Time to Recommit toAmerican Values

While 4th of July reminds me ofthe glorious history ofAmerican nation, of the

heroic struggle for Independence, ofthe great sacrifices made by many forupholding the values for whichAmerica stands, which allmake everyAmerican proud of the greatAmerican heritage, it also tells me in2019 that the great American nation isfaced today, 243 years afterIndependence in 1776, with a host ofissues which seem to be tearing apartthe fine fabric of the great nation.

Greatness comes to a nation whenits leaders are loving and caring andtreat all as equals, respecting theirdignity. Sadly, this great nation'sleaders today are dividing people,instead of uniting them. Let themkeep in mind History will judge themby their deeds. Those dreaming ofmaking history by resorting to hateand disrespect for people will findthem severely punished in the historyof the nation and the world.

Let us all , proud citizens of thegreatest nation on the earth, pledgethis 4th of July our total commitmentto values which our forefathers soassiduously and lovingly nourishedand protected , making the greatestsacrifices, the parallel of which aredifficult to find in the annals of theworld history, and which this greatAmerican nation has always heldsacred and dear.

Heartiest Congratulations onAmerica's Independence Day!

God bless America!

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America Celebrates IndependenceDay with a Bang

Biggest July 4 Display of Military Pageantry since 1850BIDISHA ROY

WASHINGTON (TIP): Each yearWashington, DC celebrates the Fourth ofJuly with a bang. The 2019 extravaganzabecame very special, as PresidentDonald Trump wanted to add a militaryflavor to this year's Independence Daycelebrations with Troops, tanks and aflypast. The Presidenthas re-branded theday as a "Salute to America" and thenation watched the biggest July 4 displayof military pageantry since 1850.

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COMMENTProf I.S.Saluja

Trump Pursues with CensusCitizenship Question

WASHINGTON (TIP):

President Donald Trumpsaid on Wednesday, July3, that he was movingahead with adding acontentious citizenshipquestion to the 2020 UScensus in a dramaticreversal after his owna d m i n i s t r a t i o n

including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a dayearlier that the plan had been dropped.Following Trump'sannouncement, made in a defiant Twitter post, a senior USJustice Department lawyer told a Maryland-based federaljudge overseeing litigation in the matter that theadministration was seeking a "path forward" to add acitizenship question after the Supreme Court last Thursdayblocked it, at least temporarily.

The Supreme Court found that administration officials hadgiven a "contrived" rationale for including the query in thedecennial population survey, but the court left open thepossibility the administration could offer a plausiblerationale. contd on Page 32

Structural reforms needed forUSD 5 trillion economy, says

India's Finance Minister NEW DELHI(TIP):

India's finance ministerNirmala Sitharamanpresented the firstbudget of the secondterm of the NarendraModi government onJuly 5.

This is also themaiden budget forSitharaman, whobecomes the secondwoman financeminister after IndiraGandhi to do so in thehistory of independentIndia. "We need to make structural reforms to achieve USD 5trillion economy in next few years. Indian economy was at USD1.85 trillion five years back, reached USD 2.7 trillion now andwithin capacity to reach USD 5 trillion in next few years," saidthe FM. contd on Page 32

Union minister for finance and corporateaffairs Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at

Parliament House to present the UnionBudget 2019-20, in New Delhi on July 05,

2019. Photo / Courtesy PIB

President Donald Trump speaks during anIndependence Day celebration in front of theLincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday,July 4, 2019. The Washington Monument and

the reflecting pool are in the background.

Photo credit : Pool photo by Susan Walsh

2 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019NEW YORK

Tirlok Malik's Educational Platform‘Happy Life Yoga’ launched

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): ManhattanBorough President Gale Brewer andDeputy Consul General of IndiaShatrughna Sinha lighted the lamp tolaunch Tirlok Malik's 'Happy Life Yoga'-an educational platform for total healthof mind, body and soul, in the presenceof a select gathering of over a hundred ,at Goddard Riverside's Bernie WohlCenter, June 29, 2019.

Speaking on the occasion, DeputyConsul General of India ShatrughnaSinha praised and congratulated TirlokMalik for the initiative incommemoration of International Day ofYoga. Mr. Sinha said the Consulate willinclude Happy Life Yoga as a partner inthe International Day of Yogacelebrations in 2020.

Mr. Sinha read out the message ofConsul General Sandeep Chakravortywho conveyed his best wishes to Mr.

Malik, The Indian American Forum andThe Indian Panorama for a "successfullaunch event of Happy Life Yoga". Hesaid he hoped "this initiative will helppeople to lead a happy life with lessstrain".

Chief Guest Gale Brewer, ManhattanBorough President who happens to knowMr. Malik for decades, expressed her joythat Mr. Malik was taking up a greatresponsibility through Happy Life Yogato serve the community in guiding them

to live a healthy and happy life. Shewished Mr. Malik all success in hisendeavor.

Mr. Tirlok Malik spoke about hisunique initiative which offers a holisticapproach to health and happiness. Mr.

Malik said, "Our mission is to helppeople live in balance and better managemodern day challenges using a uniquecombination of tools from Ayurveda,Indian philosophy and Yoga".

Tirlok Malik said India has alwaysbeen a spiritual teacher of the world andthat Indian Philosophy provides theblueprint of how to live a happy life.Indian Philosophy teaches that we mustpractice balance in all four aims ofhuman life: Artha, Dharma, Kama andMoksha. These philosophical conceptscan be applied to all cultures.

An asana yoga practice and healthyeating alone will not make us healthy, Mr.Malik said. . Kama, the world of all ourdesires, can be a double-edged sword andwe must understand and manage thispart of the four aims of human life to behealthier and happier. According toIndian Philosophy we can have it all, but

"Fix your Kama, and be happier", headded.

Mr Malik said, "HAPPY LIFE YOGAwill provide workshops, excursions,events and more.

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1Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Deputy Consul General of India ShatrughnaSinha lighted the lamp to launch the initiative

Dr. Bhupendra Patel, M.D., Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Ayurveda physician, and Long Island yogateacher Ranju Narang candidly answered questions relating to allopathy, ayurvda and yoga

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer who was the chief guest expressed her joy that Mr.Malik was taking on the responsibility of guiding people to lead a healthy and happy life through

Happy Life YogaMr. Tirlok Malik explained his concept to the gathering: practice balance in all four aims of human

life: Artha, Dharma, Kama and Moksha to live a healthier and happier life.

Deputy Consul General of India Shatrughna Sinha praised and congratulated Tirlok Malik for theinitiative in commemoration of International Day of Yoga

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By Ravi Batra

America Perfected the March from Magna Carta toDeclaration of Independence to the Gettysburg Address

HappyBirthdayAmerica!

“Four score and seven years agoour fathers brought forth on this

continent, a new nation,conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to

the proposition that all men arecreated equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civilwar, testing whether that nation, or anynation so conceived and so dedicated,

can long endure. We are met on a greatbattlefield of that war. We have come

to dedicate a portion of that field, as afinal resting place for those who heregave their lives that that nation mightlive. It is altogether fitting and proper

that we should do this.But, in a larger sense, we cannot

dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- wecannot hallow -- this ground. The brave

men, living and dead, who struggledhere, have consecrated it, far above

our poor power to add or detract. Theworld will little note, nor long

remember what we say here, but it cannever forget what they did here. It is

for us the living, rather, to be dedicatedhere to the unfinished work which theywho fought here have thus far so noblyadvanced. It is rather for us to be herededicated to the great task remainingbefore us -- that from these honoreddead we take increased devotion to

that cause for which they gave the lastfull measure of devotion -- that wehere highly resolve that these dead

shall not have died in vain -- that thisnation, under God, shall have a new

birth of freedom -- and thatgovernment of the people, by the

people, for the people, shall not perishfrom the earth."--- Abraham Lincoln,

November 19, 1863

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president ofthe United States from 1861 until his

assassination in April 1865, gave Americathe famous Gettysburg Address

proclaiming liberty and equality. He ledthe nation through the American CivilWar, its bloodiest war and its greatest

moral, constitutional, and political crisis. To truly celebrate America, onehas to know who we are, wherewe came from, where we arenow, where we are going, andthat well-intentioned

Communism and its light-weight sibling,Socialism, are wholly inconsistent withAmerican Exceptionalism. And thenthere is the many "I"s coming together tobe "We": E Pluribus Unum.

Time has come for all of us to bettercomprehend who and what we are, afterall "the voice" of the "Silent Majority,albeit, pretty loud on its own, has itsloudspeaker in our POTUS - PresidentTrump - who is incessantly causing - byTweet and act - an "American Spring"cleaning (with results akin to "ArabSpring" a la conservatism) - and ourinstitutions are waking up to be lawful &robust - as if anew. I fear that someAmericans don't really understandAmerica, ignore as they do history'snuanced journey and impossibly imposepresent-day mores on yesteryears, andmany well-meaning folks who took"compassion" to heart, are violating lawsin a nation of laws. So, a look back iswise, as it's timely.

"We the People" are the beginning"words" of American Exceptionalism'ssecond of two founding documents - ourhallowed Constitution. Of course, the

Declaration Of Independence, written bymy hero Thomas Jefferson, created the"right" to do so. The Constitution has it'sembedded Separated Powers regime -structural separation, to force an ad hocjoinder - thereby squeezing more publicgood from power by discord. America isat her best when we are divided on policy,but united as a nation. America First,then, is a predicate to legitimateargument.

One-half of us love Donald J. Trumpand one-half of us can't get rid of himfast enough. That's our America since2016 - even without foreign meddling -especially President Putin's return "gift"to Hillary for her meddling in his priorre-election; and Putin won despite her.Hillary lost by cheating Bernie Sandersof a "fair fight," and got the wrath of hisardent supporters and Trump'ssupporters voting in lockstep to elect"The Donald," to be president of theseUnited States of America.

Magna Carta. While "Richard theLionhearted" was off in the Middle Eastfighting the Crusades, the Barons gotKing John to limit the King's unlimitedsovereign rights, thereby sharing some

of the King's sovereign powers with thehordes of landed gentry. This was aseismic event diluting the power ofKings. Independently of the Normans, a

prior Saxon, Thomas Becket, asArchbishop of Canterbury, succeeded inimposing, with his death, "Separation ofChurch & State." This is embodied in ourBill of Rights.

American ExceptionalismFast forward several centuries to 1776 -

3 years after the American Revolutionstarted in Boston with the Indian Tea"bopping" in its harbor during the"Boston Tea Party." Well, "We the People"were all landed gentry, and excludedordinary everyday people, such asindentured servants. Of course, itexcluded slaves - our Original Sin - ourfellow Americans were "3/5" of a person.

Gettysburg Address: Recipe of honestgovernance - "for the people."

Fast forward once again - and it tookthe Civil War and a Republican YankeePresident Abraham Lincoln to removethe Constitutional soulful damnation ofthe 3/5th of a person, aka our OriginalSin, and "We the people" was now"wholesome": 1 for 1, for each and everyone of us, landed gentry or not, counted!Gettysburg Address is the everlastingtest of legitimacy of our governmentand our leaders, as only if it helps "thepeople," are they legitimate.

But what ails us is that we - and almostall of us grew up after WWII - and sawthe great American Middle class as apermanent feature, rather than theunintended consequence of the GI Bill:free education for the returningvictorious GIs. Well, the GI Bill ran out,and with it the Great American MiddleClass. Congress, are you listening?

During Reagan's time we were thegreatest creditor nation in the comity ofnations. Sadly, today, the world's greatestdebtor nation. Every president betweenReagan and Obama is responsible forthis debacle. Enter Donald Trump - anerrant candidate for president runningto run, not win. That's why he had asmuch fun as he did. But he connected tolots of people who wanted to say "MerryChristmas," or "I want White Power in aWhite-majority country" or "when Iorder coffee or a burger, I want to hearEnglish, not Spanish or some otherlanguage, like Hindi. RememberCharlottesville.

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Celebrating the Declaration of Independence on July 4 is an American tradition, but it took awhile for that tradition to develop

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America Perfected the March from Magna Carta toDeclaration of Independence to the Gettysburg Address

contd from page 3All those who came to America, was

because we loved what America was andwanted to live and blossom here. We didnot come to change her, even as we havethe duty of citizenship to protect herfrom enemies foreign and domestic.Immigrants come to embroider America,not conquer her.

"MAGA" became a battle-cry - that Iembraced as a Democrat, who honorsSenator John McCain as an AmericanHero - because I had been issuing awarning since Bill Clinton days in the1990's, as I saw the American Dream inthe Intensive Care Unit, and objected toIndian Call Centers - as they took awayjobs from single or divorced Americanmothers whose main skill was speakingand connecting well to their neighbors.Well, my warnings were ignored on thealtar of profit, until Trump harnessedthe anger, and unexpectedly mined it allthe way to the presidency.

No Conspiracy; Obstruction; andSenate Refusing to Convict

Watching the events in real time, I wasrepeatedly struck by most of Trump'slawyers being carnival-worthy - leavingaside criminal-fixer Michael Cohen. Hadcandidate-Trump and POTUS had reallawyers, he would not need "loyalty oath"from then-FBI Director Jim Comey. Hewould know he can't be guilty of"conspiracy" without an express or a tacitin-line-Of-sight "nod & a wink"; whichwere not present, even if fantasied. Noneed to bash Jeff Sessions' properRecusal, no need to dangle pardons, andsurely no need to fire Mueller. Indeed,cooperating with Mueller was the path todisinfectant sunshine and provenpatriotism. Same cooperation was goodfor Russia - indeed, I so requested

publicly. Instead, obstruction of justice -interfering in legal process is obstruction- now haunts. Given our almost evenlydivided nation, the Senate will notconvict. Wacky result of legalmalpractice of the highest order,damning a presidency that otherwise hasdisrupted the world to get more forAmerica. Yes - improve our balance sheet- even as Trump engages with our"enemies" head-on. DPRK's ChairmanKim is an example. Europe paying morefor NATO, another. Pacific Fleet renamedIndo-Pacific, China finally challenged tobe "fair" - as they have been unfairlyripping us off since 1971, and engagingwith Russia's Vladimir Putin - not likeBarack's secretive "hot mike" - "I willhave greater flexibility after theelection," but in broad daylight beingfriendly and jovial, while in private toughand sanctioning.

The state of our union is very strong,and reflected in many facets. Of singularimportance is our military's condition -and it is awash in cash, being rebuilt andexpanded, including a Space Force. Onecan almost see "Star Trek" as NASA'snext project; I hope they find CaptainKirk and Spock. As for our "Ballot Box,"the core keeper of our sovereignty, weneed to make it hack-proof, and socialmedia Meddling-Free. Congress are youlistening?

Our 2020 presidential sweepstakes areon, and socialism or communism - like inthe 1920's and 1930's - is trying to make acomeback - even as the USSR, and nowRussia have abandoned both! Let mestate, what to me is obvious: No Democratrunning can win and become POTUS -even after Bob Mueller's Testimony - ifs/he embraces socialism or communism.Oh, to my 2016-favorite Joe Biden, knock

it off with the dead-on-arrival "apologytour." If it had been me, as then chair ofSenate Judiciary, I'd be proud of givingAnita Hill the witness seat - as that wasthe maximum power of JudiciaryChairman. Biden was not her lawyer, nother judge, and the Senate wasn't a trial.Meekness is not deliberative;appeasement is not a policy; andAmericans can't stand a wuss! EvenCongresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now a legal force to reckon within New York, no one can ever accuse ofbeing a "wuss." Worth remembering forall candidates: President Trump is a NewYorker, and a As Frank Sinatra said: Ifyou can make it in New York, you canmake it anywhere.

At the heart of the American Dream isthe Declaration's merit-based "pursuit ofhappiness" - not guaranteed being happylike everyone else - as in communism orit's lighter sibling, socialism. The "pursuitof happiness" was intended as an eternaljourney for each future generation toundertake, not as a "dead-end" destinationas Communism and Socialism cause.Dead ends are inconsistent withAmerican Exceptionalism.

We have the greatest nation in humanhistory - we call "home." We need to makeour friends and family love and honorAmerica. We need to treat America as ourhome: windows open, and door closed.Only those we want to come in, areallowed in. Compassion is a "safety valve"that ought to be used sparingly when the"law" becomes "an ass". DACA is anexample. Congress, are you listening?

Happy Birthday America! We loveyou...

(The author is an eminent attorney based inNew York. He can be reached at

ravi@ravibatralaw.com)

An overcrowded fenced area holding families in McAllen, Texas, June 10

Photo / courtesy Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General

Dreamers protest

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6 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019WORLD

Fire-hit submarinewas nuclear powered:

PutinMOSCOW (TIP): Russian

President Vladimir Putin disclosedon July 4 for the first time that asecret military submarine hit by afatal fire three days ago was nuclear-powered, prompting the defenceminister to assure him its reactor hadbeen safely contained.

Russian officials have facedaccusations of trying to cover up thefull details of the accident that killed14 sailors as they were carrying outwhat the defence ministry called asurvey of the sea floor near theArctic.

Moscow’s slow release ofinformation about the incident hasdrawn comparisons with the opaqueway the Soviet Union handled the 1986Chernobyl nuclear power stationdisaster, and another deadlysubmarine accident-the 2000 sinkingof the nuclear-powered Kursk, whichclaimed 118 lives.

Putin revealed that the submarinehad been nuclear-powered by askingDefence Minister Sergei Shoiguduring a Kremlin meeting about thereactor’s condition after the fire. —Reuters

Dubai ruler, wifeheaded for court clash

LONDON (TIP): A legal battlebetween the powerful, poetry-writingruler of Dubai and his wealthyestranged wife is leading toward ashowdown in a London courtroomlater this month.

The family division court casescheduled on July 30 pits SheikhMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoumagainst Princess Haya, daughter ofthe late King Hussein of Jordan andan accomplished Olympic equestrianon friendly terms with horseaficionado Queen Elizabeth II.

The hearing is expected to focus onwho will have custody of their twoyoung children now that the princesshas left Dubai. She is believed to be inBritain, where she owns a gatedmansion on Buckingham PalaceGardens, a private street lined withsome of the world’s most expensivehomes and cars.

When The Associated Press askedvia intercom for an interview withPrincess Haya or one of herrepresentatives, a man emerged to saythere would be no comments made onher behalf. He didn’t indicate whethershe was in the residence.

The clash between SheikhMohammed and Princess Haya is thelatest sign of trouble in his extendedfamily. Last year, a daughter ofSheikh Mohammed tried to flee Dubaiafter appearing in a 40-minute videosaying she had been imprisoned onand off for several years and had beenabused. Her friends say she wasforcibly returned after commandosstormed a boat carrying her off thecoast of India when she tried to fleethe Emirates.

(AP)

UK denies supporting violent HK protestsas China media slam 'Western ideologues'LONDON/BEIJING (TIP): British

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said onJuly 4 that he had not backed violentprotests in Hong Kong, after Chinesestate media blamed "Westernideologues" for fomenting unrest in theformer British colony.

Hundreds of protesters broke into theHong Kong legislature on Monday after ademonstration marking the anniversaryof the return to Chinese rule in 1997under a "one country, two systems"formula that includes freedoms notenjoyed in mainland China, includingthe right to protest.

That followed weeks of protestsagainst a now-suspended extradition billthat opponents say would undermineHong Kong's much-cherished rule of lawand give Beijing powers to prosecuteactivists in mainland courts, which arecontrolled by the Communist Party.

China has stepped up a war of wordswith Britain over Hong Kong, especiallyafter Hunt warned of consequences ifChina neglects commitments made whenit took back Hong Kong to allow its wayof life for at least 50 years.

State media in particular has blamedLondon, Washington and other Westerncapitals for offering succour to thedemonstrators.

"Ideologues in Western governmentsnever cease in their efforts to engineerunrest against governments that are notto their liking, even though their actionshave caused misery and chaos in countryafter country in Latin America, Africa,the Middle East and Asia," the officialChina Daily said in an editorial.

"Now they are trying the same trick inChina," the English-language newspapersaid. Hunt, speaking to BBC radio,reiterated his condemnation of theviolence.

"Let me be clear what I said. I said thatI condemned, and we as the UnitedKingdom condemn, all violence and that

people who supported the pro-democracydemonstrators would have been verydismayed by the scenes they saw," saidHunt, who is vying to become Britain'snext prime minister.

China has said Britain has no moreresponsibility for Hong Kong. Britainsays it still considers the JointDeclaration in 1984 on the terms of thereturn of Hong Kong, which guaranteesits freedoms, to be valid.

"I don't think it's a big surprise thatChina would react that way but theyneed to understand that Britain is acountry that honours its internationalobligations and what I was saying wassomething very uncontroversial,actually, which is that we signed anagreement in 1984 which lasts for 50years and we would expect all sides tohonour that agreement," Hunt said.

"Hong Kong has an independentjudiciary and it's not for me as foreignsecretary of the UK to second guess howthat judiciary works. What I was sayingwas that there would be seriousconsequences if the legally bindinginternational agreement between the UKand China, if that was violated." OnWednesday, British Prime MinisterTheresa May also said China must

respect the rights and freedoms ofpeople in Hong Kong and that she hadbeen in touch with Beijing to raiseconcerns.

Hunt warned on Tuesday ofconsequences if China did not abide bythe Sino-British Joint Declaration. Hiscomments were met by a sharp rebukefrom China's ambassador to the UK, whotold Britain to keep its hands off HongKong.

Speaking at a daily news briefing inBeijing, Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Geng Shuang did not offerany new criticism about Britain havingthe day before accused Hunt of being"shameless" for his remarks on HongKong.

"For the time being today, I'll restrainmyself and won't say anymore. But ifcertain people in Britain obstinatelystick to the wrong path, and keeprepeating their mistakes, then I fear Imay have more to say."

Widespread damage inside theLegislative Council building, whereprotesters smashed furniture anddaubed graffiti over chamber walls,forced the government to close it for twoweeks.

The Legislative Council Commissionis due to hold a closed-door specialmeeting at an undisclosed venue later onThursday.

The China Daily accused Westernforces of instigating unrest against HongKong's government "as a means to putpressure on the central government".

"The violent behaviour that theseWestern agitators are emboldeningtramples on the rule of law in Hong Kongand undermines its social order," it said.

An editorial in the widely read tabloidThe Global Times, published by theCommunist Party's People's Daily,criticised Hunt's comments and said "theUK's diplomacy toward China will payfor his behaviour". Reuters

Irish lawyer who abused, spat on Air India crew found dead at her house

BRONZEFIELD (TIP): An Irishnational and human rights lawyer wasfound dead at her house in England’sEast Sussex on June 1.

According to The Telegraph, 50-year-old Simone Burns allegedly committedsuicide. Burns is the same lawyer, whowas jailed for six months in April thisyear for spitting at a flight attendantduring a foul-mouthed racist rant aftershe was refused more wine on theMumbai-London flight. Burns wasreleased from Bronzefield women'sprison on licence, or parole, on May 20and was found dead at the foot of theBeachy Head cliffs in the south-east ofEngland, 13 days later.

“The body of a woman found at BeachyHead on June 1 has been identified asthat of Simone Burns from Hove,” aSussex police spokesperson was quotedas saying. “The death is not being treated

as suspicious and the next of kin havebeen informed. The matter has beenpassed to the coroner’s officer,” thespokesperson added.

Following her death, friends said thatthe sentence had a severe impact onBurns, whose mid-air rant went viral onsocial media. In the Air India flight,Burns, who had worked with refugees,went on a racist rant against the flightcrew. Burns was served three bottles ofwine on a nine-hour flight, but shedemanded more. After, she was refused,Burns went on a racist rant and wascaught on camera. In the video, thelawyer could be heard saying: “I amworking for all your people. The f*****gRohingyas, the f*****g people of all Asia,for you, an international criminallawyer. Don’t get any money for it. Butyou can’t even give me a f*****g glass ofwine, is that correct?”

She also called staff “Indian money-grabbing c***s” and smoked in thelavatories. Burns, born in NorthernIreland and living in Hove in England,was also ordered to pay 300 poundscompensation to the person sheassaulted, with the judge saying that"spitting straight into a crew member'sface at close range is a particularlyinsulting and upsetting act".

A member of the Air India cabin crewdescribed her conduct as unlikeanything he had seen during his 34-yearaviation career. The judge at IsleworthCrown Court said he was satisfied theoffence was racially aggravated and thelanguage Burns used would have beenextremely upsetting for the airline staff.

"This is not a lady who has a drinkproblem. This is not a woman who has adrug problem. This is totally out ofcharacter," he said. (PTI)

NEW YORK (TIP): If we aregetting access to 'high-speed internetconnection', then it's all because ofNarinder Singh Kapany. Had it notbeen for Narinder's exuberance, wewouldn't have been surfing the blazingfast internet. Not only about theinternet, Narinder was even able tostamp his authority on laser surgeriesand high-speed communications. He ispopularly known as the father of'Fiber Optics'. Narinder Singh Kapany

was the first person in the world whointroduced the term 'Fiber Optics'.

Hailing from Moga, Punjab,Narinder Singh announced hisarrival to the world when he was bornin 1927. He successfully graduatedfrom Agra University and then wenton to do PhD at Imperial College,London. He carried out an intenseresearch not only in high-speedcommunications but also medicalimaging from OFC networks to

endoscopic to laser surgery. This goesto show that if there is no NarinderSingh, then there is no internet, nolaser surgery and no high-speedcommunication.

Narinder Singh, the Indian-bornAmerican physicist hogged thelimelight for becoming the firstperson in the world to depict thatlight can travel in bent glass fibers.His research paper captioned "AFlexible Fiberscope, using StaticScanning" appeared in the scientificjournal Nature in its January 2, 1954issue and opened the door forinstruments such as endoscopes andlaser probes.

Kapany then spiced it up bypublishing his first paper in OpticaActa in February 1955 named'Transparent Fibers for theTransmission of Optical Images'.

Kapany kept on continuing his goodwork. As an author, he published over100 scientific papers and four bookson optoelectronics. He has lectured toseveral national and internationalscientific societies. His famous articleon Fiber optics in Scientific Americanin 1960 coined the new term (Fiberoptics). The article adds up as thereference point for the subject eventoday.

In November 1999, Fortunemagazine had published profiles of 7people who completely changed thelife in the twentieth century. Kapanywas one of the unsung heroes. Weneed to promote this hero who gave usthe fastest internet connection whichis in demand in the contemporaryworld. It has been a trend set thatwithout internet, life on Earth wouldbe boring.

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IALI Annual Fundraising event a Grand Success

UNIONDALE, NY (TIP): IndiaAssociation of Long Island celebratedAnnual Fundraising Gala Dinner on June30th, 2019 at Marriott, Long Island. Thefunction was attended by about 270 guests.India Association of Long Island is a 41-year-oldNon-Profit organization.

With more than 2300 members and stillgrowing, IALI aims at preserving andpromoting Indian Culture.IALI has aWomen's Forum, a Seniors Forum, a KidsForum and a Youth Forum. Besides thereare a Meditation forum.&a SangeetForum.

Khushi and Jigna OzaperformedGanesh Vandana. IALI President LalitAery in his address, extended a warmwelcome to guests and associationmembers, and appreciated his team for thegreat work they did to organize thefundraiser.

A Number of dignitaries graced theoccasion which included Anna Kaplan andKevin Thomas NYS senators. Theypresented citations to all five Honorees -Mrs. Indu Chhabra, Dr Vijay Rasquinha,Dr Gopal Kishore , Mr. Jasbir Jay Singhand Mrs. Anupam Goenka.

Also present were Human RightsCommission Chairman Mr. Bobby Kaloteeand Mr. Zahid Syed, member of thecommission.

IALI on the occasion introducedmembership cards for IALI members. Theproject \h was sponsored by Mr. GarySikka (Mint Restaurant), Mr. Bansal (IndiaVisa Center), Mr. Batra (Batra Travels) andMr. Sumit Verma (Hicksville Optical). Mr.Naveen Shah and Madhu Pareek fromNavika Group and all the Past Presidentsof IALIwere called on the stage to presentcards to all officers of IALI. MC Indu

Gajwani announced that all IALI memberswill get their cards at a later time.

Bollywood celebrity star Ms. JinalPandya was a special guest at Gala Dinnerand she performed two dances and askedthe audience to join on the dance floor.Vote of Thanks was given by the SecretaryMr. Govind Gupta

Association collected funds to have IndiaFest which is scheduled for September 22,2019 at Hyatt in Long Island. For moreinformation, visit www.ialinewyork.org

(Based on a Press Release)

Honorees Mrs. Indu Chhabra, Dr Vijay Rasquinha, Dr Gopal Kishore , Mr. Jasbir Jay Singh and Mrs. Anupam Goenka with IALI Executive Committee

Meet Narinder Singh Kapany - The Father of ‘Fiber Optics’

Before the debate Kamala Harrishad the name recognitionproblem. Vice President Bidenwas well known and wasenjoying a commanding lead in

the polls. Kamala Harris had to formulatestrategy to become most competitive. Sheknew the power and influence of thenational TV audience could make adifference. Therefore, she came to thedebate very well prepared.

Born to her mother from Chennai, Indiaand father from Jamaica, both Ph.D.'s,Kamala Harris is a smart student and hadaccumulated political skills by serving asSan Francisco's District Attorney andCalifornia's Attorney General, before shewas elected U.S.Senator, first for IndianAmerican.

Kamala Harris knew that unless she ismost competitive with Biden and Sanders,she had no chance to emerge out of 20candidates. Thus, she applied theprinciple: WHO INFUENCES WHOMWHEN WHERE AND HOW IS THEESSENCE OF POLITICS.

She was well aware that the nationaldebate would draw a large audience and ifshe makes a difference she could break out.She turned out to be right. The seconddebate drew an audience of 18 millionpeople against 24 million for first Trumpdebate.

She knew that once she impresses such alarge audience, political equilibrium andpolls would change. She was right. Howdid she do it? What was her strategy?

NBC had several anchors, who were notwell organized. The debate was not wellprogrammed. Different anchors wereasking questions after questions givingvery little time for the candidate to answer.As a result, the competition to be heard wasstiff. It was not easy to break in especiallywhen several were attempting to speak.There was total confusion and no order.This is where Kamala Harris emerged as abig winner. Her tactics and strategysucceeded.

Kamala Harris was bent upon taking thebig elephant Biden blocking her march tothe convention.

Gentlemen, you can't fight here, this isthe debate stage! Senator Kamala Harris'sfirst attempt at a breakout moment in thisdebate was a painfully rehearsed linedesigned to be dropped the minute therewas some crosstalk she could break into:

"Hey guys, America does not want towitness a food fight. They want us to knowhow we are going to put food on their table."

It won immediate applause, sustainedapplause, undermining their party'spolitical well-being. This is a debate.Everyone on stage is supposed to bemaking a case for why they should bepresident, which when facing other

candidates in an election, is traditionallydone by drawing distinctions betweenyourself and your opponents.

More broadly, the line speaks to the self-defeating tendency of Democrats toimagine that their own affinity forcompromise reflects the median voter'spreference for conciliatory politics. Peoplesay they have partisan conflict, yes-butthey vote for people who draw sharpdistinctions between themselves and their(negatively defined)opponents. It was agood line for Harris in the moment, but itwas a cynical line masquerading as a pleafor unity.

“I believe you are not a racist. It washurtful to hear you talk about thereputations of two U.S.Senators whobuilt their reputations and career onsegregation of race in this country. Andit was not only that, but you also workedwith them to oppose bussing. And youknow, there was a little girl in Californiawho was part of the Second Class tointegrate her public schools and she wasbussed to school every day and that littlegirl was me."

Almost immediately after she punchedBiden, a video of Kamala Harris as a childdressed for school was circulated in thesocial media.

Biden was flustered, caught off-guard bythis unexpected expression of livedexperience. Biden was not just criticizedfor his nostalgia play. He was confrontedwith the fact that his efforts as a youngsenator would have ended one of thecountry's few attempts to make equaltreatment a reality, to give black studentsthe kind of education that white studentstook for granted . And while it is temptingto portray this as ancient history, it is not.Harris was born in 1964, just three monthsafter President Johnson signed the CivilRights Bill. Biden joined the Senate in 1973.It was 1977 when Biden introduced Bill thatwould, in his words, "strike at the injustice

of court-ordered busing."A string of recent polls suggest that

Kamala Harris's performance in the debatelast week has propelled her campaign forthe Democratic presidential nomination inJuly 2020. A Quinnipiac University poll ofDemocrats and Democratic leaning votersnationally showed Kamala Harris, whosecriticism of Biden's record on race was oneof the most discussed moments of thesecond debate last week, gainingsignificant momentum in the campaign.

KAMALA HARRIS POLLS AT 20% INTHE QUINNIPIAC POLL, TRAILINGFRONT RUNNING BIDEN BY JUST 2

POINTS.Other polls also show strong support for

the California Democrat. A SuffolkUniversity/USA Today poll of likely IowaDemocratic caucus goers also showed herin second place to Biden. The former VicePresident led that poll with 24% ofrespondents saying they support him, and15.6% reported favoring Harris.

In a poll of Democrats and Democraticleaning independents conducted by CNNand SSRS in the days after the debate, 17%of respondents said they supported Harris,again placing her in second place to Biden.That represented a jump from 8% from themonth before.

After the second debate, it is clear thatboth Biden and Sanders have lost theirmomentum to the women candidates,Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.56% of the primary voters are women. Ifso, it is possible that the voters may preferto elect a woman.

ROADMAP TO NOMINATIONI list below the number of delegates from

early States till March 3, 2020: Iowa 49; NewHampshire 33; Nevada 48; S.C. 63 - total of193. CA 495; Texas 262; NY 270, MA 114, IL184, FL 248, MI 147. Before March 3, wewould have elected 193. By the end ofMarch, two thirds of all delegates would

have been elected.Therefore, if Kamala Harris does

reasonably well in Iowa, NH, S.C. andNevada, she would become the frontrunner on March 3 after the primariesbecause CA has 495 delegates. Right now,the wind in California is blowing in herfavor. Biden has lost his territory big.

Kamala Harris has already tested thenational waters thru her first debate. It iseasier for her to challenge her competitorsBiden, Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren in thesecond and future debates. Kamala Harris iscontinuing to receive wide media coverage.

STRATEGIC SKILLS AND ABILITY TOCHALLENGE THE OPPONENT IN THEGENERAL ELECTION WILL BE THEDECIDING FACTOR FOR SELECTINGTHE NOMINEE. Based on KamalaHarris' performance and hercompetitiveness, there is no doubt in mymind that she will be able to convince thedelegates at the nominating conventionthat she is second to none. PatrickBuchanan, political pundit and the formerSpeaker, Newt Gingrich have also said thatKamala Harris is likely to be the candidate.

Winning the nomination is one thing.Can Kamala Harris challenge PresidentTrump in the General Election inNovember 2020? Will she able to drawworking class white votes from the rust beltstates of PA, WI, OH, MI? Will themoderate and conservative White womenvote for her? Will she compromise toomuch with the extreme left to get thenomination but only to lose in the generalelection? Can she suggest a workablebipartisan solution to the Immigrationproblem? These questions cannot beanswered now until the political processtakes place. If Kamala Harris clinches thenomination for the President from theDemocratic Party, it would be a greatachievement for her, and the IndianAmericans will be proud.

(The author is MBA, Columbia School of Businessand Chairman, Asian American Republican

Committee. He can be reached atvpwaren@gmail.com)

8 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019EDITORIAL

By Ven Parameswaran

AS I SEE IT

Kamala Harris could win the Democratic Party’s nomination for President in July 2020

WHO INFLUENCES WHOM, WHEN, WHERE AND HOW IS THE ESSENCE OF ALL POLITICS

Kamala Harris has already tested the nationalwaters thru her first debate. It is easier for

her to challenge her competitors Biden,Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren in the second

and future debates. Kamala Harris iscontinuing to receive wide media coverage.

She polls at 20% in the Quinnipiac poll,trailing frontrunning Joe Biden by just 2 points

Kamala Harris ( extreme right) gives Joe Biden (extreme left) the punch in the debate. Seen inthe center is Bernie Sanders. CNN Screenshot

“ Based on Kamala Harris' performance and her competitiveness, thereis no doubt in my mind that she will be able to convince the delegates at

the nominating convention that she is second to none. Patrick Buchanan,political pundit and the former Speaker, Newt Gingrich have also said

that Kamala Harris is likely to be the candidate", says the author.

9THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 PERSPECTIVE

By Sandeep Chakravorty

India could yet lead the world on water conservation

"Water is essential tolife, yet 844 million

people in the world - 1 in9 - lack access to it.

According to a report bythe World Economic

Forum, the water crisisis the #4 global risk in

terms of impact tosociety.

Access to safe watercan protect and save

lives, just because it'sthere. Access to safe

water has the power toturn time spent into

time saved, when it'sclose and not hours

away. Access to safewater can turn problemsinto potential: unlocking

education, economicprosperity, and

improved health.In India, "Six times the

population of the UnitedStates lives without a

household waterconnection. These

people, in particularwomen and children,

must spend time to getwater, instead of

working or going toschool or caring for

their families".(Water.org)

The author is sanguine that the creation of ministry of Jal Shakti by Prime Minister Narendra Modi willaddress the problem of inadequate access to safe water, removing the "extreme water stress felt by 600

million people in India".- EDITOR

The biggest disruptor in the newgovernment of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for India is by farthe creation of a ministry of JalShakti. The merger of the

ministries of water resources, riverdevelopment, Ganga rejuvenation, anddrinking water and sanitation bringsabout a much-needed integrated approachfor India's water issues. Water will be thelimiting factor to India's growth.According to a 2018 NITI Aayog report, 600million Indians face high to extreme waterstress and about 200,000 people die everyyear because of inadequate access to safewater. By 2030, the country's water demandis projected to be twice the available supply,implying severe water scarcity for millionsand an eventual 6% loss in the country'sgross domestic product (GDP). However, ifthe Jal Shakti ministry, the one ministryon which the future depends, achieves itsobjectives, all that will change.

Addressing an election rally before the2019 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Modisaid, "After constructing toilets and givingdignity to women, I will focus my next termon ensuring clean drinking water." Thecreation of the Jal Shakti ministry and theadoption of an integrated approach towater issues formed part of the BharatiyaJanata Party's vision. Gajendra SinghShekhawat, the minister of Jal Shakti, hashit the ground running, adopting aninclusive approach by spelling out hisvision of partnership with states. In hisinterview with India Today on 8 June,Shekhawat saw India's water challenge asan opportunity to involve stakeholders. Heis keen on the use of India's traditionalwater conservation knowledge whoseneglect has brought us to the precipice of awater disaster. He also promised "nirmal"or clean Ganga in two years.

"Nal se Jal" (tap water) for everyone by2024 is a delayed yet essential goal for Indiato break into the middle-income league andbecome a global economic power. It is notdifficult to imagine how much economic

activity this goal-setting will engender,potentially contributing billions to India'sGDP through theconstruction/rehabilitation of reservoirs,their linking, the laying of pipes andconstruction of tanks, among other civilworks. Its impact on the nation's healthwill also be transcendental, as mostdiseases in India are water-borne. Nal seJal is also a natural companion of SwachhBharat and the National Toilet Mission,which cannot be sustained without wateravailability in every household. TheNational Democratic Alliance governmenthas achieved ambitious goals before, be itthe 72 million Ujjwala connections, takingelectricity to every village and 20 millionhouseholds, constructing 92 million toiletsin less than five years, and the opening ofmore than 300 million Jan Dhan accounts.Making piped water reach every householdis daunting, but the ability to achieve it isthere. It is absolutely "Mumkin hai"(possible). If not now, when?

Only 4% of the available water in Indiais used for drinking, whereas 80% is usedfor irrigation with rampant inefficiencies.About 4,000 liters of water is used inPunjab to produce 1 kg of rice, though 300liters is sufficient. The first charge ofIndia's water must go to drinking water,followed by crop and then industrialproduction. Furthermore, placing wateron top of the conservation pyramidautomatically leads to conservation of soiland forests, and forests make water. Themantra of water conservation is age-oldand simple: hold it where it falls, in pits,wells, trenches, reservoirs or ponds. Thisprevents run-off and soil erosion,recharges aquifers and replenishes sub-soil moisture, critical for plant growth andsurvival. I speak from my experience in theearly 1990s when I spent five years of myyouth in rural India espousing soil andwater conservation.

Living in New York, I marvel at the city'swater supply system, which provides theworld's best potable water. Even

restaurants serve tap water. The city has anetwork of conservation watersheds,reservoirs and aqueducts with almost 95%water supplied by gravity, conservingenergy. Institutional frameworks exist forevery aspect, be it conservation of thewatershed, reservoirs, distribution andpricing. Watershed conservation is thecentral principle for providing drinkingwater. Even corporate water bottlers suchas Poland advertise the watersheds theyprotect to promote their products. It is nota pipedream to expect such a reality inIndia.

Many states have already undertakenpath-breaking work. Telangana'sBhagiratha project is worth emulatingacross India. Maharashtra's JalyuktShivar Abhiyan has undertaken waterconservation work in 16,522 villages.Unfortunately, rainfall has been poor thisyear, so the impact of the work is not felt.However, this is bound to change in thecoming years when real water harvestingkicks in.

There is also a great synergy betweenbringing water to all households and thesocio-cultural-spiritual movementsgaining ground in India around saving therivers, spearheaded by people such aswaterman Rajinder Singh and JaggiVasudev. As Vasudev recently said, "JalShakti is a landmark step for revitalizationand conservation of our rivers and waterbodies." They are opinion makers and havefar reaching influence on people. Themerger of their objectives with nationalpriorities augurs well for India. On thelines of the International Solar Alliancethat India pioneered, we may lead theworld on water conservation from JalShakti to Bharat Shakti to Vishwa Shakti.

(The author is an Indian career diplomat,presently posted as Consul General of India in

New York. He can be reached atcg.newyork@mea.gov.in)

This article originally appeared in Live Mint andhas been reprinted, with some additions, with

the permission of the author.

People gather to get water from a huge well in the village of Natwargadh in the western Indian state of Gujarat. File photo / Reuters

10 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019SOUTH ASIA

Dawood not in Pak,says Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Underworlddon Dawood Ibrahim is not inPakistan, the Foreign Office assertedon July 4, a day after a UK court wasinformed that the gangster wanted forthe deadly coordinated bombings inMumbai in 1993 is currently in exile inthe country. “Dawood Ibrahim is not inPakistan,” Foreign OfficeSpokesperson Muhammad Faisal saidin response to a question during hisweekly press conference here. Duringthe ongoing extradition trial of 51-year-old Jabir Moti, a “high-rankingmember of D-Company”, WestminsterMagistrates’ Court in London onWednesday heard that Dawood, wantedfor coordinated bombings in Mumbaiin 1993, is currently in exile inPakistan. “The head of D Company isDawood, an Indian Muslim currentlyin exile in Pakistan. Dawood Ibrahimand his brother and top lieutenant,Anis Ibrahim, have been fugitives fromIndia since 1993,” according to excerptsof a US Attorney’s affidavit forextradition read out by Moti’sbarrister, Edward Fitzgerald. — PTI

Muslims in Sri Lankaunder threat: Rights

groupANKARA (TIP): Muslims in Sri

Lanka are facing abuses, according to aglobal human rights body, which hasaccused the Sinhalese government ofcomplicity in excesses against thecommunity. In a statement this week,New York-based Human Rights Watch(HRW) said members of the Muslimcommunity are facing arbitrary arrestand other abuses and called on thegovernment to protect the communityfrom violence. Following a series ofinterviews with members of thecommunity, HRW said in a report thatever since the Easter bombings on April21 this year, “Sri Lankan Muslims havefaced an upsurge in violations of theirbasic rights and assaults and otherabuses from Buddhist nationalists.”

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Imran Khan to hold maiden meetingwith Donald Trump on July 22

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Prime MinisterImran Khan will meet Donald Trump forthe first time on July 22 and their focuswill be on refreshing bilateral relations,which was hit after the US Presidentpublicly criticised Pakistan, cancelledmilitary aid and asked it to do more tofight terrorism.

Khan will make his maiden trip to theUnited States on the invitation ofPresident Trump, Foreign OfficeSpokesperson Muhammad Faisalannounced during his weekly pressconference here on Thursday.

The relations between Pakistan andthe US nose-dived after President Trumplast year accused Islamabad of givingnothing to Washington but “lies anddeceit” and providing “safe haven” toterrorists.

Khan had said in January 2018 thatmeeting Trump would be a “bitter pill”to swallow should he become Pakistan’sprime minister in elections later thatyear, but added “I would meet him.” Hewon the elections and was sworn in asPrime Minister in August last year.

During Prime Minister Khan’s visit,the focus will be on “refreshing bilateralrelations,” Faisal told reporters.

The announcement of the meetingbetween the two leaders comes a dayafter the US designated the Balo-chistanLiberation Army (BLA) as a globalterrorist group and Pakistan booked 13top leaders of the banned Jamaat-udDawah (JuD), including its chief andMumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed,in nearly two dozen cases for terrorfinancing and money laundering underthe Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.

The Department of the Treasury hasdesignated Saeed as a SpeciallyDesignated Global Terrorist, and the US,since 2012, has offered a USD 10 millionreward for information that brings himto justice. Saeed-led JuD is believed to bethe front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Toiba, which is responsible for carrying

out the Mumbai attacks that claimedlives of 166 people, including Americans.It had been declared as a foreignterrorist organisation by the US in June2014. Last month, Foreign Minister ShahMehmood Qureshi said President Trumphad invited Prime Minister Khan inJune but he could not undertake the visitbecause of the budget session.

He also said that talks between the twoleaders would focus on “importantregional matters”.

Trump was consistent in his criticismof Pakistan after launching his SouthAsia and Afghanistan strategy in 2017.

The US has repeatedly asked Pakistanto abide by its UN Security Councilcommitments to deny terrorists safehaven and block their access to funds.

In September, the Trumpadministration cancelled USD 300million in military aid to Islamabad fornot doing enough against terror groupslike the Haqqani Network and Talibanactive on its soil. Trump criticisedPakistan in a Twitter post back inNovember, saying Islamabad was notdoing enough to stop terrorism.

In March, President Trump indicated

his readiness to meet Pakistan’s newleadership, amidst the ongoing peacetalks between the US and the Talibanfacilitated by Islamabad to end the brutalwar in Afghanistan.

“Pakistan -- we’ll be meeting withPakistan. I think our relationship rightnow is very good with Pakistan,” Trumpsaid at the end of a White House mediainteraction when a journalist asked himto comment on the current situationbetween India and Pakistan.

US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad isspearheading efforts to strike a peacedeal with the Taliban with the help ofPakistan.

Khalilzad, the Special Representativefor Afghanistan Reconciliation, said thatPakistan has an important role to play inAfghan peace talks and cannot be underestimated. The representatives of theAfghan Taliban, the US as well asofficials from Pakistan and Saudi Arabiahave been meeting in Doha, Qatar. Thetalks were facilitated by Islamabad asWashington continues to seek an end tothe nearly 18-year war in Afghanistanthat has killed over 2,000 US soldiers. —PTI

IMF approves $6 bn loan for cash-strapped Pak with tough conditions

Bangladeshi court sentences 9 to deathfor attacking PM Hasina 25 years ago

WA S H I N G T O N / I S L A M A BA D

(TIP): The IMF has approved a three-year USD 6 billion loan for cash-strappedPakistan with tough conditions toaddress its balance of payment crisisand help the country’s ailing economyreturn to “sustainable growth”.

Pakistan approached the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) in August 2018 fora bailout package after the Imran Khangovernment took over.

“IMF Executive Board approved todaya three-year USD 6 billion loan tosupport #Pakistan’s economic plan,which aims to return sustainable growthto the country’s economy and improvethe standards of living,” IMFspokesperson Gerry Rice tweeted onJuly 3. The USD 6 billion financial aidincludes an immediate disbursement of

USD 1 billion to help Pakistan addressits balance of payment crisis.

“The EFF-supported programme willhelp Pakistan to reduce economicvulnerabilities and generate sustainableand balanced growth focusing on: adecisive fiscal consolidation to reducepublic debt and build resilience whileexpanding social spending,” thestatement said. It will also support aflexible, market-determined exchangerate to restore competitiveness andrebuild official reserves; to eliminatequasi-fiscal losses in the energy sector;and to strengthen institutions andenhance transparency, the statementadded. Meanwhile, Dr Abdul HafeezShaikh, Advisor to Pakistan primeminister on Finance, in Islamabad saidthe IMF’s. PTI

DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladeshi courton July 3 sentenced nine activists of aBNP-led alliance to death and 25 othersto life in prison for attacking PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina 25 years agowhen she was the Opposition leader.

Hasina was leading a nationwidecampaign by rail when her coach cameunder attack upon arriving in Pabna'sIshwardy on September 23, 1994.

Hasina survived the assault carriedout during Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's firstterm as prime minister.

A Pabna court sentenced nine peopleto death and 25 others to life in prison forattacking the train, media reports said.

Additional Sessions Judge Rostom Alialso jailed 13 people for 10 years.

The railway police, as plaintiff,initiated a case against 135 people inconnection with the incident.

But the investigation hit a snag duringthe BNP's rule before picking up speedonce the Awami League formedgovernment in 1996, reports said.

Police later submitted a chargesheetagainst 52 accused at the end of theprobe.

After the verdict, local BNP activistsheld a protest on the court premiseswhile ruling Awami League supportersand activists held separate processionexpressing satisfaction over thejudgement.

The judgement came on a day whenHasina arrived in Beijing on an officialvisit. PTI

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Indian Overseas Congress, USA Opens NewChapter representing Michigan State

MICHIGAN (TIP): In its continuingefforts to expand IOC, USA officesthroughout USA, IOC, USA opened a NewChapter in Michigan onSat. June 22, 2019and installed Mr. Rajwinder Singh Grewalas the Chapter President. The installationceremony took place in the Grand PlazaHotel, Grand Rapids, where over twohundredmember participants gathered towitness the installation ceremony of thePresident. Mr. Mohinder SinghGilzian, President of IOC, USA in NewYork came down to Michigan to install theChapter president.

Mr. George Abraham, Vice Chairmanand Mr. Harbachan Singh, Secretary-General of IOC, USA , who were unable toattend, welcomed Mr. Gerewal and senttheir congratulations and best wishes toMr. Raj winder Singh Grewal and his teamand looked forward for an activeparticipation and interaction with thenewly created Michigan Chapter goingforward.

Mr. Mohinder Singh Gilzian alsoconveyed the greetings and blessings of Mr.Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the IndianOverseas Congress Department of AllIndia Congress Committee in New Delhi toMr. Rajwinder Singh Grewal and statedthat although Mr. Pitroda had earlierindicated his intention to attend thefunction but was, however, now precluded

from doing so due to a last minute schedulechange.

Many of the Congress party officials,distinguished leaders, members, familiesand friends who not only came from theneighboring cities and states to grace theoccasion, but also spoke at the function andpraised the newly constituted team. Therewas considerable enthusiasm noted fromthe new team and it was inevitable that theChapter will be up to an active start.

In expressing great satisfaction and

confidence in these appointments, Mr.Mohinder Singh Gilzian emphasized theneed to work diligently, the NRIs to work onthe phones with their families and friendsto explain why it was necessary at this timeto re strategize wisely and work evenharder. The failings, especially thelynchings now prevailing in India was acause of great concern to everyone andshortcomings of the Modi governmentwere well known.

Over a dozen prominent speakers took

turn to pay tribute and compliment Mr.Grewal and all the new appointees. Mr.Grewalthanked Mr. Mohinder SinghGilzian and everyone who had attended theceremony and made a firm commitment towork hard and support the Party with allhis might and capabilities. Mr. Gerewalsaid that even though the Congress Partyhad not succeeded this time, he was highlyoptimistic that things will be totallydifferent the next time around.

(Press Release)

Sadhguru, Shankar Mahadevan, Kapil Dev, Preity Zinta at AAPI Convention

ATLANTA (TIP): Over 2,000 delegatesfrom across the nation are attending the37th annual convention organized by TheAmerican Association of Physicians ofIndian Origin (AAPI) from July 3rd toJuly 7th, 2019 at the fabulous and world-famous Omni Atlanta at CNN Center andGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta,Georgia.

Dr. Naresh Parikh, President of AAPI,says, "The 37th Annual AAPI Convention& Scientific Assembly offers an intimatesetting that facilitate our ability to convey

cutting-edge research and CME, promotepersonal, professional and businessrelationships, and display ethnic items.The convention is filled with cutting-edgeCMEs, product theaters, women's forum,great entertainment from Bollywood andlocal talent and lot more."

It's a well-known fact that physicians ofIndian origin excel in their respectiveareas of work and continue to play keyroles in patient care, administration,academics and medical research. In orderto cater to its diversity of medicalspecialties, AAPI continues to use a multi-disciplinary conference format.

Sadhguru, recognized around the worldfor his pioneering efforts to nurture globalharmony, will lead an Isha FoundationSpiritual Forum during the Convention.some of the major themes as part of theCME sessions include: Pursuit of

Happiness In Medicine; BurnoutPrevention and Wellness in Physicians;Easy Life of a Hospitalist: An Illusion;and, Meditation and Mindfulness.Shankar Mahadevan, the popular award-winning Bollywood playback singer is allset to take the delegates by storm duringthe Convention. Shankar Mahadevan andhis troupe will perform live at the muchanticipated AAPI's annual conventionenthralling over 2,000 delegates fromacross the nation, who are expected toattend the Convention.

Golf With Cricket Star Kapil Dev isanother major attraction. Kapil Dev, thepopular cricket star who won India theWorld Cup will be the keynote speaker atthe convention. In addition, he will playGold with AAPI members and will sign acoffee table book on Sikhism - 'WE THESIKHS', by the legendary cricket star.

Preity Zinta, the famous Bollywoodactor will be the keynote speaker at themuch-anticipated Women's Forum, whichhas come to be a popular agenda item atevery convention.

In addition, there will be, for the firsttime a Youth Public SpeakingCompetition and the much anticipatedand appreciated "AAPI Has Got Talent"where the AAPI members showcase theirtalents before their colleagues.Continuing Medical Education and non-CME seminars by experts in theirfieldswill provide comprehensive andcurrent reviews and guidelines for thediagnosis and treatment of variousdisease states to reduce morbidity andmortality and achieve cost effectivequality care outcomes.

Read full story onwww.theindianpanorama.news

Dr. Naresh Parikh, President of AAPI, says,"The 37th Annual AAPI Convention &

Scientific Assembly offers an intimatesetting that facilitate our ability to conveycutting-edge research and CME, promote

personal, professional and businessrelationships, and display ethnic items.

The Organizing committee

14 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019INDIA

ON JULY 17, ICJ ORDER ONINDIA’S APPEAL OVERKULBHUSHAN JADHAV

NEW DELHI (TIP): The International Court ofJustice announced on Thursday that it will on July17 deliver its verdict in the case of KulbhushanJadhav, an Indian national sentenced to death by aPakistani military court for alleged involvement inespionage and subversive activities.

“The International Court of Justice (ICJ), theprincipal judicial organ of the United Nations, willdeliver, on Wednesday 17 July 2019, its judgment inthe Jadhav case (India v. Pakistan),” the Hague-basedcourt said in a statement.

“A public sitting will take place at 3 pm at the PeacePalace in The Hague, during which Judge AbdulqawiAhmed Yusuf, President of the Court, will read thecourt’s decision.”

Jadhav, a 48-year-old former naval officer, wassentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in2017, a year after he was arrested and charged withalleged involvement in spying and terrorism. TheICJ stayed Jadhav’s execution last year after it waspetitioned by India.

India has challenged Jadhav’s “farcical trial” inPakistan and denied the charges levelled againsthim. It has also said Jadhav was abducted byPakistani intelligence operatives from the Iranianport of Chabahar, where he was running a business.

India’s petition at the ICJ said Pakistan haddeliberately denied consular access to Jadhav despitebeing under an international obligation to do so.Pakistan insists Jadhav was a “spy” and not abusinessman. Source: HT

Rahul Gandhi vows to fight RSS 10 times harder

NEW DELHI (TIP): RahulGandhi on Thursday pledged to fightthe Sangh-BJP “ten times harder”,belying the notion that the electoralrout has drained him of the will tostruggle on against a dauntingopponent.

Soon after he had pleaded “notguilty” in a Mumbai court in adefamation case filed by an RSSactivist and advocate, Rahul wasasked if his fight would continue.

“Of course it will continue. It isgoing to intensify. The way I foughtin the last five years, ten timesharder than that,” he said.

Rahul faces around two dozenlawsuits across the country, mostlyfiled by Sangh-BJP leaders andsupporters over statements he hadmade during election campaigns.

Dhrutiman Joshi had filedThursday’s case over Rahul’sremark that “anybody who speaksagainst the ideology of the BJP,against the ideology of the RSS, ispressured, beaten, attacked and evenkilled”.

Rahul had made the comment inthe context of the 2017 murder ofjournalist Gauri Lankesh inBangalore. Since he has pleaded “notguilty”, the trial will now begin andthe next hearing is on September 15.

Rahul has been granted bailagainst a surety of Rs 15,000. He andhis co-accused, CPM generalsecretary Sitaram Yechury, haveboth been exempted from personalattendance during the hearings.

The next case against Rahul willbe heard in Patna on July 6.

If the surfeit of cases is aconcerted attempt to frighten him offattacking the Sangh’s ideology,Rahul seems intent on battling it outinstead of choosing the easier routeof apologising.

“This is an ideological battle. They

are attacking me and I’m enjoying it.I’m standing with the poor, with thefarmers,” he told reporters.

Thousands of Congress workershad turned up to receive Rahul inMumbai, unfazed by his resignationas party president.

In Delhi, the party launched ascathing attack on the Sangh parivarand ensured that the social mediacampaign #RSSVsIndia trended forhours. The Congress highlighted theSangh’s failure to participate in thefreedom struggle, accused it ofsupporting the British and cited howit had been banned three times afterIndependence. It painted the Sanghideology as contradicting the idea ofIndia.

The mood in the party is clear:Rahul remains the supreme leader

whether or not he holds the top post.Ahmed Patel, who still wieldssignificant control over the levers ofpower in the organisation, indicatedhis mind with two tweets.

“Rahul ji’s resignation letter isunfortunate. We all are accountablefor this defeat,” he posted.

“He has, in a short span, alreadymade tremendous contribution instrengthening the party and we allbelieve his endeavour shouldcontinue. He is and will remain myleader, our leader & will continue toprovide solid strength for theCongress.”

Sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tootried to obliquely confront theperception that Rahul was beingirresponsible and foolishlysentimental. She tagged Rahul’sstatement with this tweet: “Few havethe courage that you do RahulGandhi. Deepest respect for yourdecision.”

To many in the Congress, Rahul’sdecision to quit as party chief at adifficult time looks like escapism.But many others hope that hisdrastic step would help bring aboutmeaningful structural changesinstead of the usual dressing up seenafter every defeat.

By stressing accountability anddeclaring “at times, I stoodcompletely alone” in the battleagainst Prime Minister NarendraModi, Rahul has mounted hugepressure on the entrenched interestsin the party.

If the party refuses to change evennow, Rahul will be free to look foroptions that may include forming anew Congress as Indira Gandhi didfour decades ago. However, thatpossibility looks remote since theparty is not in open conflict withRahul, as it had been with hisgrandmother.

Rahul’s quitting has stirredunease within his party,

with a string of high-profile resignations

following hisannouncement. His sister

and party generalsecretary Priyanka GandhiVadra said she respected

his decision

Political twist: Mamata Banerjee, MP NusratJahan attend Rath Yatra

KOLKATA (TIP): Even as peopleacross India celebrated Lord Jagannath’schariot ride to his aunt’s home, thefestival did not pass without a smear ofpolitical rhetoric here on Thursday, thefirst day of the Rath Yatra.

While inaugurating the festivalorganised by International Society forKrishna Consciousness (Iskcon) inKolkata, chief minister MamataBanerjee ended her speech by shouting“Jai Bangla” and “Jai Hind” in the samebreath as “Jai Jagannath”.

Banerjee also raised eyebrows onThursday by having TMC’s new BasirhatMP and actress Nusrat Jahan by her sideand letting her address the audiencefrom the Iskcon chariot.

“We should all celebrate festivalswithout taking into account ourreligious beliefs. We should be able tofreely speak the words of Allah andIshwar,” said Jahan. who recently

married Nikhil Jain, a businessman.Jahan was criticised by a Muslim

cleric for putting sindoor on herforehead.

Later, when Banerjee visited Maheshin Hooghly district and pulled thecentury-old chariot, here too she chanted“Jai Bangla” and “Jai Hind” at the end ofher speech but some youth startedchanting “Jai Sri Ram” when the chariotwas being pulled.

Meanwhile, at least 12 people wereinjured in sporadic clashes among TMCand BJP supporters in Howrah andBirbhum districts since Wednesdaynight.

“TMC-backed goons hurdled bombs,injuring four men (at Jamrulia inSadaipur area of Birbhum),” MustaqHaque, a local BJP leader, alleged.

At Uluberia in Howrah, eight peoplewere injured in a clash among TMC andBJP workers.

Flanked by newly-elected MP Nusrat Jahan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjeeinaugurated the ISKCON Rath Yatra festival in Kolkata on July 4.

Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer,was sentenced to death by a Pakistanimilitary court on charges of espionage

and terrorism in April 2017.

15THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 INDIA

LS CLEARS AADHAAR BILLAMID STIFF OPPOSITION

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Lok Sabha today passedthe Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019,allowing voluntary use of Aadhaar as an identityproof for opening bank accounts and procuringmobile phone connections amid stiff resistance fromOpposition parties, which demanded that it be sent tostanding committee or select committees ofparliament.

Congress’ Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewarialso argued that an individual be given the right toinvoluntarily delete his or her Aaadhar number—“the right to be forgotten”.

Defending the amendments, InformationTechnology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said allsafeguards were in place to prohibit misuse ofAadhaar biometrics.

Aadhaar is voluntary and informed consent of thebiometric identity holder had to be obtained before itis used. “Iris and fingerprint data is stored in Indianmachinery and is safe and secure,” the miniser said,displaying his own Aadhaar card to stress that thedocument only disclosed his name, father’s name,date of birth, residential address.

“It does not give any information on my medicalrecords, caste, religion or community,” Prasad alsoadded. The amendments provide for use of Aadhaarnumber for KYC authentication on voluntary basisunder the Telegraph Act, 1885, and the Prevention ofMoney Laundering Act, 2002.

Broadly speaking, it permits the use of Aadhaar asone of the identification methods for opening bankaccounts and telephone connections, in addition topassport or any ID that the government may notify. Itallows a system of offline identification (withoutbiometric verification) and enrolled children to optout and cancel their Aadhaar when they becomeadults.

Mahua Moitra (AITC), R Natarajan of (CPM),Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Leader of the Congress inthe Lok Sabha) Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM),Rammohan Naidu (TDP) and K Premachandran(RSP) also opposed the amendments.

RS APPROVES IMC BILL

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Rajya Sabha todayunanimously passed the Indian Medical Council(Amendment) Bill, 2019, with the Oppositionmembers notifying the government that they wereallowing the legislation sail through under protest.

The Bill, which had been cleared on Tuesday by theLS, provides for supersession of the Medical Councilof India (MCI) for two years with effect fromSeptember 26, 2018.

It replaces the ordinance promulgated for thesecond time on February 21. Union Health MinisterHarsh Vardhan said the MCI had failed to deliver andalso there was a perception that it had become a denof corruption. The Bill also proposes to increase thenumber of members in the Board of Governors to 12from existing seven.

Cosmetic steps by Pak againstterror groups, cautions India

NEW DELHI (TIP): Pakistan istrying to hoodwink theinternational community with its“cosmetic” steps against terrorgroups, the External AffairsMinistry said on Thursday.

The MEA’s response came afterPakistan claimed that it had“booked” Mumbai attacksmastermind Hafiz Saeed and 12 ofhis close associates for “terrorismfinancing” in 23 cases, amidstgrowing global pressure onIslamabad to act against militantgroups launching deadly attacks inIndia.

“Pakistan is trying to hoodwinkthe international community ontaking action against terror groups.Let us not get fooled by cosmeticsteps against terror groups byPakistan,” MEA spokespersonRaveesh Kumar told reporters here.

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed and 12close aides will be arrested “verysoon”, police said on Thursday, aday after Pakistani authoritiesbooked them for multiple offencesof terrorism financing and moneylaundering. The Counter TerrorismDepartment of Punjab Police onWednesday registered 23 FIRsagainst 13 leaders of Jamat-ud-Dawah on charges of terrorfinancing.

Will try to resolve differences with Pak onKartarpur corridor during July 14 meet: MEA

NEW DELHI (TIP): India willtry to resolve differences withPakistan on issues relatingKartarpur corridor when the twosides hold talks on itsimplementation on July 14, theExternal Affairs Ministry saidThursday. "There are differences...We will try to resolve thedifferences in the meeting,"Spokesperson in the Ministry ofExternal Affairs Raveesh Kumarsaid during a media briefing.

The first meeting to finalise themodalities for the corridor took

place on the Indian side of theAttari-Wagah border on March 14.

The July 14 meeting will be heldon the Pakistan side of the Wagahborder. Last month, India proposedJuly 11-14 to Pakistan to hold afresh round of talks on theKartarpur corridor. On Tuesday,Pakistan agreed for the dialogue onJuly 14. India had earlier conveyedits strong concerns to Pakistanover the presence of a leadingKhalistani separatist in acommittee appointed by Islamabadon the Kartarpur project.

India-UAE to break new ground in bilateral ties

NEW DELHI (TIP): India and theUAE will attempt to diversify theirclose energy and political ties byundertaking projects in thirdcountries for the first time, saidsources here.

The UAE has emerged as a closeIndian ally in the five years of Modigovernment by standing steadfast inasking then External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj to addressan Organisation of IslamicCountries (OIC) meet during thetense Pulwama-Balakot standoffwith Pakistan, extraditingeconomic offenders and mafiabosses to India and participating inbeefing up India’s energy security.

Talks on third country projectswith UAE Foreign Minister SheikhAbdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan whowill be here from July 7 to 9basically expand a memorandum ofcooperation signed by Swaraj inDecember 2018 during her visit toDubai.

This will be India’s second thirdcountry project after the Indo-Japanese venture to set up ahospital in Kenya.

“The present visit would providethe two sides with an opportunity toexplore new areas of cooperation tofurther strengthen theirComprehensive StrategicPartnership,” said an MEAstatement.

“This MoU is the first of its kindas it is south-south government

cooperation rather than thetraditional north-south cooperationas in the case of Indo-Japancooperation on the hospital inKenya,’’ Economics RelationsSecretary T S Turumurti had thensaid. India and the UAE will alsodiscuss the sovereign wealth fundwhere Dubai is seeking taxconcessions as well as issuesrelating to the second strategic oilstorage at Padur in Karnataka andthe new location of a gigantic $ 44billion refinery to be built with UAEand Saudi funds.

In a separate interview, UAEAmbassador to India Ahmed ARAlBanna said the foreign minister’svisit was to congratulate PM Modion his second electoral victory andmeet with the new External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar.

Source: The Tribune

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakeshand with Abu Dhabi''s Crown Prince

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyanin New Delhi.

Hyderabad policebook film actorHrithik Roshan incheating case

HYDERABAD (TIP): Police inHyderabad registered a case ofcheating against Bollywood actorHrithik Roshan, brandambassador of Cult.Fit and threeothers on a complaint filed by agym user.

The complainant said the fitnesscentre enrolled more people than itcould accommodate and failed togive the slots as promised at thetime of registration. He allegedthat when he protested he wasbarred from using their app tobook the slots. KPHB Colony policestation under Cyberabad policecommissionerate on Wednesdaybooked the case against the actorand three officials of Cult.FitHealthcare Private Limited oncharges of cheating and criminalbreach of trust. According toInspector K. Laxmi Narayana, aperson who had registered himselfas a user of Cult fitness centre inKPHB 3rd Phase lodged thecomplaint that the company failedto keep its promise of daily workout sessions.

16 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019INDIANS ABROAD

Indian Origin Punjab-born Amarjit Singh is chiefof largest Homicide Investigation Team in Canada MALLPUR, PUNJAB / NEW YORK

(TIP): Amarjit Singh Chauhan will headthe Integrated Homicide InvestigationTeam, his adopted country's top murderinvestigation agency, replacing DonnaRichardson, who is retiring after serving30 years, finishing her career as head ofthe investigation team since 2016.

"I am humbled by this honor of leadingan expert team of investigators andcivilian staff and I look forward toworking closely with our RoyalCanadian Mounted Police (RCMP) andMunicipal Police partners," Chauhansaid in a statement.

"My role here will be to ensure wecontinue to produce top-level policeservice to all the communities we servein the Lower Mainland. I am humbled bythis honor of leading an expert team ofinvestigators and civilian staff and Ilook forward to working closely with ourRCMP and Municipal police partners,"says Chauhan.

Amarjit Singh Chauhan was only 15years old when he migrated to Canadafrom Mallpur village with his sister afterthe demise of his father.

There he came to be known as DaveChauhan and is now in news since hiselevation to the post of Chief ofCanada's largest Homicide Investigation

Team.Dave, who was the main investigator

in the infamous Jassi murder case andwas also involved in the extradition oftwo accused in the case, did not get it allso easily.

In his earlier days in Canada, he usedto distribute newspapers and worked at afood joint.

His elder brother, Jaspal Singh, wholives alone here, was today surroundedby the villagers who were coming andcongratulating him after the news broke.

The villagers with who Chauhan spenthis childhood were elated. They allreminisced the time spent with Chauhanas the "shy-natured" kid.

They also remembered him asdedicated and the one who always

believed in perseverance."I knew he would do something

different. Even when he was a kid, heused to say that he would not settle foranything less and wanted to achieve bigin life," said his brother, adding that,"Their father wanted the sons to be in theAir Force."

"Though we could not fulfill ourfather's dream, my brother's success hasgiven us double happiness. Had myfather been with us, he would have beenvery happy," said Jaspal.

Jaswinder Kaur (75), one of theirneighbors, said that Chauhan used tocome to their home and would eat withthem.

"Our village will now be renowned.Kisi ne ta naam ucha kitta, pind da aursada maan vadhaya (Finally, someonefrom here has made a name and broughthonor for our village and us)," Kaur said.

Surinder Singh another elderlyrecalled that Chauhan was alwayshumble. Punjab Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh also congratulatedDave on his new job.

"A great feat which has made all of ushere in Punjab proud. The contributionsof Punjabis the world over are indeedexemplary," Amarinder Singh tweeted.

(Source:Agencies)

Superintendent Dave ChauhanPhoto / Courtesy IHIT

Indian Consulate in Cologne, Germanyorganizes cultural fest

COLOGNE, GERMANY (TIP):

Promoting cultural activities fordeepening of interculturalunderstanding, the Consulate General ofIndia in Frankfurt organized a culturalextravaganza, the Indien Fest, in thehistoric city of Cologne on 29th June.

Organized in cooperation with Indianassociations and support from theCologne city authorities, the Indien Festattracted huge crowds including foreigntourists, local Germans and the Indiancommunity from the North RhineWestphalia (NRW) region.

The fest was organized at one of thecentrally located Platz in Cologne,Neumarkt which saw footfall fromtourists as well who were drawn in hugenumbers to the Indian music and foodstalls.

Deputy Mayor of Cologne Ms. ElfiScho-Antwerpes inaugurated the officialpart of the Fest as the Chief Guest. Shespoke highly of the Indian communityliving in Cologne and praised the effortsof the Consulate in bringing themtogether.

The festival entailed more than 30cultural performances showcasingdance and musical traditions of differentstates of India. Bollywood numbers aswell as classical dance performances hadthe crowds applauding and dancingalong.

Several Indian associations based inthe NRW region also put up food stallswhere more than 250 varieties of disheswere made available. Culinary delicacies

from different regions of India saw hugepopularity amongst the attendees whowere also welcomed in the traditionalIndian manner with Tilak and a localIndian Mithai.

Saree draping sessions, henna stallsand photos booths with cut-outs of TajMahal were some of the majorattractions. Performing at the event wasthe Maharaj Trio, a renownedinstrumental trio of classical Indianmusic in sarod , sitar and tabla . Thethree musicians, father and two sons,come from a North Indian musical

family in Varanasi , whose musicaltradition goes back approximately 500years in the oral transmission.

The Indian associations also put upstalls for Indian handicrafts fromdifferent regions of India which sawhuge popularity amongst the attendees.The Indien Fest, organized for the firsttime on this huge a scale in Cologne,showcased beautifully the unity incultural diversity through the comingtogether of the several Indianassociations in putting up this grandcultural extravaganza. (Source: TNS)

Lamp lighting ceremony being performed by the Deputy Mayor of Cologne Ms. Elfi Scho-Antwerpes and Consul General Pratibha Parkar at the extravaganza.

Indian American TeenWins "Jeopardy! Teen

Tournament"

PORTLAND (TIP): A Portlandstudent Avi Gupta, a recent graduateof Catlin Gabel School, has won the"Jeopardy! Teen Tournament." Guptaclaimed the $100,000 top prize afterfinishing in first place in the two-dayfinals.

After learning of host AlexTrebek's pancreatic cancer diagnosis,Gupta decided to donate to pancreaticcancer research efforts at the OHSUKnight Cancer Institute in honor ofTrebek.

"I am encouraged by the recentnews that Mr. Trebek's cancer is"near-remission." Once again, Mr.Trebek is a true fighter, and I know hewill continue his battle with cancerwith the grace and dignity that hasmarked his life and career", said Avi.

Read full story onwww.theindianpanorama.news

Indian AmericanExecutives of StaffingCompanies Charged

with Visa Fraud

NEWARK, NJ (TIP): Four Indianorigin executives of two informationtechnology staffing companies havebeen arrested on charges offraudulently using the H-1B visaprogram to gain an unfair advantageover competitors, U.S. Attorney CraigCarpenito announced July 2.

Vijay Mane, 39, of Princeton, NewJersey; Venkataramana Mannam, 47,of Edison, New Jersey; FernandoSilva, 53, of Princeton; and SateeshVemuri, 52, of San Jose, California,are each charged by complaint withone count of conspiracy to commitvisa fraud.

Vemuri made his initialappearance July 1, 2019, before U.S.Magistrate Judge Steven C. Mannionin Newark federal court.

Read full story onwww.theindianpanorama.news

Avi Gupta, 2019 "Jeopardy TeenTournament" winner (left) will donate$314 to the Knight Cancer Institute'spancreatic cancer research efforts inhonor of the show's host, Alex Trebek(right). (Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)

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MALAIKA SHARES POST TAGGINGARJUN KAPOOR: RIGHT LOVERWILL NEVER CAUSE ANXIETY

MALLIKA SHERAWATSAYS A PRODUCERONCE WANTED TO FRYAN EGG ON HER BELLY

Actor Mallika Sherawat has saidthat a ‘novice’ producer once triedto convince her to allow him to fry

an egg on her belly. Mallika was speakingto comedian Kapil Sharma on The KapilSharma Show.

When the host asked her about certain‘rumours’ about the film industry,Mallika shared an anecdote with theaudience about what she has experiencedin her career. “Once I was shooting a songfor a film. And the producer seemed to bea novice. So he was trying to figure out away to portray ‘Mallika is very hot.’ So,he sent an idea through thechoreographer - ‘Can I fry an egg on yourbelly in the song?’ It’s true! Theproducer’s actually asked me this,” shesaid.

When co-host Archana Puran Singhasked Mallika, “Did you go through withit?” the actor replied, “No, I didn’t.”

Mallika recently spoke about anotherincident, in which a director had said toher, “I want to do something different. Soin this dance step, aapke kamar pe nah..main garam garam roti sekunga (in thisstep, I’ll cook rotis on your waist).”

She had also told PTI that she’d lost outon roles because male stars wanted tocast their girlfriends instead. “I lost filmprojects because they thought I wasopinionated. I would hear from heroes‘don’t cast her she speaks a lot and has alot of opinions.’ They would prefer theirgirlfriends instead of me in projects. I canlist at least 20-30 movies that I’ve lost. Butit didn’t make me bitter. It was mygradual evolution. Now when I look back,they look like fools, all of them,” she said.

She had also said that her image as asex symbol prompted many actors toassume that she’d be willing to sleep withthem in exchange of favours. She toldPTI, “I was thrown out of projectsbecause heroes would say ‘why can’t yoube intimate with me? You can do it onscreen, what’s the problem in doing thatwith me in private?’ I’ve lost so manyprojects. It’s very reflective of the society,what women deal with in our country.”

Mallika can currently be seen inALTBalaji’s new horror comedy seriesBoo, Sabki Phategi, opposite TussharKapoor.

Malaika Arora and actor ArjunKapoor have not only madetheir relationship public, they

have been happily giving their fans asense of what a perfect relationshipfeels like. Malaika recently spoke toHindustan Times in a candid interviewabout Arjun and she has now shared aspecial post defining the perfect loverand tagged her boyfriend.

“The right lover will never causeanxiety. You will feel at peace. They willcease the wars in your chest and fillyour bones with nectar,” she wrote. Thecouple is at present holidaying in NewYork. Arjun had earlier shared a photoof Malaika holding a heart-shaped bagand wrote that she has his heart.

Malaika was earlier married toArbaaz. She ended her 18-year-oldmarriage in 2016. She has a 16-year-oldson, Arhaan, with Arbaaz.

Malaika, 43, came in a relationshipwith Arjun Kapoor, who is nine yearsyounger than her. In an interview withHindustan Times, Malaika opened upabout her son's reaction to herrelationship with Arjun.

She said, "I believe the best way toapproach any situation is with honesty.It’s important to tell your near and dearones what’s happening in your life andthen give them time and space tounderstand and process things. Wehave had that conversation and I am soglad that everyone is in a much happierand more honest space today."

On the work front, Arjun was last

seen on the big screen in Raj KumarGupta’s espionage thriller India’s MostWanted. He is currently busy withAshutosh Gowariker’s historical

drama Panipat, which also stars SanjayDutt and Kriti Sanon in pivotal roles.

Panipat is scheduled to hit thetheatres on December 6.

18 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019BOLLYWOOD

Mahie Gill reveals she has a 3-year-old daughter: ‘Ihaven’t married yet. I will get married when I want to’

Bollywood actor Mahie Gill, who is best known for herrole in Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Saheb Biwi AurGangster films and Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D, has

revealed that she gave birth to a girl three years ago and isa proud, single mother to the young girl who turns three inAugust.

Speaking with Navbharat Times in an interview, Mahiesaid that no one ever asked her and therefore she did nottell anyone that she is a single mom to a young girl. “Nowthat you have asked me, let me tell you. I am a mother to ayoung girl who turns three this August. Yes, I haven’tmarried yet. I will get married when I want to.”

Asked if she plans to get married, Mahie told the Hindidaily, “Why do I need to get married? I am happy like this(single) and I think one can stay happily unmarried. Onecan have a family and kids even without a marriage. I donot think we need marriage for kids and a family. Marriageis a beautiful thing but whether or not to go for it, is apersonal choice.”

She also said she is not exactly single as she has foundthe man she loves. “Love is very important for me. I needsomeone who loves me, trusts me and gives me freedom. Ihave found such a man for myself. My boyfriend lives inGoa and that is why I often visit Goa. We are in a live-inrelationship and we may get married later. My daughter’sname is Veronica and my aunt takes care of her. She liveswith me in Mumbai.”

Actor Neena Gupta was the first woman in Bollywood tohave proudly gave birth to her daughter, Masaba Gupta, outof wedlock and brought her up on her own.

Mahie is currently awaiting the release of Family ofThakurganj.

JULIANNE MOORE GETS CANDIDABOUT POWER OF FILMS

FLORENCE PUGH:‘BLACK WIDOW’ STAND-ALONE WELLNEEDED

Actor Florence Pugh believes fanshave been waiting for long to see a'Black Widow' stand-alone.

The actor, who will feature alongsideScarlett Johansson's Black Widow akaNatasha Romanoff in the Marvel movie,believes it is an important story to be told.

"This film has been wanted by fans forsuch a long time and I think it's wellneeded. So I feel like it's only got supportand love. And that's a very exciting thing,"Pugh told a British daily in an interview.

Details of the 23-year-old actor's role inthe movie are being kept under wraps.

The film, to be directed by CateShortland, also features David Harbour,Rachel Weisz and O-T Fagbenle.

Fagbenle is set to play the lead roleopposite Johansson.

Motherhood must be normalised in film industry,

says Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria has called for thenormalisation of motherhood inHollywood as the actor said

women artistes are not considered forsexy roles post pregnancy.

In the August issue of an Americanmonthly magazine, the 44-year-old starsaid female actors often findthemselves without jobs until theyhave reacquired their pre-child birthfigures.

"I do think there has to be anormalisation within Hollywood tomake sure that motherhood isaccepted in a wider way. Many times,(after becoming a mom) you no longer

get the sexy roles, or you have to taketime off until you're looking a certainway," Longoria said.

She said it was a hard task to getback to work after the birth of her son,Santiago, whom she shares withhusband Jose Pepe Baston.

"Going back to work was hard.Breastfeeding while working was hard,just for the timing of the pumping andthe feedings and the sleeping and thenot sleeping. You just do it and get itdone. It helped that Santi has been adream baby. He's healthy, he's funny,he's sweet, he sleeps, he eats, he's madeit easy for us," Longoria said.

19THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 HOLLYWOOD

Action star Vin Diesel hasannounced Jordana Brewster'sreturn to the 'Fast and Furious'

franchise for the upcoming ninth film.The movie is currently being in filmed

in London, and Diesel posted a videofrom the set with Brewster, who plays hison screen sister, Mia Toretto, and theyoung actor playing Dom's (Diesel) son.

Brewster has starred in five films inthe franchise, but Paul Walker's death in2013 affected her character graph as Mia

and Brian (Walker) were romanticpartners and the late actor was writtenout at the end of 'Furious 7'.

Justin Lin, who directed franchise'sthird, fourth, fifth and sixthinstallments, is helming the new film.

The cast also includes MichelleRodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, NathalieEmmanuel, and Chris Ludacris Bridges,as well as newcomer John Cena.

'Fast and Furious 9' is slated to bereleased on May 22, 2020.

JORDANA BREWSTER RETURNINGFOR ‘FAST & FURIOUS 9’

As she walked up the stage to receive herCrystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary FilmFestival, actor Julianne Moore got candid

about the power of films and how one shapestheir career.

Moore highlighted the contribution of films inreducing physical distance and political divides.

"When you have physical distance, and thingsthat you don't understand, it's very hard to haveempathy, unless you see it, unless you know it.And one of the ways to learn about it is throughfilm," an American entertainment magazinequoted Moore as saying.

Moore also opened up about how one choosesfilms at the beginning of their career and added,"At the beginning of your career, as a youngactor, you don't care what you do, because youjust want to have a job. You do whatever'savailable."

She continued, "I've always felt that it's myresponsibility to find [great roles], to seek themout, to find the directors I want to work with.Right now, for the first time, I'm starting todevelop material for myself."

"You don't know how something is going tostrike you, and why it strikes you. You just haveto continually look. And then you find it," Mooreadded further. She also shared how she advicesher children. "I always tell my children, 'Followyour interests, because you don't know wherethey'll lead you.' I never imagined that myinterest in language and story would lead me tocinema. And it has."

20 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019NEW YORK

Tirlok Malik's Educational Platform‘Happy Life Yoga’ launched

contd from page 2

A unique mix of tools and exercisesare used in our workshops to apply thesephilosophical concepts in everyday life.

The interactive session included apanel discussion on topics such as how touse Ayurveda in everyday life, the placeof Western Medicine in holisticwellness, and the benefits of Yoga.Speakers included Dr. Bhupendra Patel,M.D., Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya, anAyurveda physician, and Long Islandyoga teacher Ranju Narang. The threeanswered questions from Mr. Malik whomoderated the panel discussion, andfrom the guests.

The gathering of over a hundredlistened intently to what Mr. Malik andthe panelists said, and some expressedtheir keenness to attend the next sessionof Happy Life Yoga, which Mr. Malik saidwill soon be organized.

Mr. Malik's initiative received thesupport of Indu Jaiswal of the Indian

American Forum, one of the oldestorganizations of Indian Americans onLong Island, and Prof. Indrajit Saluja,publisher and editor of the IndianPanorama, an Indian AmericanNewspaper in New York & Dallas. Thetwo also conducted the proceedings.

Tirlok Malik is a happy lifestylespeaker and a New York EmmyNominated Filmmaker. He is a proudUpper Westsider. He has promotedAyurveda for the last 20 years. HisAyurveda Café at 94th Street and

Amsterdam Avenue has been servinghealthy food since 1998.(www.theayurvedacafe.com) He nowbrings another health and happinessgiving recipe through HAPPY LIFEYOGA.

For more information, please visitwww.happylifeyoga.org

A view of the audience

Indu Jaiswal introducing the event

Organizers with guests. L to R: Gale Brewer, Tirlok Malik, Shatrughna Sinha, Prof. Indrajit Saluja

21THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 NY/NJ/CT

FIA Gets Ready for the Magnum Opus in August Curtain raiser for India Day Parade organized

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Federationof Indian Associations of NY NJ CT heldits 26th Curtain Raiser at the IndianConsulate unveiling the 2019 theme of 'Support our troops - Salute our troops'.The event was opened with nationalanthems of USA & India followed by athemed performance done on Bollywoodmedley. The spectacular performerswere from Nritya Dance Academy andthe performance choreographed byMeena Basu Naag. The emcee of theevening was up and coming model andactress Nisha Kalamdani.

Addressing the gathering, AlokKumar, President-FIA, elaborated on the

theme and placed emphasis on the needto appeal to the community to do more insaluting and supporting the men andwomen in uniform. Kumar applaudedthe contribution of his team and pointedout the hard work that goes in on a day inday out basis by the 100% voluntary teamthat place a prolonged hard work andeffort to bring the parade festivities tofruition. Kumar complimented andexpressed gratitude on behalf of the FIAfraternity to the CGI-NY SandeepChakravorty, DCG Shatrughna Sinhaand the CGINY team for their warmwelcome and reception extended to FIAfor nearly 3 decades.

Guest of Honor and keynote speaker,CGI-NY Sandeep Chakravorty cited theneed of including youth and the 2ndgeneration in the festivities andextended his help and support withelevating youth participation in theparade by including more schools andinviting them to participate as well asengaging the youth. He pointed the needto introspect on how the changing andgrowing community needs should reflectinto a large event such as the India dayparade which should become adaptiveand inclusive of the changing times in itsevent format. FIA Chairman RameshPatel reflected in brief on how theparade as an event has evolved and howsupport from the community needs togrow to further the outreach andgrandeur of the parade festivities.

The curtain raiser showcaseddistinguished dignitaries including FIATrustee Dr. Sudhir Parikh, FIA TrusteeDr. H R Shah, Albert Jasani, AnandPatel-Dunkin Donuts, Anil Bansal, AndyBhatia, Srujal Parikh, Shobhna & Dr.Dinesh Patel among other speakers.Concluding Alok Kumar acknowledgedthe women team of FIA along with the2019 Executive Committee comprising of

Himanshu Bhatia-EVP-who alsodelivered the vote of thanks, Imm. PastPresident Srujal Parikh, VP-SaurinParikh, Gen. Secretary Amit Yadav, Jt.Secretary Mardavi Patel &TreasurerAmit Ringasia. The curtain raiser alsoshowcased live music as well asauthentic appetizers and a full dinnersponsored by the Royal Alberts Palace.

(Press Release)

Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty lighted the lamp with FIA officials led by President Alok Kumar

Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker ConsulGeneral Sandeep Chakravorty spoke of the

need to include youth and the 2nd generationin the festivities and extended his help and

support with elevating youth participation inthe parade by including more schools and

inviting them to participate as well asengaging the youth.

FIA President Alok Kumar elaborated on thetheme and placed emphasis on the need to

appeal to the community to do more insaluting and supporting the men and women

in uniform

A dance performance on Bollywood medley. The spectacular performers were from NrityaDance Academy and the performance was choreographed by Meena Basu Naag

Nartan Rang Dance Academy of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavanpresented Nritya Ranjani 2019: Vishwa Nritya, A World Of DanceLONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The Nartan

Rang Dance Academy of Bharatiya VidyaBhavan held its annual production, NrityaRanjani, at the Adelphi UniversityPerforming Arts Center on Long Island onSunday, June 30th, 2019. Nritya Ranjani2019: Vishwa Nritya, A World of Dance,took its audience on a journey across theglobe through various countries whichhave benefited from the impact of SouthAsian migration and settlement such asIreland, Russia, the Caribbean, &more.

Using the festive fiddle of Ireland,intricate native Irish footwork wascombined with the strong upper bodymovements of the Punjabi bhangra in apiece entitled Dil Nachde.

contd on Page 22 NARTAN RANG GROUP: "From 5 to 55, the diverse students of Nartan Rang prepare for the show."

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The ever-lyrical Bollywood genre wasseamlessly blended with Russianmovement, uchenkos on head and all, inthe stylized Darling by Usha Uthup.There were also some fan favorite folk-based pieces that had the audience of thecompletely sold-out show clapping to theinfectious beats.

Choreographed by Nartan Rangartistic director Swati Vaishnav & herdaughter, creative head Siddhi, VishwaNritya used the choreographers'respective expertise in kathak,bharatnatyam, folk, Bollywood, ballet,contemporary, and fusion dance toremind themselves and their audiencehow far the cultural yarn of the SouthAsian subcontinent has reached toclosely knit together diverse peoples andsocieties.

Over the past three decades, theNartan Rang Dance Academy's visionhas always been to endeavor to promoteIndian dance forms to the youngergenerations and to encourage andinspire both adults and children of allages and backgrounds to learn andappreciate the divine art and heritage of

South Asia. The Academy will proudlycontinue to strive in the preservation,expansion, and growth of the SouthAsian diaspora for years to come.Registration for the 2019-20 year beginsin mid-August. Please call (516) 395-1209or E-Mail nartanrangdance@gmail.comfor details. (Press Release)

NARTAN RANG KANHA: "The Advanced Adultgroup gets lost in the world of Kanha's

mischievous dance during Nritya Ranjani2019."

NARTAN RANG RUSSIAN: "From Moscow to Mumbai, Nartan Rang's junior group gets ready totake the stage."

India should open up its markets toUS, says Noted Economist Panagariya

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): As theTrump administration is repeatedlyasking India to open up its market,India should do it for its ownbenefit, feels noted economistArvind Panagariya, who served asthe first Vice-Chairman of the NITIAayog from January 2015 to August2017.

Consulate General of India in NewYork hosted a Panel Discussion on'Economic Priorities for the NewGovernment' on Monday, June 24,where Arvind Panagariya, Professorof Indian Political Economy, ColumbiaUniversity delivered the KeynoteAddress.The panel discussion wasorganised in partnership with theDeepak and Neera Raj Centre forIndian Economic Policies and the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum

(USISPF). The other panellists were -Chip Kaye, Co-CEO, Warburg Pincus,and Krishna Memani, Vice Chairman,Investments Invesco.

Consul General AmbassadorSandeep Chakravorty in his welcomenote set the ground for the discussion -what should be the priorities ofNarendra Modi after his return topower for the second time with anabsolute mandate.

Speaking on that, Dr Panagariyasaid that taking the advantage of tradewar between the US and China, Indiashould do whatever they can to attractmultinationals looking for alternativedestination. "This is also a great timefor India to begin attracting the largemultinationals that are now lookingfor alternative locations. It is anopportune time for India to do

whatever it will take to bring thesemultinationals to Indian shores".

He also strongly feels that Indiamust slash tariffs on importedmotorcycles and automobiles and openup its markets to the US. "It is a goodthing for India. I would open itunilaterally, but here is anopportunity to actually negotiate withthe US. Give them something and getsomething in return.Go zero tariffs onHarley Davidson. What is theproblem? How long are you going topunish your own customers?" hesuggested.

Speaking from the investor's point ofview, Kaye and Memani stressed thatsubstantial set of initiatives should betaken to open the door for moreinvestments. Seema Mody from CNBCmoderated the event.

L to R: Moderator Seema Mody from CNBC, Dr Arvind Panagariya, Consul General Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty, Chip Kaye, Co-CEO,Warburg Pincus, and Krishna Memani, Vice Chairman, Investments Invesco

Engage South Asian Communityin Run up to 2020 Census:

Congresswoman Grace MengUrges Census Bureau

NEW YORK (TIP):

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced that shesent a letter to U.S.Census Bureau DirectorSteven Dillinghamurging him to includethe South Asiancommunity in theCensus Bureau'soutreach leading up tothe 2020 DecennialCensus.

The Census Bureau-through its 2020 Census

Paid Media Campaign-is presently conductingoutreach in English and numerous otherlanguages including: Spanish, Chinese(Mandarin and Cantonese), Vietnamese,Korean, Russian, Arabic, Tagalog, Polish,French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, andJapanese. But the South Asian population is notincluded despite growing in size from 3.5million in 2010 to approximately 5.4 milliontoday.

"I'm shocked that the Census Bureau failed toinclude the South Asian community in itsoutreach leading up to the 2020 DecennialCensus," said Congresswoman Meng. "There areapproximately 5.4 million South Asianscurrently residing in the United States,including many in my Congressional district inQueens, and I cannot emphasize enough howimperative it is that we have an accurate countof all living individuals. Director Dillinghammust correct this error and immediately includethe South Asian population. We have less than ayear before the census begins on April 1, 2020.""Communities and neighborhoods across thenation have a lot to lose if we fail to engage theSouth Asian community in our censusoutreach," said Jo-Ann Yoo, Executive Directorof the Asian American Federation. "Our censusmedia efforts must reflect the future we want forour country which requires us to go beyond thebare minimum to achieving full inclusion in ouroutreach. We must make every effort to ensurethat everyone counts!"

Congresswoman, joinedby several other

Members of Congress,sends letter to head of

U.S. Census Bureau

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Stromboli clears upash after volcano

eruptionSTROMBOLI (ITALY) (TIP): The

village of Ginostra on Strombolibegan sweeping away layers of ash onJuly 4, the day after a dramaticvolcanic eruption on the tiny Italianisland killed a hiker.

Emergency workers brushed andscooped volcanic cinders from streetsand the tiny harbour in the village atthe foot of the still smoking volcano.A veil of ash lay atop restaurantterrace tables and parts of thecoastline.

Canadair water-bombing planesbattled to put out fires started by twomassive explosions which onWednesday sent plumes of smoke 2km into the sky. “We’ve dropped 320water loads and we’re continuing,”said forestry official GiovanniGiacoppo.

People were urged not to swim inthe sea on Thursday because of therisk of mini-tsunamis similar tothose that previous eruptions havecaused. Vulcanologists and locals toldItalian media that the volcano wasunlikely to erupt again in the nearfuture.

Around 1,000 tourists onWednesday fled the island aboardferries to the nearby Calabrian coast.Seventy persons were evacuated fromGinostra on the volcano’s southwestflank. — AFP

French lawmakersapprove 3% tax on

online giantsPARIS (TIP): France’s lower house

of Parliament approved on Jly 4 asmall, pioneering tax on Internetgiants like Google, Amazon andFacebook - and the Frenchgovernment hopes other countrieswill follow suit. The Bill aims to stopmultinationals from avoiding taxes bysetting up headquarters in low-tax EUcountries. Currently, the companiespay nearly no tax in countries wherethey have large sales like France. TheBill foresees a 3% tax on the Frenchrevenues of digital companies. Thebill adopted by the National Assemblygoes to the Senate next week, where itis expected to win final approval. AP

At least 26 dead afterfishing boat capsizesoff Honduran coast

TEGUCIGALPA (TIP): At least 26people died after a lobster-fishing boatcapsized off the Atlantic coast ofHonduras during poor weatherconditions, an armed forcesspokesman said on Wednesday, in oneof the country’s worst-ever accidentsat sea.

Forty-seven people were rescuedafter the accident near PuertoLempira, said Jose Domingo Meza,the armed forces spokesman.

Various boats have gathered off theHonduran coast for lobster-fishingseason, which began this month andruns through February. Reuters

TORNADO HITS NORTHEASTCHINA; KILLS 6, INJURES 190Nearly 3,600 homes damaged, 10,000 people affected

SHANGHAI (TIP): A tornado sweptthrough the northeastern Chineseprovince of Liaoning on July 3, killingsix and injuring 190, the statebroadcaster said, amid a series of“extreme” weather events thatgovernment forecasters have linked toclimate change.

The tornado damaged nearly 3,600homes and affected more than 9,900residents in Kaiyuan, a city of aroundhalf-a-million people, according to ChinaCentral Television.

Footage posted by CCTV on its officialWeibo account shows dozens of flattenedbuildings in an economic developmentzone in Kaiyuan.

China’s Global Times newspaper saidthat tornadoes were rarely seen in thearea.

The country’s weather bureau onTuesday said that climate change couldcause more extreme weather events,following floods, drought and extremehigh temperatures in some regions thisyear.

It said rainfall had broken records insome areas and that as many as 40weather stations had this year registeredtheir hottest temperatures ever.

The northern Chinese province ofHebei issued an extreme heat ‘red alert’on Thursday, with temperatures set tosoar beyond 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit)in its major cities and putting the area’scorn crop at risk, the local governmentsaid.

The government of Hebei said on its

official website that the cities ofBaoding, Shijiazhuang, Hengshui,Cangzhou, Xingtai and Handan were allexpected to see temperatures above 40Con July 4.

The local weather bureau also warnedthat the extreme heat and drought in theprovince were likely to affect its corncrop.

Hebei, which surrounds the capitalBeijing, is among China’s biggestproducers of the grain.

Rainfall in the province has declined23.9% compared to the average in thesecond quarter of 2019, the local HebeiDaily reported.

Cities in Hebei have been deployingsprinklers mounted on trucks to try tokeep temperatures down, putting furtherpressure on water supplies.

A heat wave that has swept acrossnorthern China, including the capitalBeijing, is expected to last until nextweek, the Hebei Daily said, citing thelocal weather bureau.

In a joint statement with France andthe United Nations released on Saturday,China promised to show the “highestpossible ambition” when it comes tofighting global warming, with highertargets to cut carbon emissions expectednext year. Reuters

Japan Upper House poll begins; Abe’sconstitutional reform hopes at stake

TOKYO (TIP): Campaigning began onJuly 4 for Japan’s July 21 Upper Houseelection, with Prime Minister ShinzoAbe’s ruling bloc expected to keep amajority but perhaps with fewer seats,clouding hopes of achieving his goal ofrevising the pacifist Constitution.

Abe, who took office in December 2012pledging to restart the economy andbolster defence, is pushing his LiberalDemocratic Party-led coalition as thebest bet for political stability andhighlighting his diplomatic expertiseincluding warm personal ties with USPresident Donald Trump.

Abe is also highlighting his call torevise the post-war constitution tofurther legitimise Japan’s Self-DefenseForces (SDF), as its military is known.

“We have pledged in our partyplatform to inscribe the SDF in theconstitution,” Kyodo news agencyquoted Abe as saying in his firstcampaign speech in the northeasternregion of Fukushima.

Opposition parties are focusing onwhat they call a threat to voter finances,including a potential hit on spendingfrom an October rise in the sales tax to

10% and strains in the public pensionsystem in the shrinking, fast-ageingpopulation.

Media surveys show the LDP runningwell ahead of the main oppositionConstitutional Democratic Party ofJapan and others in the fragmentedopposition camp but with some tightraces.

Upper house elections are held everythree years for half the chamber’s seatsand members’ terms run six years.Reforms last year will take to 245 thenumber of upper house seats, from 242,and 124 will be contested in this round.

Abe has said the goal is for the LDPand its smaller coalition partner, theKomeito, to keep a majority of totalseats, so the two parties only need to win53 seats to add to the 70 they have that arenot being contested.

Other party executives have said theruling bloc should aim to win a majority,or 63, of the seats up for grabs.

Winning a two-thirds majority neededfor constitutional revision will be tough,as the ruling bloc and like-minded allieswould need to take 86 of the seats up forgrabs, according to the Yomiurinewspaper.

Abe has acknowledged he is stillhaunted by a crushing LDP defeat in a2007 upper house poll that triggered hisresignation two months later, ending arocky one-year term as premier.

Abe has led his party to victory in fivenational elections since returning asLDP leader in 2012, and is on track tobecome Japan’s longest-serving premierif he remains in office until November.

But the victories have been aided by afragmented opposition and low voterturnout, a pattern that could berepeated. Reuters

Asense of humour is an attractive trait. There isabundant cross cultural evidence that shows thatbeing funny makes you more desirable as a mate,

especially if you are a man. But once the initial flirtingis over, and you are in a romantic relationship, howlarge a role does humour play?

For dating couples, use of positive humour (forexample, using humour to cheer up your date) canpositively contribute to relationship satisfaction. Theuse of aggressive humour, on the other hand (teasingand making fun of your partner) has the opposite effect.These feelings can fluctuate on a day-to-day basisdepending on each partner’s use of humour.

For long-term relationships, such as in marriages,couples generally share a similar sense of humour –although similarities in sense of humour are notassociated with greater marital satisfaction, nor withlonger marriages. Perhaps not surprisingly, theresearch that resulted in this finding also found thatcouples with fewer children laugh more, compared tocouples with a larger number of children.

In another study, conducted with 3,000 marriedcouples from five countries, both husbands and wiveswere found to be happier with a humorous partner, butthis trait was reported to be more important for themarital satisfaction of the wives than the husbands.Interestingly, both husbands and wives thought that the

husband was humourous more often. Regardless,married couples overwhelmingly say that humour has apositive impact on their marriages.

Conflict resolutionBut what happens when things aren’t going so well?

Humour is a great ice breaker and a social lubricant,but can it also help resolve conflict in marriages? In onestudy, researchers observed 60 newlywed couples whenthey discussed a problem in their marriage. They codedhow much humour was used in the conversation. Thecouples also completed a measure of life stress. Whatresearchers found when they followed up 18 monthslater was quite surprising. In couples that reportedhigh stress, the more the husband used humour, thegreater the chance the couple would separate ordivorce.

By contrast, in a similar study with 130 marriedcouples, a wife’s use of humour predicted greatermarital stability over six years, but only if the humourled to a decrease in their husband’s heart rate. In otherwords, if the humour calms the husbands, then it mightbe beneficial to their marriages.

These two studies show the disparate function ofhumour for men and women. For men, humour mightserve as a way to distract from dealing with problems inthe relationship, perhaps in an attempt to reduce theirown anxiety. Women, on the other hand, may usehumour to create a more relaxed atmosphere that canfacilitate reconciliation.

Not washing your toolsSanitizing your tools should be

the first step and your number onepriority. According to research, thearea around and under ourfingernails stores the largestamount of harmful bacteria, and ifthese tools are not being washedwith disinfectant you are allowingthe spread of germs and riskingcontamination. In addition, storingtools in a sealed bag, allows bacteriato fester.

So the best way to store your toolsis in a breathable container and usedisinfectant or alcohol to cleanthem before and after each use.

Cutting your cuticlesWe’ve all been guilty of doing this

because we’ve seen it occasionallydone to us by professionals, but,cutting your cuticles is a majorhealth risk, due to the fact that youleave unprotected cuts on yourfingers which could potentially getinfected. In addition to that, whenthe cuticles start growing again,they come back flaky and messylooking which completely ruinsyour look.

If you love the look of nippedcuticles, then the best thing for youto do is to use a rosewood stick andpush them back. This way you willprotect your fingernails fromgetting an infection while stillachieving the aesthetic look thatyou desire.

Not using a base coatA lot of people believe that a

basecoat is unnecessary and a wasteof time so they skip this step whenthey are getting their manicure.However, basecoats were originallycreated to bind with your naturalnails and make your manicure lastup to one week longer. This happensbecause our nails produce naturaloils that prevent the nail polish

from binding well with the nail, so abase coat keeps the oils out andkeeps the manicure or gel polishfrom chipping.

Applying thick coats of polish

We all like a very pigmented lookon our nails that takes less time tocomplete and looks solid, and thatautomatically makes us applythicker coats of nail polish. Eventhough this may seem the best wayto go, it is actually a major mistakewhen you are doing your manicure.

Thick coats of nail polish taketwice as long to dry and underneathtake approximately 5-6 minuteswhich is a recipe for a smudgingdisaster. Nail polish, in general, isnot designed to dry well when it’sthick in order to be protected whenit’s housed in the bottle.

So the best thing to do is apply 3-4thin layers of nail polish instead of1-2 thick ones.

Using Q-tipsQ-tips are proven life-savers

especially when it comes to makeup,so we slowly started incorporatingthem into our manicure routine aswell. When nail polish gets on theskin around the nail, we just get acotton pad and start wiping, but ittakes the slightest motion to bringchaos to the whole look and have tostart over from the beginning. Thecotton fuzzies, no matter how manymillimeters they are away from thewet nail polish have a tendency tostick to the manicure and ruin thewhole look, forcing you to start fromthe beginning.

Instead of using Q-tips, use a verythin makeup brush to clean thearea.

MANICURE MISTAKESYOU’RE MAKING

HOMEMADE MALPUAINGREDIENTS1 cup all purpose flour

2 tablespoon almonds

1 teaspoon saffron

milk as required

1/2 cup wheat flour

2 tablespoon pistachios

boiling water as required

METHOD For the malpua batter: take a mixing bowl, add all

purpose flour, wheat flour and milk as per therequirement. Begin to stir till its a thick flowing batterwithout lumps. Allow the batter to rest for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, blanch the almonds and pistachios bysoaking them in hot water.

Next, to prepare the sugar syrup: Put a pan on lowflame and add sugar in it along with 1/4th cup water.Stir it well till the sugar melts. (Note: You need to have a1/2-1 inch string consistency in the sugar syrup or waituntil the syrup is sticky. Add saffron in the sugar syrup.

Now, we are ready to prepare the malpuas. Put a pan onmedium flame and melt some ghee in it. When the gheeis hot enough, take 2-3 tablespoons of the flour batterand gently pour it into the hot ghee. Spread the batterin round shape lightly with the back of the spoon.

Fry the malpuas on low to medium flame from bothsides until they are golden and crisp. Thereafter, drainthem on kitchen towels. Then immediately place themin the warm sugar syrup. Gently coat the malpuas withthe sugar syrup with a spoon or small tongs.

After a minute or two, remove them from the syrup andplace them in a serving tray or plate. Garnish withchopped almond and pistachios along with hot rabdi.

FOOD CORNER

24 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019WOMEN

HUMOUR CAN CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP

Regular exercise is not justgood for your health but itcan also make you smarter, a

study has found.Neuroscientists, working with

mice, have discovered that a shortburst of exercise directly boosts thefunction of a gene that increasesconnections between neurons inthe hippocampus, the region of thebrain associated with learning andmemory.

They measured the brain’sresponse to single bouts of exercisein otherwise sedentary mice thatwere placed for short periods on

running wheels. The mice ran a fewkilometers in two hours.

The study, published in thejournal eLife, found that short-termbursts of exercise—the humanequivalent of a weekly game ofpickup basketball, or 4,000 steps—promoted an increase in synapsesin the hippocampus.

The neurocientists at OregonHealth & Science University in theUS made the key discovery byanalysing genes that wereincreased in single neuronsactivated during exercise.

During the research, one

particular gene—Mtss1L—stoodout. This gene had been largelyignored in prior studies in thebrain. The Mtss1L gene encodes aprotein that causes bending of thecell membrane.

The researchers discovered thatwhen this gene is activated by shortbursts of exercise, it promotessmall growths on neurons known asdendritic spines—the site at whichsynapses form.

The study showed that an acuteburst of exercise is enough toprime the brain for learning.

Source: PTI

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HIV INFECTION UPS RISK OFHEART FAILURE, STROKE

People living with HIV are at an increased risk ofdeveloping cardiovascular diseases (CVD),particularly heart failure and stroke, warn

researchers."Our findings reinforce the importance of primary

prevention of cardiovascular disease through controlof risk factors such as high blood pressure or smokingin persons living with HIV," said study lead authorAlvaro Alonso from Emory University in the US.

Published in the Journal of the American HeartAssociation, the study analysed information from alarge health insurance database.

For the study, researchers analysed information on19,798 people living with HIV and 59,302 age- and sex-matched non-infected individuals who were followedfor an average of 20 months.

According to the researchers, people living with HIVhad 3.2 times and 2.7 times higher risks of heartfailure and stroke, respectively, when compared tonon-infected persons.

Marijuana can be effective intreating pain, insomnia: Study

Cannabis can treat both pain and insomnia inpeople who want to avoid prescription and sleepmedications, a study has found.

The study, published in the Journal of PsychoactiveDrugs, looked at 1,000 people taking legalisedmarijuana in an American state.

Researchers in the US found that among the 65 percent of people taking cannabis for pain, 80 per centfound it was very or extremely helpful.

Eighty-two per cent of these people were able toreduce, or stop taking over the counter painmedications and 88 per cent were able to stop takingopioid painkillers. The study suggested that cannabiscould lower opioid use. However, the researchers notedthat more needs to be done to understand the potentialtherapeutic benefits of cannabis.

Traditional over the counter medications andpainkillers can help, however they may have seriousside effects. Opioids depress the respiratory system,meaning that overdoses may be fatal.

“People develop tolerance to opioids, which meansthat they require higher doses to achieve the sameeffect. This means that chronic pain patients oftenincrease their dose of opioid medications over time,which in turn increases their risk of overdose," saidJulia Arnsten, professor at Albert Einstein College ofMedicine.

SHORT BOUTS OF EXERCISEENHANCE BRAIN FUNCTION

Migraine increases risk of complications during pregnancy

Pregnant women with migrainehave an increased risk ofmiscarriage, caesarean

sections and giving birth to a childwith low birth weight, a study hasfound.

Researchers at Aarhus Universityin Denmark worked with 22,000pregnant women with migraine.They were compared with anapproximately 10 times largergroup of pregnant women withoutknown migraine.

The study, published in thejournal Headache, suggests that therisk of caesarean sections isbetween 15-25 per cent higher forpregnant women with migrainecompared with pregnant womenwithout migraine. Around 20 percent of all births in Denmark are bycaesarean section.

The researchers have also usedthe same data to deduce thatmigraine medication possiblyprevents some of the complications.

"The study was not specificallydesigned to examine this aspect.However, we show that the risk ofcomplications generally was lowerfor pregnant women with migrainewho took medication whencompared with the pregnant women

with migraines who were nottreated," said Nils Skajaa of AarhusUniversity.

"This also indicates that themigraine medication isn't the causeof the complications, but rather themigraine itself. This is importantknowledge for pregnant womenwith migraines," Skajaa added.

Migraines are relatively commonand affect twice as many women asmen.

The actual cause remainsunknown, but previous researchsuggests that migraines may betriggered by stress, fatigue, orhormonal changes such aspregnancy. Source: PTI

25THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 HEALTH

NEW INSTAGRAM STICKER LETPEOPLE JOIN GROUP CHAT

Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagramhas launched a new ‘Join Chat’ sticker forStories that would let users ask their followers to

join a new group chat.“Introducing the new chat sticker in Stories. Now,

there’s an easy way to start conversations with a groupof friends right from your story,” Instagramannounced on its Twitter handle on Tuesday.

Every time someone would place a chat sticker ontheir story, their friends would be able to tap thesticker and request access to the chat.

It is up to the original poster of the Story to decidewho to include in the new chat, which would happenon the direct messages inbox.

However, users’ replies to Instagram’sannouncement did not seem excited about the feature,Most of the replies noted that these extra stickers arenot needed.

“How about instead of messing up what was aperfectly good app you concentrate on fixing thealgorithm, etc. Your stupid features are killing it,” auser wrote.

“How about you fix your app before adding newstuff ???? I can’t even log into my account! Can’t waittill someone makes something better than Instagram!You guys don’t even care about the users,” wroteanother.

“This is absolutely ridiculous and it’s unacceptable@instagram start listening,” said a tweet.

The photo-messaging app that has over 1 billionusers has a plethora of stickers for purposes includingpolls, questions, mentions, locations, hashtags andcountdowns among others. Source: IANS

NASA tests launch-abort systemfor moon-mission capsule

NASA carried out a successful test on Tuesday ofa launch-abort system for the Orion capsuledesigned to take US astronauts to the Moon.

The three-minute exercise at Cape Canaveral inFlorida aimed to test in almost real-life conditions theevacuation of astronauts from the capsule in the eventof an explosion or rocket booster failure.

The test “put us one huge step closer to the firstArtemis flight carrying people to the Moon,” saidOrion program manager Mark Kirasich.

The technique used is the US equivalent of anemergency system used last October to bring aRussian cosmonaut and a US astronaut safely back toearth when a problem emerged with their Soyuzrocket shortly after liftoff from Kazakhstan.

In the test, which was carried live on NASA TV, anunmanned Orion capsule was launched by a mini-rocket—a repurposed first stage of anintercontinental ballistic missile.

Fifty-five seconds after the launch, at an altitude of31,000 feet (9,500 meters), a rocket-powered tower ontop of the crew module ignited its engines to quicklypull the Orion away from a hypothetical rocketexperiencing problems.

In just 15 seconds, the capsule gained two miles ofaltitude.

Then the tower reoriented the capsule to prepare itfor descent and disengagement from the tower.

In real-life conditions, parachutes would open toease the manned capsule’s fall toward the AtlanticOcean. In this exercise, however, parachutes were notused because they are very expensive and have alreadybeen tested multiple times.

26 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019SCIENCE AND TECH

APPLE WORKING ON A NEWFACETIME FEATURE THAT

LETS YOU FAKE EYE CONTACTAs part of the third beta of iOS

13, Apple is testing a featurecalled “FaceTime Attention

Correction” to make users fake aneye-to-eye contact on Apple’s video-calling app, even when they arelooking elsewhere.

Normally, video calls tend tomake it look like both participantsare peering off to one side or theother, since they are looking at theperson on their display rather thandirectly into the front-facingcamera which is exactly what thisfeature intends to fix, The Vergereported on Tuesday.

“Haven’t tested this yet, but ifApple uses some dark magic tomove my gaze to seem like I’mstaring at the camera and not at thescreen I will be flabbergasted. (Newin beta 3!),” app designer MikeRundle who spotted the test tweeted.

The feature appears to use somekind of image manipulation tocorrect this and results in realistic-looking fake eye contact betweenthe FaceTime users.

“Looking at him (Rundle’s friend)on-screen (not at the camera)produces a picture of me looking

dead at his eyes like I was staring atthe camera. This is insane,” headded.

Shockingly, the feature’s debut oniOS was predicted by Rundlehimself back in 2017.

For now, the feature only appearsto be working on the iPhone XS andXS Max with this version of thebeta and can be toggled on and offfrom within FaceTime’s settings.

The “FaceTime Attention

Correction” feature should arrive inthe public-facing beta next week,the report added.

Apple unveiled the iOS 13 withseveral features like Dark Mode andApple sign-in. The next generationof Apple’s operating system (OS)would make unlocking the Appledevice with Face ID 30 per centfaster, downloads 50 per centsmaller and updates 60 per centsmaller.

Samsung completesfolding phone redesign

after screen issues

Samsung Electronics Co. has completed a two-monthredesign of the Galaxy Fold to fix embarrassing screenfailures that forced its delay, people familiar with the matter

say, allowing the Korean giant to debut its marquee smartphonein time for the crucial holiday season.

The world’s largest smartphone maker is now in the finalstages of producing a commercial version but can’t yet pin downa date to begin sales, people familiar with the matter said, askingnot to be identified describing an internal effort. Samsung pulledthe device after several publications including Bloomberg Newsreported problems with test versions, such as screenmalfunctions that emerged after a film on the display was peeledoff. Korea’s biggest company is trying to move past yet anotherproduct faux pas. It has now stretched the protective film to wraparound the entire screen and flow into the outer bezels so it wouldbe impossible to peel off by hand, said the people, who have seenthe latest versions. It re-engineered the hinge, pushing it slightlyupward from the screen (it’s now flush with the display) to helpstretch the film further when the phone opens.

That tension makes the film feel harder and more a naturalpart of the device rather than a detachable accessory, they added.

NOW, AUTO-LOCATIONHISTORY ON GOOGLE

To make it easier for users to managetheir data, Google has announcedrolling out auto-delete controls for

location history and activity data for bothAndroid and iOS devices.

“Auto-delete controls for Location Historystart rolling out today on Android and iOS,making it even easier for you to manage yourdata,” the Internet giant posted on Twitterlate on Wednesday.

The feature comes after an emphasis onuser privacy during a developer conferencewhere firms such as Google and Apple saidthey would begin introducing tools to letusers have more control over what data theyshare with the them or third-party apps.

Location tracking and web and app activityhistory on Google remains until usersmanually delete them by default and the techbehemoth asserts this is to improve userexperience, search personalisations and adtargeting.

With the new feature in place, users cannow set their tracking preferences to deletein three- or 18-month intervals. Source: IANS

TESLA SHARES JUMP ASRECORD DELIVERIES EASEDEMAND CONCERNS

PALO ALTO (TIP): Shares of Tesla Inc jumped 8%on Wednesday after Chief Executive Officer ElonMusk made good on his promise of delivering recordnumber of electric cars in the second quarter, quellingfears about demand for its sedans and SUVs.

Wall Street analysts and investors have raiseddoubts about demand and the Silicon Valleyautomaker's ability to sort out recent delivery issues,particularly after a disastrous first quarter whendeliveries slumped 31%.

"We are increasingly comfortable that they shouldreflect an even better in the third quarter, andprobably their first hundred thousand in a quarter,"Roth Capital analyst Craig Irwin said.

Tesla delivered a record number of 95,200 vehicles inthe second quarter, beating analysts' averageestimates, but did not comment on when it wouldreturn to a profit.

Shares of Tesla were set to open at their highest intwo months. Up to Tuesday close, the stock had lostnearly one-third of its value so far this year.

Tesla's first quarter was hurt by logistics issues atits international ports and a drop-off in U.S. ordersafter a tax credit was halved, which spurred concernsthat Tesla may have tapped a limited market forelectric cars at premium prices.

While Musk has been trying to convince investorsthat demand remains high for Tesla cars and deliverycould be made efficiently, some analysts remainedskeptical about Tesla's ability to deliver on its promise.

The CEO has repeatedly said Tesla could deliver arecord number of cars in the second quarter, beatingthe 90,700 it sent to customers in the final quarter oflast year.

In the quarter, Tesla delivered 77,550 Model 3s - seenas linchpin for its growth into a mass-market company.That compared with analysts' average estimate of73,144, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

SOFTBANK PUMPS IN USD 250MN IN OLA ELECTRIC

NEW DELHI (TIP): Ola’s electric vehicle arm, OlaElectric Mobility has secured a funding of over Rs 1,725 crore(about USD 250 million) from SoftBank, according toregulatory documents.

With this latest infusion, Ola Electric Mobility (OEM) hasjoined the list of unicorns in India that includes names likeFlipkart, Zomato, Paytm as well as its parent, Ola.

As per regulatory documents filed with the Registrar ofCompanies, OEM issued “4,326 fully and compulsorilyconvertible series B preference shares of face value of Rs 10each having the rights, privileges and preferences...” to SBTopaz (Cayman) Ltd.

The total amount paid was about Rs 1,725.04 crore, it added.The allotment was made on Tuesday following a special

resolution passed by the board members on June 25, the filingshowed. SoftBank is also the single largest investor in Ola. InMay, Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata - who is alsoan investor in Ola - had invested an undisclosed amount inOEM as part of series A funding round. Also as part of theseries A, OEM had announced raising Rs 400 crore led byTiger Global and Matrix India in March this year.

Ola Electric is currently running several pilots involvingcharging solutions, battery swapping stations, and deployingvehicles across two, three and four-wheeler segments.

27THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 BIZ AND FINANCE

7% GDP growth for FY20realistic target: India Inc

NEW DELHI (TIP): Industrychambers today termed the 7% GDPgrowth for 2019-20 pegged by theEconomic Survey a ‘pragmatictarget’that pointed towards acautious optimism about theeconomy on the back of investmentrevival and rural consumption.

CII, FICCI and Assocham said inorder to clock 8% growth to achievethe objective of becoming a $5-trillion economy by 2024-25,concerted effort is required to driveprivate investment, enhanceconsumption and address difficultissues like liquidity concerns ofNBFCs.

“The 7% growth pegged by theEconomic Survey for 2019-20 is apragmatic target and with the rightpolicy levers in place, we can step upgrowth to sustain an average growthrate of 8% over the next five years,”CII Director General ChandrajitBanerjee said in a statement.

He also agreed with the Survey'skey prognosis that for sustaininggrowth at 8%, investment wouldneed to be the key driver forheralding simultaneous growth indemand, jobs, exports andproductivity.

“Concerted effort is required todrive an improvement in privateinvestment along with robustconsumption to lift growth in thecurrent fiscal from a multi-year lowof 6.8 per cent posted in 2018-19,”Banerjee said.

FICCI president Sandip Somanysaid although 7% is among thehighest in the world, yet it is lowerthan the desired growth of 8% plusrequired for achieving the goal of $5trillion economy.

“Strengthening investment cyclehas to be the topmost priority and wehope that the Union Budget willprovide specific measures to boostinvestment, consumption andsavings rate in the economy,” headded.

Assocham president BK Goenkasaid the 7% growth projection for thecurrent fiscal points towards "acautious optimism about theeconomy”.

“The positives in the EconomicSurvey do give us hope to ride oversome of the challenges faced by theeconomy. Some of the difficult issueslike the liquidity concerns of NBFCsand the impact on the consumptionwould require bold moves by thegovernment and the RBI,” he added.

Goenka also said the focus ondirect transfers to farmers andgreater attention to agricultureinfrastructure would raise the ruralincome and demand, giving a boostto growth. "However, monsoon wouldbe a key factor to watch," he added.

PHDCCI president Rajeev Talwarsaid the roadmap to achieveeconomic size of $5 trillion shouldfocus on 8% economic growth with awhopping growth in manufacturingsector and tremendous increase inthe size of exports.

At this juncture, bold and flexiblelabour reforms would be crucial tocreate employment opportunities for

millions of growing youngworkforce, he said.

Dalmia Bharat Group MD PuneetDalmia lauded the survey forstressing on the importance of aneco-system balance that has beendisplaced due to hard hitting climatechange realities.

“It is important to face thesechallenges with sustainablemanufacturing operations, keeping

environmental implications onnatural resources such as water inconsideration,” he added.

Stressing on economic policyuncertainty that has beenunderlined by the Survey as one ofthe key factors impinging oninvestment potential, Banerjee saidan index on the same must becreated to track and monitor it at thehighest level on a quarterly basis.

The 7% growth pegged by the Economic Survey for 2019-20 is a pragmatictarget and with the right policy levers in place, we can step up growth tosustain an average growth rate of 8% over the next five years

— Chandrajit Banerjee, CII director general

Strengthening investment cycle has to be the topmost priority and we hopethat the Union Budget will provide specific measures to boost investment,consumption and savings rate in the economy

— Sandip Somany, FICCI president

The positives do give us hope to ride over some of the challenges faced bythe economy. Some of the issues like liquidity woes of NBFCs and the impacton the consumption would require bold moves

— BK Goenka, Assocham president

The roadmap to achieve economic size of $5 trillion should focus on 8%economic growth with a whopping growth in manufacturing sector andtremendous increase in the size of exports

—Rajeev Talwar, PHDCCI president

28 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019ASTROLOGY

AARRIIEESS:: Ganesha says you have worked hard toconsolidate your position and now feel confidentthat your finances are stable. You have taken a lotof risks earlier which could have led to somedegree of loss at work. You are now cautious andread the fine print carefully. There is betterrapport too between you and your co-workers andboss. You could be involved in developing newcontacts or more business for your support andapproval of your boss / superiors.

TTAAUURRUUSS:: This is a time to slow down but it won'tbe easy as your sights are firmly fixed on makingmore money. Children / siblings / extended familywill crave and need your attention and your time.Health may need attention too and alternativetherapies will prove effective. Visits to places ofworship will calm your agitated mind. You look fortruth and the meaning of life, and may seek out aguru for guidance. But you have nothing to worryon the material plane as your bank balance isquite strong.

GGEEMMIINNII:: Your interest in money matter continuesand you think of ways and means to increase yourassets. You love making money and spending ittoo. You can also be flamboyant and make it apoint to display your material worth. Meetingswith financial planners, and dealing with loans,funds, assets will keep you occupied. There will befun times too with social and outings with lovedones. This is a good period in life and you tastesuccess in whatever you do.

CCAANNCCEERR:: The financially hectic period of the pastperiod slows down and there is sense of a quietand calm now. This low key period could propelyou to seek out adventures and shake things up abit. Nothing ventured, nothing gained - so true inyour case, and you are ready to try your luck,gamble away your money, and also seek outadventures of the heart. You might even find thecourage to propose to your sweetheart, and thenthere may be an engagement or marriage on thecards.

LLEEOO:: Keep your bags packed as you may havemany trips this coming period. Yes, says Ganesha,be prepared to take overnight trips or shortgetaways for both work and pleasure. Meetingnew people and even those you have lost touchwith, personally or through email, phone or snailmail is not ruled out. Check out new technology toraise your communication levels. There will besome obstacles at work but the family and closefriends are behind you like a rock to motivate andsupport you.

VVIIRRGGOO:: It is definitely 'Relationship time' now asthe new moon phase draws your attention tothose who have added value to your life. You alsohave the co-operation and support of your bossand co-workers. People find you pleasant andagreeable as you go out of your way to helpothers in need. There may be a windfall now andyou could gain a lot from an inheritance which youdidn't expect. Loans / interest / bonuses and evenpayments stuck for a long time will now beaccessible to you.

LLIIBBRRAA:: A really busy period, even a hectic one, aseveryday chores take your time. Despite leavingyou totally engrossed and sometimes exhausted,it is still an enjoyable period. You also manage tofind time for your spiritual aspirations. Apart fromwork, there are social interactions and qualitytime spent with friends, family and loved ones.You love entertaining and being entertained andthere will be plethora of outings, picnics and get -togethers. You will be the soul of the party.

SSCCOORRPPIIOO:: Your fine interactions with people,especially with family members / work associateshave been enjoyable and even empowering. Theintrospective phase gives way to more pressing,earthly concerns. The welfare and security of yourloved ones is of paramount importance now andyou need to take care of their needs and wants.There could be unexpected expenses as you over -reach yourself to the family assets and also yourpersonal wealth.

SSAAGGIITTTTAARRIIUUSS:: Your sustained hard work nowbears fruit. It is payback time now and Ganeshashowers you with rewards. Salary raises,promotions and perks are part of this well -deserved package and you will have to take carethat it doesn't bloat your ego further. Othermoney - related matters such as funds, loans,deposits, taxes, trade, agencies, legal matterscould give you gains, both expected andunexpected, and could become a cause of greatjubilation at home. CCAAPPRRIICCOORRNN:: You love to make money and youmake a lot of it quite effortlessly, is the new moonin your own sign initiates a trend of gains. A goodbank balance makes you feel secure. You may haveto spend a lot of time on negotiations and deals;and buying / selling of assets, and makingacquisitions. Your life is on an upswing in thisperiod trend and you work at a new image foryourself. You may go in for a makeover and changeyour wardrobe, hair style and even body image. AAQQUUAARRIIUUSS:: It is definitely money that is in focusthis period. A strong financial foundation is whatyou hanker after, as it gives you a feeling ofsecurity. You do this through prudent and long -term investment in land, property, assets andstock holdings. This will give you the necessarypush to achieve success and, in the process,develop your identity too. Everything fallssmoothly into place like the pieces of a jigsawpuzzle, almost pre - ordained and without anygreat effort on your part. PPIISSCCEESS:: You have been working very hard thisperiod and could have neglected your emotionalrelationships in the bargain. Romantic mattersnow come into sharp focus and you bond withyour partner in a powerful way. You feel goodabout it and this, fortunately, infuses a feel - goodfactor which also colors your ties with yourcolleagues, co - workers, siblings and evenextended family. The mood is contagious andeveryone is happy. Those who are unattached canexpect to find love too.

Shree Ganeshaya Namah

Bejan Daruwalla is world's most famousastrologertoday. He appears regularly onworld wide TV shows. Bejan who has been aprofessor in English, hasauthored a numberof books on astrology. India'sPrime MinisterNarendra Modi , on March 29, 2012,lunchedone of Bejan's books, '2012- End oftheWorld? Bejan contributes to a number ofjournals andnewspapers in many parts of theworld which includeBerkley Communications(London) Times of India(Delhi, Mumbai,Kolkata, Chennai) and The IndianPanorama (New York and Texas). Bejan'spredictionshave mostly been correct andpeople the world overrely on his predictions.

Bejan Daruwalla is available for astrological

consultations. He can be reached at

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JJUULLYY 88TTHH:: There's a chance to move arelationship to more satisfying level, make acommitment, or lay down rules concerningpeople who play a role in your emotional life.Set the date for a party or family event.JJUULLYY 99TTHH:: The focus is on your social life, whichbecomes high - placed and active, and you'relikely in an excellent frame of mind for enjoyingit to the hilt. It pays to keep plans loose and gowith the flow. JJUULLYY 10th: There's potential for fun, good ideas,and enjoyment out there if you'll just avail

yourself of it. For opportunity to manifest, youfirst have to open your mind to the wonderfulpossibilities.JJUULLYY 1111TTHH:: Ganesha says feelings pertaining tohome / family are intense, providing motivationto invest time, energy, emotion, and evenmoney into making things more harmonious -any of which will be well spent. JJUULLYY 1122TTHH:: The Moon gives that itchy foot totravel, have an adventure, or take some risks.Being outspoken is inevitable now, but that canget you into trouble as well as provide advantages.

JJUULLYY 1133TTHH:: It's not an especially favourable fortravel, study, exploring new places and optionor breaking new ground. The past has toostrong a bold. You can run into a few snagsaround home.JJUULLYY 1144TTHH:: Don't sell yourself short. A businessmeeting results in benefits. You can make asplendid impression on those you contact. Thefulfilment of an ambition is in reach throughsubtle manoeuvring.

Weekly Horoscope - July 8 - July 14, 2019

The Indian Panorama brings you Weekly and Birthday Horoscope from the World's mosttrusted astrologer Bejan Daruwalla. Latest correct prediction: Modi's historic victory

Birthday Horoscope July 8 - July 14, 2019

The Amarnath yatra attracts lakhsof pilgrims every year who visitthe site during Shravani Mela in

July-August (Shravan month in Hinducalendar) - the only time in the wholeyear when the Amarnath Cave isaccessible. The cave is placed at analtitude of 3,888m, about 141 km fromSrinagar, the capital of Jammu andKashmir and reached through Pahalgamtown. The shrine has an important partto play in Hinduism and is considered tobe one of the holiest shrines. The annual'Amarnath Yatra' is marked by 'PrathamPujan' which is said to invoke theblessings of Baba Amarnath. It is saidthat the 'lingum' in the holy cave growsand shrinks with the lunar cycle.Moreover, since the ice is collected fromthe water dripping from the top of thecave due to the melting of the ice on topof it, the 'lingum' reaches a maximumaround July-August when the ice capsaround the cave are melting. Water seepsinto the rocks that form the cave andprogressively fades thereafter. As per thereligious beliefs, it has been claimed thatthe lingam grows and shrinks with thephases of the moon reaching its heightduring the summer festival.

Legend of AmarnathThe legend says that Lord Shiva had to

give in to Goddess Parvati's demands ofknowing the secrets of life and death buthe couldn't risk anyone eavesdropping.So, they set on their way to a cave in themountains - too difficult to be reached byany lesser person than the godsthemselves. The secret was so sacred thatall the companions also had to be leftbehind. So his ride - Nandi, the bull - wasleft at Pahalgam, the moon atop his headat Chandanwari, the snake around hisneck at Lake Sheshnag, the 5 basicelements of life that he carried atPanchtarini and even his son - LordGanesha himself - at Mahaguna top.And, now Hindu devotees findthemselves en route this perilousmountainous trek every year.

The Amarnath Yatra 2019 started from1st July 2019 and will end on 15th August.The Amarnath Board has decided that7,500 pilgrims will be allowed to registerfor the Amarnath Yatra in 2019.

If you go by the Hindu mythology thenthere is a subtle connection between theHimalayan apex and Lord Shiva. thefamous Sanskrit poet Kalidasa hasdepicted Himalaya as the laughter ofLord Shiva. On the other hand LordKrishna in Bhagavad Gita has revealedthat he is the Himalayas. And not toforget that Swami Vivekananda has alsosaid the India has such large number ofGods and Goddesses and its because itsclose proximity to the Himalayas whichis an abode of God.

The sacred cave of Amarnath can bevisited during the monsoon months ofJuly and August during which an ice-mound is formed inside the cave and ina very mysterious and rhythmic waywater trickles on the ice-mound from thetop of the cave. the ice-mound is soformed that it takes the shape of theShiva lingam which gradually rises totake a full form shape on a full moonnight. It is believed that water from thefamous Ramkund Lake trickles on theicy-mound of the lingam.

It is a proven fact for years thatAmarnath yatra leaves a spiritualimpact on the mind of the pilgrims asthey stride through the bewildering pathto the sacred Lord Shiva on the apex themountains and to meet the greatness ofGod. Swami Vivekananda has narratedthe fact that his experience to Amarnathis inspiring.

Discovery of Holy Cave The story narrated by people about the

discovery of this Holy Cave is of aGujjar ( shepherd) Buta Malik . He isgiven the credit of discovering this HolyCave . Story goes like this , that a saintgave Buta Malik a bag full of Coal. Onreaching his home when he opened thebag , to his utter surprise the bag wasfull of gold coins . This made himoverwelmed with joy. He ran to thank theSaint . But, what he found was that theSaint had disappeared . Instead , hefound The Holy Cave and Shiv Lingamthere in . He announced the discovery ofthis to the Villagers. Then onwards thishas become the sacred place ofPilgrimage .

The ancient epics narrate an otherstory which goes like this. The valley ofKashmir was under water .It was a biglake. Kashyap Rishi drained the waterthrough number of rivers and rivulets .In those days Bhrigu Rishi came thatway on a visit to The Himalyas. He wasthe first to have Darshans of this HolyCave . When people heard of the Lingam,Amarnath for them became Shiva’sabode and a Centre of pilgrimage . Sincethen Lacs of devotees perform thepilgrimage through tough terrain andavail eternal happiness.

The trek to Amarnath, in the month ofsharavan has the devout flock to thisincredible shrine, where the image ofShiva, in the form of a Lingam, is formednaturally of an Ice Stalagmite, whichwaxes and wanes with the Moon's cycle .By its side are fascinating, two more IceLingams, that of Maa Parvati and oftheir son, Ganesha .

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America CelebratesIndependence Day with a BangIn America's earliest decades, the Fourth of July

saw plenty of military pageantry in Washington. TheSmithsonian's research found Presidents Jefferson,Madison, Van Buren and Polk presided over militaryparades on Independence Day. But the tradition diedunder Zachary Taylor in 1850.

Trump has voiced his desire to show off with theAmerican military ever since he attended a BastilleDay celebration with troops and tanks as a guest ofFrench President Emmanuel Macron in 2017.And ithappened.

Under White House direction, the army movedtanks and other armoured vehicles into the nation'scapital on Wednesday night.The Pentagon arrangedfor an Air Force B-2 stealth bomber and otherwarplanes to conduct flyovers of the celebration onthe National Mall. There were Navy F-35 and F-18fighter jets, the Navy-Blue Angels aerial acrobaticsteam, Army and Coast Guard helicopters and MarineV-22 Ospreys.

"Military Leaders are thrilled to be doing this &showing to the American people, among other things,the strongest and most advanced Military anywherein the World," Trump tweeted. "Incredible Flyovers &biggest ever Fireworks!"

Two Bradley fighting vehicles were in place nearthe Lincoln Memorial, where Trump delivered apatrioticspeech during an event that he has billed ashonouring the U.S. armed forces.Thousands of peoplegathered albeit under low cloud cover following heavyrains earlier Thursday.Air Force One flew over theMall as Trump approached the podium protected byrain-streaked bulletproof glass. It was the first time indecades that a President has addressed a crowd.

"Today, we come together as one nation with thisvery special salute to America. We celebrate ourhistory, our people, and the heroes who proudlydefend our flag - the brave men and women of theUnited States military," Trump said. "As long as we

stay true to our cause; as long as we remember ourgreat history; and as long as we never stop fighting fora better future; then there will be nothing thatAmerica cannot do."

The President highlighted the accomplishments ofeach branch of the military and added that "verysoon" the U.S. will have a sixth branch - the "SpaceForce."

Aircraft representing each branch, such as a B-2stealth bomber for the Air Force and F-35 Lightningsfor the Navy, flew over the National Mall in time withTrump's speech.

Attendees also enjoyed live music from the OldGuard Fife and Drum Corps, the U.S. Army Band("Pershing's Own"), the Armed Forces Chorus and theUnited States Marine Corps Silent Drill Team.

Along with viewing the dynamic fireworks show onthe National Mall and attending the free CapitolFourth concert, visitors celebrated America'sbirthday in dozens of other venues in the capital.

Structural reforms needed forUSD 5 trillion economy, says

India's Finance Minister BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS● Focus on gaon, gareeb, kisan: FM ● By 2022, every single rural family except those

who are unwilling to take the connection willhave an electricity and a clean cooking facility.

● As world's 3rd largest aviation market, timeripe to enter aircraft financing and leasingfrom Indian shores: FM.

● Sitharaman said that public privatepartnership will be utilized to develop railinfrastructure. Railway infrastructure willrequire Rs 50 lakh crore till 2030 to develop. TheFM said 657 km of metro rail network hasbecome operational across country.

● Number of patents tripled during 2018-19, saysSitharaman

● We need to invest in infrastructure, digital

economy and job creation in small and mediumenterprises, says theFM

● India's economy will grow to become $3 trillioneconomy in current year; the sixth largest inworld

● Recent election was charged with brimminghope for a bright and stable India, says FMpresenting Budget

SITHARAMAN BREAKS TRADITIONSetting a new precedent, Sitharaman on July 5 was

seen hugging the budget documents wrapped in a redcloth, the traditional 'bahi khaata' way, instead of theleather briefcase that until now her predecessorswalked around with.

Chief Economic Advisor K. Subramanian said thatit was a departure from "slavery of westerntradition". The red cloth symbolizes the 'bahi khaata'traditionally used in every Indian business set up tomaintain accounts.

Sitharaman was seen carrying the red clothwrapped budget papers that was neatly bound withthe auspicious yellow and red ribbon. The LionCapital shone brightly on top of the bahi khaata, asthe first-time Finance Minister walked out of theNorth Block.

Traditionally until now all former FinanceMinisters have carried their Budget Document in ahardbound leather briefcase that takes after theparallel British custom.

Trump Pursues with CensusCitizenship Question

Facing a deadline to get the census forms printed,administration officials including Ross said onTuesday they were going ahead without including thequestion.

Critics have called the citizenship question aRepublican ploy to scare immigrants into not takingpart in the census and engineer a populationundercount in Democratic-leaning areas with highimmigrant and Latino populations. That wouldbenefit non-Hispanic whites and help Trump's fellowRepublicans gain seats in the US House ofRepresentatives and state legislatures when newelectoral district boundaries are drawn after thecensus, the critics said.

"The News Reports about the Department ofCommerce dropping its quest to put the CitizenshipQuestion on the Census is incorrect or, to state itdifferently, FAKE! We are absolutely moving forward,as we must, because of the importance of the answerto this question," Trump wrote on Twitter.

The Justice Department on Tuesday had told Hazelthat the administration had made a final decision notto proceed with the citizenship question, according totwo lawyers involved in the litigation. The judge thenheld a call with lawyers in the case after Trump'sWednesday announcement.

"We think there may be a legally available pathunder the Supreme Court's decision. We're examiningthat, looking at near-term options to see whetherthat's viable and possible," Hunt said.

Hazel said he wants a final response by Fridayafternoon on whether the government will pressahead with adding the citizenship question.Otherwise, legal claims accusing administrationofficials of being motivated by racial bias in addingthe citizenship question will move forward.

A birthday cake float for America passing the National Archives during the Independence Day parade, July 4Photo / Courtesy New York Times

33THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 TRAVEL

Aland of color, culture andspectacular topography, Kutchwith its rustic beauty is nothing

less than a pictorial wonderland. Kutch,the land of the creators, myriad colors,and infinite variety, is the place wheretime has left its footprints. The literalmeaning of term Kutch is somethingwhich intermittently becomes wet anddry. The term 'Kutch' is also used fortortoise in Sanskrit. A large part of theKutch, commonly known as the GreatRann of Kutch, submerges in waterduring the rainy season and becomes dryduring the winter season. Starting fromIndus valley civilization to Rao dynasty,every ruler has gifted Kutch legacy of artand architecture.

HistoryForming the North-Western region of

Gujarat, Kutch is a land of heroism andromance. One can see the traces ofhuman settlement in Gujarat since thetime of Indus Valley Civilization, whichsignifies that the early Stone Age manused to love in the area. In fact, one ofthe largest Harappan sites in the Indiansub-continent, Dholavira is located in theKhadir Bet Island of the Kutch.Historians say that Kutch was first ruledby Enander I of Greco-BactrianKingdom, who was later overthrown byIndo-Scythians and then finally GuptaEmpire came into power. Due itsamazing geographical conditions, Kutchhas captured the interest of manyrepublics like Maitraka of Valabhi,Chavdas, Solanki, Vaghelas, Sindh,Rajput Samma and later in thethirteenth century, the length andbreadth of the area were seized by theJadeja Dynasty. In the year 1819, Kutchwas captured by the East India Companyafter fighting a terrifying battle againstthe Jadgea dynasty.

Places to visit Places like Bhuj. Mandvi, Dholavira,

Gandhidham, and Anjar are amongst thebest places to visit in Kutch region thatpeople hardly know. Narayan Sarovar,one of the five holy lakes mentioned inShrimad Bhagvad and many other Jainand Hindu pilgrimage sights are alsolocated here. Bhuj, the Kutchi capital ofyore, get the maximum attention butthere are many other places that oneshould know. Places like Dholavira (anarchaeological site that contains theruins of the Harappan city), Aina Mahaland Parag Mahal in Bhuj, ThanMonastery and Vijay Villas Palace ofMandvi are worth a visit for the historybuffs. Other than the major historicaltravel destination, Mandvi is also a portcity with an amazing shipbuilding yard.The coast and marshlands of Kutchattract many migratory and domesticbirds including giant flocks of flamingos,pelicans and common cranes are oftenseen flying in the region.

Kutch is a beautiful amalgamation ofthe sea and desert that can charmanyone with its beauty. One place thatdeserves a special mention in the Kutchis the charming white deserts of theGreat Rann of Kutch. Spanning over an

area of 7505 sq km, Great Rann of Kutchthe world’s largest salt desert thatremains covered with water during themonsoon season, and over the winters,the water evaporates, leaving a vastexpanse of the dry hard mud, whichdazzles like a diamond under thescorching sun and appears like an eerieunder the bluish glow during the nighthours. People who want to relish theview of the desert from a different angleshould climb the Kalo Dungar (blackhill), the highest point in Kutch. Top ofthe hill offers the splendid view of theKutch region, Thar Desert and the GreatRann. During the winter season, thisdramatic expanse of salt land is amagical wondered. Amidst the magicallandscapes, a carnival of high-spiritedgaiety, the Rann Utsav is marked by theexcellent quality of folk dance, music,and art. Brimming with hospitality andtraditional flavours, Rann Utsav is agrand extravaganza, which is celebratedevery year for three months.

Contrasting the beauty of the GreatRann of Kutch is the Little Rann ofKutch, a land that is just not meant forthe faint-hearted people as this is theplace where nature shows its harshestform. Barren land of the Little Rann isthe abode of wild ass (locally calledkhur), as well as bluebells, blackbuckand chinkaras. In this part of Kutch, onecan see people pumping up ground waterand extracting the salt.

Farming, sea and desert well representthe diverse culture of Kutch. The land isthe abode of one of the most colourfulpeople who spot gaudy dresses; a visit toKutch is an inspirational experience.Many pastoral communities in Kutch aresemi-nomadic herders of camel andsheep. All the major nomadiccommunities, namely rabaris and ahirs,are blessed with a creative intellect andoften create finest handicrafts andpopular textile techniques includingblock printing, tie-dye and weaving.Tribes of the sleepy villages like Hodko,Nirona, Mandvi and Bhujodi, makesgorgeous embroidered garments for

wedding trousseau. The delectable surfembroidery, the geometric beauty ofKhareek patterns, the dramatic spirit ofpakoo's tight square chain and doublebutton stitch embroidery of the sodhaRajput, as well as the mirror workembroideries of Rabari and Ahircraftswomen- all find plenty of buyers.The Kutch region has been a meltingpoint for many communities from acrossthe borders- Sindh in Pakistan, Marwarregion in Western Rajasthan and beyond-adding to the rich handicrafts offered inthe region.

One can experience the beauty ofKutch in myriad ways- walking on thebeach of Mandvi, witnessing the art ofthe past at the beautiful palaces of Bhuj,and moreover, satisfying the shoppinghunger by paying a visit to the localmarket. The place is so lovely, enigmatic,mysterious that even the legends says..

Things to Do in Kucth Purchase Kutch embroidery

jackets, mirror work fabrics,patchwork fabric, pottery, silver

jewellery, rogan paintings, leatherproducts and embroidery runnersfrom the local markets of Anjar andBhuj.

Go for a beach walk on the coastalland of Mandvi.

Visit the sites of Indus ValleyCivilization sites in Dholavira.

Sample local cuisines of Kutch likeDhokla, Thepala, Fafda, Kachori,Khandvi, Hahdwoh, Ganthia,Oondhiya, Debra, Surat Paun andcountless other Gujrati delicacies.

Stay in an eco-resort or spend anight in the tribal homestays.

Go for a jeep safari in the JeepSafarI in the Little Rann of Kutch

Walk at the White Rann of Kutch infull Moonlight

Visit the Rann of Kutch's Indo-Pakborder area.

Experience Kutch at its colorful andexotic by attending the Kutch Utsav.

Go for wildlife safari to the IndianWild Ass Sanctuary in the LittleRann of Kutch in northwestGujarat.

KUTCH: THE LAND OF CREATORS, MYRIAD COLORS

34 THE INDIAN PANORAMAFRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019SPORTS

WEST INDIES BEAT AGHANSBY 23 RUNS, AVOID LAST-PLACE FINISH

LEEDS (TIP): West Indies won the battle of theWorld Cup’s basement dwellers, beating Afghanistanby 23 runs in their final group match at Headingley.

Chris Gayle managed only seven runs in his finalWorld Cup appearance but Shai Hope capitalised onan early reprieve to score 77 and help the eliminatedCaribbean side to 311/6 after electing to bat. WhileGayle disappointed, 18-year-old Ikram Alikhil top-scored for Afghanistan with a career-best 86 beforefalling to the 39-year-old part-time spinner fromJamaica. Afghanistan were all out for 288 in exactly50 overs — their highest score in the World Cup — tofinish their campaign with nine defeats in as manymatches, denying their West Indian coach PhilSimmons a winning send-off. Source: Reuters

Why MS Dhoni is using differentbat logos in the tournament

NEW DELHI (TIP): Former India captain MSDhoni has always been known for making unusualdecisions which keeps his fans and peopleastonished.

Dhoni’s move has always been unpredictable andrecently, the Ranchi stumper has again amusedpeople as he has been playing with different logos ofdifferent brands.

While he is mostly remembered for playing withthe ‘Reebok’ or the ‘Spartan’ stickered bat early in hiscareer, in the ongoing edition of the World Cup,Dhoni has been seen playing with the SG, the SS, theBAS logo on his bat.

In the last two matches against England andBangladesh, Dhoni was seen coming in to the creasewith a bat having the SG logo. However, in the laterparts of his innings, Dhoni switched back to the BASlogo bat when he was required to go for some big hits.

Going into the depth of the matter, sources saidthat Dhoni is playing with different company logos asa goodwill gesture and moreover, the stumper is notcharging a single penny for it.Usually, Dhoni chargesaround Rs 10-15 lakh per match for playing with aparticular logo. Source: IANS

Rohit can break 3 WC recordswith one big innings

NEW DELHI (TIP): RohitSharma has a chance to createhistory by breaking three toweringWorld Cup records when India takeon Sri Lanka in their last groupstage match of ICC World Cup 2019on Saturday at Headingley, Leeds.India, having already secured theirspot in the World Cup semi-finalswith their victory againstBangladesh a few days ago, will eyethe top spot by beating Sri Lankaand their vice-captain will have achance to rewrite the record booksof the game.

Rohit Sharma’s innings of 104against Bangladesh in India’sprevious match helped Virat Kohliand Co clinch their 3rd successiveWorld Cup semi-final berth. Histournament tally now reads 544runs at an average of 90.66 and astrike rate of 96.96. He is currentlythe highest-run scorer of thetournament.

There are a number of recordsRohit Sharma could potentiallyequal or surpass with anothersubstantial innings against SriLanka.

Coupled with his centuryagainst Bangladesh during the2015 Quarter Final, Rohit has 5World Cup centuries.

The record for scoring most runsin a single World Cup belongs toIndia’s Sachin Tendulkar. He hadamassed 673 runs in the 2003 WorldCup. While Rohit is still somedistant away from that mark butwith India confirmed of playingtwo more matches in this WorldCup – against Sri Lanka and onesemi-final – Rohit can very wellthrow a tough challenge to thatTendulkar record.

On a side note, Rohit’s average of90.66 is the second-best by anybatsman who has scored 500+ runsin a single World Cup (afterSangakkara’s 108.20 in 2015).

A more likely Tendulkar recordthat Rohit could breach is the mostruns scored in the group stages of

a single.

How does Rohit fareagainst Sri Lanka

The highest ODI score was byRohit vs SL (264 at Kolkata,2014).

Rohit’s converted his last 3fifties to centuries against Sri

Lanka in ODIs All have come in his last 6 ODI

innings versus them.In addition to his 264, hesmashed 208* against SL atMohali in 2017, becoming thefirst and only person to smashmultiple double hundredagainst t he same opponent inODIs. Source: HT

Rohit’s tournament tally reads 544 runs at an average of 90.66.

HUGE BLOW TO AUSTRALIA BEFORE SEMI-FINALS, SHAUN MARSH RULED OUT

MANCHESTER (TIP): In a major blow to Australia before the semi-finlas of ICC World Cup 2019, Shaun Marsh has been ruled out of therest of the tournament after suffering a broken arm while batting in thenets against team-mate Pat Cummins. Wicket-keeper batsman PeterHandscomb was officially named as Marsh’s replacement for theremainder of World Cup.

Thursday’s Old Trafford training session, which took place two daysbefore reigning champions Australia’s final group game against SouthAfrica at the Manchester ground, also saw all-rounder Glenn Maxwellstruck a painful blow batting against left-arm quick Mitchell Starc.

No sooner had Maxwell been escorted away by medical staff aftergoing down in pain when a rising delivery from Starc, the tournament’sleading wicket-taker, reared up and hit him on the right forearm, thanMarsh, batting in the same net, was struck on the wrist by Cummins.

Both players were sent to hospital for scans, with left-hander Marshsubsequently ruled out, although Maxwell has not suffered any seriousdamage according to Australia coach Justin Langer.

One cosolation for Australia is that 35-year-old left-hander Marsh,who will be replaced by Peter Handscomb, has become the squad’sreserve batsman and has not featured in a World Cup match since hemade three against Sri Lanka at the Oval last month.

The International Cricket Council confirmed Marsh’s exit from theWorld Cup in a statement, saying its event technical committee hadapproved Handscomb as a replacement for Marsh for the remainder ofthe tournament. Source: AFP

There are a number ofrecords Rohit Sharma

could potentially equal orsurpass with another

substantial innings againstSri Lanka in India’s final

group-stage match of ICCWorld Cup 2019

Shai Hope scoreed 77 against Afghanistan.

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