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T he faltering Indian econo- my plunged to a seven- year-low in terms of GDP growth rate which has come down to 5 per cent for the April-June quarter of 2019- 20. The GDP figure was announced soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced mega merger of public sector banks to arrest the growth deceleration. Both the announcement may have been prescheduled, but the fact remains that in the know of the GDP calculations, the Government has swung into action and announced a series of measures to deal with the alarming decline in the economy. Sitharaman, who had last week announced tax sops and measures for sectors such as auto, announced merger of ten banks into four new sets of banks — Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will combine to form the nation’s second-largest lender; Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank will merge; Union Bank of India will amalgamate with Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank; and Indian Bank will merge with Allahabad Bank. The GDP collapsed due to a sharp fall in the manufactur- ing sector and sluggish agri- culture output, according to official data released on Friday. The previous low was record- ed at 4.9 per cent in April-June 2012-13. The gross value added (GVA) growth in the manu- facturing sector tumbled to 0.6 per cent in the first quarter of this fiscal from 12.1 per cent expansion a year ago. Similarly, farm sector GVA growth remained subdued at 2 per cent as compared to 5.1 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Construction sector GVA growth too slowed to 5.7 per cent from 9.6 per cent earlier. However, mining sector growth climbed to 2.7 per cent from 0.4 per cent a year ago. “GDP at Constant (2011- 12) Prices in Q1 of 2019-20 is estimated at 35.85 lakh crore, as against 34.14 lakh crore in Q1 of 2018-19, showing a growth rate of 5 per cent,” the National Statistical Office (NSO) said in a statement. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), which is a barometer of investment, at constant (2011-12) prices was estimated at 11.66 lakh crore in the first quarter as against 11.21 lakh crore a year ago. The decline in the growth was by and large anticipated but few had expected such sharp collapse in the economy. Several foreign rating agencies have already cut India’s growth forecast and pegged it below 7 per cent for the ongoing fiscal. China, which is in the midst of an intense trade war with the US, has done far bet- ter than India despite the adverse economic climate. China’s economic growth was 6.2 per cent in April-June quar- ter of 2019, which was the weakest expansion in 27 years. It is obvious that the “dragon” remains way ahead of India. The RBI had marginally lowered the GDP growth pro- jection for 2019-20 to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent projected earlier in the June policy, and underlined the need for addressing growth concerns by boosting aggregate demand. “Real GDP growth for 2019-20 is revised downwards from 7 per cent in the June pol- icy to 6.9 per cent — in the range of 5.8-6.6 per cent for first half of 2019-20 and 7.3-7.5 per cent for the second half — with risks somewhat tilted to the downside,” RBI had said in the monetary policy statement. The continuous fall in the GDP shows that the country has still not recovered from the disastrous fallout of the demon- etisation which sucked out liq- uidity from the system and slowed down consumption in various sectors. The hasty implementation of the GST, which had to be tinkered with several times since its incep- tion, is also seen as a major cul- prit for pulling down the GDP. The falling economy has led to flight of foreign invest- ment from the country and weakening of Rupee. Post- Budget, the stock market has seen major correction and the foreign institutional investors continued to dump shares despite the Government announcing a series of steps to placate them. Beset with such grim sce- nario, the Government on Friday unveiled a mega plan to merge 10 public sector banks into four as part of plans to cre- ate fewer and stronger global- sized lenders as it looks to boost economic growth from a five- year low. Continued on Page 4 P rime Minister’s Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra on Friday stepped down from his post after serving Prime Minister Narendra Modi since the latter took office over five years ago. However, Modi requested Misra to continue for two weeks, praised him for his outstanding service, and said Misra taught him a lot when he was new to New Delhi in 2014. The PM wished Misra for the “new phase” of his life. “Nripendra Misra is among the most outstanding officers, who has a great grasp of public pol- icy and administration. When I was new to Delhi in 2014, he taught me a lot and his guid- ance remains extremely valu- able,” Modi wrote on Twitter. After serving the PMO “assiduously and diligently” for over five years and making an indelible contribution to India’s growth trajectory, Misra will be embarking on a new phase of his life, said Modi. “My best wishes to him for his future endeavours,” said the PM. In a statement, Misra said, “It has been a privilege to serve the country under Modi. I am deeply grateful to him for this opportunity and the com- plete confidence he has placed in me. “It is now time for me to move on, even as I remain devoted to public causes and national interests. I thank all colleagues, within and outside the Government, friends and my family for this support. I wish Modi, the PM, success as he leads our country into a bright future.” Speculation is rife that Misra may be considered for the posts of Governor or Lt Governor. There are also talks about him joining politics. Former Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister’s Office. It is widely believed that Additional Principal Secretary PK Mishra will be elevated to the post of Principal Secretary to the PM and Sinha would be posted in place of PK Mishra. T he Supreme Court said on Friday evening that the woman law student, who had gone missing after levelling harassment allegations against former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand and was found staying with her friends in Rajasathan, did not want to go to her home State Uttar Pradesh. The judges had an in-cam- era interaction with the woman who was brought to the apex court by the UP Police on its direction. “The woman wants to be in Delhi till her parents come here,” a Bench comprising jus- tices R Banumathi and AS Bopanna said in an open court hearing. The Bench said the woman will be in the national capital for four days and the apex court registry will ensure her safe stay. The top court directed Delhi Police Commissioner to ensure safe travel of the woman’s parents from UP’s Shahjahanpur to Delhi to meet her. The SC said that the woman has told it she had left Shahjahanpur with her three college mates in order to pro- tect herself. The apex court said that the woman has told them that she would not go back to UP until she meets and talks to her parents. The SC said that it would hear the matter again on September 2 and till then the woman will not talk or meet anyone except her parents. The Bench said that the woman has told them that after meeting and talking to her parents she will take decision on her future course of action. The Bench directed that a Delhi Police team should be sent to Shahjahanpur at the ear- liest to safely bring the woman’s parents here. The top court concluded the hearing and said police team which will go to bring the woman’s parents to Delhi will continue to provide them secu- rity till further orders. C entral Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Member Akhilesh Ranjan, who was overlooked for the post of the Board’s chairman, has written to the Government seeking voluntary retirement from ser- vice, sources said on Friday. They said Ranjan, who recently submitted a report on the new direct tax code to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has sought retire- ment from service owing to “family and personal reasons.” They, however, added that the IRS officer “would have continued” in the service had he been elevated to the post of CBDT chairman. The Government on Thursday gave a one-year extension to CBDT Chairman PC Mody, who was set to retire on August 31. Ranjan was next in the succession line for the CBDT chief. Continued on Page 4 A submission by P Chidambaram and its endorsement by the CBI that they were in “mutual agree- ment” on keeping him in police custody till September 2 left a Delhi court fuming during the hearing on the Congress leader’s custodial interroga- tion in the INX Media corrup- tion case on Friday. “Then you both discuss and decide how much custody is required. What is the use of this court,” the judge said. The remarks came after senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, appearing for Chidambaram, told the court that the accused as well as the prosecution had agreed in the SC on the extension of the peri- od of his custodial interroga- tion till September 2, when the SC would hear the INX Media case. During the arguments, Krishnan said, “We agreed before the Supreme Court for the extension of his custody till Monday. We are opposing the custody more than that period.” “You are not going to decide the period of the cus- tody Mr counsel. This is for the court to decide. Are you oppos- ing the plea for further custody or not?,” Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar asked Krishnan. Continued on Page 4 M assively hunted for Chinese medicines, Tokay Gecko, an endangered species of lizards usually found in North-East India can now have a certain level of protection from exploitation with the wildlife global summit bringing it under the Appendix II list. Appendix II means that the animal or its body parts cannot be traded unless it can be shown that it wouldn’t threat- en their chances of survival. Tokay Geckos were not previ- ously protected under Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the treaty that governs the international wildlife trade. A senior Union Environment Ministry official said at the recently concluded 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations, CITES approved our proposal to bring the lizard under Appendix II. Philippines, the European Union and the USA too had supported our proposal, he added. The CITES Secretariat has temporarily concluded that regulation of the international trade in Tokay Geckos may be required to counter further decline. Given the patchy nature of both trade and pop- ulation data of Tokay Geckos, a listing would help in gather- ing data on these aspects, the official added. Geckos are listed in Schedule III of India’s Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, as a “highly endangered animal”. However, this has not much helped to curb its smuggling. According to various reports and seizures from time to time by wildlife officials, hundreds of locals in the northeastern States smuggle Tokay Geckos to centres of Chinese medicine across Asia to be used for its reported med- icinal values. Also, they sell the lizards to international wildlife traffickers. It is believed that the Gecko’s parts are used in tra- ditional Chinese medicine to treat cancer, asthma, diabetes, skin disorders and a range of ailments, though there is no scientific proof to substantiate the purported medicinal prop- erties of this reptile species. Besides North-East India, these reptiles are found in Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, throughout Southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia, New Guinea. While the overall volume of the Tokay Gecko trade/smuggling is not clearly known, last year, global wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC estimated that Indonesia alone has been exporting 1.2 million dried Tokay Geckos annually. In recent years, Taiwan has imported 15 million Geckos from different countries. TRAFFIC also warned that the wild population of the Tokay Gecko in Southeast Asia was in grave danger as it is hunted to meet demand in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and other Asian countries. T he agricultural growth has dropped to 2 per cent in the first quarter of 2019-20, down from 5.1 per cent dur- ing the same period last fiscal, as per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Crops, including fruits and vegetables, account for about 53 per cent, the livestock products 32 per cent, and forestry and fisheries 15 per cent share of Gross Value Added ( GVA includes taxes, but excludes subsidies) in agri- culture, forestry, fishing sector. As per the latest kharif crops cultivation report, sow- ing of kharif crops is expect- ed to be lowered by 17.67 per cent till date. Both Skymet and CRISIL Research have pro- jected lower kharif yield due to flood and excessive rain. According to officials of Agriculture Ministry, the growth rate in agriculture sec- tor has dropped to 2 per cent in the first quarter due to slow- down in economy. “Extreme weather seems to have an impact on farmer incomes and growth rate. Due to this, consumption has been reduced. The slowdown in economy impacted the food- grain production in the cur- rent crop year. This also means India is no longer the fastest growing major economy in the world,” said officials. Continued on Page 4
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The faltering Indian econo-my plunged to a seven-
year-low in terms of GDPgrowth rate which has comedown to 5 per cent for theApril-June quarter of 2019-20. The GDP figure wasannounced soon after FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanannounced mega merger ofpublic sector banks to arrest thegrowth deceleration.
Both the announcementmay have been prescheduled,but the fact remains that in theknow of the GDP calculations,the Government has swunginto action and announced aseries of measures to deal withthe alarming decline in theeconomy.
Sitharaman, who had lastweek announced tax sops andmeasures for sectors such asauto, announced merger of tenbanks into four new sets ofbanks — Punjab NationalBank, Oriental Bank ofCommerce and United Bank ofIndia will combine to form thenation’s second-largest lender;Canara Bank and SyndicateBank will merge; Union Bankof India will amalgamate withAndhra Bank and CorporationBank; and Indian Bank will
merge with Allahabad Bank.The GDP collapsed due to
a sharp fall in the manufactur-ing sector and sluggish agri-culture output, according toofficial data released on Friday.The previous low was record-ed at 4.9 per cent in April-June2012-13.
The gross value added(GVA) growth in the manu-facturing sector tumbled to
0.6 per cent in the first quarterof this fiscal from 12.1 per centexpansion a year ago. Similarly,farm sector GVA growthremained subdued at 2 per centas compared to 5.1 per cent inthe corresponding period of theprevious fiscal.
Construction sector GVAgrowth too slowed to 5.7 percent from 9.6 per cent earlier.However, mining sector growth
climbed to 2.7 per cent from0.4 per cent a year ago.
“GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices in Q1 of 2019-20 isestimated at �35.85 lakh crore,as against �34.14 lakh crore inQ1 of 2018-19, showing agrowth rate of 5 per cent,” theNational Statistical Office(NSO) said in a statement.
Gross Fixed CapitalFormation (GFCF), which is a
barometer of investment, atconstant (2011-12) prices wasestimated at �11.66 lakh crorein the first quarter as against�11.21 lakh crore a year ago.
The decline in the growthwas by and large anticipatedbut few had expected suchsharp collapse in the economy.Several foreign rating agencieshave already cut India’s growthforecast and pegged it below 7per cent for the ongoing fiscal.
China, which is in themidst of an intense trade warwith the US, has done far bet-ter than India despite theadverse economic climate.China’s economic growth was6.2 per cent in April-June quar-ter of 2019, which was theweakest expansion in 27 years.It is obvious that the “dragon”remains way ahead of India.
The RBI had marginallylowered the GDP growth pro-jection for 2019-20 to 6.9 percent from 7 per cent projectedearlier in the June policy, andunderlined the need foraddressing growth concernsby boosting aggregate demand.
“Real GDP growth for2019-20 is revised downwardsfrom 7 per cent in the June pol-icy to 6.9 per cent — in therange of 5.8-6.6 per cent forfirst half of 2019-20 and 7.3-7.5
per cent for the second half —with risks somewhat tilted tothe downside,” RBI had said inthe monetary policy statement.
The continuous fall in theGDP shows that the countryhas still not recovered from thedisastrous fallout of the demon-etisation which sucked out liq-uidity from the system andslowed down consumption invarious sectors. The hastyimplementation of the GST,which had to be tinkered withseveral times since its incep-tion, is also seen as a major cul-prit for pulling down the GDP.
The falling economy hasled to flight of foreign invest-ment from the country andweakening of Rupee. Post-Budget, the stock market hasseen major correction and theforeign institutional investorscontinued to dump sharesdespite the Governmentannouncing a series of steps toplacate them.
Beset with such grim sce-nario, the Government onFriday unveiled a mega plan tomerge 10 public sector banksinto four as part of plans to cre-ate fewer and stronger global-sized lenders as it looks to boosteconomic growth from a five-year low.
Continued on Page 4
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Prime Minister’s PrincipalSecretary Nripendra Misra
on Friday stepped down fromhis post after serving PrimeMinister Narendra Modi sincethe latter took office over fiveyears ago. However, Modirequested Misra to continue fortwo weeks, praised him for hisoutstanding service, and saidMisra taught him a lot when hewas new to New Delhi in 2014.
The PM wished Misra forthe “new phase” of his life.“Nripendra Misra is among themost outstanding officers, whohas a great grasp of public pol-icy and administration. WhenI was new to Delhi in 2014, hetaught me a lot and his guid-
ance remains extremely valu-able,” Modi wrote on Twitter.
After serving the PMO“assiduously and diligently”for over five years and makingan indelible contribution toIndia’s growth trajectory, Misrawill be embarking on a newphase of his life, said Modi. “Mybest wishes to him for hisfuture endeavours,” said thePM.
In a statement, Misra said,
“It has been a privilege toserve the country under Modi.I am deeply grateful to him forthis opportunity and the com-plete confidence he has placedin me.
“It is now time for me tomove on, even as I remaindevoted to public causes andnational interests. I thank allcolleagues, within and outsidethe Government, friends andmy family for this support. Iwish Modi, the PM, success ashe leads our country into abright future.”
Speculation is rife thatMisra may be considered forthe posts of Governor or LtGovernor. There are also talksabout him joining politics.
Former Cabinet SecretaryPK Sinha has been appointedas Officer on Special Duty inthe Prime Minister’s Office. Itis widely believed thatAdditional Principal SecretaryPK Mishra will be elevated tothe post of Principal Secretaryto the PM and Sinha would beposted in place of PK Mishra.
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The Supreme Court said onFriday evening that the
woman law student, who hadgone missing after levellingharassment allegations againstformer Union Minister andBJP leader SwamiChinmayanand and was foundstaying with her friends inRajasathan, did not want to goto her home State UttarPradesh.
The judges had an in-cam-era interaction with the womanwho was brought to the apexcourt by the UP Police on itsdirection.
“The woman wants to be inDelhi till her parents comehere,” a Bench comprising jus-
tices R Banumathi and ASBopanna said in an open courthearing.
The Bench said the womanwill be in the national capitalfor four days and the apex courtregistry will ensure her safestay. The top court directedDelhi Police Commissioner toensure safe travel of thewoman’s parents from UP’sShahjahanpur to Delhi to meet
her. The SC said that thewoman has told it she had leftShahjahanpur with her threecollege mates in order to pro-tect herself.
The apex court said thatthe woman has told them thatshe would not go back to UPuntil she meets and talks to herparents.
The SC said that it wouldhear the matter again onSeptember 2 and till then thewoman will not talk or meetanyone except her parents.
The Bench said that thewoman has told them thatafter meeting and talking to herparents she will take decisionon her future course of action.
The Bench directed that aDelhi Police team should besent to Shahjahanpur at the ear-liest to safely bring the woman’sparents here.
The top court concludedthe hearing and said policeteam which will go to bring thewoman’s parents to Delhi willcontinue to provide them secu-rity till further orders.
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Central Board of DirectTaxes (CBDT) Member
Akhilesh Ranjan, who wasoverlooked for the post of theBoard’s chairman, has writtento the Government seekingvoluntary retirement from ser-vice, sources said on Friday.
They said Ranjan, whorecently submitted a report onthe new direct tax code toFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman, has sought retire-ment from service owing to“family and personal reasons.”
They, however, added thatthe IRS officer “would havecontinued” in the service hadhe been elevated to the post ofCBDT chairman.
The Government onThursday gave a one-yearextension to CBDT ChairmanPC Mody, who was set to retireon August 31. Ranjan was nextin the succession line for theCBDT chief.
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Asubmission by PChidambaram and its
endorsement by the CBI thatthey were in “mutual agree-ment” on keeping him in policecustody till September 2 left aDelhi court fuming during thehearing on the Congressleader’s custodial interroga-tion in the INX Media corrup-tion case on Friday.
“Then you both discussand decide how much custodyis required. What is the use ofthis court,” the judge said.
The remarks came aftersenior advocate DayanKrishnan, appearing forChidambaram, told the court
that the accused as well as theprosecution had agreed in theSC on the extension of the peri-od of his custodial interroga-tion till September 2, when theSC would hear the INX Mediacase.
During the arguments,Krishnan said, “We agreedbefore the Supreme Court forthe extension of his custody tillMonday. We are opposing thecustody more than that period.”
“You are not going todecide the period of the cus-tody Mr counsel. This is for thecourt to decide. Are you oppos-ing the plea for further custodyor not?,” Special Judge AjayKumar Kuhar asked Krishnan.
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Massively hunted forChinese medicines, Tokay
Gecko, an endangered speciesof lizards usually found inNorth-East India can now havea certain level of protectionfrom exploitation with thewildlife global summit bringingit under the Appendix II list.
Appendix II means that theanimal or its body parts cannotbe traded unless it can beshown that it wouldn’t threat-en their chances of survival.Tokay Geckos were not previ-ously protected underConvention on InternationalTrade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),the treaty that governs theinternational wildlife trade.
A senior UnionEnvironment Ministry officialsaid at the recently concluded18th meeting of the Conferenceof the Parties to the UnitedNations, CITES approved ourproposal to bring the lizardunder Appendix II. Philippines,the European Union and theUSA too had supported ourproposal, he added.
The CITES Secretariat hastemporarily concluded thatregulation of the internationaltrade in Tokay Geckos may berequired to counter furtherdecline. Given the patchynature of both trade and pop-ulation data of Tokay Geckos,a listing would help in gather-ing data on these aspects, the
official added.Geckos are listed in
Schedule III of India’s Wildlife
Protection Act, 1972, as a“highly endangered animal”.However, this has not much
helped to curb its smuggling.According to various
reports and seizures from timeto time by wildlife officials,hundreds of locals in thenortheastern States smuggleTokay Geckos to centres ofChinese medicine across Asiato be used for its reported med-icinal values. Also, they sell thelizards to international wildlifetraffickers.
It is believed that theGecko’s parts are used in tra-ditional Chinese medicine totreat cancer, asthma, diabetes,skin disorders and a range ofailments, though there is noscientific proof to substantiatethe purported medicinal prop-erties of this reptile species.
Besides North-East India,these reptiles are found inBhutan, Nepal, and
Bangladesh, throughoutSoutheast Asia, including thePhilippines and Indonesia,New Guinea.
While the overall volumeof the Tokay Geckotrade/smuggling is not clearlyknown, last year, global wildlifetrade monitoring networkTRAFFIC estimated thatIndonesia alone has beenexporting 1.2 million driedTokay Geckos annually. Inrecent years, Taiwan hasimported 15 million Geckosfrom different countries.
TRAFFIC also warnedthat the wild population of theTokay Gecko in Southeast Asiawas in grave danger as it ishunted to meet demand inChina, Hong Kong, Taiwan,Vietnam and other Asian countries.
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The agricultural growth hasdropped to 2 per cent in
the first quarter of 2019-20,down from 5.1 per cent dur-ing the same period last fiscal,as per the data released by theMinistry of Statistics andProgramme Implementation.
Crops, including fruitsand vegetables, account forabout 53 per cent, the livestockproducts 32 per cent, andforestry and fisheries 15 percent share of Gross ValueAdded ( GVA includes taxes,but excludes subsidies) in agri-culture, forestry, fishing sector.
As per the latest kharifcrops cultivation report, sow-ing of kharif crops is expect-ed to be lowered by 17.67 percent till date. Both Skymet andCRISIL Research have pro-jected lower kharif yield due toflood and excessive rain.
According to officials ofAgriculture Ministry, thegrowth rate in agriculture sec-
tor has dropped to 2 per centin the first quarter due to slow-down in economy. “Extremeweather seems to have animpact on farmer incomesand growth rate. Due to this,consumption has beenreduced. The slowdown ineconomy impacted the food-grain production in the cur-rent crop year. This also meansIndia is no longer the fastestgrowing major economy in theworld,” said officials.
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Having raised the pitch to ridthe national Capital of vec-
tor-borne diseases, ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal onFriday held a meeting with allMPs, MLAs and councillors athis residence to discuss themega campaign launched by theDelhi Government againstdengue. Kejriwal appealed to theparty to make the ‘10 Hafte 10Baje 10 Minute’ campaign, amass movement to rid Delhi ofdengue and chikungunya.
The Chief Minister said, "In2015, there were 15,867 cases ofdengue and 60 deaths. In 2018,we have brought this down to2,798 cases and 4 deaths. Thisyear, the number of deaths so faris 0. I am confident that throughthis campaign we can defeatdengue in Delhi. We have tomake it a mass movement andinvolve the people."
"For the next ten weeks,every Sunday morning, everyone of us will check our homes
to make sure there is no stand-ing water, because the denguemosquito only breeds in cleanwater. This will need just tenminutes every Sunday, but theseten minutes will go a long waytowards protecting our familiesfrom dengue," he said. "Thedengue mosquito typically does-n't fly beyond 200 metres so weshould not only check our own
homes, but also request ourneighbouring homes to check,"he added.
"The programme will beeffective only when every citizenof Delhi joins the movement,"said the Chief Minister. "All ofus must spread awareness in ourareas about how we can protectourselves from dengue. We musttake this upon ourselves as a
public duty and urge people tocarefully check their homes aswell," he said. He also request-ed the participants in the meeting to share their pictures and videos on socialmedia to encourage more par-ticipation.
Kejriwal also sought sug-gestions and inputs from theparticipants in the meeting toencourage adoption of this cam-paign. Mundka MLA SuhkbirDalal said that all party leadersshould carry a bottle of oil withthem, so that they may demon-strate how the oil can be used tocover the surface of standingwater. Malviya Nagar MLASomnath Bharti said, "I willengage all the Mohalla net-works in my constituency in thisactivity and bring RWAs onboard."
Leader of Opposition inEast Delhi MCD RohitMehrauliya said, "Last year, inour ward, we made sure that theward was dengue and chikun-gunya free. I think this year also
we can take a pledge that we willmake our wards, Assembly con-stituencies dengue-mukt."
The Chief Minister admin-istered the pledge to all MLAsand councillors to make theirconstituencies dengue-mukt.
Kejriwal shared theGovernment's plans to involvemore people.
"We will bring allGovernment schools and RWAson board and ask them to con-tribute in this campaign. Ameeting will be called soonwith these stakeholders to dis-cuss their participation. We willalso involve our SchoolManagement Committees totake part in this campaign,"said the Chief Minister.
An important suggestionmade by MLAs to the ChiefMinister. Every house that con-ducts the weekly inspections sh-ould have a sticker outside theirhomes to mark them safe. TheCM said this was a good ideaand that he will look into theimplementation of this.
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AAP Rajya Sabha MP SanjaySingh accused the BJP for
obstructing works done by DelhiGovernment in public interest,saying the only task of BJPleaders is to oppose the goodwork done in the interest of thepublic by the Aam Aadmi Partyled Government in Delhi.
Singh said that leaders of theBJP are unable to decidewhether they stand with thepublic or against them whileopposing pro people policiesintroduced by the Government.
Addressing the media, hesaid that the AAP Governmentin Delhi has been continuouslyworking in the public interest forthe last five years but it seemsthat the BJP is not happy withthe work being done in the inter-est of the public. "This is the rea-son when the Delhi
Government proposed a schemeto provide free travel for women,the BJP opposed it," he said.
He said that the BJPopposed all the people orientedinitiatives such as the proposedfree electricity up to 200 units,ownership of houses via regis-tration to the people living in theunauthorised colonies of Delhi,waiving the outstanding waterbills. Singh also said all theprominent leaders of the BJPincluding Manoj Tiwari, VijayGoel and Vijender Gupta arecompeting among themselves tobecome the Chief Minister ofDelhi.
"Since Vijay Goyal is themost senior among these threepeople, I have written a letter tohim asking three questions tothe BJP which are as follows," hesaid.
The first question is — Areyou in favour of giving 200 units
of free electricity to the peopleof Delhi? Second— Is BJP infavor of waiving the water billsof the people of Delhi? and thelast question is —Who is BJP’sCM candidate in the upcomingelections to contest Kejriwal?
Meanwhile, Singh furthersaid that Goyal on Friday hadorganised an event on the issueof water and electricity inVijaypur area where formerState president and leader ofAAP Dilip Pandey was misbe-haved by his supporters.
"Pandey had asked VijayGoel his views on the announce-ment of the Delhi Government'sschemes — 200 units free elec-tricity and waiving the dues onwater bills following which theymisbehaved with him. Goyalsupporters also called policeand forced Dilip Pandey toleave the programme," saidSingh.
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IIT-Delhi has been selected bya high-level Expert
Committee by the Centre'sDepartment of Science andTechnology (DST), for settingup Sophisticated Analyticaland Technical Help Institute'(SATHI), for its outstandingperformance of the institute inthe area of research and devel-opment, managerial/ adminis-trative capability, infrastructureavailability and so on.
To set up SATHI, DSTwill provide �125 crore, mostly non-recurring grants, to IIT-Delhi in next three financial years starting from2019-2020.
"IIT-Delhi is honoured toshoulder this responsibility forthe benefit of the nation. Wehave an excellent track recordof not only setting up high endresearch facilities but also in
their management and utilisation," said V RamgopalRao, Professor and Director,IIT-D.
The facilities being createdas part of this activity will bemade available to theresearchers on round the clockbasis with minimum down-time.
"Besides, IIT-Delhi has alsomade a commitment to DST tomake available other high endresearch facilities available inthe institute as part of this pro-ject. SATHI is a game changing preposition from central Government for taking experimental research inthe country to the next leveland IIT-Delhi shall assist DST
in all possible ways for the suc-cess of this programme," addedRao.
The SATHI facility will beset up in the IIT's Sonepat cam-pus (Haryana) will be equippedwith major analytical instru-ment and advanced manufac-turing tools, which are usual-ly not available at institutes/organisations.
"SATHI is much more thana sophisticated equipment cen-tre as IIT-Delhi faculty andresearchers will assist the stu-dents, scientists and entrepre-neurs in solving the scientificand technological difficultiesbeing faced by them," saidProfessor BR Mehta, Dean,IIT-Delhi.
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In a tragic incident, 18-year-old girl died while
her husband and another per-son sustained injuries after aportion of a three-storey build-ing collapsed in outer Delhi'sBadli area. The incidentoccurred on early hours onFriday.
The deceased has been identified as Poonam. The injured persons have been identified asChhotu (21) and Praveen Singh(30).
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Gurugram: Artemis Hospital,Gurugram has become the firsthospital in North India tointroduce Endoscopic SleeveGastroplasty (ESG), a newerand revolutionary non invasiveprocedure to treat obesity. It’sperformed to help to loseweight and potentially lowerthe risk of serious weight-related health problems.
Jatin (name changed), 34,who had obstructive sleep apneaand hypertension was treatedthrough Endoscopic sleeve gas-troplasty (ESG) which is a newertype of weight-loss procedureand discharged within 48 hours.This treatment is common in theUSA. Till now the most com-mon procedure done for obesi-ty worldwide is LaparoscopicSleeve Gastrectomy but it has itsown limitations.
ESG reduces the size ofyour stomach using an endo-scopic suturing device withoutthe need for surgery. It is per-formed to help you lose weightand potentially lower your riskof serious weight-related healthproblems, including,Gastroesophageal reflux dis-ease, heart disease and stroke,high blood pressure, sleepapnea and type 2 diabetes.
Team of doctors led by DrAtul Sharma, senior consultantof the speciality hospital decid-ed to apply the ESG (EndoscopicSleeve Gastroplastiy) procedurewhich is a day care procedure.“With no operative complica-tions involved, the process is costeffective. The entire processtakes approximately 90 minuteswith no anesthesia required andmajority of patients can gohome same day,” said Dr KapilJamwal, Head GastroenterologyUnit, Artemis Centre ofExcellence for Digestive andLiver Diseases. PNS
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Defence Minister RajnathSingh will hold talks cov-
ering the entire gamut ofdefence ties with the top lead-ership of Japan and SouthKorea during his visit to thetwo countries commencingSeptember 2.
India has expandeddefence relations with Japanand South Korea in spheres ofsecurity and Defence manufacturing.
As part of his visit to Japan,Singh will co-chair the
Annual Defence MinisterialDialogue with his counterpartTakeshi Iwaya.
The Ministerial Dialoguewill aim to further strengthenIndia-Japan Special Strategicand Global Partnership andinclude wide-ranging discus-sions to enhance the bilateraldefence and security engage-ments between the two coun-tries. During his two-day visit(September 2-3) there, he willalso call on the Prime Ministerof Japan Shinzo Abe.
In South Korea, thedefence minister will have a
bilateral dialogue with hiscounterpart Jeong Kyeong.
He will also call on thePrime Minister Lee Nak-Yon,officials said here on Friday.
A CEO’s Forum followedby a Business-to-Government(B2G) meeting will also be heldin Seoul with the participationof members of defence indus-try from both sides with theaim to encourage India-SouthKorea Defence Industry co-operation.
Rajnath Singh will returnon September 6 after two-dayvisit to South Korea.
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In an effort to maintain oper-ational preparedness by way
of ensuring steady capital bud-get for procurements, the 15thFinance Commission helddeliberations with the DefenceMinistry here on Friday.
The meeting was heldunder the leadership of RajnathSingh. The FinanceCommission was headed byNK Singh.
During the meeting, theDefence Ministry gave its fundprojections for the period 2020to 2025 which is also the awardperiod of the 15th FinanceCommission. The Ministryinformed the Commissionabout the allocated budget incomparison to the projectionsmade. The Defence Ministryofficials also apprised theCommission that it was explor-ing a number of alternativesources of funding, officialssaid here.
The meeting comes againstthe backdrop of rather low cap-ital allocation over the succes-sive years in the annual budgetthereby impacting the acquisi-tions to sustain the tempo ofmodernisation.
Moreover, this meetingcomes after a notification wasbrought out by the Ministry ofFinance on July 29 this year fol-lowing an Order made by thePresident of India.
By this Order, the Terms ofReference (ToR) of the 15thFinance Commission wasamended and Paragraph 9Awas inserted in the ToR name-ly “the Commission shall alsoexamine whether a separatemechanism for funding of
Defence and internal securityought to be set up, and if so,how such a mechanism couldbe operationalised.”
An allocation of Rs 3.18lakh crore was made in thisyear’s budget for the Defencesector as against last year’s Rs2.98 lakh crore.
Out of the total allocation,Rs 1,08,248 crore was ear-marked for capital outlay topurchase new weapons, plat-forms and military hardware.
The revenue expenditurewhich includes expenses onpayment of salaries and maintenance of establishments pegged at Rs 2,10,682 crore.
The Finance Commissionassured the Defence Ministrythat it would take into consid-eration all the suggestionsmade that would help toincrease the overall capitalspace of the Ministry, bringabout predictability and help indefence preparedness.
Besides the DefenceMinister, the meeting wasattended by Navy ChiefAdmiral Karambir Singh,Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar,Secretary (DefenceProduction) Subhash Chandra,Secretary (Ex-ServicemanWelfare) Sanjeevanee Kutty,Secretary, Department ofDefence R&D and Chairman,DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy,Secretary (Defence Finance)Gargi Kaul, Vice Chief of ArmyStaff Lt Gen Devraj Anbu,Vice Chief of Air Staff AirMarshal RKS Bhadauria andDirector General, Coast GuardKrishnaswamy Natarajan andother senior officials of theDefence Ministry.
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With winters not far away,the Centre or Science
and Environment (CSE) sug-gested 65 per cent cut in pol-lution levels to meet air quali-ty standards. In its latest analy-sis on Delhi’s pollution, CSEhas found that overall peak lev-els have reduced while num-ber of days meeting Air Qualitystandard is increasing duringsummers and monsoon andwinters.
Centre or Science andEnvironment (CSE) also men-tioned that ‘winter smogepisode’ is also getting fewerand the onset of winter pollu-tion is also getting delayed.With this positive develop-ment to combat air pollutionproblem, Delhi is entering itsnext phase of action.
Giving credit toComprehensive Clean Airaction Plan and GradedResponse Action Plan (GRAP),the pollution watch body con-cluded that there are early signof stabilization and bend in pol-lution curve.
“Increased number of daysin cleaner air quality index cat-egories and change in the pat-tern of smog episode observedafter the implementation ofGRAP and action plans.”
Citing pollution databaseprepared on the basis of annu-al air quality submitted byCentral Pollution ControlBoard (CPCB) to theParliament, in which three -year average of ParticulateMatter (PM) 2.5 levels during2016-8 is 25 per cent lowerthan the 2011 -2014 baseline.
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Ranjan is stipulated to retire inApril next year. A 1982-batchIndian Revenue Service officer,Ranjan was appointed to the CBDTin November last year. Before this,he was posted as a principal chiefcommissioner of I-T in Delhi.
The CBDT is headed by achairman and can have a maxi-mum of six members. It has twovacancies at present. On August19, Ranjan, along with otherexperts and members, submittedtheir report on the new Direct TaxCode to Sitharaman. The officerwas the convenor of the taskforce. The new code which seeksto replace the existing I-T Act.
In a similar pattern, formerfinance secretary S C Garg hadapplied for voluntary retirementfrom service last month after hewas shifted from the high-profilecharge to the power ministry as itssecretary.
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Besides, floods and excessive rainin 15 States including Maharashtra,Odisha, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh,besides weak rain in West Bengal andthe Marathwada region ofMaharashtra, are expected to affect thekharif crop this year. High-intensityrain in August is likely to increase pestattack on maize and paddy. Besides,over 240 districts have received lessrain this year which has impacted theagriculture growth rate.
According to the AgricultureMinistry report, 1,009 lakh hectare landare under cultivation of kharif crops sofar as against the 1,029 lakh hectare lastyear due to delay rain, excessive rainand floods in several States.
The RBI annual report released onThursday said that it was difficult todiagnose the reason or nature of India’sslowdown. “The diagnosis is difficult,these conditions are hard to disentan-gle cleanly, at least in the formativeState,” the RBI report said.
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The bank merger exercise,seen together with the previoustwo rounds of bank consolida-tion, will bring down the num-ber of nationalised public sec-tor banks to 12 from 27 in2017. This, the Governmentfeels, will make bank balancesheet stronger with greatercapacity to lend.
Oriental Bank ofCommerce and United Bankmerger will merge into PunjabNational Bank to create a bankwith �17.95 lakh crore businessand 11,437 branches,Sitharaman told a news con-
ference here.The merger of Syndicate
Bank with Canara Bank willcreate the fourth largest publicsector bank with �15.20 lakhcrore business and a branchnetwork of 10,324. AndhraBank and Corporation Bank’smerger with Union Bank ofIndia will create India’s fifthlargest public sector bank with�14.59 lakh crore business and9,609 branches.
The merger of AllahabadBank with Indian Bank willcreate the seventh largest pub-lic sector bank with �8.08 lakhcrore business with strongbranch networks in the south,north and east of the country,
she said, adding that Bank ofIndia and Central Bank ofIndia will continue to operateas before.
Last year, the Governmenthad merged Dena Bank andVijaya Bank with Bank ofBaroda, creating the third-largest bank by loans in thecountry. After the mergers,the country will have 12 pub-lic sector banks, including StateBank of India and Bank ofBaroda. Also, Indian OverseasBank, Uco Bank, Bank ofMaharashtra and Punjab andSind Bank, which have strongregional focus, will continue asseparate entities.
The Finance Minister also
unveiled governance reforms inpublic sector banks, sayingtheir boards will be givenautonomy and enabled to dosuccession planning.
Also, bank boards will begiven flexibility to fix sitting feeof independent directors, shesaid, adding that non-officialdirectors will perform role anal-ogous to independent direc-tors. “To make managementaccountable to board, boardcommittee of nationalised banksto appraise performance of gen-eral manager and above includ-ing managing director,” she said.Post consolidation, boards willbe given flexibility to introducechief general manager level as
per business needs. They willalso recruit chief risk officer atmarket-linked compensation toattract best talent. Sitharamanhad last week unveiled the firstof three planned stimulus pack-ages that included a reduction oftaxes, improvement of liquidityin the banking sector (formaland shadow), increasedGovernment spending on autoand infrastructure, and acceler-ated refunds of goods and ser-vices tax (GST).
This was followed by lib-eralisation of foreign invest-ment rules in four sectorsincluding coal mining, contractmanufacturing, single brandretail and digital media.
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At this juncture,Chidambaram intervened, say-ing he was opposing theCentral Bureau ofInvestigation’s (CBI) plea.
“We are opposing the cus-tody. But since both my coun-sel and their (CBI) counselmade a mutual agreement inthe apex court to keep me there(in CBI custody) till Monday,we cannot hide that truth fromthis court.
“There is simply no justifi-cation to put me in custody andask the same questions. Thesame three files are being shownto me again and again,” the for-mer Union minister told thecourt. The court then extendedthe period of Chidambaram’scustodial interrogation tillSeptember 2, noting that “theaccused is willing to join theprobe till Monday”.
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Aday after launching the‘Fit India movement’,
Prime Minister Narendra Modion Friday said that Ayush andYoga were its strong pillars evenas he attributed his health toYoga, Pranayama andAyurveda.
Addressing a programmeon Ayush and Yoga here, hesaid that there are “profession-al hazards” related to politics interms of health, which are to betaken care of with the help ofNaturopathy and Yoga.
The Prime Minister saidthat to transform the healthcaresystem of the country and todevelop a healthy society, thereis a need to think holisticallyand integrate the traditionaland modern medicines for sus-tainable development and bet-ter health solutions.
The Prime Minister saidthat the government has set a
target of setting up � 1.5 lakhhealth and wellness centresacross the country of which12,500 will be AYUSH centres.Four thousand such centreswill be established this yearitself, he said.
The main focus of thesecentres will be empowering thecommunity for self care byimbibing AYUSH basedhealthy food and lifestyle, socialbehaviour and use of medici-nal plants for primary healthcare.
He also gave away YogaAwards to the winners forOutstanding Contribution forPromotion and Developmentof Yoga in New Delhi andexpressed happiness that ‘Sowa- Rigpa’ has become the sixthmember of the AYUSH fami-ly after Ayurveda, Yoga andNaturopathy, Siddha, Unaniand Homeopathy.
Pitching for linking tech-nology with tradition in thepractice of Ayush medicine,
Modi also stressed for the needto create a homogenous systemby creating an “Ayush grid” onthe lines of one nation, one taxand one nation, one mobility
card. He said this will removesilos in the area of Ayush.
During the ceremony,Modi released 12 commemo-rative postal stamps to honour
eminent scholars, practitionersand Great Master Healers ofAYUSH Systems. These com-memorative postal stampshighlight the great work andacknowledge the achievementsof the Great Master Healers ofAYUSH Systems.
He also launched tenAYUSH Health and WellnessCentres located in Haryana. Hesaid the government was work-ing towards bringing in more
professionals in the field ofAyush and necessary steps arebeing taken to that effect.
AYUSH Minister ShripadYesso Naik said that Yoga is aninsurance of health for whichwe don’t have to pay money.
Winners of the year 2019yoga awards were SwamiRajarshi Muni of Life Mission,Gujarat in Individual-Nationalcategory, Ms. Antonietta Rozzi,Italy in Individual-International
category, Bihar School of Yoga,Munger, Bihar in Organisation-National category, and JapanYoga Niketan, Japan inOrganisation won awards underInternational Organisation cat-egory while winners of 2018yoga awards were bagged byVishwas Mandalik, Nasik,Individual-National categoryand the Yoga Institute, Mumbai,Organisation under theNational category.
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It’s not only the persons withhaemophilia — a bleeding
disorder — who need constantmedical and emotional help,their caregivers too need earlyaccess to support service to han-dle bleeding episodes, chronicpain, job status and the presenceof inhibitors in the patients, psy-chologists and doctors say.
Ironically, haemophiliapopulation’s need ofPsychosocial Support (PSS) isunderestimated due to myths,stigma and lack of knowledge.
To deliberate the issuethreadbare, two-day nationalconference on mental healthand bleeding disorders is beingheld here from Saturday whichwould be attended by healthexperts, psychologists and rep-resentatives from governmentand haemophilia sector amongothers.
Dr Nita Radhakrishnan,Assistant Professor,Department of PediatricHematology Oncology,SSPH&PGTI, Noida, explainedthat since haemophilia is an
uncommon genetic bleedingdisorder that disrupts bloodclotting, patients and caregivers have tough time dealingwith the burden.
Caring for a child withchronic pain has a high over-load, she added.
Those suffering fromhemophilia have prolongedbleeding mostly in their joints.It is caused by the absence of acertain blood clotting factor inthe blood.
Prolonged bleeding mayoccur after sustaining an injuryor can happen on its own. Atthe conference, Vinita
Srivastava from Union HealthMinistry will throw light on thesteps the Government is takingfor the welfare of sector whileVikash Goel, President,Haemophilia Federation willdwell on country’s perspectiveon psychosocial support inbleeding disorders.
Neelam Kumari, nursefrom SSPH&PGTI, Noida willshare nurse’s role when takingcare of persons withhaemophilia.
Interventions to supportthe psychosocial needs ofpatients and their families,such as offering informationand assistance, clarifyingdoubts, and teaching copingstrategies to minimise theimpact of disabilities, may helpto maximize patient outcomesand improve quality of life fortheir families, said Dr RichaMohan, psychologist and direc-tor of Empowering Minds, anorganisation engaged inempowering the sector.
In fact a recent Europeanstudy “The burden of bleedsand other clinical determi-nants on caregivers of children
with haemophilia (the BBCStudy),” which was published inthe journal Haemophilia toorecommends early access topsychosocial support servicesto help caregivers.
Caring for a child withhaemophilia, particularly whencoping with poor joint health,leads to emotional stress, achanged perception of the child,and the need for more medicalmanagement, said the study.“Almost from the time of theirchild’s diagnosis, parents of chil-dren with hemophilia face addi-tional stresses such as bleedrecognition, treatment, includ-ing pain management anduncertainty about the future,” itsaid, adding that healthcare pro-fessionals “are known to havepoor recognition and under-standing of pain management”in children with haemophilia.
The researchers focusedon the difficulties parents feelwhen dealing with their child’sbleeds, a time they say ismarked by a “loss of controland additional stress,” particu-larly when hospital visits arerequired.
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Chandigarh: The PrimeMinister has offered some well-directed medical advice toHaryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar for his sorethroat: Get it treated at one of thenewly launched Ayush centres.
“These days the HaryanaChief Minister is touring villagesand he is working very hard. Iam seeing that he was unable tospeak, this is the professional
hazard we face. During polltime, even I have to go throughthis,” Prime Minister NarendraModi said while inaugurating 10Ayush health and wellness cen-tres in Haryana through video-conferencing.
“But I will tell you onesecret, I do yoga, pranayam andbank upon Ayurveda, I makefull use of these therefore I amable to manage. Now that
Ayush and wellness centreshave been inaugurated inHaryana, I will tell Khattarji toget his throat treated there,”Modi said jokingly as Khattarburst into laughter.
The 10 Ayush centres inau-gurated by Modi are inPanchkula, Ambala, Kaithal,Karnal, Jind, Hisar, Sonipat,Gurugram, Faridabad andNuh. PTI
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Gadkari said on Friday that hehas proposed introduction of‘kulhad’ (earthen) cups for teaat railway stations.
He has also suggested a 30 per cent tax on Chinese-made agarbatti (incense sticks), he said.
Gadkari was addressing a gathering of women afterthe ground-breaking ceremony for ‘00WomenEntrepreneur Bhavan’ here, to be built by the NagpurMunicipal Corporation.
The Union Minister said that with a view to pro-vide impetus to handicrafts and small businesses, kul-had could be introduced at tea stalls at 400 railway sta-tions. He had sent this proposal to Railway MinisterPiyush Goyal, he said. He had also proposed 30 percent tax on Chinese-made agarbatti to promote Indianmanufacturers, Gadkari added.
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The CBI, in association withthe Vigilance Officers of
various Government depart-ments, Ministries andOrganisations, on Friday, con-ducted over 150 joint surprisechecks (JSCs) at various places of suspected corrup-tion across India.
"The searches are primar-ily being conducted at suchpoints and places of corruptionwhere common citizens orsmall businesspersons feelmaximum pinch of corruptionin Government machinery.This special drive will sensitiseall stakeholders about possibleavenues of corruption a com-mon citizen faces, while seek-ing services from such departments. It also strives toidentify and highlight pointsand places vulnerable to cor-ruption," the CBI said in astatement.
The departments coveredby under the searches include— Railways, coal mines andcoalfields, medical/healthcareorgainisations, Customs, FCI.Other departments such aspower, municipal corporations,ESIC, transport, CPWD,Directorate of Estates, FireServices, sub registrar office,GST Department, Port Trust,National Highways, DAVP,Airport Authority of India,Public Sector oil companies,DGFT, Public Sector banks,ASI, Shipping Corporation,BSNL, steel PSU, mines and minerals.
These JSCs will be followedby extensive campaign by CBIbranches all over India to makecommon citizens aware of howthey can reach out toGovernment departments andredress their complaints.
Various cities/towns wherethe JSC are being conductedinclude — Delhi, Jaipur,Jodhpur, Guwahati, Shillong,Chandigarh, Srinagar, Chennai,Madurai, Kolkata, Bhuba-neswar, Hyderabad, Bangalore,Mumbai, Gandhinagar, Bhopal,Raipur, Nagpur, Jabalpur,Patna, Lucknow, Ghaziabad,Dehradun, Ranchi,
Visakhapatnam, Guntur,Vijaywada, Cochin, Kollam,Hanamakonda, Karimnagar,Chirmiri, Secunderabad, Katni
— Bina, Vadodara, HimmatNagar, Dhanbad, Kasauli,Samastipur, Danapur andMokama.
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The Adjudication Authorityunder Foreign Exchange
Management Act (FEMA) hasheld controversial Kashmiribusinessman Zahoor AhmedShah Watali guilty for contra-ventions of provisions ofFEMA and thereby imposedpenalty to the extent of �62lakh in a case of operating non-resident savings accounts inHSBC Bank at New Delhi inunauthorised manner.
Investigation under FEMAwas initiated against Watalion the basis of information ofcertain suspicious foreignexchange transactions. Duringinvestigation, it was revealedthat that Watali was maintain-ing Non-Resident SavingAccounts (both NRE and NROaccounts) in HSBC Bank,Greater Kailash-I in the nation-al capital.
At the time of openingthese accounts, Watali hadsubmitted documents like. thecopy of the Passport issued atWashington DC, resident visaamong others claiming himselfas a Non-Resident Indian,whereas during this period heneither remained outside Indiafor more than 182 days in thepreceding financial year norwas his intention to remainoutside India for an uncertainperiod. During the period 2003to 2009, Watali received inward
remittances to the tune of �.62,93,711.
He continued holding ofthe accounts and allowedremittances in this accountand violated the provisions ofFEMA, 1999 and Regulation ofthe Foreign ExchangeManagement (Deposit)Regulation, 2000.
Earlier, in another PMLAterror funding case, HafizSayeed (Founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-Ud-Dawa)and Mohammad Yusuf Shahalias Salahuddin (Head of ter-ror group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen) property worthRs 8.94 crore of Watali, was
attached for his involvement infund raising and as a financialconduit for Hurriyat leaders.
Watali along with other
nine accused are undergoingjudicial custody at Central Jail,Tihar in connection with theterror funding probe.
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Congress has demanded thata financial emergency be
declared in the country and awhite paper be released on the"shrinking economy and risingfrauds". The grand old partyaccused the BJP government ofdestroying the credibility of thecountry's economy and bank-ing system and demanded thatit should declare the names of
wilful defaulters, along with thedetails of their non-performingassets (NPAs).
Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra too attacked theGovernment over an RBIreport showing bank fraudshave gone up by 15 per centyear-on-year in 2018-19, askingwho is the guarantor allowingsuch "big bank frauds".
"The Congress demandsthat a financial emergencyshould be declared in the country. We reiterate that theBJP government should release a white paper on theshrinking economy and risingfrauds.
It is getting clearer by theday that the country is headingtowards a major recessionaryphase. This is a classic case ofrecession under expansionarytrends, as whenever there arethree continuous quarters ofgrowth recession (reductionin growth quarter-on-quarter),the chances of slipping into afull-blown recession are sig-nificantly higher," saidCongress spokespersons JaiveerShergill and Gaurav Vallabh ata special AICC Press briefing.
They added that once theJune 2019 quarter numberswere announced, it would beclear that India was witnessinga reduction in growth for fiveconsecutive quarters.
Vallabh said the problemsthat this phenomenon put forthwere that natural recovery didnot occur and the country hadto solely rely on monetary pol-icy actions, while the short-term stimulus remained short-term and only helped inassuaging wounds.
"The questions we want toask the government are what isits response to the prolongedreduction in growth? Does ithave any clue of what is actu-ally wrong and who's respon-
sible for the same," Shergill said.As a responsible opposi-
tion, the Congress wanted thegovernment to immediatelyissue a white paper on the stateof economy, he added.
He also alleged that fraudsin the banking system shot upby 74 per cent to � 71,543 crorein the 2018-19 financial year,compared to frauds worth �41,167 crore committed in the2017-18 financial year.
Priyanka said the number of cases of fraudsreported by banks saw a jumpof 15 per cent year-on-yearbasis in 2018-19, with theamount involved increasing by73.8 per cent in the year, theReserve Bank of India's annu-al report showed.
"Country's biggest bankinginstitution RBI is saying thatbank frauds are increasingright under the nose of the gov-ernment. In 2018-19, this thefthas increased," PriyankaGandhi said. "Banks havebeen duped of � 72,000 crore.But, who is the guarantor whois allowing such big bankfrauds to occur," the Congressgeneral secretary asked.
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Congress leader RahulGandhi on Friday criti-
cised Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for not visit-ing flood-hit areas in Keralaand said the State was await-ing a relief package. His criti-cism came through a tweet asModi said that Kerala was"special" to him and he visit-ed Guruvayur Sri KrishnaTemple in the state after win-ning his second term.
"Dear Mr Modi, Afteryour visit to Guruvayur - ahuge flood visited Kerala,causing death and destruction.A timely visit then wouldhave been appreciated. Keralais suffering and still awaits arelief package, like those givento other flood hit states. Thisis unfair," Rahul Gandhi post-ed.
In his tweet, Gandhi, whowas on a four-day visit to hisLok Sabha constituencyWayanad, which is among theworst-affected areas in thestate, also tagged a post by thePrime Minister Office's han-dle.
The PMO tweet said,"Kerala is also special for me,personally. I have had numer-ous opportunities to visitKerala. One of the first thingsI did after the people blessedme yet again with a bigresponsibility is visiting theGuruvayur Sri KrishnaTemple: PM." The prime min-ister made the commentswhile addressing the 'MalayalaManorama News Conclave'in Kochi via video link fromthe national Capital.
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CPI(M) general secretarySitaram Yechury, who
returned from Srinagar onFriday after the Supreme Courtallowed him to go there,claimed the situation on theground was "completely con-trary" to what the Governmentwas saying.
Yechury, who went toSrinagar to meet his ailingparty colleague MohammedYousuf Tarigami, refused toelaborate, saying he would sub-mit a detailed report to theapex court.
The CPI (M) leader, whohad filed a habeas corpus peti-tion in the Supreme Courtseeking Tarigami to be pro-duced before it, was grantedpermission to visit the formerMLA in Srinagar. The courthad, however, said Yechuryshould not indulge in any kindof political activity during hisvisit to Srinagar.
"I visited Tarigami andenquired about his health. I willfile an affidavit in court regard-ing his health condition and alsoreport on what I saw there,"Yechury told reporters here,adding that during the drivefrom the airport to Tarigami'shouse, he saw that the situationon the ground was "complete-ly contrary" to what the BJP-ledGovernment was saying.
The Left leader said afterhe landed at the Srinagar air-port, he was told by officialsthat he would have to returnthe same day, but he con-vinced them that he couldonly leave the next day aftergetting a status report on hiscolleague's health condition ashe had to report to the apexcourt about it.
"I met him (Tarigami) onThursday and again on Fridaymorning and all I can say thatin this condition, he needsperiodic reviews. He was get-ting treated at the AIIMS andhe needs to go there for treat-ment," Yechury said.
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The CBI has taken over theinvestigation into the alleged
sexual exploitation of minorgirls in a shelter home in Deoria,Uttar Pradesh and another relat-ed case for obstructingGovernment officials while res-cuing the victims from theNGO's premises.
The agency has registeredtwo FIRs against Director Girija
Tripathi and SuperintendentKanchan Lata Tripathi of theMaa Vindhyavasini MahilaEvam Balika Sanrakshan Grihain Deoria. The move comesover a year after the UttarPradesh Government recom-mended a CBI probe.
In August last year, author-ities rescued 24 girls from theshelter home, which had 42inmates. A medical examina-tion of the victims confirmed
the sexual abuse of 34 inmatesout of 42.
The two FIRs originallyregistered by the Uttar Pradeshpolice which have now beentaken over by the CBI relate towrongful confinement, traf-ficking, sexual harassment, sex-ual assault, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge ofhis duty under IPC, provisionsof the Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences andJuvenile Justice (Care andProtection of Children) Act,2015 among others.
The issue at Deoria's shel-ter home surfaced in the back-drop of the alleged sexual abuseof young girls at a state-fundedshelter home in Bihar'sMuzaffarpur which led to apublic outcry. The Muzaffa-rpur's case also being probed bythe CBI.
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Senior Karnataka Congressleader D K Shivakumar on
Friday appeared before theEnforcement Directorate (ED)for being questioned in amoney laundering case.Shivakumar arrived at theagency's headquarters here inthe evening for recording hisstatement under thePrevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA). InSeptember 2018, the ED had
registered the money laun-dering case againstShivakumar, Haumanthaiah,an employee at KarnatakaBhavan in New Delhi, andothers.
The ED case was been filed after taking cog-nizance of a charge sheet(prosecution complaint) filedby the Income TaxDepartment against him lastyear before a special court hereon charges of alleged tax eva-sion and Hawala transactionsworth crores of rupees.
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Confusion over an abbrevi-ation led NIA to summon
leading cardiologist UpendraKaul in a terror funding caserelated to banned terror groupJKLF leader Yaseen Malik.Kaul appeared before theagency on Friday.
Documents seized fromMalik had mentioned a figureagainst abbreviation INR andthe NIA presumed it to beIndian Currency but ques-tioning cleared air as the termreferred to InternationalisedNormalised Ratio with refer-
ence to blood test reports. "I explained to them that thefigure mentioned was relatedto his (Malik's) blood reportsand not money. The officerswere convinced and that's all,"Kaul said after the question-ing. Kaul has been cardiologistof Malik for over two decades.
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Fresh restrictions wereimposed in the city and
other parts of the KashmirValley as a preventive measurein view of Friday congrega-tional prayers which passed offpeacefully, officials said.
Restrictions under Section144 of the CrPc wereannounced on public addresssystem. People have been askednot to venture outside andbarricades have been placed.
Public transport remainedoff the road and motorists facedhardships as several roads ,leading to religious places, andother vulnerable areas remainedout of bounds. Heavy deploy-ment of security personnel weremade across sensitive places toprevent assembly of people afterthe Friday prayers. Concertina
wires were rolled out to blockentry and exit routes of down-town areas of Srinagar.
Normal life remained dis-rupted across the KashmirValley for the 26th consecutiveday, with markets closed andpublic transport off the roads.
While landline telephone
services have resumed in manyparts of the valley, mobile tele-phone services and all Internetservices continue to remainsuspended since 5 August afterthe Centre's move to abrogateArticle 370, that provided spe-cial status to Jammu &Kashmir, and bifurcate the
State into two union territories. Meanwhile, Governor,
Satya Pal Malik, visited Kargilon Friday to meet and interactwith the representatives of thepeople of Kargil to understandtheir concerns following theformation of the UnionTerritory of Ladakh.
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Srinagar: Incoming mobileservices have been restored forpost-paid subscribers inKashmir Valley's Kupwara dis-trict, officials said on Friday.
All post-paid subscribersof state-run BSNL, Jio andVodafone in the northKashmir border district willbenefit from the decision, theysaid.
According to the officials,there was a technical issue inallowing outgoing mobile ser-vices and it would take sometime to overcome the problem.
Services for pre-paid sub-scribers, who don't get month-ly bills, have not been openedyet, they said.
Landline, mobile andinternet services were sus-pended on August 5 when thecentre revoked Jammu &Kashmir's special status underArticle 370. PTI
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Kochi: Union Information andBroadcasting Minister PrakashJavadekar on Friday said theBJP-led Government at theCentre was committed toensuring media freedom andrecalled party leaders' fightagainst Emergency in 1975 toprotect press freedom.
Noting that there are morethan one lakh publications, over700 TV channels, many weband news portals in the coun-try, the Minister said because ofsocial media platforms, nobodycan be stopped from commu-nicating with another.
That is the power of com-munication, he said.
"During students move-ment days, we fought againstEmergency in 1975 and went tojail to protect media freedom.
"That commitmentremains today and forever toprotect the freedom of media,"the minister said at an event -- "New India: Government andMedia" at the Manorama NewsConclave here which was ear-lier inaugurated by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi viavideo conference from Delhi.
Javadekar further saidresponsible freedom is theessence of a democratic societyand explained that responsiblefreedom does not mean regu-
lated freedom but beingresponsible while enjoying free-dom.
Asserting that theGovernment was committed tomedia freedom, freedom ofexpression and protests, hesaid, "Freedom is the essence ofdemocracy and we will ensurethat a vibrant democracy wantsall these freedom. That we willensure."
The Union Minister, how-ever, said it must be also under-stood that in a democraticcivil society, freedom has to beresponsible.
"Responsible freedom isnot regulated freedom; it is self-regulation using our ownmethods," he said.
Javadekar said incidents ofmob lynching are occurring inthe country due to rumoursspreading on social media.
This happens due toabsence of an authority or self-regulatory mechanism in socialmedia, he said.
The Minister said theessence of the Narendra ModiGovernment's concept of NewIndia is "corruption-free NewIndia, terror-free New India,casteism-free New India, com-munalism-free New India,poverty-free New India anddirt-free New India." PTI
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Army Chief General BipinRawat on Friday directed
the local commanders toremain in a state of 'high alert'in order to meet emergingsecurity challenges 'effectively'in the wake of increased infil-tration attempts from across theLine of Control.
Soon after his arrival inSrinagar, Army Chief wasbriefed by the localCommanders on the existingCease Fire Violations, groundsituation and the measurestaken.
Accompanied by the ChinarCorps Commander Lt Gen KJSDhillon, Army Chief also visit-
ed various formations and unitsdeployed along the Line ofControl to boost morale of thefoot soldiers on ground zero.
According to officialsources, Pakistan has activatedmultiple launch pads along theline of control to push heavilyarmed infiltrators inside theIndian territory.
In the last one month,more than 270 infiltration bidshave been attempted by theseinfiltrators with the active sup-port of Pakistan army regularsdeployed in the forward areasclose to the line of control.
Ministry of Defence PROin a statement said, "during hisvisit Army Chief General BipinRawat appreciated the robustcounter infiltration grid whichhas neutralised multiple infil-tration attempts of terrorists".
"He shared intelligencereports of a large number ofterrorists ready to infiltratefrom multiple launch padsacross the Line of Control. Heexhorted all troops to be readyfor any contingencies",
Defence PRO said. During his interaction with
the soldiers on ground, helauded them for their high lev-els of morale and motivation.
Meanwhile, one local resi-dent of Digwar area of Poonchreceived bullet injury on hisright shoulder in Pak firing lateThursday night. The injuredyouth,identified as Mohd Zafarwas shifted to the district hos-pital in Poonch where he wasprovided first aid. Doctors areexpected to remove bullet dur-ing separate surgery. A closerelative of Zafar told reporters,he was sleeping in his housewhen he was hit by Pakistan fir-ing around 11.00 pm lateThursday night.
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Kota (Rajasthan): A 45-year-old man was killed by at leastfive people in Rojjya village ofJhalawar district, followingwhich the accused, whichincludes two women, werebooked, police said on Friday.
On seeing BhanwarlalGujjar grazing his cattle in afield on Thursday afternoon,five people attacked him withsticks, iron rods and sharpweapons which causing griev-ous injuries, SHO of BhaltaPolice Station SatyanarayanMalav said.
He was immediatelyrushed a nearby hospital,where doctors declared himbrought dead, he said.
The body was handed overto his family after post mortemand a case has been registeredagainst Kalulal Gujjar, BalwantGujjar, Parvat Singh Gujjar,and two women NanibaiGujjar and Dhapubai Gujjarunder relevant sections of theIndian Penal Code (IPC),police said. PTI
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All these years, ATMsmeant Automated Teller
Machines installed by Banksfor the benefit of customersto withdraw and depositmoney without visiting thebranches. Over a period oftime, the Banks themselvesstarted describing them asAny Time Money machines.There was a time in TamilNadu when the prosperity ofa city/town/village was mea-sured by the number ofATMs installed by theBanks in these places.
But the Kelagampattivillage near Harur inDharmapiri district, theATM denotes Any TimeMilk. A hi-tech milk dis-penser in the village installedby an entrepreneur has takenthe village by storm. Themachine dispenses undilut-ed, unprocessed and unadul-terated ‘desi’ milk round theclock on reasonable rates tothe villagers who were hith-erto depending on milkfrom private dairies.
Not any more. They aregetting quality milk at ratesranging from �10/-, �20/-,�50/- and �100/- from theseunmanned machines. Allthat the customers have todo is to insert the currencynote of required denomi-nation into the ATM. Thereis only one condition; the
customers have to bring theirvessels to collect the milkfrom the dispenser as no plas-tic packet us served from themachine.
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Rae Bareli (UP): Four per-sons, including a telecomengineer, were allegedlythrashed by locals on the sus-picion of being child-lifters indifferent incidents in this dis-trict of Uttar Pradesh, policesaid on Friday.
Amar Kumar Verma (35),an engineer working in a pri-vate telecom company, wasallegedly attacked by a mob ofaround 50 people when hewas returning from Kesaruavillage within the LalganjKotwali police station limitsafter checking a mobile toweron Wednesday, they added.
A case was registered on a complaint from Vermaand some villagers werearrested. PTI
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Bareilly (UP): Mistaken for"child lifters", a visiting DelhiPolice team in plain clothesescaped mob fury here after thelocal police came to their res-cue, officials said on Friday.
The incident took place onThursday when the team fromDelhi's Welcome police stationreached Bhura village in
Bhojipura area here in con-nection with a dowry caseprobe, they said.
"The Delhi Police teamwas in plain clothes due towhich some confusion mighthave arisen," DeputyInspector General (DIG) ofPolice, Bareilly Range, RajeshPandey, said. PTI
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Amid intense speculationthat former Chief Minister
and Maharashtra SwabhimaniPaksha (MSP) founder chiefNarayan Rane might merge hisparty with the ruling BJP onSeptember 1, Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis said hereon Friday that the MSP’s merg-er with his party would nothappen unless and until hetook the Shiv Sena leadershipinto confidence in the matter.
When his attention wasdrawn to a report in a sectionof the regional that Rane wouldmerge MSP with the BJP at aparty function at Solapur to tobe attended by party’s nation-al president Amit Shah,Fadnavis said: “Unless the
issue is discussed the issue withthe Shiv Sena and take itsleaders into confidence, theBJP will not take a decision onthe MSP’s merger with ourparty”.
Quoting Rane, a fewregional newspapers had saidrecently that he would take adecision on his joining the BJPalong with his former MP-sonNilesh Rane and sittingCongress MLA-son NiteshRane, in the next 10 days.Friday’s newspapers that SrRane would merge his partyMSP with the BJP at its rally tobe held in Solapur onSeptember 1.
Sr. Rane was elected toRajya Sabha with the supportof the BJP on March 15 lastyear.
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The family members of ateenaged girl, who died at a
Government hospital duringtreatment five weeks after shewas brutally gangraped, refuseto accept the victim girl’s bodytill arrests were made in thecase, even as the NCP workersstage a protest in front of theChunabhatti police station innorth-central Mumbai.
On a day when the NCPMP Surpriya Sule-led scores ofparty men to Chunabhattipolice station to demand aninquiry by the SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) intothe alleged gangrape, the victimgirl’s family members refused totake the body and perform lastrites till the police arrested thefour culprits behind the crime.
Talking to media personsafter staging a dhana in front ofthe Chnnabhatti police station,Supriya charged that the con-duct of the both state govern-ment and the local policeappeared “suspicious” anddemanded that an impartialinvestigations be ordered underthe SIT. Meanwhile, theMaharashtra State Commissionfor Women (MSCW) hasordered the Chunabhatti PolicStation to submit its detailedinvestigation report by Saturday.
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Patna: In yet another indicationthat all was not well within theOpposition "Mahagathbandhan"(grand alliance) in Bihar, RJD on Friday crossed swords withits ally Hindustani AwamMorcha after its president JitanRam Manjhi threw his hat in thering for the post of ChiefMinister if the alliance attainedpower next year.
Manjhi, who had served asthe chief minister from May,2014 to February, 2015, made astatement to this effect onThursday here while interactingwith the media and also spokeabout the inexperience of RJDheir apparent Tejashwi Yadavthe younger son of Lalu Prasad,already projected by RJD as itschief ministerial candidate.
Congress- another partnerof the Opposition grouping-has also been skeptical on pro-jection of Tejashwi Yadav as thecoalition CM nominee for the2020 Bihar poll.
Notably, the HAM presidentwho had floated the party afterquitting the JD(U) in protestagainst having been asked to stepdown and make way for thereturn of his mentor NitishKumar used to be a staunchadmirer of the young RJD leader,who made his political debut ata young age of 25 in the 2015assembly polls and was straightaway made the Deputy CM.
However, Manjhi who suc-ceeded in securing a berth in thelegislative council for his sonwith the RJDs help after quittingthe NDA and joining grandalliance has grown skeptical ofYadavs leadership since the LokSabha polls dismal showing.
The five-party formationwas drubbed in theParliamentary election in Biharand the RJD which had con-tested 19 out of the 40 seats inthe state- drew a blank.
Dissatisfaction with Yadavsleadership, among the RJDs
alliance partners, has grown inthe months that followed thegeneral elections as the partyheir apparent remained in sulkfor long, staying away from allpolitical activities and refusingto attend a month-long mon-soon session of the assemblydespite being the Leader of theOpposition.
Moreover, many eyebrowswere raised when Manjhirecently met Rajesh Ranjanalias Pappu Yadav, a former RJDMP and strong critic of TejashwiYadav, who went on to float hisown Jan Adhikar Party (JAP)after Lalu Prasad expelled himfor anti-party activities.
Yadav has been going totown with his plans to form aThird Front in Bihar where thebloated, loosely knitMahagathbandhan is posing afeeble challenge to the NDAcomprising the BJP, ChiefMinister Nitish Kumars JD(U)and Ram Vilas Paswans LJP. PTI
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Alleged Trinamool workerson Friday attacked the
vehicle of Bengal BJP presidentDilip Ghosh and heckled himeven as he tried to meet thepublic at the Lake Town area ofnorthern Kolkata, sources said.
Ghosh who had recentlystarted a public relation exer-cise under a scheme called“Chai pe Charcha,” meeting thepeople at various localities wasallegedly heckled by a mob ofTMC supporters who wouldnot allow the senior saffronleader to hold such meetings intheir area.
Ghosh who went to LakeTown along with his support-ers was surrounded by a TMCmob that raised “go back” slo-gan against the saffron leadereven as a scuffle between thetwo sides ensued forcing theState BJP chief to beat a hastyretreat.
His car was given a chasefor quite distance, even as theTMC supporters assaulted the
local BJP men until the policeintervened, locals said.
Commenting on the earlymorning skirmish StateMinister and TMC leader SujitBasu who is also the localMLA said “TMC was notinvolved in the incident,”adding “the people who wereprotesting against some out-siders who were trying to pol-lute the area chased them (BJP)away.”
Ghosh in his part“thanked” the TMC for “givingme additional publicity.Returning from a morningwalk I had settled down in a teashop sharing tea with somepeople when some TMC goonsattacked me making it news. Ithank them for giving me thispublicity as they do on everyoccasion.”
Meanwhile in a similarincident a BJP MLA fromBongaon was attacked by theTMC workers giving him someminor injuries, sources saidadding his car was also dam-aged in the attack.
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The Mamata BanerjeeGovernment on Friday
took the effective step to curbmob lynching by passing theAnti-lynching Bill. After thismove, Bengal became the thirdState after Manipur andRajasthan to pass the Anti-lynching Bill.
While both the Congressand the Left supported theBill the BJP abstained allegingthe new law would be used tosettle scores.
Chief Minister MamataBanerjee who had continu-ously been critical of the BJP-ruled States and the Centre fornot taking action against peo-ple accused of mob lynchingsaid in the Assembly that herGovernment had to introducethe Act as the Centre hadfailed to discharging its duty bymaking a comprehensive lawagainst lynching.
She said “the CentralGovernment did not bring any
law to prevent lynching where-as it should have taken the firstinitiative. It should havebrought a law against lynching.As they failed to do so we arebringing this law in our State tocurb mob assault of innocentpeople.”
Insisting that there was aneed to raise public awarenessagainst mob lynching she saidthe people should stand upagainst such crime. “This is asocial evil and all of us have tocome together to fight againstthis evil. Though the SupremeCourt has given a directive tomake appropriate laws no lawhas been framed as yet,” shesaid reminding “no one has anyright to take other people’slives.”
On a separate issue theChief Minister attacked theCentre for targeting theOpposition leaders so as to fin-ish the entire Opposition andset up a one-party rule in thecountry saying “today they aretargeting the senior Opposition
leaders like Chidambaram andSharad Pawar who dared toquestion their policies, tomor-row they will do it to the entireOpposition parties.”
It was high time theOpposition parties united onan emergency basis in order tocheck the dictatorial attitude ofthe BJP Government she said.
When asked to commenton the BJP’s ambiguous standon the anti-lynching laws whenthe Congress and the Left thetwo arch enemies of the ChiefMinister backed the Bill, BJPleaders said they would notsupport the Bill as it would beused to target the innocentpeople and settle politicalscores.
The Bill stipulates a rigor-ous life imprisonment for lifeand a fine up to �5 lakh for theaccused in case the victim diesafter public lynching.
In case of serious injuriesin a mob lynching the accusedwill get a punishment of up to10 years and a fine of �3 lakh.
������ �-����������������Bengaluru: Senior Congressleader DK Shivakumar onFriday said the ED has issuedfresh summons asking him toappear before it in a moneylaundering case and termedthe action a 'conspiracy' todefame him and his party.
The former Karnatakaminister said the EnforcementDirectorate has asked him toappear before it in Delhi onFriday by 1 pm and he wasconsidering all legal options.Shivakumar told reporters thathe will face it "legally, politicallyand socially".
On whether he was feelingtargeted by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and HomeMinister Amit Shah, he said"whoever has done... I wishthem best... I have done myduty for the party. I'm proud todo my job. Whatever is in myfate will happen."
The ED move comes after
the Karnataka High Court onThursday dismissedShivakumar's petition chal-lenging the summons issued tohim in the money-launderingcase registered by the agencyagainst him and a few otherson the basis of an alleged taxevasion and hawala transac-tions case.
Shivakumar indicated thathis "instrumental role" inensuring safe stay of GujaratCongress MLAs in a Karnatakaresort during the Rajya Sabhapolls in 2017, amid allegationsthat the BJP was trying topoach them, was the reason forthe searches and subsequent I-T and ED action on him.
"When the ED summonscame (earlier), I had said thatthis is an Income Tax case, EDhas nothing to do with it, Ihave had no foreign transac-tion or was cheating the gov-ernment, and have been pay-
ing taxes, there was no con-spiracy involved," Shivakumarsaid.
Ahead of his travel toDelhi the Congress leader saidthat he had sought time andapproached the court chal-lenging the summons, but yes-terday it dismissed his appli-cation.
Stating that he was yet toreceive copy of the court order,he said, when he arrived homelast night, ED officers fromDelhi and Bengaluru cameand issued the summons ask-ing him to appear at 1 pm inDelhi on Friday.
"I cannot attend by 1 pm asI had family and personalcommitments, but I willrespect the summons and go toDelhi to appear before ED. Ihave all the right to use all mylegal options to protect myselfand respond to this conspira-cy," Shivakumar said. PTI
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Kishanganj (Bihar): FiveBangladesh nationals have beenarrested here while trying tocross over to their native coun-try, a senior Border SecurityForce (BSF) official said.
The Bangladeshis, all resi-dents of Thakurgaon district ofthe neighbouring country,claimed that they have beeneking out a living at Kulgam inJammu and Kashmir and theyarrived Kishanganj onWednesday evening, BSF DIGAmritlal Tirkey said.
Although Kishanganj rail-
way station is barely 30 km fromthe international border, theychose to stay back and plannedto leave on Thursday morning,he said. "We had, in the mean-time, received information aboutthe Bangladeshis and their plansto cross the border. When BSFpersonnel spotted them, they gotscared and began to run awaybut were eventually caught"Tirkey said. They have beenidentified as Bakkar (20), MohdJaleel (22), Mohd Rubel (20),Mohd Mehboob (20) and MohdMasoom (19), he said. PTI
Guwahati: Nabarun Guha shuf-fles uneasily in his chair, signs ofworry writ large on his face.
The journalist has visited the
NRC Sewa Kendra (NSK) twicefor hearing after his name didnot appear in the interim andfinal draft, and is uncertain
whether he will be able to makeit to the final Register of Citizenswhen it is published on Saturday.
Guha is a grandson ofrenowned historian, economistand poet of Assam AmalenduGuha and his family has livedin upscale Ulubari locality ofGuwahati since 1930. All in thefamily but Nabarun figure in thedraft NRC. "My parents havepassed away, so the question ofinclusion of their names doesnot arise. My father's name wasin the electoral rolls of 1966 and1970. I used his legacy codesand showed my linkage to himthrough my voter ID card. Stillmy name was not included,"Guha said.
"It really baffles me. I don'tknow whether my name will befinally included or not. If a mis-take can happen twice, it canhappen for a third time aswell," Guha told PTI, his fur-rowed forehead betraying theanxiety. Guha is not alone.Lakhs of households acrossAssam are on edge a day beforethe publication of the hugelycontentious NRC, which willdetermine bonafide Indian cit-izens as well identify illegalimmigrants from Bangladesh.
Monowara Begum, 45, adomestic help, is waiting for theNRC on a wing and a prayer.
Though she and her hus-band Lal Bahadur Ali figured inthe draft NRC, the names of allher four children--Laili, Anna,Monirul and Sahidul were miss-ing.
"I am so worried that I can-not sleep at night. I just don'tknow what will happen if theirnames are not there in the finallist," she said despairingly.
When reminded of thegovernment's assurance thatnobody whose name does notappear in the list will bedetained and that they canappeal before a foreigners tri-bunal, a sob tore at her throat.
"We have already spent ourhard earned money for attend-ing hearings. If we have to go totribunals now, we will have tosell our land and home," shesaid.
Ganesh Rai of SolmariKalyanpur village in Goalparadistrict belongs to the indige-nous ethnic Rajbangshi com-
munity but apprehends he wouldfail to make it to the final NRCas he has been declared a (doubt-ful) D-Voter. He had voted in the2016 assembly elections andnever received any notice abouthis changed status, which wasrevealed to him during aninquiry at a NSK.
Many Bodos and tea tribepeople in Bodoland TerritorialArea Districts (BTAD) are notoverly worried. They assert theyare indigenous people of Assamand nobody can uproot themfrom their land.
"We are the sons of the soil.If we are not included in theNRC, then who will be?" is thecomman refrain among the eth-nic communities here.
Amid criticism from polit-ical parties over alleged faultyinclusions and exclusions, theNRC will be in public domain onSaturday, and state authoritieshave clamped prohibitory ordersin vulnerable areas, including inGuwahati, under section 144CrPC to enforce public order.
This has been done toensure the normal functioning ofoffices, movement of public andtraffic flow, officials said.
Section 144 Cr PC pro-hibits assembly of more than fivepersons, any agitation, demon-stration or procession incitingcommunal violence, carrying offirearms, ammunition, explosivesubstances or weapons in pub-lic places or vehicles, as well asuse of loud speakers.
Ahead of the publication offinal NRC, Assam Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal on Fridayasked people not to panic andsaid the state government willtake all possible steps to helpgenuine Indians prove their cit-izenship and provide legal assis-tance. "No one should be wor-ried. No one should panic.Government is here to take careof everyone. Even those who willbe excluded from final list will getenough opportunity to provetheir Indian citizenship," he toldPTI in an interview.
Assam has seen a huge
influx from other places, partic-ularly Bangladesh, since theearly 20th century. It did not stopeven after Independence, with alarge number of illegal immi-grants from Bangladesh, bothHindus and Muslims, settlingthere. Identification, detentionand deportation of such immi-grants was a major demandover which the All AssamStudents Union (AASU)launched a 6-year movementwhich ended with the signing ofthe Assam Accord in 1985.
Though the Supreme Courthad ordered updating the NRCin 2013 to identify bonafide cit-izens and weed out illegal immi-grants, the actual exercise beganin February 2015.
The part publication of draftNRC was done on the midnightof December 31, 2017, and thecomplete draft was published onJuly 30, 2018.
A total of 2,89,83,677 peopleout of 3,29,91,384 applicantswere found eligible for inclusionin the register. PTI
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Mathura: Two toddlers diedand eight others were taken illat a Government-run orphan-age, prompting the districtadministration to order a probe.
The authorities have takensample of the milk being fed tochildren at the Rajkiya ShishuSadan here, Mathura DistrictMagistrate Sarvagya RamMishra said on Friday.
Ten children of thenorphanage fell ill on Wednesdaywith two of them dying of
diarrhoea within the last threedays, Mishra added.
Of the ten ailing children,four serious cases were referredto Agra medical college, whilerest are being treated inMathura district hospital here,he said.
He said despite the bestpossible treatment, two childrenbelow one and half years of agecould not be saved and theydied in Agra, the district mag-istrate added. PTI
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Mumbai: A 2008 Malegoanblast victim on Friday opposedthe prosecution's plea to thespecial anti-terror court hereto hold in camera trial of the"communally sensitive" case,saying terror has no religion.
"A terrorist is a terrorist.Why make it communal?What has the terror got to dowith religion?" said victim'scounsel B A Desai, opposingthe NIA's plea to hold in cam-era trial of the case on theground that it was a "commu-nally sensitive" one.
The victim's counsel alsoopposed the NIA plea, con-tending that he feared a col-lusion between the prosecu-
tion and the accused if the trialis held in camera.
"We want the trial to beheld openly as we fear collu-sion between the prosecutionand the accused. The prose-cution is protecting theaccused, not the victims bywanting to make it in camera,"he argued.
Several media persons andone of the blast victims havefiled applications opposingthe NIA plea for in cameraproceeding.
While media persons havesaid in their application thattheir fundamental rights willbe violated if the trial is held incamera, the victim's counsel
Desai said his client fear col-lusion between the prosecutionand the accused persons.
BJP MP from Bhopal,Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakurand Lt Col Prasad Purohit areamong the accused in the2008 Malegaon blast case.
The blast, which tookplace on September 29, 2008,killed six people and injuredover 100 others when a bombattached to a motorcycle wentoff near a mosque.
The trial court has so farexamined around 130 wit-nesses in the case. The prose-cution has named 475 wit-nesses.
The accused have been
charged under various provi-sions of the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Actand the Indian Penal Code.
NIA counsel AvinashRasal argued that when thecase is of a serious and sensi-tive nature, it is necessary totake precautionary measures."We are not saying the mediashould not publish any newsarticle on the trial. We are onlysaying when the trial pro-ceedings are on, there shouldbe no interference. The mediacan take necessary informa-tion from the NIA's investi-gating office present in courtfor writing their article," Rasalsaid. PTI
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Some people spend the better part oftheir lives on providing education tostreet children; some on extending
medical aid to the poor. Some devote them-selves to collecting clothes for, and distrib-uting the same, among pavement dwellersand some to running relief organisationsthat help those hit by natural calamities likefloods and cyclones. Some live to demandceaselessly that all stray dogs be killed.
The urge to kill — and even perpetratemass murder — is as much a part of thehuman psyche as the one to extend succourto the unprivileged and the distressed. Thewars, genocides and other violent activi-ties and crimes like murders, that haveoccurred throughout history, bear this outand underline the fact that hatred is as cen-tral, and sometimes more powerful, anemotion as love and compassion.
The most extreme form of the desire tokill is to perpetrate it on a mass scale, whichis genocide. Only a handful of people can per-petrate the latter as it would require statepower or an organisation like Hitler’sSturmabteilung (SA, the original Nazi para-military body), to do it. More, given the oppro-brium that has come to be attached to geno-cides, which are now regarded as crimesagainst humanity. Anyone calling for theslaughter of any community or class of peo-ple would find himself/herself shunned anddenounced. One, therefore, should not be sur-prised if people redirect their genocidalinstinct to stray dogs and, in the process, gainthe bonus of being able to project themselvesas protectors of human beings from death andfrom rabies numbering, according to the threefigures most commonly cited, 30,000, 25,000and 20,565 respectively.
The question is: Where do these figurescome from? The first two appear inAssessing the burden of rabies in India:WHO-sponsored national multi-centricrabies survey 2003 by the Association forPrevention and Control of Rabies in India(APRCI), which states, “However, from1985, India continues to report every year25,000 to 30,000 human rabies deaths,which today accounts for 60 per cent of theglobal report of 50,000 (WHO, 2002).”
The survey further states, “The abovefigure of 25,000 was an estimate worked outon the projected statistics of isolation hos-pitals in the country in 1985…” What wehave then is not an actual figure but an esti-mate and that, too, arrived at on the basisof not actual but “projected” statistics. Oneis reminded here of the famous statement,attributed to Charles Darwin, “A mathemati-cian is a blind man in a dark room lookingfor a black hat which isn’t there.”
As to the figure of 30,000 deaths, WHO’sWorld Survey of Rabies No. 34 for the year 1998cites this as the number of rabies deaths inIndia in that year. The survey’s annexure 3,showing “global trends and distribution bycountry and continent”, had the entry “mostparts” against India in the column under the
heading, “Geographical distrib-ution.” The space against India inthe column under the heading“Trends” was left blank. WHO’sWorld Survey of Rabies No. 35 forthe year 1999 describes the geo-graphical distribution of the inci-dence of rabies in India as beingconfined to “limited areas.” Theentry in the column under theheading of “Trend” is “Decrease.”How can, in the course of oneyear, the incidence of rabies in thecountry contract from “Mostparts” to “Limited areas?” Evenmore glaring is the fact that the1999 survey does not give any fig-ure for the number of humandeaths for rabies in India thatyear! Clearly, the figure of 30,000appears far from credible.
This brings us to theAPCRI’s survey with its figure of20,565 human deaths fromrabies every year. Again, it is amere projected estimate andnot the total of recorded deathsfrom hospitals in various parts ofthe country. Also, it is based oncritical inputs, which are them-selves of questionable validity.The survey, for instance, states,“For estimating rabies incidence,the current reported incidence ofthree cases per 100,000 popula-tion (or 30,000 for one billionpopulation, WHO 2002) wasconsidered. Based on this, as perthe planned precision of 90 percent confidence level and 10 per-missible error, about 9.1 million
or 10 million (round figure) pop-ulation coverage from 21 med-ical coverage with marginal cov-erage variations due to local fac-tors was envisaged.”
As seen, the estimated annu-al figure of 30,000 rabies deathsin India needs to be viewed withserious reservations. It is at besta conjecture of uncertain valid-ity. This in turn raises seriousquestions about the acceptabili-ty of the APCRI’s survey and itsconclusions. These questionsappear all the more warrantedgiven the official figures onrabies’ deaths. Since 2005, theUnion Government’s Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare’sCentral Bureau of HealthIntelligence (CBHI) has beenannually publishing a NationalHealth Profile for the country.According to its 2018 edition,there were 97 cases of humandeaths from rabies in 2017.According to the relevant preced-ing annual National HealthProfiles, there were 86 humandeaths from rabies in 2016, 113in 2015, 125 in 2014 and 132 in2013. Nor were the figures evenremotely approaching 30,000,25,000 or 20,565 in earlier years.There, for example, were 386, 365and 485 deaths from rabies in1997, 1998 and 1999 respective-ly. The number was 486 in 2000and 488 in 2001.
The argument that the ver-tiginous difference between the
actual numbers recorded andthe incredibly higher estimatedones in circulation is due tounder-reporting of humanrabies deaths, holds little water.No amount of under-reportingcan explain such a massive dif-ference and certainly not whenthe reach of the print and elec-tronic media extends to everypart of the country and reportsof human-animal conflict fea-ture regularly.
Besides, the methodologyof the APCRI’s survey raisesserious questions. These includeidentification by respondents,without laboratory verification,of rabies cases which could beas many as five years old in ruraland three years old in urbanareas. The chances of people notbeing able to correctly recall thesymptoms of the disease killinga person, and attributing torabies deaths caused by otherdiseases, are very real, particu-larly when almost all of therespondents are not medicalpractitioners.
These grossly exaggeratedfigures serve only to whip upmass hysteria against stray dogs,boost the sales of anti-rabiesvaccines and spread disinfor-mation about India abroad,undermining its standing as aninvestment destination.
(The writer is ConsultantEditor, The Pioneer, and anauthor)
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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Opening up for what?”(August 30). The announce-ment allowing 100 per centForeign Direct Investment (FDI)in commercial coal miningsounds good. However, its exe-cution will be crucial. TheGovernment failed to open theindustry to competition despiteliberalisation of the economyyears ago because of bureaucrat-ic indecision.
The Union Cabinet had alsoapproved policies for openingcoal mining to private minersand partially removing restric-tions on the sale of coal pro-duced at the so-called captivemines but these, too, have notbeen implemented.
It is a paradox that with theworld’s fifth-largest reserves offuel, we imported over 40 percent more coal during January toApril this year compared to lastyear. That the dip in globalprice of coal should dictate thepace of our self-sufficiency in avital sector as coal is but a fig leafover goal clarity.
R Narayanan Navi Mumbai
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Sir — Saint Teresa’s selfless anduntiring service to the poorest ofthe poor, orphaned and sick peo-ple on the streets of Kolkata isincalculable and worthy of studyand praise. Blessed with profoundempathy, unwavering commit-ment and unshakable faith, sheturned her back to worldly plea-
sures and focussed on servingmankind at a young age of 18.
After years of service as ateacher and mentor, she experi-enced a call within her religiousfaith that changed her course oflife, making her what she isknown as today.
Who would’ve thought that afragile nun from Albania couldmake it to India and care for thenaked, the disabled and the dis-
eased? St Teresa made Indiaproud by spreading the messageof peace, compassion and solidar-ity all across the world.
Today, because of theMissionaries of Charity, manynew-born babies, who are aban-doned by their parents and left onthe streets to die, are seeing thelight of the day.
Jubel D’Cruz Mumbai
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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Opening up for what?”(August 30). A cyclical slow-down seems to have hit theIndian economy. TheGovernment has taken two cru-cial decisions pertaining to theeconomy. First came the FinanceMinister’s announcements to perkup investments. This was fol-lowed by an RBI transfer ofmoney to the Government.
In yet another move to boostthe economy, it announced newForeign Direct Investment (FDI)rules for coal mining, contractmanufacturing and digital media,while considerably easing rulesfor single-brand retail.
All these measures point tothe fact that the Government isfinally taking note of the down-fall in the economy. However, thebuck must not stop here. TheGovernment must pursue eco-nomic reforms with the same zealto bring out the best from entre-preneurs.
Gourang NaryaniUjjain
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Over the last few years, nationalism hasbeen the subject of discussion in practi-cally every sphere of our society. While
a healthy debate on the subject is always wel-come, invariably we find this discussion onnationalism spinning out of control and evolv-ing into arguments and political slugfests. Thisblame game certainly does not bode well for ournation and society. Nationalism is a process thatbinds a country and should promote love andharmony among the citizens. It cannot be a cat-alyst to cause cultural, social, economic, geo-graphical, historical or religious rift in the coun-try. On the contrary, it is supposed to safeguardthe interests of the common man and should bea catalyst in the progress and prosperity of thenation.
As per Chanakya, “The key to happiness isprosperity.” As per him, it’s the duty of the headof the nation to ensure prosperity of citizens.However, I doubt if this can be achieved by clash-es of ideology or by demeaning each other.
Chanakya further elaborates on the fourduties of the State. These duties are to expandfacilities in wealth and resources, to guard thegains that have been obtained, to increase/expandwhat has been obtained/achieved, to equally dis-tribute the resources and wealth among the peo-ple of the country. A great State must focus onthese four principles and be guided by them.
India remained subjugated under foreignrule for a long period but never let go of its spir-itual identity that propagated universal broth-erhood, love, tolerance, humanity, compassionand truth. Though India is an amalgamation ofmyriad religions, castes, creeds, cultures and lan-guages, our spiritual identity has kept us unifiedand finally led us to liberty. India’s freedom fight-ers contributed immensely to the struggle forIndia’s independence but by and large our fightfor liberty had a unique, amazing and dominantidentity — non-violence. Perhaps it was becauseIndia’s DNA had non-violence and tolerancedeeply embedded in it. Our respect for our diver-sities is the key to keeping India united.
It’s incumbent upon the leaders of thecountry to work towards providing better ser-vices and infrastructure to the citizens. The lead-ers must work for more equitable distributionof resources and improvement of infrastructure.People should be free to choose and pursue tra-ditions, lifestyle, language, religion and so on.This liberty to choose is the fundamental cor-nerstone of a conflict-free society and shallensure that India stands tall among the nationsof the world. Clashing on language, religion, race,colour and gender will shatter the idea that isIndia.
Being the guardian of the East, it’s incum-bent upon India and Indians to symbolise unityin diversity. India must give out a message thatit looks at the world as one brotherhood popu-lated by men and women without conflict of cast,creed or colour. If a section of people tries to tiedown or define another section of people intoboundaries, the consequences shall be disastrous.Every human being aspires to establish individ-uality and in pursuit of individuality shall trylevel best to break the barriers imposed by oth-ers. A nationalism governed by boundaries shallnever let a nation stand united.
India is a large and diverse coun-try and can progress only if the cornerstones and principles of theConstitution are respected and adheredto. The profusion of aggressive slogansand the naked display of might that weare witnessing today are damaging thenation. Hitler is a glaring example ofwhat happens when a leader propagatesracial superiority. History is witnessthat his actions and thought processvirtually destroyed Germany whilepursuing his ridiculous racial agenda.
It’s imperative that citizens be leftfree to decide their slogan, whether itwill be “Bharat Mata ki Jai”, “VandeMataram”, “Jai Hind”, “Jai Bharat” or“Hindustan Zindabad.” Eventually theyall convey the same sentiment. A citi-zen serving the nation by adhering tothe principles of the Constitutiondeserves the freedom to decide how toexpress love and respect for the nation.If a citizen has been responsibly fulfill-ing his duties towards the country, thenhe has the right to expect that politi-cal parties and their leaders shall ful-fill their obligations towards him andthe nation to the best of their abilities.Good governance certainly does notmean misleading the citizens and com-plicating core issues and deficiencieswith aggressive slogans.
True nationalism lies in providingemployment to the youth of the nation,ensuring a better minimum supportprice to the farmers, creating a simpli-fied tax regime for the traders, provid-ing protection to women, promotingcommunal harmony, ensuring freedom
of Press, securing and safeguarding theborders of the nation and most impor-tantly respecting the tenants of theConstitution. Political parties and lead-ers should be judged and evaluated bythese guiding principles of nationalism.Sports, cinema, telecom revolution,ease of transport, availability of region-al food pan-India, migration of stu-dents from different regions to univer-sities across the nation are a few fac-tors that have been great catalysts inunifying the nation. 1985 saw threemajor revolutions — automobiles, tele-vision and communication — furtherunifying the citizens.
It’s important to understand thatIndia can best progress following thetraditional progressive principles of cul-ture. Chanakya’s principle is that everycitizen is free to live life in accordancewith his/her beliefs and principles andif need be to lay down one’s life to safe-guard them. Let’s consider the twomain religious sects of the nation,Hindus and Muslims. Since timeimmemorial, the followers of SanatanDharma are free to worship idols orwhatever form of God they choose.Sanatan Dharma stresses on freedomto pursue personal beliefs. On the otherhand Islam is founded on the basictenet of equality as it accords a uniformstatus to all Muslims.
Ilama Iqbal has summed it upbeautifully in the following lines whichstate that all are equal in the eyes of theAlmighty — “Sultan and slave stoodside by side. Then there was no servantnor master, nothing did them divide.”
These fine traditions make India acountry that accords its citizens com-plete personal freedom.
If we reflect on the struggle forIndia’s Independence, different peopleand parties took different paths in theirfight for liberty but no one branded theother anti-national. Even those who didnot participate in this noble cause werenot criticised. Sadly, in today’s Indiathere is a mad rush to certify nation-alists and nationalism. It is not enoughto be a nationalist; one has to be a cer-tified nationalist. The question is dothose certifying qualify as nationalists?Fact is, as compared to today’s lead-ers, those during the Independencestruggle and nascent years of the for-mation of our nation were men andwomen of true character and patri-ots. When I say character, I mean thatour freedom fighters never market-ed their nationalism. For them, serv-ing the nation was a privilege and nota tool to grab power. Citizens of Indiashould be driven and inspired by thenationalism of both RabindranathTagore and Mahatma Gandhi. Theyboth propagated a nationalism encom-passing humanity and compassion.
Practising true nationalism, today’spoliticians should work towards creat-ing a fear-free nation and societywhere the rights of the citizen aresacred and protected. In conclusion, Istate that those who agree with mythoughts are as much nationalist asthose who disagree with me.
(The writer is a national spokesper-son, Indian National Congress)
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Many Indian cities have limitedmunicipal revenues and hencethey fail to provide urban infra-
structure and services, which in turn, comein the way of harnessing their potential ascritical drivers of economic growth anddevelopment. However, the problem ofmunicipal revenue deficit is not insur-mountable and can be addressed byincreasing existing local taxes and strength-ening the revenue-raising capacity ofmunicipal bodies or Urban Local Bodies(ULBs) by broadening sources. Suchfinancially sound ULBs would then attractprivate investors. Property Tax (PT),levied on ownership of any building andland within the municipal area by ULBs,is a significant source of revenue envisagedfor the development and maintenance ofurban areas. However, PT collections aresignificantly lower and roughly constitute0.2 per cent of India’s GDP, while in coun-tries like Canada and the US, they con-tribute up to 3 to 4 per cent. Even a mod-est increase in PT can help ULBs raise rev-enue and enhance development.
The potential of PT is under-utilisedbecause of under-assessment, poor collec-tion and widespread exemptions. Mostproperties are valued on the basis of gross
Annual Rental Value (ARV). Owing to theuse of discretionary and corrupt practices,prevailing PT rates hardly correspond totheir actual market value and yield very lit-tle tax revenue. Wide prevalence of theRent Control Act has capped potential rentincreases to a maximum of 25 per cent ofthe 1948 benchmark and has given orig-inal tenants the right to pass property onto their heirs, preventing any futureincrease in rent.
In fact, assessed values have beenfound to be approximate 8-10 per cent ofthe market value, with varying tax rates fordifferent kinds of properties. Globally, PTis generally around one to two per cent ofthe market value of the property. However,given the under-assessment of marketvalue in India, the PT rates would be mere-ly a fraction of that. Deficiency in tax man-agement is also pronounced and ULBsgenerally do not have any system in placeto count the actual number of taxableproperties under their jurisdiction oreven carry out reforms and technologicalupgradation to the collection system.
On an average, only 37 per cent of thetax demanded is collected, with the corre-sponding figures being as low as 55 per centfor a city like Mumbai. In spite of penal pro-
vision for delayed payments or non-pay-ments, ULBs rarely bring any penal actionagainst defaulters, highlighting the role oflocal political economy and poor commit-ment. Further, exempted properties con-stitute approximately 10 per cent of totalurban properties and about 11 per cent ofassessed properties. Interestingly, PT ischaracterised as the tax everyone loves tohate because its visibility and other char-acteristics make people particularly awareof it and, therefore, any reform initiativesentail significant local political challengesand administrative difficulties. Primarily,PT reforms involve four key areas ofintervention — broadening of tax base,assessing property valuation, setting tax rateand collecting taxes.
Past experiences have shown that awell-functioning tax system applies a lowtax rate across a broad taxbase. Up-to-dateinformation on properties are required fortaking tough decisions like what to tax orexempt and whom to make liable for thistaxation. ULBs, presumably endowed withlocal knowledge of land and property use,are best placed to develop such physicalcadastre. Harmonising existing propertyrecords with data from utility companies,records from Government departments
and digitising these dynamic databases canbe useful for bringing a higher number ofproperties under the tax net and enhancedevelopment. Serious rethinking on PTexemptions is required to minimise rev-enue loss. Sometimes exemptions are jus-tified for providing tax incentives toattract businesses. However, such incen-tives, as evident from experiences in UScities, may turn out to be counter-produc-tive with a deterioration of the tax baseand financial health of the ULBs. This inturn results in lower levels of urban ser-vice delivery.
Two distinct assessment methodolo-gies in India — value-based assessmentand area-based assessment (with the for-mer being divided into rental and capitalvalue approaches) — have failed to cap-ture the real value of properties. Non-availability of extensive data on markettransactions of properties (or the corre-sponding from revenue departments)makes the valuation under capital valueapproach inaccurate.
Cities like Bengaluru, Chennai,Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Patna andPune have introduced the Self-AssessmentSystem as a reform measure. Self-assess-ment, if supported by a proper legal frame-
work, is genuinely an appealing procedurefor our cities with little administrativecapacity.
However, the possibility of underes-timation could produce significant rev-enue losses. Fair initial assessment andperiodic re-evaluation of propertiesreflecting changes in value could be use-ful for addressing PT inelasticity andvolatility. While most ULBs follow a pro-gressive PT rate structure, Bengaluruand Ludhiana have a flat tax rate, with dif-ferentiation between residential and non-residential units and lower rates forowner-occupied as compared to rentedhouses. Differential tax rates increase com-plexity as well as administrative costs.Given the low administrative capacity ofULBs, a single rate may be the best optionfor policymakers. It is crucial to allowULBs to set the tax rate as that wouldmake them accountable for tax decisionsat the municipal level, leading to improvedmunicipal services with accountability.
Such PT reforms may result in majortax shifts. Attendant political resistanceand public resentment can be mitigatedby strengthening the linkages betweenlocal taxes and local expenditure andinvolving citizens at each stage of the
design and implementation of municipaltax policy processes. Undoubtedly, peo-ple are happier to pay taxes when theyrelate them with improvements in servicedelivery and when they are consulted andkept informed about the reform process-es and a firm, predictable policy.
Phase-in mechanism, in which taxchanges are spread out over several yearsalong with improved services, can also beused to make tax reform acceptable andsustainable. Instead of tax rebate, tax defer-ral schemes, that defer tax increases untilthe property is passed to someone else, canalso be used to help asset-rich but lowerincome people. It is important to makepeople aware about PT payments byshowcasing various costs and benefits ofcompliance or non-compliance.
The Centre’s push for urbanisationand competitiveness among cities (SmartCities Mission), rankings (SwachhSurvekshan), ratings (credit ratings ofULBs), should also prioritise empower-ment of ULBs through capacity develop-ment to harness PT as a primary sourceof revenue.
(Chattopadhyay is Assistant Professorof Economics at Visva Bharati Universityand Kumar is Director of IMPRI)
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Attribut ingthe slow-
down in GDPgrowth todomestic andglobal factors,Chief EconomicAdviser K VSubramanian onFriday said theGovernment istaking varioussteps to booste c o n o m i cexpansion.
The gross domestic prod-uct (GDP) data released by theNational Statistical Office ear-lier on Friday showed thatgrowth in the first quarter ofthe current fiscal slipped to anover six-year low of 5 per cent.
“The slowdown in growthis due to endogenous andexogenous factors,”Subramanian said while com-menting on the data.
He said the Government istaking all steps to revive theeconomy and expressed confi-
dence that the country wouldbe on a high-growth path “verysoon”.
The Government remainscommitted to its fiscal glidepath, he added.
“The Government is alive
to the situation and has takenseveral measures includingmega merger of banks(announced during the day),”he emphasised. FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanon Friday announced merger of10 public sector banks intofour, thus bringing down thenumber of state-run lenders to12 from 27 in 2017.
Besides this, the ministerhad announced a slew of mea-sures last week, including stepsto increase liquidity in thecritical NBFC sector.
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The rupee appreciated by 38paise to close at a two-week
high of 71.42 against the USdollar on Friday led by a rallyin domestic equities andrenewed hopes of the US-China trade talks.
At the interbank foreignexchange, the rupee opened upat 71.76 and gained furtherstrength to touch a high of71.38 against the US dollar.
The domestic currencyfinally settled with a gain of 38paise of 0.53 per cent at 71.42,a level not seen since August 16.
The BSE Sensex ended263.86 points, or 0.71 per cent,higher at 37,332.79. Similarly,the broader NSE Nifty rose74.95 points, or 0.68 per cent,to close at 11,023.25.
The rupee sentimentrevived as concerns over US-China trade friction recededafter China said it will not retal-iate against the latest US tariffs,dealers said. A fall in crude oilprices also supported the rupeemove. Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, declined0.38 per cent to $60.85 per bar-rel. The dollar index, whichgauges the greenback’s strengthagainst a basket of six curren-cies, rose 0.05 per cent to98.55.
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The I-Tdepart-
ment onFriday dis-m i s s e ds o c i a lm e d i ar e p o r t sw h i c hclaimed that the Governmenthas extended the due date forfiling of income tax returns(ITRs) by a month and advisedtaxpayers to complete theprocess by the set deadline ofAugust 31.
“It has come to the noticeof CBDT that an order isbeing circulated on socialmedia pertaining to exten-sion of due dt (date) for filingof IT Returns. It is categori-cally stated that the said orderis not genuine. Taxpayers areadvised to file Returns withinextended due dt (date) of31.08.2019,” the Income-Taxdepartment said on its officialTwitter handle.
The handle,@IncomeTaxIndia, is operat-ed by the Central Board ofDirect Taxes that frames pol-icy for the I-T department.
The clarification cameafter a fake order dated August29 started doing the rounds onvarious social media plat-
forms, including Twitter andWhatsApp groups, claimingthat the government hasextended the due date for fil-ing income tax returns forindividuals (financial year2018-19) by a month tillSeptember 30.
The I-T department alsoput up a photo of the fakeorder on its Twitter handle andput a red cancellation crossacross it making clear that thecontents are not genuine.
On July 23, theGovernment had extended thedue date for filing income taxreturns by individuals forfinancial year 2018-19 by amonth till August 31. Theearlier deadline was July 31.
Individuals, includingsalaried taxpayers, and enti-ties- who do not need to gettheir accounts audited — arerequired to file their ITRs forfiscal 2018-19 (assessmentyear 2019-20) by Saturday,August 31.
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State Governments need tocapitalise their credit
institutions to get access tolong-term finance and havebetter control over theircredit flow, a Niti Aayog offi-cial said.
The states have no con-trol over the long-termf inance r ight now butnobody is stopping themfrom recapitalising financecorporations which will allowthem to on-lend at attractiverates to entrepreneurs, NITIAayog Special SecretaryYaduvendra Mathur said.
“States can’t just wait thatsomething will come fromthe Centre then we will moveahead. It is a proactive worldnow and a proactive world isabout choice, taking actionsand the State Governmentsare choosing to take bigcourse correction action.
“We need the StateGovernments to have accessto one of the factors input,which is credit, long-termcredit which the StateGovernments right now haveno control,” Mathur said atthe ‘Indian States Summit
2019’ organised by the IndianChamber of Commerce here.
He said that the stategovernments need to seri-ously invest in their creditinstitutions and have a betterhold on their credit flow.
Nobody is stopping thestate governments f romrecapitalising their financecorporations, and throughthis, they can on-lend at anattractive rate to their entre-preneurs, Mathur said.
Right now the states haveno control over the avail-ability of long term credit.Land, labour, electricity, basicinfrastructure are under thecontrol of states but when itcomes to financing or capitalneeds, they have no role toplay as banks are owned bythe central government,Mathur said.
Also, there are issuesrelated to ease of doing busi-ness are of great concernwith respect to states, how-ever, policy tweaking hashappened over the past sev-eral years on the exportpotential of states.
Earlier, the role of thestate governments was ratherminimal in designing the
national export strategy.The Commerce Ministry,
other central government agen-cies were really not into greaterdialogue with state govern-ments. But now every state gov-ernment is being asked to pre-pare its own export strategy. Asa result, about 17-18 statesgovernments have come out inthe public domain with theirexport strategies, the NITI offi-cial said.
“The Commerce min-istry, DPIIT, NITI Aayog —we are all engaging with thestates and have discussedexport index to rank thestates.
Mathur said that the stategovernments need to supporttheir industries so that theycan compete in the globalmarket because unless theyare channelised to the glob-al value chain, India will notbe able to deliver the resultsthat are desired to a reach a$5 trillion economies.
“So we will encouragestate governments to designtheir own industrial policiesand supporting structure sothat they can compete glob-ally and realise their exportpotential,” he added.
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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Friday said
the profitability of public sec-tor banks has improved andtotal gross non-performingassets have come down to Rs7.9 lakh crore at end-March2019 from Rs 8.65 lakh crore atend-December 2018.
She also said liquidity sup-port to NBFCs and housingfinance companies hasimproved as the partial creditguarantee scheme has beenexecuted. An infusion of Rs3,300 crore has already beenmade and another Rs 30,000crore is in the pipeline.
Addressing her secondpress conference to announcesteps to boost the economy, thefinance minister said thereforms initiated in the publicsector banks (PSBs) have start-ed showing results as 14 ofthem posted a profit in the firstquarter of the current fiscal.
The minister also said thatto avoid Nirav Modi like fraudsin the PSBs, the SWIFT mes-saging system has now beenlinked with the core bankingsystem.
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The National Company LawAppellate Tribunal
(NCLAT) has dismissed a pleaby capital market regulatorSebi challenging the approvalgiven by NCLT Guwahati tothe resolution plan of AssamCompany India Ltd.
A three-member benchheaded by NCLATChairperson Justice S J
Mukhopadhaya also gave a goahead to the Securities andExchange Board of India (Sebi)to take steps against promoters,directors or officials of AssamCompany India if they arefound violating listing laws.
Sebi had challenged theNCLT order of September 20,2018, approving the resolu-tion plan of Abu Dhabi-basedBRS Ventures Investments forAssam Company.
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Addressing the 61st annualgeneral meeting of the
company, th e chairmanBijendra Kumar presented areport card of the company forthe financial year 2018-19.
The Directors’ Report andthe Audited Balance sheet ofyour company for the periodended 31st March, 2019 havealready been provided to theshareholders of the company.With your permission, I takethem as read.
During the year underreview, NMDC has achievediron ore production and salesof 32.4 million T respectively
and Profit After Tax (PAT) of�4,642 crores. Net-worth ofyour company was �25,952crore as on 31st March 2019.The Company has declaredDividend@ 552% i.e. �5.52 pershare for FY 2018-19 involvingan outgo of �1,690 crore.
In the year under retro-spect, NMDC performedexceedingly well in most of theparameters despite suspensionof operations at Donimalaimines. It is heartening to notethat your company stands firmin difficult situation and otherprojects of the companyresponded well to achieve sucha performance with the help ofall stakeholders.
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The Government on Fridaysaid it will infuse about
�55,000 crore in public sectorbanks to enhance their capitalbase so that they can acceler-ate lending in a bid to bolstergrowth.
This was the second set ofmeasures announced byFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman to prop up theeconomy and at least one moreis expected next week.
The announcementformed part of theGovernment’s mega plan tomerge 10 public sector banksinto four with a view to creat-ing fewer and stronger global-sized lenders with robust bal-ance sheets.
All the anchor banks in theconsolidation process will getcapital support. As a result,Punjab National Bank will get�16,000 crore, Union Bank ofIndia �11,700 crore, CanaraBank �6,500 crore and IndianBank �2,500 crore.
Besides, Bank of Barodawill get �7,000 crore, IndianOverseas Bank �3,800 croreand Central Bank of India�3,300 crore.
This are indicative figuresand the actual capital infusionmay vary depending on banks’assessment, Sitharaman toldreporters here.
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New Delhi: Supporting Mahindra Group’s commitment towardsthe environment, more than 4.5 million people have joined itsmaiden citizens’ movement initiative, #CelebrateDifferently.Mahindra Group recognised that organisations alone cannot driveexponential impact to combat climate change, hence the citizenmovement was brought to life. The three months long campaignhas culminated with engagement (likes, shares and commentson the hashtag) from 4.5 million citizens on #CelebrateDifferently.Under the Mahindra Hariyali initiative, Mahindra Group willnow plant equivalent number of trees over the next four yearsto #RiseAgainstClimateChange. Planting trees, including improv-ing forest management, conservation, and regeneration, will helpoffset India’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. PNS
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Markets overcame amid-session spell ofweakness to close with
robust gains on Friday asinvestors accumulated banking,FMCG and metal stocks amidhopes of more measures fromthe government to bolstergrowth.
Positive global cues and astrengthening rupee added tothe buying momentum, traderssaid.
After gyrating 568 pointsduring the day, the 30-shareSensex ended 263.86 points, or0.71 per cent, higher at37,332.79.
Similarly, the broader NSENifty rose 74.95 points, or 0.68per cent, to close at 11,023.25.
On a weekly basis, theSensex advanced 631.63 pointsor 1.72 per cent, while the Niftygained 193.90 or 1.79 per cent.
Top gainers in the Sensexpack on Friday included YesBank, Sun Pharma, IndusIndBank, Tata Steel, HUL, Vedanta,Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, ITC,HDFC and Bajaj Auto, that roseup to 3.75 per cent.
On the other hand,PowerGrid, ONGC, HCL Tech,Kotak Bank, L&T, NTPC, SBIand Asian Paints fell up to 2.12per cent.
“Markets demonstrated
resilience today, in what could becalled a reversal day, with indicesbeing down most of the day andending up strongly at the close.With the government, FinanceMinistry and RBI working intandem, sentiment will recoverin time as will growth... Metals,PSUs and FMCG led the rally onthe hope of further measures tobe announced by the FinanceMinister...
“Buoyant global marketssupported the gains. India hasunder-performed emergingmarket peers as well as thedeveloped markets over the pastfew months,” said Sunil Sharma,chief investment officer,Sanctum Wealth Management.
Investors were also awaitingthe official estimate of GDPgrowth for Q1 FY20.
Sectorally, BSE metal,FMCG, healthcare, realty,finance, teck and IT indices roseup to 1.77 per cent.
However, power, capitalgoods and oil and gas indicesslipped up to 0.60 per cent.
The broader BSE midcapand smallcap indices followedthe benchmarks, ending up to1.01 per cent higher.
Meanwhile, the ReserveBank of India on Thursdayplayed down deepening slow-down as just “soft patch mutat-ing into a cyclical downswing”.
In the annual report forFY19, the central bank conced-ed that diagnosing the exactproblems was “difficult”, butreiterated that the issues werenot structural in nature.
Global equities moved high-
er on expectations of a tradetruce between the US andChina.
In Asia, Hang Seng, Kospiand Nikkei settled on a positivenote, while Shanghai CompositeIndex ended marginally lower.
Equities in Europe weretrading higher in their respectiveearly sessions.
Meanwhile, the Indianrupee appreciated by 38 paise toclose at a two-week high of 71.42against the US dollar on Friday.
At the interbank foreignexchange, the rupee opened upat 71.76 and gained furtherstrength to touch a high of71.38 against the US dollar.The domestic currency finallysettled with a gain of 38 paise of0.53 per cent at 71.42, a level notseen since August 16.
The rupee sentimentrevived as concerns over US-China trade friction recededafter China said it would notretaliate against the latest US tar-iffs, dealers said.
The dollar index, whichgauges the greenback’s strengthagainst a basket of six currencies,rose 0.05 per cent to 98.55.
The 10-year governmentbond yield was up at 6.57 percent.
Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, slipped0.17 per cent to USD 60.39 perbarrel.
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India’s top oil and gas producer ONGCon Friday unveiled a USD 15-16 bil-
lion investment plan to double outputfrom its domestic and overseas fieldsand expand its refining capacity threefolds alongside diversification intorenewables in a new vision documentfor 2040.
“The new strategy document aimsto transforms ONGC in a new ‘avatar’ inthis new energy landscape as a diversi-fied energy company with strong con-tribution from non-E&P businesses,” Oiland Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)Chairman and Managing Director ShashiShanker told reporters here.
ONGC Energy Strategy 2040 envi-sions the company as “A diversified ener-gy company with a strong contributionfrom non E&P business; 3x revenues andabout 5-6x market capitalisation,” he said.
The firm produced 24.23 milliontonne of crude oil in the 2018-19 fiscalyear and 25.81 billion cubic metres ofnatural gas from its domestic fields.Another 10.1 million tonne of oil and4.736 bcm of gas was produced from itsoverseas assets. It had a turnover of�1,09,654 crore and a net profit of�26,715 crore in the year ended March31, 2019. As on August 16, it had a mar-ket capitalisation of �1,64,458 crore.
“Our fields are old and ageing, 30-50 years old and have reached plateau. Sowe are investing in re-development pro-jects to arrest the fall and extend the life,”
he said.The company is investing around
�86,000 crore in 27 major projects toboost oil and gas production, which hasstagnated over the last few years. Theseprojects will yield 76 million tonnes ofoil and 121 bcm of gas. The overall plan,which includes overseas projects, expand-ing refining capacity and investing inrenewables, will entail USD 15-16 billioninvestment. “These numbers will changeas we progress,” ONGC Director(Finance) Subhash Kumar said.
Shanker said the ‘Energy Strategy2040’ entails ONGC achieving “threetimes revenue distributed across explo-ration and production, refining, mar-keting and other businesses; four timescurrent profit-after-tax (PAT), with 10 percent contribution from non-oil and gasbusiness; and 5-6 times current marketcapitalisation.”
“The strategic roadmap envisions afuture-ready organisation whose growthis predicated on a few important planks:consolidation of our core upstream busi-ness (domestic and international); expan-sion into value accreting adjacencies inthe oil and gas value chain (downstreamand petrochemicals) and diversificationinto renewables (offshore wind) andselect new frontier plays through dedi-cated venture fund,” he said.
It targets cumulative upstream out-put (local and overseas) almost doublingfrom current levels with 2 per cent and5 per cent CAGR in domestic and inter-national operations respectively.
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price on Friday declined �500 to �39,720 per 10 gram in thenational capital, according to the All-India Sarafa Association,as positive developments in US-China trade talks reduced safe-haven appeal of the yellow metal. The yellow metal on Thursdayrose by �250 to touch a record high of �40,220 per 10 gram inthe national capital.
Silver also dropped �450 to �48,600 per kg on reduced off-take by industrial units and coin makers.
Ease in demand from jewellers in the domestic spot mar-ket amid sluggish trend overseas mainly led to a decline in goldprices, traders said. Besides, appreciation in the rupee alsoweighed on precious metal, they added.
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New Delhi (PTI): The government’s fis-cal deficit touched �5.47 lakh crore in the Junequarter, which is 77.8 per cent of the budgetestimate for 2019-20. In absolute terms, the fis-cal deficit or gap between expenditure and rev-enue was �5,47,605 crore at July-end, as per thedata released by the Controller General ofAccounts (CGA) on Friday.
The fiscal deficit stood at 86.5 per cent of2018-19 budget estimate in the year-ago peri-od. The government estimates the fiscal deficitto be at �7.03 lakh crore during 2019-20. It aimsto restrict the deficit at 3.4 per cent of the GDPin the current fiscal, same as the last fiscal.
The CGA data showed that revenuereceipts of the government during April-July,2019-20 remained unchanged at 19.5 per centof the Budget Estimate (BE) compared to thecorresponding period last year. In absoluteterms, revenue receipts stood at �3.82 lakhcrore at July-end 2019. During the entire year,the revenue receipts has been pegged at �19.62lakh crore.
The capital expenditure was 31.8 per centof the BE. This compares with 37.1 per cent inthe year-ago period, the CGA said.
Total expenditure during April-July peri-od stood at �9.47 lakh crore or 34 per cent ofthe BE. It was 36.4 per cent of BE in the cor-responding period last fiscal. The governmenthas pegged its total expenditure during the fis-cal ending March 2020 at �27.86 lakh crore.
The CGA further said the fiscal deficitfigure in monthly accounts during a finan-cial year is not necessarily an indicator of fis-cal deficit for the year. Its data gets impact-ed by temporal mismatch between flow ofnot-debt receipts and expenditure up to thatmonth on account of various transitional fac-tors both on receipt and expenditure side,which may get substantially offset by the endof the financial year.
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Script Open High Low LTPRCOM 0.90 0.92 0.85 0.87YESBANK 58.00 60.90 55.55 59.50IBULHSGFIN 449.40 461.20 434.60 455.35RELIANCE 1247.00 1254.00 1220.85 1248.35IDEA 4.93 5.45 4.90 5.37SBIN 276.25 277.90 266.95 273.70TATASTEEL 341.70 347.00 337.15 344.95RBLBANK 323.25 330.50 313.70 327.45TATAMOTORS 115.00 117.10 112.05 116.75SUNPHARMA 433.60 453.50 430.15 450.65BANKBARODA 92.60 93.60 89.10 92.60VEDL 137.60 140.55 135.05 139.30GRUH 266.10 268.95 255.70 258.40KOTAKBANK 1448.70 1458.10 1422.00 1431.70SPICEJET 128.50 133.80 127.10 132.80AXISBANK 666.70 668.35 640.50 663.75LICHSGFIN 419.60 427.00 414.60 424.95BOMDYEING 80.70 86.25 80.30 84.00ICICIBANK 408.40 412.80 402.80 410.40JINDALSTEL 96.45 98.20 94.30 96.60LT 1343.45 1357.00 1302.30 1328.10UJJIVAN 290.50 305.80 285.85 303.80HDFCLIFE 544.90 559.45 542.20 557.05BAJFINANCE 3348.00 3348.00 3260.00 3335.00HDFCAMC 2444.00 2591.55 2444.00 2558.50INDUSINDBK 1358.00 1401.20 1330.50 1397.25ASHOKLEY 65.90 66.00 63.05 64.45RPOWER 2.99 3.29 2.96 3.24MARUTI 6145.00 6158.85 6055.00 6121.60
HDFC 2144.00 2171.35 2118.90 2166.50ITC 241.70 247.05 239.15 245.55DHFL 47.90 48.75 46.50 47.60BBTC 868.70 934.90 868.70 900.65RELINFRA 36.40 39.45 35.80 38.85DISHTV 22.50 22.80 21.20 21.90HDFCBANK 2235.00 2260.00 2223.25 2228.90ONGC 123.90 125.65 119.65 121.20RELCAPITAL 34.60 35.20 33.25 34.90DLF 165.00 169.30 161.40 168.00INFY 808.00 817.50 802.00 814.60COALINDIA 190.50 190.50 182.20 184.60SPARC 153.00 162.90 149.40 159.50SRTRANSFIN 973.35 980.45 942.70 966.20IDFCFIRSTB 43.00 44.00 42.20 43.45NTPC 123.05 123.55 115.65 121.70IOC 124.90 125.00 120.00 122.45JSWSTEEL 214.50 218.95 211.40 218.00CANBK 224.00 224.60 216.80 220.55PNB 65.40 65.95 63.35 64.95BANDHANBNK 479.00 495.00 461.15 469.25SBILIFE 837.20 846.80 811.50 839.35SAIL 31.70 32.25 30.45 31.20EDELWEISS 117.80 117.80 110.00 110.40HINDALCO 182.00 187.05 181.50 184.50ZEEL 363.60 376.20 362.25 373.45PEL 1984.00 2049.95 1974.90 2048.45FEDERALBNK 81.70 83.35 80.20 83.00BIOCON 228.00 237.15 224.50 235.25ESCORTS 517.00 518.70 502.05 510.25BEL 104.60 105.05 100.70 102.85IBREALEST 68.25 69.70 64.75 67.80J&KBANK 37.10 42.80 37.05 41.55VENKYS 1377.15 1463.95 1359.60 1430.35ICICIPRULI 426.35 427.00 419.70 424.50HINDPETRO 265.00 265.00 252.60 260.10ADANIENT 132.50 138.25 132.45 137.20L&TFH 94.15 94.70 91.55 94.35STRTECH 116.00 120.00 112.50 114.15TCS 2236.05 2266.10 2218.00 2258.05HINDZINC 219.90 222.15 214.40 216.60APOLLOHOSP 1517.00 1541.30 1496.35 1507.30MCX 941.65 980.70 935.00 977.20NBCC 37.55 37.55 34.25 35.35TECHM 692.55 700.00 676.35 696.05GRAPHITE 276.10 280.80 265.50 268.65POWERGRID 206.00 207.00 194.10 200.55DELTACORP 163.85 180.00 163.85 176.55DMART 1556.55 1577.70 1555.05 1575.00NATIONALUM 40.40 42.00 38.95 41.70ULTRACEMCO 4109.85 4117.45 4014.65 4052.55HINDUNILVR 1838.50 1886.25 1827.40 1880.10BAJAJFINSV 7000.00 7142.95 6965.60 7125.00FRETAIL 398.00 400.00 388.55 394.90ACC 1549.00 1549.00 1484.50 1519.05PETRONET 264.00 267.75 262.45 266.70SWANENERGY 109.90 118.00 108.35 112.75RADICO 303.95 313.35 300.15 308.85GAIL 129.95 133.15 125.35 129.65BANKINDIA 66.95 67.00 63.80 65.55BHEL 51.70 51.70 49.65 50.55AVANTI 309.00 328.15 307.90 318.30
ADANIPOWER 57.65 59.20 57.25 58.45WIPRO 250.00 255.25 249.20 254.35INDIGO 1660.35 1696.45 1651.80 1689.95LUPIN 736.00 744.00 720.55 740.25NCC 56.55 57.60 53.70 54.70HEG 938.70 954.90 930.00 954.00IBVENTURES 173.60 179.90 165.85 178.20JUBILANT 430.00 448.00 426.65 440.15TATAGLOBAL 275.95 280.55 274.95 277.80ORIENTBANK 68.20 74.20 66.95 73.50MGL 849.50 854.70 835.00 845.35TATACHEM 575.00 588.80 566.75 584.50MARICO 391.00 393.30 388.45 391.00JUSTDIAL 702.40 721.50 693.00 718.20SUZLON 3.78 3.84 3.65 3.71M&M 534.00 534.00 519.10 528.90TITAN 1108.00 1112.35 1095.00 1102.90GLENMARK 388.95 391.00 380.00 386.20UNIONBANK 60.10 60.30 57.65 58.90REDINGTON 111.35 114.90 106.05 108.35AUROPHARMA 593.90 603.75 590.85 600.70MANAPPURAM 122.00 122.75 117.80 118.85BATAINDIA 1500.00 1545.75 1500.00 1541.95TATAELXSI 636.50 636.50 621.55 632.00OBEROIRLTY 549.40 574.45 549.40 569.35ADANIGREEN 45.55 47.90 45.55 46.20HCLTECH 1125.00 1125.00 1083.35 1102.40EQUITAS 110.50 112.40 107.50 112.10SUNTV 441.30 441.80 422.35 436.45RNAM 273.50 277.00 269.25 273.75BHARTIARTL 345.40 349.30 338.95 347.05ENGINERSIN 106.45 107.60 100.60 102.65MOTHERSUMI 98.00 98.45 96.20 97.95UPL 558.25 564.90 547.25 562.70COLPAL 1252.60 1278.00 1232.00 1274.35EICHERMOT 16638.00 16652.25 15985.95 16260.35NIITTECH 1485.00 1510.00 1448.20 1489.00PFC 102.00 105.80 100.75 105.45TATAPOWER 55.60 57.00 55.00 56.75INDIANB 195.00 202.80 183.95 200.20NMDC 80.45 83.55 79.90 83.10ITI 71.90 71.90 68.05 68.70ASIANPAINT 1615.00 1621.95 1595.75 1615.20FORCEMOT 1224.85 1241.85 1199.45 1214.20PHOENIXLTD 685.00 706.05 679.25 696.80ASTERDM 118.00 119.30 116.40 119.20HEROMOTOCO 2585.00 2585.00 2520.00 2571.85GRASIM 718.00 718.00 699.25 711.05INDIACEM 76.00 77.00 73.25 73.95TATAMTRDVR 53.50 53.80 51.25 53.50GODREJCP 602.30 611.90 588.75 607.65BAJAJ-AUTO 2769.15 2796.35 2727.25 2789.55JUBLFOOD 1210.65 1219.80 1182.50 1188.70BPCL 354.75 356.40 345.70 354.20NESTLEIND 12764.00 12946.15 12568.50 12849.95UFLEX 210.05 210.90 203.15 203.90IGL 328.50 337.05 327.55 336.50MINDTREE 684.00 690.00 668.65 688.50TATACOFFEE 74.35 76.65 72.80 75.20KAJARIACER 473.00 483.50 470.20 472.00ICICIGI 1240.20 1261.75 1236.95 1250.10WOCKPHARMA 247.00 248.90 243.10 244.80CREDITACC 528.00 586.95 524.80 559.60HAVELLS 665.00 681.30 663.00 680.25JAICORPLTD 73.50 76.50 73.15 74.35ADANIGAS 144.00 144.45 139.00 140.40CUB 193.85 204.00 193.25 201.95LAKSHVILAS 38.50 39.45 36.85 38.65INFRATEL 256.05 258.00 247.60 250.35DCMSHRIRAM 392.75 392.75 375.30 383.90DABUR 444.90 450.00 444.05 448.75GNFC 177.90 182.60 177.35 179.70AMBUJACEM 201.25 202.90 199.20 202.25CHOLAFIN 269.25 271.70 263.15 268.55VIPIND 428.50 441.00 422.10 434.55IDBI 26.10 27.00 25.90 26.75PCJEWELLER 33.25 34.00 32.50 33.40CUMMINSIND 570.85 581.00 558.55 575.00GODREJPROP 904.80 905.65 900.00 900.00STAR 373.45 382.30 371.85 381.25BLISSGVS 104.50 111.40 104.50 106.55ADANITRANS 239.00 239.95 230.85 233.00CIPLA 465.95 475.00 461.70 472.55APOLLOTYRE 169.60 172.00 168.85 171.15TVSMOTOR 355.55 359.50 344.15 352.15PVR 1539.50 1547.45 1504.00 1541.65IRB 80.85 80.85 75.95 76.30VOLTAS 630.55 643.70 624.00 640.85BRITANNIA 2691.95 2725.35 2687.55 2704.80ADANIPORTS 368.05 368.10 359.75 364.10ABCAPITAL 88.90 90.00 87.80 89.15CENTURYTEX 845.00 858.65 840.00 851.80RECLTD 140.00 145.15 138.25 144.20RAJESHEXPO 724.00 724.00 697.35 701.40DBL 365.00 375.60 357.30 359.70BEML 800.00 809.50 785.75 789.90M&MFIN 320.00 323.00 314.25 320.05PIDILITIND 1380.00 1382.00 1365.00 1380.00AJANTPHARM 998.70 1030.00 989.00 1016.00SUNTECK 471.00 475.80 458.00 466.45FCONSUMER 27.70 28.00 26.55 27.75GSFC 74.05 76.35 73.60 76.00KTKBANK 75.65 75.70 74.80 75.15TORNTPHARM 1688.65 1718.85 1685.60 1705.80JMFINANCIL 70.60 74.20 70.60 73.35CEATLTD 913.50 918.10 899.65 907.30GODREJIND 424.70 425.00 414.15 420.30RAYMOND 564.40 572.35 553.15 569.05INFIBEAM 39.55 41.70 39.45 40.00
REPCOHOME 315.80 316.95 307.00 308.25MINDACORP 96.10 103.00 96.10 99.00CANFINHOME 400.20 415.00 395.00 412.45MAHINDCIE 153.00 157.55 148.10 153.85DCBBANK 201.50 209.45 200.45 208.00DRREDDY 2528.20 2568.15 2514.00 2561.50BHARATFORG 387.00 389.10 380.10 385.25MUTHOOTFIN 615.00 615.00 598.00 605.90RAMCOCEM 743.00 744.40 723.60 729.95ALBK 34.55 35.50 34.00 35.30MEGH 45.40 45.80 44.30 45.50JAMNAAUTO 32.75 34.50 31.05 34.05BERGEPAINT 375.00 375.00 367.85 369.00CADILAHC 219.00 226.30 219.00 225.20PHILIPCARB 112.85 113.85 109.50 111.80OIL 146.60 148.60 142.80 148.00RCF 40.00 41.65 40.00 41.00LALPATHLAB 1185.25 1261.95 1178.10 1237.25GMRINFRA 15.56 15.56 14.94 15.06COFFEEDAY 74.75 75.15 74.75 74.75SYNDIBANK 30.80 33.80 30.05 32.35NOCIL 87.80 89.25 86.25 86.95ESSELPRO 99.45 107.15 99.00 107.15JKTYRE 58.45 58.50 57.00 58.50RAIN 80.05 81.70 78.65 80.20TAKE 119.10 121.95 117.65 119.20PIIND 1117.00 1152.45 1099.35 1141.80LTTS 1611.00 1637.15 1608.50 1634.10SCI 27.95 28.25 27.20 27.90TORNTPOWER 279.85 281.80 275.45 278.00PAGEIND 17910.00 18773.75 17815.15 18681.90SIEMENS 1160.10 1207.30 1160.10 1204.05MMTC 20.55 20.55 19.65 20.05JINDALSAW 67.95 70.00 67.45 69.40HEXAWARE 387.30 392.35 385.40 386.60INTELLECT 212.00 214.80 210.40 213.30JSLHISAR 61.60 63.35 60.95 62.00SOBHA 537.00 548.15 528.25 535.10NAVINFLUOR 710.00 741.40 709.95 730.10WELCORP 118.95 122.30 118.00 122.30SRF 2749.05 2786.00 2741.70 2773.65LEMONTREE 54.00 54.95 53.55 54.00OMAXE 196.15 196.15 193.45 193.50HATHWAY 32.15 34.00 31.90 33.45DIVISLAB 1633.90 1641.95 1602.00 1628.90FSL 47.85 48.60 47.80 48.20KANSAINER 466.30 468.80 450.00 464.70ENDURANCE 890.05 932.80 890.00 932.80SONATSOFTW 316.05 316.35 306.40 307.50CONCOR 496.75 510.30 495.50 508.50TRENT 469.65 473.75 465.75 469.30MFSL 428.05 432.85 418.00 419.70EMAMILTD 298.50 300.90 295.30 296.50PGHL 4220.00 4309.00 4105.00 4115.00THOMASCOOK 133.75 144.40 132.05 140.90RITES 223.90 226.00 220.75 221.95IBULISL 83.30 85.00 79.95 81.25HUDCO 36.90 37.15 35.45 36.30OFSS 2992.60 3094.10 2971.00 3075.00ISEC 225.00 225.30 213.30 214.90VINATIORGA 2121.05 2195.00 2089.40 2121.95JBCHEPHARM 377.50 389.80 377.50 380.80GODFRYPHLP 1034.40 1047.00 1018.10 1024.95DCAL 170.00 173.00 161.85 170.40DEEPAKNI 281.60 284.25 275.10 275.20BAJAJELEC 393.05 398.35 385.70 390.50TIMKEN 703.90 703.90 691.00 693.95GAYAPROJ 107.30 109.70 103.65 104.70PTC 56.20 56.65 55.90 56.40MINDAIND 333.20 338.50 327.35 337.00APLAPOLLO 1289.45 1338.00 1289.45 1331.70RELAXO 457.00 460.00 448.00 459.00NATCOPHARM 559.00 559.00 539.85 545.00PNCINFRA 181.80 183.50 177.10 177.15JYOTHYLAB 144.00 146.80 138.85 142.60SUVEN 260.00 260.80 255.55 257.50ANDHRABANK 18.25 19.85 18.10 19.75INOXLEISUR 273.30 284.00 266.70 280.80AMARAJABAT 611.40 622.50 608.50 619.65VGUARD 231.20 232.55 227.25 231.00SOUTHBANK 11.00 11.24 10.84 10.89MAHABANK 11.98 12.65 11.80 12.53MAHLOG 340.00 340.00 325.00 328.00WABAG 278.45 280.50 275.05 275.70WELSPUNIND 49.25 50.50 49.00 50.35GICRE 167.00 186.60 167.00 180.50TATACOMM 421.50 431.80 420.80 431.20HSCL 78.20 78.80 77.00 77.70IPCALAB 948.10 970.00 946.70 966.40NAUKRI 2007.55 2039.50 2007.50 2031.00BALKRISIND 748.00 748.30 729.20 747.00CYIENT 430.75 430.75 414.00 421.00CENTRALBK 19.30 20.05 18.95 19.75NLCINDIA 52.55 54.80 52.00 54.25ERIS 374.25 381.45 371.85 377.00UBL 1367.00 1375.00 1353.00 1372.70ABB 1345.00 1353.00 1327.85 1334.35KRBL 221.25 221.85 211.30 213.65CHENNPETRO 190.00 196.00 185.15 193.75EIHOTEL 161.25 163.00 154.25 159.30EXIDEIND 177.80 180.60 176.50 178.55IDFC 34.00 35.65 33.80 35.50BASF 1018.00 1080.00 990.80 1080.00GUJGAS 177.95 179.65 176.50 179.65LTI 1636.55 1640.80 1621.20 1624.00HEIDELBERG 198.00 199.45 194.50 195.85HINDCOPPER 32.75 32.75 31.35 31.60ABFRL 189.85 190.90 188.40 189.35CORPBANK 17.90 19.00 17.25 18.85
CAPPL 412.80 432.40 410.20 431.60KEC 249.00 249.00 241.70 244.65UCOBANK 15.00 16.45 14.65 15.75ASHOKA 97.00 99.90 96.55 98.65PNBHOUSING 653.00 658.40 640.15 644.40KALPATPOWR 448.60 450.00 438.05 444.20AUBANK 665.00 679.95 656.10 677.20WESTLIFE 285.80 286.00 280.00 281.10BLUESTARCO 730.00 733.10 713.00 715.30BOSCHLTD 14165.30 14550.00 13975.40 14376.45SUPRAJIT 171.50 171.50 162.75 165.95TATAINVEST 760.00 775.00 753.00 764.50NILKAMAL 983.70 1008.00 980.00 996.15BAJAJHLDNG 3310.05 3310.05 3245.00 3251.75PFIZER 2899.00 2945.00 2860.00 2942.00HERITGFOOD 355.00 358.10 340.00 344.00GODREJAGRO 454.40 455.15 447.10 449.20AEGISLOG 191.60 191.70 188.15 189.65CROMPTON 226.10 231.75 226.10 229.45QUESS 467.00 477.45 462.50 476.75HFCL 18.80 19.10 18.70 18.85LAOPALA 176.55 184.10 171.00 180.20JSWENERGY 67.25 68.05 66.45 66.80NETWORK18 22.00 23.40 21.40 22.60TRIDENT 55.65 56.65 55.30 56.30JKCEMENT 1050.00 1056.80 1018.80 1024.60GSPL 221.25 222.20 218.35 219.55FINOLEXIND 508.00 509.05 501.20 504.00CENTRUM 27.00 28.35 26.50 26.55SADBHAV 130.60 137.40 126.70 137.40ASTRAZEN 1850.00 1890.05 1833.00 1890.00GRANULES 91.20 91.80 89.65 90.65PERSISTENT 536.50 544.80 530.75 540.00SUNDRMFAST 432.25 433.00 419.00 430.00NHPC 23.15 23.40 23.00 23.35FORTIS 123.20 125.30 120.65 124.10VMART 1913.65 2020.00 1900.20 2002.80GREAVESCOT 123.80 123.80 120.25 120.90HIMATSEIDE 129.30 130.00 125.75 126.90CASTROLIND 121.70 123.80 121.40 122.60AAVAS 1510.80 1520.00 1482.00 1488.25KNRCON 215.95 216.90 209.00 212.90JISLJALEQS 20.00 20.35 19.50 19.55GSKCONS 7940.00 8126.80 7932.65 8112.85GICHSGFIN 175.00 176.45 170.40 172.95DEEPAKFERT 80.70 81.55 78.60 78.95RALLIS 155.50 159.55 155.20 157.45IFBIND 665.10 668.00 639.05 648.40TATAMETALI 510.00 518.50 501.75 517.00SHREECEM 18509.40 18609.75 18271.75 18581.90COROMANDEL 385.40 387.00 377.60 381.90WHIRLPOOL 1539.50 1553.85 1539.50 1553.85INDHOTEL 139.00 139.50 136.35 138.80KEI 473.00 473.00 468.30 469.50TTKPRESTIG 5810.00 5878.80 5730.00 5731.35GLAXO 1198.00 1220.00 1194.00 1210.15MOIL 126.70 127.75 125.10 125.10TV18BRDCST 20.40 21.05 20.25 20.45CHAMBLFERT 154.35 155.00 153.15 153.50MRF 57855.00 58950.00 57611.65 58690.00LAXMIMACH 3725.00 3751.00 3680.00 3705.20GDL 96.90 98.60 96.10 98.50ATUL 3474.30 3549.45 3474.30 3530.15PARAGMILK 138.70 140.40 138.10 140.20PRESTIGE 294.65 296.50 292.80 296.10BALMLAWRIE 172.60 173.45 171.50 172.25JPASSOCIAT 2.15 2.16 2.10 2.13IOB 10.00 10.55 9.90 10.40ASTRAL 1309.00 1324.00 1287.00 1312.25ORIENTCEM 81.50 82.60 80.90 82.00HAL 650.00 651.45 639.30 650.00CENTURYPLY 133.90 136.50 133.55 134.45ZYDUSWELL 1634.20 1686.40 1634.20 1647.90INOXWIND 31.80 33.15 31.45 32.90SYNGENE 305.45 310.40 304.30 308.70VBL 652.00 653.20 632.00 641.15GUJALKALI 385.00 393.30 384.50 388.00AIAENG 1552.70 1553.10 1520.85 1536.00PRSMJOHNSN 89.15 89.15 87.80 88.65JSL 30.50 31.25 30.30 31.05GESHIP* 238.25 241.35 237.10 238.30CARERATING 540.00 540.75 529.65 538.00TNPL 190.70 193.80 186.75 187.15VTL 876.75 887.45 865.00 865.00ALLCARGO 95.20 95.20 90.40 90.55JETAIRWAYS 42.40 42.40 39.70 39.70GILLETTE 7156.00 7329.90 7156.00 7254.95MOTILALOFS 582.00 584.00 575.00 575.00MASFIN 587.90 606.85 575.95 606.85NIACL 106.80 107.50 104.50 105.00PGHH 10189.95 10255.00 10018.55 10255.00SHANKARA 262.05 267.85 257.10 260.053MINDIA 20680.00 20820.00 20202.00 20202.00INDOSTAR 283.20 283.20 274.65 276.20CARBORUNIV 285.00 288.00 280.10 282.35CCL 238.10 239.35 234.50 234.50MPHASIS 970.20 978.90 963.70 974.25SJVN 24.30 24.70 24.10 24.60APARINDS 538.50 543.70 529.55 534.25IRCON 337.00 340.00 337.00 338.25ABBOTINDIA 9096.00 9169.40 9096.00 9130.00UNITEDBNK 9.49 10.49 9.47 10.40ZENSARTECH 218.55 223.90 217.15 217.15SHK 132.60 133.00 125.00 125.00GRINDWELL 546.30 565.85 544.80 548.00MAHSEAMLES 378.60 380.60 373.40 374.50SOMANYCERA 290.00 290.00 283.15 290.00COCHINSHIP 344.65 346.65 343.50 343.65BIRLACORPN 533.00 536.40 530.45 534.15
IEX 133.00 134.40 131.10 133.35MAHLIFE 369.75 375.70 364.85 367.85SREINFRA 11.08 11.10 10.82 11.00TCNSBRANDS 677.70 677.70 662.40 673.00APLLTD 496.70 502.15 496.50 499.70CHOLAHLDNG 440.50 452.65 427.00 452.65SANOFI 5985.00 6168.20 5980.00 6168.20MAGMA 66.25 66.25 63.25 65.20FINEORG 1420.55 1450.00 1417.35 1436.50SUPREMEIND 1067.00 1123.05 1067.00 1103.60EIDPARRY 155.25 155.50 152.35 153.60THYROCARE 465.75 467.00 460.70 462.65JCHAC 1538.00 1640.00 1538.00 1640.00TIINDIA 338.25 340.25 334.85 338.80GEPIL 779.00 779.00 761.00 763.00GMDCLTD 63.75 64.80 63.40 64.05IFCI 7.00 7.20 7.00 7.08BAJAJCON 253.05 254.20 251.65 253.00ITDCEM 69.80 69.95 67.00 69.30GULFOILLUB 837.35 864.90 837.35 864.50ITDC 173.70 174.20 167.70 168.60EVEREADY 81.50 81.55 80.35 80.50CRISIL 1295.00 1295.00 1278.00 1278.75DBCORP 138.55 138.55 133.35 133.50TVSSRICHAK 1781.25 1799.90 1772.00 1799.90TEJASNET 80.10 81.00 77.10 78.90ORIENTELEC 153.15 160.00 152.70 158.10SHILPAMED 212.55 216.00 208.00 212.55MAHSCOOTER 3812.15 3859.20 3797.00 3825.05MHRIL 216.90 216.90 213.75 216.65TVTODAY 303.00 307.90 303.00 303.20ADVENZYMES 148.00 148.25 146.50 148.25LUXIND 1053.10 1081.00 1053.10 1070.75BAYERCROP 3099.65 3147.00 3076.00 3147.00BDL 280.65 289.85 278.05 279.45JKLAKSHMI 325.30 326.45 324.55 326.45MRPL 46.05 46.50 45.65 46.05THERMAX 1004.60 1005.75 990.85 995.35ALKEM 1820.00 1825.00 1810.00 1813.70TIMETECHNO 62.25 62.50 60.00 60.85LAURUSLABS 326.00 334.00 326.00 328.05ELGIEQUIP 241.10 247.45 241.00 246.00TRITURBINE 99.80 101.65 97.90 99.00FDC 160.55 161.90 160.05 160.40MAXINDIA 59.15 60.30 59.05 60.00FLFL 434.95 434.95 425.55 425.55SCHNEIDER 75.60 77.90 75.45 77.80ECLERX 448.95 452.90 448.95 449.20CGPOWER 10.40 10.40 10.40 10.40BLUEDART 2199.40 2299.00 2198.05 2248.45VARROC 430.65 444.95 430.65 444.95GALAXYSURF 1298.90 1305.00 1289.65 1289.65DHANUKA 317.55 321.00 310.00 320.80AKZOINDIA 1715.85 1732.85 1699.40 1732.85SYMPHONY 1234.25 1269.25 1233.30 1269.25FINCABLES 363.35 368.05 359.20 366.00WABCOINDIA 6150.00 6155.65 6103.25 6103.25SUDARSCHEM 312.90 318.95 312.90 317.35GHCL 194.50 194.50 190.90 192.85NESCO 526.05 529.05 525.30 526.00GPPL 78.10 79.00 78.00 78.00LINDEINDIA 499.25 504.90 497.80 504.40SFL 1226.50 1226.50 1200.00 1223.60
RATNAMANI 915.00 915.00 910.00 915.00SCHAEFFLER 4015.05 4065.00 3968.35 4065.00HONAUT 24900.00 24996.90 24751.00 24800.00JAGRAN 63.95 64.40 63.50 64.30TEAMLEASE 2716.00 2730.60 2688.80 2708.00KPRMILL 561.75 565.85 561.75 563.60CERA 2461.00 2461.00 2425.65 2425.65MONSANTO 2030.25 2037.10 2009.55 2020.00NH 234.85 236.00 231.75 236.00SKFINDIA 1837.65 1857.90 1837.65 1855.85SIS 761.80 761.80 755.30 756.00SHOPERSTOP 396.15 402.50 392.50 402.50STARCEMENT 96.75 96.85 95.80 96.00GET&D 151.90 151.90 149.25 149.45HATSUN 599.80 607.75 599.20 601.05SHRIRAMCIT 1343.35 1345.75 1330.60 1334.60SOLARINDS 1122.15 1122.15 1112.00 1115.55ASAHIINDIA 184.00 184.00 181.55 181.60NBVENTURES 81.25 82.10 81.25 81.95JSWHL 2725.00 2774.95 2725.00 2740.00
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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 10987.80 11042.60 10874.80 11023.25 74.95YESBANK 58.25 60.95 55.50 60.40 3.00SUNPHARMA 432.95 453.40 429.75 452.15 17.50ZEEL 363.60 376.00 362.25 375.45 13.35INDUSINDBK 1359.05 1401.65 1330.15 1397.60 47.05TATASTEEL 342.00 347.50 337.20 346.70 11.15VEDL 137.65 140.60 135.00 140.20 4.45JSWSTEEL 215.00 218.95 211.25 218.00 6.05HINDUNILVR 1834.20 1886.40 1827.15 1882.45 49.50HINDALCO 182.25 187.00 181.45 184.50 4.80WIPRO 250.10 255.25 249.15 254.00 5.20BAJAJFINSV 6997.00 7146.55 6965.00 7122.05 142.20TATAMOTORS 115.60 117.30 112.00 116.50 2.20ITC 242.75 247.20 239.05 245.50 4.30ICICIBANK 406.50 412.85 402.65 411.35 6.95HDFC 2137.70 2171.25 2118.00 2165.00 36.55CIPLA 468.00 475.20 461.45 473.00 7.80GAIL 129.65 133.10 125.20 130.05 1.55DRREDDY 2530.20 2568.00 2513.00 2558.15 30.35TCS 2241.00 2266.00 2218.00 2259.00 25.55BAJAJ-AUTO 2766.10 2796.90 2726.15 2787.65 29.85BRITANNIA 2690.00 2726.45 2687.50 2705.00 28.15BAJFINANCE 3310.15 3347.00 3260.00 3331.55 32.25INFY 810.00 817.35 802.00 814.75 7.80BHARTIARTL 345.00 349.60 338.75 346.80 3.30RELIANCE 1245.50 1254.40 1221.00 1253.00 11.25UPL 559.00 565.25 547.15 563.00 4.65TECHM 693.00 700.70 675.85 696.00 4.85AXISBANK 664.90 668.60 640.10 665.50 4.35IBULHSGFIN 450.00 461.40 435.00 452.10 2.80BPCL 353.75 356.80 345.15 355.45 1.40HEROMOTOCO2559.85 2579.00 2520.55 2557.25 9.50M&M 530.60 532.90 519.05 529.80 1.80HDFCBANK 2233.50 2260.00 2222.00 2231.90 4.95ASIANPAINT 1616.00 1622.50 1595.10 1618.55 3.30GRASIM 713.00 716.00 699.05 710.10 1.25TITAN 1107.05 1113.00 1095.00 1103.60 1.80MARUTI 6144.00 6159.25 6052.90 6108.35 -1.85SBIN 275.95 277.95 266.85 273.40 -1.10ADANIPORTS 368.45 368.85 359.40 364.20 -2.00ULTRACEMCO 4095.00 4118.00 4016.05 4044.90 -29.00NTPC 122.90 123.65 115.60 121.95 -1.15LT 1344.95 1356.90 1302.90 1327.75 -14.70KOTAKBANK 1448.10 1459.60 1423.10 1434.85 -16.00IOC 124.20 124.45 120.00 122.20 -1.45HCLTECH 1115.70 1115.80 1083.20 1101.20 -16.55POWERGRID 205.35 207.20 194.00 201.45 -3.35ONGC 123.50 125.75 119.50 121.20 -2.05EICHERMOT 16563.80 16666.00 15967.05 16260.00 -278.00COALINDIA 189.75 190.45 182.15 184.70 -4.30INFRATEL 257.85 257.85 247.35 250.10 -8.35
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Hong Kong activist JoshuaWong and another core
member of a pro-democracygroup were granted bail onFriday after being charged withinciting people to join a protestin June, while authoritiesdenied permission for a majormarch as they took whatappears to be a harder line onthis summer's protests.
The organizers ofSaturday's march, the fifthanniversary of a decision byChina against allowing fullydemocratic elections for theleader of Hong Kong, said theywere calling it off after anappeals board denied permis-sion.
It was unclear whethersome protesters would stilldemonstrate on their own.
The police commander ofHong Kong island, Kwok PakChung, appealed to people tostay away from any non-autho-rized rallies, warning that thosecaught could face a five-year jailterm.
He told a daily news con-ference that he was aware ofsocial media messages urgingpeople to take strolls or holdrallies in the name of religion.Kwok urged the public to"make a clear break with all actsof violence and stay away fromlocations where violent clash-es may take place."
Police have been rejecting
more applications for ralliesand marches, citing violence ator after earlier ones.
They also are arrestingpeople for protests earlier thissummer, a step they said was anatural development as inves-
tigations were completed.Andy Chan, the leader of a
pro-independence movement,was arrested at the airportThursday night under suspi-cion of rioting and attackingpolice.
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Agas mask lovingly adjust-ed, a hand squeezed before
approaching police lines and afrantic search through swirls oftear gas - Abby and Nick’s rela-tionship has blossomed on thebarricades during Hong Kong’slong summer of protest.
Most of the frontline pro-testers driving the months-long pro-democracy demon-strations are students -- so-called “braves” facing pepperspray, rubber bullets and arrestin defence of their city’s values.
Like Abby and Nick --who are keeping their realnames under wraps -- manyare young, bookish and shouldbe on the fast-track to well-pay-ing jobs in the city’s financialservices sector.
Instead a political awak-
ening has thrust them onto thefrontlines. For endless weeksthey have fended off tear gasand run from police batoncharges, an unlikely band ofrebels -- labelled “rioters” byHong Kong police and “ter-rorists” by China -- who haveforged tight bonds over a longholiday of demonstrations.
Nick, 20, met Abby, a yearhis junior, at university in Juneas debate on an extradition billto China began to fizz.Opposition to the bill fueledmass rallies. Peaceful protestgave way to pitched battles withpolice.
The pair have since spenthours together on the barri-cades facing riot police -- datesof sorts, spiced up by adrena-line and fired by the injusticeat the city government’s refusalto give ground.
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British Foreign SecretaryDominic Raab defended
Friday his government’s deci-sion to suspend parliamentand rejected suggestions thatthe move will prevent law-makers from debating thecountry’s departure from theEuropean Union as concernmounts that a costly and dam-aging Brexit without any agree-ment is now more likely.
Britain is due to leave theEU — the first country ever todo so — on Oct. 31; a movethat has divided the countryand shaken the European pro-ject to its foundations.
On Wednesday, British
Prime Minister Boris Johnsongot Queen Elizabeth II’sapproval to suspend parlia-ment, a move widely criticizedby his political opponents whosee it as a maneuver to givethem even less time to block achaotic no-deal Brexit.
Johnson previously hadrefused to rule out such amove, but the timing of thedecision took lawmakers —many of whom are on vacation— by surprise.
At talks with EU foreignministers in Finland, Raab saidthat “the idea that this is somekind of constitutional outrageis nonsense. It’s actually law-ful. It’s perfectly proper. There’sprecedent for it.”
“We’ve been talking aboutnothing but Brexit. We’re goingto get a chance to scrutinize allaspects of Brexit between nowand the end of October,” he toldreporters.
His counterparts expressedconcern thata no-deal exitfrom the blocappears morelikely, butmost declinedto commenton the gov-e r n m e n t ’smove, sayingit is a matterfor Britain toresolve.
“It’s a
debate that concerns the Britishgovernment and parliament,”said Belgian Foreign MinisterDidier Reynders. Meanwhile,he said, Britain’s Europeanpartners are still waiting fornew proposals to resolve the
standoff over the divorce agree-ment, notably the so-calledbackstop clause which aims toavoid the return of bordercontrols between Ireland inthe EU and Britain’s NorthernIreland.
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Opponents of Prime Minister BorisJohnson’s move to suspend parlia-
ment in the final weeks before Brexitlost the first of several legal bids to stophim on Friday.
Scottish judge Raymond Dohertyrejected the request for a temporaryinjunction pending a full hearing in thecase on September 6. “I’m not satisfiedthat there’s a need for an interim sus-pension or an interim interdict to begranted at this stage,” Doherty said inhis ruling. Queen Elizabeth II hasalready given the go-ahead to shutterparliament between mid-Septemberand October 14 -- just two weeks beforethe Brexit date of October 31.
The move was widely seen as lim-iting the time for parliamentarians to
move against Johnson, who has saidBritain must leave the EU with or with-out a deal.
Legal bids to halt the suspensionhave also been launched in Belfast andLondon. Former prime minister JohnMajor, a strong supporter of EU mem-bership, has said he will seek to join theLondon legal action.
Johnson announced the surprisedecision Wednesday to dismiss parlia-ment — known as proroguing — nextmonth for nearly five weeks. The movesent shockwaves through British poli-tics, triggering a furious outcry frompro-Europeans and MPs opposed to ano-deal exit.
Wrong-footed, Johnson’s oppo-nents labelled the suspension of par-liament a “coup” and a “constitutionaloutrage”.
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Britain has come up with “nothingcredible” to replace the controversial
Irish backstop in its deal to leave the EU,Ireland’s foreign minister said Friday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wantsthe backstop -- the fallback provisionsfor the border between EU memberIreland and UK-ruled Northern Ireland-- to be scrapped completely.
With the clock ticking down to theOctober 31 departure date and Johnsoninsisting he will not postpone, the EUis pressing Britain to come up with work-able alternatives.
“We all want to get a deal but at themoment nothing credible has come
from the British government in the con-text of an alternative to the backstop,”Simon Coveney said as he arrived for ameeting of EU foreign ministers inHelsinki.
“If that changes, great. We’ll look atit in Dublin but more importantly, it canbe the basis of a discussion in Brusselsbut it’s got to be credible.” After talks withhis British counterpart Dominic Raab onthe sidelines of the Helsinki meeting,German Foreign Minister Heiko Maassaid London must come up with ideassoon.
“I have once again made it clear thatit is now necessary for time reasons toput the (proposals) on the table as soonas possible,” Maas told reporters.
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Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu law-maker in the US Congress who
is running for the presidency, hassaid that she will not contest as anindependent candidate if she fails towin the Democratic presidentialnomination, according to a mediareport.
Gabbard, 38, an Iraq war vet-eran who has been serving as the US
Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd con-gressional district since 2013, saidthat she will be going to focus onmoving campaign forward, contin-uing this grassroots campaign, con-tinuing to deliver the message to theAmerican people and ask for theirsupport, CNN reported.
“I will not,” she told the network.“No, I have ruled that out.”
Gabbard, however, was failed toqualify for the next Democratic
debate in September after making itto the first two debates. She reachedthe fundraising threshold, but did notmeet the Democratic NationalCommittee’s (DNC) polling mini-mum to qualify, the report said.
She claimed on Thursday thatthere is “no explanation or trans-parency around why certain polls arequalifying while other very crediblerecognized polls are somehow notqualifying.”
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Pause and think for a moment.Is life a dream or a reality? Itmight seem silly initially thathow can one deny the existenceof the world around us but
doesn’t the idea provoke you to ponder?This tussle between the real and the
imaginary pushed actor Pankaj Kapur toexplore the blurry lines between the two,through his play Dreamz-Sehar. Talkingabout his fascination with the world,which seems vague to him, the actor says,“It is a story that came to my mind a fewyears ago and I transformed it into a playbecause it always intrigued me. We alldream, don’t we? While some people feelthat there is certain reality to life, thereare philosophers and saints who feel thatthis too is a dream and will pass.” ThoughKapur says that he doesn’t want to let outthe details of the play but the storylinedoes give a hint that the play is knittedaround the blurred lines of humanexistence.
Kapur plays the character of a pro-fessor named Sanjay Mishra, who visitsKasauli for a long weekend. One day, onhis morning walk, he encounters amysterious woman named Sehar. She issearching for her sister Nisha who haseloped with her boyfriend. The profes-sor gets drawn towards this “very oddcharacter” and gets entangled into thetumultuous events, wherein Sehar callshim in the middle of the night for help.Every scene in the sequence is ominousand mysterious. After spending the
night together, Sehar leaves the profes-sor with a confusing letter remindinghim of a meeting 15 years ago. The playends on an open note and its charactersare baffling as they can be interpreted inthe way the audience wants to.
Explaining how theatre has shapedhim as an actor and to what he is today,Kapur says, “Theatre is like a mother,which lets the child understand how tosit, stand and walk. It has taught me allthe basics which I know today or pre-tend to know (Laughs).” He feels that hehas only explored a tiny bit of himselfwhile the major part of it still remainsunexplored. He adds, “The thing is thata human being is so complex, that it takesa lifetime to explore even the smallestpart.”
Since the play is written by Kapur,it’s quite evident that he understands hisrole better as each character is backed bythe another. He says, “As the characteris perceived and written by me, it hashelped me to play the character in a morenuanced way. Since I am an actor, it givesme the ability to think about what mys-tery does my character hold and how Iwould portray it in front of the audience.”
Talking about his character, he saysthat it is a fairly straight character with-out much complexities, however, keepsits mysteriousness intact. “He is like any-one one of us, who comes across a sit-uation and is so intrigued by it that hebecomes a part of the situation. And justlike a usual person, he too would be per-
plexed about what to do.”The actor is also a part of another
play, titled Dopehri, which is a dramat-ic presentation of a novella written byhim. It revolves around an old, lonelywoman, Amma Bi who sits in a gigan-tic laal haveli in Lucknow. The dramaaims to transport the audience throughAmma Bi’s journey from loneliness toself-discovery.
Talking about how he executed theplay, Kapur says, “I present it as anevening where I read out the novella tomy audience in the way I have perceivedit. Through the central character, I havefocussed on how she looks at life andwhat happens to her.” He adds that inDopehri, we would discover that there isso much more to human existence thanwe actually think. “You realise how this65-year-old woman goes through thejourney of her life and then discovers orrediscovers herself so as to find her trueidentity,” he says.
In a bid to create something that isfresh and hasn’t been repeated over thetime, “except for some classic adapta-tions,” the actor-director, in the two plays,has tried to add bits which he hasobserved in real life like — how he react-ed to some situations. He says, “I wantto give a different view and feel to it.When I did Dopehri, a lot of people won-dered why novella reading has beenturned into a drama but when they sawthe play, they experienced theatre rightfrom the writing to rendering to presen-tation.”
Talking about the interest of youthin theatres and how it has evolved overthe years, the actor says that it is a greatmedium to connect directly with theaudience. “If you have any ideas, prin-ciples ideologies, way of life, way of dress-ing, way of communicating, you havethis platform where you can makethings interesting. It is an endless medi-um which can satiate you as a humanbeing or as a performing artist,” says he.
With the advent of digital media, isit losing its charm? He disagrees. “No.Not at all. It has created more avenuesto showcase your talent. When I per-form, I see a lot of young people com-ing in. The online thing is just one aspectof life. When television came, even thenpeople thought that theatre would be lostbut it survived. It’s an art form that cannever die. Also, every medium has itsown place, be it TV, online or live the-atre. It can never be taken away by any-one, nothing can replace it,” says he.
(As part of the Delhi Theatre Festival,organised by Alchemist Live, Dopehri willbe staged today at 2 pm at Siri FortAuditorium.)
She draped the saree inGujrati style and a large redbindi adorned her fore-
head, her gajra just aptly fixedon her bun. Her catchphrase,‘Hello.. how are you? Khaanakha ke jaana,’ actor SupriyaPathak’s Hansa from Khichhdihas been ever favourite.
She has indeed come a longway from that. And today, as sheplays the character of Sehar inthe play Dreamz-Sehar, she talksabout what attracted her themost about the character. Shesays, “The sensitive line betweenreality and imagination mademy character very interesting. Iget a lot of space to experimentthrough it. Even Pankaj (Kapur)ji used to tell me that there aredifferent ways in which you canperform a different characterand I am glad, Sehar was one.”
She says that the play has avery simple story without muchdrama in it, but yet is equallyintriguing. “It is more interest-ing due to one more fact thatwhen you come out of the char-acter and recall the phase youhave gone through, it’s fulfilling,but the very next moment youfeel that yeh toh simple kahaanithi,” she adds.
The character, she says, hasimpacted her in such a way thatfor once, she wants someone elseto play her role and watch it asan audience. However, as anactor, she doesn’t get to do that.
Well, the actor’s theatrejourney has been a special onetoo. She says, “I started my act-ing career through theatre. As Ididn’t have any schooling in act-
ing. The only schooling I hadwas directly performing in frontof a live audience.” However, shecherishes this phase of her life asit taught her the basics of acting.She adds, “It is an experiencewhich nobody can take awayfrom you. You’re immediatelytold whether you’re good or badbecause of the live audience.”Pathak feels that getting thiskind of exposure is unparalleledand overwhelming.
Talking about her evolutionand journey of life, she says, “Myaudience has taught me whetherI was good or bad. They taughtme how to stand in front ofthem and how should I presentmyself.” She shares that her firstteacher was her mother who had
put her on the stage. And nowthe teacher who really workedhard with her on her skills is, shesays, “my co-actor Pankaj Ji. Hedidn’t teach me directly butbecause of the way he was, Iobserved him and learntthrough that. He made me whoI am today.”
She has nailed roles likeShanta, Ganga mausi,Rambhateri, Hansa and manyothers. So talking about theplethora of roles she has played,she says, “Every role is a move-ment upward. Today, I am calledShanta in one and Sehar in theanother.” She believes that theyhave all enriched her journey insome way or the other.“However stupid the film orhowever small the role is, as anactor, I have gone through agamut of emotions which givesme an experience and allows meto take a step forward,” she adds.
Theatre still has kept itscharm intact in the digital era.Supriya says that we havebecome more individualisticwith time and digital is an addi-tion to this. “People are seekingfor activities which are collectivein nature. This increases thevalue of plays and dramas,” sheadds.
She recalls how the play hasmade her explore the unex-plored version of herself andhow deeply it touches with suchsimplistic storytelling. She ques-tions “Is life a mystery or is it adream or a reality?” and thenanswers it herself in a per-plexed tone, “I would love toknow that myself too.”
Filmmaker Abhishek Sharma,who has worked with actorAngad Bedi in his upcoming
film The Zoya Factor, says the lat-ter has played his role “excellently.”
Angad will be seen essaying therole of antagonist Robin Rawal inthe film starring Sonam Kapoorand Dulquer Salmaan, and basedon novelist Anuja Chauhan’s bookof the same name.
The film tells the tale of aRajput girl, Zoya Solanki (Sonam),who meets the Indian cricket teamthrough her job as an executive inan advertising agency and ends upbecoming a lucky charm for theteam at the Cricket World Cup.
Talking about Angad’s charac-ter, Abhishek said, “Robin is theantagonist of the film, the ex-cap-tain of the team who feels he hasbeen shortchanged by Dulquer’s
character because he was replacedas captain overnight for one badseries. He is a more consistent bats-man and a master strategist butnow he’s full of negativity due towhich he uses his cleverness todemolish Dulquer’s image. He’sthe Duryodhana of thisMahabharata who uses Zoya’s luckfactor as a final throw of dice to
oust Dulquer from captaincy.” Healso praised Angad for his perfor-mance.
“For Robin, we were huntingfor an actor who could look suaveyet threatening. He should be analpha male who, like a woundedlion, is struggling to win back histerritory. Angad had all thesequalities and more. He brought inan extra charm and sense of vul-nerability which masks his villainyperfectly. It gives credibility to ourantagonist who is not pure evil butsomeone who genuinely feels thathe has been wronged. Angad hasplayed the character excellentlywith great comic timing and inten-sity in equal measures,” Abhishekadded.
The film will release onSeptember 20.
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The significance of hearing oftengoes unrecognised and under-appreciated until it’s no longer
available. And for those who havebeen born like that and lived their livesin silence, education might prove to bea challenge. While many theories haveemerged over the years as to whatapproach could be the most effective,experts say that the teaching methodsshould adhere to the individual stu-dent’s capabilities, needs and personal-ity.
Navit Hagar Malachi, an Israeliteacher of sign language, who, beingdeaf herself, belongs to the special edu-cation team, believes so too. She hadrecently travelled to the city and con-ducted different activities for youngdeaf children at Promilabai ChavanSchool for the Deaf, Karkardooma andNoida Deaf Society. She feels that such
students should be provided “after-school enrichment classes,” which donot appear as boring classes to themand rather make them “want” to be apart of it.
Giving a reference from Israel andtalking about the differences betweenIsraeli teaching methods and that ofIndia, she says, “There are organisationsthat hold activities and provide enrich-ment after graduation for deaf or hardof hearing children. Once in a week,every child chooses her/his favouriteactivity and learn and develop it indepth. Whether it be sports, theatre,lessons for students with learning dif-ficulties, nature activities and more,everything is available and children arefree to pick up their field of interests.We should apply this to schools for deafin India as well for the extra nourish-ment of these students.”
It’s very surprising that most chil-dren are not even diagnosed as hearing-impaired until they are three to fiveyears ago. Malachi suggests that thisshould be checked upon during achild’s early years of growth to avoid adelayed education and conditioning.She suggests other learning approach-es like day schools, early interventionand pre-school programs, residentialschools for the deaf, self-containedclassrooms, mainstreaming and inclu-sion in general education settings andhome-schooling environment.
Knowledge is power and whenpresented visually, one remembers it, orso she believes and suggests that it isvery important to put up the learningmaterial on the walls of the classroomsand make them more interactive. “Thewalls should specify the names of thesubjects which are to be studied and
beneath them, the material and syllabusshould be mentioned. For instance, for-mula in mathematics should be writtenon the walls to avoid confusion. It willhelp the students remember the topicswhich are being taught. A world mapmust be put up on the classroomwalls,” she says and recalls one of hermajor observations in Indian schools.“In almost every school I visited, therewas no world map on the walls. Thestudents did not know where can wespot Israel on the world map,” she adds.
Malachi, who is the chairman of theHushim (Senses) Association, a non-profit organisation for the Jewish com-munity in Israel, talks about herapproach of teaching the differently-abled children. She says, “First, the textis introduced to the students. I moveand read along with them with empha-sis on hard words or new words andthen ask questions from it. This waythey keep practising. Eventually, thestudents write the text in their ownwords.”
It was at a time when she was look-ing for a job that the opportunity to workwith the Hushim Association came toher. “I decided to work for deaf childrenwhen I felt that I had done enough toempower myself in the world of hear-ing and now I could invest the same forother people of my own kind,” says she.Well, if her teaching strategies succeedand the kids are able to understand andlearn a new and challenging thing, forher, it’s an achievement and she feels thatshe has been able to “help someone.”
The organisation, Hushim Ben Dan,she says, is actually a Chabad (a term forJewish movements) for the deaf. She tellsus, “It builds international connectionswith Jewish communities and dealswith making Judaism accessible to thedeaf. “It holds activities like summercamps, vacations and trips in the coun-try on the emphasis of Judaism, syna-gogue, Torah lessons, workshops andeverything that is accessible in theIsraeli sign language.”
Many schools for deaf students arealso adopting modern teaching tech-niques like using interpreters for easiertranslation of the learning material aswell using advanced tools for enhancedauditory abilities. Malachi suggests,“Experience sharing with the education-al team for recommendations andideas of techniques. One can also teachthrough the Ministry of Education inIsrael, programmes and educationalwebsites that hold games and presen-tations.”
From posting our personal achievementsto flaunting our latest vacation pictures,
it has all been out there on social media.And due to the instant notifications tech-nology, we’re on the constant lookout forlikes and comments on our posts. It hasbecome as though a part of our body, whichis very crucial for our existence. Just for anhour, if the servers go down, it becomesheadline news and could even act as a‘career lost’ scenario to numerous “influ-encers” and “bloggers” out there.
However, ever wondered why thismadness? This addiction is one suchaspect that BBC special and producerDiana Martin’s film Smartphones: TheDark Side explores.
�How did the idea come into being?There had already been a lot of focus
in the media about data and how the bigtech companies were monetising our dataand using it in ways that we were complete-ly unaware of. But we felt there was anoth-er big question around social media — howaddictive was it? And could social mediacompanies and phone companies beexploiting the habit forming nature of socialmedia to get us hooked? All of us on theproduction team use smartphones andother devices and are well aware of the ben-efits — but we were also acutely aware ofhow much time we were spending on thesedevices. Two of us had children, teenage or
younger, and were frustrated by the amountof time they were spending on theirdevices. How much screen time should weallow them was a constant worry. So wewanted to know — are these applicationsaddictive — and are the tech companies thatdevelop and promote them aware of this?We wanted to speak to insiders who hadworked for the social media companies tounderstand to what degree the companieshad been aware of the potentially addictivenature of these technologies.
�What are the reasons people are increas-
ingly getting addicted to their gadgets andcan’t do without them for more than a fewminutes?
We spoke to several scientists and readmany scientific reports. The jury is stilldoubtful on whether social media orsmartphones are actually addictive. Somescientists say that they are not addictive inthe way like heroin or tobacco, but are mere-ly habit-forming. Others say it is an addic-tion. One clinician we spoke to, MandySaligari of Charter Harley Street, said,‘Giving your child a smartphone was tan-tamount to giving them cocaine.’ Whether
you think it’s habit-forming or addictive, weare all aware how we are drawn to oursmartphones and social media apps. Wehave spoken to many tech insiders in thefilm who had worked for some of thebiggest tech and social media companieswho now had some regrets about the habit-forming power of their technologies. Twopeople we spoke to who had both workedfor Facebook, told us they no longer usedit because they were worried about itsimpact on them.
They believed that the reasons we feelwe can’t do without our gadgets is because
the technology within them has beendeliberately designed to hook us. The likebutton, the endless scroll, even the coloursand sounds you see and hear, are deliber-ately designed to keep us coming back.
Ramsay Brown, an app developer witha background in neurosciences, explainedto us that our behaviour is driven bydopamine, a brain chemical central to thecycle of reward, motivation and addiction.A social media click gives us a little hit ofdopamine and we keep going back for more.
�What are the various impacts of socialmedia on our psychological health? Howdo ‘likes’ impact self-confidence levels?
Some doctors and psychologists believethat the prevalence of social media is likehaving a detrimental impact on mentalhealth — particularly young people’s. First,because it can be habit-forming and there-fore take them away from other activitieslike exercise, school work, spending timewith friends and families. Second, becauseit can negatively affect our self-esteem. Andfinally, because it is an additional opportu-nity for bullying and hate.
Leah Perlman, who worked as a prod-uct manager at Facebook until 2011 and wasone of the team members at Facebook,helped developed the like button. She nolonger works at Facebook. She has describedher concern about how the like button fedher own insecurities and affected her self-esteem. She has given up Facebook now.
This doesn’t mean it has a negativeeffect on all of us. For many of us, socialmedia is a great way to keep in touch withfriends and family and to share ideas, andmany of us are able to keep our use of socialmedia under control.
�What measures would you suggest toreduce phone use and addiction to differ-ent gadgets and websites?
I’m not really here to tell people toreduce their phone use. However, I hope ourfilm gives people a bit more understandingabout how certain aspects of social mediaand smartphone technology have beendeveloped apparently deliberately to keepus on our screens as much as possible. Andarmed with that knowledge, people willmake the right decision for themselvesabout whether they want to reduce their ortheir children’s screen time.
�Do you think social media giants andapp-owners are deliberately inventinghabit-forming technologies to get peoplehooked?
Certainly, social media companies andtech giants are creating technologiesdesigned to keep people on their apps or
devices. In a way, it’s understandable — allcompanies try to promote their goods andservices as much as possible to make themattractive to their market. But this filmshowed that in a sophisticated and delib-erate way they did develop technologies —the like button, the endless scroll, all thecolours, and bells, and notifications — thatwill hook us. The founding president ofFacebook, Sean Parker, effectively admit-ted this at a conference in 2017, he said,‘Building these applications was all about— how do we consume as much of yourtime as possible? You’re exploiting a vulner-ability in human psychology. The inventorsunderstood this consciously. And we did itanyway.’
�Do you think people form an opinionof themselves or their self-worth throughtheir social media profiles?
Certainly, some people do. Andteenagers can be particularly vulnerable tothis. We spoke to one parent, LucyAlexander, whose teenage son, Felix hadtragically killed himself — after being bul-lied on social media. Of course, as with anysuicide it’s impossible to state this was thecause of his suicide — but his motherdescribes how even after she took him outof the school where he was being torment-ed by bullies, the bullying continued online.She now regularly visits schools and givestalks about the dangers of bullying on socialmedia.
�What do you think is the future ofsmartphone and social media use? Youcan answer in both positive and nega-tive terms.
I think smartphones have changed ourworlds in an enormously positive way —they have made it much easier for mostof us to do our jobs; much easier to accessinformation about anything. They’vebeen brilliant for education and the shar-ing of ideas. It’s much easier to do busi-ness and pay for things. And it’s muchmuch easier to keep in touch with friendsand families. There are thousands of otherbenefits I can’t go into. And I imagine inthe future these benefits will multiply. Butas with any new technology there’s a dan-ger that unforeseen problems will emerge.Our role as journalist is to consider thepros and cons — and make people awareof the possible dangers, and to make gov-ernment aware of the need to ensure newtechnologies are sufficiently regulated toprotect consumers from the potential darksides.
(Smartphones: The Dark Side pre-mieres on August 31 at 9 pm on Sony BBCEarth.)
Actor Shraddha Kapoor says that shefeels proud of those girls who are
making their mark in the professionalfield that was earlier dominated by menand for her gender equality is all aboutequal opportunity that is not limited bygender but based on skill-set.
As the portrayal of the female char-acters is changing in Bollywood films,asked about how she looks at the change,Shraddha said, “I think whether it is inour entertainment business or in our soci-ety, the casual sexism is going away andit was bound to happen. It is wonderfulto see how gender is not limiting a jobprofile. There are no such things as a‘man’s job’ anymore. All those notions thatwere previously practised are being chal-lenged now.”
She added, “That is why, many par-ents are fine with the decision of theirchildren when they do not follow a so-called timeline to get married, to have ababy or even not having either of them.”The actor is quite excited about her lat-est film Saaho, opposite South Indianactor and heartthrob Prabhas.
Making her debut in 2010 with thefilm Teen Patti, Shraddha has spent nineyears in Bollywood now and deliveredsome of the successful films like Aashiqui2, Haider, Ek Villain, ABCD 2.
Citing an example of how women arefinding space in every corner of the soci-ety, Shraddha said, “When I started mycareer, I saw a few female photographersand never got papped by any femalepaparazzi. In the last three years, I seethere are four female photographers whoare also doing paparazzi just like othermen, I feel so proud of those girls.”
She added that there should be moreopportunities for women as they also haveequal skills as men. “There should beopportunity only based on our skills andnot based on our gender. There aremany such examples where women aremaking their marks in the field that is pre-dominated by men. This is what genderequality means for me,” explained theactor who will be seen next in Chhichhoreopposite Sushant Singh Rajput and VarunSharma.
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Fifteen-year-old American sensa-tion Coco Gauff set up an eye-catch-ing US Open showdown with
defending champion Naomi Osaka whileRafael Nadal’s path to the title eased fur-ther on Thursday as he received awalkover into the third round.
Meanwhile on Friday, Add KeiNishikori to the list of men’s seeds to fallat the US Open. The No 7 seed and 2014
finalist at Flushing Meadows, lost to 38th-ranked Alex de Minaur 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the third round, leaving less than halfof the top 12 men still in action. Otherseeds to lose earlier in the tournamentincluded No 4 Dominic Thiem, No 8Stefanos Tsitsipas, No 9 KarenKhachanov and No 10 Roberto BautistaAgut.
De Minaur, a 20-year-old Australianwho has won two tour events this year,including last month's hard court tune-
up in Atlanta, outlasted Nishikori fromthe baseline and took advantage of hisopponent’s 60 unforced errors.
Also, Roger Federer won in straightsets for the first time in this year’s tour-nament, downing Daniel Evans 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 to advance to theround of 16.
Federer, the No 3 seed andfive-time champion at FlushingMeadows, dropped the first set inhis previous two rounds but thatwas not an issue against the 58th-rankedEvans. Federer blasted 48 winners andserved up 10 aces en route to the victo-ry, his 18th straight third-round win atthe Open.
Meanwhile on Thursday, ReigningWimbledon champion Simona Halep,meanwhile, crashed out early in NewYork for a third year running, blowing amatch point in a tense three-set loss to116th-ranked Taylor Townsend.
Gauff, who made a remarkable runto the fourth round at Wimbledonbefore falling to Halep, defeatedHungarian qualifier Timea Babos 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to become the youngest player inthe last 32 at a US Open since AnnaKournikova in 1996.
Three-time US Open championNadal advanced without striking a ball
when injury-plagued Australian ThanasiKokkinakis pulled out of their scheduledevening tie on Arthur Ashe with a rightshoulder problem.
The Spanish 18-time Grand Slamwinner will meet South Korean qualifi-er Chung Hyeon for a spot in the last 16.
Alexander Zverev, the sixth seed, isthe highest-ranked player remaining onhis side of the draw, as the German sur-vived a second successive five-setmarathon by outlasting AmericanFrances Tiafoe 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 toequal his best US Open run.
'LONG JOURNEY'Townsend upended women’s fourth
seed Halep 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), theRomanian consigned to another prema-ture exit at Flushing Meadows, havingbeen knocked out in the opening roundin 2017 and 2018.
Townsend recovered from wastingtwo match points to then save one andforce a tie-break she dominated to claimher first win over a top-10 player.
Top seed Osaka proved too strong for53rd-ranked Magda Linette of Poland,
sweeping to a 6-2, 6-4 victo-ry.
“I feel like I had mymoments where I played real-ly well,” Osaka said. “I thinkthe main thing for me was thatI was able to adjust whenever
I figured out something was goingwrong, so I think I’m heading in the rightdirection.”
Men’s fifth seed Daniil Medvedev,coming off a maiden Masters title inCincinnati, was struck down by crampduring a 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 win overBolivia’s Hugo Dellien.
Stan Wawrinka, the 2016 US Openchampion, beat Jeremy Chardy in foursets and is on a fourth-round collisioncourse with Djokovic, while Australian28th seed Nick Kyrgios rolled past104th-ranked French wildcard AntoineHoang 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Andrea Petkovic knocked out Czechsixth seed Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-4, while15th seed Bianca Andreescu and two-time runner-up Caroline Wozniackialso progressed.
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India’s Divij Sharan made afirst-round exit from the US
Open with partner Hugo Nysafter losing in straight sets toRobert Carballes Baena andFederico Delbonis, here.
The Indian and his part-ner from Monaco lost 4-6, 4-6 to the players, who are bothranked outside top-100 brack-et.
“We probably needed to
put more pressure on theirservice games. Delbonis madesome really good returns inthe games we got broken. It’sobviously a tough loss as Iwould have liked to do betterin the last slam of the year,”Divij said.
“I’ll look to regroup andwork towards doing well inthe remaining tournaments ofthe year.”
This is the second timethis season that left-handed
Sharan has made a first-roundexit from a Grand Slam, los-ing at the same stage at theAustralian Open also. Theresult means that he is likelyto drop a rung to 48 when thenew rankings will be issuedafter the conclusion of the lastGrand Slam of the season.
Reaching the Wimbledonquarterfinals in 2018 remainshis best show at the Majors.
Rohan Bopanna andLeander Paes are also in the
men’s doubles draw with theirrespective partners.
Bopanna and hisCanadian partner DenisShapovalov are up againstFrench fourth seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and NicolasMahut.
Paes has paired withArgentina’s Guillermo Duranand they will open their cam-paign against Serbia’s MiomirKecmanovic and Norway’sCasper Ruud.
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Asian Games medallistAbhishek Verma won the
Gold while teen sensationSaurabh Chaudhary claimedthe Bronze as Indian shootersdominated the podium in themen’s 10m air pistol event ofthe ongoing ISSF World Cuphere.
Verma, a part-time lawyer,shot 244.2 in the eight-manfinal on Thursday, while the17-year-old Chaudhary’s 221.9was good enough to get himthe Bronze after five Goldmedals this year.
The Silver medal went toTurkey’s Ismail Keles, whoaggregated 243.1 in the sea-son’s fourth ISSF World Cupfor rifle and pistol shooters.
India are now placed atthe top of the medals tally withtwo Gold, one Silver and aBronze.
India have alreadyexhausted the maximumOlympic quotas available percountry in this event, withboth Verma and Chaudharysecuring the sports in theprevious qualifying events.
In the qualification roundon Thursday, Chaudhary wasfourth with 584 points and
Verma entered the finals infifth position with 582 points,while Gaurav Rana was 44thwith 571.
Verma, who won Bronzein the Jakarta Asiad last year,and Chaudhary ended thesecond day of competitions ona high note for India.
For a change, Chaudharyhad to settle for a Bronze thistime — his sixth ISSF WorldCup medal of the year. He hadearlier won a phenomenalfive Golds.
Earlier in the day, ChinkiYadav came close to making itto the finals, finishing just apoint behind the final qualify-ing mark in the women’s 25mPistol event.
She shot a 294 in theRapid Fire round, ending upwith a solid 584 to claim 10thspot.
Switzerland’s HeidiGerber, who bagged the eighthand final qualifying spot, shot585 even as Hungary’sVeronika Major claimed herthird ISSF World Cup Gold ofthe year in the event.
Annu Raj Singh, makinga comeback to the Indianteam, shot 579 to end in 25thspot while Abhidnya AshokPatil shot 572 to finish 53rd.
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Australia captain Tim Paine believesSteve Smith’s return could be deci-
sive in their quest to retain the Ashes.Paine’s men were on the brink of
going 2-0 up with two to play only forEngland all-rounder Ben Stokes’ stun-ning 135 not out to condemn them to adramatic one-wicket loss in the third Testat Headingley last week.
Smith, however, missed that matchwith concussion after being hit by a92mph bouncer from Jofra Archer in thedrawn second Test at Lord’s.
The 30-year-old is now set to play innext week’s fourth Test at Old Traffordprovided he comes through this three-day tour fixture unscathed.
“Without Steve Smith playing Idon’t think we were given any chance ofwinning that Test match, I think mostpeople wrote us off in that Test, so we’retracking ok,” Paine told reporters.
“Steve Smith is going to come backin and play. So obviously someone fromthe last Test is going to miss out,” saidPaine, who replaced Smith as Australiacaptain after the ball-tampering scandal.
“There’s no doubt about that. Youhave the best player in the world com-ing back into your line-up.”
He insisted Australia had “movedon” from a remarkable reverse atHeadingley.
“We had some honest conversationsand we now we made some errors as a
team and as individuals, but we can’t beholding onto that,” he said.
“We’ve moved on, we’re ready forManchester, the group’s in a really goodspot,” added Paine, looking to lead
Australia to their first Ashes series winin England for 18 years.
Paine, asked how Australia couldbest dismiss all-rounder Stokes, who alsomade 115 not out at Lord’s, replied:
“Hold our chances would be a good start.“I think Nathan Lyon in the last two
Tests alone would have got him out fiveor six times had we held our catches orreferred our lbws.”
“Lyono’s still a huge weapon againsthim,” added Paine, rested from theDerbyshire match.
“But he (Stokes) is aworld-class player, he putsbowlers under pressureand makes them dothings and captainsdo things that youwouldn’t normallydo.
“That’s a hugeweapon England havegot and one we’ve got totry and contain in the lasttwo Test matches.”
Mitchell Starc,Australia’s World Cup spear-head but yet to feature in thisAshes, took three late Derbyshirewickets in one over.
Paine, however, said there wasmore to the left-arm fast bowler thanjust cleaning up the tail.
“He’s been working on his lengthand I think he showed some reallygood control in his first spell.”
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England star James Anderson has been ruled outof the remainder of the Ashes series with a calf
injury, the England and Wales Cricket Boardannounced on Friday.
Anderson, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, has not bowled in the series since breakingdown with the injury after sending down just fourovers in Australia’s 251-run win in the first Test atEdgbaston.
There had been hopes the 37-year-oldLancashire paceman would be fit for the fourth Testat his Old Trafford home ground starting onWednesday.
But after bowling during a second XI matchagainst Durham this week he has been declaredunfit for the final two Tests of the series.
“England and Lancashire seamer JamesAnderson has been ruled out for the rest of theSpecsavers Ashes series,” said an ECB statement.
“Whilst bowling in the ninth over on Thursdayin Lancashire’s second XI four-day friendly againstDurham at Chester Boughton Hall Cricket Club,Anderson became aware of right calf pain follow-ing on from 20 overs he had bowled on Tuesday.
“He immediately sought a medical assessmentfrom Lancashire and was withdrawn from the
remainder of the game,” the statementadded.
“Further review with the ECBmedical team has confirmed that hewill be unavailable for the remain-ing two Specsavers Ashes Tests.”
Anderson has taken 575 wicketsin 149 Tests at 26.94.
His tally is the most byany quick bowler, withAnderson fourth in theall-time list of leadingTest wicket-takers.
England have nowadded Somerset quickCraig Overton into a 13-man squad for thefourth Test.
Overton is nowback in a Test squad forthe first time sinceMarch 2018 when heplayed in England’s lossto New Zealand at EdenPark, Auckland.4th Test squad: RoryBurns, Jason Roy, Joe
Root (capt), Joe Denly,Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow
(wkt), Jos Buttler, ChrisWoakes, Jofra Archer, StuartBroad, Jack Leach, Sam Curran,Craig Overton.
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Last season’s runners-upArsenal were placed in
the same section asEintracht Frankfurt in thedraw for the Europa Leaguegroup stage in Monaco onFriday, while ManchesterUnited face a long trip toKazakhstan.
Unai Emery’s Arsenalside lost to Chelsea in thefinal in Baku after Eintrachthad been eliminated by thesame side on penalties in thelast four.
Ten-time Belgian cham-pions Standard Liege andPortugal’s Vitoria Guimaraes
are also in Group F.United, Europa League
winners in 2017, will faceAstana of Kazakhstan aswell as Partizan Belgradeand former finalists AZAlkmaar of the Netherlandsin Group L.
Wo l v e r h a m p t o nWanderers, the third Englishteam in the draw, will takeon Turkish side Besiktas inGroup K.
In their first Europeancampaign since 1980,Wolves have already comethrough three ties just toreach the group stage,including defeating Torino5-3 on aggregate in the play-
offs.Nuno Espirito Santo’s
team will also take on Bragaof Portugal and SlovanBratislava of Slovakia.
While all three PremierLeague sides will be fanciedto progress to the last 32, thedraw was far less kind on thetwo Scottish representatives.
Scottish championsCeltic meet Italian Cupholders Lazio and FrenchCup holders Rennes inGroup E as well as CFRCluj, the Romanian side towhom they lost inChampions League qualify-ing.
Celtic were in the samegroup as Rennes in the2011-12 Europa League andtook four points against theFrench club.
Meanwhile, StevenGerrard’s Rangers will takeon former European Cupwinners Porto andFeyenoord as well as Swisschampions Young Boys inGroup G.
Rangers reached thegroup stage for the secondseason running after edgingout Legia Warsaw in theplay-off round.
The opening groupgames will be played onSeptember 19. This sea-son's final will be held in thePolish city of Gdansk onMay 27, 2020.
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Barcelona coach ErnestoValverde has admitted he
cannot wait for speculationabout Neymar to end when thetransfer window closes onMonday.
Valverde also confirmedthat Lionel Messi will notrecover from his calf injury intime to face Osasuna in La Ligaon Saturday.
Messi tore his calf onAugust 5 and his absence mighthave accelerated Barca’s chasefor Neymar, although reports inSpain on Friday suggested theymay be unwilling to meet ParisS a i n t - G e r m a i n ’ sdemands.
With three days leftbefore the market shuts,there is still timefor a last attempt,with Barcelonadirector JordiBordas sayingon Tuesdaythat an agree-ment was“closer”.
“I amvery muchlooking for-ward to theday the trans-fer window clos-es,” said Valverde in
a press conference on Friday.“We can all then rest and
know this is the squad that wehave.
“On the issue of Neymar, Ihave nothing more to say. Heis a player from another team,we respect other clubs andwe’ll see what happens.”
Messi has yet to play thisseason, despite returning totraining with the first team lastweek.
Barcelona have deniedtheir captain has suffered a set-back and hope to have him
available for theleague game athome to Valencia
on September 14,before their
Champions Leagueopener away toB o r u s s i aDortmund threedays later.“The process of
recovery continues as nor-mal,” Valverde said. “It is truethat now the margins aresmall and we hope that for thegame against Valencia hemight be available.
“Then we start theChampions League andwe hope to have him back
for that but we will see howhe progresses in these twoweeks with the injury.”
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Former India batsman Ambati Rayudu hasexpressed his willingness to come out of
retirement and represent Hyderabad in allthree formats, a little less than two monthsafter he drew curtains on his cricketing career.
Rayudu, who announced his retirementafter being ignored for the 2019 World Cup,wrote to Prof Ratnakar Shetty of the BCCI,who is also one of the members of theCommittee of Administrators (CoA) of theHyderabad Cricket Association (HCA),expressing his willingness to play forHyderabad again.
“Ambati Rayudu has conveyed his desireto withdraw his earlier decision of retirementand made himself available for HCA in all for-mats of the game,” Shetty said on Friday.
The 33-year old cricketer had sent an e-mail to HCA on Thursday, stating that hewould like to come out of retirement and playin all formats for Hyderabad. He had alsothanked Chennai Super Kings, India greatVVS Laxman and Hyderabad selectioncommittee chief Noel David for their sup-port.
An emotional Rayudu had also statedthat he had taken the retirement decision inhaste.
Shetty said the decision taken by Rayuduwas a hasty one and it was good that he hasrealised it and chosen to withdraw it now.
“I was surprised when he took the deci-sion to retire which I feel was a hasty deci-sion,” Shetty, a veteran BCCI administrator,said.
He also said it is good that Rayudu hadrealised his mistake after being spoken to bysenior players including former India starLaxman.
“It is good that he (Rayudu) has realisedhis mistake after being spoken to by seniorplayers including VVS Laxman and hasdecided to withdraw his retirement decision,”Shetty added.
“He has a lot of cricket left in him andhis presence will help the youngsters inHyderabad CA,” the veteran administratorpointed out. “Ambati (Rayudu) is known tome since 2000 when he was a part of theunder-15 team and was a promising talent.It is good that he’s back.”
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Asuccessful away outingagainst world No 2
Belgium will definitely boostthe confidence of the Indianmen’s hockey team ahead ofthe Olympics qualifiers, feelsexperienced goalkeeper PRSreejesh.
The Indian team is com-ing off a successful OlympicTest event in Tokyo where theywere crowned champions afterthrashing New Zealand 5-0.
The world No 5 Indianmen’s team will next tourBelgium in September beforethe all-important OlympicQualifiers in November.
“The tour of Belgium is amassive series for us. They arethe No 2 side in the world andif we perform well againstthem then it will be a big con-fidence boost for us ahead ofthe FIH Olympic Qualifiers.Hopefully, we will win theseries at their home turf,”Sreejesh said.
Talking about the successat the Test event, the 31-year-old, who was rested alongwith several senior players,said the team has the right bal-ance for the upcoming FIHOlympic Qualifiers.
“It’s been amazing to seethe way our team has per-formed in the last couple ofmonths. Our victory in theOlympic Test event showedthat we have an excellentbench strength. The team hasthe right balance at the
moment and we are confidentof booking a place in the2020 Tokyo Olympics,” hesaid.
Like their male counter-parts, the Indian women’shockey team also returnedtriumphant from the Testevent after beating hosts Japan2-1 in the final.
Analysing the team’s per-formance, goalkeeper Savitasaid on-field communicationwas key to the team’s successat Tokyo.
“We were extremelypleased with our performanceat the Olympic Test Event.Being unbeaten was a veryheartening performance andespecially playing toe-to-toewith world No 2 Australiagave us a lot of confidence.The players are communicat-ing very well on the field andtherefore we have been able towin tournaments,” she said.
The Indian women’s team,ranked 10 in the world, willtake on England in Septemberahead of the FIH OlympicQualifiers.
“We have gained momen-tum at the right time with vic-tories. However, we cannot getcarried away with the resultsand need to continue to focuson improving our game.
“Playing the world No 4England side will be a toughchallenge in a five-matchseries, but if we continue tocommunicate well on the fieldthen we will surely producegreat results,” Savita said.
�� ��&��� Puneri Paltan producedan all-round performance to beatTelugu Titans 34-27 in a Pro KabaddiLeague match at the jam-packedThyagaraj stadium on Friday.
Nitin Tomar (8 points) andManjeet (9 points) were among pointsfor Anup Kumar coached Pune side,despite a record-setting defensivedisplay by the Titans. The Titans pro-duced 7 Super Tackles.
Pune dominated the initial min-utes of the match, thwarting SiddharthDesai’s raids while Nitin Tomar pickedup valuable raid points at the otherend. But Titans’ defender VishalBhardwaj, who has made a name forhimself as the king of Super Tacklesin Season 7, sparked off a series ofSuper Tackles, ably supported byAbozar Mighani and Amit Kumar, tokeep the Titans in the game.
The Telugu team produced 5Super Tackles in the first half as VishalBhardwaj raced to a High 5 but thedefensive masterclass was not enoughto prevent an All-Out in the final
minute of the half which ended 17-14 in favour of the Pune side.
Siddharth Desai was in no moodto let Pune dominate him and start-ed the second half positively, picking
four points in his first four raids of thehalf.
He also reached a personal mile-stone of 300 Pro Kabaddi points withthe raids. But sadly for Titans, thedefenders struggled to replicate theirfirst half form, with Vishal making amistake on an ankle hold that allowedPune’s Manjeet to escape with a 4-point Super Raid four minutes afterthe restart. The move allowed Puneto open up a 6-point lead which theywent on to hold firmly.
Balasaheb Jadhav, came in thesecond half to solidify the defencewhile Manjeet and Nitin Tomar tookcare of the raiding duties.
Nitin Tomar reached a mile-stone of 400 Pro Kabaddi pointstowards latter stages of the match asPune saw out the late challenge fromthe Telugu side. PNS
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Opener Mayank Agarwal fellafter scoring his thirdcareer half century while
captain Virat Kohli was battingsolid on 31 as India reached 118for 3 midway the second sessionon the opening day of World TestChampionships second matchagainst the West Indies here onFriday.
Agarwal departed at 55 aftersteadying the Indian innings witha solid batting display in his 127-ball knock from which he hit sevenboundaries. His cut shot in the 41stover of the India innings wentstraight to first slip fielderRakheem Cornwall.
Kohli, on his part, was gain-ing in confidence after a watchfulbatting in the morning session. Hehas faced 74 deliveries so far fromwhich he hit three boundaries.Ajinkya Rahane was giving himcompany on 2 from 12 balls at thedrinks break — which was calledafter 44 overs — in the post-lunchsession.
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Australia star Steve Smith was outfor just 23 in his first innings since
being felled by England fast bowlerJofra Archer and suffering concussionin the second Ashes Test.
Smith took to the crease in thethree-day tour game at Derby onFriday, coming in with Australia 179-2 in reply to Derbyshire’s first innings172.
He played his opening ball fromHamidullah Qadri defensively andlater slogged the off-spinner for four.
But his 38-ball knock came to anend when he sliced a drive off MattCritchley, a leg-spinner whose previ-ous 59 first-class wickets had come atan expensive average of 51.86. Qadri,running in from the cover boundary,held a well-judged catch.
Australia were then 237-3 in the
70th over.Smith, who was in the middle for
47 minutes, faced 38 balls and strucktwo fours.
But the only five balls he faced thatweren’t from a slow bowler came frommedium-pacer Anuj Dal.
Smith kept his pads on after walk-ing back into the pavilion and soonafterwards headed into the nets in thecompany of Australia opener DavidWarner, not playing against Derbyshire.
Warner, using the ‘dog-thrower’device to simulate fast bowling, sentdown deliveries to Smith.
This was former his first matchsince being hit on his unprotected neckby a 92 mph bouncer from Archer dur-ing the drawn second Test at Lord’s.
But against Derbyshire he wasbatting with a stem guard neck protec-tor on his helmet despite previouslysaying he felt uncomfortable using one.
Agarwal and Kohliresumed the second session atthe team score of 72 for 2 andadded 69 runs from 24 oversfor the third wicket.
Playing in his fourth Test,the 28-year-old Agarwalreached to his fifty as he edgeda Kemar Roach delivery to theboundary ropes.
Kohli took time to settledown on a tricky pitch as hetook 16 balls to open hisaccount during the morningsession. He was tested by thetight bowling from the Windiesespecially by debutant off-spin-ner Rakheem Cornwall.
Earlier, India laboured theirway to 72 for 2 from 30 oversafter opener K L Rahul andCheteshwar Pujara were dis-
missed cheaply in the openingsession.
Rahul and Pujara were outfor 13 and 6 respectively afterIndia were put into bat on aSabina Park pitch which hadsome grass on it.
After West Indies captainJason Holder opted to field,Rahul and Agarwal negotiatedthe first half an hour withouttaking any risk on a tricky pitch.
Holder introduced him-self in the seventh over andimmediately got the break-through by having the wicket ofRahul to break the 32-runopening stand.
It was a peach of a deliverywhich jagged away from mid-dle stump with Rahul edging itto Cornwall at first slip for a
comfortable catch. Rahul hittwo fours in his 26-ball innings.
Holder was getting thebounce and movement anddebutant Cornwall made theIndians toil for runs with histight off-spin bowling.
India were 36 for 1 in 13overs at the drinks break.
Pujara, who came afterRahul's departure in the sev-enth over, struggled again as hetook 15 deliveries to open hisaccount and was finally out for6 which came from 25 balls.
The bounce extracted by26-year-old off-spinnerCornwall, who stands at 6ft and5 inches and weighs more than140kg, did brought Pujara’sdownfall as he hit straight to thehands of Shamarh Brooks.
