3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

16
I n a landmark event in the history of coalition politics in the State, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the forma- tion of a Sena-NCP-Congress combine’s “Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi” (MVA) in front of a mammoth gathering at the historic Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday at 6.45 pm. Apart from Uddhav, six others — two each from the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress — were sworn in as Ministers in the Uddhav Thackeray Cabinet at the colourful ceremony held at “Shiv Thirth” — better known as Shivaji Park — a venue with which the Sena and Thackerays have an emotional attachment. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari admin- istered the oath of office and secrecy to Uddhav and six MVA Ministers — Eknath Shinde, Subhash Desai (both from the Shiv Sena), Jayant Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal (both from the NCP), Balasaheb Thorat and Nitin Raut (both from the Congress). Fifty-nine-year-old Uddhav, who is incidentally the first-ever Thackeray to become the Chief Minister in the 53- year-long history of the Shiv Sena, took the name of the Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji, his late father Balasaheb Thackeray and mother Meenatai, before taking oath of office and secrecy. After taking oath, Uddhav — in a gesture of humility — bent down on the stage, touched his hands and head on the floor and expressed his gratitude to the people of Maharashtra for the honour bestowed on him. Nearly one lakh people had turned up for the swearing- in ceremony at Shivaji Park. Seating arrangements had been made for 70,000 people on the ground, while nearly 300 VIPs and guests sat at the stage. Several prominent leaders belonging to different political parties had attended the swear- ing-in ceremony. They includ- ed Sharad Pawar, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, DMK chief MK Stalin and party leader TR Baalu, Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Malikarjuna Kharge, NCP leader Praful Patel, BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former Chief Ministers and senior Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan, Ashok Chavan, Union Minister Ramdas Athvale and former Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. MNS chief Raj Thackeray, who is the cousin of Uddhav, made it to the event along with his son and mother. He sat on the stage during the swearing- in ceremony. NCP MP Supriya Sule, who was seen prominently at the event, was seen greeting the guests at the function. NCP’s senior Minister Ajit Pawar, who had created a major stir in the State political circles by joining hands with the BJP to form a Government and later returned to the parent party, had arrived at the venue along with Supriya and Sharad Pawar’s grand nephew and newly elected MLA Rohit Pawar. Also present was Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut, who played a key role in the Sena stitching an alliance with the NCP and the Congress. Reliance Group chief Mukesh Ambani, his wife Nita Ambani and their family too were present on the occasion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Uddhav on his taking over as the Chief Minister. “Congratulations to Uddhav Thackeray Ji on taking oath as the CM of Maharashtra. I am confident he will work dili- gently for the bright future of Maharashtra,” Modi tweeted. Continued on Page 4 W ith the Opposition demanding action against BJP MP Pragya Thakur for her description of Nathuram Godse as “deshb- hakt”, the BJP on Thursday dis- tanced itself from her remark, barred her from attending party’s Parliamentary Party meeting during Winter Session and removed her from the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Defence. On Thursday, the Lok Sabha witnessed protests against Pragya’s Wednesday remark, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticising her in a twitter post, “Terrorist Pragya calls terrorist Godse a patriot. A sad day, in the history of India’s Parliament.” The Congress and other constituents of the UPA gave a notice for moving a censure motion in the Lok Sabha on Thursday against Pragya. In the Lok Sabha, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh sought to placate the Opposition and said his party condemned any philosophy seeing Mahatma’s killer as a patriot. Continued on Page 4 T he ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday won all three Assembly byelections in Kaliaganj, Karimpur and Kharagpur. Politicial experts see the result as an “NRC effect” against the BJP. More importantly, the BJP had secured a thumping 45,000-plus lead in these seats as recently as in the April-May parliamentary elections. The Kaliaganj seat, that the TMC won by a wafer-thin margin of about 2,400 votes, had been a traditional Congress stronghold with late Union Minister PR Dasmunshi being a local boy. TMC’s Tapan Deb Singha snatched the seat from the Congress. The State ruling outfit retained Karimpur seat in Nadia district. TMC candi- date Bimalendu Sinha Roy humbled his nearest rival, State BJP vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar by whopping mar- gin of over 24,000 votes. Kharagpur Assembly seat, which was vacated by State BJP president Dilip Ghosh who was elected to the Lok Sabha, was once again snatched by TMC candidate Pradip Sarkar, who defeated his nearest BJP rival Prem Chandra Jha by 20,853 votes. Continued on Page 4 S hedding its three-decade old pro-Hindutva stance, the Shiv Sena on Thursday joined hands with the NCP and the Congress to come out with a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) with the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government commit- ting itself to waive farmers’ loans and ensure 80 per cent quota in jobs for locals. The CMP promised farm- ers the complete loan waiver as well as setting up of “one rupee clinics” across the State which will provide basic health screening to people. Sena’s most discussed promise dur- ing the Assembly poll cam- paign — a full meal at 10 — also figured in the CMP. A law will be enacted to ensure 80 per cent job quota for the youth domiciled in Maharashtra, it said. Also, it talked about the filling of all vacant posts in the State Government’s various depart- ment immediately. The CMP also promised tenements mea- suring 500 sqft carpet area free of cost to eligible slum dwellers under the slum rehabilitation programme instead of the cur- rent 300 sqft tenements. The Sena committed itself to “upholding the secular val- ues enshrined in the Constitution” and promising to take a “joint view” (along with its two allies) of con- tentious issues of national and State importance having “repercussions and conse- quences” on the “secular fab- ric of the nation”. Setting a “secular” agenda for the three parties — two of identical ideologies and anoth- er of a different ideology— the CMP preamble of the ruling Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress front “Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi” reads, “The alliance partners commit to uphold the secular values enshrined in the Constitution. On contentious issues of national importance as well of State importance, especially having repercus- sions/consequences on the secular fabric of the nation, the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress will take a joint view after holding consultations and arriving at a consensus”. The CMP released by the leaders of the three parties focuses on the issues of farm- ers, unemployment, women, education, urban development, health, industry, social justice, tourism, arts & culture. Releasing the CMP at a joint news conference, the leg- islature party leaders of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress Eknath Shinde, Jayant Patil and Balasaheb Thorat respec- tively announced among other things that there would be two co-ordination committees — one for the coordination with- in the State Cabinet and the other for coordination among the alliance partners. Continued on Page 4 Dehradun: BJP’s Chandra Pant on Thursday beat her Congress rival Anju Lunthi by over 3,000 votes to win the Pithorogarh Assembly bypoll and retain the seat for the party. B rahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired from a naval warship on Thursday. The supersonic missile, with a strike-range of over 290 km, was test-fired from the Navy’s stealth destroy- er INS Kochi, hitting a decommissioned target ship in the Arabian Sea. The second ship of Project 15-A “Kolkata-class” guided missile destroyer test-fired the advanced missile during a naval drill in the west coast. The world’s fastest cruise missile, after performing extremely complex manoeu- vres, successfully hit decom- missioned target ship with high precision, defence officials said. Continued on Page 4 L ieutenant Governor of Puducherry and the first woman IPS officer of India, Kiran Bedi, lauded Uttar Pradesh Police for the success of Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj and for maintaining peace after the Supreme Court ver- dict in the Ayodhya case but stressed on strengthening beat policing. “Arrangements made by the UP Police during Kumbh in Prayagraj and for main- taining law and order after the Supreme Court’s judgement on Ayodhya issue on November 9 are commend- able,” Bedi said while address- ing the inaugural session of the two-day 47th All-India Police Science Congress (AIPSC) in Lucknow on Thursday The Lt. Governor, howev- er, said that the beat policing system was quite effective even now and it had a big role to play in controlling crime and maintaining law and order. “Senior officers should monitor that the police beat system is effective and con- stables entrusted with duty know the people in their area. The system is the backbone of policing and officers should trust their staff,” she said. Bedi also asked policemen to respect their uniform like a temple, mosque and gurud- wara, so that they did not do injustice with the people. “You should dedicate yourself for serving the peo- ple, particularly senior citi- zens, poor and women, so that you earn a name in society,” she added. In his address, DGP OP Singh shared how the UP Police had made significant strides and highlighted their achievements which were recognised and rewarded at various national and interna- tional fora. The AIPSC, which is being held in UP after 1997, will end on Friday with Union Home Minister Amit Shah gracing the occasion as chief guest and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being the guest of honour. During various sessions of the event, police officers, research scholars and others will present their papers. The Home Ministry and Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) have organised the 47th AIPSC in UP. The subjects selected for the conference include reforms in policing, challenges at field level and required measures; forensic sciences: resources upgrada- tion and effective use in inves- tigation; safety of women and children - fresh initiatives and dividends. Besides, the role of social media in countering radical- isation and terrorism, CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems) / Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) in advancement of criminal justice are also being dis- cussed. Kiran Bedi arrived in Lucknow on Wednesday and also called on Governor Anandiben Patel. Allahabad (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday got two more days from the Allahabad High Court to file an affidavit relat- ed to the Chinmayanand case, after discovering that the one already drafted had typo- graphical errors. The state gov- ernment was supposed to file an affidavit on the status of the investigation in the case regis- tered against former Union minister Swami Chinmaya- nand, who is accused by a Shahjahanpur law student of raping her. The Uttar Pradesh police have registered a case under section 376-C of the Indian Penal Code on the basis of a complaint by the student . The bench of Justice Manoj Mishra and Justice V K Srivastava passed the order on the request of the government counsel, who asked for more time to file a fresh affidavit as the one already drafted had some typographical errors.

Transcript of 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

Page 1: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

�������������� ������

In a landmark event in thehistory of coalition politics in

the State, Shiv Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray was swornin as the Chief Minister ofMaharashtra after the forma-tion of a Sena-NCP-Congresscombine’s “Maharashtra VikasAghadi” (MVA) in front of a

mammoth gathering at thehistoric Shivaji Park in Mumbaion Thursday at 6.45 pm.

Apart from Uddhav, sixothers — two each from theShiv Sena, the NCP and theCongress — were sworn in asMinisters in the UddhavThackeray Cabinet at thecolourful ceremony held at“Shiv Thirth” — better known

as Shivaji Park — a venue withwhich the Sena and Thackerayshave an emotional attachment.

Maharashtra GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari admin-istered the oath of office andsecrecy to Uddhav and sixMVA Ministers — EknathShinde, Subhash Desai (bothfrom the Shiv Sena), JayantPatil, Chhagan Bhujbal (both

from the NCP), BalasahebThorat and Nitin Raut (bothfrom the Congress).

F i f t y - n i n e - y e a r - o l dUddhav, who is incidentally thefirst-ever Thackeray to becomethe Chief Minister in the 53-year-long history of the ShivSena, took the name of theMaratha warrior ChhatrapatiShivaji, his late father Balasaheb

Thackeray and motherMeenatai, before taking oath ofoffice and secrecy.

After taking oath, Uddhav— in a gesture of humility —bent down on the stage,touched his hands and head onthe floor and expressed hisgratitude to the people ofMaharashtra for the honourbestowed on him.

Nearly one lakh peoplehad turned up for the swearing-in ceremony at Shivaji Park.Seating arrangements had beenmade for 70,000 people on theground, while nearly 300 VIPsand guests sat at the stage.

Several prominent leadersbelonging to different politicalparties had attended the swear-ing-in ceremony. They includ-ed Sharad Pawar, MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister KamalNath, DMK chief MK Stalinand party leader TR Baalu,Congress leaders Ahmed Patel,Malikarjuna Kharge, NCPleader Praful Patel, BJP leaderand former Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis, formerChief Ministers and seniorCongress leaders Sushil KumarShinde, Prithviraj Chavan,Ashok Chavan, Union MinisterRamdas Athvale and formerChief Minister Manohar Joshi.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray,who is the cousin of Uddhav,made it to the event along withhis son and mother. He sat onthe stage during the swearing-in ceremony.

NCP MP Supriya Sule,who was seen prominently atthe event, was seen greeting theguests at the function.

NCP’s senior Minister AjitPawar, who had created a majorstir in the State political circlesby joining hands with the BJPto form a Government andlater returned to the parentparty, had arrived at the venuealong with Supriya and SharadPawar’s grand nephew andnewly elected MLA RohitPawar. Also present was ShivSena spokesperson Sanjay Raut,who played a key role in theSena stitching an alliance withthe NCP and the Congress.

Reliance Group chiefMukesh Ambani, his wife NitaAmbani and their family toowere present on the occasion.

Prime Minister NarendraModi congratulated Uddhavon his taking over as the ChiefMinister. “Congratulations toUddhav Thackeray Ji on takingoath as the CM of Maharashtra.I am confident he will work dili-gently for the bright future ofMaharashtra,” Modi tweeted.

Continued on Page 4

���� ����� �

With the Oppositiondemanding action

against BJP MP Pragya Thakurfor her description ofNathuram Godse as “deshb-hakt”, the BJP on Thursday dis-tanced itself from her remark,barred her from attendingparty’s Parliamentary Partymeeting during Winter Sessionand removed her from theParliamentary ConsultativeCommittee of the Ministry ofDefence.

On Thursday, the Lok

Sabha witnessed protestsagainst Pragya’s Wednesdayremark, with Congress leaderRahul Gandhi criticising her ina twitter post, “Terrorist Pragyacalls terrorist Godse a patriot.A sad day, in the history ofIndia’s Parliament.”

The Congress and otherconstituents of the UPA gave a

notice for moving a censuremotion in the Lok Sabha onThursday against Pragya.

In the Lok Sabha, DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh soughtto placate the Opposition andsaid his party condemned anyphilosophy seeing Mahatma’skiller as a patriot.

Continued on Page 4

�������������� �������

The ruling TrinamoolCongress (TMC) on

Thursday won all threeAssembly byelections inKaliaganj, Karimpur andKharagpur. Politicial expertssee the result as an “NRCeffect” against the BJP.

More importantly, the BJPhad secured a thumping45,000-plus lead in these seatsas recently as in the April-Mayparliamentary elections.

The Kaliaganj seat, thatthe TMC won by a wafer-thinmargin of about 2,400 votes,had been a traditional Congressstronghold with late UnionMinister PR Dasmunshi beinga local boy. TMC’s Tapan DebSingha snatched the seat fromthe Congress.

The State ruling outfitretained Karimpur seat inNadia district. TMC candi-

date Bimalendu Sinha Royhumbled his nearest rival, StateBJP vice-president Jay PrakashMajumdar by whopping mar-gin of over 24,000 votes.

Kharagpur Assembly seat,which was vacated by State BJPpresident Dilip Ghosh whowas elected to the Lok Sabha,was once again snatched byTMC candidate Pradip Sarkar,who defeated his nearest BJPrival Prem Chandra Jha by20,853 votes.

Continued on Page 4

����������� ���������������������� ���������������� ����������������������������������

�������������� ������

Shedding its three-decade oldpro-Hindutva stance, the

Shiv Sena on Thursday joinedhands with the NCP and theCongress to come out with aCommon MinimumProgramme (CMP) with theMaharashtra Vikas Aghadi(MVA) Government commit-ting itself to waive farmers’loans and ensure 80 per centquota in jobs for locals.

The CMP promised farm-ers the complete loan waiver aswell as setting up of “onerupee clinics” across the Statewhich will provide basic healthscreening to people. Sena’smost discussed promise dur-ing the Assembly poll cam-paign — a full meal at �10 —also figured in the CMP.

A law will be enacted toensure 80 per cent job quotafor the youth domiciled inMaharashtra, it said. Also, ittalked about the filling of allvacant posts in the StateGovernment’s various depart-ment immediately. The CMPalso promised tenements mea-suring 500 sqft carpet area freeof cost to eligible slum dwellersunder the slum rehabilitationprogramme instead of the cur-rent 300 sqft tenements.

The Sena committed itselfto “upholding the secular val-ues enshrined in theConstitution” and promising

to take a “joint view” (alongwith its two allies) of con-tentious issues of national andState importance having“repercussions and conse-quences” on the “secular fab-ric of the nation”.

Setting a “secular” agendafor the three parties — two ofidentical ideologies and anoth-er of a different ideology— theCMP preamble of the rulingShiv Sena-NCP-Congress front“Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi”reads, “The alliance partnerscommit to uphold the secularvalues enshrined in theConstitution. On contentiousissues of national importanceas well of State importance,especially having repercus-sions/consequences on thesecular fabric of the nation, theShiv Sena, the NCP and the

Congress will take a joint viewafter holding consultationsand arriving at a consensus”.

The CMP released by theleaders of the three partiesfocuses on the issues of farm-ers, unemployment, women,education, urban development,health, industry, social justice,tourism, arts & culture.

Releasing the CMP at ajoint news conference, the leg-islature party leaders of ShivSena, NCP and CongressEknath Shinde, Jayant Patiland Balasaheb Thorat respec-tively announced among otherthings that there would be twoco-ordination committees —one for the coordination with-in the State Cabinet and theother for coordination amongthe alliance partners.

Continued on Page 4

�������� ������������ ����������������� �����

������������������������ !�����

Dehradun: BJP’s Chandra Panton Thursday beat her Congressrival Anju Lunthi by over 3,000votes to win the PithorogarhAssembly bypoll and retainthe seat for the party.

����������� ����

�������������� ������������������������������������������"���#$ ��������������%��&����������'����� !���(%������

��������$�(������$�������$���$���$)���%�����$'�$$��*��������$��$����+

������������������������ ���!���"������������##��������������������������!�������������������������������������������$������ ������" %�

���&�������������������������������������'(��������&"�� ��!��)������!��������*�!���$��������&�����+������������������������������,���-�������� ������" � .

/01*2����&�������������3�#�����$������������!��4���3���&��,��)��%4�������������������������-�3)�� 0�'���������&������������&1���������"��������"1�����������������5�����������������4�����!������$������ ������" � .

���� ����� �

BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile was successfully

test-fired from a naval warshipon Thursday. The supersonicmissile, with a strike-range ofover 290 km, was test-firedfrom the Navy’s stealth destroy-er INS Kochi, hitting adecommissioned target shipin the Arabian Sea.

The second ship of Project15-A “Kolkata-class” guidedmissile destroyer test-fired theadvanced missile during a navaldrill in the west coast.

The world’s fastest cruisemissile, after performingextremely complex manoeu-vres, successfully hit decom-missioned target ship with highprecision, defence officials said.

Continued on Page 4

��������(�%�����������$��$,-���.�-���������(���

������������������������������� �!�"������!�#����#�$%������������#�%�"��$$��&'����'$��$#(���#��!�����

�� ��#�������"���������)��"������*��%$���$!��$"+$������#���� �!�,�-./$���!%�!��&��!01���,��

�� �2�3���!������)�$�$$�$���$!��&��������4 ��!��� ��!��� &5���������65$��#�$%��� ��� �!�7�-���!�.���"�(���0�!��&85�"65$��#�$%����(.7���"�����5��$����!�����!9�&�65$��#�$%���($!0����7

��*($!0���&"���$!��$���������������-�$!����!0$��������(�$#�����������:��%�$!#���!���)�"")$����"�0�!�"�#$����5��0��#&�&��$#������������+.��%���!���������!����$���)�����

���#����)����!0,�!��������������/$���!%�!�)�""�!!$&!��5�0������$!�$0�����"��#�$�����������#��%����!�)$����

��($!0����'������!� $!��/�!����!�'����"�����9��&"/�!���)����$!�'��&$&�5�������5��!��������)����!0,�!����%$!�$#���������������

� ��9�(��;

<������"�.�$!��� #���5$$�:�$%=���"�'�$!���/����'�%����0

������������� ���

�1��+2�33

�9��. �/� ���� �..�9���/ �.9��� ��9

�!���0��%:�$%=���"�'�$!���=

����(��� ����1������� >??@��� &�����0��2����#�''"���5"�

.&5"�����A�$%��� ���(��� � �.��� ����� �9

9��( �9��.�9 ( ����/�9 �� 9���� ;��9����3�-�;���

�������������������������� ��������������������������� ��

� !�"#$�%��&�'��" �()���*+$�*,�+-����������.

��&������4.�/� �

�� ��3����9�

&����35��9(����������9����( ��.��� ���/��

������������� �������� ����������� ��� ��

��.����%.��6&�&���(��-�������$����������(����� ��(���

Lieutenant Governor ofPuducherry and the first

woman IPS officer of India,Kiran Bedi, lauded UttarPradesh Police for the successof Kumbh Mela at Prayagrajand for maintaining peaceafter the Supreme Court ver-dict in the Ayodhya case butstressed on strengthening beatpolicing.

“Arrangements made bythe UP Police during Kumbhin Prayagraj and for main-taining law and order after theSupreme Court’s judgementon Ayodhya issue onNovember 9 are commend-able,” Bedi said while address-ing the inaugural session ofthe two-day 47th All-IndiaPolice Science Congress(AIPSC) in Lucknow onThursday

The Lt. Governor, howev-er, said that the beat policingsystem was quite effectiveeven now and it had a big roleto play in controlling crimeand maintaining law andorder. “Senior officers should

monitor that the police beatsystem is effective and con-stables entrusted with dutyknow the people in their area.The system is the backbone ofpolicing and officers shouldtrust their staff,” she said.

Bedi also asked policemento respect their uniform like atemple, mosque and gurud-wara, so that they did not doinjustice with the people.

“You should dedicateyourself for serving the peo-ple, particularly senior citi-zens, poor and women, so thatyou earn a name in society,”she added.

In his address, DGP OPSingh shared how the UPPolice had made significantstrides and highlighted theirachievements which wererecognised and rewarded atvarious national and interna-tional fora.

The AIPSC, which isbeing held in UP after 1997,will end on Friday with UnionHome Minister Amit Shahgracing the occasion as chiefguest and Chief Minister YogiAdityanath being the guest of

honour. During various sessions of

the event, police officers,research scholars and otherswill present their papers.

The Home Ministry andBureau of Police Researchand Development (BPRD)have organised the 47thAIPSC in UP. The subjectsselected for the conferenceinclude reforms in policing,challenges at field level andrequired measures; forensicsciences: resources upgrada-tion and effective use in inves-tigation; safety of women andchildren - fresh initiativesand dividends.

Besides, the role of socialmedia in countering radical-isation and terrorism, CCTNS(Crime and CriminalTracking Network andSystems) / InteroperableCriminal Justice System (ICJS)in advancement of criminaljustice are also being dis-cussed.

Kiran Bedi arrived inLucknow on Wednesday andalso called on GovernorAnandiben Patel.

���������"�*��5��������3�����'�����������-5��6�����&������������#�$��������������&�%��1.�����������������������&���� ��*��!������� ������"� � .

�����"���������7���&����&�������������"������������������������Allahabad (PTI): The UttarPradesh government onThursday got two more daysfrom the Allahabad HighCourt to file an affidavit relat-ed to the Chinmayanand case,after discovering that the onealready drafted had typo-graphical errors. The state gov-ernment was supposed to filean affidavit on the status of theinvestigation in the case regis-tered against former Unionminister Swami Chinmaya-nand, who is accused by aShahjahanpur law student ofraping her. The Uttar Pradeshpolice have registered a caseunder section 376-C of theIndian Penal Code on the basisof a complaint by the student .

The bench of Justice ManojMishra and Justice V KSrivastava passed the order onthe request of the governmentcounsel, who asked for moretime to file a fresh affidavit asthe one already drafted hadsome typographical errors.

Page 2: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

��������������� ������ ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

���� ��(���

An aged man and his grand-daughter were found mur-

dered under mysterious cir-cumstances in Mainpuri onThursday morning.

Circumstantial evidencessuggested that the womanmight have been raped beforebeing done to death.

As per reports, RamChandra Shakya (75) ofNarangour area of Kurawalilived with his 22-year-oldgranddaughter Soni.

Soni was married to ayouth from Etah but due tosome differences, she hadreturned home and was stayingwith her grandfather.

On Thursday morning,when Shakya and Soni did notstep out of their house, someneighbours went inside and

were shocked to see Shakyalying dead in a pool of blood inthe veranda. When they enteredthe room, they found Sonilying dead in a semi-nude con-dition. Circumstantial evi-dences suggested that bothwere killed and Soni might havebeen raped before being mur-dered.

A case was registered andinvestigations were on.

In Bahraich, a man killedhis six-year-old stepson,chopped the body into piecesand dumped it dismemberedparts at different locations ofthe district on November 19.

Farid alias Suraj was killedby his stepfather Ram SawreYadav on November 19. Yadavdisposed of the body by chop-ping it into pieces and throwingthe dismembered parts at sep-arate places in Bhainsia village.

The victim’s mother, Hina,who recently married Yadav,had changed her son’s name sothat he could be accepted in thenew family. However, Yadavand his brother Nanhe did notlike the boy and they eliminat-ed him.

The duo later spread thenews that the boy was missing.

Yadav and his brother werearrested.

Meanwhile in Banda, a 17-year-old girl was abductedfrom her house when she wasalone and raped by two miscre-ants in a village on Wednesday.

Saleem and Islam, whowere neighbours of the victim,abducted the girl, took her toa secluded place before takingturns with her.

An FIR was lodged by thevictim’s family and the policewere trying to nab the abscond-

ing accused. In Moradabad, a woman

lodged a report against fivepeople, including her car dri-ver, for extracting crores ofrupees by blackmailing herusing an obscene video.

Senior Superintendent ofPolice Amit Pathak said that onthe complaint of the woman, heMajhaula police registered acase and issued directives toarrest the accused.

In her complaint, the vic-tim stated that her car drivermade an obscene video of herand started blackmailing her. Inthe process, he extracted croresof rupees in several instal-ments. Besides, he also robbedher of Rs 50 lakh by making adeal of her property.

The SSP said that one ofthe accused was a propertydealer.

The woman is a resident ofNagphani police station areaand her trader husband wasmurdered over a personalenmity in 2009. Following herhusband’s death, Arshad ofDungarpur road of Pakbadastarted frequenting her houseafter which he was hired as adriver. In the meantime,Arshad made an obscene videowhile the woman was bathing.He later started blackmailingher by threatening to make thevideo public.

Arshad managed to grab aproperty and extract Rs 1 crorefrom the victim. The victimlater complained to the SSP andafter a probe,

a case was registeredagainst Arshad, Zulfikarullah,Zafarullah, Harun and Nisarunder serious charges atMajhaula police station.

���� ��(���

Exhorting charitableorganisations to help thegovernment in extending

relief to the poor, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath saidthat Ayushman Bharat Yojanawas a key scheme providingbetter healthcare facilities toevery poor of the country.

“Charitable institutionsalong with government agen-cies can contribute a lot tomake this scheme accessible tothe people,” Yogi said whilespeaking at a function duringinauguration of Sharda block ofRamakrishna MissionSevashrama in Vrindavan onThursday.

The Chief Minster saidthat Prime Minister NarendraModi had launched AyushmanBharat Yojana to improvehealth facilities in the countryand the state.

“Ramakrishna Mission’scooperation in this direction iscommendable,” he said.

Yogi Adityanath said thatthe hospital of RamakrishnaMission Sevashrama wouldplay a big role in providingadvanced treatment to cancerpatients in the region.

“I am happy and congrat-ulate the residents of Vrindavanand others living in the vicin-ity that they have got an excel-lent health centre,” the ChiefMinister said.

Yogi said that a service mis-sion in the name of Lord Ramwas running across the coun-try, while a new pace wasbeing given to this mission byanother ‘Ram’.

“In Sanatan tradition, ser-vice is considered as ‘religion’.Swami Vivekananda made thisrich tradition of ParamhansRamkrishnaji a medium ofpublic welfare by connectingreligion with service, which ishallmark of institutions run by

the Ramakrishna Mission,” hesaid.

Earlier, President RamNath Kovind inaugurated the300-bed Sharda block ofRamakrishna MissionSevashrama in Vrindavan onThursday.

The President, while ded-icating the ‘Sharda Block’ of the

charitable hospital to cancerpatients, said the RamakrishnaMission was established withthe objective of ‘Nar seva hiNarayan seva hai’, meaning‘serving people is serving God’.

“Lord Krishna choseVrindavan to save the massesfrom demons. In the same way,Ramakrishna Mission is also

working to free people fromdiseases,” the President said.

He commended the hospi-tal, saying it has been selfless-ly serving the needy for the last112 years.

Governor Anandiben Pateland Ramakrishna Mutt secre-tary Swami Suvidhanand werepresent on the occasion.

���� ��(���

Uttar Pradesh got its firstmicro brewery in an Agra

restaurant where customerswould be served freshly-breweddraught beer as in Karnataka.

Principal Secretary (Excise)Sanjay Bhoosreddy said thatafter considering relevant doc-uments, the state governmentgranted permission to issueMB-5 licence for setting upmicro brewery in a restaurant inAgra to manufacture draughtbeer for serving within itspremises.

“This is the first permissiongranted by the state governmentto set up a micro brewery afterpromulgation of UP BreweryRules, 2019. It will be the firstmicro brewery to serve non-pas-

teurised and unbottled beer orfresh beer in place of pasteurisedor bottled beer to clients,” he said.

A Government Order (GO)in this regard was issued, askingthe Excise Commissioner totake further action.

The permission has beengiven with the condition that theterms and conditions men-tioned in the UP Brewery Rulesare strictly complied with .

“Setting up micro brew-eries will not only help in serv-ing quality fresh beer to clientsbut also generate employmentresulting in increase in the state’srevenue,” Bhoosreddy said.

The idea to serve unbottledbeer in bars and restaurants ismodelled around the liquorpolicy of Karnataka andTelangana. The decision was

taken to cater to the demand ofrestaurants and hotels, mainly inNoida, Ghaziabad and Agra,where influx of foreign touristsis considerably high.

On June 12, the state cabi-net had decided to allow licencefor fresh beer to be sold in retailthrough pubs, restaurants andhotels.

Under the arrangement,micro breweries would be set upfor brewing fresh beer akin toKarnataka and other select statesfor which the relevant Act wouldbe amended,” he said.

The licence fee for setting upa micro brewery will be �2.5lakh per year for brewing 600litres of beer per day. The gov-ernment has also imposed a fineof �5,000 per day for violationof the rules.

���� ��(���

Ten persons were killed andabout a 100 others were

injured in separate road acci-dents across the state sinceWednesday night.

Expressing grief on thecasualties, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath directed officialsto take all measures andensure that fog does not takeits toll, especially on nationalhighways.

The Chief Minister alsoasked the local administrationto ensure proper treatment tothe injured and directedUPSRTC to direct its driversto take preventive measuresand avert mishaps in the wakeof fog.

In the first accident onAgra-Lucknow Expressway,four passengers were killedand 30 injured when a Bihar-bound private double-deckerbus from Jaipur overturnedafter hitting a road divider inTirwa police station area ofKannauj late Wednesdaynight.

Most of the deceased andinjured were natives of Bihar.

The injured were admittedto a hospital in Kannauj wherethe condition of 10 passengerswas stated to be critical.

In Gorakhpur, three peo-ple were killed and two otherssustained critical injuries in ahead-on collision between abus and a car in the Khorabararea on Wednesday night.

As per reports, a car car-r ying f ive natives ofDarbhanga (Bihar) was goingtowards Bihar via Gorakhpurwhen it collided with aUPSRTC bus coming from theopposite direction nearJagdishpur police outpost.

While two car occupantsdied on the spot, three others

were critically injured andrushed to Baba Raghav DasMedical College hospitalwhere one of them suc-cumbed to his injuries. Theother two injured are beingtreated at BRD MedicalCollege hospital and theircondition was said to be crit-ical.

Efforts were on to ascer-tain the identities of thedeceased.

In another mishap inChandauli, three persons werekilled in Chakia area when aSUV rammed into a roadsidetree near Muzaffarpur villageon Aharaura highway. Sevenothers were injured in theaccident.

While Ramu (35),Awadhesh (45) and anunidentified person died onthe spot, seven were injuredand they were rushed to a hos-pital for treatment. Out ofthem, five critically injuredpassengers were later referredto a Varanasi hospital.

In Kanpur, at least 39people were injured when abus rammed into a truck as itsuddenly stopped inChaubeypur area onThursday.

A private bus carryingemployees of a factory wasgoing towards Chaubeypurindustrial area when the dri-ver of a speeding truck aheadof the bus suddenly appliedbrake.

The bus driver failed tosee the truck stop due to fogand rammed into it frombehind on GT Road nearBhawanipur village.

All bus passengers wereemployees of the factory and20 among them sustainedcritical injuries. The injuredwere admitted to a hospital inMandhana.

Lucknow (PNS): The UPPolice force has been equippedwith 63,000 Insas and 23,000SLR rifles to meet the growingchallenges from criminals.

Principal Secretary (Home)Awanish Awasthi said UP Policewould now be armed withmodern weapons and the 303rifles had been replaced withSLR. Awasthi said the policeofficials had been directed to usethe Insas and SLR in place of303 rifles. He asked the districtpolice chiefs to ensure thatpolicemen were not given 303rifles while on duty at police sta-tions. He warned officialsagainst ignoring the directive.

Awasthi said the aimbehind arming the cops withmodern weapons was tostrengthen law and order andcheck crime in effective waybesides providing safe andsecured atmosphere to womenand public.

ADG (Logistic), VijayKumar Maurya said that 8,000Insas rifles had been stored inreserve while a proposal to pur-chase 8,000 Insas rifles and10,000 9mm pistols had beensent to the government.

Bareilly (PTI): A man waskilled and five others wereinjured after being struck bylightning as heavy showers dis-rupted normal life at severalplaces in the district onThursday. Lightning struck abarber’s shop at Mirzapur Addavillage under the Shahi policestation area, killing one personand injuring two others, policesaid. The deceased was identi-fied as Dildar Hussain (18),police said. In Goraloknathpurvillage under the Mirganj policestation, three women working ina field suffered serious burnswhen lightning struck them.They were admitted to theCommunity Health Centre.Heavy showers threw life out ofgear at several places. Power sup-ply was adversely hit and com-muters were seen using head-lights in the afternoon.

������������ ������������������������������� �������������������� ��! ����������""����������!�#��$���������%&''()*(����������+��+�����������,�������&--./���0������� .���1������������%�2�����3����������$�������2�����3���������������$101��')*(456�������%+� �"�����32�.783 )-(())!93'- 55:'�. ���;�����3<)5-'=' '):*:�' '*)*:�-'>) ()���"��;�����3<)5*'='-) ))(�'-) *(������;�����3<)5 '=' * '> �' * '>5�?� ��;�����31��(�7�����@� �7�%��7�������A������1�%?� ��&**)))'������3)**& )**) 55���//��������;�����3!&-*�������(�1;0?.�@��/7���1��&')*-)*�B��������3)*')& :6>:))C :6>>))

���������� �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ��������������� �� ���������������������������������������������������������� ������������ ����� ��������������� ��������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������ ���������� ���������������������������� �������������������� ���� ��������������������������!������� �����������������������������"��������������������������� ���� ����#����$����%�������������������������� ��������������� �����������������������&����������������������������������� ��������������� ��������������������!�����������������������������

7����(����$���������#$����8$��.���������-�$�������

���8�����&����������#�����$���!����9���������

/ �#2�����������0��,����3������#�"�����$������������9���!�����������/$����2����������������:�&��%���"��������������������&�������&������&���������&��������������������#�����$���!����0��!��������������������������������$���;��#�������9�������������������� ������"�

!"������#�!""����������������������������

%&������&�������&���������������������������

�������$�%���$���$����.�$����$�%����(��� ��'��!�

���#��������&�����������

*�&�����&�!����������4�����<��������"��������������#������

Page 3: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

��������������� ������ ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

�"�������#����� � ��� ��(���

Passengers travelling onstate-run buses in Uttar

Pradesh will soon be able usetheir credit cards to buy tick-ets, thanks to a new device thatthe conductors will carry. TheUttar Pradesh State RoadTransport Corporation willintroduce Android electronicticketing machines (ETMs) onall its buses over the next sixmonths, managing director RajShekhar said on Thursday.

The ETMs will handle tick-ets bought through cash as wellas credit, debit and smart cards.

“It will help in the improve-ment of the revenue ofUPSRTC and give additionalcomfort to passengers,” he said.

The move will also help indata collection, the MD said.About 15,000 such machineswill be inducted in the nextthree to six months, coveringall buses and routes, he saidafter a meeting of the UPSRTCboard. The board also approveda policy to offer a “telescopicfare system” under which thosetravelling long distances wouldpay less than they do now.

It will be implemented firston a few routes in a three-

month trial. If the systemworks, all long-distance routeswill be covered. The boarddecided to acquire LucknowDevelopment Authority landon a 90-year lease at Kamta inthe city for a bus station.

About 500 buses will oper-ate from this station, beginningJanuary 1. All buses for thePurvanchal region will runfrom there, helping decongestthe city and reduce pollution,he said. The board also decid-ed to induct 100 high-endbuses in the UPSRTC fleetover the next six months, hesaid.

�"�������#����� � ��� ��(���

Around two dozen employ-ees, including crew mem-

bers and a manger deployed forcountry’s first corporate trainTejas Express, have been givenpink slips. Following this, spec-ulation are rife that the charmof the much-hyped train maybe dimming.

However, IRCTC, which isresponsible for the ticketing,claimed the Tejas Express hadenough passengers and theywere doing good business.

Avantika, who was asked tosit out due to lack of work, wasassured that she will be engagedonce the need arose. She saidthey started laying off the staffone after another sinceNovember 4. “More than 20staff members were asked to sit

out without being served anotice. The reason cited wasthat there was no work forthem,” she said.

She said she and some ofher colleagues were recruitedby a private company to helpthe passengers on board thetrain. “Initially, we were askedto have a 8-hour shift. This way,we used to get the work onalternate days as per the roast-er chart. We were being paid Rs10,500 as salary for the work.Though we were promisedperks and travelling allowances,we did not get any. Some of usdid not even get salary lastmonth,” she said.

Avantika said she and hercolleagues were asked to reportat 5 am as the train departsfrom Lucknow Junction at 6.10am. “Staff members used to get

free after the train returned toLucknow,” she said.

According to another staffmember, who pleadedanonymity, when some of themwere asked to work in doubleshift, they sensed someone waswrong. “Gradually, theystopped giving work to sever-al out of the 40-strong staff,” shesaid.

Sources said Tejas startedgetting dwindling number ofpassengers a fortnight after itcame on tracks on October 4.“The reason is simple. Its fare,which is dynamic, has nevergone down below Rs 1,700 tilldate. During the recent festiveseason, the fare went beyond Rs2,500, which is even costlierthan the air ticket to NewDelhi. Besides, ShatabdiExpress is still in high demand

among the passengers,” thesources said.

The waitlist for Shatabdicloses at 50 or a bit above everyday. “It means those having atravel ticket waitlisted at 50have enough chances to gettheir berths confirmed andthe fare is almost half as com-pared to that of Tejas,” thesources said.

However, IRCTC officialsmaintained that Tejas wasworld-class train equipped withmodern facilities. “Around50,000 passengers have trav-elled by the train since itsinaugural run,” they said.

On the condition ofanonymity, the IRCTC officialssaid that the crew memberswere recruited by the privatecompany and they had nothingto take with the hiring.

�"�������#����� � ��� ��(���

Neck-deep in debt, a coupleand their son consumed

some poisonous substance attheir house in Gosainganj inthe intervening night ofWednesday and Thursday. Thetrio were rushed to the TraumaCentre of KGMU where thecouple were declared broughtdead.

The deceased were identi-fied as Ramesh Verma (52) andhis wife Savitri (50), who wereresidents of Khurdahi Bazaarlocality in Gosainganj. Theirson Vikas (23) is said to be bat-tling for life at the hospital.

According to GosainganjSHO DK Upadhyay, he got amessage around 1:56 am onThursday and he reached thescene immediately. “Ramesh’sson-in-law Kamlakant, whowas at the house, told us thatthe trio had consumed somepoisonous substance. Werushed the victims to theKGMU Trauma Centre whereRamesh and Savitri weredeclared brought dead,” the

SHO said. Kamlakant said hewas told by Vikas that they hadconsumed poison, but his claimwas yet to be verified.

It surfaced during investi-gation that Kamlakant calledthe police control room afterwhich a team reached thescene. Kamlakant said Rameshhad secured loan from GraminBank and Corporation Bankbranches in Gosainganj for hisplywood business. In duecourse of time, Ramesh suf-fered huge losses and he couldnot clear bank dues.

He was served a notice bybank officials and to avoidpenalty and seizure of his prop-

erty, Ramesh secured loan fromsome money lenders to clearbank dues, hoping for a boom-ing business. However, as hisbusiness hanged fire, Rameshfound himself neck-deep indebt.

Villagers said Ramesh wasconstantly being reminded topay back the loan and he wasunder huge mental pressure.

According to policesources, Vikas told the policethat Ramesh and Savitri calledhim to their room to discusstheir hardships. They said theywould end their lives and askedVikas to follow suit. Thesources said Vikas consumedpoisonous substance after hisparents and it was the reasondoctors got some time to savehis life. “However, his conditioncontinues to be critical,” sourcesat the KGMU Trauma Centresaid.

Ramesh, who was a nativeof Kapera Madarpur village inGosainganj, shifted to his newhouse in Khurdahi Bazaar afterhe married off his three daugh-ters. He sold some of his prop-erties to get the house con-structed and later opened ashop there after taking loanfrom different banks.

����(����!�������� ��(���

The First Lady of Pakistan,Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali

Khan was a former student ofLucknow University. Her realname was Irene Margaret Pantand she was the wife of LiaquatAli Khan, who served as thefirst Prime Minister ofPakistan. Originally belong-ing to Almora, the woman didMasters in Economics in 1929from Lucknow University.Confirming this, relatives of thewoman in Lucknow andAlmora said the state capitalplayed a pivotal role in her edu-cation and paved the way forher future.

Begum Ra’ana Liaquat AliKhan, who graduated from theIT College, later went on tobecome the professor of

Economics at IndraprasthaCollege in Delhi. Wife ofPakistan’s first Prime Minister,she was also the f irstChancellor of KarachiUniversity, and Ambassador tothe Netherlands, Italy andTunisia from Pakistan.

Talking to The Pioneer,Rahul Pant, who is the grand-son of her brother and alsovice-president of BJP’s minor-ity cell in Almora while hisbrother-in-law is Pastor EFBaksh from Lucknow, said thelady was extremely bright instudies.

Rahul said if Almora wasthe town of Irene’s birth,Lucknow could be describedas the city that was a spring-board for her destiny. “Shepassed the most impression-able and formative years here

and was fortunate to havereceived the kind of educationthat helped her become aleader and visionary. It was theplace where she met herwould-be husband and hadher first encounter with thefreedom movement. She alsoimbibed the sophisticated cul-ture of Lucknow here. Shewore sarees but fell in love with‘gharara-kurta’ which becamethe trademark of her per-sona,” he said. He added thatshe was a great crusader forwomen emancipation.

Rahul said that Irene wasexceptionally beautiful ,charming and witty. “It is stat-ed that she met her would-behusband while selling ticketsfor a play being staged to col-lect money in the aftermath offloods which were ravaging

Bihar at that time,” Rahulpointed out.

Incidentally, Irene’s broth-er Norman Pant was a well-known freedom fighterinclined towards Nehru. Hisdaughter-in-law Meera Pant,who is the mother of RahulPant, said Irene was a brightstudent and stayed in a hostelwhile pursuing her studies atLucknow University.

“Till the time IndiraGandhi was the PrimeMinister, she came and mether relatives in India. She wasallowed only to come to NewDelhi. Her sisters and broth-ers would go to meet her inDelhi,” he said. According toher relatives, she embracedIslam after marrying GeneralLiaquat, who gave her thename ‘Begum Ra’ana’.

�"�������#����� � ��� ��(���

Atempo driver, identified as Babluof Chowk, died after the vehi-

cle overturned on VIP Road nearBangla Bazaar on Wednesday night.His family said Bablu died on thespot. Police said Bablu ferried tempoowner Kuldeep to Ashiyana and themishap occurred when he wasreturning home.

Meanwhile, a quick responsefrom the Gautampalli police helpedin saving the life of a youth who hadhanged himself in a room at hishouse on Thursday afternoon. Asper reports, Krishna Rajpoot ofNew Jiamau Colony locked himselfin a room and threatened to end hislife. He later hanged himself. Hisfamily called the police and the copsreached there in no time. Theybroke open the door and broughtthe youth off the noose. He wasrushed to Civil Hospital but doctors referred him to KGMUTrauma Centre.

“He is under treatment and hiscondition is improving. The rescueoperation was carried within eightminutes after the family called thepolice,” a police spokesman said. Hesaid the police will talk Krishna afterhis condition improves.

������������� !��"#$�%��!�& �����#'�(�!$'#!

��(9,.�������.� $)�(�%������.���#������) **$'�+�,�-�$',�

����.�/!��0-��'*�0 -�*��)/%�)/!�*'0(�*!

�'-!*�1 �%��,�� (�� !�1/0(������'2�-!'*%� $/"�

������������������������������

�"�������#����� � ��� ��(���

Members of Transgender, Intersexand Gender Non-Conforming

Communities on Thursday voicedtheir outrage against the passage ofTransgender Persons (Protection ofRights) Bill by Rajya Sabha onTuesday. Addressing mediapersons,the speakers informed that onNovember 20, paradoxically on thesame day as the Transgender Day ofRemembrance when they had gath-ered in Delhi to remember and mournthe death of transgenders who losttheir lives to transphobia, the RajyaSabha began debating the TransgenderPersons (Protection of Rights) Billwhich would make their lives evenmore difficult than it currently is.

“Ever since, we have been protest-ing against the bill. We also protest-ed on November 24 during the annu-al Delhi Queer Pride,” a member of thecommunity said.

He said that over the past week,a number of MPs and parties havecome out in support of the transgen-der community after months of con-versations and awareness campaignsby them. They included Tiruchi Siva(DMK) and Rajeev Gowda (Congress)who moved many amendments thatwere eventually defeated.

Others who spoke up against the

bill included Derek O’Brien(Trinamool Congress), VandanaChavan (NCP), Vinoy Vishwam(CPI), P Wilson (DMK), JayaBachchan (SP) and Sanjay Singh(AAP). On why they opposed the bill,he said it asks for an application to dis-trict magistrates for a legal recognitionof one’s transgender identity, andmakes ID as male or female dependenton registering as transgender, and thensupplying proof of surgery.

“It states that sexual violenceagainst trans persons will have pun-

ishment from six months to twoyears as compared to seven years ofimprisonment for sexual violenceagainst women. In this way, the billdirectly discriminates and strips us ofdignity and equality. It denies reser-vations for the community inemployment, education, and health-care. Its provisions around discrim-ination have no penalties, makingthem redundant. It forces transgen-ders to reside with their birth fami-lies even though birth families areoften the ones who first resort to vio-

lence against these individuals,” hepointed out. He said measures forrehabilitation are recommended inthe bill. “This violates our fundamen-tal constitutional rights of free move-ment. The community calls for acomprehensive anti-atrocities, anti-discrimination legislation thatupholds and ensures equal access toall civil rights and spaces of housing,employment, education and medicalcare for transgenders, not thiswatered-down and dangerous pieceof legislation,” he added.

($�#�$�����%$����.��#����$������� �( � ���

��������������������0���� ����#�������#��������$����������&����*��!������� ������"�

=����#��������'�&�0�)����*�������%���3����

Page 4: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

��������������� ������ ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

Lucknow (PNS): AtulKumar Garg has been appoint-ed as the director (Rolling Stockand Systems) of Uttar PradeshMetro Rail Corporation(UPMRC). Having graduated inElectrical Engineering from IIT-Roorkee (1985 batch) with firstrank, he is also registered withthe Engineering Council (UK)as a charted engineer. He is alsoa member of The Institution ofEngineering and Technology(UK). The post was vacated byMahendra Kumar. UPMRC offi-cials said Garg is a dynamic andaccomplished professional hav-ing 30 years of experience inpower systems for Metro andrailway projects.

He belongs to the 1986batch of Indian Railways Serviceof Electrical Engineers (IRSEE).He has had the exposure ofworking at senior managementpositions of various Metro pro-jects across the globe like Doha,Dubai, Delhi, Etihad Rail andCentral Organisation Railway

Electrification in India.He has vast expertise in

managing all stages of railwaypower supply projects like scopedefinition, coordinating detailswith design consultants, com-pleting design and reviews, ten-der invitations, contract awards,budgeting and supervisinginstallation along with testingand commissioning works.Garg also has extensive experi-ence in mobilising and judi-ciously managing the resourcesin the domains of planning,designing, quality managementand monitoring to ensure pro-ject accomplishment within thedefined time frame and costimplications.

"�%���� �Taking forward the FAO

initiative, the National Bureauof Fish Genetic Resources(NBFGR) is organising a two-day conference on ‘OneHealth and EcosystemServices (OHES-2019)’ on itsTelibagh campus fromNovember 29-30 in collabora-tion with Aquatic BiodiversityConservation Society (ABCS)and Academy ofEnvironmental Biology. Theconference will be inaugu-rated by Vice-Chancellor ofKGMU Dr MLB Bhatt.OHES-2019 will cover thehealth and ecological servicesrequired to ensure the survivalof necessary mechanisms andservices to keep humans, ani-

mals, plants, aquatic organ-isms and their environment ina healthy state, thereby pre-venting or minimising thebiohazards. Over 250 dele-gates, including planners,senior experts, university pro-fessors, scientists, researchers,students and representativesfrom government and other

organisations, will be partic-ipating in the conference.

%�&�/�/� !�"#Kalasrot Art Gallery

(Aliganj) organised ‘Fida-e-Lucknow’, a two-day art camp,on November 26 and 27.Earlier in this series, ‘North-South Melange’, a two-day art

camp was organised in which13 painters from Chennai andLucknow participated. The firstcamp was conceived by artistsas an unusual means to exciteand agitate the innate passionof Lucknowites in things mean-ingful.

������������� ���The department of Science

and Technology-Centre forPolicy Research DST-CPR,and department ofEnvironmental Science(Babasaheb BhimraoAmbedkar University) jointlyorganised an interactive STIseries lecture. The guest speak-er was Prof Richard Thomas,who is a senior faculty inWestern Sydney University,

Australia. Prof Thomasexplained the approach regen-erative agriculture as the futureof sustainable development inAustralia. His talk was abouthow to create a system of farm-ing based on principles andpractices to increase biodiver-sity, enrich soils, improve waterresources and enhance ecosys-tem services. He highlightedthe issues in Australia in termsof water and nutrients andsolutions based on the experi-ments done at the universitylevel. He provided a briefoverview of the technologiessuch as GPS-enabled preci-sion agriculture technology,use of image aerial images, veg-etation indices, and its applica-tions in agriculture systems.

�"�������#����� � ��� ��(���

Four policemen were foundguilty of demanding money

from vendors and bus/tempodrivers in Chinhat. Taking astrict note of a secret com-plaint against them, the SSPasked the Gomti Nagar circleofficer to conduct a probeand sent four policemen to

Reserve Police Lines after alle-gations against them werefound to be true.

Police spokesman AKDwivedi said two head consta-bles (Aniruddh Yadav andRamanand Yadav) and twoconstables (Dilshad and Vikas)were sent to Reserve PoliceLines. He said the complaint ofmoney extortion was received

at the SSP office and theGomti Nagar CO was taskedwith conducting a probe.

“The CO gave an adversereport, following which actionwas taken,” Dwivedi said. Headded that the cops in ques-tion were posted at Chinhatpolice station. However, theGomti Nagar CO could not becontacted for his version.

� �0 /*,�+The second day of the 4-

day International Conventionon Students’ Quality ControlCircles (ICSQCC-2019), organ-ised under the aegis of CityMontessori School, KanpurRoad, was abuzz with activities.Quality experts came from farand near stressed on imbibingquality concept in every activ-ity of life and termed it aforceful medium to reach thesummit of success. The expertsmotivated students to changetheir lifestyle to bring the bestin their lives and also inspiredthem to remain principled, do

team work, have collaborativesentiments and exchangethoughts and opinions. Theparticipating students fromIndia and abroad exhibited

their talents in case study pre-sentations and collage making.Earlier, the day began with aspeech by educationist andauthor Anita Arathoon.

�"�������#����� � ��� ��(���

To express solidarity withcane farmers not getting

their sugarcane arrears andfacing action for burning stub-ble, Uttar Pradesh Congressleaders and workers wouldstart a state-wide demonstra-tion on December 4.

Terming the YogiAdityanath government as anti-farmer, UP Congress chief AjayKumar ‘Lallu’ said that canegrowers continued to be cheat-ed by the government whichwas not ensuring payment oftheir arrears. He also demand-ed a minimum support price of

Rs 450 per quintal for cane.Lallu said that during elec-

tion campaign, the BharatiyaJanata Party had assured thefarmers that their arrears wouldbe cleared within a fortnight ofthe party forming governmentin UP but even after threeyears, the farmers had notbeen given their cane arrearsand the government had for-gotten to increase the mini-mum support price of sugar-cane. “To further harass thefarmers, the Yogi governmentis now booking them for burn-ing stubble and so far morethan a thousand farmers havebeen sent to jail,” he added.

The UPCC chief said thatto highlight the anti-farmerattitude of the BJP government,Congress workers would stageprotest at all district head-quarters on December 4.

On Thursday, the Congressleader also joined a 87-day longprotest by farmers in Mirzapurfor adequate compensation.Lallu said that Congress lead-ers and workers would take tothe streets and take out amarch from Mirzapur toVaranasi and gherao the PrimeMinister’s Office to press thedemand for clearing compensation to farmers, onDecember 28.

�"�������#����� � ��� ��(���

The Cane Developmentdepartment has asked sug-

arcane farmers not to burn dryleaves and stubble but usethem for mulching as it wouldimprove fertility and health ofthe soil, reduce weed growthand conserve soil moisture,resulting in a good yield.

“Burning stubble or settingdry leaves afire is detrimentalto environment. Erring farm-ers can be penalised or sent tojail. The best way to avoid thisis trash mulching,” PrincipalSecretary (Cane Development)Sanjay Bhoosreddy said in

Lucknow on Thursday. Bhoosreddy said that in

view of high temperature andextensive weed growth duringsummer, mulching for mois-

ture conservation and sup-pression of weeds was useful incane. “Besides, it adds to theorganic content of the soil.Mulching inter-row spaces with7.5 to 10 cm thick layer of dryleaves of cane (trash) or anyother organic source is quiteeffective,” he said.

“Trash on decompositionreleases nutrients whichimprove the fertility of soil.Mulching with cane trash is,therefore, advantageous overburning which is usually prac-tised to reduce the incidence ofdiseases and insects/pests, as inthe case of scale insect,”Bhoosreddy said.

� � -+� ##�'�*���'-�0*�-��,������

����+��

���7����/

6&�����������������$���$����������$�-������ �'���

� -"�-!� �2'!���*��/!��0 ���*- !&�,�-�"/$0&'�+

��#�$'0�"���!��*�*��$'��!

������� �(���The three-day

athletic meet,‘Colosseum-2019’,organised byLucknow PublicSchools and Collegesgot off to a start atKD Singh ‘Babu’Stadium onThursday. Initially,children from all theparticipating schoolstook part in a march-past.

���8���������������*��!��������$�����&�>?���=����������-�"����%������'��!

1 ��"������!��2���AICC’s interim president

Sonia Gandhi and former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh,whose party is a constituent ofthe new MVA Government andto whom Uddhav had extendedpersonal invitation through hisMLA -son Aditya — Sonia con-gratulated the new ChiefMinister through separate letters.Congress leader Rahul Gandhialso congratulated Uddhav onhis taking over as the ChiefMinister of Maharashtra.

Congratulating Uddhav,NCP chief Sharad Pawar andCongress leader BalasahebThorat for coming together andforming the Government inMaharashtra, West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee saidshe is looking forward to a “pro-people and stable Government”that would work for the allround development ofMaharashtra under their leader-ship. “Congratulations to@OfficeofUT , @PawarSpeaksand @bb_thorat for formingthe government in Maharashtra,”she tweeted. “Under your dili-gent leadership and firm com-mitment, we look forward to theState having a pro- people, sta-ble Government that works forall round development,” sheadded. Ninety minutes after heand six Ministers were intooffice, Uddhav chaired the firstState Cabinet meeting at theState-run Sahydri Guest Houseat Malbar Hills in south Mumbai.At the meeting, they are under-stood to have discussed the datefor holding a special Assemblysession where Uddhav wouldseek confidence vote on thefloor of the House. TheGovernor, while inviting Uddhavto form the MVA Governmentin the State, has given time tillDecember 3 to prove its major-ity. Thursday’s Government for-mation was limited to the swear-ing-in of Uddhav and sixMinisters. Uddhav plans toexpand his Cabinet after heproves his majority on the floorof the Assembly on or beforeDecember 3. Though it wasexpected that NCP’s deputy chiefminister would be sworn in onThursday, no one from the NCPwas administered oath as theDCM at the ceremony. Informedparty sources attributed the

NCP’s decision not to swear inanyone as Deputy Chief Ministeron Thursday to the fact that noconsensus had been reached onwhether Ajit Pawar be assignedthe DCM’s post, especially afterthe controversy over his extend-ing his support to the BJP andbecoming a Deputy ChiefMinister in the DevendraFadnavis Government whichcollapsed after the NCP leaderresigned from the post andreturned to the parent onTuesday.

��� ���� ����The farmer-oriented mea-

sures enunciated in the CMP are:immediate loan waiver for farm-ers, relief for farmers affected byunseasonal rains and floods,revision of crop insurancescheme, remunerative prices forthe farm produce and creation ofsustainable water supply sys-tem for the drought-affectedareas. On the issue of address-ing unemployment, the MVAhas through its CMP promisedto fill up all vacant posts in theState Government, enact a law toprovide 80 per cent jobs tolocals and creation of fellowshipsto educated unemployed youth.

In what will bring cheers tothe Mumbaikars, the MVAGovernment — through itsCMP — promised to provide500 sq. Feet (carpet area) homesfree of cost to “eligible” slumdwellers instead of 300 sq. Feettenements presently being pro-vided in Mumbai and acrossMaharashtra, under the SlumRehabilitation Programme, withbest infrastructure and basicfacilities. In line with thepromised by the Sena in its man-ifesto, the MVA Governmentpromised to provide “cheap andefficient food” for the commonpeople in the State at Rs 10 plate.

In another CMP measure,the MVA Government haspromised improved roads inurban areas in a scheme on thepattern of the “Gram SadakYojana and also separate provi-sions to improve road quality innagar panchayats, municipalcouncils and municipal corpora-tions. Maintaining that womensafety would be the highest pri-ority for its Government, theMVA’s CMP promised free edu-cation to economically weaker

sections, construction of work-ing women’s hostels in cities anddistrict headquarters, increase inhonorarium and better serviceconditions for anganwadisevikas/asha workers, strength-ening women’s Self Help Groupsto empower them, and thestrengthening of Women Saving(self-help) groups with a focus onwomen’s empowerment.

The CMP promised to take“all measures” to improve thestandards of education, chil-dren of farmers and said that thegovernment would give educa-tion loan at zero per cent inter-est to the children of farmlabourers and students belong-ing to the economically weakersections. The CMP stated that toensure good health for all, theGovernment would launch Rs 1clinics at taluka levels to conductall pathological tests, while itwould set up super-specialityhospitals and medical colleges ineach district in a phased mannerand give health insurance coverto all citizens of Maharashtra. Onthe social justice front, the CMPsaid the MVA Governmentwould take measures on pend-ing questions of theSCs/STs/Dhangars/OBCs/Balutedars, etc “so as not to deprive notdeprived the common people ofbasics like food, shelter, clothing,education, health, employment,besides schemes to eliminatesocial, educational and econom-ic backwardness of the minori-ty community, as “enshrined inthe Indian Constitution”.

The MVA Governmentpromised to attract industriesand investors in the state through“all possible concessions” andsimplification of procedure togrant permissions and to unveilnecessary policy reforms attractnew investment in InformationTechnology. Among otherthings, the MVA Governmentpromised to special steps todevelop tourism in the state,increase facilities for senior cit-izens and deal sternly with foodand drugs adulteration.

"�"� �'���Pragya, however, claimed

that her controversial remarksmade in the Lok Sabha was

against “insult” to revolutionaryUdham Singh. Pragya haddescribed Godse as “deshbhakt”making a brief interjection dur-ing a debate on SPG Act in theLok Sabha on Wednesday whenDMK member A Raja was nar-rating a statement by Godsebefore a court on why he killedMahatma Gandhi. TheOpposition maintained that herremarks were a “perfect repre-sentation” of the BJP’s “deplorablehate politics”.

“What Pragya (againstwhom Malegaon terror case isstill pending) is saying is theheart of the BJP and the RSS.That is the centre of the BJP, thatis the heart of the RSS. This can-not be hidden. It is their soul andit will come out somehow. Nomatter how much that theyworship Gandhiji, this is theirsoul,” he said addressing themedia on Parliament premises.“We are very clear about it thatwe condemn her statement andwe do not support this ideology,”BJP working president JP Naddasaid. He announced that shewould be barred from party’sParliamentary party meetingduring the session and not be amember of the consultative com-mittee on defence. Also, the BJPis contemplating further discipli-nary action against its MP. In theLok Sabha, Rajnath condemnedPragya’s remarks in a bid to paci-fy protesting Opposition mem-bers after Speaker Om Birla’srepeated exhortations wentunheeded. Not satisfied withthe response, the MPs belongingto the Congress, TrinamoolCongress, DMK, Left parties,NCP and AIMIM staged a walk-out. However, the BSP, BJD,TDP and TRS membersremained seated in the House.The treasury Benches did notreact to the Opposition condem-nation and remained quiet.

�( ��"(���"(����Dilip Ghosh got a huge lead

of over 45,000 from KharagpurSadar seat in Lok Sabha pollswhile Union Minister DebosreeChowdhury had led by a marginof about 57,000 votes inKaliaganj. In both the cases theTMC made up the loss and

defeated the BJP leaving it farbehind. So much so that the rul-ing outfit got more votes than thecombined tally of the BJP and theLeft-Congress alliance, whichcame a distant third in all threeseats. While a jubilant ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee calledthe results a “victory of Ma, Mati,Manush” dedicating it to themasses, political experts said, toomuch use of the NRC cardmight just have led the BJP to its“Trafalgar.” Giving her reactionsafter the poll results Mamatasaid, “BJP suffered the humiliat-ing loss because of their politi-cal arrogance. Power had gone totheir heads and they had beenbehaving like kings, whom thepeople did not take lightly,” shesaid. In Twitter, Mamata posteda picture that read: “Politics ofarrogance will not work. Peoplehave rejected the BJP. Ek, dui,teen, BJP ke biday di (One,Two, Three, Let’s bid adieu to theBJP).” She credited the win as thevictory of the people and fordevelopment.

)���("�� �������“After two successful test tri-

als from INS Kolkata in June2014 and February 2015 and onesuccessful test firing from INSKochi in November 2015, today’stest firing from INS Kochi has re-validated the ship’s precise strikecapability. Brahmos as the primestrike weapon will ensure thewarship’s invincibility by engag-ing naval surface targets at longranges, thus making the destroy-er another lethal platform ofIndian Navy” DRDO sourcessaid. The Navy commissionedINS Kochi on 30 Sept 2015. The7,500-ton indigenously designedand constructed warship incor-porates new design concepts forimproved survivability, stealth,sea-keeping and manoeuvrabil-ity. The warship has theenhanced capability of carryinga total of 16 BRAHMOS missilesin two 8-cell vertical launchsystems, besides other sophisti-cated weapons and sensors.BRAHMOS missile havingsupersonic speed of Mach 2.8, avery low-cruising altitude of 10metres at terminal phase andpin-point accuracy, has made thewarship one of the deadliest inthe Indian Navy fleet, the officialssaid.

"�����&�%�"(������

Page 5: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

����������������������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

���� ����� �

In a new twist to MedhaPatkar's recent passport con-

troversy in which she got anotice from RPO Mumbai,National Council for CivilLiberties (NCCL) presidentVK Saxena has written to theRPO alleging that the NarmadaBachao Andolan activist "delib-erately didn't disclose" twoother criminal cases lodged byhim against her while applyingfor the travel document.

In the November 22 letter,he said the two criminal casesagainst her were lodged by himin 2001 and 2006 and arepending in New Delhi's SaketCourt but while applying forthe passport in 2017 she notonly did not mention the ninecases from Madhya Pradeshpending against her but thesetwo cases as well.

Saxena, who is also thechairman of the Khadi andVillage Industries Commission(KVIC), said he learnt from the

recent news reports that only 9cases have been referred to, thattoo from Madhya Pradesh, aspending against her.

"She deliberately didn't dis-close the two pending cases inSaket Court while applying forthe passport," he wrote in theletter to the passport officer. "Iwish to inform you that twocriminal cases, which I filedagainst her, one in 2001 andanother in 2006 are also pend-ing against her," he said.

"In case she has not dis-closed about these two crimi-nal cases pending against heryou may initiate action as perlaw," he said.

The Regional PassportOffice, Mumbai, recently issueda show cause notice to Patkaras to why her passport shouldnot be impounded for failing todisclose information regardingpendency of cases against her.

The RPO Mumbai hasnoted that nine criminal caseshave been registered against her- three are in Barwani, one inAlirajpur and five in Khandwadistrict of Madhya Pradesh -and are still pending adjudica-tion. "While obtaining passportbearing no...dated March 30,2017 you have not disclosed thefact regarding pendency ofabove cases and obtained pass-port by suppression of mater-ial information.

"In view of the same it isproposed to impound yourpassport bearing and any otherpassport if issued subsequent-ly under section 10(3)(e) of thePassports Act 1967. You arerequested to state why actionshould not be taken undersection 12(1) of the Passports

Act 1967," the notice issued bythe passport office on October18 said. The passport officialshad sought her explanationwithin 10 days from the date ofthis communication failingwhich action would be taken.

A complaint was filedagainst the activist in June thisyear by a journalist statingthat Patkar had obtained herpassport by concealing andsuppressing material facts fromthe RPO Mumbai.

Saxena, who headsGujarat-based NGO, NCCL, ina statement said "MedhaPatkar's disrespect to nationaldevelopment and social eman-cipation is her lesser vice. Herdisregard to the rule of law isa greater maleficence. Now,concealing information on hercriminality in the Passportapplication is by all means -criminality par excellence," headded. Patkar had earlier con-tested Mumbai North-EastParliament seat in 2014 on theAAP ticket but lost the election.

�"�������#����� � �������� �

Congress president SoniaGandhi on Thursday hit

out at the BJP, accusing it ofmaking shameless attempts to"subvert democracy" inMaharashtra and blatantly sab-otage the three-party alliancefrom coming to power in theState.

Addressing the CongressParliamentary Party (CPP)meeting in Parliament House,Sonia also attacked theGovernor of the State, BhagatSingh Koshyari, saying he hadacted in an "unprecedentedand reprehensible manner".

"There is no doubt that he(Koshyari) acted under theinstructions of the PrimeMinister and the HomeMinister. The BJP's pre-pollalliance did not hold because ofits own arrogance and over-confidence," Gandhi said at themeeting attended by allCongress MPs from the LokSabha and the Rajya Sabha.

"Every effort was made toblatantly sabotage the three-party alliance Government for-mation, but we appealed to theSupreme Court and the Modi-Shah Government was totallyexposed. Let me assure you, wethree parties are united in our

resolve to defeat the BJP's sor-did manipulations," she added.

Sonia said it was clear thatthe Modi-Shah Government is"bankrupt" of decency andclueless on how to manage thegrave problems facing thecountry. She added that theeconomic crisis in the countrywas deepening, growth wasdeclining, unemploymentgrowing and investment nothappening.

"There is worsening dis-tress among farmers, tradersand small and medium busi-nesses. Consumption, espe-cially in rural areas, is falling.Exports are declining. Andprices of essential food com-modities are rising, causinghardship to households. Instead

of tackling the problem, theModi-Shah Government isbusy fudging statistics or,indeed, not publishing them atall," the Congress presidentsaid.

"The public sector has beenput on the block, in all proba-bility, to be sold off to a fewfavoured business people. Whatwill he the fate of the thousandsof workers at those enterpris-es? Lakhs upon lakhs ofsalaried and ordinary familiesare worried about theirdeposits in banks," she said.

The Congress presidentalso attacked the Governmenton the RCEP issue, NRC, read-ing down of Article 370, elec-toral bonds and snooping alle-gations among other things.

"Because the NRC projectimplemented by the BJPGovernment in Assam, moni-tored by the Supreme Court,has not fulfilled the RSS-BJPexpectations and propaganda,there is now clamour in the rul-ing party for a fresh NRC inthat state.

The Home Minister isalso speaking of unleashing anNRC in the entire country - astep that will only lead to morefear and panic," she said.

Sonia claimed that democ-racy was again subverted whenthe special status of J&K underArticle 370 was abrogatedunder the "blatantly falsepromise of a new beginning" toJammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.She added that the groundrealities were completely dif-ferent from the "fictitiousimages" conjured up by theModi-Shah Government.

"The agony, anguish andhumiliation of the people con-tinues. Former Chief Ministers,who in the past were politicalallies of the BJP, MLAs, politi-cal workers and ordinary peo-ple who believed in the idea ofIndia and abided by theConstitution of India havebeen under house arrest formonths. Even children are notbeing spared in the crack-down," she said.

���� ����� �

The Indian Army has suc-cessfully fired two newly

acquired Spike-LR (LongRange) Anti-Tank GuidedMissiles (ATGM) from Israel atInfantry School, Mhow inMadhya Pradesh. The missileswere inducted in Septemberthis year.

The training firing onWednesday in Mhow duringthe ongoing InfantryCommanders' Conference waswitnessed by Army ChiefGeneral Bipin Rawat andsenior scientists of DefenceResearch and DevelopmentOrganisation(DRDO).

The missile can destroy atank at a range of more thanfour km, officials said here onThursday.

The Army had procured 12launchers and around 250 mis-siles from Israel under the new

financial powers for emer-gency procurements sanc-tioned by the Defence Ministryfew months back.

The deal is worth over�230 crores. The missiles will ultimately be deployedmainly on the fronts facingPakistan.

Spike is fourth generationmissile, which can engage a tar-get with precision at ranges upto four km.

In addition to fire and for-get capability, the missile alsohas the ability to fire, observeand update, providing sub-stantial flexibility to the firer topinpoint the impact point, asalso the ability to switch to adifferent target mid-flight,should he want to do so, themanufacturer Rafael AdvancedDefense Systems of Israel saidin a statement. India becamethe 33rd country to induct theSpike ATGM.

���� ����� �

Cutting across party lines,the Rajya Sabha on

Thursday saw MPs expressingconcern over rising number ofcases of child abuse due to easyaccess to child pornographyand demanding strict action.Appreciating their anguish,Women and ChildDevelopment Minister SmritiZubin Irani said as many as 377websites hosting such porno-graphic sites were taken downand 50 FIRs registered. Shealso said a methodology tocomplaint against such siteswas being worked out.

The issue was raised byVijila Sathyananth(AIADMK)and the entire house associateditself with the rampant prolif-eration of child pornographysites on social media and mobilephones. Chairman M Venkaiah

Naidu also intervened and saidthere was unanimity in thehouse and said it was unfortu-nate that action at the local levelwas not taking place in the rightearnest. He said further stepswere needed as this menacecause agony to the parents.

Sathyananth cited recentincidents of sexual assault ofminor girls by minors to seekcomplete ban on Internet andsocial media carrying suchcontent so as to "save our chil-dren." Infact, she alsoremarked 'stop this non senseand rubbish" adding risingcrimes against children weredue to easy access to pornog-raphy. Irani assured the Eldersthat she would have the admin-istration act immediately ifdetails of incidents are provid-ed.

Giving details of the actiontaken so far, the minister said

methodology of reporting suchincidents is being shared withthe district administration forprompt action.

Among other issues to fig-ure prominently in the RajyaSabha was the plight of undertrial inmates languishing in jailsfor years. Aligning himselfwith the concern, Minister forLaw and Justice Ravi ShankarPrasad said he has appealed tochief justices of all 25 highcourts to ensure expeditioustrial and release of undertrialswho have completed 50 percent of their proposed sentence.As per the India Justice Report2019 by Tata Trusts, 67.7 percent India's prison populationcomprised undertrials in 2016.

G V L Narasimha Rao(BJP) raised the issue of Englishbeing made a medium of edu-cation up to Class VIth inAndhra Pradesh saying the

move undermines regional lan-guages and should be reviewed.Viplove Thakur (Congress)wanted a review of the schemefor providing mid-day meal toschool children to determinethe nutrition value of the food.

Ahamed Hassan (TMC)raised the "pathetic" conditionof the campus of AligarhMuslim University set up infour states. The Murshidabadcampus in West Bengal neitherhas a building nor a hostel and500 students are studying infour departments in temporarysheds, he said.

Amar Patnaik (BJD) want-ed tele-density in Odisha to beincreased. Naidu quippedOdisha is peaceful due to lackof smart phones and termedthe latest trend of social mediaas disturbing. However, he alsounderlined the importance ofimproving communication.

���� ����� �

Deals worth over �22,800crores for acquiring

weapon platforms includingmedium range P-8 I mediumrange aircraft for anti-sub-marine warfare and patrollingthe 7,000 km long coastlinewere approved by the DefenceAcquisit ion Council(DAC)chaired by DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh hereon Thursday. The DAC is theapex body to approve pro-curement proposals forward-ed by the three Services.

Giving boost to 'Make inIndia' initiative, the DAC alsoapproved indigenous design,development and manufac-turing of 'Thermal ImagingNight Sights' for Assault

Rifles. These sights will bemanufactured by the Indianprivate industry and used bytroops deployed on the front-line.

'Thermal Imaging NightSights' will enable troops toundertake long range accurateengagements in dark and allweather conditions therebyenhancing the night fightingcapabilities.

On the big ticket mediumrange maritime aircraft,sources said the Navy will pro-cure at least six P-8 I aircraftand the cost of the over alldeal is pegged at nearly twobillion dollars.

The initial plan was tobuy ten such planes but pauci-ty of funds led to reduction inthe number of aircraft to be

procured.The planes manufactured

by Boeing will come to theNavy through the ForeignMilitary Sale(FMS) route. Itmeans the US Governmentwill stand guarantee for allaspects of the contract includ-ing spares and other issuesbesides timely delivery of theaircraft.

These aircraft wil lstrengthen the Navy's capa-bilities for maritime coastalsurveillance, Anti-SubmarineWarfare (ASW) and Anti-Surface Vessel (ASV) strike,officials said.

Moreover, as a follow upof the successful indigenousAirborne Early Warning andControl (AEW&C) pro-gramme, the DAC revalidat-

ed the Acceptance of Necessityfor the procurement of addi-tional Airborne Warning andControl System (AWACS)India aircraft.

The mission system andsub-systems for these aircraftwill be indigenously designed,developed and integrated ontothe main platform by DefenceResearch and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO).

These platforms will pro-vide on-board Command &Control and 'Early Warning'which would assist the IndianAir Force (IAF) in achievingeffective air space dominancein the least possible time.Induction of these systemswould increase the extent ofcoverage along our bordersand greatly enhance both the

air defence and offensive capa-bilities of the IAF.

The IAF currently oper-ates three Israeli PhalconAWACS and three smallerindigenous Netra AEW&Csystems mounted on Embraeraircraft. A shortage of theseforce multipliers was felt dur-ing the aerial engagementwith Pakistan Air Force.

A day after the Balakot airstrike in February. These plat-forms will provide on-boardcommand and congtrol and'Early Warning' which wouldassist the IAF in achievingeffective air space dominancein the least possible time, thestatement added.

The new systems are like-ly to be mounted on Airbusaircraft.

���� ����� �

Parliament on Thursdaypassed a Bill which provides

for raising the monetary limitsfor chit funds to three fold andhiking commission for fore-man. The Chit Funds(Amendment) Bill, 2019 waspassed by voice vote in RajyaSabha. The Bill got Lok Sabha'snod on November 20.

The maximum chitamount is proposed to beraised from �1 lakh to �3 lakhfor those managed by individ-uals or less than four partners,and from �6 lakh to �18 lakhfor firms with four or morepartners.

The maximum commis-sion for foreman, who isresponsible for managing thechit, is proposed to be raisedfrom 5 per cent to 7 per cent.The bill also allows the foremana right to lien against the cred-it balance from subscribers.

The bill also introduceswords such as fraternity fund,rotating savings and creditinstitution to make chit fundsmore respectable.

The Chit Funds(Amendment) Bill, 2019 alsointroduces words such as "fra-ternity fund", "rotating sav-ings" and "credit institution" tomake chit funds morerespectable, said Minister ofState for Finance AnuragThakur in his reply to theHouse on the bill.

Piloting the bill, he said

that chit funds are legal and oneshould understand that theseare different from unregulateddeposit schemes or ponzischemes. The bill provides forsubstituting terms like 'chitamount', 'dividend' and 'prizeamount' with 'gross chitamount', 'share of discount'and 'net chit fund' respective-ly. It further proposes to allowsubscribers to join the processof drawing chits through video-conferencing.

About members' objectionto this clause, Thakur told theHouse that all subscribersshould be present at the time ofdraw of chit fund but if somepeople are busy or unable toattend those then they shouldhave the option of video con-ference.

He also told the House thatthe bill removes the limit of�100 (which was set in 1982),and allows the State

Governments to specify thebase amount over which theprovisions of the Act wouldapply.

Responding to variousissues raised by members dur-ing the debate, he said chit fundsubscribers can opt for insur-ance but the Government can-not make it mandatory as itwould add to the cost.

He also said that the billprovides that the chit fundoperator has to have secureddeposit to the size of scheme,which is a sufficient safeguardfor people subscribing to thescheme. On compensatingpoor people from money col-lected under the GST (12 percent good and services tax onchit fund), he said that neitherI nor Finance Minister NirmalaSitaraman present in theHouse, can do anything aboutit as it is in the hand of the GSTCouncil.

������������&��#��������

�� �� ����"�� ��%�"(��"�(()��

���& 3!�# !!#�-*�-���* (�!�����*�'!*��������������������� !"���" �#

@A??���$������������&�������#����&��#�"���!�������)

$�������%��#��� ����&'����������(��

���� ����� �

The CBI has booked RailtelDirector Ashutosh Vasant

and private firm UnitedTelecom Limited in consortiumwith US-based Infinera foralleged criminal misconduct,cheating and corruption inofficial travels of officials to theUS in 2012.

Vasant, the then GeneralManager, travelled to the US onan economy class ticket toChicago and back on economyclass tickets but claimed reim-bursement to his travel agentfor business class fares. Healso claimed reimbursement ofhotel stay .

According to the FIR,Vasant was entitled to travel inbusiness class but travelled byconomy class and raised a billfor business class adoptingunethical means and used theexcess amount to fund theeconomy class travel of his

family members. Vasant didnot produce the journey doc-uments in order to hide thecheating committed by him inpurchase of the tickets.

The private firm UTL hadpaid for the hotel bills of Vasantduring his weeklong stay inChicago but he tried to coverthe favour by getting an affi-davit from UTL that he hadpaid the said amount back toUTL in cash. Set up in 2000,Railtel, a Miniratna company,runs a nationwide broadband,telecom and multimedia net-work to modernise train con-trol operation and safety systemof Indian Railways.

On the recommendation ofVasant and two other officials,Railtel selected the consor-tium of UTL and Infinera,which were alleged to be non-compliant vendors, for the ten-der of Dense Wave DivisionMultiplexing technology, addedthe FIR.

���� ����� �

The Central PollutionControl Board (CPCB) has

cautioned the industry againstdiverting treated effluents foragricultural purpose sayingthat it can contain harmful tox-ins and damage the health ofthe humans as well as soilquality.

The country's top pollutionwatchdog has now come outwith guidelines to ensure safeusage of treated sewage andeffluents from industries inagriculture.

According to agriculturists,using industrial wastewater foragricultural irrigation involve

changes to physicochemicaland microbiological propertiesof soils that impact crop growthand water retention capacity ofthe soil, which in turn could beharmful to health.

The CPCB guidelines fol-lows directions of the NationalGreen Tribunal (NGT) whichin May 2019, held that "noindustry can be permitted todispose treated effluents onland for irrigation, plantationor horticulture/gardening byprescribing standards applic-able without assessment ofadequate availability of landand impacts of such disposalon agricultural/crops /plantsand the recipient groundwa-

ter." The guidelines have been

prepared by an expert group,which has been constituted bythe CPCB, included membersfrom the Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT), Delhi,National EnvironmentalEngineering Research Institute(NEERI), Delhi and the pollu-tion watchbody as well.

As per the guidelines theindustry should engage anagricultural scientist or tie-upwith an agricultural universityor institute for advice on theutilisation or the rate of appli-cation of the effluent for irri-gation, considering the agro-climatic conditions.

���� ����� �

The Centre on Thursdaysaid a WhatsApp CEO-led

delegation had not mentionedabout any vulnerability of theirsystem during their meetingswith the InformationTechnology Ministry. ITMinister Ravi Shankar Prasadtold and the Rajya Sabha thatGovernment was yet to receivethe names of people targeted byunnamed entities usingPegasus spyware after themembers of the Upper Houseraised the issue. Replying to aquestion in Rajya Sabha duringSpecial Mention, Prasad said theGovernment had issued notice toIsraeli technology firm NSOGroup, which created Pegasus, onNov 26, seeking details about mal-ware and its impact. Minister alsosaid digital players must erectappropriate security walls or beready to face action.

"During the high levelengagements like meeting ofCEO Will Cathcart and VPPolicy Nick Clegg of WhatsAppthat took place with the ministryon July 26, 2019 and September11, 2019, no mention was madeby the high level WhatsAppteam regarding this vulnerabili-ty," Prasad said.

��3����!(���� ����� �

As many as 179 advertise-ments have been with-

drawn from the print, elec-tronic and social media plat-forms while complaints against344 have been upheld for mis-leading contents or violation ofadvertising norms. Accordingto the Advertising StandardsCouncil of India (ASCI), manyof the claims were not ade-quately substantiated.

In its ruling ASCI say thePayTM application advertise-ment claim "Free Movie TicketsWorth �1200 on PayTM" wasmisleading by ambiguity andomission of the offer being overa period of 12 months.

Dabur India (OdomosFabric Roll- on) product pack-aging claim, "Just four Dots onYour Clothes, MosquitoesWon't Come Close" when seen

in conjunction with the visualof the girl surrounded by a bluebubble with no mosquitoesinside and several outside, giv-ing an impression of 100%protection was inadequatelysubstantiated. The product pro-vides only a moderate degree ofrepellency (4% to 40%, whichis less than half).

Another snack brand,endorsed by cricketer ViratKohli claimed that up to 60%

of people said that their bakedsnack was tastier than otherfried snack brands. However,this claim was not conclusive-ly proven. The same celebrityalso endorsed a leadershipclaim for a food supplementbrand "No. 1 Supplement forMen". The ASCI said that asthis ranking was achieved inthe UK and not in India, theclaim was considered to bemisleading.

Similarly, a leading dairybrand presented their buttercookies to be superior due topresence of 25 percent butterand zero percent vegetable oil.The advertisement made asweeping statement that "other"butter cookies contain only0.3 percent to 3 percent butterand 20 percent to 22 percentvegetable oil without present-ing any verifiable evidence.

ASCI have investigatednearly 564 complaints relatedto advertisements for mislead-ing and ambiguous in nature.Of them, 179 were promptlywithdrawn from print, TV andsocial media while complaintsagainst 344 were upheld.

A popular instant noodlebrand did not mention in theircommunication if the noodleswere fried or not, as requiredby Food Safety and StandardsAuthority of India (FSSAI).

���7�,���������.���������������+����%##����#��&�

�4 �)��(!�� '$*�$�'-�0*�-��!&/*�!&���0�--/#*'���0& -+�!

.$""&��$!5$�����"�����0&���"�!��#$�������!0�0���&"�&��")����

�56� �!��'*&�- ���,�-�2'�$ *'����,���-"!

%���������������#���"����B��$������&��������"C���������

�����$����%�����&'�

�������=�������%����&� ��!����#��!���������0�4"����$��������&�����+�����������������������������,���-�������� ������"� � .�

Page 6: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

���������������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$ ������)

*+� ���� *,+�,-��.*/��0+��+1��1,+!�0���!,/ �*+�"�.����. ��

���� ������

With Shiv Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray set

to take oath as Maharashtra’sChief Minister, the party onThursday heaped praises onNCP chief Sharad Pawar andtermed him ‘margdarshak’(guide) of the new Governmentin the State.

Though the Shiv Senaespouses the Hindutva ideolo-gy, it formed the ‘Maha VikasAghadi’ (MVA) alliance withthe NCP and Congress whenthe Uddhav Thackeray-ledparty fell out with the BJP overthe issue of sharing the ChiefMinister’s post after the lastmonth’s Assembly elections.

An editorial in Senamouthpiece ‘Saamana’acknowledged Sharad Pawar’sefforts in taking the Sena-NCP-Congress alliance for-ward. The NCP chief, whospoke to Ajit Pawar on Tuesdayand asked him to revisit his

decision of supporting the BJP,has been credited for the u-turnby his nephew and is beingdescribed as the state politicaldrama’s ‘man of the match’.

“A strong and experienced‘margdarshak’ like SharadPawar is with us. ThisGovernment will not functionwith any deceitful intentionagainst anyone,” the Sena said

With the single largestparty BJP being unable to formGovernment, the Senadescribed the change in polit-ical dynamics as the “rise of anew sun” in Maharashtra.

“The current mood of hap-piness in the state can be equat-ed with the one the entirecountry had at the time of

Independence on August 15,1947,” the Marathi daily said.

The Sena asserted that theState machinery will not beused for conspiring againstanyone. Without naming theBJP, it said the Sena leader didnot bow down to any pressurefrom the Centre.

“At a time when prominentleaders from across the coun-try are kneeling before rulers inDelhi, Uddhav Thackeray didnot bow down to such pressuretactics. He did not compromisewith his pride and refused tojoin hands with people who‘lied’ to him,” the Marathi pub-lication said.

It said that former chiefminister Devendra Fadnavishas cursed the Sena-NCP-Congress Government, sayingthe dispensation standing onthree legs will not survive, butthis is his “delusion”.

“There is no confusionamong the three parties aboutdevelopment of the State,” itadded.

������%.��&�'��)�(�������������.�����9 ��-��" Mumbai: Shiv Sena president

Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray,sworn-in on Thursday as the18th Chief Minister ofMaharashtra, faces the biggesttest of his life as the leader ofan ideologically divergentalliance that took charge at atime of momentous politicalchanges in the State.

An ace photographer, he isthe third Sena Chief Minister,after Manohar Joshi and NarayanRane (both in 1990s), and thefirst member of the Thackerayfamily to hold the top post in thecountry’s richest State.

Thackeray, 59, otherwiseconsidered an affable, mild-mannered politician, displayedcombative traits of his father,Sena founder Bal Thackeray, indealing with one-time seniorally BJP on the demand forrotational Chief Ministershipjust after Assembly poll resultswere announced on October24.

Though in politics for long,Thackeray has never contestedan election or held a public postand it will be interesting towatch how he learns the ropes

of governance in a state whichis an economic powerhouseand home to the financial cap-ital of the country. The Sena, aparty identified with Hindutvapolitics and “anti-Congressism”since its inception, has entereda new phase where it will haveto chart out a new courseunder Thackeray in thechanged political scenario.

Born on July 27, 1960 inMumbai, Thackeray studiedat Balmohan Vidyamandir andlater graduated from the JJSchool of Arts, where photog-raphy was his main subject.

Besides being a publishedauthor, he is also a profession-al photographer whose work

has appeared in various mag-azines and has been show-cased at numerous exhibitions.

Thackeray largely lived inthe shadows of his legendaryfather before coming on hisown after being appointed theSena working president inJanuary 2003.

Thackeray formally tookover as the chief of the Sena,founded in 1966 to fight for therights of Marathi people, afterhis father died in 2012.

Known for his passion forphotography, he started out inthe advertising field by settingup an agency called ‘Chaurang’.Thackeray specialises in aerialand wildlife photography.

He has two photo books tohis credit, ‘Maharashtra Desh’(2010) on the forts of the state,and ‘Pahava Vitthal’ (2011) onthe Pandharpur wari (on pil-grimage to the temple town ofPandharpur).

‘Maharashtra Desh’ is fullof breathtaking aerial shots,providing a glimpse into thecultural fabric, physical beau-ty and historical perspective ofthis wondrous State. PTI

���� ������

Congress president SoniaGandhi on Thursday said

in a congratulatory letter toUddhav Thackeray, new ChiefMinister of Maharashtra, thatthe country is facing “unprece-dented threats” from the BJP.

Thackeray would be head-ing an unlikely alliance of theSena, the NCP and theCongress.

The Shiv Sena broke up itsthree-decade alliance with theBJP over sharing of ChiefMinister’s post after contestingthe assembly elections together.

“Shiv Sena, NCP and theCongress have come togetherunder quite extraordinary cir-cumstances at a time when thecountry faces unprecedentedthreats from the BJP,” Gandhi’sletter said.

“I wish you all the very bestas you embark on a newinnings in your life,” she added.

������"������&��#����������������������'(�7���������������

Bengaluru: JD(S) patriarchand former Prime MinisterHD Deve Gowda on Thursdaycongratulated the Shiv Sena,NCP and the Congress forforming a Government inMaharashtra, and termed it asa “tight slap” on the face ofthose trying to destroy the country’s democratic fabric.

“Congratulations to@ShivSena, @NCPspeaks and@INCMaharashtra on formingthe Govt.In Maharashtra.This is a tight slap on the faceof those trying to destroy thedemocratic fabric that holds our Nation together.#MahaVikasAghadi, Gowdatweeted.

Shiv Sena leader UddhavThackeray on Thursday tookoath as the new Chief Ministerof Maharashtra.

The Shiv Sena broke up itsthree-decade alliance with theBJP over sharing of Chief Minister’s post after contestingthe Assembly elections together. PTI

����/$)��"�&�� �!���(.�($!0

Ballia (UP): Amid BJP’sattempt to distance itself fromMP Pragya Thakur’s commentin praise of Mahtama Gandhi’sassassin, a party MLA here saidNathuram Godse committed amistake but he was not a ter-rorist.

“Godse was not a terrorist.Those who are involved inanti-national activities are ter-rorists,” Ballia MLA SurendraSingh told reporters on

Thursday.“Godse committed a mis-

take. He should have not killedpatriot Gandhiji,” he added,using the Hindi word “bhool”for “mistake”.

When asked whetherGodse was a patriot, the MLAdid not reply.

Thakur created a controversy on Wednesdaywith her remark in the LokSabha. PTI

������������(���$��$�'������-�$������(�����������.�����(���!(��� ��������� ��( �

Country’s leading marinescientist has warned that

the rise in temperature in theIndian Ocean was beyond allexpectation and it is likely toupset the annual Monsoonpattern on which determinesthe economy of the nation.

“We have been observingthis pattern of the gradualincrease in temperature of theIndian Ocean. What is strangeis that the rise in temperaturein Pacific Ocean is also gettingtransferred to Indian Ocean.The Indian Ocean is beingused as a dumping ground totransfer the heat from otheroceans and this is a matter ofconcern,” said Dr SatishShenoy, director, IndianNational Centre for OceanInformation Services(INCOIS), Hyderabad.

Dr Shenoy was deliveringthe key note address in the firstever International Conference

on Aquatic Resources AndBlue Economy organized atKochi under the auspices ofIndian Association RimAssociation (IORA) , KeralaUniversity of Fisheries andOcean Studies (KUFOS) and a

host of research institutesengaged in marine sciencesand ocean technology. DrShenoy said that the Monsoonwhich brings the annual rain-fall of the country is entirelydependent on the develop-

ments in Indian Ocean. “Oneneed not elaborate much toexplain what would happen inthe eventuality of the failure ofthe Monsoon,” he said.

He said a major missionwas underway to study the rea-son behind the flow of heatfrom Pacific Ocean to IndianOcean and to find out ways tomitigate such a flow whichwould affect India in a majorway. “The scientific communi-ty is all upset over the fact thatthe entire heat was gettingaccumulated in the IndianOcean. A major study under-taken by India and other coun-tries and which was supposedto culminate last year has beenextended by another five yearsto find out a solution to addressthis issue,” said Dr Shenoy.

The INCOIS director alsopointed out that the littering ofoceans and seas with plasticand other toxic materials tooplay a major role in upsettingthe behavior of the seas.

Surat: At a time when onionprices have skyrocketed to�100 per kg, the staple caughtthe attention of thieves herewho stole 250 kg of the bulb,worth �25,000 in the earlyhours of Thursday.

The incident occurred out-side a vegetable shop in thePalanpur Patiya area ofGujarat’s Surat city in the earlyhours of the day, an employeeof the shop said.

“As per our daily routine,we kept five sacks of onions,each weighing 50 kg, outsidethe shop on Wednesday night.However, for the first time,someone stole those onionsworth �25,000,” Amit Kanojia,an employee of the vegetablevendor said.

The rise in onion pricesmay have triggered the theft, hesaid, adding that the shop vendor has not yet registered anFIR with the police. Onionprices in retail markets at majorcities of Gujarat are fluctuating between �90 to�100.

The prices have been onthe rise for the last one monthdue to supply disruption fromflood-affected states likeMaharashtra. There has been asteep increase in prices in thelast few days due to heavy rainsin the key onion-producingStates. PTI

�%:0�������'��$��;5)<<<��$����-��������

+� 2���!�����#��3���������&��������������4�����"��

Kolkata: West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onThursday congratulated ShivSena president UddhavThackeray, NCP chief SharadPawar and Congress leaderBalasaheb Thorat for comingtogether and forming theGovernment in Maharashtra.

Banerjee said she was look-ing forward to a “pro-peopleand stable Government” thatwould work for the all rounddevelopment of Maharashtraunder their leadership.

Congratulations to@OfficeofUT , @PawarSpeaks

and @bb_thorat for formingthe Government inMaharashtra, she tweeted.Under your diligent leadershipand firm commitment, welook forward to the State hav-ing a pro-people, stableGovernment that works for allround development, sheadded.

Thackeray, heading the‘Maha Vikas Agadhi’Government, took oath as the18th Chief Minister ofMahrashtra at a gala ceremo-ny in Mumbai on Thursdayevening. PTI

� " * �0��+- */$ *�!�& 0(�- %.�� � -.��&�- *

$�����������������������������#��������������������(�

Coimbatore: A total of 7,000engineers, graduates and diplo-ma-holders has applied for549 posts of sanitary workersin the city Corporation.

The Corporation hadcalled for applications for theposts of 549 grade-1 sanitaryposts and 7,000 applicantsappeared for the three-dayinterview and verification ofcertificates which began onWednesday, official sourcessaid.

On verification, it wasfound that nearly 70 per centof the candidates have com-

pleted SSLC, the minimumqualification, and most of themwere engineers, post- gradu-ates, graduates and diploma-holders, they said.

In some cases, it was foundthe applicants were alreadyemployed in private firms, butthe Government job attractedthem as the starting salary is �15,700.

Those already working asthe contract sanitary workersfor the last 10 years have alsoapplied for these permanentjobs.

Many graduate applicants

had not got the jobs accordingto the qualification and had towork to support the family

with just �6,000-�7,000 assalary in private firms andtoiled for 12 hours with no jobsecurity, they said.

On the other hand, san-itary workers job fetches asalary of nearly �20,000 withthe work timings of threehours in the morning andthree hours in the evening,which also provides them anoption of doing other pettyworks during leisure.

The Corporation now has2,000 permanent and 500 con-tract sanitary workers in itsrolls. PTI

?������&�������&����������##�"�����<D>��������"����!���#����

���� ����� �

Reliance Industries onThursday became the first

Indian company to hit the �10lakh crore market valuationmark following a spike in itsshare price.

At market close, the oil-to-telecom conglomerate’s marketcapitalisation (m-cap) zoomedto �10,01,555.42 crore ($139.8billion) on the BSE.

The stock rose 0.65 percent to close at �1,579.95.During the day, it jumped 0.90per cent to an all-time high of�1,584. This is the second gainfor the company.

At the NSE, it gained 0.77per cent to close at �1,582.

“It was only a matter oftime for business tycoonMukesh Ambani’s company totest this milestone, consideringthe past investments made inconsumer-facing sectors liketelecom and retail. Theseinvestments have yielded fruit-ful results for the company andhas been consistently increas-ing their share in the overallprofits,” according to AjitMishra, VP Research, ReligareBroking.

Since the past few ses-sions, the company’s market

valuation has been hoveringnear the �10 lakh crore mark.

On the volume front, 2.73lakh shares of the companywere traded on the BSE andover 62 lakh shares on the NSEduring the day.

The company is still aheadof British energy major BP Plcin terms of market valuation.BP Plc’s m-cap was at USD127.86 billion at close of tradeon NYSE.

“RIL today (Thursday)became the first Indian com-pany to hit the �10 lakh croremilestone in market capitali-sation, after its shares rose to arecord high. We will put twoimportant factors that shouldbe seen as a catalyst for thisshare. Firstly, the Reliance Jiodisruption. Second is the stakesale to Aramco has furthermade its valuation going for-ward attractive since their aimto achieve the debt-free balancesheet is likely to be seen inFY20-21,” said MustafaNadeem, CEO, Epic Research.

In October this year,Reliance Industries (RIL) hitthe �9 lakh crore m-cap level.

It took just 27 trading ses-sions for RIL to reach the cov-eted �10 lakh crore market cap.RIL had on October 18 hit the

�9 lakh crore market valuationmark in intra-day trade.

In August 2018, it becamethe first Indian company tohave crossed the �8 lakh crorem-cap mark.

So far this year, the com-pany’s scrip has zoomed near-ly 41 per cent, much higherthan the 14 per cent rise inSensex so far in 2019.

Mukesh Ambani’s RelianceJio had this month said it willincrease mobile phone call anddata charges in the next fewweeks in compliance with rules,as it followed similarannouncements by BhartiAirtel and Vodafone Idea ontariff hike.

India’s most valuable com-pany Reliance Industries hadlast month posted a recordquarterly net profit of �11,262crore in September quarter.

TCS is the country’s secondmost valued firm with a mar-ket valuation of �7,79,501.64crore, followed by HDFC Bankwith a market cap of�6,92,853.48 crore, HindustanUnilever (�4,51,482.38 crore)and HDFC (�3,98,994.81crore).

The m-cap figures of com-panies change daily with stockprice movement.

��+�-���$���.����-����$���$��3<+�(���,(������9

D����$��������������������������������5��������!�����E��>������6������ ����� �

Forty eightwebsites

of ministriesof Centre andstate govern-ments werehacked thisyear up toO c t o b e r ,Parl iamentwas informed on Thursday.

“As per the information reported to andtracked by Indian Computer EmergencyResponse Team (CERT-In) a total number of110 and 48 websites of Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments werehacked during the year 2018 and 2019 (tillOctober), respectively,” Minister of State forElectronics and IT Sanjay Dhotre said in awritten reply to Rajya Sabha.

He added that there have been attemptsfrom time-to-time to launch cyber attacks onIndian cyber space.

The Minister said it has been observedthat attackers are compromising computer sys-tems located in different parts of the world anduse masquerading techniques and hiddenservers to hide the identity of actual systemsfrom which the attacks are being launched.

“According to the logs analysed andmade available to CERT-In, the InternetProtocol (IP) addresses of the computers fromwhere the attacks appear to be originatedbelong to various countries including China,Pakistan, Netherlands, France, Taiwan,Tunisia, Russia, Algeria and Serbia,” he added.

CERT-In devises response measures in co-ordination with its counterpart agencies in for-eign countries for resolution of incidentsinvolving systems outside the country, he said.

($!0������-.�B&�55"�$�����!�����C���%����$!/$")�"����!9�8����%5"����� -��.�9

Areference to RSS ideologue MSGolwalkar and his ‘Bunch of

Thoughts’ on Thursday triggered anuproar in the Rajasthan Assembly dur-ing a special session on the 70th yearof the adoption of the Constitution.

Referring to Golwalkar’s book‘Bunch of Thoughts’, Rajasthan’sParliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti

Dhariwal said it had listed Muslims,Christians and Communists as “threethreats”.

BJP MLAs Vasudev Devnani,Madan Dilawar created an uproar in theHouse over the comments by theCongress Minister.

Assembly Speaker CP Joshi inter-vened, saying the debate should be con-structive and focused on challenges offutures which should be addressed.

3���$���0��'�$�����0��!����!��!.��D�� � ����� �

MDMK leader Vaiko andhis party workers staged

a protest against newly elect-ed Sri Lankan PresidentGotabaya R ajapaksa atJantar Mantar here onThursday, ahead of the foreign leader’s arrival inIndia.

Vaiko accused the centralgovernment of “hobnobbing”with Rajapaksa, who was thecountry’s defence ministerduring the 2009 Sri Lankancivil war.

Page 7: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

������5� ��� �(���������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

�� � /�� ���

Days after urging the Centreto dismiss the National

Register of Citizens in its pre-sent form, senior BJP leaderHimanta Biswa Sarma onThursday said the AssamGovernment has decided totable the district-wise figure ofHindu Bengalis excluded fromthe final NRC list in the currentAssembly session.

Sarma, also the StateFinance Minister, claimed thatthe Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India (CAG) hasfound “huge irregularities” inthe updation process of theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) in the State three yearsago.

“We will give the figure ofthose Hindu Bengali peopleapplying (in ForeignersTribunal after exclusion in theNRC) in different districts dur-ing the ongoing session of the

Assembly. We could not givethat data earlier as NRC wasnot prepared. Now we have thedata with district-wise breakup,” he said while addressingthe media in the Assemblypremises.

The winter session of thestate Assembly that started onThursday will end onDecember 6.

It has been alleged fromvarious quarters that a largenumber of Hindus have beenexcluded from the updatedfinal NRC published on August31 leaving out over 19 lakhapplicants.

Union Home MinisterAmit Shah had announced inRajya Sabha on November 20that the NRC updation processwill be carried out afresh inAssam concurrently with therest of India. On the same day,Sarma said the StateGovernment has requestedShah to reject the NRC in the

current form. Sarma onThursday said only the AIUDFand a section of CongressMLAs, and not the people ofAssam, demanded that NRCshould not be cancelled.

The Supreme Court-mon-itored NRC updation exercise,aimed at identifying illegalimmigrants, mostly from erst-while East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), was carriedout in Assam which has beenfacing an influx of people fromthe neighbouring country sincethe early 20th century.

Sarma said the country-wide NRC should have a com-

mon cut-off date, otherwisepeople will be able to take Indiancitizenship in one state despitebeing rejected in another.

“The new NRC may takeplace with 1971 as cut off yearor there may be a completelynew deadline. But, whatever bethe deadline for the rest ofIndia, it should be applicable toAssam also. We do not haveany objection to any year before1971,” the BJP leader said.

On the first day of the win-ter session, the Congress andthe AIUDF members protest-ed against the state govern-ment’s move to dismiss theNRC and the controversial cit-izenship amendment bill(CAB).

Sarma said the Unionhome minister will hold meet-ings on the CAB issue with var-ious groups and parties, includ-ing the State unit of theCongress, along with chiefministers of the Northeastern

States on Friday and Saturday.“I hope that the CAB will

be passed during the ongoingsession of Parliament.... I hopethe CAB will come. In Assam,we want CAB.... For the sake ofAssamese people, the CAB isnecessary,” he added.

Sarma also said the CAGhad inspected the NRC officeand its activities about threeyears ago and informed thestate government about “hugeirregularities and anomalies” inthe NRC updation exercise.

But, to avoid confusionamong the people, the ChiefMinister and he had decided atthat time not to act on thatreport till the NRC is com-pleted, the minister said.

Sarma did not reveal thesum of the alleged irregularitiesin the mammoth exercise toupdate the NRC, the final ver-sion of which was published onAugust 31 under the then NRCCoordinator Prateek Hajela.

Meanwhile, a complainthas been lodged against Hajelaby an NGO, Assam PublicWorks (APW), with the CBI’sAnti- Corruption Branch,alleging misappropriation ofgovernment funds in updatingthe document.

To a question on the AssamAccord, he said those who pre-pared the pact will speak for it.

“I did not sign that Accord.Or did you sign it? Nobody wasconsulted before signing theAccord. Prafulla Mahanta wasa signatory, so he is committedto the Accord. Himanta BiswaSarma did not sign it, so I amnot committed for it. TheAssam Assembly has also notendorsed the Accord. Therewas no proposal in theAssembly to accept theAccord,” Sarma said.

The NRC revision has beencarried out in Assam as perprovisions of the AssamAccord.

�����$���% �����-��%�����-����.%�����������8(�%.�.�-�������0����

Guwahati: An FIR was filed onThursday against former NRCCoordinator Prateek Hajela bythe Assam Public Works(APW) with the CBI’s Anti-Corruption branch, alleginghuge misappropriation ofGovernment funds in updatingthe NRC in the State.

APW, the original peti-tioner in the Supreme Courtleading to the updation of theNRC in Assam under thesupervision of the apexcourt,filed the FIR requestingfor a high level probe into thealleged corruption/misappro-priation of Government fundsby the former NRC state-coor-dinator and his close aides.

The case registered byAPW member Rajib Deka said

that the central Governmentwas funding the NRC updationprocess through the state coor-dinator.

“As per information, anamount of approximately Rs1600 crore has already beenreleased and we request you toinquire into the whole process ofutilisation of the funds as severalillegalities and financial irregu-larities has been committed inmaking different expenditures,”the complainant said.

The FIR, a copy of whichwas made available to themedia, claimed that Hajela hadappointed several retired gov-ernment officials as his advisorsand they were provided withnew vehicles and a handsomesalary package. PTI

$)*���������������������+*��������������,�����

("����!��&������ -����

Following series of grenadeattacks in different parts of

Kashmir valley, DirectorGeneral of Police Dilbag SinghThursday chaired a high levelsecurity review meeting atPCR, Srinagar in which hetook stock of the security situ-ation in Kashmir Zone.

The officers representingdifferent agencies briefed theDGP about the measures put inplace for maintaining peaceand order and ensuring secu-rity of the people.

During the meeting, DGPdirected the officers tostrengthen the security checkpoints (Nakas) establishedacross valley and augment thesecurity grids to ensure safeand secure environment for thecitizens of valley.

Addressing the officers

Singh said, “the terroristsinvolved in the killing ofSarpanch Syed Rafiq and RuralDevelopment employee SheikhZahoor at Hakura have beenidentified as Junaid & Zubair ofHizbul Mujahideen. “Soon theywill be brought to justice”,headded.

The meeting was attendedby IGP Armed Vijay Kumar,IGP Kashmir S.P Pani-IPS,DIG CKR, SSP Srinagar, SSPSecurity and other senior offi-cers from Central para militaryforces.

Referring to the recent

incidents of terrorism in Valley,the DGP said that terrorists aremaking all out attempts to disrupt the situation in Jammu& Kashmir to please their mas-ters across the border andadded that our forces are com-mitted and capable enough tocounter any anti-peace act.

The DGP directed the offi-cers to maintain close surveil-lance of such elements trying todisrupt the fast returningpeaceful atmosphere and takeall measures to neutralise suchattempts.

The DGP reiterated that

nobody is above law and onewho breaks the law would bedealt with firmly.

He said that while dealingany situation, it should beensured that law abiding peo-ple are not put to any inconve-nience during their day todayactivities.

DGP stressed that theaction against the terroristshould be continued and all thesuspicious elements should bekept under check so as to foiltheir ill designs aimed at dis-rupting normal lives of thepeople.

DGP reiterated that thesupport of community mem-bers is essential and more andmore public cooperationshould be ensured by priori-tising community-based programmes. All possible helpbe exercised in case of bad weather.

Aizawl: Mizoram ChiefMinister Zoramthanga onThursday was elected unop-posed as the president of theruling Mizo National Front(MNF), the Joint Secretary ofMedia and Publicity of theMNF, Lallenmawia Jongte,said.

Jongte said that DeputyChief Minister Tawnluia wasalso elected unopposed assenior vice-president of theparty.

Former Lok Sabha mem-ber Vanlalzawma and formerlegislator Lalthlengliana wereelected as vice-presidentswhile former minister andclose confidante of ChiefMinister K Vanlalauva, waselected as treasurer.

The elected office bearersof the MNF were fielded asofficial candidates by the 33-member nomination com-mittee headed byZoramthanga for organisa-tional elections of the party, asenior party leader said,adding, all the nominees weredeclared as elected unopposedby the returning officer Dr RRamthara since no othernominations were filed till3pm on Thursday.

Health Minister Dr RLalthangliana and formerHome Minister RTlanghmingthanga, both ofthem veteran leaders, weredropped as vice-presidents bythe nomination committeewhich had created a ripple inthe ruling party, sources in theparty said. PTI

-5�����������������"������������������3�����������" '�:������������&�����������&����������������3�������"

,��������������� ���#�-����&������(��

��D$��%(��"�����&!$''$�������A'������!�

�� � -����= 9���/�9

Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway

remained closed for the secondconsecutive day on Thursdayafter heavy rains in the Banihal-Ramban section triggered fivelandslides, leaving over 3,000vehicles stranded at variousplaces on the route, officials said.The traffic on the highway wassuspended on Wednesdayevening after heavy rains trig-gered shooting of stones fromthe hillocks overlooking thearterial road in Ramban district,officials said.

“Highway is closed. Therehave been five landslides trig-gered by rains at various placesin Banihal-Ramban section ofhighway”, a traffic police officialtold PTI. As result of which,over 3000 vehicles mostly truckswere stranded at various placeson higheay at Jammu, Nagrota,Udhampur, Ramban, Chenani,Batote and Banihal and Kathua,they said.

The 270-km highway, theonly all-weather road linkingKashmir with rest of the coun-try, was closed around 5.15 pmon Wednesday, the officialssaid. Heavy rains lashedJammu-Srinagar national high-

way throughout the day withBanihal on this side of theJawahar Tunnel - the gateway toKashmir - receiving 19.6 mm ofrainfall, they said, adding thehighway town of Qazigund onthe other side recorded 24.8 mmof rainfall during the day. Ahailstorm also hit Banihal andadjoining areas. The officialssaid the Border RoadsOrganisation (BRO) is workingto clear snow from the highway.

("��������"%�!���(��#���������"#%���

Most parts of Kashmir,including areas in the plains ofthe Valley, received snowfallovernight, a meteorologicaldepartment official said onThursday.

The higher reaches andsome areas in the plains ofKashmir valley received freshsnowfall which began onWednesday and continuedthrough the night, the officialsaid. The ski-resort of Gulmargin north Kashmir’s Baramulladistrict recorded about 10 inch-es of fresh snowfall during thenight, he said. Pahalgam touristresort in south Kashmir’sAnantnag district recorded 11inches of snow, while Qazigundand Kokernag – both in the

south — received five inchesand seven inches of snowfallrespectively, the official said. Hesaid Srinagar and the areasaround it recorded about twocentimetres of snowfall.

There are reports of snow-fall in other areas in the high-

er reaches of the valley includ-ing Zojilla Pass, AmarnathCave, Sonamarg, Gurez andMughal Road, he added. TheMeteorological Departmenthas forecast mainly dry weath-er in Kashmir till December10.

(��1�����&���,;������������������������E�����"

���������������!�����&�������1�����������������������&���&�����������������������!�������������&��� ������" � .

1����'����������35�������$�)�(��������&�� � ���/���9�

The ruling BJP on Thursdayalleged that the Congress

and JD(S) were “daydreaming”about forming a “union ofopportunists” again inKarnataka after December 5bypolls results, and assertedthat the party candidates willwin in all the 15 segments.

The message of “strongand stable” BJP governmentagainst “kichadi government”of the Congress and JD(S)will be taken to voters duringcampaigning, the party said. Itput its weight behind disqual-ified legislators adding to spec-ulation that they will be madeministers, irrespective whetherthey win or lose the bypolls.

“Congress and JD(S) thatran a coalition government inthe state for about 15 monthswhich saw both parties dailyindulging in allegations andcounter allegations, accusa-tions of nepotism, remote con-trol..they have now starteddaydreaming once again,” min-ister and BJP leader CT Ravisaid. Speaking to reportershere, he said “They are day-dreaming about forming a

union of opportunists afterbypoll results.. they are dream-ing about beginning of anoth-er innings...”

The comments from theBJP came a day after JD(S)patriarch HD Deve Gowda, ina cryptic remark made in thecontext of the bypolls, said onWednesday that Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi’s deci-sion after the election resultson December 9 should bewatched out for. Gowda’s sonand former Chief MinisterHD Kumaraswamy too hadsaid there would be a stablegovernment in the state afterthe bypolls, but not necessar-ily that of BJP.

Kumaraswamy andCongress leaderSiddaramaiah’s recent state-ments that their parties’ mainobjective was to defeat defec-tors, who are now BJP candi-dates, had led to speculationabout the possible comingtogether of the former alliancepartners if the situation arose.The Congress and JD(S), whohad run a coalition govern-ment for 14 months and con-tested Lok Sabha polls inalliance, have parted ways ever

since the collapse of theKumaraswamy ministry inJuly, following the rebellion by17 MLAs, and are contestingthe bypolls independently.

Ravi expressed confidencethat people in the bypolls willvote for BJP in all the con-stituencies as they want sta-bility, and reiterated support todisqualified MLAs whom theparty has fielded in 13 con-stituencies. “It is because oftheir resignations or comingout of coalition government,we (BJP) have been able tocome to power...people willvote for BJP in all 15 con-stituencies as they dont want tosee political circus once againin the state,” he said.

“BJP has 105 seats, if weget 15 more seats more it willbe 120 seats, enough to providea stable government... thanthe kichadi government (ofCong-JDS), stable governmentwas good for the people, we aretaking this message to peopleand they too understand it,” headded.

The ruling BJP needs towin at least six seats in thebypolls to remain in a major-ity in the 224-member assem-

bly, which would still have twovacant seats— Maski and R RNagar. Among the segmentsgoing to the bypolls, 12 wereheld by the Congress and threeby JD(S), whose coalition gov-ernment collapsed due torebellion by the disqualifiedMLAs.

Responding to specula-tion about BJP promising min-ister posts to disqualified leg-islators, even if they lose in thebypolls, Ravi said “it is not theright question to answer now,but I can only say that this gov-ernment has come into exis-tence because of them, wehave publicly accepted it.”

According to BJP sources,there are talks within party cir-cles that majority of disquali-fied legislators will be madeministers after the results, andin case any of them lose in thebypolls, the member of leg-islative council (MLC) routewill be considered to inductthem into the cabinet, whichhas 17 vacancies. S

ome sitting party MLCsmay be asked to make way fordisqualified MLAs, by steppingdown, if the situation arises,sources added.

���� ���/���9�

Karnataka Chief Minister BSYediyurappa on Thursday warned

of legal action against Congressleader K Siddaramaiah and JD(S)leader HD Kumaraswamy for makingstatements alleging the 17 disquali-fied MLAs were bought over by hisparty. Speaking to reporters atKarwar, Yediyurappa said, “I amplanning to file a defamation case. Iam gathering all the copies of theirstatements.”

He was replying to a query onSiddaramaiah’s statement that thedisqualified MLAs were bought overusing money power.

“We will quickly start filingdefamation case in the court againstSiddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy fortheir defamatory and irresponsiblestatements,” the Chief Minister said.

He had gone to Karwar to cam-paign for BJP’s Yellapur candidateShivaram Hebbar.

Yediyurappa said the time hascome to teach the two leaders fromCongress and the JD(S) for their“derogatory” statements. Hebbar waspreviously with the Congress but hadresigned from the assembly and wasdisqualified along with 16 others. The17 sitting MLAs’ move toppled thecoalition government in July andinstalled the BJP.

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief MinisterHD Kumaraswamy on Thursday said his fam-ily has got a patent on crying as he took objec-tion to Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda’scomment that shedding tears during electionwas their family business.

“I will say that our family has a patent overit (shedding tears). Ours is a life of emotionsand tears are an expression of pain in ourhearts, Kumaraswamy told reporters at Hunsur.

While campaigning for the JD(S) candi-date contesting the assembly bypoll,Kumaraswamy burst into tears at Kikkeri inKR Pet segment on Wednesday, saying peo-ple of Mandya had deserted him by defeatinghis son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the Lok Sabhaelection earlier this year.

Commenting on Kumaraswamy turningemotional, Sadananda Gowda had cautionedpeople against the “flood of tears.”

He saidthe flood caused by tears is moredangerous than the flood that ravaged 22 dis-tricts of Karnataka in August and October.

The Union Minister even termed thatshedding tears during election is the traditionof former prime minister H D Deve Gowdasfamily.

Dear Sadananda Gowda, I dont know howto cry applying Vicks or glycerine. I cry whenI see the poor people in tears, Kumaraswamysaid. He challenged Sadananda Gowda toexplain how many flood-hit people did heassist.

How many poor people come to yourhouse and how many of them secured anyrelief from you? Come to our house or sendyour intelligence team from the Centre.

Even after 70 years of independence,there are people coming to us without food andclothes. When I see them I get upset,Kumaraswamy said.

“Sadananda Gowda had said in his state-ment that people earlier used to watch dramafor 100 days or 200 days.

Page 8: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

Some time back, in these columns, Ihad written about the need to comeup with a better understanding ofour policies. I had mentioned abouta study set in an office environment

where the purpose was to examine how peo-ple react when they know they are beingwatched. The subjects were divided into twocategories: The first group of people wasasked to make private donations through aletter or email. The other group consisted ofthose who would sign up a sheet displayedin the common area of the office. It wouldalso mention the amount committed bythem. It was found that people were morelikely to donate and be generous when theyknew their behaviour would be judged orviewed, in that particular case, by their fel-low peers. The crux of this experiment wasthat people behave differently when theyknow that their behaviour is being monitoredor watched.

While this study looked at the positiveimpact of such an examination, it is also truethat one of the greatest threats to a democ-racy is the fear that independent thought andcriticism of a Government cannot be airedfreely because one is being monitored. It isin this context that the recent, frankly ter-rifying, incident of Whatsapp snooping andhacking of mobile phones of several Indianrights activists must be examined. I presumethe readers remember what actually hap-pened. I say this because given the existingclimate within the country, it is hard to keeptrack of one crisis as there are so many moremushrooming concurrently. The issue of anIsraeli software, Pegasus, snooping on Indiancitizens’ accounts came to light at thebeginning of this month. This should havebeen one of the most significant topics fordiscussion. But unfortunately, several othercrises emerged over the month: The illegaloperation of electoral bonds, theMaharashtra imbroglio and the NSSOreport claiming that consumer spending andsentiment is at its lowest in 40 years, amongother issues.

Honestly, even I forgot about the snoop-ing incident. Until the day I was speaking toa friend over phone, who also happened tobe a bureaucrat. He was criticising some ofthe policies of the BJP Government butbefore doing so, he became conscious andasked me to call him up on WhatsApp. Hefeared that regular channels of communica-tion were being tapped or examined in oneway or the other by some department of theGovernment. Yet my friend wasn’t commit-ting any wrong; he just wanted to air hisviews about the many shortcomings of thecurrent Government as a regular citizen. Hewas too afraid to continue through a regu-lar call. My friend is not the only one. Evenmy grocer insisted on talking over WhatsApprather than making regular calls after therecent news of Pegasus tapping Indian cit-izens’ phones went viral.

What we know about the “WhatsApp

snoopgate” till now is as follows:It was reported in the beginningof November that around 17Indian activists and lawyerswere spied upon by Pegasus.They were targetted using thepopular WhatsApp messagingplatform. This is done by eithergiving a missed call onWhatsApp or through a messageon the platform. This allowsPegasus to gain access to thedevice, essentially all your pho-tos, files and emails.

Pegasus, which is owned byan Israeli group called NSO, hasbeen sued by WhatsApp for itsactivities. NSO’s defence orresponse when these facts cameto light was that it sells thePegasus software only toGovernment intelligence agen-cies to enable them fight terror-ism and serious crimes. Its state-ment also went on to clarify thatit does not sell the software foruse against human rightsactivists and journalists.

However, this is exactly howit was put to use in India. TheBJP Government responded byasking WhatsApp to explainwhy the data breach happened.As per news reports, in response,WhatsApp stated that it hadinformed the IndianGovernment about the databreach in May and then again inSeptember. Thereafter, a parlia-mentary committee was formedto look into the breach, among

other things. According toreports, after some pushbackand non-cooperation, this com-mittee will try to get someanswers from the relevant wingsof the Government.

The primary issue, howev-er, with such a grave and seriouscase is that it is a reminder to thepeople that their lives are nolonger private. It is important toremember that the SupremeCourt had itself stated that theright to privacy is fundamentalas guaranteed under theConstitution. The familiarrefrain of any Government,especially the current one, is thatthese rights are subject to rea-sonable restrictions. But what’scommon between bureaucratsand grocers alike is that they aregenuinely afraid of speakingagainst the policies of theGovernment, for this may affectthem adversely. There is nodenying the fact that this fearpsychosis exists and the environ-ment creating this mindset isproblematic on its own.

There are many questionsregarding Pegasus that must beanswered but the most basicquestion is: How was a software— sold only to Governmentsand enforcement agencies totackle terrorism — used to tar-get human rights activists, jour-nalists and politicians? This is anuncomfortable question thatthe Government must answer

and it must do so for its ownbenefit.

This incident has height-ened the fear factor among thecitizens. They worry that criticsare being monitored and thatthey may be spied upon withoutfollowing the due process of law.

The breach of an Indian cit-izen’s privacy, with no regard toestablished procedures, is egre-gious if true. However, even thebelief that this is an acceptedstate of affairs today is problem-atic. Such fears lead to a “chill-ing effect”, where people will bemore fearful about criticising theGovernment. What will be evenworse is that this fear will pre-vent the Government’s failuresfrom coming to light in public.

All of this will make theGovernment a non-transpar-ent organisation, one thatanswers only to itself or to a priv-ileged few. Indeed, this would bea travesty. A Government, wemust not forget, is an agent of itscitizens. It was elected by thepeople to act for their benefit. Ithas not, by any stretch, beenempowered to snoop on lawyersand journalists who question itunless, of course, our new def-inition of a terrorist is a personwho does just that. In whichcase, our worst fears have alreadybeen realised.

(The writer is a former IPSofficer, a former MP and current-ly a member of the AAP)

'�������"������������������������������������� (�����������������������������)�����

"����������������������������������������������������������������*���)��� ���������������"�������������������������������������������!����������������������������������������)�����"����(+���������������"������ ��,-��#����������./������������������������������������������������� ���� ����������������

�������!���������� ���������� �����������������������������������������������������������0�����������������./�����������������"�������������1�����2������������������� �������� ���!���� ������� ��������33����������������������4�����������������������������������������0��� ���������/ �����/��������������������� 4������������������������������ ���*���������"������ ������� (0���������������������������������������� ��� ������������� ��./0�����5������(6�������������������������� ��(6���������"��������������������������������� �������������������������('����������"����%��������"�����������������������!��������������������� �����������"�������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������"������0������������"���������7���8��������������������������

9����������"����������"���������������������������������!�������������9��������� ���������������������������:;<=��������������������������6����������������������������������������������������������������.���������� ���������������������������������������������������������� >����������������������������������������������9����������������������������������������������������������������������'���"���������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4�������������������� !�����������������������������

+��������������������)����2�� ������4���������)���!���������� �������������������!

���� ������� � /�� ����� �� ���� ��"��������5������?"85@��������#��!#�����������4���������������������������������������������/������������� �������������������� �'������������������������������������������ � ��� �� ���� ��� �� ����!���������������������������������������������������������������������������!

����������!��������!�����������������������������!����0�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������4���������������������������� ?4���������������������9����%������@�/��������� ��� ���������:;<<���������������A,! ��!���������������������������4�������4��������� ����������������������������� �����!�����������4�������������/������������������������8���������������������������������B�������������������������/������� ������������������������� ��4*#�������������/������������������������������������������C���������C��������!/�������C������������� � ������4����������������������4*#%�����!�����������������4�����)���%�A!;���� ������������������������������������������������������"�������C�����������C��������!/����������������������� ��4*#�� ���������������� ���������������!�����������/����������������������8���������8� �"���������"85%������!�������C���������'��������C��������!/�������������4*#/����������)����$���������8�������������8#�C��������������� ������������������� �������"���������

/�8�������� �����������������������4*#%�����������4�������������� ����������������%�������'�������������������4*#%���������/�������������8�������������������("������������������ ��� ������� �����������!��������8� ������������!�����!��"���������������������������������������%����������� ���������������������������������������6��������"����+����9���������������������� ����������������,A�:D������"�4*#�����������������!8�������������������������������������������5�����������9�����������������������������������"������������������������������������������������4������� ����������������������������������"���������������������������������������8��������������������� ���������������������������������������������"� ����� ����4*#������ %��� �+���������������������������������������������������������������������!���������+�������� ������4*#%������������������� !���+���������������5���3��?+�5@��������������������� �������4���������������8��������������������:E���������/���%������������������������������������������� ��������������4�����������������0����������������������+�5������4�����0�������������������������������������#���������4*#������������C��������C����5������/�����������������������������������+�5�����������������������������������4*#%�������������!������������������������������������������������ �������������� ����������������������4�������������8� �����������4*#�������������������������������������������������������������0�������4*#��4������� ������������������������������������������8������������������������������������������������� �����������������������������������������1���20�������������8������������� B������������������#�������C������� ����������B�������� ���� ���������������������������������������9�����������������������������������������!������������ �������������� � �������������������������������!����8�������������������������������������������������������������4����������������������������������������������!����B�������������������������������� B��������������!������������������� ��:;:<�

�����������

Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Exit Fadnavis” (November27). Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) chief Sharad Pawar hasonce again proved that he ishead and shoulders above thepolitical gladiators, who battled tocapture Maharashtra for a monthsince the Assembly election. Afterstitching the once-unimaginableShiv Sena-NCP-Congress allianceand turning the BJP’s counter-plots on its head, Pawar hasdemonstrated that he is the ulti-mate survivor by salvaging hisleadership from the brink ofextinction for the third time in 40years.

Even BJP president AmitShah, hailed as a modern-dayChanakya, fell for the Ajit Pawarbait dangled by Sharad Pawar todemonstrate that he is better atthe game of political one-upman-ship, even at the ripe age of 78.Most of us suspect that it couldbe Sharad Pawar’s idea that AjitPawar should bargain withFadnavis to close the corruptioncases in the irrigation scam toremove the sword kept hangingon his head and interestingly,Fadnavis fell for it. Finally, Sharad

Pawar also has high stakes in thisdrama — he can now fulfill hisheart’s desire to anoint his daugh-ter, Supriya Sule, as his politicalheir and end the ambitions of hisnephew.

JS AcharyaHyderabad

����� ������� ���

Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Exit Fadnavis” (November 27).There’s no denying the fact thatboth Prime Minister NarendraModi and BJP chief Amit Shah

erred in orchestrating an earlymorning drama in Mumbai. It didnot redound to anyone’s credit. Byforming a Government throughstealth, the BJP underlined howwith each passing day, we havecome to disregard theConstitutional spirit while over-

stretching its provisions to suit par-tisan political interests.

Without doubt, the BJP haslost face in the manner in whichit installed Devendra Fadnavis asthe Chief Minister and the abjectway he quit. An otherwise decentpolitician played blind while hisdetractors held the trumpcards.Fadnavis could have shown moregrace in his exit but what couldone expect of someone whorushed headlong to be sworn inas the Chief Minister along withAjit Pawar as his deputy in a hush-hush manoeuvre.

KS Jayatheertha Bengaluru

�� ����� �����

Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Exit Fadnavis” (November27). Now that the sordid dramain Maharashtra has come to anend, it’s time for political parties,especially the BJP, to focus on theeconomy, which seems to befalling apart with unemploymentand inflation crossing all limits.

Ronak Via email

& & � � � 1 � � � � & � � �

���7� '$%#'����-70�"#���5$$�:�$%=���"�'�$!���E <������"�.�$!���E �!���0��%:�$%=���"�'�$!���=

���������������� ������ ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

�'

��������������������

�8� 67"��

�!�$#���0���������������$��%$�������)��!#���'�����"��5$&��5�0,5�$����"�%$!��$��!0$#�!��'�!��!���$&0��:������)�����������''�!$$'�!0���!��"��$)��

���.��0������&������,�!0����������$#����-.�!����9 :�����������!���$#����-.���������������$#���9 :������!!$�5������!:

�456���������6F9��&"/�!���

�0�!&�!�"��$!G����!������������$�!�����$�����0�!���:��G�!$��0�!���,�'�,��#��8$5:����G��$%����!0��$��$#�����")�����8����������5�0�!!�!0:

%��77�8�6/9��6��56�:��6FA�������!

� , 7 + 8 � * 0

� 0 0 � � , � . 0 � 0 8 * , �

�� �������� ������������ ���

������#����$�������$���"�*�2��A��!����+6�$��%5��?H7: ��� ��� �$""�'�� $# ��� #$&�,���,$"� �-./$���!%�!��!�����������������"����������'���

�""%����!���$!��$�!���""�/$���!%�!��������"%����!�)���$�����$!)�������$!�"���($!0����.����6�(.7"������8��.�)��8&����#&����$����$##:�$�����������&�!$#���*'�$��0�"+)$&"���0!�"�!���0!�#���!����!0��!��� �B&���$!� 5��)��! ��� �(.� ��� �!� �!� ���($!0����:�����-.,"��/$���!%�!������(�!������)��5&�$5��$&�������)$&"��'���!$$''$��&!����$%�������"#����'���!���$#�������"�5�����$!)��!�!����0,�!0�/$���!%�!�#$�%���$!�!�����������:

�������!0"�,"��0���'���������-.)��)�"")����!�����0����$#$�0��""��!���)���$����'�������!$�����$������� ��� #�0&��� ��B&���� �$ #$�% ��� /$���!%�!�: $)�������)���$�!0�$)����#����%$&!�$#����"��:����""�0���%���*!$��&�!�"���D&��$#'$)��+5�A��!�����!�8&!�$�.�)������$�$""�'��:��!����)����������%�����������$&�%$������%��������������#�)'������!���!����$&!���C�����!�'$"�����"����$��: ��!���!�2'"�����2�%'"�$#����-.C����'�����$!�$�"�!0�$'$)�����!��$���"��&��"�$!$�#$�0��������)����� ��� �!�)�$5���,�������$!����$%%��%�!��

#$���!0����-.�$"$$�#$�!�)*'���!���:+ $)�����������%������##�$!'�������"���������!'$"������*����$��!������+�''�$������!�0$�����$!��������!!$��")���5���"���&'$!�$�!�&���������5�����$&��%$!0$''$,!�!��:($!������!0���'����!�'$"�����"���!���$��$�"�,��$!�����5��$%����$����$# �������'�$%'��!0�!�""��!��5��)��!���%$��&!"���"����$#'���!���)�$�$%��$0����� $!"� �$ ����� '$)��: �� ����0���� $!� �&���""��!��I��)�""��5���##���!�I

�9���(�4�4������

� � ���./��� � ��/ ������ �A��9A�(��9����/(���J�� :� �;�9� (�9��� ��(9���( �9�

����/������9������ ��� �;��;�� .����.��

�� ���A������/

� ����.9�(� �A��

�����""���������$��!����7�����6���:��4��6;57����9�7�

2�(�����������%�������������������$���$���'�$'"�$#��!0�":����-.��0����!0'���5���#$�������$0�!��$#'$)���!�#$��!�&"��!0���'�$'"�$#��!0�":

#����)�45��� (F��%�����!��8��

.���������/���� ����� ���#������������������ �����������#(����������������� ��������������%�����

$����������������������������(���������� ������������������ ����������������������������������'���(�����������

2�.�)�2�.��=�2�.�

�!���'���$!�"�!�'&5"��"�#��.��$�����#$""$)������������'"�!����0�%�!:��!������0$��$!� ����������5�$����������"������!?K'����!����##)�����%:

)3�9���<F�%�� ���

Page 9: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

Smartphones have quite literallyplaced the world at our fingertips.Hence, channelising technological

interventions naturally comes up in anydiscussion on scale and efficiency ofpublic health work as well. A somewhatnew entrant to this discussion isArtificial Intelligence (or AI), whichcould have a positive impact on theIndian healthcare scenario, whichfaces an acute shortage of humanresources, variable accessibility ofhealth services, and rising Out OfPocket (OOP) expenditure for patients.Some tout AI as the tool required totake healthcare away from a reactivesystem onto a preventive one. However,a closer look at the application of AIin healthcare shows that at present itsuse is limited to clinical settings that aremore sophisticated and less accessible.

In India, tertiary and secondary

care units consisting of specialised ser-vices and advanced diagnostics are eas-ily distinguishable from PrimaryHealthcare Centres (PHCs). Thesecentres and their extended arms, theCommunity Health Workers (CHWs),are the cornerstone of last mile servicedelivery and serve as the first level ofcontact between the health system andpatients. However PHCs are under-staffed, with insufficiently-trainedCHWs and retrofitted with inadequateinfrastructure.

The closest that technology hasgotten to addressing these challengesis to equip CHWs with tablets and appsthat help them collect data for district,State and national level analysis, butdon’t serve to streamline work.

However, most AI investments inhealthcare are limited to the higher-endtertiary care units. AI startups deal withniche areas like regenerative medicine,radiology-based diagnostics, advancedscreening and testing and so on. Themore widely used AI solutions involvethe use of Natural Language Processing(NLP) chatbots to connect urbanpatients with doctors. Other than this,AI is being used for expediting clini-cal trials and drug discovery. However,none of these solutions is rapidlytransforming primary health systems.

Besides the predictive and classi-

fication functions that AI can performthrough machine learning, AI hasimaging, identification and screeningabilities, natural language processingand speech recognition.

Many of these abilities can be lever-aged for primary health too. For exam-ple there are AI birth weight measure-ment tools, AI-powered heat mappingto screen for breast cancer. However,while the former is still in development,the latter has faced hurdles in trulyinjecting itself into public health.

There are still many CHW andPHC functions that can be mademore effective using AI. For instance,PHCs perform routine laboratory testsfor haemoglobin screening, urine test-ing, blood grouping for expectantmothers — many of which can beprime use cases for AI solutions for thefrontline. Moreover, now theGovernment aims to upgrade PHCs toHealth and Wellness Centres (HWCs)with an expanded mandate of screen-ing for non-communicable diseases likecancer, diabetes, cardiovascular ail-ments as well. Traditional methods oftesting require expensive equipmentand specialist human technicians, yetare unable to be highly accurate. Thisis an open sesame for many AI inno-vators to develop quicker technology-enabled ways of testing and screening.

A recurrent woe at the frontlinesis the demand for enhanced efficien-cy and AI could potentially be theanswer here. Effective triage tools likeBabylon, rolled out by the UK’sNational Health Service, can helpstreamline referrals and optimise theuse of the limited human resources oncases that most require their attention.Chatbots can help solve superfluous orsimple queries and refer most urgentcases first. Similarly, studying existingpatterns of dropouts from care man-agement and developing predictions forpatients at highest risk of dropouts canperhaps take us further on the quest foradherence management in areas likeTB, antenatal care and HIV.

The good news is that AI for front-line health work can be made possible.The Government’s insistence on digi-tising paper-based records into webportals has two outputs, viz. inducinga comfort with using basic technolo-gies like tablets by CHWs and the readyavailability of immense service deliv-ery data. The issues, however, are datagaps and inaccuracies caused by trans-ferring data from, for instance, anASHA’s diary to the portal by a thirdperson called the Data Entry Operator.As data changes hands, there is a greaterrisk of inaccuracies creeping in. Evenwhen data is of good quality, the

Government is still deliberating on themeans to share it with private innova-tors while preserving privacy.

These challenges are acknowl-edged quite often by innovators butthey forget to consider that most AIapplications might not require thatmuch data. Deep diving to understandpatterns in existing data aside, easyscreening tools like haemoglobin andblood groups have vast clinical litera-ture present. In the presence of adefined clinical model, the task thatremains is just training the algorithmon limited data sets to automate themodel. As and when more data is col-lected through a prototype, the algo-rithm can be trained again to achievebetter results. Here, the volume of reli-able data ceases to be an inhibitor forinnovation at the frontline.

Advanced clinical AI applications,like those functioning as decision sup-port systems for doctors, are very oftenoperating in a regulatory grey area dueto lack of appropriate certificationguidelines. Clinical applications requirethe highest accuracy and perhaps willface the most stringent liabilities (whensuch laws are developed). Most prima-ry healthcare applications, though,are not clinical in nature. Most of themare routine classifications, administra-tive tools, and chatbots to enable

healthier lifestyles — outside thepurview of clinical certifications. Evenscreening tools on frontlines are basictriage tools meant to facilitate referralsand not to be the final diagnosis. Theexpectation of accuracy is lower in theface of the utility it can bring in areaswhere doctors aren’t even available.

Therefore, while private innovatorsmight be not be interested in frontlinehealthcare solutions, this vacuum canbe filled by civil society organisations,the Government, academia and socialenterprises. Most private firms are nowboasting their own AI for social goodinitiatives, mobilising forces to devel-op proofs of concept for specific socialproblems. These, too, can and shouldexplore opportunities for using tech-nologies to build a stronger base of pub-lic health by working extensively onfrontlines. Once proven, these solutionscan be adopted by the Government.

Technology to the front line work-er is no longer a miracle solution toaddress problems of inaccuracy, incon-sistency and lack of efficiency. If any-thing, it’s made the role of the CHWmore data-centric, where we findthem spending as much as half theirwork hours reporting on the servicesthey deliver in order to make trends ofservice delivery more understandableto a District/Block Officer.

Here, the obligation on innovationshould be to marry user-centricity(focussing on the CHW) with greaterefficiency (focussing on the system).Both the CHWs and the patientswould need to develop a certain levelof trust in technology being able to per-form a task they do, and trust in theresults thereof, respectively. This wouldinvolve a higher emphasis on develop-ing explainable AI and integrating solu-tions with workflows of CHWs.

The potential of AI in revolution-ising India’s healthcare system is slight-ly exaggerated. There is immensehope generated with the idea thatCHWs in two different parts of thecountry perform the same task of mea-suring a newborn baby’s weight withthe same accuracy, followed by theirDistrict Officer receiving a system-gen-erated alert on failing nutrition metricsin their geography, leading to resource-efficient health service delivery that istimely — all made possible on asmartphone. But, it’s wise to be cautiousabout the stage in the value chain atwhich innovation is introduced andhow its influence can burden the user.

(Verma is a lawyer and public pol-icy consultant and Rao is a social inno-vation and HCD professional. Bothwork with the International InnovationCorps at the University of Chicago.)

0����)�������������(�1�2

� 9�1,7+ 0�� 9��

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJPreturned to power in 2019 with a biggermajority than they got in 2014. Therefore,

it can safely be said that Modi is currently the mostpopular leader in India. But history has some par-allels in this. The late Indira Gandhi was consid-ered one of the most popular and able leaders ofindependent India, yet her tenure was full of tur-moil. The late Jai Prakash Narayan (JP) started arevolution against her which paved the way forEmergency. The current events in the country aresimilar to what happened with Indira in 1971-1977and could well spark off a movement against theGovernment.

Economic context: During the 1971 elections,the Congress had given the slogan of “garibi hatao”.However, the social and economic conditions inthe country did not improve much after 1971-72.The Bangladesh crisis had put a heavy strain onIndia’s economy and this was followed by a warwith Pakistan. After the war, the US Governmentstopped all aid to India and prices increased by23 per cent in 1973 and 30 per cent in 1974.Industrial growth was low and unemployment wasvery high, particularly in rural areas.

The country is going through a similar situ-ation now and the current unemployment rate isthe highest ever seen in the last 45 years. Data pub-lished by the Government on the index of eightcore industries reveals the sad state of the econ-omy. Real estate is in negative growth and the autoindustry, too, has reached a level where only struc-tural reforms can save it. The telecom industry isalso in the red and so is the aviation sector. Thebanking sector and the Non-Banking FinancialCompanies (NBFC) have suffered huge losses astheir NPAs have been growing exponentially. Areport from the National Statistical Office (NSO)shows that average consumer spending hasdeclined for the first time in 40 years. So, thereare many similarities with the economic condi-tions prevailing in the pre-Emergency era.Historically, the unemployed youth start question-ing the Government and when there are no sat-isfactory answers, they launch a movement toprotest against these debilitating problems. Indiawould be witnessing this in a couple of years.

National political scenario: Indira enjoyedthe same unmatched popularity in those days asModi does now. The party became insignificantand elections were won or lost on the steam of thetop leader. But those days saw the narrative thatleaders opposing Indira were against the progressof the country, just as it is now during the Modiregime. Like Indira, Modi also has near-absolutecontrol over the Government as well as a hugemajority in Parliament and the BJP is not depen-dent on any supporting party.

Student agitations: Chimanbhai Patel becamethe Chief Minister of Gujarat in July 1973. InDecember 1973, students of LD College ofEngineering, Ahmedabad went on a strike inprotest against a 20 per cent hike in hostel foodfees. A similar strike in January 1974 at GujaratUniversity resulted in clashes between the policeand students. Ultimately the students, lawyers andprofessors formed a committee, later known as theNav Nirman Yuvak Samiti, to voice their griev-ances. They demanded Patel’s resignation and as

the agitations spread in the State, Indiraasked him to resign, which he did. Thismovement is popularly known as theNav Nirman Andolan which was laterfought under the leadership of JP. Today,we are witnessing many student agita-tions that are mostly related to fee hikesin IITs, Ayurveda medical colleges inUttarakhand and Delhi’s JawaharlalNehru University.

Students are also saying that suchhikes are not acceptable as they lack clar-ity regarding their future due to themajor job crisis in the country.

Naxalite of the 70s and today’surban Naxalites: In the 70s, the “peas-ant movement”, which started in WestBengal, spread to several States and cameto be referred broadly as the “Naxalitemovement”. Later they broke off fromthe CPI (M) and formed a new party,Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist). Itargued that democracy in India was asham and decided to adopt a strategy ofprotracted guerrilla warfare in order tolead a revolution. The “Naxalite move-ment” used force to snatch land fromrich landowners and give it to the poorand the landless. Its supporters advocat-ed the use of violent means to achievetheir political goals. In spite of the useof preventive detention and other strongmeasures adopted by the West BengalGovernment run by the Congress, theNaxalite movement did not end. In lateryears, it spread to many parts of thecountry.

Today we hear about “urbanNaxalites”. The 2018 arrests of somepeople in connection with a probe in theBhima-Koregaon riots opened thedebate on the concept of “urbanNaxalism”. A 2004 Communist Party ofIndia (Maoist) document, titled UrbanPerspective, elaborates on this strategy

with a key area of focus being on acquir-ing leadership from urban areas. Thesecurity establishment believes thatsaddled with an ageing leadership,Maoists have been looking at cities andtowns for new leaders. It feels that thisis in keeping with the tradition that mostof their top leaders are well-educatedpeople from universities.

JP’s total revolution: JP was astaunch Gandhian, freedom fighter anda veteran socialist, but was unhappy withwhere the country was headed duringIndira’s regime. The people associatedwith the Nav Nirman Andolan move-ment of Gujarat asked JP to lead a peace-ful agitation, which gathered support.Leaders of almost all political partiesfought under his leadership. Millions ofprotesters, including students and thecommon man, inspired by JP left col-leges and jobs to join the movement. JPtravelled all over India to mobilise themasses against the Congress by captur-ing people’s sentiments through anti-cor-ruption speeches.

Consequently, on June 12, 1975, theAllahabad High Court convicted Indirafor election malpractices and declaredher election null and void, which wasupheld by the Supreme Court on June24, 1975. On June 25, JP announced anation-wide movement demandingIndira’s resignation and internalEmergency was imposed on June 25.Most of the top Opposition leaders likeJP, Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayeeand LK Advani were arrested.

The Press was censored and all newsarticles had to be sent to the Governmentfor approval before publishing.

Today, we are seeing the same kindof censorship. We have witnessed TVjournalists losing their jobs for criticis-ing the Government and most of them

have been unable to find new ones. Theyare currently airing their views throughsocial media. We have also seen a newsort of journalism where TV debateanchors are asking questions meant forthe Government from the Opposition.

Newspapers are doing their jobs farbetter than TV as far as true journalismis concerned. In Srinagar recently,scribes protested against the lockdownand lack of internet in the Valley. TheGovernment today keeps a close watchnot only on newspaper and TV mediabut also on various social media plat-forms.

Igniting points: The Goods andService Tax (GST) was implemented inJuly 2017 but it was not flawless. Thereare various issues and inherent problemswith GST compliance and traders are nothappy it. Thought it could never lead toa big movement in itself, it couldbecome part of any big protest.

The air and water quality is not upto the mark even 70 years afterIndependence and these issues could bepart of any movement.

Farmer suicides is an area whichevery political party talks about but sel-dom does any thing concrete to help.This could lead to a mass movement.

The problem with history is that itrepeats itself. The current socio-econom-ic-political situation has great similari-ties with the 70s and the country couldwitness a JP-like movement in a fewyears if the situation doesn’t improvesoon.

Who the next JP will be, only timewill tell. But the Government would dowell to learn from the past and take cor-rective measures now to bring thecountry out of the current morass.

(The writer is an author and GSTand economics specialist)

���������������3������3������������������������������������������(��������4"��������������� ������(����������������#����������������� �1����������+��� ��#��������(� ���������������������������5���������

�%��� �9- * � � 1 , � 7 " +

����*��-�+/$ *�����:#�-!�� $�� *

�����;;� ��+0��00

����!�������$5���'�$!'������5��������!�'�$�����!0!���$!�"���&����=�$�����0!��)��"�!$����#"�!0�!!$����$!�!�0�$)��

�4� ��;�����

� �.9������� � ��9;

� � ����9�.��� �� ��A:

�� ���L�-.���������;����

�������:���� �

/�3�9���������

����������9�A9��

� �.� ��������

(�99�(��3���� �9�

�����9��/� �(����9;����A� �(�99�����9� ��� ��

5����������������� ��� 9������������������2�� � ����� �����9� ��������� 9���������������������� �������������� ��������%���������������� ���������!

��� �������������������������������������� �����1�����2>����������������������������������������������������!���������������������������� ����������������������������������������������������������������������������!���������������������������������/��������������������������������������������������%��������������������������������������������.������� ��������������������������������������������������� ������ ��������� !��� �4���������������� ���������������������!���������������������������������������������������!��������������������������������������

"���%���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������!���������������������������� �������9����������������������������������������� ���������������3����������������#������)���#��������4��������������� �����������������������������������'����/�������#���������

0�������$����������������������������������������������������������������������� ����3����9����������������������� ������������������������������9��������������������������������������������������������������������������������1���� 2�������������%�������1��������� �2"���%��� �����������$��������������!�����1���!���������������������2

"������������������������������������������������!����������������� ��������1�����!��������������������������2����3������ ��1������������������������ �2"������������������������������������������������ ���� �������������������� 9�����������������������������������������������+����������������!���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������"�������������������!� ����������������������!������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������!��������������� �������������9��������������������������������������� ��������� ��������������������������������������������������������������$������������!����������������� ��������!��������������������

>������� �������� ���������������������������� �������������� ?����� � ������ ������ ��� ����������@ ���� ��$�������������������� ����������'���������� ��������������$�������%�����������������������������������!��������� ����� ������������������������������������������������������������ ��������� ����������������3���������������������������������������������������������������������� �

/����� �� ������� �� ���� � ������ �������� ���� ��$��������������������������������3�������������������!� �������� ��������

"�������$�������������������������������1�������2����������������������� �������������������������������!������� ���������������������������������������$�������%����6��$�������)���#���������9����?�����FGG�����������G@�"��������������������������������� ��������A�-�����������������E�-;;����������������������<=;$������������!��������������������:;�;;;�����������#����������9�������?�#9�@�7����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������9����%�� ���������������������������

>�������������������������������������������������������!����� ���������������������������������������������������!��3!����!������������)������������� ���������������������������������������������������� ?9#@�������������4�������!������������������������������������� �������������������!� ����������������������� �����������������������������!���������������������� �

>����� ��� ��������������!���������������������������������$�����������%����������������������������������� ������������������������� ���������������'����������������!������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������9����%�����������9���������������� ����������������� ������������!�������������������� G�������� �����������������������������������

�������������������������������� ���������������

��������� ������ ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

���7� '$%#'����-70�"

'"� ���"���� �������=�(���"%�����������>����"��������(��"&��?�#�������%��������"

(����(�����&��2�������������"��@)3�(�()������'�����!���

����"��������'�����!�� ���������"������"&��������"�������&�&�'$������������"�'�"%���&��2������(����@����"�� "����������&�������������&���

�4� 9��/0�"�

� ��� 9���,

.)����������������������������������� !�"���#$���%&�'�("%'�)����%�"%#�'��))*#*�%#+�"%'�,��#�$-'�.�&�%&*"--+�/��&���"%!0���0*&���))�#&*1��&�!&*%2��!#���%*%2�"%'�&�*"2��&��-!

Page 10: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

������:���������� ������ ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

���� ����� �

ICICI Securities Ltd has set-tled with markets regulator

Sebi a case of alleged violationof stock broker norms by pay-ing over �28 lakh towards set-tlement charges. While dis-posing of the case, Sebi said“the enforcement proceedingsfor the alleged default...are set-tled qua the applicant.”

The matter pertains to aninvestigation carried out bySebi pursuant to appearance ofnews items alleging demateri-alisation and selling of shares ofdormant accounts using forgeddocuments by certain entities.

The probe found that phys-ical share certificates of certainscrips were fraudulentlyacquired in the names of 26non-existing bogus entities andthen dematted in fraudulentlyopened demat accounts ofthese entities having differentaddresses, but similar lookingphotographs at different pointsof time. Out of these 26 non-existing bogus entities, twoentities dealt through ICICISecurities Ltd.

Thereafter, Sebi’s high-powered advisory committeerecommended the case for set-tlement on payment of �28.68lakh. This was also approved bySebi’s panel of whole-timemembers, following whichICICI Securities remitted theamount.

���� ������

Benchmark stock indicesextended their record-breaking run for the sec-

ond day on Thursday, proppedup by gains in index heavy-weights ICICI Bank andReliance Industries, whichbecame the first Indian firm tobreach the �10-lakh crore mar-ket valuation mark.

The 30-share Sensex rose toan all-time high (intra-day) of41,163.79 before setting up by109.56 points or 0.27 per cent at41,130.17 — its record closinghigh. The broader NSE Niftyclosed at a fresh life-time highof 12,151.15, up by 50.45 pointsor 0.42 per cent over the previ-ous close.

Vinod Nair, head ofresearch at Geojit FinancialServices, said, “Market stayedpositive despite expiry ledvolatility and the announcementof GDP data tomorrow asinvestors got a sense thatincreasing global liquidity willprovide support in every con-solidation.” The government’sefforts to maintain fiscal pru-dence and stimulus measuresmay help to extend the breadthof the rally, he added.

IndusInd Bank was the topgainer in the Sensex pack, ris-ing 2.68 per cent. ICICI Bankclosed with gains 2.68 per centamid reports that the lender

may file a plea with market reg-ulator Sebi to settle charges ofviolation of listing disclosurenorms involving former CEO

and MD Chanda Kochhar andVideocon group. Also, thelender announced the sale of its7.8 per cent stake in Shree

Benzophen Industries foraround �9,00,000. Yes Bank,Tata Steel, SBI, TCS, L&T andInfosys also advanced. On theother hand, Hero MotoCorp,HDFC twins, Bajaj Auto, TataMotors and Maruti settled withlosses.

Sustained inflow of foreigninvestment and short-coveringamid the expiry of Novemberderivatives contracts also con-tributed to the rally, traders said.

“For the month ofNovember so far, foreigninflows in the cash segmenthave totalled USD 2 billion,while FII positioning in indexfutures has turned to net longafter a gap of six months.Moreover, FII stock futurespositions are also expected tohave the highest-ever month-ending net long position. Thispoints to a strong external flowenvironment, and historically,such instances have led to fol-low-on strength in the marketin December as well,” said SHariharan, head of sales tradingat Emkay Global FinancialServices.

Broader BSE midcap andsmallcap indices rose up to0.97 per cent.

Investor wealth rose �1.87lakh crore in two-day marketrally, where the benchmarkindices ended at fresh closinghighs on Thursday. At theclose of trade, market capital-

isation (m-cap) of the BSE-list-ed companies went up by�1,87,370.56 crore to�1,55,57,484.15 crore in twodays on the BSE.

BSE telecom, metal, realty,teck and capital goods indicesrose up to 3.49 per cent. BSEauto index ended in the red.

Asian markets closed withlosses after China said it wasready to take “firm counter-measures” against the UnitedStates after President DonaldTrump signed a law supportingpro-democracy protesters inHong Kong, putting a damp-ener on hopes of an early tradetruce over tariffs. Stocks inEurope were trading on a neg-ative note.

Brent crude, the global oilbenchmark, fell 0.62 per cent toUSD 62.62 per barrel in futurestrade.

On the currency front, therupee snapped its two-day win-ning streak to finish 27 paiselower at 71.62 against the USdollar on Thursday, as month-end dollar demand fromimporters ahead of the GDPnumber weighed on the domes-tic currency. At the interbankforeign exchange market, thelocal currency opened on apositive note at 71.33 but lostground during the day to toucha low of 71.67. It finally settledat 71.62, lower by 27 paiseagainst its previous close.

���� ����� �

Private equity investmentswitnessed a robust yearly

growth in October with 72 PEdeals garnering around USD3.7 billion, even as merger andacquisition activity saw adowntrend, a report said onThursday.

According to GrantThornton’s monthly PEDealtracker, private equity/ven-ture capital transactions report-ed 22 per cent and 25 per centincrease in deal volumes andvalues, respectively as com-pared to October 2018.

The rise in PE deal valueswas largely driven by the cor-porate tax rate cut, which hasimproved both investor senti-ment and confidence.

Last month, the averagedeal size stood at USD 52million, up from USD 28 mil-lion recorded in September2019.

“There were 72 dealsaggregating to USD 3.7 billionreported in October 2019.Upbeat PE/VC activity duringthe month offsets the shortfallin merger and acquisition(M&A) activity,” PankajChopda, Director, GrantThornton India LLP said.

“The key investments wereprimarily to pare debt, expandmarkets and capitalise on inor-ganic growth opportunities.Considering the current eco-

nomic situation, we expect bigticket PE/VC investments tocontinue,” Chopda said.

He further noted that debt-heavy and capital-starved sec-tors such as energy and natur-al resources, infrastructuremanagement, and banking andfinancial services will be themajor seekers for PE/VCinvestments.

“PE/VC transactions willcontinue to contribute a largeshare in the overall deal activ-ity. However, the absence oflarge-ticket M&A transactionswill weaken the overall dealactivity,” Chopda said.

Driven by Abu DhabiInvestment Authority (ADIA),PSP Investments of Canadaand National Investment andInfrastructure Fund NIIF’sUSD 1.1 billion investment inGVK Group, the infrastructuresector dominated the PEinvestment arena, capturing29 per cent of the PE deal valuepie for the month.

Other major deals includeWarburg Pincus and PremjiInvest’s investments in SBIGeneral Insurance andBrookfield AssetManagement’s fund infusion inHotel Leelaventure Ltd.

During January-Octoberperiod, there were 666 PEdeals worth USD 28.02 billion.In the year-ago period, therewere 683 such transactionsworth USD 17.99 billion.

����8)���-$!�(��$��%����(��., ���9����%�*���+� ���(�����3<+�(���,(������9

*)/�������)������������������!"��������3������New Delhi (PTI): Reliance Industries on Thursday became thefirst Indian company to hit the �10 lakh crore market valua-tion mark following a spike in its share price. At market close,the oil-to-telecom conglomerate’s market capitalisation (m-cap)zoomed to �10,01,555.42 crore on BSE. The stock rose 0.65 percent to close at �1,579.95 on BSE. During the day, it jumped0.90 per cent to an all-time high of �1,584. At the NSE, it gained0.77 per cent to close at �1,582.

“It was only a matter of time for business tycoon MukeshAmbani’s company to test this milestone, considering the pastinvestments made in consumer-facing sectors like telecom andretail. These investments have yielded fruitful results for thecompany and has been consistently increasing their share inthe overall profits,” according to Ajit Mishra, VP Research,Religare Broking.

Since the past few sessions, the company’s market valua-tion has been hovering near the �10 lakh crore mark. On thevolume front, 2.73 lakh shares of the company were traded onthe BSE and over 62 lakh shares on the NSE during the day.

The company is still ahead of British energy major BP Plcin terms of market valuation. BP Plc’s m-cap was at USD 127.86billion at close of trade on NYSE. In October this year, RelianceIndustries (RIL) hit the �9 lakh crore m-cap level. In August2018, it became the first Indian company to have crossed the�8 lakh crore m-cap mark. TCS is the country’s second mostvalued firm with a market valuation of �7,79,501.64 crore, fol-lowed by HDFC Bank with a market cap of �6,92,853.48 crore,Hindustan Unilever (�4,51,482.38 crore) and HDFC(�3,98,994.81 crore). The m-cap figures of companies changedaily with stock price movement.

&����#��$���$������� %�$����'$������($�

.�.�.�������������������������������$��

Script Open High Low LTPIBULHSGFIN 274.25 347.65 272.45 334.2YESBANK 69.5 70.65 68.35 70.05AXISBANK 752.5 755.65 745.55 750.55ICICIBANK 508.6 520 508.15 519.2ZEEL 313.5 327.05 302.3 310.8JKCEMENT 1110 1166.4 1110 1153.25RBLBANK 370 391.05 364.05 381SBIN 346.4 351 344.5 348.95TATASTEEL 422.4 434.35 422.4 432IDEA 5.93 6.82 5.9 6.62RELIANCE 1572.5 1584 1564.4 1579.95INFRATEL 226.1 260.3 226.1 256.5MARUTI 7319 7319 7221.75 7258.3BANKBARODA 103 106.8 102.6 106.45BHARTIARTL 433.5 443.9 428.65 436.7INDUSINDBK 1526 1576.2 1522.6 1568.65L&TFH 108.7 115.35 107.75 114.5TTKPRESTIG 5866.25 5952.05 5755 5786.3IEX 140.05 146.4 140 145NTPC 117.9 117.9 115 115.55JINDALSTEL 159.15 166.2 158.35 165.05BPCL 507.8 514.25 502.2 509.95TCS 2069.8 2093.95 2061.3 2077.35TATAMOTORS 166.35 166.35 163.55 164.8LT 1345.35 1353.6 1327.9 1349.85PNB 64.25 67.5 64.2 66.95PEL 1776.45 1836.75 1747.3 1805.55INFY 698.5 703 694.4 701.65HDFC 2343.8 2345.9 2295.1 2309.85ADANIENT 213.2 216.25 210.7 213.2HDFCAMC 3635 3689.6 3619 3660.15PFC 115.15 117.35 113.75 117CANBK 228.3 232.95 227.65 232.1DLF 216 220.75 214.75 218.05JSWSTEEL 254 264.75 252.45 263.95NESTLEIND 14600 14700 14573.95 14663.1BAJFINANCE 4139 4139 4067.4 4102.25HDFCBANK 1282 1283.65 1262.25 1265.35SUNPHARMA 457.45 462.45 455.55 457.1BIOCON 275.55 284.7 274.1 283.55UPL 552.15 582.6 552.15 579.9BALKRISIND 885.5 941.85 885.5 933.15GRAPHITE 334.3 337.3 324.3 327.45BANKINDIA 77.3 79.8 76.3 77.2LICHSGFIN 446 470 442.6 467.25UNIONBANK 59.5 65.45 58.85 64.8BERGEPAINT 490 503.4 484.05 495.05BANDHANBNK 550.35 591.85 548.75 583.9TATAGLOBAL 309 321.65 307.2 318.75SBILIFE 952.3 972.5 947.5 970.6ADANIPORTS 405 405 370.7 372.6IBREALEST 68.85 71.55 66.25 71.55DMART 1850 1868 1830.6 1843.45VEDL 146.05 148.15 145.1 147.4FEDERALBNK 88.25 91.25 87.8 90.85STAR 393 394.85 386.75 388.2NCC 58.1 58.95 56.85 58.6REPCOHOME 292 305.25 292 297.25HEG 1147.1 1171.2 1131 1145.8MGL 1040 1064.4 1038.75 1043ASHOKLEY 82.5 82.5 80.9 81.45ABCAPITAL 109.7 112.45 107.15 110.2HDFCLIFE 587.8 589 575.05 576.2HINDUNILVR 2091 2096.95 2068.05 2085.55TVSMOTOR 473 489.8 471 487.6BAJAJFINSV 9200.6 9280 9185 9240.85DISHTV 13.99 15.29 13.23 15.02ITC 248 248 245.75 246.6JAMNAAUTO 45.75 45.75 44.6 45COLPAL 1480 1481.9 1472 1477.15BHEL 54 54.65 53.4 54.25IDBI 37.2 39.3 36.7 38.05PIIND 1485 1500 1449.1 1482.25DELTACORP 216.75 222.9 214.8 219.35HINDPETRO 287.95 293.35 284.5 290.65SAIL 38.9 40.4 38.9 39.9INDIGO 1432 1445 1419.5 1433.3RELINFRA 28.25 28.25 26 28.05IDFCFIRSTB 43.85 44.4 43.2 44.3SIEMENS 1474.4 1493.45 1466 1486.05AMBUJACEM 204.3 206.3 203.45 204.9KOTAKBANK 1612.15 1626 1607.55 1615.4AUROPHARMA 456.9 458.25 446.9 450.2JUBLFOOD 1631 1646.05 1614.45 1626.2IOC 131 132.85 130.25 132.55ULTRACEMCO 4225 4300 4209 4292.2HINDALCO 202.05 205.3 200.15 204GODFRYPHLP 1316 1377 1294 1364.1ADANIGREEN 126.7 132.1 126.7 132.1ESCORTS 649.05 649.05 637 644.1COALINDIA 200.05 206.45 200 205.85RAYMOND 709 724 695.95 717.35UJJIVAN 326.5 330 320.8 327.55MOTHERSUMI 133.9 135.1 132.4 134.2PAGEIND 22221.95 22649.05 21784.8 22274.4ADANIGAS 147.7 152 146.75 149.5NIITTECH 1480 1511.6 1480 1504.95GRASIM 786.6 802.9 784.15 799.55SRF 3164.05 3240 3131.65 3228.1HCLTECH 1140 1143 1125.9 1132.65THERMAX 1009 1015.2 998.6 1001.35M&M 540.15 543.45 536.5 541.55BEML 1007.1 1019.55 995.8 1000.5CIPLA 474 476.35 464.45 468.15RNAM 372.05 372.7 365 367.5LUPIN 791 805.95 788 804.15TATAMTRDVR 74 74.05 72.1 73.35M&MFIN 348 361.85 348 356.05MFSL 499.3 516 499.3 511.45

JUSTDIAL 555 573.5 555 568.7PVR 1784.25 1790.9 1758.6 1789.1OBEROIRLTY 497 511 496.9 507.25EQUITAS 96.95 102.3 96 101.5EICHERMOT 23399 23399 22900 23095.3BEL 104.9 105.25 102.3 104.35ADANIPOWER 61.7 62.45 61.3 61.55INDIANB 121.6 128.8 121.35 125.9TATAPOWER 57 57 55.7 56.45ASIANPAINT 1728.5 1728.5 1702.2 1713.45GRANULES 134.35 135.85 128.25 129.15HEROMOTOCO 2521.6 2521.6 2460.75 2467.8DIVISLAB 1814 1823.15 1789.1 1792.75IBULISL 65.9 68.25 65.9 68.25ONGC 133.45 133.65 131.15 133.2PNBHOUSING 549.35 571.5 540.4 553.45SPICEJET 104.5 106.35 104.05 105.1OMAXE 184.75 184.75 181.5 181.75ICICIGI 1327 1351.7 1327 1339.2CONCOR 551.7 557.15 548.75 552.95APOLLOHOSP 1472.9 1472.9 1440 1443.35PHOENIXLTD 749.5 750.8 735 744.05AUBANK 827.1 854.35 805.05 809.75GLENMARK 354 354 341.85 344.3NATIONALUM 43.95 45.5 43.4 45.4IIFL 152.8 179.1 152.8 170.7NBCC 35.25 36.65 35.25 36.45BHARATFORG 469.95 471.4 463.1 468.05TITAN 1160.1 1171 1160.1 1169.15PIDILITIND 1306.1 1327.9 1306 1310.4GODREJPROP 907.2 915.25 894.2 900.5RAJESHEXPO 665 671.8 662.1 662.75ORIENTBANK 57 61 56.45 59.85RELCAPITAL 15.7 15.75 14.9 15.75IBVENTURES 174.8 177.95 170.5 177.95TATAELXSI 800.85 805.5 788.8 799.2SPARC 171.5 171.5 163.55 165.95GMRINFRA 21.05 22.15 21.05 21.95CORPBANK 23.1 25.3 23.1 25.3RECLTD 136 138.95 134.95 138.5BATAINDIA 1620 1638.2 1613.1 1634.35VENKYS 1772 1820 1767.7 1786.75APOLLOTYRE 172.3 172.6 169.6 171.25WOCKPHARMA 254 258 253.65 254.75SRTRANSFIN 1134 1158.45 1129.8 1145.15BRITANNIA 3095.05 3104.2 3061 3097.3ACC 1511 1523.6 1494.6 1517.15DRREDDY 2973 2982.45 2943.5 2977GAYAPROJ 59.2 63.5 59 63.35GAIL 125 126.4 124.15 125.85CUMMINSIND 562.5 564 544 546.7WIPRO 240.1 240.35 238.4 239.8SUNTV 485 488.7 478.7 486.65VOLTAS 703.35 714 697.85 710.3NMDC 103.8 105.85 101.95 104.95ICICIPRULI 497 502.5 495.45 498RITES 283 284 275.65 279.9BOSCHLTD 16740 16833 16161 16203.1HAVELLS 677.3 682.9 670 674.1GLAXO 1680 1735 1662 1696.55LINDEINDIA 637.2 660 632 651.25JAICORPLTD 97.05 98.35 95.5 97TECHM 769 772 763.2 765.9RPOWER 3.75 3.86 3.62 3.8INDIACEM 79.25 79.75 78.5 78.95MOTILALOFS 786 810 769.15 774.15SUNTECK 372 384.25 369.9 378.8MRF 63150 64296.8 62901 64032.85STRTECH 123.2 125.75 122.4 123.1TATACHEM 659.9 672 657.1 670.85BAJAJ-AUTO 3203.5 3214.35 3185 3196.45AVANTI 520 523 502.1 505.45BOMDYEING 79.45 79.9 78.25 78.55SUDARSCHEM 400 412.55 395.55 398.5MANAPPURAM 159.9 160.85 156.25 158.25PETRONET 277.9 277.9 272.9 274.55UBL 1231 1284.6 1231 1276.85CEATLTD 945.15 947.1 936.4 941.15POWERGRID 197.95 197.95 194.15 196LAKSHVILAS 19 19.6 18.35 19.05GESHIP 312.95 321.95 312.95 317.95SUVEN 315.7 316 311.5 312.75IGL 408.95 413.5 408.65 411.9CASTROLIND 145.4 145.5 142 142.25MUTHOOTFIN 695.1 700.1 686.95 689.4MCX 1164.1 1174.5 1158 1166.45CADILAHC 254.35 259.8 254.05 258.8MARICO 356.45 361.75 355.45 360.95

UCOBANK 17.5 18.96 17 17.97KTKBANK 74.5 77.4 74.25 76.7IRB 77.85 79.15 74.5 75.05EXIDEIND 193.5 194.75 192.7 194.2AMARAJABAT 762.2 768.3 751.05 753.7NETWORK18 29.3 32 27.8 29.9IDFC 33.8 35.9 33.3 35.05ABFRL 220.55 223.15 217.5 220.6J&KBANK 31.75 34.65 31.75 34.35COFFEEDAY 43.15 47.65 43.15 47.65AJANTPHARM 1003.6 1003.6 993 998.95PFIZER 4001 4033.85 3970 4009.4INFIBEAM 52.65 52.65 50.85 51.1SCI 60.25 60.8 59.35 59.55JSL 38.05 41 35 38.15TORNTPHARM 1875 1893 1852.55 1883.4ABB 1439.05 1483.25 1432.75 1446.1DBL 400 404.1 395 396.15ITI 87.45 89.9 86.35 88.35TV18BRDCST 23.25 24.85 23.1 23.85DABUR 473.7 473.7 464.6 466.35GODREJCP 718.2 724.5 713.85 722.05PCJEWELLER 30.85 30.85 29.9 30.05EDELWEISS 120 125.25 119.75 120.8PHILIPCARB 127.2 128 124.65 125.35TORNTPOWER 280.05 282 278.1 279.85SYNDIBANK 28.45 30.9 28.3 29.7DHFL 19.8 20.1 19 19.85HEXAWARE 344 346.15 337.7 345.4RAMCOCEM 801 808.2 790.7 806RAIN 103.95 105 101.7 102.25ABBOTINDIA 12580 12804.1 12551.35 12747.45GUJGAS 204 207.75 204 204.7SOBHA 404 412 400.2 404.5LAURUSLABS 355.5 358.9 346 349.3ALKEM 2007.15 2033 2001 2025.45JMFINANCIL 83.8 89.95 82.1 88.6BBTC 1114 1117 1089.45 1099.8CREDITACC 791 824.45 790.85 806.3ISEC 326.9 339.95 325 330CHOLAFIN 315.35 318.8 312.75 316.85SWANENERGY 101.65 103.45 101.3 101.65HINDZINC 212.85 216 212.8 215.05NOCIL 103.4 105 102.85 104.5CANFINHOME 391.8 399.45 387.6 393.65THOMASCOOK 149.4 154.3 142.75 150GICRE 264 268 258 259.4ASTRAL 1095 1164 1059 1136.35MPHASIS 835.8 867.4 835.8 855.05DCAL 135.9 138.8 133.6 134.15DEEPAKNI 345 345.55 337.1 337.65TATACOFFEE 86.4 89.4 85.5 86.95FORCEMOT 1047.25 1048 1026.95 1032.25HUDCO 41 41.7 40.45 41.25JUBILANT 516 521 506.6 516.7NIACL 151.7 154.65 150.25 150.7NAUKRI 2558.15 2565.45 2525.15 2542.55MINDTREE 706.7 706.7 698 703.05ALBK 23.3 24.1 23.15 23.85ASHOKA 95.05 97.65 94.3 94.9RVNL 24.5 24.65 24 24.2RADICO 318.6 319.2 309.55 317WELCORP 134.4 136 134.2 135ADANITRANS 283.5 284.4 278.4 280.2ITDC 343.45 344 333 334.85BALRAMCHIN 148.3 151.2 147.15 149.05NAVINFLUOR 896.5 898.35 873.3 882.65ANDHRABANK 18.55 19.6 18.5 18.95BLUESTARCO 795 795 773.35 777.7SUZLON 2.26 2.32 2 2.29DCBBANK 176.1 177.9 175.25 176.1PGHH 11380.05 11650 11328 11534.6BALMLAWRIE 195.5 196.2 194.3 194.95TATAMETALI 585 619 578.75 609.4MINDAIND 349.4 352.85 345.15 347.45JBCHEPHARM 406.05 406.05 395 395.7SOUTHBANK 11 11.15 10.9 11.1INDHOTEL 150 150.9 148.2 148.55PTC 56.5 56.5 55.7 55.9POLYCAB 935.35 935.35 918 923.75ORIENTELEC 200.2 214.1 198.5 209.5ENGINERSIN 105 106.4 103 103.6CROMPTON 244.7 250 244.7 247.55RCF 48.6 49.25 48.15 49IPCALAB 1132.5 1133 1102.55 1126.45HSCL 68.65 69.25 67.2 67.55WHIRLPOOL 2217.25 2217.25 2155.65 2191.4FSL 40.05 40.1 39.55 39.85FORTIS 139.1 142 138.95 139.55PARAGMILK 146.75 150.55 146.25 148.4KEI 538.95 539 522 526.25OIL 156 156.3 153.75 155.9KANSAINER 524 529.9 524 527.5GREAVESCOT 136.75 136.8 134.3 134.85GALAXYSURF 1479 1497.15 1461.6 1482.9JKTYRE 71 71.3 69.5 70.95LALPATHLAB 1606 1608.65 1585 1589.25PNCINFRA 193.6 198 191.6 193.5DEEPAKFERT 97 97.5 95.3 96.15GODREJIND 436 444.2 432.85 435.65BDL 338.95 344.2 334.8 337.9VINATIORGA 1944 2031.75 1943.45 1976.95DALBHARAT 883.1 883.1 867 879.05ESSELPRO 140.45 151.8 134.3 149.9EVEREADY 53 55.5 52.8 55.15GNFC 191.35 194.3 190.65 192.65SHREECEM 21275 21295.15 21116.15 21216.55GODREJAGRO 489 491.8 480.55 489.6CUB 219.35 222.6 219 220.6LTTS 1470 1476.65 1460.3 1469.85

IRCON 416 425 415.65 422.15BAJAJELEC 345 347.6 339.2 342.25LEMONTREE 61.25 61.95 60.6 61.05ASTRAZEN 2700 2749 2660 2669.25VBL 725.05 727.7 716.55 720.45LAXMIMACH 3439.45 3455 3405.5 3430.2BLUEDART 2063 2099.9 2050 2063.45ECLERX 540 540 511.5 520.45IFCI 6.98 7.26 6.9 7.07COCHINSHIP 394.05 403.9 394.05 395.55HINDCOPPER 40.3 41.25 40.25 40.7GILLETTE 6972.6 6972.6 6855 6868.05PERSISTENT 678.6 682 675 679.2RATNAMANI 982 990 975 978.7TEJASNET 100.5 103.05 97.05 99.7PGHL 4267.7 4284 4225 4237.95PRESTIGE 299.55 303 297 301.25CENTRALBK 22.25 22.95 22.1 22.5GICHSGFIN 152.8 162.2 152.8 157.65JSWENERGY 74.2 75.7 72.2 72.55LTI 1661.2 1673 1653 1662.4NHPC 23.75 23.95 23.7 23.75CHAMBLFERT 152.65 152.65 150.2 151FRETAIL 328.4 330.3 326 328.1METROPOLIS 1402 1408.4 1375 1402.5TRIDENT 66.9 66.9 65.75 66.35HFCL 17.1 17.25 17.05 17.15ITDCEM 62.3 64.5 62.2 62.95GULFOILLUB 835 840 810.25 816.1VIPIND 437.65 441.75 435 437.35FCONSUMER 26.8 26.8 25.25 25.35RELAXO 583 595.25 579.95 587.3AEGISLOG 190.45 199.1 189 194.4BLISSGVS 144.6 144.8 142.65 143.6APLLTD 576 585 560.2 566.1RALLIS 185.3 188 184.25 184.9IOB 10.7 10.91 10.6 10.71ERIS 434 446.8 427.5 445.2JAGRAN 54.35 57.9 54.35 56.1KAJARIACER 519 525 516.8 521.1VGUARD 237.15 239.35 235 235.9TRENT 505.15 516.25 504.75 514.75EIHOTEL 153.2 154.85 152.5 154.35NESCO 612.7 615.85 608 611.9ADVENZYMES 172.05 172.05 167.65 168.45GSKCONS 8955 9077.2 8914.55 8990.75SANOFI 6897 7010 6825 6996.5SCHNEIDER 68.1 69.4 67.85 68.75FINEORG 1861.5 1906.75 1844.85 1870.25MEGH 52.55 52.65 51.85 52.1CERA 2470.05 2529.85 2430 2496.65UFLEX 203.25 204.4 200.95 202.4SREINFRA 8.42 8.67 8.35 8.63CYIENT 395.35 398 393.6 395.85CENTRUM 23 23.5 22.5 23.1KEC 278 279.15 275.65 276.45EIDPARRY 179.2 183.6 176.8 178.25AAVAS 1778.4 1799.5 1768.1 1789.7GPPL 87 90 86.5 87.05CARERATING 476.15 480.9 470 478.25JISLJALEQS 10.7 10.75 10.35 10.5TVTODAY 285.7 285.7 282.85 284.15JPASSOCIAT 2.13 2.14 2.07 2.11NH 298.2 299.95 292.5 294.45STARCEMENT 97.5 98.85 92.7 93.85CGPOWER 14.5 14.5 13.64 13.7

QUESS 528.1 529.75 522.7 524.95GSPL 217.95 217.95 214.55 215.95HONAUT 27960 28146.8 27845 27919.45BAJAJCON 245.7 246.2 239 244.75MAHABANK 12.17 12.8 12 12.62HEIDELBERG 189.2 189.6 186.3 187.75LUXIND 1419.95 1425 1366.3 1379.95SJVN 25 25 24.55 24.6BASF 993.65 1001 964.35 987.9INOXLEISUR 360 361.4 359 359.55JINDALSAW 78.1 79 77.95 78.25GSFC 70.55 70.65 70.15 70.35SUNDRMFAST 473.5 473.5 460.2 466JSLHISAR 70.65 74.15 70.65 72.75WABAG 169.15 170.25 167.25 169.3CHENNPETRO 131 131 125.8 126.2MAHINDCIE 152.9 155.85 148.3 152.2

COROMANDEL 472 475 471.2 474.75KNRCON 233.9 237.8 232.4 233.55BAYERCROP 3596 3640 3566 3598.35CRISIL 1546 1574.7 1530.6 1572.15ASTERDM 153.7 154.3 151.5 153.95BAJAJHLDNG 3667.05 3667.05 3614.9 3623.55GET&D 165.1 165.1 161 161.55INTELLECT 151.05 152.3 149.2 149.9DCMSHRIRAM 347.6 349.2 336.05 340.3PRSMJOHNSN 68.9 68.9 66 68.35TIMKEN 855 855 840 850.65FINCABLES 371.2 371.25 363.4 366.05ATUL 4058.6 4110 4030 4077.5GUJALKALI 398 403.75 396 401.75GDL 99.3 102.8 99.3 102.25NLCINDIA 56.55 56.7 54.65 54.85TEAMLEASE 2501.2 2524 2454.9 2502.8MINDACORP 93 93 90.25 91.5GHCL 203.65 205.5 202.8 203.85TIMETECHNO 52 52.5 51.5 51.8MRPL 47.75 48 47.5 47.8KRBL 205.55 209.8 203.55 204.65AIAENG 1641.75 1651.95 1621.75 1648.1WELSPUNIND 53.4 54.1 52.8 53JKLAKSHMI 285 286.35 281.25 285.65AKZOINDIA 1905.05 1946 1893.6 1936.35MOIL 138.9 139.3 138.5 138.95SHANKARA 314 318.35 311 311.9MMTC 18 18.25 17.85 17.95NATCOPHARM 574.35 576.5 570.75 574.85CENTURYPLY 174.45 176.3 171.15 172WABCOINDIA 6245 6262.5 6231 6231.25GMDCLTD 55.95 56.9 55.5 56.8KPRMILL 669.3 669.3 658.15 660.65SCHAEFFLER 4260 4450 4240 4392.05OFSS 2918.4 2943.6 2913 2924.2SONATSOFTW 305.1 309.6 304 307.4SYNGENE 316.45 319.9 313.15 314.85BIRLACORPN 653.1 658 640.85 650.4THYROCARE 567 569.9 559.1 562.7ENDURANCE 1075.7 1115 1075.7 1111.65TRITURBINE 96 96.65 93.1 94.2UNITEDBNK 9.07 9.3 8.98 9.17MAHLIFE 389.4 390 383.3 385.95REDINGTON 113.8 114.7 112.3 112.75HATHWAY 21.25 21.25 19.9 20.05INDOSTAR 196 196.1 193.05 193.85SUPREMEIND 1140 1140.75 1126.05 1130EMAMILTD 315.1 316.3 314.65 314.9WESTLIFE 369.45 374.8 369 371.1VTL 875.1 892 869 879.15SYMPHONY 1153.6 1153.6 1125 1133.05HAL 776.05 783.4 770.2 774.15ZYDUSWELL 1463.8 1475 1448 1454.95CAPPL 323.9 323.9 315.55 317.4ALLCARGO 93 93.7 92.25 92.9FDC 191.95 193 186.25 191.05GEPIL 707.25 707.25 695 699.25FINOLEXIND 580 582.95 574.1 580.4MHRIL 216 218.1 213.35 217.3SOMANYCERA 198 198 190 195.7INOXWIND 36.4 36.45 35.2 35.5KALPATPOWR 453 460.55 451 459.1NILKAMAL 1294.45 1315 1286.1 1301.653MINDIA 22547.3 22599 22300 22329.8SKFINDIA 2071.1 2150.35 2071.05 2129.3SADBHAV 120.85 126 120.65 124.45MAHSCOOTER 4810.85 4820 4735.35 4781.6APLAPOLLO 1600 1600 1553.35 1560.45VSTIND 4422 4445 4340 4354.4TIINDIA 456.2 460.2 450.25 454ZENSARTECH 187.65 190.05 186 188.05HERITGFOOD 342 346.75 333 344.85ORIENTCEM 75.9 75.9 74.3 75.4NBVENTURES 66.2 68.5 66.05 68.25JYOTHYLAB 178 180.4 176.6 178.65MAHSEAMLES 378.75 382 373.75 376.5TVSSRICHAK 1760 1795 1750 1773.75CHOLAHLDNG 473.05 482.7 468.9 479.9HIMATSEIDE 132.55 133.75 131.1 131.85VARROC 452.45 457.4 447.05 447.65TAKE 100.55 101.55 100.1 100.65SHK 112.95 113.45 112 112.05MAXINDIA 75.95 77.25 75.9 76.25SHOPERSTOP 354.15 355.55 345.1 348.5JCHAC 1951 1989.95 1915 1955.25TNPL 179.55 181.25 179.55 180.1TATAINVEST 834 835.7 829.7 830.75DBCORP 141.25 141.25 139.5 139.65VMART 1717.2 1718.4 1696.5 1700.6GRINDWELL 566.3 571.1 563.75 568.05MAGMA 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5SHILPAMED 296.9 303.1 295 298.9MAHLOG 389.5 394.25 386.05 389.95JSWHL 2257 2354.95 2257 2335.8CCL 205 208.35 204.5 205.95APARINDS 459.95 459.95 456 457.15CARBORUNIV 319.95 320 315.5 316.45SIS 935 935 916.65 928.6LAOPALA 150.25 150.25 141.9 142.55SUPRAJIT 174.55 177.5 174.4 176.6DHANUKA 302 305.5 295.5 298.7CHALET 357.8 357.8 339.1 340.05TCNSBRANDS 705.45 709.45 690.15 694.75IFBIND 674.6 679.4 666.8 670.65RCOM 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.78MASFIN 713.05 715.45 710.1 714.95SOLARINDS 1037 1051.3 1035.05 1045.8SHRIRAMCIT 1320 1320 1320 1320FLFL 402 410.7 402 406.3

�������

SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 12,132.10 12,158.80 12,099.95 12,154.30 53.6INFRATEL 227 261 227 257.25 31.95UPL 554.8 582.8 554.05 582 30.15JSWSTEEL 253.6 264.9 252.25 263.5 10.55YESBANK 69 70.65 68.35 70.4 2.15COALINDIA 200.55 206.35 199.8 206.15 5.15ICICIBANK 509.55 520 508 518.1 12.6INDUSINDBK 1,526.00 1,575.80 1,520.00 1,564.35 38TATASTEEL 422.2 434.3 422.15 431 9.65SBIN 346.85 351 344.5 349.1 5.55GRASIM 791.9 802.7 783.05 800.45 12.35ULTRACEMCO 4,249.95 4,300.00 4,208.20 4,299.00 64.35BHARTIARTL 433.35 443.9 428.5 439.7 6.35GAIL 125.2 126.35 124.15 126.05 1.6IOC 130.95 132.9 130.1 132.7 1.6LT 1,344.00 1,354.00 1,327.20 1,350.20 14.7TCS 2,067.05 2,094.40 2,060.00 2,075.90 21.6NESTLEIND 14,635.50 14,700.00 14,574.00 14,699.00 136.3INFY 699.1 703.35 694.05 701.45 5.7RELIANCE 1,572.65 1,584.15 1,563.95 1,582.00 12.15BPCL 506.5 514.25 502.1 509.7 3.8POWERGRID 196.2 197.75 194.2 196.5 1.4ONGC 132.4 133.55 131.1 133.4 0.75HCLTECH 1,139.00 1,143.40 1,125.50 1,134.00 5.75HINDALCO 203 205.3 200.1 203.9 0.9TITAN 1,172.00 1,172.00 1,160.35 1,171.25 4.1M&M 541.9 543.3 536.25 541.65 1.7VEDL 146.7 148.2 145.1 147.35 0.4CIPLA 472 476.5 464.1 469.2 1.2SUNPHARMA 456.2 462.4 455.15 459.5 0.75EICHERMOT 23,165.50 23,165.50 22,905.00 23,051.00 29.35BAJAJFINSV 9,254.50 9,284.75 9,190.05 9,240.20 11.75ASIANPAINT 1,718.25 1,727.55 1,701.75 1,717.00 1.65BRITANNIA 3,110.40 3,110.40 3,060.00 3,093.95 2.85TATAMOTORS 165.75 166.3 163.55 165.9 0WIPRO 239.95 240.5 238.25 239.95 -0.1DRREDDY 2,968.10 2,982.60 2,943.05 2,970.00 -2KOTAKBANK 1,617.00 1,626.10 1,607.10 1,616.50 -1.4ITC 247.3 247.95 245.65 246.7 -0.25NTPC 116.15 116.25 115.05 115.6 -0.15ADANIPORTS 376 377.7 370.5 372.35 -0.6BAJFINANCE 4,120.00 4,139.05 4,065.00 4,107.00 -11.35AXISBANK 752.3 755.65 745.75 750.5 -2.4MARUTI 7,299.80 7,321.10 7,220.95 7,255.65 -38.75TECHM 765.15 772.1 762 763.45 -4.1HINDUNILVR 2,097.95 2,098.35 2,067.00 2,081.80 -11.45HDFCBANK 1,280.20 1,283.05 1,262.00 1,267.75 -10.65BAJAJ-AUTO 3,210.00 3,216.75 3,182.80 3,182.85 -29.2HDFC 2,339.00 2,346.00 2,295.00 2,307.90 -28.4HEROMOTOCO2,517.00 2,520.00 2,460.00 2,470.00 -53.25ZEEL 315 327.35 302.2 311.5 -8

SE 500B

�����������

SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 28,500.85 28,835.35 28,454.95 28,765.60 296.9IBULHSGFIN 274.5 347.8 272.2 341.4 73.25IDEA 5.9 6.85 5.9 6.65 0.75L&TFH 108 115.4 107.7 115.2 7.5BANDHANBNK 551.6 591.9 547.25 586 33.15PNB 64.3 67.5 64.05 67 3.3BANKBARODA 102.85 106.8 102.6 106.55 4.4BIOCON 275.1 284.9 273.85 284.5 7.95NMDC 102.4 105.9 101.8 104.6 2.8PEL 1,773.80 1,837.35 1,745.65 1,805.50 41.95SBILIFE 953.85 972.7 948.2 970.15 21.95PFC 115.05 117.45 113.75 117.25 2.15PGHH 11,399.45 11,675.00 11,299.50 11,600.00 200.55UBL 1,249.00 1,284.95 1,248.70 1,275.90 20.65CADILAHC 254.95 259.9 253.6 259.05 4.1LUPIN 788 806 788 804 11.45PAGEIND 21,980.00 22,321.90 21,761.00 22,147.95 290.35HINDZINC 212.1 215.95 212.1 215.15 2.45HINDPETRO 287.8 293.45 284.35 289.7 3.2ACC 1,505.00 1,523.15 1,493.15 1,518.05 16.85DLF 216.5 220.8 214.7 218.25 2.4SRTRANSFIN 1,137.90 1,159.00 1,128.80 1,147.00 10.5SIEMENS 1,481.00 1,493.90 1,465.70 1,487.00 12.75MARICO 358 361.9 355.2 360.6 3AMBUJACEM 204.15 206.25 203.3 205.1 1.4INDIGO 1,420.00 1,444.75 1,418.00 1,437.00 9.8OFSS 2,943.00 2,948.40 2,911.05 2,946.95 16.05BERGEPAINT 488 503.75 483.95 495.15 2.65MOTHERSUMI 133.9 135.1 132.3 134.3 0.7GODREJCP 719.95 725 714 724.35 3.35COLPAL 1,480.00 1,485.00 1,471.35 1,479.50 4.85ICICIPRULI 498.45 502.55 495 498 1.55HDFCAMC 3,625.00 3,689.00 3,616.20 3,654.00 10PETRONET 273.7 276 272.8 275.95 0.7PIDILITIND 1,313.25 1,327.50 1,304.65 1,316.00 2.75CONCOR 552.5 557.4 547.7 552.5 1.05NIACL 152.05 155 150.05 151.2 0.2DMART 1,850.00 1,869.00 1,830.00 1,848.00 1.85ICICIGI 1,335.00 1,351.20 1,334.90 1,338.00 0.5MCDOWELL-N 608.8 611.3 601 605.35 -1.4NHPC 23.85 24 23.7 23.75 -0.1ASHOKLEY 82.2 82.3 80.9 81.45 -0.35HAVELLS 675.1 683.55 670.05 673.6 -4BAJAJHLDNG 3,653.15 3,675.95 3,610.25 3,628.10 -23.8SHREECEM 21,237.80 21,438.00 21,104.00 21,200.00 -137.95DABUR 467 471.75 464.3 466 -3.3AUROPHARMA 455 458.3 446.7 450 -3.4DIVISLAB 1,824.00 1,825.00 1,787.70 1,792.05 -19.3HDFCLIFE 588 588.65 575 576.75 -8.2GICRE 264.4 268.4 258.1 259.6 -3.7BOSCHLTD 16,618.00 16,903.10 16,155.55 16,200.05 -415.15

Page 11: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

#��%��::���������������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

6��:%.������9��(����$!����$�����(�������������$�2�'��.���.��� � ������

AUK judge hearing the clos-ing arguments in the extra-

dition case of Pakistani nation-al Jabir Moti, referred to as a“top lieutenant” in underworlddon Dawood Ibrahim’s organ-ised crime syndicate, hassought clarity from the USauthorities about the terroraspect of the case.

Moti is fighting his extra-dition to the US on drug traf-ficking and money launderingoffences amounting to aroundUSD 1.4 million. The USextradition request also statesthat Motiwala reported direct-ly to Dawood, who is a desig-nated terrorist and wanted forthe 1993 serial bombings inMumbai.

“There is an added elementto this case in that there is aclear reference to this man’s(Moti) position, who is said tobe a lieutenant of the man(Ibrahim) who is involved inthe most horrendous crimes,including bombings in India,”said Judge John Zani atWestminster Magistrates’Court in London onWednesday.

“There must therefore beclarity on what will happen to

this man (Moti) in the US…either this case has a terror ele-ment or not,” the judge said,directing that an additionalquestion be sent to the USauthorities to clarify the likeli-hood of an enhanced terrorismcharge applied by the prosecu-tors if Moti is extradited to theUS.

The judge’s interventionfollowed Moti’s barrister,Edward Fitzgerald, laying outas one of his central defencearguments that the US prose-cutors had failed to provide anundertaking that his client willnot be subjected to an addi-tional terrorism charge overand above the drug traffickingallegation.

The terror charge wouldput Moti at risk of being sen-tenced to life imprisonmentwithout parole under US law,which his lawyer argued wouldbe in breach of his humanrights and therefore shouldblock his extradition.

“There is an obfuscationof the true position and theyare not prepared to give anundertaking because theyprobably intend to seek anenhancement (terrorcharge),” said Fitzgerald.

During the closing sub-

missions, Moti’s team arguedagainst extradition on addi-tional human rights groundsbecause he suffers from long-standing depression and madethree suicide attempts. Thiswould make his confinement ina New York jail with “thirdworld conditions” particularlyinhumane.

They also accused the USauthorities of failure to submita “sufficiently particularisedallegation of conspiracy toimport drugs to the US” as wellas being guilty of abuse ofprocess for gathering evidencein Pakistan in breach of inter-national law.

The Crown ProsecutionService (CPS), arguing onbehalf of the US government,have countered these claims tohighlight the assurances givenby the US authorities.

Moti, also known asMotiwala or Siddiq, appearedin the dock for the hearing.Besides money laundering, hefaces extradition to the US oncharges of extortion and con-spiracy to import unlawfulsubstances such as heroineafter his arrest by ScotlandYard’s Extradition Unit lastyear.

While the submissions in

the case closed this week, thejudge will make a ruling afterthe additional clarity is receivedfrom the US on the terrorismaspect of the case.

Judge Zani also indicatedthat he would be handingdown his judgment partly opento the public and partly closed,due to some sensitive evidencepresented in-camera to thecourt during the course of thetrial.

At previous hearings inthe case, the UK court hasheard that Dawood is a fugitivefrom Indian justice and cur-rently in Pakistan.

“The head of D-Companyis Dawood Ibrahim, an IndianMuslim currently in exile inPakistan. Dawood and hisbrother and top lieutenant,Anis Ibrahim, have been fugi-tives from India since 1993,when D-Company was impli-cated in coordinated bombingsin Mumbai that killed morethan 200 people,” note excerptsof a US Attorney’s affidavit forextradition read out in courtpreviously.

“The present investiga-tion has revealed that JabirMotiwala is a top lieutenantin D Company who reportsdirectly to Dawood,” it adds.

������(���������������������� ���,����&����������������� � ���-��/

China’s fury over PresidentDonald Trump’s decision

to sign legislation supportinghuman rights in Hong Kong isevident. What’s less clear iswhat “countermeasures”Beijing may take in response towhat it said Thursday were“extremely evil” and dangerousmoves.

Before signing the bills,Trump said he was concernedthat trade talks with Chinamight be disrupted. Analystssay the potential consequencescould extend well beyond thecurrent round of negotiationsin the tariff war between theworld’s two largest economies.

The Hong Kong HumanRights and Democracy Act of2019 passed both houses ofCongress nearly unanimously.It amends a law passed in 1992to buttress the former Britishcolony’s status as a semi-autonomous region after Chinatook control in 1997.

It’s that special status thathas enabled Hong Kong resi-dents to take to the streets inmassive, often violent protestsin the past six months, exer-cising civil liberties the rulingCommunist Party prohibits in

mainland China.The law calls for sanctions

against Chinese and HongKong officials deemed to haveabused human rights.

A separate law bansexports of tear gas, pepperspray, rubber bullets, watercannons, tasers and other“nonlethal” weapons often usedin riot control.

China’s foreign ministrysaid the support for the pro-testers, who have at times par-alyzed parts of the city withmass transport disruptions,university occupations andclashes with police, amounts tobacking for “violent criminals.”

In a reflection of Beijing’sassertion that the protests arepart of a foreign conspiracy, theministry said the legislationshould unite Chinese, includ-ing those in Hong Kong, inopposition to “sinister” USintentions.

The legislation includes aprovision that could pro-foundly alter US treatment ofHong Kong as a separate terri-tory for trade if an annualreview by the State Departmentdetermines it no longer hasenough autonomy from theChinese mainland.

That could “have a hugely

negative impact on investors inHong Kong, no matter if they’refrom Hong Kong, mainlandChina or other countries,” saidShi Yinhong, an expert oninternational relations atRenmin University’s School ofInternational Studies.

Trade with China wouldsuffer more, given Hong Kong’sstatus as an important financialcenter — a role that has beengrowing as relations betweenChina and the US have deteri-orated amid their bruisingtrade war.

“The most neededprospect of certainty for busi-ness will vanish,” said Shi, whoexpects China to adopt atougher stance on trade andother issues.

Apart from balking at fur-ther trade talks, Beijing’soptions for retaliation couldinclude refusing to cooperatewith Washington in dealingswith North Korea and Iran,recalling the Chinese ambas-sador to the US or even down-grading diplomatic ties, Shisaid.

Trump is due to raise tar-iffs on $160 billion worth ofChinese products, includingsmartphones and laptops, as ofDec. 15. Officials on both sides

were suggesting a preliminarydeal to ease trade tensions waswithin striking distance and it’sunclear if the US move willdirectly affect those negotia-tions.

A Chinese CommerceMinistry spokesman, asked ata weekly news briefing, saidthere was no new informationto offer.

So far, the two sides havesought to keep Hong Kong andtrade issues separate, said TuXinquan of the University ofInternational Business andEconomics.

“China doesn’t want toconnect the two things togeth-er,” said Tu. “China believestrade issues should not bepoliticized.”

Trump has not devotedmuch attention to Hong Kong,and Chinese leaders likelyunderstand he had little optionpolitically but to sign the leg-islation. It’s not the first timeBeijing has been incensed byUS moves on Taiwan and otherissues.

The best that can be hopedfor right now is to keep rela-tions at their current chilly leveland wait to see if the legislationleads to actual action byWashington.

����������������������&�������&�������������������;��&�3��&F������)�����"����������������-������ ��#)����������������&����&�����������##�����&��������&�������;��&3��&�����������F�+���)������������������B��������������C�'��4��&��"���!��������#��������������������� ������"������B�G�����"�����C��������&����������F� %�

����$��'$"$0����#$���%$��!0����"L�!8��!0�"�'�% � ���-��/

Chinese-owned appTikTok has admitted it

briefly removed a viral videothat condemned Beijing’scrackdown on Muslims inXinjiang and apologised tothe US teen who posted theclip.

In a post that has nowbeen seen 1.6 million times,Feroza Aziz begins talkingabout eyelash curling butquickly switches to decryingChina’s mass detention ofethnic Uighurs and otherminorities in its far north-west.

Aziz said this week thatshe had been blocked fromposting on the app for amonth after uploading theclip, then noted on Twitter onWednesday that the videohad been taken down.

As her posts on variousplatforms racked up millionsof combined views, TikTok,which has previously beenaccused of censoring contentthat Beijing does not like,insisted it had not blocked

her and that her videos werestill available.

But on Wednesday thecompany admitted havingtemporarily removed thevideo “due to a human mod-eration error”.

The company said thevideo was restored around 50minutes later after “a seniormember of our moderationteam identified the errorand reinstated it immediate-ly.”

“It’s important to clarifythat nothing in ourCommunity Guidelines pre-cludes content such as thisvideo, and it should not havebeen removed,” the statementsaid.

“We would like to apolo-gize to the user for the erroron our part.”

Human rights groups andoutside experts say more thanone million Uighurs andother mostly Muslim minori-ties have been rounded up ina network of internmentcamps across the fractiousregion of Xinjiang.

China, after initial ly

denying the camps existed,now describes them as voca-tional schools aimed atdampening the allure ofIslamist extremism and vio-lence through education andjob training.

TikTok said they havealso unblocked a previousaccount owned by Aziz thatwas barred for a video fea-turing Osama bin Laden,which it said breached ruleson posted imagery related toterrorist organisations, evenif “intended as satire”.

On Wednesday the groupsaid it had “decided to over-ride the device ban in thiscase.” Aziz, who describesherself as “17 Just a Muslim”,said she was not convincedthat the account beingblocked was not related to herXinjiang video.

“Do I believe they took itaway because of a unrelatedsatirical video that was delet-ed on a previous deletedaccount of mine? Right afterI finished posting a 3 partvideo about the Uyghurs?No,” she wrote on Twitter.

�"������""1M�!�#0��!����!� � �����

Afghan officials saidWednesday that two sepa-

rate explosions in the country’snorth killed at least 16 people,almost all of them women andyoung girls.

A roadside bomb struck acivilian vehicle going to a wed-ding Wednesday evening,killing at least 15 people; sixwomen, six girls and twoinfants, as well as the male dri-ver, according to NasratRahimi, an interior ministryspokesman. He said two othercivilians were wounded in theblast in the northeasternKunduz province.

Hours later, a gunfight andexplosion at a security check-point killed at least one police-man, said MohammadNooragha Faizi, a policespokesman in the northernSari Pul province.

He said militants in a vehi-cle carrying explosives werestopped at the checkpoint, thenopened fire to cover theirescape. Faizi said they appar-ently detonated the explosivesremotely after getting away,although an investigation wasongoing.

&�9�������$�(��.�$������8$�������$��������:'�

�� � � �������

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday grant-ed six-month conditional extension to

Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, in a reliefto Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government.

A three-member bench of the apex court,headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed KhanKhosa and comprising Justices Mazhar AlamKhan Miankhel and Mansoor Ali Shah, in itsshort order directed the government to bringnecessary legislation within six months’ time,Geo TV reported.

Bajwa’s original three-year tenure is set toexpire on Thursday at midnight and he can nowcontinue as the Army chief for another sixmonths.

Prime Minister Khan through an officialnotification of August 19 granted a three-yearextension to General Bajwa, citing “regionalsecurity environment”.

The government withdrew the August 19orders after the top court’s observations in thecase and issued a fresh notification which wasalso rejected by the court on Wednesday.

The unprecedented action by the apex courtshook the high echelon of powers as the gov-ernment scrambled to control the damage.

Khan held an emergency Cabinet meetingto deal with the precarious situation, with GenBajwa himself attending the deliberations.

Farogh Naseem, who resigned from his postas law minister on Tuesday to pursue the case,represented Gen Bajwa in the court.

.��$���$'��#$����"����&%'��$!$#���"$0&�5��)��!.�"����!��!������"�� � ������������

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hasexpressed hope for an early

resumption of talks between Israeland Palestine to move towards acomprehensive and negotiated res-olution, as he reiterated India’s“strong support” for the Palestiniancause.

Ahead of the International Dayof Solidarity with the Palestinian peo-ple on November 29, Modi in a mes-sage Modi extended his best wishesto the Palestinian people “in theirpursuit of statehood, peace andprosperity.”

“On the occasion of theInternational Day of Solidarity withthe Palestinian people, I reiterateIndia’s strong support for thePalestinian cause. I also express oursolidarity with the Palestinian peo-ple in their efforts to establish a sov-ereign, independent, viable andUnited State of Palestine co-existingpeacefully with Israel,” Modi said inhis message.

He said as the International Dayof Solidarity with the Palestinian peo-ple is commemorated, “we hope foran early resumption of the dialoguebetween Palestine and Israel formoving towards a comprehensiveand negotiated resolution.”

Recalling his visit to Palestine lastyear, Modi said the trip contributed“substantially” to further strength-ening the historic ties between Indiaand Palestine.

“Our enhanced project assis-tance and capacity building initiativeswill continue to contribute toPalestinian nation building,” he said.

During Modi’s historic visit toPalestine, the two sides had signedagreements worth around USD 50million that included setting up of aUSD 30 million super specialityhospital. Modi is the first IndianPrime Minister to make an officialvisit to Palestine.

Earlier this month, Indiaannounced its pledge to contributeUSD 5 million in 2020 to the UnitedNations Relief and Works Agency forPalestine Refugees in the Near East(UNRWA).

In 1977, the UN GeneralAssembly had called for the annualobservance of November 29 as theInternational Day of Solidarity withthe Palestinian People. TheCommittee on the Exercise of theInalienable Rights of the PalestinianPeople will hold a special meeting onWednesday in the UN Headquartersin observance of the InternationalDay. UN Secretary General AntonioGuterres, in his message for the Day,said that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains one ofthe most intractable challenges fac-ing the international community. Hevoiced regret that over the past year,there have been no positive devel-opments, and the situation on theground continues to deteriorate.

He said that the intensificationof illegal settlements, demolitions ofPalestinian homes and the “pervasivesuffering in Gaza must stop”.

The establishment of settlementsin the Occupied Palestinian Territory,

including East Jerusalem, has no legalvalidity and constitutes a flagrant vio-lation of international law, as statedin relevant Security Council resolu-tions, he said.

“These actions threaten toundermine the viability of estab-lishing a Palestinian State based onrelevant United Nations resolutions.At the same time, the indiscriminatelaunching of rockets and mortarstowards Israeli civilian populationsmust cease,” he said.

Israel has built about 140 settle-ments since its occupation of theWest Bank and East Jerusalem in1967. The settlements are widely con-sidered illegal under internationallaw. The US recently said that it nolonger believes the Israeli settle-ments are illegal.

Underscoring that there is noviable alternative, Guterres called onIsraelis and Palestinians to take stepsthat will restore faith in the two-Statesolution.

He voiced the commitment ofthe United Nations to the Palestinianpeople in striving to achieve theirinalienable rights and build a futureof peace, justice, security and digni-ty for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

.��������������"��������#����$��!���������������#����������"��&����������������������������������������������������$"�.��������������"�������������&�����������������&������.�������������!������5�8���������'����H������!#��������������+����'��!����"����0������F� �����4����#���������������������!���$"�#�������������������������F� %�

��'����������(����� �������������6 )������ � � �������

Amuch-relieved Prime Minister Imran Khanon Thursday lauded the Supreme Court for

allowing General Qamar Javed Bajwa to con-tinue as Pakistan Army chief for another sixmonths even as he took a jibe at the country’s“external enemies” and the “mafias within”, say-ing the verdict must be of “special disappoint-ment” to them.

A three-member bench headed by ChiefJustice of Pakistan Asif SaeedKhosa approved a conditionalextension in Chief of the ArmyStaff General Bajwa’s tenure foran additional six months.

The top court’s ruling comesin the nick of time as GenBajwa was set to retire at mid-night Thursday. Prime MinisterKhan had extended Bajwa’stenure through a notification onAugust 19, but the apex courtsuspended it on Tuesday, citingirregularities in the mannerGen Bajwa, a close confidant of Khan, wasgranted a 3-year extension.

“Today must be a great disappointment tothose who expected the country to be desta-bilised by a clash of institutions,” Khan said ina series of tweets soon after the Supreme Courtannounced its short verdict.

“That this did not happen must be of spe-cial disappointment to our external enemies &mafias within,” Khan said.

He did not identify Pakistan’s “external ene-mies” and the “mafias within.”

However, he said the mafia have stashedtheir loot abroad and they wanted to protect theill-gotten wealth by destabilising the country.

He also praised Chief Justice Khosa, whohad grilled senior officials during the hearingand asked the government to set the house inorder.

“Also, for the record, I have the greatestrespect for CJ Khosa, one of the greatest Juristsproduced by Pakistan,” Khan said.

Khan, who heads the ruling PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, claimed that hisparty was the first one to advocate an inde-pendent judiciary and the rule of law, 23 yearsago.

“In 2007, PTI was in the forefront of theMovement for Independence of the Judiciary& I was jailed for it,” the Pakistan prime min-ister said.

In its short order, the Supreme Court direct-ed the Pakistan government to bring necessarylegislation within six months’ time.

The order, read out by Chief Justice Khosa,asked Parliament to introduce legislation forappointment of the Army chief under Article243. He said the court is observing judicial

restraint and leaving the matterto Parliament.

Meanwhile, a leadingPakistani newspaper onThursday commented that thecourt case over General Bajwa’sextension “is without a doubt themost shambolic episode in thePTI government’s tenure so far.

“The episode lays bare thePTI government’s authoritarianstreak and its lack of maturity —a lethal combination,” Dawnnewspaper said in an editorial.

“There are profound, long-term repercus-sions for the democratic process and for civil-ian authority at stake here; the situationdemanded a broader parliamentary debate. Andyet the government, out of sheer expediency andfor the benefit of a single individual, went ahead— simply because it could,” it said.

The editorial noted that Khan recently saidthat he had decided to give Gen Bajwa an exten-sion just a few days after assuming office inAugust last year.

“Even for a dispensation that repeatedlyboasts of being ‘on the same page’ as the mili-tary, the prime minister’s premature decision togrant the extension smacks of impetuosity —or worse, trying to curry favour with the Armychief,” it said.

The powerful Pakistan Army, which hasruled the country for more than half of its 70plus years of existence, has wielded consider-able power in deciding matters concerning secu-rity and foreign policies.

This is a landmark case, the paper said,adding that unprecedented questions are beingraised, threatening to upend the accepted sta-tus quo, and holding a mirror to society’s psy-che.

Page 12: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

#��%��:����������������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

����??H��!���!��!� )����!0#$�#�%�"�,5�����/���!(���4������ � � ��/���

More than 2,27,000Indians in the US are

waiting for the family-spon-sored Green Card or legalpermanent residency, the sec-ond largest number in thewait list after Mexico, accord-ing latest official data.

Currently, there are aboutfour million people waiting inline for family-sponsoredGreen Cards against aCongressional cap of 226,000per annum.

The largest number of 1.5million wait list is fromAmerica’s southern neighbourMexico, followed by a distant

India with more than 2,27,000and China with nearly 180,000,according to the Department ofHomeland Security.

Majority of those in thefamily-sponsored Green Cardwaiting list are siblings of UScitizens. Under current law, UScitizens can sponsor their fam-ily members and blood relativesfor Green Cards or permanentlegal residency.

President Donald Trump isagainst such a provision whichhe calls as “chain immigration”and wants to abolish it. TheOpposition Democratic Partyis vehemently opposed to abol-ish the family-sponsoredimmigration system.

In addition to four millionfamily-sponsored Green Cardapplicants, another 827,000, asizeable number of whom arefrom India, are waiting for thepermanent legal residency. Thewait for employment-basedGreen Card for Indian IT pro-fessionals is more than 10years.

According to the DHS, amajority of Indians waiting inline for family-based GreenCards are siblings of US citi-zens. They number over181,000. This is followed by42,000 married children of UScitizens and over 2,500 spous-es and minor children of per-manent residents.

�K%$����&��!���%$��"�#�$%�!������"�#�$%#���� &!���� � � ��/���

Federal law enforcementagencies have arrested 90

foreign students, mostly fromIndia, enrolled in a fake uni-versity established by the USgovernment to check immi-gration fraud, a media reporthas said. The US Immigrationand Customs Enforcement(ICE) has so far arrested morethan 250 students, who werelured to enroll in the now-closed University ofFarmington in the Detroit met-ropolitan area by theDepartment of HomelandSecurity. The ICE had in Marcharrested 161 students from thefake university established by it.When it was closed in March,there were 600 students, most-

ly Indians, enrolled in it.The latest news of arrest of

additional 90 students in recentmonths, first reported onTuesday by the ‘Detroit FreePress’, has resulted in outragewith #AbolishICE hashtaggaining ground on Twitter andother social media platforms onWednesday.

According to an ICEspokesperson of the 250 stu-dents arrested so far, “nearly 80percent were granted voluntarydeparture and departed theUnited States.” Of the remain-ing 20 percent, about half ofthem have received a finalorder of removal, the officialwas quoted as saying.

Federal prosecutors claimthat the students knew that thiswas a fake university as there

were no classes. SenatorElizabeth Warren, a leadingDemocratic presidential can-didate, described the move as“cruel”.

“This is cruel andappalling,” she said in a tweet.“These students simplydreamed of getting the high-quality higher educationAmerica can offer. ICEdeceived and entrapped them,just to deport them,” Warrensaid. ICE had filed criminalcharge sheet against eightrecruiters. Seven of them havepleaded guilty. These eightrecruiters have been indictedfor conspiracy to commit visafraud and harbouring aliens forprofit by the US Attorney forthe Eastern District ofMichigan.

��������-�����$'��%��.��$�-��.����:�($����0���%��%�� ����

North Korea fired two“unidentified projectiles”

on Thursday — theThanksgiving holiday in the US— Seoul said, as nuclear talksbetween Pyongyang andWashington remain dead-locked.

The brief statement fromthe South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said Pyongyang firedtwo projectiles eastwards fromSouth Hamgyong provincewhich came down in the Sea ofJapan, also known as the EastSea.

It said the launch was car-ried out at 16:59 pm localtime — or the early hours inWashington DC, on one ofthe US’ biggest annual holi-days.

It was also one day short ofthe two-year anniversary of itsfirst test of its Hwasong-15intercontinental ballistic mis-sile, which analysts say is capa-ble of reaching the entire USmainland.

Japan’s defence ministrydescribed the projectiles as“ballistic missile-like” but saidthey did not come down in thecountry’s exclusive economiczone.

Pyongyang is banned fromfiring ballistic missiles underUN Security Council resolu-tions.

Thursday’s launch was thelatest in a series of weaponstests by Pyongyang, whichfired what it called two “super-large multiple rocket launcher”systems last month.

US President DonaldTrump has played down therecent launches, repeatedlypointing to North Korea’smoratorium on nuclear testsand intercontinental ballisticmissile launches as foreign pol-icy successes for him.

Trump and North Koreanleader Kim Jong Un adopted avaguely-worded statement onthe “complete denuclearisationof the Korean peninsula” attheir first summit in Singaporein June last year, but little

progress has since been made.Negotiations have been

gridlocked since a second sum-mit between the pair in Hanoiin February collapsed withouta deal.

North Korea is under mul-tiple sets of international sanc-tions over its nuclear weaponand ballistic missile pro-grammes and lifting some ofthem was a key demand at theHanoi summit.

Trump and Kim thenagreed to restart working-leveltalks during a brief meeting atthe Demilitarised Zone divid-ing the peninsula in June andthe two sides met in Sweden inOctober, only for Pyongyang towalk away.

Earlier this month, Seouland Washington said theywould postpone planned jointmilitary exercises to ease diplo-macy with the North, anannouncement Pyongyang dis-missed.

The North has long con-demned the joint drills, whichit condemns as preparations for

invasion, and carried out mul-tiple missile launches in thesummer in protest as the alliescarried out their annual exer-cises.

North Korea has issued a

series of increasingly assertivecomments in recent weeks as itsend-of-year deadline for the USto come up with a fresh offerapproaches.

Trump hinted at the

prospect of a fourth meetingwith Kim in a tweet earlier thismonth, only to be rebuffed bythe North, which said it had nointerest in summits “that bringnothing to us”.

.���������������#�����,�����3�������������3��(��&��������������#�������������"�������������&����.��������,�����3����F� %�

6����!������.��$$�(9��������$���������9����� ����������.������ ���� 6(��/�7

Rebels have attacked andkilled Ebola response work-

ers in eastern Congo, the WorldHealth Organization chief saidThursday, an alarming devel-opment that could cause thewaning outbreak to again pickup momentum in what hasbeen called a war zone.

“We are heartbroken thatour worst fears have been real-ized,” Tedros AdhanomGhebreyesus said on Twitter.

Three health workers werekilled when Mai-Mai fightersattacked a center run by theUnited Nations health agencyovernight in Biakato, local offi-cial Salambongo Selemani toldThe Associated Press. One res-ident also was killed andCongolese forces killed oneattacker and captured two oth-ers, Selemani said.

Warnings had been postedearlier demanding that thehealth workers leave or face“the worst,” the official said.

This is not the first timethat health workers trying tocontain the second-worst Ebolaoutbreak in history have beentargeted. Some have called thisoutbreak more complicatedthan any other. Several rebelgroups are active in the region,and local officials say somebelieve Ebola is nothing but apolitical ploy.

“Imagine, a doctor leaves

home in the US or elsewhere tocome sleep in a tent to help saveus from this scourge of Ebolaand yet poorly educated youngpeople want to attack him. ... Itis very deplorable,” said FistonKamango, a youth leader inBiakato.

In a second attack, AlliedDemocratic Forces rebels killeda civilian overnight inMangina, a rural community inBeni territory, territory admin-istrator Donat KaserekaKibwana said. The target wasnot the Ebola center but thelocal population, the officialsaid. The latest attacks comeafter days of deadly unrest inthe city of Beni, where residentsoutraged by repeated rebelattacks stormed the local U.N.

peacekeeping base, demandingmore protection. WHO evac-uated 49 of its staffers there,leaving 71 in place.

Ebola response work wasput on lockdown in Beni, dis-maying health experts whosay every attack hurts crucialefforts to contain the deadlyvirus. Most of the recent newcases have been reported in thenewly targeted communities ofBiakato, Mangina and Beni.

The number of cases hadbeen dropping in the yearlongoutbreak which has killed morethan 2,100 people and wasdeclared a rare global healthemergency earlier this year.Several days this month, zerocases were reported. Previously,cases have surged after attacks

on health workers and facilities.In one example of how any

pause can sharply affect Ebolacontainment efforts, WHO hassaid no one in Beni could bevaccinated against the virus onMonday. The health agencypreviously could trace morethan 90% of contacts of infect-ed people in the city but nowthat figure is just 17%, a UNspokesman said Tuesday.

Residents accuseCongolese and UN forces ofnot doing enough to protectcivilians from the rebels whofight for control of the region’svast mineral wealth. The ADFalone is blamed for the murdersof more than 1,500 people inand around Beni in the pastfour years.

The latest rebel attack out-side Beni killed 19 people, theUN said Wednesday.

After an emergency meet-ing Monday, President FelixTshisekedi decided to allowjoint operations betweenCongolese and UN forces inBeni following the proteststhat also burned the town hall.

Far from the capital,Kinshasa, some traumatizedresidents in the densely popu-lated border region nearUganda and Rwanda are waryof outsiders, further compli-cating the Ebola containmentwork in a part of Congo thathad never recorded the virusbefore.

3���!�%#�%�"����$5&�������%�$#����&�����0����%�� ���� ( �� 63������7

The families of some of the39 Vietnamese people

found dead in a truck in Britainprepared for emotional burialsfor their children Thursdayafter an agonising weeks-longwait to bring their bodieshome.

The first of the remainsarrived in Vietnam Wednesdaymorning before being quicklyshuttled to their homes in cen-tral provinces, where many ofthe victims came from.

All 31 men and eightwomen found in a refrigeratedcontainer in Essex last monthwere from Vietnam, manyfrom rural towns that havebeen shaken by the tragedy.

On Thursday villagersgathered to lay their lovedones to rest after long nights ofemotional vigils for thereturned.

“I’m very sad to have tobury my own son,” said Vo VanBinh, whose 25-year-old childwas on the ill-fated truck.

Families like his took outloans from the government tocover the cost of repatriation —USD 1,800 for ashes, or USD2,900 for the body.

Binh opted to bring his sonVo Van Linh’s body home butplanned to cremate him later

Thursday.“I wanted to bring him

back in full so I could see hisface one last time,” he told AFPfrom his bare home in Ha Tinhprovince, surrounded bydozens of mourning familymembers.

Grim-faced relatives wear-ing white headbands — in linewith Vietnam funeral customs— later loaded his casket intoan ornately-decorated van totransfer him to the crematori-um. Linh was among sixteenbodies that arrived in Vietnamon Wednesday, flown on acommercial f light fromLondon in canvas-coveredcoffins.

A few hours from Linh’sfamily home, weeping rela-tives in Dien Chau district,Nghe An province prepared tolay two cousins to rest.

Their coffins were carriedto the town church where atearful priest paid a finalhomage to the young men,Hoang Van Tiep, 18, NguyenVan Hung, 33.

“The bodies of our twochildren are here today... aftertheir time away from the coun-try, they are here in our arms,in our homeland,” PriestNguyen Van Nien said in thepacked church, some peoplefainting during the service.

���!�$!��%!�5&�!�!0$#����$!�&"���5����B�'�$���������� ��/ ���

Iran on Thursday condemnedthe burning of its consulate

in southern Iraq hours earlier,which came amid an escalationin Iraq’s anti-governmentprotests that erupted nearly twomonths ago.

Violence across southernIraq had continued throughoutthe night, with security forceskilling 16 protesters andwounded 90 since Wednesday.Protesters closed roads while alarge number of police and mil-itary forces were deployedacross key oil-rich provinces.Protesters had set fire to theIranian consulate in the holycity of Najaf late Wednesday.The Iranian staff were notharmed, and escaped out theback door.

Anti-government protestshave gripped Iraq since Oct. 1,when thousands took to thestreets in Baghdad and thepredominantly Shiite south.The largely leaderless move-ment accuses the governmentof being hopelessly corrupt,and has also decried Iran’sgrowing influence in Iraqi stateaffairs.

At least 350 people havebeen killed by security forces,which routinely used liveammunition and tear gas todisperse crowds, sometimesshooting protesters directlywith gas canisters, causing sev-eral fatalities.

Separately, the US Embassydenounced a recent decision byIraq’s media regulator to sus-

pend nine television channels,calling for theCommunications and MediaCommission to reverse its deci-sion. Thursday’s statementfrom the US Embassy inBaghdad also condemnedattacks and harassment againstjournalists.

Local channel Dijla TVhad its license suspended onTuesday, and its office wasclosed and its equipment con-fiscated, according an officialfrom one of the channels underthreat. Other channels havebeen asked by the regulatorycommission to sign a pledge“agreeing to adhere to its rules,”said the official, who request-ed anonymity out of fear ofreprisal.

The Islamic State groupalso claimed responsibility forTuesday’s coordinated bomb-ings in three Baghdad neigh-borhoods, which killed fivepeople. That was the firstapparent coordinated attacksince anti-government protestsbegan.

The bombings took placefar from Baghdad’s TahrirSquare, the epicenter of weeksof anti-government proteststhat have posed the biggestsecurity challenge to Iraq sincethe defeat of IS.

Tehran called for a“responsible, strong and effec-tive” response leadership tothe incident from Iraq’s gov-ernment, said Abbas Mousavi,a foreign ministry spokesman,in statements to Iran’s officialIRNA news agency.

�������"����������������������&���������������$������.��������������������,�4���.���F%��.�����#�����������������"������1&���������#���������������$��������������.�����������������������������.���������+�������"F������������������������.����������������$������&�����������"����"����,�4�������������������������"I�������������&������������"F�.����������������!��&����������������������#��������&������$��!�����������������������F� %�

��!�������������������,����������#��������������''����--��������0�#�$������������&�������&�"���������������������������������&������"$�����������������������������������������,#����!��#��&�������!�����������6,���6������%%������--��������=���������$����!!���������&��#��#��������!!����##��������������&��F�%%��

A$�%����"�����"�����8��"��#$�%$!��"�&!����!0�% � ����

Disgraced Maldives ex-president Abdul la

Yameen was sentenced tofive years in prison for moneylaundering on Thursday aftera corruption probe into theformer strongman’s rule ofthe luxury tourist destination.

Yameen, who ran theIndian Ocean archipelagowith an iron fist before hisshock election loss in 2018,was accused of illegally trans-ferring one million dollarsf rom one of his bankaccounts during an ongoinggraft investigation.

The 60-year-old wasarrested in February oncharges of bribing witnessesin the ensuing money laun-dering trial.

Authorities also frozebank accounts belonging toYameen that held aroundUSD 6.5 million at the end oflast year following accusa-tions he had taken illicit pay-ments.

Invest igators bel ieveYameen could have millionsmore stashed abroad and areworking to repatriate thecash.

Yameen’s governmentregularly jailed opponents orforced them into exile duringits five years in power, andthe former president reliedheavily on China for politicaland financial support as hishuman rights record facedcriticism.

Current leader IbrahimMohamed Solih’s won anunexpected landslide victorylast year on a pledge to endcorruption, and dissidentshave since returned to thecountry.

� �����>%�9��$�������(����?<�% � ��99�

The death toll from the mostpowerful earthquake to

strike Albania in decades roseto 40 on Thursday after morebodies were pulled from thewreckage overnight in atragedy that has wiped outwhole families.

The 6.4 magnitude earth-quake rocked the Balkan statewhile people were sleeping justbefore 4:00 am (0300 GMT) onTuesday, razing buildings andtrapping victims beneath thedebris in towns near theAdriatic coast.

Rescue teams were stillshovelling away massivechunks of collapsed apart-ments and hotels in the coastal

city of Durres, where nearly 30buildings were badly damaged.

Teams from aroundEurope have flown in to helpwith the effort, bringing dogsand specialised cameras tohunt for survivors, around 50of whom have been pulled outalive, mostly on Tuesday.

As the operation stretchedinto day three, rescuers insist-ed there was still reason to hopefor more survival stories.

“There may be hope for upto eight or ten days” for victimsto live after an earthquake,Captain Joel Leroy, a Frenchrescuer, told AFP.

His team of around 50 wassearching for two peoplebelieved to be buried at the siteof seven-story building in

Durres, where two or threefloors toppled over and sunkinto the ground.

Victims may still be in“survival pockets” of air thatallow them to breathe underthe rubble, he explained.

“That’s why we are workingso hard, we believe in it,” headded. Search efforts ceased onThursday in the other hard-hittown of Thumane, where thedefence ministry said therewere no more missing aftermore than 20 bodies werepulled out in recent days.

During the night, emer-gency workers uncovered thecorpses of a mother and sonfrom the Reci family, found inan embrace.

They were crushed by the

weight of a collapsed six-storeybuilding in Durres.

The whole family has nowperished in the quake, with thebodies of a father and daugh-ter pulled out the day before,according to Ilir Duka, anAlbanian rescuer at the scene.

Similar tragedies havebefallen other families as thepre-dawn quake shattered theirhomes. Loved ones havewatched on in horror as res-cuers pulled out bodies coveredin a grey film of dust, many intheir pyjamas.

On Tuesday a woman washeard crying out from inside awrecked building, where shewas stuck inside with a deadchild. She was eventually res-cued but later died in hospital.

��"��.�#������""�$����0!N�������������!%&����'�$5�� � 3������� 6�����7

Pressure is mounting on Malta’s primeminister to resign as the ongoing

investigation into the assassination of aleading journalist struck at the heart ofhis government.

Police have arrested Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat’s chief of staff KeithSchembri for questioning as a person ofinterest in the murder of popular reporterDaphne Caruana Galizia.

The investigation has moved swift-ly since a Maltese businessman wasarrested on a private yacht trying to fleeMalta last week.

Muscat refused Thursday to com-ment on Schembri’s arrest and otherdevelopments in the fast-evolving case,saying he would do so only when theinvestigations are over. Thousands ofangry protesters have demonstrated forfive nights outside Muscat’s officedemanding his resignation.

��������$����������:��&���=������������&����!����&��������������#������$"�#�����������&����������������"���������������!�������������/�����2�=����"F�=�������������������+�������"������������������#������$�������� ������"�����������&��������"���������������������������E��?�����������������&��������#������-�#�����������5���8����������������������������F� %�

Page 13: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

((����)*�+�:�

��;�����������;��� 11;����� �;9��� ������ 9�������#����'"����&● (�����!5�����5$!�"���4 ?�K0%● (�$''��$!�$!�● ��!���������!41KK0%● (������������,0�����4?�5�'● A����%�!�4?,>"�����● .&%'��!4?KK0%● �$%��$4?KK0%● (�!!�%$!● /���!�����%$%4?● ("$���4?

● ���"��#41● /�!0���!�0��"��'����4?�5�'● ($���!���"�����41�5�'● ������� �����O��'● ;$0�&��4O�&'● �&�%����'$)���41��'● (��""�'$)���41=?��'● (&%�!'$)���4?,>��'● ������%���"�41��'● �"���$�"4?�5�'● �"��$�����(���"&● A�!�"���$'���$!�$!��!���&�P���%)���0�!0���!�0��"��'���������$%��&%�!'$)���

�!�"�����$$":● ��2����5$��)���%�!���������!�����$!)�����"��!�%�!�"������!�0�������������������$��:● "�����������!5�����#�$%��������!�$'�!������!"��'�������$!�$!�!�������%�2:������5"&!��!�$#����!�#�5"����'���!��"$�����������!5������$�������%�2�&���$��!$�$$D�$&�)��"��$$��!0:● �����#�)��$'�$#$"���$�"����0�!0��0��"��'�������"���&%�!'$)�����'�!��$#�����%���"� �!��&�%����'$)���:����!��������&##��������!)��������!�"�����������#$���"����>K%�!&���:

● �!���%��!��%��'��'������0����:● ���$"���$�"�!���������%$%���!!�%$!�5"���'�''����"$����!�5��"��#:�!������'����5�0�!�$��DD"�����0�!0��0��"��'����:● �#����$$��!0#$�#���%�!&���$���%���&%��������'��"���!��&5��'&%'��!'�����)����$%���"��!���&�P��#$�1K%�!&���:● �$)����$%��$'������!��$$���#$�1K%�!&�����""'&%'��!�!��$%��$5��$%���$#��!�%&���:● �$)0��!�����5$���$$���%�2�!�%����'����:● .$&����'����$!�$�#����'�!

�!��'��!�"�������%���"��"����$���!���'$)�����&%�!'$)�����&�%����'$)����!�5��!0�$5$�":● �$)����������� �����!���8&���������$!�!0��'���$&������● ��"����0��������%%���!0������!�$�"�0��""�!0'�!$���%���&%#"�%�:● /��""�����&##��������!����#&""��$��$��$����$$��!0:● ."������0��""����&##��������!$!�'"����!�'$&����'&%'��!0����$�����:● /��!���)����$���!���"������!�������$�:�������"7����#�����������������������������������������F

�������$##�������,���"� %�!&��)����

)�""5��!0�!���!�&���!�)�����)���:�����/&!'$)���'$���$��#�$%����$����"5�"�����!�������'%�#�!0���#�$% $&���� ���������#�$%�$����A"��$&���#$2!&��#�$%��##���!���0�$!��0&!'$)���'��!&��������)������������'�!��������%��$:&���A���""�$��%5��6�9�A��1�?KK#$��)$6'"&���2��7��7�A�1?!$$!�$1?�% �4��A������%�""� ���$��?�/&�&0��%:

���������������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

����!0�!�)$##���!0�$���)�����!0�$#�!���!�������

�������!���$�����$!)���8�)�""���5��!��������������$!$##���!�2B&�������!0�$#�������$!�"#"��$&���!������#������5"�0$"�:����$""����$!�$!�����$#��������� ����������� �� ���������������-�%%&��$�$"����.�!������������������������ ���!�%&��%$��:6�9�A 1��KKK6��0!��&��5$2$#1M'�����:7 .���>Q��!�!�$���5��������!R

($�����"5����$����!���($�����"A�����:��'����!���&������!��"���.$%�0��!����$8��$��$!��&"��.���>Q�&""�� '����"�9&5�9�� $!���9&%�"�����"$$���������$��$�� &00����$!�!�%�!�%$��:6�9�A����K$!)������7�A�1?�%�$1?'%&���A���""����%5��1K �4��A�.���>Q�!�$���5��������!R($�����"����/&�&0��%:

A�����$!�������!0%&!�����)������""�����!��:�����������!�������&%5�� �'"&%��������!���!���"����������������!B&�����""������������##�!������������!%�00���������$������'�%��0�������������6�9�A��1�QKK#$��)$&���A���""����%5��1� �4��A� ���$�?��/&�&0��%:

�����99����#����'"����&● ;�""$)�$�!���'�41M● �"&��$�!���'�41M● �������%$DD���""�������● �"��4MK0%● -�"�'�!$�41?(���"&● ���'#���$�!���'�:���!�'��!�"���"��!���&����'�''���$�!:● ����!0�!���$�$!'"�����'������"#$#5��!���""�$!�$'�$�$������%:● '����S�0%$#�������

�������!�%$DD���""�������%�2$!�$': '����8�"�'�!$�:● 9�'���������'�:● ."������"$����!���$��!���$��!: ($$�&!��"���������%�"���!���5&55"�:● 9�%$������$$���!���$�#�$%���$��!: "������!���$�$!��"��!�!�)��%'"���:● '��!�"���"���!���$''����"�!��$$!�$':● ���!0���$$'�'"�����$""$'$#�$&�����%$!����$'$#���!���$�: �����%%������"�:�������"7����#����������������������&���,6������&��'���J�5����

A����0����%$���!�����$'�!���%�&%'��"$&��5��!0��!���!���$!�""����"��%�������!��&%'"�!0��$�������:���5��!�5��!0��$%�%&��,"$����!�#�%�"���#"��$&��)�����)����!�T 9#$�%��:6�9�A���KK6#$��)$7��7�A�11�%�$11'% �4��A���A.�$%�!���%�""�3���!��&!8:

���������2� � � � � & � $���$��"��'�!���"����"�&!�����!�""

!�)%�!&5����#��#�!.�5�!��:��0$��5��$!�����"������$%5���!�.����#"��$&����!�$%'����!0�������!�'����5��$%%&!�����"���!0�!�$%5��: $%�$#���!�)������$!��!�"&���&!��'&��'��)!��������������$%5���������!�)��������"������00��!�)����!�%�!�%$��:��7�AQ4>K�%�$1?4>K�%6�9�A��1�?KK6#$��)$7 �4��A��"">$&�"���6(�5�� &5���A��""�!����!������7:

It seems nearly impossible andexhausting even as one starts to

imagine cooking for 87 hours and 45minutes at a stretch. How would youdescribe your experience and theentire journey?It was a gruelling but at the same timean exhilarating experience for me. I wasallowed only a five-minute break everyhour and my limbs were heavy and sorehalfway into the cooking marathon. Iremember, after a point of time I wasat the peak of exhaustion but my drivekept me going.

In my journey, yoga and medita-tion have helped me a lot to prepare forthe process. I also led an active lifestyleand worked out regularly, whichallowed my body to build up resistanceand endurance for such a long cook.This was not just a physical but also anemotionally-driven experience for me.The love and support I received frommy family, friends and everyone whocame and cheered me at the event,helped me cross the finish line.

How challenging was it to cook for20,000 people and maintain the rightflavours simultaneously?Cooking in large batches is always achallenging task for any chef. There aremultiple factors one has to keep inmind, be it selecting the right ingredi-ents, pre-proportioning them and scal-ing recipes properly to maintain theflavour profiles. It is a mammoth task.In an outdoor cook one has to also takeextra precautions to maintain properhygiene standards to avoid food con-tamination. And I had to do all of theabove and make sure no one goes hun-gry at the same time.

My aim was to use hacks that Ihave picked up in my years of trainingas a professional chef that made theentire process more efficient andallowed me to achieve my goal as perthe Guinness specifications.

Vada paos and sandwiches are verycommon meals. Why didn’t youexperiment with some specific cui-sine? Because it was such a long cook, I hadto strategically plan a menu whichwould enable me to endure the pres-sure and withstand long cooking hours.It is not possible for anyone to contin-uously stand for the entire duration

which it takes tocook. I includedsome simpleoptions like vadapav and sandwich-es because they allowedme to sit during the prep timeand gave my legs a much-neededrest. I also designed my menukeeping in mind that I had to sin-gle-handedly prepare food in bulk.Complex dishes with multiple com-ponents would have required morelabour and hours of food prep.

You have plans to open a restaurantin London that will offer cuisine from

India’s lesser-known regions. Do youthink Indian cuisine will ever becomea world favourite? Indian cuisine already enjoys a cult sta-tus worldwide. However over the years,a common misconception has beenbuilt that Indian food is simply aboutcurries and spices. I want to change thisperception. Through my new venture,I want to offer cuisines from India’s less-er-known regions with a twist thatappeals to all palates. There is animmense diversity in Indian cuisineand a lot still needs to be showcased.I want to explore lesser known regionsof Indian food, and showcase cuisinesfrom our country’s more remote terri-tories and borders at a global level.

What do you have to say about thecurrent food culture in India? Sadly over the years due to a hecticlifestyle, the concept of eating out todaymeans surrendering your taste buds tofast food. Everyone is looking for aquick bite and the added convenienceof getting a meal delivered on yourdoorstep has only added fuel to the fire.However, I do notice a welcome changein the eating habits of millennials.Young people these days prefer placeswith strong food ethics. They want toknow how fresh or organic their foodis, where their food is coming from andif it is ethically sourced or not.

Food is subjective to different people.Some may like a dish and otherswon’t. How do you deal with negativecrit-

icism to your food?For me, food is like art. Everyone willperceive it and connect with it differ-ently. I am always open to views andsuggestions that can help me evolve asa cook. However, I will never let crit-icism dictate my true style of cooking.Having said that, at the end of the daylike my dishes, I take all feedback witha pinch of salt.

How do you adapt your dishes to localingredients while travelling? I am a passionate traveller and loveexploring authentic ingredients andforgotten recipes. I draw deep inspira-tion from local spices, vegetables andstyles of cooking and I love fusing localingredients with authentic Indian dish-es. One of the dishes that is close to myheart is a fusion of red wine sauce,Inderher ki Sabji in authentic Vindhyadish. Another one is using differentIndian flours and creating a healthyversion of beetroot and chocolatebrownies. I have also created Kerelastew which is smoked with maple woodchips.

What shaped your food logic whilegrowing up? What are your inspira-tions? Any anecdotes to share?My childhood revolved around foodand that really helped shape me into thecook I am today. I remember my vis-its to the local vegetable and meat mar-ket with my grandfather and how hetaught me to rely on my senses to pickout the best ingredients. I was exposedto different Indian cuisines courtesy mymother and my extended family. My

aunt cooked Sindhi dishes for me,and I developed my love for

Punjabi cuisine due to mymother-in-law. All theseinstances have helped medevelop a strong sense of iden-tity and that is what I try and

reflect in my cooking today. (She is the first woman to achieve

the international honour in thiscategory.)

Often we tend to club SouthEast Asia and its cuisine asone whole. But despite the

similarity of ingredients, eachcountry has distinct flavours deriv-ing from its history, culture and theproduce of the area. We discoveredthe nuances of Vietnamese cuisineat Honk, the Pan Asian signaturerestaurant of Pullman where aFood & Art festival from thecountry is on till December 1.

Vietnamese cuisine reflectsthe lifestyle and history of thecountry. Having gone throughlong phases of war and politicalconflict, the ingredients are ofteninexpensive and locally available.The cuisine tries to maintain a bal-ance of five elements through fivetastes and five colours.

The chefs Vo Thi Diem andPhuong Thanh Thao My havebeen flown from Sofitel SaigonPlaza, Vietnam, to curate theauthentic flavours of the cuisine.Thao My told us that they haveensured that the flavours stayedtrue to how the food is cooked atVietnamese homes.

We started off with dimsumsand unlike the ones that are servedat any of the speciality restaurants,these were served cold. Though Iprefer my food served piping hotand believe that a slight lowering ofthe temperature alters the taste,these were certainly a good start tothe meal. Rolled up in rice sheetswere two kinds of dimsums,Vietnamese fresh spring roll withprawns and the its vegetarianoption. Both were served with a

delicious peanut butter sauce whichhad a definitely Oriental taste andwas nothing like the spread that weare used to having for breakfasts.Why these really worked was thatunlike hot dimsums where the fill-ing is often cooked to a mush, thejulienned vegetables had a good biteto them. But what elevated the dishwas the strong flavour of freshlemon grass rolled inside it, whichadded a citrusy chlorophyll bite tothe roll. This certainly is worth a try.

Four different types of saladswere served next. While the ingre-dients were different in each, whatremained constant was the freshvegetables and the condimentsused to flavour it. So a hint of fishsauce and sweet vinegar was aflavour that was maintainedthroughout.

Next up was Vietnamese noo-dle chicken soup served withsprouted soyabean, sliver of lemonand roundels of chilli. Like theGujarati and Bengali cuisine, theVietnamese too like to add a hint

of sweetness to their dishes andhere the flavour was a tad much formy liking so I added a generousdose of the lemon and we weregood to go. Munching on thesprouted soyabean furtherenhanced the fresh and healthyflavours.

We were on to the maincourse. What we got was a bowl-ful of rice accompanied by threedishes — one each of chicken, fishand pork. The stir fried chickenwith lemon grass and chilli hadbeen cooked in a watery gravy andwas extremely flavourful withjust a hint of garlic. It paired wellwith the slightly sticky and smallrice.

The caramelised fish with fishsauce, on the other hand, was dryand had a hint of sweetness in it.The pork with pepper, my com-panion informed me, was succu-lent and cooked to perfection. Itwas just an indication that some-times it is just the simplest offlavours that can create a deeplysatisfying experience.

Having had our fill, we wait-ed for the dessert. And this toowas a bit of a surprise. Somethinglike a tikki was placed before us.Made with sweet potato and yam,it was slathered over with coconutmilk and sprinkled with almondbits, it did not seem to have anyadded sugar but seemed to derivethe sweetness on the strength ofits ingredients.

A slightly less sweet end to themeal where it was the reigningflavour.

�+HH �:��;6,:3���!�%����&���!���"���$!#����"�%�!����������!��$"$&���$'&��$0������%��"��������%'"����#"��$&�#&"����� ���� ����9

9������.��9�(� ��� �9���

���� �A��� �� �

3������� �A9� .9��/9����� .9�� ���� ��� 3�/���9����.����:��� �9� �93��

�� �����(��� .����������9

�����/.�.���+��+# (��������� ����������7�������������� ������������������������������#�(���������8���������������������������(�������������)����9�% ��:.� ;);.

<+�����������)������������'

Page 14: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

���������������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$

���$�'�(������(���$������%$$!)������)�������������'�!!��$&�#$����: ����0"�������)$�������#�"%%�����)������!�$��������!�$"������$���������!$�#$&!�����$#���!�$���"�,��:

������$��)�$����)$��%&"��!�,$&������ ������ !��������!���� ��!������������*��#��"��!�����5"������������)$�����������'&��!���'���$##:����!����5���"���$!"���!�#$��!����$�������'����!�������&�����&��!���)�""�")���'��$##)���'�������!��:�����"�����$!$#!&%5����!�5$2$##�����������!0$!����$':+

;�%��)�$����!�"��&�!��?Q������������$&"�!G����������#$��5���������:

A�"%%��������"���"#���!������&�0��'�$'"��$)�������#$����$%�!0����$����"���%���������#�����5�#$��#$�%,�!0'����'��$!��5$&����#�"%:

($!��$�����������5��!'�"�!0&'������!���������"��$#���#�"%)��"�&!�����)��"�5���:/$)����������)��"�'�$%$��!0���#�"%�*����!�'�$'"�!����$)�������#�"%:�#���)�����!0����#�"%�����)�""0���""����!�)���$#�����B&��,��$!���&��$����$��00�����$!:�#���)�����!0������)�""���"������������5��!%���)����$!����!��!��!������""0$$��!���#�"%:+

;,2����%�����<�����%��%�������������������=����������%%

���=�����%�=�%��>�2��� ��������������=�%��� ��� ������%�������&����� ���������� ����#��=���>�$ %��#��%2���� ���=���� �&#���2���%������#%������ ��=������?����%���&�?������%�������@%��>������?� � ������ ��#������ ��������@%��>3�A6����� �

((����:�

;1�2%��3�� (������=����@���������3

.���������)�������� &'��%$��")�������&�&����$!���!0MKK������!�!�##$���$%���&'#$�����!���$!%�!��"�%'��������$$�'"����&��$���#"�0������������$'&��&����%$��""�!0������:

���$$��$�!���0��%�$�!!$&!���������)�""5�$##���,��!0������5$!#$$�'��!�5�'"�!��,!0�����:*�$!���!0MKK������$5�'"�!����?K#$�����#"�0����$$��!�����'��������%$!����!�'�$5�5"�)�""�$!��!&�#$��������$#��������+���%$��")�$��: ��������*��%����%�����$)%&��%�8$5�##����%����5$!#$$�'��!��!�$#�$)5�&��""��"�%������!0���$5��$&�"��##����!0���)$�"�:+

�"$!0)�������2'"�!���$!� �����������!�""&��������%�0�$#�)$%�!�����!0��$��,"�00���$������!#"$���'���&%�5"���'��,��!��!0!��&��:

�� �����9�

One can easily lament aboutthe inadequate representa-tion of environmental

issues in mainstream cinema.And given the current climate cri-sis, which is pushing the earth toa ‘global tipping point,’ as perresearchers, it becomes even moreimportant for environment-relat-ed films to find a mainstream con-text. But in India, at the moment,mainline films which deal with theissue are few and far between, likeKadvi Hawa, though there is aburgeoning sub-category of docu-drama.

The four day CMS Vatavaran,Environment and WildlifeInternational Film Festival, tries tobreak this box. Waterman, direct-ed by Hyderabad-based filmmak-er, Anshul Sinha, drives home astrong message in a funny butimpactful manner by personifyingmunicipal water supply. The filmfollows a man with a water tap inhis mouth, who visits residents ofa colony in Kacheguda every day.He is the one who supplies waterand the entire area depends onhim for daily chores — washing,bathing, cooking and so on.Families rejoice when he spendsan hour in their houses every dayand anxiously wait for him toreturn the next day. But if anyonewastes water, he takes offence andmakes sure not to stop over attheir house. Told in a humorousformat, Anshul believes that cre-ative freedom to directors can bethe best way to bring these issuesto the multiplex audience at least.

He says, “Filmmaking is sucha blessed concept. No other artform has so much power to reachout at a lightning speed. There areso many different genres in whicha particular story can be told. Such‘arthouse and short films, andeven documentaries’ come and go.I feel realism has become a recur-rent theme in Bollywood but allthe environmental issues havenot been captured by any of thedirectors yet. There is a burningneed to include climate crisis as asubject in commercial films, espe-cially.”

In fact, another filmmakerfrom the Netherlands, Jos VanDongen feels that there areenough central themes that canmake for a very engaging and riv-eting view. We just need to findsome and start working on it. Hisfilm, The Real Price of Cheap

Medicines was broadcast in Aprillast year by independent Dutchmedia organisation BNNVARAfor their documentary pro-gramme, Zembla. The 36-minutefilm shows Van Dongen travellingto Telangana, where he visits anumber of sites near the manufac-turing unit of Indian pharmaceu-tical company Aurobindo. Thefirst few shots of the video showDongen walking along a gushingriver, reportedly foaming from allthe pharmaceutical pollutantsbeing let into it by drug compa-nies in the area.

“It’s not only our clothes thatare made cheaply in India andChina, our drugs are producedthere, too. Under what conditionsare medicines produced in India?And who pays the true price?They produce all this at what cost?Life? This is what needs to bestopped. Otherwise, everything isgoing to end soon,” he says andadds that he was astounded to seehow the levels of pollution wererising and the groundwater wasturning green. This can go on foryears until and unless authoritiesdo not take some action. And tomake them realise the urgency,films have to be made in a format

that is far-reaching. However,Van Dongen feels that environ-ment and mainstream media canbe a bit difficult. “People are notreally interested until it involvesor affects their own lives. Throughthis film, I have tried hard to makea direct link to the viewers them-selves. Hopefully, the film shouldmake them realise that medicinesnot only cure but they make peo-ple sick,” says he.

Director Devshree Nath’s film,Naisargi, has been a memorablejourney as it made her questionthe use of plastic sanitary pads. Sherealised how important it is tomake people aware of not just theenvironmental change but alsohow humans are contributing toit. She says, “Through this amaz-ing medium of films, we canshowcase very minute details ofthings or events which might getmissed out otherwise. Somethingconveyed with such detail can eas-ily evoke empathy amongst theaudience. I feel mainstream cine-ma has always tried to target themasses and if something related toenvironment is portrayed in arelatable manner, the masses willcertainly lap it up.”

The unique factor about envi-

ronmental films is that, by theirvery nature, they are content goldmines but the question is how tomake them more marketable?Films that have environmentalconcerns have always had multi-ple issues related to not being mar-ketable, feels PN Vasanti, psychol-ogist and social researcher, who iscurrently the Director General ofthe Centre for Media Studies(CMS). “Eco films talk aboutcomplex issues which are difficultto explain in a way that are easilyunderstood. I feel, environmentalfilms, especially, are left behind toa large extent. Very few directorshave become masters of it. The fes-tival has played a massive role in

doing a series of workshops whichprovide exposure to environment-conscious filmmakers,” she says.

Vasanti feels that it is a craftwhich needs to be learned withpatience. Understanding of certaintopics under this theme requirepeople who have researched welland proper knowledge of the sub-ject. It’s not just about filmmakingbut more about the subject, whichvery few filmmakers have thepatience and interest to learn.“There are a few things uniqueabout marketing these films.Timing is incredibly important —you must build up as much hypeas possible in the short space oftime leading up to and around thelaunch. Until recently, it was toughbecause the channels were notinterested to showcase such sub-jects. OTT platforms have nowbecome mainstream and it has real-ly exciting possibilities of showcas-ing these films,” says she. However,the director of CMS adds that it stillremains a challenge for eco films tofind a mainstream context. It ismuch more easier to market “socalled” easily viable commercialfilms. But there are possibilities. Asthey say, if you have the will, thereis a way certainly!

As we head into the lastmonth of 2019, it appears

that most car companies will beglad to see the back of this year,truly an annus horriblis for theindustry in the eyes of mostobservers. But, was it? In termsof sales, for sure, as there weredouble digit declines throughmany months for all majormanufacturers and where mar-ket leader Maruti-Suzuki wasparticularly badly impacted. But2019 also saw the entry of twonew brands into the Indianmarket, Kia and MG whichhave already made a hugeimpact.

The Hyundai-Kia combina-tion also brought in dual-clutchtechnology into the mass mar-ket in a way that other manufac-turers have been unable to.While sales were down atMaruti-Suzuki, the success ofvehicles like the Ertiga and itssibling, the XL6, proved thatbuyers were looking for sensibleproducts.

The implementation of newsafety norms and the introduc-tion of the amended MotorVehicles Act, has made at leasta small dent in the rising num-ber of road accident numbers inthe country, although that has

increased costs for consumers assafety features such as reversesensors/cameras, speed warn-ings and mandatory driverairbags and anti-lock brakes arenow fitted across the board.

But the sales numbers arenot expected to rise anytimesoon. This despite 2020 beingcertain to feature some excit-ing new launches and brandintroductions, particularlysince it will be another year ofthe Auto Expo. There will bethe new Creta, i20 and Tusconfrom Hyundai. The fifth-gen-eration Honda City is likely tobe launched soon after theAuto Expo. There will be the

mid-life update to the VitaraBrezza, as it replaces olderdiesel engines. Kia is likely tobring in a whole variety ofmodels, starting with theirSoul hatchback. Then therewill be the next-generationToyota Coralla Altis as well asthe new Skoda Octavia. Infact, 2020 is the last chance forthe Volkswagen Group beforeits new Skoda-centric strategycomes into play to which theSkoda Koriaq and VolkswagenT-Roc are integral.

There is a lot of excitementin the luxury market as wellsince Audi’s line-up will getrefreshed this year with a newQ3 as will Mercedes-Benz’ssmaller vehicle line-up. Frankly,I can’t wait for some of the newcars to enter the market. And weare likely to see Citroen enter theIndian market as well, I say like-ly, as the contours of a potentialmerger between FCA and PSACitroen are being worked out.

Sales should also pick up in2020, although in percentageterms the rise will be more dueto the huge downturn in 2019.In absolute terms, it will takesales for both cars and motorcy-cles a few years to recover to2018 levels. That will partially be

due to the rebalancing of themarket after Bharat Stage 5norms come into play, whichwill most likely mean the demiseof smaller diesel engines eventhough Hyundai-Kia andMahindra (which has now part-nered with Ford) have promisedto keep producing them. Thecost differential between a petrolengine variant and diesel enginevariant will increase and willmake small diesel cars quiteexpensive.

In fact, one could potential-ly argue that sales may neverreturn to the levels they wereonce at, particularly, since everycar buyer is looking at electricand hybrid cars with one eye. Asthe Hyundai Kona proves, thereis limited demand for such vehi-cles in India. The BMW i3s thatI drove in Delhi was an eye-opener and I expect to be dri-ving the Nissan Leaf soon,Running costs of under a rupeea kilometer cannot be beaten nomatter how economical theengine. That said, capital costsneed to come down, and in amarket like India, I still feel thatPlug-In Hybrid Electric vehicles(PHEV) might be a happy medi-an for India. But will those carsstart being available in India in2020? And what needs to hap-pen from a policy perspective, allof those are important questions.

Next week, I will write aboutthe cars that I most enjoyed dri-ving and the ones that surprisedme as well as noting which man-ufacturers still need to build ontheir trust deficit. No car reallydisappointed me this year, well,maybe a couple didn’t live up toexpectations, but 2019 was nota bad year for launches. This willbe after we have had our juryrounds for the Indian Car OfThe Year (ICOTY) at the BuddhInternational Circuit next week,where all of us jury memberswill get a chance to remind our-selves of which cars we reallyliked this past year.

From the time of his debut in 1970with Mera Naam Joker to his

forthcoming release The Body, icon-ic actor Rishi Kapoor has lived hisBollywood career transforming froma child actor to a top star to a char-acter artiste. In the course of his jour-ney, he believes he has managed tostay relevant with time because hebuilds his mind as an actor and notthe body.

Asked what would be the oneadvice he would give to buddingactors, Rishi said, “These days, bud-ding actors are more interested ingrooming and building their body.They focus on building musclesthan emotional exercise, which isimportant for actors. Build yourmind rather than your body whenyou prepare for acting, because if youhave the acting skill, you will surelybecome an actor. If you don’t havethat, you are replaceable. Look at me,do I have the body? But I am stillworking, because in every film I tryto create a character.”

He added after a pause, “Okay, Iam maybe old, I do not inspireyoungsters. But look at AyushmannKhurrana, Rajkummar Rao, RanveerSingh, Vicky Kaushal and — I’m nottaking his name because he is my son— but Ranbir (Kapoor) too is a tal-ented actor. None of them havedole-shole (muscles). Kyunki dolerakhne se kalakar nahi banoge. Busgym mein paise phukega (You won’tbecome an artiste by having muscles.It’s just a waste of money in the gym).

Amitabh Bachchan sahab ko dekho(look at Amitabh Bachchan), he didnot have muscles. But even today, heis the original angry young man ofHindi cinema!”

Quite interestingly, Rishi changedhis image from a romantic hero offilms like Bobby, Khel Khel Mein tofilms like Love Aaj Kal, Do DooniChaar, Agneepath, Kapoor & Sons,102 Not Out and Mulk.

In Jeethu Joseph’s The Body,Rishi co-stars with Emraan Hashmi,Sobhita Dhulipala and Vedhika. Thefilm is slated to release on December13.

During his recent stay in the USfor health treatment, Rishi says he gota chance to see how his films still holdrelevance among the internationalaudience.

“When I got to know that theyare interested in watching my films,I suggested around 10 titles, and 102Not Out was one of them. The nextmorning a guy came to our place withflowers and a long handwritten emo-tional note. He couldn’t hold his tearsbecause he said the film narrated thestory of his life. He said that his sonwants him to die fast so that he canget all the properties. He said that heis 82-years-old and his son does noteven talk to him,” recalled Rishi.

“I realised cinema as a mediumis so universal that it touches thou-sand of hearts. I felt bad for him, butI was moved by the power of cinema,”the actor concluded.

K.%,�

($!���!��5$&��!���$!%�!���0&"��"�#���&���!�$�&%�!������:�&��!�)$�"������������!0���"�%������!0������"�������0���%���������#���&����!�#$�%�������������$&��$���%�����������;� � �9��

� '�!*-� "�*&��0 /!�

��%��.����.)���$� �.! �

�����)�""5��"$�$#!�)"�&!����5&�����)�""5��$%�'������

�,��-��.����/�#&#&

�� � ��; ���;1;��9�

● �������!������!�!0��$!C�'�����● �$!C�%���!��&��"$$�'�����!��'&�

���"'�$'"��!��$!��2���!��● A�%$&�'���$!�"������������%����

����������� '$)��#&" #$$��0� �!��&%$&���"'���)�!�!�&���!���!��!�&����������C��"����!�!0�$���%����0�

● �0��''�!0��$��"�!������%$����&,���"�!0�����!���#�"%�#"$��$���!�$!�������!0��$#���'"$�

● �!�&���'&5"�������%'��0!5�#$�������"����

● ������������"��$������$"����

� � ��� �����9 �9�

����L.�(�����9� ���;���� ���:� � �� .���?K?K

����/(�9������A����9� ����L(����/������( �

Page 15: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

���������������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$ ������:�

�%�� ��9(�����

ALionel Messi-inspired Barcelonabooked their place in the ChampionsLeague knockout stages on

Wednesday by crushing a desperateBorussia Dortmund 3-1, while RB Leipzigmade the last 16 for the first time with anincredible stoppage time comeback.

Lucien Favre’s position as Dortmundcoach looks increasingly in peril followingthe thumping at the Camp Nou, orchestrat-ed by a sensational Messi, that ensuredBarca’s progress to the last 16 as Group Fwinners and leaves the Germans in dangerof not qualifying.

The Argentine scored one and set upthe other two for Luis Suarez and AntoineGriezmann to inflict a punishing defeat onDortmund and move up to 11 points, fourahead of the Germans and Inter Milan, whowon 3-1 at Slavia Prague.

“He (Messi) was incredible,” saidBarcelona coach Ernesto Valverde. “It’s allabout what he does and when he does it. Itwas a performance to put us through.”

Messi got the ball rolling with a neatpass which allowed Suarez to open the scor-ing in the 29th minute, before theUruguayan returned the favour four min-utes later to lay on Messi for his 613th Barcagoal on his 700th appearance.

Messi, who has scored 10 times in hislast nine games, was also at the heart of thegoal which extinguished Dortmund’s hopesof a result in the 67th minute, slipping awonderful through ball for Griezmann thatthe Frenchman could happily stroke firsttime past Roman Burki.

Dortmund slip down to third behindAntonio Conte’s Inter side, who roared toa fine win which keeps alive theirhopes of a place in the next round.

Romelu Lukaku’s firstChampions League goal for Interand a Lautaro Martinez double sawoff a spirited Slavia side that had lev-elled in the 37th minute through aVAR-awarded Tomas Soucek penal-ty after Lukaku thought he had dou-bled his side’s lead.

Lukaku had another strike ruled out foroffside by VAR in the dying moments, butit made no difference to the result and nowa win over Barca at the San Siro next monthwill guarantee them a place in the last 16.

“We’ve given meaning to the match withBarca by winning tonight,” said Conte.

“We are expecting a tough, great match,but we know that we can count on 80,000people who will come to the stadium topush us on.”

������������Leipzig made the knockout stages in

dramatic style after EmilForsberg fired them back fromtwo goals down in the finalminute to draw 2-2 with Benfica.

The Germans needed apoint to qualify but looked downand out as the match draggedtowards added time, butForsberg pulled a goal backfrom the penalty spot in the 90th

minute before hitting the leveller six min-utes later, sparking wild celebrations.

The draw gave Lyon a big let-off afterthey failed to snatch a knockout spot whenthey fell to 2-0 defeat at Zenit SaintPetersburg.

Liverpool and Napoli were made to wait

for their spots with a tense 1-1 draw atAnfield.

Dries Mertens opened the scoringwith a sweetly struck opener midwaythrough the first half, before Dejan Lovren’sheader salvaged a point to keep the Reds topof Group E.

However the European champions stillneed to get at least a point away to Salzburgnext month to secure their passage into thelast 16, while Napoli need a draw with bot-tom side Genk to claim their spot.

Ajax also need a point to go throughthanks to a 2-0 win at Lille that featured thefastest goal of this year’s competition to opena two-point lead at the top of Group H.

Hakim Ziyech netted after 94 secondsat eliminated Lille with Quincy Promes hit-ting his fourth of the tournament on thehour mark.

Four-time European champions Ajaxhave 10 points from five games, two morethan Valencia and Chelsea who fought outa hugely entertaining 2-2 draw in Spain ear-

lier in the day.Ajax host Valencia in their concluding

fixture next month, while Chelsea welcomeLille to Stamford Bridge knowing a winwould be enough to ensure their place inthe draw.

���� ��9, �����

Aformidable India is expect-ed to demolish the chal-

lenge of a depleted Pakistan ina Davis Cup tie starting heretoday, after the fixture wasshifted to a neutral venue fol-lowing a drama-filled build up.

While it resolved the secu-rity concerns, the shifting ofthe tie did no good to the com-petition. India, with players ofthe caliber of Sumit Nagal,Ramkumar Ramanathan andveteran Leander Paes, wasalready expected to win easybut pulling out of Pakistan topplayers Aisam-ul-haq Qureshiand Aqeel Khan has made it ano-contest.

While the Indian playershave Grand Slam experiencebehind them, the Pakistanis arestill struggling to make a markeven at the ITF Futures level.

At least, the doubles rub-ber would have been compet-

itive if Pakistan’s top playerswere there but they chose notto play, protesting against shift-ing of the tie.

It will be a learning expe-rience for Pakistan’s juniorplayers, who will lead theircountry’s challenge in the tie,the winner of which will trav-el to Croatia in March 2020 forthe World Group Qualifiers.

The tie will offer 46-year-old Paes a chance to furtherbetter his Davis Cup record formost doubles win. He standson top with 43 wins, which hehad achieved last year.

A 44th win beckons Paes,the owner of 18 Grand Slamtrophies, as he will be partner-ing Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan,who is set to make his DavisCup debut.

The left-handed Chennailad will become India’s 75thplayer to play a Davis Cuptie.

In-form Nagal has an

opportunity to earn his firstDavis Cup win as he has lostboth his singles matches sofar — against Spain (2016)and China (2018).

Ramkumar, who will gointo this tie as the numbertwo singles player, can alsobetter his win-loss record. Sofar he has 7-7 record in eightties.

Ramkumar will open thetie today against MuhammadShoaib, who has not evenwon a single match in themain draw of an ITF Futurestournament. The 17-year-old has not played a singlematch in the entire 2019season.

In the second singles,Nagal will take on HuzaifaAbdul Rehman, who didwell on the junior ITF circuit.

India’s non-playing cap-tain Rohit Rajpal said theyare looking for a whitewash.

“Pakistan has youngplayers who seem to be hit-ting well and free. They areplaying against a toughIndian team with nothing toloose. I was told that in theirpress conference they saidthey are fighter and will fighttill the end. We are lookingto whitewash them,” Rajpalsaid.

The tie is being playedon indoor hard courts due tosub-zero temperature.

On the second day of thetie, Paes & Nedunchezhiyanwill take on the combinationof Shoaib and Huzaifa beforethe reverse singles are played.

Even if India take anunassailable 3-0 lead, thefourth rubber will be played.The teams have a choice ofnot playing the inconsequen-tial fifth rubber.

����������

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza onThursday confirmed that she will

be back to competitive tennis atHobart International in January 2020,two years after taking a maternitybreak.

The 33-year-old, who last playedat China Open in October 2017, willteam up with Ukraine’s NadiiaKichenok, the current world number38. “I am playing in Hobart, then Iam playing the Australian Open. I amplanning to play a tournament inMumbai, which is a $25,000 (ITFwomen event) next month, but I am50-50 about it, so let’s see how mywrist behaves. We will see, but Hobartand Australian Open (for sure),” shesaid at a press conference.

Sania, winner of six Grand Slamtitles, said she will partner AmericanRajeev Ram for the mixed doubles atthe Australian Open.

The star player also said thatTokyo 2020 Olympics is on hermind.

“I have been there (Olympics)three times and last time we wereunlucky to not win a medal. If I amable to put myself in that position toable to compete at the Olympics againfor the fourth time in my life, I wouldbe really honoured and privileged. Ihave got three slams before Olympicsand for me it’s week to week and dayto day.”

(()��A English Premier League champi-ons Manchester City’s parent company CityFootball Group on Thursday bought amajority 65 percent stake in Indian SuperLeague (ISL) franchise Mumbai City FC.

This is the first time a top European clubhas acquired a majority stake of a club inIndia, and the development is also expect-ed to bring its renowned manager, PepGuardiola, closer to the country.

News of the acquisition was revealed infront of the club’s fans by CFG ChiefExecutive Officer, Ferran Soriano togeth-er with chairperson, Football SportsDevelopment Limited and RelianceFoundation, Nita Ambani.

The deal with the Pep Guardiola-man-aged club’s group will see Mumbai City FCbenefit from its commercial and footballknow-how, while at the same time deliver-ing a new and exciting element to the CFGglobal commercial platform.

Soriano said Manchester City’s Spanishmanager Pep Guardiola will be in touchwith their Mumbai City FC coach.

“Pep is part of our network of coach-es. And they speak all the time. The exam-ple I gave you is our Chinese coach was inManchester last week coaching withManchester City team, trying to learn.

“The coach we have in Mumbai Citywill have a relationship with Pep Guardiolaand with all our other coaches,” Soriano said,adding grassroots will be their priority.

CFG will become the majority stake-holder of the franchise alongside existingshareholders, actor Ranbir Kapoor andBimal Parekh, who will keep the remain-ing 35 per cent.

Co-owner Ranbir Kapoor said, “I amsuper thrilled for this day. All of us at theMumbai City FC, the ambition is to makeit the best football club in Asia.”

“With this tie up, we hope to replicatewhat Manchester City has done in EnglishPremier League and that is to win every-thing in front us. City Football Group’s inter-est in India shows the growth opportuni-ties the country presents in football,” addedKapoor. PTI

�%�� ��3�9.���

Liverpool are used to making life difficult for themselves,admitted Jurgen Klopp as a 1-1 draw with Napoli leaves

the European champions with work to do to reach theChampions League last 16.

Klopp’s men must avoid defeat away to Salzburg onDecember 10 to secure their passage into the knockout stages.

“Our way was always the hard one,” said Klopp.“We have to go to Salzburg. If we had done it (qualified)

tonight we would’ve tried to win there and we will do the samenow.”

Napoli remain a point behind Liverpool, but are well-placed to reach the knockout stages as they host winless Genkin two weeks’ time.

“It’s not easy to get a draw here. We suffered under pres-

sure and began to defend too deep, but there’s no other wayto emerge alive from Anfield,” said Napoli coach CarloAncelotti.

However, the Italians are the only side to have beaten theEuropean champions this season and proved a thorn inLiverpool’s side again.

“This is a healthy club within the locker room and withthe desire of everyone to emerge from this difficult moment,”added Ancelotti.

“I spoke to the president, he was very happy with every-one and congratulated us all on the performance.”

Liverpool were unsettled by the early loss of Fabinho toan ankle injury and Klopp is worried that the Brazilian couldbe sidelined for some time.

“The biggest thing tonight is the Fabinho injury,” addedKlopp. “That’s massive, it’s still early and we hope it is not tooserious but it is pretty painful.”

���� ���/���

The seasoned DeepikaKumari struck Gold,

while Ankita Bhakatbagged a Silver after secur-ing India an Olympicquota place at theContinental QualificationTournament held on thesidelines of the 21st AsianChampionships here onThursday.

Three individualplaces were up for grabsfrom the qualificationsand Indian archers, who

are competing without aflag due to the nationalfederation’s suspension,made a big statement withtop seed Deepika andsixth seed Ankita’s stellarshow.

Entering the bracketsas the number one rankedwoman, Deepika put up aflawless show to defeatNur Afisa Abdul Halil ofMalaysia 7-2, ZahraNemati (Iran) 6-4 andlocal girl NarisaraKhunhiranchaiyo 6-2 tomake the last four, there-

by securing an Olympicquota.

Ankita, on the otherhand, defeated Lam ShukChing Ada of Hong Kong7-1, Nguyen Thi Phuongof Vietnam 6-0 andAnastassiya Bannova(Kazhakstan) 6-4 andKarma of Bhutan 6-2 tomake it an all-Indian final.

India now have a teamqualification in the men’ssection and an individualquota in the women’sevent of the 2020 TokyoOlympics.

���(�� ����-������(��'��=9���&"" �"D5&�0G���"�!0 ��"�!����

5��$%����#�������!�0���!�������$��$#����&�$'��!(&'=��A�

(��%'�$!����0&��$��$���!#����$!���&�����''����!����!����$%'�����$!

!!-�%����"!�����11��������!���(��%'�$!����0&���!����������$#���?K1H,1Q��%'��0!N!$

'"�������'�$�����%$��

>?��$����������$����0��!��>S��##���!����%��!����(��%$�����!�!�$����'"����

�!����$%'�����$!

!""-&�0�!�"$''$����������1KK���&�$'��!%����$!��!�����,����&���!�

���$�����!����.1KK�?�?>�?�

4�!�$�!�/���D%�!!���5��$%��������!��'"�����$��$��#$��!��0��!�������"$!��!���(��%'�$!����0&��

�#���.��""�'($�&�(���AU5��0������&�/&�8$�!��!�J"���!�5����%$����/��D����!������!���������%���

@������! �0�������$"$���(��%'�$!����0&��)��0�%�N������������%�!�0���$����&!5����!�!

���#����!�!�(��)��0�%����#����$&����!/��"R.�'/&����$"�

?-��$! �!��$���5��$%�8&�����#$&�����##���!��!0"���%�!�$��$���(��%'�$!����0&�0$�"�0��!��

�����"$!���(�%'�$&��#����!��($"�� ��������!�%�!�!�A��!���%'���

?��&���$�����!�D���5��$%�8&�����#$&����!�����"�!'"�����$��$���!#$&��$!���&����(��%'�$!����0&�

%������#$�����"&5�#��� �%&�"��$G$�(�������!3�����!� ��!V!(���'$

!A��""����)�!"����!�����"���1M0�%���!�&�$'��!�$%'�����$!�6�H��7����"$!0����&!����#$��

A��!������:

3��4�,��5��6

*����������������$���������������'�����������������%�������5���8��������*���������8�����������=���������������������������&�����&������'��������-������� %�

0�*�!�!����&��*��������8����������� .���� ������

.�������������#��"���*������������#�����#��������������� ��������������

� ('!* ��2! ��' 1'2��,-�"���<=#"� ��

22����1���

�����&�.�����������������������!

�!���$���&�!)��� $5����!�C"

���������8����������������� %=� =�����������

������#�.������������� ����-���� 9 #�$'�$� 2�����!��'*&���-(�*����

���������������������������������������8�J�5���8�������*�&�����������������������L�#����M���������������������*��#8�&������&�

�������"�������$�"��4����"����!������$������"�=�

0��$���3�#�����#��!����������������&�� .�* ������

���� ��(���

Former champion Kidambi Srikanthand Sourabh Verma advanced to the

quarterfinals but young Lakshya Senbowed out of the men’s singles contest atthe Syed Modi International Badmintontournament here on Thursday.

Third seed Srikanth, who had liftedthe title in 2016, eked out a thrilling 18-21 22-20 21-16 win over compatriotParupalli Kashyap, who is also a formertwo-time champion here.

The world no 12 Indian will nextsquare off against seventh seed Son WanHo of Korea in the Super 300 tournament.

Sourabh, a winner at two Super 100events in Hyderabad and Vietnam thisyear, defeated fellow Indian Alap Mishra21-11 21-18 to set up a clash withThailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn, whoaccounted for World Championshipsbronze medallist B Sai Praneeth 21-11 21-17 in another round two match.

In women’s singles, Shruti Mundadaand Rituparna Das entered the quarter-finals with straight game wins.

While Shruti beat Belgium’s LianneTan 21-18 21-14, Rituparna defeatedTanvi Lad 21-16 21-13 to set up an all-Indian face-off.

Young women’s pair of Simran Singhiand Ritika Thaker also progressed to thefinal eight after beating compatriots RiyaMookerjee and Anura Prabhudesai 21-1221-15 in 33 minutes.

Simran and Ritika, who won theSenior Inter-District State OpenChampionships in Latur and the All IndiaJunior (U-19) Ranking in Tamil Nadu, willface Germany’s Linda Efler and IsabelHerttrich next.

Kuhoo Garg and Anoushka Parikhbeat another Indian pair of SheshadriSanyal and Lavanya Sharma 21-13 21-6 toset up a meeting with Hong Kong’s NGWing Yung and Yeung Nga Ting.

Lakshya, 18, who has been on a rollwith title wins at Belgian International,Dutch Open, SaarLorLux Open and

Scottish Open last week, couldn’t producehis best and went down 14-21 17-21 to theexperienced Son Wan Ho, a former worldno 1. Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei thenaccounted for HS Prannoy 14-21 21-1021-14, while Ajay Jayaram was also oust-ed after his gallant fight ended with aheart-breaking 18-21 21-14 28-30 loss toChina’s Zhao Jun Peng.

It was also curtains for 19-year-oldSiril Verma, a silver medalist at the 2015World Junior Championships. He lost 9-21 22-24 to Heo Kwang Hee of Korea.

Assam’s Ashmita Chaliha also could-n’t get going, losing 12-21 16-21 toKorea’s Kim Hyo Min.

In doubles, women’s pair of AshwiniPonnappa and N Sikki Reddy concededtheir second-round match against Englishpair of Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith after

the former suffered an injury.“Sad to withdraw from both my

matches here at the Syed Modi Open dueto an injury. When you don’t listen to thesigns your body gives you to rest andrecover, it forces you to take a break bymaking sure you’ve got no option but totake the break. Time to heal my body!”Ashwini later tweeted.

Former champions Pranaav JerryChopra and N Sikki Reddy also wereknocked out after they lost 12-21 21-1813-21 to Germany’s Marvin Seidel andLinda Efler.

Among other Indian pairs in fray,Kapil Chaudhary and Akshay Kadam,Maneesha K and Rutaparna Panda, DhruvKapila and Meghana Jakkampudi — allfaltered in the second round to bow outof the competition.

;����������9��������

��9��$�)��%�� ����$���>%��$��-�����

Page 16: 3VUZ ]RfUd FA A`]ZTV W`c ^RZ_eRZ_Z_X aVRTV - Daily ...

���������������� ����� !" ��#$%�#&'$ ������:)

���� ����� �

Former India bat-ting coach

Sanjay Bangar hasreckoned that nextyear’s IPL is going tobe massive forKuldeep Yadav, say-ing a good outingthere will earn hima place in the T20World Cup squad.

Kuldeep recent-ly returned to India’sT20I squad for theWest Indies seriesafter a gap of ninemonths. He had lastplayed the shorterformat against New Zealand in February early thisyear.

“I’m a massive Kuldeep Yadav fan and in termsof strike rates you see he is the quickest to 100 ODIwickets and even in the shorter format, if you lookat the match we won in England, he picked up fivewickets at a time where the opposition was run-ning away from the match,” Bangar told Star Sports.

“I wouldn’t count out Kuldeep, it’s just that he’shad a couple of poor games in the IPL last season.For him, this IPL is going to be a massive factorand if he does really well, it will be very hard to keephim out.”

Bangar also believed Ravinder Jadeja’s bowlingprowess makes him a better option than KrunalPandya in India’s World T20 squad.

“You require a wrist spinner in the T20 format,it has been a very major component in India’s suc-cess wherein 2 wrist spinners played a massive rolein most of the one day’s and T20 series the teamhas had across conditions hence you will need abowler who is capable of bowling the complete 4overs and also bat at No 7,” he said.

“Hence, I feel Ravinder Jadeja edges overKrunal Pandya here as Krunal hasn’t been able todeliver the complete 4 overs at times and Jadeja hasbeen in great form recently.”

However, batting great VVS Laxman said it isgoing to be tough for Kuldeep to earn a place inIndia’s squad for next year’s T20 World Cup.

“Kuldeep Yadav hit two blows when the teamwas under pressure; he and Krunal Pandya got thoseimportant runs at the finishing stage of the India’sinnings against West Indies in the first T20I lastyear,” he said.

“I would invest in Sundar. With him, the advan-tage is that he can bowl in the power play and thetough overs. We have seen that and he can extractmore bounce on the Australian wickets because theway he releases the ball, he can use the crease andin Australia it is not necessary you look to turn theball, but you can vary the pace and extract thebounce and deceive the batsman as its going to bebig grounds.

“So, I would think it would be tough forKuldeep currently, but you never know what hap-pens just before the World Cup,” he added.

���� ����� �

Former Indian batsman VVSLaxman says Rishabh Pant is fast

running out of time to justify the timeinvested in him by the team manage-ment and might lose his place to SanjuSamson if he doesn’t regain his formsoon.

Laxman said Sanju Samson’s selec-tion in the squad for the three T20Internationals against the West Indiesis a “strong message” for Pant to eitherperform or perish.

“The team management and theselection committee have passed on astrong message that we got a backup inthe form of Sanju Samson. Rishabh Panthas been given a lot of opportunitiesand I’m sure that they will be commu-nicating and giving him that securitywithin that group,” Laxman told StarSports.

“But then ultimately the player hasto justify the faith the team manage-ment, the selection committee hasbeen imposing on him,” he said.

“Unfortunately, Rishabh hasn’tbeen able to do that, but he is that X fac-tor. I still feel that he is an exclusive bats-man who can come and change thecourse of the match just by his abilityto hit good balls out of the park.”

“As a batsman — there’s no clarityof thoughts, there’s no doubt that he’sunder pressure, because how manytimes have you seen Rishabh Pant,when he is in full flow, play and he hasa different mindset and techniqueagainst the spinners. I feel he will beunder tremendous pressure to retain hisplace in the playing eleven,” Laxmansaid.

The 45-year-old former batsmansaid Pant is still India’s first-choice wick-etkeeper batsman ahead of Samson fornext year’s T20 World Cup but veter-an MS Dhoni is also very much in thepicture.

“I think MS Dhoni will wait withpatience to see the performance ofRishabh Pant and Sanju Samson.Whenever he gets an opportunity andhe will take a call after the IPL becausethe way I am seeing it, MS Dhoni ispreparing himself for the IPL. I’m surehe will do well like he has done when-ever he plays and leads CSK,” said

Laxman about Dhoni’s future.“If both these youngsters don’t grab

their opportunities, probably there is athought that MS Dhoni can come backprovided he shows that form in the IPLleading up to the World Cup.

“At the moment Rishabh Pantwould be the first choice, his back upwould be Sanju Samson and if boththese youngsters don’t grab theseopportunities then you can probablylook at MS Dhoni, keeping mind howhe performs in the IPL,” he added.

Laxman was also impressed withShreyas Iyer’s maturity but feels, in theabsence of an injured Shikhar Dhawan,

KL Rahul should open theinnings with Rohit Sharmain the upcoming seriesagainst the West Indies.

“I was very impressedwith the way Shreyas Iyerhas batted so far. The bestpart about him was whenduring the last T20International in Nagpur(against Bangladesh) whenIndia lost their top 3 bats-men, he had the ability toassess the condition verywell and was very versatilein his approach,” he said.

�%��� ��������

Australia on Thursday named anunchanged team for the day-night sec-

ond Test against Pakistan aftertrouncing them in Brisbane, buttook a risk by releasing concus-sion substitute CameronBancroft.

The home side easily won the first Testby an innings and five runs inside fourdays, but selectors resisted the urge to restone of their strike bowlers or add a fourthto help share the load at Adelaide Oval.

That means swing bowler MichaelNeser will be 12th man when the Teststarts today, with paceman JamesPattinson and batsman Bancroftreleased to play domestic cricket.

“We’re unchanged,” saidskipper Tim Paine.

“Obviously we thoughtwe played a pretty goodgame of cricket lastweek (in Brisbane).

“Our attack isall feeling goodand fresh andthey have all gotgreat pink-ballrecords so noneed to change.”

Bancroft’s departure to play forWestern Australia in Perth means therewill be no immediate batting substitute incase of a concussion.

The task facing Pakistanis ominous with MitchellStarc, Josh Hazlewood andNathan Lyon all in the world’s

top five wicket-takers in day-night Tests,while Pat Cummins is the world’s top-ranked bowler.

Australia have won all five pink-ball Tests they have played since the

concept was launched four yearsago.

They will go into the matchwith a settled top order spear-headed by David Warner, JoeBurns and MarnusLabuschagne, who all fired at theGabba.

Meanwhile, Pakistan were setto recall paceman MohammadAbbas, as they look to add consis-tency to their bowling attack under

lights.Skipper Azhar Ali will also

drop down the order to bat atnumber three, with Imam-ul-Haq

set to get the nod to open theinnings alongside Shan Masood and

Haris Sohail dropped.

���� ����� �

He hasn’t seen too much of it butIndia captain and batting mainstay

Virat Kohli says he is not immune tobeing affected by failure, the most

recent instance being India’s semifi-nal exit from the ODI World

Cup.The swashbuckling bats-

man said the loss to NewZealand lost by 18 runs washard to deal with.

“Do I get affected byfailures? Yes, I do.Everyone does. At theend of the day, I knowmy team would needme. I had the feeling

so strong in myheart that I amgoing to come notout and make India

go through that toughphase (in the semi-final),” Kohlitold India Today.

“But then again, maybe thatwas I my ego talking becausehow can you predict some-thing like that? You can onlyhave a strong feeling or maybe

it was a strong desire to do

something like that,” he said.Talking about his desire to leave

behind a legacy, Kohli, who has so farscored 11,520 and 7,202 runs in ODIsand Tests respectively, said: “I hate los-ing. I don’t want to walk out and say Icould have done this. When I step outon the field, it’s a privilege.

“When I walk out, I want to havezero energy. We want to leave behind alegacy that future cricketers will say wewant to play like that.”

Kohli and his team is currently gear-ing up for the limited-overs seriesagainst the West Indies startingDecember .

��(���"�A England said JofraArcher is ready to fire in the sec-ond Test against New Zealanddespite suffering racist abuse, buta new injury concern hasemerged over wicketkeeper JosButtler.

As the search continues forthe heckler who racially taunt-ed Archer during the first Test,captain Joe Root said theBarbados-born bowler is“absolutely fine to play” inHamilton.

But Root told journalistsEngland were not in a positionto name their side on the eve ofthe second Test with a questionmark over Buttler, who tweakeda back muscle while exercising.

Although Ollie Pope was

considered the leadingcontender to replaceButtler if he could nottake the gloves, Rootsaid there were anumber of other pos-sibilities which woulddepend on a pitch inspectionbefore toss.

New Zealand were alsowaiting for a late pitch inspec-tion before deciding whetherMatt Henry or Lockie Fergusonwould replace Trent Boult, whostrained a rib muscle.

They did, however, confirmone change in their line-up, with28-year-old Daryl Mitchell tomake his debut in place ofGrandhomme, who has a tornabdominal muscle. AFP

�/!*- $' �2! � ('!* �1'2��,-�"�6�== "� ��

��7��@����1���

E�E��.�*������$�����������3�����#7�'��&��

��;������9�33 5�"�����9����5�!�����$8&���#����%C�#�����$$!$��"��"$��'"����$ �%�$!

."��������������,�D���$���7���3���� ����� �

Chairman of selectors MSK Prasadsays Shreyas Iyer can be the solu-

tion to India’s No 4 problem in the lim-ited-overs line-up given his finegrowth as a player in the past twoyears.

Iyer made his India debut inNovember 2017 with a T20I againstNew Zealand and in the followingmonth, played in his maiden ODIseries, scoring back-to-back half cen-turies in the home rubber against SriLanka. The 24-year-old played threeODIs in South Africa two months laterbefore he was sidelined, only makinga comeback in the ODIs against theWest Indies in August this year follow-ing India’s campaign in the World Cup.

“If you recall, we had inductedShreyas Iyer (when Virat Kohli wasrested) 18 months back into the ODIsquad and he has done reasonablywell. Unfortunately we couldn’t con-tinue with him. Having said that, hehas evolved as a player now and he canbe the solution to our number 4 slotin both ODIs and T20s,” Prasad said.

The highly-rated batsman keptpiling on the runs for Mumbai indomestic cricket and also for IndiaA besides expressing disappoint-ment at not getting enoughchances at the highest level. Nowhe is back in the thick of things and

has done well in both ODIsand T20s since the WestIndies tour.

Talking about theT20 World Cup inAustralia next year,Prasad said they are veryclose to finalising thecore of the team for theshowpiece event.Experimentation hasbeen going on in theshortest format but onewill have to wait till theIPL for the picture to beclearer. “I think we arevery close to finalisingthe core team. May bea couple of slots is what

we are looking forin the next few

months in thebilateral series andalso in IPL,” addedPrasad.

9���>� $ ���2! ;�+$ ��1'2��,-�"�?�<= "� �����&�����+����3�

H�&��������������(��)���4��"

;��������������������� ����������&$'�!&�/$��3*�) 0(� � %,-�"�� '��3!�0& $$��+������� ����� �

Australia skipper Tim Painerecently pushed the idea that

India after hosting Bangladesh intheir maiden Day-Night Test shouldnow look to play one against theAussies when Virat Kohli and boystravel Down Under. And formerIndia opener Gautam Gambhirbelieves that Kohli and boys should-n’t back down and should take onthe challenge.

“I like the way Australia skipperTim Paine has “flighted” one forIndia captain Virat Kohli, chal-lenging him to play a day-night fix-

ture on the next tour Down Under,”Gambhir wrote in the Times ofIndia.

“Knowing Virat he is not theone to back out. And why shouldhe? A day-night Test match betweenIndia and Australia at Brisbane orthe MCG will be quite a spectacle.And you can trust Aussies to makeit a truly memorable game by somesmart marketing.

“I haven’t seen Virat’s responsefor Paine, but if I was him I wouldhave straight away told him tomake some late night babysittingarrangements as we were ready!!!”he added.

%�����!�����"�����- , ������������%��� �7��������������������� #����������������. ��#�,������������

���� ����������� @ #�2%��@��� ��=���� ���&� ��@���2�#�2%��@����B2

���������=�@�� � ������2�����������?���@�� ����� ����� �����2�������@@%�%������"��8 ��&

����������� �#� ����=�������� ��*��A //� �<��

���4�������������������0����$���������������������.����)��#������������������������������� E�.��&������'��&������� %� =�����������

H�&��������!��!��#���(���'������������������������������������&���$���� %�

����#�%$������$�%����.����6,3A�'����#���-������$������ � !�"#

Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar snappedfive wickets as the Indian Under-19

team took an unassailable 3-1 lead in thefive-match series over Afghanistan with acomprehensive five-wicket win in thefourth Youth ODI here on Thursday.

Suthar returned figures of 10-1-19-5 asIndia U-19 team dismissed Afghanistan for113 in 35 overs after asking them to takefirst strike.

The hosts then returned to overhaul thetarget, scoring 114 for five in 28.1 overs tocomplete the win.

Sent into bat, Afghanistan put up a dis-appointing show with just three of theirbatsmen — Farhan Zakhil (23), Imran (44)and Rahmanullah (15) reaching doublesfigures.

Besides Suthar, Vidyadhar Patil (2/7),skipper Shubhang Hegde (2/23) andRishabh Bansal (1/17) also chipped in withwickets.

Chasing the total, opener KumarKushagra top-scored with a 50-ball 29,while Divyaansh Saxena (21), SouravDagar (24) and Shashwat Rawat (17) alsocontributed with the bat.

With this win, the Indian U-19 teamhas taken an unassailable lead in theseries. The fifth and final ODI is scheduledto be held on November 30.

%�������������#�!"3(����������������(���

���� ��(���

Batting great Rahul Dravid is disap-pointed at the lack of opportunities

for Indian coaches in the IPL and feelsthe franchises are “missing a trick” bynot involving them in their support staff.

According to the former captain andthe current National Cricket Academy(NCA) director, most of the Indiancoaches were as good as any in theworld.

“I believe we’ve got some very goodcoaches, a lot of good people. I’m fullyconfident (in their ability). Just as wehave a lot of talent in the cricket depart-ment, we have a lot of talent in thecoaching department,” Dravid said.

“We need to give them confidenceand time to flourish. I’m sure they willdo it. It does sometimes disappoint mewhen a lot of our boys don’t get oppor-tunities as assistant coaches in IPL.

“Honestly, there are so many Indianplayers in the IPL, there’s so much oflocal knowledge (among our coaches).I feel a lot of teams could actually ben-efit from using a lot of our Indian coach-es in the IPL. They know the Indianplayers better, they understand thembetter.”

Dravid, who was in the city toobserve the ongoing one-day seriesbetween India Under-19 and

Afghanistan Under-19 as part of prepa-rations for the World Cup early nextyear, hoped for a substantial Indian pres-ence in the IPL support staff in thefuture. “I think a lot of IPL teams missa trick by not using more domestic tal-ent in the coaching area and the talentidentification area, even if it is as assis-tants. That’s my personal opinion.

“It’s not for me to decide for fran-chises and head coaches what they do,but I think they miss a trick by notinvolving more Indian coaches.

“Indian coaches understand andknow the system, and they know a lotof Indian players. Every IPL team has atleast 17-18 Indian players. It’s my per-sonal view, but I would love to see a lotof our boys get the opportunity to be inand around that environment. Hopefullywe can work with some teams to try andensure that.”

1��$���.������#������-�#�($��!

�����)����=����� ��(���

Shamarh Brooks scored amaiden Test century while

Rahkeem Cornwall completedhis 10-wicket haul to put tour-ing West Indies on the verge ofvictory on the second day ofthe one-off Test againstAfghanistan on the turningstrip of Bharat Ratna AtalBihari Vajpayee EkanaInternational Stadium onThursday.

Resuming the day on 68 fortwo, West Indies were bowledout for 277, with Brooks’ 111giving them a lead of 90 runs.Brooks mixed caution withaggression during his 214-ballknock, hitting the Afghanattack for 15 fours and a six.John Campbell (55) and ShaneDowrich (42) were the othertwo who were amongst runs.

The lone bright spot forAfghanistan was debutantAmir Hamza, who ended withfigures of five for 74. skipperRashid Khan and Zaheer Khanclaimed three and two scalpsrespectively.

Afghanistan secondinnings also started on a goodnote with openers IbrahimZadran (23) and Javed Ahmadi(62) added 53 runs, before

Cornwall was introduced in tothe attack. The Caribbean giantdashed their hopes with a fineexhibition of spin bowling.

Cornwall along withRoston Chase picked threewickets each to further dentAfghanistan’s chances.

With his feat, Cornwallbecame the first spinner fromthe West Indies to take 10 wick-

/ �#2��������'���!������$�����&���������� �����������H!����.������������������F�/%$���2�������+����.�����#�����.���'����#��������&��������#���������&���������#���������#�������������������������!���

9��&"����������''$�!�����"���$#$''$��&!�����#$��!���!�$������!�.�


FA a`af]ReZ`_ UcRWe 3Z]] ac`a`dVd # TYZ]U a`]ZTj - Daily Pioneer

FA a`af]ReZ`_ UcRWe 3Z]] ac`a`dVd # TYZ]U a`]ZTj - Daily Pioneer

3;A cVa`dVd WRZeY Z_ dZeeZ_X >=2d Z_ FA - Daily Pioneer

3;A cVa`dVd WRZeY Z_ dZeeZ_X >=2d Z_ FA - Daily Pioneer

D4 cRad FA W`c =R\YZ^afc Z_RTeZ`_ - Daily Pioneer

D4 cRad FA W`c =R\YZ^afc Z_RTeZ`_ - Daily Pioneer

3;A XVRcd fa W`c SR]]`e SRee]V - Daily Pioneer

3;A XVRcd fa W`c SR]]`e SRee]V - Daily Pioneer

DRPS FA 981 - RUA

DRPS FA 981 - RUA

서문 - (주)세주 FA

서문 - (주)세주 FA

DRPS FA - RUA

DRPS FA - RUA

@aa W]ViVd ^fdT]Vd Z_ CR_TYZ - Daily Pioneer

@aa W]ViVd ^fdT]Vd Z_ CR_TYZ - Daily Pioneer

:_UZR de`ad W]ZXYe `W F< gZcfd - Daily Pioneer

:_UZR de`ad W]ZXYe `W F< gZcfd - Daily Pioneer

:_UZR ]ZWed TfcSd `_ W]ZXYed Wc`^ F\cRZ_V - Daily Pioneer

:_UZR ]ZWed TfcSd `_ W]ZXYed Wc`^ F\cRZ_V - Daily Pioneer

5RYZjR RddfcVd %eY @]j ^VUR] W`c :_UZR - Daily Pioneer

5RYZjR RddfcVd %eY @]j ^VUR] W`c :_UZR - Daily Pioneer

8fcf EVX VaZe`^V `W :_UZR_ ecRUZeZ` - Daily Pioneer

8fcf EVX VaZe`^V `W :_UZR_ ecRUZeZ` - Daily Pioneer

:_eVc_ReZ`_R] W]ZXYed h`_¶e cVdf^V - Daily Pioneer

:_eVc_ReZ`_R] W]ZXYed h`_¶e cVdf^V - Daily Pioneer

:_UZR W]ZVd $*# ^`cV e` WcVVU`^ - Daily Pioneer

:_UZR W]ZVd $*# ^`cV e` WcVVU`^ - Daily Pioneer

D4 deRjd $ WRc^ ]Rhd W`c WcfZeWf] aRc]Vjd - Daily Pioneer

D4 deRjd $ WRc^ ]Rhd W`c WcfZeWf] aRc]Vjd - Daily Pioneer

CATALOGUE Thipha - FA

CATALOGUE Thipha - FA

Tonic sol-fa

Tonic sol-fa

7Rc^Vcd W`c da] DVddZ`_ e` cVaVR] ]Rhd - Daily Pioneer

7Rc^Vcd W`c da] DVddZ`_ e` cVaVR] ]Rhd - Daily Pioneer

;RS W`c "& Wc`^ ;R_ $ dRjd >`UZ - Daily Pioneer

;RS W`c "& Wc`^ ;R_ $ dRjd >`UZ - Daily Pioneer

DRPS FA 1195 - RUA

DRPS FA 1195 - RUA