c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I MONDAY 4 I NOVEMBER 2019 WEATHER Max: 31OC O https://t.me/Digital_eLibrary Min: 20 C Rainfall: Nil WORLD TABLOID ASTROGUIDE Islamists await Everyone loves Vikari: Aippasi 18 Imran’s resignation forbidden fruit: Akshay Tithi: Saptami 1017 Star: Thiruvonam Rahukalam: www.facebook.com/deccannews, www.twitter.com/deccanchronicle, www.deccanchronicle.com Vol. 15 No. 218 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | ` 3.00 7.30 am to 9.00 am Yamagandam: 10.30 am to 12 noon ■ PM Modi stressed India’s concerns to ASEAN leaders PRAYERS Fajar: 4.50 am Jumma: 11.58 am Asar: 3.13 pm World’s largest trade pact Maghrib: 5.43 pm Isha: 6.55 pm SUNSET TODAY 5.42 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.04 AM to be delayed to 2020 MOONRISE TODAY 12.28 AM MOONSET TOMORROW 11.21 PM Bangkok, Nov. 3: Southeast Asian leaders World’s biggest met for a second day in Thailand on Sunday, hop- stock IPO ing for a breakthrough in Riyadh: Saudi Aramco on Sun- talks over the world's day confirmed it planned to list largest trade deal, called on the Riyadh stock exchange, the Regional Comprehen- describing it as a “milestone” in sive Economic Partner- the history of the energy behe- ship (RCEP). moth. Depending on the size of The Association of the sale and Aramco's valua- Southeast Asian Nations tion, it could be the world's largest initial public offering opened its annual summit (IPO). Chinese e-commerce in Bangkok on Saturday giant Alibaba still holds the hoping to secure a China- record with a USD 25 billion backed free trade pact at IPO in New York in 2014. the three-day event, but the Alibaba is also aiming to raise signing of the pact is likely another USD 20 billion if it be kicked back to 2020, goes ahead with plans to list on going by a draft statement the Hong Kong stock market. by the Asean leaders on Here is a list of some of the Sunday. other biggest IPOs to date: — “Most market access Multinational conglomerate negotiations have been SoftBank raised USD 23.5 bil- completed and the few out- lion via the IPO of its mobile standing bilateral issues Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and India's Prime Minister Narendra unit in 2018, in Japan's largest will be resolved by Modi (C) laugh beside Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha as they pose for a stock offering. — AgBank (USD February 2020,” said a draft 22.1 billion). group photo during the 16th ASEAN-India Summit in Bangkok on Sunday, on the sidelines agreement. The statement of the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. — AFP Lawyers of Delhi HC, said the text of all 20 chap- India's Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul during the first T20 against Bangladesh in New ters was now complete the Indo-Pacific and lower courts to Delhi on Sunday. More than 25,000 crazy cricket fans paid little heed to public health “pending the resolution of Asean's outlook for the emergency as they thronged the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium to watch the match, brav- one” member, which is strategically key region, India stopped working in abstain from work ing the toxic air pollution in national capital. — AFP believed to be India. which has been witnessing New Delhi: Advocates in the Objections by India have growing Chinese assertive- Delhi High Court and all district dampened all the hopes of ness. bureaucratic manner: PM courts here have decided to finalising the pact in Mr Modi also talked about abstain from work on Monday India-Bangla cricketers Bangkok, sources said. cross-border terrorism, the Bangkok, Nov. 3: India mark golden jubilee of the to protest against the clash The draft said all mem- spread of violent extrem- has stopped working in a Aditya Birla Group's between lawyers and police at bers were “committed to ism and the situation in the routine, bureaucratic man- presence in Thai- Tis Hazari Court on Saturday. sign the RCEP” next year South China Sea, and ner as the country is under- land. The lawyers said they would in Vietnam, which will underlined the need for going transformative “In today's India, the con- not participate in any of the brave Delhi’s toxic smog take over the Asean chair. greater cooperation changes, Prime Minister tribution of the hard work- judicial work and only proxy New Delhi, Nov. 3: With a public health New Delhi is worried that between India and Asean to Narendra Modi told a ing tax payer is cherished. counsel would appear in the Bangladesh skipper its small businesses will be unitedly take on the major group of influential busi- One area where we have courts to take dates in various emergency declared in Odd-even car Mahmudullah Riyad won the national capital and hard hit by any flood of challenges facing the ness leaders while hard- done significant work is matters. Delhi HC Bar Associa- the toss and elected to cheap Chinese goods. region. selling his government's taxation. I am happy that tion president Mohit Mathur sa- regions surrounding it due rationing scheme id they have requested all me- bowl in the opening to severe air pollution, the Prime Minister Narendra “I welcome the mutual economic reform initia- India is one of the most peo- mbers to abstain from work on Twenty20 international Prime Minister's Office on to control pollution Modi repeated India's con- coordination of the Indo- tives. ple friendly tax regimes. Monday as a mark of protest. against India in a pollu- Sunday asked the chief cerns during his talks with Pacific Outlook between Inviting Thai business We are committed to fur- tion-stricken New Delhi secretaries of Delhi, SANJAY KAW | DC Asean leaders on Sunday. India and Asean. India's leaders to invest in India, ther improving it even Rajnath calls for on Sunday. Punjab and Haryana to NEW DELHI, NOV. 3 Mr Modi said India's unre- Act East Policy is an impor- the prime minister particu- more,” he said. The Indian capital has monitor the situation in solved issues include tant part of our Indo- larly talked about initia- The prime minister said isolating nations been blanketed by smog districts under their juris- A week after Diwali, pol- “meaningful market access Pacific vision. The Asean is tives to reform India's tax it was the best time to be in with authorities saying diction on a 24x7 basiso lution levels in Delhi- for all parties”, according and always will be the regime and said his govern- India and that many things adopting terror air pollution had reached NCR region and nearby to a diplomat who attended heart of our Act East ment is now starting face- such as foreign direct New Delhi: Terming terrorism a “emergency” levels, with opener Mohammad Naim areas shot up again on the meeting. Policy. Integrated, organ- less tax assessment so that investment, ease of doing global problem, Defence schools closed and other his international debut. Sunday morning, with In his address at the ised and economically there is no scope for dis- business, ease of living and Minister Rajnath Singh on restrictions imposed. The capital was the air quality bordering annual India-Asean sum- developing Asean is in cretion or harass- productivity are rising Sunday called for isolating all But the Board of Control enveloped in heavy, toxic on the “severe plus” cate- mit, Mr Modi talked about India's basic interest,” ment. while tax rates, red tapism, countries that have adopted for Cricket in India smog Sunday -- the worst gory at several places. the mutual coordination Mr Modi said here on The prime minister was corruption, cronyism are terrorism as their state policy, (BCCI) refused to change levels in recent years -- In order to bring down between India's vision of Sunday. — PTI, AFP speaking at an event to on a decline. in a reference to Pakistan. the venue due to logistical with flights diverted or the pollution levels, the Speaking at the curtain raiser issues, although presi- delayed as politicians AAP is implementing the of the first ever India- dent Sourav Ganguly said blamed each other for third edition of the 12-day Uzbekistan joint exercise they will “be more practi- failing to tackle the crisis. “odd-even” car rationing Cong: WhatsApp 'Dustlik 2019' in Tashkent, Singh said defence cooperation cal” in the future when Every winter, the scheme in Delhi from VP bats for cost-effective is crucial to the bilateral ties scheduling matches in megacity of 20 million Monday. That means odd- alerted Priyanka between India and Uzbekistan. northern India. people is blanketed by a numbered vehicles will The tourists, whose poisonous smog of car be allowed on Delhi's about possible players trained with fumes, industrial emis- roads on odd dates and desalination initiatives COUNTER POINT masks in the run-up to sions and smoke from even-numbered vehicles the first of the three stubble burning at farms will be allowed on even A. ARUL PALANI | DC hacking matches, have handed in neighbouring states. dates till November 15. CHENNAI, NOV. 3 New Delhi, Nov. 3: The Congress on Sunday clai- Warning that a water war med its leader Priyanka may break out across the Gandhi Vadra had receiv- globe, Vice President M ed a message from Whats- Iran’s Khamenei rules out Venkaiah Naidu empha- App informing her that sised the significance of her phone was suspected saving water.