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I ndia’s second mission to the Moon — Chandrayaan-2 — was called off due to a “tech- nical snag” in its most power- ful rocket a little less than an hour before launch from a spaceport here in the early hours of Monday. Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were assessing the seriousness of the problem with the heavylift rocket GSLV Mk-III rocket carrying the satellite that put a halt to the ambitious Rs 976 crore lunar mission amid uncertainty over a future launch date. The ISRO was tightlipped as to what may have caused the glitch that occurred when liq- uid propellant was being loaded into the rocket’s indige- nous cryogenic upper stage engine. But several space sci- entists said the space agency must be appreciated for calling off the launch of rather than hurrying into a major disaster. Despite the odd hour, enthusiasts of all ages reached the island, some of them trav- elling long distances on two wheelers, to witness the proud moment. The men, women and children waiting at a spe- cial gallery, set up recently by ISRO, left the venue disap- pointed as the mission did not go as expected. ISRO had set up the gallery — inaugurated by Chairman K Sivan a few months ago — on the sprawl- ing Sriharikota premises as the number of spectators turning up to witness launches has been increasing over time. “We do not know what happened but we are disappointed. I hope they rectify whatever the issue is. We will come back again to witness the launch,” said a young boy, holding aloft the tricolour, who had come with his family. A man standing nearby said it was good scientists had called off the launch when the rocket was still on the ground. “If it had gone into space and something had happened there, the huge amount of money spent on the mission would have gone to waste,” he said. Watched by President Ram Nath Kovind, the countdown to the launch of Chandrayaan- 2 on board Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-Mk-III, dubbed as “Baahubali”, was scheduled for 2.51 am on Monday. The mission was stopped 56 minutes and 24 sec- onds before lift-off at 1.55 am following an announcement from the Mission Control Centre. Confusion prevailed for several minutes before the ISRO came out with an official confirmation about the launch being cancelled. “A technical snag was observed in the launch vehicle system at t-minus 56 minutes. As a measure of abundant precaution Chandrayaan 2 launch has been called off for today,” ISRO Associate Director (Public Relations) BR Guruprasad said. He did not specify the nature of the snag. A revised launch date will be announced later, he added. “Launch is called off due to technical snag. It is not possi- ble to make the launch within the (launch) window. (A new) launch schedule will be announced later,” another ISRO official said, India’s space agency had earlier scheduled the launch in the first week of January but shifted it to July 15. The lift-off of the three-component space- craft weighing 3,850 kg and comprising an orbiter, the lan- der and the rover was sched- uled from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The satellite was supposed to explore the uncharted lunar south pole, 11 years after ISRO’s successful first lunar mission — Chandrayaan-1, which made more than 3,400 orbits around the moon and was operational for 312 days till August 29, 2009. It would have taken 54 days to accom- plish the task of landing on the Moon through meticulously planned orbital phases. B attling for survival after the resignation of 16 MLAs, the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition Government in Karnataka will face the floor test in the Assembly on Thursday. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy had announced he would seek a trust vote to end the “confu- sion” caused by the resignations of rebel MLAs, while asserting he was "ready for everything". The fate of all the 16 rebel legislators who have approached the Supreme Court is expected to be decided on Tuesday. Leaders of the ruling coalition led by Congress expressed con- fidence to win the trust vote, while Opposition BJP main- tained the Government has been reduced to "a minority" after 16 MLAs resigned from the Assembly. As the political turmoil lingered on with the ruling coalition making frantic efforts to win back rebels who have pushed the Government to the brink of collapse, Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Monday announced that the confidence motion sought to be moved by Kumaraswamy would be taken up at 11 am on July 18. With the support of the two independents, the BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224-member House, where the half-way mark is 113. If the resignations of the 16 MLAs are accepted, the coalition's tally will be reduced to 100. The date has been fixed after consulting both the Opposition and ruling coalition leaders at the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting. The disgruntled MLAs are in Mumbai and have not turned up for the Assembly proceedings, which began on Friday last. Rebel MLAs have also written to the Mumbai Police chief saying they don't want to meet senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Ghulam Nabi Azad or any other Congress leaders. Their move came amid speculation that Kharge, some other senior Congress leaders and Kumaraswamy may visit Hotel Renaissance in Powai where the rebel MLAs are sequestered, to win them back. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea of five more rebel Congress MLAs, along with the pending petition of 10 legislators, seek- ing a direction to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker to accept their resignation. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the submission of senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for the rebel MLAs, that they also be made parties to the pending petition, which is to be heard on Tuesday. A fter cricketers, current and former, shared New Zealand's pain on losing the World Cup title on boundary countback with tournament top-scorer Rohit Sharma ask- ing for a "serious look" into the rule, which was slammed as "absurd" by several former players, England skipper Eoin Morgan said players "do not have control over the rules" set by the ICC. Earlier, when New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was asked if the rule was a fair way to decide a World Cup final winner, he admitted it was hard to swallow. "I suppose you never thought you would have to ask that question and I never thought I would have to answer it (smiling)," was Williamson's reaction. Meanwhile, former inter- national umpires Simon Taufel and K Hariharan on Monday said officials standing in the World Cup final erred in awarding six runs, instead of five, to England for an over- throw, an observation that the ICC refused to comment on. "It's a clear mistake.. It's an error of judgment. They (England) should have been awarded five runs, not six," Taufel, a five-time ICC Umpire of the Year, told foxsports.Com.Au. In a pulsating encounter in the final, England were adjudged the winners of the world Cup on the basis of their superior boundary count — 22 fours and two sixes — to New Zealand's 16 after the epic final, and also the ensuing Super Over, ended in a tie. S enior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra was on Monday appoint- ed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, replacing Acharya Devvrat, who has been trans- ferred and appointed the Governor of Gujarat. A Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique said the appoint- ment of Mishra and Devvrat will come into effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. Mishra, 78, had resigned from the Narendra Modi-led Government as Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2017 after he crossed the age of 75, the BJP’s unofficial age limit for holding an elected post. The Uttar Pradesh leader did not contest the last Lok Sabha election. Devvrat, 60, was appoint- ed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh in 2015. He will replace Governor of Gujarat OP Kohli, who retires on Monday. C hief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday conduct- ed direct dialogue with deputy commissioners and deputy development commissioners of all 24 districts and gave them three-month deadline for com- pleting different development works. The CM also asked the officers to establish a connect with the people in their area to understand and solve their problems in a better way. The works given by the CM include formation of Kamal Clubs by July 30, solving muta- tion issues by organising camps, solving Tana Bhagats’ land relat- ed issues, providing jobs to kin of those killed in naxal violence, toilet construction, construction of rural roads through DMFT, Golden cards for 57 lakh fami- lies, registration of one lakh pregnant women, payments under Sukanya Yojna, holding camps for labourers’ welfare, appointment of teachers, fol- lowup of Saubhagya Yojna, pen- sion for widows among others. The CM, while talking to the officers said that Rs 5,000 crore will be directly trans- ferred to the accounts of 35 lakh farmers of the State. He asked them to complete the process of registration of farmers by August 25 and ensure that max- imum pesants get benefitted by PMKSN scheme. He also asked the officers to be dedicated to the development of villages. “Those who are misguiding the farmers under a conspiracy are anti-farmer and anti-nation- al. Identify them and send them to jails,” said the CM, when it came out during the meeting that in some districts rumours were rife that government will snatch land of farmers if they take benefit of CMKAY and PMKSN schemes. The CM said that the gov- ernment wants to help the farmers, while anti-national forces are misguiding them. He asked the officers to make farmers aware and make them believe that no one can snatch their land during the present regime. Das said that in order to illuminate the roads of the vil- lage approved by the Gram Sabha, street lighting scheme, paver block road and solar water pump should be com- pleted in the villages by September 30. “Apply the schemes passed by the Gram Sabhana and those who do not do it take strict action on them. Also in the ACR of Block Development Officer will be written against him. Send the remaining panchayat's revival timely for street lights,” he said. The CM also asked officials to ensure proper implementa- tion of PMAY, AAY, UJJWALA and other schemes and use the Rs 50 lakh funds of MLAs for water supply schemes. He also asked for speedy formation of Sakhi mandals for women empowerment and encourage the women for economic self dependence. The CM, during the meeting also asked DCs to visit rural areas once in a week to take stock of the water con- servation campaign. The CM reviewed the works of Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms, Labour, Transport, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Rural Works, Agriculture, Energy and other departments during the meet- ing. W hile the growing con- cern for health and hygiene has taken centerstage these days, women’s menstru- al health and sanitary hygiene remains to be cornered by the stigma and taboo surrounding it till date. Mangesh Jha, pop- ularly known as the ‘Padman of Jharkhand’ for his efforts to drive awareness about men- strual health and hygiene in the rural areas of the State has now collaborated with ‘Niine’, a san- itary pad company to set up pad vending machines in Kolkata. “Women empowerment, for me is not about praising and idolising that one woman who made it to success but thinking of ways to empower all the oth- ers who didn’t. And, empow- erment must begin at the grass root level, empowering our women with proper menstru- al healthcare and hygiene,” said Mangesh, determined to pro- vide women with the basic facility of hygienic menses. Setting up pad vending machines in police stations and traffic posts with the mis- sion to empower all the women of Kolkata Police, he plans to extend this drive to all the gov- ernment and public spaces of Jharkhand and Bihar like bus stands, railway stations and police stations. The company ‘Niine’ shares the same vision as of Jha and is giving 100 pads free and thereafter charging a nominal cost of Rs. 5 per pad with each vending machine. “Sanitary pad vending machines are as basic and necessary as the first aid boxes and should come along with it,” added Mangesh. Sanitary waste manage- ment is another pressing issue in the urban patches that requires immediate attention. Sanitary pads available in the market have a significant amount of plastic content and are non-biodegradable. Every woman in her menstrual life- cycle uses about 3500–4000 sanitary pads, which cumulates to produce a concerning figure. India is reportedly producing approximately 9 million tonnes of sanitary waste every year and most of this waste is prime sources of water body conta- mination. “In times where the leading metros of the country are run- ning out of ground water, major parts are drought strick- en and climate change is the debate of the hour, we have to look into sustainable ways to provide our women with san- itation solutions,” said Jha. But the main problem lies with the high cost of producing bio- degradable pads with mini- mum plastic content. Government has an impor- tant role to play in subsiding and promoting the produc- tion and use of bio-degradable pads and issuing regulations on corporates to do the same, he said. Mangesh has been a pio- neer in the field, working from 2014 after leaving a well paid job. He saw the critical situation of women in rural areas of Jharkhand, especially the daily wage workers who were barred from doing their jobs during their menses that directly affected their two square meals of the day. “The plight of the women in rural areas shook me to do something about it. They were found using coal ashes, grass and anything that was easily available and soaked blood,” told Mangesh. Pads available in the mar- ket are too costly and inacces- sible for them. Women suffer- ing from reproductive and uri- nary tract infections are com- mon in such areas. Adolescent girls hitting puberty and dropping school suffer the most both physical- ly and mentally. Approximately 8 out of every 10 women prac- tice unhygienic means during their menstruation in the State claimed a report from National Family Health Survey. Initially, he came up with homemade pads made out of sterilized muslin and cotton stitched by his mother, Mangesh faced a lot of chal- lenges and backlash as the issue of menstruation was strongly related to the digni- ty of women for people and they were not comfortable to talk about it. It took a lot of market research, healthcare data and engaging with the rural population to find an effective solution. Mangesh proposes to design and imple- ment a ‘Sanitation Pathway’ - a channel through which rural women with their vil- lages’ SHG group and local help produce, distribute and market sanitary pads as a means to attain self reliance. Government can organise such groups and provide financial aid. Another impor- tant aspect of such a pathway emphasized by Jha included nutrition. Proper mapping of one’s menstrual cycle and taking care of nutritional require- ments is crucial for the health of women, especially girls who have just hit puberty.

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India’s second mission to theMoon — Chandrayaan-2 —

was called off due to a “tech-nical snag” in its most power-ful rocket a little less than anhour before launch from aspaceport here in the earlyhours of Monday. Scientists ofthe Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO) wereassessing the seriousness ofthe problem with the heavyliftrocket GSLV Mk-III rocketcarrying the satellite that put ahalt to the ambitious Rs 976crore lunar mission amiduncertainty over a futurelaunch date.

The ISRO was tightlippedas to what may have caused theglitch that occurred when liq-uid propellant was beingloaded into the rocket’s indige-nous cryogenic upper stageengine. But several space sci-entists said the space agencymust be appreciated for callingoff the launch of rather thanhurrying into a major disaster.

Despite the odd hour,enthusiasts of all ages reachedthe island, some of them trav-elling long distances on twowheelers, to witness the proudmoment. The men, womenand children waiting at a spe-

cial gallery, set up recently byISRO, left the venue disap-pointed as the mission did notgo as expected. ISRO had set upthe gallery — inaugurated byChairman K Sivan a fewmonths ago — on the sprawl-ing Sriharikota premises as thenumber of spectators turningup to witness launches hasbeen increasing over time. “Wedo not know what happenedbut we are disappointed. I

hope they rectify whatever theissue is. We will come backagain to witness the launch,”said a young boy, holding aloftthe tricolour, who had comewith his family.

A man standing nearbysaid it was good scientists hadcalled off the launch when therocket was still on the ground.“If it had gone into space andsomething had happened there,the huge amount of money

spent on the mission wouldhave gone to waste,” he said.

Watched by President RamNath Kovind, the countdownto the launch of Chandrayaan-2 on board GeosynchronousLaunch Vehicle GSLV-Mk-III,dubbed as “Baahubali”, wasscheduled for 2.51 am onMonday. The mission wasstopped 56 minutes and 24 sec-onds before lift-off at 1.55 amfollowing an announcement

from the Mission ControlCentre. Confusion prevailedfor several minutes before theISRO came out with an officialconfirmation about the launchbeing cancelled.

“A technical snag wasobserved in the launch vehiclesystem at t-minus 56 minutes.As a measure of abundantprecaution Chandrayaan 2launch has been called off fortoday,” ISRO AssociateDirector (Public Relations) BRGuruprasad said. He did notspecify the nature of the snag.A revised launch date will beannounced later, he added.

“Launch is called off due totechnical snag. It is not possi-ble to make the launch withinthe (launch) window. (A new)launch schedule will beannounced later,” anotherISRO official said,

India’s space agency hadearlier scheduled the launch inthe first week of January butshifted it to July 15. The lift-offof the three-component space-craft weighing 3,850 kg andcomprising an orbiter, the lan-der and the rover was sched-uled from the Satish DhawanSpace Centre (SDSC) inSriharikota, off the coast ofAndhra Pradesh.

The satellite was supposedto explore the uncharted lunarsouth pole, 11 years afterISRO’s successful first lunarmission — Chandrayaan-1,which made more than 3,400orbits around the moon andwas operational for 312 daystill August 29, 2009. It wouldhave taken 54 days to accom-plish the task of landing on theMoon through meticulouslyplanned orbital phases.

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Battling for survival afterthe resignation of 16 MLAs,

the Congress-Janata Dal(Secular) coalitionGovernment in Karnataka willface the floor test in theAssembly on Thursday. ChiefMinister HD Kumaraswamyhad announced he would seeka trust vote to end the “confu-sion” caused by the resignationsof rebel MLAs, while assertinghe was "ready for everything".

The fate of all the 16 rebellegislators who have approachedthe Supreme Court is expectedto be decided on Tuesday.Leaders of the ruling coalitionled by Congress expressed con-fidence to win the trust vote,while Opposition BJP main-tained the Government hasbeen reduced to "a minority"after 16 MLAs resigned fromthe Assembly.

As the political turmoillingered on with the rulingcoalition making frantic effortsto win back rebels who havepushed the Government to thebrink of collapse, AssemblySpeaker KR Ramesh Kumar onMonday announced that theconfidence motion sought to bemoved by Kumaraswamywould be taken up at 11 am onJuly 18.

With the support of the

two independents, the BJP has107 MLAs in the 224-memberHouse, where the half-waymark is 113. If the resignationsof the 16 MLAs are accepted,the coalition's tally will bereduced to 100.

The date has been fixedafter consulting both theOpposition and ruling coalitionleaders at the BusinessAdvisory Committee (BAC)meeting. The disgruntledMLAs are in Mumbai and havenot turned up for the Assemblyproceedings, which began onFriday last.

Rebel MLAs have alsowritten to the Mumbai Policechief saying they don't want tomeet senior Congress leadersMallikarjun Kharge, GhulamNabi Azad or any otherCongress leaders. Their move

came amid speculation thatKharge, some other seniorCongress leaders andKumaraswamy may visit HotelRenaissance in Powai wherethe rebel MLAs aresequestered, to win themback.

The Supreme Court onMonday agreed to hear a pleaof five more rebel CongressMLAs, along with the pendingpetition of 10 legislators, seek-ing a direction to theKarnataka Assembly Speakerto accept their resignation. ABench headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi took note of thesubmission of senior advocateMukul Rohtagi, appearing forthe rebel MLAs, that theyalso be made parties to thepending petition, which is tobe heard on Tuesday.

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After cricketers, current andformer, shared New

Zealand's pain on losing theWorld Cup title on boundarycountback with tournamenttop-scorer Rohit Sharma ask-ing for a "serious look" into therule, which was slammed as"absurd" by several formerplayers, England skipper EoinMorgan said players "do nothave control over the rules" setby the ICC.

Earlier, when New Zealandskipper Kane Williamson wasasked if the rule was a fair wayto decide a World Cup finalwinner, he admitted it washard to swallow. "I suppose younever thought you would haveto ask that question and I

never thought I would have toanswer it (smiling)," wasWilliamson's reaction.

Meanwhile, former inter-national umpires Simon Taufeland K Hariharan on Mondaysaid officials standing in theWorld Cup final erred inawarding six runs, instead offive, to England for an over-throw, an observation that theICC refused to comment on."It's a clear mistake.. It's anerror of judgment. They

(England) should have beenawarded five runs, not six,"Taufel, a five-time ICC Umpireof the Year, toldfoxsports.Com.Au.

In a pulsating encounter inthe final, England wereadjudged the winners of theworld Cup on the basis of theirsuperior boundary count — 22fours and two sixes — to NewZealand's 16 after the epicfinal, and also the ensuingSuper Over, ended in a tie.

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Senior BJPleader Kalraj

Mishra was onMonday appoint-ed the Governor of HimachalPradesh, replacing AcharyaDevvrat, who has been trans-ferred and appointed theGovernor of Gujarat.

A Rashtrapati Bhavan presscommunique said the appoint-ment of Mishra and Devvratwill come into effect from thedates they assume charge oftheir respective offices.

Mishra, 78, had resignedfrom the Narendra Modi-ledGovernment as Minister forMicro, Small and MediumEnterprises in 2017 after hecrossed the age of 75, the BJP’sunofficial age limit for holdingan elected post.

The Uttar Pradesh leaderdid not contest the last LokSabha election.

Devvrat, 60, was appoint-ed the Governor of HimachalPradesh in 2015.

He will replace Governorof Gujarat OP Kohli, whoretires on Monday.

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Chief Minister RaghubarDas on Monday conduct-

ed direct dialogue with deputycommissioners and deputydevelopment commissionersof all 24 districts and gave themthree-month deadline for com-pleting different developmentworks. The CM also asked theofficers to establish a connectwith the people in their area tounderstand and solve theirproblems in a better way.

The works given by the CMinclude formation of KamalClubs by July 30, solving muta-tion issues by organising camps,solving Tana Bhagats’ land relat-ed issues, providing jobs to kinof those killed in naxal violence,toilet construction, constructionof rural roads through DMFT,Golden cards for 57 lakh fami-lies, registration of one lakhpregnant women, paymentsunder Sukanya Yojna, holdingcamps for labourers’ welfare,appointment of teachers, fol-lowup of Saubhagya Yojna, pen-

sion for widows among others.The CM, while talking to

the officers said that Rs 5,000crore will be directly trans-ferred to the accounts of 35 lakhfarmers of the State. He askedthem to complete the process ofregistration of farmers byAugust 25 and ensure that max-imum pesants get benefitted byPMKSN scheme. He also askedthe officers to be dedicated tothe development of villages.

“Those who are misguidingthe farmers under a conspiracyare anti-farmer and anti-nation-al. Identify them and send themto jails,” said the CM, when itcame out during the meetingthat in some districts rumourswere rife that government willsnatch land of farmers if theytake benefit of CMKAY andPMKSN schemes.

The CM said that the gov-ernment wants to help thefarmers, while anti-nationalforces are misguiding them.He asked the officers to makefarmers aware and make thembelieve that no one can snatchtheir land during the presentregime.

Das said that in order toilluminate the roads of the vil-lage approved by the GramSabha, street lighting scheme,paver block road and solar

water pump should be com-pleted in the villages bySeptember 30. “Apply theschemes passed by the GramSabhana and those who do notdo it take strict action on them.Also in the ACR of BlockDevelopment Officer will bewritten against him. Send theremaining panchayat's revivaltimely for street lights,” he said.

The CM also asked officialsto ensure proper implementa-tion of PMAY, AAY, UJJWALAand other schemes and use theRs 50 lakh funds of MLAs forwater supply schemes. He also

asked for speedy formation ofSakhi mandals for womenempowerment and encouragethe women for economic selfdependence. The CM, duringthe meeting also asked DCs tovisit rural areas once in a weekto take stock of the water con-servation campaign.

The CM reviewed theworks of Revenue, Registrationand Land Reforms, Labour,Transport, Rural Development,Panchayati Raj, Rural Works,Agriculture, Energy and otherdepartments during the meet-ing.

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While the growing con-cern for health and

hygiene has taken centerstagethese days, women’s menstru-al health and sanitary hygieneremains to be cornered by thestigma and taboo surroundingit till date. Mangesh Jha, pop-ularly known as the ‘Padman ofJharkhand’ for his efforts todrive awareness about men-strual health and hygiene in therural areas of the State has nowcollaborated with ‘Niine’, a san-itary pad company to set uppad vending machines inKolkata.

“Women empowerment,for me is not about praising andidolising that one woman whomade it to success but thinkingof ways to empower all the oth-ers who didn’t. And, empow-erment must begin at the grassroot level, empowering our

women with proper menstru-al healthcare and hygiene,” saidMangesh, determined to pro-vide women with the basicfacility of hygienic menses.Setting up pad vendingmachines in police stationsand traffic posts with the mis-sion to empower all the womenof Kolkata Police, he plans toextend this drive to all the gov-ernment and public spaces ofJharkhand and Bihar like busstands, railway stations andpolice stations.

The company ‘Niine’ sharesthe same vision as of Jha andis giving 100 pads free andthereafter charging a nominalcost of Rs. 5 per pad with each

vending machine. “Sanitarypad vending machines are asbasic and necessary as the firstaid boxes and should comealong with it,” added Mangesh.

Sanitary waste manage-ment is another pressing issuein the urban patches thatrequires immediate attention.Sanitary pads available in the

market have a significantamount of plastic content andare non-biodegradable. Everywoman in her menstrual life-cycle uses about 3500–4000sanitary pads, which cumulatesto produce a concerning figure.India is reportedly producingapproximately 9 million tonnesof sanitary waste every year andmost of this waste is primesources of water body conta-mination.

“In times where the leadingmetros of the country are run-ning out of ground water,

major parts are drought strick-en and climate change is thedebate of the hour, we have tolook into sustainable ways toprovide our women with san-itation solutions,” said Jha. Butthe main problem lies with thehigh cost of producing bio-degradable pads with mini-mum plastic content.Government has an impor-tant role to play in subsidingand promoting the produc-tion and use of bio-degradablepads and issuing regulations oncorporates to do the same, hesaid.

Mangesh has been a pio-neer in the field, working from2014 after leaving a well paidjob. He saw the critical situationof women in rural areas ofJharkhand, especially the dailywage workers who were barredfrom doing their jobs duringtheir menses that directlyaffected their two square mealsof the day. “The plight of the

women in rural areas shook meto do something about it. Theywere found using coal ashes,grass and anything that waseasily available and soakedblood,” told Mangesh.

Pads available in the mar-ket are too costly and inacces-sible for them. Women suffer-ing from reproductive and uri-nary tract infections are com-mon in such areas.

Adolescent girls hittingpuberty and dropping schoolsuffer the most both physical-ly and mentally. Approximately8 out of every 10 women prac-tice unhygienic means duringtheir menstruation in the Stateclaimed a report from NationalFamily Health Survey.

Initially, he came up withhomemade pads made out ofsterilized muslin and cottonstitched by his mother,Mangesh faced a lot of chal-lenges and backlash as theissue of menstruation was

strongly related to the digni-ty of women for people andthey were not comfortable totalk about it. It took a lot ofmarket research, healthcaredata and engaging with therural population to find aneffective solution. Mangeshproposes to design and imple-ment a ‘Sanitation Pathway’ -a channel through whichrural women with their vil-lages’ SHG group and localhelp produce, distribute andmarket sanitary pads as ameans to attain self reliance.

Government can organisesuch groups and providefinancial aid. Another impor-tant aspect of such a pathwayemphasized by Jha includednutrition.

Proper mapping of one’smenstrual cycle and takingcare of nutritional require-ments is crucial for the healthof women, especially girlswho have just hit puberty.

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AWorld Bank inspectionpanel investigation team

investigated into complaintsmade to it by two communitiesresiding on the outskirts ofJamshedpur-Giddhijhopri andPurana Basti against theChhottagovindpur BagberaPiped Water Supply Scheme.The investigation team metwith communities fromGiddhijhopri and Purana Basti,especially the women, to dis-cuss the harmful impacts of theScheme.

The Majhi ofGiddhijhopri’s Santhal Adivasicommunity, Sukram Kisku, hassaid that “Construction ofScheme components wasundertaken on community cul-tural land in both the villageswithout any Gram Sabha res-olution. It is not just us claim-ing this. World Bank loan teamhas acknowledged this lapse intheir reply. In Giddhijhopri, theadministration is constructinga water treatment plant underthe Scheme on GiddhijhopriCommunity’s Jaher Sthal andMaddhatti (cremation groundand graveyard). The adminis-tration never asked us aboutthe importance of this land forour communities.

A Jaher Sthal is the bedrock

of a Santhal community’s exis-tence. It is upsetting that theWorld Bank management anddistrict administration attackedAdivasi culture and rights forthe implementation of thisScheme. We hope that thebank administration makes aneffective plan to fix the glaringlapses that came to light as aresult of the Inspection Panelprocess.”

In Purana Basti, theInspection Panel met with amember of late Karan ChandraHansda’s family, Ms. NageHansda. Karan ChandraHansda, along with his associ-ates, Chandra Mohan Tuduand Devashish Gowswami, wasmartyred in the struggle for aseparate Jharkhand State. Themartyrdom site, erected intheir memory in Purana Basti,was uprooted to build a watertank under the Scheme. PuranaBasti community member,Lalsingh Gagrai said that “Ourcommunities are economical-ly weak and cannot afford topay for drinking water.

The World Bank hasadmitted in its reply that theyfailed to finish an environ-mental assessment for thisScheme. We are concernedthat there is a lot of existingpressure on the SubernrekhaRiver because of the diversion

of river water by industries andfor household supply. Withoutany environmental assessment,this Scheme will also extractwater from the SubernrekhaRiver. This can adverselyimpact the groundwater tableof the area and our local ponds,wells, and lakes.”

Community Advisor,Bineet Mundu laid out that,“The investigating report islikely to be released by October2019. The injustice meted outto both the communities isclear from the Panel’s initial eli-gibility report, itself. The bankmanagement has accepted itsmistakes, but it has not put for-ward a constructive way toresolve the community's griev-ances.”

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Giridih police has arrestedfour persons on charges of

inciting violence and attackingpolice personnel on duty. Fivepolice personnel, including apolice inspector, were injuredwhen a group of locals attackeda police team which had goneto Mungiatongri village to res-cue a youth from furious mobat Bagodar area of Giridih dis-trict—180 km north east ofState Capital.

The incident occurred onSunday afternoon when somelocals spotted a container car-rying animal carcass. The vil-lagers suspecting the carcass ofprohibited meat, stopped thevehicle and thrashed the helperof vehicle, Mohammed Qadir,however, the driver of containermanaged to escape. Qadir wasrescued by an alert Bagodarpolice, but the frenzied localsthrew stones at the officials,indulged in the arson andattacked them, leaving fivecops injured.

Bagodar Sub DivisionalOfficer, Ram Kumar Mandalsaid, “The container, bearingregistration number of UttarPradesh, was on its way fromKolkata to Uttar Pradesh. Someyouths suspecting the vehiclecarrying prohibited meatstopped the vehicle and trashedthe helper.”

Soon large number ofyouths assembled at the spotand tried to lynch MohammedQadir, but the police reachedon the spot and rescued thehelper.

Bagodar police station,officer in-charge Navin KumarSingh said, “Two FIRs havebeen lodged in this connection,first for inciting violence/spreading hatred in society

and second FIR for stoppingGovernment employees fromdischarging duties.”

The arrested persons haveidentified as Jitendra KumarMahto, a resident of Hesla,Jitendra Mahto, a resident ofAaura, Ganesh Mahto, a resi-dent of Gamhariatand andJitendra Sao, a resident ofBagodar.

The arrested persons havebeen booked under section307 (attempt to murder), 153 ‘A’(promoting disharmony, enmi-ty or hatred on ground of reli-gion), 148 (rioting, armed withdeadly weapon) and other sec-tions of Indian Penal Code(IPC). The arrested personshave also been booked undersection 353 of IPC which dealswith obstructing a Governmentemployee from dischargingduties.

The Bagodar incidentoccurred on the heels of TabrezAnsari, a 23-year old youthlynched by mob and forced tochant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘JaiHanuman’ last month atSaraikela.

The State Government,after Tarbez Ansari case, haddirected police stations to cre-ate an awareness drive on moblynching incidents. The Ranchidistrict administration, onSunday, organised two publicpolice meet asking citizens notto take law into their hands andinform cops about hate mes-sages and those spreadingthem.

BJP working president JPNadda on a visit to State Capitalon Sunday too has condemnedmob lynching incident.

On rising incidents ofmob lynching, the saffronparty chief said, “No one hasthe right to take law into hishands. The BJP believes in the

politics of sabka saath, sabkavikas and sabka vishwas.”

Condemning the inci-dent, Human right activistSiraj Dutta said, “Such moblynching incidents have goneup in State in last four years.This is serious issue and theGovernment should takestrict action to curb suchincidents.”

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DPS Ranchi students per-formed well in various

competitive examinations.Srijan Shashwat (Class XII)scored a whopping 100% resultin SAT(Scholastic AssessmentTest), an entrance exam usedby most colleges and universi-ties in the US, Canada as wellas other countries to select stu-dents for admissions to under-graduate courses. Tejas AshishBatra, Class XII, a pass out ofDPS Ranchi secured 38th rankin AFMC (Armed ForcesMedical College) entranceexam. He has earlier baggedAIR- 6941 in NEET, AIR-4644in AIIMS and AIR-2317 in JIP-MER. Ishita Purwar Class XII,another pass out of DPS Ranchi

got selected for the OxfordSummer Course in the subjectBusiness and Entrepreneurship,and got accommodated in theSomerville College of the pres-tigious Oxford University. It isnoteworthy that 30 studentswere selected for this course,out of which only 5 studentswere Indian.

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The importance of Plasticsurgery cannot be under-

mined in transforming thesociety and lifestyle of peoplein need of it, concluded expertsat a Continuing MedicalEducation (CME) organisedat the Rajendra Institute ofMedical Sciences (RIMS) ,aimed at enlightening the audi-ence, mainly medical profes-sionals, students and facultieswith the scope and opportuni-ties in the field of PlasticSurgery here on Monday.

The seminar also strived toencourage RIMS authoritiesto open up a Plastic SurgeryDepartment, still absent in allthree government medical col-leges of the State.

On the event of WorldPlastic Surgery Day, deliveringthe message, renowned plasticsurgeon Dr. Anant Sinha, said,“Plastic Surgery is the mostmisunderstood branch ofMedical Science. People thinkit concerns with cosmetics andaesthetics of the body but thatis just 10 per cent of it, the rest90 per cent deals with restora-tion of crucial body forms andfunctions.”

The speakers of the eventalso threw light upon the vitaluses of plastic surgery in med-

ical healthcare sector and dis-cussed numerous case studiesof patients with acid burn,cracker burn, trauma and acci-dent, amputated body part.Facts and other medical tech-nicalities regarding the processwere vividly presented. Theyalso discussed various otheruses and techniques of plasticsurgery in cleft treatment, hairgrafting, Rhinoplasty,Adminoplasty, Hypospadias tomention a few.

“It was indeed a very infor-mative and interactive seminaron Plastic Surgery. As buddingmedical practitioners weshould be well equipped withthe new advancements anddevelopments in the area ofMedical Science,” said a med-ical student who attended theevent. “It can prove to be all theway more beneficial to those ofus who would opt to spe-cialise in Plastic Surgery,” headded.

The event had a list ofesteemed guests and experts tomake the students pursuingMBBS and PG in RIMS awareof the latest advancement inthe field of Plastic Surgery.

Dr. V Bhattacharya, pro-fessor at BHU and formerPresident of Association ofPlastic Surgeon of India gracedthe seminar as the Chief Guest.

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by rumours, mainly throughsocial media, the district policehave launched an awarenessdrives with focus on ruralareas. Under the initiative,meetings will be held withlocal people educating them tocontact police when they spotany suspected person.

Police recently organisedan awareness meeting on moblynching at Parsudih police sta-tion. Chaired by SP (City)Subhash Chandra Jatt, the meet-ing was attended by Parsudihthana OC Animesh Gupta,BDO Malay Kumar and locals.Jatt said people should not takelaw in their hands and reportany matter to the police imme-diately. He urged people toremain alert and to inform thenearby police station or gaon-burah about any incident of mobviolence and lynching.

Following death of 24-yearTabrez Ansari who was alleged-ly fell victim of mob lynchingon the wee hours of June 18, the

police are taking every step toeducate people not to take lawin their hands. In the last fewyears Kolhan division has wit-nessed incidents of several peo-ple getting attacked by suspi-cious mobs.

In 2017, four cattle traderswere also lynched at different vil-lages in Rajnagar block ofSeraikela-Kharsawan districtwhile three youths (includingtwo brothers Gautam and VikasVerma) were lynched at Nagadihin Bagbera and an elderly (76year old) grandmother of the

two lynched brothers, RamsakhiDevi was critically injured. Later,Ramsakhi Devi succumbed toher injuries at Tata MainHospital. “We are here to makeyou understand that do nottrust rumours. If anyone isfound suspicious, contact thelocal police station. We are thereto help you do not take law intoyour own hands,” Parsudihthana OC Animesh Gupta. Hereiterated that the locals mustimmediately contact the nearbypolice station.

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people aware through variousmeans so that they do not fallprey to rumours being spreadthrough WhatsApp,” said anoth-er official. The officer said thatin rural areas, policemen arereaching out to people in thesmallest of villages and trying toeducate them.

The police are also targetingthe weekly markets in ruralareas to cover maximum num-ber of people. In addition to this,police have been tasked withholding meetings with villagersto create awareness.

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The Giridih police onMonday declared that the

brutal murder case of a 50-year-old CCL security super-visor Jaiprakash Singh aliasBhola Singh has been solvedwith the arrests of two accused.

"We have arrested twoaccused, who were part of theconspiracy to kidnap and killthe victim," Giridih SDPO JitWahan Oraon said. The policehad first arrested one individ-ual, identified as Papu Marin,for the murder of the securityofficer after his decomposedbody was found dumped nearBhaduapahari around fourkilometres from his homewithin Muffasil police stationlimits. The body was discov-ered on July 14, about 15 daysafter he went missing.

On Saturday, anotheraccused was arrested identifiedas Shohel Shekh the close asso-ciate of prime accused PapuMarin. The police said ShohelShekh helped the accused tohide the security Inspector'sbody. The police also saidJaiprakash's clothes were usedto drape the victim's body,and his motorbike was dumpedin CCL pit near Bhaduapahari,which was later recovered bypolice.

Sources in the SIT teamprobing the murder case saidthe body might had been hid-den in burning coal after the

crime. So the team on Sundayhave recovered only few bonesof victim and it has been sentfor forensic examination.

A senior police officer,however, refused to commenton the development.

Police sources said thattwo criminals stabbed to deathsecurity supervisor Jai PrakashSingh on his way to mines onJuly1, 2019 and dumped hisbody in burning coal mines inBhaduapahari area while hismotorcycle was also dumped inCCL well.

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Bokaro: Bokaro district admin-istration is all set to removeunauthorised slum adjacent toBokaro airport boundary wallwhich puts a halt on the expan-sion and development work.

On the directive of districtadministration the Estate CourtBokaro executed on evictionorder for the people resident inthe slum surrounding the air-port. The court has given an ulti-matum to the encroachers toleave the spot immediately by 17July.

The order also stated that, inview of the expansion and devel-opment of Bokaro Airport, thedistrict administration willlaunch a special anti-encroach-ment drive from 22 July andadministration will recover thedemolition expanse from theencroachers.

Bokaro DeputyCommissioner KN Jha recentlyheld a meeting with officials anddiscussed on several issues andalso asked them to clear theencroachments. “The illegal

houses that come up in the areawere creating problems forexpansion of the airport; all-outefforts would be made to makethe areas encroachments free,”said an official.

The encroachment shouldhave been removed earlier but itcould not be, he said. “Over 400houses (huts) along with Khatalsare at this unauthorised slum inSector XII of the Bokaro SteelCity’s township area puts a halton the expansion work would berazed out,” he said. PNS

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The number of childrenidentified of suffering from

severe acute malnutrition(SAM) being benefitted underthe special nutrition pro-gramme (SNP) in the Statereduced from 63,187 in 2015-16 to 19,218 in 2019-20.

Addressing the media per-sons on here on Monday, StateWomen and ChildDevelopment and SocialSecurity Minister LouisMarandi said that the numbershows that the number ofSAM children has reduced inthe State.

Informing about the worksdone by department in the lastfour and a half years, the min-ister said, “Under the SNP,children between six monthsto six years and pregnant andlactating mothers are provid-ed special benefits like takehome ration and hot cookedmeal at the 38,432 AnganwadiCentres across the State. Atotal of 34,82,110 women and

children were benefitted underthe scheme in the year 2019-20.”

A major step taken by theState government during itstenure was increasing the hon-orarium of Anganwadi Sevikasand Sahayikas. “The honorar-ium of Anganwadi Sevikaswas increased in October2018, from �4,400 per monthto �5900 while that ofSahayikas was increased from�2200 to � 2950,” the Ministersaid.

Talking about theMukhyamantri Sukanya Yojnastarted in January 2019 tohelp curb child marriage andempower the girls of the State,Marandi said that a total of1,01,94 beneficiaries weregiven an amount of �3119.57lakh in the financial year2018-19 while 2,90,169 girlshave already been benefited inthe FY 2019-20.

The Minister alsoinformed about the varioussteps taken under theIntegrated Child Protection

Scheme (ICPS), a scheme forchildren in need of care andprotection or children in con-flict with law.

ICPS directed, DK Saxenawho was also present at theconference informed that atotal of 90 children home arecurrently functional in theState in which 3023 children inneed of care and protection

stay. Of these, 2 are being runby the State Government, 22are aided by the State but is runby NGOs, 48 are run inde-pendently by NGOs but regis-tered with the State, 13 are spe-cial adoption agencies and fiveother are open shelter homes.

“We also have 10 obser-vation homes for children inconflict with law and one spe-

cial home,” Saxena said.Marandi informed that

one stop centre for women indistress is functional in all thedistricts in temporary spacesbut permanent buildings forthese one stop centres will beconstructed by the end of FY2019-20 in each district.

“The centre has allottedfunds of �48 lakh per buildingfor one stop centres and halfof the amount for constructionin first phase has already beendisbursed to all the deputycommissioners,” informeddepartment secretary AmitabhKaushal.

Informing about the workstrategy for the next fourmonths, Marandi said thatthe plan is to cover at least2,90,169 beneficiaries underMukhyamantri Sukanya Yojnafor this FY, digitization ofMukhymantri Ladli LakshmiYojana by September this year,reaching out to 16,666 bene-ficiaries under MukhyamnatriKanyadan Yojana among oth-ers.

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State BJP SpokespersonPratul Shahdeo said on

Monday that after the two-dayvisit of party’s NationalExecutive President JP Nadda,all the leaders and workers ofthe State BJP are very enthusi-astic.

Shahdeo said that whereNadda did the work of con-necting the people standing atthe last stage of the society bygoing to the booths of ruralareas, on the other hand he alsoaddressed the conference ofintellectuals and presented apicture of changing India.

“After the visit of theNational Executive President,BJP workers have startedenthusiastically to achieve thegoal of 65 plus. He said thatafter the visit of the NationalExecutive President, the speed

of the membership campaignwill increase and the BJP willadd 2.5 million new mem-bers,” Shahdeo said.

Criticizing the Oppositionparties the party Spokespersonsaid that there is huge infight-ing among parties of opposi-tion alliance. “After witnessingtheir demands 200 seat will beless. Jharkhand Vikas Morchais preparing to contest on all 81seats. JMM is claiming for 41seats and Congress is alsodemanding 40 seats.

RJD is not ready to fightin less than 20 seats and left

parties are preparing to con-test in a dozen seats,” headded.

“In last Lok Sabha electionthe coalition exposed andpeople of the State demolishedthe coalition formed on thebasis of personal interest.

There is no effect of coali-tion fight jointly or not butBJP will achieve 65 plus targetwith its ally,” said Shahdeo.

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In a dramatic series of inci-dents, a member of a thieves’

gang was arrested after three tofour persons decamped with �3Lakh 60 thousand from a bankin broad day light in the StateCapital on Monday.

Deputy Superintendent ofPolice (Dy SP), Kotwali areaAjit Kumar Vimal said thataround four to five personsentered SN Ganguly RoadBranch of Canara Bank underKotwali Police Station in theState Capital on Monday stolethe money from the bank andfled.

“The Cashier of the BankSuman Sunita Toppo came outfrom her cash cabin to countnotes. In between one of thegang member entered her cabinand sole the money while othermembers of the gang engagedother staffs in talking. One ofthe bank staffs suspected thatone person entered the cabin ofToppo. The staff informedToppo that she suspected thatsomeone unknown personentered her cabin with a carrybag. But, by then, all of themhad fled,” he said.

“After much hue and crythe guard of the bank chasedone of them. One member ofthe gang entered the City StyleClothes Store situated at MainRoad when he saw that some-one is chasing him. The guardentered the cloth store andnabbed the thief,” said Vimal.

After that the bank offi-cials informed Kotwali PoliceStation in connection withthe case. The Police teamreached the spot and arrestedthe person. He confessed thathe and his other gang mem-bers committed the crime,added Vimal.

The Dy. SP said that noone can suspect them as theyentered the bank just like cus-tomers of the bank and theirbehaviour and conduct wasalso like decent persons. “All ofthem were 50 plus age groupso it is another reason the bankofficials could not suspect thatthese person can do suchkinds of work.

One person arrested said

his name is Murugan, residentof Tiruchirappalli District ofTamilnadu and informed thename of other gang membersincluding Mitran and KumarKitu all of them are resident ofTiruchirapplli District ofTamilnadu. All of them havecriminal antecedent and theycommitted several crimes inother places of Jharkhand,” headded.

The Police registered acase in this regard and consti-tuted a team to nab other gangmembers.

In an another case of steal-ing money in broad day lightin the State Capital on Mondayunder Chutia Police Station,two persons fled with Rs four

lakh of a businessman.Hindpiri Police Station

Incharge Nishat Ahmadinformed that at 2.15 pm abusiness man VishwaprakashSanjiv resident of Khelgaonreturning from Bank ofBaroda, Hindpidhi after with-drawing Rs four lakh to situnder his car. Two personsduped him by throwing somecurrency notes near his car.His Driver and Sanjiv bothstarted lift the notes inbetween two persons took hismoney from the car and fled,said Ahmad.

Sanjiv registered a case inconnection at the concernedpolice station. The police start-ed investigation.

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tion day of National Bank forAgricultural and RuralDevelopment (NABARD), onMonday, Jharkhand GovernorDraupadi Murmu said that thebank has done excellent workin providing credit in ruralareas especially for farmersand self help groups to increasefarm produce and employ-ment in farm sector.

The Governor also appre-ciated the role of NABARD inrural development, especiallyfor the interventions on finan-cial inclusion, empoweringrural women, natural resourcemanagement, rural infrastruc-ture and institutional support.

“Jharkhand contributes 40per cent of total revenue col-lected by Government of Indiafrom its mining sector butirony is that 70 per cent of totalpopulation still lives on agri-culture. We have to do much inthis sector as Prime Ministerset the target to double incomeof the farmers till 2022,” saidMurmu.

She wished NABARD totake more such steps forenriching rural poor.

In his inaugural addressChief General Manager,NABARD Ashish Kumar Padhihighlighted NABARD’s con-tributions for socio economicdevelopment of Rural India andEmpowerment of Women. He

appraised the house on the roleof NABARD for taking forwardthe journey of SHG move-ment. NABARD, who is thepioneer of SHG movementsince last three decades, haspromoted more than 49000SHGs in Jharkhand.

Padhi said that there is noend of development we havedone many work to uplift farmsector of the State but still wehave to go a very long.

A booklet on ‘NABARD inJharkhand’ was released duringthe occasion. A lecture on thetheme of “Doubling of FarmersIncome in the context of

Jharkhand” was delivered byDirector, IIM Ranchi,Shailendra Singh.

On the occasion NABARDJharkhand Regional Officeorganised State level Self HelpGroup (SHG) AwardCeremony. General Manager,RBI, Sanjiv Dayal, General

Manager SLBC, CS Sahay,Director IIM, Ranchi,Shailendra Singh. SeniorGovernment Officials, Bankers,academicians, SHG membersand partner agencies graced theoccasion.

SHG Members fromRamgarh, Saraikela, EastSinghbhum and Animators ofE-Shakti implemented districtswere felicitated. The contribu-tions of various banks such asJRGB, Bank of India, HDFCand Bandhan Banks imple-menting the SHG and JLGBank Linkage Programme werealso recognised.

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Ranchi MP Sanjay Seth onMonday met External

Affairs Minister S Jaishankarand put forward his demandfor setting up a Foreign Officein State Capital. Seth claimedthat with setting up ForeignOffice in State Capital willhelp people going to foreigncountries as they can easilyavail passport from the ForeignOffice. Seth said that the StateGovernment has already pro-vided 2.01 acres of land toexternal affairs ministry for itsown passport office building inState Capital. Seth also urgedthe external affairs ministry forinaugurating the foreign office.

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Come July 17 and Lord Shivadevotees will get opportu-

nities of making a smooth stayat Deoghar. The occasionwould be the month longShravani Mela beginning near

Baidyanath Dham templemarking the Shravan seasonfrom this date onwards.

The month-long ShravaniMela, attended by lakhs of peo-ple every year, starts on July 17this year and will conclude onAugust 15. Keeping in mind the

huge rush during Shravani Mela,the Deoghar district adminis-tration has made elaboratearrangements.

For smooth stay of devotes,the district administration haserected two tent city accommo-dating 1,250 devotees. The tent

city is equipped with facilities ofbed, toilets, drinking water, bath-rooms and other facilities.

Deoghar DeputyCommissioner (DC), RahulKumar Sinha said, “The tent cityis mainly for those devotes whoreach the temple town on vehi-

cles. As Kanwariyas after offer-ing prayers at Baidyanath Dhamtemple prefers to visit Basukinath(43 km from Deoghar), much ofthe arrangements for Kanwariyashave been made on route fromSultanganj to Deoghar and fromDeoghar to Basukinath.”

Sinha further said that asmonth-long Shravani Mela,attended by lakhs of peopleevery year, elaborate securityarrangements have been made.“Around 10,000 police personnelfrom State police, central para-military forces, home guards,

railway police, bomb squad, dogsquad, ATS and other policeforces will be deployed.

300 CCTVs cameras, 25drone cameras and two heliumballoons fitted with cameraswill be on surveillance job,”added Sinha.

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Sushila Devi, 40, had neverstepped out of her village

before she became a part of thelivelihood development pro-gramme. However, in the lasttwo months, she has not justreceived training of preservingfruits through various ways andis now a more confidentwoman.

Resident of Sakrigali vil-lage, situated on the bank ofGanga in Sahibganj district,Devi said, “I had never imag-ined that one day I will actual-ly be not just learning some-thing like this but will also becontributing to income of thefamily too.”

Sushila is among one of the150 women who have beentrained for livelihood develop-ment in the first batch underNamami Gange Project.

Deputy DevelopmentCommissioner of Sahibganj,Nancy Sahay informed thatNamami Gange Project is amulti faceted programmeincluding around seven to eight

components like cleaning of theriver, infrastructural develop-ment and livelihood develop-ment among others.

“There are a number ofcomponents under the liveli-hood development pro-grammes in which varioustrainings are to be provided towomen of villages situated onthe bank of Ganga,” she said.

There are a total of 78 vil-lages in Sahibganj situated onthe river bank and livelihoodtraining has to be conducted inall of them.

“In the first phase whichcompleted recently, we target-ed around150 women of twovillages, Maskalaiya and

Sakrigali, and trained them invarious sector from Prasadand incense stick making tofruit processing,” Sahay said.

The training is being pro-vided by district Ganga com-mittee headed by the deputycommissioner in cooperationwith Wildlife Institute ofIndia.

The women of Maskalaiyavillage were trained in Prasadand incense stick making asthe village is situated inTaljhari block which houses afamous ISCON temple, thuscan be a good place of busi-ness for these women.

Many women were alsotrained in fruit processing

and made a variety of pickles,chutney and squashes. Someother women were also giventhe training of beautician byexperts invited from Delhi.

"Initially we are trying toprovide a market for theseproducts at a local level butonce the production increas-es we will start branding themand try to get a much biggermarket," the DDC said.

The work for trainingwomen in the second batchwill start soon. “We plan totrain around a batch of 150women of two villages induration of two months, thusgradually covering all 78 vil-lages,” Sahay said.

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In order to make the JalShakti Abhiyan successful,

the second meeting of theDistrict Level Co-ordinationCommittee formed on July 1,under the chairmanship of theDeputy Commissioner,Akanksha Ranjan was held onMonday.

In the meeting, all the pre-sent office bearers will sendreports of the programme relat-ed to the Jal Shakti Abhiyan

every Saturday. The meetingaimed at collecting dailyreports of Trench-Cum-Bund(TCB) TCB from the Waterharvesting department. It wasalso discussed about plantationalongside roads. ThePanchayati Raj department alsohas the task of making soakpitsand many others. At the end ofthe meeting, all the members ofthe committee were asked toparticipate in the next meetingof the allotted work in the nextmeeting.

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Jharkhand Pradesh IndianYouth Congress (JPIYC) held

two day training cum reviewmeeting ‘Manthan’ in the Statecapital for its workers to chalkout strategy for the upcomingState Assembly elections inthe State. The meeting was

started on Monday in whicharound 300 Youth Congressworkers participated fromacross the State.

While talking to mediapersons at the sideline of theprogramme JPIYC NationalVice President BP Srinivasansaid that there is need tostrengthen youth wing of the

party because youth have tocarry forward the party infuture so that the traininghave to train about their duty.

JPIYC State presidentKumar Gaurav said that thistime Youth Congress willdemand more tickets from theparty for those workers who arecapable to contest election.

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The multi model terminal tobe constructed in

Sahibgunj under Jal MargVikas Project (JMVP) is likelyto be completed by August thisyear.

Replying to Rajya SabhaMP Mahesh Poddar's questionon the construction of the ter-minal, Union Minister of Statefor Shipping, MansukhMandaviya said, "The multimodel terminal at Sahibgunj issituated at an important spot inthe logistic chain of NationalWaterways 1 at EasternTransport Corridor of India.

National Highway 80 andSakrigali railway station are sit-uated near this terminal."

He added, "This terminalwill help in increase of trans-portation of cargo which willlead to a huge social, econom-ic and industrial development.This will provide an alternativeroute for cargos going to Nepaland will open new spectrum of

international market for seabusiness in Jharkhand andBihar."

The terminal is likely tohave a traffic volume of 2.24million tonnes per year and itwill provide employment tomore than 2500 people.

The terminal is being con-structed on 183.13 acres of landand the budget for civil worksin the first phase is Rs. 280.90crore while that for rehabilita-tion and land cost is Rs. 187crore.

The project commenced inNovember 2016 and 94 percentwork has already been com-pleted.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal on Monday

said that insurance facility isbeing started for traders andits tender will soon be float-ed.

“The traders will get ben-efit of the insurance facility asper taxation. Apart from this,the genuine demands of thetraders in the state will be ful-filled and training camps willalso be organized for them asper requirement,” the ChiefMinister said while interact-ing with the mediapersonsafter holding a meeting withtraders in Rohtak.

He said that the StateGovernment is committed to

make every section of thestate prosperous. Moving for-ward towards the goal, specialrounds of meetings are goingon with all sections of society,so that the problems anddemands of the concernedcan be fulfilled, he said.

When asked about themeeting with party workers inRohtak, the Chief Ministersaid that after August 15 JanAshirwad Rally will be organ-ised in the state.

The party is ready forHaryana Assembly Elections,which will be held after threemonths. In its election man-ifesto, the resolution would bemade to remove every diffi-culty of every section of thestate, for which the govern-

ment is taking effective stepsfrom now onwards, he added.

Replying to a questionregarding the water crisis,the Chief Minister said thatthis is a big topic, which theCentre and the StateGovernments are consideringseriously. Awareness is beingraised to tackle the water cri-sis so that the water is usedproperly.

Concerted efforts shouldbe made to raise the groundwater level.

The message of ‘Jal Hai ToKal Hai’ was given in theRahagiri program organisedat Hisar, he said.

He also said that planta-tion drive is also being carriedout for water conservation.

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Pakistan continues toencourage terrorists to infil-

trate into India under the coverof massive cross-Line ofControl (LOC) and cross-bor-der firing in Jammu andKashmir and the Pulwama ter-ror attack in February thisyear confirmed yet again thatIndia remains a persistent tar-get of Pakistan's state spon-sored cross-border terrorismpolicy.

Making this observation inits annual report for 2018-19,the Defence Ministry said onMonday India's position is thatPakistan takes credible andirreversible steps to stop sup-porting terrorists and terrorgroups operating from territo-ries under its control and dis-mantle the infrastructure oper-ated by terrorists outfits tolaunch attacks against India.

Assuring that India willcontinue to take robust anddecisive steps to ensure itsnational security, the docu-ment said India's responseamongst other measures,

included a successful pre-emp-tive non-military anti-terroraerial strike on the largesttraining of Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM) in Balakotin Pakistan. The aerial strikecame on February 26 in retal-iation to the Pulwama attack onFebruary 14 by JeM in which40 Central Reserve PoliceForce(CRPF) were killed.

Touching upon internalsecurity situation in the coun-try, the report said state spon-sored terrorism by Pakistan inJammu and Kashmir remainsthe foremost challenge. Duringthe period from January 1,2018 to March 31, 2019, secu-rity forces were able to neu-tralize 305 militants, the doc-ument informed.

On China, the report men-tioned that relations with theeastern neighbor movedtowards greater stability in theoverall context of closer devel-opmental partnership.Following the informal summitbetween Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and PresidentXi Jinping in Wuhan in Chinain April last year, there was

improved and sustained sta-bility in the India-China bor-der areas.

This comes in the back-drop of India and China hav-ing a disputed border of morethan 4,000 km and two coun-tries fighting a war in 1962.The report said both sides rec-ognized that peace and tran-quility in the India-China bor-der is an important pre-requi-site to development of bilater-al relations.

As regards political situa-tion in Pakistan, the report saidit continues to remain chal-lenging with a severe deficit ofinclusive and balance economicdevelopment. The PakistanArmy consolidated its positionas the institution drivingPakistan's foreign policy anddefence policies after the elec-tions there.

Pakistan also continues torelentlessly expand its mili-tary forces, especially nuclearand missile capabilities despitea financial crisis. The countryhas been torn by ethno-region-al conflicts, with the zone ofconflict expanding from trib-

al areas on Pakistan-Afghanistan border to hinter-land. Religious extremism isalso on the rise. The militaryhas avoided taking actionagainst jihadi and internation-ally proscribed terror outfitsthat target Pakistan's neighbor.Support to such group persists,the 272-page report observed.

On global scenario, thereport said terrorism and rad-icalization are the biggestthreats to peace and securityfacing the world. India has reit-erated at a number of bilateraland multilateral platforms itsresolve in all its forms andmanifestations.

The global concernsregarding proliferation ofweapons of mass destruc-tion(WMD) and their deliverysystems, continue to pose seri-ous threats to internationalsecurity. The WMD terrorismwill remain a potent threat aslong as there are terroristsseeking to gain access to rele-vant material and technologiesfor malicious purposes, thereport said.

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The Government onMonday introduced two

important Bills in the LokSabha — one to amend MotorVehicles Act that provides forhigher penalties for violationsand protection of good samar-itans, among other provisionsand the Surrogacy (Regulation)Bill that provides for banningof commercial surrogacy witha provision that only close rel-atives will be permitted to actas surrogates to infertile cou-ples for "ethical altruistic" rea-sons.

The Motor Vehicle bill waspassed in the previous LokSabha but could not beapproved from the RajyaSabha. Several members of theopposition raised concern overcertain provisions in the billand also sought to say that itcould that it may encroach thepowers of the states to legislateon the road transport.

Surrogacy bill was alsopassed in the Lok Sabha in2018 but could not get passagein the upper house.

Speaking on the MotorVehicle bill, Road TransportMinister Nitin Gadkari said thecentral government is not look-ing to take away the rights of

states and urged the House topass the legislation whichwould help in saving morelives. The Minister said around30 per cent of driving licencesin the country are bogus. About1.5 lakh people die and 5 lakhpeople get injured in road acci-dents every year, he said .

The bill seeks to increasepenalties for violations, facili-tate grant of online learninglicence, simplified provisionsfor insurance to provide expe-ditious help to accident victimsand their families, and protec-tion of good samaritans.

As per the Statement ofObjects and Reasons of the bill,the period for renewal of trans-port licence would be increasedto five years from three yearsand enable licensing authorityto grant licence to differently-abled persons.

Another provision is toraise the time limit for renew-al of driving licence from one

month to one year before andafter the expiry date.

"My department has failedto pass the bill in the last fiveyears but the number of acci-dents has reduced by around 3-4 per cent in the last five yearswhile the incidence came downby around 15 per cent in TamilNadu during the same period,"he noted.

Trinamool Congress mem-ber Saugata Roy opposed thebill, saying certain provisionswould take away powers ofstate governments and wouldalso infringe on their rights.Congress leader in the LokSabha Adhir RanjanChowdhury said he was oppos-ing a few provisions of the billand not in entirety.

Another important billthat seeks to ban Commercialsurrogacy was introduced inthe house. The bill was passedby Lok Sabha in December,2018 but lapsed as it could not

get nod from Parliament.According to the bill, only

close relatives will be permit-ted to act as surrogates toinfertile couples for "ethicalaltruistic" reasons.

The Surrogacy(Regulation) Bill, 2019 in theLok Sabha that also providesfor constitution of surrogacyboards at national and state lev-els, as well as that the intend-ing couples should not aban-don such a child under anycondition.

Only Indian couples whohave been legally married for atleast five years would beallowed to opt for surrogacy, asper the Statement of Objectsand Reasons of the bill, whichwas introduced by Health andFamily Welfare minister HarshVardhan.

The bill seeks to "allow eth-ical altruistic surrogacy to theintending infertile Indian mar-ried couple between the age of23-50 years and 26-55 years forfemale and male, respectively".

A woman should beallowed to act as a surrogatemother only once and shouldbe a close relative of the intend-ing couple and "should be anever married woman having achild of her own and betweenthe age of 25-35 years".

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In a move that would bringsmiles on the faces of the

medical aspirants, the NationalEligibility cum Entrance Test(NEET) could soon bescrapped for postgraduate stu-dents.

According to the reviseddraft of the National MedicalCommission (NMC) Bill, theUnion Health Ministry hasproposed to do away withNEET-PG and for admission toMD and MS programmes. Ithas proposed to use the finalMBBS exam.

The revised draft of theNational Medical Commission(NMC) Bill, will soon be sentto the Cabinet. The Bill, intro-duced in December 2017,lapsed when the tenure of the16th Lok Sabha ended.

"According to the amend-ments in the fresh NMC Bill,entry into the PG programmeswill be on the basis of theresults of the National Exit Test,

which would be held as a com-mon exam across the country.So the candidates would nothave to appear in a separateexam after clearing the MBBSfinal exam for admission to PGcourses," sources said.

However, the exams forAIIMS, NEET super specialtyand other entrance testsremain.

While introducing theIndian Medical Council(Amendment) Bill, 2019,Health and Family WelfareMinister Harsh Vardhan said,"The National MedicalCommission Bill could beintroduced in the near future,though for having legal conti-nuity, every ordinance has to beconverted into a law," he said.

The original Bill whichlapsed was met with opposi-tion, as it sought to set up aNational Medical Commission,which would regulate medicaleducation as well as medicalpractice leading to protest fromIndian Medical Association.

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The CBI has arrested sevenpersons, including two

senior officers of the NationalProjects ConstructionCorporation (NPCC) Limited,for allegedly demanding a bribeof Rs 40 lakh for clearing billspertaining to construction ofBSF border outposts.

The arrested accused per-sons include NPCC ZonalManager Rakesh MohanKotwal and Manager LatifulPasha and five private persons-- Anish Baid, owner of ShreeGautam ConstructionCompany, Binod Singhi, direc-tor in Baid's company, RameshKumar, an employee in thecompany, Sunil Kumar,Kotwal's relative and oneDharmendra Kumar in thecase, agency officials said.

Sunil Kumar, who wasallegedly receiving Rs 25 lakh,a part of the payment of thebribe on behalf of Kotwal fromRamesh Kumar in a hotel at theposh Safdarjung Enclave area,was caught red-handed when

CBI officials conducted a raidon Sunday.

Others were nabbed lateron the basis of questioning ofthe arrested accused. Thesearches came after the agencyreceived a secret informationabout the bribery transaction inthe offing between the accusedpersons.

Based on the statements ofthe arrested accused, the agencyconducted searches at 18 loca-tions in Delhi, Silchar, Jalpaiguri,Guwahati and Gwalior.

Kotwal and Pasha hadallegedly demanded a bribe ofRs 33 lakh from Baid for pass-ing the bills for construction ofBorder Security Force (BSF)border outposts done by hisfirm, the officials said.

Baid assured Kotwal thatthe payment could be madeonce his bills are cleared.Kotwal suggested him to getthe bills prepared and processthem on a back date.

Kotwal also asked Baid toallegedly pay Rs three lakh asinitial payment to his office per-sonnel posted at the NPCC

Zonal Office, Silchar in Assam,who were processing his pend-ing bills. The bribe amount ofRs three lakh was allegedlypaid by Baid's employeeSwapan Das.

On July 1, Kotwal furtherinstructed Baid to transfer Rs40 lakh as bribe to him inDelhi. Three days later, Baidallegedly arranged a transfer ofRs 25 lakh to Delhi throughone Vinit Agarwal, a business-man based in Assam, througha 'hawala' channel, the FIRalleged.

Once money landed inDelhi, Baid allegedly informedKotwal to make arrangementsfor its pickup, who in returnasked his relative Sunil Kumarto visit Delhi between July 13and 15 and collect the bribemoney.

The payment of the bribemoney was arranged at a hotelin the Safdarjung Enclave,where the CBI sleuths raidedthe location and arrested SunilKumar, who was receiving thebribe from Baid's employeeRamesh Kumar.

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Rajya Sabha Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu on

Monday said the House needsto discuss the powers and lim-itations of the three-pillars ofdemocracy — judiciary, legis-lature and executive — as anElder made a strong case for anall-India examination for selec-tion of judges in high courtsand the Supreme Court.Cutting across party lines, themembers backed AshokBajpai(BJP) who made thisassertion.

Raising the issue during theZero Hour, he said theConstitution does not mentionthe word 'collegium', though itis currently being used for

appointments and transfers ofjudges in the higher judiciary.

He also referred to anAllahabad High Court judgerecently writing to the PrimeMinister that appointments arenot being made on the basis ofmerit and nepotism prevailedin such appointments anddeserving candidates missedthe chance.

Bajpai suggested that thereshould be an all-India exami-nation conducted to ensurethat meritorious candidates getinto higher judiciary. Memberscutting across party linesendorsed his suggestion.

Observing that over-whelming members are of thesame opinion, the Chairmansaid "we need to discuss" during

one of the discussions, particu-larly the issue of the judiciary,legislature and executive andtheir powers and limitations.

Amongst other issues tofigure in the Upper House, theAIADMK and DMK onMonday urged the central gov-ernment to cancel the postaldepartment examination forpostmen and other posts andhold it afresh with questions inTamil language also.

Raising the issue, ANavaneethakrishnan(AIADMK) said questions in the postaldepartment's examination forappointments of postmen andassistants in rural areas held onSunday were only in Hindi andEnglish, and not Tamil. Heasked the central government

to cancel the examination.Tiruchi Siva (DMK) said

the recent circular issued by thecentral government to thepostal department has broughta sense of agitation in theminds of the youth in TamilNadu. He said earlier thepractice was to conduct theexamination in Hindi, Englishand regional languages.Asserting that not holdingexamination in regional lan-guage was "totally unwarrant-ed" and demanded the revoca-tion of the circular and main-taining status quo.

Naidu said the matterraised by members was veryimportant and asked theLeader of the HouseThawarchand Gehlot to look

into the issue. "I have alreadytalked to the minister (con-cerned), you please talk to theminister," Naidu said.

In the backdrop of a mishapon Yamuna Expressway somedays back where more than 20people died, T SubbaramiReddy(Congress) called for sci-entific investigations like someadvanced countries into suchfatal accidents. He also morethan 11,000 people die in roadaccidents every year. Backinghis contention Surendra SinghNagar(Samajwadi Party) calledfor making it mandatory for allcar manufacturers to imparttraining to drivers in safetymeasures.

Demands to raise royaltyon coal, roll back of steep hike

in airfares between Kerala andGulf region and

government interventionto help release fishermen cap-tured by Pakistan were amongother issues raised in the RajyaSabha.

Shanta Chhetri (TMC)raised the issue of death of aperson after his hand got stuckbetween two sliding doors ofthe Kolkata Metro on Saturdaylast. She alleged passenger safe-ty was being compromisedwith by the Railway Ministryand demanded immediate allo-cation of funds for propermaintenance and upgrade ofthe metro rail. SatyanarayanJatiya (BJP) raised the issue ofinter- linking of rivers to solveproblem of drought.

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Samajwadi Party leaderNeeraj Shekhar on Monday

resigned as member of theRajya Sabha and his resignationwas accepted by Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu. Shekhar, theson of former prime ministerChandra Shekhar, met Naiduand told him he is resigningvoluntarily and not under anycompulsion, the sources said.

Shekhar was a prominentleader of the Samajwadi Partyand there is speculation that hemight join the BJP. Upset overhaving been allegedly side-lined, Neeraj quit amidst spec-ulations over his next course of

political move. He first became a member

of the Lok Sabha in 2008 in theby-elections for Ballia con-stituency. The following year,he won again from the sameconstituency. He had been amember of the Rajya Sabhafrom Uttar Pradesh sinceNovember 26, 2014, and wasdue to retire on November 25,2020.

He lost the 2014 polls andthe party sent him to RajyaSabha. But his demand to con-test the 2019 Lok Sabha pollsfrom Ballia had been rejectedby SP chief Akhilesh Yadavwho fielded Sanatan Pandeyinstead from there.

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Aspecial judge holding trialin Babri Masjid demolition

case, involving BJP veterans LK Advani, M M Joshi and oth-ers, Monday moved theSupreme Court seeking sixmore months to conclude thetrial in the case.

The special judge, in a let-ter written in May, hasinformed the top court that heis due to superannuate onSeptember 30, 2019.

The matter came up forhearing on Monday before abench headed by Justice R FNariman, which asked theUttar Pradesh government toapprise it by July 19 about amechanism by which thetenure of the special judgecould be extended till he deliv-ers the verdict in the high pro-file case.

On April 19, 2017, the top

court had ordered day-to-daytrial to be concluded in twoyears in the politically sensitive1992 Babri Masjid demolitioncase.

While dubbing the demo-lition of the medieval era mon-ument as a "crime" whichshook the "secular fabric of theConstitution", it had allowedthe CBI's plea on restoration ofcriminal conspiracy chargeagainst the VVIP accused.

However, the top courthad said Kalyan Singh, who iscurrently the Governor ofRajasthan and during whosetenure as Chief Minister ofUttar Pradesh the disputedstructure was razed, is entitledto immunity underConstitution as long as heremained in gubernatorialposition.

The court had come downheavily on the CBI for the delayof 25 years in the trial and said,

"The accused persons have notbeen brought to book largelybecause of the conduct of theCBI in not pursuing the pros-ecution of the aforesaid allegedoffenders in a joint trial, andbecause of technical defectswhich were easily curable, butwhich were not cured by theState Government."

Issuing a slew of directions,it had said that "the proceed-ings (against Advani and fiveothers) in the court of theSpecial Judicial Magistrate atRae Bareilly will stand trans-ferred to the Court ofAdditional Sessions Judge(Ayodhya Matters) atLucknow."

Besides the three leaders,the accused, against whom theconspiracy charge was invoked,were Vinay Katiar, SadhviRitambara, Vishnu HariDalmia, who were being triedat Rae Bareilly.

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Indian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR) on

Monday launched a vaccinetrial to prevent occurrence oftuberculosis (TB) among closecontacts of a TB patient. Thisis the first-ever governmentconducted vaccine trial afterthe BCG vaccine trial that wasundertaken decades ago.

This vaccine trial is animportant step in preventionand decreasing the burden ofthis disease, said a statementfrom the ICMR, a researchbody of the Union HealthMinistry.

"After a detailed landscapeanalysis of the available leadvaccine candidates, two poten-tial vaccine candidates - VPM1002 produced by SerumInstitute of India in Pune andMycobacterium Indicus Pranii(MIP) were shortlisted for tak-ing forward through the phaseIII vaccine trial in healthyhouse hold contacts of sputumsmear positive TB patient,"said the statement.

The study which will testthe safety and efficacy of thesetwo vaccines by administeringthem in close TB contacts asopposed to a control group ofclose TB contacts who will notreceive the vaccine. The studywill enrol 12,000 healthy house-hold contacts of sputum smearpositive TB cases that are athigh risk of contracting the dis-ease, from seven sites in sixstates - Delhi, Karnataka,Maharashtra, Orissa, TamilNadu and Telangana.

Balram Bhargava,Secretary, Department ofHealth Research and DirectorGeneral, ICMR said that theclinical trials are needed inIndia to show that the vaccineis safe and effective, and that itcan provide protection toIndian populations where thedisease is endemic.

Rohit Sarin, Director,National Institute ofTuberculosis and RespiratoryDiseases (NITRD) said that thisis the much awaited trial andassured full support in timelycompletion of the trial.

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Amid heightened alert alongthe International border

across Jammu frontier, alertjawans of Border Security Force(BSF) late sunday night shotdead a Pakistani intruder afterhe ignored advance warningsand tried to breach the barbedwire fencing in Ramgarh sec-tor of Samba.

The intruder, in his earlyfifties, was not carrying anyarms and ammunition on hisperson at the time of sneakinginside the Indian borders.

Since July 1, BSF is con-ducting special exercises tofortify its defences in the wakeof ongoing Amarnath yatra.

BSF troops on ground zeroare also maintaining tight vigilalong the vulnerable stretchesof the International border totimely detect presence of anycross border tunnel or anysurprise intrusion bid.

Official sources said, afterthe recovery of the dead bodyof the intruder the BSF author-ities handed it over to the localpolice for completing necessarylegal formalities.

BSF spokesman in a state-ment said, “during the inter-vening night of 14/15 July 2019,BSF troops deployed at forwardpost in Ramgarh area noticeda suspicious movement betweenborder fence and IB”. BSFspokesman said, “BSF troops

challenged him to stop, but hecontinued moving stealthilytowards border fencing. Sensinghis ill-intentions of crossing thefence BSF Jawans first fired awarning shot which did notdeter the intruder. Finally, whenintruder tried to enter throughthe fence , BSF Jawans neu-tralised him”. Meanwhile, secu-rity forces, deployed onAmarnath yatra duty, continueto guard all the border roadsleading to the Jammu-PathankotNational Highway to preventany terrorist strike on theAmarnath yatra.

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The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) Monday told

the Bombay High Court that itwould not examine for a weekevidence of those prosecutionwitnesses whose names andstatements have been truncat-ed from its chargesheet filed inthe 2008 Malegaon blast case.

The NIA made the state-ment before a division bench ofJustices IA Mahanty and AMBadar which was hearing anapplication filed by Lt ColPrasad Purohit, one of theaccused in the case, seekingnon-truncated copies of thewitnesses’ statements that arepart of the chargesheet.

Purohit’s lawyer ShrikantShivade said the special NIAcourt is presently recording theevidence of prosecution wit-nesses and the cross-examina-tion of those witnesses whosestatements or names have beenmasked would not be possible.

NIA counsel Sandesh Patilsaid that on July 22 it wouldgive names of the prosecutionwitnesses whom they proposeto examine out of those whose

statements have been truncat-ed. The agency said till then itwould not call any of these wit-nesses to the stand before thetrial court for recording ofevidence.

In his plea, Purohit claimedthat when the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), theagency which probed the caseinitially, filed its chargesheet,several documents and wit-nesses’ statements were trun-

cated or masked.He further claimed that the

agency never sought the court’spermission to truncate or maskthe documents and did so at itsown discretion.

The case pertains to thekilling of six people and injuryto 100 when an explosivedevice strapped to a motorcy-cle went off near a mosque innorth Maharashtra town ofMalegaon, about 200 km fromhere, on September 29, 2008.

In October last year, a spe-cial court framed charges underthe Unlawful ActivitiesPrevention Act (UAPA) againstPurohit, Pragya Singh Thakur,now a BJP MP, and some otheraccused persons in the case.

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Two Amarnath pilgrims diedin the past 24 hours en

route to the holy 3,880 metre-high cave shrine in southKashmir Himalayas, taking thedeath toll in this year’s pil-grimage to 16, official sourcessaid on Monday.

A woman pilgrim fromRajasthan died at the Baltalbase camp due to a cardiacarrest, while a male pilgrimfrom Madhya Pradesh col-lapsed while moving towardsthe base camp, they said.

The death toll in this year’sAmarnath Yatra has gone up to16 which includes 12 pilgrims,two ‘sevadars’ (volunteers) andtwo security force personnelposted on duty.

The sources said 30 people

sustained injuries due to shoot-ing stones and other causessince the pilgrimage began onJune 30.

Deaths due to cardiacarrest triggered by lack of oxy-gen in areas around the caveshrine have been common overthe years, prompting the ShriAmarnath Shrine Board toissue regular health advisoriesto the pilgrims.

All pilgrims are required toget fitness certificates beforeundertaking the pilgrimage.

More than 1.7 lakh pil-grims have paid obeisance tothe naturally formed ice-lingamin the cave shrine in the last 15days. Multi-tier securityarrangements have been madefor the smooth and successfulconduct of the Yatra, which willconclude on August 15.

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Kerala, which recently wit-nessed an alarming spurt

in the number of black magiccases, is gearing up to bring ina legislation to curb “inhuman”practices and exploitation inthe name of superstition.

The Kerala Preventionand Eradication of InhumanEvil Practices, Sorcery andBlack Magic Bill, 2019 hasbeen submitted to the CPI(M)-led LDF Government for itsconsideration to pass as legis-lation. On the lines of theAnti-Superstition and BlackMagic Bill, passed byMaharashtra and Karnataka,the State-run Kerala LawReforms Commission hasdrafted the bill to fight super-stition and eradicate “inhumanevil” practices propagated inthe name of black magic.

The draft bill, accessed byPTI, proposes stringent pun-ishment for any kind of evilpractice and cheating in thename of black magic, rangingfrom “expelling ghost” to iso-lating women for menstruationand postpartum.

It also aims at raising socialawareness in the society with aview to protect people againstfraudulent and exploitativepractices thriving on ignorance.The legislative assemblies ofKarnataka and Maharashtrahad passed the Anti-Superstition Black Magic Bill in2017 and 2013, respectively.

“The draft bill is complet-ed and we have submitted it tothe State Government,” KSasidharan Nair, ViceChairman, Kerala Law Reforms

Commission, told PTI.“Unlike the bills passed by

Maharashtra and Karnataka,we have given special thrust toa series of intense awarenessprogrammes in our bill for theGovernment to implement.Because, superstition seems tobe so deep-rooted in the minds of Keralite people nowa-days,” he said.

“While going throughmany instances of supersti-tion, I feel whether we deserveto be called a civilised society?Only a few cases are reportedin the media,” Nair, also a for-mer law secretary, said. He saida legislation and stringent pun-ishment alone cannot make anychanges in the mindset of thepeople. “As it is a very sensitivetopic, we have drafted the billvery carefully. I personally feelthat public opinion should begarnered before it is enacted aslaw by the Government,” thevice-chairperson added.

Mathura: Over 65 lakh pilgrims have under-taken circumambulation of the Goverdhanhillock here since July 10, with an increase indevotees since the Mudiya Poono Melabegan on Friday, an official said.

The fair, which is dubbed as Mathura’sMini Kumbh, began on July 12 and will endon Tuesday. “Though 65 lakh pilgrims haveperformed the parikrama of the Goverdhanhillock by this afternoon, the unprecedent-ed rush is continues,” District MagistrateSarvagya Ram Mishra said on Monday.

Schools in Mathura district’s Goverdhanblock have been closed till Tuesday as a pre-cautionary measure as there has been a surgein traffic due to the Mudiya Poono Mela, hesaid. No untoward incident has been report-ed, the district magistrate said.

Mishra attributed the sudden spurt in thenumber of pilgrims performing the circum-ambulation to the lunar eclipse that falls onTuesday night. PTI

Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir Police’s crimebranch on Monday moved a plea before ajuvenile justice board hearing the case of anaccused in the gangrape and murder of ayoung girl in Kathua, seeking deferment ofthe trial as the state high court is yet to decidewhether he is a minor or not.

Appearing before the board, the specialpublic prosecutor of the crime branch sub-mitted that the high court is yet to pronounceits decision on an application moved againstthe decision of a Kathua court which accept-ed the accused’s claim that he is a minor, offi-cials said.

The board, after framing charges againstthe accused who played a key role in kid-napping, rape and murder of the eight-year-old nomadic girl, had fixed Monday for exam-ining prosecution witnesses and commenc-ing of trial. PTI

Bengaluru: Former Karnatakaminister and Congress MLA RRoshan Baig on Monday didnot turn up before the specialinvestigation team probing thealleged IMA Jewels ponzischeme saying he had someurgent work.

The MLA wanted toappear on July 25 but the SITdirected him to depose on July19 instead, SIT said. “Regardingthe appearance of MLA MrRoshan Baig, before the SIT, hehas consented to appear beforeSIT on July 25. But due to thenecessity of speeding up theinvestigation on the part of theSIT, a second notice is servedto him to appear on July 19,”

the SIT said in a statement.A former Minister in the

previous SiddaramaiahGovernment, Baig landed inthe IMA controversy after thecompany owner MohammedMansoor Khan alleged thatBaig took Rs 400 crore fromhim but did not return it.

The MLA had refuted thecharges calling them baselessand frivolous. Baig has beensulking for quite sometimeand had flayed party leadersSiddaramaiah and state presi-dent Dinesh Gundu Rao for theparty’s poor show in the LokSabha election. The party latersuspended him for his “anti-party” activities. PTI

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Come July 17, all Hinduhomes in Kerala would

reverberate with the recitingof Ramayana and this wouldlast till August 16. The next30 days would see the agedand young alike reciting “SreeRama Rama Rama, SreeRama Chandra Jaya,” to takea break from mundane issueslike political murders, pricerise and natural disasters.

Kerala has been observ-ing the Ramayana Month for ages. Why July17? It marks the beginning of the Malayalammonth of Karkkadaka (the equivalent ofSravana as per the Sanskrit almanac) and con-cludes on August 16, the last day of Sravana.

It is a subdued age old practice handeddown from generations to generations whichis continuing with fervour by young and oldalike. The entire Karkkadaka month isknown as Ramayana Month among Hindusin the State. The epic is recited either earlymorning or in the dusk hours. It is the pre-rogative of the oldest female member of thefamily to read the epic from Balakanda toYudhakanda spread over the month.

A scheme has been prepared since timeimmemorial to read Ramayana. As thegrandmother or the senior most woman inthe family reads the epic, children and allother members of the family sit around themwith rapt attention. In Kerala the most pre-ferred Ramayana is the Adhyatma Ramayanaauthored by Thunchath Ezuthachan, thefather figure of Malayalam. There are hous-es which follow the Valmiki Ramayana too.

The agitation for Ram Temple in Keralais yet to catch up in the State dominated byMarxist ideology. That has not prevented thedevotees from engaging themselves in thegreat epic. “People in Kerala follow AdhyatmaRamayana, which encompasses Bhaki andVedantha (devotion and philosophy) while

the Valmiki Ramayana hasgiven focus to DharmaSasthra,” SwamyChidanandapuri, the spiritualguru of Hindus told ThePioneer.

Swamy Chidanandapuri isof the view that the Ramayanamonth has its origin in the ageold Vedik traditions. “Themonth Karkkadaka marks thebeginning of Dakshinayanaand Chathurmasa Yagna. Thisis the period when people turnto God Almighty for spiritualcleaning ,” he explained.

According to this spiritual leader,Adhyatma Ramayana was authored by Vyasa.Lord Rama is in the form of God inAdhyatma Ramayana whereas in ValmikiRamayana he represents the Dharmic sci-ence. Valmiki Ramayana is in Sanskrit andis a detailed account of the life and times ofKing Dasaratha and Lord Rama. WhileValmiki has elaborated the story of the sageVibhandaka, his son Rishyasringa , KingLomapada and his daughter Santha inValmiki Ramayana, they make just guestappearances in Adhyatma Ramayana!

It may be an abridged version of ValmikiRamayana but it does not lack in soul andspirit. Even as the grandmother reads eachsloga of the epic, the readers feel that theyare hearing their own life stories from thisepic. Rathnakaran, who leads a loose life byrobbing, looting and murdering the poorwas asked by the sages why he was engagedin such heinous deeds and whether heknew that he alone has to bear the price forhis crimes, the devil in him underwent a bugchange and over a period of time he wastransformed into Sage Valmiki.

Ramayana is the story of the victory ofgood over the evil. It is also a roadmap forthe wayward to return to the path of therighteousness. Even campuses in the Statemay see Che Guevara posters giving way toLord Rama, though only for a month.

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Trinamool Congress MPSudip Bandopadhyay on

Monday attacked the BJPGovernment for targeting theMamata-Banerjee Governmentby raising law and order issueswhich were purely a State sub-ject. Bandopadhyaya’s com-ments came against the back-drop of the Union HomeMinistry issuing ten advisoriesto the Bengal Governmentallegedly on its disturbed lawand order situations. The advi-sories came in a span of ten

days, sources said.“Why the Centre is targeting

Bengal Government again andagain?” he asked mentioning theissuance of repeated advisories.Though he would not give detailsabout the central communiquéssources in the BengalGovernment said “it all containlaw and order issues which is outand out a State subject.”

Reacting to the situation asenior minister in the StateGovernment alleged how theBJP and CPI(M) were trying tomalign Mamata Banerjee per-sonally and administratively.

“First they try to attack her per-sonally and if they fail in thatthey attack her Government,”the Minister said.

Violent clashes between adefensive Trinamool Congressand an aggressively assertiveBJP have left more than adozen people dead post gener-al elections which saw the saf-fron outfit winning 18 out of 42seats leaving 22 for the Stateruling outfit. The Congresswon two seats.

There was more violenceeven on Monday with bands ofhooligans attacking the Bhatpara

Municipality with bombs andbricks smashing its interiorsand vandalising the hospitalpremises within the munici-pality campus forcing thepatients undergoing treatment toliterally flee for their lives.

Clashes also took place atPatrasayar in Bankura districtand Diamond Harbour inSouth 24 Parganas where abouta dozen people from both thesides were injured. Clashesand bloodshed were reportedbetween the supporters ofTrinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad and Akhil Vidyarthi

Parishad at Garbeta, Keshpurand parts of East Mindaporesources said.

Meanwhile, in an unrelat-ed development that couldcause further embarrassment tothe Trinamool Congress theEnforcement Directorate hasissued summons to TMC MPfrom Birbhum Shatabdi Royfor her alleged role in theSharada chit fund scam.Notices have also been issuedto former MP Kunal Ghosh,businessman Sandhir Agarwal,and two top Bengali cine stars,sources said.

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Thane: In a novel protest, angry citizens of Thane onMonday dashed off over a 1,000 postcards to ThaneMunicipal Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal demanding hisurgent intervention to resolve the hawkers’ menace in theirlocality. The affected residents of over a dozen big hous-ing complexes said that hundreds of hawkers have laid siegeto the roads and pavements since two months, posing hugenuisance to the pedestrians, vehicles and emergencyvehicular movements.

“Despite repeated representations, a procession, meet-ings with local corporators, over 100 tweets to Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis and the Mayor, the Thane MunicipalCommissioner has ignored our pleas. Today, we havedespatched 1,052 postcards seeking an audience and per-manent solution to the hawkers’ problems,” Eden WoodsComplex Secretary T. N. Raghunatha told IANS. LokpuramSociety’s Secretary Arvind Nadkarni said that the post-cardcampaign at Jaiswal was yet another step in the residents’peaceful agitation till their demand of making the entirelocality into a hawker-free zone was achieved. IANS

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With the flood waters sub-merging 90 per cent of the

Kaziranga National Park, theAssam government hasimposed speed restrictions on astretch of National Highway 37and prohibitory orders to safe-guard the animals in the area.

Authorities have startedissuing time cards at variouscheck points for regulatingvehicular speed to 40 km perhour on NH 37.

The time card system wasstarted after two hog deer werekilled by speeding vehicles at

NH 37 in last 24 hours, a seniorpark official said, adding that different agencies, includ-ing the police, transport andcivil administration have joinedhands to control speed of vehicles on NH 37, thattouches the southern boundaryof the park.

According to the official,the speed restrictions are need-ed as some of the animals strayoutside the park, particularly tohead towards higher land inadjoining areas of KarbiAnglong, and are either injuredor killed by speeding vehicleswhile trying to cross the NH 37.

Aizawl: At least 1,000 familieshave been evacuated as ragingwaters of the Khawthlangtuipuiriver flooded 32 villages inLunglei district of Mizoram,while rain-related incidentsled to the death of five peoplein the State, officials saidMonday. Heavy rain have beenlashing Mizoram for the lastseven days, as a result of whichmost rivers of the state haveswollen and inundated manyvillages, they said.

At least 32 villages inTlabung area in southMizoram’s Lunglei district wereflooded by the riverKhawthlangtuipui. PTI

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The death toll in the Biharfloods mounted to 24 on

Monday, with 25.66 lakh peo-ple reeling from the deluge in12 districts of the state follow-ing incessant rains in neigh-bouring country Nepal, offi-cials said.

Five more childrendrowned in two separate inci-dents in East Champaran dis-trict, but a senior official of thestate disaster managementdepartment said they were notcounted among the flood casu-alties. With five rivers in spate,Chief Minister Nitish Kumarundertook his second aerialsurvey of the flood-hit areasduring the day.

Of the 24 deaths reportedtill 6 pm on Monday, Sitamarhiaccounted for 10 deaths, whilenine were reported fromAraria, four from Kishanganjand one from Sheohar, aDisaster ManagementDepartment report said.

Four deaths were reportedtill Sunday evening from Araria(2), Sheohar (1) andKishanganj (1). According tothe Water ResourcesDepartment daily bulletin, five

rivers — Baghmati, KamlaBalan, Lalbakeya, Adhwaraand Mahananda — are flowingabove danger level at variousplaces in the State.

Baghmati river is flowingabove danger mark at fiveplaces, including Dheng,Sonakhan, Dubbadhar inSitamarhi while at one place atBenibad in Muzaffarpur dis-trict, it said.

A Patna Meteorological

Centre official said it has issueda warning of heavy rainfall inSupaul, Araria, Kishangaj,Purnea and Katihar in next 24hours. As many as 25,66,100people have been affected byflood waters in 77 blocks of 12districts — Sheohar, Sitamarhi,East Champaran, Madhubani,Araria, Kishanganj, Supaul,Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur,Saharsa, Katihar and Purnea —the report said.

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In a bid to ensure the security ofmotorcyclists, no two-wheeler rider

will be allowed entry on the Lucknow-Agra expressway without helmets, theUttar Pradesh Expressway IndustrialDevelopment Authority (UPEIDA)decoded on Monday.

“In the interest of people, it hasbeen decided not to allow two-wheeler riders on the expresswaywithout helmets. It will be strictlyenforced,” UPEIDA CEO AwanishAwasthi said. Arrangements for secu-rity of commuters are being made inthe expressway and in this direction,no two-wheeler will be allowed on theexpressway if its rider is found with-out helmet, he added.

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showed signs of improvementas Khowai and Haora riversstarted receding, officials said.Personnel of the NationalDisaster Response Force(NDRF) and security forcesrescued a number of people inthe flood affected Khowai andWest Tripura districts, theysaid.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Monday tele-

phoned Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal and tookstock of the flood situation inAssam, assuring all supportfrom the Centre to the State indealing with the situation.

Sonowal apprised Modi ofthe large-scale devastation thefloods have caused on the livesof the people besides the state’seconomy, and informed himabout the details of relief, res-cue and rehabilitation opera-tions undertaken by the AssamGovernment, said aGovernment release here.

The Chief Minister alsotold the Prime Minister that theState Government has sensi-tised the administration —both in Barak and BrahmaputraValleys — and asked theDeputy Commissioners toreach out to the flood affectedpeople with their men andmaterials. Sonowal briefedthe PM on the entire gamut ofrelief and rescue operationsthat have been pressed into ser-vice to help the marooned peo-ple, the release said.

He also informed him thathe has asked the State Ministersand all public representatives,including MLAs, to extend ahelping hand to the victims offloods and personally involvethemselves in the rescue oper-ations. To a query of the PrimeMinister, Sonowal informedthat flood control mechanisms,including 24X7 control rooms,have been pressed into service

with State Government officialsput on duty, manning themround the clock, the release said.

Health department andPublic Health Engineeringdepartment have been direct-ed to respond to medicarerelated issues and provide med-icines and clean drinking water,Sonowal informed.

Veterinary and AnimalHusbandry department hasbeen asked to take care of themarooned animals and keepadequate fodder stock ready forthe stray animals of KazirangaNational Park, other nationalparks and wildlife sanctuaries,he added. He also told thePrime Minister about his direc-tion to the authorities ofnational parks to supply fodderto the animals taking shelter onthe high lands.

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As many as 119 teams of theNational Disaster

Response Force (NDRF) havebeen deployed in flood-hitareas of the country, includingAssam and Bihar, and a 24X7control room has been set upin Delhi to closely monitor thesituation in these regions.

As part of proactive mea-sures, 119 teams of the NDRFhave been deployed in variousparts of the country keeping inview the disaster vulnerabilityand to keep extra vigil at loca-tions where heavy rainfalls causeflood, an official statement said.

All NDRF teams, eachcomprising around 45 person-nel, are equipped with boats,divers and other flood rescue-related equipment, and will bemaking the best use of theirprofessionalism and technolo-gy in the discharge of theirmandate, it said.

In Assam, 14 NDRF teamshave been deployed in flood-affected districts of Barpeta,Bongaigaon, BiswanathChariali, Cachar, Dhemaji,Golaghat, Guwahati, Jorhat,

Lakhimpur, Morigaon,Sivasagar and Tinsukia, wheretorrential rains and overflow-ing rivers and water bodieshave worsened the flood situ-ation, the statement said.

The NDRF teams are con-tinuously engaged in assistingthe local administration in res-cue and relief work, it added.The personnel were opera-tional in the low-lying areas ofdistricts Bishwanath, Golaghat,Morigaon and Tinsukia. TheNDRF evacuated 460 peopleand shifted them to saferplaces. So far, NDRF teamshave evacuated more than3,000 people in Assam, therelease said.

In Bihar, heavy rainfall inthe past few days has causedflood-like situation in low-lyingareas and increased the waterlevel of various rivers in sever-al parts of the State. To deal withthe severity of the situation, 19NDRF teams have beendeployed in Araria, Bettiah,Darbhanga, Didarganj,Gopalganj, Katihar, Madhubani,Motihari, Muzaffarpur,Sitamarhi and Supaul districts,the statement said.

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The report to UNESCO of theInternational Commission onEducation for the 21st Century wasreleased at the session of theInternational Bureau of Education

(IBE) in Geneva on October 2, 1996. Thechairperson of the commission, JacquesDelors, very clearly summarised the essenceof global consultations and the future visionof global education in the 21st century. Forindividual national contexts, he unequivocal-ly stated: “Education in every nation must berooted to culture and committed to progress.”The report begins with Delors’s Preamble enti-tled, ‘Education: The Necessary Utopia’ andsays it all in the first sentence: “In confrontingthe many challenges that the future holds instore, humankind sees in education an indis-pensible asset in its attempt to attain the idealsof peace, freedom and social justice.”

The report has been deliberated uponglobally for over two decades; it has receivedglobal appreciation and has impacted policiesand implementation strategies international-ly. Its articulation of four pillars of education— learning to know, learning to do, learningto be and learning to live together — hasreceived admiration from common folks toseasoned academics alike. In the first quar-ter of the 21st century, who would not appre-ciate the fact that education “is not a miraclecure or magic formula” but one of the “prin-cipal means available to foster a deeper andmore harmonious form of human develop-ment and, thereby, to reduce poverty, exclu-sion, ignorance, oppression and war.” India,known for its economic, social, cultural, eth-nic, linguistic and religious diversity, is com-mitted to transform its education system toachieve social cohesion and religious harmo-ny and strengthen unity in diversity. But itseducation system has to encompass a verysensitive canvas. Its three-language formula,accepted in the mid-1960s, is yet to be imple-mented fully in letter and spirit.

Its national policy on education was lastrevisited in 1992. After more than a quarterof the century, in 2019, the KasturiranganCommittee submitted the draft NationalEducation Policy (NEP) to the Governmentfor finalisation of a new education policy. Thepreparation of this report was preceded by anational consultation process spread over fouryears. The draft NEP is open for inputs andsuggestions from every quarter before final-isation. It is interesting that widespread freshconsultations have generated demands for fur-ther extension of the time limit for submis-sion of suggestions beyond July 31, 2019.

Yes, people are concerned about educa-tion, its quality, utility and capacity toachieve total personality development. Whilethere is no limit to improvements in the pre-sentation of such reports, one has to beginimplementation at some point. The NEP,2019 mostly consists of formulations thatdeserve support of all and active involvementof academics as well as scholars, who areunconstrained by ideological bonds and nar-

row political considerations. The draft report attempts at

giving a comprehensive view ofnational expectations and aspira-tions fully synchronised withinternational trends and require-ments: “The vision of India’s neweducation system has according-ly been crafted to ensure that ittouches the life of each andevery citizen, consistent withtheir ability to contribute tomany growing developmentalimperatives of this country on theone hand and towards creating ajust and equitable society on theother.” To achieve such an objec-tive, the issue of ‘language’ and‘medium of instruction’ willbecome relevant.

For obvious reasons, theBritish were not interested in edu-cating Indians in their mothertongue. They needed obedientand loyal educated people whowould despise everything thatwas Indian — be it culture, his-tory or heritage. This could bestbe achieved by “delinking Indiansfrom India.” The best and easilyavailable tool was to develop fas-cination for English language andall that was Western and, hence,admirable. Under severe burdenof learning an alien language,where was the time for childrenas also parents’ inclination torealise the importance of learn-ing the mother tongue? It wasrather interesting that withinhours of the presentation of thereport to the Human ResourceDevelopment Minister and itssimultaneous uploading on theMinistry’s website, certain vest-ed interests attempted to create an

unsavoury conflict in the mindsof people, raising the issue of theso-called imposition of Hindi onnon-Hindi speaking States. Itmust go to the credit of theMinistry of Human ResourceDevelopment that within hoursof the issue emerging on thenational scene, it issued a clari-fication that the Government hasno intention to impose any lan-guage on any set of peopleunwilling to learn it. In fact, eversince the three languages formu-la was accepted by theGovernment and a commitmentmade to the nation, none of theUnion Governments ever tried toimpose any language hegemony.

The issue of mother tonguemedium has once again beencomprehensively addressed in thedraft NEP, 2019. It is a universal-ly accepted fact that initial edu-cation must be provided in themother tongue of the child. It isalso a known that children in theage group of 2-8 years areextremely flexible in learningmultiple languages.

The NEP report acknowl-edges: “Language has a directbearing as the mediator in all cog-nitive and social capacities,including in knowledge acquisi-tion and production. The scienceof child development and lan-guage acquisition suggests thatyoung children become literate in(as a language) and learn bestthrough (as medium of instruc-tion) their ‘local language’ ie, thelanguage spoken at home. It isinteresting to note that the com-mittee uses two terms — moth-er tongue and also the language

spoken at the home.” One can citean example that will indicate thefarcical levels of fascination forEnglish medium schools in India,particularly among those whocan afford paying exorbitant feesin privately managed “publicschools.”

A young professor, workingin a national academic institutionin Delhi, sought transfer to hishome-town in Bengaluru tolook after his octogenarian in-laws, who had no other support.The request was accepted andthe family shifted to their homeplace “happily.” Their two kids —10 and 12-year-old — got admis-sion in a public school withoutany difficulty. However, theirgrandparents could communi-cate in Kannada only and thechildren were made monolin-gual, meaning they could speakEnglish only. One had the occa-sion to ask the young parentshow it was beyond comprehen-sion that children were totallyalien to Kannada. The responsewas very truthful and also reveal-ing: “We decided to speak onlyEnglish in our home and fami-ly conversation, even guests wererequested accordingly. All this toensure children acquire greaterfluency in English — it was all fortheir bright future and to maketheir life easier to get a greencard.” If highly educated peopleare so charmed by English medi-um and English language, nonewill be surprised to find themushroom growth of Englishmedium schools in villages andtowns.

The growing fascination for

English as the medium ofinstruction from day oneonwards in schools is not new. Ithas a historic legacy. The lan-guage policy adopted by theBritish in India included everytrick of the trade to wean Indiansaway from their culture and her-itage and language was the firsttool. One cannot ignore howMahatma Gandhi analysed thisfascination very early in his life.

On February 4, 1916,Gandhiji raised the issue of lan-guage and referred to the insighthe had gathered from somePoona (now Pune) professors,who assured him “that everyIndian youth, because hereached his knowledge throughthe English Language, lost atleast six precious years of life.”On July 5, 1928, he made a verytouching statement on the medi-um of instruction, whichdeserves to be re-read and exam-ined in the context of languagelearning and policy formulation.In fact, more than the policy-makers, it is the parents whoshould be aware of the harmbeing inflicted on the childrenby forcing children to learnEnglish at the cost of mothertongue language: “The foreignmedium has caused brain fag;put an undue strain upon thenerves of our children; madethem crammers and imitators;unfitted them for original workand thought; and disabled themfor filtrating their learning to thefamily or the masses. The foreignmedium has made our childrenpractically foreigners in theirown land.”

In his opinion, among themany evils that the British impe-rialists imposed on India and itspeople, the imposition of a for-eign medium was the greatest.He fervently wanted India toshake itself free from the hypnot-ic spell of foreign medium; soon-er the better. Sadly enough thatwas not to be. Practically everycommission and committeeappointed in the post-indepen-dence period accepted andemphasised the importance andnecessity of the mother tonguemedium but things have gonefrom bad to worse. We havereached a stage whenGovernments, having failed tolook after schools properly, haveallowed their credibility to touchthe nadir. The failure to maintainthe mother tongue medium,Government schools are nowbeing covered under the plancalled school merger. Peopleunderstand the real position. Itwill be interesting to see whatemerges on the language frontand the issue of medium ofinstruction in the final nationaleducation policy.

(The writer is the IndianRepresentative on the ExecutiveBoard of UNESCO)

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Sir — The 2019 Cricket WorldCup final was, perhaps, thewildest in cricket history and willbe remembered for all time tocome. This because thereemerged no decisive winner. Inthe first stage, both England andNew Zealand scored an equal of241 run each by the end of 50overs. In the super over, too, bothteams ended up with 15 runs insix balls.

However, it was England,which was crowned as championsby virtue of its overall direct hitto the fence. The country had 26fours to its credit while theBlackcaps had only 17. While itis a memorable maiden victoryfor England, it is not a tellingdefeat for the Kiwis, too. Bothteams played well.

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However, the decision on thewinning team, on account of thenumber of boundaries it hit — 26by England and 17 by NewZealand — acted not only as acruel dampener but also renderedgreat injustice to the valiant dis-play of the unsung Kiwis.

Barring Kane Williamson,Ross Taylor and Trent Boult, there

was hardly any other star in theirline-up. Yet, by virtue of an impec-cable team spirit and fighting atti-tude with cool minds, the Kiwishad succeeded in equalling thestar-studded English in all depart-ments, including the super over inthe latter’s own den, Lords, in thethrilling final. Justice would havebeen adequately served had both

England and New Zealand beendeclared joint winners.

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and bowlers. They are calledupon in all tricky situations andthe selectors, the coach and thecaptain tend to rely a bit too muchon this group. Other players inthe team play as fielders. Lower-order batsmen seldom experiencecrunch situations and are happyto let the top order do all the hardwork and take all the glory.Hence, if the top order collapsesin a given match, then all hope isgenerally lost. India’s loss in thesemi-finals is a pity after winningalmost every game in the leaguestage. The fault lies in the dodgymiddle and lower orders.Expecting predictably good per-formances in Word Cup is foolish.

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In 1919, Charles (Carlo) Ponzi, a dishwasher fromParma, Italy, who immigrated to the United States(US) in 1903 and worked as a clerk in Boston,

duped the Americans with a scheme that now bearshis name. Ponzi was a financial con artist who didnot invent this eponymous scheme but he lent starpower to one of the oldest scams known to us andpioneered its subtle variation on a huge scale.

India has always been a fertile ground for swin-dles that have bilked mostly low-income householdsof millions of rupees. The financially illiterate areusually the easy picks. Financial illiteracy leads peo-ple to make systematic and costly mistakes.Investors have been periodically gulled by nefari-ous characters into dubious schemes. The poor havenow become wary of investing money even in cred-ible organisations. These mercenary agents use entic-ing traps to net gullible investors like sharks prey-ing on small gold fish in the big bad financial ocean.

Ponzi sponsors are authors of the dreamers’landscape: Get-rich-quick schemes and rags-to -rich-es stories; they have an unerring gift of charmingand beguiling investors, fuelling their avarice. Theruse actually juggles investors’ money and works inthis manner: Perpetrators typically promise gullibleclients moon-stratospheric returns on investments.The scheme relies on a constant stream of newinvestors to fund guaranteed payouts to existingsavers. These schemes can snowball but eventual-ly collapse when the potential pool of new saversruns dry. This happens when the scheme hits thenatural limits of its strategy for recruiting investors.

Ponzi and pyramid schemes: A Ponzi schemeis a classic swindle, similar to a pyramid scheme inthe sense that both are based on using new investors’funds to pay earlier investors. The promoters toutphenomenal returns for investors. One differencebetween the two schemes is that the Ponzi origina-tor gathers funds from new investors and then dis-tributes them. Pyramid schemes, on the other hand,allow each investor to directly benefit in proportionto the number of new investors recruited. Oldermembers are allowed to withdraw money after a cer-tain period of time and receive bonuses for encour-aging new entrants to sign up. In this case, the per-son on the top of the pyramid does not, at any point,have access to all the money in the system. Insteadof investing funds or doing legitimate business, theuncouth Ponzi operator just recycles money, usesthe commitments to pay off earlier investors andtakes a cut for himself. Gullible investors are nor-mally illiterate and do not understand the nuancesof finance. They don’t realise that existing investorsare paid money not from genuine business profit.They believe that their funds are a sound and legit-imate business.

The scam establishes a façade of credibility bypaying the promised returns to early-stage backers,as long as new savers keep adding to the fold. Theliabilities actually exceed assets and the firm is per-manently insolvent. The scheme moves seamless-ly, delivering steady returns and without raising afaintest hint of suspicion, until a point when it is nolonger able to attract new investors. The promot-ers even pay the fanciful returns, perhaps even high-er than the promised dividend, out of their person-al funds, thus confirming the promoter’s credibil-ity. They plough ahead until the whole structure col-lapses like a house of cards when the flow of freshmoney dwindles and the perpetrator can’t honourthe redemptions because the outflow of cash

exceeds the inflow. Savings disappear, debts mount and

the scammer goes slowly under. He triesto siphon off as much of the money as hecan before the scheme fails and those atthe bottom end up losing all the money.The crucial piece in the puzzle is theincompetence of regulators and watch-dogs, who either know about these scamsand do nothing, or completely overlookit on account of powerful promoters, whohave political links. Such schemes thrivein an opaque policy environment.

We live in a difficult financial worldwhere millions of financially illiterate, andsome surprisingly literate, are beingconned by dangerous money games thathave generated increasingly massive bub-bles of fake growth and Ponzi prosperitywhile endangering precious hard-earnedsavings, jobs and futures of virtually every-one outside the financial industry.“Voodoo banking” continues to generatemassive phony profits. These episodescontinue to cause a significant loss of con-sumer trust and confidence. Our marketstructure puts the onus of reliability on the“buyer”, who is expected to be fully awareof the implications of his/her decision. Itis presumed that information available inthe market will empower them, who willsort through various options that compet-ing businesses offer and make a decisionthat maximises the economic utility.

This model, where the responsibili-ty sits on the consumers for choosing theright product, is based on the twin pillarsof full disclosure by firms and of literateconsumers, who are considered capableof decoding these disclosures.

Financial literacy is an antidote toscams: While we should make a case forstrong regulations to protect consumersagainst unscrupulous firms, we mustremember that good financial literacy

among citizens is the most effective anti-dote against these moral abuses. To bluntthe potential for risk, it’s more importantthan ever to arm customers with skills theyneed to responsibly borrow to get a busi-ness idea off the ground or to acquire anasset like a house, save and insure to stayresilient through the life’s worst momentswithout being pushed deeper into debt.They can then keep distance fromunscrupulous and dubious investmentschemes that have lacerated the financiallives of multitudes. Stories commonlyabound of people having been stripped ofevery rupee they earned by the time theyrealised that they’d been conned. Financialadvisors and counsellors must be able tospot early, and sometimes subtle, signals.

Since low-income communities facemultiple risks, small businesses need to beinsured to prevent their slide back intopoverty. Micro-insurance softens theimpact of economic shocks, which fre-quent within this segment. Offeringmicro-credit without micro-insurance isself-defeating; it must be an integralcomponent of financial inclusion whenoffered in conjunction with micro savings.Micro-insurance can keep this segmentaway from the poverty trap. Offeringmicrocredit without micro-insurance isfraught with risk. Therefore the need isto emphasise the linking of microcreditwith micro-insurance. It will also enhancethe sustainability of micro-insurance as itis not viable as a standalone product.

Many micro-entrepreneurs still pre-fer other informal sources of finance, likethe moneylenders because of their flexi-ble methods of repayment. If they are pre-pared to pawn their jewels, local informallenders will advance at high interest. The(interest) rate may be sky-high, but onecan pay back whenever he/she has themoney. It’s less stressful and one can invest

all the loans without keeping anything forinitial instalments. Many of these borrow-ers are moving to other sources for theirfinancial needs after experiencing toomany close calls when they find them-selves short of money to make their micro-finance repayment. Robust consumer pro-tection rules are critical to safeguard peo-ple from fraud and abuse and the perva-sive menace of illegal money pooling bycompanies. This is especially importantfor women and low-income people, whoare most likely to be financially inexpe-rienced. This also underscores the impor-tance of targetted financial literacy andcapability training and embracing oppor-tunities to use new technologies toexpand access to formal financial services.

We need an overhaul of the customerprotection regime. The new regime mustbe one that can hold all entities to a com-mon standard of institutional conduct inhow they deal with the individual cus-tomer, including how they sell products.A misalignment of incentives between theprovider and the customer leaves the cus-tomer worse-off. Therefore, we need toenforce a system that keeps the customer’sinterests above everything else. The goodnews is that there are now several chan-nels of information and resources to helpthe public build financial stability. To safe-guard the hard-earned money of investorsand curb the pervasive menace of illegalmoney pooling by companies, the ReserveBank of India has set up a portal —sachet.rbi.org.in — to enable the public toobtain information about registered enti-ties, who accept deposits, get informationregarding illegal acceptance of depositsand lodge complaints. The portal alsofacilitates filing and tracking of complaints.

(The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’sNational Committee on Financial Literacyand Inclusion for Women)

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With India emerging as aleading digital economy,driven by information

technology, infrastructure and ser-vices, a range of new opportunitiesis being created for entrepreneurshipdevelopment across various sectors.Rural and semi-urban communitiesare being connected with servicesand opportunities through digitaland financial inclusion.

This is being made tangiblethrough the Digital India movement.“Digital India” is the flagship pro-gramme of the Government to trans-form the country into a digitallyempowered society and a leadingknowledge economy. The aim is tobride the digital divide and ensure

that the advantages of informationand communication technology areharnessed so as to empower the cit-izens. The true potential of these rev-olutionary steps is being harnessedby promoting rural entrepreneurshipbased on digital infrastructure andservices to provide relevant andsustainable options of livelihood inrural areas.

In the present context, it is rel-evant to provide opportunity topeople in rural areas for gainfulemployment. It is here that digitalIndia has opened new avenues forthem. The Common ServicesCentres (CSC), under the Ministryof Electronics and InformationTechnology, are playing an importantrole as they have emerged as the har-binger of rural entrepreneurship,which is an integral part of theGovernment’s Digital India pro-gramme.

CSCs are internet-enabled accesspoints that deliver various electron-ic services through a pan-India net-work, catering to regional, geo-graphic, linguistic and cultural diver-sity, thus fulfilling the Government’s

mandate of a socially, financially anddigitally inclusive society. The abil-ity of CSCs, which avoids directinteraction of the citizens with theGovernment offices, ensures trans-parency, accountability and efficien-cy in the delivery of services througha reduced turnaround time.

In 2015, under the Digital Indiaprogramme, the Governmentapproved the CSC 2.0 scheme withan aim to create “one CSC, one grampanchayat” in order to cover all the2.50 lakh gram panchayats, thus aim-ing at establishing a self-sustainingnetwork at the gram panchayat levelunder digital India and deliver var-ious citizen centric services. It placesgreat stress on sustainability of thescheme as well as providing access tothe rural population.

Today, CSCs are playing therole of a catalyst in extending accessto technology and services for citi-zens, especially in rural areas and inthe process, paving grassroot pene-tration of digital services and, hence,fostering participation in gover-nance. The objective of the CSCscheme is to provide non-discrimi-

natory access to e-services to ruralcitizens by making it a complete ser-vice delivery centre, by creating thephysical service delivery infrastruc-ture and utilising the back-end infra-structure already created in terms ofother MMPs. The CSC 2.0 is envis-aged as transaction-based and servicedelivery-based model, delivering alarge bouquet of e-services througha single delivery technological plat-form, which would increase the sus-tainability of the CSCs across thecountry.

The role of CSC e-GovernanceServices India Limited (CSC SPV),a special purpose vehicle set up bythe Ministry of Electronics andInformation Technology to overseethe implementation of the CSCscheme, is engaged by theGovernment as the overall imple-menting agency for the success ofthe CSC 2.0 scheme. The body con-stantly engages with variousGovernment departments, businessestablishments, banks, insurancecompanies and educational institu-tions to augment the range of ser-vices that can be provided through

CSCs and thereby ensure their sus-tainability. As on today, there arearound 3,65,918 functional CSCs inIndia, of which 2,65,398 cover thegram panchayats.

These bodies are run by individ-uals called the Village LevelEntrepreneurs (VLEs), who are co-opted into the ecosystem from thecommunity they serve. Currently,around 28 Central Governmentservices are offered to the citizensthrough the CSC network that usesthe centralised Digital Seva Portal.State G2C services, ranging from 10to 400 in various States, are alsodelivered through CSCs in collab-oration with various StateGovernments and other depart-ments.

In a rough estimate today,around 12 lakh people have beenprovided direct or indirect employ-ment through their engagementwith CSC across the country. Despiterapid urbanisation, more than 66 percent of our population still resides inrural areas. Hence, providing liveli-hood opportunities is crucial for thisvast segment of the population. The

launching of developing entrepre-neurship capabilities in rural areas byenabling the CSCs to implement var-ious important programmes is a par-adigm shift in the approach of bridg-ing the digital divide.

This initiative is expected toignite rural development and reducemigration of the young generation tocities. As India continues to grow asa digital economy, the rural commu-nities need avenues and employmentopportunities that are based on thedigital infrastructure. Gradually, theCSCs are being positioned as changeagents, promoting rural entrepre-neurship and building rural capac-ities and livelihoods.

The CSCs provide a successmodel for creating rural entrepre-neurship that leverages new-ageopportunities through a sound busi-ness and social development serviceframework. This approach has a nat-ural call for continuation in the yearsto come to meet citizens’ expecta-tions and the Government’s vision ofdelivery of services at their doorstep.

(The writer is CEO, CommonServices Centre)

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Crisis-hit IL&FS Monday said it has entered intoan agreement with secured lenders of three

group entities, that have a debt burden of �5,071crore, as part of resolution process.

Binding term sheet has been signed withsecured lenders of three entities — MoradabadBareilly Expressway Ltd, Jharkhand Road Projectsand West Gujarat Expressway Ltd.

This move is in line with the current manage-ment’s efforts to monetise assets and would also helpin repaying debt to mutual funds.

“Total debt across these three entities is approx-imately �5,071 crore — �3,242 crore from securedlenders and �1,829 crore from unsecured lenders,”a release said.

The revised proposal involves certain conces-sions and modification of terms of financial debtavailed by these entities from lenders.

The release of cash flow from existing accountswill be used for servicing financial and operationalcreditors, reduction in debt service coverage ratiorequirement; utilisation of surplus cash and prefer-ence to secured lenders over unsecured lenders incase of a shortfall, it added.

The major secured lenders of MoradabadBareilly Expressway Ltd include India Infra Debt Ltd,L&T Infrastructure Finance Company, L&T Finance,L&T Infra Debt Fund, Bank of Baroda and Bank ofIndia. The overall debt is around �1,567 crore.

Jharkhand Road Project is undertaking devel-opments of five projects. India Infra Debt Ltd, L&TInfra Debt Fund, Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund,Aditya Birla Health Insurance and Capital AssetFund are among the major secured lenders. Theaggregate debt is around �1,545 crore.

According to the release, West GujaratExpressway has been awarded road project in Gujaratand its major secured lenders include L&TInfrastructure Finance Company and L&T InfraDebt Fund with debt of about �129 crore.

With the term sheet, the three entities have beenmoved from amber to green category.

As part of the resolution efforts, the group com-panies have been classified into three categories,mainly based on their financial positions — green,amber and red.

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The counsel for the family of ex-IL&FS Financial Services head

Ramesh Chandra Bawa’s wife Asha Kiranand daughter Akansha Monday movedNCLT seeking to defreeze their bankaccounts as neither the SFIO report northe charge-sheet name them in the case.

However, the counsel for the corpo-rate affairs ministry, which want toextend the freeze on their accounts,argued that the petitioners are the bene-ficiaries of �12 crore of funds fromBawa’s frozen banks accounts, as per thefindings of the SFIO probe, which has alsofound that the duo had accessed theblocked-lockers of Bawa three-four timesafter the NCLT ordered their freezing lastDecember and thus are in contempt of thetribunal.

“There is no mention of Asha Kiranand Akansha in the charge-sheet and thuskeeping their accounts frozen cannot bejustified,” their counsel argued.

He further said the Serious FraudInvestigation Office (SFIO) has notcharged Asha Kiran and Akansha yet andthus have no allegations against them.

“Except for transfer of money, thereis no other allegations or charges againstthem,” he said, adding, “Asha has beenoperating the lockers even after theNCLT freeze as there the tribunal did notdirect the Indian Banks Association onfreezing the lockers.”

He also said his clients are ready toreturn the �4.81 crore transferred to theiraccounts.

Hearing both the sides, NCLTreserved its order without mentioning thedate for next hearing.

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China’s growth has slumpedto 6.2 per cent in the sec-

ond quarter of this year, its low-est level in nearly three decades,the Government said Monday,as the world’s second largesteconomy feels the pinch of abruising trade war with the USand weak global demand.

The Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) growth slidfrom 6.4 per cent in the firstquarter of 2019, according togovernment data released onMonday.

While the slowdown to 6.2per cent is a 27-year low, it raisedconcerns as the once resilientChinese economy did not dipbelow 6.4 per cent even duringthe 2009 world economic crisisduring which the largely exportdependent country came underheavy pressure due to the steadyfall in its foreign trade.

China’s GDP expanded 6.3per cent year-on-year in thefirst half of 2019 to about45.09 trillion yuan (about $6.56trillion), according to datareleased by China’s NationalBureau of Statistics (NBS).

The growth, however, wasin line with the Government’sannual target range of 6.0-6.5per cent for the whole year,down from the 6.6 per centgrowth China put up in 2018.

A breakdown of the datashowed output of the servicesector, which accounted for 54.9per cent of the total GDP, roseseven per cent in the first half of

the year, outpacing a three percent increase in the primaryindustry and a 5.8-per cent risein the secondary industry.

Consumption appeared toplay a bigger role in drivingeconomic growth as it con-tributed 60.1 per cent to theeconomic expansion in theJanuary-June period, whichofficials consider encouraging.But the concerns remain asChina’s imports declined by 7.3per cent in June. Since 2009,China has been trying hard torejig its export dependent econ-omy to the one more depen-dent on domestic consumptionto halt the slowdown.

“The economic data is stillfacing downturn pressure (inthe second half of the year).While there are also manypositive factors, the marketvitality is gradually being stim-ulated,” NBS spokesman MaoShengyong told the mediawhile releasing the data.

The economic perfor-mance was generally stableand remained within a rea-sonable range, with progressbeing made in certain areas, hesaid. In the first half of the year,7.73 million new jobs were cre-ated in urban areas, completing67 per cent of the annual tar-get, the data said.

At the end of the secondquarter, the total number ofrural migrant workers stood at182.48 million, an increase of2.26 million over the sameperiod last year, up 1.3 per centyear-on-year.

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The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) on Monday said it

has imposed a penalty of Rs10 lakh on Union Bank ofIndia for non-compliancewith the directions on cybersecurity framework.

The penalty was imposedon July 9, 2019, according toan RBI release.

“This action (impositionof penalty) is based on defi-ciencies in regulatory com-pliance and is not intended topronounce upon the validityof any transaction or agree-ment entered into by thebank with its customers,” itadded.

Giving background of thecase, the RBI said that basedon reports of generation ofseven fraudulent messages ofa total value of $171 millionthrough SWIFT system ofthe bank in 2016, an exami-nation of its cyber securityframework was carried outwhich revealed several defi-ciencies.

Based on the findings, anotice was issued to the state-owned bank advising it toshow cause as to why penal-ty should not be imposed onit for non-compliance withthe extant directions.

After considering thereplies received from thebank, and submissions madeduring the personal hearing,the RBI decided to imposethe penalty, the central banksaid.

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New Delhi: Aimed at leveraging Bharat HeavyElectricals Limited (BHEL)’s strategic locationand Container Corporation of India Limited(CONCOR)’s expertise in logistics, the two com-panies have signed an agreement to form a JointWorking Group (JWG) named BHELCON, forjointly setting up a Rail-based Logistics Terminalat Haridwar. Significantly, with this, BHEL ismaking a strategic entry into a new growth area.This terminal will further be developed into amulti-modal-logistics-facility.

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New Delhi: Wholesale price-based inflationdeclined for the second consecutive month toits 23-month low of 2.02 per cent in June, helpedby decline in prices of vegetables as well as fueland power items, according to official datareleased Monday.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-basedinflation was at 2.45 per cent in May. It was 5.68per cent in June 2018.

Inflation in food articles basket easedmarginally to 6.98 per cent in June, from 6.99per cent in May.

Vegetable inflation softened to 24.76 percent in June, down from 33.15 per cent in theprevious month. Inflation in potato was (-)24.27 per cent, against (-) 23.36 per cent in May.

However, onion prices continued the ris-ing trend with inflation at 16.63 per cent dur-ing the month, as against 15.89 per cent in May.

WPI inflation in June is the lowest in 23months, since July 2017, when it was at 1.88 percent.

Inflation in ‘fuel and power’ categorycooled substantially to (-)2.20 per cent, from0.98 per cent last month. Manufactured itemstoo saw decline in prices with inflation at 0.94per cent in June, against 1.28 per cent in May.

WPI inflation data for April has beenrevised upwards to 3.24 per cent from provi-sional 3.07 per cent.

Data released earlier this week showed thatretail inflation spiked to a six-month high of3.18 pc in June, on costlier food items. PTI

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bags, standing or sitting in uncomfortable positions for longhours or utilising roads which are uneven. A combination ofthese aspects can cause serious impact — muscle spasm, slippeddisc, back and neck pain among other problems.

There are several things one should keep in mind when trav-elling by different modes of transport:

�When using a two-wheeler: A two-wheeler does not haveany back support. This makes the passenger’s back an easy tar-get for losing the correct posture. Additionally, carrying heavyloads when using a two-wheeler, can be dangerous. Especiallyfor those who live a sedentary lifestyle, their back and spine mus-cles are not strong enough to carry the load for long hours. Thiscauses aches and pains.

Tip: One should choose a two-wheeler which distributes theweight between their wrists and their back. Avoid carrying anyheavy load so as to evade leaning forward which leads to imbal-ance.

�When using a car: Traveling in a car for more than 30 min-utes can stress your back. This is because when we are driving,we tend to lean forward. At this point we do not make use ofthe backand the head rest.

Tip: A lumbar support is necessary when travelling by car.Adjust your seat in such a way that your spine is aligned against

the back rest and the middle ofyour head is supported by theheadrest.

�When traveling by trainor flight: Our normal posture isS shaped. When sitting in thesame position for long durationin the train or the plane makespeople lean forward and bendtheir back to form a C shape cur-vature. This also restricts bloodflow, as well as restrains andcauses pain in the tissues.

Tip: Get up and move every20 to 30 minutes. This willstimulate the blood flow andsupplies- sending essential nutri-ents and oxygen to the lowerback. Moving for ten seconds inyour seat is still better than nomovement at all.

Additional measures whilecommuting to avoid strain onyour back:

�Travel light: Overloading your bag will put a lot of pres-sure on you neck, shoulders and back. It will aggravate the strainin your muscles and joints. It is advisable to carry only those thingsthat you absolutely require. In unavoidable scenarios, instead ofstuffing one big bag, utilise several smaller bags so that the weightgets distributed.

�Avoid bad roads: No matter how consciously you havealigned your back to the back rest or the middle of your headto the headrest in a car, if the road consists of potholes and bumps-it will strain and intensify your back problems.

�Caution when travelling by public transport: A sudden,even a half second, push to someone or by someone can havelong-lasting effects. The sudden jerk will come as a surprise toyour back muscles. Be mindful of other travelers when using thebus, train or metro.

�Support your feet: The position of our feet determines theposture of our lower back. This means that if your feet are in anuncomfortable position while sitting- hanging off, it will affectour lower back posture. The correct way to sit is with your kneesat right angle and your feet firmly on the ground. In such a sce-nario use a foot rest to support your feet for long drives.

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rich in antioxidants, protecting the body against cell-damaging free radicals. Plumsare also low in calories andhence will notincrease yourblood sugar levels.The antioxidantsfights the freeradicals,preventing heartdiseases and strokescares.

Plums contain isatinand sorbitol, which helprelieve constipation and improve digestion. It also keeps the bowelhealthy. Consuming plum firms your skin and clears your skintexture. The fruit reduces wrinkles and rejuvenates your skin.Drink plum juice for younger looking skin.

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Doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitalssaved the life of a three weeks old baby

girl Inaya from a rare heart conditionknown as Anomalous left coronary arteryfrom the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA).Inaya presented with complaints of respi-ratory distress with excessive sweatingand fast breathing with difficulty. When shewas brought to the emergency, she suffereda heart attack.

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Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon,Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said: “Themiracle happened when the team of doc-tors treating Inaya managed to resuscitatethe baby by massaging her heart. Intensivecare doctors were called and together theygot the heart beating again within 40 min-utes. Despite being without any cardiacfunction for 30-40 minutes, the child didnot suffer from any perceptible braindamage.”

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Depression andother mentalhealth problems

can spread through socialnetworks, up to “threedegrees of separation” of a friend or afriend of a friend, warn recent studies.

Addiction to social media technolo-gy can have a negative effect on social con-nections. The accompanying loneliness ispartly a consequence of replacing face-to-face interaction with a form of communi-cation where body language and other sig-nals cannot be interpreted.

Having access to so many differentstreams of information through gadgetshas been found to decrease the brain’s greymatter density, which is responsible forcognition and emotional control. In thisdigital era, the key to good health shouldbe moderation i.e. moderate use of tech-nology. Most of us have become slaves todevices that were really meant to free usand give us more time to experience lifeand be with people. And we are leadingour children in the same path as well.

Tips from Heart Care Foundation ofIndia

�Don’t use any electronic gadgets 30minutes before sleep.

�Take a Facebook holiday for 7 daysevery three months. Avoid use of socialmedia once in a week for the entire day.

�Use your mobile phone only whenmobile. Do not use computer for morethan three hours in a day.

�Limit your mobile talk time to notmore than two hours in a day.

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We all look forward tothe rainy days.Sipping tea and eating

pakoras on a lazy Sunday is theperfect way to enjoy the down-pour. Unfortunately, mostof us have to step outfor work and thatmeans skins prob-lems; fungalinfection, itchyand red skin arecommon prob-lems. Here are afew things thatone can do to treatit at home.

We all know theimportance of neem. Boil ahandful of neem leaves forabout 10 minutes. Add this toa bucket of water and take abath with it to cure skin prob-lems. The antimicrobial prop-erties of the leaves will removeimpurities. Do this till theinfection is cured.

One can use aloe vera aswell since it has medicinalproperties and can cure manyskin problems. Apply somefresh aloe vera gel on the affect-

ed area and leave it forhalf an hour. Wash it

with cold water.Apple cider

vinegar is anageold cure toall your skinallergies. Diluteit with water.

Then apply gen-tly with cotton

ball on the affectedpart.

A painful fungal infection— Athlete’s foot — is caused byill-fitting and wet shoes. Oneshould not wear plastic, leatheror canvas shoes. Try wearingfootwear where your feet canbreathe. Wear washed cottonsocks and keep feet clean anddry.

While rains bring much neededrelief from the scorching heat, the

season comes with its woes.Fungal infection, red and itchy

skin are a few of them.ROSHANI DEVI shares home

remedies to treat these

The AIIMS Centre for DentalEducation and Research will under-

take the largest nationwide oral healthsurvey this year in collaboration with theMinistry of Health to collect data thatwould act as a baseline for plan-ning preventive and treatmentstrategies.

An expert committeecomprising dentists repre-senting various oral healthspecialities and health ministryofficials met at the AIIMS to dis-cuss sampling strategies, planningand timelines of the survey.

“The burden of oral diseases in Indiais enormous. The impact of oral diseasesis irreversible when neglected. Pain dueto decay leads to loss of school hoursamong children and severely impacts thequality of life. Lack of proper oral hygieneleads to severe gum diseases which is thebiggest cause of tooth loss in India,” Dr

OP Kharbanda, the Chief of Centre forDental Education and Research (CDER),AIIMS said.

The survey aims to record specific,representative data on the most preva-

lent dental diseases in the countrylike dental decay, gum diseases,dentofacial deformities, can-cerous lesions, dental fluorosisand dental trauma among oth-ers.

The plan is to ensure trainedand calibrated oral health work-

force examine the teeth followingprotocols in coherence with global guide-lines to bring out an authentic data bankthat acts as a baseline to plan preventiveand treatment strategies, Dr Kharbandasaid.

Scientifically validated guidelineshave been formulated for sampling,examination and recording of data byexperts. PTI

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that the condition is very common and that it’smanageable. Your child can surely be able tosleep well at night and play any sports they want,but it needs work.

To make asthma easier on you and to be ableto create a normal lifestyle for your child, youcan:�Schedule regular doctor’s appointments

Your child’s healthcare provider can help youwith a treatment plan and can reevaluate it ateach visit. You can proactively ask for tips aroundusing an inhaler, figuring out whether a certaindiet is working or any questions around expo-sure to pollution and dust.

Ensure that you schedule a new appointmentoutside of the regular check-up schedule if youhave any concerns around the treatment notworking, but be patient and don’t get paranoidas that may stress the children out as well.�Create an action plan

Work with the doctor to create a plan formanaging the regular symptoms and for han-dling all kinds of possible emergencies. If thereare other members in the family, train them totake responsibility and proactive action if theyare with the child. Keep a copy of the emergencyplan with you, and give one each to your fam-ily members, also to your child’s school dispen-sary or nurse. Check whether the school allowsfor keeping medicine in backpacks.�Make your child learn how to take medica-tion when necessary

Your child’s treatment may involve consum-ing a pill or using a device such as an inhaleror nebuliser. To maximise their effectiveness,your child will need to learn how to use any ofthese, as per the condition or situation at hand.Talk with your doctor and teach your child.�Beat the flu

Be prepared for the changing season and forbacteria in the air. If your child has asthma andcomes down with a virus, it could lead to moredifficulty in breathing. An influenza vaccine canreduce your child’s risk of getting sick, and youcan get one vaccination ideally every autumn,after consulting your healthcare provider.�Avoid exposure to allergens

Allergens like certain foods, pollen or graincan give your child breathing trouble. Observeif any of these cause any difficulty in breathingfor your child, and consult your doctor for best-possible medication.

Precaution is the best form of care. If youare prepared with medication and know whenand how to use it, you will be fine. Stay alert andcognizant, but learn not to panic.

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blood against the artery walls.When there is too much force ofblood on the walls of the blood ves-sels, it leads to hypertension. Severehealth complications and anincrease in risk of heart diseases,stroke may arise in people withhypertension. Stress is one of theacute causes of an elevated bloodpressure level, however there canalso be several underlying causes

including kidney diseases and med-ication. Consumption of excesssalt in food plays a vital role in anincreased number of cases of hyper-tension worldwide.

According to the MedicalGuidelines, normal blood pres-sure is 120 over 80 mm of Hg.When it exceeds and reaches130/80 mm Hg, it is considered tobe high blood pressure or hyperten-sion.

Symptoms of hypertensionoften go unnoticed. For this reason,

it is also known as a silent killer.Pain in the back of head and neckis one of the initial symptoms ofhypertension. If left untreated,these symptoms may end up caus-ing coronary heart diseases anddamage to internal organs. Oneneeds to stay aware of the symp-toms to notice them right at thebeginning.

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genes you get from your par-ents, but there is lots you cando about it. Hypertension canbe managed by bringing inmoderate changes in yourlifestyle and good habits.Doing regular exercise for atleast 5 days in a week, eatinghealthy foods like low saltdiet, vegetables, maintaining ahealthy weight, avoid drinkingalcohol and smoking. �Myth 4: Stop medication ifyour blood pressure bringsdown. �Fact: Medicine of hyper-tension leaves a prolongedprofound impact at cell level,if someone abruptly stops tak-ing pills the blood pressure canremain controlled for fewweeks. Gradually over weeks tomonths this blood pressure

again raises its head and sinceits symptoms are silent it candamage vital organs like heart,brain and kidney withoutmaking any noise. So skippingor stopping the medicine leadsto irreversible damage toorgans (kidney, heart andbrain). �Myth 5: Hypertension isconcern for only 40 abovepeople�Fact: This is a major miscon-ception among the people thathigh blood pressure onlyimpacts those above 40 andhypertension does not devel-op in young age. But the truefact is that happen to anyoneat any time. In fact, nearly onein five young adults havehypertension. More impor-tantly people getting moreblood pressure at extremes ofages.�Myth 6: Wine is good forheart and can take high quan-tity of wine�Fact: This is again a myth,earlier small doses of red winewas shown to have some car-diac preventive effects. Newresearch forbids alcohol inany form. Even small amountsof wine can lead to heavierdamage and complicationslike heart failure, strokes andmany others.

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Iran’s atomic energy agencysaid on Monday it could

reverse its nuclear programmeto its status before curbs wereimposed under a landmark2015 agreement with worldpowers.

“If the Europeans and theAmericans don’t want to carryout their duties... We willdecrease our commitmentsand... Reverse the conditions tofour years ago,” agencyspokesman BehrouzKamalvandi said, quoted byIRNA state news agency.

“These actions are not outof obstinacy. It is to give diplo-

macy a chance so that theother side come to their sens-es and carry out their duties,”he added.

The deal promised eco-nomic benefits and sanctionsrelief to Iran, but US PresidentDonald Trump withdrew fromthe accord in May 2018 andreimposed tough punitive mea-sures against the Islamic repub-lic.

Angered that its belea-guered economy is not receiv-ing sanctions relief it believesit was promised under thedeal, Iran has intensified sen-sitive uranium enrichmentwork.

European foreign ministers

were meeting in Brussels onMonday for crisis talks on thedeal.

On Sunday, the Europeanparties to the deal — Britain,France and Germany — calledfor dialogue as tensions furtherintensified between Iran andthe United States.

In a statement, the so-called E3 expressed concernthe deal was at risk of furtherunravelling but said it was upto Iran to ensure its survival.

Iran has repeatedly threatened to leave the dealunless the remaining parties tothe agreement bypass US sanc-tions and deliver the promisedbenefits.

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European foreign ministersmet on Monday for crisis

talks on the Iran nuclear deal,as Britain warned the “smallwindow” to save the accord wasclosing, with Tehran breachingthe agreement.

Tensions in the Gulf havesoared since the United Stateslast year pulled out of the 2015deal and reimposed sanctionson Iran, hammering its econ-omy and prompting Tehran tobreak limits on uraniumenrichment and stockpiling.

The European Union isdesperately trying to preventthe deal unravelling complete-ly, seeing it as the best way tostop Tehran acquiring atomicweapons, and the issue was top

of the agenda as ministersfrom the bloc met in Brussels.

British Foreign SecretaryJeremy Hunt -- who heldphone talks with his US andIranian counterparts over theweekend -- insisted “the dealisn’t dead yet”.

“Iran is still a good yearaway from developing a nuclearweapon. We think there is stillsome closing but small windowto keep the deal alive,” Hunttold reporters.

Britain, France andGermany — the threeEuropean parties to the deal —on Sunday issued a joint state-ment saying they were“extremely concerned” by Iran’srecent breaches as well as by USsanctions They called for dia-logue to resolve the crisis.

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At least 11 civilians werekilled and dozens more

wounded Monday after theirvehicle hit a bomb in southernAfghanistan that officials toldAFP had been planted by theTaliban.

The deaths come just oneweek after Taliban and Afghanofficials unveiled a “roadmap forpeace” in which they pledged toeliminate civilian casualties.

Monday’s incident occurredaround 2:00 pm (0930 GMT)when a vehicle carrying manypassengers hit a roadside bombplanted by the Taliban, provin-cial police chief Tadin Khansaid.

It was not immediately clearif the victims had been travel-

ling in a bus or in the back of alarge truck. “In the blast, 11 peo-ple were martyred and 34 oth-ers were wounded. Women andchildren are among the victims,”Khan said.

Afghan military spokesmanAhmad Sadiq Esa confirmedthe toll, while Kandahar gover-nor Hayatullah Hayat said 13were killed. No group claimedimmediate responsibility. TheTaliban did not immediatelycomment.

Kandahar is considered thebirthplace of the Taliban, whostill control some parts of theprovince.

Insurgents often use roadside bombs and landminesto target Afghan security forces — but the lethal weaponsalso inflict heavy casualties on

civilians.Years of conflict have left

Afghanistan strewn with land-mines, unexploded mortars,rockets and homemade bombs— and many are picked up bycurious children.

According to the UnitedNations, almost 4,000 civilians— including more than 900children — were killed inAfghanistan last year, withanother 7,000 wounded, mak-ing it the deadliest year to datefor civilians in Afghanistan’sconflict.

The Taliban and a group ofAfghans met for a historicsummit in the Qatari capitalDoha last week, as part of US-led peace talks, where theypledged to reduce civilian casu-alties to “zero”.

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Outgoing British Prime MinisterTheresa May on Monday con-

demned US President Donald Trump’stweets telling progressive Democratcongresswomen to “go back” where theycame from as “completely unacceptable”.

“Her view is that the languagewhich was used to refer to the womenwas completely unacceptable,” May’sspokesman told reporters.

Trump and May have endured arocky relationship, which took a turn forthe worse last week following the leakof diplomatic British cables highly crit-ical of his presidency.

Angered by May’s support for herambassador, Trump assailed the primeminister over her handling of fraughtBrexit negotiations, and welcomed herimpending departure from office.

“What a mess she and her repre-sentatives have created,” Trump fumedin a series of tweets.

“I told her how it should be done,but she decided to go another way.”

“The good news for the wonderfulUnited Kingdom is that they will soonhave a new Prime Minister,” he wrote.

Boris Johnson is the heavy favouriteto replace May as prime minister, andhas spoken out in support of the USpresident, with both men enthusiastic

backers of Brexit.Johnson wants to visit Trump

immediately he becomes prime minis-ter to try to negotiate a post-Brexit tradedeal, according to the Times on Monday.

But May’s comments will now raisethe pressure on him to condemn thepresident’s comments.

Trump accused congresswomenwho “originally came from countrieswhose governments are a completeand total catastrophe” of “viciouslytelling the people of the United States,the greatest and most powerful Nationon earth, how our government is to berun.”

“Why don’t they go back and helpfix the totally broken and crime infest-ed places from which they came. Thencome back and show us how it is done,”Trump wrote.

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India has not been excludedfrom the efforts to bring

peace in Afghanistan, Chinasaid on Monday, days after ithosted a key meeting with theUS, Russia and Pakistan onfacilitating peace process in thewar-torn country.

Representatives of China,Russia, and the US held their3rd consultation on the Afghanpeace process in Beijing on July10-11 following which theyalso requested Pakistan to joinfor a surprise quadrilateralmeeting.

“China, Russia, and theUnited States welcomedPakistan joining the consulta-tion and believe that Pakistancan play an important role infacilitating peace inAfghanistan”, a joint statementissued at the end of the meet-ing said.

US special envoy forAfghanistan reconciliationZalmay Khalilzad, who is cur-rently holding talks with theTaliban to work out an agree-ment for withdrawal of the UStroops and participation of therebel group in the AfghanGovernment, attended themeeting.

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Mumbai terror attack mas-termind and JuD chief

Hafiz Saeed and his three aideswere granted pre-arrest bail onMonday by an anti-terrorismcourt in Pakistan in a case per-taining to the banned outfit’sillegal use of land for its sem-inary.

The Anti-Terrorism Court(ATC) in Lahore granted inter-im bail to Saeed and his aides- Hafiz Masood, AmeerHamza, and Malik Zafar -until August 31 against suretybonds of Rs 50,000 each, Dawnnewspaper reported.

During the hearing, Saeed’scounsel insisted that Jamat-udDawah (JuD) was not using anypiece of land illegally and urgedthe court to accept bail pleas.

According to officials, JuD’snetwork includes 300 semi-naries and schools, hospitals, apublishing house and ambu-lance service.

In March, Punjab policesaid that government seizedcontrol of 160 seminaries, 32schools, two colleges, four hos-

pitals, 178 ambulances and153 dispensaries associatedwith the JuD and its charity wing the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) inprovince.

At least 56 seminaries andfacilities being run by the JuDand FIF in southern Sindhprovince were also taken overby authorities in the samemonth.

Saeed-led JuD is believedto be the front organisation forthe Lashkar-e-Taiba which isresponsible for carrying out the2008 Mumbai attacks.

The US Department of theTreasury has designated Saeedas a Specially DesignatedGlobal Terrorist, and the US,since 2012, has offered a USD10 million reward for infor-mation that brings Saeed to jus-tice.

Under pressure from theinternational community,Pakistani authorities havelaunched investigations intomatters of the JuD, LeT and theFIF regarding their holdingand use of trusts to raise fundsfor terrorism financing.

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Crime novelist AgathaChrist ie once said,

“Instinct is a marvellous thingthat can neither be explainednor ignored.” And it was actorJimmy Sheirgill’s instinct tosay yes to Family ofThakurganj. He says, “I justcouldn’t ignore it and now Icannot explain the feeling.Dilip Shukla, who has alsowritten Dabangg series, wrotethis film as well. He narratedthe story long before he hadactually written it. Since thattime I knew I had to do thisfilm. You have a certain kindof instinct about everything.I had the same about thisstory line. I was sure that thisscript couldn’t possibly gowrong. Ye concept level pe hiitna acha hai. (This is sogood at the concept levelitself.)” Even though hereprises shades of his earlierheartland characters, it istheir raw reality that he wantsto chew into as an actor.

The film has a politicalbackdrop and unfolds thestory of how some people livewithout following any rules.“It is a rooted story with a lotof dialogue baazi. Dilip has asense of style and flavourwhen he pens down any-thing. He writes with a lot ofemotion, drama and action.”

The actor narrates, “Afamily lives in Thakurganjand some of the membershave set rules and regulations.And then comes my charac-ter, who does everything with-out following any law butthat doesn’t make him a badperson. Even if his way ofdoing things is unlawful, hisintentions are right.”

We have seen Jimmy play-ing similar roles before. ThinkTanu Weds Manu, Saheb, Biwior Gangster, Haasil and more.So why does he have an incli-nation towards these? He

answers prompt-ly, “I don’t seeany harm in play-ing small townroles. I myself havecome from one.Chote shehar seaakar hi bade-bade shehron kobasaya jata hai.(These small townpeople have madebig cities.) In fact,I feel, these char-acters havemore colour.They make aperson feelalive at heartand I think that iswhy I have an inclina-tion towards suchroles.”

Jimmy says he doesnot regret the lack oflead roles. “Peopleremember me for thecharacters I played, so Ihave no regrets about notplaying a lead,” he adds.

While many actors getbothered when the releasedate of their film clashwith those of other actors,it is interesting toobserve how Jimmyis enjoying theexcitement thatanother of his films, Jhootha

Kahin Ka, hits the screens onthe same day. He feels that he

was fortunate to star along-side actors like Saurabh

Shukla inThakurganj... and

Rishi Kapoor inJhootha...

“It was soexciting to be

part of anout-and-outc o m e d ywith Rishiuncle. We

all knowwhat a fan-

tastic actor MrShukla is and his

contribution tocinema and the-

atre. At times, it is asurreal feeling. In

fact, working withthese veteran actorshelped me better mycraft,” he says.

Jimmy is oneactor who believesthat a story makesa film good or bad.The characters aresecondary. “The

screenplay of afilm matters themost,” adds theactor, who hasbeen a part of

f i lms l ike

Maachis, A Wednesday,Special 26, Mere Yaar KiShaadi Hai, Yahaan andMunna Bhai MBBS.

He tells us that you haveto keep yourself motivated inlife and give your 100 per centto everything. “There are var-ious phases in life. You workin a specific zone. You have tofollow that rhythm. There isno hard and fast rule in life.Life is what you make of it.Just like my character in thefilm, there are no specificrules and regulations to live.It’s a very natural process andit all depends on the situationsthat are thrown at you.”

Censorship or the controlor suppression of what can beaccessed, published or viewedis increasingly being discussedwith the coming of digitalplatforms and Jimmy feelsthat a lot rests on the individ-uals who should engage inself-censorship. He says, “It’ isa platform for each one us.When this medium wasmade, it was obvious thatyou have to act as the moralpolice. One cannot createanything in the name of free-dom and creativity. Just byadding abuses in a story is nota way to attract the audience.While some people are creat-ing out of the box content,there are others who are justseeking attention. Here peo-ple need to engage in self-cen-sorship. They are capable ofjudging what is right or wrongfor them. It’s people whomake everything good or bad,never a platform. It’s a greatone for actors, directors andcreative teams.”

Jimmy tells us that evenhe is reading a lot of scriptsfor the web platform. “Let’ssee what happens,” he says.

(The film releases on July19.)

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Falguni and Shane Peacock combinedisparate elements — feathers andsequins, bling and applique, con-

temporary Western silhouettes andIndian tradition — which are in syncwith the sensibilities of the modern bridewho looks ahead yet is rooted in the past.The designer duo will be exhibiting at a

wedding show in the capital. Theplace is ideal for those looking for acomplete solution to their weddingday as it brings together fashiondesigners, top jewellers, wedding

planners, hair and makeup artists,decor experts and gifting specialistsunder one roof.

�What is the wedding colour thisyear?

Brides are willing to ditch theconventional reds and pinks for pastels,

champagne, silver, gold and other coloursfrom the Parisian palette.

�What has been your approachtowards your ensembles for this year?

For our ensembles this year, ourapproach has been a juxtapositionbetween modern, glamorous and tradi-tional silhouettes. Think lehengas withexaggerated gown trails, blouses withstructured shoulders and extravagantsleeves. With this collection, we are try-ing to give the best of both worlds. It willhave the perfect balance between ethnicand contemporary silhouettes.

�You have stayed true to your signa-ture style of feathers and glitteryensembles all these years while blend-ing and experimenting with it. How hasthis style evolved?

Feathers and sequins are a big partof our identity and over the years we haveexperimented with it by using these ele-ments in unconventional ways. Fromincorporating opulence through feathers,sequins and crystals in dresses andgowns, we have now made them a bigpart of traditional collections as well.Lehengas bearing feathers, crystalencrusted corset blouses are some of theways in which we have reinvented oursignature style.

�Fashion consciousness is beingincreasingly acknowledged by theIndian population; how do you thinkthis change has come about?

About time, both consumers and

designers need to be fashion consciousand sustainable in their approach. I thinkthe change was put in motion a coupleof years ago and people are now becom-ing increasingly aware of it. The con-sumers now are more educated on thesubject.�From designing bridal couture toresort wear, designers have to constant-ly update their designs as fashiontrends keep changing with every sea-son. How do you keep yourself updat-ed and handle the pressure? Whatkeeps you going?

For us, it is not about following thenorm or doing what others are doing tokeep up with the trend. We have alwaysremained authentic in our approach sowhat we create comes from what we areinspired by during that time. For exam-ple, if we’re travelling to palaces acrossIndia, we translate that into our bridalcouture, but if we’re vacationing on abeach abroad and are inspired by thetropical nature, we create a line that fitsthe aesthetic there.

�Since most of your designs are dedi-cated to bridal couture, how do youthink the fashion sensibility on ceremo-nial lines and wedding couture has

evolved in India? The Indian bridal market has evolved

enormously over the last few years. TheIndian bride of today is well-travelled andaware of international trends whichmakes her taste and aesthetic global.They like to experiment more withtheir silhouettes, the cuts, and the colour

palettes instead of going for the conven-tional designs and in the vermillionshade.

�Do you think your creative freedomgets restricted in India?

Not really, the Indian audience hasevolved when it comes to fashion, theyare now at par with global trends, so it’sno longer creatively restrictive. they arefar more open and welcoming of newerstyles, whether it’s couture or pret, theaudiences are constantly looking forsomething unusual and unique.�Your designs are majorly fantasy-themed, dreamy with embroidery.What made you inclined towards thisparticular style?

Our brand’s aesthetic has always beeninclined towards grandeur and opulence,maximalism has always been the way forus. We like to intertwine fashion with art,therefore, we are always inspired by larg-er-than-life fantasies that we bring to lifethrough the clothes we design.

�You had said, ‘Statement jewellery isa non-negotiable aspect of a bride’schecklist.’ Can you give an insightinto this?

It’s all about putting the pieces

together when it comes to creating thatperfect bridal look. Nothing comple-ments a couture lehenga better than state-ment jewellery that will instantly elevateyour look.

�What is new about India CoutureWeek this year? Apart from this, whatare the forthcoming projects that youare working on?

Our India Couture Week collectionthis year is a celebration of the royalIndian heritage, seeking inspiration fromthe Fort Amer in the pink city of Jaipur.It is designed for the modern bride whowants to look contemporary yet ethere-al.

�Fabrics have evolved to be acceptedand recognised as an art form. What isyour take on this?

Fabrics are one of the most essentialcomponents of your garment, It is veryimportant that your choice of fabrictranslates the vision you have for your sil-houette. It should identify with yourbrand’s aesthetic and enable you to cre-ate art with fashion.

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Marriages are made in heaven,goes the old saying but in the

digital era, it is internet that people areclearly bonding over. The number ofmatrimonial websites that improvesthe chances of finding an ideal matchis on the upswing.

A recent survey by a leading mat-rimonial site has revealed 56 per centof women and 52 per cent of menwere looking for a partner living out-side India, of which USA, UAE andCanada were the top three preferredcountries. EliteMatrimony, a match-making website fromBharatMatrimony, based its studyon 1.5 lakh of its users.

Based on registrations, the topfive cities sampled were Mumbai,Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai andHyderabad. The customer base com-prised 38 per cent female registrantsand 62 per cent males.

The survey revealed that 64 percent of female users, who are seekinga life partner, were between the agesof 18 and 27, while 70 per cent of menwere of the age group of 28 to 37.

Six per cent of the members werefrom top educational institutes,including Harvard School of Business,Stanford, Princeton, Yale, MIT,Cornell, Chicago Booth, Kellogg,Wharton, Dartmouth, NUS, LondonSchool of Economics, Oxford,London School of Business, INSEADand HEC Paris. While within India itwas ITS, IIT, IIM, ISB, XLRI, SP Jain,AIIMS, National Law School andInstitute of Chartered Accountants of

India. Almost 60 per cent of the pro-files were self-created, whereas 40 percent of them were managed by sib-lings or parents.

It was evident from the reportthat 33 per cent of women and 50 percent of men were looking for a part-ner with high education qualification.Among those, looking for a partneroutside their caste, eight per cent werewomen and nine per cent men.When it comes to the preferred lan-guage of the registrants, the top fivewere Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Teluguand Tamil. The most common pro-fession among majority of registra-tions was business, investmentbanker, entrepreneur or a doctor.

With respect to the partner’scareer, 29 per cent were looking forthose doing business, 23 per cent asoftware professional, 12 per cent civilservices/Army/Navy while 14 percent preferred chartered accoun-tants.

The report also disclosed aninteresting aspect that Commentingon the trends, MurugavelJanakiraman, founder and CEO of thesite said, “India is home to the fourthlargest population of millionaires inthe Asia Pacific region with nearly 3.5lakh millionaires as per a report lastyear. That’s a huge and a special mar-ket to cater to. For this niche segment,the needs and preferences for findinga life partner are unique. We see ahuge potential and have been witness-ing rapid growth each year and see-ing plenty of success stories.”

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It was a series of graffiti andstreet art images of Paris thatmade me understand the nature

and dynamics of public art. RupinThomas, an economist and photog-rapher, had captured French artistMarko Weng’s portrait of FridaKahlo along rue de l’Ourcq in the19th district. Marko93, the namethat he goes by on Instagram, hasnicknamed himself “The FrenchLighter,” because of the constantexploration of light in his work. Inthis giant fresco, Marko payshomage for the second time toFrida Kahlo, an artist known forher role in the emancipation ofwoman.

“Paris is an open-air museum,”

says Thomas. “The graffiti isemblematic of hip-hop culture,there is humour and irony in themischievous stencils, there are alsodeeply stirring poetic collages aswell as monumental murals withmagnificent interior messages cov-ering many facades. BetweenMontmartre and the Butte-aux-Cailles, even the smallest space isan invitation to create art but it isa process of continuation and it alsoechoes the voice of rebellion. Hereis a voice that we respect becauseit carries within itself the conver-sations of the past,” he adds.

GANDHI IN STREET ARTWalk through the Lodhi Road’s

district and you would find amosaic of Indian and internation-al artists. There are elephants,birds and many other images. Butwhat doesn’t translate is the truththat street art cannot be a mereportrait as it has to be hinged onan experience. While bringing ininternational artists is a great tes-timony to urban art, the underly-ing signature of personal intuitiveexperience born out of one’s owndimensions of experience cannever be substituted by tellingsomeone to merely paint a portrait.This, then is my problem with somany images painted across citiesin India.

The Lodhi Colony Police

Station displays a screaming muralof Mahatma Gandhi on its façadewith colours that identify with thedepartment. There is nothingwrong with the portrait. It is bril-liantly executed but just by mere-ly writing Peer parayi jaae re in theDevnagiri script, it does not speakof the insignia of urban metaphors.

MARKO’S FRIDA KAHLOComing back to the portrait ofFrida Kahlo by Marko93. Inspiredby the fact that Frida was often sur-rounded by animals, he includeda rather large feline with piercingeyes, further showing the contrastbetween light and dark. But morethan the stunning mural features,

it was Marko’s brilliance at han-dling the mosaic details and cou-pling art and aesthetics that arecompelling.

In a self portrait, she is flankedby a black monkey, on the left anda black cat on the right. Markoalso borrowed elements of relativ-ity from the self-portrait where theparrot is bigger than the monkeyand the cat for example. His analy-sis of the fresco is brilliant as itilluminates the asymmetrical com-position. Scholars state that Markopainted this twice.

At first, a large parenthesis“contained” the white monkey,Frida and the parrot. The space tothe right of the parenthesis was“reserved” and only a backgroundwas painted without a subject. Thecat, which breaks the symmetryand is located out of the parenthe-sis, was added second time. Whatinterested Marko in the cat was itseyes. The body of the cat, with ablue background and black out-line, in “calligraffisme” (abstractstyle which mixes calligraphy,urbanity and spontaneity) is“sketched”. On the other hand, theface of the cat is reduced and issummarised with its eyes painteda fluorescent yellow. To enhancethe effect, the contours of the eyesare intentionally unclear to trans-

late glare. He called his fresco onthe rue de l’Ourcq. Marko paint-ed cat and cat eyes with phospho-rescent paintings. Marko contin-ues his research on the light: theeyes of the black cat mark a stagealready out-of-date. But hisprocess is uncanny as well asfilled with countless meanings.

USING INTERNATIONALARTISTS AS MENTORSIf India has to build on street art,we need an original language bornof both personal as well asmetaphoric meanderings andmoorings. While bringing interna-tional artists is a great venture, howabout having training workshopsfor Indian artists to understand thedeeper intensities of street art allover the world and helping themunderstand how the greatest streetart murals were created?

Just bringing in foreign artiststo paint has momentary meaning.Let us make use of the visit to cre-ate lessons in learning for Indianartists. Art colleges across Indiaand the Ministry of Culture playa huge role in this pedagogy. Artteachers, too, need to step in andactivate that internal understand-ing and create islands of original-ity that must become a catalyst forthe future.

Often an entire repertory isunable to hold an audience

spellbound for a theatre perfor-mance. So what are the chancesof one with two actors and twoprops achieving the result?Minimum, one would say butHo Sakta Hai Do Aadmi DoKursiyaan, written and directedby Vinay Sharma, promises tokeep one hooked right till theend.

Using an ironic juxtaposi-tion of humour with the tragicand the serious, Rikh andPadatik Theatre Group’s presen-tation uses two chairs and twoactors to tell a number of storiesthrough intense and inwardperformances. Zooming in onfragments from different indi-vidual lives, these apparentlyunconnected stories are linkedby the emotions born of love,loss and absence. The chairsbecome a mercurial, ever-changing metaphor as the playintersects urban relationshipsand makes the implicit state-ment that we are given life toexperience compassion and notto inflict violence. The underly-ing message is that those who donot recognise the fragility of lifemay succumb to either an innerdecay or to a moment of ragewhich endangers society. Theperformance is an exploration of

stillness and silence, word andimage, inscapes and instressesand also an exposition of emo-tion in various shades.

So how did Vinay concep-tualise the play? He says, “Thisplay was performed first in2005 at Padatik Little Theatre,Kolkata. It probably arose froma perception of an increasingfragmentation of a rapidlychanging world. Speed and timewere challenging relationships,values and ideals, hence the ideaof two chairs as a metaphor oftwo men whose emotions reactto this change. The genesis of theplay also came from an innerneed to go back to the basics, tothe word as image, to the pres-ence of the actor and a discard-

ing of any other kind of sup-port.”

The director goes on to addthat performing a play withfewer actors and props is alwaysharder as there is nothing tohide behind and no camouflage.He highlights, “As with anyplay, this one too required a rig-orous process of understanding,analysing and seeking ways bestsuited to convey the overt andsubmerged feelings in words.”

So what does it take totransform a written play into astage performance? He answers,“Blood, sweat and tears. Ofcourse, experience and versatil-ity can make it a little easier. Andvision can make it exceptional.”

How does cinema and theadvent of streaming platformsimpact the theatre space? Vinaytells us that it does it in both agood and bad way. “On onehand it is reducing the attentionspan of the audience, on theother it is opening the audienceup to more experimental work.Again, as always, theatre hasalways appropriated any newtechnology, any change, so thefuture is probably in a fluid andhybrid space where the digitaland the live experience intersectin various forms.”

(The play is on July 19 and20 at Akshara Theatre.)

It’s been said that if you’re notan artist when you first visit

San Miguel de Allende, you’llcertainly be one by the timeyou leave. Similarly, if you stepinto Mayer Shacter’s GaleriaAtotonilco as a novice, you’llwalk out an appreciator of fineMexican folk art.

Shacter, a former ceramicsartist from Berkeley,California, who has lived inMexico since 2003, is muchmore than a curator. He trav-els to remote areas of Mexicoto meet the artists and learnabout their craft, and then hebrings their work back to hisgallery, where he imparts hisknowledge to his customers.

His is now regarded as oneof the finest collections ofMexican folk art anywhere.On TripAdvisor, the gallery,which opened in 2006 in a600-square-foot section of hishome and now consumes6,000 square feet, is currentlythe top-rated “thing to do” inSan Miguel de Allende, whichis a short 15-minute driveaway.

Shacter’s passion for hisgallery is immediately obvious.His collection, which rangesfrom textiles and woven bas-kets to antique ironwork andpapier mache masks, is broad,and “a reflection of my manyinterests.”

“I have a personal rela-tionship with these people. Ilove helping them preservethese cultural traditions,” hesaid.

For example, about 15years ago, he met some arti-sans from Nayarit, who makeHuichol yarn and bead art,after they rear-ended his car.Shacter said the police threat-ened to confiscate the family’spickup truck because it wasuninsured.

“We got their informationand agreed to pay for our own

repairs. They agreed to give ussome yarn paintings,” he said,adding that they’ve been doingbusiness ever since.

The Huichol are anindigenous people who most-ly live in the mountainousareas of northwestern Mexico.They press brightly colouredyarn onto boards coated witha thin layer of special beeswaxfrom Campeche and tree resin.The “paintings” began as cer-emonial religious art and ofteninclude representations ofdeer, corn, peyote and othersymbols from Huicholmythology.

Shacter says the artists’quality of life and sustainabil-ity are paramount to him. Herarely buys work on consign-ment.

“With one or two excep-tions, everything in the gallery,we purchase outright,” he said.“When we leave a person’shouse, they have money inhand or money in their bank

account.”Another highlight of his

collection is the lacqueredgourds from Temalacatzingo,Guerrero. Lacquering is one ofMexico’s oldest crafts.

During the pre-Hispanicperiod, oil from chia seeds wasmixed with powdered miner-als or plant-based dyes to cre-ate protective coatings anddecorative designs. The gourdscan grow on trees or vines andare dried before using. Thosewith bottle-like shapes are cutso the top can be used as a lid.

The layers of lacquer mustbe applied separately, driedand then burnished. Severalsmall pieces can be done in asingle day, while a larger dec-orative piece may take two orthree months.

Because Shacter has devel-oped relationships with someof the best artists in Mexico, hisgallery is packed with trea-sures.

Among his current

favorites is the pottery fromTonalá in Jalisco. He’s partic-ularly proud of the work byGeronimo Ramos, one of thefew artists who still createspetatillo pottery, which is iden-tified by its light, yellow back-ground filled with crosshatch-ing that looks like a wovenpalm mat or petate. The tighterthe crosshatching, the finer thepiece. The style requires a cer-tain type of clay to produce a

smooth painting surface. Ontop of the crosshatching, theartist usually paints in black,green and cream, and one ofthe most common images por-trayed is the nagual, a mythi-cal half-human, half-animalcreature. Then, the piece mustgo through two separate firingsto get its high-gloss sheen.

Shacter and his wife, writerSusan Page, who started theSan Miguel Writers’Conference and LiteraryFestival in 2005, were drawn tothis part of central Mexico inpart because of the arts com-munity.

San Miguel de Allende wasinhabited by rich arts patronsfrom its start in the 1500s. Andin the 1600s, silver was discov-ered nearby, making the townan important trade thorough-fare. By the mid-1800s, it hit itsstride, and many of its man-sions, palaces and churcheswere built during this time. ButSan Miguel gained its contem-porary reputation as an artscenter after American artistand writer Stirling Dickinsonarrived in 1937. He and FelipeCossio del Pomar, a Peruvianpainter and political activist,established the town’s first artschool, which still exists today.In the years after World War II,veterans flocked to the schooland others when they realizedthey could stretch their G.I. Billmoney further south of theborder.

The city’s architecture, cob-blestone streets and rich, satu-rated colors make it an artist’s— and collector’s — dream.Some believe it’s built on abedrock of rose quartz, whichchannels positive energy andattracts creative types.Whatever the reason, they con-tinue to flock to San Miguel deAllende — and Shacter’sgallery.

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The BCCI will soon invitefresh applications for the

Indian cricket team’s supportstaff, including the head coach,and incumbent Ravi Shastriwill need to reapply once hiscontract expires after nextmonth’s tour of the West Indies.

The support staff compris-ing Shastri, bowling coachBharat Arun, batting coachSanjay Bangar and fielding coach R Sridhar were given a 45-day extension following the World Cup, covering the WestIndies tour from August 3 to September 3.

All of them can reapply but the team is set to have a newtrainer and physio after the departure of Shanker Basu andPatrick Farhart respectively following India’s semifinal exit inthe World Cup.

After the West Indies tour, India’s home season kicks offwith the series against South Africa beginning September 15.

Shastri was appointed India chief coach in 2017 after AnilKumble’s tenure ended prematurely in controversial circum-stances.

The 57-year-old was also India’s director of cricket fromAugust 2014 to June 2016.

However, India have not won a major ICC event underhis guidance though the team did make history by winninga maiden Test series in Australia earlier this year.

“The job openings will put be up on our website in a dayor two. Besides the support staff, fresh applications will alsobe invited for the post of team manager,” a BCCI official said.

It was the first time that the BCCI had followed a trans-parent procedure for hiring the team manger, in accordancewith the Lodha committee recommendations.

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The Indian team for next month’stour of West Indies will be

announced on July 19 but there is noclarity over the future of MahendraSingh Dhoni ahead of the limited-oversleg beginning August 3.

Dhoni’s future has been widelyspeculated ever since India lost to NewZealand in the World Cup semifinal onJuly 9. The 38-year-old is expected tomake an announcement on it in thecoming few days.

“The selectors will meet inMumbai on July 19. We have not heardfrom Dhoni but what is relevant is thecommunication between the playerand selectors. If you ask me, Dhoni didwell in the Word Cup but he is his ownman. Only he can decide whether hewants to carry on or not,” a BCCI offi-cial said after the Committee OfAdministrators’ meeting.

Skipper Virat Kohli and pacespearhead Jasprit Bumrah are expect-ed to be rested for the limited-overs legcomprising three T20s and as manyODIs before returning for the two-Testseries starting August 22. The five-daymatches will be part of the inauguralWorld Test Championship.

There is also no official word onthe availability of opener ShikharDhawan who is recovering from athumb injury that cut short his World

Cup campaign.It was COA’s first meeting since

India’s heartbreaking loss atManchester but the Vinod Rai-ledcommittee did not discuss the team’sperformance.

However, the three-member paneland CEO Rahul Johri, who joined invia video conferencing as he remainsin London for the ICC meetings, diddiscuss the issue of players picking andchoosing games.

Former greats like Sunil Gavaskarhad questioned the BCCI for allowingthe likes of Dhoni and ShikharDhawan to skip domestic cricket in therun-up to the World Cup.

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The thrilling final throes of the ICCMen’s Cricket World Cup 2019 wereall about emotions — each as raw as

you’ll find. We watched Jofra Archer visibly sag

under the weight of unimaginable pressure,Jos Buttler gleefully uproot the stumps andman of the moment Ben Stokes immedi-ately console a broken Martin Guptill.

These scenes will be seared into thememories of the nation and so Englandhave etched their names into the historybooks.

Eoin Morgan’s men have won heartsand broken records on the way: here areyour 2019 Cricket World Cup heroes innumbers.

FRAUGHT FINALThe climax to the Lord’s final was a

white-knuckle ride and not even Englandcould avoid the odd slip-up.

In the final over of their run-chase, AdilRashid and Mark Wood became the firstpair of team-mates to both be run out with-out facing a ball in the same World Cupinnings.

In the penultimate over of their bowl-ing effort, which also featured a wicket anda crucial boundary from Matt Henry, ChrisWoakes bowled a no-ball.

It seemed nothing earth-shattering atthe time, but it was the first no-ballEngland bowled in the entire tournament.

Only one team has played a World Cupwithout bowling a no-ball and that was theNetherlands in 1996.

ARCHER HITS THE TARGETArcher was a revelation for the hosts

— his tournament haul of 20 wickets wasthe highest-ever for an England player ata World Cup, surpassing Ian Botham’s 16when they last reached the final in 1992.

The 24-year-old formed a fearsomepace bowling partnership with MarkWood and no pair were faster across theseven weeks.

Wood’s 95.7mph delivery to HenryNicholls in the final matched Archer’s featsfrom earlier in the competition, andAustralia’s Mitchell Starc also reached thatspeed.

Consistency was one of the keys toArcher’s success and in taking at least threewickets against West Indies, Afghanistan,Sri Lanka and Australia he became just the

fifth bowler to do so in four successiveWorld Cup matches.

The other four bowlers to haveachieved the feat are Chaminda Vaas andBrett Lee in 2003, Glenn McGrath in 2007and Shahid Afridi across the 2007 and 2011editions.

FIELD FEATSWhen England fielded well at the 2019

Cricket World Cup, they played well as a

team and tended to win. They were found wanting as a collec-

tive in the defeat to Pakistan at Trent Bridge,runs leaked in the field seeing their battingline-up set an unwanted run-chase record.

Before that game, only two teams hadscored 300 batting second in a World Cupmatch and ended up losing — both in 2015,Zimbabwe in defeat to Ireland and SriLanka when they lost to Australia.

England scored 334-9 and still fell

short, the highest-ever losing score in a run-chase at the tournament.

But their fielding was largely excellent,and Joe Root set a new record for the mostcatches in the field in any World Cup with13 from 11 games played, passing RickyPonting’s 11 grabs back in 2003.

And James Vince set a new record forthe most catches by a substitute fielder ata World Cup with five. Ravindra Jadejatook four, surpassing Kenya’s Joe Angaraand Suresh Raina with three.

BATTIING BLITZEngland’s power with the bat was a dis-

tinctive feature of their triumph and theyset a record for sixes hit at a World Cup,clearing the rope 76 times and surpassingWest Indies’ 68 in 2015.

Joe Root’s aggregate 556 was England’sbest-ever in a single edition of the WorldCup and county colleague Jonny Bairstowended the competition with 532, a newrecord for a player at his first World Cup.

Indeed, Babar Azam’s 474 runs alsowent past the previous record of 461 set byRahul Dravid back in 1999.

Root opened the batting in the winover West Indies — his adaptability is takenfor granted, but it was the first time he’d per-formed the role in his 128 ODI appear-ances.

Only four other batsmen have battedmore times before opening in the format;

namely Mahela Jayawardene (269), MichaelBevan (178), Kapil Dev (166) and CarlHooper (131).

BEST OF BOTH WORLDSEngland’s title challenge was but-

tressed by the ability of several of theirnumber to contribute with bat, ball and inthe field, and they did so to history-mak-ing proportions.

With 3-71 and four catches againstPakistan, Chris Woakes became just thethird man in ODI history to take threewickets and pouch four catches in the samematch, after Hooper and New Zealand’sChris Harris.

In addition to opening against WestIndies and scoring a century, Root alsotook two wickets and two catches — justthe second such performance in ODI his-tory.

The first and only other was AravindaDe Silva’s inspired display to lead Sri Lankato victory in the 1996 final as he made 107not out, took 3-42 and two catches.

Moeen Ali missed out on the final andearlier in the tournament, narrowly missedout on a peculiar place in cricket history.

He scored 31 runs on his 32nd birth-day against Afghanistan, nearly matchingAndrew Strauss’ 34 on his 34th birthdayagainst Ireland in the 2011 World Cup.

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The New Zealandplayers will be devas-

tated on their way backhome but they should beforever proud of howthey performed in theWorld Cup final.

Both teams wereincredible, each hadtimes where they wereon top and in controlbefore it was wrestledback, so there were somany parts that youcould analyse anddeconstruct from thematch.

Two ties in a WorldCup final at Lord's, youcan't even imagine thatstuff. There was a lotgoing on, a lot packedinto 102 overs and itwas gripping from startto end.

It is heart-breakingfor New Zealand, you

could see the emotionfrom Kane Williamsonat the end of the gameand there would be somedevastating guys in thatdressing room.

The fans and thecountry will be devastat-ed, they saw the effort,they saw the fightbackand the opportunity towin the game.

The two ties arecrazy, but there will be alot of pride around theperformance not only inthis game but with theway New Zealand haveplayed throughout thewhole World Cup.

You can't take any-thing away fromEngland, a couple ofthings went their way atthe last but they wereunder an immenseamount of pressure for

the last few weeks of thetournament.

They stood up anddominated, they beat thethree other semi-finalistsin successive games toreach the final and youcan't underestimate thattype of performance.

New Zealand playedvery well in that final -they barely did anythingwrong and in that seemsunfair to be talkingabout them as a losingside.

So for them it's aboutcelebrating the brillianceof their game and therewas plenty of it. Thecatches in the outfieldwere superb, Matt Henrywith the new ball wasfantastic and Colin deGrandhomme, to puttogether a spell of 1/25 ina World Cup f inal

shouldn't be overlooked.Jimmy Neesham did a

great job, Lockie Fergusonwas in the wickets, TomLatham played really wellwith the bat - there are farmore positives than negativeto take from this game and theperformance.

It's a time to celebratewhat went right and not focustoo heavily on what wentwrong.

New Zealand have shownthemselves to have the fightbut there's plenty to notice inthe skill as well, their talent inpressure moments is incredi-ble and they've shown that inso many games through thetournament, not least againstIndia.

To see that and to see theway they play makes all NewZealanders very proud.

The Black Caps are a fan-tastic group of guys and that's

personified in their cricket, asit was for England, too.

Watching KaneWilliamson and Eoin Morganlead their teams made it sucha pleasure for people to watchthat final, these are two greatteams doing their all but withupmost respect for each other.

Looking ahead to whereNew Zealand go, we certain-ly won't be seeing too muchchange from them.

This is a settled team andthe majority of this squad willbe available for the next WorldCup, so they've got the build-ing blocks of something veryspecial.

They'll take a lot of expe-rience from this heading for-ward and there's no reasonwhy these 15 guys can't becompeting for a title in Indiain four years' time.

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India skipper Virat Kohli andJasprit Bumrah on Monday

retained their number one posi-tion in the ICC batsmen andbowlers' rankings, respectively,following the conclusion of theWorld Cup.

India had lost to New Zealandin the semifinals of the World Cup.

Players from England andNew Zealand, champions andrunners-up, have moved up rank-ings after featuring in an exhilarat-ing final at Lord's here on Sunday.

The latest rankings update,which takes into account perfor-mances from the semifinals andthe final, sees players from eitherside reach personal bests duringthe last two stages.

Player of the tournament KaneWilliamson reached a career-high799 points after the semifinalagainst India, in which he scoredan important knock of 67. Heended the tournament at 796points, gaining two points from histwo matches, while his compatri-ot Ross Taylor has ended thetournament in fifth place, havingreached a career-best 841 ratingpoints earlier in the tournament.

England all-rounder BenStokes has ended the tournamentat a career-best 694 points, gain-ing five places and moving into thetop 20 and to within two places ofhis career best of 18th two yearsago.

Jason Roy's 85 from 65 balls inthe semi-final win over Australiahas helped him into the top 10 forthe first time.

Another notable gainer in therankings for batsmen is RavindraJadeja, whose valiant knock of 77against New Zealand has liftedhim 24 places to 108th position.

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Rejuvenated after amonth's break,

Olympic silver medallistPV Sindhu will look toproduce the goods andbreak this season's titledrought when she spear-heads the Indian cam-paign at the USD1,250,000 Indonesia OpenBWF World Tour Super1000 beginning hereTuesday.

A title has eludedSindhu ever since shestood on the podium withthe gold medal at theWorld Tour Finals lastDecember.

Sindhu has not lookedher usual self as she failedto reach a single final so farthis season and has madeit to only two semi-finalsin six tournaments.

The fifth seededIndian will have her firstfinal of the season in sightwhen she opens againstJapan's Aya OhoriWednesday. However, itwill be easier said thandone as another Japanese

Nozomi Okuhara standson her way to the quarter-finals.

"It has not been real-ly great. I think I have todo much better. I haveworked on mental as wellas physical fitness. I havebeen working out on myskills a lot more," Sindhuhad said recently.

Saina Nehwal, theonly Indian to win a titlethis season at MalaysiaMasters earlier in the year,has been suffering frommultiple injuries and willnot feature in the presti-gious tournament.

In men's singles,world no 9 KidambiSrikanth, who was side-lined by a knee injuryahead of the SudirmanCup, will also test his formand fitness when he opensagainst Japan's KentaNishimoto.

Srikanth had reachedthe finals at India Openthis season and he wouldlook to put another goodperformance at a tourna-ment, which he had wonin 2017.

B Sai Praneeth, whohas looked in good touchhaving reached the finalsat Swiss Open, will be upagainst Hong Kong'sWong Wing Ki Vincent,while HS Prannoy willface an imposing task oftaming second seed Shi YuQi Wednesday.

Women's doubles pairof Ashwini Ponnappa andN Sikki Reddy will meetMalaysian combo ofVivian Hoo and YapCheng Wen, while men'sdoubles combination ofSatwiksairaj Rankireddyand Chirag Shetty willtake on Malaysian pair ofGoh Sze Fei and NurIzzuddin. Mixed doublespair of Pranaav JerryChopra and Sikki will faceNetherlands' RobinTabeling and Selena Piek.

Indian shuttlers didn'tset the stage on fire thisseason with just Sainawinning a title and chiefcoach Pullela Gopichandblamed it on the numberof injuries, and hopedthey would do well in thesecond half of the year.

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Ben Stokes started England’smarch to World Cup glorywith a catch to remember

and ended their historic campaignweeping tears of joy as victoryagainst New Zealand completed apersonal tale of redemption.

The all-rounder was votedman-of-the-match after hittingan unbeaten 84 in a thrillingEngland run chase that ended withthe match tied after Eoin Morgan’steam finished on 241 all out inreply to New Zealand’s 241-8. The 28-year-old’s hero-ics set up a rare SuperOver that saw Stokes andJos Buttler score 15 runsfrom six extra balls offNew Zealand’s Trent Boult.

When England heldNew Zealand to 15 fromJofra Archer’s own SuperOver, it was the hosts whotook the trophy becausethey hit more boundariesin the match, includingseveral from Stokes.

The incredible climaxat Lord’s gave Englandtheir first World Cup andensured Stokes’ lastinglegacy will be his heroicsin the final instead of the2017 street brawl thatthreatened to ruin hiscareer.

Not surprisingly, Stokeswas overcome with emotionand he wept openly during

the jubilant on-field celebrations.“I’m pretty lost for words. All thathard work for four years and nowto be stood here as champions ofthe world, it's an amazing feeling,”Stokes said.

“There was no chance I was-n’t going to be there at the end. It’smoments like that you live for asa professional cricketer.

“It’s incredible, I hope wehave inspired people to want to dothis in the future.”

“Ben Stokes, he’s a great play-er. He stepped up when his team

needed him. That is the markof greatness,” former

England captain MichaelVaughan said on BBC

radio.Stokes missed

the 2017/18 Ashesseries in

Australia fol-lowing a well-documentedincident inBristol —an uglyscene out-

side a night-club which led

to a charge ofaffray, over which he

was found not guilty.But he was welcomed

back with warm, uncondition-al support from his team-matesand has repaid that faith in spadesduring this unforgettable WorldCup campaign.

“Without the lads in the ODI

(one-day international) team andthe Test team and the supportfrom my family — that’s all gonenow,” said Stokes, who made hisEngland ODI debut in 2011.

“This is what we aspire to be.I don’t think there will ever be abetter game in cricket than that.”

New Zealand-born Stokes andthe World Cup have been a per-fect match over the past six weeks.

From the moment he leaptbackwards and thrust a hand overhis head to take a stunning catchto dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo inEngland’s tournament-openingwin over South Africa, the tour-nament has provided Stokes witha chance to change his story.

He scored 82 not out and 89when all about him were losingtheir heads in group-stage defeatsagainst Sri Lanka and Australiathat threatened England's progressto the semi-finals.

In a must-win clash againstIndia, Stokes delivered again with79, helping to launch England ona three-match winning run that

took them to the final.With the situation growing

more tense by the minute inEngland’s run chase against NewZealand’s fired-up pace attack onSunday, it was Stokes who came tothe rescue.

Playing with poise andpanache, he ensured Englandmade it to the Super Over despiteneeding 14 off the final over to tiethe regulation match.

Smashing Boult for a six,Stokes enjoyed a moment ofdeserved good fortune when hedived full length to avoid beingrun out, with the ball deflecting offhis bat and going for four moreruns — giving him another sixruns.

It was surely at that momentthat Stokes realised it was going tobe his day.

The cathartic triumph wascompleted soon after amid fire-works and confetti as Morgan heldthe World Cup high in the Londonsky while Stokes tried in vain tostop the tears.

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Tournament top-scorer RohitSharma and pacer Jasprit

Bumrah were the only Indiansnamed in the ICC’s World CupXI, captained by New Zealand’sadmirable skipper KaneWilliamson and dominated bychampions England.

Player of the TournamentWilliamson leads a team thatincludes six players fromSunday’s dramatic final at theLord’s.

Newly-crowned worldchampions England are themost represented with fourplayers in the XI while runners-up New Zealand have two in theteam, named by a panel select-ed by the ICC to honour allthose who performed well in thetournament.

The other representativescome from the losing semi-finalists India and Australia,who have two each, while

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasanrounds out the team.

Sharma top-scored in thetournament with 648 runs whileBumrah was India’s best bowlerwith 18 wickets.

Jason Roy got the nod at thetop of the order for his tone-set-ting brilliance for England thatsaw him overcome injury dur-ing the tournament to help hisside to the title.

Alongside Roy, the otheropening batsman is India’sRohit Sharma. One of the eas-ier selections in this XI, consid-ering the Indian star was thetournament’s top run scorerand cracked a record five cen-turies in all.

Williamson comes in at No3. The Black Caps star scoredmore runs than any captain hasever done before at a World Cupand led his side with aplombfrom start to finish.

Joe Root will come in at No4 for this team after a World

Cup that saw him finish asEngland’s top run scorer, fifthoverall in the tournament, withtons against Pakistan and WestIndies and three half centuries.

Shakib Al Hasan scored hisruns this summer batting at No3 for Bangladesh, but for muchof his career he has come in atNo 5 and it is there that heappears in this team.

Shakib had a quite wonder-ful tournament, averaging 87with the bat with two centuriesand five half centuries, and still

managed to chip in with11 wickets as well withhis left-arm spin.

Fellow all-rounderBen Stokes is also acast-iron selection —his heroics in thefinal were the stuffof fairytale but hewas also a picture ofc o n s i s t e n c ythroughout thetournament forEngland.

Behind thestumps, Alex Careyeffected 20 dismissalsthis tournament, onlyKiwi Tom Lathammanaged more, while

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Australian also bludgeoned 375runs at an average north of 60.

Alongside Carey is his com-patriot, and the tournament'stop wicket-taker with 27,Mitchell Starc.

Jofra Archer — the hero ofthe Super Over in the final andappearing in his first World Cup— claimed 20 wickets at animpressive economy rate of 4.57to earn his spot.

New Zealand’s LockieFerguson finished second in thewicket charts with 21, includingthree in the final as well as anastonishing catch, while alsogoing at less than five runs anover.

Last but by no means leastis Bumrah, the world’s No1ODI bowler who lived up to thatbilling with 18 wickets while stillonly going for 4.41 runs an over— better than any other bowleron the top wicket takers list.

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Ashattered and devastated NewZealand captain Kane Williamson

rued the unfortunate overthrow in thelast over that eventually turned the epicfinal in England’s favour, saying hehoped the incident would never happenin such moments again.

In a high drama encounter onSunday night, the pendulum swungviciously in the final over with Englandneeding nine from three balls when BenStokes hit Trent Boult to the deep. Thereturn throw from Martin Guptill hitStokes’ bat as he dived to make hisground for the second run, with the ballrebounding to the rope for additionalfour runs.

It impacted the equation to theextent that the heart-stopping conteststretched to the Super Over and even-tually the hosts lifted their maidenWorld Cup trophy at the iconic Lord’shere.

“It was a shame that the ball hitStokes’ bat, but I just hope it doesn’thappen in moments like that. I don’twish to nitpick, just hope it never hap-pens in such moments ever again,”Williamson said.

“The New Zealand side showed agreat amount of heart to get us to thispoint, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Theguys are shattered at the moment — it

is devastating. It’s pretty tough to swal-low at this stage. But a fantastic effortfrom our guys,” said the skipper.

Stokes later apologised to NewZealand for that lucky unintentionaltouch.

“In the last over when the ball hitthe bat and went for four — I apologisedto Kane (Williamson) for that.”

Williamson, who was adjudged theplayer of the tournament for scoring 578runs and for his brilliant captaincy, saidthey were a few runs short.

“We thought runs on the board —we would have liked 10-20 more. But ina World Cup final this was a competi-tive total.

The bowlers really put the batsmenunder pressure. It had to go down to thelast ball, and then the last ball of thenext little match, but a great match allround,” he said.

“There were so many momentsthat could’ve gone either way, but con-gratulations to England— they’ve hadan incredible campaign and theydeserve it.”

Winning skipper Eoin Morganacknowledged the brave brand of crick-et New Zealand displayed throughoutthe tournament.

“I’d like to commiserate Kane(Williamson) and his team. The exam-ple that they lead is hugely commend-able to him and his team,” he said.

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EU, but Brexit did not stopBrussels congratulating Englandon Monday on their dramaticcricket World Cup triumph.

Before moving to the usualround of questions about migra-tion, US trade relations and EUcompetition rules, EuropeanCommission chief spokesmanMargaritis Schinas used a dailybriefing with journalists to hailthe win.

"Congratulations to theEngland cricket team on win-ning the men's cricket World

Cup in a nail-biting final againstNew Zealand. Cricket is cominghome!" said the smiling Greekspokesman, whose enthusiasmfor the game had previouslypassed unnoticed.

England were captained intheir thrilling Super Over tri-umph on Sunday by IrishmanEoin Morgan, giving a Europeangloss to the side's maiden 50-over tournament triumph.

Schinas followed his warmwords for England with similar-ly enthusiastic congratulationsfor the Portuguese roller hock-ey team, who saw off Argentinain the final of their own worldcup on Sunday.

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