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F rom political pundits to pollsters, honest netas to rabble rousers, satta bazaar to share market, the eye of the entire nation will be on Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday when it goes to poll after a “free for all” campaign- ing that often saw emotional issues taking the centre stage and concerns of the common man taking the back seat. While the Congress is going all out to wrest power from the BJP which, though, wary of a 15-year anti-incum- bency, is hoping that the man- date could still be in their favour for the fourth term. Poll campaigning for the 230-seat Assembly came to an end on Monday. Unlike the last Assembly polls in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Tripura where Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the sway for the BJP, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was the main cam- paigner and face of the party in Madhya Pradesh. Modi held just over 10 election rallies in the State. Besides him, BJP presi- dent Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and a number of Union Ministers, including Nirmala Sitharaman, Uma Bharti, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Narendra Singh Tomar, visited the State in the last few days. The BJP had denied tickets to over 60 sitting MLAs to beat anti-incumbency while the Congress sought to put behind the internal rivalry among its satraps in MP, like Kamal Nath, Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia. The rural unrest, the Congress hopes, may tilt bal- ance in its favour as the BJP expects its “continued” hold over the urban voters and Opposition’s lack of a clear chief ministerial candidate could provide it the needed push to cross the winning line. A total of 2,907 candidates are in the fray. The highest number of candidates contest- ing at one constituency is 34 at Mehgaon in Bhind, while the lowest number is 4 at Gunnor in Panna. The BJP has fielded 230 candidates while the Congress is contesting on 229 seats leaving one seat for Sharad Yadav-led Loktantrik Janata Dal. The BSP has fielded 227 candidates and the SP is con- testing on 51 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party, contesting the Madhya Pradesh election for the first time, has fielded 208 candidates. At present, the BJP, that has been ruling the State for 15 years, has 165 seats while the Congress has 58, the BSP has 4 and independents hold three seats in the MP Assembly. A total of 650 companies of Central paramilitary forces have been deployed for securi- ty. 33,000 home guard jawans from various States have also been deployed. The model code of conduct was imposed on October 6. The Congress has taken no chance and deployed nearly 50,000 party worker on 43 closely contested Assembly seats. A party leader said that during the last 15 years the margin of victory for the BJP on these seats has been low. These Assemblies have 10,429 booths and the party has deployed maximum manpow- er there. The Congress is making maximum use of social media platform to draw the voters towards the grand old party through a mobile application ‘Ghar Ghar Congress’. “The workers for the past one week have been meeting voters by reminding them about the ‘Ghar Ghar Congress’ mobile app. For all those who do not have a smartphone, the Congress workers are involved in door-to-door campaign,” added the leader, mentioning that more and more workers have been sharing and explain- ing details about the party’s manifesto and the benefits of giving a chance to the Congress. A day before the Assembly electoins in the State, Congress’ internal assessment has claimed the party enjoys a 2.8 per cent lead over the BJP. The party thinks it is small lead but it is confident to cross the halfway mark by winning the majority of the 43 strategi- cally identified seats. A video of J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik’s speech, delivered at ITM University, Gwalior, on November 24 shows the Governor saying the Centre wanted him to make Sajjad Lone Chief Minister of J&K, but he did not do so as he did not want to go down in history as “a dishon- est man”. “If I had turned towards Delhi, I would have invited Sajjad Lone to form a Government and history would have seen me as a dishonest man. That is why I closed that chapter. Those who want to abuse me, they are free to do so. But I am convinced that what- ever I did was correct,” he is heard saying in the video that has gone viral. As political parties in J&K started reacting “strongly” to his observations, he publicly hinted in Jammu that he might be handed over transfer orders soon. “As long as I am here, I will come to pay my tributes in the memory of Girdhari Lal Dogra,” he said, adding, “I may be transferred. It is not in my hands. Though there is no threat to my job, but fear of transfer always remains there.” “You send me a letter I will come and offer floral tributes as long as I am here,” Malik said in his crisp speech on the occasion of the 31st death anniversary of Girdhari Lal Dogra. Late in the evening, J&K Raj Bhavan Spokesperson clarified that the Governor while taking the decision to dis- solve the Legislative Assembly acted in an objective and impartial manner. In a press statement, the Raj Bhawan Spokesman said, “There was no pressure or any kind of intervention from the Centre in the entire matter and some news channels are mis- interpreting Governor’s state- ment and putting them out of context to convey that there was pressure from the Central Government.” Meanwhile, in his speech in Gwalior, Malik also tried to set the record straight by train- ing his guns on Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference (NC) chief Omar Abdullah for not showing seri- ousness in forming a Government. “You can’t just fax or tweet and form a Government. Why didn’t they come to Jammu? Why did they not call me? They have their party offices and a large number of leaders in Jammu, especially Congress party,” asked Malik. “No one can claim on record that they visited the Raj Bhawan and they were turned down. My gates remain open even during midnight. I meet visitors without any prior appointment but no one turned up there,” he added. However, reacting to the Governor’s speech in Madhya Pradesh, Omar Abdullah said in a tweet that he has never known a “politically appointed Governor going against the wishes of the Centre”. A n eight-year-old school- boy died and a schoolgirl sustained grievous injuries when a private van carrying them along with eight other students of Rosary School in Model Town was hit by a speeding goods carrier autorickshaw in North Delhi’s Timarpur area on Tuesday afternoon. The girl is battling for her life at Civil Lines Trauma Centre. Seven other students and the driver of the van too received injuries. The accused 21-year-old auto driver, Salman, a resident of Azadpur, has been arrested, police said.Both Maruti Eeco school van and the goods car- rier turned turtle. It is sus- pected that the school van dri- ver too was speeding. The van reportedly overturned four times before coming to a halt. The impact was so severe that all the window panes of the van shattered, said a passerby. The students and the dri- ver were immediately evacuat- ed by commuters. All the injured were taken to a nearby hospital where eight-year-old Vaibhav succumbed to his injuries. “One girl with injuries has been admitted in trauma cen- tre, Civil Lines. There were reportedly ten students in the van, all from Rosary School, Model Town,” said a senior police official. “A case under Sections 279, 337 and 304A of the IPC has been registered and the driver Salman (21) has been arrested,” he added. According to Delhi Police data, a total of 6,532 challans were issued to school vans for traffic violations in 2018, com- pared to 2,183 in 2017. Earlier on April 26, a seven-year-old girl died and 17 other children were injured when an over- loaded school van was rammed by a milk tanker. I n an effort to break the log- jam in bilateral ties with India, Pakistan has decided to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit to be held there. Making this announcement in Islamabad on Tuesday, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammad Faisal said Prime Minister Imran Khan in his first address had said if India takes one step for- ward, Pakistan will take two. Prime Minister Modi will be invited for the SAARC summit, Faisal was quoted as saying by Dawn newspaper. SAARC summits are usu- ally held biennially, hosted by a member state in alphabetical order. The member state host- ing the summit assumes the Chair of the Association. The last SAARC Summit in 2014 was held in Kathmandu, which was attended by Modi. The 2016 SAARC Summit was to be held in Islamabad. But after the terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri, J&K, on September 18 that year, India expressed its inabil- ity to participate in the summit due to “prevailing circum- stances” and stepped up diplo- matic pressure on Pakistan. Nineteen Indian soldiers were martyred in the attack. The SAARC summit was called off after Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan too declined to participate in the Islamabad meet. Maldives and Sri Lanka are the seventh and eighth mem- bers of the initiative. Faisal said Prime Minister Khan in a letter to his Indian counterpart had expressed Pakistan’s openness to resolv- ing all outstanding issues through dialogue with India. “We fought a war with India, relations cannot be fixed quick- ly,” Faisal said. He said the Kartarpur Corridor, which will facilitate the visa-free travel of Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan, is expected to be completed within six months. “In this century diplomacy has completely changed,” he said, adding policies are now made based on citizens’ emo- tions and wishes. Both India and Pakistan have decided to build a corri- dor, linking Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district with the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Indian Prime Minister will attend the two-day G20 summit in Argentina and will leave for the summit on Wednesday. Giving details about the summit, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Tuesday said the Prime Minister will speak on digital revolution in India, Ayushman Bharat programme, soil health card, and other Central Government schemes besides risk posed by volatili- ty in oil prices and terrorism. Modi will also hold bilat- eral meetings with several lead- ers on the margins of the G20 and have a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he said. Asked if Modi will also meet US President Donald Trump, Gokhale said, current- ly several bilateral meetings are being worked out. Modi will also be meeting United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. The Foreign Secretary said, the BRICS head of states will also meet in the margins of G20. The Group of Twenty G20 is a leading forum of the world’s major economies that seeks to develop global policies to address today’s most press- ing economic challenges. The G20 was instrumental in stabilising the world econo- my. Since then, its agenda has expanded to include addition- al issues affecting financial markets, trade and develop- ment. Collectively, G20 members represent all inhabited conti- nents, 85 per cent of global eco- nomic output, two-thirds of the world’s population and 75 per cent of international trade. I n a major setback to jailed former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, a top court on Tuesday ruled that a person jailed for more than two years cannot contest polls, effectively ruining her chance to participate in the December 30 polls. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, who is convicted in two graft cases, cannot contest the upcoming 11th general election next month. “She is disqualified from taking part in the upcoming elections,” Alam told a Press conference, hours after the High Court issued a rule say- ing persons jailed for more than two years even if their appeals are pending with the courts cannot contest the polls. The 73-year-old ex-pre- mier is currently serving jail terms in two graft cases involv- ing charities named after her slain husband Ziaur Rahman. She has been in custody since February 8, when Dhaka Special Court convicted her in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case and sentenced her to five years of imprisonment for embezzling 21 million Bangladeshi Taka (USD 252,504) in foreign donations meant for the Trust. On October 30, the High Court doubled her jail term to 10 years. On October 29, a trial court convicted her in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case and sentenced her to seven years in prison and imposed a fine of Tk 1 million (USD 12,024). The High Court order came as the BNP, which boy- cotted the 2014 elections under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina- led Awami League (AL) gov- ernment, was set to contest the polls in alliance with the newly formed National Unity Front (NUF) led by eminent jurist Kamal Hossain. The chief state counsel said even if Zia was released from jail before November 28, the deadline of filing the nomina- tion papers, the Constitution would not allow her to contest the polls and “she will have to wait for five more years after her acquittal to take part in the elections”. As per Bangladesh’s Constitution, a person sen- tenced to imprisonment for two years or above for a crim- inal offence cannot take part in an election unless five years have elapsed since his/her release. The two-judge High Court bench comprising Justice Mohammad Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order, rejecting separate petitions filed by five BNP leaders, including Zia’s adviser Amanullah Aman, seeking a stay on their convictions and sentences in graft cases. The Attorney General said, “If the court allows them to take part in the next general election by staying their con- viction, it will go against Article 66 of the Constitution...So the court scrapped their pleas.” Zia was made vice-chair- person of the BNP, the largest political opposition of the country, in March 1983 after the assassination of her hus- band. She became chairperson of the party on May 10, 1984, a post she is holding till now. In her 35 years of political career, Zia went to the jail sev- eral times. Jaipur: The BJP on Tuesday released its manifesto for the December 7 Rajasthan polls, saying it met 95 per cent of the promises it had made in 2013. The manifesto was unveiled by Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Prakash Javadekar, and Rajathan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, in the presence of BJP leaders and workers. The BJP Government in the State met 630 of the 665 promises made in the 2013 Rajasthan manifesto, Raje said, prior to releasing the manifesto. “The overall completion is 95 per cent,” she said. Raje highlighted several points of 2018 manifesto, say- ing 50 lakh jobs will be creat- ed in private sector in next five years and every year 30,000 jobs will be given in Government sector. The CM said up to 5,000 per month will be given as unemployment allowance to eligible youths above the age of 21 years. PTI P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the BJP is the only option before Telangana as both “family parties” the Congress and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti have destroyed the State over the last six decades and caused misery and sufferings to them. Addressing two election rallies in Nizamabad and Mahbubnagar, Modi also urged the people of Telangana not to allow the Congress to re- enter the State and follow the example of States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal and Tamil Nadu where the Congress could not return to power even after 40 years. “If you elect the BJP in the State and we already have a BJP Government at the Centre, you will get double “Kamal Chhap” (Lotus sym- bol) engines and we will take Telangana far off on the path of development,” he said. T elangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) on Tuesday chal- lenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a pub- lic debate on the power supply situation in the State and said the Prime Minister should not lie for the sake of votes. KCR was responding to Modi’s criticism that the people in the State are without electricity. Earlier in the day addressing an election rally in Nizamabad, Modi had charged the KCR Government with failure on all fronts, includ- ing ensuring availability of electricity to many people of the State. Addressing an election meeting in Mahbubnagar on Tuesday, KCR said he is ready for a debate with Modi at any place of his choice. KCR, who claims to be providing the 24-hour free power to farmers and uninterrupted power supply to all households in the State as his major achievement, called Modi “an ignorant and lying Prime Minister”. Challenging the PM to show where was the power problem in the State, KCR said, “I never thought Modi was so ignorant PM. It is not appropriate for the Prime Minister to speak lies for the sake of votes,” he said.
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From political pundits topollsters, honest netas to

rabble rousers, satta bazaar toshare market, the eye of theentire nation will be onMadhya Pradesh onWednesday when it goes to pollafter a “free for all” campaign-ing that often saw emotionalissues taking the centre stageand concerns of the commonman taking the back seat.

While the Congress isgoing all out to wrest powerfrom the BJP which, though,wary of a 15-year anti-incum-bency, is hoping that the man-date could still be in theirfavour for the fourth term.

Poll campaigning for the230-seat Assembly came to anend on Monday.

Unlike the last Assemblypolls in Karnataka, HimachalPradesh and Tripura wherePrime Minister Narendra Modiheld the sway for the BJP,Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan was the main cam-paigner and face of the party inMadhya Pradesh. Modi heldjust over 10 election rallies inthe State.

Besides him, BJP presi-dent Amit Shah, HomeMinister Rajnath Singh and anumber of Union Ministers,including Nirmala Sitharaman,Uma Bharti, Ravi ShankarPrasad and Narendra SinghTomar, visited the State in thelast few days.

The BJP had denied ticketsto over 60 sitting MLAs to beatanti-incumbency while theCongress sought to put behindthe internal rivalry among itssatraps in MP, like Kamal Nath,Digvijay Singh and JyotiradityaScindia. The rural unrest, theCongress hopes, may tilt bal-ance in its favour as the BJPexpects its “continued” holdover the urban voters andOpposition’s lack of a clear chiefministerial candidate could

provide it the needed push tocross the winning line.

A total of 2,907 candidatesare in the fray. The highestnumber of candidates contest-ing at one constituency is 34 atMehgaon in Bhind, while thelowest number is 4 at Gunnorin Panna. The BJP has fielded230 candidates while theCongress is contesting on 229seats leaving one seat forSharad Yadav-led LoktantrikJanata Dal.

The BSP has fielded 227candidates and the SP is con-testing on 51 seats. The AamAadmi Party, contesting theMadhya Pradesh election forthe first time, has fielded 208candidates.

At present, the BJP, that hasbeen ruling the State for 15years, has 165 seats while theCongress has 58, the BSP has4 and independents hold threeseats in the MP Assembly.

A total of 650 companies ofCentral paramilitary forceshave been deployed for securi-ty. 33,000 home guard jawansfrom various States have alsobeen deployed. The modelcode of conduct was imposedon October 6.

The Congress has taken nochance and deployed nearly50,000 party worker on 43closely contested Assemblyseats. A party leader said thatduring the last 15 years themargin of victory for the BJPon these seats has been low.These Assemblies have 10,429booths and the party hasdeployed maximum manpow-er there.

The Congress is makingmaximum use of social mediaplatform to draw the voterstowards the grand old partythrough a mobile application‘Ghar Ghar Congress’.

“The workers for the pastone week have been meetingvoters by reminding themabout the ‘Ghar Ghar Congress’mobile app. For all those who

do not have a smartphone, theCongress workers are involvedin door-to-door campaign,”added the leader, mentioningthat more and more workershave been sharing and explain-ing details about the party’smanifesto and the benefits ofgiving a chance to theCongress.

A day before the Assemblyelectoins in the State, Congress’internal assessment has claimedthe party enjoys a 2.8 per centlead over the BJP.

The party thinks it is smalllead but it is confident to crossthe halfway mark by winningthe majority of the 43 strategi-cally identified seats.

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Avideo of J&K GovernorSatya Pal Malik’s speech,

delivered at ITM University,Gwalior, on November 24shows the Governor sayingthe Centre wanted him tomake Sajjad Lone ChiefMinister of J&K, but he did notdo so as he did not want to godown in history as “a dishon-est man”.

“If I had turned towardsDelhi, I would have invitedSajjad Lone to form aGovernment and history wouldhave seen me as a dishonestman. That is why I closed thatchapter. Those who want toabuse me, they are free to do so.But I am convinced that what-ever I did was correct,” he isheard saying in the video thathas gone viral.

As political parties in J&Kstarted reacting “strongly” tohis observations, he publiclyhinted in Jammu that he might be handed over transferorders soon.

“As long as I am here, I willcome to pay my tributes in thememory of Girdhari LalDogra,” he said, adding, “Imay be transferred. It is not inmy hands. Though there is nothreat to my job, but fear oftransfer always remains there.”

“You send me a letter I willcome and offer floral tributesas long as I am here,” Malik saidin his crisp speech on theoccasion of the 31st deathanniversary of Girdhari LalDogra. Late in the evening,J&K Raj Bhavan Spokespersonclarified that the Governorwhile taking the decision to dis-solve the Legislative Assemblyacted in an objective andimpartial manner.

In a press statement, theRaj Bhawan Spokesman said,“There was no pressure or anykind of intervention from theCentre in the entire matter andsome news channels are mis-interpreting Governor’s state-ment and putting them out of

context to convey that therewas pressure from the CentralGovernment.”

Meanwhile, in his speechin Gwalior, Malik also tried toset the record straight by train-ing his guns on Peoples’Democratic Party (PDP) leaderMehbooba Mufti and NationalConference (NC) chief OmarAbdullah for not showing seri-ousness in forming aGovernment.

“You can’t just fax or tweetand form a Government. Whydidn’t they come to Jammu?Why did they not call me?They have their party officesand a large number of leadersin Jammu, especially Congressparty,” asked Malik.

“No one can claim onrecord that they visited the RajBhawan and they were turneddown. My gates remain openeven during midnight. I meetvisitors without any priorappointment but no one turnedup there,” he added.

However, reacting to theGovernor’s speech in MadhyaPradesh, Omar Abdullah saidin a tweet that he has neverknown a “politically appointedGovernor going against thewishes of the Centre”.

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An eight-year-old school-boy died and a schoolgirl

sustained grievous injurieswhen a private van carryingthem along with eight otherstudents of Rosary School inModel Town was hit by aspeeding goods carrierautorickshaw in North Delhi’sTimarpur area on Tuesdayafternoon. The girl is battlingfor her life at Civil LinesTrauma Centre. Seven otherstudents and the driver of the

van too received injuries. The accused 21-year-old

auto driver, Salman, a residentof Azadpur, has been arrested,police said.Both Maruti Eecoschool van and the goods car-rier turned turtle. It is sus-pected that the school van dri-ver too was speeding. The vanreportedly overturned fourtimes before coming to a halt.The impact was so severe thatall the window panes of the vanshattered, said a passerby.

The students and the dri-ver were immediately evacuat-ed by commuters. All theinjured were taken to a nearbyhospital where eight-year-oldVaibhav succumbed to hisinjuries.

“One girl with injuries hasbeen admitted in trauma cen-tre, Civil Lines. There werereportedly ten students in thevan, all from Rosary School,Model Town,” said a seniorpolice official. “A case underSections 279, 337 and 304A ofthe IPC has been registered andthe driver Salman (21) hasbeen arrested,” he added.

According to Delhi Policedata, a total of 6,532 challanswere issued to school vans fortraffic violations in 2018, com-pared to 2,183 in 2017. Earlieron April 26, a seven-year-oldgirl died and 17 other childrenwere injured when an over-loaded school van was rammedby a milk tanker.

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In an effort to break the log-jam in bilateral ties with

India, Pakistan has decided toinvite Prime Minister NarendraModi for the South AsianAssociation for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) summitto be held there.

Making this announcementin Islamabad on Tuesday,Pakistan Foreign OfficeSpokesman Mohammad Faisalsaid Prime Minister ImranKhan in his first address hadsaid if India takes one step for-ward, Pakistan will take two.Prime Minister Modi will beinvited for the SAARC summit,Faisal was quoted as saying byDawn newspaper.

SAARC summits are usu-ally held biennially, hosted bya member state in alphabeticalorder. The member state host-ing the summit assumes theChair of the Association. Thelast SAARC Summit in 2014was held in Kathmandu, whichwas attended by Modi.

The 2016 SAARC Summitwas to be held in Islamabad.But after the terrorist attack onan Indian Army camp in Uri,J&K, on September 18 thatyear, India expressed its inabil-ity to participate in the summitdue to “prevailing circum-stances” and stepped up diplo-matic pressure on Pakistan.Nineteen Indian soldiers weremartyred in the attack.

The SAARC summit wascalled off after Bangladesh,Bhutan and Afghanistan toodeclined to participate in theIslamabad meet.

Maldives and Sri Lanka arethe seventh and eighth mem-bers of the initiative.

Faisal said Prime MinisterKhan in a letter to his Indian

counterpart had expressedPakistan’s openness to resolv-ing all outstanding issuesthrough dialogue with India.“We fought a war with India,relations cannot be fixed quick-ly,” Faisal said.

He said the KartarpurCorridor, which will facilitatethe visa-free travel of IndianSikh pilgrims to GurdwaraDarbar Sahib in Kartarpur,Pakistan, is expected to becompleted within six months.

“In this century diplomacyhas completely changed,” hesaid, adding policies are nowmade based on citizens’ emo-tions and wishes.

Both India and Pakistanhave decided to build a corri-dor, linking Dera Baba Nanakin Punjab’s Gurdaspur districtwith the Gurdwara DarbarSahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan.

Meanwhile, the IndianPrime Minister will attend thetwo-day G20 summit inArgentina and will leave for thesummit on Wednesday. Givingdetails about the summit,Foreign Secretary VijayGokhale on Tuesday said thePrime Minister will speak ondigital revolution in India,Ayushman Bharat programme,soil health card, and otherCentral Government schemes

besides risk posed by volatili-ty in oil prices and terrorism.

Modi will also hold bilat-eral meetings with several lead-ers on the margins of the G20and have a bilateral meetingwith Chinese President XiJinping, he said.

Asked if Modi will alsomeet US President DonaldTrump, Gokhale said, current-ly several bilateral meetings arebeing worked out. Modi willalso be meeting United NationsSecretary-General AntónioGuterres. The ForeignSecretary said, the BRICS headof states will also meet in themargins of G20.

The Group of Twenty G20is a leading forum of theworld’s major economies thatseeks to develop global policiesto address today’s most press-ing economic challenges.

The G20 was instrumentalin stabilising the world econo-my. Since then, its agenda hasexpanded to include addition-al issues affecting financialmarkets, trade and develop-ment.

Collectively, G20 membersrepresent all inhabited conti-nents, 85 per cent of global eco-nomic output, two-thirds of theworld’s population and 75 percent of international trade.

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In a major setback to jailedformer Bangladesh Prime

Minister Khaleda Zia, a topcourt on Tuesday ruled that aperson jailed for more than twoyears cannot contest polls,effectively ruining her chanceto participate in the December30 polls.

Attorney GeneralMahbubey Alam said theBangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) chairperson, who isconvicted in two graft cases,cannot contest the upcoming11th general election nextmonth.

“She is disqualified fromtaking part in the upcomingelections,” Alam told a Pressconference, hours after theHigh Court issued a rule say-ing persons jailed for morethan two years even if theirappeals are pending with thecourts cannot contest the polls.

The 73-year-old ex-pre-mier is currently serving jailterms in two graft cases involv-ing charities named after herslain husband Ziaur Rahman.She has been in custody sinceFebruary 8, when DhakaSpecial Court convicted her inthe Zia Orphanage Trust graftcase and sentenced her to fiveyears of imprisonment forembezzling 21 millionBangladeshi Taka (USD252,504) in foreign donationsmeant for the Trust. OnOctober 30, the High Courtdoubled her jail term to 10years.

On October 29, a trialcourt convicted her in the ZiaCharitable Trust graft case andsentenced her to seven years inprison and imposed a fine ofTk 1 million (USD 12,024).

The High Court ordercame as the BNP, which boy-

cotted the 2014 elections underPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League (AL) gov-ernment, was set to contest thepolls in alliance with the newlyformed National Unity Front(NUF) led by eminent juristKamal Hossain.

The chief state counsel saideven if Zia was released fromjail before November 28, thedeadline of filing the nomina-tion papers, the Constitutionwould not allow her to contestthe polls and “she will have towait for five more years afterher acquittal to take part in theelections”.

As per Bangladesh’sConstitution, a person sen-tenced to imprisonment fortwo years or above for a crim-inal offence cannot take part inan election unless five yearshave elapsed since his/herrelease. The two-judge HighCourt bench comprising JusticeMohammad Nazrul IslamTalukder and Justice KMHafizul Alam passed the order,rejecting separate petitionsfiled by five BNP leaders,including Zia’s adviserAmanullah Aman, seeking astay on their convictions andsentences in graft cases.

The Attorney General said,“If the court allows them totake part in the next generalelection by staying their con-viction, it will go against Article66 of the Constitution...So thecourt scrapped their pleas.”

Zia was made vice-chair-person of the BNP, the largestpolitical opposition of thecountry, in March 1983 afterthe assassination of her hus-band. She became chairpersonof the party on May 10, 1984,a post she is holding till now.

In her 35 years of politicalcareer, Zia went to the jail sev-eral times.

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Jaipur: The BJP on Tuesdayreleased its manifesto for theDecember 7 Rajasthan polls,saying it met 95 per cent of thepromises it had made in 2013.

The manifesto was unveiledby Union Ministers Arun Jaitley,Prakash Javadekar, and RajathanChief Minister VasundharaRaje, in the presence of BJPleaders and workers.

The BJP Government inthe State met 630 of the 665promises made in the 2013Rajasthan manifesto, Raje said,prior to releasing the manifesto.“The overall completion is 95per cent,” she said.

Raje highlighted severalpoints of 2018 manifesto, say-ing 50 lakh jobs will be creat-ed in private sector in next fiveyears and every year 30,000 jobswill be given in Governmentsector. The CM said up to�5,000 per month will be givenas unemployment allowanceto eligible youths above the ageof 21 years. PTI

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Prime MinisterN a r e n d r a

Modi on Tuesdaysaid the BJP isthe only optionbefore Telanganaas both “familyparties” theCongress and the TelanganaRashtra Samitihave destroyedthe State over thelast six decadesand caused misery and sufferings to them.

Addressing two election rallies in Nizamabadand Mahbubnagar, Modi also urged the peopleof Telangana not to allow the Congress to re-enter the State and follow the example of Stateslike Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal and Tamil Naduwhere the Congress could not return to powereven after 40 years.

“If you elect the BJP in the State and wealready have a BJP Government at the Centre,you will get double “Kamal Chhap” (Lotus sym-bol) engines and we will take Telangana far offon the path of development,” he said.

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Telangana Chief Minister and TelanganaRashtra Samiti (TRS) supremo K

Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) on Tuesday chal-lenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a pub-lic debate on the power supply situation in theState and said the Prime Minister should not liefor the sake of votes.

KCR was responding to Modi’s criticism thatthe people in the State are without electricity.Earlier in the day addressing an election rallyin Nizamabad, Modi had charged the KCRGovernment with failure on all fronts, includ-ing ensuring availability of electricity to manypeople of the State.

Addressing an election meeting inMahbubnagar on Tuesday, KCR said he is readyfor a debate with Modi at any place of his choice.KCR, who claims to be providing the 24-hourfree power to farmers and uninterrupted powersupply to all households in the State as his majorachievement, called Modi “an ignorant and lyingPrime Minister”. Challenging the PM to showwhere was the power problem in the State, KCRsaid, “I never thought Modi was so ignorant PM.It is not appropriate for the Prime Minister tospeak lies for the sake of votes,” he said.

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Himachal Pradesh has suf-fered cumulative losses

and damages worth about�1600 crores since July 1 thisyear during the monsoon anddue to untimely snowfall intribal areas, Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur said on Tuesday.

Presiding over the meetingof inter-ministerial centralteam at Mandi which is on thestate visit to access the damagesthe state has suffered due to

untimely snowfall and heavyrains, Thakur said that PublicWorks department sufferedmajor losses due to damages toroads and bridges etc.

He said the total losses onthis account have been accessedabout Rs. 930 crores, addingthat 405 incidents of land-slides and 34 cloudbursts havebeen reported in the state."The Irrigation and PublicHealth department sufferedlosses worth Rs. 430 croreswhile Rs. 130.37 crores to agri-

culture crops and infrastruc-tures," Thakur said.

The chief minister said343 persons lost their lives

due to flash floods, landslides,cloud bursts and road acci-dents, pointing out that thestate government has providedex-gratia worth Rs. 13.72 crorefor the loss of human life.

"It was ensured that dam-aged roads and infrastruc-tures were restored immedi-ately in order to avoid incon-venience to the general pub-lic as well as tourists visitingthe state," Thakur said.

He said 4033 personswere rescued by different

means from Chamba, Kulluand Lahaul-Spiti districtsbetween September 3 toOctober 1.

The chief minister urgedthe inter-ministerial centralteam to recommend for max-imum support from theGovernment of India keepingin view the gravity of lossesand damages suffered by thestate which were worst in thelast 10 years.

Special Secretary Revenueand Disaster Management

Authority D.C. Rana detailedabout the losses to the stateduring monsoon.

Irrigation and PublicHealth Minister MahenderSingh, MPP and PowerMinister Anil Sharma,Transport and Forest MinisterGovind Thakur, MP RamSwaroop Sharma, MLAs VinodKumar and Rakesh Jamwal,Joint Secretary (PM), Ministryof Home Affairs VivekBhardwaj, amongst othersattended the meeting.

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With a view to providebetter residential facilities

to the family members of policepersonnel, Haryana PoliceHousing Corporation will con-struct 3,060 houses of variouscategories in different policelines across the state.

Director General of Police,BS Sandhu on Tuesday said thatthe government has sanctioneda sum of Rs 550 crore throughHousing and UrbanDevelopment Corporationscheme to undertake the con-struction work of the houseswhich were being built in 20districts in the state.

Divulging the details abouthouses, Sandhu said that 240houses of type-I, 2,160 of type-II, 588 of type-III and 72 oftype-IV were being built toensure better living conditionfor the members of policeforce.

These houses were beingconstructed in various dis-tricts of the state. Out of thetotal, about 1,100 houses havealready been completed and

remaining is under construc-tion at different levels, Sandhusaid.

He also said that housingsatisfaction level of PoliceDepartment has been increasedto 18 per cent.

Apart from 120 police sta-tions, the Corporation hadbuilt 14 police posts, 17 MitrKaksh, Police training com-plexes, a number of policelines and other office buildingsin the state, he added.

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Undertaking measure tocheck road mishaps,

Punjab CooperationDepartment on Tuesday issueddirections to ensure installationof reflectors atop trolleys fetch-ing sugarcane to cooperativesugar mills, which would bedone “free-of-cost”.

“Punjab Government hasdecided to ensure installationof reflectors atop the trolleysfetching sugarcane to the coop-erative sugar mills...Thesereflectors would be installedfree of cost on every trolleybringing sugarcane to the coop-erative sugar mills across the

State,” said the stateCooperation MinisterSukhjinder Singh Randhawa.

Randhawa said that therationale behind the step is tocheck the road mishaps.“During the winter season, thefarmers take sugarcane to thesugar mills in the trolleys butthere is always the danger ofmishaps lurking ahead owingto the dense fog which reducesthe visibility,” he said.

He said that if the reflectorsare installed, the vehicle visiblefrom afar thus avoiding acci-dents.

“Keeping in view thisaspect, I had decided duringmy recent visit to Morindasugar mill to install reflectorsfree of cost on the trolleysfetching sugarcane to the coop-erative sugar mills. Necessaryorders regarding the same havebeen given to the officers of theCooperation Department,” hesaid.

Department’s official saidthat the work to install reflec-tors has begun as per theMinister’s orders.

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Lambasting Congress-ledPunjab Government for

its failure to disburse “shagun”under Ashirwad scheme tothe Dalit girls on their mar-riage during the past ninemonths, former minister andSAD leader Gulzar SinghRanike on Tuesday said thatthis gross apathy towards wel-fare of the schedule castes(SCs) in the State reflect onthe Congress government’santi-dalit mindset.

Ranike said that first, theCongress Government haddenied post-matriculationscholarship to the SC stu-dents resulting in steep fall intheir enrolment in the insti-

tutions of higher education inPunjab.

“Ironically, the UnionGovernment had alreadyreleased the scholarshipamount to the StateGovernment but it divertedthe funds and consciouslydenied admission to SC stu-dents as a part of its conspir-acy to deprive them of edu-cation,” he alleged.

Ranike said that theCongress party had, in itsmanifesto, had promised theSCs that shagun amountwould be enhanced from Rs15,000 to Rs 51,000 but didnot honour its commitment.However, the shagun amountwas marginally enhanced toRs 21,000 which was just pit-tance.

Shockingly, the shagunhas not been disbursed for thepast nine months in mostdistricts of Punjab whichamounts to literally abandon-ing the scheme, said Ranikeadding that the shagun isbasically given to girls assis-tance to set up their newhome.

“Punjab has the highestconcentration of SC popula-tion, and by conservative esti-mates, over 50,000 girls areawaiting shagun and theirnumber is piling up daily,” hesaid, adding that the StateGovernment has not alsoreleased a benefit of Rs 51,000to the inter-caste couple whichis to be shared by equally bythe State and the UnionGovernments.

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Holding divergent viewsfrom his Cabinet Minister

Navjot Singh Sidhu — whoreached Lahore on Tuesday —on visiting Pakistan forKartarpur Corridor ground-breaking ceremony onWednesday, Punjab ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh made it clear that his visitis “personal”.

Capt Amarinder, who hadaggressively declined Pak’sinvite for the ceremony, saidthat he had asked Sidhu “toreconsider his decision to go toPakistan for the groundbreak-ing ceremony of the KartarpurCorridor but had acceded tohis request for permission to gosince I do not believe in stop-ping anyone from undertaking

a personal visit”.“Sidhu was in Madhya

Pradesh when he told theMinister to reconsider his deci-sion. Sidhu told me he hadalready committed himself togoing. When I informed him ofthe stand I had taken on theissue, he said it was his personalvisit but he would get back tome. But I did not hear fromhim,” said the Chief Ministerduring an informal chat withmediapersons.

He added that the Ministersent him a request for goingand he approved it. “I do notstop anyone from going any-where on a private visit. It(Sidhu’s trip) is not an officialvisit,” he said.

Standing by his own deci-sion to decline Pakistan’s visit,the Chief Minister said that he

believed in saying what he felt.“I have strong feelings on theissue. I have a strong bond withthe Army and cannot standseeing my people killed,” heasserted.

The Congress had alwaysstood against terrorism, andwould never allow anyone todestroy the peace of the coun-try or its people, he said.

Terming the situation inPakistan as very uncertain andfluid, Capt Amarinder saidthat nobody knew who wasrunning the government thereor what was happening in thatcountry. “If Imran Khan isrunning the government, thenhe should rein (the Pak armyand the terrorist groups). If hecannot do that, then he obvi-ously has nothing in his hands,”he said.

“My message is very clear— Don’t mess with Punjab,”declared Capt Amarinder, reit-erating his warning to Pakistanagainst any attempt to disruptIndia’s peace.

Vowing not to allow ter-rorism to return to Punjab atany cost, the Chief Ministersaid that the times had changednow. “Punjab then had a policeforce of less than 20,000, butnow has 81,000 police person-nel to keep it safe and protect-ed. However, if things do getout of hand, then there is theIndian Army, which is wellequipped and prepared tocounter any threat,” said CaptAmarinder, adding that theArmy will not allow them(Pakistan) to create trouble inIndia.

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Pointing out that the issueof the corridor was raised by DrManmohan Singh on the 400thanniversary of Sri Guru GranthSahib and he himself had raisedthe issue with Pakistani leadersParvez Musharraf and ParvezElahi, Capt Amarinder saidthat he was completely in

favour of the corridor as hewanted peace, backed byincrease in trade, with Pakistan.

It was the killing of inno-cent Indians and Indian sol-diers that he could not tolerate,said the Chief Minister, recall-ing that Kargil had happenedduring peace talks with thenPrime Minister Atal BehariVajpayee. Pakistan could not betrusted in the current circum-stances, said Capt Amarinder.

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Referendum 2020, the ChiefMinister said that the ‘Sikhs ForJustice’ legal advisor GSPannun was just a stooge of theISI and the organisation wasbeing funded and managed byISI. It has no takers in India andis being propagated by a hand-ful of anti-socials, he added.

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To another question, CaptAmarinder said that it waswrong of Akali leader andUnion Minister HarsimratKaur Badal to rake up the1984 issue on the historic reli-gious occasion of the founda-tion stone laying of KartarpurCorridor at Dera Baba Nanakyesterday. The Akalis, he said,were in the habit of exploitingreligion for political gains. Butthe people of Punjab were nolonger willing to be misled bytheir propaganda, he added.

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Afire broke out in the frontcoach of Kalka-Howrah

train on Tuesday however nocasualty is reported.

The blaze erupted in a seat-ing cum luggage coach in theearly hours between Dhirpur toDhoda Khedia railway stationsnear Kurukshetra in Haryana.

The train which had start-ed from Kalka in Haryana in theearly morning was headed toHowrah.

Smoke had filled the SLRbogie (Seating cum LuggageRake), which is next to theengine. After this, the train wasbrought to a halt and all the pas-sengers were safely evacuatedwhen smoke was noticed.

Three women and two chil-dren, who complained of diffi-culty in breathing as they hadinhaled smoke, were providedmedical attention.

Vijay Pal, an official ofRailway Department said thatno casualties have occurred inthis accident.

Those affected from smokedue to fire are being treated andthe district administration islending support in it, Pal said.

The train has been dis-patched except for one bogie

that caught fire. This train wasgoing from Kalka to Howrah, hesaid.

As per preliminary details,an electrical short circuit wasbelieved to be the reason behindthe fire.

After the incident, the trainwas held up for more than twohours before the affected bogiewas detached and placed about50 to 60 metres away. Rail traf-fic on the route was also affect-ed

“The DistrictAdministration, Kurukshetraimmediately swung into action,after getting the informationabout a bogie of Kalka-Howrahtrain, catching fire,” said DeputyCommissioner, Kurukshetra, SSPhulia.

A fire engine and fourambulances were sent to thespot and I also visited there toinspect the spot. The injuredwere taken to Aggarwal Hospitalin Kurukshetra, he said.

He said that the districtadministration is fully alert andthe affected people are beinggiven treatment. Not only this,post-treatment arrangementsare being made by Railways andthe district administration fortheir safe return to their home,he added.

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The inclusion of the Badals’names on the plaque for

the Kartarpur corridor in DeraBaba Nanak has laid the foun-dation of a major controversywith the Punjab CabinetMinister Sukhjinder SinghRandhawa questioning hisown government, anddemanding action against theerring.

Randhawa, the stateCooperation Minister andDera Baba Nanak MLA, onTuesday shot of a letter to theChief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh’s ChiefPrincipal Secretary SureshKumar seeking probe into thegaffe.

A high drama prevailed onMonday hours before the VicePresident M Venkaiah Naiduand Capt Amarinder was tounveil the foundation stone forthe Kartarpur Corridor onIndia’s side when Randhawanoticed the names of formerChief Minister Parkash SinghBadal, his son former DeputyChief Minister Sukhbir Badalinscribed on the plaque—forc-ing the organisers to removethe ‘actual’ foundation stone,and replacing it with the dig-ital one.

To show his protest, hecovered his name along withthat of Capt Amarinder, andGurdaspur MP Sunil Jakharwith a black tape on the stone.

A day after, CaptAmarinder has supported thestand taken by his party. “TheCongress MLAs were rightly

aggrieved about the Badals’names being on the foundationstone plaque...TheGovernment of India is mak-ing the road and protocol pro-hibited the inclusion of Badals’names,” he said.

As the Minister has for-mally taken up the issue withthe Chief Minister Office(CMO) and holds significance,it is likely to be taken up fordiscussion during the nextCabinet meeting, scheduledfor November 30.

Justifying his action,Randhawa insisted that theprotocol should be followed. “Ihad raised the objection overthe names of Badals includedin the plaque as it is against theprotocol. As per the protocol,the names of the Ministerconcerned, area MLA, areaMP can be included, but nowhere the rules say that thenames of former chief minis-ter and deputy chief ministercan be included,” Randhawatold The Pioneer.

Randhawa added that hewould also file an RTI (Rightto Information) applicationasking the administrationregarding “what the protocolsays, whether there was needto include these names on theplaque, and whether a disci-plinary action will be takenagainst those who are respon-sible for the mistake”.

He said that he was theMinister in meeting and hewas also the in-charge for thepreparations of the event beingthe local legislator. “Neitherany of the government official

or the NHAI (NationalHighways Authority of India)official informed me aboutwhose names are being includ-ed,” he said.

“All that they told me thatthe CMO had seen that, and Iwill surely ask the ChiefMinister why your officershave included these unconsti-tutional names,” he said.

At the same time, he ques-tioned the “hurry” shown bythe BJP-led centralGovernment ti lay the foun-dation stone. “What is thehurry...obviously the creditwar, which actually goes toPakistan Government. It isthey who agreed as we alreadyhave the road, and it is Pakistanwho would build the roadwhich would come up in theno man’s land,” said Randhawa.

He also appreciated ChiefMinister for not writing any-one’s names on the foundationstones he recently laid inSultanpur Lodhi and DeraBaba Nanak.

Randhawa added that ifanything “unconstitutional”would happen in the presenceof the constitutional heads, hewould vigorously raise theissue.

“The event was to thankGuru Nanak Dev ji and therewas no need for SAD MP andUnion Minister HarsimratBadal to raise a politicalissue. . .In my address, Ithanked everyone right fromPakistan government to SADleader Kuldeep Singh Wadalaraising above the politics,”he said.

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Punjab Government hasdecided to conduct a special

one-to-one contact with thefarmers, who have burnt paddystraw this year, to make themaware about the hazardouseffects of this practice on onehand, and soliciting their viewsor suggestions to eradicate it onthe other hand.

Due to vigorous campaignlaunched by the StateGovernment, majority of farm-ers have shunned the practiceof burning paddy straw thisyear, which is a very welcomematter, said the stateAgriculture secretary KahanSingh Pannu on Tuesday whilepresiding over a meeting of thesenior Agriculture Officers ofthe state to review the progressof campaign after harvesting ofpaddy.

At the same time, Pannuthanked the farmers for thesame and appreciated the roleplayed by officers of variousdept in effectively conductingthe campaign.

“Many of the farmers, whoresorted to straw burning, werethose who were either notmade aware by the agriculturedepartment or who were notable to get the machinery forincorporation of paddy strawinto soil,” said Pannu addingthat that was why these farm-ers must be personally con-tacted and acquainted aboutthe ill-effects of paddy strawburning.

Besides, they would beapprised about the procedureto avail subsidy offered by theState Government for pur-chasing modern equipmentsfor management of paddystraw, he said.

Pannu pointed that duringthe survey, the farmers whohad burnt the paddy strawthis year, would be asked togive their valuable inputs orsuggestions to control the men-ace of paddy straw burning inthe larger public interest.

To educate these farmers,

the State Government wouldorganize demonstrationcamps-cum-exhibitions inthose fields where the farmershave successfully grown wheatcrop by mixing paddy strawinto soil without burning, hesaid.

He added that those farm-ers who set an example byrefraining from burning ofpaddy straw must be suitablyhonoured by the districtadministration.

Meanwhile, it was alsoinformed in the meeting thatout of total 8,000 combineharvesters, nearly 5,000 havebeen equipped with SuperStraw Management Systemwhich had helped to check theburning paddy straw to con-siderable extent adding that theremaining ones would also beequipped with these machinesvery soon.

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The International GitaMahotsav 2018 to be

organised at Kurukshetra fromDecember 7 to 23 would wit-ness the performances ofLagaan movie fame actress,Gracy Singh and Sufi singerSatinder Sartaj.

Apart from this, interna-tionally acclaimed singerHemant Brijwasi would alsoperform during the Mahotsav,said an official spokesman.

He said that forInternational Gita Mahotsavthis year, Mauritius would bepartner country and Gujaratwould be partner state.

Gita Mahotsav would alsobe organised at Mauritius inFebruary 2019.

The spokesman said thatabout 200 famous paintersfrom across the country would

reach Kurukshetra to drawbeautiful paintings on the wallsof Kurukshetra on the theme ofMahabharata under paint thewall competition.

Indian and foreign artistswould give performances incultural programmes to beorganised every day in theevening. Apart from this, artistsfrom Mauritius, Indonesia,Iran, Turkmenistan and Russiawould also give cultural per-formances, he said.

The spokesman furthersaid that Ambassadors of morethan 10 countries have beeninvited for International GitaMahotsav 2018.

A ‘Kavi Sammelan’ wouldalso be organised on this occa-sion for which internationallyacclaimed poets namely HariOm Panwar, Gajendra Solankiand others have been invited,he added.

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In a bid to provide betterhealth services to the citizen

of Punjab, the state HealthDepartment on Tuesdaydecided to make the ECGfacility available at all PrimaryHealth Centres (PHCs) andHealth and Wellness Centresof the State.

Announcing this whileinaugurating the monthlyreview meeting of the CivilSurgeons, the state Healthand Family Welfare MinisterBrahm Mohindra said that itwas first time in the history ofPunjab that they will be ableto provide ECG facilities at thePHC level and Health andWellness Centres.

“Now, the people couldget themselves diagnosedabout heart problems at PHCsand Wellness Centres. In

Punjab, never in the past,ECG services were providedto the citizens up to the pop-ulation of 5,000,” he said.

Mohindra said that theHealth Wellness Centres arecatering health services up tothe population of 5,000whereas PHCs caters to thepopulation of 30,000.

The Minister alsoannounced that to strengthenservice delivery system at theHealth and Wellness Centres,soon 166 staff nurses would beappointed as CommunityHealth Officers at each Centre.

“All these staff nurses havebeen given special training toprovide basic medical carewith regards to 12 general ail-ments,” he said.

Reviewing the data ofinspections done by CivilSurgeons under PNDT Act,the Minister instructed the

Civil Surgeons to acceleratethe frequency of inspectionsas there was lot more to bedone to check illegal sex deter-mination tests.

He instructed them tokeep close tabs on the day-to-day activities of private ultra-sound and scanning centres

mushrooming in the Stateand which were doing illegalsex determination tests.

Mohinhdra also appreci-ated the ef forts ofDepartment’s district vigi-lance teams who had beenworking t irelessly inunearthing the illegal drug de

addiction centres.“It is a welcome change

that the people of Punjab arebecoming aware about theillegal drug de-addiction cen-tres...It is evident from the factthat illegal drug de-addictioncentres are being unearthed. Imust appreciate the vigilanceteams of the HealthDepartment who has beendoing good job in this regard.Two illegal drug de-addic-tion centres have beenunearthed within in a fort-night,” he said.

Reviewing the maternalhealth programme, theMinister announced thatMoU with Dayanand MedicalCollege and Hospital,Ludhiana, would be signedwithin month after which theHospital would provided allsecondary and tertiary levelservices to the pregnant

women referred fromGovernment system.

The Minister also appre-ciated Patiala and Mansa dis-tricts for high rate of institu-tional deliveries as comparedto other districts of the State;and asked the Civil Surgeonsof the other districts to ensurethat home deliveries aredecreased by motivating peo-ple to come to the hospitals forinstitutional deliveries.

He instructed the CivilSurgeons to use the crucialservices of ANMs and ASHAworkers to educate the peoplein this regard and bring themto hospitals for institutionaldelivery.

“By increasing the insti-tutional deliveries, we couldsubstantially improve theInfant Mortality Rate (IMR)and Maternal Mortality Rate(MMR),” he said.

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At a time when the ChiefMinister Manohar Lal

and his cabinet colleaguesare boasting about phenom-enal success of SwachhtaAbhiyan in the state, HaryanaCongress has begun “selfiewith garbage” campaign toembarrass the ruling BJP overthe sanitation issue.

Haryana Congress chiefAshok Tanwar has launchedthe “selfie with garbage” cam-paign with a dual aim ofattacking the Har yanaGovernment on sanitationissue and force the localadministration to removeheaps of garbage after its pic-tures are posted on socialmedia.

After the launch of thiscampaign, Congress workersfrom across the state are click-

ing pictures with heaps ofgarbage lying in their area andposting it while tagging PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andChief Minister Manohar Lalon Twitter.

Notably, sanitation willbe a key issue when the fivemunicipal corporations andtwo municipal committees inHaryana go to polls onDecember 16.

While the Congress is yetto announce to contest thesepolls on its symbol, the partyhas made it clear that it willraise the issue of sanitationduring polls to secure the votebank among the urban mass-es in the state.

To make the “selfie withgarbage” campaign a success,directions have been given tothe party workers to click pic-tures and post it on socialmedia besides apprizing thegeneral public to join the

campaign.With this campaign, the

Congress is also targeting theruling BJP over the issue ofcow protection and postingpictures of stray cows feastingon garbage dumped at variouslocations across Haryana.

“Swachhta campaign hasfailed to yield positive resultsin Haryana due to the apathyof State Government. We willexpose the government’s non-chalant attitude towards san-itation through the selfie withgarbage campaign,” saidHar yana Congress chiefAshok Tanwar while talkingto The Pioneer.

He said that even as theChief Minister and his cabi-net colleagues make bigclaims on success of cleanli-ness campaign, the garbagecontinues to pile up at variouslocations in the state. TheState Government has miser-

ably failed to ensure cleanli-ness even after more than fouryears to the launch of itsmuch-publicized SwachhBharat Abhiyan, Tanwar said.

Attacking the BJP on theissue of cow protection, theCongress leader said that theBJP claims of taking steps forthe welfare of stray cattle. But,the reality is that garbagegrounds across the state arebecoming detrimental for thehealth of stray cattle, whofeeds on these garbage heaps.

The #Selfiewithgarbagehashtag on Twitter features alarge number of people pho-tographed near garbage pilesin Haryana, Tanwar added.

Ironically, Haryana hadrecently bagged the number-one state award for its out-standing achievements in thefield of sanitation and clean-l iness under SwachhSurvekshan Grameen-2018.

In line with Centre’s pro-ject ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’,Haryana Government hadlaunched ‘Swachh Haryana,Swachh Bharat’ campaign inthe year 2014 to achieve totalsanitation by October 2,2019.

The Congress leader fur-ther said that the party willalso raise the issue of sanita-tion during the polls to beheld on December 16 to fivemunicipal corporations andtwo municipal committees.

The general elections ofseats of mayor and membersof all wards of five MunicipalCorporations including Hisar,Rohtak, Yamunanagar,Panipat and Karnal and of twoMunicipal committees includ-ing Jakhal Mandi (Fatehabad)and Pundri (Kaithal) wouldbe held on December 16. Theresults will be announced onDecember 19.

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Taking serious note of non-payment of sugarcane

arrears to the farmers by theprivate sugar mills, PunjabChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh on Tuesdaydirected the CooperationDepartment to initiate sternaction against the erring millowners.

At the same time, CaptAmarinder directed theFinance Department to imme-diately release another Rs 35crore to the CooperativeDepartment for clearing thedues of cane growers.

Capt Amarinder, whoissued these directives whilechairing a meeting to reviewthe functioning of theCooperation Department, alsoordered the Cane

Commissioner to ensureimmediate start of crushingoperations by private millers,after having been informedabout non-commencement ofcane crushing during the cur-rent season.

The Chief Minister issuedstern warning to the privateplayers involved in the businessof crushing of sugarcane, whoowe Rs 201.37 crores to farm-ers for crushing season of2017-18.

“Nobody would be allowedto harass the farmers,” he madeit clear while directing that allthe dues be cleared forthwithwithout any further delay.

Reiterating his firm com-mitment to make timely pay-ment to the cane growers, theChief Minister asked theAdditional Chief Secretary(Cooperation) Viswajeet

Khanna to regularly monitorthe functioning of the sugarmills. The Chief Minister alsoasked Khanna to work outmodalities to cut down waste-ful expenditure so as to makethe cooperative sugar millsfinancially viable.

Pertinently, during 2017-18crushing season, out of total842.10 lakh quintals sugarcanecrushed, private mills crushed618.56 lakh quintals while theshare of cooperative mills was223.54 lakh quintals.

Resultantly, out of the totaldues of Rs 2,608.65 crores, theprivate mills owed Rs 1,915.93crores and had made paymentof Rs 1,714.56 crores so far.

Cooperative mills havealready paid Rs 500.50 croresout of total due amount of Rs692.71 towards clearing thedues.

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The Indian National LokDal and its alliance partner

Bahujan Samaj Party willbegin “Jan-Adhikaar Yatra”on December 1 fromKurukshetra to press for theirdemand of construction ofSutlej Yamuna Link (SYL)canal.

The first phase of “Jan-Adhikaar Yatra” will continuetill December 5 and coverKurukshetra, Ganuar and Rai(Sonipat), Pataudi and Sohna(Gurugram) and Rewari.

The decision in this regardwas taken at the party work-ers’ meeting of INLD-BSPheld under the Leader ofopposition and INLD’s seniorleader Abhay Chautala atDabwali in Sirsa on Tuesday.

After the meeting, AshokArora, state party presidentsaid that INLD will beginstatewide “Jan-Adhikaar Yatra”on December 1 on the issue ofSYL canal.

The Yatra will begin onDecember 1 from Kurukshetraand cover Ganaur and Rai onDecember 2, Pataudi on

December 3, Sohna andRewari on December 5.

The second phase of the“Jan Adhikaar rally” wouldbegin after the completion ofmunicipal polls on December16, Arora said.

He added that besides theissue of SYL canal, the INLD-BSP will also raise issues ofemployment, Swaminathanreport, crop insurance schemeamong others.

Notably, eyeing politicalrevival in Haryana, the INLDhas been aggressively raisingthe demand of construction of

the SYL canal for more than ayear now.

In the past, the party hadheld a series of protests includ-ing ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ acrossHaryana, held protest byblocking the national highwaynear Ambala and four otherhighways in Haryana, anoth-er protest at Haryana-Punjabborder to demand construc-tion of SYL canal.

INLD had also observed‘Haryana Bandh’ onSeptember 8 on the issue ofSYL canal.

During its meeting on

Tuesday, the INLD-BSP alsodecided to hold district levelprogrammes on the problemsof unemployment and drugaddiction, in a bid to connectwith the youth of the state.

Such district level pro-grammes will begin fromDecember 2 in Sirsa. It will beheld in Fatehabad onDecember 3, Panchkula onDec 4, Rohtak on Dec 5,Jhajjar on Dec 6, Ambala onDec 8, Kaithal on Dec 9,Gurugram on Dec 10, Rewarion Dec 11, Mahendragarh onDec 12, Palwal on Dec 13.

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Over 10 kg of heroin, worthmore than Rs 50 crore, has

been seized from a J&K-basedcouple who had smuggled inthe contraband from Pakistanand were bringing it to supplyin Ludhiana, police said onTuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the

Special Task Force (STF) ofLudhiana nabbed MohammadArbi (48) and his wife, JamilaBegum (36), on Monday whenthey were transporting the10.25 kg heroin in a car, theysaid.

The accused, residents ofJalallabad Sunjama villagefalling under the Bathindipolice station in Jammu, hadhidden the contraband in a bagof walnuts, officials said.

According to them, duringpreliminary investigation, thecouple revealed that the con-traband was smuggled in fromacross the border and theywere to supply it in Ludhiana.

“The heroin was suppliedby a Pakistan-based supplierthrough Pakistan-occupiedKashmir to his contacts inJ&K. Then it was sent toPunjab through drug couriers,”Punjab Director General ofPolice (STF) Mohd Mustafasaid on Tuesday.

Both the accused had ear-lier supplied drugs in Punjab,police said, adding that moreinformation about their sup-plies and other associateswould be known duringdetailed questioning.

Besides, the STF in Patialaalso seized 45,500 tablets ofdrugs like tramadol and arrest-ed two people in this regard.

The Punjab governmenthad set up the STF last year totackle the problem of drugs inthe state.

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New Delhi: Demanding aninquiry into the alleged deletionof lakhs of voters from thevoter list in the national capital,the Delhi Assembly on Tuesdaypassed a resolution for a door-to-door survey of all theremoved names.

The resolution, moved byGreater Kailash MLA SaurabhBharadwaj during the specialsession of Delhi Assembly, wasadopted by the House aftertaking into consideration "thefact that lakhs of names havebeen deleted from the voter listin Delhi".

Presenting the resolution,Bharadwaj demanded: "TheDelhi Government should con-duct inquiries into all deletedvoters who are subsequentlyfound genuine and fix theresponsibility of the erring offi-cials and submit a report beforethis House within a period ofthree months."

He also said that there havebeen instances where person

staying at the same address orin the same locality has beendeleted from the voter list with-out any due procedure.

"The officers of ChiefElectoral Office (CEO) of Delhihave suo-moto deleted thou-sands of voters in eachAssembly Constituency of Delhiwithout following the prescribedprocedure or due process of law.

"The names have beendeleted to favour a politicalparty which runs the govern-ment at the Centre," he said.

Bharadwaj claimed that sev-eral attempts have been made byelected members of theLegislative Assembly of Delhi toapproach CEO, but "no promptcorrective action has been takento add the voters who have beenillegally deleted from the voterslist.

"This House resolves thatthis is a serious matter anddirects the CEO, Delhi, to putthe complete list of voters thathave been deleted after

February, 2015 Delhi AssemblyElection on its website."

He also said a physical copyand a digital copy of all suchdeleted voters should be pro-vided to all recognized politicalparties of Delhi.

"The CEO should immedi-ately conduct a door to doorsurvey along with representa-tives from recognised politicalparties in order to ascertain theveracity of all deleted voters."

"Those voters who werefound genuine and have beenwrongfully deleted should beimmediately restored withoutthe need of filing any freshforms or any further verifica-tions and without the need ofissuance of fresh voter cards," headded.

He also said this exerciseshould be completed in such atime that genuine voters arerestored in the concerned voterlists before Lok Sabha Electionof 2019.

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New Delhi: The Delhi HighCourt on Saturday directedMandoli Jail in the capital toconduct a correction coursethrough meditation therapyfor a man convicted of rapinga mentally challenged minorgirl.

Justice Anu Malhotradirected Superintendent ofMandoli Jail to consider cor-rectional courses through med-itation therapy for the convict,Chattu Lal.

The court also directedthe jail to consider a pro-gramme related to education-

al opportunity, vocationaltraining and skill developmentprogramme and shaping ofpost release rehabilitation pro-gramme for the convict.

The court direction camewith a prospect of rehabilitationand said that "the sentence actsas a deterrent and is simulta-neously reformative."

The court observationcame while upholding a trialcourt order that sentenced Lalto 15 years rigorous imprison-ment after convicting himunder the provision of theProtection of Children from

Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.The court also directed

jail to keep the convict awayfrom getting associated withcriminal elements and con-duct adequate counselling tosensitise him and make him tounderstand why he is inprison.

The court also directed toconduct psychometric tests tomeasure the reformation tak-ing place and allowed him tokeep connected with his fam-ily members as per the jailrules.

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mit a bi-annual report on theprogramme related to refor-mation and rehabilitation of theconvict Lal.

Lal was facing trial forraping a 12-year-old mentallyretarded child in August 2013.

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New Delhi: External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj heldwide-ranging talks withRomanian Foreign MinisterTeodor Melescanu to strength-en ties between two countriesduring his four-day visit toIndia. During the discussions,Sushma highlighted the con-structive cooperation betweenthe two countries on interna-tional and bilateral issues, theMinistry of External Affairssaid in a statement.

Sushma expressed India’scommitment towards strength-ening of existing bilateral ties

and broadening its scope, it said.Melescanu also reaffirmed

Romania’s support for a per-manent seat for India in areformed UNSC.

“The two sides reiteratedthe need for a comprehensivereform of the United Nations,including its Security Council,”the statement said. Romaniawill take over the Presidency ofthe European Council inJanuary 2019. The RomanianForeign Minister also met thedeputy national security advi-sor during his visit fromNovember 23-27. PTI

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The Supreme Court onTuesday termed as “very

shameful” and “inhuman” theconduct of Bihar Governmentin not taking appropriate actionfollowing the allegations ofphysical and sexual abuse ofchildren at several shelterhomes and favoured a CBIinvestigation in these matters.

A Bench headed by JusticeMadan B Lokur said the Statewas “very soft” and “very selec-tive” in registering FIRs againstthe perpetrators and asked theBihar Government whetherthese children were not the cit-izens of this country.

The apex court also askedthe counsel appearing for theBihar Government as to whyFIRs have not been lodgedunder Section 377 (unnaturaloffences) of the IPC despitethere being allegations thatchildren were sodomised at theshelter homes.

“What are you doing? Thisis very shameful. You mayhave filed a detailed affidavit(in the court) but if a child issodomised, you cannot saythat it is nothing. How can youdo this? This is inhuman,” thebench, also comprising justicesSA Nazeer and Deepak Gupta,told State’s counsel. Duringthe hearing, Justice Gupta

observed, “Every time I readthis file, I am hit by the tragedyof the case. It is tragic.”

The Bench said after goingthrough the allegations and themanner in which state policewas dealing with them, “We areof the view that the state policeis not doing its job as is expect-ed. We would like the CBI todeal with these allegations.”

The counsel representingthe CBI, which is already prob-ing the Muzaffarpur shelterhome case in Bihar where sev-eral women inmates wereallegedly raped and sexuallyabused, said he would seekinstructions on the issue byWednesday.

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In what has sent the securityagencies into a tizzy, a group

of five Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM) terrorists has infiltratedinto the national Capital and issuspected to be planning to hitvital installations.

The group is also suspect-ed to have procured arms toexecute its insidious plan,according to alert issued by theIntelligence agencies.

The group is in touch withan arms supplier operating outof Nepal and Saudi Arabia, an Intelligence Bureau reporthas warned.

Following the IB alert, thesecurity agencies have been puton a high alert and security hasbeen beefed up at all vitalinstallations in Delhi, NationalCapital Region (NCR) andadjoining States.

The five members of thegroup include — Abu Musaib,Abu Azhar, Rehman Afghani,Abu Wakeel and Saifullah Bhai.The group members reachedthe national Capital earlier thismonth and after collation ofinputs by the agencies, a highlevel alert was issued onNovember 18.

The group also includestwo over ground workers(OGWs), one each fromSopore and Anantnag inJammu & Kashmir. Theweapon provider Jaffer Rizwanoperates both from SaudiArabia and Nepal and has linkswith the JeM group hiding inDelhi, says the alert.

All stakeholders in securi-ty establishment, includingCentral paramilitary forces,the Delhi Police and othershave been advised to take max-imum precaution and remainon high alert.

Security at all sensitiveinstallations, including the air-port and Delhi Metro besides Government buildingshave been further strengthenedin view of the alert, officials said.

Latest sinister plan of Jaishcomes amid inputs thatPakistan-based group’s chiefMaulana Masood Azhar hassuccessfully undergone kid-ney implant at a military hos-pital in Pakistan. The outfit’sbid to hit Delhi also comesagainst the backdrop of the set-back it has suffered at thehands of security forces inJ&K over last one year.

Inputs here also suggest thebid to target Chinese consulatein Karachi was a ploy by theoutfit to assert its presence indisturbed Baluchistan region.

Sources said JeM andLashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) arepart of the security architectureput in place by the Pakistaniagencies ISI and Pakistan Armyfor security of China PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC).

The Chinese Governmentreimburses the security expen-diture incurred on securing theCPEC. The attack could beaimed at seeking more fundsfrom China for securing theCPEC by citing grave challengefrom the Baloch insurgents.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyon Tuesday accused the

Congress of considering “sur-name as a political brand” as hewaded into the controversytriggered by the Oppositionparty that launched personalattacks against Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

Jaitley said the BJP will“gladly accept” the challenge of2019 general elections if theCongress wants it to bebetween Modi — the son oflesser-known parents — andsomeone who is known for hisparentage rather than capacity,merit and competence.

In a Facebook post titled‘What was the name of SardarPatel’s father’, Jaitley said in adynastic party like theCongress, talent and merit hasno space and the crowd aroundthe family is the cadre.

Jaitley’s post comes against

the backdrop of some Congressleaders naming family membersof Modi. Jaitley said while theage of the Prime Minister’smother was made a subjectmatter of the electoral debate,his father’s anonymity was com-mented upon as an inadequatecredential of the Prime Minister.

“The debate whether Indiashould be a dynastic democra-cy has been ignited by a self-goal of the Congress Party...The argument given was that if

you represent the legacy of awell-known family, it is a polit-ical point in your favour.Millions of talented politicalworkers who come from mod-est family backgrounds wouldfail by the Congress test of lead-ership. Merit, talent, ability toinspire and lead would not bea virtue. The Congress consid-ers only a great surname as apolitical brand,” Jaitley added.

He said even his “well-informed friends” did not have

a “definitive answer” whenasked to name MahatmaGandhi’s father, Sardar Patel’sfather or his wife.

“The reason for this is sim-ple. Decades of Congress rule,naming colonies, localities,cities, bridges, airports, railwaystations, schools, colleges, uni-versities, stadiums after onefamily was intended to declarethe ‘Gandhis’ as India’s royalty.They were ‘officially glamorised’as the blue-blooded family ofIndia. The others did not mat-ter,” Jaitley said.

Mahatma Gandhi’s fatherwas Karamchand UttamchandGandhi, while Sardar Patel’swife’s name was Diwali Ba andfather was Jhaverbhai Patel.

He said although SardarPatel, who was a frontlineleader of the freedom move-ment and was the DeputyPrime Minister and HomeMinister of India, negotiatedthe transfer of power with the

British, the CongressGovernment rejected the pro-posal to build his statue at VijayChowk in the national Capital.

“The country had to be sat-isfied with installation of hisstatue at traffic round-about onParliament Street,” Jaitley said.

He said the dangers of offi-cially glamourising one familyat the cost of those who madea far greater contribution “isdangerous” both for the nationas also for the party to whichthey belong.

“The contribution of othergreat stalwarts like Patel andSubhash Chandra Bose isdownplayed. Members of onefamily are projected as largerthan life. Their aberrationsbecome national aberrations.The party adopts them as itsideology,” Jaitley added.

He said the silver lining isthat country is changing andaspirational India judges par-ties and leaders very harshly.

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Ahead of the Assembly pollsin Madhya Pradesh,

Rajasthan and Mizoram,farmer leaders and socialactivists have appealed thatfarmers should not vote for theBJP if their demands are notfulfilled. They said, “Note bandika jawab, kisan vote bandi sedenge (farmers will respond toModi Government’s demon-etisation decision by not givingtheir vote to it)”.

Thousands of farmers fromacross the country are expect-ed to assemble at RamlilaMaidan on November 29 andmarch to Parliament street thenext day to demand a specialjoint Session of Parliament todiscuss agrarian crisis. Theyare covering more than 10,000km across 21 States. The marchis expected to be second major

farmer’s protest in the nation-al Capital in two months.

“Farmers should vote tothose who will fulfill theirdemands,” said noted activistMedha Patkar and Swaraj Indiapresident Yogendra Yadav in aPress conference on Tuesday.“Despite PM Modi’s recentstatements that he had takeninitiatives to solve farmers’ dis-tress, the issues remain. For thisbetrayal, farmers will give Modi

Government and the BJP abefitting reply in 2019 election”,Ashok Dhawale, president ofAIKS said.

Leaders of all non-BJPpolitical parties have ben invit-ed for the November 30 rally atParliament Street. The ChiefMinisters of Andhra Pradesh,West Bengal and Bihar havealso been invited for the meet-ing, All Indian Kisan SangarshCoordination Committee

(AIKSCC) leaders said.The farmers march

demands that the two KisanMukti Bills — for guaranteedremunerative prices and forfreedom from indebtedness —be debated and approved inParliament. A cultural pro-gramme ‘Ek Sham Kisan KeNaam’ dedicated to farmerswould be held at the Ramlilaground on the first day of thecongregation, where prominentsingers Jasbir Jassi, Rabbi Shergil,Hari Om Panwar, Bhangragroup of Jalandhar and Asmitatheatre group will perform.

The farmers’ protest underthe aegis of AIKSCC, jointplatform of around 208 farm-ers’ organisations, is beingbilled as a reminiscent of a sim-ilar protest march to Mumbaiby over thousands of farmersfrom across Maharashtra inearly this month.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday asked CBI’s Special

Investigation Team (SIT) to filea fresh status report givingdetails of probe into charges of“abuse of official position” byformer CBI chief Ranjit Sinha who had allegedly triedto scuttle the probe in coalscam cases.

The top court also askedthe Enforcement Directorate(ED) and the CBI to file theirupdated status reports onpending coal scam cases andthe stages of their trial.

A special bench headed byJustice M B Lokur, monitoringthe probe by the CBI and theED into the coal scam cases,asked the SIT to file a statusreport on probe into thecharges against Sinha.

“Scope of investigation ofSIT has been confined to inves-tigate the abuse of authoritycommitted by Ranjit Sinhawith a view to scuttle theinquiry and investigation con-ducted by the CBI in coalscam cases. The status report isupto January 15, 2018. Latestreport till December 31, 2018be filed by on or before January15, 2019,” said the bench alsocomprising Justices KurianJoseph and A K Sikri.

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Union Minister of State forHealth and Family Welfare

Ashiwini Kumar Choubey onTuesday said if more individ-uals decide to donate theirorgans it will bring huge changein country’s healthcare sectorand many lives can be saved.

“There are lakhs of peoplewho wait at top hospitals forlife-saving transplants amidacute shortage of donors. Evenif a section of individualsdecide to donate his or herorgans, it will bring a hugechange,” Choubey said at anevent to celebrate 9th IndianOrgan Donation Day by theNational Organ and Tissue

Transplant Organisation(NOTTO) under the aegis ofthe Health Ministry.

His ministerial colleagueAnupriya Patel said that it isimportant to understand thatin India it is mainly the livingdonors who are donatingorgans and only about 23 percent of the organ transplant isbeing done with organsobtained from the cadavers.

“There is a need to pro-mote cadaver or deceasedorgan donation rather thanrelying on living donors inorder to avoid the risk of com-mercial trading of organs andalso to avoid the inherent riskto the health of the livingdonor,” she added.

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Indian scientists have suc-cessfully grown the Chinese

‘Monk fruit’ in HimachalPradesh’s Palampur district.Monk fruit, which hails fromChina, has high nutritiousvalue, low calories and sweet-ness that comes from a natur-al compound that does notincrease blood sugar, making itsafe for consumers with diabetes.

Probably in first-of-its kindefforts, scientists from theIndian Institute of HimalayanBio-resource Technology(IHBT), a Council of Scientificand Industrial Research (CSIR)lab, are now busy workingtowards development of goodagricultural practices and vari-

etal improvement of the Monkfruit. They hope to make itavailable for sale in Indian mar-ket soon for the diabetic patientsand manufacturers seeking alow-calorie ingredient.

“Since India is home to 62.4million people with diabetesType 2, this is wondrous fruitfor them. We have been suc-cessful in our experiments atour farms. “Now, we are focus-

ing for process technology andproduct development (extract)from Monk fruit. We hopeintense sweeteners made fromthe juice of this fruit will soonbe available in the market,”said Dr Sanjay Kumar, DirectorCSIR-IHBT, Palampur.

Dr Probir Kumar Pal,Senior Scientist, IHBTexplained that “Keeping inmind importance and essen-

tiality of non-nutritive naturalsweetener, and diverse agro-cli-matic conditions here, weintroduced its seeds fromChina through NBPGR-ICARearly this year.

After intense research, thequality fruits have also beenharvested at InstitutionalExperimental Farm.

“Now, a team of scientistsincluding agronomist, chemist,plant breeder and molecularbiologist from the IHBT areintensively working towardsdevelopment of good agricul-tural practices and varietalimprovement,” Dr Pal said.

Though Monk fruit is thenative of China, this plant is notcommercially cultivated even inthe neighbouring country dueto lack of proper agro-tech-

nique, suitable cultivar and sci-entific knowledge. Here wehave successfully gown it byensuring adequate climatic con-ditions and agro-techniques.”

In spite of high demand fornon-caloric sweeteners fromnatural sources, Monk fruitaccounts for a small share of thealternative sweetener market,remaining at about 2.2 percent in natural sweetener mar-kets. Thus, the market share ofmonk fruit is small because ofthe limited supply.

However, global demand isgradually on increase in view ofrising number of diabetes andobsese. According to an esti-mate, the global market forMonk fruit is expected to gen-erate �379.4 million revenue bythe end of 2026, said Dr Pal.

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Away from the politicalslugfest, BJP MP Varun

Gandhi has penned a massive870-page book exploring rea-sons of rural indebtedness,deepening distress, slowingdown of agriculture growth andincome, failure of ‘Mandi sys-tem’, decrease in land-holdings,rising suicides by farmers even as he seeks to find out whyrural economy is in shambleseven after over six-decades ofindependence and ‘dives deep’ to look at the root caus-es” and solutions.

“This is a solution-orient-ed academic critique. The bookis blameless in its scope andseeks to find out how to solvea problem,” said the BJP MP,

who has been away from thepolitical blitzkrieg his party hasunleashed in the States under-going the poll process.

The book — A RuralManifesto-Realising India’sfuture through her villages —according to the BJP MP, “Thefeasibility of an Indian village asan independent socio-eco-nomic entity, capable of sus-

taining itself independent ofexternal linkages.”

Varun argues that for sev-eral centuries farmers were thereal strength behind Indianeconomy, generating agricul-ture surplus and trade revenuesbrought in by its rural entre-preneurs in handicrafts, calicoand metal work but suddenlyover last couple of centuries

“India’s natural competitiveadvantage had vanished”.

“Our agricultural tech-niques grew outdated, ourhandicrafts, once pillaged by theBritish, found fewer and fewermarkets. Such an event drawsnatural questions — how didIndia’s demographic changetransform its rural economy,” hequestions in the book.

It focuses on the impact ofrising prices of agriculturalinputs, availability of water,soil suitability and pest man-agement, highlighting the nar-row window of economic ben-efit for the marginal farmer.

The well-researched bookthat goes back and forth intothe historical incidents of farm-ers movements, including thatled by Mahatma Gandhi in

Champaran, Bihar, exploreswhat it means to be a margin-al farmer in present days, whileproviding solutions to improv-ing the economic viability ofmarginal farming and high-lighting the role non-farmincome plays in supplementingoneself below the poverty line.

Asked whether he wouldpresent a copy of the book toPrime Minister NarendraModi, Varun said, “Yes, ofcourse!” He went on to say thatthere would not be any formalrelease of his tome. “I would begoing across the country with14 lectures, the first being atIIM Ahmedabad, second IITMumbai and third at IndianInstitute of Science, Bangalore,”he said. His lecture series wouldbegin from November 30.

On the possibility of rulingelites and political parties tak-ing a leaf out of his book, theSultanpur MP said, “My pri-mary concern is that farmers,labourers, weavers and othersvote their concerns rather thanvote religion, region or theircaste. Then politicians wouldalso react to their concernsswiftly,” said the BJP MP andsought to move away fromcontroversies.

He said the idea of writingbook came from the hinterlandof the country during his trav-el, campaigning and meetingstudents of universities in States.

Would you be applying thesolutions (in the book) to yourown constituency? “In 2009, Idecided I would give my MP’ssalary to the family where a sui-

cide happened. This went on forthree years. But that had a lim-ited scope, only few benefitedin Sultanpur and surroundingdistricts,” he explained.

Varun said he, thereafter,worked with district adminis-tration, identified all farmers indebt who could potentiallycommit suicide and worked outa plan for 26 districts. “Forexample, we asked farmers togrow pulses instead of paddywhich needed water andcrowd-funded �30 crore in2015-16 for them”.

On farmers burning stubblecontributing to pollution and airquality in Delhi, he argued costof stubble processing is �6,000whereas penalty of burning isabout �2,500 per acre making“economic sense”.

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At last Chief Minister NitishKumar clarified on his

neech (below standard)remarks he allegedly hurled atUnion Minister and RLSP chiefUpendra Kushwaha which cre-ated a brouhaha in political cir-cles and gave opportunity to hisbete noire and his supporters tomount attack on him.

At the JD(U) legislatureparty meeting on Monday lateevening, Nitish said he neverused this word against anybody.He said a TV news channel dis-torted and gave wrong colourto what he had said about thelevel of debate.

He said, “A TV channelinvited me at its programme andwanted to discuss developmentissues. I had said that no polit-ical questions should be asked.But the anchor started askingpolitical questions. I raised ques-tion on the standard of thechannel and said that the mediahouse should not stoop so low(Itna neeche star par nahi utar-na chahiye). My comment wasnot aimed at any individual.”

The comment had comewhen the anchor asked himabout the charges of Kushwahaagainst him. The RLSP chiefwho is struggling to negotiatewith BJP leadership on seatsharing and found himself cor-nered, tried to take advantage ofthe situation by accusing Nitishthat he called him “neech.”

While he demanded a clar-ification from Nitish, his sup-

porters protested and leaders ofsome other parties like JitanRam Manjhi, Shivanand Tewariand Arun Kumar supportedKushwaha and attacked theCM. Deputy CM Sushil KumarModi went on record sayingthat the remark was not againstKushwaha or anybody else andthat he was present at that pro-gramme. He also accused RLSPleader of raking up a non-issuefor political gain.

The clarification of Nitishis unlikely to satisfy Kushwahabecause he too knows that theCM had not called him nameand that he used this opportu-nity only to malign the JD(U)president and make an issue inbargaining seat sharing.

But despite all his effortsand antics, Kushwaha hasemerged to be a loser. His bothMLAs Lalan Paswan andSudhanshu Shekhar haveturned against him and wereseen at the meeting of the BJPlegislature party on Monday.

They said that they are inRLSP and NDA and Kushwahais free to go anywhere. Theyalso claimed that party’s sym-

bol ceiling fan is theirs. Paswanrefused to accept Kushwaha aspresident of RLSP and said heceased to hold the post. Both ofthem also have called on Nitish.

“RLSP is already dividedbut Kushwah should say who isinsulting him,” said Paswanand added that whenKushwaha failed to have con-trol over his three MPs and twoMLAs how he could rule Bihar.

After failing to get anappointment with BJP chiefAmit Shah, the RLSP leadersaid he is seeking time fromPrime Minister Narendra Modito discuss the poll issues andseat sharing. Kushwaha whohad earlier given a deadline ofNovember 30 to the BJP to takea decision, urged the PM togive him appointment betweenNovember 27-30.

The political circles heresaid that an appointment or noappointment with the PMwould clear how much weightthe BJP leadership was givingto him. In the first week ofDecember the RLSP has calleda meeting at Motihari to chartout future course of action.

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Business came to a standstillin both Houses of Bihar

legislature on Tuesday, thefirst working day of the week-long short winter session, asthe Opposition forced theiradjournment motions anddebate on law and order situ-ation. But their moves wereturned down in the Assemblyas well as in the Council lead-ing to turmoil and slogan shouting.

Leader of Opposition in theAssembly Tejashwi PrasadYadav said the criminals wereruling the roost and adminis-tration was sleeping. “DeputyCM Sushil Modi is appealingthe criminals with foldedhands not to commit crime.The law and order situation isat its nadir. Police is mutespectator and criminals ofRSS and BJP are creating socialtension and lynched an oldperson in Sitamarhi recentlyand burned him alive andagainst the wishes of his kinburied him in Muzaffarpur,”said Yadav and sought replyfrom the CM who was not pre-sent in the House.

He said questions related tothe departments held by theCM were not being answered.Nitish also hold home depart-ment. Amid the slogan shout-ing and waving of placards byRJD legislators, he said therewas total breakdown of law andorder and even Supreme Courtwas reprimanding BiharGovernment.

His mother and leader ofopposition in the Upper HouseRabri Devi said Nitish shouldfeel ashamed as hisGovernment was being run bycriminals and such elementswere being protected.

In the council adjourn-ment notice was pushed byRJD chief whip Subodh Kumarwho said gang rape of minorgirls, kidnapping, murder andcommunal violence were orderof the day.

Despite the request by thechair in both houses the oppo-sition members continuedstanding in the Well of thehouses and raising slogansforcing the adjournment inboth sessions.

Parliamentar y af fairsMinister Shrawan Kumar said,“Our Government is readytom accept their demand,hold debate on whateverissues they want and reply butthey should raise any issue asper parliamentary norms andrules. But they have no faithin parliamentary democracyand its institutions.”

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Polling in Mizoram will beheld on Wednesday with

over 7.7 lakh voters expected toexercise their franchise in theState where Chief Minister LalThanhawla is seeking a thirdconsecutive term and the BJPlooking to uproot the Congressin its last bastion in the North-east.

The Congress and theMizoram National Party (MNF)have ruled Mizoram since 1987when it became a full-fledgedstate. Interestingly, no party hasbeen able to form Governmentthrice since that year.

Elections to the 40-mem-ber assembly in Mizoram,which has a population ofabout 10 lakh, is significant forthe BJP that considers it to bethe 'final frontier' in the region.

In the 2013 elections, theCongress had won 34 seats,while its main opposition, theMizo National Front (MNF),got five and the MizoramPeople's Conference baggedone seat.

The Congress and theMNF have fielded 40 candi-dates each, while the BJP iscontesting in 39 seats. TheZoram Peoples Movement(ZPM), an alliance formed bytwo political parties and fourgroups, is contesting in 35 seats.

A total of 209 candidatesare in fray for the November 28polls and the fate of the candi-dates would be decided by7,70,395 voters, which include3,94,897 women.

Electronic voting machines(EVMs) will be used in thepolling that would begin at 7am and end at 4 pm.

Ahead of elections, thestate witnessed intense protestsby civil society groups over theplace of voting for 12,026 Bruvoters. The issue led to replace-ment of Chief Electoral OfficerSB Shashank in less than twoweeks before the polls.

Ashish Kundra, whoreplaced Shashank, said onMonday that the ElectionCommission has made exten-sive preparations for the Bruslodged in six relief camps ofTripura to cast their votes atKanhmun village in Mamitdistrict where 15 temporarypolling stations have been setup. The village is located on thestate's border with Tripura.

"The people of Kanhmun

village have even erected awelcome gate at the borderexpressing heartiest welcome toBru voters," Kundra said.

Campaigning in the statesaw paradigm shift this elec-tion season with political par-ties making extensive use ofsocial media platforms likeFacebook and Whatsapp towoo young voters.

The ruling Congressbanked heavily for the electionson its flagship New Land UsePolicy (NLUP), which broughtthe party to power for two con-secutive terms.

The campaign had reachedits peak in the final week withthe visit of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, BJP presidentAmit Shah and Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi.

Other prominent leaderswho campaigned in the stateincluded Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh, DoNERMinister Jitendra Singh,National People's Party (NPP)leader and Meghalaya ChiefMinister Conrad Sangma.

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Thiruvananthapuram: KeralaAssembly Speaker PSreeramakrishnan has disal-lowed the introduction of aprivate Bill by a Congress leg-islator in the Assembly on theissue of entry of women of allage into the Sabarimala tem-ple.

The Bill, urging the LDFGovernment to consider devo-tees of Lord Ayyappa as a sep-arate religious group and a newlegislation to protect their tra-ditional rituals and customs,was proposed by KovalamMLA M Vincent.

The Speaker's office toldPTI that the private bill wasrejected based on the advice ofthe Law Department that alegislation in this regard wouldbe "unconstitutional" and

against the September 28 apexcourt verdict, permittingwomen of all age groups intothe hill shrine.

"The Speaker used to referthe private bills to the LawDepartment to know whethersuch bills had constitutionalbacking. We had sent thisproposed bill on Sabarimalaalso to the state Law secretaryfor legal scrutiny," an official said.

"According to the LawSecretary, such a bill is uncon-stitutional and not qualified tobe presented in the House as itwill be against the SupremeCourt verdict," the official said.

The Sabarimala LordAyyappa Temple has beenwitnessing intense protests bydevotees and right-wingactivists against the CPI(M)-led LDF Government's deci-sion to implement the apexcourt verdict.

The 13th session of theKerala Assembly, which gotunderway here Tuesday, wasadjourned for the day as a markof respect to MLA P B AbdulRazak, who passed away recent-ly. The session is expected to bestormy as the OppositionCongress-led UDF and the BJPhave announced that they wouldrake up the Sabarimala issue inthe House.

Meanwhile, a crucial UDFmeeting here decided to stallproceedings of the 13 day-longassembly session till the PinarayiVijayan government withdrawsthe prohibitory orders invokedby police in Sabarimala and sur-rounding areas. A BJP statementsaid here that the saffron partywould cooperate with the P CGeorge-led Kerala Jana Pakshamin the ongoing assembly sessionon the Sabarimala issue. PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: TheCongress-led UDF on Tuesdayannounced that it will contin-ue the protests till the Keralapolice withdrew the prohibito-ry orders enforced inSabarimala.

The decision was conveyedby the United DemocraticFront (UDF) convenor BennyBehanan to the media here,soon after the liaison commit-tee of the leadership met here.

"We have decided that ourprotests will continue till theprohibitory orders in the tem-ple town in Sabarimala are lift-ed. Our protests will be seenboth inside and outside theAssembly," said Behanan.

The business session ofthe state assembly begins onWednesday.

The Kerala Police onMonday extended Section 144of the CrPC that prohibitsassembly of more than fourpersons in one place, tillNovember 30.

Sabarimala town has beenwitnessing repeated protestsever since the September 28verdict of the Supreme Courtthat allowed women of all agesto enter the temple that hith-erto banned girls and women

aged 10-50.The apex court had on

November 13 refused to stay itsearlier order, three days beforethe temple opened for a two-month long season.

The Left DemocraticFront (LDF) government-ledby the Communist Party ofIndia-Marxist (CPI-M) hasbeen trying to implement thetop court's order even as theCongress, the BharatiyaJanata Party and severalHindu groups have been up inarms against it.

Behanan added that therewas "an unholy alliancebetween the Pinarayi Vijayangovernment and the BJP/RSSforces".

"Vijayan and the SanghParivar forces are hand-in-glove and the former hasgiven the chance to the latterto get glorified through theirprotests and arrests of their leaders.

"This is a ploy by the twoforces. We have had a consis-tent stand on the Sabarimalaissue.

“We will not withdraw ourprotest till the prohibitoryorder is withdrawn," Behananadded. IANS

Kochi: Activist Rehana Fathima,who had attempted to enter theAyyappa temple in Sabarimalawhen it opened for monthly pujalast month, was arrested onTuesday for allegedly hurtingreligious sentiments throughher Facebook posts, police said.

Fathima (32) was arrestedfrom her office in Palarivattomin Kochi, they said.

The activist, a BSNLemployee, was booked bypolice in Pathanamthitta on acomplaint by RadhakrishnaMenon, alleging that some ofher Facebook posts hurt reli-gious sentiments.

She was booked under IPCSection 295A (deliberate andmalicious acts, intended tooutrage religious feelings of anyclass by insulting its religion orreligious beliefs). She was latertaken to Pathanamthitta afterher arrest, police said.

Meanwhile, a BSNLspokesperson said Fathima wassuspended from service in viewof the police investigation againsther. Considering the protestagainst her by devotees of LordAyyappa and BJP activists, theBSNL had earlier transferred herto the Palarivattom telephoneexchange in the city where pub-lic contact is not required.

A controversy had eruptedin Kerala after Fathima made an

attempt to enter the Sabarimalatemple when it was opened formonthly puja in October fol-lowing the Supreme Courtorder allowing entry of womenin the age group of 10-50.

Anticipating arrest, shehad moved the high courtseeking anticipatory bail, but itwas rejected.

Dismissing the plea, thecourt had directed that policecould take appropriate steps in

the case. Fathima, who was alsopart of the 'Kiss of Love' move-ment in Kochi in 2014 againstalleged moral policing, wasamong the two women whohad reached the hilltop onOctober 19 but had to returnbefore reaching the sanctumsanctorum due to massiveprotests by Ayyappa devotees.

Fathima and Hyderabad-based journalist Kavitha weretaken to the hills under heavypolice protection. Some youngwomen who tried to enter thetemple were targeted by devo-tees when the temple wasopened for six days on October17 for the first time after theapex court order.

On September 28, theSupreme court had lifted the cen-turies-old ban on the entry ofwomen of menstrual age into theshrine, but a section of devoteesis protesting the decision. PTI

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Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee contin-

ued her relentless attack on theBJP Government for failing onall fronts and burdening Indiawith a “botched business, bleakindustry, social conflict anddismal employment scenario.”

Picking up from where sheleft at Jhargram on Monday, theChief Minister told an audiencein Purulia how the saffronoutfit’s tall claims of acchhe din(good days) had ended up in a“big cipher.”

Mamata who on Mondayattacked the BJP for sellingRama for electoral gains, onTuesday said how “they (BJP)have failed to tackle Maoistproblem in Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Jharkhandwhereas we have been able toeradicate the problem com-pletely from Jangalmahal areasof Bengal which was once a hotbed of Maoists.”

Wondering what broughtthe saffron workers to Puruliaand other Jangalmahal areas inthe time of peace Mamata said“there was a time when thewhole area was scared ofMaoists as there was bloodshedeverywhere. At that time nonehad the courage to come to thisarea. Only I came to these areasrepeatedly. But now they (BJP)are trying to create distur-bance by bringing in peoplefrom Jharkhand.”

Attacking the Centre forruining Indian economy byimposing demonetisation andGST Mamata said “Notebandihas literally ruined the Indianbusinessmen. The whole indus-try has fallen flat on its face”adding GST only added salt toinjury by “sucking out whateverwas left within the moribundeconomy.”

This Government does nowork save intimidating the

people Mamata said. “This isa Government which has nowork except intimidating thebusinessmen who do not fall inline with them. Today youraise a question and tomorrowthey will send EnforcementDirectorate, Central Bureauof Investigation and IncomeTax to your house. Today theentire industry is afraid ofthem,” she said.

The Chief Minister whowas touring south Bengal dis-tricts to take stock of the devel-opmental works said how theCentre only made false slogansof Beti Bachao Beti Padhao“but in reality they do nothing,”whereas her Government withlimited means had been imple-mented schemes for women,girl children and poor that hadbeen hailed all over the world.

Speaking to people in anarea bordering JharkhandMamata said the neighbouringState had everything that a richState should possess “but dueto the lack of intellect and plan-ning of their leaders they havefailed to raise the level of theireconomy.”

Meanwhile, in an unrelat-ed development the oppositionLeft and the Congress onTuesday staged a walk-outfrom the Bengal Assembly aftertheir demand for a no-trustmotion was turned down bySpeaker Biman Banerjee.

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) on

Tuesday filed a supplemen-tary charge-sheet against arecently arrested accused,Ahmed Kamal Shaikh aliasAhmed Lambum alias KhalidKamal Shaikh, for his allegedrole in the conspiracy behindthe March 12, 1993 Mumbaiserial blasts case.

In the supplementarycharge-sheet filed before thedesignated TADA court here,the CBI stated that Shaikh hadbeen absconding since the 1993blasts but was arrested on June1 this year.

Shaikh had been declareda proclaimed offender by des-ignated TADA court here anda non-bailable arrest warranthad also been issued againsthim on September 17, 1997.Subsequently a Red CornerNotice was also issued againsthim by the Interpol.

The CBI’s investigationsrevealed that Shaikh was partof the criminal conspiracyhatched to engineer blasts inMumbai.

Shaikh had gone to Dubaiand worked in close associationwith several other primeabsconders like DawoodIbrahim Kaskar, Tiger Memonand others.

Incidentally, Shaikh is thesecond absconding accusedarrested by the CBI this year.Earlier in March this year, theCBI had arrested DawoodIbrahim’s close aide

Mohammed Farooq YasinMansoor alias Farooq Takla forhis alleged role as a key con-spirator in the March 12, 1993serial bombings. The CBI fileda supplementary charge-sheetagainst Farooq Takla in theTADA court here the secondweek of August this year.

As many as 257 personswere killed and 713 othersinjured in the serial explosionsthat rocked the country’s com-mercial capital on March 12,1993. Property worth Rs 27crore was destroyed in the blasts.

The serial blasts were theoutcome of a larger conspira-cy hatched in Dubai, Mumbaiand other places in India.Initially, the investigation wasconducted by Mumbai Police.In all 27 crimes were registeredat various police stations. OnNovember 4, 1993, theMumbai Crime Branch hadfiled a consolidated chargesheet before a special court.

The trial involving the firstset of 123 accused had begun in1995 and concluded in 2002.Having begun to pronounce thejudgements in the first phase ofthe trial on September 12, 2006,then designated Judge P D Kodecompleted the first phase ofverdicts on December 6, 2006.

Of the 123 who faced thetrial, 100 were convicted and 23acquitted. Of the 100 convict-ed, Judge Kode awarded capi-tal punishment to 12 and lifeimprisonment to 20. Rest of theconvicts were handed sen-tenced to periods ranging fromtwo years to 14 years. Only one

of the 100 convicts – that isRussi Mulla – was set free bythe court by giving him reliefunder the Probation ofOffenders Act (POA).

Of the 12 convicts whowere handed capital punish-ment in the first phase of the1993 serial blasts trial, YakubAbdul Razzak Memon washanged to death at the NagpurCentral Prison on July 30,2015.

In the second phase of1993 serial blasts trial, therewere in all seven accusedMustafa Ahmed Dossa(deported from Dubai), AbuSalem (extradited fromPortugal), Riyaz AhmedSiddhiqui, Abdul Kayyum;Karrimullah Osan Khan, FirozAbdul Rashid Khan and TaherMerchant @ Taher Taklya ( allextradited from Dubai).

On September 7 last year,a designated TADA Court herehanded out death sentence totwo convicts Taher Merchantand Firoz Abdul Rashid Khanand life imprisonment to extra-dited underworld don AbuSalem and another convictKarrimullah Osan Khan. TheTADA court sentenced thefifth convict in the case RiyazAhmed Siddhiqi to ten years’rigorous imprisonment.

Of the six accused who hadearlier been convicted by theTADA court on June 16 lastyear, notorious smuggler andkey convict Mustafa Dossaalias Mustafa Majnu died of amassive heart attack at theState-run JJ Hospital here onJune 28. The court had earlieron June 16 acquitted seventhaccused in the case, AbdulKayyum for lack of evidence.

With both of them havingbeen charge-sheeted, Shaikhand Farooq Takla will under-go trial in what can be called asthe third phase of the 1993Mumbai serial blasts trial.

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Three terrorists and a soldierdied on Tuesday in two

encounters in south Kashmirwhere security forces hadlaunched a massive counter-insurgency campaign and neu-tralised 16 terrorists in less thana week’s time.

Police said that a joint searchoperation was launched by ajoint team of Rashtriya Rifles,Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) and counter-insurgencypolice in Redwani village ofKulgam district in the wee hourson Tuesday following input onthe presence of terrorists.

While the security per-sonnel zeroed in on a suspect-ed house, the hiding terroristsopened fire triggering anencounter.

During the exchange offire, two local cadre of bannedLashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) out-fit were killed. They were iden-tified as Ajaz Ahmad Makrooand Waris Ahmad Malik, bothlocal residents.

Police said Makroo as hada long history of crime recordssince 2017. “He (Makroo) wasa close associate of terroristcommanders including NaveedJatt and Azad Dada. Severalcases were registered againsthim,” police said.

Police said that an Armysoldier, identified as PrakashYadav and two CRPF personnelidentified— sub-inspector Amit

Kumar and Constable Avnish-- sustained injuries. Yadav suc-cumbed to his injuries in hos-pital later. This is second fatalcasualty on army’s side since lastthree days.

On Monday, Lance NaikNazir Ahmad Wani, a formercounterinsurgent turned armysoldier, who was twice award-ed Sena Medal for his role infighting terrorism in Kashmir,was killed in an encounter inBatagund village of Shopiandistrict.

In another encounter inHafoo Reshipora area of Tralsub-district in south Kashmir’sPulwama district, a terroristidentified as Shakir HassanDar was killed. He was closeaide of Zakir Musa, the self-proclaimed leader of Ansar

Ghazwatul Hind, an al-Qaedaaffiliate.

Police said a search oper-ation was launched jointly bypolice and security forces in thewee hours following the inputsabout the presence of terroristsin the village.

"As the searches weregoing on, the search party wasfired upon by the gunmen. Thefire was retaliated leading to agunfight. In the ensuingencounter, one terrorist waskilled,” police said.

“Shakir was part of ZakirMusa group and had a long his-tory of crime records since2015,” police said adding thathuge quantity of arms andammunition including rifleswas recovered from theencounter sites.

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An overall 71.3 per centturnout was recorded in

the fourth phase of panchay-at elections in Jammu &Kashmir. The elections arebeing conducted in nine phas-es since November 17.

According to the ChiefElectoral Officer, an impres-sive 82.4 per cent polling waswitnessed in Jammu divisionand 32.3% in Kashmir divi-sion including Kargil and Leh districts.

The Kupwara witnessed56.1%, Bandipora 24.4%,Baramulla 62.4%, Budgam46.3%, Pulwama 0.6 %,Kulgam 14.5 %, Anantnag6.2 %, Kishtwar 82.3%, Doda84.6%, Ramban 81.1%,Udhampur 78.9%, Kathua80.7%, Jammu 85.2 %, Rajouri81.8% and Poonch 82.5%.

Pertinently, in Phase-I ofPanchayat Polls held on 17November 74.1% polling wasrecorded across J&K includ-ing 64.5% in Kashmir divisionand 79.4% in Jammu division.

In the Phase-II ofPanchayat Polls held on 20November overall 71.1%polling was witnessed acrossthe State with an overwhelm-ing 80.4% polling in Jammudivision and 52.2% inKashmir division.

Similarly, in Phase-III, theState witnessed a polling per-

centage of 75.2% whichincludes 55.7% in Kashmirdivision and 83.0% in Jammudivision.

The voting for Phase-fiveof the panchayat polls will takeplace on November 29.

Adequate security arrange-ments had been made includ-ing deployment of CentralArmed Police Forces (CAPF)in the poll-bound areas.

The overall poll percent-age of 71.3% was witnessed inthe Phase 4 of the nine-phased panchayat electionsin the State.

According to the ChiefElectoral Officer, an impres-sive 82.4% polling was wit-nessed in Jammu divisionand 32.3% in Kashmir divi-sion including kargil and Leh districts.

The Kupwara witnessed56.1%, Bandipora 24.4%,Baramulla 62.4%, Budgam

46.3%, Pulwama 0.6 %, Kulgam14.5 %, Anantnag 6.2 %,Kishtwar 82.3%, Doda 84.6%,Ramban 81.1%, Udhampur78.9%, Kathua 80.7%, Jammu85.2 %, Rajouri 81.8% andPoonch 82.5%.

Pertinently, in Phase-I ofPanchayat Polls held on 17November 74.1% polling wasrecorded across J&K includ-ing 64.5% in Kashmir divisionand 79.4% in Jammu division.

In the Phase-II ofPanchayat Polls held on 20November overall 71.1%polling was witnessed acrossthe State with an overwhelm-ing 80.4% polling in Jammudivision and 52.2% inKashmir division.

Similarly, in Phase-III, theState witnessed a polling per-centage of 75.2% whichincludes 55.7% in Kashmirdivision and 83.0% in Jammudivision.

The voting for Phase-fiveof Panchayat Polls will takeplace on 29 November 2018.

Adequate securityarrangements had been madeincluding deployment ofCentral Armed Police Forces(CAPF) in the poll bound areas.

Pertinently, separatistleadership amalgam "JointResistance Leadership-JRLhad called for shutdown in al l pol l bound areas inKashmir region.

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Tuesday said the BJP hadignored the farmers’ issueswhile it was portraying itself tobe their well-wishers. “It is thetime of sowing of crops but thefarmers are not getting fer-tilisers and seeds easily as thecooperative societies remainclosed in most of the districts,”he pointed out.

The senior RLD leader saidthe party would launch a mas-sive agitation to expose theBJP’s misgovernance in thetime to come. Dubey said theBJP leaders were now coveringup their failures and misleadingfarmers by making false claims.“Even as farmers are facing a lotof difficulty in getting fertilisersand seeds and cooperative soci-eties are lying closed, the stateBJP government is claiming thatthe same is available in abun-dance at different centres in thestate,” he said.

Hitting out at the UnionGovernment led by BJP, Dubeysaid the Government had utter-ly failed in fulfilling its promise.“It has failed to provide jobs toyouths, one-and-a-half timesmore price for crops to farm-ers and doling out �15 lakh toeach of them. Contrary to it, thecorruption and price hike arehitting the all-time high. Thelaw and order in the BJP-ruledStates has derailed. To divert theattention of the public from itspoor performance, the BJPleaders are raking up templeissue,” he said.

The RLD leadersexpressed surprise over thehike in fuel prices. “In theinternational market, the priceof crude oil is low. Despite this,the price of diesel and petrolis witnessing steep spurt,” hepointed out.

Dubey said the BJP mis-governance had been exposedand public would give a befittingreply to the BJP in the 2019 LokSabha election. “We will holdagitation in different districts inthe time to come. The party is

planning to hold a meeting withthe district level RLD workersand leaders. Right now our lead-ers are busy in Assembly election

in Rajasthan. The plan of hold-ing the agitation will be decidedby the senior leaders in the timeto come,” he said.

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In April of 2019, the European Union(EU) proposes to bring into force a reg-ulation that requires companies oper-ating in the EU to adopt slogans thatare accurate, failing which, such com-

panies will face fines up to two per cent oftheir global revenue. The BJP must becounting its lucky stars then because this pastweek, it was reported by the BroadcastAudience Research Council that the party wasthe most advertised brand on television inthe run-up to the Assembly elections, beat-ing many corporate heavyweights in theadvertising space, such as Netflix.

Funnily, in late August this year, we alsosaw the BJP to be the only party at the all-party meet organised by the ElectionCommission to reject the idea of a cap onelection-related expenses by political parties.This article will examine how these statisticsonly show that this is a smoke and mirrorsa Government that spends more time inensuring that its marketing campaign stayson point; rather than delving into complicat-ed questions concerning the country.

Ever since the BJP won the 2014 election,its go-to strategy has been to use marketingand advertising to paper over the cracks thathave emerged during its governance. Withthe state of the economy, the state of jobs andthe fact that India’s premier security agencyis currently engulfed in a full-blown crisis thatis unfolding each day in the Supreme Court,the BJP has its hands full. So one can’t blamethem for trying — it is harder to keep every-one’s attention away from the facts on theground and use its money power to do so.

On the influence of money in an elec-tion, ever since it came to power, the BJP hasdisplayed a singular focus not on limiting theinfluence of money in elections but lettingit run amok. It has set the example itself bynot only beating huge corporates in brand-ing but also by failing to change the systemin place or to check such influence. Take, forexample, the introduction of electoral bonds.As I have examined previously in thesecolumns in The Pioneer, the electoral bondsscheme recently introduced by thisGovernment permits any person who is a cit-izen of India or is an entityincorporated/established in India to purchasean electoral bond in favour of certain polit-ical party. Compared to other forms of fund-ing, disclosure requirements for these bondswere made minimal by this Government.

For example, under the Representationof the People Act, 1951, (RP Act) political par-ties are required to prepare a report of all con-tributions received in excess of �20,000 froma person or a company in a financial year.They are required to submit this report to theElection Commission. After the introductionof the electoral bonds scheme as also,amendments introduced under the FinanceAct, 2017, the RP Act now creates anexemption to this reporting requirement forcontributions made in the form of electoralbonds to political parties. These amendments

follow the same ethos as the BJP’spolitical strategy in dealing withspecific criticisms that arethrown at it, ie obfuscation overtransparency.

Another change that wasintroduced by the BJP was a capon spending for companiesunder the Companies Act, 2013.Prior to this, Indian companieswere restricted from spendingmore than 7.5 per cent of theiraverage profits towards fundingpolitical parties. Now such a caphas been done away with. Thesechanges inarguably allow forgreater influence by corporatesin our political discourse. Duringits tenure, the BJP has had to alsodefend itself against a number ofallegations of promoting cronycapitalism. Whether it’s the‘Rafale’ controversy or the BJP’sineptness in failing to check eco-nomic offenders like VijayMallya, Nirav Modi and MehulChoksi from fleeing the countrywith public money etc, the BJPcan’t seem to shake this image.

The major problem I fore-see with this unabated rise ofcorporate influence on the polit-ical process is that there is nosuch thing as free lunch and theinfluence of such funding,whether through electoral bondsor otherwise, is inevitably at thecost of other stakeholders,whether it is an NGO advocat-ing for environmentally friend-ly policies or tribals fighting fortheir land. We must be wary andguard against such fate.

Another reason why gen-uineness and transparency inour political discourse havetaken a back-seat is the problemof ‘fake news’. The buck here, too,must stop with Prime MinisterModi. ‘Fake news’ has skewedour political discourse by mak-

ing it almost impossible to deter-mine what the true picture is.While a responsibleGovernment should take steps tocheck the influence of fake news,this Government has singularlyfailed to tackle an issue that hasrisen unabatedly since 2014.

Last year, for example, atleast 30 Indians lost their livesdue to rumours that were circu-lated on WhatsApp. However,rather than taking ownership ofthe matter, the Governmententrusted the responsibility oftackling this problem to theintermediary.

The problem has been exac-erbated by the Government notonly because of its lack of seri-ousness in approaching the mat-ter but also because of the sig-nalling that the Prime Ministerand the BJP engage in. A recentBBC study bolstered the stand ofthe Opposition and victims ofvicious trolls, that there is a sys-tematic effort in subvertingdemocracy that is in operationby trolls online who spread fakenews and aim to discredit actu-al facts. The BJP, however, hasturned a blind eye to it.

As per the report, “Manymore of the Twitter handles thathave published fake news sit inthe pro-BJP cluster than in theanti-BJP cluster”. This is not newsto me. Within minutes of a poston Twitter criticising theGovernment, Prime MinisterModi or the BJP, there is almostan immediate outflow of abuseand vitriol that one is subjectedto. Such systematic targetingsuggests that there is a commit-ted mass that has been hired todo just this.

The fact that theGovernment has taken noaction against this form of

online attack is at the very leastshameful but borders on com-plicity. It is especially disheart-ening that a number of thesetrolls and vitriol-spewing peo-ple are followed by the PrimeMinister wear this as a badge ofhonour. The Prime Ministerwould do well to disassociatefrom such entities and theirhateful abuses. Perhaps, though,this may be too much to expectfrom a politician who has him-self rarely shown restraint andinsulted family members ofOpposition leaders and thenturned around and played vic-tim when he is criticised fordoing so.

To end this piece, one mightask what the Government mustdo to answer these uncomfort-able questions on limiting theinfluence of money and fakenews. The answer is not compli-cated. For one, the Governmentand especially the PrimeMinister should come out specif-ically against hate and abuse thattrolls spread and clamp down onany such action within its camps.For another, it can just agree ona cap to election spending. Iwouldn’t hold my breath oneither though.

Lucky for the BJP then,who competes with big corpo-rate entities on advertising but isoutside the ambit of the laws ofthe EU, that I mentioned at thebeginning of this piece. If the BJPdid have to similarly comply tosuch regulations, a change inbranding would be deemed nec-essary: “Suit-Boot Ki Sarkaar”, forexample, has a nice ring to it andmay be more authentic than “Nakhaaonga, Na khaane doonga”.

(The writer is JharkhandPCC president, former MP andIPS officer. Views are personal)

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Mary Kom won a silver onher debut in 2001 and between2002 and 2010, she won fivestraight gold medals. After sixyears (2011-2016) of hibernationfrom the boxing ring, MaryKom returned to competitiveboxing ring under the 48 kg cat-egory in 2017.

Her uniqueness lies in thefact that she is the only womanboxer to have won a medal ineach one of the seven worldchampionships. Kudos to thewoman boxer, who showed tothe world that hard works payback. Mary Kom is an inspira-tion to lakhs of sport enthusi-asts, especially women.

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The ‘Mental Health Status ofAdolescents in South-East Asia:Evidence for Action’ report pub-

lished by the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) in 2012 statedthat 86 million people in South-EastAsia suffered from depression and that25 per cent of all children between 13-15 years of age suffered from this dis-ease in India. The report further saidthat India has the highest suicide rateamong 10 South-East Asian nations.The most common reported reason forteen depression was anxiety and stressdue to academic performance, peerpressure and poor self-esteem.

Given that depression can leadto suicide, which is the second high-est cause of death among people in

15-29 age group in the region, it isessential that the school curricula berevised so as to ensure proper men-tal health and well-being of people.

Recent brain research has exposedthe vulnerability of the adolescentbrain. During adolescence, the brainundergoes tremendous neural growthand pruning, leading to massive re-organisation of connections betweendifferent brain areas.

During teenage brain develop-ment, prefrontal cortex, which isresponsible for executive decisions,begins to connect with other parts ofthe brain, primarily those connectedwith emotion. This connectionbetween the prefrontal cortex and theemotion areas (the limbic cortex)regulate reward, risk, problem solving,planning and regulation. Short-cuttingof neural networks from externalreceptors to the limbic cortex in someway explains irrational decision-mak-ing among teenagers.

But we must return to brain sci-ence for answers. Drawing fromresearch on doctors, nurses andArmy veterans, who have long been

vulnerable to stress, fatigue anddepression, neuroscientists recentlyshowed that focused and explicittraining in mindfulness, empathyand compassion can provide solu-tions for better mental health.Research from the laboratories ofRichard Davidson at the universityof Wisconsin, Madison and TaniaSinger at the Max Planck Institute inLeipzig showed that each of thesecompetencies employ a distinctneural circuit and build new connec-tions between the prefrontal cortexand limbic cortex.

Mindfulness is the conscious pay-ing of attention to experience and lifethat is unfolding right now and to cul-tivate conscious regulation of attention,emotion, thought and belief. Thisallows responses to be made as opposedto just reacting to them. Empathy andcompassion need to work in synchronyand are particularly helpful in handlinganxiety and peer pressure. Whileempathy is our general capacity to shareemotional states of others, compassionensures that we are not swayed by themand, instead, handle them with kind-

ness and positive action. Importantly, the practice of self-

compassion has emerged as a power-ful antidote to handle anxiety. Whenfaced with life challenges or while con-fronting failure, if adolescents respondwith compassion and kindness toself, rather than inflicting harsh pun-ishment, they accept and recognisethat limitation and weakness is a partof the human experience. This processnot only allows students to handle aca-demic pressure but also builds ahealthier and realistic representationof self — a process now acknowledgedto be critical for good mental health.

The process of building thesenetworks has been coined as FiringGandhi Neurons, which is inspired bythe seminal work of Neuroscientist VSRamachandran’s work on mirror andempathy neurons. The differencebetween this approach and conven-tional approaches is that rather thanfocusing purely on building intellec-tual knowledge, of why reducing stressis good and its benefits, focus is onbuilding emotional resilience to stress.

The key here is to create a neural

network across the intellectual andemotional such that these neural net-works can in actuality produce thevirtues and values that drove Gandhito practice empathy, kindness andcompassion to all beings, irrespectiveof religion, gender, ideology, and caste.

The good news: Recent studiesinvolving adolescents in schoolsshow similar promise. Initial resultspoint towards more pro-socialbehaviour on the part of the studentswho were exposed to mindfulnessand empathy cum compassion train-ing. The research and experiences arestill at an infancy stage but the sci-ence suggests promise.

Therefore, if schools are to be ‘true’centres of learning, they need to beable to empower our youngsters tonot only acquire intellectual andtechnical skills, as required by the jobmarkets, but also provide them a bet-ter understanding of themselves,their identities and relationship withother beings. But there is a dichoto-my here that we must address andalert all stakeholders in the educationchain; this includes not only the

teachers, school administrators, andeducation policy-makers but alsoparents.

We all must move away from thepresent assessment-obsessed system toa structure that rewards kindness andconsideration for social good. If notthen we can expect learners to be in astate of perpetual cognitive dissonance,which might even cause further dis-comfort, stress and anxiety, wonder-ing which path they should take.

With that sobering warning, wesee optimism for the future as theyounger generation do begin to ques-tion values and beliefs of the past andexplore new multivariate identities thatemerge from a system that encouragesunderstanding the self, understandingand helping others but with a criticaleye to facts and evidence. Once theydo, then what they think, what they sayand what they do is in harmony. Andthat according to the Mahatma is thesecret to creating happy schools.

(Anantha Duraiappah is Director,UNESCO MGIEP. Nandini ChatterjeeSingh is Cognitive Neuroscientist atUNESCO MGIEP)

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Wildlife in India hasbeen in a state of his-toric crisis sinceMughal times. Thetigers were then con-

sidered as “merciless blood suckingbeasts” and the sport of killing themcame to be known as trophy hunting.Mughal Emperor Jalal-ud-DinMuhammad Akbar enjoyed this big-game. His reign gave rise to the tra-dition of trophy hunting or shikar inIndia. It passed on from him to hissuccessors until his dynasty fell in1857. The hunters would often keepa part of the hunted animals as a souvenir.

Paintings from the Mughal peri-od depict Mongol, Rajput, Turk andAfghan nobilities hunting on ele-phants or horsebacks. These outingswere considered exotic and heroic —the tigers being the ultimate trophies.

The British were no different.They would stage elaborate hunts toshowcase their pride, wealth, machis-mo and honour. After ascending thethrone in 1911, King George V andhis aides travelled north to Nepal,slaying 39 tigers in just 10 days.Colonel Geoffrey Nightingale shot more than 300 tigers in India.In less than 50 years of our existence,from 1875 to 1925, we managed tokill more than 80,000 tigers in the country.

While most killings were trophyhunts, some considered tigers as ver-min, and were systematically erasedand ‘exterminated’ with incentivesfrom the Government. In otherwords, the authorities legitimisedtheir act by vilifying the big cats, cast-ing them as terrible, bloodthirstybeasts with an insatiable hunger forhuman flesh.

After India’s independence,killing tigers for sport escalated.Hunters from around the worldcame to this country for a guaranteedtrophy advertised by the Indiantravel industry. Because the biggestanimals made the best trophies, the largest, strongest cats disap-peared from the gene pool.

By 1971, when hunting was out-lawed by the Indian Governmentwith the Wildlife Protection Act,1972, coming into play, we hadalready killed thousands of tigers.

Illegal land encroachments dueto overpopulation, demand of tigerskin and bones for beauty and med-icine, and illegal hunting practices forentertainment reduced the tiger pop-ulation in the country to 1,800 by1971. Condition was such that therewere assumptions of tigers gettingextinct by the end of the year 2000.

In the year 1973, “Project Tiger”

was launched. With the aim to savethe steadily declining population oftigers in the country, “Project Tiger”still stands out as one of the mostcomprehensive project to protectthe big cats.

Today, we have less than 2,500tigers left in the wild, which is morethan 50 per cent of the total tigerpopulation across the world.

In recent years, special focus hasbeen given to tiger conservationwith several organisations, like theWorld Wide Fund for Nature(WWF), Wildlife Protection Societyof India (WPSI) and WildlifeConservation Society (WCS), amongothers, working towards protectingthe endangered species.

Here, a question arises: Havethese efforts been stopped by thebureaucrats and the politicians toimpose their will? Royalty in earlieryears and the Government machin-ery now have continued to hunt thetiger which seems to stand no chancein a world dominated by humans.

Recently, Avni (T1), a six-year-old tigress in the forests of Yavatmalin Maharashtra was hunted and shotdead due to claims of her being aman-eater. According to locals andforest officials in Maharashtra, shewas accused of killing and devour-ing 13 people in the past year-and-a-half.

Many assert that there was noproof of Avni killing those 13 peo-ple in the village, and the shoot-to-

kill order was given to free up theland from tigers so as to aid indus-trialists to start work in the area.

A hunter, Nawab Shafath AliKhan, was given the task to tran-quilise or kill Avni, a mother of two10-month-old cubs. Post-mortemreports have revealed that noattempts were made to capture theanimal and she was directly shot afterseveral months of search.

In order to protect the tigressfrom a torturous death, there was aloud uproar on social media. On-ground campaign with hashtag#LetAvniLive and several marches inmajor cities across the country werealso held.

An appeal was made to the President and the Prime Ministerof our country to save Avni. But theGovernment as well as the forest offi-cials in Maharashtra failed to capturethe tigress alive.

Avni’s death is a big questionmark on the conservation effortstaken up by the Government inprotecting these endangered species.The highest court in the countryupheld the order to shoot the tigress,in spite of several attempts by celebri-ties, media and animal activists tostop Avni’s death.

It was not just the death of atigress, but of democracy, and ourefforts of conservation of the last bitof wildlife left in the country.

Next in line was a leopard whowas labeled as a man-eater in

Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand.Private shooters were called for thekilling of the cat. These cases alsoraise a question as to why privatehunters and shooters are appointedwhen India’s forest departments havenearly 90,000 workers on their roll,who are trained with tranquilisingguns to prevent such inhumanekilling of an animal.

These are just a few examples ofthe many, where human greed hasbeen the cause of wildlife destruc-tion. We continue to grow andencroach their land, leaving them tolive in only about 10 per cent of thecountry’s total potential tiger habi-tat of 300,000 sq km (115,830 sqmiles).

Animal density in many of theseforest areas is high and surplustigers sometimes venture outsidefor food. Poachers have gained fromthe man-animal conflict by killingthe tigers and bribing the villagers toset up traps.

What we need from theGovernment is the expansion ofreserved land for animals and anincreased awareness on the issueswhich pertain to the extinction oftigers across the world.

Stricter forest administration isrequired to prevent poaching of notjust tigers, but all other animals fortheir skin, tusks, horns and bones.

(The writer is an ExecutiveDirector of Federation of IndianAnimal Protection Organisations)

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RBI Governor UrjitPatel on Tuesday

committed to aP a r l i a m e n t a r yCommittee to give inwriting his views onsome of the controver-sial issues, which mayinclude theGovernment citingnever-used powers toget the central bankon the discussion table,said sources.

Patel, whoappeared before the 31-member ParliamentaryStanding Committeeon Finance, said theeconomy would get aboost from oil prices coolingoff from four-year highs andsaid fundamentals were“robust”, they said.

The RBI Governor alsotold the Members ofParliament that credit growthwas 15 per cent and the impactof November 2016 demoneti-sation has a transient impact onthe economy.

Patel was earlier sched-uled to appear before the panelon November 12.

He, however, did notanswer specific questions onthe Government invokingSection 7 of the RBI Act, NPAs,the autonomy of the centralbank and other contentiousissues, sources said.

Sources said Patel made apresentation about the state of

the economy as well about theworld economy to the com-mittee and several membersasked questions. His views onthe economy were “optimistic”.

“He stayed clear of contro-versial questions likeGovernment invoking specialpowers, instead he gave intel-ligent replies without sayinganything,” they said.

Members also asked ques-tions on the implementation ofthe Basel III capital adequacynorms for banks. To this, asource said the Governorreplied that adherence to theglobal norms was India’s com-mitment to G-20 nations.

Another source said that asthere were a large number ofquestions, the Governor wasasked to file written replies in

10-15 days.The RBI Governor

appeared before the panel daysafter the RBI’s face-off with thefinance ministry over issuesranging from the appropriatesize of reserves to be main-tained by the central bank toeasing of lending norms forsmall and medium enterprises.

Former prime ministerManmohan Singh is also amember of the committeeheaded by senior Congressleader and former Union min-ister M Veerappa Moily.

India’s banking system,particularly state-owned banks,are grappling with huge badloans. Recently, there has beena liquidity crisis for the impor-tant NBFC sector following re-payment default by IL&FS.

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Moody’s Investors Serviceon Tuesday downgraded

Yes Bank’s ratings to non-investment grade and changedoutlook to negative from stableon the back of various resig-nations from the Board.

The resignations, whenseen in conjunction with RBI’sSeptember directive to restrictthe term of the bank’sMD&CEO Rana Kapoor, tillJanuary 31, 2019, have raisedconcerns over corporate gov-ernance, it said.

“Although the bank’sreported credit fundamentalsremain stable, the develop-ments surrounding the transi-tion in leadership as well as thegovernance issues are creditnegative because they compli-cate management’s effectiveimplementation of the bank’slong-term strategy,” it said.

Furthermore, these devel-opments could constrain thebank’s ability to raise new cap-ital, Moody’s said.

Moody’s has downgradedforeign currency issuer ratingto ‘Ba1’ from ‘Baa3’, and alsothe bank’s baseline creditassessment (BCA) and adjust-ed BCA to ‘ba2’ from ‘ba1’. Therating implies that these instru-ments are non-investmentgrade, speculative.

The outlook, where applic-able, has been changed to neg-ative from stable.

Moody’s said although YesBank’s capitalisation is ade-

quate, the bank would need toraise capital from the market tocontinue to grow its balancesheet more rapidly than theIndian banking system.

“If Yes Bank experiencesdifficulty in raising externalcapital, this will impede thebank’s ability to grow its loanbook,” the US-based agencysaid in a statement.

Moody’s said while YesBank’s current asset qualitymetrics are superior to those ofits Indian peers, its aggressivegrowth strategy poses assetrisks.

“In particular, Moody’s hasnoted significant divergencein the bank’s reported assetquality metrics compared withthe RBI’s assessment of assetquality in 2016-17 and 2015-16While the results of RBI’s risk-based supervision report for2017-18 are not known as yet,nevertheless, any adverse find-ings from its assessment will becredit negative,” it said.

“Nevertheless, its fundingprofile is relatively weakercompared to other public sec-tor banks in India, as measuredby its low current and savingsaccount deposit ratio and thedominance of corporatedeposits,” it said.

The outlook has beenrevised to negative, after takinginto account the uncertaintyrelating to the bank’s asset qual-ity and profitability perfor-mance and in particular anyadverse findings from RBI’srisk-based supervision report.

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Commerce and IndustryMinister Suresh Prabhu on

Tuesday said he has taken upthe issue of declining credit toexporters with the FinanceMinistry to ensure adequateavailability of funds to them.

Prabhu said exports aregrowing and the ministry istaking steps to further acceler-ate the growth rate.

“One of the main chal-lenges for export is finance.There is a decline in (export)finance, so we have taken upthe issue with the finance min-istry...I think, the finance min-ister is also looking into this (asin) how we can improve thecredit flow into the export sec-tor,” the minister told reportershere.

Federation of Indian ExportOrganisations (FIEO) PresidentGanesh Gupta has time andagain demanded augmentationof credit flow to the export sec-tor, as a sharp decline in creditwould impact exports growth.

The minister has earliersuggested that loans toexporters should be consideredas priority sector lending by thebanks.

Prabhu also said that toboost shipments, exportersshould explore new marketsincluding in Africa, LatinAmerica, East Asia, south Asia,and the Middle East.

He said logistics sector willplay a key role in enhancing thecompetitiveness of Indiangoods in the global markets.

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SKF India, under its ongoinginitiative to offer genuine

and reliable products to its cus-tomers, seized significantamount of counterfeit productsfrom trader in Greater NoidaIndia recently. The trader, whohas been selling SKF productsillegally, was a non-authorisedtrader of SKF.

The raid was carried out bythe local police authorities incooperation with SKF India. Alarge number of counterfeitpacked bearings in SKF Cartons,some additional SKF look-alikecartons and duplicated SKFholographic stickers of varioussizes were seized. A number ofcounterfeit SKF packed bearingsof various sizes were seized fromthe retailer’s shop and godown.

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Senior CPI(M) leader MYTarigami on Tuesday called

for united struggle to fight theonslaught of the “anti-labour”policies of the centralGovernment, alleging thatevery section of the society hasbeen bearing the brunt of itsneo-liberal economic policies.

“The BJP-led centralGovernment is formulating thelabour laws which are totallypro-corporate and anti-labourclass in nature, which arebound to curtail the socialsecurity benefits to the work-ing force.

“As a result of this regres-sive step, the condition of theworking force is bound to beaffected adversely,” Tarigamisaid the two-day state com-

mittee meeting of Jammu andKashmir chapter of Centre ofIndian Trade unions (CITU)here.

The meeting concludedafter a discussion on the plightof working class under theBJP-led dispensation anddecided that conferences andseminars on tehsil and districtlevels will be organized to fur-ther the struggle against the“anti-people” policies of thegovernment.

Tarigami, who is also pres-ident of the state CITU, said theclaims of economic growth donot carry any weight when thestatistics reveal that 73 percent of the additional wealthcreated during 2017-18 hasbeen earned by one per cent ofthe population.

“Growth is always imma-

terial when its fruits do not per-colate to the larger sections ofthe society...

“Every section of thesociety has been bearing thebrunt of the neo-liberal eco-nomic pol icies of theGovernment and we witnessthat farmers suicides gounabated despite the tallclaims of the Governmentthat measures have beentaken to provide assistance tothem,” he said.

He emphasised that CITUmust take lead in uniting var-ious trade unions to fight theonslaught of the “anti-labour”policies pur-sued by thec e n t r a lGovernment.

Nationals e c r e t a r y ,

CITU, Kashmir Singh Thakur,highlighted the move of thecentral Government to dole outthe Public Sector Undertakings(PSUs) including banks, insur-ance, railways, defence andBSNL to the corporate housesand multinational corpora-tions (MNCs) which is “boundto put the future of lakhs of theworking force engaged in theseprestigious organizations intojeopardy”.

“As such, it becomesimperative for the workingclass to get united to fight thisdraconian move of theGovernment,” he said.

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Stressing on tough steps to reformpower sector, Niti Aayog CEO

Amitabh Kant on Tuesday pitchedfor ban on use of fossil fuel basedgensets saying that the governmentneeds to do it before a court ordersix months down the line.

He also made case for phasingout more than 25 year old coal basedthermal power plants, creating ofopen access power market, com-mercial coal mining and promotingrenewables.

“You need to prohibit use andsale of gensets including captivewhich are using petrol, diesel,

kerosene, pet coke and furnace oil forpower supply. This is polluting andbrings inefficiency in power sector....Whether we like it or not, ifGovernment does not do it, sixmonths down the line courts will dothat,” Kant said addressing an inau-gural session of 21st India PowerForum 2018 here.

Kant further noted that, if theGovernment bans generator sets(gensets), the strengthening distrib-ution system would be required toensure round-the-clock power sup-ply and said “we need to do heavypenalty for load shedding. Thisrequire series of tough measure.”

In the proposed Electricity

Amendment Bill, consumer wouldbe able to switch service providers inelectricity sector like they do for tele-com services.

On the issue to safeguard newinvestments in power sector, hesaid, “We clearly need to phase outplants which are more than 25years old. NTPC, BHEL and someothers may not like it but this is nec-essary”.

Strongly recommending pri-vatisation of coal mining, he said,”allthis theories of nationalisation coalmines is not worth” and said thatGovernment should allow privatesector to step in for commercial min-ing.

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most economical feature phone brand, Tuesday launched its cheapest LCDTV priced at �3,999 and said it is eying �100 crore revenue this fiscal on theback of growing TV sales. “After launching most economical feature phonepriced at Rs 299 in August last year..we want to make smart TVs affordableand available across the country. There is a huge vacuum in the market foraffordable TVs...we are all set to fill this gap,” Yogesh Bhatia, ManagingDirector, S G Corporate Mobility (the parent firm of Detel) told PTI. It claimsits 19-inch D1 LCD TV priced at �3,999 is the world's most economical TV.“We have always created products to be present (in categories) where no otherbrand is present. We aim to reach to the remotest parts of the country. Weare looking at Rs 100 crore revenue this fiscal and TV will play an impor-tant role,” he added. The company had reported revenue of Rs 50 crore inthe previous fiscal. Detel at present offers about 10 models of TV of differ-ent screen sizes and features ranging from 24-65 inch. In February this year,Detel expanded its product basket with entry into consumer durables seg-ment and launched a range of affordable smart TVs priced in the range of�9,999 to �17,999. Bhatia said the company will also explore entry into moreproduct categories in the consumer electronics space in the near future. He,however, did not share the details.

���9�����1�������45�)������)����)�����New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday said its premium

hatchback Swift has crossed 20 lakh sales milestone since its launch the coun-try in May 2005. The model raced past five lakh sales mark in September2010, 10 lakh sales mark in September 2013, 15 lakh mark in March 2016and 20 lakh milestone in November this year. “Swift achieving two millionsales milestone is a proud moment for all of us at Maruti Suzuki India. BrandSwift has consistently featured among the top five best-selling cars in Indiafor more than a decade,” MSI senior executive director (Marketing & Sales)R S Kalsi said in a statement. With increased output aimed at reducing thewaiting period, the company would like to reinforce its commitment towardscustomers, he added.

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of its vehicles across models by up to 4 per cent from January 1, 2019, tooffset increasing manufacturing costs due to rupee depreciation. The com-pany considered the price hike after periodically reviewing the continuouspressure of increasing manufacturing costs, which is also a general indus-try phenomenon, Toyota Kirloskar Motor said in a statement. “There hasbeen an impact in the cost of manufacturing of vehicle primarily due to rupeedepreciation," the company said. Toyota has been absorbing the additionalcosts all this while, protecting the customers from price increase, it added.

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The BSE benchmark Sensexrose for the second day,

gaining over 150 points on hec-tic buying in banking and ITstocks as easing concerns onthe macro-economic front bol-stered investors’ risk appetite.

The broader NSE Niftytoo witnessed a rise of 57points. Market sentiments wereboosted by a host of positivefactors including stable rupee,falling crude oil prices, subduedretail inflation and steps toimprove liquidity situations.

Both equity benchmarksSensex and Nifty smartly recov-ered from day's low towards thefag-end of the session, butglobal trade tensions ahead ofG20 meet this week and mixedAsian peers kept participantscautious, restricting the gainson domestic bourses.

Analysts said that “risk ele-ment on inflation is subsidingwith rise in oil production,strong rupee and drop in yield;CPI inflation is expected to beunder the control range”.

The 30-share Sensex settled159.06 points, or 0.45 per cent,higher at 35,513.14, while thebroader NSE Nifty jumped 57points, or 0.54 per cent, to fin-ish at 10,685.60. The rally wasled by mainly IT and bankingstocks. The government’sannouncement of Rs 42,000crore fund infusion in the state-

owned banks by March-endkept the participants interestedin buying banking stocks.T

Meanwhile, the rupeeweakened slightly against theUS dollar after US PresidentDonald Trump suggested afurther tariff hike on Chinesegoods.

Infosys, Reliance Industries,TCS, HDFC, HDFC Bank,Maruti, SBI, IndusInd Bankand Kotak Bank led the gainson the Sensex, rising up to 2.53per cent. While, Sun Pharma,Hero MotoCorp, Yes Bank,Wipro, Bajaj Auto, Bharti Airteland Tata Steel fell up to 3.34 percent. On a net basis, foreignportfolio investors (FPIs)bought shares worth �62.74crore Monday and DIIs werenet buyers to the tune of�351.78 crore, provisional dataavailable with the BSE suggest-ed. The broader markets tooadvanced with BSE Smallcaprising 0.43 per cent and BSEMidcap ending 0.32 per centhigher.

Elsewhere in Asia, Korea’sKospi was up 0.79 per cent andJapan's Nikkei rose 0.64 percent. While, Hong Kong’s HangSeng fell 0.17 per cent andShanghai Composite Index wasdown 0.04 per cent.

In Europe, Frankfurt’s DAXwas down 0.09 per cent, whileParis CAC 40 fell 0.05 percent. London’s FTSE climbed0.21 per cent.

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Former Sebi chairman NDamodaran on Tuesday said the

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) contin-ues to be a strong institution and itsrecent differences with the govern-ment does not challenge its autono-my.

He said RBI has been enjoyingfunctional autonomy and nothing hashappened in the recent past that hastaken this away. “There have been dif-ferences between the government andRBI many times. But the institution(RBI) has never suffered. I think nowalso to say that RBI’s autonomy isbeing curtailed is wrong,” Damodarantold reporters here on the sidelines ofa financial distribution summitorganised by CII.

He said in the past, differencesbetween the central bank and the gov-ernment were sorted through privateconversations between the governorand the finance minister, and peopleoutside would not hear of it.

Now, it has become a matter ofpublic discourse and all sorts ofpeople, outside of the governmentand RBI, have jumped into the fray.

“I think this stand-off is notinsurmountable. Everybody thinks itis a major loss, but nothing of thatkind has happened,” Damodaranstressed. He said a mature conversa-tion between both the sides, carriedout in private, will help iron out thedifferences.

“The government’s agenda willalways be pro-growth and RBI has theresponsibility to see that the price line

is maintained and inflation doesn’t getout of control. How to harmonious-ly construct both, will have to bethrough conversation,” he said.

It doesn’t help if people go to thepress and make statements, he added.

Earlier in his speech, he saidwhen it comes to financial literacy,there is a huge knowledge asymme-try between those selling and con-suming financial products.

Speaking of the interdependenceof trust and technology in the finan-cial sector, he said if trust disappears,technology will be irrelevant. “Youneed technology and transparency,but you need trust,” he said.

Talking about risk management,he said it has been and always beimportant but is not been given ade-quate attention.

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Amway Tuesday announced its forayinto herbal skincare segment in Indiato tap the growing demand of suchproducts among youths in its pursuitof USD 1 billion total sales by 2025.

In the next six years, the compa-ny expects its Attitude range of skin-care products to become a �500-crorebrand accounting for 10 per cent ofits total sales. The figures are basedon foreign exchange rate during thetime when the announcement wasmade earlier this year.

Commenting on the foray intoherbal skincare range, Amway India

CEO Anshu Budhraja said the mar-ketplace is becoming more attuned tothe herbal category.

“There is a lot of traction forherbal products beyond nutrition,leading to beauty, in the market...Ourresearch shows that the youth ofIndia, consumer of this new segment,is growing exponentially and theproducts with traditional wisdom areappealing to them,” he told PTI.

Amway is kicking off its herbalskincare range with three products -a day cream, a night cream and a facewash - with all the locally-sourcedingredients, Budhraja added.

On the expectations from thenew range, he said, “currently Attitudeis about 6 per cent of the total busi-ness. We believe that this wouldbecome a �500-crore brand, withinthat USD 1 billion (target), that isalmost 10 per cent of the total sales”.

Earlier this year, Amway had saidit was looking to touch USD 1 billionsales in India by 2025, driven by newproduct launches and expansion ofsales network, including e-com-merce. In 2017-18, the direct sellingfirm had sales of �1,800 crore andexpects to touch Rs �2000 crore in2018-19. PTI

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OIL 200.20 -0.20 -0.10OMAXE 209.95 -0.15 -0.07ONGC 146.30 -0.45 -0.31ORIENTBANK 89.65 1.20 1.36ORIENTCEM 81.75 -1.85 -2.21PAGEIND 26384.20 -372.60 -1.39PARAGMILK 242.55 -1.75 -0.72PCJEWELLER 72.35 -2.15 -2.89PEL 2050.70 -126.55 -5.81PERSISTENT 564.90 0.55 0.10PETRONET 217.00 -2.35 -1.07PFC 101.80 0.35 0.34PFIZER 2789.45 -11.95 -0.43PFS 16.05 -0.10 -0.62PGHH 9340.45 -110.65 -1.17PHILIPCARB 215.60 -0.20 -0.09PHOENIXLTD 610.80 7.15 1.18PIDILITIND 1168.45 11.30 0.98PIIND 836.70 -1.80 -0.21PNB 72.45 1.20 1.68PNBHOUSING 1029.65 63.75 6.60PNCINFRA 150.90 0.70 0.47POWERGRID 181.70 -0.10 -0.06PRESTIGE 175.75 2.95 1.71PRSMJOHNSN 85.10 -0.80 -0.93PTC 82.05 1.65 2.05PVR 1441.25 4.75 0.33

QUESS 733.25 -5.80 -0.78RADICO 398.45 -3.20 -0.80RAIN 146.95 -0.40 -0.27RAJESHEXPO 570.45 -1.00 -0.17RALLIS 165.70 -1.50 -0.90RAMCOCEM 599.55 -1.25 -0.21RATNAMANI 894.25 0.90 0.10RAYMOND 814.75 8.30 1.03RBLBANK 575.05 17.25 3.09RCF 59.50 -0.10 -0.17RCOM 13.32 0.00 0.00RECLTD 121.95 -0.40 -0.33REDINGTON 89.45 -1.15 -1.27RELAXO 759.50 3.45 0.46RELCAPITAL 234.80 3.55 1.54RELIANCE 1127.50 17.90 1.61RELINFRA 355.50 3.75 1.07REPCOHOME 384.55 4.95 1.30RNAM 162.60 1.30 0.81RNAVAL 12.90 -0.18 -1.38RPOWER 30.20 0.10 0.33SADBHAV 202.65 -4.60 -2.22SAIL 56.80 -1.25 -2.15SANOFI 5990.90 -10.65 -0.18SBILIFE 569.70 1.95 0.34SBIN 289.05 3.35 1.17SCHAEFFLER 5547.50 40.80 0.74SCHNEIDER 108.95 0.15 0.14SCI 44.60 0.75 1.71SFL 1400.20 -10.80 -0.77SHANKARA 740.20 -38.95 -5.00SHARDACROP 304.60 -4.80 -1.55SHILPAMED 374.40 1.60 0.43SHK 188.85 0.70 0.37SHOPERSTOP 475.10 -3.30 -0.69SHREECEM 16046.30 61.90 0.39SHRIRAMCIT 1574.95 -26.35 -1.65SIEMENS 906.25 -4.65 -0.51SIS 786.65 36.65 4.89SJVN 27.50 0.35 1.29SKFINDIA 1867.60 -13.50 -0.72

SOBHA 444.10 -1.15 -0.26SOLARINDS 1016.45 12.40 1.23SOMANYCERA 306.20 15.90 5.48SONATSOFTW 310.90 -7.45 -2.34SOUTHBANK 15.46 0.54 3.62SPARC 266.75 -10.10 -3.65SPICEJET 81.85 -1.65 -1.98SREINFRA 33.45 0.05 0.15SRF 2112.60 42.90 2.07SRTRANSFIN 1103.65 -7.70 -0.69STARCEMENT 97.60 1.55 1.61STRTECH 345.00 10.15 3.03SUDARSCHEM 352.35 -2.90 -0.82SUNCLAYLTD 3451.45 16.45 0.48SUNDRMFAST 515.05 -0.55 -0.11SUNPHARMA 493.60 -17.05 -3.34SUNTECK 358.10 3.25 0.92SUNTV 610.20 7.20 1.19SUPPETRO 205.00 0.35 0.17SUPRAJIT 216.90 3.40 1.59SUPREMEIND 989.25 7.75 0.79SUVEN 246.50 -1.05 -0.42SUZLON 5.61 0.19 3.51SWANENERGY 103.35 -0.15 -0.14SYMPHONY 983.25 -9.70 -0.98SYNDIBANK 35.45 0.45 1.29SYNGENE 563.70 -2.55 -0.45TAKE 131.60 -1.20 -0.90TATACHEM 708.90 10.55 1.51TATACOFFEE 95.75 0.30 0.31TATACOMM 533.50 2.80 0.53TATAELXSI 1004.05 8.30 0.83TATAGLOBAL 217.65 -0.05 -0.02TATAINVEST 854.00 -5.45 -0.63TATAMETALI 631.40 -8.40 -1.31TATAMOTORS 180.00 -1.70 -0.94TATAMTRDVR 98.15 -0.55 -0.56TATAPOWER 75.55 -0.05 -0.07TATASTEEL 522.10 -9.00 -1.69TCS 1888.35 42.25 2.29TEAMLEASE 2793.70 35.55 1.29TECHM 693.55 -0.35 -0.05TEJASNET 236.20 -4.20 -1.75TEXRAIL 59.40 -1.55 -2.54THERMAX 999.55 13.90 1.41THOMASCOOK 231.60 3.65 1.60THYROCARE 530.10 0.50 0.09TIFHL 482.55 3.65 0.76TIMETECHNO 113.05 -0.85 -0.75TIMKEN 519.30 13.30 2.63TITAN 914.00 -2.15 -0.23TNPL 247.90 -1.15 -0.46TORNTPHARM 1651.15 6.80 0.41TORNTPOWER 255.50 -0.15 -0.06TRENT 334.05 0.70 0.21TRIDENT 64.55 -0.15 -0.23TRITURBINE 114.80 0.00 0.00TTKPRESTIG 6833.10 -69.35 -1.00TV18BRDCST 35.00 -0.10 -0.28TVSMOTOR 543.25 6.20 1.15TVSSRICHAK 2471.60 -58.70 -2.32TVTODAY 367.95 -2.85 -0.77UBL 1267.80 -26.20 -2.02UCOBANK 19.20 0.15 0.79UFLEX 285.15 -4.65 -1.60UJJIVAN 220.35 4.20 1.94ULTRACEMCO 4005.55 43.30 1.09UNICHEMLAB 213.55 10.95 5.40UNIONBANK 81.70 1.70 2.13UPL 769.05 -5.10 -0.66VBL 772.60 5.65 0.74VEDL 195.15 -0.70 -0.36VENKYS 2378.60 -24.85 -1.03VGUARD 203.60 4.85 2.44VIJAYABANK 42.25 0.00 0.00VINATIORGA 1429.55 -26.25 -1.80VIPIND 524.15 36.60 7.51VMART 2624.10 124.95 5.00VOLTAS 546.05 -11.50 -2.06VTL 1065.00 -1.30 -0.12WABAG 275.55 -4.30 -1.54WABCOINDIA 6621.60 84.50 1.29WELCORP 159.05 3.50 2.25WELSPUNIND 59.95 -0.25 -0.42WHIRLPOOL 1379.20 8.05 0.59WIPRO 311.90 -6.95 -2.18WOCKPHARMA 521.95 0.60 0.12YESBANK 183.15 -4.80 -2.55ZEEL 459.40 -2.05 -0.44ZENSARTECH 223.90 5.25 2.40ZYDUSWELL 1223.95 77.95 6.80

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 10621.45 10695.15 10596.35 10685.60 57.00

INFY 625.50 641.00 625.30 641.00 19.55

BAJAJFINSV 5740.00 5910.00 5730.00 5910.00 172.10

GAIL 340.00 350.05 339.80 349.00 9.20

TCS 1854.00 1897.90 1835.35 1895.00 48.90

BPCL 325.55 336.50 322.15 335.30 7.95

HCLTECH 998.70 1029.00 993.00 1021.70 21.20

BAJFINANCE 2395.00 2439.90 2375.00 2437.00 42.40

INDUSINDBK 1553.70 1593.85 1548.80 1590.00 27.25

RELIANCE 1107.90 1130.00 1105.45 1128.60 18.85

GRASIM 844.00 862.50 839.65 858.50 13.15

DRREDDY 2575.00 2602.80 2542.00 2591.00 32.40

MARUTI 7570.00 7657.80 7500.75 7650.00 95.30

ULTRACEMCO 3982.00 4029.00 3950.25 3999.00 39.15

HDFC 1884.65 1908.80 1870.00 1903.00 18.35

SBIN 284.60 290.50 284.05 289.00 2.60

IOC 136.45 139.65 135.25 137.95 1.00

HDFCBANK 2041.05 2067.90 2040.75 2064.00 14.20

HINDALCO 217.00 223.00 213.25 220.30 1.50

COALINDIA 252.50 254.20 250.15 252.40 1.65

LT 1419.45 1434.00 1415.35 1431.00 9.00

M&M 747.00 753.90 738.10 752.50 4.60

NTPC 144.50 146.80 143.25 145.60 0.90

INFRATEL 262.00 268.25 259.15 264.05 1.30

KOTAKBANK 1163.10 1178.95 1163.10 1175.10 4.55

TECHM 695.70 708.30 685.05 696.50 2.00

ADANIPORTS 368.45 373.00 363.20 370.10 1.05

TITAN 914.00 918.00 906.00 916.00 -0.40

HINDPETRO 244.50 248.80 241.00 246.25 -0.10

ONGC 147.40 147.85 144.25 146.30 -0.30

POWERGRID 181.95 184.95 180.30 181.75 -0.70

EICHERMOT 24017.95 24039.75 23580.00 23754.00 -94.30

ITC 286.10 286.45 282.80 284.40 -1.25

VEDL 193.85 199.70 190.20 194.75 -1.05

ZEEL 458.00 463.00 452.85 458.55 -3.05

HINDUNILVR 1738.90 1741.50 1709.25 1730.80 -13.20

ASIANPAINT 1346.80 1346.80 1326.05 1338.80 -10.70

CIPLA 526.00 526.95 513.05 517.80 -4.30

ICICIBANK 355.75 356.10 351.60 353.35 -3.00

TATAMOTORS 181.70 184.55 178.55 180.05 -1.70

UPL 766.00 773.90 754.00 765.05 -8.05

AXISBANK 629.90 638.70 623.00 624.00 -7.05

IBULHSGFIN 704.00 715.00 690.15 691.50 -11.15

JSWSTEEL 313.15 316.80 299.50 312.40 -5.20

TATASTEEL 529.70 529.90 512.50 521.60 -9.10

BAJAJ-AUTO 2642.00 2643.95 2570.90 2601.00 -48.50

WIPRO 316.85 322.30 311.00 312.30 -6.15

BHARTIARTL 333.90 335.90 324.10 326.55 -8.00

YESBANK 193.00 193.80 180.35 182.20 -5.70

SUNPHARMA 518.90 519.35 474.50 491.30 -19.45

HEROMOTOCO 3068.35 3075.00 2950.00 2958.00 -118.00

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 27250.90 27377.15 27193.30 27259.95 -27.30

COLPAL 1198.00 1242.00 1187.10 1239.80 40.35

MOTHERSUMI 156.25 162.00 155.80 161.35 4.55

BANDHANBNK 451.95 473.50 444.00 465.00 11.45

MCDOWELL-N 637.00 650.00 634.00 646.30 9.15

SUNTV 603.50 613.40 598.10 610.90 8.50

MARICO 362.80 367.50 359.90 364.95 4.75

ASHOKLEY 108.50 110.70 108.35 110.25 1.35

PIDILITIND 1157.00 1180.50 1146.95 1169.50 12.45

ABB 1349.00 1363.40 1344.00 1362.00 13.30

HINDZINC 263.30 265.50 259.40 264.55 1.90

MRF 67866.20 68680.00 67400.05 68678.00 479.25

DMART 1397.00 1409.75 1391.10 1403.00 9.30

DLF 178.50 183.35 176.00 178.60 1.10

LUPIN 849.00 857.70 842.00 849.75 4.85

BRITANNIA 6019.90 6080.00 5966.00 6040.25 32.20

ACC 1433.25 1454.30 1430.65 1446.25 7.15

ICICIPRULI 325.00 330.80 324.65 326.60 1.50

DABUR 420.00 422.25 413.35 420.80 1.75

OIL 200.45 203.40 198.80 200.50 0.70

SHREECEM 15734.00 16100.00 15734.00 16050.00 54.15

BHEL 66.40 68.10 66.30 67.15 0.15

LICHSGFIN 456.70 462.85 449.65 461.00 0.80

SBILIFE 567.00 574.00 563.25 568.50 0.30

CONCOR 667.15 674.05 654.00 671.45 0.25

NHPC 26.10 26.25 25.95 26.00 0.00

BANKBARODA 108.90 110.50 108.25 108.85 -0.05

L&TFH 131.35 132.75 130.60 131.35 -0.15

GICRE 303.95 304.80 301.70 302.20 -0.35

AMBUJACEM 215.95 218.15 214.30 216.00 -0.45

HAVELLS 659.30 667.80 652.40 658.30 -2.20

GODREJCP 740.00 753.00 737.25 744.15 -2.55

OFSS 3418.00 3464.00 3387.20 3395.10 -13.55

HDFCLIFE 395.95 396.80 390.00 393.50 -2.65

SIEMENS 914.00 922.50 903.50 906.00 -7.25

ABCAPITAL 109.00 109.90 107.05 107.70 -1.00

PETRONET 219.40 219.40 216.15 218.00 -2.05

SRTRANSFIN 1099.00 1116.05 1080.30 1097.00 -12.45

BIOCON 617.00 621.80 607.00 607.50 -7.25

PGHH 9415.00 9453.15 9275.00 9290.00 -125.20

NIACL 201.40 202.00 198.00 198.00 -2.70

AUROPHARMA 798.50 807.75 778.20 784.20 -12.15

ICICIGI 801.00 808.45 785.00 795.00 -12.85

INDIGO 1041.00 1045.00 1025.65 1031.00 -17.65

CADILAHC 356.00 356.90 342.50 346.50 -7.10

NMDC 96.75 96.75 94.10 94.70 -2.05

BOSCHLTD 18750.00 19057.00 18280.00 18299.00 -398.85

SAIL 57.90 57.90 55.90 56.80 -1.25

BEL 95.00 95.50 92.60 93.25 -2.65

IDEA 39.80 40.60 38.20 38.65 -1.20

PEL 2178.85 2214.25 2032.10 2040.00 -138.85

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Prime Minister Imran Khanwill on Wednesday lay the

foundation stone for the much-awaited corridor linkingGurdwara Darbar Sahib inPakistan’s Kartarpur - the finalresting place of Sikh faith’sfounder Guru Nanak Dev - toDera Baba Nanak shrine inIndia’s Gurdaspur district tofacilitate visa-free movement ofIndian Sikh pilgrims.

Kartarpur Sahib inPakistan is located across theriver Ravi, about four kilome-tres from the Dera Baba Nanakshrine. It was established by theSikh Guru in 1522. The firstGurdwara, GurdwaraKartarpur Sahib, was built here,where Guru Nanak Dev is saidto have died.

The Kartarpur Corridor,which will facilitate the visa-free travel of Indian Sikh pil-grims to Gurdwara DarbarSahib in Kartarpur, is expect-ed to be completed within sixmonths, Pakistan ForeignOffice Spokesman MohammadFaisal said on Tuesday.

The development comesahead of Guru Nanak’s 550thbirth anniversary next year.

India has also said it willbuild and develop a corridorfrom Dera Baba Nanak inGurdaspur district to theInternational Border to facili-tate Sikh pilgrims visitingGurdwara Darbar SahibKartarpur.

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Areligious corridor linking arevered Sikh shrine on the

bank of Ravi river here withIndia’s border district ofGurdaspur has the potential tobring “hope and peace”between the two countries,feels people on both sides of theborder on the eve of its ground-breaking ceremony.

The foundation stone lay-ing ceremony of the corridorbetween Gurdwara DarbarSahib in Kartarpur, the finalresting place of Sikh faith’sfounder Guru Nanak, and theinternational border with Indiawill be held here Wednesday.

Prime Minister ImranKhan, senior politicians ofPakistan’s Punjab province anda host of top officials will beattending the event at Narowal

– around 120 Kilometers fromLahore. The foundation stoneof the corridor on the Indianside, from Dera Baba Nanak inPunjab’s Gurdaspur to theinternational border, was laidMonday by Vice President MVenkaiah Naidu.

“We have fought a lot in thelast 70 years. There was no gainfrom those fights by either Indiaor Pakistan. It is now time webegin a new journey and theKatarpur corridor has the poten-tial to bring peace,” says AbbasKhan, a 60-year-old Pakistantrader, a resident of Narowal.

Another Pakistani citizen –Bilal Mohammed - who is fromLahore said Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is an influentialleader and both he and hisPakistani counterpart ImranKhan can bring changes in thebilateral relations if they want.

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Three US soldiers were killedand three wounded by a

bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday,NATO said, taking the numberof American service personnelto die in the war-torn countrythis year to 12.

NATO’s Resolute Supportmission would not immedi-ately release any details aboutthe soldiers, but said they hadbeen killed when an impro-vised explosive device (IED)detonated near Ghazni city incentral Afghanistan.

An American contractorwas also wounded, it said,adding that the four injured inthe blast were receiving med-ical care.

The casualties come just

days after another US soldierwas killed in Afghanistan’sNimroz province on Saturday.

An initial review showedthe soldier was “likely acci-dentally shot by our Afghanpartner force”, a NATO state-ment said Tuesday, addingthat the “tragic” incidentoccurred as they engaged in abattle with al Qaeda militants.

“There are no indicationshe was shot intentionally,” thestatement added, naming thesoldier as Sgt Jasso without giv-ing a first name.

General Scott Miller, thetop US and NATO comman-der in Afghanistan, said Jassowas killed “defending ournation, fighting al Qaedaalongside our Afghan part-ners”.

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Greenpeace protestors onTuesday scaled a massive

chimney at Poland’s Belchatowcoal-fired power plant as oneof Europe’s largest pollutersgears up to host the COP24global climate summit.

“We want to draw theworld’s attention to the factthat climate change is real, thathuman tragedies are takingplace before our eyes and thataction is urgent,” Greenpeace

Poland activist KatarzynaGuzek told AFP via tele-phone.She said nine activistsfrom around the world hadscaled the 180 metre (560feet) tower as part of aGreenpeace campaign aimedat phasing out coal use.

“Belchatow is the largestcoal-fired power station inthe EU, one of the largest inthe world and therefore thesymbol of a system that killslife on our planet,” Guzekadded.

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Russian President VladimirPutin warned Ukraine

against any “reckless acts” onTuesday after Kiev declaredmartial law in response toMoscow’s seizure of three of itsnavy vessels.

The Ukrainian parliamentlate on Monday voted in favourof President Petro Poroshenko’srequest for the introduction ofmartial law in parts of thecountry for 30 days. The deci-sion came as Ukraine andRussia face their most danger-ous crisis in years after Russianforces fired on, boarded andcaptured Kiev’s ships onSunday off the coast of Crimea.

The incident was the firstmajor confrontation at sea inthe long-running conflict pit-ting Ukraine against Moscowand Russian-backed separatistsin the country’s east.

It has raised fears of awider escalation -- in a conflictthat has killed more than10,000 people since 2014 -- and

prompted international calls forrestraint and offers of media-tion.

Martial law givesUkrainian authorities thepower to mobilise citizens withmilitary experience, regulatethe media and restrict publicrallies in affected areas.

Moscow has accused Kievof planning Sunday’s con-frontation as a provocationaimed at drumming up supportfor Poroshenko ahead of elec-tions next year and convincingWestern governments toimpose further sanctions onRussia. In a phone conversationwith German ChancellorAngela Merkel, Putin expressed“serious concern” over theintroduction of martial law, theKremlin said in a statement.

Putin said Kiev’s actionswere “clearly taken in view ofthe election campaign inUkraine”. He said he hopedBerlin could intervene withUkrainian authorities “to dis-suade them from further reck-less acts”.

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Donald Trump’s formercampaign chairman Paul

Manafort violated his pleaagreement by lying to investi-gators, prosecutors saidMonday, as another formeraide began serving a jail sen-tence for making false state-ments to the FBI.

Manafort had agreed tocooperate with special counselRobert Mueller’s investigation ofpossible collusion between theTrump campaign and Russia aspart of a plea deal in September.

“After signing the pleaagreement, Manafort commit-ted federal crimes by lying tothe Federal Bureau ofInvestigation and the SpecialCounsel’s Office on a variety ofsubject matters, which consti-tute breaches of the agree-ment,” prosecutors said in acourt filing.

“A breach relieves the gov-ernment of any obligations ithas under the agreement.” Inthe same joint status report fil-

ing, Manafort’s legal teampushed back against the gov-ernment’s assertion.

“Manafort has providedinformation to the governmentin an effort to live up to hiscooperation obligations,” it said.

“He believes he has provid-ed truthful information anddoes not agree with the govern-ment’s characterization or thathe has breached the agreement.”

Manafort, who worked forthe Trump campaign for near-ly six months in the middle of2016, agreed to plead guilty toone count of conspiracy againstthe United States and anothercount of obstruction of justicein a deal to avert a second trialon money laundering and ille-

gal lobbying charges.He was already convicted

in a separate jury trial on eightcounts related to financial fraudin August, but those charges, aswell as the counts covered inthe plea deal, were unrelated tothe campaign.

Instead, they derived fromhis work for former Ukrainianpresident Viktor Yanukovychand his pro-Moscow politicalparty between about 2005-14.

As prosecutors accusedManafort of lying, GeorgePapadopoulos — the formerTrump campaign aide whoseRussia contacts set off the col-lusion investigation -- entereda minimum security unit tostart serving out his two-weekjail sentence at the Oxford,Wisconsin federal prison.

Papadopoulos was anobscure oil industry analystwhen he joined the Trumpcampaign’s foreign policy advi-sory team in March 2016.Basedin London, he made contactswith what he believed wereimportant

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The US on Monday warnedRussia that “outlaw actions”

like the seizure of Ukrainianships in the Sea of Azov are pre-venting normal relations fromdeveloping between Washingtonand Moscow.

US Ambassador Nikki Haleytold an emergency meeting of theUN Security Council that “theUnited States would welcome anormal relationship with Russia.But outlaw actions like this onecontinue to make that impossi-ble.” Tensions have flaredafter the Russian navy on Sundayboarded and seized threeUkrainian ships off the coast ofCrimea, accusing Ukraine ofillegally entering Russian watersin the Sea of Azov.

The confrontation at searaised fears of a wider militaryflareup. Haley put the blamefirmly on Russia for the clash, call-ing the seizure of the ships an “out-rageous violation of sovereignUkrainian territory” and slam-ming “yet another reckless

Russian escalation.” But she didnot specifically threaten furthersanctions, instead calling for a de-escalation of tensions over Crimea,which Russia annexed in 2014 ina move never recognized by theinternational community. “TheUnited States will maintain itsCrimea-related sanctions againstRussia. Indeed, further Russianescalation of this kind will onlymake matters worse,” said Haley.

“It will further undermineRussia’s standing in the world.It will further sour Russia’s rela-tions with the US and manyother countries. It will furtherincrease tensions with Ukraine”.Haley said her remarks fol-lowed conversations withPresident Donald Trump andSecretary of State MikePompeo and reflect “concernsat the highest level of theAmerican government.” TheUS warning comes ahead of aplanned meeting betweenTrump and his Russian coun-terpart Vladimir Putin, on thesidelines of the G20 summit inArgentina later this week.

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Avote on a controversial lawthat would cut govern-

ment subsidies to cultural insti-tutions deemed disloyal to theJewish state was Monday post-poned indefinitely, Israel’s cul-ture minister said.

The bill, submitted byCulture Minister Miri Regev,would give the finance and cul-ture ministries the power toslash subsidies to institutionsbacking films or plays that donot show “loyalty” to the state.

Such institutions wouldinclude those which deny Israel’sexistence as a “democratic andJewish state”, or those incitingviolence, racism or “terrorism”.

Any organisation thatmarks Israel’s independenceday as a national day of mourn-ing, or present artistic workthat attacks the national flag orother state symbols would alsobe denied funding.

For Palestinians, theanniversary of Israel’s 1948independence marks theNakba, or “catastrophe”, whenmore than 700,000 fled or wereexpelled during the war sur-rounding Israel’s creation.

A ministerial committeehad voted to advance the bill inOctober but it needed twomore parliamentary readingsbefore becoming law.

Monday’s vote was post-poned indefinitely because of alack of a majority, said Regev,a member of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu’srightwing Likud bloc.

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of Hospitality,Gurugram, invitesapplication for itsIntensive Culinary ArtsProgramme. This nine-month course is accom-panied by a total of threemonths of industr yexposure to all studentswho wish to participate.

Eligibility: Applicants,who have completed ClassXII or equivalent, graduates,professionals or PG students,who are planning to pursue acareer in culinary art, are eli-gible to apply for this course.

How to apply: Log on tohttp:// ish.edu.in/how-to-apply.html.

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Strathclyde, Glasgow, is invit-ing applications for MSc inCancer Therapies starting inSeptember 2019. It is a multi-faceted course that combinescancer biology, drug discovery,formulation and delivery withradiation biology. Students willalso get an understanding ofthe practical, ethical and eco-nomic implications of person-alised cancer therapy.

The degree is for graduatesseeking experience in the rangeof topics essential to the under-standing and development ofcancer therapies. Students willbe taught in the StrathclydeInstitute of Pharmacy andBiomedical Sciences, recog-nised as one of the leadingdepartments of its kind in theUK. The institute has majorfacilities for radiobiology andradiopharmaceutical research.It also hosts the CancerResearch UK DrugFormulation Unit.

The course is set up to helpproduce world-class graduateswith the skills to contribute tothe global drive in advancingcancer treatment throughresearch, teaching, industryand public sector employment.

Students on the MSc inCancer Therapies degree willundertake a major project tai-lored to their interest andfuture career aspirations in anactive research lab with enthu-siastic and dedicate researchersand students.

E l i g i b i l i t y :Minimum second division inhonours degree or interna-tional equivalent in a science orhealth related subject

Fee: The fee for interna-tional students for 2019/20 is£19,500. For further informa-tion, log on email at [email protected] or log on tohttps://www.strath.ac.uk/cours-es/postgraduatetaught/can-certherapies/

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UK, is inviting applicationsfor BSc and MBiolSciBiomedical Science coursesstarting in September 2019.Students will study everythingfrom the gene to whole bodysystems, and gain a thoroughunderstanding of the geneticand molecular processes thatunderpin the development,structure and function of thehuman body in health and dis-ease.

Students will have theopportunity to spend a year oftheir studies at another top uni-versity around the world,putting their knowledge intopractice with a year in indus-try or undertaking an extrayear of research training withMBiolSci. As a biomedical sci-ence graduate, you'll beequipped to work at the fore-front of advances in medicalresearch.

Fee: £22600 for overseasstudents per year

Eligibility: 80 per cent inClass XII including two sciencesubjects and an overall IELTSgrade of 6.5 with a minimumof 6.0 in each component, or anequivalent English languagequalification.

Last date to apply: June 30,2019. For further informationemail [email protected];or log on tohttps://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prospectus/courseDetails.do?id=B9002019#contactDetails

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With an aim of empow-ering schools with

next generation technolo-gies, Esri India, has launchedGeo-Mentor Programme.

This programme isfocused on encouraging theGIS enthusiasts and practi-tioners in India to come for-ward and skill school studentsin India in GIS technology.GeoMentors would beempowered with course mate-rial, training, and supportinfrastructure to equip them,become a mentor for schoolwithin their region and com-munity. The organisation hasalready trained more than1000 school students andteachers through a pilot pro-gramme in Delhi-NCR regionfrom June to October 2018.

New emerging technolo-gies are opening up new waysof learning and understandingour world. In a recently con-ducted study— Wikibrands’Digital Periscope study andsurveys, GeospatialTechnologies and GIS havebeen included in the top 20emerging technologies in thenext 10 years (2018-2028).GIS will help students view,understand and analyse data indifferent subjects, not just

geography, but chemistry,physics, history, arts, environ-mental studies, civics, andmany more.

GIS is used as an inquiry-driven and problem-solvingplatform and provides careeroptions that are increasinglyin demand. It helps studentsthink critically, use real data,and connects them to theirown community.

The programme is anextension to the K-12 pro-gramme launched by thecompany, which aims at edu-cating students about GIStechnology. Some of the lead-ing schools in Delhi-NCRare Tagore International,Deep Public School, ScottishHigh School, MaharajaAgrasen School, Basant ValleyGlobal School, Sai MemorialGirls school have already col-laborated with the companyfor this initiative.

The organisation alsolaunched the EIGAP pro-gramme for teaching, learn-ing, and research purposes.ArcGIS, the flagship plat-form, is available to universi-ties nationally at a specialprice. The company has beenpromoting GIS know-howthrough other programmeslike GIS Academia Counciland mApp Your Way.

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As the IT upskilling revolution gatherssteam, the chief architects of training pro-

grammes and organisational development atmultinational organisations — the Learning& Development (L&D) professionals, areflocking to Connect L&D. A dedicatedresearch platform established by SpringPeople,the aim to bring together L&D leaders fromthe industry on a common platform andprovide them with an opportunity to net-work, share knowledge, opinions, educatethemselves and get a holistic view of chal-lenges and opportunities. This would enablethem to drive their organisation’s upskillingin a more effective way.

India’s 20,000 strong L&D communityform the backbone of employee learningand development at companies, directlyresponsible for upskilling the IT workforceof about 4 million with estimated spends of$5 billion.

With the demand for skills training pro-grammes in machine learning, artificialintelligence, blockchain, IoT and otheremerging technologies at an all-time high,there is an urgent need for a common pan-India platform for such professionals to col-laborate and design more effective trainingprograms.

Launched in December last year,Connect L&D has seen participation fromover 5,200+ L&D professionals responsiblefor employee training at big brands includ-ing Flipkart, Walmart, IBM, Wipro, Infosys,Samsung, to name a few. Users can attendfree conclaves, seminars, and webinars, getaccess to knowledge bank and a platform tointeract, network and share thoughts.

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The Abhinav Outsourcings has start-ed an online International English

Language Testing System (IELTS)coaching course for the immigrationaspirants. The IELTS is a standarisedEnglish language test designed for for-eign speakers who wish to study, workor live in an English speaking environ-ment. The certificate can open doors tointernational academic and profession-al opportunities and in many institutionsand destinations across the globe.

This 30-hour online programmewith a personal trainer that includes tipsand tricks of cracking IELTS, speakingskills, listening skills, reading skills, writ-ing skills and doubt clearing sessions.

Under the coaching service,Abhinav Outsourcings shall make the

delivery arrangements, for providingonline IELTS coaching as per followingdetails. �One can take the coaching as per ones’convenience — early morning till lateevening; from home or from office.�One gets 30 hours of coaching.

Delivery Model:�Live online classes with a faculty�Individual one-on-one classes fromhome or office comfort�Class duration 30 hours that willcover reading, listening, writing, speak-ing�Flexible timings (Operational hours 6am to 11 pm)

Basic Infrastructure required for theclasses are laptops with internet con-nection, headphones and webcam

For more details candidates can visit:www.abhinav.com.

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The IIHMR University hassigned an MoU with the

National institute of Health andFamily Welfare (NIHFW), Delhifor conducting training pro-grammes of senior hospitaladministrators under “CapacityBuilding in Public HealthEmergency and HospitalPreparedness for HealthEmergencies”. The focus of thetraining programme will be toenhance the ability of hospitalsand healthcare systems to pre-pare for and respond to bioter-rorism and other public healthemergencies.

These training pro-grammes will be conducted for

States of Rajasthan, MadhyaPradesh and Gujarat. The par-ticipants would be senior hos-pital administrators (medicalsuperintends and deputy med-ical superintends).

Annually, three trainingprogrammes will be conduct-ed by IIHMR University underthis agreement that will help toprevent immediate risk tohealth and life and also trainand educate the senior hospi-tal administrators about how tobe ready to respond to publichealth emergencies. The pro-gramme is targeted to developa proactive and dynamicapproach to meet the risingdemands for quality healthcarein India.

To conduct a campus-wide survey about howstudents prefer watching movies, and also

establish a collaboration with DPG Institute ofTechnology & Management, Gurugram to setup an incubation programme, a mobile filetransfer and sharing app Xender paid a surprisevisit at the campus.

The team was welcomed by the Dean andcollege’s head professor (Engineering) RandhirKumar. One of the leading companies in themobile industry, Xender is on a hunt to hirelocal talents from India. Through this collab-oration, both the college and the organisationwill get to exchange ideas on the developmentof mobile Internet and also inculcate thetrend of entrepreneurship.

A Computer Science student, Ravi Khan,

said: “It was a wonderful experience for me tointeract with the team. The interaction was veryenriching for B-School students like us. If givena chance, I would love to work for this com-pany.”

The company aims to collaborate with moresuch colleges in India to create more jobavenues for the local talents. Especially after themovie platform has been launched, it will evolveinto a brand new product and hire more tal-ented youth.

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�What prompted you to start the 17,000Feet Foundation?

I had quit my IT job spanning 12 yearsto work in the education sector. While work-ing as a middle school teacher at Shri RamSchool, Gurugram, I build many outdooreducation programmes. But I constantlyquestioned the meaningfulness of my roleand the impact that I was making in theworld. My answers came during a solo trekto Ladakh in 2010 where I spent time inremote villages and taught foreign languageto a handful of children in schools whichwas having staff crunch. The aspiration ofthe parents to educate their children anddream of a better future for them was theinspiration that led me to start the foun-dation. It is a non-profit organisationfounded with my husband Sandeep Sahuand our Ladakh partner Dawa Jora.�Tell us about the initiatives

Our programmes focus on improvingGovernment schools in remote areas,

and delivery of quality education. Someof the initiatives are:�School infrastructure improvementprogramme: We’ve set up 134 play-grounds in some of the remotest villages.Around 24 schools already have classroomfurniture, with this number increasing to140 in the coming months. Around 120schools have been electrified and poweredthrough solar energy. �Teacher training programme: We annu-ally train hundreds of teachers in multi-ple methodologies to improve the teach-ing-learning process in the classroom. Our

training programmes are held in theharshest of winters in Ladakh, with tem-peratures dipping down to minus 25degree celsius and teachers walking forhours to reach the training centres. Wehave so far trained over 1,500 teachers inthe last seven years.�Library programme: We’ve set uplibraries in 250 schools and are workingwith the local administration to replicatethe library programme across all 900schools. We’ve translated 40 titles intoBhoti and distributed over 21,000 story-books to school children across Ladakh.

�Map my school: We’ve built a technol-ogy platform that has every school geomapped and placed on a map of Ladakhgiving travellers an opportunity to findabout these schools on their travel route. �DigiLab project: This is our mostambitious programme that brings offlinehybrid digital learning solutions to theremote village through the provision ofsolar electricity, tablets, customised andpersonalised digital curriculum in a well-furnished lab that is supported by multi-ple workshops by the foundation’s teamthrough the year.

The content will enable each child tolearn independently while being guided byhis teacher and also allow for tracking ofstudent performance centrally. The solu-tion has been designed to work anywhere,in any remote village, and works even inareas with no electricity, mobile connec-tivity or network.

We’ve set up DigiLabs in 103 schools

with that number being increased to 150in the coming months.�How did the crowdfunding platformImpactGuru.com help in this mission?

We recently ran a campaign onImpactGuru to fund one of our BookTranslation projects and we successfullyreached our campaign goal.

Our recent campaign helped usfundraise to set up a complete play-ground set in a very remote school inKargil district, Ladakh. We have been veryhappy with the visibility that these cam-paigns have given us, not to mention thefact that we have been able to reach ourfundraising goals each time.�What are the upcoming projects?

We are keen on expanding DigiLabProject to other parts of the country. Weare especially interested in going to theother mountainous regions like the North-east and are gathering funds and sup-porters for the initiative.

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Development and Entrepreneurship(MSDE) empowers the youth of thecountry to become more employableso that they can significantly con-tribute towards the formation of newIndia. Different sector skill councilsare highly committed towards devel-oping world-class skilled manpow-er for their sectors.

Each council has a comprehen-sive list of job roles that create aunique employment opportunity fora candidate in the organisation. Onesuch job role is tower technician,one of the 39 jobs in the Telecomindustry, which has a huge demand.As per the study of skilling require-ment in this sector, there is approx-imately 3,56,332 job demand for thenext five years.

The training partners likeTelecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC),play a vital role in the enrollment ofcandidates to respective job roles andenable them to make the decision.

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known as site engineers, tower engi-neers and or site technicians in thetelecom industry. Their job involvesmaintaining and repairing level-1faults at telecom tower site, preven-tive and corrective maintenance andreport faults to the supervisor intime.

The technician is responsible forall that and also need to travel inter-state and work during odd hours,when required.

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nically qualified, self-disciplined,confident, team player, action-ori-ented and must possess analyticalskills and problem-solving ability. Hemust also have good communicationskills and the ability to work underpressure.

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ification required for this job role is10+2 and/or Industrial TrainingInstitute (ITI) diploma in electrical/ mechanical and maximum qualifi-cation is graduate. Moreover, theminimum age required for towertechnician is 18 years and 0-threeyears of experience is desired for it.

If candidates want to make acareer as a tower technician, they canenroll themself for training at BSNLCentres through Telecom SectorSkill Council (TSSC) who havemany training partners across India.The duration of this course is 300hours and it is available free of chargethrough Pradhan Mantri KaushalVikas Yojna (PMKVY).

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Standards (NOS) are applicable bothin the Indian as well as global con-texts. It states the standards of per-formance a candidate must attainwhen performing any role in theorganisation. An individual musthave knowledge and understandingof the job role which is required tomeet that standard consistently.

Following are some of the stan-dards of this job role that must bemaintained at the tower site. Theyare:

� Site hygiene: This occupationalstandard unit is about maintainingthe site hygiene of AC, DG, PowerInterface Unit (PIU), Switched ModePower Supplies (SMPS) and batterybank, as per the organisation’snorms. The candidate must know thebasic use of mechanical equipment,the layout of the tower site, generalaspects of electrical wiring and safe-ty requirements at the site.

� Preventive maintenance: Theindividual conducts regular preven-tive maintenance activities at thetower site under this operating sys-

tem (OS) unit. The candidate on thejob must stick to preventive main-tenance (PM) plan, conduct sitePM, keep a check on site up-time,execute unique site down PM andprovide timely resolutions to troubletickets raised.

The candidate needs to under-stand how to diagnose the reasonsfor downtime through up-timeanalysis. Also, he must know how toconduct fault analysis to identify andrepair recurring faults on site.

� Site management: Under this OSunit, an individual has to performoperational activities at the tower sitelike submission of the electricity bill,alarm check and others.

Few of the performance criteriafor this unit include monitor readingas per the Electricity Bill (EB) againstreading on power interface unit,timely collect and submit the EB at theoffice, check a number of alarms activeat the site and interact with site own-ers with respect to rent and accessissues. In an organisational context,the candidate needs to know andunderstand EB collection and pay-ment process.

�Task reporting: It’s about report-ing and record-keeping as per com-pany’s processes and defined ServiceLevel Agreement (SLAs). The can-didate must be able to escalate faultsto a supervisor at the site, fill the pre-ventive and corrective maintenancechecklists, accurately report dieselfilling, EB and DG reading.

He/she must have a great knowl-edge and understanding about thepreventive maintenance and correc-tive norms as per the company as wellas the company’s repair and mainte-nance guidelines. The candidate mustalso have a good communication, ana-lytical, planning and execution skills.

�Corrective maintenance: Fromthe timely identification of the needfor corrective maintenance to stickto maintenance plan, the candidatemust be able to fill the correctivemaintenance reports and solve amaximum number of issues reported.

He/she must have a deep func-tional knowledge of all equipment andsystem components as well as a greatunderstanding of PM and correctivemaintenance norms, site up-time tar-gets and repair guidelines of thecompany.

If you are looking forward tobuilding your career as a towertechnician in the telecom industry,you must adhere to the basic fun-damentals required for this job role.Due to the huge demand of towertechnician in the market in the nextcoming years, TSSC strives to facil-itate quality certifications in theirrespective job roles to meet theneeds of the industry.

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Eligibility: Studentsmust meet the following cri-teria: Admitted as a full-timefreshman student to Pitt-Greensburg by January 15,2019 (Direct applicants only;option students are not eligi-ble to apply). Achieved acumulative high school GPAof 3.8 or higher (at time ofapplication). Scored a mini-mum of 1250 on SAT – or –26 on ACT. Student must bea United States citizen.English language require-ments: Scored a minimum of1250 on SAT; 26 on the ACT.

How to apply: Studentsmust mail an envelope con-taining a printed application,two (2) letters of recommen-dation, and official highschool transcript includingSAT/ACT scores by post.

Application deadline:The last date to apply isJanuary 22, 2019.

The Technical Universityof Munich invites applica-tions for PostdoctoralFellowship or PhD studentposition in Machine

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the Helmholtz CenterMunich. International stu-dents can apply.

Eligibility: MSc or PhDdegree in Computer Science,Statistics, Maths, DataScience or equivalent; Strongbackground in machinelearning (graphical models,Bayesian and neural net-works), Statistics, and prefer-ably causal inference meth-ods; Knowledge of and orexperience with time-seriesdata, preferably clinical data;Programming expertise inPython, R, and SQL; Interestand or experience in workingwith healthcare problems(surgical procedures);Demonstrated skill in scien-tific writing; Excellent inter-personal skills with the abili-ty to work independently andin collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of surgeonsand engineers. Experiencewith healthcare data andbuilding real-world systemsis a plus. English languagerequirements: Applicantswhose first language is notEnglish are usually requiredto provide evidence of profi-ciency in English at the high-er level required by theUniversity.

How to apply: Interestedindividuals should send acover letter, a CV and contactinformation for two refer-ences to Dr. Narges Ahmidi(narges.ahmidi-at-helmholtz-muenchen.de).

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was X-Ray which was used only in devel-oped countries. Gradually came in ultra-sound which was considered harmful andlater accepted. It will undoubtedly con-tinue to play a critical role in the deliv-ery of healthcare services making expe-rience with tech-based clinical learningimperative to the success of the next gen-eration of doctors. Enhanced imaging, forinstance, will revolutionise and improvethe accuracy of diagnoses. The use ofsuch technology at the most basic levelof clinical practice will become thenorm. Indeed, the portable ultrasoundmay soon replace the stethoscope.

Technology is bridging huge gapsamong the people who are physicallylocated in different places. When wemake use of technology, St George’sUniversity (SGU) makes sure that med-icine which is both science and art doesnot lose its essence.

In medicine, it helps to teach andimpart medical knowledge to students 50per cent better which almost covers halfof what we actually teach. People are notjust suffering from infectious diseases, butalso from different mental problems. Thematters of the mind highly impact thefatal disease like Diabetes, hypertension,obesity and even heart attack for thatmatter. Making use of technology forincreasing the availability of medicine tothe patient will only take the patient clos-er to being better and cured for a longertime.

Technology will help us keep arecord of all the details related to med-ical science happening in the patient'sbody. So, when the person goes in for acheck-up, the doctor will be able to diag-nose and understand of what wentwrong, when and due to what — con-sidering the clinical history.

Technology is now developing tostage where robots for general examina-tion, AI learning and much more wouldbe applied for curing the human mindand body, along with keeping updatedrecords of growth."

Tips for medical aspirantsThe SGU is a premier medical insti-

tution which aims at bringing medicaldevelopments on an even level to all thepeople worldwide. Medical knowledge isglobal and is spreading and connectingthe population through the ever emerg-ing and dynamic technology, used both

as science and art.It aims at enrolling students not just

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It allows the students to pursuetheir first year in MS Ramaiah College,Bengaluru and they complete the restinternationally, either in Grenade or inUK, as per the students’ requirements. Bybringing students from all over theworld, the university wins in creating acreative learning atmosphere about dif-ferent cultural differences, religious dif-ferences and how different religionscould impact health.

For a successful five-year pro-gramme, its curriculum has been mappedwith the partnered medical institutions— MS Ramaiah College, India andMaldoh College, Thailand for providingperfect ambience both academically andin residency, which makes it a trulyInternational education.

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first slot (or for that matter theCAT 2017 paper) were on theright track. It too started withan ‘easy’ VARC section. Thepassages were on similar linesas those of the first slot. TheDILR section continued to givea sigh of relief to the students.However, some are of the opin-ion that it was slightly tougherthan the first slot’s DILR sec-tion. Overall, it was of a mod-erate level of difficulty. And thereign of QA continued. Itremained the toughest sectionin the second slot too.

The break-up of the paper(Slot 2):

�Verbal Ability andReading Comprehension: Totalquestions 34 — Non-MCQ: 7— Easy: 28+

�Data Interpretation andLogical Reasoning: Total ques-tions: 32; Non-MCQ: 8;Moderate: 16+

�Quantitative Ability:Total questions: 34; Non-MCQ:12; Difficult: 15+

The VARC section contin-ued to be the feel good section.The pattern remained the sameas that of the first slot. Therewere no instructions providedfor the number of questions ineach passage. However, thereremained five passages. Onepassage had four questionswhile the rest had five questionseach. The topics of the remain-ing Reading Comprehension(RC) passages were also fromfamiliar areas. They were easyto read. There were quite a fewinference-based questions, butthese were easy to attempt,thanks to the option choices.The options were not reallyvery close. Only four-five ques-tions from RC were tricky.However, a student should havefollowed the process of elimi-nation to be able to achieve adecent accuracy rate as theoptions were not straight for-ward. The Verbal Ability (VA)section had one major change.

There were four subjectivepara-jumble questions, and allof these had four sentenceseach. There were three odd sen-tence para-jumble (OSPJ) ques-tions. These questions wereeasier than expected. A studentcould have easily managed toget four questions correct outof the seven PJs. These wereTITA questions.

The three para-summaryquestions were of moderatelevel of difficulty. The para-graphs continued to be short inthe range of 450 to 500 wordseach. However, as compared tothe first slot, the summaryquestions were slightly easier.Only one summary questionappeared to be tough. So,VARC continued to be the eas-iest of the lot.

The second section of thepaper — DILR — continued tobe a pleasant surprise. Therewere 32 questions in total witheight non-MCQs. Unlike lastyear’s paper, the theme of thesets was more conventional.There was one very direct DIset with basic calculations. Thefocus and strategy should have

been the quality of the select-ed sets rather the quantity of thenumbers of questions attempt-ed. A couple of sets did have aquestion each which shouldhave been ‘left alone’. Two setsincluded calculation but nonewas on the tougher side. On theother hand, the LR sets wereeasy-moderate in terms of levelof difficulty.

Overall, 15-17 attempts,with an accuracy of 90 per centwould be considered good.

Once the QA section wasover, students would have comeout with much less satisfactionas they would have had theycome out at the end of DILR.If you expected a happy endingin QA, you were definitely notpaying attention to all the dis-cussions following the first slot.An overall attempt of 18-20with 85 per cent accuracy willbe good.

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with an even easier than 2017 VerbalAbility and Reading Comprehension(VARC) section. Then the level of dif-ficulty of the Data Interpretation andLogical Reasoning (DILR) sectionprovided a major reprieve to thenervous aspirants as it broke with thetrend of the last three years. It was amoderately difficult as compared to anout and out difficult section that hasbeen observed over the last two-threeyears. However, this relief was short-lived as Quantitative Aptitude (QA)came out all guns blazing. IIM-C keptits reputation intact, with its empha-sis on the QA section. The break-up of the paper (Slot 1):The VARC greeted students with aneasier than expected paper. However,the pattern of the paper didn't strict-ly match that of the sample paper pro-vided by the CAT team. The topics ofthe remaining RC passages were alsofrom familiar areas. They were easy toread. There were quite a few inference-based questions, but these were easyto attempt.

The options were not really veryclose. Only four-five questions fromRC were tricky. However, a studentshould have followed the process ofelimination to be able to achieve adecent accuracy rate as the optionswere not straight-forward. The VAsection had one major change. Therewere four Subjective Para Jumble(PJ) questions, and all of these hadfour sentences each. There were threeodd sentence para-jumble questions.These questions were easier than

expected. A student could have easi-ly managed to get 4 questions correctout of the seven PJs. These were TypeIn The Answer (TITA) questions. Thethree summary questions were diffi-cult. The paragraphs focused entire-ly on research methodology and aca-demic concepts. So, they were diffi-cult to read and comprehend.However, the options were not reallydifficult. For many CAT aspirants thisyear (especially those who reliedheavily on QA), VA may just turn outto be the saviour.

Major surprise: The PJs were easyand the sentences were short.

The next section was DataInterpretation and Logical Reasoning(DILR). After three consecutivetragedies, DILR-2018 must have beena pleasant surprise. There were 32questions in all with eight non-MCQs. Unlike last year’s paper, thetheme of the sets was more conven-tional. With the smart selection,around four sets in the section couldhave been attempted easily with accu-racy. A couple of sets had one diffi-cult to crack question each. A studentshould have been wise enough to leavethese aside. Calculation wasn’trequired at all in the DI sets. On theother hand, the LR sets were easy-moderate in terms of level of difficulty.

For students who were alreadyscared of QA section, it could have feltlike a nuclear disaster. But for the engi-neering group, this was not impossi-ble to attempt. The questions were cal-culation and logic intensive, not the-ory intensive.

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Senior Indian woman cricketerMithali Raj on Tuesday slammedCommittee of Administrators

member Diana Edulji and coachRamesh Powar, saying the two arebiased against her and have tried to"destroy" her.

In a scathing e-mail to the BCCI,Mithali said her axing from the WorldT20 semifinal against England reducedher to tears and left her the mostdeflated in her over two-decade longcareer.

In the note to BCCI CEO RahulJohri and GM (Cricket Operations)Saba Karim, one of India's finestbatswomen alleged that she was dis-respected by the duo of Edulji andPowar.

"...I felt deflated, depressed and letdown. I am forced to think if my ser-vices to my country are of any valueto a few people in power who are outto destroy me and break my confi-dence," Mithali, also the ODI captain,wrote in her mail.

While Powar refused to commenton Mithali's allegations, Edulji couldnot be reached for a response.

Mithali spoke about how Edulji'sstance backing her axing, made herfeel "vulnerable". Edulji, in an earlierinterview, had stated that the teammanagement's decision could not bequestioned on selection matters.

"To put things in perspective, Ihave always reposed faith in DianaEdulji and have always respected herand her position as a member of theCoA.

"Never did I think she will use herposition against me, more after hear-ing what all I had to go through in theCaribbean as I had spoken to herabout it," Mithali wrote.

A source alleged that Mithali wasforced by Edulji to divulge the detailsof her meeting with Johri and Karimon Monday.

"Her brazen support in the presswith regard to the decision of mybenching in the semi final of the T20World Cup has left me deeply dis-tressed, more because she knows thereal facts having spoken to me," theplayer wrote.

Mithali has played 85 T20Is forIndia and has scored 2288 runs. Sheaverages more than 50 in both the Testand ODI formats.

"May I say that I am aware that bywriting this email I am making myselfeven more vulnerable. She is a CoAmember while I am just a player," shelamented.

"But the brazen support of a CoAmember is a clear sign of bias and alsothat a stance has already been takenagainst me. By saying 'I don't supportsomeone' and then going all out tosupport my benching in the press isprejudice of the clearest sort," saidMithali.

She, however, made it clear thatshe has no hard feelings for T20 cap-tain Harmanpreet Kaur, who was aparty to the decision of her beingdropped for the semi-finals and stoodby it even after the defeat.

However, her relationship withPowar hit nadir in the West Indies andMithali said she still hasn't understoodthe breakdown.

"My issues with the coach startedimmediately as we landed in the WestIndies. At first there were small signsthat his behaviour towards me wasunfair and discriminatory," she alleged.

She said that Powar's behaviourcaused her "stress".

"For instance, walking off if I amsitting anywhere around, watching inthe nets when others bat but choosingto walk away when I am batting innets, if I try to go up to him to talk tostart looking into his phone and keepwalking," she said.

"It was embarrassing and very evi-dent to everyone that I was beinghumiliated. Yet I never lost my cool.

"Finding the situation completelyout of control and realising that it isimportant to resolve issues as it affectsthe team I reached out to the team

manager and conveyed my griev-ances."

According to Mithali things wentfrom bad to worse after that.

"After the meeting his behaviourturned worse. He would not evenacknowledge me. To him I didn't existin the team.

"If I was around he would imme-diately move away from the scene, ifI looked to wish him he would delib-erately start looking in other direction.He continued to behave badly as I havealready informed you yesterday. Itappeared to me that for him themeeting had hurt his ego."

Mithali said she was even askednot to show up at the ground by Powarduring the game against Australia.

"In the evening after the teammeeting before the Australia game,

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Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur entered the top-five inthe latest ICC women's T20 International player rankings

with opener Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues alsoachieving their career-best rankings.

Harmanpreet, who was the second highest run-getterin the recently concluded Women's World T20, afterAustralia opener Alyssa Healy, has gained three slots to reachthe third position.

The Indian captain aggregated 183 runs including amatch-winning 103 in the opener against New Zealand.

Teenage sensation Jemimah moved up nine places to acareer-best sixth and Smriti jumped seven places to claimthe 10th spot.

Healy gained four slots to reach the eighth position forher Player of the Tournament effort, which saw her score225 runs.

Other batters to gain in the latest rankings update includeJaveria Khan of Pakistan, who has jumped seven places toreach a career-best 14th position, and Clare Shillington ofIreland, who has gained one slot to take the 19th slot.

In the bowlers' list led by Australia's Megan Schutt, NewZealand spinner Leigh Kasperek's seven wickets have liftedher seven places to third position while finalists England'sSophie Ecclestone has moved from 16th to fourth and fastbowler Anya Shrubsole from 12th to sixth place after a seven-wicket effort, which included a hat-trick against South Africa.

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Leg-spinner Yasir Shah fol-lowed his extraordinary first

innings performance with a sixwicket haul as Pakistan beat NewZealand by an innings and 16runs in the second Test in Dubaion Tuesday to level the series 1-1.

The 32-year-old, who took8-41 on Monday, had figures of6-143 in the second innings fora match haul of 14-184.

New Zealand -- following-on after being dismissed for 90in the first innings -- werebowled out for 312 soon after teaon the fourth day.

"I came to know yesterday(about Imran Khan's record) soit's an honour that my name willcome with him," said Yasir.

"I haven't bowled as well asthis, especially with the pitchoffering turn and bounce like itdid. We wanted to put the dis-appointment of the first Testbehind us and set up the series."

Yasir's figures are the secondbest match return ever forPakistan in Test cricket, betteredonly by former captain and cur-rent Prime Minister Imran Khanwho took 14-116 against SriLanka in Lahore in 1982.

They are also the best by aPakistani bowler against NewZealand, beating Waqar Younis's12-130 in Faisalabad in 1990.

Medium-pacer Hasan Aliwas also at his best, taking 3-46as Pakistan gained a measure ofrevenge for losing the first Testby four runs in Abu Dhabi lastweek.

Resuming on 131-2 andneeding a further 197 to makePakistan bat again, the NewZealand batsmen, led by RossTaylor (82), Henry Nicholls (77)and Tom Latham (50), dug in tomake things tough for thePakistani bowlers.

Taylor smashed Hasan's firstball of the day to the coverboundary to reach his 29th halfcentury in Tests, a welcomereturn to form having scored just21 runs in the three innings of

this series.Latham completed his 15th

Test fifty but was dismissed thefollowing ball.

Harry Nicholls came to thecrease and set about frustratingthe Pakistan bowlers, adding 52with Taylor for the fourth wick-et and 57 with BJ Watling for thefifth.

Taylor tried to take theattack to the bowlers, hittingseven boundaries and a six in his82 but grew impatient afterbeing tied down. An attemptedsweep off Bilal Asif ended in atop edge that looped to deepbackward square leg where Yasirtook a comfortable catch.

Yasir trapped Watling legbefore for 27 to end anotherfrustrating the stand and get intothe Kiwi tail. De Grandhommemade just 14 and Sodhi wasbowled behind his legs for four,unwisely trying to sweep Yasirfrom well outside off-stump.

Nicholls stood firm amidthe wreckage, striking Bilal Asiffor a straight six, before Yasirnipped one between bat and padto bowl him for 77.

It was a brave stand fromNicholls but as skipper KaneWilliamson later admitted, thedamage had been done in thefirst innings when New Zealandlost all 10 wickets for just 40 runsin 14 overs.

The third and final Teststarts in Abu Dhabi fromMonday.

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Mickey Arthur said on Tuesdaythat Yasir Shah's 14-wicket haulin the second Test against NewZealand featured some of thebest leg-spinning ever seen.

Arthur said Yasir is a matchwinner.

"We knew he had a big per-formance inside of him," saidArthur of Yasir, who now has195 wickets in 32 Tests.

"That first innings, I thinkthere was a spell of about half anhour of the best leg-spin bowl-ing you will ever see. Fourteenwickets in a Test match is

superb."With his extraordinary per-

formance, Yasir is in sight ofbreaking Australian leg-spin-ner Clarrie Grimmett's 93-year-old record of being fastest to 200wickets in 36 Tests.

"Yasir is very comfortablementally, and he knows what animportant cog he is in our Testline up," Arthur said. "He got hisrhythm going and we felt he wasreally good."

Arthur said his players hadworked really hard after the dis-appointing defeat.

"The guys believe in theirown ability," said Arthur, whotook over in May 2016. "We dis-

cussed exactly what went wrong,worked through that, to main-tain that belief, which is soimportant at this level." Arthurbacked under-fire skipperSarfraz Ahmed.

"His work ethic is tireless.Him and I work so hard togeth-er. I was so disappointed whenpeople were saying there was arift between Saffy and I, becausethere has never been anythinglike that between us." NewZealand captain KaneWilliamson said Yasir exploitedthe conditions to the best effect.

"He was brilliant," saidWilliamson. "I mean some of thedeliveries that he bowled to

guys facing first or second ballsin their innings was very diffi-cult to negotiate.

"To be able to do that soearly on in an innings is a bigchallenge. So yeah it was one ofthose performances from Yasirthat we know how good he is asa bowler and he exploited theconditions very well."

Williamson hoped his teamrespond to a more confidentPakistan in the final Test.

"It was a great game in AbuDhabi and one of our great Testwins. We know how difficult itis to play Pakistan in these con-ditions and now they will bemore confident.

Ramesh rings up in my room andinstructs me not to come to theground as the media will be there,"she alleged.

"I was taken aback as to whatmedia has to do with me being withthe team. I was told I was not to bewith my own team in one of ourbiggest games. I was shell shocked."

Mithali said Powar also delib-erately ignored her at nets to makeit clear she won't play the semi-finals after which she broke down.

"It was worrying and insultingbecause the coach was out todestroy and humiliate me," shewrote.

"I couldn't control my tearshaving given it my all for 20 years.It seemed my efforts had no value”.

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Paris Saint-Germain's hopes of break-ing through in

European football couldend earlier than usualthis season.

A loss againstLiverpool on Wednesdayin Paris, coupled with ahome win by Napoli over Red Star,would keep PSG from making it out ofthe group stage in the ChampionsLeague. And that would be a significantsetback for the big-spending Frenchteam desperately trying to assert itselfas a world-class club.

It would be the first time PSG failedto reach the tournament's knockoutround since 2011-12, after Qatar SportsInvestments took over the club with thegoal of turning it into a top contender.PSG was eliminated in the round of 16last season, after reaching the quarter-finals four straight years before that.

Failure this time would hurt PSGin its second season since signingBrazil star Neymar for 222 millioneuros from Barcelona in an attempt toincrease its chances of succeeding inEurope.

PSG enters the crucial match atParc des Princes with five points inGroup C, one behind leaders Liverpooland Napoli. A victory would put theFrench club back in position to advancedepending on its own results.

"It's a decisive match in a very, verycomplicated group," PSG coachThomas Tuchel told French broadcasterTF1.

The good news for Tuchel is thatNeymar and Kylian Mbappe, who hadbeen sidelined because of injuries, areexpected to be available for the homematch against Liverpool.

A look at the four ChampionsLeague groups on Wednesday.

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and BorussiaDortmund lead thegroup and have achance to secure placesin the knockout roundin advance.

Dortmund needs adraw at Club Brugge,while Atletico needs a home win againstMonaco. Atletico can also advance if ClubBrugge loses points against Dortmund,which is coming off a blistering start tothe season under new coach Lucien Favre.

The only setback for Favre so far wasthe 2-0 loss at Atletico in the team's pre-vious Champions League appearance.

Paco Alcacer, signed on a permanentbasis from Barcelona on Friday, scoredagain on Saturday in a win over Mainz,taking his league tally to nine goals inseven appearances.

���9��3Harry Kane kept Tottenham's

Champions League hopes alive with a latedouble to sink PSV Eindhoven in the lastround of games.

Now the striker has some back-up ashis team tries to complete an unlikely

recovery to qualifyfrom Group B.

Tottenham hasstruggled for attackingfluency this season,

mainly because ofattacking midfieldersChristian Eriksen andDele Alli have beenmissing at times because

of injury.They appear to be fully fit now and

were superb in Tottenham's win overChelsea in the Premier League onSaturday, a 3-1 win that might have beenits best display of the season.

Spurs need to beat Inter Milan atWembley Stadium on Wednesday to keepalive ambitions of a top-two finish. Thatwould leave the teams tied on sevenpoints. Tottenham would still likelyrequire a win at already-qualifiedBarcelona to advance, given that Intercloses group play at home to last-placePSV.

Barcelona, without Rafinha, LuisSuarez and Arthur because of injuries,has a three-point advantage at the top andwill clinch first place in the group witha win over PSV, or a draw if Inter doesnot beat Tottenham.

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would lock up the group which has provento be the tightest of the ChampionsLeague.

Napoli, the group's only unbeatenteam with three draws and one win, hosta Red Star team which still has chancesof advancing in its return to the tourna-ment's group stage after 26 years.

The Serbian club has four points, onefewer than Paris Saint-Germain and twofewer than Napoli and Liverpool.

Red Star held Napoli to a 0-0 draw athome in the first round, but then con-ceded 10 goals in losses against PSG (6-1) and Liverpool (4-0).

Liverpool, which beat PSG at home,lost 2-0 to Red Star in its previousChampions League match, but it is com-ing off two straight wins in the PremierLeague.

PSG, cruising in the French league,beat Liverpool 3-0 the only other time theteams met in Paris, nearly two decadesago.

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place Schalke in a match in which a drawcould be enough for both clubs toadvance.

They would clinch a spot in theknockout stage with a draw if Galatasarayfails to win its match at already eliminat-ed Lokomotiv Moscow.

A victory would secure first place forPorto, which has won eight straightentering the match at its Estadio doDragao. Porto is trying to make it to theround of 16 for the third straight season.The Portuguese champion has 10 points,two more than Schalke and six more thanGalatasaray. Porto and Schalke are the onlyunbeaten teams in the group.

Schalke hasn't made it to the knock-out stage since 2014-15.

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Armed with a sense of togetherness,self- belief and a strong crowd back-ing them every moment, India will

seek to end 43 years of hurt when they beginthe Hockey World Cup campaign againstSouth Africa here on Wednesday.

The hosts' Pool C encounter at theKalinga Stadium will be the showpieceevent's second game.

Eight-time Olympic champions India'sonly glory at the World Cup came way backin 1975 when Ajit Pal Singh and his men'screated history for the past masters of thegame.

Since then India has failed to match thestandards of the Europeans — Netherlands,Germany — and Australia, who have beenruling the game for over four decades now.

In the last 10 editions since its maidentriumph in 1975, India's best performancewas a fifth-place finish at the 1982 editionin Mumbai (then Bombay).

Now, the world ranked fifth Indianswould be eager to recreate the magic byreaching the semifinals, and possibly apodium finish.

That is though easier said than done asbesides tackling powerhouses like two-timedefending champions Australia, Netherlands,Germany and Olympic championsArgentina, the Indians will be under pres-sure to live up to the expectations of millionsof fans.

The last time India played a World Cupat home, in 2010 in New Delhi, it finisheda lowly eighth and going by records, the hostnation has never fared well in the tourna-ment.

All the nine countries to host a WorldCup till date have finished eighth or abovebut Harendra Singh's men would be hopingto rewrite that in front of home fans.

For chief coach Harendra Singh, who hascome under the scanner after India's failureto defend its Asian Games title earlier thisyear, the tournament is a do-or-die one anda failure is sure to cost him his job.

Harendra would be hoping to recreatethe magic of two years ago when he guidedthe junior Indian team to the World Cup titlein Lucknow.

To achieve his goal, Harendra has draft-

ed in seven of 18 junior World Cup winnersin the senior team alongside senior pros likeskipper Manpreet Singh, PR Sreejesh,Akashdeep Singh and the ever-reliableBirendra Lakra.

The Indian team for the World Cup is amixture of youth and experience with sevenof the 18 featuring in the last World Cup. Thesquad also has youthful exuberance in 19-year-old striker Dilpreet Singh and debutantHardik Singh.

But two notable absentees from thesquad are dragflicker Rupinder Pal Singh,who has been dropped and striker SVSunil, who is unfit.

In the 16-nation tournament India areplaced alongside South Africa, Belgiumand Canada in their group.

Barring world No 3 Belgium, India isexpected to win hands down against world

No15 South Africa andworld No 11 Canada.

The match againstBelgium is India's big testin the pool stages and awin against the Red Lionsis a must for the hosts to avoid the cross-overs and qualify directly for the quarterfi-nals.

After South Africa, India's opponents areBelgium on December 2 and Canada onDecember 8.

It is only the second World Cup after2002 to feature 16 teams. From four poolsof four teams each, the toppers will direct-ly qualify for the quarterfinals while the sec-ond and third placed sides will have to playfour cross-over matches to earn their placesin the last-eight round.

Just like all big-ticket hockey events,Australia, Netherlands and Germany willonce again start favourites to lift the title.

The Kookaburras, in fact, will be vyingto create history by becoming the first teamto win the trophy for the third time in a row.

In the other match of the opening day,Belgium will take on Canada.

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India's chief coach HarendraSingh on Tuesday defended

presence of several juniorplayers in the squad for theFIH World Cup, saying theyare good enough to create his-tory.

The current Indian teamhas seven out of 18 playersfrom the junior World Cupsquad, which underHarenedra clinched the worldtitle two years ago in Lucknow.

Junior players such asHarmanpreet Singh, VarunKumar, Sumit, MandeepSingh and golakeeper KrishanBahadur Pathak were select-ed in India's squad.

"Constitution gives us theright to marry after 18. So thisis not a young team. It's a teamthat can create history,"Harendra said on the eve ofIndia's opening match againstSouth Africa on Wednesday.

"You have to havepatience. Selectorshave considered theyoung players to begood enough towear India colours,

so we need to be proud ofthem. Every player in theteam understands it. Myadvice to the players would beto stick to the basics andstrategy and consider crowd as12th man and use their ener-gy," he added.

Citing the example ofIreland, who went on to winthe women's World Cup ear-lier this year despite beingrated as underdogs, Harendrasaid India's first aim would beto top Pool C and qualifydirectly for the quarterfinals.

"Did anyone think Irelandwill reach women's hockeyWorld Cup final and Croatiawill make it to FIFA WC final.Every team works on theirstrategy. It's about that par-ticular day. We want to top thepool and avoid crossoversbecause then we will get an

extra day and know who wewill play in the quarters," thechief coach said.

However,the inability todefend the Asian Games titleearlier this year will remainHarendra's biggest failure butthe coach said that episode isa thing of the past now.

"The hard fact is that all ofus have forgotten the AsianGames defeat and you shouldalso forget. We learn from his-tory, gain experience but thereis no point recalling it. Wetook collective responsibility.We don't talk about it now inour meetings," he said.

Ranked 10 places aboveworld No 15 South Africa,India will go into their tour-nament-opener as over-whelming favourites.

"We understand that thefirst match is important inevery tournament. It releases40 to 50 per cent of pressure.We want full points from thefirst match. But for points, wecan't forget and sacrifice thebasics of hockey, the strategy,"he said.

"We won't compromiseon playing attacking hockey

against any team. We want tothink ahead of the oppo-nents."

With two matches sched-uled for each day, there are sig-nificant gaps between match-es in the 16-team World Cupand Harendra supported theformat, saying it will help allthe teams to come out withfresh legs in every game.

"I support this format asa coach. Hockey is a fast-paced, result oriented, highlydemanding game. It (the gaps)will help us to come out withfresh mind and legs in everymatch," he said.

Conceding last minutegoals has been India's peren-nial problem in the last fewyears but Harendra said it' iswith all hockey playingnations.

"We always discuss Indiaconcede last-minute goal tolose. It has happened in thelast 4-5 years, including theAsian Games. But that does-n't only happen with theIndian team. I can give youhistory where other teamsalso have lost the same way,"he said.

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With world ranked fifth India at theother end in their first match,

South Africa have a tough task at handbut their coach Mark Hopkins is look-ing at the positives.

"Every game at the World Cup is abig match. You try to start the tourna-ment as well as you can. It's exciting thatwe are playing our first match againstthe host nation. We will go into thegame fairly confident. We feel we havethe squad, skill set and tactics to playreally good hockey and get resultsfrom the match," he said.

"I think the pressure is on both

sides. Being the host nation there ismore pressure on India than us. We willjust go out there and play the brand ofhockey that is successful for us."

Hopkins said his side's goal coming

into the tournament is to be become themost successful South African hockeyplaying nation in the history of theWorld Cup.

"We are a proud sporting nation andas a group we are looking to create his-tory. The goal for us is to finish the tour-nament as the most successful SouthAfrican hockey team in the men'sWorld Cup," he said.

"We probably are a team that oppo-sition has seen less videos off. Peopleknow less about our players because wedon't play much in the Europeanleagues or Test matches than othernations. That is an advantage for us,"Hopkins added.

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