but also in the long run with 15 VISAKHAPATNAM dence from bundling out India in Pune. proved his critics wrong with belter. You had to work for games remaining before the World Cup in FOLLOWED BY A CRUCIAL Pacer Obed McCoy and off-spinner Ashley a solid showing in the ongoing your runs but it was a pretty England next year. Nurse will be high on confidence as the ODI series. Nurse played a key good wicket," he added. Nurse Having lost his place in the T20 team, 95 IN PUNE West Indies aim to take the series lead. role with both bat and ball in also said that he does not care Dhoni is in desperate need of runs in the With the encounter on Monday, inter- his side's 43-run over India in about critics. "Every day is limited opportunities that are left ahead of ahead of Dhoni in the previous game, has national cricket returns to the CCI, which the third ODI on Saturday. fishing day but every day is not the 50-over showpiece event. been his usual aggressive self but a sig- last hosted a Test in 2009 and an ODI back Nurse's 22-ball 40 helped catching day. So I just go and Ambati Rayudu (22) did get a start in nificant score in his debut ODI series is still in 2006. the visitors post a competitive put the ball in the right areas, Pune but if the right-hander wants to hold awaited. 283/9 and his two wickets in try to create as much chances on to the number four spot, he will have Amid all the uncertainty, Jadhav's SQUADS the middle overs with his off- as possible. And just try do my Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni walks to bat during the optional to keep scoring consistently. return in the middle-order is more than India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit spin, including that of the job, not really care about the practice session at Cricket Club of India ahead of 4th ODI of 5-match series PTI Rishabh Pant, who batted at five welcome. His fitness has been a concern Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, opener Shikhar Dhawan, critics, just go and do my job in the recent past but he looked good in Ambati Rayudu, Rishabh Pant, MS helped them successfully for the team each and every his first competitive game, played during Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, defend the total. "It was a very day," the 29-year-old signed MSD SLUGS IT OUT IN THE NETS the Deodhar Trophy, after recovering Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, good performance by the boys. off. West Indies have improved MUMBAI: Under pressure to deliver, 45 minutes, facing local bowlers. Jadeja also practised during the from a hamstring injury. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, No one gave us a chance when their standard of game very a determined Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has of late, struggled to session. Besides his powerful hitting, his off- Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, KL we came but I think we're well in the ODI series after Dhoni on Sunday slogged it out at get big scores in ODIs, was also Before padding up, Jadeja also spin could also come handy. Rahul, Manish Pandey and Kedar showing the public out here going tamely in the two Tests the Cricket Club of India ahead of seen having a brief chat with the bowled to his teammates. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Jadhav. that we are here to play," said which finished in three days. the fourth One-Day International team's assistant coach Sanjay Maharashtra player Kedar Jadhav, Sharma, who have had twin failures, are West Indies: Jason Holder (Captain), Nurse at the post-match media Shimron Hetmyer and between India and West Indies. Bangar. who has recovered from a due for a big partnership. Fabian Allen, Sunil Ambris, Devendra conference. "It's just good to Shai Hope have contributed Despite it being an 'optional' Opener Rohit Sharma, Ambati hamstring injury and is likely to The biggest positive for the hosts has Bishoo, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Shimron see the boys play consistent well in the two games to boost session, the veteran wicket-keeper Rayadu, who is looking to feature in Monday's match, also been the form of skipper Kohli, who struck Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, cricket and giving India a run batting while bowlers played batsman, who was dropped for the consolidate the number four spot, honed his skills. his third hundred in a row during the third Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Keemo Paul, for their money," he said. their part in the third ODI to T20 series against West Indies and young K L Rahul, Manish Pandey The West Indies did not have any ODI, becoming the first Indian to do so. Rovman Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Nurse said the wicket in Pune hand Caribbean team their Australia, batted in the nets for over and spin all-rounder Ravindra practice session on Sunday. PTI While most will back Kohli to get Samuels. was "pretty good". "It was a first victory of the tour. Federer wins 99th title, beats Copil in Swiss final

AP n BASEL matched the nine he won at the game. The top-seeded Swiss Jimmy Connors, who leads The eighth-ranked career title but first at a high- oger Federer won his 99th Halle grass-court event in clinched when Copil sent a with 109. Anderson defeated Kei er-level ATP 500 event. Rcareer ATP Tour title on Germany. backhand into the net. Nishikori 6-3, 7-6 (3), handing He became the sixth play- Sunday, beating qualifier Federer rallied from trail- Federer's title was his first KEVIN WINS IN VIENNA his opponent his ninth straight er to qualify for the eight-man, Marius Copil 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the ing by a service break in each in more than four months VIENNA: Kevin Anderson won defeat in a final. season-ending event in Swiss Indoors final. set against the 93rd-ranked since winning on grass at his second title of the season at Anderson, who also won in London, joining Rafael Nadal, A ninth title at Federer's Romanian, whose serve was Stuttgart in June. the Erste Bank Open on New York in February and Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin hometown event in Basel, measured at 243 kph (151 He closed the gap on the Sunday, sealing his place at next reached the final at del Potro, Roger Federer, and where he was once a ball boy, mph) in his opening service all-time singles titles list to month's ATP finals. Wimbledon, earned a fifth Alexander Zverev.